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PAGE 2—The Georgia Bulletin, March 22,1979
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WASHINGTON - A Guatemalan congressman shot down by
security agents in his Central American country in January,
Alberto Fuentes Mohr, was honored as a “freedom fighter”
during memorial services in the Methodist Chapel on Capital
Hill. During the ecumenical service, Father J. Bryan Hehir,
director of the Office of International Justice and Peace of the
U.S. Catholic Conference, said Fuentes Mohr’s death
“symbolizes for us the power and passion of human life in the
service of justice, freedom and peace.”
WASHINGTON - The National Conference of Catholic
Charities will mark 250 years of Catholic charitable work in the
United States with a benefit dinner in Washington April 27. The
celebration will also include a special liturgy at St. Matthew’s
Cathedral apd the publication of a history of Catholic Charities
in America, and possibly some form of public recognition by
the White House.
WASHINGTON -- Catholic missionary groups are among
American church organizations which will receive millions of
dollars from the Republic of China in a settlement of claims
made after the communist government took over 30 years ago.
In February, China agreed to pay $80.5 million over five years
to American businesses, churches, non-profit institutions and
individuals against claims of some $197 million, or about 41
cents on the dollar.
WASHINGTON - Father Jose Alas, once in a coma from
beatings by security agents in El Salvador, said persecution of
the church in his country is spurred by U.S. anti-insurgency
training of Salvadorean officers. The priest quoted from what he
called “a secret analysis of subversion” by the ggeneral staff of
the Salvadorean armed forces, which considered a 1977 pastoral
plan of the church “an attempt to take control of the power of
the masses.”
BOMBAY, India -- Indian Christians are taking to the streets
to protest an anti-conversion bill before Parliament which
Christians say w ould discriminate against minority religions. In a
recent demonstration more than 4,000 people marched in
Calcutta, carrying posters and banners criticizing the bill.
Posters said: “We Christians demand our fundamental rights. We
fight for brothers and sisters who suffer for their faith.”
CHICAGO - It is time to get the media professional involved
in Catholic communications efforts. That message, along with a
call for a “national vision” in those efforts and emphasis on the
importance of reaching the many diverse groups within the
church was the recurrent theme voiced during two days of
hearings held in Chicago March 14-15 by the Communication
Committee of the U.S. Catholic Conference.
MEXICO CITY - A severe earthquake and several aftershocks
heavily damaged 80 percent of the buildings of the Jesuit-run
Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, but no injuries were
reported on campus from the early morning shock March 14.
UNITED NATIONS - A symposium on the problems of
children is being planned by the National Council of Catholic
Women on April 1-4. The symposium will be conducted at the
Dag Hammarskjold Library auditorium at the United Nations.
Among the speakers will be Bishop Edwin B. Broderick,
executive director of Catholic Relief Services.
FOUR LEPRECHAUNS look on as
several Irishmen search in the forest for
their pot of gold in one of several Irish
skits written and performed by the
fourth grade classes of Mary Tush and
Vicki Davis at Christ the King School
on Wednesday, March 14. (Left to
right: Kem McIntosh, John Mancuso,
Monica Azar, Janie Schweers)
Archbishop Boland Dies
ORANGE, N.J. (NC) -
Archbishop Thomas A.
Boland, who headed the
Newark Archdiocese from
1953 to 1974, died of a
stroke March 16 in St. Mary’s
Hospital, Orange, N.J., where
he had been hospitalized
since last June following
surgery for the installation of
a pacemaker.
The 83-year-old archbishop
headed the 1.5 million-mem
ber archdiocese during a
sometimes stormy period,
and he was involved in
confrontations with some of
his priests on both birth
control and race.
A participant in all sessions
of Vatican Council II,
Archbishop Boland cautioned
against false interpretations
of the council’s work, and
explicitly contradicted
reports that the role of the
Virgin Mary had been
downgraded by the assembled
bishops.
He also called on Catholics
to become personally
involved in the fight against
poverty in his large,
urban-suburban See.
His successor in the
Newark post, Archbishop
Peter L. Gerety, called
Archbishop Boland’s death “a
great loss to the Archdiocese
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“His work among us as
priest and bishop bore fruit in
countless ways, which have
been of immense benefit not
only to members in the
archdiocese, but to the
broader benefit of all
citizens,” Archbishop Gerety
said.
“We commend him to
God,” Archbishop Gerety
continued, “certain that he
will hear the words, ‘Well
done, good and faithful
servant.’ ”
Archbishop Boland had
been guest of honor at the
West Orange, N.J., St.
Patrick’s Day parade, held on
March 11. Although he
suffered from severe arthritis
and was not expected to
attend, the archbishop made
the trip from the hospital. It
was his last public
appearance.
Rusk To Speak
Dean Rusk, Professor of
International Law at the
University of Georgia in
Athens and Secretary of State
of the United States under
the Kennedy-Johnson
administrations, is the key
speaker at a Seminar
sponsored by Life
Enrichment Services, Inc. on
April 2 and 3 at Oak Grove
United Methodist Church in
Decatur, Georgia. The
Seminar is financially assisted
by the National Endowment
for the Humanities through
the Committee for the
Humanities in Georgia.
The theme of the Seminar
is “Reflections on the Past -
Hope for the Future.”
Other speakers are Dr.
James A. Peterson, Professor
of Sociology and Director of
the Emerti Institute of the
University of Southern
California; Dr. David H.
Fischer, Historian and author
of “Aging in America” of
Brandeis University; Dean
Bobby Joe Saucer of
Morehouse School of
Religion; Dr. Robert
Almeder, Department of
Philosophy, Georgia State
University; and Dr. Nicholas
Fotion of the Department of
Philosophy, Emory
University. Participants in
two workshop sessions will
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various ethnic groups and
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An American In Rome—1979
BY SHEILA MALLON
Our journey had an
inauspicious beginning.
Due to fog our plane was
an hour late leaving
Atlanta - then we arrive in
New York in driving rain
and even heavier fog. We
circled the airport for an
hour and by the time we
landed we had missed the
rest of our party and our
connection for Rome.
For a pessimist it was a
portent of things to come -
for an optimist the worst
was over and the rest of
the trip would be halcyon.
The optimists won out -
our sojourn in Italy was
delightful.
We stayed in Rome and
indeed we could have
spent our entire nine days
there and not scratched
the surface of what there
is to see. Rome is a feast
for the historian, the
beauty lover, the artist,
the architect and
especially for the pilgrim.
first walked into St. Peters
Square. The marvelous
colonnade - the
masterpiece by Bernini
seemed a fitting frame for
Michaelangelos dome and
the beautiful facade of St.
Peters.
Within we saw
Michaelangelo’s poignant
Pieta with the young
Virgin’s lovely stunned face
bent over the lifeless body
of her Son.
Facing toward the dome
we beheld for the first
time Bernini’s masterpiece
“The Altar of St. Peters
Chair.” The sun was
setting and the
translucent, fluted oval
window carved from
alabaster marble shown
with a life of its own and
made the bronze rays and
cherubs surrounding it dull
by comparison.
Each time we visited St.
Peters it was filled with
banner to be hung from
the window signalling that
the Holy Father was about
to appear.
A band was playing
somewhere in the crowd
and we could just make
out a young musician here
and there. They were
playing mostly American
tunes and it was pleasant
to listen while we waited.
Suddenly the white
robed figure appeared on
the balcony - arms raised
high and the reaction was
electric.
His address of course
was in Italian but he spoke
slowly and distinctly and I
was able to make out that
he was discussing the
recent death of the
Vatican’s Secretary of
State whose funeral Mass
Pope John Paul II would
say on the following
Tuesday. He also spoke of
a visit he planned to make
Romans are warm
friendly people and share
their visitors delight in
their “bella Roma.” They
were especially thrilled
with my halting attempts
to speak Italian and were
quick to offer helpful
correction of my grammar
and accent.
We visited the
Colosseum, the Pantheon,
Circus Maximus and the
Forum all of which have
been standing for almost
two thousand years.
Although we had seen
pictures of all of them we
were really not prepared
for the reality. They were
magnificent and you had
to wonder how the Italians
had managed to keep them
from being razed for some
monster skyscraper or
blacktopped for a clover
leaf or a parking lot, as
they do in our country.
It must be that in Italy
their sense of history and
national pride has
overcome their greed.
They even have a law in
Rome to insure that no
building can be more than
six stories. This preserves
the wonderful skyline of
spires and domes.
Our days were a
melange of sightseeing -
from the Markets of
Trajan to the Arch of
Constantine. We visited
Tivoli and Hadrians Villa
and the cities of Florence,
Naples and Sorrento as
well as Pompeii.
But the height of our
trip had to be when we
tourists, but it was very
much a working church
with Mass and confessions
going on somewhere
almost all the time.
The Sistine Chapel was
of course the highlight of
our visit to the Vatican.
We sat at the end of the
chapel with our heads bent
backwards and tried to
imagine how Michael-
angelo could have possibly
completed something so
powerful and awe inspiring
in just four years.
His rendering of the
Last Judgement behind
the altar was painted 24
years later and it also took
four years. The whole
thing was accomplished in
eight years and here we
were over 470 years and
millions of visitors later
still awed by the
magnificent talent God
had given
Buonoratti.
We had
his servant
only one
disappointment on the trip
- we had hoped to attend a
Papal audience. On our
arrival in Rome we
contacted the American
College and were told that
the Holy Father would be
on Retreat all week and
would not be holding his
usual audience. We would
have to be content with
the Papal Blessing from
the window of the
apartments facing St.
Peters Square.
On Sunday just before
noon with over 10,000
other tourists and visitors
we waited for the red
to a poor section of Rome
- much troubled by crime
and poverty.
Then to our surprise he
began to speak in English -
he greeted the visitors
from the United States
and thanked them for
coming. The Holy Father
said that he wished to
especially greet the young
members of the
Layfayette Louisiana High
School Band who had
been playing for him and
he praised their skill. It
was a very moving
moment - the young band
members were so happy '-
the Holy Father was
speaking in English a
distinct honor. We all
applauded madly, all the
while fighting down an
unexpected lump in the
throat and blurry eyes.
After the blessing the
Pope left the balcony and
then suddenly reappeared
to ask the band to
continue playing. More
wild applause and then
these lovely Louisiana lads
and lassies played with
vigor the Notre Dame fight
song. It was a very
American moment. All of
us visitors in this land
sought each other out to
comment on the
spellbinding gracious
charm of this Pope.
We would have to leave
the next day but with only
the best of memories and
the hope of returning
some day to “bella
Roma.”
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