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Vol. 12 No. 30
Thursday, September 5,1974
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‘Probing the Gospel Is Theme
Of Women
BY SISTER KATHLEEN STEINKAMP
Ecumenism is alive and well in Roswell. Because of the concerned
efforts of some Christian people in the area, the North Fulton Child
Development Association was born, providing a sorely needed day care
center for youngsters.
The association is now in the midst of a fund raising drive to construct
a building for the ecumenical venture which has received support and
assistance from St. Jude’s Catholic Church, Roswell Presbyterian,
Rivercliff Lutheran, Roswell Baptist and Roswell United Methodist.
It all began back in 1967 when a
child in North Fulton county starved to
death. Several women began to express
their concern that the same tragedy
could befall other children of the area.
With an envelope containing $25 for
supplies, a room in the Roswell
Presbyterian Church, much love and
many prayers, they launched a day care
center.
Everyone was a volunteer, food was
brought to the small center from the
homes of the volunteers and the
children were cared for with no charges
involved. Soon it became apparent that
the welcome venture needed space and
an abandoned school was rented for $1
per year. It is now the Grove Way
Community Center.
The ladies soon asked for help in
fixing up the old school and members of
the community responded with
paintbrushes, hammers and nails and the
inevitable broom and bucket brigade.
Funds were next on the list and the
determined ladies first received a
$10,000 grant from the Catholic Human
Development Campaign of the U.S.
Bishops, followed by financial aid from
HEW and donations from churches and
clubs, among them the Roswell Lions
Club, Roswell Women’s Club, Roswell
Baptist Club and the Catholic Center at
Georgia Tech.
There are currently 43 children
between the ages of six months and six
years cared for at the center, with an
additional 19 on the waiting list. The
children receive a hot meal each hoon
furnished by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. For many, it is their only
hot meal of the day.
The entire project is a story of love
and kindness. The women, all of whom
wish to remain anonymous, are an
inspiration in caring. Their young
charges receive feeding, teaching and
loving but in addition they are taken to
the county health clinic for such needed
things as check ups, inoculations and
eye examinations. There is even a
PLEASANT DREAMS for some Roswell youngsters became a reality
through the ecumenical action of concerned citizens. The children
pictured catch up on their nap time at the Grove Way Community Center,
run by the North Fulton Child Development Association.
volunteer physician on call for
emergencies.
One volunteer donated money she
had received as an appreciation gift
from her co-workers to purchase small
cots for the children.
The present drive for a new building
is a much needed one as the current site
is rapidly deteriorating and beyond
renovation. Yet it is a haven for some
bright-eyed youngsters who have found
reasons to smile. Additional information
on the center, as well as the drive for
funds, may be obtained through Lillian
McNair at the association.
Religious Convention
ROME (NC) - Melkite-rite Patriarch Maximos V Hakim of Antioch arrived in Rome
Aug. 27 and defended a fellow Melkite bishop charged in Jerusalem with smuggling
weapons to Arab terrorists. He admitted, however, that Archbishop Ilarion Capucci
may have actually smuggled weapons. He added that in such a case the archbishop
might have believed “he was acting in perfect harmony with his principles.”
Personal Action Urged
NEWARK, N.J. (NC) - Charging that Americans have an aversion to the
responsibilities entailed in leadership, the Institute of Social Relations here called for
personal action on the part of all to alleviate the threat of starvation facing millions of
people throughout the world.
Women’s Rights Day
NEW YORK (NC) - Catholic women marked Women’s Rights Day, Aug. 26, here
by posting a proclamation on the door of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The proclamation
asked for Church support in the effort to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
Another demonstration by Catholic women protested the Episcopal bishops
declaration that the ordinations of 11 women to the Episcopal priesthood were
invalid.
Harlan Strike Ends
WASHINGTON (NC) - The strike by coalminers against the Brookside mine in
Harlan County, Ky., was ended Aug. 29 after the United Mine workers of America
(UMWA) and the Eastover Mining Co., owners of the mine, agreed to a contract here.
Father John Barry, executive director of the Catholic Committee on Appalachia and a
supporter of the strikers, said that the agreement is “a great step not only for these
miners but for the coal industry and for the organizing of all labor in the South.”
Vatican Comments on Documentary
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Vatican Radio, commenting on a Yugoslav documentary
film depicting the late Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac as a Nazi-fascist collaborator, said it
had “surprised not only the Croatian faithful but even international observers.”
Cardinal Stepinac, archbishop of Zagreb, who died Feb. 10, 1960, was the first
high-ranking Catholic prelate to be tried and imprisoned after World War II by a
Communist government. He spent five years at hard labor and then was confined in his
native village. Vatican Radio said the broadcast attacking the cardinal was especially
surprising at a time when Yugoslavia and the Holy See are seeking to improve
diplomatic relations.
Paper Appeals for Democracy
MADRID (NC) - New appeals for the speedy establishment of democracy in Spain
have been issued by the country’s most important Catholic newspaper and by a
militant Catholic workers’ organization. The Catholic daily Ya called for the
establishment of a democratic constitutional order while Generalissimo Francisco
Franco, Spain’s chief of state, is still alive. The Catholic Action Workers’ Brotherhood
said that the Spanish people “are mere spectators” unable to participate in political
decisions.”
With a theme of “Probihg the
Gospel” over 600 Sisters from across
the nation met at Saint Louis University
August 14-18 for the fourth annual
convention of the National Assembly of
Women Religious (NAWR).
NAWR was organized from the
desires of individual Sisters working in
various dioceses across the country who
saw a vision goal of having a national
organization capable of representing all
sisters on a grassroots level.
There are presently 95 member
Sisters’ Conferences, 42 individual
NAWR groups and 2700 individual
members.
BY CAROL PIERSON
Defends Accused Bishop
testifying to the spirit of justice.
Following “Future Projections:
Justice Issues” by Joseph Holland, Staff
Associate of the Center for Concern in
Washington, D.C., convention
participants agreed to publicize the issue
of world hunger through a united,
prayerful and visible way by a symbolic
fast of bread and water the eve of the
convention’s closing. Money usually
spent for the evening meal was sent to
Bread for the World Foundation.
Many individual committee and
workshops sessions held during the
convention included pastoral ministry,
religious life, social concerns, education
and women in church and society.
Among other resolutions passed the
conference will urge the President and
Congress to vote for an immediate
increase in food aid and the building of
a world food security system. In an
effort to promote the Holy Year theme
for reconciliation, the National
Assembly of Women Religious will work
for an extended active amnesty for all
those alienated from the Church and
civil society.
The assembly sent telegrams of regret
to the 11 Episcopalian women whose
ordination was declared invalid by their
House of Bishops. A telegram sent to
the head of the ruling body of the
Episcopal Church read as follows:
“We regret decision of House of
Bishops and hope for a considered
review of this matter and eventual
recognition of full participation of
women in official ministry.”
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Sister Kathleen
Steinkamp, RSM, attended the convention as
a voting delegate from the A tlanta Conference
of Sisters.)
of Bishops, the North American
Diakonia, the National Federation of
Priests’ Councils, the Mexican American
Cultural Center on the Hispanic Agenda,
Sisters Uniting and the National
Assembly of Religious Brothers.
Members of the NAWR Board have
attended various other conferences
including the NCEA, the meeting of the
American Conference of Vicars in
Rome, the National Coalition for
Responsible Investment, Notre Dame
Institute for Personnel Directors, the
Aspen Consultation on Global Justice,
the International Conference on
Religion and Peace in Louvain and
Sister Catherine will attend the 1974
Synod of Bishops in Rome.
Sister Kathleen Steinkamp
Convention keynote addresses
included scripture scholar and author
Sister Kathryn Sullivan, RSCJ, who led
convention delegates through “Probing
the Gospel” in a search for justice
issues. Cesar Chavez, President of the
United Farm Workers assisted the
assembly in “Identifying Justice Issues”
SEARCH OF ATLANTA, INC. hosted a special
Inter-Act weekend at the Baptist Assembly Camp in
Dunwoody recently to formulate plans for the group’s
forthcoming 1974-75 activities. The next SEARCH
weekend for youth aged 16 and over from throughout
the Archdiocese of Atlanta will be held October 11
GEORGE
through 13. Sister Barbara Lee Walter, IHM, serves as
coordinator of the SEARCH program for the
archdiocese. Additional information on SEARCH
activities and projects may be obtained from Sister
Barbara at 256-1182.
Sister Catherine Pinkerton, National
Chairperson, in giving an account of the
past year spoke of “mountain vision —
valley need,” mentioning “the growing
recognition of the assembly as a voice
for sisters, as a resource for numerous
groups who understand and appreciate
the importance of women religious in
the Church and society, as an
organization to be invited wherever
there is a movement toward coalition,
convergence or discussion on an issue
related to national and global justice
and equality.”
During the past year Sister Catherine
has represented NAWR at meetings of
the Leadership Conference of Women
Religious, the National Council of
Catholic Laity, the National Conference
SEARCH Inter-Act Weekend
Preparing for the upcoming year’s program, members of SEARCH of Atlanta Inc.,
held a special Inter-Act weekend at the Baptist Assembly Camp in Dunwoody.
Sister Barbara Lee Walter IHM, coordinator of the SEARCH program for the
archdiocese, said the weekend gathering was a team preparation, basically, a weekend
of prayer, work and social activities.
The successful weekend programs
offered to Atlanta teenagers through the
SEARCH program will continue to be
held with SEARCH number 10
scheduled for October 11 to 13th. The
special weekends are open to youth over
the age of 16. Additional information
on the October session may be obtained
from Sister Barbara at Ignatius House
(256-1182).
Sister said one of the aims of the
Inter-Act weekend was to strengthen
the participants, overall concepts of
youth ministry, specifically adult to
adult, youth to youth, and youth to
adult, by using reflective written and
verbal techniques to motivate one
another and strengthen understanding
of the program.
An additional aim, she said, was to
rebuild community of the members,
strengthening their personal
commitment for leadership roles within
the SEARCH program and in other
forms of ministry.
Roswell Day Care Center
True Ecumenical Project
Official
Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan has announced the appointment of
Reverend Thomas J. Carroll, M.S. as Pastor of the Parish of Saint Francis of
Assisi in Cartersville to succeed Reverend John M. Rohrman, M.S., and the
appointment of Reverend Joseph J. Baxer, S.M. as Assistant Pastor in
Cartersville to succeed Reverend Bernard T. Dillon, M.S. The appointments
became effective Thursday, September 5,1974.
Know Your Faith Returns
KNOW YOUR FAITH, the weekly series focusing on Church issues today, returns
to the GEORGIA BULLETIN in this issue with the theme of the forthcoming Holy
Year - reconcilation, evangelization and renewal.
Articles for the series, which is distributed through the National Catholic News
Service, have been planned in advance with consulation with the U. S. Catholic
Conference and outside consultants.
Final approval of Know Your Faith topics comes from an advisory board of
conference theologians headed by Archbishop John Quinn of Oklahoma City. The
board evaluates the material for theological soundness and pastoral sensitivity.
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