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AT NBSC MEET
PAGE 3—The Georgia Bulletin, September 2, 1971
Black Sisters Form Order
PITTSBURGH (NC) - A
group of black Sisters -some
of whom they were forced
out of their religious orders
because of deep involvement
in black causes-established a
community of their own at
the fourth annual meeting of
the National Black Sisters’
Conference here.
Formation of the
community was “a response
to the impact that blackness
has had each individual, and
each individual’s
responsibility to the (black)
liberation struggle,” said
Sister Mary Shawn, NBSC
special projects director.
“Legal proceedings for the
TO DAHLONEGA - Brother
Gino Vertassich, 34, a
member of the Glenmary
Homes Missioners, has been
transferred from Cincinnati
to the Glenmary Parish of St.
Luke the Evangelist in
Dahlonega. Brother Gino’s
work in Dahlonega will be as
a general assistant to the
pastor. Brother Gino has been
a member of the Glenmary
Society for 13 years and will
be joining the Reverend
Gerald Peterson, Pastor of St.
Luke the Evangelist Parish, in
Glenmary’s efforts to serve
the 26,000 inhabitants of
White, Lumpkin, Union and
Towns Counties. In addition
the Dahlonega Parish has a
smaller Glenmary mission in
nearby Cleveland, Georgia.
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new religious community are
in process,” Sister Shawn told
NC News, “and the Sisters
will offer their service to the
community with or without
canonical sponsorship.”
“This was not a brainchild
of the NBSC,” she said. “It
just so happened that these
Sisters found themselves
ready to respond to the Spirit
at this time.”
Other actions at the Aug.
13-22 session at Carlow
College here included the
announcement of a new
Tribunal for Black Religious
Affairs and a $35,000 study
of the black Sisters role in the
black community.
The 135 NBSC delegates
from 28 religious
communities also passed
resolutions urging the
appointment of more U.S.
black bishops and black
control over Catholic schools
in black areas.
Sister Shawn said
establishing a new order had
been “in the minds and hearts
of these Sisters for about
three years.”
She declined to reveal the
number of Sisters who have
joined the currently
un-named community, but
said the NBSC general
assembly “has recognized and
promised to support them in
whatever way possible.”
The NBSC official said the
seven-member Tribunal for
Black Religious Affairs will
be available to any black nun
who wishes to mediate a
complaint with her
superiors-particularly those
facing trouble from their
white congregations over
involvement in black causes.
She claimed about 10
Sisters in six predominately
white Sisterhoods are
currently being asked or
forced to leave for
emphasizing , such activities
over their congregation’s
apostolate. NBSC estimates
the number of U.S. black
Sisters at 900.
Members of the Tribunal,
which takes life Sept. 1, are
Sister Shawn, a Dominican,
who will serve as case worker;
Marianist Brother Joseph
Davis of Washington, D.C.,
executive director of the
National Office for Black
Catholics; Charles Paul
Hammock of Philadelphia, an
attorney and board president
of the National Office for
Black Catholics; Sister
Dorothy Jackson of Chicago,
a graduate student in
business; Mrs. Claudia
Morcom of Detroit, an
attorney; Father Leonard
Scott of Camden, N.J., a
canon lawyer; and Dr.
Reginal Wilson of Detroit, a
psychologist and director of
the Center for Black Studies
at the University of Detroit.
While the tribunal will have
no canonical authority, Sister
Shawn said, it will provide all
possible grievance procedures,
including taking a case to civil
court if an obvious injustice is
not cleared up.
The two-year study on the
black Religious woman
-funded by a $25,000 grant
from a private foundation in
Columbus, Ind., and a
$10,000 grant from the Black
Woman’s Community
Development Foundation in
Washington, D.C.—will try to
determine “what is necessary,
in terms of (spiritual)
formation, to bring about
black Religious who can be
effective for black people,”
Sister Shawn said.
Among those conducting
the study is Auxiliary Bishop
Harold Perry of New Orleans,
the nation’s only black
bishop.
In its resolution urging
more blacks in the American
hierarchy, NBSC specifically
recommended a black
archbishop for Washington,
D.C. - a predominantly black
city. Cardinal Patrick O’Boyle
of Washington, 75, has
submitted his resignation to
the Vatican.
: :
AUXILIARY BISHOP HAROLD PERRY of New Orleans, the
only black bishop of the U.S., was greeted by various nuns at
the 4th annual meeting of the National Black Sisters Conference
held in Pittsburg, August 13 to 20. Bishop Perry was a special
guest and was the chief celebrant of a Mass on Sunday, Aug. 15,
at St. Brigid-Benedict Church. Other black priests in attendance
at the conference were con celeb rants. (NC PHOTO)
Legion Of Mary To
Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Queen of Heaven Curia,
Legion of Mary, will join in
the worldwide celebration of
the 50th anniversary of the
founding of the Catholic lay
organization with the
celebration of an outdoor
Mass at the Shrine of Our
Lady of the Skyways and
Highways at St. John the
Evangelist Parish on Sunday,
September 12, at 4 p.m.
The Rev. Noel C.
Burtenshaw, Chancellor of
the Archdiocese of Atlanta,
will represent Archbishop
Thomas A. Donnellan and
will celebrate the Mass and
deliver the homily.
The Legion of Mary was
founded in Dublin, Ireland on
September 7, 1921, by Frank
Duff and approved by the
Catholic Church. It was
started in the United States in
1931 and came to Atlanta in
the early 1940’s.
Today, the Legion of Mary
is active in five Parishes in the
Archdiocese of Atlanta -
Sacred Heart, Immaculate
Heart of Mary, St. Jude in
Sandy Springs, St. Thomas
More in Decatur, and St.
John the Evangelist in
Hapeville, There also is a
Junior group of the Legion,
for those under 18 years of
age, in St. Jude Parish.
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