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The Southern Cross DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH NEWSPAPER Vol. 56 No. 16 Thursday, April 17, 1975 Single Copy Price - 15 Cents SAVANNAH APRIL 25-27 Convention Program Completed HISTORIC BELL -- A convent bell which never rang in a convent is preserved in this former slave marketplace in Louisville, Ga. Cast in France in 1772, the bell was being shipped to Sisters in New Orleans when captured by pirates and disposed of near Savannah, Ga. It was taken to the slave market where it was rung to warn settlers of Indian uprisings and to announce the founding of the U.S. in 1776. (NC Photo by Michael Cameaux) — INSIDE STORY Augusta Lecture Series Pg. 2 New Publication Norms Pg. 3 'Know Your Faith’ Pg. 5 Entertainment Pg. 6 BY TICKI LLOYD Approximately 300 women from the six Deaneries of the Diocese of Savannah, including Albany, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Valdosta-Brunswick and Savannah will gather at the DeSoto Hilton Hotel in Savannah for the 36th Annual DCCW Convention on April 25, 26 and 27. The theme for the Convention hosted by the Savannah Deanery under the leadership of Mrs. William Schneider, general chairman, and Mrs. Thomas Fultz, Jr. co-chairman, will be, “Reconciled by the Christ Who Renews, Frees and Unites.” Since this is the Holy Year of Reconciliation and Renewel,” it is meaningful that the Convention be held in the See of the Diocese. Registration begins on Friday, April 25 from 5 until 8 p.m. A second registration will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. At 9 a.m. on Saturday an optional Mass will be offered in the Pulaski Room of the hotel, followed by two interesting tours set for 10:30 a.m. One is a tour of the historic waterfront area, and the other to St. Mary’s Home and other sites. Conventioneers will be accompanied by car on the tours by members of Savannah Deanery. Entertainment for the Convention abounds with true Savannah hospitality. A buffet dinner is planned at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 25th at St. Vincent’s Academy Gymnasium, 311 Lincoln street for all out of town guests and local women attending. A Sharing Session, led by Mrs. Eugene V. Smith, Diocesan Organization Services Chairman, and Mrs. J. Harry Persee, will be held at the Harborview Room of the hotel on Saturday, April 26th at 1:30 p.m. The subject will be “Natural Family Planning.” This session affords an opportunity for presidents and chairmen on all levels, as well as members interested to discriminate between right and wrong, wisdom and growth. A business session, scheduled for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. will have Mrs. William A. Kempton, president DCCW presiding. The president and treasurer’s reports will be read. Mrs. Thomas 0. Fultz will give the address of welcome with Mrs. Carlton Ussery responding. Reports will be given by the six vice presidents who are the Deanery Presidents: Mrs. Thomas A. Fultz, Jr., Savannah; Mrs. Clifford Herzbert, Augusta; Mrs. Robert Slocum, Macon; Mrs. Ann Walker, Valdosta-Brunswick; Mrs. I. J. Terry, Columbus, and Mrs. Carlton Ussery, Albany. At 3:30 p.m. on Saturday Mrs. Patrick (Betty) Tisdale, president of An-Lac Orphanage, Inc., in Saigon, Vietnam will conduct a Workshop in the Harborview Room. Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m., Miss Margaret Mealey, Executive Director of the National Council of Catholic Women, will be the principal speaker at the banquet. Her subject will be, “The Year of the Catholic Woman.” On Sunday, a brunch is slated at 10:30 a.m. following a Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist at 9 a.m. celebrated by His Excellency, The Most Reverend Raymond Lessard, Bishop of Savannah. Mayor Pro-Tern of Savannah, Mr. Francis Patrick (Frank) Rossi ter, will be the guest speaker at the brunch. His topic will be, “Savannah’s History.” At the brunch a message from the National Council of Catholic Women will be given by a representative of that organization. Mr. Rossiter is a native Savannahian and a graduate of Benedictine Military School in Savannah. Married to the former Inez Coleman, they have six children. He has served as Mayor Pro- Tern of the city of Savannah for the past five years. A lector and communicant of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, he is also a member of the Knights of Columbus, president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and immediate past president of the Hibernian Society of Savannah. As secretary of the Georgia Historical Society, Mr. Rossiter has written numerous historical articles on the Catholic history of Savannah, and is well qualified to relate the richness of Savannah’s heritage. For 33 years, he was city editor, daily columnist and managing editor of the Savannah Morning News. He is presently connected with Texas Transport and Terminal Company at Savannah. MACON RAISES $3000 Community Fast for World Hunger ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND giving free concert on the Mercer University campus on Good Friday afternoon. A collection was taken for the fund to alleviate world hunger An cooperation with tl: 1 community effort on that day. BY MRS R.W. HURLEY Catholic churches joined other churches in Macon as well as the three colleges - Mercer University, Wesleyan College and Macon Junior College - in a Good Friday fast on behalf of the starving people of the world. Collections totalling $3000 were taken up in various ways and the money sent to Church World Service, earmarked for immediate food relief. Father Tom Healy of St. Joseph’s Macon, worked with other Macon clergymen and Mercer’s Dean of Students to encourage wide participation. Macon Interparish Social Apostolate, for Macon’s poor.) At Mercer University, 150 students fasted and turned in their meal tickets. The University contributed the amount saved. Two well publicized collection stations were set up all day on Good Friday. Located at Mercer University and St. Joseph’s Rectory, they made it possible for every interested individual to take part in this very effective community effort. HEADLINE HOPSCOTCH ft. The purpose was threefold, according to the committee: Support Orphan Evacuation 1) to remind ourselves of the 2 billion hungry people in the world, 2) to learn the causes of this unprecedented world hunger, and 3) to act concretely by praying and collecting offerings in churches and other places to be sent for direct aid to these hungry people. Response to the idea was spontaneous and widespread in the community. The nationally known Allman Brothers Band which is based in Macon approached Father Healy with an offer to help. As a result, they, and other bands, gave a free concert on the Mercer University campus from 2-6 PM and contributions to the fund were accepted during that time. A downtown restaurant, Le Bistro, donated its total lunchtime receipts (not just profit) amounting to $350. Three of the large downtown Protestant churches, First Baptist, First Presbyterian and Mulberry Street United Methodist, held a joint Holy Thursday service and the $200 collected was contributed to the fund. Macon Catholics who are accustomed to fasting on Good Friday, gave their contributions at Good Friday services, totalling about $700. The Catholic schools participated also. Mt. de Sales High School contributed $100 and St. Joseph’s elementary school children gave half of the $550 they had saved during Lent. (The other half went to SERVE, the CHICAGO (NC) -- Catholic Charities directors meeting here approved a policy statement April 10 emphasizing that they support the evacuation of orphans from Vietnam but also urge local agencies to promote the adoption of children in this country. The Catholic Charities directors said they “continue to support the concept of strong family life throughout the world and only when it is impossible for the child to be nurtured within the family and his own environment do we seek a solution through adoption. The adoption process is designed to assure the most appropriate placement for the child.” Oppose Evacuation of Orphans ROME (NC) - The Church in South Vietnam and Caritas Intemationalis, an international Catholic relief organization, both oppose any plans for evacuating orphans from South Vietnam, according to the Vietnam expert for Caritas. In an April 11 press conference here, Father Charles Grange, a Vietnam specialist who has visited that Asian nation frequently called the recent airlifts of orphans from Vietnam “mistaken initiatives prompted by fear or by misunderstanding of the problem.” In the United States, U.S. Catholic officials sought to refute Father Grange’s charge that the airlift of orphans was a mistake. Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom, executive director of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the overseas aid agency of U.S. Catholics, said that the “standards employed in the screening, processing and placement of Vietnamese orphans have been, and will continue to be, of the highest professional level with the best interests of the child considered paramount.” Pessimistic on Middle East AMMAN, Jordan (NC) - A very pessimistic view of the Middle East conflict was taken by King Hussein of Jordan when he received in audience April 10 at his palace a delegation of Catholic editors from the United States on a fact-finding tour of the area. “I am extremely worried about the future,” the king said. “Our worry is because if it is not possible to achieve disengagement when Egypt has expressed a willingness for peace, what use is Geneva? The choice has always been territory or peace. You cannot have both at the same time. The scales will tip in the Arabs favor. We have more resources. We are richer and can develop faster. While the Israeli advantage is military it is also limited. Something sinister appears to be planned in Israel’s favor, but in view of the human suffering that has gone on for so long, where do we go from now? I really don’t know.” ► f t