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CATHOLIC
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SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES
ATLANTA, GEO RGIA
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1966
$5.00 PER YEAR
FURMAN SMITH
HERB FARNSWORTH
MRS. HORSEY
PARISH DELEGATES, ALTERNATES
Lay Congress Briefing
Scheduled For Sunday
A preliminary briefing ses
sion for delegates and alter
nates of the Lay Congress, a-
long with members of the Ad
Hoc Committee, will take place
Sunday, February 13 at the Ca
thedral auditorium from 2:30
p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Herbert G. ' Farnsworth
• SEE DELEGATE LIST PAGE 3
Chairman of the Ad Hoc Com
mittee, said that the briefing
session will be the only ge
neral meeting planned prior to
the Lay Congress which is sche
duled for April 15, 16 and 17.
He urged that all delegates and
alternates along with the Ad Hoc
Committee members, make it
a point to be present.
ARCHBISHOP Paul J. Halli-
nan will be the principal spea
ker at the session. Permanent
officers of the Lay Congress
will be elected at this meet
ing, as will be members of com
mittees to be established for
the work of the Congress.
During the Sunday briefing,
delegates and alternates will
have an opportunity to meet and
exchange ideas with the Ad Hoc
Committee which has been
planning subjects and phases of
the Congress.
The Ad Hoc Committee has
as its chairman Herbert Farns
worth of Christ the King Pa
rish; Mrs. Harry Horsey, also
of Christ the King, and Pre
sident of the Archdiocesan
Council of Catholic Women, is
secretary. Furman Smith is
chairman of the Steering Com
mittee planning the prepara
tions for the Congress.,
In convoking the first Con
gress of the Laity on January
6, Archbishop Hallinan said it
would be an intergral part of
the program of renewal which
will co-ordinate in the Arch
diocesan center to be held Nov-
ember 20-22.
THE ARCHBISHOP said:
"The Lay Congress is based
on the intent of the Constitu
tion, on the Church; Chapter
IV (The Laity), especially Par.
33 (may every opportunity be
given them so that they may
zealously participate in the sav
ing work of the Church), and
Par. 37 (let this be done through
organs established by the
Church for this purpose)’*.
“The Lay Congress should
consist of two elements: —
(a) A General Lay Committee
(including a Steering Com
mittee and Committees as de
termined by the General Lay
Committee): (b) An Assembly of
delegates elected by the pa
rishes to consider, alter, amend
and approve or disapprove re
commendations prepared for
the consideration of the De
legates by the General 1 '' Lay
Committee.”
The Archbishop added that
the Lay Congress is "an au
thentic voice of the laity in the
Archdiocese. It should elicit the
full interest and cooperation of
God’s People as a necessary
part of the renewal. It should
be a first step in the estab
lishing of those organs for the
laity ordered by the Council.
And it should be an effective
instrument in preparing our
First Archdiocesan Synod in
the spirit of today’s Church.”
CHA Meeting
CLEVELAND (NC) — The
Catholic Hospital Association
will hold its annual convention
at the new Cleveland Convention
Center here June 13 to 16.
Archbishop’s
Statement
MY CONGRATULATIONS to those elected by their parishes
to represent all the people of God in Catholic North Georgia. On
April 15, 16 and 17, they will sit as the House of Delegates at our
first Congress for the Laity.
Their presence, and their debate, vote and decision, will pro
vide for the Archdiocesan Synod (.Nov. 20-22) the true voice of
our laity. Here is Vatican II in miniature.
The Church, is “setting up organs or chan
nels by which the laity may reveal .their needs
and defeires, their competence and their cri
ticism for the Church’s good”. This they do
"in truth, courage, prudence, with reve
rence and charity toward those who by this
sacred office represent the person of Christ.”
IT WILL recall the other time such a
House of Etelegates met in Georgia back in the
1820’s and 1830*s. Bishop John England’s authority extended over
Georgia, and he launched and fostered this American democratic
format. We are proud that we are his descendants, proud that the
caliber of today’s layman is as noble now as in the days of the
mission.
The Etelegates are yours. Let them know your thoughts, In
"truth, courage and reverence” let us all move together toward
the realization of Christ’s Church on Earth.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
FINALIZING of plans for the new St. Joseph Village is shown
here in a picture made this week in Archbishop Hallinan’s office.
The Archbishop, seated, reviews the plans with the job’s con
tractor, T.C. Brittain, left, and architect, Gerard Deckbar. Bids
had been received the previous week.
‘Mass On The Mall’
Scheduled For
Lenox Square
"MASS ON the Mall” will be
offered daily during Lent at
12:30 in the midst of the thou
sands of shoppers at Lenox Squ
are in northern Atlanta. Cele
brants who will alternate on the
weekdays will be Archbishop
Paul J. Hallinan and Father
Noel Burtenshaw, Cancellor of
the Archdiocese.
Carrying a "Mass-kit*’,
packing and unpacking the altar
supplies, will be familiar tasks
for both priests. The Arch
bishop, while U. S. Army Chap
lain in New Guinea and the PhU-
lipines 1943-1945, offered Mass
for the amphibian engineers
everyday “out of a kit*’, and
the Chancellor has spent many
of his Sundays on the new Geor
gia missions, in a public school
in Chamblee, and a civic hall in
Roswell.
THE ARRANGEMENTS to use
the auditorium in Lenox Square,
one of the South’s largest shop
ping centers, were made
through Mr. Chess Lagomar-
sino, Vice President of Lenox
Square, Inc., a member of the
Cathedral parish. Through'his
generosity and that of others,
the costs of the project will be
defrayed.
Members of the Cathedral
Guild will assume responsibili
ty of directing church-goers to
the auditorium, setting up the
vestments and altar. The Mass
will be a recited Mass, without
singing, but the brief homily,
offertory procession, and lay
reading of the lessons will be
done according to the new lit
urgical renewal.
THE PURPOSE of "Lent at
Lenox”, according to Arch
bishop Hallinan, is to go to the
NCEA OFFICIAL SA YS
School Criticism
Brought Benefits
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. (NC)—
Criticism Of the Catholic school
system has brought * some most
beneficial results,” an official
of the National Catholic Educa
tional Association said here.
“It did for the schools in a
rapid way that which would have
taken a decade otherwise, as it
pointed up the tendency to glo
rify tradition rather than move
with the times,” said Father
Albert Koob, O. Praem., as
sociate secretary of the se
condary schools department,
NCEA.
Speaking at a diocesan tea
chers’ institute here, Father
Koob said:
“ARCHAIC thinking has now
largely given way to a fresh
ness and newness of spirit.
A new philosophy of Catholic
education is in the process of
being forged.”
He said some of the signs of
improvement were: teacher-
pupil ratio; increased profes
sional training among admini
strators and teachers; advisory
boards which ihclude laymen;
library facilities, and an up
grading in the status of lay
teachers.
Discussing cooperation be
tween Catholic and public
schools, he said: "Still more
is planned both under the head
ing of social action, using po
verty war funds, and under the
various provisions of the Na
tional Defense Education Act
to improve the quality of edu-
School Honors
NCWC Official
CHICAGO (NC) — Msgr.
George' G. Higgins, director of
the Social Action Department,
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference, Washington, D.C., will
address 552 graduates at De-
Paiil University’s annual mid
year convocation Feb. 13.
Msgr. Higgins also will re
ceive an honorary doctorate of
laws degree at the ceremony
from Father John R. Cortelyou,
C.Ml, university president.
cation offered by our Catholic
schools.
“CATHOLIC education has
now moved out of the stage
where it was merely an apos-
tolate; it is now a professional
activity with an even deeper
commitment to Christian for
mation,” he said.
Father Koob predicted for
the future:
• The laity, civic groups
and current legislation will
greatly influence school po
licies.
• IMPROVED religious in
struction will be found for pu
pils unable to meet higher stan
dards in Catholic schools.
• Lay teachers will ex
ercise mo.re educational lea
dership.
• Dioceses will cooperate
in planning curriculum.
• Educational leadership
will replace over-emphasis on
humility.
"Leadership emphasis is
certain to be characteristic of
the future Catholic school,”
he said.
COADJUTOR Bishop Joseph A.
Durick, 51, has been appointed
apostolic administrator of the
Nashville diocese, Tennessee.
Bishop Rev. William L. Ad-
rain, 83, head of the see since
1936, retains the title of bishop
of Nashville but has been relie
ved of the burden of administra
tion.
LENOX SQUARE Shopping Center. Site of
’Mall-Mass
people, not to wait for them.
The presence of the worshipping
community and their Eucharis
tic service right in the midst
of shopping, eating, parking
people is completely in har
mony with the Church’s new
spirit of involvement and her
traditional role as servant of
God’s people. He said:
“The idea came from the ac
count of Popp Paul Vi’s seven
years in Milan as Archbishop of'
that great industrial city of
northern Italy. In 1955, short
ly after he became spiritual
leader of this diocese of more
than three million persons, he
visited the great factory of Sesto
Sam Giovanni, the 'Italian Stal
ingrad*. There he offered Mass
right in the midst of men at their
machines. He continued this
practice, and it culminated in a
great mission to the entire city
in 1957.
“His challenge, in bringing
‘this blessed mission’ to all
was this: ’Let churches be
opened, cellars, houses, court
yards, schools, offices, fac
tories, hospitals, hotels — let
them all be swung open. Where-
ever men assemble, wherever
they work, think or suffer, this
blessed message will knock on
every door’ ”, Archbishop Hal
linan said in announcing the new
services.
“MILAN IS a city heavily in
dustrial, while Atlanta is a cen
ter of commerce and distribu
tion. Our Lenten innovation,
Mass in the middle of the shop
pers, is a humble beginning. But
it is a step forward in the spirit
of Paul VI as he calls the Cath
olic world to a fresh realiza
tion that Jesus and His Church
go to the world, not waiting
for the world to come to the
Church,” the Archbishop said.
In several parishes, pastors
have arranged "neighborhood
Masses’ in private homes on
weekdays. Reports on atten
dance, interest and participa
tion have been very encourag
ing, according to a Chancery
statement.
AT CHRIST THE KING
Boy Scout Week Climax
With Award Presentation
BOY SCOUT WEEK, February
7-13, will climax in the arch
diocese at 3 p.m. Sunday when
Msgr. Patrick J. O’Connor will
present outstanding Scouts, both
boys and girls of parishes
around the city with awards at
a special ceremony in Christ
the King Cathedral.
The archdiocese participa
tion in the observance will join
with over 900 packs, troops,
and posts in the Atlanta Area
Council of the Boy Scouts of
America,
Theme of the observance is
"Breakthrough for Youth” and
will also mark the 56th anniver
sary of the Boy Scouts of Ameri
ca. The Scouts were founded
on February 8, 1910.
THOMAS D. HUGHES, presi
dent of the Atlanta Area Coun
cil said, ‘The Breakthrough
for Youth theme for the 1966
Boy Scout Week will give every
scout unit an opportunity to
dramatize its own goals topro-
vide a quality Scout Program for
more boys in its neighborhood.
The Atlanta council and its ten
districts will also use Boy Scout
Week as a time to report to the
general public on its determi
nation to expand the Scout pro
gram local organizations.*'
The Scouts in the Atlanta area
will join in a program to honor
former Scouts and Scout leaders
with the slogan, “Once a Scout,
Always a Scout.” These alumni
will be invited to the traditional
open*-! house meetings that each
pack, troop, and post will hold
during February.
Other features of Boy Scout
FATHER DANNEKER
Week will include window dis
plays and live demonstrations;
observance of Scout Sabbath,
February 11 and 12 and Scout
Sunday, February 13; and a Good
Turn for Chartered Institution
Day when each Scout unit will
participate in a service project
for the organization that holds
its charter for the use of the
Scout Program, according to
Mr. Hughes.
UNIFORM i WAS generally
scheduled for Tuesday when
Scouts attended school in uni
form and told of their partici
pation in the Scout program.
Father Edward A. J. Danne-
ker, assistant archdiocesan
Scout director said Wednesday
that at St. Thomas More, Scouts
will wear their uniforms to
school during Boy Scout Week.
He said, "Our special pro
gram will include a chicken din
ner from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday, February 12, in the St.
Thomas More cafetorium in De
catur.” He pointed out that
funds from the dinner will be
used for camping and scouting
equipment.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
SHOWN at a meeting of representatives of the Bishops* Commis
sion for Ecumenical Affairs with reprsentatives of the National
Council of Churches, held in Baltimore, are (Left to right): Bishop
John J. Carberry of Columbus; Lawrence Cardinal Shehanof Bal
timore; and Dr. Norman Baugher, Vice-President of the National
Council.