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WOULD OUTLAW ABORTION
Bleak Future for Hogan Bill
WASHINGTON (NC) - Despite the
petitions of many anti-abortion groups
across the nation, the possibility of
congressional passage of an amendment
outlawing abortion is bleak.
The proposed amendment which has
received the most attention in Congress
is sponsored by Rep. Lawrence Hogan
(R-Md.). It is now awaiting
consideration by the House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Constitutional
Amendments.
Hogan’s amendment, generally
considered to be the strongest of several
proposed anti-abortion amendments,
states that “neither the United States
nor any state shall deprive any human
being, from the moment of conception,
of life without due process of law.”
“I don’t think the committee will
have hearings,” Hogan told NC News
and blamed the situation on Reps. Peter
The Newman Club at Augusta College
has announced a lecture series on
Contemporary Moral Problems. Its
moderator will be the Reverend Dermot
O’Mahony who is Chaplain for Augusta
College as well as the Club’s Director.
The first session will begin Monday,
December 3 and will continue thereafter
through February 4, excluding
December 24 and 31. All talks will be
held at St. Mary’s on the Hill School on
Monte Sano Avenue in the Teachers’
Lounge from 7:30 until 8:30 o’clock.
Subjects to be presented are:
1. A Brief History of Moral Theology
(December 3).
2. Cautions Necessary in Moral
Theology (December 10).
3. Sin in the Light of Fundamental
Option (December 17).
4. What is an Informed Conscience
(January 7).
5. The Role of the Teaching Church
(January 14).
W. Rodino (D-N.J.) and Don Edwards
(D-Calif.).
Rodino is the chairman of the House
Committee on the Judiciary and
Edwards is the chairman of the House
of Judiciary Subcommittee on
Constitutional Amendments.
In reference to Edwards, Hogan said:
I’m sure he’s heard some comments like
‘for heaven’s sake, don’t ever let this
thing see the light of day’.”
Congressional Quarterly, a periodical
reporting on matters concerning
Congress, has reported that most
members of Congress are neutral on the
issue and hope the amendment remains
buried in committee. And Hogan
admitted that one reason Edwards
refuses to hold hearings on the
amendment is that there is little support
on the committee for the proposal.
Edwards acknowledged “a lot of mail
Fr. O’Mahony
Degree in Religious Education at Loyola
University in Chicago.
All college age students whether
Catholics or not are invited to attend
this informal series of lectures, and
afterwards to join in the rap sessions
and enjoy the refreshments.
on both sides” of the issue, and said
that there had probably been more
favoring the anti-abortion amendment
than opposed to it.
However, he added that “practically
all of these (anti-abortion)
constitutional amendments have very
little support.”
The subcommittee, Edwards said, has
several other proposals which must be
dealt with before it can consider the
anti-abortion amendment. Among the
subcommittee’s business which must be
dealt with soon, he mentioned the
hearings on Rep. Gerald Ford’s
nomination to be vice-president,
changes in the dates for assumption of
the offices of president and
vice-president, and a proposed
constitutional amendment which would
forbid busing of students.
Members of the subcommittee, he
added, are used to criticisms from
people who feel that their favorite
proposals are not being acted upon with
enough speed.
Hogan has begun a move to bypass
the subcommittee and have the
amendment taken up directly by the
full House.
This would require 218 signatures of
House members on a petition. But at
the moment, the petition has only
about 35 signatures. Congressmen are
reluctant to bypass committees, and
even most anti-abortion leaders see little
prospect of success in the maneuver.
In the Senate, Sen. Birch Bayh
(D-Ind), chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee on
Constitutional Amendments, has
promised to hold hearings on a
proposed anti-abortion amendment
sponsored by Sen. James L. Buckley
(R-N.Y.). His amendment is similar to
Hogan’s but permits abortion to save
the mother’s life.
Bayh made a pledge to Buckley to
hold hearings, said Bayh’s press
secretary, and he “has every intention
of keeping that pledge.”
But a problem develops, the press
secretary said, because the Watergate
controversy has thrown the
subcommittee’s schedule off.
“I think there’s a good chance of
Senate action first,” said an aide to
Buckley. But he would offer no
prediction as to when that action might
come.
Augusta College
Newman Seminar
6. Our Right to Dissent (January 21).
7. Communicating Moral Values to
Young Adults (January 28).
8. Confession? In or Out?
Significance of Communal Penance
(February 4).
Fr. O’Mahony said participation in
Newman work cannot be over
emphasized for it is through the clubs
that young adults are given a sense of
direction and the opportunity to think
through and discuss moral values. It is
gratifying that the club at Augusta
College has such excellent attendance
from an enthusiastic group of young
people.
“The fact that several leaders in the
Catholic Charismatic Renewal have been
guest speakers on various occasions has
added stimulus to the group,”
commented Father O’Mahony.
“Sometimes heated debates have
resulted from these discussions,” he
added, “but certainly there is value in
emphasizing different attitudes
portrayed by Christian people.”
Father O’Mahoney is currently
working each summer on a Masters
MOURNERS IN JAPAN place white chrysanthemums before a picture
of the deceased. Columban Father Kevin Flinn officiates at the funeral
service, which incorporates many ancient Japanese traditions.
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Tour the Visitors Center
at the Edwin I. Hatch
Nuclear Plant.
Drop by, or plan to bring a group. Activities
range from audience-participation exhibits to a
film about the Altamaha River. The plant is
located on U.S. Highway I at the Altamaha River,
about 10 miles north of Baxley. The center is
open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m..
and Sunday, 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. For further
information, write the Director, Edwin I. Hatch
Visitors Center, P. O. Box 442, Baxley, Georgia
31513. or phone (912) 367-3668.
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PAGE 7—The Southern Cross, November 29,1973
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - On the feastday of
the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8, one of the Mass
prayers says “We proclaim that she was spotless
through the power of your grace; may we be freed
from our faults through her holy intercession.” This
depiction of the Immaculate Conception is from
Spain’s Prado museum. The artist is Murillo. (NC
Photo)
Gangs Prey
On Funerals
WAKAYAMA, Japan - Like
hoodlums everywhere, street gangs in
Japan never overlook a chance to turn a
dishonest dollar. They even prey on
funerals, accordg to Columban Father
Kevin Flinn.
Everyone attending a funeral makes a
monetary offering to help pay the
expenses. This is an important
community obligation for neighbors and
friends, as well as relatives. Even those
unable to attend the service still call to
leave their gift, which is carefully
recorded ,
All those making an offering receive a
token in return, and that’s how the
gangs make their money. The token
may be a ball point pen or a pack of
postcards, but often it is cash.
Scouts are sent out to the funeral, Fr.
Flinn reports in COLUMBAN MISSION.
If money is given in return, the whole
gang converges. They each give a few
yen and receive a token that may be
worth as much as $4 -- a profitable
reward for a few minutes’ “mourning.”
Pacelli
Honor Roll
HOPE
IS MANY
THINGS...
THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH
Dear Friend:
There are 1.8 million refugees in the Holy.
Land, each one the voiceless victim of a war
now in its 26th year.
Mostly children, they are refugees torn to
shreds by war.
We mend them best by giving them hope.
Hope is a pair of shoes, an egg, a clean
blanket, a chance to receive the sacraments.
Hope is a handful of practical-action people-
priests, Sisters, and qualified volunteers—who
leave their own homes and become refugees
in the Holy Land for the refugees.
^ These people, just a handful, are our Pontif-
OPEN > ca l Mission for Palestine.
LETTER They are P eo P ,e who feed ' teach, heal, clothe,
jq mend, fulfilling the love-mission of Jesus Christ,
An. in Bethlehem, Nazareth, Cairo, Damascus, and
OUR war points in between. r
READERS Their mission is love, and peace with justice.
Their strategy is service—the works of mercy,
person-to-person, in the name of Jesus Christ.
There is hope in the heart of the blind child
in the Gaza Strip because he is learning a trade
In the Pontifical Mission Center for the Blind.
Rev. Robert Mattingly, principal of
Pacelli, has announced the first quarter
honor roll as follows:
SENIORS: 1st honors (5.00 or
better); Jay Hatch, Linda High, Michael
Patton, Belinda White.
2nd honors (4.16 or better); Jeffrey
Boling, Kirk Caldwell, Ann Cobis,
Theresa Ford, Liz Guarnieri, Mary Hall.
Barbara Hubertz, Sally Lunsford,
Felecia Mathews, Peggy Rowe, Jan
Raben, Lanette Rogers, Johnny Stone.
JUNIORS: 1st honors, Eric Oswald.
2nd honors: Mary Hubertz, James
Kelly, Margaret Mueller, Margaret
Hemphill, Teresa Rogers, Vicki
Siebenmorgan, Betsy Tully.
You give them hope because you care.
We ask your prayers, for peace and for the
safety of us all.
We beg you to help us keep hope alive. Please
use the coupon below. I'll be writing to thank
you for your gift.
Gratefully yours in Christ,
Monsignor Nolan
P.S. The innocent civilian victims of war in the
Middle East need aid. Please give so they may
hope again. Only $120 will feed a family for a
year. Anything will help!
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Laura Laughlin, Denise Loiselle,
Theresa Majors, Albert McCowen,
Valerie Otap, Ruth Schowalter.
FRESHMAN: 1st honors, Noel Pujol.
2nd honors; Timothy Evans, Larry
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NEAR EAST
MISSIONS
TERENCE CARDINAL COOKE, President
MSGR. JOHN G. NOLAN, National Secretary
Write: Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc.
330 Madison Avenue • New York, N.Y. 10017
Telephone: 212/986-5840