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PAGE 3—The Georgia Bulletin, March 2,1978
POPE PAUL:
Lent Called ‘Gymnastics Exercise’
VATICAN CITY (NC) -
Pope Paul VI told thousands
of people at his general
audience Feb. 22 that Lent is
like “a gymnastic exercise --
tiring, but also fortifying.”
Almost as if to help him
illustrate the point, a troupe
of jugglers, gymnasts and
dancers from Italy’s Medrano
Circus performed precision
circus acts before the
delighted Pontiff and a crowd
of about 7,000.
The Pope, who the
previous week missed several
days of his retreat because of
a cold, appeared in good
health as he warmly greeted
the circus performers and
applauded their acts
enthusiastically.
“This is a beautiful
surprise, a moment of
curiosity and joy,” said the
Pope to the circus troupe.
He said that the circus
combines art and enjoyment
in a wonderful way and
compared the performers’
work on the road to Jesus’
pilgrim life. Both, he said,
“pass through doing good
things for and benefltting
everyone.”
In his talk the Pope
opposed the idea that Lent is
a period of “lugubrious and
sad spirituality.”
“Everyone knows that the
lenten penitence imposed on
those who want to follow
Lent’s itinerary is marked
with serious thoughts and is
demanding,” he said. “But
when it is inspired by the love
of Christ for us, it cannot
generate in our hearts
depressing and discouraging
feelings.
“It generates a sincere
humility, but a humility full
of courage and steeped with
the flavor of the reward
which awaits us - the peace
and joy of the soul.”
The Pope said that Lent is
comparable to “a gymnastic
exercise -- tiring but
fortifying.”
“Christian penitence is a
spiritual exercise which
demands effort, but it is not
disheartening or debasing,”
said the Pontiff. He insisted,
however, that during Lent the
idea of sin and its reality
must be in the Christian’s
thoughts.
Sin, while “hushed up by
many today,” is “fatal,’
said.
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“God sees, God
remembers, God judges,” said
the Pope, “This is the real
situation from which we can
never escape.”
To be ready for divine
judgment, he added,
Christians must experience
conversion.
Pope Paul called
conversion a “quick shift of
the rudder, a change of
direction which changes and
often goes in the opposite
direction from man’s present
course.”
During the audience the
Pope saluted a group of
Anglican priests attending a
three-week study course at
Rome’s Anglican Center, and
three Anglican bishops.
“We are filled with hope
that God will grant our
common prayer for perfect
unity,” said the Pontiff to the
Anglicans.
He also saluted a group of
Japanese Buddhists and
expressed hopes that cloer
relations between Catholics
and Buddhists would lead to
“closer spiritual unity.”
Japan’s Only Cardinal Is Dead
VATICAN CITY (NC) ~
Pope Paul VI has expressed
his condolences on the death
of the Church’s only Japanese
cardinal, Cardinal Paul
Yoshigoro Taguchi of Osaka,
on Feb. 23.
Cardinal Taguchi, who was
75, died of kidney disease in
Osaka University Hospital,
where he had been since last
November. He had been
president of the Japanese
Bishops’ Conference since
1970 and a cardinal since
1973.
Bom in Shittsu in southern
Japan July 20, 1902, the
future Cardinal Taguchi was
ordained a priest Dec. 22,
1928, after studies at the
Propaganda Fide College in
Rome. He then obtained
degrees in philosophy and
theology at the Pontifical
Urban University and in 1931
he obtained a doctorate in
civil and canon law from the
Apollinare in Rome.
Returning to Japan in
1933, he served in Tokyo as
director of the Japanese
Catholic Press and taught
canon law and moral
theology at the Tokyo
seminary.
From 1936 to 1940, he
was secretary to the apostolic
delegate in Japan. In 1941, he
was named bishop of Osaka
and was ordained on Dec. 14.
He also served as apostolic
administrator of the
archdiocese of Shikoku until
1962. In 1969 Osaka became
“SUGAR ‘N’ SPICE” is the theme of the
forthcoming Easter fashion show to be presented by
Our Lady of the Assumption’s Lady’s Guild on
Wednesday, March 8, in the parish hall. Sue Curran
(left), a former Miss South Carolina, will serve as
commentator for the show. Ginnie Hammen is Guild
President. Models for the show will be students and
teachers from OLA School and Guild members. A
special feature will be a program on hair and skin care.
Dessert will be served. Donations are S3 per person and
reservations are being accepted by Mary Ann Stubbs at
394-2656.
Cardinal Taguchi
an archdiocese and he the
archbishop.
During Cardinal Taguchi’s
tenure in Osaka, the number
of Catholics, of native priests
and of seminarians tripled. He
founded a congregation of
Japanese Sisters called the
Missionaries of St. Joseph. In
1963 he founded the Catholic
University of Osaka, and in
1968 construction of the
Osaka cathedral was
completed.
Dialogue with the modem
world and ecumenism were
the two major themes of the
pastoral activity of Cardinal
Taguchi, said the Vatican
daily, L’Osservatore Romano.
In recent years, he sought
to increase the number of
ecumenical meetings with
Buddhists and Shint-oists and
with the young attending
colleges run by diocesan
priests and Religious around
Osaka.
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BELFAST
SILVER BEAVER AWARD -
William G. Dailey has received the
distinguished Silver Beaver Award. The
first Catholic to be recognized in this
way in the McIntosh scout district. Bill
joined scouting as a boy in the
Narragansett Council, in Providence,
Rhode Island. As an adult he has been
active in scouting since 1961 having
served in the Peninsula Council,
Newport News, Virginia; Robert E. Lee
Council, Richmond, Virginia; Greater
Baltimore Council, Aberdeen,
Maryland; Atlanta Area Council,
Atlanta, Georgia, and the Flint River
Council where he has served as Cub
Chairman in Coweta County. He is
retired from the U.S. Army and is
presently residing with his wife
Katherine in Sharpsburg, Ga. He is very
active with Saint George’s parish in
Newnan. Bill serves as an area
co-ordinator for the Archdiocesan Boy
Scout Committee. His son William is an
Eagle Scout.
Bishops Blast Bombing
MAYNOOTH, Ireland (NC) - Fourteen of Ireland’s 30
Catholic bishops have expressed horror at the bombing of a
restaurant near Belfast in which 12 people died and scores here
injured. They also repeated their call for an end to violence in
Northern Ireland.
The statement was drafted and released by the standing
committee of the Irish Bishops’ Conference a week after a bomb
exploded in the crowded La Mon House restaurant in the
Protestant area east of Belfast. The Provisional Wing of the Irish
Republican Army took responsibility.
The standing committee is made up of 14 bishops and is
presided over by the primate of All Ireland, Archbishop Tomas
O’Fiaich of Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Expressing “our horror at the deaths and terrible injuries
inflicted on innocent people,” the bishops indicated that the
bombers are guilty of murder.
They called on those responsible “to gaze on the horrors they
are causing and listen to the anguished cries of the dying and
maimed.”
“In the name of God, before whom they will have to answer
in judgment, we say to those who are directing these campaigns
and ordering these acts: stop the violence now,” the bishops
said.
Saying the majority of the Irish people “want this campaign
of violence to end immediately,” the bishops urged them to
work for peace and reconciliation. They asked priests to include
special prayers at all public masses on Sunday, Feb. 26, for the
families and victims of the La Mon bombing.
Neumann Parishioners Like CCD Program
The Religious Education
program at St. John
Neumann is growing in
numbers and spirit. Dedicated
co-ordinators and teachers
have made the program very
successful.
Starting a new program
without adequate facilities
made this appear to be a
challenging task. Using the
cafeteria at Parkview High
School for the classroom for
elementary and pre-school
levels demands the best in
teachers. The program is
getting this. Attendance is at
a very high level showing the
interest of the students and
dedication of the parents of
St. John Neumann.
When the first meeting of
the Board of Education was
held last July, projections of
300 students were believed
realistic. Thus, using the
cafeteria at Parkview was
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feasible. Currently there are
595 students enrolled. As it
now stands there are 17
classes being held in the
cafeteria and adjacent areas.
The pre-school classes for 4
and 5-year-olds meet during
the 9 a.m. Mass. The
elementary grades hold class
between the two Masses on
Sunday. High schoolers meet
in the evenings in the
teachers’ homes.
Adult education is held
every Sunday during the time
of the elementary classes.
Attendance at these classes is
growing rapidly. As part of
this program classes were held
for parents of children
receiving the Sacraments of
Reconciliation and the
Eucharist. They will also be
held for parents of children
being confirmed.
On the elementary level
there are six husband-and-
-wife teams for teaching.
Each of the other classes has
a teacher and assistant. On
the high school level most of
the teaching is done by
hus'band-and-wife teams.
This is the beginning of a
program that will be
expanded as facilities permit.
The spiritual expansion of the
students has already begun.
BELFAST BOMBING -- Police search for victims in
the rubble of La Mon House restaurant, where 12
people died and 30 were injured by a bomb blast Feb.
17, set by the Provisional Wing of the Irish Republican
Army. More than 400 persons were in the popular
nightspot in the Protestant area east of Bellfast when
the bomb exploded. Pope Paul VI has deplored the
bombing, calling it “an inhuman deed.”
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Announcing the 1978 Schedule
New Orleans
Train Safaris
A deluxe train tour to New Orleans aboard private cars to be carried by the
Southern Crescent - last of the great passenger trains to serve Atlanta.
Our Safaris last fall were such an outstanding
success that we have arranged for two 1978
Spring Safaris to depart Atlanta Sundays, April
23 and May 14, returning the following
Wednesdays. Subsequent Safaris are
indeterminate at this time due to the uncertain
outlook for the continuance of railway
passenger service in America and with particular
regard to continuance of the Southern Crescent
between Atlanta and New Orleans as noted in
the news media. As long as the rail service is
available, however, we expect to periodically
offer these unique and interesting railroad
Safaris to New Orleans, as we feel they afford
the people of Atlanta and the surrounding area
one of the greatest railway travel opportunities
available anywhere.
ITINERARY
The tour’s private cars will be piatformed at
Peachtree Station for boarding promptly at 8
a.m. on Sunday, April 23 and Sunday, May 14,
1978. Each tour gets underway with a
get-acquainted Champagne Breakfast as the
train rolls toward New Orleans.
The private car accommodations include
ample tables for Bridge, etc., one or more large
lounges with private bar and an adjoining Vista
Dome car. The private bar will be stocked and
staffed from Atlanta to New Orleans and
return. The bar is complementary as a feature
of the package deal, which also includes meals
on the Crecent’s fine diners. Upon arrival in
New Orleans at 7:50 p.m. after dinner on the
train, we will go directly by chartered buses to
the famous Monteleone Hotel, largest in the
fabulous French Quarter, where we are
pre-registered for a three-night stay, and our
baggage is soon delivered to our room. After
checking in, the rest of the evening is free for
visiting night attractions in the surrounding
French Quarter for those who desire to do so.
MONDAY
After a leisurely breakfast, air-conditioned
buses pick us up at the hotel at 10:30 a.m. for a
comprehensive tour of the City of New Orleans.
This tour ends up about 1 :30 p.m. at the dock
of the S.S. President (world’s largest side wheel
sight-seeing steamboat) where we go aboard for
a snack lunch. We sail at 2:30 p.m. for a 2 1 /2
hour conducted cruise of the entire New
Orleans water front -- the third largest port on
earth. Upon docking at 5 p.m., we return to the
nearby Monteleone Hotel and the evening is
free to go to one of the French Restaurants for
which the Quarter is so well known and to see
some of the Quarter’s famous night life.
TUESDAY
Our second day in New Orleans has been left
free to visit some of the many interesting
historical sites in the famous French Quarter
surrounding us and for shopping, visiting the
nearby Super Dome, or even riding one of the
famous New Orleans street cars (see map and
walking tour guide of the French Quarter
presented to you when you check into the
hotel, or available at the Bell Captain’s desk in
the hotel lobby). There is a great deal to do and
see.
WEDNESDAY
Our train departs New Orleans at 6:45 a.m.
and reaches Atlanta at 6:40 p.m. Breakfast and
lunch are served en route and the
complementary bar will be opened throughout
the trip. We use the same fine accommodations
as on Sunday.
COST OF TOUR
Cost of the complete tour is $265.00 per
person based on double occupancy -- twin
bedded or king size. Single rooms are available
for $292.00. The cost includes hotel and round
trip rail fare with the private rail car
accommodations noted, complementary bar
service on train, all meals on train (5) with full
menu allowed, all chartered bus services
between rail station and hotel, all baggage
handling in New Orleans, conducted tour of the
City of New Orleans and boat cruise of the
water front, all taxes, fees, gratuities and all
local telephone calls made from hotel room.
The only items not covered are meals and
beverages while in New Orleans. The tour
manager will be glad to assist advisory as to
entertainment and suitable restaurants.
RESERVATIONS
These tours are deluxe and are limited to
approximately 100 persons per tour so make
reservations early. A deposit of $50.00 per
person is required to secure reservations. The
entire tour cost, however, must be paid at least
three weeks in advance of departure date. All
funds paid in are fully refundable upon request
if cancelled prior to 14 days before departure
date. Cancellations made within 14 days of
departure date, however, are subject to a
$50.00 per person service charge.
Tour members arriving from the North on
the Crescent the date of departure can arrange
to transfer di“ectly to the private tour cars
upon arrival in Atlanta. Please advise the
conductor of this when you first board the
train so that he can place you in the proper car
for transfer. We have also made arrangements
with the Riviera Hyatt House hotel at 1630
Peachtree St., N.W. (located about 500 feet
from Peachtree Station) for tour members who
spend the night before departure to park their
cars at the hotel free until they return from
New Orleans. Call this to the Riviera’s attention
when you make hotel reservations.
In view of the fast fading of railway
passenger trains from the American scene, these
tours offer a rare opportunity for those who
love trains to again ride a famous one — and at
its best. The Safari is first class all the way and
all facilities used are air-conditioned. For
further information and dates of possible future
New Orleans train Safaris, call or write:
GORDON F. PRICE.O/A SAFARI TOURS
525 CLIFTON ROAD N.E
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30307
(404) 377-8880 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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