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Another strong force was
employed in the war on smut
this week in Savannah, when
Solicitor General Ryan laun
ched a crackdown on obscene
literature. This was a cou
rageous move, for there are
sure to be screams of anger
from the purveyors of filth,
charging censorship, and im
posed morality and violations
of free press.
Loretta Young once made a
memorable T-V show depict
ing a mothers’ neighborhood
campaign against the corner
drug store stocking youth
corrupting magazines. Their
picturesque method of protest
was to build a pig-pen on a
busy street corner. When ar
rested for violating the law
forbidding dirty livestock
within city limits, the mothers
pointed out the paradox of out
lawing health hazards while
permitting hazards to morals.
People do seem to have a
greater fear of sickness than
corruption. The same Loretta
Young, evidently a most apos
tolic lay woman, recently ad
dressed a group of Catholic
women about the perils of
indecent liberature and its
harmful effects. She urged
upon them their personal duty
to help clean up news stands
that make this seductive filth
readily available to young
sters.
There are those super
cilious individuals who claim
no connection between the
widespread supply of sexy
publications and increase in
sex crimes. Without resort
ing to authoritative statements
of J. Edgar Hoover and a
parcel of eminent psy
chiatrists, we can check the
man on the street or our own
adolescent experience or
simple common sense to ne
gate their arguments.
A basic study of man’s na
ture provides proof enough
that it takes very little to sti
mulate the sex appetite. A
clever and calculated picture-
story or prose-essay cannot
fail to arouse the passions.
Married men and celibates,
old men, middle-aged men and
adolescents will easily admit
this in a confidential conver
sation. The “baloney” that
some self-styled scholars and
artists have shoved at us about
some pornographic novels be
ing modern-day classics and
indisputable artistry is a
first-class “snow job” and
unfortunately very effective in
perverting standards of mo
rality. And with standards
gone, there is no protection
for the unwary young student.
Many a young man sees no
obvious danger in “Playboy”
stories. Little it is realized
by them that a much more
subtle type of erosion of
Christian idealism regarding
sex is taking place. Repeated
snide remarks about puritan
ical inhibitions can wear away
the fundamental desire for
innocence.
Concluding that the untold
harm to our young is a real
and present danger, each rea
der has an obligation to do
something about the situation.
No one is being asked to picket,
to boycott, to argue or threa
ten. Everyone can sidle up to
the salesman of seduction and
quietly remark at the offen
siveness of the local display
of newstand filth. If said dealer
hears often enough that cus
tomers are disappointed and
displeased, he will surely,
sooner or later, co-operate
to make patrons comfortable
at the magazine rack once
more, free from the feeling
of being filth-splattered.
WM. B. LAIN
Educator Will
Speak Feb. 17
Mr. William B. Lain, As
sistant Principal of Jenkins
High School, will deliver the
third lecture in the JohnXXIH
Memorial Series at Blessed
Sacrament School Auditorium
on Thursday, February 17that
8 P.M.
The topic of Mr. Lain’s
talk will be “A New Way to
Worship”. He will discuss
recent changes in the Church
Liturgy and what changes we
can expect in the future. Is
there more to our English
Mass than changes of rules
and rubrics? How large apart
have Americans played in
these changes? Will the new
look help us in our approach
to God?
A native Savannahian, Mr.
Lain, has attended the Catholic
University in Washington, the
College of William and Mary,
and the University of Florida
Wm. B. LAIN
and Georgia. A veteran of
the Marine Corps, he served
in the local public school sys
tem, both as a high school
teacher and elementary school
principal, before assuming the
assistant principalship at Jen
kins High School in Savannah.
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LECTURE SERIES
‘Science Is Not Enemy Of Bible’
Speaker Tells Savannah Audience
“Science is not the enemy
of the Bible,” declared a Sa
vannah priest at the opening
of the 1966 Diocesan Lecture
Series last Thursday (Feb. 3)
at Savannah’s Blessed Sacra
ment School auditorium.
Speaking before a crowd of
several hundred, the Rev.
Benjamin Werner, instructor
at St. John Vianney Minor Se
minary credited modern
science and an encyclical of
the late Pope Pius XII for
the current high interest, a-
mong catholics, in the Bible.
The first discovery of
science which, he said, gave
impetus to modern biblical
studies, “is in the area of
languages.”
Father Werner pointed out
that until the latter part of the
19th century, scholars, work
ing from Greek biblical ma
nuscripts, had only one source
of knowledge concerning the
Greek language, the text
books of classical Greek.
“They did not know much a-
bout the informal, everyday,
type of Greek in which the New
Testament was written,” he
said. But in the late 19th cen
tury, common, everyday,
business letters, written in
‘Koine’ or common Greek,
were found, which, he said,
shed much light on the voca-
bularyand grammar of some
of the early translations of
the Bible.
The Savannah seminary in
structor also cited among
scientific discoveries which
have contributed t o greater
knowledge of the Bible’s real
meaning, cuneiform letters
and documents, ancient Ca-
naanite writings, recent dis
coveries of age-old histories
of the ancient near-east peo
ples, and other startling ar
chaeological discoveries.
“In Egypt,” he said, “cha
riots, pottery and artifacts
have been found, and through
the method of ceramic chro
nology. . .have been dated.
The New Testament pools of
Bethsaida, which John spoke
about, have been dug up in the
very spot the evangelist in
dicated.”
Among the most ancient dis
coveries which both corobor-
rate Biblical history and have
heightened interest in Biblical
studies, Father Werner said,
are the fortifications of Solo
mon which were uncovered at
Tel el Ful. “They have been
found to be just as describ
ed in the ancient books,” he
said.
According to Father Wer
ner, scholars, using docu
ments discovered within the
last century, “have been able
to pinpoint the march of the
Babylonian armies on Jeru
salem as March 16, 597 B.C.”
The true meaning which the
human authors of the books
of the New Testament meant
to convey have been made
much clearer within the last
twenty years, he declared,
citing the 1947 discovery of
the “Dead Sea Scrolls” as
the most important discovery
in recent years” in the field
of biblical exegesis.
These scrolls constitute, he
said, “the first large body of
Palestinian literature from
the period after the Macabees
to before the fall of Jerusalem
that is useful in providing
us with the kind of Hebrew
Robert A. DeShay, senior
at St. Pius X High, Savannah,
is one of 250 outstanding Ne
gro students named as win
ners of four-year college
scholarships in the second
National Achievement Scho
larship Program.
The son of Mrs. Eloise
E. DeShay, Robert plans to
major in Chemical Engine
ering. Editor of his school
newspaper, he was secre
tary of his class when a soph
omore, president as a junior.
Judge of the Student Court,
DeShay, is also chairman of
the Debating Committee.
The 1966 AchievementScho-
lars come from 34 states and
The election of certain offi
cials was held by the Carme
lite Nuns last Friday, Fe
bruary 4th, at which His Ex
cellency, Most Rev. Thomas
J. McDonough presided, as
sisted by Right Rev. Monsig
nor Andrew J. McDonald and
Reverend Kevin Boland.
Those elected to office are:
Sister Joseph of the Imma
culate Conception, Sub-Prio
ress; Sister Carmela of the
Precious Blood, First Coun
cil Sister; Mother Magdalen
of Jesus, Second Council Sis
ter and Sister Louise of the
Infant Jesus, Third Council
Sister. The newly elected
will hold office until July 2nd,
1968 when the tenure of office
of the present Prioress, Rev.
Mother Angela of the Eucha
rist will terminate.
The transfer last November
of two Nuns - Sister Teresa
of Jesus and Sister John of
the Cross - from the Car
melite Monastery of Louis-
and Aramaic being written
during the lifetime of Jesus,
and these findings have given
us some texts of the bible
which are many hundreds of
years older than the previous
ly known Greek and Ethiopic
translations.”
He noted that in the past
the Bible has constituted a
barrier between Protestants
and the Catholic Church, but
maintained that it has now
the District of Columbia.
Their scholarships, \ which
range in size from $250 to
$1,500 per year, depending on
the student’s need, may be
used at the accredited col
leges of their choice. Last
year’s Achievement Scholars
are now attending 100 dif
ferent colleges.
Over 5,600 candidates for
the 1965-66 Achievement Pro
gram were nominated by 1,«
550 secondary schools, public
and private. All candidates
were, in the judgement of their
school officials , among the
most outstanding Negro stu
dents in their areas. Win
ners were chosen from a group
of 1,029 Finalists.
ville, Kentucky brings the
number of members in Sa
vannah Carmel to eleven. The
other Nuns of the community
are: Sister Regina of Jesus
Crucified, solemnly profess
ed and three temporary pro
fessed, Sister Therese of the
Queen of Carmel, Sister Pa
trick of the Mother of God
and Sister Andrew of the Eu
charist.
The Carmelite Nuns are a
strictly cloistered community
whose principle aim is a life
of Prayer and Penance joy
fully offered to God in the si
lence and solitude of their
cloistered monastery.
Intimately united and iden
tified with Christ in His re
deeming love of mankind, the
Carmelite is spiritually pre
sent to all the needs of the
Church and indeed, the needs
of the whole world. The uni
verse is her concern. Daily,
hourly Christ’s work of love
continues through her as she
become a unifying factor a-
mong all Christians.
Until recently, Father Wer
ner said, “Protestants be
lieved the Church, itself, was
also a source of revelation.
“Now, Protestants see that
the Bible was, indeed, handed
down orally through the Chris
tian people - the Church -
and catholics see that all doc
trines can ultimately be, more
or less, traced back to the
Bible.”
He quoted Fr. YvesCongar,
Dominican scripture scholar,
as saying, “There is not a
single dogma which the Church
holds by Scripture, alone, nor
a single dogma which it holds
by Tradition alone.”
An example of the unifying
and ecumenical effects of bi
blical studies among both Ca
tholic and Protestant experts,
Father Werner cited the re
cent honor accorded Dr. Lu
ther A. Weigle, Dean Emeritus
of the Yale School of Divinity
and an ordained Lutheran
clergyman, who has been
named by Pope Paul VI to
a Knighthood in the Order of
St. Gregory the Great, one of
the Catholic Church’s highest
honors and one usually given
only to Catholics.
The Savannah priest called
the recently published catho
lic edition of the Revised Stan
dard Version (King James
version) of the Bible “a great
factor in creating mutual un
derstanding among catholics
and Protestants.”
prays and immolates herself
for the world’s redemption in
the silence of the cloister.
The Carmelite’s “apostolic
awareness” is in a particular
way directed toward the area
in which she lives. . .the dio
cese in which the Carmel is
situated. The hopes and am
bitions of the Bishop, the
priests and the religious of
the savannah Diocese are
ceaselessly recommended to
God by the Carmelite Nuns
in their many hours of mental
and vocal prayer. This pray
erful solicitude is extended
to everyone in the diocese as
weU and the Nuns welcome
petitions or special requests
for remembrance in their life
of prayer and penance.
Special requests for pray
er may be sent at any time to:
The DiscalcedCarmeliteNuns
Carmelite Monastery
Coffee Bluff,
11 West Back St.
Savannah, Ga. 31406.
ACHIEVEMENT
DeShay Winner
Of Scholarship
BISHOP PRESIDES
New Officials Elected
At Carmelite Monastery
PAGE 6—The Southern Cross, February 10, 1966
Obituaries
* Miss cassie Gertrude Hueber of Augusta, January 6th.
* S-Sgt. Samuel P. Giffard of Columbus, died in Viet Nam.
* Mrs. Vivian Logue Barnes of Augusta, February 2nd.
* Miss Mary Joy Hogan of Savannah, February 2nd.
* Salvatore Risafi of Augusta, February 3rd.
* Miss Marguerite Toshach of Savannah, February 6th.
Necrology
* Rev. Stephen Sheridan, Februay 15, 1857.
* Rev. John J. Kennedy, February 18, 1957.
Bishop Visits Ft. Benning
Bishop Antullio Parilla Bonila of Puerto Rico, visited Ft.
Benning on Thursday, Feb. 3rd, and was celebrant of a Ponti
fical Mass in Spanish. This provided the Spanish speaking
with an opportunity to attend Mass in their own language.
4th Degree Initiation
Approximately 50 members of the Knights of Columbus from
the Savannah area will be initiated into the Fourth Degree on
Saturday, Feb. 26th. The degree will be held at Blessed Sacra
ment auditorium and will be under the direction of William
I. Jordan, Jr., Atlanta, Master of the Georgia District, De-
Soto Province. Nicholas I. Stafford, Savannah, will help cor-
dinate the Degree.
Attend Forum
A number of students from Pacelli High School, Columbus,
made a trjp to Atlanta to participate in the Barkley Forum.
They participated in categories of debate, interpretive reading,
oratory, newscasting and extemporaneous speaking. The stu
dents were Gail Morley, Jan Weisenfeld, Jackie Harrison,
John Wake man, Carol Busch, Katie Hennessy, Barbara Blake,
Cathy Henderson, Connie Campbell, Barbara Gilbert, Greg
Moore and Mike Brennan.
Knight Of Month
Joseph M. McDonough has been named Knight of the Month by
Savannah K. C. Council 63L McDonough is Financial Secretary
of the Council.
Day Of Recollection
Ladies of the Altar and Rosary Society of St. Joseph’s Church,
Waycross will observe a Day of RecoUection, Sunday, Feb. 20.
Conferences and devotions will be held in the Church. Rev. John
Mercer, S.M. will preside.
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