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PAGE 8—The Georgia Bulletin, May 29,1980
Summer Happenings
BY JAMES TARBOX
George Gershwin
immortalized it as the time
when the “livin’ is easy.” For
Catholics all over the
Archdiocese, summertime is
now a time when the “learnin’
is easy.”
Traditional religious
education programs used to
coincide with the school year;
there was good reason for this
too.
Religious education classes -
CCD classes prior to the
sweeping changes of the Second
Vatican Council -- were
originally started to provide
Catholic-Christian instruction
to school age children who were
enrolled in public schools.
The Baltimore Catechism,
that familiar green book, was
the principal source of
instruction for CCD classes.
However, in the post Vatican
Council era, the winds of
change have swept through
religious education programs
with a fury.
Gone were the green
during the summer,” said Anita
Wiloughby, religious education
coordinator at northeast
Atlanta’s Our Lady of the
Assumption parish. “I’m a big
believer in year round religious
education,” she continued.
It seems that a good many
religious education
coordinators, pastors, priests,
and people believe in year
round religious education.
Many parishes throughout the
metro Atlanta area, and indeed
throughout the Archdiocese,
plan to schedule some type of
program this summer.
Summer programs, in
general, aren’t as ambitious as
the fall-winter-spring programs
are. They also seem directed
towards young people with
adult programs being somewhat
less frequent. However, it
would be fair to say that if your
parish isn’t planning a program
that fits your needs (or
interests) a parish near you
probably has something going
on and would be happy to hear
from you.
In talking to parishes
information on the problem of
drug abuse. We want the whole
family involved with this
program; they’ll have to be to
make it work.
Both Holy Spirit and Our
Lady of the Assumption are
parishes once carved out of the
Cathedral parish. Sister Celine
Gorman at Christ the King is
hard at work putting together
Bible study classes that she
hopes will draw from many
parishes. “We’ll have Bible
classes on Monday evenings,
Monday afternoons, and
Tuesday mornings,” Sister said.
“They’re for adults and will be
convenient for most everyone’s
schedule.”
Immaculate Heart of Mary
has a summer Bible school
scheduled and their Divorced
and Separated group will
continue to meet throughout
the summer.
One aspect of the summer
programs throughout the
Archdiocese is the tendency for
many parishes to have people,
other than the usual instructors,
develop, direct and teach the
It’s all happening in the Archdiocese of
Atlanta this summer!
When we set out to contact parishes and
find out what, if anything, was scheduled for
summer in terms of religious education we
were surprised. Quite frankly, the number of
things going on, and the diversity of the
programs astounded us.
If you’re looking for activities for your
children, chances are you’ll find a vacation
Bible school in your parish or one near by. It
might be a little more difficult to find a
program geared towards adults, but look, and
you’ll find one.
The adult programs range from Scripture
studies to discussion groups. Many have the
added attraction of being scheduled at the
same time the kids will be in a program.
Programs for divorced and separated,
singles, senior citizens, they’re all being offered
somewhere in the Archdiocese. If you don’t see
what you hoped you would here in this article,
call your parish; remember - it’s your summer.
You get out what you put in. - JAT
booklets with the simple
questions and formula answers.
In their place came exciting
new programs that touched on
every aspect of Christian life.
The word soon went out
that religious education classes
weren’t what they used to be;
they were exciting,
comprehensive seminars that
worked to develop all aspects of
a Catholic-Christian’s life. They
weren’t just for kids any more.
Rare is the parish that limits
their religious education focus
to young people. Of course
young people are still served;
they’re taught the. basic
Catholic beliefs and prepared
for the sacraments. However,
teens, single adults, married
couples, separated and divorced
men and women, as well as
senior citizens, all participate in
religious education programs in
parishes throughout the
Archdiocese. Many of these
people participate all year long.
“There is no reason that
religious education has to stop
throughout north Georgia one
thing seems clear: you won’t
have to look far to find a
vacation Bible school.
In the metro Atlanta area
the children of Our Lady of
Assumption parish will have the
opportunity to enroll in a
vacation Bible school scheduled
for June 14 through June 18.
The theme of the four days of
study is still being worked on
but it will somehow deal with
the idea of the parish as a
family.
Older people - teenagers -
will work in some type of social
service program that will
include a trip to Appalachia in
late June.
Not too far from the
Assumption parish, the people
out at Northside Drive’s Holy
Spirit have a program scheduled
for early June that will deal
with the problem of drug abuse.
As a spokesperson for the Holy
Spirit Religious Education
office said, “ . . . we’re hoping
for a good exchange of
summer programs. Visiting
nuns, young people, visiting
priests and others bring
diversity to the programs.
Three parishes, Our Lady of
Lourdes on Boulevard in the
downtown area, and Prince of
Peace and Good Shepherd - in
Buford and Cumming
respectively -- will have two
deacons from the seminary in
residence this summer.
Both Brent Bohan and Bruce
Wilkinson will be involved with
summer programs during their
assignments.
“We’re talking about a
vacation Bible school for
Buford during the first week of
June. Cumming is up in the air
right now,” said Father Alan
Dillman, pastor of Good
Shepherd and Prince of Peace.
Our Lady of Lourdes is
waiting for the arrival of
Deacon Wilkinson before
planning any summer program.
Out in Sandy Springs the
children of St. Jude’s parish can
participate in a Bible school
during the week of June 23rd,
that involves a service project of
some sort, while their parents
participate in a study group.
The Passionist Fathers at St.
Paul of the Cross claim that
their programs are “nothing
special” but that sounds like
“becoming modesty.” St. Paul’s
is planning a summer day camp
that will run from June 2
through August 1. The campers’
day will open with a period of
prayer and include recreational
activities in their daily routine.
More details on St. Paul’s
program when “the Sisters from
out of town arrive.”
The Paulist Fathers will be
influencing the adults of
Alpharetta’s St. Thomas
Aquinas. “Share the Word” a
religious instruction program
for adults, designed by the
Paulists, has been in operation
there and will continue this
summer. The children,
kindergarten through 6th grade
can enroll in a Vacation Bible
School the week of July 21.
Moving further north, a
vacation Bible school is
scheduled for June 16 through
27th at Canton’s Our Lady of
LaS alette.
St. Bernadette’s in
Cedartown has plans for a Bible
School but no definite dates set
yet.
They’re running Bible
schools at St. Luke’s, St. Paul’s
and St. Francis’ up in the north
Georgia mountains.
Father Bob Poandl will have
help from both a Glenmary and
an Archdiocesan seminarian as
he runs the Bible schools - all
of which last for one week -
and an adult scripture study
program.
In Gainesville the touch is
ecumenical.
Saint Michael’s parish has
teamed with Episcopal and
Presbyterian churches to
schedule a vacation Bible school
the week of June 9. Youth
week, for rising 7, 8 and 9th
graders is the week of June 16.
St. Joseph’s parish in Dalton
will have a vacation Bible
school the first week of August
for children through the sixth
grade; they’re putting the
finishing touches on “different
themes” right now.
Making a jump westward,
there are two Bible schools on
tap in Carrollton at Our Lady
of Perpetual Help. The week of
June 16 and the week of
August 11 will find kids in
pre-school all the way through
the 8th grade studying
scripture.
St. Matthew’s parish in
Fairbum, has a Bible school
starting on August 11 but
doesn’t have any plans for the
adults of the parish.
Jonesboro’s St. Philip Benizi
has a Bible school scheduled for
July 28th through the first of
August. Their divorced and
separated group will continue
to meet.
The inquiry class at St. John
the Evangelist will commence in
July and a youth program will
go on at the same time.
Moving northward again, one
can’t help but notice the
activity at Holy Family parish
in Marietta. Father John
Mulroy and his crew will be
coordinating a double barrelled
dose of religious education.
For children from three years
of age through the fifth grade
there will be a choice of two
weeks of Vacation Bible School
- either the week of July 28 or
August 4. Middle school
students will meet on Tuesday
evenings from June 24 through
August 21. High school
students, meanwhile, will be at
Calloway Gardens on June 13,
14 and 15 and they have a
swimming party scheduled for
July 12.
A little further north in
Rome, at Saint Mary’s, a
summer Bible school is
scheduled for the week of June
9.
The week of June 23 will
find the kids of Saint Patrick’s
in Norcross involved with
vacation Bible studies as well.
One of the newer parishes in
the Archdiocese is Saint Oliver
Plunkett in Snellville. Pastored
by the irrepressible Father
Terrence Kane, Saint Oliver’s
has nothing special scheduled
for the summer. However, the
staff at Saint Oliver’s will be
offering sacramental instruction
for those children who did not
make the sacraments with their
regular class.
Conyers is most known, in
Catholic circles and probably in
non-Catholic circles as well, for
the Monastery of the Holy
Ghost.
However, Saint Pius X parish
is striving to establish a bit of
name recognition for
themselves. They have two
weeks of summer Bible school
scheduled. The weeks of July 7
and 14 will both be devoted to
summer Bible study for the
children of the parish.
Saints Peter and Paul in
Decatur have a Bible school
scheduled for the last week of
June with an adult program
scheduled for the same time.
Holy Trinity, Peachtree
City’s Catholic parish, will team
with a Lutheran church to
sponsor a vacation Bible school
during the first two weeks of
August.
Summer can mean baseball,
hotdogs, and religious
education, discussion and
enrichment.
All in all, not a bad way to
spend a season.
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Persons interested in Religious
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756 West Peachtree Street,
Atlanta, Ga. 30308.
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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
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