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The Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta Vol. 26 No. 14 Thursday, April 7, 1988 $12.00 Per Year Mideast Diplomacy Part Of Rome Easter BY JOHN THAVIS VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II celebrated Easter with an impromptu appeal tor peace, justice and religious liberty, after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and encouraging his latest peace mission to the Middle East. The pope's, busy weekend combined international diplomacy and traditional Easter services. He led a torch- lit Way of the Cross in Rome’s Colosseum, baptized con verts during an Easter Vigil ceremony and celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica a Mass marking the Resurrection. On Easter Sunday, April 3, the pope dedicated his tradi tional address “To the City and to the World” (“Urbi et Or- bi”) to Mary, as a witness of Christ’s suffering and resur rection. At the end of the talk, his voice rising with emotion, the pope added spontaneously: “Pray for peace in the world, for justice! Pray for the diverse rights of man, especially for freedom of religion; for solidarity among peoples throughout the world — in the First, Second, Third and Fourth Worlds!” (Continued on page 10) WEST BANK UNREST — A Franciscan priest talks with an armed Israeli soldier in the plaza of the Church of the Nativity in Beth lehem. Israeli security forces had fired on Palestinian protesters who attacked the police station across the street from the shrine. (NC photo from UPI-Reuter) EACH Stands For Commitment To Homeless By Five Churches BY PAULA DAY "There is a season for everything, a time for every oc cupation under heaven.. A time for knocking down, a time for building." Ecclesiastes 3:1,3 Five Atlanta church congregations are pooling their ef forts to do something permanent about homelessness in Atlanta. Members of Christ the King Cathedral parish, together with the Episcopal congregations of St. Philip, St. Martin of the Field and Church of the Atonement and Northside United Methodist Church, have formed EACH, Ecumenical Atlanta Churches for the Homeless, a non-profit organiza tion. EACH has joined with the South Atlanta Land Trust (SALT) to provide both transitional and permanent housing for the homeless in one of Atlanta’s oldest residential areas. To date EACH has renovated one small house and is finishing renovation of a two-story duplex. According to Danny Murray, spokesperson for Christ the King’s EACH involvement, the group’s objective is to “ac tively help the homeless in an ecumenical fashion.” Bar bara King-Rogers, SALT spokesperson, emphasizes the permanent nature of the effort. “Some businesses give tens of thousands of dollars to im prove situations in the shelter. How do you improve a stable?” she asks. Helen Moore, who represents the Church of the Atonement on the board of EACH, realizes the effort will affect the lives of fewer people, but believes the effects will be long-lasting because “the children will not grow up on the streets.” The houses and land belong to SALT, an innovative pro gram in South Atlanta, designed to redevelop the neighborhood and keep it residential. SALT’S program has two facets. One is buying vacant, deteriorating houses in the neighborhood, renovating them and then selling them to low-income families at both a reasonable price and reasonable interest rate. The other facet provides transi tional housing, where a homeless family can “get back on its feet.” At the present time EACH volunteers are helping renovate a house on Jonesboro Road for use as a transi tional home. The original South Atlanta community in which the houses are located is approximately one square mile in area, bounded by Jonesboro Road, Termin Avenue and Capitol Avenue. The area is just east of the I 75-85 ex pressway off the University Avenue exit. About a year ago as a group the five churches began ex ploring ways to help the homeless. They were impressed with SALT’S approach. In January EACH volunteers began work on their first house. The volunteers spend Saturdays gutting the houses and then renovating them from the studs (two by four frames). After renovation, a family now stay ing in a shelter or living in an automobile will live, rent-free in the transitional house. Following a plan of counseling, guidance and support developed by SALT, the family will be helped to a more stable existence and permanent residence. “Our intention is to see a homeless family completely rehabilitated and on its own,” said Gertrude Moseley, liaison between EACH and SALT, and member of the Northside United Methodist congregation. “Our main thrust is to get the women and children out of shelters and families back together.” Once a family is living in the house, EACH will work with it to identify and meet its individual needs, such as child care, financial counseling or job training. Under a contract with EACH, the family will agree to save one third of its earnings to pay for permanent housing. When the family is able to live independently, EACH will help provide a per- (Continued on page 6) Washington For Jesus M. Teresa To Lead Rosary By Video WASHINGTON (NC) - Mother Teresa of Calcutta will lead thousands of Catholics and other Christians, via videotape, in praying the rosary at the April 29 Washington for Jesus prayer rally. The event, sponsored by One Nation Under God Inc., is expected to draw up to 500,000 people to the Capitol Mall for 12 hours of prayer. Redemptorist Father Tom Forrest, director of the international evangelization project, Evangelization 2000, and Father Sam Jacobs, chairman of the Na tional Service Committee for Charismatic Renewal, are Catholic co-chairmen of the event. The evening before the rally, Catholic participants will gather at St. Matthew’s Cathedral for a special Mass celebrated by Archbishop Joseph T. Ryan, head of the U.S. Archdiocese for Military Services. Youths participating in the rally will hold an all- night vigil prior to the prayer gathering. Father Mike Kolar, founder of the National Evangelization Team, will be one of the vigil speakers. David Roth, executive director of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Center in Independence, Mo., and a member of the rally’s executive planning com mittee, said Pope John Paul II may also send a video prayer. Roth said charismatic prayer groups and renewal centers in dioceses throughout the United States are planning to send representatives to the rally. The Rev. John Gimenez, pastor of Rock Church in Virginia Beach, Va., the initial organizer of the gathering, said “the Lord has spoken clearly con cerning the purpose of this solemn assembly,” which will be to pray as Jesus did that “we all may be one.”
