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St. John Vianney Award
iiIslanding Altar Boys
Receive Diocesan Honor
BISHOP THOMAS J. McDONOUGH confers St. John Vianney Award on altar boys of the
Diocese nominated by their pastors for outstanding service at the Altar. Priests
assisting Bishop are (1. to r.) Rev. Joseph Stranc, Seminary instructor; Rev. John Cuddy,
Diocesan Superintendent of Schools and a member of Seminary Faculty; and Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Andrew J. McDonald, Savannah Chancellor and pastor of Blessed Sacrament
Churbh, Savannah.
Pieta Unveiled
Blessing Of Vatican’s
World’s Fair Pavillion
By George Gent
FLUSHING MEADOW, N. Y.
(NC)—One thousand persons,
including high Church and civic
dignitaries, attended the bless
ing and dedication here of the
e Vatican Pavillion at the New
York World’s Fair.
The ceremony (April 19),
which included a symbolic un
veiling of Michaelangelo’s fa
mous statue, the Pieta, was fol
lowed by a Pontifical Low Mass
in the exhibit's chapel. Paolo
Cardinal Marella, Prefect of the
Sacred Congregation for St. Pe
ter’s Basilica in Rome and le
gate of Pope Paul VI, presided
at' the ceremony. He was as-
sisted by Francis Cardinal
MEDALIST—Jane M. Hoey
(above), of New York will
be the first recipient of the
t annual Mater et Magistra
Award of the College of Mt.
St. Joseph, Cincinnati, named
in honor of Pope John XXIII.
The internationally known
Catholic sociologist and au
thor will receive the gold
medal at ceremonies at the
college on May 2. (NC
Photos)
Spellman of New York, Arch
bishop Egidio Vagnozzi, Apos
tolic Delegate in the U.S., Bi
shop Bryan J. McEntegart of
Brooklyn and 43 archbishops
and bishops from 11 eastern
states.
Bishop McEntegart, preach
ing the sermon during the Mass,
said the Catholic Church,
“more than all other exhibi
tors’’ at the fair, is “anxious
to let its light shine upon men.’*
“This Vatican Pavilion,’’ he
said, “must demonstrate what
the Church has done in the past,
what she is currently doing, and
what the Church plans to do in
the future. Hopefully, by the
brilliance of her light, she may
lead men closer to God and
bring God closer to men.”
Bishop McEntegart said that
it is to the countless thousands
of persons who will visit the
fair and pavilion “that our Pi
eta and our entire exhibit must
speak.”
"If, in this Vatican Pavil
ion, by showing the works of
Christ’s Church,” he added,
"we help to broaden and deep
en mutual understanding among
men, then truly His Church shall
have made a valuable contribu
tion toward world peace.”
Cardinal Marella, who cele
brated the Mass, said at its con
clusion that it gave him “tre
mendous satisfaction” to know
that the Catholic Church is tak
ing part in the fair. He said the
aim of the Vatican Pavilion is to
"accurately portray” the
reality of the Church so that
“all those who visit may gain
a clearer knowledge and deep
er understanding of the
Church.”
A papal benediction was be
stowed upon all those attend
ing the Mass.
The ceremonies began with
a procession of the clergy to the
area in which the Pieta is dis
played. It was actually a light
ing of the statue, rather than
an unveiling. Because of tech
nical complications, it was de
cided not to drape the master
piece. Instead, after a bless
ing from Pope Paul VI was
read, the statue portraying the
fragile corpus of Christ in the
arms of His bereaved Mother,
was slowly lighted by Cardinal
Marella pushing a button.
The white marble statue is
encased behind bullet-proof
glass in a setting of blue cre
ated by Jo Mielziner, noted
theatrical designer. The first
reactions of the viewers were
mixed. Some warmly applauded
the new setting for the 15th
century statue. But others
were critical.
After the unvieling, the cler
gy, with members of various
religious orders and papal
knights, proceeded up the stairs
to the chapel on the mezzanine
level for the blessing of the cha
pel and the celebration of Mass
Among the guests at the cer
emony were R. Sargent Shri-
ver, director of the Peace
Corps; Lt. Gov. Malcom Wil
son; Mayor Robert F. Wagner
and Sen Kenneth B. Keating.
Robert Moses, president of the
fair, spoke after the Mass at
a gathering at the fair’s Ter
race Club.
He took direct issue with
those who had raised objections
to having the Pieta brought to
the fair because of the dangers
involved in removing it from its
pedistal in St. Peter’s. “Art
pundits who had hardly been
aware of the existence of the
Pieta became its self-annoin-
ted guardians and had the ef
frontery to instruct the author
ities of the Church as to their
responsibilities to mankind,
Moses said.
BISHOP McDONOUGH distributes Holy Communion to students during Mass marking
dedication of new chapel at St. Pius X High School, Savannah.
Augusta Deanery
SAINT CHRISTOPHER’S
Ronald Barrow, Kenneth Mit
chell.
* * *
SAINT JOSEPH’S
Thomas Clancy, Michael
Gorman, John Mastroiana,
Francis Miles, Donald Stanch-
field, Michael Wilson.
* * *
SAINT MARY’S ON THE HILL
William Barrett, Thomas
Casella, Robert Cole, Peter
Colley, Patrick Farr, James
Garren, Gary McGlone, James
Saul.
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With a congregation of more than 400 proud relatives
looking on, 172 altar boys from parishes throughout the diocese
received the St. John Vianney Award and certificates declaring
each to be an “Altar Boy of Distinction” at an outdoor Mass last
Sunday at St. John Vianney Minor Seminary, Savannah.
Boys were nominated by their
pastors for devotion, dedication
and excellence in the service of
the altar.
The presentation of award
medals and certificates by His
Excellency, Bishop Thomas J.
McDonough, capped a weekend
of activities which began early
Saturday afternoon, when altar
boys began arriving at the Sem
inary with their parents and rel
atives.
With seminarians acting as
referees, umpires and super
visors, the boys took part in a
program of outdoor games from
3:00 to 5:30 p.m., while their
parents enjoyed a coffee hour,
informal visits with members of
the Seminary faculty and a tour
of Seminary facilities.
After a 5:30 dinner, prepared
under the supervision of Mrs.
Martha Vasta, Seminary die
tician, students entertained the
award nominees with a ‘hoote
nanny’. The boys then viewed
a motion picture on vocations
for the Priesthood.
Parents heard short talks
by Bishop McDonough and the
Rev. William V. Coleman,
Seminary Rector.
Bishop McDonough, speak
ing on the nature and impor
tance of the Priesthood, re- ;
minded his listeners that ‘‘Vi
brant Catholic family life is the
seed-bed for vocations,” and
urged daily prayer * ‘not merely
for vocations, but that Our Lord
may call your own boys, mem
bers of your own families, into
the Sacred Priesthood.”
Father Coleman outlined the
Seminary curriculum and ac
tivities.
Bishop McDonough was cel
ebrant at the Pontifical Field
Mass at 8:00 a.m. Sunday. An
address of welcome in the name
of all the seminarians was de
livered by Michael Wilson, a
senior from St. Anne’s Parish,
Columbus, Georgia.
After the Mass Bishop Mc
Donough conferred the St. John
Vianney Award and the Certifi
cate of Distinction on the follow
ing altar boys;
Vol. 44, No. 41
10c Per Copy — $5 A Year
Savannah Deanery
CATHEDRAL
Kurt Balcom, Gregory Bell,
Thomas Groover, Paul Kaluzne.
Daniel Muller, Thomas Roche
fort, Edward Roy, Thomas Sta
cy.
* * *
SAINT ANTHONY’S
Charles Bell, Robert Young.
* * *
SAINT BENEDICT’S
Richard Chisholm, Marion
DeVoe, Myers Thoma3.
* * *
BLESSED SACRAMENT
Stephen Brennan, Mahany
Cromartie, Michael Dillon,
Bernard Foran, Robert Hanson,
James McQuillan, Joseph Mul
ler, Lindsey Rowe.
* * *
SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER
John Chalfa, Ronald Hunter,
Donald Kinstle, Patrick Kins-
tle, Michael Manning, John Pe
terson.
* * *
HUNTER AIR FORCE BASE
Edward Brown, Francis Can-
avan, Mark Fredrickson, Carey
Shea.
* * *
SAINT JAMES
James Brinson, Michael Gil
pin, James Honea, Eugene La
nier, John McAlteer, Daniel
McCarthy, Thomas McCarthy,
James Moylan, Jr., Mark Ro-
magosa, Stephen Willoughby.
* * *
SAINT MICHAEL’S
Patrick Byrnes, Robert Chu,
Arthur S. Davis, II, Lewis De-
Four.
# * *
MOST PURE HEART OF MARY
Lary Roosevelt Adams, Cal
vin Williams.
* * *
NATIVITY OF OUR LORD
Clarke Carter, Robert Dil
lard, Charles Ganem,^Daniel
Knesel, William Wallace, Anton
Werlinger.
* * *
OUR LADY OF GOOD HOPE
Thomas McLaughlin.
* * *
OUR LADY OF LOURDES
Anthony Barras, Darrell
Harris, James Stephens, Bart
Traywick.
* * *
SACRED HEART
Kevin Anderson, Francis
Hester, James Johnson, Joseph
Jurgenson, Daniel Maner,
James Winters.
Disputes
Donovan
On Cuba
MIAMI, Fla. (NC) — The
Voice, Miami diocesan news
paper, has disputed a statement
by New York attorney James
Donovan that the Catholic
Church is not being persecuted
in Cuba.
“The truth of the matter is
that Castro is persecuting the
Church; he is eliminating the
Church by making it impossi
ble for it to exist,” the Voice
said in a page, one editorial.
Donovan, in a talk recently
at the National Press Club in
Washington, D. C., said that
Cuban churches are open and
reasonably well attended; that
priests are free to preach as
they wish; and that Fidel Castro
has no objection to having
priests in Cuba as long as they
are native Cubans and not Span
iards.
Donovan personally negotia
ted with Castro for the exchange
of $60 million worth of U. S.
medical supplies for 1,300 pri
soners captured in the unsuc
cessful 1961 Bay of Pigs inva
sion.
The Voice cited statements
by exiled Auxiliary Bishop Ed
uardo Boza Masvidal of Havana
and Bishop Coleman Carroll of
Miami.
Bill Seen
Indictment
Of Society
WHEELING, W. Va., (NC)—
Bishop Joseph H. Hodges of
Wheeling said here that “it is
an indictment of our social or
der that the government must
resort to public legislation to
guarantee the rights of a citi
zen.”
Bishop Hodges asserts in the
West Virginia Register, news
paper of the diocese, that
while support of the legisla
tion before the U. S. Senate
is needed, it is regrettable
“that a civil rights bill is
necessary.”
Bishop Hodges said the bill
deals “with the fundamental
rights of a large segment of
our population—rights that have
come from Almighty God, our
Creator.”
“Anyone who denies a man
these rights violates the law
of God and affronts the dig
nity of the persons injured. Di
vine and human justice are at
stake,” he said.
“It is an indictment of our
social order that the govern
ment must resort to public leg
islation to guarantee the rights
of a citizen. It is an even more
shameful indictment of Christ
ianity and religion in general
that we who profess a belief
in God or Christ fail not only
to treat our fellow men with
charity but even to grant him
elementary justice,” he said
PRAY FOR OUR
PRIESTLY DEAD
REV. CHARLES W. VOGEL
April 26, 1935
VERY REV. MSGR.
JAMES J. GRADY
April 26, 1955
Oh Cod, IVho didst give to
thy servants by their sacredotal
office, a share in the priest
hood of the Apostles, grant
we implore, that they may
also be one of their company
forever in heaven. Through
Christ Our Lord, Amen.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1964
Benedictine Dedication
Thursday, April 30th
The newly constructed Sacred
Heart Priory and Benedictine
Military School, Savannah, will
be formally dedicated at cere
monies on Thursday, April 30th.
Officiating will be the Most
Reverend Thomas J. McDon
ough, Bishop of Savannah.
The ceremonies will begin
with the Blessing and dedica
tion of the buildings of the
$1,500,000 complex at 10:30
a.m. and Benediction of the Most
Blessed Sacrament at 11:30
a.m.
Bishop McDonough will also
deliver the main address.
An open house will be held
from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., follow
ed by a Civic Reception in the
school auditorium.
Ground was broken Feb. 11,
1963 and classes began Sept.
20th. Buildings include a Priory
and Chapel for the Benedictine
Community, Academic build
ing, Cafetorium, and Gymna
sium. School facilities can ac
commodate 600 students.
Architects for the new Pri
ory and School were the Savan
nah firm of Thomas, Driscoll
and Hutton. Whaley and Minter
Construction Company of
Brunswick, were the contrac
tors.
Although Benedictine Mili
tary School dates only from
1902, Priests of the Order of
St. Benedict have labored in
Georgia since 1871 when a group
of French Benedictines, led by
Father Gabriel Bergier O.S.B.
came to Savannah, 'where they
built the chapel at Isle of Hope,
which still serves as a Mission
of St. James Parish.
In 1885 they affiliated with
the monks of Belmont Abbey,
N. C. and opened Benedictine
College (now Benedictine Mili
tary School) Sept. 29, 1902. The
first school was located on the
southside of 32nd Street be
tween Lincoln and Habersham
On June 16, 1905, the late Bi
shop Benjamin J. Keiley offi
ciated at the dedication of the
building at 34th and Bull Streets,
which served as Benedictine
Military School until last Sep
tember.
A decree from the Holy See
established the Savannah Com
munity as an independent Pri
ory in June of 1961 and The
Very Rev. Bede Lightner was
elected its first Prior in Sep
tember of the same year.
AMONG BUILDINGS to be dedicated at Benedictine Military School April 30th is this
gymnasium.
Rome-Constantinople
Accord Predicted
By Antonio Negroponte
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
ISTANBUL, Turkey—Patri
arch Athenagoras I of Constan
tinople (Istanbul) is working ar
dently to eradicate old conflicts
between Greek Orthodoxy
and Roman Catholicism and thus
lay the groundwork for unity.
In doing so he must overcome
an Orthodox mistrust of the
Church of Rome whose roots
lie deep in the past.
The coronation in Rome, in
800, of Charlemagne as Holy
Roman Emperor by Pope St.
Leo III was a major irritant
to the court of the Eastern Ro
man emperor in Byzantium. The
imperial court in the East had
been chagrinned a half-century
earlier when the papacy as
sumed temporal power over
central Italy. But the crowning
of Charlemagne was seen as
collusion with the western tem
poral power, a part of a pro
ject to undermine the founda
tions of the eastern empire.
Here was the barbaric West
pretending to rival the civiliz
ed East.
As pblitical events frequently
have consequences in the relig
ious sphere, this political an
tagonism became complicated
by religious hostility. The first
major break came in 858, when
the Byzantine Emperor Michael
III deposed the Patriarch and
appointed in his place Photius,
who was subsequently excom
municated by Pope Nicholas I.
The drift apart was accelerat
ed in 1054, when the Patri
arch Michael Cerularius was
excommunicated in the name
of the Pope.
The culmination of all this
came in 1204, when Latin Cru
saders switched their course to
the Holy Land in order to be
siege conquer and pillage Con
stantinople, carrying price
less Byzantine treasures and
relics back to the West. The
usurpation by Latins of the im
perial throne and the patriar
chate have rankled ever since.
Moreover, the Christian
West remained but a bystand
er as the Byzantine Empire
slowly succumbed to the heavy
assualt of Islam. Aid from the
West was rare and always in
adequate. This was a major
mistake psychologically as well
as politically.
The Eastern Church became
introverted, tending to isolate
itself more and more from the
rest of Christendom. There
were positive aspects along with
the negative, however—among
the primary ones is the fact
that the Eastern Church re
mained completely outside the
movements of the Reformation
and Protestantism. Distance,
the domination of the Moslem
Ottoman Empire, and the East
ern Church’s strong desire to
preserve the customs of the pri
mitive Church helped foster this
isolation.
The patriarchs of Constan
tinople in the course of the cen
turies worked out a system of
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HISTORIC MEETING—Above photo shows historic meet
ing between Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagor
as of Constantinople as they met in Jerusalem earlier this
year. It was the first time a Roman Pontiff and a Patriarch'of
Constantinople had met since the 15th Century Council of
Florence.