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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 MOTOR HOTEL • TV 4 AIM eONOITIOhlNM • PAMOU* MIAMI SUMMIT • ica a aaviMAaa stations • eoMPta maxis, saom moom LUCKtt A1 i ()NI •> f A ft inn/ AUtlrttss In Atltint.i 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. BYBEH1 IA • PRINTING • UTHOG1APHIN u G TIJnOy 5-4X2r COMPANY 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 in \L* vouv ii.»i|i \ 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. SUBSCRIBE TO THE GEORGIA BULLETIN *5.00 PER YEAR Mail to P. O. Box 11667 Northside Station Atlanta 5, Georgia Name .. Address City State, 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. SUPPORT YOUR ADVERTISERS NTELSON RIVES REALTY ING. 8669 CLAIRMONT ROAD CHAM#LEE, GEORGIA REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE SALES, RENTALS, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PHONE: 451-2323 ThIf Ad Worth 50< ON ALL TYPES OF ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AT Homs 4 Hobby Shop BELMONT HILLS SHOPPING CENTER PHONE; 435-5122 R. S. SEELEY, MGft. 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, Nams »•••••• ••••.*•*#...,..i, * City Yon# state (■lllear East (Hissionsfioi ^ FRANCIS CARDINAL SPILLMAN, Pretldent M*qr. JaMpb T. Ryo, Net'l Wy Wad ell «MMnaalf«tt 9t , CATHOIIC NIA* (ASTWUMRI ASSOCIATION 4*0 Lexington Avo. 01 46th Si. N.w York 17, N, V