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SAVANNAH SCHOOL
PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, May 25,1972
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CLASS. The new program this year under the direction of Father Doris and Mrs. Jo Nagel proved to
be a great success, as a class of forty received their First Holy Communion on May 14 at St. Joseph’s, Augusta. Shown in the
picture, back row are, Sister Robert, second grade teacher, Father Frank Patterson, asst. Pastor, Father Andrew Doris, Pastor, Mrs.
Kathleen Haley, second grade teacher and Sister Jean Baptiste.
FR. GEORGE JAMES
Clinical Psychology Career
Sought By Catholic Priest
By Richard Edison
VALDOSTA DAILY TIMES
An interest in counseling young
married people has led the Rev. George C.
James, pastor of the St. John The
Evangelist Catholic Church, Valdosta,
Georgia, to seek a career in clinical
psychology.
James has been awarded one of four
scholarships by the state of Georgia to
help him toward obtaining a doctorate
degree in clinical psychology. He is to
leave Valdosta, after only 18 months with
the church here, June 3. He is to go to
Atlanta where he will be enrolled as an
intern at the Georgia Mental Health
Institute for a year. Following the year at
the institute he is to begin a three to four
year program toward his doctorate
degree.
James said he become interested in the
field of counseling after realizing his
interest in helping people, especially
young married couples, with resolving
their problems.
“I have found after the nearly 14 years
as a priest that people who come to me
with their problems can somehow
identify with me and easily discuss their
difficulties,” said James.
“But I have found that my resources
and skills in this field are limited so I
need more preparation and professional
expertise.”
“My main interest has been helping
young married people during their
periods of adjustment to each other,“ he
said. “Many young couples find that they
do not know how to communicate and
this often leads to serious problems. I
have been able to help many and I
appreciate the challenge in this area.”
James holds a Master’s degree in
Educational Administration and for the
past year has been taking courses in
psychology at Valdosta State College in
preparation for the graduate work in
clinical psychology.
He says he hopes to eventually set up
his own center. “I am not interested in
hospital work but more with healthy
people who can become more healthy
through a better understanding of
themselves,” he said.
“My dream is to establish a growth and
enrichment center where healthy young
married couples, through group sessions,
can become more aware of themselves.
“Many marriages that break up these
days have basic communications
problems. There may be something that
one partner has not told the other and
really does not know how to express it.”
The church, he says, is the perfect
place to help people with these problems.
“It is the perfect setup to help people
understand themselves in group
encounters. There is unfortunately a
stigma in society against a person going
for help at a mental health institute, but
since part of the work of the church is to
aid its members in growth, the utilization
of the church to aid in the stabilization of
one’s personality structure, is only
logical.”
James says he has been encouraged for
a long time to enter this field but reflects
already that he will miss his obligations as
a parish priest. “A man does not spend 14
years doing something and give it up
without missing it, he said. “Hopefully I
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would be a good thing for all of us
to . . .tell God we are sorry and that we’ll
try to be more like Jesus.
The banners, the brightest shades of
lavender, green, red, blue and orange,
were mostly made of a linen-like material,
with fringed edges, containing all manner
of mod designs. There was a coral colored
one with white flowers and white
lettering that bore the words, “I am sorry
God.” A purple one with an orange
Chalice, was lettered, “Love.” There was
a friendship banner, one for Baptism, and
one depicting forgiveness, to name a few.
Most striking of all was the tremendous
one just within the Sanctuary, illustrating
every portion of the mass of joy and
grace.
will continue to serve the church during
my studies, primarily in the evenings and
on the weekends. I do no wish to
completely «divorce myself from the#
parish ministry.”
For the next year he is to live at St.
Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Atlanta
while engaged in his intern work. Taking
his place here is to be the Rev. Brendan
Timmins, presently pastor of the Holy
Spirit Catholic Church of Macon.
The intern program which he is to
enter next month is financed by the state
of Georgia under a special program for
ministers who are entering the field of
Mental Health. The graduate work is to
be financed by himself and he said he
already sees the road will not be too easy.
“I already see the life of a poor graduate
student before me,” he laughed.
During his intern work at the Georgia
Mental Health Institute he is to work
with a psychiatric team of psychologists
and psychiatrists who will constantly be
evaluating him. He is also to be given the
opportunity to evaluate himself which he
says is for a good purpose. “A good
counselor cannot be really effective if he
does not understand himself.”
The banners were the contribution of
all the children. “Everyone helped,”
Father Coleman said. “Some of the
smaller ones did nothing more than just
paste on flowers, but everyone had a
part.”
There were folk hymns throughout,
and everyone was singing - “put your
hand in the hand of the Man who stilled
the water.” As the mass ended, Father
Coleman said, “the mass is over. Now
follow me to the party.”
“Hooray,” the children shouted and
out they marched.
Their recessional song was, “We are
one in the Spirit.”
Children’s Mass
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Benedictine Honors Day
Forty seven military, scholastic and
service awards were presented by Fr.
Ralph Seikel, superintendent of Catholic
schools, Savannah Diocese, at Benedictine
Military School’s annual Honors Day
program.
Superior Cadet Medals and Certificates
were presented by LTC Harry H. Shileds
Jr., senior Army instructor, to cadets on
the basis of both military and academic
scholarship, military and academic
leadership, discipline, courtesy and
character.
Recipients included Cadet Col. Bernard
W. Doyle, Cadet Second Lt. John G.
Moylan, Cadet M/Sgt. William J. Palmer
and Cadet Sgt. Walter J. Muller.
The American Legion ROTC Scholastic
Excellence Award was presented by
Chaplain Eddy Bums, for the American
Legion George Ganam Post 184 to Cadet
Lt. Col. James P. Muller, who was cited
for being in the top ten per cent of his
academic class and upper 25 per cent of
his ROTC class.
Cadet Lt. Col. Harold A. Rahn received
the American Legion ROTC General
Military Excellence Award for his rank in
the top 25 per cent of his academic class
and for qualities of military leadership,
discipline, character and leadership.
Other military and academic medals
were sponsored by Dr. Abraham B.
Kamine, National Sojourner Hunter
Lodge 502-Chairman Americanism
Committee; American Legion Chatham
Post 135; American Legion George K.
Ganam Post 36, and were awarded to
Cadet Second Lt. Jack C. Harper, Cadet
M/Sgt. E-8 Robert M. Howard and Cadet
Sgt. E-5 Michael G. Nielubowicz,
respectively.
LTC Shields then gave the AUSA
Savannah Chapter’s plaque to Cadet Lt.
Col. Henry J. Rowland, who contributed
the most through leadership to advance
ROTC and for his placement in the top
10 per cent in ROTC grades and 25 per
cent in general academic excellence.
Next, Cadet Sgt. William C. Pappas
won the Henderson Markmanship in the
Cadet Corps for having the highest
average in competitive firing during the
academic year.
BC juniors chosen to represent the
school at Boy’s State for a week to learn
leadership principles of state, county and
local government were announced. They
were Pat Bremer, Gary Moylan, Thomas
Madison and Tim Tuggey.
Four sophomores named to participate
in the Savannah Science Seminar were
Richard Jennings, Edgar Oliver, William
Palmer and Thad Roppel.
The certificate for highest achievement
in Latin went to Ralph Miranda, with
Tim Gallagher, Walter Muller and Patrick
Persse receiving honorable mention.
In addition, Ralph Miranda won the
cup donated by the Class of 1929 for the
Ideal Cadet of the Freshman Class.
Academic scholarships and grants
included: George Lingenfelser - $1,000,
National Merit Scholarship, American
Cyanamid Corp., to the University of
Georgia.
Joseph Griffin, National Merit
Scholarship, $750 to Emory University;
Harvey J. Sutlive, National Merit
Scholarship to University of Georgia.
Also, Frederick Lindsay, $600 to
Georgia Military College.
Athletic Scholarships were: James
Coleman - Georgia Tech; Gene Dotson -
The Citadel; Mike Bazemore - The
Citadel; John Williams - University of
Tennessee at Martin; James Moye - partial
scholarship to Armstrong State College.
ROTC Scholarships were: John
Rowland - United States Naval Academy,
also Army Senior ROTC and Marine
Scholarships; Joseph Crawford - $600
ROTC to Georgia Military College;
Robert Elmore - Army Senior ROTC;
Charles Williams - $800 Rifle Team - The
Citadel.
Other citations included: Thad Roppel
- winner in the Governor’s Honors
Program. ^
The Benedictine Gold Medal for
excellence in Chemistry, donated in
memory of Dr. J. Reid Broderick and a
citation from Presbyterian College for
superior scholastic attainment in the.
junior year to John Samuel Young.
Other awards and recipients were:
BC Alumni News Journalism award to
Edgar Oliver; Savannah Morning News
“Outstanding Staffer” award presented
by William Whitten, state news editor, to
Gregg Long; The Benedictine Gold Salve
Regina Medal for excellence in
understanding and seeking solutions to
Contemporary Problems to Michael
Rochefort.
Also, the BC Gold Medal for excellence
in Physics donated by Ashton Varnedoe
in memory of his brother, John, to
Bernard Doyle; gold medal for excellence
in Spanish to Richard Brown; medal for
excellence in French, Ernest Muller;
medal for excellence in English to Joseph
Lamb; gold medal of excellence for *' s ***» v
service to the school to Fred Jones and
Eugene Powers.
Completing the ceremony was the
announcement of valedictorian and
salutatorian of the 1972 class.
The honors went to Joe Griffin and A
George Lingenfelser, who will serve as
valedictorians.
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Georgia K. Of C. Convention
The Georgia State Council Knights of
Columbus held its 70th Annual
Convention in Atlanta, last weekend.
Presiding over the convention was State
Deputy Bernard J. Mulherin of Augusta.
Following a report presented by the
State Chaplain Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke to
the delegates assembled at the
Convention the following motion was
made and unanimously adopted by the
membership:
“We reaffirm our understanding of the
by-laws of our Order that no
consideration of color or race be used in
determining the qualifications of an
applicant for membership in the Order
and we urge all of the subordinate
Councils of the jurisdiction of Georgia to
adhere to the one and only standard of
admission, that is that the applicant need
only be a practical Catholic as understood
by the Holy Mother Church.”
The motion was in response to and in
support of the State Chaplain’s position
in regard to the admission of qualified
Catholic men into the Order.
Msgr. Bourke was active throughout
the convention, having served as
Chairman for the second year of the
Annual Knight of the Year Award.
Nominees from the various subordinate
Councils throughout the State were
selected by their Councils for
consideration for this the highest honor
in the State Knights of Columbus, and
their names with resumes of their
accomplishments submitted by Msgr.
Bourke. A secret committee selected by
him reviewed those chosen^ and the
announcement of the winner came as a
highlight at the annual banquet on
Saturday evening of the convention.
The winner’s name was kept in
complete secrecy until the announcement
by Msgr. Bourke which created great
excitement and anticipation by all
present and particularly those nominated.
The winner of the award was William
E. Coshun of Council 677 in Augusta
who was currently serving as State
Secretary, having filled this capacity
when the officially elected State
Secretary resigned the office during the
Fraternal year, and has served for two
years as Public Relations Director and
Editor of the State Council Newsletter
published monthly on the first of each
month and having wide circulation both
within the State and all the jurisdictions
of the Knights of Columbus. Others
nominated for this award by their
respective Councils are as follows:
Leo Coletti, Council No. 660; Walter
C. Clark, Council No. 4599; Mario
Moscardelli, Council No. 4420; John L.
O’Connor, Council No. 4358; Philip J.
Seyfried, Council No. 4913; Henry Hall,
Council No. 925; Joseph J.B. Kuharik,
Council No. 631.
Officers for the coming Fraternal Year
1972-73 were elected with Gustave
Gotsch of Albany Council selected as
State Deputy. Gus has been active for
many years in Knights of Columbus work
and has held numerous offices and
currently serving as District Deputy.
Other officers elected were:
William E. Coshun, State Secretary,
Augusta; John J. Stafford, State
Treasurer, Savannah; Andrew C. Dooley,
State Advocate, Decatur; Arthur Martin,
State Warden, Brunswick.
By reason of their office, State Deputy
Gustave Gotsch and immediate Past State
Deputy Bernard J. Mulherin of Augusta
will be the delegates to the Supreme
Convention of Knights of Columbus to be
held during August in Toronto.
Alternates to the delegates were also
elected and they are Charles C. Chessar of
Augusta and Daniel J. Keane of Savannah
Council 631.
The annual charity drive sponsored by
the State Council and participated in by
all councils throughout the State and
having this year as its beneficiary Our
Lady of Perpetual Help Free Cancer
Home in Atlanta, Georgia, resulted in the
most successful campaign ever. It is
anticipated that a check from this years
efforts in the approximate amount of
$7,400.00 will be presented to the Home
during the summer for their use in
performing their care for incurable
cancer victims. Mr. Chris Hernandez
of Council 631 in Savannah again did a
capable job as Chairman.
Archbishop Thomas Donnellan
participated and gave the greetings at the
State Banquet and concelebrated Mass on
Sunday. In his remarks he praised the
work of the Knights of Columbus and
encouraged men to join the Order. In his
private remarks, he also advised that he
urged young priests to become active in
the organization.
The convention unanimously adopted
several resolutions in their objection to
any liberalization of any drug laws and
also adopted a resolution praising the
work of Bernard J. Mulherin as State
Deputy for the past two years.
Also honored at the convention, by
presentation of the Supreme Knights
Certificate for Faithful Service was
Joseph M. McDonough of Council 631 of
Savannah, who served for twenty-five
years as Financial Secretary of that
Council.
The convention was hosted by Atlanta
Council 660 and chairmaned by Past
State Deputy Bill Jordan of that Council.
The site for the 1973 convention to be
held during the third weekend in May is
Savannah, and the delegates to the
convention chose the third weekend in
May of 1974 to meet in Macon.
The convention concluded with the
Knights present acknowledging their
warmest appreciation for the leadership
which had been provided the State for
the past two years by Msgr. Daniel J.
Bourke, and a standing ovation for horn
adjourned the meeting.
William E. Coshun
"STATE KNIGHT OF THE YEAR"
At the 70th Annual Convention of the Georgia State Council Knights of Columbus
held in Atlanta this past weekend, State Secretary and Public Relations Director
William E. Coshun was selected as the State Knight of the Year.
Bill, having a distinguished military record, joined the Knights of Columbus as a
member of Patrick Walsh Council No. 677 in Augusta and was immediately asked to
take on the Publicity Chairman’s job.
He served in a number of chairs within his Council and initiated and published the
first state-wide newsletter for the past two years under State Deputy Bernard J.
Mulherin’s administration.
In addition, he served as General Program Director for State Activities during the
past year. He assumed the duties of State Secretary subsequent to the resignation of
that elected official and was re-elected for the State Secretary’s Office for the
Fraternal year 1972-73.
All Georgia Grand Knights can attest to his zeal in performing his duties of Publicty
Chairman and Editor of the State Newsletter and in his office as State Secretary. The
response of those in attendance at the banquet attest to Bill’s popularity and to their
approval of the selection.
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