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PAGE 8—The Georgia Bulletin, December 3,1981
WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS IT ANYWAY? A Christmas
Celebration workshop with practical ideas for making the
holidays more life-supporting, more nurturing of human
growth in the spirit of meaningful giving will be held at
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church on Briarcliff Rd. in
Atlanta Dec. 6 and 13 from 9:30 -10:45 a.m. and again at
11:30 in the school annex. Come to both sessions for some
alternative Christmas suggestions!
GRADY HOSPITAL RAPE CRISIS CENTER needs
volunteers to work with women and children who have been
sexually assaulted. Volunteers work a minimum of 12 hours
each month during the day or overnight and answer an
emergency hotline, accompany victims to the emergency
room, etc. An intensive training course will be held the
weekend of Jan. 8-10. For further information, call Sherry
Emory (588-4861).
ST. GERARD’S PARISH OF FORT OGLETHORPE
will sponsor a Christmas bazaar on Dec. 5 featuring games,
white elephant items, arts and crafts and baked goods.
Members of the St. Gerards women’s club and K of C
council no. 7416 have organized the bazaar, the proceeds of
which will go to help the poor and needy in the area.
Everyone is welcome to attend!
MOST GRAPHIC!!!
The much-requested address of COVENANT
HOUSE, Father Bruce Ritter’s outreach to street
youth, is 460 W.41 St., New York, New York 10036.
A YOUTH FOR CHRIST GOSPEL CHOIR is being
formed at St. Anthony’s Church in southwest Atlanta, open
to youths age 12-18. Any young person interested in
participating is asked to come to a meeting at St. Anthony’s
Sun. Dec. 6 at 11 a.m. in the church hall. Parents are
welcome, too! For further information, call St. Anthony’s
(758-8861).
SPECIAL FAMILIES IN FAITH, the No. American
Conference of Separated and Divorced Catholics, will
celebrate a special Mass with Archbishop Donnellan Thurs.
Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Spirit, 4449
Northside Dr. NW, Atlanta. Come and share the “New Life
in our Church” and meet with the archbishop afterwards.
For more information, call Rita McGuire (252-4513).
MARIST SCHOOL will hold an open house Sat. Dec. 12
from 9:30 a.m.-noon. Prospective students, their parents,
and friends are all invited. Faculty and students will be
available to speak with visitors. Entrance exams for Marist
are scheduled for Jan. 9, 23 and Feb. 6. Call 457-7201 for
applications.
AWAITING THE MESSIAH is the theme of Fr. Timothy
Tighe’s advent renewal week to be held at Holy Cross
Church, off Chamblee-Tucker Rd. in NE Atlanta Dec. 6-10.
Teens, young adults and senior adults are most welcome to
attend each evening from 8-10 p.m. in the church assembly
room. For information call 939-3501.
FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTIONS will be held this Sat.
Dec. 5 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church on Briarcliff
Rd. in Atlanta. You are invited to participate in the Fatima
promise of Our Blessed Mother by attending Mass at 8:45
a.m. followed by the rosary and a 15-minute meditation
period.
SISTERS OF MERCY SESQUICENTENNIAL will be
celebrated at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on
Martin Luther King Drive in Atlanta Dec. 12 at 5 p.m.
Archbishop Donnellan will concelebrate the Mass in honor
of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of
Mercy, whose first foundation in Atlanta was at the Shrine.
Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCH IN BLAIRSVILLE
will hold its annual Christmas party at the home of Ron and
Donna Wildes on Dec. 13, beginning at 2:30 p.m. and
including a covered dish meal at 5 p.m. followed by dancing.
Parishioners are asked to reserve the date and come join the
fun!
*****
THE CATHOLIC ALUMNI CLUB invites all Catholic
singles to their Christmas party Sat. Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. For
information, call Linda or Annette (449-8805) or Mike
Baranowski (953-1618).
THE FEAST OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE will be
celebrated at Sacred Heart Church in Atlanta Sun. Dec. 13
at the 1:30 p.m. Mass. Pageantry and procession will play a
colorful part in the celebration, which this year highlights
the 450th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady to
Juan Diego. Archbishop Donnellan will concelebrate the
Mass and a reception will follow. Everyone is welcome.
Priests’ Arrests Strain
Vatican-China Relations
BY NANCY FRAZIER
NC News Service
The already shaky
relations between the
Vatican and China seemed
to take a turn for the worse
in late November after
reports that four priests
have been arrested,
accompanied by renewed
criticism of the only
Vatican-appointed Chinese
bishop since the
communist revolution of
1949.
Catholic sources in
Hong Kong told the Italian
news agency ANSA Nov.
28 that four priests,
including three Jesuits,
were arrested Nov. 17
because of their refusal to
belong to the National
Association of Patriotic
Catholics, a government-
approved body which does
not recognize any ties to
the Vatican.
Meanwhile, Bishop Ye
Yin-Yun, who was elected
by the association in
September to hold the
same office as Vatican-
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“Serving A tlanta Since 1941”
-appointed Archbishop
Dominic Tang Yee-Ming as
head of the Archdiocese of
Guangzhou (Canton),
China, told the British news
agency Reuters that
Chinese Catholics
considered Archbishop
Tang a “traitor” to their
church. -
According to the Hong
Kong sources cited by
ANSA, the arrested priests
were Jesuit Fathers
Vincent Zhu Hongsheng,
65; Joseph Chen Wuntagg,
73; and Stanislas Shen
Baishun, 79,; and Father Fu
Hezhou, 70.
All four had been
working in Shanghai.
The sources said Father
Zhu, who was imprisoned
from 1954 to 1960 and
assigned to a labor camp
from 1974 to 1979, had
received many foreign
visitors in the past two
months and was accused of
maintaining contacts with
the Vatican and sending
religious information
outside China.
The charges against the
other three priests were not
specified, but none are
members of the patriotic
association.
A spokesman at the
Jesuits’ headquarters in
Rome said there was no
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information on the priests
except what appeared in
the Italian press.
According to the Hong
Kong sources, Father Shen
had previously spent 24
years in jail and Father
Hezhou, 15.
The arrests indicated a
further deterioration in the
fragile rapport between the
Holy See and China. There
are no diplomatic relations
between the two states, but
the June 6 appointment of
Archbishop Tang to head
the Guangzhou
Archdiocese had initially
been considered a sign of
improvement in relations.
In the interview with
Reuters, Bishop Yin-Yun
accused the 7 3-year-old
Archbishop Tang of
“betraying China and
leaving the country under
false pretenses.”
“He deluded us,”
Bishop Yin-Yun said. “He
was allowed to go to Hong
Kong for two reasons: to
visit relatives and to
undergo medical care, and
that’s all. He didn’t write or
telephone to tell us that he
was going to Rome.”
The bishop was referring
to Archbishop Tang’s trip
to Rome for a meeting with
Pope John Paul II before
being named to head the
Guangzhou Archdiocese.
Archbishop Tang, who
received government
permission to leave China
for a year, was due to
return in November. But he
has been in Hong Kong
since June 23 awaiting
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return to China.
Bishop Yin-Yun said
there are still some Chinese
Catholics who remain
faithful to the pope but
said the “clandestine”
church is small and without
importance.
He said that some priests
have come from Hong
Kong “who try to ruin the *
work of the Chinese
Catholic Church.”
“A small minority of
priests come here from
Hong Kong to spread
rumors and upset the work
of the Chinese Catholic
Church,” Bishop Yin-Yun
said, without citing any
specific instances or names.
A recent edition of the
international Fides service,
the news bulletin of the
Vatican’s Congregation for
the Evangelization of
Peoples, said that current
estimates on the number of
Catholics in China are 2.5
million.
The Fides article urged a
‘‘more objective
understanding” of the
Catholic Church by the
Chinese.
“It is necessary that men
and nations know (the
church’s) identity and
mission in order to be able
to evaluate it Objectively,”
it said. “Oftentimes
erroneous judgments of the
church are made and unjust
attitudes in her regard are
taken because of prejudices
that have been lightly
accepted, or because the
church is not known in its
basic identity.”
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BY SR. JEAN BOOMS
At Saints Peter and Paul annual spaghetti supper, the
sights, sounds and smells caught up in one building at one
time were simply wonderful!
The usual businesslike attitude of students and teachers
gave way to the exciting carnival atmosphere. After long
minutes of stillness required for face painting, children
came away delighted. Eager souls tried the cake walk and
the stuffed animal walk and fascinated onlookers watched
as “orbit art” spun its spell.
The sounds of the dedicated sister punching out her
one thousandth button, the shouts of the amiable
auctioneer and the giggles of children watching puppet
antics all mingled together with the voices of many people
simply enjoying each other’s company.
The sweet smell of cotton candy pervaded the game
area until, close to the country store, even more delicious
aromas won out.
Of course, the downstairs smelled deliciously Italian.
And the taste of the day? Spaghetti, of course!
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Pope Urges Dialogue With Moslems
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has
encouraged the Catholic bishops of northern Africa to enter
into a “constructive dialogue” with members of the
prevailing Moslem religion in their area.
The suggestion came in a private audience Nov. 24 with
eight bishops from Algeria, Morocco and Libya during their
official visits to Rome required of bishops every five years.
Acknowledging that dialogue with Islamic believers
would be difficult because almost all of the Roman
Catholics of the three countries are non-Arabs, the pope
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difficulty.
The pope said that the dialogue could be assisted by the
significant number of Catholic young people who travel
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Catholics represent less than one percent of the
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ing for inspirational reading- through its free lending
library.
Books of the Old and New Testament have been re
corded on 48 separate cassettes and may be borrowed
for a period of one month. The cassettes are mailed in a
special container to each reader, postage free.
For those who wish to read the Scriptures, rather than
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MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE and JOHN, as well as the
ACTS and the BSALMS, are available in Large Print.
Besides the Tape and Large Print transcriptions of
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