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Vol. 28 No. 21
Thursday, May 24, 1990
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ARCHDIOCESAN SERVICE MEDAL
A new medal recognizing service given to the archdiocese of Atlanta
has been designed showing, in the plaster cast, above, the Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception and Georgia Capitol on the front and the hills
of North Georgia and the Chattahoochee River on the back. The medals
will be struck in bronze. The first two were awarded to longtime Sacred
Heart parish workers Margaret Norris and Mary Greene. A story ap
pears on page six.
June Ordinations Set
For Two New Priests
'Two priests will be or
dained for the archdiocese
of Atlanta in early June,
one at the Cathedral of
Christ the King in Atlanta,
and the other in the chapel
at All Hallows College in
Dublin.
Reverend Mr. Ronald
Fuchs, the son of Ronald
and Emma Fuchs, will be
ordained Saturday, June 2,
at the Cathedral of Christ
the King at 10:30 a.m. The
ordaining bishop, in the
absence of Archbishop
Eugene A. Marino, SSJ,
will be Bishop Daniel L.
Ryan of Springfield, Ill., a
friend of the priest can
didate who was to have
concelebrated the Mass of
ordination. A reception will
be held at the Hyland
Center after the Mass.
Reverend Mr. Fuchs
received the master of
divinity degree from St.
Meinrad School of
Theology in Indiana May
16.
His first Mass will be
celebrated at Sts. Peter
and Paul Church in
Decatur at 11:30 a.m. June
3 and his first assignment
will be as parochial vicar
at the Cathedral.
Reverend Mr. Paul Flood
will be ordained Sunday,
June 10, at 11 a.m. at All
Hallows, the seminary
where he has studied for
the priesthood. He will be
ordained by Bishop Gerry
Coffee of the Diocese of
Sale, near Melbourne,
Australia. An alumnus of
All Hallows in 1958, Bishop
Coffee was ordained a
bishop last year and will be
ordaining two All Hallows
men as priests June 10.
Four other All Hallows
students will be ordained in
their own dioceses.
Reverend Mr. Flood’s
first Mass will be
celebrated in his home
parish of Christ the King in
Cabra in Dublin at 6 p.m.
on June 11. He will be
assigned to Corpus Christi
parish in Stone Mountain
as parochial vicar.
First Assignments
On behalf of Archbishop Eugene A. Marino, SSJ,
Reverend Edward J. Dillon, Vicar General, an
nounces the following priestly appointments:
Reverend Mr. Ronald G. Fuchs, Jr. to be ordained
to the priesthood Saturday, June 2, at the Cathedral
of Christ the King, as parochial vicar at the Cathedral
of Christ the King, effective Thursday, June 14.1990.
Reverend Mr. Paul A. Flood, to be ordained to the
priesthood Sunday, June 10, at All Hallows College,
Dublin, Ireland, as parochial vicar at the parish of
Corpus Christi in Stone Mountain, effective Wednes
day, August 1,1990.
Death Penalty Opponents
Pope Warns East:
Watch Capitalism
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Since the fall of communist
governments in Eastern Europe, Pope John Paul II has
picked up a new theme: Europe must avoid the pitfalls of
capitalism.
In trips to Mexico and Czechoslovakia and in a talk to
Italian bishops, the pope has warned that communism’s
failure does not mean countries should automatically adopt
“liberal capitalism” as the way to economic development.
Although the pope never criticized capitalist countries by
name, the Jesuit-run magazine La Civilta Cattolica —
which reflects Vatican views — ran an 11-page editorial
May 19 saying that Europe must avoid “the political,
economic and military imperialism of the United States.”
La Civilta Cattolica officials describe their magazine as a
* non-Vatican publication at the service of the Vatican. Its
editorials and major articles are reviewed by the Vatican
Secretariat of State before publication.
During an April 21-22 trip to Czechoslovakia, Pope John
Paul warned East Europeans that the dangers that renew
ed “contacts with the West can bring must not be
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Walk In Death Row States
BY RITA McINERNEY
She had been present at three execu
tions, Sister Helen Prejean told an
ecumenical, bilingual service May 16 as
the National Pilgrimage for Abolition of
the Death Penalty paused at Sacred Heart
Church in Griffin.
“They are not heroes,” she admitted of
her executed friends. “I don’t condone
what they did. But they died as sons of
God.”
Sister Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph of
Medaille, coordinator of the 400-mile
march and caravan which started in
Starke, Fla., May 5, called the pilgrimage
“not just a protest but a journey of hope.”
In the mixture of people making the
march, she believes, “there is hope for the
country.”
The march culminated “Lighting the
Torch of Conscience,” a year-long cam
paign sponsored by Amnesty Interna
tional, the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, the National Coalition to
Abolish the Death Penalty, the American
Friends Service Committee, and the Na
tional Interreligious Task Force on
Criminal Justice.
Taking part were relatives of victims,
women with a husband or son on Death
Row, former inmates, ministers, priests,
Religious, young people. About them as
they mingled with supporters in the parish
hall was an aura of friendship, of family.
Twelve days ago they had been strangers;
now they were enthusiastic, tolerant com
rades.
The prayer service offered several mar
chers a chance to address people from the
Griffin community and from Atlanta.
Among those giving testimony was the
Rev. Fred D. Taylor of the Southern Chris
tian Leadership Conference in Atlanta.
From the warm applause of his fellow
marchers it was clear the frail clergyman
was a strong force on the journey.
Reverend Taylor said he was “making a
witness for those who do not have a
voice...the disposables to whom society
has said ‘you do not have basic rights.’”
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