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"An oppor candidacy on five seminarians tunity to discern which areas I am preparing to enter the ordained comfortable with and which need ministry in a Eucharistic growth over the next two years so ceremony last Sunday at St. Paul that I can become the kind of Seminary. Oak wood. priest God wants me to be." The ceremony is the diocese's Paul Merkovsky. 24. from St. official recognition of a Helen Church in East Pittsburgh, seminarian as a candidate for the discussed his excitement about diaconate and priesthood. serving the Diocese of Pittsburgh The evening Mass in the aux as a priest on the threshold of the iliary chapel was attended by 21st century. "Now. it is not so more than a dozen priests, family much a question o f if. but more a and friends of the candidates, and question of when.” several seminarians. John Batykefer. 35. St. Mary Accompanying Bishop Wuerl Church in Glenfield, said it was were Fr. Theodore A. Rutkowski. an outward expression and conflr secretary for Clergy and Pastoral mation of "what I have felt in my Life. Fr. Charles Bober, director of heart for the past six years." the Department of Clergy Forma Each of the candidates also ex tion. and Fr. Robert Guay, direc pressed a deep respect and ge tor of the Department of Clergy nuine affection for their bishop Personnel. Commenting on the power of the Following the bishop's homily liturgical celebration. Steve Socci. in which he reminded the young 25. St. Bernadette in Monroeville, men of the difficult "task of bring said that “ Bishop Wuerl’s sinceri ing the word, life and love of Jesus ty really makes you feel that the Christ to an increasingly secular Church wants and needs you." world." he "gladly" accepted the Pat Barkey. 24. from St. An candidates' public declaration of thony Parish in Monongahela. intention on behalf of the Church related his candidacy to when he of Pittsburgh. The bishop likened first entered St. Paul Seminary a the fruitful prospect of their few years ago. when Bishop ministry to the abundant miracle Wuerl was then rector. of the loaves and fishes, the day's "He walked with us around the Gospel reading from John. seminary grounds." Barkey said. John Sklrtich. 25. from St. "He was very amiable, very Sylvester in Brentwood, reflected welcoming, trying to relieve our Bishop Donald W. W uerl reads the Instruction on Candidacy for diaconate and priesthood are, standing from left- Steve Socci. on the meaning of the ceremony. fears. And today he welcomes us from the Roman Pontifical during a Mass celebrated on Sunday. John Sklrtich. Paul Merkovsky. John Batykefer and Pat Barkey. “I saw today as a chance to again like a true shepherd." July 24. 1988 at S t Paul Seminary. The five diocesan candidates —Photo by Richard Infante Ex-Lefebvre priests form new society VATICAN CITY (NC) — Several Father Perl said. and the Sulpiclans. Archbishop Lefebvre was automatically excommunicated priests and seminarians who split Plans call for these priests and Father Perl is the No. 2 official when he ordained four bishops with excommunicated Ar seminarians to form their own of the newly created pontifical against papal orders. Vatican of chbishop Marcel Lefebvre have pontifical society of apostolic life commission. ficials have said that clergy and taken steps to be legally incor with a constitution approved by The commission is led by Car laity who willfully continue to porated into the Catholic Church the Vatican. Father Perl told Na dinal Paul Augustin Mayer, support Archbishop Lefebvre also as the Priestly Society of St. Peter, tional Catholic News Service July former head of the Vatican con are excommunicated. said a Vatican official. 25. gregations for Divine Worship Under terms of the proposal. Ar The terms for the new society The society "will be open to all and Sacraments. chbishop Lefebvre and his are to be drawn from the proposed Archbishop Lefebvre’s followers" Father Perl said the Society of followers could continue reconciliation agreem ent with the and to other priests who wish to St. Peter was founded by Father celebrating the Tridentine Mass Vatican which the archbishop re join It. said Father Perl. Joseph Bisig. former head of Ar in Latin, the traditional Catholic jected before leading his followers The organization will be allow chbishop Lefebvre's monastery at Mass prior to post-Second Vatican into schism, said Father Camille ed to retain its spiritual and Hauterive. near Fribourg. Council liturgical reforms, as long Perl, secretary of the newly nam liturgical traditions under terms Switzerland. He said Father Bisig as they recognized the validity of ed Pontifical Commission to Help previously outlined by Pope John personally had begun conversa the current liturgy. Followers of Archbishop Lefebvre Paul II. added Father Perl. tions with Vatican officials about The archbishop formed his Wishing to Remain Loyal to the "It is natural that the church do legal recognition. dissident movement after Vatican Papacy. Those terms include per everything to keep these people," There were about 200 priests mission to use the Latin-language said Father Perl. and 250 seminarians in Ar II because he opposed key council teachings on liturgical reforms, Tridentine Mass. The church defines a society of chbishop Lefebvre’s Priestly religious liberty and ecumenism. At least 13 priests and about 20 apostolic life as an organization of Society of St. Pius X at the time of Ordination ceremony The Vatican proposal also would seminarians who were followers secular priests who live a com the June 30 excommunication, have required the archbishop and Bishop Donald Wuerl presents Fr. Phillip Lavery with a chalice of of Archbishop Lefebvre met munal life. The societies are said Father Perl. He said it was too his followers to accept the wine during ordination ceremonies for the new priest. July 16 in SL Vatican officials in early July to regulated by canon law. Ex early to tell how many of these church's teaching authority and Josaphat Church, South Side. Pope John Paul II consecrated the set In motion their legal recogni amples of such societies are the would be attracted to the new to rethink their positions chalice in ceremonies earlier this year. tion as a clerical organization. Mary knoll Fathers, the Paulists society. I —————— —— — Couples use NFP for religious reasons, report success By CINDY WOODEN for Natural Family Planning, a project of the NCCB researcher at the University of Portland. Ore.. is methods are based on biological changes WASHINGTON (NC) — Just before the 20th an Committee for Pro-Life Activities. Auxiliary based on the responses of 3.345 couples from 24 monitored daily. niversary of the papal encyclical "Humanae Bishop James T. McHugh of Newark. N.J.. is the diocesan natural family planning programs. The As with other family planning methods or Vitae." the National Conference of Catholic project director. husbands and wives each completed their own devices, the key to natural family planning's effec Bishops released preliminary results of a study The report was released July 20 by the bishops' questionnaire, then answered one together. tiveness is good instruction, "knowing how to which shows that 70 percent of couples using conference in Washington. After the religious motivation for using natural recognize the signs of fertility” and abstaining natural family planning are doing so for "moral, Release of the study, which was funded with a family planning. Sister Boys said, the couples from intercourse during fertile periods. Bishop ethical or religious reasons." grant from the Knights of Columbus, came just listed health reasons. A growing number of U.S. McHugh said. Of the couples who said they had used natural before the July 25 anniversary of Pope Paul Vi's women are concerned about possible side effects The new study provides data to support what family planning within the past year, only 10 per 1968 encyclical. "Humanae Vitae.” of birth control pills and other artificial means of couples who teach natural family planning have cent reported an "unintended pregnancy." a rate The encyclical reaffirmed the church's opposi contraception. been saying for years, the bishop said. "Their mar- I which is less than the average 16.1 percent failure tion to artificial forms of birth control and en Couples in the study had participated in diocese- riages are satisfying, there is more rapport and I rate for women using all family planning methods couraged the development of natural methods for sponsored training in one of two natural family better com m unication" between the wife and hus- I involving periodic abstinence from sexual spacing or avoiding pregnancies.