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PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, August 3,1978
NEW K. C. COUNCIL - Officers of the recently
formed Franciscan Martyrs of Georgia Council of the
Knights of Columbus, 7113, Americus, were installed
according to the K of C ritual, Sunday, July 16. A
covered dish supper was later enjoyed by members,
their families and other parishioners. A magic show
was enjoyed by all, presented by visiting Franciscan,
Fr. Anthony Schneider, O.F.M. Top Row: John
Findley, D. D. Dist. 2 & Financial Sec.; Mike Messner,
Activities Chrman; Pat Spann, Guard; Jas. Messner,
Advocate; Andy Hopkins, Trustee; C. Johnson,
Activities Chairman. Middle Row: John Howard, D. D.
Dist. 2; Gus Gotsch, Warden, Dis. 2; Leonard Banks,
Recorder; Bill Miller, Trustee; Roy Berry, Guard; Peter
Lena, Trustee. Bottom Row: Gus Slenker, Chancellor;
Jack Smith, Grand Knight; Fr. Anthony, Chaplain;
Glenn Hester, Deputy G. K.; Leonard Washington,
Warden; George Wolfe, Oldest Member (90).
DEPUTY GRAND KNIGHT Glenn Hester, is
installed. (1 to r) Gus Slenker, Leonard Washington,
Glenn Hester, Gus Gotsch, John Findley.
INSTALLATION CEREMONIES for new officers
of Americus K. C. Council 7113.
Many Comment On Test Tube Baby—
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Borders of Baltimore, questioned “the
moral schizophrenia that has a world
rejoicing at the birth of one baby in
England, while we abort hundreds of
lives daily right here in Maryland.”
People Concerned for the Unborn
Child, a non-denominational group* m
Pennsylvania, said the birth “confirms
our belief that a human life amendment
is absolutely necessary to safeguard all
human life from the moment of
fertilization, whether within a mother’s
body or within a test tube.”
The group especially condemned
the fact that in the test tube process,
several eggs are fertilized and all but one
later destroyed. “Such thoughtless
destruction of preborn human life is
appalling and chilling in its far-reaching
implication,” the group said.
Before the birth, Dr. Andre
Hellegers of Georgetown University’s
Kennedy Institute for the Study of
Human Reproduction and Bioethics said
Catholic Church opposition to artificial
insemination would mean it would also
oppose the development of a test tube
baby since both procedures “divorce
intercourse from procreation.”
Others saw fewer moral problems in
the birth of Louise Brown. “Offhand, I
don’t see anything wrong with childless
couples using the test tube method if
there is no other possible way for them
to have babies,” said Bishop Cornelius
Lucey of Cork, Ireland.
Auxiliary Bishop Augustine Harris
of Liverpool, England, said he would
tell couples seeking moral guidance on
the issue to ask themselves three
questions - whether it was within the
context of marriage; whether it was
because they loved each other and
would love this child; and whether the
science involved dominated and
fascinated them or whether it was
supporting them in a natural act.
“These are important questions,”
Bishop Harris said. He said he would tell
the hypothetical couple, “If you say yes
to them, then I would say: ‘Go ahead.’”
A third group, however, seemed to
agree with Redemptorist Father Bernard
Haring’s view that the church is “still in
a state of search” for answers to the
ethical questions raised by the birth.
“This is quite different from
artificial insemination with the sperm of
a donor. This is completely with the
biological parents, and all the
expressions of love in this case were
directed toward the desire for children,”
said Father Haring, author of “Medical
Ethics and Manipulation.”
“The fact is that Pope Pius spoke
against artificial insemination. However,
that is a long way back,” he added.
“The church takes time to come to
positions on these matters.”
Bishop Mark Hurley of Santa Rosa,
Calif., chairman of the U.S. bishops’
Human Values Committee, discussed
the new technology in a pastoral letter
read at all Masses July 30, and
concluded: “The church, then, must
seek moral judgments on these complex
and precarious applications of
technology. They cannot be solved
simply by appealing to the good
intentions of either scientists or doctors
or the people involved.”
The birth also brought a flurry of
warnings from Catholics in the United
States and abroad. Jesuit Father
Richard McCormick of the Kennedy
Institute for the Study of Human
Reproduction and Bioethics cautioned
that the development of the test tube
procedure “may seem like a small step,
but we seem to be taking it without
serious thought and study.
“Seems to me we’re buying a whole
package, like donor insemination or
third party fertilization,” he said. “Once
we accept that, what’s to keep us from
renting host wombs and from cloning?”
Noting that he had “grave
misgivings” about the test tube
procedure, Cardinal Gordon Gray of St.
Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, said:
“This is an entirely new situation and
one on which no specific
pronouncement has yet been made by
the church. Such a pronouncement will
come only after the moral theologians
have made the most exhaustive
investigations into the whole question.”
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International Marriage Encounter Held
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AMHERST, Mass. (NC) - “We are
not second class. We do not choose the
lesser of two goods. We have been called
by God to be great saints in our
marriages and in our family lives,”
David M. Thomas told an audience of
some 400 married couples.
The admonition came during one of
the 20 talks presented during the
Fourth International Worldwide
Marriage Encounter convention. The
event drew some 18,000 to the
sprawling campus of the University of
Massachusetts.
Thomas, a theologian and a
consulting editor to the publication
Marriage and Family Living, defined
spirituality as “a recognition of the deep
presence of God, which is here in our
midst.”
The theologian told participants
that family spirituality is based “on the
things we do in everyday life,” and that
it is also linked to an acceptance of
ourselves and others.
His ideas on family spirituality were
among the many tie-ins to the
convention theme “Focus on Family.”
In addition to the 20 invited speakers
the convention featured the exchange of
views on evangelization, parents as
educators, family rights, the impact of
change and family values.
Among those who offered advice to
couples was Archbishop Raymond G.
Hunthauen of Seattle, Wash., who urged
the participants to “let go all the props,
let go all the security; let yourself fall
totally, heartily in the spirit of Jesus.”
The Seattle prelate was homilist at
the concluding ceremony - a
concelebruled Mass in the university
football stadium. He told the
international assembly that “Christian
marriage stands at the center of the
Christian mystery. It is not isolated, not
closed in.”
“Christian married love does not
end with itself,” Bishop Hunthauser
noted, “but is at the service of the
people of the church,” and “is integrally
a part of the mission of the church in
the whole world.”
The concluding Mass had several
hundred concelebrants. Scriptural
readings were given in English, French
and Spanish. The three languages were
used extensively in various presentations
throughout the meeting.
Participants from 34 foreign
countries and from throughout the
United States attended. A delegation of
French-speaking Canadians, headed by
Bishop Adolph E. Prouix of Hull,
Quebec, filled 37 buses to travel to the
convention site in rural Amherst, a small
college town in western Massachusetts.
Other participants chartered planes
to the two closest airports in Boston
and Hartford. Included among foreign
guests were couples from Ireland,
Australia, the Philippines, Korea, Puerto
Rico and several South American
countries.
Convention participants were
united by one common element -- they
CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy (NC) -
Pope Paul VI received Lillian Carter,
mother of U.S. President Jimmy Carter
in a 30-minute private audience Sunday
July 23 at his summer villa.
“It was the greatest moment of
religious emotion that I have ever
experienced in my life,” said the
79-year-old Mrs. Carter to reporters
after her meeting with the 80-year-old
pope. “I have never felt so near to God.
“He’s such a holy man that he
made even me feel a bit holy standing in
his presence. He made me feel right at
home and he blessed all the things I
brought. He’s the most sensitive man
I’ve known.”
She said the objects the pope had
blessed would be given to Filipino and
American friends.
“He gave me some words of advice
for my son Jimmy,” said Mrs. Carter,
“and I gave him a letter from Jimmy.”
The pope gave her a medal of his
all experienced a Marriage Encounter
weekend.
The program is a technique for
helping couples to increase their ability
to communicate and share deep feelings
with one another.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter,
which sponsored the Amherst meeting,
is one of the principal branches of the
movement. It is described as “a
movement devoted to the renewal of
the sacrament of matrimony in and for
the Catholic Church.”
Other faiths have adapted their own
theology of marriage and the church to
the Marriage Encounter movement.
Nine different faiths were registered at
the convention. Simultaneously,
Episcopalians held a similar Marriage
Encounter session in South Hadley,
Mass., while a Lutheran session was held
in Long Beach, Calif.
papacy and a book on the Vatican and
Christian Rome.
Mrs. Carter was accompanied on
her visit to the pope by Mr. and Mrs. P.
Peter Sarros. Sarros is assistant to David
M. Walters, personal envoy of the
president to the Vatican.
On her arrival in Rome July 20,
Mrs. Carter had told an airport press
conference that the visit to the pope “is
the dream of my life.” She added: “His
Holiness means as much to me as he
does to you Italians.”
The day after arriving in Rome,
Mrs. Carter received the U.N. Food and
Agriculture Organization’s Ceres Medal
for her efforts to help the poor
overcome hunger. The medal is named
after the Roman goddess of agriculture.
One of the previous recipients was
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, founder of
the Missionaries of Charity.
After visiting the pope, Mrs. Carter
left to spend 10 days visiting the
drought-ridden Sahel region of Africa.
‘Miss Lillian 9 Visits The Pope
“THE LORD IS GREAT,
EVERYBODY SING!” was the
theme of the Mass celebrated at
the end of Vacation Church
School at St. Francis Xavier in
Brunswick. Shown are (top left)
Brian Yawn, Head Chorister, and
Kim Utz, Cantors for the Mass,
with Father Robert Baker at the
right. Other pictures show the
students all together and as they
receive certificates. Music at the
Mass was led by the Junior Choir
at St. Francis, singing special
arrangements by the Director of
Music, Jack Hooton. The Vacation
Church School was administered
by Jan Mistisshen. Faculty
members were Marilee Williamson
(three-year olds); Mary Jane
Murray and Rosemary Schroer
(four-year olds); Dianne Rutledge
and Maria Lenz (Kindergarten);
Lee Ann Cristobal (First Grade);
Kim Cristobal (Second Grade);
Marie McCollum (Third Grade);
Sister Mary John (Fourth Grade),
and Judy Joines (Fifth and Sixth
Grades).
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