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By BARBARA C. JENCKS
“Sports offer to noble spirits
motives and occasions to dwell
on the service that such values
can and must lend to higher
ideals of perfection and inner
beauty, of discipline and self-
control.”
Pope John XXII
FOR ONE whose only athletic
feat these days is sprinting for
the 7:40 a.m. bus, it is exhaust
ing to read of the box scores
which emmanate from the White
House—50 mile hikes, vigorous
games of touch football and even
swimming fully clothed in back
yard pools—to say nothing of
the hounds and fox chases on
Virginia weekends. Ho hum! To
be a sport seems to be very
"in,” on the new frontier. As I
limpingly approach middle age,
the jumping, bending, walking,
running, whirling associated
with athletic prowess has less
and less appeal. This seemingly
soft American is content to be
a spectator sportsman, from
watching Bob Cousy’s final Cel
tics appearance to the thrill of
watching Jack Nicholas cap
the Master’s Golf Tourney onto
the football and baseball games
via television. It all began with
the Greeks—this exertion busi
ness. They huffed and puffed
to throw spears and discs and
boxed and raced on their play
ing fields of Olympia. Sport
is one of the few things which
have come down intact from
the Greeks through the 2,500
years. Remember this same
civilization which gave us the
legacy of boxing, of dubious
merit, racing, etc., also gave
us Aristotle, the philosopher;
Sophocles, the dramatist; and
Pericles, the politician. Who
remembers the names of the
Greek athletes? Today Ted Wil
liams, Bob Cousy, Stan Musial,
Arnold Palmer, PC’s Ray
Flynn, former heavyweights Joe
Louis, Jack Dempsey are bet
ter known than novelists, philo
sophers, physicists in most
homes. These athletic greats
are all fine but balance is need
ed.
* * *
AT ONE TIME in my life,
I might have held my own might
ily with the Kennedy touch foot
ball squad or in Bobby’s swim
ming pool. It has been sar
castically insinuated by more
than one member of my family,
that I majored in tennis at col
lege, having returned with a
tennis trophy (by default alas)
but no society medals. But that
was long ago and far away and
as long as the bus runs, I’ll
jump aboard even if it is for a
three-stop fare. And as far as
my favorite sport these days,
it is fishing. The minimum of
exertion but maximum of con
centration is needed. In the
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Bible it ‘appears that fishing
would have the celestial sports
man’s seal of approval! We do
hear St. Paul speak about rac
ing in one of his epistles. And
what sport has more clerical
approval today than golf? Why
J. F. Powers’ prize novel about
a priest finds him winning his
crown of sanctity on the golf
links of his orders retreat cen
ter!
* * *
RECENTLY, a feature story
circulated by the Associated
Press told of the vigorous ex
ercise or athletic endeavors of
former presidents with Presi
dent Teddy Roosevelt setting a
hard prescedent for even the
athletic Kennedy clan. It would
be even more interesting to
contemplate the saints and their
favorite sports, or extra-curri
cula activities of prowess.
St. Peter, St. James, and
other apostles we know were
fishermen, hear, hear! St. Paul
was a sailor and obviously an
accomplished swimmer since
he was shipwrecked so many
times and survived. (He was
also a scaler of walls, adept
at climbing in and out of pri
sons.) St. Sebastian is a likely
patron of archers. We could find
many more sports patrons if we
searched the lives of the Saints
—St. George, slayer of dragons;
St. Ignatius, horseman, etc. All
the apostles must have been
intrepid hikers and the 50 mile
trek of today was probably com
monplace to them. As far as
the manly art of self-defense
is concerned, the Bible tells
us to turn the other cheek, this
advice would win no champion
ship on the natural level: What
ever the activity, we are sure
that the best exercises of the
saints were the exercises of
getting up and kneeling down—
the spiritual exercises. The
soft American is in all proba-.
bility the self-indulgent Ameri
can. One can be a good sport
in more than athletic accom
plishment but the Greeks have
said and it has endured that the
ideal is to have a sound mind in
a sound body. Now with the
coming of Spring when the voice
of the umpire is heard through
out the land and the lure is to
be out-of-doors, it is a com
mendable thing to have some
favored sport or outdoor acti
vity which will make strong and
less soft this body which is the
temple of the Holy Ghost. Ten
nis anyone?
Public Schools
ST. LOUIS—A spirited appeal
for Catholic laymen to become
involved in public school affairs
was made here by a Catholic
who has served nearly ten years
on a public school board.
Daniel L. Schlafly, president
of the City of St. Louis Board
of Education, spoke to a session
of the 60th anniversary conven
tion of the National Catholic
Educational Association.
“The dictates of good citi
zenship alone demand that we
do our part. Our religious belief
places an even further and deep
er obligation on us,” he told a
meeting of lay people at the
convention.
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Learn Skills For Trip
Girl Scout Troop 307, Sacred Heart School, Warner Robins,
is busy learning many skills in preparation for a camping
trip to Camp Martha Johnston on May 17-19th. Recently
they camped overnight in the backyardof their leader where
they learned to pitch tents, cook on an open fire, sanitary
dishwashing in the out-of-doors and how to lash sticks
together to make their living in the out-of-doors more
comfortable. Shown in upper pictures a re: Jan O’Lear, Nora
Posch and Judy Cole learning how to start a table being
instructed by their leader, Mrs. Joe Dembowski. Lower
Photo: Putting the finishing touches on a dishwashing table
are Judy Cole, Mary Hassmann and Kathy Hummels.
QUESTION BOX
(Continued from Page 4)
wills to effect with us in this
sacrament. “To remain attach
ed to venial sin, to deliberate
imperfections, to wilful negli
gences, and premeditated infi
delities,” writes Abbot Mar-
mion, “all these things cannot
fail to impede our Lord’s action
when he comes to us. If we
desire the perfection of this
union we ought not to bargain
with Christ for our heart’s
liberty, nor reserve any place,
however small, for creatures
loved for their own sake” (from
Christ the Life of the Soul).
FOR A PRACTICAL rule of
thumb, Bishop Louis Morros
gives this admonition in his
catechism My Catholic Faith;
“Before receiving Holy Com
munion, we should try to have
an ardent desire to be united
with Christ, and arouse senti
ments of faith, hope and con
trition.”
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Q. Pope Pius XII once ex
plained five ways (or more)
how the Blessed Virgin Mary
can be addressed as Queen of
the Universe. What were those
ways, and could you tell me
the occasion on which the Pope
spoke?
A. In a radio message to.
Fatima in 1946 Pope Pius XII
listed four specific titles the
Blessed Virgin Mary has to
queenship of the universe. One
is by grace; i.e., by virtue
of her being “full of grace,”
in the Angel’s own words. From
the doctrine of Our Lady’s mo
therhood, wrote Pope Pius XII
“flows the singular grace of
Mary and her dignity, second
only to God.”
SECONDLY, Mary is a queen
“by divine relationship,” since
her Son is Christ the King.
Asked St. Athanasius: “How
can the royal dignity of the Son
be denied to the mother?”
A THIRD title is Mary’s
“right of conquest” because
she shared so intimately in the
redemptive conquest of the
Cross. Mary is' truly a queen,
finally, “by singular election,”
i.e., by the very fact that she
was singled out from all ages
and immaculately conceived
that she might be the Mother of
God.
Birmingham—
(Contiuned From Page 1)
and not in the streets.”
They closed their statement
by reiterating their appeal made
in January for whites and Neg
roes to observe the principles
of “law and order and common
sense.”
The following, in addition to
Bishop Durick, signed the state
ment: Episcopal Bishop C.C.J.
Carpenter of Alabama; Rabbi
Milton Grafman of Temple
Emanu-El; Bishop Paul Hardin
of the Alabama-West Florida
Conference of the Methodist
Church; Bishop Nolan B. Har
mon of the North Alabama Con
ference of the Methodist
Church; Bishop Coadjutor
George M. Murray of the Epis
copal Diocese of Alabama; Ed
ward V. Ramage, moderator of
the Synod of the Alabama Pres
byterian Church in the U. S.;
and Rev. Earl Stallings, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Birmingham.
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The Southern Cross, April 27, 1963—PAGE 5
Tito Visit In The Offing?
(By J. J. Gilbert)
WASHINGTON—Marshal Tito
of Yugoslavia is coming back
into the news.
It has been announced that
he will visit Mexico this fall,
repaying a call President Lopez
Matoes of Mexico and his wife
made in Yugoslavia only a few
weeks ago.
The Yugoslav embassy here
says it “never heard” of any
plans for Tito to visit Cuba.
This does not rule out the pos
sibility, however, and it will be
interesting to see what happens
in this connection.
Will new attempts be made to
bring Tito to the United States?
Nothing has been said about
this, but there seems always to
be someone around who is in
favor of such a thing. A lot of
resentment was aroused when
a Tito visit was proposed in
1956, and when it was revived
tentatively in 1957.
Those who wanted to show
Tito a good time in this country
have had a lot of ground cut
from under them in the last six
years. They used to argue that
everything we did for Tito, de
spite his reputation, was worth
while, if it kept him from join
ing up again with Moscow com
munism. In recent weeks there
has been solid indication that
Tito’s Yugoslavia is already
back in the Moscow bloc.
In the spring of 1956 an at
tempt, one in a series, was
Convention—
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Macon.
State officials who will at
tend, including Mr. Zwicknagel
of Decatur, are Henry F. Gall-
man, state secretary, Colum
bus; William O. Mangan, Jr.,
state treasurer, Savannah; Ber
nard S. Dunstan, state advocate,
Augusta; and Peter M. O’
Malley, state warden, War
ner Robins.
Rev. Thomas H. Payne, state
chaplain will celebrate the 8 o’
clock Mass Sunday.
Other state chairmen who will
participate in the convention
program are William T. Jordan,
Atlanta, general programs;
Hugh H. Grady, Savannah, Ca
tholic activities; Stephen F.
Koncz, Brunswick, Council ac
tivities; Thomas *J. O’Hayer,
Savannah, fraternal activities
Robert J. Hiler, Decatur, mem
bership and insurance; J. Gregg
Puster, Macon, public rela
tions; William C. Hartigan, At
lanta, Columbian Squires,
Henry J. Halter, Valdosta,
youth activities; and Charles
C. Chesser, Augusta, Catholic
advertising program.
District Deputies are Richard
F. Murray, Savannah; Frank
Hornyak, Macon; William M.
Sherwood, Atlanta; Myles S.
Boothe, Marietta and Gerald B.
Gardner, Jr., Brunswick.
Nick J. Camerio and Phil
Powell, both of Macon Council,
are co-chairmen of the state
convention.
Council Of Men
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area to be governed by Christ’s
admonition: 'Love one an
other’.” ‘ Concluding, Father
Fitzpatrick advised that the Ca
tholic Charities Committee
should be used to “show the
true spirit of Christ’s love for
those who are in need, spirit
ually as well as materially.
In reply to one of the ques
tions following his talk, Father
Fitzpatrick stated that the main
reason there have been drop
outs at St. John Vianney Sem
inary is the “lack of vocation
on the part of the individual”.
Mr. Ed Cassidy, pinch-hitting
for Larry Sweeney, president
of the Holy Name Society who
was out of town, pointed out
the Seminary is run like “an
ordinary private school, with
regular tuition and obliga
tions”.
Father Fitzpatrick closed the
meeting with grace after meals
and told the group of the forth
coming Deanery meeting of the
Bishop’s Council of Men, which
is scheduled for May 12th at
3;30 p.m. in the school Audi
torium of St. Anne’s Parish
in Columbus.
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made to bring Tito here on an
official visit. A storm of pro
test resulted. In Congress, 162
members quickly signed a pro
test against the visit. Sponsors
of the Tito visit put the idea
aside, saying the time was not
right. The Congressmen held
off sending their protest to
the White House, but said they
were keeping it handy and would
transmit it if the Tito matter
came up again.
At one point, Congressmen
threatened to boycott any ap
pearance Tito might make on
Capitol Hill. It was then pro
posed to bring Tito here when
Congress was not in session.
The Red dictator himself re
belled at this, and the idea was
dropped.
There was a strong rumor
about this city in 1957 that Tito
would be brought to the U. S.
in October of that year. Con
gress, it was hoped, would have
adjourned by then. This rumor
could not be nailed down, and it
couldn't be dispelled either. But
an offhand suggestion by a high
official that Marshal Zhukov of
Soviet Russia might profitably
be brought here for talks at the
Pentagon brought such a bad
reaction that neither the Zhu
kov nor the Tito visit mater
ialized.
The Catholic press across
the country reacted swiftly and
vigorously. Papers everywhere
gave reasons why the projected
Tito visit was not only unwise
but also “unjustifiable.” They
presented a strong case against
the Yugoslav dictator, and un
doubtedly had much to do with
his planned visit being abandon
ed.
Through all of this there
were highly placed officials who
contended that it was worth
while to give Tito billions of
dollars in aid, and to have him
here as a guest. It would help
to keep him estranged from
Moscow, they said, even though
he proclaimed loudly and fre
quently that he was a com
munist and always would be.
Khrushchev has worked hard
to reconcile the Tito that Stalin
broke with. Apparently with less
effort, and with much less mon
ey, than the U. S. expended, he
has succeeded in bringing the
Yugoslav Red dictator back into
the Soviet communist fold.
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SAVANNAH — Mr. James
Ponder, Director of the Red
Cross Blood Bank, spoke at the
April Meeting of the Blessed
Sacrament Home and School
Association which was held
Wednesday, April 17th, in the
School Auditorium.
The speaker stressed the im
portance of the Blood Bank to
everyone in the Community, and
stated that “three phases con
tribute to the complete func
tioning of this service, namely
the collecting, processing and
distributing.”
Monsignor Thomas A. Bren
nan, Pastor of the Blessed Sac
rament Parish, announced the
following dates of events which
will take place before the close
of the school year.
May 3rd and 4th, Registra
tion for First Grade.
May 12th, First Communion.
May 21st, Clinic for child
ren entering the First Grade.
May 22nd, Kindergarten
Graduation.
May 27-28-29, Final Exam
inations.
June 5th, Graduation.
June 6th, School Closes.
A Nominating Committee, de
signed to bring in a slate of
Officers for the coming year,
selected by the President, Mrs.
George Ableson, will consist of
Mrs. Joseph Kelly, Mrs. Sig-
vert All, and Mrs. Laverne
South.
MEMO FOR MOTHER’S DAY
MOTHER’S DAY IS MAY 12TH. It’s not too soon to think
about a gift for that very special person—your mother . . . Here’s
a suggestion, very appropriate because
it calls to mind a woman who lived
long ago, yet is still remembered be
cause she exemplified so well the spe
cial nobility of mothers everywhere:
faith, patience, self-sacrifice . . . Yes,
St. Monica probably is pleased with
the parish of ST. AUGUSTINE in
KARIMKUNNAM, India. Named in
honor of her famous son, this parish
also has his missionary spirit . . .
Poor though they are, the parishion-
r l , ers are trying to help a few Catholics
for the Oriental Church | n neighboring village of VADAK-
KUMMURI build a church. They have painfully scraped to
gether §5,500 for the building . . . One family donated land,
others services. But after seven years the new St. Joseph’s is
still unfinished . . . Little more can be expected in the way of
funds from these people, who are poor, extremely poor laborers.
Fr. Philip Karapallil of St. Augustine’s asks our help to the
amount of §2,300 . . . Wouldn’t your mother be happy if you
were to help out in her honor?
"... and still a grace
More high, more dread, and yet more sweet and fair
Both bind thy royal brows, O Mary blest.
God called thee Mother . . .”
—Elizabeth
MAY IS MARY’S MONTH and at this
beautiful time of year many of her littlest
children are led to the altars around the
world to receive their FIRST HOLY COM
MUNION . . . Among them are thousands
children. PALESTINE REFUGEES. It is
a lonely thing to be a refugee child, es
pecially on FIRST COMMUNION DAY. $10
from you will buy one of them a nice out
fit lor this holy occasion. Your help here i3
needed!
IF YOU WISH to send a gift to our mission in the name of
your mother, we’ll send her a lovely GIFT CARD with pressed
flowers from the Holy Land. MASS OFFERINGS are so much
needed by our missionary priests, who often have no other
support!
ST. MONICA PRAYED for many, years that her son, Au
gustine, would some day put his great
talents to use in the cause of truth. Final
ly her plea was answered ... He was con
verted, became a priest, a bishop. “Doctor
of Grace.” Today other young men and
women long to devote their lives to spread
ing the faith and caring for the sick and
poor of mission countries as priests and
sisters . . . Young men like BENEDETTO
UOLDEGABER and GIOVANNI PAULOS,
Cistercian seminarians; and SISTERS BASILIA and VINCY of
the Sisters of the Destitute in India. They cannot pay their own
expenses: $100 a year for six years for the seminarians; $150
a year for two years for the novices. Won’t you adopt one of
them and send your help anytime at your convenience through
the year?
MAYBE YOU’D RATHER JOIN one of our clubs, MARY’S
BANK. Then you can help support the sisters for as little as a
DOLLAR A MONTH . . . Other ways to help: Join our associa
tion (§1 a year single persons; §5 for a family). You participate
in the graces of numerous missionary Masses . . . Other needed
gifts are chapel items: SANCTUARY LAMP (§15); CHALICE
or CIBORIUM (§40).
KINDLY REMEMBER US IN YOUR WILL. OFFICIAL TITLE:
THE CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION
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M*qr. Joseph T. Ryoo, Net’l Sec*y
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