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PAGE 8—The Southern Cross, March 30,1972
[ D C.C.W. Notes
MRS. EUGENE LONG
SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES in the “Great Books” program of Savannah’s
Blessed Sacrament school discuss an assignment with program leaders at last week’s
meeting.
SAV. DEANERY SCHOOL
Pupils Study
LADIES, HEAR YE THIS!!!!!!
When the Columbia Broadcasting
System decided it would carry an X rated
film on television, reactions poured in
from all over the country. As a result
many C.B.S. affiliates refused to carry the
film. However, others did, and Judith
Crist, reviewer for the T.V. Guide, praised
C.B.S. for moving into adult
presentations.
Remember, your voices and prayers
will be heard! You know exactly where
to direct your prayers, and if you believe
X rated and R-rated film should not be
brought into the homes of America, write
to Norman Nelson, Director of Program
Practices, Columbia Broadcasting System,
51 West 52nd Street, New York, 10019.
AND LADIES HEAR THIS!
This is a clarion call. Come to the
Diocesan Convention April 15 and 16. It
is being held at the new Macon-Hilton
Hotel in Macon, Georgia. There will be
excellent workshop on Birthright.
MORE ABOUT THE FAMILY
IN THE SEVENTIES!!!!!!
Last week each working wife and
mother was given a a list of questions to
ask herself. Today, I am presenting some
startling facts for all family members to
ponder.
One third of the American brides are
pregnant at marriage. 300,000 children
are born out of wedlock each year. Over
600,000 couples were divorced last year,
and 360,000 legal abortions were
performed in New York State and
California alone. The figures on crime,
alcoholism, and drug abuse are equally
appalling. This certainly indicates that a
profound sickness is pervading the
American family.
Can one surmise that the family has
finally succeeded in rejecting its past
norms, only to discover that it is lacking a
commonly acknowledged set of beliefs
and values? Does it appear that situation
ethics are succeeding in replacing the
divine ethic? Surely, since the family
serves as the primary social vehicle for the
transmission of society’s values, we must
reevaluate ourselves and make a firmer
effort to instill Christian principles.
HORRORS!!!! HOW WILL THIS
AFFECT THE FAMILY?
The Supreme Court declared on
Wednesday of last week that it is
unconstitutional for a state to make it a
crime for single persons to obtain birth
control devices that are available to
married couples. There’ll be more about
this next week.
THANK YOU GOD FOR
OUR PRIESTS
Thanks to all priests everywhere, and
especially thanks to you in the Diocese of
Savannah. Thanks for bringing God’s
Word to us, and giving endlessly of
yourselves in service. Perhaps, we lay
people do not always appreciate your
long hours of work, the meetings and
countless deadlines you must meet.
Perhaps, we have not always let you
know how very much you are needed by
each one of us.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
The road of life is a one way highway.
We have no choice but to go forward, for
we cannot turn back . . .Along the way
many attractive and distracting signs
advocate different trends of thought and
behavior. There is so much to be seen if
we do not wear the blindfold of
prejudice. There is so much to be done if
we do not become paralyzed by
selfishness.
The Creator of time and space has
fixed our mileage to just one day at a
time. Surely we can be entrusted with
decency and honor for just one day.
And there are signals along the road for
our personal safety. The serene green
light of the conscience, the color of
fertility and growth, tells us what is right.
The warning red glare of the devil tells us
what is wrong. The colors are not
deceptive. If everyone heeds these lights
the world will never know destruction.
On this road . . .we find many puzzling
intersections. The only authoritative
markers are the commandments of God.
They point at last to Jesus Christ who is
Himself the way. (Virginia Carey Hudson,
from her book “Close Your Eyes When
Praying”)
AND FINALLY
There has to be a Good Friday in order
to have an Easter. Happy Easter!
‘Great
BY MARY TREES
AND PEGGY HORNE
Something interesting is going on this
spring in the Junior High section of
Blessed Sacrament School - the Great
Books Program for selected students from
the seventh and eighth grades. The Great
Books Program is based on the idea that
young people, as well as adults, can help
one another to learn by reading and
discussing some of the best books that
have been written during the past two
thousand years.
The Blessed Sacrament group is
discussing stories such as TO BUILD A
FIRE by Jack London; as well as short
stories by Boccaccio, Poe, Carpob and
Frost.
Books’
After reading an assigned story, they
discuss the selection for an hour once a
week for a 12 week period under the
leadership and direction of Mrs. Mary
Katherine Anderson and Mrs. Ruth
Connors.
The group of students from Blessed
Sacrament’s seventh grade are: Shawn
Doolan, Charlotte Young, May Howard,
Anne Trees, Ann Marie O’Leary, Cynthia
Costa, Ruth Rozenbeck, Dennis Lales,
John Muller, Monica Trapani, Carla
Stevens, Jean Hoffman, and Teresa
Mulherin. Those from the eighth grade
are Mary Trees, Peggy Horne, Ann
Pinckney, Ann Howard, Connie
Rochefort, Bobby Owens, Sarah Russo,
Jan Gaudry, Patricia Decker, Carol
Hadsell, and Debbie Macher.
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Over The
Shoulder
from editions twenty-five years ago
THIRTY-FIVE
Bishops Meet
At Conyers
From Editions of March 1947
BY MARIE MULVENNA
SAVANNAH — “The Song of Bernadette” dramatized in three acts from Dranz
Werfel’s novel, by Jean and Walter Kerr, will be the first dramatic production of the
Catholic Young People’s Association since before the war. Father George Daly and
Chris E. Hernandez, production chairman, have announced that the stage version of
Werfel’s book and the motion picture adapted from it will be presented the first week
after Easter.
Thirty-five U.S. Bishops gathered at
the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit
in Conyers last week for a three-day
workshop on social development,
sponsored by the United States Catholic
Conference.
Sacred Heart PTA Honors St. Patrick
AUGUSTA — Pupils of the upper grades at the Sacred Heart School presented a
program, the theme of which was the life and work of St. Patrick, at the March
meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association of the school. “Miss Erin,” played by
Patricia Hickman, depicted the enduring friendship of America and Ireland. Dancing
specialty numbers were presented by Frances Moore, Patricia Sumner, Sandra Wilhelm,
Mildred Coursey, Peggy Dowling, Shirely Daniel and Josephine LeBlanc.
Medal Awarded Pope Pius XII
Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan
welcomed the group which convened at
the local Trappist monastery to review
the major social problems in modern
society. Other Atlantans taking part in
the session were Fr. Jake Bollmer,
director of social services for the
archdiocese, Fr. Tony Morris, director of
the Georgia Catholic Conference, and
Clint Rodgers, chairman of the Catholic
Social Services board.
ROME — Pope Pius XII was formally presented here with the Prince Carl Medal
awarded by King Gustav V of Sweden for his “outstanding service to humanity.”
Commenting on the award, Ossertatore Romano, official Vatican newspaper, declared:
“This act, coming from the illustrious head of an almost entirely Protestant nation, is
of exceptional importance, because it comes at a moment when some mean and
forgetful men try to ignore and minimize the Holy Father’s great humanitarian
works.”
At the opening session, the only
session open to the press, the bishops and
speakers discussed rural/urban and
farm/city relations, with specific
attention paid to problems germane to
the diocese of the bishops attending.
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Bishop Raymond J. Gallagher,
chairman of the committee on social
development of the U.S.C.C., opened the
gathering with a review of the purposes of
the organization, which holds regional
conferences throughout the country to
discuss problems pertinent to those areas
and problems facing the country as a
whole. Bishop Gallagher stated the
bishops must respond in a concrete way
to the necessity of being constantly
familiar with the changing scene, adding
that it was a necessity that the leadership
role be assumed and daily implemented in
the dioceses. He termed it imperative that
there be leadership “which will enable us
in the name of the Church to provide an
effective antidote to the evils around us.”
Central issues of social development
were presented by John E. Cosgrove,
director of the department of social
development of the U.S.C.C. Cosgrove
highlighted the problems of rural life
including the growing trend to ownership
of farms by large corporations, the
exodus from farming areas and
corresponding influx into urban sections
which now have 70% of Americans
crowded into 2% of the nation’s land
mass. He also pinpointed personal issues
such as the lack of medical and legal
services, problems which he stated must
be dealth with. Cosgrove also briefly
discussed the problems surrounding
unemployment, a subject on which he
stated, “I do not see substantial
improvement in the next six months.” He
spoke of racism, which he termed “the
antithesis of the ideal of the brotherhood
of man under the fatherhood of God.”
He spoke too of family life, which he said
was threatened on all sides by pressures
concerning family limitation, birth
control, abortion and sterilization.
The urban dimension of the workshop
was presented by Clint Rodgers, newly
named director of the state office of
O.E.O. Rodgers said one of the most
crucial issues was the influx into larger
cities and the national outcry for more
resources. He outlined the problems of
taxation, revenue sharing (which he
opposed), training of work forces, the
emergence of black political strength and
area planning and development (which he
termed a failure). Rodgers wound up his
presentation with a strong plea that “the
Church must put its mouth where its
money is” in coping with the current
problems besetting society.
V
A round TheDiocese
Obituaries
* Mrs. Willie O. Wells of Columbus, February 29th
* Mr. Charles Eugene Edenfield of Augusta, March 19th
* Mr. Harold Paul Brady of Savannah, March 21st
* Mrs. Norma Fleming of Columbus, March 22nd
* Mr. Joseph Anthony Rinker of Augusta, March 24th
Carriere On Dean’s List
Among the 231 students on the Dean’s List of superior scholars at Saint Leo
College, St. Leo, Florida, is Norman J. Carriere, son of Mrs. Eleanor Carriere, Route 3,
Box 635, Savannah. Saint Leo President Thomas B. Southard urged the scholars to /
continue their quest for excellence from which leaders are made. “You are here,” he
said, “because you have put forth that extra effort.. .You have been singled out for
this effort and, with a continuation of the quest, will remain leaders on campus or in*
the world.”
St. James CCW
The Council of Catholic Women of St. James Church in Savannah will hold their
meeting on April 3, 1972 at 8 PM in the assembly room at St. James School. All
women welcome!
Community Affairs Comm.
The Sacred Heart Council of Catholic Women’s Community Affairs Commission will
sponsor a panel discussion on “Housing in Savannah” at 8:30 P.M. on Monday, April
3, 1972 in the Sacred Heart Gym. Members of the panel will be Mr. Frank Butler,
Director of Savannah Housing Authority, Sister Mary Julian, VSC, Col. (Ret. USA)
Gus Pappas of the Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission and Mr. Merilus
Simms, Executive Director of Savannah Housing & Development Corp. Slides will be
shown prior to the panel. All Catholic Women’s Councils of the Savannah Deanery
have been invited and Sacred Heart School classrooms will be available for an hour
preceeding the panel for individual business meetings. Everyone is welcome.
Blessed Sacrament CCW
The Blessed Sacrament Council of Catholic Women will meet with the Sacred Heart
-Council of Catholic Women on Monday, April 3rd at 8:30 P.M. The topic for the
evening will be a panel discussion on the “Law Income program”. The meeting will
take place in the Sacred Heart Church auditorium. Mrs. Edward Shepperd, President
urges all members to please attend.
Miracle Worker—
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court of the Roman Procurator, Pilate,
which met in a highly unusual early
morning session. After questioning him,
the Procurator refused to order the death
penalty for the offense of blasphemy. But
an entirely new set of circumstances was
introduced when church court members
accused the Rabbi of sedition, a capital
crime under Roman law.
Several church officials alleged in a
sworn statement, “We found this man
inciting our people to revolt, opposing
payment of the tribute to Caesar, and
claiming to be Christ, a king.”
In the absence of any defense witnesses
and in the face of mounting public
pressure, Pilate finally pronounced the
death sentence.
(Long-time observers of the Jerusalem
scene are privately calling the verdict
“Abject capitulation” by a Procurator
they say is in disfavor at Rome and
fearful of any charge that he might be
“soft on seditionists,” even though the
charge of sedition had only been raised
by a church court clearly displeased by
the Rabbi’s religious teachings. These
same observers are at a loss to explain the
almost overnight erosion of the massive
support expressed for Bar-Joseph last
Sunday.)
Pilate’s verdict was delivered about 10
a.m. Jerusalem time and was carried out
at noon.
Bar-Joseph was crucified, together with
two other men convicted of robbery and
murder. They, however, were only bound
to their crosses by heavy ropes.
Bar-Joseph was crucified with nails'"'-
through his hands and feet. Death came
at approximately 3 p.m.
Ironically, while a large crowd gathered
to jeer the dying man who, literally, had
all Jerusalem at his feet less than a week
ago, only two women (one his mother) y
and one man stood by in a vain effort to
ease his last hour. Sic Transit Gloria
Mundi?
FATHER MURDICK
Cites “Key Issues”
Facing Education
By NC News Service
SAGINAW, Mich. (NC) -- In a final
diocesan report before assuming a
national education position, Father Olin
J. Murdick pointed out “key issues” in
education arid some “approaches to
proper solutions.”
Father Murdick, Saginaw diocesan
superintendent of education for a decade,
made comments in a report to the
diocesan board of education before
leaving for Washington to become
director of the department of education
of the U.S, Catholic Conference.
occasioned by tne iauure of the existing
literature on the parish council to define
clearly its coordinating function with
reference to all specialized policy groups.
I would recommend a policy, perhaps the
prerogative of the diocesan pastoral
council, to prevent a parish council from
dissolving a board of education in favor
of an education committee, without the
approval of the diocesan board of
education.”
Father Murdick saw “the need to
establish the limits, minimum and
maximum for a parish (and diocesan)
subsidy based on a broad, systematic and
constant review of all the educational
needs of the Christian community.”
Father Murdick said the two major
issues facing the school board are:
-The issue of the parish board of
education vs. the parish council.
-The issue of educational priority,
school programs vs. non-school programs,
and the responsibility of the parish and
diocese to support them.
Regarding the question of how much
tuition to charge non-parishioners, Father
Murdick said that “diocesan policy
regarding tuition is that it be based on the
cost of operation, less the amount of the
anticipated parish subsidy. I recommend, **■
therefore, that non-parishioners be
charged a tuition based on the actual per
capita cost rather than an amount which
is significantly below cost.”
Speaking to the parish education
board-parish council issue, Father
Murdick observed:
“There is a tendency for newly formed
parish councils to view the parish board
of education, which frequently antedates
the council, as an awkward if not
adversary structure which needs to be
replaced by an education committee.
“I regard this tendency as an
unfortunate one from the standpoint of
good policy process and administration,
Father Murdick asserted: “It is false
economy, and I think a false ethic, which
suggests for non-parishioners a tuition
charge below cost. If a tuition below cost
is contemplated, I suggest that it operate
in favor of the poor, both parishioners
and non-parishioners, rather than
indiscriminately for all non-parishioners.”
He said there is “a need for the
Christian community, ecclesiastical or
otherwise, to provide tuition grants for
needy students, Catholic and
non-Catholic.”