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FACE 6—'The Georgia Bulletin, December 3,1981
On The Air
BY MARY DILL
Media Coordinator
SCENE FROM INSIGHT SPECIAL
“Teddy” starring Bud Cort and June Lockhart.
The following programming, on radio and
television, will be aired in the Archdiocese during the
coming week beginning Dec. 6. Some of the programs
have been produced locally; others have been obtained
from national Catholic production apostolates.
TELEVISION:
TELEVISION MASS is celebrated by Monsignor
Noel Burtenshaw on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. on
WVEU (Channel 69) on the UHF Band, and at 10:30
a.m. on Cable Atlanta and Cable DeKalb (Channel 8).
The choir this week is from St. Jude’s Church.
CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP: A Look At The People
Who Are Shaping Tomorrow’s World - Today. Peter
Spier, author of “People” and other children’s books,
tells Christopher Closeup co-hosts, Father John Catoir
and Jeanne Glynn, that he’s interested in having
individuals “celebrate differences between people
instead of holding those differences against one
another.” This show titled: “PEOPLE IN WORDS
AND PICTURES” will be shown on Sunday, Dec. 6 at
7 a.m. over WSB-TV (Channel 2) and on Monday, Dec.
7 at 8 p.m. over Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters, Cable
Atlanta and Cable DeKalb (Channel 8).
INSIGHT: An Emmy Award winning Paulist
Production will present a new T.V. special “TEDDY”
on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 10 p.m. on WATL-TV (Channel
36). June Lockhart and Bud Cort star in this haunting
drama of a man born with a deformed face.
Atlanta interfaith Broadcasters will present another
INSIGHT production “ARNSTEIN’S MIRACLE” on
Monday, Dec. 7 at 8:30 p.m. on Cable Atlanta and
Cable DeKalb (Channel 8).
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FOR OUR TIMES: The CBS interfaith series will
present “Faith Without A Sanctuary” with Douglas
Edwards, CBS News correspondent as host, on Sunday,
Dec. 6 at 12:30 p.m. on WATL-TV (Channel 36). These
documentaries were shot in five areas of the U.S. with
people who no longer attend church or synagogue.
AMERICAN CATHOLIC: A very fine series with
Father John Powell, S.J. will present “THE BIBLE:
NEW TESTAMENT” on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 9 p.m.
on Cable Atlanta and Cable DeKalb (Channel 8).
RADIO:
RELIGION-WISE: A weekly look at the news
through the eyes of religion with Monsignor Noel
Burtenshaw, Rabbi Don Peterman of Congregation
Beth Shalom and Dr. Ted Baehr of the Episcopal Radio
and Television Foundation. They will discuss the
week’s happenings on Sunday at 6:30 a.m. and 9:30
p.m. on WGST (92 AM).
Christmas Spirit—
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Joseph Sutton work around the year, providing food, small
gifts and visits to the elderly who have been isolated by
illness and age and changing neighborhoods in the city.
They would be happy to work with individuals or families
who would like to provide gifts or Christmas cookies or
simply mail a card to the people they befriend. Sister
Theresa may be contacted at 881-6571.
FAMILY TO FAMILY - Through the Christian Council
of Metropolitan Atlanta, families in need of help can be
matched up with families who would like to help - or with
parishes or groups. The Christmas season “Adopt A
Family” program brings the two families together. The
Council can be reached at 874-9627 and will be glad to
provide someone to explain its programs to a parish or
group.
NEW ARRIVALS - Two programs based in Catholic
Social Services work with those in special need. Crisis
Pregnancy Service needs shelter homes where pregnant
women can stay while awaiting the birth of a baby. The
Refugee and Resettlement staff works with those arriving in
this country who need most basic necessities, clothes,
household items and furniture. Both Sister Mary Jacobs of
Crisis Pregnancy and Mr. Tam Van Bui of the refugee staff
can be reached at 881-6571.
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HISTORIC IN EVERY WAY. Our
photo shows the students of the new
Sts. Peter and Paul parish school soon
after it opened in 1880. At that time
the school was located at Marietta and
Jones Avenue in Atlanta. The entire
parish was moved north some years
later and was renamed Sacred Heart.
The pastor, Father Patrick H.
McMahon is at the far right. Two
Sisters of Mercy stand behind their
pupils on the porch at the top of the
stairs.
U.S. Bishops Send
Request To Vatican
WASHINGTON (NC) - Following a
request by Cardinal John Carberry, retired
archbishop of St. Louis, the U.S. bishops
have asked Pope John Paul II to consecrate
the world and especially Russia to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The action took place during an
executive session of the bishops’ annual
meeting in Washington Nov. 16-19 and was
announced Nov. 30.
The bishops’ request to the pope was
transmitted by letter by Archbishop John R.
Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis, president of
the Natonal Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The consecration of the people of Russia
to Our Lady under the title of her
Immaculate Heart is one of the requests
made by the Blessed Virgin during a series
of six apparitions in 1917 to three children
near Fatima, Portugal.
Advent—
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cardboard and glitteraround
the house. Go to town mak
ing family symbols of the
REAL Christmas tradition.
FIND A LONELY,
LEAFLESS TREE in the
backyard and decorate it in
Advent style with the
symbols of the Jesse Tree.
The Old Testament
ancestry of Jesus is easily
adapted to ornament:
Noah’s ark, Joseph’s coat
of many colors, the tablets
of the law (10 Command
ments), David’s harp.
Jonah’s whale, and other
symbols can be hung on the
family Advent tree. Parish
schools of religion
generally have full
instructions for Jesse Trees
in the home.
KRISTKINDL, A
GERMAN CUSTOM
WHICH TRANSLATES
“CHRISTCHILD” allows
family members to do
something special for one
another during the Advent
season. Once a week at
mealtime, names are drawn
so that each person is
responsible for acts of
kindness toward a family
member for the coming
week. Doing for each other
is emphasized rather than
buying.
ATTACH A CHAIN OF
24 LINKS to a bedroom,
family room or front door.
Each evening before
Christmas, a link can be
removed, signifying
closeness to the
Christ-birth. Scripture
verses might be written on
each circle if desired, and
the chain may be made
from felt, construction
paper, burlap, etc.
HOLD A FAMILY
PENANCE SERVICE
during Advent to ready the
family for Christmas and
the new year. Reflect upon
the past and set some goals,
limits, and resolutions for
the future. Simple prayers
and scripture readings can
add to the spirit of the
service.
INSTEAD OF
COLLECTING ALL THE
CHRISTMAS CARDS in a
big basket and forgetting
them, let family members
take turns reading the
cards, and their happy
messages, during the
evening meal. This could
also be done as a part of the
blessing before the meal.
THE SPANISH
CUSTOM OF LAS
POSADAS sets aside nine
nights for a re-play of the
Christmas story. Half the
group stands outside with
lighted candles and asks
those inside the house if
they might come in. The
question, with singing on
both sides, is repeated until
those inside understand
that it is the child Jesus
who remains outside, with
his Virgin Mother and
Joseph. They are welcomed
and received with food and
fellowship.
DECORATE THE
FAMILY TABLE with an
advent wreath. Using
greens (everlasting life),
four candles (Christ the
light of the world and the
four weeks fo Advent), and
simple prayers, families can
hold weekly reminders that
Christmas is near. As the
season progresses, more
candles are lit and
anticipation grows.
Specific prayers to be used
with the advent wreath can
be found in parish
education departments and
religious bookshops.
CONSIDER A
CHRISMON TREE in
which the traditional
evergreen is decorated with
Christian monograms,
symbols such as stars,
crosses, shepherd staffs,
flowers and crowns. Many
craft shops carry patterns
or directions for
hand-making chrismons.
WRAP YOUR GIFTS
with paper that you can
easily find around the
house: colorful weekend
comics, a shiny illustrated
magazine, the sports page
(great for fans), the
woman’s page (usually has
recipes), decorated grocery
bags, fabric.
IF CHRISTMAS
CARDS ARRIVE TOO
QUICKLY to really enjoy
them, collect them through
the season and after
Christmas, take one card at
a time and put it out on the
dinner table each night.
The sender can be
remembered in the evening
blessing and a letter might
be sent as a follow-up.
GIVE OF YOURSELF
to a group working with
society’s devalued persons:
a senior citizen’s lunch
program, prison visitation,
refugee resettlement, or
teach skills to disadvantag
ed persons.
GIVE THE GIFT OF
TIME on a regular basis to a
family member, especially
a child, or share a skill by
teaching it to someone in
your family (woodwork
ing, knitting, crocheting,
sailing, gardening, etc.)
PERSONALIZE YOUR
GIFT-GIVING by making
simple offerings. Cook one
of your personal
specialties, sew a simple
pattern, frame a favorite
picture or poem, renew old
possessions (books, dolls,
furniture), plant spring
bulbs that bloom in winter,
string necklaces of seeds,
beans, baked clay or spices
on dental floss.
BUY WITH
CONSCIENCE and be sure
gifts are consistent with
your own Christian values.
War toys, games that teach'
competition over
cooperation or items that
promote racist and sexist
attitudes might be replaced
by more positive choices.
The Christmas season
CAN be a time when people
experience more deeply the
mystery of the Christian
message. Let your holidays
reflect - with simplicity -
what you want them to
mean and you will find the
heart of your own
Christmas tradition.
The suggestions for a
simplified holiday Have been
taken from Christmas
workshops at Immaculate
Heart of Mary Church in
Atlanta and Alternatives
Celebrations guides, P. O. Box
1707, Forest Park, Ga. 30051
(tel, 361-5823).
Blessing Of Christmas Tree
LEADER: Then shall all the trees of the forest
rejoice before the Lord, for He shall come, for He
shall come to rule the earth.
ALL: He shall rule the world with justice and the
peoples with His constant love.
LEADER: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
ALL: As it was in the beginning, is now and ever
shall be.
LEADER: A reading from the prophet Isaiah: The
Lord said: The land that was desolate and impassable
shall be made glad and shall rejoice with joy and
praise. The glory of Lebanon is given to it: the beauty
of Carmel, and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the
Lord and the beauty of our Cod.
ALL: Thanks he to God.
LEADER: And there shall come forth a rod out of
the root of Jesse.
ALL: And a flower shall rise out of his root.
LEADER: 0 Lord, hear our prayer.
ALL: And let our cry come to you.
LEADER: Let us pray. O God, who has made this
holy night to shine forth with the brightness of the
true light, bless this tree which we decorate with lights
in honor of Your Son, who has come to enlighten us
and make our lives fuller with His life. Father, we
thank you for the gift of Your Word made flesh, your
Son. May we continue our thanksgiving by making
our actions more loving.
ALL: Amen.
Mercy—
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care.
But that tradition began
only in 1880. Long before
the healing ministry began,
Atlanta and North Georgia
had knowledge of the
“walking nuns.” In 1866
four sisters came from
Savannah to open a
boarding school along with
a day school in Immaculate
Conception parish. Mother
Vincent came as the first
superior.
In 1871, the Mercy
missionaries travelled north
of Atlanta and opened a
school in the city of
Dalton. This new
foundation closed two
years later when some of
the sisters died, victims of a
yellow fever epidemic.
In 1880, as the nursing
sisters began the new
Infirmary on Ivy Street in
Atlanta, just next door, in
what would become Sacred
Heart parish, teaching
sisters began a little school.
‘‘They were
everywhere,” says Sister
Madeline, “but not only in
the State of Georgia, all
over the world the Mercy
nuns were on the move.”
How true those words are.
History tells us that these
ladies of mercy were on an
unstoppable march that
would take them to South
America, Australia, Central
America, Africa and the
West Indies before 1900.
And it had all begun with
an Advent idea by one
courageous woman in
1831.
Catherine McAuley was
born in Dublin in 1778 and
devoted her early years to
the needs of the oppressed
poor of her city. So
successful were her efforts,
many young women joined
with her to form the Sisters
of Mercy. Almost
immediately the “walking
nuns” looked to foreign
missions to serve. In
Catherine’s lifetime, the
ministry spread to England
and Scotland. And in 1843,
just 12 years after the
foundation, Sister Francis
Warde brought the Mercy
Sisters to the New World.
Two years later these
women, offering the
healing words and service
of Jesus, were to be found
in many states in the union,
including the State of
Georgia.
The Sisters of Mercy are
the largest group of women
religious in the
English-speaking world.
Today these “walking
nuns” of the Dublin slums
are extending their healing
and’ education ministries to
the needy in every corner
of the globe. In the U.S.
almost 10,000 sisters carry
the spirit of Catherine
McAuley to minds and
bodies.
“Our studies show,”
says Sister Madeline, “that
75 percent of the American
population lives within 25
miles of a Mercy hospital.
On any given day 20,000
people receive Mercy care.
And, furthermore, over
70,000 lay people are
involved in our Mercy
ministry.”
That’s how Catherine
McAuley would have
wanted it, merciful help
from the hands of the
sisters and anyone else
willing to serve.
Catherine and her
companions took their first
vows as religious on
December 12, 1831. One
hundred and fifty years
later on December 12,
1981 special celebrations
will mark the event
throughout the world.
Archbishop Donnellan and
the priests of Atlanta will
concelebrate an
anniversary Mass at the
Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception. “We began our
Atlanta history at the
Shrine,” says Sister
Madeline. “It is fitting that
we mark this moment at
that historic mother church
too.”
So, two histories come
together in that great event
on December 12. As the
Diocese remembers 25
years of life in this year of
1981, the Sisters of Mercy,
still the “walking nuns” on
their merciful missions, will
recall 150 years of service.
We should finish this
article with a flourish. We,
perhaps, should give the
Latin motto of the sisters
and translate it into a
fitting epilogue. But, a keen
search uncovers none.
Catherine McAuley in
forming her community
gave the Sisters one word to
live by.
The word, of course,
was Mercy.
TEAM MINISTRY - While St
Joseph’s Hospital is presently
administered by a lay staff, the Sisters
of Mercy fully participate in the
healing ministry. Our photo shows the
Sister-Visitors and the
Sister-Patient-Advocates who make
up the staff at the hospital. St.
Joseph’s has 800 employees and 350
volunteers participating in the mercy
mission of the sisters.
Rock Music Leads
Youth To Christ
RIVERSIDE, Calif.
(NC) - Those who have
seen the movie “Endless
Love” or hints of it in TV
commercials may not think
its theme music could lead
young people to Christ.
But Jesuit Father Don
Kimball thinks it can.
“It has been proven that
rock ’n’ roll music will
carry the Christian message
if it’s guided,” said Father
Kimball, who founded
Catholic Media Ministry in
the Diocese of Santa Rosa
and also produces a
half-hour weekly radio
show as a disc jockey for
popular San Francisco
station WFRC.
Through expressions of
God’s love from another
young person in
youth-to-youth ministry,
the church can be rebuilt,
according to Father
Kimball.
The priest participated
in Youth Day ’81 in the
Diocese of San Bernardino.
The event drew some 600
young people and youth
ministers to the campus of
the University of
California.
Participants were led to
workshops by clowns, part
of the diocesan youth
ministry program
conducted by Joe Baker.
“It’s occasions like this
that help us to know we are
family and together we are
the church,” said Baker.
The c o n f erence
included a Mass, at which
Bishop Phillip F. Straling
was principal celebrant, 12
priests concelebrated and
Father Kimball delivered
the homily.
He spoke of “Jesus as
the cornerstone,” the
theme of the conference.
“God is on your side
helping you to find you,”
he said. “He doesn’t want
you to see yourself as no
good. You’ve got to have
confidence that you are the
cornerstone of that love
relationship, because below
the surface of you is God.”
“You are created for
love,” he added. “The Lord
would love to rebuild the
church with you.”
In his workshop,
“Youth to Youth on the
Air,” he described his
radio-oriented ministry.
He uses radio because it
is a personal medium of
intimacy. As a disc jockey,
he makes no attempt to
speak to a group of listeners
but to one person because
most people who listen to
the radio, like those who
listen to records, listen
alone, he said.
Father Kimball
encouraged the use of rock
music records “to pray
by.” When an adult in the
audience questioned the
use of such records because
they contain “certain
innuendo,” Father Kimball
answered that about 80
percent of popular records
are usable and can be
“made holy.”
“It’s not that there is so
much evil, but we have to
Christianize it,” he said. “I
can take any of the Top 40
list and can get 10-songs to
pray to.”
“Jesus never said there
had to be one kind of music
at the Last Supper,” he
added. “The bottom line is
if you’re going to deal with
the young, especially those
who are not so turned on in
their faith, try rock ’n’ roll
and try praying.”
After the conference,
some of the young
participants described what
they had gotten out of it.
‘‘It was fun and
exciting,” said Thomas
Velasquez, 14, of San
Bernardino. “I want to
share it with everyone.”
“I learned you don’t
have to have sexual
relations to show you love
someone,” said 12-year-old
Eletrea Wells of Fort Irwin,
Calif.
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