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...Fish, which takes its name from one of Christianity's oldest symbols for Jesus, was formed in 1961 at the Anglican Church of St. Andrew's in Oxford, England. Two years ago, the first U.S. Fish group was organized by the Rev. Robert L. Howell, 38, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in West Springfield, Mass. Since then, Fish societies have sprung up in dozens of other U.S. communities. Through handbills delivered from door to door and modest ads in local newspapers, Fish urges anyone in need to call a local telephone number for help...
...rule, Fish volunteers shun personal publicity, finding enough reward in help done rather than praise received. Rector Howell believes that the organization has caught on so well because "we need specific outlets to help us show the substance of faith in our lives." Fish, he says, has not only given help to the needy, but has also given the volunteers themselves a new dimension of what Christianity means and a chance to live their faith...
...seminarians. In February, Pope Paul named France's progressive Archbishop Gabriel Garrone as second-in-command of the conservative Congregation of Seminaries, which keeps a close watch on the curriculums of the Roman schools. Last week another hopeful change took place: the venerable Greg got a new rector, French Canadian Jesuit Hervé Carrier, 45. Sociologist Carrier, who studied at Harvard and the Sorbonne, has a number of changes in mind for the university's regime, including the substitution of discussion groups for some lectures and the introduction of more field research...
...college in groups of three. "It's like the Russian guards in Berlin," explained one seminarian. "If one tries to get away, the other two can shoot him." Things have gradually eased up since the Most Rev. Francis Reh, formerly Bishop of Charleston, S.C., took over as rector in 1964. Reh has abolished such restrictive rules as compulsory lights-out, given seminarians full freedom to leave the college premises whenever they want to-providing that they are home for dinner...
...that still determine their training. Last year one group of students at the Greg circulated a petition demanding an updating of the curriculum, began to boycott classes when the administration gave a temporizing response. As it happens, Father Carrier is much in sympathy. One of his first acts as rector will be to set up a new liaison committee with the seminarians to give them a greater sense of participation in the government of the school...