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HAGt 6 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY. JANUARY 16. 1964
‘URBAN REVOLUTION’
Nuns ? Life Calls
For Active Role
Miss Gegan, Lt. Willoughby
Wed At Nuptial Missa Cantata
The marriage of Miss Anita
Harrison Gegan to Lt. Larry
Glen Willoughby took place on
December 28th at Sacred Heart
Church.
As the guests were arriving
the Sacred Heart Liturgical
Choir presented; 0 God of
Loveliness, 0 Lord Who at
Cana’s Feast, O Lord with
Wonderous Mystery and Schu
bert’s Ave Maria. At the wed
ding party approached the altar
Rossini’s Wedding March ff2
was played. Miss Gegan was
escorted down the aisle by her
father, Mr. A. J. Gegan. On
meeting at the altar the parti
cipants paused while the choir
sang Veni Creator.
Father John L. Hein, S. J.
officiated at the marriage cere
mony which was followed by
the Nuptial Missa Cantata. Mr.
Joseph Gegan assisted the choir
during Mass. At the end of
Mass Father Hein announced to
them that they had received the
Papal Blessing on the occasion
of their marriage and also spoke
his own personal words to them.
The choir sang Ubilate Deo,
a selection prepared especial
ly for the occasion, as Lt.
Gegan led his bride from the
altar. Her gown was of white
peau - de - sole and re
embroidered alencon lace. The
fitted upper bodice of lace fea
tured a scalloped scooped neck
line and long sleeves ending
in points overthe hand. The
controlled dome-shaped skirt
was fashioned with a wide band
of re-embroidered lace. The
back of the gown was enhanced
with a carriage back accented
with a flat tailored bow at the
waistline which extended into
a full chapel train. Her veil
of imported illusion tulle, de
signed by the bride herself,
was attached to a pill box type
crown of matching lace. Her
bouquet was a white cascade
of Royal Bouquet orchids and
roses.
Miss Gegan chose as her maid
of honor her sister, Miss Jo
sephine Gegan. The brides
maids were Miss Kathleen Ge
gan, Mrs. Kenneth Willoughby
and Miss Mary Harding. Their
gowns were of cranberry peau-
de - soie featuring unpressed
pleats at the waist, the skirts
tapering to slim ankle length
and short jackets buttoning in
back. They carried nosegays of
pink roses and carnations.
Lt. Willoughby’s best man
was his brother, Capt. Kenneth
Willoughby. The groomsmen
were Mr. Jerry Ney, Mr.
Joseph Gegan, & Mr, John
Gegan. Ushers were Mr.
Arthur Wick and Mr, Gardner
Nottingham.
The bride's mother enter
tained a few close friends at
a reception at Yohannon’s
Restaurant. The wedding cake
was cut with Lt. Willoughby’s
sword, Lt. and Mrs. Willoughby
left for a wedding trip to Cali
fornia where they will reside
for one year.
The parents of the bride are
Mrs. Harrison Gegan of Atlanta
and Mr. A. J. Gegan, Jr. of
Madison, N. J. Mr. and Mrs,
R. H. J. Willoughby of Atlanta
are the parents of the groom.
CHICAGO (NC) — Nuns have
an active and apostolic role to
play in meeting the problems
of a changing urban society,
speakers at a Sisters' study
day on the "urban revolution"
agreed here.
"Don't consider yourself
stationed in a parish like a
statue," Father Gilbert J. Gra
ham, O. P., told the nuns.
FATHER GRAHAM, pastor of
St. Pius V church here, said
nuns must come to grips with
such issues as the crises in
public welfare and public edu
cation, delinquency, problems
of the aged and alcoholism.
"These are today’s prob
lems. Those we deal with every
day have these problems," he
said.
MRS. MADELINE Bonsig-
nore of Olympia Fields, Ill,,
a member of the local Catholic
School Board and a former
Christian Family Movement
president, urged teaching nuns
to help parents develop "child
ren who can accept change and
variousness, who can be res
ponsible for helping to bring ab
out the Kingdom of God."
Mrs. Bonsignore noted that it
is often said the lay apostle
must first fulfill his personal
responsibility as a spouse and
parent before he can serve the
community. She argued, how
ever, that the layman who does
not serve the community cannot
be a good mother or father eit
her.
IF A WOMAN gives all her
time and attention to the home
and neglects the world outside
it, she said, "you are teach
ing your child that a scrubbed
floor is moreimportant than the
right of the Negro to move in
to your community, that
annual event
weekly-changed sheets. . .are
more important than seeing that
everyone votes."
Mother Mary Irene, principal
of Loretto Academy, which-
changed from an all-white to an
all-Negro enrollment in the
space of eight years, described
how nuns of her community
mst the challenges of a racial
ly changing neighborhood.
THE FIRST STEP, which she
called the "apostolate of in
terest," was to get acquainted
with the people of the neighbor
hood through personal contract.
MOTHER IRENE recalled
that Sisters from her convent
were in a bus cavalcade taking
area residents to register for
voting.
"By being on the bus the nuns
became a part of the masses.
While riding in the cavalcade
some persons talked to us who
had never before talked to a
Catholic Sister," she said.
The nuns’ study day was
sponsored by the Chicago arch
diocesan Office of Urban Af
fairs in cooperation with Ros
ary College.
MERCY SISTER
Two Weeks For Nun
Is 73 Years Long
Miss Kathleen Mary Brennan
Weds Mr. Robert David Hiller
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Bren
nan announce the marriage of
their daughter Kathleen Mary to
Mr. Robert David Hiller, son of
Mrs. Fred L Hiller and the late
Mr. Hiller.
The wedding took place at the
Cathedral of Christ the King.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her father.
The bride had as her matron
of honor, her cousin, Mrs. Mic
hael McArdle of Silver Springs,
Md. Her bridesmaids were:
Miss Gay Hiller, Miss Robert
Powell, and Miss Eileen Croc
ker.
The groom had as his best
man his brother Mr. Arthur
Hiller. The ushers were: Mr.
Wayne McCormick, Mr. John
Regensburg, Wm. J. Brennan,
Jr. George Dorris.
The couple is residing in De
catur, Georgia.
CAMDEN, N. J. (NC)—For
Sister Mary Bernard, it’s been
a long two weeks—73 years long,
in fact.
The Sister of Mercy came
here in 1891 on a two-week as
signment and ever since has
been here. During her more than
half century as a teacher at St.
Mary’s school, she instructed
the children and some of the
grandchildren of her original
students.
NOW 93, she resides with her
memories at Immaculate Con
ception convent. She remem
bers it was an exciting trip in
August, 1891, when she travel
ed from Boston to Bordentown,
N. J., and joined the Sisters of
Mercy. Just five weeks after
she became a postulant, she re
calls, she was sent as two-week
substitute teacher here to St.
Mary’s school—now the Cathe
dral parish.
"They were just building the
steeple on the cathedral,” Sis
ter Mary Bernard reminisced.
"Most of the streets were lin
ed with trees and, of course,
there were trolleys, not buses.
There were no automobiles at
all.”
HERE ARE some of her philo
sophic gems:
"Installment buying—the
ruination of many families.
There should be less borrowing
of money and less extravagan
ces.”
—“There’s no such thing aj a
bad child. If children are troub
lesome it’s because they are
hungry—hungry for food or hun
gry for love.”
—"Many a child has been kept
from trouble by being given a
pet to care for or a tool to use
to absorb childish energies.”
Sister Mary Bernard esti
mated , too, that children of to
day lack the firm foundations of
children two and three genera
tions ago. Today, she said, there
are too many luxuries and too
many distractions.
I NEW ARRIVALS
CARROLLTON ALTAR1ANS
Fr. Morrow Details Jewish Life
Continuing his discussion on
"Life and Customs When Christ
Walked the Earth”, Rev. Rich
ard B. Morrow, in his talk on
Thursday, touched on the Jew
ish family as a unit and as a
part of the community. Father's
talk was made at the January
meeting of the Altar Society of
the Church of Our Lady,
Carrollton.
Serrans Announce
‘Shepherd’s Night’
Holy Family Annual Lunch
The membership of the Holy
Family Hospital Auxiliary will
hold its Annual Luncheon on
Thursday, Jan. 23. The lunch
eon will be at 12:30 in the Sty-
room of the Dinkler-Plaza
Hotel. Guest speaker will be
Gerard E. Sherry, managing
editor of the GEORGIA
BULLETIN.
Business meeting of all the
chapter members and their
chairman will be held on that
same Day at 10:30 a.m. At the
Dinkier Plaza. At this meeting
will be an election of offic
ers for the coming year. Tick
ets may be obtained through
their respective chairmen or
by telephoning Mrs. 0. H. Jent-
zen, PL 3-0043 or Mrs. Tho
mas E. O'Brien, CE 7-0027.
The price of the tickets is $3.00
Archdiocesan Director of
Vocations, the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
P. J. O’Connor will be the
speaker this year at the ninth
annual "Shepherd’s Night”
sponsored by the Serra Club of
Metropolitan Atlanta, Presi
dent Sam McQuade announced
today.
The dinner will occasion the
presentation of a burse to aid
financially in the education of
a young man to the presthood.
Due to the illness of Archbishop
Hallinan, Monsignor O’Connor
Hold Retrtrti At St. Pius
Father Richard L. Kaiser,
pastor of the Blessed Sacra
ment parish, Hannibal, Mi-
souri, will conduct a retreat
for juniors and seniors of St.
Pius X Jan. 28-31.
On the first two days the
junior and senior girls will
have their retreat while the
boys attend classes. On the
last two days the Junior and
senior boys will have their
retreat while the girls attend
classes.
THIS RETREAT will be much
like the one Father Malone,
director of the Newman club
at the University of Georgia,
conducted for the freshmen and
sophomores just before the
Christmas holidays.
will accept the burse on be
half of the Archidocese.
Pastors and Archdiocesan
officials will attend the January
22nd event which will be held
at Fan and Bill’s Resturant on
West Peachtree.
Other ceremonies of the
evening will include the presen
tation of a President's pin to
last year’s president, Bob Mc-
Lellan.
Introduction of guests will be
made by the Very Rev. Harold
J. Rainev, Chancellor of the
Archdiocese. Club Chaplain,
Rev. R. D. Kiernan, will pre
sent the annual report.
The Atlanta Serra Club, or
ganized ten years ago, is apart
of Serra International. Named
after the famed Franciscan
priest, Father Serra, the mem
bers are engaged in spiritual
and material projects which as
sist young people in a study
ing for the priesthood. There
are 42 members in the At
lanta Club.
He described the Jewishfam-
ily as belonging to a clan or
tribe, the most important of
which was the Tribe of Levi,
of which the House of David was
a unit. At the synagogue there
were no class distinctions, the
very rich or the very poor
est were of equal stature.
THE ONLY GROUPS in the
clan that could claim any dist
inction were the priests and the
scribes. The scribes were
treated with great respect, for
they were the teachers who, by
using the Old Testament as a
text, taught members to be
come familiar with the history
of their race and religion. In
the community life, every one
had to work and the hours, rate
of pay, type of food and lodg-
. ings were regulated by Jewish
law. *
The president, Mrs. Ray
mond Harrell, reported on the
two destitute families who were
given food baskets at Christ
mastime. She also welcomed
two new members, newcomers
in the city: Mrs. Michael
Rosetti and Mrs. James Mc
Dermott.
The meeting was opened with
the celebration of Mass and was
brought to a conclusion with
prayer.
Deanery Meeting
a meeting of the Northwest
Deanery was held on Thurs
day, January 9, 1964 at 10:30
A.M. at Christ the King Parish
Hall Cathedral Center, Atlanta,
Ga. The Sacrifice of the Mass
was offered and coffee was
served before the meeting. Re
presentatives of all the Deanery
parishes attended. The guest
speaker was Mrs. Paul W.
Smith, Chairman of Legislat
ion, Atlanta Council of Catholic
Women, who spoke on legis
lation in local and national
government. Three spirit
ual bouquets were compiled and
sent to: Archbishop Hallinan,
Mrs. Faust, Jr„ and the late
Mrs. Thatcher of Smyrna.
A dutch treat luncheon was
served following the business
meeting at 1:00 P.M.
Mrs. Helena Tetzeli (Hidalgo)
2722 N. Thompson Road
Our Lady of the . Assumption
Boy Jan. 6, 1964
Mrs. Rose Hodges (Buchness)
1703 Timberland Road N. E.
Girl Immaculate Heart of Mary
Jan. 10, 1964
Mrs. Margaret Tapley (McGhee)
Route I- Stockbridge, Ga.
Sacred Heart, Griffin
Boy January 11, 1963
HOME AND SCHOOL
Mrs. Kathleen Barton (Davis)
472 Lynn haven Drive, S. W.
St. Anthony's
Girl Jan. 10, 1964
Mrs. Martha Richason(Herzog)
408 4th St. N. E.
Sacred Heart
Boy Jan. 9, 1964
Mrs. Beatrice Dismei (Burke)
1687 Oak Lane, N. E.
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Boy Jan. 7, 1964
St. Gerard Parents
Report Busy Year
Shrine Holds Breakfast
The annual Family Commun
ion Breakfast at the Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception was
held on Sunday. The Holy Name
Society initiated this project
five years ago, encouraging the
members, along with the par
ishioners and friends of the
Shrine to receive Communion in
family units and stay for the
breakfast meeting held after
Mass in the Social Hall on Holy
Family Sunday.
The speaker was Sister David
from Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Cancer Home, who spoke
on the family. She encouraged
all to make retreats more often,
especially when faced with an
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A VISIT AND A BLESSING. Pope Paul VI offered the -second of his three Christmas
Masses in a church in the Pietralata district, a workers' area of Rome. Following the
Mass he went to the house of Emilia Proietti. 65. who has been paralyzed for 15 years.
The Holy Father spoke words of comfort to the woman and gave her his blessing. Thou
sands braved a cold rain to welcome the Pope on his visit to the area made up largely
of concrete, state-built, low-cost apartments.
important decision. Sister
David also stressed the impor
tance of avoiding the small
things in the home which an
tagonize others. As a counter
action she recommended
"Love” which is the answer
to all our problems. Sister
David told the group how she
arrived at the decision to be
come a Dominican Nun and
briefly discussed her painting
(she has had her work exhibited
in many places throughout
Atlanta).
Father ’Kelly, pastor, also
spoke, He commented: “It is
indeed heartwarming to see the
Altar Rail at the Shrine com
pletely filled with men and boys
... a wonderful sight to behold.”
In appreciation for services
during the year. Officers of the
Holy Name Society received
presents from the membership.
Also the President of the So
ciety, Mr. Eddie Gasperini, was
presented a gift from the other
officers in .appreciation!for his
leadership. Through the efforts
of Mr. Gasperini, a number of
baskets of fruit were awarded
as draw prizes.
Editor To Speak
At Marietta
St. Joseph’s Home and School
Association will hold its Janu
ary meeting on Thursday Janu
ary 16, 1964, in the school
cafeteria at 8:00 P.M.
Mr. Gerard Sherry, Editor of
the GEORGIA BULLETIN, who
will speak on Christian Unity
and The Image of the Church.
Archbishop Hallinans’ talk ori
ginally sheduled for the meet
ing, was cancelled due to his
illness.
St. Gerard’s Home and Sc
hool Association met recently
in the school auditorium with
Mrs. Kermet Smith, president,
presiding: Mrs. John L. Hul-
bert, Jr., read the minutes and
Mrs. Robert Bearden gave the
treasurer’s report.
A note of thanks was given to
the Lookout Mountain members
for the splendid Christmas
party they gave for the child
ren of the school. Reports were
made by Mrs. Charles Hunt,
Mrs. Smith, and Sister Mary
Anita, who gave a financial re
port on the library.
A list of accomplishments of
the past year was given by Mrs.
Smith and a discussion on pro
jects for the coming year was
held. These will include a pan
try shower for the sisters in
February and a spring luncheon
and rummage sale.
It was announced that semes
ter tests will be given this w eek.
January 14th, 15th, and 16th,
with a day off on Friday for the
St. Thomas More
The monthly meeting of the
St. Thomas More Home and
School Association will be held
Sunday, January 19th at 3 P.M.
in the Social Hall. The guest
speaker will be Mrs. Sarah
Johnston, Assistant State Su
pervisor of the School Lunch
Program of the Georgia State
Department of Education. All
parents and all other parish
ioners will enjoy this interest
ing and timely talk.
children. The room count was
won by Sister Laura Marie’s
second grade.
Following the meeting, re
freshments were served in the
cafeteria.
Cagers Meet
A basketball game between
Our Lady of the Assumption
CYO and Christ The King CYO
will be played Sunday, Jan, 19,
at 7:30 in Christ the King gym.
It will be followed by a dance
from 9:30 to 10t30.
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