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PAGE 8—The Georgia Bulletin, December 2,1976
Bishops’ Pastoral Letter—
(Continued from page 7)
III. CONCLUSION
Many institutions of
society have roles to play in
realizing the vision we have
attempted to sketch here. In
a pluralistic society,
religiously neutral public
institutions and structures
cannot be expected to
embody the beliefs of any
one religious group, nor
indeed should they reflect an
anti-religious view of life.
They can and should help
create the conditions in
which values can flourish in
human lives and persons
committed to Christian goals
can pursue them without
hindrance, without
surrendering their rights, and
with full opportunity to
transmit their principles to
future generations.
The obligation of creating
these conditions rests in
different ways upon different
elements in society.
Upon government: to
infringe upon the authentic
rights of none; to create
through the instruments of
law and public policy
conditions for the fullest
possible flowering of the
rights of all, with particular
attention to family values and
family needs; to seek a true
community of nations with
international structures able
to address the real problems
of today’s world and work
for the common good of all
nations and peoples.
Upon business and
industry, labor and the
professions: to define their
roles not in relation to
narrow self-interest but in
relation to the well being of
all members of this society,
especially the poor and the
vulnerable; to seek for all a
good life encompassing a
broad spectrum of values in
addition to economic ones; to
show by responsible actions
that the common good can be
realized in our nation without
intrusion by the state into
ever more areas of life.
Upon the media,
education, and all who
transmit information and
help form attitudes: to be
deeply committed to the
truth; to be respectful of
persons and scrupulous to
avoid advocating or
inculcating false and corrosive
values; to be eager to foster
such community-building
values as justice, charity, and
the understanding that all
human beings have a claim
upon the goods of human
life.
Upon churches and
religious groups: to be
teachers of holiness and
justice; to give witness to
their teaching by striving
through their policies and
practices to further the
realization of human goods in
the lives of all, those who are
not their members as well as
those who are; to exercise a
prophetic role in society by
calling individuals, groups,
and institutions to be ever
more mindful and supportive
of authentic values.
With all this said, however,
the most important thing
remains unsaid. The values
proclaimed by Jesus Christ
are not lived by structures
and institutions if they are
not lived by men and women.
Jesus is not the way, the
truth, and the life for
corporate abstractions like
“government,” “business,”
and “religious groups” but
for human beings. Yet people
live in and depend upon
communities and social
structures of many kinds; and
so the reason for cherishing
moral values in families,
nations, and the community
of nations, as well as the test
of how well they are fostered
there, are individual human
lives lived according to God’s
will for us made manifest in
Jesus Christ. For Christians
the goal is holiness.
Because we have been
made holy in Jesus, we are,
he teaches us, also to be
“made perfect, even as your
heavenly Father is perfect.”
All of us are to be perfectly
what we really are: living
temples of the holy God. “All
of the faithful of whatever
rank or status are called to
the fullness of the Christian
life and to the perfection of
charity.” We all are
challenged to grow in holiness
“according to our own special
calling” and above all by
loving service, which guides
and energizes all the paths of
holiness. To do this requires
self-discipline and
self-sacrifice. But it is possible
in the strength of Christ and
his Spirit which we share.
Recognizing its possibility is a
step toward making it real.
We, your bishops, pray that
these reflections will help
bring this possibility more
alive in our lives and the lives
of many, will help open our
hearts and yours, our
brothers and sisters in Christ,
to God’s immeasurable love
for us all.
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(Mt. 25:31ff) A life of faith is
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in us. When we come to die,
much we have cherished will
seem worthless, many things
deemed urgent and attractive
now will appear useless or
worse. What will matter then
is how much we love now and
how we live in response to
our Father’s love for us.
The cross of Jesus Christ
shows us the deficiency of
other value systems. Jesus
yielded up his life for us in
perfect loving union with the
Father’s will, and this is the
meaning of his life which also
gives meaning to our lives as
his followers. If we can
acknowledge selfishness as
folly and self-sacrifice as
victory, if we can love
enemies, be vulnerable to
injustice and, in being so, still
say that we have triumphed,
then we shall have learned to
live in Jesus Christ.
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COBB COUNTY DEDICATION ~
Assisting Archbishop Donnellan
(center) at the dedication of Holy
Family Church in East Marietta are
Father James Miceli (left), Father John
Mulroy, pastor, Father John Fallon and
Father Walter Foley. The Church was
dedicated November 21.
TOCCOH ART
Rural Catholic Ministry
BY FR. RAY HORAN
On the Feast of Christ the
King we moved into the new
church building in Hartwell.
That’s to let you folks who
are a part of the Sacred Heart
parish but don’t live in
Hartwell year ’round know
that we’re “in.” Such a move
may not seem too significant.
But some delays caused us to
move in a little late, and it
was significant that the first
Eucharist celebrated there
was on the Feast of Christ the
King.
Such a feast day called all
of us to realize that buildings,
though necessary, are really
only places where the Body
of Christ, the Church, can
gather. We reflected on the
fact that Jesus the Risen Lord
is the Head of the Body, and
we are the members. Church,
for us, must always be people
gathered in praise and thanks
to the Father with Christ
Jesus, continuing His Word
and Work until He comes.
But for me, it was a special
day. About 21 years ago our
family moved to Atlanta
from up-state New York and
resided in Chamblee for six
months. Then we moved
closer to school (Marist) and
in that move became
members of Christ the King
Cathedral. Throughout those
high school years we met for
the Eucharist at the big
cathedral on Peachtree,
dedicated to Christ the King.
During the time of the late
fifties, Monsignor Cassidy was
pastor of the Cathedral. He is
a magnificent man, and in
those days would share with
the people and the old Holy
Name Society his early days
in Georgia bringing the Good
News of the Lord as a
Catholic Priest to others by
means of a trailer. His tales of
the folk throughout Georgia
and his ministry were more
than inspiring, as they
eventually spirited a young
red head into the seminary
with the desire to return to
the countryside of Georgia
and continue the Monsignor’s
particular work. So, Christ
the King is much more than
significant as a feastday, it’s
also a day of memory and
hope.
And another magnificent
thing happened to us as we
moved the sanctuary
furniture from one building
to another. Removing the
altar stone before moving the
altar we found the
handwritten words of Bishop
Francis Gartland, Bishop of
Savannah, inscribing the date
of the consecration of the
stone in 1852. That touch of
continuity with the past, of
realizing we are not the first
and only Catholic Christians
in Georgia, gave us a new
sense of history in our new
building in Hartwell. We live
on the shoulders of those
who have gone before us.
Since 1891 there has been
a Catholic presence in
Hartwell and Hart County.
With the celebration of the
Feast of Christ the King, we
realize ever more deeply who
are real Brother is - the Lord
Himself, who calls us to be
like Him in every way. We see
our new building as a sign to
all of the people in Hart
County that we seek to be
those who serve the Lord and
serve them. With the season
of Advent upon us, we seek
to be those who truly serve
the Heart of Jesus the Lord in
Hart County. Keep our little
parish of 133 folks in your
prayers, as we realize from
the time of Bishop Gartland
until now that Jesus is Lord,
and that we seek to be His
faithful followers, His
brothers and sisters, as
Catholic Christians.
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Polish Bishops
(Continued from page 1)
The pastoral letter accused
the mass media of presenting
the “History of the Church in
a false light, deforming the
content of the Bible and
deriding religious practice.”
It asserted that the greatest
efforts in the government’s
campaign against religion are
aimed at youth.
Children in many places,
2 charged the bishops, “are
g blocked from attending
< catechism class or Holy Mass
and other religious
functions.”
Last summer some
Catholic youths attending
state-run summer camps were
forced to remove religious
medals and crosses they were
wearing, the letter added.
The letter condemned
government attempts to draft
seminarians into the armed
forces, a move which is
against existing Church-state
agreements, according to the
bishops.
It also charged that
university students are being
dissuaded from seeking out
services of Catholic campus
ministry. The fact that young
workers are offered tourist
outings or made to work on
Sundays was seen by the
bishops as a further attempt
to curb religious practice
among youth.
“We beg you,” the bishops
concluded in the pastoral
letter to Polish Catholics, “to
confess your faith in Christ
courageously and faithfully.
Watch over the catechesis
(Religious Education) of
children and youth. Cultivate
the holy faith in families, and
above all, defend the faith
with fervent prayers. We urge
you to pray in community.”
Best Wishes
Archdiocese Of Atlanta
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