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Church Still llcmaiiis
Strong In Soutii Sudan
KAMPALA, Uganda (NC) —
wounded by five years
persecution, the Catholic
Cl arch in the troubled south of
the Sudan remains strong, visi
tors from that region reported
here.
said the overall pace of
Ch life is vigorous because
of the extra efforts being made
by the 32 native priests, 40 nuns
and about 500 catechists left in
the region.
* All foreign missioners were
expelled earlier this year. They
totaled about 300 priests, 100
Brothers and 200 nuns. Expul-
Catholic Women
Entertained By
Christmas Music
At the Christmas party of the
Catholic Women’s Club, which
was held Tuesday evening, De
cember 8th, a most delightful
musical program was enjoyed.
Mr. James L. McLaughlin was
the vocalist, accompanied by
Mr. Neil Schou, on the piano.
Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, Jr.,
Chairman for the Annual Christ
mas Party for the guests of
the Little Sisters of the Poor,
announced that the party would
take' place on Wednesday, De
cember 16th, at 2:00 p.m., and
urged all members who could,
to attend.
Mrs. Annie Keller, Delegate
to the recent Convention of the
• >nal Council of Catholic
en, which was held in
Washington, D.C., gave a de
scription of the Convention.
sion was ordered bv the former
Arab - dominated military gov
ernment in the north, replaced
two months ago by a civilian
government, one also controll
ed by Moslems but including
Negro Catholics from the South.
In the Vicariate Apostolic of
Juba, the visitors said, one
priest and a few lay teachers
are keeping in operation the
junior seminary which enrolls
300 students. In the Prefecture
Apostolic of Mupoi, nuns are
being used to staff parishes
without priests.
Nevertheless, the v i s i to r s
said, the rate of baptisms this
year will be about 25,000 per
sons, about the same rate of
the past few years.
The lay catechists serving the
Church are instructing both
children agd adults in prepara
tion for Baptism. In some
cases, lay people have adminis
tered the sacrament.
The Sudan government’s
crackdown on the south was
meant not only to cripple the
advance of Christianity, but al
so to put the northerners firm
ly in control of all movement
there.
As a result, guerilla warfare
has been waged for many
months against the Sudanese
army by southerners. These
men have never molested the
priests or other Christian mis
sions, according to the visitors.
They have attacked food
storerooms of missions to get
supplies, but in each instance
they left a receipt with a pro
mise to make good for the ma
terial taken, the visitors said.
CATHEDRAL CONFIRMATION—The first Confir
mation in the Diocese to be held during a Mass was
administered last Sunday morning at the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist. Pictured with the Confirma
tion class are Monsignor T. James McNamara (1.);
rector of the Cathedral and Bishop Thomas J. Mc
Donough. (Ward Studio Photo)
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Q. Father Donnelly, would
you mind telling our readers a
bit about the Catholic Charities
Bureau of the Diocese?
A. Not at all. The Charities
Bureau engages in admissions
to the children’s homes and re
leases from these institutions,
St. Mary’s Home for Girls and
St. Joseph’s Boys Home. We
also help in rehabilitating homes
and, to a limited extent, ar
ranging adoptions.
Q. From your reply, I gather
that the Diocese does not enter
directly into all phases of So
cial Service.
A. This is not exactly correct
for we make referrals of many
types of cases to existing public
organizations which are better
equipped to care for them. We
try to avoid duplicating servic
es already offered at the public
expense. Though we do arrange
adoptions, etc., at times, we
are not able at the present time
to offer a more extensive pro
gram of our own, since we do
not have the funds nor the per
sonnel required to maintain a
social service program similar
to those provided at the public
expense. We maintain good re
lationships with the publicly sup
ported agencies and many tim
es we are able to care for our
cases through these agencies.
Where it is a question of pre
serving the faith of a child, for
example, we must act through
our own institutions.
Q. Are there many orphans
today? I know that adoption a-
gencies do look out for many
such unfortunate children.
A. There are not many or
phans today who are left unat
tended. The real orphan is
quickly cared for by some rela
tive. Our homes for boys and
girls care for children who
have suffered far more than the
orphan, for they are the neg
lected children — products of
broken homes. These children
have frequently tasted a sorrow
which we adults can hardly
comprehend.
Q. What leads parents to neg
lect their children, Father?
A. Selfishness would lead the
list of, reasons — unwillingness
to sacrifice -r-L worldliness—im-
F oresees
Early Vote
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this Holy Season.
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NEWARK, N.J. (NC) — The
Second Vatican Council’s de
claration on religious liberty
probably will be one of the first
matters discussed at the fourth
session, Newark’s Archbishop
Thomas A. Boland, who presid
es over the weekely meetings
of the American Hierarchy in
Rome, said here.
Archbishop Boland in an in
terview said he expected the
draft would be brought to a
vote early in the session even
though two-thirds of the propos
ed schemas await final action.
The weekly meetings have
been helpful in organizing ac
tions by the U.S. bishops, Arch
bishop Boland said. In illustra
tion, he detailed that various
views would be presented at
the meeting, and “bishops who
backed a certain viewpoint
could then endorse the one who
would be spokesman at the
council sessions.”
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maturity — lack of religion —
ignorance of family life — al
coholism in its various stages.
Though this list is not inclusive,
the sad affect upon the neg
lected child is generally the
same. There is no adequate
substitute for a good home.
Q. Who else needs the help of
our charities program?
A. The emotionally disturbed,
the retarded child and unfortu
nately the growing number of
unwed mothers, who are now
directed to appropriate publicly
supported agencies. These lat
ter come from every class of
society, and most often are the
result of a lack of watchfulness
and discipline on the part of
parents.
Q. Is there anything being
done to help married couples in
difficulty?
A. On a parish level, our
priests provided excellent guid
ance in helping couples when
they have the time necessary
for such difficult work. At pre
sent, we do not have the facilit-
ities to provide the deeper stud
ies and psychological guidance
often needed in such cases. As
the Diocese grows larger, there
may come a day when we will
be able to help our people fur
ther in this way.
BISHOP’S OFFICE
225 Abercorn Street
Savannah, Georgia
December 15, 1964
Dear Beloved in Christ:
Christmas 1964 should be filled with blessed memories
for all of us. The accomplishments of the Second Vatican
Council and especially the implementation of the Vernacu
lar in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass have quickened the
faith of so many. Non-Catholics,, too, are inquiring more
and more about the Catholic Church, and we are greatly
renewed in our spiritual efforts by the announcement that
the Diocese of Savannah ranked first in the rate of conver
sions to the faith in the United States for the year 1963.
Then, too, with tremendous spontaneity, Christians all over
the world are alluding to Our Holy Father, Paul VI, as the
missionary Pope because of his visits to the Holy Land
and India.
The Christ Child comes again and blesses men of good
will. Certainly our country and our Diocese have been
blessed. Most of us have been spared religious persecu
tion; and the tragedy of poverty in our country, in its
worst form, cannot be compared to the awesome
deprivation that exists in so many countries of the world.
Christmas opens up the floodgates of love and prompts all
of us to be generous, even to a fault, in behalf of those
who look for help.
Traditionally, the Christmas collection is applied to
the upkeep of St. Mary’s Home. Your gifts have made
it possible to bring joy into the lives of our children.
Children have a first claim upon us and the response of
our people has always been most magnanimous. Are we
not prompted to be even more generous this special Christ
mas of grace? Do we not feel our love of the Christ
Child reflected in the children of St. Mary’s Home?
Kindly use the envelopes which have been distributed
for this special Christmas collection. A gift of at least ten
dollars is requested from every wage earner. We know
that you will respond with a grateful heart because God
has been so good to all of us.
You and your loved ones will have a special remem
brance in my Christmas Masses.
Imparting to you my blessing, I am,
Devotedly yours in Christ
The Southern Cross, December 17, 1964—PAGE 3
New Ecumenical Affairs
Office Is Ready to Open
WASHINGTON (NC) — The
Missouri priest, named its ex
ecutive director, will open the
office of the new Bishops’ Com
mittee for Ecumenical Affairs
here in January.
Msgr. William W. Baum, vice
chancellor of' the Kansas City-
St. Joseph, Mo., diocese and an
official of ecumenical , and litur
gical commissions there, will
make his headquarters at the
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference.
The committee he will serve
is directed by Archbishop Law
rence J. Shehan of Baltimore.
The six-member body was set
up in mid-November by the
Hierarchy at its annual gener
al meeting, held in Rome be
tween sessions of the Vatican
Council.
Msgr. Baum, 38, is a native
of Kansas City who was ordain
ed in 1951, has made advanced
studies in theology in Rome,
served as parish priest and held
several posts in the chancery.
Since 1959, he has been exe
cutive secretary of the Dioce
san Commission on the Liturgi
cal Apostolate. He was elected
to the board of directors of the
National Liturgical Conference
in 1961 and re-elected in 1964.
In February of this year, he
was named vice-chairman of
the Diocesan Ecumenical Com
mission. He also serves as a
permanent observer consultant
of the Secretariat for Promot
ing Christian Unity, Rome, for
the Consultation on Church Un
ion.
The office Msgr. Baum will
direct has been charged by “the
hierarchy with interpreting the
decree of the Vatican Council
on ecumenism as it affects the
U.S. Church.
Pope Names
Bishop For
Charleston
WASHINGTON (NC) — His
Holiness Pope Paul VI has
named Auxiliary Bishop Ernest
L. Unterkoefler of Richmond as
Bishop of Charleston, South
Carolina.
A native of Philadelphia, Bish
op Unterkoefler was ordained
at Washington, D.C., in 1944.
He was named Titular Bishop
of Latopolis and Richmond Aux
iliary in 1961.
He succeeds Bishop Francis
F. Reh, now rector of the North
American College in Rome.
Q. While we are on this sub
ject, Father, what do you think
of the growing trend of teen
age marriages?
A. Certainly not all of them
can be condemned since there
are those in late teens with
exceptional maturity who are
ready for the responsibilities of
married life. However, most
are not sufficiently mature for
married life. These young peo
ple often find the responsibili
ties and routine of daily mar
ried life just too much to bear.
To teen - agers contemplating
marriage, I would suggest that
they discuss the matter with
their pastor and be guided , by
his advice. It is much better to
wait a few years and then en
joy a happy married life than
to rush into a life of misfortune
for themselves and for their
chidren, who may later be in
Institutional Homes.
Q. Thank you, Father. Is
there anything you would like
to add?
A. Yes, I think it might be
an opportune time to mention
the Christmas and Easter Col
lections which help care for the
dependent children of the dio
cese. This support is needed, if
we are to form the image of
Christ in neglected children.
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