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The Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta . Vol. 25 No. 22 Thursday, May 28, 1987 $12.00 Per Year Richard Beckman was among 24 deacons ordained May 23. Ordination Stories - - Pages 6-7-8 Seattle Archbishop's Authority Is Restored BY JERRY FILTEAU WASHINGTON (NC) - In a single stroke May 27 Pope John Paul II: — Restored Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen’s authority in Seattle. — Removed his auxiliary bishop. Bishop Donald Wuerl, who earlier had been given special govern ing powers in the Seattle Archdiocese. — Gave Archbishop Hunthausen a new coad jutor archbishop without any special powers. Named coadjutor arch bishop of Seattle with right of succession was Bishop Thomas J. Murphy of Great Falls-Billings, Mont. The announcement was made in Washington by Archbishop Pio Laghi, papal pronuncio to the United States. A U.S. bishops’ commis sion involved in resolving the case said in documenta tion accompanying the an nouncement that the real problem in Seattle is not Archbishop Hunthausen but a general “climate or orientation’’ in which he has been “perceived” as permissive “no matter how personally firm...(he) may be.” Both the special powers given to Bishop Wuerl and his appointment 18 months earlier as auxiliary bishop of Seattle were terminated with Archbishop Murphy’s appointment. “Bishop Wuerl remains at the disposition of the Holy See for another assignment,” the an nouncement said. It did not state where Bishop Wuerl would be reassigned. (Continued on page 15) Celebrate Black Heritage Black Catholics Create National Pastoral Plan BY JULIE ASHER WASHINGTON (NC) - Black Catholics gathered in Washington May 21-24 to develop a national pastoral plan emphasiz ing evangelization and to send a message to the larger U.S. church — they’re proud of their black heritage and their Catholicism. Pastoral priorities approved at the Na tional Black Catholic Congress held at The Catholic University of America concerned evangelizing the larger black community, being black and Catholic, leadership and pastoral mirifstry, and outreach to the community through schools and parishes. The 1,500 delegates from 110 U.S. dioceses also issued a strong call for the appointment of black bishops as heads of dioceses when vacancies occur. Bishop Joseph L. Howze of Biloxi, Miss., is the only one of the nation’s 11 black bishops who heads a diocese. The delegates also asked that dioceses allocate money through the year 1990 to implement their plan. Delegates met in celebration, reflection, small-group meetings and general ses sions to hammer out their plan from a working document of concerns gathered at listening sessions of black Catholics held in U.S. dioceses over the last several months. The nation’s black bishops and a number of white bishops attended the congress, in cluding Archbishop James Hickey of Washington, Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston, Archbishop Roger M. Mahony of (Continued on page 13) Sisters' Anniversaries Mark 1 25 Yea rs BY PAULA DAY Four religious women working in the archdiocese are celebrating jubilees this year. Together their lives add up to 125 years of dedication. Sister Mary McCarty, M.S.C. is a golden jubilar- ian. Sisters Mary-beth Beres, O.P., Kathleen Dauses, D.C. and Marga rita Martin, A.C.J. are silver jubilarians. As individuals they reflect the diversity of gifts within the Church. One is skilled as a laboratory technician, another is an elementary school educa tor, another is a college professor, while the fourth is a hospital chaplain. But their lives also con tain common threads: they have lived commitments of dedicated love and they have witnessed a variety of changes. SISTER MARY McCARTY, M.S.C. Sister Mary McCarty, M.S.C., celebrates her golden jubilee as a sister this year. In those 50 years she has witnessed dramatic changes in her avocational speciality: hospital labora tory technician. But her vo cation to spread the love of the Sacred Heart, her con gregation’s special char- ism, has remained the same. Since last July Sister Mc Carty has visited patients as part of the Pastoral Care Department of St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, Ga. During the previous 16 years she was technician in the hospital’s laboratory. Prior to that she carried out laboratory duties for 20 years in her congregation’s Allentown, Pa., hospital. “Back in 1943,” she recalls, “lab work was very Service fundamental. We didn’t have disposable needles, for example. We had to sharpen and sterilize and reuse the needles. We prepared our own blood banking serum for typing blood. We’d work with the pathologist to type and cross-match blood under a microscope. We didn’t even know about the RH factor which is so important now. We prepared bottles for col lecting blood for transfu sion. We counted blood cells ‘by hand’ under a micro scope. We prepared all our own chemical solutions. Now all the blood work is done by automation and we (Continued on page 12) Summer Issues The months of June, July and August, along with heralding summer sports, vacations and crowded parishes around the lakes and in the north Georgia mountains, mean an abbreviated publishing schedule. The Georgia Bulletin will appear seven times during the summer months, rather than weekly, and resume weekly publication in September. Summer issues will come out June 4 and 18, July 2,16 and 23 and August 6 and 20. Please keep these dates in mind when sending material to the paper for special events.
