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PAGE 6—The Southern Cross, April 13, 1963
MARY MICHAEL MANGER,
daughter of Lt. Col. and Mrs.
George J. Manger of Fort
Benning, was recently elected
vice president of the freshman
class of Barry College in
Miami. Miss Magner, a history
major at Barry, is a graduate
of Pacelli High School,
Columbus. . .HOLY FAMILY
CYO’ERS sponsoring and at
tending a Holy Hour on Sun
day, March 31st, at Holy Fami
ly Church, Columbus. . .At
the recently held '63 Belmont
Abbey Review, a comic high
light of the Review was the Ben
Crazy skit which was a parody
on the recent rash of medical
series on T. V. Lending her
acting ability to the parody was
Savannahian MISS NANCY CUN
NINGHAM who played the role
of Nurse Somebody. . .Two
members of St. Vincent’s 1963
Graduation Class have received
sizeable scholarships to two
different colleges. Miss Mari
anna Seyden’s scholarship is
valued at $2,600 for four years
at Mt. St. Agnes College, Bal
timore Md. It is renewable
annually on the condition that
the awardee maintains a high
scholastic average. In addition
to her scholarship, Marianna
will receive a government grant
through the college. The other
awardee is Miss Anne Powers,
who has received a grant valued
at $2,400 from Barry College
in Miami, Florida. . .Enter
taining with all their versatile
ability at the Coastal Empire
Arts Festival, Savannah, and
noting themselves "The Bene
dictine Military School Free-
landers" were students CHUCK
POWELL, JOHN OETGEN, JO
SEPH PACIFICI AND BILL
OETGEN. They played the ban
jo, bongo, congo and guitars on
Factors Walk. The four folk-
singers have entertained Savan-
nahians on several occasions in
the past, notably the Elks’ Min
strel last Spring, and have al
ways been acclaimed as a high
light on any musical program...
MRS EUGENIA MOORE’S
LADIES AUXILIARY TO THE
ANCIENT ORDER OF HI
BERNIANS (Sav’h.) are an
ticipating some 400 dozen eggs
and about $500 in food and
flowers to be distributed to
Catholic charities during Holy
Week. Recipients will be the
Carmelite Monastery, St. John
Vianney Seminary, St. Mary’s
Home, St. Anthony's Church,
the Little Sisters of the Poor,
and the Savannah Convents of
St. Vincent, St. James, Blessed
Sacrament, Sacred Heart, and
St. Francis. Chapels throughout
the city will receive flowers.
Additionally, funds will be sent
to Bishop Fulton J. Sheen for
the poor, and the Boys’ Orphan
age in Washington, Ga. Mrs.
Moore is president of the or
ganization. . . .Plans have been
formally launched for this
year’s Elks’ Minstrel Show. At
a recent meeting held at the
home of Savannah Lodge No.
183, B. P. O. Elks, BILL
STARRS, former Little Theatre
director and now professor at
Armstrong College (Sav’h.)
briefed the various committees
as to their duties. W. C. DAYE
will head the advertising and
publicity committee, and JOHN
P. RODEWOLT will be
chairman of the tickets com
mittee. The show will be pro
duced by John B. Rogers Pro
ducing Co. of Fostoria, Ohio,
and is scheduled for May 9
and 10 at the City Auditorium
. . . .MRS. KENNETH (ALICE)
HILTZ of Savannah is enroute
to Dallas, Texas, to visit with
her daughter, CELINE (MRS.
ARTHUR HORTON). From
there the ladies will travel to
Kansas City, Kansas, to visit
with Mrs. Hiltz’s sister, SR.
CELINE OF ST. ROSE OF THE
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE
POOR. Mr. Horton is an indus-
dustrial engineer with the Tex
as Instrument Company, and
he and his wife have one child,
THERESA, who will accompany
the two ladies on their trip to
Kansas City. . . .Savannahian
BOB FERRARO has been elect
ed a trustee of the Greater
Savannah Lodge 96, Loyal Or
der of Moose. A new Lodge,
was chartered last week. . . .
MRS. HOUSTON (THERESA)
BROWN of the Cathedral parish
is heading a committee to sell
doughnuts on the third Sunday
of each month following the last
five Masses. The committee
will provide funds for altar-
boy attire and activities. Highly
successful in the past, this
added feature of the committee
will also provide a Continental
Breakfast on third Sundays in
Separation
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constant goings and comings.
Processions of the different
communities sometimes pass
ed each other. Each community
offered only one Mass each
day—but sometimes one solemn
Mass started as another was in
progress.
The Catholic observance of
Holy Week in Jerusalem opened
with a solemn Palm Sunday
Mass in the basilica celebrated
by Latin Patriarch Albert Gori,
O. F. M. During the Mass, the
priests and faithful, including
some Americans, joined in a,
procession of the Blessed
Palms that three times circled
the place of burial.
Later the same day the Latin
Patriarch, wearing his cere
monial robes and accompanied
by Catholic prelates of the vari
ous Eastern Rites, led a long
procession that retraced
Christ’s route during his tri
umphal entry into Jerusalem.
The procession began at the
Shrine of Bethphage, starting
point of Christ’s route into Je
rusalem, and wound down the
slopes of Mount Olivet, passing
the shrines of Dominus Flevit
(the Lord Wept) and Gethse-
mane, crossing theCedron Val
ley, and entering the Holy City
through its ancient walls at St.
Stephen’s Gate, site of the ston
ing of the first Christian mar
tyr. At the courtyard of the
Basilica of St. Anne, the Pat
riarch imparted the Eucharistic
blessing as the crowds waved
thousands of palms.
On Wednesday of Holy Week
and on Maundy Thursday and
Good Friday, the sombre in
terior of the basilica echoed
with the plaintive chant of the
Tenebrae Psalms and Lamen
tations.
Holy Thursday morning saw
one of the most solemn litur-
giest of the Roman Rite. Sur
rounded by a group of vested
assistants, Patriarch Gorice-
legrated the Holy Sacrifice and
blessed the holy oils.
On Thursday afternoon, be
fore the Tenebrae, the drama
of the Mandatum, of Washing of
Feet, was reenacted. His
mitred figure standing out
against a background of naked
altars and shrouded images,
the Patriarch humbly knelt to
bathe and kiss the feet of cle
rics and Religious, in com
memoration of the act perform
ed by Christ for the Apostles
before the Last Supper. These
rites took place also at the
Saviour’s Tomb.
When Good Friday dawned,
the Tomb where the Blessed
Sacrament was reserved re
mained the only bright spot in
170 Attend
Day Of
Recollection
ALBANY—A Day of Recol
lection for youth groups of the
Columbus Deanery was held on
Sunday, March 31st, at St. Tere
sa’s Church-
The conferences during the
day were given by Father Fran
cis Azar, a Franciscan of the
Friary in Americus. In addi
tion to the conferences, the
schedule included rosary, a
question and answer period,
private devotion, confessions
and Mass.
Following the program in
church, the young people ad
journed to the school auditorium
for a chili supper prepared and
served by the adult advisers of
St. Teresa’s C.Y.O. After din
ner an enjoyable entertainment
was presented, including a com
edy skit by members of St.
Teresa’s C.Y.O., a selection of
folk songs by "The Crusaders,’’
(Richard Wuller, Mike Brun-
dage and Banks Burgess.) and
a grand finale featuring Father
Krygier at the piano.
More than 170 young people
attending, representing the fol
lowing parishes: St. Martin’s
in Americus, St. Theresa’s in
Cordele, St. Michael’s in Mont
ezuma, St. Augustine’s in Tho-
masville, St. Joseph’s in Bain-
bridge, St. John Vianney in Ca
milla, Immaculate Conception
in Moultrie, Our Divine Saviour
in Tifton, St. John’s in Valdosta,
St. Clare’s in Albany, the Mar
ine Base and Turner Air Force
Base and St. Teresa’s, Albany.
■ Accompanying the young peo
ple were Father Lucial, O.F.M.
of Thomasville, Father Payne
of Valdosta, Father Gibbons of
the Marine Base, Father Kry
gier and Father LeFrois of Al
bany.
the School Cafetorium, At a
cake sale recently held by the
Mothers and Friends of the
Altarboys, $100 was netted.
There are over sixty altarboys
in the Cathedral parish, ranging
from the third through twelfth
grades of school. . . ,
the dimmed vastness of the
basilica. All through the night
and day hours, pilgrims had
come to kneel in adoration and
to meditate on the great mys
tery of the Passion.
The Liturgy of the Presanc
tified was performed at the
Altar of the Nailing to the
Cross, on Calvary itself. The
Sacred Host was borne to Gol
gotha and there consumed in a
climax to ceremonies that trace
back to the earliest liturgical
forms of the Church.
An hour or so before noon
began what to many pilgrims
is the most moving and im
pressive ceremony of Holy
Week in Jerusalem. It was the
reenactment of Christ’s Way of
the Cross through the narrow
streets of the old city.
Begining at the courtyard of
rawdat el Maaref, where Pilate
washed his hands of the fate
of the Nazarene, to the tomb
where the Crucified Saviour was
buried, thousands of devout
worshippers paused in prayer at
each of the 14 Stations of the
Cross. At each stations ser
mons were delivered and
prayer at each of the 14 Sta
tions of the cross. At each
station sermons were delivered,
and prayers and chants recited
in a variety of languages, in
cluding Arabic, English,
French, Spanish , Latin and
Greek.
Part of the route—from the
Sixth Station to the Basilica of
the Holy Sepulchre—was
through cobblestoned streets so
narrow that the pilgrims had
to press their way along from
ston to stone. Some parts of
the Via Dolorosa are also so
steep that steps have had to
be built for the pilgrims.
On the evening of Good Fri
day, the traditional "burial”
service, during which sermons
were preached on the theme of
the Passion, was held at Cal
vary. By the time it was over
darkness had descended on the
city.
The Holy Saturday service
was scheduled to take place
in the Holy Sepulchre basilica
on the morning of that day ra
ther than in the evening as
is now the case elsewhere
throughout the world.
Easter Sunday morning was
again expected to see the Holy
Sepulchre and all the Holy City
resound with glad alleluias as
the pilgrims from far and near
joined to comemorate the
triumph of the Resurrection.
On that morning, for which
the Church reserves the most
jubilant of her commemo
rations, Patriarch Gori was
again scheduled to officiate at
the Sacred Tomb, offering a
Pontifical Mass with all the
solemnity with which the Pas
chal Sacrifice of the New Testa
ment is surrounded. Then there
would be a procession of joy
around the Holy Tomb whereon
Good Friday only Prayers of
sorrow were heard.
VISIT FORT PULASKI—Seventh graders from Cathedral Day School pose on one of
the civil war cannons mounted atop the wall of historic Fort Pulaski. Trip to the old
fortifications was part of the activities of the seventh grade civics club. At lower
left in photo is Sister Mary Patrick Joseph, R. S. M. seventh grade teacher.
Murray District Deputy
AUGUSTA—Richard F. Mur
ray, 2270 Darlington Drive, Au
gusta, Georgia, has recently
been appointed District Deputy
of the First District, Knights
of Columbus, Georgia. He is
a member of Augusta Council
No. 677.
Murray has had a long and
colorful career in the United
States Army and is currently
continuing his interest in the
service as he is assigned as
Associate Director, Officers
Department, U. S. Army South
eastern Signal school, Fort
Gordon, Ga. Mr. Murray attend
ed Wofford College, and Seton
Hall University.
He is a graduate of the Bri
tish Army Commando School,
the U. S. Army Ranger School,
Airborne Training Course,
Pathfinder School, the Infantry
Officers’ Basic and Advanced
Courses, Army Command and
General Staff College, U. S.
Army Management School, Spe
cial Forces Qualification
Course, the Industrial College
of the Armed Forces, Automatic
Date Processing Course and the
Modern Weapons course as well
as the Special Warfare and
Counterinsurgency School.
RICHARD F. MURRAY
Declaration “Dangerously Incomplete
95
GENEVA, Switzerland, (NC)
—An international Catholic or
ganization has called on the
United Nations Human Rights
Commission to issue a declar
ation reaffirming the basic right
to religious freedom.
Pax Romana, movement of
Catholic students and intellec
tuals, urged the commission to
adopt a declaration that would
not be restricted to protecting
the right of the individual to
worship freely, but would also
include the right of religious
bodies as a whole to engage in
social action.
Discussion of religious free
dom was originally scheduled to
be a major item at the meeting
of the commission which be
gan here March 11. But the mat
ter was postponed and debated
briefly toward the end of the
session. The commission, how
ever, passed a resolution giving
priority to discussion of a draft
declaration on eliminating re
ligious prejudice at its next ses
sion.
The Pax Romana statement
said that the text of a UN
declaration "would be danger
ously incomplete if it appear
ed to confine the condemnation
of religious intolerance to
measures adopted solely
against the practice of relig
ious worship or rites.
"The field of religion is an
eminently practical one, it has
ethical implications, spurs men
to action and to charitable work
and requires broad education.
All these aspects must be pro
tected against crude discrimin
ation in civic life and in the ex
ercise of professional duties.
The right to practice chairty
because of one’s convictions is
so obvious that the need to men
tion it at all would cause sur
prise, were it not that recent
incidents compel us to do so.”
The statement referred to
the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights which lays the
foundation s for international
recognition of religious free
dom by saying:
"Everyone is aware that ar
ticle 18 of the universal dec
laration does not cover the en
tire subject. Above all, every
one knows how wide is the gulf
between the existence of a text
in the declaration and its ap
plication in practice. Deplor
able events affecting one or
other of the various religious
communities in a nation or a
group of nations, confirm the
The Ecumenical Council
The Southern Cross is pleas
ed to print the prize-winning
Essays in the annual Contest
sponsored by the Diocesan
Council of Catholic women. This
Essay took first honors in Group
1. Winning essays in Groups II
and III will be carried in later
issues.
(By Tim O’Shea,
Pacelli High, Columbus)
"All roads lead to Rome”.
For the second time in the
course of history, these words
possess a significant meaning.
The adage is perhaps utilized
in a slightly different manner
than it was during the time of
the Roman Empire, but a con^
nection is present. During it’s
Golden Age, Rome was the hub
around which the activities of
mankind revolved. Today, Rome
is still a hub, but for the acti
vities of God. Rome’s position
as an axis is further emphasized
by the fact that, at the present
time, delegates from every
point on the globe have assem
bled there to convene an Ecu
menical Council—Vatican II.
A church-wide council is a
significant event, if for no other
reason, for it’s rarity. Only
twenty Councils have taken
place in the almost two thousand
years of the Church’s existance.
Of these twenty, this is the sec
ond one to be held at the Vati
can. Hence the name—Vatican
II.
On the morning of January
25, 1959, Pope John shattered
for once and for all the popular
notion that he was to be only
an "in-between Pope”. He ac
complished this by announcing
his plans for an Ecumenical
Council. From that January
morning until the opening of the
Council last October 11th, the
entire Catholic world was bust
ling with preparations for the
meeting.
Questionaires were sent to
the world’s bishops for the pur
pose of gathering suggestions
for the Council. Committees
were organized to plan the pro
ceedings. The Vatican was re
novated to accomodate its many
visitors. The very elaborate
ness of the preparations indi-
TIM O’SHEA
the
cates the magnitude and
importance of the Council.
Vatican II will certainly not
suffer from a lack of material
on which to ponder. It arrived
in an age which cries out in
need of it’s guidance. Within the
Church are the flowering of the
new Liturgical Movement and
the many antiquated laws and
traditions which have need of
revision. Outside the Church,
but nevertheless involving it,
are the problems of worldwide
Communism and the hope for the
eventual unification of all reli
gions under one supreme head,
the Pope. Since he first pro
claimed the Council, Pope John
has many times hinted that it
may be the first tiny step lead
ing toward Christian unity.
In the past few months, there
has been a great amount of dis
cussion concerning the Council.
The Council’s prominence in
the news causes one to wonder
what to expect from it. The
answer to this question could
probably be most correctly sta
ted thusly: Do not look for any
momentus changes in the
Church. There will be some
changes, but they will probably
be in the form of moderniza
tions to keep pace with the
Space Age, Also, in keeping with
Pope John's avowed purpose for
the Council, some barriers to
ward our separated brethren
will begin to tumble. This crack
in the wall is expected to widen
until the eventual goal of unifi
cation is accomplished.
Vatican II will probably have
a great effect on the layman.
Because it will realign the
thinking of the Church along
more modern lines, the layman
will find it increasingly easy
to weave his religion into the
fabric of his everyday life. This
merging of his spiritual and
temporal lives will have
the effect of bringing Christ the
Man closer to his own level,
and greatly strengthening the
bond of love between them.
The dream of religious unifi
cation may not be realized dur
ing our lifetime, but in the life
of the future layman, it may be
accomplished. Then, as Christ
intended it, His Church could
aid all men in their journey
over the road to their eternal
reward of forever living with
Christ.
Berlin Wall
BERLIN, (NC)—Berlin’s So
viet Zone authorities have
granted permission to Arch
bishop Alfred Bengsch to cross
the wall and go into West Ber
lin at Easter time. The Berlin
prelate will celebrate Mass and
preach at St. Hedwig Cathedral
on Easter Sunday*
truth of this assertion. Every
one claims that he is comply
ing with the letter and the spirit
of the (United Nations) Charter
and the declaration, but the ex
istence of individual and collec
tive suffering, in which the re
ligion professed by Pax Romana
plays a very large part, cruel
ly contradicts that claim.”
“Experience shows,” Pax
Romana concluded, "that a
declaration. . . on the elimina
tion of all forms of religious
intolerance might fall short of
its main aim if it failed to con
tain a provision preventing any
restrictive interpretation of
rights not expressly mentioned
in the text. We should also like
to see the practical require
ments inherent in the' suprana
tional character of certain re
ligions protected at least by a
general formula.”
New Offi
icers
For PCCWAt
St. Patrick’s
AUGUSTA—Mrs. H. B. Rob
erts has been elected president
of Saint Patrick's Council of
Catholic Women and will
be installed at the May meeting.
Other officers-elect are Miss
Mary E. Sullivan, Secretary
and Mrs. Wm. D. Moore, Trea
surer.
Mrs. Harry B. Arthur, presi
dent, presided at the April
meeting and gave reports of
the Augusta Deanery meeting
held March 31st in Dublin, Ga.
She announced that the Diocesan
Convention would be held in Col
umbus, Ga., May 11th and 12th.
Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Roberts,
and Mrs. Arthur were appointed
as delegates to represent the
parish at the Diocesan conven
tion.
Mrs. Polly Mathewson and
Miss Josephine Murphy extend
ed an invitation to meet at their
home on Wednesday evening,
April 17th, to make bandages
for Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Cancer Home.
Mrs. Arthur announced that
the May meeting would be fol
lowed by a covered dish supper
and urged all members to be
present.
Catholic Men
Honor Sarnoff
WASHINGTON, (NC)—Robert
W. Sarnoff, chairman of the
board of the National Broad
casting Company will be hon
ored here April 15 by the
National Council of Catholic
Men for his network’s "33 years
of creative leadership and co
operation in religious broad
casting.”
Sarnoff will be saluted at a
preview showing of "I Am
With You,” special four-part
documentary series to be
broadcast during May on the
NCCM’s Sunday "Catholic
Hour,” is a survey of the his
tory of the Church and its 21
ecumenical councils. The ser
ies was filmed in 16 cities in
eight countries of the Middle
East and Europe.
Attending the preview show
ing here will be 75 guests, head
ed by Archbishop Patrick A. O’
Boyle of Washington, chairman
of the administrative board of
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference.
The audience also will include
other Church dignitaries, re
presentatives of the U.S and
foreign governments, and NBC
executives.
QUESTION BOX
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feast for, like all things mira
culously produced, it was per
fect. So was this miraculously
produced body of Christ endow
ed with the keenest of senses,
the sharpest responsiveness of
appetite; it was most perfect
ly fitted to respond thrillingly
to the lightest touch of joy and
by that very fact, to shudder
with the utmost agony under
the brutal blows of pain.”
ADD, TOO, the consideration
that Christ’s death was com
pletely voluntary—he insisted
that his every faculty suffer to
the fullest during the redemp
tive act. He did not, as the ex
pression goes, even begin to
rationalize his suffering.
NOR DID CHRIST, who is of
course God, permit the ineffable
joy of the beatific vision to re
lieve his terrible agony—not
even for a blinding fraction of
an instant.
Q. Just to clarify a doubt; If
one receives Holy Communion
any time during Lent, he has
already fulfilled the Church law
as regards Easter Commun
ion—right?
A. Here in the United States
Pope Receives—
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the rigors of winter” and added
that it should be a symbol of
trust in the Lord for everyone.
He recalled that peace is the
“theme of the imminent ency
clical which We have already
spoken of and peace will be the
living font of the words which
We will speak during Holy Week
on various occasions when We
exercise Our apostolic minis
try—on Holy Thursday to the
distinguished representatives
of nations amid the stupendous
and solemn setting of the Sis-
tine chapel; on Saturday when
We address the university stu
dents of France who, in ideal
representation of all studious
youth of the world, will give an
example of liturgical fervor
here in Rome . . . and lastly on
the Night of Holy Saturday peace
will be the theme crowning Our
Easter radio message.”
of skulls”); nor hearing (rack
ed by the din of blasphemous
and vulgor shouts); nor sight
(chafed by the recognition of
his mother, our Lady, standing
beneath the cross).
AND THESE considerations
(there are countless more) to
the fact that Christ’s body was
perfect, hence, his sufferings
could only have been propor
tionately intense. As the late
Father Walter Farrell wrote in
his Companion to the Summa
series: “The wine at Cana had
astonished the master of the
the Easter season extends from
the first Sunday of Lent through
to (and including) Trinity Sun
day. Hency anyone who receives
Communion worthily during this
period thereby fulfills the
Church precept. One whould
remember of course that the
law defines the minimum. Fre
quent reception of the Blessed
Eucharist is the ideal.
Holy week brings unique op
portunity for youth to grow spir
itually and to participate in the 1
richest liturgy of the year. Many
of the young people will make a
retreat, quite a few in Savannah
will witness the impressive
rites of the Mass of Chrism,
all teen-agers will undoubtedly
receive Holy Communion prac
tically every day of Holy Week.
The Good Friday Liturgical Ac
tion^ Holy Saturday Virgil ser-
vicis will attract most of you
in the spirit of penance and the
desire of growth in grace. And
V ■ A
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Easter Sunday traditionally is
the biggest Church day of the
year. Unless a person learns
to appreciate the beauty and
worth of Holy Week during his
youth, it is doubtful he will
ever attain Christian .maturity.
The excitement of the Mas
ter’s golf tournament in o&t
own Georgia City of Augustil
and the opening of a new base
ball season in major league^
cities emphasizes the craze
for sports among American
youth. It reminds us that one of
the four aspects of CYO is ath
letic. Thank God, our teen
agers love sports. It makes the
physical fitness program de
sirable. Many CYO activities
can be planned with athletic
endeavors. Bowling and skating
and putt-putt continue to grow
in popularity. Swimming, soft-
ball contests, some golf and
tennis engage the energies of
the teen-agers. Picnic season
will soon be here in full swing.
Water-skiing fascinates new
boys and girls every year. All
these are admirable, healthful
activities.
Savannah’s Sacred Heart CYO
will make their trip to Jekyll
Island on Easter Monday. This
has become an annual affair,^
popular outing and reportedly
a pleasurable bus trip down
and back.
Blessed Sacrament CYO will
have a live-band dance Easter
Monday night for all Savannah
CYO members. Half a buck will
gain you admission to the de
lightful evening’s entertain
ment.
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Rosaries Wanted
Untold nttw^bers of Rosaries and Religio^ Medals* reppse
in the drawer^sqnd desks, no longer ££frig used. The mis
sionary needs of tlhSsQhurch can be oSrtially met, by giving
these items to the evfecQncrea^fng number of Converts.
I repair broken rosaries s >aj*!^collect medals to send to
various missionaries. I wptrfd V be s very happy to have your
Readers send such artjoes to mS-sS^o they can be put to
use where they are nqened.
Miss Dorothy Braudls,
508 East 6th Street,
South Boston, 27, Mass.