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THE BIGGEST DAY
Jottings
By BARBARA C. JENCKS
I thank Thee, O Divine Redeemer, that not content
with having come upon the earth for our sake, Thou didst
institute this adorable Sacrament in order to remember
with us until the end of the world. Give me the grace to
receive Thee worthily in life and at the hour of my death.”
* * *
TODAY marks an important milestone in my life, the begin
ning of my only real achievement. Today marks the anniversary
of my becoming a Roman Catholic and receiving my first Holy
Communion. I cannot conceive life without this event. I could
not survive without it. It is a day I keep especially in my heart
along with my birth into the world of men. As the years pass,
it means more and more to me. I could not survive today's
world or even my own day without daily receiving this food
for my soul. I have a journal which I keep and on one of the
pages I have written this; "Going to Mass seems to be the
only reality of my day. It seems to be the only part of it with
real purpose and sense of achievement. If I did nothing all day
but go to Mass, that day would be good. Yet going to Mass
fortifies me for the day. No matter what happens, I try to see
it in the divine light. If my writing does not go over as it
should, if a work of humiliation and reproach is spoken or
I receive bad news, if I am in physical pain, if I am sad or
joyous, all reverts back to that moment of moments at the altar
of God. I am strengthened and comforted at that thought.
* * *
PERHAPS I need this spiritual fortification more than others.
Perhaps I could never survive the big and little bumps of life
without the Eucharistic fortification. Today, I kneel down and
thank God a thousand times for having singled me out as a
partaker of His Body and Blood. Perhaps a public declaration
of my thanksgiving is distasteful to some. There are many
who do not believe in this great Mystery. There are many
while believing do not avail themselves of the privilege of this
Mystery.
When I was a new Catholic, I received a letter from a
friend who is now a missionary nun and she wrote that some
time I might realize the truth of a prayer she said every day.
It was this: “Dear God, no matter where I am or what I do or
who I am with, help me to remember that the most necessary
thing for my soul is to receive you daily in Holy Communion.’
I have learned the truth of her simple prayer.
Every day of my life is an important day, a feast day, an
anniversary, a cause for celebration because I begin it at the
altar of God without Whom I could not survive one hour.
This is the season of ordinations and first Communions
and it is time to think upon this wonder gift of Christ and His
promise that He would never leave us orphaned and that He was
to dwell on our altars even unto the end of the world. There is
nothing more real in this world. Christ did not leave us orphans.
Through His love of all men, He is with us day and night in
the Sacrament of His Divine Love. Finding out this truth is
my greatest achievement in life, the only thing I hold in my
hands for eternity.
MARRIAGES
DIAZ - PRESSLEY
ALBANY - Miss Bertha
Pressley, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Pressley of Al
bany, and Mr. Victor Diaz,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carlos
Diaz of Bronx, N. Y. were
married at St. Teresa’s Church
on Dec. 23, 1962, Rev. Marvin
J. Le Frois officiating.
PIECUCH - MOORE
ALBANY - Miss Julie Moore,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Moore of Albany, and Mr. Ed
ward Piecuch, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward C. Piecuch, Sr.,
were married at St. Teresa’s
Church on December 29, 1962,
the Rev. Marvin J. Le Frois
officiating.
PLANTE - JOHNSON
ALBANY - Miss Marie
Theresa Johnson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. John-
-son of Albany, and Mr. Joseph
Henry Plante, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Plante of Woon
socket, R. I., were married
with a Nuptial Mass at St. Te
resa’s Church on January 12,
1963, the Rev. Marvin J. Le
Frois officiating.
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ELIA - CUTCHENS
ALBANY - Miss Jeannette
Cutchens, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James R. Cutchens of Al
bany, and Dr. Thomas Elia,
son of Mrs. Jean C. Elia of
Miami, Fla., were married at
St. Teresa’s Church on January
12, 1963, the Rev. Marvin J.
Le Frois officiating.
LAMBERT - SELPH
ALBANY - Miss Linda Selph,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Law-
son Selph of Albany, and Mr.
Gene Joseph Lambert, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Lambert
of St. Amant, La., were Mar
ried at St. Teresa’s Church on
Dec. 30, 1962, the Rev. Mar
vin J. Le Frois officiating.
SEINWILL - ROESSLER
ALBANY - Miss Maria Elisa
beth Roessler, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Roessler of Ger
many, and Mr. Ernst Hans Sein-
will, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus
tave Seinwill of Germany, were
married at St. Teresa’s Church
on Jan. 2, 1963, the Rev. Mar
vin J. Le Frois officiating.
COLLINS - HOLLEY
ALBANY - Miss Jonnie Mae
Holley, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John G. Holley of
Albany, and Mr. Henry Larry
Collins, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry L. Collins, Sr.
of Albany, were married at old
St. Teresa’s Church on January
4, 1963, the Rev. Marvin J.
Le Frois officiating.
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE
Boca Raton, Florida
A Two-Year Liberal Arts College for
Women Conducted by The Religious of
the Sacred Heart oi Mary
m
Opening: September 1963
Resident & Day Students
Address: Registrar
Box 370-A, Boca Raton
Palm Beach County. Florida
Other Marymount Colleges Conducted by
The Religious ol the Sacred Heart ol Mary:
United States — Tarrytown, N.Y.
New York, N.Y.
Arlington, Va.
Palos Verdes, Calii
Europe — Paris
London
Rome
Barcelona
Reception Ceremony At Saint Anne’s
The second annual reception
ceremony of St. Anne’s Holy
Name Society, Columbus, Ga.,
was staged at an impressive
evening service at St. Anne's
Church on Sunday, January 13th
at which time 16 candidates
became official members of the
Society. The service was con
ducted by the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Herman Deimel. Assisting were
Pres. A1 Eversman; Past Pres
ident, Henry Gallman; 1st Vice
President, Tom French; 2nd
Vice President, Max Wilson;
Secretary, Mike Bruni; Trea
surer, Tony Comeaux, and Mar
shall, Dudley Barbay.
New members received into
the Society were: Thomas J.
McCoystal, R. J. Kearns, E. A.
Cox, Robert C. Lagan, Jr., and
Paul J. Bradley (1st Row in
Photo) (2nd Row) Bernard V.
Kacer, Joe N. King, John H.
Schultz, John K. Huey, Wood-
row J. Warner, Richard F.
Sendelbach (Msgr. Deimal -
Photo) Richard Berard, William
Q. Murray, Robert R. Cunniff,
Ralph E. Dunn, and Joseph R.
Guimond.
MT. deSALES GIRLS TEAM - First Row; (left - right) Pauline Searle, Bobbie Law
rence, Mary Ann Lamb, Bonnie Burke, Patty Burritt. Back Row: (1—r) Carmen Martin,
Fran McLaughlin, Carolyn Gjelhaug, Cindee Clidewell, Phyllis Sheridan, Lasa Yar
brough, Reine Johnson, Kathlene Clark. (Katherine Clark, Captain; Carmen Martin,
Co-Captain).
Cavaliers, Vikings In First Meeting
By Steve Puster
Mt. De Sales Sports
Correspondent
MACON - The Mount de Sales
Cavaliers of Macon will meet
the Pacelli High Vikings of
Columbus here in Macon Satur
day, January 26.
This is the first time these
two teams have faced each
other this season, but when they
do, all friendships cease since
they are archrival Catholic
schools.
The DeSales girls will
square off with the Pacelli
girls in the preliminary game
at 7:00 p.m. So far since both
schools became co-ed the De
Sales girls have beaten the
SUDAN-
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trolling operation” and that
“the rebels left three dead
dressed in Congolese uni
forms.”
The southern part of the Su
dan has about one-third of its
12 million people. Most of this
total of nearly four million are
pagans. But there are about
600,000 Christians, somewhat
more than half of them Catho
lics. The government national
ized all 350 Christian mission
schools in 1957, and since then
the only new schools allowed
to open are Moslem schools
teaching the Koran, the holy
book of Islam.
Fifty Koranic schools were
opened in the 1960-61 year,and
another 50 in 1962. The 1963
program calls for the establish
ment of another 100 Koran
ic schools. The schools are bill
ed simply as “government
schools.” But once the pupils
are enrolled they are obliged to
learn the Koran and embrace
Islam.
The total number of mission
aries, both Catholic and Protes
tant, stood at about 400 until
1959. In the next three years
some 50 of these were expelled
under various pretexts. Now,
under the new missionary law
which was passed by the Khar
toum government last May 15,
the regime is accelerating its
expulsion" notices. The reason
given for the ousters is: The
government says the mis
sionaries are “unnecessary.”
Pacelli girls twice with only
one defeat.
The De Sales boys, how
ever, have lost twice to the
Vikings with only one victory.
The Cavaliers, who entered Re
gion 6-C competition this year,
have a 2-1 Region record and
5-6 overall record.
The Cavaliers opened their
season this year against Wil
kinson County and won 44-42
in overtime. The Gordon Mili
tary Bulldogs are the only team
the Cavaliers have spilt with
thus far.
The Cavalier *B’ team built
around; Jim Greene, Paul
Greene, Tom Kunka, John Han
cock, Chester Pierce, Tony
Poole, John Micha, Sigmund
Splichal, Don Cowan, and Ben
Berfield, have a 9-1 record
losing only to the Gordon Mil
itary Bees; will not play Par-
celli because of the girls game.
In this meeting the Cavalier
Coach, Charley Hudson, hopes
to see all of his boys set scor
ing records; thus far, Jim Kem
per paced the Cavaliers against
Stratford Academy, John Lack-
ay against Byron, Andy Duffy
and Dan Doyle past Wilkinson
County, and Edgar Hatcher led
them against the Bulldogs to set
a new school record with 27
points.
Player
No. Av. Pts.
Games Game
Edgar Hatcher
Andy Duffy
Jim Kemper
John Lackay
Dan Doyle
11
11
11
11
9
13.7
9
8
6.7
5.6
The Southern Cross, January 26, 1963—PAGE 5
IN VATICAN CITY PAPER
Some Non-Catholics
Members Of Mystical
Body Theologian Says
VATICAN CITY, (NC) - The
official papal theologian has as
serted that there are non-
Catholics who are “Real Chris
tians” and therefore in com
munion with the Mystical Body
of Christ and benefit from the
Communion of Saints.
Father Luigi Ciappi, O.P.,
Master of the Sacred Palaces,
made his comment in L’Osser-
vatore Romano, the Vatican City
daily.
He included among “real
Christians” baptized persons
who have “supernatural faith in
Christ the Redeemer and who
are united with Him through
bonds of charity and respect
for His teachings and precepts
while remaining externally sep
arated from the Catholic
Church.”
He said such persons “live
in a certain communion
of supernatural gifts both with
Christ the Head and with the
Mrs. M. J. Meehan
AUGUSTA - Funeral servi
ces for Mrs. Addie Lee Mere
dith Meehan, wife of the late
Michael J. Meehan were held
at St. Patrick’s Church Jan
uary 22nd., Father Ralph E.
Seikel officiating.
Survivors include four sons,
Frank M. Meehan, Bernard J.
Meehan, Henry Shaw Meehan,
all of Augusta; Thomas Pat
rick Meehan, San Francisco,
Calif.; six daughters, Mrs. S.W.
Weltch, Augusta; Mrs. G. M.
Bedgood, San Francisco,Calif.;
Mrs. H. L. Fleeger, Miami
Beach, Fla. and Mrs. E. T.
Roberts, Mrs. H. C. Chance
and Mrs. Clarissa Ponder, all
of Augusta; 14 grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren.
M rs. Mabel
Carr Schneider
SAVANNAH - Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Mabel Carr
Schneider were held at the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist,
January 21st.
Surviving are her husband,
William P. Schneider; three
sisters, Mrs. Gladys Hurst and
Mrs. A. J. Bullard, both of
;Savannah; Mrs. Maggie McClel
land of Blitchton; three broth
ers, Asel J. Carr, William
C. Carr and Walton Carr; sev
eral aunts, uncles, nieces, and
nephews.
Martin A. Colleran
AUGUSTA - Funeral serv
ices for Martin A. Colleran
were held at St. Patrick’s
Church January 17th, Father
Ralph E. Seilel, pastor, officia
ting.
Mr. Colleran at the time of
his death was 100 years old,
born in County Mayo, Ireland,
had resided in Augusta for the
past 75 years. He was a re
tired city fireman.
Survivors include five daugh
ters, Mrs. Thomas Williams,
Mrs. H. P. Burum, Mrs. L. J.
Brown, Miami, Fla.; Mrs. J. V.
Doyle, Deland, Fla.; Mrs. D. J.
O’Connell, Los Angeles, Calif.;
one son, T. J. Colleran; num
ber of grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
THE ARCHBISHOP SERVES THE POOR
Archbishop Joseph T. McGucken of San Francisco dons an apron and waits on the six
millionth person to be served at St. Anthony's dining room, operated daily for the poor
of the city by the Franciscan Fathers of St. Boniface church. The food is donated each
day by merchants from around the Bay area. (NC Photos)
members of his Mystical
Body.” For that reason, he
said, they “benefit from the
Communion of Saints, enjoy
ing in. part the treasures of
merit, of satisfaction and of
prayer which circulate among
the members of the Mystical
Body.”
Install P.A.
System At
Albany
ALBANY - St. Teresa’s PTA
met January 10 with the pre
sident Mr. Ralph Will presiding.
Father Marvin LeFrois led the
opening prayer.
The president announced the
public address system had been
installed in the school during
the Christmas holidays. He
thanked Mrs . Herman Tanner,
room mother chairman, for the
delightful Christmas parties
held in the rooms.
Father LeFrois announced
Bishop Thomas J. McDonough
will be at St. Teresa’s Church
Jan. 27 for confirmation and at
Turner Air Force Base Jan.
28 for confirmation. A break
fast will be given in honor of
the Bishop Jan. 27 after the
8 o’clock Mass in St. Teresa’s
school auditorium. The break
fast is sponsored by the Knights
of Columbus and the Holy Name
Society. The Bishop will speak
on the Ecumenical Council. The
youth club will present a skit.
Major L. F. Pottebaun, pro
gram chairman, introduced the
guest speaker, Mr. John David,
general manager of the city
utilities department.
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