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SERVING GEORGIA'S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES
diocese of Atlanta
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PRIZE-WINNING
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VOL 2 NO 33
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 1964
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Archbishop’s
Notebook
ENGLISH IN ROME
Word has just reached here that Atlanta is in the vanguard of
the vernacular in the Eternal City. When one of our candidates for
the priesthood stepped forward for major orders recently,he was—
well, not nervous, but at least excited. As each young man’s name
is called, he is to signify his presence by the Latin term "Ad-
sum.’*
Our man in Rome advertently answered, "HereI’*, thereby set
ting the vernacular movement several paces ahead.
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BACK IN OUR CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
Continuing the practice of offering Mass each Sunday in one of
our parish churches reminds me of last Christmas when I visited
Saint Anthony’s and Sacred Heart Christmas morning after the
Midnight Mass at the Cathedral.
It was a real Joy to celebrate Mass in the Mother-Church, the
Cathedral of Christ the King two weeks ago, to see so many famil
iar faces, and try out a new homily — Last Sunday, it was the Im
maculate Conception — our historic shrine whose future is as
bright with an urban orientation as its past is noble. This week, I
will go to Dahlonega to dedicate the new Church and combined
parish and Newman Center there.
In between have been visits to Marietta, Athens and Gainesville;
to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of Our Lady of Help Can
cer Home, and the 10th anniversary of the Visitation Monastery;
a retreat with the Trappists and an evening Mass on the Feast of
St. Ignatius at the Jesuit Retreat House; the graduation Mass for
the Nursing School of Saint Joseph’s Infirmary, and Sunday Mass
at Saint John's (Melkite) on the occasion of Archbishop Hakim’s
visit.
LOOKING AHEAD
We are all looking forward to the new hospital dedication—Holy
Family, Saint Joseph's Chapel and Nursing School and Saint Mary's
in Rome. Fall brings the schedule of Confirmations at the parishes,
and the opening of our elementary and high schools.
Meanwhile plans are progressing well for next year's Expansion
Campaign, and the four great projects that it will make possible;
and in the expanding future, there are parishes to be planned,
property to be purchased, schools to be staffed. After six months
in a horizontal hospital bed, these are busy times for a vertical
bishop.
IN REPLY TO YOUR REPLIES
The casual questions asked in the Notebook in June brought so
many interesting answers that it is impossible to reply personally.
Enough to say that all of them are being duly considered. In the
plans mentioned above, they have helped let us know your thoughts
and suggestions. Please write whenever you think of something
good for the Church.
ARCHBISHOP OF ATLANTA
WINNERS MEET AND GET AWARDS—Willie May* left
star outfielder of the San Francisco Giant*, presented a
regulation big league glove to Paul Gilleran, author of the
winning esauy In a contest which saw Mays named to re
ceive the "CYO Most Sportsmanlike Giant" award. Arch
bishop Joseph T. McGucken of San Francisco, second from
right, made the presentation to Mays before the start of a
Giant game in Candlestick Park. Mays then joined the
Archbishop in giving Paul Gilleran his award. Auxiliary
Bishop Merlin J. Gullfoyle, right, also took part in the cere
monies which featured the third annual CYO-Giant baseball
day.
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ST. LUKE’S, Dahlonega, now occpies this building which has been completely remodelled. Formerly
a Presbyterian meeting house and the oldest church building in town, it will be dedicated next
Sunday afternoon by Archbishop Hallinan, Fr, Leonard Spanjers is the pastor.
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THE combination Parish Center and priests* residence at St. Luke's also includes two class rooms
and a college student lounge. The Newman Club of nearby North Georgia College meets here. It is
expected that, in time, two other colleges, Truett-McConnell and Young Harris, both within the
four-county parish, will also have Newman Clubs.
CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCES
Catholic Men Liturgy
Appointments Project
Louis Erbs, General Chair
man for the Atlanta Liturgical
Week, scheduled for October,
has announced committee ap
pointments for the Arch-
diocesan Council of Catholic
Men’s major 1964 project.
Liturgy and pastor of Holy
Cross Parish, will act as
consultant to the committee
preparing for the Liturgical
Week.
Herb Farnsworth, of Christ
the King parish, will direct
the committee for panel for
mation. His responsibility will
be to recruit men from vari
ous parishes to form panels
during the Liturgical Con
ference. The panels will dis
cuss various aspects of liturgi
cal life and will provide an op
portunity for questions from
The Atlanta Liturgical Week
will aim to stimulate aware
ness throughout the archdiocese
of the liturgical renewal now
taking place in the Church. It
will be one of the most important
steps in preparation for the
introduction of English into the
Mass on the First Sunday of
Advent. The Masses celebrated
during the Liturgy Conference
will use the English texts ap
proved by the American hier
archy.
PROTESTANT LEADER EXPECTS
SERVING FOUR COUNTIES
Dedicate St Luke’s,
Dahlonega, Sunday
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan
will dedicate the newly re
modeled church of St. Luke the
Evangelist, Dahlonega, next
Sunday at 4 p.m. Formerly a
Presbyterian meeting house and
the oldest church (1898) in Dah
lonega, the building was pre
pared for the use of the Catho
lic parish this past year by a
volunteer labor force, compos
ed of Glenmary brothers, local
parishioners and nine college
students from other parts of the
country, working under direc
tion of the pastor, Fr. Leonard
Spanjers. Also to be dedicat
ed is the new Parish Center,
a dual purpose building with a
residence for priests, class
rooms and a college student
lounge.
AS PART of the dedication
ceremony a special Bible ser
vice will be conducted. Father
Dale Freeman, pastor of St.
Mary’s, Rome, will give the
homily on the Scripture read
ings. The public will join in the
responses, prayers and songs
adapted for the occasion. Fol
lowing the dedication supper
will be served to all guests at
the American Legion Hall in
Dahlonega.
The new parish plant marks
a milestone in the town of Dah
lonega. A century ago the very
few Catholics in the mountain
community, once famous as the
“Gold Rush Capital" of Geor
gia, used to travel 70 miles to
Atlanta to hear Mass offered in
the home of Patrick Lynch.
THEN, in 1961, the Glenmary
Home Missioners - "Glenmary
Fathers" - came to serve Dah
lonega and the four surrounding
counties, Lumpkin, White,
Towns and Union, A house was
found about a block from the
town square and Fr, Spanjers
became pastor. The priests
used one room in the house as
a chapel and it was soon appa*
rent that, as the congregation
grew larger, more ample quar
ters would be needed.
By a fortunate coincidence,
the Presbyterians next door
were contemplating building a
new church and the old one was
offered to St, Luke’s, In the
meanwhile, Archbishop Halil-
Pope’s First Encyclical
those attending the conference.
PAUL SMITH, of Sts. Peter
and Paul parish, will direct
the arrangements for the Con
ference. Bill Reese, of Our
Lady of the Assumption Parish,
will direct efforts to publicize
thfrought the archdiocese the
purpose and program of the
Liturgical Conference.
To Aid Interfaith Effort
Arrangements for the Arch
diocesan Council of Catholic
Men’s business meeting and
banquet will be handled by
Ferdinand Buckely, president
of the Council, The meeting and
banquet will be held on Satur
day evening. October 24. Mr.
Buckley is an active member of
St. Jude's parish.
GENEVA, Switzerland (NC) —
Pope Paul Vi’s emphasis on
the primacy of the pope in his
first encyclical, Eccleslam
Suam, will help interfaith re
lations because of its clarity
and honest, according to the
general secretary of the pre
dominantly Protestant and Or
thodox World Council
Churches.
by the Pope’s readiness to seek
contact with other churches in
the interest of better human
relations and peace, and offered
the Vatican the close coopera
tion of the World Methodist
Council.
of
Dr, Visser ’t Hooft’s state
ment declared;
’‘IT IS still too early to make
more than first preliminary
comments on this long and im
portant encyclical, which I have
Just received «today. For the
moment, I only want to say
three things about its signi
ficance for the situation be
tween the churches;
At the same time, Dr. Willem
Visser *t Hooft said in a state
ment issued here, it shows that
"we are still far removed from
day. of complete unity,”
Social Justice
the
FATHER Leonard F.X. May-
hew, chairman of the Arch-
diocesan Commission on Sacred
MEANWHILE, the American
president of the World Metho
dist Council, Bishop Fred
Corson, said he was pleased
SAN FRANCISCO (NC) —Arch
bishop Joseph T. McGucken has
asked all pastors in the San
Francisco archdiocese to form
parish social justice com
mittees of six to ten lay mem
bers to work with the newly
established Archdiocesan Com
mission on Social Justice.
*T, It is ehcouraging that
Pope Paul VI stresses to such
an extent the necessity of the
dialogue with Christians who do
not belong to the Roman Catho
lic Church.
"2. The concept of the
dialogue evolving from the en
cyclical is not entirely the same
as that which we have used and
practiced for many yeary in the
ecumenical movement.
THE baptismal font at St. Luke’s is made from poured concrete
and marble chips. The cover is made from a specially modified
automobile hub cap.Thefontwasdonatedbya Protestant friend.
The new parish plant marks
a milestone in the town of Dah
lonega. A century ago the very
few Catholics in the once fam
ous as the "Gold Rush Capi
tal" of Georgia, mountain corn-
nan had come to Georgia and he
announced that, through contri
butions to Georgia Mission Sun
day by the faithful of the Arch
diocese, the church would be
purchased.
THE Glenmary fathers and
Brothers Immediately got to
IN ARCHDIOCESE
work. Plans were drawn up
for -an altar, baptistry, con
fessional, sacristy, etc. and a
complete transformation of the
building was begun. Although
the work was not finished it was
possible for Archbishop Halli
nan to say the first Mass in the
structure on September 1 of last
year.
Vernacular Ritual
Set September 14
The Archdiocese of Atlanta
announced today that September
14 has been set as the date
for the introduction of the ver
nacular Ritual, according to the
text that was approved for use
in the United States,
tion and also the Nuptial Bles
sing for the Sacrament of Mar
riage will also be entirely in
the English language. The for
mula for administration of the
Anointing of the Sick will like
wise be in the vernacular.
The Second Vatican Council
authorized the introduction of
vernacular languages into the
Mass and the ceremonies of the
Sacraments. The Ritual is the
official book containing the
rites of most of the Sacraments,
as well as blessings, consecra
tions and other sacramentals.
N C Editor Dies
WASHINGTON (NC) — Requiem
Mass for Virginia Sobotka, fea
ture editor of the N.C.W.C.
News Service since 1957, was
offered (Aug, 13) in the Shrine
of the Sacred Heart here.
The American Bishops Com
mission on the Liturgical Apo-
stolate prepared an English text
which has been approved by the
hierarchy and will be used be
ginning September 14.
Miss Sobotka died in Sibley
Hospital after a long illness.
An artist and teacher of art,
Miss Sobotka was a convert
to Catholicism, She helped
launch the North Carolina Cath-
lic, Raleigh diocesan news
paper.
The most noticeable change
within the average parish will
be .that the entire ceremony
of Baptism will now be in Eng
lish, Until now, the actual words
of Baptism, as well as several
of the blessings, have remained
in latin.
The Sacrament ofConfirma-
New Czestochowa
Church Is Begun
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (NC) —
Archbishop John J. Krol of
Philadelphia will preside at
the U.S. shrine of Our Lady
of Czestochowa,
The original Czestochowa
shrine is in Poland and is one
of that country's leading Chris
tian centers. Our Lady of
Czestochowa is national patro
ness of Poland.
NEW REGENT—Mrs Anna
C. Walsh of St. Louis, newly
elected Supreme Regent of
the Daughter* of Isabella.
Supreme Vice Regent for
eight years, Mrs. Walsh has
been elected to a four-year
term a* Supreme Regent.