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Held At Hunter Field
Fall Meeting Of
Savannah Deanery
SAVANNAH—A Dialogue
Mass, celebrated by the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. John D. Toomey,
Spiritual Moderator of the Dio
cesan Council of Catholic Wo
men, marked the opening of the
Fall Meeting of the Savannah
Deanery Council of Catholic
Women, on September 26, at
Hunter Air Force Base. The
music during the Mass was
sung by the Boys’ Choir of
St. James Church.
The Business Meeting, held
at the Skyline Service Club,
and conducted by the President,
Mrs. Edmund Anderson, was
begun with a prayer and the
pledge of allegiance to the flag,
led by Monsignor Toomey.
Mrs. Francis Canavan,
President of Hunter’s Society
of Our Lady of the Air, along
with Chaplain (Capt.) James
Butler as the hosts, welcomed
the Deanery Council. The re
sponse was given by Mrs. Eu
gene Fitzpatrick, immediate
Past President of the Council.
All committees presented
their plans for the coming year
and announcements were made
that the One Day Work Shop,
originally to be held in Septem
ber, would be postponed until
November.
Mother Suzanne of the Little
Sisters of the Poor was present
ed by Mrs. J. J. Miller, Chair
man of the Committee Coopera
ting with Catholic Charities.
Mother Suzanne said it was a
great pleasure for her to be
able to attend the luncheon and
meeting and that she knew that
everyone had many requests at
this time but she would really
appreciate any volunteers to
help in caring for the Aged Poor
as they were really needed.
She said anyone who could spare
a day from their duties or even
an hour a week in helping with
the laundry, and other duties,
would certainly be appreciated.
Also, anyone who could drive
a car as many of the residents
had to go to the clinic for at
tention, or just to visit with the
old people to cheer them up
would help a lot. Mother Su
zanne said they would be very
grateful for anything that any
one could do to help. She said
she thought if groups could be
formed to assist in this work it
would be most helpful.
Sharing the program was the
Notre Dame Book Shop, on the
occasion of their Tenth Anni
versary. Mrs. W. C. Broderick,
Founding President of the Book
Shop, provided a brief history
of the Shop and introduced its
director, Mrs. James Collins;
Assistant Director, Mrs. James
Howe and Shop Secretary, Mrs.
Frank A. Winders. All volun
teer workers present were re
cognized for their faithful serv
ice.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew Mc
Donald, Chancelar of the Dio
cese of Savannah, closed the
meeting with a prayer.
14 priests were represented
and 17 parishes and interparo-
chial organizations were repre
sented at the meeting.
First Session--
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a clearer and more profound
formulation concerning the
apostolate of the laity.
Archbishop N-go dinh Thuc,
brother of Vietnam’s President
Ngo dinh Diem, complained that
the schema does not provide
an adequate presentation of the
Church for non-Christians. The
result, he said, is that the
Church would remain for non-
Christians an almost unintelli
gible organism. He made a
strong recommendation that
heads of non-Christian reli
gions be invited to the council
as observers.
In the middle of Archbishop
“Thuc’s remarks,’ 'Cardinal
Agagianian called him to order
because he was speaking about
specifics in the schema, while
the order of the day limited
comments to the schema as a
whole.
The bishops of the world had
begun streaming into St. Pe
ter’s square shortly after 8:30
a.m. Great crowds of people
clustered at the several en
trances to the square through
which the bishops passed in au
tomobiles and on foot. A ripple
of applause went up as each
bishop passed through the gates.
f Inside the basilica old friends
greeted each other. Almost
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everyone, it seemed, stopped
for a brief prayer at the tomb of
St. Pius X, just to the left of
the door inside the great church,
and then paid visits to the Bless
ed Sacraments before taking
their seats.
The assembly was called to
order at 9:20 with the reading
of the customary prayer, ‘ 'Ad-
sumus,” by Eugene Cardinal
Tisserant, the first of the car
dinals of the Presidency of the
Council.
Mass according to the Am
brosian Rite—the Latin rite of
the Archdiocese of Milan—was
offered by Archbishop Giovanni
Colombo, who succeeded Gio
vanni Cardinal Montini as Arch
bishop of Milan after his elec
tion to the papacy.
Prior to the discussion of the
schema, Archbishop Pericle
Felici, secretary general of the
council, made several com
munications to the assembly.
He first proposed sending
the following message to Pope
Paul in the name of the council
Fathers:
* 'At the opening of this gen
eral congregation may we be
permitted to express our senti
ments of filial devotion to him
who in the first session of this
council shared in our council
work and was then taken from
among us by the Holy Spirit
and elected to the supreme min
istry of the Catholic Church.
“Most Holy Father, last year
your words directed us as a
brother. Yesterday, the heart
of a father opened up to us.
May Your Holiness now deign
to accept our most lively and
joyful thanks for having wished
to point out and to fervently
recommend the course to be fol
lowed in our work. Through your
prayers and our actions we hope
and work together with Your
Holiness that the Holy Catholic
Church may appear before the
entire world as the mystery of
Christ and as the life of Christ
Himself on earth.”
Requiem For
Seminary Professor
PHILADELPHIA, (NC)—
Pontifical Requiem Mass was
offered (Oct. 1) at St. Charles
Seminary, Overbrook, for
Msgr. Charles P. Bruehl, 87,
who had served on the staff of
the archdiocesan seminary fa
culty from 1914 until 1952.
Bishop Francis E. Hyland,
retired Bishop of Atlanta, who
lives at the seminary, offered
the Mass. Msgr. Bruehl died
(Sept. 26) at the seminary after
a lingering illness. He had been
a priest for 61 years.
Church Abstains
ATHENS (NC)—’The Holy
Synod of the Orthodox Church
of Greece announced (Sept. 27)
it was declining the invitation
of Patriarch Athenagoras I of
Constantinople to send a dele
gation to the Pan-Orthodox
meeting scheduled for Septem-
be r 29 on the island of Rhodes
to discuss the possibility of
sending Orthodox observer-
delegates to the Second Vati
can Council.
THE SACRED COLLEGE OF CARDINALS. Princes of the Church taking part in the second session of Vatican Council II occupy
a special section of seats, nearest to the altar, in the nave of St. Peter’s Basilica. This picture was made as the Cardinals
assembled in their places. Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani, Papal Secretary of State and former Apostolic Delegate
to the U. S., is seated in the center of the front row. Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, is the farthest
figure on the right, in the third row of seats. Immediately behind Cardinal Spellman is James Francis Cardinal McIntyre,
Archbishop of Los Angeles. (NC Photos)
Council Expected To Clarify
Church’s Position Concerning
World Population Expansion
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By William E. Moran, Jr.
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
Twentieth-century man has
witnessed such great strides in
overcoming disease as to put
in motion a rapid expansion of
population in the world. More
people live longer. Birthrates
have not declined to compensate
for this greater rate of survi
val. Nor do they show any pro
mise of doing so in the ab
sence of positive efforts to that
end.
Responsible individuals and
groups are concerned over the
problems posed by the rapid and
continuous expansion of popula
tion.
The position of the Catholic
Church on this question is not
clear. The Church is often ac
cused of being opposed to any
efforts to cope with it. It now
appears reasonably certain that
this question will be one of those
discussed at the second session
of the Vatican Council.
Throughout most of man’s
tenure on this planet he faced
a bitter struggle to survive. As
many children as possible were
necessary if man was to con
tinue. War, famine, plague and
pestilence ever threatened to
wipe him out.
In the western world he star
ted just a couple of hundred
years ago to overcome these
problems. Improved production
methods, expanded trade and at
tendant specialization over
came food shortages. Then
scientists began to find out
how disease was transmitted
and how it could be prevented.
Famine, plague and pestilence
became less and less impor
tant as inhibitors of population;
the western world’s population
grew. This presented no im-
metiate problems. The indus
trial revolution required more
people and new lands were
available to take up any excess
population.
In this century the situation
has changed. Simple and inex
pensive methods of controlling
debilitating and killing dis
eases have been devised and
applied throughout the world.
In spectacular cases, such as
that of Ceylon, the application
of such methods has resulted
in the decline of the death rate
by almost one-third in a single
year (1946-47).
With this control of death,
net rates of increase are climb
ing in all the underdeveloped
countries to points where popu
lation can be expected to double
in 20 to 25 years. Between
1950 and 1961, the world popu
lation grew by 560 million per
sons, which is greater than the
total population of India. In the
face of such massive growth
migration is no answer.
Theoretically we have great
technical capacity to increase
production. However, actual
performance has not resulted in
sufficient production to keep
pace with population growth. In
most of the poor countries
levels of living are declining
or threaten to do so.
We have only begun to be
aware of the problems pre
sented by„this explosive growth
of popul£$on in the world. We
recognize that we are faced
with a grave problem but we lack
much needed information as to
the character and extent of
population growth, the composi
tion of population and its impli
cations, attitudes towards pro
creation and how they might be
changed, and above all, any real
understanding of human repro
duction.
There is much talk about a
population explosion. Statisti
cians compute the date at
which man will have standing
room only or be standing on
each other’s shoulders. Others,
in response, argue in gross
terms about our productive
capacity and insist there isn’t
any problem. As optimists, they
argue for a so-called positive
approach, even including the
export of excess population to
outer space. But, there are real
and immediate problems aris
ing from the growth of popula
tion which can’t be ignored or
wished away.
We live in a tight little world
which, through technological
developments, has become so
small that there are no longer
any far away places. We’ll ei
ther make it a decent place in
which all can live or we'll suf
fer the consequences*. The peo
ple of the rich countries have
accepted a responsibility to help
them find it. The responsibility
to do so is nowhere better sta
ted than in John XXIII’s en
cyclical Pacem In Terris.
In some countries, such as
India and Egypt, population in
relation to land is already so
great that Herculean efforts at
development threaten to suc
ceed only in maintaining the
growing population at the exist
ing miserable level. There is
some doubt if even that will
long be possible if population
growth isn’t curbed.
Other countries, including
some in fast-growing Latin
America and some in Africa,
are happier in that they still
have more space and thus a
little more time. But, even
in these countries the hope of
a better life in the future may
be blighted by the explosive
growth of population . Savings
and foreign help, which might
be used to improve standards
of living, go for the essential
needs of children. Today’s and
tomorrow’s improvements have
to be put off. There is a
serious question whether the
Alliance for Progress or other
development efforts can hope
to succeed if population growth
in these countries continues at
present levels. If these efforts
don’t succeed, the prospects
for peace in the world are not
good.
The problems aren’t all over
seas. Serious problems .result
from population growth here
at home. Our society has chang
ed. With urbanization, mechani
zation, and improved social legi
slation, children represent
charges on the family for a
long period of time. The respon
sible middle class family must
expect to provide education be
yond high school. It must count
on an expenditure per child of
twenty to thirty thousand dol
lars, depending on the extent
to which public or private faci
lities are used.
With all its affluence, even
the United States has not elimi
nated poverty from its own
society. A presidential com
mission recently came to the
conclusion that 32 million of our
people live below the poverty
line.
These underprivileged, who
have the least access to infor
mation and advice on regulating
birth, are reproducing rapidly.
They have trouble now finding
employment becausewe already
have little room for the unedu
cated and unskilled in our so
ciety. Their children, an in-
r!
creasing number, are not re
ceiving the kind of preparation
and education which will make
them productive and happy
members of society. This
growth of population in our own
society threatens us with a mass
of discontented unemployables
which will give us a bad case
of political indigestion very
shortly.
The rapid growth of popula
tion presents each of us with a
series of problems. Parents
are faced with the problem of
how many children they can
reasonably and responsibly
bring into the world. Individual
doctors, lawyers, educators,
social scientists face the pro
blem of what they can and should
do to learn answers to popula
tion problems and give advice.
All citizens are faced with the
problems of what political units
can and should do about the.
growth of population. As citi
zens of a tight little world as
well, they face the problem of
what the international com
munity should do about the
growth of population.
The Catholic Church is often
berated as being the institution
standing in the way of facing
up to the problem because of its
position. Oddly enough, despite
these charges, the Church
hasn’t yet any clear, formal
position, except a clearly stated
opposition to the use of medical
and chemical contraceptives,
abortion and sterilization.
Catholics, laymen and clergy
have studied the problem over
recent years and there have
been papal statements on some
aspects. As a result there are
suggested Catholic positions
concerning the responsibilities
of parents concerning family
size, acceptance of continence
Rules—
(Continued from Page 1)
isfactory. Pope John himself
solved the cirsis, by ordering-
the document withdrawn and
having a new special joint com
mission set up to restudy the
whole question.
The new regulations provide
that after a schema text is in an
’^'advanced stage” of dis
cussion 50 council Fathers
have a right to band together
to propose a substitute docu
ment. They are to submit their
alternative to the four cardi
nals who are the moderators of
the council. The moderators in
turn decide whether to pass the
substitute schema on to the
council Coordinating Commis
sion, which determines what fi
nal action is to be taken.
In the meetings of the coun
cil’s commissions, five com-
cil Fathers petitioning together
may ask for a secret vote in
stead of the customary vote—in
commission sessions — by a
show of hands.
These Fathers, petitioning
together, may request the
president of their commission
to name an expert whom they
consider useful to their com
mission. A Father may request
permission to address a com
mission of which he is not a
member. But granting him per
mission to speak—and the con
ditions under which he may
speak—depend on the vote of
the commission members.
Members of a commission
who are not in accord with de
cisions approved by the ma
jority of their commission may
and the rhythm method for con
trolling birth, and recognition
of the nature of the population
problem.
But, since no dogmatic pro
nouncements have been made
and there is conflict in the
various studies and approaches,
there are no clear guides avail
able to Catholics as they face
this problem. This lack inevi
tably is accompanied by the
danger of apathy and withdraw
al where Catholic participation
in an area is badly needed.
What can one hope for as the
council considers this problem?
Here are some questions for
which answers are needed:
—Does the Church agree that
rapid population growth is one
of the serious problems facing
the world, a real problem
meriting study and action?
—Does the Church see any
objection to demographic, so
ciological, and eugenic studies,
even if they may lead to options
or" suggest courses of action
not acceptable for Catholics?
—Do Catholics have the right
in a plural society to impose
their moral standards on others
of differing views? Do they
have the right to insist that
since they do not approve of the
use of' contraceptives they
should not be made available
upon request under government
programs, at home or abroad?
—What methods now known
for regulating or i^ibiting re
production are licit? What
guidelines in theology or the
natural law would apply to the
acceptability of methods which
might be developed?
These are some of the more
important questions about the
population problem which do or
should bother Catholics, and on
which guidance from the council
is needed.
express their dissenting opin
ion to the general assembly in
the council hall.
The revised rules allow the
Fathers to submit their
speeches in writing without
delivering them orally. A Fa
ther may also yield his turn to
speak if he finds that what he
had planned to say has been
treated by another speaker.
L’Osservatore Romano in its
explanatory articles said the
main criteria for the revisions
“seem to be a greater expe
diting of the work of the coun
cil and the freedom of the
council Fathers to speak.” It
added that care was apparently
given so that “minorities”
would have a greater voice.
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A Good Address in Atlanta
The Southern Cross, October 3, 1963—PAGE 3-A
In National Policy Statement
P.T.A. Slaps At
Catholic Schools
CHICAGO (NC) — The Na
tional Congress of Parents and
Teachers has vigorously re
affirmed its program of fight
ing proposals for Federal aid
to parochial and other private
schools.
The 9 lnnember board of con
gress charged in a formal state
ment here that "thefuture of our
free public schools is threat
ened by legislation which would
provide Federal support for
nonpublic schools.”
In testimony in the past be-
fore Congressional commit
tees, the congress has strongly
urged massive Federal support
for public education and opposed
inclusion of church-related and
other private schools in such
legislation.
In September, 1962, it was
one of five public schools groups
which protested, via a telegram
to each Congressman, inclus
ion of church-related colleges
in a bill to assist construction
Women's Club
Meeting At
Statesboro
The Catholic Women’s Club
held their first meeting of the
new season on September 17th,
at the new Parish Center on
Savannah Avenue. The meeting
was opened with a prayer
to * ‘Our Lady of Good
Counsel” by the president, Ann
Savage. Other officers for the
year are:
Vice President, Mrs. Joseph
Robson, Secretary, Mrs.
George Pickett, and Treasur
er, Mrs. Carl Aldrich.
Mrs. Zoltan Farkas is chair
man of Confraternity of Chris
tian Doctrine”, Mrs. “Bud”
Henry, chairman of “Catholic
Charities” and Mrs. George
Hunt, chairman of * 'Spiritual
Development.”
Four members attended the
Fall Deanery Meeting at Hun
ter Air Force Base on Thurs
day, September 26th.
Special thanks from the pres
ident went to Mrs. George Mar
tin for her fine and unselfish
work on the rummage sales held
at the Quonset Hut on announced
Saturday's of the year. This is a
non-profit project of the Club
and St.‘ Matthew’s Parish, as a
service to the Community.
The program chairman, Mrs.
George Prickett, has outlined
what promises to be a very
interesting program for the
year, with a card party and
supper to be held each month.
Following the business meet
ing, the President introduced
Reverend John Loftus, Spiritual
Advisor of the Club, who gave
a talk on “God’s Word Works
Miracles”. Sister Mary Mag
dalen also participated in the
discussion. Father Loftus in
troduced Mrs. James Belanger,
who with her husband, is here to
work at St. Matthew’s with the
Confraternity of Christian Doc
trine.
Hostesses for the meeting
were Mrs. Walter Barry, Mrs.
Zoltan Farkas and Mrs. Maria
Strozzo, who served delicious
refreshments after the meet
ing.
More than half of all vehicle
fires result from overheated
tires caused by underinflation
or defective wheel bearings, ac
cording to Ohio Turnpike sta
tistics.
of non-religious academic fa
cilities. The bill was killed in
the house.
In another statement, the
board endorsed the U. S. Su
preme Court’s ban on religious
exercises in public schools. It
said this ruling protects relig
ious libatris.
The decision, it added, prop
erly makes religion the busi
ness of the home, the church
and the individual.
The board’s policy state
ments will be sent to the more
than 47,000 local affiliates, the
vast majority of them in public
schools.
Pope Paul—
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still standing, blessed him three
times.
New council Fathers—those
who were made bishops or
otherwise became eligible to
participate in the council since
the first session—then made a
public Profession of Faith.
Pope Paul began his address
at 11:49 in clear Latin diction.
He delivered his address al
most as if he were speaking in
his native tongue: emphasizing
a point here, asking a question
there, speaking in tones of deep
feeling — especially when ad
dressing the non-Catholic ob
servers.
Early in his address, the Pope
said that he had intended, “as
hallowed custom prescribes for
Us,” to write an encyclical in
augurating his pontificate. But
he said that the opening address
gave him a “singular and happy
opportunity” to do that by word
of mouth. He promised, how
ever, to write an inaugural en
cyclical “once these toilsome
days are past.”
MARRIAGES
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SAVANNAH — Miss Virginia
Elizabeth Little, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Milton James
Little, became the bride of Mr.
Daniel Herman Mobley, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Theodore
Mobley, September 28th, in Sa
cred Heart Church. The Rev.
Aloysius Wachter performed
the double-ring ceremony.
CROVATT-BALDWIN .
GUYTON—Mr. and Mrs. Er
win M. Baldwin announce the
marriage of their daughter,
Mary Ann, to James Sandefur
Crovatt, son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. C. Crovatt of Guyton. The
marriage was solemnized Sep
tember 14th, at the Immaculate
Heart of Mary Church in Lans
ing, Michigan.
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