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Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta
Vol. 28 No. 6
Thursday, February 8, 1990
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South African Bishops
Call For More Reforms
WASHINGTON (CNS) - The southern
African bishops made themselves heard in
the country’s current political tumult, call
ing on the government to push reforms
beyond those recently announced.
The bishops welcomed the Feb. 2 an
nouncement by South African President
Frederick W. de Klerk that the African Na
tional Congress would be legalized, but
said the government still falls short on
committing itself to racial equality.
Earlier in the week, on Jan. 31, the
bishops urged an end to the death penalty
and a moratorium on executions. They
said the employment of the death sentence
is racially motivated and has been used as
a weapon against the anti-apartheid move
ment.
And at the beginning of the week, police
in the city of Bloemfontein used tear gas in
a Catholic church hall to break up a
meeting to plan protests of the South
African tour of a British soccer team.
Commenting on the announcement of the
unbanning of the African National Con
gress, bishops’ conference president
Bishop Wilfred Napier of Kokstad, South
Africa, said the move was welcome.
But he added, “I did not hear President
de Klerk make a firm commitment to a
new constitution on the basis of full equali
ty for everyone.”
“There can be no group rights or any
distinction made on the basis of color” in a
new constitution. Bishop Napier said.
De Klerk brought a package of reforms
to the opening of Parliament. He spoke of
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Appointments
Most Reverend Eugene A. Marino, SSJ,
archbishop of Atlanta, has approved the
recommendations of the Vice Provincial of
the Redemptorist Fathers, Reverend
Michael L. Dillon, CSsR, and announces
the following priestly appointments:
Father Francis A. Donlan, CSsR,
formerly priest-in-charge of St. Ann's mis
sion, Barnesville, has been appointed
pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Griffin,
and superior of the Redemptorist Fathers
of Griffin.
Father George Kelly, CSsR, has been ap
pointed pastor of Saint Gerard’s Church,
Fort Oglethorpe, and superior of the
Redemptorist Fathers of Fort Oglethorpe.
Father George S. Phillips, CSsR, has
been appointed pastor of St. James the
Apostle Church, McDonough.
Father John Ferris, CSsR, has been ap
pointed parochial vicar of Sacred Heart
Church, Griffin.
Father Raymond Govern, CSsR, has §
been appointed priest in residence at St. a
Gerard’s Church, Fort Oglethorpe. x
Redemptorist Fathers John A. <
Cavanaugh, Vincent J. Douglass, Joseph 2
V. Gorney and Francis J. Sands are leav- J
ing the archdiocese of Atlanta for
assignments by their religious order in
other dioceses.
All of the appointments are effective,
Saturday, Feb. 10.
LOOKING UP — Elizabeth Rawson Glover has her eyes on the arch
bishop after a Cathedral ceremony at which Rawson Haverty, her
grandfather, was honored. See page 7.
INSIDE
Father Stallings
excommunicates himself
on TV talk show page 2
St. Vincent de Paul
offers a good buy
for food shoppers page 3
Operation Rescue
closes headquarters
in Binghamton, N.Y page 12
Catholics At GSU
BY PAULA DAY
Catholics at Georgia State University are the focus of this
second in a series of articles personalizing the kinds of pro
grams aided by the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. The Ap
peal will be held Sunday, March 11.
College students today are interested in commitment.
They live with the fear of AIDS and it has changed their
choices. They exhibit a new kind of self-discipline in the
way they use their time, in their diet and in exercise
regimens.
Making these observations, Catholic campus minister
David Dye says he is impressed overall with the
seriousness of the students he has met at Georgia State
University. He adds, “There is an appalling amount of
misinformation about Catholic teaching.”
In July, 1989, Dye became full-time campus minister at
the non-residential university in downtown Atlanta. Since
then he has been involved in identifying Catholic students
and working to bring them together as a “university
Form Community
parish.” He also has found himself speaking out about
Catholic concerns and bringing to university dialogue
another perspective on issues such as abortion.
In early October Dye confronted the university’s
Spotlight Speakers committee on its decision to invite Roe
vs. Wade defense attorney, Sarah Weddington, to speak on
campus.
“The decision to invite someone so controversial is an in
sult to the Catholic Church and other Christian groups,”
Dye said at the time. He objected not only because student
activity fees were used to pay the pro-abortion speaker, but
because no opportunity was given for rebuttal.
This public encounter was a catalyst for the formation of
a pro-life committee on campus, now an officially recogniz-
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