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PAGE 2—The Georgia Bulletin, October 8,1981
POCKET LADY - First graders pocket-lady apron at last year’s fall
from St. Joseph School crowd festival while Sister Agnes looks on.
around Sister Sharon in her
ST. JOSEPH’S IN A THENS
109 Years Young And Still Growing Strong
BY SHARON SHOUSE
Parishioners at St.
Joseph Church in Athens,
Georgia are working very
hard this week, getting
last minute preparations
set for the huge
celebration planned for
Sunday, October 11. On
that day their church
turns 109 years old. That
is 109 years for which St.
Joseph Church and its
members have much to be
thankful.
In 1873, land was
purchased for a church
site in Athens. Prior to
that time, visiting priests
held services in the homes
of Catholics in the area. In
1910, the first resident
priest, Father Harry
Clark, became pastor of
the newly created parish
of St. Joseph. The parish
covered 23 counties and
11,500 square miles in
northeast Georgia.
Since those early
years, St. Joseph’s has
grown. In 1950 an
elementary school was
established by the
Missionary Sisters of the
Sacred Heart. Today St.
Joseph School has nine
classes, kindergarten
through eighth grade,with
241 students enrolled.
Since 1969, the Sisters,
Servants of the
Immaculate Heart of
Mary, have operated the
school, helping their
children to develop
spiritually, academically
and socially through
varied programs in their
curriculum. Sister Agnes
Patrice, IHM, is the
principal.
In addition to serving
the children attending St.
Joseph School, the parish
has a very active religious
education program.
William P. Lakin is
director and there are 350
children participating in
the program. Kindergar
ten through eighth
graders meet on Sunday
mornings, and high school
students gather on
Sunday evening. Parental
support and involvement
at the school and in the
religious education
program is overwhelming.
There is a warm family
spirit at St. Joseph
Church. And parishioners
are excited about coming
together on Oct. 11 at the
annual Fall Festival to
share in celebrating the
parish birthday. For all
involved, it will be a day
of thankfulness and
celebration. Thanksgiving
will be meaningfully
expressed at the special
outdoor Mass at 11:00
a.m. Father William E.
Calhoun, pastor of St.
Joseph’s, says this year’s
Fall Festival will “be
bigger and better than
ever, a real family
birthday celebration.”
After Mass, the festival
begins with music from
the Kappa Delta
Washboard Band from the
University of Georgia. An
auction extravaganza has
been planned next, with
parishioners donating
items such as silk flower
arrangements, wine and
cheese trays. Others have
offered services for
auction, for instance, a
plane ride for three
people, six private tennis
lessons, wallpapering a
room, and a tailgate party
for six to eight people at a
Georgia football game.
During the festivities
delicious foods will be
served - Italian sausage
sandwiches with peppers
and onions, bowls of chili,
roast beef sandwiches
with slaw, and hotdogs
for the children. Soft
drinks, beer, popcorn,
candy apples and
wonderful desserts will be
available too.
For the young and
young-at-heart, carnival
activities will abound,
including a fishing pond,
putt-putt, face painting,
balloons, a cake walk,
apple bobbing, a dunking
machine, “Pocket Lady”
and parcel post booth.
Later in the afternoon the
school faculty and the
CCD teachers have
challenged each other to a
softball game. Father
Hugh Marren, associate
pastor, is a real champ, so
all eyes will be on his
mighty bat!
Proceeds from St.
Joseph’s Fall Festival will
go toward the completion
of the parish hall kitchen,
and Mass offerings will be
donated to the St.
Vincent de Paul Society.
Church members, led
by Chris Chortyk, have
worked lovingly to make
this festival a big success.
It has been designed as a
birthday party that the
entire family will enjoy.
All families and friends of
St. Joseph Church in
Athens are invited to
attend the Fall Festival,
Oct. 11, the celebration in
honor of the church’s
109th birthday.
Pope Brings
BY FATHER KENNETH J. DOYLE
VATICAN CITY (NC) - “Christian joy” was the theme
Pope John Paul II chose for his homily on Oct. 4 as he
presided at the beatification of five men and women.
And the joy of the 125,000 assembled in St. Peter’s
Square was tangible, as the pope returned for the first time
since he was seriously wounded by gunshots during an
audience May 13.
On Aug. 15 and Aug. 16, following his release from
Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic, the pope had blessed crowds
from his Vatican apartment window and had spoken
briefly, but the Oct. 4 beatification marked the first time
the pontiff had returned to the square itself since the
assassination attempt.
The joy expressed by the crowd resulted from the pope’s
return and the beatifications. Thousands from the native
provinces of each of the newly-beatified cheered the
mention of their spiritual hero’s name.
Three of the people beatified were from Italy and two
from France.
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The five persons are: Alain de Solminihac, a 17th
century French bishop; Claudine Thevenet, a French
Religious who founded the Congregation of Jesus-Mary in
1818; Luigi Scrosoppi, a 19th century Italian preist who
founded the Sisters of Divine Providence;Maria Repetto, an
Italian Religious who worked among cholera victims in the
mid-1800’s; and Riccardo Pampuri, an Italian doctor who
joined the Hospitalers of John of God three years before his
death in 1930.
Even the rain which sprinkled intermittently throughout
the two-and-one-half-hour ceremony did not reduce the
enthusiasm of the crowd.
Thousands cheered as the pope’s helicopter came into
view 20 minutes before the ceremony, bringing the pontiff
from his summer residence at Castelgandolfo, 15 miles
south of Rome. Applause again rang out as the pope
approached and blessed the altar at the start of the Mass,
and the crowd’s reaction reached its peak as the pope, after
the final blessing of the Mass, descended the steps of the
altar to greet a row of handicapped people in wheelchairs.
The excitement of the worshippers showed itself also in
the sustained applause which greeted the unveiling of large
paintings of the newly-beatified.
The paintings, hung across the front of St. Peter’s
Basilica, were uncovered as the pope proclaimed the
beatifications following the “Kyrie” of the Mass.
Immediately after, the “Gloria” was sung praising God for
the lives and example of the blesseds.
In his homily, the pope said that the lives of the
newly-beatified proclaim the church’s “perennial,
inexhaustible and youthful vitality.”
The pope praised the five for blending a life of prayer
with a life of service and for “realizing and transmitting” the
joy of the Christian life.
In speaking of the contribution of Riccardo Pampuri, the
pope emphasized particularly his work as a “young lay
Christian” among the poor and the sick, and offered him as
a model to students and to doctors.
During the beatification ceremony, the pope made no
mention of his May wounds or of the significance of his
return to St. Peter’s. But the first petition of the Prayer of
the Faithful read by a lector in Polish, asked that the pope,
“returned today completely to the service of the people of
God, may never cease to announce to all the Gospel message
of salvation.”
Immediately following the Mass of beatification, the
pope went to the center balcony overlooking St. Peter’s
Square and said in his noon-time Angelus message: “Today I
have had the joy, after almost five months, of returning to
the altar of St. Peter’s.”
In the Angelus talk, the pope praised the newly-beatified
and also St. Francis of Assisi, whose feast day it was, for
providing examples of the joy which comes from putting
God first in one’s life.
The beatification ceremony and the Angelus appearance
lasted a total of nearly three hours. The pope, who had
distributed Communion for more than 10 minutes,
appeared tired as he circled the group of handicapped at the
end of the Mass, but seemed to regain his vigor for the
Angelus address and greetings.
Soon after the conclusion of the Angelus, the pontiff was
flown by helicopter to Castelgandolfo. He was scheduled to
return to the Vatican for a general audience on Oct. 7.
Fr. Bruce Wilkinson-
Global Hunger
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you through your ministry
to produce this.”
Father Bruce is an
expansive, friendly man
who brings his own
personal style to whatever
he does. Visiting the sick
and elderly, working with
young people, helping out
in the parish St. Vincent de
Paul Society, he combines
enthusiasm and gentleness
in reaching out to others.
“There really isn’t
anything I don't like
doing,” he said of his parish
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know myself and how I
relate to God better.”
Father Bruce expects
that his natural enjoyment
of people will enable him to
stand by his priestly
commitment.
“I don’t know how I’ll
react in 20 years or so, but I
enjoy the freshness and
variety people bring to each
other. Because of that I
don’t feel I’ll stagnate in
my ministry,” he said.
“Lay people have a lot to
do with how a priest feels in
his ministry.”
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The fact that vocations
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will call such lay persons
“to become more involved
in the life of the Church, in
the spirit of Vatican II,”
Father Bruce observed.
Such changes “will
require priests who are left
to do more,” but will also
free priests from tedious
administrative work and
allow them to share areas
like religious instruction,
home visitation and
counseling with qualified
lay people, he stated.
“If I had a lot of
administrative work to do I
couldn’t go on St. Vincent
de Paul cases. Here the laity
are helping me deal
effectively with people.”
Lay participation also
gives the priest the freedom
to pursue his own
continuing studies, without
which, according to Father
Bruce, “you can become
stagnant,” without fresh
ideas or a familiarity with
current theological
thought.
For young persons
considering the priesthood
today, Father Bruce advises
that they contact someone
with whom they can
openly discuss their
feelings and questions.
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“A young person needs
someone to talk to about
it,” he said, remembering
his own decision not so
very long ago. “Most young
people think about it but
don’t have anyone to talk
to. The priest must be the
role model, ready to discuss
his priestly vocation and
share his feelings and faith.
Parents need to be open,
too, and while they might
not understand the call
completely, they should be
encouraging. Everyone has
to do their part.”
For Father Bruce
Wilkinson, alive with
enthusiasm and love for his
own calling, such counsel
flows freely and sincerely.
What lies ahead is unsure
just as it is in any
life-choice, but he is ready
for the future because he
has already taken the most
difficult step - the sublime
risk.
Such risk-taking is at the
heart of this young priest’s
own faith-life and has given
him the courage to make a
total commitment of
service to the life of the
Church.
“Jesus calls us to take
risks. He never promised a
Christianity with safety,”
he said, a knowing smile
playing on his face. “If our
own Lord was led to die on
a cross, we know it’s not a
safe harbor. It’s part of the
Christian life to risk
everything.”
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Bruce and others like him,
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WASHINGTON (NC) - Hunger is a critical national and
global security issue and its elimination is in the political
interests of the United States, according to a statement
endorsed by a range of political and religious leaders.
“The elimination of hunger and its causes should be in
the forefront of United States relations with the developing
countries,” urged the leaders in the statement.
Among signers of the statement issued Sept. 28 were
Archbishop John R. Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis,
president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops,
and Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York.
Others included former President Gerald Ford, Sens.
Robert Dole (R-Kan.) and Mark 0. Hatfield (R-Ore.),
evangelist the Rev. Billy Graham, and former Defense
Secretary Harold Brown.
Endorsements for the statement were gathered by Bread
for the World, a Christian anti-hunger organization which
has been urging Congress to link hunger to the issue of
global security.
“Hunger and extreme poverty are especially critical
global problems,” said the statement. “Even • greater
numbers of people perceive the disparity between their own
continuing deprivation and the prosperity of others, and
judge their predicament to be neither just nor inevitable.”
It continued, “As this perception grows, so does the
likelihood of social unrest and violence.”
Such unrest, the statement added, would have an adverse
effect on the world economy and the flow of essential
materials and might increase the likelihood of nuclear
confrontation.
“Affirming the value of human life, we believe that the
elimination of hunger and its causes is of fundamental moral
significance and, further, that it is in the political, economic
and security interests of the United States,” the statement
said.
In releasing the statement, Bread for the World’s
executive director, Arthur Simon, criticized what he called
the current “narrow focus on the military aspect of global
security.”
He said, “A dollar spent on development assistance for
the poor countries may bring far more security, even to
people in this country, than a dollar spent on armaments.”
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