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APRIL 27, 1957.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIVE
| Jottings ...
(By BARBARA C. JENCKS)
A priest forever 'to live in the jLast week, I met again four priests
midst of the: world without wish
ing its pleasures; to be a member
of each family, yet belonging to
none; to share all suffering; to
penetrate all secrets; to heal all
wounds; to go from men to God
end offer Him their prayers; to
return from God to bring pardon
and hope; to have a heart of fire
for charity and a heart of bronze
for chastity; to teach and to par
don; console and bless always.
My God, what a life! And it is
yours, O priest of Jesus Christ.”
Lacordaire.
What is it that sets a man apart
from the crowd? What is it that
women look for in men? What is
it that men look up to in other
men? Is it courage? Strength?
Discipline Understanding? Honor?
Ills it Vthat indefinable qiiality
which embraces all these and is
called ’‘manliness.” Where is it
found? In the long lines of disci
plined West Point cadets; in the
heroic act of a police or fireman;
in the surgical skill of a physician
or the feats of an athletic star?
We thrill when a military parade
passes or a football hero crosses
the goal line. All are causes for
admiration. But it is to the men in
black we look for the ideal of
manhood. The priest is soldier,
physician, hero and more. He is an
alter Christus, the perfect man.
What more could a man desire or
strive after? He holds powers that
no king or president or mayor
could ever possess. His powers
encompass both heaven and earth.
Think of his life—its glory and its
burden. Yet he passes among the
crowds hardly distinguished in his
black coat and Roman collar.
Here walks a man among men.
Think of the priests who cross
©ur paths, who bless our way in
this life from the time we are
born to the time we die. How
many priests make impact upon
lis •— the pastor, the curate, the
teacher, the missionary, the con
fessor. the retreat master, the tele
vision priest, the priest editor, the
author, the matrimonial coun
sellor, the scholar, the order priest
»nd the secular priest. How often
do we pause, as they move among
us preaching, teaching, pardoning,
blessing in their black cassock or
suit, to pray for them and thank
them for being what they are.
The wonder of the preisthood
dawned over me anew recently.
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who have blessed my life. One
was a Jesuit scholar lecturer and
yet his life was the most eloquent
lecture of all. Tall, erect, dignified
even better than his fine lecture
was the life he represented forty
years almost as a dedicated mem
ber of the Society of Jesus.
Another was a Francsican mis
sionary who daily wages a bat
tle against ill health—sugar dia
betes and a painful back injury
but he never gives in but goes
cheerfully about his work to bring
health to the soul in city after city
here and abroad. The next priest
appears to have a glamorous life,
he is a new avenue of priestly
work. He is a television priest
and I met again with him as he
hustled into the TV studio after
giving a weekend retreat for boys.
He brushed aside my sympathetic
comments on his busy schedule
He enthused at the privilege of
doing retreat work again with the
youth and remarked it kept him
young. Television stars spend an
entire week on their half-hour
shows but this priest is about
his Father’s business first. The
final priest met again is a re-
demptorist retreat master, one
of the best in the buisness. He
would be in a public relations
■'office on Madison Avenue if
he were in the world for he is
called the “clerical Cecil B.
DeMille.” He speaks of his parish
mission work as the “work I was
ordained for.” The wonder and
satisfaction of his work load of
preaching and hearing confessions
still shines in his eyes. He pours
out his beautiful prose not to
make millions but to aid soul
parched laymen. These are but
four priest among thousands.
It is truly the greatest thing in
the world to be a priest or to be
the mother of a priest. As these
men in black, these holy heroes,
walk the streets with us and ride
the buses with us and eat near
us in restaurants, there is a
tendency to forget for a moment
their great power and privilege
which puts them apart from us
and all other men. Father
Matthew Miller, O.F.M., in a jubi
lee sermon makes an analogy bet
ween the Blessed Mother and the
.priesthood. He says; “If the Bless
ed Virgin is so honored because
she bore Him in her most holy
womb...how holy, just and worthy
ought he to be who touches with
his hands, who receives with his
heart and his mouth and proffers
to be received by others Him who
is no more to die.” St. Francis
wrote that the greatest honor
God ever bestowed upon woman
kind was bestowed on Mary when
He made her the Mother of God—
and the greatest honor ever be
stowed upon men was given at
ordination, when made a priest.”
Our Lady can lead sinners to the
confessional; she can pray and
plead for them, but she cannot
absolve them, it is reminded. Take
note next time you pass one of
these men in black. Think of the
hundreds of Masses he has offered
and confessions heard; the many
babies baptized and eyes closed
in death. Think of the honor of
the priesthood and the awful
privilege he holds in bringing
us Christ each day, each hour
around the world. Pray for these
editors, preachers, teachers,
missionaries, retreat masters, be
they Jesuits, Holy Cross Fathers,
Redemptorists, Franciscans, Dom
inicans, Trappists or seculars...
these men apart . . . heroes and
soldiers . . .in their black uni
forms !
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“could qualify” for only about
$30,000.
Why were Protestants unable
to qualify for so little? The reason
was as the author must have
known, that Protestants maintain
few churches and schools in the
Philippines, a p r e d ominantly
Catholic country. Hence they
could not possibly have sustained
heavy damage from the war.
Another “bonanza” for the
Church, the author tells us, was
the Hill-Burton Act which autho
rizes federal grants to hospitals.
Under this bill, we are informed,
Roman Catholics have, collected
$112,039,000 for their institutions,
while Protestant institutions have
received $23,118,000.
Here again the suggestion is
that the legislation was rigged to
favor the Catholic Church. The
Hill-Burton Act was passed to
provide for expansion of private
facilities to meet an acute short
age in hospital beds throughout
the country. A hospital conducted
by any denomination could quali
fy for the grants. The reason why
Catholics received more grants
than non-Catholics is that they
maintain more hospitals.
BEDS OF PROSELYTIZING
Also it will come as a surprise
to Catholics to learn that their
hospitals are maintained not
merely for the treatment of the
sick and afflicted—without dis
crimination as to race, creed or
color, be it noted—but as instru
ments of subtle proselytizing! v
At least this is what the POAU
official would have the public be
lieve. Noting that many grants
had gone to Roman Catholic hos
pitals in the South, he observes:
“The Roman Catholic Church has
found the. Hill-Burton Act a mar
velous means of penetrating the
hitherto impervious Protestantism
of the South. Handsome healing
centers built with federal funds
serve as a strong means for the
propagation of the faith.”
Although officials of the POAU
strenuously deny it, a clear anti-
Catholic bias runs through the
entire effort to portray the Cath
olic Church as a raider of the
public treasury. This can easily
be demonstrated by an analysis
of the examples cited to support
the charge. But the danger is that
many outside the church will be
deceived because the rebuttal will
not appear in the publications
which give circulation to the
POAU criticism.
SERRANS HEAR TALK
ON MAJOR SEMINARY
ATLANTA— At the regular
meeting held on Thursday, April
11th., the Atlanta Serra Club
heard an informative speech on
the Major Seminary by the Rev.
John Leahy, Assistant Pastor of
Saint Anthony’s Church in At
lanta.
Father Leahy was introduced
by the Vice President, Mr. William
Beckley, who acted as toast
master in the absence of the
President, Mr. Larry LaBonte.
The Treasurer’s report was read
by the Treasurer, Mr. Damon J.
Swann.
Also at this meeting a report of
the Trustee’s meeting was given
by the Secretary, Mr. Robert Me
Clelland. It was decided at the
Trustees meeting to hold an out
ing for Alter Boys in the Atlanta
Albany Knights
Sponsor Day
Of Recollection
ALBANY—The Albany Coun
cil of the Knights of Columbus
sponsored a Day of Recollection
on Sunday, April 14th, with near
ly forty men participating.
Fr. Vincent Fitzpatrick of Holy
Trinity, Ala., conducted the con
ferences and services.
The program for the day was as
follows:
8:00—Mass and Holy Commun
ion in the Church.
9:00—Breakfast at K of C Hall.
11:00—Conference at the school
auditorium. Private prayer.
12:00—Rosary and spiritual
Area and later in the summer to reading and/or examination of
have an informal get together for
the Seminarians and the Assistant
Pastor’s of the Diocese. Likewise
at this meeting it was decided to
send the Chaplain as a delegate
to the International Serra Conven
tion to be held in Los Angles,
California the later part of June.
Father Leahy in his talk told
the Serra members what they
could do if a candidate for the
Priesthood approached them with
question about the Seminary. He
likewise gave a detailed descrip
tion of the Saint Phillip Neri
school in Boston, Mass, which
prepares delayed vocations for the
seminary life.
Services For
J. J. McLaughlin
SAVANNAH, Ga.-Funeral
services for John Joseph Me
Laughlin were held April 8th at
the Sacred Heart Church.
Mr. McLaughlin was a mem
ber of the Elks, Propeller Club
and the Holy Name Society. He
was a communicant of the Sacred
Heart Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Margaret Crotty McLaughlin;
daughter, Mrs. John H. Douglas,
Atlanta; four sons, Lt. Col. John
N. McLaughlin, USMC, Ocean-
side, Calif.; Robert C. McLaugh
lin, Savannah; a brother, Mat
thew V. McLaughlin, West Beach,
Fla.; six grandchildren and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
conscience.
12:30—Lunch.
Recreation—Smoke.
1:30—Conference. Questions an
swered. Private prayer. Confes
sions in school office.
3:00-4:00—Holy Hour. Sermon.
Benediction.
Savannah Services
For Mrs. Mary Emerick
SAVANNAH, Ga.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Mary Carsgrove
Emerick were held April 6th at
the Church of the Most Blessed
Sacrament.
Survivors are a son, Frank H.
Emerick, of Savannah; two nieces
and a nephew.
ST. ANN'S
ALTAR SOCIETY
HOLDS MEETING
ALAPAHA— The Alter Society
of St. Ann’s Church held its
regular monthly meeting on
Wednesday evening, April 10, 1957
at 8:30 P. M. in the parish hall
immediately following Benedict
ion of the Most Blessed Sacra
ment.
Father Eugene Card, O. M. I.,
spiritual director of the society,
opened the meeting with prayers.
Following the reading and approv
al of the minutes of the last meet
ing, the roll wis called. There
were twelve members and one
visitor present.
The president asked for a “pro
gress” report from the treasurer
regarding collections from the sale
of all occasion cards, the current
project of the society. The mem
bers were urged to complete this
project before the next regular
meeting
Cake baking and cleaning com
mittees for the month of April
were appointed. It was also de
cided to hold a “cleaning bee” on
Saturday, April 20th. The
ladies will plan to clean the
church and parish hall and the
men of the parish plan to clean
the grounds surrounding the
church.
Following the business meeting,
Mrs. Virginia Boyett, president,
turned the meeting over to Father
Card who spoke to the society
on Sacrament of E|x t r e m e
Unction. After the talk, a dis
cussion period followed. The
meeting was then adjourned with
prayers.
After the meeting, a “White
Elephant Sale” was enjoyed by
the members and their families,
with Mrs. Jo Ann Moore acting as
uctioneer. At the close of the sale,
coffee was served to the ladies and
their families.
Savannah Services
For T. J. Phee
SAVANNAH, Ga.-Funeral
services for Thomas J. Phee were
held April 12 in the Chapel of
the Little Sisters of the Poor.
A native of Chicago, Mr. Phee
was a retired industrial engineer.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Sallie Phee, of Memphis, Term.
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