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Clergy Called Vital to Fighting Alcoholism Washington, D.C (RNS) — The chief clinical chaplain of the Georgian Clinic in At- lanta, famed for its work with alcoholics, said that a new breed of activist minister, instead of being just, a \large- ly untapped source of ancil- lary helpers in the field,\ can be the \key professional\ in the treatment team to the al- coholic. Dr. George P. Dominick told-a panel Ofi Religion iehd Church during the 28th Inter- national Congress on Alcohol and Alcoholism here that by virtue of their training, clergymen \are well able to tolerate and understand the ever-present death wish and self-destructive behavior of the alcoholic.\ At issue for many an alco- holic, he continued, is wheth- er he will struggle to commit his life to some constructive purpose, or if he will kill him- self by drinking. \This existential dilemma expresses the spiritual dimen- sion of alcoholism, which The Alcoholic... Why Dr. George P. Dominick made these observations under- lying the tensions of the alcoholic, which he termed the \ambivalence about the commitment to life. - ' They are: • The alcoholic very much wants to be loved and cared for, yet fears that caring means control. Unconsciously there- fore, he arranges rejections. • The alcoholic wants desperately to be strong and -independent,.-hut. fears that. this will cost him Jo5Tfi_and protection. • The alcoholic wants nothing less than total success, and since anything else means total failure, he is afraid and fails to act positively. • The alcoholic wants to change his patterns of living so life may b e beautiful, but he draws back, feeling that a familiar failure is less frightening than a venture into the unknown. benefits significantly from a pastoral approach,\ Dr. Domi- nick told the iianel. \The trained clergyman,\ Dr. Dominick said, \brings to the field of alcoholism an awareness of the person be- hind the synxptoms. He can get at the central existential issue behind the mask of situ- ational questions and pleas. In his pastoral role, he has a healing orientation.\ But the minister's role is uniquely suitable to go beyond the interpersonal relation- ships and go far into the area of stimulating community ac- tion, Dr. Dominick said. \Being himself a representa- tive of morality, the minister can confront deeply-rooted moralistic prejudice against alcoholism and combat the general indifference and pro- fessional pessimism about the treatment of the alcoholic. He can organize the community in order to establish treat- ment facilities or coordinate efforts toy groups such as Al- coholics Anonymous with the work of a private and state medical facility.\ The clergyman also can re- examine the resources of his church in promoting suppor- tive groups which can mean a great deal to the alcoholic or to his family. \Regularly he said, \the minister is con- tacted by a family long before the alcoholic is willing to re- quest help for himself. This suggests that the clergyman can plan a unique role in early intervention in the al- coholic process.\ Since 1964, 1,312 ministers and theological students have participated in the clergy- training program. There are 26 theologians engaged in full- time internship training at all times. \The background for this project includes the familiar statistics indicating that 42 per cent of emotionally-trou- bled people first turn for help to their minister or priest. Also, the clergyman is one <jf the few persons in any com- munity who may approach a troubled home without first being invited,\ Dr. Dominick said. The Georgian Clinic's inter- disciplinary staff consists of a blending of medicine, psy- chology and theology, he told the panelists. \From the early days of staff development, the trained clergyman has been a significant member of the team. Today, clergymen con- stitute the majority of our group leaders. Since 1953, clergymen have played a valu- able guiding role in the de- velopment of the clinic's phil- osophy and program.\ McNamara Presses Birth Control Work McNAMARA PRESSES BIRTH By JOHN R. SULLIVAN NC News Service Washington— Robert S. Mc- imaia^fonner-Secretary_o£__ Defense who now heads the World Bank, has never been one to duck a controversy. It was therefore no surprise when McNamara used his first public address since he as- sumed the World Bank post six months ago t o say that \the population explosion .. . by holding back the advance- ment of the poor, is blowing apart the rich and the poor and widening the already dan- gerous gap between them.\ This plea for increased Jn^. ternational family planning efforts came at the 23rd joint annual meeting of the boards of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The speech could have sparked a bitter controversy, in the light of the Pope's en- cyclical, since the document was taken as an attempt to have governments adopt for themselves the rules laid down for Catholics. Instead of controversy, how- ever, McNajnara's s peech could well provide a vehicle for expanding international discussion of means to cope with the population explosion' which are acceptable to all. McNamara, who earned a reputation for bluntness and impeccable fact-gathering dur- ing his seven years as defense secretary, told the meeting that the effects of the popula- tion explosion—brought about not by higher birth rates, but- by lower death rates—make it \impossible for any of us -4a^Mhe^WorIi_BarjJ^lloJ)aislL population growth malnutri- tion, poor housing, lack of education, unemployment and restricted savings to invest in production facilities. the subject aside.\ \The underdeveloped coun- tries generally confront prob- lems posed by presently rapid rates of population growth, re- sulting, from overdue, essen- tially beneficial but sudden declines in death rates.\ It cited as effects of a rapid Credibility- Gap Among Religious? River Forest, 111. - (NC) The provincial of the New York province of the Domini- can Order said \there is a serious credibility gap that needs to be closed\ between older and younger; members of religious orders. Father Kenneth Sullivan, O.P., and more than 40 other Dominican provincials includ- Cardinal Felici Hits Dissenters From Encyclical Vatican City — Pericle Car- dinal Felice, president of the' Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law, has reprimanded theolo- gians and individual bishops who continued to express their own evaluations and guidance on birth control and contradict Pope Paul VTs teachings. Writing in L'Osservatore Ro- mano, the Vatican City news- paper, Cardinal Felici said: \Let us point out that 'some' bishops are not 'the episco- pate,' which, together with the Pope, and never without him, and under his guidance and au- thority, has the complete and universal magisterium,\ he said. \Conscience according to the clear teaching of ecclesiastical tradition and of the Second Vatican Council itself, must be illumined and formed accord- ing to the remote objective norm, which is the law of God interpreted where necessary by the magisterium of the Church.\ Cardinal Heenan Denies 'Revolt' London — (RNS) — John Cardinal Heenan denied here that there is \a revolt\ by Ro- man Catholic clergy in England and Wales over the papal en- cyclical on birth control. Acknowledging that the docu- ment has caused a great deal of disappointment because it has made no change in tradi- tional teaching., the Archbishop of Westminster conceded that there had been a \certain dis- turbance\ in. the ranks of the clergy, which was \understand- able.\ \For one priest who has pro- claimed dissent there are 50 content to accept the Pope's de- cision. There are other priests who were disappointed by the decision. \The reactions of millions of Catholics who expected no change and would have been scandalized toy a change have not been very widely reported. The critics of the Pope have been given exclusive publicity. The result is a misleading pic- ture of disunity, especially among the clergy.** ing Father Aniceto Fernan- dez, O.P., master general of the Order, were concluding the second month of meet- ings of the order's general chapter at thve Aquinas Insti- tute of Philosophy here. Father Georges Perrault, O.P., provincial of the 600- member Canadian province, summarizing the results of a recent study of 70,000 men and -women Eeligious in his country, cited these . \new tendencies'* in the religious life: ternative is seen as hypo- crisy. •The importance and de- velopment of the person. Younger religious t end tx> stress that laws and institu- tions should promote and not suppress personal develop- ment. • A diffidence toward in- stitutions. The necessity of structures is acknowledged but it is felt their role should be kept to a minimum so as not to suffocate freedom-*nd spontaneity. \Community life is our salvation,\ Father Sullivan said. \It is our answer to the • The search for authen- ticity. There is an increasing insistence ^hat people and in- stitutions reMly become what * difficulties of celtfjgcy,-; be- values -.in, ,a . contemporary the3r g pTaRgr M to^1>g^^he^ml^- s cause we derive from our light,\ he claimed. communities the things we would nave a right to in mar- riage — a shared life and an affectionate life.\ Father Sullivan acknowl- edged there is dissatisfaction among Religious with laws and regulations which seem unrelated to contemporary conditions. He said young priests in his province \are zealous and want to do great things, but they often have little appreciation for the past and for traditions. \They are searching and asking fundamental ques- tions, which will lead them to rediscover some traditional McNamara ponTEecTTy avoid- \ ed spelling out what the solu- tion is. Instead, he outlined what he felt the World Bank should do: —\Let the developing na- tions know the .extent to which rapid po p u 1 a ti On growth slows down their po- tential development, and that, in consequence, the optimum employment of the world's scarce development funds re- quires attention to this prob- lem. —\Seek opportunities to fi- nance facilities required by our member countries to carry out family planning programs. —\Join with others in pro- grams of research ,to deter- mine the most effective meth- ods of family planning and of nat i ona 1 administration of population control programs.\ Father Ferrer Grantet Visa for Return Mo India Madrid - (RNS) — Father Vincent Ferr-er, S.J., 47, inter- nationally fa_mous missionary who was obi \aged to' leave In- dia last June, has been given a residence visa by the In- dian Embassy here, an em- bassy spokes:man said. . The yisa v=vill allow Father Ferrer to r-emain in India indefinitely, Q the spokesman said. Uncomfirmed reports here and lit- other countries had indicated that the mis- sionary, who- had been exiled from Maharashtra State after friction with political leaders, might' hot b»e allowed to re- turn to ML a. After ,his expulsion from Maharashtra^, Father Ferrer had been In \vited to work in several othe—r Indian states. The federal government had asked him, however, to leave the countiy for several months to le-t the controversy surrounding him die down. The priesat, an expert on farming andi irrigation, had helped thousands of farmers to improve their crops and escape from debt through co- operative ac^tion. It is widely believed in India that many of the accusations against him were inspired by money- lenders wlio«se profits he re- duced. He had DB-iginallv been or- . Courier-Journal — Friday, Oct. 11, 1968 13 Whatwillyou bedrkddiig iril97& \ dered expcllled not only from Maharashtra but from all of India. 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