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ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA
The Georgia Bulletin
SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES
Vol. 9 No. "30
Thursday, September 9,1971
$5 per year
Dear
Reader
By HARRY MURPHY
The softball game pitted
the state park’s staff against
campers and cabin renters.
You’d think it would be a
casual, friendly affair.
A camper in a Notre Dame
sweatshirt started out as the
referee.
When one of the good ole
local boys questioned one of
his calls, he got very upset.
When he questioned
another, the Fighting Irisher
decided he’d rather quit than
fight. Another campter tried
it for awhile and then also
quit.
A group of girl scouts
volunteered the services of
their grandmotherly leader as
the new umpire.
She treated all the players
like kids, so things went along
smoothly until she forgot the
A lot of shouting and
arguing took place and the
employes refused to take the
field until the visitors agreed
to let them have their way.
An employe then ran into
a telephone pole chasing a fly
ball.
The visitors’ catcher got a
broken nose from a foul tip.
The fiasco ended with the
employes winning 17-3.
Oh, brotherly love in the
great outdoors.
Archbishop Appoints
Father E. Beltran
New Vicar General
Father Eusebius J. Beltran, pastor of Holy Cross
Church in Chamblee, was named archdiocesan vicar
general by Archbishop Donnellan Sept. 1.
Straddling The Generation Gap
(Catholic Press Features)
When young Father Giacomo Ghisalberti reported to his new
parish on his motorcycle, one of his first assignments came from
84-year-old Monsignor Nicola Fusco, the pastor-emeritus at Mt.
St. Peter Church in New Kensington, Pa. And after the new
associate pastor had given Monsignor Fusco his first ride on a
motorcycle, the white-haired passenger is said to have remarked:
“I’m going to have to buy myself one of these.” (Photo by
Valley Daily News-Daily Dispatch)
Prior to deciding on the
appointment, Archbishop
Donnellan requested
recommendations from all
the priests of the archdiocese.
At 37, Father Beltran is
unusually young for the
position of vicar general. He
is succeeding Monsignor
Michael Manning of
LaGrange, who is 59.
Indicating surprise at his
selection, Father Beltran said,
“I hope I can justify the faith
placed in me by the
archbishop.”
He said that the scope of
his duties as vicar general
would depend on the
discretion of the archbishop.
FREEING THE SPIRIT’
Mtumishi Wa Watu Wango
Edits Black Catholic Mag
WASHINGTON (NC) — “Freeing the Spirit” is a new quarterly magazine
published by the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC) in an effort to set
loose the creative energy of the black Catholic community.
It is dedicated “to all black
people who have rediscovered
|ACCW Convention Set
1 For Dalton Next Week
The Atlanta Archdiocesan
Council of Catholic Women
will hold it’s 15th annual
convention on Saturday and
Sunday, September 18 and
19 at the Holiday Inn in
Dalton.
“Ecumenism is a Real
Living Together” will be the
theme of the convention. St.
Joseph’s parish will be hostess
to more than 40 affiliates of
the archdiocese. Mrs. Bob
Henry is general chairman,
with Mrs. Charles Moore
assisting.
Guest speaker for the
dinner meeting on Saturday
evening will be Dr. Harmon
D. Moore, executive director
of The Christian Council of
Metropolitan Atlanta. Dr.
Moore retired with the rank
of Colonel having served as
U.S. Army chaplain for 24
years. As an ordained
Methodist minister, Dr.
Moore served as Pastoral
Chaplain for the military
personnel in Tokyo, West
Germany and Washington,
D.C. He is also the author of
numerous publications.
The newly elected officers
for the ACCW who will be
installed are: president, Mrs.
Ira Driskell; executive vice
president, Mrs. James
Maquire; secretary, Mrs.
James Groover and treasurer,
Mrs. Millard Norris.
In addition to the business
meeting, workshops for
officers and commission
chairmen will be conducted
at the Dalton Junior College.
Of special interest is a golf
tourney which is planned for
clergy and husbands to be
held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
A guided tour of the carpet
mills is planned for those who
DR. MOORE
Speaker
are interested.
On Sunday morning a
poolside brunch meeting is
planned, weather permitting,
with Rev. Msgr. Daniel J.
Bourke, Associate Moderator,
Savannah DCCW as guest
speaker. There will also be a
message from Rev. Jerry
Hardy, representing the
Pastoral Council.
Plans are being made to
charter a bus from downtown
Atlanta to Dalton. Additional
information may be obtained
concerning the convention
from the deanery
representatives in each parish.
The request is made that all
reservations be completed by
Monday, September 13,
1971.
Mrs. Joseph Meyer of St.
John’s parish, Hapeville, is
president of the Atlanta
ACCW.
their imprisoned souls. Also
this book is a prayer for those
blacks who still have not
found themselves; who have
not discovered their beautiful
black self.”
Editor Michael St. Julian is
a former seminarian who has
taken the Swahili name
Mtumishi Wa Watu Wango,
which means “servant of my
people.” He said that
although the colorful slick
paper magazine is directed to
blacks, it is not aimed at
them exclusively.
“We believe there should
be sharing,” he said. “We
think the time has come for
the entire Church to begin to
e xperience and receive
contributions black people
can make.”
In the first issue of the
magazine are liturgies, prayers
and Church ceremonies, all
written by blacks. It is St.
Julian’s hope, he told NC
News, that “ordinary people
will be encouraged to submit
material, submit liturgies, and
if they’re good, we’ll print
them.”
l'he next edition, he said,
will probably be on music
and “more scholarly than this
issue.” St. Julian, who is from
New Orleans, said it will
include persons who have
done research on black
religious music, the use of
drums in religious music, and
the roles played by jazz and
blues in religion.
‘Black liturgy is rooted in
black peoples’ spontaneous,
unmotivated and creative
expression of love for God
and the dignity of the human
person,” he wrote in the first
issue distributed the last wee..
of August.
‘‘Black people’s
spontaneity, selflessness, and
creativity has produced a long
cultural history of worship.
We are the ‘blues people,’ and
we create with our souls.
“Therefore this magazine is
meant for those who have
difficulty being spontaneous,
for those who are merely
motivated by law, and for
those with the lack of
self-confidence and freedom
to create.”
“I hope this magazine may
become a key,” he added,
“which will unlock those
prison doors of your souls.
Let us all free that spirit, so
we can all worship you Jesus,
with soul.”
The magazine is being
distributed by the NOBC at
$2.50 a copy with reductions
for bulk orders.
Infirmary Needs
Volunteer Help
St. Joseph’s Infirmary
Auxiliary is in great need of
members to cover the
volunteer services necessary
in every Hospital, i.e.,
Hospitality and Library carts,
Intensive Care Waiting Room,
Admissions, Gift Shop and
Information Desk.
Contact: St. Joseph
Infirmary Auxiliary,
525-4681 Gift Shop
Extension 340. Leave word
for Dee Casey, Membership
and Volunteer Services
Chairman.
Georgia’s Rusk
On Georgetown
Advisory Board
WASHINGTON (NC) -
Former Secretary of State
Dean Rusk has been
appointed to a new
seven-man advisory board
at Georgetown
University’s School of
Foreign Service here.
Rusk is now a professor
of international law at the
University of Georgia. As a
member
of the new
advisory
group
he will
review
the
school’s
program
and
suggest
means for
improving it.
Other
members
; of the
advisory
group
include
U.S. Senator Charles McC.
Mathias
(R-Md.) and
James A.
Perkins,
former
president
of
Cornell
U niversity and now
chairman of the
International Council for
Educational Development.
In the past, some vicars
general in the archdiocese
have administered the
sacrament of confirmation.
According to Church law
the vicar general is the highest
administrative officer of the
diocese, after the bishop. In
the case of Father Beltran, he
is also the highest judicial
officer of the archdiocese,
after the archbishop, insofar
as he continues to serve as
officialis of the metropolitan
tribunal.
Born in Wilkes-Barre,
Penn., Father Beltran was
ordained in 1960. His mother
is a member of Sts. Peter and
Paul Church in Decatur. His
FR. E. BELTRAN
Vicar General
older brother, Joseph, is
pastor of the new Corpus
Christi Church at Stone
Mountain.
MEWS BRIEFS
'God Day’
NEW YORK (NC) — Forty religious and patriotic groups have
formed what they call “a holy alliance” to observe a national
God-Day with prayer and marches Sept. 12. Concerned Citizens
for God and Country, the sponsoring coalition, said the idea was
to revive belief in God through a special day completely
dedicated to Him, to thank God for many blessings given “Our
great land of freedom,” and to restore everything to God
through faith and loyalty to country. The 40 groups include the
Catholic War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American
Legion, Knights of Columbus, Jewish War Veterans,
Conservative Party, Freedom Foundation, Silent Majority
Forum, Legion of Mary, Right to Life Committee, and other
organizations.
'No Comment’
WETHERBY, England (NC) - The head of a religious
institute here rejects the contention of “many churchmen” that
the mass communications media are prejudiced against the
Church. “I do not accept that,” said Msgr. Michael Buckley,
director of the Wood Hall Pastoral and Ecumenical Center in
this Yorkshire town. Writing in the center’s bi-monthly
newsletter, Msgr. Buckley said: “The press is open to interesting
and honest comment. If we have no comment to make, or make
statements to cover up reality, then we must expect the press to
look elsewhere. How often have we read in the papers that when
churchmen were approached they had ‘no comment’ to make.”
National Laity Council
CINCINNATI (NC) — American Catholic lay leaders will
meet here Nov. 11-12 to form a National Council of Catholic
Laity designed to broaden and deepen the participation of lay
people in the Church’s life and mission. Open to all Catholic
organizations and individuals, the new lay council will basically
represent a coalition of the National Council of Catholic Men
and National Council of Catholic Women. Representatives of
the NCCM and NCCW have studied the proposal for closer
cooperation and broader membership for the past two years. At
recent general assemblies of the two organizations, delegates
endorsed the formation of a national lay council.
'Unjust’Tax Paid
EASTON, Pa. (NC) — The pastor of St. Joseph’s Church here
who recently returned his rectory’s school property tax bill
unpaid has now paid it - under protest. In a letter explaining
why he decicded to reverse his earlier decision and pay the bill
for $579.47, Father Peter Vandergeest said payment “is
prompted solely by respect and reverence for the law which
demands this payment, however repugnant and unjust it may
be.” Father Vandergeest said the Church renders a public service
just as schools and colleges whose properties, including
residences of professional personnel, are tax exempt.
No Busing
BOISE, Idaho (NC) — In a 3-to-2 decision, the Idaho
Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a statute allowing state
funds to be used to bus parochial and private students to and
from school. The ruling overturned an earlier decision by a
lower court which had affirmed the legality of a law passed by
the 1970 Idaho legislature authorizing public school districts to
Help A Child!
WASHINGTON (NC) — Sponsors who would assist 600 poor
children in India are being sought by the National Council of
Catholic Women’s (NCCW) Help-a-Child program. Persons who
agree to serve as sponsors send the children $10 each month for
their education, food and clothing, NCCW officials said here.
The NCCW’s Help-a-Child program aids children in Korea,
Vietnam, Brazil and India.
HAMMOCK BEFORE PART OF MEMORIAL
Deathbed Promise
Memorial Fulfills
Deathbed Promise
A deathbed promise was fulfilled in Bremen, Ga.,
on Sunday, Sept. 5, with the dedication of a $40,000
cemetery memorial.
Several years ago while in
prison, Fred L. Hammock,
now 44, was at the point of
death. Facing a critical
operation, he promised the
Blessed Mother that, if he
survived, he would honor her
in a most special way and
spread devotion to her
through all his days.
He did survive, and the
memorial is the fulfillment of
his promise.
The memorial comprises
four columns, in which
ancient burial prayers are
inscribed, and three statues of
imported Italian marble. Two
of the statues commemorate
the angels. The third, which
depicts Our Lady of Grace,
stands over three graves of
deceased Hammock family
members - the mother,
father, and brother of the
donor, Fred Hammock.
Surrounding the area of
the graves is a marble border
in which is inscribed the
Prayer of Saint Francis. Still
to come is a gas-fed perpetual
flame.
In designing the statues
and selecting the prayers,
Hammock was advised by the
Trappist Monks of Holy
Ghost Monastery in Conyers.
Present for the dedication
on Sunday were about 200
people from the Bremen area,
including a gospel-song
quartet and a brass band from
the local high school which
played devotional music.
Speakers included the Rev.
George Wiggins, Methodist
minister and cousin of the
donor, Rev. Dan Williams,
pastor of the nearby
Bethlehem Methodist Church,
Elder Mac Kimball, high
priest of the Mormon Church
and personal friend of the
donor, and Father James
Maciejewski, pastor of Saint
Bernadette’s Catholic Church,
who spoke on Catholic
veneration of the saints and
respect for the dead.
Father Maciejewski and
Hammock were the only
Catholics present in the large
gathering.
Mr. Hammock was born in
Bremen and converted to the
Catholic Church in New
Orleans at the age of 16. He
now resides in New York
City.
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