Newspaper Page Text
■ 1
V
A » > A '
r \GE 2—The Georgia Bulletin, May 16, 1985
CONTENTS
Catholic - Jewish
Dialogue In Atlanta
Family Farms
7
The Dutch Visit
10
Theologians Silenced
12
Senior Citizens
14
Georgia Graphics
15
J*U»
Handicapable 16
QUALITY SUNGLASS
SPECIAL
tlav Ban’s^i
f Porsche bv Carrera
^Bolle’ ^
ilrom*32.9!i
*Gold s 135-M45
y with interchangeable lenses y
tr5\
CD
cr>
**
1 E
Other Styles From $ 15.00
Ask about our Second Pair '/« Price Sale on Prescription Eyeglasses.
DECATUR 636-3549
Offer Not Valid With Other Discount Programs. ’Quantities Limited
One - Time Shroud Skeptic Follows His Heart
BY GRETCHEN REISER
From the first moment
that he became involved
with the study of the
Shroud of Turin, Father
Kim Dreisbach was taking
unexpected steps.
An Episcopal priest who
was so skeptical about the
story of the Shroud of
Turin that he read a book
on it expecting to debunk
it in minutes, he slowly
became a believer.
An Atlantan who
thought that there ought
to be a center for study of
the Shroud of Turin in
some other U.S. city
headed by a Catholic
priest, Father Dreisbach
has found himself slowly uj
becoming the head of a j
center for the study of the *
Shroud in Atlanta.
At the end of May he
takes a major step in that
direction, leaving the
Episcopal parish of the
Incarnation in southwest
Atlanta, where he has been
rector for 12 years, in
order to become the
full-time director of
the Atlanta Center for the
Continuing Study of the
Shroud of Turin.
“It is obviously where
my heart is,” Father
Dreisbach said recently in
the small office inside the
Shroud of Turin exhibit at
the Omni mall in Atlanta.
On the walls are many
paintings attempting to
depict the face of the
“man of the Shroud” and
other materials tied to the
exhibit and the scientific
study of the Shroud.
The decision to dissolve
the bond with the parish
which nurtured the initial
growth of the Center did
not come easily, he said,
but out of the continuing
recognition that the
direction was not his
own, but one which
appeared to be unfolding
before him. “You begin to
see that things are
happening that are not a
TOTALLY INVOLVED -
Father Kim Dreisbach will leave
parish work to become full-time
director of the Atlanta Center for
the Continuing Study of the
Shroud of Turin at the end of May.
He has been associated with the
center for several years.
result of your own doing. ”
After his own thought
and prayer, Father
Dreisbach said he sought
the discernment first of
David Collins, who was
then dean of the Episcopal
Cathedral of St. Philip,
and then of Bishop Judson
Child. Then, shortly after
Easter this year he went to
his parish vestry to ask
that he be able to answer
the call of the board of the
Atlanta Center to serve as
its director. May 31 will be
his last day in the parish.
In a way, the move is
“walking on water,” he
said. But the growth of the
Shroud exhibit has been
the same way. Out of the
enthusiasm of a small
ecumenical group in
Atlanta, a major scientific
and photographic study of
the Shroud came to the
city on November 1,1982
for a stay in donated
quarters at the Peachtree
Center. “We stayed until
April 3, 1983,” Father
Dreisbach recalled,“at
f<§
Have you ever wanted to build that special bookcase or desk
and just didn’t have the tools or space?
R ip Guide, Inc. has the answer. We have 9
completely equipped woodworking shops.
Each shop is equipped with everything
from Rockwell-Delta table saws to shapers.
We even supply hand tools and a skilled staff
to provide guidance. All this is available by
hourly, daily or weekly rental. For your con
venience, you’ll also find a complete retail
line of hardware, lumber and tools.
Call Rip Guide today and reserve your
woodworking shop!
Marietta
Want To Learn More About Woodworking?
Call and ask about our beginner to advanced wood
working classes. Classes are taught by a recognized
professional in the field.
RIP GUIDE, INC.
AMERICAN BUSINESS CENTER
1395 Marietta Pkwy., Bldg. 600
Marietta, GA 30067
Phone: 422-9059
'°P*n « day* a waak-lneludlng waning* (Clotad Monday*)* J
A NEW CONCEPT FOR.
THE WOODWORKER
which time we were given
one week to vacate. On
Wednesday we did not
have a place to go. On
Saturday we moved here.”
The trip to the Omni,
which was again expected
to be temporary, has so far
provided a safe shelter for
the exhibit. Reopened in
July 1983, the exhibit has
grown and survived the
changes in the mall.
Thousands of people have
toured the exhibit and
enough money was raised
to purchase it and keep it
permanently in Atlanta.
Perhaps more
significantly, Father
Dreisbach’s files and
memory are filled with
the impressions of people
whose lives have been
changed by this contact
with the Passion of Jesus
Christ. One of the most
dramatic is that of a
former inmate of the
Attica prison in New York
who came through the
exhibit several years ago.
After touring it, he
contacted Father
Dreisbach and became a
helper at the exhibit. Now,
the priest said, he is
married, with a young
child and considering
entering the seminary.
Such stories are Father
Dreisbach’s delight,
warming him to the task
of presenting the Shroud
of Turin as “the greatest
teaching device about the
Passion” of Christ. On its
linen cloth, one can see
the marks of a scourged,
crucified man, crowned
with thorns, and ponder
not only the suffering and
the death, but also the
peaceful, extraordinary
face of the man of the
shroud. Such reflections
have drawn all age groups,
all denominations and
many skeptics and
unbelievers to the shroud
exhibit, with no sign that
the numbers are
decreasing.
“It is the sheer
magnificence of the
humanity of Christ,”
Father Dreisbach said.
‘“Father forgive them,
for they know not what
they do’ — the mystery of
that.”
For his own part, he
observed, “It has been
quite a journey. Once
something like this
happens to you, you want
everyone to know: go tell
it on the mountain.”
His departure from the
parish to the Omni is in
response to that call.
SAVE—WHOLESALE TO PUBLIC
UPHOLSTERY FABRIC
30-80% OFF
Drapery Velvet—99- Full Bolt, *1.39 Cut Yardage
Waverjy & Shumatier Chintz & Prints,
Nylon Tweeds & Prints *2.99
Upholsteiy Velvet *3.99
Polished Cotton Country Prints *2.99
Vinyls—all types *4.99
Reupholstered Sofa & Chairs *95 A UP
“Drive a little
Save a lot"
LOGANVILLE DECORATIVE
FABRIC OUTLET
I 261 Main St., Loganville
I Daily 8:30-5:00, Sat. 104
| 466-1517
KurrtNMtiMtn