Newspaper Page Text
PAGE 6—The Georgia Bulletin, June 5, 1980
LITURGICAL DOCUMENT
Reaction Varies
BY NC NEWS SERVICE
Reaction of liturgists in
the United States to the
recent Vatican document
on the eucharistic liturgy
ranged from viewing it as
“encouragement to
disciplined change” to
considering it a failure
because of an “alarmist
and reactionary” tone.
The document.
“Instruction on Certain
Norms Concerning
Worship of the Eucharistic
Mystery,” was issued by
the Vatican’s Congregation
for the Sacraments and
Divine Worship on May
23. Pope John Paul II had
approved it on April 17.
Father Richard Butler,
founding director of the
Center for Pastoral Liturgy
at the Catholic University
of America in Washington,
who is now chaplain at
Archbishop Williams High
School in Braintree, Mass.,
said some reports on the
new document gave the
erroneous impression that
it aimed at ending all
liturgical change.
Father Carl Last,
executive secretary of the
Federation of Diocesan
Liturgical Commissions,
said that, because the
document is “alarmist and
reactionary in tone,” it
failed to achieve its intent
of deepening reverence for
the Eucharist.
“In some isolated
instances, abuses exist,” he
said, “but they are not
something that’s being
promoted as part of
liturgical renewal.” Father
Last said he was afraid
some people might think
“the negative thrust of the
document could be
expressive of the mind of
the Holy See with regard
to ongoing liturgical
renewal.”
He also expressed
concern about an apparent
turning away in the
document from the
Second Vatican Council’s
emphasis on collegiality,
the sharing of the bishops,
in union with and
subordinate to the pope,
of teaching and pastoral
authority. “When the
document uses the word
‘church,’” Father Last
said, “it too often applies
to the Holy See, which
undermines the position of
the bishops as the chief
liturgists of their dioceses.
It seems to be a
recentralization of Roman
authority.”
A number of liturgists
viewed the document as a
reaffirmation of existing
norms for the celebration
of Mass and other
eucharistic worship
services.
Programa Cultural
El domingo, 15 de junio, a las siete de la tarde en
el canal 30 de television, WETV, se presentara un
programa especial con formato bilingue
(espanol-ingles) sobre la aportacion hispanica en el
campo de las artes (literature, musica, danza, artes
plasticas y pictoricas), tanto a nivel local como a
nivel internacional. El titulo del programa es
“VISTAS:: Hispanic Heritage and the Arts.”
Se solicitan sus comentarios y su apoyo para asi
poder presentar mas programas sobre las artes y
otros temas de interes para nosotros hispanos. Favor
de dirigirse por escrito a: Mrs. Yvonne de Wright,
“VISTAS”, International Educational Media
Services, Center for Research in Social Change,
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 30322.
Pastitsio
Musaka
Lamb
Shishkabob
Combinations
Spinich Pie
Chops
Veal
Seafoods
Cheese Pie
Special Desserts
Every Friday & Sat. Night
Featuring
Live Greek Band & Dancers.
As an introduction to his newh
opened Restaurant. Chef Hill G. \gnos.
C.K.C. offers you any two selections on
Ihe menu - with the second selection at
Vi price.
1
i
1
i
i
i
1
1
1
I
i
1
I
1
1
1
m
— A *)clea, 0 ?<vi
A fen ‘Dining,
“satisfaction guaranteed"
Complimentary cake for any
occasion furnished to parties of
six or more
Banquet facilities for 25 to 300
persons • Catering
serving breakfast, lunch and
dinner seven days a week
6 a.m. - J 1 p.m.
1708 Clairmont Road
633-8863
Pope Barnstorms Paris
TEN GIRL SCOUTS from St.
John the Evangelist Church in
Hapeville and St. Philip Benizi
Church in Jonesboro have received
the “I Live My Faith” medal. To
achieve this honor, they completed a
program of reflection and action for
spiritual formation within Girl
Scouting. Pictured at left are: front
row. 1. to r.: Michelle Worgo, Angela
Rasmussen, Veronica Cowan, Lisa
Irizarry, Fr. John Kieran, the
Diocesan Scout Chaplain; second
row, 1. to r.: Marianna Anzalone,
Teresa Hillis, Lillian Thompson,
Cindy Henry.
USCC Criticizes
Refugee Efforts
'Hecfan &
“R&afactntutt &
featuring authentic Greek recipes |
and traditional American dishes
by Bill Agnos, certified |
executive chef
Rabbit
Steaks
WASHINGTON (NC) -
Officials of the U.S.
Catholic Conference May
28 called for more
government assistance and
less government confusion
in resettlement of Cuban
exiles in the United States.
They also urged the
government to officially
designate the thousands of
Cubans who have fled the
island nation as refugees,
and not as “applicants for
asylum.” As refugees, the
exiles would be eligible for
federal aid such as
Medicare and supplemen
tal family income;
moreover, to aid in their
resettlement the USCC
could obtain $500 per
person.
Speaking at morning
news conference, Bishop
Thomas Kelly, USCC
general secretary, John
McCarthy, director of the
USCC Migration and
Refugee Services (MRS)
and Donald Hohl, MRS
associate director,
criticized government
methods which they said
are hindering the
resettlement efforts of the
USCC and other private
groups.
They were joined at the
conference by Frank
Calzon, executive director
of the human rights
program at Georgetown
University, a Cuban
refugee in 1960.
According to
McCarthy, the USCC has
resettled about 75 percent
of the 38,695 persons
relocated since the massive
Cuban exodus began
several weeks ago. (A total
of 85,000 had arrived in
the United States by May
27, according to the State
Department.)
Some 200 persons are
at work for the USCC in
the various camps and
processing centers around
the nation, but as
McCarthy, Hohl and
Bishop Kelly emphasized,
the USCC has received no
government funds for its
processing and
resettlement activities.
They estimated
resettlement costs per
refugee of $1,100-$1,400.
“We’ve gotten no
money. We’ve gotten
promises,” Hohl said.
“We’ve put out over
$600,000” already on
travel, staffing and other
aspects of the work the
USCC is carrying on in the
camps at Eglin Air Force
Base in Florida, in Miami,
at Fort Chaffee, Ark., and
at Fort Indiantown Gap in
Pennsylvania.
“I’m moving people on
my own (personal) credit
card,” McCarthy said. He
said the USCC and other
resettlement agencies need
“upfront” money to help
the refugees between the
processing camps and their
first paychecks as newly
resettled residents of a
community. At least, he
suggested, the government
should classify the Cuban
boat people as refugees so
they become eligible for
federal programs. Without
these programs .to help
back up its efforts, the
pace of USCC resettlement
slows, he said.
The Babysitting Agency
|fW • Short 1
Term Babysitting Placement
Bonded
• Licensed by Georgia Dept, of Labor
/ 75 W. Wieuca Road 257-1045
'WAWVAYlYVAVV'wV.'AVkVAWASYW.,
Bob Todd
Gulf Service
(bill Tires Batteries \( Tune I p A Diagnostic
Accessories tenter
Mechanic on l)ut\ All Minor Repairs
Lubrication Road Sersice VMieel Alignment
Brake "ork
Tires Balanced Cars Washed
160 Ponce De Leon Ave. N.E.
Atlanta, Ga. 30308
“The church will not be
any party to dumping
these people’’ on
American communities,
forcing others to look
after the Cubans’ needs
while the federal
government does nothing,
he said.
The USCC officials also
criticized division of
federal efforts between
Jack Watson Jr., an
assistant to President
Carter; Ambassador Victor
H. Palmieri, U.S.
Coordinator for refugee
affairs; and the Federal
Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA), directed
by John W. Macy Jr.
“We’re not clear as to
who’s running the show,”
Hohl said. While the
government calls on the
private agencies to work in
the camps as well as to get
the Cubans out of the
camps and resettled, it
does not provide
information on its policies
or when camps are to be
opened, he and the others
said.
As an example he cited
the case of Fort McCoy,
near La Crosse, Wis.
Bishop Frederick Freking
of La Crosse was notified
May 19 that the camp
would be used to house
Cuban refugees.
Subsequently, Hohl said,
Father William Jablonske,
director of Catholic
Charities in La Crosse,
informed MRS that FEMA
officials were at Fort
McCoy readying it for use
and asking why the church
wasn’t ready to help out.
But the State Department
reported May 28 that the
camp was not to be used
in the refugee program,
Hohl said.
PARIS (NC) - Pope
John Paul II barnstormed
through Paris on his
four-day visit to France,
leaving in his wake
strongly worded warnings
to specific groups to
assume their responsibilit
ies for solving major world
and church problems.
During the visit (May
30-June 2) the pope
delivered around 24
speeches. These included:
- Asking the French
bishops to reconcile
differences between
Catholics rejecting many
of the teachings of Vatican
II and those wanting more
liberal interpretations of
the council documents.
- Telling scientists they
are threatening the future
of mankind through
genetic manipulation and
by creating increasingly
destructive nuclear
weapons.
-- Warning workers
against viewing
communism as the
solution to the world’s
injustices.
“The world has been
led into an unstable
situation because of
geopolitical reasons,
wounded national pride,
the materialism of our age
and the decadence of
moral values,” he said
June 2 in a speech at the
headquarters of the U.N.
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
(UNESCO).
Although science exists
to serve mankind, it has
often been used for
destructive aims such as
genetic manipulation and
the development of
biological, chemical and
nuclear weapons, he said.
The world’s fragile
political equilibrium could
be destroyed at any time,
raising the specter of
nuclear war, added the
pope. Scientists must work
to avoid nuclear war, he
said.
The previous day, he
had discussed church
issues with the French
bishops and said their
primary duty is to bring
about the “acceptance and
realization of Vatican II,
according to its genuine
content . . . and not as
some would like to see it.”
The “mutual suspicion
and criticism” between
people wanting more
liberal interpretations of
Vatican II and those
rejecting many of its
teachings must be halted if
the authentic nature of the
church is to survive, Pope
John Paul said.
On May 31, Pope John
Paul celebrated Mass at St.
Denis Basilica, about six
miles from the center of
Paris in an area which gives
strong voting support to
France’s Communist
Party.
Forty percent of St.
Denis’ residents are under
25 and nearly 75 percent
of the employed are
factory workers, laborers
or service personnel. The
pope’s homily was
strongly laced with pledges
of church commitment to
defending the rights of
workers.
Alluding to the strong
communist political
influence in the area, the
pope asked workers not to
seek solutions to injustice
in “narrow schemes”
involving class struggle and
atheistic philosophy.
Pope John Paul also
received criticism during
the trip. Before celebrating
Mass in St. Denis, French
Protestant leaders
criticized Catholic
restrictions on
intercommunion.
Throughout the trip,
the pope emphasized the
spiritual nature of his
journey. The voyage was
generally regarded as an
effort to stimulate what
the Vatican considers the
declining adherence to
Catholicism in French life.
Although 85 percent of
the French profess
Catholicism, only 20
percent are practicing
Catholics.
On May 30, his first
day in Paris, the pope set
the tone for his efforts to
reinvigorate French
Catholicism. He
emphasized the “certainty
of faith’’ and told
Catholics to “discard any
faintheartedness” in
proclaiming their faith.
“I came here to support
you on the Gospel path, a
narrow path indeed, but
the greatest one, the
secure one,” he said.
Serra Builds Vocations
The Serra Club of
Atlanta, an affiliated
chapter of Serra
International, has a
program of assistance to
parishes and their
Vocations Committees.
Gene Donahue, the
local club president, says
that Serra is prepared to
assist the pastor and his
Vocations Committee with
planning and conducting
parish programs designed
to focus on the problem of
shortages in religious
vocations and to stimulate
response within the parish
community to this
problem.
The Serra Club assigns
members as points of
contact for the Vocations
Committee in each parish.
Through this channel,
Serra provides advice and
direct assistance as
requested by the parishes.
Serra also has eye-catching
posters and supplies of
pamphlets and reading
material on the subject of
Religious Vocations.
Planned programs for
parishes are available also
outlining such
action-inducing projects as
“Family Night,”
discussion meetings
between the young people,
priests and religious order
representatives and tours
OFFICERS OF THE SERRA CLUB of Atlanta
are pictured from left to right: James C. Conrads,
vice-president; Eugene J. Donahue, president; and
Harry M. Sholota, vocations program
coordinator.
of seminaries.
Harry Sholota and Bill
Fitzpatrick, the prime
movers of this Serra
program, point out that its
main thrust is to get the
families and the parish
community as a whole
talking about and
encouraging vocations.
Group discussions induce
the high school age and
young adult parishioners
to think positively about
what to do with the lives
that God has provided
them.
Serrans have a prime
objective of fostering
religious vocations. Its
clubs throughout the
Americas and Europe are
dedicated to the
reestablishment and
perpetuation of an
environment wherein our
priests and religious are
accorded the position of
highest respect and
reverence they truly
deserve.
Local Serrans are
already working with
committees at St. Judes,
Corpus Christi and Christ
the King churches. St.
Thomas Aquinas and
several other parishes
already have excellent
programs under way. The
Serra Club will continue to
contact additional parishes
during the remainder of
1980.
Anyone seeking further
information or who is
interested in assisting in
these vocations programs
can call 953 3827.
For Ftesh° ess & Savins*
WHycooKiN?(OOKOUT!
Action Prices are special
weekly savings. Look for this
symbol. It’s your sign for value.
V 5
YOU'LL DO BETTER WITH
A&P'S DELI-BAKE SHOP
Come to A&P's Deli
for your Graduation
Party Tray Needs
A ‘"i',£?; rtr
YOU’LL DO BETTER WITH Uy $
A&P’s GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Visit the Farm at A&P for the freshest fruits and vegetables.
You’ll get exceptional value,too.
A0 P
One Of Our Stores Can Be Found Conveniently
Located In Your Neighborhood Parish
Serving American Homes Since 1859
PilPl MlRilir.
m
i
i
i
I
I
I
i
I
i
I
i
I
i
i
i
1
I
I
I
1
1
i
i
i
i
1
I
1
1
1
1
B
i
1