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PAGE 8—The Southern Cross, March 9,1972
D. C. C. W. Notes
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Con-celebrating the Mass at the end of a day of prayer and study for the youth of
Columbus, Ga., are (from left) Revs. John Foley and Richard Kieran from Atlanta,
and Eugene Krygier and Ed Frank of Columbus.
2-DA Y PROGRAM
Columbus Youth
Study And Pray
EXCITING NEWS! PRAISE THE LORD!
BY MRS. EUGENE LONG
House Bill 647 received a sound
whacking when it was brought on the
floor of the House of Represenatives
March second. 133 members opposed
further liberalizing of the abortion law,
and only 25 voted for the bill in its
present form! In this intitial victory one
must recognize primarily the work of the
Holy Spirit. But, there are factors which
apparently also contributed to success:
the prayers of the religious and lay people
throughout the Dioceses of Savannah and
Atlanta; the work of all Legislative
Committees on deanery and parish
council levels; the efforts of legislators
who saw the moral issue or bad legislation
or both; the exhaustion of the
representatives who had already debated
and argued so many bills on the agenda.
Undoubtedly there are other factors not
mentioned here but thank the good Lord
the concerted effort was sufficient to
make anti-abortion voices heard.
However, this does not mean that any
of us can rest even for a moment. The
pro-abortionists will be more determined
than ever to win in the next round. Each
one of us will have to be more villigant
than ever before.
CITIZENS FOR DECENT LITERATURE
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A most significant victory was achieved
by C.D.L. founder Charles H. Keating Jr.
when a judge in Cincinnati, Ohio ordered
Cinema X Theatre padlocked as a public
nuisance. In Toledo another judge issued
a temporary injunction against a motion
picture pending a jury trial. This public
nuisance theory provides an ideal weapon
to communities to rid themselves of
outlets that specialize in exhibiting
pornographic films.
Keating says; “In the past five months
we have mailed AVi million letters across
the country .. .It has provided the first
real measurement of the public
pulse.. .of the outrage and concern
among a vast majority of citizens about
the obscenity problem. Organization after
organization, the Lions, the Kiwanians,
Rotarians, Hibernians, Knights of
Columbus, the American Legion, etc.
have passed resoltuions indicating the vast
sense of outrage, disgust, horror and
abhorrence with the media for what they
are feeding the American public.”
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_ DIOCESAN CONVENTION
The D.C.C.W. Convention will be held
April 15 and 16 at the new Macon Hilton
Hotel in Macon, Georgia. In attendance
will be the president of the National
Council of Catholic Women. Let’s all try
to get our taxes in the mail on the 14th
and enjoy a carefree stay at the
convention.
AUGUSTA DEANERY NEWS
Members of the Augusta Deanery
please remember to attend the spring
meeting March 12 from three until five
o’clock at the Augusta Woman’s Club on
Milledge Road. Also, mark Tuesday
March 14 on your calendar. Monsignor
Andrew MacDonald, Pastor of Blessed
Sacrament Parish, Savannah will conduct
a Day of Recollection at St. Teresa’s
Church in Martinez from 9:30 until 2:00
o’clock.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be
stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal
to your powers. Pray for powers equal to
your tasks. Then the doing of your work
will be no miracle but you will be a
miracle. And everyday you will wonder at
yourself, at the richness of life which
comes to you by the grace of God.
S.O.S.
Send your deanery news to Mrs.
Eugene Long 2635 Henry Street,
Augusta, Georgia, 30904.
Next Sunday, March 12 is “Girl Scout
Sunday”. Have you heard one of their
new slogans? “The time to help a girl of
seventeen is at the age of seven”. I look
back on my youthful experience in
scouting as being the opportunity to put
into practice the principles of Christianity
in a supervised but pleasant atmosphere.
But then I had a really great troop leader
and a mother who didn’t mind getting
involved in helping with projects and
outings. God bless and encourage all
women with the time, talent and
willingness to serve our young girls in the
Girl Scout Program.
Spring is coming! Both Albany and
Savannah DCCW announce Spring
meetings on Palm Sunday, March 26. The
Moultrie PCCW will host the Albany
meeting while Savannah Deanery will
meet at Sacred Heart Parish.
Scene of the Charleston DCCW
forty-second annual convention on March
10-12 will be the Francis Marion Hotel in
Charleston, South Carolina.
High School CCD students from
Columbus met at Holy Trinity, Alabama
Sunday (5 March 72) for a day of study
and prayer. The program, put on by a
team from Atlanta, drew 28 high school
juniors and seniors from Our Lady of
Lourdes and St. Anne’s parishes.
To set the theme for the talks and
discussions, the students were asked to
consider the questions, “Who am I?”,
“Why am I living?”, and “Where am I
going?”. In discussing “Life in Union
with God”, they were told that everyone
must make a basic choice between living
for God or living for oneself. That was
followed by a talk that explained how
each is called to witness for Christ.
Witnessing was described as stating that
the truth about Christ and telling how
God has worked in one’s life.
After lunch, the teens studied passages
from scripture which showed how the
Holy Spirit will give the strength needed
to change the environment, and that this
is the same strength that was given the
apostles on the first Pentecost. The final
talk of the day described how essential
study of scripture is to development as
Christians.
The speaker, an engineering student,
compared the necessity of his present
studies for an engineering career with the
necessity of studying the Bible for a life
as a true Christian.
The day ended with a liturgy which
included homilies on the Sacraments of
Forgiveness and the Eucharist, a period
for individual confessions and
spontaneous prayer.
Rev. Richard Kieran, head of the
Atlanta team, told the students that this
day of study and prayer was only a way
of “starting them on a life of prayer
availability to God, study of the Word of
God and action in the Holy Spirit.”
The day was the climax of the CCD
program of study for these youth for the
Winter Quarter. Classes in the Spring will
be used to follow up on the thoughts
explored Sunday and to translate them
into action in the lives of these students.
Our Lady of Lourdes High School CCD
Program has the students meet in the
homes of leader couples for weekly
discussions.
Around TheDiocese
Obituaries
Mr. Daniel A. Altick, formerly of Savannah, Feb. 28th
Mr. Henry Jerry Brown of Savannah, Feb. 29th
Mrs. Mary Gotier of Augusta, March 2nd
Mr. John Francis Battle Jr. of Augusta, March 2nd
Miss Loretta M. Slattery of Augusta, March 3rd
Mrs. Frances DeWeen Barrow of Augusta, March 3rd
Mr. William Francis Perdue of Port Wentworth, March 5th
Marriages
* Miss Linda M. Morabito of East Islip, N.Y., and Mr. Kenneth E. Cozart of
Augusta, Ga., February 5 in St. Mary’s Church, East Islip, N.Y.
* Miss Mary Alice Odum and Mr. Michael James Sutton, both of Augusta, Ga.-
March 4 at St. Mary’s on the Hill Church, Augusta.
Necrology
* Rev. Robert F. Kennedy, March 12,1930.
* Rev. Joseph Hennessy, March 15,1911.
* Very Rev. Leo M. Keenan, March 17. 1943.
Augusta Deanery C.C. W.
The Augusta Deanery Council of Catholic Women will hold its spring meeting
Sunday, March 12 at the Augusta Woman’s Club on Milledge Road according to Mrs.
Vance E. Logan, Jr., president. A brief business session during which time officers for
the coming year will be elected will be followed by a “sharing session” and tea. It is
hoped that each lady in the deanery will plan to be present from three until five
o’clock. No reservations are necessary. Mrs. Logan has also announced a Day of
Recollection for all ladies of the deanery. This will take place at St. Teresa’s Church in
Martinez on Tuesday March 14th from 9:30 until 2 o’clock. Msgr. Andrew
MacDonald, Pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish, Savannah, will conduct the Day of
Recollection.
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SVA Alumnae
The Alumnae Association of St. Vincent’s Academy, Savannah, will hold its annual
Communion breakfast on March 19 after an 8:30 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist. The breakfast will be held afterward at St. Vincent’s Hall.
Holy Trinity CCW
The highlight of the March meeting of the Parish Council of Catholic Women of the
Most Holy Trinity Church, Augusta, was the showing by Mr. James E. Davis of his
slides of the Holy Land. Mr. Davis accompanied his presentation with a talk on the
places visited. A request was made for cookies and prizes for the party for patients at
the Regional Hospital which would be sponsored by the Council on March 10th. Mrs.
William D. Moore, President, announced that Church Women United would observe a
World Day of Prayer at St. Paul’s Church on March 3rd and urged as many as possible ,
to attend. Plans were made for a bake sale to be held on the last weekend in March.
Father Simmons outlined some of the proposed plans for Holy Week services.
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from editions twenty-five years ago
COLUMBUS SCHOOL
Pacelli High HSA Meeting
Father Michael Smith from the
Diocesan Department of Christian
Formation, Savannah, Ga., was the guest
speaker at the Pacelli Home and School
Association meeting on March 2nd in
Columbus, Ga. Fr. Smith spoke on the
philosphy of “Learning to live with
freedom”.
It was pointed out that many young
people resent the fact that their parents
force them into accepting the faith into
which they are born, rather than letting
them investigate and then choose their
own faith. Likewise, Fr. Smith said, some
priests resent forced celibacy, not because
they have a desire for marriage, but
because they would like to feel that they
are foregoing marriage on their own so
they can better serve their Catholic
communities.
These matters are all being carefully
studied as a result of Vatican II, he said.
In other matters at the meeting, Fr.
Robert Mattingly, Principal of Pacelli,
stated that the Pacelli basketball team
finished the season with a 12 won-11 lost
slate and a third place trophy in the
region tournament. Preston Smith
received the most valuable player award;
Lonnie Luckerson was named player with
the most desire; and Michael Franco was
cited as the most improved player.
Col. J. P. Mabry spoke on behalf of the
Pacelli Education Foundation, which
enables disadvantaged stueudents to
attend Pacelli. The foundation is
currently supporting seventeen such
scholarships and hopes to continue this
program in the future.
Members were urged to attend the St.
Patrick’s Day Dance, which the
Association is sponsoring, and which will
be held at Our Lady of Lourdes Hall on
March 17th. The drawing for the 1972
Datsun will also be held during this event.
BISHOP FREY VISITS FORT GORDON - Bishop Gerard L. Frey, of Savannah, meets
with Catholic personnel at Ft. Gordon luncheon. Bishop Frey’s visit to the Fort was
part of a program called “Live In”, initiated by him in which he visits each parish in
the diocese and takes part in parish activities. (U.S. ARMY PHOTO)
MARCH, 1947
BISHOP O’HARA OFFICIATES
Bucharest, Rumania — (Radio, NC) — Catholics throughout Rumania took part in
fitting ceremonies in commemoration of the eighth anniversary of the coronation of .
His Holiness Pope Pius XII. /
Here in Bucharest, one of the principal ceremonies took place in the chapel of the
Apostolic Nunciature at which Bishop Gerald P. O’Hara of Savannah-Atlanta, now
serving as Regent at the Nunciature, officiated.
Representatives of the entire diplomatic corps, with the exception of Russia,
attended the service. The King was represented by a court official.
ALBANY CYO AMONG MOST ACTIVE
Albany, Ga. — Members of St. Teresa’s Youth Club, the youngest Catholic Youth
Organization in the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, but one of the most active, heard an
interesting lecture on Vestments of the Roman Rite, delivered by Father Daniel J.
Bourke, V.F., pastor of St. Teresa’s. Another recent meeting of the club heard an
interesting discussion of the Great Western Schism by Ray Mock.
BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS MINSTREL
Augusta, Ga. — Boys’ Catholic High School presented its annual minstrel show on
March 12 at the Municipal Auditorium before a large and appreciative audience, with
John Brooks as interlocutor and Billy Hughes, Jack Baker, Archie Johnson, Tom Pons,
Bud Danforth and Red Johnson as end men.
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