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I "ifs IN A RECENT POSTER AND SLOGAN CONTEST spon sored by the Fire Prevention Committee of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce, four of the city’s Catholic schools placed first prize winners, they are 1. to r, Mary Flan- nigan, St. Vincent’s Academy, Kathryn Roney, Jimmy Woods and Mary Trigg, all of Blessed Sacrament School; Terry Keane of Sacred Heart School; and Ann M. Porter of Cathedral Day School. “MISS MAGGIE” FUNK, FRIEND OF THE NEEDY AUGUSTA—Miss Margaret Elizabeth Funk, (Miss Maggie), of Augusta, who passed away recently had been a consistent worker for the Sisters of Mercy, in Augusta, frqm the time of her high school graduation in 1893 from Sacred Heart Acade my until several years before her death. This was a span of about sixty-five years of both personal devotion and also working as a leader in the Sis ters of Mercy Alumnae. In 1935, “Miss Maggie” be came a one woman mission relief program for a small colored mission in Lakeland, Georgia. This was a time when used clothing sales were a pro fitable project, and Miss Funk collected clothing almost daily and regularly packed and ship ped these clothes to the mis sion. She secured monies for the express charges from her personal friends and used much of her own funds. From 1908 to 1954, Miss Funk operated and taught in her own business school. She was confi dant, friend, benefactor and ad visor to many of Augusta’s young people beginning their business careers. “Miss Maggie” will be re membered not only for her de vout profession of the J?aith, but also for having given others with whom she came in contact a concrete example oflivingthe Faith by keeping busy and use ful and lending a helping heart as well as a helping hand. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Inc. 1015 Thirteenth Street Columbus, Ga UNEEDA GLASS CO. Plate Glass Furniture Top M irrors Auto Glass installed, Glazing Contractors, Store Front and Insurance Specialists 302 11TH ST. PHONE FA. 7-3285 COLUMBUS Apostolic Preacher Is Heard By Most Illustrious Audience (By Msgr. James I. Tucek) VATICAN CITY, (NC)--The only man who by right and duty may preach to the supreme teacher of the Church, His Holi ness Pope John XXIII, is a bright and bearded little friar from Milan. He is Capuchin Father Ilari- no da Milano, O. F. M. Cap., Apostolic Preacher. He is the 48th man to hold that office since it was instituted over four centuries ago. “You have no idea how diffi cult it is,” confided the 58- year old priest whose regular audience includes not only the Pope but all the cardinals in Rome, the prelates of the Church’s centeral administra tive staff and the superiors general of the religious orders in Rome. “They are an edifying audi ence,” he says. “They all listen to me like so many novices.” But he can never forget the towering dignity and intelli gence of his listeners, and it is because of this that he finds the greatest difficulty in his duties. When he delivers a sermon^ he is constantly aware that he is “speaking of the divine truths to the Teaching Church.” Therefore, he says, “the tone of the sermon may not be court ly, but must be prudent and practical.” It is such a delicate and ex acting task to address spiritual exhortations to the highestper- Fr. Ilarino da Milano, O.F.M., Cap. sonalities of the Church that Father Ilarino will sometimes spend days debating the use of a single expression in his ser mons. Working in his study at the generalate of the Capuchin Fathers in Rome, he spends the whole year studying the meditatipg to' prepare a rela tively small number of ser mons. He normally will give no more than 20 sermons in a year’s time. The scheduled sermons of the Apostolic Preacher are given on the Fridays in Lent, once a week during Advent and during-the annual spiritual retreat which is usually in the fall. By excep tion he preached May devotions in 1960 and 1961. Pope John has ordered sev eral improvements in the cir cumstances of the Apostolic Preacher’s activities which Father Ilarino says have in creased their effectiveness. The time for the sermons was changed from 11 a.m. to 9 a.rh. so that the office hours in the Vatican would not have to be broken. The Pope also had them moved to the Matilda Chapel, which is larger than the Throne Room where they were usually given, and had loudspeakers installed. These changes together with the Pope’s own good example have greatly increased the at tendance at the conferences, according to Father Ilarino. Before beginning his ser mons, the Apostolic Preacher kneels before the Pope and asks for his blessing. The Pope sits in the doorway of the chap el’s sacristy, hidden from view. This is done according to tradi tion. For centuries the popes sat for these serrpons in what is called a “bussola,” .which is a small, screened-off room. After receiving the Pope’s blessing, the Apostolic Preach er goes to the pulpit, gend- flects before the crucifix mounted there and recitfes the Hail Mary with those attending the conference. He always re mains seated while he delivers his sermons. He seldom speaks for more than 30 minutes. , Public School Officials Have Praise For Program Of Shared Time Education BAY CITY, Mich., (NC)~ Public school officials taking part in an experiment with “shared time” education here describe it as working out to their satisfaction. The program involves St. Jo seph and St. Mary Catholic high schools and the city’s two public high schools, T. L. Han dy and Central. Of the program Handy prin cipal Arthur H. Cansfield de clares: “Our experience has been very pleasant. We have come to know our neighbors. In a word, we are happy to be involved.” And Central principal Theo dore B. Southerland adds: “The program is working very well.” A year ago, Bishop Stephen S. Woznicki of Saginaw called the shared time idea the “best: answer yet” to problems con fronting the parochial school system because of increasing enrollments and shortage of teaching SisterS. This year, 38 students from St. Joseph high school are tak ing courses at Central. They study trigonometry, drafting, vocational education, Spanish and homemaking. PrincipaF Southerland said AUTOMATIC CANDY COMPANY Industrial Vendors of Food and Beverages 1026 7th Columbus Valli Wall ey Paint And ^ Covering Co. DURALITE BEN MOORE “Paint For Every Purpose” FA. 3-2794 750 LIN WOOD BLVD. COLUMBUS, GA. that plans are underway for continuance of the arrangement next year. “Whatever we can do next year, we will,” he says. At- Handy, 25 students from St. Mary’s are taking courses in mechanical drawing, shop and homemaking. At both Handy and Central the Catholic school students attend early and late classes on the school schedule. Some attend in groups and others enter clas ses on an individual bases. According to Handy’s prin cipal, “in some cases these students go above and beyond the cause of duty. They want information and experience. We have found the Sisters very co operative in making arrange ments for the shared pro gram.” Highly enthusiastic over the program is Ronald Pavlik, teacher of one of the largest classes, Spanish J. at Central. He has 21 St. Joseph students and five from Central in his class. He refers to the St. Joseph students as the “most conscien tious and probably the most enthusiastic I have ever had in Spanish. They approach their study in an intelligent and or ganized fashion. Their study habits are excellent.” He expects the same group back for Spanish II classes next year. Bay City’s public school of ficials plan to give the shared time program full support. But they express concern at the growing student population at their schools. Next year Cen tral expects an additional 2000 students, bringing its total en rollment to more than 2,800. BURNHAM VAN SERVICE -r / ■r BURNHAM VAN SERVIC ► 1636-2nd Ave. D Telephone FA 7-7491 Columbus COMPLETE MOVING SERVICE TO ALL STATES “Call The Man From Burnham Van 9? The Southern Cross, March 16, 1963—PAGE 3 Mother Elizabeth Seton Jottings By BARBARA “What we need, God, what we finally need is a woman who is also a saint.” Charles Peguy AMERICA, after more than three hundreds years of Catholic life, is finally on its way to having its first native-born saint. It is strange that it has taken the American Church which has supported world missions, given so generously of their material wealth so long to raise up a saint from our midst. We have given all kinds of heros to the political scene, the sports arena, the military life, business, industry, creative ingenuity—not to speak of the nameless legions of unknown and unrecog- niV.prl sairittc: in fho ‘ ‘lit-t-la inKc" c. nized saints in the “little jobs” — secretaries, teachers, housewives, etc. On first look, the candidate who will be the first American-born saint appears a paradoxical choice—a woman who was married, who became a convert, and who finally became a nun. One would pause at first at this. Why not a priest? A Bi shop? An Irish-American from Brooklyn? Someone of emigrant stock—Italian, French, German? Why Mother Elizabeth Seton? It is a nun who is the first American saint— Mother Cabrini but her roots are in Italy. Bishop Neuman, another saint in process, was born ,in Germany and came to America to be Bishop of Philadelphia.' Both adopted America and we are prdud of them. Mother Seton is of our soil, her roots were deep in America. Her, grandfather was an Episcopalian clergyman. She was not educat ed in our parochian school system. Some had hoped that Dr. Tom Dooley would be that “first” for he has all the ^dramatic appeal and is strictly an “all-American.” Yet in God’s providence, it appears that a society family from New York City and Pro testant would give us the initial" honor. # * * THE FACT that Mother Seton is a convert Will hold particular appeal in this age of Ecumenicalism to those outside the Church. Her heoric and holy life cannot help but in terest, as well as attract. Mother Seton was a married woman, described as “beatiful and charming” by Baltimore and New York society at the turn of the 20th century. Most providential of all is the fact that the first American beata is a nun. After her husband’s death, Mother Seton became a nun and found ed the Sisters of Charity. Truly there is no category of American Catholic more deserv ing. In honoring Mother Seton, all American nuns are honored. Added' to this, Mother Seton established the tournament of our paro chial school system today which is the marvel of the entire Church. It was Christopher Dawson who said “The American Catholics have produced the educational machinery JENCKS to bring children from kindergarten and high school to college and university. It is unique in the 2,000-year history of the Church.” Dr. Dawson also stressed that it was the dedication of the Sisters who worked so hard to build the parochial school system known today. He saw the slums of the great Atlantic coast cities as the Cradle of Catholic educa tion. The American nun as teacher is indeed a Catholic phenomenon. When Bruce Marshall came from Scotland to write his commentary on American Catholic life, it was the Sisters to whom he paid the highest tribute. He wrote: “If American priests are excellent, American nuns are super-duper. I hope the American Church knows the debt it owes to those humble women gliding anonymously along their polished corridors.” IT WOULD SpEM paradoxical at first J?qok that a woman—married, a convert, a nun-educatob—be chosen from all eternity to be America’s first representative not in outer space but in the community of saints. The more, it is considered the more provi dential it seems. Recently we read an article by Father Leo Trese where he stated that Americans were ' ‘too practical to have saints.” Father Tre&e wrote: “By and large, we are not an emotional people. Soberly we adore God and Jesus Christ. We honor Our Blessed Mother and give an occasional nod to k favorite saint such as St. Anne ..or St. Anthony (he left out St. Patrick, alas)' We would not let ourselves become emotionally aroused over the sanctity of some deceased friend or neighbor. The Priest who also writes for this newspaper ^aid that the Euro pean temperaments are more volatile. For example, he -stated that , in 1950, Pius XII canonized Maria Go^etti, an 11-year-old girl who died, defending her chastity. He said if a tragedy like that should happen to an American girl, “we would be highly indignant upon reading about it in the news paper. We might take up a collection to help her bereaved parents, but it would never occur to us to'clamor for the child’s canonization.” But—and could there be a more appropriate day—March 17th an American will become closer to formal canonization than any other American Catholic in the history of the Church. We American Catholics can now point to a native-born to prove that we are riot as materialistic as the world would believe. It is providential indeed that this saint be a nun-teacher for ours is the great est Catholic school system in the world' and our army of nuns is perhaps the most remarkable of all times. An American has made it into the court of Beata. Obituaries Mrs. H. C. Carver Sr. Augusta—Funeral services for Mrs. H. C. Carver Sr. were held March 11th at St. Mary’s on-the-Hill Church, the Rev. Stephen Connolly officiating. Surviving are Roy Whitting, a nephew of Thomson, Ga., and a number of cousins. Thomas J. Dooley SAVANNAH—Funeral ser vices for Thomas J. Dooley were held March 9th at the Ca thedral of St. John the Bap tist. Surviving are a brother, Mat thew Dooley and several nieces ana nepnews. William Berry SAVANNAH — Funeral ser vices for William Berry were held March 8th at the Cathed ral of St. John the Baptist. Surviving is a nephew Alex Berry Jr., of Long Island, N.Y. Mike Monarko COLUMBUS—Funeral serv ices for Mike Monarko, 47, of 2802 Dawson Street were held at 11 a.m., Feb. 27th at the Church of the Holy Family, with Rev. Walter Di Francesco officiating. Interment was in Park Hill cemetery. Rosary services were held at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening. Mr. Monarko is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gladys Monarko of Columbus; a daughter, Miss Pearl Monarko, also of Colum bus; three brothers, Joe Mon arko, Steve Monarko and George Monarko, all of Pennsylvania; three sisters, Elizabeth, Bar bara who live in Pennsylvania and Eleanor, of New Jersey. Michael E. Brown COLUMBUS—Funeral serv ices for Michael Emory Brown, 5, of 1416 17th avenue, were held Saturday, March 2, at the graveside in Riverdale Ceme tery with the Rev. Arthur Welt- zer, pastor of Holy Family Parish, officiating. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Brown; a sister, Barbara Marie; a brother, Christopher George; two grandmothers, Mrs. Vivian Patten and Mrs. Minnie Lou Brown; a great grandmother, Mrs. Eva Brittingham; several aunts, uncles and cousins. It’s Coining March 18th 8:30 P.M. AT THE CITY AUDITORIUM ‘The show for the entire family* / W V BOOK BY A „ 5 LINDSAY* CROUSE / ^ Tickets on Sale - Haverty Furniture Co., 301 W. 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