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I V 1 f Tennis Anyone? 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 ALBANY SHRUBBERY LANDSCAPING PATCH NURSERY THE WEATHERLY’S LEESBURG, GA. TELEPHONE ALBANY HE. 6-2122 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. Cleaners and Launderers Fur Storage and Rug Cleaning 232 Roosevelt Ave. Lake Parr Shopping Center 1107 N. Slappey HE 2-0575 Johnston’s ~Mens Shop ft! 0 “EXCLUSIVE MICHAELS-STERN LAWRENCE AUSTIN PALM BEACH CLOTHING 230 PINE AVE. CORRECT” J \srs ALBANY, GA. BOSTONIAN SHOES VAN HEUSEN SHIRTS PURITAN SPORTWEAR PHONE HE 6-3033 THE NATIONAL BANK OF ALBANY jr „ S 1/ Member F. D. I. C. And m The Federal Reserve System 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.” ♦ ♦ ♦ 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. SAVANNAH f person - to - person Service L ail uour banhina needs si SAVANNAH BANK & Trust Co. Savannah, Georgia Member F. D. I. C. TIRES / 3andag Recaps-Guaranteed 25,000 Miles Front End-Brakes-Auto Repairs Appl iances — TV Bill Kehoe Tire Co. 410 Montgomery Savannah AD 31128 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— (Continued from Page 1) 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 (Continued from Page 1) 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. MASON /■ AD 2-4192 18-20 W. BRYAN ST. ♦Printing •Office Supplies •Office Furniture •Ditto Duplicating Machines and Supplies 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. 1st Grade Registration May 3, 4 Blessed Sacrament Parents Hear Blood Bank Director 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 Kst CllissiotisjMl FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, President M*qr. Joseph T. Ryoo, Net’l Sec*y Send all commnniieatioM to: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION 480 Lexington Ave. at 46th St. New York 17, N. Y. Seton