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1 1 I Labor Day Finds Nation Concerned With Problem Of Youths Seeking Work Obituaries M iss Helen Burns COLUMBUS—Funeral serv ices for Miss Helen Burns were held August 8th at Holy Family Church with the Rev. Arthur A. Weltzer officiating. Survivors are three sisters, Mrs. W. A. Watkins, Sr., Miss Margaret Burns, and Miss Adele Burns, all of Columbus and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. L. R. Massengale AUGUSTA — Funeral ser vices for Mrs. L. R. Massen gale were held August 16th at St. Mary’s-On-The-Hill. Rt. Rev. Monsignor Daniel J. Bourke officiating. Survivors include her hus band, Dr. L. R. Massengale, Augusta, Ga.; a brother, George Barnes of Chicago; and a num ber of aunts and uncles. (By J. J. Gilbert) WASHINGTON, (NC)—Labor Day, by tradition, marks the end of the vacation season and the start of the new school year. Approach of the holiday in 1963 sees the nation concerned as never before with the prob lems not only of the worker but also of the pupil.' Automation, discrimination and other devel opments are decreasing job op portunities for many of those already in the labor force. Young people leaving school, not only because of their already large and steadily increasing numbers but also because of their lack of training, are add ing to the gravity of the situa tion. The Government has been di recting attention to the matter, and urging a nationwide effort to meet its many implications. A report issued by the Pres ident’s Committee on Youth Employment has revealed many startling facts about the "di mensions of the problem." Here are some of them: ... It is much harder today for a boy or girl with limited education and training to get a job. The number of young -T 7 £>/ IN AUGUSTA . . . J MEMORIALS S.R. KELLY & SON, INC. PA 2-6972 Irvine Henderson/ ,0/ yj Funeral Home r* PH. AD. 2-7181 Irvine C. Henderson Irvine C. Henderson, Jr. James E. Henderson, III 121 W. Hall St. SAVANNAH people between 16 and 21 have greatly increased in the last generation, and are increasing, but the kinds of jobs they used to fill are disappearing. Jobs that are available today demand more skill and training than many of these young people can offer. ... To hundreds of thou sands of boys and girls between 16 and 21, "the problem is im mediate and desparate." One out of nine who are out of school and in the labor force is job less. . . . During the school months of 1962 between 600,000 and 800,000 young people between 16 and 21 were out of school and looking for jobs. . . . Twenty-six million boys and girls will leave school and seek jobs in the 1960’s. This will be 40% more than in the 1950s. ... If the current rate of youth unemployment persists, as the youth population increas es, by 1970 the number of un employed youths will be close to 11/2 million. . . .Tn the 1960's, while the labor force is growing so rapid ly, the \ need for unskilled workers will remain about the same. . . . About 1 in 6 of all unemployed who are out of school are 16 to 21 years old, although this age group makes up only 1 in 14 of the labor force. . . . Unemployment among teenage Negro youth is double that of white boys and girls. ... At the same time, more education and training is being required for jobs. . . . School dropouts suffer most from unemployment and have greater difficulty in find ing work. There are many more facets to the problem, many of them eye-opening to most people. But what has been cited would seem sufficient to indicate that, while the nation as a whole is struggling with' this situation, the best thing that young people can do for their country and for themselves is to stay in school as long as they possibly can. MISSIONERS DESIGN NEW TYPE GOSPEL TENT—Like St. Paul, the Glenmary Home Missioners join tentmaking with preaching. Photo shows the new style tent designed by Father Patrick O'Donnell, editor of Glenmary’s Challenge, to replace the old gospel type tent used for the society’s summertime preaching in the Appalachian mountain re gions. Technically a hyperbolic pataboloid form, the tent, measuring 60 by 48 feet, needs no interior supports and has weathered several windstorms. Its frame is strong aluminum pipe and the covering is pink and white nylon plastic. It can be erected in two hours..—(NC Photos) Profession And Reception Held By Sisters Of Mercy New Head For Medal Association PHILADELPHIA—Rev. Don ald L. Doyle, C. M., has been named to succeed the late Rev. Joseph A. Skelly, C. M., as Director of THE CENTRAL AS SOCIATION OF THE MIRACU LOUS MEDAL, Germantown, Philadelphia. F ather Skelly, who died July 8 at the age of 89, had been the Director of the Association since its establish ment 48 years ago. Father Doyle has served as Assistant Direc tor since September, 1962. Announcement of Father Doyle’s selection came from Very Rev. Sylvester A. Taggart, C. M., Provincial of the Vicen- tian Fathers’Eastern Province. As Director, Father Doyle will head a worldwide Associa tion whose aims are to promote devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary through the Miraculous Medal, to educate young men for the priesthood and to assist the poor. Since its beginning in 1915, the Association has dis seminated 75,000,000 Miracu lous Medals and 40,000,000 Booklets. In 1930 it inaugurated the Miraculous Medal Perpe tual Novena, which is held week ly in 4,500 churches and cha pels around the world. The As sociation has also built two ma jor seminaries, a minor semi nary, a novitiate and five Marian shrines. F ather Doyle, 42, is a native of Brooklyn, N. Y., the son of the late John and Magdalene Fischer Doyle. After attending St. John’s Preparatory School in Brooklyn, he entered St. Jo seph’s College, Princeton, N. J., minor seminary of the Vincentian Fathers, in 1939. He pronounced his religious vows on June 18, 1943. Having com pleted his theological studies at Mary Immaculate Seminary, Northampton, Pa., he was or dained to the priesthood in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, by His Ex cellency, Most Rev. J. Carroll McCormick, D. D., present Bi shop of Altoona-Johnstown, on May 22, 1948. A SNAP FOR SISTER—Snap goes the slate and Sister Cyrilla, M.H.S.H., is confidently on camera for scene 16 in a new movie completed this summer by Geo. A. Pflaum, Publisher, Inc., Dayton, Ohio. Titled, “The Lay Catechist," the 20-minute, color movie introduces lay men and women to the teaching of religion and is intended to help recruit catechists for parish CCD work. The movie had its premiere during the Liturgical Con vention in Philadelphia, August 19-23.—(NC Photos) person - to - person Service v afl your banking, needs SAVANNAH BANK & Trust Co. Savannah, Georgia Member F. D. I. C. for BORDEN’S Fresh Milk and Ice Cream at your Favorite Store FOR HOME DELIVERY CALL 354-7717 Welcome To The A First Class Hotel Traveler's “First Choice" for Downtown Comfort WHERE YOU CAN GET ROOMS FOR $3.50 & up Single $5.00 & up Double 250 Rooms —250 Baths Circulating Ice Water In All Rooms 3 MEETING ROOMS FAMOUS LUCKIE ST. AT CONE Atlanta, Georgia JA. 5-3501 Convention Told Racial Bias Dosen’t Exist In Latin America SANTE FE, N. M., (NC)— “In general terms, it can be said that racial discrimination does not exist in Latin Amer ica.” This view was expressed by Miguel Leon-Portilla, direc tor of the Inter-American Indian Institute, 7 Mexico City, in a paper read at the closing ses sion (Aug. 15) of the Catholic Art Association convention at St. Michael’s College here. His paper was read by Father Clement McNaspy, S. J., New York associate editor of Am erica magazine. Leon - Portilla discussed, “To Understand the Cultural Reality of Latin America.” The population of Latin America is Johnnie Ganem Steak Ranch CHARCOAL BROILED STEAKS PRIME STEAKS DINNERS-LUNCHEON O; COCKTAILS DINNER MUSIC Gaston and Habersham AD 3-3032 about two hundred million, he said. Latin America, he stated, covered nearly nine million square miles, almost one-sixth of the earth’s land surface—an area nearly three times greater than mat of the United States— with its 20 independent nations, in 18 of which Spanish is the official language; in Brazil, Portuguese; in Haiti, French. “Racial discrimination as it exists in countries like South Africa or the United States is unknown in Latin America,” he added. He indicated that var ious forms of discrimination existed, but they were of a so cial or economic character. “In Latin America, the descen dants of Indians or of colored people can occupy key posts in the life of his country, as has happened on innumerable oc casions,” he said. According to Leon-Portilla, the Latin American continent is extremely rich not only from the point of view of its natural resources but also from a cul tural angle. “In some of the nations of the hemisphere,” he stated, “there were ancient civilizations that yet today constitute cultural roots and historic subsoil. The Iberian influence left the seed of Christianity and Western cul ture.” BALTIMORE, Md.—Four teen Sisters of Mercy pronoun ced temporary vows for three years at Mass celebrated at 7:00 a.m. in the convent chapel at Mount Saint Agnes, Balti more, Maryland, on August 16. Taking part in the same cere mony were fifteen Sisters who renewed their vows for two years. At 3:00 p.m. on the same day eight postulants received the religious habit. Monsignor Joseph A. Ells, pastor of St. Dominic Church, Baltimore, celebrated the Mass and received the vows of the Sisters. The sermon for the occasion was preached by the Rev. Thomas Brophy, S. J., Philadelphia. Those pronouncing vows for three years were: Sr. M. He lene Jones, Mobile, Ala.; Sr. M. Emil Graf, Mobile, Ala.; Sr. M. Rosalia Wilhelm, Mo bile, Ala.; Sr. M. Celia Kelly, Chevy Chase, Md.; Sr. M. Ver non Gentle, Birmingham, Ala.; Sr. M. Thaddeus Bessman, Au gusta, Ga.; Sr. M. Inez Hobbs, Baltimore, Md.; Sr. M. Alexius Mulcay, Augusta, Ga.; Sr. M. Blaise Rhodes, Augusta, Ga.; Sr. M. Carlos Dorman, Balti more, Md.; Sr. M. LaSalette Wheeley, Baltimore, Md.; Sr. M. Ernest Harms, Savannah, Ga.; Sr. M. Marjorie Murphy, Baltimore, Md., and Sr. M. Liam Kelly, Chevy Chase, Md. The Sisters who renewed vows were: Sr. Christina Ma rie Daily, Savannah, Ga.jSr.M. Estelle Kirby, Baltimore, Md.; Sr. M. Trinita Brearton, Cin cinnati, Ohio; Sr. M. Renata Steinkamp, Baltimore, Md.; Sr. Jude Marie Dyslin, Chatta nooga, Tenn.; Sr. M. Arthur Lucky, Augusta, Ga.; Sr. M. Suzanne Wilhelm, Baltimore, Md.; Sr. M. Cordette Diehl, Baltimore, Md.; Sr.ReginaMa- rie Donohue, Baltimore, Md.; Sr. John Mary Biggs, Macon, Death Takes 63 Council Fathers Since October j ROME, (NC) — Since the opening of the Second Vati can Council on October 11 last, 63 council Fathers have died, including four cardin als, 18 archbishops, and 41 bishops. The dead cardinals are Manuel Cardinal Arteaga y Betancourt, Archbishop of Havana; John Cardinal D'- Alton, Archbishop of Ar magh; William Cardinal Godfrey, Archbishop of Westminister; and Valerio Cardinal Valeri, prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Religious. The Americans who died were Archbishop JohnSwint, Bishop of Wheeling, Arch bishop Edwin V. Byrne of Santa Fe, Bishop Joseph Burke of Buffalo, Auxiliary Bishop Lawrence Schott of Harrisburg, and Archbishop Gerald O’Hara, Apostolic Delegate in Great Britain. The deaths left several posts vacant in concilicar commissions. Cardinal Val eri was president of the Commission of Religious. Bishop Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C. P. of Agrigen- to, a member of the Com mission on Faith and Mor als, and Bishop Albert Soe- gijapranata, S. J., of Sema- rang, a member of the Com mission on the Missions, both have died since the council began. Ga.; Sr. M. Benita Nickelsen, Pensacola, Fla.; Sr. Joseph Marie Mullen, Baltimore, Md.; Sr. M. Joseph Ann Leverich, New Haven, Conn.; Sr. Stephen Marie Costello, Washington, D. C.; and Sr. M. Chanel Fas- ola, Savannah, Ga. Presiding at the afternoon ceremony, Monsignor Ells con ferred the religious habit upon Suzanne Irene Ryan, Malverne, Long Island, N. Y., who will be known in religion as Sr. M. Carla; Doris Ann Weaver, Tar- rytown, N. Y., Sr. M. Claudia; Dorothy Ann Eder, Baltimore, Md., Sr. Marlene; Mary Ca therine Sarandria, Winchester, Va., Sr. M. Carmela; Zilpah Maria Hietter, Mobile, Ala., Sr. M. Ignace; Mary Karen McNally, Baltimore, Md., Sr. M. Christina; Frances Marie Hobbs, Baltimore, Md., Sr. Jean Marie; and Marguerite Ann Crain, Birmingham, Ala., Sr. M. Julia. The Rev. James G/ Hietter, S. J., St. Mary’s, Kansas, de livered the sermon at the re ception ceremony. Present in the sanctuary were the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Roger K. Wooden, and the Reverends Timotny Mullen, E. Melville Taylor, Henry Zer- husen, William B. Schmidt, Ed ward J. Sponga, S. J., Felix Cardegna, S. J., Cyril Draina, Henry P. Stragisher, Bernard F. Kirby, S. J., J. Austin Graff, and Peter McCarthy. Buddhist— (Continued from page 4) of the government. Most foreign observers are agreed now that the movement has a political character.) Thich Due Nghiep had acted as interpreter for Madame Dieu Hue, the elderly Bonzesswho had been presented to foreign correspondents as a volunteer for burning July 23. This correspondent asked him again on August 11 to explain how her proposed deed could be recon ciled with the Buddhist moral law against destroying any kind of life. "In the Theravada sect no such self-immolation is per mitted,” he agreed. "But in the Mahayana sect self-immolation is allowed to any Buddhist monks or nuns who decide to sacrifice themselves for the Buddhist cause.” (The Theravada sect, also called Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle, is found in Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cam bodia and southwest Vietnam. Most of the Vietnamese Budd hists and those of China and Japan belong to the Mahayana, or Greater Vehicle, sect. Ther avada bonzes of south Vietnam are members of the Inter-Sect Committee.) "Is not Theravada closer to the original Buddhist doc trine?” the N.C.W.C. News cor respondent asked. “Yes, Theravada is more original,” the spokesman an swered. “Then the Theravada Budd hists here disapproved of Quang Due’s action in burning him self alive?” “It is not permitted in Theravada,” he repeated. No statement of disapproval was issued by the Theravada Buddhists, uddh Television center SERVICE COMPANY^ WHERE TV IS A BUSINESS NOT A SIDELINE AD 3-4145 AD 3-6352 SAVANNAH, GEORGIA The Southern Cross, August 22, 1963—PAGE 5 Doctors And Praying Friends™"— Two Teams Worked For Claudia NEW ORLEANS, (NC) — Eight-year-old Claudia Ballay had a team of five doctors work ing for her inside the operating room, and a team of hundreds praying for her outside, in homes and churches. The delicate kidney trans plant for Claudia appears to be successful, for she is walking now for the first time in nearly a year. “Even non-Catholics had their congregations praying,” said Claudia’s mother, Mrs. O. A. Ballay, who is the organ ist and choirmaster in St. An drew parish here. At the parish, special prayers were directed through Father Francis Xavier Seelos, a Re- demptorist priest who died in New Orleans of yellow fever in 1867. Redemptorists here have been working for years for his beatification cause. Last May 16 St. Andrew par ishioners arranged for a Mass for Claudia and afterwards prayed at Father Seelos’ tomb. That same day the gravely ill girl was wheeled into a Charity Hospital operating room crowded with medical ex perts, including Dr. Keith Reemsta, associate professor of surgery at Tulane University. In the adjoining operating room lay the patient from whom a healthy kidney had to be re moved because of another med ical difficulty. Since then Claudia has had two more operations, once each to remove her two defective kid neys. Doctors must keep close tab on her and it will be some time before she can return to school. But she’s been home since July 16. Claudia has been gravely ill for a year and a half. Last May when doctors told her parents that a kidney transplant was the only resort left. “They warned that the oper ation would be touch and go and said I might not be able to see her for four or five days,” said Mrs. Ballay. “I started crying and said, ‘Let’s go home.’ I felt Icouldn- t go through with it. I wanted to be with her if the end came. “But Claudia looked at me and said: ‘No Mama. Don't be a sissy. We’re here now. We’re going to stay.’ “I couldn’t back down then,” QUESTION BOX (Continued from Page 4) prescribed; i.e., those attached to certain mental ejaculations. But when prayer in general for the Supreme Pontiff’s intentions is stipulated, mental prayer alone is not sufficient.) * * * Q. About the recent news re port that the Rabbinical Council of America is planning to lend financial assistance to a group of Jews in Israel who are trying to reclaim a barren mountain —Mt. Gilboa—which was cur sed by David in Old Testament times: what is the Scriptural reference? A. Both Saul and Saul’s son, Jonathan, died “on the heights” of Mt. Gelboe during a battle with the Phillistines. As a re sult, Palestine as a whole was left without a king. WHEN DAVID HEARD the news of the deaths, he summon ed all nature to sympathize with him in his grief by depriving the mountain of those elements necessary for life. The Scrip tural reference is II Kings I: 21-27: “MOUNTAINS OF GELBOE, never dew, never rain fall upon you, never from your lands be offering made of first-fruits; there the warrior’s shield lies dishonored, the shield of Saul, bright with oil no more. . .” GELBOE is in the northern section of Palestine, in Gali lee. India: Saint Sebastian Needs Help At PURANATTUKURA, a village in the diocese of TRICHUR in Southern India, is the parish of St. Sebastian. There are 500 The Holy Father's Mission Aid for the Oriental Church children in the parish needing in* struction, but St. Sebastian has no school—no place even for catechet ical lessons. Nevertheless fifteen classes have been organized. They meet everywhere ... in the halls, before the Blessed Sacrament, in the priest’s house . . . The only school in the neighborhood is that of the Hindu monks. The boys and girls of high school age go there . . . But the pastor of St. Sebastian knows he must build a school for this parish, too recently organized to have educational facilities. He asks help in obtaining the modest sum of $2,000; for the rest his people will give what they can in money and labor! . . . Father X. Akkara’s letter ex presses his hope of a kind response. His plea is seconded by his Bishop and the authorities in Rome . . . Soon now your parish school will open its doors for another year. Think of the 500 youngsters of St. Sebastian huddled in hallways, and send something to help Father Akkara . . . Any donation, large or small, will help! WHY INDIA? Our work covers 18 countries where the Eastern Rites pre dominate. Often we appear to be appealing for one country in particular—India—ignoring the others under our care! . . . Actually we have some fifty appeals from India before us, all asking modest sums of $2,000 to $4,000 to build convents, churches and schools. This is a land rich in vocations today and Churph authorities would feel remiss indeed in not doing all they can to foster these ipissionary parishes and so encourage the spread of Christ’s word . . . Each week we can bring you just one of these urgent appeals, relying on your generosity, hoping we can help quickly enough, substantially enough! ASIA: LAND OF HOPE. Not long ago, the NCWC news serv ice in Washington gave a report showing the percentage of Catholic population throughout the world. South America led with 92.3 per cent Catholics; Central America, 80 per cent; Western Europe, 57.3 per cent; North America, 24 per cent; Australia, 18 per cent; Eastern Europe and Russia, 18 per cent; Africa, 10.4 per cent . . . Only in Asia were the figures down to less than 2 per cent! Yet here the vocations are increasing. Maybe eventually the last shall be first! You can help by your STRINGLESS GIFTS which allow us to send help where the Holy Father feels it is most desirable. WHAT YOU CAN DO □ Build a school, chapel or convent for $2,000 to $6,000. □ Support one of our $1 a month clubs to help Sisters, semina rians, old folks, orphans, etc. □ Educate a seminarian like AUGUSTINE KOTTACKAL or JOHN KARUVELIL. Cost: $100 a year for six years. □ Educate a Sister like SISTER MARY PAULSY or SISTER MARY RICHARD. Cost: $150 a year for two years. You can send the money in installments. □ Place a MEMORIAL CHALICE or other item in a chapel, the cost ranging from $50 down to $5 for CHAPEL BELLS for the altar. □ Send us MASS STIPENDS for the 15,000 priests in our care. Often this is their only means of support. □ Remember us in your will. Our legal title: THE CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION. □ Help feed a poor Palestine REFUGEE FAMILY with a $10 FOOD PACKAGE. □ Help with a BLANKET. Cost: $2. Dear Monsignor Ryan: Enclosed please find for Name Street City • • Zone ... State FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, Preside*! Msgr. Jesepk T. Kfos, NoFI Sec*f Seed all commeekatlaiM fa: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION 480 Lexington Ave. at 46th St. Now York 17, N. Y.