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Reports
SAVANNAH—A report of the
council's participation in St.
James Fall Festival was pre
sented at the October meeting
of St. James P.C.C.W.
Msgr. John D. Toomey, pas
tor of St. James thanked the
council for their help in ma
king the Festival a success.
The council voted that it would
* retain the Home Products Booth
at future Festivals.
New members were wel
comed and introduced by the
president, Mrs. Cleuse Mc-
Elveen.
Mrs. John Schroder, commi
ttee chairman, on "Family and
Parent Education," reminded
members that October was the
Month of the Rosary and urged
frequent recitation of the
Family rosary.
Mrs. Senora Prouty, chair
man for "Spiritual Devel
opment" announced that a "Liv
ing Rosary" would be held
on the St. James school grounds
on October 13th.
A display of books from
Notre Dame Book Shop, for
children of all ages, was pre
sented by Mrs. Rosalie Tucker,
committee chairman for "Li
brary and Literature."
Two temporary water basins
were purchased by the council
and the council’s recently pur
chased Mel Mac dinnerware
service for sixty was display
ed by Mrs. J. F. McBride,
chairman of the Kitchen Com
mittee.
Announcement was made of a
| our of Gracewood to take place
iovember 13th.
Christmas Cards were on
Albany
Parents
Meet
ALBAN Y—The October
meeting of St. Teresa's Parent-
Teacher Association was held
on October 10, at 8:00 p.m. in
the school auditorium with
President Ralph Will presid
ing.
Father Marvin LeFrois open
ed the meeting with a prayer.
Minutes of the previous meet
ing were read by the Secretary,
Mrs. Ray Bellant, andtheTrea-
surer’s report was given by the
Treasurer, Mr. Gerald Ras
mussen.
It was announced by the
President, Mr. Will, that the
St. Teresa’s PTA will spon
sor a Barbecue sometime in
November. Mr. Will also told
the members that a bond elec
tion will be coming up to autho
rize $1,600,000 to finance a Ju
nior College here in Albany and
urges everyone to take an in
terest in this issue.
Mr. Will also announced that
Father John Cuddy, Diocesan
Superintendent, will be our
guest speaker at the November
Meeting.
Program for this October
meeting was held in each class
room with the individual teach
ers outlining the year’s work,
and what is expected of the child,
the parent, and the teacher. A
question and answer period was
held after the conference.
Refreshments were served
after the meeting by the Kinder
garten Room Mothers.
display for the benefit of mem
bers who wished to make their
selection at that time.
CONSTITUTION PROGRAM—Seventh and Eighth graders
1 at Nativity School, Thunderbolt, recently presented a
- program on the Constitution of the United States. State
Senator Downing was guest speaker. Student speakers were
Gini Cafiero, Sharon Sullivan, Bobby Shoemaker and Charles
Ganem. Seated left to right are: Bobby Shoemaker, Charles
Ganem, Senator Downing, Gini Cafiero and Sharon Sullivan.
Marriage Laws—
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of church with church rather
than on the level of individual
members returning to Catho
licism. He added that today in
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no single Orthodox churches
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FAMILY LIFE AND RACIAL JUSTICE—Fifteen dioceses were represented at the
midwestem diocesan Family Life Directors Meeting held at Our Lady of Fatima Re
treat House, Notre Dame, Indiana. It is one of a series of regional meetings being held
throughout the country. When this photo was taken, the theme for discussion was "Fam
ily Life and Racial Justice." Shown left to right are; standing, Msgr. John C. Knott,
director, Family Life Bureau-NCWC; Father Clifford F. Sawher, Family Life Director,
Archdiocese of Detroit; Father Henry V. Sattler, C.SS.R., assistant director, Family
Life Bureau-NCWC; seated, Father Leo A. Hoffman, Family Life Director, Diocese of
Fort Wayne; Mrs. Charles Robinson of Detroit and attorney Charles Robinson; Father
Francis J. Niesen, Family Life Director, Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana.—(NC Photos)
In Parochial Schools
Monsignor Hochwalt Asks End
Of Parish—Centered Planning
COLUMBUS, Ohio, —A top
spokesman for Catholic edu
cation in the nation said here
that parishes should stop going
Mission For
Most Pure
Heart Of Mary
SAVANNAH — A two weeks
Mission for all Parishioners
and friends of Most Pure Heart
of Mary Parish will open at
8 p.m. Sunday, October 20.
The first week for the women
and the second week for the
men.
Rev. John T. Carrigan of the
Dominican Mission Band,
Kingstree, South Carolina, will
give the Mission which will in
clude services for the school
children at 1:45 p.m. begin
ning October 21st, and Forty
Hours Devotion.
Handbook Tells
Pacelli History
(By Peggy Harris)
COLUMBUS—With the influx
of freshmen comes an abun
dance of questions to be ans
wered. "When was the school
founded?" "How did it get its
name?" "Were the classes al
ways in the building now in
use?" "What is the school mot
to?" "What is the symbolism
of the Pacelli seal?" The Stu
dent Handbook answers these
questions one by one.
"On Sept. 2, 1958, Columbus’
only Catholic high school was
established to fill a vacuum in
local Catholic education facili
ties.
"The Most Reverend Thomas
J. McDonough, Bishop of the
Savannah Diocese, and Rt. Rev
erend Monsignor Herman J.
Deimel, pastor of the parish
in which the school is located,
chose the name Pacelli in honor
of the late Holy Father, Pope
Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli, who
died in 1958.
"The following year the stu
dents moved from their tem
porary classes in the grade
school building to the modem
structure prepared for the high
school. In addition, they found
facilities for outdoor sports on
an extended campus.
"In September, 1961, a chapel
additional classrooms, and typ
ing and home economics de
partments were provided.
"This same date marked Pa
celli’s attainment of the status
of a four-year high school with
approximately a 700 per cent
increase in enrollment over
1958-1959. The first gradua
tion, for a class of thirty-four
students, was held on May 25,
1962."
The PHS seal, designed by
Sister Martin Marie, R.S.M.,
takes the shape of a shield.
Since all life is centered around
Christ, a Chi-rho, the Greek
symbol for Christ, stands in the
center of the shield. This figure,
dating from the time of early
Christianity supports a banner
which bears the motto, "Pax
per Sapientiam” — "Peace
through Wisdom."
This quote Is further stressed
by the representation of a whole
dove, symbolizing peace, and a
flaming lamp, signifying wis
dom. "True wisdom, founded in
Christ, brings true peace: The
goal of every Pacellian."
it alone when they open and
operate schools.
Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt
called parish-centered school
planning "an old fashioned tra
dition" which today must be
replaced by diocesanwide plan
ning and organization to equa
lize burdens.
The director of the Educa
tion Department, National Ca
tholic Welfare Conference, de
livered (Oct. 10) the keynote
address at the Ohio Catholic
Educational Convention.
The convention was the first
jointly sponsored by the six dio
ceses in the state. It drew teach
ers and administrators from
across Ohio, whose Catholic
school systems enroll about
358,000 pupils, a total which
exceeds the public school popu
lation in each of 18 states
and th District of Columbia.
The convention, with its
theme of "Catholic Education
at the Crossroads," was pre
ceded by unusually wide publi
city. Billboard advertisements
were placed across the state
and space was purchased in
national magazines calling
attention to the gathering.
The decentralized state of
Catholic education has been a
frequent topic among Catholic
educatiors in recent months.
Parish Library
Ten Years Old
MACON—The St. Joseph Pa
rish Library is ten years
old this year and plans are un
derway to recognize this mile
stone with an outstanding event,
a Literary Luncheon, featuring
an outstanding speaker on Ca
tholic literature. Chairmen will
be appointed and tickets will be
sold to the luncheon which will
be held in February, during
Catholic Book Week.
At the annual meeting of
the library committee this
week, Mrs. W. J. O’Shaugh-
nessey, chariman, reported on
the progress of the library over
the last ten years. She said that
over $26,000 worth of religious
articles have been sold, the pro
fits going the the purchase of
new books, maintenance of the
Catholic Women’s Club House,
which houses the library, and an
annual donation to St. Joseph
church.
The chairman reported that
the library now has over 800
volumes and new ones are added
each year. Appointed to select
new books this year were Mrs.
Eugene McMahon and Mrs.
Shelton Sharpe. The library is
open each weekday afternoon
from 2 until 5 and after Mass
on Sundays. Committee mem
bers who serve in the library
are Mrs. Alex Hadarits, Mrs.
J. L. Sullivan , Mrs. Joseph
Back, Mrs. Leonora Maloney,
Miss Betty Elliott and Mrs.
A. O. B. Sparks.
The committee decided to
give a subscription to the maga
zine "America,” to the Wash
ington Memorial Library this
year instead of a book as has
been customary.
Monsignor Thomas I. Shee
han, pastor, commended the op
eration of the library over the
years and pointed out that not
only does it make good Catho
lic literature available to the
parishoners, but through the
sale of religious articles, puts
sacramentals into the hands of
many.
Msgr. Hochwalt took direct aim
at it, indicating he thought it
was a basic cause of questions
today about Catholic education’s
strength.
"Looking back into history,"
he said, "we may be discom
fited by the fact that when we
had less money, fewer Catholics
and when great sacrifices were
called for, we seemed to do bet
ter than we are doing at pre
sent."
Today, he said, when there
is "more of everything", when
people are living on ‘ ‘a higher
scale than ever," Catholics dis
cover unfortunately that the
educational picture is slightly
our of focus."
Msgr. Hochwalt, a major fi
gure in Catholic education for
some two decades and the voice
of the National Catholic Welfare
Conference before congress
ional education committees;
said: "We seem to have less
to work with and our prospects
seem more uncertain. Why?"
Catholic
Woman’s
Club Meeting
SAVANNAH—The monthly
meeting of the Catholic Wo
man’s Club was held Tuesday
evening, October 8th, in the
Club Rooms, with Miss Regina
Lytjen, Vice-President, pre
siding, in the absence of the
President, Mrs. Rudolf Her
mann, who was away on vaca
tion.
The guest speaker was Mr.
Nelson Haslam, Attorney, who
gave a very interesting talk on
the importance of every person
making a legal will.
Father Andrew Doris, O.S.B.,
the Chaplain also gave an in
spiring spiritual talk.
Mrs. Stella Edwards won the
Membership Prize.
NOTRE DAME
BOOK REVIEW
SAVANNAH—"Letters from
Vatican City" by Xavier Rynne"
was reviewed by Mr. William
Lain at the Notre Dame Book
Shop on the evening of October
10th, in observance of the Shop’s
tenth anniversary. Mrs. W. H.
MacKrell, president of the No
tre Dame Book Shop Associa
tion, presented Mrs. Wm. C.
Broderick, the first president
of the Association who in turn
introduced Mr. Lain. Mr. Lain,
a prominent Catholic Layman
and principal of the local Henry
Street School, holds a Master’s
Degree in Education from Wil
liam & Mary College and a de
gree in Theology from Catholic
University. With this very able
background, he presented a re
view that was well received by
all present.
Mr. Lain pointed out that
Xavier Rynne is purely a fic
titious name and the author’s
actual identity has never been
made public. This book has been
proclaimed by some critics as
the best background material on
the Vatican and is now on sale
and in the lending library of the
Notre Dame Book Shop.
A social hour followed the re
view.
The Southern Cross, October 17, 1963—PAGE 5
Peace Association Head
Aims To Make Church
Social Doctrine Known
WASHINGTON — "Peace" a
dirty word?
With communists and others
appropriating "peace" for their
own purposes, it sometimes has
seemed that way. For the small
but prestigious Catholic Asso
ciation for International Peace
(CAIP), however, peace is nei
ther slogan nor dodge, but a goal
and a commitment.
"The Catholic approach is
positive," said the CAIP’s new
ly elected president, William
E. Moran. "Today there is a
growing awareness that true
peace is not just the absence
of war, but demands justice,
charity and dignity."
Moran discussed his views
on a wide range of international
issues and the role of the CAIP
in an interview in his office
at Georgetown University’s
School of Foreign Service,
where he is dean. Among the
points he made were these:
—Isolationism today is "ar
rant nonsense." In this connec
tion many Americans, including
many Catholics, "must be drag
ged kicking and screaming into
the 20th century, and somebody
had better start dragging.”
—U. S. Catholics are widely
ignorant about the Church’s
teaching on peace and other con
temporary issues "because
they have so rarely been talked
to as Catholics about these
subjects. . . How often do you
hear a sermon on Mater etMa-
gistra or Pacem in Terris, or
on Catholic social teachings
as they apply to any of the major
issues in the world today?"
—It is Catholic social
doctrine that rich nations are
obliged to help poor nations.
But the U. S. foreign aid pro
gram isn’t above criticism.
F oreign aid is needed—and so,
too, are reforms.
Moran’s background makes
him well qualified to discuss
such issues. He was an FBI
agent from 1940 to 1945, an
economic analyst with the U. S.
Embassy in Brussels from 1945
to 1946, and assistant to the
Atomic Energy Commission’s
security director from 1947 to
1949.
He then went into foreign
aid work and served as a U. S.
aid administrator for 10 years,
from 1949 to 1959, in Belgium,
Morocco and at the foreign aid
agency’s headquarters here.
From 1953 to 1957 he was
director of the entire African
division.
From 1959 to 1961 he headed
the Africa research program at
the Stanford Research Insti
tute, Menlo Park, Calif. He
came to Georgetown from there.
Moran, 47, is a native of
Herkimer, N. Y., andagraduate
of Syracuse University, from
which he received a law degree.
He is married and has two chil
dren.
Elected president of the CAIP
at its recent 36th annual con
ference here, he envisages a
broadened and stepped-up pro
gram for the peace association.
He hopes to increase the mem
bership and organize the CAIP
on a regional basis (with New
York and Chicago the current
major targets.)
Moran also plans to develop
a CAIP college program. As an
example of what this could
mean, he cites a conference on
communism held last year at
a Catholic women’s college here
with the assistance of the peace
association. He thinks the CAIP
can be of use to other schools
in helping them to arrange con
ferences on international af
fairs.
The CAIP, Moran empha
sized, "Does not exist to tell
Catholics what to think, but
rather to challenge them to
think, and to suggest Catholic
social principles which are ap
plicable to current issues."
Besides papal documents,
there is much "magnificent"
material on contemporary
issues available from Catholic
sources, he said, citing such
names as Suhard, Guardini,
Bose, Weigel and Murray. "But
I don’t think that many Catholics
even know these things exist,"
he added.
The Catholic school and pul
pit have both failed to do the
job of bringing this teaching to
the attention of Catholics. And a
further problem in the United
States, Moran suggested, has
been the relative alienation of
Catholic intellectuals from an
active role in the Church.
"Somehow a place just hasn’t
been found for them (intellec
tuals)," he said, although today
there is "a substantial body
of the clergy who would wel
come" their more active par
ticipation in the work of the
Church. One aim of the CAIP,
he indicated, is to provide an
arena for this development
in the area of international
affairs.
"The fact is that we must
build a world of freedom and
dignity or our own children
won't live in freedom and dig
nity," he said.
Moran pulls no punches in re
jecting isolationism as an intel
lectually viable position in the
1960’s. The threat of nuclear
war, the interdependence of na
tional economies, the absolute
ly essential role of foreign
trade—all these make iso
lationism an anachronism, he
believes.
"You can talk about how you
are going to involve yourself
in the world, but nut whether,"
he said.
On the question of foreign
aid, he said Catholic social doc
trine teaches that "we have a
responsibility in our wealth to
help the poor, and this extends
to the international field.”
But, he added, U. S. aid
programs are presently "an
awful hodge-podge" that needs
reform.
Specifically, he believes that
money for military and poli
tical purposes should be dis
tinguished from funds for genu
ine economic assistance and
development, and the respon
sibility for justifying the spe
cial purpose expenditures to
Congress and the public should
rest with the agencies directly
involved—the Defense and State
Departments—rather than with
a harassed foreign aid ad
ministrator.
There is "a strong moral
case" to be made for genuine
foreign aid, Moran believes.
"I know it’s said that you can
only get approval for foriegn aid
by tying it to the cold war and
military needs. But I don’t
think the American people
are that mean."
Success in the foreign aid
program will come "in small
bits, and with a lot of grit
and bitterness," Moran said.
In many cases the U. S. may
have to put up with undemo
cratic regimes, simply be
cause, as in parts of Africa,
"the alternative to authorita
rianism is anarchy."
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CHAPEL APPEAL THAT FAILED
We hate to admit defeat. Usually we are successful in raising
the modest amounts necessary for some chapel. They rarely go
above $5,000 and we have many gen
erous missionary-minded readers.
Occasionally someone wishes to
make a MEMORIAL of the chapel
in honor of a loved one, a wife or
mother or other relatives. The Near
and Middle Ea,st are dotted with
these. But in the case of the chapel
at BERAZIO in Ethiopia, we did a
very poor job as our representative
in Rome reminded us. Only $499 of
the needed $5,400 came in from our
The Holy Father’s Mission Aid appeal. The people of BERAZIO
for the Oriental Church had done their share, had given
what they could afford. They had piled up a huge amount of
stones at the building site. These had been carried there with
prolonged and strenuous effort from many impassable places
. . . Perhaps another try on our part and this appeal will be
successful. The people of BERAZIO will long remember you
when they come together to pray. Please help now.
THE HOLY SOULS
November will soon be with us and the age-old custom of
remembering the SOULS IN PURGATORY in a special way.
We loved them in life. Let us love them in death. If memory
serves correctly, it was the belief of St. Jerome that their suf
fering ceased while Mass was being said for them. Our mis
sionary priests will gladly remember YOUR LOVED ONES and
the MASS STIPEND will cover their day’s needs in so. many
cases.
OUR DAMIEN FUND
The doctors are agreed that leprosy can be cured in not too
long a time if enough care and the proper medicine can be
given. Your $1 a month donation to our DAMIEN FUND goes
for this much-desired purpose. The Feast of St. Francis of As
sisi this month recalls his love for these sick persons. A $1 a
month carries on his spirit. Send it when you can.
NO BANNER TO CARRY EITHER
No special uniform is needed, no parade to march in, no ban
quet to attend. You don’t even have to give the mystic hand
shake when you join the CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE
ASSOCIATION. But you will learn the wonderful things we are
able to do in the NEAR and MIDDLE EAST through your
generous help. The small fee ($1 a year for a single person; $5
for a family) enables us to start new parishes and strengthen
old ones through these lands where the great majority haven’t
accepted Christ’s teachings. You share in the graces of the
Masses of 15,000 priests, the Holy Father’s Masses and those
of Cardinal Spellman, our President.
THE MOVING FINGER WRITES
Today vocations are rising in Asia and falling in many parts
of the world. A mystery of grace surely. Our task is to cooperate
with God’s grace. One of the best ways is to help a poor sem
inarian or Sister towards a great and holy goal. $2 a week for
six years finances a seminarian like JOSEPH AYYANCOLIL or
SISTER CLARET; $3 a week for two years pays a Sister’s train
ing. The $600 or $300 can be paid in installments over the years.
You will share in their joys arid blessings and you will truly be
doing a missionary’s work. A wonderful thought.
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