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Welcomed By Pope John
Imprisoned 18 Years,
Prelate Reaches Rome
VATICAN CITY, (NC) —
Archbishop Josyf Slipyiof Lviv,
sole survivor of the Byzantine
Rite Catholic Bishops of the
Ukraine, received a hero’s wel
come from His Holiness Pope
John XXIII when he reached here
after 18 years of imprisonment
and house arrest in the Soviet
Union.
Pope John greeted his re
lease as “a stirring consola
tion for which we humbly thank
the Lord.”
The release of the 76-year-
old Primate of the Ukraine
was announced in Moscow on
Saturday, February 9. The Pope
confirmed the news on Sunday
morning as he was blessing the
cornerstone of the new Lombard
seminary in Rome.
Archbishop Slipyi arrived in
Rome as news of his release
became known. The following
afternoon, Amleto Cardinal Ci-
cognani, Papal Secretary of
State, and Gustavo Cardinal
Testa, Secretary of the Sacred
Congregation for the Oriental
Church, called at the Arch
bishop’s quarters to accompany
him to the private apartment
of the Pope.
The Pope had spoken of the
Ukrainian prelate’s release
earlier in the day in the course
of an audience in the Clemen
tine Hall of the Vatican when
he blessed the cornerstone for
the Lombard seminary. He said;
“Yesterday evening We re
ceived from Eastern Europe a
stirring consolation for which
We humbly thank the Lord. We
SAVANNAH- A committee of
the Southern Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools
visited Pacelli High School,
Columbus on February 11, 12
and 13 in response to the
School’s request for accredita
tion.
Pacelli High School, which
opened in September of 1958
graduated its first class in
June., 1962.
“Upon completion of this
school year, Pacelli will be
come eligible for accreditation
by the Association,” according
to Father John J. Cuddy, Savan
nah Diocesan Superintendent of
Schools.
“Association requirements
are that a secondary institu
tion must have completed one
year as a four-year high school
before it can be accredited and
Pacelli High School will meet
ARCHBISHOP SLIPYI
regard it as a part of the se
cret Providence of God which
can prepare a new impulse of
sincere faith and of peaceful
and fruitful apostolate for the
holy Church and for honest
souls.
“Let us not disturb the my
sterious design to which God
calls all men to cooperate, ga
thering the threads of a cloth
that requirement in June of this
year,” he said.
The visiting committee which
will render an evaluation to the
Southern Association of Col
leges. and Secondary Schools
was headed by Dr. Lloyd Moll,
President of Georgia South
western College. Members of
his committee were Dr. R. G.
Williams of the State Depart
ment of Education; Miss Grace
Hightower, State Library De
partment; Dr. Lindsey Mock,
Columbus College Guidance De
partment; Miss Roberta Law
rence, Chairman of the English
Department of Columbus High
School; Rev. Bede Lightner O.
S. B., Seience Department,
Benedictine High School; Miss
Mary Elizabeth Tune, Chairman
of the Mathematics Department
of Columbus’ Jordan High
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which is woven with His grace
and the ready cooperation of
innocent, gently and generous
souls. You see the emotion and
tenderness of the moment which
is in Our heart, and you will
excuse Us from the further
effusions to which We are in
dined.”
Archbishop Slipyi, a bishop
since 1939, succeeded as Me
tropolitan of Lviv in November
1944, on the death of Arch
bishop Andrei Szeptyckyi. The
Soviet regime was at that time
currying the favor of the Uk
rainians, and the Lviv Byzan
tine Rite See had a total of
1.3 million Catholics. Soviet
Prenier Nikita Khrushchev,
then secretary of the Commu
nist party in the Ukraine, even
attended Archbishop Szep
tyckyi’s funeral. But by the
early spring of 1945, the re
treating German armies made
it opportune for the Soviet Union
to renew the ancient Russian
persecution of the Byzantine
Rite Catholics of the Ukraine.
On April 11, 1945, following
an initial press campaign, the
Soviet regime arrested Arch
bishop Slipyi and Auxiliary Bi
shop Nicetas Budka of Lviv,
Bishop Gregory Khomyshyn of
Stanislaviv, Auxiliary Bishop
Ivan Latyshevsky of Stanislaviv,
and Bishop Nicholas Charnet-
sky, Apostolic Visitator for
Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite
in Poland. All were given sen
tences ranging from 5 to 10
years. All except Archbishop
Slipyi are now dead.
Two-Day
Teachers
Institute
SAVANNAH--More than 200
teachers in the 22 elementary
schools of the Diocese of Sa
vannah will meet in Sa
vannah, Friday, February 15th,
for their annual two-day
Teachers’ Institute.
Presiding will be the Rev.
John Cuddy, Superintendent of
Diocesan Schools.
Institute sessions will be held
at Blessed Sacrament School,
with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thom
as A. Brennan, pastor, as host.
Sister Mary Jude, R.S.M. is
principal of the school.
Friday's sessions will be
gin at 9:30 a.m. with talks by
Mother Margaret Regina,
I.H.M. on “Modern Matha-
matics.”
Participants will attend
Mass at noontime, and will
resume program activities af
ter lunch at 1 p.m. The after
noon session will come to a
close with an address by Fa
ther Cuddy.
Highlight of Saturday’s ac
tivities, which begin with a
“Principals’ Meeting” at 9:30
a.m., will be an address by
His Excellency, The Most Rev
erend Thomas J. McDonough
on “The Ecumenical Council.”
The Institute proceedings will
close with Benediction of
the Most Blessed Sacrament and
dinner at 1:30 p.m.
Chancellor
To Speak
At Augusta
AUGUSTA--Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Andrew J. McDonald, Chancel
lor of the Diocese, will be
speaker at the annual Washing
ton Day Dinner.
Held on Washington’s birth
day, (Feb. 22) this years dinner
and dance will be held at 7:30
p.m. at the Ft. Gordon Offi
cers’ Club.
New Seminary Wing
To Be Dedicated
In connection with the third annual Vianney Altar Boy
Award Bishop Thomas J. McDonough will dedicate the new
wing of Saint John Vianney Minor Seminary.
The dedication will take place at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday,
March 23rd. An open house for all the people of the diocese
will be held that afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
This will follow the presentation of awards to the out
standing altar boys of the diocese at 8:00 a.m. that same
day. Bishop McDonough has expressed the hope that, “all
of the people of the area will make a pilgrimage to the
seminary on that day so that they maybe able to appreciate
the results of their sacrifice in the Annual Confraternity
of the Laity Drive.”
The new wing was built at a cost of about $40,000 and
will include expanded dormitory, classroom, library and
recreation space as well as an oratory for morning Mass,
according to the Very Rev. William V. Coleman, Rector.
There are approximately 9,000 square feet of floor space in
the new building where architectural style matches that of
the existing structure.
Contractor of the building was Willar J. Teston Company
of Savannah.
Visited By Committee
Pacelli High School
Seeks Accreditation
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Bishop McDonough In Letter
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My dear People:
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for new and renewal subscrip
tions to our Diocesan news
paper, THE SOUTHERN CROSS,
will be conducted next Sunday,
February 17th, in every parish
and mission of the Diocese.
I’m sure all will agree that
in the past year or two, our
newspaper has improved ma
terially, both in quality and
content.
This year, for the first time
in almost a century, the Dio
cese of Savannah has a weekly
newspaper. This means that the
costs of publication will be dou
ble those of last year, when it
was only a bi-weekly. The sub
scription cost remains the
same, but it is extremely im
portant that we have the support
of all our people to enable us to
continue our long-standing
practice of sending our dioce
san newspaper into every Ca
tholic home of the Diocese.
We have found, as have vir
tually all Catholic newspapers
in the country, that revenue
from advertising alone cannot
finance our operations in this
field. It is not advertising, but
reader support which is the
backbone of a Catholic news
paper.
We think that THE SOU
THERN CORSS is really a ne
cessity in every Catholic home.
It is not only a source of in
formation concerning import
ant and interesting' happenings
around the Diocese, but more
importantly, it is almost the
only avenue through which you
can be fully informed concern
ing local, national, and inter
national issues which involve,
directly or indirectly, Catholic
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To me, our Catholic news
paper is a most important help
in carrying out my pastoral
duties toward you, and it is my
hope and prayer that you, also,
will look upon THE SOUTHERN
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full support make it possible
for our newspaper to continue
to progress and improve in the
coming year.
Anticipating your coopera
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my blessing, I am,
Devotedly yours in Christ,
thomas j. McDonough
Bishop of Savannah.
In Washington Testimony
NCWC Experts Say School
Bills Should Include All
MAILING ADDRESS
WASHINGTON, (NC)- The
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference’s experts pn education
and in constitutional law have
told a House committee that
Federal aid proposals should--
and can--include private edu
cation.
Msgr. Frederick G. Hoch-
walt, director of the NCWC’s
education department, describ
ed as “totally unacceptable”
and “discriminatory” the sec
tion of the administration’s edu
cation bill which would assist
public schools but not private
education.
William R. Consedine, direc
tor of the NCWC’s legal depart
ment, argued that there is no
constitutional barrier to Con
gressional utilization of paro
chial and other private schools
to help accomplish a purpose
established by government,
such as “national defense” in
the 1958 National Defense Edu
cation Act.
The two appeared (Feb. 6)
before the House Education
Committee for nearly two
hours. Msgr. Hochwalt present
ed a 10-minute statement of
comment on the Kennedy ad
ministration’s omnibus bill.
He and Consedine then answer
ed questions.
In his statement, Msgr. Hoch
walt said the bill's proposal
to spend $1.5 million in four
years on public grade and high
schools is rejected by the NCWC
as “unfair to a large segment
of the educational population.”
He had praise, however, for
the “well conceived” benefits
in several other parts of the
bill, chiefly the section for
loans to colleges for construc
tion of academic facilities,
grants to help college libraries
expand the grants to graduate
schools for construction pro
poses and expansion of faculty.
But Msgr. Hochwalt said that
inclusion of the college program
in the same bill with the
highly controversial proposal
for aid to elementary and se
condary public schools endan
gers the passage of the higher
education recommendations.
He suggested that the ad
ministration measure be broken
up into bills for higher educa
tion and for pre-college school
ing.
“This division will, of
course,” he said, “arouse the
old debate about public and pri
vate schools. If so, let us have
that debate, but let us not jeo
pardize the harmony at the
higher level which already ex
ists and which promises so
many satisfactory outcomes.
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AT DEDICATION OF NEW HOSPITAL WING—Gathered
in Augusta for the dedication of the new wing of St. Jo
seph's Hospital were from left to right; Msgr. Daniel
J. Bourke, V. F. , Pastor of St. Mary’s On-The-Hill
Church, Augusta; Sister Mary Louise, C.S.J., Hospital
Administrator; Bishop Thomas J. McDonough; Msgr. An
drew J. McDonald, Chancellor; Msgr. John D. Toomey,
pastor of St. James, Savannah; Msgr. George Lewis Smith,
Director of Hospitals for the Diocese of Charleston, S. C.
(Breault Newsfoto-Creighton)
AUGUSTA HOSPITAL
ADDITION DEDICATED
AUGUSTA—Bishop Thomas
J. McDonough formally de
dicated the new $1,265,000 addi
tion to St. Joseph’s Hospital
last Sunday.
Bishop McDonough said that
“he had been impressed by
the beautiful construction of
the new unit, and the devoted
teamwork that had gone into
the preparation of its planning.”
His Excellency, in praising
the sisters of St. Joseph of
Carodolet, said that they have
been outstanding in the nur
sing profession. “They give
their patients the kind of love
they would receive in their
own homes, and take a personal
interest in each one.”
“We are indebted to those
who provided the money, the
It’s Cold In Rome Too!
sisters who have accepted such
a staggering debt, and the doc
tors who can bring to all the
capabilities God has given them.
They heal the body so Christ
can heal the Soul, the Bishop
said.
Presiding at the dedication
was Alvin M. McAuliffe, who
introduced John L. Murray as
program chairman.
Rt. Rev. Monsignor Daniel
J. Bourke, V. F., pastor of
St. Mary’s on-the-Hill^Trttro-
duced the Bishop.
Also speaking at the cere
mony were Rev. MotherEucha-
rista, C. S. J., supervisor
general of the Oraer of St.
Joseph of Carondelet and J.
MacRae Howard, 8th ward coun
cilman who presented the
Mayor.
The invocation was given by
the Rev. A. B. Kearns, S. J.,
pastor of Sacret Heart Church,
and benediction by the Rev. N.
Quinlan, pastor of St. Joseph's
Church.
Among the honored guests
were the Rt. Rev. Msgr. An
drew J. McDonald, chancellor
of the diocese of Savannah;
the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John D.
Toomey, St. James' Church, Sa
vannah; and the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
George L. Smith; V. F., director
of hospitals of the diocese of
Charleston.
Nuns from St. Louis, Mo.,
headquarters of the Sisters of
St. Joseph, were Mother M.
Caroline, C. S. J., assistant su
perior general; Mother Aurelia
Mary, C. S. J., provincial su
perior of St. Louis province;
and Sister Joan Marie, C. S.
J., assistant provincial su
perior.
From the St. Joseph Hos
pitals at Kirkwood, Mo., and
Kansas City, Mo., came Sisters
Margaret Alacoque, and M. De-
metria; and Margaret Eillen
and M. Irene respectively.
Chaplains from Ft. Gordon
were present, and Maj. Gen.
Eugene A. Salet, commanding
officer, and Mrs. Salet.
Music was provided by the
Ft. Gordon Band under the
leadership of C. W. O. Victor
F. Owens.
After the dedication program,
tours of the new extension were
conducted.
Episcopal
Appointments
WASHINGTON, (NC) — His
Holiness Pope John XXIII has
made the following Episcopal
appointments, announced by the
office of the Apostolic Delegate:
Bishop James A. McNulty is
transferred from the See of
Paterson, N.J. and becomes
Bishop of Buffalo; Bishop James
J. Navagh is transferred from
the See of Ogdensburg, N.Y.,
and becomes Bishop of Pat
erson; Bishop Leo R. Smith,
Titular Bishop of Marida and
Administrator of the Diocese
of Buffalo has been named Bish
op of Ogdensburg; Monsig
nor George H. Speltz, Rector
of Immaculate Heart of Mary
Seminary, Winona, Minn., has
been named Titular Bishop of
Claneus and Auxiliary to Bishop
Edward A. Fitzgerald of Win
ona.
Benedictine
Contract
Awarded
SAVANNAH--The award of a
contract to Whatley and Minter
Construction Co. for the
construction of the new Bene
dictine Military School and
monastery was announced last
week.
The $1,267,992 contract
covers the construction of an
academic building, a gym
nasium, a combination au
ditorium and cafeteria and a
monastery. The academic
building will be named the
Anderson Building in memory of
Mrs. Troy L. Anderson, whose
benefaction helped make the new
school possible.
Work began Monday. The con
tract calls for the academic
building and the cafeteria-au
ditorium to be completed in
220 days. Thus the Cadets ex
pect to be in their new school
this fall.
The school and monastery
will be located on a 100 acre
site adjoining the Army National
Guard Armory on Meridian
road. The school will ac
comodate 600 boys and will be
air conditioned.
A military drill field, base
ball diamond and football prac
tice field already have been
laid out and planted.
Thomas-Driscoll-Hutton Inc.
are architects and engineers
for the project.
INDEX
LEGION OF DECENCY 2
EDITORIALS 4
JOTTINGS 5
YOUTHSCOPE 6
QUESTION BOX 4
The last of the papal navy--the “galera” fountain within
Vatican City- is laden with icicles. This fountain, which is
made of bronze and spouts water from its masts and guns,
is rarely seen because it is located in a part of the tiny
city not open to the public.--(NC Photos)