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PAGE 9 — The Georgia Bulletin, November 13, 1986

BY CYNTHIA HEIDECKER

TV Series Celebrates Spirit Of Christmas The approach of the Christmas season brings a new series to AIB CABLE.* The series, entitled, “The Holiest Night of the Year,” will prepare the viewer for the joyful celebration of Christmas by combining theological teachings, story telling and the enlivening participation of the young and old with a blend of traditional and contemporary songs. Each program also includes a spiritual message and suggested practices to prepare for and celebrate the Feast of the Nativity. Produced by Joyful Light Catholic Productions, this series is geared to the general audience, but will be a special delight to children. The first program in the series will air on Wednesday evening, Nov. 19 from 8:30 to 9.

The full television schedule for the week of Nov. 16 follows: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 THE CATHOLIC MASS — The Mass will be celebrated at the following times: 8:30 a m. on WOR-TV (Channel 47

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Election Night in the Neighborhood

On November 3, I waited for the election returns at the Ridgewood, Queens headquarters of my congressional candidate, Dennis Shea. The 31-year-old nominee of the Republican and Conservative parties ran an extraordinary campaign against incumbent Tom Manton, the check-bouncing Queens County Democratic boss.

The seat, once held bygd Geraldine Ferraro, had been in Democratic hands since 1948 and was considered by most pundits as impregnable. Dennis Shea, Harvard Law School Graduate and counsel to Senator Dole, viewed it from a different perspective. In early 1992, he left his job in Washington to give up a year of his life because he believed that regardless of the election’s outcome, he wanted to give something back to the neighborhood, parish, and family that provided him with the virtues he needed to attain a slice of the American Dream.

Before the New York polls closed, it was apparent that the President was going down the tubes. I was fr

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This was posted two days ago on a Twitter account called Cream City Catholic, a 1985 letter from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee granting someone permission to attend the traditional Latin Mass. It would be interesting to know what the specific conditions were that had to be satisfied before such permission was granted, as stated in the opening paragraph. We should also note the conditions attached, that the letter had to be presented at the chapel to gain admission, and that the permission could not be extended to anyone else (“notable to be extended to other friends or family members.”)

If the current news about events in the Church gets you down, remember that only 34 years ago, during the Papacy of a canonized Saint, it was an official part of ecclesiastical law that a bishop could treat the members of his flock in this fashion. And, since we have just passed the anniversary of the end of Pope Benedict XVI’s reign, let us remember to thank God for the great gift