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SERVING 88 SOUTH - GEORGIA COUNTIES
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DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH NEWSPAPER
Vol.48,No. 43
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 9,1968
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FAMILY LIFE, SOCIAL ACTION STRESSED
Diocesan Men And Women, CFM
Meet In First Joint Convention
By Mary Broderick
“What’s needed in the world is love and the place where it is cultivated is in the family,” said
Patrick J. Crowley last Saturday evening at the first joint- convention of the Savannah Diocesan
Councils of Catholic Men and Women and the Christian Family Movement attended by more than
200 people, which had as its theme, “The Family - Community of Love”. “If thousands of families
would teach their children love as we all envision it, what a wonderful change there could be in our
country and in the world!” added Mrs. Crowley.
Speaking at the banquet held in the Callaway Ballroom of the Holiday Inn at Callaway Gardens
(May 4-5), Mr. and Mrs. Crowley of Chicago, who have headed the Christian Family Movement
since its inception in 1949, used as their topic, “Families in the World Today”.
JOINT CONVENTION — Bishop Gerard L. Frey is pictured with (1. to r.) Mrs. Thomas F. Palmer
of Miami, National Director of Province of Atlanta N.C.C.W.; George Gingell, Columbus, President
of Savannah D.C.C.M. and Mrs. P.D. Joines, President of Savannah D.C.C.W. (Brady B. Bynum
Photo)
TWO NEW FLA. SEES CREATED
Miami Raised To Rank Of
A rchdiocese By Pope Paul
WASHINGTON (NC) -
Pope Paul VI has established
a new ecclesiastical province
in the United States with
Miami as the metropolitan
See and the dioceses of St.
Augustine, St. Petersburg and
MAY 18TH
Next week, two men will
be ordained to the priesthood
for service in the Diocese of
Savannah.
Bishop Gerard L. Frey will
ordain the Rev. Mr. Joseph
Patrick Mahon on Saturday,
May 18th, at St. Mary’s
on-th-Hill Church, Augusta.
The Rev. Mr. Robert Brooke
Mattingly will be ordained,
May 18th, at St. Matthew’s
Cathedral, Washington, D. C.
The ordaining prelate will be
Patrick Cardinal O’Boyle.
Son of Mr. and Mrs.
REV. MR. MATTINGLY
Orlando as suffragans.
This division leaves the
metropolitan See of Atlanta
with suffragans at Charleston
Raleigh and Savannah, as well
as the Abbacy nullius of
Eugene A. Mahon, Augusta,
the Rev. Mr. Mahon received
his early education in the
Public School at Jersey
Shore, Pa., and at Sacred
Heart School, Augusta. He is
a graduate of Augusta’s
Aquinas High School and
attended St. Charles College,
Catonsville, Md., and St.
Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore,
where he earned a B.A. and
S.T.B.
The newly ordained priest
will offer his first Solemn
Mass on Sunday, May 19th,
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REV. MR. MAHON
Belmont Abbey, N.C.
The Most Rev. Coleman F.
Carroll, who has been serving
as bishop of Miami, has been
named the first archbishop of
Miami.
Auxiliary Bishop Charles
McLaughlin of Raleigh will be
the first bishop of St.
Petersburg.
Msgr. William Borders,
rector of the Cathedral of St.
Joseph, Baton Rouge, La.,
will be the first bishop of
Orlando.
The Holy Father has also:
-Named Bishop James W.
Malone to be bishop of
Youngstown, Ohio. Bishop
Malone has been apostolic
administrator of
Youngstown.
-Named Msgr. Michael R.
Dempsey to be titular bishop
of Truentum and auxiliary
bishop to John Cardinal Cody
of Chicago.
-Named Msgr. Alfred
Abramowicz to be titular
bishop of Paestum and
auxiliary bishop to John
Cardinal Cody of Chicago.
These actions of the Holy
Father were announced here
by Archbishop Luigi
Raimondi, Apostolic Delegate
in the United States.
The new archdiocese of
Miami yielded part of its
territory to the dioceses of
St. Petersburg and Orlando,
and will now consist of the
following counties: Broward,
Collier, Dade, Hendry,
Glades, Martin, Monroe and
Palm Beach. It will consist of
10,768 square miles with a
total population of 1,588,774
and a Catholic population of
351,319. The archdiocese has
78 parishes, and 145 diocesan
priests and 35 religious
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They emphasized the
importance of husband and
wife exemplifying love and
concern for neighbor since
their children pick up their
attitudes, interests, and habits
by observing them.
Of the need for
communication, the Crowleys
said, “We know the yearnings
that all have for unity in their
lives. Couples need to
communicate and thus
develop dialogue with their
children. Once you have
learned to understand each
other and the children, the
rest comes easy.
“Children from broken
homes have so much
insecurity that it makes us
feel that we should do
something to prevent broken
homes. The method that the
CFM uses is to open our eyes
to what is about us to help us
live in a world of peace and
love.”
Mr. and Mrs. Crowley
stressed participation in the
lay apostolate, saying,
“Accept with joy and hope
and enthusiasm the challenge
that the church has offered to
us as lay people. The church
has given us good leadership
in the official documents. We
must go on ahead! We can do
it together as husband and
wife!”
Dr. Louis Castilian of
Savannah, who with Mrs.
Castilian is president of the
CFM in the Diocese,
introduced the Crowleys as
“two people who genuinely
believe in the brotherhood of
man and who show it by the
way they live their lives.”
Also speaking at the
banquet was Mrs. Thomas F.
Palmer, of Miami, National
Director, Province of Atlanta,
who brought greetings from
the Board of the National
Council of Catholic Women.
She expressed her delight in
having the opportunity to
meet the women of the
Diocese of Savannah “who
are dedicated to the work of
the parish, the community,
and the world”. “If we are to
be the Church in the world
today,” she said, “we must
give testimony to Christ. The
Catholic woman in the
United States must first of all
live her Faith through
personal sanctification; then
go into the market place and
help stem the tide which is
sweeping away moral
structures. This can be
accomplished by your
participation in the Savannah
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women.” Mrs. Palmer was
introduced by Mrs. Norman I.
Boatwright of Augusta, her
predecessor on the National
Board.
The banquet which was
pleaded over by Mrs. P. D.
Joines of Brunswick, DCCW
President, was addressed
briefly by George Gingell of
Columbus, President of the
DCCM. Mr. Gingell observed
that there are many areas in
which the men and women of
the Diocese can work
together. “It’s ridiculous that
we’re striving for the same
things separately,” he said.
“The time has come for
positive mature action
now.. .together!”
Mrs. Cosmos J. Dokos,
President of the Columbus
Deanery Council, welcomed
the guests at the banquet and
her welcome was responded
to by the Albany Deanery
President, Mrs. A. T.
Cyganiewicz.
The evening’s
entertainment was furnished
by Miss Fredye Marshall, a
singing star of international
fame, who began her career in
Columbus, Georgia, where
she was born. The variety of
the numbers on her program
attested to her voice being
the most versatile in the
entertainment world today,
as proclaimed by many music
critics. Her rendition of such
numbers as “Birth of the
Blues”, “Battle Hymn of the
Republic” and “How Great
Thou Art” brought her an
ovation from the audience.
Earlier on Saturday two
concurrent workshops were
held. The one arranged by the
CFM, “Changing Family
Patterns”, was moderated by
Mrs. Edmund B. Anderson of
Savannah, the panel including
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Preer
and Dr. and Mrs. Louis
Castilian of Savannah and Mr.
and Mrs. Hal Davis of
Valdosta. The Very Reverend
Kevin Boland of Savannah
Beach, the CFM Diocesan
Moderator, in his keynote
address at the workshop
asked the group to examine
six changes in family patterns
to see how they affect family
life and their commitment.
These are: TV; working
mothers; the mobility of
families today; amount of
leisure time; medicine which
has caused people to live
longer and retire younger;
and integration. Of the latter
he said, “Although there is
the reality of a divided
America, we must realize
there is one United States in
which we all belong. We must
balance rights with
obligations without being
influenced by color.”
The six changes listed by
Father Boland were
developed by the panel as
they told how they had
affected their lives.
The DCCM workshop on
“Social Action” was
moderated by William T.
Gaudry of Savannah.
Participants were Mrs.
Virginia Barfield,
Administrator-Coordinator of
the Lower Chattahoochee
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DOCTOR AND MRS. LOUIS CASTILIAN (1.), Savannah
C.F.M. leaders, chat with Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Crowley, of
Chicago, C.F.M. couple who addressed convention banquet.
(Brady B. Bynum photo)
INSIDE STORY
Permanent Deacons p 9* 2
No Artificial Peace Pg. 3
School Priorities Pg. 3
Adult Centered CCD Pg. 5
Valdosta Club Honored Pg. 6
2 Ordinations
Next Saturday
MONSIGNOR THOMAS I. SHEEHAN
RETIREMENT ANNOUNCED
Msgr. Sheehan
Resigns Post
A long and devoted service
in the diocese will culminate
on June 15th, when the
resignation of Monsignor
Thomas I. Sheehan as pastor
of St. Joseph’s, Macon,
becomes effective.
Monsignor Sheehan’s
request for retirement was
accepted last week by Bishop
Gerard L. Frey. The Bishop
said, “the diocese owes a
tremendous debt of gratitude
to Monsignor for his tireless
efforts for the Church,
particularly for his work as a
Missionary in the Southwest
Georgia Missions-a territory
he served, so well, for so
many years.” The Bishop also
had high praise for
Mon signor’s service as a
Diocesan Consultor, a post he
has held under three Bishops.
Monsignor Sheehan was
ordained in the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist on May
29, 1930. He served at the
Cathedral in Savannah until
September of that year when
he was assigned as an assistant
at St. Teresa’s, Albany, and
to serve on the Southwest
Georgia Missions.
In July of 1935, he was
named pastor of St. Joseph’s
in Washington and Manager
of St. Joseph’s Home. He
served in this capacity until
July of 1936 when he was
named as the first resident
pastor of St. Augustine’s,
Thomasville.
Monsignor returned to
Savannah in January of 1940
as the first pastor of Our
Lady of Lourdes Church,
Port Wentworth. The Church
there was built under his
supervision. In February of
1945, he was named pastor of
St. Thomas More in Decatur.
It was during his
administration that all the
buildings of the Decatur
parish were erected. Before
he left Decatur, Monsignor
announced that the entire
debt on the parish had been
paid.
In 1957, for outstanding
work as a priest on the
missions and as an
administrator of a large
parish, His Holiness Pope
Piux XII elevated him to the
rank of Domestic Prelate.
Monsignor Sheehan was
named pastor of St. Joseph’s,
Macon in the summer of
1958.
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Father Coleman
Newman Speaker
Very Rev. William V.
Coleman, Savannah Diocesan
Coordinator of the Newman
Apostolate, will explain the
proposed alterations in the
Diocesan structure of the
Newman Apostolate at the
Annual Leadership
Conference.
The conference is being
held this year at Immaculate
Conception Parish Hall,
Dublin, Ga. on Friday and
Saturday, May 10-11.
Registration will be at the
Holiday Inn Friday from
5:30 - 7:30 P. M. There will
be a Social Hour and Dancing
featuring “The Ancestors” at
the Parish Hall at 8:00 Friday
night.
All business will be
conducted on Saturday
morning, with the Leadership
Conference ending with a
Mass of Concelebration at
2:00 P. M., Saturday
afternoon. As Sunday is
Mothers Day week end, this
will give everyone the chance
to be home for Mothers Day.
Two representatives from
each Newman Club of the
Diocese and all Chaplains are
asked to be present.