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PAGE 8—The Southern Cross, November 15,1973
DCCW Notes
BETTY LOGAN A.A.I.
BIRTHRIGHT, DIOCESAN COORDINATOR
BISHOPS’ MEETING - Bishop Raymond W. Lessard of Savannah, talks
with Auxiliary Bishop Grossmann of Baltimore, at Annual Bishops
meeting being held this week in Washington. Stories from meeting are on
page 7. (N.C. Photo)
Shepherds in the Wings
Around The Diocese
Marriages
* Mr. Gary Lawrence Jackson of Augusta, November 6th
* Mr. Guy Carl Trapani of Savannah, November 6th
* Lt. Col. (U.S. Army Retired) Sara C. Mooney of
Savannmh, November 6th
* Mrs. Angela K. Grimes of Kingsland, November 8th
Necrology
* Rev. Cornelius M. Sheehan, November 18,1875
* Rt. Rev. John Barry, D.D. Second Bishop of Savannah, November 21,1859.
* Rev. Robert Brennan, November 24,1970.
St. James HSA
Saint James Home and School Association meeting will be held Monday, November
19, 1973. Classrooms will open at 7:00 P.M. in order to confer with teachers about
student’s progress. In audio-visual room at 8:00 P.M. there will be a meeting, with
refreshments to follow. All parents are urged to attend.
Columbus K of C
At the November 5th meeting of the K. of C. in Columbus, Ga., the Folk Singers
from Our Lady of Lourdes parish presented a selection of folk music. The Knights are
planning a Christmas Party for underprivileged children and the distribution of baskets
for the elderly. The Knights are working with Fr. Eugene Brocktrup and Sister
Kathleen in conjunction with the Catholic Social Service Center. The Past Grand
Knights’ Dinner will take place on November 19th at the Council Hall, at which time
the Knight of the Year award will be presented. A family Communion Breakfast is to
be held on December 23 at the Knights Hall. The breakfast is open to all area Catholics
and friends. Tickets are 75c for children and $1.25 for adults.
St. Vincent’s Honors
Since 1968 when the new liberalized
abortion law was put into effect in the
state of Georgia, approximately 5,030
babies have been aborted.
Statistics show that the majority of
these have been among the unwedded
and for social and economic reasons
alone. Surely there is a need in our
society for an alternative measure, and
it should be supported wholeheartedly
by Judeo-christian people who still
believe that life is our most sacred trust
deserving of respect and dignity, since it
has been given by God alone.
There is a group who firmly believe
this and practice what they believe
in .. .these people are called Birthright,
Emergency Pregnancy Service, etc.
What is Birthright (E.P.S.)? It is an
organization with only one purpose: to
help women and girls who are
pregnant.. .and have problems. They
counsel pregnant women and girls under
stress, always upholding their deep
respect for human life at all stages of
development from conception to ~
natural death. They do not judge who
shall live and who should die. They are
committed to do all in their power to
assist those who are living at any stage
of human growth and development.
This organization consists of
housewives, nurses, teachers, sisters,
social workers, doctors, etc., trained to
handle the problems that their clients
confront; however, they are limited in
what they can do and if necessary will
refer clients to agencies or other
professionals as help is needed.
These counsellors will listen, with
concern and a sincere desire to
understand and help. They have a
variety of possible solutions and
alternatives to the pregnant girl’s
problem. They are the girl’s closest
friend who loves her, giving her all the
help that seems advisable, but not
forcing in anyway for it is the client
who must make the decisions. Their
greatest asset is caring, listening, and
providing possible answers. Birthright
workers are all volunteers who have
donated their time, therefore services
are free. However, if professional
services are needed there may be some
cost, based on client’s ability to pay.
There are centers like Birthright all over
the world, so help can be obtained.
Your local Birthright Center (EPS)
offers support in various ways.
Medically (private physicians, hospitals,
clinics, agencies, union physicians),
financially (jobs, agencies, Federal or
State support, some local support,
private, savings, parents, friends,
boyfriend or husband), clothes,
furnishings, foster homes, arrange
entrance into Maternity Homes for
Unwed, contact adoption agencies,
food, etc.
Perhaps, we should insist in Georgia
that the Alternative to Abortion
agencies (i.e. Birthright) should be
offered to girls through our Federal,
State and Local agencies. For some time
now, girls distressed over a pregnancy
have been offered a one-way street
(abortion). We as tax-payers should have
a voice in what we believe is right.
There are not many problems that
can be answered by only one solution.
Birthright should be recognized and
should be active (mainly, through their
Board of Directors) with the Georgia
Continuum - Alliance for Human
Affairs, and also be in contact with their
Area Network Directors to the
Department of Human Resources to see
that alternatives are^ offered to
maternity cases. If anyone would like to
know who these people are, I have a list
for the state of Georgia.
There is so much to say for this
organization that it is nearly impossible
to give a full account in brief
terminology. I know there possibly will
be questions and if you will contact me
(2624 Raymond Ave., Augusta, Georgia
30904) I will be glad ta assist anyone in
getting a “hot line” or Emergency
Pregnancy Center started.
Today more than ever before, we are
called upon to answer and assist the
most needy cases. . .the forgotten
ones. . .the most lonely and least
assisted . . .the pregnant girl. Shall we
turn away? Would Jesus? “Do as Jesus
would do.” We should open our hearts
and our arms and console the unwanted;
lighten the weight by our love and
understanding and continue to love
LIFE. Protect the innocent through
your services with Birthright and other
similar organizations. If time does not
allow for your active support then offer
them financial support. Over 5,000
babies have lost their lives because of
our limited resources to reach them. We
just CAN’T LET IT CONTINUE!
SUPPORT THIS ORGANIZATION! It
is the POSITIVE approach to action
against abortion.
Birthright, Augusta
Emergency Pregnancy Center, Albany
Birthright, Atlanta
Birthright, Brunswick-Valdosta.
DCCW Convention Dates Set
The dates of the 1974 Convention of
the Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women have been announced by DCCW
President, Mrs. Jack Hall. The
convention will be held April 26, 27 and
28, 1974, at the Downtowner Hotel in
Albany, Ga.
Let’s all make a note of the dates and
plan to attend.
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.
BY WAYLAND BROWN
RELIGION AND POLITICS
Part 5: The Scriptures and Ethical
Behavior
In our previous investigations we
talked about the loving, saving action of
God in history.
His action and his love are manifest
not in some abstract and philosophical
way but concretely in our own lives, in
our situations. We said that the
scriptures assure us of God’s presence
acting in the world, influencing the
basic directions our lives take, calling us
to a relationship with Him. And lastly
we spoke about the necessity of a
response from man. Not from an
abstract, philosophical category “man,”
but from you and from me - from real,
concrete people.
Much of the scriptures is devoted to
the history of man’s response, and I
think that we can learn some basic
principles from a study of them. I
would submit that a scriptural stance, a
position from which we can make
human judgements about how we
decide and act, must consider five basic
realities: creation, sin, the incarnation,
redemption, and finally the resurrection
and the destiny of the universe. The
remaining columns of this series will
examine the aspects of this stance, each
in turn, in detail.
From the fact of creation, I believe
that we can learn of the basic goodness
of the world and of men. Genesis says,
“And God saw how good it was.” I
believe that this is the expression by the
sacred author of Genesis 1 of a
necessary quality of God’s work: that it
be good. But to concentrate on this
aspect of the stance to the exclusion of
the other four would give a distorted
picture, for we know creation to be bad
as well. The creature, man, as well as the
world itself, is subject to sin.
The effects of man’s sinfulness can be
seen from the very beginning of the
Bible in the story of Adam and Eve to
the end. The early stories of Genesis,
the tower of Babel, the flood, the story
of Cain and Able, show that sin entered
the world almost at once. The efforts of
Moses to establish a relationship
between the people of Israel and their
God were never completely successful.
The prophets preached against the
sinfulness of Israel, yet they were
ultimately failures. The Lord Himself
died because of our sinfulness.
But again we must guard against an
overly pessimistic view of the world,
because God did send His Son among us
as a man. And all men achieved new
dignity because He came to us as one of
us. We can, then, walk with the Lord
and talk with Him precisely because He
is a man, a man with human
consciousness and human feelings, a
man who can and does understand men.
But to overemphasize the aspect of
the incarnation to the exclusion of the
other four parts toof the stance could
lull us into inactivity. It is tempting to
relax because of the fact that God is
among us as a man; it is tempting to
think that human progress can
overcome sin. We can point to modern
inventions and conveniences to say that
our progress will never end, that
someday we will have heaven on earth.
Don’t forget, I have to tell myself,
what some of these modern inventions
are. The bomb, the totalitarian state: to
what use are these put by men? And so
the fourth aspect of the stance reminds
us constantly that although redemption
has occurred in Christ’s death for us, the
work of redemption is never complete
here on earth. We are not complete, not
yet.
There yet remains our resurrection
destiny, when we shall see God and live
in the blinding light of the love of the
Trinity. All human efforts must stand in
the supreme light of this final
judgement. On earth nothing is
complete, nothing is whole; neither
man, nor individual men, nor human
institutions. Yet the realities of the
goodness of creation, the mystery of
God become man, and the redemption
already begun to give us our hope, our
goal, our redemption-activity.
Next week we will look at creation.
Sister M. Jude, principal of St.
Vincent’s Academy, has announced the
first quarter honor roll as follows:
First honors were achieved by
seniors: Angela Beytagh, Susan
Bunbury, Cathy Chandler, Beth Doolan,
Terry Ferraro, Patricia Finnegan, Tina
Flournoy, Martha Guild, Rita Meredith,
Kim Osbourne and Josephine
VonWaldner.
Juniors, Kathy Brown and Julie
Capin;
Sophomores, Patty Kameron, Patricia
Mell and Mary Trees;
Freshmen, Susan Cromartie, Kristie
Fowler, Cheryl Harrison, Clare Killorin,
Paula Helmly, Nancy McClellan, Lisa
Meyer, Cathy O’Donnell, Rita McKillip,
Mary Frances Mangan, Viola Powell,
Tanya Ranta, Kathleen Russo,
Michaelene Sury and Mary Trees.
Second honors were achieved by
seniors, Virginia Bergen, Michelle
Giilikin, Josephine Lindsay, Kay
McDade, Mary McLendon, Terry
Madison, Karen Powers, Marchanita
Robinson, Ginger Sanders, Maura
Sylvester, Teresa Weston, Beryl White
and Reba Williams;
Juniors, Sherry Burnsed, Margo
Doyle, Mary Finocchiaro, Julie
Humphries, Lisa McKenzie, Ellen Lloyd,
Beverly Lentz, Mary Hutton, Mary
Hoffman, Karen McMillan and Patricia
Sheehan;
Sophomores, Cecilia Castilian, Nancy
Dooley, Carol Hadsell, Athena
Lingenfelser, Vicki Johnson, Barbara
Hussey, Ann Howard, Mary Merrick,
Debbie Osteen, Cecilia Persse, Sherry
Smith and Stephanie Stevens;
Freshmen, Deborah Anthony,
Patricia Beytagh, Colleen Brown, Amy
Bryant, Carole Connors, Cynthia Costa,
Betsy Craig, Patricia Delaney, Shawn
Doolen, Ofelia DelRio, Karen Fogarty,
Michelle Fogarty, Theresa Gallagher,
Joy Gaudry, Mary Granade, Mary Ann
Hagan, Carmel Haslam, Marilyn Lacey,
Susan Lowenthal, Carol Lyons, Erin
McGinn, Debby Michael, Anne Marie
O’Leary, Kathy Podres, Patricia
McFeeley, Beth Sheahan, Susan
Sheehan, Julie Smith, Lisa Summerlin,
Beth Tootle, Terrie Tompkins, Anne
Trees, Deborah Wescott, Linda Wolfe
and Cindy Yokum.
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IRISH COTTAGE BREAD
1 cup rolled oats
2 cups milk
5 cups self-rising flour, divided
Soak rolled oats in milk for 15 minutes. Add one cup of flour. Then work in the
remaining flour. (The dough will be stiff.) Turn onto a floured surface and knead for
about a minute or until the dough is smooth and in a firm round ball. Place on a
greased baking sheet. Slice dough into quarters with a sharp knife bringing knife to but
not through the bottom. Bake at 375 degrees for one hour or until golden brown.
Remove immediately from the baking sheet.
How To Cook A Talmadge Ham
This is Mrs. Albert Gary’s recipe.
Scrub or wash ham in cold water and let soak from 24 to 36 hours, changing the
water several times.
Put in a roasting pan and cover. Let simmer on top of stove 20 minutes cooking
time for each pound. Add two tablespoons of brown sugar to the water. About 3/4
way through add 1 cup of vermouth or cider.
Let ham cool in the water it is cooking in. Remove skin. Cover with brown sugar
and serve.
This is delicious!
SUGGESTIONS FROM THE CHEF
Honeydew melon balls marinated in maple syrup make a delicious fruit cup for
either a first course or dessert.
Add a few drops of lemon juice to rice the next time you cook it. It will keep the
grains whole and make it beautifully white.
An apple pie with a foreign flavor is the same dear dessert as ever. Add a little
orange marmalade and chopped crystallized ginger.
Mix chopped Brazil nuts with cream cheese, stuff celery with mixture and roll each
stalk in additional finely chopped nuts.
Hurry readers with your favorite holiday recipes to the Cook’s Nook, Care of the
Southern Cross, Box 232, Waynesboro, Georgia.