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* SERVING GEORGIA'S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES diocese of Atlanta YOUR PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER VOL 2 NO 33 ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 1964 $5.00 PER fEAR 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. •** 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. 0 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. j 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.