Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday April 6 1984 a 4 Ilk ather Robert Buuen of Login'i St Thomas Aquinas Church has long wanted to study Spanish in Bolivia In May his “someday" will arrive “During the last few years we have seen more South American and specifically Bolivian students here at Utah State University And I have found it very frustrating not to be able to communicate with some of my parishes and meet people I’m interested in studying the South American church both the liberation theology and the traditkmaL" A priest for 12 years Bussen is no stranger to international travel or foreign languages Born into a military family he spent seven years in Germany And when he was invited to spend his four seminary years of study at the American College in Rome he was faced with learning both Latin and Italian in a very short time He remembers taking Greek classes from Italian teachers who gave the tests in Latin “I’m optimistic about teaming Spanish because Italian and Spanish grammar are virtually the same" be Mid “But with the little Spanish I know now I can tell that there's going to be a problem separating the two languages When I speak Spanish half of it’s Italian And languages don’t really come easily to me I'moot gifted that way" Because priests within the diocese of Salt Lake are at a premium his plans also had to be timed so that he could be replaced So May will find Father David Gaeta a native of Boston in Bussen’s place at SL Thomas people" he said “There have been instances when I was a leu effective minister simply because there has been a language barrier I really want to learn the language and the culture and to understand what their environment is And I decided early that if I am going to do it I’m going to do it right" g Bussen's desire to reach out to Catholics is not a solitary one Soon Spanish-speakin- tw his ordination Bishop William K Weigand bishop of the Catholic diocese of Salt Lake made it clear that ministry to the Spanish-speakin-g Catholics in the diocese wu important to him He began encouraging diocesan priests to learn Spanish and they responded though not to the extent that Aquinas Church Bussendid Over a year ago Bussen affectionately known to his parishoners as “Father Bob” told Weigand of his desire to learn Spanish The bishop wu receptive and suggested Bussen investigate various language study programs After looking at schools in Mexico and Puerto Rico Bussen decided on what is the Mary knoll considered the best — Institute in Cochebamba Bolivia where most Catholic missionaries prepare for missionary work in South American countries student at USU on Currently a part-tim- e what he laughingly terms the “infinite program" Father Bob is used to demanding classes and pinched schedules But during his course of Spanish study he will be e in every sense of the word a “Circumstances arose which made it possible for Father Gaeta to replace me" he said “Especially in Utah it’s difficult to replace a priest And I wanted someone to come here who would both benefit from the experience and would be someone the people could gain from It think we found them both in Father Gaeta" “I'm excited to be going” Bussen said “but I know I’ll be different when I come back And the parish will be in other hands than mine for six months so it will be different too I don’t know where we’ll all be and that gives me some anxiety But I'll grow when Tm gone and I hope they'll grow too When one moves in any way a lot of people change" student “Just like any student away from home I “My life is these people" he said “Being a priest has always been intriguing challenging and demanding My time in Bolivia will be a period of growth for me And I will roaHy enjoy it I will be a better priest for this espertence so I look forward to that too It will be a part of me a part of my Job And I Just plain get a kick out of what I do" will be fiBed with study “But I would also like to get out into the EdHor note: Bartw Sthwon Lm (Herald Journal corraipondcnt wrote this story about Fattwr Bob Button's coming trip to Bolivia six-mon- th full-tim- expect my first few weeks to be very lonely (mu simply because I don’t yet speak the language" he said “It’s a very intensive program and I’m sure my days and nights General conference worldwide event The yearly General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Da- y Saints has become an international event a perusal of details concerning the 154th Annual General Conference this weekend reveals Leaders and members of the church from acrou the US and some 50 other countries are expected to attend the conference Saturday and Sunday in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City General sessions are scheduled both days at 10 am and 2 pm A priesthood session is set for 6 pm Saturday Notes on the conference from the church’s public communications department give an inkling of the dimensions of the conference: All sessions will be televised via the Mtellite (transponder 12D channel than 800 gatherings of church members in stake centers throughout the US With the exception of the priesthood session all sessions will be made available to the numerous cable television systems in the US via Wester 5 (transponder 12X and satcom SR transponder 18) Portions of last April’s conference were carried by about 2000 cable systems Areas unable to receive the transmissions will receive videotapes available in Spanish grounds Portions of the conference will be transd mitted to a network of commeridal television and radio stations in the United States church leaders from various parts of the world will be able to monitor conference proceedings in their own language through earphones connected with interpreters in the lower level of the Tabernacle Norwegian and Cantonese More than 100 volunteer ushers will serve conference-goer- s The in the Tabernacle Proceedings will be conveyed via sign language to a gathering of the deaf and in the Church Office Building auditorium Wester 4 23) to more Portuguese Italian Japanese French Swedish Danish Dutch Finnish German Assembly Hall (overflow seating) and on the specially-assemble- hard-of-heari- Cache Valley Choir features 454 fathers and sons A special invitation from church leaders will be filled by the Cache Valley Father and Sons Priesthood Choir when the group sings Saturday at the LDS Church’s General Conference Larger than the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Cache choir was created the because of a request by General Authority Marts E Peterson before he died According to Brian Pitcher a spokesman for the singers choir from Peterson asked that a father-so- n Cache Valley perform at the conference 454-mem- Religion Willard K Kesiing choral director for Utah State University’s music department will lead the choir The group will perform four songs including a rendition of the 23rd psalm written by an unknown Logan author whom Kesiing is trying to identify The choir will also sing “We See the Mighty Angel Flying" “Almighty God of Our Fa- thers” and “Sweet is the Work" “Just a chance to ring in the Salt Lake Tabernacle is a great experience for choir members" Pitcher said report Missionary open house New York City Mission President Thomas B Neff will host an open house Sunday 8 pm at 2110 East 3070 South Salt Lake City For more information call or York-Ne- The choir includes at least 125 father-so-n pairs Pitcher said plus several fathers with more than one son in the choir All 21 LDS stakes in Cache County are represented with at least 18 choir members he said Regional Representative Garth Lee initiated the organization of the choir locally The choir between 6 and 8 pm during Saturday’s priesthood session at the conference Pitcher said Satellite hook-up- s will transmit the session to stakes wards and mission homes worldwide he added w 4-- 484-84- 245-40- 78 Palm Sunday service Palm Sunday evening April 15 St John's Episcopal Church choir and guest artists will perform the Easter oratorio “The Seven Last Words of Christ" by Theodore Dubois The oratorio is based on the last seven statements attributed to Jesus Christ in the biblical account of the crucifixtion The public performance will be at 7:30 pm in SL John’s 85 East 1st North The choir featuring four soloists is conducted by Jan McIntyre a Utah State University music professor accompanied by Dr Reed Stock on the organ Guests soloists are Timothy Barrett soprano Dr Robert Cole tenor Michael Bailey baritone Lee Brunson soprano and Meg Frantz soprano Persons wanting more information may call 2 days and evenings 750-165- Passover Seder Logan's Jewish community is planning a Passover Seder commemorating the biblical exodus from Egypt by the Jews on the second night of Passover April 17 Persons wanting to 4 attend may call between 6 or and 10 pm 753-643- 753-69- 753-85- On Mission reunion o A reunion for the LDS Mission will be Saturday at 8:30 pm at 4568 Hollady Blvd Salt Lake City Participants should take the 45th South freeway exit Japan-Sappor- Nonsexist scripture “Hie Version of Scripture — Blessing or Curse?" is the topic of a lecture scheduled for Sunday at 5 pm in the Campus Christian Fellowship house 1315 East 7th North Sue MarquardL a Presbyterian from Salt Lake City will give the talk Non-Sexi- st 1 Scholar questions authenticity of Shroud of Turin Despite a growing body of literature arguing the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin as the burial cloth of Jesus a Jesuit priest and New Testament scholar has looked at the evidence and concluded the shroud is probably the work of a 14th century artist or forger The Rev Robert A Wild associate professor of New Testament and Christian origins at Marquette University in Milwaukee witting in the current issue of Biblical Archeology Review says many questions about the shroud remain unsolved The cloth is a piece of linen on which there are images of the front and back of a human body and according to Wild reveal wounds and bruises and seem to conform to the Gospel account of Jesus’ crucifixion This has ted many people to believe that the shroud may be the actual burial cloth of Jesus — that he was wrapped in it when taken from the cross and laid in the tomb First exhibited in the French village of Lirey in 1357 it has been kept at the Royal Chapel of the Cathedral of SL John in Turin Italy for a little more than 400 years Wild looks at the results of a number of studies associated with Shroud of Turin Research Project of 1978 “Despite the fact that a full report on the 1978 investigation of the shroud is not available it is 14-fo- ot nevertheless dear that the scientists have not solved the problem of whether the shroud is a first century artifact” Wild said “However the firsL and perhaps foremost problem that calls into question the authenticity of the shroud is the appearance of the bloodstains — even assuming what appear to be bloodstains are in fact human blood’’ Wild said “Hie problem with the bloodstains is that they are so dear and precise in outline" he said “Not only are stains very sharply outlired but the blood frequently takes a downward gravitational course as if it flowed down while Jesus’ body was suspended on the cross” The direction is not what it would have been if the body was in a horizontal position such as it would be in the tomb Wild said He also argues that the blood under any of the circumstances described in the Bible would have been smeared rather than precise “Other aspects of the physical depiction of the man of the shroud also arouse suspicion" he said noting that the face and hands stand out with particular emphasis white other anatomical features are not dearly delineated |