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PAGE 2—The Georgia Bulletin, September 5,1974
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ROME’S GREAT BASILICAS -
HOLY YEAR SHRINES - The Basilica
of St. John Lateran is the cathedral of
Rome and, despite the architectural
splendor of St. Peter’s, it is first in rank
of all Rome’s churches. The present
church, dating from the 16th Century,
is the fourth actual structure, the
others having been destroyed by fire
and earthquake. Among the architects
who worked on it were Domenico
Fontana, who also erected the obelisk
in front of St. Peter’s, and Francesco
Borromini. The facade, which is shown
here, was executed in the 18th Century
by Alessandro Galilei.
Near the basilica is the Lateran
Palace, rebuilt on the site of an earlier
palace which had served as the papal
residence until the 14th Century. It is
now a museum of Christian antiquities.
The older palace was the scene of the
five Lateran Councils, and the new one
of the signing of the Lateran Treaty in
1929.
Adult Renewal Program
Set at Corpus Christi
A year-long adult renewal program is beginning Friday, September 13, at 7 p.m.
in the parish center at Corpus Christi in Stone Mountain. The aim of this spiritual
project for the Holy Year of 1975 is to help the adults of the parish family establish,
renew or expand a personal relationship with Christ that will bring them to a fuller
life in a community of God’s people.
Six Friday evenings
corresponding to the
liturgical seasons from
September to May have been
reserved on the parish
calendar. Each session, lasting
approximately three hours,
will be a time of spiritual
input and sharing. The
themes for these meetings
have been adapted from the
Catholic Renewal Conference
held by the archdiocese in
January of this year. The
format of each meeting will
be a varied one, consisting of
talks, skits, films and slide
presentations, Scripture
readings, group discussions,
liturgical activities, prayer
and casual conversation over
coffee.
The opening session of
September 13th will explore
the theme “Baptism: The Call
to Live in Union With God.”
Father Joseph Beltran,
pastor, will initiate the
renewal program by sharing
some thoughts on the Holy
Year and renewal. Mr. Dick
Await, committee member,
will open the evening by
presenting the theme.
A new member of the
parish family, compliments of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cronin,
will be baptized and a small
group discussion will follow.
After a break the evening will
continue with interaction
based on the film “Run.” The
Eucharistic Liturgy, carrying
the theme of relationship
with God in community, will
climax the evening. The
celebration of this theme will
be extended with some light
refreshment.
Registration for the
evening is being held after
Sunday Masses. A maximum
of 150 persons per session
can be accommodated.
Members of the parish
Renewal Committee who
have undertaken the planning
and preparation of these
evenings are Mr. Sam
Troncalli, Mrs. Terry
Hotchkiss, Mrs. Cecile
Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Await and the parish team,
Father Joseph Beltran, Father
James Fennessy, Father
Patrick Padden, Sister
Damian Schirmer and Sister
Linda Valasik. Representa
tives from the various parish
groups have assisted the
committee by providing
publicity to their groups as
well as service input for each
of the planned evenings.
The dates of the future
renewal meetings are
December 6, January 10,
March 14, April 11 and May
23.
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Nostalgia Helps Hibernians Grow
DAYTON, Ohio (NC) - The “current wave of nostalgia” sweeping the United
States is one of the factors in the growth of the Ancient Order of Hibernians,
(AOH), according to a national director of the organization.
John J. Hoswell, a native of Dublin who was recently reelected an AOH director
of the organization for Irish-American Catholics, said that membership has been
increased by “at least 10 percent” in the past four years.
Hoswell predicted in an
interview here that the
membership rolls of the AOH
would be swelled by “15 or
20 percent more in the next
four years.”
The 41-year-old
construction electrician and
father of two sons and two
daughters said much of the
membership increase came
with an influx of “young
members - teen-agers and
those in their early 20s.”
As Hoswell sees it, the urge
to join the organization in
increased numbers today can
be attributed in large measure
to “the tum-about from what
was going on the college
campuses and elsewhere five
years ago when there were
demonstrations of all sorts of
unrest among the young.”
Now, he said, the young
people are “in a need to
belong - to be a part of some
group that is positive in its
aims and outlook.”
Nostalgia also plays a big
part in this picture,” he
explained.
The young people today
are looking back to see from
where they came. They are
tracing their roots. They are
probing into their cultural
backgrounds to learn about
their beginnings and how to
be proud of their roots.”
Hoswell traced the
founding of the AOH back to
the 1700s in Ireland when, he
said, the group was set up “to
protect and serve as honor
guards for priests on whose
heads the British had put a
price.”
In 1836, the U.S. wing of
the organization split from
the Dublin headquarters and
the Ancient Order of
Hibernians in America, Inc.,
was established.
“You must remember that
when the Irish began to come
to the United States in the
early 1800s, they were fleeing
religious persecution and
discrimination and other
unpleasant things,” he
explained. “But when they
arrived here in America, they
found things almost as bad.
“They were presecuted
religiously. They were subject
to job discrimination. And
they began to strengthen
their feelings about the AOH
here, and finally in 1836 they
set up their own organization
to protect themselves and to
help each other over the
rough spots.”
Today, Hoswell said, there
is no significant job or
religious discrimination
against the Irish in America.
“But this doesn’t mean the
AOH should disband,” he
cautioned.
“The Irish, as have peoples
of other national origins, have'
risen up and reached a certain
standard today in America.
But, you never know if we
couldn’t some day find
ourselves right back where we
were in discrimination some
day. So, among other things,
we must stay in business to
be on guard.”
Hoswell admitted that
there is some disagreement
within the membership about
restricting AOH rolls to
“practicing, sacrament
receiving Catholics.”
“This matter has come up
at national meetings over the
years but each time it has
been unanimously, defeated
by a vote,” he said. “We feel
that protecting priests and
religious practice was the
objective of the group when
it was formed in Ireland in
the 1700s and we see no
reason to tear away the
religious nature of the AOH
now.”
He added, however, that
the national board of
directors and officers in 1971
voted to open “associate
memberships’’ to
non-Catholics and those of
non-Irish ancestry.
“Without breaking the
structure of the organization
we did make this concession
and opened up a sort of social
membership,” he explained.
“It is up to the option of
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local divisions to opt for the
social memberships,
however.”
He also said there has been
“no move whatsoever” to
change the secret initiation
ritual of the organization for
full members!
“It is an ancient ritual and
I am sure it will never be
changed,” he said. “I don’t
think the Knights of
Columbus has opened its
initiation rituals to the public
either.”
The U.S. AOH has many
prominent people on its rolls.
They include leaders in all
walks of life from politics and
Church to business and
finance.
President John F. Kennedy
was a member and his
surviving brother, Sen.
Edward M. Kennedy also held
membership in the AOH.
The organization today is
in the forefront of the battle
against legalized abortion and
has been conducting financial
drives to alleviate the
suffering of natural disaster
victims in the United States
and victims of the warfare in
Northern Ireland.
“But I can tell you without
hesitation that not one penny
of funds from this
organization ever was sent to
Northern Ireland for arms or
ammunition to carry on
violence there,” Hoswell said.
“We are sworn to do all we
can to bring about a free and
united Ireland,” he stressed.
“But we are unalterably
opposed to violence.”
One objective of the AOH,
according to its constitution,
is to “aid and advance by all
legitimate means the
aspirations and endeavors of
the Irish people for complete
and absolute independence.”
Hoswell said “a
considerable amount of
money” has been sent over in
the past few years to
Northern Ireland to feed,
clothe and house victims of
the violence there.
“This money went to the
Catholic clergy there for
distribution -- well over
$100,000 last year alone -
and it was used to feed, house
and clothe Protestant as well
as Catholic victims of the
violence, he emphasized.
Hoswell and his wife, the
former Ann Vera Donnelly,
both of South Dublin, left
Ireland in 1954 for London,
where he worked as an
electrician.
“Then, 10 years ago, I got
the itchy feet and we came
here to America,” he recalled.
“But now that we have
youngsters - all but one in
their teens - we have lost the
urge to move on.”
“Anyway,” he said
philosophically, “there are
many things to be done here.
The young people are looking
for their roots and we can
help them find them. Also,
we want to foster the folklore
and the culture of Ireland
here. And most important,
we feel that what we stand
for all will make each
member not only a better
citizen and Catholic, but a
better person all around as
well.”
Fred Perella
Ability to Think
Educational Goal
“Freedom and the critical ability to think should be
the goals of a Catholic education - not discipline” was
the message at a recent seminar held at St. John’s the
Evangelist school in Hapeville.
The seminar, sponsored by the Archdiocesan Office
of Urban Affairs and lead by Fred Perella from the
national Campaign for Human Development (CHD)
office in Washington, D.C., centered on the teaching of
social justice in Catholic schools.
Perella emphasized that a
Catholic education, in order
to be called Catholic “must
engender signs of dignity in
its students and also must
witness to freedom and the
knowledge that love exists
among students and
teachers.”
Noting that retention of
knowledge is best
accomplished through
experience, Perella called
upon the 15 faculty members
to reach out to the
community and begin to
serve them. In this way the
young Catholic student is
taught the effects of social sin
and will develop ways to help
alleviate injustice.
“Catholic education,”
Perella said, “must be a
witness to the Christian faith,
a vehichle for community and
an avenue for service if it is to
be called truly Catholic. If it
is not any of these three it
does not deserve to bear the
name Catholic education.”
Church Paper Suggests
British Soul-Searching
LONDON (NC) - Britians
have no business throwing
stones at ex-President
Richard Nixon, the national
weekly newspaper of the
Church of England maintains.
“Given the general state of
morals in permissive Britain
today there is no justification
for any throwing stones at
President Nixon or his
henchmen, however grievous
their behavior,” the
CHURCH TIMES said.
“Rather is the whole
wretched Watergate business
an occasion for some
soul-searching on this side of
the Atlantic, where there is
unhappily good reason to fear
the existence of political
corruption on a considerable
scale.”
Archbishop Donald Coggan
of New York, who becomes
primate of the Anglican
Church this year when he
succeeds to the See of
Canterbury, said on national
television this week that
permissiveness in British
society is “a matter of real
concern.”
He said: “When you see
the family break then there’s
a red light, a real danger sign,
I think. If you have got a
stable family life then your
nation is generally pretty
sound.”
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