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PAGE 8—The Southern Cross, January 10,1974
SAVANNAH, JAN. 13
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Legion of Mary Retreat
The Legion of Mary will sponsor a
one-day Retreat to be held this coming
Sunday, January 13th at St. John’s
Center from 9: 00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
The retreat master will be Father Aedan
McGrath.
While in China in 1947, Father
McGrath was commissioned by the
Papal Internuncio to establish the
Legion of Mary in as many places as
possible. While in China, he was arrested
by the Communist in 1951 and placed
in jail. He spent almost three years in
jail -- 25 months of it in solitary.
The last thirteen months of his
solitary ordeal was in a cell immediately
below the prison roof - freezing in
winter and stifling in summer. When he
was finally expelled from China, he
remarked in the following way
concerning his confinement: “I left that
cell with a pang of regret. I had been
happy there. Sustained as I was by the
prayers of others, I felt that I was a
moral support to the Legionaries who
are fighting for the faith in China. Here
I was making my contribution.”
The Retreat is not limited to
members of the Legion of Mary, but is
open to all who wish to attend.
GSC Masquers Vie
For Nat’l Honors
Georgia Southern College Fall
Quarter Masquers production of a play,
“Everyman,” has been selected to
compete in the Regional Finals of the
American College Theater Festival at
the University of Alabama, January
17-20.
Georgia Southern, located in
Statesboro, is the only college or
university in Georgia ever selected for
participation in the eight-state regional
finals. The GSC production will be in
competition with three other plays for
the right to advance to the national
finals in Washington, D.C. in April.
The selection marks the fourth time
in the past five years Georgia Southern
has been chosen for the regional finals -
a record matched by only a few
institutions in the country. In 1971-72,
GSC became the only college in the
Southeast chosen for the finals three
consecutive years.
A special benefit performance of
“Everyman” will be held Saturday
night, January 12, at 8 p.m. in the
McCroan Auditorium at Georgia
Southern. Funds will be used to support
the drama group on their trip to the
regional finals. Admission will be $1.00
for all tickets.
The summoning of Everyman is a
Catholic-oriented play written in 1386
A.D. It is considered a classical play of
the Medieval Period. Robert West, the
director, is President of the St. Mathews
Parish Council in Statesboro, Ga.
The GSC production of “Everyman”
was one of more than one thousand
given by more than thirty thousand
student actors on more than two
hundred and fifty campuses throughout
the nation. The American College
Theater Festival is presented by the
John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts and the Smithsonian
Institute. Producing the Festival are the
American Theater Association and the
American National Theater Association.
American Airlines, American Express,
and the American Oil Company serve as
sponsors of the Festival.
The Georgia Southern production
will be competing against the following
plays and institutions in the regional
finals at Tuscaloosa, Alabama: “The
Little Foxes,” University of Alabama;
“The Importance of Being Earnest,”
Troy State University; “The Oresteia,”
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
THOMASVILLE RADIO
Christan Unity Program
To celebrate the observance of “THE
OCTAVE FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY,”
the Sacred Heart Program, in
cooperation with the Graymoor
Monastery of Garrison, N.Y., has
produced a half-hour radio special
which will be aired on WPAX,
Thomasville and over 400 stations
across the country on Sunday, January
20, 1974, according to Rev. Denis E.
Daly, S.J., Director of the
internationally known radio and
television apostolate, headquartered in
St. Louis.
Entitled “Teach Us To Pray,” it
encompasses the thoughts and desires
for Christian Unity of prominent
Churchmen of various denominations
including: Dr. Konrad Reiser, German
Theologian; Dr. Egan Gerdes, Director
of Ecumenical Institute of Spirituality;
Mr. Michael DeVries, World Council of
Churches, Ecumenical Center in Geneva,
Switzerland, and Rev. Charles Angell,
Atonement Father of the Graymoor
Monastery.
The Program reflects an ideal that
knows no calendar -- that Unity among
believers of which Paul spoke: One
Lord, One Faith, One Baptism - that
unity which was the prayer of the
Master Himself: “That they may be
one.”
“THE OCTAVE FOR CHRISTIAN
UNITY” is a week set aside in January
to give people of various denominations
in local congregations and communities
across the country an opportunity to
join forces prayerfully with people of
other Christian churches.
The idea was first proposed by Father
Paul Francis Watson, a clergyman
originally of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in America, and the founder of
Graymoor Monastery. He continued to
promote the Church Unity Octave until
his death in 1940. By that time the idea
spread throughout the Roman Catholic
Church.
Checkmate:
Checking,
no minimum
balance.
Liberty National Bank
A Trust Company of Georgia Affiliate
AT A RECENT DEANERY MEETING in Augusta Bishop Lessard
presented certificates of appreciation to 8 volunteers. The certificates
were in recognition of at least 500 hours of service to the Augusta Social
Apostolate. Pictured with Bishop Lessard are: front row, left to
right.. .Mr. Tom Quinn, Mrs. Alice Killebrew, Mrs. Theresa Hutchinson.
Back row .. .Mr. Ron Bonitatibus, Sr. Celine, Mrs. Agnes Gilchrist, Mrs.
Pat Real, Mrs. Hazel MacLeod. Not included in the picture was Mrs. Eileen
Staak.
ST. MARY^AJJGVSTA
Popular Series
To Be Repeated
Due to the unprecendented interest
expressed by parishioners of St. Mary’s
on the Hill, the four-pronged adult
religious education program held in the
fall will be repeated, according to an
announcement by Monsignor Marvin J.
LeFrois, pastor.
Four programs will be offered
simultaneously for six weeks, beginning
Sunday January 13 and continuing
thereafter each Sunday through
February 17.
These seminars have for their aim to
encourage and inspire each adult
parishioner to update his education in
his faith by making him aware of his
heritage as well as of ecumenical
happenings.
Two of the programs will take place
in St. Mary’s on the Hill School. The
first entitled “Catholics in Augusta” will
cover the history and growth of the
church of Augusta. Dr. Nell Callahan
will speak on this subject and Dr.
Edward Cashin will lecture on “Father
Ryan and the Banner of the South,”
and the history of the “Catholic
Laymen’s Association.” For the six
sessions on Comparative Religion, Sister
Patricia Vanden Berg will discuss
Religion and its various meanings, the
Msgr. LeFrois
St. Mary’s Pastor
religions of the East - Hinduism,
Buddhism, Islam; Judaism and the
Divisions of Christianity - Eastern
Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Episcopal,
Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, etc.
She will conclude the series by
describing the World Council of
Churches and discussing the Ecumenical
movement.
The other two programs are
scheduled for the Parish Hall and St.
Anne’s Hall, both adjacent to
thyChurch.
In the Parish Hall Father Barry
Stanton will lecture on “Scripture.”
These questions will be discussed; What
is the Core Message of Jesus of
Nazareth? How did the New Testament
come into being? What is meant by
Revealed Writings? How did Christianity
happen for the people of the Ancient
World? How is His message and person
applicable to the individual and social
life of today?
In St. Anne’s Hall, William Beatty
will conduct six seminars entitled “Life
In the Spirit.” The purpose of these
lectures is to reaquaint one with Christ
or to deepen one’s relationship to Him,
to be more open to the work of the
Holy Spirit; to give one a more
complete sense of the power of God, in
one’s life; to hunger for the things of
thySpirit.
All these lectures will be held from
10 until 11 o’clock. Nursery service will
be provided and coffee served.
Members of the Religious Education
Committee are Father Patrick J.
Shinnick, Director, Dr. Thomas
McDonald, William Beatty, Dr. Edward
Cashin, Major Thomas McGreevy, John
Strelec, Dr. William Real, Brother
Richard.
Others assisting with the program are
Mrs. Thomas E. Bailey, Mrs. George C.
Kuhl, Mrs. Jack Haecker, Mrs. Joseph
lGreen, Mrs. Edward McMahon, Mrs.
David Tribby, Mrs. Albert Gilchrist,
Mrs. Emerson Bussey, Mrs. Eugene
Long, Mrs. Alfred Monsalvatge. Miss Pat
Gambill is chairman of the nursery.
Every parishioner is cordially invited
to take advantage of this splendid series
and to bring his friends.
Report on Midnight Mass
The highlight of Christmas is the
Midnight Mass which could be called
Christ-Mass as it is celebrated in honor
of the birth of Jesus.
The Mass offered at the Sacred Heart
Church in Savannah was most
beautiful in its solemnity and dignity.
The altars were magnificent with
poinsettias and white chrysanthemums,
which were sent in memory of loved
ones.
With only the lighted candles on the
altars symbolizing the light of Jesus
coming into the world to impart His
love to us, the procession entered as the
hymn “0 Come, O Come, Emanuel”
was sung by the choir and congregation.
The Cross bearer followed by
Acolytes bearing lighted candles, Sister
Rosalie and Sister Teresa who had been
given the honor of “Extraordinary
Ministers of Communion” by Bishop
Raymond Lessard; then Father Costigan
the Pastor and Celebrant carrying the
statue of the Infant Jesus.
Upon reaching the altar Father read
the Liturgical Proclamation” and at the
words “Jesus was born” $ister Teresa
placed the statue of the Infant child in
the crib.
Before the Mass a carol service was
rendered by the choir and folk
ensemble. The choir sang “The Huron
Carol” and “Do you hear what I hear.”
The folk group sang “Go Tell It On The
Mountain” and “What child is this.”
The choir under the direction of
Sister Carol sang the parts of the Mass,
Offertory, Communion and recessional
hymns. Mrs. Nathalie Tegerson was
organist. The scripture reading was given
by Mr. Bemie Purdy, Lector.
The true and prayerful celebration of
the birth of our Infant Saviour was in
the beauty and simplicity of the Mass
“Christ-Mass.”
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Around The Diocese
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Obituaries
* Mr. Paul G. Bennett of Martinez, December 25th
* Mr. Robert L. Hemlen of Augusta, December 27th
* Mrs. Mae Black Hughes formerly of Savannah, December 28th
* Mrs. Isabella R. Martin of Port Wentworth, December 29th
* Mr. Isaiah Carter of Crescent, December 31st
* Mr. Joseph F. McNeil Jr. of Augusta, December 31st
* Dr. Norton Frierson formerly of Savannah, December 31st
* ! Mrs. Frances White Betz of Thunderbolt, January 3rd
* Mr. John H. Ratigan of Jesup, January 3rd
* Mr. Joseph Saussy Jordan of Savannah, January 6th
Marriages
* Miss Ann Helen Herman and Mr. James Alton Rodgers, both of Augusta, Ga.,
December 21 in St. Mary’s on the Hill Church, Augusta.
* Miss Marion Teresa Kaufmann of St. Simons Island, Ga., and Mr. Ellis Rudolf
Foster Jr. of Greenville, S.C., December 28 in St. Williams’ Church, St. Simons
Island.
* Miss Patricia Ann O’Connor and Mr. Jerry Wayne Baldowski, both of Augusta,
Ga., December 29 in St. Teresa’s Church, Augusta.
* Miss Deborah Elizabeth Schexnayder and Mr. James Alfred Odum, both of
Savannah, Ga., January 5 in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah.
Lourdes Parish, Columbus
On December 23rd, a covered dish supper was held at Our Lady of Lourdes Church
in Columbus. Approximately 150 to 175 adults and children attended.
All dishes were prepared by parishioners. The covered dish supper was termed by its
chairman as “the best we’ve seen in a long time.” The supper was followed by a play
arranged and directed by Mr. and Mrs. Moorehead. The play was followed by
Christmas Carol singing in German by five German bom parishioners and then by all in
English.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS from Columbus Council 1019 helped to
brighten the Christmas holidays for some of the city’s needy by presenting
a check to the Columbus Catholic Social Service. Father Eugene
Brocktrup receives check from Grand Knight Harold Perry while Sister
Kathleen and Deputy Grand Knight John R. Howard look on.
THE COOK’S
NOOK
BY THE CHEF
POTATO SOUP
(Mrs. Alex Windsor’s Recipe)
Ingredients:
1 medium size onion cut up in small pieces
2 medium size potatoes
1 can Swanson’s chicken broth
1 cup milk
Vi teaspoon salt
Pepper to taste
2 pats margarine or butter
Procedure:
Saute onion in butter or margarine. Peel and cut up potatoes. Add to onion; pour in
can of chicken broth, salt and pepper. Simmer until done.
Remove from stove. Put most of this mixture through blender, reserving a small
amount of cooked potato pieces.
Return to saucepan. Add milk. Heat slowly - do not boil. This serves 2 generously.
Multiply to serve more.
This soup is delicious with a bit of left over spinach or brocolli added to it.
Hints:
For a delicious new salad dressing combine 1 bottle green goddess dressing with Vi
pint of sour cream. Mix thoroughly. This is also good with vegetable dip.
For a delicious tea sandwich - combine 1 small package cream cheese with Vi pint
carton of french onion dip.
For left over turkey, ham or roast beef, make a sauce of 1 part mayonnaise, Vi part
mustard, Vi part wet horse radish.
Hurry with your favorite recipes and cooking hints. Mail them to The Cook’s Nook,
Care of The Southern Cross, Box 232, Waynesboro, Georgia 30830.