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Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta
Vol. 27 No. 17
Thursday, April 27,1989
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„ THE CHURCH AND THE POOR — In a Kingston, Jamaica home staff
ed by Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity an abandoned man has
found shelter. The second in a two-part series on Jamaica appears on
. Page 7.
St. Teresa's Manor Is
Completion Of A Dream
BY PAULA DAY
The dedication by Archbishop Eugene A.
Marino of St. Teresa’s Manor on April 16
realized a dream and fulfilled a commit
ment to the people of the archdiocese.
The personal care home for the elderly
at 277 Medical Way in Riverdale is the last
of three such facilities funded by the arch
diocesan Capital Funds Drive of 1983.
According to archdiocesan finance de
partment figures, 1,287 donors earmarked
more than $1 million for building or endow
ing the proposed personal care homes. Ad
ditional unrestricted funds from the Drive
underwrote the over $2 million cost of the
project.
Steve Brazen, executive director of
Catholic Social Services, under whose
auspices Catholic Personal Care Homes,
Inc. is administered, pointed out that the
dedication marked the closure of the last
construction project stemming from the
Drive. Because of the donations, the three
personal care homes are debt-free and
fees from residents can go solely to
operating costs.
For Sister Teresa Termini, C.S.J., the
dedication means the fulfillment of a
dream which began almost a decade ago.
In 1977, Sister Teresa, who is CSS’ pro-
s gram director of services to the elderly,
| worked for the opening of an archdiocesan
w nursing care home. The needed state cer
es tification was granted, the architect’s
plans completed, the site chosen, fur
nishings ordered. But high interest rates at
the time doomed that version of assistance
to the elderly. The project was not finan
cially feasible.
“That was a disappointment, and not on
ly for me,” Sister Teresa recalled. Arch
bishop Thomas Donnellan and a Sister of
Mercy who had worked on the planning
with Sister Teresa also saw their hopes
frustrated. “Even the state planning office
was disappointed,” Sister Teresa said.
Sister Teresa Termini, C.S.J.
...a dream fulfilled
An alternative plan to nursing homes for
the elderly began to evolve in the early
1980s. Called personal care homes, the con
cept recognized that many elderly do not
need 24-hour professional nursing care,
but some frail elderly do need the security
of 24-hour supervision. With that supervi
sion those who are mobile can maintain a
degree of freedom in a homelike setting
and still be assisted with baths, if
necessary ; reminded of medication; pro
vided with appropriate activities; and, in
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Father Dillon To Coordinate Diocesan Work
BY GRETCHEN KEISER
In a continuing effort to shape the relationship between
’ the archdiocese and the parishes, Archbishop Eugene A.
Marino, S.S.J. has decided to name a “moderator of the
curia.”
, Father Edward Dillon, the pastor of Holy Spirit parish,
Atlanta, and the vicar general of the archdiocese, will be
the moderator.
This post, which was created when the Code of Canon
* (Church) Law was revised in 1983, will be new to many
Catholics. It is a post designed to help the bishop of a
diocese coordinate his administrative work so that he can
be freer to carry out pastoral duties.
*
Archbishop Marino said that this was the motivation for
his appointment of Father Dillon to the post.
The archbishop, who will celebrate his first anniversary
. in the archdiocese on May 5, said that he wants more flex
ibility in his schedule to visit parishes more frequently and
for other than ceremonial and sacramental events. He also
would like the time to take more initiatives in the arch
diocese and the city of Atlanta as the shepherd of the
diocese.
While certain aspects of a bishop’s role can only be car
ried out by him, others can be delegated. The new Code of
Canon Law, recognizing this as a need in many dioceses,
proposed the post of moderator of the curia.
Under the code, the office is to be filled by a priest, and
usually by the priest who already serves as vicar general of
the archdiocese.
While the volume of work varies from diocese to diocese,
in Atlanta the assignment will not be a full-time position.
Archbishop Marino said that Father Dillon would continue
to be pastor of Holy Spirit and would take on this new
responsibility on a part-time basis. When the annual assign
ment of priests is made shortly, Father Dillon will be given
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AgM Appointment
In accordance with the provision of canon 473, #2,1
hereby appoint Reverend Edward J. Dillon, V.G., to
be the Moderator of the Curia of the Archdiocese.
Given in Atlanta, April 21, 1989.
Archbishop of Atlanta
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