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PAGE 2—The Georgia Bulletin, May 8,1980 In Mary’s Service ED Note: May, the month of Mary. Catholics across the world pay special homage to Our Lady during this month. The following article is the first of four written by members of different religious orders dedicated to Mary. BY FATHER PHIL O’HARA M.S. May is special in the Catholic calendar; the month dedicated to our Blessed Mother. It strikes us too that it is just perfect that the fresh green of spring, the flowers, the blossoming trees should be for Mary’s month. Mary is dear to us. She is our mother. Jesus gave her to us from the cross and bid us love her as He did. It has been from the beginning — that awareness on the part of all Christians that God’s love for them and Mary’s were marvelously intertwined and both warmed and strengthened them. We need to be reminded of this, especially in the season of May. Many of us recall the May devotions when we were younger; the little flower bedecked shrines in our homes and school rooms, the crowning with flowers the statues of Our Lady. I, myself when I think of May and Mary, remember how as young seminarians, we would, each day of May, say the rosary around the statue of Our Lady of La Salette after the noon day meal. We La Salette Fathers and Brothers have an added reason for devotion to our Lady. Our congregation takes its origin from an apparition of Our Blessed Mother back in 1846. It happened in a tiny village in the French Alps. At high noon on September 19, Our Lady appeared to two youngsters, Maximum and Melanie. When the children first saw her, she was seated in a globe of light on a stone in an attitude of grief, a woman bowed in sorrow, her face buried in her hands. When she stood and faced them, they saw her face was wet with tears. She told them why those tears. It was because of her concern and anxiety for her people who would not submit to the law of the Gospel, and because of their coldness and indifference to Her Son, her people were in grave danger. Only because she continued to intercede for them with her Son, was the wrath of God not poured out. How she would be pleased if only she could reconcile them with Him! The La Salette Congregation sees our Lady, then, as reconciler of sinners as well as a dear mother. We are spiritual descendants of those priests who from the time of the a p parition reconciled those who came to that mountain sanctuary where Mary wept. In our ministry, we are inspired and enheartened by Our Lady because she is our mother, and because she asks us to make known to her people the burden of care she bears when Her Son’s life and death are spurned. We like to think that in our ministry to the people of God, we join in Mary’s work of reconciliation. Cathedral School Studied Christ the King School Year Self-Study tor is now completing its Ten continued accreditation by Joe Wise To Sing Singer-composer Joe Wise will be in concert on Friday night, May 9th, at 7:30 p.m. at Transfigur ation Catholic Church Center. Joe has written and published eight albums of ccntemporary liturgical music, and three collections of children’s music, including “Show Me Your Smile.” He is a member of the Board of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and a member of the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences. In the past fifteen years he has travelled extensively presenting retreats, concerts, lectures, human growth institutes, and workshops. He was last in Atlanta about four years ago in concert at St. Pius, sponsored by the Office of Religious Education. The concert on May 9th is co-sponsored by the Office of religious Education and Transfiguration Parish as a celebration of the Year of the Family. Seating is limited. Tickets at $3.00 for adults and $1.50 for those under 12 are available from your parish Religious Education Coordinator, the Office of Religious Education, Transfiguration Parish, or at the door. For directions and further information, please call 977-1442 during the day. the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Sister Jean Liston, G.N.H.S., Principal, announces that the formal review by the Associ ation’s Visiting Committee will take place on May 11, 12, and 13. Mr. Elliot Galloway of The Galloway School has been named Chairman of the Southern Association’s Visiting Committee. Other members include: Mrs. Patricia Griffin, Immaculate Heart of Mary; Dr. Larry Parker, Georgia State University; Mrs. Barbara Robertson, Fulton County School System; Mrs. Frances Smoot, Holy Innocents School; Sister Mary Jane Stapleton, R.S.M., Office of Religious Education, Archdiocese of Atlanta. Established in 1937 by the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart, Christ the King School was the first parochial, elementary school in the Archdiocese to earn accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It now is the first to complete the ten year self-study for this independent accrediting agency. ‘‘Excellence in education with a focus on Catholic doctrine and Christian values has always been the keystone of Christ the King School,” said Sister Jean. $ Snack-N-Shop Delicatessen jj V; Fine Sandwiches • Delicatessen 5 Our Specialty g • Open 9:30 am-7:00 pm 8 Table Service 7 Days a Week S 1254 W. Paces Ferry Rd., NW j 2614737 2 Joe Wise HAPPY MOTHER’S DA Y Evans Inc. 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Our Lady of the Hills Cam Hendersonville, North Carolii Camping session: Pre-Camp June 14 - June 24 1st Session....June 26 - July 15 2nd Session....July 17 • August 5 Full Session...June 26 • August 5 Post Camp August 7 - August 17 V Celebrating 25 years as a Catholic Camp. Member of American Camping Association. Owned and operated by the Diocese of Charlotte. For descriptive literature and other information, write: Mrs. Kathy Healy, Camp Secretary 633 Cooper St Charlotte, N.C. 28210 J Flannery - Georgia’s Own BY THEA JARVIS When Mary Flannery O’Connor was twelve years old, she created a mischevious study of her family entitled “My Relatives.” According to her mother, Regina, “No one was spared.” This early work was not well-received. So finely drawn were Mary Flannery’s characters that the chagrined relatives hesitated - indeed, refused - to recognize themselves among the crowd. Flannery O’Connor’s later works were to be no less insightful. Met with confusion, shock, consternation, and even praise, her writings continued to be peopled with real live members of the human race who invariably acted in ways that polite Southern Christian society did not care to acknowledge. It would appear that things have taken a different turn, however, if the throng that turned out at Emory University last Wednesday night is any indication of Flannery O’Connor’s present level of popularity. Sally Fitzgerald, Flannery’s official biographer and editor of THE HABIT OF BEING, a compilation of the O’Connor correspon dence, was the keynote speaker. Repudiating the myth of the “lonely artist,” Mrs. Fitzgerald characterized her longtime friend as totally integrated within the communities of her origin - the South, the Catholic Church, and the Cline/O’Connor clan - despite the fact that these communities didn’t always understand the relationship. “She could not have written about alienated people as she did,” recalls Mrs. Fitzgerald, “if she herself were not whole.” Some might feel that Flannery O’Connor’s sequestering at Andalusia, the dairy farm in Milledgeville where she lived with her mother, constituted flight from an insensitive world. Some would judge that her guinea hens and peacocks represented an irrational obsession. Others would determine that her lapses into folksy “Southern- isms” betrayed her intellectual perversity. An enlightened reading of her work proves otherwise. Flannery was well-balanced in head and heart. If her characters seem to jar us with their apparent absurdity, it is because we, too, are caught in the net of the absurd. Flannery’s own absurdity was lodged in her body. Stricken with the “lupus” that was responsible for her father’s death, she struggled with the disease until it claimed her crippled body at the age of 39. Bill Sessions, a member of the panel that followed Mrs. Fitzgerald’s lecture on Wednesday evening, knew Flannery during this time. They had met as book reviewers for THE GEORGIA BULLETIN and shared both a deep loyalty to their faith and a lively deotion to their craft. According to Bill, Flannery was never bitter about her physical condition or the condition of the world at large. “Amazzement was more her attitude,” he remembers, “not bitterness.” Reading the work of Falnnery O’Connor, we enter a world of outlandish humor, penetrating observation, and keen moral sense. We share Flannery’s amazement, not only of the world, but of the power of her words. We are reminded, however, with Bill Sessions and Sally Fitzgerald, of Flannery’s own humble appraisal of herself: “I just write,” she said. National Marriage Encounter The ecumenical expression of National Marriage Encounter held i ts southeastern regional meeting here in Georgia last month. Forty-five representatives from eight southern states came together to discuss the meaning of Marriage Encounter, as intended by its founder, Father Gabriel Calvo. The weekend included an all day workshop at Holy Cross Catholic Church, community-build ing receptions, and an area election. Concluding the weekend was an interfaith Covenant Celebration led by Monsignor Korby Theilen, the National Marriage Encounter executive chaplain from St. Paul, Minnesota. One Rose BY SHEILA MALLON On Mother’s Day, May 11, most Archdiocesan churches will have Knights outside their doors distributing red paper m<»PS The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring their One Rose - One Life Campaign, again this year. Several years ago at the N a t i onal Convention of the Knights of Columbus, a Pro-Life resolution was passed for the K of C Councils in the United States to work for a Human Life Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The campaign - is sponsored by the K of C to keep before our people the need for continuing awareness of those attitudes and movements which safeguard and promote the values of human life and the quality of living. The 12 Councils in North Georgia have established as one of their highest priorities the education of citizens in North Georgia concerning the facts regarding the humanity of the unborn child and abortion. They have given of their time and talents in support of the Pro-Life Office of the Archdiocese. The One Rose - One Life Campaign, begins this coming weekend planned to coincide appropriately with Mother’s Day. Members of the local K of C Councils will visit many Archdiocesan parishes to distribute paper red roses and pertinent information. The Red Rose is the symbol of the Pro-Life Movement. Any donations received will be used to support K of C Pro-Life projects. Recently a home Mass was offered in the residence of Agnes and James Reilly at Shannon Villas in Union City. Thirteen parishioners participated in the Mass offered by Father Thomas Reilly, M.S., Pastor of St. Matthew’s Church in Fairburn. DARLINGTON APARTMENTS SECURITY GUARD FREE PARKING TV CABLE CAFE GROCERY STORE PEACHTREE BUS LAUNDERETTE • PACKAGE DELIVERIES ! • SWIMMING POOL • BARBER SHOP • BEAUTY PARLOR • DOCTOR S OFFICE • LAUNDRY & CLEAN • PICKUP STATION Jones Appliance Service Vacuum Cleaner Sales & Service 31 Years Experience 208 Pharr Rd., N. E. Atlanta, Ga. 237-5783 St. Paul’s Career Day The first annual Career Day Program was held at St. Paul of the Cross School on April 10, 1980. 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