Word: harrer
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James Hilton, the author of Lost Horizons, modeled his apocryphal land of "Shangri-la" after Tibet. Heinrich Harrer, a European mountaineer who served as tutor to the Dalai Lama during the 40s, wrote in wonder of a land where one quarter of the adult population were monks or nuns. In his travels through Tibet. Harrer noted that there were no public inns. Tibetans opened their homes to all travelers, he wrote, as if grateful for the opportunity to serve. Harrer encountered niches of subtropical vegetation growing amidst snow-covered montains, monasteries built upon seemingly inaccessible cliffs, and mediums...
...Frederic J. Harrer...
...instigator of these changes-all of which were in the spirit of Vatican decrees-was the parish's new pastor, Father Frederic Harrer, now 56. Nonetheless, the new look, especially the crucifix, jolted St. Ignatius' parishioners, many of them policemen, firemen and other civil servants. Some simply quit attending Mass. "I see a lot of faces not around any more" says one parishioner. But most of those who remained came to accept-even favor-the new church interior and other innovations. "When all the changes started I was kind of confused and disillusioned at times," says Public School...
Indeed, in the face of budget deficits, a severe drop in parochial school enrollment and the decline of such groups as the Holy Name Society and the Rosary Society, Harrer believes that his parish is spiritually stronger than ever before. "People are practicing their faith to a deeper intensity," he says. Now there are new Charismatic and other prayer groups, new adult Bible classes, and special spiritual weekends like Marriage Encounter (TIME, April 7, 1975) in which couples examine their marriages and learn to communicate with each other more honestly; the Cursillo, which seeks to inspire personal religious renewal...
...Father Harrer organized the first Parish Council at St. Ignatius. After a fumbling start with an unwieldy membership of 125, the council has evolved into an active group of 20 of the laity, four priests and three nuns. Their meetings are open to all parishioners and their decisions are not always ones that the pastor would make. Toward the end of the Viet Nam War the council decided to install an American flag beside the altar. "I accepted it although I put myself on record as not being for it," shrugs Harrer. Last year the council sent Walter Kellenberg...