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a * » a 4 9 I 4 t a a % a % * Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta Vol. 21 No. 30 Thursday, September 8,1983 $10.00 Per Year NINETY-NINE PERCENT of Marist’s graduating class of 1983 has enrolled in institutions of higher learning this fall, and among the college-bound are scholarship winners Kathy and Karl Harrison, shown above with their mother, Mrs. Maye Harrison. The Harrisons joined their brother Ira, a 1982 Marist graduate, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. this summer. The Harrison “contingent,” who hail from Blessed Sacrament Parish in Atlanta, represent only the third time in West Point History that every child from a given family has been accepted at the school. Women's Role, Legislation, Shelters -- Much On Agenda For AACCW Convention BY THEA JARVIS Author-educator Monsignor George A. Kelly will be the principal speaker at the 27th annual convention of the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, to be held Sept. 23-24 at the Lanier Plaza Hotel in Atlanta. Monsignor Kelly, a professor at St. John’s University in New York, is recognized for his scholarly studies of the Church, including his most recent books, “The Biblical Theorists: Raymond E. Brown and Beyond,” “The Crisis of Authority: Pope John Paul II and the American Bishops,” and “The Battle for the American Church.” Monsignor Kelly will address the gathering of archdiocesan women and their guests Saturday evening at a banquet dinner which begins at 8 p.m. Other weekend activities start Friday evening at 8 p.m. with a prayer service and business meeting, during which Atlanta ACCW Province Director and National Council of Catholic Women board member Carroll Quinn will be on hand to share her insights. Also Friday evening, Archdiocesan Scout Chaplain Father John Kieran will present an informative film on scouting and Cheatham Hodges, executive director of the Georgia Catholic Conference, will give an update on legislative prospects in the state legislature. Saturday’s schedule includes workshops guaranteed to satisfy the interests of all women of the archdiocese, beginning with an early morning NCCW session conducted by NCCW second vice-president, Jean Hayes. Other morning workshops will focus on “Women of the Church: Where Have You Been? We Are Here!” presented by Sister Margaret McAnoy and “TV. - Head of the Family?” International and organizational workshops Saturday morning will deal with membership, publicity and world concerns. After lunch at 12:45, the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, “Second Hand Rose,” will entertain and enlighten with a very special fashion show. AACCW members will model the good, used clothing available at the store’s Chamblee location to customers seeking quality bargains and Vincentians providing help Msgr. George A. Kelly for those in need. Afternoon workshops feature Dr. Kel McDonald and Senator Paul Coverdell (Continued on page 11) Pope Sends Prayers To Korean People BY SISTER MARY ANN WALSH VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II sent his condolences to Cardinal Stephen Kim of Seoul and the people of Korea Sept. 2, the day after a Korean commercial airliner was shot down over the Soviet island of Sakhalin. ill :1 : '; U.S. Bishops Told Not To Support Groups Promoting Women Priests BY FATHER KENNETH J. DOYLE CASTE LG ANDOLFO, Italy (NC) - In a strongly worded message, Pope John Paul II told U.S. bishops Sept. 5 to reject the idea of women priests and to withdraw support from any group or individual advocating a female priesthood. The bishops were also told to be faithful to church doctrine at the risk of being unpopular. The pope coupled his opposition to a female priesthood with support for the dignity of women. Bishops should work for “every legitimate freedom that is consonant with their human nature and their womanhood,” and “to oppose any and all discrimination of women by reason of sex,” he said. The pope’s words came in a half hour talk delivered in English to 23 U.S. bishops who were making their “ad limina” visits at Castelgandolfo, which occur every five years and are required so that bishops can report to the pope on the status of their dioceses. “The bishop must give proof of his pastoral ability and leadership by withdrawing all support from individuals or groups who, in the name of progress, justice or compassion or for any other reason, promote the ordination of women to the priesthood,” the pope said. The exclusion of women from the priesthood, the pontiff said, “is linked to Christ’s own design for the priesthood.” Previously, Pope John Paul had said that women may not be ordained because Christ, faced with the possibility of chosing women to be priests, did not do so and the practice of the church of today must model that of its founder. In 1977 the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a formal declaration, approved by Pope Paul VI, stating that women could not be admitted to the priesthood. The (Continued on page fl) There were 269 passengers, including Rep. Lawrence McDonald (D-Ga) and at least 50 other Americans on board the airliner, which, according to monitored transcripts of Soviet military communications, was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter. It was en route from New York to Seoul, South Korea. In his telegram to Cardinal Kim, the pope said, “Shocked by Thursday’s tragedy involving a Korean commercial airplane, I send my heartfelt condolences to you and the Korean people at this time of intense sorrow. “I especially unite myself to the families and friends of the deceased and ask Almighty God to strengthen and sustain them in their great loss. I join with you and all the citizens of your country in earnestly praying for peace among the nations of the world,” the pope said. Soviet officians have now acknowledged downing the plane. U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz said the plane strayed into Soviet air space and that “at least eight fighters” were sent to intercept the Korean Air Line’s Boeing 747. He added that the fighter which shot down the plane “was close enough for visual inspection of the aircraft.” Under internationally recognied procedures, aircraft sent to intercept possible intruders are supposed to make visual contact and escort the plane to a landing. Tapes of contacts between Korean flight 007 and air control in Tokyo show that the Korean Airline’s pilot believed he was on course, and not in Soviet air space. The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, in an editorial published Sept. 3 and signed by the newspaper’s director, said that hundreds of defenseless people were “condemned to a horrible death without any hesitation.”