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VOL. 3, NO. 5? .
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1965
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GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES
Atlanta
EDUCATION SECRETARY:
Fund For High
Schools Vital
To Expansion
• See also pages 3 and 8
MSGR, PATRICK J. O'CONNOR
Secretary for Education
One of the most important
purposes of the Archdiocesan
Expansion program is the es
tablishment of a fund for high
school development. At the
present time, we as an Arch
diocese are blessed with three
well established and well di
rected Catholic High Schools.
ACCREDITED SCHOOLS
To be accredited, a high
school, among many demands,
must have the full complement
of grades. St. Joseph and St.
Pius X Catholic High Schools
are accredited by The Southern
Association. Drexel High School
will have its first graduating
class this year of 1965 and will
be in a position then to apply
for accreditation. We should
note that 34% of our Catholic
children are attending our
Archdiocesan high schools.
NEW HIGH SCHOOLS
Plans foi' other high schools'
are in foe offing. Educators
and administrators know that In
the American educational set
up, the high, school is one of the
most expensive projects in the
building market.
High Schools are not just
buildings. They are well equip
ped and degreed administrators
and teachers; they are members
of religious communities well
equipped to teach; they are qual
ified lay teachers.
New schools mean the ac
quiring of desirable property,
zoning the property and, per
haps most of all, the placing of
the schools where they will best
serve the students, the parish
es, the community, the Church.
The Expansion Campaign will
give us a hind for high school
development. We will be enab
led to buy the right property, in
the right place, to use at the
right time.
TIME OF ASSESSMENT
Well do we know that a dur
able democracy is founded on an
educated people. In the evolu
tion of education, the emergence
of the Catholic school has been
one of the social miracles.
Seven million students are in
America's Catholic schools.
Billions of dollars are being
spent annually for this special
type of education. The needs of
the nation are the needs of the
persons.
The Catholic elementary
school is designed to be an in
vitation to learning, an invita
tion to group experience, and an
invitation to seek God. The
Catholic high school is the place
where, in addition to the con
tinuance of religious formation
and citizenship training, two
vital new educational events
come into the lives of teenaged
boys and girls.
One is the intensive concent
tration in academic subjects re
quired for the future, whether
for college or another pursuit.
The other is the thoroughgoing
guidance in the matters requir
ed for sound personal growth.
High Schools meet the needs of
exuberant youth with a broad
program of study and guidance,
preparatory to college and to
life.
CATHOLICS OF the Archdio
cese are rightfully proud of what
they have in the education pre
gram as it exists today, but
more proud should they be in die
preparations and plans being
made now for the demands of
the future. As has been stated,
one of the many imperative
needs confronting this youthful,
zestful Archdiocese is a Fund
for High School Development,
to get the right property, in
the right place, to use at the
right time.
Problems and opportunities
are challenges. It should be a
source of solace to our people
to know that we in the education
al field in the Archdiocese, un
der the leadership of Archbis
hop Hallinan, are ready to face
the problems and welcome the
opportunities.
• See also pages 3 and 8
The Special Gifts Committee
of our Archdiocesan Expansion
Campaign this Monday submit
ted a first report to Archbishop
Hallinan of $208,000 in sub
scriptions. This total includes
the two major gifts reported in
last week's BULLETIN.
REESE COLEMAN
JUDGE McKENZIE
Corps
CHICAGO— (NC) Peace
Corps director Sargent Shriver
suggested a "peace corps in re
verse” as he addressed a pack
ed plenary session of the sec
ond annual conference of the
Catholic Inter-American Co
operation Program.
"If the peace corps volun
teers learn as they teach, if
our common problems have
common solutions, why must all
the traffic be oneway?" he ask
ed (Jan. 28) "Why shouldn’t
papal volunteers, for instance,
come north as well as south?
Why not a corps of papal vol
unteers— or peace corps vol
unteers— from Latin America
to work in the U. S.?”
SHRIVER said these volun
teers "working under the same
conditions as our peace corps,
could work in our urbanslums
and through our Southewest, for
instance, teaching Spanish and
teaching literacy."
"Some Latin American coun
tries have more advanced pro
In submitting the report, Gen
eral Chairman G. Albert Law-
ton emphasized that the results
to date were achieved by the
men of the committee from only
a small number of donors. He
indicated that the 21 laymen
and 6 priests still have a large
number of assignments to com
plete. Another Special Gifts
Committee report meeting is
scheduled for Tuesday, Feb
ruary 9th. Mr. Lawton describ
ed this as a ''semi-final" meet
ing and urged all Committeemen
to strive to complete the major
ity of their assignments by that
evening.
THE ABOVE are among members of the Special Gifts Commit
tee of the Archdiocesan Expansion Campaign.
Co-ordinator, emphasized again
that the second and final or
ganization meeting for parish
Memorial Gifts Committees
will be held in the central hall
of the Region on the same night
this coming week.
This past week more than 200
volunteer women, who are ser
ving as parish Campaign secre
taries, will complete the orga
nization of Campaign materials
for the use of the men volun
teers of the parish Memorial
Gifts Committees. Rev. Euse
bius J. Beltran, Assistant Arch
diocesan Co-ordinator, speak
ing at the meeting of Region 4
in Athens, complimented the
women of the Archdiocese who
are providing such a vital link
in the administrative prepara
tions for the Campaign. He es
pecially noted the fact that in
initial plans it had been hoped
that possibly 150 women-might
be enlisted throughout the par
ishes. The fact that the num
ber far exceeds the minimum
requirement was most encour
aging, he emphasized.
PRIEST PASTORS From Region Five (Atlanta) Of The Archdiocesan Program Discuss Details of-
Operation. Left To Right: Rev. Walter Donovan, Blessed Sacrament; Rev. R. Donald Kiernan, St.
Anthony's; Very Rev. Harold J. Rainey, Chancellor, (Coordinator); Rev. Michael McKeever, Our
Lady of Lourdes; Very Rev. John L. O'Shea, V.F., St. John’s Hapeville, Msgr. James E. King,
Pastor Emeritus, St. Anthony's; Rev. Arthur Murray, O.F.M., Immaculate Conception.
LATIN AMERICA
Shriver Asks ‘Peace
DR. SPALDING SCHROEDEF
PAT McGINN
In Reverse’
, j• ** •**
grams in literacy training than
any in the world," he said. "In
the field of co-ops and credit
unions, there is valuable work
to be done, here, and we have
much to learn."
Addressing himself particul
arly to the large Latin Ame
rican contingent at the meet
ing, the peace corps director
said:
"As we and you face our com
mon problems, we should share
the human resources available
to solve them. Here is a per
sonal 'alliance for progress’
which would reach the people.
The people from your pueblos
and great cities could be dire
ctly involved."
Represents Pope
LONDON (NC)—Pope Paul VI
was represented by Archbishop
Igino Cardinale, apostolic dele
gate to Great Britain, at the
state funeral of Sir Winston
Churchill in St. Paul's cathe
dral here (Jan. 30).
SHRIVER related that there
are how 5,000 peace corps
workers in Latin America. He ■
said that fears and dire predi
ctions that the Catholic priests
in Latin America would ad
vise their people to shun Pro
testant "gringos" in the peace
corps have come to naught.
He paid particular tribute to
Msgr. Jose Joaquin Salcedo,
director general of Accion
Cultural Popular, Bogota, Col
umbia, forhelping to dissipate
fear and prejudice regarding
peace corps workers. He rela
ted that Msgr. Salcedo print
ed pictures in his papers of
all the peace corps volunteers
who were coming to Colombia
and asked the villagers where
they were going to welcome •
them.
Shriver also had high praise
for another Latin American par
ticipant in the conference, Bis
hop Eugenio de Araugo Sales,
apostolic administrator of the -
Archdiocese of Natal, Brazil.
Mr. Michael J. Egan, Jr.,
Assistant General Chairman, in
analyzing the report noted that
jngny ,qf the special gifts were
in the form' of memorials in
each of the three building pro
jects included in the Expansion
Program.
In this same week Regional
meetings of parish Memorial
Gifts Committees have been
taking place. Last Sunday, 107
men, representing foe five par
ishes of Region 1, assembled in
Cathedral Center. Rev. John D.
Stapleton, Regional Moderator,
and Mr. Herbert G. Farnsworth,
Regional Chairman, explained
foe Memorial Plan and describ
ed foe activity of foe Memorial
Gifts Committee in each parish.
A further description of the
Memorial Plan appears on page
three.
Similar meetings are being
held in each of foe other five
regions this week, and it is an
ticipated that foe actual work of
foe parish Memorial Gifts Com
mittee will begin next week with
individual regions beginning
their work following their regu
lar weekly meeting night.
Very Rev. Harold J. Rainey,
Chancellor and Archdiocesan
EXPANSION PROGRAM
Committee Reports
$208,000 In Gifts
INTERVIEW WITH THE EDITOR
Archbishop Emphasizes Expansion Campaign Purposes
• SEE ALSO PAGES 3 AND 8
The following questions and answers are based on an interview
given by Archbishop Hallinan with Gerard E. Sherry, Managing
Editor, The Archbishop talks over foe various facets of foe Arch
diocesan Expansion Program and sums up its goal,
•**
Q. Archbishop, we talk of a "theme" for foe Expansion Program.
A The theme of foe Expansion,
'The Place is Here, foe Time is
Now’’, is really more than a theme.
It is a whole approach to foe needs
of a Catholicism growing and de
veloping right in our midst. It's
foe right place for this Expansion.
Northern Georgia and especially
Greater Atlanta are expanding. The
right time is 1965, in a diocese
nine years old, an archdiocese three
years old, our needs and our re
sources are coming together. Be
sides, if there was ever a good
time for foe question, "When is foe
right time for a campaign?" it's
right now. Most Catholics and Americans are in an unequaled
prosperity wave; jobs, salaries, homes, deposits and consump
tion have never been higher.
Q As you know, there is always criticism of an alleged over
emphasis on collecting money. While much of foe criticism is un
informed, it is still presentinparochiallife.Do you ever feel em
barrassed by it all?
A. I never feel embarrassed in studying, accounting
for, interpreting, and asking for foe funds the Church
needs. St. Paul was quite honest and forthright about
the whole subject of money. So are all housewives,
insurance men, business executives and Mr. Dillon, foe
Secretary of foe Treasury. All we expect in a good pas
tor or bishop is that foe spiritual is foe essence. In
money matters, he is foe steward of his people's
funds; he must be competent and faithful — in report
ing foe Church’s needs, in asking foe people for foe
needed resources.
Q. What do you think is foe most vital part of foe Expansion
Program?
A I think foe single most vital step in foe Expansion
is foe Ecumenical Center in foe Catholic Center for
Lay Action. It grows out of Pope John’s and Pope
Paul’s vision of an open Church, foe trust of foe Vati
can Council to the world. The decree on Ecumenism is
already history; foe ground rules are coming. The
great schema on 'The Church in foe Modern.World"
will be foe work of this last 1965 session.
We must meanwhile start. Here in our area foe
ecumenical atmosphere is good. Instances of coopera
tion are multiplying. But after talking with other
priests and Protestant and Jewish clergymen, foe
times seem to call for a place for foe Catholic efforts
to start, and a place to welcome those of other faiths.
We will ask them to supply lists of good, definite
works on their churches. We will supplement this
with books on foe Catholic faith,.— and especially foe
fine choices of ecumenical literature now appearing.
(Soon we will publish a tentative list). It is intended to
be a friendly, understanding sort of a center. Laymen
of all faiths have told me how exciting foe whole pros
pect is.
Q. Three of the projects envisaged can be glamorized with
architectural drawings, purchased land and services to be ren
dered. What about foe fourth project which you have mentioned?
A. The fourth project is foe hardest to visualize
because it isn’t a "picturable project". It is foe
High School Development Fund". It is of tremendous
importance. Our people are calling for more Catho
lic high schools, Certainly foe Southern part of foe
Greater Atlanta area needs this attention. Rome
and Athens and ofoer cities in the Archdiocese will
some day have their own schools.
Meanwhile, studies on population trends and pupil
location must be made. The right property must be
purchased, and zoning prepared. Residence for re
ligious teaching communities must be planned. Lay
teachers must be trained. These are all preliminary
steps. The funds are needed now for this preparation;
later will come foe campaign to construct them. But
it will be money better spent because this 1965 prepa
ration has been taken in time, and economically.
Q. Why have you laid such emphasis on Project I — St. Jo
seph’s Village?
A. The high point of foe Village for Dependent Child
ren — at least one that will probably deeply interest
foe whole community — is the Program for Citizen
ship. These boys and girls are tomorrow's citizens.
By growing up in the democratic process; by a limited
but real self-government; by their choice of perhaps a
"Mayor" and ’^Council", — these young people will be
given a chance to grow in citizenship, its responsibili
ties and duties. Many of them are children of creative
talent, but their backgrounds have been against them.
This is our chance to provide a stimulant to a new
and wider view of their future. It is an imaginative
attempt to widen their horizons. There will be ups and
downs, mistakes and disappointments. But, as these
boys and girls put their trust in us, we must put our
trust in them.
Q. Everyone knows of your great work and interest in foe New
man Apostolate on foe secular campus. What are foe Archdioce
san committments to this important work here in Northern
Georgia?
A. Naturally foe project at the University of Georgia
is close to my heart because I worked in foe college
and university climate for eighteen years. Here we
have many committments — in Atlanta,GeorgiaTech,
Emory, Georgia State, Agnes Scott, Oglethorpe, foe
CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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