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Follow-up to mission feature Perth Missions Director Father Pat Ahern was an avid r eader of The R ecord last week which featured a story on the Bethania Hospital in Pakistan. He is pictured reading t he paper with Peter Arkwright, a Perth medical student, who accompanied Myra Brown — the author of last week's story --. Father Ahern was instrumental in the Sisters of Saint John of God send- Cr ing a missionary strteam to Pakistan when he relayed a call for help from the local bishop. Father Ahern's mission report appears on page 6. I IIMIIIMENIr
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STATE AID POLICY IEWS The NCEC acknowledges Catholic schooling will benefit The National Catholic Educaf inancially from the policies tion Commission shares the conannounced by both the major parties and does not expect any cern expressed by the political Catholic school to receive parties for the educational welsmaller grants with either party fare of all Australian children. Following the unanimous reaffirin government. The NCEC policy advocates mation of the NCEC school fundg rants to non -government ing policy at its meeting on schools include a basic grant Feburary 10-11 the commission from Commonwealth and State offers the following comments governments for every child, on the relationship between cerplus a needs grant for those tain key concepts of its policy on children with particular educa- school funding and the policy statements of the Liberal Party, tional need. The Liberal Party supports the the Australian Labor Party and continuation of a basic grant for the Australian Democrats. This every child of 20% of average statement does not attempt to cost in government schools plus analyse all aspects of the various needs grants of up to an addi- policies. tional 20%.
Under the ALP policy all children would receive a basic grant during the life of the present parliament although to be reduced to 15% of average costs in 1984, 10% in 1985 and could be further reduced in 1986. T he supplementary statement issued by Mr Hurford, after the policy speech, promises consultations on this question prior to the 1984 ALP conference. The ALP policy has, however, failed to guarantee the continuation of a basic grant beyond 1986.
It provides for needs funding and includes provision of an extra $16m for the most needy schools. The written policy of the A ustralian Democrats does not appear to support a basic grant, but favours needs -based-funding for non-government schools. Another important element in NCEC policy is the retention of the use of the average cost per child in government schools in determining the level of grants to non-government school children. The Liberal Party policy supports this method for the calculation of grants. ALP policy offers the possibility of a number of resource standards for non-government schools. In the wake of the A telegram from Cardi- their moment of sorrow Spokesmen for the ALP have said that an ALP bushfire disaster last nal Casaroli, Vatican and grief. week, Pope John secretary of state, said the He assured all people of government would supPaul II has cabled his Holy Father had been sad- continued remembrance in port the calculation of grants c oncern for the vic- dened to hear of the tragic his prayers and his unity age on the basis of avergovernment school deaths and the tremendo us tims and the Saint with all in need of consola- costs if this were the presuffering caused by the tion and assistance. V incent de Paul devastatin ferred option of nong bushfires. Society is transfer- The pope expressed his government school ring funds collected heartfelt sympathy to all • Cont. page 2 authorities. through the parishes. the people of Australia in • Cont. page 2
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State aid policies of capital grants, it vides for $25m in the next includes a low interest loan three years on a dollar for The NCEC policy calls scheme which would be dollar basis with the for increased capital grants additional to the existing States. The ALP has anf or non -government capital grant scheme. schools. The Democrats do not nounced, as well, a $9m a The Liberal Party has have a stated policy on year programme for the improvement of primary a nnounced a $lOm capital grants. increase to a total of $35m For all schools the two schooling. Both parties have indiover the next three years in m ajor parties have the amount available by announced a number of cated non-government ways of grants for new pla- new programmes for prim- schools will be invited to ces in non-government ary and secondary participate in all new programmes alongside the schools. schooling. While the ALP policy The ALP and the Lib- government systems. remains silent on the level eral Parties have anOut of its concern for all nounced a computer children in Australian education programme. schools and its particular The Liberal Party policy responsibility for Catholic involves the expenditure of children, the NCEC will $20m a year in the next five continue to consult with all years while the ALP policy involved in education. indicates an expenditure of It is especially aware of $8m a year. the commitment and sacriBoth have announced fice of parents in the edup rogrammes for the cation of their children. improvement of secondary The NCEC will contischooling. nue to work towards a After Mass to open the school year, Father VinThe ALP has promised more equitable recognicent Glynn talks to St Mark's students Walter • From page 1 an additional $10m a year tion by governments of the Consolati and Peter Cutler, and the principal, for this programme while right of all involved in In Perth the St Vincent de Liberal Party policy pro- Australian schooling. Brother Seaman Paul Society opened an appeal in response to a call from the national presiT he Mass to dent Mr Ellem who said open the St Mark's that at the moment, cash C ollege Highgate donations were the most Early this week Father Brian Gore appeared Observers expected Father Gore to be tried school year was urgent need. to be as mystified as anyone at the sudden on the criminal charges and possibly deported c elebrated by a A rchbishop Goody turn of events requiring him to appear before as the easier alternative to imprisoning him. F ather Vincent opened the appeal with a a Manila board of deportation next Tuesday. Bishop Fortich's office said it was uncommon donation of $500. Glynn who was a On Wednesday, as The Record went to press, f or deportation charges to be heard pending a He asked parishes to for- Father Brian Morrison who has continually criminal trial. student at the colmonitored Father Gore's case through 6PR Possible hint of trouble ahead for Father ward donations via the St lege from 1968 to enter St Charles' SemiFather Glynn told Vincent de Paul Society, said he had been unable so far to personally Gore surfaced two months ago when a new 1975. nary Guildford and the senior students that judge was appointed to Father for Gore. speak the preliminary hearexpressing his sympathy to study for the priestone of the influences on Present at the Mass He was told Father Gore was busy trying to ing the committed Father Gore for trial. the victims and saying it Also, the scope of the case against Father find what was behind the summons. hood. his life was the frequent in Sacred Heart church was an opportunity for the It is not known whether a new set of charges, Gore was widened from the original hand, v isits of priests drop"We sometimes think w as Brother John CarCatholic community to leading to deportation, will be served on him grenade and subversion charges to one impliping in to his home in rigg who was headmasthe only followers of give practical help. or whether the deportation process is the way cating him in the assassination of the Balga. ter at Highgate when Christ are the priests. At his Octagon Theatre out for the government in what has obviously notorious governor of the area who was Vincent Gly nn was a As a result, at the age brothers and sisters — ambushed by a embarrassing become an legal guerilla process. group last year. concert last Sunday night, pupil there. of 17, he decided to but really we are all His the Irish tenor Frank Patfollowers. terson raffled some of his $20,000 to the archdiocese "My life would he of Melbourne records to every ticket and of empty if I did not holder who made a bush- $10,000 to the archdiocese believe in Christ. of Adelaide as soon as the WASHINGTON (NC) fire donation. "Jesus asks us to extent of the disaster capacity The audience en years after the share our faith with gave $808 which was became known. U.S. gave the green those we meet. handed to Bishop Healy to Announcing the grants, He later told the Mr Michael Whiteley, light to abortion, be sent to the SVDP. school assembly: "In A rchbishop John R. Any branch of Wespac national director of Ausschool life we can learn Bank will accept donations tralian Catholic Relief said R oach of St Paulto say yes to Jesus' call to the SVDP Bushfire that while ACR's primary Minneapolis, presiby learning Christian focus was on promoting dent of the National Account. values during our forA ustralian Catholic development in third Conference of Cathmative years." Relief, the official aid and world countries, it regu- oliBishops, said, "I Father Glynn comdevelopment organisation larly responded to disaster grieve even more for pleted his studies for of the Catholic Church, situations overseas and in the damage done to "Can we hope to draw the Supreme Court's while legal abortions take the priesthood at St announced the grants of Australia. our conscience as a back from accepting the action. t heir own toll on women Francis Xavier semipotential mass killing of "Some called legalised and children alike. nary Adelaide and after nation." innocent human beings as abortion a way to enable five months service as a Archbishop Roach critiAnd the law interferes The Daughters of Charity cised the Supreme Court's a matter of national physicians to practice with physicians' rights by deacon at Cloverdale NEED YOUR HELP January 22, 1973, rulings defense, when the killing of 'good medicine' without punishing them for not last year he was ordwhich struck down most the defenseless child is one the interference of the law advising women of the ained to the priesthood f or their work for the development of the in December. state laws restricting abor- of our most fiercely pro- and a solution to teenage availability of abortion. underprivileged He is now assistant tion. Since then about 1 .5 tected constitutional pregnancy, maternal mortality, child abuse and a "Furthermore, we now priest at I.eederville. million abortions have rights? find ourselves seriously URGENTLY NEEDED been performed each year "By tolerating this aber- host of other problems. discussing the pros and INCREASES Clothing, clean, wearable, house-hold in the United States, he ration in our legal system, "But the predicted benefcons of such goods said, "symptoms of a kind do we not harden our its have not materialised," infanticide, questions as nick-nacks - ornaments, IN POLAND active euthaof disease of the national hearts and dispose our- t he archbishop said. jewellery, etc. nasia and the involvement selves to take a mean- "Child abuse, teen WARSAW: The Catholic spirit." of physicians in carrying Church continued to grow in The most serious effect of spirited approach to the pregnancy and even teen1982 in Poland with priests out the death penalty. 534 William Street, Highgate the court's decisions goes resolution of other passing suicide have risen sharply: increasing to 21.059 from national problems?" the rate of decrease Those in who matwould celearchstatistics, the beyond For Truck to call — Phone 328 4403 20,676 at the end of 1981. bishops said. "Those rul- A rchbishop Roach ernal mortality has brate such a national disas- Seminarians increased 7,225 Country goods marked donation recalled the arguments and remained unchanged: ille- ter can only have blinded to 6,714. There were 775 ordiings ratified the principle f ree on rail to Kewdale Rail Terminal that innocent lives can be predictions made a decade gal abortions continue to themselves to its conse- nations in 1982, up from 688 in 1981. destroyed in order to ago by those who defended cause women's deaths, quences. 'solve' individual and social problems." Recalling his November 1981 senate testimony on behalf of the human life The widely anticipated decision of Manly seminaries. He is well known as amendment to the constiPope John Paul II eventuated this week a lecturer and retreat director. tution sponsored by Senawith the announcement that ArchbiCardinal Freeman, who turned 75 tor Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), shop Clancy of Canberra has succeeded last November and had to offer his Holland & Venetian Blinds, Archbishop Roach said: Cardinal Freeman as archbishop of resignation, succeeded the late Cardinal Canvas & Aluminium Awnings "Of those who would disSydney. Gilroy in 1971 tuning been bishop of Flysc reens, Tarpaulins miss this merely as a 'single Archbishop Clancy, 60, has been in Armidale for three years previously and issue' I would ask: Can we charge of Canberra archdiocese for a an auxiliary bishop in Sydney from expect genuine and lasting little over four years before which he 1957 to 1968. progress in improving the spent five years as auxiliary bishop in Cardinal Freeman ordained 52 years quality of life for all Amerthe western region of Sydney. ago has built up a reputation as a policans, when the most fun286 ALBANY HWY., VIC. PARK Ordained priest in 1949 Archbishop ished preacher, a radio and television damental law of our land Clancy specialised in sacred scripture speaker and column writer for the 361 1539 361 1620 rejects the dignity and invistudies and taught at Springwood and Catholic Press. olability of life itself? • From page 1
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MANILA (Philippines) (NC) — Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila has accused the government of Filipino President Ferdinand MI Marcos of arrogantly using power to serve its own purposes, The 750th anniversary banner was a highlight of the Mass conceleby Bishops Healy and Quinn with Servite priests in the cathedincluing sponsorship of a film festival featuring what he called brated ral last Thursday. p ornographic movies." A concelebrated Mass in St Mary's Cathedral with In a prepared speech for a meeting of executives he also said Marcos had stifled dissent so that a climate of fear pervades the nation, reaching even into Catholic institutions. "It is clear," he said, "that there is a climate of fear pervading our country. The people now prefer to 'think no evil, see no evil and hear no evil"." He asked rhetorically whether the fear had been brought about by such actions as the closing of an opposition newspaper, questioning of journalists and a "systematic campaign to discredit the Church over the issue of rebel priests." "Whatever the cause may be," he concluded, "the fact remains that the spirit of dissent — even peaceful dissent — has effectively been stifled. Is it possible that we a re becoming a nation of sheep?" He said that a recent meeting of a Catholic organisation, which he did not name, someone suggested passing a resolution condemning the presentation of sex -oriented, uncensored films at the ROME (NC) — Cardinal film festival, being run Vaivods of Latvia said he under the auspices of First believes that Pope John Lady Imelda Marcos. Paul 11 gave him the red hat so that he can he a "He was shouted down "bridge between the Vatiwith cries like, 'But this is a can and Moscow." project of the First Lady,' "The fact that the powers 'that would be subversive,' that be allowed me to come or 'We will all get into trouble'," the cardinal indicates that they're not against this appointment," said. he said. He said that if such The cardinal said the material as the festival Soviet minister for cult in films did not disgust peoLatvia had telephoned to ple, "there is definitely congratulate him shortly something wrong with us, after the appointment was for this means that we have announced. been dehumanised, that we A Soviet policy in effect are no better than the pigs for some years requires "There are no school that wallow in filth and t hat appointments of rooms for religion. There is gobble up the garbage." bishops be cleared in a bit of indoctrination of Mrs Marcos had said advance with government the young (in Soviet the- earlier at a press conferauthorities. ory) through youth clubs, ence that "pornography is The 88-year-old Cardinal etc. We priests do not per- in the mind" and that "I am Vaivods has been allowed sonally teach the children sorry that cheap pornoto travel to Rome more religion. The parents do, graphy has affected some than five times in the past and when they think that very fragile senses, but this 20 years. their children are ready to is a part of growing up." At first he was reluctant be examined, they bring She said that even the with newsmen discuss to them to us." the suppression of religion Yet, said the cardinal, "we Vatican has nudes in Sisin Latvia, but he did say have our faith. And our tine Chapel paintings and that for the most part "the doors are open. Those who that "pornography is not situation is as it was want to come can come. in sight or in vision. Porbefore." When I ordained (last nography is in mind or written not down autumn) the bishop who heart." "It is "I never argue with the anywhere," he explained, will succeed me, the "but we know how we are church, a very large one, church," she daid. "I never t o behave. We work was filled, with people argue with God." quietly, and we do as much overflowing into the She said the proceeds as we are allowed." street." from the festival are going to charity. Cardinal Sin said that its own ends, the government will not hesitate to use power in a capricious and arrogant manner, to treat people like idiots and expect to get away with it." The government usually cuts from films shown in t he Philippines scenes a to help in its secondhand showing sex, violence or = : 7 2: politically sensitive mateclothing stores and depot = rial, but the festival films F..= = E are not censored. Cardinal Four hours maximum per week. = = E' Sin has asked Marcos to El = = use security officers at the = 7 Refer page 669 of phone book or contact = theatres to screen patrons depot at 9-11 Donovan Street, Osborne Park --_-= i i and prevent teen-agers E — Phone 444 5622 :=7 from attending the sex g111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ffl, movies.
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Uni raided BETHLEHEM (NC) — Bethlehem University, a V atican-sponsored institution, has is.sued a protest after a late night entry into the university grounds and buildings by Israeli soldiers who confiscated posters, papers, photos, books and notebooks. Brother Robert Daszkiewicz, vice president of the university, said We protest this infringement by the Israeli soldiers on Bethlehem University's and her students' rights to own property; to be free to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers; and to be free to hold peaceful assemblies."
t wo bishops showed the link between the Servite Order and the archdiocese of Perth and its clergy, religious orders and other institutions, Father Liam Mackie OSM., vicar provincial said last Thursday. For the 750th anniversary of the Servite Order and the 25th anniversary of Servite College, Bishop Healy and Bishop Quinn were chief celebrants, showing the link with the apostolic tradition. Father Nlackle explained. Bishop Healy noted that compared with the other Middle Age mendicant orders Franciscan, Dominican, Carmelite and Augustinian the Servites were the youngest and smallest order but a Servite had assured him that quality often had advantage over quantity. Father Leo Spice OSM, in his homily said the past accomplishments of the order did not preclude the necessity of present members striving for personal holiness and unashamed witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ. For the NUM, the cathedral choir and the college student choir sang under the direction of Pat Branson. Father Mackie thanked NN anneroo and Joondanna parishioners, the Servite Third Order. the Knights of St Philip, the college advisory boards and the many past students and supporters of the Servites for their presence at the Mass.
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In an idealised world where religion would be taken seriously Australia at this time could be making a good Lenten confession and its millions of citizens owning up to the sins they are committing. **,•••••••••••4 •• 4 *eel from Elizabeth Chidlow and Julie Ransom, Victoria Park But out in the pews instead of an orderly • • examination, there is a raucous slanging match I Sir, • to find out who is the bigger sinner so that the Having been to Masses in two different parishes s end us a letter and have your say in The Record. • reluctant penitent can be pushed into the box You can write on any subject you want: government: first to let the rest of us off the hook. on the same day as the cover story Sects Draw:.• decisions and policy, problems in your neighbour-: Securely locked into its black box is the television . . . anything that affects your life. hood, Youth was published, we feel it is no wonder that . Post your letter to Today's Mail, The Record, PO Box: Church. Heaven help the church source that • • dares utter a peep during these crucial weeks and young people are turned away from the Catholic 50, Perth Aberdeen Street, 6000 . Preference will be given to short concise letters. be damned, clobbered and abused by those who Church. ************ * **********.*• have decided that their political party has the ear of God on what is right and wrong in this The lack of celebration N.n. high scisoot P2 P3 at Baboon and fervent response to the BILLINUI. country. *no church SiIrtscont's Mass highlights one of the WOOL P6 alleitatle• With those political questions safely cauteJoh* Vets ter cc,* reasons for the exodus of P7 rised, a scan of the OTHER headlines reveals the MT lAWLEV PIO 1:11,6 ri eg youth from our Catholic God start P 10 incidents that slip past raising scarcely a ripple community. but which occur well beyond the range of the Can we expect the young political money squabbles. to remain and grow as Thus an article on surrogate motherhood in Catholics if the Christian from Paul Donnelly, the United States, how much it coins for the witness they see is halfClaremont parents, the agent and the operators was written hearted? Many of our friends have up in a newspaper last week with all the passion Sir, felt this half-heartedness Contrasted items in your of discussing the purchase of furniture. The bigand either completely left February 10 issue are loss gest dilemma was how state legislature can cope the Christian family or of Catholic youth to sects with the process. moved on to more appealand the opening of another A few weeks ago a related surrogate mothering Christian worship (in e xpensive Catholic school hood story got all but lost in the news despite the from Mrs Cathy Shields, their view). at Bateman. Busselton fact that the mother has disowned her handiPupils attending the latter capped child, and that the once-supposed father Sir, w ill travel long distances to Our youth are hungry for skipped off immediately after attending and sit in overlarge classes. a personal relationship Their parents will be hearing the sad news of the child's birth. engrossed in fee paying How does the Church begin talking of con- with Jesus. The world is and fund raising. science, of right and wrong in a moral jungle like hungry for Jesus. If some- While many parishes in one can introduce us to the our State are actively The end-product, conthat? King let's not be too proud responding to the needs of fused between achieving In Perth over the weekend a couple who are t o approach them. and Christianity may, it the young of our Church rightly overjoyed at the prospect of an in-vitro Being humble doesn't both through the Mass and seems, drift away to forms birth shortly had to be quoted as bewailing the mean compromising the of spiritual expression not other means of youth outChurch for not understanding them better seeing truths we have; simply reach, we believe that it is associated with the nittythat they were doing nothing illegal or immoral. admitting we don't know the responsibility of the gritty of formal education. In view of the major The Catholic Church presumably is the villain all the answers won't, in total Catholic community; financial, man-power and since it is the only body that has raised a few itself cause us to find the priests, religious and laity religious ins olvement in alike, to be living witnesses queries in the moral order of the experimental answers. We have to act, and WPM, our Church schools, its in-vitro process. It has never made a single con- quickly. Let's seek the to Christ in all areas of value is open to question. lives. their demnatory reference to any in-vitro parent or answers, wherever they child, nor would it ever depart from saying that are. such a child is a totally sacred in existence as any Let's not be so conservaother being. tive that suspicion causes How does the Church, like a variety of other us to reject a wonderful legal and related bodies look for a conscientious truth. Discernment is not We have found that our stand on the all-but secret experimental work in paranoia. faith has especially grown Our youth, people, our this field, if the questions — let alone the answers won't need to our because of the example --upset the curious hedonism of the times which Church if we canleave give them given to us by family and preaches: If it's possible, it must be all right. a personal introduction to friends who live their lives Buried elsewhere in the news columns is a the King, Lord Jesus. He's "fully Christian, fully steady stream of stories from the single parent alive, He's real, He didn't alive" and have encourfrom Herman Dorlandt, Ashfield sector, from the agencies that cannot find die 200 years ago. He's not aged our active participaIt is regrettable to read experience a new Pente- the Advocate will teach us enough acccmmodation for the broken families. a legend, but if we don't tion in our Church. The stories don't plead for the return of a spouse know Him personally, To us, then, the challenge the article concerning the cost. That prayer is being the truth, and He will witdrift of young people to the answered as the Holy ness through us and with or the restoration of a family, only that single then that's all we'll allow is: How are we, as Cathol- Evangelical - Pentecostal Spirit is initiating charis- us about Jesus and all his Him ics, to be. Let's witnessing not just our Chrisparenthood is a rough road financially. talk about Jesus, let's find tianity to the young in our Churches (The Record, matic prayer groups within teachings. So hurt and bruised are the victims that a Him. February 10) the Church all over the Why not take advantage parish communities? blanket of silence must surround the question However, let us not fret world. Having had a slight of the power of the Holy why thousands of Australian husbands and about it, but react experience with a Pentec- Spirit and all His gifts? from Martin Gribbon, Mount Hawthorn wives have simply walked out on their families ostal Church, (two or three Why not be joyful and positively. Sir, services was enough), and thankful at all times? and shed most of the responsibility for the As a Christian and a Catholic I object to my taxes being Much energy is spent by now being in a charismatic That's the attraction of the paid to support a private Catholic education system that consequences. Catholics anxiously many prayer group, (in total sub- Pentecostals. perpetuates self-interest, elitism and discrimination at the Heaven help the Church if it spoke with anylooking at the rise of pen- mission to the Church), I expenses of other Australians. The National Catholic EduBut we have the advanthing but compassion for these marital victims tecostalism outside the am sure we can bring back cation Commission appears to vent wishes to continue and tage over them if we only and apparently heaven help the thousands of upChurch and the charisprotect a brand of Catholicism that favours the rich, powand keep the young, and use it. We have a solid matic movement within not so young, in erful and well educated rather than promoting justice for and-coming young Australian teenagers who are the f oundation in Jesus the widow and orphan. Catholic education should have the Church. marching into the same pattern of failure in marChurch. through the Church; all we Christ at heart and be a vision for non-believers rather than riage but no one raises a voice on their behalf. Pope John XXIII prayed As Jesus said in John need to do is to put on the being riddled with selfishness. that the Church might ch.14-26, ch.15 vs 26-27, icing which the PentecosWhere does the real conscience of the nation really begin? Was it easier in the so-called era of tals are so crazy about. We, the laity, cannot do the Ten Commandments which could be flicked Sir, much unless we receive the over in a thirty second check just before entering Liturgy, I believe, is a diamoral encouragement logue between God and the confessional door? from our hard working worshipping communHis In a similar roundabout way the elections are priests. the congregation, the foil and distraction from the deeper issues ity, The Charismatic Renebetween the priest and the that ought also to be questioned. Yes, the elec- people and between each wal within the Church, tions are about jobs or the lack of them, money member of the congregawith the guidance of our and how much of it, the future for each person. tion. Church leaders, can stem The search is for happiness but what good is a the tide. Without this essential band-aid of physical prosperity if the cells of ingredient of dialogue, the • ********•** ****************•*•*** It**. from Elizabeth Kadmos, Girrawheen family love are in turmoil? How can the Church Mass surely ceases to be throw a little penitential light on that election liturgy and merely mentators or readers, aco- that makes up liturgy. issue? becomes an act of worship lytes, servers, singers or By being more sensitive to • Remodel that old bathroom extent, lesser a a to or ** musicians, but our mere t his, we could then • * •• •
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US pastoral Pope backs State schools for aid issue rages MINNEAPOLIS (NC) — European bishops meeting with Americans on the US bishops' war and peace pastoral were highly supportive of the effort but criticised specific sections of the current draft, said Archbishop John R. Roach of St Paul-Minneapolis.
C atholics 'suspect' W ASHINGTON (NC) — Catholics in the military "are becoming a suspect class who cannot be trusted to push the button, fire the weapon, pull the lanyard," because of discussions about the US bishops' proposed pastoral on war and peace, said Colonel Leroy Foreman, a Court of' Military Review judge. Col. Foreman said "Catholics in uniform, particularly in the lower ranks, do not see the pastoral letter as o ffering guidance, but as a directive."
VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II backed the right of parents to choose Catholic schools for their children and said the State should contribute to the costs of that education. The pope's comments came during a meeting last Saturday with some 10,000 Catholic school teachers from the Rome area, marking the feast of St
Reservations that the representatives of E uropean hierarchies had about the document included problems with the draft document's use of Scripture, its handling of non-violence a nd the just war theory in church teaching and history, and the principals underlying its limited acceptance of nuclear weapons as a deterrent, he said. Despite the criticisms the bishops of Europe used words such as 'courageous, ' long overdue,' 'a true contribution to the library of peace' to describe the US bishops' work." The European bishops also felt that a stronger condemnation of Soviet policy and practice was needed in the draft, along with a lengthier discussion of peaceful alternatives to conflict, said Archbishop Roach, president of the US Bishop Conference.
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Thomas Aquinas, patron saint of Catholic schools. "It is my sincere wish that the authentic and most valid public sers ice rendered by the Catholic school, which must not lack the necessary assistance, also on the part of State organs, may be recognised, in order that all parents may effectively choose, according to their consciences, the school for their children," he said. Ir. Italy, the State does not directly subsidise Catholic schools. But some provincial and local governments pay the tuition of children from poorer families attending Catholic schools. The public school system in Italy provides Catholic religious instruction, though attendance of such classes is not mandatory, and the salaries of priests or others teaching such courses are paid by the State. In his talk to school teachers, the pope stressed the need for a "harmonic c ollaboration between family and school" in the task of forming young men and women. "You do not limit yourselves, in fact, to informing, through the transmission of knowledge, but rather you intend to integrally form persons in all aspects: intelligence. certainly, but also the will and in a complete' . special way, the conscience . . ." Pope John Paul told the teachers to assure that the teaching of religion not receive a "marginal or secondary post" in the Catholic school and that such religious teaching be truly "Catholic, stating integrally and with full fidelity the doctrine set out by the magisterium teaching authority of the Church).
Few changes in draft
He said that the European bishops "feel we ought to make a judgment that the just war theory has precedence over the nonviolence theory" in R OME (NC) Catholic moral teaching. Cardinal- designate The proximity of West- Joseph Bernardin of ern European countries to Chicago has said he the Eastern bloc and their f oresees no "sub• strategic position as a pos- stantive" chances in sible theatre of nuclear war give them a perspective dif- the draft of the Amerferent from that of the ican bishops' pasf rom a special around the man who was American bishops, he said. toral on nuclear responsible for splitting "If I were sitting in a policy. c orrespondent country only for two min- The second draft of the the Church. E AST BERLIN: Mar- "We utes from a nuclear site pastoral. discussed by the want the anniversary. tin Luther will be in t o be centred on Christ, to that could destroy me and A merican hierarchy at the news again this have a missionary and ecu- thousands around me, that t heir meeting last year which is the menical role," said Bishop gives me cause for con- No, ember. is undergoing cern," he commented. revision prior to its presen500th anniversary of W erner Leich, chairman of HUNGARIAN "And that is exactly their tation to the U.S. bishops of the possession of misunderstandings and his birth and commu- the organising committee. situation." for final voting on May 2, nuclear weapons as a misperceptions about cer- BROADCAST nist East Germany's We also want to face up He said the European at a meeting to he held in deterrent, but only if that tain sections of the draft. possession is coupled with "I'm not sure that I would BUDAPEST A Catholic g overnment may be to the difficult themes sur- bishops. like the Ameri- Chicago. Mass has been transmitted watching cautiously rounding Luther," he said, cans, would rather have all Archbishop Bernardin serious bilateral efforts at characterise the changes as here live by radio for the first time since 1948. Said in Latin. how the Protestant "such as his attitude weapons removed, but this commented on the draft reduction of armaments. substantive." outlines Hungarian and German in St would "leave them at the pastoral at a Press confer- Archbishop Bernardin The archbishop. c hurch there will towards Jews." draft the of areas several key these Matthew's Budapest by the But attitudes towards mercy of the Soviets." ence and during a talk to indicated that treat the event, points would be presened which he said are "already Primate of Hungary. Cardinal are complir he town of Eisleben Luther himself They expressed concern students of the North in the third draft of the pas- undergoing" revision or Lekai. It celebrated the 100th with Church where he was born and the cated enough that the conventional for- American College at the toral. "I personally would e xpansion. anniversary of the birth of and the communist state t own of Wittenberg where ces of the West are insuffi- mid-point of a meeting not see any substantial Among them is the sec- Hungarian composer Kodaly. events. separate planning Vatican the at Every Sunday there is a half cient to deter the superior being held he pinned his theses to the changes," said Archbishop tion on deterrence, he said. leader, conventional door are in East Germany The peasant's forces of the between representatives of Bernardin. "although "We're satisfied with our hour religious broadcast but one Soviet bloc and this in turn American and European some might see them as conclusion there." he said. full services have not heretowhere the Luther memor- Thomas Muentzer. is state's fore been transmitted live. led to requests that the US hierarchies to discuss the such. For the most part. ials come under state juris- of the communist the on place a with heroes, draft. state pastoral draft be toned diction and where they will be clarifying note. down in its condemnation He is chairman of the changes, because of some money is needed to do any five mark A USTRALIAN 1.uther years, recent In of first use of nuclear committee asked by the repair or refurbishing esperehabilitated, been draft to bishops American has weapons. cially for this event. an earls. the pastoral. DEMOCRATS The German Evangelical viewed now as shook who y The Chicago archbishop revolutionar churches want it to be an Support a Rome. said considerable reworkinternational ecumenical off the chains of Doctrinal the at problem takis document the of ing first The Responsible event with invitations there is ing place, to accommodate going to Catholic represen- moment is whether Representative tatives as well as sufficient room for the He said the European s uggestions made by A merican bishops and opening ceremony in May on March 5 Protestant. Eisen- representatives favoured a. other people consulted. Fhev say they want it to at Wartburg Castle pastoral statement limited 411\ he a celebration of unity ach where Luther trans- to outlining of doctrinal but that the alterations and VATICAN CITY (NC) expansions of the docu- — The Japanese ambassalated the bible into principals rather the than KIDBY DENIS ing" 1521. "clarify be would in ment German dor to the Holy See has Endorsed Candidate for Later, they came closer to American approach of ones. converted to Catholicism spelling out specific appliThe House of Representatives The fundamental points from Buddhism. topics that may upset the cations of those principals. of the draft will not be Seat of O'Connor German authorities. A ustralian Cardinal Church congresses are "Our position in the Uni- changed. James R. Knox, president being arranged under the ted States is that if we were The key themes of the of the Pontifical Council motto "dare to trust" and to issue a document that draft are: for the Family, baptised one topic is East German outlines only the moral • The retention of the CHICAGO (NC) — Cele- church activity, despite principles and not the Church's traditional just Masami Ota, the 62-yearE s a•r a nc• old ambassador, at the brating his first Mass as a state disapproval, in sup- application, no one saying war and that theory would Roman Church of Santa c ardinal for Chicago porting youngsters who listen to us," he said. Albany the tenets of the theory Maria in Vallicella. Catholics, Cardinal Ber- refuse military service. strikes prohibit nuclear Archbishop Roach said The baptism took place nardin called evangelisaJack Evans ELECT against civilian areas. on the feast day of 27 Japation "the first and most Head of the state's Luther that the bishops of East de la Huntv Shirley scepticism serious A • communist Germany issued a pastoral nese martyrs who were important task of the committee is Dick Jeffreys church." He urged Cathol- p arty leader Erich letter last month that urges about any "first use" of crucified in Nagasaki, bilateral disarmament and nuclear weapons and 1 597. ics to first be evangelised Honecker. TO THE SENATE t hemselves and then Luther was once con- calls nuclear war immoral. about the legitimacy of a Ota said the process of his spread the message of the demned by the commu- Other European bishops' limited nuclear response conversion dates back to CAMPAIGN OFFICE: Gospel to others. "Just as nists as a bourgeois c onferences, including a gainst military targets 1958, when he was serving 10 William Street, Perth 6000. Floor 1st Peter dropped what he was reactionary who criticised those of England and because of the danger of in New Delhi, India. at the the and just the escalation Telex: AA9?cR6 "criminal, murderous 321 6355 (09) Telephone: there Wales, embassy Japanese France, West Gerthe followed doing and Lord, so also must we fol- pillaging of the peasants" many and Belgium, are war's demand for pmpor- and then-Archbishop A uthonsell by Parma W4k.nson. Ist Floc, Eaote Knox was apostolic nuncio 10 %Whom Street Perth WA 6000 low him," the cardinal in the uprising of the 15th planning statements, he tionality. century. • The moral acceptability to India. said. said,
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At last the big moment had come for Noel Dwyer and his shipmates in HMAS Junee when they lined the upper deck 12 miles off the Monte Bello Islands. For months they had ferried VIP scientists and stores between Onslow and the islands, and now the time for the British atomic explosion had come.
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Dr Michael Hagan of East . ..Fremantle who is doing a period of service with the Saint John of God Sisters at Bethania Hospital in Pakistan and who was back in Perth for a short visit last week, is pictured talking with three Sisters of Saint John of God who left this week f or Pakistan (from left) Sisters Elizabeth Murphy, Victorine Collins and Geraldine Collins.
The Australian Sisters of Saint John of God are sending a second team of sisters to Pakistan to help the local Catholic community hold on to their Catholic hospital. The 70-bed Fatima hospital in Sarghoda. Rawalpindi has suddenly lost the services of three German sisters. Their institute had conducted the hospital since it was established in 1965 by the German Misereor Lenten collection, the equivalent of the Australian Catholic Relief.
Urgent call The Sisters of Saint John of God who are already in Pakistan got an urgent call from Bishop Pereira of Islamabad. Although their order is short of sisters in Australia, they have mounted this temporary operation as a missionary response. The hospital has a staff of 74 and is situated in a parish conducted by the Mill Hill Fathers. The Irish Presentation Sisters conduct a parish school.
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One of the St John of God Sisters at present in Pakistan, Sister A ngela Cox, formerly of Broome, pictured with some of the children she meets in visits to the villages.
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By BOB BOYLE training programme that included exhausting runs round the island and big feeds of steak and eggs for breakfast. In top physical condition on the day of the race, the crew waited anxiously in Crawley Bay for the starter's gun. They got away well, but after five strokes Noel's oar slipped out and he sat as a shame-faced passenger as the rest of the labouring crew pulled the Navy to its first victory. After having served six months in HMAS Tobruk, he was transferred to Manus Island. This had originally been considered a punishment assignment but by now it was a sought-after posting because of the realisation among the ranks that a lot of money could be saved in 12 months up there. The tropical weather gave rise to a monumental thirst and for one combined exercise involving the navies of Britian, Australia, Canada and New Zealand a freighter was sent from Hong Kong with its entire cargo consisting of San Miguel beer. Noel was occasionally on shore patrol with the main duty of rounding up naval drunks. They were loaded onto a tip truck and the tipping mechanism was used to dump them on the wharf. The truck he drove was one of many that had been abandoned in the jungle at the conclusion of the war and it had a mere 30 miles on the speedometer. When he was moved to HMAS Junee she was patrolling off Onslow keeping an eye on a Japanese pearling fleet of about 30 boats with a mother ship. The Australian authorities had stipulated that the Japanese must operate only in an area laid down. The Japanese knew there were better pearls in prohibited waters nearby and they got up to a number of dodges to fish the banned stretch of sea. For instance, by the light of dawn, the Junee's crew would count the
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Almost $308,000 was contributed to Catholic missions by the people of the Archdiocese of Perth during 1982.
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It had been an interesting period. he crew had mixed with vital people of a sort they were not used to meeting in everyday life and had enjoyed the NAAFI hospitality ashore on the Monte Bellos. Sir William Penny, known as the father of the British atomic bomb and a passenger in their ship, had given them some details of the device and told them what to expect when it was exploded. Junee's crew was issued with discs to wear on their shorts to measure any radiation that might come their way as they stood a dozen miles offshore. They were told to turn their backs, cover their eyes and count to a certain number before looking towards the big blast. They followed instructions to the letter, and later it was found that no radiation at all had registered on their discs. As the mushroom cloud was ascending. Noel raced below to relieve his mate in the engine room so that he could come up and have a look. He opened a heavy steel door just as the rush of wind from the distant explosion reached the ship with such force that it ripped the door from his grasp. The whole exercise left Noel and his shipmates with mixed feelings. They were pleased to be among the few in Australia to have seen an atomic explosion, but the awesome power of the device imprinted an indelible impression on their minds. The youthful Dwyer had joined the Navy for a number of reasons. He had been unable to obtain an apprenticeship, service life would impart the discipline he felt every young bloke needed, there was a hint of adventure and a promise of travel. When training ended, his first seagoing trip was to New Zealand in the old light cruiser Australia. Twelve months at Garden Island (now HMAS Stirling) followed to maintain the old corvettes awaiting their last voyage to the breaker's yard. Sailors wielding hammers in the bilges of the venerable vessels were jokingly warned not to hit too hard in case they sank them. When Noel arrived the Navy was hanging its head in shame because it had never won the inter-service "head of the river" rowing regatta. The powers-that-were decided to remedy this situation. A burly crew including young Dwyer, was selected and put through a strenuous
This was announced recently by Father Patrick Ahern, the Director of the Perth Missions Office. The breakdown of this amount was as follows: Annual donations for the Propagation of the Faith $148,527. Monthly membership for thePropagation of the
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More than $300,000 raised in Perth archdiocese Faith $68,580. ( both of the above a mounts ca me from annual parish appeals) Mission Sunday offerings $21,036. Legacies and bequest $19,350. Donations from Catholic Primary Schools $19,174. Donations from Catholic S econdary Colleges $8,410. bank interest $11,780 Sundry donations includ-
ing sale of Monsignor teachers and pupils in the McMahon's books $10,747. schools. Total income: $307,789. He also thanked those Father Ahern said that who help in the missions there were significant office and those priests increases in all areas who visit the parishes conexcept legacies and ducting appeals for the bequests, and the latter Propagation of the Faith. were difficult to control. Annual report Father Ahern expressed In his annual report for his very sincere thanks to 1982. Father Ahern highall contributors for the lighted four front line miswonderful way in which In particular, he thanked sion areas which received they had supported the the priests and people in prayerful support and are missions during 1982. t he parishes and the of special interest to the
was at Monte Bello islands for British A-bomb
Colourful life befor selling papers .Voel Joseph Dwyer, a Floreat Park newsagent and staunch parishioner of Our Lady of Victories at Wembley, was born at Subiaco on December 12, 1933. The schools at which he was educated were St Patrick's Convent at West Perth, the East Fremantle Convent, the Brigidine Convent at Subiaco, CBHS at Highgate and St
Patrick's Boys' School in Wellington Street — all except one of which no longer operates as a school, he reflects. He took various jobs in an unsuccessful search for an apprenticeship until he served in the Royal Australian Navy as a mechanical engineer from 1952-58. For 14 years after his discharge
from the ,Navy he was an airport fireman at Cocos Island and in various parts of WA before owning a newsagency at Subiaco for 41/2 years and then moving to his present business 51/2 years ago.
fishig fleet and discover one vessel missing. When they had dashed off in the direction they thought it might have taken, the rest of the fleet would head straight for the banned zone. It was the old decoy trip and it was stopped only when the Navy called in the RAAF to patrol over the fleet at irregular and unpredictable intervals. Noel's next move was to the naval air station at Nol.vra, where he and his section maintained services such as hot-water systems and emergency power supplies for the airstrip. As a training station for aircrew, it had the usual quota of incidents and accidents, including some fatalities, and the sound of the alarm siren was often heard. From there he was posted to HMAS Cootamundra, based in Sydney but operating out of Darwin to superintend the Japanese fishing fleet working Gulf of Carpentaria waters. Darwinites called the ship the Cootamaru because it was always so close to the Japanese vessels.
Noel spent time ashore at Melville and Bathurst Islands and once had five days camped with a little group from the ship at the mouth of the Liverpool River in case any of the Japanese crews attempted to land. In the event none did and the sailors' interest was centred on tribal aborigines camped on the opposite bank of the river. Noel's pidgin picked up at Manus was of some use in communicating with them, but in the main they were a silent lot. Two or three of the elders occasionally crossed over to bake in the coals of the Navy's camp fire fish the sailors caught in the river. The results were delicious meals eaten in silence in the company of the stoical elders. At the end of the tour of duty in the north, the residents of Cootamundra invited the crew of the ship to a memorable festival weekend in the town after which it was named. Shortly after his discharge from the Navy in WA, Noel met the crewmate from the Junee he had rushed down to relieve so that he could see the Monte Bellos atomic explosion. The man was now a fireman at Perth Airport.
The mate said it was a good job and urged Noel to join the airport fire service, an idea with which he concurred. "I'll give you a list of the questions they ask at the interview," his helpful friend volunteered, "and you'll have no trouble in getting in." The interviewing officer was subsequently astounded at the excellence of Noel's answers. "You know," he said, "I've interviewed hundreds for this job and your answers are by far the best I've received." Noel's first posting after training was to Cocos Island where he was the only fireman. In addition to maintaining the fire and water tenders and the ambulance, he had to train volunteer crews for them. He was the films officer, the secretary-treasurer of the tennis and basketball clubs and was the prime mover in laying out one of the world's most unusual golf courses stretching over crushed coral on either side of the two-mile runway.
Noel and his wife Glenis have three daughters ranging in age from 12 to 18.
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Floreat newsagent Noel Dwyer
He took his turn with other resi- Lady of Victories Church at Wembdents in presenting programmes ley and spent five years at Jandakot from the local radio station that had Airport. Then there were tours of duty at formerly been the island's gaol. Because there was at least one air- the airports at Derby. Geraldton and craft movement a day -- sometimes Perth before he resigned from the many more — and he had to be at department to buy the Subiaco newthe aerodrome for all of them, he sagency and later his present busihad to forego the frequent free trips ness at Floreat Park. "People tend to talk to shopoffered to him to places such as keepers about their joys, sorrows Singapore. Aircraft were coming through and problem's." Noel says. "I don't object to this because it with all sorts of interesting equipment for the Woomera and Mara- serves as a safety valve for them and linga rocket ranges and he boarded sometimes I can be of help in relieving their difficulties." them all. There are occasional entertaining He gained a certain amount of mischievous enjoyment from mak- incidents in a newsagent's life. For instance one day an ing impatient admirals. generals and air marshals remain in the seats in obviously-indignant man walked VIP aircraft as he sprayed the cabin into the shop, picked up a copy of The West Australian without paying with insecticide. and was stamping huffily out. A fter a year at Cocos he returned to "Hey," Noel yelled, "how about Perth, married Glenis Kelly in Our paying for the paper?" The response from the irate one was instant. "You didn't deliver my paper this morning." he snarled. "No", Noel replied. "because we don't deliver." Sheepishly, the stranger shuffled back and forked out his money. All in all, it seems there have been few dull moments in the life of Noel Joseph Dwyer.
The RAN's light cruiser HMAS A ustralia. FACING PAGE: The HMAS Tobruk.
our overseas missions Greg and Betty Lupto help the Third World needy. and ton of Perth are still teach-
people of this archdiocese. diocese of Lahore, Pakisas well as receiving regular tan, where six St John of financial help from the God sisters are serving at society for the Propaga- Bethania Hospital. tion of the Faith. The first area is the diocese of Broome, Father Ahern said, where regular contact is maintained with the bishop, priests They were joined during and religious. past year by Dr the Early in the year, a piano was donated to the mission Michael Hagan of Perth and nursing sisters, Karan at La Grange. The second area is the Smith and Kathryn Leslie.
Two Perth final year ing at St Louis post medical students, Myra secondary training centre. The fourth area is the Brown and Peter Arkwof Bacolod in the diocese months of right spent two their summer vacation Philippines where Perth Columban missionary, working at Bethania. Father Brian Gore is servThe third area is the dio- ing, and is currently facing cese of Tarawa in the alleged charges. newly independent coun- Father Gore and his peotry of Kiribati in the Cen- ple have received a great tral Pacific. deal of prayerful support Several Western Austral- from many people in Perth ian lay missionaries have and elsewhere, Father already served in this area, Ahern said.
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KNOW YOUR FAITH
PATHWAYS OF THE SPIRIT
This week our series has the saints in mind. Why do people recall the saints? What makes the saints interesting? Our authors cast light on those questions as they reveal why the stories of the saints are among the treasures of our history as Christians. Norbertine Father A #redMcBride says that we can identify more easily with saints if we look for their humanity and vitality. liepoints out that St. Francesca Cabrini once sued a businessman she thought was cheating her. A adSt. Vincent de Sales entered thepriesthoodin search of security and found sanctity instead. Father McBride is a well-known educator and author. Kathleen Stief says she can identify with Mother Elizabeth Seton because the saint learned to cope as a single parent. Mrs Stkf is a staff member at the National Catholic Educational Association in Wa.shinxton, D.C. Katharine Bud sets out to find a saint today by drawing up a list of saintlike characteristics. She thinks most of us canfind one saint in the malting if we look around. Ms Birdis associate editor of the Know Your Faith series. Father John Castelot writes that the prophet. Jeremiah, was not the least bit happy at the prospect of becoming a prophet at the tender age of 20. Yet he responded to God's call.
People with lots of spirit
W ould a woman ever stand before a pope and say, "Act like a man"?
Catherine of Siena did. This 14thcentury woman said a lot more than that as she negotiated with Pope Gregory XI to leave Avignon and bring thc papacy back to Rome. Would a nun ever sue a businessman? Frances Cabrini did. She thought a contractor she hired to transform a North Shore Chicago hotel into a hospital was cheating her. She accused him of fraud, fired him on the spot and said, "I'll see you in court." Both those women were canonised saints. Both were very alive and very human. In fact, those are traits that characterised saints through the ages: vitality and humanity. Peter Claver ministered to and baptised more than 300,1300 black people during his 40-year career. At Cartagena in the Caribbean, port of entry for the slave trade in the 1600s, Peter Claver boarded the slave ships and roamed the slave warehouses seeking to bring the people human tenderness and divine salvation. He brought them medicines, food, lemon, brandy, tobacco, clothing and bread. Peter Claver showed them he recognised their ethnic origins. A warm-hearted man, he went about hugging, loving, dosing, feeding and caring for these multitudes of frightened people. He convinced them he believed in their personal dignity and self-worth. Today, a dark, weathered statue of Peter Claver stands in the port of Cartagena. Originally it was a white marble likeness. Salt air has darkened it. Popular tradition says that the black people, with knowing glances, claim that "Father Claver must have been a black, for no white man would have loved us so much." Very much alive and very human, a man like Peter Claver drew his power from his prayer and the grace of God. Many saints were converts from quite different lifestyles. Augustine once believed the Bible to be poorly written and not suitable for study by intellectuals like himself. But he was a searcher for truth and did one day find Christ and the ideals of Christian moral living. He also became one of Christianity's most eloquent explainers of the Bible. That well-known lover of the poor, Vincent de Paul, spent most of his early life hating the poor. Born in poverty himself, he despised his humble state and resolved t o become prosperous. How? By becoming a priest; moreover, by becoming a clerical opportunist. Vincent de Paul courted the rich and powerful. Self-ingratiating and charming, he secured highsalaried posts and found the financial security for which he hungered. Fortunately, he was not without some remnant of conscience. More luckily yet, he met people like Francis de Sales and Cardinal Pierre de Berulle — spiritual giants in
By FATHER ALFRED McBRIDE, 0.PRAEM. the early 17th century. They perceived in him the possibilities of moral integrity and spiritual living. Gradually, by their influence and God's grace, Vincent de Paul changed from clerical opportunist to champion of the poor. In the second half of his life, Vincent de Paul initiated a host of valuable Christian ministries: the parish mission, continuing education for the clergy (the Tuesday Conferences), a new model for seminary training, a widely used outline for a 10-day retreat, nursing homes for senior citizens, relief services for war victims, a ransom
fund to free slaves (he had once been sold into slavery by pirates), a religious order of men - the Vincentians - and a religious order of women the Daughters of Charity, under the leadership of Louise de Marillac. No question Vincent de Paul was very much alive and profoundly concerned with the human. A whirlwind of action, he accomplished all his ventures without benefit of phone, car, plane or any other such tool of communications. How he found time to write 3.000 letters remains a mystery.
Young prophet rgy Father John Castelot
All the prophets needed the Spirit of the Lord to carry out their almost superhuman task. They needed wisdom andunderstanding to interpret the signs of the times. They needed prudence and c ounsel to advise people judiciously. They needed fortitude to carry on in spite of the opposition — often violent — from the people they wanted to help. This was especially true of Jeremiah. He was born about 640 B. C. at A natoth. a little village some three miles northeast of Jerusalem. Then, scarcely out of his teens, Jeremiah was called by God to be a prophet. To put it mildly, the call was not altogether welcome. To the youth it appeared a sentence of doom. He stammered out his lack of fitness and ability. But, although the voice of the Lord may have been just a small whisper in Jeremiah's soul, it was an imperious one. He could not ignore it. Well might Jeremiah have been frightened at the prospect. He knew all too well from his own keen observations what would be expected of him as a prophet. He was aware of the situation in suburban areas like his home town. A ndhe was close enough to the big city to havefirsthandknowledge of conditions there. Religion and morality hadfallen to an abysmally low estate under the kings, Manasseh and Amon, whose reigns covered a half century. Idolatrous worship was openly encouraged. The people needed little encouragement for the tve of religion which catered to the basest human instincts. Sacred prostitution was standard procedure at the local shrines scattered all over the wooded hilltops. The incredible practice of child sacrifice had popped up
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again. The popular Assyrian cult of the "army of heaven" (the heavenly bodies), especially of the goddess Ishtar, was quite the vogue. The temple itself was the centre of idolatrous worship of all types — the temple which was supposedly the dwelling place of the one true God. With religion poisoned at its very source, one could hardly expect the moral condition of the people to have been anything but rotten. And rotten it was. ,4dultery, debauchery, fraud, bribery, oppression, murder — these were the order of the day. Jeremiah scoured Jerusalem looking for just one decent person. Here Jeremiah was, a youth of hardly 20 years, commissioned by God to give his people an ultimatum: Repent or perish. Did the prophet stand a ghost of a chance? The people would just as soon knife him as look at him. On the other hand, they were his people, and Jeremiah loved them. It broke his heart to see them as they were. The thought of what their conduct would bring upon them terrified him. That he should have been chosen to announce the chastisement was almost too much to bear. But above all else, Jeremiah loved God and God had spoken to him. The task must be done. Chapters 2 to 6 of the Old Testament book of Jeremiah come for the most part from the early period of .Jeremiah 's ministry. They reflect his youthful ardour and the turmoil of his tormented self. Thus it was to be for half a century. Loving his people, Jeremiah had to preach their downfall. Sincerely attached to the temple, he had to preach its annihilation. In love with life, withpeace, with joy, Jeremiah had to foretell war, defeat, destruction and exilefor his people.
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IN SEARCH OF A SAINT TODAY
Looking around The Greek cynic, Diogenes, set out on foot wrapped in a disreputable looking cloak and carrying a lantern even though it was broad daylight. His quest in the third century BC, so the legend goes, was to comb the streets of Greece in hopes of locating one honest person.
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That picture of Diogenes has By KATHARINE BIRD tickled my fancy for a long time: the quest for a person of honesty. Suppose we change the scene accomplishments were pitifully learned to put her difficulties into somewhat, going in search of small. perspective. saints. What kind of person would Saints meet adversity and are Today, she has developed a delione look for? What qualities go forced to deal with it. cately balanced set of priorities. into the makeup of a saint? They are not insulated from the She cares for her children and Let's imagine we are sleuths. The sorrows and hardships of life. At pursues her career as an educator. assignment: to look in our corn- times, being forced to deal with She has made close friends who adversity impels a person toward love and support her. She makes munities for saintlike people. Allow me to cite some of the qual- Christ. sure she is involved in a service ities I would look for in a saint. Saints also are cheerful and have activity which helps others. Saints need perseverance, a sense of fun. Mrs Dickerson also makes sure People don't become saints Saints, alive with an awareness of that some portion of each day is instantaneously. It happens over who Christ is, find a way of "walkreserved for prayer. For her, the unsteady course of a lifetime. ing through life with courage, prayer is an essential aid in finding Saints have no shortcuts, no magic humility and humour", as Father out how she can develop into a formula that allows them to short- John Shea puts it in Stories of more faithful follower of Christ. circuit the hard work of becoming Faith. My friend may never be canofaithful Christians. Following Now, having drawn up a list of nised a saint. And she certainly Christ can include making false characteristics, how likely are we wouldn't recognise the title applied starts, and getting derailed, and to meet saints in our daily lives? to her. But, for me, she is saintlike: having to start all over again. I think each of us can find at least a model of what a Christian can be. Saintly people — such as 20th one. Someone like the woman I'll century lay Catholics, Raissa and call Margaret Dickerson. Jacques Maritain — reveal in their A convert to Catholicism about writings that following Christ is 15 years ago, she is a woman who like going down a torturous road radiates a sense of serene confiPeople are intriguing. The do with many twists and turns. But dence. She knows who she is and some of the most remarkable they teach us too how to pick our- where she wants to go as a things. selves up and continue after stum- Christian. When audiences line up around bling. Saints are humble. I know, from what she tells me. the block to buy tickets for a new Individuals don't know they are that this woman has suffered movie, you can bet its plot centres becoming saints during their life- mightily, beginning when her huson characters who are intriguing times. Instead, saints usually are band abandoned her when she was for some reason. overwhelmingly aware of how a young wife with small children, • Perhaps audiences find the Brother Joseph Lennon talks to a man outside Holy Name Centre on New York's Bowery. The Poor Brothers of St Francis who staff the facility carry on in the tradition of St Francis modest their gifts are. At first, Mrs Dickerson says, she exciting or cashing. characters of Assisi, St Peter Claver. St Vincent de Paul and others as they work among the poor, unwanted people of society Outsiders may look at the didn't see how she was going to • Or perhaps. like the well-known achievements of a Mother Eliza- manage: how she could earn a liv"Marty". the characters are interbeth Seton and stand back in awe ing and raise her children alone; esting precisely because they are at what she accomplished: estab- how to find the emotional strength ordinary (even very ordinary). lishing schools, translating books, she needed. Every public speaker knows he training teachers and raising her Nonetheless, Mrs Dickerson took spice up a lecture with a story can children. She felt that, compared one small step at a time, and graduabout people. with what needed to be done, her ally built a new life. She has The Sunday homilist is aware that his topic will come to life if he manages to illustrate his point by telling a story about people. What it is that makes the person in the story remarkable, however. can vary almost as much as people Elizabeth Ann Seton is a vary. saint I can identify with eas• How someone coped with life ily. She experienced much under adverse circumstances may that many of us experience. be remarkable. • What produces happiness for She was a mother, a widow, By KATHLEEN T. STIEF some people? Sometimes that, too. an educator and an author of textbooks. Like me, she cribed Mrs Seton as a charming is just remarkable! • It is remarkable that some peowas a single parent trying to and intelligent woman, helped her ple thrive so well — and contribute raise her children alone. her about keep busy by teaching so much to others — while living In 1774, Elizabeth Ann Bayley Catholicism. When she returned to relatively routine lives. was born into a prominent and New York five months later, her • And it is remarkable when a privileged family in New York family and friends were shocked path of growth can be charted in a City. She married a wealthy mer- when she announced she intended person's life. chant, William Seton, and had five to become a Catholic. They tried to The saints are remarkable people. her. children. An Episcopalian with a dissuade That's one reason we keep telling strong sense of spirituality, she their stories. Mrs Seton. encouraged by Baltidonated time to the aid of widows more's Archbishop John Carroll, But what makes the saints remarand the poor. kable varies — just as people vary established a religious community. But then, within a three-year Sometimes a saint seems especially Financial backing came from a period, disaster struck the young remarkable in light of the needs of benefactor who wanted to see woman. Her husband's business women Religious involved in our own day. failed; the children went through a moral and religious education. The St. Francis of Assisi is rememsuccession of serious illnesses., her benefactor stipulated that "this bered as a remarkable peacemaker father died of yellow fever and her establishment will be made at by people of our time which badly husband's tuberculosis advanced Emmitsburg. a village" not far needs peacemakers. And St. Benerapidly. from Baltimore. dict's ability to find a place for both Then, with her ill husband and work and prayer seems remarkable On March 25, 1809, Mrs Seton eldest child, an eight-year-old in an age when the rush of events daughter, Mrs Seton set out for took vows of poverty, chastity and tends to crowd prayer out. Italy to visit her husband's business obedience in the presence of ArchWhy do we tell of the lives of friends. Because of the yellow fever bishop Carroll. From that day forsaints? Partly because they were epidemic in New York, however, ward she became known as Mother remarkable. But to discover their Italian officials placed the Setons Seton. remarkable side, it is important not in quarantine for a month in a cold to get mixed up on what we meat, After a long illness Mother Seton dark building. by "remarkable." Sometimes January 4, 1821. at the age of died Mrs Seton kept a diary of the sufsaints led quite simple lives. fering they endured. It tells how 47. Canonisation doesn't certify that her husband died a week after they On September 4, 1975. Pope Paul a remarkable Christian led a glamwere released. That time marked VI declared Mother Seton a saint. orous life or even that the saint was the low point in this courageous He said of her: "She is the first liked by everyone. With canonisawoman's life. She was in the home daughter of the United States to be tion, it isn't claimed that a saint Elizabeth Ann Seton played by Kate Mulgrew is happily reunited with her children following a trip to Italy where she hoped to find a cure for her husband's illness in this scene of strangers, without money. glorified with this incomparable was perfect. from A Time for Miracles, a 1980 ABC drama The mother, teacher and convert to Catholicism went on to become America's native-born saint Her new friends in Italy, who des- attribute."
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Beryl answered to become mum A weekly feature by
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With a natural instinct for mothering, Beryl Grant a s a child wanted to marry and have six boys . . . she never married but her 'six boys' became thousands. A s matron of Ngal-a for 2 2 years, retiring in 1 980, she became mother to many and doled out lashings of love, comfort and care to countless children.
A t the age of 4 with big sister, Jean
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She has a strong Christian commitment and feels that these things are decided by others. While there is regret she never became a mother herself -- was never responsible for a new life — she counters it with the knowledge that as a single person she was able to help others, and perhaps, she says, that's what the good Lord intended.
Lifetime of service satisfaction, joy and
The thing that gives her a glow of happiness is to see a contented child in a happy family setting. "If I've done anything to help, I'm well pleased," she said. "I hope that where our paths have crossed, the road to life has been made a little easier for them." She was the first matron appointed to Ngal-a when it opened in 1958 as a home caring for mothers and children. As 'mother' to more than 10,000 children she brought humility, understanding, love, compassion and humour to the task. From the bare bones of an institution she created a home of warmth and love and a new chance for many. In those first years Ngal-a was in essence a refuge for unmarried mothers, it catered for 100 residential and 50 children in daycare. The home changed over the years to meet community needs. "As attitudes changed. so did we," Miss Grant said. "The idea of taking children into care changed. We began to favour short-term rather than long-term situations. Toward the end of my time there we became more involved in family care." It was certainly a hard job to leave, she said, but you have to give the place a chance to change and you have to know when to stop. "I retired at 60 because I thought I could use my energies elsewhere." she said. Energy and faith have been the mainstay of her life. She believes that God's hand has played a big part in the path it took -- in fact, if it had been left to her, she would never have become matron of Ngal-a. As a senior nurse administrator at King Edward Memorial Hospital in 1959 with triple certificates of general, midwifery and infant health nursing she applied for the post. "Later I got cold feet and asked for my application to be withdrawn," she said. "Then the president of the interview committee telephoned me and I told her I didn't think I could do
Beryl (left) pictured shortly after her father's death with mother, sister and baby brother.
the job. But she asked me to go for an interview anyway. She took up the job a couple of months before the official opening, planned furnishings and equipment and organised the transfer to Ngal-a of babies, mothers and nurses from the old Alexandra Home in Lincoln Street, Highgate. "Overnight I became the unmarried mother of 20 babies and teenage girls — the 17-year-old nurses who themselves needed a lot of support during the changeover." By the end of the week there were 19 babies at Ngal-a and she wrote in her diary on Christmas Day that year: "We have sheltered more than 250 souls in these first few months." In the absence of a cook Beryl Grant prepared the first meal at the home. Cooking is one of her great loves and another area where she excels. Her cook's assistant for the first meal was an old man called Danny. w ho came over from the Alexandra. "We stoked up the fire and I started to cook breakfast," she said. "The girls (unmarried mothers) have only porridge, matron," said Danny. "Not here they won't Danny." she responded. "everyone will eat the same." And they all sat down and ate together.
the call to many to children brought honourfrom others "In those early days I hadn't got the hang of what quantities to buy," she said. "I was always running down to the corner shop on Saturday afternoons to buy more eggs." She remembers too the first baby placed into her arms to care for. "She was a premature baby brought to me in the rush of my taking over," she said. "For three years we cared for her until her mother was able to look alter her. A bond grew between us and every year at Christmas and on her birthday, until she was about 1 1 and her mother died, she would come with her mother to see me." It made the link even stronger because Beryl Grant had lost her own parents at an early age — her father died when she was five, and her mother when she was 14. Over the years she went to the young girls school break-ups and took great joy in making and icing a cake for her 21st birthday. A s we sipped tea and munched her delicious almond bread, and talked, another half-iced cake could be seen peeping out of the kitchen. Even in retirement Beryl Grant's children are never very far a way. Ngal-a had its origins in the House of Mercy which was established about 92 years ago by a small group of women concerned for the welfare of unmarried mothers in the days when they were often disowned by their family, became outcasts and were illtreated in the community. In 1916 they moved to the Alexandra House and then on to Ngal-a. It was not until 1921 that laws were introduced into WA allowing the babies to be offered for adoption, so it was common in the early days for the matrons to try to arrange marriages for the girls. An early annual report says: "Matron had a good year, she organised four marriages." Beryl Grant may not have arranged any marriages but she has been involved in many as her 'children' have grown up. When she sees them now, happily married with growing families, it is, she
says, gratifying to know that Ngala helped towards that happiness. She knows only too well the tragedy of a broken family — as hers became on the death of her mother. The children, an older sister, Beryl and a younger brother had to be separated. "I was fostered by an old family friend and there were no Government grants for students in those days so I had to leave school." She got a job with the Public Works Department but dreamt always of the day when she would have enough money saved to enable her to study to be a teacher. "Sometimes the direction in which you think you want to go isn't the right direction for you, and six years later I was steered into applying to the Children's Hospital (now Princess Margaret Hospital) to become a nurse. "I had enough money saved to buy my uniform and a few clothes and I was accepted at a wage of 10 9d a week." Eventually, of course, she did get to teach. As she moved through her profession — at one stage she was awarded an S800 Florence Nightingale scholarship — she taught nursing and mothercraft skills to others. In 1950 she went on a three year working holiday in England, then returned to undertake midwifery training at King Edward Memorial Hospital. She was a nursing sister there for a year before going to Victoria to do her Child Welfare Training at the Presbyterian Babies Home in Melbourne. In 1961 Beryl was made a Fellow of the College of Nursing and in 1968 she was the first West Australian nurse to receive a Winston Churchill Fellowship. She left Australia to study Child Care and Work for the Unmarried Mother in America, under the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare Children's Bureau, and later in Britain with the Council for the Unmarried Mother and her Child. Much of this time was spent in the study of adoptions, especially
• Beryl Grant at Catherine McCauley Centre — children are still her life. problems of mixed racial adoptions. Professionally she made an indelible mark but her strong love of children sought expression throughout her life. Of the many stories written about her, this anecdote was printed a couple of years ago and typifies her attitude to children and their place in life: "Until the nature of her increased involvement in community work made it impractical, she always took a child with her wherever she went. "The fact that some of her friends in the nursing profession were not
A young Beryl making what was to be the first of many broadcasts
endowed with the same maternal instincts did not bother her. "As inaugural secretary of the Nurses Memorial Centre, in Kings Park Road, she arranged with another well-known matron to go to the bank to try to borrow money to start the building of the centre. "As the two walked to Miss Grant's car, the other nurse caught a glimpse of the little girl inside, and said: "What did you bring her for? What are you going to do with her?" The response was predictable: "Take her with me. Mothers take their children to the bank, why shouldn't I take one of mine?" "In the manager's office she leant across his desk, `Could I have one of your pencils please.' "She gave the proffered pencil to the child together with a scribbling pad, saying: 'Now there you are dear, you sit down there and play with that.' "They got the loan." A warm, welcoming woman she says there have always been fashions in caring for children but as long as the love element is there the rest doesn't matter. "I remind people that the word disciple comes from discipline and that means teaching," she said. "Some people may see love as 'giving' to kids — but love is total caring and discipline is protection as long as you know when to stop protecting." Her competence and capability have not been restricted to those in her professional care. She was state president of the Florence Nightingale Committee, and in 1971 gave the national Florence Nightingale Oration. Since 1960 she has served on the management committee of the
Lady Gowrie Centre and is noN\ chairman of the centre. In 1973 she was appointed to the National Board of the Australian Inland Mission, the first time in 50 years that a woman had been appointed to that body. She has also been a vice-president of the WA Council of Churches and has served on its Social Questions Committee and was a panel member from the inauguration of the WA Panel of Frontier for a number of years. In 1976 she was appointed chairman of the Committee Into Residential Childcare, a body mooted by both the Catholic and Anglican Archbishops. It is very important work which she is still involved in and the committee, which was set up to stud the state of residential childcare in this state, acts as an independent c onsultative body to the Government. "It's our job to recommend perceived needs to the Government," she said. Beryl Grant is well used to playing 'Devil's advocate' at times and has notched up a wealth of experience in committee work. In 1974 she was elected national president of the College of Nursing Australia and in 1977 was the state president of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation and a member of the state committee of the College of Nursing, Australia. She is currently working on an inquiry for the Christian Brothers on their Clontarf and Castledare centres. "They've been doing marvellous work against rising costs," she said.
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(Say 9 tering team Priestly had approved Identity". the two great favours received. 68 STIRLING STREET, PERTH metro or country WA. times daily for 9 days and Wednesday March 9, men for this next step, the Dorothy. 1307 ALBANY HWY., CANNINGTON Applicant would consider promise publication.) R edemptorist Retreat congregation applauded at financial investment after Thanks for prayers ans- Most Sacred Heart of House 4.30pm, for spirit- the "election" or calling of 502 WANNER00 ROAD, BALGA suitable probationary wered. Mrs Wright Jesus may Your name be ual directors: "Psychologi- the two men who along period. Phone 364 4131. praised and glorified cal Problems in Forma- with their godparents went Most Sacred Heart of tion". to altar to sign the Book of Ponies. Ponies. Ponies. Jesus may Your name he throughout the world now Thursday March 10, St Election as the congregaand forever. 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Thank You Thank you. M.S. • From page 11 situations is vital," she said. able to increase these feelings notideparting July 16 some Lord for many favours "They're looking to find ways in Her service to the state has been ceably towards the decorated varvacancies. Phone Marcia received. I.L. Say nine which Clontarf and Castledare can marked by many and in the New iety, but (my wife) and I want you or Rita on 450 2488 or 450 times a day for nine days Most Sacred Heart of survive financially." Years Honours List of 1975, Beryl to know what a lot of sense the and promise publication. Jesus may Your name be 6469. praised and glorified For many years she has also been was created an Officer of the Order award makes . . ." throughout the world now associated with the Sisters of of the British Empire by Her Amongst all this community and and forever. Amen. Say Mercy at Santa Maria in regard to Majesty the Queen for services to professional service, Beryl still nine times daily for nine nursing and the welfare of children finds some time for herself. She is a their boarding school. days and promise publicaand "I was involved in an inquiry into and young people. charter member of the first Zonta tion for prayers answered. the suitability of their boarding The number and variety of con- club of Western Australia, belongs Thank you. J.V.W. facilities," she said. gratulations sent by individuals to a book club and is interested in One of the most important tasks indicated the deep affection in the theatre, classical music and of Most Sacred Heart of Any metro or country area free no °Nig. quotes she has taken on since retirement is which she is held by people in all course cooking. Jesus may Your name be as a special magistrate in the child- walks of life and of all ages. On the go much of the time she praised and glorified ren's court, an appointment made A well-known Bishop has has a 'retirement day' once a week throughout the world now by the Government in 1980. summed up the public's resonse in when she's just as likely to be preand forever. Said daily "Enjoy is not the word for it but I his congratulatory letter .. . ..We paring to entertain someone from 81 Garratt Rd, Bayswater nine time for nine consecudo find it stimulating and find that have admired and loved the undec- the huge 'family' she has gathered Tel 272 5496 Reg. 2296 tive days. Eileen and understanding children and their orated Beryl far too much to be over the years. Harmon.
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Well kids, we're fast coming up to our 1000th member . . . we've got 988 on the books so far so that's only 12 to go. To celebrate our record for The Record we've got a family pass to Pioneer World, courtesy of Channel Seven, to give to our 1000th member. If you haven't joined the Kids Club so far, now is the time to do so. You and your family could spend a delightful day at Pioneer World, Armadale, seeing the sights. Don't forget, we've also got a terrific Easter contest underway and you must be a member to take part in all our contests. We have weekly puzzles with books to give away to the first neatest, correct entries received. There's lots to do and lots to win so join up now.
Why did the cat go to the fridge? Because it wanted some 'ice. FARMER: I can guarantee that all my eggs are new-laid. C USTOMER: How so? FARMER: Because I've never seen a hen lay an old one. FIRST MAN: Is your wife a good pastry cook? S ECOND MAN: I should say so. Every time I think of her pastry a lump comes into my throat.
Winners Congratulations to our latest weekly puzzle winners — they are Craig and Neil Lyra, of Forrestfield and Jeffrey Large, of Toodyay.
MEMBERS Panning for gold at Channel Seven's Pioneer World at Armadale.
Stepping back into past
Welcome to our new m embers — Joseph Femia. of Bayswater; Francis Femia, of Bayswater; Claire Miguel, of Hope Valley; Suyin Chan, of Wembley Downs and Luke Hickey, of Mt Claremont.
A chapter of Western Australia's pioneer history is still BIRTHDAYS open for those who want to enjoy the Happy birthday to Sacha a rchitecture, style A kesson, Corrigin; own facilities, including and old world charm into the main street, they itsschool. Catherin Corry, Bindoon; back into an era when a step o f the 1880s at crafts were a necessity and The old world village Ben Even, Moora; MarieChannel Seven's Pio- an art. includes a local pub, the Helene Fleuriot, Victoria neer World at Arma- Craftsmen in the village magnificent Heritage Park; Anne Gray, Bolgart; Adrian Hughes, Lock dale. of 38 pioneer buildings Theatre, a sweet shop, a
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The "Smithy" at work at Channel Seven's Pioneer World, Armadale.
This magnificent com- include a town blacksmith, fire station, bank, post ridge; Christian Kahler, plex at the intersection of coach builder, saddle- office, jeweller, police sta- Trigg; Michael Kahl, the Albany and South maker, bookbinding, pot- tion, horse drawn merry- Greenwood; Keith MasWest Highways, Arma- tery, metal spinning, art go-round, carriage rides sam, Greenwood; Petrina Murphy, Quairading; dale, provides an entire vil- gallery and an old style and a goldmine. lage community with bakery. Pioneer World is open K aren Moore, Sorrento; shops and craftsmen from The shops. buildings and from 10am to 5pm Mon- Elizabeth Pauley, Dudinthe State's glorious past. dwellings have been spe- day to Thursday, 10am to in; Tina Pigliardo, WoodPioneer World was cially designed to faithfully 9pm on Fridays (until 25th lands; Tina Shervington, designed to provide vis- represent pioneer architec- March 1983), midday to Dianella; Janell Staphorst, itors and tourists with a ture of the era, ranging 5pm on Saturdays, and Girrawheen; Julianne settlement reminiscent of from rammed earth to 10am to 6pm on Sundays ZaleNiski, Toodyay; Mary Ingram, Girrawheen; the 1880s and has proved a stone, wood and brick. and public holidays. popular attraction since it More than 50 people The complex is set on a Gemma Palfrey, Greenwas first opened in 1980. work on the complex, picturesque 2.7 hectares wood; Emily Lochowicz. Once a visitor steps many in a self contained and includes a motel and A lbany; Peter Bell, Kojonup. through the toll building community which boasts restaurant.
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( Youth Forum
Choosing the right path! In any person's life there are millions of options and millions of possibilities.
Young people have much to teach us
Each choice made closes the door on a whole different world.
If you choose to leave school, you close the door on the world that would have been if you stayed on. If you choose to live here, you close the door on the whole different world that would have been if you lived somewhere else. If you marry this person, you close the door on the different world it would be if you had married someone else. The YCW is founded on the belief that each of these decisions and every decision of life is important, should be made freely, should in every possible way be planned and should in every possible way fit into a larger plan of where our life is heading.
Recognising the myriads YCW Perth ful l of possibilities in every life, timers, Mark O'Sulli- the question arises van (top) and Tom where do we start in our O 'Regan (bottom) can work with fellow YCW's be contacted by cal- - - what is the starting ling at 32 Claverton point? The classical answer is. Street North Perth or An article on 'chosing the right path' by phoning 3 2 8 9 6 67 You start with their life where they are at. But what b y the National YCW chaplain, Father all hours. does this mean? It means Hugh O'Sullivan. that we have to get to know the life of the member we We could spend time to act -- giving them small are working with. We have The days when only the priest to know where he lives, talking to him about all responsibilities. It does not s hared his experience and where he works, what he this, opening his eyes to the matter what responsibilithinks about, his interests, challenges facing him and ties are given, provided it is thoughts after reading a passage of his hobbies, his problems, starting to motivate him to some responsibility. scripture in liturgy are long past. his hopes. This knowledge take some planned action. Just the action and the Young people in particular have much will open up to us untold But Cardijn says that's responsibility, and only to teach from their prayerful reflection of possibilities of things he not where we start. He says afterwards the talk. could do the Word of God. we start by getting people But giving responsibility, nothing more, is not Recently I heard blissful living, sun, enough. YCW members Sean speaking at a sand and surf never have intelligence and their Youth group meeting measured up in reality. intelligence must be deveand expounding on The young hopefuls loped. They must know the the Isiahian passage in were soon caught by purpose of what they are Gospels, which speaks the high cost of living being taught to do and the of setting captives free, without family supreason why they have to do binding up hearts that port. Their meagre it. are broken and giving savings ran out and the blind new sight. The first means, thereseveral periods of fore, of forming a leader is The passage was sig- unemployment made The YCW believes that The beginning of a year is often to have personal contact nificant to Sean on life impossible. because it sees our life is a the time when with him. You form him by many groups turn t wo counts. Firstly gift given to us for a puronversation and friendc Sean was a lawyer their attention to planning for the pose — we have a mission Prostitution ship. You speak to him to whose job it was to in our life and in every coming months. get him to speak to you keep people out of aspect of our life. Before beginning any and see and reflect. kind of gaol and secondly it The girlfriend turned The YCW sees that this was the passage that t o prostitution Cardijn spoke of three planning, be sure the members of does not happen —and for in was read at the very order to bring in t wo reasons. stages in the formation the group comfortabl are e with first Youth group enough money to live. process, summed up in the 1) Many people just drift one another. If this means an meeting he had ever The final solution Flemish words, Voordoen, through life — letting life a ttended and was was to steal a 'hire-car' happen to them, Meedoen, Nadoen. extra socialising session, don't rather given a chance to share and try to make it than making decisions Voordoen -- one must for hesitate to require it. his thoughts and home — some three t hemselves, allowing do the work oneself before few A ice-breaker games or inreflections. asking another to do it. thousand kilometres themselves to be infludepth introductions will also help. enced too much by others, away. Meedoen -- then it is For Sean it was not foreseeing the conseOne effective technique is to necessary to do it with him. Lawyer important not only to quences for the future of Nadoen — after that one divide the group into pairs and keep the young man the decisions they make. must get the work done by aims but simply aspects of ask each member in turn to out 2) Many of gaol but people to are offer not Sean talked about the him, but always explaining the one aim —for man was interview his or her partner. recent incident in his a real alternative to free to make decisions destined to be his brother's helping and supporting life as a lawyer in life. To provide an because the society they keeper. When the interviews are over, ask him. defending a 20-year- opportunity for young live in forces them in a cereach person to introduce and tell tain people direction, to discover the oppresses It is part of the mission of old man who was them and real values restrains of life. them in every man to work much as for a as possible about that arrested for unlawfully world in which every other partner. using a motor vehicle. Y outh movements their freedom. like the Young ChrisThe YCW as a movement man is also free. The YCW The young man and tian Workers, Catholic and every member aims to has a method which is Pencil and paper may be helpful his girlfriend had been Parish Youth and oth- counter these two things. summed up in the slogan: during the interviews! Dachau and Belsen were lured to one of Austra- ers can do just that. They are not two different See — Judge — Act. both German concentralia's real estate play- Those interested in tion camps in which grounds by . glossy finding out more can hundreds of thousands of media advertising. ring the Cardijn CenJews were executed. The idyllic picture of tre on 328 9878. A mong the victims were thousands of children rAk‘N, whose only crime was VW' being Jewish. Years after the holocaust / Anyone looking after a house was over, researchers 0 knows the hundreds of small things visited the camps and tried to reconstruct what We tht go wrong over a period of time. must have been like. In For the last 12 months a four or five people who almost every room they small group of volunteers would be interested to go noticed similar drawings has taken care of mainte- up on a roster basis. The sketc.hed or even carved nance jobs at Eagles Nest, important thing is not just Into the walls. The theme the Archdiocese Youth getting someone who is was always the same, the Formation Centre. The going to get a job done, but Butterfly. property has been burned someone who will take No one had told the conoff as a fire precaution, care of the place. demned people to draw doors have been painted, butterflies. Somehow, they the gutters and roof has Security has not been a wanted to tell the world been cleaned of leaves. The major problem until now, that, as they looked biggest headache of all is two louvres have been towards certain death. the constant maintenance broken and one barbecue they longed for a new life of the swimming pool. plate stolen over a period that would go beyond Father Jegorow is look- o f approximately 12 death. ing for a retired handyman months, but the pool, espeThe Butterfly is a Chriswho will fall in love with cially during the swimming (ian symbol, too, a symbol Gidgegannup and look season, needs daily attenof resurrection and new after it on a part-time tion. As an optimum, with life and potential. Have volunteer basis. Gidgegan- the Groups going up you thought nutrh about nup is 45 minutes drive almost every weekend, a that new life? from the Perth G.P.O. midweek visit is sufficient Next time you see a but Anyone interested, please to keep the frogs out and contact 328 9878. Alterna- the constant battle with the Stuart Vance, one of the volunteers who has been Wagner. 1\N working at Eagles Nest. VIKA tively, we could do with algae back.
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Media award
Channel Seven sporting commentator, Mike Van Rens, won the Electronic section of the inaugural Media Competition awards held at Gloucester Park recently. The Western Australian Trotting Association invited entrants from the media to enter the competition which is split into three divisions: Electronic (covering radio and TV); Photographic and Press. The competition will be conducted quarterly and the winner from each diN,'ision receives $250. Mike won his award for the story on the champion stallion, "Black Irish", winner of the
Channel Seven $75,000 A ustralian Pacing Championship. Mike's story covered the sensational world record-breaking run by Black Irish and the celebrations held at trainer Bill Horn's butcher shop in Hilton. For Bill Horn the win was the pinnacle of 12 years as a trainer and champagne flowed freely amongst staff and customers at the shop.
Football boost
The "Black Irish" story was telecast on Channel Seven's evening news bulletin on Saturday, December II. Mike, a true racing and trotting enthusiast, who also owns a few mares and stallions as a hobby, was very pleased with the introduction of the Media Competition by
the WATA and to be chosen as first winner in the Electronic Section. Channel Seven's sports department now presents a unique racing service covering both trotting at Gloucester Park on Friday nights and live crosses to Ascot on Saturday and public holidays.
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Greyhounds — with The Record Tipster
DOGS' CHANCE...
Tennis with G REG PEARCE The night pennant f inals were conducted during the week but because of the printing deadline the results won't be announced until next week.
Riverton finished on t op of the ladder after the qualifying games, with St. Mary's in second place and they played off for the premiership. The other final was between Queens Park (1) and St. Domenics (1) fighting out third and fourth positions. With the conclusion of R ACE ONE: 1. Sallowing 2. Tara Scott 3. Swift Elk. the night pennant, the R ACE TWO: I. Besta Chief 2. Queenslander 3. decision regarding penMountview Spec. nants for the remainder R ACE THREE: 1. Wendy Blaze 2. Darryl's Crown 3. of the year has to be made. Arabian Knight. There was discussion RACE FOUR: I. Tiffany 2. Chinaman's Luck 3. Mr last year that perhaps too Bassman (Blinkers) much emphasis is placed 3. Tat Street R ACE FIVE: I. Soft Angel 2. Empty on the competition side Triumph of tennis to the detriment R ACE SEVEN: I. Afro Freeway 2. Lee Lana 3. of social activities in the Large Score association. R ACE EIGHT: I. Nero's Crown 2. Triple Try 3. At next weeks' meeting Taroch Gem this will be discussed, so R ACE NINE: I. Jack of Billa 2. Canonero Crown. 3. if clubs have definite views to put forward, Trella's Image they should make sure R ACE TEN: I. Soft Vader 2. Nothing Tuit 3. Monte they are represented. Knows Best The meeting date is Tuesday, March 1, at 125 Ardross St, Applecross, MAN commencing 322 1408 at 7.45pm. WOMAN Decisions will also be made regarding the format for the Queen quest this year. HAIR MODA Several interesting venues have been sugBEAUTY CONNECTION for a dinnerShop 2, 36 Milligan St, Perth gested dance. On the social side, another medal tournaA ccommodation at ment is in the process of being organised, and details will be announced Room with refrigerator, electric jug. tea, coffee within a few weeks. Morning paper Excellent breakfast Parking This will be to present trophies from the penRoom $14 per day nants and an opportunity 248 HAY STREET East Telephone 325 2092 for association members CHAIRMAN OF DIRECTORS ROD EVANS to get together.
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Safeguarding the administration of sacraments
The focal point of new rule
By JERRY FILTEAU NC News Service
points"? The answer lies in Church teaching and a The new Code of theology of the Church Canon Law "scrupuand its law. lously protects and The Church itself, said the Second Vatican Counsafeguards the administration of the o f sacraments and whole code depends, is •In practice the judicial cil, is "the universal sacrathrough baptism. system in the church, to ment of salvation." The sacraments, which worship. •Much of the juridical which more than 300 can- seven sacraments are the are the focal points of In addition hundreds of other canons in the code authority in the church is ons are devoted, is centre of the life of the its rules," said Pope allude directly to one of the derived from pastoral church and its chief means Paul VI in a 1970 sacraments or have a sac- authority, which is hierar- involved chiefly in ques- of salvation. tions concerning the sacraspeech. rament as a major frame of chical, so large portions of ment of matrimony. The ordering of the Nearly a quarter of the reference. For example: the code involve distincWhy do the sacraments Church is sacramental, whole code — more than •Membership in the tions between those who have such a central role in f rom initiation into 400 Canons — is devoted church, upon which the are ordained and those church law that Pope Paul Church life through bapexclusively to a treatment direct applicability of the who are not. called them its "focal tism, the Eucharist and confirmation, to graces for daily life through penance, the Eucharist and (for most members) matrimony, to special assistance in times of illness through anointing of the sick, to primary responsibility for the faith, worship, preaching and public order of the Church through Holy Orders. Canon Law, the body of law that governs the way the Church is ordered, is thus essentially sacramental. Much of the whole 20year project of the reform of the code has been aimed at getting rid of the tone of legalism which deeply marked the old code so •-• •'er that a sense of the law as an instrument of salvation, charity, justice and community as well as order would come through in the revision. The way in which the new code treats the administration of the sacraments is one of the clearest indications of this.
Fourth part of a series
ThisLent, help ayoung boy to hel his family.
In a squalid shanty town in Brazil, Jose works twelve hours a day just to keep his family alive. Fortunately, it won't last forever because one day, Jose's father will be able to support his family with a new trade he learning through Project Compassion. You see, Jose's family are refugees who were forced to sell their land and move to an already overcrowded city. But they don't want handouts just to fill their food bowls for another day The money you give will not only retrain Jose's father, and many others like him, it will also provide him with leadership skills that will make him an even greater asset to his new community. Give generously this Lent - not just for Jose, but for the millions of other people around the world who may never get the chance to live like we do. Special envelopes for the six weeks of Lent are available from your Parish Church, along with the Project Compassion money box. And if you'd like to know more about how Project Compassion is r dig-ft making this world of ours a better • Yes, I'd like to know mote ouout your work in Bi ZI place, please send the coupon I and other Project Compassion programmes — 111 Enclosed is my donation to Project below.
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Hasn't the nevi la vi "tightened" the annulment procedures, especialli given the concerns of the present pope? • What concerns the pope with respect to annulments is that they in no way compromise the Church's teaching on the indissolubility of marriage and that they not be mistaken as a form of Catholic divorce. The Holy Father has often reiterated the basic requirements of the law before the declaration of nullity can ensue. • -[he definition of marriage as elaborated in Vatican II and accepted in the new code of law, evolving jurisprudence and the growing efficiency of marriage tribunals will undoubtedly result in more requests placed before those same tribunals and more positive decisions. Is the church becoming more "democratic- and is this tendency reflected in the new legislation? • per se, the Church is not a "democratic" institution in the strict sense of the term. • New law reflects a "theology of participation" in the mission of the Church. • Establishment of priests' senates, pastoral councils (parochial and diocesan), etc., accentuate the involvement of all the People of God (laity, clergy and religious) in the Church's mission. Does the law contain penalties? What happens when the law is broken? • Any association or society must have sanctions related to its code of behaviour. The sanctions vary according to the seriousness of the action. • The code recognises the right of a Catholic to resign from membership in the Church by a formal act. This stems from the Church's teaching of freedom of conscience. • On the other hand Catholics who profess to be full members of the Church and who knowingly present or give witness to teachingg opposed to the Church's teaching are contravening Church law and that has consequences for them and the Church. PERSPECTIVE IS NECESSARY: Civil law uses fines, gaol sentences and in some places capital punishment as penalties for breaking society's laws. Church "penalties" are different. They relate to the spiritual not the body or material goods. Also the Church stands ready at all times to forgive one who repents and to welcome them back to the community.
In its treatment of matrimony, for example, it stresses marriage as a covenant or commitment of the partners to a community of life and responsibility for each other, as opposed to the old code's emphasis on marriage as a legal contract. "Like every other part of the code" said Msgr. Frederick McManus of the Catholic University of America. one of the US's best known canon lawyers and liturgists, "the canons on the sacraments incorporate the basic revisions of the Second Vatican Council." Another major element of the revision, he said, is "the attempt to simplify, to make the code more pastoral." As an example he Msgr. McManus, a connoted that the formerly sultor to the papal comdetailed, strict rules for a mission revising the code, Repairs priest's jurisdiction to said the pastoral orientaadminister the sacrament tion of the new code also is For all your complete servicing of penance have been obscured, at first sight, by greatly simplified. "what appear to be dispro"But the most signifi- portions," such as the cant thing theoretically," apparently inordinate he said, "is that the sacra- amount of space devoted ments have been situated to rules for Mass stipends within the treatment of the or indulgences, or to the office of sanctifying of the record-keeping requireChurch. In the old code, ments for each of the PAT CURTIS MIAMI divine worhsip came sacraments. • Mechanical Repairs almost as an afterthought. Fleet Servicing But Mass stipends and "Now it starts with the " Welding liturgy, and then the sacra- indulgences are examples " Aligning of "areas which have had ments as part of that." • Balancing disciplinar y problems" in He said the introductory " Steam Cleaning or fundamental canons on the Church's practical, hisTuning etc torical experience, he said, each of the sacraments leading P ersonalised Service to treatment "at "reflect at least in a limited Free pick up & delivery way" the developed theol- greater length" in the law than is merited by their ogy of liturgy and the sacPHONE 361 1340 raments which is expressed intrinsic importance. REAR 646 ALBANY 'MAY more fully in the postconWhile record-keeping is Via, 1 miner St. victoria Park ciliar liturgical reforms, "not central to the sacraalthough this might not be ments," it is an aspect of P.O. Box 389 Victoria readily evident at first sight the sacraments that "lends Park 6100 because of the necessary itself to rule-making," he A/H 458 8821 brevity of the canons. said.
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