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1 I PAGE 7—The Georgia Bulletin, September 1,1983 Prayer Services Readied Marchers For Task At Hand WASHINGTON (NC) - Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Moslems turned to God for help before marching on Washington for jobs, peace and freedom. “If we trust only in our own strength in this march, we will not succeed,” the Rev. Arthur Flemming, religious coordinator for the 20th anniversary March on Washington, told an interfaith service Aug. 26. The service, sponsored by the National Council of Churches, drew about 1,800 to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington. The Archdiocese of Washington held a prayer service for Catholics near the White House Aug. 27. During the four-hour interfaith service the AME church rocked with hand-clapping and spirited singing led by gospel choirs. The service included readings from the Torah, Koran and New Testament, as well as 10 speakers. Cardinal Bernardin “Thou art our God, to thee we give all praise for we are marching,” Auxiliary Bishop Eugene Marino of Washington said in a responsive reading at the interfaith service. After the interfaith service several hundred participants walked carrying lighted candles to the White House for an all-night vigil, which opened with a “rite of deliverance.” About 4,500 Catholics gathered in Lafayette Square in view of the North portico of the White House for a prayer service on Aug. 27 as the March on Washington began to move from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. “We cannot really be the church unless our faith is shown in action,” Archbishop James A. Hickey of Washington said. “We are taking the Gospel and teachings of the church and putting them to work for all to see,” he continued. The archbishop stood beneath a yellow Acceptance Of Unemployment 'Frightening' CHICAGO (NC) - The “most frightening aspect” of high unemployment is that Americans are getting used to it, Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago said in a Labor Day statement. He also labeled the feminization of poverty as “one of the most serious” national problems. “Perhaps the most frightening aspect of high unemployment is that we seem to be getting used to it and seem to have concluded that there isn’t much we can do about it,” Cardinal Bernardin wrote. “Such thinking is totally unacceptable in the light of the church’s teaching on economic justice,” he said. The 2,300-word Labor PIANO INSTRUCTION all ages Pre-piano Rhythm Group (3-5) Lee F. Blitch 373-3216 MINI BLINDS MIN! PRICES! READY IN 2-5 DAYS LA PETITE 233-5099 3 PO^ to 3 &S&L to s i&r to i to Day statement, issued Aug. 26, is the cardinal’s first Labor Day statement since he was installed in the Chicago See in August 1982. To say that “a fairly high level of unemploy ment might be inevitable” is “a rather heartless conclusion,” the cardinal said. “Some economists have even argued that 7 percent or 8 percent unemploy ment is actually full employment,” he said. Pin, anJ flejL ^Alterations Custom Made Suits for Ladies and Gentlemen Alfredo Avlno, Prop. 233-6643 3074 Roswell Rd., N.W. Corner E. Pace Ferry 4 Roswell at Buckhead “The fact is, however, that for some time now the unemployment rate has' hovered around 10 percent and in more than a few areas of the country remains as high as 30 percent,” he added. Citing U.S. Labor Department statistics, Cardinal Bernardin said one out of every three people in the labor force “has experienced employment problems during the last few years.” In 1982, 26.5 million people were affected, he said. 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As listeners punctuated his words with cheers, applause and cries of “Yes, sir” or “Amen,” Bishop Marino made an impassioned plea for the rights of all human beings - the born and unborn. “We must illuminate the truth that life is God’s most precious gift, given to each man, woman and child equally,” he said. “And no one may take this right away from us,” he said. Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Francis of Newark, N.J., and Bishop Walter Sullivan of Richmond, Va., also participated in the archdiocese’s service. (Contributing to this story were Kaki Roberts, the Catholic Standard of Washington, and James B. Burke, NC News Service.) BISHOP AT POW WOW - Bishop John Kinney of Bismarck, N.D., wears an Indian shirt as he dances at a pow-wow with people attending the Tekakwitha Conference at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn. The five-day conference brought together more than 1,500 Native Americans from 100 tribes as well as bishops, priests, Religious and laity who work with them. (NC Photo) ‘ocoxian duiarentss Program proclaim * T9f*E ‘K.l'JtQ'DO'M A weekend program foccusing on vocations to Church ministry ••• October 7-9 (Friday evening 7:00 P.M. - Sunday 1:00 P.M.) It The Oratory of St# Philip Neri 434 Charlotte Ave., Rock Hill, S#C. Young men and women, college age and older, interested in more information concerning vocations of service in the Church as a Deacon, Priest, Sister or Brother. Cost: $30 - or donation# IF INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, CONTACT BY OCT. 3rd: Brother Joseph Guyon, The Oratory, P.0. Box 11586, Rock Hill, S#C# 29731 (PHONE: 327-2097). Sister Mary Grace, P.0. Box 12410, Charleston, S.C. 29412 (PHONE: 795-6851).
