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PACE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1963
ATHENS
Start New St. Mary’s
Hospital In September
Twenty-five years ago today
St. Mary's Hospital was offi
cially opened by the Mission
ary Sisters of the Most Sacred
Heart of Jesus for service to
the community of Athens and
the surrounding counties. Of
ficial ceremonies in recogni
tion of its twenty-five year his
tory are being planned by the
hospital to coincide with for
mal ground breaking for the
new St. Mary's Hospital in Sep
tember.
The Hospital was dedicated
on July 10. 1936 with the Most
Reverend Archbishop Gerald P.
O’Hara presiding. At the re
quest of civic and medical
groups, the Archbishop was in
strumental in obtaining the ser
vices of the Missionary Sis
ters for the operation of the
hospital. On July 11, 1938 St.
Mary's Hospital admitted the
first patient, Mrs. George A.
Keeler. The first patient to
undergo surgery was Barbara
("Babs") Hubert, daughter of
Or. Marion A. Hubert, now Mrs.
John H. Coram. LXiring the
Silver Anniversary celebration,
St. Mary's expects to receive
petient number 100,000,
THE existing front wing of
the hospital was a vacant 45-
bed hospital when the Mission
ary Sisters arrived. It was
built in 1918 by Drs. Fullil-
ove and Procter, who had
founded the first St. Mary's
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Hospital in 1906, Dr. Procter
died accidentally In 1924 and
in 1935 the hospital was closed
after the death of Dr. Fulli-
love. Since the Missionary Sis
ters began operation of the
hospital, two additional wings
were added in 1941 and 1947
bringing the hospital to Its pre
sent capacity of 100 beds. Plans
for future expansion wereinau-
guarted in 1956, when all of
the loans to purchase the hos
pital and Its additions were
fully paid. The Missionary Sis
ters have obtained since then
more loans from various sour
ces amounting to about one
million dollars. This will be
combined with funds from cam
paign contributions and a Hill-
Worker's
Rites Held
At Savannah
Mrs. Loretto Flanagan, life
long member of Savannah’s Cat
hedral parish died on Thurs
day, July 11th. in a local hos
pital. A Pontifical Requiem
Mass was offered by the Most
Rev. Thomas J, McDonnough D.
D., J. C. D, , Bishop of Sav
annah, In the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist.
Well known in Atlanta catho
lic circles because of her work
In the Savannah Chancery Of
fice, Mrs. Flanagan was a
volunteer secretary at the Cat
hedral office and served as a
full time employee of the Sav
annah Chancery since 1943,
The daughter of the late Ric
hard and Margaret Whelan, she
was married to John Flanagan
in 1919 and was widowed in
1929. Mrs. Flanagan is survi
ved by a son, John Jr. of Clear
water, Fla,, one daughter, Mrs,
Jack Dressei of Savannah; and
one brother, Michael Whelan of
Red Bank, N, J,
Two years ago in a cere
mony held in the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist, Bishop Mc
Donough presented Mrs. Flana
gan with the medal "Pro Eccle-
• la et Pontifice", This award
was in rscongition of her ser
vice as private secretary to
Bishop Hyland and the late
Archbishop O'Hara.
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Burton grant for construction
of a new 135 bed hospital In
another location in the city.
Other milestones in the past
years of progress were ap
proval by the American Col
lege of Surgeons In 1940, per
mission to conduct intern train
ing granted In 1950 by the
American Medical Association,
and full accreditation In 1954
by the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Hospitals. St.
Mary's was one of the few
hospitals of its size to achieve
accreditation when the Joint
Commission was formed in
1952. The Staff of Sisters at
St. Mary's had grown from six
in those early days to sixteen.
MOTHER M. Wilfrlda, Ad
ministrator of St. Mary’s Hos
pital, who has been associated
with the hospital in many pre
vious assignments, today noted
the achievements of medical
care over the last half cen
tury and the development of
facilities for patient care tak
ing place la Athens. "We have
come a long way," she said,
"when you think back, but we
have not come nearly as far
as we are going." Hospital
records from the days of Drs,
Fullilove and Procter recall
that the first ambulance was a
covered milk wagon equipped
only with a cot. It would of
ten take half a day to trans
port a patient to the hospital
as esch doctor had to hitch
his horse to the wagon.
Of tha original hospital board,
Mr. Frank Postero, Mr, T. J.
Camarata, and Mr. R, V. Wat-
teraon are still active on the
Hospital's Lay Adviaory Board.
The Advisory Board function!
to provide the hospital with
ideas and technical advice and
as laiaon with tha community
served by the hospital.
Some of the physiclana fami
liar to the community sending
St. Mary's its first patlants in
those pioneer days are; Drs.
Ouy 0. Whelchel, John A. Hunnl-
cutt, Marlon A. Hubert,
Herschel B, Harria, John A.
Simpson, Harry E, Talmadge,
Sam M, Talmadge, Alexander
B. Russell, William T. Ran
dolph, William L. Green, Lloyd
L. Whitley, Loree Florence and
Clarke H, Bryant.
FORMQM MISSIOXER
POPE DECLARES
LEFT TO RIGHT Sister M. Columba and Sister M. Sira are two of the original six Sisters at St.
Mary’s who opened the hospital in 1938. Sister M. Columba was the first Administrator and re
cently celebrated her Golden Jubilee in the religious profession.
1st SINCE REFORMATION
Swiss Government Gives
Recognition To Church
ZURICH, Switzerland (RNS)-
Official recognition of the Ro
man Catholic Church by the
Zurich cantonal government
was endorsed here by a mar
gin of more than 2 to 1 in a
general referendum.
The canton's vote on the con
stitution amendment thus gave
recognition to the Church for
the first time since the Re
formation. Only the Reformed
Church has been recognized
by the cantonal government
under the old law a portion of
Catholics' taxes went to pay
the salaries of Protestant pas
tors.
ZURICH'S sll-male electo
rate also agreed overwhelm
ingly to permit women to vote
on matters concerning Church-
State relations—the first time
suffrage has been granted wom
en on any issue.
The vote to recognize the Ca
tholic Church was 83,347 to 39,-
324; the vote to grant women
partial suffrage was 84,458 to
38,436. About 37 per cent of
the canton's qualified voters
participated.
A third resolution passed in
the general referendum in
volved reorganization of the
Catholic Church within the can
ton, as required by "recogni
tion" laws. It divides Zurich
into 74 Catholic parishes, fol
lowing as closely as possible
present political boundaries.
A fourth measure dealt with
Reformed Church-Zurich rela
tions and resulted In the grant
ing of more autonomy to the
Church.
AMONG other things it pro
vides that all seven members
of the Synodical Council will
be elected by the Church. Un
til now, two members of the
Council were appointed by the
cantonal government.
The new law involving the
Catholic Church repeals an ec
clesiastical law of 1863 which
provided only for the payment
of Reformed Church clergy
men's salaries. Thus a portion
of Catholic taxes went to their
support. In future such taxes
will be diverted to support of
Catholic priests, with Protes
tant taxes going to Reformed
Church ministers.
In 1863, only 4.2 per cent of
the population was Catholic; in
1957, when agitation began to
grant Catholic recognition, the
Catholic population had risen
to 25 per cent; the current
Catholic population (380,000)
represents 32.4 per cent of the
canton's total.
There are 618,750 members
of the Reformed Church In Zu
rich.
SOCIETY OF ST. PAUL
Episcopalian Monks
Dedicate Monastery
Ailtnla ihtt Jflt
JJO FORREST ROAD, N. I.
ATLANTA, OIOIOIA
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mission of
nomnno Cv Oios
s
.\nu'Rica’s oldest, mission
SI AlU.lWlim , flOPldA
Builds Chaplaincy
Into Full Parish
TAIPEI, Formofa, (NC)—A
priest appointed chaplain to the
veterans' hoapltal here a little
over a year ago has made so
many convert* he has expanded
his work Into a mission parish.
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Sister Mary Mathias (Battle)
0. P„ Of Bennington, Vermont,
a member of the nursing staff
at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Free Cancer Home, died
Sunday. Sister Mary Mathias,
who has been in her Commun-
1th since 1950, and haa served
in Atlanta the past six years,
is survived by her brothers,
Mr. Adjutor Bettle, Mr. Wil
fred Bettie, and Mr. Raymond
Bettle, and by two sisters, Mrs.
Adele King and Mias Theresa
Battle, and several nieces and
nephews.
Sister Mary Mathias was bur
led from the Home Tuesday, Ar
chbishop Hallinan said the
Mass, and Father Patrick Con
nell preached.
Father Gerard Beunen, C. M.,
a Dutchman, assumed his hos
pital duties on Pentecost, 1962.
USING a room In the nearby
home of a Catholic pharmacist
as a base of operations, he was
soon making convert* among
patients and members of the
hospital staff.
In August, he started to In
struct a group of eight nurses.
He rented a small house In the
neighborhood to use for class
es and a chapel, By February,
It was t6o small and he had to
rent a second house.
By Pentecost this year Father
Beunen had instructed and bap
tized 20 nurses and one doctor.
He had baptized 30 patients in
danger of death, 23 of whom
died.
He had also instructed and
baptized 20 people outside the
hospital—and had been appoint
ed pastor of a new mission in
the area. At present he is In
structing 58 persons for bap
tism.
SANDY, Oregon (RNS)—The
first Protestant Episcopal mo
nastery in this state was dedi
cated by Bishop James W. F.
Carman of Oregon.
Mt. Resurrection Monastery
was formally closed to the pub
lic after the ceremony, which
marked the fifth anniversary of
the founding of the Society of
St. Paul, a community of 15
apostolates, novices and monks.
THE order Is the only Epla-
Mother Maria (above) of
the Obl&tes of the Holy
Eucharist, founded in Mex
ico in 1945, has completed a
4,500-mile bus trip from
Mexico City to Cincinnati.
Purpose of the trip was to
learn from the Franciscan
nuns in Cincinnati how to
bake better altar breads.
NAACP SPLIT
The Arrests In Baltimore
Continued from Page 4
"All this talk about Negro rights is • lot of
baloney. They're all on raliefi My taxes are going
to keep these bums In luxury on welfare. He's
got more rights than me."
"If you lat them eat with you, then they'll
think they're as good as you. After that they'll
want to marry into the family. That's why I
can't support them."
These art some samples. Most of them ere
negative. This is because, even in the Nothern
areas I covered this week, 1 found great hostility
to the Negro fight for better conditions. Ca
tholics did not fare any better than the Protes
tants In this survey. Most knew about the Bishop's
statement on raclel justice of 1958. Alas, It didn't
seem to move them st all when it came down to
applying the principles it expressed to the realities
of the racial problem of 1963, It’s obvious we
have our work cut out to convince even our own
co-religionists that Christian charity means a
complete change in our hearts and minds.
copal order in Oregon and is
one of about 20 in the United
States,
First to take their life vows
at the monastery were Brothers
Anthony and Barnabas, the fifth
and sixth monks to take life
vows in the community.
Founder of the order is the
Rev. Rene Bozarth, pastor of
St. Luke's Episcopal church in
Gresham, Oregon.
The monastery occupies the
top floor of the two-story St.
Jude's Nursing Home.
Holy Name
Officers Elected
On Holy Name Sunday, July
14th, Immediately after the 9:15
Mass, the Moderator of the So
ciety and Pastor of the Shrine,
Father Leonard Kelly, OFM,
installed the officers of the
Holy Name Society for the year
1963-1964. It was a very Im
pressive ceremony performed
at the Altar Rail, with Father
Kelly charging each officer with
his responsibility.
Officers who were elected the
previous month, are; Mr. Eddie
Gasper ini, President; Mr. Rog
er Meehan, Vice President; Mr.
T. Logan Harrison, Treasurer;
Mr. Jerry Giordano, Secretary
and Mr. Joe Parisi, Marshall.
Mr. Gasperini and Mr. Paris!
are hold-overs from the pre
vious year.
AFTER Mass at the conclus
ion of the breakfast, the retiring
officers of the Holy Name So
ciety, were honored by Presi
dent Eddie Gasperini with the
presentation to each officer of
an engraved money clip. These
gifts were given for good and
faithful service to the Holy
Name Society and the Shrine in
the year Just ended. The same
gifts were also given two mem
bers of the board working with
the officers last year, Mr. Van
Buren Colley and Mr. J. Alton
Baumgartner. Mr. Gasperini
commended each officer for the
splendid Job done during the past
year and the excellent coopera
tion each officer had given to
the Shrine Holy Name Society.
Gospel Supports
Free Democracy
CAEN, France (RNS)— Pope
Paul VI, In a message to the
50th Semaine Sociale de France
(Social Week) here, stressed
that the application of Chris-
taln social principles by dedi
cated laymen can safeguard
humanism in today's techno-
cractic society.
In his message the Pope sent
his blessings to Catholic In
tellectuals from various coun
tries participating in the Week.
He said the Semaine Sociale
organizers are continuing to
make known the Church’s social
doctrine and are impregnating
French economic, social and
political life with its principles.
SPEAKING of a democracy,
the Pope said it presupposes
a society of free people, equal
in dignity and enjoying the same
fundamental rights, but at the
same time conscious of their
duties concerning the liberty
of others.
Pope Paul declared that in a
democracy each individual
works to his best ability for
the common good and particu
larly for the underpriviledged.
Meanwhile, he said, the govern
ment accepts necessary con
trols exercised by national re
presentatives of the people and
Imposes fundamental laws
which are reasonably promul
gated and freely accepted.
"Such a democracy," he con
tinued, "finds in the Gospel
not only encouragement, but
also support. For the liberty
which Christianity defends is
not freedom to give in to ca
price, impulses, scandal or vice
to the detriment of others and
in contempt of the law.
"IT la the recognition of
responsibility as a personal
moral duty before God. True
democracy demands that Its
citizens should try to judge
with discernment the Informa
tion they receive,"
The Pope stressed that work
ers must be able to participate
in making decisions which af
fect them and the common good.
To insure that the principles
of Christian social doctrine are
applied in society, he said,
Christian laymen must play
greater roles In government and
in all instituions of a political
nature.
Christian laymen, he said,
must also encourage leaders in
science, research and techno
logy to study Christian social
teachings. By their active parti
cipation in all phases of soc
iety, Christian laymen can safe
guard humanism in a techno
cratic world, the pontiff as
serted.
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Lebanon: Remembering Pope John XXIII
IN SIDON, a city of Lebanon one* known to Christ, Christians,
and Moslom* together attended a memorial Mass on Juno 7 for
tho lata boloved Pope John XXIII, City officials
proclaimed a minute of silence in his honor and
clergy of the two faiths were present at tho
service, demonstrating dramatically tho spirit
of fraternal lovt Pope John so ardently desired
. . . Moslems and Christians about equally
divided make up over 75 per cent of Lebanon’s
l.S million Inhabitants. In tho city of KOUNEI-
TRAH, however, there are only 800 Catholles
.. . Members of the Greek Melchlte rite, they
are so poor they may hava had to make do
with a rented room for Divine services. Often lack of room pro*
vonta many from attending . . . Inspired by their Biehop, they
are trying to build « modest parish church, 27 feet long by 1!
feot wide. But as most are day laborers and farm hands they
eaa't five enough money to complete the building ,.. $4,000 la
needed. Can you give a lot or a little to help?
PENNIES FROM RIDGEWOOD
"Dear Monsignor Ryan: I am Interested in helping th#
Missions. I have been saving pennies with ray mother'!
and friend s help to try to educate a Sister, I am enclos
ing $4.08 until I can save moro. WiU you pleaso send mo
the name of a Sister so wo can got acquainted?"
—K. O’T, Ridgewood, N. Y,
10 years old
On the occasion of Popo John XXIII’s coronation anniversary,
the then CARDINAL MONTINI celebrated a Mase In the Am
brosian Rite. The Cardinal of Milan la the auocesior of St. Am
brose, Father and Doctor of the Church, who originated one of
tho several rites in the Western Church . . . Our Association
has the care of those 18 countries where Eastern Rites predom
inate; Iraq, Iran, Greece, Yugoslavia, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt,
Ethiopia, India, Eritrea and others. Our task is to help the priests,
Sistsra and brothers of those areas who minister to the spiritual
and material needi of their people. Your SI • year membership
helps support these missionaries, as do your Mass Offerings,
frequently their only sourco of dsllv gugtenance.
Will min be on the moon in six years? That target date la
still In doubt! But while scientific minds struggle to advance
this project, other minds work toward a different goal. Yes, It
takes Just six years of study for a young man in mission lands
to complete his seminary studies. The Moon Shot may bo far off
but Ordination Day is certain—that Is, with your help todiyl
$2 a week will pay one seminarian’s expenses, which are $100
a year ... We have many names of worthy candidates: JOSE
STEPHEN MENACHERRY and JOSE FRANCIS AKKARAKA-
RAN of Bangalore, India; also SISTER ASSISI and SISTER
BELLERMIN of tho Carmelites In India. Education of the nun
costs $150 each year for two years.
ENJOYING YOUR VACATION NOW? A FOOD PACKAGE
sent to PALESTINE REFUGEES will make that pleasant feeling
•ven pleasanter, knowing you have helped a family for a whole
month. It costs $10. Or you may send a BLANKET costing $$ to
a needy BEDOUIN under our care.
PLEASE REMEMBER US IN YOUR WILL, Our legal title Is;
THE CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION. You
share In the graces of 15,000 priests as well as those of many
Sisters and Brothers.
Dear Monalgnor:
I enclose $ of the 1300 It takes to train a Sister,
er $ of the $600 needed for the six years training
of • seminarian. I will send $ monthly; or $.
enct • yoar, I will also pray tor him or hsr,
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