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P O LU ITTSBURGH O uU l/) L/1 c — Esfobllslwd In 1444: Amwteo't Old— t Catholic Nsw ipopw In Continuous Publication 144 Year, CXLIV No. 39 25 cents Friday, January 13,1989 B p . W u e r l Oakland Catholic t o s p e a k to open in August a t u n i t y 2 parish schools reorganized w e e k e v e n t to form diocesan high school PITTSBURGH — The Pitt­ sburgh Downtown Ministerium is PITTSBURGH — The Catholic ded. “ will offer a challenging cur­ sponsoring an Ecumenical Prayer Diocese of Pittsburgh announced riculum designed to provide the Service on Jan. 22 at Trinity today that it will open Oakland comprehensive skills necessary to Cathedral (Downtown) at 4 p.m., Catholic High School for young meet the demands of the 21st cen­ in conjunction with the Week of women in August 1989. tury,” indicating that Oakland Prayer for Christian Unity. This “We look forward to the Catholic High School will set the marks the first such ecumenical emergence o f an outstanding future tone for Catholic education celebration involving the par­ diocesan school for young of young women. ticipation of bishops/executives of women," said Dr. Rosemarie E. The new diocesan high school all the churches represented in Cibik. diocesan superintendent of was formed from the reorganiza­ the downtown area. schools. "This change is a key tion of two parish high schools. The Week of Prayer for Chris­ segment of our Catholic schools' St. Paul Cathedral and Sacred tian Unity is a national celebra­ ‘Reorganization for Excellence.'" Heart, following recommenda­ tion to seek unity among all "Reorganization for Ex­ tions of a task force which were Christians. The theme of this cellence" Is the diocesan effort to approved by Bishop Donald W. year’s program is: “ Building achieve maximum use of finan­ Wuerl. Patron saint for the new Community — One Body in cial and human resources in the school will be St. Joan of Arc. dhrist." light of declining enrollments and The task force was composed of The principal address at this increasing costs, which affect all the pastors of St. Paul and Sacred prayer service will be delivered by educational efforts, public and Heart parishes, the principals and Pittsburgh Bishop Donald W. non-public. Wuerl. The welcome will be given "The new school.” Dr. Cibik ad­ (Continued on page 2) by Bishop Alden Hathaway of the Episcopal Diocese o f Pittsburgh. Secure in caring arm s Other special participants include Bishop Donald J. McCold, Bishop Donald W. Wuerl and Maggie Kohler, a a visit last week to the center that cares for the Suprem e Court agrees Evangelical Lutheran Church In volunteer at Mom's House in Brookline, both children of single women who are completing have their hands full with some of the young their education. (Continued on page 2) charges at the day care facility. The bishop paid — Photo by John C. Keenan to take abortion case By LIZ SCHEVTCHUK WASHINGTON (NC) — The U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 9 agreed to take up a Missouri law, largely negated by lower federal courts, that Pope to meet with U.S. bishops in March declared life begins at conception, banned abortions at public hospitals, and otherwise restricted abortion. By CINDY WOODEN archdioceses are metropolitan Sees. The only U.S. archdiocese not considered a metropolitan See is the Archdiocese for Military Services. Church and pro-life sources welcomed the court's involvement. WASHINGTON (NC) — Pope John Paul II and at least 33 U.S. car­ A meeting to discuss U.S. church issues was first suggested in late "I'm cautiously hopeful that acceptance o f this case signals a new dinals and archbishops will meet at the Vatican March 8-11 to discuss 1986 by Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, then- willingness by the Supreme Court to reconsider the line of cases on the church in the United States. president of the NCCB. abortion which begins with Roe vs. Wade." the high court's 1973 rul­ The meeting dates were announced Jan. 5 by William Ryan, acting The suggestion came as the church in the United States was reac­ ing legalizing abortion nationwide, said Mark E. Chopko, general secretary o f public affairs for the National Conference of Catholic ting to Vatican actions in the cases of Archbishop Raymond G. Hun- counsel for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishops. thausen o f Seattle and Father Charles E. Curran, a professor at The Samuel Lee, state legislative chairman for Missouri Citizens for Life, Archbishop John L. May of St. Louis. NCCB president, was on Catholic University of America. said, "This is very exciting for all pro-lifers, especially those in retreat Jan. 5 and not available for comment. Ryan said details of the Pope John Paul II announced last March that the meeting would Missouri, to see on the horizon protection of the unborn for abortion.” meeting would be released later in January. take place in the spring of 1989. The Supreme Court, following its usual procedures, did not discuss Archbishop May asked bishops at last November's NCCB general After the pope's announcement. Archbishop May told NC News that the merits of any views in the case, Webster vs. Reproductive Health meeting to “ reflect upon the potential significance” of the gathering at the meeting would be similar to a 1986 discussion at the Vatican with Services, when it announced that it would consider the case. the Vatican and to share their thoughts on what might be discussed. representatives of the Brazilian bishops' conference. The Supreme Court is scheduled to end its argument period —- the The U.S. delegates to the meeting will include the heads of the 33 At that three-day meeting, which included Brazil's five resident car­ days when cases are actually argued before the bench — at the end of metropolitan Sees — the chief dioceses of ecclesial provinces which in­ dinals and 14 regional secretariats, the Brazilians, Vatican officials April. If arguments on the Missouri case are heard by then, a ruling clude other dioceses, sources told National Catholic News Service. and Pope John Paul discussed liberation theology and other issues of might be possible — but is not guaranteed — by the end of the court's In the United States, 31 Latin-rite archdioceses and two Eastem-rite concern. 1988-89 term in mid-summer. Chopko cautioned that the high court, in taking the case, might stop short of reversing Roe vs. Wade. "It is also possible for the court to reconsider Roe without ever over­ turning Roe itself,” he said. "I think it will be highly unlikely for the court to reconsider and then overturn Roe vs. Wade and thus rule Bombing of jet brings sorrow to parish abortion is no longer legal." Sections of the Missouri statute struck down by lower courts By MARY GRZEBIEN1AK Gorgacz who had been work­ of that universal plan, even for brother: and three grand­ included: NEW CASTLE — Father ing for the Disney Corporation those who may feel wronged or children. She was also preced­ • A declaration that "the life of each human being begins at Eugene Dougherty, pastor of in London. aggrieved for tragedies they ed in death by two brothers. conception.” St. Mary Church, reminded Several hundred mourners have suffered.” Loretta Gorgacz was bom • A requirement that physicians perform various viability tests on mourners that forgiveness is filled the downtown church at At the memorial Mass. a March 15, 1941 in New Castle. fetuses apparently 20 weeks old or older before abortions. part of the universal plan at a the Dec. 28 Mass. catafalque symbolized the re­ She was employed as a pro­ • A provision forbidding public hospitals and personnel from per­ memorial Mass recently for Remarking that it was the mains o f the three women cessor by Airway Industries forming any abortion not required to save a woman’s life. three parishioners killed in the fourth day in the Christmas Oc­ because their bodies have not Inc. and belonged to the • A ban on use o f public funds "for encouraging or counseling a terrorist bombing of Pan Am tave, Fr. Dougherty said. “ For yet been recovered. church. woman to have an abortion not necessary to save her life." Flight 103. the Christian world we have Mrs. Ann Gorgacz of East Linda (Gordon) Gorgacz was The Reagan administration in November asked the high court to Mrs. Ann M. Gorgacz, 76. of the basis for peace in this Wallace Ave. was born in New bora Sept. 15, 1949 in New take the case and to consider it as a vehicle for overturning the 1973 New Castle, along with her world-wide community. Can Castle Sept. 27. 1912 to the Castle and was a graduate of Supreme Court abortion legalization.