Fifty-nine laymen or laywomen, seven priests and seven nuns will serve on two councils and five boards that will play important roles in the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s future in pastoral matters, administrations, education, social services, development, communications and lay organizations.

It is believed that Atlanta is the first archdiocese in the nation to form predominately lay boards.

Of the 73 persons who will serve on the councils and boards, 12 were selected by Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan while the other 61 were named after popular elections held Jan. 29 in all parishes. Laymen will be chairmen of all councils and boards.

The councils and boards established by the Synod include the Pastoral Council to work on renewal programs of Vatican II; the Administrative Council to coordinate, review and report on all budgets and major financial moves; the Development Board to plan long-and-short-range expansion programs; Board of Communications to publish the Georgia Bulletin and maintain an office of information; the Board of Education which will supervise education at all levels; the Board of Social Services which will supervise all welfare activities; and the Board of Lay Organizations. Each council and board has a priest secretary who will not vote.

The first meetings of each council and board will be held at the archbishop’s residence, 136 W. Wesley Rd., NE, with other meetings at parish halls. Each council or board will determine the place and date of monthly meetings and will draw up bylaws for approval.

The abundance of dedication and talent in this archdiocese is very evident in the results of the voting Sunday, Jan. 29, Archbishop Hallinan said.

When to these elected choices is added the selection of ten more competent persons in special fields, it is not an exaggeration to state that the People of God will be represented by laymen whose only concern is to have a say in the responsibility of the archdiocese’s programs.

“The Senates of Priests and Sisters each elected a representative to the various boards. In congratulating the new appointees, I congratulate all of our people, religious and priests who have provided such splendid leaders,” he said.

The archbishop said the Lay Congress’ proposals have been copied almost exactly with one exception—instead of boards of seven and 12 members, boards of nine and 11 members were established.

The councils and boards follow:

PASTORAL COUNCIL-Chairman: James W. Callison (Most Blessed Sacrament); Herbert G. Farnsworth (Cathedral); Mrs. Benjamin Jones (Our lady of Lourdes); Thomas Kratzer (Sts. Peter and Paul); Furman Smith (Church of the Holy Spirit); William A. Stevens (St. Philip Benizi, Jonesboro); Robert B. Troutman (Sacred Heart, Atlanta); Msgr. Michel Manning (pastor, Sts. Peter and Paul); Sister Ann Julie, S.N.D. (teacher, St. Pius X High School); Priest Secretary, Father Paul F. Kelley (teacher of Religion, St. Joseph’s High School).

ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL-Chairman: Rawson Haverty (Church of the Holy Spirit); Mrs. Edward P. Faust (Sts. Peter and Paul); G. Albert Lawton (Church of the Holy Spirit); Paul A. Sauerburger (Immaculate Heart of Mary); Hughes Spalding, Jr. (St. Jude’s); George V. Werner (St. Anthony’s); Adolphus D. Wilburn (St. Mary’s, Elberton); Father John D. Stapleton (pastor, St. Jude’s); Sister M. Melanie, R.S.M. (administrator, St. Joseph’s Hospital); Priest Secretary, Father Noel C. Burtenshaw (chancellor, Archdiocese of Atlanta).

BOARD OF EDUCATION- Chairman: Samuel McQuaid (Our Lady of the Assumption); Robert D. Ballentine (St. John Vianney, Austell); Dr. J. Norman Berry (St. Jude); Mrs. Thomas M. Corbett (Church of the Holy Cross); Gerald T. Deckbar (I.H.M.); Capt. Howard J. Duff (St. Joseph’s, Marietta); John P. Noonan (Church of the Holy Spirit); Mrs. Alex W. Smith (C.C.K); Dr. Harding B. Young (St. Paul of the Cross); Msgr. Patrick J. O’Connor (pastor, St. Thomas More); Father John J. Cotter (principal, St. Pius X High School); Sister Rosaire, M.S.C. (St. Joseph’s School, Athens); Priest Secretary, Father Daniel J. O’Connor (secretary for education, Archdiocese of Atlanta, Principal, St. Joseph’s High School).

BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVCIES-Chairman: John A. Ferguson (Most Blessed Sacrament); J. Edward Beckham (St. Thomas More); Miss Catherine Boling (Immaculate Heart of Mary); Mrs. James Craig (Sacred Heart, Milledgeville); Henry L. de Give (Cathedral); Dr. Charles F. Goosby (St. Paul of the Cross); Miss Kathy Moody (Church of Our Lady, Carrollton); Gerald E. Moran (Church of the Holy Cross); John J. O’Connor (Sacred Heart, Atlanta); Father Dale W.J. Freeman (pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes); Father Richard B. Morrow (pastor, St. Thomas the Apostle, Smyrna); Sister Mary de Montfort, G.N.S.H. (assistant principal, I.H.M. School); Priest Secretary, Father James F. Scherer (secretary for the Department of Catholic Social Services).

BOARD OF DEVELOPMENT-Chairman: Andrew W. McGollgan, Cathedral); James Cameron St. Luke’s, Dahlonega); F. John Devaney (St. Jude’s); Joseph A. Haruy (St. Thomas the Apostle, Smyrna); Taft Mansour (St. George, Newman); Richard R. O’Reilly (St. Michael’s, Gainesville); Edgar Schukraft (St. Anthony’s; Alex W. Smith, Jr. (C.C.K.); Leo Zuber (St. Thomas More); Father John F. McDonough (pastor, Church of the Holy Spirit); Sister Mary Geraldine, S.C.M.M (Holy Family Hospital); Priest Secretary, Father John J. Mulroy (pastor, St. Joseph’s, Atlanta).

BOARD OF COMMUNICATIONS-Chairman: A. Paul Shields (Cathedral), Leon G. Allain (St. Paul of the Cross); Richard F. Beckman (St. John the Evangelist, Hapeville), Mrs. Ferdinand Buckley (St. Jude’s); Dr. Charles M. Huguley, Jr. (St. Thomas More); Dr. Richard E. O’Brien (St. Joseph’s, Athens); Paul W. Smith (Sts. Peter and Paul); Miss Mary Towne (St. Joseph’s, Athens); James L. Upchurch (Most Blessed Sacrament); Father Conald G. Foust (assistant pastor, Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta); Sister Thomas Margaret, C.S.J. (teacher, St. Pius X High School); Priest Secretary, Father R. Donald Kiernan (pastor, St. Anthony’s).

BOARD OF LAY ORGANIZATIONS-Chairman: John J. Cawley (Church of the Holy Cross); George A. Andrews (Immaculate Conception); Jerry Connel (St. Anna’s, Monroe); Mrs. George J. Gunning (C.C.K.); James Hedderman, Sacred Heart, Griffin); Mrs. Foster A. Hotard (Our Lady of the Assumption); Jacque Le Vasseur (St. Gerard’s, Fort Oglethorpe); William Steve (St. Joseph’s, Dalton); Mrs. Robert Woodruff (St. Mary’s, Rome); Father Eusebius J. Beltran (pastor, Church of the Holy Cross); Sister M. Edmunda, I.H.M. (principal, Sts. Peter and Paul School); Priest Secretary, Father Thomas J. Roshetko, S.M. (pastor, Our Lady of the Assumption).