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I.H.M. Silver Celebration
ARCHBISHOP THOMAS A.
DONNELLAN celebrates the Silver
Anniversary Mass at Immaculate
Heart of Mary Church.
Concelebrating the Liturgy with the
Archbishop are (1 to r) Father Chris
Starr, associate pastor of the parish,
Monsignors Michael Regan, Noel
Burtenshaw, former pastors, Rev.
Jim Schillinger, deacon and
Monsignor Donald Kieman, present
pastor. Immaculate Heart of Mary
parish was one of the first parishes
founded when the Diocese was
created in 1956.
PAGE 7—The Georgia Bulletin, September 8,1983
Ariela Gross Speaks
For Nuclear Freeze
BY MSGR. NOEL C.
BURTENSHAW
The Diocese of Atlanta
was merely one-year-old
when a parish was founded
on Briarcliff Road in
northeast Atlanta. “It was
‘far out there’ in those
days,” said present pastor
of Immaculate Heart of
Mary, Monsignor Donald
Kieman. “In fact it was
adjacent to Mathis Dairy
Farms. A janitor who
worked here some years
ago told me he hunted
rabbits on this land when
he was a boy.”
Immaculate Heart of
Mary, which celebrated 25
years of life last week, is
not considered very
distant from the city now
but it retains that same
family spirit it had when
Monsignor Cornelius
Moloney was first
appointed. At the silver
jubilee Mass, held on
Saturday, August 27,
Archbishop Thomas
T H E R E S E
STOGNER was lector
for the anniversary
liturgy at Immaculate
Heart of Mary Church.
Donnellan recalled the fact
that this parish was one of
the first foundations of
the new diocese. “You
responded well in those
days,’’ said the
Archbishop, “and today
you are just as generous in
your response and
service.”
The silver celebration
liturgy was concelebrated
by the three pastors who
served the parish after the
death of Monsignor
Moloney in 1962,
Monsignors Michael
Regan, Noel Burtenshaw
and Donald Kieman. Also
concelebrating was Father
Chris Starr, associate
pastor of the parish.
Deacon for the Mass was
Rev. Jim Schillinger.
Following the Mass, a
parish “hoe-down”
brought forth song, dance
and good fellowship from
the parishioners. The three
pastors, along with the
Archbishop, mingled with
families-new and old-
remembering the struggles
and the successes of the
past. A supper was served
in the school cafeteria
while dancing continued
under the stars.
The Grey Nuns of the
Sacred Heart had served
Immaculate Heart of Mary
since its foundation. The
sisters were well
represented at the
celebration by former
principal Sister Kathleen
Purser. Other Grey Nuns
present were Sisters
Barbara Harrington, Jean
Liston, Patricia Geary,
Betty Donohue, Carol
Bartol and Karen Marie
Voltz, who is presently
stationed in Syracuse, New
York.
The parish remembered
their “old” pastors with
presentations of silver
clocks. Archbishop
Donnellan received a silver
platter. “It was a warm,
fitting remembrance of
our short history,” said
Monsignor Kiernan “We
are ready to begin 25 more
glorious years.”
BY THEA JARVIS
Ariela Gross, the
17-year-old Presidential
Scholar from Princeton,
N.J. who gained notoriety
when she presented
President Reagan with a
nuclear freeze petition last
May, appeared at Atlanta’s
Catholic Center Aug. 23 as
part of her five-city,
10-day tour of the U.S.
According to Kim
Larsen, assistant in youth
ministry with the
Archdiocese of Atlanta,
Ms. Gross’ visit was met
with appalling disinterest,
if the Aug. 23 turnout was
any indicator.
“Ariela’s mission is to
educate the young voting
public so that they will be
better prepared to make
decisions regarding their
future, a future threatened
by nuclear holocaust,”
Mrs. Larsen said.
Unfortunately, only six
persons were on hand to
receive the message.
Ms. Gross, who was
“not too distressed by the
poor turnout,” according
to Kim Larsen, and who
“seemed to enjoy the
casual give and take
discussion among the few
people present,” helped
found the Save Our Future
organization, officially
named Students Allied for
Voter Education for Our
Future. She is currently
the group’s national
spokesperson.
The goals of the
organization include
uniting and educating
young people to work
within the system,
particularly through the
ballot box, to insure a
secure future. The threat
of nuclear war is
particularly emphasized as
an evil to be avoided.
‘ ‘Ariela admitted that
for all youth, a nuclear
holocaust is not a burning
issue — unemployment,
stress, sexuality often take
the forefront,” Kim
Larsen recounted. But, the
young scholar feels,
“someone for whom the
future threatened by
nuclear war is an issue
must begin awakening the
consciousness of others.”
Ms. Gross feels that if
sufficient individuals
between the ages of 18-24
become aware and
register to vote, they
could constitute a viable
voting block that would
have to be. dealt with in
the next election.
The 1983 Presidential
Scholar was one of 121
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young people to receive
such an honor last spring.
Because of her efforts to
circulate a nuclear freeze
petition, however, a top
White House aide
threatened to withdaw the
scholarship she had been
awarded as a Presidential
Scholar.
“Of course I was scared,
a little surprised they were
so blatant about it,” Ariela
Gross remembered. “But
when the news reached the
press, they backed down. I
received an apology from
the head of the program.”
During her speaking
tour of major U.S. cities,
Miss Gross received the
largest and most active
turnout in Chicago. Her
reception in San
Francisco, too, was
impressive.
The Atlanta stop was
last on the schedule and
was greeted with mixed
reactions. One television
interviewer skirted the
nuclear issue as “too
controversial” to deal
with, Ms. Gross indicated,
although a local news
radio station taped an
hour-long, in-depth
interview that allowed her
to make clear her nuclear
position.
“For years, peace
hopefuls have posed the
question: What if we gave
a war and nobody came?”
Kim Larsen said after
Ariela Gross’ visit to the
Catholic Center.
“In our age of arms
proliferation and the
growing threat of nuclear
anninilation, I can’t help
but pose anoher question:
What if we tried to
educate for a more livable
world, enable others to
choose peace through
mutual disarmament
rather than peace by
intimidation or power
plays — and nobody
came? she asked.
PARISHIONERS bring gifts to the altar and
present them to celebrant, Archbishop Donnellan
during the Mass. Gifts were also presented to the
three former pastors and the Archbishop as the
celebration ended.
Who are the
Daughters of Charity?
They are Sisters consecrated to
God and serving the poor in:
Hospitals - Schools - Home Care
Programs - Parish Visiting - Social
Services - Child Care Centers -
Adoption Services - Maternity
Nursing - Care of Aged - Foreign
Missions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE:
Sister Mary Catherine
St. Mary’s School
405 E. Seventh St.
Rome, Ga. 30161
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