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The Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta 1 ' - 1 1 - 11 - Vol. 25 No. 14 Thursday, April 2, 1987 $12.00 Per Year HAPPY EVENT — Rachel Jones, center, of St. Mary’s Church in Rome, was named outstanding youth of 1987 at the annual Recognition Day for women and youth sponsored by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. She is shown with Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan and Mary Whitney, senior high youth minister at St. Mary’s. Archdiocese To Help 1,000 Illegal Aliens BY PAULA DAY With passage of the new federal immigration law, the Church throughout the United States, including the Atlanta archdiocese, is organizing resources to help eligible undocumented aliens. Patrick Kingery and Elizabeth Thompson, recently hired by Catholic Social Services for this special ministry, will focus their efforts to contact amnesty-eligible persons in seven broad locations outside the Atlanta area. Of the possible 10,000 undocu mented aliens in the state, Kingery hopes to assist at least 1,000 in the coming 12 months. He estimates reaching this goal will in volve contacting 3,000 pos sible candidates for amnes- Four groups qualify for legalization: persons who have been in this country in an illegal status on a con tinuous basis for the past five years, since before Jan. 1, 1982; illegal aliens who have worked in agriculture for 90 man-days from May 1, 1985 to May 1, 1986; Cuban or Haitian na tionals who entered the U .S. before January and were designated a Cuban or Hai tian entrant (status pen ding) or who have a record with the Immigration and Naturalization Service before Jan. 1, 1972; illegal aliens who entered the U.S. before Jan. 1,1972 and have had residence in this coun try since that date. (Continued on page 11) New Assignment Archbishop Thomas Donnellan announces that Reverend James A. Schillinger, presently parochial vicar at the Cathedral of Christ the King, has been ap pointed Secretary and Master of Ceremonies to the Archbishop, effective Wednesday, .April 1. Father Schillinger will remain in residence at the Cathedral. Lent 5 For more photos and story see page 6. ty. San Antonio Meeting Lay Concerns Include Minorities, Women, Clergy-Lay Collaboration BY RITA McINERNEY More nurturing of lay spirituality, utilization of talents, education, lay-clergy collaboration, and a strong desire that their recommendations be acted upon were among the desires of Catholics voiced at the con sultation held March 13-15 in San Antonio, Texas, in preparation for the world Synod of Bishops on the Laity in October. The four delegates attending from the archdiocese of Atlanta returned home with feelings of hope and affir mation and new awareness of the needs of minorities, in cluding the role of women in the church. A high point of the three-day session, one of four held around the country in preparation for the synod, was a presentation by Father Bob Kinast, a priest of the arch diocese who is serving as a consultant to the bishops' Committee on the Laity. He synthesized the 15,000 replies by lay people to a survey distributed in dioceses across the country. His one-hour presentation was described by one local delegate as “brilliantly done.’’ The delegates, Mary Ann Fischer, adult education and RCIA director at St. Ann’s Church, Marietta; Jack Jansen, head of the finance committee at St. Pius X Church, Conyers; Bob Schellman, governor of Serra’s 18th District, of Holy Family, Marietta, and Anita Willoughby, pastoral associate at St. Jude’s, Sandy Springs, had reviewed survey forms filled out by Catholics in the archdiocese. These surveys had been returned to the office of Father Peter Ludden, chancellor, after being discussed in some parishes. Delegates divided the 91 responses, aiming for a cross-section of city, suburban and rural opinions. Mrs. Fischer said of the surveys they studied the com mon cry focused on the caring, feeding and nourishing of lay spirituality. This conformed with the replies in the 30 surveys returned at her parish. At the San Antonio consultation the 104 delegates were equally divided between men and women. The delegates were divided into small groups, each of which selected a topic for reflection and discussion. Mrs. Fischer’s group chose lay spirituality. “What I saw was people working through that need for ongoing spiritual nourishment that prepares you to go (Continued on page 7) The Resurrection Is Foreshadowed Scripture readings for the fifth week of Lent in clude the story of Lazarus being raised from the dead — a foreshadowing of the great victory of Jesus’ resurrection at Easter only a few weeks away. The theme for the readings is that “the Spirit of God makes us truly alive.” It is the Spirit which brings about resurrection to eternal life. The readings are meant to be read individually or in a group. Look for the passages that show how one comes to be truly “alive” and reflect upon them. The Scripture sugges tions, commentary and ac tivities comes from a Len ten program “L’Chayim” (to life) from the Glenmary Religious Education Cen ter. SCRIPTURE: Exodus 37:12-14* Psalm 130* Romans 8:8-11* John 11:1-45* John 3:5-7 John 5:24-30 Luke 7:11-17 >/ //I I AM | THE RESURRECTION , THE 0 1 LIFE S*. COMMENTARY: “There is no word in the Hebrew language that means specifically ‘life.’ There is an adjective ‘chay’ which means ‘living, alive.’ Its plural form (Continued on page 11)
