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I I 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 “Our Lady of the Assumption” Parish members are cordially invited to our Sunday Buffet after mass. empire gardens RESTAURANT 4330 Peachtree Road “Near Our Lady of the Assumption Parish ” Next to Oglethorpe Univ. ! f " CHINESE BUFFET 3.25 all you can eat | Sunday Noon to 3 p.i 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. I s Soup Appetizer, Main Dishes, and Fried Rice Reservations 233-8035 Be V Ratin 9 in Browns Guide & WGBT Finest Hunan and Szechuan Cuisine • Open 7 days a week • Lunch & Dinner • Plenty of parking • Carry-out • Catering • Banquet Room • Major Credit Cards Accepted • Cocktails 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. Unity Encouraged The problem with stress is not how to get rid of it. It's a part of life. And it's not even all bad. The real problem with stress is how to recognize it and control it. So it doesn't control you. Your body reacts to stressful situations with its nerves, glands and hormones. And because these systems function throughout the body, what affects them can affect other parts of your body that may be vulnerable at the time. That's why stress is a factor in many people's heart attacks, hypertension, ulcers, asthma, possibly even cancers, and probably many other ailments. That's also why, in these times of many stresses, it's a major factor in increasingly costly health care. You can recognize stress by heeding the warnings of your body and emotions. Frustration. Anger. Hostilities that build up. Heavy pressures of responsibility time demands and conflict. Headaches, insomnia, muscle tension. The key to handling stress is learning. Learning to air your feelings in constructive ways, to train your body to relax, to repair a lifestyle before you're faced with expensive medical repairs. You have to learn what your stresses are and the best ways for.you to deal with them. "u But they must be dealt with. jj Because the longer you remain in the LIBERTY! NATIONAL grip of stress, the njpre, crushing — and life insurance company costly-its effects. Birmingham, Alabama For a tree booklet about stress and preventive health care, write TB Liberty National, Communication Department, P.O. Box 2612, Birmingham, Alabama 35202 r S' \ Jr ‘o' AA- ^ C-a e? ,0 < /d 0 ° 4 4 NAME | ADDRESS- ,«S./ CITY- STATE- ZIP _ 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. NEW IN BUCKHEAD Lee Harper and Dancers Studio 1. Fall Sessions - 14 Weeks 2. Ages 3 thru Adult 3. Classes Mon. thru Sat. 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