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PAGE 8—The Georgia Bulletin, February 13,1975
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Lenten Regulations Announced
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To clarify current canonical discipline of
penitential practices for Lent, as established
bv the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops (NCCB) in a document sent to the
bishops of the United States, the Georgia
Bulletin offers this summation:
1) Good Friday will be a day of abstinence
from meat and also of fast, that is, limited to
a single full meal. With regard to Good Friday,
the teaching of the Second Vatican Council
should be recalled: “Let the paschal fast be
kept sacred. Let it be celebrated everywhere
on Good Friday, and, where possible,
prolonged throughout Holy Saturday, so that
the joys of the Sunday of the Resurrection
may be attained with uplifted and clear
mind.”
2) The other Fridays of the season of Lent
are days of abstinence from meat.
3) All Catholics over 14 years old are
bound to abstain from meat on Fridays of
Lent. Children under 14 are not bound by the
Law of Abstinence.
4) The Fridays of the year outside Lent
remain days of penance, but each individual
may substitute for the traditional abstinence
from meat some other practice of voluntary
self-denial or personal penance: this may be
physical mortification or temperance or acts
of religion, charity or Christian witness.
In these days of world food crisis, the
beginning of Lent is a good time to remind
ourselves of the message of the U.S. Bishops:
“A major pressure on food supply is the
pattern of consumption. Especially evident in
our consumer-oriented way of life are the
waste of food and the excessive consumption
of energy. Appeals to Christian conscience of
responsible stewardship highlighting the
practice of days of fast and abstinence, flow
from the deepest roots of our biblical and
ecclesiastical traditions.
“We urge the whole Catholic community --
priests, religious and laity - to join with us in
observing at least two days a week as days of
fast. We also urge resistance to advertising and
other forms of social pressure which promote
affluent and wasteful eating habits.”
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Archdiocesan Scouting Report
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BY FR. JOHN C. KIERAN
The highlight of Scouting under Catholic
auspicies was the recent presentation of the
Silver Beaver Award to four Catholic leaders.
The review will include informal discussions
with the Archdiocesan Chaplain and Scouters
to insure completion of the program and the
spiritual growth expected prior to the
presentation.
Among the 20 recipients of the award at
the Atlanta Area Pot Luck Banquet on Feb. 1
were Catholics Arthur Arseneault of St.
Thomas the Apostle parish, Smyrna; Dallas
Guess of St. John the Evangelist parish,
Hapeville; John Stensland of St. Philip Benizi
parish, Jonesboro; and Albert Woefle of Holy
Cross parish.
The AAD emblem application (the back
page of the booklet) and inquiries should be
sent to Fr. John C. Kieran, Archdiocesan
Scout Chaplain, P.O. Box 2072, Dalton, Ga.
30720; telephone (404) 278-3107.
Scout Banquet
All four are active with their parish Scout
units and Stensland serves as chairman of the -
Archdiocesan Committee on Scouting.
Ad Altare Dei
A mini-workshop for Scouts working on, or
who wish to begin, the Ad Altare Dei Program
will be held, Feb. 22, at the Scout Office, 194
Luckie St., from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Scouts already working on the program,
their counselors and other interested persons
are invited to attend. Priests and lay
counselors will be on hand.
A review for receiving the Ad Altare Dei
will be held April 26 at 10 a.m. at the Scout
Office. Scouts who have completed the
program must be present in uniform and bring
their AAD logbooks.
Nominations, now due, for the Saint
George and Pelican Catholic awards, to be
presented at the Scout Banquet May 3, should
be directed to John Tomlinson, 2175
Sandgate Circle, College Park, Ga. 30337.
Troops are also invited to send a resume of
their year’s activities to compete for the
Bishop’s Trophy.
Girl Scouting
Troop nominations for the Bishop’s
Trophy, adult nominations for the Saint Anne
Medal and Scouts who have completed the
Marian program should make application to
Fr. Kieran. Cut off date is May 26.
All Girl Scout Troop leaders should plan
now to attend the Archdiocesan Scout
Banquet May 3.
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SND Educators Meet
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Sister Catharine Virginia Harahan,
Administrative Secretary of St. Joseph’s High
School in Atlanta, participated in a four-day
Articulation Conference at Trinity College in
Washington, D.C.
Forty-six educators representing 34 high
schools staffed by the Sisters of Notre Dame
de Namur from throughout the country
attended the conference.
The conference, which was held January 23
to 26, was scheduled as part of Trinity’s 75th
year celebration as a Catholic liberal arts
college for women. Trinity was founded in
1897 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
Committees and speakers addressed topics
ranging from curriculum innovations, personal
and career counseling, and financial aid, to
education for values. The financing of private
education and the effect of the Buckley
Amendment on the application process were
of particular concern to the participants. The
current increase in demand for career-oriented
programs at all levels of education and the
ways in which these Catholic institutions are
meeting this need were also topics discussed in
depth.
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BY FR. JOSEPH SANCHES
(PART II)
In the gospel account of
the Final Judgment (Matthew
25: 3Iff) the condemned are
chagrined because they could
not recognize Jesus when He
was hungry, thirsty, naked or
homeless. They had forgotten
Jesus’ interpretation of the
law that love of God is
embodied in love of one’s
neighbor as oneself.
Our own recognition
problem is not dissimilar. The
face of Christ hidden behind
the faces of the poor and
needy is unclear and
sometimes even lost in the
shuffle of statistics.
Sometimes the magnitude of
the statistics themselves is so
great that they convey little
meaning.
The painful growling of an
empty stomach or the cry
from parched and thirsty lips
might have some significance
if we could hear it. . . but
who among us can
comprehend five hundred
million starving people in
today’s world? Who among us
could eat or sleep knowing
that at this moment there are
some two hundred million
children starving?
One out of three will die of
starvation and the remaining
two-thirds will be
permanently mentally or
physically impaired.
Besides blurring the
individual faces of the poor
and hungry, our own
statistics become a
judgmental indictment
against us. Why is it that in
Genesis, the Creator gave the
goods of the earth to all men
for their equal benefit and
yet five American
corporations control 90
percent of the world’s grain?
Why does the average
American have a ton of grain
per year at his disposal and
the average Indian only one
pound a day in cereal? Why is
it that although there are
only twenty-six days of world
grain reserves left for a
hungry world, America keeps
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convert 15 percent of our
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Statistics make myriad
questions and hopefully the
statistics will not be returned
as a judgment against us.
They may be wishful thinking
when simple analysis can
demonstrate that
meat-consumption among
affluent nations takes away
the poor man’s bread as well.
In a world short of grain
supply, it takes seven to eight
pounds of grain to produce a
pound of beef. But enough of
statistics.
The Catholics of the
Church of North Georgia
have consistently been
generous to the poor through
the Bishops’ Relief Fund . . .
as well as to every other
church-sponsored charity.
Last year our local Church
contributed $14,480 to the
Bishops’ Relief Fund on the
Laetare Sunday second
collection. That was a $4,000
increase over 1973! Our
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PARISH
ACTIVITIES and events of
interest to all those in the
Archdiocese of Atlanta are
solicited for this feature. Please
send announcements at least two
weeks in advance to the
GEORGIA BULLETIN, 756 West
Peachtree St., N.W., Atlanta,
30308. Deadline for all material is
noon Monday.
APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER,
Sacred Heart Church, Ivy Street,
meets second Sunday each
month, 3 p.m.
CAMPAIGN FOR SURPLUS
ROSARIES is seeking surplus or
broken rosaries for worldwide
distribution to the poor. Send
items to Rev. Patrick Peyton,
C.S.C., 773 Madison Ave.,
Albany, N.Y. 12208, or to P.
Marion Chudy, T.O.F., 1603
Marion St., North Little Rock,
Ark. 72114.
FEBRUARY
15—ST. PIUS HIGH SCHOOL
meeting to explain school
program to parents of ail new
students enrolled for next year, 9
to 10 a.m., followed by
registration.
15-CATHEDRAL CLUB
VALENTINE’S PARTY, 8:30
p.m. Details, 636-3488 or
237-2050.
15- 21 —ST. THOMAS THE
APOSTLE PARISH RENEWAL
WEEK. Details, 432-8579.
16- SEARCH OF ATLANTA
SUPER EXTENSION for Atlanta
members and their families, 2
p.m. Liturgy followed by
covered-dish supper. Details, Sr.
Barbara, 256-1 1 82.
18-NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS
meeting, 7 p.m., 255 Rumson
Road. Details from Sr. Jeannette
or Sr. Barbara, 237-061 8.
generosity has been
proven . . . and our caring
continual. Yet there are still
the starving and the needy
and what more can we do but
respond again and again.
What more? Bishop
Swanstrom has asked us for
just 10 percent more this
year. In this uncertain age of
inflation and recession, a 10
percent increase may seem a
lot. Compared to five
hundred million starving
people, it cannot begin to be
enough!
In 1963 President John
Kennedy advised Americans
that we have the means to
eliminate hunger in our
world; all we needed was the
will. Pray and fast for the
hungry this Lent. And the
money you save from fasting
convert into alms for the
poor. Then give from your
own bounty on March 9,
Laetare Sunday, to the
Bishop’s Relief Fund.
Perhaps the prayerful
discipline of fasting and
almsgiving this Lent shall give
us the will . . . and the
monetary wherewithal ... to
provide bread for the hungry
and not turn our backs on
our own.
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CLUB VINCE DOOLEY
DINNER at Elk’s Club, Riverside
Drive, Gainesville. $4 person.
Details 534-3338 or 536-1 603.
18-NORTHWEST DEANERY
MEETING, Cathedral of Christ
the King. Mass at 10 a.m.
followed by business meeting and
program. Guest speaker Mrs.
Agnes Olmstead, director of
consumer affairs, Colonial Stores,
on “Spuds and Supermarkets.”
Details, Mrs. Maureen Gonter,
255-9488.
18- GUILD OF ST. PAUL
MEETING, Sacred Heart Parish
hall, 7:30 p.m. Details, Martha
Shoemaker, 355-8848.
19- LADIES AUXILIARY K OF
C COUNCIL 6517 meeting,
Clover Realty Co., 257 Mt.
Vernon Highway, 8 p.m. Details,
Lyn Scarborough, 458-281 5.
20- -IM MACULATE HEART OF
MARY WOMEN’S GUILD
meeting, 8 p.m., school library.
Guest speaker, Terry Weaver of
Birthright.
22-CATHEDRAL CLUB
WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY
PARTY, 8:30 p.m. Details,
289-6289 or 325-9558.
22-KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
COUNCIL 651 7 steak and lobster
dinner, St. Judes Hall. Cocktails
7-8 p.m. followed by dinner and
dancing until midnight. $20
couple or $11 single. Reservations
by Feb. 10 to Bill Jordon
451-2845 or 457-4864.
25-CATHEDRAL CLUB PARTY
at Bavarian Alpine Inn, Cheshire
Bridge Road and Buford
Highway, 8:30 p.m.
MARCH
1 -CATHEDRAL CLUB
TROPICAL ISLAND PARTY,
8:30 p.m., Martinique
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Writes from Taiwan
HSINCHU, TAIWAN -
“I’m part of the Catholic
Social Center staff and most
of my work involves young
factory workers. They are a
really beautiful group, so
simple and real, but very
insecure about themselves
and their jobs,” writes Sister
Maureen Gunning, Atlanta
Maryknoller from her mission
in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
One-third of Taiwan’s 15
and one-half million
population are in industry
and the majority of these are
young men and women
between the ages of 15-24.
They live in a society which
emphasizes education and
they have had very little so
“they are anxious about
themselves.”
“The world economic
situation is affecting the lives
of people everywhere and we
are no exception,” continues
Sister Maureen. “Most of the
young people are ripe for
being laid off. They acquired
their work skills as
apprentices on the job and
it’s a long process to advance
in the system.”
“They come to the Center
and talk about their joys and
frustrations and become
enriched thfough friendships
and service to others. The
young people have a weekly
program of visiting the sick in
hospitals. They also
participate in the work of a
voluntary organization
sponsored by non-Christian
workers and businessmen
who give all kinds of
assistance to the poorest of
the poor,” says Sister.
“It’s beautiful to see these
young people whose own
lives are certainly anything
but problem-less, reaching
out to others who need them.
If you ever doubted, surely
you would believe again that
Christ still walks the streets
of the world when you
witness the goodness and care
of these young people.”
Sister Maureen, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George J.
Gunning of Atlanta, was
graduated from Christ the
King grade and high schools.
Prior to her entrance into
Maryknoll in 1951, she
worked for the South-Eastern
Underwriters Association,
Atlanta.
After completing studies
for a bachelor’s degree in
education from Rogers
College, Maryknoll, N.Y., in
1958, Sister Maureen was
assigned to the Japanese
mission school in Los
Angeles, Calif., where she
taught for the next six years.
In 1964 she was assigned to
Taiwan.
From 1971 to 1973 Sister
was' assigned to Creative
Services in the Development
Department at the global
headquarters at Maryknoll,
N.Y., which engages in
mission education and
encourages support for the
Maryknoll Sisters’ overseas
work.
Sister Maureen was
re-assigned to Taiwan in
January, 1974.
Besides her parents, the
Atlanta Maryknoller has a
brother, Mr. J. Thomas
Gunning and three sisters:
Mrs. Patricia Reese, Mrs. Joan
Merkle III, and Mrs. Barbara
Johansen, all living in
Atlanta. Another brother,
Tim Gunning, lives in
Wheaton, Ill., and a sister,'
Mrs. Marie Claire O’Leary,
lives in Arkadelphia, Ark.
SISTER MAUREEN
GUNNING, Maryknoll
missioner from Atlanta in
Taiwan.
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