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IN GOVERNMENT WE TRUST W. Shepherdson Abell The recent presidential campaign may have left some doubt as to where George W. Bush and Al Gore really stood on "big government." There is no...
...an extensive program of social insurance...
...M. J. Hillenbrand, GA Jim Hinchen, IL JohnW.Hinkley,MA Franziska Hinzmann, NY Jack & Marilu Hitchcock, CA Beth Hofstetter, NY Rev...
...Page and Simmons swallow the prochoice line completely, arguing that we can reduce poverty by preventing children from being "cast into hopeless situations as infants...
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...Eugene F. McGovern, NY Thomas J. McGovern, WI David K. McGuire, PA Rev...
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...Both of these Commonweal articles are priceless and full of wisdom from men who have actually "been there and done that...
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...William Reilly Jr., NY Peter J. Remch, NY Timothy & Kathleen Reuland, IL Laurens Reyburn, CA Sheila T. Reynolds, IL John F. Rieger, VA Mrs...
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...Richard Byrne, IL Catherine Cahill, NY Owen & Mary Jane Cahill, NY Rosemary Cahill, IL Bill & Laura Caldwell, OH John Calhoun, NY California Province of the Society of Jesus, CA John F. Callaghan, MI Michael J. Callaghan, CM., NY Thomas Callahan, CA Edward T. Callan, MI John P. & Margaret G. Callanan, CA L. A. Cambey, NY Ligeia Cannon, NE Mr...
...Howard B. Basler, NY John P. Beal, DC Vincent J. Beckman, OH Dr...
...A second point of interest has to do with "social insurance...
...It is also wildly unrealistic in this political climate...
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...Thomas E. Kramer, ND Robert V. Kristan, NY Rev...
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...Two arguments are especially interesting for Catholics grounded in the church's social tradition...
...Still, the Page and Simmons case that government should be doing more for the less fortunate is persuasive...
...The first is implied in the book's subtitle: Dealing with Poverty and Inequality...
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...Reginald A. Redlon, O.F.M., NY Harry Reed, TX David K. Reeves, NJ Herbert S. Riband Jr., PA Marie Wolf Riley, PA Daniel T. Roach, NY Edward F. Rogers, NJ Robert J. Rokusek, DC Marie Ruff, IL Aileen Ryan, MI Anne Ryan, NY Gerald M. Sande, MN Stephen A. Scherr, NE Mary H. Scheuer, MI A. F. Schmelzle, MN Frank R. & Theresa Schmid, IL Paul Schweitzer, NY James & Ruth Shannon, MN James A. Shea, NY Warren Shufeldt, IL Most Rev...
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...Still, the argument seems strained and somewhat reductionist...
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...These academics are very much for it, and, in a reasoned and carefully documented book, they explain exactly why...
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...Thomas P. O'Connor, IN James O'Gara, MD Joseph E. O'Gara, FL Rev...
...Paul F. McDonald, TX Myles T. McDonald, PA Rev...
...Bernard R. Bonnot, CA Bernice Ann Born, PA Hallie DeChant & Thomas Bowne, OH Rev...
...Francis Principe, NY John & Mary Prucha, NY Tom Quinlan, PA Maggie Quinn, WI Rev...
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...Page and Simmons believe that inequality is a problem that ranks with poverty...
...Thomas Kaveney, IL Alice M. Kearney, NY 25 Frank & Joan Keenan, DC Dorothy N. Kelly, FL Edward F. Kennedy, C.SS.R., BC Eileen Kennedy, Ph.D., NJ Rev...
...This is a very tall order indeed...
...Bonaventure Scully, C.F.X., MD Edmund & Ellen See, CT Rev...
...Robert E. Lauder, NY Patricia MacManus, NY Rev...
...Efrain Garcia, TX Jean Gartlan, MD Joseph R. George Jr., RI Dr...
...Joseph Alves, MA Francis Neill Corbett, NY Neil Coughlan, CT Rev...
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...James Taaffe Jr., VA Sylvia Tackowiak, WI Bill & Marilyn Taylor, MD Joseph & Mary Termini, NJ W. O. & Sandra Fava Theiss, TX Ralph Thibodeau, TX John M. & Janine A. Thompson, SC Rev...
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...But is it...
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...Eleanor Merrick, NJ Bob & Catherine Meyer, IL Peter P. Midura, NY Richard Mihan, M.D., CA Carroll F. Miles, MA Mary Miller, OH Maxwell Miller, ON Robert T. Milton, PA Betty Minor, MI Ed Mirek, CT Dr...
...Gerald W. Grawey, IL Rev...
...I was left with nagging doubts about the book's enthusiastic reading of government's ability to do all things well...
...Lawrence J. Murtagh, SD Louise Nesladek, NY Stephen & Elizabeth Nevin, NY Thomas M. Newbold, CA Rev...
...Frederick R. McManus, MA The Minneapolis Foundation, MN Mrs...
...Francis X. Meehan, PA Alice T. Meyer, MN John Russiano Miles, CA Rev...
...Gerald Peters, NJ Joseph & Mary A. Pettit, VA F. Joseph Pettit, VA Robert B. Pfisterer, CA William Phelps, CA Veronica E. Pheney, FL G. Edward Philips, NM Dr...
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...Daniel P. O'Connell, CT Christian B. Peper, MO Paul C. Saunders, NY Valerie C. Scanlon, NY Rev...
...Robert Hilkert, OH Stephen J. Hill, ON Dr...
...The Catholic tradition has given greater weight to personal responsibility...
...Joseph A. Heaney, NY 26 Marie Christine Hellin, NY Rev...
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...Glenn J. Brown, MI Mary A. Bruemmer, MO Rev...
...Julia M. Phillips-Quagliata, NY Brian Pilz, MD Rev...
...To be fair, the authors acknowledge that despite all the genetic and environmental forces, people have some control over what they do or do not achieve—but not, you surmise, very much...
...Francis C. O'Hare, MA Frank V. Olivero, MI Dr...
...David M. McDonald, CT Rev...
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...The Catholic social tradition, as far as I know, has focused much more on getting everyone up to a decent standard of living, and hardly at all on the issue of equality as a goal in itself...
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...J. F. Hanley, SC John C. Hanley, FL Mary A. Hapenney, MA J. J. Harrington, KY Rev...
...Raymond A. Lucker, MN Frank J. & Mary Macchiarola, NY Rev...
...Richard E. Senghas, ME Peter & Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, NY Margaret M. Sullivan, DC Joseph J. Tunney, MA Eugene J. Vader Jr., MN Eugene Vades, MN Janet P. Vickrey, NY Mary J. Wodynski, IL Monica Serpe Yolles, IL Patrons Anonymous, MI W. Shepherdson Abell, MD William R. Bailey, VA Suzanne McSorley & Thomas Baker, NJ Geraldine Baldwin, NY Richard J. Barber, M.D., MD Loring W. Batten III, NY Vivian Segall & Paul Baumann, CT Charles A. Bentel, NY Joseph P. Bevak, NY Vivienne Blanquie, CA Jeffrey J. Bowe III, MA M. Joseph Bowler, M.D., MI William D. Broderick, VA Marie Caffrey, WI Edward J. Carville, CA Alfred Cavanaugh, CA Rev...
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...This argument may provoke the thoughtful reader to consider how large a part the qualities of perseverance and industry, so prized by our society, may really be traits at least partly inherited, or affected by a hard childhood...
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...a full supply of jobs at decent wages...
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...Page and Simmons are especially good at unearthing the theoretical and practical roots of policy disputes...
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...That is why they advocate a 70-percent incometax levy on the richest Americans, and the taxation of things like the "imputed" rental value of the homes we own— not because the government needs the money to fund other programs, but because the leveling effect is good in itself...
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...Joseph J. Gerry, O.S.B, ME Madeline Giguere, ME Claire M. Gillespie, NY Robert Gilliam, NY Owen Gillick, CA Maureen & John Gleason, IN Ella Mae Gogel, IA In memory of Margaret Golatz, PA James B. Gordon, PA Thomas Goss, MA Dolores Gracian, FL Dr...
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...How long can we afford to lose this critically important segment of the Catholic church in favor of a moral theology of sexuality that appears so rigid and static...
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...Most of them have long ago put aside church teaching on birth control...
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...But inequality matters greatly to Page and Simmons...
...John J. Sullivan, OH Ann M. Swanson, MA Charles A. Tobin, MD Robert E. Tobin, NY James Turner, IN Rev...
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...For instance, they demonstrate convincingly that much more could be done for the working poor without stifling individual initiative...
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...For the most part, although their own convictions are clear and passionately held, they attempt to be fair in setting out opposing views...
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...Yet it contains illuminating discussions of how progressive the overall tax system is (not very), the impact of the availability of public assistance on young women having children (not great), and which military spending helps the poor and which tends to benefit the wealthy (you'll have to read that part yourself...
...Give me that oldtime religion...
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...Of course, both will be decried by those who believe Catholics should all walk in lock step with any current papal teaching, especially in matters of sexual ethics...
...Andrew Greeley, IL Mary E. Green, AZ Peter B. Green, NY Richard Griffin, QC Susan Keane & Richard B. Griffin, MA Ward Griffin Jr., MI William E. Griffin Jr., CT Joseph E. Grimm, MO William B. Grogan, NJ Robert D. Grosch, MT Edda H. Hackl, IL Rosanne Haggerty, NY Dr...
...If we could ensure that everyone in this country had a decent standard of living and the opportunity (and ability) to hold a good job, would it be a bad thing that CEOs, baseball players, and dot-com secretaries had millions of dollars...
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...They support their own positions with copious references to studies on the real-world effects of the various government programs they advocate...
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...Paul F. Chateau, MI Francis L. Chisholm, MA Julia J. Christo, MA Rev...
...Richard Jambor, VA Dorothy A. Jankowski, OH Frank J. Jankowski, WA Mary L. Jarvis, MA Frank Jennings, NY James R. Jennings, CA Mary E. Jennings, IL Neil Jensen, MD Mr...
...This book contains substantial factual background on an array of policy issues, and there are nuggets of new (to me) and striking information throughout...
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...Thomas P. Leonard, NY Francis R. Lewis, NJ Rose Mary Lewis, NY David A. Lightner, NV Rev...
...William J. Murphy, MI Rev...
...Carr, NY Theo A. Carrell, CA Ruth Carroll, PA Thomas Carroll, NY Thomas F. X. Casey, NY Stephen & Ellen M. Casey, PA Edward B. Cassidy, NY David Cawley, NH Rev...
...Equality of opportunity is not to be available to the unborn...
...Margaret S. Goheen, NJ In memory of James G. Good, NY Rev...
...C. H. (Margaret) Foster, NY Geraldine Fowle, MO Franciscan Friars, MD Joan B. Fredericks, NY Dr...
...Maybe that's why there is such massive apostacy among young people of marrying age, as well as so many who are married...
...Niles J. Gillen, O.Carm., KY Peter A. Gilmour, IL Ann Glancey, NJ Dr...
...Robert L. Hazel, MN Mr...
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...Joseph Bragotti, OH John E. & Rochelle Brandl, MN Stephen J. Breen, CT Thomas Brennan, NJ Mrs...
...James M. Allaire, IA Dorothy Allen, MI Mr...
...James M. Allen, MO Lee Alperin, NY Salvatore Anastasio, NY Anthony Andreassi, DC Howard W. & Mary T. Andrews, NJ Rev...
...Raymond M. Rafferty, NY Brian Abel Ragen, MO Maurice Rdesinski, PA Rev...
...Julian J. Irias, CA Mary Ellen Ivers, NY Mr...
...H. A. Eckstein, OH M. S. Edmonds, WI Rev...
...John W. Brennan, NJ John J. Bresnan, NY Elizabeth T. Brevett, NY Tom Brieske, GA James A. & Anne Broderick, DC William R. Broderick, NJ Bridget Brown, IL William A. Brown, TX Dennis E. Buetow, IL Mary N. Burke, NM Francis P. & Dolores Burns, PA Rev...
...Francis P. Jackman, MD Mr...
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...John J. Egan, IL Mary Lee & Marshall Ellet, OK Shirley Esenther, IL Doris & Thomas Falin, PA Anne Farber, NY Theodora Cogley Farrell, CA Vincent Fausone Jr., CA Patrick V. Felker, WI William B. & Iris Fenton, MD Diane Filbin, IL James Finn, NY Rev...
...Jude McGeough, RI Rev...
...For instance, although the number of people homeless at any given time during the 1980s may have been in the range of 350,000, that translates to 1.2 million over the course of a typical year, because people move in and out of homelessness...
...Edmond Bliven, OR Larry John Bongort, CA Vincent & Magda Boylan, VA Rev...
...By the final chapter, I wondered whether it was just coincidental that all the methodologically sound research referred to by the authors happened to support George McGovern's campaign in 1972...
...Donald J. Fenske, IL John J. Fenton, CT In memory of Barbara E. Ferkiss, MD J. A. Ferrante, NJ Eilen Finnegan, PA Katherine Fitzgerald, MA Kathleen Fitzgerald, CA John Fitzpatrick, NY Peter A. Fitzpatrick, C.F.X., IL Henry D. Flasch, MN Mary Ann Fleming, KS William Flounders, PA Rev...
...Dennis Tinder, MD Michael & Barbara Toohig, VA Rev...
...John DeCaprio, NY Rev...
...James Challancin, IN Joan Challinor, DC Joseph & Rosalie Cieply, IL Rev...
...Hugh Fullmer, IL Gloria C. Gannon, MI Dr...
...Page and Simmons are in favor of sharply progressive tax rates, easy monetary policy, affirmative action, abortion rights, putting far fewer people in prison, national health care, lower spending on the military, and greatly increased spending on virtually every social program under the sun...
...Thomas E. Cima, IL Dr...
...John Jay Hughes, MO Archbishop Francis T. Hurley, AK Ursula & Robert Jaeger, PA Elizabeth Johns, MA Rev...
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...John A. Boehning, NY Lawrence & Joyce Bohan, MD M. B. Boland, OH Rev...
...Msgr...
...John A. McGrath, OH Mary Jean McGrath, WI Robert & Ann McGrath, NJ PaulJ.McGuire,WI John P. McHugh, IL Rev...
...To be sure, Luke Timothy Johnson will not be joining Avery Dulles at the next consistory...
...Mrs...
...Richard Butler, MA Ann Buttrick, NY Rev...
...John P. Duffell, NY Stephen J. Duffy, LA James Eblen, WA Rev...
...David J. Norris, CA Ray & Mary O'Connell, NY Msgr...
...Walter Debold, NJ James L. Deegan, DC Samuel E. Demerit, MA Ellen DeNatale, MA Bernard J. Dobbins, CA Clarence C. Donovan, CA William C. & Linda Dowling, NJ Rev...
...Anthony DiRusso, NH Susan Donnelly, MI Lee F. Driscoll Jr., PA James Duffy, NY Mr...
...Martin J. Osborne, NY John R. Page, VA Fernande Pruden, MI Helen M. Ranney, M.D., CA Rev...
...Ronald M. Ketteler, KY Thomas & Jean Kilbridge, CA Alice Kilcoin, NY Mr...
...David E. Brinkmoeller, OH Mr...
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...Here the authors have in mind not just Social Security, Medicare, and the like, but a much 22 broader conception that "would consider people's chances of being stuck with deficient genetic endowments or a deficient upbringing—or landing in a hostile environment—as being risks against which society should at least partly insure its members...
...Frederick Breydert, Paris Mrs...
...Joseph Bruetsch, IN William A. Bultas, MO Joan Burke, CA C. Stanley Burke, NY Ronald Burke, NE Carol G. Burns, MA Rev...
...J. A. Komonchak, MD John & Mary Korey, CA Mrs...
...Lawrence Iannotti, CT Dr...
...Thomas Boyle, IN Thomas Boyle, NJ Rev...
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...Jerome Travers, NJ Rev...
...This ought to lead, in their view, to government programs that insure children against the misfortunes of bad genes, inadequate nutrition, or the lack of loving parents— and insure adults against the effects of those childhood misfortunes...
...The authors put no price tag on it, but consider that a wealthy nation ought to be able to afford it all...
...Mario D. Mazzarella, VA Dr...
...Duncan W. & Ida O'Grady Clark, NY Robert V. Cleary Jr., MI Lawrence M. Clemens, MN Peter & Ann Clifton, NY Frank Coady, KS Clarke Cochran, TX Martin & Mary Codd, NC Pat Coffey, WI David P. Cogan, OH Loretta F. Coghlan, MI Michael Cogswell, NY Robert J. Colacicco, FL Rev...
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...Rene A. Valero, NY Rev...
...William H. (Dolores R.) Connolly, NJ Leo Connor, FL William E. Cormier, IL Patricia C. Crean, NY Most Rev...
...John P. Boyle, IA Mr...
...George G. Higgins, DC Thomas J. Higgins, CA Richard V. Holmes, PA Timothy C. & Diane L. Horrigan, IA Carol A. Hubert, MS Kenneth L. Hull, MI Daniel B. Hurley, DE Dr...
...the Clinton administration estimated that during the second half of the 1980s, as many as 7 million Americans were homeless at one time or other...
...Msgr...
...Richard P. Bendel, MN Mary Ann C. Bentz, PA Michael W. Blastic, NY Rev...
...Msgr...
...Thomas J. Fitzgerald, IL Dennis FitzSimons, NJ Rev...
...John Hayes, IL Anne G. Heck, OH Edward H. Hegarty, IL Mrs...
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...Bernard J. O'Loughlin, CA Rev...
...Helen Brinich, OH Rev...
...James H. Freel, AZ Mary Clare Freeman, WI Rev...
...John J. Seli, FL Joseph M. Sendry, DC Mary D. Sexton, VA John Shaughnessy, FL William L. Shilley, CA Joan C. Silva, NY Aidan Sinnott, NC In memory of Edward S. Skillin, NJ Rev...
...Thomas A. Thompson, S.M., OH Michael & Genevieve Timpane, VA Rev...
...Four core approaches to poverty and equality are advanced: enhanced education...
...That doesn't mean, of course, that it's not morally correct...
...Gregory Carnevale, MI MaryJ...
...Thomas Jonas, MN Sandra Poysa & Jim Jordan, CA Patricia M. Joyce, NY John & Elaine Kamerick, FL Dorothy Keenan, WI Kevin P. Kelly, VA Rev...
...No red hat Luke Timothy Johnson's incisive critique of John Paul II's pronouncements on love, sex, and pleasure should be studied and openly discussed in every Catholi college and Newman Club in the nation—together with Paul Baumann's humorous reflections on George Weigel's biography of our pope ("Crossing the Threshold," December 3, 1999...
...Edward J. Enright, O.S.A., PA Mr...
...William E. Delaney, WY David L. Derus, CA Mrs...
...Daniel J. Collins, Tokyo John M. Corcoran, MA In memory of Thomas F. Coughlin & Family Rev...
...There is no doubt where Benjamin Page and James Simmons stand...
...Louis E. Grandpre, MI George W. Grayson, VA Rev...
...Raymond J. Trybus, CA Joseph W. Twombly Jr., MO Dr...
...Robert D. Jay, NY Mr...
...ANDREW GALLIGAN Tracy, Calif...
...John F. (Katherine) Donnelly, MI Megan Donnelly, NH Frank Donovan, NY William Duane, NJ Rev...
...Louis J. Trivison, OH Arthur & Sheila Tybor, TX Most Rev...
...Joseph F. Power, O.S.F.S., NY Antonio Prado, FL Jorge Prieto, IL William A. Prince, VA Rev...
...Regan, CA Michael J. Reilly, M.D., VA Helen Reynolds, VA John M. & Marie Roberts, CA Robert J. Rosiello, CT Bruce & Cynthia Russett, CT Rev...
...John P. Smith, IA Rev...
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...James N. Loughran, S.J., NJ George J. Lutz, CT Dr...
...Ted Olson, CA James C. & Alice O'Shea, NY John W. & Patricia O'Tierney, PA James M. O'Toole, MA Rosemary & Charles Palms, NY Margaret Pautler, MO John & Loretta Pavlik, IL David & Mary Jo Pedersen, NE Achille R. Pelizzari, NY Donald A. Perreault, CA Dr...
...James O'Hayer, CT Wilfred & Ellie Owen, VA Anita M. Pampusch, MN Julie J. Pearce, CA Lawrence J. Pirtle, TX Thomas J. Posatko, DE Noreen Poulson, CT Donald E. & Eleanor Price, NC John T. Radelet, PA Rev...
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...Frank S. Dinger, NY Thomas V. & Patricia DiSilvio, VT William B. Dixon, Esq., PA Bernard Doering, IN Daria L. Donnelly, MA Mrs...
...Unless you're a statistics junkie, the book may be too full of information...
...John (Anne) Morris, NC Rev...
...J. Craig Kuhn, PA Thomas & Barbara Kummerer, IL Frank & Julia Ladner, IL Stephen Manning, KY Edward F. Mannino, PA Alice E. Mayhew, NY John G. McKevitt, PA Mother of Consolation Church, WI Jonathan & Shirley O'Herron, CT Margery B. Parry, FL Joseph & Irene Roach, NY Peter & Ann Robinson, CT Kurt & Lois Schilling, V.M.D., CA Gertrude A. Schlachter, NY Rev...
...William Argy, NY Doris R. Asmundsson, NY Ray Baalman, WA Harry Babcock, OH Ronald Backes, CA Rev...
...John P. Nickas, NJ Doanld Nowicki, OH Phyllis Nugent, CA Patricia J. Nussey, NY D. A. Nuxoll, VA Paul Oberst, KY Joan O'Brien, IL Robert M. O'Brien, VA William V. O'Brien, DC Mary Ellen O'Connor, NY P. A. O'Connor, DC Roderick B. O'Connor, NC Margaret Rafferty & Timothy G. O'Connor, NY Elizabeth O'Donnell, AK Quentin & Paula Ogren, CA Rev...
...We have been able to do this because of the steadfast, generous support of the Commonweal Associates...
...William B. Neenan, S.J., MA Lavonne & David Neff, IL Agnes E. Nixon, NY Kevin T. O'Brien, NJ Timothy O'Meara, IN Rev...
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