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PAGE 6 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1966
Summer With A Purpose
Seminarians Foster Community Spirit Through Action
BY PETER K. ILCHUK
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A middle class college stu
dent found himself walking the
streets of a much poorer sec
tion in Atlanta than he ordi
narily walked during his high
school days in Rochester, N.Y.
He had his haircut in a Negro
barbershop in the area causing
at least some wonderment about
his presence there.
He is one of 17 seminarians
working in the Archdiocese as
part of the Summer With A
Purpose program (SWAP). Hie
group, divided into the three
areas of pastoral concern, the
rural, the suburban and the ur
ban apostolates, is attempting
to identify the Church with the
needs of the people and assist
the pastor in the functioning
of the parish.
Although the Archdiocese has
had a summer program for dea
cons for a number of years,
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan
sought to extend the program
to include the younger semi
narians. It not only aids the
people of the archdiocese, but
provides the seminarian with
a pre-ordination training in the
practical application of his stu
dies. liie Archbishop appointed
Father Paul Kelley as director.
A reporter spent the day with
the Urban group working with
Sacred Heart Parish. Semina
rian Marty Morgan answered
the door as part of his one day
of taking care of the clerical
duties of running the parish
including answering the phone
and assisting the many people
who visit the rectory each day.
In one of the group’s perio
dic evaluation sessions, all see
med to agree the basic pro
blem they experience at the be
ginning is finding their direc
tion. The vast amounts of apos
tolic work that should and must
be done is creating a challenge
far beyond the scope of the
short six weeks they will spend
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students.
‘round the altar’ mass is said by Father William' Calhoun for the Catechetical School
here. But each seminarian rea
lizes that one of his chief aims
must be the providing of a con
tinuing program that will stay
alive after they have gone and
will be ready for further deve
lopment when a new group re
turns next year.
The afternoon schedule of
Peter Dora from Sandy Springs
took him to St. Joseph's In
firmary to visit Catholics who
are hospitalized. “A few minu
tes spent with someone who
has to spend days in a hospi
tal bed gives him a little more
strength to continue, ” he said.
In addition to the hospital the
seminarians will also visit the
federal penitentiary and the lo
cal jails in the application of the
corporal works of mercy.
One of the more time con
suming but necessary duties of
all three groups is that of re
gistering parishioners and tak
ing a parish census. The Atlanta
group has been working in the
Morningside section trying to
contact the Catholics there and
bring them into closer associa
tion with their parishioners.
In the groups of two the
seminarians seek out each pa
rishioner and record the ne
cessary information. But this
rather menial chore has deeper
aims. It ends to bring the
Church activity out of the vesti
bule and into the home. In this
way the parishioners have time
to chat with these future priests
and have a far better lay-clergy
dialog.
The present primary concern
is the Catechetical School be
ing run in the morning dealing
with an intensive study of the
Liturgy. Each day is concluded
with the celebration of the Mass
adapted for the students’ un
derstanding. The seminarians
run the bus to and from the
school and conduct the classes.
Approaches attuned to the
level of students are designed
to maintain maximum interest
with the least association with
the classroom. Informal dis
cussion groups are held around
the dining room table, in a den
or visual representations in the
sacristy of the church.
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NASHVILLE (RNS)—Editors
of Southern Baptist publications
were almost unanimous in de
scribing the denomination’s
1966 convention, recently con
cluded in Detroit, a remark
ably harmonious one. But there
was less agreement on whether
this was good or bad.
Dr. E.S. James of the Bap
tist Standard of Texas said
“most persons would agree we
had a fine convention.’’
The Oklahoma Baptist Mes
senger rejoiced in the harmony:
“Having passed through a long
period of criticism, contro
versy and self-analysis in re
cent years, the convention this
year gave its primary empha
sis to missions and evange
lism.’*
Although the business trans
acted by the convention appear
ed routine, the California Sou
thern Baptist said, "the adop
tion of program statements for
several Southern Baptist Con
vention agencies brought to con
clusion a monumental task that
has been in the mill for several
years.”
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C.R. Dale of the (Kentucky)
Western Recorder was more
critical. “To those who expect
lively discussion, stimulating
presentatons and high inspir
ational moments in a conven
tion, this year’s meeting was
disappointingly dull.” He warn
ed that for future conventions
"more creative ways must be
found to present the many de
nominational reports, and
something more stimulating
than an oft-heard Southern Bap
tist preacher must be used to
climax the convention ses
sions.”
On a similar note, Marse
Grant of the Biblical Recorder
of the North Carolina Conven
tion urged that future conven
tions feature less preaching
speakers from outside the Bap
tist . fellowship. He also noted
that sooner or later Southern
Baptists must "face the hard,
divisive issues” with which
other denominations wrestle.
In agreement was the Reli
gious Herald of Virginia, which
faulted the convention for re
jecting a motion that would
have alloted at least two hours
of future week-long conventions
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Robert Kinast of Pittsburgh,
Pa. spent the afternoon in the
Bedford Pines area, a predo
minantly Negro section, “basi
cally just letting them see me
walking around.”
“So many of the Catholics in
this area (about 30 families)
have lost touch with their
Church. We want to bring them
first into a feeling of community
involvement with the Catholics
in their immediate area. Then,
the Church can come to them
in the form of a community
spirit,” Kinast said.
A considerable number of
families lack adaquate housing
and support. But many see the
value of education and it is
through this medium that the
seminarians hope to bring the
people together. By discussing
with the parents what they would
like to see done in a summer
school program, the semina
rians begin to work directly with
the people in solving their dif
ficulties.
In the words of Archbishop
Hallinan, “They are ready to
swap leisure for labor, swap
for consideration of current
theological, social and moral
issues.
"Southern Baptists evade
their Christian responsibility
when they presume to find in
past formulas and statements
directions for worthy conduct
in the present rapidly chang-
in order,” it said. “While tru
th and moral principles abide
unchanged, interpretations an
applications of these basic con
cepts soon become obsolete.”
But the California Southern
Baptist maintained that the mo
tion to place such issues on the
agenda of future conventions
was “wisely defeated.”
“An assembly of 10,000 to
15,000 people is not the place
to handle controversial is-
suces,” it held. “The conven
tion is essentially convened to
conduct business and project
our Baptist cooperative work
...Baptists need to give more
creative thought to the complex
and sometimes controversial
issues of contemporary society,
but not in the contest of a mas
sive convention meeting.”
ROBERT KINAST speaks with a Catholic boy in the Bedford Pines
area in an attempt to bring the Catholics there into a more active
role in their Church community.
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ROBERT KINAST holds a discussion group around the dining
room table on the Eucharist.
freedom for responsibilities,
swap a summer of loafing for
one of work mixed with fellow
ship and fun. They will be bet
ter priests for it all...”
The archdiocese, too, will
benefit vastly as these young
seminarians inject their spirit
of youth into the aggiornamento
movment that the Church is
presently experiencing.
Though, their time spent will
be brief, the work they will do
will lay the foundation for many
more seminarians that will fol
low and may spark similar
programs in other areas.
In addition to those, already
mentioned, working in the At
lanta area are Bruce Vene-
klse, Decatur, Gerald McBrea-
rity, Chamblee, and John Law
rence, Rochester, N.Y.
NOTE THIS CALENDAR
30 - The FIRST FRIDAY CLUB of Atlanta monthly luncheon
meeting will be held on Thursday, June 30, at noon in the
Henry Grady Hotel. All members and guests are invited
to attend. The guest speaker will be Thomas R. Uffelman,
Scout Executive, Atlanta Area of the Council of Boy Scouts
of America.
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JULY
2 - Archbishop Hallinan will bless the new habits of the Sisters
of Mercy at St. Joseph’s Infirmary Chapel of the Holy Trinity
at noon.
3 - The Sacred Heart Program dealing with the stength of
example and respect for freedom of conscience will be
aired on WAGA-TV, channel 5, July 3, at 7:30 a.m.
8 - Archbishop Hallinan will speak at the Rotary Club meeting
at the YWCA Building—Rotary at noon the “New Perspec
tives On Catholicism.”
9 - The Holy Cross Parish Annual Picnic will be held Saturday,
July 9 from Noon to 7 p.m. at Mathis Dairy.
10 - Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan will speak to the Society of
St. Vincent de Paul on Sunday, July 10, at 4 p.m. at Christ
the King Assembly Room. All interested in how the society
operates are invited to attend.
20 - Annual Leadership Conference of the Archdiocesan Council
of Catholic Women is set for Wednesday July 20. Details
to be announced later.
SEPTEMBER
10 - The Annual Convention of the Archdiocesan Council of
Catholic Women is set for September 10. Plans are pre
sently being discussed. Details to be announced later.
PETER DORA visits Mrs. Thomas Bockman in St. Joseph’s
Infirmary.
PETER DORA Instructs the children in, various parts of the
liturgy in the sacristy of Sacred Heart Church.
Jacob Bollmer, Decatur,
Thomas Rogan, Pittsburgh, Pa.;
John Thomas, Atlanta; and Den
nis LaBonte, Lombard, Ill. are
working in St. Joseph’s Parish,
Athens.
Assisting Father Richard
Morrow in his newly establish
ed parish in the Smyrna area
are Raymond Horan of Lincoln
Park, N.J.; Joseph Cavallo of
Marietta; Larry Ruggiero of
LaGrange, and Frank Corbett
of Atlanta.
Steve Webster of Atlanta,
Thomas Keating of Bradford,
Pa., and Joseph Sullivan of
Atlanta will be here later in the
summer and work with the Glen-
mary Fathers in St. Luke’s
Parish of Dahlonega.
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