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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Feb. 1, 1979
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PHAN THI LY, 98, and the only one of 37 Vietnamese escapees not seasick after three days in the SOl,J.th China Sea awaiting rescue from a small fishing boat, is greeted as she arrives in Denver for resettlement. (NC Photo)
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DENVER (NC) - Her. family cheered iPhan Thi Ly as she was brought through the airport gate - a 98-year-old woman, described by her Navy rescuers as a "tough lady,.-' who had escaped from Vietnam with 36 others in a 35·foot fishing boat. 'Part of her large family - she has 66 great-grandchildren had left Vietnam and come to Denver earlier, through the assistance of the Denver archdiocesan Vietnamese resettlement center and the U.S. Catholic Conference. It was a gigantic family reunion at Denver's Stapleton Airport when Phan Thi Ly arrived after a long trip from a refugee center in Thailand. Dr. Tran Tong, a grandson who was reared by Phan Thi Ly and who had left Vietnam ear· lier, said a brother in Vietnam was the organizer of the escape but that his 98-year-old grand· mother was _"the spiritual leader" of the group. The group of "boat people" had been tossed about in the
South China Sea for about three days before being picked up by the USS Francis Hammond, a Navy frigate bound from the Philippines to Thailand. Crewmen hoisted the Vietnamese aboard in a coal sack. All were seasick except the great-grandmother. Phan Thi Ly told Cmdr. James E. Auer of the frigate that when she was told their boat had met an American ship she "knew my children would be safe from then on. I had prayed to God during the trip." She had brought a crude wooden plaque of Mary, Joseph and the Infant Jesus with her when she left her home in Saigon. Navy crewmen had described her as "a tough lady" who commanded respect from other Vietnamese and seemed to be in charge. Dr. Tran said he knew those words described the woman who reared him years ago in Saigon, and the name was the same.
When he saw a wire serivice picture of her he was certain. "It was a dream come true for my family," he said. Workers resettling Vietnamese families say it is best when agencies or parishes sponsor a family, because of the many types of aid most boat people need. Usually refugees need living quarters, jobs, furniture, clothing, food, transportation, language lessons and aSsistance in such details of daily life as shopping and finding doctors, dentists and schools for children. It is a tremendous task for a single family to undertake such a project, and it is therefore suggested that those interested in assisting boat people contact their diocesan social service office. In this diocese Father Peter Graziano is director of social services. He may be reached at ·783 Slade St., Box M, So. Station, Fall River or at telephone 674-4681.
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Study of Women, Ministry Under Way WASHINGTON (NC) - The Leadership Conference of Women Religious is sponsoring a twoyear national study to determine how Catholic women are serving the church and how the church is serving them. .The study, expected to cost $200,000, was developed by the organization's Ecclesial Role of Women Commission and will be implemented thy the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate and the Gallup Poll. Florence R. Rosenberg, a Washington sociologist and researcher, will direct the project. The goal of the study is to produce research data on the ministerial experience of Catholic women. Four main questions will be asked: - In what ways do Catholic women experience themselves in ministerial roles? - How do they evaluate that
experience? What changes are desired? - In what way do Catholic women experience the church's ministry to them? - How do they evaluate that experience? What changes are desired? "The renewal within Catholidsm has heightened our awareness of the plurality' of ministries existing. within the church," said an LCWR announcement of the study. "We recognize the appropriateness of collegial modes of participation in church life. These factors, together with the impact of the women's movement, have combined to focus attention on the role of women within the church - a role changing from passivity to . participation and meaningful service." In directing the study, Ms. Rosenberg will be assisted by a steering committee made up of
Sister Margaret Berry, a member of the LCWR national board; Mary Burke, staff associate at the Center of Concern in Washington; Fatber Vincent Cushing, president of the Washington Theological Union; Sister Doris Gottemoeller, chairperson of the LCWR Ecclesial Role of Women Commission; Dolores Leckey, executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for the Laity; and Msgr. John F. Murphy, chairman of the college-university division of the National Catholic Educational Association. Among those listed as endorsing the study are the National Federation of Priests' Councils, Association of Permanent Diaconate Directors, National Christ Child Society, Catholic Campus Ministry Association, National Association of the Holy Name Society, Catholic Theological Society of America and Knights of Columbus.