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w F person - to - person Service for all pour lanbinp needs SAVANNAH BANK & Trust Co. Savannah, Georgia Member F. D. I. C. J v Yy OUR LADY or THE HILLS I CAMP A Catholic camp for boys and girls ages 7 to 16. 200 acres, 37 buildings in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Large modern pool, mountain lake, with all camping activities guided by trained counselors. Ideal accommodations for visiting par ents. Camp provides pick-up service to or from nearest rail, air, bus terminal. A camp for youngsters to grow... spirit ually, healthfully. For literature, write: Father Charles McLaughlin OUR LADY OF THE HILLS GAMP HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINE ou tk Si cop REV. HERBERT J. WELLMEIER Jose Pasiccal Rubio; Domin- ,, of > c . Live Modern Live Total-Electric You’ll like the comfort of year-round climate control, the luxury of oceans of hot water, the cleanliness of flameless electric cooking, the leisure that electric appliances give you. Now, you can enjoy total-electric living at our low total- electric rate. For details, call the Geor gia Power Company office nearest you. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY HUNGER IN THE HOLY LAND IN THIS COLUMN, we give you from time to time bits of information about the HOLY LAND: the flowers, archeology, Biblical stories ... all to draw your attention to the heart of our w T ork. For the HOLY LAND and its mission needs is our central work ... We sre in 18 countries where the East- j ^ ern Rites are celebrated. These coun- ^ tries radiate out from Jerusalem like circles of light . . . And in the midst of the HOLY LAND lies one of our chief problems — seemingly without solution — the 1.4 million refugees from the Arab-Israel War of 1948. They still live in refugee centers . . . Among them are over a hundred thousand Catholics. Life goes on almost hopelessly in these centers except for the fact that help comes from outside . . . We have been entrusted with these refugees by Our Holy Father himself. And in the month of May we make a special plea for them, an urgent call upon your help ... It was in the Temple in JERUSALEM that Christ said: “I was hungry and you gave me to eat, thirsty and you gave me to drink, naked and you clothed me . . .” He was describing the Last Judg- m THESE ARE OUR NEEDS The Holy Father’s Mission Aid for the Oriental Church 11U JUU V/ lept . . . f. We must educate native priests to serve these people. We must train sisters to minister to them. The education of a seminarian costs $100 a year for six years. The training of a sister costs $150 a year for two years. 2. We must give homes to the orphans. A child can be fed, clothed and housed for $10 a month. 3. We must feed families. $10 a month will give them a most needed FOOD PACKAGE. 4. A STRINGLESS GIFT will help us do what is most needed at the time. 5. Cover a child with a blanket. It is will cost $2. 6. Provide a home for an aged person. It costs our sisters £ $1.50 a day to look after an elderly person. YOUR MEMBERSHIP WILL HELP $1 a year for a single person and $5 for a family will make you a member of our association participating in the graces of the Holy Father’s daily Mass and those of 15,000 priests in the 18 countries in our care. S?0 for a single person covers a life membership. $100 for a family. YOUR MASS OFFERINGS These are a great source of help for the missionary who is >le to support himself in his daily work. Please send them jgularly! OUR SPECIAL CARE: THE BLIND Last year the blind of GAZA were especially given into our ire. We took over the running of a SCHOOL FOR, THE LIND in GAZA, the very town where the med Samson lived. His tomb is near the :hool. The BIJND are the most helpless nong these troubled people. Helping them irely merits a special blessing. We give ementary school training to children be tween the ages of 8 and 15 and vocational aining for those over 40 and others who ould not benefit from the school classes. A specialist makes ome visits. Could you donate something towards this great ork of mercy? KINDLY REMEMBER US IN YOUR WILL: OUR TITLE: THE CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION. *tLl2earta$t CDissionsj^i FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, President Msgr. Joseph T. Ryan, Natl Sec’y Send all communications to: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION 480 Loxington Ave. at 46th St. New York 17, N. Y. Pardon me for letting infec tious sentimentality spill over into a second column, but Savan nah is still abuzz with mem ories of the Elcano Spanish naval cadets. Just a few more observations, please. As was stated, the obvious manly devotion to the Virgin Mother of God is worthy of imitation. Let us see if we have learned that lesson well. Will it increase teen-age attendance at May devotions. Or is their devout homage to be admired at a distance, but not followed as an example of virtue? I was told the whole southern section of Spain, the region of Andalu sia is called “the land of Holy Mary.” A nickname compara ble to Dixie. Another observation. So many of the young ladies were struck by the gentility, courtesy, charm, polish, "noblesse oblige” shown by these young men. True, we must make al lowances for the fact that these Spaniards are a few years older than the girls' usual dates, and are undoubtedly the cream of their country’s manhood, from the finest old families of the land. And yet, that alone would not explain their superior con duct and behavior. As one young lady remarked, "Our American boys could learn much.” The most ridiculous thing I stumbled upon was the forlorn girl in the junior class whose steady threatened to break up their romance if she even went near the ship. Talk about being insecure and unsure. And to think of the rich experience she missed because of the inconsid erate and possessive attitude of some foolish youths. A few words about their chap lain, Padre Angel Seija, whose whole life will be spent in the Spanish navy. He is a delightful and charming personality, priestly to the core, unmis takable another Christ in his every outlook and action. He radiates love for humanity to the point where I would term him a “Pope John in minia ture.” His deep feeling for Christian unity is as efferves cent and active as the Holy Fa ther’s, too. As he bade farewell to a kindly minister at dockside, he said something like the following remarks. “The spi rituality of the United States is striking. I had been led to believe it was a country im mersed in materialism and worldliness. The Catholic peo ple talked highly of their good priests. One thing that distress ed me was four different churches in an area of a meter. How sadly Christ’s body has been mangled and split and torn. Reverend, won’t you pray and work for unity among Chris tians. Priests and ministers, rather than laymen, will be responsible before God if dis unity continues unmoved.” Remarkable and courageous words. While spellbound by the romance and flights of fancy concerning the visit of the Span ish, let us draw the conclusion that we might well beg their holy Patroness and ours, to in tercede for real unity among divided believers in her Son, Jesus Christ. * * * On* the “Juan Sebastian De Elcano” I met many people and made a lot of wonderful friends. Among these are: BELTRAN- (Continued from Page 1) children look to grandparents. “Only when there is some sensational news—an earth quake, a revolution, a flood, a murder—is Latin America mentioned in mass media. Oth erwise, silence. Thus, North America believes our continent has no interest at all. Many do not know by whom our coun tries are inhabited; some still are not sure whether we are many distinct countries . . . Certainly you, as journalists, know. “And where your knowledge is deficient, you can remedy it, you can find truth, search out the sources, reveal the facts. And as competent profession als, you know how to communi cate your knowledge fairly, ob jectively, creatively.” “ You are the bridge of under standing,” Beltran concluded, “upon which the men and wo men of many nations will walk.’ d Cleaners and Launderers Fur Storage and Rug Cleaning 232 Roosevelt Ave. Lake Parr Shopping Center 1107 N. Slappey HE 2-0575 go Vira Rosa; Carlow Searra; Josi Chamiro; Miguel Vilanasa; Guillermo de Ara Gonzales. The first time I visited the ship I spent the entire after noon being escorted on a tour. During this time, I met most of the people mentioned above and many others whose names I failed to get. I returned to the ship a num ber of times and each time found it just as intrigueing as the first visit. On my last visit, my friends and I spent many hours just talking about our countries, where they were going next, what they thought about Savannah and its popula tion, how they were enjoying themselves, how friendly and nice the peoole were around here and many, many little things which new friends talk about. ^OtAi C0tt^ V One of the officers that I became good friends with was one who could speak English a little better than most, so it was comparatively easy to communicate with him. Some of the others I met could not speak English, but we managed to get across what we meant even if it took sign language to do it. I also became very well aware of the fact that Spanish drink wine as we would water. I, myself drank a small glass to be hospitable, and I also know that a very few of our young Americans, (but then there al ways are a few), took advantage of the Spanish hospitality in this respect . I thoroughly enjoyed myself and hated to see the ship leave, but all things must come to an end. I intend to write to my friends and they to me, and can hardly wait until the ship returns. JANICE * * * The Spanish boys far outshone the American boys that I have known. The biggest difference was that the Spanish boys were much more polite and respect ful to girls than American boys. Another thing that impressed me was their patriotism and love for their native country. They were up on all current events in the world, know their history of each country (not just Spain), and could carry on intelligent and interesting con versations. They could also dance much better than Ameri can boys. They put rhythm into their every step—they could waltz, tango, and do the flam enco. They were not strong ad vocates of the twist. They seemed to like girls who were really feminine—they did not like to see girls in shorts and bermudas. All in all, the Spanish boys have left a very favorable impression upon my mind. They are true gentlemen and I think that American boys could learn much from these Spanish boys. I for one, will always remem ber and cherish the friendships I have made with the guarda- marinas of the Juan Sebastian. “SENIOR MISS” The Southern Cross, May 11, 1963—PAGE 5 ‘Time’ Dinner Invocation By Cardinal NEW YORK—Francis Cardi nal Spellman, America’s best- known Prince of the Church, invoked the blessing of Almighty God Monday night, May 6, on the greatest single gathering of personalities and celebrities ever to meet at one time. The occasion was Time magazine’s dinner at the Wal dorf-Astoria’s grand ballroom for 300 eminent men and wo men from all over the world who have been “cover sub jects” of the publication during the past four decades. Cardinal Spellman, now 74 and leading a more energetic life than many men in their 20’s, was on Time’s cover February 25, 1946. Bishops Tell Peruvians Work Hard For Reforms Or Face Social Collapse LIMA, Peru, (NC)—Peru’s Bishops have warned this South American nation’s people that they must all work hard for profound political, social and economic changes or face social collapse. The Bishops spoke (May 1) in a joint pastoral letter in which they pointed out that “the present rhythm of social change in our nation is excessively slow and anemic. It must be accelerated in every way possi ble.” They added: “There will never be genuine progress unless all Peruvians U. N. Social Commission Renews Stress On Problem Of Rapid Population Growth By Alba Zizzamia (n:c.w.c. NEWS SERVICE) UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.— The rapid rate of population growth, especially in the econo mically less developed coun tries, was given renewed em phasis during the current ses sion of the United Nations Social Commission. Subject of discussion is a re port on the world situation. It was prepared by the U.N. sec retariat with the cooperation of the specialized agencies, such as the World Health Organiza tion, United National Education al, Scientific and Cultural Or ganization and the Food and Agriculture Organization. The main theme of the report is that although much progress has been made in all fields, the population increase in the last decade has resulted in more hungry, illiterate, unhoused, unemployed people than before. In the boldest statement it has made to date, the United Nations secretariat commented in the introduction to the report: * ‘The problem that is creating controversy today is not whether families in densely populated, less developed areas should control fertility at all, LATIN AMERICAN (Continued from Page 1) and intensive coverage of the Latin American scene by the Catholic press in the last sev eral years, there still remains a large gap to be filled.” He said that an effort to close this gap will be made by the newly established Catholic Inter-American Cooperation Program (CICOP), which is un der sponsorship of the sub committee for inter-American cooperation of theU.S. Bishops’ Committee for Latin America. He said the program will re present “a continuing initiative to promote understanding, friendship and concern among Catholics of the U.S. for their neighbors” south of the border. He also said the CICOP will stage an annual national Latin American cooperation confer ence, designed to enlist the aid of Catholic organizations in the U.S. in bringing about “an understanding of friend ship and concern for Latin Ameri ca.” The first such annual meeting will take place in Chi cago from January 20 to 24, 1964, he stated. Four panelists «*t the same convention session agreed with Msgr. Quinn’s assessment of the need for more knowledge by U. S. Catholics about Latin America, but not with his lauda tory statement about Catholic press coverage of that area. The panelists were Msgr. Richard H.J. Hanley, editor of the Long Island Catholic, Rock ville Centre, N.Y.; Father Vin cent J. Lovett, editor of the Catholic Reporter, Kansas City, Mo.; John J. Deedy, editor of the Pittsburgh Catholic; and Douglas J. Roche, associate editor of the Sign magazine, Union City, N.J. They all said that Catholic press handling of the Latin American scene could stand much improvement. Deedy said that “the chal lenge is to get Catholic journa lists to Latin America.” He suggested that CPA regional conventions be held in differ ent areas of Latin America. Deedy said he believes the * ‘destiny of the Church in Latin America is worth the invest ment of sending editors there to see for themselves what con ditions are.” By so doing, he added, the editors would be in a position to impart to their readers a better picture of conditions in Latin America. Father Lovett agreed that a visit to Latin America is the best way for Catholic journa lists to give better coverage to but whether the state should intervene in certain cirsum- stances to promote greatly in creased fertility control, through the use of modern con traceptive methods currently employed in the economically developed countries, or by other effective means.” The report itself voices re servations as to the adequacy of the statistics on which the chapter dealing with population growth is based. And it points out “that no universal gener alization can be laid down re garding the favorable or un favorable effect of population growth upon economic growth.” While the greatest population pressures affect Asia, the re port points out that it is not possible to say whether the un expected increase in the last decade in this area “is genuine or merely the result of progress in the quality of the statistics.” Ecumenism Gaining AUCKLAND, New Zealand, (NC)—The ecumenical move ment among the Churches in New Zealand is a most hopeful stage, according to the Moder ator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand, the Right Rev. M. W. Wilson. He suggested in a speech here (April 29) that the most exciting sign of the times in church life was the changing relationship between Catholicism and Pro testantism. that area. He stated, however, that much improvement in cov erage could also be made if Catholic journalists read more about the geography and history of Latin American countries. Roche said that on-the-scene reporting is even more neces sary in the case of magazine writers because they have “to go for that extra dimension that makes the story come alive.” He suggested that when such writers visit Latin America, they should interview persons in various walks of life, and not only Catholics, so that they can get an over-all picture of the area. LITTLE PILES of SAWDUST IN YOUH HOME MAY MEAN, POWDER POST BEETLES NEW & USED . mcmillan motor co. 934 Fourth Ave. FA 2-5400 Columbus convince themselves that the solution to national problems depends to a great extent on the quantity of their personal work and effort. Foreign aid, loans, plans. . .and machinery will be of little use if the will to work is lacking.” "First and foremost,” the prelates declared, “there must be a disappearance of the com placent passiveness of those who believe that the present order is just or at least toler able, or that the evils cannot be remedied.” Part of the work everyone must do, the Bishops said, is to take a conscientious and ac tive interest in politics. The Bishops called on all voters to cast ballots in the national elec tions scheduled for June 9. The Peruvian Hierarchy also urged politicians not to seek office without proper training. The Bishops stated: AIT 3f5 West Bay Street Savannah, Ga. “Just as it would be immoral to pracitce medicine without having studied and undergone practical training, so it would be much more immoral to take charge of the public health and the progress of society without the required competence and the necessary education.” MASON INC. /,42 AD 2-4192 18-20 W. 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