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VOL. IV. NO. 16
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1966
$5.00 PER YEAR
PARISH LADIES GATHER
The Theresians Of Atlanta
Hold Orientation Program,
Hear Unit Aims Explained
ARCHBISHOP HALLINAN is pictured above as he addressed the
organizational meeting of the Theresians (vocation group) last
Sunday afternoon at the Cathedral Center. Shown also, right,
to left are the Rev. Raymond Govern C.SS.R., Spiritual Modera
te ARCHBISHOP HONORED
tor; Mrs. Douglas Stapp, President; Mrs. James Callison, Vice
President; Sister Ann Richard C.S.J. of Augusta, who spoke to
the woman’s group; and the Archdiocesan Director of Vocations,
Monsignor P.J. O’Connor.
Boy Scouts Instructed To Fight
War Against Creeping Apathy
THE AUDrrORIUM of the
i Cathedral of Christ the King
was the scene Sunday afternoon
of the orientation program of
The Theresians of Atlanta.
Invited ladies from the par
ishes in the Atlanta area gather
ed together to hear explained
more fully the aims and purpos
es of this new vocational en
deavor.
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan
spoke enthusiastically on the
role of the laywoman in the Vo
cation Apostolate.
He suggested that rather than
stressing the “need for voca
tions” that strides be made to
know our nuns on a more per
sonal basis.
In thus doing, we would more
fully recognize the importance
of die nun in the completion of
the Mystical Body of Christ,
he said.
TJie Director of Vocations, Rt.
. Rev. Msgr. P. J, O’Connor told
the group that a vocation is dis
covered only in the convent dur
ing a trial period rather than
before entering. The vocation
that is recognizable as such
before entering a convent is in
deed a rarity, he said.
The program was made com
plete by the presence of Sister
Ann Richard, C.S.J., who was
instrumental in introducing the
Theresian Program into Geor
gia.
She described theTheresians
of America as a new generation
of women who are willing to
meet the challenge confronting
the Church in this country at
this moment in history. They
are women who are bringing new
life, new thinking, and a new
purpose to the vocation effort,
specifically to the fostering of
vocations to the Sisterhood.
Closing remarks were offer
ed by Rev. Father Raymond
Govern, C.SS.R., the Theresian
Spiritual Moderator.
Pilgrimage
‘"‘“"toNDON "(NC)—BiTtisirpil
grims of many denominations
are planning a joint visit on
Oct. 2 to Mont St. Michel, fa
mous abbey just across the
English Channel in Normandy,
France. They are being invited
by Bishop Louis Guyot of Cou-
tanees and the Benedictine
monks.
ANNUAL RENEWAL
Pastors Exchange
Pulpits Sunday
Our Archdiocesan Expansion Drive is one year old this month.
In April 1965 we set our sights on collecting 2,000,000.00 over
a three year period to build the Village of St. Joseph for our
dependent children, the Student Center and Spalding Chapel at
the U. of Ga., and the Catholic Center for Lay Action in downtown
Atlanta. We also hope to begin a High school Fund.
The response was overwhelming. Not only did we achieve our ,
goal in Pledges, but we went over it to the tune of 2,180,083.16.
During the past year over 40% of these Pledges has been redeem
ed. Construction has begun on the Village and the Student Center
and Chapel in Athens and it seems we are on the way to a success
ful Drive.
- *
Nesjt Sunday, Apfil 24 is our FIRST ANNUAL RENEWAL SUN-
*DAY. Each Pastor will visit another parish and speak at all
Masses on the progress and needs of our Expasion Drive. Bro
chures have been printed clearly showing our achievements over
* 'the’ past' year. The Expansion Drive 'Committee’of' each' parish
will be on hand to distribute the brochures and accept new pled
ges from our new families.
Archbishop Hallinan is announcing our FIRST ANNUAL RE
NEWAL SUNDAY said "there is no doubt that the factors re
sponsible for the success of our Drive thus far have been the
enormous generosity and willing sacrifice of our people. I am
confident that this whole-hearted spirit will continue”.
BY PETER K. ILCHUK
”WE ARE NOT fighting the
world in which we live. We are
fighting our own complacency,
our own ingnorance, our own
resistance to change. It is to
ready our young men to fight
this creeping apathy that you
invite them to become scouts,
meet with them instruct and
train them, motivate them, and
share with them nature’s rigors
as well as nature’s joys,” said
The Most Reverend Paul J.
Hallinan, archbishop of Atlanta,
in addressing the closing ban
quet of the nineteenth National
Conference of Diocesan Scout
Chaplains and Diocesan Lay
Chairman held in Atlanta last
week.
He further said, “We are all
engaged in a vast movement
of mutual understanding, pray
er and work. Strictly called
Ecumenical, it really goes be-
MA Y 20-22
yond the family of baptized
believers to include those of
other religions. Here in the
USA, the Catholic Scouters, along
with the Newman chaplains
and the Armed Service Cha
plains have been practical
card-carrying ecumenists long
before it was respectable. Be
ginning in our early century
and assured in the 1930’s, this
mutual sharing with the mag
nificent program of the Boy
Scouts of America has flou
rished. The Decaration of
Principle (Art. IV, Sect. 1)
of the national constitution puts
the recognition of God and the
acknowledgement of His bless
ings right where they belong,
in the center of life for every
citizen, indeed for every man.
We are all grateful for the
manner in which Catholic Scout
ing has cooperated with the Boy
Scouts of America, and all the
more grateful for the hand of
friendship and mutual sharing
Lay Congress Main
Program Lines Set
The main lines of the pro
gram for the Archdiocesan Lay
Congress, to be held May 20
to 22, have been set, accord
ing to Frank McBrearity, chair
man of the Program Commit
tee.
Registration of delegates, al
ternates, Ad Hoc Committee
members, observers and guests
will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Fri
day, May, 20. All sessions of
the Congress will be held at the
Atlanta Biltmore Hotel.
The first general session will
convene at 7:30 p.m. with a
welcoming address by Arch
bishop Paul J. Hallinan and the
keynote address by Dean Can
non of the School of Theology
Emory University.
Business sessions will con
tinue all day Saturday,'May 21.
Capping the Saturday program
will be the banquet in the even
ing. Featured guest speaker
for the banquet will be Martin
Work, Executive Secretary of
the National Council of Catho
lic Men and a lay observer at
the Vatican Council.
Business will continue during
the day on Sunday, May 22, cli
maxed by a Pontifical Mass.
The meetings of the Lay Con
gress will be open to all who
are interested, according to
Mr. James Callison, president
of the Congress. Reservations
are also being taken for the
Saturday banquet on a first
come, first served basis. The
Program Committee plans to
publish further details in next
week's Georgia Bulletin.
extended by the national body.
We are united, not because of
weakness, but because of
strength.”
Archbishop Hallinan was pre
sented with a special Ad Altare
Dei Award at the dinner. The
special medal is marked by the
Archbishop’s coat of arms in
gold filagree on an elongated Ad
Altare Dei ribbon from which
is suspended a gold cross.
The medal itself was the sub
ject of much of the discussion’
at the four-day meeting. Pro
posals for a complete change
in the procedure for obtaining
the Ad Altare Dei Award, a
special medal presented to Ca
tholic Boy Scouts after the
completion of a series of re
quirements, were considered
and further changes Were re
commended. Mr. A.A. Kirk na
tional Director of Catholic Ser
vice of the Boy Scouts of Ame
rica, stated that “the commit
tee formed during our last mee
ting in Salt Lake City threw
away the old book of require
ments and started anew.”
Kirk also said, “The new re
quirements are built around the
New Liturgy, the Scriptures and
social change in America and
in ghe Church.” The new me
dal requirements stress an in
volvement on the part of the
scout in his Church and ser
vice to both the Church and
the Community as a Catholic
scout.
Pope Predicts
Latin Revival
VATICAN CITY' (NC)—Pope
Paul VI has predicted that the
Latin language, now in a "twi
light,” will revive.
Addressing 400 Latinists who
had come to Rome from
throughout the world for a con
vention on the Latin language,
the Pope stated that the Catholic
Church’s "official language”
is Latin despite the new ver
nacular liturgy.
, The conference also discus
sed the growing role of the Ca
tholic Scouter Development
program. Plans were made to
expand the training programs
for Catholic lay leaders to the
twelve regions and eventually
to the parish level.
Revisions were also made
in the Parvuli De Award, which
is similar to the Ad Altare
Dei Award but is programmed
for Cub Scouts. Revisions in
the requirements were made
along the same lines as those
recommended for the Ad Al
tare Dei Medal.
The appointment of William
H. Condon as director of Ca
tholic Relationships Service of
the Boy Scouts of America was
announced last Wednesday night
by Joseph A. Brunton, Chief
Scout Executive.
Follwoing his release from
military service after World
War II, Mr. Condon served at
councils in Worcester, Massa
chusetts, Washington, D.C.: and
Richmond, Virginia;
He joined the region 3 staff
in Aoril 1956 as a special de
puty for Exploring with head
quarters in Philadelphia, Penn
sylvania. In September 1959,
he became a deputy regional
Scout executive for the south
west service are of Region 3.
On April 1, 1963, he moved
to the home office of the Boy
Scouts of America in New Brun
swick, New Jersey, where he
has served in his preset posi
tion as coordinator of Special
Services in the Relationships
Division of the BSA.
The Most Reverend William
G. Connare, presiding bishop
of Greensburg, Pa., and chair
man of the Catholic Committee
on Scouting, also announced the
appointment of William H. Con
don as Executive Secretary of
the National Catholic Commit
tee on Scouting succeeding Mr.
Kirk who also holds this posi
tion.
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$160,000
Kennedy Foundation Gives
NCEA Med Study Grant
MSGIS. FRANCIS I.. SAMP
SON, a priest of the diocesy
of Des Moines, has recently
been appointed Deputy Chief
of Armv Chaplains,
Priest’s
‘Home’
Questioned
BALTIMORE—The following
statement was issued today by
the Baltimore archdiocese:
“Father Anthony Girandola,
described in newspaper stories
as” *a former Baltimore Ro
man Catholic priest,’ was not at
any time a member of the Bal
timore archdiocesan clergy.
Father Girandola came here
from New England as a patient
at the Seton Psychiatric Insti
tute, a hospital for the men
tally ill.
"At the request of doctors at
the Seton Psychiatric Institute,
Father Girandola was permit
ted to reside as a guest at a
Baltimore rectory and to help
with parish duties. This was
considered to be a part of his
therapy. On Dec. 16, 1964.
the Archbishop of Baltimore re
quested Father Girandola’s
Bishop to recall him to his own
diocese and this was done short
ly afterward.”
THE STATEMENT was issued
in reference to a wire service
story from St. Petersburg, Fla.,
concerning a priest who mar
ried and was quoted as saying
he planned to establish a home
for married priests.
CHICAGO—Mrs. R. Sargent
Shriver, executive vice presi
dent of the Joseph P. Kennedy,
J r„ Foundation, announced the
award of the $180,000 grant to
the National Catholic Educa
tional Association for Catholic
religious and lay teachers in the
field of mental retardation.
She said the three-year grant
would provide 100 scholarships
a year to permit Catholic teach
ers to attend summer schools
and institutes for the study of
mental retardation.
Speaking to the 63rd annual
NCEA convention here, Mrs.
Shriver said: 'There is an ur
gent need for more teachers of
the mentally retarded in the
Catholic schools.”
The grant will be administer
ed by die NCEA special educa
tion department, under direc
tion of Msgr. Elmer H, Behr-
mann NCEA associate secre
tary for the special education
department and assistant su
perintendent of schools in
charge of special education for
the St. Louis archdiocese.
Msgr. Behrmann told news
men that although government
scholarships are available to
Catholic teachers, the Kennedy
Foundation grant would be of
special value. This is because
government scholarships are
geared to full-time study, while
most Catholic religious com
munities are able to let their
members study on y during the
summer.
The Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.,
Foundation was established in
1946 by former Ambassador to
England Joseph P. Kennedy in
memory of his son, Lt. Joseph
P. Kennedy, Jr.
ITS SCHOLARSHIP program
marks the first time the foun
dation has decided to fund a
program for teacher training
in mental retardation.
KENNEDY FOUNDATION—Mrs. R. Sargent Shriver, executive vice-president, The Jo
seph P. Kennedy Jr., Foundation, announced a $180,000 grant to the National Catholic
Educational Association’s program to train teachers who will work with retarded children
(April 13) at the annual convention of the NCEA in Chicago. The former Eunice Kennedy
is seen here with (left to right): Msgr. Daniel M. Kirwin, president, special education
dept., NCEA; Msgr. Elmer H. Behrmann, associate secretary, special education dept.,
NCEA, and Msgr. William E. McManus, Chicago archdiocesan superintendent of schools.