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PAGE 7— The Southern Cross, August 2,1973
LEARNING TIME . . .Summer Program at Our help in the tutoring phase of the Summer Program
Lady Lourdes Parish, Columbus, Georgia. Mrs. Roger conducted by the Social Service Bureau. Twenty-seven
(Shelley) Grelle volunteered four weeks of her time to other volunteers helped to make the program a success.
RECREATION TIME . . .BATTER Deacon of the Diocese of Savannah, directed the
UP . . . .,.Summer Program under the direction of the Sports Program with the help of Louis Fogel, a
Social Service Bureau at our Lady of Lourdes Parish, volunteer from the parish. Sister Anne Brochtrup is in
Columbus, Ga. Rev. Mr. Tom Peyton, an ordained the background at the swings.
^ Summer Program of Fun and Learning ^
RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION . . . .John and Sherlene display a poster
and a mobile which their class made as part of the Summer Program at Our
Lady of Lourdes Parish, Columbus, Georgia. Rev. Mr. Tom Peyton is
wearing the multi-colored stole which was made and presented to him by
the seventy children attending the program. Every morning there was a
period of Bible stories and lively group singing. Sister Kathleen Murphy,
O. S. U. was directly responsible for the many beautiful group songs.
Jesuit Criticizes Ruling
ATLANTA (NC) - A Jesuit priest
here warned of possible extremist action
resulting from the recent Supreme
Court ruling on pornography and urged
the Church to speak out, “against any
kind of repression that robs us of
freedom of choice.”
The decision, allowing each
community to set its own standards of
pornography, was criticized in a homily
by Father Peter E. Fink, weekend
assistant at the Immaculate Heart of
Mary parish, who said there can be no
question of morality if freedom of
choice is taken away.
He cited the “dirty” book scare of
several years .ago when books like
Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye” where
being taught in high schools as an
example of extremest action of
pornography opponents and said “the
Church on the local level must add a
responsible voice” to community
standards.
While clearly stating that the Church
should not speak in favor of
pornography, Father Fink said that the
ultimate question is “who is to decide”
what pornography is.
Stating that he wants to see “some
concrete facts” supporting claims that
pornography leads to anti- social
behavior before he would be willing to
“surrender the freedom to choose,”
Father Fink said he was not convinced
that the “majority of young people” are
“even interested, much less vulnerable
to corruption” by pornography.
The priest feels that “hard core”
pornography will simply go
underground and that those led to
anti-social behavior will still find outlets
in abundance.
“The real losers will be those of us
who can appreciate the beauty of . . .a
painting such as Michelangelo’s
Creation. It is not the first time that
someone has suggested figleafs for the
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel,” he said.
BY TOM PEYTON-
People riding by Our Lady of
Lourdes School in Columbus are
wondering if school ever stopped in
June! The entire month of July the
classrooms and the playground of the
school have been bustling with
excitement. What was attracting so
many children to Our Lady of Lourdes
School every day in the hot and humid
mornings of July?
The Social Service Bureau of
Columbus, under the direction of
Father Eugene Brochtrup S. D. S. and
Sister Kathleen Murphy O.S.U. was
conducting a summer program of fun
and learning for the underpriviledged
children of Columbus. Father Edward
Frank, pastor of Our Lady of
Lourdes enthusiastically re-opened the
doors of the school for the summer
program.
The children were brought to the
school by groups of Mothers from Our
Lady of Lourdes parish who
volunteered their services every morning
to form car pools. The teachers were all
volunteers, and some came from as far
away as Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and
Maryland to work in this apostolic
summer project. Some were Sisters,
some college graduates, others college
students, high school students and one
deacon. In all there were 28 persons
involved. Many of the volunteers were
from Our Lady of Lourdes parish itself.
Those who attended the summer
school were tutored in reading, spelling
and math. And while much of the work
was classroom orientated, many of the
children had individual attention.
Besides the mornings being educational,
the children were also involved in arts
and crafts projects. They made banners,
mobiles and posters to decorate the
altar for the celebration of the
Eucharist.
The eighth grade girls made Father
Eugene Brochtrup a beautiful chalice
veil to be used at Mass. For Father Tom,
a deacon in residence at Our Lady of
Lourdes Church, who worked on the
Liturgies and the Sports program, they
made a stole of multicolored squares
and designs.
The playground was a very active
place for the children. Team work and
team spirit were two of the essential
characteristics for the girls and boys
playing baseball and basketball. Led by
their captains, Louis Fogle and Father
Tom, both teams yelled and screamed
one another on to fun and victory.
So for these children, it has been a
great month-full of learning, singing,
celebrating the Eucharist, and just plain
having fun! Due to the Christian
commitment of so many beautiful
people, another apostolic project has
tried to bring light out of darkness.
ECHO—a Reason to Hope Again
BY FR. FRED NIJEM
A miracle of some proportion has
occured in East Savannah. Ten eastside
churches have come together to
establish a non-proft corporation,
ECHO (Eastside Community to Help
Ourselves).The churches included in this
corporation are: St. John’s Baptist
Church, The Savannah Baptist Center,
The Inner City Methodist Church,
Littley Bryan Baptist Church, St.
Benedicts’s Catholic Church, The
Triumph Church of God, First
Congregational Church, Mount Tabor
Baptist Church, Greater St. James AME
Church, and The Second Ebenezer
Baptist Church.
ECHO had a rather unspectacular
beginning in September, 1972 when, at
a meeting of the St. Benedict’s Holy
Name Society, Mr. Willie Wilkins
suggested that Saint Benedict’s Church
invite neighboring churches to join in a
discussion of problems common to the
entire neighborhood. While the Society
was encouraging and supportive of Mr.
Wilkins’ idea, it was Willie himself who
contacted the seventeen local pastors.
Mr. Wilkins invited these ministers and
their congregations to gather at St.
Benedict’s for a roundtable discussion
of the overwhelming problems facing
Savannah’s eastside.
An air of tension pervaded that First
meeting; perhaps this anxiety was an
honest reflection of a neighborhood
laready disillusioned by false starts and
benign neglect of government. Yet,
there was also hope at that first meeting;
people were at least coming together in
the face of staggering odds to search out
new ways for improving their
community. It was God’s Spirit leading
us to see through our own individual
complaints the greater picture and
common need. Black and White;
Protestant and Catholic -- all began to
forge a bond that has given everyone
renewed hope and confidence in an area
of otherwise sagging dreams and
disappointing destinies.
Since that first meeting in September,
1972, ECHO has continued to meet
regularly. The discussions and plans of
the organization have focused on the
economic depression of the area,
.substandard housing, crime and
community
governmental
neighborhood.
alienation,
neglect in
and
the
The group was officially chartered as
a non-profit corporation, ECHO, in
May, 1973. Since that time ECHO has
sponsored a summer recreation league
for the children of the eastside. This
program includes skating, swimming,
basketball and softball. ECHO has also
filed for a federal credit union charter.
For the future the corporation is
considering housing needs and the
possibility of sponsoring small
businesses, owned and operated by local
eastside citizens.
Apart from any economic and
material gains that ECHO may provide
for our people, the “inspirational
progress” it has made is monumental.
The fact that people have reason to
hope again that their problems can be
solved-the fact that people have come
together admitting their common need
and offering their common pledge to
help-all of this is extremely and
eternally important.
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