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PAGE 2—The Georgia Bulletin, September 4,1980 Catholic Schools Hailed LOS ANGELES (NC) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder and head of the black self-help group Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity), has called Catholic schools “oases in the middle of educational deserts.” In an interview in Twin Circle, a national Catholic weekly published in Los Angeles, Mr. Jackson, an associate minister at a Chicago Baptist church, said Catholic schools were such oases in the last few years “in part because the public schools are traumatized by a collapse of moral authority.” In public schools “the e d u cators are less believable; there is a cold war that exists between parents and teachers in too many instances,” he said. “The administrators are, by and large, detached, political and very overt in their racism. There has been a tremendous amount of tension around the issue of desegregation, so that the public schools have become battle grounds during the last 20 years. And the casualties have been the children.” In Catholic schools, on the other hand, “the nuns and priests seem to remain more believable and more trustworthy,” Mr. Jackson said. “And because they have moral authority, which grows in part from the affirmative relationship they have with parents - indeed, the relationship they demand of parents - they are able to demand discipline. And discipline is perceived as therapy, not as punishment, when it comes from moral authority. “Lastly, I would say that the success of the Catholic schools in the city has been from their whole approach to education: a concern for a developed mind as well as strength of character and health of body. And there is the religious factor as the undergirding force for our entire life pattern.” Mr. Jackson blamed unions in public schools for putting more emphasis on wages than performance or sacrifice and contributing to diminished effort by teachers. Mr. Jackson said that, although two of his children attend Catholic schools, he opposes tuition tax credits for parents who send their children to non-public schools. Tuition tax credits would be a step toward “undermining the public schools,” he said. “If people make the decision to send their children to private schools, then they should be prepared to make that financial sacrifice.” Mr. Jackson said “there’s obviously been a good deal of overt racism in the Catholic schools. That is why you have so many all-black Catholic schools and so many all-white Catholic schools. As a matter of fact, the Catholic churches are mostly broken down along ethnic lines.” Permitting schools to be all-white or all-black because they are located in neighborhoods that are all-white or all-black is not justifiable, Mr. Jackson argued. ‘‘If you have determined that segregation by race is immoral and harmful, the church cannot allow the real estate brokers to determine the patterns of social intercourse. So a church may serve its •neighborhood; but if we want our children to indeed have a catholic education - a universal education, a multicultural education - we must take moves to offset the damage done by real estate brokers.” Mr. Jackson said “the church has the obligation to be most aggressive in breaking down the barriers, setting the pattern for the rest of the nation and the rest of the world, putting Christ before culture. When in Rome, do not act like the Romans; when in Rome, transform the Romans.” FATHER GABRIEL CALVO, the founder of Marriage Encounter, with Len and Lucianne Winslow, executive couple of National Marriage Encounter of Georgia. M.E. Convention Held Len and Lucianne Winslow, executive couple for Marriage Encounter of Georgia, were among over 1,600 people gathered at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn, for the 19 80 National Marriage Encounter Conference. The Conference was an enrichment experience for couples who have experienced the Marriage Encounter program and included workshops and lectures designed to improve married life through the sharing of feelings, ideas, beliefs and values. Speakers at the conference included Dr. Leo Buscaglia, professor of education at the University of Southern California; Sister Jose Hobday, O.S.F., currently working in the Diocese of Tucson in pastoral and spiritual renewal; Sister Paula Ripple, Executive Director of the North American Conference of Separated and Divorced Catholics; and Dr. Anthony Campolo, chairman of the sociology department of Easten College in Pennsylvania. (Dl Serving A tlanta Since 1V12 PRINTING • PRINTING arrm. few. CO/»f/Vl/VK • LITHOGRAPHING 794 Forrest Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia Telephone 522-9726 GEORGIA BULLETIN Ads Bring Results!! /utter and fTlclellan Insurance 3400 Peachtree Road, N. E. Atlanta, Ga. 30326 (404) 261-7212 The only insurance people-you'll erer need" ode Fflmna uflDER GOD ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA School Lunch Program Announced Archdiocese of Atlanta Schools today announced its policy for determing eligibility of children who may receive free and reduced price meals and free milk under the National School Lunch, School Breakfast and Special Milk Programs. Local school officials have adopted the following family size income criteria for determining eligibility. COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 Family Size Free Meal Eligibility Reduced Price Eligibility Yearly Income Yearly Income 1 0 - 5,230 5,231 - 8,150 2 0 - 6,900 6,901 - 10,760 3 0 - 8,580 8,581 - 13,380 4 0 - 10,250 10,251 - 15,990 5 0 - 11,930 11,931 - 18,600 6 0 - 13,600 13,601 - 21,220 7 0 - 15,280 15,281 - 23,830 8 0 - 16,950 16,951 - 26,440 Each additional family member +1,680 +2,610 KNIGHTS GATHER under their banner at the States Dinner in Atlanta. Archbishop Jean Jadot was the principal speaker. (Photo by Richard Poncinie). Knights Approve Education Fund INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Locate a family size in the left column (Column 1). Draw a line straight across to the right. 2. If income falls in Column 2, the child is eligible for free meals. 3. If income falls in Column 3, the child is eligible for reduced price meals. 4. If income exceeds Eligibility Scale, the child is eligible for paid meals. Note: Pending federal legislation which (if enacted will become effective October 1) will require a different eligibility scale and will change the “hardship” conditions. If this NEW legislation changes your child’s eligibility, you will be notified in writing. BY GRETCHEN REISER A $ 1 million investment research fund to improve all aspects of Catholic education will be established by the Knights of Columbus. The education fund was approved by the Knights at the 98th annual meeting of the Supreme Council of the fraternal organization of Catholic men. Representatives of the 1.3-million-member organization met in a five-day convention in Atlanta. The Knights also went on the record opposing abortion funding, the Equal Rights Amendment and pornography. A resolution on the educational fund followed Supreme Knight Virgil C. Dechant’s annual report, in which he said the fund was urgently needed to support research that would lead to improvement of Catholic education at all levels. “In the barren desert of today’s secularist society Catholic schools stand out more clearly than ever as oases of commitment to a Christian way of life,” he said. The resolution cited the need for research to solve increasing problems of funding, and administering Catholic schools and in obtaining thoroughly prepared teachers to staff them. It also said that Confraternity of Christian Doctrine programs need refinement to make them effective conveyors of religious commitment as well as of religious information, and said that seminaries and novitiates demand in-depth study in the light of recent Vatican documents. Research projects, to be supported by earnings from the fund, will be selected by the National Catholic Educational Association, assisted by an advisory panel of bishops and scholars representing the United States and Canada and subject to the concurrence of the Knights of Columbus board of directors. The Supreme Council also adopted a resolution opposing the use of public money for abortion and calling for the adoption of a right-to-life amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The resolution stopped short of mentioning the recent adoption by the Democratic Party of a platform plank supporting federal funding of abortion. However, the resolution called upon “all public officials and all candidates for public office to take serious note of our deeply felt and firmly held position on these vital issues.” After some debate about making specific reference to political parties, the Council decided that “the resolution is clear enough,” said Elmer Von Feldt, public information officer for the Knights of Columbus. The resolutions were adopted in a closed-door session of supreme officers and 418 delegates representing jurisdictions throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guatemala and the Philippines. Specific reference to the Democratic Party’s plank on abortion was made during the convention by Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan. In his homily at the opening Mass for 2,500 delegates and family members, Archbishop Donnellan recalled Pope John Paul II’s proclamation of the sacredness of all human life. When “a major political party” adopts a platform plank which calls for federal funding of abortion, Archbishop Donnellan said, “we shall stand up to proclaim our belief that the right to life is a basic human right which should have the protection of law and that abortion is the deliberate destruction of an unborn human being, and therefore violates this right.” John Murphy, supreme advocate of the Knights of Columbus, said the archbishop’s homily was “in part responsible” for the thrust of the pro-life resolution, and its specific mention of candidates. In other resolutions adopted at the convention, the Knights opposed the Equal Rights Amendment and the registering and drafting of women, and urged defeat of “so-called homosexual equal rights laws.” A resolution on pornography called upon local Knights to coordinate their efforts with “existing agencies which have developed the expertise to curtail it.” The resolution urged councils in the United States to become active institutional members of Morality in Media in New York City; Canadian councils to associate themselves with Canadians for Decency in Willowdale, Ontario; and the councils in Mexico to to join with Alianza por la Defensa de la Familia, in Guadalajara, Mexico. The group also called for measures to ensure that any Middle East settlement includes guarantees of free and open access for people of all creeds to Jerusalem and its environs. Other resolutions expressed appreciation to the Canadian government for that country’s actions permitting American diplomats to escape from Iran and called for prayers for release of the American hostages and for flying the U.S. flag as a symbol of national unity. The Knights also voted to invite Pope John John Paul II to attend the 100th annual meeting of the Supreme Council in Hartford, Conn., in 1982. Children from families whose income is at or below the levels shown are eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk. In addition, families not meeting these criteria but with other unusual expenses due to unusually high medical expenses, shelter costs higher than 30 percent of income, special education expenses due to the mental or physical condition of a child, and disaster or casualty losses are urged to apply. Application forms are being sent to all homes in a letter to parents. Additional copies are available at the principal’s office in each school. The information provided on the application is confidential and will be used only for the purpose of determining eligibility. Applications may be submitted at any time during the year. A simple statement of income and family size is required, plus a signed certification by the parent or guardian that the information is correct. In certain cases, foster children are also eligible for these benefits. If you have foster children living with you and wish to apply for such meals and milk for them, you should contact the school. If a family member becomes unemployed, or if the family size or income changes, the family should contact the school to file a new application. Such changes may make the children of the family eligible for reduced price meals or for additional benefits such as free meals and milk if the family income falls at or below the levels shown above in the eligibility scale. In the operation of child nutrition programs no child will be discrimated against because of race, color or national origin. Under the provisions of the policy, the principal of the school will review applications and determine eligibility. If a parent is dissatisfied with the ruling of the official, the decision may be discussed with the determining official on an informal basis. If a parent wishes to make a formal appeal, a request may be made, either orally or in writing, to Sister Roberta Schmidt, Superintendent 881-6643 for a hearing to appeal the decision. During the appeal and hearing, the child will continue to receive free or reduced price meals or free milk. The policy contains an outline of the hearing procedure. Each school and the office of the Superinten dent has a copy of the complete policy which may be reviewed by any interested party during business hours. Archdiocese Of Atlanta OFFICE OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC STATEMENT OF ASSURANCE Schools in The Archdiocese of Atlanta admit students of any race, sex, color, national and ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the schools. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of educational policies, admissions policies, loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs. Schools in this system are as follows: METRO ATLANTA: Christ the King School, Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Our Lady of the Assumption School, Our Lady of Lourdes School, St. Anthony’s School, St. Jude the Apostle School, St. Paul of the Cross School, St. Thomas More School, St. Joseph School, Marietta, St. Pius X High School, Village of St. Joseph, Ss. Peter & Paul and St. John the Evangelist, St. Patrick’s Pre-School/Kindergarten, Norcross. ATHENS: St. Joseph School. 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FRANK CTJRTI, Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Council No. 4410 presents a S10,000 check to Sister Miriam Troy, principal, to defray the cost of the Daughters of Charity wing of St. Mary’s School, Rome. The wing was dedicated during an open house, Aug. 24. The addition will include a new library and enable St. Mary’s to become accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in October. Looking on from 1. to r. are Father Patrick Mulhern, pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Stanley Wojeck, state deputy of the Knights of Columbus, and Richard Dillon, of St. Mary’s Parish Council. M. Teresa Plans Miami Mission MIAMI (NC) - North Miami Avenue suffers from prostitution, alcoholism and other skid row problems. But soon it will have a gentler influence as well. The area has been chosen by Mother Teresa of Calcutta as the site of a new mission to be staffed by four of her Missionaries of Charity. The nuns, three from India and one from North America, are to open the mission officially Sept. 8, according to Msgr. Bryan O. Walsh, director of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Miami. They are to work with the area’s “shopping bag ladies” and with a women’s prison. Msgr. Walsh said Mother Teresa had visited Miami in 1974 and was concerned about conditions in the city. “She just announced she was ready to move,” he said. He added that the archdiocese had maintained contact with Mother Teresa and that she had spoken by telephone with Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy during her recent visit to New York City. “The whole thing has happened in the last two or three weeks,” Msgr. Walsh said. He said the sisters’ efforts would complement the work carried out in the area by the Brothers of the Good Shepherd. At least initially the sisters are to live in a rent free house. At their request, there will be no refrigerator or air conditioning in the home, which will contain simple furniture, Msgr. Walsh said. Volunteer help from skilled trades members in the archdiocese is fixing up the house for the Missionaries of Charity, Msgr. Walsh said. “It’s just a remarkable phenomenon, completely in the spirit of total charity,” he added.