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Official
Newspaper For
The Diocese Of
Savannah
Vol. 38, No. 14.
Holy Father
Only Firm “No”
To Communism
Assures Freedom
VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NC)
— Liberty can be retained in free
Europe and regained in the Red
satellites only if statesmen give a
decisive “no” to the powers
threatening freedom.
His Holiness Pope Pius XII
made this statement in greeting
President Theodor Heuss of Ger
many during his official state
visit to the Holy See.
The Holy Father also warned
that European freedom and cul
ture can only be preserved by
relying on spiritual and moral
forces and praised Germany’s re
covery from World War II.
The Pope said:
“Germany and Europe still
have serious problems to solve. If j
true freedom is to be insured and |
that culture saved to whxh Eu
rope owes its greatness, one must {
turn not only or mainly to ma- j
terial values, but above all to
those spiritual and moral forces j
that are essentially inherent in
that culture.”
The powers that threaten Eu
ropean Culture and freedom, the
Pope continued, “also have an
ideology, an intellectual base, and
the liberty of that part of Europe
which is still free and the libera
tion of that part which has lost
its freedom depend on those men
who reject this other ideology
with a decisive ‘no’ . . .
“We say this because we should
become gravely apprehensive
should Europe sink completely
into materialism and because we
feel certain that Our words, Mis
ter President, are echoed by your
own convictions.”
The Holy Father recalled the {
ruins left in Germany by the war
and the serious economic and po
litical problems that followed.
Added to free Germany's own
problems, he noted, is the nec
essity of receiving millions of
refugees from communist-held
eastern Germany.
He praised Germany for its so
lution of these problems and gave
much of the credit for it to those
“masters of politics and econo
mics whose names are worthy of
full respect.”
He particularly expressed his
pleasure at seeing Germany’s en
try as a full and responsible mem
ber of the community of Euro
pean nations. He is so happy,
he said, that good relations and
mutual willingness to collaborate
have been established between
Germany and France and that
“through the sincere and loyal
will of responsible statesmen on
both sides there has now been
formed the nucleus and backbone
of a united Europe.”
As evidence of Germany’s good
will in preserving its ancient cul
ture the Pope singled out its re
affirmation of the validity of its
Concordat with the Holy See.
“We feel,” the Pontiff conclud
ed. “that history and present facts
allow Us to state that Catholic
doctrine, understood as an idea
and action, can bring a contribu
tion of precious values where it
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PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1957.
DEDICATES ST. JOSEPH'S—His Excellency The Most Rev. Francis E. Hyland, D.D., J.C.D.,
Bishop of Atlanta, is pictured as he blessed the new St. Joseph’s Church, Marietta.—(Lane Bros,
photo).
Bishop Hyland Blesses
St. Joseph's, Marietta
880 Organized
in Carrollton
And Rookmart
The Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine has been organized in
the cities of Carrollton and Rock-
mart.
In the Carrollton parish there
are twenty seven children tak
ing Catechism instructions and
the need of properly instructing
these children prompted the or
ganization of the CCD unit.
In Rockmart there are nineteen
children studying Catechism.
While the Sisters of St. Dominic
from St. Mary’s Parish in Rome
come to Cedartown to instruct
the children, it was felt that sep
arate instructions should be held
in Rockmart because of the dif
ficulties involved in transporting
this number of children to Cedar-
town.
Day Of Recollection
For St. Joseph Club
AUGUSTA — The Saint Joseph
Club of Augusta held its first
Day of Recollection on Sunday,
.December 1, at Saint Mary’s
Church.
Reverend Peter F. O’Donnell,
S.J., pastor of Sacred Heart
Church addressed the group. Re
ligious services, including the
Rosary, Stations of the Cross, and
Benediction followed.
Reverend Nicholas Quinlan,
of Saint Mary’s Church is mod
erator for the club whose mem
bership is made up of young-
unmarried Catholic adults from
the Augusta area and Fort Gor
don. Meetings are held the first
and third Thursday of each
month at the Knights of Colum
bus home.
is a matter of preserving the spi
ritual and moral basis of the
real and better European culture,
a basis without which the fight
for freedom against an opponent,
such as that ideology which has
become a power of a completely
different kind, would be lost from
the start.”
MARIETTA — His Excellency
the Most Rev. Francis E. Hyland,
Bishop of Atlanta, dedicated the
new St. Joseph’s Church on
Wednesday evening, December
4th.
The new building, erected un
der the direction of the Rev. An
drew A. Walls, S.M., pastor, in
cludes a Lunch and Meeting
Room, and also features a Cry
Room.
The Church has a building area
of 12,935 and was built at a cost
of approximately $125,000. Archi
tects were Willner and Millkey of
Atlanta, with construction by
Sidney Clotfelter Contractor, Inc.,
also of Atlanta.
The parish of St. Joseph was
canonically erected and estab
lished by a Decree of the Holy
see, under the date of June 25,
1952. Rev. Andrew A. Walls,
S.M., was appointed the Parish’s
first pastor. He, however had
been in residence in Mari
etta ministering to the Catholic
population since October, 1951.
Prior to this time, however,
Marietta had been a Mission at
tached to the Sacred Heart
Church of Atlanta and attended
by the Marist Fathers since 1897.
Following the establishment of
MACON — St. Joseph Church
was represented this year at the
Annual Georgia State Fair. The
Legion of Mary sponsored the in
teresting exhibit which was seen
by thousands of people from all
over the state.
The booth was set up to rep
resent an altar and was complete
to the last detail, even including
a lighted sanctuary light. The
priest’s vestments, as well as
those of an altar boy, were dis
played on two life sized manne
quins, thereby adding to the re-
the parish in 1952, a 6-acre tract
of land was secured for the es
tablishment of the new Parish
plant. The Surh property atop
Sugar Hill with the beautiful
Colonial Mansion at Campbell
and Lacy Strets was purchased.
The first unit of the Parochial
School building was dedicated in
1953.
Christmas Story
December 20th At
St. Thomas More
DECATUR — The Children’s
Theatre of the St. Thomas More
Theatre Guild will present “The
Christmas Story” in the Church
Social Hall, Friday evening, Dec.
20th.
Written, produced and directed
by Anita Tully Bergmann, found
er of the Children’s Theatre, the
beautiful story is depicted in an
impressive manner that empha
sizes the true meaning of Christ
mas.
Admission will be 25 cents for
adults. All children of the St.
Thomas More School will be ad
mitted free when accompanied
by their parents.
ality of the whole. The chapel
theme was carried through in the
liturgical music which swept
softly over the crowds as they
approached the booth. Free pam
phlets for distribution were set
in racks along both sides. These
were generously donated by the
St. Joseph Church Library.
Mrs. Louise Bellizia and Mrs.
Elaine Syme were chairmen and
co-chairman of this project re
spectively. Members from the dif
ferent parish organizations helped
staff the booth.
Legion Of Mary Sponsors Booth
At Annual Georgia State Fair
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Extension
Society Has
Greatest Year
CHICAGO —- The past year
was the greatest in the history of
the Catholic Church Extension
Society in this country. Auxiliary
Archbishop William D. O’Brien of
Chicago, society president, re
ported here.
The prelate told the 52nd an
nual meeting of the society in the
Conrad Hilton Hotel that society
gifts totaling $824,492 were made
toward the building of 110 mis
sion churches and the repair of
18 other churches during the
year; that $46,175 was expended
as subsidie for missionary priests
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Albany Fourth
Degree Knights
Install Officers
ALBANY — Installation of of
ficers for the Albany Assembly,
4th Degree, Knights of Columbus,
was held November 23rd. Mr.
Nicholas T. Stafford, Master, De
Soto Province, of Savannah, in
stalled the following officers:
John H. Ross, Faithful Navigator;
John M. Wolfe, Jr., Faithful Cap
tain; Asa Kelley, Faithful Pilot;
L. E. Mock, Faithful Admiral;
John Rivard, Faithful Comp
troller; Patrick Warner, Inner
Sentinel and Arnoldo Longoria,
Outer Sentinel.
A banquet was held follow
ing the installation for all the Sir
Knights and their ladies, es
pecially honoring Sir Knight
Stafford and Mrs. Stafford and
recent new Sir Knights of the
Assembly. Sir Knight Asa Kel
ley was toastmaster and the
program was enjoyed by every
one. Past Faithful Navigator
Jewels were presented by the
Master to Sir Knights Fred W.
Mills, Leslie C. Cahill and George
W. Hughey, Jr.
Guests included Rev. Marvin
J. LeFrois, pastor of St. Teresa’s
Church, Chaplain Christian Le
Frois, O.S.B., of the U. S. Air
Force and Dr. and Mrs. Carl
Costanza of Boston, Mass. Dr.
Costanza is formerly of the U. S.
Air Force.
SERRANS HEAR
OF LIFE OF FR.
JUNIPA SERRA
ATLANTA—Mr. Gordon Moss,
a member of the Metropolitan At
lanta Serra Club, addressed the
regular meeting of the Serra
Club with a review on a book
containing the biographies of
Padre Junipa Serra, after whom
the some one hundred and fifty
Serra Clubs in this country are
named.
The meeting was called to or
der by Mr. Felix De Golian, the
president. Mr. Joseph Doran,
Chairman of the Religious Ac
tivities committee gave a report
on the recent retreat held for
Serra Club members at the Cir-
stercian Monastery at Conyers,
Georgia.
The meeting was closed with a
prayer by the Club Chaplain,
Father Kiernan.
