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JOHN BENEDETTO AND PAUL HOINOWSKI, Mt. de Sales Spirit Parishes, respectively, and of Boy Scout Troop 10, led by
High School students, leave Macon for a 3,000 mile bicycle trip Robert Hurley Jr.
to Winnipeg, Canada. They are members of St. Joseph and Holy (Photo by Fred Matthews.)
LEFT JUNE 7 ON 3000 MILE TRIP
Two Macon Youths Plan To
Pedal To Winnipeg, Canada
By Grace T. Crawford
Knight Newspapers
Staff Writer
John Benedetto and Paul
Hoinowski may make
bicycle history.
The two Mt. de Sales High
School students left Macon at
10 a.m. June 7 on Georgia
7 4, their 10-speed
English-type bicycles loaded
with 29 pounds of “bare
necessities.”
Their destination is
Winnipeg, Canada, a distance
of nearly 3,000 miles.
If their calculations are
correct, they should arrive in
late July. They plan to spend
about a week with John
Benedetto’s great uncle,
Henry Schwarz in Winnipeg,
then head back, coming to
the East Coast, with a
stopover in Maine. The final
lap of the trip will be made
by bus, with the bicycles
shipped by rail.
John Bene detto,
15-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Benedetto of 256
Vista Circle, Macon, was
telling how it all came about.
The idea started with merit
badges in bicycling, which the
boys earned in Boy Scout
Troop 10 by riding 25 miles
to Dames Ferry and back. “It
was fun,” John said. “Then
we began to think about
longer trips - riding around
Georgia, up the East Coast to
Maine, and we finally said,
‘Why not Canada? That
would really be something.’ ”
Paul Hoinowski, a
17-year-old upcoming senior
at Mt. de Sales, acknowledged
that his mother, Mrs. Joseph
Hoinowski, “is not too keen
on the idea,” although his
father thinks it is “great”.
“And I am very excited about
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FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Sav. Parishes Support
Financial Aid Program
The Reverend Ralph E.
Seikel, Superintendent of
Diocesan Schools, announced
last week that, as of June 5,
1971, one hundred eight
Catholic students in Savannah
«iad applied for financial aid
to attend either Benedictine
or St. Vincent’s High Schools.
He is presently in the process
of notifying these students as
to whether or not they are
eligible for aid; and, if so the
amount of their grants.
The Financial Aid
Program, established last year
as a pilot program for ninth
graders by the pastors of
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Savannah’s Catholic
Churches, was expanded this
year to include Catholic
students in all four years of
high school. The Savannah
parishes have collaborated to
establish a fund of
$18,000.00 from which
financial aid will be offered
for the next school year.
The Financial Aid Program
is operated in conjunction
with the School Scholarship
Service of Princeton, New
Jersey.
To apply, a student’s
parents must complete and
submit a Parents’ Financial
Statement to the School
Scholarship Service which, in
turn, analyzes the statement
and notifies the Diocesan
School Office what the
family’s adjusted effective
income should be, as well as
the amount the family should
be able to pay towards
tuition.
Utilizing these figures
and adjusting the School
Scholarship Service table of
grants to correspond to the
money available, the
Diocesan School Office is
provided with an objective
figure by which to apportion
the financial aid, Father
Seikel said.
Of the 108 students to
apply thus far, Father Seikel
indicated that 22 would be
ineligible to receive any aid
this year.
Thus far, the students
eligible for aid are from the
following parishes: Blessed
Sacrament - 24; Cathedral - 1;
Nativity - 9; Sacred Heart -
11; St. Anthony’s - 3; St.
Benedicts’s - 13; St. James -
10; St. Mary’s - 15.
Students who applied for
aid but are ineligible to
receive it this year come from
the following parishes:
Blessed Sacrament - 3;
Cathedral - 2; Nativity - 4;
Sacred Heart - 0; St.
Anthony’s - 0; St. Benedict’s
-4; St. James - 6; St. Mary’s -
1; St. Michael’s - 2.
5,000,000 PAKISTANIS
Urgent Appeal Issued
For Aid To Refugees
WASHINGTON (NC) - The president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops has appealed to U.S.
CAtholics to contribute generously to an effort to combat the outbreak of a cholera epidemic among Pakistani
refugees in India.
In a letter to all U.S. bishops, Cardinal John Dearden of Detroit said that nearly “five million refugees from East
Pakistan have poured” into eastern India as a result of the unrest in Pakistan. The cardinal said cholera has affected
thousands of the refugees and there is a real possibility that an epidemic may result.
The cardinal suggested “a
special collection would be
appropriate” but if that is not
feasible, he asked for
donations to the United
States Catholic Conference
through the various dioceses.
The cardinal said as soon as
the refugee emergency
developed, Catholic Relief
Services (CRS), overseas aid
agency of U.S. Catholics,
deployed additional staff
members to Calcutta to
combat the emergency with
food and cholera vaccine.
Bishop Edward E.
Swanstorm, CRS executive
director, the cardinal said,
discussed the situation with
Pope Paul VI “a few days
ago” in a private audience
and reported the Pope
expressed hope that Catholic
and other Christian relief
agencies “continue to help
alleviate the agony of the
refugees.”
“The magnitude of the
problem, however, now far
exceeds the present resources
of CRS,” Cardinal Dearden
wrote. He said “funds are
simply not available” in the
budgets of the United States
Catholic Conference at this
time, in making his appeal for
a generous response from
U.S. Catholics.
The magnitude of the
problem, however, now far
exceeds present resources of
C.R.S. The Conference, as
such, cannot provide
assistance in this situation
because funds are simply not
available in its budgets. I am
certain, however, that if our
Catholic people were
provided in some way with an
opportunity to be of
assistance, they would gladly
do so. It has been suggested
that a special collection
would be appropriate. If this
is not feasible, then any other
donation you might care to
make will surely be welcome.
In this way we will all be able
to respond in some measure
to the extreme need of these
people.
The U.S. government,
which is itself providing some
assistance to the refugees, is
willing to help voluntary
agencies such as C.R.S. in
transporting food and
medicine to the needy. I
might note that C.R.S., with
representatives in both India
and East Pakistan, is in a
particularly good position to
be of service in this crisis, if
the means are provided.
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Milton Berle Honored
MORAGA, Calif. (NC) - Milton Berle, named to receive the
1971 Genesian award of St. Mary’s College here, suggested that
retired Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen might have nominated him.
The comedian quipped that he and the archbishop “had the
same sponsor-Skychief.” He recalled it was Archbishop Sheen
who replaced him when he was known as Mr. Television on the
old Texaco Hour during the 1950s. Berle added that the
archbishop “had better writers than I - Mark, Luke, John, etc.”
Ban Upheld
TEL AVIV, Israel (NC) - Israel’s Knesset (parliament) voted
to retain the present law making homosexual relations a crime.
An attempt to modify the law to permit homosexual relations
between consenting adults in privacy was made in a private bill,
by Knesset member Uri Avneri.
Groppi Jailed Again
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (NC) - Milwaukee activist priest Father
James Groppi and six other persons were arrested here June 14
as they attempted to disrupt graduation ceremonies at Yale
University. The demonstrators, numbering more than 350, were
supporting the university employees’ union, which has been on
strike for seven weeks, demanding higher wages and pensions.
ACTION SIMPLIFIES RULES
Pope Moves For Quicker
Marriage Case Decisions
The cardinal said the U S.
government, which is
providing some assistance to
the refugees, iis “willing to
help voluntary agencies such
as CRS in transporting food
and medicine to the needy.”
Following is the text of
Cardinal Dearden’s letter:
As you know, a tragedy of
almost unparalled
proportions has arisen on the
eastern borders of India
during the past two months.
Nearly five million refugees
from East Pakistan have
poured into the area and vast
numbers of them are without
food or shelter. Now cholera
has affected many thousands
of the refugees and a real
possibility exists that the
disease will spread to Calcutta
where one million people live
in the streets. Should this
happen, an uncontrollable
epidemic will surely result.
As soon as the emergency
developed Catholic Relief
Services deployed additional
staff to the Calcutta area to
provide food for a large
number of people and
likewise has flown cholera
vaccine into the area. A few
days ago, the Holy Father
personally expressed to
Bishop Swanstrom, in private
audience, his hope and
concern that Catholic and
other Christian relief agencies
continue to help alleviate the
agony of the refugees.
VATICAN CITY (NC) -
Pope Paul VI has issued
sweeping new changes to help
expedite the backlog of
marriage cases pending before
the Church courts around the
world.
In a new document the
Pope attempts to simplify the
rules for hearing cases in
which the validity of a
marriage is questioned and
for time-consuming appeals
to higher courts.
The document, called a
motu proprio (of his own
accord), which means the
Pope issued it on his own
authority and not necessarily
with the advice of others, was
released at a Vatican press
conference June 11. It
becomes effective Oct. 1 in
all Church courts “until the
new Code of Canon Law is
published.”
The code has been
undergoing revision since the
time of Pope John XXIII and
is still years away from
completion. In the meantime,
Pope Paul apparently wanted
to initiate a program to
expand the number ol
Church courts in order to
speed up decisions.
By increasing the marriage
tribunals and giving them
more authority to render
final judgments, marriage
cases can be settled faster.
An expert in canon law
said the new norms issued by
the Pope “continue to
guarantee the sanctity of the
bond of marriage, but provide
for a speedy first trial and
empower lower diocesan
tribunals to rule against
needless appeals which could
drag on for years.”
While safeguarding justice,
the new norms cui through
the red tape of sending an
appeal on to a neighboring
tribunal or even to the
Vatican. This will still be
possible, but only if the
defender of the bond (the
attorney appointed to defend
the validity of the marriage)
or one of the parties can offer
fresh evidence.
As a result of these norms,
it is possible that persons
receiving a favorable
judgment that a previous
marriage is null could remarry
10 days after the verdict.
Highlights of the motu
proprio are:
-All current conditions
necessary for questioning the
validity of a marriage remain
unchanged.
Marriage trials may be held
in more places.
-A marriage court may be
established with two priests
and one layman or simply
one priest as judge. The
former law demanded three
qualified priests.
-A qualified woman is
allowed to act as a notary for
the trial. This is an unheard
of precedent in Church
tribunals, but it is obviously
an effort to utilize women
competent in canon law.
-Appeals for a new trial
can be speedily quashed
unless “new and grave
arguments are readily at
hand.”
-Valid documents showing
a person was not free to
marry under the Church’s law
are sufficient evidence to
nullify a marriage without a
trial.
The motu proprio enlarges
the choice of locales where a
case may be heard. The
former law specified this
would either be where the
marriage was contracted or
where the person being sued
- the so-called convened
party - had a residence.
Now the trial can be held
where the largest number of
participants are now living. In
an age of people on the move,
this can be most helpful
toward a speedy trial. This
means the trial could take
place in another city or even
another country if, for
instance, the majority of
witnesses are present there.
The convened party is free to
object to the new locale.
Perhaps the biggest reason
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Pakistan Emergency
Contributions for the emergency anticholera
vaccine program for East Pakistan refugees in India
should be sent to:
Catholic Relief Services
Pakistani Refugee Emergency Fund
Empire State Bldg.
New York, New York 10001