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PAGE 2—The Georgia Bulletin, September 11,1980
CHD
Awards
WASHINGTON
(NC) - The Campaign
for Human Develop
ment (CHD), the U.S.
Catholic Church’s
anti-poverty and justice
education program, has
awarded almost $6
million in grants and
loans to self-help
projects around the
country, according to
Bishop Thomas C.
Kelly, general secretary
of the National
Conference of Catholic
Bishops.
In all, a total of
$5,714,000 in 140
grants and $283,866 in
six loans was approved.
The amount brings to
more than $55 million
the amount CHD has
awarded to more than
1,500 self-help projects
in its 10-year history.
The 1980 funds will
be used by a multiracial
community organizat
ion in California, an
Iroquois agricultural
production cooperative
in Wisconsin, a
Connecticut group
advocating neighbor
hood economic rights, a
voter registration
program in Texas, a
low-income housing
project in Florida and
similar activities.
The campaign is
financed through an
annual collection in
Catholic churches
throughout the nation.
The collection is
conducted on the
Sunday preceding
Thanksgiving.
Established by the
Catholic bishops of the
United States, the
Campaign for Human
D’velopment
ei* amplifies the
church’s commitment
to the victims of
poverty, neglect and
institutional
discrimination, Bishop
Kelly said.
IMPROVING THEIR LIVES - Juan Ruis
and his children are members of the Cabrillo
Improvement Association at Saticoy, Calif., a
group of farmworker families that recently
received a SI 55,775 federal grant to improve
member housing. Funding from the Campaign
for Human Development, the anti-poverty
program of the church, was instrumental in
getting association started.
CHD Acts On Poverty
BY MSGR. GEORGE G. HIGGINS
NC News Service
At a time when there is so much cynicism about
government welfare programs and considerable hand
wringing about “privatized religion,” the Campaign for
Human Development (CHD) continues to flourish.
The U.S. bishops initiated CHD in 1970 to fund
self-help projects controlled by poor people and
designed to eliminate the causes of poverty. The
bishops also mandated a CHD education program to
help Catholics and the public at large understand the
extent, causes and effects of poverty and to explain
why the church works for justice. CHD’s
award-winning public-service announcements on radio
and television realize between $10 million and $12
million annually in free broadcast time.
Pope John Paul II spoke to CHD representatives in
Chicago last October. The pope said: “I commend the
bishops of the United States for their wisdom and
compassion in establishing the Campaign for Human
Development 10 years ago. And I thank the whole
Catholic community for the generous support given to
this initiative.”
Since 1970 more than $79 million has been raised
(in a collection held in most dioceses the Sunday
before Thanksgiving), and more than 1,500 self-help
projects have received national grants. Many smaller
grants have been made by local dioceses where
one-fourth of the collection remains.
Of every dollar received by the national CHD, only
4 cents is used for promotion, education and
administration, while 96 cents actually gets to funded
groups.
CHD is not a handout, but rather a way out of
poverty. Groups of poor and low-income people design
their own plans to eliminate the causes of poverty.
Ultreya!
La Ultreya es una
comunidad. Esto para
definicion.
Como toda comunidad
cristiana, la Ultreya tiene
una mision. Debe haber un
espiritu apostolico en la
Ultreya - no solo en la
reunion, sino tambien en
los miembros de la Ultreya
cuando estan en sus
trabajos, en sus casas, con
sus familias, o con sus
amigos. Experiencia ha
demostrado que el exito
de una Ultreya depende de
esto. Como comunidad
cristiana, la Ultreya esta
centrada en Jesus como
unico Rey y Senor y debe
comunicara sus miembros
un espiritu de libertad en
la vida evangelica que
invita a los demas a seguir
al mismo Jesus.
Los miembros de una
Ultreya son una
inspiracion, unos para
otros. En ningun momento
debe haber competencia
entre ellos. Cada uno viene
con los talentos y dones
que el Espiritu Santo le ha
dado y pone estos talentos
a la disposicion de la
comunidad. En esta forma
la comunidad se fortalece
y entra en cada nuevo dia
seguro del apoyo de los
hermanos en Cristo.
La Ultreya crece en la
medida que crece el amor
entre los miembros de la
comunidad. Una
comunidad unida, abierta,
y apostolica atrae a otros
miembros por su misma
vida que es su mejor
testimonio.
Aqui tenemos los
elementos de una Ultreya -
comunidad, hermandad,
amor, espiritu apostolico,
apertura a los demas, y
espiritu de oracion.
En Atlanta, hay varias
Ultreyas. En la comunidad
Hispana, hay una que se
reune todos los viernes a
las 8:00 de la noche en la
Iglesia del Inmaculado
Corazon de Maria. Se
invita siempre a todos los
hermanos buscando a una
comunidad con las mismas
palabras de Jesus:
“Vengan a ver.. Los
responsables de la reunion
de la Ultreya en este
momento son los senores
Manuel y Erlinda Ramirez.
Alguien interesado en
saber mas sobre la Ultreya
puede hablar con ellos o
con uno de los Cursillistas.
Tambien se invita a los
hombres quienes no han
hecho un Cursillo a que
piensen si en este tiempo
el Senor esta llamando a
ellos a hacerlo. Habra un
Cursillo para hombras en
noviembre - los dias 13 a
16 en el Monasterio en
Conyers, Georgia.
Sialguien saber mas, puede
hablar con uno de los
Cursillistas de su parroquia
o puede llamar a uno de
los sigiente numeros,
881-1419, o al 237-0280.
PUPPET PRIEST -- Father
Wiemels of Our Lady of Angels
Parish in Cleveland shows off his
friends, Sister Rosebud and Father
Charles. While it is rare to see a nun
deliver a homily, the puppet and
others created by the priest often
share the pulpit with Father Wiemels
during children’s Masses. “The kids
have found her so popular that they
have asked to have Sister Rosebud as
principal,” the priest says.
Pastoral Puppetry Proves Popular
Conscience Leads-
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the professor’s behalf.
There is obvious concern
for academic freedom.
“You begin to wonder
who’s next,” says Dinnan’s
second son, Tom, a home
builder and realtor who
lives in Athens.
“My father’s in jail for
following his conscience
and exercising his right to a
secret ballot. They are
taking away one of the
few rights we have left.
Does this mean that the
judicial system can inject
itself into corporate
decision making? Or
religious privacy, like the
confessional? It’s a very
serious situation.”
Professor Dinnan is due
for release Oct. 1 His
personal feelings were
summed up in a statement
he made to the campus
newspaper: “I can’t teach
morals and ethics and not
live them.”
For Professor Dinnan
and his family, the living
hasn’t been easy.
CLEVELAND (NC) - Although
Franciscan Father Hilary Wiemels has been
at Our Lady of Angeles Parish only a short
time, children there know him quite well.
And they know and love his friend, Sister
Rosebud.
Sister Rosebud, an almost life-size
puppet who wields a large yardstick, often
shares the pulpit with Father Wiemels at
children’s Masses.
“When the kids see me on the street,
they say ‘Hi’ and ask how Sister Rosebud
is,” said the priest. “The kids have found
her so popular that they have asked to have
Sister Rosebud as principal.”
That reaction proves that using Sister
Rosebud and other puppet characters is a
perfect way to reach children during the
homily, according to Father Wiemels.
Puppetry is serious business to this
brown-robed counterpart to Gepetto,
Pinocchio’s creator. “I don’t use puppets
simply for entertainment during Mass,” he
said. “I don’t use them as a gimmick. They
are medium of communication that I have
found success with.”
Father Wiemels, 62, has been using
puppets for years to teach religion to
children, progressing from simple hand
puppets to a cast of Muppet-like
characters.
Today he has 10 puppets with distinct
characters, including Sister Rosebud;
Father Charles, the very liberal “super
associate,” and Koolaide Kathy, an
overzealous Girl Scout.
Father Wiemels buys puppets from
Puppet Productions, Inc., a San Diego
company, for $30 to $90 each. He said he
really began his puppet ministry with the
discovery of the company, which also
offers scripts, tapes and seminars.
Not a ventrioloquist, Father Wiemels
uses falsetto voice, recordings, multiple
microphones and, in a limited way, stage
props. He also customizes puppets. Father
Charles, for example, has grown a beard
and a mustache since joining the
Franciscan’s troupe of players.
It is the message, not the medium, that
concerns Father Wiemels most, however.
“It would be easier just to get up and talk,
but I believe in this,” he said. “And the
children really listen.”
Recently Father Wiemels used Sister
Rosebud in a skit to explain the Beatitudes
in a way children could understand. In her
very authoritative style, she said, “Blest are
you Harry and Harriet when someone hurts
you, and jumps on you, and kicks you, and
you keep your big mouth shut.”
Sister Rosebud is as big on shut mouths
as she is on using her yardstick “as a sign of
authority.” But Sister Rosebud’s warnings
are worse than her whacks, assured Father
Wiemels. And the children get the message.
“It takes a lot of nerve to go out to the
pulpit,” said Father Wiemels. “But I want
children to be excited when they come to
Mass.”
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“Family Liturgy” Created
PROVIDENCE, R.I.
(NC) - An original “family
liturgy” has been created
by Dr. C. Alexander
Peloquin, composer and
choir director at the
Cathedral of Sts. Peter and
Paul, Providence, for
Respect Life Sunday, Oct.
5.
The music, “The Lord
of Life: Liturgy for the
Family” is to be
performed for the first
time in St. Patrick’s
Cathedral, New York,
before an estimated
congregation of 2,000
persons, expected to
include some 600 church
dignitaries and invited
guests.
The music was
commissioned by Cardinal
Terence Cooke of New
York, chairman of the
National Conference of
Catholic Bishops (NCCB)
Committee for Pro-Life
Activities.
The 45-voice Peloquin
Chorale and the 110-voice
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Choir will combine for the
liturgy. Flutes, French
horns, harps, timpani,
organs and other
instruments also will be
used.
The composer said
familiar melodies and
words are included in the
music so that the
congregation can be
comfortable in the
celebration. The music
reflects the family, he said.
He defined family as
“the whole family - the
parents, the child, the sick,
the people of the city who
are nameless, the old and
all our brothers and sisters
of the world.”
Respect Life Sunday is
observed throughout the
United States on the first
Sunday of October. It is
part of the Respect Life
program established by the
U.S. bishops in 1972.
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