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Newspaper Page TextI f Our Lady of Lourdes Holy Name Membership Problems Discussed By Board COLUMBUS - The Holy Name executive board of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish of Columbus Parish of Columbus met Jan uary 10 in the rectory. In a discussion on member ship Mr. John Szymanski, Pres ident, remarked that the parish would always have trouble maintaining a stable organiza tion due to the fact that most of the people are military and move so often. He suggested closer contact with the people by means of increased publi city. He said, “Many of our Catholic people do not even know where the parish church is lo cated.” Mr. Ed Gardzina led a dis cussion on the many advantages that Columbus offers for the serviceman who retires here. Father William Dowling, Pas tor, requested that the mem bers contact non Catholics who may be interested in the Church and give them applica - tion blanks for a home study course about the Catholic Church. The Holy Name Society of the parish always receives Com munion together at 9;30 Mass every second Sunday of the month. Benefit For St. Mary’s Friday SAVANNAH - Plans have been completed by St. Mary’s Home Guild for the benefit card party for St. Mary's Home. The party will be held at St. Mary’s Home Auditorium on Friday, January 18, from 8 to 10 p.m. The follwoing committees have been appointed: TICKETS: Mrs. Cluese Mc- Elveen, Chairman, MissCassie White, Mrs. Donald McLendon, Mrs. Leon Blackburn, Mrs. J. M. Schroeder, Mrs. Kathyrn Flowers. DOOR PRIZES: Mrs. JohnM. Brennan, Chairman, Mrs. An thony Purdy, Mrs. Lee Howard, Mrs. Helen Conners, Mrs. Ce- cile Fitzpatrick. PROPERTIES: Mrs. Edw. G. Ciucevick, Chairman, Mrs. Flem Cliett, Mrs. George Able- son, Mrs. John Tison, Mrs. George Chandler. TABLE PRIZES: Mrs. John Buckley, Chairman, Mrs. Char les McKinzie, Mrs. W. H. Mc- Krell, Mrs. Walter Crawford, Miss Ilka Leche, Mrs. Eugenia Moore, Mrs. E. B. Anderson, Mrs. Wm. Schneider, and Miss Margaret Collins. REFRESHMENTS: Mrs. John Ganem, Mrs. Joseph Cafiero, Jr., Mrs. Edwin Mulligan, Miss Margaret Spellman, Mrs. Frank Cullum. PUBLICITY: Miss Johanna Daly. ( Tickets may be secured and reservations made by con tacting members of the ticket committee or any member of the various committees. Cathedral Parents Hear Fr. Cuddy f ( 9,R FUN... FOR VALUE RCA VICTOR THE PICK OF THU POBIMS C Walt Disney Productions, Ludwijt Von Drake stars in Walt Disney’s ‘'Wonder* ful World of Color”—Sundays on NBC. The MOOERNETTE Spcrtabout Sariei 173-A-50-.M 17* tuba (overall diaf.) 15S sq. In. picture rca Victor money saving ThurlJlAtjOL Priced to please—performance to spare! Amazing “New Vista" Tuner pulls in cleaner, clearer pictures from many hard-to-get stations. Has, all-new aluminized picture tube brighter, easier-on-the-eyes vie Up-front tuning and soun only THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN TELEVISION taai 301 Broughton Sf., Wes* CORNER JEFFERSON STREET SAVANNAH - The monthly meeting of the Cathedral Home and School Association was held on the eleventh in the cafetor- ium. Guest speaker was Rev. John Cuddy, Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Sav annah. Father Cuddy’s talk stressed the necessity of reli gious education and vocations and the work of the Diocese of this area. Entertainment was provided by the fifth grade which staged a two-act play depicting his torical Savannah and Ogle thorpe’s attendance at an In dian pow-wow. Eddie Roy play ed the role of the founding gen eral. Mrs. Don McLendon, presi dent of the organization, pre sided. Ghana's President Has Dinner For Religious Leaders • LAGOS, Nigeria, (NC) — Ghana’s President Kwame Nkrumah, whose regime was accused of trying todestroythe churches in Ghana last year, began 1963 by having a dinner for some of his country’s major religious leaders. It was learned here that the guests included Catholic Arch bishop John K. Amissahof Cape Coast, head of Catholic Hier archy, and Anglican Bishop Ri chard Roseveare of Accra. Bishop Roseveare was expel led from Ghana last August 13 after condemning as godless training of the Ghana Young Pioneers, the youth section of President Nkrumah’s party. On his expulsion Archbishop Amis- sah sent the Anglican Church a message voicing the Catholic Bishop’s “loyal and friendly sympathy.” The Central Com mittee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Paris, called on the Ghanian govern ment to readmit Bishop Roseveare. The Anglican Bish- ip was allowed to return to his icese last November 14. Lutheran Schools Urged ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Lu therans were urged to create a number of elementary and sec ondary schools to demonstrate the relationship of Christian ity to human knowledge, by Dr. Conrad Bergendorf, of the board of theological education of the 3,200,000 member Lutheran Church in America. NEWSPAPERS HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY Sports for the sportsman . f t financial news for the businessman . t , women's interest pages . . . comics . , . news of people, places, events . . . interpreta tion and opinion . . . advertising service. There's something for everbody in the newspaper. It's remarkable that It can serve so many masters. Both of your Savannah newspapers give you this every day with speed and authority In per manent, visible form* Serving The Resfaen Sovonnoh And The Coast in stal EmpTre 111 West Boy Street AD 6-9511 Present TV let To Macon School The Southern Cross, January 19, 1963—PAGE 3 MACON - The Home and School Association at Saint Jo seph’s met recently in the school auditorium. The pro gram of the evening highlight ed the Ecumenical Council with each grade taking part in dis cussing the events of the Coun cil. A television set was present ed to the school by Mrs. George Powell, Jr. and Ed Assad in honor of Sister Mary Edward, R.S.M., former principal of the school. This television was ob tained through group participa tion in the Gold Bond Stamp Project sponsored by the Home and School Association. The meeting was opened and closed with a prayer by Mon signor Thomas Shaheen, Pas tor of Saint Joseph’s Church. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETS - The Executive ^oard of Our Lady of Lourdes Par ish, Columbus, are seated left to right: John Szymanski, Thomas O’Byrne and Edward Gardzina. Standing is Michael Joyce. President Names Archbishop Hurley- Prelate Named To Commission Preparing For St. Augustine Quadricentennial Observance African Bishop’s etter Explains Vatican Council WASHINGTON, (NC) - Arch bishop Joseph P. Hurley, Bish op of St. Augustine, Fla., has been named by President Ken nedy to a six-man commission to prepare for the 400th anni versary observance of St. Aug ustine. The quadricentennial obser vance of the founding of St. Augustine, first permanent Christian settlement in what is now the United States, will take place in 1965. It was on September 8, 1565, that the Spanish explorer Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles founded the settlement. This grims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. Archbishop Hurley sponsored the setting up last September of the St. Augustine Founda tion, which will have charge of observances planned for the quadricentennial year at his- Aug- toric religious sites in St ustine. Among these is the Mission of Nombre de Dios, where the first parish Mass in this coun try was offered by Father Fran cisco Lopez de Mendoza Gra- jales, a diocesan priest who accompanied Menendez. The foundation also plans to place an illuminated cross, more than 100 feet high, in the waters where the Spanish ships lay at anchor. Council Dispelled Church’s Image As ’Closed, Complacent’ IOWA CITY, (NC) - An offi cial Protestant observer at the Second ^Vatican Council said here it is “no longer accurate, if it ever was,” to think of the Catholic Church as a “closed, complaint and sectarian body that has nothing to learn from anybody else.” Dr. James H. Nichols of the Princeton Theological Semi nary offered this comment dur ing a panel discussion of the council with Bishop Robert E. Tracy of Baton Rouge, La. The discussion was held under the sponsorship of the State Univer sity of Iowa here (Jan. 8). Dr. Nichols, a Presbyterian, said the official observers were called upon so often to express reaction to plans being laid be fore the council that “youcould say we were almost unofficial consultors.” The observers were treated with courtesy “that could not have been surpassed,” Dr. Ni chols said. He added: “In two months of speeches at the council, there was not one single phrase calculated to affront or humiliate Protestant or Orthodox Christians. All the differences are still there. I don’t think any major problem is in any sense solved. Neverthe less the whole atmosphere is so different that, as Augustin Car dinal Bea, president of the Vati can’s Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, says, it is a real miracle. One would never have believed that this could happen.” Bishop Tracy stressed the educational value of the first session and said the second session was likely to move very quickly toward a consen sus. He pointed out that bishops around the world will be sending in comments and suggestions during the nine-month recess, so that by the time the council meets again on September 8, the comments will have gone a long way toward shaping reso lutions. Dr. Nichols said the council had “greatlyextended” the con versations among Christian churches. He said he was par ticularly pleased with his inter change with Catholic theolo gians at the council. “The single most striking impression I brought away from the council,” he said, “was of the maturity, depth, intellectual grasp and spiritual discipline represented by the group of Roman Catholic theologians who have been assigned the task of leading ecumenical discussions with the non-Catholic church es.” He expressed "certainty” that there is in the Catholic Church “a genuineness of Christian religion and faith that is unmistakable.” In response to a question from the floor, Bishop Tracy said he was surprised to find the bishops of the world far less conservative than they are reputed to,be. By conservative he said he meant the general attitude that not much change is needed to accomplish the Church’s work in the world. He noted that the schema on the liturgy, which he described as “a very liberal document,” passed overwhelmingly with only 11 bishops voting against “My question is,” said Bi shop Tracy, “where are all the conservatives?” Another questioner asked whether the American Bishops tended to be conservative or liberal. “It is very difficult to say,” Bishop Tracy said. “A certain bishop might be a stand patter on one thing and very willing to make changes on another. Nevertheless, on the whole, the American Bishops are much more interested in change than they are credited with being.” Discussions of Cardinal Bea the curia’s leading liberal as and Alfredo Cardinal Otta- viani, secretary of the Sacred Congregation of the HolyOffice as the leading conservative of ten fail to Indicate how their particular work affects their position, he added. “Cardinal Ottaviani’s job as head of the Holy Office is to see that the divine deposit of faith is not watered down corrupted or changed. . .Any body who would have this job would have to conduct himself in a conservative way; it is part and parcel of the job,’ Bishop Tracy said. As head of the unity secre tariat, Cardinal Bea, on the other hand, is in a position to act in a liberal way, the Bishop added. Orthodox Patriarch Sent Vatican Council Documents ROME (NC) - Patriarch Ath- enagoras I of Constantinople, worldwide leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, was sent all the official material that was printed concerning the Second Vatican Council, it was learn ed here. In addition, council officials sent to the Patriarch’s head quarters in Istanbul copies of the addresses on the council by His Holiness Pope John XXIII and of the daily council com muniques as printed in the French edition of L’Osserva- tore Romano, the Vatican City daily newspaper. The Patri arch was also sent copies of all the printed matter that was given to delegate observers, including copies of draft pro- Women’s Club Hears W.R. McCoy SAVANNAH - The Catholic Woman’s Club of Savannah held its first meeting of the new year in the club rooms, Tuesday, January 8th. Mr. William R. McCoy, Field Representative of the U.S. So cial Security Administration Office was guest speaker, and he spoke on “Your Social Security.” A question and an swer period followed the talk. Mrs. William H. MacKrell was welcomed as a new member and Mrs. Catherine Clifton won the membership prize. jects drawn up by the prepara tory commissions and revisions made during the council. In New York, the text of the Christmas and New Year’ message of Patriarch Athena goras indicated that the Patri arch is considering sending delegate-observer to the sec ond session of the Vatican coun cil, which opens next September 8. While the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow sent two priests as delegate observ ers to the first session, there were no official representatives of the Greek Orthodox Church DAR ES SALAAM, Tangan yika, (NC) - A message ex plaining the ecumenical council to the people of Africa has been issued by the body of African Bishops that was set up at the council. Of special interest on this multiracial continent, the unity of the council Fathers despite great diversity in nationality, race and opinion was stressed in the message. The Bishops also told Afri cans that local language can now be expected to find their way into wider use in the lit urgy, and that there will be some adaptation of rites to the cultures of various peoples. On the issue of Christian reunion, the African Bishops commented: “The interest vested on that theme was par ticularly exemplified by the presence of non-Catholic ob servers — some 50 or 60, belonging to the Orthodox Church, the Anglican Church, the Methodists and other con fessions — who attended all the sessions and have in hand all the schemata proposed to the Fathers, the only difference being that they do not speak nor vote on the motions. Test Guide For Teaching About Communism TRENTON, N. J., (NC) - Fiftyseven teachers in New Jer sey high schools are testing a new guide designed to fill need for teaching about com munism. The state Department of Ed ucation said the guide is also designed to contrast other to- talitarian philosophies to American ideas of government. It is titled “Ideology and World Affairs.” The guide is one part of program of the Northeastern States Youth Citizenship Pro ject sponsored by the Com missioners of Education in nine northeastern states and conduc ted by the Lincoln Filene Cen ter for Citizenship and Public Affairs at Tufts University. It was prepared last summer at the first annual'workshop on “Basic Issues in Citizenship by 23 teachers chosen by the commissioners. OWN TV STATION BOSTON, (NC) - Plans for an .archdiocesan educational and religious television station which will begin operations this year were announced here by Richard Cardinal Cushing Archbishop of Boston. TELEVISION FOR MACON SCHOOL - Mrs. George T. Powell Jr. and Mr. Ed Assad present a television set to Monsignor Thomas I. Sheehan for St. Joseph School, Macon. The Home and School Association obtained the set by group participation in saving Gold Bond Stamps. (Photo by George Currey.) in 6 Wo Future” For Wall Of Separation CHICAGO, NC - Robert M. Hutchins, president of the Fund for the Republic,'said here that the “wall of separation” be tween Church and State “has no future” in the United States. But just the same, Hutchins added, almost every justice of the Supreme Court “feels con strained to bow before it.” “The wall builders of the court may be accused of mis placed piety,” he commented in talk at a conference on Church and State, sponsored by the Uni versity of Chicago law school. Hutchins, a former chancel lor of the University of Chicago, stated flatly that “the wall (of separation) has no future.” “What has a future is the rational, non-metaphorical dis cussion, in the light of all the provisions of the First Amend ment, of the methods by which we may guarantee and promote religious freedom, and the me thods by which we may obtain educational the system worthy and re* an of the potentialities . _ sponsibilities of our people,” ‘ he said. HE _ OlSair but P. OT/JL • FREE • TV • FAMOUS MIAMI • PERSIAN LOUNGE • CENTER OF ATLANTA LUCKIE AT CONE ST. A Good Address in Atlanta THE SIGN Of ECONOMY y FOR YEAR ROUND CLIMATE CONTROL FOR COOKING • FOR REFRIGERATION FOR WATER HEATING • FOR CLOTHES DRYIN FOR CHARMING OUTDOOR ’GAS LIGHT Sfl' /2 flnnfl o m p fi n ESTABLISHED 1B9B Complete Banking and Trust Facilities \ The Liberty National Bank & Trust Co. SAVANNAH. 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