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Tuesday, September 16, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
KU grad answers call to serve in priesthood
By SHANE A. HILLS
Staff writer
Cathleen Chittendon has taken the advice of C.S. Lewis, one of her favorite 20th-century theologians. Instead of concerning herself with what was ahead, she became obsessed with the present.
She prayed. She studied in England and became introspective.
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When she returned to the United States, her decision was made: She will leave Thursday to spend three years at the Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill., to become an ordained Episcopal priest.
Cathleen Chittenden will study for three years at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill., to become an ordained Episcopal priest.
Supposeenty, God calls you first, and then the community welcomes the idea of your becoming a priest." she said Sunday. "In my case, however, I felt the community calling me first. It wasn't until after a series of coincidences occurred that I felt God was undeniably pointing me toward the seminary."
Chittenden, a 24-year-old 1984 KU graduate, was an active resident at Canterbury House, 1116 Lousiana St., during her years as an undergraduate.
Canterbury House is a home for Episcopalian students who assist in daily church services at a small chapel attached to the home.
Peter Casparian, an Episcopal priest who administered Canterbury House until March, suggested to Chittenden that she consider the priesthood.
nought, 'Who, me?' Oh, yeah, right Peter, I might as well be an actress, too.' I couldn't see myself as the paragon of virtue that a priest was supposed to be.
"I lost sleep for about two weeks thinking about it. One night — and this may sound weird — I awoke in my bedroom at the Canterbury House. I knew it was just the lights from outdoors, but I saw a shadow on the wall. It looked just like a woman in prayer, kneeling."
Chittendon said several other coincidences had led her to believe she was being called to be a bridge between God and the community.
were told. During the 1984-85 academic year, Chittenden was in England at the University of Exeter, as a direct exchange scholar from the University of Kansas. While she was there, she studied C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton and Henry James.
One evening in Exeter, she met an Episcopal priest who was walking to a fellowship meeting. She walked with him and told him she planned to go to seminary in the United States.
The roots of the Episcopal Church are in the Church of England, which not yet accepted the ordination of women into the priesthood.
"As it turned out," she said, "he was one of the few priests in England who supported, wholeheartedly, the ordination of women into the priesthood. He gave a speech on the ordination of women at the fellowship meeting that night."
Chittenden said she was inspired
by the courage of the women in England who were vocal about their desire and belief in becoming priests.
"Their courage wasn't necessarily their own. It came through a prayerful conviction, as if God were guiding them," she said. "I'm sure feminism motivated some of the women I met, but I think most of them actually felt they were being called."
Chittenden said women in the priesthood brought unity to a parish community. God transcends gender, she said.
Since January Chittenden has been doing volunteer work for the
Trinity Episcopal Church, 1011 Vermont St. She has become familiar with the roles a priest must fill.
"People tend to put priests on a pedestal," she said. "But clergy are very human, and you have to realize that. You can't fulfill every expectation people may have of you."
Attendens said other priests had warned her to understand her limits as a priest who was expected to serve the parish and community.
Commission to debate development
By JOHN BENNER
BY JOHN B
The Lawrence City Commission tonight will consider participating in a program that may make starting a small business in Douglas County easier.
The commission will discuss an investment of $7,500 to help establish a Certified Development Corporation, which, combined with county and state funds, would allow Douglas County to more easily tap a $240 million statewide fund for loans to small businesses.
The development corporation would process the loan requests, freeing commercial banks and the federal Small Business Administration from much of the task, asked Charles Becker, a spokesman for Campbell-Becker, 901 Kentucky St., the company that hopes to land the management contract for the corporation.
To set up a development corporation, the county must get approval from the federal government, said Donna Addington, economic development specialist with the Kansas City, Mo., regional office of the Small Business Administration.
"An application would be required to show support from all areas of the county. This would include elected officials, appointed officials, local businesses, and bankers," she said.
Becker said his company had sent an application to Washington. He said it had the support of 39 business and government leaders in Douglas County.
Lawrence Mayor Sandra Praeger and Buford Watson, city manager, received letters in April asking them for their support.
"I favor setting up a CDC because it will allow us to access money we need, and will benefit new
companies," Praeger said.
Addington said that without the help of a development corporation, the Small Business Administration favored making loans to expand existing businesses. She said that such loans were less risky because the business had a past performance record that could be considered before making the loan.
Normally, the Small Business Administration chips in up to 90 percent of a small business' project cost.
Under the program, a small business would pay for 10 percent of a project's cost, and a local bank would loan money for 50 percent of the project's cost. The Small Business Administration would chip in 40 percent from the fund.
MECHA will meet at 6:30 p.m. today in the Regionalist Room of the Kansas Union.
■ Women in Communications will have its organizational meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in room 100 in Stauffer-Flint Hall.
Sharon Brehm, professor of psychology, will speak on "Passionate Love: A Comparison of Stendhal and Teresa of Avila," as part of a University Forum at 11:40 a.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
The KU Soccer Club will practice at 5:30 p.m. today at the University soccer fields at 23rd and Iowa streets.
The first session of the seminar "Love, Values and Spiritual Growth," will be at 4:30 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
Campus Christians will meet at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in Parlor C of the Kansas Union.
An organizational meeting for students interested in participating in the model United Nations during the spring semester will be at 8 p.m. today in room 525 in Blake Hall.
The KU Dungeons and Dragons Club will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Trail Room of the Kansas Union.
■KU Democrats will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Art Gallery of the Kansas Union. Officers will be elected.
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The KU Dr. Who Appreciation Society will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Walnut Room of the Kansas Union.
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The drug testing was done last week at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka, said Kline, a 26-year-old KU law student who is challenging Democratic incumbent Jim Slattery for the Kansas 2nd District congressional seat.
People who fail the test should be encouraged to undergo rehabilitation, he said. If they refuse rehabilitation, they should be demoted from leadership positions or fired.
In an interview Sunday, Kline said he didn't want to ask other people to do something that he hadn't done.
He called for mandatory testing of public employees in positions relating to safety and welfare, such as air traffic controllers and people involved in intelligence gathering.
Faculty and administrators are state employees, but because they
are not directly involved with health and safety. Kline said he wouldn't include them.
He declared to put an age limit on his definition of children.
However, it would be a good idea if institutions coordinated programs for employees to voluntarily submit to testing, especially in light of recent events, he said.
He also called for the imposition of the death penalty for those who deal dangerous narcotics to children.
Kline said that drug problems cost the U.S. economy more than $200 billion each year in productivity losses, medical expenses and theft.
He was alluding to the summer indictment of Richard von Ende, University executive secretary, who faces cocaine-related charges. Von Ende has pledged not guilty and is awaiting trial.
President Reagan's "war on drugs" is indicative of the new public awareness of the problem.
Kline said Slattery also supports such a measure. That is inconsistent with Slattery's opposition to the death penalty. Kline said.
Slattery was unavailable for comment yesterday.
Kansas does not have a death penalty.
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