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This was the principal con clusion emerging from three days of discussion and debate by experts at the first Inter national Symposium on Rhythm cosponsored by the Family Life Bureau of the National Catholic Welfare Conference and the Na tional Federation of Catholic Physicians* Guilds. note talk that it is now 35 years since pioneering work by Drs. Ogino and Knaus established the foundations for rhythm by show ing that the time of ovulation is related to the time of the next menstruation, occuring in most women 12 to 16 days be fore. BUT, Dr, Marshall said, com paratively little has been done to perfect the system and almost nothing substantial by Catho lics, who have the biggest stake in rhythm since it is the only form of limitation — apart from total abstinence—sanc tioned by the Church. continence as a family planning method for them has been about the same as the effectiveness reported in other studies for contraceptive jellies, foam tab lets and diaphragms. Dr. Hilton A. Salhanick of Harvard University, reporting on research on improved meth ods of detecting ovulation, said detection is theoretically possi ble at any one of several points during the ovulatory process. Currently, he said, the “best bet" for an improved test ap pears to lie in measuring tell tale hormones in a woman’s urine. AUXILIARY BISHOP — Msgr. George H. Guilfoyle, whose appointment by Pope Paul VI as Titular Bishop of Marazanae and Auxiliary Bishop of New York was an nounced Oct. 21 by Arch bishop E g i d i o Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate in the United States. Bishop-elect Guilfoyle, since 1956 execu tive director of the New York archdiocesan charities, is a former president of the National Conference of Cath olic Charities. MORE than 300 doctors, priests and other persons con cerned with medical and moral problems of family life attend ed the symposium (Oct. 20-22) which by coincidence came at the same time that the ecumeni cal council was taking up popu lation questions in its debate on the schema on the Church and the world. Speakers, most of them doc tors, discussed many aspects of rhythm and related matters, in cluding future developments in fertility control and the contro versial "pill"—the oral pro- gestins that prevent conception by apparently suppressing ovu lation. SHARP, unscheduled debate erupted several times on the pill. The disputants raised such questions as whether and how these drugs may be used in con nection with rhythm and wheth er there is truth in charges that they achieve their results by contraception (creating the implantation of a fertilized voum in the wall of the womb) as well as by suppressing ovula tion. But several doctors attacked such claims and said there is no sure evidence that the oral progestins really work this way. THE issue came to a head when four doctors circulated a mimeographed letter "urgent ly" requesting a ruling on the pill by the Church. The doctors specialists in gynecology, said the oral progestins work "in a contraceptive manner." They scored the so-called "sequen tial" use of the drugs—-giv- ing them from the expected time of ovulation (around the 15th day of the cycle) until the time of the next menstrual period- saying that, where ovulation has already occured, the drug is not needed and, where it has not oc cured, the drug suppresses ovu lation and acts as a contracep tive. They further challenged the use of the drugs to regula rize irregular menstrual cy cles, saying such treatment is "ineffective because the men strual periods ordinarily re vert to their former irregulari ty after the cessation of thera py/’ THE letter came under sharp attack from many of those at the meeting, who disagreed with its statements on medical grounds or said they did not feel that an "educational" sym posium should issue "manifes toes." Following debate, there was no further effort to make the letter an official statement of the symposium. Despite the clash on this and other points, a broad consensus did appear on many issues. It was generally agreed that rhy thm is an effective means of family limitation—indeed, when properly used, more effective than some common artificial birth control procedures. IT WAS also agreed that rhythm can be made more ef fective by prudence—for ex ample, by charting temperature rises to determine the tme of ovulation and confining marital relations to the post-ovulatory phase of the woman’s cycle. The temperature method was held to be much superior in effective ness to reliance simply on so- called "calendar rhythm." But there was also general agreement that not enough is known about rhythm, that there is an urgent need for more re search, and that Catholics have been remiss in sponsoring and conducting such studies. Dr. John Marshall of Lon don, director of Britain's Cath olic Marriage Advisory Coun cil, noted in a hard-hitting key- insisting that periodic con tinence is "not folklore, not mumbo jumbo," the British nuerologist said studies have shown that where couples limit marital relations to the post ovulatory phase of the cycle, as determined by the tempera ture method, the incidence of pregnancy is less than one per 100 women per year. MARSHALL accused Catho lics of "timidity about new knowledge" and said they have not been nearly as active as they should be in research to improve the periodic continence method and make it more wide ly acceptable. 'K)ur love of our brethren who are in need in this matter can only be expressed by increasing our knowledge about this rob- lem,*' he said. FATHER John C. Ford, S.J„ Catholic University of America moral theologian and author, with Father Gerald Kelly, S.J., of the 1963 book, "Contempo rary Moral Theology II—Mar riage Questions," said that "just as a matter of fact" the average couple desiring to space children has morally ac ceptable reasons for practicing rhythm. Later, during a panel dis cussion at the end of the sym posium, he added that the whole problem of demonstrating ade quate moral reasons for the practice of rhythm has been "exaggerated, and I despair of getting it across to the older clergy." FATHER Ford noted that "for many couples the attempt to practice periodic concinence may be an occasion of sin against chastity.' If such dan gers are actually present and are "rashly courted," he said, then the practice of periodic continence is not morally per missible. But where couples have a "proportionate reason" and act prudently, he said, the risk is permitted. Questioned about the morality of the "sequential" use of oral progestins, the Jesuit moralist said it would appear that in such therapy the drugs are being used simply to suppress ovula tion, Some doctors agreed, while others disputed this con clusion. Father Ford noted that priests require accurate in formation from medical men to reach their conclusions on moral problems related to med icine, WILLIAM H, Jarrett, Cani- sius College sociologist who has been analyzing data on rhythm supplied by the Family Life Clinic of the Buffalo, N.Y., dio cese, said the "outstanding so ciological fact about family plan ning" is that the middle and up per classes are "much more ef ficient at it" than the working classes. This "class bias" is even more pronounced with re gard to the effective pracrice of rhythm, he added. Other speak ers indicated that this had not been the experience of the Mon treal and Paris groups. They said they had had greater suc cess with lower economic or "blue collar" groups. Asserting that "normal pat terns of medical care and spir itual advice have failed to meet the demand for Information about rhythm," Jarrett said new ways of giving information must be found and exploited "to stem the tide toward increasing de pendence on illicit. • . techni ques." THE sociologist said studies indicate that couples using rhythm will typically vary in efficienty between 60% and 86%, He said a survey of clients of the Buffalo clinic indicate that the effectiveness of periodic REPORTS on Catholic ven tures in providing rhythm ser vices on a mass basis were given by representatives of the Buffalo Family Life Clinic, the Cana movement of Chicago, and the Serena movement of Mon treal. The Chicago and Mon treal groups reported increased effectiveness when rhythm ser vices are on a "couple-to- couple" basis, with lay couples trained to give counseling to others seeking help. NEW PRESIDENT SAN FRANCISCO (NC)~Fath er Paul Boyle, C.P., of Louis ville, Ky„ was elected president at the 26th annual Canon Law Society of America convention here. He succeeds Msgr. Paul Harrington of Boston. aiii' For the first time in the so ciety's history a layman was ciety’s history a layman was elected to a national office, Stephan Kuttner, who occupies the newly established Chair of Roman Catholic Studies at Yale University, was chosen vice president, Kuttner is a former member of the canon lawfacul- LISBON, Portugal (NC) — Portuguese Foreign Minister Alberto Franco Nogueira has described the scheduled visit of Pope Paul VI to India later this year as a "gratuitous offense" Administrator LA CROSSE, Wis. (NC) — Msgr. Charles W, Gille, vicar general, has been elected ad ministrator of the La Crosse diocese by the 10 priest consul- tors of the diocese. Bishop John P. Treacy of La Crosse died in a hospital here Oct. 11 of a heart attack. band and wife, thus permitting the realization that in someeeeet the realization that in some cir cumstances couples may ex press their love better by re fraining from marital rela tions. THE symposium's closing general discussionunderscored both the broad areas of agree ment and the sharp points of conflict that had already ap peared. ty at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C. FATHER Peter Shannon of Chicago was elected recording secretary and Msgr. Clement Bastnagel, dean of the Catholic University school of canon law, was reelected general secre tary and treasurer. Father Boyle, a member of the Passionist Fathers, is a native of Detroit and was or dained to the priesthood in 1953, He received degrees in theo logy and canon law after studies in Rome. to Portugal. The Pope has announced he will make a brief trip to India to attend the 38th International Eucharistic Congress being held in Bombay Nov. 28 to Dec. 6, Relations between Portugal and India have been ruptured since India took control of the former Portuguese territory of Goa on the Indian coast in De cember, 1961, Nogueira told newsmen (Oct. 21) that the papal visit is "use less and unjust, carried out by the head of the Catholic Church against a Catholic nation." Canon Law Society Elects Kentuckian Pontiffs Trip Irks Portugal In connection with the Chicago report, Father Walter J. Im- biorski, directolof the Cana Conference of Chicago, cited the lack of Catholic research on periodic continence and said Catholic institutions have yet to give "dollar one" for such studies, FATHER Imbiorski also urged Catholics not to have "closed minds" about the oral progestins in areas other than their use as contraceptives. "Any request at this time to close the question off is out of the spirit of the times and out of the spirit of the Church," he declared. In disputes over public policy on birth control, the Chicago priest added, Catholics should not try to hold a "hard line until we are beaten into the ground by the votes.*’ Instead, he said, Catholics, acting in an ecumenic&l spirit, should seek mutually satisfactory arrange ments with other groups in the community. SEVERAL doctors who ad dressed the symposium were sharply critical of their medi cal colleagues, Catholic and non-Catholic, who downgrade standing it and who are unwill ing to give women the persona lized counsel they need to make it work. The need for proper atti tudes toward sex as an essen tial part of the successful use of rhythm was stressed by Dr, and Mrs. John C. Willke of Cin cinnati. The Willkes, authors of a new book on sex education of children, said the marital act must be seen as only one "ex pression" of love between hus- In a free-wheeling debate on the oral progestins, several doctors accused their Catholic colleagues of being ’‘hypocriti cal" in their approval of the pill. A physician from Rhode "Rhode Island irregularity” and said he had never before seen so many patients referred - to him by priests for treatment of supposed "irregularities" in their cycles as in the past six months. WHEN one doctor cited stud ies which conclude that the oral progestins are "very safe" as far as their side effects are concerned, another retorted sharply that it is a mistake to rely on the testimony of drug houses in such matters. "You’ll have to be pretty simple-mind ed to accept" the alleged safety of one particular drug, he com mented. A priest stated from the floor that one of the biggest problems about rhythm is the "panic but ton" approach of couples who have had three or four children in rapid succession and then turn to periodic continence in desperation. He urged that cou ples be taught from the start to develop patterns of behav ior in their marriage that will fit into the practice of periodic continence when and if it be comes necessary, AT THE meeting's close, it was announced that an ad doc committee representing the N.C.W.C. Family Life Bureau and the Federation of Catholic Physicians* Guilds was being formed to examine ways of implementing the vaious ideas for cooperation and further study put forward during the symposium. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1964 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 7 AnyYlme - Anywhere Cali a Taxi Radio Cabs DECATUR CO-OP CABS 310 Howard Ave. 24-Hour Service Passengers Insured Trips Anywhere DR 7-3S66 - DR 7-1701 DECATUR, GA. 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