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PAGE 8—The Southern Cross, April 12,1979
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DCCW Notes
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BY FR. TOM PEYTON
Moderator Blessed Sacrament, CCW
“An Easter Fantasy?’
Have you ever thought about what it
would have been like, how you would
have felt, if it were YOU, instead of
Mary Magdalene, who was sent to
Jerusalem to proclaim the good news
that “He Is Risen”?
Have you ever thought about what
YOU might say, what words you would
utter, what expression and excitement
you might portray, if you were the
person that was to address the crowd in
Jerusalem concerning the glory and
power of Jesus’ Resurrection, and not
Peter?
Often times, I catch myself thinking
of EASTER as an historical event of the
past. But tht is only a part of the
dynamism of the day -- to recall the
actual event. The REAL power and joy
of the Easter Event is to know and to
believe that it happens now in our life!
We do not have “to pretend” to be
Peter and Mary Magdalene! WE ARE,
who we are, a Community that is called
to be an EASTER PEOPLE. We are not
a community of individuals that merely
“remember” the Easter Event that took
place THEN and THERE; rather, we are
celebrating the Easter Event that is
HERE and NOW! Yes, WE are called to
be the Witnesses of the dying and rising
of Jesus that takes place in our own
lives, in our families, in our work, in our
marriage. And we can see the power of
the cross and the joy and peace of being
raised up with Christ, if we really
believe!
WE are called to be Messengers of the
Easter Gospel -- “He Is Alive!” If we are
a hope-filled people, then we will have
the power within ourselves to help
another person to see, to hope, to live!
Our Easter Hope can give meaning to
the fractured and broken BODY OF
CHRIST; our Easter Peace can give
friendship to the lonely, joy to the
broken hearted, light to the person in
darkness.
But to be a Witness of the
Resurrection does not mean to be a
PASSIVE SPECTATOR! All of us who
call ourselves CELEBRATORS of the
Easter Event, must be ACTIVELY
ENGAGED in sharing the Good News
of Easter. If the Church is to proclaim
the Easter Message, and if ALLELUIA is
to be our song, then we must be a Body
that is “fully alive!” We must not only
proclaim and give witness to the
historical event of Easter, we must BE
the Easter Event! We must BE the Risen
Body of Christ visible to the World! - A
Joyous and Blessed Easter to all!
DCCW Workshop Topics
The “Human Life Amendment” will
be the topic of the Saturday morning
workshop at the Fortieth Annual DCCW
Convention, to be held in Albany on
April 28th-29th. The speaker will be
Mrs. Judi A. Lindsey, Assistant Director
for Field Organization with the National
Committee for a Human Life
Amendment, Inc., in Washington, D. C.
The primary goal of the NCHLA is to
educate the American people to the
need for a Constitutional Amendment
to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court
decisions on abortion.
Mrs. Lindsey works with pro-life
people in 18 states, including the South,
the Mid-West, California and Hawaii.
Her primary responsibility is to build up
pro-life citizens’ lobbies at the
congressional district level.
Her presentation at the Convention in
Albany will focus on the third part of
the Catholic Bishops’ “Pastoral Plan for
Pro-Life Activities” - a public policy
effort directed toward the legislative
judicial and administrative areas, so as
to ensure effective legal protection for
the right to life. This legislative effort
has as its main goal the passage of a
Human Life Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution.
Before coming to the National
Committee two years ago, Mrs. Liftdsey
headed up a variety of medical-technical
training programs for the American
National Red Cross Blood Program in
Washington. She is a graduate of the
College of Saint Catherine in St. Paul,
Minnesota and of the Washington
Hospital Center School of Medical
Technology in Washington, D. C.
The afternoon workshop on April
28th will be led by Sister Janet Miller,
O.S.F., who is Director of Religious
Education at Fort Benning, Ga. Her
topic will be “Change Your Shoes”
utilizing the inspiration from Ephesians,
in which St. Paul urges Christians to put
on the “whole armor of God,” ...
“having shod your feet with the gospel
of peace.” Heir talk will cover the
changes in the life of a person who
follows “Brother Jesus” and how to
apply this change to our lives.
Sister Janet was born and raised in
Pittsburgh, Pa. and belongs to the
Sisters of St. Francis from Millvale, Pa.
Pre-registration by mail for the
Convention must be made by April
15th. Room reservations should be
made directly with the Downtowner
Hotel in Albany. Banquet reservations
should be made no later than April
22nd. Everyone attending
pre-convention and convention events is
expected to pay a registration fee, with
the exception of husbands who wish to
accompany wives to the banquet or
brunch. Local affiliates normally pay
for the banquet or brunch for priests
and nuns attending.
Persons interested in attending and
not already registered may use the
forms below.
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received at least two weeks prior to arrival with a first night deposit and will be
confirmed to you. Deposits are refundable up to April 23, 1979.
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Around The Diocese
(Listings of Marriages and Deaths to be included in this section may be sent by individual
readers or by pastors to THE SOUTHERN CROSS, 601 E. Sixth St., Waynesboro, Ga. 30830.)
Obituaries
*Mrs. Marie J. Devereaux, of Tybee Island, March 19.
*Mrs. Cecila Margie Miller McCook, who died in Marathon, Fla. on March 20,
was buried in Albany, March 24.
BRUNSWICK CONFIRMATION - Pictured is the group recently
confirmed at St. Francis Xavier Church in Brunswick, Assisting Bishop
Raymond W. Lessard at the celebration were St. Francis pastor, Rev.
Robert Baker, St. William’s Pastor, Rev. Robert Brous, Msgr. Felix
Donnelly, Cathedral rector, Rev. Mario Balbi, S.D.D., and Rev. Joseph
Otterbein.
THE CHURCH:
A T HOME
Final Holy Spirit Program
Natural F amily Planning
A Natural Family Planning class in which the Billings Ovulation Method will be
taught, will be held on Thursday, April 19th at 8:00 p.m. Classes are now being held in
the Allied Health Education Building, Classroom A, at Memorial Medical Center, 4700
Waters Avenue, on the third Thursday of each month and a donation of $7.50 is
requested from those who are able to give that amount. For more information, call
352-4874 between 9:00 and 12:00 Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday morning.
Cathedral PCCW
Savannah’s Cathedral Council of Catholic Women met April 7 for a delightful lunch
prepared by President Sheppard and her ladies. Special Guests were Sister Catherine
Moore of the Social Apostolate, and Mrs. Dorothy Chase. Mrs. Chase, luncheon
Speaker, is connected with the Chatham County Clinic for Alcoholism and her
knowledge and interest in this field made her a dynamic speaker. She made it clear
that even if we are not involved personally there are many ways we can be helpful in
curbing what is now a growing trend toward alcohol and drug abuse. Recent articles in
the newspapers and on television concerning Senator Helms Amendment to a Bill
which would restore voluntary prayer in public schools was brought to the attention
of Council members and a motion was made and unanimously accepted to get in touch
with Senators Nunn and Talmadge to register approval of this Amendment. Later a
telephone call was made to Senator Nunn’s office and a statement made to the office
of Senator Talmadge in this regard. Monsignor Donnelly, Moderator, who has not
quite recovered from his recent illness, was greatly missed at the luncheon.
St. Vincent’s Honor Roll
The concluding Lenten service at
Holy Spirit Church (Macon) featured
Father Richard Kiel, Pastor of Saint
Peter Claver Church (Macon) speaking
on “Evangelization and Personal
Sacrifice.”
Father Keil admitted to the audience
that speaking about personal sacrifice is
not easy. “The subject is unattractive
since the word personal means your and
the word sacrifice indicates that we
must suffer,” he said. The types of
sacrifice made to carry the Good News
to others were described in the stories
told by Father Kiel each of them
depicting a different reaction to pain
and suffering. Father concluded his talk
Father Timothy O’Brien, who works
full time with the Catholic League for
Religious and Civil Rights and also
serves as a part time professor of
Political Science at Marquette
University, will be the featured speaker
at the banquet during the fortieth
Annual Convention of the Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women, April 8th.
Fr. O’Brien, a diocesan priest of the
Archdiocese of Milwaukee, has a strong
interest in social justice, and has
followed a program of interdisciplinary
study involving Theology and Political
Science. He completed his doctoral
program at Catholic University, and was
the recipient of a Lyndon Baines
Johnson Fellowship, which enabled him
to work on Capitol Hill as a
congressional staff member, for
Congressman William Steiger of
Wisconsin. He returned to Milwaukee
last year on completion of his work in
Washington, to take on his present
position with the Catholic League.
In his talk at the Convention in
Albany, Father O’Brien will approach
the Convention’s main theme, “Jesus
Our Brother,” by presenting the New
Testament image of Jesus as a man who
laid down the principles of justice. He
will bring in the teachings of the
encyclicals, particularly “Redemptor
Hominis”, and the recent statements
made by Pope John Paul II during his
visit to Mexico.
In sketching the broad outlines of the
social issues covered by the encyclicals,
Father O’Brien will speak of the need to
have social justice “institutionalized,” in
groups such as the Catholic League, to
protect the civil and religious rights of
all persons, and particularly the rights of
the poor.
Ordained in 1969, Father O’Brien did
parish work for five years before being
sent to Washington by Archbishop
William Cousins, who saw the need for
clergy with special training in social
with an accounting of the first four
Evangelists - Mark, Matthew, Luke and
John - nad challenged his listeners to be
God’s missionaries as they were.
Services have been held each
Wednesday during Lent with a covered
dish supper preceding each of the
weekly speeches. Father John Keneally,
Pastor of Holy Spirit, has reminded the
weekly audience of the overall theme of
“Welcome Home for Easter” to those
who are no longer practicing their faith.
The programs this year have been on
Evangelization, indicating that we
influence others by witnessing to the
Good News through the way we live.
justice. When Cousins retired, in 1977,
Archbishop Rembert Weakland, who
succeeded him, continued the interest in
social justice training.
Father O’Brien served as
Archdiocesan Liaison with WCC and
USCC for some years. He is a native of
Eden, in the central part of Wisconsin.
Father Virgil Blum, S.J., founder and
president of the Catholic League, was to
have been the main speaker at the
DCCW Convention. When his
Community requested him to undertake
an assignment out of the country at the
time of the Convention, he
recommended Fr. O’Brien as speaker at
the banquet.
St. Vincent’s, Savannah, has
announced its third quarter honor roll
as follows:
Achieving Excellence honor roll for
the 3rd quarter were, junior, Margaret
Howard, and sophomore, Gretchen
Heidt.
Students achieving first honors for
the quarter are:
SENIORS: Jenny Buchheit, Marie
English, Mary Kameron, Karen Kane,
Susan Keane, Carol Mummery, Sue
O’Brien, Laura Pengue, Marie
Rochefort, Mary K. Sheehan, Denise
Williams.
JUNIORS: Michelle Dubuc, Linda
Lentz, Lynne Murphy, Pam Parker,
Patty Powers, Patty White.
SOPHOMORES: Peggy Bel, Tracy
Hood, Tonya Lewis, Kathleen Smith.
FRESHMEN: Meg Daly, Marti Davis,
Stacy Lawson, Wilma Linares, Patti
Podres, Aimee Stacy, Karen Vance.
Second honors for the quarter arb:
SENIORS: Patricia Atkinson, Jenny
Bevill, Melissa Bishop, Michelle Brown,
Glenda Burnett, Amy Castilian, Lynn
Finnegan, Marty Fogarty, Laura Keck,
Amanda Kitchens, Sonya McLemore,
Amanda Nelson, Rosalie Ruiz, Mary
Stacy.
JUNIORS: Wanda Barnes, Jean
Barry, Lisa Bell, Susan Coppedge, Susan
Corns, Carlotta Deaux, Pam Guyer,
Mary Kay Harrington, Kitty Holt, Amy
Iocovozzi, Clare Lowenthal, Maureen
Murphy, Eileen Ryan, Eileen Schreck,
Angela Sommerset.
SOPHOMORES: Sandy Adamcak,
Terri Armfield, Ann Best, Monique
Brizz, Mary Buttimer, Teri Carlson,
Chanel Cleary, Sandra Count, Amy
Craig, Suzanne Dillon, Karen Fleury,
Lisa Floyd, Dina Fogarty, Angela
Gomez, Margo Harrington, Tracey
Heyel, Ann Leech, Beth Madison, Sina
McHenry, Margie Muller, Carla Ranta,
LaJeana Roberts, Ginny Robertson,
Mary Roughen, Maureen Ryan, Ann
Stacy, Helen Tarver, Anne Ware.
FRESHMEN: Kelly Breen, Melissa
Buchheit, Paula Gomez, Monique
Goodman, Susan Hall, Lisa Harkleroad,
Arlene Johnson, Margaret Jurgensen,
Marie Kennedy, Kelly Kilpatrick, Susan
Maher, Alice Mathews, Melanie Roberts,
Kevin Roughen, Cecelia Shu, Margaret
Smith, Stephanie Summerlin, Debbie
Thomas, Susan Trees, Ann Marie White,
Marsha White, Missy Wrenn.
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