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PAGE 12 — The Georgia Bulletin, March 12, 1987 Key Seattle Officials Meet With Vatican Commission SEATTLE (NC) — Key church officials of the Seattle Archdiocese and the Pacific Northwest met March 6 and 7 with the Vatican's special commission assessing the church situation in Seattle following the division of Archbishop Raymond Hunt hausen's authority, the commission an nounced March 8. The three-member commission — Cardinals Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago and John J. O'Connor ol New York and Archbishop John R. Quinn ol San Francisco — was named in February. In a series of meetings at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park. Calif., the panel separately interviewed eight Pacific Northwest bishops, the seven members of the Seattle arch diocesan Board of Consultors. and five key members of the archdiocesan staff. A commission-approved announcement ol the meetings was released by the Seattle archdiocesan communications office. It said the commission had called the meetings m order "to talk with several key people of Archbishop Hunt- hausen's designation.” The announcement said nothing about the results of the meetings. It said that "no further comment is expected" on the commission's proceedings before its work is completed. Last September Archbishop Hunthausen revealed that ai the request of the Holy See he had relinquished all authority in several key areas of governance, including liturgy and priestly formation, to his auxiliary. Bishop Donald Wuerl. That decision, reached after an investigation in the arch diocese by the Vatican, provoked sharp divisions among Catholics in Seattle and many other parts of the country. In November the U.S. bishops discussed the Seattle situa tion for more than four hours behind closed doors. Their meeting ended with a public statement offering their ser vices as mediators in the controversy Shortly after the three-member commission was ap pointed. it met with Archbishop Hunthausen and Bishop Wuerl. The eight Northwestern bishops the commission inter viewed in Menlo Park were: Archbishop William Levada and retired Archbishop Cornelius Power, both of Portland. Ore.; Bishop Thomas Connolly of Baker, Ore.; Bishop Sylvester Treinen of Boise. Idaho; Bishop Elden Curtiss of Helena. Mont.; Bishop Thomas Murphy and retired Bishop Elden Schuster, both of Great Falls-Billings. Mont.; and Bishop William Skylstad of Yakima, Wash. Archdiocesan officials interviewed in addition to the seven priest-consultors were Father Michael Ryan, chancellor and vicar general; Father Michael McDermott, director of administration; Father David Jaeger, director of seminarians; Patrick Sursely. associate director of ad ministration; and Edward Dolejsi. director of the arch diocesan faith and Christian community office. Pastors' Survey: Saturday Masses "Abused" In St. BY ROSEMARY BORGKRT ST. CLOUD, Minn. (NC) - Several pastors answering a St. Cloud diocesan liturgy survey complained that Saturday evening Masses have become an abuse. Liturgies on Saturday evening too often are "quickie Masses." viewed with an "in-and-out, get-it-over-with at titude. one pastor said. Another pastor called Saturday Masses an "abused privilege," and a third described them as a "grave liturgical abuse." 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The survey, by the diocesan Office of Worship, was in itiated in 1985 by Bishop George Speltz of St. Cloud, now retired, and asked pastors to evaluate their weekend and holy day Mass schedules in terms of quality and attend ance, with an eye to eliminating poorly attended Masses where possible and improving the quality of each celebra tion. Results were reported Feb. 2(1 in the St. Cloud Visitor r* PaineWebber Brian M. Mullin Investment Executive Consumer Markets PaineWebber Incorporated 3340 Peachtree Road, Suite 975 800 241-7258 Natl. Atlanta, GA 30026 800 282-0488 GA 404 262-3900 FIRST TO HAVE GUINNESS, HARP, AND BASS ALE ON TAPIR Exclusively Served By The Pint At County Cork Pub 56 East Andrews Drive, N.W. — Buckhead — Upper Level Sweet 16 Atlanta’s “Only” Authentic Irish Pub St. Patrick's Day Headquarters 5 Day Countdown Starting Friday, March 13 - Sunday Entertainment From 5 PM • Tuesday From Noon 'Till 1:30 AM Without Stop. 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