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8 Georgia Bulletin, Thursday, May 25, 1967
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Letters To Editor
EDITOR:
I surely like what Georgia
Pines brought out when
Fr, Kieraan wrote about the
parish of his sister in
Livingston New Jersey. He
brought out every detail about
Father McCann’s accomplish
ments there. 'Twenty years ago
he had vision, now it is truly
the Church in action," and the
good facilities are there for
generations to come.
We should note this in our
own bailiwick. Very few of our
Catholics wonder why facilities
here are so meager and yet,
when urged to look ahead to the
welfare of our church in gen
erations to come, only the
immediate dollars are con
sidered and expenditures de
cried. Barter has many facets
that none of us ever thinks of,
seemingly. The old fund raising
ideas are not good in many
instances, anymore. Most of
us received a good education
to think beyond that, so now
let us use that good Catholic
educational system in better
ideas through our lay action,
consistently long range and with
courage. We COULD have
everything enjoyable.
FLORENCE BEATON
Atlanta
EDITOR:
Many thanks for printing the
letter in last week's Arch
bishop's Notebook! I have had
many thoughts since reading
it and at times wished 1 had
been a fly on the wall (or a
wire tapper) during the tele
phone conversation that follow
ed. No matter....the main ques
tion that came to me was,
*‘What is the attitude of our
leadership (both Catholic and
Protestant) to people like this
youngster's parents?
Reflecting on this question
brings up a string of others.
Are we really trying to find
new imaginative ways of reach
ing out to these people, or are
we still sticking to "adult edu
cation" programs which may
benefit a few but to the majority
mean sitting in a hall before
“the deadly speaker" (as
Gibson Winters puts it)? Are
we, the "chosen few", con
vinced that they have hardened
their hearts and that therefore
**we need not worry about
them?" (Twice in thispastyear
this last view has been all but
expressed at parish council
meetings in my experience.)
We are more than willing to
accept the tithing cheques, free
advice, and other benefits that
these frustrated and unhappy
people contribute....but both
clergy and laity seem to have
forgotten that our Christian
mission extends to them much
more than to the faithful parish
worker, "meeting attender”
and organization member, (who
are the minority in all parishes,
by the way.)
I could stop here., .but rather
than let somebody else do it,
I prefer to ask myself the next
question. What is my own
attitude towards our hesitant
and fearful leadership? The only
answer I have is that I want
to join with them in learning
all I can about this mission
that Christ has given us, to
reach out to all others, help
ing them to become better
people, becoming better people
ourselves along with them. The
tough road of experimentation
(which the U.S. Bishops have
asked us to take), might very
well lead to an apparent loss
of faithful workers, but I firmly
believe that the interests of the
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"Schenectady, N.Y.” The ten-year-old who treas
ures it (it’s the only shirt he owns) is a Pales
tine refugee in Lebanon. He found it in the
used-clothing bundle (6.5 pounds, one year's
supply) he was given last month by the Pontifical
Mission for Palestine. . . . Serious and manly,
he lives on rations and sleeps on the floor with
his parents and five young sisters in a one-room
hut in a UN camp. He’s convinced even now
that his family’s home and farm in Palestine
(he has never seen Palestine) was "stolen"
from him and his sisters by the Arab-lsraeli
War (1948). . . . What will become of him?
Five years from .now, at 15, this boy can be a
beggar, a thief, even a border guerrilla, unless
someone like you equips him now to earn a
decent living. Small wonder the Holy Father
prays for peace! . . . The refugees’ needs are
many, but your gift ($100, $50, $25, $10, $5,
$2, $1) can solve one of them right now. Won't
you walk to your corner mailbox? Your heart will
know you’re mailing a refugee a peace-making
passport to decency!
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slums? The Pontifical Mission is investing $250
a month ($3,000 a year) in olive trees, tomato
seedlings and baby chicks, quadrupling the
family income in four farm villages in Jordan.
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Archbishop’s Notebook
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MAY
EDITOR:
We feel we must reply to the
letters in the Bulletin
regarding the C.C.D. program.
It must beeasyforpeoplewhose
children are attending Catholic
school to say to those whose
children are left 'out, “Quit
complaining. Your children can
have 30 minutes to an hour of
religious training every single
week—and maybe even hot
chocolate and a donut." Yes, we
should indeed be happy—espec
ially about that donut. Mrs.
Gieser’s letter was good and
accurate, but she left out one
important fact. She herself is
a C.C.D. teacher, not just a poor
ignorant parent who should be
promptly shushed. We would
like to suggest that those who
wrote in praise of the C.C.D.
program show their faith by
taking their children out of
Catholic school and putting them
in C.C.D. class. We think this
would without a doubt demon
strate to them that C.D.D. at
best cannot take the place of
parochial school.
The editor has stated that no
Catholic child is being kept out
of Catholic school by non-Cath-
olic’s attendance, but the fact
remains, there are over 600
non-Catholics in Catholic
schools and Catholics are being
turned away. Archbishop Halli-
nan stated to us that no non-
Catholic child will be asked to
leave in favor of a Catholic.
We would like very much to
know what conclusion other
Catholic parents draw from
this.
We know there are good and
dedicated C.C.D. teachers and
to all who give of their time and
talents go our hearty thanks,
but the program as a whole is
poor and will remain so until
much is done. Parents must
cooperate whole heartedly of
course, but the Church must
take the lead. This does not
mean just a priest and a few
sisters over the whole pro
gram. Each parish should have
a priest and sisters deeply in
volved in the individual pro
gram and in attendance every
Sunday. One of the undersign
ed has had C.C.D. training.
She does not feel qualified to
teach any more than we feel
qualified to teach first grade,
even though we all are able to
do first grade work quite com
petently. A course or two does
not make a teacher. This is in
no way meant as criticism of
the priests and sisters who so
unselfishly worked on this
training program, especially
in preparing and giving lec
tures. They did a fine job and
are to be commended.
We are sure that the C.C.D.
program will be much improved
in 10 or 20 years if we shut up
and quit complaining as instruc
ted, but our children are in
their formative years now I In
ten years the youngest of our
17 children will be 12 years
old, most in their late teens
or twenties. How can we be
blamed for wanting immediate
improvement? Our children are
waiting.
25 - A farewell reception will be given by Cathedral of Christ
the King Parish, for Father Thomas Kenny, Father James
Scherer and Sister Mary Virginia on Thursday, May 25,
beginning with 8 p.m.. Mass at Cathedral of Christ the
King, followed by a,reception at the Cathedral Center.
26-27 - College Park Little Theatre is presentingits last pro
duction, “The Rainmaker" a romantic play byN. Richard
Nash, on Friday, May 26, 9 p.m., and Saturday, May 27,
8:30 p.m. at Most Blessed Sacrament School cafetorium,
Stone Road by the Perimeter. Bob Byrnes, organist of
Most Blessed Sacrament Church, will have the title role.
Produced by John Ashton, directed by Walter Roberts and
technical director, Bill Fox. Adults-$1.50, children-75^.
26-28 A two-day retreat for women will be held on Friday,
May 26, at 7:30 p.m. through Sunday, May 28, 8 p.m.,
at Ignatius House, 6700 Riverside Drive, N.W. For
information call, Mrs. Dorothy Chapman, 427-1685;
Mrs. Pat Sims, 255-0962; Mrs. Mary Ann Traina,
636-7806 or Mrs. Joanne Zivalich, 766-7984.
27- Christ the King School Parents' Association will sponsor
a "Family Picnic” for the children and teachers on
Saturday, May 27 from 4-8:30 p.m., at Stone Mountain,
in the Skyllft picnic area. Games and activities will be
held in the Field Events area. Bring your picnic supper.
28- Church of the Holy Spirit, Catholic Youth Organization
(CYO) will hold a "Get-Together Breakfast" on Sunday,
May 28, after 8:45 a.m. Mass. All high school members
of the parish are invited. 50£ per person.
28 - The Catholic Hour-Radio will present "Future Structures
of the Church" on Sunday, May 28, 6:35 a.m»-7 a.m., sta
tion WSB-radio-750. For information concerning pro
gram, write to The National Council of Catholic Men,
Radio/TV Department, 405 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y.
28 - St. John the Evangelist Parish, Hapevillewill give a fare
well reception for Father Michael Morris, on Sunday, May
28, 6:30-8 p.m.
28 - The Sared Heart-TV Program will present Father Lucius
F. Cervantes, a sociologist at St. Louis University, dis
cussing "For All Men and All Times" on Sunday, May 28,
7:30 a.m., station WAGA-TV, channel 5. To receive a copy
of his talk write to the Program, 3900 Westminster Place,
St. Louis, Mo. 63108.
29 - "CLEARANCE SALE" at Notre Dame Bookshop, 329 Ivy
St., N.E., begins on Monday, May 29 for one week (prior
to moving to new quarters) Free parking behind Sacred
Heart Church, 335 Ivy St., N.E.
30 - Father John Hein will say Mass and give a brief discus-
cussion for persons who work in the downtown area on
Tuesday, May 30, 12:05-12:45 p.m., in room 820, Trust
Company of Ga., Edgewood Ave. and Pryor St.
JUNE
5 - Vacation school conducted by the Sisters of Mercy will be
gin on Monday, June 5 through June 16, at Church of Our
Lady, Carrollton.
11 - A barbecue and patio party will be held for the adults of
Church of Our Lady, Carrollton on Sunday, June 1JL, 6:30
p.m., at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vince Cashen.
12 - The Christopher Toastmasters Club will meet on Monday,
June 12, at Davis House Cafeteria, Brookhaven. Cocktails
at 6:15 p.m., Dinner-meeting at 6:30 p.m.
27 - A bridge luncheon, sponsored by the Altar society of the
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 48 Hunter St., S.W.,
will be held on Tuesday, June 27, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., in the
Church auditorium. Table prize (fresh fruit basket) and
door prizes. Donation-$ 1.25 per person. For informa
tion call Jean Jentzen, 753-0043 or Flora Graham, 241-
3836.
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CHICAGO—Leaders of a new'
citywide Council of Catholic Lay
Teachers said here they would
press for settlement of a month-
old strike at St. Patrick's High
School.
Gerald T. Murphy, leader of
the striking teachers and a
founder of the new council, said
the council will seek a meeting
with Msgr. William E. Mc
Manus, Chicago archdiocesan
school superintendent.
Two days later, however,
Msgr. McManus said he had
not received the council’s re
quest for a meeting. He ex
pressed the view that a meet
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that both sides of the dispute
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at St. Patrick’s had hardened
their positions.
Murphy and 22 other lay
teachers were fired recently
by Brother Mark Wagner, F.S.
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negotiations broke down. Msgr.
McManus asked Brother Mark
to reconsider the decision, but
the latter said that the teachers
were fired for "breach of con
tract,’’ and would not be re
hired.
Msgr. McManus said that the
issue at St. Patrick's is a
ticklish one because it in
volves two legitimate rights:
"The sanctity of a contract is
important, but so is the right
to collective bargaining," he
explained.
Msgr. McManus’ office has
maintained a hands-off policy
throughout the strike, pointing
out that the school is operated
by a religious order. Recent
strikes at two other Chicago
schools conducted by Religious
have been settled.
About 100 teachers from 20
Catholic schools attended the
first meeting of the Council
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Why I Trust The Young
A generation ago, our class valedictor
ian said about what everybody thought he’d
say. It came out in fine, rolling English
sentences—all of which we had heard be
fore. I don’t recall a thing he said.
Last Sunday night, I attended the Bac
calaureate (the last one) at Drexel High
School. The occasion was the same as in
1928, the graduates the same age, the
smiles and tears the same bittersweet
mixture. But I will not forget what the
two class speakers said — Kenneth Man
nings, who gave a perceptive and graceful
farewell to a school that was saying good
bye to him too, - and Reginla Rogers, who
began her brief but keen analysis of the
American teen-ager with the words, "It’s
as if we had just been invented."
I tried to put Reglnla’s words into com
ments in a dialogue with the complaining,
criticizing world of adults. It came out
like this:
Adults: I can’t imagine what’s the matter
... they’re so different.
Reglnia: Well, we are different - different
because we have one foot in the
doorway to life. We are half-
grown up.
Adults: They don’t seem to know what
they’re doing.
Reglnia: All our activities, thoughts and
hopes, are happening in prepara
tion for the new "us" that will
emerge in the near future as full-
fledged adults.
Adults: We do everything for them.
Reginia: Sometimes adults overprotect us
by closing around us an environ
ment so carefully planned that
difficulties never arise.
‘But We Love Them’
Adults: We want to spare them the rough
experiences we had in our lives.
Regina: But we must have these experien
ces if we are to face life success
fully. We don’t want this affec
tionate overprotection. We don't
want to feel abused and sorry
when difficulties come our way.
We desire a love that does not
deny us these difficulties, but
does keep them from being over
whelming.
Adults: But the teen-ager is so immature.
Reginia: Maturity is our goal. And one of
the first steps toward it is to rec
ognize that other people are hu
man too, with problems, idiosyn-
cracies, hopes and desires. We
should express ourselves logi
cally, clearly, reasonably. We
should not fight authority simply
Adults:
because It is authority. That
would only make us "rebels
without a cause."
You must go out and make the
world a better place.
Reginia: But other adults once said that to
these adults too. We cannot
vote yet and the only force we
have is our individuality. We are
suppose to be mature - and
young; independent - and obed
ient; competitive and easy-toing.
It's hard to be a true individual
- to find courage to dare to be
different - and sometimes to dare
not to be different.
American Conformity
Adults: Why can’t teen-agers be like
everybody else?
Reglnia: We have seen some of us and
many adults trying to live like
"the crowd." That is not for
us. We do not want to miss out
on all the fun of taking a chance,
or the satisfaction of true ac
complishment. We want to be
persons in the full sense of the
word.
Adults: But the beards andthepeace-niks
and the dancing!
Reginia: Tomorrow wewill join PTAmeet
ings, executive training pro
grams and picket lines in roughly
the same proportion as the gene
ration we succeed. Our parents
had their crazy fads once, and
they grew up all right. We’ll
come out of it all right, too.
‘Deep Inside Us’
Reginia closed with a fervent plea to
reasonable adults that "we count, every
inch of us.” If the 30 graduates remem
ber her final, prayerful summary, this
will be a better world because Christ our
Lord will bless their hope:
"Our potential is there, deep inside of
us, waiting to be used. We should
strive earnestly to find this way to our
inner self..., to grow...to shine.”
1 believe that most of our high school
graduates profess this deep conviction.
That is why I trust young people, and pro
claim the Church that welcomes them as
today’s citizens.
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