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PAGE 8 — The Southern Cross, October 5,1972
D.C.C.W. Notes
HUGH AND GILLIAN BROWN
This is Respect Life Week. If it seems
like another in a long series of “weeks” -
national Dog Week, Be Kind to Turtles
Week - it shouldn’t, for it is supposed to
be a time when we given special thought
to the value of human life and its
sanctity.
If that seems hard it is probably because
it is hard. Open a newspaper or watch a
TV newscast in Savannah or any other
city and what do you find? Death, killing
mayhem; violence against human beings.
So many bombed in Vietnam, so many
murdered in Northern Ireland, an Israeli
diplomat blown to peices in a terrorist
plot, and the assorted number of
murders, shot-gun slayings and stabbings
that occur so frequently in our own
cities.
Add to that abortion - the killing of
the unborn - and the picture is far from
pleasant.
Violent death seems to have, for some,
a special appeal. Tune to a TV program or
see a film and watch the camera zoom in
to catch the detailed horror of some
scene of sadistic brutality. The audience
likes to see the spattered blood and brains
close up.
While many of us turn in righteous
horror from these blood-baths, what do
we do to improve the quality of life, or to
show our respect for it? Perhaps we have
raised our voices to oppose liberalization
of abortion laws. But have we followed
this through by having an active concern
for the life of the baby once he is born?
Poverty, hunger, lack of education,
ill-health, may make his life hardly worth
living. Our action may have helped him to
be born, but what are we going to do
about the rest of his life?
The magnitude of social problems
makes us feel powerless to help. We know
about thousands in our own communities
who are unable to pull themselves out of
the poverty-cycle, who live in
sub-standard housing, who are
ill-educated and jobless. But what can we
do about all this?
The whole thing seems beyond our
power.
So the temptation is to concentrate on
our own homes and families, to make
sure that our children, at least, go to good
schools, that our homes are attractive and
our jobs secure.
This attitude goes by many names.
Some call it “minding our own business”.
Others cite the principle of “putting first
things first.” Many say, in effect: “We
bear our own burdens; it is only fair to
expect others to bear theirs.”
So what is a Christian to do? He can’t,
by himself, stop the poverty cycle. He is
unable, on his own, to restructure
education so that every child gets a break.
He probably can’t build houses,
single-handed, for the homeless.
A few things, however, he can do. He
can try to expand his circle of care
beyond his own family. He can become
interested in helping the poor to obtain
education, training and jobs. He can try
to see that the child saved from the
abortionist’s knite has some change of a
life worth living. He can reach out
through a PTA, or a parish council,
through a political caucus, or even
through a vote that supports a man who
is reaching out. This week, let’s think of
one thing we can do to make this life a
better one for someone else. And then
let’s do it.
AT A MASS HONORING FATHER J. KEVIN BOLAND as their new pastor, Blessed
Sacrament parishioners’ Mrs. Warren P. Cetti, Sr. (in striped dress) and Mrs. Harry
Downs present the offertory gifts.
Savannah Parish
Honors New Pastor
THE COOK’S
NOOK
ARTICHOKE RELISH
Ingredients:
6 bell peppers (cut up)
3 quarts artichokes (sliced)
1 quart onions (cut up) (about IV2 pounds)
3 lbs. cabbage (cut up)
V2 gallon vinegar
1 jar of French’s mustard
(large size but not giant size)
% cup flour
3 lbs. sugar (2 cups = 1 lb.)
1 tablespoon tumeric
1 tablespoon black pepper
3 tablespoons mustard seed
Soak peppers, onions and cabbage overnight in two cups of salt and one gallon of
water. The next morning, strain the vegetables in a colander. Make a paste of the sugar,
flour, tumeric, black pepper and mustard seed, vinegar and mustard. Let cook about
10 minutes after it comes to a boil. Now add the vegetables and cook about 8 minutes
longer. FINALLY ADD THE ARTICHOKES. Let cook only long enough to get hot
through. This is about two or three minutes. (Artichokes must be scrubbed and then
washed thoroughly before using them. They are difficult to clean)
This recipe was sent in to the Cook’s Nook by Mrs. Carroll Hagler, Jr. Please send
your recipes to this column care of the Southern Cross Box 232, Waynesboro, Georgia.
Do you have a sweet tooth?
PARTY MINTS
Ingredients:
2V2 cups Dixie Crystal 4 x (powdered sugar) sifted
1 egg white
2 teaspoons butter or margarine
pepperment flavoring
food coloring
Combine all ingredients except food coloring in a mixing bowl and stir until creamy.
Add peppermint flavoring, a few drops at a time to taste. Divide into two or three
portions, tinting each one a different color. Form into small balls; place on waxed
paper and flatten with the tines of a fork. Let stand until firm (Favorite recipes from
Dixie Crystals)
Blessed Sacrament parishioners
honored their new pastor, Father Kevin
Boland, at the 5:30 P.M. Mass on Sunday,
October 1st.
Father Boland was the celebrant of the
Mass and was assisted by Father Brendan
Breen as Cantor; William E. Trees,
Chairman of Blessed Sacrament Parish
Council, as Lector; and Michael Lyons,
Brian Hussey, and Joseph Fleming, altar
boys.
Participating in the Offertory
Procession were two officers of the
parish’s Council of Catholic Women, Mrs.
Warren P. Cetti, Sr., President, and Mrs.
Harry Downs, Secretary.
Music was provided by the Blessed
Sacrament School Choir under the
direction of Mrs. Monica U. Trapani with
Mrs. Joseph C. Schreck at the organ.
Miss Regina Sullivan, Chairman of the
Liturgy and Music Committee of the
Parish Council, was general chairman of
the observance.
Following the Mass a reception was
held in the School Auditorium arranged
by the parish’s Home and School
Association.
Shepherds in the Wings
Microfilming of
Diocesan Papers
By Chris Schreck
(Ed. note: Chris Schreck is in his final year
of studies at William and Mary College in
Williamsburg, Virginia. He resides at St. Bede’s
Rectory, Williamsburg.)
The archives of the Diocese
of Savannah have been my work for the
past three summers, and although there
have been no startling discoveries of
letters written in George Washington’s
own hand or any fragments of Old Celtic
to prove that St. Brendan was here first,
still the work has been fascinating and
truly enjoyable.
The virtues of the microfilm system are
many.
First, it enables a business or
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perhaps 15 file drawers’ full of records
and correspondence into the space of an
average shoebox.
Secondly, the recording of documents
on film guarantees that any deterioration
which may have damaged or discolored
papers over the years will progress no
further.
Thirdly, there is the convenience of
maintaining records on each roll of film
permanently indexed so that anyone
using the files need not worry about
possible disruption of the order of the
papers.
With respect to the material presently
being put on film, it is interesting to note
that the vast majority of past
correspondence possessed by the diocese
dates from about 1935. Thus, the first
phase of the microfilming project has
been to arrange and photograph the
material dating from that year through
1960 - some 70,000 documents. At least
50,000 are presently on microfilm,
signifying that the first stage of the
project is a little better than 70% on film.
Of course, as time goes on and as the
daily business of the diocese continues, it
is expected that those materials dating
from 1960 on will be done in 10-year
segments within a few years after the
diocese completes each decade.
To me, one of the most amazing
thoughts of all is the fact that the
processed microfilm is guaranteed to
maintain its quality of resolution for at
least 500 years, which exceeds even U. S.
governmental archival standards. One
cannot help but think also - as anyone
who has worked with archives will testify
- that the examining and sorting out of
older documents gives not only a clearer
picture of what was thought and what
transpired in years past, but provides as
well an excellent perspective from which
to approach the future.
I feel strongly that this day-to-day
contact with the thoughts of priests,
religious, and laity recorded in years past
has given me a more accurate idea of
what the recent history of the Church
and the diocese must have been.
And having said that, I can think of no
better way to conclude these reflections
than to wonder somewhat facetiously if
one day I might not be able to say with
Shakespeare in RICHARD II: “Am I not
both priest and clerk? Well, then, Amen.”
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A round TheDiocese
Obituaries
* Mr. Thomas F. Davis of Augusta, September 23rd
* Mrs. Mary Alice O’Connor of Savannah, September 27th
* Mrs. Mary G. Ford of Augusta, September 27th
* Mrs. Margaret F. Welsh Hucks of Savannah, September 28th
* Miss Elizabeth Maude Fitch of Savannah, September 28th
* Mr. Thomas J. Mooney of Savannah, September 29th
Marriages
* Miss Cecilia Ann Murphy and Mr. James Winford Spence Jr. both of Augusta,
Ga., September 30 in St. Mary’s on the Hill Church, Augusta.
* Miss Joan Carol Salmon of Augusta, Ga., and Mr. Everett Davidson Harbeson Jr.
of Atlanta, Ga., September 30 in St. Mary’s on the Hill Church, Augusta.
* Miss Helen Margaret Wing and Mr. Daniel Joseph Russell Jr. both of Savannah,
Ga., September 30 in The Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Savannah.
* Miss Judith Marie Orvin of Savannah, Ga., and Mr. Gary Congleton of
Decatur, Ga., September 30 in St. James Church, Savannah.
* Miss Patricia Blenda Riley of Savannah, Ga., and Mr. Donald Davidson of
Atlanta, Ga., September 30 in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah.
Necrology
*Rev. James A. Kelly, October 16,1876.
*Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph F. Croke, October 19,1951.
*Rt. Rev. Msgr. Louis F.X. Bazin, October 21,1966.
*Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas A. Brennan, October 27,1963.
St. Mary’s Auxiliary
St. Mary’s On The Hill Ladies Auxiliary began its new season recently with a talk by
Claire A. Clement on the problems facing Augusta Citizens. Mrs. Clement, the
Coordinator of Senior Citizens Planning in the CSRA, told of ways in which many of
these problems may be solved by organizations and individuals willing to give of
themselves. A covered dish luncheon was held following a brief business meeting
during which Mrs. Richard Bowles, president, introduced her committee chairman for
the coming year.
Cathedral CCW
The Cathedral Parish Council of Catholic Women met on October 1 following the
5:30 P.M. Mass with the president, Mrs. Jackie Bazemore, presiding. Report was made
by Commission chairmen present and there was discussion and planning for the two
Deanery projects; first, the living room dialogue and the second, the Talent Show
which will be held December 1. Guest speaker was Mrs. William C. Broderick, Vice
Chairman of Legislative Services of the Deanery CCW. Mrs. Broderick stressed the
importance of voting and gave a brief resume on the admendments to be placed before
the voters in the coming election. Monsignor Bourke, Rector of the Cathedral and
Moderator of the Parish Council, outlined several projects he has planned for the
Council.
Parish Welcomes Priest
The Parish Council of Sacred Heart Church in Savannah held Open House at the
Rectory on Sunday afternoon, September 24th to welcome the new Pastor, Father
P.James Costigan and the new Associate Pastor, Father J. Ronnie Madden. Father
Costigan, the second youngest in a family of three boys and two girls, comes from
County Tipperary. He was ordained in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Carlow in 1968. Since
his ordination Father Costigan has been at Sacred Heart and Most Holy Trinity
Churches in Augusta and at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Augusta. Father Madden is from
County Galway. He has one brother and two sisters at home. He is next to the oldest
in his family. Ordained at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in 1970, Father Madden was at St.
Theresa’s Church in Albany before coming to Savannah.
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October 20 - 22, 1972
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Augusta, Georgia
Day-long workshops and hour-long semi
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Seminars will include teachings on fruits
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the Christian family, Scripture and the Sacra
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