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Saint James’ Home And School ual degeneration of the various organs die to the excessive in take of alcohol. The sentencing of an alcohol ic to "thirty days or $30” is not and never will be the an swer to a cure for this serious social problem wasthe opinion of Judge Oliver. Dr. F. W. Wouters, psychia trist, cited the necessity for seeking out the cause and/or motivation that ultimately drives a once respected and law abiding citizen to seek false and temporary peace within the con fines of an alcoholic stupor as the only method by which a cure can be affected for those who have fallen victim to this disease. A question and answer period followed the panel dis cussion. The members of the associa tion voted to purchase two Science Reading Association Labs for the school. A request for a footpath for the use of the school children between Halcyon Bluff and St. James School was sent to the County Commissioners. Lack of bus service in this area forces many children to RABBI- (Continued From Page 1) democracy in his homeland. Andreas assured the com mittee that CEF is "truly non sectarian.” The organization is charged by critics, chiefly Protestants and other Ameri cans United for Separa tion of Church and State, with being a "Catholic front group.’ ’ Andreas urged committee members to remove from the Kennedy bill "all discrimina tion against the economic free dom and the right of the family, the parents, to provide for their children an education which is in ac cord with their own free choice of religious or aca demic preference.” Please Patronize Our Advertisers walk to and from school in the hazardous road. Mrs. Edmund Anderson was commended on her appointment as National Vice Chairman of the Family and Parent Educa tion Committee of the National Council of Catholic Women. MOSLEMS- (Continued From Page 1) ies, who "have become redun dant.” He added*. "Having being relieved of teaching duties, those mis sionaries have little or no jus tification to remain in the Su dan since the government has dispensed with their services as it has previously done with the services of a number of ex patriates whose posts in the dif ferent government branches were Sudanized. "In view of this, the Council of Ministers has, after a detail ed study of the situation, re solved that the redundant mis sionaries should leave the coun try.” In January, the Ministry of Information and Labor had charged that the missioners were being ousted not because they had become "redundant,” but because of their "proven interference in affairs outside their religious responsibilities in a manner which might dis turb law and order in a sec tion of the country.” Replying to the Irwa state ment, Father Adrian Bonfan- ti—one of 93 Catholic mis sioners expelled from the Su dan—declared: “1. The Sudanization policy referred to by Gen. Mohamed Ahmed Irwa had already been put into execution in 1957 (the year mission schools in the non- Moslem southern provinces of the country were nationalized as part of a drive to Islamize the Sudan). "2. The missioners were not merely ‘asked’ to leave the country: their expulsion was ordered. "3. Most of the priests, Bro thers and Sisters who were ex pelled had nothing to do with the schools. "4. The Missionary Societies Act of 1962 and the Missionary Societies Regulations of 1962 clearly demonstrate that by‘Su danization’ the present Moslem government of Khartoum means also the suffocation of Chris tianity in the southern Sudan and the imposition of Islam.” Essay Winners The Savannah Diocesan Council of Catholic Women announce the winners in the nineteenth annual essay con test: Group 1-Tim O’Shea,-Pacelli High School, Colum bus, Georgia, Group II-Jay Disque St. Francis Xavier School , Brunswick, Georgia, Group III-James R. Hester, Our Lady of Lourdes School, Columbus, Georgia. The topic was "Rome-Center of the Church (General Council)”. The contest was open to any Student attend ing Catholic schools in the Savannah Diocese. Participant were grouped into three divisions accord ing to grade placement and length of essay. Awards con sisting of a ten dollar check and a religious prize will be presented to each winning contestant. The essays were first judged locally, then on the deanery level and finally on the diocesan Jottings . . . (Continued from Page 5) system? One usually thinks of an underdeveloped nation as one in which the majority of the natives cannot read or write. Ireland probably leads the world—yes, even England—with her litera ry greats. But, alas, in the things of the world she appears poor. PRACTICAL SOULS will wave aside faith as an intangi ble—and inconsequential con tribution and brush aside peace, serenity, as of no consequence. They will acknowledge begrud gingly that Ireland has given one or two literary greats to the world—and a few politicians too. What does this have to do with progress in a nationally developed sense? An underde veloped nation, according to international paralance, means a nation which is deficient in the fields of power, transport, com munications, roads, railways, harbors, airfields, telephones, banking, trade organization. (And we know how vital tele vision, and telephones are to developing a nation) Well, if we were to quarrel with the United Nations classification, it would be an easy quarrel to settle. Ireland nationally-owned Air Lines is probably the best run, safest and most profitable in the world. Would that any nationally controlled unit here could re port the profits that Aer Lingus reports to the Irish government each year. It is the same with her tourist trade. At Shannon Airport, the international air port, the ingenius Irish have an entire community of European plants which manufacture their goods and ship them around the world—Japanese transistors; German watches, English, Swiss, French, Spanish, all, are represented in this experiment. As for harbors and shipping, Ireland has not been asleep in investing and seeking out new shipping ties with Europe and the United States. One of my good friends in Ireland was hard at work in this area while I was there. As for communications— Ireland inaugurated its first television system on J anuary 1, 1962. And for most of the Irish I’ve heard from it’s one television station too much. The Irish have the happy facility of being able to amuse themselves, the art of conversation which seems long dead in this part of the world is thriving there. UNDERDEVELOPED nation —nonsense! It might be interesting to send some Peace Corpsmen to Ireland for basic training in the essentials of living. Why do we live and for what? The United Nations could well look to Ireland as the per fect pattern of a nation under God, a model which they could cies, the new nations of Africa and Asia. In fact, it was an Irishman, Frederick Boland who was for a time president of the U. N. Most people of the world know the Irish already for it has been Irish missiona ries who have taught them to read, write, and pray. And so even before Saint Patrick’s ob servances begin, I would set the record straight. If Ireland be less-developed then the rest of the world, according to the United Nations, then we could do well by being less developed in the pocketbook area and more developed in the soul and heart areas as is Ireland. Amen. PAGE 6—The Southern Cross, March 9, 1963 ANNUAL CUB SCOUT BANQUET—Shown above are Scout officials attending the Blue and Gold Banquet at Blessed Sacrament School. They are 1. to r. Charles McAulifee, cubmaster; Father George C. James, Institutional Representative; Alfred T. Wing, who served as M.C.; William McD. Lloyd, guest speaker; Julius Drake, Representative of the Coastal Empire Council; and John McConnell, assistant cubmaster. Blue And Gold Banquet At Blessed Sacrament SAVANNAH—The annual Blue and Gold Banquet for Cub Pack #16, sponsored by Bless ed Sacrament Church Sa vannah Church Savannah, Georgia was held last week. This yearly dinner is consid ered the main event of the Scouting year, called "Blueand. Gold” for the traditional colors of the Cub Scout movement. Approximately fifty cub scouts with their parents, brothers and sisters enjoyed the evening. Master of Ceremonies for the evening was Alfred T. Wing, Pack Chairman. Guest speaker, William MacD Lloyd, Past Pack Master, Charles McAuliffee. Benediction was pronounced by the Rev. George C. James, In stitutional Representative. One of the highlights of the evening was the presenting of the Pack Charter by Julius Drake, Coastal Empire Repre sentative to Mon signor Thomas A. Brennan, Pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church. The local Order of the Arrow, Tomoche- chi Lodge, climaxed the evening with their presentation of ancient Indian dances. The Easter project for aid ing the poor and the orphans of Savannah has been launched for 1963 by the Ancient Order of Hibernians Auxiliary with MRS. HILDA HESTER as chair man. The worthwhile undertak ing has been established as a memorial to MRS. CLAUDIA GANNON . . . Savannah Aider- man TOMMY COLEMAN has proposed renaming east Pres ident Street extension for Gen. 1 Lachlan McIntosh, a hero of the American Revolutionary War. The general made con tributions in land on the east ern side of Savannah . . . JU LIAN HALLIGAN, chairman of the First District fortheGSBA, was among a group of Georgia School Board legislative com mittee members to meet with. Gov. Carl Sanders and other state officials in Atlanta . . . PAT HARVEY is the winner in the preliminary competition of the National High School Ora torical Contest at Pacelli High, Columbus . . . WILLIAM MC LAUGHLIN and ANNE POR TER, 8th graders, were crown ed king and queen of the Mardi Gras at the Cathedral Day School celebration held on Shrove Tuesday ... In a recent basketball game between Sacred Heart (Sav’h.) and Coun try Day School (Sav’h.) VIR GINIA CORISH is credited with hooking 17 out of the 38 points for Sacred Heart . . . DAN IEL J. O’HAYER has been in stalled as skipper of the Sa vannah Beach Marine Rescue Squadron. Others elected were B. P. HOSTI, E. J. SOLOM ON, and ARTHUR MOYE. O’ HAYER succeeds PERRY SOL OMON III. . . . The parish ioners of St. James’ Church (Sav’h.) wish to give special thanks to the Men’s Club of the church for their sponsorship of the Parish Dance recently held . . . In a Fire Slogan-Poster Contest, sponsored by the Fire Prevention Committee of the Savannah Chamber of Com merce, seven students from Catholic schools in the city are honored: KATHRYN RONEY and MARY TRIGG, eighth graders at Blessed Sacrament School; JIMMY WOODS, third grade, Blessed Sacrament; TERRY KEANE, fifth grade, Sac red Heart; ANN PORTER, eighth grade, Cathedral Day School; and MARY FLAN- NIGAN, junior, St. Vincent’s Academy . . . MARY MAN GER, daughter of LT. COL. and MRS. GEORGE J. MAG- NER of Fort Benning, has been named to the Dean’s List for the first semester at Barry College in Miami, Fla. A freshman at Barry, she is a graduate of Pacelli High School, Columbus . . . TIM O'SHEA, a senior at Pacelli High, received a $10 check for his essay on "The Ecu menical Council.” The contest was sponsored by the National Council of Catholic Women . . . Parade watchers on St. Patrick- Day, Sav’h., will be seeing double when twins SCOT and REEVE McGINNIS march by with the St. James School drum and bugle corps. The sixth grad ers are sons of LT. COL. and MRS. R. H. McGINNIS, Scot is five minutes older than his brother . . . KATHLEEN MAC- KRELL, daughter of MR. and MRS. WILLIAM H. MAC- KRELL, and ROSEMARY EM- erick, daughter of MR. and MRS. FRANK EMERICK, will receive nurses caps in exer cises held at Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta, on Sunday Af ternoon, March 10. Both girls, graduates of St. Vincent’s Acad emy,- Savannah, are in training at St. Joseph’s Infirmary in At lanta . . . ARCHBISHOP PAUL HALLINAN, 1st Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, will be the guest speaker on the Savannah Catholic Hour on March 17. The program, last ing from 11:10 to II: 30 a.rn. will be broadcast over WTOC Radio. . . DAN J. SHEEHAN, SR. and HUGH GRADY have been appointed as escorts to ARCH BISHOP HALLINAN at the Hi bernians Banquet on March 16. The appointment was made by JOHN BRENNAN ... . Give To The Bishops' Relief Fund Laetare Sunday QUESTION BOX (By David Q. Liptak) Q. Besides the first Friday devotions, are there any other special Friday devotions appro ved by the Church in recollec tion of Christ’s Passion and Death? And are any of them in dulgenced? A. Several Friday devotions in recollection of the Passion and Death of Christ are men tioned in the Raccolta, the Church’s official handbook of indulgenced prayers and exer cises. THUS, THOSE WHO meditate on the Passion in memory of Christ’s agony for at least fif teen minutes on any Friday of the year can gain (1) an indul gence of seven years on each and every Friday and (2) a plenary indulgence under the usual conditions on the last Friday of any month provided that they have observed this exercise on the preceding Fri days of that month. To meet the requirements for these in dulgences one can contemplate the sufferings of the dying Sav iour and the Sacred Words he uttered from the Cross, or one can recite psalms, hymns and other vocal prayers in honor of the Saviour’s Passion and Crucifixion. All the details are given under Number 165 in the Raccolta. ANO'f^^R Friday indul gence, a^jpartial one of seven years, can be obtained merely by devoutly saying seven Paters, Aves and Glorias be fore an image of Christ Cruci fied. If these prayers are said on every Friday of the month, a plenary indulgence can be gained under the usual condi tions (Number 166). ON GOOD FRIDAY, of course, there is a special plenary in dulgence attached to meditation or prayer for three hours, made privately or publicly, on the sufferings of the dying Saviour. For the conditions, one of which is Communion, see Number 165 in the Raccolta. ONE FRIDAY PRACTICE which should be encouraged is reading a portion of the Scrip tural Narratives of Christ’s Passion and Death (or the Old Testament prophecies that re fer to it). For reading any part of the Bible for at least a quar ter of an hour with the venera tion due to the Divine Word one may gain an indulgence of 300 days. ANY FRIDAY DEVOTION to the Passion is certainly highly efficacious of merit. When such a devotion is indulgenced, it is well—to borrow Father Winfrid Herbst’s words—"to have the intention of performing it for its own sake and not merely to gain the indulgences attached to it; for the slightest increase of merit (and good works per formed in the state of grace, merit an eternal reward ) is worth incomparably more than a speedy delivery from purga tory.” SAVANNAH—A' panel con sisting of Dr. Daniel H. Wil loughby, Judge George Oliver and Dr. F. W. Wouters pre sented a discussion of the med ical, legal and psychological as pects of the cause and cure of alcoholism at the recent meet ing of the St. James Home and School Association. Dr. Willoughby presented the medical view of the effects of alcohol on the body and the grad- Book Shop Elects The Notre Dame Book Shop Association held their annual meeting at the Book Shop and elected the following officers: President, Mrs. W. H. Mac- Krell; Vice-President, Julian C. Halligan; Secretary, Miss Moira Fogarty; Treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth Winders. Miss Janet Spillane and Dr. Lawrence Dunn were appointed to the Board of Directors for a two year term. Mrs. Julian Halligan, the retiring secre tary, will remain on the Board in the capacity of publicity chairman. Due to the pressure of business, Mr. Julian Snipple has found it necessary to retire from the Board and his resigna tion was accepted with regret. Mr. Harry Haslam submit ted the annual financial state ment and appreciation was ex pressed to him for the time devoted to preparing this state ment. Mrs. James Howe had on dis play at the meeting an interest ing arrangement of Communion Sets, Missals and other religi ous articles, all of which are available through the Shop. Rev. Lawrence Lucree, Asst. Rector of the Cathedral, was a guest at the meeting. CATHEDRAL MARDI GRAS—Members of the Royal Court enjoy a hearty laugh at the expense of the King of Cathedral Day School’s annual Mardi Gras celebration, as Rev. Herbert J. Wellmeier, assistant rector places crown on his head. Queen Anne Porter and King William McLaughlin, were elected by ballot by the student body of the school McDonough Elected Marshal SAVANNAH—The Grand Marshal of Savannah’s famous St. Patrick’s Day Parade was chosen at a meeting of the par ade committee held last Sunday afternoon. He is Mr. Joseph McDonough. He is the chief tariff clerk for the freight traf fic office of the Central of Geor gia Railroad. A past grandknight of Savan nah Council 631, Knights of Columbus, past district deputy and former state treasurer of the Georgia K. of C., Mr. Mc Donough presently holds the post of financial secretary of the Savannah Council. Mr. McDonough’s first act, upon being named to the post for the 1963 parade, was to exercise one of the preroga tives of a Grand Marshal, choosing as his aides Mr. John N. Crotty and Mr. James J. Johnson. He will be vested in the 112 year old sash of his office at a reception to be given Sunday, March 10th at the Savannah K. of C. Hall. Mr. Daniel Keane, chairman of the parade committee said the election of Mr. McDonough was unanimous. Savannah’s St. J. Johnson, an ST. PATRICK’S DAY MARSHAL—Joseph McDonough, center, will lead Patrick's Day Parade. Others are Chairman, Dan Keane, left and James aide. - (News Press Photo by Robert McDonald) A ban on steady dating in high school made headlines again last week. Father James A. Carey of Jersey City said; "any student dating one person to the exclusion of all others shall be expelled immediately.” Some years ago, one Catholic High School after another was reported in secular newspapers to have initiated a policy of expulsion for the teen-agers who refused to quit the creeping, practice. So much has been said about premature and immature imitations of courtships (which sophormoric steady dating amounts to) that this column will not just repeat all the un changing solid reasons against it. Any competent pamphlet or sensible advisor can provide these. I would rather just put down some oblique but pertinent remarks. In this recent episode in New Jersey, it is interesting to note, parents gave whole-hearted ap proval to Father Carey’s action. Frequently, parental coopera tion on this touchy subject is by no means unanimous. All too often, the parents themselves have pushed their seventh- grade children into boy-girl parties to give them an early start on the social whirl. "It teaches them the social graces,” they say. I’ve always contended sanctifying grace is much more important than social grace, and many a time sanctifying grace has been lost in an ill-fated attempt to gain social grace at a too tender and confusing age or grade lev el. The fact that an occasional grace school romance has re-_j, suited in a highly successful Cathilic marriage, in no way alters the general principle. Exclusive dating with no proxi mate prospects of matrimony presents to many spiritual hazards. This is particularly true because of a growing free dom of action resulting from easy access to the family car, unsupervised dating at drive- in restaurants and movies, and careless observance of cur fews. No other satisfactory ex planation has been advanced for the increase in forced and im- ' mature marriages with subse quent divorce and unhappiness, some types of juvenile delin quency, and other individual and social evils. Most of these troubles absolutely would not happen, were it not for the pat tern of steady dating. As yet, no teen-ager has come forth with a plausible de fense of the practice. The argu^ ments about dating security, greater financial ease, com fortableness and enjoyment in each others company are insuf ficient in the face of the moral danger. Nor has any teen-ager torn to shreds the argument that it is moral danger, an "unnecessary occasion of sin.” j It’s hard to say who is making ' greater headway, the spiritual advisors or the youth in this continuing controversy. The conflict goes on apace. Only when the parents add their influence on the side of the bulk of theologians will the practice wane. Right now, too many mo thers and dads give in to the pressure of the mob saying "everybody’s doing it.” And so, though they expect obedience from their offspring, they give the poor example of themselves flaunting authorities. This is a precarious paradox. Better safe, than sorry! No harm ever resulted from following pastor- ad advice from the recognized , moral authorities! ' jjc sje s{e With all the emphasis on 50 mile hikes to prove and improve •physical fitness, a recent reli gious cartoon suggests the 40- day hike of Lent as spiritual —a fitness program. A good idea! * * * This column was never de signed to be anonymous, but a few readers inquired the lack of , signature. The first two articles ! contained name and address and I an invitation to write in com- l ments news and previews of | CYO events. | Father Herbert Wellmeier I P. O. Box 2227, S Savannah, Ga. s