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In The Eucharist
When the child places his hand in the hand of his mother, he feels safe and secure, knowing that even when he stumbles in
practicing the brand-new art of walking she will not let him fall. Even in adult life, he will often feel the need for reassurance, and
the comforting feeling that there is someone who really cares about him through good times and bad. Within all human beings there
is a fear of loneliness, and a need for companionship. God responds to this basic need in the sacrament of the Eucharist, making his
constant presence with us clear and unmistakeable.
This photograph appears on the front page of leaflets which will be distributed in all parishes on March 5th, the third Sunday of
Lent, as part of the Diocesan Lenten Program, “Love - Sacramental Style”. The program involves study of five of the seven
sacraments, each one being seen as God’s way of reaching out to man. Each week, in every parish, people reflect upon those basic
human needs to which God responds, assuring us of His presence. This week, in looking at the Eucharist, they discuss His assurance
that He will be with them all days “even to the consummation of the world”.
Photo: H. Armstrong Roberts. From the World and Faith Photo Collection of Pflaum/Standard.
GOLD, SILVER JUBILARIANS .
INSIDE STORY
Diocese To Fete
Church In China
Pg. 3
Married Couples
'Know Your Faith*
Catholic couples of the Savannah diocese who were married in 1922 or
1947 are asked to send in their names and addresses to their pastors as part of
a program honoring Silver and Gold Jubiliarians.
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Film Ratings
Pg. 6
Old China Hand
The program is under the sponsorship of the Diocesan Family Life
Commission and will be highlighted by a special Mass at St. John the Baptist
Cathedral, Savannah, on Sunday, May 7 at 3:30 p.m. During the Mass,
couples celebrating their twenty-fifth or fiftieth wedding anniversary during
calendar 1972 will renew their marriage vows and receive special
commemorative Silver or Gold Jubilee awards.
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Celebrant for the special Mass will be Bishop Gerard L. Frey, who will also
confer the Jubilee awards.
MARCH 12 APPEAL
Church Mounts Overseas
Relief Effort For 1972
Over the past eighteen months, the sub-continent of Asia has been the scene of perhaps the greatest human
suffering in the history of mankind. On Sunday, March 12, Catholics of the Savannah Diocese will be asked to
contribute to a special collection aimed at relieving this suffering.
In November, 1970, a cyclone-tidal wave swept up from the Bay of Bengal and across the remote islands of
East Pakistan, leaving in its wake over half a million humans dead and some three million men, women and
children homeless. Relief experts called it the worst natural disaster in the 20th century. From around the world
came aid in the form of food, clothing and medical care, and special appeals were conducted to raise funds to
finance the reconstruction of entire villages and help the survivors begin anew their shredded lives.
Then in March, 1971, civil and military
disruption broke out in East Pakistan,
creating a mass exodus of human beings
in totals not seen since the days of World
War II. Ten million people left their
homelands in East Pakistan to seek safety
across the border in India where refugee
camps were being rapidly erected to
accommodate the displaced.
As the refugees continued to increase,
and with little signs of any political
solution between the Pakistan
government and the rebel forces, India
forced the issue by openly supporting
the rebels with military troops and
marched into East Pakistan.
The war could only mean further
suffering and deprivation for the millions
who had already survived the
cyclone-tidal wave and then the many
months of near inhuman conditions living
in refugee camps.
Miraculously, the death total in the
refugee camps was kept to a bare
minimum, all things considered. The
refugees lived under tents throughout one
of the longest and hardest monsoon
seasons in several years. Cholera was
spreading through the refugee camps and
threatened the lives of millions, but crash
immunization programs thwarted the
epidemic. As the rainy season ended, the
cold months came and blankets were
needed, along with the daily rations of
food and clothing. The lives of ten
million people were at stake and no single
government nor any single relief agency
could care for so large a number of
human beings.
Catholic Relief Services, the overseas
aid and development agency, is most
distinguished for its immediate
implementation of emergency programs
in times of disasters, man-made or
natural. Over the past few years, Catholic
Relief Services was the major agency
providing aid to the victims of Nigerian
civil war, to the survivors of the 1970
Peru earthquake, and several other
natural disasters in the Yemen, Central
America and Orissa, India.
While handling the many increased
demands created by disasters, Catholic
Relief Services maintains ongoing aid
programs for the poor of all races and
religions in 70 countries throughout
Africa, Asia and Latin America. More
than 27 million impoverished men,
women and children benefit directly from
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Official
Appointments
CARLOTTA MAY GET FED TODAY
Carlotta, a tiny parishioner of Fr. Charles Scanlon, S.V.D., of Cleveland, Ohio, is alone
and hungry as she waits for the return of her fisherman father on a beach near
Sorsogon, Philippines. If she’s lucky, she’ll get fed today and maybe tomorrow. Your
contribution to Catholic Relief Services, overseas agency of U.S. Catholics helps meet
emergency needs like the plight of the Pakistani refugees. The funds will also go
toward building a better life for many of the world’s poor and underprivileged. The
Overseas Fund Collection will be held throughout the diocese on March 12. On that
date you will have a chance to help Fr. Scanlon help Carlotta to a better world.
(Divine Ward Photo)
HEADLINE
HOPSCOTCH
Blockade End Sought
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (NC) - A resolution calling for the end to a 10-year-old trade
embargo by the United States against Cuba has been approved by two units of the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The resolution was forwarded for possible
consideration by the Disciples of Christ general board and assembly. The action was
taken by the Church’s Division of Overseas Ministries, and the Division of Homeland
Ministries. The request is directed to the U.S. government and member governments of
the Organization of American States “for humanitarian reasons and for the sake of
peace.” In April, 1969 the Catholic bishops of Cuba pleaded for an end to the
blockade in a pastoral letter. The bishops said the blockade was especially burdensome
to housewives, working people, children and the sick.
Father John Sheehan, S.M.A., from
Pastor of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
parish, Savannah, to assignment outside
the diocese, effective Feb. 24.
Monsignor Daniel J. Bourke, to
temporary Administrator of St. Frances
Xavier Cabrini parish, Savannah, effective
Feb. 25.
Father Donal Dunne, from
Administrator of St. Joseph parish,
Waycross to indefinite Leave of Absence,
effective Feb. 25.
Father Finbarr Stanton, from
Associate Pastor of Sacred Heart parish,
Warner Robins to temporary
Administrator of St. Joseph parish,
Waycross, effective Mar. 3.
Boston In Debt
BOSTON (NC) - The Boston archdiocese, second largest in the United States, is in
heavy debt and owes $35.5 million according to Archbishop Humberto S. Medeiros. In
a report, which he called “the first account of the stewardship of funds which come
directly under my supervision,” the archbishop said the debt is so great that he must
use 51 cents of every dollar collected to pay off principal and interest of long-term
obligations. Archbishop Medeiros also stated that the archdiocese had a net deficit at
the end of 1971 of $2,969,675.
Priests Back NFPC
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (NC) - A recent general meeting of the Cheyenne diocese’s
priesthood voted to retain the diocesan priests senate’s membership in the National
Federation of Priests Councils (NFPC). The diocese, which covers the entire state of
Wyoming, has some 65 priests. Almost 50 of them attended the meeting. They chose
Father James Ruddy, a pastor at Gillette, as the Cheyenne delegate to theannual NFPC
assembly scheduled in Denver from March 12-16.