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PAGE 8—The Southern Cross, May 10,1973
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Help Line Defended
Dear Editor:
In response to your editorial of April
24 th which made reference to
Comprehensive Mental Health Center’s
Help Line Service, the Help Line is an
all purpose Crisis Counselling/Informa
tion and Referral Service. In the four
months the Help Line has been in
operation, most of the calls received
have been from people experiencing a
crisis in life which has involved, a job,
financial situation, a family situation of
some personal problem the individual
has been trying to deal with.
In two cases potential suicides have
been averted. The potential suicide
victims were saved because a Help Line
counselor was able to provide police
intervention and the victims were taken
to Memorial Hospital before it was too
late. Many calls from lonely depressed
persons needing someone to talk to.
In its four months in operation Help
Line has received very few calls
specifically about abortion and one was
fictitious. The counselors job is to help
persons clarify their problems, if they
are vague and to refer people to
appropriate counselling agency. It is not
a counselors place to advise an abortion.
The billboard across the street from
the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
does not advertise an abortion
counselling service. The word
“pregnant” could mean many things to
many people, depending upon the
specific problem of the individual.
The problem could be, need of a
pregnancy test, need of pre-natal care,
treatment for venereal disease,
information about adoption or need of
financial help. Pregnancy is a projective
word, it means what the person reading
it wants it to mean.
Help Line welcomes people who are
concerned and would like to volunteer
some time as counselors. It seems to me
we need some positive action instead of
just condemning abortion. This is
something positive we can do.
Sister M. Carmelita, V.S.C., R.N.
Savannah
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* Rev. James M. O’Brien, May 11,1900.
* Very Rev. Edward Cofferty, May 16, 1896.
* Rev. Patrick McKenna, May 18, 1969.
St. Benedict’s, Savannah
The Educational Committee of St. Benedict’s parish, Savannah, sponsored a lecture
on Sunday, April 29, by Dr. Dason G. Robertson M.D. Dr. Robertson spoke on the
topic of Sickle Cell Anemia, warning that it represents a special danger to Black people
and urging his listeners to be tested for traces of the disease.
St. Peter Claver Festival
St. Peter Claver parish, Macon, will sponsor a May Festival on Saturday, May 12 on
the parish grounds at 133 Ward Street. One of the main features of the festival will be
the sale of home-made handcraft.
Mother-Daughter Banquet at Martinez
St. Teresa’s Church, Pleasant Home Road, Martinez, will hold their first Annual
Mother-Daughter Communion Breakfast on Sunday May 13th at 10 AM. It will be
held at the Parish Center and The Men’s Club will cook and serve the breakfast.
Tickets will be 50c and are available from members of the Ladies Auxiliary and The
Men’s Club. Guest speaker will be Mrs. Joyce Collins, Assistant Professor at University
Hospital.
LYNN RACHELS
Phi Beta Kappa
Aquinas Student
Is Tennis Champ
Aquinas High School freshman Lynn
Rachels, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Rachels of 2234 Lee St., Augusta, Ga.,
swept the 7A Region Tennis
Championship in the Tennis Region
Tournament held April 27th in
Milledgeville, Ga.
Coming in second place in the Boy’s
Doubles were senior Alex Battey and
sophomore Casey Sideman.
Competition in the tournament
matched CSRA schools of
approximately the same size against
each other for a total of nine teams.
Aquinas placed second in the overall
competition.
Other members of the Aquinas team
are Ed Durant, Sissie Hughes, and Julie
Hester.
Shepherds in the Wings
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION at Statesboro. Five youngsters of St.
Matthew’s parish, Statesboro pose with their pastor, Father Robert Teoli
after receiving their First Holy Communion on Holy Thursday (Apr. 19).
They are (1. to r.) Brian Strozzo, Jeff Harris, Keith Haney, Michele
Chodnicki and Bill Sheppard.
$7,000 Gift to Pacelli
BY AL EVERSMAN
At the May 3rd meeting in
Columbus, Ga. Dr. William S. Odom,
President of Pacelli Home and School
Association, presented a $7,000 check
to Fr. Robert Mattingly, Principal of
Pacelli, for the benefit of the school. In
the beginning of the year the Home and
School Association also purchased a
new public address system for the
football field.
It was announced that Pacelli Viking
Night will be held at Golden Park at 8
P.M., Tuesday, May 15th. The
Columbus Astros will play the Savannah
Braves. Pacelli will share generously in
the gate receipts. Father Mattingly
stated that 48 of the 56 seniors
graduating had been accepted in colleges
and universities. Only three students
had decided to terminate their
education. Three of the forty eight have
been admitted to U.S. Military
Academies.
Coach Bruce Swisshelm stated that
football scholarships were awarded to:
Norman Sims, U.T. at Chattanooga;
Chris Bo wick, Air Force Academy; and
Frank Scott, Naval Academy. Mention
was also made of the Pacelli Golf Team
winning the Region 5B golf
championship and their future
participation in the state meet at
Dublin, Ga.
The new officers for the 1973-74
year were installed. They included: Paul
Arrington, President; Mary O’Brien,
Vice President; Mary Patton, Secretary;
and Caroline Blackford, Treasurer.
Program Chairman, Emmett Tice,
introduced Fr. Keohane, whose students
presented a short play entitled, “The
Sandbox”, by Edward Albee. The
theme dealt with mans inhumanity to
the aged. The cast included: Josanna
Tyson, Matt Nelson, Allison Hillsman,
Carney Hanson, Bruce Weaver, Terry
Wissinger, and Barbara Stevens.
Pet Population Explosion
Wayland Brown
This column is a weekly feature
written by Seminarians studying for the
priesthood for the Diocese of Savannah,
and is intended to convey the
viewpoints of men who will one day be
Shepherds of Souls, on a variety of
subjects.
Between 5,000 and 6,000 cats and
dogs are born in the United States of
America every hour. If my slide rule is
correct, that is about 13 times the birth
rate of humans. The U.S. has between
100 and 120 million cat and dog
citizens this very day, and about 50
million of these animals wander about
homeless. More than 14 million
abandoned pets will be put to death in
animal shelters in 1973 alone. But the
birth rate is so much greater every year
that urban areas will soon be overrun by
wandering dogs and cats unless we do
something.
Besides the oderiferous problem of
the disposal of dog droppings in public
parks and private lawns, there is an
increasing danger of harm to children
from bites and animal-carried diseases.
And too there is the plight of the
homeless animals themselves. Many curs
can be seen here in Washington, all
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along the tracks of the B&O railroad
behind Catholic University and really
anywhere in the city one goes. Who
feeds them and keeps them healthy?
Nobody!
They fight among themselves for
garbage and scraps, and they run from
humans - unless they are cornered. In
that case . . .well, I don’t really know
what they do because I haven’t cornered
any lately, I have no desire to be
chewed up.
What does this all have to do with
you? Lots! You can have your pets
operated on. No more litters because
every litter bit hurts! Talk to your
friends - get them to talk to theirs.
Bring pressure for a spade clinic in your
area. If you have promised someone a
kitty or a pup from your next batch,
give your friend a call and suggest the
humane society. That will be one less
pet put to sleep.
One of the nicest dogs I have ever
known, Bumble Findeis, came from
Savannah’s animal shelter. Bumble is a
happy dog who was not among the
unlucky 14 million who weren’t
adopted that year. If you recommend
your animal shelter to a friend, that’s
one pet who won’t die.
And remember that unless you,
yourself, are absolutely sure that you
want a pet, don’t get one in the first
place. No matter how much the kids
holler. Over half the pets in animal
shelters were left there by owners who
changed their minds. Talk the
possibility of a pet over with the entire
family, and be aware of the
consequences to the animal if you
change your mind and decide you really
don’t want it.
Remember that eighty percent of all
animals in shelters will be killed this
year. What do you think? Can you help?
Mr. Paul Beier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard G. Beier, of 1210 Observatory Avenue,
North Augusta, South Carolina, has recently been named to The Catholic University of
America’s Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest of America’s
scholastic honor societies. It seeks to honor those students who have a record of
accomplishment in liberal studies. Students are elected by a faculty committee of the
University who are themselves members of Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Beier graduated from
Aquinas High School in Augusta, Georgia. He has majored in philosophy while at
Catholic University and will receive a Bachelor of Arts Degree in May.
Award for Bishop Metzger
MESILLA PARK, N.M. (NC) -- Bishop Sidney M. Metzger, who has given his
support to striking workers at a clothing plant in his El Paso, Texas, diocese, has
been cited for his service to the working classes.
The Texas AFL-CIO presented Bishop Metzger with the St. Joseph the
Worker Award. He was here to attend a regional meeting of the National
Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Bishop Metzger was cited for a life of creative, active leadership in advancing
economic leadership and social dignity for working people.
Msgr. George G. Higgins, research director for the United States Catholic
Conference, praised Bishop Metzger for his “strong and firm conviction in the
area of social justice.”
William Kirchner, director of organization for the national AFL-CIO, praised
the bishop “for a lifetime of effective and courageous devotion to economic and
social justice.”
In El Paso, some 3,000 workers, most of them Chicanos, have been on strike
since May 9, 1972 against the Farah Manufacturing Co., which operates nine
clothing plants in Texas and New Mexico.
In supporting the strike, Bishop Metzger had told local poor leaders: “When
you tell me your cause is good, I believe it.”
Franciscan Centennial—
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of Sisters, and the third took the habit
of the Franciscans.
Mother Beasley continued to work in
Savannah until her death in 1903.
After the death of Mother Ignatius
on May 6, 1894, God continued to
sanction the work she had undertaken.
In July, 1906, Pope Pius X (who in
1954 was canonized and now is known
as St. Pius X) granted her Institute the
Decree of Praise. Pope Pius XI gave
Definitive approbation to its
Constitutions in December, 1923.
Through the years the Franciscan
Sisters have served in St. Anthony and
St. Benedict Elementary Schools - and
St. Pius X High School, Savannah.
Presently they number thirty-nine
Sisters in Georgia where they now staff
five elementary schools: Savannah -
Cathedral, St. Mary, Sacred Heart;
Savannah Beach - St. Michael; Augusta -
Immaculate Conception. Two Sisters
teach at St. Vincent’s Academy,
Savannah and two at Aquinas High
School, Augusta. Three of the Sisters
serve the Social Apostolate, one in each
of the following areas - Augusta, Macon,
Savannah. Several Sisters are engaged in
tutorial and social work in the
immediate vicinities of their convents.
Today, the spiritual daughters of
Mother Mary Ignatius serve not only in
the diocese of Savannah but also in
dioceses and archdioceses located in
Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and
Canada. The foreign missions and the
extension of God’s Kingdom on earth
was the ever constant dream of Mother
Ignatius.
This is still evidenced by the presence
and work of her Sisters in Australia,
Egypt, England, Ireland, New Guinea
and most recently, South America. At
the request of Pope Leo XIII, the
Motherhouse of the Order was
established in Rome, Italy in 1882 and
at the present time is still located there.
The United States Provincialate is
located in Newton, Massachusetts.
Trip To Europe
June 29th-July 20th.
Visiting France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany
Poland, England and the Republic of Ireland.
Reservations Immediately
Phone: Fr. Thomas Healy, 912-745-1631.
or
Agnes Jones, 912-745-3561.
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