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LaSalette Priests (Continued from page 6) Carroll foresees a great need for a Catholic diocesan high school in the area. “Several parishes would support it There’d be no problem filling it.” he says. St. Ann’s is preparing a survey to study the feasibility of such a school In their ministry the LaSalette priests share the range of human ex periences with their parishioners. “We try to make Sunday Masses joyful celebrations — in music — in the homily,” Father Carroll com mented. In time of be reavement parishioners prepare and serve a meal after the funeral to family and visitors in the parish center. This, Father Car- roll notes, is especially ap preciated because visitors are frequently from out of state. Father Carroll is im pressed with the Church in Georgia, “it’s much more vibrant than up north, where it seems like a relic of the past. At least that’s my impression. Here the Church is very much a part of people’s lives.” The focus on reconcilia tion for the Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette comes from the congrega tion’s roots. The group was begun in 1852 by the bishop of Grenoble, France, Rev erend Philibert deBruil- lard. The members were to minister to pilgrims who came to a shrine dedicated to commemorate appari tions of Mary to two children at LaSalette in the French Alps. According to the child ren, in the visions “the beau tiful lady” wore a crucifix from which hung, on one end of the crossbar, a ham mer, and on the other end, YOUTHFUL PARISHIONERS — Two of the more than 2,000 young people who belong to St. Ann’s parish in Marietta, join with family, friends and the LaSalette fathers in a patriotic songfest. Mother Arrested While Picketing Abortion Clinic Fined $100 A suspended sentence of 10 days in prison and a $100 fine was handed down by Judge John Blandford at a hearing for Mrs. Daphne Madol, anti-abortion ac tivist and parishioner of Holy Family parish in Marietta, on July 1 at Chamblee City Hall. She had been arrested Satur day, May 30 while picket ing Northside Women’s Clinic, 3543 Chamblee- Dunwoody Road, for in- terferring with another’s business and presenting a traffic hazard. As reported in the July 2 issue of The Georgia Bulletin, Mrs. Madol said she was walking back and forth on the public sidewalk in front of the clinic and had approached and talked to two women in a car just before it entered the driveway of the clinic. In talking with the Georgia Bulletin on July 14, she said six witnesses testified at the hearing that “I didn’t stop the car but simply counselled from the passenger side... They didn’t say I was on private property. I was on the public sidewalk.” Mrs. Madol, who is the pro-life representative for her parish, said her at torney, David Rawlins, in questioning the two ar resting officers, was suc cessful in getting them to acknowledge that she had neither blocked the car with her body nor pre vented it from moving. She was not on the driver’s side, but speaking to the two women in the vehicle from the passenger side, she said. She expressed surprise at the verdict of guilty from the judge because she felt her attorney had effective ly brought out the fact that she was not interferring with another’s business. The ordinance under which she was arrested specifies that the arrested individual would have to be on private premises and have the in tention of interferring. The sentence was su spended with the payment of the $100 fine with the $100 bond money that had been posted by her companions on the picket line the day of the arrest. Brunetti & Mazzetta, P.C. 1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW 404-521-1808 Suite 2308 Harris Tower; 233 Peachtree St., Atlanta. Ga 30303 General Practice Corporation, Contracts. Business. Personal Injury. Real Estate, Wills, Immigration, Domestic Relations, International Law. Italian, French & Spanish spoken. PAGE 7 — The Georgia Bulletin, July 16.1987 FATHER MICHAEL FLANAGAN, M.S. Pastor of St. Clement Church in Calhoun. a pincers. These were in terpreted as representing the tools of execution, on the one hand, and of removal from the cross, or reconciliation, on the other. A booklet introducing the Missionaries says: “We are a group of religious who live together among the People of God in the hope of bringing the People of God together .” That living together among the People of God in Georgia has grown from the one parish, St. Francis of Assisi in Cartersville in 1969, to eight in 1987: Our Lady of LaSalette in Can ton, Blessed Sacrament in Atlanta, St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Smyrna, and Our Lady of the Moun tains mission in Jasper, along with St. Clement’s, St. Ann’s and St. Mat thew’s. The staffing of parishes is “a hand in glove situa tion” between the religious congregation and the diocese, according to Father Flaherty. “The archbishop will ask us to man a parish, and of course it’s beneficial for us. As a religious community the ideal situation for us would be to live with other men of our congregation. Having parishes within a reasonable distance allows the men in one-man parishes to come together with community members from time to time.” Individual consultation and discernment of needs are part of the process before a member of the congregation is assigned to a parish. Father Flaherty, a priest for 30 years, has been master of novices for his congregation as well as its provincial. Being assigned to pastor a parish was “like a second career,” he says, and adds, “It’s wonderful! I’ve en joyed it very much!” The provincial house for the LaSalettes who serve in the archdiocese is in Hart ford, Conn Its 125 priests and 20 brotners have parishes in Argentina and Bolivia as well as England and the U.S. According to Father Flaherty, this diversity of background and work experience enriches the priests’ ministry to Georgia Cath olics. Regarding the wealth of contributions made by religious order priests in the archdiocese, Father Ludden says, “They con tribute enormously to the effectiveness of the Church’s mission in North Georgia. Without their presence and service the Church’s ministry would be severely hampered. They enrich the life of the Church with their diverse history and traditions and contribute their own unique spirituality to expand and deepen our experience of God.” IVEY'S OPTICIANS Accuracy Comfort Appaaranca Prescriptions Filled Complete Eyeglass Service 969 Cherokee Road, Smyrna, Ga. Phone 434-7112 Charles C. Ivay Optician HAS SOCIAL SECURITY TURNED YOU DOWN FOR DISABILITY? CALL 371-8233 CYNTHIA L. HORTON. ATTY.
