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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.
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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.
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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.
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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"
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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.
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