POPE APPEALS AT LAST MASS LOURDES, France — Pope J ohn Paul wanted the vast congress congregation to pray for vocations to the priesthood "with all the ardour and depth which you know," Cardinal Bernardin Gantin said at the M ass which closed the congress on July 23.
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R ain clouds threa- ings and hopes of their tened to dump yet brothers, have the courage more water on the to guide them along God's rain-soaked meadow ways, ways which are not necessarily those which o pposite the grotto men want to folwhere 60,000 pil- low," would the Cardinal added. gathered for the grims "These ways demand a final Mass. firm and tenacious faith,
It was at this grotto that but also a lively concern Our Lady appeared to Ber- for those who have trouble nadette Soubirous in 1858. moving ahead or who are Four hundred bishops wounded and weary," he and some 2000 priests said. j oined the African "In this great ecclesial cardinal-legate for the solidarity pastors know Mass in which 11 French- very well that they men were ordained priests, receive as much as they six for dioceses and five for give," he said. religious orders. Cardinal Gantin thanked "The Church will be the families of the new prigiven the priests which ests for nurturing their it deserves," he said in vocations and stressed the his homily in the Mass. role of the family in foster"They will come forth ing vocations. He also had with difficulty in a church words of advice for the which is tepid, lax, turned newly ordained. in upon itself. "By becoming priests you The magisterium (teach- enter in a certain way into a ing authority) does not feel family. There you will it has the right to lower its encounter elder brothers, standards for the priest- the members of the Preshood, as this would be a byterium of your diocese, brothers in the priestsign of salt that has already grouped around your hood, Cardinal Gantin lost its flavour and, there- Bishop," said the Cardinal. said, "Recognise the fore, which would not con- "They are happy to wel- talents that are theirs — stitute a real remedy," he come you," Cardinal Gan- rejoice at the enthusiadded. tin continued. "For them asm they bring to "On the other hand, — you represent the future — evangelisation." the Cardinal said, you are a sign of hope. Be "They will need encour'where the love of God worthy of their confi- agement, affection, underis first, sometimes even dence", the Cardinal standing," Cardinal having the courage to advised. Gantin said. a ccept persecution, "Profit from the expe- "Allow them to use in the w herever prayer is rience of your elders and, service of Christ and men f lourishing, wherever going beyond the differen- all the gifts they have the right of self is highly ces of age, culture and per- received from the Lord." r egarded and charity sonal method, try to The ordination of euchaa ctive, vocations develop that which binds ristic ministers terminates a ppear. you to one another," he the eucharistic congress in "Christ wants us to be said. a fitting way, the cardinal true pastors—men who, Addressing olders pri- said, because, without priwhile sharing in the suffer- ests about their new ests, there is no eucharist.
At the 59th state conference last weekend of the Knights of the Southern Cross, Mr Max Bowen was appointed state chairman for a second term of 12 months. He is pictured with other council members: (seated, from left) Bill Tucker, senior deputy state chairman; Norm Dallimore, national vice president; Reg Newman, state executive officer and state secretary. Standing: (from left) Lox Cabassi, state warden; Harry Morris; Reg Rice; David Emery; Joe Kelly; Brian Taylor, junior deputy state chairman; Mick D wyer, state membership officer. Not present for the photograph were councillors John Versteegen, Reg Trainor and Bill Huxley.
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t he Vatican, 32 Chinese bishops last Friday a ssisted at the ordination of five new bishops whose appointments have not been approved by Rome.
The four-hour ceremony took place The ordination Mass was celebrated at Immaculate Conception Cathedral in entirely in Latin, except for the bishops' Peking and was filmed for Chinese tele- oath to "abide by the teachings of Jesus vision. Christ, to uphold the independence of A mong the five ordaining prelates was the Chinese Catholic Church, and to Archbishop Francis Wang, who was work actively for the prosperity of the appointed in 1951 by Pope Pius X11 but motherland." later joined the National Association of In addition to Archbishops Wang and Patriotic Catholics, which does not rec- Fu, the ordaining prelates were Bishop ognise ties to the Vatican. Zong Jiwan, president of the National The five new members of the Chinese Association of Patriotic Catholics, and Catholic hierarchy are Auxiliary the "elected" bishops of Hangchow and Bishop Paul XU of Mukden; Auxiliary Changteh. 'Bishop Qian of Nanking; Bishop Zhao Just before last Friday's ordinations, of Tianshyu; Bishop Ha of Suzhu and the episcopal assembly of the National Bishop Zhang of Dali. Association of Patriotic Catholics VatThe most recent Vatican yeartiook issued a statement condemning the lists no bishops in the Mukden or Nank- ican and affirming the "sacred right" of ing archdiocese and does not include the Chinese Catholics to appoint their own dioceses of Tianshyu, Suzhu or Dali. bishops. the bishops "This action is a counter-blow to the At a meeting in Peking, V atican, which has ignored the sover- said, "Chinese bishops must be nomiclergy and eignty of the Chinese Church and ille- nated and ordained by the gally appointed Dominic Tang as Chinese congregations." The statement was an indirect referA rchbishop of Canton," said Bishop ence to the appointment of Archbishop Xu. Tang.
The Knights of the Southern Cross at their State conference gave a warm ovation to the Bishop-elect of Geraldton, Dean William Foley, who has been chaplain to the order for the past five years.
Replying to an introduction by State chairman Max Bowen, Dean Foley said that his years as chaplain had given him an opportunity to be much better informed about the order and he said that he was pleased to know that there was a strong branch of the KSC in Geraldton where he would be shortly taking up residence. Dean Foley accompanied Archbishop Goody at the dinner and the Mass which later opened the State c onference. In his address Archbishop Goody said that bodies such as the KSC were expected to do something for the benefit of the public and in the matter of morals and the maintaining of standards, leadership should come from people such as the Knights of the Southern Cross. He urged the knights to be moderate and to be open in their ideas and to perceive the need for change. He also urged them to be compassionate and supportive of other people. State chairman Max Bowen in his address emphasised the need for members to be ever-ready to help the less fortunate — to be Christ-like in their actions and to be truly apostolic in their approach to their every-day activities within the community. Noting that the theme for the order in WA this year was Vocations, Mr Bowen continued: "We must encourage a greater awareness of the need for religious vocations. We also must take note of our own vocations in life and continually strive to understand more fully our individual roles both in our families and in our community. (See also Page 3)
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Eucharist is unity symbol V ATICAN CITY (NC) — The Eucharist unites people with God and with one another, Pope John Paul II said in a papal letter to Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, his personal legate to the International Eucharistic Congress in Lourdes, France last week.
Little Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel pictured with their foundress Sister Mary Lalor (right) who received a certificate of approbation from Archbishop Goody last Wednesday. Other members who renewed their commitment were (from left) Sisters Simone, Angela, Cate, Clare, Nuala, Treasa and Janet.
In the handwritten Latin ral," the pope said. letter the pope noted that "But this sacrament of he would have personally inexpressible divine love attended the final days of creates all men anew and the congress "if the Lord restores them in the mystihad not decided other- cal presence, saving grace wise." and light-bearing teaching Focusing on the impor- of Christ the saviour himtance of the Eucharist in self." The papal letter formally Christian life, the pope commented: "Indeed this declared Cardinal Gantin v ery eucharistic bread of Africa who is president offered once for us is of the Pontifical Justice passed on without ceasing and Peace Commission, so that men at times separ- the pope's personal legate ated from one another but and representative at the often called back to the eucharistic congress. unity of the divinity may It urged Catholics, uncover in themselves a whether they participated new love for God and a in the congress personally new bond of brotherly or only indirectly, to draw c loseness with one new hope and spiritual renewal from the congress. another." The letter was sealed with "The true renewal of the the fisherman's ring of the world, of which human- pope but was signed for the kind stands in so much ailing pope by his secretary need today, is above all of state, Cardinal Agostino spiritual and supernatu- Casaroli.
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If only people would take the trouble to get to know the intellectually-handicapped they would find they are not frightening people, says Mrs V icki de Haas, a foundation member of Catholic Care for Intellectually Handicapped (CCIH).
"They may look odd, can simply wipe the child's a nd may behave oddly, nose, accept it and not look but they have a lot of down on the parents. love in them," says *If a child comes out of the Mrs de Haas of Medtoilet improperly dressed ina whose youngest they can relieve the embarfirst child Gerard is a rasment of a parent by say1 9 -year -old highing "it doesn't matter" grade bord•rl ine instead of turning away in intellectually handisilence. capped person. "People have found it become normal, but they *If they feel genuine conhard to understand that have come to accept that it cern, people can ask a parmy son who looks com- is a condition, not a sick- ent about the handicap of pletely normal, acts nor- ness, that will never their child, and more importantly talk directly to mally and can hold a improve. normal conversation, can- She said that parents of the child and not over its not read or write and has to intellectually - handi- head or about it if it can g o to a sheltered capped need acceptance follow a conversation. workshop. from other families when, "He is a very special per- for example, they are People who want to offer their services to help the son because he gives a lot rowdy on a bus. intellectually-ha ndi of love, and has a lot of trust in him, yet there are "We had to make excuses capped can contact any of difficulties to be coped for him but we love him a the special schools at Balga, White Gum Valley, with. lot and he gives us a lot of "Sending him off to the love in return. We thought East Victoria Park or Kenshop means explaining tot it was only Gerard who did sington, or any of the 17 him that he will have to this but we have learnt that hostels that care for the handireceive change, everything it is true of many intellectually capped; they can also offer has to be geared to a sys- intellectually handi- their services at the activity tem, a rhythm in his life, capped people. and it takes a long time Mrs de Haas's main thereapy centres or help train him to do some- w orry is that people are with the citizens' advocacy service. thing." patronising towards parMrs de Haas said that she ents of intellectually- Mrs de Haas says that the presence of her handiefEeacrshewor fohrutkhseb rind eria,rnt eo p, iw nre hsstooeni oran y2y handicapped children. capped son has made her " When Gerard was pray constantly, knowing younger and things were early that God would give her life expecting their t o difficult people would say the strength to carry 'Don't worry, you are through in spite of her doing a good job' instead difficulty. of saying 'Let's sit down Prayer gives her beautiful NOW AVAILABLE and talk about it.' peace now, she said. 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Tertiary students, the Catholic Pastoral Institute Resource Centre and Beverley Centrecare Children's Cottages received substantial assistance from the Knights of the Southern Cross this year.
At last Sunday's State conference the State chairman Mr Max presented $500 to Mr Tim Shanahan representing the Tertiary owen B Catholic Federation of Australia as a contribution towards their nationalf conference expenses in 1982 for the national conference on the theme Spirituality and Commitment. Mr Norm Dallimore, national vice-president, presented a cheque of $1,000 to Mr Michael Brennan representing the Catholic Pastoral Institute Resource Centre.
Mr Dallimore said that the KSC had to be seen as a strong group of dedicated Catholics and that the objects of the order left no doubt as to the role they s hould play in the c ommunity. Since one of the goals of the order was to support educational, charitable, religious and social work, he said that it was a particular pleasure for the order t o make a donation towards the purchase of the 14-segment instructional film Jesus of Nazareth. Mr Dallimore pointed out that the money had been raised by Knights of t he Southern Cross throughout the State. In accepting the cheque on behalf of the Catholic R esource Centre, Mr Brennan said that the CRC did not have any films depicting the life of Jesus while He was on this earth that were suitable for Christian education and the donation of $1,000 w ould now enable the Centre to buy this film. He expressed the gratitude of the centre for the generosity of the KSC in WA. Mr Dallimore also made a report to the conference on progress at the KSC R ossmoyne Retirement Village that was being constructed adjacent to .the Pallottine Centre in Fifth A venue, Rossmovne. He said that one and twobedroom units were still a vailable and could be acquired on a life-time lease principle at a cost of $ 38,500 and $33,000, respectively. Leeola Loughnan, of Woodlands, (front) was Alongside the individual units a 44-bed hostel would recently elected WA president of Majellans. • be constructed and resi- She is pictured with central committee dents could avail them- members elected at the recent annual genselves of services at the eral meeting: Seated from left: Kathleen hostel. At a later date a McCabe, Nola Viney, Pam Smith, Margaret nursing home would be Boswood (publicity). Standing from left: Losi a dded to the complex. Smith (secretary), Marie Newbold, Jan Cassidy (treasurer). Inofrmation on or appointments to view the units could be made with Mrs Rowe at Southern Cross Homes, 321 5641. T he state executive o fficer, Mr Reg Newman, said the Conference delegates emphasised that the r ole of the order was to be seen to be of service to the Church and community and that membership SYDNEY — The St Vincent de Paul was Open by invitation to prac- Society is celebrating its 100 years in tising Catholics from 18 New South Wales and WA president Years of age. of the society, Mr Fred Preshaw has He said that there was a Place in the order for any been attending the celebrations. Catholic who fulfilled the r equirements of memberMore than 500 Vincentians attending the ship. opening Mass last Monday evening which was He said that there was celebrated by Archbishop Carroll and 12 always an opening for ded- priests. icated Catholics in the After two years of planning, the State Council of K SC, especially from the with this Y ounger men of our NSW launched it's centenary celebrations Mass to set the scene for a week of discussions on SVDP Church Community. work.
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Rehecord Predictions about the impact of world satellite communication on human relations only begin to sink in during global transmissions of events like the royal wedding last Wednesday night. Beyond the wedding fantasy the petrol bombs, the chanting demonstrators, the assassinations, the thousands dying in natural disasters are also being transmitted globally night after night, but the human mind can cope with only so much tragedy and switches off. The royal wedding was not televised because it was a fantasy but because it was a fact, an industry in which thousands of hours were spent on the logistics of security, transport and other details. It was an industry reported by an industry as reporters and commentators probed every possible angle and detail right down to looking at riot torn England through a bridal veil. Mercifully, the television lens that is often the tyrant turned out this time to be the equaliser. The guest in the front seat was the viewer at home thousands of miles away and not the few who had to peck their way on to .the guest lists, and whose faces and antics not so long ago would have filled the newspaper reports of such an event. The television lens also became the equaliser for Prince Charles and Lady Diana • because for a moment it shut out the riots, the economic doldrums of Mrs. Thatcher, or an A ustralian prime minister's last minute dash. Wedding ceremonies deliberately shut out the mayhem of daily life because human love cries out for a moment to search for the quality of love in a family. The television lens was an equaliser last Wednesday night also because it showed the truth. At every turn the camera could not 'avoid registering the pain of broken marriage, in the Spencers, in the Armstrong Jones'. Prince Charles' wedding need not be an unlucky portent even in 1981 although the diaries of his related predecessors and ancestors are littered with the winks and nudges to which royal courts often subjected married commitment. He still holds out the hope that there are people who can marry, even subject to the series criteria that had to surround his tardy selection of a spouse, and mean what they say. The royalists and republicans have had their arguments in front of the television sets about whether the pageant was worth it, whether it proved anything, Yet long after the brooms have swept the streets, the sacrament of marriage may have won the day. The victory was gained not because of the pomp and splendour of an Anglican service or the sprinkling or royalty but because Charles ,and Diana were shown to be equal to everyone else. They could say no more and no less to each other than the couple who marry this weekend at the nearest neighbourhood church and the commitment of both stands equal in the sight of God.
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the possibilities of revamp"I think the Church more contemplative for Bassendean. A congrega- ing our faith and passing it should have its own Chris- some than being in church. tion the size of a footy on to "pagans". match following would no With tian celebration and let the As for sitting around today's tremendous a world have its own pagan table at a beach house with doubt please any minister. advances in technology, celebration", he was friends, one o f Christ's A 15-year and corresponding reces-old friend of a quoted as saying. A new chief attributes was his mine was reluctant to sion in thought and feeling calendar for the Church camaraderie. attend Mass on Ascension for humanity, we Chriswas recommended. tians should have it made Actually, the problem is Thursday. Why? What do "pagan" and — for Christ. more serious than a few "Mass "rest of the world" mean? is boring," he comdays of the year going Surely our world today is mented after spending 10 HUMAN SCIENCE too small for such divisive seemingly unnoticed. of his 15 years in the Surely, if every Sunday Catholic school system. In thinking. "If we are going towards a' Easter is an extremely Mass was presented the another two years it will human era of science, it way it could be, Easter probably be goodbye sysbusy time for a priest and will be eminently an era of small congregatiOns at would take care of itself? tem and goodbye Mass. human science. Man, the such a significant time In my district there are knowing subject, will percould be soul-destroying. five churches five minutes So many of our priests are ceive at last than man, 'the like "wind-up toys" on the However, sitting on a away and there are people object of knowledge,' is the jetty near water can be who could tell you exactly altar and how mechanical key to the whole science of is the standing, sitting and reciting response of the nature... Man is the solution of everything we can people? As for sermons! know." There should be no need Pierre Teilhard de Chardin for a Mass Media Sunday. '(1881-1955) Celebration of the Mass He came just a year ago. • •••,' should be our media or livBlue jeans and long ing witness to all. MARY L.URQUHART... hair, ' poses a few more quesHe wasn't a square. Christ was and is the With his face and pace tions about the liturgy world's greatest psycholochanged the place. He gist. How much psycholWe knelt, we felt, ogy is there in a theology What Mass should be course for the priesthood? For the first time, Is this ceremony a sign of the Christian Let me hasten to add that Probably. there is probably as much community. . . or just boring? With lights and guitars as there is in a medical We aw the stars course for doctors! Heaven on earth A kind of re-birth PUBLIC SPEAKING Send us a letter and have your say in The Record. In one short year You can write on any subject you want: He became ... so us PAINTING government decisions and policy, problems in your And we became more How many priests have neighbourhood, television. . anything that affects Quality work That's for sure! your life.' taken public speaking Post your letter to Today's Mail The Record, PO courses or Dale Carnegie's at the right price Box 50, Perth, Aberdeen Street, 6000. Priests are the rocks on How to Win Friends and Preference will be given to short concise letters. John Freakley which our Church stands. Influence People? "Let your bearing If they crumble so do we. 361 4349 Y ou're the weather, towards one another arise out of your life in Christ Father Callagham, we the Jesus. Each of you must barometer. study..." 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I Phil. 1:27;2:4,5.
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A GREEMENT Ft Teresa is REACHED criticised ... ON TOUR
DEATH NEW YORK (NC) — Mercy Sister Camille D'Arienzo of B rooklyn says that although Mother Teresa of Calcutta is OF KIN an "enormously holy and compassionate woman," she may be doing American nuns a disservice by being used NOTED JERUSALEM (NC) —Officials of the Catholic by the media and men as a model for the many ministries P ALERMO (NC) — Lazar Bojaxhiu, the o nly brother of Mother Teresa of C alcutta, died on July 3 in Palermo on the Italian island of Sicily.
The 74 -year -old Bojaxhiu was born in Kostovo, Albania, in what is now Yugoslavian territory. He came to Italy during World War II, joined the Italian Army and became a colonel. Bojaxhiu moved to Sicily in the early 1950s as the sales representative of a pharmaceutical company. He is survived b y his wife, the former Maria Sanguigni, and a daughter, Agi.
Church and the Israeli government have reached of sisters in the United States. D'Arienzo and Sis- a pre-Vatican 11 view of vanthood of women are an agreement on tour guides that averted a terSister Mary Loyola Engel, of faith which did not address paramount — to the excluthreatened closure by the church of the great Rockville Centre, super- systemic evils, such as sion of such issues as socieior-general of the Congre- defence spending. tal traumas and male basilicas in Bethlehem and Nazareth. gation of the Infant Jesus The sisters' comments domination in the church.
from 1965-73, suggested were carried in the New There has been a disa serious clash between the pilgrims to that the Nobel prize- York Daily News. "Of course," Sister pute over a directive state of Israel and the feelings", of D'Arienzo continued, holy places. " I really winning think nun Mother personalised from an Israeli tourism Catholic Church has been Teresa is being used as a "there are sisters who official requiring "pil- averted due to the "brothgood safe model. Every would not agree with me grim and other gro- erly spirit" that prevailed priest can put her on a one bit. But there has to be ups"to travel in Israel at the meeting of officials p edestal and say to room in the church for sevonly with a licensed from various Israeli miniswomen, 'Be docile, do your eral points of view. womanly caring thing, but g overnment tour tries and priests representing the Vatican and the don't get out and criticise "If Mother Teresa, in her guide after July I. Catholic authorities of anything else,' " Sister public utterances, allows A communique issued by the media to cast all sisters Camille said. the church and govern- Jerusalem. the Israeli tourism Many American nuns in the same mould that she ment officials said "pil- After official issued his directive have been quietly critical has cast for herself and her grimages are religious tour guides in May, of Mother Teresa's lack of congregation, then she is activities and may be freely on Israeli officials said the acceptance of, and support doing us a disservice and assisted by spiritual leaders step was necessary to prefor, their life style and their doing the Church a disseror animators." In the Catholic priests from self-image as American vice," said Sister D'Arifuture, pilgrim groups may vent "anti-Semetic" religious women intent on enzo. be guided by tour leaders expressing "anti-Israeli" propaand social justice and religious Sister Engel was quoted and priests in every place in to those taking ganda renewal. For the Calcutta as saying that all sisters the country where "relinun, love for the dying, the seek "to identify with our gious and spiritual gui- tours. scandal of abortion and culture and the people we dance is the primary object Church officials said the the super-obedient ser- help." directive was unacceptable of the visit," the commuinterference with the nique said. Details of the agreement church's historical rights, still have to be worked out, especially because many but church officials Jewish or Arab guides did expressed confidence that not share the "religious
AFRICAN WOMEN LIVE PEACEFULLY WITHOUT MEN
PEOPLE TO BE HEARD
LIVERPOOL, England (NC) — Long term solutions are needed for the "accute and complex social problems " of the riot-torn Toxteth area of Liverpool, according to Catholic A rchbishop Derek Worlock of Liverpool and his Anglican counterpart, Bishop David Sheppard. The clergymen issued a joint statement on behalf of the Christian churches of Merseyside, the area in which Topxteth is located. Black and white youths began rioting in Toxteth and the disturbances lasted for several days. The immediate need is to restore peace and hope, they said. "Only in this way will it be possible to carry out the genuine search for long term solutions to what all acknowledge are acute and complex social problems," they added. "For this it will be essential to hear the voice of the local people which at the moment is in danger of being submerged in the din and horror of violence," the clergymen said.
Varied vocations include lay people
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (NC) — "There is not one vocation but many." That theme was the common thread weaving together the activities of the 39th annual Serra International convention.
James Hitchcock, history professor at St Louis University, said the central problem in the vocation crisis is "What do we mean by priesthood and religious life?" One issue may be whether or not the priesthood and religious life are perceived as necesary and important, he said. "We may be caught in a vicious circle," with fewer priests and more responsibilities given to lay people, Hitchcock said. The risk is that the priesthood may not be considered important, he said. Although vocations have declined overall, some communities which have not changed as radically as importance Africans attthe Despite " It's quite a jolt to the men, others are getting some motherhood and raising children, b ecause they do not think the ach to new members, he said. A girl a on down look not do Ghanaians the w omen can get along without their common element of such when she joins a religious community. communities is that they steadying influence, according to "The girls joining a religious commun"have a strong 'notion of F ather Curran, an peothe from respect tremendous get ity American what they think the priestm ember of the White Fathers of ple because they realise the girls are giving hood and religious life A frica. Some men are up motherhood to dedicate their lives to disapare," Hitchcock stated. pointed to find out the girls are God," Father Curran said. V ATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul Other speakers discussed relieasily to adjust women African doing fine without the priesthood, religious 11 urged Catholics in Ireland to imitate them. to according life, gious community life and married state. the example of a 17th-century martyr, St Father Curran. They view entering the Father Curran is chaplain Bishop Walter Sullivan of Oliver Plunkett, by working toward reconfor the Afri- religious life as stepping into another can Sisters of Mary Richmond listed major ciliation and healing the Immaculate in Daf- phase of their extended family, which wounds of fiema, Ghana and was interviewed while directions in the church includes cousins, uncles, aunts and on leave in division. America which shape the type of grandparents. African women enjoy In a letter to Cardinal The celebration took priests and seminarians Traditionally, in said. others, he with lives their sharing Timothy Manning of Los place at Drogheda, IreAfrican society the needs. The directions man runs Angeles, who was the land, in the Archdiocese everything," said Father CurFather Curran said this concept involved greater involveran. "He gives the pontiff's personal repre- of Armagh, which curespework, outside orders their and into he is out not reaches ment of the laity, the only the owner of his wife but also of his cially in their service in mobile medical c hurch's identification sentative at a celebration rently includes part of Children. The Ghanaian men thought clinics. "Sometimes the nuns work from with the poor, and the need marking the 300th anni- Ireland and part of St 9a. m. to 4p.m. through the heat of the day for "spiritual rootedness in versary of the Irish saint's Northern Ireland. martyrdom, the pope Oliver was bishop of without any break," said Father Curran. the Lord." spoke of his "earnest Armagh for 12 years until "In an age of increased lay involvement and emerging desire" that the / cathol- his martyrdom at Tyburn M ADRID, Spain (NC) leadership roles, today's ics of Ireland "each in his in London in 1681. He — Dutch Jews own manner follow the was executed after con13 trees for the planted seminarian must certainly example of the ardent St viction on charges of subof Pope John recovery be a people's person. He Paul 11 in t he Forest of himself must not only have Oliver, who was deterred version at a time when ChristianLONDON (NC) — The church of England (Anglican has ability and interest in min- by nothing (in working to English rule in Ireland Judeo Friendship in heal) the wounds of dis- w as harsh against perchurch Israel, of v divorced remarriage in istry but a willingness to the allow oted to reported Catholics. share that ministry with cord and dissension." Madrid chapter the something former spouse, lifetime sons of during a the the The pontiff also said Committee for others. Jewishw hich had been forbidden. that he was praying that During his term as "The seminarian must Christian Relations. the celebration of the bishop St Oliver became expected before 1983 develop an acceptance of The forest, not decision On July the 7 is final meeting this day of its near Jerussaint's anniversary would known for his efforts to the church's General Synod voted by sub- because the synod has called for a report others, be respectful of difalem, is a world project provide "a new oppor- r econcile contending stantial majorities of all three houses of on the question of the pastoral care of the ference, foster mutuality o f committees for tunity" for renewal in the groups within the church Je wishbishops, clergy and laity in favour of the divorced and remarried. This report and bonding with the forChristian relaIrish church, noting that and for seeking to bring principle procedures circumstances range gotten of in "that the and unwanted, there are would establish tions in Europe and the the current circumstan- calm and order to the bitA mericans. which a divorced person may be married that could be followed in cases "where it is identify with the weak and The forrest ces demand "strength of ter animosities between will be in church during the lifetime of a former appropriate for a divorced person to the outcast, have compasformally inaugufaith and the habit of Irish factions and the partner." marry in church in a fortmer partner's sion for the lonely and the rated in February 1982. daily piety and prayer." English government. rejected," he said. But any practical implementation of lifetime." the Hecord, July 30-August 5, 1981 7
W ASHINGTON (NC) — that women would not be able to get W hen African girls join a along unless there was a man present to r eligious community and act as sort of a policeman or judge. 'But contrary to his pessimistic outlive peacefully and effi- look, the Ghanaian nuns are doing very ciently on their own, men well. In the three years I have been with are surprised, said mission- the sisters, only one professed sister of l55 Sisters of the Mary Immaculate has left ary Father William Curran. the community.
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IRISH TOLD TO UNITE
CARMEL STOPS TEACHING T echnical school principals and staff from as far as Rockingham gathered at Balga on Friday, July 2 4, to mark the retirement of one of the best—loved figures of the WA Technical Education Division, Mrs Carmel Kehoe.
Australians should familiarise themselves with the plight of east Timorese in Australia and offer assistance in dealing with the Department of Immigration and other government agencies over the admission of their relatives to Australia.
Mrs Kehoe joined the T.E.D. in March 1956 as a temporary typing teacher and ended her career as This was said in head of Department, ComP erth recently by mercial and General StuF ather Pat Walsh, dies, at Balga Technical M issionary of the College with the responsiSacred Heart, who is bility for some 2,000 full working for Action for and part—time students a year. World Development to Her record included a establish committees number of "firsts" for a f or RAFT (Resettlewoman in the T.E.D., such ment in Australia of as acting college principal Families of Timorese). and deputy principal. It is Of a total of some 3500 also believed she was the Timorese in Australia first married woman to be there are about 200 in allowed to undertake Perth, but there are many teacher training in WA. thousands who want to The big number of guests leave Timor and be re— at her farewell included the united with their families. FATHER PAT WALSH Director of Technical and Some families have been separated for as long as six Further Education, Mr years. Many refugees came to Australia in 1975 thinking Peter Forrest; a past direc- Mrs Kehoe receives that the civil war would be over quickly and then they tor, Mr Bill Paterson, all congratulations from copld return to their country, but the Indonesian occuthe current directors and pation has prevented this. Gerry Brennan. assistant directors of T.E.D. sections, college principals and staff, both HUMANITARIAN AID t eaching and non — involved in T.E.D. courses Another group of Timorese qualify under a humanitteaching, who had known and enjoy the respect and arian aid programme set up by the Australian Governand worked with Mrs love of those people. Mr Brennan quoted Sir LOURDES, France (NC) — Pope John Paul ll's ment in 1980. Kehoe during her career. The principal of Balga Christopher Wren's epi- heart "beats with Originally conditions to qualify under this proours" at the 42nd Interna- gramme Technical College, Mr taph: "If you seek his monwere liberal but they have tightened up in Gerry Brennan, described ument, look about you." tional Eucharistic Congress, said the pope's per- recent times. People who want to come to Australia under this Mrs Kehoe as a woman Anyone looking about at sonal legate, Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, on his programme much loved by her staff, a the great variety of people must make their way from Timor to the warm—hearted person at the Balga gathering was arrival in Lourdes for the congress. Australian Embassy in Djakarta. who understood that it looking at Carmel Kehoe's Children are not being allowed to qualify because B efore he was Gantin, president of the pope physically far from they cannot come took a great many different monument. to Australia alone and sponsor their types of people to make a A devout Catholic, she seriously wounded in Pontifical Justice and us," said the prepared text parents. As a result many of them are living in poor world, and in particular to carried the probity of her a n assassination Peace Commission, to of Cardinal Gantin's arri- conditions in Djakarta. represent him at the July val speech. "But this make up the T.E.D. On the other hand, many people are eligible if they personal life into her work. attempt in May the One of her great strengths She always showed quiet Pope had planned to 16-23 eucharistic observan- grave wound that has torn can get permission from the Indonesian government but was that she could move in reason in the way she did attend the final days of ces at the famous Marian our father's body and this is becoming more difficult. shrine of Lourdes. spilled out his blood at the all sorts of company her job and, above all, she the congress. Father Walsh, who was ordained 15 years ago, was among all sorts of people was a person of gentleness. He later chose Cardinal "We all know the shock- same time puts us in con- national chaplain of the Young Christian Students for ing reason that keeps the tact and communion with five years and for seven years taught Indonesian lanhis suffering with such ful- guage and studies in Hamilton, Victoria. lness that his absence is transformed into a lively, REPRESENTATION presence," the cardinal added. He was recently in Djakarta looking at the plight of "Every homage given the refugees and he believes that Australians can help by here, every filial act, every making representation to local parliamentarians, to the There is an optimism and confiParents were looking for thanksgiving expressed, Minister for Immigration and also the Minister for quality in religious educa- goes also to him without External Affairs who has a diplomatic interest in the dence surrounding Catholic Schools tion, moral standards and any itermediary, and for us :question. Father Walsh said that supporters of East Timor in all Australian States, a visiting discipline and good teach- the pope will remain the believed that the present Indonesian occupation of East first and most august pilM arist Brother said this week. ing and were increasingly Timor was a violation of the United Nations Human disillusioned by continued grim of this congress," he "Catholic Parents clearly and had emerged from a Rights Charter because the east Timorese population said. teacher militancy. want Catholic schools period of deep searching had been given no right of self determination. They looking were for which provide a quality regarding their place in Cardinal Gantin noted Under the terms of former colonial territories, the teachers who were con- that it was 120 years ago education based on the Australian society with to vinced that schools existed that the first missionaries, Dutch western Timor territory passed lawfully values of the gospel and r enewed confidence, Indonesia but as a former Portugese territory the people students, Brother for Marand increasing number of vigour and direction. "mainly from France," of east Timor have a right to determine their own future cellin said. non—Catholic parents are Among the reasons for brought the Gospel to his status. A growing sense of direc- native country of Benin seeking places in Catholics the renewed confidence, Portugal had a responsibility to see to this decoloni.tion in religious education (formerly Dahomey) in schools," said Brother Brother Marcellin said, sation process but being a weak and poor country it courses was indicated by Marcellin Flynn (pictured were the increasing comA frica. achieve needed the return to catechesis Referring to the theme of this, encouragement from other countries to right). mitment of personal faith Father Walsh said. based on sound knowledge the eucharistic congress, " Brother Marcellin, who and the increasing profesThe rule of morality should prevail and not just the and theology, a hunger for Jesus Christ: bread broken rule came to Perth at the invita- sional qualifications of lay of force," he added. prayer spirituality and tion of Liwara School, t eachers in Catholic for a new world," he said It is estimated that up to 200,000 Timorese have died among young people and a those French missionaries either Hammersley, said Catho- schools. from starvation or from military offensives by the rediscovery of the scrip- brought to his country Indone lic schools were one of the Inservice courses were sian Army. tures schools in and their success stories of the1970's helping preserve the "that broken bread, creaEight battalians have recently been conducting miluse for prayer among the tor of new men in the itary manoevres against guerilla resistance. • pupils. 26 John Street, Perth WA 6000 young churches. Many of the Timorese have adopted Catholic status Catholic heritage and tra- Brother Marcellin said "I wish that the same • Correspondence because of a government requirement that people have a The Editor, The Record, PO Box 50 that also there was a grow- Christian faith is ready to design ditions of the schools. • Aberdeen Street, Perth, 6000 ated religion. Advertising "Catholic schools of the ing awareness of the social receive it in exchange There are about 30 priests. and many local Timorese • Vanguard Service Telephone 328 1388 • registered for posting as a newspaper future will be more dimension of the gospel today, in the person of him sisters Category "A" (11) working under a Timorese Apostolic • Proddced in WA 'Catholic' in the sense of and a groundswell towards who comes from that Afri- a Printed and published weekly by Edward vanHeemst, dministrator. owning our and justice rich increasing an Catholic • 26 John Street, Perth can land and in the name of Further information on the Action for World Devel• religious traditions," he appreciation of the dignity the universal pastor," he • Established 1Er74 opment Campaign for East 'Timor can be obtained • of each human person. said. said. from Jenni Yorke, 332 5240.
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astics his cause His son Matthew's spasticity was a factor in influencing Perth dentist Peter Froud in becoming involved in the work of the Spastic Welfare Association. I n additon to his activities as a board member of the Spastic Welfare Association, Peter works at parent group level in fund-raising exercises such as making and selling lamingtons, quiz nights and progressive dinners. The small coterie with which he is associated raises about $7,000 a year, which he describes as a drop in the ocean of what is required. The Association extends remedial care to 42 children at the Sir David Brand residential section located on four hectares of land at Coolbinia — Stage 1 of the planned development. A $1.8 million contract has just been let for Stage 2 there, a treatment and training centre which will incorporate a special school for spastic and other children. Similar schools are already in operation at the Crippled Children's Society centre at Rocky
Today's People A weekly feature By BOB BOYLE Bay and at Koondoola and Willetton. Stage 3 will consist of adult residential accommodation, including a hostel, which will fulfil the dual tasks of providing full-time care for those who need it and phasing others into the
Mr Peter Lyndon Froud is a dentist practising in Perth w ho is also the Army's chief dentist in WA in a part-time capacity with the rank of lieutenant colonel. tie was a dentist in the Australian Regular Army as a major and served in Vietnam. Matthew (11), the second of the four children of Peter and his wife Pauline (nee O'By rne), is spastic and Peter is a member of the board of the Spastic Welfare Association and an ardent worker in raising money for the cause. The other children are Anna (13), Benjamin (3) and Rebecca (six months). The family are members of Our Lady of Victories parish, Wembley. Peter was born in Melbourne in June, 1943, and educated at St Patrick's College at Sale in Victoria. The last two sears of his dental studies were paid for by the Army into which he entered on graduation from Melbourne Lniversitv in 1966. Ilk service included periods in Puckapuny al, Vietnam (1967-68) and Singapore. He took his discharge in Perth in 1972.
Only about 40 per cent of people have regular dental inspections
stage where they can live outside in society. This second objective is desirable both from the viewpoint of the spastics themselves and because it reduces costs. It is estimated that there are about 1,500 spastics in WA, many of whom are looked after by parents and relatives and have no contact with the Association. The Association deals with about 350, approximately half of whom are children. Adults work at Goodwill Industries and some of them live at the Nadezda hostel in Osborne Park. "As in the case with dentists," Peter says, "the Association aims ultimately to put itself out of business. We look on those who leave us as our successes." Advances in technology, particularly in prenatal medicine, will almost certainly mean that there will be fewer spastic children born despite the increase in population. During the next 20 years the treatment and training of spastic children will be under control but there will be an increasing need for the handling of adult spastics. "Usually spastics have a normal life-span," Peter e xplains, "so the older
spastics now living at home will always be sufferers from some form of cerebral palsy." The extent of spasticity depends on the degree of damage to the motor area of the brain and on what parts of the brain are affected. Often the brain works normally but the messages from it do not get through to the muscles. Some victims suffer severe disabilities such as quadraplegia or blindness; others might have only a slight limp or an inoperative arm muscle. The Association rarely has contact with the sufferers of the milder conditions. Peter has memories of working as a dentist in a hut in Vietnam with field equipment that was light and portable but not suited to all branches of the art. While he was practising at the Nui Dat headquarters he was kept busy because of the number of troops either stationed there or passing through. He also treated civilians at neighbouring villages and once a fortnight he worked on the children of a nearby Catholic orphanage run by nuns. In WA, he says, the introduction of fluoride into the water supply has resulted in about a 50 per cent reduction in dental caries in the population. When he was a student, he recollects, the cry was for many more dentists to go out and fill all those cavities waiting. Dentists had patient waiting lists of three to six months and a common practice was to extract the teeth and fit dentures.
PREVENTION Now there are very few waiting lists and prevention is the cornerstone of dental philosophy embodied in the practice of saving teeth and keeping them in good condition;. There is little doubt that there will soon be an over-supply of dentists. Yet still only 40 per cent of people seek regular dental attention. Among the reasons for this are a fear of dentists among older people pospossibly engendered by unpleasant experiences when techniques were not nearly as advanced as they are today; ignorance o f the necessity for proper and regular dental care; and the cost escalation that dentistry has shared with all other services.
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Shirley in limelight again S hirley Temple takes the limelight again, but this time she's the subject of C hannel Seven's Sunday night series That's Hollywood, narrated by Tom Bosley.
individual anthem was established, Good Ship Lollipop. Her screen image was carefully built and more
often than not she was a child of misfortune in such films as Curly Top, Stowaway and the classic Heidi.
In 1939 in Susannah of the Mounties, Shirley — now a seasoned old trouper of 11 — was required to teach Ran-
On August 2 at 11 pm the That's Hollywood title is Incredible Shirley.
Shirley Temple — a little girl with a special glow had only to come into view to capture an audience. Shirley Temple — a little girl with a special glow —had only to come into view to capture an audience, and her magic still works. She is the greatest child star in the history of entertainment. There have been other children who could sing, who could dance, who could act, or who could charm, but no other who could do it all. In a famous scene from S towaway, Shirley impersonates Al Jolson. But it was with Stand Up and Cheer that she first took off for stardom at the grand old age of six. In Captain January with Buddy Ebsen, her
Sandy Mauger decides to take a break
After two years as a s tar reporter on national television, Sandy Mauger has decided to quit Simon Townsend's Wonder networks and New Zea"After a while everyone World. land TV. gets tired and needs a The programme is seen Sandy has decided to break. Sandy has stood each day Monday to Friquit Wonder World up to the strain for day at 4.30 pm on Chanbecause she felt that after almost two years and nel Nine. Programme producer t wo years of constant she's still doing great work, but we all underHarvey Shore said Sandy work and pressure she stood when she decided break. deserved a had helped the show to offer her resignation grow from a small net"Sandy's work is far and take a long break. work production into harder than a normal Australia's most success"We'll miss her. Now we reporter's," said Harvey ful and widely-viewed TV have to start the search Shore. show with the highest ratfor another star reporings of any children's tel"She has to make a com- ter," he added. evision programme in plete film story of several Sandy Mauger will Australia. minutes length every day, It is now seen coast-to- five or six days a week. leave Simon Townsend's coast on every major TV That sort of pressure in a W onder World in market and is being sold daily programme like August. to United States cable ours is a great strain. A t present she has no
• Reported Sandy Mauger, has resigned from her job with Simon Towsend's Wonder World, which is seen Monday Friday at 4.30 pm on Channel Nine.
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dolph Scott how to dance. S he subsequently danced with most of Hollywood's best hoofers: James Dunn in Baby Take a Bow, Buddy Ebsen in Captain January, Jack Haley and Alice Faye in Poor Little Rich Girl and in Just Around the Corner and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm with Bill Robinson —the great bojangles. And in Little Miss Broadway, Shirley was a partner of the stylish George Murphy. In The Little Princess Shirley starred with the great British character actor Arthur Treacher, and in 1940 she concluded her Fox contract with Young People. She was growing up. She continued to play teenagers in The Bachelor and The Bobby-Soxer and Mr Belvedere. But in 1949 she decided to end her career for a new life-style and eventually a new career in the world of politics.
• Curly tops, Shirley Temple, is featured on Seven's, That's Hollywood this Sunday at 11 pm.
Documentary programmes dealing with subjects of nature have a strong attraction for television viewers of all ages. In Channel Seven's inhospitality to civilised Sunday night series, man has made it the slowGeorge Manning's Wide est to be explored, settle World, the programme and exploited. for August 2 is on AusAlmost the size of the tralian — The Timeless United States, its entire Land. population is barely Narrated by Alexander larger than that of New Scourby, this episode is York City. produced by the National For years only its relaGeographic Society and tively fertile rim was tells of Australia from the settled; parts of the intetime it was wreched away rior were still being discofrom the Asian land mass vered in 1921, and only in by the convulsions that 1966 was the continent shook the earth in pre- crossed through the middle by motor vehicle. Cambrian days. This island continent Trekking sheltered its own evoluA similar 2,000-mile tionary dead-ends for trek by four Australians millenia, and little else. from the bottom of the Man came late, but the Australian Aboriginal is nation-continent throustill one of the world's gh its primitive centre to earliest humans, and as the top of Down Under is detailed in this spectacuunique among tje, as tje unique among them as lar National Geographic the platypus is among Society special on our • The new $50,000 LETTERBOX team — (from left)Annimders, Adjudicator Peter land. Cowan and Host Gary Carvolth. animals. • Young Aboriginal people learnt to read natures signs for survival, Now on Seven, from AugustRonday to Fridays at 5.00 pm. It's an unusual docu'Exploitation mentary which focuses and awareness of what the environment around them offered for their Channel Seven's Ann host and hostess of the P.m. adjudicator. In a corner of the world on the outback and the existence. The Aborigine respected the fine balance of the universe; the This is the first time Ann so out of the way it was Sanders and Gary Car$50,000 Letterbox seen in This exciting word game hardy men and women balance was for the natural survival of all creatures. The Aborigines' volth make their first Perth and Adelaide on also gives the home viewer has had an opportunity to the last continent to be who have carved a civili- rela tionship to creation (land) is unique and very rarely understood by take part in a programme discovered, including to win $1,000. sation from the hostile appearance as the new Monday, August 3, at 5 the chanceCowan Peter is the such as Letterbox and she is Antarctica, Australia's interior. Europeans. handling the transition like a trouper.
NEW LETTERBOX TEAM
She is the perfect foil for Gary Carvolth who was one of the original comperes of Letterbox when the concept was introduced years ago. Gary's easy-going style relaxes nervous contestants and Ann has a steadying influence which is apparent from her self-assuredness. Both Ann and Gary said they enjoyed the new challenge of this type of television and were looking forward to working with each other.
plans for other work, although she says that "a nice movie role on a juicy science fiction film would be ideal."
A strong cast in film set amid war drama in 1943 Yugoslavia A World War II story with a strong cast is usually a guarantee of a good audience and no exception should be Channel Nine's film The Battle of Neretva at 7.40 pm on Saturday, August 8. Yul Brynner, Curt Jur- know that in the circus gens, Hardy Kruger, and people turn their backs Orson Welles head the and move away when you cast. are very badly hurt? It The movie is set in 1943 puts fear into them and Yugoslavia and the coun- they know that fear is try is facing an invasion dangerous when they by the Germans and have to go out there and Italians. perform again themThe story revolves selves. I had to lie there around a band of parti- alone until the ambusans who must fight a lance came." bloody battle against the Yul received 49 fracGermans, as well as the tures as a result of the local Chetniks, to regain fall. their freedom. "I realise now that I Yul Brynner has been really had a great deal of involved in show busi- luck to remain alive, but ness in some form or now I am paying the price another since he was 12 because I live with pain. years of age when he ran But it has never preaway from school to vented me going on stage become a guitar player or made me give up anyand singer in Paris thing at all. nightclubs. "You will not even see me limp until the curtain Trapeze falls. And it is the circus After a spell at this pro- which gave me my body, fession, Yul joined a tra- which is a working body. velling circus as a clown "But it is why I must in the trapeze act. wear black all the time. I At the age of 17 his am very slim and yet I career nearly ended for have the shoulders that good with a disastrous come from those years as fall which, to this day, a trapeze artist. If I put Brynner clearly recalls in on, say, a light grey suit I chilling detail. look ridiculous, like the "It was a curtain call," strong man in a carnival. he said. "And the safety Black, you see, takes care net broke as I fell. You of all that," Brynner said.
Sales of television programmes by the A ustralian Broadcasting Commission during the past 12 months have from 38 in 1979/80 to 50 increased dramati- last year. A total of 158 separate cally. sales were made by the Countries taking ABC commission — including programmes increased drama productions, pub-
NEW LOOK FOR PROGRAMMES IN STATE
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TIMETABLE FOR NEW RELIGIOUS TV SESSIONS
Starting Sunday, August 9, the programmes can be seen each Sunday as follows.. 7.30 am TVW7 Perth Lifestream. 8.00 am STW9 Perth A People To Belong To. 4.30 pm BTW3 Bunbury (plus Albany and repeater network) A People To Belong To. 6.00 pm VEW8 Kalgoorlie (also Merredin) A People To Belong To. 10.30 (approx.) GTW11 Geraldton L ifestream.
dt on is A People to Belong and/TW11 To is aimed at child- a pr ren, young people P o called L estr and adults, seeking t o ask questions rt7lari st ori. about values in life. eani ootridhpi ehum seriesw o are It is modern in for - att Ing firstto /loth; with a mat and there is a nutOr ()I ..fCope different life great deal of promo- sons. series tional material to back up the pro- I special A ssociation of Western good quality religious telatte es a g ramme. Pdayvisi People Australia of which the evision and radio ca
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Church is a and to which some of the funds collected on Mass Media Sunday are channelled for the promotion of
broadcasting. The reactions of viewers will be appreciated and may be sent to the Christian Television Associa-
tion at 10 Pier Street Perth, 6000. Viewers also should keep a watch for Christian Television Association spots which are shown from time to time in ordinary viewing times. These short messages are purchased by the CTA and shown by the stations as part of the statutory time they must allocate to the broadcasting of religious material. Viewers are welcome to make suggestions on themes that CTA could incorporate in future spots to be prepared. On radio 6NR every Wednesday at 3.30 p.m. listeners can hear another CTA programme, Beliefs of Today, in which personalities of different faiths, including Catholic interviewers and other communicators, speak on the place of faith and religion in the world of today.
lic affairs programmes, musicals and documentaries, compared with 96 the previous year. Countries buying programmes included A rgentina, America, Canada, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Finland, Germany, Greece, Holland, Romania, Iceland, Hungary, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Middle East countries, Portugal, UK, ' Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe. The biggest individual buyer of separate titles was New Zealand which took more than 15 programmes — many of them series productions. Most popular drama was The Timeless Land, based on a trilogy by Eleanor Dark. The Timeless Land was b ought by America (which also took Golden Soak) Agrentina, Finland, Guatamala, Greece, Holland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Monte Carlo, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Yugoslavia. This was closely followed by the Royal Australian Navy series Patrol Boat, which was bought by 18 countries. Other popular drama series include Castaways, Rush, Run from the Morning and Levkas Man. Marcia Hines's series also proved popular in t he non-drama field along with Big Country, Four Corners and In The Wild, with Harry Butler. • Programmes which are also expected to do well on the international market are I Can Jump Puddles and the Menotti series.
Alan gets a job and meets his first love ... It is now early 1929 and Alan Marshall is working as a part-time accountant in a Collingwood boot factory in I Can Jump Puddles: Boots, Boots, Boots! on Channel T wo on Sunday, August 2, at 7.40pm. At the factory he meets his first love, Biddy, and the two become fast friends, enjoying long talks and outings. When one of their friends at work falls pregnant, Alan and Biddy take responsibility for her. The horrifying visit to an abortionist brings a change to the relationship between Alan and Biddy.
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI IS THE FOCAL POINT OF SESSION
Saint Francis of Assisi is featured in Encounter on Radio 3 on Saturday (August 8) at 10. 15am and on 6WN on Sunday (August 9) at 8am. Francis of Assisi was the last major work by poet Clive Sansom. It took
nearly eight years to research and write this collection of 90 poems telling the story of Saint Francis of Assisi. Clive Sansom died in March this year, having lived and worked in Tasmania since 1949 when he arrived from England with his wife Ruth, a T asmanian -born girl who he'd met in London. Together they started the Speech Education Centre in Hobart and it was then they started a fortnightly radio programme for primary schools, Speaking and Listening. When Clive finally gave up broadcasting and scriptwriting as a freelancer with the ABC, he had written 800 scripts and taken part as narrator or actor in some 600 programmes. London-born, Clive Sansom had lived and worked in Takmania for 32 years but remained an "English" poet. Yet he loved his adopted country and was a strong supporter of conservation.
C athedral the source of TV Mass in WA
T elevised Mass on C hannel Two on S unday (August 2) c omes from Saint M ary's Cathedral Perth where Archbishop Goody is celebrant and the preacher is Father Bryan R osling. The St M ary's Cathedral c hoir under the direction of Mrs A nnette Goerke is s upplemented by the Perth Chamber Brass Ensemble.
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It's been a hard life for Grace
Grace Kelly (nee Brooks) was born in the Punjab of British India in 1911. She was educated by the Sisters of Charity and the Jesus and Mary Sisters While she was a boarder at various convents, including Dalhousi. • Grace was not employed before her marriage because her mother worked and it was Grace's job to look after the household. In 1933 she married railway worker Austin Cordon Kelly, and in 1950 Grace, Austin and their three children came to Australia. Tragedy hit the family when Austin was killed in a work accident. Grace was forced t o find a job. She worked as a salesgirl in Aherns until ill-health forced her into hospital. When she left hospital she found a part-time job in Moores until in 1956 she %as asked to become matron at Castledare, a position she held for 14 years. In 1970 she retired from Castledare, but was too young to qualify for the pension so she found work in the St John of Cod pathology department. Grace was one of the first women members of the St Vincent de Paul Society (she is the only woman in her particular conference), and she was a member of the Legion of Mary.
Grace Kelly's sweet-old-lady appearance belies the rugged independent nature beneath it. Adversity and experience have engendered selfreliance and a loving nature. When she was 18 months old her father died, leaving the family on the verge of bankruptcy. "I remember seeing my mother search her purse to see if there was any money left. There rarely was. Many a time my mother would go out in the afternoons to sell papers to get money for our supper that night," Grace reminisced. Grace's mother was a librarian in a public club where she earned an average wage of 120 rupees ($24) a month. Even though money was tight, Grace's mother was ••:4 always willing to help peoiy\e/\., ple as much as possible —a quality which Grace specialists, two doctors inherited. and a hospital," she said. "My mother called herself She managed to pay off God's beggar and now I the bills with smart admincall myself that also," istration of her pennies and Grace said. a lot of understanding When Grace finished from her "medical staff." school at 16 her grandShe found herself a partmother died. With her time salesgirl job in mother working, Grace Grace felt in her early Moores and started to was confined to domestic working days as a salesgirl attend secretarial school. duties. Brother Healy from in Aherns. After keeping house for "A work accident killed Strathfield was interviewher mother for six years, my husband. We were just ing all the parents of the she married Austin. In the getting a firm footing on Perth novices and he lent following four years they our new life when it hap- her his typewriter and had their three children. pened. All the money Ihad shorthand books. He was The seeds for a happy went to paying off the instrumental in her getting future were sown — or at house mortgage and once the job as Castledare least it appeared that way. again I found myself pen- matron. The entire Kelly-Brooks niless, but this time I was a By 1957 the British clan decided they wanted mother with a family to Government was beginto migrate to Australia. ning to have doubts about support," Grace said. After repeated unsuccessFor months she tried to the migration of children ful attempts to obtain Ausfind a job, but no-one to Australian institutions. tralian visas, they decided wanted to employ an Inspectors from the British to go to New Zealand untrained senior with no O ffice of Migration instead. They already had previous work experience. reported unfavourably on approval for residency in Much against her will she institutional child care New Zealand. was forced to tell the Chris- and, perhaps underestitian brothers that both her mating the unstinted dediboys would have to leave cation of the Brothers, DECISION the Catholic school and declared that Castledare was understaffed. attend a State school. However, the enterprisThey also noted that ing Austin was able to "Over my dead body," y oung children needed was the answer Grace arrange for his part of the more female care. The Sisfamily to stay in Australia. received from Brother ters of Compassion from Quilligan. "We were on a stop-over New Zealand lived and in Perth on our way to New He arranged for the boys worked at Castledare for to go to school free of Zealand, and we were two years, but their deparbeing shown the sights of charge. By that time Gra- ture left a gap which was Perth city when in the mid- ce's daughter, Anne, had difficult to fill. Repeated dle of Plaza Arcade I told left school to learn dress- efforts to get the services of Austin that I would like to making. Brother Quilligan another order failed, but in stay in Perth because it also organised for Grace to 1957 Grace was employed helped my asthmatic con- get a job in Aherns. varying of been people living at Brownlie Grace was instrumental At the moment all Grace's have beenhere as matron. dition. So he fixed it for us "Nobody ever let me energies are being devoted time. estabago in and years I eight enjoy living there and forget that I was a "new" goodto stay," Grace said. helping people," she said. lishing a weekly Mass and to helping Polish migrants Her enthusiastic ep r x he e "I was the only one who Australian and that I HAPPY YEARS e 1 w ample i . a n y m establish awr i e os r n s r s inB t edno links with each snh caeftn "People are always com- confession centre in the it didn't want to leave India couldn't find a job for other and society. closely She was ing to my door flats. with proband since I was forced to myself. The supervisor was Grace describes her 14 lems and I feel greatly involved in forming a She tries to get furniture hoped she will be still chsleave my homeland I gave constantly finding excuses years as matron as the rewarded when I can help weekly rosary meeting for for them and introduce pensing it when she reaches everyone an ultimatum: so she could tell me off," happiest years of her life. them." them to other Poles who a Catholic group. There will be no looking Grace said. "I loved and was very back or comparing and if "I was a hopeless saleswo- proud of my boys. They I hear that happen only man because I wouldn't were loving and wellonce we are all going back sell people things they mannered children who to India," Grace laughed. couldn't afford or didn't just needed a little love for The family settled quickly look right on them. So I themselves," she said. into the Australian way of was always in trouble." "Each time one of those "I always think fresh vegetables are bet- -- if you peel off a thick layer, you are feeding a lot of life and if there were any When she became ill, she 120 boys left me I would ter than tinned — but honestly look at that the food value into the bin. complaints they weren't was hospitalised and lost w eep bitterly and I Do your peeling just before you cook or serve, too. aired just in case Grace did her job. always dreaded saying carrot. I should think it died so long ago after Vegetables and fruits lose vitamins and minerals hear. Her eldest son and daugh- goodbye to them." there can't be any nourishment in it at all," are they Unfortunately assimila- ter were married by this Many of her "boys" still she said, holding up a sad looking bunch of they have been prepared, particularly if soaked in water. tion into Australian cul- stage and her youngest, keep in close contact with root vegetables. Cook them as quickly as possible, in as little water ture needed acceptance Patrick, was in Strathfield her. use the from both sides, and receiving instruction to In 1970 she left Castledare True. Tinned vegetables may well be a better buy as possible, to save nourishment. If possible, though the Kelly's were become a Christian and found herself a part- than "fresh" ones that are kept sitting around so long left-over cooking water in sauces and casseroles. Don't cut away all the dark outside leaves of green willing to become "new" Brother. time job in the pathology they are dry and wrinkled by the time you use them. vegetables — they contain the most vitamins and minAustralians, the "old" AusWhen Grace left hospital department of St John of - So how can you save food value, and make sure the erals. And serve vegetables as soon as they are cooked tralians weren't so willing she once again was jobless God Hospital. los.s. to let this happen. Preju- and found herself poverty- The following year she family is getting the most out of the food you buy? — sitting around warm, there is more vitaminletting point no very or peel vegetables, them is peel fruit not or there Food to enough costs Best — quite dice was faced by the Kel- stricken. retired and started living in lys in the early stages, but "I only had £100 and was Brownlie Towers, Bentley. thinly, whether you are eating them raw or cooked. A half the good of it disappear into thin air. From Health Education Reading. not to the extent that faced with bills from four "There's a great group of lot of the vitamins and minerals are just under the skin
By ANABEL GOMEZ
FEEDING THE BIN
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Big issues for YCW council
LOURDES PEA PRAYER
At Lourdes last week the tension in Northern Ireland was the subject of an appropriate symbolic action initiated by the youth during the penitential rite at the English speaking Mass on the second last day of the International Eucharistic Congress.
The Union Jack and Irish flag were carried in procession around the Eucharistic table. As the flags met they were exchanged by the flag bearers and held aloft, c riss—crossed and bound together. In the congregation we sang "Bind Us Together" and applauded this symbolic action. Father Brian O'Loughlin of Perth who is at present studying at the University of Ottawa, Canada sitting next to me commented "Oh, that it could be as simple as that in reality" and I nodded in agreement. That same evening, one of the Australian delegates, Jo—Anne Malkovic, Catholic Parish Youth Co—ordinator from Perth, added "Well, at least, we have the hope of a new dawn. We have got a chance in Northern Ireland if youth take a lead". During his homily, the celebrant Cardinal Owen McCann of Cape Town, S outh Africa, challenged y outh to be conductors of h oliness along one of the four paths of life, the single life, the religious life, the priestly life or the Married state. He held up as examples y oung teenage saints life Bernadette Soubirous, t he Italian martyrs,
Maria Goretti and Domenic Savio and, of course. Mary our Mother who conceived and bore Jesus Christ, our Saviour as a young teenager. He invited youth to reconsecrate the world to Christ because it was they who had the world at their feet. He added that we must have the spirit of Mary and like her "do whatever Jesus tells us". So, while taking the time to listen to what Jesus has to tell us, we have to be sure it is Jesus who is speaking to us. In his tape recorded message Pope John Paul II called us to be like the disciple Boniface and return to our countries with heart still burning and aflame. His lengthy address was translated into the eight main languages — English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, P olish, Dutch and French that are being used at this international gathering. Pope John Paul challenged us to have three convictions in our hearts. Firstly, "be convinced that the very foundation of the new world is in Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father who became, by love, our brother in humanity".
Secondly, the sacrifice of the Cross is so decisive for Man's future that Christ did not accomplish it and return to the Father before having left us the means to take part in it as if we had been there. Thus the Eucharistic celebration is one with the sacrifice of the Cross; it neither adds anything to it or multiplies it. Thirdly, the Pope hoped that we would all become true ministers of the Eucharist, both the priests and the whole of the baptised community who make up the Mass. The culmination of this ceremony was the ordination of forty young deacons to the priesthood by the Papal delegate, Cardinal Bernardin Gantin from Africa who in his address said — "Eucharistic faith is inseparable form apostolic faith and it is in Peter's and the apostles confession of faith that Jesus gathered them for his Last Supper". "Both the mystery of the Christian priesthood and that of the Eucharist are rooted for ever in that Supper". "If Christ chooses us, it is not to have us retire from the world, it is in order to guard us from the evil one in order to link us to Him as he puts into action his struggle
for the salvation of Man threatened by sin". "The Eucharist is not an instrument of worldly domination, on the contrary, it moulds us to Christ, head of the Church when he accepts His mission as Saviour according to the plan of the beatitudes and not according to worldly ideas". The Cardinal said — "The Eucharist is the daily viaticum sustaining christians on their journey and making them already participants in eternal life". Finally, talking about the future of the priesthood, he said "thus there is no Church without the Eucharist, but there is no E ucharist without priests". "There can be no Church without priests, so we are all faced with the crucial question brothers and sisters, 'are we preparing for the recruitment of new priests?' ".
That the first Perth Y oung Christian Workers' Council be held later this year was the major resolution of a recent YCW general meeting.
Cardijn's vision of the movement. It was late in the evening when the meeting concluded and everyone wearily started home after a long but worthwhile meeting.
The aim of the council will be to deal with such KEVIN YUEN critical issues as direction (YCW President) and administration of the movement. The meeting was attended by more than 40 Young Christian Workers and their Cahplain, Father John Jegorow, and it commenced with a brief review of the Perth YCW. The resolution resulted from frank and often heated discussion about the movement's current state of affairs. The discussion reflected the depth 'of concern of many young workers regarding each member's involvement in effective decision —making and highlighted the need for groups to support each • Peter Shooter other and to unite in the common cause of building "A chance for building a Christian community. new friendship and and In conclusion, Peter Shooter (Bunbury full— opportunity to get varying outlooks through looking timer) presented an in— at people's experiences" depth reflection on Joseph
of the main aspects of the movement discussed when 27 young workers and unemployed from seven centres in the Bunbury diocese travelled for many hours from towns as far apart as Albany and Bunbury, Manjimup and Narrogin, Collie and Donnybrook.
Rosanna Martella from Bunbury found the camp "different and a new experience and could relate things learnt on the camp to things at work". Mass was celebrated by Father Greg Chidlow, the diocesan Chaplain. It is planned to hold a third YCW weekend in October as part of the programme for the continued growth of the Young Christian Workers' movement within the diocese of Bunbury.
PETER SHOOTER ( Bunbury Ful l Timer)
w ere the words of Sharon Faber, a bank worder from Narrogin, on conclusion of the second YCW diocesan camp for this year at Busselton recently.
• Representatives A short play depicting the from various parishes life and times of Joseph in the Bunbury DioCardijn, the founder of the cese at the YCW YCW movement, was one camp.
He develops with work A growth in his personality and spirituality as well as confidence skills in leading young people has been the result of C olin Allica's work during the past few months with the Catholic Parish Youth Movement. a nd. practical
Colin, the most recent responsible for the north- has made who have helped addition to the full— ern region. to enrich his life, he sees the timers' team, is largely From the many friends he job of full—timer a privilege and way of life as he is a direct instrument in the Lord's hands at varying hours of the day and night. Two years ago Colin left UlllllilllllllllUlilIlHHhiIillllHlllhilIlhlliiiiilliiIlhhlHlllilHllllIillIlilllllllL his home town of Melof different aspects of involves all types of young bourne to take up a nursyoung people in the com- people within the parish, ing position at Hollywood munity from scouts and brings them together in comH ospital, having cubs to caring for Aborigi- friendship and fun. about pleted his general training nal youth and working as a "It is only with the help of at Prince Henry Hospital. farm hand at Keaney Col- caring friends that they can He was educated at St Bindoon, as well as grow in lege, self—awareness Patrick's Primary School, travel. overseas and confidence with an ▪ If you are: * a concerned Catholic: * in good health; Murrumbeena, and De La "I really believe in the ultimate friendship with ▪ * willing to do a 4 weeks training course; * prepared Salle College. Phone 362 3025 interests of the Catholic Par- Our Blessed Lord," said E to commit yourself for 2 years; * ready to serve work various Colin's • Colin Allica = others; * over 19 years of age... ',Soo have given him knowledge ish Youth Movement as it Colin this week.
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sively renovated and modernised with One of the major aims of the school additons being made. The overall is to work with the parents to provide result in the appearance is one of a secure background of faith for the children so that they may grow and 'brightness and colour. Within the school the effect has develop as thinking, feeling, practical been one of renewed energy and Christians. vigour on the part of parents, teachers To further this aim, the junior and and children," Miss Anne Nolan, the senior schools take turns at preparing principal, said. the liturgies for alternate weeks. This The school board has worked par- gives all children the opportunity to O ur Lady of Primary school Good Counsel ticularly hard, putting much thought participate in liturgies which are opened in Kar- into the maintenance and improve- directed at their own level of nnyup in March 1965 with an ment of the school setting. The Par- understanding. enrolment of 59 children Father Michael Byrne, who has . At ents and Friends' committee, too, has that ordertime, two Sisters of the played a considerable part in contri- been the parish priest at Karrinyup of buting to the provision of facilities for since the formation of the parish, is N azareth the Holy Family of the children. very keen to ensure that liturgies are travelle d from North Beech To date they have equipped four reverent, meaningful and a joyful each day to conduct classes for children in grades classrooms with overhead projectors response to the Word of God. Father as well as providing radio cassettes for shows a great interest in the welfare of One to six in two classrooms. the school. Currently, they are all the children. From those early beginnings, the employed in setting A feature of the children's Masses is up an audio-visual school has grown to its present size learning centre for the children. the large number of parents who usuvvith an enrolment of 178 children in Parents generally are very active ally attend. the co, and 22 educational primary school within the school. They assist with the To broaden the educational horizchildren ,t.he proximity in the pre-primary. preparation of girls' netball teams and ons of the children, an attempt has of the bus transfer sta- boys' rugby teams for weekend sport. been made this year to give them ;MI at the an Karrinyup Shopping Cen- Parents also staff the library and tuck- experience of commun tsre has al sharing provided easy access to the shop as well as assisting with reading. through the camp concept. fe11001 for people living in suburbs A Mothers' Auxiliary is soon to be Children from grades four to six arther north. formed to co-ordinate and channel the spent a week earlier in the term on a school has recently been exten- efforts of the mothers. camping tour of the Murchison
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region. To help provide funds to cover meals with the overall supervision of some of the costs, the children cooked parent helpers. It is hoped that a three-course meal for their mothers through activities of this nature, the and invited them to attend at the cost children will learn to be self-sufficient of $5 a head. and confident in whatever situations The cooking lessons provided use- they find themselves. ful practical experiences in the areas of The development of self-confidence mathematics and reading. is carried into the school itself where the children are expected to prepare Similarly, children from grades six and present their own assemblies. and seven spent a week at the Educa- These are progressi ng well and are tion Department campsite at Jarrah- enjoyed by both children and parents. dale learning something of their "The staff of the school consists of a environment and the steps they could lay principal and seven lay teachers take to protect it. 'whose interest and co-operation make They too had to learn to cook as it a pleasure to be involved with the they were to be largely responsible for school," Anne Nolan said.
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CENTRE: Attending the marriage commitment Mass c elebrated by F ather Bernie D wyer (centre) w ere his sister (left), Esme Man-
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6 Catherine McAuley chose as her basic spirituality the revelation of the action of
the Mercy of God in society. We have just as much need of the Mercy of God nowadays as we ever had, because, of course, salvation is ongoing in the world. So, we don't have to change our principles, we only have to change our ways of executing them p Sister Rose Beard talks .....
_ MISERY Voca tion s tod ay _ , IS PART
Mercy Sisters adapt to needs
A series presented in conjunction with the Religious Vocations Council of WA.
OF WORK
Mercy is a difficult and much misunderstood word because it has been linked with pity, which carries overtones of condescension and patronage, a one sided act, instead of a mutual sharing in God's mercy. Mercy has been beautifully explained in the Pope's recent Historically, most of our work in Western Australia has been in encyclical.
the schools, but the Mercy Congregation itself is world wide, and Since Vatican II we have been looking This was Catherine McAuley's outvery closely at the question of just what is standing quality. When she the manifestations of our working in the field of Mercy vary meant started off by the Mercy of God, particularly she did not want to found an enclosed, according to the needs where we are. in the Scriptural context. We don't see cloistered monastic congregation. Her ourselves "dispensing"
Mercy but rather ideal was that her Sisters should be recognising and experiencing God's with the people, really living with out them The basic reason for were almost as new at the large numbers of sisters in what we set out to do there, mercy in our own lives and because of and going into their homes and working Catherine McAuley start- game as the colonists were. the schools and having a and we have helped to raise this, being able to be used by Him to bring with them there. But the cultural environing her Sisters of Mercy it We had 30 year old sister for every class, we up, a Catholic laity that is His Mercy to other people. ment of the times forced her into the This is a reciprocal process — "Blessed monastic model, which got aggravated as in the first place was to women who were the first realise now that it isn't possibly ready to take on help the underprivileged, wave of an experiment in necessary, even if it were the task of educating their are the merciful, for they shall obtain time went on and only now we are being and we have a great the Church and they possible. children themselves, leav- mercy". The pope says in his encyclical: called to break away from that. number of those around at showed another character- The great need when we ing us free to do something "Man attains to the merciful love of God, Our goal is turning towards the homethe present day. istic that Catherine set came was for education; which is more specifically his mercy, to the extent that he himself is She wanted to relieve the much store on — common- maybe we have achieved a need of the present day. interiorly transformed in the spirit of that less and friendless people who have been wounded by society. poverty which was so pre- sense and being ready to go love towards his neighbour." dominant in Dublin in her anywhere. It is facilitating the healing, saving time: disease, illiteracy and Our sisters were in the work of God, shown to us through the life very poor family condi- Crimea with Florence of Christ as He becomes part of our misNew programme tions were the three areas Nightingale. They went ery, that in effect is what motivates us on which she concentrated right across Europe from strongly at the present. and it seems that in very inn to inn to get there. And For those who are handicapped for life In our effort to become part of the many cases those things in the 1850's that wouldn't misery of people we have got, for exam- because they do not receive enough love are still present. ple, a Sister working with Aborigines and in their early days we have a new developbe easy. When the sisters first living with them in a little,settlement in ment programme at the Catherine came to Perth, in 1846, the the North West of W.A. We have Sisters McAuley Centre, which is geared very First sisters Catholic people in Perth in New Guinea going out on the trails to much to making it possible for those were very definitely the Western Australia's piochildren to receive a lot of individual care, the villages and living with the people. underprivileged and there neer sisters had only a few We are trying to become very much rather than the institutional care which were very little educational weeks notice to set out for part of the misery of the world, as God's was the typical way a hundred years ago. facilities available, cer- Perth in 1846. We've Mercy did in the person of Christ. We are looking at care of the friendless tainly not for the very poor always had the same kind and homeless people, old people whose people, and this was the of readiness to go and families have moved away, and are doing great need of the people at adapt to whatever need this in the realm of parish visiting. This, the time. there is in the local situaof course, is not new for us; visitation has tion. This is very strongly always been one of the major works cartied up with Mercy, which ried out by the Sisters. Sick Care must always respect the We do a lot of parish visiting particudivnity of the people we larly to the old, lonely people, the penserve by helping them with sioners who seem to be so much the Our sisters right from the what they see as their needs forgotten people in many places. start did many other things rather than by what we of mercy, caring for the decide for them. We "help sick, mostly in their homes to restore man to himself' — it was not unusual for to use Pope John Paul's the sisters to be called in words. the early hours of the The religious life has a There are a lot of young people becoming very anxmorning to go down to the very great value, both for ious to live a life of service and I think there will be a East Perth area to care for the individual who has re-looking at doing that in the context of the religious sick and dying people and been called to it, and also life. to lay them out after death for the Church as a whole. — also right from the God is not in any way We may have persisted a little bit too long in the PAT CURTIS beginning we cared for dependent on a particular rather monastic way of living which doesn't of itself M.I.A.M.E. homeless and unloved form of religious life. If He seem obviously a life of service, and tended towards a children; Our first orphan had no longer need of reliSister Mary Rose Beard has been a certain uniformity of appearance and work. was Father Salvado's little gious, well, we won't be Sister of Mercy for Nowadays there's more scope for the individual to 45 years, and in follow Aboriginal girl. her calling, her talents, whichever way they take needed. It is important not that time became a science teacher her. We have a greater variety of works now than when to play the numbers game; Illiteracy and lack of edugraduating from the University of we were synonymous with school teachers — which cation is one of the biggest I wouldn't like to see our handicaps to people hav- congregation filled up with WA, followed by 17 years as radio- wasn't correct actually. But that's how it was. A person whom God is calling must make the deciing a satisfying and peace- people just for the sake of grapher at St Anne's Hospital, sion that this is a valuable thing for her to do. having high numbers. We ful life, so this certainly is Awl becoming a life member of the Insti- She will do this by following the of signs that have one of the works of Mercy have had experiences of Formerly of Tyre VVhobeen pretty traditional: a desire to serve God "in the to which we have always not having high numbers. tute of Radiographers. lesalers, Adelaide Terperson of His suffering poor" to use Catherine McAugiven attention. She was assistant provin- to work in the child care ley's words. race. Wishes to advise Catherine McAuley left a cial for six years and is now area, butI never got there! I can e xisting and new Example set only look back to the kind of woman Catherine lot of autonomy locally, engaged in parish pastoral An indelible impression McAuley clients, he is conductwas: A woman who showed in her character a and that has been one of One convent in New- work in Kalgoorlie. ing his own Auto Repair was left when I was doing wonderful combination of what psychology is talking our strengths. When we go foundland shortly after its Service. my leaving. I hadn't about so much at the present day, one who has the nice to a new locality we assess foundation went down to Personal attention, thought of it very much balance between masculine and feminine traits, the masthe needs of that locality one and that one sister Ihad a very strong teeling before that. 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W.A. 6100 about 2 o'clock this morn- Mercy at the present day. That's what happened in We are facing up to the I went to school with the ing and went Street, Rushton (Off downstairs person The who is entering our congregation is asked. our beginnings here. Hall) question, again today and Sisters of Mercy and was and looked up a question really, to just be with us, and see what we Town rear old are doing, se The people of Perth expe- re-assessing what our place attracted, as a young girl, you may be getting. A /H 458 8821 It sudon Whom we base our life, and then, later on after som rienced the Sisters of is, what we're to do, how to their work in the Child denly struck me: My God, months Mercy as a congregation we are to function most Care Centre, and it was there must be something in mutuallyof prayer and discernment, she and we corn to a considered decision whether she wants t that was barely 15 years effectively. really that that took me this life of religion and continue with us, and whether she is suited for our life — old. The Sisters of Mercy Instead of looking to into religious life. I wanted that's how it was." whether it is right for her.
Our beginnings in Western Australia were an expression of mercy.
Answering God's Call
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Young looking to vocations for life of real service