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THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC MEN WILL SPONSOR THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN CONVENTION OF HOLY NAME SOCIETIES WHEN: WHERE: Friday evening, February 27; All day Saturday, February 28, and Sunday, March 1, 1959 At the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Dallas and the Statler Hilton Hotel Xd * This convention of Holy Name Societies is at the invitation of His Excellency, The Most Reverend Thomas kK. Gorman, D.D., D.Sc.Hist., Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth, and with the express approval of the Archbishop and Bishops of the San Antonio Metropolitan Province. What Will The Convention Seek To Do? A. Re-examine the nature, purpose and program of the parish Holy Name Society. B. Explain steps to be taken to develop in our Catholic men the type of leadership that our Church sorely needs. C. This entire convention and all its proceedings will be held against a sad and tragic background, for in this convention in which we will participate we will recall to mind the sufferings of our brethren behind the Iron and Bamboo Curtains. Communism as of 1956 con trolled one-fourth of the world’s surface area. Under this devilish form of government 913,000,000 people live. Many bishops, priests, and laymen have suffered death to bear witness to Christ, and count less millions are denied the opportunity for the fullness of worship that we enjoy. D. The question arises: How long can we remain free from this creep ing, satanic evil? We may escape it, but are we sure that our children will? What can we do? It will be foolish, as the Holy Spirit says, to put our trust in men or in arms. We must gird ourselves with the breastplate of justice. We must by frequenting the Holy Sacraments deepen our union in Christ for only with His Freedom can we be free and have the courage, the vision, and the strength to preserve and extend this freedom to others. E. Therefore, we pray that this Convention will effect a spiritual and intellectual renewal in all who participate. We will attend, in the prayerful hope, that we can learn what we must do so that we can, with God’s mercy, become the Voice, the Ears, the Eyes, and Hands, and the Feet of Christ. Only Christ conquered Satan; only men whose lives are anchored in Christ can place Satan where he belongs. F. Let us pray for those who suffer that through their example we may be alerted and hurry to Christ for help, and let us encourage all our Catholic men to participate in this convention on all three days or, if that be impossible, at least on one. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. St. Thomas More, pray for us. _WORKSHOP ‘No. 2 Gold Room How to Conduct a Parish Meeting (This workshop will consider the techniques and responsibilities of offi cers to see to it that the Parish Holy Name Society functions in accord ance with the Constitution, and all program chairmen are encouraged and assisted in the activation of the work they have assumed.) Invocation Presiding Speaker Panelist Panelist Father John McCallum Ennis (Moderator, Dallas Deanery Council) ee Dr. Joseph Colvin, M.D. President, Fort Worth Deanery Council of Catholic Men Rev. Melchior J. Wyss, O.P., M.A., Ph.D. Chaplain, Rice Institute, Houston William Schiebel, Jr. San Antonio Claude Kurt in Galveston WORKSHOP No. 3 Mustang Room Developing Programs for Parish Societies (What to do and how to do it in order to keep the interest of your men. The PROGRAM MANUAL published by the NCCM should be in the hands of every officer. Invocation Presiding Speaker. Panelist Panelist WORKSHOP No. 4 a. _ Father Francis Morgan Gainesville (Moderator, Sherman Deanery Council) Joe Walter President, Sherman Deanery Council Frank Morrison Houston Joe Polichino Rosenburgh Stanley Kucherka Rosenburgh El Coralito Room Lay Participation in Parish Events (How the men of the parish can better work together for the good of the parish and the church in general. This workshop will consider, too, the theology of the lay apostolate.) Invocation. Presiding Speaker. Panelist CONVENTION THEME “The Lay Apostolate and the Church Today” Siee Fi Prayer Presiding... Welcome Address ... Keynote Address. Vy REGISTRATION Friday, February 27, GENERAL ASS!) Embassy Ballroom (East Statler Hilton Hotel, Dallas, Texas, Mezzanine Floor Friday, February 27 — 1:00 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. Saturday, February 28 — 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Ww 8:15 p.m. IBLY and West Msgr. John P. Brady ... Joseph P. Bander President, D.C.C.M. Frank H. Heller, K.H.S. General Chairman ... Mr. Frank R. Young mnt (D.C.C.M. of Galveston) eeee were ener eeee ere eeene Mr Diocesan Pre. Speaker: “WHY THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY”. Chai Recitation of the Holy Name Pledge 3 A. Burkholder, K.S.G. San Antonio, rended by: Dr. J. Colvin, M.D. President Fort Worth Deanery Council of Catholic Men Concluding Prayer. Msgr. John P. Brady Invocation ~ Saturday, February 28, 9:30 a.m. GENERAL ASSEMBLY Embassy Ballroom (East and West) ..Father Thomas W. Weinzapfel Dallas Frank H. Heller, K.H.S. Presiding. “THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF HOLY NAME SOCIETIES”. The Reverend James A. Quinn, O.P. Archdiocesan Director of New Orleans “THE PARISH HOLY NAME SOCIETY AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE LAY APOSTOLATE”.. ... His Excellency The Most Reverend Thomas K. Gorman, D.D., D.Sc.Hist. Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth Father Thomas W. Weinzapfel Concluding Prayer.. CONVENTION WORKSHOPS The workshops are one of the most important features of our convention. In each of them experts will make the effort to spell out in a simple, practical way the technique and pur pose of the subject being considered. The topics of all these workshops will offer to every Parish Holy Name Society not only a vital and needed program, but also the best steps to be taken to activate the program. Those of you who attend this convention are urged to select the workshop activity consid ered best suited to your talents. It is hoped that you will ask questions, present difficulties and offer your own sugges tions. A workshop is not a lecture; it is a partnership between participants and speakers. On Saturday morning and on Saturday afternoon six work shops will be conducted simultaneously. These workshops are: A. Leadership B. How to Conduct a Parish Meeting C. Developing Programs for Parish Societies D. Lay Participation in Parish Events . Relations Between Laymen and Spiritual Directors of Holy Name Societies F. Parish Membership Drives These workshops will start at 10:45 a.m. and end at 12 noon . Panelist Rev. Edward C. Matocha Chancellor, Austin Grover Nelson Abilene Rt. Rev. Msgr. Don J. Kanaly Director of Catholic Action, Diocese of Oklahoma-Tulsa Roddy McCormick Fort Worth A. C. Mott Houston WORKSHOP No. 5 yeaker ORKSHOP No. 1 Leadership 2 Nose Very Rev. Msgr. Anthony Daly, V.F. Wichita Falls (Moderator, Wichita Falls Deanery Conic) WARING eee cer ten ase ae Emil E. Ogden President, Abilene Deanery Council Presiding Father James McQuade, S.J. Queen's Work. Si? Louws, Mo. Author of the nationally known TV series “We Believe This workshop will be resumed in the afternoon. invocation . eeee eee enenenes Invocation Silver Room Embassy Room Relations Between Laymen and Spiritual Directors of Holy Name Societies Invocation Presiding Speaker. Panelist Panelist. WORKSHOP No. 6 Father Walter Bojniewicz Texarkana Rt. Rev. Msgr. John J. Cassata, W.G. Galveston ove eeeuveveveuee teeeessee sees Frank Young Diocesan President, D.C.C.M. of Galveston ... Father George Wilson, S.S.J. Houston .. John J. Specia San Antonio eee eee eter ree Parish Membership Drives (An annual membership drive will be seen as a necessity by alert and dedicated officers of the Parish Holy Name Society. This workshop will discuss the mechanisms of such parish membership drives. Invocation. Presiding | Speaker Panelist | Panelist ee Rev. Thomas B. Collins, S.S8.J. Dallas Bluebonnet Room Preeee eee eee eee _Charles Boussard Galveston Mike Gomez San Antonio Frank Gappa Denton Joe Sharpe Fort Worth Saturday, February 28, 2:00 GENERAL ASSEMBLY “PUBLIC RELATIONS” p.m. Embassy Room Invocation. Presiding Introduction. Rt. Rev. Msgr. W. F. O’Brien, V.G., P.A. His Excellency The Most Rev. Louis J. Reicher, D.D., LL.D. Bishop of Austin Charles B. King, K.H.S. , Past President, D.C.C.M. ‘Speaker Dale Francis . Columnist, “Our Sunday Visitor,” St. Edward’s University, Austin ‘Concluding Prayer. Rt. Rev. Msgr. W. F. O’Brien Saturday, February 28, 3:30 p.m. WORKSHOP NO. 1 Bluebonnet Room Invocation. Presiding Speaker. Panelist Panelist. WORKSHOP NO. 3 LEADERSHIP Msgr. John Wiewell Dallas Sidney Ruffy Denton ii Father James McQuade, S.J. Queen's Work, St. Louis, Mo. Author of the nationally known TV series “We Believe”. WORKSHOP No. 2 Gold Room ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT Invocation Presiding Speaker ceeeeeees Rev. Louis Vazquez, C.M.F. (Moderator, Fort Worth Deanery Council) ere ere Rev. Eustace Struckhoff, O.F.M. San Antonio J. O. Capise FAMILY LIFE Galveston .T. P. Flahive Dallas This workshop will restate and discuss the God revealed principles _that govern the Christian family. The speakers will discuss the indis solubility of marriage. “Every man that putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery; and he that marrieth her that is put away committed adultery.” They will discuss also the purpose of the Christian marriage. Speaking of the purpose of the Christian mar riage, Pius XII spoke thus: “The truth is that marriage, as a natural institution, is not ordered by the will of the Creator toward personal perfection of the husband and wife as its primary end, but to the pro creation and education of a new life. The other ends of marriage, al though part of nature’s plan, are not of the same importance as the first. Still less are they superior.” The speakers will also discuss the levils (moral, physical, and psychical) that endanger the integrity and happiness of the Christian Marriage. His Excellency The Most Rev. Victor J. Reed, S.T.D., Ph.D. Bishop of acry Tulsa Rev. A. T. Garland = aee seen nee eee Teee Speaker Speaker Panelist Panelist Summation Dr. Dalton Hartnett, M.D. Fort Worth Dr. Frank Harrington, M.D. Dallas Charles Bartush Dallas Pat J. McMahon, Jr. Houston Most Rev. Victor J. Reed, S.T.D., Ph.D. WORKSHOP No. 1 PARISH YOUTH PROBLEMS Mustang Room Presiding Invocation and Resource Leader Speaker Panelist Panelist Panelist His Excellency Adolph Marx, J.C.D., D.D. Auxiliary to the Bishop of Corpus Christi The Very Rev. Msgr. Vincent J. Wolf (Diocesan Moderator of Youth) Fort Worth Juan Hidalgo San Antonio Reo. E. A. Jurashek San Antonio Roy Plhak Fort Worth Philip Smelko Houston WORKSHOP NO. 5 RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES Panelist Panelist WORKSHOP NO. 5 Moderator Speaker Panelist Panelist PLANNING AND CONDUCTING A DISTRICT MEETING Joe Arp Houston Alvin H. Braden San Antonio Mustang Room LUNCHEON Speakers Embassy Ballroom Pr e s idin g His Excellency The Most Rev. John L. Markovsky, S.T.D., M.A. Bishop of Amarillo Speaker Panelist Invocation and Resource Leader The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Ernest G. Langenhorst, W.F. Fort Worth James A. Whalen, K.S.G. San Antonio Winton Blair Galveston Panelist Ben Schwegmann, Jr. San Antonio WORKSHOP NO. 6 RETREATS AND TRIDUA EI Coralito Room Presiding Moderator Speaker Panelist Panelist re . Sam Wing, Jr. Vice President of D.C.C.M., Dallas Father William A. Crandell, S.J. Dallas Father Gregory, C.P. Houston Anthony J. Lucia Houston A. C. Moyer, Jr. Dallas 7:00 p.m. — LOW PONTIFICAL MASS Sacred Heart Cathedral, 2215 Ross Ave. Bishop Gorman will offer up this Holy Mass for the Church suffering in Silence. Those attending will have an opportun ity to go to confession and it is hoped that all of our men will be able to receive Holy Communion for the same inten tion. The hour of Holy Communion will be around 7:45 p.m., so please remember the Eucharistic Fast. Celebrant Preacher .. His Excellency The Most Reverend Thomas K. Gorman, D.D., D.Sc.Hist. Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth His Excellency The Most Reverend Robert E. Lucey, S.T.D. Archbishop of San Antonio Sunday, March 1, 9:30 a.m. GENERAL ASSEMBLY Embassy Room Invocation Presiding. Speaker. “THE LAY APOSTOLATE AND THE CHURCH TODAY” Msgr. Anthony Daly, V.F. Wichita Falls Frank H. Heller, K.H.S. Rev. Eustace Struckhoff, O.F.M. San Antonio Sunday, March 1, 10:30 a.m. ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY Embassy Room DALLAS-FORT WORTH COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC MEN This assembly is open to all official delegates and Catholic Men of the Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth. Invocation. Presiding Keynote Speaker. Concluding Prayer. WORKSHOP NO. 1 Presiding Speaker. Panelist Panelist WORKSHOP No. 2 .Father Louis Vazquez, C.M.F. Fort Worth (Moderator of Deanery Council) Joseph P. Bandor President, D.C.C.M. Jee Martin Work Executive Director, N.C.C.M., Washington, D.C. .Father Louis Vazquez E! Coralito Room DEANERY RELATIONS John Finny Wichita Falls George Scully Beaumont Joe A. Kocurek Aloysius A. Myers San Antonio Silver Room Joe Polkowetz Wichita Falls Moderator Speaker. Silver Room LEADERSHIP -Msgr. Anthony Daly, V.F. Wichita Falls Father James McQuade, S.J. Queen's Work, AS Louwis, Mo. Author of the nationally known TV series “We Believe”. WORKSHOP NO. 3 Bluebonnet Room Moderator. Speaker Panelist Panelist DIOCESAN AND PARISH BULLETINS Father Francis Morgan Gainesville Ernest Herrera, Jr. San Antonio Father A. R. Doga Galvester Ed. J. Mikes Fort Worth WORKSHOP NO. 4 Gold Room TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR OFFICERS Moderator... Speaker Father Ralph Diefenbach Maurice Haternick Houston Father Charles Drees San Antonio Leslie Necker San Antonio Ernest Clauser Houston Louie Fiorelli Dent on Sunday, March 1, 12:15 p.m. Grand Ballroom His Excellency The Honorable Charles Malik President of the United Nations General Assembly His Excellency The Most Reverend Thomas K. Gorman, D.D., D.Sc.Hist. Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth Moderator Sunday, March 1, 2:30 p.m. GENERAL ASSEMBLY Embassy Ballroom Closing Session of the Convention Rev. Ralph Diefenbach Speaker: “THE FUTURE OF THE LAY APOSTOLATER”.....000eeeeeeeeeeeeees Martin Work Executive Director, N.C.C.M., Washington, D.C. Reading of Resolutions Site of the next Convention Concluding remarks Mr. Frank H. Heller, K.H.S. The Holy Name Pledge Led by Rev. John McCallum Singing of the hymn: “Holy God We Praise Thy Name”
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