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Saint James’ Home And School
ual degeneration of the various
organs die to the excessive in
take of alcohol.
The sentencing of an alcohol
ic to "thirty days or $30” is
not and never will be the an
swer to a cure for this serious
social problem wasthe opinion
of Judge Oliver.
Dr. F. W. Wouters, psychia
trist, cited the necessity for
seeking out the cause and/or
motivation that ultimately
drives a once respected and law
abiding citizen to seek false and
temporary peace within the con
fines of an alcoholic stupor as
the only method by which a
cure can be affected for those
who have fallen victim to this
disease. A question and answer
period followed the panel dis
cussion.
The members of the associa
tion voted to purchase two
Science Reading Association
Labs for the school.
A request for a footpath for
the use of the school children
between Halcyon Bluff and St.
James School was sent to the
County Commissioners.
Lack of bus service in this
area forces many children to
RABBI-
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democracy in his homeland.
Andreas assured the com
mittee that CEF is "truly non
sectarian.” The organization
is charged by critics, chiefly
Protestants and other Ameri
cans United for Separa
tion of Church and State, with
being a "Catholic front
group.’ ’
Andreas urged committee
members to remove from the
Kennedy bill "all discrimina
tion against the economic free
dom and the right of
the family, the parents,
to provide for their children
an education which is in ac
cord with their own
free choice of religious or aca
demic preference.”
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walk to and from school in the
hazardous road.
Mrs. Edmund Anderson was
commended on her appointment
as National Vice Chairman of
the Family and Parent Educa
tion Committee of the National
Council of Catholic Women.
MOSLEMS-
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ies, who "have become redun
dant.” He added*.
"Having being relieved of
teaching duties, those mis
sionaries have little or no jus
tification to remain in the Su
dan since the government has
dispensed with their services as
it has previously done with the
services of a number of ex
patriates whose posts in the dif
ferent government branches
were Sudanized.
"In view of this, the Council
of Ministers has, after a detail
ed study of the situation, re
solved that the redundant mis
sionaries should leave the coun
try.”
In January, the Ministry of
Information and Labor had
charged that the missioners
were being ousted not because
they had become "redundant,”
but because of their "proven
interference in affairs outside
their religious responsibilities
in a manner which might dis
turb law and order in a sec
tion of the country.”
Replying to the Irwa state
ment, Father Adrian Bonfan-
ti—one of 93 Catholic mis
sioners expelled from the Su
dan—declared:
“1. The Sudanization policy
referred to by Gen. Mohamed
Ahmed Irwa had already been
put into execution in 1957 (the
year mission schools in the non-
Moslem southern provinces of
the country were nationalized as
part of a drive to Islamize the
Sudan).
"2. The missioners were not
merely ‘asked’ to leave the
country: their expulsion was
ordered.
"3. Most of the priests, Bro
thers and Sisters who were ex
pelled had nothing to do with
the schools.
"4. The Missionary Societies
Act of 1962 and the Missionary
Societies Regulations of 1962
clearly demonstrate that by‘Su
danization’ the present Moslem
government of Khartoum means
also the suffocation of Chris
tianity in the southern Sudan and
the imposition of Islam.”
Essay Winners
The Savannah Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
announce the winners in the nineteenth annual essay con
test: Group 1-Tim O’Shea,-Pacelli High School, Colum
bus, Georgia, Group II-Jay Disque St. Francis Xavier
School , Brunswick, Georgia, Group III-James R. Hester,
Our Lady of Lourdes School, Columbus, Georgia.
The topic was "Rome-Center of the Church (General
Council)”. The contest was open to any Student attend
ing Catholic schools in the Savannah Diocese.
Participant were grouped into three divisions accord
ing to grade placement and length of essay. Awards con
sisting of a ten dollar check and a religious prize will
be presented to each winning contestant.
The essays were first judged locally, then on the deanery
level and finally on the diocesan
Jottings . . .
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system? One usually thinks of an
underdeveloped nation as one in
which the majority of the natives
cannot read or write. Ireland
probably leads the world—yes,
even England—with her litera
ry greats. But, alas, in the
things of the world she appears
poor.
PRACTICAL SOULS will
wave aside faith as an intangi
ble—and inconsequential con
tribution and brush aside peace,
serenity, as of no consequence.
They will acknowledge begrud
gingly that Ireland has given one
or two literary greats to the
world—and a few politicians
too. What does this have to do
with progress in a nationally
developed sense? An underde
veloped nation, according to
international paralance, means
a nation which is deficient in the
fields of power, transport, com
munications, roads, railways,
harbors, airfields, telephones,
banking, trade organization.
(And we know how vital tele
vision, and telephones are to
developing a nation) Well, if we
were to quarrel with the United
Nations classification, it would
be an easy quarrel to settle.
Ireland nationally-owned Air
Lines is probably the best run,
safest and most profitable in the
world. Would that any nationally
controlled unit here could re
port the profits that Aer Lingus
reports to the Irish government
each year. It is the same with
her tourist trade. At Shannon
Airport, the international air
port, the ingenius Irish have an
entire community of European
plants which manufacture their
goods and ship them around the
world—Japanese transistors;
German watches, English,
Swiss, French, Spanish, all, are
represented in this experiment.
As for harbors and shipping,
Ireland has not been asleep in
investing and seeking out new
shipping ties with Europe and
the United States. One of my
good friends in Ireland was hard
at work in this area while I was
there. As for communications—
Ireland inaugurated its first
television system on J anuary
1, 1962. And for most of the
Irish I’ve heard from it’s one
television station too much. The
Irish have the happy facility of
being able to amuse themselves,
the art of conversation which
seems long dead in this
part of the world is thriving
there.
UNDERDEVELOPED nation
—nonsense! It might be
interesting to send some Peace
Corpsmen to Ireland for basic
training in the essentials of
living. Why do we live and for
what? The United Nations could
well look to Ireland as the per
fect pattern of a nation under
God, a model which they could
cies, the new nations of Africa
and Asia. In fact, it was an
Irishman, Frederick Boland
who was for a time president
of the U. N. Most people of the
world know the Irish already
for it has been Irish missiona
ries who have taught them to
read, write, and pray. And so
even before Saint Patrick’s ob
servances begin, I would set
the record straight. If Ireland
be less-developed then the rest
of the world, according to the
United Nations, then we could
do well by being less developed
in the pocketbook area and
more developed in the soul
and heart areas as is Ireland.
Amen.
PAGE 6—The Southern Cross, March 9, 1963
ANNUAL CUB SCOUT BANQUET—Shown above are Scout officials attending the Blue
and Gold Banquet at Blessed Sacrament School. They are 1. to r. Charles McAulifee,
cubmaster; Father George C. James, Institutional Representative; Alfred T. Wing, who
served as M.C.; William McD. Lloyd, guest speaker; Julius Drake, Representative of
the Coastal Empire Council; and John McConnell, assistant cubmaster.
Blue And Gold Banquet
At Blessed Sacrament
SAVANNAH—The annual
Blue and Gold Banquet for Cub
Pack #16, sponsored by Bless
ed Sacrament Church Sa
vannah Church Savannah,
Georgia was held last week.
This yearly dinner is consid
ered the main event of the
Scouting year, called "Blueand.
Gold” for the traditional colors
of the Cub Scout movement.
Approximately fifty cub scouts
with their parents, brothers and
sisters enjoyed the evening.
Master of Ceremonies for
the evening was Alfred T. Wing,
Pack Chairman. Guest speaker,
William MacD Lloyd, Past Pack
Master, Charles McAuliffee.
Benediction was pronounced by
the Rev. George C. James, In
stitutional Representative.
One of the highlights of the
evening was the presenting of
the Pack Charter by Julius
Drake, Coastal Empire Repre
sentative to Mon signor Thomas
A. Brennan, Pastor of Blessed
Sacrament Church. The local
Order of the Arrow, Tomoche-
chi Lodge, climaxed the evening
with their presentation of
ancient Indian dances.
The Easter project for aid
ing the poor and the orphans
of Savannah has been launched
for 1963 by the Ancient Order
of Hibernians Auxiliary with
MRS. HILDA HESTER as chair
man. The worthwhile undertak
ing has been established as a
memorial to MRS. CLAUDIA
GANNON . . . Savannah Aider-
man TOMMY COLEMAN has
proposed renaming east Pres
ident Street extension for Gen. 1
Lachlan McIntosh, a hero of
the American Revolutionary
War. The general made con
tributions in land on the east
ern side of Savannah . . . JU
LIAN HALLIGAN, chairman of
the First District fortheGSBA,
was among a group of Georgia
School Board legislative com
mittee members to meet with.
Gov. Carl Sanders and other
state officials in Atlanta . . .
PAT HARVEY is the winner in
the preliminary competition of
the National High School Ora
torical Contest at Pacelli High,
Columbus . . . WILLIAM MC
LAUGHLIN and ANNE POR
TER, 8th graders, were crown
ed king and queen of the Mardi
Gras at the Cathedral Day
School celebration held on
Shrove Tuesday ... In a
recent basketball game between
Sacred Heart (Sav’h.) and Coun
try Day School (Sav’h.) VIR
GINIA CORISH is credited with
hooking 17 out of the 38 points
for Sacred Heart . . . DAN
IEL J. O’HAYER has been in
stalled as skipper of the Sa
vannah Beach Marine Rescue
Squadron. Others elected were
B. P. HOSTI, E. J. SOLOM
ON, and ARTHUR MOYE. O’
HAYER succeeds PERRY SOL
OMON III. . . . The parish
ioners of St. James’ Church
(Sav’h.) wish to give special
thanks to the Men’s Club of the
church for their sponsorship of
the Parish Dance recently held
. . . In a Fire Slogan-Poster
Contest, sponsored by the Fire
Prevention Committee of
the Savannah Chamber of Com
merce, seven students from
Catholic schools in the city are
honored: KATHRYN RONEY and
MARY TRIGG, eighth graders at
Blessed Sacrament School;
JIMMY WOODS, third grade,
Blessed Sacrament; TERRY
KEANE, fifth grade, Sac
red Heart; ANN PORTER,
eighth grade, Cathedral Day
School; and MARY FLAN-
NIGAN, junior, St. Vincent’s
Academy . . . MARY MAN
GER, daughter of LT. COL.
and MRS. GEORGE J. MAG-
NER of Fort Benning, has been
named to the Dean’s List for
the first semester at Barry
College in Miami, Fla.
A freshman at Barry, she is
a graduate of Pacelli High
School, Columbus . . . TIM
O'SHEA, a senior at Pacelli
High, received a $10 check
for his essay on "The Ecu
menical Council.” The contest
was sponsored by the National
Council of Catholic Women . . .
Parade watchers on St. Patrick-
Day, Sav’h., will be seeing
double when twins SCOT and
REEVE McGINNIS march by
with the St. James School drum
and bugle corps. The sixth grad
ers are sons of LT. COL. and
MRS. R. H. McGINNIS, Scot
is five minutes older than his
brother . . . KATHLEEN MAC-
KRELL, daughter of MR. and
MRS. WILLIAM H. MAC-
KRELL, and ROSEMARY EM-
erick, daughter of MR. and
MRS. FRANK EMERICK, will
receive nurses caps in exer
cises held at Sacred Heart
Church, Atlanta, on Sunday Af
ternoon, March 10. Both girls,
graduates of St. Vincent’s Acad
emy,- Savannah, are in training
at St. Joseph’s Infirmary in At
lanta . . . ARCHBISHOP PAUL
HALLINAN, 1st Archbishop of
the Archdiocese of Atlanta, will
be the guest speaker on the
Savannah Catholic Hour on
March 17. The program, last
ing from 11:10 to II: 30 a.rn.
will be broadcast over WTOC
Radio. . . DAN J. SHEEHAN,
SR. and HUGH GRADY have been
appointed as escorts to ARCH
BISHOP HALLINAN at the Hi
bernians Banquet on March 16.
The appointment was made by
JOHN BRENNAN ... .
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Laetare Sunday
QUESTION
BOX
(By David Q. Liptak)
Q. Besides the first Friday
devotions, are there any other
special Friday devotions appro
ved by the Church in recollec
tion of Christ’s Passion and
Death? And are any of them in
dulgenced?
A. Several Friday devotions
in recollection of the Passion
and Death of Christ are men
tioned in the Raccolta, the
Church’s official handbook of
indulgenced prayers and exer
cises.
THUS, THOSE WHO meditate
on the Passion in memory of
Christ’s agony for at least fif
teen minutes on any Friday of
the year can gain (1) an indul
gence of seven years on each
and every Friday and (2) a
plenary indulgence under the
usual conditions on the last
Friday of any month provided
that they have observed this
exercise on the preceding Fri
days of that month. To meet
the requirements for these in
dulgences one can contemplate
the sufferings of the dying Sav
iour and the Sacred Words he
uttered from the Cross, or one
can recite psalms, hymns
and other vocal prayers in honor
of the Saviour’s Passion and
Crucifixion. All the details are
given under Number 165 in the
Raccolta.
ANO'f^^R Friday indul
gence, a^jpartial one of seven
years, can be obtained merely
by devoutly saying seven
Paters, Aves and Glorias be
fore an image of Christ Cruci
fied. If these prayers are said
on every Friday of the month,
a plenary indulgence can be
gained under the usual condi
tions (Number 166).
ON GOOD FRIDAY, of course,
there is a special plenary in
dulgence attached to meditation
or prayer for three hours, made
privately or publicly, on the
sufferings of the dying Saviour.
For the conditions, one of which
is Communion, see Number 165
in the Raccolta.
ONE FRIDAY PRACTICE
which should be encouraged is
reading a portion of the Scrip
tural Narratives of Christ’s
Passion and Death (or the Old
Testament prophecies that re
fer to it). For reading any part
of the Bible for at least a quar
ter of an hour with the venera
tion due to the Divine Word
one may gain an indulgence of
300 days.
ANY FRIDAY DEVOTION to
the Passion is certainly highly
efficacious of merit. When such
a devotion is indulgenced, it is
well—to borrow Father Winfrid
Herbst’s words—"to have the
intention of performing it for its
own sake and not merely to gain
the indulgences attached to it;
for the slightest increase of
merit (and good works per
formed in the state of grace,
merit an eternal reward ) is
worth incomparably more than
a speedy delivery from purga
tory.”
SAVANNAH—A' panel con
sisting of Dr. Daniel H. Wil
loughby, Judge George Oliver
and Dr. F. W. Wouters pre
sented a discussion of the med
ical, legal and psychological as
pects of the cause and cure of
alcoholism at the recent meet
ing of the St. James Home and
School Association.
Dr. Willoughby presented the
medical view of the effects of
alcohol on the body and the grad-
Book Shop
Elects
The Notre Dame Book Shop
Association held their annual
meeting at the Book Shop and
elected the following officers:
President, Mrs. W. H. Mac-
Krell; Vice-President, Julian
C. Halligan; Secretary, Miss
Moira Fogarty; Treasurer,
Mrs. Elizabeth Winders.
Miss Janet Spillane and Dr.
Lawrence Dunn were appointed
to the Board of Directors for
a two year term. Mrs. Julian
Halligan, the retiring secre
tary, will remain on the Board
in the capacity of publicity
chairman. Due to the pressure
of business, Mr. Julian Snipple
has found it necessary to retire
from the Board and his resigna
tion was accepted with regret.
Mr. Harry Haslam submit
ted the annual financial state
ment and appreciation was ex
pressed to him for the time
devoted to preparing this state
ment.
Mrs. James Howe had on dis
play at the meeting an interest
ing arrangement of Communion
Sets, Missals and other religi
ous articles, all of which are
available through the Shop.
Rev. Lawrence Lucree, Asst.
Rector of the Cathedral, was a
guest at the meeting.
CATHEDRAL MARDI GRAS—Members of the Royal Court enjoy a hearty laugh at the
expense of the King of Cathedral Day School’s annual Mardi Gras celebration, as Rev.
Herbert J. Wellmeier, assistant rector places crown on his head. Queen Anne Porter
and King William McLaughlin, were elected by ballot by the student body of the school
McDonough Elected Marshal
SAVANNAH—The Grand
Marshal of Savannah’s famous
St. Patrick’s Day Parade was
chosen at a meeting of the par
ade committee held last Sunday
afternoon. He is Mr. Joseph
McDonough. He is the chief
tariff clerk for the freight traf
fic office of the Central of Geor
gia Railroad.
A past grandknight of Savan
nah Council 631, Knights of
Columbus, past district deputy
and former state treasurer of
the Georgia K. of C., Mr. Mc
Donough presently holds the
post of financial secretary of
the Savannah Council.
Mr. McDonough’s first act,
upon being named to the post
for the 1963 parade, was to
exercise one of the preroga
tives of a Grand Marshal,
choosing as his aides Mr. John
N. Crotty and Mr. James J.
Johnson.
He will be vested in the 112
year old sash of his office at
a reception to be given Sunday,
March 10th at the Savannah K.
of C. Hall.
Mr. Daniel Keane, chairman
of the parade committee said
the election of Mr. McDonough
was unanimous.
Savannah’s St.
J. Johnson, an
ST. PATRICK’S DAY MARSHAL—Joseph McDonough, center, will lead
Patrick's Day Parade. Others are Chairman, Dan Keane, left and James
aide. - (News Press Photo by Robert McDonald)
A ban on steady dating in
high school made headlines
again last week. Father James
A. Carey of Jersey City said;
"any student dating one person
to the exclusion of all others
shall be expelled immediately.”
Some years ago, one Catholic
High School after another was
reported in secular newspapers
to have initiated a policy of
expulsion for the teen-agers
who refused to quit the creeping,
practice. So much has been said
about premature and immature
imitations of courtships (which
sophormoric steady dating
amounts to) that this column
will not just repeat all the un
changing solid reasons against
it. Any competent pamphlet or
sensible advisor can provide
these. I would rather just put
down some oblique but pertinent
remarks.
In this recent episode in New
Jersey, it is interesting to note,
parents gave whole-hearted ap
proval to Father Carey’s action.
Frequently, parental coopera
tion on this touchy subject is by
no means unanimous. All too
often, the parents themselves
have pushed their seventh-
grade children into boy-girl
parties to give them an early
start on the social whirl. "It
teaches them the social
graces,” they say. I’ve always
contended sanctifying grace is
much more important than
social grace, and many a time
sanctifying grace has been lost
in an ill-fated attempt to gain
social grace at a too tender
and confusing age or grade lev
el.
The fact that an occasional
grace school romance has re-_j,
suited in a highly successful
Cathilic marriage, in no way
alters the general principle.
Exclusive dating with no proxi
mate prospects of matrimony
presents to many spiritual
hazards. This is particularly
true because of a growing free
dom of action resulting from
easy access to the family car,
unsupervised dating at drive-
in restaurants and movies, and
careless observance of cur
fews.
No other satisfactory ex
planation has been advanced for
the increase in forced and im- '
mature marriages with subse
quent divorce and unhappiness,
some types of juvenile delin
quency, and other individual
and social evils. Most of these
troubles absolutely would not
happen, were it not for the pat
tern of steady dating.
As yet, no teen-ager has
come forth with a plausible de
fense of the practice. The argu^
ments about dating security,
greater financial ease, com
fortableness and enjoyment in
each others company are insuf
ficient in the face of the moral
danger. Nor has any teen-ager
torn to shreds the argument
that it is moral danger, an
"unnecessary occasion of sin.” j
It’s hard to say who is making '
greater headway, the spiritual
advisors or the youth in this
continuing controversy.
The conflict goes on apace.
Only when the parents add their
influence on the side of the bulk
of theologians will the practice
wane. Right now, too many mo
thers and dads give in to the
pressure of the mob saying
"everybody’s doing it.” And so,
though they expect obedience
from their offspring, they give
the poor example of themselves
flaunting authorities. This is a
precarious paradox. Better
safe, than sorry! No harm ever
resulted from following pastor-
ad advice from the recognized ,
moral authorities! '
jjc sje s{e
With all the emphasis on 50
mile hikes to prove and improve
•physical fitness, a recent reli
gious cartoon suggests the 40-
day hike of Lent as spiritual
—a fitness program. A good
idea!
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This column was never de
signed to be anonymous, but a
few readers inquired the lack of ,
signature. The first two articles !
contained name and address and I
an invitation to write in com- l
ments news and previews of |
CYO events. |
Father Herbert Wellmeier I
P. O. Box 2227, S
Savannah, Ga. s
