FAULTY HEALTH ADVICE
SYDNEY - The NSW Minister for Health, Mr Brereton, has announced that there is not enough money for the Government to redevelop the Mater Public Hospital, North Sydney, even .as a 100-bed geriatric unit.
Mr Brereton said that unfortunately "neither the proposal of the Health Commission, costing approximately $12.5 million for a 100-bed geriatric care unit, nor the $20 million proposal by the hospital's board put forward recently for a 150-bed general, acute and geriatri.c c~r:e unit , appear to have any s1gnif1cant chance of success in the present extremely tight financial situation facing all Government capital works projects."
Mr Brereton said that, if the Mater could raise the necessary funds itself, he would be "more than happy to consider their proposals ."
The NSW government decision is not likely to dampen the storm that has erupted in Catholic circles over the future of the North Sydney Mercy Hospital.
In August this year Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Muldoon of the northern diocesan region was reported as declaring politi.: cal war on the Wran Government for its plan to convert the Mater into a geriatric centre.
Bishop Muldoon said that if the Government did not change its mind on the issue "we shall take action to see that the government is thrown out on its neck."
"We will put our vote where it counts," he said.
The Minister for Health at the time Mr Kevin Stewart, said that the Government was not in a position to maintain its promise made in 1978 to the Mater to
redevelop it on its existing s~te as a hospital for the acutely 111.
The Government, said Mr Stewart did not have the $25 million' required for such a development.
Mr Stewart said that the proposed Mater geriatric hosp~tal certainly will not cost anything like the $25 million proposed for the original Mater redevelopments.
Mr Stewart was emphatic that in his and the governmen't's view, the Sisters of Mercy, who own the h?spital and the site, had no choice but to accept the Government's decision.
"I don't think that they have any other choice but to cooperate; after all it's public funds we are talking about," Mr Stewart said.
Bishop Muldoon countered by saying that the decision had been made under the influence of elements within the Health Commission and Premier's Department hostile to hospitals conducted "by religious Orders and other Christian bodies."
Bishop Muldoon said that the Government had tried a "similar stunt" on Lewisham Hospital it had "killed off' the Mater, and "Now the writing is on the wall for St Vincents."
In the midst of a long series of articles and letters in The Catholic Weekly, Bishop Muldoon was criticised for his personal reflection on Mr Stewart who is a well known Catholic politician.
Survey basis of education
SYDNEY - An Australia-wide survey on the Rite of Reconciliation could form the basis of a general education programme on the sacrament.
Chairman of the National Council of Priests, Father Frank Marriott, said this following a recent council meeting 'in Canberra.
Father Geoff Aldous was the WA representative among 17 delegates.
Father Marriott said the meeting had committed itself "to offering a positive contribution on the subject of reconciliation as chosen by the pope for the 1983 Synod of Bishops."
It was hoped that a survey would be carried out throughout Australian parishes on the that there was a strong moveRite of Reconciliation before ment among Australian cle~gy then. to come to grips with the notion
The survey would be aimed at of mission. finding out "what is actuall.Y "The reason is that we accept happening and to see what 1s that on any one Sunday less needed," he said. than 20 per cent of Australians
The survey results would then worship God. form the basis of a general par- "This leads us to ask ourselves: ish education programme on how do we reach the other 80 the rite. per cent?''
''The council meeting viewed Reviewing the 1980 convenreconciliation not simply in the tion on the subject of the parish sacramental sense but also in Father Marriott said that out of the wider community, where it these discussions had emerged sees itself and the· Church as two questions that the council being signs of unity and instru- believed should be asked of all ments of peace." Catholics.
Father Marriott said that the "We are interested in asking clergy were committed to con- the Catholic community: Is relitacting those Australians who gion an expression of c~lture, had no contact with God. and is culture an expression of The council meeting noted religion?
2 The Record, December 10-16, 1981
DIPLOMA NIGHT FOR GRADUATES
RELIGIOUS
•
! MELBOURNE: Austral- t : ian Catholics should ! ! make the most of the reli- ! : gious freedom they! t enjoy, Auxiliary Bishop ! t Eric Perkins said at ! ! Dandenong. ! ! Bishop Perkins said that in !
• the not too distant past, some ! ! countries tried to outlaw the ! ! celebrating of Mass.
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• "In England, Ireland and ~ere in ! ! Australia, it was an offence agamst the !
• law punishable even by death or by •
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• ! Bishop Perkins said that in God's
• • household all his family were wel- ! ! come. There were to be no foreigners, ! ! no strangers.
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GUILD GET SUPPORTER
The Guild of St Stephen got off to a good start in the archdiocese on Sunday at its inaugural meeting held at Mercedes College Hall.
Over 30 people attended the meeting representing the parishes of Maylands, Attadale, Palmyra, Kensington, Cathedral, Armadale, Spearwood, Rockingham, Belmont, Queen's Park, Bentley, Shenton Park, Hamersley and ollamara.
Among those attending were priests, acolytes and servers.
The first diocesan executive of the guild was formed to plan and coordinate guild activities in the archdiocese, especially the
Eaual toreign workers' rights urged bU DODI
VATICAN CITY: Pope John Paul has urged host countries to treat their foreign workers as they do their own citizens, providing ~hem with equal opportunities and equal benefits.
"The right of the immigrant worker to leave his native land and establish himself in another country must be recognised, as also his right to live in a suitable house with his family and his right to work and to receive equal treatment, both economically and in terms of social benefits, with the workers of the host country," said the pope.
The pope also defended the immigrant's right to job security and to adequate professional training and advancement.
ational Servers' Confere nee to be held at Leederville .Jrom May 16-21, 1982.
The first meeting of the executive will be held on Thursday, December 17 at 8.00 pm in St Norbert's Priory, 135 Treasure Road, Queen's Park. For information about the guild contact the Diocesan Director: Father William 0. Praem, St orbert's Priory, 135 Treasurx Road, Queen•s Par1c. W.A. 6107. Phone 451 5586, 458 2729.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
)ems can also result when people are forced to abandon the land of their birth in search of honest. sustenance ."
The pope said that a certain
responsibility fell on the immi-
The pope noted that important social benefits arise from the migration of workers, such as enabling many to find work and fostering contact among people of different ethnic backgrounds. But significant social problems also accompany migration, said the pontiff, and such situations "strike against the fundamental demands of justice. Moral probgrants to work for the common E good of the host country, to safe-
guard the public order and, while
not forsaking their own tradi-
tions, to show a cordial respect
for the cultural heritage and
values, language and customs of
the host country.
The Maranatha pastoral formation <:ourse. held a diploma evening to mark the end of. this year s _operation that was open to laity for the f,rst time. P,ct'-!red with some of the successful graduates are Sister Assumpta (left). one of the course lecturers; graduat_es Sister Norah-Marie. Brother Isidore Howe. Mr Keith Carton and Mrs Joy Williams. and Sister Mary Berry. director of the course.
SEAMEN BEST APOSTLES FOR
THEMSELVES
Bellevue celebrated last Tuesday night the centenary of the foundation of the Society of the Divine Saviour (SDS).
Bishop Quinn celebrated Mass at Bellevue where the Salvatorians took charge in 1961 living first at Darlington. Today a Salvatorian Father KazimierzStuglik works in the parish of Esperance and next year two more newly ordained Salvatorians are expected.
ADELAIDE - Seamen themselves should be the main apostles to seamen and one way of encouraging this would be to train seamen to be special ministers or acolytes on board ship. In one hundred years the society has grown to a membership of 839 priests, ' 228 brothers and three
Th is was said by
Bi sh op Robert Healy (p ictu red right), of Pe rt h, at the Apostlesh ip of the Sea bienn i a I Australasian regio n al conference.
Bi sho p Healy is the Australian bis hops' representative for the Apostleship of th e Sea
"We think of ' evangelisation' as bri nging people to the fai t h," Bishop Healy said.
"Cat eches is is helping them to gr ow in that faith.
"And th ere are real difficul ties wh en it comes to seamen.
"Ta ke the F ilip i no situation for exa mple
"It's an imp ortant one beca use they ' re nearly all Ca tholics.
"Often they are poorly ins tructed in t he fa it h.
"Th ey also need some mor al chara cte r t raining.
" This is be st done at cou rses in sea training schools ."
Bishop Healy said there are about 37 of these schools in the P hil ippines.
"We have one in Australia - in Launceston ," he said.
" There are other schools that prepare people for particular work on shipslike radio officers' training.
"But I am thinking of allround training."
Bishop Healy said seamen need help to grow in the faith.
"The oportunities are there," he said.
"They often have time on their hands on their ships.
" How can we help them make best use of these opportunities?
"One of the big problems, of course, is the language barrier."
Similar problems apply in the case of seamen from other countries, too
One suggestion from the conference was that seamen be trained as special minister or acolytes.
"They could be 'animat ors' of the faith on their ship," Bishop Healy said.
"They could support the Christian community on board - or build it up if it isn't there already.
cons. There are 32 novices.
Three of the society's 15 provinces are behind the Iron Curtain in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Roumania. Salvatorian missionaries work in Tanzania, Zaire and Taiwan.
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In the Roman room where St. Bridget of Sweden had lived and died Father Francis founded his society first known as the Apostolic Teaching Society and later as the Society of the Divine
iour, a title very similar to that of a group founded by
Teaching in schools a must: sau church heads
ADELAIDE: The South Australian Heads of Churches have strongly re-affirmed the principle of religi<;>us education in state schools and have criticised some aspects of the present course.
In a j~int statemer:,t devoted to Christianity young children and they said some basic than is the case, particu- through tryingtocovertoo elements of the Chris- larly at the primary level. much ground leads to tian faith are neg- "We think that the "com- superficiality and trivialilected or even, by parative_ religion•: app- sation of all the,religions implication denied, in roach is confusmg to studied. I the sections dealing ~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIWlllllllfllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfllllllllllllllll§ ~~:Y c::~!ti:t~tJ~mples, I wE NEE D i the revealed nature of the § I Christian faith and the uni- s Clothes, kitchen tables and chairs, § queness of_Jesus Christ. § single and double beds and mat- i "We believe, however, = k" h · = that the Religious Educa- tresses, 1tc en ':'ntens1ls, cutlery, E tion course as it has been .s wardrobes, dressing tables, cots, = developed has departed in § prams, pushers some impo~ta~t respects § Anything useless to you E from the prmc1ples of the 5 = Steinle Report which were § may be useful to us §
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Dickens' novel Christmas Story occupies a large spot in the reading lore at this time of the year. As a lead-up, the title Great Expectations could be better applied to those who don't see any Coming but whose hopes have been fuelled heavily for the last couple of months.
Christmas begins on December 25 so the christmas that has been taking place since last October is all about expectations, right down to the price tags and final pecking order of financial esteem and appreciation.
It is not a bad idea to have an annual season of gift giving since the time is always overdue to put others on a pedestal instead of ourselves. Money is not a very comfortable medium but it can help the message get through.
The giving, whether in the name of Bethlehem or not, has to push past some formidable barriers of selfishness, selfinterest and great expectations.
Health must not be allowed to become one of those selfish, great expectations. As medicine makes vast strides over subtle diseases that have bedevilled mankind for centuries it must not become a god of great expectations.
Archbishop Goody last Sunday fired a sobering salvo at those of us whose great expectations now will tolerate nothing but a perfectly healthy body.
The anguish of those whose children are defective, whose bodies are accidentally racked by permanent deformity must not be under-rated provided that it is not in the guise of great expectations.
The opening of the Emmanuel Centre will be a prophetic voice from Christians that the gift - life itself- is not a bargaining commodity. God is the first Giver of gifts. If we have great expectations different from His then we have an eternal Advent ahead of us.
The hint by Archbishop Goody that The plot integr.ation of this novel P.rovide~ an intellect he author P.G. Wodehouse might be tual ~tu?y; and m.t~e literary ment of d.1alogue and f h d I b description exemplifies the use of the Enghsh language one o t e outstan mg peop e orn m at its best. 1881 deserves the front page While on the subject of the.T.A.E. S)'.llabus 1 W<?~ld emphasis given on the front page of ask support frnm our Catholic Educat10.n authorities for a request which we have made several times from the The Record December 3. Festival of Light that "The Acts of the Apostle,, is His works call for closer study by enior students at included. for study possibly in old.er and newer. versi?ns our high schools rather than the turgid, illwritten works as showing the development of literary style in telling which feature in the Tertiary Entrance Examination this great story of the spread of Christianity by the yllabus. Apo ties.
4 The Record, December 10-16, 1981
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LAITY NEED A PLACE
WASHINGTON (NC) - The Church must find a structure in which lay people can truly take their place in the Church, according to Bishop Albert H-. Ottenweller chairman of the U.S. Bishops' Committee on Laity.
The bishop said the chal- move into more important, lenge for the future was decision-making roles," integrating two models of Bishop Ottenweller said. Church presented in
Lumen Gen tium, the Dog- "There is a feeling that to matic Constitution on the enlarge the role of the laity Church - the People of narrows the role and God model and the hierar- authority of the clergy." chical model.
GL ASGOW, Scotland
- The Loyal Orange Institute for Scotland has been refused permission to hold a rally in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park to protest the planned visit by Pope John Paul.
George Younger, secretary of state for Scotland, said use of the park is restricted to social , charitable and recreational functions.
The pope's journey to Scotland May 31 and June will include:
• A youth rally in Edi n burgh with an expe cted attendance of 40 ,000.
•· A speech to the clerg y at St Mary's Ca t hedral in Edinburgh
• A visig to the mentall y handicapped at St Joseph's Hospital in Ro sewell
• An open-air mass in Gla sgow.
In the long run, the T .b
The People of God bishop said, the priests model , he explained, must realise the change stressed the laity as priestly was helpful because "if people and thought of all only clerical gifts are used people together as being for the building up of the the Church. body of Christ the Church
The hierarchical model said that "certain members were raised for the good order of the people of God, so they can reach their destiny, can reach the dream of God's people.
is weak, but if we use the gifts of all God's people in collaboration, then we're going to be very strong."
Bishop Ottenweller said he saw the priest in the parish as the center of unity,
UDINE, Italy (NC) - Robbers recently took art items valued at nearly $1 million from a tiny Catholic chapel in northereastern Italy.
The chapel, dedicated to St. Peter and located on a mountain pass near the borders with Yugoslavia and Austria, contained wooden statues and sculptures from the 15th century to the 18th century.
The robbery was discovered by the president of a local tourist office responsible for maintenance of the chapel during the winter months, when it is closed to visitors during the week.
Police said they could not establish the date of the robbery. Entry to the chapel was made by sawing through iron grates on the chapel's windows. Italian authorities placed the value of the art works at l billion lire (about
$900,000). rl Ute mar rs Pol~cesaidtheywouldbe keeping a close watch on border areas in order to keep the pieces from leav-
VENICE, Italy (NC) - The man who escaped death at the Auschwitz concentration camp because Blessed Maximilian Kolbe offered to die in his place came to Venice to tell his story.
"If we go with faith into a " "bl f • h blending of the two, some ~esp_ons1 e or seemg t e Fra nciszek G ajow- escapee the camp timewewillcomeupwitha ~igp!ctureofwhat th epar- niczek, who lives near commandant chose f 1sh is. He calls people W I p I d 10 d' model that will be o the beyond perhaps where r o c aw, o an men to Ie as an act Holy Spirit-holy and they're looking to the spoke at the Kol~e o!, revenge. sacred, a be~ut!ful instru- bigger service, calls them Cul~ural Centre in I was among the 10 ment for bmldm~ up th e to go beyond what they Venice during cerem- chosen," GajownicChur~~ ~or our time and might see from the pers- · onies marking the zek said. "Before leavpl~ce, Bishop Ottenweller pective of where they are in 40th anniversary of in g my p I ace I said. the church. the Polish priest's remember murmur"Practically spea~i1;1g, "He is the one who has to death and the 10th ing, 'Tm sorry only to because of the dech_nm_g tellthestoryoverandover anniversary of his leave my wife and numbe_r of clergy, it is again of what the Lord is beautification. children." becoming more and more asking us to do," the "On the day when he "A few moments l n~ces,~ahry 1<? call on th e bishop said. The better the offered to die in my later Father Kolbe in aity e said. "However • t' f h' 1 · · ' · h ' h b · h 1 • ' pnes s concept O is roe place, we exchanged line with the other pn- t roug aptlsm t e aity m the Church "the more " · hasitsplace theyareapri- h I h tf' 1 only a glance, said soners of block 14, , e p ecange rom peop e th 80 Id G d h estly people, regardless of using their gifts to serve the e -year-o a- came towar t e ~om~ow many priests there are Church the more he will Jowniczek. mandant and said to m the Church. b~ f~l!illed. His ro~e is not "In the beginning, I ~im: 'I would like to go "Some priests experience d1mimshed by the involve- couldn't believe that I in place of one of
he was." Blessed Maximilian Kolbe died August 14, 1 941 , after two weeks of imprisonment in the "starvation bunker" at Auschwitz. He was beautified in 1971.
"During the two months he spent with us, Father Kolbe comforted us with prayer and confession," Gajowniczek said.
rejected
GHENT, Belgium (NC) - Cardinal Hume, of Westminister, president of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, has forecast an uncompromising rejection of nuclear weapons by Christians.
In the annual lecture to the Christian forum in Ghent, Cardinal Hume questioned how society could justify the vast sums devoted to weapons.
Papal Iette rs to Ch efs
----------• a feeling of tension as laity ment of lay people." had been spared, then th_ese 10 "'."ho has a for some time I was wife and children, I a,:n
tormented by remorse, al~>ne: ~- am a Ca th0I1 c but finally I under- pneSt • stood that I had to He said Father Kolbe carry out my duty, that had been imprisoned
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul revealed last Sunday that he has followed up his numerous calls for nuclear disarmament by writing letters to President Reagan and President Brezhnev urging them to take steps to avoid a possible nuclear conflict.
He to ld th e 30, 000 people· and women of our time ." throughout the world turn in St Peter's Square that he their attention. had wri tt en the letters to Rega rd ing ~he _ disarma- "With hope," the Pope highli ght the urgency of ment i:ie~?.tiatwns, th e continued, "I formulated the planned discussions pope said •. On th e eve of (in the letters) an encourthat commenced in Geneva such a m~etmg , 1 have ~~nt agement that, thanks to this week. to the highest al:1thont1es mutual efforts of good will, of the two countnes a per- this occasion will not pass The pop~ 11;1vited the sonal _ mess~ge to e~press without achieving results ~rowd ~? J~in bu~ m pr~y- my hvely mterest 1~ the which strengthen our hope mg for an intent10n which outcome of the dehbera- for a future unthreatened certainl y stands in the tion_s, to whic~ ~illions of by the spectre of a potenhearts of very many men anxiously awaiting people tial nuclear conflict."
of testifying to his at Auschwitz for more martyrdom,'· he than two months, but added. the two were not well
Father Kolbe, a Conventiona I Franciscan, and Gajowniczek were prisoners in block 14 of the nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in early August, 1941 when another prisoner escaped from the camp. After an unsuccessful search for the acquainted. "We knew each other, or better to say I recognised him," he said. "He was present in my block as a Catholic priest and I, who had received at home before the war the publications of the Marian Society founded by him, knew who
BISHOP'S PLEA TO
WASHINGTON (NC) The vice president of the· National Conference of Catholic Bishops said calls for disarmament by people in Europe and the concern of Christians in the United States about the nation's arms buildup are "signs of the times" to which Catholics should pay
DISARM
terised Mary, the said , is "a call to govern- "As a further example mother of Jesus. ment leaders to disarma- of peace activities," he ment." said, "about 20 or so of "We, too," he said, "Recently 650,000 Euro- the American bishops "should strive to deepen peans " he said "pushed seated here have spoken our faith by being open to into the street; of four up for peace." heed.
In a sermon at the Nat i onal Shrine of the lr:nmaculate Conception during a Mass concelebrated by the 284 bishops attending
the Holy Spirit, to his countries to march for Bishop Malone cited a actions in our life, by lis- peace They were not ask- pastoral letter issue~ last tening to the word of God ing for unilateral disarma- summer by one bishop and the teaching of the ment ," he added "Those who concluded, "I do not 'Church, and by attentively Europeans estimate that have the answers but [ do the annual Bishop's e_xami~ing the ~igns of the JO 000 tactical nuclear plead for constant and meet i n g , Bish O p times in the hght of the we'apons in Europe are patient dialogue th~t will word of God and the teach- already too much." lead to th~ for~at1on of James W. Malone said ing of the Church" "Christians in the United your conscience. :·openness to the • States too are questioning That _b\s~,op was "open to Spirit" was one of the Among those "signs of the arms buildup," Bishop th~ Spmt , Bishop Malone qualities that charac- the times," Bishop Malone Malone said said.
"He worked like the others, more than the others, and he accepted the sufferings that were inflicted on him and the most burdensome tasks that were reserved for him just because he was a priest.
"Whether unilateral disarmament is prudent or justifiable and whether the policy of deterrence, the conditional threat to use nuclear weapons, is morally defensible are questions to which the answers are not yet clear," the cardinal said. "l believe that the final Christian answer will consist in all uncomprisi ng rejection .of nuclear weapons and a campaign for total disarmament."
Praise from Pope for Africans ...
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II told the bishops of Africa's Ivory Coast that they should not be swayed by those who accuse the African Church of being subject to foreign domination.
Recalling the warmth being subjected to forof the reception given eign tutelage." him by Africans during his six-nation trip in The pope praised as mutMay, 1 980, the pope ually beneficial the dialogue which he said, "is said that the sponta- taking place between the neity of that welcome Church in Africa and the should encourage the church of other continbishops "not to let ent ." yourselves be influenced by those who, Said the pontiff, "The day i not far off when the under the pretext of young church of Africa conserving and fav- will render precious service ouring African cultu- to that older Christianity ral traditions, accuse which brought it the Gosthe local Church of pel."
The Record, December 10-16, 1981
CHANGES MADE IN FORMAT FOR COURSES
After a one-year trial Centreca re Marriage Preparation courses are to revert from a two-half-Sunday format back to the former one-Sunday presentation each month.
The reason for the change is the high defection rate - as many as a quarter of the couples not returning for the second Sunday segment on some courses this year.
Centrecare organisers of the courses are concerned about two aspects of the attendance:
l) That couples enrol sufficient months ahead for t he course to have some benefit and also to allow sufficient flexibility in case a particular date of attenda nce does not suit or has to be cancelled.
2) That couples come with at least a minimum of .,;onv iction that marriage pre paration is in the interes t of their future happiness and not merely to sa tisfy the request of a pries t or parent.
A Centrecare marriage preparation spokesman sai d that a particular difficulty is arising when couples turn up at a Sunday course without having enrolled.
It not only puts pressure on the accommodation a nd other arrangements, but it is also an indication of a last-minute rush to sq ueeze a course in within a month, and often within days, of a forthcoming wedding ceremony.
Attendance at a marriage p reparation course at such late date in a couple's : ngagement is likely to nave a minimal effect, the ~p okesman said.
Within a month or so of 1 wedding the couple are ikely to be engrossed in
Centrecare will again conduct evening courses following the same topics as the one Sunday programme but with more time available for discussion in a smaller group situation.
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Church wardens active
In Our Lady Queen of Peace parish, Singapore, the routine church duties are so well organised that there is a board of wardens numbering 30 members including eight ladies.
Heading the board is Mr munion, taking up collec- towards Changi and the Cleaver Rowell Eber (pie- tions, marshalling process- site of Singapore's new l red right) who was in ions and car parking, impressive airport.
Pe rth recently to visit his looking after the Christ- The parish boasts 2500 mter Mrs M. van Sanden, mas part y, fun fair or jum- parishioners who pack the Jf City Beach. ble sale, or the staffing of church for five weekend
It was his second visit to the parish canteen which is Masses including one in ert h, the last being in open each Sunday from 7 Mandarin Chinese cele1950 with a team of Singa- till 11 am and attended by brated by the parish priest oore schoolboy cricketers several hundred people Father Carlo Ly originally ho played 14 games buying coffee and light from mainland China who :igai nst most of the bigger refreshments. left for Rome as a student Perth school teams of the The wardens' activities and eventually was able to Jay. are in addition to many settle in Singapore.
Today Mr Eber is retired other parish organisations Gradually the local clergy r om his 41 year teaching such as three St Vincent de are building up the church ·:.i.reer in the schools of the Paul conferences, youth of Singapore which e La Salle Brothers but groups which go on visits numbers some 80 000 he still puts in time coach- to elderly parishioners, Catholics. Arch bishop ng pupils in English several presidia of the GregoryYongisanativeof .)t udies. Legion of Mary and the Singapore as are 39 of the As president of the board catechist group which 50 priests serving the 23 of wardens his task is to gives instruction to child- parishes in addition to upervise every two ren every Sunday. Redemptorist, Sacred months the meeting of Queen of Peace parish Heart, Franciscan and .vardens which reviews was founded in 1954 and is Jesuit order priests serving hings. li~e 8;Ssisting with one of three parishes in the special churc~es. he d1stnbut1on of com- area which has expanded Mr Eber sttll considers The Record, December 10-16, 1981
himself fit even though he suffered as a prisoner of the Japanese during the war, being forced to work on the Thailand "death railway" at Three Pagoda pass He unashamedly follows the Chinese passion for natural cures and his current remedy is a good dose daily of raw garlic He says he learnt of the good effect of the herb from his parish priest , Father Ly, who in turn says he has picked up a good habit from Archbishop Gregory Yong!
ltS hard to be a stranger!
Refugees who have come to Australia face the usual problems of newcomers anywhere. They have to find a home, a job, and new friends.
But they also have to struggle with a new language, cultural differences and often the recent loss of relatives and friends.
The St. Vincent De Paul Society and other community organisations help to make settling a little easier by giving material and moral support.
\Nill you share your Christmas so that their work can continue into 1982?
You'r donation may be given to the Share Your Christmas Program in your parish, or direct to the address below.
"When our species is involved, all of use should be concerned" he said. (The Australian October 2)
He mentions theologians as among those who m ight contribute to such a debate. One might ask what contribution a Catholic theologian might make in the light of the absolute rejection of in vitro fertilisation expressed by Pope Pius XII in 1956, and quoted by Mr Justice Kirby: "It must be rejected as immoral and absolutely illicit."
. I Nould presume, however, that Pms XII was speaking of the state of the art at the time and that what he ~as rejecting was experimentation in human embryology.
Scientists were a long way then from being able to transplant the developing embryo to the woman's uterus with any hope of having it develop normally.
1 Once that became a real possibility, I would not invoke the passing comment of a Pope on a very different situation.
Another group of issues cluster around the status of the embryo and the respect that may be due to it, at least in the light of what it is to become. Are we dealing with the beginnings of human life?
The unique humanity of each of us is a gift, not an object of technological achievement.
I would view any genetic manipulation as an act of unspeakable hubris and the ultimate in the manipulation of man by man. Perhaps this is basically a religious view, seeing our personhood as a special gift of God.
But I would hope that it would evoke a response from anyone who treasured human individuality and freedom.
Issues as important as human life , sexuality and the family are too important to be left to the discretion of biological scientists, however upright and well-intentioned.
It is an area on which a responsible public opinion must be given a chance to develop through information and discussion.
In the end, our society will get the public policy it deserves, but - for good or ill - it should be a public policy, not a series of faits accomplis.
The Record. December 10-16, 1981 7
A peril for freedom SHARING OF DECISIONS AS A RIGHT
is possible
SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela
(NC) -A Venezuelan bishop, several political leaders newsmen said journalists and other workers have a rig ht to share in decision-making about NEW YORK (NC)_ Efforts to institute a "New co~munications policies in the World Information Order" and to exercise finan- Third World. cial censorship over broadcasting threaten the freedom of communications in the 1980s, a senior CBS executive told a conference of Catholic broadcasters and communicators.
Thomas Leahy, a Catholic layman who is senior broadcast vice president of the CBS broadcast group said that although one threat to communicators comes from the left and the other from the right. they have "disturbing similarities " in trying to limit freedom of access to information. If they succeed, the remarkable advances in 20th-century communication technology will be "only pieces of hardware," he said. Leahy told of attending a California meeting at the time the pope was shot.
Their meeting halted immediately, he said, as one of the executives moved to the nearest live camera and the others began directing coverage.
"In 20 minutes, a major news operation was organised to follow the most important breaking story in the world," he said. Leahy said proponents of a "New World Information Order" begin "with the best of motives. But," he countered, "we cannot help but view with alarm any attempt to restrict the ability to gather and tell a story. Unfettered reporting is the essence of responsible journalism.
Plans for a "New World Information Order" in
which imbalances in the flow and reporting of news around the world would be addressed have been discussed for several years under auspices of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation Print and broadcast journalists from the United States and other Western nations oppose many of the proposals presented, fearing they would allow governments to control activities of the media.)
"This is an issue that deeply affects the wellbeing of ordinary people. The means to influence communications media are out of the reach of the majority," he added. .Accreditation Bishop Gonzalez said that there was a need for a free and balanced internaSuggestions that Third tional flow of information.
---------------------. World nations have the Acting President Montes right to accredit journalists de Oca of Venezuela said covering them was com- multinational corporapared by Leahy to a system tions involved in compuin which U.S. mayors or terized data and commupolice chiefs would decide nications caused an who could be a reporter. imbalance in the world-
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reflected and at the same time determined the social and cultural outlook of people.
"Therefore," he added, "we must foster reform and awaken our communities against prevailing oppression.
"Despite being the lsocial communications majority, workers must accept the decisions of a oligarchic minority on what news the people receive for their information and how it is presented." Bishop Feliciano Gonzalez, of Maracay, head of the Social Action Department of the Venezuelan Bishops Conference told an international meeting on the New World Information Order.
"We are committed to the proposition that information and cultural education must prompt workers, peasants, students and the underprivileged to become the agents of their human development," Perez Esquivel said. "We must denounce control and manipulation of communication media by economic and political power groups."
"Perez Esquivel, an Argentine awarded the Nobel Prize for his defense of human rights, said that violations of freedom of the press in Latin America include censorship and intimidation, persecution, prison terms, torture and murder of journalists. Send help
Leahy said the Moral wide flow of information Majority and the Coalition required by leaders for polfor Better Television also itical and economic "begin with good motives" decision-making. and have the right to advo- "There is a need," he said, cate their views. But he "to struggle against news said their attempt to exer- agencies because they discise censorship through tort or ignore our realities financial pressure on and culture. adv e rt is er s was an "There is a world out improper strategy. there that knows about us Leahy said these groups' through the reporting of claim that they speak for bad news more than good the majority of Americans news, the kind of informais undercut but the fact tion that stresses catastrotha many programmes on phies, crises, failures, their target list have the conflicts and the ridicuhighest audience ratings. lous," he added.
Leahy argued that the Adolfo Perez Esquivel, broadcasting industry has winner of the 1980 Nobel earned_ the respect of the Peace Prize, quoted from adverllsers and the confi- the document issued by the dence of the viewers, and third conference of the that their opponents were Latin American bishops trying to "replace diversity held in 1979 at Puebla, with orthodoxy." Mexico, to the effect that
Harry Culver, in charge of international relations for The Newspaper Guild, a union representing journalists in the United States, said about 90 per cent of the journalists in the United States did not know the meaning of the New lntern a ti o nal Information Order. Others, he added, had voiced fears that in efforts to foster national communications policies, governments might interfere with responsi hie freedom of the press. He added that there was some truth to the claim by poor countries that little constructive about them was published in developed nations. "This is not a deliberate discrimination. It is just that news from Third World countries must compete among our audiences with news closer to home," he said.
Aid for flood
Australian Catholic Relief yesterday announced a $30,000 grant to assist flood victims in south India.
The money, donated by Austral~ ian parishes and individuals, will go to assist 254 families in the Changanacherry region of Kerala. They lost everything when torrential monsoon rain caused rivers, lakes and canals to burst their banks last June.
Forty-five people lost their lives as the rushing waters flattened over 250 houses, uprooted fruit trees and destroyed standing crops. More than 1000 houses were damaged, 17,000 hectares of rice cultivation was lost, and communications were disrupted as roads, paths and bridges were washed away.
Australian Catholic Relief contributed $20,000 to this emergency programme Now a long-term solution has to be found.
The latest ACR grant will be combined with
the va!NII artists who are struggling to gain reco gnition ti! opportunity to appear on television to gain '-I experience and acclaim," he said.
"This is the second series of The Entert ainers it is obvious from the reaction we have receive this latest series that the entertainment indust enthused about the opportunities the pro offers." The Entertainers will be hosted by John Bur1,1 with John Thornton heading the judge's panel di week. Mr Thornton is is charge of the Band BIil· ing Agen·cy and Interstar ente rtainm1t organisation.
He will be assisted each week by a special g judge. The special judge for the first heat this will be Alex Glasgow, singer of the theme from When The Boat Comes In.
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Made For Each Other tells of a Jewish girl from the Bronx and an Italian boy from Brooklyn- both are misfits and failures and victims of urbanitis.
They are obviously made for each other.
Starring are Joseph Bologna as Giggy Pinimba and Renee Taylor as Pandora Gold - this contemporary love story comedy was written by Bologna and Taylor, produced by Ro y Townshe nd and directed by Robert Bean. There's joy and tears as Loo; Byron, who rejected her for his true love Ralph; and Doug, who she discotW O misfits find each other:~~t//~:ww~~;;i~l~~; their weddmg) and aborPandora ·and Gig meet at recalls how her mother become famous. tive flings at t~e ente_rtainan emergency encounter timed her conception so A succession of ill-fated ~ent world. (mcludmg a group on Christmas Day. she would be born a Pis~es, affairs (with such lotharios disastrous stmt as ~he Cue
Describing the first 33 and brought her up behev- as a maniac Chinese pain- Girl on Jackpot Qmz~ have years of her life, Panda ing she was destined to ter named Wong Woo left her psycholo~1cally scarred and emotionally drained.
zj After ten years in analysis, Panda pleads: "I'm lovable! I'm entitled to be loved!"
At first reluctant to talk about himself, Gig is finally bullied by the other members of the group into revealing his life-story and -style Moulded by bickering parents (his mother is a religious fanatic, his father an iron-fisted authoritarian) into a mass of neuroses and guilts, Gig has failed to make it either as a Marine, a priest (the fathers caught him in a closet with the seminary cleaning lady), or a barber.
Graduating from college at 29, he discovered that his major - African Studies - qualified him only for unemployment.
In addition, his stunted emotional growth has resulted in an inability to sustain a lasting human relationship Little Giggy has grown up into a love 'em and leave 'em ladykiller (literally his latest ex-girlfriend
old racial taboos
Vibrant m
embraces life
Ann Cullity doesn't do anything by half measures. I~ life _i s to ~e lived to the full she's in there with the best of them; 1f p nvacy 1s required, she requests it absolutely
Th ere 's a ti me and a place for everything , and Ann Cu llity is one lady who knows t he r ules and keeps them -m ost of the ti me anyway
As the daug h ter of one of Perth's notable men and the wife of another, she has managed to raise a large family, take an active interest in Church and community and retains her own im p ressive, if at times formidable, identity.
She talks quickly and easily on almost any subject (except herself), offering opinions that rest solidly on careful thought. She warms to the subject of her father, Sir Thomas Meagher, a noted general practitioner and one-time Lord Mayor of Perth. Her admiration for him is unmatched, except perhaps for that she has for her husband, Denis.
Ann Cullity has followed her father's footsteps in the realms of community involvement - she was a member of the planning committee for John XXIII College, has been a member of the King's Park Board for three years and is currently president of the ewman Society.
She's a busy person, she says, because her father set the standards.
She was born in Perth in 1929, two years after her father set up his medical practice at Victoria Park.
One of six children, she remembers the yea rs as full of work, life and love.
Ann started school at Loreto (in those days in Adelaide Terrace) and later moved to Sacred Heart for three years.
"I'm afraid I didn't shine at Sacred Heart, but I had formed such an affection for Loreto I couldn't settle down. Eventually I moved back to Loreto, which had shifted to Claremont, and finished my schooling," she said.
And then came four years at the University of Western Australia, studying science and graduating in botany.
"I adored it. It was such a wonderful time," she said.
"The university was much smaller then and in many ways it was a golden age. It began to blossom with the graduates of Perth Modern School like Bob Hawke, John Stone, Rolf Harris and with the returned servicemen and women.
Marvellous
"There were some marvellous personalities, the place just bristled with them. There was no feeling of doom like today. We all knew there would be something waiting. In a way we were 'cocooned.' They were wonderful years for me, I have been very fortunate. I cried when I left school and I cried when 1 left uni. I was surprised when my children didn't have the same kind of elation that I had felt at school and university," she said.
With university over, Ann quickly found herself in the role of wife and mother. She had met Denis Cullity through the ewman Society and both families were friends it was all meant to happen.
With a young enthusiastic brood
on h er hands, the ear ly years of marriage were busy ones. At one stage, with two Chinese boys as wards, there were 14 to dinner at night.
The Cullity kids are just about all off an d running on their own now, but home is still the place to keep as a warm and welcome base.
Teaching
Marguerite, 28, has been teaching _ for the past seven years and has now been granted leave of absence to undertake a B. Ed in special education at university. Kate, 25, teaches biology at Carine High School, Denis, 23, has just completed his Bachelor of Commerce and Joseph, 21, is studying forestry at the New Zealand Forest Institute in Rotorua. The twins, Sara and Ruth, 20, are both studying - Sarah is doing law at U. W.A. and Ruth medicine in Dublin. John, 17, is completing his T AE and wants to study chemical engineering.
Ann Cullity has raised a large family and managed to maintain an active role in the Church and community. She was on the planning committee for John XXIII College and later served on the school council for two years. with a three-year stint as president of the mother's committee.
A member of the Newman Society since her early university days; she has been president for the past three years. a role she relinquishes in January.
A trained botanist. she has been a member of the King's Park Board for three years and takes a fervent interest in what she calls Perth's "jewel".
It's obvious that this is one family which shares a love of learning, and for Ann Cullity one of the highlights was being asked to join the planning committee for John XXIII.
She believes there was a bit of 'divine protection' around when the school was set up but is still justly proud of what it was when it started and what it has become.
"I was delighted when I was invited to be the lay representative of the Loreto Order on the planning council for the college.
"I've always been interested in education, and had, in fact taught leaving Biology at Loreto for five years while I was at university.
"I suppose the inclination towards co-education came from the admiration I had for the products of Perth Modern School whom I had met during my university days.
"I had also observed during travelling that co-ed wa the accepted mode in most countries. at all parents felt the same as I did and there
were many who were very anxious about the amalgamation.
"However, 18 months later there it was. I'll always remember driving along Stirling :Righway and seeing it for just the first time, our splendid badge, designed by Iris Rossen, on the sign outside the St Louis site.
"In less than three years John XXIII College was to be recognised as one of the leading schools in Australia. During those early days I felt certain that the Holy Spirit was guiding us.
"Daven Day, Jesuit, the first principal, moulded the school ethos on care and concern and he did it with great spirituality and enthusiasm. I feel that these are the features which give this school its strength. They are transmitted down through the council to the staff, to the students, who, it is to be hoped, carry it beyond to the community in which they live.
"The Year II's have an active community involvement programme. Our four youngest children attended John XXIII and even though they had always been good friends, this shared experience gave them an even closer bond. It is a 'family school.'
"The school is not rich in material resources it has no swimming pool, but it excels in swimming. It has no official athletics track, yet it wins this sport each year; no gymnasium, and yet it had five girls in the team of 11 which represented Australia in the International Rhythmic Gymnastic Competition in Munich last October - and they did very well too.
"Academically it is usually among the top five in the State. In 1979, well over 90 percent of the Year 12 class gained places in tertiary institutes.
"I was also on the school council for two years and was president of the mother's committee for three years. It involved a considerable amount ohime and energy, but what a rewarding experience," she said.
The Newman Society has also played an important part in Ann Cullity's life since her early days at university. She has been president for the past three years and has come, increasingly, to value the influence for good created by the Jesuit Community and St Thomas More College.
The Newman Society has quite a long history, and was founded in 1925 at the instigation of Monsignor J.T. McMahon. In those days the university was housed in Irwin Street in the heart of the city and was referred to as "Tin Pot Alley" -a far cry from the superb campus at Crawley.
It was named for the famous Oxford scholar of the 1830s, John Henry Cardinal Newman, and there are ewman groups all over the world. Their prime aim is to encourage the educated Catholic laity to take a full part in the life of modern society in an apostolic spirit and to encourage Catholics to be actively interested in universities at both student and graduate levels.
"Initially the Newman Society embraced both graduate and undergraduates and when I was at university and was secretary, the undergraduates formed the committee," she said.
"Today, the undergraduates have
their own group, the University Catholic Society. They are very impressive young men and women and have a full programme of spiritual, social and intellectual activities within the university.
"Their chaplain is Father David Strong, Jesuit. In mid-January, at St Thomas More College, the Society will conduct the Tertiary Catholic Federation of Australia confere nee for students from all parts of Australia.
Conference
"It will be the first time for 15 years that such a conference has been held in Perth. They have chosen an admirable them, 'spirituality and commitment,' and have invited excellent speakers. We actively support and encourage this society,'' she said.
'We also liaise with Father Jim O'Brien, the chaplain to WAIT, and recently we were very pleased to note that Father Brian Pitman had been appointed chaplain to Murdoch University.
"During the last 18 months another fine group has been formed, The Young Newmanites. About 12 recent graduates have come together under the direction of our wise chaplain, Father James Dynon, Jesuit, and they meet at St Thomas More College once a month. This year they have been discussing the Vatican 11 documents. Anyone who is interested is warmly invited to join them.
"The Newman Society has about 300 members, graduates of various tertiary institutes. We published our own newsletter, 'Newman Grad,' and we come together for three to four main social occasions each years, such as Newman Sunday and University Sunday.
"During the mid-year period there is usually a series of small discussion groups, this year centred about the book, Life and Death with Liberty and Justice, by G. Grisez and J. Boyle. It is a work of theological complexity and ethical subtlety.
Kings Park is another great passion - again there are no half measures, and Ann nas been a member of the board for three years now.
"It is a great privilege, as well as a responsibility, to be so closely associated with the most cherished patch of land in Western Australia," she said.
The board is appointed by the' government and consists of a former parliamentarian , a lawyer, a forester, an accountant, the director, and botanist Ann Cullity.
"I hope I make a contributio n through my love of West Australia n native flora, and my familiarity with the park, having visited it very regularly with my father who was a former chairman and then with my own family," she said.
"I've also done a detailed survey of it to assess the intrusion of veldt grass and it is one of my dearest wishes to one day see this pernicious weed eradicated from the park and the bushland area restored to its natural state.
"Fortunately I've been able to vis\t a great number of parks and botanical gardens all over the world. Where most tourists head off for the museums and old buildings, I dart off to the parks.
"As well as beautiful flora, I fmd people fascinating - the sight of a loving and happy family is to me the most beautiful thing in the world, and parks are where you see them," she said.
In January Ann Cullity will relinquish her role as president of the Newman Society, with no ready plans to fill the space it will no doubt leave.
At 52, she's the first to say she has been "lucky", preferring to dismiss the harsher blows of !ife. She lives from day to day, but with a thought to the future and maintains her motto is: "To always have my mind ready for a change."
Maybe that's why Ann Cullity will continue to be the sort of person who gets the most out oflife no matter what.
Can you draw the nativity?
It's Christmas competition time. Everyone can be in it all you have to do is draw a picture of the nativity.
And just to be really fair, the entries will be judged in three sections:- 7 years and under, 9 years and under and 12 years and under.
You can use any medium you like, paints, pastels, textas, or colored pencils - or even do it in black
tStories come to vivid life
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Fount Children's Bible, by Andrew Knowles, is delightfully illustrated in full color.
It's an important factor in a children's Bible and manages to bring the pages alive with the message of God's word colorfully conveyed.
It's not only a book that children will enjoy and profit from, say the reviewers, it is a book that could make family worship or bed-time prayers a high-spot in the day.
Simply written, but the message is clear, it begins with The Old Testament, Genesis and moves through Exodus, Deuteronomy, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Amos, Hosea, Isaih, Kings, Jeremiah, Psalm, Ezekiel and Jonah.
Large type and clearly constructed color stetches make it ideal for children who are new to reading, but still suitable for those older.
A Child's bible, comes in two volumes, The Old Testament and the New. The Old Testament is re-written for children by Anne Edwards and illustrated by Charles Front and David Christian.
The illustrations are superb. rich in color and dramatic in execution.
The New Testament is re-written for children by Shirley Steen and illustrated by Charles Front. It begins (as does the Old Testament) with a map of the area, showing Jerusalem, Galilee and the towns and country in which the stories are set. Again, the illustrations are richly graphic, a delight for children and adults alike.
Both volumes open up a world of wonder for any child, and perhaps, hopefully, re-introduce their parents to the marvellous messages of the Bible.
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Car wash raises $150 for Pregnancy Help
Over half the clients of Pregnancy Help are under the age of nineteen, .. said Mrs Beatrice Macfarlane, a counsellor from Centrecare when she spoke to the St Joseph's youth group in Northam recently.
Together with Mrs Corrie Schoenmakers, Mrs MacFarlane gratefully accepted a cheque for $150 from the members of the group.
The money was raised in eight hours by washing 60 cars at the Peel Terrace Mobil service station in Northam.
The group was told that they had, in fact , made history by being the first youth group to assist the Pregnancy Help agency financially.
At their weekly Sunday evening meeting members of the group enjoyed a very interesting talk about the work and problems encountered through the Pregnancy Help agency.
The group meets in a room at the rear of St Joseph's Parish Hall. A car wash can be great fun, _ and we hope other groups will also fund raise in this manner for Pregnancy Help.
Mrs Schoenmakers said:
"We were absolutely delighted with the enthusiasm and frankness shown by the group."
Meetings a check on Y.C.W.
Peter Shooter, Y.C W. full-time worker for Bunbury recently returned from the Y.C.W. national team meeting held in Melbourne Together with Gemma Wooltorton he represents the West Australian Y.C. W. at the national me eting that takes place four times a year. The aim of these meetings is to keep a constant check on the direction of the Australian Y.C.W movement and to look at their own actions as leaders in their respective states.
The national team also aims to carry out the decisions of the previous council held in May.
On the international scene Peter said, "the Y.C. W. is preparing for a world-wide council in the next two years".
One of Peter's portfolios involves preparing an enquiry on wages It is hoped that this national enquiry will be carried out in April 1982 which will examine not only, how much young workers earn but how they spend their weekly pay packet. How they budget and whether , they are able to save much.
Tennis Disco
A disco will be held at the Nollamara Tennis Club on Friday , December 18 , commencing at 8 p.m. Admission $3.
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in need presented an alternative fo abortion and young people had an important role to play in influencing their peers and showing them there was an alternative."
"Young people do not tell their parents they are pregnant but will tell their friends, so what their friends say at this crucial time is vital. It can swing them one way or another," she said.
The agency provides a 24 hour service for anyone in need of help and who is anxious about being pregnant. The numbers to ring in three different centres Perth, 325 6919, Rockingham (095) 277636 and Albany (098) 414266 PAUL HAYTF:R
Let's learn from our children
I am not ashamed of the fact that l really enjoy children's stories l have done so since my earliest recollections of my father reading Polish fairy tales from beautifully illustrated books that he used to import from England.
It is said that a good children's story is also enjoyed by adults because the message is applicable to both.
Recently a group of young people 18 years and over crowded my office and listened enthralled as I read extracts from what I consider to be one of the b~st Christmas stories of recent time.
It is Barbara Robinson's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and it also comes under the title The Worst Kids In The World.
It is about a pageant, but not the sort we may have witnessed last Sunday through our city streets. Our local television station has done a successful job in leading some to believe that their pageant is symbolic of the true meaning of Christmas. In fact, Francesco, one young primary student friend of mine summed up the street pageant in three words: "It was weak" Barbara's story is about a pageant, the traditional kind which hundreds of primary school children prepare and present at this time The sort that involves angels with their cardboard wings , shepherds in their father's bath robes, kinJS in their
colourful curtains and Mary cradling somebody's favourite doll.
Hopefully this sort of pageant enjoyed by children and their parents will rekindle the true meaning of Christmas
Barbara Robinson's story adds an interesting twist to this annual event. It is one of the most funny and memorable stories I have read for sometime. It is about the outrageous Herdman family. They are the worst children in the hitory of the world , who not only push, poke and pound their way through life but execute the most subtle and devious crimes imaginable on fellow students and teachers alike Their terrors extend from the classroom to the Sunday school preparation for their parish Christmas pageant.
They come from a poor family. These scrawny underfed welfare cases, seem to most, to be headed straight for hell by way of the jail until they hear the Christmas story for the first time and participate with serious ardour in the pageantry of Christmas.
The pageant turns out full of surprises for everyone including the Herdman's As Christmas approaches, I hope that young and old take time to read the Chri tmas story from the scriptures, to refresh the true meaning of this season. And once the televi ion et is off, y ou will find Barbara Robinson's story more enterta ining than the evening programmes.
Busily washing cars are pictured left to right Eddie Bue/as, Paul Hughes and David Leeder.
Pictured le ft to right are Graham
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Nearly all of Mrs Olivia Websters 94 descendants will be present to help her celebrate her 90th birthday on Friday, December 18, at 6.30 pm Mass in St Benedict's church, Applecross.
had been married 61 years and four months when she Jost her husband, the late Harry Webster, in 1971 at the age of 84.
Pictured left spanning her nine decades, is Mrs Olivia Webster and her two great-grandchildren, Deborah and Melissa Pride.
Her three daughters •and one of her four sons are still living and from them she has seen her family grow to 30 grandchildren and 54 great-grandchildren.
WHAT'S ON Pregnancy Seminar Choral Summer School
The Royal School of Church Music Summer school will be held in Hobart, January 4-10. The school is open to adults (choirmasters, or members, music teachers, students) and children, mostly choir members, but individuals are welcome.
Children attending will stay at St John Fisher College and will be especially cared for Those living in Hobart will be able to attend on a daily basis at a special rate. The basic requirement for eligibility is an interest in
relationship with God. We are what we pray. The degree of our faith is the degree of our prayer. Our ability to love is our ability to pray."
SACRED CONCERT
A sacred concert will be given by the West Australian Girls' choir in St Mary's Cathedral at 2.30pm on Sunday, December 13.
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Further details from Father S.K. Martin, of orgamsmg secretary Her- Fatima church Rangoon bert Woodhouse, phone h ' (002) 295023 (home) and ha~ appealed for elp to build a youth centre. Those (022) 237668 (office). wishing to help should
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Carlo Carretto, wellknown spiritual writer, will be in Perth on a short visit and will give a public lecture on prayer and personal spirituality at the Mercedes College hall on Thursday, December 17 at 7.30 pm. He is a deacon of the congregation of Charles de Foucauld and spends much oflhis time as a hermit outside Perugia in Italy. He learned that prayer had to be the governing principle of every aspect of his life "Prayer is the sum of our contact George Jacob 272 1379.
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Thrills a-plenty in store for fans
Some of the most exciting men's tennis can be seen on Channel Seven beginning Monday December 14 at 8 am, live from Sydney when the $125,000 Robinson's NSW Men's Championship gets underway.
Tennis fans can look forward to seeing reigning champion Fritz Buehning, Roscoe Tanner, John Sadri, Victor Pecci and a large Australian contingent, including the reigning doubles title holders, Paul McNamee and Peter McNamara. The championship goes through to the final days' play on December 20.
Spotlight again on big criclcet
The cricket action for the week begins at 9am on Sunday, December 13, following Channel Nine's new public affairs programme Sunday which will be shown at 7am.
The Third Test between Pakistan and Australia will be telecast direct from the Melbourne Cricket Grou nd on Sunday, and again from 7.50am on Monday and Tuesday. Highlights of each day's play will be shown at 11 pm on Sunday, 11.30pm on Monday, and 10.30pm on Tuesday.
On Saturday, December 19, the action switches from Test cricket to the one-day limited-over competition of the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup, and from the Eastern States to Perth. Pakistan and West Indies meet in one of the important qualifying matches leading up to the rich final
series to be played between the two teams totalling the highest number of points. This coverage will show a limited telecast of the morning session only.
Channel Nine's telecast on Saturday will begin at I 0.20am and finish at 12.30pm with highlights from the match at 11.45pm.
Sunday, December 13: Direct telecast beings 9am, highlights I 1.00pm; Monday, December 14: Direct telecast beings 7. 50am, highlights 11.30pm; Tuesday, December 15: Direct telecast begins 7. 50am, highlights 10.30pm; Saturday, December 16: Direct telecast begins 10.20am, highlights 11.45pm.
SCARLET WILL impressed with his second to Tonic over 1,400 metres on Saturday. After taking the lead at the start, SCARLET WILL led clearly until being tackled soon after turning for home, but still battled on strongly to be beaten by less than 2½ lengths.
PAPER SHAH looked a certainty beaten when a fast finishing second to Springfield Avenue over 1,000 metres. After not getting the best of starts
PAPER SHAH received a bad check at the 600 metres and but for this setback would have scored.
to show improvement and should be followed over the coming weeks. On Saturday IRISH EARL fought back tenaciously after being clearly headed in the straight to take his record to two wins from two starts. : TONIC scored his second #
win from two starts since a sp,ell when he easily
contest · Scarlet Will on straighten- Cricket fans AustraIRISH EARL continues ing and sprinted away for a convincing victory.
McNamee and McNamcross-court and greatly ara, giving their best for assist their service game. singles victories.
Five of the last seven Last year the team folwinners of the Robinson's lowed their Wimbledon NSW Men's Open have doubles success with a 6-2, been left-handed and there 6-4 win over the American is no indication the trend pair, Brian Gottfried and might change in 1981. Vitas Gerulaitis.
Roscoe Tanner leads a This year tennis fans can top class field this look foward to the thunDecember. derbolt serving of Roscoe Reigning champion Fritz Tanner and John Sadri, Buehning will be back and the antics of Fritz BuehnBeuhning's former idol ing and the clowning of Ilie Illie Nastase will be play- Nastase. ing, along with John Sadri, In the search for form, say Victor Pecci and the top the pundits, let past Australians. records be a guide and go
Of the Australians we can for the leftie.
Club farewells two families
The Pignatelli Club will hold a combined farewell and tennis day at their Attadale courts on Sunday (December 13) in honour of two families that are leaving the State. Ian and Shirley Clynes are moving to Sydney. Ian, employed by Australian Paper Mills, has recently taken a new position with his company. Ian has held many executive positions with the club and represented their club in association pennants. Dick and Betty Taylor have been transferred home to the U.S.A. Dick is with Alcoa and he and Betty have been in Perth since 1976. The Taylors were also regular pennant players and both families were very active members.
In social activities, the executive and members of the W ACLT A extend their best wishes to both the Clynes and the Taylors in their new appointments. WA CL TA members and friends are reminded that the association trophy day will be held on Sunday (December 13) at Aquinas College. Social play starts at 10.30am and the medal tournament will begin at 1.30pm. Players are requested not to wear footwear that will mark the new flexi-pave courts. (Jogging shoes in particular). A plate of afternoon tea is also requested.
IChannel Nine's sports director, Bruce Walker, with 15-year-old John Gidney, accounted for a Gradua- the winner of last season's Classic Catches competition. tion field over 1,400 metres at Belmont. After starting a run about 800 metres from home, this 6 year old Todman gelding circled the field to join the leader
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CONTRIBUTION (Vocations today)
IS UNIQUE
The Society of Mary, the "Marists", have a unique contribution to the Church and I think that what we offer is to try to live the spirit of Mary as she lived it in the early Church. I don't think it means that we're better than other people but that we have something unique to offer.
I think the basic difference between ourselves and other Marian orders is that our emphasis isn't too much on devotion to Our Lady, although that is important, but trying to live the way that she lived it in the early Church.
What we can contribute is to try to live and breathe the way that she did and develop the Church in her way.
She wasn't a member of the Jerusalem Parish Council nor did she have any office in the Church; her gift was that to be an extraordinarily ordinary person, with all the homely qualities that go with it.
The Church needs human people. Our order isn't founded for any particular apostolate but to respond to the needs of the Church where no-one else would do it.
You might call us the back room troops; Although we are involved in fairly traditional apostolates in certain areas our prime role is to fill the needs of the Church where it is at the moment.
Here in Western Australia our basic role is to work in the parish, but one of the real needs we are trying to look at is the development of lay leadership in the Church.
The Church of tomorrow will be very much a Church of the laity and our role today is to bring about that transition in the little way that we can.
Primarily we are a missionary order working in a whole range of activity
Father Steve Truscott is concluding two years as assistant priest at Belmont before transferring next year to St Patrick's church in Sydney. He grew up in a Marist parish in Brisbane and following his early ambition to be a priest began his novitiate in 1971, being ordained priest in 1978. Dun:ng his time of study he completed a four-year diploma in welfare work.
including schools, seminaries and When we came to the Oceania opment of the Church to the local Church.
ORDER BEGAN 150 YEARS AGO
The Marist Society began over 150 years ago in France between 1815 and 1816. A young seminarian named Jean Courveille seemed to have been granted an extraordinary grace and the conviction that a new religious order should be founded and placed under the protection of Mary. Just as there was the Society of Jesus in the Church, so there should be a Society of Mary. Jean Courveille shared his idea with fellow seminarians - a plan for a religious congregation whose members would be called Marists. From this small beginning has come the Marist Fathers, the Marist Brothers, the Marist Sisters and the Third Order of Mary.
A group initiative in the opening stages
Our society started after the French Revolution. It was actually started by a group of diocesan priests and seminarians who became aware of this spirit of Mary.
We can't really say who started it because it was really a group initiative.
One of the most difficult things to describe is when the spirit of the Lord arises. ,,, For us it is hard to describe our charism; it is something you have got to experience. It is a very subtle sort of thing.
It was very interesting to hear the Second Vatican Council talk about what we first talked about in 1816.
A quote from our constitution reads: "To live a life hidden and as itis unknown in the world, not to develop a hot house inferiority complex but to live a very simple life and -to experience the power as well."
Today we are in a time of transition, moving from many of our institutional aposolates to other areas which I find very exciting.
Part of being a Marist is accept ing diversity of approaches to life. There may be a number of people out there who want to jo in us but we are selective in who we take. We are seeking just a simple man who is generous, and prepared to let God work in his life We have no problems getting people. In a way, I was born and bred a Marist. I grew up in a Marist parish and there was something about those men that attracted me. I went to a vocation camp they had in Sydney and I was living with a group of Marists for a week or so.
I kntw I was meant to be a Marist and. I have been happy ever since.
We are seeking to enable people to experience the actual sp irit of Mary herself. We would like people to experience her in meeting us. We hope that in meeting us they will experience her and so experience God nursing administration. region we were the first Catholic
There is no particular area that we group that went in en masse and both can't work in - it depends upon the ran and directed the whole operation. need of the church at the time. owadays native bishops run the
Most of our resources are engaged Church and we work on contract to in the missions in Oceania and over the local Church. the last number of years an interesting Virtually what we are trying to do is transition has taken place. to hand over the leadership and devel-
The change has been fairly important and so we are starting to move out of Oceania to other areas such as Pakistan, the Philippines; There is a great need to move into South America but our primary missionary effort will still be in Oceania.
The great ability that we have is to be flexible enough to be able to move out of one area and into another.
We have such a wide cross section of people. The Church in which I have been trained in is different than the Church in which some of my older confreres have been trained in.
I believe that God will never go out of business. I see that it is one way in which the gospel can be reflected to the world in the greatest diversity. I have got great hope for the future.
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has urged Catholics in communist-ruled Hungary to make their homes 11 domestic churches" by teaching their children faith in God and service to other human beings.
The exhortation came in a letter written by the pope to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the death of St Elizabeth of Hungary. The papal letter was read at a ceremony at Sarospatak, Hungary, the probable birthplace of the medieval saint known for her charity to the poor. Present at the ceremony were Catholic bishops from Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and East Germany, and a papal representative, Archbishop Luigi Poggi of the Vatican 's Council for the Public Affairs of the Church. Representing Hungar y 's government was Imre Miklos, pre sident of the state office for ecclesiastical affairs Pope John Paul told Hungary' Catholics that
"modern society has par- your life to Christ and, in ticular need of men and him, to your brothers." women reclothed in Christ, The pope invited the who with joy and selfless- young to "look around ness dedicate themselves to attentively in the neighthe service of their neigh- bourhood in which you bour, who as mothers and live, in the hospitals, in fathers embrace and help homes that seem lifeless, in the poor." chantable institutions, Catholics in Hungary wherever you find an agenumber about 6.5 million ing brother, someone sick out of a total population of and lovely , a disable per9 million. son rejected by his parents, The pontiff urged parents someone ill physically or to "transform your home mentally." into a domestic church, The pontiff exhorted educate your children to married persons to "firm the faith. Sanctify your fidelit y" and emphasised children. teach them to that the Christian life conlove Christ and his church , stitutes "an inexhaustible to serve unselfishly the source of married lo ve." people of God ." To a nation whe re the Turning his attention to number of abortion s is the young, Pope John incre a ·ing , the pope said : Paul encouraged them to "Accept gratefull y the get to know "the Christ most beautiful gift of the whom you have already Creator : the gift of ]ife, met but perhaps do not which is sacred from the love enough" and wished first instant of conthem the "courage to give ception."
The pope offered St Elizabeth as a "shining example" for Catholics and a "luminous torch for all who want to imitate Christ in the service of their neighbour."
The I3th-century saint, daughter of a Hungarian king, was married to a nobleman when she was 14. She spent her days in relief work among a warimpoverished people
Grief-str icke n by the death of her hus band, she provided fo r t heir three children and then used the rest of her money to build a hospital for th e poor and the outcast.
St Elizabeth died at the age of 24 and was canonised four years lat_er. Devotion to her rema1~s widespread , and she 15 Hungary's pa t roness.
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