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PAGE 6—The Southern Cross, March 30, 1963
THE BENEDICTINE ALUM
NI AUXILIARY will sponsor a
SHRIMP SUPPER and GAME
PARTY, Friday, March 29, 5:30
to 9 p.m. at B. C. Armory.
Donation $1.00. The affair will
be for the benefit of the Bene
dictine Expansion Program. . .
Here’s a switch for a St. Pat
rick’s Day cuisine. The ladies
of ST. MARY’S ALTAR SOCIE
TY (Americus) served, not
corned beef and cabbage, but
spaghetti at the St. Patrick’s
Day celebration in the Parish
Hall. After the supper, Bingo
was played. All the proceeds
went to the purchase of altar
linene for the new St. Martin
de Porres Mission, now under
construction in Americus. . .
Past American Legion Com
mander MATT DOOLEY re
cently gave a historical report
of Savannah’s Gannam Post at
the 49th birthday of the Ameri
can Legion. The local post was
named after GEORGE GAN
NAM, who was the first Savan-
nahian killed in the Second
World War. Memorial services
are held every year in his
honor. . . .THOMAS FRANCIS
DALY, son of MR. AND MRS.
JAMES A. DALY, SR. ofSavan-
nah, has received his certifi
cation as an Industrial
Engineer. A senior at Georgia
Tech, Thomas will receive his
I. E. diploma in June from the
Institute. .. .March 24th marked
the 50th wedding anniversary of
DR. AND MRS. GAINES EL-
RIDGE SEWELL, SR. The cou
ple was feted at a special cele
bration and many gifts at the
Golden Age Center, Savannah.
This columnist had the privi
lege of invoking upon the jubi-
liarians special prayer s and
blessings. Over one hundred
friends were on hand to wish
them well. . . .A Day of Recol
lection is being planned for
members of the NEWMAN
CLUB AT GEORGIA SOUTH
ERN, Statesboro. FR. JOHN
LOFTUS, pastor of St. Mat
thew’ s Church in that city and
chaplain of the college's New
man Club, is planning the event
for the first part of Holy Week
. . ..MRS. ELIZABETH WOLFE
of Savannah will be traveling
far out West to Altus, Okla
homa, as of April 4 to visit
her daughter, MRS. BETTY
JANE EBERT. Married to
CAPT. DAVID EBERT, the cou
ple have four children. The en
tire family is being transfer
red to Tucson, Arizona. . . .
FR. RAYNER DRAY, O. F. M.
of Americus will be in Savan
nah over the weekend to Pro
fess approximately 20 persons
as members of the Third Order
Secular of St. Francis. The
group, which holds a monthly
meeting at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist will at the same
time be constitutioqally recog
nized as lay members of the
Franciscan Province of the
Most Holy Name. They engage
themselves in performing cor
poral works of mercy by fol
lowing the Rule of St. Francis
. . . .JOSEPH O. SASEEN has
been appointed by the Savannah
Bar Association to serve on the
executive committee as presi
dent of the Younger Lawyers
of Savannah. Other officers of
the executive committee will be
MICHAEL J. GANNAM and
JAMES E. McALEER, JR.
Send future news items to
Fr. Lawrence A. Lucree
P. O. Box 180,
Savannah, Georgia
Obituaries
Mrs. Helen Wheeler
SAVANNAH—Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Helen Wheeler
were held March 23rd at the
Chapel of The Little Sisters of
the Poor.
She is survived by a son,
Fred Wheeler and a grandson.
M iss Margaret
Bohan
SAVANNAH—Funeral serv
ices for Miss Margaret C. Bo
han were held March 22nd at
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
Surviving are two nieces,
Mrs. Loretta Bohan Doyle and
Mrs. Charles Edwin Feuger,
Sr; a nephew, Edward A. Bo
han of New York City; and a
cousin.
Lay
men
Sought For Training
As Lay Theologians
SAN FRANCISCO, (NC)—The
Institued of Lay Theology is
looking for nine qualified Catho
lic laymen, college graduates,
who wish to become salaried lay
theologians in West Coast dio
ceses.
The institute, founded in 1960
at the University of San Fran
cisco by Father Eugene Zim
mers, S. J. , trains qualified
Catholic laymen to engage in
convert work as parish inquiry
forum directors.
“With the graduation in June
of the 14 members of the class
of 1963, we will have 36 men
serving 68 West Coast parishes,
’’said Father Zimmers. “Our
first class comprised 7 men and
our second 15. We anticipated
having 20 men in the class that
opens in June, but we have to
increase it to 30 to meet parish
accepted 21 men and need 9
more.
Applicants must be over 28,
preferably married and with
military service completed.
The beginning salary, upon
completion of the 10-month
course and assignment to two
parishes, is $7,200 a year. This
rises to $12,000 a year after
two-and-a-half years, with
three per cent annual increases
after that.
In a progress report cover
ing 18-months’ field work of
the institute, Father Zimmers
stated:
Twenty-two lay theologians,
functioning as forum directors
in 38 parishes in the dioceses
of San Francisco, Sacramento,
Reno, Monterey-Fresno, Phoe
nix, Tucson, Portland, and
Spokane, conducted 80 forums
through January 25, 1963.
The forums were attended by
4,850 people. They resulted in
816 baptisms and in 421 peo
ple. They resulted in 816 bap
tisms and 421 people returning
to the Faith.
Catholic Women
Hear Fr. Lucree
SAVANNA H—The March
meeting of the Catholic
Woman’s Club, of Savannah,
was held Tuesday evening,
March 12th, in the Club Rooms.
Mr. Joseph McDonough,
Grand Marshal of the St. Pat
rick’s Day Parade, was Guest
Speaker and presented each
member with a shamrock. He
introduced his two aides, Mr.
John M. Crotty and Mr. James
Johnson, and he sang “St. Pat
rick’s Day in Savannah’’, ac
companied on the piano by Miss
Margaret Murden.
Father Lawrence Lucree was
a Special Guest and speaker.
Other Special Guests at the
meeting were Mrs. E. B. Ander
son, National Vice Chairman
for the Committee on Family
and Parent Education for the
National Council of Catholic
Women, who was accompanied
by her mother, Mrs. Clement
Waldman, who is visiting her
from Detroit, Michigan, and
Miss Nell Gunney from Minne
apolis, Minn., who is visiting
St. Mary’s
Home Guild
SAVANNAH— The Spring
meeting of St. Mary’s Home
Guild was held at St. Mary’s
Home Sunday afternoon March
17, with His Excellency the
Most Reverend Thomas J. Mc
Donough as the guest speaker.
Miss Pauline Peuffier, presi
dent of the Augusta Deanery
Council of Catholic Women re
presented the Augusta Deanery.
Mrs. George Ebberwein, chair
man of the nominating com
mittee presented the following-
slate of officers for the coming
year;
President Miss Johanna T.
Daly, Vice-President Mrs. John
M. Brennan, Secretary, Mrs.
Cluese McElveen, Treasurer
Mrs. Walter M. Crawford.
The children of the home
presented a number of Irish
songs. The reception committee
consisted of the ladies from
the Blessed Sacrament Parish.
A St. Patrick's Day motif was
used in the decorations. Each
member attending the meeting
presented the home with a cup
and saucer.
Valdosta CYO Hosts
Protestant Teenagers
VALDOSTA—A panel discus
sion of Lent and corollary
subjects was presented by St.
John’s CYO for guests from
teenage groups from local Bap
tist, Methodist, Christian and
Presbyterian Churches.
An informal discussion per
iod followed the papers during
which refreshments were serv
ed.
Panel groups consisted of the
following members, Scotti
Diehl, Greg Nichols, Michael
Slack, James Halter, Louis
Johnson, Susan Hoeft, Susan
Stark, Ruth Ann Seyfried, San
dra and Phyllis Thomas, Kitty
Thrash, Elmo Thrash.
Half Finished
BOCA RATON, Fla.—Work
on the initial phase of the con
struction of Marymount Col
lege, Boca Raton, Florida's
first Catholic two-year liberal
arts college for women, has
passed the half-way mark.
her sister, Mrs. Nora Smith,
one of the members of the
Club.
Father Andrew Doris, O.S.B.,
the Chaplain of the club, spoke
on the meaning and purpose of
Lent.
Mrs. John E. Buckley, Presi
dent, appointed Mrs. Robert E.
Stradtmann, Chairman for the
Annual Corporate Communion
of the Club, to be held May 5th
at the Church of The Nativity
of our Lord.
Attention was called to the
Annual Meeting of the St. Mary’s
Catholic Woman’s Club.
After the meeting, Irish songs
were sung by Father Lucree,
accompanied by Mrs. Cecil B.
Delorme on the piano, after
which a Sing Along was enjoyed
by the members of the Club and
refreshments were served
carrying out the St. Patrick’s
Day motif.
SAVANNAH CATHOLIC GIRLS in grades 8 thru 12 attended a Vocations Seminar
on Monday at St. Vincent’s Academy. Photo shows some of them as they leave Ca
thedral after attending Mass and hearing talk on religious vocations by Bishop Thomas
J. McDonough.
Albany Entertains
Warner Robins CYO
WARNER ROBINS—Mem
bers of the Catholic Youth Or
ganization of Sacred Heart
Church were guests of the St.
Teresa Catholic Youth Club in
Albany Sunday, March 17.
Basketball games between the
Albany girls and Warner Robins
girls resulted in victory for
the Warner Robins girls with a
final score of 10-9; and the
Warner Robins boys scored a
victory over the Albany boys
43-33. The games were played
in the Turner AFB gymnasium.
Supper was served in St.
Teresa’s School cafeteria. A
social was held following the
supper. A surprise birthday
greeting was extended to Ronald
Barnes. Pete Lamendola and
his Albany partner were win
ners of a twist contest. Re
freshments were served during
the social.
Those making the trip were:
Bonnie Burke, Patty, Bill and
Richie Burrett, Roby Hicks,
Sarah and Danny Doyle, Donna
and “Chickie’’ Linder, Vaughn
Crenshaw, Mary Moriety, Jim
Pike, Gary Lotti, Vicki Shil-
kaitis, Mike and Diane Long,
“Sharpie’’ Sharpe, Pete Lam
endola, Pat O’Lear, Don Ward,
Mary Clements, Arthur Gavin,
Sandy Odom, Bruce Coburn
Joan and Rosalie Dembowski,
Mike Baker, Jim Clark, Ber
nard Splichal, Alice Wagner
Dick Forman, Bill Cole, Fran
ces Marshall, Sharon Sloan,
Joan Giglietta, David Rudick,
Harold Pritchett, Jeannie Bak
er, Margie Egolf, Betsy O’Bri
an, Johnny McNeely and John
Hancock. Adults providing
transportation were: Ronald
Barnes, Elmer Whitaker, Miss
Denise Dwyer, Mrs. V. J. Shil-
kaitis, A. B. Wagner, Charles
T. Egolf, Mr. and Mrs. E. J
Burke, Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Drennon, Mr. and Mrs. L. S.
Ciambro.
COLUMBUS VOCATION DISPLAY—The Eighth Grade of St. Anne School of Columbus,
Georgia, celebrated Vocation Month with a display of dolls, representing the steps taken
by the Sisters of Mercy from Postulancy to Final Profession of Vows. The dispaly, consist
ing of dolls and several photographs of the Novitate at Baltimore, Maryland, was set up
and arranged by (left to right) Mary Spano, Mary Stephens, Daphne South, and Dee Young,
all students of the Eighth Grade. A Vocation program was also presented by the Eighth
Grade to the members of the P. T. A. of St. Anne School on Thursday evening, March 15,
This program portrayed the numerous paths- taken during life, including the priest
hood, the religious life, the married state, and the various professions.--(Ledger-En-
quirer Photo)
Savannah Religious
Vocations Program
Shown above are sisters from ten of the communities presently working in the Diocese
of Savannah. Orders represented are L. to R. Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement;
Glenmary Home Mission Sisters; Order of St. Ursula; two Franciscan Sisters of the Im
maculate Virgin Mary; two Little Sisters of the Poor; a sister of St. Joseph of Caronde-
let (speaking); Sisters of Mercy of the Union; Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Im
maculate Conception; Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Last two sisters
wear hospital habit of Sisters of Mercy and Sisters of St. Joseph, respectively.
Irish Program
Highlight At
Albany PTA
ALBANY—A delight to all
was the St. Patrick’s Day Pro
gram presented by the children
at the March 14 meeting of St.
Teresa’s PTA.
The program opened with
songs by grades 6, 7, and 8
under the direction of Sister
Benedict and accompanied by
Mr. G. C. Gotsch. Grade 5
presented a skit called “Phys
ical Fitness—a Family Affair.’’
The fourth grade girls now did
two dance numbers, “Waltzing
in the Spring’’ and “Spring Fes
tival.’’ Two exercises, St.
Teresa’s Future Football Team
and St. Patrick’s Day Parade
were done by the fourth grade
boys. Grade five sang two amus
ing songs. The eighth grade
girls did a square dance and to
conclude the program the eighth
grade boys presented a very
humorous fashion show, “Style-
is the Man.
This well contrived program
was accomplished with the help
of the teachers, Maude Evelyn
Murphy who coached the dance
numbers and Mrs. G. C. Gotsch
the accompanist.
Following the program a brief
business meeting was held with
Mr. Ralph Will presiding. He
named the nominating com
mittee, Mr. Bob McCormack
Jr., past president of the PTA
as chairman with Mrs. Gerard
Finnegan, Capt. Sal Giovingo,
and Mrs. Ray Dwornik. They
will select a slate of nomin
ees to be presented at the next
meeting. There will be nomina
tions from the floor at the next
meeting also.
Sister Benedict read some
educational pointers to the par
ents for the good of their chil
dren. She also announced Easter
vacation will begin April 11
at noon and classes will resume
April 16.
Father LeFrois, Pastor,
commented on the wonderful
program and thanked “all who
co-operated so well to make it
so enjoyable. He also said stud
ies are still in progress re
garding the athletic facilities.
Kennedy To Speak
At Boston College
BOSTON, (NC) — Address
es by President Kennedy and
Augustin Cardinal Bea, S. J.,
ligious , academic, social and
cultural events marking the
centennial of Boston College
this spring.
President Kennedy is sched
uled to give an address at a
convocation on April 20.
Cathedral—
(Continued from Page 1)
ing that “the beauty of this
venerable old Cathedral and the
beauty of this evening are attri
butable directly to the fore
sight, desire, and even daring
of its devoted rector.’’
Speaking for Monsignor Mc
Namara, Bishop McDonough
also expressed “deep and
grateful appreciation to all who
have contributed in any way to
the restoration and renovation
of this lovely Cathedral, one of
the most treasured landmarks
of a great and loyely city.”
Civic officials attending in
cluded Savannah Mayor Malcom
Maclean; Judge William F.
Lynes, chairman of the Chat
ham County Commissioners;
Judge B. B. Heery of Chatham
Superior Court; and JudgeShel-
by Myrick, Jr., Chatham County
Ordinary.
Vietnam—
(Continued from Page 4)
With a defenseless south be
fore them, and the Chinese
communists literally and fig
uratively behind them, and
Laos turning Rek beside them,
they would bring communism a
long way in southeast Asia.
And they would have a solution
for their own food problems
(Later on, of course, the Chi
nese Reds would use all
Vietnam to solve some of their
problems.)
Every degree of progress
made by President Ngo dinh
Diem’s government weakens the
communists inside Vietnam and
lessens in the plausibility of
their proposals. Every failing
is likely to help them.
Unfortunately the wearing
down of patience, which the
communists want to happen, is
sometimes done at no cost to
them. An American newspaper
man or official may feel entitl
ed, in view of the American in
volvement here, to make a com
ment that the government in
Saigon resents. The comment or
report is published, and then
somebody from the government
takes off in hot verbal pursuit.
If any real harm was done by
the original statement, it is now
compounded. Each ally has lost
patience again with the other,
and the communists chalk up a
new gain.
Vietnam has the largest pro
portion of Christians of any
country on the east Asian main
land. Two-thirds of them are in
the south. They and their suf
fering brethren in the north
look to their fellow Catholics
around the world to join them in
prayer for all who bear the re
sponsibilities of leadership and
all who face the dangers of war
More than Vietnam is at stake
in Vietnam.
Death—
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branded the Moore-Ramos
fight “a crime which dishonors
our ‘civilization.’ ”
Raimondo Manzini said in an
editorial that “another crime
has been committed in the name
of the idol of boxing.”
The editorial continued:
“This is another moral dis
grace for our 'civilization',
which refuses to admit that a
ban is necessary and instead
pampers the infantile myths of
crowds, which are to some ex
tent instinctively and often un
consciously savage.”
Referring to press agency
statistics that 14 boxers died
in the last year of injuries suf
fered in the ring, the editorial
stated:
“The statistics provided by
the press agencies. . .are abun
dantly eloquent to persuade us
that a limit has been reached
and that preventive or medical
regulations are not enough to
avert the risk of a deadly re
sult.”
The Vatican Ciry newspaper
has assailed prizefighting on
moral grounds several times
before.
Only last April it condemned
professional boxing as a “homi
cidal career.” That condemna
tion was prompted by the death
on April 3, 1962, of Cuban box
er Benny “Kid” Paret of brain
injuries suffered in a March 24
welterweight title fight.
Discussing the same incident,
Father Francis J. Connell,
C. SS. R., former dean of the
School of Sacred Theology at
the Catholic University of
America, said it is “difficult
to reconcile prizefighting as we
have it today with Catholic prin
ciples of morality.”
Father Connell called for
changes in the rules of profes
sional boxing to eliminate from
it “the intention of injuring the
opponent.”
He said prize fighting in its
present form appears to be a
violation of the Fifth Command
ment (Thou shalt not kill), which
“forbids not only murder but
also the influcting of bodily in
jury on a fellow man.”
In 1949 L'Osservatore Ro
mano denounced professional
boxing twice within a week in
connection with the deaths of two
prizefighters, one in Detroit and
one in Buffalo, N. Y., as a re
sult of injuries sustained in the
ring.
The newspaper at that time
called prizefighting "the most
brutal contest which sport has
ever conceived and adopted,
brutal in conception and ex
pression.”
The religious vocation pro
gram entitled AVE (a vocation
endeavor) that took place at St.
Vincent’s Academy on Annun- ,
ciation Day, March 25th, was
even more successful than en
visioned. This would have to be
the conclusion drawn from com
ments overheard on all sides by
the young ladies in attendance.
Such enthusiasm has seldom
been witnessed. A sampling of
spontaneous statements was so
licited by telephone and is re
printed.
cou»c\ v ^
Liz Conner, St. Vincent sen
ior: AVE - SVA was a once-in-
a-lifetime opportunity for a girl
to spend a day asking herself
if she wants to serve God, or
more important, if God wants
her. Through this program of
displays and sermons, I realize
not only how the church is car
ing for her people in our dio
cese, but also how much more
care is needed. I am grateful
for this opportunity and hope
this day will become an annual
event.
Mamie Moore, Pius X Sen
ior: Although I feel I do not
have a calling to the religious
life, the AVE program was by
no means wasted time. The
day’s inspiring talks made me
feel a greater respect for those
whom God has chosen.
Marie Souls, St. Vincent’s
junior; AVE provided an advan
tage to become familiar with
religious orders other than the
ones who teach us. All com
munities share the unified pur
pose of the glorification of God,
but the fascinating exhibits
clearly demonstrated the var
iety of ways in which Sisters
fulfill that calling.
Kathy Rochefort, St. Vin
cent’s sophomore: The program
was very enlightening. It gave a
clear idea of what different or
ders are in our diocese,
and what works they do to pro
mote the Catholic faith. Monsig
nor McDonald’s forceful talk
made me realize more the great
spirit of sacrifice necessary
for a vocation to the religious
life.
Diane Spikes, St. Pius soph
omore: Monsignor’s speech was
excellent, the displays were ex
traordinary, everything was in
spiring and gve me a clearer
view in choosing a vocation.
Barbara Lynch, Blessed Sac
rament, 8th grade: The exhibits
brought my attention to all the
orders and their different stud
ies not only in this diocese,
but our whole country, as well
as in foreign lands.
Barbara Jackson, Pure Heart
of Mary, 8th grade: I was amaz
ed at how many orders
there are. The program en
lightened me as to the steps of
becoming a sister. I hope I
am better spiritually for hav
ing spent the day talking with all
the sisters.
Anne Porter, Cathedral, 8th
grade: It was a sort of meeting
place of all orders where each
community was represented and
explained. It certainly made it
easier to answer questions any
girl would ask about religious
life and the different works
each order performs.
CYO NEWS
St. Benedict played host to
St. Anthony's and St. Mary’s
CYO for a Dance, March 21st.
About 80 teenagers attended.
On Sunday, March 17th, St.
Benedict's CYO went to Jekyll
Island for a day of tennis, golf,
softball and picnicing.
Please send items to CYO,
Box 2227, Savannah a week
before publication date.
Father Wellmier
Hill Number One”
Macon s WMAZ-TV
MACON—Family Theater’s
widely-acclaimed one-hour
television film, HILL NUMBER
ONE, will be presented on
WMAZ-TV April 7th at 10 a.m.
This is the story of the Cruci
fixion and Resurrection of
Christ, told against a modern-
day background of an American
artillery crew in action.
Corporate
Communion
April 7th
SAVANNAH—The Knights of
Columbus will hold a city-wide
Corporate Communion Sunday,
April 7th, at the 8 a.m. Mass
at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
Bishop Thomas J. McDonough
will preside at the Mass and
will be speaker at the Break
fast which will follow at the Ho
tel De Soto.
'WAITON TRIBUNE PRESS. MONROE.