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GEORGIA BULLETIN, JANUARY II, 1963
RICHARD r. SLIDLL'S OF MINNEAPOLIS WITH THEIR FAMILY
. . .And Sixteen Grandchildren
THE SEIDELS
Minnesotans Get Catholic
Family Honor For 1963
WASHINGTON (NC) - The
honor of being the National Ca
tholic Family of the Year goes
in 1963 to Mr. and Mrs. Ric
hard 1, Seidel of Minneapolis,
parents of 11 children, four of
them in religious life.
The selection of the Seidels,
both in the ir sixties, was an
nounced here by Bishop Chris
topher J. Weldon of Springfield,
Mass., episcopal adviser of
family life to the Social Action
Department, National Catholic
Welfare Conference.
RICHARD and Miriam Seidel,
members of Visitation parish
in Minneapolis, were selected
for the award, initiated three
years ago by the NCWC Fami
ly Life Bureau, from nomina
tions made by family life di
rectors in Catholic dioceses.
The Seidels, who will ob
serve their 39th wedding anni
versary on February 4, are to
receive a specially designed
plaque from Archbishop Leo
Bin/ of St. Paul at a ceremony
on Holy Family Sunday (Jan.
COMMENTING on the honor
accorded to the Minneapolis
couple. Father John C. Knott,
director of the NCWC Family
Life Bureau, said:
"The Seidels have a sense
of vocation: of love, of service
to others and to God. All three
vocations are represented in
their children—marriage, the
single vocation in the world,
and the religious life.”
He added that their selection
is "particularly welcome in
the year when the National
Family Spiritual Treasury is
being initiated.” Under the pro
gram, U.S. priests will offer
more than 10,000 Masses in
1963 for the spiritual welfare
of the American family.
FATHER Henry V. Sattler,
C.SS.R,, assistant director of
the NCWC Family Life Bureau,
observed that "every member
of the Seidel family seemed
aware that each human being
has a unique vocation in life.”
The Seidels have two priest-
sons; Father John J. Seidel, a
curate at St. Peter Canisius
church, Chicago, and Father
Thomas E. Seidel, C.S.C., a
teacher at Notre Dame High
School, Chicago. The two young
est girls in the family are Sis
ter Mary Gabriel and Sister
Catherine of St. Paul's Bene
dictine Priory in St. Paul,
Five of the Seidel children
—Joan, 26, and Barbara, 25,—
are single and work as teach
ers.
RICHARD Seidel, a native of
Chicago, is 63 and has retired
as an executive in the oil indus
try. He was educated in Chicago
schools and at the University
Official Dies
WASHINGTON (NC)—Solemn
Pontifical Requiem Mass for
Father William P. Anderson,
36, former vice president of the
Catholic Broadcasters Asso
ciation, was offered here. Fa
ther Anderson died (Jan. 2) of
a heart attack at the Newark,
N. J. airport.
He atrved as director of
radio and televlalon for the
Washington archdiocese from
1953 and from 1956 until 1961
waa general manager of the Ca
tholic Standard, archdioceian
newapeper.
of Illinois and became a convert
to Catholicism at the age of 22.
in 1958 he was general chair
man of a Rosary Crusade con
ducted by Father Peyton, C.S.
C., which drew more than 200,
000 people to the grounds of
the state capitol in St. Paul.
Seidel has served as direc
tor of Opus Sancti Petri, a vo
cational organization of some
80,000 members established by
the late Archbishop William O.
Brady of St. Paul. As chair
man of the organization's vo
cational committee, Seidel is
responsible for the design and
preparation of literature that
reaches some 100,000 families
each year. He is a Knight of
St. Gregory, is active in the
Community Chest and United
Hospital Fund and in labor ne
gotiations.
MRS. MIRIAM (Sugrue) Sei
del, 61, is equally active in re
ligious and civic affairs. A na
tive of Chicago, she attended
St. Mary's College, Notre
Dame, Ind. She is a past presi
dent of the Minneapolis League
of Catholic Women and of the
Cenacle Retreat League. She
has given public addresses on
many occasions, and was the
first woman ever to address
a convention of Serra Inter
national, a men's organization
which fosters vocations to the
priesthood,
Mrs. Seidel has served for
10 years on the executive board
of the Minneapolis Children's
Hospital and has assisted in
programs conducted by the
House of Good Shepherd, a cor
rectional institution for girls.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Seidel have
served for years as captains of
retreats organized in their pa
rish.
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Young Lady From Paris
Finds High School Easy
TEANECK, N.J. (NC) —
School is a comparative snap
to 17-year-old Marie-Christine
Devered.
It’s a snap compared to what
she was used to in her native
France. She's taking the senior
year at nearby Holy Angels Aca
demy while staying with the
family of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
P. Johnson here.
MISS DEVRED goes to school
with Particia Johnson, one of
two daughters in the Johnson
family, under the International
High School Student Program
sponsored by the Youth Depart
ment, National Catholic Welfare
Conference.
Under the program, boys and
girls from European and Latin
American countries are brought
to the United States to live with
American Catholic families and
attend school for a year. Marie-
Christine has been with the
Johnsons since August.
LAST YEAR Marie-Christine
attended Notre Dame Academy
in Lille, France. She said atten
dance is a little easier here.
Back in France at Notre Dame
"our day is from 8:15 a.m. to
12:15 p.m., and 2 to 7 p.m.
six days a week,” she detailed.
”We do have two half-days a
week, though,” she added.
She said that in France she
also had more homework and
took more subjects. Last year,
for instance, her schedule in
cluded physics, chemistry, La
tin, French, English, Spanish,
history, geography and religion,
she said.
THERE is also a marked
social difference, Marle-
Christlne said. She explained;
”We only date on vacations in
France. The girls here have
many more dates and many
more friends. Everything is
much more relaxed and more
informal here.”
the boys and the boys look at
the girls, and you don’t get any
work done.”
CHRIS attended two football
games during the fall and said
the game was "all right, but you
can never see the ball.”
She made another com-
parislon. She said: "In France,
only the men go to games and
it much more serious. Here
everyone laughs and cheers, (t
Is more informal.”
Mrs. Johnson is enthused
about the program—Chris. She
said: "Chris has become one of
the family—not just a guest.
She takes part in family dis
cussions and puts in her sug
gestions. She helps me when I
ask her—and when I don’t
ask her, too—just like my own
daughters.”
CYONEWSWIRE
With the New Year's resolu
tion of providing varied and in
teresting activities for Atlanta
teen-agers in mind, many C. Y.
O. planning' boards have been
drumming up new ideas.
Christ the King C. Y. O.
has gotten off to a very fast
start this year. Last Sunday
night they conducted an even
ing of bridge lessons. This was
the second bridge session in a
just-starting series of lessons.
ON JANUARY 13, Christ the
King will present a "pot luck”
movie. The following Sunday
they will stage a hot-dog sup
per which will be followed by a
square dance. For their last
January activity, they will hold
auditions for their St. Patrick’s
Day Variety Show. With the co
operation of the Cathedral par
ish teens, the Christ the King
officers feel that this will shape
up Into a real "barrel of fun”.
Following close behind the
Christ the King C.Y.O. is the
Immaculate Conception teen
club. On January 13, this group
will present one of the most
novel and interesting activities
ever to hit the Atlanta Catholic
Youth Organization. It will con
sist of a mock trial with the fol
lowing characters: Tommy
Harrison will take the part of
the defendant. He supposedly
was indicted on a charge of con
cealing contraband goods. The
prosecuting attorney will be
James Troy, while John Conway
will take the part of attorney
for the defense. Father Linus
will be the judge.
St. Peter and Paul C. Y. O.
will have a skating party, also
on January 13. Our Lady of the
Assumption Youth Club will hold
a dance on the same evening.
The music will be provided by
the Yob-Yalps.
A LITTLE boy is one of the 173 converts recently received
into the Church at a mass Baptismal ceremony in Chicago.
LEADERS CHOSEN
St. Joseph Student Council
She qul c« y added: like u." Librarians
Chris, as the school gang
calls her, is glad she’s attend
ing an all-girls school here as
she did in France. She said:
"It’s better that way. If you have
coed schools, the girls look at
LOS ANGELES, (NC)—Some
800 delegates from the U.S.
and Canada are expected to at
tend the convention of the Catho
lic Library Association here
from April 16 to 19.
HOLY FAMILY SUNDAY
Archbishop To Visit
With Atlanta Parishes
■ Heading Student Council pro
jects at St. Joseph this year
are the formation of a school
constitution, production of a
student directory, and plans for
the introduction of school clubs
and organizations.
Activities also include the
construction of a suggestion
box, undertaking of a spirit pet
itions contest, and the in
stitution of a regular council
report day.
LUCILLE Dolan, Jerry Ces-
nick, and Lorraine Bergin com
pose the constitution com
mittee. The constitution con
sists of the established and
written laws and customs of
the school. It further contains
the regulation and privileges of
these institutions. Ratification
by student majority will
officiate the Saint Joseph Con
stitution.
Systematic arrangement of
facuity, student, and organi
zation names compiles the
student directory. This publi
cation, which serves as a
necessary item to ail connected
with the school, is under the
direction of Michael Phillips,
Bruce Hill, and Irving Plfer.
PRESENTATION of aU clubs
and organizations, their
functions, and membership re
quirements took place a few
weeks ago via the public address
system. The aim was to acquaint
all the students with extra
curricular activities. Susan
Smith, James Walsh, and Donna
Repik led this endeavor.
Dennis Fitzgerald is respon
sible for the suggestion box pre
sently situated in front of Sister
Mary Magdala’s office. WQX1
spirit petitions managed by
Margaret Maher, resulted in
some 52,000 names.
In Australia
CANBERRA, Australia (NC)
—Catholic schools taught al
most 20 per cent of this coun
try’s school pupils last year.
Commonwealth Statistician K.
M. Archer reported that 429,
522 out of a total school popu
lation of 2,187,609 went to Au
stralia’s 1,750 Catholic schools.
INDIA: TALE OF A SHRINE
SOUTHERN FRANCE and southern India lie far apart. It
was at Lourdes that the Blessed Virgin appeared to 11-year-old
Bernadette Soubirous bidding her
scratch from the dry ground a mirac
ulous spring ... In the little village
of ELINJIPRA, a few Catholics con-
structed a shrine to OUR LADY OF
g-T LOURDES thirty-two years ago. A
shed served as a Sunday school. Mass
was said on a portable altar . . . Then
the Carmelite Sisters enlarged the
shed and began a school. Like water
springing from parched earth the
small shrine proved a fountain of
grace ... By 1947 it had become a
parish of 110 families. Then it was
the Bishop laid the foundation stone for
a church. But he needs help to build it. for these parishioners,
like Bernadette, are very poor . . . India's average annual income
amounts to a modest one week’s wage in this country—$70. Will
you give something toward this work in Our Lady's honor? . . .
82.00J will build the church and $1,000 will help put roofs over
the Sisters and the parish priest.
Tht Holy Father's Missm Aid
for tht Oriental Chunk
200 . . . Just last year,
ATLANTA—Archbishop Paul
J. Hallinan will celebrate Tht
Holy Name Mass Sunday at the
Shrlna of tha Immaculate Con
ception.
In tha afternoon tha Arch
bishop will bless tha pro-school
and grammar achool children of
Immaculate Heart of Miry
parish.
THE ARCHBISHOP will be
principle speaker at a Holy
Nama Breakfast Matting im
mediately after the Maas at
Immaculate Conception Shrine.
On this Sunday, the Feast of
the Holy Family, the 4th Annual
Family Communion Breakfast
at the Shrine will be co-spon
sored by the Holy Name Society
and the Ladles' Guild.
The members of the two
societies will assemble at 9:00
A.M. to pray the rosary be
fore attending the 9:15 Mass.
On this occasion the members
of tha Holy Nama and Guild
will have thalr families join
them in tha usual reserved
area and receive Communion
as family units.
The ceremony at Immaculate
Heart of Mary parish will begin
at 3:00 P,M. After the blesilngs,
a reception will be held in the
school cafetorium where re
freshments will be served.
Chess Club
Plans are going under way
to lay the foundations of a Chess
Club at St. Joseph High School.
Under the moderation of Sr.
Mary Helen, C.S.J., tha new
offlceri elected were Sopho
mores Robert Seymour aa pre
sident and John Biggs as secre
tary.
Members include: John
Biggs, Jerome Chambers, Mic
hael Dorsl, John Du Teau, Paul
Dolan, George Hall, Mark
Hargis, James Bruno, James
Lange, Alfred Ledon and Robert
Seymour.
A VOCATION
Religion And The Invalid
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
flit from one employment to another, but if the
sick man has found work that suits him he must
stay In it, however much he may desire to go
elsewhere. The healthy man is free to choose his
friends. The sick must see in those around him
the companions that God has chosen for him.
OBEDIENCE is the law of the sick; obedience
to his physician, obedience to the nurses if he Is
in the hospital, and obedience to all the circum
stances of his life which may not be changed. Obe
diences do not come to him through the clear
voice of a superior, but none the less they are the
commands of Almighty God and they are the means
by which the will of the invalid is crucified until
it is united with the will of God.
Loneliness is the inevitable condition of the sick.
At times it is unnoticed by him, but at times it is
an overwhelming pain.
The healthy man is free to take part In any pro
fessional activities that interest him, he is free to
join in the good and desirable recreations of his
friends. The healthy man can take his full part in
the life of the parish. He can join in apostolic
activities and know all the warmth and joy of work
for God shared with his friends. The invalid is cut
off from these joys. He is isolated and his work
is done alone. If he be bedridden he will receive
the Sacraments from time to time but he can no
longer unite with others in the worship of God,
he can no longer glory in the beauty and warmth
of a feast-day mass or share in the grief of the
Passiontide Liturgy.
Loneliness may be harder to bear than phy
sical pain, but like the vow of chastity it can re
lease the invalid from the love of creatures and
lead him on to the love of God alone. Loneliness
borne alone is unendurable, but loneliness shared
with Jesus can be joyous even when part of that
loneliness consists in the loss of all spiritual
consolation.
COLD WEATHER MAKING YOU SHIVER? Think of tho
desolate PALESTINE REFUGEE families, especially the chil
dren. on these frosty bitter nights. For $2 you can buy them o
blanket; for $10 you can send o FOOD PACKAGE that will help
them for a whole month.
SAINT FOR CHURCH UNITY
NIGHTFALL IN GENOA , . . Tha bells of many chapels ring
for evening prayers. Through the Cnpuchln monastery gate a
weary figure trudges, a few loaves of bread under his «rn> . , .
He has given most of the food to the needy he met along the
way. For nearly forty years, FRANCIS MARY OF CAMPOROH.
SO, the community beggar, garnered food for his fellow reli.
glous, helping all who crossed his path ... In the plague of 1886,
he offered his life that Genoa be delivered. POPE JOHN XXIII,
ending the first session of the ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, can
onised him as one exemplifying a MODEL OF CHURCH UNITY
. . . He saw in every man a brother, no matter what his faith.
In the CHURCH UNITY OCTAVE (Ian. 18 to Jan. 25) please
remember the needy missionaries under our care In the NEAR
and MIDDLE FAR EAST, They work for unity with barely
enough to live on.
A GOOD WAY TO HELP is by becoming a member of our
association. Single membership: SI a year; perpetual member
ship: $20. Family membership: $5. Perpetual membership: $100
. . . MASS STIPENDS help tremendously. If making a will,
please remember us: Official title: THE CATHOLIC NEAR
EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION.
OUR MONICA GUILD furnishes chapels for our missionaries.
Eighteen years of prayer brought Monica’s son, Augustine, into
the church to become the great Doctor of Grace. You can help
bring grace to many with a dollar-a-month gift. 81,000 complete
ly furnishes a chapel.
DEAR MONSIGNOR RYAN:
Enclosed find for
Name
City Zone State
(J^Reartast Glissionsj^l
FRANCIS CARDINAL SPIUMAN, President
Mtgr. Joseph T» Rye*. Ne»*l Sec'y
Send ell communications to:
CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION
480 L«xington Av«. at 46th St. New York 17, N. Y.