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Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta
Vol. 25 No. 36
Thursday, October 15, 1987
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Archbishop
Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan
remains seriously ill at St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Atlanta.
The 73-year-old archbishop, who
was readmitted to the hospital Sept.
30, is in serious condition. Parishes
were asked to pray for him par-
Seriously III
ticularly in recent days and priests
of the archdiocese have gone to the
hospital to give him their blessing.
The archbishop has been hospitaliz
ed or in convalescence for the past
five months since suffering a stroke
May 1.
Ground Breaking Planned
For Personal Care Home
BY GRETCHEN REISER
A site in East Point has
been chosen for the arch
diocese’s second personal
care home for the elderly, a
residence for 15 frail elder
ly that will be modeled on
Marian Manor.
The five-acre site is on
Washington Road, the road
that is the dividing line be
tween East Point and Col
lege Park, and is southwest
of Fort McPherson, ac
cording to Steve Brazen,
interim director of Cath
olic Social Services. Unlike
Marian Manor, which was
remodeled into a personal
care home after being used
initially as a convent, the
second home will be new
construction. Appropriate
zoning for the site has
already been obtained, Mr.
Brazen said. It is in a resi
dential area.
The location in southwest
Atlanta will be close to a
number of parishes in
cluding Blessed Sacra
ment, St. Paul of the Cross
and St. John the Evangelist
in Hapeville. The location
is actually in Blessed
Sacrament parish accord
ing to Bill Lyday, vice
chancellor of the archdio
cese and a permanent dea
con at Blessed Sacrament.
Like Marian Manor, the
personal care home will be
designed for no more than
15 elderly, who are strong
enough to maintain a
degree of independent liv
ing, but need some
assistance with meals,
laundry and personal care.
The cost of land acquisi
tion, architects’ fees and
construction, which will be
in the neighborhood of
$600,000 to $700,000, will
come from the special
Capital Funds Drive con
ducted by the archdiocese
in 1983. However, the ongo
ing operation of the home
once it is built will come
from fees charged to
residents and support from
auxiliary groups. Marian
Manor receives no ongoing
support from the arch
diocese.
The Capital Funds Drive
pledged $1.5 million for the
creation of three personal
care homes for the elderly.
Marian Manor, formerly
the convent at Immaculate
Heart of Mary parish in
Atlanta, was renovated and
opened in November 1984.
The second home, original
ly to be the renovated con
vent at St. Paul of the Cross
parish, was changed to new
construction because the
cost of renovating the
building was high, Mr.
Brazen said, and new state
regulations on personal
care homes adopted since
Marian Manor was built,
would have raised the cost
of renovation even further.
The quality of Marian
Manor and its hominess
and reputation were fac
tors influencing the zoning
board that approved the
new site, Mr. Brazen said.
The new home will have a
chapel so that Sunday Mass
and daily Communion ser
vices can be held there, as
at Marian Manor. Because
it will be new construction,
the building will be all on
one floor and semi-private
bathrooms will be con
structed.
The architectural firm of
Thompson, Hancock and
Witte will be the project ar
chitects and ground break
ing is expected to be in
January 1988. The project
should be completed by the
fall of 1988.
“That’ll be my second
dream come true,” said
Sister Teresa Termini,
C.S.J., the director of Ser
vices for the Elderly of
Catholic Social Services.
“We’re going to try to
make it as much like
Marian Manor as possible,
to retain that homelike at
mosphere even though this
is going to be a new
building.”
Announcement
Reverend Monsignor John F. McDonough, V.G., ad
ministrator of the archdiocese of Atlanta, announces that a
leave of absence for reasons of health has been requested
and granted to Reverend Jacob A. Bollmer, executive
director. Catholic Social Services, Inc.
This leave was effective October 10, 1987.
Mr. Steven L. Brazen, presently assistant executive
director, will serve as interim director of Catholic Social
Services.
PARTNERS — Father Pat Bishop visits Police Chief William M.
Moss in his office at Cedartown police headquarters. The veteran law
officer and the pastor of St. Bernadette’s join forces at Christmas time
to bring toys and clothes to children who might otherwise have a bleak
Christmas. A story on the Cedartown parish begins on page 6.
Mission Sunday Asks
Aid For World's Poor
World Mission Sunday,
with a theme “Bring
Christ’s message of hope to
the ends of the earth,” will
be celebrated in the arch
diocese Oct. 25.
This Sunday is a time
when Catholics are asked
to support missionary work
through the Society for the
Propagation of the Faith.
The work of the Society is
outlined in a special four-
page supplement inserted
in this edition of The
Georgia Bulletin. In addi
tion to giving basic support
to the church in mission
areas, the Society also pro
vides special grants to
build churches and
chapels, to train lay
catechists, seminarians
and novices, and to provide
medical care and emergen
cy relief aid, when needed.
Money collected in par
ishes on Mission Sunday is
distributed as follows: 51
percent to the poorest faith
communities in the devel
oping world through the
Society ; 40 percent for mis
sionary work in needy
areas of the U.S. through
the American Board of
Catholic Missions, and nine
percent for the Church in
the Middle East through
the Catholic Near East
Welfare Association. Last
year Catholics in the U.S.
contributed in excess of $17
million on World Mission
Sunday.
The general fund of the
Society is distributed in its
entirety each year among
some 900 needy dioceses as
equitably and universally
as possible. It is the “daily
bread support of the
Church in the missions, the
foundation upon which the
local churches build their
apostolates and offer ser
vice to all,” the Society
says.
INSIDE THE BULLETIN
"The Place"
Synod Topics: Men,
Holds Open House
Women, Family
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