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PAGE 8—The Southern Cross. August 5,1971
D.C.C.W. Notes
by Marianne Richardson,
Diocesan Vice-Chairman, PR
The following letter was
sent to Mary Kay Persee, who
forwarded it to me, as it is for
all the Savannah DCCW
members.
Dear Members of the
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women,
We thank you most
graciously for your very
generous gift - a check to the
amount of $1,000.
Our Lord told us:
“Whatsoever you do to the
least of my brethem, you do
unto Me.” Here we have a
perfect example of Christian
ladies ' living a Christian
commitment of loving
concern for their less
fortunate brothers.
God is pleased with your
concern for our children and
your kindness in helping us to
give our children a joyous
childhood -- something they
would not otherwise have if it
weren’t for beautiful people
like you.
We are most grateful and
ask God to reward you as
only He can.
Thanking you again, we
are,
The Sisters and Children of
St. Mary’s Home TEAM
TRAINING INSTITUTE I
reported to you in May that
the location for one of the
thriteen team training
institutes scheduled between
mid-August and early
November will be Athens,
Georgia. We are most
fortunate to have an Institute
take place so close to us and
it has been scheduled for the
last week of October, which
won’t interfere with school
opening of holidays, so we
are hoping there are many in
the Diocese who earlier
contemplated attending and
might now make more
definite plans. Attendance is
not limited to DCCW
members; it is open to men
and women involved in any
church-related or
community-related groups.
The Institute program,
billed as a three-and-a-half
day experience in creative,
cooperative living and
working, has been disigned
with the assistance of the
staff of the Center of ai
Voluntary Society located in
Washington, D.C. and related
to the National Education
Association. An essential part
of the Institute experience
will be building model teams
and engaging in intra and
inter team action. The
learnings will center around
team skills, self and team
identity, identifying and
solving problems, and the role
and impact of women as
leaders.
Fee, for the complete
Institute including live-in
accommodations is $95.00,.
One can attend and live in
their own accommodations;
the fee for live-out
registrations is $57.00. The
Institute will take place
Wednesday through Saturday,
October 27-30, at the
Continuing Education Center
of the University of Georgia,
Athens. Interested persons
should contact the NCCW
Institutes, 1312
Massechusetts Ave. N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20005.
CATHOLIC WOMEN
Summer Meeting
Held At Macon
The summer board meeting
of the Macon Deanery
Council of Catholic Women
was conducted by Mrs.
Robert W. Hurley, president,
at St. Joseph Church, Macon,
on Wednesday, July 21.
The Macon deanery
women agreed to give top
priority this year to the fight
against abortion. Several
commissions will be directly
involved in this effort -
Organization Services m the
area of legislation, Family
Affairs in trying to promote
Birthright which gives
alternatives to abortion, and
Community Affairs in seeking
to change social conditions
which make abortion seem
necessary to some.
Church- Communities
Commission will stress
personal prayer and the
formation of prayer groups
and International Affairs will
emphasize the plans that have
already been established to
help various groups in other
countries, such as the
Madonna Plan.
Commission chairmen are
Church Communities, Mrs.
James Kitchens, Holy Spirit
Parish, Macon; Community
Affairs, Miss Lucy Kirkland,
Sacred Heart Parish, Warner
Robins; Family Affairs, Mrs.
Allen Dodson, Sacred Heart
Parish, Warner Robins;
International Affairs, Mrs.
Ernest Bailey, St. Peter Claver
Parish, Macon; Organization
Services, Mrs. Joseph
Hoinowski, St. Joseph Parish,
Macon.
Officers, in addition to
Mrs. Hurley, are Mrs. William
Shain, Vice-president, Sacred
Heart Parish; Mrs. Willie P.
Thomas, secretary, St. Peter
Claver Parish; Mrs. Patricia
Starks, treasurer, Holy Spirit
Parish.
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We can’t
make you save.
But we can
make it easier
if you do.
Liberty National Bank
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
WARNER ROBINS GRADUATES - Pictured with graduates of Walter L. DiFrancesco, Pastor; Sr. M. Ignatius, Principal, Mrs.
Sacred Heart School, Warner Robins, and altar boys are: Fr. Mary Ann Fitzpatrick, Treasurer. (John’s Studio)
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Around The Diocese
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Obituaries
* Mr. Robert Lee McCreary of Augusta, July 15th
* Mr. Ralph Fleming Rogers of Augusta, July 20th
* Mr. George Pressley of Savannah, July 21st
* Mrs. Bertie R. Cooley, formerly of Savannah, July 23rd
* Mrs. Ellen R. Harper, formerly of Savannah, July 26th
* Mrs. Magdalena A. O’Connor of Savannah, July 26th
* Miss Margaret Gertrude Shea of St. Screven, July 26th
* Army Sgt. 1-C Dominic Smigliani of Augusta, died in
Vietnam, July 27th
* Mr. Charles D. Rousseau of Savannah, July 30th
* Mr. Robert Tindal, formerly of Savannah, July 30th
Marriages
* Miss Anne Mary Tehan of St. Louis, Mo., and Mr. Walter
Eve Clark Jr. formerly of Augusta, Ga., July 9 in St. Mary’s
on the Hill Church, Augusta.
* Miss Gloria Jean Kessler and Mr. Russell William West of
Silver Springs, Md., July 24 in Saint John the Baptist
Church, Silver Springs.
* Miss Pamela Ruth Campbell and Mr. David Anthony Hall,
both of Martinez, Ga., July 24 in St. Teresa’s Church,
W. Augusta.
* Miss Virginia Randolph Corish and Mr. Thompson Case
Maner, both of Savannah, Ga., July 31 at Sacred Heart
Church, Savannah.
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Officers Installed
By Kennedy Council
The Guest House in
Augusta was the site of the
installation of the new 3rd
and 4th Degree Officers of
Augusta’s John F. Kennedy
Council Knights of
Columbus. They were
installed by District Deputy
Ferris Dorr and his District
Warden John Myers.
The new officers are as
follows for the 3rd Degree:
Grand Knight - Jim
Grossman; Deputy Grand
Knight - Ray Cavanagh;
Chancellor - William Brown
III; Treasurer - Sidney,
Hutchinson; Warden - William
Green; Recorder - Fred Jones;
Advocate - Joe Lillis;
Financial Secretary - Ephriam
Williams; Lecturer - James
Paschal; Guards - Allen
Gaines and James Sapp;
Trustee - Richard Sutton.
For the 4th Degree
Installation, Danny Keane,
the Master of the 4th Degree
conducted the ceremony. The
new officers are as follows:
Faithful Navigator - Joseph
Salonick; Faithful Captain -
Ray Cavanagh; Faithful Pilot
- Major William Baker (State
Warden); Faithful Admiral -
William Brown III; Faithful
Comptroller - Ephriam
Williams; Faithful Purser -
Jim Grossman; Faithful
Scribe - William Green;
Sentinels - James Sapp and
Joseph Colbert.
Guests at tne Dinner
included State Deputy
Bernard Mulherin, State
Chaplain Msgr. Daniel J.
Bourke, State Warden Major
William Baker, Master of the
4th Degree Danny Keane,
District Deputy Ferris Dorr,
District Warden John Myers,
Grand Knight of Patrick
Walsh Council Phil Kelly.
Special awards were given
to Major William Baker for
representing 5484 at the
State level as Warden. Special
commendation went to State
Deputy Bernard Mulherin for
his service to Council 5484.
Knight of the Year award
went to Ray Cavanagh. The
Woman’s Auxiliary was
honored with plaques for
their service to the Council.
Grand Knight Jim Grossman
received the Supreme
Commendation for his work
in 5484.
JAMES GROSSMAN
Readers Reply
* Miss Patricia Jeanne Trudell and Mr. Malcolm John
McDougald III, both, of Savannah, Ga., July 31 in the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah.
* Miss Elizabeth Andree Orliac Cordes of Augusta, Ga., and
Mr. William Lee Youngblood of North Augusta, S.C., July
31 at St. Mary’s on the Hill Church, Augusta.
Necrology
* Rev. Joseph P. Shea, August 10,1886.
Editor:
I’d like to refer to Albert
N. Garland’s letter which
appeared in the July 15,1971
Southern Cross. I feel that
something should certainly be
said in answer to it.
Mr. Garland seemed very
interested in the fine ideals
our country was founded on.
Ironically though, he implies
that life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness should
be gauranteed only to those
with a substantial income. Is
it possible for these rights to
apply only to some and not
all. citizens of the United
States? To the best of my
knowledge, all men are equal.
Does Mr. Garland really
accept our constitution as he
claims or only the parts that
appeal to him personally?
Mr. Garland feels that Fr.
Dowling is advocating
socialism in his column. Well,
just what is Mr. Garland
advocating?
Certainly our forefathers
of 200 years ago would not
respect partiality in applying
laws and rights. Certainly
democracy does not mean
that we are subject to those
who feel superior. Certainly
democracy means that a man
can decide what he wants to
do without being prompted
by an all-knowing fellow
man. Yet Mr. Garland who at
the same time crys out for us
to follow the example of our
founding fathers, also cries
out that man has no right to
do what he wants with his
life!
Sure, we could tell a man
to farm or sell cars or pick up
garbage or anything we felt
he should do if we were in
Russia or Red China or Cuba.
Now, who is condemning our
democracy?
Mr. Garland feels that the
religious are advocating
“forgetting the old-timers”
when teaching our youth. He
also feels that the lesson of
Peace and Love is out of
place on the pulpit. Well what
about an old timer from 33
B.C. who said “Peace I give
you, my peace I leave you.”
Yes, Jesus Christ also said
that the greatest
commandment was to love.
No, a supposedly well
educated clergyman didn’t
say that. Christ who is the
founder of the Church said it.
Well the Church is having
trouble with its “religious
people”. Granted, but this
isn’t completely new. But
what about the large part of
the trouble caused by our
“not so religious people” who
scorn at Christ’s words being
echoed in the Sunday
sermon?
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
As for as the Southern
Cross goes, I think its awards
by the CPA speak for
themselves. What does Mr.
Garland want printed? What’s
wrong with truth? I certainly
think there’s enough
propaganda around without
cluttering up our diocesan
newspaper with it. You don’t
print news to please, the
truth is sometimes hard.
Lastly I’d like to say that
this letter, represents my
opinion and possibly no one
else’s. Likewise I don’t think
Mr. Garland was silent nor
represented a majority of
Christians. I guess it would be
possible for me to wonder if
the Church will survive
through stormy times. But I
recall Christs’ assurance that
the Church would always be
intact. Our troubles can be
overcome and eternally will
be. We can help though. We
conservative and liberal, rich
and poor, young and old and
lay and religious must build
together with Christ as our.
model.
Patrick J. Fahey
Savannah Beach Ga.
Summer Schedule
There will be no paper next week, as we are ort
Summer Schedule. The Southern Cross does not print
the second and last weeks of June, July and August.