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PAGE 6 — The Georgia Bulletin, October 12, 1989 Dinner Honors Major Capital Fun ds Drive Donors BY PAULA DAY A dinner to honor major donors, members of the steering committee, and the priests’ advisory committee who helped make the archdiocesan Capital Funds Drive a suc cess was held at the residence of Archbishop Eugene Marino on Friday, Sept. 29. The Drive, initiated in 1983, raised $7.8 million, exceeding it $7.2 million goal. As of September, 1989, the four projects to be funded by this money had been completed. Especially honored at the dinner was Rawson Haverty chairman of the drive steering committee. Archbishop Marino announced that a special papal blessing for Haverty had been requested but had not yet arrived. Haverty and the others honored received a mounted crystal cross of nails crafted by the Hans Frabel glass studios. Trish Johnston, assistant director of development for the archdiocese, felt the selection of an art object using nails in the form of a cross was particularly fitting. Many of the projects funded by the drive were construction projects and all had Christ as their central motivation, Mrs. Johnston noted. These projects were the extension and renovation of St. Pius X High School, the construction of a new Catholic Center for Georgia Tech students, the building of three DONOR GUESTS — Mary Crawford, Nim and Alfred Mansour and Bill Crawford were among the more than 100 guests honored at the din ner. Catholic personal care homes and the establishment of a scholarship endowment for St. Anthony and Our Lady of Lourdes elementary schools. In addition to renovating the St. Pius chapel, the drive funded the construction of a library, arts center and auditorium, eight classrooms and a computer lab at the high school. The new Catholic Center at Georgia Tech is intended to be a parish away from home for the approximately 1,800 Catholics who attend Tech. The Center is used for prayer, study and play, according to Father Mario DiLella, OFM, campus minister. In addition to daily Mass and four weekend liturgies, the rosary is prayed publicly each day, a prayer group meets each Wednesday and quarterly retreats are available for students. On Tuesday evenings they can participate in a theological, scriptural study group. There are rooms for private study and a recreational area with ping pong, pool and foosball. Yearly social events at the Catholic Center include VCR movie nights, a Halloween party, and Thanksgiving and Easter dinners. Approximately 200 students actively in volve themselves in the parish life of the Center, planning the liturgies, taking part in folk music groups, managing the finances, caring for the lawn. Students make up the council with its 12 commit tees which plan and over see these aspects of parish life, leaving Father DiLella “free to take care of the spiritual.” St. Teresa’s Manor was the last of the three per sonal care homes for the elderly to be completed. It is located in Riverdale, and opened its doors in April. St. Thomas Manor in Col lege Park began operations in October, 1988. The first of the personal care homes, Marian Manor, is a renovated convent on the grounds of Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in Atlanta. The manors pro vide security and a home like atmosphere for elderly persons who do not need nursing care. 5 Two inner-city elemen- ^ tary schools, St. Anthony’s and Our Lady of Lourdes are able to extend financial aid to students using funds generated by the Drive. Thirteen to 15 families at St. Anthony’s receive scholarship assistance Cancer Home Luncheon Set The 33rd annual luncheon to benefit Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer Home will be held Thursday, Oct. 26 at the Atlanta Hilton Hotel, 255 Courtland St. The Home, a haven for those suffer ing from incurable cancer, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Established in 1939 by the Hawthorne Dominicans, the Home is for those cancer patients, regardless of race, creed or national origin, who have ex hausted their resources battling the disease. Once a year Atlantans are in vited to support the work of the Sisters through the luncheon, donations, and this year, through the sale of notepaper and Christmas cards. Festivities will feature a fashion show and champagne luncheon. Guests will include Archbishop Eugene A. Marino, SSJ, and Monica Kaufman, an chorwoman for WSB television. Donations are the principal means of support each year for the Cancer Home’s needs which include medical supplies, drugs and medical fur nishings. The Christmas cards, to be offered this year for the first time, will feature the Cancer Home’s gardens. Both cards and notes are $5.50 for a box of 20 plus a $1 mailing fee. Interested persons should call Doris Beck at 474-3911 for more information. Cookbooks featuring recipes from the Home’s auxiliary members will also be on sale at the luncheon. Tickets for the event may be obtained by calling Ann Bailey at 252-5403. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer Home was established by the Hawthorne Dominicans in 1939 in the Hebrew Orphans Home. It was replac ed in 1973 by the present structure, built by contributions from Atlantans of many faiths and persuasions. The congregation, Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer, was founded by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, convert daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, in 1896. She left a life of ease and luxury to work with cancer sufferers in New York’s slums. Her Religious continue her work of service, bringing nursing care and a home-like atmosphere to the patients at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home HONORED — Rawson Haverty, holds the gift given to major donors in this photo with Arch bishop Marino. (Photo by Jane Abrams) amounting to $16,000 each year from the endowment fund, according to Sister Patricia Clune, CSJ, principal. “This allows us to minister to those who would otherwise not be able to attend,” she said. “The diocese has made a real commitment to our school, for which I am very, very grateful. The funds also allow us to help families in crisis with partial, interim scholarships.” Our Lady of Lourdes receives $10,000 a year from the scholarship endowment fund and is able to give financial aid to 15 percent of its students from this and other diocesan assistance, according to John Cobis, principal. “It’s definitely a blessing to us,” Cobis added. Over 100 guests attended the dinner, which planners call ed “a major ‘thank you’” to those who helped with the Capital Funds Drive. “We were into friend raising, not fund raising,” Mrs. Johnston said. Marist Observes Hunger Week Marist School observed Hunger Week the week of Sept. 25 with activities to help raise student con sciousness concerning the plight of the hungry and the homeless. The week began with 91 Marist students par ticipating in the sixth an nual Metro Atlanta Hunger Walk. Their pledges totaled almost $2,400 and will go to the St. Vincent de Paul Five for Food program, which helps the hungry and soup kitchens in the Atlan ta area. On Wednesday, students brought in nearly 4,000 cans of food to be taken to The Place in Cumming. As a major supplier of canned food to this rural social ser vice agency, Marist con ducts a collection twice a year. Only soup and crackers were served in Marist’s cafeteria Friday when more than 400 students and faculty members par ticipated in a Soup Fast to demonstrate solidarity with the world’s hungry. Proceeds from the pur chase of the soup rather than a full lunch will be sent to Father Richard Ho Lung, founder of the Brothers of the Poor in Kingston, Jamaica. On Saturday Marist students worked at the Atlanta Community Food Bank. They sorted salvage able food and helped pack it in boxes to be delivered to needy families in Atlan ta. Several Marist students spent Sunday at the Open Door soup kitchen, a Presbyterian Catholic Worker house, helping to prepare and serve the meals. Marist’s work with the soup kitchens and with the Food Bank is ongoing, with students working at each place twice a month. St. Ann's Plans Mission St. Ann’s parish in Marietta will hold a mission Oct. 16-18 with Carmelite Father Steve Cooley as director. The “Know Yourself Series” will deal with anger and other feelings and self-love. Father Cooley is considered an authority in the area of personal, marital and family growth and enrichment. He has experience as a teacher, associate pastor and alcohol and drug addiction counselor, as well as a marriage and family therapist. Interested persons are invited to join the St. Ann’s parish community for the mission. The church is located at 4905 Roswell Road.
