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C.C.D....New Approach in Albany
WAKE FOREST, N. C., Oct. 30 - A
leading Catholic sociologist today
challenged the concept that white, ethnic
Americans are superpatriots, who believe
that the United States is always right.
Rather, according to Father Andrew M.
Greeley, director of the Center for the
Study of American Pluralism at the
University of Chicago, this group is
instilled with patriotism that stems from
a sense of gratitude for what this country
has done for them.
Father Greeley, speaking to a
distinguished group of Jewish and
Christian theologians and sociologists at a
colloquim on “Civil Religion in America”
at the Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary, said that the ethnic “was less
likely than his fellow Americans to favor
the Vietnam War, and his opposition to
Communism did not lead him to object
to reapprochement with China or the
Soviet Union.”
It was not an ethnic who said “My
Country, right or wrong,” Father Greeley
told his audience. “But he has not been in
America long enough or achieved that
level of security where it becomes easy to
hate and despise the United States. An
appeal to the conscience of the ethnic
against war and against injustice that is
based on American patriotism has a much
better chance of being effective than one
based on a denunciation of America as a
sick society, burning American flags, and
ridiculing American institutions.”
The colloquium was sponsored jointly
by the Seminary and the Interreligious
Affairs Department on the American
Jewish Committee. It was organized by
Dr. B. Elmo Scoggin, Professor of Hebrew
and Old Testament at the Seminary, and
Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum, AJC’s
National Director of Interreligious
Affairs, who served as co-chairman.
The ethnic, Father Greeley said,
“believes that progress is possible and
that change is desirable. If he is less likely
now than he was twenty years ago to
describe himself as a liberal, the reason is
not that he is any less committed to
change or any less sympathetic with the
oppressed but simply that he has much
less confidence in American liberalism
now.”
There is a great sympathy among
ethnics, Father Greeley stated, “for the
goals of eliminating hunger, misery,
poverty, bad housing, bad education, and
every other sort of social ill wherever it
can be found in America. They supported
the New Deal social reforms and have
continued to vote for liberal
Congressional candidates who have
extended and enlarged the New Deal.”
At the same time, Father Greeley
added, there is among ethnics “a strong
emphasis on the freedom and dignity of
the individual person. A person should
not be messed with or hassled by large
bureacratic agencies, be they
governmental, labor, business, or
ecclesiastical.”
Etnics, Father Greeley said, “like
the United States of America. The flag,
the Star Spangled Banner, the
Constitution, the Declaration of
Independence, the Capitol building, the
office of the presidency -all of these are
admired symbols which together sum up
the gratitude the ethnic feels for what the
United States has made possible for him:
freedom, dignity, comfort,
security-things which his ancestors in the
countries from which they fled or were
driven would not have dreamt possible.”
Father Greeley continued: “I am
suggesting that in addition to the
narrowness, ignorance, insecurity and fear
which can indeed be found in the ethnic
population of this country, there is also a
potential for openness, movement and
growth. Ethnics are neither angels nor
devils, but human beings with fears and
limitations on the one hand and nobility
and the capacity to grow on the other.’
By Loretta West
A new approach to the Confraternity
of Christian Doctrine is underway at St.
Teresa’s Parish in Albany. Designed to
offer the 227 enrolled students a variety
of information, the quarter system has
been initiated under the leadership of Fr.
Lawrence Lucree, pastor; James Bryant,
Superintendent of the Sunday School
Program; and Miss Margaret Harrison,
Chairman of the Parish Council’s
Education Committee.
Recruiting 38 adult instructors, Miss
Harrison scheduled training conferences
for teacher development with Fr.
Frederick Kirschner, O.F.M.,
At a meeting of the Diocesan Vocation
Committee, held at the Holiday Inn,
Dublin, Mr. Joseph Cobis, chairman,
organized the membership under the
following committees: Publicity,
Coordination, and Ad Hoc.
Appointed as co-chairman of the
Publicity Committee were Father
Lawrence Lucree and Sr. Mary Julian.
Appointed to assist this committee were
Mrs. Grace Crawford and Sr. Grace Marie.
Mrs. Kate Filson was named chairman of
the Coordination Committee. Mrs. Filson
will be assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Lane
Williams, Sr. Rose Phillipine and Mr.
Joseph Cobis.
Mr. William Brown was appointed
chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee. Mr.
Brown will be assisted by Fr. Joseph
Dean, Fr. Lawrence Lucree and Mrs.
Dorothy Crawford. The primary work of
this latter committee will be to make
recommendations concerning the
Volunteer Program for the Summer of
1973. This committee will also handle
any matter involving individuals,
foundations and institutions for financial
assistance in the Summer Volunteer
Program.
A report was made by Sister Mary
Anastasia from Augusta wherein she
stated that five Sisters from her
community in St. Paul, Minn., have
volunteered to work with the Summer
program.
Thomasville, and Sister M. Maurus,
O.S.B.,1, of Cullman College, Cullman,
Alabama.
Father Kirschner offered the volunteer
teachers guidance in theology and
methods on three evenings while a
weekend of four 2-hour scripture
conferences was conducted by Sister
Maurus.
Under a team-teaching effort, 77 high
school students are studying in the four
areas of history, liturgy, scripture and
theology. After seven weeks, classes then
rotate in the program and allow CCD
instructors and leaders to evaluate the
The Vocations’ Committee has set as
its priority the invitation to college
students and other interested persons to
work in the various parishes, deaneries
and institutions during the Summer of
’73 as well as in conjunction with the
various programs and apostolates in the
diocese. The summer program hopes to
attract young collegiates from within and
outside of the Diocese of Savannah with
the hope of some of them eventually
entering the priesthood, brotherhood and
sisterhood for future work in the diocese.
Early indications point to the
need for approximately five college
men and women to work in
the diocese during the coming summer.
Various communities of Religious
Men and Women along with the Diocesan
Clergy will afford hospitality and
direction to the students.
Mr. Joseph Cobis was elected chairman
of the Diocesan Vocations’ Committee.
Also elected were Mr. William Brown,
vice president, and Fr. Robert Mattingly,
treasurer.
The next meeting will take place in
Augusta, November 4, in conjunction
with the silver jubilee of Brother M.
Alphonse of the Marist Brothers, melted
butter. Turn into pie plate lined with
pastry and bake in hot oven 425 degrees
versatility of the new system while grades
1 through 8 continue a spiral approach to
cover subject matter.
The 38 teachers participating in the
CCD program at St. Teresa’s include: Mrs.
Michael Sims, Mrs. Barbara Logan, Mrs.
Mary Bezuch, Mrs. Cynthia Burns, Mrs.
Martha Thomas, Mrs. Ken Rodgers, Mrs.
Lawrence Pero, Sr. Carolita Marie, A.S.C.,
Mrs. Evelyn Murphy, Mrs. Pat Gatlin,
Mrs. Edna Hagan, Miss Margaret
Cunningham, Mrs. Cathy Simpson, Mrs.
Craig Carter, Miss Patricia Bryan, Mrs.
Bobby Bass, Mrs. Helen Cyganiewicz, Sr.
M. DeLourdes, A.S.C., Miss Dolly Duke,
Mrs. Ella Johnson, Miss Linda White, Mrs.
Lucille Rief, Mrs. Loretta West, Sr. M.
Benedict, A.S.C., Miss Catherine
Hartnett, Miss Margaret Harrison, Miss
Mary McCoy, Mrs. Jack Broadhurst, Mrs.
Martha Gargano, Mrs. Theresa Sivrais, Sr.
M. Gabriella, C.S.J., Richard Celaya, Bill
McNeill, Larry Quabeck, Jeff Simpson,
Charlie Bell, Curt Thomas, Dr. Jim
Marquis and Tim Williams.
An additional Teacher Training and
Development Program will begin
November 13, when registration will
follow a moral theology conference to be
conducted by Fr. Michael Smith of the
Diocesan Department of Christian
Formation. A home-study course offered
by the same department will complement
the Teacher Training and Development
Program for those adults unable to attend
all sessions of the program.
The Parish Council of St. Teresa’s
Parish has approved the funding of the
entire CCD program and at the same time
set aside grants for advanced Summer
School training in the teaching of
Religion for those teachers in the
program able to attend out of town
workshops and seminars.
Father Patrick McCarthy, associate
pastor, is Moderator of the programs.
Holding positions on the
Administrative Staff are: Mrs. Ken Davis,
Mrs. Frank Davis, Mrs. Carl Williams, Mrs.
Ruth Anderson, Mrs. May Williams, Mrs.
Robert Rizzuti, Mr. Jesse Barbosa, Mr.
Dan Clarke, Mrs. Agnes Rau, Miss Bea
Stevens, Miss Nicki Stevens and Mr. Jerry
Lane.
Vocation Committee Meets
PAGE 7 — The Southern Cross, November 2,1972
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS of the CCD Program, St.
Teresa’s Parish, Albany. In the upper section are children in
grades 1 through 8; in the lower section, high school students.
The 227 students as well as programming of courses is under
the direction of Mr. James Bryant, Superintendent of St.
Teresa’s Sunday School. Thirty-eight teachers and substitute
teachers are involved in teaching the students.
ST. JAMES SCHOOL, SAVANNAH, held its first training
session for parents on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the beginning of a
program to prepare children for First Communion. Sister
Kathleen Mark, I.H.M. shows a filmstrip to help parents
understand the role they will play in the program, which is
being directed by Father John Kenneally, Associate Pastor at
St. James.
Fr. Greeley Challenges
‘Myths’ about Ethnics
Bp. McDonald
Broadens Lay,
Clergy Roles
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only six weeks as Bishop of the Little
Rock diocese, Bishop Andrew McDonald
has already broadened the - role of the
clergy and the laity in the conduct of
diocesan affairs.
A native of Savannah, Bishop
McDonald was the first Georgia-born
priest to be made a bishop in almost 100
years when he was consecrated last
month in Savannah’s cathedral.
Since arriving in Little Rock, he has
had a general conference with his priests
and has met with the sisters’ senate, the
diocesan deans, the diocesan consultors
and the priests’ personnel board.
“If this diocese stagnates, if it fails to
develop and grow on the sacrifices of the
past, I am not going to assume
responsibility for thisy myself, alone,” he
told the priests’ conference. “You share
this responsibility with me.”
He told the conference he would
reactivate the priests’ senate - which
ceased to exist with the retirement of
Bishop Albert L. Fletcher - only along
the organizational lines chosen by the
priests themselves.
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