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Roots Of Poverty Reaching The “The Campaign was created as a source of funds for self - help projects to combat sources of poverty ... to help everyone understand the causes of poverty and support projects that are working to correct injustices. ” Vol. 18 No. 41 Thursday, November 20,1980 $8 Per Year Pope Cheered, Criticized On West German Visit . OSNABRUCK ARRIVAL - Pope John Paul II pats the cheeks of two children from an Osnabruck orphanage as he arrives at Osnabruck on the second day of his fiveAlay tour of West Germany. At left is Ernst Albrecht, minister president of Lower Saxony. Meeting Of U.S. Bishops Reports on the meeting of the United States Bishops appears on page 7. The Conference of Catholic Bishops held meetings for one week in Washington, D. C. and concluded deliberations on Friday Nov. 14. MAINZ, West Germany (NC) - While West German Catholics gave Pope John Paul II an enthusiastic welcome, Protestant representatives had some criticisms. Lutheran Bishop Edward Lohse told the pope at a meeting Nov. 17 in Mainz that German Protestants would like to see changes in the Catholic stands on intercommunion and mixed marriages. Speaking in the land of Martin Luther and the birthplace of the Protestant Reformation, the pope said intercommunion must await “full unity” among Christian churches. He did not discuss the marriage issue. Protestant leaders, including Bishop Lohse, later publicly praised the pope’s openness at the meeting. But privately they expressed disappointment at his failure to respond more positively to the concrete issues raised, according to Protestant sources. The Mainz meeting is likely to have at least one long-range effect on Christian unity efforts in West Germany, where about half the population is Protestant, predominantly Lutheran, and the other half Catholic. Dietrich Sattler, press officer for the Evangelical Church (Lutheran) of Germany, announced the formation of a new study commission with the Catholic Church. The commission will be established as soon as possible and will decide what topics to address, he said. Praising Pope John Paul’s “will and openness and intention,” Sattler said that “the climate has been changed” for ecumenical relations in West Germany. Previously, at a Mass in Osnabruck, the pope encouraged Catholics “to seek out and deepen” ecumenical activity with Lutherans. Mainz was the fourth city visited by the pope on his five-day West German schedule and marked the trip’s midpoint. By the time the pope left Mainz, (Continued on page 6) Full Servings With St. Vincent’s Salvation Santa BY THEA JARVIS Hidden in the metro hollows of Ponce-Highlands, a modern day Santa surveys his holiday wares. He boasts no wooly white beard, no black boots nor long silver tresses. He has traded the red and whites of the Santa tradition for a tailored blue and red uniform. In place of a frosty workshop at the North Pole, he has opted for a spartan basement on Seminole Avenue. But Captain John Jordan, Metropolitan Atlanta City Coordinator at Salvation Army headquarters, is a Santa nonetheless. “Christmas is the easy time,” he smiles, passing rows of bright red Army kettles awaiting their Christmas offerings. “It’s all the preparation beforehand that’s difficult. We have been working since May, ordering toys for children we haven’t seen with money from people we haven’t yet met.” Pointing proudly to ceiling-high stacks of hand-dressed Horsman dolls, Hollie Hobbie tea sets, Twister games and Sesame Street puppets, Captain Jordan gratefully acknowledges the role his own children have played in selecting gifts for thousands of needy Atlanta youngsters. “They help me choose things that are appropriate. If they enjoy them, others will too.” Seeing others enjoy the holiday accounts for the enthusiasm with Transients and homeless individuals enjoy sit-down meals on Thanksgiving and Christmas when the Army opens its facilities on Luckie Street in northwest Atlanta. No stinting here: turkey, Heralds Of The Season - First In A Series which Captain Jordan supervises the seasonal relief program, providing help to approximately 27,000 metro residents. “It seems as though last Christmas, more people expressed their gratitude than ever before. One woman walked slowly out of the toy area sobbing loudly, her arms wrapped around one of our volunteers. She told us that she wouldn’t have had anything if it hadn’t been for this program.” Beyond the toys, which are bought with the “kettle money” brought in from 60 locations around town, the Salvation Army plans to distribute certificates for 2,000 pairs of shoes this holiday season. The certificates are given to parents who bring children in to local shoe stores for proper fitting. In addition, help with holiday dinners is provided with food checks sent to needy families. gravy, potatoes and all the fixings are graciously served with the care that has come to be the Army’s trademark. Atlantans have traditionally been eager to help in the work of the Salvation Army, but never more so than during the holidays. This year, 45 agencies will participate in the Salvation Army “clearing house” program. Local service groups will refer families to Army aid in an attempt to see that “every family in need is served,” according to Captain Jordan. For those who wish to go a step further than the seasonal drop in the red Army kettle, Captain Jordan is encouraging. “If you have two or three hours to spare some evening, come out and ring a bell - man a kettle!” Distribution of Christmas toys - at no charge - will begin on December 19 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and will continue through Rather than giving yourself a full serving this Thanksgiving, why not help serve someone else? There’ll be a lot of opportunities to do that Thanksgiving Day, and in the days ahead, as the St. Vincent de Paul Society and St. Anthony’s parish plan a Community Thanksgiving for those in need. Following 10 a.m. Thanksgiving Day Mass at St. Anthony’s, volunteers will begin serving Thanksgiving Dinner at 11 a.m. and the seatings will go on until 2 p.m. Hopefully, some 300 people will have Thanksgiving dinner during those hours. Fixing dinner for 300 means an ambitious shopping list for the Society: eight 20-25 lb. turkeys, two cases of dressing, two bushels of string beans, two bushels of squash, two bushels of sweet potatoes, and 1 case of cranberry sauce. In addition, the sponsors need sugar, raisins, and papaer products like towels and napkins. And the lunch program at St. Anthony’s needs 100 place settings, 100 glasses and 100 plates to have enough to serve the crowd. You can donate food or money to buy food to either the St. Vincent de Paul Society or St. Anthony’s parish. And you can donate yourself at St. Anthony’s lunchroom in the basement of the church to set up, cook and prepare the meals on Tuesday and Wednesday; and to serve and clean-up on Thursday. This is the first time the church and the Society have planned to run a dinner on Thanksgiving, rather than making up food baskets or other projects. Anyone who wants to share their gratitude this Thanksgiving by donating food, money and time to help may call the Society at 752-6394 or St. Anthony’s parish at 758-8861. December 23 at the Salvation Army headquarters, 675 Seminole Avenue N.E. Applications for this service are taken from December 1 - December 12 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily except weekends. Contributions may be sent to: The Salvation Army Christmas Cheer Fund, P. O. Box 8237, Atlanta 30306. The heralds of the season are furiously at work. We will soon see the festive results of their preparations. “She’s beautiful and you are too,” says this Salvation Santa as she heralds the season in this welcome moment of outreach. J 9P The Legion Father Aiden McGrath had one book in his possession when he went to a Communist Chinese jail in 1948. It was the official handbook of the Legion of Mary. The Red guards seized the convict’s book but returned it, reverently, intact some days later. A curt note simply said “It reads like dedicated communist literature.” Communism was not what Frank Duff had in mind on that fateful even ing when he went to Myra House on the southside of Dublin. It was September 1921 and his city, newly declared independent of Britain, was in shambles. Everywhere the young government-worker looked, garrison vulgarity was clearly to be seen. The soldiers had left, but the diseases they created remained. Prostitution was rife. Public drunkenness and alcoholism among the working-class poor was painfully alarming. And the added burden of cruel overnight unemployment on a massive scale paralyzed a population recovering from awful years of war. Ireland, in the initial stages of political restoration, needed at that same instant spiritual restoration. Frank Duff saw it and the Legion of Mary was born. The young layman gave those first spiritual soldiers two very specific rules to be rigorously kept. First preparation by prayer. And second active apostolic service to needy neighbors for a two hour weekly minimum. The Legion leaped into action. The spiritually starved and socially deprived denizens of Dublin responded addictively to the new ministry. As Duff’s legionaries marched menacingly into service the popular evils faded into defeat. It seemed that the Legion of Mary was the perfect medication needed by this weak, war-torn city. But, without knowing it, Frank Duff had created a flame that would consume, most lovingly, every corner of the world. Emigrants carried the new militarism to the steel plants, the factories and the coal mines of Great Britain. Missionaries packed the familiar Handbook in ocean crossing baggage that would finally find rest in Africa, South America and those strange lands of the East. Within a short few years, the little book of spiritual rules appeared in every language and legionaries of every nationality were on their knees and on their streets following the order to sanctify and to serve. The Legion of Mary was out of Frank Duff’s hands and info the great market places of a hungry world. The success story continues as new cells of the Legion are born each day, always carrying the message of meaningful charity, first dreamed into existence 60 years ago. Last week, the dreamer, Frank Duff died in the city that gave birth to his Legion. He was 91. BY GRETCHEN REISER A speaker recently defined the difference between charity and justice. Charity, she said, reaches out to offset the effects of poverty, suffering and injustice. Justice reaches out to try to correct the causes. This Sunday, the Campaign for Human Development’s annual collection seeks funds that will go to projects in the Archdiocese and around the country designed to reach as deeply as roots of poverty. This will be the eleventh year for the CHD, created in 1970 out of concern by the U.S. Bishops and the U.S. Catholic Conference over the extent of poverty in this country. The Campaign was created as a source of funds for self-help projects to combat sources of poverty and injustice, and for education projects to help everyone understand the causes of poverty and support projects that are working to correct injustices. Over the past 10 years, the Campaign has collected almost $80 million for such projects. Of that money, 75 percent is distributed through the national office; 25 percent remains in each Diocese to go directly to local programs. The state of Georgia, including both dioceses, has received 16 national grants in 10 years for projects based here, according to Bernie Evans, education coordinator for the campaign in Washington. Two grants given this year fund a housing rehabilitation program in the Savannah diocese, and the Team Defense Project, a grant received through the Savannah diocese, which aids a team of lawyers and volunteers based in Atlanta who work against discrimination in the Georgia court system. Grants through the Atlanta Archdiocese have gone in the past year to such agencies as Traveler’s Aid and Interfaith, Inc., an ecumenical, private non-profit corporation. Interfaith, formed in 1967, sponsors housing development and rehabilitation projects for the poor, works as an advocate for low and moderate income housing in the state, and provides social services, such as job placement, family counseling, and recreation programs for residents at its housing developments. Since its formation, Interfaith, Inc., which includes an Archdiocesan representative on its board, has completed three housing projects and is the sponsor-developer of a fourth underway in Douglasville. Interfaith also acquired and rehabilitated five sub-standard buildings under the Department of Community and Human Development Rehabilitation Program. Evans said that on a national level 96 cents of every dollar contributed to the CHD has gone to projects over the last decade. SELF - HELP PROJECTS that bring about rehabilitation in every walk of life including housing are the aim of the Campaign for Human Development. Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta