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PAGE 6—The Southern Cross, March 4, 19<65
(The following is the first of
a two part article reprinted from
THE ANGLICAN DIGEST).
For a long time I have been
dissatisfied with the climate of
our boy-girl relationships among
our youth, and have had a feel
ing that something was not
right — a feeling, despite the
splendid record of service and
academic achievement which
our young people have attain
ed, and despite the obvious se
riousness of purpose and depth
of understanding many of them
demonstrate — that there is
something wrong with the frame
work within which boy-girl re
lationships are built, that some
thing is wrong with the atmos
phere in which boy meets girl
and the girl responds to boy.
The matter was clearly focus
ed for me by the recent w r ords
of a Boston juvenile judge who
said, “We have emancipated im
maturity.” You see what he
means: we have freed a gener
ation to make decisions it is
not mature enough to make;
we have given our youth too
much freedom too soon.
MACON
Look with me at some of the
evidence. Take dancing, for ex
ample: the extreme dances we
see are not dirty or indecent,
but nevertheless they are sug
gestive and often immodest, and
being so they let down the bar
riers that separate unmarried,
sexually mature men and wom
en, and they weaken the re
straint which should character
ize relationships between such
people. Some of us can behave
without the barriers of modesty
and distance, and some of us
can’t. To assume that our junior
high and high school youth are
ready for boy-girl relationships
without built-in controls is to
assume a maturity they simply
do not possess. Even for those
who can behave, the boy-girl re
lationship is tarnished by ex
cessive emphasis on the physi
cal with the result that other
aspects or dimensions of the
relationship disappear.
Boy must be with girl, and it
was ever so; but the purpose
and function of their attraction
is to be found in companionship
and shared interest, in the mu
tual exploration of the whole
world ,of ideas around them, in
discovering the realities of life
found in art and politics, in eco
nomic and social order, in philo
sophy and history, in world com
munity, in language and litera
ture — all things where people
mature and help others mature,
and where a sharing of feelings,
attitudes, and ideas can bring
depth and growth and satisfac
tion to a boy-girl relationship.
(Continued next week)
Activities Planned
By de Sales Alumnae
The winter meeting of the ML
de Sales Alumnae Association
was held at McAuley Hall (Ma-.
con), with Miss Mary Astumian,
president, presiding.
Plans for future fund raising
activities were presented and
discussed. Proposal for a fash
ion show on March 19th was ac
cepted as the next Alumnae
project. Miss Mary Astumian
and Mrs. John Walsh volunteer
ed to serve as committee chair
men to work out the necessary
details.
Since this day is the feast of
St. Joseoh and the Lenten regu
lations are dispensed for St. Jo
seph’s parish, it was agreed this
would be the most opportune
time to stage such a show.
Tickets will be $1.25 per per
son and refreshments will be
served. More information will
be available at a later date.
The spring meeting of the
Alumnae is scheduled for April
8th and all members are urged
to attend. Plans will be finaliz
ed at this meeting for the alum
nae booths at the May festival
Committees will be appointed
and specific responsibilities allo
cated at this meeting. Volunteer
workers will be most welcome.
EDUCATIONAL
Mercy Sisters
Hold Meeting
Sisters of Mercy, Province of
Baltimore, held their tenth Ed
ucational Conference at Mount
de Sales Academy, Macon.
This meeting of the Georgia
Unit was a repeat program of
meetings already held in Balti
more, Maryland, and Mobile,
Alabama.
Sister Mary Cleophas, R.S.M.,
president of Mount Saint Agnes
College, Baltimore, and chair
man of the meeting, presided
over the Conference which
chose the study of the race
problem as its specific goal.
In the absence of Mother Ma
ry Regina, R.S.M., Mother Gen
eral, Mother Mary Stella Maris,
R.S.M., Vicar General, gave the
keynote address, “The Spirit of
Mercy and Ecumenism”. Spe
cial emphasis was given to the
importance of studying the pro
ceedings of the Second Vatican
Council which is in the process
of defining the role of the
Church in the modern world.
Treating the topic, “The Ne
gro Woman”, guest speaker,
Sister Maria Mercedes, New
York Vocation Director of the
Franciscan Handmaids of Mary,
addressed the assembly. She
pointed out through various ex
amples of her personal experi
ences the fact that “every black
woman must walk in the shad
ow of the cross simply because
she is black.”
Referring to her recent visit
to Mobile and her present stay
in Macon, Sister Maria Merced
es stated that she can go home
in New York understanding
more about the race problem in
the South.
Rev. William E. Calhoun, St.
Joseph High School. Atlanta.
celebrated Holy Mass at 11:00
a.m. This was followed by lunch
in the cafeteria.
At the afternoon session, a
panel discussed the topics of
Civil Rights and Integration. On
the panel were Msgr. John D.
Toomey, pastor, St. James
Church, Savannah; Mrs. J. P.
Wotodhall, Macon; Mr. R. J.
Martin, principal, Ballard-Hud-
son High School, Macon; Sister
M. Gemma, S.B.S., St. Peter
Claver School, Macon; and Rev.
William F. Calhoun.
Msgr. Toomey pointed .out the
danger of one person in a city
holding out on the Civil Rights
Bill. He also added that in spite
of the publicity given to anti-
integration movements, there
are a large number of people in
Georgia who are trying to find
out how they can help make the
Civil Rights law work. He
stressed the importance of full
knowledge of the law and all its
titles.
“Integration is a bad word
that stirs emotions and clouds
men’s thinking” observed Fa
ther Calhoun. For the Christian,
however, it should mean a prin
ciple and a plan. He cited the
Book of Genesis and St. Paul
which witness respectively to
the fact that God created all
things and that the Son of Man
came to redeem all men. “Ev
ery man,” he continued, “de
serves our personal commit
ment.”
Concluding the Conference,
Sister Mary Cleophas read a
message to the Sisters from
Mother Mary Carlotta, R.S.M.,
provincial of the Baltimore Pro
vince, who was in Rome attend
ing the ceremonies in which
Archbishop Lawrence J. Shehan
of Baltimore was elevated to
the rank of Cardinal.
OF THE NEl
JOSEPH'S
OSPITAL
SIGN MARKING SITE of new St. Joseph’s Hospital
(Savannah) was erected Monday afternoon. Pic-
itured L. to R. Sister M. Victor, R.S.M., Sister M.
Bonaventure, R.S.M., Sister M. Cornile, R.S.M., Sis
ter M. Gonzaga, R.S.M., Sister M. Sebastian, R.S.M.,
Sister M. Martin, R.S.M., Sister M. Loyola, R.S.M.
MODERN EDUCATOR’S PROBLEM
Crucial Question Is Not What
Obituaries
• James Jones of Augusta, February 26th.
• John Joseph Dellasega of Swainsboro, February 26tb.
• Carl Marlon Schweers Sr. of Augusta, February 27th. ^
• Miss Leila R. McDonough of Savannah, February 27th.
• Mrs. Kay Frost of Columbus, February 25th.
• Mrs. Francis J. Baker of Atlanta, February 11th.
Marriages
• Miss Jean Anne Freel of Savannah and Mr. Alvin Dee Straub of
New Harmony, Ind., February 20th in St. James Church, Savan
nah.
• Miss Georgia Alberta Burgess of Brunswick and John Fred Cash-
ion of Asheville, N.C., February 20th in St. Francis Xaxler
Church, Brunswick.
• Miss Mary Catherine Daniels of Savannah and Mr. John Thomas
Looney of Hyattsville, Md., February 27th in the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist, Savannah.
Necrology
• Rev. Robert F. Kennedy, March 12, 1930.
St. Anthony’s P.C.C.W.
To Teach, But When To Teach It
Mrs. E. B. Anderson, Deanery President, and Mrs. W. P.
Schneider, Chairman of the Foreign Relief Committee, spoke at the
February meeting of St. Anthony’s (Savannah) Parish Council of
Catholic Women. The Council at St. Anthony’s is in it® first year of
operation and the officers visited to outline projects and programs
The crucial question today
seems not to be what to teach
students, but rather when to
teach it, Catholic parents were
told last week in Savannah.
The Reverend John Cuddy,
Diocesan Superintendent of
Schools was the fourth and last
speaker in the lecture series
“Education and The Catholic”.
“The changes that are taking
place in our curriculum content
of our schools are remarkable.
We find ourselves faced with
the acute problem of preparing
our children for life in a world
that is not only highly competi
tive but also potentially explo
sive,” Father Cuddy said. “If
our nation is to remain the
strong, great land it has always
been, our young people’s minds
must be trained to their fullest
potential.’’
Father Cuddy described the
fantastic pressure that “has
been placed on secondary and
elementary schools by schools of
higher education to expose their
students to subjects, both in
general background and depth,
that at one time were consider
ed beyond their reach until they
grew more mature.” He said
that the result is that “We see
mathematics, the natural sci
ences, foreign languages and
English stressed as they never
have been stressed before.”
The Savannah educator said
that those in the field of educa
tion were finding themselves
trying to determine the best
way to teach what they knew
they must teach. “In an attempt
to arouse students’ interest to
the point where he will use his
talents fully, schools are now
using all kinds of visual aid ma
chines and unusually attractive
texts,” Father Cuddy said.
He continued, “Here, as with
so many problems that educa
tors try to solve, the flaws in
one technique often prompt a
rejection of that technique in
favor of another until it is dis
covered that the new technique
has even more intolerable flaws.
The result? Back to the old
technique! Education, today, has
become quite a complicated un
predictable process.”
Father Cuddy classed the
“Shared Time” program as one
of the new trends in education
currently being conducted in
communities in thirty-five stab
es. This program calls for stu
dents to attend their local Cath
olic high school to take courses
such as religion, history and
english. Then to attend a local
public high school to take more
technical courses like mathema
tics, physics, chemistry, home
economics and mechanical draw
ing. “The student ends up spend
ing half his school day in the
Catholic school, and the other
Father Felix Donnelly, chair
man of the Diocesan Music Com
mission reports that:
1. Benediction of the Most
Blessed Sacrament may be giv
en totally in English.
2. The High Mass may be
sung in English.
3. The Communion Hymn now
prescribed at Low Mass may be
omitted if so desired.
“In the recent Instruction on
the Liturgy it is noted that the
entire body of the faithful
should take part in the singing
of the Mass, and that the mu
sic should not be left to a choir
alone. For this reason regular
sung Masses should be simple,
with only parts sung by the
choir alone.” Father Donnelly
half in the public school,’’ he
said.
“The main advantages of ‘the
Shared-time’ program is that it
enables students in small Catho
lic schools to take courses now
feasible for only large public
schools to offer; that it should
enable the Catholic school to
serve all Catholic students part
of the day instead of just some
of them all day long; and that
it brings Catholic and public
school students and parents in
to close contact with one anoth
er, thereby creating a warmer,
more united! community,” Fa
ther Cuddy continued.
Although no “shared - time”
program exists in Georgia at
said.
The following English Masses
have been approved by the Dio
cesan Music Commission. Oth
ers will be approved as request
ed. No English Mass should be
used until it is approved by the
Diocesan Music Commission.
Approved thus far:
Masses contained in the Peo
ple’s Hymnal; English Mass by
Robert Snow; Mass for Chris
tian Unity; English Mass by
Dom Gregory Murray; English
Mass by Father John Seiner;
as No. XVI with English words.
Members of the Diocesan Mu
sic Commission are: Father
Lawrence Lucree, Father George
James, Father John Fitzpatrick,
Father Arthur Weltzer, and Fa
ther Felix Donnelly, chairman.
CHANGES ANNOUNCED
English Music
For High Mass
• the present time, Father Cuddy
would not be surprised to see
such a program in the relative
ly near future. This would come
about, he feels if the present
federal aid to education bill,
presently in Congress becomes
law.
“Another administrative change
that is taking place in our
school system centers about the
layteacher,” Father Cuddy said.
“When Bishop McDonough first
came to our Diocese in the 1956-
57 school year, our elementary
schools were educating 6,100
students by means of 117 sis
ters and 33 lay teachers. Now,
in this 1964-65 school year, we
are educating 7,800 students by
means of 127 sisters and 90 lay
teachers! On the high school
level, during that same period,
our enrollment jumped from 1,-
100 to 1,650; our sisters, from
27 to 35; our brothers, from 8
down to 6; our lay teachers,
from 10 to 43; and our priests
from 13 to 21.”
of the N.C.C.W.
Science Fair Winners
Winners of the Science Fair at St. Mary’s on-the-Hill, Augusta,
were announced at the February meeting of the Home and School
Association. Tommy O’Rourke, 7th Grade; Ricky Bowles, 6th Grade;
John O’Rourke, 1st Grade. A color film showing the work of the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in fields of education and nurs
ing was shown.
Sacred Heart P.C.C.W.
William B. Lain, Jr. reviewed the book “My Name Day —
Come for Dessert” by Helen McLaughlin at the monthly meeting of
Sacred Heart Parish Council. An afternoon of recollection was plan
ned for March 5 immediately preceding the First Friday Mass at
Sacred Heart Church. Mrs. F. G. Cliett, Sr., Spiritual Development
Chairman, is handling arrangements.
FOR LENT: A NEW LOOK
LENT BEGAN WEDNESDAY. IT’S TIME FOR PRAYER.
SELF-DENIAL, A NEW LOOK at ourselves ... Am I getting
fat? Six hundred million children
Father Cuddy said that “the
obvious conclusion to be drawn
is that the lay teacher is now
an integral part of our school
system. She or he is no longer
regarded as a good substitute
whom we use until we are sent
another sister. The layteacher
is now viewed as essential to
the well - rounded, complete
school program, with the qualifi
cations and dedication all the
teachers in our system must
have.”
The Holy Father’s Mission Aid
for the Oriental Church
in the world are suffering from
hunger, disease, lack of education,
or all three. You see tiny tots
sleeping on the streets like animals
in Bombay, Calcutta, and other
cities in India . . . Children are
the most frequent victims of lep
rosy. Only one in twelve is being
cared for, even though leprosy can
be halted, sometimes cured, for
pennies a day! . . . The faces of
children (covered with scabies,
An additional conclusion in
volves priest teachers Father
Cuddy continued, “When Bishop
McDonough first came, there
were no secular clergy teaching
on a daily basis in our second
ary schools. Now, there are
eight such priests. The impera
tive need for more priestly vo
cations in Georgia stands out
more clearly than ever when we
see the demand for priests in
new positions as well as in
their traditional parish posi
tions.’’
ringworm, ulcers) brought tears to
the Holy Father’s eyes in India. The children he saw there
never get enough to eat . . . The question to ask this Lent:
Am I getting fat? Blessed as I am with more than I need to
live, how keen is my Christian conscience? Do I really caijgj
about the poor? . . . The Holy Father asks the world to sacrifi^
for the poor. Because the poor are Christ’s—and we are, too
—let’s deny ourselves for them . . . Do without what you do not
need this Lent, and send what you save to us. We’ll send it to
the Holy Father. He’ll use it for the poor, where it’s needed
most!
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Q FEED A REFUGEE FAMILY. For only 33e a day ($10 a.
month) you can feed an entire family of Palestine refugees
in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan or the Gaza Strip. As a token
of our thanks (for each $10 gift) we’ll send you an Olive
Wood Rosary from the Holy Land.
□ ORPHAN’S BREAD. That’s what we call the $l-a-month
club ($12 a year) which provides rice and wheat (milk and
eggs on Easter) for orphans and abandoned children
cared for by native Sisters. Like to join this club?
□ TRAIN A NATIVE SISTER. For only 41c a day make it pos
sible for a poor girl in India to give her life to God. Her
training lasts two years, costs $300 altogether ($12.50 a
month, $150 a year). We’ll send you her name, she will write
to you, and you may write to her.
□ SEND US YOUR MASS INTENTIONS. The offering for a
Mass supports a native priest for one day.
□ STRINGLESS GIFTS. The Holy Father will use the gift you
send “no strings attached” where the need is most acnte.
What will your Lenten gift be—$5,000, $1,600, $100, $75,
$25, $5, $2?
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TAKING PART in the Sisters of Mercy Education
al Conference are speakers, standing left to right,
Sister Maria Mercedes, Mother Mary Stella Maris,
R.S.M., Sister Mary Cleophas, R.S.M., chairman,
and Sister Mary Felicitas, R.S.M,, program coordi
nator. Panelists, seated left to right, are Rev. Wil
liam E. Calhoun, Msgr. John D. Toomey, Mr. R. J.
Martin, Sister Mary Gemma, S.B.S., and Mrs. J. P.
Woodhall. (George W. Currey Photo)
FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, President
Msgr. Joseph T. Ryan, Nat'! Sne'y
Sand alt commanlcations to:
CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION
330 Madison Ave. at 42nd St. Nnw York, N. Y. 100)7