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...worst thing about self-indulgence is that it is so expensive. Going into the $100,000 Doral Open in Miami, Doug had not won a tournament in almost a year, and his 1967 winnings amounted to only $4,544. So he made a vow: he would not take a drink until he won a tournament or until his birth day on July 24-whichever came first. "It was," he says, "in the nature of a sacrifice." Then he went out with his spraddle-legged, short-backswing "telephone booth" stroke, and won the Doral Open itself, with a nine-under...
...invited to take charge of St. Louis' war on poverty. The program involved the distribution of birth control information, and its officials had to ask Sister Jacqueline if she was free to decide on matters involving contraception. "That question stuck with me," she said. "Under the vow of obedience, I had given someone else the authority to limit or veto my decisions. I came to realize that I could not live as a responsible and productive human being for the rest of my life under the vow...
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...some conservatives, any tampering with the institution of the fourth vow was the first step in weakening the chain of loyalty that binds the Jesuits to the Pope. Paul, apparently, was worried about this too. Equally disturbing, in his view, was another suggestion that the Society abandon the rule of a compulsory hour each day for mental prayers; Paul called prayer "the indispensable armor for the soldier of Christ...
...group. Delegates to the congregation, chiefly older and more conservative members of the Society, have been pointedly prudent regarding change. Winding up business last week, the congregation referred certain big questions regarding the structure of the Society, such as whether or not to tamper with the fourth vow, to committee for further study. As for the daily hour of prayer, the delegates' report emphasized its importance in Jesuit tradition, but gave local provincials some leeway for making exceptions. Taken together with his recent standpat position on birth control, the Pope's rebuke showed that he intended...