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1 Chatham County Ministers To Hear Bishop McDonough SAVANNAH - The Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, Bishop of Savannah will address Savan nah area ministers at the Feb ruary meeting of the Chatham County Ministerial Association on “The Ecumenical Council.” His talk is in response to an invitation issued through the Rev. Francis X. Walter, vicar of Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in Savannah, and Pres ident of the Ministerial As sociation’s observance of Brotherhood Month. Through the Hunter Air Force Base Chaplains, an invitation to the luncheon and meeting has been extended to another local clergy organization, the Sa vannah Protestant Ministerial Association. The Rev. Curtis E. Derrick, pastor of the Lu theran Church of the Ascension in Savannah is president of the latter organization. Vol. 43, No. 19 10c Per Copy — $3 A Year WEfKtY NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY Bishop McDonough Speaker Savannah Deanery Luncheon Attracts Large Crowd Charge Leveled At Top U. S. Education Experts American College System Is Hampering Education SAINT SIMONS ISLAND - A large and enthusiastic crowd gathered (Jan. 13) to hear Bish op Thomas J. McDonough .give a first-hand account of his ex periences at the Second Vati can Council. His Excellency was the featured speaker at the mid-winter meeting of the Sa vannah Deanery Council of Catholic Women. More than two hundred at tended the luncheon, which fol lowed a Dialogue Mass cele brated by the Bishop at St. William’s Church. His Excellency told of the Help Stamp Out Smut CHICAGO, (NC) — Here’s what a priest and two boys have done in a war against ob scenity. Two men were arrested and 500 copies of 36 allegedly ob scene magazines were seized in a raid on a cigar store, made possible by cooperation of the priest and two of his high school pupils. Charges of selling obscene literature were placed against Irvin Graf, 53, owner of the store, and his clerk, Peter Peterson, 66. An earlier charge of violating an anti-obscenity law, entered against Graf last May and continued 16 times, still is pending. The two pupils of Father Francis Lawlor at St. Rita High School obtained photos through use of a hidden camera of the magazine display in the store during Christmas vacation, po lice said. The photos were used in obtaining a warrant for the raid from Judge Daniel Ryan in Jury Court. Father Lawlor,said the photos were taken after the store was discovered to have supplied smutty magazines to other pupils. Bond for Graf and Peterson was set at $1,000 each for ap pearance in Rackets Court. beauty of the opening Mass of the Council and of “the Pope’s kindness to everyone and his desire to unite all Christen dom.” The Bishop also de scribed possible changes in the Liturgy and some of the ses sions attended and speeches given at the gathering of the world’s Bishops. Following his address, Bish op McDonough visited each table and greeted all in attendance personally. Monsignor John D. Toomey, Spiritual Moderator of the Dio cesan Council, expressed his delight at the success of the meeting, pointing out that “it is one of the largest ever held in this Diocese.” He also em phasized the service rendered area Catholics by the Deanery Washington.” Mrs. Joseph J. Dembowski, Diocesan president, reported on her attendance at the National Convention. “I am sure that all returned home inspired to work on the community level in an Apostolic manner to make the NCCW an essential part of the family, parish and Diocesan life,” she told the gathering. Mrs. Eugene J. Fitzpatrick, Deanery president, presided at the meeting at which Miss Mary Parker of Brunswick gave the address of welcome with the response being given by Mrs. J. Edwin Mulligan, Past Presi dent of the Diocesan Council, of Savannah. Special guests introduced by Mrs. Fitzpatrick were: Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andtew J. McDonald, AT SAVANNAH DEANERY MEETING - Left to right Mrs. Julia Boatwright, Province Director, Mrs. Joseph Dembowski, Diocesan President, Mrs. Cecelia Fitzpatrick, RT. REV. MSGR. O’NEIL C. D’AMOUR “OPEN HOUSE” TO HEAP NCEA OFFICIALI AUGUSTA - The Right Reve rend Monsignor O’Neil C. D’Amour, Associate Secretary, Department of School Superin tendents of the National Catholic Educational Association will address a public meeting a St. Mary’s on-the-Hill School, Au gusta, Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 8 P.M. Monsignor D’Amour’s talk, “Freedom and Education in America” will highlight a pro gram sponsored by the Augusta Deanery Council of Catholic Women. According to Monsignor Dan iel J. Bourke, St. Mary’s pastor and Council moderator, invita tions have been sent to civic officials and the meeting will be open to the general pub lic. Monsignor D’Amour, a native of Rapid River, Michigan has been associate secretary of the NCEA since 1957, after serv ing, first as assistant super intendent and then superinten dent of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Marquette, Wiscon sin from 1950. An alumnus of the Theologi cal College of the Catholic Uni versity of America, Monsignor D’Amour was ordained for the Diocese of Marquette on December 7th, 1943 and serv ed as a parish curate for five years before being appointed to his school posts. He is also a graduate of St Norbert’s College in West De Pere, Wisconsin, where he took his Bachelor’s degree. He earned his Master’s degree from the Graduate »Sch*;ol of Arts and Sciences of the Catho lic University of America, and last year was awarded an hon orary Doctor of Laws degree by St. Norbert’s. Monsignor D'Amour’s talk is part of an “Open House” pro gram to acquaint the public with the aims, curriculum and phy sical facilities of St. Mary’s school. I’hose attending will be welcomed by the school faculty, who will show them through the school and answer questions. Mrs. Alexander B. Barrett, Deanery Chairman for Family and Parent Education heads the arrangements committee and hospitality and entertainment are under the direction of Mrs Graham F. Deriso. Miss Pau line Peuffier, Deanery Council President,, will preside. Savannah Deanery President Augusta Deanery President. Council in sponsoring such a gathering at which Catholics could hear a report on the Vati can Council from their Bishop. He closed his remarks by urg ing everyone present to attend the Diocesan Convention in Col umbus May 11th and 12th. Mrs. Norman I. Boatwright, member of the National Board of Directors was present at the luncheon and said that she was "enthusiastically looking for ward to attending (week of Jan. 21) her first Board meeting in and Miss Pauline Peuffier, Chancellor of the Diocese; Rev. Timothy Flaherty, O.S.B., Sa cred Heart Church, Savannah; Rev. Edward Kelly, S.M., Way- cross; Rev. Paul Burkort, S. M., St. Francis Xavier, Bruns wick; Rev. Andrew Walls, S.M Brunswick; Rev. Matthew Fas- chan, S.M., Brunswick; Mrs. Norman I. Boatwright, National Director NCCW; Mrs. Joseph Dembowski, president DCCW; Mrs. Pauline Peuffier, Presi dent, Augusta Deanery Coun cil. Council Work Goes On Interim Commission Has First Meeting VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NC) - The coordinating commission set up by His Holiness Pope John XXIII to keep the ecumen ical council’s interim work running smoothly and produc tively has held its first meeting. The meeting (Jan. 21) marked the beginning of the interim work of revising and compres sing projects to be brought be- for the council when it recon venes September 8. A communique of the coun cil press office said with this meeting "the counciliar work, which took a moment of rest for the national holidays, picks up its full rhythm again, although in a method and form different from the period of October-De- cember, 1962.” Decisions taken by the meet ing will be communicated to the 10 council commissioners and the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity which are carrying on their work during the nine month interim, it was reported. Announcement of the co ordinating commission’s crea tion was made December 6, two days before the council’s first session closed. Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, is among the six Cardin als forming the commission under the presidency of Amleto Cardinal Cicognani Sec retary of State. The com mission’s secretariat is made up of the council’s secretary general, Archbishop Pericle Felici, and the five council un dersecretaries, one of whom is Archbishop John J. Krol of Philadelphia. Interfaith Day Proposed WASHINGTON, (NC) - Rep Leonard Farbstein of New York has introduced a resolution to designate the fourth Sunday in September each year as "In terfaith Day” and to authorize the President to issue an an nual proclamation calling on the nation to observe the day by appropriate ceremonies. The measure (H.j.^ Res. 121) was referred to the House Judici ary Committee. PRAY FOR OUR PRIESTLY DEAD RT. REV. MSGR. JAMES A. KANE January 29, 1939 Oh God, Who didst give to thy servants by their sacredotaf office, a share in the priest hood of the Apostles, grant, we implore, that they may also be one of their company forever in heaven. Through Christ Our Lord, Amen. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The president of St. Louis Univer sity chided some of the nation's top education experts for stick ing blindly to an educational system which, by ignoring God, seriously limits what students can learn. Father Paul C. Reinert, S. J., made his charge (Jan. 16) in a policy statement on the place of religion in education, before some 800 delegates at the As sociation of American Colleges’ 49th annual meeting here. The Association represents some 800 universities and colleges, including church - related schools. Father Reinert entitled his views "The Theistic Position in the Search for Truth.” His re marks were couched carefully in terminology used by secular ists in education. He said many educators are seeking to limit man’s knowledge, rather than add to it. They are doing this, he said, by following in the footsteps of the 17th century French philosopher-mathema tician Rene Descartes. Father Reinert said everyone agrees universities exist to communicate and advance the truth. But followers of Descar tes are trying to limit what can be taught in colleges solely to scientific facts - “observable evidence” which is the most prevelant method in use today the Jesuit educator said. Such an attitude seriously lim its a man’-s ability to learn, Father Reinert said, because it limits his manner of knowing. By contrast to such limitations, the Christian scholar actually can add to man’s knowledge of truth, Father Reinert said. “Christian theism adds anew manner of knowing in which man knows on the basis of authority alone,” he said. "But much more is really true, because in the knowledge of God man is immeasurably broadened in himself. He comes to know through the Judaeo-Christian revelation the greatness inher ent in being a man, precisely because through that revelation hi* knows the greatness of his ultimate destiny.” The priest told the delegates that every advance in know ledge was of value and signifi cance to Christian humanism. "Each advance in knowledge whether scientific, technolo- tical aesthetic, philosophical, economic, represents both an actualization of man’s poten tiality and a broadening of the vision of his destiny,” he ex plained. The Jesuit issued a warning against educators who would be dogmatic in their attitudes by limiting education solely to factual evidence. “The constantly increasing complexity of knowledge brings (Continued on Page 2) MEET AT RELIGION, RACE CONFERENCE - Albert Cardinal Meyer (second from right), Archbishop of Chicago, greets representatives of the three major faiths during the National Conference of Religion and Race held in Chicago. Cardinal Meyer, one of the hosts for the conference, delivered a major speech to the conference assembly. Shown with the Cardinal are: (from left to right) Archbishop William E. Cousins of Milwaukee, episcopal chairman of the Social Action Department, NCWC; J. Irwin Miller, president of the National Council of Churches; and Rabbi Julius Mark, president of the Synagogue Council of America. - (NC Photos) Salutes Slain Togo Leader “Rest In Peace And Adieu ? Dear Friend Cardinal Godfrey Succumbs WESTMINISTER, England— (NC) -William Cardinal God frey, Archbishop of Westmini ster, died here (J an. 22) follow ing a heart attack. He was 73. Death of the head of Bri tain's senior Catholic Arch bishopric reduces the number of Cardinals to 84. Cardinal Godfrey entered the hospital a fortnight ago with an undisclosed illness. Later he left the hospital and re turned to his residence. He suffered a slight heart attack on January 19th and received the last rites. His condition was reported slightly improved at first, but took a turn for the worse prior to his death. Cardinal Godfrey was named Archbishop of Westminister, successor to the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, December of 1956. Two years later, Pope John named him a Cardinal. A native of Liverpool, Car dinal Godfrey was ordained in 1916. Following a career as a seminary professor in England and Rome, he was named the first Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain in 1938. In November of 1953, Pope Pius XII appointed him Arch bishop of Liverpool, the post he held when he was named Archbishop of Westminister. Parents To Be Honored The third annual Vianney A1 tar Boy Awards will take on a new dimension this year with a program for parents of the boys who receive the awards. On the twenty third and twen ty fourth of March Bishop Mc Donough will present awards to the outstanding altar boys of the diocese at Saint John’s Seminary in Savannah. Invita tions to the two day program will be sent not only to the boys themselves but also to their parents. A special program has been planned for the parents and will be held at the seminary. It will consist of a buffet supper Saturday night followed by talks by Bishop McDonough and Fa ther Coleman, the rector of the seminary, and a slide program presented by the local Serra Club. Parents will be present the following morning at an out door Mass celebrated by Bish op McDonough at the seminary when their sons will receive the annual Vianney Award. Bishop McDonough said," We have long realized that in honor ing our outstanding altar boys we are in reality honoring the mothers and fathers who have been the inspiration to these youngsters. “Without the example and the deep faith of their parents few boys would be worthy of the title, ‘Outstanding Altar Boy’. This year we hope to do honor to the boys and their parents who together make a team whose faith is the real moving force of the diocese.” ' TOTONOU, Dahomay, (NC) —Sylvanus Olympio, President of Togo, who was assassinated in his capital of Lome (Jan.13) was buried near the Togo bor der following a Catholic funeral attended by the heads of the Hierarchies of Togo and Da homey and the whole Cabinet of Dahomey. Archbishop Robert Dosseh of Lome gave the main eulogy at the (Jan. 15) rites, which con cluded with burial in the big Dahomeyan cemetery in the frontier town of Agoue. Those present included Arch bishop Bemardin Gantin of Cotonou, President Hubert Maga of Dahomey and his Cab inet, and Savi de Tove, Speak er of the Togolese National Assembly. Prior to the burial, Presi dent Maga told the congrega tion of about 2,000: "After the touching words spoken by Monsignor the Arch bishop of Togo, it would not be fitting for me to tear your hearts any further. I have come merely to bow down before this tomb in the name of the people of Dahomey and the other Afri can heads of state and also to express my sympathy with the Olympio family. Rest in peace and adieu, my dear friend.” (In Lome afterwards, the military junta which assassi nated Olympio and overthrew his government issued a state ment saying in part that “its actions were inspired by no philosophic or religious ideo logies.” The statement, issued (Jan. 18) in the junta’s name by its first secretary, Lt. Koffi Kongo, said thai the junta was withdrawing from active poli tics “but just the same will have the right to observe gen eral business.” (Three days earlier, Kongo issued a statement saying that the Prime Minister-designate, Nicolas Grunitsky, had been consulting national leaders prior to forming a new govern ment. It said that "Mr. Grun itsky did not fail to contact the religious leaders of Togo, beginning with Monsignor Dos seh, Archbishop of Lome.” (Continued on Page 2) Khrushchev Replaces Mary Dominican Academy Now Cuban A rsenal MIAMI, (NC) - The American Dominican Academy, Havana, is being used as an arsenal, ac cording to a letter secretly sent to a Dominican nun here by a former pupil. The pupil, a former school teacher who writes of being unable to get shoes and standing in line for poor quality food, said that the interior of the school is "crowded with wea pons.” The young woman, whose identity was withheld, also said that during May the communists removed a life-sized statue of Our Lady of Fatima from an outdoor niche at the school. "Khrushchev’s bust was put in her place,” she wrote, "but now he is gone too.” The former pupil of the Do minican Sisters of St. Catherine de Ricci wrote that she is out of work because she quit her teaching job a year and a half ago. “This has made me lose a new pair of shoes as they will only be given to students and workers through schools and unions. The rest of the persons are considered parasites and worms with no right to wear shoes. I am one or the other or both,” she said. She wrote that she sees many mutual friends of herself and the nun to whom she wrote the letter, most of them standing in the lines for food. "Believe it or not, we are getting fat because if you don't (Continued on Page 2) 10 Target Cities In Project CHICAGO, (NC) - Local un its to back recommendations made by the National Confer ence on Religion and Race will be set up in 10 "target cities,” according to a report of the conference’s follow-up com mittee. The units will be organized across interfaith lines to deal with problems of racial injus tice, A. Harold Murray of New York, a member of the com mittee, reported to 650 dele gates on the final day (Jan. 17) of the conference. Mur ray is community affairs direc tor of field services for the American Jewish Committee. He said the target cities are Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Seattle, San Francisco, New Orleans, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, San Antonio and Oakland, Calif. He stated that New York, Boston and Washington, D.C., will be included in a later pro ject, and added that New York was not chosen immediately be cause it has "special complex race problems” that would not suit a pilot project. Murray said it is hoped that (Continued on Page 2) INDEX HERE AND THERE 6 EDITORIALS 4 JOTTINGS 5 OBITUARIES 5 CHURCH AND POLITICS 6 CONFIRMATION - The Most Reverend Thomas J. Mc Donough administers the Sacrament of Confirmation to Mr. Albert Merritt, custodian of the Savannah Chancery, at Mr. Merritt’s home. Employed at the Chancery for the past seven years, Mr. Merritt was felled by a serious illness recently, and has been con fined to bed. Priest at right is Rev. William V. Coleman Rector of St. John Vianney Seminary. MAILING ADDRESS