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PAGE 2—The Georgia Bulletin, October 2,1980 El Ultimo Triunfo BY RAUL E. MONTEJO Todos los cristianos del mundo y los hombres de buena voluntad nos sentimos contentos y esperanzados en espera de nuevas victorias de la doctrina maravillosa del amor entre todos los hombres, que nuestro Senor nos lego durante su peregrinar entre los hombres. Es por ello que nuestro Sumo Pontifice no desmaya un momento en proclamarla por todos los confines del planeta que se encuentra visitando. El mas reciente e importante triunfo obtenido, y que me ha inspirado hacer estas lineas, ha sido sin lugar a dudas, la victoria del pueblo de Dios en Polonia, sobre los anti-Cristo, y bajo la direccion de su lider Catolico y Obrero Lech Walensa. Walensa que sabe muy bien que solo con la ayuda del Altisimo habia podido obtener tan rotundo triunfo, se ha apresurado a solicitar una audiencia con su Santidad, en su caracter de legitimo representante de Dios en la tierra, para agradecer en nombre suyo y de sus hermanos de luchas sus oraciones y declaraciones de apoyo. Es asi, y solo asi, con oraciones y civicas actitudes, como podra redimirse al mundo e implantar un sistema que por sus origenes divinos, termine de una vez y para siempre con la injusticia social terrenal y salve a nuestras almas para el distrute del Reino Prometido por Aquel, que siendo justo, prefirio morir en la Cruz, cargando con los pecados de sus hermanos, antes de permitir la violencia utilizando su espada, a quien estaba dispuesto a morir por El. (Juan 18:11) Por ello y haciendo buena estas ensenanzas es que ese gran pueblo de Polonia, sin usar la metralleta asesino o el petardo artero, que por lo regular termina con preciosas vidas de inocentes, ha lotrado la ayuda Divina en su triunfo sin precedentes en estos tiempos. Nosotros los Cubanos, podemos valorar en todo la magnitud esa victoria, porque tambien con ellos, hemos vivido en ese mundo de sombras y silencios, y como en mi caso, todavia resuenan en mis oidos los ecos de los disparos hechos para disolver una pacifica procesion en honor a nuestra Santisima Madre, la Patrona de Cuba, La Virgen de la Caridad, alia por los primeros arTos de la decada del 60, en la ciudad de Camaguey, y en la que solo empleabamos como armas los rosarios con los que implorabamos su mediacion al Altisimo, para que permitiera la libertad de la Patria, sin derramamiento de s-ngres de hermanos, ni mezquinos actos de venganzas. Para Cuba, que todavia sufre al recibir en su suelo la sangre generosa de sus mejores jijos, y la ausencia de los mas afortunados, por llamarlo de alauna manera, que estamos dispersos por el mundo luchando contra la incomprension de impasibles o suicidas aliados de mejores tiempos, vayan mis suplicas al Padre Eterno. i SISTER ELIZABETH ANN, guest speaker at a seminar on Ethical Issues in Health Care at Saint Joseph’s Hospital speaks to resident administrator Kiyoshi Matsuura following the seminar. Ethics Examined “There is a danger in health care to violate the autonomy of a patient,” said Sister Elizabeth Ann Linehan, RSM, while recently addressing the staff of Saint Joseph’s Hospital. The two day seminar, “Ethical Issues in Health Care,” stressed the obligation of health care professionals to respect and value each human being they serve. Atlanta’s oldest hospital is committed to this same philosophy. Sr. Elizabeth Ann has a Ph.D. in philosophy and also serves on the Board of Trustees at Saint Joseph’s. She is an assistant professor of Philosphy at Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pa. The sessions turned to questions of conflicts between the patient’s wishes and the physician in charge, a patient’s right to refuse treatment and the role nurses play in the physician-patient relationship. No. Ireland: Rights Violated NEW YORK (NC) - A United Methodist minister who recently visited Northern Ireland said he believes the “actual number of human rights violations there is greater than in any other country.” “Britain abrogates the international code for the t reatment of prisoners, and an increasing number of responsible people are condemning what the British are doing to prisoners in Long Kesh and Armagh,” said the Rev. Paul Abels, pastor of Washington Square United Methodist Church in New York City. Mr. Abels was the only Protestant in a group of six persons, led by Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan, who visited Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland from Aug. 26 to 31. The purpose of the visit was to investigate conditions in the Long Kesh and Armagh prisons. When British authorities refused to allow the group to enter the prisons, they held a vigil outside the gates. They prayed and read out the names of political prisoners. After each name the group chanted “You are not alone.” Saying that the European Commission on Human Rights and the Court of Human Rights in Strassbourg, France, have appealed to Great Britain to change its treatment of prisoners in Northern Ireland, Mr. Abels said: “I believe the British organization in the world defending what the British are doing.” Jonathan Davidson, information officer for the British Embassy in Washington, called that religious leaders from the outside can help in the dispute, “if those coming in from the outside make highly charged statements it doesn’t break down tensions . . . Reform Needed DUBLIN, Ireland (NC) - A general prison reform in Northern Ireland could help solve the current impasse involving the “blanket protest” in Northern Irish prisons, said Cardinal Tomas O’Fiaich of Armagh, Northern Ireland. The “blanket protest” refers to more than 350 inmates seeking political prisoner status, claiming the main cause of their arrests stem from their opposition to British rule in Northern Ireland. As a protest, the prisoners refuse to wear prison clothing, draping themselves in a blanket, and refuse to do assigned prison work. In a statement issued Sept. 23, Cardinal O’Fiaich and Bishop Edward Daly of Derry, Northern Ireland, said they made confidential reform proposals to British officials. The statement was released in Dublin by the Catholic Press Office of the Irish Bishops Conference which includes the bishops of Northern Ireland. The two churchmen issued the statement after a series of meetings during six months with prisoners and British j officials. The main protest is in the H-Block of Long Kesh Prison, involving 350 men prisoners, entering its fifth year. In 1978, 30 women prisoners in Armagh prison joined the protest. “The overall conviction which has been borne in on us in the course of these meetings is that the H-Block impasse could be solved in the context of a general prison reform in Northern Ireland regarding prison dress and prison work,” said the statement by Cardinal O’Fiaich and Bishop Daly. “A number of changes in the direction of a more humane approach on the part of authorities have been made in recent months. However, we have failed so far to secure any substantial changes on these two central issues but our proposals have not been rejected,” they added. “We therefore continue to press for a decision on the part of the government to make these changes and a willingness on the part of the protesting prisoners to end their protest if these changes are made,” they said. However, the churchmen added that they would not make public yet the contents of their reform proposals. “In view of the loss of life of several members of prison staff as well as the human suffering which the present situation in the prison entails for prisoners, prison staff and the relatives of both (many thousands in all), we make no apology for doing our utmost to obtain a solution,” they said. government will eventually have to give in to the prisoners’ demands because there is not one single individual or responsible “nonsense.” He also said the European court has rejected the claims of the prisoners for special status. He said that although it will play into the hands of extremists.” The controversy over Northern Irish prisons has grown out of the violence that has plagued the British province for the last 12 years. In 1968 demonstrations seeking civil rights for the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland led to attacks on Catholics by Protestants. The actions of British troops introduced to quell violence brought a re-emergence of the Irish Republican (IRA). The Provisional wing of the IRA is a guerrilla organization seeking to end British rule of Northern Ireland. The British first tried internment without trial to suppress the Provisional IRA and Protestant paramilitary groups. This was later replaced by special, juryless courts which accept anonymous testimony. For a time prisoners convicted in those courts had political prisoner status. But in 1976, the government announced that all persons convicted after March 1 of that year would be confined in H Block at Long Kesh and treated as common criminals. Women are confined at Armagh. Prisoners in H Block began in September 1976 to protest the denial of political prisoner status by refusing to wear prison garb or do prison work. They wear only blankets. About 400 prisoners are now “on the blanket.” Daniel Lackie Atlantan Volunteered Daniel Lackie of the Archdiocese of Atlanta was one of the 300 college and high school men who volunteered to work in the Glenmary summer program ministering in Appalachia and the rural South. Dan, who worked in eastern Kentucky along with other summer volunteers, learned the meaning of “mission” since in some places only one out of every 200 people is Catholic and more than 41% of the population is unchurched. Many volunteers spend daylight hours at hard manual labor repairing and winterizing homes. Some are engaged in visitation programs, calling on isolated people. Volunteers teach Bible schools, assist at day care centers and sheltered workshops. They frequently talk with children about prayer and pray for and with the lonely and the sick. “We come to help others, but we end up helping ourselves more,” said one volunteer. Candidates Seek Ethnic Vote BY JIM LACKEY NC News Service The ethnic vote - which often is equated with the Catholic vote - was getting plenty of attention from both Carter and Republican nominee Ronald Reagan during the first three weeks of September. It all started Labor Day when Reagan officially launched his campaign in a Jersey City, N.J., park across from the Statue of Liberty. Praising the ethnic diversity that had helped build America, Reagan capped the rally by introducing Stanley Walesa, father of Polish strike leader Lech Walesa. Though the crowd was reported to be small, the event highlighted a prime Reagan strategy to attract the votes of normally Democratic working-class ethnics in the industrializ ed Northeast and Midwest. And the pictures with Walesa made for good copy for the newspapers and evening TV news shows. Two days later, Carter made a foray into ethnic Philadelphia, pausing at one point to partake in a short game of bocce, the Italian lawn bowling game, and visiting the city’s Italian Market section. According to one report, a major purpose of the day was to compile campaign footage for future political TV ads. ' Not to be outdone, Reagan made his own trip to Philadelphia three days after the president. There he called on Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia, the American-born son of Polish immigrant parents, before flying off to Chicago for yet another meeting with Polish-Amer- icans. Carter, meanwhile, visited Perth Amboy, N.J., to dedicate a new steel mill. Again, the visit was viewed as another attempt by a presidential candidate to attract blue collar ethnic support in a state with enough electoral votes to make it strategically key. Italian-Americans also were the subject of campaign politics when both Carter and Reagan made separate appearances Sept. 13 at the National Italian-Ameriean Foundation dinner in Washington. From there the attention shifted to critically important Texas, where the Hispanic population could swing the expected close vote either way. Carter and Reagan made back to back trips there and spent much time wooing Hispanic support. Carter made a direct [;wm CLASSIC car care I.WWI “The Car Cleaning Masters 1 Our Services Include: ★ Hand Washing ★ Vinyl Top Stripped and Dressed ★ Carpet Shampooed/Interior Cleaned and Dressed ★ Complete Outside Wax ★ Special Classic-Shield Process Alone ★ Complete Clean-Up Special: Wash, Wax, Vinyl Top, Interior, Wheels ★ Special Classic-Shield Process with Complete Clean-Up ★ Compounding ★ Dye Carpet and Leather Interior Classic cars deserve Classic Car Care. Give your car a cleaning it won’t forget. . . We will make your car look like new A Few Blocks From Cathedral of Christ The King See Phillippo • 2868 Peachtree Rd. • Atlanta, Georgia • 261-9923 appeal for Hispanic votes by telling a Corpus Christi audience that the N ovember election boils down to a choice between either continuing or turning away from efforts toward justice and fairness for minorities. He also drew applause by demonstrating his command of the Spanish language. The next day, Reagan solicited the Hispanic vote by proposing that aliens from Mexico be allowed to remain in! the United States to work for a set period of time. The issue has broad appeal to Hispanics who oppose the government’s immediate deportationi policies for aliens founjl working in the United States illegally. Later Carter made his second appeal for the Hispanic vote, promising a Washington meeting of Hispanic leaders that he will supporjt and defend the government’s bilingual education proposal despite efforts in’ Congress to block it. Finally, the three-week Carter-Reagjn ethnic blitz ended Sept. 20 with a Carter trip to Chicago in search of the Polish vote. Linking his human rights policies to the desire for human dignity by the Polish strikers, Carter told the P o 1 i $ h-American Alliance dinner that the recent events in Poland “have inspired the world.” If MASS ON RADIO ~ Auxiliary Bishop Jerzy Modzelewski of Warsaw broadcasts Sunday Mass from Warsaw’s Holy Cross Church. It was the first such broadcast in 30 years (NC Photo) i\ Pope Concelebrates With Dachau Prisoners VATICAN CITY (NC) -- Nearly 100 Polish priests, all former prisoners of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, concelebrated a Mass with Pope John Paul II Sept. 24 in the Vatican Gardens. The group of two bishops and 96 priests was accompanied by more than 500 other Poles, primarily from Warsaw and Gdansk. “May God repay you for your suffering, for Lee Harper & Dancers Studio New classes beginning October 6, 1980 Call 261-7416 Aerobic dancing • the fun new way to exercise at any age - increases cardiovascular fitness and creates a new figure 16 classes Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. $ 32.00 Jazz dance for teenagers (12 yrs. old & up) Thursdays 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 10 classes *40.00 Lee Harper & Jan Duffy, Directors 3110 Roswell Rd., N.E. (Near Sears in Buckhead) Suite 211 ! Atlanta, Ga. 30305 your sacrifice, and for your witness,” the pope told the priests. “And may you thank God for the intercession of Mary Queen of Poland and all our patrons, especially St. Joseph, because he allowed you to provide such a lesson for future generations through the years and for future moments in the history of our nation,” he added. Pope John Paul, a native of Poland, sent an apostolic blessi'ng to the entire country and said he hoped “that this blessing will touch the present moment which our nation is living through with grace, love and the strength of the most Holy Trinity.” Poland recently had a wave of labor strikes which resulted in concessions from the Seafood, Ltd Wahoo 2.99 lb. Red Snapper 3.29 lb. Large Shrimp 4.99 lb. Fresh Tuna 4.49 lb. j Special orders gladly filled 1940 Moore Mill Road. N.W. 351-1470 Monday - Saturday 10:00-7:30 Communist government including the formation of independent trade unions and the radio broadcasting of a weekly Sunday Mass. The pope directed the blessing to “these our compatriots, all of them without exception, brothers and sisters, without exception of age, without exception of convictions, without any exception whatsoever and in the name of what we are - a nation, a large family, who have a common task and share a common responsibility.” The pope also prayed for those who died in the Dachau concentration camp and recalled the vow the priests made while imprisoned by the Nazis. ‘‘During that unforgettable period you all made a special promise, a vow to St. Joseph - you would never forget St. Joseph if providence would allow you to leave the camp, return to freedom and serve the nation as priests,” he said. 0 rP[5CBiPTiQ»5 ■ v-'V Ponce de Leon at Highland TR. 6-0381 OPEN ALL NIGHT