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PAGE 6—The Georgia Bulletin, May 22,1980
In Mary’s Service
BY FATHER VINCENT
P. BRENNAN S.M.
(third in a series)
Marists share with
countless others a
devotion to Mary. Often
we are put to shame by
the manifestations of love
of our Blessed Mother
evidenced by lay-people,
sisters, brothers, and
fellow priests. It is not in
our devotion to Mary that
we are called by her name.
It is in imitating her.
Our founder, John
Claude Colin, over 150
years ago saw an
opportunity for renewing
the Church in a
Mary-inspired movement
involving laity and
religious alike in one
family, the Family of
Mary. The Society of Mary
exists, not because of
Father Colin’s concern for
Mary nor out of people’s
devotion to her, but
because of Mary’s concern
for the Church and her
love for God’s people. Our
vocation is to identify
with her in these concerns.
Although Mary is
mentioned but few times
in the Gospels, the events
depicted offer us the basis
for our imitation. From
the first mention of Mary
at the Annunciation to her
association with the
Apostles waiting for the
coming of the Holy Spirit
at Pentecost, the portrait
of Mary is delicately
lined. God’s plan for our
redemption called for the
free acquiescence of Mary
to accept the inestimable
honor of being the Mother
of the Savior.
As Rene Laurentin puts
it: “Acquiescing thus, the
Mother of the Son of God
appears as one who listens
to, keeps, and realizes in
herself the word of God.”
This obedience is again
seen in the flight into
Egypt. A real lesson in
obedience is given to us in
the person of the steward
at Cana. When she
interceded with her Son
because there was no wine,
she warned the stewards:
“Do whatever he tells
you.”
To fill jars with water
when wine was needed
seemed foolish. If they did
not do what Jesus said,
there would have been no
miracle. She is the valiant
woman during the dark
hours of the crucifixion,
standing and receiving
John as her son and us to
be included as her
children. She is there at
the birth of the Mystical -
Body of her Son, the
Church, just as she
cooperated in the physical
birth of her Son.
The prospective Marists
as well as the professed are
counseled in our
Consitutions: “If they are
and desire to be true sons
of this dear Mother, let
them constantly strive to
breathe her spirit. They
must think as Mary 7 , judge
as Mary, feel and act as
Mary in all things.” The
measure of our devotion
to our first and perpetual
Superior is gauged by our
dedication to the
implementation of these
words.
Marists carry out this
imitation by bringing the
word of God to foreign
missions in the South
Pacific, Japan, South
America. In our own
country, Marists have
traditionally begun their
missions in parts where
there was a shortage of
priests. This concept
brought them to Georgia,
Brunswick and Atlanta,
where they were given
immense territories. In
Atlanta, the second pastor,
Father John E. Gunn
(later Bishop of Natchez),
realized the parish priests
could not hope to cope
with the vast territories of
North Georgia.
Since one of the most
treasured works of the
Marists is education,
Father Gunn conceived
the idea of a school for
boys whose priest-teachers
could teach during the
week and then radiate out
to Athens, Marietta,
Cartersville, Rome,
Breman, Austell, etc.
When more diocesan
priests were available,
resident pastors were
appointed, and the Marists
in imitation of Mary
stepped aside.
Whatever the need of
the Church to further the
mission of Jesus Christ,
the Marist should be
willing to listen to God’s
voice and acquiesce.
Marists are engaged in the
traditional works of
parishes and schools. They
are also working among
the poor and deprived, the
abandoned, in the labors
of the sugar cane workers,
the shunned in the French
Quarter of New Orleans,
the sick in hospitals and
nursing homes.
Marists are found in
marriage encounter work,
retreats, and in writing.
Marists are currently
examining their present
works and are seeking a
shared vision for the
future. But that vision to
be legitimate and worthy
of sharing must be
consonant with the Spirit
of Mary. It must also be
sensitive to the needs of
the Church and the people
of God.
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Vocations: A Universal Call
BY JAMES TARBOX
Last In a Series
“Above all, God
wants us to be happy
with the vocation that
He chooses for us.”
The words are, once
again, those of
Monsignor Jerry Hardy.
In this, the last of our
series on vocations, it
seems appropriate that
we return to the topic
areas of choices - ours
and God’s.
“A vocation to the
priesthood or the
religious life is an
individual response to a
call from the Spirit.”
That quote, taken from a
contemporary Catholic
spiritual guide, sums up
not just vocations of a
religious nature, but
vocations to all other
walks of life as well.
There is one big
difference -- a man
considering a religious
vocation has plenty of
time and plenty of help
to think about it.
“When I was in the
seminary,” Archbishop
Thomas Donnellan
commented, “one of my
friends said that if he had
not been in the seminary
he would have been
married by now. That is
one thing the church
offers -- time. The
process is long enough
for plenty of time and
reflection, no one makes
hasty decisions.”
The current course of
study for the priesthood
consists of at least four
post graduate years of
theological training.
“Many young men are
opting for four years of
college at a non-seminary
university. However the
college seminary is still a
viable institution,”
according to Father
Richard Lopez, the
V ocations Director for
the Archdiocese.
Those who complete
their undergraduate
studies at a secular
university frequently
have to do a special year
of study in philosophy to
qualify for post graduate
theological training.
“The seminary is not
just an academic
institution, nor is it a
monastery where the day
is spent in prayer,” said
Father Lopez. “The
seminary is an institution
devoted to developing
young men for the
priesthood. It must
develop the total man --
all the aspects that will
contribute to his
priesthood.”
Like any other
DEACON
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DIAZ, who was
raised to the
Diaconate on May 3
at the Seminary of
Saint Vincent de
Paul, will spend the
summer working at
St. Jude’s Parish.
educational institution,
the seminary is a growth
experience for young
men who attend one.
“Many fellows look at
the seminary as a step by
step process, a place
where they go to learn
about themselves, God,
and their vocation,” said
Father Lopez. “It’s not
just a place to go to
prepare for ordination,
that is years down the
road - it seems - many
go to find out whether
that is a possibility for
them or not.”
Over the course of the
last few weeks we’ve
talked about the need to
be aware of our universal
need to become
vocational people, the
influences individual
priests can make in the
lives of young men
considering a way of life,
and the continual need
to pray. In closing let’s
just, for a moment,
reflect on Monsignor
Hardy’s comments about
happiness.
If we, as Christians are
to be happy, we can only
do it by becoming more
like Jesus, by becoming
one with Him. He
promised His peace to
those who followed Him
and kept His word.
He calls us all to some
special service, some
particular way of life; the
peace and happiness that
He promises comes when
we make every effort to
find that way of life, that
vocation. It is something
special for all of us, it is
something that we all
must look for. The
Church will help, but
only to the extent that
we will let it.
We must be open to
the call, we must be a
“vocational people.”
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U.K. Publishes N D * Hosts
Suicide Guide
LONDON (NC) --
People wanting to commit
suicide may be able soon
to get a do-it-yourself
guide to death by sending
$11.50 to a London
organization.
The controversial guide
has been compiled by
Britain’s 45-year-old
Voluntary Euthanasia
Society, which recently
changed its name to Exit,
the Right to Die with
Dignity.
The suicide guide is
intended for the painfully
and incurably ill and
incapacited elderly people.
If the organization’s
lawyers decide the guide is
legal, publication will take
place in June or July. The
organization says the guide
was compiled by doctors,
lawyers and social
scientists and includes four
bloodless methods of
death. One is instructions
on fatal overdose of pills
available at drugstores
without perscription.
Exit, however, refuses
to give specific details of
these methods in advance
of publication.
The euthanasia society
advocates liberalized
euthanasia laws. The
society has been legal in
Britain since 1961.
However, British law,
similar to U.S. legislation,
makes it illegal to aid and
abet suicide. In Britain,
the offense can bring 14
years in jail.
It is better to die than
to cling to life when
incurable disabilities
“make each day and night
a death in life,” said
Nicholas Reed, Exit’s
secretary.
Another group, the
Samaritans, an
international suicide-pre
vention organization,
disagrees with the idea of a
suicide guide.
Most survivors of
suicide attempts are glad
to be alive, but “once
people know how to do it,
they probably will, and
then there’s no second
chance,” said Jean Burt,
Samaritan general
secretary in Britain.
The British Medical
Association also objects to
publishing the guide.
The guide is subject to
abuse and ‘‘may
discourage people
suffering from acute
depression from seeking
help,” said an association
statement.
Communications Notes
The Mass on Television continues to be shown on
the first, second and third Sundays of each month.
WSB Television, Channel 2 in Atlanta shows the
Mass at 10:30 am on the first and third Sundays.
WTBS, The Super Station Televises the Mass on
the second Sunday at 5:30 am. This Mass is seen on
the national satelite.
RADIO
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Sunday on WGST, Radio 92 AM. The show airs at
5:30 am and also at 9:30 pm.
Both Radio and Television Programs are
produced by the Communications Department of
the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
Shut-Ins and those unable to attend Sunday Mass
may receive free a monthly missalette along with a
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Pre-Synod
Meeting
WASHINGTON (NC) -
American and Canadian
delegates to the fall world
Synod of Bishops in Rome
will meet at the University
of Notre Dame June 15-18
in a theological
consultation and
symposium on the role of
the Christian family in the
modem world.
The delegates will meet
with specialists, including
members of the U.S.
Catholic Conference
Commission on Marriage
and Family life, to discuss
issues relating to the
family and marriage,
theme of the synod.
The synod, the sixth
such international
gathering since Vatican II,
is to open Sept. 26 and
continue for approximate
ly a month. Some 200
church leaders are
expected to attend. (A
synod is a consultative
body called by the pope to
advise him on specific
matters.)
The U.S. delegates,
chosen by their fellow
U.S. bishops in 1979, are
Archbishop John R. Quinn
of San Francisco,
president of the National
Conference of Catholic
Bishops and U.S. Catholic
Conference; Archbishop
Joseph L. Bernardin of
Cincinnati; Archbishop
Robert F. Sanchez of
Santa Fe, N.M.; and
Bishop J. Francis Stafford,
auxiliary of Baltimore,
chairman of the USCC
marriage and family life
commission. Archbishop
Stephen J. Kocisko,
Byzantine Rite
metropolitan archbishop
of Pittsburgh, will attend
the synod as well in his
capacity as a leader of an
Eastern rite.
Passionist Father Paul
Boyle and Marianist
Father Stephen Tutas will
also join the Notre Dame
meeting and as superiors
general will represent their
communities at the synod.
The Canadian
delegation to the synod
consists of Archbishop
Joseph McNeil of
Edmonton, Alberta;
Archbishop Henri Legare
of Grouard-McLennan,
Alberta; Cardinal G.
Emmett Carter of
Toronto; Bishop Robert
Lebel of Valleyfield,
Quebec; and Archbishop
Maxim Hermaniuk,
metropolitan of Ukrainian
Catholics in Canada.
Alternate synod
delegates from the United
States and Canada and
members of the USCC
family life commission are
also expected to
participate in the Notre
Dame sessions.
The agenda was
planned by the NCCB and
the USCC Commission on
Marriage and Family Life,
in consultation with the
Canadian Conference of
Catholic Bishops.
Before the formal
program, participants will
hear a special report on
recent studies of American
Catholic families and
American and Canadian
young people.
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