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PAGE 7 — The Georgia Bulletin, May 21. 1987 Bishop Urges Service To God And Mankind BY RITA MclNERNEY JOSEPH C. ANZALONE, 45, is a parishioner of St. Philip Benizi in Jonesboro. He is active in the Cursillo Ultreya, Marriage Encounter, The Servants of the Lamb prayer group, and religious education. As a deacon he will be assigned to making hospital and nursing home visits and serving on the liturgy and education committee. He and his wife Judy, who attended classes and earned the advanced catechist’s certificate, are the parents of four children ranging in age from 21 to nine. children, 19, 22 and 25. He is a He is a sales representative. • •••• MATIAS A. CASAL, 47, came to this country from Cuba 22 years ago. He works with Father Jorge Christancho and the Spanish committee at his parish, St. Philip Benizi. He has been visiting the Cuban prisoners held in the federal prison here since 1981. He goes weekly, seeing the men in groups or in their cells. A Eucharistic minister, he also takes Communion to the sick in hospitals. He and his wife, Mirta, have made a Mar riage Encounter and are the parents of three high school business teacher. For three years JERRY F. CONNELL made the trip into Atlanta on Saturdays from Monroe where he is a member of St. Anna’s parish and president of the credit bureau and an agrifoods, printing and paint company. Connell is looking forward to working “where the pastor needs me." At the parish he is a lector, Eucharistic minister and a past presi dent of the parish council. In the community he is treasurer of the Walton County Ministerial Association. He and his wife Peggy are the parents of four children and “two and a half" grandchildren. Mrs. Connell made the drive with him each week and was among wives receiving the advanced catechist’s certificate. • •••• One of the 13 deacons from Holy Cross parish to be or dained, FRANK F. COUGHLIN. 52, expects to work part- time in the diaconate school. At his parish he is in the folk group choir, is a lector and Eucharistic minister, and is in volved in the Cursillo. A sales manager for a national soap corporation, he and his wife, Pat, are the parents of three children, 22, 27 and 28. She received her certificate for at tending classes. He is also involved in a project which helps the poor in Jamaica. Another Holy Cross parishioner, ENRIQUE L. GALVIS, 51, is involved with the Spanish community at the parish, in the prayer group, and the liturgy committee. He visits the prisoners in the federal prison and holds weekly Bible class in a south Atlanta neighborhood where many Mexicans live. He and his wife Cecelia are the parents of two children, 17 and nine. He is a partner in a construction firm. Evelio Garcia - Carreras and his wife Rosie HAPPY MOMENT — Judy Anzalone prepares to give her husband, Joseph, a kiss after draping the stole over his shoulder. A parishioner at St. John Neumann in Lilburn, EVELIO GARCIA-CARRERAS, 43, came to this country from Cuba in 1957. He wife, Rosie, is also from Cuba and her brother Xavier Suarez is the first Hispanic mayor of Miami. Garcia-Carreras was one of the original members of the Spanish Cursillo, helps with the Spanish community at the parish and is a Eucharistic minister. He expects to continue his work with the parish Hispanic community. He is a coor dinator of computers used by engineers in drafting. He and his wife have four children, 17, 16, 13 and seven. • •••• EDMUND H. GRABOWY, 47, of St. Ann's in Marietta, has been meeting with the divorced, separated and widow ed group at the parish, to learn of their situations and offer spiritual guidance. He is involved with the Baptism classes, is a lector, Eucharistic minister and brings Communion to the sick. He hope to continue working with the divorced, separated and widowed, to coordinate marriage prepara tion classes and other activities relating to family life. His wife Carole was among the wives receiving certificates. They have two children, 15 and 17. He has his own business after working in corporate management and quality assurance. LOU HETTEL, 46, a parishioner at Holy Cross, hopes to work with the pre-marriage preparation program. He is a lector, Eucharistic minister, and teaches high school CCD. His wife, Karen, attended the classes with him and received her certificate. They have two children, a son, 17, and daughter, 16. He is an engineer. Another candidate traveling a long distance to class, DAVID HIGGINS, 57, is a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Carrollton. At the parish he is an adult religious education teacher, Eucharistic minister and lec tor. He and his wife Adora have seven children ranging in age from 29 to 12 and five grandchildren. He is chairperson of the philosophy department at West Georgia College. • •••• ARTURO JIMENEZ, 55, a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in Atlanta, is active as a member of the parish council, in the music ministry, teaches adult educa tion in Spanish, and with his wife, Norka, is a Eucharistic minister. They take Communion to the sick, the shut-in and elderly. He is also involved with the Cursillo. He expects to continue these ministries, to help with baptism and mar riage preparation classes and to be assigned at the diocesan level to the Hispanic Apostolate. He was born and raised in g Cuba and returned there after graduation from Georgia g Tech. He came to the United States in 1962 as a political S refugee. He and his wife are the parents of a married son. z 25. Their daughter, Norka Marie, was killed eight years ago ■< in a traffic accident. He is a consulting engineer. • •••• An assignment in the pastoral care ministry at St. Joseph’s Hospital is anticipated by WILLIAM L. JIN- DRICH, 46, of Holy Cross. In the parish he and his wife, Lin da, are coordinators for St. Anthony’s night shelter. He is coordinator for the prayer chain and a Eucharistic minister. They have one child, 23. Mr. Jindrieh is self- employed as an arts and crafts distributor. • •••• Holy Cross parishioner MICHAEL R. JONES, 57, has taught CCD classes, is past president of the parish council and currently on the board, is active in St. Vincent de Paul and RCIA. He will be assignees to work with RCIA He is a manufacturing representative for a chemical firm. He ana his wife, Ruth, are the parents of six children ranging m age, from 33 to 21. They have four grandchildren. • •••• WALKER KING, 45, is a member of St. Philip Benizi in Jonesboro and a chaplain at Clayton General Hospital where he coordinates visits to the Catholic patients. He is a member of the Charismatic prayer group and the Cursillo Ultreya and has served on the parish council, as a lector and special minister of the Eucharist. He and his wife Patricia are the parents of six adopted children, four from one family. They have one grandchild. He is an investigator for the Fulton County District attorney's office. It has been a “good three years" for THOMAS MCGRANE, 56. of Holy Cross. He said he was prepared for the course through Bible study, and with Cursillo and the charismatic group. For him, it is an ongoing extension of his commitment to the Church which began as an altar boy living about a block from the parish church in an Iowa city. In the parish he has served as a Eucharistic minister, tak ing Communion to the sick, has been a lector and cantor, (Continued on page 8) God Called Him To A New Life Becoming involved in a charismatic prayer group at his parish, St. Paul of the Cross, 15 years ago, led BEN JAMIN PETTY, 62, to the diaconate program. His wife, Faustine, began praying that he would be able to join the new group, which met in the evening at the north west Atlanta church. Ben pledged he would join if her prayers and those of Brother Mi chael, then at the pa rish, led to his being shifted to day work at Lockheed Aircraft in Marietta. M SO Benjamin Petty Four weeks after the two began to pray for this change, his supervisor came to him and asked him if he would like to change from night to day shift. It was God calling him. Deacon Petty said. In the years since, God has led him to be more loving, has shaped and molded his family, he said. He and his wife have a son, Gerard, 19. Now he wants to work among the 3,000 tenants at Bankhead Courts, a low-income housing area within the parish boundaries. “I want to make them feel God’s presence. I hope I can evangelize them, they are in desperate need of spiritual help." Deacon Petty worked with them earlier, but because of the heavy pressure of his diaconate studies, was not able to do as much there as he wanted to. Now he intends to make Bankhead Courts one of his chief ministries. He is grateful for the spiritual direction he has received from his pastor, Father Thomas Brislin, C.P., during the past three years. Of his diaconate studies, he said they were harder than his studies for his degree in biology received from Morris Brown in Atlanta. His first two years of college were at the University of Michigan. He is now director of the prayer group. His wife assists and supports him in this as she does in everything in their spirit-centered life. He also leads a monthly chapel service at Southwest Community. He is a Eucharistic minister and brings Communion to the sick, is a lector, and has been co-chairman of the successful parish Charities Drive for two years. Mrs. Petty received a certificate and was among the wives who studied homiletics. -RMcI
