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,SAV. DIOCESE REPRESENTED
PAGE 7 — The Southern Cross, July 1, 1971
National Right To Life
Committee Holds Meet
The Second Annual
Meeting of the National Right
to Life Committee was held
June 11-13 at Macalester
College, St. Paul, Minn. Mrs.
Eugene V. Smith of Savannah
represented the Diocese of
Savannah and the Savannah
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women at the meeting.
Highlighting the weekend’s
activities was the Saturday
night keynote address by Fr.
Charles Carroll of the
Episcopal Diocese of
California, Chaplain at the
University of California
Medical Center, San
Francisco. Fr. Carroll
expressed the fear that we are
witnessing the move from the
voluntary to the mandatory
in areas of abortion,
sterilization, euthanasia, etc.
Budgetary concerns seem to
be the governing factor,
according to Fr. Carroll, and
he told the assembled group
of his real concern over the
definition of death when
considered in the context of
organ transplants. He noted
that the medical profession is
moving slowly from use of
the word “dead” to use of
the words “virtually dead”
when speaking of a patient
who is to be an organ donor
upon his death.
Fr. Carroll stated that, in
his opinion, the consequences
of the permissive policies of
our society could be
disastrous. As an example of
the hysteria-reaction which
can be put in motion, he
mentioned the irrational fear
of an apocalyptic disease
Jc threat which can lead people
n to try to eliminate the
disease-bearer instead of the
disease.
Speaking on the
ramifications of cloning, or
the reproduction through
laboratory techniques of an
exact genetic type, Fr. Carroll
posed the question, “Is the
clone a human being
deserving of due process
under law?” One reply to this
question which Fr. Carroll
had heard quoted said,
“There will be no problem.
We’ll just keep the clones in
j ‘cold storage’, so to speak,
and deny them any claim to
humanity.” This is the type
of thinking which is
becoming more and more
prevalent in the world today,
and it has been stated by Dr.
James D. Watson,
Nobel - prize - winning
biochemist who was
co-discoverer of the DNA
heredity molecule, that
within a year a scientist will
conceive a baby in a test tube
and successfully place it
inside a woman who will bear
the child.
“We cannot expect men to
respect life at one end of the
scale and deny respect at the
other end. Mankind must
devise an end to war, or war
will devise an end to
mankind,” Fr. Carroll went
on. In conclusion, he said,
“Man is a unique creature of
a Creator God. If we take
seriously the fact that man is
made in the image and
likeness of God, then we
denigrate no man.”
The welcome was extended
on Friday evening by Mr.
Thomas St. Martin, President,
Minnesota Citizens
Concerned for Life, the host
group, and by Mr. Juan Ryan,
President, Minnesota Citizens
Concerned for Life, the host
group, and by Mr. Juan Ryan,
President, National Right to
Life Committee.
Also included in the
agenda were the report of the
Board of Directors, NRLC; a
report on the legal
implications of the Vuitch
decision in Washington, D.C.;
highlights of legislative
developments as presented by
Michael Taylor, Executive
Secretary, NRLC; a workshop
on an effective government
relations program; a panel
discussion on the 1971
legislative sessions by
Minnesota state legislators;
and a discussion of special
tactics including mandemus,
referendum, and
constitutional amendments.
On Saturday afternoon, a
program on state organization
was presented by the
Minnesota Citizens
Concerned for Life. This was
followed by a series of
workshops on various specific
topics of state organization.
Next, the entire group
reconvened to hear Mrs.
Louise Summerhill, founder
of Birthright, Inc., speak on
her activities with that
organization. She stressed the
fact that Birthright is an
organization of concerned
volunteers dedicated to
serving women who have
unplanned or unwanted
pregnancies. Its specific aims
are to offer emotional and
practical support on a
one-to-one basis; and to offer
a referral service to enlist the
aid of such experts as
physicians, psychiatrists,
By Eleanor Collini
If you are interested in
attending some Theological
discussions, making a retreat,
or just getting away from the
ordinary everyday things,
then I know just the place.
But you’ll have to wait until
next year when another
Theology Seminar will be
held at Belmont Abbey in
North Carolina. This year 62
attended, 9 of these from the
Diocese of Savannah.
Now perhaps I’m a little
partial to the Benedictines
and that’s why I enjoyed the
atmosphere of this seminar so
much, but I think it is more
so because nowadays there
seems to be so much talk
about prayer that when you
really feel the prayerful
atmosphere at the Abbey and
hear the talks, then you begin
to feel a peace that’s a little
different from everyday
experience. For me it’s
refreshing to get away from
life at home and at work to
make a retreat once in a
while.
There was a Mass each day
especially for the people
attending the seminar but we
were invited to attend the
Benedictine Monks’
social workers, and
clergymen, as well as
community services which
support a woman through her
pregnancy. Mrs. Summerhill
strongly urged that birthright
centers be started in every
community on an ecumenical
basis.
Following Mrs.
Summerhill’s presentation,
th e Catholics present
participated in a Mass
celebrated by Rev. James T.
McHugh, Director of Division
of Family Life, United States
Catholic Conference.
On Sunday morning a
discussion of public relations
methods and their application
to the abortion issue was
presented by Martin Ryan
Haley, member of a New
York public relations firm,
followed by a communica
tions media panel discussion.
Concluding the agenda was a
presentation of model
education programs. These
included high school and
college programs (SOUL,
“Save Our Unwanted Life”, a
college student movement in
Minnesota); the role of
advertising; and adult
education, presented by Dr.
and Mrs. John C. Willke, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, authors of
“Handbook on Abortion”.
The Wil Ikes’ program
included a slide and film
presentation.
Conventual Mass. For me that
was the highlight of my few
days there -- to hear the
Priests and Brothers sing in
their Community Mass and
take part with them in
singing, also in saying the
Office with them, gave a
unique flavor to this seminar.
Meeting again many of the
Benedictines who formerly
worked in our Diocese, and
who are natives of Savannah,
was a pleasant experience
also. And of course there
were other “fringe benefits to
this trip - like the beauty of
the grounds and surrounding
countryside; being able to use
the indoor pool, tennis
courts; the delightful meals;
and the southern hospitality
of the persons responsible for
the arrangements.
Those attending the
Belmont Abbey College
Theology Seminar June 8—11
from the Diocese of
Savannah: Father William
Leahy; Sister Mary Gerald
Wells, C.S.J.; Sister Aloysius
Marie Hatch, C.S.J.; Sister
Camille Collini, C.S.J.; Sister
Brigid Buttimer, R.S.M.;
Sister Helen McCreary,
R.S.M.; Sister Lillian
Quadrella, R.S.M.; Mrs. Agnes
Gilchrist; Eleanor Collini.
WARNER ROBINS
Miss Hoffman
A T BELMONT
Theology
Seminar
Mr. Ryan urged each
delegate to return to his own
state prepared to give support
to existing state orhanizations
or to bring about their
formation. He stressed that
efforts should be directed at
legislative action.
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Day Observed
Before closing for the
summer vacation, Sacred
Heart School, Warner Robins,
proclaimed a Miss Hoffman
Day” to honor retiring
teacher, Miss Agnes Hoffman,
who has taught at the school
for the past twelve years.
Bom in Scotia, New York,
Miss Hoffman is a graduate of
New York State College for
Teachers. She Taught in the
New York public school
system before deciding on a
career in military service.
Since 1959, when she
retired from the Air Force as
a lieutenant colonel, Miss
Hofftnan has donated her
full-time professional service
to Sacred Heart School.
She will be missed by
students, faculty, and friends,
but as she will still live in
Warner Robins, it is hoped
that her association with the
school will continue.
The National Catholic
Association has accorded Miss
Hoffman national recognition
for distinguished service to
Catholic education in its
annual Merit Award program.
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FIRST COMMUNION CLASS of St. Teresa of Avila parish, Augusta, are shown here with Sister
Camille, Principal; Father Thomas Payne, Pastor; and Mrs. Dale Clark, Instructor.
GRADUATES OF ST.MICHAEL’S PARISH SCHOOL, Savannah Beach pose with their pastor, Fr.
Terrence Kernan, and Sister Paulette, Principal. (Photo by Bob Ward)
BELMONT THEOLOGY SEMINAR. Seven of the nine Savannah diocese participants at recent
theology seminar at Belmont Abbey, North Carolina are shown with Father Jude Cleary O.S.B. (1)
and Father Paul Milde O.S.B. (2nd from right). They are (front row) Sr. Mary Gerald Wells C.SJ.;
Sr. Aloysius Hatch C.S.J.; Sr. Camille Collini C.SJ.; Fr. William Leahy. (Back row) Eleanor Collini;
Sr. Brigid Buttimer R.S.M.; Mrs. Agnes Gilchrist.
MISS AGNES M, HOFFMAN, retiring teacher at Sacred Heart School, Warner Robins, is presented
an appreciation plaque. The presentation was made by Gregory Kosater and Marguerite Marshall,
both nine-year veterans of the school. Also in the picture is Sister Mary Ignatius, school principal.
T"^S LIBERTY
\.J ... JUSTICE ..
THE TELEOLOGY OF WORK
By Fr. Wl LUA M P DOW LI NC
What is the intrinsic,
natural, purpose of work? Is
it a punishment, a necessary
evil, or is it a good in itself?
To bring meaning and
mental health to his patients
the noted Vien nese
psychiatrist, Dr. Viktor E.
Frankl perfected a system of
goal formation and work,
which he calls logotherapy.
He maintains that in order to
stay healthy we must be
working toward the
attainment of some
significant goal. A man with
no incentive to work is a sick
man. Happily accepted work
is as necessary for good
health as food or water.
We should not view work
as a punishment; nor should
we, in our 20th century
society of abundance, impose
work, like St. Pau 1 did, as a
condition for eating.
Work is so closely
connected with achievement
that in most cases here on
this earth it cannot be
separated, the one notable
exception being the act of
contemplation in which the
greatest achievement is
attained without any work.
Therefore in most cases work
must be considered a healthy
good to be sought by all, not
only for the achievement of
its objective but also for the
health of the person working.
The healthy well adjusted
person has a natural inbuilt
incentive to seek work. A
man who has no incentive to
work is physically,
emotionally or socially sick.
A mature, socially adjusted
person, will enjoy work and
will work, unless he is forcetf
not to work, or coerced into
work whose objective does
not coincide with his personal
life objective.
The most satisfying, most
creative and most valuable
kinds of work cannot be
imposed, but must be
discovered.
Much valuable creative
work is not taking place
because our economic system
and our outmoded teleology
of work coerce many of our
most talented people into
lives of well paying drudgery;
while the unemployed starve
to death waiting for the
opportunity to do what the
former hate to do.
Work should not be a
punishment, nor should it be
a normal condition for
survival itself. Work should
not be primarily for self gain.
Gainful employment is good,
but the primary purpose
should be the general
prosperity of the whole
community. Individual gain
should come secondarily, and
more from a common sharing
in the general prosperity.
What we need is an
economic system that
provides abundant
opportunity for work, that
makes work free, and enables
a man to give up an
unsatisfying job to someone
else who would be happy
doing that work so that every
man can do his best with the
maximum of freedom. Such a
system would almost have to
include a guaranteed
adequate income for all
citizens.
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