The John LaFarge Institute proposes a series of conversations on the ecumenical and interreligious aspects of the controversy over the "Blaine Amendment" to the New York State Constitution. 1) January 18. Invited to participate are: George A. Kelly, Secretary for Education, Archdiocese of New York; Msgr. Edgar P. McCarren, Secretary of Education, Rockville Center Diocese; Msgr. Eugene Molloy, Superintendent of Schools, Diocese of Brooklyn; Mr. Charles Tobin, Jr., Secretary, New York State Catholic Welfare Committee; Mr. Jeremiah Buckley, National Executive Director, Citizens for Educational Freedom; Mr. Lawrence X. Cusack; Rev. Charles Whelan, S.J., Associate Editor of America, Professor, Fordham University Law School, Assistant Director, The John LaFarge Institute; Mr. James O'Gara, Managing Editor, Commonweal; Mr. Charles W. Carruth, Editor, The Catholic News; Mr. Patrick P. Scanlan, Managing Editor, The Tablet; Msgr. Richard H. J. Hanley, Editor, The Long Island Catholic; Dr. Dumont F. Kenny, President, York College of the City University of New York; Mr. William R. Consedine, Director, Legal Department, U.S. Catholic Conference; Dr. John V. Connorton, Greater New York Hospital Association; Rev. John B. Sheerin, C.S.P., The Catholic World.2) January 25. Those to be invited will include certain members of the foregoing group. Also Dr. John C. Bennett, President, Union Theological Seminary; Dr. Robert V. Lynn, Auburn Professor of Religious Education, Union Theological Seminary; Dr. Robert C. Dodds, Director of Ecumenical Affairs, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.; Dr. Dean M. Kelley, Director, Commission on Religious Liberty, National Council of Churches; Rev. Michael H. Murray, Executive Council, Joint Urban Program, Episcopal Church Center; Prof. Robert Cross, Columbia University; Mr. Herbert Wornum, General Secretary, Religious Education Association of the U.S. and Canada; Dr. Wayne H. Cowan, Managing Editor, Christianity & Crisis; Dr…