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PAGE 6—The Georgia Bulletin, January 17,1980
Inside TV News
By John P. Zarrella
Pro-Life Activities Gear Up
IN-VITRO LAB - Dr. Jack Rary, a geneticist
at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk,
Va., works in the laboratory at Norfolk General
Hospital that will become the first test-tube baby
clinic in the United States. Virginia pro-lifers have
protested the project and say they will take the
matter to court. Bishop Walter Sullivan of
Richmond also has objected to the clinic.
Hacia Una Pastoral
Juvenil Hispano
“God at 21” was to
be the title of my first
book. I was feeling
somewhat cocky at that
age. My life was going
well. I was the editor of
a small but respectable
college newspaper and
had taken what I
thought were as many
philosophy and
theology courses as
most priests. (I
attended a catholic
college) I had also just
begun working at my
first professional
television news job.
Well, the book turned
out to be a short story.
At 21,1 didn’t know
nearly as much about
God as I thought and,
not a whole lot about
life either. But, back
then being 21 was a
milestone of sorts. Even
though you could
drink, vote, and fight
wars at 18, 21 was still
to me the point where
one had to arrive before
he could be considered
a man.
If you haven’t
already figured it out,
the idea of this great
theological work was to
tell everyone how a
young man, healthy
and with a promising
future, viewed the
workings of God in his
life. My unpretentious
analysis would not
carry with it any
penitential death bed
writings. Mine were to
be the thoughts of a
man looking ahead not
back. Those few pages I
did write were anything
but penitential and,
anything but
philosophical.
Since then, I’ve done
a lot of experiencing
and a good bit of
growing, but I’m no
closer to writing my
theological treatise than
at the unknowing age
of 21. As my life
continues going
through changes and
phases of development,
my perception of God’s
role changes. As my
image of the world and
mankind grows so does
my impression of
Divine impact.
disasters shape the face
of this world but, it is
more than just the big
stories that affect us. In
fact, it is the little
situations that often
times go unnoticed and
unreported which mold
a person’s beliefs. I see
those stories on a daily
basis and without a
doubt, they have a
crashing impact on the
way one thinks.
The little people and
the unsung heroes make
up God’s master plan.
It’s the french baker
and the watch maker as
much as Kellogg and
Boeing who are shaping
this world. It is the high
school student coming
back from a tragic
accident. In time, he
will walk again - with
an artificial leg. Seeing
his face and determinat
ion has to make you
stop and wonder. If it
were all meaningless in
the end, why bother?
There’s a little boy
who ran inside his
burning house to wake
his mother and get her
and his little brother
out. He did it and he’s a
hero - a hero scared for
life. Seeing him makes
you stop and wonder?
Someday I hope to
sit down and write that
book about how the
Lord worked in my life.
But, it probably won’t
be for some years to
come, when I’m older
and hopefully wiser:
“You are old, Father
William, the young man
cried,
The few locks which
are left you are grey;
You are hale, Father
William, a hearty old
man,
Now tell me the
reason, I pray.
You are old, Father
William, the young man
cried
And pleasures with
youth pass away,
And yet you lament
not the days that are
gone,
NC NEWS SERVICE
“A nation with the
resolve to have a man set
foot on the moon must
not be afraid to let a child
set foot on the earth,”
Cardinal Terence Cooke of
New York said in defense
of the unborn child.
The cardinal’s
statement on the “national
scandal” of legalized
abortion was one of a
number of comments
made in observance of the
seventh anniversary of the
Supreme Court abortion
decision, Jan. 22. Other
religious leaders around
the country joined in
condemning abortion and
religious and educational
pro-life activities were
planned to be in step with
the annual March for Life.
A three-day Respect
Life Leadership
Conference, an all-night
Eucharistic vigil and a
short prayer vigil will be
held before the seventh
annual march in
Washington. Other cities
also will hold marches.
Pro-abortionists plan to
counter the pro-life
activities with news
conferences and speakers
and the National Abortion
Rights Action League will
release a “pro-choice voter
attitudes” poll.
The march, on the
anniversary of the
Supreme Court decision
which eliminated most
restrictions against
abortion, is sponsored by
March for Life, Inc. The
organization also sponsors
a short vigil March 21.
Other activities are not
part of March for Life,
Inc., according to the
organization’s president
Nellie J. Gray.
Miss Gray said the
march will begin at noon
at the Ellipse in
Washington and proceed
to the Capitol. The
opening address will be
given by Bishop Thomas
Welsh of Arlington and the
key speaker will be an
Evangelical minister, the
Rev. James Robison of
Fort Worth, Texas.
Sen. Jesse Helms
(R-N.C.) and Rep. Robert
Dornan (R-Calif.) will be
the principal political
speakers.
Miss Gray said that she
had no solid estimate of
the number expected for
the 1980 march. March for
Life leaders had said that
more than 100,000
attended in 1979. The
The Respect Life
Leadership Conference is
scheduled for Jan. 19-21
in Washington. The
LAPAC Fund (Let’s All
Protect a Child Fund), a
Washington-based division
of Christian Family
Renewal, is the main
sponsor and co-sponsors
include the Human Life
Center of Collegeville,
Minn.; National Pro-Life
PAC; National Youth
Pro-Life Coalition; Right
to Life Crusade, and
American Life Lobby.
The program will
include a full day of
lectures on genetic
manipulation,
medical-legal ethics,
international corruption,
politics of abortion,
Human Life Amendment,
the family and the
Christian churches; nine
caucus meetings on the z
various subjects
introduced; a plenary
report and an address on
“The Importance of Unity
-- We Are Closing the
Ranks.”
An all-night vigil of
Eucharistic adoration at
the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception in
Washington is planned for
Jan. 21 by the Maryknoll
Fati ma Project of
Maryknoll, N.Y.
“We need more prayer
to support us in this
important work,” said
project coordinator Jack
Pelikan.
The March for Life,
Inc. vigil will be “a simple,
prayerful meeting,” Miss
Gray said. Prayers will be
said and talks given at the
vigil, to be held in a
Washington gymnasium.
In other parts of the
country, pro-lifers will also
be active. Californians will
march in Sacramento Jan.
22 in a “Rally for Life.”
Pro-life speakers will
address topics of abortion,
euthanasia, a Human Life
Amendment, women’s
rights and ethnic minority
views.
A pro-life march
through downtown
Pittsburgh coupled with a
prayer breakfast and rally
will highlight the area’s
second annual March for
Life Jan. 19. Buses from
southwestern Pennsylvania
will take pro-lifers to
Washington Jan. 22.
Pro-lifers in Harrisburg, Pa.
will sponsor a rally at the
state capital Jan. 20, a first
for the district’s pro-life
legislative group.
Bishop Joseph Daley of
Harrisburg will celebrate a
Mass in honor of life and
along with the gifts of
bread and wine,
participants will carry red
roses and lighted candles,
symbols of the pro-life
movement.
Bishop Daley, in a
statement to be delivered
at the Mass, said “We
cannot let this anniversary
pass without recalling to
mind its shock nature, its
utter disregard for the life
and humanity in the
mother’s womb, and the
frightening results which
have been caused by it in
this country.”
Bishop Daley and
Cardinal Cooke both
recalled the words of Pope
John Paul II, “When the
sacredness of life before
birth is attacked, we will
stand up and proclaim that
no one ever has the
authority to destroy
unborn life.”
Cardinal Cooke,
chairman of the U.S.
bishops’ Committee on
Pro-life Activities, added.
“Because we share these
values, we once again take
the occasion ... to call
upon the members of the
government and all our
brothers and sisters to
reverse the tide of tragedy
and to protect the
God-given dignity of the
unborn child.”
Msgr. John Foley,
editor of the Catholic
Standard and Times of
Philadelphia, said in an
editorial, “Jesus said that
whatever we do to one of
the least of his brethren,
we do to him. Unborn
children are the weakest
and, thus, the least of
Christ’s brothers and
sisters; if we remain silent
while they are destroyed,
it is equivalent to standing
in silent approbation at
the crucifixion of Jesus,
who although innocent,
was also unjustly
condemned to death; if we
attempt to intervene to
preserve and protect
unborn life, we serve the
person of Christ.”
Florida bishops issued a
pastoral letter calling for a
Human Life Amendment.
The letter was signed
by Archbishop Edward
McCarthy of Miami;
Bishop Thomas Grady of
Orlando; Bishop Rene
Gracida of Pensacola-
-Tallahassee; Bishop W.
Thomas Larkin of St.
Petersburg; Bishop John
Pro-Lifers
NC NEWS SERVICE
Virginia pro-lifers have
protested the approval of
the nation’s first test-tube
baby project and said they
will seek to stop it through
the courts or the
legislature.
Virginia Health
Commissioner Dr. James
Kenley Jan. 8 sanctioned
an application from the
Eastern Virginia Medical
School to set up the
laboratory at Norfolk
General Hospital. His
approval was necessary
under Virginia’s Certificate
of Need Law before the
laboratory could be put
into operation.
The clinic plans to
conduct “in vitro
fertilization” - surgically
removing an egg from a
woman’s ovary, fertilizing
it with sperm in a test tube
and later implanting the
fetus in the woman’s
uterus.
VATICAN CITY (NC) -
Pope John Paul II
reminded nuns to remain
faithful to their vows,
especially that of poverty,
during an audience Jan. 11
with members of the
Daughters of Charity of
Snyder of St. Augustine;
and Miami’s auxiliary
bishops John Nevins and
Agustin Roman.
“When there is an
openness to God’s grace
we are bountiful in
bringing forth new wine
from the branches. The
new wine of loving service
is a continuation of the
work of the kingdom.
When the branch is cut
off, however, it withers
and dies.
“We live in a time of
dryness,” the bishops said.
The Supreme Court
“declared unconstitutional
all laws protecting the life
of the unborn child. The
court was reflecting a
mood in this country, in
this world, that we do not
need the vine.”
A flyer published by
the U.S. bishops’ Office
for Pro-Life Activities
features a cover
photograph of Pope John
Paul II embracing a
handicapped youngster
and includes excerpts from
his homily on the Mall in
Washington Oct. 7.
The president of the
Tidewater Chapter of the
Virginia Society for
Human Life, Charles Dean,
said the decision would be
fought in court and in the
federal and Virginia
legislature. He did not
specify on what grounds
the society would bring
the case to court.
The society and other
groups believe the project
raises ethical and moral
questions.
“We hope to prevent
them from putting up the
first two by four,” he said
of the clinic. “We’ll seek
an injunction if necessary.
“We won the first
round, we defeated the
first application, but we
lost the second round.
Now we hope to win the
war after losing a battle.”
Dean said he views in
vitro fertilization as
“distruction of human life
and a lessening of respect
St. Vincent de Paul.
“Have eyes and hearts
only for the poor, as your
founders did . . . never
ceasing to stimulate them
to contemplate our Lord
Jesus Christ, sent to
announce a joyous
“Necesitamos que
nuestros jovenes, en cuyas
manos esta el presente y el
future de la Iglesia, tengan
una mejor formacion y
mayor participacion en la
direccion de nuestras
comunidades. Hay que
reconocer y aceptar al
joven como ministro
propio de la juventud” (II
Encuentro Nacional
Hispano)
“Existe una diversidad
de necesidades entre los
jovenes; y este ministerio
exige un acercamiento que
sea comprensivo, que
incluya la colaboracion de
muchas personas con
formas diversas de
habilidades, cada una de
ellas esenciales en el
proceso total.
El ministerio juvenil es
‘para la juventud’ debido a
que el mismo busca
responder a las necesidades
unicas del adolescente. El
mismo esta ‘con’ la
juventud debido a que es
un ministerio compartido.
Este es ‘hacia’ la juventud
porque ellos participan en
la direccion de este
ministerio. Y es ‘en favor’
de la juventud debido a
que intenta responder e
interpretar las necesidades
de los jovenes y actuar de
abogados en sus
beneficios.
La comunidad de fe
adulta es el principal
comunicador de la fe. Ella
f unciona como tal
haciendo participar a los
jovenes en sus ritos,
ceremonias, simbolos,
expresiones de fe,
actitudes, valores, modelos
de organizacion, medio
ambiente y actividades.
(Directorio Catequetico
Nacional)
La comunidad hispana
de Atlanta es una
comunidad que tiene ante
si el reto de desarrollar una
Iglesia-comunidad viva y
comprometida, capaz de
profundizar su fe y
transmitirla. La juventud
es una parte muy
importante de esta
comunidad y posee un
gran potential, por lo cual
espera que se le tenga en
cuenta y esta dispuesta a
colaborar.
Actualmente podemos
notar el envolvimiento de
los jovenes en distintos
for human life.”
He called it the
selection and manipulation
of human embryos that
could lead the way to
experimentation like the
Nazi attempts to produce
a master race.
Dean cited Sen. Orrin
Hatch’s (R-Utah)
opposition to the Norfolk
clinic and said there is
speculation that Hatch will
follow through with
legislation on the ^linic.
Hatch had asked for a
delay pending “a thorough
congressional investigation
of all religious, ethical,
moral and legal questions
surrounding such a
sensitive controversial
laboratory.”
Hatch is a member of
the Health Subcommittee
of the Senate’s Human
Resources Committee.
Bishop Walter Sullivan
of Richmond had voiced
message to the poor, to
proclaim freedom to
prisoners and sight to the
blind,” the pope said in his
French-language address.
He praised the
Daughters of Charity’s
tradition of renewing the
ministerios como
catequistas, lectores,
ushers, etc ... lo cual
refleja su deseo y buena
voluntad. Hay
representantes en el
Comite Arquidiocesano y
el Comite para la
Organizacion de la Mision
Hispana. Varios han
participado en el programa
“Search” de la Diocesis y
se espera que otros se
beneficien tanto de este
como del programa
“Quest” - retires para
jovenes adultos. Un grupo
ayudo a organizar una
misa de juventud en la
navidad y tambien
colaboraron el la
celebracion de ‘Las
Posadas’. Actuelmente hay
interes en continuar con
las misas de juventud y
organizar un conjunto de
musica tipica. Muchos
preguntan por retires,
formacion de un grupo de
jovenes etc ... Todo esto
indica que la juventud esta
dispuesta y lista para
recibir formacion y actuar.
Es por todo esto que
deseamos promover un
programa que provea
oportunidades para su
formacion y desarrollo
integral asi como
oportunidades de servicio.
Para esto se requiere la
colaboracion de todos y
hay que comenzar poco a
poco.
Este DOMINGO, 20 DE
ENERO se llevaran a cabo
dos reuniones importantes
para los jovenes, una en la
Parroquia Imaculado
Corazon de Maria y otra
en la Parroquia Cristo Rey.
En la misma se informara
sob re v arias actividades
que se llevaran a cabo
durante los proximos
meses. La reunion en
Imaculado Corazon de
Maria sera de 2:00 - 3:00
p.m. en el Elaine Clark
Center y en Cristo Rey
sera inmediatamente
despues de la misa en los
bajos de la Catedral. Se
espera la presencia de
todos los jovenes, tanto
teenagers como jovenes
adultos.
Para mayor
informacion o aportacion
con respecto a la Juventud
hispana favor de
comunicarse con la
Hermana Lourdes
(231-3511).
“grave concerns” when the
Eastern Virginia Medical
School announced plans in
1978 to set up a
laboratory. He took a
strong stand against the
laboratory in October,
1979 when hearings were
scheduled on the project.
In a letter to Virginia
Catholics he asked for
support in opposing the
lab. “The procedure .. .-
has both moral and public
policy implications. In
passing judgment, one
must consider not only
individual benefits, but
social implications,” he
said.
The procedure was
developed by Dr. Patrick
Steptoe and Dr. Robert
Edwards, a Cambridge
University specialist in
reproductive physiology.
They had collaborated for
more than a dozen years in
research and experimentat
ion.
Vows
vows of poverty, chastity
and obedience on March
25 of each year, and said
the vow of chastity does
not negate “the capacity
and the need for
motherhood in every
woman.”
“You are mothers,”
Pope John Paul told the
nuns. “You collaborate in
the protection, the
orientation, the
development, the healing,
the serene end of so many
human lives on the
physical, moral and
religious level.”
On the third vow, the
pope said that “religious
obedience is the most
piercing of the three
golden nails which link his
imitators to the will of
Jesus Christ.
“Is it possible to look
up at the cross of Jesus
Christ without conforming
to his mystery of
obedience to the father?”
Pope John Paul asked.
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Perhaps my work
has a great deal to do
with my constantly
fluctuating ideals. Most
people don’t have the
opportunity to see the
world on as wide a
scope. Sure, tyranical
rulers, fanatical
governments and great
Now tell me the
■ reason I pray.”
“In the days of my
youth I remembered
my God!
and he hath not
forgotten my age.”
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According to Miss
Gray, busloads of
marchers were being lined
up in areas as far away as
St. Louis. She said many
people from Ohio and
Indiana ride for 12 hours
or longer to join the march
and people from Texas
and California fly in to
Washington to take part.
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Pope Reminds Nuns Of
Oppose Test-Tube Baby Clinic