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BEST WISHES FROM Red DmaMum’4 aAA/4 [2 1:|T QjLff; □ □ HlMlHil a 0 0 o o off |fl Q II | p FAMOU S FOR FINE FOODS un OPEN ll-OOAM CLOSE 2*00AM CLOSED SUNDAY E. VICTORY DR. SAVANNAH 354-7810 THE WORLD OF TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, edited by Rob ert T. Francoeur, Helicon, 1961, 208 pp., $6.00. Reviewed by Theodora Koob. A very fine collection of much of the recent critical thought and comment on Father Teil hard de Chardin has been put together in this book. It is care fully edited by Francoeur who mentions that he feels “Teil hard is first of all a prophet.” i Whatever he is, (the reviewer ' remembers French bookstores exhibiting placards asking: ‘Is Teilhard de Chardin going to hell?’) his influence upon scien tifically minded people, as well as upon the groping thinkers who hope interminably to be able to reconcile the spiritual and the physical worlds, is being felt and will undoubtedly continue to be felt. He will be criti cized, talked about, praised and condemned. This volume provides some of all this, to begin with. It is, handily, put together for people who would like opinions rather than individual commentary. And it certainly bears out the suggestion of Cardinal Koenig, “Would it not be worthwhile for groups to follow up the ba sic ideas of Teilhard de Char din and pursue the same line of thought in other fields. It is to be hoped than anoth er such book as this will ap pear in the future, indicating that interest and research are continuing. One has only to read a partial listing of the ar ticle writers collected in THE WORLD OF TEILHARD DE CHARDIN to recognize the im pact; represented are George B. Barbour, James L. Foy, John LaFarge, Gustave Weigel, to name a few. And in connection with the names, it behooves us to examine the fields they re present, included are geolo gists, geneticists, theologians, psychologists, philosophers. The interest in de Chardin is growing and he “gives us to think”, and not merely in one language or one place, as the variety among the writers in cluded here indicates. This would please him, since his philosophy was all-inclus ive in any sense. Perhaps time will prove, through its contin uance and continuity, that a philosophy, a religion, as we Catholics so like to believe, will be universally acceptable. It should be pointed out, of course, that de.Chardin’s work is a hypothesis, a theory; appealing to many because it surely tends toward the su premacy of good over evil, de manding deep cerebration from most, it must yet be remember ed as a proposition. However, nearly everyone, pro or con, is agreed that de Chardin has some new, daring, even sweep ing things to say. PAGE 6-B—The Southern Cross, October 3, 1963 THE BENEDICTINES (Continued from Page 1-B) to earn the gratitude of future ages. The great problem that confronted the Church in the period of transition of which we write, was the problem of how to Christianize and civilize the barbarian hordes by which the western half of the Empire was completely overrun. In the solving of this problem, the Church enlisted the Benedic tines, and in carrying forward the work assigned them, the sons of St. Benedict became, to a very large extent, the evangelizers, the civilizers and the educators of Medieval Europe. N THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANCIS -ADDRESS ZONE etc. f^RearSstflHsstonsjMi FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, President Msgr. Joseph T. Ryan, Not'l Sec’y Send ail communications to: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION 480 Lexington Avc. at 46th St. New YorH 17, N. Y. Benedictine Marked Anniversary In 5 52 ASK MOST ANYONE in the streets of CAIRO, EGYPT, who is the “orphan priest” and they will tell you without hesitation, “Why, Father PoggTi, of course!” For almost thirty years now, Fran ciscan LEONE POGGI has been father to hundreds of fatherless boys . . . His is the only Catholie 2 orphanage for boys in all of EGYPT, ^ a Moslem land. He begs for them, to obtain their material needs, but he alone is able to give that feeling of being wanted so important in their young lives . . . On the FEAST f , „ j OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, let’s The Holy Father s Misston Atd remem ber this heroic modern men- for the Oriental Church dicant! Who knows, perhaps at this very moment as you read this, Leone Poggi once more is bending over a bundle of rags on a dirty back street, reaching down protective arms to enclose another abandoned baby . . . Won’t you help him? UNFINISHED BUSINESS Each night the orphan children of BETHLEHEM CONVENT, Mukkattukara, in KERALA, INDIA, confidently say their prayers and go to sleep feeling safe and secure. Sister tucks them in and says “Good night”. . . If they waken feverish, frightened, coughing— Sister will be there to help. So silence falls and in that long silence SISTER EMMER- THINA and her faithful nuns worry and pray. Worry that the sagging, overcrowded old house is encouraging the spread of more sickness among the youngsters; pray that the good people of the United States will come to their aid . . . And always they listen for that fretful cry that warns of trouble among their sleeping charges. Sister doesn’t know yet that our story about her recently brought help far short of the $4,000 needed for a new house. And we centainly hate to tell her! . . . Can you give something today to make up the difference? “COME HELP US NOW!” With this simple heartfelt plea our Holy Father spoke re cently to the laity of the whole world, begging them to enter into the work of the Church with greater dedication than ever before! We are all, Pope Paul reminded us, responsible for our brothers. And our brothers’ needs are so urgent! Tomorrow may be too late: □ —TO HELP Cyriac Manthuruthil become a priest or Sis- Brice become a Sister by paying for their education. ($100 a year for 6 years for a seminarian; $150 for each of 2 years for a Sister.) □ —TO PREVENT crippling malnutrition in a PALESTINE REFUGEE FAMILY by sending a $10 FOOD PACK AGE. (In return you will receive a lovely ROSARY of olive seeds from the HOLY LAND.) □ —TO SAVE the physical or spiritual life of an unknown brother in the NEAR EAST by sending a STRINGLESS GIFT for any emergency use. □ —TO ENABLE a MISSIONARY PRIEST to carry on an other day’s work by sending him a MASS STIPEND. D _TO REMEMBER the CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WEL FARE ASSOCIATION in your will. But it’s never, too late to become a member of the CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION. Cost: $1 a year for one; $5 for a family. NOVEMBER, MONTH OF THE HOLY SOULS, is not far off. Remember your dear ones in Masses! Dear Monsignor: Yes, I’m ready to help now! Here’s my contribution of for NAME JUBILEE GRADUATION CLASS—Richard Reid, late Edi tor of THE CATHOLIC NEWS and former editor of THE BULLETIN, is pictured as he addressed the 1952 Class of Benedictine Military School. Prelates are Bishop Francis E. Hyland, then Auxiliary-Bishop and Abbot Vincent Taylor, then abbot of Belmont. Reprinted from THE BULLE TIN issue of June 1952. SAVANNAH — Former stu dents of the Benedictine Mili tary School, from the graduates who entered the school in 1902, to the members of the class of 1952, toasted their Alma Mater at a colorful Golden Jubilee ban quet held on June 3, at the Ho tel De Soto, with the Most Rev erend Francis E. Hyland, D.D. J.C.D., Auxiliary Bishop; Fa ther Bede Lightner, O. S. B., principal of Benedictine Mili tary School and Solicitor Gen eral Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., as speakers. Toastmaster William Oetgen sounded the keynote for the ga thering when he declared that there is no business or pro fession that has not benefited JOTTINGS- (Continued from Page 4-A) model Will in its legacy of Spiritual “goods”. In his re cent autobiography H. F. Arm strong wrote: “Remembrance is intangible property . . . un real estate which as one grows older of all ones belongings is the most valuable.” The Will of Jack Kelly, Grace Kelly’s father, was somewhat classic. He wrote: “I will attempt to write my own will in the hopes that it will be understandable and legal. . . I have written this Will in a lighter vein be cause I have always felt that Wills were so dreary that they might have been written by the author of ‘Inner Sanctum’ . . . In this document I can only give you things, but if I had the choice to give you worldly goods or character, I would give you character ...” The spirited Irishman signed his Will in a flourish in green ink.” MY LAWYER in legal ter minology made my modest list ings sound grand and glorious. Everyone should have a Will made in bad health or not. The little bric-a-brac of life, a piece of jewelry, a piece of family silver, a collection of books, a piece of Irish beleek, the pedimentia gathered in a lifetime, were dignified with words like bequeath and endow as if they were million-dollar stock holdings. It is strange how when we come to put the things of life on paper how fra gile they seem. What have we to show for a lifetime’s struggle? Material accounting does not begin to sum up a lifetime. I leave no children. Children are the best insurance for immor tality. The best legacy to leave the world. I would like to leave a novel, a book, something tan gible that would hold the ideals in which I believed — and which would inspire men who would come after me. Per haps there is still time. I leave no sums to build a church or a chapel in Ireland or for schol arship funds. My last Will and Testament recently signed reads in conclusion: “I leave nothing of tangible value but much of intangible value: F aith most of all, love of Ire land, the sea, beauty of na ture and in art and in liter ature. Nothing which would make an enviable legacy. My greatest wish is that immortal ity may come for me in re membrance by those whose lives have passed mine in this little walk through life. ‘I beg you do not forget me when the phenomenon of death visits me: for then I will have surely died.’ ” With school time here, the Allstate Motor Club reminds motorists that most traffic ac cidents involving children occur shortly after school. Records and High Fidelity Equipment Component Parts - Tape Recorders See Us At Our New Location At 20 W. BROUGHTON ST. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA AD 3-8819 Home-Commerce-Industry- New Construction- Repairs 2402 WHITAKER AD 2-1169 W. E. Davis SAVANNAH, GEORGIA S. W. Skinner INTEREST PAYABLE SEMI-ANNUALLY APRIL 30-OCTOBER 31 MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP. BULL & YORK STS. TEL. AD 3-9651 CAPT. E. G. “Cap’n Eddie” THOMSON—Captain Thom son was the Military Commandant at Benedictine Military School prior to the introduction of R.O.T.C. ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT & REPAIR CO. / tf ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS GEORGIA STATE SAVANNAH’S LARGEST AND OLDEST SAVINGS BANK ^ m-INSURED TIME DEPOSITS from the services of men who were trained at the Benedictine School. Indicative of the “bond of unity” of which Father Bede spoke, was the placing of Bene dictine class of 1902 and this year’s graduating class side by side in the center of the ban quet hall. Father Bede called that bond the “mark of a ca det,” and attributed the school’s greatness to the loyalty and af fection existing between the Benedictine Fathers and the Benedictine cadets. Mr. Ryan, who was a member of the class that graduated in 1919, said that Protestants, Jews and Catholics attended the school where the Benedictine Fathers taught that “love of God” was the common ground The Jubilee Graduation Class at Benedictine (1952) was com posed of Fifty members. They were: Maury N. Abbott, Jr., John M. Anderson, Francis X. Bey- tagh, Edward A. Brennan, Mar tin S. Brody, Richard J. Canty, Frank P. Ciucevich, William B. Cunningham, Edward E. Doo- lan, Henry W. Dotson, James F. Dumond, Vincent J. Ferraro, John J. Fitzpatrick, James A. Fogarty, J. Raymond Frewer, John W. Garmany, J. Glenn Gibson, Jr., William M. Gru ber, Francis E. Hart, Perry J. Hernandez, Lawrence F. Horne, I on which all could meet and live together as human beings. The Benedictines taught loyalty to God first, Mr. Ryan added, “and that’s what makes B. C. men good citizens, good hus bands and good fathers.” Bishop Hyland said it was impossible to estimate the great contribution made by Benedic tine School to Savannah’s civic life during the past half-cen tury. Taking occasion to reply to critics of the Catholic schools, Bishop Hyland noted that the Church is educating 4,000,000 of her children in this country today with no help from public funds. In these days of burden some taxes, Bishop Hyland said you would think the taxpayers would be thankful that they did Joseph P. Hobbs, Walter J. Jar vis, Jr., James E. Kearney, Eugene A. Kelly, Clarence R. Logue, William R. Love, Law rence A. Lucree, Donald J. Mc Kenzie, Herbert A. McKenzie, Anthony C. Mathews, Daniel A. Murphy, Thomas J. Owen, John A. Pelli, Stephen A. Powers, Bruce J. Remler, Frank A. Robinson, Francis E. Rudolph, Christopher Russell, Simon Grady Sapp, F. Layton Shep pard, Ralph S. Sikes, Walter L. Smith, Hy C. Sussman, Michael E. Ware, Carlos R. Wells, David J. Whelan, James B. Winn, Aloysius Winters, Donald S. Young. not have to erect buildings and pay teachers to instruct this great number of children, and warned that those who are trying to do away with private schools would not achieve unity but only uniformity. His Excellency declared that a Catholic school is “as truly fundamentally American as the very origin of our country.” From Ireland, came a letter of congratulations to the Bene dictine Fathers from Arch bishop Gerald P. O’Hara who is now serving as Papal Nuncio in Dublin. Captain Eddie Thomson, Military Commandant at Bene- dictine for many years was given several rousing ovations. One came after it was announc ed that the class of 1902 had voted to place a plaque in the halls at Benedictine in his honor. Benedictine alumni from every walk of life crowded into the banquet hall for the Jubilee fete to meet old classmates and teachers and to reminisce over the days of John Scott, Colonel Jordan F. Brooks, and other stalwarts of the Maroon and White. Distinguished guests, who were presented by Father Ro bert Brennan O. S. B., Prior of the Benedictine community in Savannah and rector of the Benedictine School, included the Right Reverend Vincent G. Taylor, O. S. B., D. D., Ab bot-Ordinary of Belmont; Mayor Olin F. Fulmer of Sa vannah; Judge James P. Hou lihan, K. S. G.,; chairman of the Chatham County Commis sion and Foreman Hawes, pre sident of the Armstrong Junior College. 50 In 50 B.C. Principals Father Bernard Haas, O.S.B., was the first principal of the Benedictine Military School. Following him were the Rev erend Ambrose Gallagher, O. S. B., Reverend Raphael Arthur, O. S. B., Reverend Maruice McDonnell, O. S. B., Reverend Stanislaus; Bethel, O. S. B., Reverend Benedict Rettger, O.S.B., Reverend Gregory Eichenlaub, O. S. B., Reverend Paul R. Milde, O.S.B., Reverend Bede C. Lightner, O. S. B. The present principal is the Reverend Christopher Johann, O. S. B. WRITERS AND READERS EDITED BY LEO J. ZUBER 2332 North Docaiur Rd. Docatur. Georgia