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Some prelates were plainly outraged. Bishop Joseph L. Hogan of Rochester, N.Y., wrote a "concerned" pastoral letter telling his parishes to withhold action until "new guidelines" were issued. Hogan added that he expected "some exciting dialogue and confrontation on the issue at the U.S.
bishops' meeting this fall." And in an even stronger pastoral message, Bishop Charles Buswell of Pueblo, Colo., wrote: "I am convinced that the reception of first Communion before first confession is based on good theology, is rooted in solid findings of the behavioral sciences, and is excellent pastoral practice...
Spirit of Freedom. A Lost Lady is typical of the kind of prairie pastoral Cather did best. Through the eyes of a boy named Neil Herbert, it tells of the Forresters, a couple whose fortunes are tied to the railroads. Their house outside Sweetwater-one of the many fictional names...
The pastoral setting is deceptive.
Mark Harris, 50, has always worked a vein of comedy bordering on moral outrage. Even his pastoral baseball nov els of the '50s (The Southpaw, Bang the Drum Slowly) were brushed with sad ness. The undertone of finely controlled anger that ran through Harris' early works grew, in...