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Catholic Schools Week
WASHINGTON (NC) - Catholics
across the country will be asked to
“choose Catholic schools” during the
first national Catholic Schools Week,
March 25-31.
The national observance is sponsored
by the National Catholic Educational
Association (NCEA) and the U.S.
Catholic Conference (USCC).
“We hope to increase the awareness
of the members of the Church
community and of the general public as
to the breadth and magnitude of the job
being done by Catholic schools,” said
Bishop William D. Borders of Orlando,
Fla., chairman of the USCC’s education
committee.
Catholic Schools Week is the first
national observance aimed both at
publicizing Catholic school
achievements and at increasing
enrollment. It aims at publicizing
Catholic schools through school
programs, the pulpit, other church
activities and the diocesan and local
news media.
Dr. Edward R. D’Alessio, director of
Three reorganizational meetings of
the Savannah Chapter of the Georgia
Right to Life Committee have taken
place recently. Temporary officers were
elected at the last meeting. They are:
Chairman, Mr. J.A. Corcoran;
Vice-Chairman, Mr. C.J. Dulohery, Jr.;
Secretary, Mrs. Alida Smith; and
Treasurer, Mr. Edgar C. Robertson.
An interim constitution was adopted
by the group, which states that any
person is eligible to be a member who
accepts the Statement of Beliefs of the
Georgia Right to Life Committee, Inc.
Briefly summarized, these beliefs are
that human life is sacred; that the right
to life must be respected by all people;
that all human life must be cherished
and protected against any unjust attack
from the moment of conception until
death; that the unborn child is human
life.
Reorganization and reactivation of
the Right to Life group was considered
necessary after the Supreme Court’s
January 22nd decision, referred to as
the “Black Monday Decision,” which
struck down the Georgia and Texas
abortion laws.
Immediate action was taken by the
the USCC elementary and secondary
education division, told NC News that
in many ways the idea for a Catholic
Schools Week flowed from the U.S.
bishops’ 1972 Pastoral letter, “To Teach
As Jesus Did.”
“Specific steps can and should be
taken now by concerned parents,
pastors, educators and others to ensure
the continuance and improvement of
Catholic schools,” the letter said.
“These will include such things as
stating clearly and compellingly the
distinctive goals and objectives of the
Catholic schools.”
“This is also a response to a felt need
on the local level,” D’Alessio said. “The
focus is on local effort. The national
office here is just acting as a ‘facilitator’
to help direct the energies and
enthusiasm for Catholic schools that is
already there on the local level.”
To help dioceses and schools plan
their observances, the education division
has sent a resource booklet to the
country’s Catholic school
superintendents. The booklet contains
sample programs and publicity materials
from recent diocesan observances
organization in urging everyone to write
to the Attorney General of the State of
Georgia, Arthur K. Bolton, requesting
him to file a petition with the Supreme
Court to obtain a reconsideration of the
case. In this effort, they were successful,
because on February 16th, the deadline
for filing, the Attorney General did file
such a petition, worded in a pro-life
manner.
The day before, on February 15th,
the Texas Attorney General filed a
similar petition.
The Right to Life Committee now
urges everyone to write the Surpeme
Court Justices requesting that they
reverse the Georgia and Texas rulings.
The Right to Life Committee will
hold regular meetings and plans to
initiate further action on a local level, as
well as join in action proposed both
nationally and state-wide. At the
moment, they are urging support of a
constitutional amendment which would
guarantee the right to life of the
unborn. If you would like to become a
member of the Georgia Right to Life
Committee, Savannah Chapter, you may
call Mr. Dulohery at 355-8071, or Mrs.
Smith at 355-0823 or 234-0601.
promoting Catholic schools. The
examples range from last year’s “Choose
Catholic Schools” program in the
archdiocese of Chicago, one of the
largest school systems in the country, to
a highly successful spring registration
program in the small diocese of
Ogdensburg, N.Y.
The idea for a Catholic Schools Week
came from a meeting of USCC and
NCEA officials in January. According to
Dr. D’Alessio, there was a consensus at
the meeting that the first national effort
should be made this spring in spite of
the relatively short notice for a
large-scale program.
“ ‘Catholic Schools Week 1973’ will
be our first opportunity to voice
together our confidence in the value of
Catholic schools,” D’Alessio said. “The
effort is not unique to the national level
- several dioceses have been into this
sort of program for a year or two.”
He emphasized that there is a strong
enthusiasm for Catholic schools among
those who have been making use of
them. “But it’s a question of Catholic
schools having been taken for granted
for a long time. People are
unaccustomed to promoting or
publicizing their schools.
“We’re not talking here about one
Catholic school person talking to
another Catholic school person here,”
D’Alessio continued. “We’re hoping
Catholics Schools Week will involve
Catholic school users telling the rest of
the community about the values their
Catholic school has to offer-to the
Church, to the state, and to the local
community.”
Dr. Alessio concluded:
“The Catholic school system isn’t just
good - it is on balance the best system
in the U.S. today. The achievements of
the Catholic schools deserve greater
recognition. While retaining the unique
commitment to religious and moral
values that has always distinguished
them, Catholic schools have also forged
ahead educationally with many new
initiatives.
“Through Catholic Schools Week we
hope to spread the word that the
Catholic school is alive and well.”
Miss Oliver
Is Finalist
Helen C. Oliver, a senior at St.
Vincent’s Academy has been named a
Finalist in the National Merit
Scholarship Program. She is the
daughter of Mrs. Edgar J. Oliver and the
late Mr. Oliver.
The Finalist is editor of the St.
Vincent’s newspaper, a member of the
National Honor Society, holder of
certificates of merit from the National
Educational Development Tests and the
University of Georgia.
Helen plans to enter The George
Washington University to continue the
study of French and Art Appreciation.
HELEN C. OLIVER
PANELISTS ON “DISCIPLINE” Pictured above are the panelists who
presented a program on “Discipline” at the meeting of St. Vincent’s
Academy Parents’ Guild, Savannah. From left to right are: Sister M. Jude,
moderator; Terry Bunger, senior; Rev. Ralph Seikel, Superintendent of
Schools and Therese Powers, senior. Parents participated in the question
and answer period.
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PAGE 7—The Southern Cross, March 1,1973
NEW “HAT” FOR CARDINAL-ELECT
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, apostolic delegate in the
United States, who will be made a cardinal March 5,
proudly wears the headdress of an honorary chief of
the Osage Indian nation. In feathers and blanket, the
cardinal-elect (right photo) talks with Chief Sylvester
J. Tinker of Pawhuska, Okla., who visited Washington,
D.C. to honor him. The archbishop’s zuchetto is on a
table in the foreground. (NC Photos by Thomas N.
Lorsung)
1972 CHD Figures
Figures on the amount raised in the
Diocese of Savannah for the Campaign
for Human Development (CHD) last
November have been released by
Monsignor Daniel J. Bourke, diocesan
comptroller and director of the CHD
campaign for the Savannah diocese
Total contributions from parishes and
institutions of the diocese in 1970
totalled $11,462.46 in 1971, the total
amount contributed was $12,589.46,
Msgr. Bourke said, noting a slight
decline from that figure to 1972’s total
of $11,880.76.
Seventy-five percent of the total
proceeds will be sent to national CHD
headquarters and twenty-five percent
will be given to the Diocesan Social
Apostolate.
While national totals have not yet
been compiled, Msgr. Bourke expressed
confidence that “the Diocese of
Savannah is, proportionately speaking,
among the leading contributors, as it has
been in the last two years.
The Deanery and parish breakdown
of the campaign is as follows:
Congress Told
Bishops’ Views
WASHINGTON (NC) - The general
secretary of the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops (NCCB) has reminded
all members of Congress that the
nation’s bishops are dedicated to a
lasting peace in this country and in
Southeast Asia.
“The hoped-for return of peace
places high on our national agenda the
efforts required to achieve
reconstruction and reconciliation in our
own country and in Southeast Asia,”
Father James S. Rausch said in a letter
to all congressmen.
Enclosed with the letter was a
copy of the bishops’ resolution on “The
Imperatives of Peace,” adopted at their
general meeting here last November.
Also enclosed was a statement issued
Jan. 24 by Cardinal John Krol of
Philadelphia, president of the NCCB and
the United States Catholic Conference,
following the announcement of the
Vietnam ceasefire.
Both the bishops’ resolution and
Cardinal Krol’s statement stress the
need for action to bind up the wounds
of war in the United States and
Southeast Asia.
Both call for policies “designed to
help returning veterans reintegrate thier
lives in the mainstream of civilian
society” and for special attention to the
problems of wounded veterans and the
families of the dead and missing in
action.
Both also ask that the civil authorities
grant “generous pardon” to young men
who incurred convictions under the
Selective Service Act for conscientious
refusal to serve in the war, “with the
understanding that sincere conscientious
objectors should remain open in
principle to some form of service to the
community.”
In addition, both documents call for
generous U.S. aid to the peoples of
Southeast Asia. “This offers perhaps the
best hope that the present ceasefire will
provide the basis for a genuine peace
with justice in that war-torn corner of
the world,” Cardinal Krol said in his
statement.
“As the bishops remarked in
November,” Father Rausch commented
in his letter to congressmen, “the
programs of aid and reconstruciton
carried out by this country following
World War II provide a model of what is
required of us now.”
The bishops’ statement had warned
that the war in Southeast Asia “can well
leave a residue of bitterness which could
poison our national life for years to
come.”
“This must not be allowed to
happen,” the bishops statement said.
“We must instead seek to resolve our
differences in a spirit of mutual
understanding and respect.
Cardinal Krol, in his statement, called
on the nation to “be generous in
extending moral, material and technical
aid to the peoples of Southeast Asia
who have suffered so grievously.”
CAMFAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
1972
DEANERY AND PARISH
AMOUNT GIVEN
ALBANY DEANERY:
Albany:
Americus:
Bainbridge:
Cordele:
Moultrie:
Thomasville:
Tifton:
St. Teresa’s
St. Mary’s
St. Joseph’s
St. Theresa’s
Immaculate Conception
St. Augustine’s
Our Divine Saviour
$232.00
75.00
20.00
74.00
78.66
60.00
54.41
ALBANY DEANERY TOTAL:
$594.07
AUGUSTA DEANERY:
Holy Trinity
$150.00
St. Joseph’s
235.67
St. Mary’s on the Hill
1,361.00
St. Teresa of Avila
116.67
AUGUSTA DEANERY TOTAL:
$1363.34
3LUMBUSDEANERY:
St. Anne’s
$519.00
St. Benedict’s
52.16
Holy Family
297.41
Our Lady of Lourdes
\
213.00
COLUMBUS DEANERY TOTAL:
$1,081.57
ACON DEANERY:
Dublin:
Immaculate Conception
$197.25
Macon:
Holy Spirit
200.00
St. Joseph’s
1,153.30
St. Peter Claver
151.50
McRae:
Holy Redeemer
16.00
Perry:
St. Patrick
41.00
Warner Robins:
Sacred Heart
553.36
MACON DEANERY TOTAL:
$2,312.41
SAVANNAH DEANERY:
Blessed Sacrament
Cathedral
Most Pure Heart of Mary
Nativity of Our Lord
Our Lady of Lourdes
Sacred Heart
St. Anthony’s
St. Benedict’s
St. Frances Cabrini
St. James
St. Michael’s
SAVANNAH DEANERY TOTAL:
STATESBORO DEANERY:
Lyons:
Statesboro:
Sylvania:
Sacred Heart
St. Matthew’s
Our Lady of the Assumption
STATESBORO DEANERY TOTAL:
VALDOSTA-BRUNSWICK DEANERY:
$1,226.65
500.71
146.25
344.22
201.00
321.00
26.50
130.00
92.83
350.00
270.50
$3,609.66
$29.00
86.40
8.62
$124.02
Baxley:
St. Christopher’s
$20.00
Brunswick:
St. Francis Xavier
397.36
Douglas:
St. Paul’s
51.58
Jesup:
St. Joseph’s
70.00
St. Mary’s:
Our Lady, Star of the Sea
36.85
St. Simons:
St. William
807.00
Glynco Naval
Air Station:
Chapel
264.70
Valdosta:
St. John the Evangelist
543.00
ay cross:
St. Joseph’s
105.20
VALDOSTA-BRUNSWICK DEANERY TOTAL:
$2,295.69
GRAND TOTAL:
$11,880.76