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Vol. 12 No. 30 Thursday, September 5,1974 $5 PER YEAR ‘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. / \ Bulletins < 4