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PAGE 8 — The Southern Cross. November 30,1972
DCCW Notes
AQUINAS HOMECOMING QUEEN
Miss Car oil Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kelly of Augusta, reigned as
Homecoming Queen at Aquinas High School for the annual alumni event. The
ceremony took place during half-time ceremonies at Richmond Academy Stadium
where the Aquinas Shamrocks finished the regular season with their sixth win against
no losses in the Region 7-A East. This record earned the Shamrock’s first place in their
division for this year.
Shepherds in the Wings
The Making of a Priest
THE NCCW ASSEMBLY, 1972
by
Quest Columnist
Wilhelmina Hall
President, Savannah DCCW
The Hotel Muehlebach in Kansas
City, Missouri was the place where, on
September 18-20, 200 Presidents of
Archdiocesan and Diocesan Councils of
Catholic Women, Presidents of National
Organizations affiliated with NCCW,
Officers, National Directors, National
Commission Chairmen of NCCW, and
some 32 Council Moderators met in
general assembly.
As you may perhaps be aware, the
General Assembly, NCCW, is the
expanded Board of Directors which was
instituted in 1970 so that the Council
could have closer touch with the grass
roots.
Although it is some two months since
the Assembly, the memory of it is still,
very fresh in my mind and the programs
very much on going.
The main agenda item for this
Assembly was “A Look at NCCW - Who
we are, Where we are, Where we want to
go, and How to get there.” The Monday
night session (September 18) included a
panel of our NCCL (same as NCCW)
Commission personnel who presented
the Commission programs for the
coming year. At the close of this
session, Mrs. Burke, NCCW President,
was presented with a statue of “Mother
and Child” from the National
Foundation, March of Dimes, New
York, in honor of the joint project of
Mother-Child Be-Ins, a discussion
program carried on by women’s groups
during the past two years.
Topics for the group discussions held
on Tuesday of the Assembly included:
Membership; Communications;
Activities (Impact, Evaluation);
Program; Relationship with other
organizations; and Program ideas for the
1973 Convention, which will be in New
Orleans. These group sessions also gave
us the opportunity to share with each
other ideas from our individual Councils
and to gain new ideas and suggestions
that we might use that others had tried
and found successful. I had the strong
wish to be several people so that I could
have personally participated in all of the
groups. Everything was so enlightening!
One was most impressed with the
expertise of the many women who came
to the Assembly, and the privilege of
getting together with them in the formal
sessions as well as at break time and at
meals was appreciated.
You can readily imagine how busy we
all were, judging from the areas of
discussion and participation. You
cannot imagine, though, how much this
new diocesan president from Georgia
was impressed by it all and happy to
have the privilege of being there - and
representing the Savannah DCCW. To
meet all of the presidents from
throughout the U.S., the National
Board, our Executive Director, Margaret
Mealy, our NCCL President, H.G. “Jim”
Rountree, and say hello again in our
gracious First Lady of NCCW, Mrs.
Thomas (Rita) Burke, was my pleasure.
The meeting and making of new friends
and friendships and the sharing of ideas
is always a rewarding experience. This
Assembly was certainly that for me!
The Tuesday session, additionally,
focused discussion on the future
government of NCCW, since in
November of 1971 NCCW became a
constitutent and a founding member of
the newly-formed National Council of
Catholic Laity (NCCL). Suggestions
from the grass roots representatives
throughout the U.S. were made,
including: That NCCW should continue
to be an autononous organization under
the umbrella of NCCL; that geographic
area representatives be eliminated from
the governing body of NCCW; and,
recognizing the real service that
minority groups can render in
broadening existing programs, Council
representatives suggested that
A/DCCW’s give greater opportunity to
minority groups in their programs. The
Assembly also adopted a statement, the
text of which can be found in the
November, 1972, issue of PEOPLE,
regarding, women’s sharing in the
ministries of the Church, responding to
Pope Paul’s August 15 Apostolic Letter.
So much good dialogue took place at
the Assembly! So many contributed so
much as we went from one session to the
next.
I was privileged to add to all of these
wonderful experiences one that is very
special to me. I was privileged to (along
with the Kansas City DCCW President)
lead the procession of priests who
concelebrated the Mass on Tuesday and
to read the responsorial Psalm during
the Mass.
The Assembly ended on Wednesday
with a luncheon, at which time Mr.
Rountree, NCCL President, addressed
the group with a most inspiring message.
Then, pleasant goodbyes were
exchanged; and we all left, looking
forward to meeting at the National
Convention in New Orleans.
Thank you for letting me share with
you at this time an experience made
possible by you, and one for which I
shall always be most grateful.
RON PACHENCE
THIRD YEAR THEOLOGY
WASHINGTON, D C.
Artists, carpenters, and cooks will tell
you. Before setting out to make
something, you better have a pretty
clear idea of what it is you are making.
In years past, seminaries seemed to
know exactly what they wished to
produce; and seminarians were content
to answer all questions regarding their
life’s work with the comfortable
satisfying formula, “I’m going to be a
priest.”
It’s not that simple in a time when
“priest” means anything from Dan
Berrigan to Andrew Greely to Paul VI.
Now more than ever ministry is not
definable solely in terms of the parish
preisthood. The very concept of priest
as “all things to all men” has bent
beneath the burdens of our every more
specialized and specializing society.
“Father,” simply by grace of ordination
and as a result of his theological degree,
cannot be judged competent to bind up
all the hurts of all men.
What, then, IS the priest?
Psychologist? . Economist?
Revolutionary? Administrator?
Teacher? Mystic? Politician; To say he
must be all these things is too glib an
answer. To be sure, in the course of any
given day, a minister may be called
upon to fill any one of tnese roles. Yet
how many men are competent enough
(bold enough?) to wear all these hats
and to proclaim to people that they will
all fit him?
Just what is the priest, then? Two
things, it seems to me. Poet and
professional.
1. Poet: As poet, the priest must be
able to see well - the particulars of life
as well as the whole which is greater
than all the parts put together. As poet,
the priest must be creative in a society
whose creativity has been drugged by
the rich wines of prosperity. As poet the
priest must be mystic - a man who can
speak of the Lord because he knows
him.
2. Professional: Yet poetry doesn’t
just happen. Unless the artist’s
inspiration submits to the discipline of
brush, oils, line, shape and contrast, his
art never comes to life for us. So too
with the poet-priest. He must discipline
himself particularly in the area of
professional competence. A seminarian
must test the limits of his talents, and
after discerning what it is he can do
well, he must then pursue the best
training in this area available to him.
The days are gone when a bright-eyed
idealistic young man can present himself
to a seminary and expect to “be
trained” for priesthood. And gone are
the days, hopefully, when a bishop and
people are bound to accept such a
product.
Our seminaries are beginning to
respond to the shift in what it means to
be “professional-poet-priest.” Not all
seminarians study all the same things all
the time, for example. We all become
familiar with the basic theological and
pastoral tools for ministry. Yet, beyond
that, depending on the kind of ministry
a man is preparing for, he may study
Greek verbs, Yoga, sociology,
international affairs, or even Arabic!
This competence, coupled with a
vision I have called poetic, stands a
better chance of fashioning priests who
can both operate effectively in our
sophisticated and specialized society,
and have the “grace” to keep searching
for new places for his ministry to take
him. The making of a priest is no easy
task.
ST. WILLIAM’S BAZAAR - St. William’s Church, St. Simons Island, will hold its
annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, December 2, from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M. at the
Parish Hall, Frederica Road. Special features will include: Kiddie Korner, Christmas
Table, Bakery, White Elephant Table, Scribble and Scratch, Handcrafts and Ceramics.
Shown preparing for the event (1. to r.) are: Mrs. Nelson Beaufort, Mrs. Edward
Schultz, Mrs. Edrood Burghardt and Mrs. Waller Bruce.
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Obituaries
* Mrs. Jane Ruth Carter of Savannah, October 2nd
* Mr. Harold Leahy of Blythe, November 18th
* Mrs. Hazel D. Ruth of Savannah, November 19th
* Mrs. Ida K. Gingrey Forsmark of Augusta, November 23rd
* Mr. William M. Van Sant formerly of Augusta, November 23rd
* Mr. Henry Persse Walsh Jr. of Savannah, November 26th
Marriages
* Miss Linda Susan Barrett of Hephzibah, Ga., and Mr. Robert C. Rogers of Ft.
Gordon, Ga., November 18 in Chapel 9, Ft. Gordon.
* Miss Angela Hendrix and Mr. Joseph Sauers Jr., both of Savannah, Ga.,
November 25 in Blessed Sacrament Church, Savannah.
* Miss Joanne Marie Jenkins of Savannah, Ga., and Mr. Walter William Folsom of
Atlanta, Ga., November 25 in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah.
* Miss Martha Morgan Livezey of Atlanta, Ga., and Mr. Roy Bates McCutcheon III
of Augusta, Ga., November 25 in the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta.
Necrology
* Rev. Gregory Duggan, December 3,1870
* Rev. John McCarthy, December 3,1920.
Augusta Adult Theresians
The Augusta Adult Theresians will meet on December 6th at 10:30 A.M. at St.
Mary’s Convent. A special program has been planned. Sisters and Laywomen welcome.
ADDED THERESIAN UNIT: An evening group of Theresians is organizing in Augusta.
This additional adult group is designed for the Sisters and Laywomen who have not
been able to join due to timing of present meetings. This second adult group is open to
all Sisters and Laywomen who wish to join in prayer for vocations to Christian
Womanhood in both lay and religious lives. The added dimension to this Theresian
goal for Augusta Theresians is to pray especially for our Priests, Brothers, and
Religious already working in our Dicoese. THIS GROUP will meet on December 6th,
at St. Benedict Convent, 1200 12th Street, 7:30 P.M. 8:30 with Sister M. Celine
O.S.F. as its Spiritual Moderator.
Cathedral PCCW
The Cathedral Parish Council of Catholic women were host to a Travelogue for
residents of the Rose of Sharon Apartments on November 28, 1972 at 7 P.M.
Monsignor Daniel J. Bourke, Rector of the Cathedral, showed slides of the beautiful
Ireland he left behind some forty years ago when he came to this country as a newly
ordained priest. Refreshments were served by ladies of the Council following this
entertaining feature. The December meeting of the Parish Council will follow the 5:30
P.M. Mass on Sunday, December 3,1972. All ladies of the parish are invited to attend.
Bl. Sacrament Catholic Women
The Blessed Sacrament Council of Catholic Women, Savannah, will combine their
annual Christmas covered dish party, and meeting on Monday December 4th at 8 P.M.
in the Blessed Sacrament Auditorium. The entertaining committee and hostesses have
planned a very interesting program. Chairman: Mrs. Katherine Sheppard, Co-Chairman
Mrs. Frank Williams. Each member is asked to please bring an article of Infant’s
clothing to be sent oversea’s for the Holy Father’s need for International Affairs
Layette. All members and guests who desire to attend will be welcome.
Amahl and the Night Visitors
With the cooperation of Mercer University, St. Peter Claver Parent-Teacher Club in
Macon will sponsor Fort Valley State’s College presentation of AMAHL AND THE
NIGHT VISITORS. The public is cordially invited to attend this beautiful Christmas
program on Tuesday, December 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Willingham Chapel of Mercer
University. No admission will be charged.
St. Frances Gabrini CCW
The monthly meeting of St. Francis Cabrini Parish Council of Catholic Women will
be held on Monday, December 4th, at 8 P.M. at the church. After a short
business meeting the ladies will work on the Christmas ornaments for the parish
Christmas tree. All ladies of the parish are invited to participate. Thanks to those ladies
who helped in any way with the Christmas Bazaar at Oglethorpe Mall.
St. Mary’s Auxiliary
Major William Baker of Fort Gordon spoke on Military-Civilian Relations at the
recent meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of St. Mary’s-on-the Hill Parish, Augusta. Mrs.
Jack Haecker reported on Birthright and urged all members of the Auxiliary to lend
their support.
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THE COOK’S
Pf NOOK
Here are 2 more recipes, another from Miss Mary Doris and another from Miss Trina
Farrell. Thank you both so much for sharing your talents with this column!
ONE DAY PICKLE
By Mary Doris
5 lbs. cucumbers
Vi cup lime
7 cups sugar
5 cups vinegar
Vi package spices
Slice cucumbers and sprinkle lime over them. Add enough water to cover. Let set
over night. Then wash in cold water. Next mix sugar, vinegar, and spices. Add
cucumbers and cook about twenty minutes.
(Only cucumbers can be made this way.)
HURRY UP APPLE CAKE
By Trina Farrell
Ingredients. 3 CU p S pj a j n fi our
1 teaspoon soda,
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups chopped apples
Procedure:
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
% cups oil (Mazola)
Sift together the flour, soda, nutmeg, baking powder, salt. Add the apples and nuts
and set aside Now cream the sugar and eggs. Add vanilla and Mazola oil. Mix well in
electric mixer.
Now combine both mixtures and bake covered in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour 15
minutes.
Cool with the lid on so cake will be moist.
Be sure to grease and flour the pan in which the cake is cooked!
The Cook’s Nook is interested in getting more recipes, so please each one who is
reading this column, hurry to send in some. Christmas ones will be especially welcome.
Send them to the Southern Cross, Box 232, Waynesboro, Georgia.