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CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF EVANSVILLE
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" Proposal would allow
' tlesiflnating taxes for
: I00eace, not war costs
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i)N (CNS) -- A
)Year-old proposal to per-
i axpayers to designate
their money is spent
q,
nilitary purp(ses has
I erl revived in lhe U.S.
a hearing on the Peace
Bill May 21, Auxil-
Bishop Thomas J. Gum-
of Detroit said the phi-
ty of refusing to pay
military use can be
rted by Catholic social
and permitted con-
as a religious
Oting from the docu-
of the Second Vatican
acil, Bishop Gumbleton
the church backs the
ts of those who cannot
:lpate in or support the
because they reject
of violence.
joined representatives
other religious de-
in testimony be-
Select Revenue Mea-
Ba Subcommittee of the
lays and Means Com-
)p Gumbleton ad-
the hearing in his ca-
pacity as founder and a past
president of Pax Christi
U.S.A., the Catholic peace
movement.
"The question of contribut-
ing to military spending
through a tax-supported te(t-
eral budget involves moral
decisions involving the prac-
tice of religious beliefs,"
Bishop Gumbleton said in
prepared testimony. The
church has spoken consis-
tently and frequently on the
need to reduce spending on
armaments and shift national
resources to alleviate human
suffering, he noted.
The peace tax bill would
amend the Internal Revenue
Service code so taxpayers
who are religiously or consci-
entiously opposed to war
may have money equal to the
share of their taxes currently
spent on military shifted to
other spending programs.
Rep. Andrew Jacobs, D-Ind.,
and Sen Mark Hatfield, R-
Ore., are the bill's principal
sponsors.
A second bill introduced
See PROPOSAL Page 2
VOLUME 22
NUMBER 38
May 29, 1992
Petersburg's parish hall
The new parish hall nears completion at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Petersburg. The
hall is located west of the church parking lot. A story about the parish hall is found on
page 3.
-- Message photo by Paul R. Leingang
Salvadoran Bishop hails rebel switch from bullets to ballots
SAN SALVADOR (CNS) --
The decision by the former
rebel Farabundo Marti Na-
tional Liberation Front to be-
come a political party is a
positive step in the Salvado-
ran peace process, Auxiliary
Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chavez
of San Salvador said May 24.
"Opting for political strug-
gle indicates rejection of the
armed fight. We (the church)
interpret this as proof that the
war has been left behind," the
bishop said.
Despite tensions in the
peace process brought to a
head by the shooting of an
FMLN bodyguard, some
5,000 people turned out to
support the FMLN's formal
introduction into the political
process May 23. White and
red flags were waved over-
head as Shafick Handal, one
of the five top guerrilla lead-
ers, in a passionate speech
told the crowd the conversa-
tion to political party "is a
product of 60 years of work."
Although technically the
new party must await ap-
proval from the legislative as-
sembly, FMLN leaders say
they are determined to get
into shape far the 1994
elections.
George Day
61-year-old Jasper scout receives Eagle Scout badge
By MARY ANN HUGHES
Message staff writer
?eorge. Day received his Eagle Scout badge last Sunday. His mother would have
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is 61 years old. He's been a resident at Providence Home in Jasper since
se he has a higher I.Q. than many of the residents at Provfdence Home,
of his handicaps and is able to talk about them.
a very friendly man. eager to please, with lots of stories to tell. Most of
are about his mother and their life together.
likes to keep lmsy and he walks with the determination of a man who has
to go. Often that means going to the Providence Home grotto where he
roses.
was born in Miami, Florida. His father was a doctor and his mother was
nurse. He was their only child. He says part of his handicaps stem hack
forceps birth.
able to attend school, but he had to repeat the first grade.
about eight, his father suffered a stroke; two years later he died,
death, George and his mother began criss-crossing the country,
rl forth between Florida, Kentucky and Ohio. They depended on
their housing and George remembers at they often lived out of suit-
One
"That !
, he took a
in
he became a resident atProvidence Home.
as someone Wli6 'flikes to keep busy.At'Providence '
r a server and +a reader at daily Mass. He also joined the
and ] now a Third Degreemembd,
188 and over the years he has received every reli-
diocesan committee on scouting has to offer.
for two years with Mike Woolsey and Father Frank Renner to earn
See GEORGE DAY Page 3
George +Day receives the Eagle Scout badge from Chlolte Dup:. '
pes who served as his proxy mother during the May 24 scout-
ing ceremony,
-- Message photo by Mike Woolsey
