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The Southern Cross
DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH NEWSPAPER
Vol. 56 No. 3
Thursday, January 16,1975
Single Copy Price — 15 Cents
Area Priests’ Councils to Meet Jan. 20
MEETING THE PRESIDENT - In an ecumenical
setting, Archbishop William Baum of Washington, D.
C., chats with President and Mrs. Gerald Ford after the
First Family attended services at St. John’s Episcopal
Church near the White House Jan. 1 2. The archbishop
was a special guest of the Rev. John Harper (left) of St.
John’s. (NC Photo)
Diocese to Host Holy Year Tour
A two-week Holy Year ’75 Group
Inclusive Tour centering on a visit to
Rome and also including travel to
France and Dublin is being jointly
sponsored by the Diocese of Savannah
and the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
The flight is scheduled to leave May
25 from Savannah.
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This special program, arranged by
Thomas Cook, the worldwide travel
service, and Faith Tours, a leader in
religious travel, covers round-trip jet
transportation, double occupancy in a
twin-bedded room with bath at a
first-class hotel, and continental
breakfasts and dinner.
The package price is $1,268 and
includes a complete program of
sight-seei lg with the services of
English-speaking local guides, drives via
motor coach, admission fees to places
scheduled on the itinerary, tips to
airport and hotel porters on arrival and
departure for two pieces of luggage.
A Pilgrim’s Vademecum (handbook,
card, badge and map) along with
INSIDE STORY
Editorial
Pg. 2
Catholic Response
Pg. 3
Book Review
Pg. 6
Know Your Faith
Pg. 7
discount coupons, insurance coverage, a
tour membership certificate and wallet
for documents will be provided each
participant upon full payment of the
tour prior to departure.
The tours of Rome will take visitors
to the Basilica of St. Mary, the Church
of St. Peter in Chains, location of
Michelangelo’s celebrated statue of
Moses; and the “Mother of all
Churches,” St. John Lateran. There will
also be a trip to Quo Vadis Church, the
Catacombs of St. Calixtus, and St. Paul
Outside-The-Walls. In addition, time is
set aside for a tour to the Piazza
Venezia and the Roman Forum, as well
POPE TELLS LAITY
as to the Colosseum and Pantheon. A
high-point will be the visit to the
Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican. On
the morning of the Papal Audience,
transfers will be provided between the
hotel and place of ceremony.
There will also be leisure time to
explore the “Eternal City” or to select
from several optional tours that are also
offered.
For further information on the tours
or to make reservations, contact
Monsignor Daniel J. Bourke, P.O. Box
8789, Savannah 31402 or your local
travel agent.
‘Spread the Gospel’
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Today’s lay
Christian should be an evangelizer, in
close communion not only with the
Holy Spirit and with the hierarchy but
with contemporary society, Pope Paul
VI told a group of Italian Catholics Jan.
11.
The Pope spoke about the lay
vocation in an address to the national
council of Italy’s Catholic Action
movement.
Regarding the Christian’s life in the
world, the Pope said: “It is necessary to
know persons and the currents of
opinion, the groups in society and the
true state of affairs, we do not mean so
much a theoretical awareness of these
things but an awareness coming from
life experiences.
“The apostle wants to be the ferment
in society, but everyone knows that the
yeast can only do its job if it stays
united to the mass.”
He added: “The Church asks you to
assume your responsibility in the
modem AVorld by keeping your identity,
but also by being readily available to the
social, political, cultural and economic
life of your fellow citizens.”
The Pope then spoke of diverse
charisms or gifts given by the Spirit to
build up the Church.
“To Peter and to the college of
Bishops united with Him, has been given
the charism of authentic teaching of the
word of God, and the principle of unity.
But the Spirit, as He wills, gives to the
faithful gifts or special charisms, given
for the well-being of men and the
building up of the Church.”
The bishops’ charisms, the Pope said,
“pertain essentially to the tasks of
‘sanctifying,’ ‘teaching,’ and ‘ruling’ the
people of God on the way,” while the
charisms of the laity are given so that
the “divine message, received from God
through the pastors, will be incarnated
into and spread through our daily,
temporal life.”
Both must work together if the
Church is to succeed in its mission, he
said.
Officials of two national
organizations working exclusively to
serve the needs of priests and priests’
councils will address the 8th Annual
Provincial Meeting of the Atlanta
Province Federation of Priests’ Councils
meeting in Charleston, S.C., January
20-22. Msgr. Colin A. MacDonald of the
Bishops’ Committee on Priestly Life and
Ministry of the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and Fr. Reid
Mayo of the National Federation of
Priests’ Councils (NFPC) will both
report to priests of the province on the
activities of tieir respective
organizations.
Msgr. MacDonald has been Executive
Director of the NCCB’s Priestly Life and
Ministry Committee since its
organization as an Ad Hoc Committee
in 1972. He stayed on in his position
when the Ad Hoc Committee received
full status as an NCCB committee two
years ago.
Msgr. MacDonald works out of his
Washington office where he directs the
on-going work of the various
sub-committees of his organization. He
will report on the areas in which the
sub-committees are working and the
progress being made. He will be
available for most of the Provincial
Meeting for informal discussions with
the priests.
Before accepting his Washington
position Msgri MacDonald was a pastor
in his home diocese of Manchester, N.H.
Msgr. MacDonald’s address is scheduled
for Wednesday, January 22 at 9:30
. A.M.
* i t. Reid Mayo assumed the
presidency of the NFPC in February of
1973. Prior to that time he was a
director of religious education for the
Diocese of Burlington, Vt.
As the chief executive officer of the
NFPC Fr. Mayo directs an organization
composed of councils of priests in 45 of
the continental United States. He is one
of twelve priests selected by the NCCB’s
Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry
to be an advisor to that office. He will
report to the Provincial Meeting
specifically on the projects presently
being undertaken by the NFPC and
other developing trends among priests
groups throughout the country.
He will speak to the Provincial
Meeting at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday,
January 21.
The central theme of the Provincial
Meeting this year is “The Priest Today -
What Are the Expectations of the
Church?” Addressing the principal
theme will be Bishop Walter Sullivan of
the Diocese of Richmond; Rev. Robert
Kinast of the Archdiocese of Atlanta;
Rev. Seely Beggiani of the Catholic-
University of America and a panel
composed of Sr. Shirley Levesque of
Columbia, S.C., Mrs. Nancy West of
Charlotte, N.C. and Mr. Thomas Mosley
of Greenville, S.C.
'-The meeting will be held at the
Francis Marion Hotel in downtown
Charleston and will begin on Monday
evening, January 20 and conclude at
noon on January 22. The meeting is
open to all priests of the Atlanta
Province and not just to elected
delegates from priests’ councils.
Additional information can be obtained
from Rev. George M. Kloster, 900
Faculty St., Boone, N.C. 28607.
Bishop Walter F. Sullivan -- will
address the Provincial Meeting on the
topic, “The Priest Today - A Bishop’s
View.” Bishop Sullivan is the Bishop of
the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia and
serves on several committees of the
National Conference of Catholic
Bishops’ among them the Committees
on Canon Law and Priestly Formation.
He is active in civic projects in the
Richmond area and recently served on a
legislatives study commission on capital
punishment for the State of Virginia. He
became Bishop of Richmond in 1974
after having served as Auxiliary Bishop
since 1970.
Rev. Seely Biggiani - is a member of
the faculty of the Catholic University of
America in the Department of Religion
and Religious Education. He is the
rector of Our Lady of Lebanon
Seminary in Washington and has written
for several professional journals. He will
address the Provincial Meeting on the
topic “The Priesthood - A Look
Forward.”
Sr. Shirley Levesque, O.P. - is a
Dominican sister of the Adrian,
Michigan Motherhouse. Sister is
presently on the staff of the office of
Religious Education for the Diocese of
Charleston. She will be a part of a panel
examining the priesthood today from a
non-pnestly perspective.
Mrs. Nancy West - is a native of
Charlotte, N.C., where she still resides.
She is a graduate of UNC-Greensboro
and has written articles and poems for
several magazines. She is active in many
civic and eligious organizations.
Fr. Seely Beggiani
Bishop Sullivan
Mrs. Nancy West
Sr. Shirley Levesque
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Pope on New Year
VATICAN CITY (NC) -- Christians must adopt an “authentic Christian mentality”
that can critically judge the factors shaping public opinion today. Pope Paul VI told a
general audience Jan. 8. Pope Paul said that adopting this Christian mentality is the
“first reform, the most personal, the most important and the most difficult” a
Christian must make during the 1975 Holy Year. The Pope told the audience, which
included a large number of students from several U.S. universities and colleges: “We
must ask ourselves and our consciences, do I think like a Christian? Does my mentality
derive from the truth Christ taught us?” The Pope warned against letting a “personal
mentality take command over our thoughts, judgments and actions.” He said:
“Everyone today says: ‘In my opinion,’ and finds in this personal opinion justification
for his every action.”
NLRB Relents
WASHINGTON (NC) -- Responding to widespread opposition by the U.S. labor
movement, including some Catholic teachers’ unions, the National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB) has dropped its proposal to discontinue dealing with labor disputes
involving private schools.
Priests Donate $20,000
CHICAGO (NC) - Priests in Chicago have pledged more than $20,000 of their own
salaries to help feed “the world’s hungriest people.” The action was initiated at a
meeting of the coordinating board of the Association of Chicago Priests (ACP). The
money will go to missionaries in hunger-stricken areas, primarily in Bangladesh. The
ACP is an independent association formed by about one-fourth of the priests in the
Chicago archdiocese.
Jesuits Rebuked
ROME (NC) - The head of the Jesuit order has rebuked some Jesuits for spreading
false gossip, especially in Rome, regarding alleged opposition between himself on the
one hand and Pope Paul VI and officials of the Church’s central administration on the
other. Father Pedro Arrupe, superior general of the Society of Jesus, also criticized
very conservative Jesuit groups whose actions, he said, would if continued “render the
government of the Society impossible.
Bishop Lauds Women
MEMPHIS (NC) - Women have been “the Church’s readiest participants” in
implementing the Second Vatican Council, Bishop Carroll T. Dozier of Memphis said
in a pastoral letter on women in Church and society. “In thf^simplest terms,” he said,
“it must be said that Jesus and the Gospel can hardly appear as the ultimate good if
that same Good News continues its discriminatory interpretation and implementation
in the Church.”