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In spite of the massive publicity surrounding Santa Clara school last week the issue appears to have had little, if any, immediate effect on parents and there have been no further developments in the enrolment policy.
The acting principal Sister Thomas, who is annual general meeting of doing is what they want — "They are from parents Because it was a full-day ian parents. and I have seen dozens of who are really concerned pre-primary and not a The effect of the publicity of the school Sister temporarily replacing the October 26. the Bentley Thomas OP said only school principal Sister Dr Richard McSweeney, their circulars saying this and want something done. h alf -day they were surroundingstill hard to currently in of the Catholic Education over the years." Local parents have said approached for enrolment school is one family who had IDolores, reland, said enrolment C ommission, met with by all kinds of people in the gauge. to pay they are prepared a lready intended plans or programmes were the price of a drop in enrol- local area and beyond. Father Hewitt last Friday, moving to another not yet formulated for next principally to ask that the ment even if it means a These children were autoarea, had withdrawn y ear because a new discussion matically phased into Year Heavy support reduction in facilities. Not welcomed be taken out of children.
principal, Sister Anne OP, t he public arena. "In the letters people have 1 of Santa Clara school. The One non-Catholic parent would be taking over the Record was told this week said they would do the Sister Thomas said the Sources say the publicity had misunderstood the school. Two committed that the CEC would be Father Hewitt said he had same rather than have pre-primary had become which has been circulated matter and withdrawn the non-Catholic families had making no further way they things stay the only a baby-minding situa- through the Eastern States state- received heavy support folchildren. already been interviewed ments or making its moves lowing his press story. He are." tion for some of these is not welcomed by ComFather Hewitt, priest in for next years enrolment. public. had taken over 100 phone Father Hewitt said he was parents. charge of Bentley, said a not concerned at the issue She said that even a with- monwealth education cirFather Hewitt said he was calls personally and there cles which are worried at couple of other parents of the quality of Catholic drawal of pupils now the influence that restricstill dissatisfied, following were as many taped mes- education had indicated to him that in Catholic the CEC statement of last sages. Only three had been schools and that the Ben- would not affect the stabil- tive enrolment policies will they might be withdrawing School board week against him. ity of the 240 pupil school (see page 2). at the end of the year. tley staff were good which already had full have of funding for private "They are definitively "If anything the CEC has He said he was leaving the teachers and "100%" com- enrolments in Years 1, 2, 6 schools. , in the iaith. A random sampling of issue to sort itself in the six The Bentley school been at fault in giving the supportive. Usually people mitteu faith. and 7 and only a few parishes this week revealed remaining weeks of the board, which has five impression that it is only ring if they are pro- "I have had letters from vacancies in other classes. either guarded comments year and that another members plus Father opposed to what I am testing angrily but rarely do teachers of religion in they ring in support." There already had been a or that the Bentley move circular would be sent to Hewitt and Sister Tho- doing whereas they should Catholic schools who say parents about enrolment mas, has had no further have given a positive affir- He said he also had they dare not complain at study of the possibility of had produced little or no meeting since the dramatic mation that what I am received "heaps" of letters. the lack of faith in some of grouping classes following reaction among school for 1983. the offer of a grant for a authorities; most said they the students they are migrant teacher post had enrolment policies teaching." which would be taken over w hich were effectively Father Hewitt said there by one of the existing staff. operating without the difwere nearer 70, rather than Santa Clara already had ficulty found at Bentley. the reported 40, parents at 13 children in the new- One priest said he had the general meeting where arrival category and Polish ventured a process similar his circular to parents was is the largest of the new to Father Hewitt's but had discussed. arrival nationalities fol- been , over-ruled by the The parents were from lowed by Rumanian and a Catholic Education Comboth the committed and heavy background of Italmission. the uncommitted sectors. who were not corn_ AIAIAMINNIIM111111111/41Ir 411I Air 4E4 Many . d were not suffimitte ciTly interested to come to , he meeting, he said.
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St. Paul's church Mt Lawley was 25 years old this month and after Mass, celebrated by , Archbishop Goody to mark the event, Monsignor James Bourke, the fifth pastor, was ' pictured being filled in on the story by veteran parishioner (L to R) Witt McNamara, and former parishioners Moira and Frank Egan.
Sunday Mass had been said in the area since 1935 in the top floor of what is now St. Paul's school. Father William Clery, who attended last Sunday's With the appointment of the late Monsignor Wallace as the first parish priest of the ceremony, was parish priest from 1961 to 1969 and area in September, 1956, the nave of the was succeeded by the later Father McCaul who was responsible for the re-modelling of the sanctuary for church was ready for opening by Bishop Raf- the new liturgy, the re-location of the baptistry and ferty in October 1957. later the terracing of the area surrounding the church.
By then the late Monsignor Thomas Lenihan had Monsignor Bourke took charge of the parish in become parish priest. September, 1977. Twenty months later the sanctuary of the church was Sunday's ceremony brought many parishioners added with a meeting room below and a new porch at back for a social re-union held in a marquee erected the entrance. beside the church for the occasion.
Remove children In the circular (see page 2) Father Hewitt said that he proposed "... to remove many children of little or no faith commitment"; later in a press report he said: "I would be far happier if in the next 12 months we can teach parents and children what faith is all about rather than kick the children out. But if parents don't seem to be trying we will ask them to take their children out of the school. As part of his education programme for parents Father Hewitt said he had begun Renewal of Faith courses this week and later intended to introduce the programme for inactive Catholics. These were parish programmes but they w ere being promoted through the school as well. Father Hewitt said he had received strong support from parishioners who on Sunday had put 200 signatures to a statement of support sent to Archbishop Goody. Sister Thomas said this week that she believed the Bentley problem had its origin several years ago when numbers were dropping and a pre-primary class was added.
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The Bentley school debate FATHER HEwnTs A NUMBER OF ISSUES RAISED C OMMUNICATION The statement of the Catholic Education Commission
Recent news coverage of Santa Clara School, Bentley raises a number of issues on which this commission sees the need to cornment.
not to be attending the student and his par- One of the advantages of The following communication from Father The Catholic Educa- known tion Commission of to the external practices of ents, and, if it is approp- such a procedural arrangeTed Hewitt was sent home with all students on WA requires that in their religion, the commis- riate, arrangements may ment is that the views of any one individual on an the development of sion knows well that this be made with the principal Thursday, October 21 can present a real difficulty of another school for the educational issue can
be schools' enrolment to schools when framing student's further educa- subjected to reasonable a reason for the failures practice. Dear Parents, policies the parent their enrolment policy. c onsideration tion. by peers, the We should like to present that the staff is made- This policy will affect c ommunity be con- Some schools give a pref- In seeking to change the community, educationists some sections of the school quate. I personally have both children currently at sulted by the school erence to children from policy of the school in an and church superiors. policy for your perusal in the highest esteem for the the school and new enrol- board (of which both Catholic families who sup- attempt to allow the enroland staff Santa and Clara ments. new All enrolments order that you may have the priest and the port their local church and ment only of children of the opportunity to study it for their faith commit- will be accepted on the principal are manifest a commitment to parents who attain, in his and, if necessary, ask for ment, and regard this basis of these priorities:— school Method used religious faith. Others opinion, a certain level of members). clarification before enrol- school as one of the best 1) Practising Catholics of placing them- religious practice, Father from refrain ling or re-enrolling your Catholic primaries in Bentley parish The commission states in selves in a position where Perth.) 2) Practising Catholics of its school enrolment pol- they have to pass judgment Hewitt would be expected If Father Hewitt's intenchild!children for 1982. to implement the policies This school is committed With regard to the three other parishes icy, promoted in 1979, that on others with respect of of the Catholic Education tion was to rouse parishonreasons propose given, I Practising — members 3) of ers to greater religious to inculcating Catholic there would seem to be no their real commitment to Commission. activity he might have Christian principals a) to expect full co- similar Christian faiths good reason for the exclu- religious faith. These operation of parents, 4) Non practising sion by a school of nondecided on a more appropthrough:— school authorities also riate method had he (1) A daily period of reli- b) to remove many child- Catholics Catholic students on prefer not to try to predict New policy sought advice, particularly gious instruction and ren of little or no faith Obviously there will need religious gounds, provided the outcome of the schoolcommitment, to be a closer liaison that (i) the demand for plain view of his restricted prayer; ing experience for any (2) provision for the c) to complete the policy between parents, teachers ces by Catholic students children, no matter what When the school com- experience with Catholic and the priest in charge does not exceed the their home circumstances munity has ,had time to schools. reception of Sacraments; by adding to it -consider the proposed new (3) provision for growth "(6) monitoring the prac- and where formal meetings number of places availa- are. Father Hewitt is not enrolment policy and has of compassion and under- tice of Catholic faith of are arranged for this pur- ble, and (ii) the Catholic principal of the school, but both children parents will and excluparents pose, be question of the On made response its and standing between all character and religious priest-in-char ge of the school at and at home. expected students to attend. from recommendations to the members of the school identity of the school are sion of (7) making the faith As priest-in-charge of not put in jeopardy by the Catholic schools in West- school board, the next step Bentley parish. community; (4) provision for a type of commitment of children Bentley parish this con- enrolment of a dispropor- ern Australia the position is for the principal to fol- Catholic schools exist discipline which will and home a condition of cerns me immediately and tionately large number of of the Catholic Education low the normal procedures for more than the proviCommission is clear: (i) and advance the proposed sion of assistance to develop responsibility, their continuing as pupils deeply. non-Catholic students. Also of importance is the Exclusion of a student, policy for the considera- Catholic parents in their truthfulness and social of Santa Clara." fact that the parishioners because of its serious tion of other schools in the efforts to educate their awareness; of Bentley are being asked nature, should seldom if region, since they would be children to know and (5) provision for total to put 50% of their church Non-Catholics ever take place; (ii) when a affected by its adoption. appreciate their faith and growth of the child. funds to run this school. decision on exclusion is As a result of discussion at to develop religious attiThe above quotation is Survey figures I can only justify parish being made by the princi- the level of the regional tudes and Christian values. from a circular dated 15th The commission also pal, the implications for planning coordinating money being used in this Catholic school also December, 1981, pres- Some figures to illustrate way if the school is effec- points out that once non- the student of the contem- committee, consisting of The obligation to help ented to parents at the end the basic problem are tively training young peo- Catholic children are plated action should be principals and an has board of last year. Very few taken from a recent survey, ple in Catholic Christian enrolled they may not be very carefully considered; members .6f other schools, students to develop intelresponded to it in any way. of grades 2-7 and show. faith and practices. e xcluded on religious (iii) good consultation the proposal, perhaps in a lectually, socially, emoDuring the eight months that 62 children have suffi- THERE IS AN AN grounds or be made felt with the parents and others revised form, would be tionally and physically. of this school year, I have cient commitment to NUAL GENERAL ME— unwelcome should there is essential before a deci- raised for the considera- It has to bend its energies watched the staff endea- Catholic principles to ETING OF THE SANTA later be an increased sion is made by a principal tion of the Catholic Educa- to meet the need of the parvouring to implement this r each our minimum CLARA SCHOOL BOA demand for places by to exclude a student from tion Commission, repre- ticular clientele it serves policy, and in my view requirements, 39 children RD TO BE HELD ON Catholic students. "All -the school; (iv) if there is sentative of parents, and it must, therefore, be there are three reasons for are below the minimum TUESDAY NEXT. 26TH students should know and no alternative to exclusion teachers, principals, ter- responsive to the cultural, the partial failure of their but only marginally, and OCTOBER, AT THE feel," the policy continues, the process should be tiary institutions, religious racial, economic, religious efforts:54 should not be in a SCHOOL AT 7.30 p.m. "that they are an integral designed to cause as little o rders, priests and and other circumstances of 1) Lack of parental co- Catholic school. AMONG OTHER THI- part of the total in-school humiliation as possible for bishops. family. operation. This means that six out of NGS THIS POLICY community and that the 2) Wrong influence of ten children are currently WILL BE DISCUSSED. present and future welfare Do you intend to spend your life in God's service? many children. taking the school below a PLEASE SIGN HERE of all students is the con3) The policy as incom- survival level and under- AND RETURN THIS cern of that community." pleted and not enforced. mining the four out of ten SLIP AS PROOF OF On the question of the If you are in your last year at school or (I hope you will notice who come to the minimal R ECEIPT OF THIS enrolment of children of college, this is an important question, one that I hive not included as level of Catholic faith and NOTICE. Catholic parents who are which shouldn't be left until the last minute.
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The following is the text of a circular sent to parents of Santa Clara pupils on December 15, 1981, by Sister M. Dolores, principal of Santa Clara school. During the past year, it 3) provision for growth of has come to the attention compassion and underof the teaching staff that standing between all some parents have been members of the school dissatisfied with certain community; aspects of the school's pol- 4) provision for a type of icy and the educational discipline which will methods in use within the develop responsibility, school. truthfulness and social Whether these parents are awareness; few or many we have no 5) provision for total way of ascertaining, but in growth of the child. fairness to you, we should As a staff, we all recognise like to present some sec- that, in order to educate tions of the school policy your children according to for your perusal in order Catholic Christian princithat you may have the pies, we need your full coopportunity to study it operation. If. your child and, if necessary, ask for senses this co-operation it clarification before enrol- will be reflected in his or ling or re-enrolling your her eagerness to respond child/children for 1982. positively to our guidance. This school is committed A negative attitude on the to inculcating Catholic part of any child quickly C hristian principles conveys itself to other through: children within the school 1) a daily period of reli- and undermines our best gious instruction and efforts on behalf of your prayer; children. 2) provision for the Santa Clara Staff, per: reception of Sacraments; S. M . Dolores 2
The Record, November 4 — 10, 1982
THE BENTLEY TIMETABLE On December 15, 1981, the Santa Clara school principal sent a circular to all parents. On Thursday, October 21, 1982, the priest in charge of Bentley, Father Ted Hewitt sent a circular to parents advising them of a meeting on Tuesday, October 26. At noon on Tuesday, October 26, The Daily News had a copy of the circular and interviewed Father Hewitt. It is understood that the Catholic Education Office had also received a copy of the circular. A representative of the Catholic Education Commission attended Tuesday's meeting as did media representatives.
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On Wednesday, October 27, The Daily News carried a front page story with two banks of 86 pt type heading declaring: Expel Threat From Catholic School. Television channels and radio stations carried interviews with Father Hewitt the same evening. On Thursday, October 28, The West Australian carried a report of the meeting, a picture and interview with Father Hewitt. A Catholic Education Commission spokesman said that a comment would not be made till the matter had been considered "with a view to resolving what could be a difficulty." A Catholic Church Office spokesman said there would be no official comment from the archbishop. The same day, the story was carried nationally in The Australian and in other eastern states media. On Thursday, October 28, the Catholic Education Office released a statement, quoted that evening on radio and television and printed in The West Australian on Friday, October 29, but not mentioned in The Daily News that evening.
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Father Chokolich was Monsignor Barry Hickey study at the University of Originally from Sydney, returns to take charge of W A from which he gradu- Father Fitzgerald came to b orn near the Dalmathe parish where he was ated Master of Social W A shortly after complettian village of Sinj in administrator to Bishop Work following which he ing his secondary studies the at Y ugoslavia and McKeon. became director in 1971 of during which he spent 12 age of eight came to Born in Leonora in 1936, t he newly established m onths as assistant he where A ustralia he was educated by the Catholic Family Welfare organist at St Mary's grew up in Wanneroo. Presentation Sisters at Catherdal. A fter his secondary Wiluna and the Christian He studied for the schooling at CBC Perth in Brothers at Kalgoorlie priesthood in Melbourne 1936 he went to Rome before entering St Charles' and was ordained in where he was ordained in Seminary at Guildford. Decem-ber, 1979, at He further for of studied the years 1941. After two Queens Park. further study he served as priesthood at Propaganda Since then he has been a chaplain to the Middle College, Rome, where he teacher in St Norbert's East RAF FOR 3H years. was ordained in 1958. College and novice master. Returning to Austalia in On his return to Australia He is archdiocesan direc1946 he served at Osborne he spend five years in West tor of the Guild of St Park, Wanneroo, Midland Perth parish before his two Stephen. and Cunderdin before years at Highgate. During becoming first parish pri- this time he built up his Recently Father Fitzgeest of Spearwood in 1949 close association with the rald was one of 69 delefollowed by appointments Italian community which gates at the Norbertine at Toodyay (1958), North he still maintains. general chapter, the first time that the small AusBeach (1967) and Highgate His next move was a fiveyear period of full-time MSGR B. tralian community had (1969). HICKEY been eligible to send a, Bureau now known as representative. The Daughters of Charity When Father Donald Oswin Hughes OMI (pictured Centrecare. It was also an opportunHe down as stepped Sunday NEED YOUR HELP ity for the first Australian above) celebrated his 25 years of priesthood last director earlier this year aunt his from advice Norbertine to visit the he was able to get some very good for their work for the development of the having seen Centrecare rish I mother abbey from 50 celebrating was who underprivileged Sister Oswin Hughes (above) expand its services to fields which priests came to such as Pregnancy Help Mission. the of make the foundation in years as a Sister of Our Lady URGENTLY NEEDED and care for the disabled. WA.. Recently he was named a Sister Oswim had After a period of teaching seminary in Melbourne. Clothing, clean, wearable, — house-hold Father Hughes is a when prelate honour of taken her name in and mission work he came just goods — nick-nacks — ornaments, t o WA to be the founding second son of the five Archbishop Goody religion in 1930 when jewellery, etc. rector of Mazenod College children of William appointed him episcopal t he baby Donald at Lesmurdie after which Hughes, of Fremantle, and Deliver to vicar for social welfare. Hughes was born so he was rector of the Oblate the late Mary Hughes. For the past three months 534 William Street, Highgate he was baptised with he has attended a course in 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111N111111111111111111M1111111111111111Who For Truck to call — Phone 328 4403 his aunt's name. liturgy in Brisbane. Country goods marked "donation" Monsignor Hickey took a Sister Oswim was eduf ree on rail to Kewdale Rail Terminal keen interest in the develcated by the Sisters of St opment of St Charles' Joseph at Fremantle and OPTICIANS AND OPTOMETRISTS Seminary as a residentail worked in her mother's hostel for vocations and business before entering Contact LENS CONSULTANTS for a time was a resident at t he religious life at St Charles'. Highgate. 321 8151 At Queens Park, Father PERTH PICCADILLY ARCADE The Secular Institute of the She has spent most of her William Fitzgerald 0. 321 5304 PERTH 154 WILLIAM STREET religious life, except for Missionaries of the Kingship of Christ Praem. has been C OTTESLOE 19 NAPOLEON STREET 384 5605 FR W. FITZGERALD six years at Highgate, as a appointed parish priest. • A CONSECRATION of poverty. FREMANTLE 30 MARKET STREET 335 2602 her in teacher primary c hastity and obedience in which order's schools at Narneither community living nor work of the Institute identifies members rogin, Wagin and Katan- lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ning. annumminimutimiummiummimmirnimmmumiiimmimitimumium ,,, A challenge for single women to seek PERFECTION with the support of the Helping her celebrate her organization and its members jubilee on Sunday were her EE brothers William Joseph, * A permanent commitment to serve others in the Kingdom of God in the Clothes, kitchen tables and chairs, E-. Preparations are well under way J oseph Thomas and E = spirit of ST. FRANCIS E-_- single and double beds and matfor the Annual Eucharistic Proces- Cornelius. * A worldwide organization founded in Father Don Hughes has tresses, kitchen untensils, cutlery, sion on the Feast of Christ the King. just 1919 and APPROVED by the Sacred returned to Australia a wardrobes, dressing tables, cots, Secuand Religious for ongregation C This year the cele- "Here in Australia, we to take up the position of lar Institutes EE prams, pushers bration will be held for substitute the feast of parish priest in MelAnything useless to you Fr Oliver Goode, OFM, information write the fourth time at the C hrist the King in bourne. He was formerly N ovember when the parish priest of Massie, La Verna Retreat House, may be useful to us , Supreme Court Gardweather is more suitable 39 Sackville St., Kew, Vic. 3101 ens on Sunday, for celebrations in the New Zealand, for six years. November 21 . open air. GIVE 1 "So our festival is to give He spent seven years at St This garden has proved a Charles' before Seminary the whole family of the most popular venue for the Church the opportunity of entering the Oblate ' past few years. The celepublicly professing the Fathers. His studies for the bration will commence Catholic faith in the Real priesthood continued in with music and songs at Presence of Jesus among Ireland where he was 6.30pm. ordained priest in 1957. us. Commenting on the plans for this year's festival, Monsignor P O'Reilly, chairman of the organising committee said that the committee had decided that there would not be a special "theme" this year. "Christ's presence in the Eucharist is a timeless truth and we want to celebrate that Presence among us as a diocesan family," he We are a group of men who together seek God. We seek andfind said. Him through the living of a simple, common life based on the We hope to involve all Catholic (6,,s0s4' sections of the Gospel. Each day we gather six times for prayer and every monk community -- bishops, priests, sisters, acolytes, also spends some time in reflective reading. The remainder of our young people, children; especially those from the day is largely spent in some form of work. Northern hemisphere who miss the great summer proPlease write to Christopher Power OSB, Benedictine Community, New Norcia, Western Australia. 6509 cessions in honour of the Christi, Corpus of feast Monsignor O'Reilly said.
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The hazard of a Catholic weekly newspaper is to put an edition to print on a Wednesday night and then spend the next three days watching the Catholic Church, in the glare of the national media, go through one of its periodic schizophenic lemming performances, to the entertainnent of its critics and the bewilderment of its members. Catholic editors can smile cynically as they are admonished not to print, let alone sensationalise, anything controversial while every Catholic in sight tuned their hearing trumpet and adjusted their bi-focals so as not to miss a word of what became the Bentley Bubble. Ostensibly it should have been no more than a minor flap in downtown Bentley because enrolment policies and their implementation are virtually the province of each local school. It turned out to be more than just the fate of the 54 children who are out of place at Santa Clara. One had to be fairly nimble to keep up with the editions of press, radio and television where the volatile Father Hewitt might appear against a scenario compounded by the thundering silence from official quarters for at least 48 hours even though the Catholic Education Office was appraised of the school meeting and sent a representative. Father Hewitt believes the Santa Clara enrolment policy is adrift. He suggests 12 months for the parents deficient in faith commitment to drop out rather than be shaken out of the system — to shape up or ship out. One anonymous parent was sufficiently jolted by the school circular to shop the problem to The Daily News whose screaming 84pt headline informed the 54 or more children in question that they face expulsion. So far, no one anywhere has bothered to refute that invention which seemed originally to be the only question begging an answer. Widespread support for Father Hewitt is apparent and, as letters in this (and next week's) issue reveal, so are the number of aspects that can be read into the Bentley protest. Some priests believe Father Hewitt has merely faced up to an issue that has plagued Catholic schools for generations. Others claim they are powerless in a system for which they are expected to raise substantial funds from parishioners. Still more clergy, with a widening gulf separating them from state school children, are vocal behind the scenes at trends they see in the enrolment, staffing and quality of religious education in some primary schools and colleges. Some Catholics perceive last week's move as a clarion call to stand up and be counted as people of faith, commitment and principle. How this applies practically to state funded Catholic school enrolment is not altogether clear when only half of Catholic children are being accommodated in the Catholic schools. Others, including some pupils themselves, are not happy with the peer pressure of their less committed companions. Some teachers of religion would welcome a sifting of some of their charges. There is a certain attractiveness about the Church of the Warm Inner Feeling where committed Christians of whatever persuasion will be in friendly company but what happens to those who fall and stumble on the way and do not come up to the median standard, or the teachers made redundant? Finding the practical criteria for faith commitment is likely to be an elusive search in a climate where only 25% of Catholics attend Mass regularly, let alone the rest of the population. If we are finding such trouble in the inner ranks of the 1982 Catholic Church, what are our prospects for evangelising the wider Australian community who must be a shade puzzled at the moment as to whether we want them or not? The situation may not be unlike the proverbial Irishman who said "Do we?" when asked why Irishmen always answer a question with another question. The Bentley school board has done a service to the Church by asking the question. The CEC have answered with an even longer question and there are likely to be many more before ordinary people find out what we are talking about.
Staff concerned at CEC stand Friend departs from G.R. Kemp, Alfred Cove.
from Sisters Thomas OP and Augustine OP, Bentley.
Sir, As a close friend of Father Gore I Sir, was privileged earlier this year to We are alarmed by implications in the Catholic deliver the following words to the Education statement, see page 3 this issue, congregation at a Sunday Mass just which contends that "Catholic schools exist for before he was to return to the more than provision of assistance to Catholic Philippines:
parents in their efforts to educate their children to know and appreciate their faith and to develop religious attitudes and values."
His hair— well, a trifle greyer, His grin — the infectious kind. Handclasp, just as warm as ever, And deep humour that lurks in his mind. One who relates to all people, In his presence a comforting ease, We'd love him to stay much longer But he's got to return overseas. To a land that's beset with problems, Where the future may well bring grim scenes. May the Lord and that guardian angel 'Keep watch — in the Philippines!
Such a statement education, which infuses preted as a compromise can be interpreted to and is totally inseparable with non-Christian values, suggest that Father from every aspect of the is describing rather than Hewitt makes a false child's life and growth, is a contradicting what we percrucial one. It must be so ceive to be Father Hewitt's distinction between unless we are to define notion of full and cohesive education in the faith faith-life in ways other education in the faith. and other aspects of a than those taught by the c hild's development Church. — a suggestion which It seems to us that this w ould suggest a concept is at the root of lamentable ignorance Father Hewitt's concern of the facts involved in and that it is because he from Sandra and Maurice O'Connell, Geraldton. this controversy as does not wish the childSir, well as a questioning ren's growth to be cornThere is no doubt of double standards existing of Father Hewitt's partmentalised and their intelligence and theo- lives sundered by conflict- between what is taught at school and what is done at ing values that he insists on logical expertise. home. Pope John Paul, as Cardinal Wotyla, wrote in
Double standards exist
co-operation from those If, on the other hand, no 1974, "We are facing the final confrontation between parents. such implication were intended, the statement We feel in addition that Church and anti-Church, the gospel and the antican be read only to mean the reference to the gospel." that the CEC itself makes Catholic school's responsithis artificial distinction. bility "to bend its energies Christ told us to have In our understanding of to meet the needs of the nothing to do with people the scope of Catholic edu- particular clientele it who reject his message Send us a leiter and have your otif 1.4 440*:L cation the concept of faith- serves", if not to be inter- (Matt. 10,14). Yet, he said You can Virite on any sublact you want he came to help the sinner . government decisions and policy, mot:twin "t your (those with a poor faithneighbourhood. television . . artythiftg that tafet* your life. , commitment). We believe Post your letter to Today's Mail The a balanced judgement is Box 50, Perth, Aberdeen Street, 6000. required in assessing the PrefesenVe wilf-be given to short •••;..r.:;..*.isoi isttera. : faith-commitment of Catholics. cals such as Messenger, It would seem Christ mind of Christ. would condone the with- Those Catholics who Majellan and The Record. drawal of pupils whose receive the sacraments In all this the parish is in a Catholic parents do not at infrequently and have sound position to judge least receive the sacramen- meagre involvement in individual performance from C. Eileen La/or, Sorrento. ts despite all efforts by the parish life need the support and patticipation. parish to help them. This of their parish and should W e believe that lax Sir, same group of Catholics be listed as requiring visits Catholics who do at least I congratulate Father Hewitt on the would likewise not partici- from fully committed the sacraments, attitude he has taken on the lack of pate in any Catholic Catholics as well as the receive perhaps infrequently, do parish priest. practising Christians sending their activities. have the potential for After the pupils are with- They should be invited to further growth in their children to Church schools. drawn the parents could parish activities and faith. One must only conclude that the parents wish their begin to prove their growth - sessions, prayer children to be on a higher social level than the ordinary growth in the faith in the groups, Christian Life- C ongratulations to pupils attending state schools. Why else do they use the parish -- which many lax Groups, St V de P., Mar- Father Hewitt for provokCatholic schools? Catholics see only in terms riage Encounter, Parish ing thought on a topic vital R enewal, Renewal of to furtherance of the gosMany practising Catholics cannot afford to send their of the school. children to the Catholic schools anyway and this has They need to see the par- Faith, Cursillo, Majellans. pel message. It is pleasing been the case for many years. Complaints to the ish !nore in terms of sacra- They could be encouraged that he has stirred up this Cat holic Education Commission do not even merit a mehtal and parish life. The to read religious periodi- hornet's nest. reply as I and others have found out in the past. sacraments are the lifeThere will be one priest ordained for Perth archdio- blood of our Catholic faith cese this year and none for the following three years. and without which we canSurely the powers that be must see that the Catholic not perform our works of school system has not worked. charity according to the
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Priests voice support from Father Pat Jackson SAC, secretary, South Perth zone of priests.
Sir, The majority of priests of the South Perth zone meeting on Thursday, October 28, wish to endorse the courageous action of Father Ted • Hewitt, Santa Clara, Ben• • tley, for standing up for • principles of Catholic • education.
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His over-riding concern we agree with, namely: If parents are the prime educators in faith, if the home has an indelible effect on a young person, surely, the double standards of parents
is to be deplored. If parents pay lip service to Catholic education, by simply sending their children to Catholic schools without living the faith at home, they effectively undermine the purposes of Catholic education. If, in fact, the non-Christian attitude from the home is becoming too great an influence in the Catholic school, the parish priest, responsible for the faith life of the parish, of which the school is only a part, must do something to remedy the situation. Realising the special circumstance of Father Hewitt which requires action, perhaps not called for in every situation, we priests, nevertheless, commend him for having the courage to stand up and speak out on this important issue.
from Bill Smith, Riverton.
Sir, I support Father Hewitt's stand and it is regretful he did not receive any positive support from the hierarchy of Perth archdiocese. It is like a breath of fresh their children to Catholic air to have someone stand schools for secular reasons up for Catholic principles of obtaining better disciwithout fear of being ridic- pline and not necessarily a uled or censored. For too formation in the Catholic long Catholics have faith. accepted a wishy-washy watered down approach to The history of Catholic their faith and religion in education in Australia has Catholic schools generally. many such people as The Catholic Education Father Hewitt who were Commission was very not afraid to stand up and hasty in condemning defend Catholic principles. Father Hewitt's stand. Unfortunately today, Whom were they afraid of Father Hewitt seems to be o ffending? Maybe the a lone voice in the trendy clientele who send Wilderness.
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US bishops adamant on nuclear war 'no'
W ASHINGTON (NC) — "We are sure of one moral imperative: a rejection of nuclear war," declares the second draft of a planned national pastoral letter on war and peace by the Catholic bishops of the United States. "Our arguments in this pastoral must be detailed and nuanced; but our 'no' to nuclear war must, in the end, be definitive and decisive," it says. T he new draft acknowledges "some legiti- nuclear war not justified by strategy which could not be morally implemented; repeats the moral con- mate use of force," says the rational policies. demnation of some new document, "contem- • "As regards so-called and porary nuclear strategies limited nuclear war, the 5) The continued escalaa spects of current U.S. push moral limits issue at stake is the real as tion of the nuclear arms nuclear deterrence beyondthe the permissible." opposed to the theoretical race with its diversion of policy that was conof keeping such r esources from other tained in the first draft "Certain aspects of both possibility U.S. and Soviet nuclear a war limited and within needs. of the letter. the stringent bounds of the strategies
Being late is the secret BOSTON (NC) — The secret of life, according to Father Angus Joseph Walker, is to do everything late. At least, says the member of the Missionary Society of the Holy Apostles who was ordained last month at the age of 77, it works for him.
fail to meet the But it goes beyond the limits imposed by the requirements for a just The bishops urged supfirst draft in giving a more moral principles of dis- war. The range of gravely port for an immediate, nuclear detailed analysis of what crimination and propor- important questions sur- verifiable bilateral bilateral negotiated freeze, Father J. Patrick Boyhan, supervisor shortly after his wife of 51 years died. of policies or policy kinds tionality in the justifiable rounding those issues "'deep cuts" in current U.S. of the order's North American province He is the grandfather of 18 and greatgoals it can support or use of force," it says. makes us sceptical about and Soviet arsenals, a Walker's application, grandfather of one. must oppose. t he real meaning of Comprehensive Test Ban recalled Father "One look at him and I knew we had a Age can be an asset, he believes. It also goes further in Addressing specific issues limited." removal of very young man at the doorstep," 39- "Grandma Moses was painting when explicitly challenging the concerning the use of Moving from moral con- Treaty, and the nuclear weapons from year-old Father Boyhan said, "and I she was 100. At 94, Bertrand Russell all nuclear weapons, the comcurrent international politdemnations of, or serious border areas by all parties, probably in better shape was teaching at Oxford. At 92 George ical order and offering an mittee said: moral questions about, all coupled with increased realised he was Bernard Shaw wrote Far-fetched than 1." alternative geopolitical • "Under no circumstan- forms of use of nuclear against inadverFather Walker was accepted by the Fables. So if the good Lord be willing, 1 framework for achieving ces may nuclear weapons weapons, the new pastoral controls unauthorised use of Holy Apostles Seminary in 1980, have plenty of years left." and maintaining peace and or other instruments of draft addresses the issue of tant or nuclear weapons. tactical justice. At one point it calls mass slaughter be used for nuclear deterrence. the 300-year-old political the purpose of destroying It calls the actual initiaprinciple of absolute population centres or tion of nuclear war "one of national sovereignty other predominantly civ- the worst political and ilian targets. Although moral evils which could be obsolete. Rejecting any simplistic moralists are divided on perpetrated," and comsolutions to world peace or questions of indirect ments: disarmament, the new attacks on civilians, we "The purpose of deter- LISBON, Portugal (NC) — A court draft calls for "a major nonetheless feel obliged, as rence is to prevent this psychological testing for effort of intelligence and a matter of practical moral actuality, but the moral ordered courage" to overcome the guidance, to register our problem of nuclear deter- Father Juan Fernandez Krohn, an "supreme crisis" of nuclear ,opposition to a policy of rence relates to the method illicitly ordained priest who tried to war threatening the exist- a ttacking targets . . . by which prevention is May in sorry for his sins, "espe- Fernandez Krohn in prikill Pope John Paul II last M (whose destruction) would accomplished." ence of the earth. cially sins against purity son says that he decided to Fatima, Portugal. The draft is to be dis- devastate the nearby popu- The committee's draft during my university life kill Pope John Paul while cussed at length by the lation centres. The relevant document identified five and those of my fascist watching television reports country's bishops at their moral principle in this case basic moral issues involved Father Fernandez Krohn, sanctuary. annual meeting in mid- is the disproportionate in a policy of nuclear a 33-year-old Spaniard, Asked whether he regret- past, but not for the action on the assassination of appeared in court barefoot ted his action, the Spa- at Fatima." Egyptian President Anwar damage which would be deterrence: November. and dressed in a green cas- niard replied that he was A diary written by Father Sadat. An extraordinary national done to human life. 1) The possession of weameeting seems likely to be • "We do not perceive pons of mass destruction; sock with a red heart called next spring for the any situation in which the 2) The accompanying stitched on it. bishops to debate and vote deliberate initiation of threat and-or intention to Father Fernandez Krohn on a final version. nuclear war, on however use them; said he intended to stab The committee writing restricted a scale, can be 3) The declared, or at Pope John Paul in the the pastoral letter is morally justified. Non- least not repudiated, wil- heart . "in legitimate headed by Archbishop nuclear attacks by another lingness to use such wea- defence of the Church".and Joseph L. Bernardin, of state must be resisted by pons on civilians; he accused the pope of LIMA, Peru — A new language about God is emerging Chicago. other than nuclear means 4) The moral significance "demolishing the Catholic from the sufferings and hopes of the poor in Latin AmerThe latest draft, 120 . . . We find the moral of the prevention of use of Church." ica, Father Gustavo Gutierrez, a professor at the typewritten pages long, responsibility of beginning nuclear weapons through a considerably expands and T he Spaniard was Catholic University in Lima and a leading advocate of clarifies the controversial II ordained to the priesthood liberation theology, said. first draft, a 70-page docuin 1978 by suspended ment that became public in French Archbishop Mar- "Little by little we are 'that has developed from dimension, it is more than June. GENEVA, Switzerland (NC) — "Disap- cel Lefebvre, but later finding a language of con- solidarity with the people. just political, Father In their second version of pearance" has become a euphemism for broke with the archbishop templation and a prophetic "To speak of the God of Gutierrez said. "One the letter, the five bishops and his Society of St. Pius language for speaking the Bible can be danger- aspect of salvation is polition the committee state government terrorism against political X. about God," he said. "The ous," Father Gutierrez cal, but the theology of their opposition to current opponents in 22 countries, including 10 in language of contemplation said. "If you are speaking liberation is not only a nuclear policy more Latin America, said an annual report by the The priest said he decided recognises that all comes about poverty, you are theology of political liberaU.N. Human Rights Committee. bluntly. to use a knife rather than a from the love of God and called political, Marxist or tion. There are other liberT hey more clearly "The victims are either simply never heard of again, firearm or grenade against the prophetic language revolutionary." ations too — liberation of address the letter to the reappear bearing the scars of torture or are found dead, the pope for three reasons: denounces oppression and A lthough liberation the human person and libpublic at large. They spell often with their bodies mutilated beyond recognition," He did not wish to harm its structural causes." theology has a political eration from sin." out the bishops' goal: to said the committee, which is made up of 18 independent innocent victims; he did Father Gutierrez said influence the U.S. govern- legal experts. not want to disturb wor- Archbishop Oscar Romero ment by forming "a public Such abductions are often carried out by police, mil- shippers of Our Lady of of San Salvador, El Salvagovernment but are attitude which sets string- itary or paramilitary forces of the Fatima; and he did not dor, was assassinated ent limits" on U.S. nuclear against the laws of the states where they occur, the want to "profane" the holi- because he was "speaking defence policy. report said. It called on governments to take tougher ness of the Fatima about God" in the new way Even within the just-war measures against such activities and establish special BOGOTA, Colombia — Although Marxism moral tradition that safeguards against them. influences some sectors of the Latin Ameri-
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Cardinal defends the right to speak MANILA, Philippines (NC) — Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila has defended priests who are critical of the social situation in the Philippines and speak out in defence of ordinary people, especially the poor. "No layman is ready to speak out right view by military forces who said that he now," said the cardinal. "If you are a had joined communist guerrillas in the layman now, you will land in the stock- northern Philippines. ade. So the priest takes over. If nobody releases the feelings of the people, there Other incidents in October including the detaining of a Filipino priest runwill be a revolution." Cardinal Sin was commenting on a ning a social action centre on the central series of incidents involving conflicts island of Samar and an Australian priest arrested in Negros Island on charges between priests and security agents. One priest, Father Zacarias Agatep, of possessing explosives and inciting was killed several days before the inter- rebellion.
Book reveals many missing
can church, its impact is limited and indirect, said Archbishop Trujillo of Medellin, president of the Latin American bishops' conference.
"It is primarily an intellectual phenomenon," Archbishop Lopez said. "There are some theologians who use BUENOS AIRES, persons since the military Marxist analysis, and their books are read but I don't to power in March believe this has a strong impact. At the basic level, the Argentina (NC) — came 1976. Estimates by human Church instinctively rejects those opinions." CathArgentine The He added that Marxist influence was "practically rights groups of the olics have published a number missing range nonexistent" among the Latin American hierarchy. book containing a from 6,000 to 15,000. He said the main body of the Latin American church series of previously In 1976, at the height of operated in accordance with the teachings of Vatican II, private communi- the anti-insurgency opera- Pope Paul VI's 1967 encyclical "Populorum Progresques to the military tions against guerrillas, the sio" (Development of Peoples) and the CELAM confergovernment on be- bishop condemned "assas- ences at Medellin in 1968 and Puebla, Mexico, in 1979. half of political pri- sination, direct or after "The Puebla conference has deeply marked the life of of anyone the Church," Archbishop Lopez said. "We couldn't soners and families of abduction, regardless of his or her explain anything today in Latin America without people missing after (political) affiliation." Puebla." being abducted. They criticised indiscrimHe said this influence was seen particularly in theoThe publication came as inate detention, long incar- logical deepening, renewal of social doctrine and pasthe government faces ceration, holding prisoners toral renewal. The renewal of social doctrine, he said, increasing civilian pres- incommunicado and has enabled the Church to achieve greater independence sures to account for the denial of religious services from the "ideologies" of Marxism, capitalism and national security. large -number of missing to prisoners.
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concerns, though not of the questionable financial type, are among the areas of interest of a Fremantle priest. The bottom-of -the-harbour It involved leaving the moving performed and the spiritual guidance vessels, or rather the crews that Melbourne by boat and boarding the of families to be attended to. man them, that receive the other ship travelling at speed up a rope There are inter-denominational attention of Father Max Davis ladder dangling over the side into the chapels at both Leeuwin and Stirling. sea. At least twice a year, Father Davis are the Allied submarines Father Davis brought the which call periodically at HMAS sacraments and the Mass from ship to spends a fortnight or so at the Harold E Holt base at Exmouth. The visits are Stirling, the Garden Island base. ship.
valued by Navy families there and by Father Davis, the permanent Space was made available for the chaplain himself and regarded as Catholic chaplain at HMAS Leeuwin confessions and the Mass — at Fremantle, is one of only six in the sometimes the captain's cabin, constructive liaison by Navy headquarters in Fremantle. whole RAN. sometimes the sick bay or the The main purpose of the chaplain The cheery cleric likes to recall his cafeteria. days as fleet chaplain carried aboard For some of the crews it was the first living at Leeuwin is to give close HMAS Melbourne. time that they had seen a priest for 12 attention to the recruits training there, "I used to tell my fellow priests on months. Often the commanding largely aged from 15x to 1611. He gives them religious instruction, the rare occasions thatImet them," he officer would ask him to conduct a reminisces, "that mine was the only prayer service for all denominations, a conducts character guidance courses presbytery in Australia completely task facilitated by a special prayer for them, prepares them for surrounded by water that had aircraft book compiled as a combined exercise confirmation, celebrates Mass with landing on its roof." by Navy chaplains of various faiths. the recruits singing and acting as He feels that the isolation from their Incidentally, about 29 per cent of readers, hears their confessions and fellow priests experienced by Navy R AN personnel are Catholics generally acts as a surrogate father. "They are fine young men who chaplains at sea is something akin to compared with about 27 per cent in respond well to interest shown in one of the difficulties of missionary the total Australian population. priests working alone in remote areas. "It is difficult for sailors to maintain them," he says. His "presbytery" aboard the aircraft good Catholic practice," Father Davis Father Davis makes contact with carrier was a steel-sided space says, "simply because they have only the chaplains of visiting naval ships. approximately 10 feet long by seven limited opportunities to attend Mass Sometimes he supplies them with feet high by six feet wide. items such as altar wines and breads, or partake of the sacraments. "It was my bedroom, office and "But sailors, you might be surprised missals and bibles. lounge room although it didn't have a to learn, are very religious with a deep The smaller American warships and kitchen," he recalls, "but at least I respect for God and his ways born of submarines do not carry chaplains but didn't have to share it with another their confrontation with the mighty a number of them have what are called officer." lay eucharistic ministers — sea. "Their strong basic faith buoys approximately the equivalent of an them up through the difficulties of acolyte. S FLEET CHAPLAIN he separation from their loved ones and They are given initial acolyte-type moved from ship to ship at sea, which their lack of opportunity to join in training followed by further spiritual could be a hair-raising experience. He normal church life. training in Navy circumstances by was dangled from a helicopter on the "They are often rough diamonds, U.S. base chaplains. end of a cable, transferred by jackstay but the diamond shines through." Sometimes by the time they call at — a sort of flying fox — over heaving Fremantle they are short of seas, moved by bobbing boat to climb consecrated hosts and Father Davis up a bobbing rope ladder and once — ATHER Davis spends a supplies the deficiency, or if they are the only time he got wet — was considerable amount of time on over-supplied he takes the surplus. required to board another ship by normal parish priest duties working Catholic chaplains of the RAN are means of what is called a steaming with the families of Navy personnel now in the course of preparing a ladder. based at Leeuwin and Stirling. similar training scheme for lay Navy This last exercise was indeed There is counselling to be done, personnel who could perhaps be perilous. marriages and baptisms to be acolytes.
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ATHER MAX LEROY DAVIS, the Royal/Australian Navy's full-time chaplain in Western Australia, was born at Townsville, Queensland, in 1945. At the age of about three months he moved to WA with his parents and was baptised at St Joseph's Church, Subiaco. His father, the late Frederick, was a West Australian who had served in the RAAF during the war and married a Queensland girl, Agatha, who now lives at Morley. Young Max was educated at the Brigidine Convent, Wembley, Mary's Mount, CBC Leederville, CBHS Highgate and St Charles' Seminary. He left the seminary and sold travel goods for Foy and Gibson before enlisting in the Navy late in 1961. After. qualifying as an electrical mechanic he first went to sea in HMAS Quiberon, but his vocation to the priesthood was still strong and in 1964 he was discharged from the Navy to start his priestly studies as a secular student at New Norcia. He continued these studies at the Manly seminary in NSW, was ordained at New Norcia first as a sub-deacon and then a deacon and finally as a priest in 1971. He served in the Moora and Northam parishes before being appointed a Navy chaplain late in 1975 at the NSW shore base HMAS Nirimba. He was at the Victorian shore base HMAS Cerberus for 21/2 years, fleet chaplain at sea aboard HMAS Melbourne for two years and took up his present posting at HMAS Leeuwin at Fremantle in June, 1980. As one of only six permanent Catholic chaplains in the whole of RAN, his "parish" includes HMAS Leeuwin, HMAS Stirling (the Garden Island naval base), the Army's Campbell Barracks at Swanbourne and the Harold E. Holt base at Exmouth.
• Interest in a cannoni At HMAS Stirling, inspecting a cannon from the wreck of the Dutch merchantman Batavia with Father Davies' are junior recruits Justin Connellan (16), of NSW, (centre) and Andrew Evans (16), of Armadale.
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Stirling with whose YPICAL of the vessels calling at crews Father Davis has some contact is the USS San Francisco. One of the most modern in the US Navy's newest class of nuclear -powered fast attack submarines, she moved into Stirling five months after having sailed from her home Port Pearl Harbour and with her last port of call Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
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She does not have to rely on a snorkel for her air supply when subIn her crew is Sonar Seaman Dou- the pressurised water is transferred to merged. She has equipment that glas Coutts, one of the lay eucharistic a secondary system to boil water into extracts the hydrogen and oxygen ministers described by Father Davis steam. This secondary system is isofrom the sea water that is her element, as serving in the US Navy. That navy lated from the primary system. and expels the respirated carbon mon- now, however, tends to shorten his From the steam generators, steam oxide into the ocean. flows to the engine room where it title to lay Catholic leader. She's mighty big for a submarine, turbo-generators, which Regrettably from our viewpoint but drives the too. with electricity, and the ship supply Carrying a crew of 127, she is 109 doubtless not from his after such a the main propulsion turbines which was on Douglas period at sea, long metres long, has a beam of 10 metres, drive the propellor. After passing • a surface displacement of 6,200 tonnes shore leave when we were shown over through the turbines, the steam is Francisco. San and a submerged displacement of condensed and the water is fed back to 6,900 tonnes. She can dive to a depth The power plant of the submarine is the steam generators by the feed guardedly stated as' "in excess of 121 based on a nuclear reactor which pro- pumps. metres" and her speed is coyly given as vides heat for the generation of steam. There is no step in the generation of "in excess of 20 knots." This, in turn, drives the main propul- this power which requires the presApparently with somewhat less fear sion turbines and the ship's turbo- ence of air or oxygen. This fact alone of falling over the edge of the classifed generators for electric power. allows the ship to operate completely information abyss, it is vouchsafed The primary system is a circulating independent from the earth's atmosthat she carries four 21in torpedo water cycle and consists of the reactor, phere for extended periods of time. tubes and has a complement of 12 loops of piping, primary coolant During the operation of the nuclear officers and 115 enlisted men. pumps and steam generators. Heat power plant high levels of radiation It************************ produced in the reactor by nuclear exist around the reactor and personfission is transferred to the circulating nel are not permitted to enter-the reacR AAF Uniting Church chaprimary coolant water which is pres- tor compartment. Heavy shielding plain Squadron-Leader surised to prevent boiling. protects the crew so that the crew John Dunn (right) is greeted This water is then pumped through member receives less radiation on the system generator and back into submerged patrol than he would by an officer of the USS San the reactor by the primary coolant receive from natural sources ashore. Francisco, Lieutenant One wonders how the dour Captain pumps for re-heating in the next cycle. Commander Wally Wagegenerator, the heat of Stirling would have viewed all this the steam In maker. high technology lying snug alongside one of the modern wharves of the base named after him and manned by his naval successors as he and his little band of first settlers were buffetted there by the wild June of 1829. The nine kilometre by two kilometre island has indeed been transformed over the past decade. The metamorphosis, however, has taken place on only a relatively small portion of it. The island is a nature reserve to protect the flora and fauna — including the rare quokka — like and is in animal called the tammar better condition now than when it was the site of the shacks of the unfettered holiday-makers. New brick-and-tile quarters with all mod cons house the single sailors. The married matelots live ashore and commute across the causeway to work.
USS San Francisco at HMAS Stirling
HERE are some Wrans there, T mainly working in jobs such as steno-
graphers and stewards, but the personnel are mainly male. Some operate sophisticated equipment to provide technical assistance to naval ships and others furnish stores, victualling, clothing, pay and personnel services. The naval police are responsible for general security and protection of the valuable assets now in place there. Another of their duties is firefighting, and the possibility of an outbreak keeps them constantly on their toes. They know full well that the 1,214 hectares of the island contain plenty of fuel for flames. However, the firebreaks they have bulldozed and the modern equipment at their disposal are confidencebuilders. All in all, that early naval person Stirling looking down at HIS base should be well pleased.
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Sadly, this story and similar ones are becoming more common. Statistically speaking, Catholics who marry today will stand a nearly 50 per cent chance that their marriages will end in divorce, There are, of course, many reasons why marriages fail — not the least of which is society's more accepting attitude toward divorce and remarriage. Lacking firmer social pressure and support, many couples choose to split when serious problems arise, rather than to resolve the problems. To offset the growing vulnerability of marriage, couples are discovering a need to devote more time and energy to their relationships The relationship cannot be taken for granted, a kind of vague backdrop for the marriage. Rather, the relationship warrants the kind of attention that one gives, say, to a career or to childbearing. Communication, of course, plays major role in marriage and deserves deserves special attention. In practically every survey, couples list it as the single most important factor for a healthy marital relationship. Family therapist Virginia Satir says that all communication has to learned and that couples can learn to communicate more effectively. In this regard, emphasis frequently is given to developing listening skills — attempting to understand not only words that are spoken but also the feelings behind them. Another important aspect of marital communication is the couple's ability to handle disagree-
THE LORD MUST R By Father John Castelot
ments constructively. Studies have shown that couples who communicate their disagreements effectively report greater marital satisfaction, Couples, therefore, can help ensure a more harmonious relationship if they take care to learn how to handle disagreements constructively. Greater satisfaction in marriage is also reported by those couples who freely and easily communicate love and affection to one another. Husbands and wives should help each other be aware of their wishes and needs in regard to the expression of love and affection, including sexual fulfillment. In the give-and-take of living closely together — with all the foibles involved — couples can easily fall prey to mutual criticism. Rather than succumb to this destructive trait, husbands and wives need to think more in terms of how they can affirm one another. Affirmation not only enhances the other's feeling of self-worth, it is also a meaningful expression of love. The couple's emotional satisfaction is a factor in a successful marriage. While numerous factors contribute to emotional satisfaction in marriage, two,that appear to be important to many couples today involve role flexibility and respect for differences. Role flexibility means that a couple chooses to look at all the roles and responsibilities that exist in marriage and make decisions about how these will be carried out. Some will choose to carry out these roles much as they have been performed traditionally — and
find emotioal satisfaction that way. Others mavcheose to carry roles out differemv, For example they smhaayredm ilfl nsdkswo ecoidree gs egiyheinhtuhsebata cooking, hoceiteping and child rearing, whiletk wife will undertake responOdities related to family incept, paying bills and performing Rosary household maintenance cres. This may represent the pith to emotional satisfaction foriem. .A second pint related to emotional satislution in marriage involves respctfor personal differences . A husband and wife undoubtedh ill enjoy many things in merlon. But each partner willsill possess unique preferences Ind interests. One partner mapat more of a need for quiet timd solitude than the other, fOrnple. Whenever possible, sun ifferences should be openly altdind respected. Finally, for:lholic Christians, prayer, worshpind belief in a loving God seats play important roles in matal satisfaction. A recent study soled that the active practice of tilt- faith meant greater satisfAn in marriage for Catholics. i
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lingness. Among them is the prac- * The faith dimension is important too. Some couple Mrs Gresham quite well. He by in my 20s." Interestingly, it was during this tice of consultation concerning * her * "bring more spiritual energy to the inevitable crises they iaopqpurierciinagtesdpihrietr. fine mind and period that Lewis wrote what important decisions. This recog- 3 • encounter," Father Young said. Sometimes this can Lewis married her in a civil many critics believe is his finest nises that resources, psychological * * give them the extra push needed to work through a ceremony which assured her right book, "Till We Have Faces," a as well as material, are held in corn- 3 to remain in England. Neither con- story about human and divine ,m .,,he resources are "ours," not : ,moinn.eT problem." this a marriage in the love. Sometimes a third party, a pastoral minister or a coun- sidered Christian sense, and they con- His wife's cancer did recur, how- Practically, this means that we i: sellor, can help a couple handle conflict and "get beyond t inued to live in separate ever, and ultimately claimed her will decide together how we use * an impasse," according to the Paulist priest. residences. life. During her final days, Lewis everything, from time to money,: When it was discovered that Mrs wrote a poem in which he des- with respect for each other's needs 3 Another source of help for married persons is couplehad bone cancer, both of cribed her as the one who made his and limitations. It also means a * to couple ministry which Father Young called a "hope- Lewis them wanted to be married in the heart a bridge by which he could commitment to share thoughts, 4; ful development in parish life". eyes of their church, the Church of connect with all of life. feelings, -inner experiences. This : Calling himself a "believer in the support group phe- England. His deep sorrow is evident in the may require as much generosity * They were married in her hospital last line of the poem, "And now the and faith as the sharing of bed and * nomenon," Father Young said that often couples * with only the Anglican priest bridge is breaking." room * food and friends. 'encountering conflict feel they have no resources. Then * and Lewis' brother present. The The bridge is an apt metaphor for * they are tempted to shove their problems under a carpe priest prayed for Mrs Lewis' * marriage as and for heart — the where the problems tend to escalate. "Being able to recovery. well. Two lives — two worlds — MARRIAGE does not : Lewis took his wife home, pre- are connected in such a way that exclude the value of some solitude, * open up with caring friends makes a big difference," sumably to die. The opposite something new comes into however, I agree with the poet 1: Father Young finds. happened. Rainer Maria Rilke who said that * existence. He noted that the U.S. bishops have encouraged para good marriage is not one in: individuals do not course, the Of committees. and teams family life establish ishes to which all differences and distinc- * ER PAIN lessened, her disappear. But the individuals tions collapse, but one in which: These usually include married people the pastor can turn showed of a the demands submit to must tests mobility returned and each partner protects and guards * to when couples ask for help, he explained. the cancer cells were not mul- life together if a true marriage is to *
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Y lEVENTEEN years of married life have provided me with sore unique events and experiences for personal growth. I can thir( of numerous events that occurred because of my marriagi and that changed me in some positive way, or that gave mea new perspective on myself and on my life.
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the other's solitude. 4( In marriage, the gifts and talents * * of each one can be honoured. * Lewis' story is revealing. His * initial decision to marry Mrs Gre-: sham opened the way to a love that * went deeper than friendship. But it .44: also opened him to the experience * * of heartbreak and grief. * This is, of course, a reality that * every couple must face. The other : side of love is loss. No one is * exempt from this experience. The : * bridge breaks for each person. But if we have developed through 1: all the little deaths in marriage, we * will know with certitude the truth : that with God, "Love is stronger * than death," as we hear in the Old : * Testament Song of Songs. The Bridge will never be : * destroyed. *
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have , I remember coming home one for what she was doing. AndI never felt a more tangible expresfinding not and recently afternoon * it the Israelites to grow their crops. and despised, those who count for spared by the canny intercession of power brought me the victory'." * her there asIhad expected. When sion of total forgiveness than in her * Then they would swoop down and nothing, to reduce to nothing those his father. Now he is ready to fulfill The authors want it understood she finally returned, I flew into words, "That's OK, Dad." * .. * GIDEON was a truly ravage the produce. Flocks and who were something so that man- his mission impossible. * what seemed to me a justified rage. that this is truly God's victory. So . * * The last experience I want to When I gave her time to explain, * outstanding recipient herds were stolen and the danger of kind can do no boasting before by a process of elimination Gideon 'V in "Many end marriages expression sensual mention is the a helping been had real. she all too starvation was that God." (1 Cor. 1:28-29) said she whittles his troops down to 300 divorce because couples are : * 3 of God's spirit, in the . kindergartener find her way home. of affection between husband and men, making the odds humanly One day Gideon was furtively 4( not expecting change in : ...,i* * estimation of characteris- wife. I am struck by the trust that .......„-,....-0' x Again the people turned back to threshing wheat in a sunken winethe her of one granted been Sign had It impossible. nd his reflexes themselves and in their rela- * both * affection in expression of , ,,, :,...0.‘ ,,,,.., e this sheercy. ndosugofh,m * sacred historians of the God they had offended. As press to avoid detection by the But by clever strategy, this little a ,, ,, ,, , titnettre°11i;lit me. I remind tic reureraen Cri4h7li:See tionship; and when change : and spirit presupposes and „,..„ body . , usual, he heard their cries and Midianites. The angel of the Lord * bTi hdt surrounds the henemy ei70nalst rgstenlfe tahabtettthfli erieanhcde sbmetatke * Israel. They devoted raised up a savior, this time a man should have left helps to develop more fully. It whether comes, in early : appeared to him — a symbol of the The invaders are massed in the n * r- a note telling me what she was involves an openness linked to a * three long chapters to named Gideon. or in marriage midlife or * great valley of Jezreel, a and a sudden show of torches, divine presence. person soma' nd it really is.I doing. Nevertheless after I calmed profound sense of caring and of * ......... after the ble children are raised, : force. But "the spiri . * an account of his r o m fidth ae gives the impression of a vast force am growing, and trust in my dfoicUedtwbntu'orsimt.aeIP.totluo)treicgletroselLrefdoirumstiy_ being cared for in return. When Gideon protested that he Lord enveloped Gideon." He sends encircling the enemy. they panic and give up on : irn to build her his • exploits in am the to save Israel, the Old was helpless TesI on. * out messengers to the neighbour- Thrown into utter confusion, the s Insignificant son k ,' the marriage relationship." 3 * -ueyisttcheoeno o%0. II. Lord said, "I shall be with you." onrnfildaro ursilldfm lc fm l a s e the experience of an lead to can It * tament book of Judges ing tribes requesting reinforce- enemy camp becomes a chaos. ' - (Father James Young, : * In answer to Gideon's plea for ments. Still wanting to be sure that 1 I learned then that apologising joy of unity in a fragmented world. Iosreasecal ipsesa arveei cieu orhscueed oarned. * (Chapters 6-8). * 1982.). enriching experience. It can be an experience of gentleGideon was, by is own admission, some sign of reassurance, the God is really with him, he asks for defeated, an he arrived be time home can recalls a Hengesbach * Theodore Israel g s „,, , espect for him Apologies are probably necessary atnininin "I do wish that amhgim the most insignificant son of the angel, by a simple touch, brings another sign, and it is granted. couples * : is sometimes world that a ness in rY there. He was quite not The people and his teenage daughter was t at atrheesyo impressed him t withbe and demo.nstf141.,it by letting 3 The scene is set in the usual lowliest family in his tribe. This fire from the rock on which Gideon make greater spirit- : in every relationship at some time harsh. * ask to i en he gave her time to explain, would shseenzbubteevvrh l iiratiab * fashion: "The Israelites offended alerts us to the fact that-by himself has placed an offering of meat and Gideon's call for help is answered Gideon igs ee.tsrdh hi:ydr:igehttna7tInsiteutaitmioensst. =i; ge 1;12 0 :1 0 7 other. or ual preparation for mar- I: so generously that he soon has a their king. But he replies: "I will * the Lord, who therefore delivered he could never have accomplished unleavened cakes, helping a kindergartener find riage, perhaps even making * . In marriage, I have been led into * error sizable army encamped near the not rule over you, nor shall my son * them into the power of Midian for the feats he performed. closer where grown in people experiences I have her way home after the lost child had appeared in front of It My high school rience that draws two Emboldened, Gideon proceeds to spring of Harod. But the Lord rule over you. The Lord must rule really are woli, * seven years." trust, respect and care for others. their home. It had been one of her characteristic errands of daughter's e' tint independ- together. It underscores the truth that God destroy the idolatrous shrine at speaks again: "You have too many over you." * r,al These experiences have heightened hateiu 4 It was a desperate situation. was really responsible for his suc- which his neighbours have been soldiers with you to deliver Midian Gideon has learned well: the ence and regless to help others lleodggizeidngthtaot my dwaausgv the dingbefore * my sense of delight in every aspect mercy. John Lawlor plays the father of a teenager in * These invaders would swarm over cess. As Paul put it centuries later, worshipping. Infuriated, they into their power, lest Israel vaunt Spirit of the Lord has triumphed; s ome led me to acknowledged * Us?" special, "Why comedy Henry Fehren, 1982.) NBC 1981 * * exasperSation * the land like locusts and wait for God "chose the world's lowborn threaten to kill him. But he is itself against me and say, 'My own the Lord must rule. * ********************************************************************************************************************* *h*a:*****1* *********4,***b*1:* *f*n* Iy* *lif*e.*************************************************************************************** : tI * t *I * reit7=friilk-7**° to*: ritatiol ,d* *I 4(
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Aged hostel work starts Construction of the Joseph Cooke frail aged hostel has begun at Rossmoyne and applications are now being taken for the 42 single bedrooms in the building. Named after the late The residents will be in ern Cross have undertaken Senator Joseph Cooke, the care of staff who will t o raise the further the frail aged hostel is have their units in the hos- $220,000 which will supply the second feature of tel. There will be facilities additional amenities such the Thomas Perrott for visiting services such as as each resident having an or chiropody. individual bathroom. The Village in Rossmoyne hairdressing The new hostel is only a Rossmoyne project is part which has existing few metres from the Pallot- of their aim to offer care individual units on the tine Centre chapel where for aged people. site. There are three residents can attend Mass The commonwealth grant t wo -bedroom units daily. immediately available The construction of the had been made under the a t the ingoing price of Joseph Cooke Hostel has Aged or Disabled Persons been made possible by a A ccommodation Pro$42,000.
Entry to the frail aged grant of $1,040,600 from gramme which was set up hostel is open to any man the commonwealth gov- in 1954 to help non-profit or woman who qualifies ernment to cover the cost religious and charitable for this type of accommo- of building $924,000, land organisations, as well as dation. After making an $ 105,600 and furnishing local government bodies to provide facilities for peoapplication the person will $ 1 1,000. be interviewed by an The Knights of the South- ple in need. assessment committee. Each of the 42 residents will have an individual bedroom with its own bathroom. Some of the The Southern Cross Homes planning comrooms will be intercon- mittee visited the Rossmoyne site last week nected for the use of to inspect progress on the construction of the Joseph Cooke Hostel: (L. to r.) Mr E. van couples. Applications for the frail Heemst, Mr K. Bertram, Mr T. Perrott (chairaged hostel should be man), Mr B. Prindiville, Mr W. Bryant, Mrs T. made now to Mrs Rowe, Rowe, Mr B. Jackson. Southern Cross Homes, 1202 Hay Street, West Perth, phone 321 5641.
SICK IN DESPERATE NEED Indian trend to abort girl babies
A serious lack of medical facilities is gravely affecting thousands of neglected sick people in remote areas of South Bihar, in India. Small groups of sisters, some working and living alone, have appealed urgently for funds.
The poverty in these sewerage or basic com- To help alleviate the suf- found effect on families choma, night blindness fering, the nuns make long and communities, giving and other sickness. remote areas is so forts. deplorable that few Most families work on and arduous trips visiting them hope for the future So the sick and the chron- HONG KONG (NC) — A growing land as marginal as many villages as they and showing them how to ically ill have to travel long trend in India toward routinely abortAustralians could pos- tf he armers and landless can. They go on foot, or work for it. distances, usually without ing female babies is causing a consibly imagine it. labourers. Their survival ride
bicycles, often arriving The sisters live in mud depends to a great extent quite exhausted by the dwellings with a mud stove on what they can grow. extreme heat. on the floor for cooking, Each year they face The sisters care for the an oil lamp, camp beds, serious food shortages sick, innoculate children, and two buckets for wash- because of fickle moninstruct mothers on child ing and bathing. soons, lack of water care, hygiene, sanitation All water has to be carried resources and poor farm- and preparation of nourin from a well. Many dwel- ing methods, forcing them ishing meals, and give lings are without tables, to forage for nuts, bulbs, much needed advice on chairs, kitchen sinks and roots and anything edible. how to avoid illness and cupboards, clothing cup- This diet causes severe what to do when sickness boards and drawers. malnutrition and wides- occurs. There is no electricity, pread sickness. . Their efforts have a pro-
But with all their dedica- transport, to seek medical tion the sisters can only help. Many do not go troversy marked by irony. cope with a tiny part of this because they are afraid, or Asiaweek, a weekly news lies, had led "private hospivast problem. THere are think they can't pay. thousands of villages Some leave it too late for magazine published in tals and clinics all over the which have never been medical treatment to save Hong Kong, said the prac- country, particularly in the visited by a doctor or them. Many die without tice was causing "a nation- northern states of Punjab nurse. _People there cannot ever seeing a doctor or a wide furore among and Hakyana, to offer sex tests." phone for medical assist- nurse, of knowing relief women's organisations." It said the women's At least 50 private practiance. They cannot cope from a pain killing drug. with malaria, dysentery, People die for lack of a organisations were calling tioners in Delhi are percholera, typhoid, tubercu- few chloroquine tablets for for government action. forming the controversial losis, diptheria, scabies, malaria, a little sulpha- Ironically, it was women's e xaminations for fees tetanus, polio, leprosy, tra- guanadine for dysentery or organisations which in ranging from 500-1,000 cholera (which kills in six India, as elsewhere, were rupees (U.S. $40 to $80), hours), a TB injection . . . among leading proponents including an abortion if the there's a long list, of liberalised abortion test identifies an undesired People afflicted with lep- laws. sex, the magazine said. r osy number about A contention was that 100,000. Very little can be abortion was a matter of Women's organisations done for them for lack of personal choice and that were describing the situation as "genocide of funds and personnel.' no one had the right, legal Obviously the problems or otherwise, to interfere females" and "murder in are formidable. The survi- with an individual's deci- the womb." val and welfare of thou- sion to have an abortion. Feminist Amrita Chhachhi sands of hardworking argues that the most dispeople relies, to a great A siaweek said the turbing facet of the sex extent, on expanding the w omen's organisations tests is the resultant sancwork of these very excep- and others were aiming tion of abortion as a routheir current protests at the tional missionaries. tine method of population They have forsaken their growing use of a test — control. Other women actiwhich, amniocentesis — families and friends to care vists warn that the trend for very deprived people. among other things, usu- will lead to bridegrooms They need funds now to ally reveals the sex of an demanding in prenuptian train, pay and equip many unborn child. negotiations that the prosmore sisters, nurses and Amniocentesis was pio- pective bride bear only. village health workers. neered in the early 1970s by sons. Whatever you can give will American doctors as an aid be greatly appreciated. in detecting congenital dis- Noting that some clinics All donations are grate- eases. Controversy arose conducting the sex tests fully acknowledged. over its moral implications were poorly equipped, AsiCheques should be made and the procedure has aweek said mistakes were payable to 'Australian remained controversial in occurring. Jesuit Indian Mission the United States. It said that was "dramatiMedical Care Appeal', and posted to Father G. The traditional prefer- cally highlighted" last Drumm, SJ, National ence in Indian society for month "when three women Director, P.O. Box 193 male offspring, coupled who had been told they PR, North Sydney, NSW with social and economic were carrying female foepressures for smaller fami- tuses chose to terminate 2060. their pregnancies only to learn, after the abortions, This bicycle is used as a mobile dispensary that their unborn children b y the Missionaries of Charity Sisters who had been males."
cycle up to two hours to reach far-off villages. The Sisters care for abandoned babies and over 700 men, women and children afflicted with leprosy.
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It said the women were planning to file lawsuits against the doctors who conducted the sex tests.
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For some Novemb• er is a happy count:down month — but •for many young peofacing the pros• •13le •pect of unemploy• ment, counting the • a last days of school • must be far from :exciting. • • 12 Tertiary and Year ▪ students anxiously • count the precious • study days left before • thefirst examination. • Boarders black out the calender squares to see at a glance the nearness of "freedom and mother's cooking. Workers recall the number of weekdays left before that long a waited and well deserved holiday. But what do job seekers count? The number of job application rejections .
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The recent TYCS (Tertiary Young Christian Students) Social • closely at the local community and the • Justice camp looked people of Perth. • injustices faced by the •
that something worse unemployment we • The camp commenced on Friday night with visits to different welfare 1 than death pervades face in an increasing- 1 women's refuges, aboriginal shelters, family centres, mechanised; agencies in Perth such as ly our world. • CYSS offices and night shelters. The real death for society. • youth as the year Internationalist, Guardian A s young people a closes is the threat of hunt for a part-tune • Information was collected Weekly, Australian Socwas service the Why on months and perhaps or career job, we iety. even years of unem- must all ask what can ; established; the aims of the Reminds People are joining social service; the clientele ployment. justice groups particularly be done to help this • (background, age, pressurMany will hang on the shelter housing group. es); effectiveness of agency The church reminds to the last days of desperate situation. Individuals undertook to values and aims us of life's count- school. Not only the F., achieving support community develservice. the underlying down. The Sunday Where once stud- employers should be ; oping groups. In looking readings urge us to ents held their breath seeking solutions. • This information and at ourselves we were called consider the last for the final bell, We all have a • experience was the basis to live more simply. We this From weekend. the for things, namely death, today there must be responsibility to do to make a commitwere judgement, heaven many in fear and what we can to help • experience, we attempted ment to a prayer life that of analysis our deepen to and hell. trepidation of what the many young • went hand-in-hand with the society in which we 1 While young people the future will bring, people who may be in our concern for justice. are not preoccupied in a world that is ill- desperate needby the • The movement was to • publicise the discoveries • with death,Ibelieve prepared for the new year. Questions •Nummo•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••mmo made at the camp. It was
called to be a true comThe following questions munity where it was comwere addressed:— mitted to upholding the • what was happening to dignity of everyone. the dignity of the people It was called to continue using the service? to look outwards into the • were the people using student world as well as the the services isolated cases? society in which we are If not, what were the larger a part, and to take action systems at work in society to that have caused or them truly Christian make situation aggravated their places. e.g. cultural, political, e conomic, religious systems? • who has the power in the systems? Gerry Lambe, past • are the people exluded organiser of the YCW from these systems, if so, By Leonie Peterson, full timer for the Tertiary Athletics Club, which has how? Young Christian students movement. ceased to function many It was discovered that the moons ago, recently conpeople who used the services were the marginal- community building. A visiting the poor and tacted present full timer is ed in society i.e. they did community that shared its t hrough reflecting on Mark O'Sullivan. not fit into the mainstream resources, that listened, Christ's life. Challenges to G erry hopes that Thirteen years have elapsed since brother and sister, of life and thus were forced t hat supported, that take action to increase members of the Athletics David and Helen Truslove have ridden a tandem bicyto the edges of society. questioned, that worked knowledge of the wider Club will take the opporcle. Both were taking part in a Bikeathon organised by They were often forced to against the dominant forces at work in our tunity of having a reunion Manning YCW. Interest and enthusiasm believe it was their own values of society, that society. at the coming YCW CenteDavid, after leaving school in 1965, joined the Taxa- are mounting for the fault that they were in this promoted ones own self- We are challenged to nary Ball at the Pagoda. reassess our life styles and Gerry can be contacted on worth and dignity. tion Department. He was president of the Manning Catholic Youth Council's predicament. group and State YCW treasurer. He has since married annual youth rally on Through our discussion These communities being priorities and strive to 385 8529. and has two sons. and readings, we found developed are a sign of the make them more Christ Saturday, December 4. His sister Helen married Michael Grant and also has This year the rally will people cannot ignore the Kingdom of God. The like. We are forced to two children. David claims that the photo was probably take the form of an effects of wider social k ingdom is at work question our involvement taken by Michael Burke, a member of the Manning amplified Eucharist s ystems. Culturally, wherever people are given in our local community. group who was the photo fanatic. beginning at 7.45 p.m. the s ociety is promoting a sign of their own dignity The people in the agencies One of the features in those days was the annual Sunken Gardens of the materialism, individual- and coming together as and reflection on Christ's YCW Quest and the Bikeathon was possibly to raise University of Western ism, "Work hard and you people of their own worth. work pose challenges to funds for the Quest. will be alright mate". These This was the air of Christ's the TYCS movement. Australia. Pagoda Ballroom N. r VW values are carried over into work. He believed in the The poor and their lives / the political, economic and value of "the last of my give a model for our Friday November 19 religious structures. We brethen". He believed in movement -- a model of 7.30 p.m. are taught to be passive their potential to lift one poverty and commitment. and non-questioning and another up. Thus he We are called to build a thus maintain the existing believed the Kingdom of world, bringing together the talents of all people — structures. god would come about The majority of the first among the poor and a real community. Some of the concrete agencies' responses were oppressed. actions people committed p romoting different values. A great deal of Specific challenges are themselves to undertake 328 9667 emphasis was placed on offered to us through were subscribing to New T ickets $16
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Liturgical art is Laura's great chapel wall is no mean feat. The tapestry has been underway love and for the past few months she has been busy at the same time and has taken with two projects — a tapestry around a year to create. Laura hopes on the Exodus theme for the to have it completed by Christmas. It's all hand-loomed in warm "Art should show our humanity." way of learning who you are and retreat house at Douglas Park Autumn tones with a backing of Born and raised in Michigan, in the why. in New South Wales and two Her days in Isreal were thrilling wool and figures stitched in needle- north of the United States, Laura beautiful rose windows in point sewn on for a multi- Meyers came to Australia 10 years and exciting — she hitchhiked stained glass for the recently dimensional effect. ago. After 18 months in Melbourne around and learned her bible geoc ompleted retreat house When the last stitch has been sewn she moved to Perth, fell in love with graphy at first hand. and the tapestry backed it will be the climate and stayed. "I was there before the Six Day chapel at New Norcia. rolled up (as large as a carpet) and *If you have lived in Michigan you War and there was so much enthusiAs a full-time lecturer in Media freighted across to New South would know why I like the weather asm in Israel. It was so different to Studies at the West Australian ColWales. America where nationalism had so much here," she grinned. lege of Advanced Education — Churchlands Campus, it has been ************************************************* become unfashionable," she said. She is, she says, one of those very much a spare time task. * * vulnerable, sensitive, arty and emo* tional types and therefore cannot ' * 4, hawk her wares . . . that's why she it * doesn't hold exhibitions. Any work Painstaking * * which comes her way is usually by * word of mouth.
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ARRIVING home to her cosy * * * Lone artist Floreat Park duplex she's been don- ** * ning surgical mask, gloves and gog- * * UCSS * gles to work on the stained glass * * The hermit life appeals to her and a windows. It's been a painstaking * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * ** * * ** * * * ** * ** * * * * * ***** * * long-term dream is to retire early labour of love, cutting and trimming and live such a life for a few years. With her loungeroom window free the pieces of amber, burnt siena and once more and her kitchen table Before settling in Perth she spent a She lived in hermit communities in number of years living and working burnt amber, setting them in lead cleared, Laura will be able to put her America for a time. It's a life of in Europe and the Orient. and soldering and puttying it all in mind to other things. prayer and contemplation which has place. She studied mosaic (one of her great appeal, she says. Stained glass is not an area where While she believes it is not healthy great loves) and iconography in she has had great experience but as Italy; travelled to Ravenna to see the to want to live completely alone she Church patronage an innovative and enthusiastic artist Byzantine mosaics; spent time in found the hermit style experience in she's willing to try her hand at anyJapan studying Zen Buddhism; Arizona to be both satisfying and thing. The windows will be installed taught art in the Phillipines; lived enlightening. high on the walls of the new chapel, "We hardly ever talked to each and worked in Stuttgart, Germany throwing colour and light across the she says, helps people to for two years; stayed on a kibbutz in other in Arizona but we did have expanses. One depicts a more mod- understand. It is a pity that the Israel for a time and generally mass together and we shared one ern interpretation of the Benedictine Church is no longer the patron of soaked up as much art and religion communal meal each week," she theme and the other is a Trinitarian fine arts that it was. said. as she could, motif because it is Holy Trinity While she recognises the demand of Non-competitive she may be but A bbey. social needs she is saddened by the the artist inside her must come out. The windows have taken around fact that liturgical work is largely a Her home is a reflection of her life $800 worth of glass, $40 worth of lost art form. RELIGION is a very important' and much of her life is art, lead and hundreds of hours of worik. "One can't blame the church part of her life. Brought up a She has always worked hard and Designed in May, Laura began work because of the crying social needs Catholic she is fascinated with Juda- doesn't believe in just sitting there. If on the windows in mid August. but our culture is becoming so ism and found the experience with she isn't working she's reading and * Weighing around 25 kilos each, barren we do need to find ways of Zen instuction enthralling. Zen, she admits to * being an incurable science 'K installation some 7 metres up the enriching it, she said. says, can't really be defined but it is a fiction addict. Ruefully, she says, it's
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a bit of a time waster and she also enjoys history, art and culture.
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UTGOING and talkative by: nature, well suited to her job on the * Churchlands campus, she still needs: a lot of solitude .. .. something she * can always find when she picks up a: paintbrush. She was the first lecturer in media: studies on the Churchlands campus * and is now one of 11 spread over the: four campuses of the Wa College of * Advanced Education. She holds a Bachelor of Art and * Graphics and a Masters in Media; Studies. Very involved in religious * education studies she was part of an; inter-disciplinary religious education team while living in Lansing,; Michigan. Religion plays a big part in her life but it is not a conscious; thing, she says. She is currently running a corn- 4, munity course in Media in Com-* municating the Religious Message.; It is an area that she holds dear* because she believes the media is a; powerful medium that is often much* misunderstood and underutilised by: churchmen. The course covers the effect of: media on the person and examines* the unconscious message. It is the first time such a course has * been held and Laura hopes to have: more in the future depending on . demand. ; Getting the message across clearly 4, is the most important thing and that; applies equally in the world of media t, and the world of art. Her message in; the latter is certainly coming across * loud and clear and she is doing her; 41 utmost to ensure that others achieve 4, the same end in the former. 4,
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YOU SAY Pirate Movie. We mainly Dear Captain Bob, Dear Captain Bob, Sorry I haven't written lazed around, what a fan- Thank you for the lovely for ages. Thanks for wish- tastic break from school, membership card. As you ing me a happy birthday. I On Tuesday we change said I would like a pen pal. eot a bookcase, three into our summer uniform. Here are my details. rings, a handbag and $18. Before it was so hot, now I am aged 9 and my name Lately I have been play- it's raining and I'm not is Frances Hall. ing the organ in church on sure I want to change into I like roller-skating and I enjoy TV cartoons. I am a Saturday, but not every the summer uniform. Saturday because I'm on a Well, to be honest I can't good athlete and good at kind of a roster I only get think of anything else to school work. to play once a month. I get say so I'll say That's all I have to say. goodbye. really nervous. Cheerio. I had a good August holi- Fiona van der Ouderaa, Frances Hall, day. My sister and I went Maddington. Morley. to see Grease II and The -e-
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Don't forget you have to be a member to takepart in the competition so make sure you join if y ou haven't done so already. And all we want from over group; a beautiful away courtesy of Pelleyou is a drawing of the musical nativity scene grini's to the first 100 Send your entry to n ativity. We've got with movable figures entries. received. Nativity Conopens Record contest he T the for Pellegrini's great prizes in three from Street, aged 7 and 8-10 age group winner t oday and closes on test, 26 John sections make sure under, ages 8-10 and and a parcel of books November 30 so you Perth and name, a ges 1 1 and over. from William Collins have a month to get y ou have your phone and address age, and in we entries your and 7 the for Ltd., Pty. There's a dinner for the can award prizes in number (if you have winner and parents at under age group. attached to Uncle Domenic's Res- Plus we have 100 p lenty of time for one) clearly your entry. taurant in the 11 and colouring books to give Christmas.
CASH PRIZE TO BE WON We've got a great new colouring contest for all our members with a $20 cash prize for the winner and books for the runners-up. All you have to do is collect the series of Bible Stories, there will be 10 in all over the next few months. Colour in the drawings and then make up a book with the drawing and the stories which will be printed each week. First prize will go to the best presented entry and we'll have lots of other prizes for the runners-up.
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"How could you do such a thing?" Joseph shouted at the 10 men bowed before him.
They trembled and your slave. But let Benbowed still lower till jamin and the others their faces pressed return home to our against the marble father." floor. Joseph, second Tears came to Joseph's most powerful man eyes. He tried to hide them. in all of Egypt, paced He knew now that the hurt hid back and forth in brothers who had changed. had badly so front of them. were no longer cruel,
They He waved a silver goblet in but cared about one his hand. The goblet was another and about their his. It was a gift from the father. great Pharoah himself. A soldier had discovered the goblet hidden in the grain sack of the youngest of the 10, Benjamin. Judah, the oldest of the 10, answered Joseph. He dared not raise his head as he spoke. "What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? We are now your slaves." Joseph's face was harsh and cold. But his heart was melting. These 10 men were his brothers. He recognised them, but they did not recognise him. Joseph had changed so much since they last saw him. He was now the most important "Soldiers, leave the official in Egypt. room!" Joseph ordered. the Joseph had placed As soon as the Egyptians silver goblet in Benjamin's were gone and Joseph was bag himself. He was testing alone with the 10, he said his brothers. He wanted to to them, "I am Joseph. I see if they were still as cruel am your brother whom as they used to be. He you once sold into Egypt. hoped they were by now Come close to me. Don't more caring. be afraid. Don't blame "What a terrible day that yourselves for trying to was," Joseph thought to hurt me years ago. himself, "that day many years ago when my broth- "God wanted me here to ers tried to kill me. Then be able to rescue you in this they changed their minds time of famine. It was the and sold me to some Egyp- Lord, not you, who sent tian merchants who were me here. The Lord made passing by. Little did they me Pharoah's highest offiguess that God would give cial. Go tell our father how me so much good fortune. powerful I am in Egypt. I can now order them Bring him back with you.I killed, or I can welcome want you all to live near me here in Egypt. them as my brothers." To test them further Joseph and his brothers Joseph growled, "You may hugged one another. They all go now, all except the cried with joy. They sat one who had my silver down and talked for hours. Then Joseph ordered that goblet in his bag." they be given wagons full "Sir," pleaded Judah, "if of food to take back to we do not take Benjamin their father, Jacob. Smilback home with us it will ing, Joseph told them as kill our father, Jacob. they left, "Just don't quarTake me instead. I will be rel on the way."
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He was also a loss to the many West Australians he had helped in a multitude of good causes. He learnt his love of the Catholic faith and concern for others when he travelled as altar server in Father Scanlan's horse and sulky trips to settlements outside Dongara where he studied under the Dominican Sisters. During his pre-war years at Wiluna, where he met his wife, he was n ot only everyone's friend but was both Crippled Children and Catholic and sportsman also his work for the in such forgotten groups Institute for the Blind at as the Wiluna Catholic M aylands, not to menTennis Club. He had tion Red Cross, the Miss already established him- A ustralia contest and self in the fields of row- local sporting bodies. ing, football, swimming, Following his army serand motor cycling. vice he became active in He became widely many levels of the RSL. known for his participa- In his parish and other tion in fund raising for a Church life, he was a tirevariety of causes espe- less worker for the Brigicially the WA Society for dine and Marist Brothers
to the Church in Western Australia when she died at Christos Nursing Home last month. Two still survive of the five postulants who sailed from Ireland to Australia in 1913 to enter the Sisters of Mercy at Victoria Square. Four McGrath sisters entered religious life, three of them leaving Ireland where Loreto Sister Bessila still lives in Kilkenny. During her long career as a teacher she taught in most of the Mercy schools in the metropolitan area. She was the first nun ever met by the young Launcelot Goody when
schools, for the St V de P, for his local parish church, and the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. His forthright views became widely known when he stood on four occasions for the DLP in f ederal and state elections. His lifetime of service was recognised two years ago with the award of the British Empire Medal. May he rest in peace.
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Who does this fellow think he is, saying, "You can't be Catholic and practise TM"? He isn't even a Catholic himself! And after all, at least one of the Perth TM teachers says he is a good Christian and a Roman Catholic. ITranscendental MediF urthermore some Local TM leaders (as gions in that country.' . . . impress many people. tation and the teaching people have learned to indeed TM leaders around John and Diana describe The West Australian thereof the concepts of do TM at a Catholic the world) constantly deny TM as a technique for per- (May 23, 1981) stated:". . . Dr Rigby emphasised that thefield ofpure creative college along with that TM is in any way sonal development." intelligence, creative Michael King, a TM TM relieves stress by a prodevout priests and religious. intelligence and blissA few months ago TM member, wrote to The cess which is neither relinuns. consciousness . . . the West Australian (August gious nor psychological. It was Father Richard A announced and defended puja ceremony, are all 7) to support the Davies': The effect of TM is purely involved to be proposals Mangini, editor of The religious in nature . . . I am a practising physiological." Catholic Voice, of the dio- with schools. Mrs Diana and the - teaching theChristian, an Anglican, Some may wonder why cese of Oakland in the Davies a spokesperson for reof in New Jersey pubwho has practised TM for we have laboured the stated West in TM, The USA, who stated that one lic schools is therefor more than six years and the point. could not be a Catholic Australian (July 24) that unconstitutional." practising "students trans- TM-Siddhi techniques for It is clear from the stateand practise TM. more than three years and ments made by TM This case was not just of In the November 17, 1975, cendental meditation devehave found that they have teachers and supporters relevance for the state of issue of The Catholic loped greater self-sufficprofoundly enriched each that they deny any reli- New Jersey but for the iency, ability tolerance and Voice Father Mangini aspect of my life, not the gious base to their practi- whole of the United States. innovatively to think stated: least of which is my rela- ces or techniques. Yet It eventuated because TM " What is absolutely Transcendental meditationship with God and my others, like Father Man- had been introduced into a crucial for Catholics to tion was basically a techgini, say that the practice number of schools in the nique of meditation and ***** of ***** understand about TM involves not only REVEREND W A VAN LEEN was not parbased on any transcendental medita:The first in a series* religion but a shift in reli- U.S. The evidence placed eight years ago. That was 'earthly deception' of TM tion is that it is a form ticular philosophy or view * of articles on: gious commitment. before the court made it also when he was intro- is very subtle. of Hinduism with of society." Mr John Who is right? "Despite the assurances tenets that conflict Davies, another spokes- * transcedental med-* We believe the evidence quite clear, beyond dis- duced into TM. with basic Christian person for TM in Perth *itation by Reve-* reveals that many people pute, that TM, started by He and his wife, Janice, of the nice, smiling people teaching and Christian (and a psychologist and *rend WA van Leen,* have been deceived and in the Hindu monk, Mahari- practised TM for four at the TM centre that TM shi Mahesh Yogi, is in fact years, including one year in involves no religion, docreligious experience. solicitor) said in a letter to :director of Con—* their practice of TM are Properly understood T he West Australian * actually involved in Hindu a technique and practice the advanced TM-Siddhi trine or scripture, we managed to accululate all three. and accepted, a person ( August 4): "When prop- * cerned Christians* religious activities without based on Hindu religious stage. philosophies and ceremon- Phil states: "There are "Right from the initiation who embraces TM is erly taught by trained TM :Growth Ministries.: being aware of this. ies. cults that practise a 'heav- c eremony, which is teachers, TM is a process ***************** changing religions." The claims by TM sup- In coming articles in this enly deception' to attract straight Hindu worship, of alerting and refreshing the mind rather than a Christian life. TM is a sim- porters that TM is non- series we will examine new believers. TM uses, there is a hidden curricur elaxation technique ple natural effortless tech- religious were disputed some of the evidence which instead, an 'earthly decep- lum which draws you (though relaxation is one nique for allowing the and disproved in 1977, in clearly shows that TM is tion' by disguising spiritual quickly into a belief in reRepairs transcendental trickery techniques, doctrines and incarnation, in salvation spontaneous by-product); mind and body to gain rest court. For all your complete servicing. it is effortless and enjoya- deeper than sleep and ther- In the case of Alan B Mal- when its religious nature is even scripture in earthly or by meditation, of a nonble to practise it regularly." eby release stress from the nak v Maharishi Mahesh denied. pseudo-scientific terms. personal god, of multiple nervous system." Yogi, the United States Phil Bodeker, a journal- Thus TM maintains that it sons of god and therefore The Daily News (August In 1981 Sydney born Dr Federal District Court for ist, is a Catholic brought is not a religion and there- the non-uniqueness of 6) reported: ". . . husband Byron Rigby toured our the District of New Jersey, up in a strict Catholic fore does not conflict with Jesus, and of the balance of and wife, John and Diana State impressing people on under Judge H.C. Meanor home, but he wandered good and evil. All these are Christianity. Davies who run the TM the value and importance declared on December 12, away from God. He found " We now know that it Hindu philosophies." centre deny that it is Hindu of TM. 1977, after considering all life to be empty and with- does conflict with Chris- (Next week we examine the based. 'It was around A s a psychiatrist, a the evidence, that: out meaning and described tianity, although we would history and background to before Hinduism,' said member of the Royal Col". . . the Science of his marriage as 'a have denied this right until TM to uncover something PAT CURTIS-M I.A M.E John . . . 'It comes from an lege of Psychiatrists and a Creative Intelligence- mockery'. That was some the day we gave it up. The of its true nature.) * Mechanical Repairs ancient tradition in India research scientist at the * Fleet Servicing but the fact that it started Maharishi Research Uni* Welding there doesn't make it a reli- versity in Seelisburg, Swit* Aligning gion or connected to reli- zerland, he was able to l 4.
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Sicilian crime edict
PALERMO, Italy (NC) — The Sicilian bishops have reaffirmed a longstanding order of excommunication against any Catholic "guilty of kidnapping or unjust and voluntary homicide" on the southern Italian island of Sicily.
wAmovvvvvy4AAAAAAAAA,A,A,A,NowANAAA,N, According to Canon 2242, excommunication is automatic following conviction if a crime was "external, grave, consummated or completed, and OPTOMETRISTS combined with obstinacy." 175 Scarborough Beach Road — Phone 444 3543 But under the Sicilian bishops' order, the excommunication occurs at the moment the crime is comR .F. WILLIS, W.A 0.A., Optometrist mitted, "even if there is never a trial against him and even if a definitive sentence of conviction is never issued against him." If a Catholic confesses a crime of murder or kidnapping to a priest in Sicily, the priest must not give absolution for the crime 'p immediately, because such 'p absolution can only be granted by the head of the diocese, the bishops said. 'p By preparing your will and administering* Pope John Paul II is sche* * * duled to visit Palermo, * your estate. * capital of Sicily, on * 4 * * November 21. Palermo is * * the hub of an international *• By administering the estate of relatives * * * drug ring and an intra4 * Mafia war for control of * and friends in your stead. 3 * * the lucrative operation has 3 * * resulted in more than 100 * gangland slayings in * Palermo this year. * * * In September the Italian 4( 'p press reported that the * *4( ** pope was considering PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE 3 excommunicating memb* * ** ers of the Mafia during his 565 HAY STREET, PERTH * * Palermo visit, but the Vati* * PHONE 325 0141 *4( can refused to comment on * the reports.
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