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SAVANNAH GEORCxIA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1964
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Diocesan Growth Theme Of Drive
Bishop Opens Seventh Confraternity Campaign
Growth of
Seminary
Continues
Sunday saw the sixth annual
investiture of students at Saint
John Vainney Minor Seminary
in Savannah. Twenty four young
men received the surplice from
the hands of Monsignor Andrew
McDonald, chancellor of the
Diocese.
Father Kevin Boland of the
« binary faculty told the as-
Ibled group of parents and
ends of the students “the
priests of the world are mark
ed men, marked with the sign
of the priesthood in the inner
most recesses of their souls.”
He recalled the dedication nec
essary for a young man to
reach such a high goal and the
“important part that must be
played in every vocation by the
prayers of the parents of the
young seminarians.”
Music was provided by the
seminary choir under the direc
tion of the Reverend John Fitz
patrick. For the first time the
seminary choir greeted God.
with the music of Palestrina in
three part polyphonic harmony.
Following the ceremony the
iseminary was open to all, Cath
olics and non - Catholics alike.
Visitors were taken on conduct
ed tours of the seminary facili
ties by members of the student
body.
Opened in 1959, St. John’s is
now in its sixth year of opera
tion. The twenty-four members
of the Freshman class brings
the total enrollment of the Sem
inary to sixty-three.
Funds Needed For
Future Expansion
On Sunday, October 18th, campaign workers re
presenting parish units of The Bishop’s Confraternity
of the Laity will call at every Catholic home in the
Savannah Diocese, seeking funds for Diocesan proj-'
ects. This year’s goal is $180,000.
FRESHMEN at St. John Vianney Minor Seminary received surplices, emblematic
of their service of the altar, at exercises last Sunday afternoon. Shown investing
a seminarian (hidden from view) is Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J. McDonald, Chan- 1
cellor of the Diocese. Assisting Msgr. McDonald are Father Joseph Stranc and
Father John Cuddy of the Seminary faculty. Seminarian awaiting investiture is
Michael Regnier of Our Lady of Lourdes, parish, Columbus.
' (Photo by Ward Studio)
Charity Has Been Spark
Of Progress In Diocese
The Charity of the people of
the Diocese of Savannah during
the past seven years has spark
ed an unprecedented period of
growth in the Church’s life in
South Georgia.
\ ATIOIN
Bishop’s Meeting
• WASHINGTON (NO—The 1964 annual general meeting of the
Bishops will be held in Rome in early November, according to
word received here at National Catholic Welfare Conference head
quarters. The N.C.W.C. Administrative Board will meet Nov. 7 and
8 at the North American College in Rome, and the sessions of the
general body of bishops will be held Nov. 8, 9 and 10 in the Cavalieri
Hilton Hotel, Rome.
Whole Family Of Nuns
ROCHESTER, N.H. (NC)—When Sister Mary Rose-Alma ob
served her birthday here, she received congratulations from her six
sisters—all of them nuns in the same community. The seven
daughters, entire family of the Amedee Thibault of St. Albans, Vt.,
joined the Sisters of the Holy Cross and the Seven Dolors between
1912 and 1927. Sisters Mary Hubert and Mary Theresa D’Alb are
stationed in Manchester, N.H.; Sisters Mary Camille and Sister
Mary Dolorita, Nashua, N.H.; Sister Mary Opportune, Groton, Conn.,
and Sister Mary Rita, Springfield, Mass.
1 KOBE
Bishop Silences Priest
PARIS (NC)—A Catholic priest has urged the removal of the
Spanish national flag from churches in the Basque provinces of
Spain because “it is a cause of division among the faithful, the
Paris daily, Le Monde, reported. Father Francisco Bimbao voiced
such a request during a sermon he gave in the parish church of
Gamiz in the Basque region. Bishop Pablo Gurpide Beope of Bilbao
then prohibited the priest from preaching, but later received a let
ter signed by 63 priests of the region, who interceded in favor of
Father Bimbao. The Basque region of Spain has always been char
acterized by strong autonomous sentiments.
AN ADA
Atheists Denied Citizenship
CAYUGA, Ont. (NC)—A Dutch immigrant man and wife have
been refused Canadian citizenship because they are atheists. Judge
W. W. Leach rejected the plea of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bergsma of
Caledonia, Ont., and commented: “After all, this is a country
founded under God.” The couple have twice had heir applications
for citizenship turned down because they refused to take a citizen
ship oath containing the phrase “so help me God.”
The Diocese has seen twenty
two new or expanded schools,
according to figures released in
the .seventh annual Confraterni
ty of the Laity program. Over
fifteen thousand children have
attended Diocesan schools dur
ing this period. This represents
a record enrollment for any
similar period of time.
Eight new parishes have been
established. One of these, Our
Lady of Lourdes in Columbus,
is now one of the largest in the
Diocese in average weekly at
tendance at Sunday Mass. The
latest to be founded is the mis
sion parish at Jesup. Both of
these parishes have participated
in Confraternity of the Laity
funds.
Highlight of this year’s bro
chure is the multi-color map of
the Diocese with information on
its priestless counties. Only sev
enteen of the eighty eight coun
ties of the Diocese have a resi
dent priest and full priest life.
Troubles
All Red
Inspired
by Father Patrick O’Connor
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
SAIGON, Vietnam—It’s all one
operation.
A Buddhist bonze gives hotly
political “sermons” over loud
speakers, night after night in
Saigon. Students in Saigon and
Hue stage demonstrations to
make the government yield to
their political demands.
“People’s Committee for Na
tional Salvation,” organized by
a coterie of leftist professors
and students, usurp the powers
of local governments, threaten
people and arrest them.
False rumors are spread to
make Catholics think that Bud
dhists are going to attack the
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Twenty four are now able to
boast the presence of a mission
chapel in which Sunday Mass is
said but still have no resident
pastor.
In his call for charity Bishop
McDonough quoted the famous
words of the apostle Saint Paul,
“Charity is patient, is kind,
charity emvieth not, is not pre
tentious . . . but rejoiceth in
the truth. So there abide faith,
hope and charity, these three;
but the greatest of these is
charity.”
In asking a contribution of at
least $25 from each worker,
Bishop McDonough called upon
“every Catholic in the Diocese
to be sacrificially generous” in
this year’s drive.
During the past seven years,
more than one hundred build
ings have been raised to God’s
glory in the Diocese. But de
spite this tremendous period of
growth and progress, there still
remain forty - seven counties
without a Mission Chapel.
Christ’s voice is still silent in
much of South Georgia! Each
Catholic, through his annual
contribution to the Confraterni
ty, has an opportunity to assist
the Bishop in directing the
light and love of Christ into ev
ery corner of the Diocese.
Perhaps the most important
project to receive Confraternity
funds is the Diocesan Vocation
Program. In his letter, appear
ing elsewhere on this page,
Bishop McDonough refers to the
program as “a miracle of new
dedication”, and to St. John
Vianney Minor Seminary as
“the hope for tomorrow’s
priests.” At present there are
125 seminarians studying for the
Diocesan priesthood as compar
ed to 21 six years ago.
Money from the fund will also
go to Catholic Charities; to
wards the support of the depen
dent children of the Diocese;
the construction and mainte
nance of Mission Churches and
other Diocesan works.
Announcement of the drive
was made at all the Masses in
all Churches of the Diocese on
Sunday, October 4th. Sermons
on that day were devoted to the
Confraternity, as will all ser
mons on Sunday, Oct. 11th.
All Catholics are asked to re
main at home on Sunday, Oct.
18th, during the time period set
for workers to make their calls.
The Bishop’s Confraternity of
the Laity was organized by
Bishop McDonough as an alter
native to periodic capital funds
drives. Instead of long - term
pledges involving large amounts
of money, Catholics of the Dio
cese are asked in October of
every year to make a cash con
tribution toward the works of
the Diocese.
Jesuit
General
Dies At
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VATICAN CITY (NC)—Father
Jean Baptiste Janssens, S.J.,
the 27th general of the Society
oi Jesus, died here (Oct. 5)
minutes after receiving a final
absolution at the hands of Pope
Paul VI. He was 71.
Father Janssens had been
general of the Church’s largest
religious community since 1946.
Until a new general is elected,
the society has been entrusted
to its vicar general, Father
John L. Swain, S.J., of Port
Townsend, Wash., a member of
the Seattle province of the Je
suits.
The funeral service was sched
uled in the Jesuits’ Church of
Gesu in Rome.
Pope Paul arrived 20 minutqg
before Father Janssens died
and imparted final absolutioon.
Rumor Of Bombay Visit
By Pope Paul Revived
BISHOP’S OFFICE
225 Abercorn Street
Savannah, Georgia
Dearly beloved in Christ:
Through your generosity, to the Bishop’s Confraterni
ty of the Laity Drive, a tremendous expansion and develop
ment of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy are in
evidence in every portion of the Diocese of Savannah.
What has been accomplished during the past seven years
has certainly exceeded our greatest expectations. Every
priest, religious and lay person has acted in concert to
bring the consolations of our holy faith to the most remote
mission. During this missionary endeavor, Almighty God
has been generous by blessing the work and inspiring the
laborers. Yet, we know that only a small segment of the
work to be done has been accomplished. With resolute trust
in God and motivated by our desire to do His Holy Will in
all things, we are confident that the future will be blessed
and enriched' a thousandfold.
As we look about the Diocese of Savannah, we behold
on all sides a tangible contribution to the works of God
upon earth. Practically every parish and institution has
been renovated, rebuilt or enlarged. Mission churches are
beginning to multiply and their crosses are planted in
areas where Catholic Churches did not exist. Our vocation
program has been a “miracle” of new dedication — andl
St. John Vianney Minor Seminary the hope for tomorrow’s
priest. Even though we had willing hands to do the work,
the program would have been dimmed without the ar
ticulate participation of all our Catholic people. Certainly
you, the Catholics of today, have been genuine in love of
God which has been made manifest in your cooperation
with the Bishop’s program for expansion.
During the month of October, we again knock at the
door of your heart and solicit your charity. We again call
upon every Catholic in the Diocese to be sacrificially gen
erous to the Bishop’s Confraternity of the Laity Drive.
Charity has no limits. It is the voice of God — it is His
love for you and for me.
When you are asked by your Pastor to participate,
please respond as God does to you and your loved ones.
Your sacrificial gift to Him should not be measured, but
made with an outpouring of your love.
Thanking you in advance for your cooperation and
imparting to you my blessing, I am,
Devotedly yours in Christ.
BISHOP OF SAVANNAH
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Specu
lations were reopened on a pos
sible visit of Pope Paul VI to
Bombay to attend the 38th In
ternational Eucharistic Congress
to be held there on Nov. 28.
Although unofficially the Vati
can press offices have consis
tently denied knowledge of any
such plans, a statement by
Valerian Cardinal Gracias of
Bombay in an interview granted
(Oct. 2) to the Vatican City
daily, L’Osservatore Romano, a-
roused new interest.
L’Osservatore’s interview re
ported Cardinal Gracias as say
ing that Pope Paul had received
a formal invitation from the In
dian government and “if the
Pope should decide on the eight-
hour journey he would announce
it at least, a few weeks before
hand.”
The Vatican City daily said
that Cardinal Gracias “did not
dwell on the possibility of the
journey.”
Cardinal Gracias spoke on the
Pope’s interest and prayers for
the congress. The newspaper
said that “not only does Pope
Paul VI ‘live’ the great vigil of
Bombay ... but already he
plans to be symbolically pres
ent, not only through the ap
pointment of a legate but also
through generous presents and
his instruction that a large sum
of money be used for the pur
chase of food and clothing to
be distributed in his name to
the poor at Bombay.”
The Roman daily, II Giornale
d’ltalia, gave more than pass
ing attention to the interview of
Cardinal Gracias.
It said (Oct. 2) that the Car
dinal’s declarations show “first,
that they are evidently the re
sult of a conversation between
Pope Paul and the cardinal on
this subject and, second, that
Pope Paul himself probably
wanted the question of his jour
ney to India to be brought up
again and proposed to public
attention. This is proved by the
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Liturgical Movement
Gives Catholic Flavor
To Lutheran Worship
by Rune P. Thuringer
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
STOCKHOLM — Sweden, tradi
tionally a bastion of Lutheran
ism, is undergoing a liturgical
and pastoral movement which
HIGH CHURCH movement in the Lutheran Church of Sweden has introduced liturgical
renewal, veneration of saints and establishment of nuns orders. Here at ruins of pie-
Reformation Cistercian monastery in Narke, Sweden, celebrant wears chasuble, assisted
bv three ministers in alb and stole. (NC Photos)
has given a Catholic flavor to
the worship a*nd life of many
parishes of the state Church,
which claims 95% of the peo
ple.
Catholics from abroad who
visit Sweden are often astonish
ed at the outer similarity be
tween the Church of Sweden
and the Catholic Church.
While the liturgical renewal
in Swedish Lutheranism began
burgeoning over a half-century
ago, it has begun to flower in
the past 25 years. In this it is
perhaps in line with the revived
interest in liturgy evident a-
mong many of the old-line Pro
testant churches for the past 25
years.
But in many parishes it is
quite advanced. Plainsong is in
frequent use, and often at the
Su»nday eucharistic celebration
the Introit, Kyrie, Sanctus and
Agnus Dei are sung in Swedish
to Gregorian chant melodies
even when there is no organ
accompaniment. The vestments
for the eucharistic service, in-
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