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PAGE 8—The Southern Cross, March 23,1972
D. C. C. W. Notes )
MARIE CLAIRE O LEARY
Guest Columnist
DCCW Family Affairs Chairman
When our diocesan president, Mary
Kay Persse, asked if I would write a guest
column for “DCCW NOTES”, she
suggested that I talk about the “Be-In”. A
get-together of mothers and daughters or
fathers and sons with the aim of making
known to them some health facts related
to parenthood. The “Be-In” is something
that I, as family affairs chairman, have
been trying to get started in our diocese.
It is an attempt not only to educate
our high school youngsters to the positive
health demands involved in conceiving
new human life, but also to point out the
adverse effect such things as poor diet,
drugs, venereal disease etc. may have on
their future offspring as well. NCCW and
The National Foundation-March-of-Dimes
jointly promote “Be-In’s” throughout the
country.
Ideally the program should be shared
by parents and their teenaged sons or
daughters, but unfortunately parents have
the reputation for having extremely
limited interest in the welfare of their
maturing offspring; a reputation they
earned by absenting themselves from
programs designed for them by the high
schools.
In one school in our diocese in which I
attempted to introduce the program, the
principal flatly refused to try it with the
parents because his past experience with
parental involvment (or rather lack of
involvment) had convinced him that it
would not work. He did, however, find
the audio-visual portion of the program, a
filmstrip entitled; “More Than Love”,
worthwhile enough in itself to use in a
guidance class with senior boys.
I had better luck in an all-girl school
where it was thought that a limited
number of mothers might show up.
Savannah’s St. Vincent’s assistant
principal, who is in charge of bi-monthly
assemblies, was willing to try the full
presentation involving introductory
remarks and a question and answer
session with a registered nurse from the
public health department.
PRIEST IN TIE MINISTERS AMONG
ALCOHOLICS: Father James A.
Vanderpool is a Catholic priest. But he
can’t be fitted into a mold. Here in his
office, the priest-psychologist wears coat
and tie rather than traditional clerical
garb. He is clinical director of the
Rehabilitation Center for Alcoholics of
the District of Columbia Department of
Public Health with facilities located at
Occoquain, Va. NC Photo courtesy
Catholic Virginian.
My congratulatons to all those who are
willing to take the time and trouble to
make this worthwhile program available
to teens (and where possible, to their
parents too). I will be happy to answer
any questions you may have regarding the
program or to tell you how to obtain the
filmstrip: “More Than Live” for
previewing. Just write to me in care of
THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
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By Mrs. Eugene Long
A BIG THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
Appreciation is due to today’s guest
columnist. Thanks so much for answering
the pleas for help and coming to the
rescue. I hope others will step forward,
write this column, or else send
information to me. I’m still Mrs. Eugene
Long whose address is 2635 Henry Street,
Augusta, Georgia 30904, and I need your
BRAINS!!!!!
THE FAMILY IN THE SEVENTIES
“to be or not to be”
As frightening as it may seem to some,
the American family is changing rather
quickly. In the past two decades it has
been moving from a male dominated,
female serviced family to one in which
the roles of men and women are
becoming interwoven. This is due to
several factors. More and more women
through higher education are preparing
themselves for careers. Laborsaving
devices in the home, permanent press
clothing, and frozen and prepared foods
of every kind are eliminating many of the
household chores. Many younger women
are craving recognition as “a person not
just as someone’s wife or mother”.
Women are represented in practically
every field of employment. All this is
having a profound effect on society as a
whole and in particular on the family
unit.
Today the real challenge to the
American family is to maintain
cohesiveness. Otherwise the home may
degenerate into a place for room and
board with each member going willy nilly
doing his or her own thing. Surely
educated women must realize that society
as yet has not found a substitute for
family life.
It is long past the hour for each wife
and mother to ask herself these
questions: What kind of supervision will
my children have while I work? Do I
come home so refreshed from an exciting
stimulating job that I can be cheerful
with my family? Can I provide good
meals and make the home a loving place?
Is my husband as important to me as
when I married him? In the developing of
my own interests am I diminishing him?
Am I working to provide luxuries to spoil
myself and family, or am I working to
provide family needs?
There’ll be more about this in the next
issue!
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
I know not by what methods rare, but
this I know God answers prayer. I know
not when He sends the word that tells me
that my prayer is heard. I know it cometh
soon or late. Therefore I must pray and
wait. I know not if the answer sought
comes in just the guise I thought. I leave
my prayers with Him alone, Whose Will is
wiser than my own.
(author unknown)
THE LADIES GUILD of St. Patrick parish, Perry, has installed new officers for
1972-73. They are (1. to r.) Marie Mitchell, Sec’y.; Margaret Franklin, Pres.; Marilyn
Knoll, Treas. Not present for photo was Jo Anna Bernard, Vice-Pres. The new officers
were installed March 6 by Father Hugh Marshall, S.T., pastor. The Guild has donated a
crucifix and sick call set for use at the Perry-Houston County Hospital.
Cathedral Holy
Week Services
J. Kevin Boland, Rector
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
The Rev. Francis Falsey, M.S. from
Cheshire, Connecticut will conduct a
Mission at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist during Holy Week. The Mission
will get underway on Palm Sunday,
March 26th when Father Falsey will
preach at all the Masses. He will also
deliver talks on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of the same week at the 12
noon and 5:30 P.M. services.
He will concelebrate Mass on Holy
Thursday morning with about 30 priests
of the Diocese for the purpose of blessing-
the Sacred Oil that will be used in the
administration of the Sacraments
throughout the Diocese for this coming
year. This Mass is scheduled to begin at
10 A.M. and Bishop Frey will be the
principal celebrant.
Week. In each case Bishop Gerard Frey
will conduct the service and Father
Falsey will preach the homily.
The following is a brief outline of these
solemn services:
A. Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord’s
Supper - 5:30 P.M. On this day when we
commemorate the institution of the
Eucharist, Holy Communion will be
distributed under both species. The
symbolic ceremony of the Washing of the
Feet will also take place. The Mass will
close with the solemn procession of the
Blessed Sacrament to the Altar of
Repose. Adoration will last until
midnight.
B. Good Friday: The Lord’s Passion -
5:30 P.M. This celebration will include
the solemn reading of the Passion of Our
Lord, the veneration of the Cross and the
distribution of Holy Communion.
At this Mass the priests will also renew
their desire of continuing to serve God’s
people by a verbal reiteration of their
priestly commitment.
Late afternoon services will be held at
5:30 P.M. on the last three days of Holy
C. Holy Saturday: Mass of the Easter
Vigil - 5:30 P.M. This ceremony will
include the blessing of the New Fire and
Paschal Candle, the solemn Easter
Proclamation and the blessing of
Baptismal Water.
A round TheDiocese
Obituaries
* Mr. Joseph Anthony Gallovitch of Savannah, March 13th
* Mr. Fred J. Ruffo of Statesboro, March 13th
* Mr. Thomas D. Fallon, formerly of Buffalo, N.Y., March 14th
* Mrs. Beulah Dennis Conlon of Augusta, March 15th
* Mrs. Vera Guguralia Scott of Savannah, March 16th
* Mr. Johnnie Ganem of Savannah, March 17th
* Mrs. Susan Bridges Browne of Savannah, March 17th
Necrology
* Rev. John J. Kirby, April 3,1872
Savannah Deanery Meeting
Officers for 1972-73 will be installed at the Spring meeting of the Savannah
Deanery Council of Catholic Women (CCW) next Sunday (March 26). The meeting, to
be hosted by Sacred Heart Council, will be held at 3 p.m. in Sacred Heart gym. Guest
speaker will be Father Michael Smith of the Department of Christian Formation.
Commission chairmen will also report at this meeting.
Macon Deanery Officers
New officers of the Macon Deanery Council of Catholic Women, elected and
installed at the spring deanery meeting recently are Mrs. Robert M. Young, St. Joseph
Parish, Macon, president; Mrs. Robert Slocum, St. Peter Claver Parish, Macon,
vice-president; Mrs. Glenn Duckworth, St. Patrick Parish, Perry, secretary; Mrs. Patricia
Starks, Holy Spirit Parish, Macon, treasurer. Mrs. Young is a past president of St.
Joseph Council of Catholic Women and is currently serving as general chairman of the
annual convention of the Savannah DCCW to be held at the Macon Hilton April 14-16.
She succeeds Mrs. Robert W. Hurley and will be officially installed as third
vice-president of the Savannah DCCW at the convention.
W. Robins Recollection Day
A Day of Recollection for the women of the parish, sponsored by the Sacred Heart
Ladies Guild was held at Sacred Hearf Church in Warner Robins March 16. Father
Hugh Marshall, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church in Perry conducted the Day of
Recollection.
Anthony In Who’s Who
Mr. Robert E. Anthony, a senior in the seminary’s College of Liberal Arts, has been
chosen as the college’s nominee for Who’s Who among Students in American
Universities and Colleges, an annual directory of distinguished students on American
campuses. Mr. Anthony is a seminarian fromthe diocese of Savannah, Georgia.
According to the dean, the criteria for selection are threefold: academic excellence,
campus leadership, and a record of service to the wider community. A certificate of
this honor will be presented to Mr. Anthony on May 27, the day of graduation.
New Post For Father Murphy
Bishop Gerard L. Frey, Bishop of Savannah, has appointed Rev. Gerard Murphy,
Assistant-Chancellor, to serve as diocesan liaison with the National Congress on the
Word of God. The National Congress on the Word of God will be held in the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on September 5, 6, and 7,1972, in Washington,
D.C. The faithful throughout the country will join with their bishops and priests to
beg Almighty God for the gift of speech in order that His Word might be more
effectively preached from the parish pulpits. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will keynote
the Congress by describing how preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ is the principal
and most fundamental work of the Church - giving life to all its other activities and
ministries. As diocesan liaison, Father Murphy is being provided with a steady flow of
information about the Congress in order to encourage the participation of the faithful
of Savannah in its celebration.
Nixon Commission, USCC Collide
By Louis A. Panarale
WASHINGTON (NC) - The American
bishops’ leading spokesman on family
morality has accused a presidential
commission of walking into “an
ideological valley of death” by prosing
nationwide abortion-on-request.
A member of President Nixon’s
Commission of Population Growth and
the American Future tersely responded to
think it is indeed unfortunate, and
perhaps irresponsible.”
Msgr. James McHugh, director of the
Family Life Bureau of the U.S. Catholic
Conference, voiced strong opposition to
the commission’s recommendation that
easily available abortion should be part of
governmental policy to control
population growth.
“If the child can be killed in his
mother’s womb any time she decides he is
not wanted, what prevents us from killing
the aged, the sick, the mentally or
physically disadvantaged, or members of
objectionable minority groups when their
lives become a burden to others and they
are - at least to some degree --
unwanted?” the priest asked in a
statement to the press.
“The pre-occupation with finding an
easy and effective way to eliminate the
‘unwanted child’ has led the commission
into an ideological valley of death.”
The commission’s recommendation for
more relaxed abortion laws came in the
second of a three-part report to President
Nixon and to Congress, released here
March 16.
At a news conference held by the
commission the same day to answer
questions about Part Two of the report,
commission member Dr. Joseph Beasley
criticized Msgr. McHugh’s statement.
Both accused the USCC official of
singling out only that section of the
69-page Part Two report that referred to
abortions. Msgr. McHugh had criticized
what he called the commission’s
“piecemeal” approach in reporting the
results of the two-year study, saying it
made it difficult to get an over-all
perspective of the total report.
The commission scheduled three news
conferences to discuss details of the
report, waiting until the second news
conference to disclose recommendations
for nationwide population control. Part
Three was due for release one week after
Part Two.
Beasley, president of Family Health,
Inc., a New Orleans firm, said about Msgr.
McHugh’s “valley of death” remark: “I
think it is indeed unfortunate, and
perhaps irresponsible.”
Rockefeller added: “It is not fair to
single our certain sections of the report.”
He said the report should be thought of
in “broad and overriding terms,” adding
that he considered it unfair for anyone to
condemn the report “so widely and so
broadly.”
Msgr. McHugh also expressed his
opposition to the abortion
recommendation in a taped CBS
television interview with news
correspondent Daniel Shorr, for airing
nationally that night on the Walter
Cronkite evening news.
Asked by CBS to elaborate on what he
meant by a “valley of death,” the
monsignor said that - by favoring
abortion -- the presidential commission
has “opened the door” for consideration
of other methods for doing away with
life.
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