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D.C.C.W. Convention Marks Silver Jubilee
Vol. 44, No. 40
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WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
OF THE DIOCESE OF
SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1964
MSGR.v JOHN C. KNOTT, Director of the Family Life Bureau of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference is shown as he delivered an -address at Civic Night, opening 25th
Anniversary Convention. Also shown (1 to r) are the Hon. MalcomMaclean, Mayor of
Savannah, who extended welcome on behalf of City: Mrs. Joseph McCarthy, President,
N.C.C.W.: and Bishop McDonough.
Savannah Clergy Briefed
On Vernacular Progress
Priests from all areas of the
Savannah Diocese met here last
Friday evening for a clergy
conference under the direction
pf His Excellency, Bishop Tho
mas J. McDonough.
The assembled clergy were
briefed by Bishop McDonough on
the progress of efforts by the
American Hierarchy to imple
ment the planned introduction
of the English language in the
Liturgy.
Translations of the Missal
and the ritual concerning the
administration of the Sacra
ments were approved by the
Bishops of the United States
at a special meeting in Wash
ington April 2 and 3.
' ‘The translations have been
submitted to the Holy See for
approval,” he said.
However, said Bishop Mc
Donough, it is not expected that
.publishers will be able to
deliver Missals for use on the
altar before December of this
year.
* ‘But, barring unforseen
events, we are hopeful that the
Liturgy in the English language
may be introduced by the first
Sunday of Advent,” he said.
The Bishop noted that initially
only the language in which the
Mass is offeree will be changed,
while the form of the Mass will
remain as it has been, he pre
dicted that some changes in the
Mass structure will be made
‘ ‘but it will be some time yet,
before that happens.”
The Clergy Conference also
jheard an address by the Rt.
iRev. Msgr. John C. Knott, Di
rector of the Family Life Bu
reau of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference.
Monsignor Knott urged the
Cana Conference program as a
means of promoting, among
married people, a better know
ledge of the true nature of
Christian marriage. In this pro
gram groups of married cou
ples carry on discussions with
a priest, physician and a panel
of other married couples.
He also advocated the estab
lishment of pre-Cana confer
ences for engaged couples and
single persons.
The N.C.W.C. official called
/‘very satisfactory” a program
concerning marriage, con
ducted for teen-agers and their
parents.
CLERGY OF DIOCESE attend Conference. Bishop Mc
Donough is shown above as he tells priests of progress
toward use of English in Liturgy. Seated at Bishop’s left
are Rt. Rev. Msgr. John C. Knott, who spoke on priests’
responsibility to promote Christian ideals concerning mar
riage, among parishioners: and Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J.
McDonald, Savannah Chancellor.
Requiem Offered For
Walter M. Crawford
"Twenty-five Silver Years of Service through Mary” was the
theme of the Savannah Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s con
vention held at the Hotel DeSoto April 10, 11 and 12.
Funeral Services for Walter
M. Crawford of Savannah were
held Tuesday at the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, with
Right Reverend Monsignor T.
James McNamara officiating.
Mr. Crawford was honored
in February of this year by the
Holy Father, who awarded him
the Papal Medal "Pro Eccles-
ia et Pontifice” for his many
works of charity, especially for
his work with the St. Vincent de
WALTER M. CRAWFORD
Paul Society at the Cathedral
An insuranceman since 1922,
he was manager of the Savan
nah office of Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance until his retirement
in 1958.
For many years, Mr. Craw
ford was president of the So
ciety of St. Vincent DePaul.
He was a member of the Im
maculate Conception Assem
bly, Fourth Degree Knights of
Columbus, Hibernian Society,
and Savannah Post No. 135, Am
erican Legion.
He was a native of Screven
County.
Surviving are his wife and a
number of nieces, nephews,
grandnieces and grandnephews.
Bishop
To Dedicate
Chapel
His Excellency the Most
Reverend Thomas J. Mc
Donough will dedicate the
new Chapel for St. Pius X
High School, Savannah, on
Tuesday morning, April
21st.
Bishop McDonough will
be celebrant of a special
Mass to be offered at 8:30
a.m.
The convention opened with
a Civic Night reception at the
Hotel DeSoto. A welcome to the
city of Savannah was delivered
by Hon. MalcomMaclean, Sa
vannah’s mayor. The Saint Vin
cent’s Chorale, under the direc-
tioh of Mrs. JosephSchreck en
tertained with several songs and
hymns. Msgr. JohnC. Knott, Di
rector of the Family Life Bur
eau of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference, in his talk
on happy family life stated that
"the greatest gift is not in lov
ing but in the willingness to be
loved”. A reception followed at
which the guests met His Ex
cellency, the Most Reverend
Thomas J. McDonough, Bishop
of Savannah, Mrs. Joseph J. Mc
Carthy, president of the Nation
al Council of Catholic Women
and the board members of the
Savannah Diocesan Council of
Catholic Women.
A Solemn Pontifical Mass
was celebrated at 9 a.m., April
11 at the Cathedral of Saint
John the Baptist by Bishop Mc
Donough. A continental break
fast followed at the Cathedral
Day School for the delegates
and guests of the convention.
Highlight of the business
meeting was the presentation to
Sister Martina Joseph, R.S.M.
of a poem in tribute and recog
nition of her Golden Jubilee as
a Sister of Mercy.
The workshop entitled "The
Formula For a Happy Family”
had Msgr. John C. Knott as
the moderator. The panelists,
Mrs. Robert W. Bailey, Mr.
Albion M. Gruber, Jr. and Miss
Gloria Miller all stressed the
great need for communication
of love between husband and
wife, parents and children.
An open house and tea honor
ing Mrs. Joseph McCarthy, the
national president was held at
Saint Mary’s Home Saturday af
ternoon.
Mrs. McCarthy in her ad
dress at the banquet Saturday
evening said "the Catholic wo
man of today must not only know
and practice her faith, she must
also reflect it.
"She must keep Christian
ideals before her children at
all times and she must give
them by word and example, in
structions for the paths which
they will take in life. She must
teach her children to respect
all men, regardless of their
background, belief or color.
The Catholic mother must teach
these youngsters, from the very
early years, to cooperate with
all men of good will for the good
of the total society”.
The National Council Presi
dent quoted an unnamed Catho
lic writer on the state of mod
ern man: "There is something
yet more menacing than the
destruction of men’s bodies, of
their material environment,
their comfort and security: and
that is the voiding of the human
spirit . . . it is man’s flight from
reality.”
She declared that flight from
reality “takes the form of ne
gotiation, a denial of standards
in culture, in family life, in
business ethics, in internation
al ethics.”
Women can help to rebuild the
world in Christ’s image, she
said, by presenting Christian
ideals to her family and her
community.
Mrs. McCarthy also urged
Catholic women to be interested
in public education, as well as in
parish schools, because "ed
ucation is the first influential
sphere of activities which
teaches and sways the majority
of people. If education is ne
glected, the community suffers,
and the whole nation feels the
resulting reaction.”
"We, as Catholic women,
Catholic leaders, do have a role
to play and a challenge to accept
in today’s world,” she conclud
ed.
"The late Pope John XXIII
stated that: ‘Women, no less
than men, are needed for social
progress — make yourself,
therefore, diligent executives
... by word, by example, by
action.
"Do not allow difficulties to
overwhelm you. Continue to en
lighten consciences in the spir
it of truth, justice and love.* ”
Mrs. Joseph J. Dembow-
ski presented Mrs. McCarthy
with a plaque from the Savan
nah Diocesan Council of Cath
olic Women in recognition of
her recent honor in receiving
from Pope Paul VI the Pro
Ecclesia et Pontifice medal.
Bishop Thomas J. McDon
ough congratulated the Dioces
an Council on their silver an
niversary and said "we thank
God for our Diocesan Council
of Catholic Women who have
worked incessantly for God and
for Church for twenty-five
years”.
Committee reports were giv
en at the business meeting Sun
day, April 12 and a report of
the nominating committee was
given. Miss Pauline Peuffier
was elected president of the Sa
vannah Diocesan Council of Ca
tholic Women, and Mrs. Anthony
B. Purdy was elected recording
s-cretary. Re-elected, for a
second term was Mrs. Ray
Pinkston, treasurer.
The new officers were in
stalled by The Right Reverend
John D. Toomey, spiritual mod
erator at the luncheon following
the business meeting. An invita
tion to the council was extended
by Mrs. J. Benedetto to have the
1965 convention in Macon,
Georgia.
The convention was honored
with the presence of five past-
presidents of the Savannah Dio
cesan Council of Catholic Wo
men and the president of the
Archdiocese of Atlanta Council
of Catholic Women.
General Chairman of the con
vention was Mrs. William P.
Schneider.
Altar Boy Awards
Bishop To Say
Out Door Mass
On April 19th Bishop Thomas
J. McDonough will offer the holy
sacrifice of the Mass under a
specially constructed scarlet
baldachin at Saint John’s Semi
nary. At this Mass he will confer
the Vianney Altar Boy Award
upon the outstanding altar boys
of the diocese.
Because of the large crowd
wishing to attend this unusual
event, a large field altar has
been constructed surmounted by
a scarlet canvass roof or balda
chin reminiscent of medieval
pomp and ceremonial. Here in
a field adjacent to the seminary
over a thousand persons will ga
ther to witness one of the most
striking ceremonies in the
Church’s liturgy.
Boys from all over the
diocese will converge upon Saint
John’s seminary later this week
for a weekend of fun and enter
tainment climaxed by the pre
sentation of the awards on Sun
day morning at 9:00 o’clock.
Parents will accompany their
sons and will also be treated to
an interesting weekend which
will feature a play written and
produced by the seminarians, a
talk by Bishop McDonough and
the bestowal of the award upon
their sons.
OFFICERS CUT JUBILEE CAKE — Mrs. William P. Schneider, Convention Chairman
cuts 25th anniversary cake at annual Convention of Savannah D.C.C.W. Looking on are
Mrs. Joseph Dembowski, Diocesan President (center) and Mrs. Joseph McCarthy, Presi
dent of National Council of Catholic Women.
GREETS PRESIDENT — Mrs. Joseph J. Dembowski,
(R) President of Savannah D. C.C.W. greets Mrs. Joseph
McCarthy (L) President of National Council of Catholic
Women.
ST. VINCENT’S CHORAL GROUP rendered musical
program for D.C.C.W. delegates. They were directed by
Mrs. Joseph Schreck.
Pope Urges
Prayers For
Vocations
VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope
Paul VI has told the world’s
Catholics that they have a duty
to foster vocations not only
because of the Church’s need
for them, but also because the
number of vocations to the
priesthood are a * ‘precise and
indisputable index of the vita
lity of the Faith.”
In an appeal broadcast over
Vatican Radio on the World Day
of Prayer for Vocations (April
12), Pope Paul cited the words .
of St. Matthew: ‘‘The harvest
is great but the laborers are
few.”
Pope Paul also composed a
prayer asking God for an in
crease in vocations to commu
nities of Brothers and Sisters.
The Pope said that vocations
are few * ‘compared to the in
creased necessities of pastoral
care.” He added: ‘‘Few they are
in consideration of the exi
gencies of the modern world
with its uneasiness, its need
for light and guidance.”
The Church, the Pontiff said,
stands in need of “teachers and
directors who are progressive
yet sympathetic for the past”
as well as of vocations to care
for “the great numbers who
have strayed from Christian
ideals and who are indifferent
. . . but who still need to see
in priests and Religious the liv
ing example of a perfect Chris
tian life.”
“Above all there is a great
need for dedicated hands on the
mission field, where so many
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BISHOP McDONOUGH speaks to hundreds of young women from all over
Savannah Diocese at Diocesan Vocations Day last Saturday. On platform with
Bishop are members of several Religious Communities working in Diocese.