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PAGE 6—The Southern Cross, June 22, 1963
“ From New Orleans’ Loyola
University we learn of GEORGE
J. PARNHAM, JR. of Columbus
being one of 382 to graduate in
the 52nd annual commencement
exercises recently held. George
was awarded a bachelor of
science degree in education
from the university’s college
of arts and sciences. He is the
son of MR. AND MRS. G. J.
PARNHAM, 535 Brennan Rd.,
Columbus . . . The new mis
sion Church dedicated last Sun
day at SYVAINSBORO, GA., will
have a close connection with
ST. JAMES’ CHURCH in Sa
vannah. Both the architect,
BEN RITZERT, and the build
er, MIKE ROBERTSON, are
members of the St. James Par
ish .. . M. J. MAYNARD
(alias “Skip”) is a father for
the seventh time. And both he
and his wife, PEG, have only
one complaint, and a just one,
the local Savannah papers omit
ted the arrival of the seventh
born from the list of births.
The name of the new arrival
Christopher Anthony ... MSGR
THOMAS A. BRENNAN, pastor
of Blessed Sacrament Church,
Savannah, celebrated his 40th
anniversary as a priest on Mon
day, June 10. Letters, tele
grams, and personal calls have
been showered on the native
Savannahian, and pastor of
Blessed Sacrament for the last
18 years . . . Blessed Sacra
ment Holy Name Society paid
tribute to Monsignor with the
presentation of a spiritual Bou
quet by John Kelleher, pres
ident, at a meeting and break
fast which was held following
the eight o’clock Mass, June
9th .. . MSGR. HERMAN J.
DEIMEL, pastor of St. Anne’s
Church and founder of Pacelli
High School, Columbus, re
cently celebrated his 35th year
in the priesthood. Among the
festivities marking the anniver
sary, the Juniors of the high
school composed new lyrics to a
familiar tune which told briefly
of the life of Monsignor Dei-
Jtiel . . . The Legion of M ary
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
PRAESIDIUM, Cathedral, serv
ed as hosts and hostesses on
Saturday afternoon, June 15 in
the Cathedral Day School Audi
torium following the Baptism of
8 new converts. Converts
during the year were also in
vited to share in the festivities
as well as friends and rela
tives of the newly baptized, and
those still under instruction.
Mrs. Joe Ruiz was chairman of
the reception . .. JULIAN HAL-
LIGAN, newly elected vice
president of the Chatham Coun
ty Board of Education, has been
named chairman of the special
integration study committee
charged with planning the court-
ordered desegregation of public
schools next year ... A film,
“PAGES OF DEATH”, aimed
at combating the tide of smut
literature, was shown in the
auditorium of the Cathedral Day
School on Sunday evening, June
16. Sponsored by the Third Or
der of St. Francis, Cathedral
Parish organization, the as
sembled crowd heard an up-to-
the-minute talk byTonyGanam,
personally appointed by Bishop
McDonough as chairman of the
subcommittee on Anti-Smut
Literature . . . Joseph Ebber-
wein elected to the position of
Grand Knight of Council #631,
Knights of Columbus, Savan
nah. Joe is perhaps the young
est knight to ever hold this
position in Savannah Council
history . . . Weekly instruc
tion classes continue during
the summer months on Tues
days and Wednesdays for Adults
Inquirers to the Catholic Faith.
The same subject is taught on
both evenings at 7:30 (Cathe
dral Day School) so that the in
dividual inquirer might find it
easier to make one evening in
preference to another ... It’s
good to hear the Cathedral bell
ringing . . .
Send future items to
Fr. Lawrence Lucree
”■ P. O. Box 180
Savannah, Ga.
Vietnamese Mass
1: SAIGON, (Radio, NC)--Pre
sident Ngo dinh Diem and all his
cabinet ministers, two-thirds of
whom are non-Christians, and
all members of the diplomatic
corps here attended a solemn
pontifical Requiem Mass for
Pope John XXIII in Saigon’s ca
thedral (June 11) on the invita
tion of Archbishop Salvatore
Asta, Apostolic Delegate for
Indochina. Archbishop Paul
Nguyen Van Binh of Saigon was
the celebrant.
50,000-
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ter Sean F. Lemass and Foreign
Minister Frank Aiken; Italy’s
Prime Minister Amintore Fan-
fani and Vice Premier Attilio
Piccioni; Liberia’s James An
derson, President of the
Senate; and the Netherland’s
Foreign Minister Joseph
M.A.H. Luns.
When the cardinals had taken
their places, the Vatican’s Ju
lian Choir, standing on the steps
of the papal altar, intoned''Re
quiem.” Observers noted that it
was the first time in recent
memory that the choir stationed
itself on the papal altar.
The Mass was offered at the
Altar of the Chair by Eugene
Cardinal Tisserant, Dean of the
Sacred College of Cardinals.
His vestments and those of his
ministers were black, heavily
brocaded in gold. Black velvet
covered all the tribunes in the
basilica.
At the end of the Mass, Msgr.
Giuseppe Del Ton, the Vatican’s
Secretary of Latin Letters, de
livered his eulogy. He spoke his
round Latin phrases quickly,
almost breathlessly, throughout
the 20-minute eulogy of the late
Pope.
“It is almost unbelieveable
how many great undertakings he
started and finished in the short
space of these years,” Msgr.
Del Ton said.
“But the gift that shone fort
in him with singular attraction,
the gift that gave his way of act
ing such charm, was goodness
A true goodness, frank and
sincere, surging up like limpid
alpine springs. . .
“There is engraved in our
mind, and it will never be eras
ed, his fatherly image and the
sweetness of his majesty, which
appeared all the more august as
the humility which clothed them
shone forth so brightly. .
“And if his ear opened itself
to all with lively good will, it
turned even more anxiously to
those who, although separated
from the See of Peter, are
honored with the name of Christ;
principally the ancient Eastern
Church, whose glorious ancient
history he knew well and which
he had often visited.”
Turning to Pope John’s work
for social justice and peace,
Msgr. Del Ton said that peace
was the "untiring work of Pope
John.”
To Pope John himself, he
said: '‘Farewell, Holy Father,
farewell forever. May your so
journ be in Sion and your house
in the eternal Jerusalem. May
perpetual light shine upon you
and may you enjoy the bliss
of true peace without end. Fare
well, farewell forever.”
Elect Officers
For Columbus
Altar Society
COLUMBUS—Mrs. Vernon
Blundell was elected president
at the monthly meeting of Our
Lady of Lourdes Altar and Ro
sary Society.
Elected to serve with Mrs.
Blundell were Mrs. Michael
Joyce, vice president and Mrs.
Robert Simms, secretary-
treasurer.
Outgoing officers are:
Mrs. Joanne Thomas, presi
dent; Mrs. Robert McDonald,
vice-president and Mrs. James
Rabdalh, secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. McDonald reported at
the meeting that the Cancer pad
group has made 626 pads for
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Free Cancer Home in Atlanta.
A check in the amount of
$100.00 was presented Father
William Dowling, pastor, for
the purchase of draperies for
the school cafetorium.
Largest Class
Is Graduated
At Brunswick
BRUNSWICK—The largest
graduation class in St. Francis
Xavier School’s 60 years re
ceived diplomas.
The diplomas were given 31
members of the Eighth Grade by
the Rev. Paul Burkort following
Mass. There were 16 boys and
15 girls in the class.
An award for the highest
scholastic average was pre
sented John Disque, and for the
highest average in religion, to
Stanley Kwiatkowski.
Attendance awards were
given Margaret Broker, Cyn
thia Tedeschi, Christopher
Gregor, Anita McKinna, Kwiat
kowski, Susan Shaw, and Ste
phanie Koncz.
FIRST COMMUNION CLASS of Our Lady of Lourdes, Port Wentworth, pose with their
pastor Father Francis J. Donohue.
Says NCCW
The class was presented by
Sister John Cecile, teacher, and
Sister Loretta Joseph, princi
pal.
Equal Pay And Equal
Is Are Not Same
Righti
(By J. J. Gilbert)
WASHINGTON—When Presi
dent Kennedy signed the equal
pay bill into law a few days ago,
it represented a victory in which
the National Council of Catholic
Women had a notable part.
The new legislation requires
that women who are covered by
the minimum wage law shall be
paid the same wages as men for
performing the same jobs. Its
provisions do not cover all
working women, just the
27,500,000 estimated to be cov
ered by the Fair Labor Stand
ards Act of 1938 as amended.
The President said it is only a
“first step,” but added that it
made clear “our determination
on Prelate Backs
Vietnam Buddhists
Saig<
By Father Patrick O’Connor
Society of St. Columban
(Radio, N.C.W.C.
NEWS SERVICE)
SAIGON — Archbishop Paul
Nguyen van Binh of Saigon has
issued a pastoral letter oc
casioned by a dispute between
the Vietnamese government and
Buddhists.
Quoting papal encyclicals and
canon law, the Archbishop re
minds his priests and people of
principles by which Catholics
must be guided. The pastoral
stresses Catholics’ duty of obe
dience to legitimate civil autho
rity, the distinction between
the proper function of the State
and the function of the Church
and the obligation to respect
everyone’s freedom of con
science.
The letter was to be read
from the pulpit at all Masses
in all churches and chapels of
the Saigon archdiocese on Sun
day, June 16, or as soon as
it is received. It could hardly
reach parishes outside Saigon
City until after June 16.
“A good Catholic, by very
reason, of Catholic doctrine, is
the best of citizens. . .obedient
to established civil authority
under any legitimate form of
government,” the Archbishop
emphasizes, quoting Pope Pius
XI.
Quoting Pope Leo XIII’s en
cyclical Immortale Dei, the
Archbishop points out that the
State has no authority in the
domain proper to the Church.
Then comes the passage that
Vietnamese Catholics and non-
Catholics alike should find
most relevant to the current
situation.
The Archbishop quotes Pope
John’s final encyclical in which
the Pontiff declared: “Every
human being has the right to
honor God according to the
dictates of an upright con
science and to profess his re
ligion privately and publicly.”
The Archbishop adds: “Ac
cordingly, every Catholic is
bound to recognize and respect
the principles of freedom of
conscience.
“Of course, the Church keen
ly desires to see all men enjoy
ing the light of the Catholic
Faith. . .but she desires only
free and sincere conversions.”
He cites canon law (canon 752)
which prescribes that no adult
may be baptized except
knowingly and willingly and af
ter proper instruction.
The Archbishop calls on ev
ery priest, Religious and lay
person “to strive for harmony
and peace” and “today more
than ever to act in charity.”
In concluding, the prelate
warns Catholics against being
led astray “into dubious cour
ses of action as a result of un
founded rumors. . .or of unfair
statements concerning Catho
lics or as a result of anyone’s
imprudent deeds.”
In an earlier letter, the Arch
bishop instructed his priests to
omit the customary outdoor
processions of the Blessed Sa
crament on Sunday, June 16,
when normally Corpus Christi
is observed by the people.
that when women enter the labor
force, they will find equality
in their pay envelopes.”
The NCCW, and other national
organizations, have worked for
legislation of this sort for many
years. This fact was recognized
when President Kennedy signed
the new measure into law. He
invited the NCCW to be among
the groups represented at the
ceremony. He used a number of
pens in affixing his signature,
and gave one to each of the re
presentatives of women’s
groups present at the White
House. Margaret Mealey,
NCCW executive director, re
ceived a pen as representative
of Mrs. Joseph McCarthy of San
Francisco, NCCW president.
This new law is not to be
confused with the so-called
Equal Rights amendment to the
Constitution, which is still being
Program On Negro
Life In North
NEW YORK, (NC)—“The
Children’s Choice,” a photo
essay on the life of the Negro
in the North, will be telecast
on June 23 at 2 p.m., EDT, on
the “Directions ’63” program
Author of the essay is Den
nis Clark, former executive di
rector of the Catholic Inter
racial Council of New York.
The program is produced by
the National Council of Catholic
Men and the Public Affairs
Department of the American
Broadcasting Company.
Officers Named
By St. Teresa’s
Holy Name
ALBANY — Officers were
elected by the Holy Name So
ciety of St. Teresa’s on Sun
day June 9th.
Officers elected were:
J. L. Bacon, president; Dr.
William Bacon, vice president;
Roy Miller, secretary; Harold
von Schlicten, treasurer, L.M
Everson, marshal.
urged and which the NCCW has
earnestly opposed for decades.
The proposed Equal Rights
amendment, which a number of
senators and representatives
have introduced in the present
session of Congress, as they
have in many former Con
gresses, provides that: “Equa
lity of rights under the law shall
not be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any state on
account of sex.”
On its face, this seems to be
reasonable legislation, and cal
culated to win a good deal of
popular support. But the NCCW,
and other organizations, have
consistently warned that it
would prove to be a delusion.
The NCCW has told Congres
sional committees from time to
time the proposed constitution
al amendment under the guise
of giving equality, would wipe
out legal safeguards protecting
woman’s position in the home
and in society, many of which
she won only after long and
persevering effort. Such “blan
ket” legislation represents “a
false solution of the problems of
discrimination because of its
false assumption that man and
woman are identical and hence
should have identical treat
ment,” the council holds.
PRIESTS HONORED AT COLUMBUS—Rt. Rev. Msgr. Herman J. Deimel, second from
left, and the Rev. Arthur A. Weltzer, second from right, were honored at a testimonial
banquet given by Columbus Knights of Columbus. Msgr. Deimel is pastor of St. Anne’s
Church and Father Weltzer pastor of Holy Family Church. Both priests this month cel
ebrated the anniversary of their ordination. Msgr. Deimel marked his 35th anniversary
and Father Weltzer his 31st. At left is Louis C. Kunze Sr., the oldest active past grand
knight of the council and at right is Robert C. Lagen, current grand knight.
Supreme Court
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and used such phrases as “elu
sive,” “delicate” and a “most
difficult and sensitive task” in
reaching their conclusions
about the relations that should
prevail between religion and the
state in America.
Justice Clark, in a key pas
sage of his 23-page majority
opinion, said the “test” of whe
ther a law violates the Consti
tution’s ban on an establishment
of religion lies in the answer to
this question: “What are the
purpose and the primary effect
of the enactment.”
He answered in these words:
‘ 'If either is the advance
ment or the inhibition of reli
gion then the enactment exceeds
the scope of legislative power
as circumscribed by the Con
stitution. That is to say that
to withstand the strictures of
the Establishment Clause there
must be a secular legislative
purpose and a primary effect
that neither advances nor inhi
bits religion.”
Devotional Bible reading and
prayer in public schools do not
meet this test, he and seven
other justices held.
But Justice Stewart in his
dissent characterized the majo
rity’s definition of the Estab
lishment Clause as “insensi
tive.”
He held that the cases raised
the issue of the religious liber
ty or parents who want their
children exposed to religions
influences in school, and said:
“A compulsory state educa
tional system so structures a
child’s life that if religious ex
ercises are held to be an im
permissible activity in schools,
religion is placed at an artifi
cial and state-created disad
vantage.
"Viewed in this light, per
mission of such exercises for
those who want them is neces
sary if the schools are to be
truly neutral in the matter of
religion.
“And a refusal to permit reli
gious exercises thus is seen,
not as the realization of state
neutrality, but rather as the
establishment of a religion of
secularism, or at the least, as
government support of the be
liefs of those who think that
religious exercises should be
conducted only in private.”
Although the decision on Bi
ble reading and prayer applies
immediately to public schools
in Maryland and Pennsylvania
only, its impact will not be
limited to those states. Devo
tional exercises, including
prayer and Bible reading, are
required or permitted in 37
other states.
Tires have their own speed
limits, the Allstate Motor Club
warns. Studies reveal tires
driven for prolonged periods at
60 m.p.h. will wear out three
times as fast as at 50 m.p.h.
MARRIAGES
LEE-THOMPSON
SYLVANIA—Miss . Margaret
Lindsay Thompson and Mr.
Dennis Lee were married with
a nuptial mass in Our Lady of
the Assumption Church on June
15th. The Rev. John Garvey
performing the ceremony. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Alexander Thomp
son Jr. The bridegroom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Edward Lee.
ARNETT-McDONALD
SAVANNAH—Miss Eleanor
McDonald, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. James Bernard
McDonald, became the bride of
Joseph William Arnett, son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Arnett on June 15th, in the
Blessed Sacrament Church with
the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J.
McDonald, brother of the bride,
officiating.
OXNARD-SCARDINO
SAVANNAH—Miss Lucy Eli
zabeth Scardino became the
bride of Thomas Oxnard Jr.,
on June 10th. The ceremony
was held at Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist with the Rev.
Lawrence Lucree officiating.
The bride is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Peter L. Scardino.
The bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oxnard
Sr.
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REV. HERBERT J. WELLMEIER
After an absence of two is
sues, this columnist is back at
his youth office desk, but in a
different location, the new ad
dress for the Diocesan CYO
office is Box 27, Savannah
Beach, Georgia.
A thousand different thoughts
collide after a refreshing,
though brief, vacation. Fore
most in mind is the reflection,
“Isn’t it a great time to be
alive?” Despite hassles all
around us, global and in the U.S.,
yet it is an exciting time in his
tory. We are fortunate to have
witnessed the short but earth-
affecting pontificate of our late,
beloved Pope John. Each of us
in grateful memory of him,
ought to strive to fulfill his
wishes concerning us. For he
convoked a council not only to
affect Christian unity, but more
immediately of consequence, to
get each Christian to effect per
sonal renewal of Christ-like
living. Paying him such a debt,
in the long run benefits oursel
ves and society more than it
benefits Pope John.
Life is exciting today more
over because we see brotherly
harmony growing and religion
coming to the fore in playing
its natural role of peacemaker
and the role of yeast changing
the texture of the human race.
All the world thrills with ex
citement over the election of a
new Pope, even as we recover
from the sadness over Pope
John’s death. Who will his suc
cessor be? The whole Christian
world, no, even the Communist
world is concerned. This one
man, this holy office of the
papacy was never more widely
acclaimed, better loved, influ-
encial.
Teenagers everywhere are
vitally interested. Recently I
have heard any number of
groups intelligently discussing
the leading candidates. While
true that our knowledge of the
“pababili” comes principally
from leading secular maga-
,0**Ai
zines, this in no way cools the
ardor of the pros and cons.
After all, the eventual choice
will help shape our lives radi
cally, wherever religion enters
into the important current is
sues and the external practice
of our holy faith.
We would do well then to beg
the Holy Spirit’s powerful in
spiration on the College of
Cardinals faced with the mo
mentous decision of electing the
Vicar of Christ.
Two recent films brought to
our attention by Father Teoli
are worth procuring for show
ing to CYO groups.
One concerns the evils of
printed filth, pornography. En
titled, “Pages of Death,” this
excellent movie can be rented
for $25.00 from Citizens for
Decent Literature, Box 12, Cin
cinnati, Ohio. Adult Clubs, too,
would derive benefit.
The other film, “The Chal
lenge,” rents for $17.50 from
Don Bosco Film Company, 148
Main Street, New Rochelle, N.Y.
It concerns a teenager’s valiant
efforts to imitate Dominic
Savio, the saintly youth.
Jottings
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and the leader of mankind’s pro
gress. All the armies that ever
marched, all the navies that
ever sailed, all the parliaments
that ever sat, all the kings that?
ever reigned, put together, have
not affected the life of man on
this earth as much as that—
One Solitary Life.”
CARDINAL NEWMAN’S defi
nition of a gentleman may seem
old fashioned or even impossi
ble. I have not known
very many but happily a few
have met this ideal.
. .It is almost a defini
tion of a gentleman to say he
is one who never inflicts pain.
”. . .The true gentleman. . .
carefully avoids whatever may
cuase a jar or jolt in the minds
of those with whom he is cast—
all clashing of opinion, or colli
sion or feeling, all restraint,
or suspicion, or gloom, or re
sentment; his great concern
being to make every one at their
ease and at home.
“He has eyes on all his com
pany; he is tender toward the
bashful, gentle towards the
distant, and merciful towards
the absurd; he can recollect to
whom he is speaking; he guards
against unreasonable allusions,
or topics which may irritate;
he is seldom prominent in con
versation , and never weari
some. . .
‘He is never mean of little in
his disputes, never takes unfair
advantage, never mistakes per
sonalities or sharp sayings for
arguments, or insinuates evil
which he dare not say out. . .
‘ ‘If he engages in controversy
of any kind, his disciplined in
tellect preserves him from the
blundering discourtesy of bet
ter though less educated minds;
who, like blunt weapons, tear
and hack instead of cutting
clean, who mistake the point in
argument, waste their strength
on trifles, misconceive their
adversary, and leave the ques
tion more involved than they
find it.
“He may be right or wrong
in his opinion, but he is too
clearheaded to be unjust; he is
as simple as he is forcible, and
as brief as he is decisive.”
THE FINAL contribution is by
General Douglas McArthur and
it is a Fathers’ Prayer for his
son.
himself is the foundation stone
of knowledge.
"Lead him, I pray, not in the
path of ease and comfort, but
under the stress and spur of
difficulties and challenge. Here
let him leant to stand up in the
storm; here let him learn com
passion for those who fail.
"Build me a son whose heart
will be clear, whose goal will
be high; a son who will master
himself before he seeks to mas
ter other men; one who will
learn to laugh, yet never forget
how to weep; one who will reach
into the future, yet never forget
the past.
Award
For F.B.I.
Director
"Build me a son, O Lord,
who will be strong enough to
know when he is weak, and brave
enough to face himself when he
is afraid; one who will be proud
and unbending in honest defeat,
and humble and gentle in vic
tory.
"Build me a son whose wish
bone will not be where his back
bone should be; a son who will
know Thee—and that to know
WASHINGTON, (NC)—J. Ed
gar Hoover, director of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation,
will be honored at the Catholic
Youth Organization convention
to be held in New York from
November 14 to 17.
Hoover will be awarded the
'Pro Deo et Juventute’ ‘(For
God and Youth) Award for 1963
at the convention banquet No
vember 16.
The announcement was made
here by Msgr. Frederick J.
Stevenson, director of the Youth
Department, National Catholic
Welfare Conference, which
sponsors the biennial conven
tion.
Some 7,000 Catholic teen
agers and young adults from all
parts of the country will attend
the convention.
Hoover is the second law en
forcement figure to receive the
award. U. S. Atty. Gen. Robert
F. Kennedy received it in 1961.
Msgr. Stevenson lauded Hoo
ver’s “39 years of courageous
and brilliant service to the na
tion.”
“Throughout his notable ca
reer, in war and peace, whether
combatting crime and its influ
ences on our youth or exposing
communism and its evils, Mr.
Hoover has demonstrated a sin
cere and deep interest in the
future of our American youth,
and has exemplified the highest
ideals of faith in God and coun
try,” Msgr. Stevenson said.
Motorists should avoid eat
ing heavy, fatty foods such a:
potatoes and cake before driv
ing, according to the Allstate
Motor Club. Medical authori
ties suggest such easily digest
ed foods as lean meat, eggs
and milk in order to prevent
drowsiness and sluggishness
behind the wheel.