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PAGE 8—The Georgia Bulletin, December 17,1981
THE ADOPT-A-FAMILY PROGRAM, an effort
sponsored by the Christian Council of Metro Atlanta, seeks
help for needy families this Christmas. Religion classes, an
adult scripture group, the staff of a business corporation,
private individuals or families can join together to make the
holiday brighter for those who are experiencing hard times
this year. If you can help, call Sharon Saltz at the Christian
Council (881-9890).
*****
A CHRISTMAS MASS FOR THE DEAF WILL BE
celebrated Thursday December 24 at 7 p.m. at Corpus
Christi Church, 600 Mountain View Drive in Stone
Mountain. The Mass will be interpreted for the deaf and the
Corpus Christi Signs of Praise signing choir will interpret the
music. Reserved seating for the deaf will be available on the
left side of the center aisle in front of the altar. Please
extend an invitation to deaf friends and family for this very
special celebration! For information, call Christine
McDonald (981-7005, TTY/Voice).
*****
A LIVE NATIVITY SCENE will be presented by the
Senior High Fellowship of Smyrna Presbyterian Church,
Highway 138 and 212 in Conyers. Two presentations at 7
and 8 p.m. will begin Monday, December 21 and continue
through December 23. The public is cordially invited to
attend.
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APOSTOLATE INTO THE NIGHT - Have you given any
thought to helping at the night shelter at Central
Presbyterian Church across from the capitol? The
ecumenical effort began earlier than scheduled - December
14 - due to the increasing need. If you can volunteer to
spend one or more nights at the shelter, call Betti Knott of
the St. Vincent de Paul Society (752-6394).
*****
CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER has an urgent need for
temporary homes for pregnant women, especially
teenagers. If you can help provide shelter, call Sister Mary
Jacobs at the CPC (881-6571).
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OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP FRATERNITY,
Third Order of Mary, Will meet Sunday December 20 at 3
p.m. in St. Anthony’s Church in southwest Atlanta. Novice
instruction will precede the general meeting and will be
given at 2:30 p.m. in the church rectory. There will be no
Christmas party. Instead, members are asked to donate to a
special collection for the St. Vincent de Paul Society which
will be taken up at the meeting.
*****
ST. AUGUSTINE’S CHURCH IN Covington recently
held its annual woman’s club banquet, during which officers
for the coming year were installed by pastor Father Patrick
J. Padden. Outgoing officers were given a rose symbolizing
their year of dedication and service. Father Richard Kieran,
Archdiocesan Secretary for Education, was the featured
speaker of the evening, focusing on the need for
evangelization, personal prayer and scripture study.
CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES needs volunteers to
pick up donations from donors and deliver them to refugee
families. Volunteers are also needed to help sort donations
at the Catholic Center on West Peachtree Street and to help
transport refugees to the store, to doctor’s appointments,
etc. Also, as the weather has gotten colder, the refugees
need for shoes and coats is paramount. All sizes are needed,
but the greatest demand is for children’s sizes. If you can
help in any way, call Mary Beth Hebert (881-6571).
THE CHORAL GUILD OF ATLANTA will hold
mid-season auditions for all voice parts during late
December and early January. Accepted singers will tour
with the guild in February and early March of 1982,
performing with the Opera Orchestra of New York, and will
participate in the Choral Guild’s spring concert season in
Atlanta. Former guild members who performed Rienzi in
1980 are especially encouraged to call for an appointment
(633-3658/997-4876).
WHO’S WHO? Father Stephen Churchwell of Atlanta is
among the 46 graduate students at the Catholic University
of America in Washington, D.C. named to the 1982 edition
of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities
and Colleges. Congratulations to one of the archdiocese’s
favorite canon law majors!
OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION FRATERNITY,
Third Order of Mary, will meet Sunday, December 20 at 3
p.m. in Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Atlanta.
Anyone interested is cordially invited to attend. For
information, call Pat Flack (237-1250).
ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE CHURCH in Smyrna will
hold its annual New Year’s Eve dance, hosted by the parish
men’s club, from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. at the parish center, 4300
King Springs Road in Smyrna. Entertainment will be
provided by the “Soundsations” and will feature a live
“Elvis” performance. For good fellowship, fine food and an
evening to remember, get your tickets at $20/couple
advance sale or $25/couple at the door. Call Bill Stoehs
(432-3761) for ticket sales.
THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS inducted 21 Gwinnett
County men at a special ceremony held Sunday, December
6, bringing the charter membership of a new council formed
in Gwinnett County to 52 members, one of the largest
charter memberships of any council ever formed in Georgia.
The new council will rotate meetings among the five
Catholic churches of Gwinnett County until it can establish
a council home at a later date. For information about the
council, call Charles Van House, Sr. (945-3945).
NEWS VIEW
THE ORDINA
TION MOMENT -
Father Henry Gracz
imposes hands on the
brand new priest of
the Church, Father
Richard Wise.
Archbishop Thomas
A. Donnellan
ordained Father
Richard at the
Cathedral of Christ
the King on December
12. Fifty priests of the
archdiocese
participated in the
ordination liturgy.
Also participating was
the twin brother of
our new priest, Father
Stephen Wise. Father
Stephen, pictured
with his brother and
the archbishop, is a
Franciscan priest
stationed in
California. The
parents of the
b r o ther-priests, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Wise
from Indiana, also
attended, along with
their daughters Susan
and Janet.
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Texas Workshop Takes Hard Look At The Issues Of Ministry
IRVING, Texas (NC) -
One Texas bishop asked
whether the church should
ordain married men to the
priesthood and another
raised the question of
ordaining women as
deacons at a workshop on
Catholic ministry in Irving
Dec. 3.
The two spoke during a
discussion period after a
talk in which a theologian
had asked whether the
church’s law on celibacy
might be viewed as causing
a priest shortage that
conflicts with the people’s
right to the Eucharist.
Bishop Joseph Delaney
of Fort Worth, one of a
panel of persons reacting to
the talk, said the church
should think about the
ordination of married men
to the priesthood to meet
its primary goal of
preaching the Gospel and
providing the sacraments to
all who have a right to
them.
He said he saw a time of
crisis in Texas when “the
people moving in from
Mexico in large numbers
are in danger of losing their
faith.”
“Celibacy is a great
value and I’m not
proposing doing away with
it,” said the bishop. “But
another great value is the
right of people to receive
the Eucharist. It is the
Eucharist by which Christ
creates his church.”
During a general
discussion following the
panel’s reactions Bishop
Leroy Mattiesen of
Amarillo asked whether the
admission of women to the
diaconate might help serve
the church’s goal of
preaching the Gospel to all
people.
‘ ‘Wherever there are
Catholic people we need to
have a permanent,
consistent, continuing
Catholic presence,” he said.
“In places where we don’t
have a priest, we must start
to build a Catholic
community.”
He told NC News
afterward that he leaves it
to experts to judge whether
references to deaconesses
in the early church meant
women in an ordained
diaconate, but he raised the
question in the context of
the larger question of the
rights of people to receive
the Gospel and sacraments.
He said he felt that what
“was missing from the
discussion so far was any
discussion of women in
ministry.”
The two bishops were
among participants at a
two-day workshop on
ministry Dec. 2-3 at Holy
Trinity Seminary in Irving.
Sponsored by the seminary
and the University of
Dallas, a Catholic college,
the workshop drew about
50 bishops, vocations
directors, priests, deacons,
nuns and laypersons from
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14 dioceses.
The theologian to whom
the two bishops were
responding was Salesian
Father Peter Phan,
chairman of the theology
department of the
University of Dallas.
He said there are three
kinds of ministry in the
church: the ministry that
all Christians share through
baptism, from which all
other ministries flow; the
ordained ministries of.
bishop, priest and deacon;
and designated specific lay
ministries, such as acolyte
and reader, formally
established by the Holy
See, or eucharistic minister
and catechist, informally
designated.
Notre Dame Sister
Carolyn Hensgen,
superintendent of schools
for the Dallas Diocese, was
another participant who
urged a careful look at
women’s roles in the
church. She said that the
number of women
Religious continues to
decline, but dedication to
the church among women
will never die.
“Women are a
significant resource,” she
said. “The church must
Interfaith Chapel
The Interfaith Airport
Chapel at Hartsfield
Atlanta International
Airport will be dedicated
on Monday, Dec. 21, at 10
a.m.
The chapel, which is an
interdenominational
project, involving the work
and support of many
Atlanta religious
communities, will be
opened at a ribbon-cutting
ceremony by Mayor
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worship service is also
planned.
The small chapel, which
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Piedmont Airlines ticket
counter. The logo pictured,
of a praying figure, will be
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used to direct travelers to
the chapel.
The project, which was
incorporated as The
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Frank Broniec, president of
the Christian Council and a
member of St. Thomas
More parish, and E.S. Hogg
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task force working toward
the creation and staffing of
the chapel.
Some $17,000 was
raised for the project, from
churches, individuals and
foundations, including
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really think hard about
how best to use its
women.”
“There are a lot of lay
people who want to serve,”
said Sister of Mercy Jane
Briseno from Amarillo.
“But priests and Religious
are often afraid to let lay
people take over. We need
to learn to let go. We have
to allow other people to use
their gifts to the fullest
Airport
domestic airlines are paying
the rental costs and the
maintenance and upkeep of
the chapel for 30 years,
Frank Broniec said. The
chapel will be staffed by
volunteers, at least in the
beginning, Broniec said.
The task force is also
developing plans for future
staffing, now that the first
goal, of opening the chapel,
has been reached. The hope
is to have the chapel open
at least 40 hours a week, he
said.
capacity.”
Bishop Andrew
McDonald of Little Rock,
Ark., also spoke out against
elitism in the church’s
approach to ministry,
warning that there is often
an inordinate desire for
power hidden within the
desire to minister.
“It’s a ‘Look at me, I’m
better than you’ attitude,”
he said. “We must be
sensitive to this within
ourselves and make
seminarians aware of it.
The people we are here to
serve have a lot more to
offer than we realize.”
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