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PAGE 2—The Georgia Bulletin, September 18,1980
La Decada de la F amilia
Desde el comienzo de la
vida humana, hasta la
muerte, la familia ejerce
una influencia decisiva en
el modo de ser de cada
persona y de la sociedad.
La familia es la institucion
humana mas antigua y mas
arraigada. Es en la vida
familiar donde cada
persona descubre quien es,
quien llegara a ser y donde
se puede desarrollar como
ser humano. En nuestro
mundo cada vez mas
impersonal, la familia
viene a ser la unica
institucion donde se ama a
cada persona, no por lo
que representa o por lo
que hace, sino
simplemente por lo que es.
No obstante los
problemas que se enfrenta,
hay razon suficiente para
afirmar que la familia es
capaz de adaptarse a
cambios, y es capaz
tambien de perdurar. Las
predicciones de la muerte
de la familia son tan
ingenuas como las
teologias de la muerte de
Dios de hace algun tiempo
atras. Como Cristianos
deberiamos preocupamos
de COMO cambia la
familia. No debemos
permanecer pasivos y dejar
que la familia sea
modificada solo por los
interes de negocios, y de
los medios de comunicac-
ion social. Hoy no
podemos dar por hecha la
familia. Debemos facilitar
a las familias Uegar a ser un
centro de crecimiento y de
amor. La familia merece
mejor trato de parte de
todos: del gobiemo, de los
negocios, y de nosotros
mismos.
El futuro de la familia
no depende de los
especialistas en-
antropologia, sociologia,
sicologia, estadistica, ni
tampoco de los medios de
comunicacion. Depende
del esposo, la esposa, y los
jijos que afrontan unidos
las dificultades. Depende
del anhelo y esfuerzo de
cada familia por ser
familia, por ser la
comuni dad que se
caracteriza por su
integracion. Depende de
que cada uno de los
miembors de la familia
haga uso de sus carismas y
gracias especiales para
contribuir al crecimiento
en el amor y en la
comprension.
1 Cuando como familia
ademas que como
individuos crecemos en el
amor y la comprension;
cuando nuestras relaciones
se fortalecen; cuando la
presencia de Cristo se nota
y aprecia mas entonces se
nota que las cosas extemas
de la vida tienen
importancia solo porque
son expresiones de nuestra
fe en Cristo y en cada
miembro de nuestra
familia.
Cristo vendra a
ensenarnos a amar. Por lo
tanto en nuestras familias
debe haber una apertura,
un escuchar y responder,
un dar y recibir tal que,
juntamente se afirme y se
viva la importancia de la
llamada de Cristo. Cada
miembro de una familia
tiene una llamada unica de
Dios y todos en la familia
estan llamados a apoyarse
unos a otros. La familia
entonces se convierte en
una cuna del Evangelio y
la vida familiar en una
respuesta hermosa y alegre
al amor que Cristo nos da.
Johnson Heads Board Of Ed.
CHAIRMAN FRED JOHNSON,
right, with his predecessor on the
Archdiocesan Board of Education,
FRIEND OF MERTON
Dr. Paul Montello. (Photo by
Gretchen Keiser)
John H. Griffin Dies
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The Texas native was
active in the civil rights
movement during the
1960s, working with such
leaders as the Rev. Martin
Luther King.
Griffin, a convert to
Catholicism, wrote his way
into the church with the
novel, “Devil Rides
Outside.” The book was
an autobiographical
account of his spiritual
experience living in French
monasteries while he
pursued musical studies.
“I held out tooth and
nail -- just as the book’s
hero does - but when I
had finished, my
conscience wouldn’t let
me do anything else,” he
said later. “Devil Rides
Outside” was published in
19 52, the year Griffin
converted.
A second novel,
“nuni,” followed in 1956,
also dealing with man’s
struggle for salvation.
Both novels were
published during a 10-year
period of blindness caused
by injuries he suffered in
World War II. During the
war he worked with the
French Passive Defense
and he helped evacuate
German and Austrian Jews
to England.
Griffin was one of 12
authors of the 1978
volume “Thomas Merton,
Prophet in the Belly of a
Paradox.” The volume on
Father Merton was
compiled to mark the 40th
anniversary of his
conversion to Catholicism
and the 10th anniversary
of his death.
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FORT WORTH, Texas
(NC) -- Author John
Howard Griffin, who
wrote “Black Like Me”
and contributed to a
biography of his Trappist
friend, Father Thomas
Merton, died Sept. 9 in
Fort Worth. He was 60.
A Mass of Christian
Burial was scheduled for
Sept. 11 at St. Andrews
Church in Fort Worth.
Griffin died from
complications resulting
from diabetes.
Griffin’s most famous
work, “Black Like Me,”
chronicled his 1959
journey through the South
as a black man. The
author, who was white,
disguised himself by
darkening his skin with
chemicals and ultraviolet
light treatments.
The book was
published in 1961. It sold
more than a million copies
and was made into a
movie. Griffin said his
experience made it clear
that “to be pigmented is NEW YORK (NC) - David Hyatt, the Catholic
to be imprisoned. president of the National Conference of Christians and
From the moment I Jews, has urged people of all religions to use the Jewish
became ^ a Negro, he high holy days beginning with Rosh Hashanah, Sept. 11,
recalled, 1 was no longer and en( jj n g with Yom Kippur, Sept. 20, as times for
considered to be an reflection and reminders “of how all of us can rededicate
individual. I was the ourselves to the spirit of unity and reconciliation, truth
sterotype that we make of and justice.” “
Negroes . . . irresponsible, Rosh Hoshanah and Yom Kippur mark the Jewish New
indolent, possessed of a year and Day of Atonement. The Jewish holy days
marvelous sense of provide good opportunity to “reflect upon man’s
rhythm. inhumanity to man,” Hyatt said. “Every day we hear of
terrorism, starvation and torture. Wars and threats of war
harass people in many parts of the world. Human rights
are non-existent in so many nations. There are forces
around the world which encourage national animosities,
religious hatred and racial confrontations,” Hyatt said.
He called upon not only Christians, Moslems and Jews
but members of “all religious groups (to) remember that
we are all members of one human family, regardless of
beliefs.”
“Throughout history, mankind has been able to
witness the senseless destruction of human life, far too
often in the name of religion,” he added. “Let there
finally be an end to the wanton taking of human life.” He
said others join with the Jewish community in prayers for
peace, security, health and happiness.
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BY GRETCHEN KEISER
Fred Johnson, past
chairman of St. John the
Evangelist parish board of
education, has been named
chairman of the
Archdiocesan Board of
Education for 1980-81.
He succeeds Dr. Paul
Montello of Doraville. The
chairmanship of the board
is rotated annually.
Mr. Johnson, 35, works
for Household Finance
Corp. and has been a
resident of Georgia since
1973 and a member of St.
John the Evangelist parish
in Hapeville since moving
to the Atlanta area in
1974. A graduate of
Brescia College in
Owensboro, Ky., where he
majored in accounting, Mr.
Johnson served as board
chairman at St. John the
Evangelist for the past two
years. He has also served
on the parish council and
as a catechist for six years
and is active in Cub Scouts
in Forest Park. He and his
wife, Shirley, and their
four children live in
Conley.
As chairman of the
Archdioeesan Board of
Education, he will also
head its executive and
budget committees.
Three new board
members appointed for
1980-81 are Sister Patricia
Clune, principal of St.
Anthony’s School in
Atlanta, Jerome Keane of
St. Joseph’s parish in
Athens, and Walter
Stephens of St. Paul of the
Cross parish in Atlanta.
Mr. Keane, a field
consultant for the
American Heart
Association, was a member
of the first parish council
at St. Joseph’s in 1967,
and over the years has
served on the liturgy
committee, as a member
of the youth ministry
committee, and as a
catechist. Most recently he
spent a year organizing
and chairing a parish
Religious Education Task
Force and served as
interim director of
religious education.
Married and the father of
three children, Mr. Keane
is an active member of the
Cursillo movement and
chancellor of the parish
Knights of Columbus
Council. Mr. Keane will be
a member of the religious
education committee on
the Archdiocesan Board of
Education.
Mr. Stephens, an
import-export coordinator
for Mead Packaging Co.,
has been a member of the
parish council at St. Paul
of the Cross, and, since
1977, a leader of the
parish Home and School
Association. He served as
vice president in 1977-78
and as president from
1978-80, when he was also
a member of the parish
board of education. A
graduate of Morehouse
College, Mr. Stephens is
married and the father of
two children. He will serve
on the campus ministry
committee of the
Archdiocesan Board of
Education.
St. Francis Of Assisi Church
A History And A Future
St. Francis of Assisi
Catholic Church in
Blairsville, serving Towns
and Union Counties, will
celebrate the dedication
of the church on
Saturday, September 20.
The story of the
Catholic Church in
Union and Towns
counties begins with a
small handful of people
who journeyed to
Murphy and Hayesville,
N. C. for Mass until the
mid 1960’s. From time
to time these groups of
believers would gather
for Bible study and
sharing.
On June 12, 1966,
about twenty people,
gathered for the first
Mass in this area with a
Glenmary Father Frank
Ruff, who had come over
the mountain from
Cleveland, Ga.
The place for this
Mass was the lunch room-
behind the Blairsville
Manufacturing Company.
After a short time at this
site, Mass was celebrated
for the remainder of the
summer months at the
North Georgia
Experiment Station. At
one time that summer,
Mass attendance reached
50, with an average of
about 35 a Sunday. Most
of these were summer
residents or vacationers.
In the summer of
1967 the Horn home on
the “Butternut Farm”
just outside the city
limits of Blairsville on
the Murphy Highway was
leased for part-time
residency. The present
Pastor, Father Bob
Poandl, lived there and
worked in the area as a
seminarian that summer.
Plans to eventually
purchase this property
did not materialize.
In the summer
months of 1968 and
1969, Catholics gathered
to celebrate the
Eucharist in the
Methodist Church in
Blairsville. During the
remaining months of
those years, Catholics
met for Mass in the home
of Elizabeth Dockery, a
long-time Catholic
citizen of the county.
Liturgy was also
celebrated in the homes
of Don and Sue Cheek
and Ray and Martyne
Jokela on a regular basis.
After Father Ruff’s
new assignment in
Newnan, the Catholics
were served by Father
Gerald Peterson, pastor
in Dahlonega. Father Cal
DeLeuil also helped out
in the early 1970’s.
Mass was then
celebrated each week at
the Methodist Church.
was fortunate to benefit
from the skilled labor of
Brother Larry Jochim
and Brother Joe Steen of
Glenmary during the
month of May, 1980.
Since July 9, 1978,
Mass is held weekly at St.
Francis of Assisi. In
August of 1978 Sister
Lene Rubly joined the
GLENMARY FATHER FRANK RUFF
celebrated the first Mass in the Blairsville area in
1966. From this tiny start, the present Church of 1
St. Francis of Assisi was bom.
At this time there were
nine families in the
parish. From 1975 -
1978 Mass was held in
the Haralson Memorial
Center in Blairsville.
It was in 1975 also,
that Father Bob
Cameron was appointed
to the four-county
parish, and was
instrumental in securing
a full-time lay and
religious staff.
During this time the
present site and property
were acquired for the
first Catholic Church in
Union and Towns
counties.
In March, 1977, the
church was given the
name-St. Francis of
Assisi. By Februry of
1978, architectural plans
were drawn and the
process of construction
was begun.
People of the parish
worked long and hard to
build the church. They
were assisted by four
Mennonites from
Hopewell Mennonite ,
Church in Morgantown,
Pa., who helped with the
roof. Volunteers also
came for a day from St.
Paul’s Catholic Church in
Cleveland and St. Luke’s
Catholic Church in
Dahlonega. The Church
parish staff. Father John
Zeitler Came in October
and served six months as
temporary administrator.
Father Don Kunkel also
served in this capacity a
few months.
Father Bob Poandl,
assigned to the parish as
pastor in July of 1979,
has been celebrating the
Eucharist in Towns and
Union counties twice
weekly. The number of
parishioners now totals
one hundred and eight.
The dedication of the
Church of St. Francis of
Assisi will begin with a
con celebrated Mass at
5:30 p.m. this Saturday
evening. Archbishop
Thomas Donnellan will
preside, and the Mass will
be followed by a covered
dish supper for all
parishioners.
On Sunday,
September 21, the
church will host an open
house from 2-4 p.m. and
all citizens of Unions and
Towns Counties are
cordially invited to visit
the Church at this time.
St. Francis of Assisi is
located four miles east
on U.S. Highway 76
from Blairsville or four
and a half miles west on
Highway 76 from Young
Harris.
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