The bulletin (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957, December 21, 1957, Image 5

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DECEMBER 21, 1957. THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FIVE YOU CAN WIN CONVERTS JOHN W. DICKEY COMPANY REALTORS :&eI Estate — Insurance — Loans — F. H. A. Loans Publicize Parish Inquiry Classes By REV. JOHN A. O'BRIEN, Ph. D. .. (University of Notre Dame) Finally all her difficulties were cleared up. She was received into the Church by Father Scully and now we are a truly united fam ily. I wish every parish would establish such an Information The fruitfulness of thoroughly publicizing parish Information or Inquiry Classes is brought out in a story related by Frank D. Du mont, formerly of South Bend and now of Cleveland. “I happen- reelin 1 eciSonS FRANK GOLDBERG CO newspaper ad announcing the start of an In formation Fo rum at the Aquinas Libra ry and Augusta. Georgia i? Book S h op in South ^ mBL Bend, and de- r jjjjjjy cided to attend. “A priest from Notre Dame gave the lecture. He explained that no one would be pressured or even asked to become a Catho lic. He simply asked that we look with open minds at the evidence of the Church’s divine foundation and its authority to teach in the name of God. He asked also that we pray for light to see and strength and courage to follow it. “Then he held up one chart af ter the other. One showed the foundation of the Church by Christ in the year 33. Another portrayed its growth through the centuries: another depicted the origin of Protestantism by Luther in 1524—almost 15 centuries after Christ had established His Skyland Shopping Center Buford Highway Atlanta, Ga Social and Commercial Stationery AUGUSTA, GA ’pectin 1 eu5onS Platt’s Funeral Home hanik that ail vour wishes for Christmas joy tarns true ? 721 Crawford Avenue Augusta, Georgia | Buy with Confidence . . Serve with Pride AUGUSTA, GA, Two Entrance* eciSon 3 BRESNAHAN Warehouse No. 5) (Lombard Fenwick at 11th Street Augusta, Georgia