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■ Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta Vol. 25 No. 27 Thursday, July 23, 1987 $12.00 Per Year New Delay Of Law Telling Parent Of Teen's Abortion BY RITA McINERNEY The Georgia parental notification law requiring females under 18 to notify a parent before getting an abortion may be on hold un til the U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision on an Illinois challenge to a similar law. A temporary restraining order delaying the start of the Georgia parental notification act was con tinued in effect by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hall after hearings held July 16 and 17 on the lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood challenging the constitutionality of the law. The temporary restrain ing order was issued by Judge Hall at a hearing held June 30, one day before the law was to become effective on July 1. As the hearing opened July 16, the judge announc ed that it would be for the taking of evidence only. Each party was to file post hearing written briefs by Aug. 14. On Friday morning, July 17, after hearing five witnesses for Planned Parenthood (the suit was filed by the Atlanta and Augusta chapters) and one for the state of Georgia, the judge said his thought was to get his ruling on a preliminary injunction out “as expeditiously as possi ble.” Whatever his ruling was, he continued, it would be best to stay the case un til after the pending deci sion of the U.S. Supreme Court on the Illinois Paren tal Notice of Abortion Act. It is expected that the high court will rule on this case sometime in the fall. Judge Hall said the Georgia case and any ap peals would take from 12 to 14 months in the 11th Cir cuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. He expects the decision from the Supreme Court will be faster than that of the appeals court. Dr. Stephen Edmondson, an Atlanta physician specializing in psychiatry, was the state’s only witness. He testified that he has been in private prac tice since 1969 and is associated with Peachford, Northside and St. Joseph’s hospitals and Ridgeview Institute. He has been counselling pregnant teenagers since 1973, he said, with the parents or parent almost always involved. He said he has also counselled women, about 30 or 35 in number, suffering delayed effects of the abortion ex perience. It is his opinion, he said, that parents should be in volved at each phase of making the decision — on abortion, on keeping the child and adoption. It is im portant, he said, for the parent, in the event of an (Continued on page 8) Priests' Appointments Reverend Monsignor John F. Mc Donough, vicar general of the archdiocese of Atlanta, has announced the following priestly appointments, effective Thurs day, July 23, 1987: Reverend J. Douglas Edwards from pastor at the parish of Saint Pius X in Con yers, to hospital chaplain for the parish of Sacred Heart with residence at the rectory of Sacred Heart, Atlanta. Reverend Edward D. Hennessey from parochial vicar at the parish of Sacred Heart, Atlanta, to parochial vicar at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Reverend James A. Schillinger, secretary and master of ceremonies to the Archbishop, to parochial vicar at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Reverend John P. Walsh from parochial vicar at the Cathedral of Christ the King, to administrator at the parish of Saint Pius X, Conyers. Archbishop Rehospitalized Archbishop Thomas Donnellan was rehospitalized this week at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta to treat a urinary tract infection and dehydration, his attending physician said. The archbishop went into the hospital on Friday night, July 17, after spending a week at home, and on Wednesday, July 22, was being treated in the intensive care unit. However, his physician said that his condition was improved. His condi tion was described by the hospital as fair. After rehabilitation care at Emory for eight weeks, the archbishop had returned to his residence where he was receiving 24-hour nursing care and continued therapy in the home setting to offset the effect of a stroke suffered May 1. OUR HOPE, IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES — With Father John Kieran at the top of the ladder, parishioners hang the symbol of Christ Our Hope at the new Lithonia church. Unfortunately, when they came down the lad der, they instantly realized the Greek letters were backwards and had to do the job again. The dedication is Aug. 2. (Photo by John Spink) Christ Our Hope Church Many Hands Make Light Work BY PAULA DAY Community effort —■ team work — working together are old- fashioned ideas that are still in style at Christ Our Hope parish in southeast DeKalb Coun ty- Because of this team work the parish will dedi cate its first permanent place of worship at the 10 a.m. liturgy, Sunday, Aug. 2. Monsignor John McDon ough, will officiate at the ceremony. The liturgy of dedication will be con- celebrated by Father John Kieran, pastor, his brother, Father Richard Kieran, and other priests of the arch diocese. On July 19 parish members celebrated with their pastor their first liturgy in the new building after attending Sunday Masses for three years in Lithonia’s public high school. Describing the teamwork (Continued on page 6)
