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1 The Southern Cross DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH NEWSPAPER Vol. 56 No. 23 Thursday, June 5,1975 Single Copy Price — 15 Cents TO PRESIDENT FORD Pope Stresses Moral Aspect of World Problems LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER -- Although she misses a tap-in, Jamie Niehaus imitates her father, Ray, in putting stance as they practice on a range at Christmas Lake Village in Santa Claus, Ind. Maybe by Father’s Day, June 15, the potential LPGA player might even be using a straight club. (NC Photo by Father Joseph Ziliak) BELMONT Abbot McCaffrey Resigns WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope Paul VI has accepted the resignation of Benedictine Abbot Edmund McCaffrey, 42, of Belmont Abbey in North Carolina. Announcement of the resignation was made here by Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United States. While the designation of a new abbot-Ordinary of Belmont Abbey is INSIDE STORY Villa Marie Openings Pg. 2 Elementary Graduates Pg. 3 New Breviary Readers Forum Pg. 7 Pg. 8 pending, Benedictine Father Peter N. Stragand will serve as apostolic administrator. Abbot McCaffrey said he had submitted his resignation for personal reasons and will continue to serve as a monk of Belmont Abbey. In the United States Belmont Abbey is a unique ecclesiastical jurisdiction, technically known as an “abbata nullius” and having a status equivalent to that of a diocese. Its abbot is a member of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. In addition to Belmont Abbey itself, the jurisdiction includes Belmont Abbey College, a coeducational school with an enrollment of about 700. Abbot McCaffrey became the fourth abbot of Belmont Abbey in March 1970. A native of Savannah, Ga., he attended Belmont Abbey Preparatory School and College. He entered the Benedictines in 1952, was professed as a Benedictine monk in 1953, and ordained a priest in 1959. Abbot McCaffrey holds a master’s and a doctoral degree in political science from the Catholic University of America. Before becoming abbot, he taught political science at Belmont Abbey College and was chairman of its political science department and social science division. He also served as director of formation and as subprior of the abbey. BY JOHN MUTHIG VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI told President Ford that his visit to the Vatican emphasizes the importance that he “attributes to the moral aspects of the problems” he had been discussing with European leaders on his trip. The Pope said that he is aware of the “problems of balance and imbalance” of powers between nations and their blocs. But, he warned, “a peaceful and humane international order” must not be based on power but “upon the criterion of justice, upon respect and understanding of the rights and needs of others, and upon the spirit of generous cooperation of the strongest with the weakest, for their mutual advantage.” President Ford was quoted as saying that his visit to Pope Paul gives him inspiration and that the two had “a most beneficial discussion of many problems in which we can work together for the progress of peace.” The President said that military policies can be developed “that are best aimed at maintaining peace.” He said that the United States can continue its efforts at both food-giving and food-producing to those less fortunate. “Be sure that, as I have told you, the United States will do all possible to promote progress, emphasis on and dedication to peace.” But, the President told the Pope, “your spiritual and inspirational help is what we need to do a better job.” The Pope, who spoke in English, had told Ford that he knew that the President had been involved in discussions of military import with European and world leaders and that those “difficult problems... at least from the declared points of view of TO STATE BOARD defense, cannot be ignored by those responsible for public life.” Pope Paul, however, said that the President knew that from him he “would hear only exhortations and words of peace and of sincere and generous collaboration for advantages of all.” “This is our mission. It constrains us to strive to ensure that people never forget the primacy of spiritual and moral values, which direct social living no less -- indeed more - than economic and military interests and preoccupations.” Ford was told that the Pope is “glad to be able to give the support of our counsel and our humble collaboration to the solving of the knots that mean so much suffering and peril for peoples.” The Pope’s formal talk was given after his private conversations with the President. The President’s remarks were extemporaneous. The Pope and the President remained closeted for 70 minutes in the Pope’s library with U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Archbishop Agostino Casaroli, secretary of the Vatican’s Council for the Church’s Public Affairs. The Pope sat behind his desk with the President directly opposite him. At the Pope’s right sat Archbishop Casaroli, and at his left sat his interpreter, Msgr. Justin Kigali, an official of the papal state secretariat from Los Angeles. Kissinger sat at the President’s right. At the President’s left was his own interpreter. At the formal exchange of declarations after the private discussions, President Ford gave the Pope a sculpture by Gilroy Roberts called The Great American Eagle. The Pope exclaimed: “Ah, the eagle, symbol of liberty.” Pope Paul gave the President a book on the artistic works of the contemporary Italian sculptor Scorzelli, who designed one of the doors of St. Peter’s Basilica. He also gave him a framed bas-relief by Scorzelli of St. Peter’s Basilica as viewed from the Tiber river and a series of medals of his pontificate in gold, silver and bronze. He remarked that he was continuing the old humanistic custom of striking commemorative medals. Mrs. Ford and presidential envoy Henry Cabot Lodge accompanied the president to the Vatican. Mr. Ford wore a dark blue suit and a blue and white striped tie, while Mrs. Ford wore a blue knee-length dress with a long black mantilla. The President’s party was escorted to and from the papal apartments by a group of gentlemen-in-waiting to the Pope, including Daniel J. Donohue of Los Angeles. The President had arrived at 6 p.m. by car from the residence of the Italian premier, Aldo Moro. Silver Jubilee Marked Sister Theresa Mary Sumner, a Sister of Mercy, celebrated her Silver Jubilee at St. Mary’s Home on May 18. Sister was a graduate of St. Vincent’s Academy in 1950. In September of the same year, she entered the Sisters of Mercy at Mt. St. Agnes, Baltimore, Maryland. She has done extensive study in the field of Child Care and has spent most of her twenty-five years serving children at St. Mary’s Home, Savannah, Georgia, and Villa Maria, Baltimore, Maryland. Rev. Patrick O’Brien celebrated the Mass and delivered a most appropriate homily on the religious life and what it means to be a religious today. A buffet followed the mass. Sister’s brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs, Denis Sumner of Augusta, sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Middleton of Decatur; sister, Sister Mary Graziana of St. Joseph’s Hospital, Savannah; and long-time friends during these past twenty-five years, Mr. and Mrs. Ai in Seubott, of Baltimore, Maryland and Sister M. Janet Seubott of Salisbury, Maryland joined the Sisters of Mercy of Savannah in celebrating Sister’s Jubilee with the Sisters, staff and children of St. Mary’s Home. Governor Names Sr. Cornile Governor George Busbee appointed Sister Mary Comile Dulohery, administrator of St. Joseph Hospital, Inc., Savannah, to the Georgia Board of Human Resources. She will replace Doris Roberts of Savannah. Sister Cornile received her elementary education in Savannah and her secondary education in Belmont, North Carolina. She attended Mt. St. Agnes College, Baltimore, Maryland, and Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. She has been an outstanding administrator in the planning and construction of new hospitals in Atlanta and Savannah and active in Chamber of Commerce and United Community Service civic activities. Sister Comile is a member of The American College of Hospital Administrators, The American Hospital Association, The Georgia Hospital Association, The Catholic Hospital Association, The American Nurses Association, and The National League for Nursing. Georgia Hospital Association President Ewing S. Barnett, administrator, Coweta General Hospital, Newnan, Georgia; the Association’s Board of Trustees; and N. Seldon Brown, executive director of the Association, were highly pleased over the recognition provided the hospitals of Georgia by Governor Busbee’s announced appointment of Sister Comile to the Georgia Board of Human Resources. In acclaiming Governor Busbee’s appointment of Sister Comile, President Barnett stated that Georgia hospitals as a major health care provider can be rightly proud of the wisdom and knowledge which Sister Comile as an oustanding administrator can bring before the Board in its complex deliberations regarding the organization and delivery of health care for Georgia. Heretofore the hospitals of Georgia have not been represented on this important State Board. Nominate Mother Teresa CALCUTTA (NC) - Mother Teresa of Calcutta, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity who first won fame by her work among the poor in the slums of this Indian city, has been nominated for the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize. The 64-year-old nun, born to Albanian parents in what now is Yugoslavia, came to India as a member of the Irish branch of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known as Loreto Sisters. She taught for several years at a fashionable girl’s college in Calcutta. Then she obtained permission to work among the dying and destitute on city streets, and started a new congregation, the Missionaries of Charity for that work. HONOR FOR MRS. MULHERIN -- Mrs. F.X. Mulherin, of Augusta, has been elected to the “Second Wind Hall of Fame.” The national society honors the achievements of retired men and women. “Miss Eulalia,” as she is known to her friends, is a member of Augusta’s St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill parish. The widow of Dr. Frank X. Mulherin, she is president of St. Mary’s Altar Society and has been in charge of every phase of work on the altar and in the church for 40 years, giving voluntarily of her time. She prepares the altar and is present for every confirmation, first communion, wedding, and funeral. On February 10, 1961, she received the papal medal “Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice” from Pope John XXIII for her devoted service to the church. Pictured with Mrs. Mulherin as they admire her award are Mrs. Seaborn McGarity (left) and Mrs. J. Lee Etheredge.