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PAGE 8—The Southern Cross, April 26,1973
DCCW Notes
GUEST COLUMNIST
HARRIOTTE HURLEY
LITERARY WINNERS -- Left to right (first row) Dale Dangerfield,
Alex Battey; (second row) Danny Craig, Jill Rees, Paul Hennessey. Missing
from picture -- Kathleen Iezzoni.
Aquinas Places 3rd
GIRL SCOUTS -
You might call this an unsolicited
testimonial for Girl Scouts.
I have been a Christian all my life,
and a Girl Scout almost all my life. (I
started as a pre-Brownie at about age
four, because my mother was the leader,
and have continued through adulthood
filling almost every volunteer slot there
is.) But it is only in the last few years
that I have REALLY understood what
it meant to be either.
I’m not going to discuss here my
new-found ideas about being a
Christian, although that takes top
priority with me. I AM going to discuss
what being an adult Girl Scout means,
because I have begun to realize that Girl
Scout work can do more to spread the
Kingdom of God than many of the
churchy things women do.
This thought became clear to me
recently as I studied some new training
materials for Girl Scout leaders. The
thrust of this material paralleled so
beautifully that of our own religious
education programs that it seemed
obvious that a Girl Scout troop,
properly guided, could be a perfect
back-up to our children’s religion
program.
“Growth” is the key word in the Girl
Scout leader training, the theme being
“Helping Girls Grow.” (Remember our
recent Lenten program, “The Church -
A Place to Grow”?) Leaders are helped
to understand that their job is helping
girls in their troop grow - “within
themselves and out towards their
world.” (Quotes are from the training
materials.) “Growing through Scouting
includes such things as:
Becoming more self-confident,
Becoming more responsible,
Becoming more loving and caring,
Becoming more filled with wonder,
awe, and the desire to seek God,
Becoming more able to learn, grow
and function in a swiftly changing
world.”
All these things are helped along by
“learning how to:
Develop values to believe in and be
guided by;
Make decisions consistent with one’s
values and all that can be learned about
the situation needing a decision;
Develop innate talents and increase
useful skills;
Form relationships that foster
growth for all who share in them;
Question, seek information, keep an
open mind;
Love and respect oneself for what
one is and can do.”
Now, I’m no religion teacher, but it
seems to me that helping a young
Christian grow in faith involves all these
things. Don’t we help them develop
values to believe in and be guided by
(we call it conscience formation) so
they can make good decisions? Don’t
we encourage them to develop their
talents and use them for good, thereby
spreading God’s Kingdom on earth?
Don’t we teach them that loving God
means loving all our brothers too, and
that human relationships are more
important than things? Don’t we always
urge them to question, seek information
and keep an open mind?
And above all, don’t we teach them,
from their earliest years, to love and
respect themselves because they are the
object of God’s love and therefore so
very valuable?
The Girl Scout troop provides an
opportunity to practice all these skills.
Its ethical code is stated in the Promise
and Laws and is fundamental to Girl
Scouts, helping girls form the proper
values. The planning and decision
making that are a very important part of
every troop activity help girls learn to
weigh values.
The variety of activities engaged in
during a year encourage the
development of assorted talents and the
learning of new skills. (There should be
something for everyone.) The troop is
ideally a diverse group, NOT a small
group of close friends, so that girls can
learn to appreciate the likenesses and
differences among people without
pre-judgment of these as “good” or
“bad”.
Girls should see their troop as a
glorious opportunity to be grown up, to
experiment, to have the fun of doing
things they’ve never done before and
want to try. They see the chance to take
responsibility, experiment, widen their
worlds as fun. And thus it must always
be.”
And there is so much more that
could be said about Girl Scouting - but
don’t get me wrong. It isn’t the sum
total of present-day religious education.
I’m not recommending that it replace
CCD, for instance. But I do think it
reinforces a very important facet of our
religious education programs.
Now, am I writing this so you’ll rush
right down and enroll your daughter in
a Girl Scout troop so she can benefit
from all this good stuff? Hardly. There
are plenty of girls. The need is for
talented women who see the
opportunities in Scouting and who are
generous enough to give priority to the
idea of being a Girl Scout leader.
The leader is, of course, the key to a
good troop. (And she has to be the
“cream of the crop,” not the “bottom
of the barrel!”) She is “an older friend
who is ALSO learning, growing,
becoming, but who is far enough along
the way to be able to serve as a guide
and helper to the girls.” When you think
about it, it’s exciting. It’s also VERY
satisfying and, quite often, a whole lot
of fun.
Aquinas High School, Augusta,
placed 3rd in the annual state literary
meets held March 24 at Georgia State
College in Milledgeville. Aquinas belongs
to Region 7 A which comprises the same
10 schools the athletic teams meet in
the sports program.
Professionals in the various fields
acted as judges in the competition.
This column is a weekly feature
written by Seminarians studying for the
priesthood for the Diocese of Savannah,
and is intended to convey the
'dewpoints of men who will one day be
Shepherds of Souls, on a variety of
subjects.
BY WAYLAND BROWN
The light, fragrant spring mornings
are here again in Washington. Probably
lucky Georgians have been enjoying
them for some time. The air is
refreshing, and little breezy puffs stir
the tulips and azaleas on the lawn. The
Sisters have all gone to the park, and the
rest of the house is either there or at the
zoo or on the lawns walking about or
reading.
We were out early this afternoon
playing frisbee keep-away with Clyde,
the resident German shepherd. Someone
must have told Clyde that spring was
back. He lounged about in the grass
barely bothering to sniff, even at bees,
and completely refused to show interest
in eating either us or our frisbee. Too
late we found out that he was only
teasing. Up he jumped without the
slightest warning. Back to life! Our
frisbee captured and well-chewed.
Across the street, at the Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception, stood a
colorfully clad bishop in competition
with the blaze of spring flowers,
surrounded by tourists and maybe an
occasional regular visitor. The bell-tower
filled the afternoon with Easter hymns
and drowned out our screams to Clyde.
Clyde is a tease, and we should have
known it.
The bells stopped, the bishop left,
and as soon as we tried Clyde’s own
trick of non-interest, we had our frisbee
Student contestants and their fields
of endeavor were:
Alex Battey ’73: Boys’ Essay - 1st
place; Paul Hennessey ’74: Piano Solo -
1st place; One Act play: Sophocoles’
“Antigone” Kathleen Iezonni: Oral
Interpretation - 2nd place; Danny Craig
’73: Boys’ Spelling - 2nd place; Dale
Dangerfield ’73: Boys’ Solo - 3rd place;
Jill Rees ’73: Girls’ Typing - 4th place.
back. Mangled a bit, yet still air-worthy.
But who can muster the energy to play
all day in the spring? To bed and a nice
nap.
Another week in the capital, one
more paper to write and an exam to
take, and then the summer. Seven more
days living near Watergate, then back
home to Georgia. Georgia! Now there’s
a place.
The spring will not have beat me
home to my folks in Rome, and there
we will be able to watch its coming
again through the early weeks of May.
The rebirth of the green countryside,
the gentle country brooks, and the
sluggish Coosa River - memories of a
childhool well-spent and signs of hope
for the future. My folks are in their
seventies, and they will be pleased to
have us all here again for a few days.
Maybe it’s their last spring, they will
say. But no, spring always comes again.
We will look at one another and really
see, and we will listen to one another
and hear.
For I am a student again, and they
are graduates, retired and relaxed.
Living, not waiting. There’s a moral
there, because too many seem to be
waiting. Waiting for what, I wonder.
Spring is here again, and life is here, and
so we will enjoy it and celebrate our life
together.
The Savior has risen, and all nature
seems to know. Today we celebrate
Easter, and Easter is life. Outside the
sun is beginning to set in purples and
reds against an orange sky. The capitol
dome glows yellow, and the evening
train from Harper’s Ferry is blowing for
the University station. The Sisters are
coming in the driveway, and Clyde has
fallen asleep by the tennis courts.
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AQUINAS SOPHOMORE
Charles Pruszynski won Honorable
Mention in the Georgia Foreign
Language Association of Georgia’s
annual competition held at West
Georgia College in Carrolton,
Georgia. Charles placed in
Spanish. His Spanish teacher is
Sister Ruth Marie, OSF.
Obituaries
*Dr. Sylvester Steven Zintek of Augusta, April 15th
* Mrs. A. Frank Rinn of Augusta, April 17th
* Mrs. Zorata Martin Ridley of Augusta, April 19th
* Mrs. Helen McCarthy Conners of Savannah, April 19th
* Mr. Tom P. Kearney of Augusta, April 20th
* Mr. Eugene D. Rouse of Dublin, April 20th
* Mr. Andrew Benjamin Cook of Augusta, April 21st
* Mrs. Ethel English Davis of Savannah, April 22nd
Marriages
* Miss Margaret Mary Smith and Mr. John Joseph McCarthy, Jr., both of Augusta,
Ga., April 14 in St. Mary’s on the Hill Church, Augusta.
Necrology
* Rev. Charles W. Vogel, April 26,1935
* Very Rev. Msgr. James J. Grady, April 26, 1955
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Savannah
Miss Maude Vaden, consultant in administration at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Savannah,
and Mr. Leonard Kramer, presently assistant administrator for business affairs, have
been assigned added responsibilities in the hospital, according to an announcement this
week by Sister M. Cornile, Administrator of the hospital. Added to other duties Miss
Vaden will be working closely with the heads of the Dietary, Environmental Control
and Engineering Departments. Mr. Kramer has been named Associate Administrator.
In addition to financial units, reporting to him will be the Personnel and Public
Relations, Medical Records and Pharmacy Departments. “The hospital has grown from
138 to 301 beds,” said Sister Comile, “and organizational planning must grow with
it.”
St. Anne’s Communal Penance Service
St. Anne’s Church, Columbus, was filled to capacity for the Parish Communal
Penance Service held on Wednesday, April 18th at 8 p.m. This was the second such
service conducted at St. Anne’s, the first one was during Advent, just prior to
Christmas Day.
St. Frances Cabrini Carnival
St. Frances Cabrini parish, 11500 Middleground Road, Savannah, invites the public
to attend their 4th annual Spring Carnival on Saturday, May 12th from Noon to 7
p.m. A spaghetti dinner will be served all day. In addition, the Carnival will feature
games and prizes. Adult donation is $1.75, $1.00 for children. Tickets will be available
at the door.
Columbus Liner Cap Drive
St. Anne and Pacelli students are collecting Royal Crown liners to raise money for
some badly needed cafeteria chairs. There are donations in some of these liner caps
worth 10, 20, fifty cents and one dollar. All parishioners are asked to watch for these
liners with donation offers and bring them to the church. Remember, every ten cents
helps.
THE COOK’S
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LIMAS WITH SAUSAGE
Ingredients:
V2 lb. sausage meat
1 medium sized onion
1 cup cooked dried lima beans
1 cup tomatoes (canned)
^teaspoon chili
V2 teaspoon salt
Fry the onions and sausage meat until well done. Then add the other ingredients.
Simmer for thirty minutes.
This recipe was sent to the Cook’s Nook by Mrs. Corine Berry of Columbus.
MARIANATED CARROTS
Mix the following: 1 can of tomato soup, grated juice of one medium onion; V2 cup
sugar, 3/4 cup of vinegar; 1 teaspoon Lee and Perrins Worchestershire sauce; 1
teaspoon prepared mustard; salt and pepper to taste. Mix real well and pour over
carrots that have been cooked until tender (not soft) and drained. This will keep in a
jar for several weeks. Serve hot or cold, preferably cold.
The chef wishes to thank Mrs. John Tonkin of Thomasville for this interest^?
recipe and invites other readers throughout the diocese to send some in to The Cook’s
Nook care of the Southern Cross, Box 232, Waynesboro.
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