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PAGE 8—The Southern Cross, April 19,1979
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MONSIGNOR D. J. BOURKE in the process of installing officers of the
Deanery. (Left to right): Mrs. John J. Burns, Jr., Recording Secretary;
Mrs. Donald P. Heyel, 2nd Vice President; Mrs. Michael J. Winters, 1st
Vice President and Mrs. Wm. P. Schneider, President. The Treasurer, Mrs.
Nelle Runyon, does not appear in the picture.
Savannah Deanery Hears
Of “Year Of The Child”
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BY MARY BRODERICK
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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
* Miss Mary Ann McCredmond of Savannah, March 20.
* Mr. Steve J. Wargo, of Warner Robins, April 13.
Necrology
* Rev. Charles W. Vogel April 26,1935.
* Very Rev. Msgr. James J. Grady, April 26,1955.
Marco Pizer Is State Champ
Marco Pizer, a junior at Pacelli High School, won first place in extemporaneous
speech at the recent State Competition held at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.
Last year Marco won second place in the same competition.
Catholic Woman’s Club
Savannah’s Catholic Woman’s Club held its monthly meeting April 10th at the Rose
of Sharon. Final plans were made for the upcoming Convention of the Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women to be held in Albany on April 27th, 28th, and 29th.
Delegates to the Convention are Mrs. Rose Mary Lynch, Mrs. Lillian Downs and Miss
Cassie White. Alternates are Mrs. Mary Russell, Mrs. Daisy Williams and Miss Kitty
McKenzie.
The nominating committee for the selection of new officers was appointed headed
by Mrs. Ann Ebberwein, Chairman, and Mrs. Ethel Kelley, Mrs. Elizabeth Stradtman
and Mrs. Nell Runyon.
The Club’s Annual Corporate Communion will be held on Sunday May 6th, 9:30
A.M. at St. James Catholic Church. The ladies of St. James C.C.W. will be the host.
Father Christopher Schreck was the guest speaker. A social hour followed and the
hostesses were Mrs. Mary Heitman, Mrs. Jo Flynn, Mrs. Elizabeth Monsies, Miss Cassie
White, Miss Margaret Murden and Miss Catherine Cooper.
The Annual Dinner meeting is to be held at the Hunter Field Officers Club on
Tuesday May 8th. Reservations must be made by May 2nd. Reservations may be made
by calling Mrs. Lillian Downs (Harry W.) at 233-8215.
Catholic Engaged Encounter
Program For Diocese
BY MSGR. DANIEL J. BOURKE
I opened the Southern Cross and
there before me was the headline
announcing the DCCW Convention for
Albany at the end of April. The news
was gladdening but guilt was, at least
momentarily, uppermost in my mind. I
had promised to write for the Southern
Cross DCCW notes and with the end of
the year in sight my promise was not
yet fulfilled.
‘Manana’ is not a monopoly of our
friends who dwell South of the Border.
It is an Irish characteristic not to do
anything today, or even tomorrow, that
can be put off until the day after. I
remember being awakened one morning
in an Irish hotel by the porter’s knock
on the bedroom door. “Did you want to
be awakened at six or seven?” he
questioned. “No, at eight o’clock, and
what time is it now?” was my reply.
Without batting an eye he answered:
‘“Tis nine, but what’s an hour in a day,
when God made time, He made plenty
of it.” The trouble is, it catches up with
us - it literally flies, and like the tide it
waits for no man. So here am I with the
ebbing tide and time that has almost run
its course.
For over forty years the DCCW has
been the outstanding lay apostolic
group in the Diocese, never deviating
from the ideals and the works
established for it by Archbishop Gerald
P. O’Hara.
Bishop O’Hara was appointed Bishop
of Savannah late in 1935. He was
installed early in the following year.
One of his first major projects was the
establishment of the Diocesan Council
of Catholic Women, a federation of all
existing Catholic women’s groups in the
State of Georgia then coextensive with
the Diocese of Savannah. The Diocesan
Council itself was immediately affiliated
with the National Council of Catholic
Women.
The Diocesan Council thus affiliated
brought the women of the Diocese into
Martha Lovejoy, noted lecturer and
reviewer, will be the speaker at the
“brunch” at the fortieth annual
convention of the Diocesan Council of
Catholic Women, in Albany on* April
29th.
Well known for her community work
in South West Georgia, she has served as
President of the Albany Kiwanis
Crippled Children’s Clinic, and the
Albany Charity League. She was the
first Curator of the Albany Junior
Museum, and was responsible for the
first Science Fair held in Albany.
For ten years, she served as Director
of the Albany Red Cross. She has also
held the position of Chairman of the
CONFIRMATION AT ST.
MARGARET'S, ADEL -- Bishop
Raymond W. Lessard with the
newly Confirmed: Carol Haslam
and Ken Harnage on March 31.
the National mainstream of Catholic
life. It did even more - it gave them a
world outlook, a knowledge of, and an
understanding of their brethren in such
distance places as Hong Kong and
Calcutta. No longer were they small
isolated powerless groups just hanging
on but constituent parts of a great,
vibrant, powerful Christ orientated
Society from which they could gain
strength and confidence, and to which
they in turn could contribute much.
The women in most of the parishes
are still affiliated with the Diocesan
Council. As a result they know what is
happening. They are not only where the
action is - they are part of the action,
and their own lives and their own
parishes are the better for it. They are
to be found, inspired by the federation,
in every walk of Catholic Life, helping
the pastor in the sacristy, working for
the school, teaching C.C.D. classes,
growing in the love of God through
study groups, packing clothes for
overseas relief, delivering meals on
wheels. You name it, they do it. The
parish where they are not organized and
affiliated is missing more than the boat.
Selfishness is foolishness. God loves and
blesses the generous.
Since its organization in the Diocese
over forty years ago the DCCW has been
the pride and joy as well as the firm
support of succeeding bishops. Its
conventions have brought to the
Diocese a succession of instructive and
inspiring speakers. The fortieth
convention to be held in Albany on
April 28th-29th will be no exception.
Albany itself is no mean city. For a
hundred years and more it has been the
heart pulse of Catholicism in Southwest
Georgia. When Albany Catholics
sponsor a convention it is a humdinger -
incomparable and unsurpassable.
For all who can attend, the Fortieth
Convention of the DCCW is a must - to
renew old friendships, to absorb new
ideas, and to make the Lord’s work our
own. Our Lady of Good Counsel will
see to the Convention’s success.
Speaker
Board of the Dougherty County
Department of Family and Children
Services, and Chairman of the Board of
Tax Assessors of Dougherty County. In
addition, she served for four years on
the Kodak Board of Directors.
Martha Lovejoy is a Deacon of the
Covenant Presbyterian Church, and a
Sunday School Teacher.
The Sunday “brunch” will conclude
the Albany Convention, which is to be
held at the Downtowner Hotel the
weekend of April 28th-29th. It will take
place at 10:00 A.M., following the
Convention Mass which will be
celebrated by Bishop Raymond Lessard
at St. Teresa’s Church, Edgewood Lane.
CONFIRMATION AT QUEEN
OF PEACE, LAKELAND,
Sunday, April 1. Bishop Raymond
W. Lessard with Jonathan Mack
following the Confirmation
ceremony.
“Jesus loved the little children,” said
Sister Marian Bernadette, a member of
the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, and a Sixth Grade teacher at
Saint James School, as she addressed the
spring meeting of the Savannah Deanery
Council of Catholic Women. Quoting
from Scripture, she continued, “Let the
children come to me and do not hinder
them. It is to just such as these that the
kingdom of God belongs.”
The speaker was introduced by
Father P. James Costigan, Deanery
Moderator. Excerpts of her talk may be
found on page 4 in this paper.
This talk was the development of the
“Year of the Child” which was the
theme of the meeting held on Sunday,
April 8 in Saint Michael’s Parish Hall,
Tybee Island. It followed Benediction
of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 3 P.M.
in the church at which Father Costigan
officiated.
s. The g president f r # Mrs.,. William P ;
Schneider' opened the meeting With the
Prayer to Our Lady of Good Counsel.
Instead of a Scripture reading, Mrs.
Hubert Norton, vice-chairman of the
Church Communities Commission, read
“The Ten Rights of the Child” which
had been adopted by the General
Assembly of the United Nations in
1959. The 20th anniversary of the
Declaration is now being observed as the
International Year of the Child.
Mrs. Michael G. Kelly, president of
Saint Michael’s CCW, welcomed the
women of the Deanery and a number of
priests and sisters. The response was
given by Mrs. Williem Polote, president
of Saint Anthony’s CCW, in the form of
a poem by Helen Steiner Rice.
Mrs. Schneider recognized Mrs.
William J. Lieberman, chairman of the
Community Affairs Commission, and
Mrs. G. K. Grundy who secured
sponsors and participated in the
three-mile Executive Trek of the March
of Dimes as representatives of the
Savannah Deanery CCW. This was held
on March 31.
Mrs. Schneider also commended Mrs.
William J. Lynch, president of an
affiliate, the Catholic Woman’s Club,
and past president of both the Council
of Catholic Women and the Home and
School Association of Blessed
Sacrament Parish. Mrs. Lynch was
honored recently by Mickve Israel
Temple upon her retirement after
twenty years’ service there as executive
secretary. Mrs. Schneider and other
CCW members attended the Friday
evening service at the Temple during
which Mrs. Lynch was praised for the
outstanding job she had done. A lovely
reception arranged by the Sisterhood of
the Temple followed.
Outstanding among the reports given
were the following:
used clothing collected during the
Bishops’ Thanksgiving Clothing Drive
were shipped to Catholic Relief Services
in New York, according to Mrs.
Katherine Sheppard, chairman of the
International Affairs Commission;
Bedrooms at Saint Mary’s Home are
being redecorated by Saint Mary’s
Home Guild with funds secured from
the Guild’s Art Auction, as reported by
its chairman, Mrs. Fred C. Williams;
The Deanery Game Party, chaired by
Mrs. Schneider, raised ample funds for
the Annual Senior Citizens Saint
Patrick’s Party. According to the party’s
chairman, Mrs. Eugene V. Smith, it was
agreed by all who attended that this
year’s Saint Patrick’s party was the most
successful to date.
The Lenten Day of Recollection held
on March 28 at the Christus Center and
conducted by Father Costigan and
Father John McShane, a visiting
missioner, was found to be very
meaningful to the large number of
women who attended it. This was
arranged by Miss Mary Am; Lang and
Mrs. Hubert Norton, chairman and
vice-'Ch&irman 6f tlffe ' 'Church
Communities Comrriission.
Mrs. Doris McNeal, Vice-President of
Saint Michael’s CCW, announced that a
joint effort of the CCW and Men’s Club
was very successful. It consisted of a
Family Mass with the lighting bf the
Advent candles and followed by a
covered dish supper.
The following officers were
nominated and elected for a second
term: President, Mrs. William P.
Schneider; First Vice President, Mrs.
Michael J. Winters; Second Vice
President, Mrs. Donald P. Heyel;
Recording Secretary, Mrs. John J.
Burns, Jr.; and Treasurer, Mrs. Mary M.
Runyon. They were installed by
Monsignor Daniel J. Bourke. The slate
was presented by Mrs. Donald W. Frew,
chairman of the Nominating
Committee.
An invitation was extended by Mrs.
Clay Embly, president of Blessed
Sacrament Council of Catholic Women,
to hold the fall meeting of the Deanery
Council in Blessed Sacrament parish.
The meeting closed with the singing
of “Jesus Loves the Little Children,” led
by Mrs. Norton.
SISTER MARIAN
BERNADETTE, EH.M. addressing
the meeting.
To help engaged couples become
better* prepared for marriage, a
Catholic Engaged Encounter program is
being developed for the Diocese of
Savannah.
Evolved from the Worldwide Marriage
Encounter program, Engaged Encounter
gives couples an opportunity to spend a
weekend concentrating exclusively on
each other while examining the issues
they will encounter in their marriage.
The first Engaged Encounter
weekend in the Diocese will be held
June 8, 9 and 10 at Wesleyan College in
Macon. Another weekend is planned in
late September at another location in
the Diocese to be announced later.
Cost of the weekend is $65, which
includes a $20 non-refundable deposit.
The weekend begins at 8 p.m. on Friday
and ends with a Mass at 3:30 p.m. on
Sunday.
Mark and Mary Berndt of 125 Mack
Lane, Warner Robins, ZIP 31093 are
registration couple for the Engaged
Encounter weekends. They may also be
reached by phoning (912) 953-3722.
Ron and Ann Trudell of Warner Robins
are coordinating couple for the
weekends. They may be reached at
(912) 922-8193.
Dale and Dawn DeRoia are serving as
contact couple for the Savannah area.
They may be reached at (912)
925-7978.
Attending an Engaged Encounter
weekend will fulfill the requirement for
marriage preparation under Diocese of
Savannah marriage guidelines.
Participants in the weekend will stay
in male and female dormitories on the
college campus.
Couples who are engaged or who are
not engaged but have made a serious
comjnitment to each other are
encouraged to make the weekends.
Engaged Encounter weekends consist
Of a series of talks on various phases of
married life given by married couples
and a priest. Mass is also offered on
Saturday morning for all who wish to
attend.
An atmosphere is created on the
weekend in which each couple can
concentrate on one another, free of the
tensions and pressures of the world. It is
a quiet, low-key weekend. There are no
group (dynamics; it is not a sensitivity
course. Instead the weekend is
specifically designed for communication
between the couple.
The only group participation is
communal meals and Mass.
Talks on the weekend move from the
theme of self-acceptance to the future
life together as a couple. The couples
are urged to communicate in terms of
planning a marriage, not only a wedding
day celebration, for “A wedding is a
day, a marriage is a lifetime.”
Catholic Engaged Encounter came
into being in 1975 as an apostolate of
the Marriage Encounter movement; it
was incorporated as a national
organization in 1977 in New Jersey.
The organization believes that faith is
a prerequisite for a sacramental marriage
and that marriages founded and lived in
faith have a higher chance for stability
and permanene. “For God all things are
possible.”
One difference between the Engaged
Ecnounter weekend and most programs
of marriage preparation is that the other
programs concentrate on shared
information. Engaged Encounter asks
couples to look deeply into themselves
and to share their attitudes and
expectations with one another.
Here are some commonly-asked
questions about Catholic Engaged
Encounter. The answers were prepared
by Ron and Ann Trudell:
CONFIRMATION AT ST. MARY’S, NASHVILLE, Sunday April 1. L
to R: James Hunter, Hai Nguyen, Kim Nguyen, Bishop Raymond W.
Lessard, Michael Richbourg (Acolyte), Mary Helen Richbourg, Robert
Richbourg, Karen Cornwell, Darlene Nash.
8 new layettes and 1327 pounds of
TYPICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT CATHOLIC ENGAGED ENCOUNTER
1. 'Who should be encouraged to make the weekend?
Any couple who is serious about marrying one another. A couple should not come on the
weekend with the intention of getting to know each other better so they may decide to get
married. A committment to each other should be present even though the date may not be set.
2. Is age a factor in couples making the weekend?
Couples of all ages have made the weekend, including widows planning to remarry. All benefit
from the weekend. Input is equal to output on this weekend. The more mature the couple, the
deeper the experience they will have, but certainly all couples planning to be married can benefit
from it
3. Do couples ever break their engagements on the weekend?
A small percentage of couples realize they aren’t ready for the kind of committment that is
stressed on the weekend, and wedding plans have been cancelled or postponed.
4. SKbuld l send a couple on the weekend if 1 think the marriage is not right?
By aU means, but not with the explicit intention of breaking a couple up. They may decide not
to get married, but they may not. They will surely come away from the weekend with a better
awareness of what it is they are getting into, and be more open to sharing the problem areas with a
third party.
5. What about supervision on the weekend?
The atmosphere, setting, and peer pressure seem to be the best supervision going. The couples
are treated as mature adults and respond beautifully. The married couples and priest’s rooms are
located among the engaged couples rooms, not only for supervisory purposes, but to be available
should the couples want to share with the team. Also, the dormitory situation used (to keep cost
to a minimum) makes supervision almost unnecessary. While the atmosphere of the weekend is
relaxed, there is a time schedule the couples must adhere to. They arc kept very busy and there
isn’t much idle time.
6. If a couple makes the Tngaged Encounter do they still have to attend Pre Cana?
Engaged Encounter fulfills the requirements of the Diocese of Savannah for marriage
preparation. The couples on the weekend are given a certificate saying they have completed an
Engaged Encounter weekend.
7. What if a couple cannot afford the weekend?
Engaged Encounter is strictly a couple movement. We try to keep the cost as low as possible, but
the bills must be paid. Some parishes have sent couples on the weekend, others are helping couples
if they cannot afford it and finally, we put our trust in God that the weekends will be able to
continue financially.
8. Please tell me a little about the kind of weekend Engaged Encounter is.
The weekend begins on Friday evening around 8 P.M. and ends on Sunday afternoon with Mass
around 3:30 P.M. 1 he weekend consists of a scries of talks on various phases of married life, given
by a team couple and a Priest Mass is also said Saturday morning for all those who wish to attend.
The biggest surprise to most of the couples who have attended any of the weekends, was that
they thought they had really talked about all the things presented, but they discovered so much
more about each other on the weekend. Some thought they had talked “around” lots of things and
not really gotten into them until the Engaged Encounter.
An atmosphere is created on the weekend in w'hich each couple can concentrate exclusively on
one another, free of the tensions and pressures of the world. It is a quiet, low-key weekend. It is
definely NOT a sensitivity course. There arc no group dynamics; instead, the Encounter is
specifically designed for communication between the couple.
The only group participation is communal meals and Mass. A very small amount of time is
sprinkled throughout the weekend to just relax, take a walk or get to know some of the other
couples.
9. Is there any follow-up to the weekend?
A couple is asked to pray for each engaged couple on the weekend. They are given the name of
the couple about a week before, and they will write a letter to the engaged couple telling them of
their love and concern for them, and encouraging them to get in touch after the weekend. This
couple is selected by geographic closeness to the engaged couple, as well as maturity and stability
of their own relationship. Many of the engaged couples contact this couple after the weekend.
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