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SINGING SAINTS — Members of the newly formed children’s choir at All Saints Church in Dunwoody dressed as their favorite saint in celebration of the parish’s patronal feast, Nov. 1. Father To Chu Father Joseph Fahy, who served Hispanic Catholics in the archdiocese t or three years, is one of five Pas- sionist priests recently ar rived in Honduras to serve the needs of the church there. They were formally mis sioned in a ceremony Oct. 19 at the Immaculate Concep tion Monastery Church in Jamaica, N.Y. Father Col- umkille Regan, C.P., pro vincial of the eastern pro vince, officiated. Archbishop Hector Ra mos of Tegucigalpa invited the Passionists to come and work in his archdiocese more than a year ago. The five priests joined another PAGE 3 — The Georgia Bulletin, November 12, 1987 Fahy Missioned rch In Honduras Sister Kathleen Purser Swaps Kids For Seniors Sister Kathleen Purser, GNSH, became director of North Atlanta Senior Services November 2. Sister Purser is a native Atlantan who attended Christ the King School and was a member of St. Pius X High School’s second graduation class. As a religious she served as prin cipal of St. Paul of the Cross and Immaculate Heart of Mary Schools in Atlanta. North Atlanta Senior Services is an ecumenical effort, modeled on the Kansas City, Missouri, Shepherd Center concept of “seniors helping seniors.” Its volunteers serve in the northwest Atlanta area helping with transportation, shopping, counseling, handyman service and phone reassurance. NASS' “Lunch and Learn" combines an op portunity to share a meal with the chance to learn. NASS also provides seniors with information about other available services. The director’s role expanded from a part-time to a full time position with Sister Purser’s appointment. She hopes to broaden NASS’ services. “One area of increasing need in society today is with the elderly,” she points out. “I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to these needs through the ecumenical setting of NASS. Basically I feel church is people responding to people in the name of Christ. In this new position I’m reaching out to a different group of people than I’ve reached before and I’m grateful to be doing it in the Atlanta area.” Norman Medford Funeral Home CATHOLIC FUNERAL DIRECTOR ON STAFF Call for Information about our Services 1408 Canton Highway - Marietta, Ga. Ph. 427-8447 75 East IVesley POSSIBLY THE FINEST VALUE IN BULKHEAD NEW 2 br. 2 ba. Fee Simple Town Homes Designed for the mature resident. Offering the utmost in privacy & convenience. Priced at $ 135,000 • Individual Private Elevator • Attached Garage • 24 Hour Monitored Electronic Security System Located just off Peachtree behind Christ the King Cathederal For more information call: 262-3127 r Jewish-Catholic Dialogue Resumes For the past year, under the auspices of The American Jewish Committee, members of the Catholic and Jewish communities have been meeting once a month to participate in a dialogue session. The dialogue has provided opportunities for open discussion about religious traditions, life cycle events as well as current and historic concerns. The dialogue sessions will resume on Sunday eve ning November 15, 7 p.m., at Saint Jude’s Church, 7171 Glenridge Drive, Sandy Springs. The groups are open to any persons of the Jewish or Catholic faiths. Anyone who wishes to participate may call Ronnie van Gelder at the AJC office, 233-5501. Reservations are necessary. The American Jewish Committee is this country's pioneer human relations organization. Founded in 1906, it combats bigotry, protects the civil and religious rights of Jews here and abroad, and ad vances the cause of improved human relations for all people everywhere. member of their order who is already working in an or phanage there. They are spending their first weeks in Honduras trying to discern what their ministry should be in view of the pressing needs outlined by the archbishop. In the spring of 1986, Father Fahy was a member of a Witness for Peace delegation from Atlanta to Nicaragua. In his ministry to Hispanics in the Atlanta archdiocese. Father Fahy worked tirelessly for the Cubans detained in the federal prison in Atlanta. For some time he visited them weekly, celebrating Mass and conducting prayer groups in Spanish. His visitation rights were canceled by prison officials after he began writing let ters to the editor of the Atlanta daily papers on their plight. He led a prayer vigil one Sunday afternoon each month outside the prison, sometimes joined by wives and children of the de tainees. Last June when the Hispanic bishops of the United States met at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers he ar ranged for two of the wives to speak to them about the situation. Father Fahy went to the Hispanics where they live and work. Several times weekly he traveled to north Georgia mountain areas where Mexicans and Cen tral Americans are em ployed in the poultry plants and carpet mills to counsel and celebrate Mass. He liv ed at St. Paul of the Cross rectory in southwest Atlan ta. The Hispanic leaders of the archdiocese, priests, sisters and laity, honored F ather Fahy at a reception in late September at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Although born in Washington, D.C., he is a member of a Catholic fami ly who lived in Rome, Ga., since before the Civil War. Baby... 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