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| Father Kelley Writes
I Article For Ave Maria
GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1967
CALENDAR
Father Paul Kelley, principal at St. Joseph High School and
director of the seminarians' summer work lastyear in the arch
diocese, has written an article in the April 29 issue of Ave
Maria, national Catholic weekly.
The priest said the Church
has not found a way to effec
tively identify itself with the
poor in Atlanta. “We are some
times heard, but we seldom
hear; we,are sometimes seen,
but we seldom see;, we are not
really known, because we do
not really want to know.”
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Young people and adults took
part in the event which included
a flea market sale, 'a DeKalb
County Fire Department
demonstration, a judo show, a
softball game, and a band music
Concert.
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The article by Father Kelley
follows;
Last summer the nation got a
glimpse of Atlanta’s slums.
They were filled with angry
people, sick in their frustra
tions at seeing prosperity all
around them but never able to
reach it themselves, uncertain
in their fear that this growing
metropolis would leave them
homeless and jobless in its
ruthless wake. This frustra
tion and fear erupted in a series
of violent demonstrations.
What was the result of this
angry outburst, this anguished
cry? It appears that our city
has increased its efforts to re
move the problem withoutreally
solving it. If there is a plan
at city hall it has not reached
the people most seriously af
fected by it. We read of mul-
tibillion-dollar investments in
our city from the Federal Gov
ernment and private enterprise,
but the new city doesn't seem to
have much room for the poor.
Our programs and urban de
velopment do not seem to be re
lated . Community agencies in
the areas of health, education
and welfare continue to probe
beneath the surface, but they
cannot cover the wound of human
destitution. The total commun
ity continues to be concerned.
The work of the churches
must be seen from two sides.
The Negro churchmen supply
the dominant leadership in their
communities, gaining respect
and power through elected po
sitions in both city and state
government. This continues to
be the saving feature as we
face the problem here. This
factor alone is perhaps the only
one that distinguishes our prob
lem from its counterpart in
Northern cities. The people
from the predominantly white
suburban churches and the white
shrines of the city are showing
some concern through an asso
ciation of ministerial volun
teers. This effort has been most
veneficial to those involved,
both Negro and white, but it has
accomplished nothing more than
one recreational center and no
real contact between the people
i n need, both of the slums and
the suburbs.
The Catholic community con
tinues to aproachi the problem
through its. traditional means:
the parochial apostolate, the re
vitalized efforts of the Saint.
Vincent de Paul Society and an
increased number of lay volun-
teers-but these efforts are at
best superficial. Experimen
tal projects are planned and di
rected to the poor, but as yet
we must admit that the Church
has not found a way to effec
tively identify itself with the
poor of our city. We are some
times heard, but we seldom
hear; we are sometimes seen, ,
but we seldom see; we are not
really known, because we do
not really want to know.
Celibacy Document
Nearing Completion?
ROME'. (RNS) — Unconfirmed
but persistent reports in usually
well-informed Vatican circles
maintain that a papal document,
possibly an encyclical, re
affirming the discipline of
clerical celibacy for the Latin
Rite is “near completion.”
According to these reports,
Archbishop Gabriel Garrone,
pro-prefect o f the Sacred Con
gregation for Seminaries and
Universities, gave a preview of
the papal letter in a recent press
conference when he announced
his "personal” view that the
arguments for celibacy out
weigh those against it.
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Michigan
Abortion
Bill Dies
LANSING, MICH. (NC)—A bill
to liberalize Michigan's abor
tion laws has been put on ice
for another year by the state
Senate Judiciary Committee.
But committee chairman
Robert Richardson said he will
hold hearings on the bill this
summer, keeping open the pos
sibility that the bill would be
released for floor action during
the next session of the legis
lature.
The Judiciary Committee
failed to report the bill out be
fore deadline. But the action
did not kill the bill. Under the
state’s constitution, bills intro
duced in odd-numbered years
may be revived in. the follow
ing year.
Richardson said his mail “in
dicates that there are a great
many people interested in this
bill,’’ but he withheld judgment
until after the public hearings.
The bill which would permit
abortion in cases of rape or
incest or to preserve the men
tal or physical health of the
mother, has been strongly op
posed by Catholic, Orthodox,
Jewish and some Protestant
spokesmen, as well as by a seg
ment of the medical commuhity.
St. Joseph School
Certificate Awards
Sister MaryConchessa, prin
cipal of St. Joseph’s School,
Marietta, presented certifi
cates of award to 16 Junior
Great Books participants at
their Open House Session on
April 20. The children discus
sed Treasure Island. The co
leaders were Mrs. Ed Lorenz
and Mrs. Carroll Corbett.
28- The Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission will hold its
monthly meeting in the Education Building of St. Joseph's r
Nurses’ Home on Friday, April 28, at 8 p.m.
29- The “Heart Wheelers” of Immaculate Heart of Mary parish
will hold a cycling rodeo at the church, Saturday, April
29. All children over 8 years of age are invited to bring
their own bikes and participate.
29- The Georgia Association of Italian Americans will hold a
dance on Saturday, April 29, from 8 p.m. - 12 midnight,
at Biltmore Hotel. Donation per person $5.00. For bene
fit of iSt. Joseph’s Home for Boys. For information call
Mrs. Gloria DeAngelo, 457-2565.
29- Teenagers of St. Mary’s Church, Rome will visit the Trap-
pist Monastery, Conyers on Saturday, April 29, at 9 a.m.
and return at 4 p.m. For information and reservation call
Margaret Woodruff, 232-6471 or Dean Nelson, 234-1247.
29- The monthly teenage program of St. Joseph's Church,
Athens, will be held on Saturday, April 29 at the Trappist
Monastery, Conyers. Departure from the parking lot of
St, Joseph’s at 1 p.m., and return at 6 p.m.
29 - The Volunteer Task Force members will hold its first
annual reunion covered dish dinner on Saturday, April 29,
at 6;30 p.m. at the Palmer House auditorium, 430 ech-
wood Dr., N. W.
30- St. Pius X High School Dramatics Club will present three
one-act plays, The Lottery, Early Frost, and Wurzel-
Flummery, on Sunday, April 30, at 8 p.m., in the school
cafetorium. (Wurzel-Flummery won the dramatics club
first place in the region competition and fourth place in
the state competition.)
30 - The South Deanery of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic
Women will hold its meeting on Sunday, April 30, 2:30
p.m., at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 25 Boulevard, N.E.
Guest speaker will be T. M. Jim Parham, director of the
division for children and youth of the Georgia State Depart
ment of Family and Children Services. His topic will be
“Youth Penal Institutions.’’ Business meeting will follow.
30- The Catholic Hour-Radio will present Father Andrew M.
Greeley continuing his analysis of “Social Conflict and So
cial Change in the Church,” on Sunday, April 30, 6:34-
7 a.m„ station WSB-Radio-750.
30- Father Edward J. O’Donnell, of the Archdiocese of St.
Louis, discusses the “Decree on Ecumenism which states,
that the concern for restoring unity involves the laity as
much as the clergy,” on the Sacred Heart Program, Sun
day, April 30, at 7:30 a.m., station WAGA-TV, channel 5.
2 - Father John Hein, S.J., will say Mass and give a' brief
discussion for persons who work in the downtown area
on Tuesday, May 2, 12:05-12:45 p.m., in Room 820, Trust
Company of Georgia, Edgewood Ave. and Prior St.
3 - The Sacrament of Confirmation will be conferred at Most
Blessed Sacrament on Wednesday, May 3 during 8 p.m.
Mass.
3-7 A weekend tour to Washington, D.C., is scheduled for the
eighth grade boys, and girls in the Archdiocesan schools,
on Wednesday, May 3 through Sunday, May 7. Cost $65.
A few reservations are still available.
4 - The First FridayClub of Atlanta will be held on Thursday,
May 4, at the Henry Grady Hotel onthe mezzanine in
the large meeting room. Father John L. Hein of Ignatius
will celebrate Mass beginning at 12:10 p.m. A buffet
luncheon will follow.
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Youth Organization
(CYO) will present a three-act comedy, “Beauty and the
Beef,” or. Friday, May 5 and Sunday, May 7, in the school
cefeteria, at 8 p.m. Adults - $1, students - 50 cents.
5 - St. Joseph’s Parish Variety Show will be held on Friday,
May 5, at 8 p.m., at the Park Street school auditorium.
For information call Mrs. Manley Phillips, 422-1293.
Admission 50 cents.
5“7-A two-day Christian Community retreat (for members of
the Christian Community-married couples, single men and
women, senior high and college students, priests and re
ligious) will be held at Ignatius House, 6700 Riverside
Drive, N.W., on Friday, May 5, 7:30 p.m. through Sun
day, May 7, 8 p.m. For reservations and information call
Ignatius House, 255-0503.
5-7 The Cathedral Club of Atlanta (for single adults) will
hold its annual “Spring Swing/67” on Friday, May 5,
Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7. Donation, $5 per
person for the weekend. For information call, 233-7690
or 633-9374.
5 - Our Lady’s Association for Exceptional Children will meet
at Immaculate Conception auditorium on Friday, May 5, 8
p.m. Miss Lorraine Zak, who attended the recent Con
ference on Exceptional Children at St. Louis, will give a
report.
6 - Christ the King School Parents’ Association will sponsor a
“Family Picnic* * for the children and teachers on Satur
day, May 6, from 4 - 8:30 p.m., at Stone Mountain, in the
Skylift picnic area. Games and activities will be held in
the Field Events area. Bring your picnic supper.
6 - Immaculate Heart of Mary Parents’ Club will sponsor a
"Children’s Carnival'' on Saturday, May 6, 11 a.m.-4
p.m. Rides, refreshments, games and cake walk.
6 - Church of the Holy Cross, Chamblee, will hold its
second general parish meeting and election of officers
on Saturday, May 6, at 8 p.m.
6 - St. Thomas More Athletic Association is sponsoring its
annual “Spaghetti Dinner and Supper” on Saturday, May
6, from 1 to 8 p.m., at St. Thomas More parish cafeteria.
(Sauce prepared by Jerry D'Andrea) $1.25 for adults, 75
cents-children and $5 per families of six or more people.
Take out orders available. Public invited.
10 - Gerre Hancock, Organist and Choirmaster of Christ-
Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, will present an organ
concert at Cathedral of, Christ the King Center, on Wed
nesday, May 10, at 8 p.m.
13- A progressive bridge party will bp held at the Cathedral
of Christ the King Center on Saturday, May 13 at 8 p.m. No
charge. For reservations call, Ann Gussman, 237-9062
or Katherine Carmichael, 23-3198,
Secret Paper’s Publication
Shocks Officials In Vatican
VATICAN CITY (RNS) —The
reaction here was one of shock
• and distress when news arrived
that the National Catholic Re
porter, a lay-edited American
weekly newspaper, had printed
the reports of the papal com
mission cm; birth control.
There was no officially stated
reaction, butltaliannewspapers
immediately began speculating
on who had made the text avail
able,
“Whoever he was, it isonhis
conscience,’’ sai d a member of
the Vatican Press Office.
Two points made in unofficial
comment had already been anti
cipated in an editorial by the
American newsweekly edited by
Catholic laymen. One held that
the documents are not the latest
nor in any way a definitive
statement on the issue.
The Reporter's editorial said
that "they represent one stage,
and not the final one, in a study
which is apparently still con
tinuing. They provide no a w
basis, either theologically or
politically, for predicting the
eventual outcome.”
A second complaint here was
that publication of the reports
constituted a form of pressure
on Pope Paul to speed his
long-delayed definitive state
ment on the issue.
Emphasis was alsogivenhere
to the “utmost secrecy of the
commission’s work, demanded
by Pope Paul personally.”
On this point, the NCR said
that it was justified by the cir
cumstance that another news
paper, Le Monde of Paris, had
obtained the -document and
planned to publish it before the
NC R received its text. It added
that, even without this circum
stance, it would "almost cer
tainly” have published the in
formation because its function,
is “to publish news of service
to readers” not to “enforce the
security regulations of public
bodies.’ ’
(Le Monde, which was ex
pected to publish the material
in French simultaneously with
the NCR’s English publication,
apparently failed to do so. The
edition of the Paris newspaper
for Sunday, April 16 and Mon
day April 17, which would have
coincided with the NCR’s publi
cation, did not mention the re
ports.)
In the wake of the publication,
rumors have begun to crop up
here again that Pope Paul will
issue a formal statement onthe
subject “soon.”
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