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Farm worker woes JR on echo of the 1960s, OsofOKi- VIBE visited Rochester to describe the plight of foimwothefsoftd to tage st$~ port fc^t^cuflem boycott of Cofifcxrito gropes. See page 3. Dashed dream * Aqutoos' oVeom of beoDfrting the ftst« ever litfe liish hcn^y »o^ to wlft a state «tte er>ded with o toss to ftome free Academy at {tad$oa State \m weekend. S^e pdoe 9. 16 Pages focuses By Lee Strong Bingo andBilty Graham dominated deliber- ations at the Diocesan Pastoral Council meet- ing held at St. Anne's Church, Palmyra, on Saturday, March 5, The most animated discussion of the day centered on the draft version of a questionnaire about gambling — especially bingo — and al- cohol at parish functions. The questionnaire was prepared by a DPC committee formed last May after Howard Enkling, a representative from theThpmpkins/Tiogaregion, raised the issues of bingo and alcohol during the Bishop's Forum portion of the DPC's April meeting. \ At that time, Enkling questioned whether parishes contribute to the human cost of al- coholism anicompulsive gambling by serving alcohbli and 3jjf offering bingo and other ' gaanesiof:chance at^^fesQvids^^Cunil-raisers. ^ThfcKresuIt of that study was the draft ques- tionnaire, which had been mailed to DPC members .before Saturday's meeting. Only 15 minutes had been set aside for discussion of the drafUThe actual discussion, however lasted far longer than 15 minutes, and extended be- yond the draft itself and into the philosophi- cal- issues underlying Enkling's original question. karl benninger, a representative from the Northwest region, even questioned whether bingo and alcohol were appropriate issues for the DPC to deal with legislatively. \If this is a moral question, then majority rule is not the way to settle a moral question,\ he said. Other council members said that alcohol and gambling should considered separately. A number of members also asked 'whether the alcohol at parish functions could be adequately encompassed in a questionnaire. Tim Mancini, representing the Northeast region, said that \bingo is designed in most to take a financial burden; off ' and that alternative methods of flhan^g would have to be suggest if par- ishes «^J^ consider eh>iwatihg it. An0tha|objection voiced by several ofithe council m^bers was that the questionnaiiejfo- cused c^ bjngo as a fonh of gambling ahd a means of raising funds, but not as a social ac- tivity. .'--'•. . ''f;' Several cquncil members suggested tlut the questionnaire would be more useful if it iitclud- ed questions designed to elicit such statistical inflation as what percentages of parishes' income depends upon bingo and raffles.lthey also urged that questions asking for -moral judgments — such as ^'Should it be necessary for a parish to have bingoor should expenses 1 be covered by a program of responsibltsacrifi- cial giving by the parishioners?\ — be elimi- nated or reworded. DPC Chairman Ron Jodoin pointed out that the questionnaire is intended solely as a device for gathering j^fpnriatioii about bmgofrom parishes. /^h|^ you do with that inforrnatioh is another question\ be added. The committeewill rework the questionnaire bascd|on the points raised at the DBE meet- ing, he said. T^ie revised questionnaire will be mailed to the DPC menibirs for discussion at the: council's ioext meeting. , EnMiife for<^lt6pe|;t^ council will con- ANXKJUS KNIGHTS ^ Mc^iald* WBbm weekend's BomiaTrafalat/Couitar-Joumal (from left). Ryan Sutter and to th« finai rnomants of McOuaU's win over Webster in last .Forrikiwwtlwi^tipnals. see pages 8 and 9. . alcohol. ^As moral prapfe we sriouldjnot sweep something under the rug because it makes us feel good or brings money into a parish,\ he said. \What kind of example are we setting for our community or our children?'' He acknowledged that many parishes rely oh bingo for income,, a that suddenly eliminating it would cause serious problems. He noted, however, thatother dioceses around the cowitiy are ph^smg bingo out Whatever direction DPC discussions take, they cannot produce a mandate for the Chester djo^ Enkling added. \We're looking at thwissuft and that looking may result in a nxomrncndauonr he rernarked. If s up •«»! (fiknop :Ciark) tojact on h!^-- Nearly equah^the ahiniatibn of the bin- go discusi^l»iaT^^taiu^^tlieBflby Graham Crusade ^ scheduled to%take place m Rodiester Sepltdnbet 11 tl^ ex- citement stemrncd inbt from jdaaghxment about the subject, however, t& from the presenter,FatherRobjrtWer^pfstorof St. Bridgets Parish in Rochester. \Why should we even be involved with this?\ Father Werth asked as he began his talk. \Be- cause Billy Graham is about as generic a Chris- tian evangelist as you will find!' The Catholic Diocese of Rochester should participate in the crusade, Father Werth assert- ed, because \the experience of the Graham Crusade is that approximately the same num- ber of Catholics as you will find in a commu- nity will attend the crusade!' The diocese, he added should \capitalize on that involvement.\ Father Werth pointed out thai Graham, un- like many other evangelists, dq*s not try to recruit followers for any particular denomina- tion. Instead, he encourages people — espe- cially the \inquirers\ who step forward in response to his call each night |f the crusade — to accept Jesus, go bacfc?to their own churches and parishes, and get involved. If the C^hohxdioce^istotaJkeadv%tageofthu, Around the Diocese '. Page 2 Calendar Page 7 Classifieds Page 11 Columnists Pages 12-13. Echo Page 10 Editorial & Opinion Page 14 Features Pages 3, 16 Obituaries.. ^ Page 11 Sports Pages 8-9 World & Nation Page 5-6 r: i ST. \4 •it,, .v •. 3*8 k f: i. i >1 I I'' ,.i'Mi'\- f-. -j£*£ifif'>i*&a&rt.:./- .\.:.-a;' ; :Af&?. -^^agfe^fe. ^.-•t-i^fe