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Vol. 50 No. 11
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1969
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AT SAVANNAH ANDMACON
Workshops For Religion Teachers Mar. 15-16
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The Department of
^Christian Formation will
represent it’s first Diocesean
^Workshops for Religion
ii;i teachers in Savannah at Saint
$: John’s Center, Grimball Point
SrRoad, Saturday March 15 and
j:j: in Macon at Saint Joseph’s
$:School, 830 Poplar Street on
•i-jSunday, March 16.
:$ The Most Reverend Gerard
:j|L. Frey, Bishop of Savannah
ijjiand sponsor of The
^Department of Christian
Formation, will celebrate the
|:j:E u c h a ristic Liturgy in
jivSavannah. The worship
•^service will culminate a day
igof continuing education in
•^celebration, formation, and
^■information.
Commenting on the
*: workshops, Bishop Frey said,
*:“The teaching apostolate is
$:one of the most vital and
•x important areas of activity in
•ijithe Church today. CCD
§ teachers share in a very real
APRIL 19-20
SISTER LUCY
sense in this apostolate. It is
essential that they take
advantage of every
opportunity offered to
increase their knowledge and
effectiveness as teachers.
Towards this end I would like
to encourage as many as
possible to attend the
DCCW -DCCM
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Convention Set
“To Be or Not To Be” has
been chosen as the theme of
the 30th Annual Convention
of the Savannah Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women
to be held April 19-20 at the
DeSoto Hilton Hotel in
Savannah, it was announced
by SDCCW President Mrs. H.
F. Gallman. This year’s
meeting will be a joint
convention with the
Savannah Diocesan Council
of Catholic Men who will
hold concurrent sessions.
The convention will open
on Saturday, April 19, with
registration in the lobby from
10 A.M. to 2 P.M. for DCCW,
and from 1 to 2 P.M. For
DCCM. From 2 to 3 P.M.,
DCCW will hold a business
meeting in the North
Ballroom, while DCCM
conducts a board meeting in
the South Ballroom, to which
all men are invited.
Following these meetings,
the two groups will jointly
attend a workshop consisting
of a panel discussion followed
by a question and answer
period, to be held in the
North Ballroom from 3 to
4:30 P.M. Father John
Cuddy, Pastor of St. James
Church, will be the
moderator of the panel,
which will have as its theme
“The Value of Life”.
Panelists for this workshop
and their topics are: Mr. and
Mrs. Dan O’Leary “Family
Life, Old Age and
Euthanasia”; Dr. Edgar
Filson-“Abortion and Birth
Control”; Miss Michelle
Robertson-“The Positive
Contribution of Teenagers”,
stressing examples from the
lives of the Saints; and Msgr.
Andrew J. McDonald-“The
Intrinsic Value of Existence
As Opposed to Non-exis
tence.”
On Saturday evening at
7:30 P.M., the DCCW and
DCCM will again meet in the
C&S Ballroom for the
convention banquet, which
will have as its guest speaker
Archbishop Thomas J.
McDonough, Archbishop of
Louisville, Ky., and former
Bishop of the Diocese of
Savannah. Following the
banquet, Father Fred J.
Nijem, moderator of St. Pius
X High School, and a group
of nuns from St. Francis
Convent, Savannah, will
present a musical program
featuring a medlev of
popular show tunes.
Bishop Gerard L. Frey,
Bishop of the Diocese of
Savannah, will be the
celebrant of the 8:30 A.M.
Mass on Sunday, April 20, in
the Cathedral of St. John the
Bapt ist, which will be
attended by members of the
two groups. 'This will be
followed at 9:30 A.M. by a
breakfast meeting for DCCM
in the North Ballroom. All
men attending the convention
are invited. Guest speaker at
this meeting will be Mr.
Richard Dement from
Headquarters of the National
Council of Catholic Men in
Washington, D.C., and the
meeting will be adjourned at
12 noon.
Also following the Mass,
the DCCW has scheduled a
brunch and business meeting
to begin at 10 A.M. in the
Harborview Room of the
DeSoto Hilton Hotel. Guest
speaker at the brunch will be
Mrs. E. P. Faust, National
Director of the National
Council of Catholic Women
from the Province of Atlanta.
The Convention will be
adjourned at the close of this
meeting.
INSIDE STORY
Thomasville Unity Pg. 2
W. Robins Day Care Pg. 7
Columbus Accreditation Pg. 8
Augusta Jubilarians Pg. 8
one-day workshops for
religion teachers being
conducted at Saint John’s
Center, Savannah and Saint
Joseph’s School, Macon 15
and 16.”
Sister Lucy, who is
coordinator of the workshop
says the program expressed
the goals toward which it is
hoped the workshops will con
tribute in teacher formation.
The Program says: “We need
teachers who have studied
and lived Christianity on an
adult level and are willing to
take up the search anew with
students.”
All religion teachers,
priests, and interested
Christians are welcome at the
one-day workshops which
will begin with registration
(10:00 a.m. in Savannah and
10:30 a.m. in Macon) and
closes at 3:30 p.m. with
worship.
The opening benediction
will also celebrate
Eucharistic Liturgy.
the
BISHOP FREY
on Saturday will be given by
Father Lawrence Lucree,
Pastor of the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist. At the
Macon workshop, hosted by
Monsignor John D. Toomey,
the benediction will be given
by Father Michael Smith who
Sister Lucy, a staff
member of the Department
of Christian Formation will
give the welcome and talk on
“Christian Formation”. Sister
Lucy received her bachelor’s
degree in theology and
education from Marquette
University, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. She did graduate
work in pastoral theology at
Loyola University in Chicago
and is presently in a Master’s
program at Pius XII Religious
Education Center which is
affiliated with the University
of Detroit.
For two years Sister Lucy
taught Kindergarten in
Cincinnati, Ohio. She taught
elementary school for nine
years in Russellville,
Kentucky where she was
principal for six years. She
also has done mission work in
summer schools of religion.
The Glenmary Sister was
POPE AND PRESIDENT exchange gifts during their recent meeting at the Vatican, with Secretary
of State William Rogers at left. On the table is the ceramic robin the Pope received from President
Nixon. (NC Photos)
DR. HERBERT RATNER
Noted Lecturer To Speak
In Augusta On March 18
Augusta’s St. Mary’s
on-the-hill parish will sponsor
a lecture by Dr. Herbert
Ratner, consultant in
marriage and medicine to the
Family Life Bureau of the
United States Catholic-
Conference, on Tuesday
evening, March 18th. The
lecture is scheduled for 8:00
p.m. in the school"
auditorium.
Dr. Ratner, a dynamic
lecturer - sometimes
controversial and always
interesting - has chosen as his
subject “The Pope - Ahead of
or Behind the Times.” The
public is cordially invited to
attend the lecture.
Dr. Ratner received his
elementary education in the
public schools of New York
City and did his university
work at the University of
Michigan where he received
his B. A. 1929 and M. D.
(1935) degrees and did
graduate work in
bacteriology, public health
and nutrition.
SISTER AMALIA
catechetical coordinator for
five counties in southwest
Virginia before coming to
Georgia where she is an area
worker in religious education.
Sister Amalia, R.SM will
discuss “Art in Christian
Formation”. Sister is an
experienced elementary
teacher who long ago realized
the role of art in the life of a
Christian man. For years
Sister initiated artistic
expressions in the schools
where she has taught. Using
the Liturgical Year as a
recurring theme, she has
gained ever new inspiritation
from the life of Christ and
the Church and invited
students to share in her
insights and express their
own.
Now teaching art full time,
at Saint Ann’s School, Holy
Family Parish in Columbus
Georgia, and a Sunday School
teacher at Holy Family
Parish, Sister will share with
teachers some reflections on
the possibilities of art in
Christian education.
She received her bachelor
of Science degree at St. Agnes
college, Baltimore, Maryland.
She studied art at the
Maryland Institute of Art;:-:;
Baltimore, C a t h o 1 i eg:;
University of America and::-:;
Cardinal Stritch College,g-
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
She has taught art at Mt.
St. Agnes College and hasg;
conducted art workshops forg:
teachers. Wood burnings andgi
water colors done by Sister
Amalia are in private homes
and convents and St. Agnes
College. ijij
O ther speakers for the
program are Father William
A. Daglish whose topic is
“Media on Christian gi
Formation’ and Sister Mary g:
Grace who will conduct a g:
session on “Music in Christian
Formation.” , :g
To facilitate plans for the g:
luncheon, those planning to g:
attend the workshops are jg
urged to send i n ig
pre-registration blanksig
appearing in this newspaper. :g
BAPTISTS, LUTHERANS OBJECT
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Protests Follow
Nixon Statement
On Vatican Ties
DR. HERBERT RATNER
Michigan he was on the
faculty of the Department of
Bacteriology and the
Department of Internal
Medicine, and received his
clinical training at their
University Hospital.
Following this he was
appointed a Senior Member
of the Committee of the
Liberal Arts of the University
of Chicago by Dr. Robert M.
Hutchins (1937-1940). He
held the post of Director of
student Health at Loyola
University (Chicago) from
1942 to 1950 and was made a
member of the Department
of Public Health and
Preventive Medicine of the
Loyola University School of
Medicine in 1942 where he
now holds the rank of
Associate Clinical Professor.
Dr. Ratner is also the
full-time Director of the Oak
Park, Illinois, Department of
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A statement by President
Richard M. Nixon at a White
House news conference last
week concerning possible
U.S. diplomatic ties with the
Vatican has stirred opposition
from the Baptist’s Joint
Committee on Public Affairs
and the Lutheran Council in
the U.S.A. Both groups have
delivered protests to the
White House. In addition,
similar expressions of
disapproval were issued
individually by the presidents
of three major Lutheran
bodies that are associated in
the Lutheran Council.
The President’s remarks
concerning possible future
relations between the Vatican
and this country came in
response to a question at a
news conference (March 4)
on whether the United States
might send an envoy to the
Vatican as a permanent
representative.
“That possibility has been
considered by the State
Department and by me
because we have been
concerned that we should
have the very closest
consultation and discussion
with the Vatican,” Mr. Nixon
replied. He said he has not
yet determined whether this
can be achieved “based on
the present facilities that are
available,” and so the
question of an envoy is still
under study.
Two days later, leaders of
eight Baptist denominations
with more than 20 million
members urged Nixon not to
send a permanent U.S. envoy
to the Vatican.
The Baptists Joint
Committee on Public Affairs
asked the President to keep
Vatican - U.S. relations on a
“flexible and informal” basis
instead of appointing a
permanent diplomatic
representative.
The Committee told
Nixon it recognized the
importance to world peace of
maintaining open lines of
communication to such an
important global listening
post as the Vatican, but said
formal diplomatic relations
with the headquarters of the
Roman Catholic Church
would not be “consistent
with the American model of
church-state relationships.”
On March 7, the Lutheran
Council in the U.S.A., in a
telegram to the White House,
said “we want to register in
the strongest terms our
opposition to any such
representation” to the
Vatican.
The telegram, signed by
the Council’s general
secretary, Dr. C. Thomas
Spitz, Jr., stressed that the
participating bodies* of the
council “have historically and
consistently protested all
formal relationships between
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HEADLINE
HOPSCOTCH \ t
DIOCESE
C.Y.O. Convention
Father Herbert J. Wellmeier, Diocesan Director of Youth, has
announced that the annual C.Y.O. Convention will be held
shortly after Easter at an undetermined site. Announcement of
the convention city will be made within the next few weeks.
Father aho says he would welcome any suggestion as to theme
or speakers. His address is 1306 Ellis St., Augusta.
Youth Unrest
VATICAN CITY (NC) — German Minister for Economic
Affairs Karl Schiller, in a wide-ranging conversation with Pope
Paul VI, expressed the opinion that a mistrust of civil authority
is behind the unrest of modem youth. Pope Paul, who received
the German statesman while he was on an official visit to the
Italian government, had asked what he thought was causing the
unrest among today’s young people. According to a
well-informed source, Schiller replied: “The main criterion is
the credibility or lack of credibility of civil authority.”
Synod Prepares
ROME (NC) — The committee of presidents of national
bishops’ conferences that was charged with readying the agenda
for next October’s meeting of the Synod of Bishops has
concluded its four-day working session in Rome. The permanent
secretary of the Synod of Bishops, Bishop Ladislaw Rubin from
Poland, told NC News Service at the end of the session that the
synod would probably last from two to three weeks. He also
said that although the committee had concluded its own work
of sifting suggestions of the synod’s participants, the secretariat
of the synod must continue the work of preparing for the
synod.
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