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VOL 6, NO. 42
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1968
Mrs. Faust NCCW Director
WASHINGTON (NC)~
Procedure for, the selection of the
first United States Catholic
Conference Advisory Council is
outlined in a letter Archbishop
John F. Dearden of Detroit,
president of USCC, has sent to all
Ordinaries in the country.
The USCC Advisory Council
will be charged with advising the
USCC on matters referred to it
for consideration by the general
membership and the USCC
Administrative Board; reviewing
and commenting on reports of
USCC departments, except in
areas reserved for the general
membership and the
Administrative Board; and
advising the USCC on matters
resulting from the initiative of
the council.
WITH IT already agreed how
the 10 bishops and five religious
men and five religious women
who will serve on the Council will
be chosen, Archbishop Dearden’s
letter is concerned chiefly with
the selection of the 10 diocesan
priests and 20 lay persons who
will round out the membership.
He announced that regional
meetings will be held at 10 points
in the country, yet to be named,
between Nov.,15 and Dec. 15, to
nominate 50 priests and 200
laymen and laywomen for the
posts.
A new plan of organization
for the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops and the United
States Catholic Conference,
approved last April and put into
effect July 1, calls for the
establishment of the USCC
Advisory Council. An ad hoc
committee was set up to decide
how the membership should be
selected, at least for the first
time. The ad hoc committee
consists of the members of the
Bishops’ Committee on
chairman of the Organization and
Development Committee and
corresponding secretary.
Mrs. Faust has also been
president of Sts. Peter and Paul
Auxiliary and is now president of
the St. Thomas More Parish
Council of Catholic Women. She
served as secretary of the Lay
Congress and as secretary of the
Archdiocesan Financial Council.
Mrs. Faust is secretary to the
pastor of Holy Spirit parish and
served as secretary at the
Cathedral of Christ the King. She
and her husband have five
children-Edward Faust III, 21;
Carol Ann Faust, 20; David
Robert Faust, 16; Deborah Lee
Faust, 15; and Mary Katherine
Faust, 14. :
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representatives of the other
groups (diocesan priests,
Religious and laity) which will
make up the council. The
committee met Sept. 17 and 18.
“It was understood,” said
Archbishop Dearden in his letter
to the Ordinaries, “that the
bishops would elect their
members (10) at the general
meeting in November. It was also
agreed that the selection of
Religious men (5) and Religious
women (5) would be handled by
the Conferences of Major
Superiors, both of which were
represented at the meeting.”
“THE selection of the
diocesan priests and laity,
however, presents more of a
problem,” the archbishop added,
asking the cooperation of his
brother bishops. The procedure
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Mrs. Edward P. Faust Jr. long
active in work of the
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic
Women, has been elected to the
Board of Directors of the
National Council of Catholic
Women.
Mrs. Faust, a member of St.
Thomas More parish, will serve a
four-year term on the national
board as director from the
Province of Atlanta.
A former president of the
ACCW, Mrs. Faust has been
active in parish, ACCW and
archdiocesan affairs. She served
as president of the ACCW from
1953 to 1965 and has been
chairman of the annual meeting,
NEGRO artist Devon Cunningham works on replacing a blond,
fair-skinned Christ with a black Jesus of Nazareth in St. Cecelia’s
Roman Catholic church in Detroit, Six angels, also being painted on
the church dome by the artist, will include a Chinese and an
American Indian. The parish’s pastor, Father Raymond Ellis, said it is
“not nearly as important to know the nationality or color of the
historical Christ as it is to know the identity of Christ today. ” (RNS).
The 1958 Observance of World Community Day will be
held Friday, November 1. Sponsored each year by Church
Women United, the theme this year, “New World A’ Coming”,
is based upon the handbook for Catholic - Orthodox -
Protestant discussion on Human Rights.
MRS. FAUST
Bishops Move To Select
First Advisory Council
World Community Day
To Be Held Nov. 1
2 Priests Get New Positions
Two assistant pastors in the Cross Keys, Tullow, County
archdiocese have been given new Carolow, Ireland, was ordained
positions, the chancery office June 10, 1967, and has served as
announced today.
assistant pastor at St. Anthony’s
since he became a
archdiocese.
Father Herbert, a native
Enniskillen, Ireland, was ordained
June 18, 1967, and was assigned
to Athens when he came to the
archdiocese.
Father Dillon, a native of FATHER DILLON
FATHER HERBERT
Father Leo Herbert, assistant
pastor at St. Joseph’s parish,
Athens, has been named assistant
pastor at St. Anthony’s, Atlanta.
He replaces Father Edward
Dillon who has been appointed as
notary of the
Tribunal. Father Dillon will live
at St. Jude's in Sandy Springs.
Official
Catholic Women living in the Metro-area are invited to
attend any of the area meetings being held from 10:30-11:30
a.m. as follows:
Sandy Springs - Sandy Springs Christian Church, 6900
Roswell Road, N.W.
Buckhead - Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2461 Peachtree
Road, N.E.
Central - St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 435 Peachtree St.,
N.E.
Druid Hills-Momingside - First Christian Church, 999
Briarcliff Road, N.E.
Southwest - Park Street United* Methodist Church, 793
Park St. S.W.
Dinner meetings will be held at Interdenominational
Theological Center, 671 Beckwith St. SW, and at the Cathedral
of St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Rd., NW.
For reservations to the dinner at the center call Mrs. Harry
Richardson, 525-5090, by Oct. 27. Reservations for the
cathedral dinner may be made with Mrs. Frank Ferguson,
237-7786, by Oct. 29. The dinner will cost $1.50 per person.
Dr. Williams Holmes Borders, pastor of the Wheat Street
Baptist Church, will speak at St. Philip’s. Father James F.
Scherer, secretary for Catholic Social Services, will speak at
the First Christian Church.