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WELCOME — Father Bob Poandl greets the Walsh family in the 1981 photo above. In the 1972 photo below right, Father Gerald Peterson, at right, enjoys doughnuts with soldiers in Dahlonega area for Army ranger training on Mount Yonah. (Glenmary Photos) Two Share Glenmary Life As Volunteers In Kentucky BY PAULA DAY Tim Kelly of the Shrine of the Im maculate Conception, and Terry Markey, formerly of All Saints in Dunwoody, were among more than 40 men who participated this past summer in the annual Glenmary Home Missioners’ summer volunteer pro gram. Based at the Glenmary farm in Vanceburg, Ky., the program gives men the opportunity to serve the underprivileg ed and experience first hand an active mis sion life by working with the poor in eastern Kentucky. After graduating from Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina, the 23-year-old Markey used the last week in May as a volunteer to discern about the direction he would take with his life. “It was a very humbling experience,” Markey said. “It made you appreciate what you have. I enjoyed meeting people in the mission church. They make do with what they have and are very appreciative of what God has given them.” An outdoor Mass celebrated in the woods impressed him deeply. “God was really there,” he said. Markey is now working as a youth minister in Spartanburg, S.C. Kelly, 27, is a social worker in Atlanta. He participated in the program the last week in July. During the week, the volunteers met the people in the communi ty, spent time with patients in a nursing home, worked on the Glenmary farm, painted a barn and helped build a house for a family who had been living in an old camper without adequate water, heat or plumbing. The area is two percent Catholic, according to Kelly. “I was looking for a volunteer program,” he said. “I love what the Glen- marys do. They live a lot of the Gospel values. I was real impressed with their work with the poor, disenfranchised and marginal folk in our society.” YOUNG ARTISTS — Christmas cards created by children attending the summer program at The Place are shown above. The message on each card reads “Share your love at Christmas and always.” Glenmary (Continued from page 7) post-Vatican II years to represent the U.S. Catholic Church in dialogue with Southern Baptists. He attended each annual Southern Baptist Convention from 1965 un til 1971. He began working fulltime on the dialogue in 1969, staying on in Cleveland and also continuing his involvement as board chairman for the Office of Economic Opportunity poverty program in the 19- county Ninth Congressional District. Father Bob Dalton took over the dialogue, renamed the Scholars Dialogue, in 1982. It went on for several years until its effectiveness was weakened, Father Ruff said, because of the turmoil splitting Southern Baptists. The work of the Baptist Home Mission Board under which the talks were conducted was diminished because of the struggle. Such top level dissension had a trickle down effect. “On the local level, pastors don’t get support for dialogue,” Father Ruff said. “We see that there is some discouragement among Southern Baptists who would like to be more ecumenical.” There is an encouraging development, however. Father Ruff said the dialogue will be reopened in March, 1990, with Father Dalton returning as the field representative for the National Con ference of Catholic Bishops. Father Lou McNeil came to Cleveland in 1969 as second pastor. Father Ruff con tinued to live in Cleveland. Both Glen- marians left there in 1971. The new pastor joined the fight against poverty on the local level while Father Ruff was involved in the 19-county program. Father McNeil worked with local welfare agency people and VISTA workers whose welcome by other townsfolk was less than warm. There was a reliable group of St. Paul parishioners, about eight or ten he recall ed, who volunteered with the VISTA group, driving clients to the doctors and going in to their homes to cook and clean for them. During that time, a Catholic VISTA worker started a day care program at the Methodist church. That congregation gave a section of its property to be converted in to a small playground for local children. St. Paul’s was able to fund purchase of play apparatus through a timely gift from a friend. Catholic college students from Worcester, Mass., came down and con structed the swings, sliding boards and bars. In August of this year, the Glenmary Home Missioners held a symposium to plan for the next 20 years of evangelization in the southern U.S. at Eastern Kentucky University. Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago was keynote speaker. Twelve bishops were among the 300 participants. Father Ruff, elected president of the congregation in 1983, was encouraged by Cardinal Bernardin’s message. “He said that to proclaim the Gospel effectively, Catholics will have to be fully southern as well as fully Catholic,” Father Ruff reported. Religion in the overwhelming majority of Southerners, he said the car dinal predicted, will be personal, democratic, effective and consultative. Next week: Blairsville, Clarkesville and Clayton. The Place Offers Christmas Cards Christmas cards created by children participating in last summer’s enrichment program at The Place are on sale this season. Funds raised will go toward the relocation of this Rural Social Services agency in Cumming. The Place was establish ed in 1975 to provide outreach programs for the needy in Forsyth County. The lease on the buildings now occupied will expire soon. It is hoped a larger building can be found in Cumming. Also available will be notecards designed by Georgia artists Jim and Jean deSana. An alter native gift card is offered for those who wish to make a donation to The Place in stead of sending a gift to friends and relatives. Christmas cards, 12 cards per package, cost $10; notecards, 12 per package, are $5. Suggested donation for the alternative cards is $10 each. Cards may be purchased through Catholic Social Services at 881-6571; Becky Millard at 641-8377 or The Place at 1-404-887-1098. Cards may also be available at some area parishes. Anyone in terested in helping sell the cards can call one of the telephone numbers given. Transfiguration Hobby Auction The annual Hobby Auction at Transfiguration Church will be held Sunday, Nov. 12 in the Family Life Center adjacent to the church. A light supper will be served at 6:30 p.m. dur ing which time the items can be viewed. Auctioning will begin at 7 p.m. Crafts to be offered are handmade by parishioners and friends including an original watercolor by local artist Jim Regan. “We have decorative baskets, folk art, needle-work and lots of wood-working this year,” said Nancy Dereng, chairperson for the auction. Homemade baked goods will also be on sale. The event is open to the public and child care will be pro vided. Transfiguration Church is at 1815 Blackwell Rd. in northeast Marietta. For further information or directions call 977-1442.
