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PAGE 2 — The Georgia Bulletin, January 25,1973
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Public Housing Halt
Criticized by Bishop
DENVER (NC) - News that the White House plans a
moratorium on public housing drew an angry response
from Auxiliary Bishop George Evans who is in charge
of the housing program for the Denver archdiocese.
“I think it is terribly distressing,” Bishop Evans said.
“It just seems to me that we do have a lot of problems
but the government instead of working for solutions
says that the problems are too great and therefore we
will stop the entire program ...”
The bishop said that he
was truly fearful that the
moratorium would go into
effect “unless there is a great
enough national outcry to
stop such a moratorium.”
The bishop pointed out
that the archdiocese has five
housing sites in Denver, and
that new housing programs
are under study at three or
four other sites. He expressed
concern that the proposed
housing will be stopped, at
least temporarily.
A moratorium would halt
construction of some 150
new housing units, said
Bishop Evans.
Bishop Evans said that he
believes the government is
following the wrong approach
in trying to solve the
problems of public housing
by declaring a moratorium.
The more logical approach
would be for the government
to take steps to solve the
problems and to cure the
things that are wrong. The
task is so great, the bishop
said, that only the federal
government can solve it.
Bishop Evans also
emphasized that his criticism
of the moratorium was not an
attack on the Republican
praty, but rather was directed
to the lack of an all-out
commitment by the nation to
provide adequate housing for
all Americans.
The bishop admitted that
there have been many
problems in the housing
programs in the country.
Some speculators have made
large sums of money on the
projects, and some projects
have been too large, he said.
The problems facing the
government in housing,
however, will not be solved
by the government’s walking
away from such difficulties,
Bishop Evans said. Rather, he
said, the government should
go all out to solve the
problems.
Catholic Rural Conference
Protests Federal Cutbacks
DES MOINES, la. (NC) -
The National Catholic Rural
Life Conference (NCRLC)
protested several recent
government cutbacks on
programs which affect rural
Americans.
In a letter to Secretary of
Agriculture Earl Butz, Msgr.
George Weber, codirector of
the NCRLC, said his office
“was delighted when
President Nixon signed the
Rural Development Act of
1972,” but that recent
administration actions “are
contrary to the intent” of
that act.
“Our high hopes . . .have
been completely shattered”
by several administration
actions in December,
Monsignor Weber said. He
cited the cancellation of:
-The Rural Environmental
Assistance Program, which
had helped farmers
implement environmental
protection and conservation
programs.
-Programs which had
provided disaster-stricken
farmers with low-interest
loans. Msgr. Weber said the
cut-off would have the effect
of “more than doubling” the
interest for disaster farm
loans.
- Rural Electrification
Administration (REA) funds,
a program of low interest
direct loans whose
curtailment forces the REA
to borrow money from
private sources.
--The Infant Food
program, a nutritional
program for pregnant and
nursing mothers and young
children.
“The most disturbing
feature in all of this is that
the executive branch of our
government seems to be able
to counteract the decisions of
the legislative branch,”
Monsignor Weber said. He
asked the Administration to
reconsider its actions and let
“the voices of the people be
heard concerning them.”
The National Catholic
Rural Life Conference is a
division of the U.S. Catholic
Conference.
NEWARK, Del. - Father
Gershon Goldstein, who says
he is a Jew and also a
Catholic priest, preaches
during Mass at St. John-Holy
Angels Catholic church in
Newark, Del. A member of
the Oblates of Mary
Immaculate, Father Goldstein
has been commuting from
Philadelphia to the Delaware
parish on weekends to help
out. So large is the
congregation that 14 Masses
are said during the weekend,
and the four priests assigned
to the^parish are delighted to
have his help.
Bom in Scotland 42 years
ago, the son of Orthodox
Jewish parents insists that,
though ordained to the
Catholic priesthood in 1964,
he is not only continuing as a
Jew but that in many ways he
is an adherent to Jewish
orthodoxy. He observes the
Jewish dietary laws as much
as possible and often goes to
a synagogue for prayer,
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Father Goldstein
wearing the traditional prayer
shawl.
At St. John-Holy Angels,
Father Goldstein also teaches
a course in “The Jewish
Bible” to adults of the parish.
The priest insists that it’s not
the Old Testament. “It’s the
Jewish Bible - the Tanach.”
The term is the Hebrew
designation for the entire
Jewish Bible, starting from
the five books of Moses on
through the Prophets and
other Holy Writings.
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New Officers for Villa International;
Father Burtenshaw Named Secretary
BY MICHAEL MOTES
F.R. REID
OUR FATHER IN DANCE ~ Led by
Sister Patricia Curran, S.N.D., (third
from right) pupils from Cardinal Cushing
Central High School give a dance
interpretation of the Our Father during
Mass at St. Clement’s Eucharistic Shrine,
Villa International Atlanta
(VIA) the interdenomin
ational housing center for
foreign visitors to Atlanta
located on Clifton Road,
announced at the recent
meeting of the board of
directors the following new
slate of officers:
President, the Reverend
Robert L. McCarth, pastor of
East Point Presbyterian
Church; vice-president, the
Reverend Karl F. Suhr, pastor
of Saint Matthew’s Lutheran
Church; secretary, Father
Noel C. Burtenshaw, pastor
of Immaculate Heart of Mary
Church, and treasurer, Dr.
John J. Deiffell, executive
secretary of the Presbyterian
Synod of Georgia and pastor
of Momingside Presbyterian
Church.
The 19-room building can
accommodate up to 28
visitors at a time. There are
recreational and dining
facilities. Construction of the
initial stage of VIA was
completed in the summer of
1972.
Among the guests each
year are international public
health specialists who come
to Atlanta for training and
research at the Center for
Disease Control. Other
visitors come for training and
consultation in the field of
religious mass communica
tions at the Protestant
Radio-Television Center,
which is located next door to
VIA.
The Reverend Thomas T.
Biggs serves as executive
director of VIA. He is a
Father Noel Burtenshaw
Presbyterian minister and a
native of Virginia who came
to Atlanta in 1968 following
pastoral assignments in South
Carolina and Virginia.
VIA is sponsored by the
Southeastern Synod,
Lutheran Church of America;
Synod of Georgia,
Presbyterian Church in the
United States; the Roman
Catholic Archdiocese of
Atlanta; and the Southeast
Conference, United
Methodist Church.
Volunteers at VIA represent
many other churches.
Last year’s contribution by
the Archdiocese of Atlanta
for the support of VIA was
$2,000.
Back Bay, Mass. At the altar are, from
left, Father Thomas Wilson, O.C.D.,
Father Brian Hennigan, O.C.D., and lay
theologian Terry Prince. (NC Photo by
Philip A. Stack)
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LAFAYETTE, La. - Bishop Gerard
Frey is seated on the episcopal throne
during his installation as Bishop of
Lafayette, La., in the Cathedral of St.
John the Evangelist. He is flanked by the
installing prelates, Archbishop Luigi
Raimondi (right), Apostolic Delegate to
the U.S., and Archbishop Philip M.
Hannah of New Orleans (left). At far left
is his brother, Msgr. Andrew Frey. A
native of New Orleans, Bishop Frey had,
since 1967, been Bishop of Savannah,
Ga. He succeeds Bishop Maurice
Schexnayder, who retired in November.
Visiting Sister Discusses
Expanded Role of Women
BY MARIE MULVENNA
Sister Margaret Brennan,
superior general of the
Sisters, Servants of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary,
addressed sisters and priests
of the archdiocese last week
on the topic “Expanding
Ministries for Women in the
Church.” Sister is also
president of the Leadership
Conference of Women
Religious and is noted for her
work for religious renewal of
active congregations. Her
local visit was sponsored by
the Atlanta Conference of
Sisters.
In her presentation, Sister
discussed various aspects of
the term “mission,” including
the mission of the Church,
the mission of religious life in
the Church, and the
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challenges and problems
facing women religious today.
Sister said the Church’s
mission was in announcing
Christ and living in Christ to
lead the world to live in him.
She said the Church’s mission
is on-going and would always
continue to reveal Jesus
Christ.
She termed religious life as
that form of life which is a
gift of self to the Church,
serving in its mission on
earth. Sister stated that the
calling to religious life meant
an unreserved consecration
and in entering into a deep
apostolic commitment to the
Church Religious must reveal
to men the love of the Father
and must be deeply involved
in the overall ministry of the
Church itself.
Sister acknowledged the
different directions religious
orders have taken since
Vatican II and said that many
sisters today are within the
very communities they try to
serve, working with the
people constantly to create
community and further the
Church’s mission.
Laity Give Communion
NEW YORK (NC) - The archdiocese of New
York has authorized lay persons, both men and
women, to distribute Communion at Mass in
churches where they are needed. The
authorization is to take effect in the spring.
In 1969, the Vatican Congregation for the
Sacraments said lay persons could be permitted
to become extraordinary ministers of
Communion under certain norms. The U.S.
bishops asked such permission from the Vatican
and were given it in 1971.
The ministers in New York will be selected
on a vicariate (county) level and commissioned
by the archdiocese in a special ceremony at St.
Patrick’s Cathedral on March 11.
In a letter to the priests of the archdiocese,
Auxiliary Bishop James P. Mahoney, vicar
general, listed some norms for the new
ministry:
- Women as well as men are eligible to
become candidates for this position;
- Candidates will be chosen for the
outstanding quality of their Catholic lives;
- They must be at least 21 years old;
- Lay eucharistic ministers will function only
at the celebration of Mass;
- The need for this ministry at Mass will be
determined by the recurrence of a great number
of communicants, the unavailability of priests,
deacons or acolytes and the consequent overly
prolonged Communion rite.
ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS
Saturday, February 3,1973
(8:30 A.M.)
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