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PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, September 4,1980
TREE SHRINE - Comelio Limon of San Diego, Calif., adds a
finishing touch to a brightly colored image of Christ that he carved
from a palm tree in front of his house. The artist spent nearly a year
carving with a knife he borrowed from his wife’s kitchen. Limon, a
member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, learned the art style
known as Santero as a boy from his father in Mexico (NC Photo by
Roger Wrenn)
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A Positive Approach To TV
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Two half-hour holiday specials for
prime time television have been
developed by Paulist Productions, as
a project of the Catholic
Communications Campaign. The
programs will be seen in different
parts of the nation this Thanksgiving
and Christmas. They are:
GOD IN THE DOCK - a dramatic
exploration of the problem and
mystery of evil. It stars Della Reese,
Peter Haskell, Don Stroud, Ellen
Geer, Marcia Rodd and Richard
Beymer (as God.)
THE LONG ROAD HOME - the
story of a young man (Martin Sheen)
who runs out on his girlfriend on the
eve of their marriage and hides out in
an old motel which is run by God
(Hal Gould.) In the course of their
confrontation, we are asked to
explore the demands of love and the
nature of fidelity.
Paulist Productions is responsible
for the “Insight series of films seen
on television in many parts of the
country, as well as for radio
programs and “spots” used by many
stations - including over 100 in South
Georgia.
Funds raised during a national
collection in June for the Catholic
Communications Campaign will be
used to finance a wide range of
communications activities
throughout the nation. Half of the
funds collected in each Diocese
remained at home, for local
communications efforts.
TV PROGRAMS OF NOTE
Sunday, Sept. 7, 9-11 p.m. (NBC)
“The Second Annual Emmy
Awards.” The television industry
honors last season’s best programs
and performances in this live
coverage from Pasadena Civic
Auditorium, an event which may
have a somewhat somber tone if the
Screen Actors Guild is still on strike.
Monday, Sept. 8, 8-9 p.m. (PBS)
“Five Presidents on the Presidency.”
Using footage from the CBS archives
of interviews with Presidents
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy,
Johnson and Nixon, the program
focuses on how each regarded the
responsibilities, influence and power
of the office.
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 10:30-11
p.m. (PBS) “Werner Herzog and the
Making of Nosferatu.” In showing a
leading German director, Werner
Herzog, at work on “Nosferatu,” his
remarkable film about the vampire
legend, this documentary introduces
viewers to the new kind of German
movies now appearing on American
screens.
Friday, Sept. 12, 9-10 p.m. (PBS)
“Campaign Report.” For the nine
weeks leading up to election day, this
special edition of “Bill Moyers”
Journal” will be devoted to the
events, people and issues of the 1980
election campaign.
Saturday, Sept. 13, 10-11 p.m.
(PBS) “The Scapegoat.” This
television drama from Japan about a
junior government official who has
little chance of advancement in his
job demonstrates that office
bureaucracy is much the same the
world over.
TV FILM FARE
Sunday, Sept. 7, 8:30 p.m. (ABC)
-- “The Longest Yard” (1974) -- Burt
Reynolds stars as an imprisoned
ex-pro quarterback, who leads a team
of fellow convicts against a team
made up of guards. This film of
Robert Aldrich has a careless,
slapped-together look to it and relies
heavily on foul language. A-III -
Morally unobjectionable for adults.
Tuesday, Sept. 9, and Wednesday,
Sept. 10, 8 p.m. (CBS) -- “Across the
Great Divide” (1977) -- This is a
family film from the company that
gave us the enormously successful
“Adventures of the Wilderness
Family,” featuring the same winning
formula of attractive adults and
children and photogenic, if
sometimes naughty, animals
photographed against a gorgeous
backdrop of scenery. The plot this
time (which seems to owe more to
“True Grit” than anyone cares to
acknowledge) has to do with two
self-reliant orphans, a brother and
sister, whom a charming gambler
(Robert Logan) guides to Oregon in
1876. The slick exploitation of
wholesome elements at the expense
of realism might strike some viewers
as rather cynical, but everything is
attractively packaged and, as family
entertainment, the film ranks far
above recent Disney fare. (G) A-I -
Morally unobjectionable for all.
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 9 p.m.
(CBS) - “The Last Hard Men”
(1976) -- This is an ugly, distasteful
Western about an escaped convict
(James Coburn) who is determined
to get revenge upon the retired
sheriff (Charlton Heston) who put
him in jail. The movie makes a
half-hearted attempt to say
something about the Old West but all
it really has on its mind is the usual
rape and other brutality that belongs
to the simple-minded debasement of
Western myth that was faddish a few
years ago. (R) B - Morally
objectionable in part for all.
(This column was written through
consensus of the staff of the USCC
Department of Communication’s Office
for Film and Broadcasting.)
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FATHER JOHN CUDDY, left, and Father Swiderek are shown
in front of the bulletin board which was part of the decoration for
the farewell party given for Father Benedict by Saint Joseph’s
Parish. The collage was made up of photos showing Father Swiderek’s
activities in the parish over the past four years. Mrs. Katherine
Sheehan designed the bulletin board. Mrs. Connie Thuente,
Hospitality Chairman for the parish, was in charge of the party.
LITURGICAL DANCERS
from Saint Joseph’s Parish,
Macon, front to back, Lynn
Hicks, Jo Duke, and Kathleen
O’Shaughnessey, offered a
Communion meditation
entitled ‘Thy Will Be Done”
during Father Swiderek’s final
Mass of Thanksgiving at Saint
Joseph’s on Aug. 20. The
dance, which included the “Our
Father” in sign language, was
choreographed by Jodi
Zielinski. Soloist was Dennis
O’Connor and musical
accompaniment was by
members of Cherokee United
Methodist Church directed by
Dennis McCleary.
CHURCH-
IN
THE
DIOCESE
St. James Bids Farewell To Fr. Burke
In May, Bishop Raymond Lessard
announced that on August 20th Fr.
Michael Burke would become Pastor
of St. Patrick’s Church, Perry, and its
mission, St. Juliana’s in Fort Valley.
Fr. Burke has served as Associate
Pastor of St. James Parish, Savannah,
since July of 1977.
While at St. James, Fr. Burke
acted as the Spiritual Moderator of
the Council of Catholic Women for
two years. To show their
appreciation, the ladies of C.C.W.
attended the 8:30 A.M. Mass on
Saturday, August 9th, which was
celebrated by Fr. Burke. After Mass
the ladies, including several
husbands, took Father to breakfast
at Taylor’s Restaurant. During the
breakfast, it was noted that two
Waycross Building Drive
A fund drive in March netted in excess of $236,000 in
pledges from parishioners and to date the building fund stands
at over $50,000. A generous piece of land has also been
donated in hopes that St. Joseph’s, Waycross, will be able to
become a consolidated parish for the first time.
Fr. McCarthy is optimistic that the parish can begin
construction before the end of the year and plans are being
worked out to meet this target date. The various committees
and clubs are also busily making plans to aid in the financial
aspect of the endeavor.
ladies attending were celebrating
birthdays that day. They were
Frances Pounder and Annamae
Anderson. A chorus of “Happy
Birthday” was sung in their honor.
Fatjer Burke was thanked for his
guidance, support and prayers during
his tenure as Spiritual Moderator. He
was assured that this was not
goodbye. He would always be
welcome to return to the parish and
the members’ homes and would have
a special place in their hearts.
On Sunday evening, August 17th,
the parish paid a final tribute to Fr.
Burke with a Farewell Party in the
Religious Education Building. A large
group of parishioners, young and old,
came together to wish Father success
and happiness in his new assignment.
Bill Cooney, Parish Council
President, presented Fr. Burke with
gifts from parishioners. In response,
Fr. Burke reminded those gathered
that with his departure it would be
the first time in approximately 16
years that St. James would be
without an Irish priest. Soon there
would be no sermon spoken with a
brogue.
In his final Sunday sermon, Fr.
Burke stressed that no matter what
we do all week, on Sundays we
gather to celebrate the Divine Story.
The following week would bring
another step in his personal journey
CCW BREAKFAST (left) for Fr. Burke. L. to
R. Karen McBride, Mary and Keith Grundy,
Teresa and Jep Tatum, Anne Zierer, Annamae
Anderson, Fr. Burke, Helen Laird. The Parish
Farewell Party is pictured at right. Fr. Burke with
gifts from parishioners and many of the
well-wishers.
toward our Heavenly Father, but
again on Sunday he would gather
with different believers to celebrate
the unchanging, age-old Divine Story
in his new home. The common bond
for all Christians is this Divine Story.
He expressed his thanks to the
three priests he served with at St.
James: Fr. Robert Mattingly, Pastor
for the three years Fr. Burke served
at St. James, and the two Associate
Pastors, Fr. Daniel O’Connell, who
was at St. James for Fr. Burke’s first
year, and Fr. Christopher Schreck for
the past two years. With them, he has
grown to know and love St. James.
It was with much sadness that the
parish said farewell to Fr. Burke. He
has greatly enriched the spiritual and
prayer life of the parishioners, but he
also showed the areas in which
growth was needed. His ready smile
and wit, his gentle guidance and
holiness, his devotion and love will
not be forgotten. “They shall know
that a prophet has been among
them.” EZ 2:5.
IN GOOD SPIRITS - The Faculty of Saint Joseph’s School in
Macon was in good spirits as they prepared for the new school year.
Shown are, first row, 1. to r., Mrs. Eileen Taylor (2nd), Mrs. Barbara
Bonner (5th), Mrs. Mary Lou Ennis (4th), Sister M. Bemarda
Loncon (1st); 2nd row, Mrs. Kathleen Thomason (6th), Mrs. Rosa
Shaheen (K), Mrs. Susie Cassidy (8th), Mrs. Ellen Henderson (3rd);
3rd row, Mrs. Gee Mobley (school secretary), Mrs. Michelle Cassidy
(science), Sister Mary Edward Cassidy (principal), Father John
Cuddy (pastor), Mrs. Corliss Phillips (8th), Mrs. Scotty McGoldrick
(8th), and Mrs. Frances Thompson (7th).
Macon Says Farewell To Fr. Swiderek
Members of Saint Joseph’s Parish
and other friends in the Macon area
bade a loving and reluctant farewell
to Father Benedict Swiderek,
Associate Pastor for the past four
years, on Wednesday evening, August
20. A Mass of Thanksgiving
concelebrated by Father Swiderek
along with Father John Cuddy,
Father Bede Lightner, Father John
Kenneally and Father Robert
Cushing was followed by a Reception
in the Social Hall. Friends filled the
large church for the special Mass, a
highlight being a Communion
Meditation danced by three young
women in the parish. Friends then
crowded into the Social Hall to greet
Father personally and to hear several
tributes paid him.
Father Cuddy emceed the
program in the Social Hall which
began with Camp Villa Marie staff
members singing the camp song, and
Father Swiderek, Camp Director,
joining in with gusto!
Dr. John O’Shaughnessey, well
known in Macon for his comic
monologues as well as his medical
skill, gave the first tribute to Father
in the form of a telephone
conversation with Saint Michael the
Archangel. The appreciative audience
heard remarks about Father’s famous
(in Macon) brown jacket (“It must
have been expensive because he saved
a whole year of hair cut money to
buy it”), and his practice of
preaching from the sanctuary steps
rather than the pulpit (“I think he’s
afraid of heights”), among other
things. The other priests at Saint
Joseph’s also came in for their share
of good natured ribbing.
A more serious tribute was given
by Rev. William Hurdle, Pastor of
Mulberry Street United Methodist
Church, with whom Father Swderek
has worked closely in interfaith
activities, such as the annual Institute
of Religion and a monthly TV panel
discussion, “Talking Faith to Faith.”
Rev. Hurdle’s closing compliment
was “In Father Ben’s presence, I
never felt like a Non-Catholic.”
Other speakers were
representatives of the Youth Group,
Kathleen O’Shaughnessey, a member,
and Mrs. Lucia Carr, advisor, who
presented Father with an engraved
silver letter opener, and Father Bedi
who joked about life in the rectory
Underlying all the light hearte<
remarks throughout the program wa
a very strong sense of sincer
admiration and affection for a ver
gifted and generous young priest.
Father Cuddy concluded thi
presentations by giving Father j
substantial check from parishioner
as a parting gift.