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BALTIMORE (NC) - A state health depsrtment action has been described as "improper and illegal" by the director of a Catholic hospital that has been involved in a dispute over abor~ tion. Alvin M. Powers, director of . Bon Secours Hospital here, made the charges in announcing the hospital will appeal a decision that denied it permission to build a new hospital in suburban Howard County. The hospital's board of trustees voted unanimously to appeal the. decision of Dr. Neil Solomon, state secretary of health, to a special board of review.

"A few words and brief review by Dr. Solomon cannot erase th:l damage, injustice and potential threat that has been incurred by Bon Secours Hospital and all Catholic hospitals by the actions of the Maryland Comprehensi~e Planning Agency and the subsequent coverup by Dr. Solomon," Powers said. Bon Secours was given tentative approval over Lutheran Hospital to build a general hospital in Howard County on condition that it provide referral services for patients seeking elective abortions and sterlizations. When Bon Secours administrators reTurn to Page Six

Peter's Pence, Shows Unity With Pontiff The traditional Peter's Pence collection which is sent to the Holy Father for his use in meeti.ng the mnny calls for assistance received from all over the world will be taken up this coming weekend in all churches and chapels of the Diocese. The Most Reverend Bishop writes in this regard: Dearly B~loved in Christ, The Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has recently published a declaration which reaffirms a number of truths in the deposit of Faith which we all share and profess as our priceless heritage from the Divine Founder of our Church. The declaration identifies the Holy Father, Pope Paul VI, as the "Successor of Peter," the "Pastor and Teacher" of us all. This most recent declaration is in perfect harmony with the constant teaching and practice of the Church, echoed all through the centuries. As Suecessor of Peter and Pastor and Teacher of the Universal Church, the Holy Father assumes ex,traordinary burdens and overwhelming responsibilities. It has been traditional to

manifest our devotion and loyalty to the Holy Father annually in the "Peter's Pence Collection." The offerings which we send each year to the Chief Shepherd of the Church enable him to respond to countless pressing needs of those afflicted by povepty, disease and other miseries. The occasion is also provided for a tangible expression of He our unity !with him. finds great consolation and comfort in receiving this manifestation of support and. solidarity. Amid his many crosses and anxieties, the great, world-wide outpouring of charitable 'assistance is a tremendous source of satisfaction and encouragement to

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Emphasizes Hospital Rights HARRISBURGH (NC) - The Pennsylvan'ia state legislature has been urged to pass a bill to protect the rights 'of medical institutions and individuals who refuse to participate in abortions or sterilizations. The bill would guarantee to hospitals, health care facilities, and physicians, nurses, staff members and employees of these institutions freedom of conscience in refusing to take part ,in these procedures. Howard H. Fetterhoff, executive director of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference, in testimony before the state House Health and Welfare urged immediate passage of the bill. , "It really does no more than make explicit in Pennsylvania law that First Amendment freedom sacred to all Americans," Fetterhoff said. Fetterhoff said he also hoped the bill would help allay the fears' of "all those, who might be threatened by a distorted interpretation of the United States Supreme Court's decision on abort'ion.''' He said the bill would insure that no individual. hospital or health care facility would be penaLized for expressing their ethicill, moral or professional convictions.

BOSTON (NC)-Massachusetts Citizens For Life (MCFL) called for state and federal investigations into medical experiments conducted here on aborted fetuses. Among the fetal experiments cited by MCFL were tests for the effects of nutrients on the heads of fetuses and for the passage of antibiotic drugs from the mother to the fetus. Both- experiments were conducted with: the help of funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The MCFL also cited a court affidavit filed in Connecticut indicating that aborted fetuses used for experimentation at YaleNew Haven Medical Center in New路 Haven, Conn., may have been dissected while still alive, without the benefit of anesthesia; and an experiment in which brain tissue extracted from aborted fetuses was kept alive for up to five months after the abortion. Referring particularly to the antibiotic experiments, which were conducted at Boston City Hospital (BCH), the MCFL called for an "immediate full and detailed investigation of all of the . circumstances related to this fetal experimentation." The BCH experiment, reported in the June 7 issue of the New

England Journal of Medicine, involved giving doses of two antibiotics, erythromycin and clindamycin, to pregnant women who were planning abortions. After the' abortions, tests were carried out on "fetal liver. spleen, kidney, lung, brain, muscle and bone." The organs and tissues were "homogenized," that is ground into an even mixture before the tests were conducted. The experiment was conducted on 14 aborted fetuses whose mothers had received the drugs, and six more untreated fetuses were tested as a control group. The conclusion of the study was that erythromycin,and clindamycin "may be reasonable alternatives to penicillin" in the treatment of some infections in the womb. The MCFL asked whether "any attempt" w.as made to keep the aborted fetuses alive at the hospital. It also questioned whether the organs and tissues were re'moved "while the child was still alive." "If not," the MCFL continued, "how long after the death of the child were the organs removed? Who pronounced the child dead? Was it the doctor doing the 'analyses? Were fetal death certificates filE:d on those children Turn to Page Six

Rector of Jesuit Community At Connolly High School

Very Rev. William G. Guindon, versity of Detroit. While in DeS.J., Provincial Superior of the troit, he served as a member of Society of Jesus in New England, the board of directors of the has announced the appointment Mandella Crisis Intervention hirn. of Rev. Maurice T. Lebel, S.J. Center, spiritual director to the Next weekend. the traditional to succeed Rev. Charles J. Dunn, Sisters of Mary Reparatrix, and "Peter's Pence Collection" will S.J. as rector of the Jesuit com- in various parochial ministries. be taken up at all Mas~es. I inmunity at Bishop Connolly High As rector of the Jesuit comvite and urge you all to particiSchool. Father Dunn will con- munity, Father Lebel brings a pate in Ithis collection with gentinue his association with stu- broad and varied. background to erosity. I beg your good prayers, Sc~uts dent life and work' by serving assisLRev. Thomas J. Gibbons, too, that God will favor our Holy as assistant dean of students at S.J. who continues as principal Father Pope Paul with a full and the Jesuit Fordham University of Bishop Connolly High School. abundant measure of His graces (By NC News Service) in New York City. and blessings. ' Now in its seventh year of opFor the first time in its- 63eration, the high school will conFather Lebel, a native of year history, the Boy Scouts of Devotedly yours in Christ, America will have a natiomil Brunswick, Me., entered the So- tinue to serVe the youth of Fall ffi DANIEL A. CRONIN, jamboree in two locations, with ciety of Jesus after obtaining a River under the joint administraBishop of Fall River. a large open air Mass celebrated bachelor of science degree from tion of the Brothers of Christian on Sunday, August 5, ,in both Fordham University and a year Instruction and the Society of . of Latin Study at the Schoql of Jesus. Saint Philip Neri for Delayed Terence Cooke of New York will be the main con- Vocations in Haverhill, Mass. After obtaining a Master's Decelebrant of the Mass at Jamboree-East in Moraine State gree in Philosophy from Boston Park, Pa. Over 15,000 Catholic College and a Licentiate in WASHINGTON (NC)-An of'- also to AID's promotion of con- scouts and leaders are expected Sacred Theology from Weston College, Father Lebel was orto attend. ficial of the U. S. Agency for In- traceptive devices." ternational Development (AID) Dr. R.T. Ravenholdt, director Meanwhile, Cardinal John dained to the priesthood in 1967 said he had no comment on of the Office of Population of Cody of Chicago will be the main at Saint Ignatius . Ghurch in charges (AID) is distributing, AID, from whom the Coalition- concelebrant of the Mass at Jam- Chestnut Hill, Mass., by the late "blasphemy" in birth-control lit- for Life "demanded a public boree-West in Farragut State Richard Cardinal Cushing. erature in Panama. apology," refused to comment on Park, Idaho. Bishop Michael F. His experience in secondary McAuliffe of Jefferson City, Mo., school educations includes teachThe charges were made by the their assertion. Coalition for Life, a research The coalition said AID funded episcopal adv,isor to the National ing chemistry at Cheverus High agency headquartered in Export, a request from its mission in, Catholic Committee on Scouting, School, Portland, Me., and serv. ing as chairman of the departPanama to buy 10,000 copies of will give the homily. Pa. It said: ,the pamphlet published in MexAnother first for the 1973 Na- ment of Theology at Cranwell "We object not only to the blasphemous cover, which fea- ico by a private concern. The tional Scout Jamboree, is that School, Lenox, Mass. tures a Mexican woman kneeling pamphlet, in comic-book form, the jamboree is opened to any In the two years prior to his before tne Blessed Mother and路 is called Los Supermachos (The' of the nation's 2.5 million scouts. coming to Fall River, Father Lepraying": 'Little Virgin, you who Super-Males)._ The purchase cost Previous jamborees had an age bel completed a degree program conceived without sin, teach me $1,10'0 under the Foreign Assis- or rank requirement for scouts. and internship in pastoral and to sin withoout conceiving;' but Turn to Page Six Turn to Page Two' marriage counseling at the UniFATHER LEBEL

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