T

liDUBlEFUOUBNAL Wednesday, November 16,1977 Page 19 *s

Washington, D.C. (RNS) meeting, the discussions families. — The nation's bishops took marked the culmination of a significant step toward the an "extensive process of The body's first development of a broad study, analysis and decision­ recommendation calls for a pastoral plan for family making" by the commission "comprehensive pastoral ministry, the establishment "in order to come up with a vision or action plan for the of a bishops' committee on series of recommendations entire ministry of the marriage and family life, that will help the national Church related to married and the "formulation of a Church to give an adequate couples and families." It total catechesis of human and . . well directed stresses a '"pastoral ap­ sexuality and family life." response to the. . need for a proach" that will involve more effective approach to the Church at all levels During their four-day the complex issues affecting working out programs and general meeting which marriage and family life," projects that respond to the closes tomorrow, Thursday, the commission said in its needs of young people,_ Nov. 17, the bishops final report married couples, divorced,^*' discussed in speciaI widowed, whole families workshop sessions some 45 - The commission ad­ and special minorities. recommendations of a U.S. dressed such questions as Catholic Conference Ad divorce, the women's The second recom­ Hoc Commission on movement, the lack of mendation asks for the Marriage and Family Life in complete theology of establishment of a bishops' areas ranging from pastoral marriage, the dearth of Committee on Marriage and theology and catechesis to goals and values in Christian Family with a secretariat family ministry to the families, the lack of a sense that can approve, coor­ special needs of minority of commitment in dinate and advise the families. marriage, confusion over diocesan offices on the the purpose of marriage, the nature and direction of the Although no action on the need for sexuality education pastoral plan as well as recommendations was and the need to develop other questions on family expected at the bishops' ministry for couples and issues. Catholic Charities Heed Notes Government Program Benefits Washington, D. C. (RNS) Food Stamp program in the homemaking, child-rearing — A leading U.S. Catholic context of overall welfare function," he said. "We Charities official has en­ reform, unless the benefit believe many will choose dorsed President Carter's level of the program is work, but to leave rninqt^^ Better Jobs and Income substantially improved children, unattended in' Program (H.R. 9030) as a there is substantial reason some situations poses great "good instrument with to maintain the Food Stamp dangers their which to begin the task of Program maturation " welfare reform" in this country. In analyzing the overall CHARITY PARTY Carter program, Msgr. CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE BANNED The Catholic Women's*, Msgr. Lawrence J. Cor­ Corcoran said the NCCC Club has scheduled a Tension escalates in South Africa, where government "bans" against apartheid coran, director of the was pleased to see that benefit for St Bridget's critics restricts them even from speaking in small groups. This controversial placard National Conference of individuals will not have to parish— a salad bar lunch symbolizes the plight of the Christian Institute of Southern Africa, which has been Catholic Charities (NCCC) strip themselves of assets in on Monday, Nov 21, with an si enced by government .decr^e^The Institute has been an arch critic of the told the House special order to participate in the program. afternoon of cards, in the {tovernmeWs%acist policiesJdricFwas considered one of the country's most ef­ Subcommittee on Welfare Reform that the Catholic Otto A Shu/ts Community fective Christian'voices. (RNS) Charities movement "prays At the same time, he took Center at Nazareth College. that Congress will pass, an issue with the program Festivities begin at 11 am equitable fair income bill" requirement of a reduction Mrs Donald Tyrrell, before adjournment next in benefits when an elderly chairman, has the assistance Vatican 'Laments' Failure, year. person shares a common of Mrs Barry Tyrrell, Mrs residence with a related Rose Swartz and Mrs John Brongo. Tomorrow is the He maintained, however, individual. He indicated deadline for reservations, that the basic federai that the provision was a Of Helsinki Action which may be made by benefit level of the program "dis-incentive to human calling the club, 275-9173. is inadequate and should be consideration of extended {Vatican City (RNS) - be done within the next few Vatican's outlook was the between 10 am and 2 p m., based at the ."poverty line," family life " He also urged Vatican Radio, marking the years." affirmation in behalf of or through 381-5905 or 586- with the program indexed to the subcommittee to permit l. fifjth anniversary of the human rights, and par­ 5896 increases in the cost of an unmarried parent living I; convening of the Helsinki "The 'final act' of the ticularly religious freedom living. He also/suggested with her parents to file as I?; Conference on European Helsinki conference cannot spelled out in the final act that the determination of separate household with no CHRISTMAS FAIR I- Security and Cooperation, be considered a magic of the conference as "the benefits should be based on reduction in benefits, and to wand, capable of working freedom of the individual to | lar/iented the lack of im­ current income and not on a reject the proposal that Groton— St Anthony's miracles of an in­ profess and practice, alone plementation of the con- six-month accountable women with minor children Church will conduct their stantaneous and integral or with others, a religion or a |iV.rej-ence's human rights period, despite the over age 7 are employable first annual Christmas Fair modification of decades-old credo acting in accordance initiatives, and cited the projected savings of $2.9 to Saturday, Nov. 1'9 from 10 historical backwardness and with the dictates of his own denial of religious freedom, $3 3 billion "A single adult member a m to 4 p.m There will be p. in some countries. ideological hostility," the conscience " crafts, games, good things broadcast declared. "Nor of any household with Msgr. Corcoran also said minor children should have to eat, toys, and Santa will "Now, at two years' however can it be con­ that the jobs component of the option to work, or to make a special appearance [^•distance from the signing of sidered a simple affirmation "This is the spirit in which the program must be im- continue in the for the children V"'the final Helsinki treaty," of no consequence " the Holy See accepted the poved by a "greater .'Vatican Radio said, "one invitation and inspired its allocation of resources" and .^cannot but notice that the Vatican. Radio said the presence and its attitude at by paying a higher wage in Mrs. Schroth Named Helsinki accords, now being the Helsinki conference," J* ^obligations assumed by the government-provided jobs Instates attending the con- updated and checked for Vatican Radio said implementation at l^ferience require much more Noting that the basic To Hospital Board l^jincisive action to put it into Belgrade, is an agreement value of the program is in Patricia Langie Schroth •-*|pr?ctice. freely signed by the par­ making work the base on ticipating states and is to be has been appointed to the MEMORIAL LECTURES which all else is built, the "• ''The exercise of religious "encouraged and sup­ board of trustees of St priest also said the program Mary's Hospital. Sister m ^freedom, in particular, in ported" as a force for placed a strong emphasis on i. "some countries can hardly human rights, including D e C h a n t a I, chairman, A gift in memory of the family and sought to |r -be said to be guaranteed. . religious freedom announc ed last week Dorothy Mattes Roeser will maintain the "basic unit of |x**'n certain cases it is even enable the Nazareth College society " "defied, as is the case of "It is with this hope that French department to offer the Holy See is now taking some Catholic communities He praised the program's Mrs Schroth is the wife ot part in the Belgrade con­ an annual lecture by a . of the Eastern Rites . . who thrust toward a federal John F Schroth Jr ot Pitt­ ference on the application visiting scholar. Dr. Virginia ll/have lost their civil right to system of income main­ sford and the mother <>t tour of the Helsinki agreement," Otto, foreign languages •if .-..ex st due to new juridical tenance, with national children She continues in the broadcast said, adding chairman, said the first y-Hpolitical provisions laid eligibility standards, and the tradition of her parents, the Vatican's hope that lecture would be scheduled ^.,do|wn since World War II." sdded that the general the late Mr and Mrs Louis future meetings will be held next Spring assistance programs of the A Langie Sr , who were to appraise and stimulate The Ukrainian rite is an states have been inadequate hospital board members the process set in motion by pl-xprnple of an entire Church The late Mrs Roeser, a and practically non-existent and volunteer workers, the the Helsinki conference Mng absorbed by another in many states announcement noted She is member of St Agnes parish PATRICIA SCHROTH jChurch according to a in Avon, was a graduate of a past president of the Vatican Radio pointed KJPqlitical mandate. It was the college and of the In discussing "major Women's Board of St also at the Cerebral Palsy out that the Vatican took Mary's A member of Seton JMJeclared non-existent by Nazareth Conservatory of inadequacies" in the Association, the Red Cross part in the original con­ Branch 70. she is co- llfQviet authorities who Music She taught French, program, Msgr Corcoran and the United Community ference not so much as a chairman of Seton Branches ^f^ognized only the state- Spanish and English in said that because the Chest "*~ ^ojntrolled Ukrainian Or- state but as a "center of several area high schools benefit level is put at 65 per and heads the committee for the Seton Charity Ball a|hpdox Church.) moral irradiation" and to and was a member of the cent of the official poverty She is a graduate ot the scheduled for Saturday. offer its contributions New York Federation of line the poor will continue Academy of the Sacred Nov 19. at the Downtown "\ The Vatican broadcast toward the solution of so Foreign Language Teachers to get poorer in relation to Heart here ,and ot Holiday Inn She teaches l#a|'d, however, that many serious world Her husband, F. Eugene the rest of the population. Manhattanvilie College in religion at St Louis Church IH'spmething has moved in problems Roeser of Pittsford, gave Purchase, and j holds a and works with the Pittsford ifP^P'65' consciences and it Nazareth $5,000 to establish He noted that while" the University of "Ro chest 2**--^-* r Girl Scouts She has served 'ght to hope that what The broadcast noted that the lecture series NCCC favors eliminating the master's degree in t nghsh mma not yet been done will particulary in line with the