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Serving Atlanta Since 1912 >i ' •PRINTING © •LITHOGRAPHING Coyw/>4/ry S50 FORREST ROAD. N. E.. ATLANTA. GEORGIA • TRinily 5-4727 ESMOND BRADY GIFT BEST WISHES REEVES MARBLE COMPANY 509 PEACHTREE N.E. ATLANTA, GEORGIA St. Joseph’s Infirmary Chapel Powerhouse Of Prayer STEPHENSON ASSOCIATES INC. PLUMBING HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING 125 MERRITTS AVE N.E ATLANTA, GEORGIA St. Joseph’s Infirmary's Holy Trinity Chapel, dedicated this Fall by Archbishop Hallinan, has become the spiritual center of Atlanta’s first Catholic hos pital. The Chapel was built through the generosity of the late Esmond Brady, in memory of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Burke Brady. Some of the finest examples of Contemporary Catholic Art and Architecture may be seen in this chapel. The fluency of plan with the compelling sense of balance reflects the rever ence and emotional content of a little romanesque basilica. Abreu and Robeson, Architects, achieved this by the appro priate selection of materials and the close co-ordination of design and the arts. The stone walls of coquina stone, the black Buckingham slate floor, cut into elongated diamond shapes contrasting with the white ceiling and the use of stained and leaded glass win dows arranged in varying ab stract designs establish the overall mood while the light and dark woods, combined with gold leaf, contribute warmth and richness. THE altar table is made with mens a and base of Rosso An tic o di Chiavari marble in home finish with front and sides of inlaid wood. The altar for Mass facing the congregation will be located directly be hind the altar railing, which is made of the same marble as the altar of repose with bronze sup ports which repeat the shape of the bronze stanchions bearing the Stations of the Cross. Behind the Altar table is t large Crucifix whose corpus is carved from lindenwood and nailed to an ashwood cross. This Crucifix silhouettes against a marble and Venetian glass mosaic. In the mosaic are visible the symbols of the four Evangelists, the triangle of the Holy Trinity, twelve stars representing the Apostles and over a large symbolic chalice a host and the dove of the Holy Spirit. THE mosaic reredos depicts the vision where.Ezekiel saw VIEW of the Holy Trinity Chapel at St. Joseph's Infirmary. Ox because at the beginning of his Gospel he mentions the Priesthood of Zachary and be cause the ox was usually the victim in the sacrifice of the Old Law. It is to St. John that we owe the most beauti ful pages on the Divinity of the Word made Flesh and it is for this reason that he is sym bolized by the Eagle which soars into the heights. THE Equilateral Triangle is symbolic of the Trinity—the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Flanking th e Altar are two large proscenium figures car ved in lindenwood and with gold leaf representing St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin. An unusual feature of the Chapel is the placement of the Stations of the Cross as free standing sculptural groups in individual niches. The Stations are very impressive thirty-six four symbolic animals, which from the earliest centuries have been recognized as types of the Four Evangelists. St. Matthew is represented by the animal with a human face because his Gospel opens with the human geneology of Jesus and His humanity is stressed throughout. The attribution of the lion to St. Mark is be cause he wrote of the royal dig nity of Christ and began his Gospel with an account of St. John the Baptist, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness.” An added reason was that St. Mark was considered the his torian of the Resurrection, of which, among other things, the lion is a symbol. St. Luke is symbolically represented as an VIEW of the interior of the new Nurses* Home at St. Joseph’s Infirmary. CHRISTMAS TOUR Cardinal Spellman For Caribbean BEST WISHES GOLIAN STEEL & IRON COMPANY 1580 TAYLOR AVENUE EAST POINT, GEORGIA NEW YORK (RNS)—Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York and Military Vicar to Catholics in the Armed Forces, will spend the Christ mas season visiting American servicemen and their families in Puerto Rico and the Guan tanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The trip wil mark the 14th consecutive year that the card inal has been with military per sonnel abroad at Christmas time. He began the practice in 1951 when he went to Alaska. Since then he lias gone to many parts of the world where Ameri cans are found. CARDINAL Spellman was scheduled to leave between Dec, 18-20, in time to be in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on Dec, 21 to con secrate a new bishop. He is Bi shop-elect Fremiot Torres, who will head the Ponce diocese! From Dec. 22-24, Cardinal Pontiff Appeals For Congo Peace VATICAN CITY (RNS)—Pope Paul VI made a new appeal for “peace and brotherly soli darity” in the terror-swept Congo. His plea, published in Os- servatore Romano, called for the “safeguarding of human rights, particularly those of the weak and defenseless.” THE POPE’S message, co incided with the arrival of the first Italian refugees from the Congo. Foreign Minister Giu seppe Saragat extended the' thanks of the Italian government to Italians. Spellman will visit American installations in Puerto Rico. He will be at the Ramey Air Force Base on Dec. 22, at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Dec. 23, and at Fort Buchanan, Dec. 24. He wili celebrate a Christmas Midnight Mass on Dec. 24 at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base at the invitation of Rear Adm, John D. Bulkeley. On Christmas Day and the following two days, he will tour the many units at the base, meeting families. with Gl’s and BEFORE leaving New York, Cardinal Spellman was to ob serve the 25th anniversary of his appointment as Military Vi car. He w r as named to this post on Dec. 11, 1939, by Pope Pius XII. Last year on Christmas. Cardinal Spellman v/as in Antarctica. In 1962 he went to the Far East; in 1961 to Europe and in 1960 to the North Pole region. PIEDMONT HARDWARE & SUPPLY COMPANY ^CCSSOtitt ^uiCd&l4, QSictcvG/ie & “Suilciuty Specialities'' 1433 Mayson St., N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 875-0069 inches high three dimension al figures hand carved from lindenwood with a twenty-three Karat gold leaf finish. These figures are placed on five foot bronze pedestals, bringing them to eye level. THE candlabra and other Altar fittings repeat the bronze of the pedestals and the Com munion rail. The baldachin, or canopy, over the altar relates to the wood grille over die door ways whose gold leaf ventricles recall the pipes of a great cathe dral organ. Ths Sisters of Mercy, who own and operate St. Joseph's Infirmary, begin and end their day in this House of God. This is a semi-public oratory and is open to the patients, personnel and visitors who wish to visit the Blessed Sacrament and give honor and glory to God. Stained glass, sculpture, mosaic and Altar fittings in the Chapel were executed by Da- prato Studios of Chicago. JUHAN'S CLEANERS Expert - PeraoratlieO gomc« Olven to Every Garment Comlnj Into Our Plant Ill N. Mate at PO. 1.44<M Cad— fart. Cte. C7Qc/t Condition'! inctnll 00 k\R Co&W 15 Piedmont Ave, ^ m JR 6-4373 ECKARDT ELECTRIC CO 48 ALABAMA ST. S.W ATLANTA, GEORGIA MU 8 2723 Peeved TJtanJj-le WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR AP PRECIATION TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INSTALLATION OF REDLEVANTO MARBLE AT ST. JOSEPH’S INFIR MARY CHAPEL AND TO HAVE THE CO-OPERATION OF BARGE- THOMPSON AND ABREU & ROBE SON-ARCHITECTS. 509 PEACHTREE N.E. ATLANTA, GEORGIA TR.4-7573