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Runway ’81
BY GRETCHEN REISER
Sister Madeline
Roddenbery has been an
advocate before.
In fact, her job at St.
Joseph’s Hospital is to be
an advocate for patients
from the time they arrive,
letting them know that if
they have any problems,
big or small, she is there to
help get them solved.
So, perhaps it isn’t too
surprising that when the
hospital itself needed an
advocate, Sister Madeline
was the one who was sent,
and it isn’t too surprising
that the result is, Runway
’81, a benefit by Atlanta
Magazine for the hospital.
What will appear March
21 in the theater of the
Georgia World Congress
Center is an extravagant
evening of cocktails,
buffet and dancing,
surrounding the main
event, an elaborate fashion
production featuring the
spring and summer
creations of noted designer
Oscar de la Renta.
It began late last
summer, when Sister
Madeline and Ernest
Boyce, vice-chairman of
the hospital’s board of
trustees, sat down in the
office of Joseph Shore,
president of Communicat
ion Channels, Inc., and
publisher of Atlanta
Magazine.
They understood that
the magazine, which
sponsored Runway as a
benefit for Egleston
Children’s Hospital in
1980, hadn’t decided
which hospital to select
for 1981.
Sister Madeline said
that “as a Sister of Mercy I
would like to tell him the
story of St. Joseph’s.”
The hospital celebrated
its centennial last year and
preparations for that event
crystallized in Sister
Madeline’s mind the
history of the hospital and
the way its growth was
entwined with the growth
of Atlanta.
“I just had a story to
tell and I wanted to tell
it,” she said.
“As I began to talk to
Mr. Shore about how the
Sisters of Mercy were
asked to come here 100
years ago because Atlanta
had no hospital. . . and
how Atlanta, the Sisters of
Mercy and the hospital
had grown together, one
by one, Mr. Shore began
calling in different
members of his staff.”
From the point of view
of the magazine’s
publishers, who purchased
Atlanta magazine about
three years ago, the
Runway benefit indicates
“our interest in being part
and parcel of the fabric of
the city of Atlanta,” Mr.
Shore said.
Everything raised
through Runway “goes
over to the charity,” Mr.
Shore said. Eastern
Airlines and American
Express are providing
support for Runway this
year, more than 25
retailers are participating
and hundreds of
volunteers, from St.
Joseph’s corps to
musicians, hair stylists,
make-up artists, dancers,
and art students working
backstage, will be
involved. It is hoped more
than 2,000 people will
attend, boosting not only
PAGE 3—The Georgia Bulletin, March 12,1981
1956-1981
Solid Silver
Monsignor Michael Manning And The Synod
Sister Madeline Roddenbery
St. Joseph’s, but Runway
as a benefit which could
help different hospitals
each year in the future.
Perhaps it seems far
removed from 1880 when
the Sisters of Mercy
arrived with fifty cents at
a 10-bed wooden building
in downtown Atlanta. But,
to Sister Madeline, this
first fund-raising event for
St. Joseph’s is an integral
part of that history. Over
the years, the Sisters of
Mercy have valued and
depended on Atlanta’s
support, she said. And in
the name of the sisters, she
expressed gratitude for the
support they’ve received
and asked “especially for
support for this
fund-raising event.”
(Ticket information on
Runway ’81 can be
obtained by calling
256-7292).
Joseph And The Amazing
Technicolor Dream Coat
BY JANET H. RUSSELL
The props and scenery
from the successful
production of “Godspell”
at St. Thomas Aquinas
Church in Alpharetta had
been packed away a few
short months when Mary
Smith, the director, began
looking for a new musical
play that would meet the
requirement of “lots of
kids in the play” as the
youth of the parish had
asked. The search took her
to Catholic University in
Washington D. C. The play
she discovered was
“Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dream Coat.”
After tryouts in
December and
twice-weekly rehearsals
since January, the young
people are nearly ready to
perform before “standing
room audiences only”
again this year.
“Joseph” is based on
the Old Testament story
of Joseph and his jealous
brothers who sold him
labhd
into Egyptian slavery after
their father Jacob
presented him with a
magnificent coat of many
in 1968 by Andrew Lloyd
Webber and Tim Rice, the
creators of “Jesus Christ
Super Star” and the Toni
THE CAST of “Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dream Coat” from St. Thomas
Aquinas Church in Alpharetta prepare for their
production, scheduled for Mar. 19-22 at 8 p.m.
calypsos, sultry French
chansons and a rock and
rolling Pharoah.
The play is under the
direction of Mary Smith
with musical direction by
Carla Crowell. Jan Borum
and Fran Keeling have
choreographed the
extensive repertoire of
dance numbers. Rob and
Helen Nicholson have
supervised set design.
Performances are on
March 19-22 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $2.00. Ticket
information may be
obtained by calling Mary
La House (992-0377).
(Janet Russell is a
parishioner at St. Thomas
Aquinas Church in
Alpharetta.)
BY MSGR. NOEL BURTENSHAW
1966 was the year of
the Synod.
The Church in Atlanta
was ten years old.
Vatican Council II had
ended just two years
earlier. Archbishop Paul
J. Hallinan decreed that
the First Synod of
Atlanta should take place
in North Georgia. The
man he chose to lead it
was Father Michael
Manning who exactly 30
years earlier had left his
native Kerry for the
red-clay roads of the
Georgia missions.
“It was the first
Synod to take place
anywhere after the
Council” remembers now
Monsignor Manning.
“And it was some year of
activity. The Archbishop
wanted it done well and
we gave it our best shot.”
The record shows that
1966 was a year of little
rest for every segment of
the Atlanta Church. All
was preparation until
May. The Sisters
Congress, a total of 200
religious women,
submitted their proposals
for the Synod on May 2.
The Lay Congress was
next; their proposals
were made on May 22.
Young Adults met in
September. October was
the month of frantic
final preparation and on
November 20, the First
Synod of Atlanta
opened.
“It was a hectic,
exciting three days of
meetings at the Cathedral
of Christ the King,”
remembers the
now-retired Monsignor
Manning. “Discussing the
work of the Church and
the future of the Church
in Atlanta was a thrilling
experience for all who
participated. It was
especially memorable for
me since I had been so
close to the work for 30
years of my life.”
And so indeed he had.
Michael Manning from
the glorious “Kingdom
of Kerry,’’ the
hauntingly beautiful
southwestern peninsula
of Ireland, was ordained
a priest in All Hallows
Missionary College in
Dublin in June 1936. He
was bound immediately
for service in the State of
Georgia, then the
Diocese of Savannah.
“I had written Bishop
Keyes before entering All
Hallows,” remembers
Monsignor,” and he
accepted me for Georgia.
He too was from Kerry, a
Marist priest and a great
Bishop.” As the boat set
sail for the New World,
rumblings of the Nazi
blitz-krieg was already
sounding in Europe. The
explosion of the Second
World War would ensure
that the young Father
Manning would not
return home till all was
peaceful once more in
1946.
“My first assignment
was in Blessed Sacrament
parish in Savannah,” says
Msgr. Manning, “and I
was to spend many years
working in that end of
the state.” South Georgia
would indeed be home
for the new priest and
the scorching summer
sun proved most
different from the cool
breezes sweeping from
the Atlantic across his
native Kerry.
Names of south
Georgia towns became
most familiar to Father
Michael. Savannah,
Albany, Augusta - St.
Mary’s and St. Patrick’s
parishes. “I spent five
years in Thomasville
during the war,” says the
retired priest,” and for
the most part I
ministered to the Army
Air Corps most of the
time. They were training
in Thomasville, Moultrie
and Bainbridge before
being shipped out. I
really felt like an army
chaplain.”
In 19 4 5, it was
good-bye South Georgia
forever - Father Manning
was sent to Gainesville.
“It was way upstate for
me but I enjoyed the
change and came to love
St. Michael’s parish. I
was there 13 years.”
Father Michael would
become “Mr. Catholic
Gainesville” in those
years, great missionary
years for him and for the
Church in Georgia.
“There were para
troopers training in
Toccoa” remembers
Monsignor ‘‘and
Monsignor Moylan asked
me to say Mass for them
on Sundays. So I would
say an 8:00 a.m. Mass
there, then hurry back to
Gainesville for a 10:30.
But even when the
troops left, we kept on
the Mass, using the
American Legion Hall
each Sunday. We knew
that growth would come,
so we bought six acres
outside of the town and
the land was there when
the parish began in 1956.
But there were other
missions after Toccoa.
An army camp sprang up
in Dahlonega, so from his
Gainesville base Father
Michael began that
mission. “There was only
one, just one Catholic
family residing in the
town. The rest were
soldiers and also students
at the college. I went to
Dahlonega for many
years and in 1960 the
Glenmary Fathers came
and started a parish.”
For Father Manning
from Gainesville it was
another mission
becoming another parish
in Georgia.
The Gainesville years
were happy years for
Father Michael. “They
were great people,” he
remembers. “The
Cinciola family-Mass was
offered first in their
home. Bill Hoffman’s
folks lived there, of
course, and now he is a
missionary in South
America. The Beltrans
came to Gainesville while
I was there. Father Joe
was in the seminary and
Bishop Zeb was about to
enter. The Beltrans were
a wonderful family. They
were wonderful years.”
In 1958, another
piece of land was given
the missionary, this time
over in Decatur. He
moved from Gainesville
and Ss. Peter and Paul
parish was born. Again it
was building from
scratch and gathering the
new family into a
praying community.
Again it was Father Mike
Manning at his best. The
school, the church, the
hall - it all came together
under his watchful eye.
F ather Manning
would go on to St.
Thomas More and to
LaGrange before retiring
in 1977. Today he lives
in St. Jude’s in Sandy
Springs.
He recalled the closing
of the Synod for us in
1966. “It was December
8 and the Apostolic
Delegate, Archbishop
Vagnozzi, came to
participate in the Mass.
The Bishops and Abbots
of the surrounding
Dioceses concelebrated
and the Decrees of the
Synod, called THE
CHURCH OF CHRIST,
were given to the
Archbishop to transmit
to Pope Paul. It was a
very stirring and colorful
occasion. Most
memorable.”
There was just one
final chapter to the
Synod and to the
leadership that Father
Michael Manning gave it
in that year of 1966. At
a dinner for the priests of
the Arch diocese,
Archbishop Hallinan
announced that Pope
Paul VI, in recognition
for service of this priest
to the Church in Georgia,
granted him the honor of
Domestic Prelate in the
Papal household and the
title, from then on, of
Monsignor.
T he Diocese of
Atlanta was ten years
old, Monsignor Michael
Manning was 30 years a
priest and new chapters
in the history of the
growing church in
Georgia were being
written.
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