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PAGE 6—i I: tu rn Cross, December 17, 1964
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(By Herbert J. Wellmeier) /
Putting our diocese of Savan
nah in the national spotlight, is
the startling statistic and proud
achievement of being first in
the country in converts in pro
portion to Catholics. This cer
tainly makes all Georgians hap
py, because the daughter dio
cese of Atlanta, now our metro
politan see, is in second place,
so our state took top honors.
The actual number of over
four hundred, while pleasing,
leaves much potential ahead.
Surely more than just four hun
dred of our mose than 30,000
Catholics can attract, influence,
and win over to the faith one
or more of their acquaintances.
While conversion is the work of
the Holy Spirit upon an in
dividual’s soul, God does de
pend or at least make use of
human instruments.
It is a further unquestionable
fact that the laity has oppor
tunities and spheres of influ
ence not open to clergymen.
Consequently, the increase in
the - conversion rate is depen
dent on the conscientious efforts
of our Catholics in all walks of
life. This applies no less to
teen-agers than adults.
Good example is as far as
any teen-ager admits his obliga
tion goes in convert - making.
But unassuming, unforced and
casual religious discussions, gen
tle invitations to join in attend
ing services or inquiry classes
and willing informed answers
to honest questions are other
available avenues of apostolic
spade work in harvesting great
er crops of conversions.
Good example can not be
played down. Untold detriment
can be caused by rowdy sports*
manship, scandalous partying
underage drinking, and public
overfamiliarities. This is not a
conjecture, but statement of
fact from eyewitness testimony.
Behavior reflects religious train
ing to the ultimate credit or
harm of the church. People do
judge our faith on the lives of
practitioners. The stream of
converts is poisoned and dam
med up more by name-only
non-striving Catholics than by
all the abuse, ignorance and
lies poured forth by our arch
enemies.
Ask yourself, Master or Miss
CYO-er. Have you influenced
one friend to lean toward Cath
olicism? If not, why?
The appeal for your efforts is
not just to keen up our average
or to help the sum soar, but to
do the work God expects of
you. Everyone is a missionary.
Everyone given the gifts of
faith is expected to spread it.
It’s up to you, sir! New Year’s
resolution number one!
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BISHOP THOMAS J. McDONOUGH is pictured
with the cast of “Tobiki Democratic”, an adaptation
of the Teahouse of the August Moon, presented last
Saturday evening at St. John's Seminary.
OBSERVANCE LAST SATURDAY
Seminary Marks 5th Anniversary
Saint John’s Seminary in Sa
vannah, this week, marked its
fifth anniversary. Guest of hon
or at the celebration was Bish
op Thomas J. McDonough,
founder of the seminary.
The celebration opened with
Bishop
To Ordain
Trappists
H i s Excellency, Bishop Mc
Donough wil ordain three Trap-
pist monks this week.
One will be ordained to the
Priesthood at Our Lady of the
Holy Ghost Monastery, Conyers,
Georgia, on Friday. Archbishop
Paul J. Hallinan, of Atlanta is
unable, because of illness to
conduct the ordination.
On Saturday, Bishop McDon
ough will go to the Trappist
Abbey of Our Lady of Mepkin
in the diocese of Charleston, S.
C., to ordain two monks to the
Subdiaconate.
Charleston has been without a
Bishop since the former Ordi
nary, Bishop Francis F. Reh
was named Rector of the A-
merican College in Rome.
Mass said by the Bishop on Sat
urday. The student body res
ponded to the liturgy with new
English hymns under the direc
tion of Father John Fitzpatrick,
the seminary music director.
At a banquet, held in his hon
or, Bishop McDonough asked
the students to share in his
gratitude to God for the almost
miraculous success of the
school. He related to them the
early history of the seminary
and called it “the unique glory
of the Diocese of Savannah.”
High point of the week end’s
celebration was the presenta
tion of a play, Tobika Demo
cratic, an adaptation of the
Teahouse of the August Moon.
Under the direction of the Rev
erend John Fitzpatrick and the
Reverend Joseph Stranc, the
Don Bosco Players amazed
their audience with the maturi
ty they brought to their roles.
The lead in the play was
Steven Seyfried of Valdosta.
Supporting leads were Michael
MacKrell of Savannah and John
Scherer of Augusta. Supporting
roles were played by Bobby Mc
Cormack of Albany and Robert
Dodson of Warner Robins. Also
featured in the play were the
following: Bill Barrett, Kevin
Castro, Pat Farr and Jimmy
Mvhand of Augusta, Robert
Kabler of Albany. Mike Dillon,
Robert Dillard, Tim McDonough
of Savannah, Mike Topping,
Philip Lotti of Warner Robins.
Chris Gregor of Glynco, Carl
Wiliams of Macon, Leonard
Fickhoff of Whitehaven, Tenn.,
and Robert Cushing of Jackson
ville. Frank Candalisa of Co
lumbus did an Oriental war
rior’s sword dance.
The stage crew was headed
by Father Stranc. His assistants
were: John Rhodes, James
Faughnan of Augusta, Sam Hal
ter of Valdosta, Norbert Lain.
Donald McLendon. Scottv Paul,
Mike MacKrell, Lee Pourciau,
James Overstreet of Savannah,
Carl Williams, Bill Cramer of
Macon, Mark Everson of Alba
ny, Richard Boyle of Toms Riv
er, New Jersey, Randy Abrain
of Columbus, Chip Boyet of
Nashville, Ga. School artists,
Robert McCormack of Albany
and Frank Candalisa of Colum
bus worked with Father Fitzpa
trick in designing the set.
Too Many Use Council As
“Freeway To Criticize”
BOSTON (NO—Richard Car
dinal Cushing of Boston com
plained too many persons today
are using the Second Vatican
Council as a “freeway to critic
ize the Catholic Church.”
Before the annual meeting of
the New England unit of the
National Catholic Educational
Association, the Cardinal refer
red to an article in a national
magazine (Saturday Evening
Post), written by a Boston Col
lege alumnus who was once an
altar boy for the cardinal.
Cardinal Cushing did not
name the author (Edward R. F.
NATIVITY SCENE of Gra,des 1 and 1A of St. Teresa's School, Albany. Part of
the program at the December meeting of St. Teresa’s P.T.A.
Pope Receives Congo Premier,
Ignores Communist Protests
VATICAN CITY (NO—Ignor
ing the demands of the Italian
communists, Pope Paul VI au-
dienced the Congo’s premier,
Moise Tshombe, and voiced a-
gain an urgent appeal for peace
in that troubled African nation.
The day before, the commu
nist news paper, L’Unita, had
called on “democratic and anti
colonial forces to mobilize a-
gainst the slaughterer’’ and to
prevent Tshombe from setting
foot in Rome.
Communist leaders protested
Tshombe’ visit to the Pope af
ter the Catholic premier had
announced his request for such
a visit before leaving Leopold
ville (Dec. 8).
Though the Vatican had not
yet made an official announce
ment of the audience when the
communists protested 1 , L’Osser-
v a t o r e Romano unofficially
pointed out that the Pope could
not refuse since normal diplo
matic relations exist between
the Holy See and the Congo.
“And besides,” the Vatican
City daily added, “this visit of
fers the Holy Father occasion
to renew, in a more direct and
compelling way, his urgent and
heartfelt appeal for the pacifi
cation of the troubled Congolese
nation, especially dear to him
because of the number of Cath
olics there and the grave ob
stacles standing in the path of
this country so young in inde
pendence.
“The pacification Pope Paul
envisions is one founded on re
spect for justice and the norms
of humanity, and the harmoni
ous attempts by its citizens to
heal the wounds both ancient
and recent and to assure me
common good in liberty and or
derly progress.”
Rome’s daily H Messaggero
asked in an editorial why the
communists had not denounced
the recent tragic slaughter in
the Congo of “men and women
devoted to the service of God
and the Gospel mission of char
ity and assistance (who were)
killed unarmed, except for their
Faith and their vocation to sac
rifice.”
The same evening they dem
onstrated in downtown Rome,
causing disturbances which re
sulted in the arrest of two and
detention by police of 82 oth
ers. Their protest was aimed at
both the papal audience and the
expected government reception
of the Congolese premier the
same day. The latter did not
materialize, however.
Sheehan) but said the story por
trayed the Catholic Church in
ferment.
The author “has a facility for
writing and a nice personality’’
and “he would go places if he
took a positive approach to the
Church rather than rehashing
everything critical that has been
said,” the cardinal said. The
story is typical of many ap
pearing in both the religious
and secular press today, the
prelate added.
“Actually,” said Cardinal
Cushing, “the ecumenical coun
cil was an opening of the win
dows, a throwing back of the
roof to display the Church in
all its glories.”
Christmas
Program
At Albany
First and second graders
opened the Christmas program
for parents and teachers at the
December meeting of the St.
Teresa P.T.A. in Albany. A
choral reading of the Nativity
scene, according to St. Luke,
and a song and dance combina
tion highlighted the lower grad
es’ program.
The eighth grade, under the
direction of Sr. Mary Benedict,
principal, sang “0 Holy Night”,
“Angels We Have Heard”,
“White Christmas”, “Birthday
of a King’’, and “The Drummer
Boy”.
Climax of the program was
the lighting and blessing of the
Christmas tree by the Rev.
Marvin J. Le Frois, pastor of
St. : Teresa’s. This impressive
ceremony was from a “Christ
mas Eve Program for the
Home”, including readings from
the Roman Book of Saints and
from the Gospel of St. Luke.
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VIETNAM 'COPTER PILOT
Had Two Reasons
For Thanking God
by Father Patrick O’Connor,
Society of St. Columban
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
SAIGON — Capt. Bob Hackett
had extra reasons for thanking
God at Mass on Sunday, Dec. 5,
in Soc Tran in South Vietnam’s
delta.
On the previous day two of
the three armed helicopters he
had flown in action, down Ca-
mau way, had been hit by com
munist Viet Cong fire. Each
time he had been able to fly
back to the Camau airfield.
He was flying at about 400
feet over communist positions
when one of the rocket pods at
tached to his helicopter was hit
and went on fire. In his pilot’s
seat he heard a shout from his
crew chief, Spec. 5 Clifton R.
Bedell of Portland, Me. Glanc
ing back, he saw Bedell step
ping down through the open
door to put both feet on one of
the helicopter’s skids.
Holding on to a seat belt sec
tion with one hand, the crew
chief released the burning rock
et pod with the other. It was
just in time to save the “chop
per’’ from being blown up by
the exploding rocket. Bedell
climbed back into the ship.
Out of 23 armed “Hueys’’ —
Hu-13 helicopters — under Hac-
kett’s command during the day
long operation, 13 were hit. One
ship took 11 hits. But none
crashed, and none of the crew
members were seriously wound
ed.
One helicopter piloted by Hac
kett got a bullet in a rotor
blade. “We could feel the vibra
tion caused by the hole and
when we landed at Camau we
saw what it was,” he said.
There seemed to be no means
of repairing the damage there.
But then WO Jerome Daly,
from Long Branch, N.Y., saw
another serviceman chewing
bubble-gum. “Give me that
gum,” he begged. It was sticky
and gooey, but he plugged the
hole in the rotor blade with it.
Then he pasted adhesive pl^to'
over it. It worked.
Jerry Daly, also a helicopter
pilot, had likewise reason to be
thankful at Mass the next day.
Capt. Hackett is an alumnus
of St. Mary’s parish school,
South Amboy, N.J., and of West
Point. He is a platoon com
mander in the 121st U.S. Army
Aviation Company.
Columbus
Christmas
Program
A Christmas Program and
Party was held by the members
at the regular monthly meeting
of the Knights of Columbus
Auxiliary in Columbus.
Christmas games were play
ed and there was an exchange
of gifts among the members.
Christmas decorations were ar
ranged by Mrs. Lee Allen.
Members voted to help three
needy families for Christmas
with food and a toy for the lit
tle children of the family.
1
Program Chairman, Mrs.^W.
Dokos, encouraged all meiB^s
to attend the January meeting
as the program would be Litur
gical Music, which she said,
should 1 be very beneficial as
well as enjoyable.”
Mrs. Robert Cuniff was ac
cepted into the Auxiliary as a
new member.
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