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PAGE 8—The Southern Cross, May 15,1975
Benedictine Medals of Excellence will
be presented to J. Tom Coleman Jr. and
Father Terence Keman at Benedictine
Military School’s graduation exercises to
be held Saturday, May 17, at 8 p.m. in
the school gymnasium. 94 seniors will
receive diplomas during the ceremonies,
at which Phillip Strenski will deliver the
valedictory address and Robert Remler
the salutatory address. J. Tom Coleman
Jr. will be the main commencement
speaker.
Coleman, a 1946 graduate of
Benedictine and a 1950 graduate of
Georgia Tech, is president and general
manager of Bonitz Insulation Company
of Georgia. Currently serving as
Chairman of the Chatham County
Commissioners, he has also served as a
city alderman, as Chairman of the
Finance and Personnel Committee of
the Chatham County Nursing Home
Board, chairman of the school board of
St. Vincent’s Academy, and a member
of the finance board of the Catholic
Diocese of Savannah. Coleman is a
Rotarian and an active member of the
Georgia Tech Alumni Club. Married to
the former Mary Esther McGrath, and
the father of six children, he is a
communicant of Blessed Sacrament
Church.
A native of Camden, N.J., Fr.
Terence studied for the priesthood at
Belmont Abbey, Belmont, N.C., and at
St. Vincent’s College, Latrobe, Pa. He
was ordained to the priesthood on
March 21, 1942. Fr. Terence came to
Savannah in August, 1942, to teach
religion, algebra, and geometry at
Benedictine, where he taught until June,
1965, when Benedictine moved to its
present location.
In addition to his teaching duties, Fr.
Terence was in charge of Our Lady’s
Chapel at Isle of Hope from 1942 until
1950, and he established the mission of
St. James and was in charge from 1950
until June, 1956. He served as pastor of
Sacred Heart Church from June, 1956,
until June, 1969, and as pastor of St.
Michael’s at Savannah Beach from June,
1969, until his retirement in August,
1974. An avid golfer, Fr. Terence lives
at Savannah Beach with his dog,
Snoopy, and says mass weekly at
Azalealand Nursing Home.
Fr. Kernan
Tom Coleman, Jr.
HAZLEHVRST
Parish to Sponsor Refugees
The members of the Good Shepherd
Chapel, Hazlehurst, voted
overwhelmingly to sponsor a
Vietnamese Refugee family at the May
meeting of the parish council.
A letter has been written to Mr. John
McCarthy, Director of Refugee Services
at the U.S. Catholic Conference in
Washington offering to accept several
handicapped children as well as a
refugee family.
Two of Glenmary’s Group Seven
members are already working with the
Chapman Convalescent Home and
Handicapped Center in Hazlehurst. A
furnished mobile home is available for
several relatives of the handicapped
children or for a separate refugee
family.
Members of the parish are not certain
about the costs involved, nor about the
amount of work this project will entail,
nor about future problems. But are
expressing their gratitude to God in
some way for all the blessings they have
received.
8TH ANNUAL State German Day Convention was held at Camp
Jackson, Covington, Georgia May 2-4. The purpose of this convention was
for the German students of Georgia to meet and compete in various
activities, but most of all to have fun. The Pacelli High School German
class (two students, Bob Edwards and Tim Gushwa) attended the
convention. They won second place in the Variety Show and came in high
in all other events.
WARNER ROBINS CONFIRMATION - On May 5th Bishop Raymond
W. Lessard confirmed 62 parishioners at Sacred Heart Church, Warner
Robins. Pictured with Bishop Lessard and the confirmed are Father Walter
L. DiFrancesco Pastor, and Father Hugh Marshall, Pastor of St. Patrick’s
Church, Perry.
MAY PROCESSION was held at Savannah’s Blessed Sacrament Church
on Sunday, May 4, 1975. The court from left to right: Mary Stacy,
attendant; Page Middleton, attendant; Karen Kane, Queen; Peggy Casey,
crownbearer; Michelle White, attendant; Michael Iocovozzi and Andrew
Roberts, pages.
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Obituaries
* Mrs. Margaret Gray Gilbert of Augusta, May 6th
Marriages
* Miss Katherine Beverly Banks and Mr Darryl Craig Morris, both of Savannah,
Ga., May 10 in the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Savannah.
Necrology
* Very Rev. Edward Cafferty, May 16,1896.
* Rev. Patrick McKenna, May 18,1969.
* Rev. J.B. Gillespie, May 20,1854.
* Rev. Charles C. Prendergast, May 20,1896.
* Rev. Patrick Cafferty, May 22, 1888.
* Rev. Henry Schonhardt, May 24,1954.
* Rev. Brendan D. O’Sullivan, May 26,1913.
Knight’s Paper Sale
Sacred Heart Council 4371 Knights of Columbus, Warner Robins, sponsored a paper
drive last weekend. All recycleable paper products collected were in support of the
Warner Robins Happy Hour School. Proceeds from the project aid them in their work
with local children. The paper drive which is held each year by the Knight’s, benefits
the council spiritually and the community agency in a direct way.
St Paul’s First Communion
On Sunday, May 4, Gidgett Bender, Jeanmarie Dovers and Kenneth Lott received
their First Holy Communion at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Douglas. Celebrant of the
Mass for the First Communicants was Rev. Francis Crump, O.M.I., Associate Pastor.
Mrs. Randy Wheeler and Mrs. John Maley prepared the hyfnns for the Mass. At the
conclusion of the ceremony in Church, the First Communicants and the congregation
gathered around the outdoor shrine of the Blessed Mother for the traditional Catholic
Ceremony of the “Crowning of Mary”. A parish breakfast prepared by Mrs. Frank
Hanna and the members of St. Paul’s Guild was then enjoyed by everyone.
By the way...
REV. MR. WAYLAND BROWN
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(Rev. Mr. Wayland Brown is a Deacon of
the Savannah diocese doing parish work in
Augusta during the summer.)
The summer sun is well upon us in
Augusta, and if my experiences in
Savannah last Saturday at Father
Curran’s theology seminar are any
measure, that lovely city is enjoying
some warm weather too. When it came
time to leave Savannah Saturday at
lunch hour my Volvo was reluctant to
turn left on Victory Drive to come
home to Augusta -- there is something
about the Beach and that car which
makes it always lean right and eastward
toward water in hot weather.
Home it came, however, and thank
goodness I left in plenty of time to
afford a leisurely drive up the country--
I counted five state patrol cars on the
back roads between Sylvania, Hilltonia,
Girard, and McBean. Be careful -- they
might be in your area this weekend.
Monsignor Donnelly’s folks had
prepared almost thirty of our parish
family to receive first communion
Sunday. (If you cannot find our picture
in this issue of the paper, look for us
next week.) They were a very attentive
class of children -- the best group it has
been my pleasure to preach to. Moving
into a new parish is always both a
pleasant experience and one which
involves some sorrow. Sorrow because
of the friends left, but happiness
because of the new friends made.
Saint Teresa’s is a friendly place. A
busy place too. Wherever the people of
God are active and involved, the clergy
are kept running. It is a good sort of
activity - not the type that doesn’t
allow for quiet. We all need quiet and
time alone. Time for ourselves, time to
think, time to reflect, time to pray. And
we have that too . . . Thank goodness.
Susan Craig of the Religious
Education staff and I are working with
many able helpers to put together a day
of recollection for ou» teenage
parishioners who have been taking part
in religious education classes during the
academic year. It is, on the whole, a
time of pulling things together and a
time of winding down. We are wrapping
the year up and tooling up for summer’s
welcome respite.
Families within our parish family
seem to be about the same tasks.
Summer plans are in the making -- some
are off to here, some to there. Jack and
Mike Jacobs told me that they are going
to pick tobacco down at Hoboken all
summer. I may be smoking some of their
handiwork this very minute in my new,
red pipe. My Pentecost pipe. Glad to
know that they are to be at work filling
our pipes.
There is another sure sign that
summer is not long away. Father Smith
has been making his rounds of our
schools showing slides of Camp Villa
Marie and singing the frog song. Camp
seems to be shaping up well again this
year from all reports. Father Smith and
the staff at the Department of Christian
Formation are trying a different sort of
project this summer. They are offering a
new, one week session which includes
some classes in religious education
designed specially for children who *
attend public schools in the larger cities.
My experiences with the nature and
quality of their classes have all been
really favorable, and I recommend that,
if you are interested, you drop him an
inquiry c/o St. John’s Center, Grimball
Point Road, Savannah 31406.
During the summer we will be
exploring one thing or another in this
column, so if you have any suggestions,
drop me a note at St. Teresa’s, 113
Davant St., Augusta, Ga. 30907. I think
that the people are going to let me off a
few hours between issues of the paper
to type a page or two for the paper!
Hope so anyway. It is good to be back
in Georgia and back to writing for the
SOUTHERN CROSS. Thanks to all of
you who have asked me what ever
happened to the column.
THE COOK’S I
NOOK
Ingredients:
BY THE CHEF
EAGLE BRAND
MAGIC COOKIE BARS
V2 cup butter or margarine
IV2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk
(not evaporated milk)
1 (6-oz.) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 can flaked coconut
(3V 2 ounces)
1 can chopped nuts
Procedure:
In a 13x9-inch baking pan melt butter. Remove from heat. Sprinkle crumbs ot
butter. Pour condensed milk evenly over crumbs. Top with chocolate chips, cocon
and nuts, press down gently. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until gold
brown. Cool. Cut into 3xlV£-inch bars. This is delicious and makes 24 bars.