The program for the Congress on Worship to be held in Atlanta April 16-18 has been announced by the Congress publicity chairman. Representatives from dioceses comprising the Province of Atlanta are expected to number some four thousand. Dioceses represented will be Atlanta, Savannah, Charleston, and Raleigh.

The Congress will open with a professional session on architecture and arts, conducted by noted church architect, Robert Rambusch at 2 p.m. April 16.

The opening plenary session will be held at 8 p.m. the same day under the chairmanship of Bishop Gerard L. Frey and Father Paul Byron and will include a multi-media presentation on the theme “Reconciliation.” The morning session at 9:30 a.m. April 17 will feature an address by Father Eugene C. Kennedy of the Maryknoll. Father Kennedy is a psychologist-teacher and much published author. He will review the relationship between the liturgy and the community. His talk will be followed by responses on CATECHETICS by Miss Christiane Brusselman, a professional catechist from Belgium; LITURGY by Father Clement McNaspy, liturgy expert and associate editor of the Jesuit magazine “America;” ECUMENISM by Dr. Ted Runyon, and SOCIAL ACTION by Dr. Benjamin Mays.

Congress delegates will take part in various workshops scheduled for 2 p.m. April 17.

Evening sessions that day will take place at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. with the 10 o’clock session being “An Experience in Community.”

The Congress on Worship will close at noon on April 18 with a celebration of the Eucharist, following a 9:30 a.m. session at which Mr. Rambusch will explore “The Environment in Which We Worship” and Father McNaspy will conduct a presentation of “Music in Celebration.”

Registrations for the meeting, are beginning to stack up according to Mrs. Dotsie Holmes, Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women representative.

The women of AACCW have taken up the task of registering Congress participants and also assigning hotel accommodations, when such are requested. Over four thousand persons from the three state area, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina are expected to participate.