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PAGE 9 — The Georgia Bulletin, November 14,1985
BY CYNTHIA HEIDECKER
World hunger is a subject which is familiar to all of us.
Most recently, rock groups from all over the world produc
ed “Live Aid,” which collected millions for the African
famine relief. This week, we feature well-known country
singer Kenny Rogers and his wife Marianne as they pro
duce a show in aid of the hungry peoples of the world.
Kenny Rogers and his wife explain the importance of the
world food drive at his concerts. They stress that every per
son can be made to care and participate in World Hunger
Year in a tangible way in expression of his concern for the
world around him.
This half-hour show, MAKING A DIFFERENCE, was
produced in Los Angeles by Kragen and Company. It can be
seen Tuesday morning, November 19, at 11 o’clock on AIB
CABLE.*
The full schedule of programming for the week of
November 17 follows:
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17
THE CATHOLIC MASS — The Mass will be celebrated by
Father Richard P. Wise, assistant pastor of St. Philip
Benizi Church, Jonesboro. The lector will be Clifford Morse
and the music will be provided by the Choir of St. John
Neumann Church in Lilbum under the direction of Jeff
Bush.
6 a.m. on WSB-TV (Channel 2).
10 a.m. on WVEU-TV (Channel 69 on UHF).
10:30 a.m. on AIB CABLE.*
NEWSFRONT — A weekly half-hour news program pro
duced by the National Catholic News Service and covering
national and international news about religion and the
social issues surrounding it.
7:30 p.m. on WPBA (Channel 30).
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18
SHARE THE WORD — This video edition of the Scripture
program produced by the Paulist National Catholic
Evangelization Association features commentaries of
Father Laurence Brett on the Scriptures contained in the
liturgy for the upcoming Sunday (Nov. 24). The program
also includes musical selections, a Bible background seg
ment by Ms. Maggie Linton, and Scripture readings.
8 p.m. on AIB CABLE.*
WORLD HUNGER is the subject of a special
program, MAKING A DIFFERENCE, which
stars country singer Kenny Rogers and his wife
Marianne. AIB CABLE* on Tuesday,
November 19 at 11 a.m.
VIDEO EDITION — In this 30 minute news magazine
program, host Dan Morris and his guests explore the
ethical and pastoral implications of current national and in
ternational news stories. This week’s program covers
several issues including Respect for Life, hunger and the
senior citizen, and AIDS.
8:30 p.m. on AIB CABLE.*
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19
MAKING A DIFFERENCE — Special program on world
hunger featuring country singer Kenny Rogers and his wife
Marianne.
11 a.m. on AIB CABLE *
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20
MOTHER ANGELICA LIVE — Mother Angelica hosts in
teresting guests on this program of Bible study interwoven
with music. In this special series, the television audience is
invited to call and ask questions.
9 p.m. on AIB CABLE.*
BODY & SOUL — Each week Brother Wayne Campbell
highlights an aspect of the human condition and its
significance for the modern-day Christian. In this week’s
program, “Compassion,” problems of the contemporary
Catholic Church are opened for discussion. The show
focuses on the materialistic practices and egocentricity of
the modern American. Guest, Father Richard Rohr ex
plores the need to sacrifice our security and self-
satisfaction in the world in which we live in order to reach
the real God.
9:30 p.m. on AIB CABLE.*
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING
TALES OF MAGIC — Fairytales from around the world.
This week’s story is “Spirit in the Bottle.”
5 p.m. on AIB CABLE.*
DAVEY & GOLIATH — Animated puppets teach lessons
in the Christian tradition. In this week’s episode, “Pieces of
Eight,” Davey becomes fascinated with pirates and buries
his Jickets Club’s baseball fund in a tin box. When a sudden
rain washes away the treasure, Davey works hard and with
the help of a loan from his sister’s piggy bank, he is able to
replace the money.
5:15 p.m. on AIB CABLE.*
*(AIB CABLE is an interfaith channel on Cable Channel 8
in Alpharetta, Atlanta, College Park, Dekalb, East Point
and North Dekalb.)
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Father Nouwen Writes
A Guatemalan Story
LOVE IN A FEAR
FUL LAND, A
GUATEMALAN
STORY, by Father
Henri J.M. Nouwen.
Ave Maria Press
(Notre Dame, Ind.,
1985). 116pp., $5.95.
REVIEWED BY
BOB WAITE
NC News Service
“Love in a Fearful
Land” is about two
American parish
priests in Guatemala.
One of them, Father
Stanley Francis Ro-
ther, was murdered by
a Guatemalan death
squad. The other,
Father John Vesey, is
there to take up the
work Father Rother
left behind.
The work in the
small village of San
tiago Atitlan is the
work of ministering to
the poor and oppressed
villagers — work that
is threatening and con
sidered subversive by
the political and
military establish
ment of Guatemala.
The author, Father
Henri J.M. Nouwen,
left his teaching min
istry at Yale Divinity
School to spend two
weeks with his friend,
Father Vesey, who in
vited him by saying, “I
want you to visit me
and simply pray with
me and the Indian peo
ple...I am going there
to pray and I want you
to come too.” Father
Nouwen came and
brought with him a
photographer, Peter
Weiskel. Together they
produced this short
devotional book.
Guatemala is a land
of violence. Like El
Salvador, oppression
is enforced by the ter
ror of right-wing death
squads who kidnap,
torture and kill their
victims. The church,
with its ministry to the
poor and oppressed of
Latin America, is often
a target of the terror.
Father Rother, an
American priest from
Oklahoma, was a vic
tim of this terror,
because he refused to
abandon the people of
Santiago Atitlan. After
several threats, he was
finally murdered in his
room at the combina
tion rectory-clinic. The
room is now a shrine
with Father Rother’s
presence acknowledg
ed by the sisters and
villagers. It is viewed
as a memorial to
Christ’s conquest of
death.
Not long after Fa
ther Vesey succeeded
Father Rother, threats
were also made
against his life. He was
brought back to the
United States for a
while, but his heart
was with the people of
his Guatemalan pa
rish. Now he is back in
Guatemala and his life
is in danger again.
"Natty Gann" Is Movie
Young And Old Will Enjoy
NEW YORK (NC) - A
courageous young girl em
barks on a danger-filled and
wondrous adventure when
she travels across the coun
try in search of her father in
“The Journey of Natty
Gann” (Walt Disney). It is
a film set amid the political
unrest, social upheaval and
economic hardship that
characterized America
during the early 1930s.
During her adventure,
Natty rides the rails with
hobo gangs, forms a close
bond with a young drifter
and a wonderful wolf whom
she saves from mistreat
ment.
Meredith Salenger, a
rather plain but extremely
talented newcomer, is
sincere and straightfor
ward as Natty in a striking
performance that never
becomes maudlin in this
unabashedly sentimental
story. Also, John Cusack as
the- young drifter who
befriends Natty is unusual
ly restrained and effective.
The outstanding talents
of a number of actors con
tribute to make this a heart
warming and touching film.
Ray Wise as Natty’s absent
father is touchingly be
lievable and Lainie Kazan
stands out as a wicked step
mother type who has been
left in charge of Natty in her
father’s absence.
Also featured are cameo
appearances by Verna
Bloom and Scatman Cro-
thers. Everyone stands out
in this film.
Screenwriter Jeanne
Rosenberg seems to have
what it takes to write a pic
ture for all ages, having
formerly teamed with
Melissa Matheson and
William D. Wittliff on the
script of “The Black
Stallion.”
"The Journey of Natty
Gann” is a family film in
the true sense: the whole
family, young and old, will
enjoy this one.
The U.S. Catholic Con
ference classification is A-I
— general patronage. The
Motion Picture Association
of America rating is PG —
parental guidance sug
gested. (C.E.)
“To Live and Die in L.A.”
(MGM-UA) seems to repre-
sent director William
Friedkin’s attempt to re
create in Southern Califor
nia his past hit ‘ ‘The French
Connection.”
For this, too, is the story
of two law enforcement
agents, one of them a near
fanatic, in pursuit of nasty
perpetrators.
This time out for Fried-
kin, in a screenplay written
by himself and Gerald
Petievich, it’s two Treasury
agents (William Petersen
and John Pankow) hot on
the trail of a counterfeiter
of supremely vicious
disposition (Willem Dafoe),
but the result is a film with
no more depth than an ex
tended offering on cable
TV’s Music Television. It’s
also quite brutal and
amoral.
The U.S. Catholic Com
ference has classified it O —
morally offensive —
because of its violence and
scenes of graphic sexuality.
The Motion Picture As
sociation of America rating
is R — restricted.