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S-i -a?*\ •K •« \ A. A letter from death row As Florida prepared Jto execute Ted\ Bundy, another candidate for the electric .chair thanked \the Ontario parish- ioners jwhp befriended him. Page*. ;~ - A •1J&&1 *>»<-.-\. &# Lion tamers W4 Wat#:anteerf girls' basket- |^l^|ealis'--^0^ua*ed'.'' Mm Sifcl^ry^'«tfeefeei(d / as Om •j -••\ Catholic Diocese of Rochester secures state grant to aid permanent shelter By Richard A. Kiley The Catholic Family Center has received written state approval to participate in the Honjeless Housing and Assistance Program, putting into motion diocesan plans for a year- • round, S4-hour permanent facility for Ro- chester's homeless. t>e State Department of Social Services (DSS) has reserved $570,000 to help finance the conversion of an abandoned warehouse at 547 Joseph Ave., into the Francis Hospitality Center. The center will offer 24 permanent beds, six emergency beds and such support ser- vices as mental health, drug and alcohol coun- seling, job assessment and literacy training. According to William H. Privett, acting asso- ciate director of the Catholic Family, Center (CFQ, the shelter will serve chronically home- less men; and women. The future opening of The Women's Place — at me former St. Augus- tine's convent — and Sojourner House will, however( enable the Francis center to \deal mainly with men,'' Privett said.' Two jsingle-room apartments for disabled me&or women will also be available. . ^This is a major step to make permanent an -emergency, 24-hpur, year-round shelter for the homeless ... one that will offer an array of ser- vices;\ Privett said. \We see this as a major -breakthrough in the quality of services to the homeless. We're happy to see the state move on this proposal.\ Rochester joins a handful of other major metropolitan areas — including New York and the surrounding counties, Albany and Syracuse — that offer Catholic church-sponsored, year- round shelters for the homeless. According to Privett, the CFC's original pro- posal offered 20 long-term, single occupancy rooms and 17 emergency beds, but he said Vthe state expressed a serious concern for long-term care. \In discussions with the state, we revised our original proposal and expanded the number of permanent beds from 20 to 24,\ Privett said.. \We're planning on six emergency beds and perhaps (will expand to) nine if necessary.'' Privett said that the staff will include a project manager, case workers, part-time volunteer co- ordinator, as well as volunteers serving as relief and support staff. The project manager will be Mike Asbury of the New York State Depart- ment of Social Services Bureau of Supportive Hqusing. l Asbury could not be reached for comment re- garding the project The state grant will allow the parish shelters at'Blessed Sacrament and St. Bridget's to close in April, 1990. Corpus Christi's Dirriitri House will remain in operation. Privett paid that the Francis Center will \look' to incorporate into ongoing operations the in- volvement of the volunteers\ who have staffed the parish shelters. ' 'The volunteers are appreciated by the shel- ter guests. We want to continue that (volunteer) component of the service,\ said Privett, who added mat an advisory committee — made up of current staff members from the shelters at Bles- sed Sacrament, St. Bridget's and Dimitri House — will oversee volunteer operations. Because it will only be necessary to staff one shelter —in- stead of two — Privett said that it will be easier to coordinate the volunteers. Linda Rosier, coordinator of St. Bridget's shelter, said parish volunteers consider their work a ministry and thft she believes \ volun- teers are still going to We a vital part of our or- , ganization.\ Because the project is state-funded, some shelter volunteers have raised questions as to whether guests at the Francis Center will be re- quired to take part in services provided by the DSS, but Privett said the Francis Center will re- tain the philosophy of the parish shelter net- work. \The name of the center implies openness and hospitality. As people move into the per- manent part of the structure, they will be as- sisted in eligibility for public assistance,\ Continued on page 6 by annual D.C. rally, rescues WASHINGTON — Anti-abortion activists, including more than 500 people from the Dio- cese of Rochester, marked .the 16th anniversary of legalized abortion with prayer vigils, state- ments, \rescue missions\ and the annual March for Life in Washington. President George Bush promised an estimated 67,300 marchers in Washington Jan. 23 that \the president hears you now and stands with you in a-cause that must be won.\ Bush made his remarks over an amplified telephone hookup from the Oval Office, as former President Ron- ald Reagan has done in previous years. Less than two hours earlier, Vice President Dan Quayle met with 15 anti-abortion leaders in the Old Executive Office Building to assure them of the administration's support. Speaking to demonstrators gathered on the El- lipse behind the White House for the annual March for Life, Bush said that after years of re- flection on the abortion issue,, he believes the Doug Meszler Approximately 500 people from the Rochester diocese traveled to Washington to par- ticipate in the rally, joining more than 60,000 other protestors from all over the coun- try Index AroundtheDiocese Page 2 Calendar Page 9 Classifieds.' Page 17 Columnists Page 14-15 Editorial & Opinion Page 18 Entertainment Page 10 Features Page 8 * 20 ,In Depth Page 6-7 Local News Page 3 Sports Page 12-13\ World & Nation Page 4-5 Youth... Page 11 Kathleen Ellon of Greece says a prayer during Monday's March for Life on Wa- shington. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion \is wrong and should be overturned.\ ; • \'America needs a human life amendment.\ Bush told the crowd just three days after his in- auguration, tjf\ President Bush also mentioned the need to protect the unborn in his Jan.TJO inaugural ad- dress — a theme echoed by Cardinal James A. Hickey of Washington Jan. 21 as he-celebrated a Mass to mark the Bush inauguration. On die same day as me 'Mass, approximately 350 anti-abortion activists demonstrated in front of Rochester's Genesee Hospital. The demon- stration, termed \Project Jericho,\ was spon- sored by Project Life of Rochester. Project Life leader David E. Long, who has led a number of local rescue missions, used the occasion to in- troduce a new agenda for local pro-life activity. A rally at St. Jude's Church in Gates on Sun- day, Jan. 22 — proclaimed National Sanctity of Human Life Day by former President Reagan — preceded the departure of buses to Washing- ton. An ecumenical prayer service, which in- cluded the showing of the film Slaughter of the Innocents, was followed by a candlelight vigil. Earlier in the day, more than 100 people wat- ched theftm, A fatter of Choice, at St. Theo- ' dore's Church in Gates. Father Anthony P. Mugavero, parochial vicar at St. Theodore's, conducted a question-and-answer period after the film. The newly inaugurated president and sunny skies greeted the pro-life activists who were in Washington for the annual March for Life, which was scheduled one day after the Jan. 22 anniversary of the Supreme Cdurt's decision because the date fell diis year on a Sunday. Marching to tile theme \The Pro-Life Job is Ours,\ the demonstrators $|lked down Consti- tution Avenue instead of Pennsylvania Avenue — where work erews were still dismantling re- viewing stands used for the January 20 inau- gural parade -§'then headed for the Supreme Court and the Capitol to demonstrate further and to lobby members of Congress. Speaking viaHelephone, Bush called for adop- tion as an alternative to abortion, and expressed \deep personal concern\ for \two human be-^ ings, the mother and the child\ who art direaterted by \our American tragedy, abortion- Continued on: page 16
