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PAGE 6—The Southern Cross, February 2, 1963
MISS MARTHA ANN JUR-
GENSEN, a graduate of St. Jo
seph’s Hospital School of Nurs
ing (Sav’h), will receive her
Bachelor of Science degree in
Nursing from St. Louis Univer
sity (St. Louis Mo.) She has ac
cepted a position in that city...
GEORGE P. McGINN, former
Savannahian, has been assigned
to the sales staff of Union
Bag-Camp Paper Corp.'s new
multimillion dollar corrugated
box plant in Atlanta. George is
a graduate of Benedictine
(Savannah) and Spring Hill
College, Mobile, Ala. . . . The
SERTOMA CLUB of Savannah
will present all 7th grade stu
dents in parochial schools of
that city with illuminated cop
ies of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. The presentation will
coincide with classroom sched
uling of appropriate social
science topics . . . Plans to
build a new convent for the>
Sisters of Mercy next to St.
Anne’s School on Forrest Road
were revealed recently by Sr.
Mary Monica, Superior of St.
Joseph’s Convent and principal
of St. Anne’s School, Columbus.
The Sisters' present convent on
the corner of Third Street and
12th Avenue has been the Or
der’s home since 1868. Last
month the Sisters of Mercy cel
ebrated their 100th anniversary
in Columbus. The first Sisters,
five in number, arrived as re
fugees during the Civil War,
fleeing St. Augustine, Florida,
to escape the Union naval
forces’ bombardment of that
city...THE CATHEDRAL CYO
will sponsor an all-parish Val
entine Dance on Saturday, Feb
ruary 16. MEL MIXON will
disc-jockey . . . Savannahian
RALPH DiFORE, 505 E. 48th
St., one of five from that city
on the fall quarter dean’s list
at Emory University’s College
of Arts and Sciences. To qual
ify one must maintain a B-plus
or better average . . . The
annual Clergy Night of the Sa
vannah- Council #631 of the
Knights of Columbus will be held
Wednesday,-February i3, in the
main ballroom of the K. of C.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J. Mc
Donald, chancellor of the dio
cese and chaplain to the Knights
has sent invitations to all the
clergy in the greater Savannah
area . . . The MARCH OF DIMES
is on and PACELLI is on the
march. Students of the Colum
bus Catholic high school are
maneuvering various means and
methods to win this year’s
Walkathon. From a list of eight
candidates selected by the
school’s student Walkathon
Committee Pacelli High hopes
to capture once again this year’s
city-wide award for bringing in
the most money for the March
of Dimes. The next issue of
THE SOUTHERN CROSS will
carry a full story of this an
nual event in Columbus with
special emphasis on Pacelli's
part in it. . . For notes of
condolence on the death of his
father, MR. MICHAEL MC
DONOUGH, His Excellency
Bishop Thomas J. McDonough’s
address in Philadelphia is:
Bishop Thomas J. McDonough
D. D.
6121 Nassau St.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Send news items to:
Fr. Lawrence A. Lucree,
P.O. Box 180
Savannah, Ga.
GARDEN CITY, Ga.—These young ladies are members of a girls club calling them
selves "Phi Beta Chi". This year they decided to do "their bit" to help in the annual
March of Dimes campaign in Chatham County. They are also students at the Robert
W. Groves High School. "We’re hoping to collect at least $100.00 from mororists"
said Miss Susan Worrell, publicity chairman of the club. We hope they did, too.
Novena At Cathedral Feb. 3-11
SAVANNAH- The Very Rev.
Kilian McGowan, C.P., rector
of the Passionist Monastery of
Our Lady of Florida, North
Palm Beach, will conduct the
24th annual Solemn Lourdes
Novena at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, February
3-11.
Ordained in 1946, Father Mc
Gowan has had a distinguished
career both as preacher and di
rector of souls. He was with the
Passionist Mission Band until
1949. For the past five years he
has conducted the Radio Series,
entitled “Hour of the Cruci
fied.” THE VOICE, weekly
newspaper of the Diocese of
Miami carries a column by Fa
ther McGowan on "Christian
Perfection for the Layman."
In preparation for the an
nual observance, Father Mc
Gowan will preach at all the
masses Sunday, February 3.
The Novena will open Sunday
afternoon at 5:30 o’clock and
will continue each afternoon at
that hour until the Feast of Our
Lady of Lourdes on February
11, when the Novena will be
brought to a formal close with
Georgia
Southern
Newman Club
STATESBORO—This quarter
there are 44 Catholic students
attending G. S. C. in Statesboro.
A drive has been launched to try
to get every Catholic student to
participate in the Newman work.
Weekly Mass is offered on
campus in the Glenmary trailer
chapel, which served on loan
as religious activities center
at G. S. C. An Inquiry Class
meets on Wednesdays at 3:15
p.m. also in the trailer. The
Mass is at 5:00p.m. The Weekly
Newman Club meeting is at
6;30 p.m.
This quarter a feature of the
meetings is a weekly discussion
of Christian Marriage. Father
John Loftus, pastor of Saint
Matthew’s in Statesboro, is
chaplain of the Newman Club.
Pastors and parents of the stu
dents at G. S. C. are asked to
encourage them to be active
members of the Club.
The Southeastern Regional
Convention for the Newman Club
of Georgia, South Carolina and
Florida will be held February
9 and 10 in Tallahassee,
Florida. Ten members from
G. S. C. have signified their
intention to attend.
Awards Program Set
The official program of the third annual Vianney Altar
Boy Award was made public today. It will include a dual
program; one for parents and one for the boys themselves.
Bishop McDonough has expressed great pleasure with the
progress made for the celebration.
It will be held at Saint John's Seminary, Savannah, on
the 23rd and 24th of March and promises to be one of the
outstanding examples of Catholic life in the diocese during
the year. An attendance of over five hundred parents and
boys is expected.
The program is as follows;
SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.--Registration, tour of grounds, informal
recreation for the candidates--Coffee Time for the parents.
5:30 p.m.—Buffet Supper for both groups.
CANDIDATES' PROGRAM
7:00 p.m.—Play: The Seminarians; Movie: Twenty-four
Hours; Talk; Father Coleman.
PARENTS' PROGRAM
7;00 p.m.—Master of Ceremonies: Father Cuddy; Talk;
"The Seminary Program"; Father Coleman; Talk; "The
Priesthood; Bishop McDonough; Slide Series on the Seminary.
8:30 p.m.—Parents and local candidates return to Sa
vannah. Out-of-town candidates and the Seminarians, night
prayers and Benediction.
9:15—Retire.
SUNDAY, MARCH 24TH
8:00 a.m.—Outdoor Pontificcal Mass, Sermon - Bishop
McDonough; Presentation of the Awards; Congratulations
to the Candidates: Mr. Joseph Rau.
9;00 a.m.—Informal Breakfast
2:00 p.m.—Open House
3:00 p.m.-- Dedication of the New Wing
a procession, reminiscent ofthe
pilgrimage season at Lourdes.
The general theme of Fa
ther McGowan’s Novena series
of sermons at the Cathedral
will be the Blessed Virgin and
St. Bernadette as models of
special virtues and helps in
various needs.
His sermon topics in develop
ment of this general theme are
as follows: "How the Saints
Got Started;’’ "Howto Get More
Out of Every Day;’’ "How to
Overcome Discouragement;
How to Whip Your Chief Weak
ness;" "How to Cause a SDir-
itual Revolution;" "How to Car
ry Your Cross;" How to be
Kind;" "How to Check Your
Humility;" “How to Pray to
Our Lord and Our Lady."
St. James Parents Hear
Public School Official
SAVANNAH—Members of St.
James Home and School Asso
ciation were urged last week
to keep their children physical
ly fit through proper exercise.
M. A. Spellman, assistant
athletic director for the public
schools of Chatham county, ad
dressing the group cited the
results of a recent study con
cerning physical fitness among
the nation's school children,
showing that "approximately
40% of the country’s youngs
ters are unable to meet the
standards set up by President
Kennedy's Council on Youth Fit
ness."
"There are many causes for
such an alarming figure," said
Mr. Spellman, "but there is no
excuse."
He said much can be done in
the home, itself, to improve
the physical fitness of youth,
and with the assistance of some
of the children present, he de
monstrated for parents what he
termed "the three most im
portant exercises for good,
over-all muscle toning.”
At the business meeting which
followed, the Home and School
Association approved purchase
of additional equipment for
the school’s Drum and Bugle
Corps, which will make its
Tybee Talk
By Bishop
SAVANNAH BEACH—Bishop
Thomas J. McDonough will
speak on the Ecumenical Coun
cil at the Town Hall here, Feb
ruary 4th at 8 p.m.
Sponsored by St. Michael's
Parish Council of Catholic Wo
men, invitations have been
extended to the Mayor and alder-
men and to Protestant Minis
ters of the Community.
Following the talk, which is
open to the general public, there
will be a question and answer
period.
Rev. Robert Teoli is pastor
of St. Michael’s. Mrs. Catherine
Flowers is president of the
Parish Council with Mrs.
George W. Chandler in charge
of arrangemehts.
Refreshments will be served
by the C. Y. O.
Officers
Elected For
Men’s Club
S T A T E SBOR O--Elections
were held recently by the Men’s
Club of Saint Matthew’s Church
in Statesboro.
Officers for this year; Pres.
Joseph Robson; V.P. Gerald
Strozzo; Secy. John Savage;
Treas. Walter Barry.
Program chairman for the
next meeting, the first Thurs
day of February, isClemRaith,
Chairman of the building com
mittee. The committee and the
architects will discuss with the
men of the parish the plans
for a new Parish Center.
"debut” in Savannah’s gala St.
Patrick’s Day parade this year.
Several new members were
welcomed into the association
by Monsignor John D. Toomey,
St. James pastor, and Mrs. John
Tison, HSA president.
Will Sponsor
Scout Troop
WARNER ROBINS—The La
dies Guild of Sacred Heart
Church, Warner Robins will
sponsor Girl Scout Troop #307
for the parish school, accord
ing to Joan H. Lewis, Guild
secretary.
The women’s group will also
spearhead a drive to raise funds
for the use of patients at the
Milledgeville State Hospital.
The funds raised will be sent to
the Rev. Joseph Ware, Catholic
Chaplain of the hospital.
Mrs. J. J. Demboski, Presi
dent of the Savannah Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women was
the guest speaker at the Guild's
January meeting and was in
troduced by Mrs. Hoyt Birming
ham who is in charge ofthe Jan
uary program.
Mrs. Dembowski, who attend
ed the recent Convention of the
National Council of Catholic wo
men in Detroit, Michigan gave
Guild members a resume of
the activities and accomplish
ments of the convention and ex
plained, for the benefit of re
cently enrolled members, the
system of affiliation existing
between the N.C.C.W. and the
Diocesan, Deanery, and Parish
Councils.
She made a special plea to the
members of the Sacred Heart
Council to "turn out in large
numbers for the Deanery meet
ing to be held in Macon on March
3rd and the Diocesan meeting
to be held at Columbus on May
11 and 12.
Brunswick
Altar & Rosary
Names Officers
ST. SIMONS ISLAND—The
following officers were elected
at this month's meeting of the
Altar and Rosary of St. Wil
liams Church:
President, Mrs. James Car
rol; Vice President, Mrs. El
mer Gutherz; Recording Sec
retary, Mrs. Mack Manning;
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
Robert Monaghan; Treasurer,
Mrs. J. Holmes Clarke.
Plans call for the Program
Committee to present either
a spiritual program or to pro
vide a speaker for each meet
ing.
A report of the Christmas
program was presented with
the results most heartening.
Attend Luthern Meeting
ROME-Augustin Cardinal
Bea, president of the Secre
tariat for Promoting Christian
Unity, leaves Rome at the end
of January for Copenhagen
where he will take part in a
meeting organized by that city’s
Association of Lutheran Stu
dents.
Holy Name, Knights Hear
Turner AFB Chaplain
ALBANY—The Rev. An
drew Weber, S.M., Catholic
Chaplain at Turner AFB was
guest speaker at a Communion
Breakfast at St. Teresa's School
Auditorium Sunday, January 27.
His topic was "World Wide Mis
sions."
The Breakfast, which fol
lowed the 8:30 Mass, was spon
sored by th e Holy Name So
ciety and the Albany Council
Knights of Columbus.
Seated at the head table as
guests at the Breakfast were
Rev. Marvin J. LeFrois, Pas
tor of St. Teresa’s Church, Rev.
Eugene Krygier, Assistant Pas
tor of St. Teresa’s Church, Fr.
Alan Gibbons, Catholic Chaplain
at the Marine Base, Fr. Arthur
Reardon and Fr. Andrew Web
ber, Catholic Chaplains at Tur
ner A.F. Base, Major L. F.
Pottebaum, president of the Ho
ly Name Society who acted as
toastmaster, Mr. Joe Davis,
Grand Knight of Albany Coun
cil Knights of Columbus, who
made the response. Sir Robert
and Mrs. R. E. McCormack, Sr.,
Mayor and Mrs. Asa D. Kelley,
County Commissioner and Mrs.
Gil Barrett, and Mr. R. E. Mc-
Tigue, president of the Albany
Chamber of Commerce.
Preceding the speaking pro
gram members of the Catholic
Youth Club presented a comedy
skit.
"THEY ARE OUR BROTHERS IN CHRIST
Cardinal Leger Asks Prayers
For Protestant Council
MONTREAL, (NC)—Paul
Emile Cardinal Leger, Arch
bishop of Montreal, has urged
Catholics to pray for divine
guidance for a World Council
of Churches meeting to be held
here in July.
"We cannot remain indiffer
ent to these efforts,” Cardinal
Leger said of the Protestant and
Orthodox World Council.
The council’s Commission on
Faith and Order will hold its
fourth major meeting in Mon
treal, July 12 to 26. Some 500
Protestant and Orthodox theo
logians from many countries
are expected to attend and to
discuss religious unity and
other topics.
Father Irenee Beaubien,S.J
president of the Montreal arch
diocesan Ecumenical Commis
sion, said Cardinal Leger has
instructed that body to give
any assistance possible to the
World Council commission in
connection with the July meet
ing.
Father Beaubien said organ
izers of the World Council
meeting have sought the collab
oration of local Catholic lead
ers who have been participat
ing in ecumenical discussions
with non-Catholics for the past
four years. He also said it is
possible that the Holy See will
have official observers at the
July meeting.
Cardinal Leger’s appeal for
Catholic prayers for the World
Council meeting was made in a
Chair of Unity Octave message.
The Unity Octave is an annual
period of eight days of prayer
and study for religious unity.
"We must pray the Father of
Light to enlighten our Christian
brothers and to guide their de
liberations,” the Cardinal said
"Let us not forget that if these
brothers do not fully share in
our faith, they nevertheless are
our brothers in Christ and they
also labor under the inspiration
of the Spirit in the quest
of unity."
He said events in the past
two years "are a sign that
the spirit of Christ is working
in our midst and is moving us
more and more profoundly in
the quest for unity.”
Among the ecumenical devel
opments here are monthly
meetings between Catholic
and non-Catholic theologians,
held to discuss points of reli
gious agreements and disagree
ment; annual days of prayer in
which Catholic and non-Catho
lic leaders take part; the arch
diocesan Ecumenical Commis
sion established by Cardinal
Leger; and special courses de
signed to prepare Catholic lay
men for active interreligious
"dialogue.”
Father Beaubien, president
of the archdiocesan Ecumeni
cal Commission, said the dis
cussions among Catholic and
non-Catholic theologians got
underway in October, 1958,
at the suggestion of a Baptist
minister, the Rev. Nelson
Thompson of Roxton Pond, Que
bec. At that time a group of
French-speaking ministers met
with two Jesuit priests at St.
Marie College in Montreal to
explore the possibility of en
gaging in dialogue.
"It seemed apparent that reg
ular meetings organized in a
climate of charity and prayer
could only produce happy re
sults,” Father Beaubien said.
Since then the French-speak
ing Catholic and non-Catholic
theologians have met monthly
and have discussed such topics
as Revelation, faith, grace, sin,
the redemption, the Blessed
Virgin, the Church, the pri
macy of Peter, Baptism, the
Eucharist, the Mass and the
priesthood.
"We have learned better to
appreciate the real doctrinal
positions of each other,” Fa
ther Beaubien commented.
"Prejudices have fallen away.
We have discovered that we
posses numerous spiritual
treasures in common.”
Each year, before suspending
the dialogue sessions for the
summer, the priests and min
isters spend two days together
in a monastery or retreat house.
There they review their dis
cussions during the past year
"and above all we pray a great
deal,” Father Beaubien said.
"We are all convinced that the
unity of Christians is a great
grace to be obtained from God
both through human efforts and
through prayer,” he said.
WHEN LAW IGNORES GOD
"STATISM” IS RESULT
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
WASHINGTON—The Presi
dent of Georgetown University
told a gathering of government
officials and diplomats at a Red
Mass here that the tyranny of
statism results when societies
ignore God.
True law guides human na
ture "to the perfection and
self-realization which is its
God-given prerogative," said
Father Edward B. Bunn, S. J.,
at a Mass offered in St. Mat
thew's cathedral (Jan. 27) by
Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle
of Washington.
At the Mass were some 30
Federal court judges, headed by
U. S. Chief Justice Earl Warren;
more than 20 senators; a dele
gation of some 200 representa
tives, headed by Speaker of the
House John W. McCormack; and
diplomats from more than 40
nations, including representa
tives of the Organization of
American States.
PROTESTANTS HONOR PRIEST- Msgr. Daniel Moore
(left) of St. Louis, receives the "Ecumenical Cross”
award from the (Protestant) Metropolitan Church Federa
tion of Greater St. Louis for his work during the past
year as liaison between priests and ministers in that
area.
to set up other gods of their
own devising.”
The Jesuit priest asserted
that in societies of men "where
the knowledge and service of
the true God is not the directing
and motivating force, might and
power, conquest and tyranny,
are the perverted aims, and the
loss of human dignity, human
freedom and human happiness
are the inevitable results."
"The final stage is reached,”
he said, "when the state sets
itself up as its own god, as the
end purpose of its citizens’
very lives and of all their ef
forts. . .This is the essential
perversion which makes of so
ciety, with its attendant
mechanisms of government,
law, judgment and all the rest,
not the means, the instrument,
the servant of humanity, but
subjects the dignity, the liber
ty, the abilities and aspirations
of the individual and society
to the demands of the absolute
state.”
Father Bunn said that
“rarely, if ever,” will there
"be found a case of violation of
legitimate human law which
does not also entail some vio
lation of the individual’s obli
gations to divine law.”
"This -is no more than to say
briefly that, in our country,
civil law is derived from and
conforms to Christian mores
and a Christian ethos," he add
ed.
In conclusion, he urged mem
bers of the legal profession not
to “overlook the very real fact
that in every case there is not
one client but two—the indivi
dual, who is being directly serv
ed, and the cause of humanity,
created and providentially di
rected by God.”
In his sermon at the Red
Mass, offered to invoke God's
blessing on members of the
legal profession, Father Bunn
said: "Law emanates from and
terminates in the heart,
the soul, the nature of man
himself—and these, in turn, owe
their being, their powers and
their impulse toward self-per
fection from the purposive
creation of God.”
"In the final analysis,” he
continued, "it is only in terms
of man’s—or society’s—ideas
of God,. . .and of the relation
ships existing between man,
individually and socially with
his Creator, that it is possible
to construct any adequate, sat
isfying shceme of human happi
ness, and of the means to ach
ieve it.
"In a very real sense, there
are no atheists, for wherever
men do not know, or reject, or
ignore the God of creation and
of Revelation, they are impelled
Mission At Saint Clare’s
Father Robert Lynch, a noted Franciscan missionary, closed his week long mission
at St. Clare’s, Albany, with the members renewing their baptismal promises in a
darkened church holding lighted candles. This is the first time that St. Clare’s has
had a week long mission.
Father Robert Lynch, O. F. M., also conducted a childrens’ mission in the afternoon
at the conclusion of which the group picture was taken.