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Many Ways To Meet Needs Of Refugees BY MICHAEL MOTES (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of articles dealing with the growing number of Boat People arriving in the Archdiocese of Atlanta and their needs. This week we look at the types of sponsors needed to help with the resettlement of the homeless refugees.) In addition to those individuals who are willing to serve as sponsors for the ever increasing number of homeless Asian refugees arriving in Atlanta in alarming numbers, there are alternative types of sponsorship according to Father Jacob Bollmer, Archdiocesan Director of Resettlement. “Not everyone can assume the responsibility of sponsorship, but most people can pitch in to one degree or another to help,” he says. One suggestion he makes is through financial donations to the local resettlement program. All donations are “ear marked” to directly help refugees and sponsoring groups, Father Bollmer explained, and all donations are tax deductible. If a financial donation is a hardship, he suggests donations of furnishing, clothing, basic household items or any useful gift that would help a refugee to begin a new life. The resettlement Office of the Archdiocese of Atlanta (881-6571) will make arrangements to pick up donated items. “Another type of assistance that is very important is to donate your time,” Father Bollmer says. “We need help to get the word out to local community and church groups, civic associations, business firms and those who would be potential helpers to the refugees. This type of help (Continued on page 6) Pilgrim John Paul On The Road Again VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II announced Nov. 18 that he will visit three Turkish cities at the end of November in a major effort to promote Christian unity with the Orthodox Church. Vatican spokesman, Father Romeo Panciroli, who a few days earlier denied the trip was being planned, said the pope will be in Turkey Nov. 28-Dec. 1. “Today I would like you to be the first to hear some great news - the pope will go shortly to the Orient,” Pope John Paul told some 40,000 people in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Ar.gelus talk. The trip as outlined by the pope will include stops in Ankara, the Turkish capital where he will meet with government officials in the predominantly Moslem nation; Istanbul, where he will visit Orthodox Patriarch Dimitrios I and participate in celebrations marking the feast of St. Andrew; and Ephesus, the site of an ancient Marian shrine. St. Andrew, whose feast day is celebrated Nov. 30, is the brother of St. Peter and patron of the Orthodox Church. Ephesus was the site of the Third Ecumenical Council which began in 431. The council, in 433, formally gave Mary the title, Mother of God. “This trip is important,” Pope John Paul told the Angelus crowd. “It demonstrates concretely the decision of the pope, already affirmed many times, to carry on the effort towards the unity of all Christians.” Calling Christian unity “one of the principal aims of the (Second Vatican) council” and “an urgent demand today more than ever,” the (Continued on page 7) Gypsies they call them. And gypsies they are. Wandering shoes take them on board Greyhounds to the center of the city of bright lights. From small and middle America, from the sun belt, from the rich mid-western farm lands they converge, one bag in hand, on Times Square in the island called Manhatten. They tell you stardom is their goal. They are at best dream ing. At worse, lying. They simply want to perform. They want to see the sha- d o w y p r e- sence of an audience. They want to feel the surge of appreciation, rocking the world of theatre with applause. But mostly, most of all, they want to dance on the Line. The Chorus Line is always a show unto itself. An invisible show. Those gypsies are flung across the stage as a backdrop to the spotlighted star. The tenor tuning those fine notes is supported harmoniously by the chorus. The Fred Astaires, the Ann Millers whirl their way to center stage with the hoofing help of the Chorus. And where would the emotional moments of the finale be without the thunderous combination of that talented Line — singularly sensational? We selfishly forget the glorious contribution of the Chorus but the recent visit of the Pulitzer-winning musical play to the Fox was a jubilant reminder. A scraggly assortment of hopeful performers, from the ups and downs of life, lays claim to a place on the Line. As individuals, they are a questionable talent, mediocre at best, destined for a brief stay under the lights. But as a coordinated team, as a high stepping precision movement, they are a pulsating power, pounding at the hearts of the audience. Completely stripped of the star, alone in their story for the first time, their absolute value breaks the barrier and leaps into recognition. And wisdom enters. The Line is this world and we are the Chorus. Always straining for recognition we long to leave our place in among the unapplauded players. Sometimes too late the hideous mistake is seen. Stardom is lonely and dangerously fickle. Not so the Chorus. On the Line there is comfort, loving companionship, a faithful comraderie forever helping, supporting, and best of all, forever needing. The world, like the genius of theatre, could not exist without the backdrop we call the Chorus. It may seem that the curtain calls are restricted to the star performers but the glamorous ongoing color and matchless day to day effort of the ladies and gentlemen of the Chorus, give them a full and certain share. The Chorus Line, absolutely a singular sensation. Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta Vol. 17 No. 41 Thursday, November 22,1979 $6.00 Per Year MAKING OTHERS HAPPY - Representatives from throughout the Archdiocese volunteered their time to make the recent Chit Chat Party at Central State Hospital in Milledgeville a success. The event was sponsored by the Archdiocesan BROWN, KENNEDY Council of Catholic Women, who are already planning another party for February 11. Volunteers are always needed. Details are available from Eleanor O’Connor at 636-3665. Catholic Presidential Hopefuls WASHINGTON (NC) - One received his Frist Holy Communion from Pope Pius XII. The other is a former Jesuit seminarian. One comes from a family with close ties to living and deceased American Catholic bishops. The other says he is a practicing Catholic but doesn’t wear his religion on his sleeve. One has translated his religious philosophy into support for a broad range of social programs. The other has quoted from St. Thomas Aquinas and Teilhard de Chardin to express his personal spirituality. Both have drawn the ire of pro-life groups for their similar positions on abortion: personal opposition but little support for efforts to stop government funding or to pass an amendment to the Constitution. The two major challengers to President Carter for the Democratic nomination for president, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Gov. Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown Jr., both Catholic, officially announced their candidacies within a day of each other in early November. Both Kennedy and Brown have made Catholic connections with the news a number of times over the past several years. In 1976, for example, Kennedy said the U.S. bishops’ “Call to Action” social justice consultation earlier that year added an “important dimension to the place of the laity in fashioning and shaping the affairs of the church in our own country.” There also was the Massachusetts senator’s close personal friendship with the late Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston, his audiences with Pope Paul VI, and his speeches to various groups of Catholics. American Catholics, he told the 1971 convention of the Catholic Hospital Association, have the potential and responsibility to be in the vanguard of health care reform for the nation. In 1976 he addressed the fifth annual legislative seminar of Network, a lobbying organization made up of nuns and others who support social justice programs, and praised Cardinal Raul Silva of Santiago, Chile, for his “courageous” defense of human rights. “A believer who does his best to live his life as a Roman Catholic” is the way Kennedy’s pastor describes the candidate, at least according to a recent article in Time magazine. Then too there’s the story of o Kennedy’s unusual first Communion. 2 When his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, was ambassador to Great Britain, the family went to Rome in 1939 for the coronation of Pope Pius XII. There the youngest Kennedy son received his first Communion from the pope. Brown’s Catholic connections with the news mostly occurred during his 1976 run for the presidency. When Brown was making headway late in the 1976 primary season, the New York Times carried a lengthy piece on Brown’s spirituality, noting his mix of Catholic tradition, Zen Buddhism and personal ascetism. The Times reported that Brown was proud of his Jesuit seminary training and mentioned it often ,in conversation. Also in 1976, Brown described his campaign in the Maryland primary as a “coincidence of opposites, which is a Thomistic doctrine.” Then there was the time, also during the 1976 campaign, when both NBC and the New York Times reported that Brown was not a practicing Catholic. Brown, who a few weeks earlier indicated in an interview with NC News that he attended Mass even though he did (Continued on page 6) Holiday Essay Contest Once again the GEORGIA BULLETIN is sponsoring a Holiday Essay Contest open to all children in the archdiocese in grade levels 6, 7 and 8. The theme for this year’s essay is “We Are Entertaining A Homeless Family For Christmas.” Essays should be no longer than 250 words in length and neatly written, printed or typed. All entries must be in the BULLETIN office no later than noon on Wednesday, December 12. A first prize of $50 will be awarded for the best essay with the second place winner receiving a prize of $25. Both winning essays will appear in the Christmas issue of the newspaper. Judges for this year’s contest will be Father James A. Miceli, Assistant Chancellor of the Archdiocese; Sister Kristen Lancaster, RSM, of the Office of the Aging, and Mary Ellen Hughes of the Respect Life Office. Entries should be sent to Essay Contest, THE GEORGIA BULLETIN, 756 West Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30308. US Bishops Prepare Pastoral On Racism WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. bishops approved a pastoral letter on racism but failed to get enough votes to approve a change in liturgical language in two of the major items decided at the semi-annual general meeting of the National Confesance of Catholic Bishops Nov. 12-15 in Washington. The bishops also faced a number of financial questions: a 1980 budget, an increase in assessments on dioceses, a separate assessment to pay the expenses of Pope John Paul II’s U.S. trip, and the question of whether the U.S. church would be asked to help lower the Vatican’s $20 million deficit. In addition, the bishops were urged not to give special help to the U.S. Census Bureau in its efforts to count illegal aliens as part of the 1980 census. And they decided to meet only once a year, instead of twice, beginning in 1981. Two motions to change male-only references in the liturgy gained majority approval from the bishops but failed to reach the two-thirds votes required for passage. One motion would have deleted the word “men” from the eucharistic prayers which now read “it will be shed for you and for all men.” The second motion would have allowed priests to change presidential prayers within the sacramentary, liturgy of the hours and the rites to avoid referring only to men. If the bishops would have approved the changes - which some priests already have made themselves - they still would have needed the approval of the Vatican. The changes had been urged by the bishops’ Liturgy Committee, headed by Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee, because “whatever can be done to alleviate any hurt or feeling of alienation of a large segment of the assembly must be undertaken.” But objections were raised by some bishops who disliked changing the words of consecration or allowing experimentation by priests. The bishops’ newest pastoral (Continued on page 6) Archbishop Donnellan at Washington Meeting. Khomeini Criticizes John Paul’s Silence NEW YORK (NC) - In a full page ad in THE NEW YORK TIMES, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini criticized Pope John Paul II for not defending Iran’s request that the United States return the former Shah of Iran for trial. The pope should defend the position of the Iranian students holding hostages in the U.S. embassy in Terehan and the Catholic Church should have criticized the oppression under the shah’s rule, said the ad. It also attacked President Carter and the U.S. government for supporting the ex-shah. The ad, placed by the Iranian government, appeared in the Nov. 18 edition of the TIMES. It was the full text of the message issued by the ayatollah in response to a special plea delivered by a special papal envoy Nov. 10. “Let me reassure the pope that had Jesus Christ been living today he would have reprimanded Mr. Carter. Were Jesus living today he would have rescued us from the claws of this enemy of the people,” said the ayatollah. The shah “committed all forms of treason for a period of 37 years,” said the message. “For example, he massacred innumerable people on June 5,1963. Since then he has probably killed more than 100,000 people,” it added. “In the face of all these facts I do (Continued on page 6)