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· ute re brings acad m1c prestige o he univers1tv Vargas wa assigned to USO a a Fulbright-in-resi- dence by th U.. Information Agency, program administra- tor, for ten months. The purposes ol the Fullbright program are to strengthen the international dimension of the teaching progr ms at institu- tions and to develop or enrich e ablished area studies or International programs Santistevan hopes to strengthen the institute by "'bringing in ideas from a practicing attorney with experience in international transactions" While at USO, Santistevan 1s teaching guest lecturing and

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Lrhes ot lhe Field" - U~ • ter Ari• presents F. Andrew Lesli~ P'"Y about black Southern Baptist who frnds hrmself workrng with a group of German nuns, Nov. 1- 3, Camrno Theater. USO. Performances: 8 p.m. Nov 1 and 2, 2 p.m. Nov. 3. Tickets: general. $4; senior clt12ens, $3; students. chil- dren and military. $2. lnlormatron: 260-4600 ext 4296. ;:?: '..55"..,.......----

Rohe1t DiV~~~' 'Catholic Ghurch m tufrilon"(Page One, 10-26· 85) must have been written about a Catholic Christian community on an- other planet. As the director of USD's ,!ns.titute for Christian Ministnesaiid a thor- oughly post-Vatican II Catholic priest and teacher I must say that D1Veroli observed and researched a phenomenon unfamiliar to me. His article misread history, misinterpreted the facts and there- fore missed the point of the synod he proposed to discuss. What resulted was an instance of needlessly d1V1s1ve, pessimistic and alarmist Journalism Mr. DiVeroh's approach make good copy but bad news. For example, his opening para- graph asserts that "the Roman Cath- olic Church I experiencing one of the worst crises m its nearly 2,000- year history." Come on! There was never an era in our long histor) that was crisis-free. In Galatians 2, Paul accused the man Catholics regard as the first pope (Peter of "not being straight· forward abcut the truth of the gos- pel." The L!Jrd had not had time to unpack his bags after the ascens10n before the hr I-century community was having 11 out. Practically every <' ntury th re- after saw the church trugglmg with crises from within (h re ics and scandals involving the lives of the faithful) and from without th Visi- gothic invasions and the Crusades). What Bishop Maher is quoted as calling a post-Vatican II '"purifica- tion," the church historian, Fr. Avery Dulles. has also referred to as a peri- od of readjustment which has oc- curred many times in our church after a creative outburst like Vatican II. What Mr. DiVeroli either does not know or failed to point out is that periods such as the one we are Ii vmg in are not only disorientmg, history demonstrates that they can be ex- tremely creative and productive as well. · That's my beef with his article. He presents our present situation pret ;y much in terms of a paradise lost. Mr. DiVeroli implies that befbre he council, there was a well-mann ed, obedient and uniform church. fter the council, there was chaos. The synod has been called to restore the lost paradise. Nonsense! There's a dialectic at work here. We call it the power of the Holy Spirit. No synod can reverse the course of history. Bishops aren't God, and I doubt seriously that they want to play God. They will do what any good administrator does in a time of flux: channel creative energy and keep the ship on course. They will participate in a process they know that they cannot change by fiat. It's really sad to see Mr. DiVeroli focus on the complaints of the few about the course the church is taking and neglect to mention the immense energy released by Vatican II. Let's set the record straight. The post-Vatican II Catholic Church is alive and well. It has more, not less, purpose and focus than it's had in a long, long time. Our bishops know that. Yes, we're sinful. Yes, we have our problems. And no, we don't all agree with one another. To portray us, however, as a house full of disgruntled youngsters about to be disciplined by father is a cari- cature of the truth. -RONALD A. PACHENCE, Ph.D University of San Diego

recruiting Mexico attorneys to speak here Also he and Vargas plan to co-author a book intended to be a compre- hensive introduction to the Mexican legal system " in addition to his Mexican legal experience, Santistevan practiced law in Chicago from 1981 to 1983 He holds a masters degree 1n comparative law from the University of Illinois and the Mexican equivalent of a juris doctor degree from Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City, ranked fifth in a c ass of 126 He also has studied at Cambridge University and at the English Stud es Center 1n Conventry, England

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Unl,,....itr ol 11ft Ole9o - "'The Lllllea oilhi"FTelil" wtlt be pr-nted by USD'a Theatre Arts throUlfl "°"• 3 et Camino Theatre. Per1ormances are 8 p.m. Nov. 2-S and 2 p.m. "°"· 3 Tickets are $4 for general edmlaslon, S3 for seniors and $2 lor students. children and mllltary. Call 280~ ext 431M' lor more Information ,;2,'f5'::>/

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'THE LILIES OF THE FIELD' - F Andrew Leslie's play abou~t:½ Southern Baptist working ,-~ group of German nuns wil e staged by the Univec;,ity of San Die.90 Theater Arts at 8 p.m. today and tomorrow and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Camino Theater. USD. /

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1 \la IC}. Dr Wyman, 55 1s a professor of American H1 tory nr.d Holocaust st:.idie~ and chairman of the Judaic studies pro ram at the Umver- s1ty of Massachusetts at Amherst, as well a spcctal advisor to the U.S. Holo- caust emorial Council. He is the author of Paper Walls: America & 1he Refugee Crisis, 1938-41. "Prof Wyman i an old-fashioned sort of Amen an who love· baseball and dislikes com• muni m mtensely," Colin Campbell said in the r-.ew York Times. He described Wyman as an nconv ntional scholar in other ways as weil. Several reviewers have called Wyman's recent book the "most painstaking and ulti- mately persuasive volume yet written on a di turbing thesis."The book argues, as several otners have before, but never in such detail, that factors ranging from anti-Semitism to indifference to the grav ·t miscalculations caused influential Americans to resist Jewish 1mm1 ration before and during the war. It w11 the failure of Christians that caused Wyman the most angui ·h, Campbell said. Why had Wyman chosen to deal with such .-

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b Ahandonmenl of 1h Jewr: Amer,ra and 1he Holocaust, 1941-/945 un unusual hi ton.in nnd devoted Chn 11an, who ha pent his enure ncadem career mvc ligating and writing bout the fate of urope' Jews during World War II, will e the featured peaker m communitywide pro- gram from 7 to 9 JU p.m. Sunday,. ·ov. IO Thc"Meet r he Pre "panel ot respondents moderated by former ongre man Lionel Van Dcerlin will include Robert Blair Kaiser, author and former staft wnter for the San Diego I ribune, Ed Fike editor of the editorial page of the San D,ego Umon, and Prof Mai- mon Schwarl child of the Univer ity of San D School ot Law. :-.iurr y Gahn on president of the San Diego , auonal Ban and chairm n of the Jewish Community I n, ouncil, will be chairman for th evening The vent, pre nted by the Jew1 h Commu- nity enter ollege Area Branch Library, m coope.rat1on w11h the ·auonal Conference of hn 11 nd Jew and the JCRC, will be at the cottt h Rite enter (Golden Eagle t seller, Th

ROBERT BLAIR KAISER The Ainsfield-Wolf Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Bernath Prize (Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations) were a few of the top awards. Among the sponsors of the Nov. 10 event are the following organizations: Anti-Defamation League, American Jew- ish Committee, Bureau of Jewish Education, Hadassah Chapters of San Diego, Pioneer Women, B'nai B'rith Chapters, Israel Bonds of Southern California, Cottage of Israel, Jewish War Veterans Post No. 385, North County; Women's American ORT, San Diego Region; National Council of Jewish Women and Temple Solel. Admission is $5. Advance ticket purchase or reservation is recommended. Tickets are available at all Jewish Community Centers: College Area Branch, 4079 54th St. (Visa and Mastercard accepted at College Branch only); M. Larry Lawrence Branch, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla, and North County Branch, 552 S. El Camino Real, Encinitas. Bus transportation is available for 15 pas- sengers. Round trip from the JCC College Area Branch is $2. Reservations deadline for the bus is Nov. 5. For further information, contact Mollie Harris at 583-3300.

ED FIKE massive project whose foremost scholars are Jews? "He's been asked what led to his involve- ment many times since the book was released last year,"said Barry List, ~and he still hasn·t come up with a sa'tisfying answer." I t is not easy to read The Abandonmenl of the Jews, but read it we must. The Wall Street Journal has called his book, "a monu- mental volume, sweeping in scope, stunning in its insight and enduring in its importance for the new light it sheds." The Abandonment of the Jews, published by Pantheon Books (Random House), has reached 80,000 copies (hardback) now in print •md 60,000 copies (paperback) due to be out in February, 1986. The Abandonmenl of the Jews and Paper Walls will be available for purchase and to be autographed at the Nov. I0 program. Wyman has been on national television on the Today show, Nightline with Ted Koppel and Why in the World (PBS). The book has been on the New York Times best sellers lists for five weeks. Wyman is the recipient of several awards and honors for his outstanding documented work on America and The Holocaust, 194/-1945.

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