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PAGE 6—The Southern Cross, July 15,1976
A Nightmare
BY TICKI LLOYD
(Note: Thanks to John Markwalter, Editor
of The Southern Cross, for calling to let me
know the paper would like to hear from me
from time to time. And thanks for the many
letters I’m receiving.)
Recently I read an article in a
newspaper (AP dispatch), entitled,
“Fired Shrink Says His Odd Method
Worked.” The story was accompanied
by two pictures of prisoners in an
out-of-state prison clad in diapers . ..
one with feet chained to the bed, the
other crawling on the floor, baby
fashion.
First tears, then hurt, then anger
overtook me. The only good I derived
from the pictures was that the inmates
were clad in similar apparel as Our
Savior on the cross.
“Father forgive them, for they know
not what they are doing,” (Luke 23:34)
flashed through my mind.
Since God grants pardon to those
most in need of redemption, I felt these
men were being pardoned of their sins
by Christ’s blood.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it
again. I do NOT condone crime. If I
were attacked, my immediate reaction
would be to strike back. But I WILL
NOT and CAN NOT stand by and see
human beings made to God’s image
treated like animals.
Too few visualize the effects of the
loss of liberty among prisoners. With
some, this deprivation brings down a
heavy load.
As I looked at the two horror
pictures, I wondered if the so-called
“shrink” could in all good faith cast the
first stone.
parole. Is there any wonder? What man
wants to be diapered?
It may be a good idea if those in
charge of corrections in prisons re-read
The Declaration of Independence in this
Bicentennial year. “We hold these truths
to be self evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain inalianable
rights, that among these are Life,
Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,
etc.”
It is known that our nation has
neglected its criminal justice system,
however, there is an increasing interest
on the part of the public to improve the
entire system, especially corrections.
Through the Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration of the
Department of Justice, Congress has
allocated additional monies for
corrections. God forbid that some of
the funds were used to purchase diapers
for chained prisoners.
No one can say that ALL prisoners
are heathens. Many have become
religious, dedicated men. Most are not
incapable of love. Why should prisoners
be made to beg for love that according
to God’s command, should be given
freely?
The INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS
involvement in helping offenders
rehabilitate is OUR MINISTRY. I’m
proud to say that I’m involved in Prison
Ministry on a diocesan, church and
community level. It is not an easy job,
and will require many interested people
who are willing to give time to see that
the program develops.
Won’t you help? An informed
citizenry can do great things to bring
about reform. Contact your local Parole
and Probation Officers and Jailers and
learn what you can do to help.
Most prisons strip people of their
dignity by substituting numbers for
names. Isn’t it bad enough that some
prisoners, forsaken by family and
friends, spend lonely days, weeks,
months, and even years hoping for a
visit or a smile?
Some will return to prison soon after
release, and for those we pray. Others,
who upon release, want to better
themselves, should be extended a
helping hand.
Upon release from prison,
businessmen should offer job
opportunities to prisoners, and people
of all denominations should be
encouraged to offer love and
understanding.
Forcing a grown man to wear diapers,
crawl on the floor carrying a baby
bottle, is the most disgusting manner of
correction I’ve heard of.
The now fired, psychologist, who
inaugurated this practice, says he
treated more than 1,000 inmate-patients
in his 12 years at prison, and he cannot
recall one individual returning after
An attorney defending a client in the
un-named prison, said, “The pychologist
beat the people into submission.”
On the other hand, an expert from a
nationally known hospital said, “The
treatment given by the pychologist was
the most effective rehabilitation
program that may well exist in the
prison system.”
The director of the prison said, “We
still have a basic commitment in this
system to maintain the dignity and
sanctity of human beings.”
Of the three different theories, I’ll
take the latter.
Thank God this practice of chaining
patients was stopped by a court order.
I’d like the now fired pychologist to
know that a box of Pampers, courtesy
of Ticki Lloyd, is enroute so he can
continue his GOOD WORK by
practicing on himself.
PRAY FOR JUSTICE ~ PRAY FOR
VOCATIONS
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Augusta Catechists Certified
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Seven teachers from the St. Teresa of
Avila parish in Augusta have received
certification under the Teacher
Recognition Program sponsored by the
Diocesan Department of Christian
Formation.
which was initiated in May. The aim of
the Program is to offer Religion
Teachers incentives to continue their
own studies, by outlining different
available learning opportunities and
setting definite goals.
Receiving the Catechist’s Certificate
are Mrs. John Pierson, Mrs. Larry Ross,
Mrs. John Anchor, Mrs. George Kemp,
Mr. Dale Hoyt and Miss Susan Craig.
Miss Patricia Welsh received the
Certificate of Recognition.
This brings to a total of 36 the
number of teachers who have so far
earned certification under the Program,
The Catechist’s Certificate is awarded
to a teacher with at least one year of
teaching experience, upon completion
of a minimum of 60 credits within the
past three years. Credits are distributed
over the areas of Theology, Liturgy,
Teaching Techniques and Scripture. A
Certificate of Recognition is awarded to
a teacher upon completion of a
minimum of 20 credits in a given year.
Death and burial and cemeteries are not forever — such will fade
away in the eternal light of Christ’s Resurrection when Easter
erases Good Friday from the calendar for all eternity. Meanwhile,
awaiting the resurrection of the dead:
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“JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR”
DANNY FILSON plays the part of Jesus in Saint James CYO’s
production of “Jesus Christ, Superstar.” The CYO will give a repeat
performance in St. James Church, Sunday, July 18, 1976, at 8:00 P.M.
The public is invited. (Photo by Wayland Brown)
Post Office Box 10027
SAVANNAH, GA. 31402
Marriage Encounter . . .
Editor:
We read with delight the column of
June 17 telling of the Marriage
Encounter weekends being held at
Dothan, Ala.
We would like to also acquaint your
readers with the weekends being held in
Savannah, approximately once a month.
Our next weekends with openings are
Sept. 18, 19, 20; Oct. 22, 23, 24; and
Nov. 19, 20, 21.
We hope this will be an opportunity
for many couples and religious to enrich
and deepen their love and commitment.
For further information contact us at
912-355-8071 or Kershaw and Lynn
Getty at 912-925-2589.
Bob and Nancy Merchant will be
happy to accept yoiir reservation at:
1698 St ill wood Drive or call them at
912-925-3819. Please send a $10.00
reservation fee with your registration.
Thank you.
Jerry & Margaret Dulohery
Savannah
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This letter was sent by
Cardinal Rossi to Bishop Raymond W.
I.essard of Savannah.)
Propagation of the Faith . . .
Your Excellency:
This Sacred Congregation has been
informed by the National Director in
the United States that $21,994,457 has
been placed at the disposition of the
Superior Council of the Society for the
Propagation of the Faith. Furthermore
$1,184,136 has been made available to
the corresponding Council of the
Society of St. Peter the Apostle.
These inspiring figures include the
offerings of the Church of Savannah to
the Society for the Propagation of the
Faith in the amount of $6,340, which
sum is acknowledged with sincerest
gratitude.
From the reports received for the
year 1975, it is evident that this aid is of
particular importance to the missionary
work of the Church because it has been
given out of the deep faith of the
contributors. Thus the Missions are
strengthened with prayer and love as
well as with material assistance.
It is our own confident prayer that
such missionary charity will bring
blessings on your country and on the
Church of Savannah.
Sincerely in Christ,
Angelo Cardinal Rossi: Pref.
Sacra Congregatio
Pre Gentium Evangelizatione
Seu De Propaganda Fide
(Address signed letters to: Editor, THE
SOUTHERN CROSS. P.O. Box 10027,
Savannah 31402. They must contain the
writer's address and should not exceed 300
words in length. Names withheld on request.
Editors reserve the right for reasons of space
to condense letters.)
Parish Council Sponsors
Reception For Fr. O’Mahony
The Parish Council of St. Anne’s Church (Columbus) gave a Farewell Reception on
July 1st, in honor of Father Timothy O’Mahony. Gifts were presented to Father
O’Mahony.
Father O’Mahony has served St. Anne’s Parish for four years. He is from Cork City,
Ireland, and was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Columbus College
Soccer Team, while serving in Columbus.
Father has departed for Valdosta, where he will be Pastor of St. John the Evangelist
Church.
COLUMBUS PASTOR HONORED - Mr. A1 Eversman, outgoing
President of St. Anne’s Parish Council, presenting Father O’Mahoney with
a check. Mr. Herman G. Haggard, III, is the new President of St. Anne’s
Parish Council.
Around The Diocese
Obituaries
* Mr. Jerry Bloom Brock of Augusta, June 26th
* Mrs. Antonina Pino Arvin of Augusta, June 27th
* Mrs. Josie Alexander Reinschmidt of Savannah, June 28th
* Mr. Cristobal Ayala of Savannah, June 28th
* Master William James Carr Jr., of Savannah, July 1st
* Mrs. Helen Boyer Lewis of Savannah, July 2nd
* Mrs. Mary Bannon Sullivan of Savannah, July 8th
* Mr. Julian Crowley Halligan of Savannah, July 6th
* Mr. Michael J. Gainey of Savannah, July 10th
Marriages
* Miss Pamela Lynn Brewer of Macon, Ga., and Mr. Chester Lewis Davis of Gray,
Ga., June 6 in St. Joseph Church, Macon, Ga.
* Miss Teresa Ann Knight of Macon, Ga., and Mr. Lawrence Earl Mayo, of
Richland, Ga., June 12 in St. Joseph Church, Macon, Ga.
* Miss Norma Jean Phillips of Perry, Ga., and Mr. Hans Bernd Neubold of Macon,
Ga., June 12 in St. Joseph Church, Macon, Ga.
* Miss Mary Louise Bruce and Mr. Lawrence McNiell Carter Jr. both of Augusta,
Ga., June 12 in the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Augusta.
* Miss Gloria Jean Smith of Macon, Ga., and Mr. James Peter Kiernan also of
Macon, Ga., united in marriage June 12, in Macon, Ga.
* Miss Gene Gorgas Ellis of Atlanta, Ga., and Mr. Hugh Meredith McCutcheon of
Augusta, Ga., June 17 in Christ the King Cathedral, Atlanta, Ga.
* Miss Susan Christine Turner and Mr. Ronnie Cole Fleckenstein, both of Macon,
Ga., June 19 in St. Joseph Church, Macon.
* Miss Robbi Ann Williams and Mr. Raymond Joseph Covey, both of Gray, Ga.,
June 25 in St. Joseph Church, Macon, Ga.
* Miss Toni Anne English of Macon, Ga., and Mr. Mark Cooke Molleson of
Phoenix City, Ga., June 26 in St. Joseph Church, Macon, Ga.
* Miss Lisa Marie Brittingham and Mr. David Lee Avrett, both of Augusta, Ga.,
July 3 in St. Mary’s on the Hill Church, Augusta.
* Miss Anne Marie Logan of Augusta, Ga., and Mr. Andrew Randolph Harvey of
Allendale, S.C., July 3 in St. Mary’s on the Hill Church, Augusta, Ga.
* Miss Sharon Lee Strickland and Randall Kevin Cobum, both of Savannah, Ga.,
July 3 in the Hunter Army Airfield Chapel, Savannah.
* Miss Denise Carol Powers of Savannah, Ga., and Mr. Daniel Steven Sweitzer of
Rome, Ga., July 10 in St. James Church, Savannah.
* Miss Sandra Lynn Veal and Mr. John Marinus Lytjen, both of Savannah, Ga.,
July 11 in St. James Church, Savannah.
Necrology
* Rev. Godfrey X. Schadewell, July 16,1922.
* Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara, DDJ.U.D.
(Ninth Bishop of Savannah), July 16,1963.
* Rev. Harry J. Honeck, July 25,1952
* Rev. Michael T. Reilly, July 25,1902.
FROM ST. BENEDICTS CYO
Lead Paint Unit Volunteers
V -
Members of St. Benedict’s C.Y.O. in
Savannah have undertaken a service
project which keeps them busy at
weekends with scrapers, brushes and
paint. They have signed on to help
scrape and repaint homes in the
Savannah area which have a poisonous
lead ingredient in paint on their walls.
The Lead Paint Unit, under the
auspices of the Health Department, is
working to replace the paint, which -
when chips are chewed by children -
can cause serious illness and sometimes
brain damage. Several children in the
area have been hospitalized, following
eating small pieces of the poisonous
paint.
Seven members of the C.Y.O. group
at St. Benedict’s have just completed
work on a home at 318 West Park
Avenue, owned by Mrs. Viola Wright.
Participating members were: Jerome
Cleveland (President), Joan Cleveland,
(Vice President), Renee Graham, Pat
Lemmon, Saundra Curry and Marion
Milligan, with Beautine Leachman as
adult advisor. Two assistants from
Harambee Housing were Joe Harty and
Gillian Brown. The work was carried
out under the supervision of Mr. Curley
Green, of the Health Department’s Lead
Poisoning Project.
VOLUNTEERS Jerome Cleveland, Pat Lemmon and Renee Graham.
Checkmate:
Free
Personalized
Checks.
Trust Company Bank
of Savannah