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Vol. 12 No. 31
Thursday, September 12,1974
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* Misa y Procesion en Honor delaVirgen de la Caridad
Mass and Procession in Honor
Of Our Lady of Charity of Cuba
Disbelief seemed to be the reaction of passersby at Sacred Heart Church
as the congregation formed an outdoor procession. There was, however,
no sign of disbelief on the part of the congregation.
It was the feast of Our Lady of Charity, the patroness of Cuba. Father
Raimundo Solano, O.F.M. was the principle concelebrant at the Spanish
Mass and the homily was preached by Father Mauro Mourlot.
FATHER MAURO MOURLOT
preaches the sermon for the feast
of Our Lady of Charity. The mass
was celebrated at Sacred Heart
Church. The ceremonies were
entirely in Spanish.
This feast is a liturgical high point for
Cuban Catholics, and Sacred Heart
Church was filled to capacity. They
came from throughout the Archdiocese.
The local celebration of the feast has
been sponsored since 1960 by Accion
Catolica Hispano-Americana. The
activities included Mass at St. Anthony’s
Church and at the Atlanta Federal
Penitentiary on Saturday, and the Mass
and procession at Sacred Heart on
Sunday. This was followed by a social
gathering at St. Joseph High School.
The purpose of Accion Catholica is to
use social activities to bring people into
Church activities. Angel A. Seoane is
president of the group.
Music for the Mass was provided by a
Spanish choir under the direction of
Jose Montero.
Mass is celebrated in Spanish each
Sunday in several parishes, but this
annual feast is the biggest Spanish
celebration of the year. “It’s just about
the only large ethnic celebration left,”
said Father Michael A. Morris, Pastor of
the Sacred Heart Church, “we are happy
to support it any way we can.”
Juan Perez, a student at Belmont
Abbey College and Sacred Heart
parishioner, was lector for the Mass. Mrs.
Maria C. Seoane was in charge of the
decoration of the statue.
‘Stop Drugs at the Source’
BY MICHAEL MOTES
If Kimberly or Derek Krautter, students at Immaculate Heart of Mary School, were given an essay assignment
on “How I Spent My Summer Vacation,” it might start off something like this:
“One day our family decided to take a walk. We started in Savannah and headed for Chattanooga.”
Well, the story would go on that the family didn’t quite make it all the way to Chattanooga, but they did cover
a lot of territory across Georgia as they campaigned to “Stop Drugs at the Source.”
Ken Krautter, an Atlanta accountant
who recently resigned his C.P.A. job to
devote all of his time to the “Stop
Drugs at the Source” issue, is scheduled
to complete the “Awareness Walk” into
Chattanooga on Monday, September 16.
Krautter’s aim is to eventually obtain
3.5 million signatures from throughout
the state on petitions urging all elected
officials to “request a FBI-GBI
investigation into the link between
officials at all levels of government and
organized crime which constitutes the
source of drugs that are killing our
children.”
Through his summer hiking activities
and an ad he runs in the Atlanta daily
newspapers, Krautter has obtained
nearly 200,000 signatures to date.
Long-range plans call for a
nationwide campaign aimed at a goal of
200 million signatures on petitions. A
major corporation has agreed to provide
“Stop Drugs at the Source” with
billboards advertising Krautter’s idea.
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STOP DRUGS At THE SOURCE was the theme of the Awareness
Walk staged by Ken Krautter, and his wife Penni and children Derek and
Kimberly. Beginning in Savannah, their destination of Chattanooga is
scheduled to be reached Monday, September 16..
Pictured on the signs will be the
Krautter children, Mary Sue Gannon,
who also attends Immaculate Heart of
Mary School, and Ansley Harris, a
student in the Atlanta Public School
System.
Krautter became involved with his
campaign three years ago when he was
approached by a pregnant 13-year-old
who had turned to prostitution to
support her heroin habit.
Krautter could not dismiss the
unbelievable episode from his mind.
Trying to find a way to help others who
had reached similar depths of despair,
Krautter came up with the idea to
petition officials concerning the drug
problem.
“I thought a lot about it,” says
Krautter. “I could understand why
addicts take the stuff. I could
understand why a child, succumbing to
peer pressure, would try it. And I could
understand why the pushers keep on
because there’s big money in drugs. But
what I couldn’t understand is why do
we permit it?
“We don’t really have a drug
problem. We have a people problem.
Things can Only happen if we let them
happen. It’s time to put a stop to
drugs.”
Krautter launched his walk to make
people aware of the need to inform
government officials that the people of
Georgia have had enough of -the
problems caused by drugs and that
something must be done now before the
problem grows to epidemic proportions.
Throughout the summer he has met
with officials of numerous cities and
towns in Georgia and has been deeply
moved by the interest generated by his
one-family campaign.
But one of the aspects of the “Stop
Drugs at the Source” campaign that
Krautter is most excited about is what
he terms his “bomb.”
The “bomb” was launched by a
speech Krautter gave to the
kindergarten students of Sister Barbara
Tucker at Immaculate Heart of Mary.
“That speech was the hardest I’ve
ever had to give,” Krautter recalls. “I
had to face a group of 5-year-olds and
tell them about drugs. I came up with
the idea of asking them what they
would do if they wanted something.
“They responded that they would ask
PROCESSION WITH THE STATUE - Following
the Mass the entire congregation processed outside the
church. The capacity crowd came from throughout the
Archdiocese.
Bulletins
School Aid OK’d
WASHINGTON (NC) - A request for an injunction to prohibit the state of Ohio
from making payments to nonpublic schools was denied here by a U.S. Supreme Court
Justice. In denying the petition of the American Civil Liberties Union, Justice Lewis F.
Powell paved the way for payment of $170 per pupil in auxiliary services and materials
during the 1974-75 school year. The total is expected to be approximately $81
million.
Anti-Rockefeller Lobby
NEW YORK (NC) - Lobbying efforts aimed at defeating former New York Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller’s nomination to be vice president have been suggested here by the
New York State Right to Life Committee. The committee is opposing Rockefeller’s
nomination because of his pro-abortion views.
Polish Reds Act Up
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IHM STUDENTS Derek and
Kimberly Krautter and Mary Sue
Gannon and Ansley Harris, a
student in the Atlanta Public
School System, will be featured in
a national Stop Drugs at the
Source advertising campaign.
their parents for it. I then told them
that I wanted something and I was
asking them to help me get it. Would
they think of someone important and
ask them to sign a petition to put an
end to drugs? The response was
overwhelming. The kids decided not
only to ask their parents to sign
petitions, but to write to people they
considered very important.”
From the kindergarten class, the idea
of letter writing expanded to other IHM
grades and a flood of letters went out
from the school. Governor Carter and
then-President Nixon were among those
most frequently written to by the
students. Others chosen by the students
ranged from Hank Aaron to John Sirica.
Krautter’s son Derek wrote both to
Nixon and Carter and received a
personal reply from the governor and a
package of information from the White
House.
After his return from Chattanooga,
Krautter will focus his attention to
further contact with schools in the
archdiocese.
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Polish authorities recently destroyed a small building
belonging to the archdiocese of Cracow, according to Vatican Radio. The radio also
reported that a pilgrimage marking the anniversary of the death of Blessed Maximilian
Kolbe was blocked from entering the camp where he died as a Nazi concentration
camp prisoner.
Appeal to Chile Regime
SANTIAGO, CHILE (NC) - Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders have appealed
to Chile’s military government for amnesty for political prisoners. They also asked for
a lifting of the declaration of “internal war” and reviews by civilian courts of the
sentences imposed by military courts. The appeals came almost a year after the
military overthrew Marxist President Salvador Allende.
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HANK AARON was among those written to by Immaculate Heart of
Mary students seeking signatures on the Stop Drugs at the Source petition.