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Newspaper Page TextSAVANNAH — Savannah’s traditional St. Patrick’s Day festivities get under way on March 16th with a Pontifical Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist celebrated by the Most Rev. Thomas J. Mc Donough at 8:30 a.m. The Rev. Lawrence Lucree will also preach. Then the grand parade, now more than 100 years old, will step off from Liberty and Ab- ercorn Streets. "With almost ninety marching, riding and mounted units, the 1963 pa rade should be one of the best ever," said Dan Keane, chair man of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee. “We have one band coming all the way from Galax, Virginia,” he said. City and County police units as well as the Chatham County Sherrifs Posse will precede pin cars carrying this year’s Grand Marshall, Joseph McDonough and past Grand Marshals. Along with a United States Navy Band, there will be march ing units from six naval ves sels , as well as detachments of the U. S. Army, Marines, Coast Guard, Air Force and units of the Georgia Nation al Guard and Air National Guard. In addition to marching bands from Savannah and Chat ham County area schools, sev eral high school bands will jour ney from South Carolina and Virginia. This year, for the first time> in twenty years, a Parochial school will be represented by a drum and bugle corps. It is St. James School. The band was started recently under the di- pcia rection of Mr. Henry Apple- white, band director of Bene dictine Military School and Mr. Harry Deal, well known fig ure in parochial athletic ac tivities. Adding color to the spectacle will be mounted units from the Duval County, Florida, Sheriffs Posse; the Rocking S. Horses of Savannah and the Circle M. Riders, also from Savannah. Civil Defense units, Marine Rescue Squadrons, the Civil Air Patrol and Boy and Girl Scouts will also be represent ed. Crack drill teams from the University of South Carolina and Camden Military Academy will perform at several places along the line of march and be fore the three reviewing stands. City and County officials will review the parade from stands in front of Savannah’s city hall. The Grand Marshal, civilian dignitaries, clergy and re ligious will watch parade units from stands near the end of the line march. Last to re view the bands, marchers, and display vehicles will be mili tary officials from all branches of the Armed Forces. Historic Savannah military organizations will hold St. Pat rick’ s Day banquets later in the evening, and the 151st ob servance of the feast day of Ireland’s Patron Saint will come to a close with the traditional dinner of the Hibernian Society of Savannah. Governor Carl E. Sanders and the Most Rev. Paul J. Halli- nan, Archbishop of Atlanta will be featured speakers. Vol. 43, No. 26 10c Per Copy — $3 A Year On Hibernian Banquet Program Archbishop, Governor SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1963 THE MOST REV. THOMAS J. McDONOUGH confers with new officers of the Columbus Deanery Council of Catholic Women at a meeting here. Discussing the program with the Bishop are, left to right, Mrs. Richard G. Cowan, recording secretary, Macon; Mrs. John B. Byrne, treasurer, Columbus;and Mrs. Henry F. Gallman, president, Columbus. Mrs. Leonard H. Campbell, vice-president, Macon, was not present at the time the picture was made. Bishop McDonough Attends Macon Hosts Meeting Of Columbus Deanery MACON—St. Joseph’ s Parish Council of Catholic Women were hosts to the spring luncheon meeting of the Columbus Dean ery Council of Catholic Wo men on Sunday, March 3rd. Mrs. L. E. Mock, Albany, president of the Columbus Deanery, pre sided over the meeting. Mrs. J. B. Joncas, presi dent of St. Joseph’s Parish Council, welcomed the mem bers and guests on behalf of the Council; and Mrs. J. Ray Pink ston, Albany gave the response. The Right Rev. Msgr. Thomas I. Sheehan, pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, extended greetings from the “heart of Georgia”, and also best wish es for the success of the meet- His Excellency, the Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, was the principal speaker, and his subject was the Ecumeni cal Council. The Bishop’s talk was inspiring and informative, PRAY FOR OUR PRIESTLY DEAD VERY REV. LEO M. KEENAN March 17th, 1943 REV. THOMAS J. KNOX (U. S. N.) March 21, 1943 Oh God, Who didst give to thy servants by their sacredotal 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 O ur Lord, A men. and it was thoroughly enjoyed. Mrs. Joseph Dembowski, Warner Robins, president of the Savannah Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, gave an in teresting talk on the national convention of Catholic Wo men held in Detroit during No vember 1962. Mrs. Norman I. Boatwright of Augusta, Nation al Director from the Province of Atlanta, was introduced and expressed her appreciation of the honor of being elected our National Director. A slate of new officers for the year 1963-64 was submit ted by the nominating committee headed by Mrs. Leonora A. Mal- ony, Macon, as chairman. Mrs. Henry F. Gallman, Columbus, was named new president of the Columbus Deanery, and other officers elected were Mrs. Leo nard H. Campbell, Macon, as vice-president; Mrs. Rich ard G. Cowan, Macon, as re cording secretary; and Mrs. John B. Byrne, Columbus, as treasurer. The Right Rev. Msgr. John D. Toomey, Spiritual Modera tor, Savannah Diocesan Council (Continued on Page 5) To Speak At Savannah SAVANNAH—Georgia’s Governor, the Honorable Carl E. Sanders, and the Most Reverend Paul J. Hallinan, Archbishop of Atlanta will be the featured speakers at the 151st annual banquet of the Hibernian Society of Savannah, Saturday, March 16th at 8:00 p.m. Archbishop Hallinan will re spond to the toast, “The Day We Guild To Meet Sunday SAVANNAH — The Spring meeting of St. Mary’s Home Guild will be held at St. Mary’s Home on Sunday March 17, at 4 p.m. His Excellency the Most Reverend Thomas J. McDon ough will honor the meeting with his presence. A china shower will be given the home at the meeting. Each member will present the home with a cup and saucer. Election of officers will take place ana a report of the mem bership drive will be made by the treasurer, Mrs. Walter M. Crawford. Open house will precede the meeting. Cardinal Bea Will Visit Baltimore BALTIMORE, (NC)—Augus tin Cardinal Bea, S. J., presi dent of the Secretariat for Pro moting Christian Unity, will visit this city April 1 and 2 as the guest of Archbishop Law rence J. Shehan of Baltimore. The 81-year-old prelate was invited to come to the United States some months ago by Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston. He will speak at Harvard University on March 28 and 29 and also will give an address on March 26 at Boston College, which is con ducted by the Jesuits. Cardinal Bea is scheduled to arrive here April 1 and will be the overnight guest of Archbi shop Shehan. On April 2 the Cardinal will offer Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, will give an address on "The Priest as the Minister of Unity” in the afternoon at the Cathe dral auditorium and will speak to students at St. Mary’s Semi nary, Roland Park in the evening. He is scheduled to leave here April 3 for New York where he will enplane for Rome. Celebrate.” Governor Sanders will respond to the toast, “Georgia and The United States of America.” The invocation for the gala celebration will be given by the Most Reverend Thomas J. Mc Donough, Bishop of Savannah. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara, P.A., V.F., rector of Savannah’s historic Cathe dral of St. John the Baptist, will deliver the benediction. The evening’s festivities will get under way under the direc tion of Mr. John Brennan, Hi bernian President, who will act as master of ceremonies, with the Archbishop and Governor being escorted to the speakers’ table. Sir Knight Dan J. Sheehan, K.S % G. and Sr. Knight Hugh Grady, K.S.G., will serve as escorts for Archbishop Halli nan. Governor Sanders will be es corted by W. Kirk Sutlive and John J. Bouhan. Dr. Howard Morrison, M. D. vice-president of the Hiber nians will introduce the Atlanta Archbishop and the Governor will be introduced by W. Kirk Sutlive. In addition to Mr. Joseph M. McDonough, Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, wh o will be among the honored guests, high city and state offi cials are expected to attend. Among those present will be the Honorable Ben Fortson, Georgia Secretary of State, the Honorable W. H. Duckworth, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia and the Honor able G. Elliot Hagan, U. S. Representative from Georgia. The Hibernian Society of Sa vannah is 151 years old, with a membership restricted to 150 by the provisions of the organi zation’s constitution. Members must be over 18 years of age and of Irish heritage or des cendants of a founder of the society. INDEX LEGION OF DECENCY 2 EDITORIALS 4 JOTTINGS 3 YOUTHSCOPE 6 MARRIAGES 5 OBITUARIES 3 DRUMMERS OF ST. JAMES PAROCHIAL SCHOOL drum and bugle corps, Savannah, step out smartly in practice drill, preparing for their first public performance in Sa vannah’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. They are the only parochial school represented by a band. ARCHBISHOP HALLINAN bishop McDonough GOVERNOR SANDERS Protocol Expert Suggests Vatican And Soviets Could Exchange Consuls VATICAN CITY, (NC)—Could the Holy See and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ex change consuls without entering into diplomatic relations? Yes. So could the Holy See and the United States. That answer is implicit in a forth right assertion by the chief of protocol of the Papal Secre tariat of State, Msgr. Igino Cardinale. Msgr. Cardinale made his point in an article published in the Rome periodical, StudiCat- tolici. Its appearance just a week before the visit to His Holiness Pope John XXIII by Alexei Adzhubei, son-in-law of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev was, Vatican observers insist, purely coincidental. But it inspired immediate specula tion that establishment of a Vatican consulate in Moscow might be an answer to a possi ble rapport between the Soviet Union and the Holy See. The American-educated Msgr. Cardinale stated: “Since the Holy See is a perfect juridi cal personality which is recog nized by international law, it has the right to send consuls to dif ferent countries and to welcome them at the Holy See, even apart from Vatican City, the nomination of whose represen tatives to foreign governments for the conclusion of agree ments and for diplomatic rela tions is made by the Supreme Pontiff.” The Vatican chief of protocol said also that “consular rela tions can be established even where no diplomatic relations exist." His article traced the Holy See’s use of consulates back to the year 1075, at which time special faculties were giv en to foreign consuls in Rome. Msgr. Cardinale recalled that in 1879, on the eve of the fall of the Papal States to the Kingdom of Italy, 32 nations had consulates in cities of the Papal States. Among those re presented were the United States and Russia. Msgr. Cardinale wrote that "the resumption of the appoint ment of consuls (by the Vatican), can be justified by the new circumstances created by the recognition of the papal tempo ral power in the Lateran Treaty (of 1929)." He observed that currently, consular duties are being performed by diplomatic representatives of the Holy See and by those diplomatic missions received by the Holy Seen. The Cardinale article was oc casioned by an international conference on consular re lations which opened in Vienna on March 4 under United Nations auspices. The Holy See was invited to participate, and was represented by Msgr. Agostino Casaroli, undersecretary of the Sacred Congregation for Extra ordinary Ecclesiastical Af fairs. Ceremony In Old Church Thirty-Five Received By Albany Christian Mothers ALBANY—In a beautiful and impressive ceremony, follow ing a noon Mass on March fourth at St. Teresa’s Old Church, thirty-five ladies of the parish were solemnly received into the Confraternity of Chris tian Mothers by the parish di rector, Fr. Marvin Le Frois. Following this ritual, a Len ten covered dish luncheon was served in the Parish Hall after which followed the monthly meeting of St. Teresa’s Council of Catholic Women. Mrs. Ken Hutnick, vice presi dent, reminded the ladies of the individual memberships in St. Mary’s Home Guild and the Guild’s main project, the Birth day Sponsorship Club. Mrs. Bill Stephenson, Dean ery Chairman of Spiritual De velopment, presented a report on the Spring meeting of the Columbus Deanery Council of Catholic Women held March the third in Macon at which time Mrs. Henry F. Gallman of Columbus was elected presi dent. Sixteen ladies from St. Teresa’s attended this meeting. Mrs. A. T. Cyganrewicz re ported that the ladies have been requested to participate in the Easter Seal Drive which will take place this month. Following the business ses sion, Fr. Le Frois gave a brief talk explaining the purposes and obligations of the Confra ternity of Christian Mothers. He said that “the Confrater nity has as its main object the Christian home education of children by truly Christian Mo thers and it plans to unite, by the observance of its rules and regulations, all Christian ladies who are willing to assist each other to obtain this noble pur pose.” CATHEDRAL TO RE-OPEN Savannah’s Historic Ca thedral will be re-opened with solemn ceremonies on Sunday evening, March 24th, at 8:00 p.m. His Excellency, The Most Reverend Thomas J. McDon ough will be celebrant at a solemn Pontifical Mass. MAILING ADDRESS