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. ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA
Bulletin
SERVING GEORGIA’S -71 NORTHERN COUNTIES
VOL. 6, NO. 43
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1968
DEVELOPMENT DRIVE IN MARCH
Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan announced today that the first
annual Archdiocesan Charities and Development Drive will be held in
March, 1969.
The fund drive will assist
arChdiocesiln programs in welfare,
education and missionary
development. A collection will be
taken up in every parish on a
Sunday in March.
The goal of the drive and
further developments will be
announced later.
Archbishop Donnellan, after
consultation with the
Archdiocesan Finance Council,
has namecT'Paul Sauerburger, a
member of the council, to serve
as drive chairman.
*. THE REY- Ralph David Abernathy, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,
walks on the grassy area where Resurrection City stood during the Poor Peoples’ demonstration
last Spring and Summer in the nation’s capital. On the site, he announced a nation-wide
“Get-Out-The-Vote” campaign to extend through Nov. 4. (RNS)
DePaul Collection Nets $16,000
A special collection taken up
for the St. Vincent de Paul
Society totaled $16,329.26, an
increase of $4,000 ovef last year’s
collection.
Archbishop Thomas A.
Donnellan, Father James F.
Scherer, secretary of Catholic
Social Services, and Joe Flanagan,
executive secretary of the St.
Vincent-de Paul Society thanked
members of the parishes for their
contributions.
“The apostolate of the men of
St. Vincent de Paul is truly a
magnificent witness among the
poor. This response of our
Catholic people is a wonderful
gesture and a most heartening
sign for these apostles,” the
archbishop commented.
“There is no way we can
adequately express our gratitude
to the people who donated so
generously to our inner-city
program other than to continue
to give evidence that the Church
Priests 9 Group To Meet
In Savannah Nov. 7-8
A southeastern regional
meeting of the National
Association of Priests’ Councils
will be held at Savannah Nov. 7-8
at the Desoto Hilton Hotel. Fifty
to 75 priests are expected to
attend.
Members of priests’ councils
from North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida will
attend the meeting, said Father
Michael A. Morris, secretary of
the national organization.
The meeting will include
discussion of working papers on
the priest and the law, renewal of
law in the Church, spiritual life of
priests, role of senates, the
election of bishops, the case for
optional celibacy, an equitable
proceeding on resignation from
the obligation and exercise of the
priestly ministry.
Father Morris added, “These
are not position papers. They are
working papers prepared to
prompt discussion and are not an
expression of an official
position.”
The secretary said committee
reports on social action,
personnel, the laity and
communications are also planned.
Bishop Gerard Frey of
Savannah will give the welcoming
address. Father Cranor F. Graves,
pastor of St. Joseph’s Church,
Raleigh, N.C., will give the
keynote address. Father Patrick
O’Malley of Chicago, president of
the national federation, will
speak to the group Nov. 8.
Sauerburger has been a member
of the council since it was
established by the Archdiocesan
Synod in 1966. A member of
Immaculate Heart of Mary parish,
he is grand knight of the Knights
of Columbus Council 660 and
served as treasurer of the Lay
Coqgress. He and his wife, Mary,
have four children-Joan, David,
Mark and Susan.
The archbishop expressed his
gratitude for Sauerburger’s
acceptance of the chairmanship.
is trying to make Christ’s message
of concern relate to poverty
conditions in Atlanta,” Flanagan
commented. “People are
becoming more concerned and
the tremendous response to our
appeal for financial help is just
orte example.
Father Joseph Ware, pastor of
Sts. Peter and Paul, Decatur,
informed the chancery that one
anonymous donor gave $2,500 in
the special collection.
The list of parishes and their
contributions follow:
Cathedral of Christ The King,
$3,643.96; Holy Spirit - 1,159.60;
Immaculate Conception - 192.00;
Immaculate Heart of Mary - 1,231.71;
Most Blessed Sacrament - 102.84; Our
Lady of The Assumption - 1,731.15;
Our Lady of Lourdes - 64.00; Sacred
Heart - 521.87; St. Anthony - 717.00;
St. Jude - 1,100.00; St. Paul of The
Cross - 130.50.
Austell - St. John Vianney - 57.46;
Blue Ridge, Mission - 1.40; Calhoun,
St. Clement - 3.21; Chamblec, Holy
Cross - 397.00; Conyers, St. Pius
Chapel - 51.23; Covington, St.
Augustine - 18.00; Dalton, St Joseph
- 23.21; Decatur, St. Thomas More -
585.28; Sts. Peter and Paul - 2,863.50;
Ft Oglethorpe, St. Gerard - 28.83;
Hapcville, St. John The Evangelist,-
435.40; Hartwell, Sacred Heart - 6.60;
Jonesboro, St. Philip Bcnizi - 157.12;
Lawrcnccville, Mission - 10.82;
Marietta, St. Joseph - 573.50; Dobbins
Air Force Base - 250.00; Roswell, St.
Thomas Aquinas - 80.00; Smyrna, St.
Thomas The Apostle - 186.25;
Toccoa, Mother of Our Divine Saviour
-6.52.
“This Charities and
Development Drive,” Archbishop
Donnellan said, “further marks
the growth of our community
and the programs in education
and welfare which we must
continue to provide.
“Our efforts for our missionary
parishes must also continue along
with a strong and vital vocations
program. I am confident that if
we give Mr. Sauerburger our
wholehearted cooperation, our
Charities and Development Drive
will be most successful.”
PAUL SA U F.RBURGER
Flagpole Dedication
ToHonor Lt. Fox
Sunday Afternoon
A flagpole, donated by the
Knights of Columbus, Council
4420, to Most Blessed Sacrament
parish, will be dedicated Sunday
in memory of Lt. Richard Fox,
who was killed in Vietnam.
A representative of the U.S.
Army will present awards
posthumously to the family of
Lt. Fox. The awards and flagpole
will be blessed by Archbishop
Thomas A. Donnellan in a
program beginning at 3 p.m.
Following the dedication,
Archbishop Donnellan will be
principal celebrant in a
concelebrated Mass for Peace.
Col. (Msgr.) James B. Murphy,
Third Army chaplain, will give
the homily.
Editor Resigns
Chris Eckl, managing editor of the Georgia Bulletin for the
past 2Vi .years, has resigned, effective immediately. He
previously gave two weeks notice.
In departing, Eckl said, “I have enjoyed my association with
the Bulletin, with the priests, nuns and laymen of the
Archdiocese of Atlanta more than words can express. 1 will
always remember my days on the paper because of the
exciting times the Church has experienced since the Second
Vatican Council. I hope renewal and reform will continue.
“I have also enjoyed the discussions with those who have
agreed and disagreed with the policies of the Bulletin. I have
learned from them - and from my brothers in the Protestant
and Jewish faiths who have given me so much stimulation and
joy.”
Eckl said, “I wish to publicly thank Archbishop Thomas A.
Donnellan for his courtesy and kindness and to wish him
success in his work as Archbishop of Atlanta. And for the last
time I recall the many wonderful days with Archbishop Paul J.
Hallinan, a man I loved with all of my heart.”
