Word: christiane
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...page, can sometimes acquire great value. That is just what happened when a voluntary organization asked G.I.s in Viet Nam what their most-wanted items were. Those needs were modest-such things as a pair of dry socks and some writing material. TIME provided the tiny pencil, which the Christian Reform Laymen's League included in 200,000 packets to Viet Nam. Surprisingly, the minipencil is serving purposes far beyond postcard writing. Its wooden shaft, wrote one Marine, is being used to clean the hard-to-get-at rifle sights, while the graphite helps sliding parts...
Concern over the proper utilization of resources has led a number of Catholic educators to consider alternatives to the parochial school as a means of providing religious education. One highly promising experiment is now under way in La Porte, Ind., where four Marist Brothers have set up an informal Christian teaching laboratory that has no texts, no formal classes, and no compulsory attendance-the students are all volunteers...
Help Without Dogma. The Marists now have a regular attendance of 200 Catholic youngsters-half of La Porte's high school Catholic population-as well as 50 from other faiths. Says Frank Christian, 18, a senior and a Catholic: "I used to have nun-phobia because I had such a bad time in Catholic grade schools. But the brothers have got me involved in the church again." Adds Jim Baumer, 18, an Episcopalian: "The brothers help you without any dogma...
Amidst this furor from the Right, there is one moderate group that has consistently opposed fluoridation: the Christian Science Church. The Church houses no pseudo-experts. Opposition is based entirely on the legal aspects of "mass medication...
...Pope spoke of the universal need for fraternity. "A new current of love must turn enemies into friends, strangers into brothers," he said. "Love is still shrunken and confined in side borders of customs, interests and selfishness which must be widened. Love is the distinguishing sign of the authentic Christian...