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PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, May 22, 1975
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bishops present, four were former
members of the Raleigh diocesan clergy.
The installation itself was filled with
prayer and good wishes for the new
bishop. Members of the diocesan
pastoral advisory council as well as
members of the bishop’s family
presented gifts at the Offertory.
Invocations at the prayers of the
faithful were presented by a nun, a
Catholic state senator, laywomen and
the director of the Sacred Heart
Cathedral here. Representatives of the
Knights of Columbus also honored the
bishop with their presence.
As the brass choir played “God of
Our Fathers,” with a massed choir of
parish groups in the area, the new
bishop, accompanied by the priests, left
the auditorium.
HOLY TRINITY
‘CAST’ Weekend Set
The Sisters of Blessed Trinity Shrine
Retreat, Holy Trinity, Ala., are planning
a “CAST” Weekend -- “Come and See
the Trinitarians.”
The gathering, for young women,
high school sophomores through college
ages, will take place from May 30th
through June 1st. Its purpose is to
provide an opportunity to learn more
about religious life in community.
Cost of the weekend will be $10.00
which will cover the expenses for meals
and refreshments. Girls attending are
requested to wear casual clothing and to
bring bathing suits, sleeping bags, bed
rolls, soap, towels -- and their guitars.
Registration should be sent to: Sister
Mary Nowacki, M.S.B.T., Route 4, Box
228, Philadelphia, Mississippi 39350.
The notice should include name, age,
address and phone number. If help is
needed with transportation registrants
are asked to so indicate.
Promote Dooley Sainthood
BUFFALO, Minn. (NC) - Work has
begun to demonstrate to the Vatican
that many people consider Dr. Thomas
A. Dooley, the jungle mission doctor
who established hospitals in Indochina,
a saint, Oblate Father Maynard C.
Kegler said here.
Father Kegler, director of the King’s
House of Retreats, is the promoter of
Dr. Dooley’s cause in the United States.
He said the cause has not been officially
introduced before the Vatican
Congregation for the Causes of Saints,
but he and the postulator of the cause
in Rome, Oblate Father Angelo Mitri,
are obtaining statements from people
who believe Dooley was a saint and
other material about the doctor.
“We are seeking people who are
interested in furthering the cause, who
will say they believed he was a saint,”
Father Kegler said. Such statements, he
said, may be submitted by “people who
knew him or who have been inspired by
him.”
The son of a well-to-do St. Louis
family and a graduate of Notre Dame
University and St. Louis University
Medical School, Dooley served for two
years as a U.S. Navy doctor in
Indochina. He then resigned from the
service to establish a privately financed
medical mission in Laos.
He organized Medico to provide
medical care in remote areas, raised
almost $2 million for the organization
and oversaw the establishment of seven
hospitals in four Asian nations.
He died at the age of 34 of
melanoma, a form of cancer, in New
York City in 1961.
He was the author of “Deliver Us
From Evil,” “The Edge of Tomorrow,”
“The Night They Burned the
Mountain,” and “Dr. Tom Dooley, My
Story.”
Often called a saint in his lifetime, he
said that made him feel inhibited about
going into a bar to ask for a beer.
President John F. Kennedy said it
was Dooley’s example that prompted
the formation of the Peace Corps.
A controversial figure^who wanted no
part of bureaucratic red tape, Dooley
was criticized for the primitive medical
practice in his jungle hospitals.
At one time, candidates for
canonization had to be dead for 50
years, but Pope Benedict XV changed
that requirement in the case of St.
Therese of Lisieux, “the Little Flower,”
who was canonized in 1925, only 28
years after her death.
Stephens Leave B.C.
According to a recent announcement
by headmaster Rev. Aelred Beck, Mr.
and Mrs. John Stephens will be leaving
teaching duties at BC to accept posts
next year at Claxton High School in
Claxton, Georgia.
In reaction to the Stephens’ decision,
Fr. Beck said, “We regret losing two
excellent faculty members, expert
professional, and wonderful people. We
wish them well in their new positions.”
Since arriving at BC in 1971, Mr.
Stephens has served as defense coach for
the football team, taught freshmen and
sophomore English, has been head of
the PE department, and coach of the
tennis team.
Before coming to BC Mr. Stephens
taught at Coffee County High School
where he was athletic director and head
football coach.
Mrs. Stephens, in her four years at
BC, has taught junior and senior
English, Economics and Psychology.
1972 and 1975 she was selected as
STAR teacher and in 1972 she was
voted “Teacher of the Year.” She has
been advisor to the school newspaper
“THE CADET.”
Mr. Stephens, in talking about their
decision to leave BC, said, “The four
years here have been fantastic . .. it’s
almost like having to leave home. I’d
like to express my thanks to the faculty
and student body and especially Coach
Walsh for all his work in football.”
Fr. Beck also noted that applications
for an assistant coach and science or
English teacher and another English
teacher are being accepted.
CHRISTIAN SERVICE AWARD WINNERS ~ Carlton Moxley and
Matt Rice, graduating seniors of Augusta’s Aquinas High School are the
1975 recipients of the coveted Christian Service Award. This honor,
designated by student and faculty vote is Aquinas’ most coveted award.
Both Carlton and Matt have been active during their four years of high
school in student projects serving the Augusta and Aquinas communities.
To qualify for the Christian Service Award, candidates must exemplify
Christian ideals in their conduct and attitudes. Carlton is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Moxley of Augusta, while Matt’s parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Pat Rice of North Augusta, S.C. (Rogers Studio Photo)
LIFE UNLIMITED, INC., SING AT ST. FRANCIS XAVIER - A group
of 52 high school students belonging to a singing group called Life
Unlimited, Inc., and members of St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in
Maitland, Fla., sang at Brunswick’s St. Francis Xavier Parish during the 11
o’clock Mass Sunday, April 20. The religious music, written by members
of the group and done with choreography, was presented during the Mass
and the group continued its program when parishioners and visitors
refused to leave and remained standing in the aisles and pews. Although
well known in Florida, this is the group’s first venture into Georgia. They
arrived in their own bus, earned from proceeds of their concerts, and
stayed at St. Francis Xavier School “The group brought a lot of life into
the celebration of the Mass,” said Father Tom Ryan, S.M., which included
baptizing Caroline Patricia Thompson, daughter of William and Patricia
Thompson, members of St. Francis Xavier. (Photo by Jekyll’s Golden
Islander.)
RALEIGH, N.C. (NC) -- “Celebration
such as this gives a substance and clarity
to the pastoral mission of the Church,”
said Bishop F. Joseph Gossman of
Raleigh at his episcopal installation
here.
In a two-hour ceremony that
combined the century-old liturgy of the
Eucharist with elements of a folk
Mass accompaniment popular today, the
new bishop encouraged those assembled
to continue the mission of the Church.
“The mission of the Church,” Bishop
Gossman said, “which is indeed our
mission, is to spread faith, and love, and
service, to speak out not only in
condemnation of injustice, and
oppression, and evil, but to offer
enthusiastic support to all those who we
see to be living for others,” the bishop
said.
Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan of
Atlanta presented Bishop Gossman with
an unadorned wooden staff, resembling
a traditional shepherd’s staff. Then,
accompanied by Archbishop Jean Jadot,
apostolic delegate to the United States,
he led the new bishop to the presiding
chair. Later, Bishop Gossman circled the
auditorium with the bishop’s
staff-in-hand, and blessed those
assembled. The audience returned
nearly two minutes of applause.
The ceremony was held in the City
Memorial Auditorium here, as the
cathedral, located a few blocks away,
can only accommodate 300
worshippers.
Among those who attended were
visiting bishops; Bishop Gossman’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank M.
Gossman of Baltimore, and other
members of his family; Cardinal
Lawrence Shehan, the retired
archbishop of Baltimore, who ordained
Bishop Gossman as bishop in 1968; and
Archbishop William Borders of
Baltimore, to whom Bishop Gossman
had been an auxiliary bishop before
being named to his new See here.
Banners from most of the diocese’s
88 parishes and missions which are
located in 54 eastern North Carolina
counties, lined the edges of the balcony.
On the auditorium floor below, sat
clergy from the diocese of Raleigh and
Charlotte, and over 255 other priests,
nearly 100 of them former associates of
the bishop. Among the more than 20
PRO-LIFE MESSAGE -- Sacred Heart Council 4371,
Knights of Columbus, Warner Robins have sponsored
the above message of concern for the unborn. The
billboard is one of a series of displays, talks, financial
support and other activities by the Council to support.
State and National Pro-Life Organizations. The Council
actions are in support of the constitutional amendment
to protect the unborn child, and is encouraging
concerned citizens to act now. Reviewing the message
from It. to rt. are: Pro-Life Chairman, Lowell Grimaud,
Council Chaplain, Father Walter L. Di Francesco, *
Program Director, John Sedor.
After two years’ absence in
Washington and suburban Maryland one
rediscovers old pleasures gladly. Not
that I don’t miss the rock bluffs over
the Potomac and the C&O Canal
towpath which parallels our “national”
river for 180 miles west of the Capital.
But we, too, have a treasury and I have
discovered a new key to its contents: a
monthly publication of the Georgia
Department of Natural Resources called
OUTDOORS IN GEORGIA.
The current issue contains articles on
cane-pole fishing, a Special Olympics
held statewide for mentally retarded
kids, solid waste disposal, professional
fishing on the Ogeechee, “skeeters,” and
the results of the 1974 Big Fish Contest.
There are editorials, book reviews, and
profiles of persons who have made it
their business to protect, develop, and
publicize our outdoors. Thirty-two
excellent color illustrations highlight the
May number: twenty-six photographs
and six drawings.
Obviously a labor of love,
OUTDOORS IN GEORGIA is a real
treat for all who share a regard for the
loveliness of God’s creation in our
comer of the earth. This magazine is, at
its best, a hymn to that creation, and I
must confess that I feel it often to be at
its best.
If you have three dollars to spare,
send it along to the magazine at 270
Washington St., S.W., Atlanta, 30334,
and the magazine is yours for a year.
You won’t be disappointed. The cover
photographs are worth the price.
BY REV. WAYLAND BROWN
Outdoors in Georgia
I’ve watched out the ba9k window
<the last few weeks as the yellow-green
new growth of spring matured into
deeper shades of summer. I’ve walked
through our big, grassy lot, a mine field
with a treacherous cactus or two to
catch unwary, bare feet, rides up to
Clark Hill, fished in the Savannah River,
hiked once again about the Georgia
Hills.
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