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PAGE 8 — The Southern Cross, December 14.1972
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(Our Guest Columnist this week is
Bishop Gerard Frey, who will soon be
leaving Savannah to take his new duties
in Lafayette, Louisiana.
We shall all miss Bishop Frey, who
has become a personal friend to so
many of us in his visits to different areas
of our Diocese during the past 5 years.
We would like to take this opportunity
to wish him well in the new area of
service and responsibility that opens up
before him. We assure him of our
thoughts and our prayers in the years to
come.)
BY BISHOP GERARD L. FREY
As the time approaches for my taking
leave of the dedicated priests and
religious, as well as the wonderful laity
of the Diocese of Savannah, I find there
is much I would like to say but the
words are so inadequate in expressing
one’s true feeling.
In retrospect, five years are a
relatively short period of time. Yet,
much has happened in the world, in the
Church, and in our Diocese during these
years. They have been years of change,
years of adjustment.
Many difficult and often
controversial decisions had to be made.
I will always be grateful for the spirit of
faith and charity of the vast majority in
the Diocese who accepted these
decisions even though some did not
necessarily agree with all of them.
During the past few years, the
“LIVE—IN” Program has been a great
source of satisfaction for me, since it
gave me the opportunity to meet and
know so many of our people all over the
Diocese, on a person-to-person basis.
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I will always remember all who are a
part of the Diocese of Savannah in my
thoughts and in my prayers. In return, I
simply ask for support in their prayers
that God will give me the grace to
continue to serve Him, as faithfully and
as wisely as I can, through my service to
His people who are committed to my
care.
Priest Switches Teams
* CINCINNATI (NC) - Father Richard
J. Connelly, who prayed out his option
as chaplain of the Cleveland Browns
early this year, apparently has not yet
adjusted to the prayer formations of his
new team, the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Bengals and the Browns clashed
(Dec. 9) in the latest installment of one
of professional football’s most heated
rivalries, and the Browns came out on
top, 27-24.
Before going over to the Bengals,
Father Connelly had doubled for four
years as chaplain of both teams. But the
Bengals bought out his option for one
dollar at the beginning of the 1972
season.
This deal prompted a local sports
writer to bemoan that the Bengals were
getting greedy. He pointed out that not
only had the Bengals obtained Father
Connelly but they also got an altar boy
from the Browns.
The altar boy in this case was former
Browns’ star Ernie Kellerman who
served the Masses said by Father
Connelly for Cleveland players each
weekend. The Bengals picked up
Kellermann at the start of this season
and, the day he joined the Bengals,
Kellermann teamed up with Father
Connelly at a Mass.
The Bengals also have the Browns’
former coach-Paul Brown, who made
Cleveland a football power, and is
striving to make Cincinnati a power,
too.
It was under Paul Brown that Father
Connelly broke into pro football in
1946 when the Cleveland Browns were
founded. He was the second pro
football team chaplain. The first was
Father Dudley, a Franciscan priest
who’s been with the New York Giants
for 30 years. Until around 1956,
however, Fathers Connelly and Dudley
were the only chaplains in pro football.
Now all teams have one.
You might say that former Cleveland
great “Lou the Toe” Groza scouted
Father Connelly for the Browns. The
two met when the priest was assigned to
the parish at Martins Ferry, Ohio,
Groza’s hometown. Groza introduced
Father Connelly to Coach Brown and,
for the next 26 years, the priest was
part of the Cleveland team.
His association with the Browns even
was formalized in a contract. His pay:
$1 a year. However, there was a clause
that provided a $50 bonus if he could
pray the Browns to the NFL title.
When present Browns’ owner Art
Modell took over the club, Father
Connelly tried to renegotiate his
contract. He sought $1.50 a year, but
Modell told him he could get a
Methodist minister for 75 cents. Father
Connelly signed again for a dollar.
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SAIGON CHRISTMAS -- A little begger girl sits on a curb in front of a
Saigon shop window displaying a Christmas tree and presents. Even in the
midst of war, the South Vietnamese people are preparing for the coming
of the yuletide season.
Shepherds in the Wings
BY WAYLAND BROWN
Theological College, Washington, D.C.
ADVENT: FORGIVENESS II
Last week we spoke of the horrible
messes we can get in, both as individuals
and as a people. And we saw how Jesus
brought to the world the power of
forgiveness. We have new hope in Him;
we are given new life.
This week we are going to look at
what our response to Jesus’ forgiving
spirit can be. Jesus did not restrict the
power of forgiveness to himself. He told
us that it is a very human power. “If
you forgive the faults of others, your
heavenly Father will forgive you yours.”
(Matthew 6; 14-15). And again, in the
Lord’s own prayer, “Forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who
trespass against us.”
Our response is clear - we too are to
act as agents of forgiveness. If we
forgive one another our faults, then we
help each person renew his life and
escape the consequences of the evil he
unwillingly says or does. With all the
trouble I get in, if I weren’t surrounded
by loving people here at the seminary
and good, trusting friends back at home,
I would feel awfully depressed. If the
people on the bus he wrote about some
weeks ago could have forgiven Father
Smith, then everyone who was involved
in that misunderstanding might have
come out of it as a much better person.
If I can imitate Jesus even a little bit
by extending His love and
understanding to someone through
forgiveness, then Jesus’ coming will be a
bit more real for me. If we each can
forgive, then we each further the Lord’s
mission on earth in renewal. “For now I
am creating a new heaven and a new
earth, and the past will not be
remembered, and will come no more to
men’s minds. Be glad and rejoice for
ever and ever for what I am creating,
because now I create Jerusalem JOY
and her people GLADNESS.” (Isiah 66,
18,19).
Forgiveness is a very basic human
need. Jesus’ perfect knowledge of
humanity realized that, and He brought
forgiveness into the world that we may
live forever in Him. He brings it to us
daily, even hourly, through our brothers
and sisters; He brings it in the Church
and in a special way at His altar.
The Lord has told us that we too are
to forgive, we are to be the bearers of
His word until He comes again to signal
the beginning of the new age. “If your
brother sins against you seven times a
day,” Jesus said to the apostles, “forgive
him.” (Luke 17;4) We must carry on His
work on earth until he returns.
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“QUALITY CHRISTMAS TREES”
1. Douglas Firs & Scotish Pine from Canada
2. White Pine Christmas Trees grown in Georgia Mountains
3. Tree Sizes: 2’ - 25’ - Tree Prices: $2.00 - $25.00
A round TheDiocese
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Marriages
* Miss Sharon Ann Loughman and Mr. Edward H. Boyd, both of Columbus, Ga.,
November 12th in St. Anne’s Church, Columbus.
* Miss Marie Diane L’Homme and Mr. William B. Surrency, both of Columbus,
Ga., November 25th in St. Anne’s Church, Columbus.
Necrology
* Rev. Bernard J. Doyle, December 14,1879
* Rev. Eugene V. O’Neill, December 17,1916
* Rt. Rev. Msgr. James Graham, December 17,1842
St Mary’s-on-the-Hill
St. Mary’s On the Hill Home and School Association will hold it’s monthly meeting
on Tuesday, December 19th, at 8:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. Following a brief business
meeting a Christmas program will be presented bv the school choir. Also a Book Fair
will be held at this time to help the library. Refreshments will be served. All the
parents of the parish are invited.
Perpetual Vows for
Sister M. Sylvester
Sister M. Sylvester of the Holy
Angels, daughter of Mrs. Marie Thomas
of Savannah, was one of 35 Carmelite
Sisters for the Aged and Infirm who
pronounced their Perpetual Vows of
Poverty, Chastity and Obedience on
December 8 at the order’s motherhouse,
Germantown, New York.
After more than 6 years engaged in
the work of caring for the Aged and
Infirm, Sister M. Sylvester returned to
St. Teresa’s motherhouse and spent a
month in preparation for this final
“Commitment to Christ.” During the
month she attended lectures,
conferences, and a workshop, all
relating to the meaning and
responsibilities of Religious Life.
The Carmelite Sisters are located in
many cities throughout the U.S. and in
Ireland and Scotland. The order was
founded in New York city in 1929 by
Mother Mary Gabriel, O. Carm., who is
the present Mother General.
SR. M. SYLVESTER
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DELICIOUS APPLE, CABBAGE AND NUT SALAD
Ingredients
IV2 cups finely chopped apples
IV2 cups finely chopped cabbage
V2 cup chopped walnuts
V2 cup boiled dressing (mayonnaise)
Procedure
Mix all ingredients and pile lightly on lettuce leaves. Put a dash of paprika on top.
This makes a very good and attractive salad for Christmas. It was sent to
Waynesboro by Mrs. L.K. Dursse.
CHRISTMAS FRUIT COOKIES
Ingredients
2 sticks margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg separated
3 ounces candied cherries chopped
1 red candied pineapple chopped
1 green candied pineapple chopped
1 cup of sifted all purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup nuts chopped
Procedure:
Blend in chopped fruit and nuts. Add flour and salt gradually, and mix in well. Beat
egg white stiff but* not dry and fold into cookie mix. Drop from teaspoon 2 inches
apart on aluminum foil cookie sheet.
Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 15 minutes and cool before removing
from foil. 5
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after the holiday senes. Please continue to send all your good ideas to the Cboli
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