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GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1963 PAGE 5
GEORGIA PINES
After New York- Savannah
Saints in Black and White
ST. PATRICK
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PREVENTIVE AIM
BY FATHER R. DONALD KIERNAN
A copy of the Savannah MORNINC NEWS carry
ing the account of the St. Patrick's Day parade
has just arrived and brings with it nostalgic me
mories. March 17th. is quite a day in Savannah,
and probably with the exception of New York City’,
Savannah has one of the largest parades, comme
morating the day, in this nation.
As a matter of fact, there was an abortive at
tempt one year to dye the river in Savannah, green.
I note,' however, this year that only the public
fountains had green water.
The day starts off with Mass at the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist. It is customary for the Mar
shal and his aides to receive Holy Communion
at this Mass. Follow ing the panageric on the life of
St. Patrick, the Marshal rides
at the front of the parade to the
reviewing stand located on the
steps of the De Soto Hotel.
There he joins with the reli
gious and civic dignitaries of
the city and reviews the pa
rade.
Of course, the parade gets
larger each year. It was inte
resting to note that this year one marching band
had travelled all the way from Virginia to parti
cipate.
THE PARADE usually begins on East Broad
Street and travels north to Bay Street and then
west on Bay to Bull Street breaking up around
Forsyth park. It is a legal holiday in Savannah
and literally the whole town turns out.
The day culminates with two important banquets;
one, the Irish Jasper Greens; the other, the Hi
bernians. This year marked the 151 anniversary
of the Hibernians and the 121st for the Jasper
Greens.
The Hibernian banquet in Savannah is one of
the most exclusive social events in the nation.
The Society began in 1812, “to reach out the hand
of friendship, to tender the aid of a delicate
charity, and to offer assistance which fraternal,
manly and kindly feelings may inspire" to Irish
men seeking a new life in America.
THREE Presidents of the United States have
addressed their annual banquet, the late William
Howard Taft in 1912; Harry’ S. Truman at the
sesqui-centennial celebration last year; and the
late F.D.R., via telephone, from Warm Springs on
the occasion of their 125th anniversary.
Membership in the society is limited to 150
resident members and some have waited as long
as 16 years to be elected to membership. A man
must be of Irish ancestory or a descendant of one
of the founders to be eligable for membership.
Bishop John England of Charleston addressed
the society three times, 1824, 1827, and 1832.
When Georgia was made a diocese in 1851,
Bishop Francis X. Gartland was unanimously elec
ted an honorary member. This year, our own
Archbishop Hallinan was the main speaker at the
annual banquet.
In Savannah, on St. Patrick’s Day, everyone is
an Irishman. Political, social, and religious dif
ferences are forgotten and with pride all Savan-
nahians recall the importance their Irish heritage
played in the development of this Georgia costal
city.
With the spirit of prayer and sacrifice which
characterized the life of St. Patrick, Savannah’s
Irishmen have never forgotten their Irish heritage
and through epidemics, wars, and depressions
their faith has never faltered.
To Savannah their forefathers came lacking
this world’s goods, but proof conclusive that they
have never lost sight of those spiritual ideals
of their ancestors is amply attested to by the
magnificent Cathedral structure which is the baro
meter of Catholic prestige in Savannah.
QUESTION BOX
Philippine Church?
BY MONSIGNOR J. D. CONWAY
Q. I RECENTLY READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT
HE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENT CHURCH ES
TABLISHING FULL COMMUNION WITH THE
PROTESTANT EPISCOPALCHURCa ITSTATED
THAT THE PHILIPPINE CHURCH BROKE FROM
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN 1902. COULD YOU
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT CAUSED THE SPLIT
OF THE CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES?
A. The man most responsible for this split was
a priest, Gregorio Aglipay y Labayan, but its
real explanation is in the social, religious and
political history of the Philippines, in the war of
revolution against Spain, and the American con
quest and occupation of the islands.
The Catholic faith was
brought to the Philippines by
Spanish missionaries four
centuries ago; they spread
and nurtured it. But even af
ter the people were convert
ed the missionaries stayed
on and maintained rigid con
trol of the Church. The is
lands were portioned out to
four religious orders: Augustinians, Franciscans,
Dominicans, and the Augustinian Recollects. The
Jesuits had a hand in the conversion of the is
lands, and had returned to the Philippines about the
middle of the 19th Century; but their earlier
suppression had deprived them of their lands and
their power, so they were not classed with the
frailes (friars) in the popular mind.
The Church in the Philippines existed in close
union with the Spanish government, which largely
maintained the churches and paid the salaries.
It also kept careful check on the appointment of
bishops. Because of this close union the Church
shared in the blame and hatred of the native
people against the tyranny of the Spanish govern
ment.
In some ways the Church was more resented
than the government. The religious orders had vast
holdings of land and hundreds of thousands of
Filipinos were their tenants. All the gripes against
the landlords became bitterness against thefriars.
All the parishes belonged to the friars, and all
the bishops were friars. The poor Filipino secu
lar priest, who was not acceptable as a friar,
was condemned to be an assistant all his life.
The parish priests - all Spanish friars-wield
ed great influence with the government, each in
his own area. So many civil injustices were blam
ed on the clergy. The people called their power
frailocracia (friar-rule, “frairocracy").
There were also conflicts in educational policies
between the friars and the Filipinos. But more
important, the natives felt and resented the Spanish
attitude of superiority. They believed that the
friars looked down on them, even held them in
contempt.
LITURGICAL WEEK
Sunday Of Passion Week
Continued From Page 4
of these important days than the personal nature
of the Christian religion. Easter’s significance as
center of the whole Christian year of worship
impresses the believer with the knowledge that
no moral code, no great idea or insight, no cere
mony, but a Person is the Gospel, the good news.
APRIL 2, TUESDAY IN PASSION WEEK. Jesus
is hated, Jesus is not recognized, Jesus is reject
ed (Gospel). And if this is the fate of the Son it is
also the fate of the servant of God (Daniel, in the
First Reading). Babylon is symbol as well as his
tory—both of the power of evil and of darkness
and of its ultimate futility. We pray today for the
trust and confidence which is "Babylon’s” great
est fear.
APRIL 3, WEDNESDAY IN PASSION WEEK. The
First Reading teaches us again that the Law comes
from God, that it is no abstract code but a per
sonal command. And the Gospel completes the pic
ture with its affirmation of Jesus’ divinity.
Not only the Law comes from God but also a
Person—a Person who accomplishes salvation,
whereas the Law could only show the need. For
in Jesus Christ God answers the prayer of the
Tract so familiar in the Masses of Lent; “Lord,
do not treat us as our sins deserve."
APRIL 4, THURSDAY IN PASSION WEEK. Sin
.fed repentance, and the qualities of faith and love
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ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLE PAGE 7
NEW ORLEANS, La. -NC-
—A vast and expanding study of
the health of nuns in this country
should have far-reaching re
sults in bettering preventive
medical measures for all wo
men.
Religious communities
through the nation are cooperat
ing in the program initiated and
headed by Dr. James T. Nix,
of New Orleans.
DR. NIX said the protracted
study is based on the concept
that “your health mirrors your
environment" because so many
medical conditions and malad
ies are traced to environmental
conditions.
The vast and expanding re
search program is delving into
the areas of cancer and gall
bladder ailments, among oth
ers.
Religious communities, Dr.
Nix said, offer a control group
for environmental research be
cause Sisters of the various
orders live according to cer
tain standards and follow cer
tain dietary regulations.
These conditions, he said,
provide a setting for medical
analysis that cannot be found
in the ordinary life of the lay
person.
IN THE past, Dr. Nix said,
"undue emphasis” was placed
on the heredity factor.
“Although we are primarily
interested in improving the
health and extending the use
fulness of Religious" he said,
"scientific research is neces
sary to determine the diseases
and conditions responsible for
disability and death among Re
ligious and (to) open avenues
of financial support for their
health care.
“Research into the cause of
death of Religious," he added,
"will make possible the
institution of preventive mea
sures."
Dr. Nix is chairman of the
Committee on Medical Care of
Clergy and Religious of the
National Federation of Catholic
Physicians' Guilds and the Ca
tholic Hospital Association. He
founded the committee in 1957.
"OUR main object,” he said,
“is to improve the health and
extend the usefulness of nuns
by providing health to match
their dedication and stamina
for their apostolate.”
Dr. Nix's committee is work
ing in cooperation with the Hea
ing in cooperation with the
180 New Priests
DUBLIN (NC)—Of 376 priests
ordained in Ireland during 1962,
180 were destined for themiss-
ions.
Health Committee of the Con
ference of Major Religious
Superiors of Women's Institut
ions.
The committees most re
cently have been cooperating
on a study of gall bladder con
ditions in nuns. Dr. Nix’s com
mittee hopes to give a report
on the study at the .American
Medical Association meeting in
June.
THE RESULTS of the gaU
bladder study are preliminary,
Dr. Nix said, but interesting.
Of 261 nuns who were operat
ed on for gall bladder, only
one died. This can be attri
buted, he said, to their gen
eral health condition and the
medical care they receive.
The nonreligious death rate
would have been "at least two
per cent,” Dr. Nix said.
The study also shows that
the average age of nuns who
had gall bladder operation
(cholecystectomies) was "ap
proximately 10 years older than
lay women with similar con
ditions. Also, the nuns were
found to have more and small
er stones."
ARNOLD VIEWING
Days Of Wine And Roses
in repentance—these occupy our minds as we lis
ten to God’s Word and offer the holy Sacrifice
today. The Old Testament First Reading gives us a
beautiful owning-up to sin, a prayer of repen
tance. The Gospel shows us not only the prayer
(in the action of the sinner) but also its answer:
“Thy faith has saved thee; go in peace.”
APRIL 5, FRIDAY IN PASSION WEEK. Both
lessons speak of man's condemnation and God’s
vindication. Man’s condemnation by his sin and
because of his sin. God’s vindication because man
has nowhere else to turn and because even in the
plotting of Jesus’ death (Gospel), even in this
sin, men were plotting their own salvation. Re
pentance and the huge grace-gift repentance brings
is the happy side of our sinful condition.
APRIL 6, SATURDAY IN PASSION WEEK. To
day’s Gospel, in which Jesus calmly prophecies
His death, is an unusually long excerpt of His
recorded teaching. Unusually long for Mass in
modern times. Yet the liturgy, the Church’s pub
lic worship, exists partly to bring us such teach
ing.
"Yes, if only I am lifted up from the earth, I
will attract all men to myself" (Gospel). For
this reason we pray, in the Opening Prayer (Col
lect) of the Mass, that “taught by these sacred
rites, the more graced (we) become, the more
pleasing to your majesty (we) will be."
BY JAMES W. ARNOLD
"Days of Wine and Roses" is a toboggan ride
into the horrors of alcoholism with several new
twists and turns. There are two alcoholics instead
of one, and each of them needs not only drink
but the drinking companionship of the other: an
ironic switch on the Christian ideal that husband
and wife, by pooling their strengths, draw each
other to heaven.
The victims are also much closer to the au
dience than the frustrated writer of "The Lost
Weekend" or the tormented actress of "I’ll Cry
Tomorrow", up to now the classic Hollywood
treatments of alcoholism. The boy and girl of
"Days" are types who rarely suffer in American
films - the Brash Young Executive and the Happy
Pretty Secretary. Their entry into reality, after
decades of hiding behind Rock Hudson-Doris Day
smiles, is truthful and moving, but likely to
shock viewers who cherish their fantasies.
PERHAPS "Days" is most remarkable in its
insistence that indulgence, even when socially ac
ceptable and downright delightful, ultimately de
grades man. In a society based on consumption
the idea is as heretical as making cars that never
wear out. But let’s not wax too sanguine. In film
ing J. P. Miller’s script, one of the half-dozen
finest ever created for television, producer Martin
Manulis has made some nervous and destructive
concessions to the box office.
A crucial flaw is the cast
ing of Jack Lemmon as the
anxious young public relai-
tions man who leads his bride
into the sleepy-gay world
of the always-full Double Mar
tini. Young Lemmon has
quickly become a master of
screen comedy, equally art
ful with word gags or sight
gags. He can also play drama
with the intensity, and sometimes the awful sound
and thrashing, of a tiger.
But Lemmon, like Tony Randall, has become the
ptototype of the light comic hero - the earnest,
likeable fellow in the Brooks Brothers suit,
slightly befuddled and inefficient, but ever deter
mined to make a show of expecting the best.
Here Lemmon must assume the role again, but
as a real, not a mythical person.
LEMMON is victimized by the character that
has made him famous; the audience wants to
laugh, and he encourages it. A great natural clown,
drunk or sober he makes an ambiguous situation
funny. He is Ensign Pulver turned loose on Madi
son Avenue (San Francisco version). His PR job is
collecting girls for orgies, or getting a client's
cow-like wife a spread in Harper’s Bazaar. He
makes funny faces at girls, bumps into transpa
rent glass walls, and sprays so much bug juice
that other tenants rage that cockroaches are
fleeing into their apartments. He has a comedy
PR boss who says things like: "Let’s pull some
thing out of the hat and see if it hops for us."
When it comes time for sadness, Lemmon again
produces all the right sights and sounds, but the
audience cannot cry. It has been told, in this and
several films, that PR man-on-the-make Lemmon
is unreal but comic; it cannot suddenly accept
him as real and tragic. The worst part is that
one of the prime deterrents to common under
standing of the complexities of alcoholism is the
image of the drunk-as-funny.
Our admiration for director Blake Edwards
("Experiment in Terror”) borders on the irra
tional. Yet one must wonder if the talents of Ed
wards and his familiar cohorts (composer Henry
Mancini, cameraman Phil Lathrop) are in the right
style for “Days.” The Edwards-Mancini touch is
silken sophistication: the screen almost purrs.
The director is fond of clever cuts and camara
tricks, and wry observation (cf. “Peter Gunn”
and "Breakfast at Tiffany’s").
YET “DAYS” needs more power than charm,
more sandpaper than velvet. Only once or twice
(as in the hair-raising scene when the moralis
tic father drags his drunken daughter to the
shower) does the flesh-and-blood show through
the satin. Even the good scare scenes (Lemmon
in the violent ward, Lemmon tearing apart a
greenhouse looking for a bottle) seem to have been
slickly staged rather than experienced or en
dured.
As the girl who learns drinking from her hus
band and then desperately needs his weakness to
justify her own, Lee Remick is impressively con
vincing. But Edwards has her underplay it like a
lady. Her big scene (in a sleazy motel where
Lemmon finds her after a bender) exposes the
fault in this approach: it’s simply too comfor
table, too smooth and refined. In the TV origi
nal, frazzled and tempestuous Piper Lauri play
ed it as if she were about to scratch her way
through the tube into the living room. One not
only felt heartache; one’s skin crawled.
WHATEVER its flaws, "Days" is a fascinat
ing account of the progressive stages of alco
holism, so relentlessly moral and logical that it
is often more instructive than entertaining. The
suggested solution, the Alcoholics Anonymous ap
proach, is hastily sketched but worthwhile; com
pletely effective in 75 percent of its cases, it
is still the only non-institutional treatment that
works.
With more than normal skill and subtlety, the
film makes the required points: that alcoholism
is the symptom, not the disease (the wife’s fa
ther preaches at her but does not love her);
that it causes lie in subjective inability to handle
reality (Lemmon doubts the dignity of his job,
Miss Remick says, “I want things to look pret
tier than they are”),
Despite at least one sequence worthy of “La
Dolce Vita” (Lemmon’s havoc among the green
house plants has much of the fierce animalism
of Fellini’s feather-pillow orgy), “Days" ends on
a note of hope. "Will she get well, Daddy?" the
daughter asks a sober Lemmon of his missing
wife. "1 did," he says simply.
God Love You
MUST REVEREND FULTON J. SHEEN
When the time came for the Jews to pass into
the Promised Land, two of the tribes refused
to cross the Jordan because some struggle and
warfare would be required for its possession.
So there are many of us who, during Lent, re
fuse to cross the Jordan, the thin dividing line
between the flesh-life and the Christ-life, be
cause it requires a little bit of self-abnegation.
As a result, we live in mediocrity, in a half-
baked condition that is so near to inner joy and
yet so far.
The tragedy of life is not what people suffer,
but how much they miss. By just a few tiny acts of
self-denial every day, they would create an em
ptiness within them which would make room for the
Lord in their souls. If a box is filled with salt,
it cannot at the same time be filled with pepper;
if our soul is filled with the ego and its selfish
pleasures, there is no room for Our Lord. He
breaks down no doors. He occupies only as
much as we allot Him.
De *ades ago, a young Ital
ian priest came to the door
of a young French priest’s
lodging. The latter gave the
Italian priest a small room
in the attic because he was
dressed so poorly. Years pas
sed, and the French priest
lived to see his visitor can
onized as Don Bosco. On hear
ing it, he reflected: “If 1 had
known he was a saint, I would have given him a
better room". Our Lord said the same words to
Jerusalem: I would...thou wouldst not!
But what happiness reigns in the heart when
there is an all-out dedication to Our Lord. A
noble woman who devoted her life to the poor,
even though she was very sick, used to say each
morning: “Today I again have the privilege of being
about my Father’s business. O my poor body, how
tired you are I But we are now going to try to
get going. Up to now you have shown yourself
obedient and patient when love spurred you to
work. I thank you. I know that you will not leave
me in the lurch today.”
Why not speak that way to your body for the
cause of Christ Crucified in thepoorofthe world.
Make a dozen tiny little mortifications during the
day: one lump less of sugar, one less cigarette,
a walk instead of a bus, a cheaper lunch in
stead of the more expensive one. Each time you
do it say: "Dear Lord, I know you are hungry
and sick and in prison somewhere in the world.
I join my cross to your Cross in order that I
may send the Holy Father, through his Society for
the Propagation of the Faith, a sacrifice at the end
of this month. As the mountains were made from
the valleys, so many emptiness make You grow in
me."
GOD LOVE YOU to S. P. for $1 "I am thirteen
years old and am sending you 100 pennies. A
penny saved is a penny earned for the Missions”.
. . .to T. S. for $3 “In gratitude to St. Theresa,
Patroness of the Missions, who miraculously
saved us from being injured in a serious automo
bile accident." . . .to J. V. P. for $50 "This is
part of the money we received as wedding pre
sents. We know God will bless our union if we
bless His poor.”
This Lent, find out how an annuity with The
Society for the Propagation of the Faith helps both
you and the millions of poor, aged and sick
throughout the world. Send your request for our
pamphlet on annuities, including the date of your
birth, to Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, 366 Fifth
Avenue, New York 1, New York.
Cut out this column, pin your sacrifice to it and
mail it to Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, National Di
rector of the Society for the Propagation of tl*e
Faith, 366 Fifth Avenue, New York 1 N. Y. or your
Archdiocesan Director, Very Rev. Harold J. Rainey
P. O. Box 12047 Northside Station, Atlanta 5, Ga.