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Vol. 11 No. 32
Form 3579 to East Sixth Street, Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Thursday, September 20,1973
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PRE-SCHOOL YOUNGSTERS are among the many prepares them for future school days. The Society’s
recipients of aid and service given by the Society of St. annual drive will be September 30 using the theme
Vincent de Paul. These children are pictured during “the poor you have always with you.”
one of the Society’s pre-school programs which
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Launches 1973 Campaign
BY MARIE MULVENNA
With Christ’s words, “the poor you
have always with you” as their theme,
the St. Vincent de Paul Society prepares
for their annual inner-city collection on
September 30. The special drive will be
held in all Catholic churches in the
five-county metro Atlanta area, with a
hoped for goal of $29,856 as a target.
Joe Flanagan, director of the Society,
said Christ’s words and the ‘73 theme
“offers a continued challenge to us as
Christians. It is so easy to get caught up
in our daily activities, and in the stress
of modern living, to forget that there
are people who are deprived, who suffer
from hunger, physical and spiritual.”
The Central office of the society is
located in the heart of the city, just
behind Georgia Baptist hospital, in the
area called the Bedford-Pine Urban
Renewal Project. “Our very presence
here presents a challenge and an
obligation,” says Joe Flanagan, adding
“its challenge is to understand with the
mind and the heart the very real and
demanding needs of the poor. It is a
challenge to develop a Christian
consciousness that is never without an
active and urgent concern for those who
are deprived of the gifts of the earth
given by the Father for all men.”
The multi-faceted activities of the
Society in Atlanta include the initiation
of a Day Care center, enabling working
mothers to continue to support their
families and for welfare mothers to train
for better jobs. A pre-school program is
run by the Society, giving children of
deprived families a better start in their
education by a process of helping them
to acquire necessary attitudes and skills
which give them a better foundation for
learning.'
The Society also supports a weekly
free medical clinic staffed by volunteer
doctors and nurses to serve the health
needs of those who would otherwise not
receive health care or health education.
A tutorial program for elementary
school children was born in 1966,
providing individual help for students
who need certain reading skills and
special concern and motivation. Some
50 students are helped by the twice
weekly one-to-one program.
Since many of the poor suffer from
inadequate nutrition and lack of food,
the Society maintains a steady truck
service for food distribution.
Government surplus food is picked up
at the old Farmer’s Market and then
delivered to those who otherwise could
not obtain the food. Some 100 families
are assisted with food deliveries.
In view of last year’s drive, which was
almost $9,000 short of its goal,
Flanagan appealed for support from the
people of the archdiocese. “St. Vincent
de Paul society attempts to serve you by
reminding you of Christ’s concern for
the poor, and serves the poor by acting
as your agents. Your charity expressed
by your contributions to us will allow
us to give physical evidence of your
concern for those in need.”
Flanagan said the society workers had
taken upon themselves the obligation of
making available the means by which
the poor can alleviate their very basic
needs while not neglecting the work for
the eradication of the causes of poverty.
Catholics of the Archdiocese are
being invited to offer suggestions as to
what the needs and aspirations of the
people of God in the Archdiocese are.
The Archdiocesan Pastoral Council
recommended to Archbishop Thomas
A. Donnellan that a survey of those
needs and aspirations be made asking
the people directly. The Archbishop
accepted the recommendation and the
survey appears below. It will run here
for three weeks.
Other elements in the mechanics of
the survey are:
a) all pastors have been asked to run
it in their parish bulletins for the
week-end of September 22-23;
September 29-30; and October 6-7;
b) the pastors have also been
requested by Archbishop Donnellan to
hold a meeting of their parish council
October 5th to discuss the survey
questions;
c) individuals can respond directly to
the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council
Office and/or to their respective parish
councils.
In his letter to the pastors,
Archbishop Donnellan noted that this
survey “can be an endeavor helpful to
the life and growth of the Church here.”
Results of the survey will form the
agenda for the October 13th meeting of
the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council.
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This is a survey of positive suggestions for improving the quality of Gospel
Service provided by the Church in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
It is an attempt to make known the needs and aspirations of the people of
God here in North Georgia. You are asked to answer the questions below and
return your answers to:
Sister Janet Valente
Executive Secretary
Archdiocesan Pastoral Council
756 W. Peachtree Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Each parish is being requested by Archbishop Donnellan to hold a meeting of
its parish council to discuss these questions. In addition to forwarding your
responses to the office mentioned above, you are encouraged to send a copy to
your parish council.
The October 13th meeting of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council will be
devoted to considering all the responses.
The Questions
1. What would you suggest as the three most important things to be improved
in the life and work of the Church here?
2. How can we begin to make these improvements?
3. What suggestions do you have for increasing the effectiveness of
Archdiocesan offices and their services to the people here?
4. What do you think should be the goal of the Church here?
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January Conference in Atlanta
To Focus on Interior Renewal
BY FATHER JAMES MACIEJEWSKI
A Catholic Renewal Conference will
be held January 18-20 as Atlanta’s first
response to Pope Paul’s call to make
1974 a “holy year.”
Archbishop Thomas Donnellan has
approved the plans for the conference
and has placed it under the auspices of
Fathers Eusebius Beltran and Jerry
Hardy, who will be coordinating
activities for the entire holy year within
the archdiocese.
In proclaiming 1974 as a holy year,
Pope Paul said: “The holy year is
orientated precisely to personal and
interior renewal ... We need above all
to reestablish a genuine, vital and happy
relationship with God, to be reconciled
to Him in humility and love.”
Accordingly the announced purposes
of the conference are:
1) To assist participants to
“reestablish a genuine, vital and happy
relationship wth God.”
2) To prepare participants to be
instruments of reconciliation with God
and neighbor in their daily lives.
3) To give participants a greater
awareness of their opportunities to be
involved in the work of Christian
renewal on the local level.
Presentations during the conference
will be given by priests and lay leaders
of the archdiocese. Small-group
seminars will allow for discussion and
interaction between these formal
presentations. Archbishop Donnellan
himself will give the keynote address.
All apostolic organizations and
movements will be invited to have an
exhibit on display during the
conference.
Out of town participants will be
Mass Is First
For Contestant
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (NC) - “I
always go to First Friday Mass, but this
time the Mass came to me.”
The reason the Mass came to her was
that she was Miss Illinois 1974, at a
hotel here preparing for the finals of the
Miss America pageant the next day.
Colleen Mettemich, 23, a high school
music teacher from Washburn, Ill., was
one of the ten finalists in the annual
parade of American beauties and winner
of an award in the pageant’s talent
contest.
When she had some free time on
Friday, Colleen, her family and some
friends, and Father Richard Barclift, a
relative of the Mettemichs got together
for First Friday Mass in the hotel.
“I was so moved, I was in tears,” said
Colleen after Mass. “It’s hard to explain,
but the people I love the best and God
were together.”
Colleen Mettemich
housed in local motels and homes of
Atlanta families.
A planning committee of priests,
sisters and lay people is working on
specific details of the conference, which
will be announced within the next
BY MARIE MULVENNA
A rather unique addition to this
year’s Southeastern Fair is a special
booth sponsored and manned by the
Georgia Right to Life Committee. The
booth and display will present the pro
life hopes of the committee in what was
described as an “age of abortion.”
Mrs. Cherie Bowman, fair booth
coordinator, and an active member of
the Right to Life group, said the recent
Supreme Court decision on abortion
and the corresponding rise of abortions
and clinics for abortion had necessitated
some efforts to reach people with the
pro-life message.
“There has been so much promotion
from the media, TV and radio messages,
actually recommending the abortion
path. There has not been enough said
and done to balance it out with the
pro-life side.” Mrs. Bowman said the
group hoped to reach many persons
attending the annual event and written
materials would also be distributed.
BY MARIE MULVENNA
Beginning Monday, September 24,
WSB-TV will present its first weekly
offering of “Christopher Closeups”
which will feature an interpreter for
deaf viewers. The shows will be aired at
6:30 a.m.
“Christopher Closeups” is a public
affairs talk show featuring Father
Richard Armstrong, director of the
Christophers. Guests in the lineup of
programs include Nanette Fabray,
Harrison Salisbury of the NEW YORK
TIMES, CBS correspondent Charles
Kuralt, Pulitzer Prize-Winning historian
James Thomas Flexner and Mary
Rodgers, monthly columnist for
McCALLS.
“Christopher Closeups” takes up the
challenge of “what can I do?” and
month. Heading the committees are
James and June Webb of Immaculate
Heart of Mary parish.
Spiritual director is Father Richard
Kieran, principal of Saint Joseph’s High
School.
According to a leaflet circulated by
the Right to Life committee,
“thousands of babies are being killed
each month in Georgia alone . . .it is
imperative that we try to educate the
public as to the humanity of the unborn
child and the reality of abortion, with
the hope that many lives will be saved
and many attitudes changed in favor of
life.”
The Knights of Columbus and the
Atlanta Council of Catholic Women
have contributed substantially, both in
financial and physical efforts, to make
the special booth possible. Mrs.
Bowman said the booth would feature
the developing stages of the unborn
child. She added that the entire project
hoped to promote Birthright, an
organization that helps unwed mothers
in various areas.
Volunteers are needed for the booth
during the 10 day fair period. Anyone
wishing to offer time for the fair project
may call Mrs. Bowman at 939-6239.
presents guests who, in large or small
ways, are helping to change an anxious
world for the better.
Presenting the on-camera
interpretation for the deaf will be Carol
Tipton, a staff member of the Deafness
Research & Training Center, New York
University School of Education.
“Christopher Closeups” is the first
nationally syndicated program to
include sign language on a regular basis.
Father Armstrong said the
Christophers do a lot of TV programs
discussing needs of the handicapped and
stated “putting Carol Tipton on the
screen each week is one concrete way
that the Christophers can implement
our own motto - ‘it is better to light
one candle than to curse the darkness.’”
Unique Booth at Fair
INTERPRETATION FOR THE DEAF is a unique feature of
“Christopher Closeups,” which will be telecast every Monday morning at
6:30 on Atlanta’s channel 2 (WSB-TV), starting on September 24. Father
Richard Armstrong of the Christopher Movement will direct the program,
which will present guests who are trying to change the world for the
better. The interpreter will be Carol Tipton.
Christopher Program
Features Interpreter