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PAGE 8—The Georgia Bulletin, November 15,1979
A TRAINING CLASS
for candidates for special
Ministers of the Eucharist
will be held December 14
from 8 to 10 p.m. at Holy
Family Church, 100
Pinehurst Lane in East
Marietta. All parishes
sending candidates are
asked to notify Father
Paul Berny (971-3723) or
the Holy Family parish
secretary (973-0038) at
least one week in advance
of the class.
HUNDREDS OF
VOLUNTEERS in the
metro area are thinking
about gingerbread men
and sugar plum fairies
these days as they prepare
for the annual Christmas
at Callanwolde holiday
house. Dates are December
1 through 10. Tickets are
$3 each if purchased
before November 28 and
there is a special $2 rate
for senior citizens. For
information, call
873-2356.
OUR LADY OF THE
Assumption Fraternity,
Third Order of Mary,
recently welcomed their
first, full-time Provincial
Promoter, Father Edwin
L. Keel, SM, of
Washington, when he was
in town to address the
ladies about the Third
Order Conference he
attended in Rome this
summer.
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CONGRATULATIONS
TO Sister Mary Michelle
Carroll, RSM, recent
recipient of the “Grad
Made Good” award at
Florida State University
Homecoming ceremonies.
The award, given by
national honorary
fraternity Omicron Delta
Kappa, saluted Sister as
Director of Institutional
Studies at Saint Joseph’s
Hospital, where she is also
a member of the Board of
Trustees.
YOUNGSTERS AT
THE Village of Saint
Joseph had a special
Halloween treat thanks to
a group of thoughtful
OLA teens who went to
the Village to host a party.
The OLA youth were John
McGraw, Janine Dessez,
Maureen Whalen, Amy
Anzalone, Mary Beth
Hagearty and Carol Ross.
THE SECULAR
FRANCISCAN Order
meets Sunday, November
18, at the Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception.
Time is 2 p.m. and Frances
Drew (881-0917) has
deatils.
MOST GRAPHIC
Catholic Relief
Services will benefit
from the second
collection through
out the Archdiocese
the weekend of
November 17 and
18. The service that
has been provided
by the organization
is known throughout
the world. Please be
generous in your
support and
remember the words
of Archbishop
Donnellan: “At this
season of the year,
when thoughts turn
toward the blessing
God has bestowed
on us so abundantly
as individuals and a
nation. Catholics
deserve the
opportunity to give
witness to their
gratitude by sharing
what they have
received with their
suffering brothers
and sisters.”
THERE’S STILL TIME
to take the kiddies to the
Vagabond Marionette’s
all-new “Cinderella”
production, but hurry.
The last performance date
is Saturday, November 17,
at the Center for Puppetry
Arts, Spring and 18th
Streets. Show times are 11
a.m. and 2 p.m. Call
873-3391 for reservations.
OUR LADY OF LA
SALLETTE Christmas
Bazaar takes place
November 16 and 17 at
the location formerly
known as Betty’s Kitchen,
Marietta Street across
from the Post Office in
Canton. A large selection
of handcrafts, bakery
items and door prizes are
promised.
THE ANNUAL CAKE
SALE and Country Store
sponsored by the Altar
Society of the Shrine of
the Immaculate
Conception will be a
weekend event, November
16, 17, 18, at the
venerable old church.
Bettie Aseff (627-5379) or
Flora Graham (241-3836)
can answer any questions.
MEN OF HOLY
FAMILY Parish will get
together the weekend of
November 30 through
December 2 for a retreat
at Ignatius House on
Riverside Drive. Fathers
John Schroder and Walter
Foley will conduct the
retreat and reservations
should be made at
971-2239.
THE FLINT RIVER
PROMENADERS of St.
Philip Benizi Parish will be
joined by the dancing
“Cast-Offs” for a benefit
square dance for the
Mentally Retarded
Association on Saturday,
November 24. Details on
this and other activities of
the square dancers are
available from Mildred
Green (478-9662) or
Linda McDowell
(478-9407).
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NEWS VIEW
CARDINALS REMEMBERED
-- Cardinals join John Paul II in a
solemn memorial Mass at St.
Peter’s Basilica for the 10
cardinals who died in the past
year. At left is Cardinal Carlo
Confalonieri, dean of the College
of Cardinals, with Cardinal
Antonio Samore at right. Two
Additional stories on page one.
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Bishop Named
WASHINGTON (NC) - Father Raphael M.
Fliss, 49, rector of St. John’s Cathedral in
Milwaukee, has been named coadjutor bishop
with the right of succession to Bishop George A.
Hammes of Superior, Wis. Father Richard J.
Sklba, 44, rector of St. Francis Seminary,
Milwaukee, has been named auxiliary bishop of
Milwaukee.
Catholic Abortions
ST. PAUL, Minn. (NC) - About 20 percent of
the abortions reported to the state health
department in Minnesota are being performed on
Catholic women, according to statistics obtained
by the Catholic Bulletin, St. Paul-Minneapolis
archdiocesan newspaper. The Bulletin said that a
report compiled by the Minnesota health
department’s center for health statistics showed
that of the 17,262 abortions reported in the state
in 1978, 3,375 were performed on Catholic
women.
Reverse Galileo Condemnation
Mother Teresa
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul
II has called for a reversal of the church’s
condemnation of scientist Galileo Galilei
(1564-1642) in an address to scientists
from throughout the world.
The French-language talk was given in
the Vatican’s Regia Hall during a special
session of the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences, an advisory body composed of 60
internationally known mathematicians and
scientists.
The session had been convened to mark
the 100th anniversary of the birth of
Albert Einstein, the U.S. physicist who
formulated the theory of relativity.
The pope devoted much of his speech to
Galileo, an Italian who proved that the
earth revolves around’ the sun.
“The greatness of Galileo is known by
all, as is that of Einstein, but the difference
between the two is that the first had much
to suffer, we cannot hide it, at the hands of
men and the agencies of the church,” the
pope said.
Galileo was condemned by the
inquisition of Rome and placed under
house arrest in 1633 because his teachings
regarding the earth revolving around the
sun were called a denial of the church’s
views. He spent the last eight years of his
life under house arrest.
The pope noted that the Second
Vatican Council constitution “Gaudium et
Spes” reiterated the criticisms of Galileo.
He expressed hope that “theologians,
scholars and historians will thoroughly
examine the Galileo case and . . . make the
suspicions disappear that this ‘affair’ still
stands in the way of a fruitful concord
between science and faith, between the
church and the world.”
“I assure everyone of my support for
this venture which could render honor to
the truth of faith and of science and open
the door to future collaborations,” he
added.
The pope made several arguments in
defense of Galileo, saying that the scientist
“felt in his scientific- research the presence
of the Creator who stimulated him” and
that he “enunciated some important norms
of an epistemological character which were
indispensable in reconciling Sacred
Scripture with science.”
On a more general note, Pope John Paul
said the church has to desire to violate its
autonomy in research matters.
“The collaboration of religion and
science works to the advantage of one and
the other, without violating in any way
their respective autonomy,” he said.
Among the 800 people present for the
talk were members of the College of
Cardinals who had completed a five-day
meeting the day before on various topics,
including the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences.
CALCUTTA, India (NC) - Mother Teresa of
Calcutta was given a public reception by the West
Bengal state government to honor her for winning
the Nobel Peace Prize. In thanking her hosts,
Mother Teresa referred to the words of Mahatma
Gandhi: “Pie who serves the poor serves God.”
KKK Effects Mass
GREENSBORO, N.C. (NC) - Members of
Greensboro’s St. Mary Parish, just five blocks
from the shooting at an anti-Ku Klux Klan rally
which resulted in five deaths, were tense and
frightened in the immediate aftermath of the
violence. Father Dan Kramer, pastor of St.
Mary’s, noticed a marked decline in attendance at
Mass the following day, a Sunday.
Abortion Act
LONDON (NC) - The General Synod of the
Church of England has voted by a substantial
majority to give qualified support to a bill aimed
at tightening up the 1967 Abortion Act. The bill,
introduced by Conservative Party member of
Parliament John Corrie, reduces the time limit for
abortions from 28 to 20 weeks of pregnancy and
makes the legality of abortion depend on “grave
risk” to the mother’s life or “substantial risk” to
her physical or mental health or that of existing
children.
Legislation Would Help
Make Adoption Easier
WASHINGTON (NC) -
An eight-year effort in
Congress to make
adoptions of hard-to-place
children easier and to
reduce the unnecessary
placement of children in
foster care may be nearing
an end now that the
Senate has approved a
$200-million-a-year
adoption program.
The House already has
passed a similar bill,
meaning that differences
in the two versions must
be ironed out in a
conference committee.
The measure, which has
the support of the
National Conference of
Catholic Carities and the
U.S. Catholic Conference,
is aimed at taking
hard-to-adopt children —
mostly handicapped,
non-white or beyond
babyhood — out of the
foster care system and
providing them with
permanent homes.
“The purpose of the
program is to foster the
permanent placement — in
a family home — of
children who are
disadvantaged because of a
condition which
discourages their
Bishop Murphy
Moderator
NEW YORK (NC) -
Bishop Thomas J. Murphy
of Great Falls, Mont., has
accepted an invitation
from the National
Apostolate with Mentally
Retarded Persons to serve
as its episcopal moderator.
He succeeds Bishop
Paul V. Dudley of Sioux
Falls, S.D.
adoption,” said Sen.
Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.).
Sen. Alan Cranston
(D-Calif.), the bill’s main
sponsor, estimated that
more than 100,000
children have been locked
into the foster care system
for six years or more.
“For far too many
children, foster care . . .
has been transformed into
a form of long-term
childhood imprisonment
with the likelihood of a
child returning to his or
her home or finding a new
adoptive home decreasing
substantially as the
months go by,” said
Cranston.
To encourage their
adoption, the measure
would provide special cash
aid and full Medicaid
assistance to the children
at the time of their
adoption. The Senate
passed its version of the
bill by voice vote Oct. 29.
Frances Butler, an aide
to Cranston, said a major
difference between the
House and Senate versions
of the bill is over whether
there should be a ceiling
on the amount of money
states can receive for
foster care programs.
Mrs. Butler said the
Senate favors the ceiling as
an inducement to get
children out of the foster
care system and into
permanent homes. The
House, though, is opposed
to the ceiling because of
uncertainties over the
future of foster care
caseloads.
While Mrs. Butler said
Cranston favors the ceiling
as a way to keep children
from getting “lost” in the
foster care system,
Mathew Ahmann,
associate director for
governmental relations at
the National Conference
of Catholic Charities, said
his group is strongly
opposed to the ceiling
because of the harm it
might do to foster care.
Mrs. Butler also noted
that Cranston has been
trying to get the adoption
assistance bill passed since
1971.
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