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. The Message-- for Cattmlk:s of Somlmmstmu Indiana
October 9, 1987
Inauguration
"Father Eugene Heusell, O.S.B., was officially installed as President-Rector of St. Meinrad College
and School of Theology on Oct. 2. At right, he is congratulated by Dr. John I. Nurnberger of In.
dianapolis. Father Hensell succeeds Bishop Daniel Buechlein, O.S.B., of Memphis, Tenn., who is
pictured above. A 45-year-old native of Logansport, Ind., Father Heusell was ordained to the
priesthood in 1969. He has taught in the College and School of Theology since 1979. In his in-
augural address, Father Hensell said, "Because of the most serious obligation we have to provide
the best qualified priests possible for the People of God, we will continue to emphasize our com-
mitments to quality teaching, scholarly research and publication, and creative institutional leader-
ship." Currently, there are 250 students enrolled at St. Meinrad, representing 54 dioceses across
the United States and several foreign countries.
--Message Photos by Mary T. Ellert
'Am 1 normal?'
Workshop explored the myths and realities of young adolescence
By MARY ANN HUGHES
Message Staff Writer
Parents and the media often
think of young adolescence as a
time of stress and strain. That's
a myth, according to Father
Steve Lintzenich.
He sees the ages from 10 to 15
as being a time of development,
not a time of rebellion.
Father Lintzenich is currently
teaching a four-part workshop
about youth adolescence at Ho-
ly Rosary School, Evansville.
He teaches parents to view
their young adolescents in
terms of developmental stages,
communication, sexuality and
risk-taking behavior.
"The central question of the
young adolescent is 'Am I
normal?'"
Father Lintzenich's first
workshop deals with the seven
developmental needs of the
young adolescent:
-- The need for physical
activity.
-- The need for achievement.
-- The need for self-
definition.
-- The need to express
themselves creatively.
-- The need for positive rela-
tionships with their peers and
adults.
-- The need for structure and
clear limits.
-- The need to make mean-
ingfu] contributions.
Father Lintzenich stresses
that the two most important
needs for young adolescents are
the need for positive relation-
ships with peers and adults and
the need for structure and clear
limits.
His second workshop focuses
on the need for families to have
clear-cut negotiable and non-
negotiable rules. "The family
needs to be clear about what the
rules are."
As the adolescent grows
older there is more of a need for
dialogue between the adoles-
cent and the parents. "The
parents can no longer say, 'As
long as you have your feet
under this table, you will do as I
say,"' Father Lintzenich said.
The adolescent has a need to
be treated as an adolescent, not
as a child, he emphasized.
"Parents need to give them in-
creased respect -- but struc-
tured respect," he said. "But
that takes time and often and eighth grade students Young adolescentsoftentake
parents don't take the time." "reflecting their curiosity, con- risks because:
All family rules, both cerus, ignorance and misinfor- -- They want to be accepted
negotiable and non-negotiable, marion about sex:" by their peers.
should be evaluated each year, -- Why do only women have -- They want to experiment
Father Lintzenich suggests, periods? with adult behaviors.
-- If a boy and a girl have in- -- They want to appear
HIS THIRD WORKSHOP tercourse and she gets preg- mature.
focuses on sexuality and the nant, how often do they have to -- They want to escape
young adolescent. "We deal have intercourse to keep the pressure.
with the attitudes of the parents baby alive? Father Lintzenich noted that
on sexuality and how they in- -- Why do some people think most young adolescents have
fluence the attitudes of the it's a sin to have sex? the belief that "nothing will
young adolescent." -- Why am I embarrassed to happen to me."
"We also talk about how talk about sex? "That is a personal fable," he
parents need to give correct and -- How do you make a boy said.
accurate information on sex- stop? Young adolescents all go
u a 1 i t y t o t h e y o u n g The fourth workshop focuses through a period of time when
adolescent." on risk-takingbehaviors. Father .they feel they can handle
Father Lintzenich also looks Lintzenich emphasises that the anything. "The reality is that
at what young adolescents want normal young adolescent wants they can't and that's where
to know about sexuality. "They to grow and expand his or her parents have to step in."
want to know about their world. However, some risk- Father Lintzenich is a Lilly
changing bodies and about the taking behavior -- such as sex: Leadership Education fellow
mechanics of sex and concep- ual intercourse, drinking and is working to educate
tion. They want to understand alcohol, smoking marijuana -- parents and teachers in the area
human relationships and can be "very, very dangerous." of young adolescence.
sexuality.
"They also want to define
values related to relationships
and human sexuality."
Father Lintzenich presents
parents with a handout with
questions from sixth, seventh
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