European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                No <�,t/1 Quot Ujj y s fit is Ltd s x. A Ampf amp a amp a i Naples gets a pageants by Marian Hamilton Naples Bureau the Naples Italy playhouse theater group plans to present not one but two Christmas plays this Yule season. Both Are geared toward families the first toward the younger generation and the second toward older family members. The two plays will be performed Back to Back As part of a dinner theater today and dec. 14 and 15. Denise Leach president of the theater group explained Why the group decided to go with both plays. Quot we wanted to do a family oriented performance Quot she said. Quot families Are what Christmas is All about Quot we had a couple of scripts for children As Well As for adult so we decided to do both. We tried to keep costs Down so that families could afford to  Angels with paper wings by w. Cordon Mauermann features an All child cast and chronicles the attempts of two Angels to make the children in a school Christmas pageant work together and get along the theme according to cast members lets the world know How All those Christmas pageants at school really get performed. About 20 children from Ages 4 through High schools make up the cast. They have been rehearsing since mid october. The second casing Christmas was written by two local playwrights Navy Petty officer 2nd class Jonathan Kaupanger and Petty officer 3rd class Chris Lopez. The play is set in new York and revolves around a group of actors trying to get into a Christmas show on Broca Way. Kaupanger who admits to being "30ish,&Quot and Lopez 23, have More in common than their writing abilities. They Are roommates both work As journalists with the armed forces radio and television continued on Page 17 attend Midnight mass and receive Pope Paul a special Blessing while spending Christmas in Rome although we a be a few amongst thousands you la still cherish this special atmosphere and divine moments for years to come. We have limited space on this special 3 overnight tour dec. 23-28 and ideally reservations should he made by the 15th of december. A the tour Price of $249 provides for 1 Midnight mass entry at St Peter s 3 overnights with breakfast in first class accommodations Rome orientation tour a Florence orientation tour visit the leaning Tower of Pisa a special memories flu a Orn vow it he in it Aye Caiu vol Pifa try to of lace.  or i Taij Tiszl Wister 063f 720?7 Mai a f995i�au vec Sci a fit. F99s fovetmtytetf39.00 Quot dec Sou 0a 24, 199s 2 Caput Fotu of 95.00 j to 2 us <14-s�,to w Cutcli amp for s4s Judy pop Teh members of the cast for Quot Angels with paper wings Quot listen to directions. At left Cindy Mccausland As Patricia Ferciot Pippi and Jim Cross As her maalox sitting husband direct the play within a play in Quot casting Christmas. A for a amps Judy pop Chi for More information and or booking visit your Usa eur r Safe Sal travel Center Bonhoeffer a Man for the season. By the associated press a Man who advocated overthrow of his country s Leader by violent Means is being celebrated this Holiday season As a messenger of peace. The Man was Dietrich Bonhoeffer a German minister and theologian who was imprisoned and later executed by the nazis for his part in plots to kill Adolf _ Hitler. His life and message Are the subject of a one act play a View from the underside the l legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Al Staggs being staged at several american College campuses this season and throughout 1995. One of the things the play does Well is capture the Rony of Bonhoeffer s pacifism and his role in plots against Hitler. Pacifists do in fact recognize that War is justified in cases of pre eminent National interest said Farley Snell chaplain at Quot southwestern University one of the places the play is being re enter. Quot in any Case it is always ironical for christians to be involved in violence and War and is especially so at the season of Christmas with its announcement of peace on Earth Quot he said. Bonhoeffer s last Christmas in 1944, was spent in a nazi prison cell. In a year end letter to a Friend he reminisced about pleasant Christmas memories entering on family the pleasures of Home and Holiday music. His captors tried to break his spirit but he refused to let them. _ _ Bonhoeffer from a Well connected aristocratic German family had evaded the nazi edict to Quot excommunicate and give no Aid to jews and  he become involved in the plots against Hitler because he believed that As an ethical Christian he had no other Choice but to try to foil a larger evil. Quot we have been silent witnesses of evil deeds Quot Bonhoeffer wrote to friends. Quot we have been drenched by Many storms we have Learnt the arts of equivocation and pretence experience has made us suspicious of others and kept us from being truthful and open intolerable conflicts have worn us Down and even made us cynical. Quot Mere waiting and looking on is not Christian  Christian is called to sympathy f.,. And action not in the first place by his own sufferings but by the sufferings of his Brethren for whose Sake Christ  or a Spellman professor of religion and philosophy at southwestern says students Are especially intrigued with a Bonhoeffer s Story. Quot his willingness to die for his Faith i Piv a.sf3ect Bonhoeffer s life Speaks very strongly to students. You Don t run into Many like him these Days without their being David Koresh types. The average Quot person would not say Bonhoeffer was a religious  Bonhoeffer