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DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH NEWSPAPER
Vol. 55 No. 20 Thursday, May 16, 1974 Single Copy Price — 12 Cents
IN SA VANNAH
Benedictines Mark 100 Years in Savannah
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BENEDICTINES IN SAVANNAH, 1974. Front
row, left to right: Br. Bernard Lewitzke, Rev. Mario
Balbi, Rev. Ralph Bailey, Very Rev. Aelred J. Beck,
Rev. Paschal Kneip, Rev. Wilfred Dumn, Rev. Brinstan
Takach, Rev. Phillip Ghys. Back row, left to right:
Rev. Albert Bickerstaff, Rev. Bertrand Dunegan, Br.
Gerard Klaric, Rev. Blane Resko, Rev. Bede Hasso,
Rev. Briant Halloran, Rev. Anthony Wesolowski.
TO OUTSTANDING CITIZENS
Benedictine to Award Medals
Benedictine Medals of Excellence will
be presented to three outstanding
citizens at graduation exercises to be
held at the Benedictine Military School
gymnasium on Saturday, May 18, at 8
p.m. Judge H. Sol Clark, a Judge of the
Georgia Court of Appeals and a
Benedictine alumnus, will address the
97 graduating seniors. Receiving the
medals, presented by the Very Rev.
Aelred J. Beck, O.S.B., Headmaster of
the school, will be William E. Honey,
Sr., Dr. Prince A. Jackson, and Mrs.
Joseph C. Schreck.
Honey is Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer of the Latex
Construction Co. of Atlanta, Georgia,
although his main interest is now in the
Thunderbolt Marina and Boat Repair
Yard, a division of Latex. He is also very
much involved in the expansion of his
marine construction interests in the
Savannah area. In Atlanta, Honey is a
member of the Capital City Club and
the Athletic Club; in Savannah, he is a
member of the Chatham Club and the
Savannah Yacht Club. He is also on the
Board of Trustees of St. Joseph’s
Hospital.
Dr. Jackson, President of Savannah
State College, is a well-known educator
and community leader. A native
Savannahian, Dr. Jackson has served as
Vice-President of the
Chatham-Savannah Board of Public
Education. He is on the local boards of
the Y.M.C.A., the Boy Scouts, United
Community Services, the Chamber of
Commerce, the Red Cross, and
Goodwill Industries. Dr. Jackson is
listed in WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA,
AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN OF
SCIENCE, AND WHO’S WHO IN THE
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. A
communicant of St. Benedict’s Church,
he is also a member of the education
committee of the U. S. Catholic
Conference.
Since 1945 while a student at St.
Vincent’s Academy, Mrs. Joseph C.
Schreck has been deeply involved in the
development of St. Vincent’s musical
program. She currently directs two glee
clubs at St. Vincent’s, the Senior Choir,
and all classes in church music, as well
as arranging music for these groups.
Since 1946 while a student at
Armstong Junior College she has been
organist for the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, where she also directs the
James B. Copps Memorial Choir and the
choir composed of children of Cathedral
Day School. Mrs. Schreck has two sons
who are studying for the Diocesan
priesthood and a daughter, who is
employed by a local architectural firm.
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HOPSCOTCH
Reds Hindered Funeral
VIENNA (NC) - Communist authorities in Czechoslovakia made many efforts to
hamper the funeral services of Cardinal Stepan Trochta of Litomerice, by such things
as forbidding a funeral procession and any funeral services outside Litomerice.
Trial in Vatican City
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Seven former Vatican employes accused of stealing gold
medals and other valuable objects from the Vatican are due to go on trial in a Vatican
City court. The criminal trial is believed to be the first since Vatican City became a
sovereign state in 1929.
Brazil-Church Ties
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (NC) - Church-state relations in this nation may be
improving. The press has interpreted the presence of President Ernesto Geisel at the
opening of the new offices of the apostolic nunciature in Brazilia as indicative of the
growing ties. Church-state relations were at a low point during the last months of the
administration of former President Emilio Garrastazu Medici.
Date Set for New Rite
WASHINGTON (NC) - Dec. 1, 1974 has been named as the date for beginning the
use of the new rite of Anointing and Pastoral Care of the Sick, formerly called
Extreme Unction. The revised ritual includes the rite for the visitation and
Communion of the sick to be used by the ordinary ministers of the Eucharist as well as
instituted acolyes and the special ministers of the Eucharist.
Capuchins Support Vows
ROME (NC) -- A worldwide survey of the opinions of almost 10,000 members of
the Capuchin order indicates that the majority support the traditional vows of
poverty, chastity and obedience. About two-thirds said they agreed that “a friar must
avoid every intimate (close) relationship with persons of the opposite sex if he does
not want to lessen the meaning of his vow of chasity.” But 60.7 per cent agreed that it
must be recognized that they “must take the risk that can be involved in a human
friendship.”
May 13 marked the 100th anniversary
of the arrival of the first Benedictines in
Savannah and the South. Several
celebrations have been planned by the
Benedictines in Savannah in
commemoration of this historic event.
On May 3 a commemoration
occurred at Benedictine Military School
at the alumni dinner for selected classes
and at the military Review and Change
of Command ceremonies for the JROTC
unit at the school.
In honor of the Benedictine arrival in
Georgia, a concelebrated Mass by the
Benedictine members of the faculty of
Benedictine Military School for students
and their parents was held May 6 at the
school. The Rev. John Cuddy, pastor of
St. James Catholic Church, delivered the
homily.
The principal commemoration will
take place on Sunday, May 19, when a
concelebrated Mass will be held in the
Benedictine Military School gymnasium
at 7:00 p.m. for friends, parents and
alumni of the school.
The Most Reverend Raymond
Lessard, Bishop of Savannah, Most
Reverend Rene Gracida, Auxiliary
Bishop of Miami, Right Reverend
Egbert Donovan, O.S.B., Archabbot of
St. Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe,
Pennsylvania, Right Reverend Edmund
McCaffrey, O.S.B., Abbot of Belmont
Abbey, Belmont, North Carolina, Right
Reverend Fidelis Dunlap, O.S.B., Abbot
of St. Leo Abbey, St. Leo, Florida, and
Very Reverend Aelred J. Beck, O.S.B.,
Prior, Benedictine Priory and
Headmaster of Benedictine Military
School, will be the principal celebrants,
along with the Benedictines, religious,
and priests of the Savannah Diocese.
Bishop Gracida will deliver the homily.
It was on May 13, 1874 that two
Benedictines from Europe arrived in
Savannah to carry out the directives of
the Council of Baltimore and the
Catholic Bishops to educate and to
convert the newly freed Blacks of the
South. The two Benedictines came to
Savannah by way of St. Vincent
Monastery in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, the
first Benedictine Monastery in the
United States; where they received
advice and encouragement.
They also came at the specific request
of Bishop William Gross of Savannah.
Upon arriving they established St.
Benedict’s parish and school and soon
thereafter a monastic foundation on the
Isle of Hope was the first monastery
established in the South. Tragedy struck
the Benedictine community at Isle of
Hope in 1876 when a yellow fever
outbreak killed most of the members.
Bishop Gross then requested Abbot
Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., the founder
of the Benedictines in the U.S. and
Abbot of St. Vincent Monastery, to
replace the men lost in the yellow fever
scourge so that the original mission
could be carried out. Abbot Boniface
complied and sent the Reverend Oswald
Moosmueller, O.S.B./as Superior, and
the Reverend Melchior Reichert, O.S.B.
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SODA Volunteers Honored
Seventy-one volunteers from
Savannah’s Benedictine Military
Academy and St. Vincent’s Academy
were honored recently for their
participation in an innovative drug
education program called Operation
SODA (Stamp Out Drug Abuse).
The “teen counselors” were
presented gold pins recognizing their
efforts to establish a committed high
school group which can speak out on
drug abuse and can educate elementary
school students on the dangers of drugs.
During the proceedings in the
Benedictine cafetorium, winners of the
SODA poster contest - held in the fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth grades of area
Catholic and Hebrew schools - were
awarded engraved plaques to be
displayed in their respective schools.
More than 2,000 elementary students
in schools including Cathedral Day,
Blessed Sacrament, St. James, Sacred
Heart, St. Mary’s, Nativity, St. Michael’s
and Savannah Hebrew Day were
counseled on drugs during weekly
SODA sessions from January uirough
April by the teen counselors.
The high school students attended an
11-week training session featuring
medical, educational and legal
professionals prior to bringing the
SODA program into the classrooms.
Their drug education efforts
prompted the Chatham-Savannah Board
of Education to allocate $2,000 for a
pilot SODA program in five county
elementary schools during the 1974-75
school year.
Also recognized during the awards
presentations were the principals of
eight participating elementary schools
and faculty advisors Sister Michael Mary
of St. Vincent’s and Father Brinstan
Takach of Benedictine.
POSTER WINNERS -- Chris Fahey (kneeling) of Benedictine and Patty
Frew (far left) of St. Vincent’s are shown with SODA poster contest
winners (1. to r.) Angela Porzio, 5th Grade, Sacred Heart School; Julia
Daniels, 6th Grade, St. Michael’s School; Jeanine Strenski, 7th Grade, St.
James School; and William Lowe, 8th Grade, St. James School.
Community organizations awarded
certificates of appreciation for assisting
the SODA program in its inaugural year
were Broad Oaks Hospital, Acme Press,
Union Camp Corp., Pepsi-Cola Bottling
Co. and the Knights Auxiliary of
Savannah Council 631.
Dr. Jane Jennings, a pathologist at
Memorial Medical Center, was the
featured speaker at the awards night.
Mrs. Rose Marie Lingenfelser, SODA
program coordinator, presented the pins
to the faculty advisors, principals and
teen counselors. Benedictine senior
Chris Fahey emceed the awards
ceremony.
Teen Counselors receiving SODA pins
were Kathy Mulherin, Rick McGinn,
Theresa McGrath, Andrew Bryant,
Suzanne McLaughlin, Darryl Morris,
Cathy Burke, Cory Highland, Mary Ann
Free, Luis Hernandez, Jim Carellas,
Robert Wiehrs, Kenneth Colson and
Manuel McGinn.
Also Ken Martin, Robert
Lingenfelser, Bob Remler, Reba
Williams, James Pinckney, Jimmy
Persse, Mary Hutton, Sam Bowers,
Michelle Gillikin, Walter Muller, Marc
Wall, Patty Adamcak, John Porzio, Mike
Nielubowicz, Marianna Filson, Chris
Fahey, Michelle Smith, David Price,
Josie VonWaldner, William Griffiths,
Leslie Waters, Ted Robertson and
Howard Robinson.
Also Gwen Harris, Tim Persse, Patty
Frew, Norman McGee, Alisa Pengue,
Chip Ernst, Patrick Persse, Mike
Warsham, Kim Osbourne, David Tootle,
Cathy Chandler, Phillip Ritzert, Nancy
Courtenay, Mike Watson, Mary
Finocchiaro, Maria Johns, Ted Savadge
and Frances Meyer.
And Danny Brown, Mary Brennan,
Paul Lehon, Ginger Sanders, Dennis
Buttimer, Beryl White, Bob Scharbin,
Joan Brown, Ronald Davis, Dwayne
Simpson, Ricky Reed, Mike Paalan,
Karen Powers, Walt Jennings, Beth
Doolan and Robbie Powers.
INSIDE STORY
Geneticists Differ
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Contraception
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'Life in Music'
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Easy Society
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