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The Philippines Action Support Croup took their cause to the gates of St Mary's Cathedral last s unday where Edmund Stewart. Sue K ell and Marys Stewart were pictured w ith one of the b anners. Petitions supporting Father Brian Gore were on d isplay at many churches, and so far near! 7000 signatures tiae been collected.
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FATHE GORE The gloves are off and the gospel message is on the line said Father Brian Gore this week hours before he was due t o appear on Wednesday before a board in Manila that was to decide on his deportation. The sad part, he told Father Brian Morrison on the 6PR Howard Sattler programme last Tuesday. was that he is likely to be only the first of many foreign missionaries who the politicians and military have vowed to get rid of. More ominous is the latest charge that has appeared against Father Gore that along with Father Niall O'Brien. a fellow Columban, and six other Filipinos he is accused of last year's ambush murder of the local mayor. Father Gore calls the whole charge "laughable" because three of the charged Filipinos are already dead and their circumstances of their death warrant an investigation he said. "Each day that goes past it is becoming more and more a Cinderella circus". he declared saying that he is feeling the strain "but ready for a good fight".
"They should know me by this and that it is part of my Australian character. They don't understand that we go down fighting." Tuesday's interview with Father Gore gave the impression that the deportation hearing is a new strategy of the government to get away from the crimithat some of the popula- nal proceedings and to tions of Central America establish that he is now a public nuisance and ought have undergone." to be deported. "The deaths of tens of "The only thing in my thousands of people. have favour is that there is no to those who are suffering last Sunday's Angelus talk. increased the measure of plane to Australia on Wedbecause of the Cross of Pope John Paul said the suffering, not only of indi- nesday night. but I may be Christ, our thoughts, our 40-day lenten period viduals, but of many fami- sent back to Australia by solidarity, our ministry "especially suited" for a lies and entire regions," he the weekend," he said philosophically. must be directed especially Central American visit added. toward the people of Cen- "because of the sorrowful • Continued page 2 tral America," he said at experiences in recent years • Continued page 11
Pope in Central America V ATICAN CITY — Just before Pope John Paul set out last Tuesday on his eight day trip to Central A merica he described his journey as a Lenten pilgrimage to "suffering peoples". "If in the period of lent we have to be especially close
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A boycott on parade "The organisers have "The vast majority in NEW YORK (NC) -- The Irish govern- selected as grand marshall those who look forward to ment will boycott the a person who had an St Patrick's Day pray the annual St Patrick's avowed personal involve- day's events will help bring ment in sponsoring vio- about ultimate freedom to Day parade in New lence in Ireland and who all the people of Ireland." Y ork, the world's heads an organisation Msgr. John Barry of the largest St Patrick's which the U.S. courts have New York archdiocese had Day event, after the declared to be agents of the nominated Flannery's only p arade committee Irish Republican Army," formal opponent for grand elected a prominent Collins said. marshall, James Moriar" The IRA," he said, "has ity, a general contractor supporter of the Irish R epublican Army to been responsible for the from Brooklyn, but Morof the killings iarity received only about a serve as grand mar - majority which have occurred in dozen votes at the meeting shall of the march. Northern Ireland since the of the parade committee. Michael Hannery, O. a trouble began." Aer Lingus, the Irish airleader of the Irish NorthThe New York archdio- line, said it would not parern Aid Committee and an cese, which had opposed ticipate in the New York outspoken supporter of Flannery at the closed parade and plans to yank the IRA, an outlawed door meeting of the parade its commercials from guerilla organisation fight- committee, indicated it W PIX-TV while the ing to end British rule in would not join the Irish parade is broadcast. Northern Ireland, was government in the boycott. Flannery, who was born named grand marshall of "Planning for the thc parade by a nearly parade has always been the in County Tipperary, unanimous vote of the 350 responsibility of the joined the IRA in I916and delegates on the parade parade committee whose fought against the British decisions committee. this year as in in 1919. the Eventually imprisoned past are made indeLast November, Flannery and four others were pendently of the archdio- by the new Irish Free acquitted of charges of cese," said a statement State, Flannery went on.' running guns to the IRA released by the office of 23-day hunger strike. In after they claimed they Cardinal Terence Cooke 1927 he went to the United States. believed they were work- of New York. ing in co-operation with the Central Intelligence Agency. "We regret we will not have anything to do with the parade, breaking a tradition that stretches back a decade." said Michael Collins. a spokesman for the Irish government in New York. • From page 1 impressive team of lawyers "If the board chooses to to fight the deportation deport him it will short- charges. circuit the trumped-up It seems Bishop Fortich charges and save any and Father Gore want the further embarrassment of criminal charges to go to t he military or the trial so that once and for all t he scandalous charges government. drawn up by the govern"They are doing themselves a lot of harm by let- ment against the priests ting the local politicians can be exposed. Thousands of local and the local military dicCatholics have been taking Quality work tate their policies. Bishop Fortich of the part in prayer vigils and a t the right price Negros area where Father thousands of leaflets have Gore is stationed is back- been distributed in the vilJohn Freakley ing the missionary's stand lages giving the history of and he went to Manila with t he charges and the Father Gore and an responses to them. Father Gore said that the local support of the people and the international support gained through the presence of the foreign news media such as the ABC were a key factor PTOMETRISTS O in turning pressure back on the authorities. Phone 444 3543 1 75 Scarborough Beach Road He noted that last year t wo Maryknoll missioners were refused re-entry, but \A A 0 A OP' were eventually allowed in after pressure built up from overseas. "The military are putting pressure on the deporScissors. Saws Secateurs. Shears. Sharpened and Set tation board because they know they can't win in the face of local and overseas pressure. "This is their way of get4 QUEEN STREET 321 4390 - LOCKSMITHS ting rid of me. "Certain politicians are Locks Door Closers and Sate Overhauled and Serviced out to get me and to silence the voice of the Church CAR and ALL TYPES OF KEYS CUT Immediate Service especially among the poor," he said.
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Three priests notched 25 years of ordination this week and celebrated the events at their parishes of .4pplecross, Wilson and Bunbury. .41I three studied at St Charles' Seminary Guildford and were the last group of West Australians to study at St P atrick's College, .41 .4pplecross Father John O'Reilly's jubilee was celebrated by the congregation singing the late Father Albert Lynch's Mass of the Father O'ReilIv did Unsung Saints during the not anticipate a long liturgy at which Arch- musical ditty on his bishop Goody and career presented by the Bishop Healy were A pplecross singing present. group who gave the Father O'Reilly, parish dinner guests an opporpriest of.4pplecross since tunity to join in a hearty 1978 was an assistant pri- chorus. The vice presiest to Father Lynch at dent of the Applecross Applecross from 1959- parish council, Edgar 63. Rodoreda made a pres.4 t a dinner attended entation on behalf of by NV of his parish Father O'ReilIv's friends. riends in South Perth .4t Wilson church. parCity Hall, Father ishioners gathered to O 'Reilly was toasted by celebrate the jubilee of Joe Stokes who traced their parish priest since Father O'Reilly's career 1971. Father Leslie including his terms at St Baccini. Bishop Quinn Wary 's Cathedral and as c oncelebrated and director of vocation preached the homily. before becoming chaFather Baccini's first plain to.4quina.sl .ollege. appointment was to .1Vedlie later was administra- lands followed by three tor at Nedlands for seven years at 'sortham. lie years.. was then posted to St Mary's Cathedral where he became secretary to the late Irchbishop
Bunbury Father Bernie Dwyer was joined
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Joseph's College, Albans, is the first layman to hold the position since the school was founded more Father John O'Reilly than 100 years ago by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Applecross Apparition and succeeds Sister Marietta. For three years before coming to Albany he was deputy
Brendan's, Hilton Park. He first taught at St Brendan's in 1970 when he was the youngest on the staff — the oldest being in his late 70's.
After spending a year
in America. he returned to St Brendans, married and move to 1,a Salle,
Midland, as deputy principal from 1978 to 1979. F ather Leslie Bacon', and returned to St Brendans in 1980. Wilson. Mr O'Donnell and his w ife \Wells hase thre
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The new principal of St Joseph's, A lbany, Mr Steve O'Donnell with the school captains, Julie Grist, 16, of Big Grove, and Phillip Griffiths, 16, of Mt Many Peaks.
Father Bernie Dwyer had a 25th anniversary celebration at Perth and Bunbury. by Bishops Quinn and his career at Albany as McKeon and the priests assistant priest, followed of the diocese on %Ion- by periods at .Narrogin day for a jubilee Vass of and Bunbury be ore nothanksgiving. On the being appointed preceding day he was wan.gerup parish in 69. feted by many of his rela- Ile later served at Bridgetives andfriends at a sim- town and in 1981 was ilar function at Irinitv appointed to the area of arev Park in Bunbury College chapel. Father Dwyer began parish.
girls who all attend St students. who has moved Joseph's primary school. up to Salvado College. Mrs O'Donnell is one of David Rea of Gidgiesix girls of an old Fre- gannup started in Fear mantle family . 11 at ,'sew Vorcia this This year there has year as the winner of the been a small increase to 1982 11-estern Livestock 735 pupils at the co- s cholarship. Salvado educational St Joseph's. College offers an upper "I beliese that a secondary course in agricatholic school should cultural studies along hose two major objec- with the regular TIE tises," said 'sir O'Don- course. nell. "To Rise pupils a The Western Livessound education and to de% elop a Christian stu- tock scholarship will dent within the richness hopefully he David's of the Catholic trad- stepping stone to a farming career. .41 Salvado ition." he will be able to He is introducing a college pastoral care programme keep up his interest in into the school which polo. On hand at I.a S.to makes good reading.
give David a few pointers on Salvado College was a I,a Salle College. Mid- former Salvado deputy land has been able to pro- principal. Brian Bu::ard vide a new avenue in who is now deputy at I,a education .for one of its Salle.
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Weighing-up their Christian resolve, the Philippines bishops have made a number of decisions to oppose the Government's oppression. "We are resolved to oppose: any action or programme that runs counter to the primary v alues of the Gospel.
C. the torture and murder of citizens simply because they are of different political persuasion from the present or would-be powerholders. 0 the silencing of the people, the suppression of the media, merely because they speak the t ruth about our national situation.
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C:increasing use of arms of violence by forces on the right and the left, in pursuit of their ends M ANILA, (Philippines) — In a f or power. f rank Lenten pastoral, issued last week, the 102 bishops of the Philippines decry "the all E the use of Church funds and too glaring absence of peace" manipulation of Church pro- and have spoken out against the grammes for the political pur- arrest of Church workers and the action of the military poses of ideological groups. against the Church. In a clear reference to recent arrests involvisng Father Gore and o ther priests the bishops say clearly: ' We do not exempt them from the ordi- people concerned are innoIt is clear that the bishops are not stopping at the nary demands of law cent or guilty. issue of arrest and detention but are determined merely because they "We have rejected vioto press on to what they call the "deeper issues-. work for the Church.- lence as an effective human
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This issue of arrest and detention is merely one of and Christian solution to the many symptoms of deeper issues that touch But the bishops then go the problems of communiclosely both government and Church. on to call for their cases to ties and nations. We still These are the issues of poverty and development, be heard properly in open do. and the issue of dissent from unjust laws and from court and free from torture "Criminal acts can in no and maltreatment while in way be justified as the way the policies and practices of government. The bishops say that poverty is the lot of the detention. to liberation. If these primajority of the people, that it is growing and that The bishops also attack ests, religious and lay 0# the structures of the social system are at the root the government for its fail- workers are guilty of these 1 ure to overcome poverty and similar Christian acts, of a reluctance to change for the better. " The government has initiated a massive while favouring multi- let them suffer the conseprogramme of economic development aimed at national companies and quences of their acts. turning on the recent lav- In addition to the proper correcting problems of poverty. "But a number of its key developmental ish film festival criticised court hearing of the priorities, like heavy reliance on multinationals by Cardinal Sin (The charges and the absence of and its favouring of their needs over those of the Record February 27). torture the bishops call for people; its attention to tourist facilities and servi- The pastoral is the result a clarification of the definices, like lavish film festivals, over the services it of a meeting last month tion of subversion which is can and should provide to rural areas, do not attended by 92 of the 102 being levelled at many of appear to lessen the number of our poor which is bishops. those arrested including growing daily — their destitution more acute. The support of the Father Gore. "Economic corruption, in public administration and bishops was unanimous. It private business, is a major, though not the only, is believed to be the first cause of the growing poverty of our people. time the bishops have been "Such corruption deprives the poor of benefits due unanimous on a public them, and heightens their already much battered issue like this. sense of justice. The bishops have not backed off from the possi2J11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111011111111111111111a ble accusation that they are stepping from the reli-
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are not merely and narrowly political problem, They say they fall under the religious mission of the Church simply because there is a way of working for development, there is a way of dissenting from
unjust laws that is either in accordance with or in contravention of the gospel." Four hours maximum per week. Referring to the many priests and religious nou Refer page 669 of phone book or contact appearing on arrest lists depot at 9-11 Donovan Street. Osborne Park for rebellion or subverPhone 444 5622 sion, the bishops make no imumummiummimmumosiiissioN. judgement on whether the The Record, March 3
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The publication and distribution of this issue of The Record overlaps the run-up and the finale to what some people have called a critical moment in Australian history, although it is hard to fathom why any national election is not worthy of such an accolade. The frantic last minute dash to sway some mindless voter at the eleventh hour no doubt appeals to the marginal candidate who will teeter on the edge of success or ruin, not to speak of the critical success of his party whose fortune can totter on that one seat. Others have to take the more sober view that the noise, heat and vituperation of the election are no index to the quality of government that is our lot for the next three years. If three weeks of dubious electioneering have abused the intelligence of the voters and let Australians loose on an indulgent orgy of selfinterest and self-gratification about what the world owes them for the next three years and beyond, the same media channels have not failed to point out the issues that ought to give Australians food for thought no matter what political party now governs our fortunes. In the remote Assam province of India, they don't know where to look for all the corpses murdered in a brutal race murder that is numbered in several thousands if anyone ever gets near the real truth. Australia had its recent tragedy and its dead from the bushfires were reverently numbered hour by hour in the bulletins. Each hour brought home the lesson that each corpse was our personal brother or sister. In Assam there will be no scrupulously compiled death lists; there arc no panegyrics, no relief or reconstruction funds for refugee families whose existence in India is something of a rri .. tery let alone a census statistic. They were murdered because of the fierce tribal and religious hatred that exists between the Muslim Bangladesh and neighbouring Hindu Indian states. They were murdered because their presence was a threat to the balance of power in the local elections. They were murdered because they had no right to influence the direction the Assam government should take, even on their behalf. On the other side of the world the same grisly graves are being searched in Matabeleland where the Zimbabwean government has nothing to gain from admitting that its North-Koreantrained division has murdered possibly thousands of people who were unfortunate enough to be the losers in the power game there. It is scant consolation to say that their deaths are the price to be paid for the political goal of Mugabe to silence his Nkomo or Smith opposition forever. The blase response says that these horrific massacres have occurred over centuries when there were no television cameras or news services to reveal the tragedy to the rest of the world. The raucous local politics can still deafen the ears of Australians whose background and education have not equipped them to deal with the tragedies of other countries. Australia learnt its history mostly in terms of the red ink that was disappearing from the maps of the British Empire as one-time colonies emerged into independence. The patronising gesture of saying that it is up to these countries to sort out their own problems is matched only by the latent feeling that it was damned unsporting of the British authorities to pull out of the dashed fine job they were doing in India or more recently in Rhodesia. from which some Australian residents today still carry bitter wounds. If we now have global television in Australia we now have global responsibilities. If we have the privilege which the bush Indians and Zimbabweans do not have of orderly elections and civilised tally rooms on election night declaring the victors, then we must assume some of the pain of those countries where minorities are being literally kicked to death. Democracy can be turned into a political god if it is merely the stepping stone to power that will turn ruthlessly on its opponents as has happened in Eastern Europe. Democracy is a God-given gift only if it will make this country, no longer a colonial satellite flying to Europe for its holidays, look at these transnational disasters and ask what we can do to prevent them occurring again. •
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Sir, Catholic parishes com- Sir, A look at the list of schools which would be I would remind Martin munities. In the past we Gribbon (The Reerod Febary 10 "...look for the have confused evangelisa- affected by a needs-based policy of private ruary 24) that 75.4 of parinstrucfew religious very school funding shows that there are Grace to vote responsi- tion with ents who send their bly with God-given intel- tion, tending to assume Catholic schools in Australia sufficiently children to private schools 'handed on' was that faith ligence not because of wealthy to be affected by the policy. do so at much sacrifice to the anticipated result but by taking children through As there is only so much money to go themselves so t r childbecause an abdication a series of classes: also around, one might expect that those few rich ren have-a spin ucafrom personal morality assuming they were and Catholic schools would be prepared to forego tion which they o not gv committed and accountability is one w ould be of their grants if it meant more money in government schools. of the diseases of mass catholic followers of Jesus. some for distribution to the poorer more I know because I was a available personal expeWithout a culture that automatidoes schools in the Catholic school system. scripture teacher in one Grace. this needy cally blesses what "eve- rience in school and no not follow EDITOR'S NOTE: If the writer is referring to a government ryone" is doing." other religion was taught. that advised no This statement concurrent ALP proposal, we are Parents of children in trasts strongly with edi- VS/SAISAOsis/s/Viv Catholic school in WA. is to be affected by the private schools pay taxe, torials which tend simply cut-off policy. and do not need Martin to reinforce the disilluCommission of WA Gribbon's money. It all Catholic Education The There is one particular sionment of voters. has already asked all schools, irrespective of boils down to the fact Y ours is the most pentecostal type sect in their resource level, to contribute to a Co. get 20% back and the otn, Perth which considers encouraging point of fund to share with needy tiocr. goes to fund govern responsibility view I have yet seen itself as God's exclusive ment schools. expressed in any news- church, and it will have no schools. truck whatsoever with any paper editorial on the subject of the 1983 o ther Christian-based church. Sadly --- almost election. w ithout exception --- all who I have met from there, come from a Catholic background - some from very solid Catholic backgrounds. It gives me no please to report that member of my own family from Kevin Grimes, has joined them --- my reafrom Father Richard Doyle, Willetton son for checking out that Sir, Mout Lawley Catholic, belonging to this relation to the first sect. Sir, Personalities and or that political party. proposition. With mixed feelings of party politics aside, Over many years our If we agreed to any childsadness and anger I there is one question bishops have proclaimed ren being refused the basic read Martin Gribbon's SOSIsISIVVSANS0S, we Catholics must be this to be a matter of jus- grant. then it apears to me the Catholic ii ht for remarks speaking so clear about: Govern- tice. Iis not Government fun s cathingly of the Though I am certainly ment funding for soabout the loss of unhappy one of principle, but of one Catholic EduNational Catholics to them, of the called wealthy, mainly expediency. cation Commission in other better known pentec- Protestant, colleges. shoWesoki^^"N It also opens the door to terms that horrified ostal churches in W. A.. My understanding of the the sectarian bitterness of me. personally have always Catholic position on past years. He could do no better found their members Government funding Next month, the Minist han read the Holy genuinely interested in c entres around two 2) Children who are disad- ters' Fraternal meets at the Father's address (The what makes keeps me a propositions: -vantaged in some way are Parish House here. One of Record Feb 27 p.5) that committed Catholic, and 1) Every Australian child in greater need of Govern- the ministers is on the the authentic and valid ser- in the practise of daily has a right to a basic grant ment assistance. board of one of the sovice rendered by Catholic communion; and would from the Government. It From statements made called wealthy, Protestant schools should not lack suggest that some of their applies to every child, by the various Catholic colleges. I hope he doesn't State assistance so that all other comments are worth irrespective of whether education authorities, it ask too many questions p arents may choose our serious reflection also that child's parents are rich does appear that we are about the Catholic attitude according to their con- when it comes to stock- or poor. Protestant or changing our position in t owards his college! science a school for their taking. children. If our stock-taking is Perhaps in carrying out his done properly, not only all advice of having -Christ at that can be found in other NE NEED: heart", Mr Gribbon might churches, but more still - Qualified teachers. building tradesmen. see fit to withdraw some of should be able to be found - Mechanics farmers marine engineers his misguided statements. in the Catholic Church. c xr,o- oncei h -incivmen electricians; Your editorial of Febru-
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Anglican opposes Abortions bomb move increase in US
-I /7 NTA (NC) — The number of legal abortions in the United States has risen steadily since the 1973 Supreme Court decision striking down most restrictions on abortion, but the rate of increase seems to have leveled olff the national Centre for Disease Control has said. Yearly 1.3 million legal abortions were performed in the United States in 1980. the latest year for which figures are available. That number amounted to slightly more than one abortion for every three live births. Hut there was only a 3.6 percent sicrease in the number of legal onions from 1979 to 1980. The annual percentage increase in the number of legal abortions has declined every year but one sin, , 1976. The 1980 increase was the lowest since the centre began keeping records on kgal abortions in 1969. the centre mid in its morbidity and mortality weekly report. Women obtaining abortions in /979 and 1980 tended to he young. white and unmarried with no previc.. live births, the center said -1bout 30 percent were 19 years oid or under. 35 percent were between 26 and 24. and 35 percent were 2: rears of ave or older.
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Plan attacked MADRID (Spain) (NC) — The Spanish Bishops Conference has declared its opposition to proposals by the country's socialist government to allow abortions metier certain circumstances. M a strongly worded document the bishops said abortion under any circumstances was trurier and called proposed legislation to permit it -gravely unjust and totally u.:wptable." The bishops said they would "oppose moral degradation" and urged Catholics to express disagreement and refuse to co-operate in the practice of abortion. About 98 per coat of Spain's population of 37.8 million are Catholics. •
Vatican denies shroud report V ATICAN CITY (NC) — The Vatican has r efused comment on widespread Italian press reports that the Holy Shroud of Turin ma be brought to Rome for public display next year.
The shroud, a 14-footlong linen cloth belie% ed to be the burial shroud of Jesus, has been displayed to the public only three times this century. It attracted 3.3 million sisitors during the last 44-day exposition period in nuclear of 1978 critic sharp a himself Runcie, Archbishop I he cloth, enclosed in defence spending, declared, "I cannot accept unilateralism as silser casket in the a a be to duty moral prime Christian's the best expression of a Guarini Chapel of the peacemaker." Cathedral of San Cio"I believe," he said, "that the unilateralist approach would vanni in Turin, has not undermine disarmament negotiations in progress without left that northern Italexerting much exemplary influence." ian city since it arrised there in 1578 from Bishop Graham Leonard of London delivered one of the Chambery, France. sharpest attacks on the unilateralist motion. Press reports claim Saying it underestimated Soviet intentions, he warned that some 200 Roman And communist domination meant the suppression of freedom V atican church leaders and the repudiation of both Christian and natural morality. hase asked Pope John Bishop John Baker of Salisbury, chairPaul II and Cardinal man of the working group that drew up Ballestrero of Turin to the report recommending unilateral arrange for the transfer nuclear disarmament, argued that the V ATICAN CITY of the shroud to Rome idea that nuclear defence is acceptable for the last two months (NC) — The Vatiwas based on two fallacies: ear of of the Holy • the belief that mutual nuclear deter- can marked the 54th Redemption. which is rence was a reasonably stable situation anniversary of the scheduled to end Xpril and likely to remain so; 22, 1984. Latethe of • and the idea that deterrence demanded signing Church and cis il leadran pacts by urging parity. ers in Turin base He rejected those views, arguing that the Italian governexpressed opposition to new generations of more accurate the proposal, especially up nuclear weapons are making the use of ment to take because Pope John again the stalled in the negotiations on the In June 1979, Pope John Paul has said the Hols t hem in a crisis increasingly likely. Paul II told Bruno Bottai. ear, which opens talks over revisions part of the Italian government. the newspaper said. the Italian ambassador to March 25, will he celeto the Concordat the Holy See, that it was brated not only in regulating church- Discussions on revision his "most heartfelt prayer" Rome hut in each dioof the 1929 Concordat, that the good Church- cese throughout the . The Anglican synod's rejection of first state relations which is part of the Italian State relations established w orld. use of nuclear weapons parallels a similar L'Osservatore Roma- constitution, began in 1969 by the Lateran pacts would " V, FIN transfer the rejection in the first and second drafts of no, the Vatican daily but have been stalled since continue under modifica- shroud to Rome when the US Catholic bishop's planned pas- newspaper, expressed the fourth draft of pro- tions appropriate to the it can be displayed in toral letter of war and peace. the "full willingness" of posed revisions were c hanging times and Turin" said Turin's The U.S. and British governments. as the three-member Vati- completed in January changes in the Italian con- mayor, Diego Noselli. NATO members have insisted on the can negotiating team to 197Q stitution. nuclear first-strike option. after talks the continue They call it an essential part of NATO's Do you intend to spend your life in God's service? "'flexible response" policy to deter a con- a four-year pause. remains See Holy The by Europe Western on ventional attack numerically superior Warsaw Pact ready to take up again with If you are in your last year at school or promptness the work of forces. college. this is an important question. one An amendment by Bishop Hugh Mon- perfecting the proposals which shouldn't be left until the last minute the " elaborated, already the tefiore of Birmingham recognised wish duty of Britain and its allies to deter paper said. "And we Throughout Australia. New Zealand aggressors and prevent nuclear blackmail and hope that the goal may and Papua New Guinea Brothers serve hut said NATO's strategy and tactics not be far away." L'Oservatore Romano must be unmistakeably defensive. the people of God as priests, nurses. It judged "that even a small-scale first praised the recent appointteachers, pharmacists, therapists. use of nuclear weapons could never be ment of Pietro Gismondi, social workers, counsellors, youth morally justified in view of the high risk a Rome law professor. as welfare workers, sheltered workshop that this would lead to full-scale nuclear head of the Italian governsupervisors, child care personnel. team. negotiating ment's warfare" and said that all nations have a administrators and caterers. "moral obligation to forswear the first The appointment indicates a "renewed interest" use of nuclear weapons in any form."
LONDON: In a five hour nuclear disarmament debate in the packed Assembly Hall at Church House, Westminster, and broadcast live across the country. Archbishop Runcie of Canterbury, led opposition to the unilateral disarmament move recommended to the synod by a working group's controversial report, "The Church and the Bomb."
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Mercy Sister, Betty McMahon feels that industry can be a creative environment for people and she'd like to help them find it. A s Western Australia's first female industrial chaplain, she believes work is meant to be an expression of the 'person' and a means of fulfillment through the exercise and development of skill, "In today's production-oriented world, people may lose their sense of worth, and see themselves as iust 'cogs in a machine" she said. She believes people interact to produce 'goods', and thus provide a service to others. A climate of trust can be built up where each person's talents can be expressed and appreciated. "Even where conflict arises" she said, "this can provide opportunities for greater personal development, if people at all levels of industry, are willing to listen to each other". Her role, she says, is to be supportive and to act as a 'listening and caring' presence. As a member of the Inter-Church Trade and Industry Mission, which provides chaplains for industry, she says there have been moves in recent years for greater Catholic involvement in this area. It was a need that began to make itself felt with the onslaught of the industrial revolution and has yet to be adequately met. "Industrial chaplaincy, as I see it, is one more way of spreading the good news of God's love for men and women," she said. "It seems to me to be typically a 'mercy' work and is closely related to our traditional apostolate of 'home visitation'." The chaplain, she says, has the privilege and opportunity to relate to each person in the workforce of a company, regardless of that person's position. Thus, chaplaincy cuts across all barriers, such as race, creed or social status. "For some people. the chaplain means the cheering presence of a good listener; a person in whom they can confide, knowing that the
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IAA% chaplain comes as a fait tiedperson, independent of management, and concerned with the worker for his or her own sake, not for the sake of the work produced," she said. Everyone in industry these days is feeling insecure, and chaplaincy is very relevant in these times. "Retrenchment has a traumatic effect on the families involved. I find it also hits mc very hard as well. The important thing is there is someone there to listen it helps to know that someone cares. "Most people bear up well, they know how things are and they are almost expecting it. The stress is evident even before retrenchment comes and continues for those who arc left in employment." Sister Betty McMahon finds there is a great deal of support from the management of the two companies with which she is involved. "They are obviously concerned for their people," she said. Much of her work is in dealing with migrants, some of whom have no extended family to turn to in times of trouble. "I'm not just for the workers I am also available to see the family," she said. "Sometimes the wife may contact me, hut often the workers will invite me to meet their family.
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"In many cases migrant families just appreciate someone to talk to about the trauma of moving to a new country." It's a job that isn't just restricted to working hours . . . much of the visiting takes place outside of that and Sister Betty makes a point of following up families where the husband has been retrenched. It's only in the last few years that her interest in industrial chaplaincy has grown. For most of her 33 years as a Sister, she has been engaged in teaching in various parts of the state . . . the Goldfields, the South-West, York. Toodyay and the metropolitan area. She has had training in chaplaincy through the Royal Perth Hospital and in counselling situations with parents, children and youth people in various schools and parishes. In 1980 she took part in a six months creative leadership programme in New South Wales and is currently pursuing studies in connection with a Diploma of Industrial Psychology. Born in Perth in 1930. Betty McMahon was one of five children. Her father's ancestors had come from County Clare in Ireland and her mother's from England. She attended St Brigid's Primary School before moving on to Our Lady's College. Victoria Square — now known as Mercedes College. It was during these years that she came into contact with the Mercy Sisters and first began to see it as a
possible future for herself. But she left school and worked for an insurance company for a few years before deciding at 19 that she 'had to give it a go to find peace of mind.' With a great love of music she decided to train as a music teacher. She has a Diploma in Music Teaching and has taught in various schools over the years. She still teaches part-time at Mercedes College. She spent the years from 1964 to 1979 working in the country and it was mainly her interest in industrial chaplaincy that brought her hack to the city. Her interest was stimulated in the early 70's when she took part in a three weeks Spiritual Renewal Course at St Anne's, Canberra. From that time on she has corresponded with a Mercy Sister from the Melbourne congregation, Sister Fran Magee, who had also been present on the course. "In one of her letters Fran had mentioned her involvement in the Inter-Church Trade and Industry Mission (ITIM) as it is often referred to), and how this work took her into the scene of industry in a pastoral capacity," she said. "At the time I marvelled that big industrial companies would allow Church representatives to visit their employees in their work place, and I realised that this was a wonderful opportunity for the Church to enter into that area of a person's life, that, in modern society, exerts so dominating an influence. "Now that I have become actively involved in industrial chaplaincy. I realise more than ever, just how dominating that influence is." Sister Betty said very often a person's place in industry determines where a person lives, when and where they will move, and how often a family can he together. By and large, work determines a person's status in modern society, hence the question that seems to be raised so soon after meeting someone: "What do you do?" As a consequence, work affects how people see themselves, their self-image. how children see themselves and one another, as well as the standard of living people enjoy or endure. This may not be the Christian view of society, but it is nevertheless the most prevalent one in today's world. Work, says Sister Betty, is the place where life is lived out or denied where people are fulfilled or frustrated; where they exercise their skills, expend their energies, and where they often develop their ulcers and coronaries. "People are thrown together with their fellow workers for more hours and days per week, than they are with any other group of people. "Often the work-experience can be a de-personalising one: persons can feel that they are valued in terms of what they do to contribute to profitability; and this feeling can be heightened if a good rapport is lacking between worker and management. Because the workplace exerts such an influence on society, it ought not be isolated from the ministry of the Church, or be denied the witness of a Christian presence." she said. When ITIM first sought entry into Australia in the early 1960's it was on a denominational basis, but
industry was not prepared to accept that approach and said: "You arc welcome if you come together, but you cannot come in as denominations." That was the message and hence the ecumenical nature of industrial mission today. Because church representatives were open to what industry was saying, Industrial Mission has now been firmly established with roughly 100 full-time and 100 parttime chaplains throughout Australia. Some of these chaplains arc Catholic priests and religious. A ware of the work and gf, its importance for some time,Oter Betty had not however envisaged herself in that role but 1980 saw a change of attitude and the start of a new mission. "During the Leadership Programe I took part in what is called the Kairos Work -Experience. Each person was free to choose a place where, for a few weeks, they could be involved and could witness some of the works that religious and other committed Christians were engaged in," she said. "Some went to Calvary Hospital: a hospital for the terminally ill; others went to night shelters run by St Vincent de Paul members, and other such projects. "I chose to go to the psychiatric hospital at Richmond, run by the St John of God Brothers. "This is a huge hospital and consists of various sections: one for the treatment of people suffering from a lcoholism; another section devoted to those afflicted withmental illness; another part cares for severely handicapped persons. and a fourth section for frail-aged people. "Each day I went into the wards. sometimes assisting staff,,mifid sometimes just sitting talkirig ith and listening to. the patients. "From my experience there. I formed the opinion, that in the case of at least some people. a mental breakdown, a drink problem. could have been averted, if the person had had the opportunity of talking through their difficulties and stresses, with a sympathetic listener at the time when pressures began to build up and affect their health. "I could see that industrial chaplaincy work could provide such an opportunity for many, in their day-to-day situation, and the more I thought and prayed about this. the more I felt drawn to such an apostolate." Once the decision had been taken Sister Betty set about making her ideas become a reality. She contacted the state director of Industrial Missions in New South Wales and this first contact led to liaison with Industrial Mission in Western Australia. The final outcome was that in 1981, at the suggestion of Father John Bowyer, the WA state director of 1TIM and inconsultation with Sister Elizabeth, Devine congregational superior she attended the board meetings of ITIM to get the feel of what was going on in this field in the West. She also took part in a chaplaincy course at Royal Perth Hospital as a preparation for future chaplaincy work.
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Religious violations mounting PITTSBURGH (NC) - A "phenomenal amount" of human r ights violations a gainst rel igious groups is taking place in the world, the e xecutive director of Amnesty International 's U.S. section said in Pittsburgh. "In Russia, a nun can get
five to 10 years (imprisonment) for selling bibles on the streets in Moscow," said John Healy, the Amnesty official. "In the Philippines, th• Catholic clergy are being detained and executed by t he government," he added. -In Argentina. religious personnel disappear without a tract. " the Baal have been killed in large numbers in Iran. In Namibia, Lutherans have been killed. In Lesotho, thc ranks of Protestant leaders have been decimated." Heals an interview with urgh Catholic, the newspaper of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. noted that while the United Nations' Declaration on Human Rights states all are entitled to religious belief. "religious leaders are the first ones the government goes after" when persecution begins in many nations. He cited as examples the deaths in El Salvador in 190 of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador and of four American churchwomen. Church leaders also have been a force for human rights. Healy said, noting the efforts of Pope John Paul II with the government in Poland. Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila, with the government of the Philippines and Archbishop Helder Camara, of OlindaRecife. in Brazil.
Air fourth priest DIEGO, ((alifornia) — The fourth former I-Ipiscopalian minister has been ordained as a married priest in the Catholic Church. Father Ra,mond Ryland. 62, is the fourth to folloss this path in the past ear following the introduction of procedures for married Episcopalian clergy to apply for ordination in the Catholic Church in the United States. Father Rvland, now a professor of religious studies at San Diego Catholic I niversity joined the Catholic Church with his wife. Ruth. and fise children about 20 years ago. In 1971. he became the first permanent deacon ordained in the Diocese of San Diego. At his preistly ordination ceremony, which was attended by his 80-yearold mother and family members, he walked out of the church carrying his baby granddaughter in his
WA gets benefit from project
Some fundsE kept within L stralia Au corn
Many projects in Australia which attract funding from Australian Catholic Relief during the past year.
An association in Adelaide is working to help Indochinese women to become integrated into their new c ommunity.
In all, some 20% of ACR funds was spent at home, promoting the question — why are so many Australian projects funded by ACR, when needs are so great elsewhere?
A Sydney -based team of professional teachers runs short courses for schools wishing to introduce the concepts of mission, justice and development into their programme.
There are two answers to this question. 1 he first is that we cannot ignore urgent needs in our own backyard. A side from the obvious demands arising after natural disasters, such as the recent bushfires, which ACR has always responded t o, there is the fact that a great deal of real poverty exists in Australia. Most of our refugees, many unemployed people and many migrants and elderly people at some time or other have the experienced of living below a very austere "poverty line". But the most significant group in Australia to come into this category are the Aborigines. soisosesWekesesol%
They share with the poor of many countries and experience of having been dispossessed of their land by a colonising power. As a result, they are poor in ways that no other Australians are — in health, education. in access to employment. adequate housing and so on. ACR is committed to supporting activities aimed at enabling aborigines to further their human and social development. The second reason for substantial expenditure in Australia is that ACR has been given the responsibility of making people aware of "the interdependence of poverty and affluence". OsOsoVisANYSIOSAI
What does this mean? It means that the same economic "machinery" that cretes wealth for A ustralians. creates poverty in the Philippines. Indonesia and other Third World countries. Many products, available at reasonable prices in Australia, are
n Aboriginal community in Yiyili, WA, is enabled to start its own school, which subsequently receives government r ecognition.
mirk Moral debt to the Asian area
made in Asian countries by people who are paid no more than a few dollars a day to work in wretched conditions. They have no job
security and trade unions are, at best,"dis-
couraged". If these workers were to have decent wages and working conditions. we in Australia would have to pay a lot more for their products. So our enrichment and their poverty are t wo sides of the same coin. ACR's responsibility is to help people to become aware of the existence of injustices such as this and to suggest ways of combatting them. Projects in Australia are not optional extras, to be attended to if any funds remain after overseas allocations have been made. They are an integral part of ACR's work. Injustice is one of the several things that make people poor and poverty will never be eradicated until justice is established. We cannot call for justice in the Third World without also working for it in Australia.
Refugee women far outnumber the men The vast majority of the world's refugees are women and girls. In some East African camps. the proportion is as high as 74%. In the flight from war or poverty their menfolk stay behind either because they have been killed, or because they have chosen to fight to keep a foothold on their land.
In addition to the hardships suffered by all refugees, those who are women face specific problems simply because they are women. In most societies, the home is the foundation-stone of the woman's life. When the home is taken away or destroyed, this foundation-stone is snatched away.
Problem growing
The focal point of the woman's life — the role of homemaker — is gone. From being proud, skilled and independent, the woman becomes almost helpless. struggling desperately against appalling odds to maintain her mental and physical health and to keep her family together. She still has the responsibilities of caring
Locating and fetching water is traditionally a woman's for the family, preparing and cooking the task in the Third meals, fetching water and fuel for the fire. World countries. But she must do all this in strange and Here, women refuthreatening surroundings, with inadequate food supplies and without the support of gees in Tawawa husband, relatives or friends. camp in the Sudan She may also have to take on the unaccusout the pretomed role of head of the family and cope share w ith being on an equal footing with refugee cious — and expenmen. sive — water. She will often find herslef at the back of from Project Funds the endless camp queues for eserything from food rations to water and shelter allo- C ompassion in cations and health care. Australia help to ACR has recently funded a number of a regular ensure projects in Sudan. Fast Africa. which are water cheap and aimed at easing the difficulties faced by refugee women and helping them to supply in Tawawa. become more self-sufficient.
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PATHWAYS OF THE SPIRIT special meaning The sacraments KNOW YOUR FAITH
The renewal of the sacraments following Vatican Council!II means different things to different people It is obvious however, that renewal makes a difference to people and can produce strong feelings one way or the other. Dominican Father David K. O'Rourke observes that the sacraments connect with ordinary human living. He tells the story of how baptism undergirded the efforts of a parish on behalf of a home for orphans in Mexico Katharine Bird tells how she learned about sacramental renewal when her youngest son was preparing to receive first confession and first communion. Neil Parent points out that the sacraments affect people strongly. They are ritual slices of life and faith which touch us at the core of our being, he says. Father John Castelot says that the prophet Jeremiah became a lonely battler for God as the years went by. Because of the prophet's advice to avoid ties with Egypt, many of the people considered him an unpatriotic defeatist, the biblical scholar says.
Joshua's turning point [BY
FATHER JOHN C ASTE LOT
If the prophet Jeremiah had apparently paid little attention to the international scene during the days o f King Josiah, he became painfully aware of it after the good monarch's death. The turning point came with the battle in which Josiah was killed. Josiah 's death was a cad blow to the cause for which Jeremiah lived. .ind after the Aing's death. the Egyptian pharaoh set the scene for the period of Jeremiah's life which has been called his Gethsemane. What the pharoah did, was first to depose Josiah's son Jehoahaz. Then the pharoah appointed Jehoahaz' brother Jehoiakim — who was pro-Egyptian — as king. .Jeremiah did not like Jehoiakim, and for good reasons. Under the new king's rule idolatrous practices began to mushroom once more. The reform undertaken by the late King Josiah had not had time to sink deep roots in the hearts of the people. As soon as its restraints were lifted, the people went back to their old ways. A t the same time,popular fancy fastened on the temple as a sort of good luck charm. The temple was viewed as the house of God. Thus. it could never be destroyed Thus, too. Jerusalem itself was indestructible. But Jeremiah lashed out at such vain superstition and the evils that went with it. %lore and more Jeremiah was becoming a lone battler. His advice to remain prudently subject to Babylon and especial& not to put any hope in a treacherous Egypt marked him as an unpatriotic defeatist. Persecution came from all sides. ,Vo wonder Jeremiah got discouraged. No wonder he cried out pathetically to God for relief. The very moving passages in which he didso are exemplified by Jeremiah Chapter 15, 10-11 and 20, 7-18. Jeremiah warned the people in unmistakable terms that Babylon's ruler, Nebuchadnezzar, would invade Judah and enslave it for 70 years. Needless to say, this was not the type of message calculated to make him the most popular man in town. Yet he had to speak the truth. He was as sure as he couldbe that Babylon would extend its ruthless domination over all the people of the Middle East. Events proved the truth of his warnings. Jerusalem escaped the first Babylonian invasion by the skin of its teeth. Nebuchadnezzar got news of his father's death and had to rush home to secure his position. But Jeremiah knew that this was just a reprieve. The Babylonians would be back. His predictions of the destruction of the temple provoked angry screams that he be put to death. Once he was ignominiously thrown into the stocks. The reign of Jehoiakim was soon to end, however, andJeremiah's Gethsemane would be over. Then he would enter upon his Calvary. 8
Anew meaning for many
Church renewal didn't really mean anything to me untilmy youngest son, Daniel, was ready to prepare for penance and First Communion. Then Ilearned in a hurry some amazing changes had taken place.
Renewal hits home
By KATHARINE BIRD
to my surprise, that Daniel's first beautiful. Surpnsingly, the bride penance and Communion caused and groom showed no trace of nerour family to become closer too. vousness. Indeed, their sense of It was 7 a.m. one MonI he conferences were a ro,e1a- skills and the reassurance we Somehow, being involved as a calm joy gave the assembled guests Initially,, 1 took it ior granted that day morning. Two men the sacramental preparation would tion. But it soon became apparent needed. family in preparing for the sacra- the distinct impression that the were standing at the bus proceed along lines followed for that several parents were upset at By the end of the meetings, an ments, we became active partici- couple had prepared well for their a pants in the process and learned marriage. stop, braced against a my older three children. After all, having this responsibility thrust on unexpected bonus emerged deve- some valuable lessons about our That was the case, as I discovered had camraderie of leaders bond parish pressed They them. age was sister in nearest Daniel's damp winter wind. They explain the whys and wherefores loped among the parents. Dealing own relationships. later in talking with them. The were friends and close only three years older than he. We to learnwith a common problem his behind the change. parish and the same still in were young couple had met with a priest neighbours. Both were About the same time, I attended faith t eacher was the same one his sister As the meetings continued, it ing to communicate about for a number of detailed discusCatholics. became clear that most of the par- issues with our children — had the wedding of one of my children's sions in which they explored what had at that age. A s they waited, one of first intimation of change ents looked on these sacraments as nourished our sense of being a teachers, an old family friend. It marriage in the Christian comtoo was an event that would help them, a man of about 35, ,:ame with a notice from the parish a pivotal time for their children. community. munity can be. was telling of his daugh- t hat all parents were expected to They wanted the experience to be That sense of identity was carried me appreciate the renewal in the They learned that their marriage, ter's first penance the attend a series of meetings with the profoundly moving. For many, the a step further when first penance sacraments. Again, active partici- though highly personal to them. evening pation was a key ingredient. also was a matter of grave concern day before. He spoke religion teacher. The purpose, I greatest fear was that they were ill- was scheduled during the could The wedding was simple and for the Christian community. children and parents children in that so their help to equipped prepare was to discovered, with great emotion about quickly receive the sacrament together. take an active role in this. Vle event —how t had parents to their children in these So one of the main functions of Looking back on the whole expeeducating whr. the the parish leaders was to give us the rience later, I realised, somewhat t wo sacraments. pastor had told the children in a group, which priest his daughter had gone Franciscan Brother Giles Naedler pays a visit to F.t o for her individual an elderly blind woman at her small New York c onfession. room. Sacraments, which begin in ritualised setI would ask you to picture much broader than that. And the!. O ne day not long tings in churches, are much more connected to scenes. The first scene are much more connected to orditwo before, the two men had nary human living. ordinary human living. Sacraments go with us took place in a kitchen. A spoken of the young The parents who were trying to wherever we happen to go. f ather was the image of cope with their rebellious son, and girl's preparation for the c omplete frustration after who were struggling also to mains acrament of penance. It his rebellious teen-age son tain their own relationship, are an her that obvious was stormed out of the house. example of the sacrament of father felt very strongly matrimony at work. "What needs," he said. kid that about the entire matter. The parish families building livstill facing the door. "is a strong That was interesting. ing quarters for a community of hand." H er father had only "I know." his wife said poor orphans were living out their recently returned to regsacrament of baptism. Because of halfheartedly. ular participation in SunThe husband turned to the table their faith, they saw themselves as where she was sitting. "But when I somehow a real part of these childday Mass. He wasn't one try to be strict with him," he said. ren's lives. who, in recent years, had Theologians point out that our in a voice that sounded more hurt been profoundly conthan angry. -you always support sacraments, which begin in rituacerned about each and him, not me." He paused then and lised settings. go beyond church every aspect of church after a moment, with his voice boundaries. They say that the sacrenewal . church life and breaking. he asked his wife. "Why raments go with us wherever we But this preparation for happen to go; they are part and do you do that to me?" first penance was a proThe women looked startled. parcel of our human relationships. cess that concerned his The sacraments may well begin Then she stood up and put her arms around him. "I don't know during religious ceremonies. And child. How would the diswhy I do it," she said. "My mother- the sacraments possess a sense of cussion of sin be received hen instincts. I guess. But I'll try ceremony, reminding us that there by her? How would she is a place in our lives for the sacred. not to." during tV first • ',,?el 5p enance celeTration BY FATHER DAVID K. O'ROURKE, O.P. itself? Did she understand what she was But, at base, our sacraments are The second scene took place a doing? And how had first signs drawn very much from the thousand miles away from the preparation and penance ordinary things of human living. first. I was measuring out the profor it changed since he Christians believe that God portions of cement, sand and was a child? gravel that a group of parishioners became human in the person of He, like so many othwere shovelling into a bent and Jesus of Nazareth. In becoming human. God lived our human life ers, experiences the clanging portable cement mixer. It to the full. But He did more than was the one piece of equipment Church most intimately owned by the orphanage where we that. and directly in its celebraWe were given the means to live were working. tion of the sacraments. A few feet away the older boys human lives with a real godlike He, like so many others, from the parish's youth group were quality to them. What's more, our comes in contact with assembling the forms for a founda- basic human relationships would the impact of church become sources of the spark of tion we were going to pour. renewal when a friend's One couple. kneeling in the mer- divine life. child is baptised, when a The family's support and love cilessly hot. Mexican sun were trofor a newborn child...a man and a relative is married. wling the surface of a just-poured sidewalk. while another couple woman's love for each other... our And he, like so many care and concern for the sick sprinkled the surface with water to strongly feels others, among us: All are given this new keep it from drying in the desert about these sacramental power and new meaning. They are heat. encounters. Even though you to picture made sacraments: baptism . ask would I Now he might not be one who matrimony.. . . the sacrament of the something else. For a moment participates in parish dissick. think of the sacraments. What cussion groups or Jesus used the most fundamencomes to your mind? Priests perretreats, not one who is forming sacred rites? Families tal of material goods as the elean usher at church or gathering in a church for a reli- ments for the sacraments -- water, gious ceremony? oil, bread and wine, a human hand who teaches CCD, his Quite possibly that is what raised in forgiveness. experience of the Church comes to mind. For the sacraments In fact, the sacraments are so yields strong feelings. begin in a ritualised setting. But I real, so concrete and so much with For the sacraments want to suggest that the two scenes us that we can overlook them and directly touch and influI have just described are real pic- their implications the way we overence him and those he tures of sacraments too. look the obvious. cares about most, his Sacraments are not just rituals We have to open up our eyes to family. that take place in church. They are the marvels of our sacramental life.
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Meaning of symbol The closing Mass of the 1976 Call to Action Conference was a truly special occasion. For several days before, bishops, priests, Religious and laity from throughout the U.S. church had hammered out an agenda of action for the remainder of the century. With its emphasis on grass-roots participation. an event of this kind had never been held before. Now t he liturgy was to be its culmination. As I scanned the thousands of worshippers gathered in Detroit's huge Colbo Hall, my attention was drawn to a young man seated near me. I was struck by how absorbed he was in the Mass. He followed each action with rapt attention. On several occasions, his eyes glistened as they apparently filled with tears. At other times, he tilted his head back slightly with his eyes closed, as if in deep prayer or perhaps to savour the moment in a special way. The liturgy, those ancient rituals of the sacraments, can indeed be a powerful force in our religious life. Most of us. I suspect, have found ourselves similarly moved on occasion during a celebration of one of the sacraments.
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Weddings and baptisms seem to have special abilities to pull at our feelings and to draw our attention. They represent, after all, special moments of transition in life. The daily or Sunday Mass can have similar effects on us from time to time. The sacraments are able to move us this way because they are ritual slices of life and of faith. They consist of images and symbols that touch us at the core of our being. The sacramental symbols highlight some aspect of God's action in our personal lives and in the life of the Christian community. They speak to us of fellowship, of love. of commitment. of forgiveness and of a host of other aspects of Christian life. Because the sacraments draw so heavily on symbols and other kinds of non-verbal expressions, they frequently affect us below the level of our consciousness. The
BY NEIL PARENT renowned psychologist, Carl Jung, said that the human person thinks first in images. Images and symbols allow us to experience dimensions of our faith beyond words. That is a reason why liturgy can be so profound, so moving and so important to our religious experience. Words often fail us when it comes to expressing the divine mystery. We must resort to symbols. The symbols used in the sacraments bread, wine, oil, water, touch - carry with them the accumulated significance of a thousand generations. They represent some of humankind's most fundamental activities and hence have become central to its attempt to speak of its relationship to the divine. Although the sacraments are specific moments of God's saving action, they also point to what is already going on in the life of the community. For example. when we gather to celebrate the Eucharist, we encounter God's presence in Christ in a special way. But we also celebrate the fact that the risen Lord is already present to us as believers, forming us into a corn-
munity of fellowship and service. Likewise, when we participate in the Rite of Reconciliation, we meet Christ as forgiver and reconciler. But we also attest to the forgiveness that already imbues our lives as Christians. The sacraments are encounters with Christ in tangible form, and they also express what He is already doing in the life of the believing community. The reason the Call to Action liturgy was so powerful is that it became an expression - - it brought into focus - what the worshippers had experienced together over several days. The liturgy celebrated who they w ere and what they had accomplished. Thus, sacraments are not ritual events in the Church that we attend soley as spectators or even as passive recipients. As symbolic and grace-filled slices of life and faith. the sacraments give expression to w hat is already taking place in our lives. These important rituals both express and enhance those aspects of our faith that are key points of our encounters with God.
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He saw bright future in swimming pools Tony Kelly was a bundle of nerves as he made his debut as a reader at St Cecilia's in Floreat Park. He had not thought that the occasion would have such an effect on him, but what was just the congregation sitting in the pews seemed to him to be a crowd of about a million waiting to laugh derisively at his slightest stumble. In the event they didn't have long to wait, though it must be said that they took not the slightest action to deepen his embarrassment when the gaffe came.
Shakily he surmounted the First Reading, completed the Second Reading and Gospel Acclamation in something of a daze and then went on. He was brought hack to earth by a gentle nudge from parish priest Father McCudden, by then, standing beside him. With a slight smile and the puckish humour for which he is noted, the good priest whispered: "You must have been carried away by the Holy Spirit." Father McCudden then read the Gospel on which Tony had started as the red-faced reader slunk back to his seat. He considers the fact that he is still on the readers' list at St Cecilia's to be an act of charity on the part of the parish priest. When he was at school and for a long time afterwards the thought that he would one day own a swimming pool business did not enter Tony Kelly's mind. He was thrown in off the deep end, as it were. He had a good job and a bright future with Pye Industries in Adelaide when the burgeoning home sickness for WA that had been building up in both Tony and his wife got the better of them. So that they could get hack to their native state, he left the security and the pleasant ambience of the Pye job to be WA manager of an Adelaide-based swimming pool company. "The first balance sheet I drew up here." he says. "proved to he a les-
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A weekly feature By BOB BOYLE son in how not to run a company." The firm was in too deep financially to permit of rescue and rescusitation and the inevitable happened it drowned in the w aters of previous mismanagement. That was the start of hard times for the Kellys.
Tony had no job, a young family and nowhere to turn. "In retrospect, it was the hest thing that ever happened to us," he reflects. "I had to stand on my own two feet and make a go of things quickly somehow." From a backyard shed he started two little businesses. Ocean Pools and Quickcrete. in 1969. In the first year only 20 pools were built. but the family's body
and soul were held together through the paving and driveway jobs carried out by Quickcrete. The swimming pool business started to blossom in 1970, and as it bloomed Quickcrete faded. The building of concrete swimming pools is still the bastion of Tony's business, but now it also installs fibreglass pools and provides a wide range of services and products chemicals, accessories, spas, hot pools, filters you name it. In addition to building or installing the pool it will transform your whole backyard for you if you wish fencing, paving, pergolas, landscaping and all the rest. In the past two years Ocean Pools has won three national awards presented by CASPA (Council of Australian Swimming Pool Associations) for excellence in pool building. "It is a fiercely-competitive business," Tony says. "In recession times like these there are a lot of casualties. Historically, when better economic circumstances return the solid companies that have survived have a brief period of prosperity before t he under -capitalised firms return." The public was now protected in buying pools, he said. The more reputable builders had set up an indemnity scheme under which the buyer did not suffer if the builder went bankrupt.
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High-quality concrete and fibreglass pools could be bought more cheaply in WA than anywhere else in the world. K een competition among builders and ideal building conditions in our sandy soil were among the contributing factors to this happy state of affairs for the buyer. We had more swimming pools for each member of the population than even California. There were more than 3.000 pools here compared to under that number in Victoria and less than 2,000 in South Australia. NSW had fewer pools than this state but Queensland was edging up to about the same number.
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An underground concrete pool of top quality measuring 30ft by 15ft could be bought here for less than $6.000 compared to between $8,000 and $9,000 in Victoria. Leading American builders attending conventions in this country regularly admitted that there was nothing they could teach the Australian builders. Pool equipment was much more sophisticated now than it was 10 years ago when there were no such things as automatic chlorinators, self-cleansing filters, salt-water chlorinators and automatic cleaning devices. In theory, you could now install a pool that was completely automatic. The Swimming Pool Industry Association of WA worked in close conjunction with the National Safety Council and local governing authorities on the matter of safety and the regulations. 10
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A nthony Kevin Kelly. a parishioner of St Cecilia's Church in Floreat Park and a reader there, was born in Perth on January 14, 1936 He was educated at the Claremont practising school and St Louis (now John XXIII). A fter having left school he worked on the sales desk at Comsteel, a BHP subsidiary, before undertaking an executive training course with Woolworths and working in a number of branches of that chain for three years. For a short time he managed the W J Lucas store in Perth before joining Pye Industries with which he worked in Sydney for two years and then in Adelaide, first as sales manager and then manager. In 1969 he became WA manager of an Adelaidebased swimming pool firm and in the same year started his own business, Ocean Pools, which he now runs from its headquarters in Grantham Street, Wembley. He has been a member of the executive of the Swimming Pool Industry Association of WA since its inauguration about nine years ago and its president for the past three years. He played Metropolitan Junior football for Collegians in WA, with the amateur association in South A ustralia and top-grade Australian Rules for University in Sydney. Tony and his wife, Patricia Mary (nee Ourack) have three sons ranging in age from nine to 18.
copy of which was issued to every pool buyer, were enforced by the councils. But no matter what legislation was enforced, in the final analysis parents and guardians had to take responsibility for safeguarding the lives of children. Tony says that in playing football in three states and WACA grade cricket for Nedlands. he build up a
lot of friends, to many of whom he had later sold pools. His Australian Rules club in Sydney. University, had been coached by the late Frank Bird. noted Perth athlete and footballer. To the physically-fit Tony, it seems survival in the competitive pools business is a matter of sink or swim.
Women's role in new code In the Catholic Church one of the hottest topics of debate in the past decade, particularly in the U.S. Church, has been the rights of women. In an address to the Catholic Theological Society of A merica in 1981, Father Philip Murnion, director of the U.S. bishops' parish project, said the issue challenges -the integrity and unity of the Church. ' He listed it a mong five major challenges to Church l ife today. An ad hoc committee of the U.S. bishops in dialogue with representatives of the Women's Ordination Conference concluded in an interim report in 1981 the alienation of women in the Church is a serious pastoral problem with important implications for the Church. Women have made some substantial advances but still have a long way to go towards full equality in t he new Code of Canon Law, which Pope John Paul II has promulgated. The new code, a body of general law governing the Western Church, will replace the code enacted in 1917. As far as women's rights advocates are concerned, at the heart of the old code and the new is the exclusion of women from ordained ministry. In a hierarchical church in which pastoral office is the basis of jurdical and administrative authority, t he exclusion of women from ordination is, by that very fact, an exclusion of women from all the key posts of authority in the Church.
"Only clergy." says the final draft of the new code. "can receive offices for whose exercise there is required the power of order or the power of ecclesiastical government connected to sacred order." The Church's exlusion of those who are not ordained from pastoral authority can be viewed as applying especially to women, since only women are excluded as a class from ordination, or as not really applying to women as such, hut rather to all laypersons, whether men or women. "There is parity between lay men and lay women in general" in the new code, said Dominican Sister Lucy Vazquez, a canon lawyer and the Orlando. Fla., diocesan vicar for Religious. "They have gotten away from the blatant discrimination in the old code." "With the exception of ordination, there is an equality." said Sister Rose of Lima McDermott, a Sister of St. Joseph who is assistant vicar for religious of the Philadelphia archdiocese and who wrote her doctoral thesis in canon law on the role of women in Church law. .4"/NAMAAA/40404~1vo
Here are some areas in which the final draft of the new code ends long-standing legal discriminations against women: • In the old code, the husband has priority in determining legal domicile of the wife; in the new code husband and wife are treated equally. • Place of origin of children under the old code depends primarily on the father's domicile. Under the new code, it is the domicile of the mother that counts first. • In the old code, when one party t o the marriage was of the Latin rite and the other belonged to an Eastern rite, children automatically belonged to the rite of the father. The wife could switch to the husband's rite if she wished to, but not vice versa. In the new code. either party can switch to the rite of
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FIFTH OF A SERIES By Jerry Filteau NC News Service the other. The children can be baptised into either rite chosen by the parents. • In the old code, women could not be diocesan chancellors. They could not be auditors, assessors, defenders of the bond, promoters of the faith or judges on diocesan courts. They could not be members of diocesan synods or their commissions. They could not belong to the financial administrative council of a diocese or be professors or board members of a seminary. In the new code, all those positions are open to women. • Religious orders of women were treated quite differently from orders of men in the old code. In a number of areas where men's orders could act autonomously, women's orders need direct approval or oversight from the local bishop or Rome. Their treatment in the new code, however, is substantially the same, save in areas directly related to the clerical status of religious orders of priests. • Gone from the new code are special requirements in the old law for the questioning of women before marriage or entry into religious orders. • On the other hand, there remain some notable areas in the new code in which women are not given parity with men, even in cases in which the holding of office is not intrinsically linked to ordination. Among these are: • Women may not he formally installed in the lay ministries of lector and acolyte. which are open to laymen. OVV010%0WAMAAAMA
• Women may not serve the priest at the altar for Mass, even on a one-time or ad hoc basis, although laymen may do so. Sister Vazquez said she suspected that the reason for the continued exclusion of women from some forms of lay ministry related to liturgical functions is that traditionally these ministries "have been seen as leading to orders." The reason for the exclusion is "emotional, not scholarly," said Sister McDermott, who also linked it, on the practical level, to "the ordination problematic." Sister McDermott said that man laws of the old code which are viewed now as discriminating against women treated women protectively. These reflected "socio-cultural constructs" in which women were treated by society at large as needing special protection and being unable to take on public responsibilities on their own, she said. The old code's treatment of women Religious, she said, also reflected a long history of misunderstanding of the role of nuns in the active apostolate, and it tended instead to set the model of the cloistered, meditative community as the norm for women Religious. Sister Vazquez cited several points at which she said the final draft of the new code takes "a tremendous step forward" in avoiding discrimination against women • Continued page 16
• From page 1 It is the pope's 17th trip abroad in his five years as pope but it is considered to be one of his toughest trips because two of the countries, Guatemala and El Salvador, are in the midst of fierce civil war. Guatemalan rebels in A TICAN CITY: Pope John Paul II Mexico said they would has had the best preparation for what he observe a ceasefire truce calls a Lenten pilgrimage to the suffer- from three days before the ing Central American people. He has pope arrives in Guatemala just concluded the annual eight-day on Sunday, and maintain Vatican retreat. the truce until his deparOver 100 priests, bishops and cardi- ture on March 9. nals working in the Vatican curia joined Bishop Damas the Pope John Paul for the week of prayer administrator of El Salvador has made a plea for a and recollection. truce in that country for The pope put aside his 18 hour work- his one day visit but so far ing schedule and all public meetings there has been no response w ith officials were cancelled for the to the appeal. w eek. The Daily American, an newsEnglish-language the t o in talks, spiritual Three morning and one in the eN, ening were paper published in Rome, ON en by Cardinal Ratzinger, formerly claimed Pope John Paul of Munich and now in charge of the had formally warned the congregation for the Doctrine of the governments of El Salvador. Nicaragua and GuaFaith. temala he may cancel his stops in those countries if certain actions which would constitute "an unbecoming welcome" were not stopped. Because of the tense political situation in Central America, the pope's nonstop schedule is heavy on religious events such as eight Masses, six liturgical services and numerous meetings with religious bodies. But in the 15,000 kilome"1 was happy with the good receptre journey stretching over tion I received, although in the 200 hours he is not ignorinitial stage I came across the ing the politicians. odd person who, by his aloofness, In Nicaragua. he is appeared to be *agin' the idea of a booked for a four hour chaplain. consultation with the San"However, you can't judge from dinista junta over a lunchthe first meeting. time gathering. Other "I can think of the case of one meetings with politicians person who appeared to be quite are scheduled to last 40 hostile during our first meeting, minutes. but when I visited the second time. his attitude seemed to have changed remarkably. to the extent of his being apparently quite pleased to speak with me." For her tour of the factory. Sister Betty must conform to safety regulations and that means yellow helmet and goggles at Hume and slacks, industrial shoes, dust coat and helmet and goggles at Cockburn. She has gained valuable insights. she says. into the problems facing GEORGETOWN the factory worker. (Guyana) (NC) — The "For instance, I realise now how editor and printer of the many people. through force of cirCatholic Standard newscumstances, cannot choose work paper. newspaper of the that for them is satisfying, and diocese of Georgetwon. interesting: on the contrary they Guyana. haNe lost a libel must often accept monotonous, case brought against them repetitive work, with little or no by Guy ana's Vice Presichance of improvement, perhaps dent Hamilton Green. because they have a wife and famJesuit Father Andrew ily to support, or because, being Morrison, editor, and the migrants, they are disadvantaged paper's printer, Angal by such things as language," she Printing Establishment said. were fined S20.000 plus "Sometimes, when I approach the damages of SI0.000. workplace, I experience for a The libel suit w as while, a fear of entering an envirbrought by the vice presionment that is so entirely different dent because of a 1979 to what I am used to. and of a Catholic Standard story possible rejection. d ealing with Green's "However, once I have entered actions during labor union and spoken to the first person. my picketing at a government fear seems to vanish. I know this store. can only be the result of grace. and T he Inter -American prayer — not my prayer alone, but Press Association, a jourthe united prayer of the Sisters in nalism organisation prommy congregation. oting freedom of the press "I don't claim to be expert in all in the Western Hemisfields of human needs, but Ican act phere, said in October the as a referral person where the need suits constitute "an appararises. For instance, I can facilitate ent orchestrated attempt contact with the various communto close the paper." ity agencies available: act as a liaiFather Morrison said: son between an individual and a "We have public opinion minister of his own denomination v ery much on our side. if desired. People (in government) "In summing up the mission of are leaking stories to us all my work. I would say that for peothe time." ple in the workplace, where some The Catholic Standard feel they count for little or nothing. has often been at odds with the most significant aspect of chathe government. which plaincy may be their recognition controls much of the that here is someone who respects media in Guyana. and its them as persons. who takes them editors have complained seriously and affirms their that the government dishumanity." criminates against the Sister Betty McMahon can he newspapers. reached at Convent of Mercy, 134 The Anglican bishop Nicholson Road, Shenton Park. has joined the defence 6008. Telephone 381 1575. fund.
She's chaplain to industry • From page 6 "Then in February' of this year. I commenced chaplaincy at Humes Limited. Wembley." she said. Humes are manufacturers of concrete pipes and other concrete products, such as huge slabs that are used for building purposes, retaining walls, street furniture such as you see in the Hay Street Mall, concrete seats and flower receptacles. "They also manufacture PVC plastic piping and roof tiles. The workplace is usually very noisy and the work is, on the whole, very hard and messy. and can be dangerous. "When I commenced chaplaincy at Humes. an introductory meeting was held, at which I addressed the foremen of the plant. explaining the nature and purpose of my work, and giving them the opportunity to discuss and present their own views on the subject. "This discussion is important. because it allows people to express any anti-feelings they have. "It's natural that some people will regard the chaplain with suspicion, imagining that you're there to convert them to your particular religion, whereas the chaplain is for people of any or no denomination. "The next step was to address a large group of the workers during their lunch-break. Having gone through these preliminaries, I began to visit the plant on a weekly basis." Sister Betty says chaplaincy work is two-fold: to show concern and interest for each person, and to be available should any person wish to discuss any problem. "I felt very accepted right from the start at Humes. Because there are many migrants there, language is at times, a bit of a barrier. "I have partly overcome this by learning a few phrases in various languages, but if I could speak fluently, it would be a great asset. "I have become friendly with some of the migrants' families by being invited into their homes. "Now that I am better known. through the weekly visit to the plant, people have approached me about various difficulties: a damaged relationship in marriage, a bereavment in the family and friction between people in the workplace. "With my second chaplaincy at Cockburn Cement I found cement making is a heavy industry, and. many of the jobs are tiring and very repetitive, although automated machinery has taken the physical tedium out of much of the work.
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entrance to the tomb and meeting the angels. The competition is open to all ages and we'll be choosing winners on creativity and neatness. Okay gang, it's time to get busy To help you with ideas read All we want you to do is draw a again. We've got another super picture of any of the events con- Mathew, Chapter 28; Mark, Chapc ompetition coming up for Easter nected with Jesus rising from the ter 16; Luke, Chapter 24 and John, and we'll be announcing the winners dead. Chapter 20. in our Easter Sunday issue. For example; Jesus coming from Start working now and let us have We've got a beautiful 128 page the tomb; Jesus meeting Mary Mag- your entry by March 21. Send your W orld Atlas, courtesy of William dalene in the garden; Women wond- entry to Easter Contest, The Record, Collins publishers for the winner and ering about the big stone at the 26 John Street and make sure you lots of other beautiful books to give tomb; The Angels at the empty tomb include your name, age, address and away to the runners-up. or Peter and John arriving at the phone number if you have one.
What you have to say am not starting school the back door key, because it's missing from under the yet but hope to soon. How are you I have done The answer to the puzzle mat." First Lady Motorist: Do a few puzzles and one puz- is "surf board." you use your mirror very zle that you can win. Jeffrey Large much when .vou drive? It is called "Find The Toothy ay Gold Dubloons" I have P.S. He should have a hat Second Lady Motorist: Heavens no.' Imake sure coloured them all. The on don't you think. my face is properly made next page has got answers, up beforeIstart. joke and knock, knocks. First Ghost: /don't know. My birthday in on March about you. but I don't 4th. I was just reminding ahich was the largest seem to frighten people you to write it in the any more. moth ever known? "Record". Second Ghost: No. we The mam-moth. The ski jumble puzzle is wrong. Number 5 has got 3 Enquirer: Are you a turf might as well as be deadfor all they care. "S"es. It has got one "s- accountant? mart for -trousers". Bookie: That's right. Do First Indian: We don't IOU want to place a bet? seent to get any smoke sigAnna. What would happen if Enquirer: No. I want to nalsfrom Sitting Bull these days. know how much grass pigs would fly? A. Bacon would go up. need to make a tennis Second Indian: I'm not surprised. He's given up Q. Why does a miser like court. the letter "G7 Mrs. Jones, recently his oldfire and gone infor A. Because it turns old widowed, went to a seance central heating. coins into gold coins. and asked the medium if it Customer: Did you say Knock. Knock would be possible to get in your prices were frozen? touch with her late hus- Shop-keeper: Yes sir. W ho's there? Customer: That explains Lettuce band. "But of course." said the why they are so stiff Lettuce who? Lettuce in and you'll see medium. What made the bed who. "Oh good," replied Mrs. spread? Jones. "That's a relief. I If hen it saw the pillow want to know where he put slip. To Dear Captain Bob, Each Sunday after Mass I race home and turn the pages to the Record Kids Club I like the jokes. Unfortunately my birth- 1ou base got to he in the club elease print clearl and don't day is in lent, so I'm not if sou want to enter our forget our date of birth and a going to have a party. competitions and win some of stamp so we can send ”our Here is a riddle: the super pH/es. membership form to %ou. Q. How did the turtle To join simpl send the Membership will allow ou to keep three jumps ahead of completed coupon here to The enter all our competitions. of the rabbit? R ecord kid's Club. PO Kos S ell. what are ou waiting A. He played checkers 50. 1berdeen Street. Perth. for? with the rabbit. #.0011. NOTE: Could we please have your name next time. Dear Captain Bob and
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The winner of our Count P: code The Bubbles Contest is Age . . . . Leonie Rosielle, of DiaBIrthdate Paddington At The Circus I . nella. Leonie sent in a beautifully coloured entry Goes Shopping, both published by Piccolo, and well deserves her prize. A book courtesy of Wil- $2.95 and Haunted Houseful, collected by liam Collins has been sent out to her. A special prize Alfred Hitchcock, published by Piccolo, $2.50. has also been awarded to little Sean Halligan. of Two more delightful stoArmadale. Sean is only ries about that very lovable four and did such a good bear from darkest Peru. job we thought he should This series of picture books is designed to introduce accidental, display of acro- wonderful time whizzing have a book too. Paddington to a whole new batic daring on the high about in a shopping trolaudience of younger read- trapeze! Paddington is left ley. But the party's over BIRTHDAYS ers. There is a full colour just hanging about but when he gets to the check rescue is at hand in the out. The bill comes to £50 Happy birthday to Daryl picture on every page and unlikely form of a clown and he's only got three the simple text has been Crews, Hamersley; Julie on stilts with a bucket! pence -- and two marmaArundel. Dudinin; Chris- especially written for those There aren't Well kids, were fast coming up to our 1000th member ... we've many bears lade sandwiches! tine Brown, Geraldton; who are just learning to from darkest got 992 on the books so far so that's only eight to go. Peru who can Aaron Clarke, Gooseberry read. To celebrate our record for The Record we've got a family pass to say they've been on a In Haunted Houseful Hill. you'll find a marvellous Pioneer World, courtesy of Channel Seven, to give to our trapeze! 1000th anthology of spine-chilling In Paddington Goes stories collected by the member. Dazzling Shopping, Paddington master of the macabre. If you haven't joined the Kids Club so far, now is the time to do so. manages to turn even a Alfred Hitchcock. You and your family could spend a delightful day at Pioneer World, w elcome to our new simple shopping trip into a Armadale, seeing the sights. members - Cathy Smith, In Paddington At The chaotic disaster when the It's a terrific book for the Don't forget, we've also got a terrific Easter contest underway of Mullaloo: Adam Mok- Circus. the Brown family Browns take him to Porto- older reader who likes a and you must be a member to take part in all our contests. We have rzycki. of Girrawheen. outing to the greatest show bello Road. He gamely few thrills and mystery but Lisa Mokrzycki. of Girra- on earth is livened up when volunteers to do Mrs perhaps isn't the hest thing weekly puzzles with books to give away to the first neatest, correct wheen and David Cooper. Paddington steals the Brown's shopping in the to read before going to entries received. of Coolbellup. There's lots to do and lots to win so join up now. show with a dazzling. if supermarket and has a sleep.
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Pray to hope To pray is crazy! It beyond that; He is a mysreally is not common tery beyond that; He is a sense to talk to some- m ystery beyond our one you cannot see understanding. a nd expect them to To pray is to trust, to rechear when there are ognise that He reaches thousands, millions beyond what we can imagine, nothing is imposof others doing the sible for God. same thing. To pray is to hope we How can God hear by know that we cannot grasp prayer'? Yet we often him, that He is silent, that expect not only that our He is no answer and solves prayer be heard, but that nothing and yet ... just like there would be an imme- a man who has a friend ... diate result. we can believe and hope! So I think the first thing What I would suggest to say about prayer is that then is that it is natural for it is naive. a person in the YCW to pray because to pray is to hope and change, to believe that things can be different. Yes, it is naive to pray because it means that we believe in the unexpected. that we are open to new There is a story about a possibilities for our society young child sitting on a and for ourselves. huge expanse of beach. He It requires a step in faith. was asked to draw a pic- a step in the dark and y et ture of God and his reply we have a history to help was that he did not have us. a history of a God who enough space. does act and does achieve It is true; we cannot con- the impossible. fine God to our own patterns of images. He is Anonymous
By Barbara Willcock, CPY Full-timer.
It was nice to see a wide range of age groups on Above Joanne Mulhall, Pickering and board and everyone enjoyed a terrific night of fun, Julia Gemma Wooltorton music and dancing. prepare food for the Such successful evenings don't just happen river cruise. though without a lot of behind the scenes work and planning. Therefore many thanks go to the organising committee and its extra band of volunteers for S outhern Region putting on such a good evening and preparing the C hristian Living Camp Friday, March great supper that was served. Thanks also to everyone who came and made 11 to Sunday, March the cruise a success by being there and enjoying 13, cost $20, at Mandurah Holiday themselves. Meet at You made it a memorable evening and I hope V illage. ShopCity Garden we will see you all at the next C.P.Y. function. ping Centre, Risely Street, Booragoon at 6.30 p.m. Friday. Theme: Prayer. Queries or boct ings Tony Dolin 328 8136. Southern Regional Meeting, Wednesday quite convinced that they notice of an intended March 16, at Hilton know all there is to know marriage, in normal Parish, St. Theresa's and no one could possi- circumstances. C hurch, Fryjohn bly have anything new to When the State increasWay, Coolbellup. offer. ed its period of notificaStarts 7.30 p.m. Worse, if they have been tion from seven to thirty Central Co-ordinaliving together for the days the Registrar Gentor, Joanne Malpast six months anyway eral was not surprised to they may plead that they find that a number of kovic, farewell — really do know each couples never turned up Saturday, March 19. other quite well enough. after the longer cooling Details — ring CPY Statistics often prove off period. office 328 8136. them wrong. Marriage preparation Northern Region Those who do attend courses have come a long Meeting, Wednespre marriage courses find way since the days when it a rewarding exper- they grew out of the day, March 23 at ience. experience and the need Morley Parish, AsCouples interested in felt by the I'CW and the sembly Room, 47 the Catholic Engaged National Girls Catholic Wellington Street, Encounter Weekend can Girls ilovement. Morley. ring 291 7162 or Centre Starts 7.30 p.m. Care Courses on 325 I wonder if it was as
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The first of CPY's three major fundraising events for 1983 took place on January 29 when the movement held its annual river cruise. Approximately 600 people boarded the R ottnest Islander II at Barrack Street Jetty f or the four hour cruise on the Swan River.
Preparing for marriage Priests can find the a ride by all the money preparation of young hungry sharks ready to couples for marriage to make a buck out of a be one of the most frus- wedding day. trating duties. It infuriates me even By the time the couple more to see young couarrives at the presbytery ples totally set on preparthey have already set the ing just for their wedding date, the time, hooked day, being almost totally the reception centre and disinterested in spending attended to a myriad of time, money and effort to detail prepare for their mar'fans couples seem riage as a life time event. interested only to know if Iwould like to see couthe arrangements will ples keep a record of the suit the priest: whether he money and time spent on minds having a budding gowns, suits, food, Cecil B. De Mille film drinks, photos, cars, director attend the flowers . . . (the list is church ceremony and endless). whether he'll attend the It mounts to many reception "to .cav grace". thousands of dollars and swallows hundreds of hours in arguments and discussion with inlaws Religion and out-laws. The debates continue The latter is often just over many months and an after thought anyway, across many miles. since the M.C. doesn't Improved telephone particularly want to links allow calls even he bring religion into the made from Bali, London affair. or Rome during a not It infuriates me to see uncommon pre-wedding young couples taken for honeymoon (Reverse
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Many begin too late charges of course). All this is done just to keep the young couple "happy" at the expense of everyone else's happiness, of course. Parents can be left out or stand by helplessly. Friends are not asked to do anything of importance to make the wedding day their celebration too.
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The priest often spends many hours trying to convince a couple of the importance and urgency of attending a marriage preparation course, all to no avail. The usual response to the suggestion of attending a marriage preparation course is one of suspicion or disinterest. The young couple is
6644. In recent years both the Church and the State increased their respective times of notification before a marriage can take place. The State increased its notice time for marriage from seven days to one calendar month. Catholics need to give their parish priest at least 90 days
hard to get couples to attend then as it is today. Jesus began his ministry at a wedding and saw to the ordinary needs of the couple. In celebrating a young couple's wedding day,Itry to do my best to help them prepare for a day and a lifetime and pray that Jesus is the welcome guest of their life
R egional Teams C amp — Friday March 25-27. Details ring CPY office 328 8136. Diocesan Christian Living Camp, Friday April 15-17. Details ring CPY office 328 8136. CPY Calendar Julia Pickering.
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Footy fighter Giant 6IX sales representative Barrie Quick is looking for a successful football season for the station this year and is also hoping that he will be involved in the broadcasts of the station's f inals coverage in September, 1 983. No, Barrie hasn't any immediate aspirations of breaking into the 6IX football commentary team, but he does hope to he one of the players mentioned in their broadcasts. Barrie, a 23-year-old 193 cm ruckman, plays for South Fremantle, one of the leading teams in t he W.A. Football League.
He started his carrer with East Perth and trained and played under former champion, Barry Cable, for three seasons before transferring to South Fremantle. A determined and quietly confident person, Barrie says he would not be in his present work situation if it were not for football.
"I have learnt so much about life through playing football, the biggest thing being selfdiscipline," he explained. "The pressure upon league players is tremendous — both physical and mental and the demands are becoming greater to bear each year. "But pressure brings out the best in people. It is far more satisfying if
you have to fight for something the hard way rather than having it given to you on a plate," Barrie added. And Barrie does know something about fighting. Like his mentor, Barry Cable, Barrie was faced with a sudden personal shock that threatened to end his promising football career and severely tested his courage. Four years ago he nearly lost his left leg after falling into a conveyor belt at the factory where he worked. The very fact that he fought off the threat of amputation to not only recover, but play league football with South Fremantle, is untid!, to be seen on the an example of Barrie's country's harness racing ability to master pressure tracks, and several South and self-discipline. It took him two years Island drivers were banned to recover fully from the from meetings. One of them, Ewen shocking accident but he Pycroft, threatened to is now fighting fit and refer his case to the Human enjoying the 1983 preR ights Commission. season training, with an Another, Don Cuttance, eye to making the team as lodged an appeal with the a regular this year and playing in the finals. Trotting Conference.
Beards get official OK at last W ELLINGTON, NZ: Drivers in this month's l nterdominion trotting and pacing c hampionships need Stipendiary stewards no longer risk expul- today voted to relax their sion if they grow a beard ban, imposed last beard. year, after pressure from it must be neatly the executive of the NZ med. or they will Trotting Conference. arouse the displeasure of They had previously considcred beards to be too New Zealand stewards.
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Hob, days restored Code looks at vital question
Can a pope step down?
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V ATICAN CITY (NC) — In a surThe 10 official holy days of obligaprise move Pope John Paul II restored tion are: the feast of Mary, Mother of to the new Code of Canon Law the God, Jan 1; Epiphany, Jan 6; the feast traditional 10 holy days of obligation to of St. Joseph, March 19; Ascension be observed throughout the Latin-rite Day, Corpus Christi, a movable obserCatholic Church. vance; the feast of the Apostles Peter A planned reduction of holy days and Paul, June 29; the Assumption of universally observed was one of the Mary, Aug 15; All Saints Day, Nov 1; most widely publicised aspects of the the Immaculate Conception, Dec 8 and final draft of the code submitted to the Christmas, Dec 25. pope last year for his approval. Instead The five holy days of obligation curof following the recommendation of his commission, Pope John Paul reinstated rently observed in Australia are: the the traditional 10 feast days to be feast of Mary, Mother of God; Ascenobserved as days of obligation in addi- sion Day; Assumption of Mary; All Saints, Christmas. tion to Sundays. The feasts of Corpus Christi and EpiThe new code expressly allows bishops' conferences, however, to peti- phany are observed on the closest Suntion the Holy See for permission to days. The feasts of St. Joseph and SS. abolish observance of some of these Peter and Paul are observed as feast days but not as holy days of obligation. days. Australian Catholics have traditionThe new code allows bishops' conferally observed only five as a result of a ences to petition the Holy See for perlong-standing permission from the mission to abolish observance of some Holy See. of these days.
The new Code of Canon Law carries the Church's first clear legal provision fora pope to step down from the papacy.
While the right of a pope to resign has been generally accepted in Church thinking and has a historical precedent, the new code marks the first time in modern history that it is is spelled out in general church law. Ihe 1917 Code of Canon Law, which the new code replaces, makes no reference to the possibility of a papal resignation from office. After Pope Paul VI instituted retirement rules for bishops and cardinals, including the exclusion of cardinals over 80 from attending conclaves or holding curia positions at special circumstances of the Vatican, there was the time and by ideas on wide speculation Pope FIFTH PART conciliar power which Paul would himself retire OF SERIES were later condemned by when he reached his 80th Church, so its value as birthday. (continued) athe legal precedent He made no specific legisquestionable. lation to govern a papal The language of the retirement, however, and law, stating that a pope's by on August 6, 1978, more than 10 months after his JERRY F1LTEAU resignation must be freely 80th birthday, he left office NC News Service given and need not be accepted by someone for Just imagine for one moment the equivalent of Australia's through death — as virtuvalidity, affirms that no its ally all popes in history population being forced to flee their homes. But his holiness was not other authority has power had done. Over 14 million people who've fled through fear. 0 The most notable excep- matched by legislative acu- either to force or to prevent a papal resignation. 4400 The fear of not having enough to eat; of being persecuted tion was Pope St. Celestine men. Decrees he issued during Pope John Paul did not V. a guileless Benedictine because of race, religion, nationality, or political belief. hermit monk who found his short reign were so con- invent the language of the And to make it worse, consider that by far the majority of himself incapable of deal- fusing and at times contra- new law. ing with the complexities dictory that his successor, It was contained in the these refugees are women and girls — many of whom are forced of the papacy and resigned Pope Boniface VIII -- final draft version of the to care for their families due to the disappearance or death barely five months after he possibly at Celestine's own "Lex Ecclesiae Fundamenrequest -- revoked all priv- tails" ("Fundamental Law was elected in 1294. of their husbands. In some African countries, as many as 75 per ileges granted by Celestine of the Church"). Celestine was elected and ordered all papal bulls In 1981 the idea of issuing cent of the families in refugee camps are now headed by women. pope on July 5, ordained a issued by him be returned the Lex as a separate docuThey're dependent on camp handouts, and often find bishop on August 27, and to Rome for re-examina- ment from the Code of crowned pope on August tion. themselves at the end of long Canon Law was dropped. 29. On December 10 he With that legislative his- and key provisions conqueues for food and water, shelter issued a constitution tory, it was not surprising tained in it were incorpodeclanng a pope's right to that his declaration of a rated into the final draft of and health care. resign, and three days later pope's right to resign was the code presented to the Many of them come from he resigned. itself an object of lively pope for his approval. ST. Celestine had a great debate. A number of lead- The new law governing a cultures where women don't take reputation for holiness. ing scholars argued it was papal resignation contains part in public and community It was his holiness that valid, but others, including no provisions regarding life. Yet now they must cope with caused the papal electors an opinion from the presti- age. to choose the obscure her- gious University of Paris. But as the church grows the situation on an equal footina mit after they had spent held that it was invalid. gradually more accuswith refugee men. two years in conclave, In 1415 Pope Gregory tomed to the idea of itsgfiunable to find a political XII helped to end the ests and bishops retift4 Through Project Compassion, candidate agreeable to the Western schism when he for reasons of age or much is being done to help t wo major factions that submitted his abdication health, future generations these women adjust to their new then dominated the Col- from the papacy of the of Catholics could become lege of Cardinals, and he Council of Constance. accustomed to the idea of role. was canonised a saint in But his abdication to a popes retiring for those Our programmes provide them 1313, just 17 years after his general council of the same reasons in their later death. church was clouded by the years. with shelter, beds and cooking utensils — the very basics of life. And from that point, with a home base established, they are able to start their own income-generating activities. To continue this work around the world, Project Compassion needs
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One was the decision to open some judgeships on Church courts, which were opened to laymen by Pope Paul VI in the early 1970s, to lay women as well. Another she cited is the possibility for either laymen or women, without distinction, to administer priestless parishes in cases of need, doing w hatever does not require ordination. A third instance she noted was the draft code's allowance, again only in cases of pastoral need due to lack of priests, and only with permission from Rome, for laymen or women to serve as the Church's
official witness to the sacrament ot matrimony. She cited those cases as ones traditionally interpreted as priestly functions. Under what must have been a strong pressure because of that linkage to exclude women, the drafters of the new code made a deliberate choice not to discriminate, she said. "As much as we struggle for women in the Church. I think we have to point out the many positive things we see here, the positive efforts of legislators to eradicate discrimination." said Sister Vazquez.