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PAGE 6—The Georgia Bulletin, April 7,1977
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MARIST STUDENTS WHO
TOURED PANAMA and visited with
President Lakas are pictured from left,
Gerry Yandel, Philip Barlow, Jay
Blandford, President Demetrio Lakas,
John O’Sullivan, teacher Manuel Rivas,
Walter Long and Mark Zboran.
Marist Students Back From Panama
A visit with the president of Panama, two
appearances on local television, a horse race
named for Marist School and a tour of the
Panama Canal highlighted a recent tour of the
Republic of Panama by six Marist students
and their Spanish instructor.
The instructor, Panama native Manuel
Rivas, conducted the third annual tour during
Marist’s spring break. Student tourists were
Philip Barlow of Ashwoody Court NE, Jay
Blandford of Granger Court, Chamblee,
Walter Long of Knollwood Drive NW, John
O’Sullivan of Land O’ Lakes Court NE, Gerry
Yandel of Martina Drive, Dun woody, and
Mark Zboran of Sunderland Way.
Besides meeting President Demetrio Lakas
and Colonel Florencio Florez of the national
guard, the students spent time with
sportscaster Tomas Cupas, whom they called
the “Howard Cosell of Panama.”
The Marist group delivered the greetings of
Governor George Busbee and Mayor Maynard
Jackson to Panama’s heads of state. In return,
President Lakas gave them a silver medallion
and a free trip by plane to nearby San Bias
Island. Instructor Rivas said he had “always
dreamed of” taking such a trip.
The Panama tour also took the students to
the ruins of Old Panama City, the National
Lottery, and the Free Zone of Colon.
According to junior O’Sullivan, the
hightlight of the trip was visiting various heads
of state. “It’s not often you get to see
someone that big in office,” he said. Barlow, a
junior, enjoyed “going to the horse races and
sitting in the section for the very rich.” One
race was named for Marist and the students
were welcomed over the racetrack’s
loudspeaker several times, they said.
Sportscaster Cupas got the tour group on
television twice. “People were aware of our
visit and immediately recognized the group,”
Rivas said.
The students said the tour helped them
learn more about the culture and language
(Spanish) of Panama. “We mostly learned
about different people. We saw how different
laws affect people,” O’Sullivan said. Senior
Yandel added that “no one showed
resentment to Americans. Everybody was
really nice to us.”
The local culture delighted the Marist boys.
“Panamanians have a lot of pride in their
country and their culture. A lot go to the
fiesta once a week in Old Panama and wear
traditional garments. They’re proud of their
traditions,” sophomore Blandford said.
The tourists said they enjoyed the yucas,
mangoes, and other foods of Panama. They
added that the cliche “Don’t drink the water”
does not apply there, since the water is clear
and clean.
Four of the boys were lucky enough to win
money in the National Lottery. “They
participated in a local custom and had a
chance to win,” Rivas said. The students also
got a very close look at the operation of the
Panama Canal, the teacher said.
Program coordinators Ana Teresa Bennett
and Jose Rivas helped the Marist students get
the “red carpet” treatment in Panama. All
said they want to go back to the Central
American country.
Y Claro...Usted Tampoco lo Creera
Opina usted que seis y mas
anos de consejeria especial
para jovenes en via de
matrimonio dan derecho a
una opinion que cualquiera
llamaria salvaje?
Nos trae al “National
Catholic Register” la
informacion de que el Padre
John C. Marquis, capellan en
el Orange County Juvenile
Hall en Santa Ana, Calif., ha
recomendado que la Iglesia en
los Estados Unidos deberia
imponer como regia y
condicion el que los jovenes
aspirantes al matrimonio
deben recibir por lo menos
durante un ano especial
entrenamiento y educacion
antes de su matrimonio. Y
esto seria parte de una
ceremonia especial que
empezaria con el cambio de
argollas. En este periodo la
pareja estaria obligada a
participar con otras parejas en
un “encuentro de
comprometidos y una vez al
mes a una charla de todo un
dia con personal especializado
en materias prematrimon-
iales.”
Es verdad que las
parroquias tienen la
instruccion prematrimonial
ya an dan do, pero, dice el P.
Marquis . . . “eso es nada
comparado con las reales
necesidades emocionales,
sociales, economicas y
religiosas de los jovenes de
hoy dia.”
Peor todavia. Se ha
descubierto ya que el ano de
noviciado y los largos anos de
preparacion para los religiosos
y sacerdotes es actualmente
muy poeo tiempo ante el
compromiso que se asume. (Y
eso que se puede obtener
dispensa de la Santa Sede . . .
que diremos de los
matrimonios que no tienen
tal escape.) Que pensar de
jovenes de 16 y 17 anos
haciendo compromisos hasta
que la muerte los separe . . .
Es para reirse verdad?
Y de donde ha salido el
Padre Marquis con semejantes
ideas? Dice El: ‘‘la
experiancia de los ultimos 20
anos particularmente, aqui en
Norte America, nos ha
ensenado que ha florecido
todo una generacion de
jovenes que no quiere ni es
capaz de compromiso alguno
- piensese en los desertores
del ejercito - etc. Como se ha
llegado a esa real situacion?
Muy facil: el exceso de
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cornodidades y soluciones al
alcance de la mano no no
admite posibilidades de que
algo dure mucho . . . aun los
esposos son cosas desechables
hoy; la facilidad de
comunicaciones hace pensar
que una ligera charla me hace
encontrar alia la solucion de
lo que aqui me molesta; entre
los anos 1965 a 1975 se ha
exagerado el afan de no
luchar, de no tolerar, de
botar, de prescindir, de no
reparar - basta mirar afuera
como se tiran cosas que aun
sirven, un boton suelto y se
tira una camisa, o un televisor
etc. El uso de los
est upefacientes se explica
exactamente porque todos
quieren evadir los
compromisos.
Nadie quiere aceptar
responsabilidades y mucho
menos luchar.
Es natural que los jovenes
nacidos y cirados en una
atmosfera tal, hijos de padres
igualmente desadaptados,
cuando inclusive se bebe tal
estado de cosas en la
television, que es
entretenimiento en el cine,
que se canta en cada cancion,
que se venera en los artistas y
se idolatra en las
celebridades . . . quien
resiste ... los jovenes no
quieren ser menos. La falta de
consagracion, el rechazo al
compromiso quiebra al
individuo mismo (con la
droga) a la familia con el
divorcio, a la misma Iglesia
con las deserciones religiosas.
El diagnostico simple pero
muy grave por cierto se llama
“inmadurez masiva.”
Que de raro es pues que la
Iglesia que ensena y cree en la
indisolubilidad del
matrimonio exija hoy
noviciado no ya para las
monjas sino para los novios.
Y cuidado! No confundir con
las llamadas aqui “relaciones
prematrimoniales” .. . eso
tiene otro nombre y es el
unico ensayo del que sabemos
con seguridad resulta siempre
en un fracaso.
El P. Marquis habla con
experiencia. Ojala que la
Conferencia Episcopal de los
Estados Unidos tome en serio
esta sugerencia sabia.
Tornado del NATIONAL
CATHOLIC REGISTER
Creating Community
BY DR. ELLEN L. BURNS
No matter how well we
plan our weeks, the best of
plans never quite work out.
Oftentimes, the unexpected
thrust upon us seems to work
even more to our advantage.
This was true for me last
Monday. I was viewing the
media production of the
Youth Group at Holy Spirit
done on our Project Rehab
for the Elderly. A call came
from the Children’s
Foundation and the Georgia
Coalition Against Hunger
asking if I might accompany a
group of persons traveling
from Atlanta to Washington,
D.C., to request support for
the Brooke Amendment to
the Omnibus Farm Bill for
the elimination of the
purchase requirement on
food stamps.
As you probably know,
according to the person’s
income and need, he/she is
required to buy specific
dollar amounts of food
stamps each month. Often
this proves a great hardship
on food stamp recipients; last
year only 36 percent of those
eligible were able to purchase
their allotment. A case in
point would be the effort to
pay large gas bills this winter
plus possible medicine bills
and have enough left for a
small fixed income to buy
food stamps. The proposed
legislation would allow the
food stamp recipient to
receive his/her allotted
“bonus” (the differential
between what he pays now
and the actual cost of the
food) through the mail and
then buy whatever else he
needs as the occasion arises
and his means allow. The
added advantage to the
program would be the
elimination of much
administration costs and
waste; the people who need
the money allocated for food
would be receiving it.
At the time I received the
call, I was not aware that
other contingents of persons
from New York, West
Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana
and Virginia would join with
us Georgians in a concerted
effort to help the poor.
After hurried preparations,
34 of us boarded a
Greyhound bus about 7 p.m.
We drove in the pouring rain
most of the time, but spirits
were high. The group sang
and laughed and prayed
nearly all the way.
We awoke to a beautiful
Tuesday in Washington, D.C.,
and to cherry blossom time!
St. Paul’s Unitarian Church
hosted us to breakfast and
shared their facilities for
quick change of clothes. Then
we were instructed more
about the purpose and
itinerary of the day.
About six persons, mostly
poor and powerless, were
selected from each of the
geographical sites to confer,
first of all with Boh Bergland,
Secretary of Agriculture.
While this conversation
ensued, we in the support
group enjoyed a luncheon in
the foyer of the north
building of the Department
of Agriculture. The Food
Stamp Program is funded
through the DOA and
administered through the
state’s departments of human
resources.
Then we boarded the bus
for LaFayette Park, across
the street from the White
House. There we prayed and
demonstrated peacefully
while our committee
continued their advocacy
with Eisenstat and other
members of the Carter staff.
Jim Parham from Atlanta,
now on Jack Watson’s staff,
spoke with the group, also.
Then we went up to
Capitol Hill were
Congressman Frederick
Richmond from Brooklyn
and Senator George
McGovern from South
Dakota spoke with us on the
steps of the Capitol. They
were both very sympathetic
to the cause; in fact,
McGovern is the co-author of
the new food bill now under
consideration (S.845). They
informed us about the best
strategy to undertake from
,now on, that is, to write
Jimmy Carter and our
Congressmen and women to
support the Brooke
Amendment when it reaches
the floor. They will keep us
informed about the bill’s
progress and of further
political action that might be
needed.
We later tripped over to
Elliott Levitas’ office; there
we learned that they were not
aware of the EPR
amendment. Much new
legislation is introduced each
session; it is difficult for even
our elected officials to keep
up with it all. This is why we
must voice our concerns and
ask questions from them.
We arrived home about 7
the following morning and
asked ourselves what we
might have accomplished. I
believe it was the first step of
many we will have to take to
see that EPR is effected. It
gave the grassroots poor an
opportunity to speak about
their plight to some of the
highest U.S. officials. It gave
us elite a chance to feel what
it is like to be “on the
outside” while high-level
discussions transpire.
For me personally, I had
another look at the struggles
the poor have just to survive.
Even some very elderly,
crippled, blind persons
accompanied us. I was happy
to be a part of those who
help them gain access to
power structures and to the
resources to which they have
a right.
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