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Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta
Vol. 28 No. 22
Thursday, May 31, 1990
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PICTURE PERFECT — Graduates Jenny Meads, left, and Dori
Oudkirk prepare for the baccalaureate Mass procession of St. Pius X
High School Class of 1990 May 24 at the Episcopal Cathedral of St.
Philip. (Photo by Linda Schaefer)
Jerusalem Christian Leaders
Cancel Holyday Celebrations
BY AGOSTINO BONO
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Christian
leaders in Jerusalem canceled traditional
Ascension Day celebrations at the Mount
of Olives because of the tense situation be
tween Israelis and Palestinians, Vatican
Radio reported.
The decision was made by the Catholic
and Orthodox patriarchs and Franciscan
leaders in charge of Catholic sites in the
area and came several days after an
Israeli machine-gunned to death seven
Palestinians, said Vatican Radio.
The massacre triggered renewed battles
between Palestinian protesters in Israeli-
occupied territories and Israeli security
forces, causing the death of at least 15
more Palestinians and injuring hundreds
more.
The battles have intensified the
30-month Palestinian uprising against
Israeli-rule, called “intifada” in Arabic.
The situation has caused a climate of
tension in the Arab community and a state
of insecurity that Israeli officials cannot
control, said Vatican Radio.
Ascension Day marks the day Christ
ascended into heaven and was celebrated
this year on May 24. 'Traditionally in
Jerusalem, celebrations begin the night
before, extending into the morning, and in
clude a pilgrimage up the Mount of Olives.
Vatican Radio reported that two Fran
ciscans organizing the ceremony went to
investigate the pilgrimage path several
days before and found the road blocked
and manned by young activists represen
ting the intifada.
This led to the decision that there were
not enough guarantees for the safety of
those participating in the pilgrimage and
ceremony, said Vatican Radio.
INSIDE THE BULLETIN
Your Sisters
Do you know them?
page 5
The Elderly
Decisions are family
issue page 9
De Colores
Award-winning series looks
at Hispanics page 13
Berry College
Notre Dame philosopher
to teach page 19
New York Racial Tension Combated
BY TRACY EARLY
LaSalette Appointments
On behalf of Archbishop Eugene A. Marino, SSJ,
Reverend Edward J. Dillon, vicar general, accepted
the recommendations of Very Reverend Thomas A.
Reilly, M.S., Provincial Superior of the Missionaries
of LaSalette. and announces the following priestly ap
pointments:
Father Donald G. Baribeau, M.S., formerly
parochial vicar at the parish of Saint 'Thomas the
Apostle in Smyrna, to pastor at Saint 'Thomas, effec
tive immediately.
Father Joseph J. Nolan, MS., presently ad
ministrator at the mission of Our Lady of the Moun
tains in Jasper, to pastor at the parish of Most Bless
ed Sacrament, Atlanta, effective Thursday, June 14.
Father Louis M. Perpete, M.S., presently in
residence at Most Blessed Sacrament, to parochial
vicar at the parish of Our Lady of LaSalette in Can
ton, effective Thursday, June 14.
Father Denis A. Kilumber, M.S., formerly pastor
at the parish of Immaculate Conception in Hartford,
Conn., to parochial vicar at the parish of Saint
Thomas the Apostle, effective immediately.
Brother Robert J. Belliveau, M.S., formerly tem
porary pastoral associate at the parish of Most Bless
ed Sacrament, to pastoral associate at Saint Thomas
the Apostle, effective immediately.
Brother 'Than T. Nguyen, M.S., to be ordained
deacon, June 3, to deacon at the parish of Saint
'Thomas the Apostle, effective Thursday, June 14.
NEW YORK (CNS) — Mayor David Dinkins of New York,
speaking at a May 22 “Unity Rally” he initiated at the
Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, called on his
fellow New Yorkers to join him in “a permanent campaign
to bring our city together.”
New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and Cardinal John J.
O’Connor of the Archdiocese of New York, were among the
political, religious, labor and community leaders pledging
their support.
'The rally was held to counter a mood of tension that has
built up over several racial incidents, including the killing
of young black men in Howard Beach and Bensonhurst and
a black boycott of a Korean market.
'Those boycotting the market charge that a black woman
shopping in the market was beaten. 'The Korean operators
say there was no beating but action to prevent shoplifting.
“We are witnessing the children of the immigrants and
the oppressed fighting each other as never before,” Dinkins
said. “The powerless are trying to prove their power by
hurting those who are just as powerless. It must stop — and
it must stop now.”
Cardinal O’Connor said as a representative of the 3
million Catholics in the city, he felt it obligatory to
apologize for “any of my own failures” and pledged “to ex
ert whatever leadership I can to help the mayor achieve his
goals.”
'The preceding Sunday, Cardinal O’Connor had announc
ed at his Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral that he was calling
for a pledge against racism from all Catholics of the
archdiocese, which includes the New York boroughs of
Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx, plus seven upstate
counties.
He followed up with a letter to each pastor of the arch
diocese asking that on Pentecost Sunday, June 3, they
lead their congregations in reciting:
“I pledge to treat all men and women of every race and
culture with the respect and dignity that is their right as
persons made in the image and likeness of God.”
'The letter also asked that the prayers of the faithful that
Sunday include the petition, “That the Spirit of God may
root out of human hearts all forms of prejudice, racism and
hate, and replace them with understanding, love and
respect for people of all races, cultures and classes.”
As a third action, Cardinal O’Connor asked that homilies
on Pentecost develop the theme of the equality of all people.
At the “Unity Rally,” the Rev. Norman Quick, a black
Pentecostal pastor who is president of the New York City
Council of Churches, said the council was declaring June 4 a
day of “solidarity against bigotry.” He asked that New
Yorkers mark the day by wearing a blue ribbon and driving
with their headlights on.
Cuomo, who spoke after Dinkins, joined him in urging
frustrated New Yorkers to see that the source of much of
their difficulty was not in each other but in federal policies
that ignored such problems as drugs, illiteracy and lack of
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