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Nevertheless, Father Donovan believes
that it is a practice that more priests
should adopt.
Elect
Tom Coleman
Countywide
Chairman
County Commission
August 8th
Long respected Chatham community and business leader.
Veteran of the Korean Conflict.
Effective participant in church.
Family man with six children - dedicated to quality education.
(Paid Political Adv.)
Theater-Owners’ Pres Wants Less Adult Films
(Catholic Press Features)
NEW YORK (CPF) -- The president of
the National Association of Theatre
Owners (NATO) has appealed to the
heads of the major film companies to
tone down the use of explicit sex,
violence and language in the movies they
produce because many films are keeping
people away from theatres.
In a major story in the show-business
weekly, Variety, and headlined, “Broom
Back Shock Features,” NATO president
Roy B. White was reported as having
asked the movie heads for “moderation in
terms of explicit sex and violence and
with respect to the unbridled and
gratuitous use of street language.”
White told the film heads that this
sentiment had been unanimously
expressed by the NATO board of
directors at a recent conference in
Monterey, Calif., noting that the board is
“extremely sensitive and responsive to
any force that clearly keeps customers
away from the door.”
He added that “public reaction, as
assessed by those of us on the firing line
and in the theatres of this country, is a
reaction in many cases of revulsion and
shock. Countless millions, once having
experimented, have been and are
continuing to be turned away and turned
off by what they see.”
White particularly stressed the harm
that can come to the movie industry
when drive-in theatres must rely on
explicit screen fare.
“The irresponsible and in many cases
capricious use of explicits, audio and well
as visual, is catapulting, which, if passed,
could well eliminate the viability of 4,500
drive-in theatres in this country. Drive-ins
are particularly sensitive in the problem
of sex, violence and language because of
the semi-public nature of their
construction and location.
“Exhibitors are fighting valiantly to
forestall restrictive legislation. However, a
nude scene witnessed by any legislator on
his way home from picking up his
daughter at dancing school becomes a
strong argument, if not a mandate, in
favor of the prompt introduction of
additional restrictive legislation in his
town, city, county, or state.”
White said that since the economic
success of the theatre owners depends on
films that appeal to as wide an audience
as possible, the movie heads should try to
influence the production of a greater
number of such films, and not be misled
by film-makers who insist they need total
freedom to create artistic films.
“An intelligent use of restraint and
finesse need not diminish the ultimate
work of art,” White commented, “and
indeed may well enhance it.”
“Moderation and a more discreet use
of artistic license is not tantamount to
stifling true creativity,” he continued.
“After all, the artist paints on a canvas of
fixed proportions and does not place his
work within a frame having wildly elastic
perimeters.”
Noting that there has been ample
proof that a large market for family-type
films still exists, White concluded in his
letter to the movie-company heads:
“We urge you to use all your great
power to implement a movement towards
the high road - a movement towards
improving the image of our industry in the
national mind - a movement toward
satisfying a huge, waiting market of
staggering and mind-boggling
proportions.”
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Vandiver
US. SENATE 72
The Committee to elect Vandiver Senator
(Paid Political Adv.)
PAGE 2 — The Southern Cross, August 3,1972
A firm stand on major issues...
EXPERIENCE Seven years as adjutant general... nine years
in elected office...practiced law in Lavonia, Winder and
Atlanta.
LEADERSHIP First governor to propose a freedom of
choice plan for schools to keep their doors open in the face
of a monumental effort to close them... led the state through
some of the most trying times without a tax increase.
INTEGRITY Cleaned up and reformed state government,
restoring Georgians' confidence in state officials.
PROGRESSIVENESS Started legislative independence...
gave the first state grants to cities...started the county
airport building program...cleaned up shocking conditions
at Central State Hospital.
EDUCATION For outlawing forced busing and ending the
destruction of neighborhood schools.
NATIONAL DEFENSE For maintaining a strong America
to preserve peace. Against amnesty for draft dodgers.
FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY For turning back the tide of
federal interference in the lives of private citizens.
LAW AND ORDER For making the killing of a police officer
a federal as well as a state crime...for cracking down on
drug pushers who are peddling narcotics in the streets
and outside our schools.
WELFARE For 'more workfare and less welfare!' requiring
physically able welfare recipients to work.
AGRICULTURE For enlightened programs of rural devel
opment and protection of our vital agricultural economy.
THE ECONOMY For balancing the budget and using wasted
foreign aid funds to develop our own economy and the
prosperity of the American worker in industry and
agriculture.
NATIONAL PRIORITIES ''We cannot be the banker, big
brother and bodyguard for every nation on earth. We must
concentrate our energies on solving the problems of
America..."
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CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION - On July 21, Father
Arthur Weltzer, Dean of the Columbus Deanery, awarded
Certificates of Appreciation, signed by Bishop Frey, to
teenagers who helped in the Summer Program of the Social
Service Bureau in Columbus. The four-week program for sixty
children was under the direction of Sister Joseph Murphy,
O.S.U. and was conducted at Our Lady of Lourdes School.
Seventeen adults and seven teenagers were involved in the
summer program. Left to right: Very Rev. Arthur Weltzer,
Miss Susan Oswald, Miss Barbara Swiderek, Charles Reagan,
Miss Kathy Whatley, Miss Barbara Chandler, Miss Beverly
Kennedy, Miss Patricia Marvets.
(Special To The Southern Cross)
The Augusta Deanery sponsored a
workshop July 5th and 6th at St.
Joseph’s Parish and July 12th and 13th at
St. Teresa of Avila Parish. Sister Camille
Collini, Religious Education Director at
St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill, directed a
stimulating and most beneficial series of
tapes and discussions centered around a
Religion Teacher Training Program
presented by Eileen Anderson. This
lecture series by Sadlier Company
included three tapes entitled “The Bible
and Modern Religious Education,”
“Doctrine and Modern Education” and
“Modern Man and Modern Education”
followed by three tapes concerning the
Primary, Intermediate and Upper Grades.
The tapes were accompanied by
worksheets used to guide the teachers in
note-taking and subsequent discussions.
The first tape described the earlier
attitudes toward the Scriptures and the
Biblical-Scriptural Renewal and the
effects on Religious Education. The
second tape redefined the Christian
Experience - Theology of Change and the
effects of the new attitudes. The next
tape dealt with the changing view of man
from “What is Man” toward a view of
“Who is Man,” a whole being and total
entity. The tapes relating to the three
grade levels described the learner and
applied teaching strategies and the
characteristics of the religion content
followed by lesson planning in reference
to the human experience, the message,
interiorization and response with a few
teaching tips.
“Between Man and Men, we meet
God.” Mrs. Anderson described the
warm, loving, accepting environment we
Mrs. Eileen Staak, Co-Coordinator for
St. Joseph’s program and Mrs. Carolyn
Clark, Religious Education Director at St.
Teresa’s and about twenty teachers
participated in the program. The new
pastor at St. Teresa’s and the recently
appointed representative of the D.C.F. in
Augusta, Monsignor Donnelly, led the
group in prayer and offered a mass the
last day for the teachers.
August 2nd the Deanery sponsored a
workshop at St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill
presenting a sample lesson “in action” for
the three grade levels: primary,
intermediate, and junior high. These
lessons were taken from the
COME-TO-THE-FATHER series used in ^'
the Augusta area. Mrs. Dorothy Mainz
presented a second-grade lesson centered
around Mary with the children making
May baskets. Mrs. Karen White and Mrs.
Mary Rausch in their 5th grade lesson
developed the historical theme of the
Passover, including a “celebration” with
Matzo and grape juice, the Last Supper,
and the Mass today with young Barry
Clark dressed in mini-vestments and
acting as our “priest.” The Junior High
class was directed by Mrs. Hazel McLeod
whose theme was “Getting to Know Jesus
as a Friend” - the Personality of Jesus
and the fruits of the Holy Spirit: Peace,,
Love, and Joy and a follow-up activity of
poster-making to help instill the
principles of the lesson. The development *
of the leson plan and the use of visual
aids and activities as a “response” were
demonstrated to assist new teachers
entering the program and present ideas
for former teachers. St. Mary’s will host a
workshop August 31st for the Paulist
Press presentation of the series.
FLORAL PARK, N.Y. (CPF) - A
Catholic priest who has adopted the
growing practice of greeting parishioners
outside the church after Mass sees it not
only as an ancient custom revived but as a
part of the Liturgy itself.
“It is actually an extension of the exit
processional, a distinct element of the
Liturgy,” explained the Rev. Richard
Donovan, a 39-year-old priest at Our
Lady of Victory parish here.
Since his assignment here six months
ago, he has been a familiar figure outside
the church after Mass, even after Masses
he himself has not celebrated.
“You know, frequently a priest may
get to know only those parishioners who
form the nucleus of the various church
organizations, like the Holy Name or
Rosary-Altar societies, and never really
get to meet most of the other people in
the parish,” he explained.
“Standing outside church after Mass
gives me a chance to widen my vision and
broaden my perspective of the church
membership.”
Father Donovan said the custom -
long familiar outside Protestant churches
- goes back to the early days of the
church.
“As a matter of fact, St. Paul often
spoke of this ancient church custom -
called ‘Agape’ by the Greeks - in which
both priest and people gathered after
Mass to feast and talk,” he said.
Father Donovan, who has greeted
parishioners after Mass ever since he was
ordained in 1958, said that “while I
forget many names, the many faces I
encounter on a typical Saturday evening
or Sunday morning seem to stick with
me. As a result, I feel that I know the
parishioners just a little better each
time.”
He believes the practice can go a long
way toward helping to create a parish
“community” spirit encouraged by the
Second Vatican Council.
Father Donovan said that many people
find it difficult to talk to priests,
something he finds understandable
“because most priest-parishioner contacts
are usually in a very structured, formal
situation, like a wedding, a wake or in the
wish to achieve in our religion classes. Her
tapes were very clear and precise and
within the scope of the average C.C.D.
teacher. “Religion is not to be taught,
rather a life to live.”
An example of the dedication of our
youth to our religious programs were the
babysitters who volunteered their time
and energy to the “Round-Up of Tykes”
at these meetings. From St. Joseph’s were
Mary and Peg Staak, Teresa De’Astoli,
Barbara Herzberg and T. Miles. Young
people from St. Teresa’s included Judy,
Dottie and Terry Hamilton, Kathy
Ledbetter and Margaret Regan.
„ BARRY CLARK
Workshop Participant
confessional. These encounters are, at
best, strained.”
He feels, therefore, that every
opportunity a priest has to meet his
people in a relaxed, informal atmosphere,
such as outside the church after Mass,,
should be taken advantage of.
Father Donovan offered several
reasons why the greeting custom fell by
the wayside despite its popularity in the
early church.
“You have to take into account the
complexities of the Sunday Mass system
with its hundreds of people and often as
many cars, the limited number of priests
and the almost over-crowded facilities,”
he said.
“Then you introduce a priest standing
outside the church, interfering with the
already not-so-orderly flow of parishioner
traffic in and out of the church, its Si ^
surrounding streets and its parking lots,
and you have a picture of near chaos.”
elect mac barber
For
Public Service Commissioner
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY AUGUST 8, 1972
(Running for the post being vacated by
Crawford Pilcher)
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