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PAGE 2—The Georgia Bulletin, June 17,1982
FATHERS DAY
Bishop’s Reflection Begins
With Calling God “Daddy”
SACRAMENTO, Calif.
(NC) - “The best way
Jesus Christ could describe
the indescribable God was
to call him ‘Abba,’ Father,
or better ‘Daddy,’” said
Bishop Francis A. Quinn
of Sacramento.
“Jesus could think of
no more loving
relationship,” Bishop
Quinn said in a column on
“Father’s Day” to be run
in the June 14 issue of the
Catholic Herald,
Sacramento diocesan
newspaper. Father’s Day is
observed June 20.
“I am a celibate,” the
bishop said. “I do not
know what it means to
have children of my own.”
“On the other hand,”
he noted, “few people on
earth know the experience
of a priest with an entire
parish community looking
up to him as sons and
daughters.”
'Among the observations
about fathers the bishop
made were these:
- “The greatest gift a
father can give to his
children is the love he
shows to their mother -
the love he clearly shows.”
- “The most accurate
predictor of religious and
moral conduct on the part
of children is the religious
and moral behavior of
their father.”
- “A father provides an
example of strength,
fairness, stability,
discipline, ‘but the
strongest thing a man can
do is to be gentle.’
Strength is not to be
confused with machismo
or aggressiveness. Sons and
daughters will best be
served by their father if
they see in him
compassion as well as
justice and courage.”
- “Fatherhood should
be open to failure.
Weakness and human
failures, honestly dealt
with, are often the most
effective sources of love
and learning in the
children.”
- “The deepest regret of
fathers is that they did not
spend more quality time
with their children when
they were young.”
- “A father must hear,
not simply listen to, what
his child is saying.”
-- “Children will be
what their fathers are, not
how their fathers lecture
them.”
- “A father is a husband
also. He must always
nourish a private and
personal relationship with
his wife.”
Bishop Quinn quoted a
young father writing in
The Christopher News
Notes: “All evidence of
love is important, but
there is no substitute for
the direct expression of
love in cuddling and
embracing a child.
‘‘I never fully
understood what James
Joyce meant when he
wrote, ‘I desire to press in
my arms the loveliness
which has not yet come
into the world,’ until I sat
cradling my newborn son
in my arms.”
St. Francis Table Marks 10 Weeks
It’s been 10 weeks since
the doors opened
downtown at St. Francis
Table and hungry people
could find a meal each
Saturday at the Shrine of
the Immaculate
Conception’s lower room.
Since the Saturday
lunch program began, on
Holy Saturday, April 10,
the number of people
coming for lunch each
week has varied, but has
been an average of 160
people, said Brenda
Griffin, a coordinator of
the program.
The lunch is prepared
and served each week by
volunteers, and an average
of 20 volunteers have been
on hand over the 10
Saturdays since St. Francis
Table began, she said.
The program was
launched by the Shrine’s
St. Vincent de Paul
Society as a response to
people in downtown
Atlanta who are hungry.
St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church provides a
luncheon meal on
weekdays and St. Francis
Table extends hospitality
on the one weekend day
of Saturday. While it is a
parish-based project,
volunteers have come from
throughout the
archdiocese. A special
cooking team headed by
Mary Beth Schleier and
Pat McManus has provided
soup stock as a base every
second week, Mrs. Griffin
said. Many food items and
serving utensils have been
donated. The Monastery
of the Holy Spirit in
Conyers donates bread
each week.
Those interested in
supporting St. Francis
Table, either by
volunteering or
contributing, are
encouraged to do so,
especially during the
summer months, when
vacations take some
people away from the city.
Those interested in helping
should contact Brenda
Griffin at 237-7379 or
Delphine Miller between 7
and 9 p.m. at 949-6578.
Contributions may be
sent to the Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception
and made payable to the
St. Vincent de Paul
Society I.C. Conference.
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ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE
Building Begins In Cleveland
BY SISTER
JOAN MEYER
“Let the soil from our
homes that we place on
this site remind us
forever that we are one
people in your Son,
Jesus” was one of the
prayers Father Bob
Poandl, pastor of St. Paul
the Apostle Church in
Cleveland, prayed at the
groundbreaking
ceremony for the new
all-purpose building on
May 9. Every family was
invited to bring soil from
their homes and place it
at the site of the future
altar. Ground from the
places where Mass was
held; Ward’s Funeral
Home, the Catholic
Center, the Methodist
Church, as well as from
St. Luke in Dahlonega
and St. Francis in
Blairsville were also
mingled together in the
breaking of the ground.
Glenmary Brothers
Virgil Siefker and Larry
Jochim came to
Cleveland in May to help
lead the parishioners in
building church.
Symbolically, Brother
Virgil led the procession
to the new building site
while Brother Larry
officiated with Father
Bob.
The new building will
be built for the purpose
of worship, education
and social events of the
parish. St. Paul the
Apostle Church was first
established on July 5,
1964. At this time there
were only six Catholics
in the county - Mrs.
Frank Kinnear, Mrs.
Betty Helton, Mrs.
Laxton Westmoreland
with her two children,
Donna and Charles, and
Father Frank Ruff. Mass
was celebrated in the
Ward’s Funeral Home.
Eva Westmoreland, one
of the first parishioners,
was so happy on
groundbreaking day. She
said, “I have waited 25
years for this day!”
A s construction
begins, the people at St.
Paul the Apostle request
prayers from their
brothers and sisters in
the archdiocese for
safety and success on the
building of church in
Cleveland.
GRADY DORSEY, a native of Georgia and
a recent Catholic, sprinkles soil from his home
on the site of the new building. “We ask you
now, Father, to give birth this day to a new
holy place, a new sanctuary where your
people may gather in the future to praise and
thank you for your greatness and goodness.”
STEVE SCHALLER is aided by Emile
Cavedon so he can break ground for the new
structure. “As we break ground to begin the
raising of your Church here, we ask you to
break open our hearts to receive your Spirit.”
GLENMARY BROTHERS Larry
Jochim and Virgil Siefker arrived in
Cleveland May 5 to begin building a
new all-purpose building for St.
Paul the Apostle Church. Living in
their own trailer beside the church
site on Highway 75, the brothers
not only witness their talents in
building, but also their love for the
Eucharist, prayer and His people.
SCHOOL S IN
Year Ends With Elections, Games
BY BECKY LANGAS
The successful 1981-82
academic year ended for
the Atlanta Archdiocesan
Schools on Tuesday
morning, June 8. Each
area school ended the year
with a Mass, in addition to
various other activities.
Field Days were held at
Saint Thomas More School
in Decatur. On May 26, all
the kindergarten children
participated in games and
athletic events. On May
28, grades one through
four had their turn. And
on June 1, grades five
through eight enjoyed
their activities.
Students at Immaculate
Heart of Mary School have
had a full calendar of
events closing the school
year. On May 7 and 8, the
sacraments of
Confirmation and First
Eucharist were celebrated.
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May 24, when certificates
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superior students. New
families were welcomed to
the school with a coffee
held June 2 and
graduation of eighth
graders took place on
Monday evening, May 7.
The elections are over at
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created by the graduating
eighth graders. The eighth
grade class celebrated the
end of the school year
with a retreat at the
monastery in Conyers.
They had group
discussions, self-reflection,
and a liturgy. The
graduating class and the
seventh graders celebrated
their little Brothers’ and
Sisters’ First Communion
with a kickball game and
picnic. Graduation was
held at 7:30 on Thursday,
June 3.
Students at Our Lady of
the Assumption School
finished the year with
Field Day games and races.
The eighth grade
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day at Stone Mountain.
On Tuesday, June 1, a
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