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PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, September 26, 1963
Priest Who Visited Cuba
Without Authorization Is
Reinstated By Superiors
MARYKNOLL, N. Y., (NC)~
A priest who was suspended for
visiting Cuba against the orders
of his religious superiors has
been reinstated by them.
A spokesman for the Mary-
knoll Fathers said Father Fe
lix McGowan, M. M., “has de
clared his willingness to fol
low the instructions of his su
periors."
“Both Maryknoll and Father
McGowan consider the incident
closed," stated the spokesman.
Father McGowan went to Cuba
early in July to investigate con
ditions there. He had been “ab
solutely forbidden" to make the
trip by his superiors, and his
suspension resulted from his
refusing to obey them.
(A priest under suspension
may not perform his priestly
functions until he is reinstated
by his superiors.)
While in Cuba Father McGo
wan gave interviews denying
that there is religious perse
cution under the Castro regime.
He also became associated
with the controversial group of
59 American students who visit
ed Cuba during the summer
without authorization from the
U. S. Government. In a letter
to the New York Times he dis
puted the accuracy of reports
about their visit.
On August 3 the Vicar Gen
eral of Maryknoll, Father John
F. Donovan, M. M., issued a
statement saying that comments
by Father McGowan on condi
tions in Cuba were the priest’s
“own personal views and not
those of the Maryknoll Fa
thers."
Father McGowan appeared
with the students September 12
when the House Un-American
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Activities Committee held
hearings on their activities.
Outbreaks of violence occured
during the hearings that day and
the next.
The priest also presided at
an evening meeting of the stu
dents in Washington, D. C.,
during which some of thosepre-
sent clashed violently with
members of George Lincoln
Rockwell’s American Nazi par
ty-
Later, however, a Maryknoll
spokesman said it was under
stood that Father McGowan re
gretted the publicity he had
been receiving and wished to
return to the community.
The announcement that the
priest had returned was made
here by Father Albert J. Nevins,
M. M., editor of Maryknoll
magazine. His statement said:
“Father Felix McGowan re
turned to Maryknoll today (Sept.
17) and has declared his willing
ness to follow the instructions
of his superiors.
“He will make his annual
spiritual retreat during which
time his superiors will plan his
future assignment. Both Mary
knoll and F ather McGowan con
sider the incident closed."
St. James
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Oct. 5 th
SAVANNAH — This is the
tenth year in which St. James
will offer to the public, through
the sponsorship of its Mens
Club, the Annual Autumn Fes
tival and Bar-B-Q Dinner. This
event has grown in popularity
over the years to such an ex
tent that its demand is rapidly
approaching that of our area’s
most looked-forward-to acti
vities.
Co-chairmen Gene Powers
and John Rodewalt have an
nounced that the function this
year will be held on October 5,
from noon until 7 p.m.
at the parish grounds, Mont
gomery Crossroads and Whit
field Avenue, just east of Wal
ters Road.
According lo - the. chairmen,
a variety of new types of con
cessions and games will be
available this year, along with
the usual refreshment stands,
and improvements accomplish
ed to the flow of traffic in the
most unique, drive-in and take
out facilities.
The previous menu added a
choice of ribs to the main
course of delicious bar-b-cue
chicken, which became so popu
lar, chef Rodewalt has planned
a similar variety this year.
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FRESHMEN at St. John Vianney Minor Seminary received surplices, emblematic of
their service of the altar, at exercises last Friday evening. Shown investing two young
seminarians are Bishop McDonough, Very Rev. William V. Coleman (L) Rector of the
seminary and the Rev. Joseph Stranc (R) Seminary Procurator.
Deanery Meeting Oct. 6th
AUGUSTA—Mrs . Joseph J.
O'Connell, president of the Au
gusta Deanery Council of Catho
lic Women has announced that
the annual fall luncheon meet
ing will be held on Sunday,
October 6th at the Augusta Town
House at 1:15 p.m. Mass pre
ceding the luncheon will be held
at noon at St. Patrick’s Church
with Rev. Ralph E. Seikel as
celebrant. Monsignor John D.
Toomey, Spiritual Moderator of
the Diocesan Council of Catho
lic Women will be the speaker.
Luncheon tickets are $2.50 each
and reservations should be
made with the parish presi
dents.
Mrs. O’Connell has appoint
ed her deanery chairmen as
follows: Co-operating with Ca
tholic Charities, Mrs. John O’
Brien; Cooperating with Con
fraternity of Christian Doc
trine, Mrs. J. J. McCoy; Civil
Defense, Mrs. A. T. Hubert;
Family and Parent Education,
Mrs. Stephen Mulherin; For
eign Relief, Mrs. John Radeck;
Home and School Association,
Mrs. D. J. Whaley; Libraries
and Literature, Mrs. Louis Bat-
tey; International Relations,
Mrs. A. B. Montgomery; Or
ganization and Development, j
Miss Pauline Peuffier; Spiritual
Development, Mrs. Albert Rice;
Public Relations, Mrs. Ernest
Dinkins; St. Mary’s Guild,Mrs.
Harry B. Arthur; Legislation,
Mrs. Sam W. Fennel, U. S. O.,
Mrs. Edith Wilder; and Hospi
tal, Mrs. M. C. Stulb.
The vice presidents of the
deanery are the presidents of
the parish councils. They are as
follows: St. Mary’s-on-the-
Hill, Augusta, Mrs. Jack Hag-
ler; Sacred Heart, Augusta,
Mrs. Richard Craig; St. Jo
seph’s Augusta, Mrs. Richard
B. Scarff; St. Patrick’s Augus
ta, Mrs. H. B. Roberts, Imma-
In Jungles
Officials Marvel At
Work Of Priest
BLANCA FLOR, BOLIVIA—
Twenty-three American men
and women flew into the “Green
Hell" jungle area here to visit
the booming rubber and Brazil
nut community cooperative
started by a technical wizard
in a white cassock, Father John
A. Dietrich, M. M.
The United States party, re
presented by officials of the
Embassy, United States Infor
mation Service and the Alliance
for Progress, made the flight
in a special chartered plane
from the capital city of La Paz
during the Labor Day weekend.
The entire party was unanimous
in its praise of the accomplish
ments of the ingenious Detroit
missioner.
Father Dietrich, from De
troit, Michigan, who returned
to the United States for a six
months furlough last week, has
been here in this junble terri
tory ever since his ordination
to the priesthood at Maryknoll,
N. Y., in June 1957.
The Detroit priest has helped
to build this small jungle section
of the Maryknoll Vicariate of
Mission Band
OPELIKA, Ala., — The Vin
centian Fathers have appointed
two former Military Chaplains
to St. Mary’s Mission Band,
Opelika, Alabama.
Director of the Band will be
Father Joseph Keefe, C. M.,
who served during the Second
World War in the Navy with
the Fourth Marine Division.
Following his military service,
Father Keefe was assigned to
Parish duty in Philadelphia.
With the outbreak of the Korean
Conflict, Father Keefe returned
to active duty as Chaplain with
a Destroyer Squadron in the
Far East. For the past eight
years, Father Keefe has served
on the Mission Band at the Vin
centian House in Toronto, Can
ada.
Father Francis J. Fish,
C. M., second member of the
Band, served with the 34th In
fantry Division in Italy, Fol
lowing the war, Father Fish
was assigned to Niagara Uni
versity, New York, as a Pro
fessor in the College of Arts
and Sciences. With the outbreak
of the Korean Conflict, Fahter
Fish was recalled to active
duty and served first in Alas
ka and subsequently in Iceland
and in Germany. For the past
three years, Father Fish has
served on the Mission Band at
the Vincentian Motherhouse in
Philadelphia, Pa.
the Pando into a thriving coop
erative of Brazil nuts and rub
ber. He branched out into the
production of Brazil nut oil
which will greatly aid the local
Bolivian economy in the matter
of vegetable oils.
The U. S. Party remained
overnight at Blanca Flor and
were amazed at the progress
that the Maryknoller had made
in opening roads, building an
air strip and helping the social,
religious and economic life of
the people of his cooperative.
Father Dietrich’s coopera
tive experiment is located at
Blanca Flor in the Pando, a
jungle region at the headwaters
of the Amazon River in north
east Bolivia. His assignment
was to establish a long-range
project on a 100,000 acre tract
to improve the economic condi
tions of its people.
To do so he had to overcome
with ingenuity those technical
roadblocks that had kept a peo
ple primitive, poverty-stricken
and illiterate for centuries.
RICHARD GERARD COWAN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Cowan
of 457 Dessau Place, Macon, has
been awarded a Naval ROTC
scholarship to attend The Col
lege of the Holy Cross in Wor
cester, Massachusetts. Richard
attended Mount de Sales High
School as a member of the first
class of boys and graduated with
honors in May of this year. He
was a member of the National
Honor Society and received an
award from the Mathematical
Association for recording the
highest mark in the school on a
nationwide examination. Ri
chard intends to major in Chem
istry.
culate Conception, Dublin, Mrs.
Louis Alexander; Sacred Heart,
Waynesboro, Mrs. Harry God-
bee, Jr.,; and Our Lady of the
Assumption, Sylvania, Mrs. Leo
Thompson.
Other officers and members
of the deanery board are: Mrs.
Norman I. Boatwright, Provin
cial Director, Province of At
lanta; Recording Secretary,
Mrs. E. A. Markwalter; Cor
responding Secretary, Mrs.
Henry Holmes; Parliamen
tarian, Mrs. D. J. O’Connor;
Past Presidents, Miss Pauline
Peuffier and Mrs. L. J. Ward.
Members of the diocesan coun
cil residing in the Augusta
Deanery are Historian, Mrs.
John T. Buckley; Parliamen
tarian Mrs. Lawrence J. Ward,
Libraries and Literature, Mrs.
William H. Barrett; Home and
School Association, Mrs. Jack
Johannsen, and International
Relations, Mrs. John Scherer.
Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke,
V. F., is Spiritual Moderatpr
of the Augusta Deanery Council
of Catholic Women.
Sept. 29th
Savannah K.C. Plan
Breakfast, Initiation
SAVANNAH—Three top at
tractions are in store for the
officers and membership of
Savannah Council on Sunday,
September 29, when an ini
tiation, a group communion
and a Communion Breakfast
will be held.
Grand Knight Joseph Ebber-
wein and his Lecturer, Mem
bership Chairman and Catholic
Activity Chairman have com
bined efforts on the 29th bo
bring you three promotions at
one time.
Catholic Activity Chairman
Phil Roach will get first shot
at the membership when the
officers, members and candi
dates assemble at the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist at 8
o’clock Mass to attend Com
munion in a body as part of the
Fifth Sunday Communion.
All Knights and any Catholic
men of the city they care to
bring will assemble in front
of the Cathedral at 7:45 and
march down the center aisle, led
by Grand Knight Ebberwein and
the officers of Council.
Speaker at the Communion
and Mass will be the Rev. Larry
Lucree, assistant rector of the
Cathedral. Celebrant of the
Mass and communion will be
the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J.
McDonald, State Chaplain of
the Knights of Columbus and
chancellor of the Diocese of
Savannah.
At the conclusion of the Mass
and Communion the member
ship and their guests will be
the guests of Savannah Council
at a delicious breakfast to be
held in the main ballroom of
the air-conditioned'Knights of
Columbus hall. This part of
the function is under the capa
ble direction of Lecturer Thom
as Buttimer. (From the Com
pass Savannah K.C. Council
Paper.
Neglect Of Youth
Training Called Treason’
NEW YORK, (NC)—Msgr. Jo
seph P. A. O’Brien, vice chan
cellor of the New York arch
diocese, said “careless neglect
in the Christian training of the
young" is “treason to youth and
treachery to our country.”
The cause of “the sorry con
dition of the world" is a “phil
osophy of thought from which
God is excluded," the Mon sig
nor said (Sept. 15) in a sermon
in St. Patrick’s Cathedral
“Regrettable, this philosophy
has penetrated our judiciary,
which prevents our children
from any prayerful contact in
public schools with their God,’’
he declared.
School children are permitted
by law to M step into a store and
buy books and magazines that
enable them to mingle with cri
minals and prostitutes, mur
derers, moral perverts," he
said, but they are not permit
ted to pray in public schools or
to be taught that they are “child
ren of God.”
“We cannont delude and de
ceive ourselves and defraud our
youth by depriving them of the
inspiration of the ideals that
come from religion alone," he
asserted. “There is no substi
tute for the religious motive."
Msgr. O’Brien said atheism,
which he called “a stupid, blun
dering, fatuous denial of God in
the life of man," is growing
into “ amost astounding denial
of man’s primary instincts."
“Atheism has plunged its fol
lowers into a world that has no
maker, a family that has no
father, a life that has no ter
mination, a destiny in which man
is no longer master but slave of
relentless forces driving him to
nothingness,” he said.
Obituaries
H. Gould Barrett
AUGUSTA—Funeral serv
ices for Mr. H. Gould Barrett
were conducted at St. Patrick’s
Church on September 20th. The
Reverend Father Ralph E.
Seikel officiating.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Cornelia White Barrett;
two sons, H. Gould Barrett Jr.,
and William White Barrett; a
daughter, Mrs. George H. In
man; a brother, Stewart Phinizy
Barrett; a sister, Mrs. J. C.
Hagler Jr., and nine grand
children, all of Augusta.
James G. Renkl
SAVANNAH—Funeral serv
ices for Mr. James G. Renkl
were conducted at Saint James
Church on September 25th, with
the Reverend Terence Kernan,
O.S.B. officiating.
Survivors include a son,
James W. Rnekl, of Mobile,
Ala., a sister, Mrs. Carrie R.
Mock of Savannah; four grand
children; and a number of nie
ces and nephews.
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