Compassion needed.Heidi Schlumpf's elegant article on infertility infertility, inability to conceive or carry a child to delivery. The term is usually limited to situations where the couple has had intercourse regularly for one year without using birth control. ("Inconceivable: The spiritual test of infertility," January) dealt in part with a widespread challenge to the pastoral pastoral, literary work in which the shepherd's life is presented in a conventionalized manner. In this convention the purity and simplicity of shepherd life is contrasted with the corruption and artificiality of the court or the city. care of Catholics in this era of significant advances in medical treatment. By far the most important part of her article is the response to the needs of infertile in·fer·tile adj. Not capable of initiating, sustaining, or supporting reproduction. infertile, adj unable to produce offspring. couples at the parish level. We can debate what many of us consider the unsympathetic view of the institutional church on infertility and related issues, but the emotional support explored in this article should be a prominent and available resource at every parish. Margery Butler Erdenheim, Pa. Not having grown up with my mom, I truly appreciate the couples mentioned in the January cover story who see value in their love and willingness to be "cocreators" with God in the young lives of children who are not their biological babies. The compassion compassion, n a profound awareness of another's suffering coupled with a desire to alleviate that suffering. I received from other parents in my community had a huge impact on me. Sandra Reynolds Sandra Reynolds Price (born March 4, 1939) is a tennis player from South Africa who won four Grand Slam women's doubles championships and one Grand Slam mixed doubles championship. Chicago, Ill |
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