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PERTH, WA: MAY 19— MAY 25, 1983
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OVERSEAS Al Times achanging DECIDED In a break with a century old tradition, St Mary's Cathedral has cut out the Sunday morning 7 o'clock Mass. Beginning this Sunday the former Masses at 7am and Sam will be replaced with Mass beginning at 7.30am.
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The national committee of Australian Catholic Relief has allocated more than $ 2m to support relief and development activities in five continents even though it has not yet received the money.
The allocations decisions were described by ACR national director, Michael Whiteley, as "an act of faith" in the generosity of Australian Catholics. "At present ACR has less than a quarter of that amount. "Unless $1.5m from the recently completed Project Compassion appeal is received before the end of June, ACR will be substantially in the red," he said. Of the 57 projects considered, 36 were approved outright, eight were rejected and the remainder deferred because of insufficient Irummor Ar Air Arimmmmr AIIr ANIIIMINIMINIII information.
The dean of St Mary's, Monsignor Pat O'Reilly, said that the less than 200 people at each Mass did not warrant t heir continuance when both congregations could be comfortably accommodated at the new time. He said the move was in line with discussions at the Senate of Priests which recommended a rationalisation of Mass times to conform to the shift in c ongregation sizes and to take into consideration the declining number of priests available to staff parishes at the former levels. Saint Mary's, like many churches, has actually increased the number of Masses in recent times. When the Vatican gave permission for S unday evening Masses 20 years ago, the cathedral was the only church where a Spm Mass was celebrated until some years later the privilege was introduced to all churches and widely introduced.
Military 'relentless, determined' The military are using relentless determination to put pressure on Father Gore and his supporters, according to a message from the Columban priest received in Perth yesterday (Wednesday). In the one phone call permitted to him, Father Gore explained to Father Brian Morrison on 6KY the tactics being used by the military to oppose bail for Father Gore. Father Gore is under continual military surveillance by guards and on
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Tuesday when proceeding to court in the company of 60 supporters on a truck, the military held up the group for an hour trying to separate the people from the priest. On Monday the military tactic was to produce a doctor who was supposed to describe the
wounds of the murdered governor allegedly murdered by Father Gore as so bad the priest should not be given bail. Under cross-examination the doctor-s evidence did not stand up. Father Gore said the military are trying to coerce the people to give up supporting him.
A mong the projects funded were the following: e$28,000 to enable English language instruction to continue for 15,000 Kampuchean and Lao refugees a t Panat Nikhom, Thailand. The refugees are in a "holding centre" awaiting an assessment that will decide whether they will be resettled in other countries, or whether they will remain in Thailand until it is possible to return to their homeland. In the assessment, and in their eventual resettlement, much will depend on t heir knowledge of English. ACR has supported the English language programme run by the Thai Catholic Office for Refugees for the past two years. *S20,000 to the Latin A merican Co-operative Institute in Panama to enable the institute to continue its work of training leaders of co-operatives, farmer and industrial workers groups. This may enable them to be more effective in working for community development and the promotion of social justice. The institute favours participation of women and of Indian community leaders in its courses. • Continued page 2
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The Australian legal s ystem has again failed to uphold the rights of the unborn child. Western Australia's Youth Appeal 83 will be officially After a series of court launched with a gala demonstration of youth and their actions in Queensland, the Chief Justice of the High talents at Forrest Place, 12.30pm on Monday. Court of Australia, Sir The appeal is on behalf of a unique combination of 10 Harry Gibb, has refused to grant an interim injunction youth organisations who are mounting the appeal and who to prevent a Queensland woman having an abortion will share equally its proceeds. against the wishes of the The groups are: Anglican At this time, through this working to improve their child's father. Youth, Catholic Parish appeal, these groups are communications with the The crux of Sir Harry's argument was that to grant Y outh, Catholic Youth depending on the com- public. Services, Scripture Union, munity to support them. They will be looking for an injunction would usurp Uniting Church Youth, Apart from raising funds, ways to demonstrate they the function of a criminal Young Christian Workers, the appeal has been orga- have things to give and to jury which might have to Young Womens Christian nised to publicise and pro- receive from all other gen- settle the issue should the A ssociation, Youth mote the work of the erations and all other pub- proposed abortion take place in Queensland. Encounter, Youth Hostels organisations. They will be lic spirited groups. Association, and Perth One of WA's happy mums Inner City Community on Mothers Day was the Services. mother of Rolf Harris pictured The appeal will proceed with the flowers that came with a number of public events such as a youth talwith her son's love from overent fair (also in Forrest ses. a Mrs Harris lives at SunPlace) and a monster aucshine Park, home conducted tion. There will also be Two young men from Adelaide's Vietdirect approaches to comby the Country by panies and corporations namese Catholic community, have comAssociation at Lesmur:dgi eh.eanrs : trading in Western Austrau u pleted their noviceship and pronounced lia, and culminate in a Mary Picture doorknock on Sunday their first vows as Jesuits in Melbourne. August 14. The vows were received by Father Paul In many ways the appeal Duffy , provincial of the Society of Jesus is an exercise in coin Australia. operation. The two new Jesuits are Joseph Pham Although a number of c hurch groups are Minh Uoc and Joseph Nguyen Thanh included, it is non- Youth Appeal director, Liem. Pauline Stewart denominational.
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Co-patrons are the Premier, Mr Brian Burke, and Opposition Leader, Mr • From page 1 Ray O'Connor. 0$10,000 to the Catholic Nor will the appeal be the Secretariat of Ethiopia for work of the youth generafamine relief in that tion only. In line with the country. theme Work With Youth, This amount supplements a large number of mature an earlier grant from ACR age people and senior citiof $20,000. zens will help. Together with a donation In this way the events of $25,000 to be channelled which cluster around the through ACR from the appeal will carry the mesAustralian government, sage "youth and aged need this will equal the amount each other." requested by the Ethiopian Church in March. The money is required to A first enable relief supplies to be transported from ports and cities to the areas It is the first time in Ausworst hit by the joint disas- tralia such a range of youth ters of drought and war. organisations have joined ACR will send a letter to together to promote an t he Polish Embassy appeal of this kind. expressing concern at the They have a combined attack on church aid membership of more than workers which occurred 40,000 young people — a recently in Poland. very large slice of WA's ACR contributed to sev- teenagers. eral shipments of relief More than 8000 young supplies to Poland last people and many others of year. different ages will be The letter urged Polish involved in the next four authorities to take the months. necessary steps to ensure The appeal has no heartrelief supplies were made rending story to grip public available to those in need. sympathy. These organisations are working with young people who are on their feet and they aim to keep them that way. In the present The Gosnells Majellan difficult times, these Group extend an invita- organisations have an tion to past and present urgent need of funds. Majellans to attend Mass to celebrate the Majellan They need help of this W A 25th Anniversary and kind to allow many long Gosnells 20th Anniversary established community at Our Lady of the Most and Christian groups to Blessed Sacrament church continue the work for 175 Corfield Street, Gos- which they have become nells, Wednesday June I at renowned. 8pm, followed by supper. Over the years the general Please reply to Elizabeth public has come to trust Kuhn, 398 7748 by May 30. and depend on them.
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More than 450 people turned up for the 75th anniversary celebration of St John the Baptist church Moora, where the parish priest Father Michael Gatt, and Archbishop Goody are seen talking to veteran parishioner, Mr Leo McGinley who donated the new wooden altar furniture installed for the occasion.
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Hume forced to Catholics reconsider top list on Kent LONDON — Cardinal Hume of Westminster, has begrudgingly permitted Monsignor Bruce Kent to carry on his work for nuclear disarmament following a rather unexpected attack on the priest from the apostolic delegate to Great Britain.
Cardinal Hume had told Monsignor Kent, general secretary of the Campaign for N uclear Disarmament, recent misgivings had forced him to consider requesting the priest to resign the work in f avour of a lay person. Cardinal Hume explained his position in a letter sent to those who had complained to him about Monsignor Kent's CND involvement. The letter said the Church has to be involved in crucial debate about war and peace and about nuclear war and deterrence and has the inescapable duty of being a witness to Christian moral teaching. "Furthermore, it must be recognised quite legitimately individual Catholics — priests as well as laity — feel impelled to speak, write and work to promote what they see as Christian approaches to these most important issues," t the service in the letter states. The flowering of the ecu1 1St George's Cath"Should the political menical movement meant edral to open the aspects of CND develop Week of Prayer for that Christians no longer further and become preChristian Unity, Archhurried past each other's dominant in its work, it bishop Goody reads churches without stopping would be difficult for a the gospel. At right is priest to hold responsible at least to share an act of Archbishop Carnley, office in the direction of Picture by Bill worship, the Anglican Huxley. the movement," the carArchbishop of Perth Dr dinal stated. Peter Carnley said last The Apostolic Delegate, Christians can only feel week. Archbishop Heim, has badly about this. Addressing the service to "For Patrick White and taken the rather extraoropen the Week of Prayer many Australians like him, dinary step of commentfor Christian Unity, he said we Christians have failed ing on a local issue and the battlelines drawn today to reveal the image of God accusing Monsignor are not between one to earnest enquirers," he Kent of serving Soviet denomination and anothsaid. interests. er, but more between the "Our comfort is Patrick Archbishop Heim, who Christian faith and munion, but withdrew W hite's portrayal of has the status of an irreligion. after the rector declared it denominational differen- ambassador, said in a Although dogmatic uni- sinful to guess the number ces and bigotry sounds just standard reply to corresformity may not be achiev- of beans in a jar at the a little bit archaic." pondents complaining able overnight, to begin the annual church fete. Concluding his address, about Monsignor Kent's process of dialogue meant Finding little support the archbishop said hope- activities that even he Christians were in the posi- from ecclesiastical dogma, fully sincere searchers as would have to be consition of bringing their fun- White says, "My spiritual Patrick White, in years to dered a "useful idiot" or a damental agreements to self has always shrivelled in come, will find less of the blinkered idealist. the fore — agreement contact with organised denominational bigotry of Another possibility, the between the majority of religion." the past and more of the archbishop suggested, Christians in Australia had The archbishop said image of God. was those who camalways been far greater than disagreement. A rchbishop Carnley referred to Patrick White's autobiography Flaws in the Glass, in which White spoke frankly and honestly about his religious life. An invitation is made to Catholics of the He describes himself as a The Archdiocesan Development Fund, now lapsed Anglican with a linarchdiocese to consider investing with the in its eighth year of operation, is financing gering, private, individual fund. The fund pays a competitive 11.5 per major development projects throughout the faith. cent interest, on call. archdiocese of Perth. Alienated from the life of Ready access to the fund is available Since its beginning, the hind has made the Church by an unimathrough its office which is located at: Sixth separate projects in the capital to loans ginative and humanly resFloor, 12 Victoria Avenue, Perth, and where works programme in the archdiocese. trictive wowserism, he Mr J.F. Walsh, manager of the fund, may be More demands are being made on the fund struggled with fundamenof archdiocecontacted on (09) 325 5950 for further because of expansion the rapid tal questions of life. information. White describes how he san capital works. used to attend early corn —
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The Education Department has released figures showing Catholics have the highest number of catechists attending State primary and secondary schools. There are 565 visiting Catholic catechists made up of 488 laity and 77 clergy. The Anglicans follow with a total of 422, made up of 367 laity and 55 clergy. Jehovah's Witnesses have made a rapid rise w ith 219 visiting teachers. The Uniting Church has 168 catechists of whom 154 are laity and 14 clergy. Baptists are next with 166; Churches of Christ, 134; Salvation Army, 30; Adventists, 23; and other denominations, 127.
paigned for unilateral nuclear disarmament might be "consciously s haring the Soviet a ggressiveness and ideology." In London and in Rome there is astonishment that a papal ambassador should become involved in such a domestic conCardinal Hume troversy. Since 1980, CND has gained more visibility with its campaign against Pershing and cruise missiles, the threat of direct action and civil disobedience, and the Labour Party's adoption of a policy of unilateral disarma- V ATICAN CITY (NC) — A suspended French priest who has accused Pope John Paul II and Pope Paul VI of ment, making disarmaheresy tried to celebrate a tridentine Mass at St ment a partisan political P eter's Basilica but was blocked by Vatican officials. issue. The cardinal's office The suspended French priest, Father Georges de denied British Press Nantes, went to the Basilica with about 200 followreports that Pope John ers to celebrate the tridentine Mass. Paul II had complained to the cardinal about When they were blocked in their plan they attended Monsignor Kent. another Mass in the Basilica. The cardinal's staff said Father de Nantes, 59, was suspended from priestly the latter's statements functions in 1 968 because of his writings against had been drawn up sevPope Paul VI and Vatican II. In his books he has eral days before the pope accused Pope John II of "heresey, schism and was alleged to have conscandal." tacted Cardinal Hume.
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Some 1950 years after the event, we somewhat casually indulge in the warm practice of describing Pentecost as the Birthday of the Church; but the Twelve Apostles might well have stared in amazement at the suggestion. ,4***41.14 114.4.101 **************.40•******41.0.1.1 ,41.11,•••••••4•441 , from Peter Bertola, Bremer Bay They were central figures in a world-shattering phenomenon whose significance was veiled from Sir, simple men and women who would find that they Youth unemployment cited by Brian Peachey (The Record, April 28) Send us a letter and have your say in The Record. had had to risk life, limb and property to be one has as its core the too high wages for the young, far too high. You can write on any subject you want: government: with a Lord who had suffered the same fate as : decisions and policy, problems in your, neighbour-: some of His followers. Mr Peachey or the Confederation of Industry hood, television . anything that affects your life. Yet their faith was infectious. From house to Post your letter to Today's Mail, The Recoid, PO Box: may not believe or appreciate this fact. It is • 50, • Perth Aberdeen Street, 6000. • house, from village to village, along spider) Preference will be given to short concise letters. significant that mention does he it in not his : roads that traversed international frontiers, the • ********ir•** *yr* ***ft ******••Or • letter. Spirit promised by Jesus was surging at a breathtaking pace. The pricing of the young out of the labour Waves and storms rocked Peter's tiny Barque, market has been a big factor in the disruption but a stronger wind blew the Church forcefully of the social and economic life of Australia. into unsuspected nooks, from far-flung India to f rom Pat Burnett convenor, the tribesmen of Britain. Women's Electoral Lobby If this is recognised by No wonder that the word Spirit is so inadePerth. parents and acted upon by Sir, quate to describe God's presence in human life. relevant authority the confrom Paul Donnelly, Claremont Mr Brian Peachey (The sequences would Human beings babble like little babes when they be a revRecord, April 28) made an Sir, entrance from years II and have to find words to describe the inner grace unwarranted attack on ersal of the labour force In the light of dissa- 12. that envelops their being and reaches out Women's Electoral Lobby flow from the old and the tisfaction with Catho- Additionally, there is a through their feet and hands to a material world and its members, saying married to be young school WEL "is a small group of leavers. lic school children's feeling that education is around them. left-wing radicals.The economy and the religious practice such not giving our young peoLet the theoreticians debate whether the Holy WEL is a non-party politiple hope, meaning and a s at Bentley last year, responsibility Spirit has been ignored in popular devotion or cal organisation, whose social scene would dramatin life; and ically alter for the better. an enquiry into reli- this is where spiritual and the liturgy of the Church, as if God has been members hold diverse politFor parents the difficulty is ical views, their political gious teaching in and moral factors latch on. excluded from His own manifestation. b ias is their personal getting used and accepting out of our schools Regrettably the terms ot With respect for the mystery of the Blessed business that their children will get could be valuable in reference of the Bea7ley Trinity which it proclaims the Church is very The notion WEL is forcing much less pay. Mr Brian Peachey, his letlight of the Revital- Committee do not give cautious on the little it teaches about the Holy more married women into ter (Record, April 28) is the workforce the is erroneous. ising project cited in emphasis to those two Spirit. A skirmish in the 5th century that questiunder attack. does not have that The Record last week important factors in eduoned the Holy Spirit was quickly put to rest for pWEL ower. Beliefs all time. pread with all sorts of and the local Beazley cation. WEL policy offers women unlikely bedfellows joining education enquiry. The Spirit can be tested by simple reference to the right to choose between Both studies focus on the Jesus' promise: The Spirit would make plain staying at home and going I have always believed forces. to work. To suggest WEL The young are being rele- relevance of education to Missing everything He said during His life on earth. out is opposed to stable family t hat less money for Where Jesus is not understood, there the Spirit is life and the traditional role youngsters, regardless of gated to a life of useless- the changing social and of the mother is to reveal the economics, is better for the ness. It is their elders who technological community obstructed. have and are doing this to environment; especially on They are also missing The 1983 Birthday of the Church is not about e xtent of Mr Peachey's young and the family. them. The young are the need to loosen secon- from key background ignorance of WEL and its some far flung spiritual revolution that lies in the policies. We can be certain that denied their natural place dary education in years 8,9 reading in the area, the decades or centuries ahead. It is a current cele- S enator Susan Ryan opposition to this change in society by our system's and 10 from the present S chools Commission bration that the Holy Spirit is at work in the a ttended the Economic will be fierce and wides- illogical labour laws. domination of tertiary report on "Schooling of 15 Summit in her capacity as Church in a remarkable way. and 16 years olds." for Education and But here we may be at Pope John XXIII coined a happy phrase when Minister Youth Affairs — not as a fault within our Catholic calling for a New Pentecost as the windows were member of WEL. community for we appear to be blown open with the Spirit of the Second Mr Peachey links WEL to give little attention or with left-wing radical femi Vatican Council. help to Catholic parents in and suggests that the He would have had enough humour in him to nists ALP has handed "a subtheir responsibility for admit that he had hardly said the first or the last stantial section of its power bringing up their children word on when and how the Holy Spirit is manif- base and policy making in the Catholic Christian machinery to left-wing radiest in our times. faith. feminists.Last year there were babes unborn who have cal Sending them to expenDoes he really think that from: John Veszely, Nollamara sively to Catholic schools now felt the Spirit of Baptism; there were people WEL has that power? As Sir, serves only for a minority who did not know Jesus Christ and who now WEL is a non-party political For the peace of mind of Catholics in the US, it would have been of Catholic children; and have found Him; there were decision-makers organisation of women, it is difficult to understand how for them, it is not always inside and outside the Church pondering the it could have the far- better, had the learned bishops not adopted the pastoral on nuclear war effective. decisions on which they have now embarked. reaching effects Mr Pea- (The Record, May 12). The early Catholic citizens of Perth probably chey suggests. In contrast to the remoteness of the US bishops, the West German, prayed for a new Pentecost that brought their We suggest Mr Peachey's are emotive gen- the Dutch, the French, or even the bishops in England, see the true Instruction first priest in 1843, but must have wondered why assertions eralisations rather than dangers of Soviet missiles. he fled as fast as he had come. They were able to f acts. have another Pentecost when he turned up again And apart from the missiles, the conven- Even in such details as in 1846 with a missionary team. tional tanks, artillery and infantry are in a instruction of pew climing This year the Church of Perth awaits its new much more dramatic light. A more real, down small children at Mass or Pentecost as one archbishop takes over from the conflict between Sunto earth light. another and trims the sails for the next course. day morning sport and They all recall that the be for the good of the Mass attendance we are It is time to pray to the Holy Spirit for enlight"conventional weapons" country. This is very sad. supine; and still more in enment, for peace, for reassurance that a Birthcaused most of the dam- This is also very danger- emphasising the great day is not half as important as Jesus' promise age, in fact, all the horrible ous. need for information on that He will be with us till the end of time. from K.H. and W.M. Smith, Kensington damage of the last war.
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It is not less dangerous, simple and attractive manThey believe, perhaps that apparently the US uals for parental use in the rightly and certainly with bishops have totally disre- instruction of children. even some bitterness, that garded that His Holiness What perhaps is our reacthe last war, through which himself has, in his message tion to the gibe that with a they all suffered, may not to the United Nations, four day week the Moshave eventuated, if there stated the belief that lems can have their holy May would have been a suffi- "deterrence is morally days on Fridays, the Jews 22 10 a.m. Solemn Mass of Pentecost will be celeSurely Krohn is deranged and possessed by evil. His brated by Archbishop Goody in St Mary's remarks and the very fact that he tried to be a priest cient deterrent, to prevent acceptable." He in fact said on Saturday, then both can It. more: he stated that deter- join with the Christians in Cathedral. seem to show a confused, paranoid mind. Jesus was The French and the Ger- rence has so far proved giving over Sunday to Opening of Catholic Care for Intellectually Handi- able to tear out the same unclean spirit that now possport? man bishops are fully effective as well. capped Centre. Bishop Healy. aware of the dangers, of 23 WA bishops will attend the half yearly bishops' sesses Krohn. conference in Sydney. The judgement of this world is a mere necessity and not only the insidious d anger of marxistJune that of God will follow us all. There is no satisfaction in communist totalitarian5 10a.m. Solemn Mass, Cathedral. Celebrated by Krohn's sentencing. ism. They are fully familiar Archbishop Goody on his 75th birthday. 6 Clergy dinner to honour Archbishop Goody's 75th When Pope John Paul ll was shot he declared his love with the proximity, the birthday. and offered prayers for his vicious assailant. This act will Red Army can advance from at a minute's notice. take the message of Christ a huge step into the world of • • They have rejected the uniHolland & Venetian Blinds, • 26 John Street, Perth WA 6000 • today. lateral disarmament. They • • Correspondence Canvas & Aluminium Awnings • • The Editor, The Record, PO Box 50 We feel that The Record must be able to do the same in are not out to undermine • Flysc reens, Tarpaulins • ; Aberdeen Street, Perth 6000 • the rather vicious Perth in which we live. We know we their countries' vital secur1 , Advertising • ity interests. • can all hope for forgiveness from God. We ; Vanguard Service Telephone 328 1388 have been • r egistered for posting as a newspaper Category "A (11) • given the perfect proof of this, it will be in perfection and The US bishops' attitude Produced in WA • r ighteousness that Krohn is saved, if he is saved. We seems to indicate, in their Printed and published weekly by Edward van Heemst, rejection of the president's • 26 John Street, Perth 286 ALBANY HWY., VIC. PARK have the witness of Our Lord to testify to this. Then our • • deterrence policy, that the • • Established 1874 • own inability to love Krohn in this world would be unjus1620 • 361 361 1539 just don't care what the • • 4••••••••••••••••,••••••••••••• 00000000000000 tifiable. government considers to
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PALERMO (Italy) — Imprisned members of the Sicilian Mafia indicated their displeasure with Cardinal Salvatore Papalardo's anti-Mafia position by boycotting the cardinal 's gaol visit. He spent an hour at the Ucciardone prison and was scheduled to celebrate Mass, but when all the inmates refused to leave their cells, the cardinal left the prison. A local priest said Cardinal Pappalardo was "as sad as a f ather would be if his son r efused to have contact with him." Prison officials said the gaol 's daily life is under the direction of imprisoned Mafia bosses, when the inmates gave various reasons for their refusal to a ttend the usually popular t wice -yearly Mass celebrated by the cardinal.
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"I don't believe in God," said one inmate. "I have a headache," said another. "He is our enemy," said a thir i nmate. "He always talks against the Mafia in his homilies. It's a real persecution. And we're not going to the Mass." A Mass celebrated shortly after Christmas by Cardinal P appalardo at the prison was well attended. The cardinal has been one of Italy's most outspoken critics of the Mafia and under his leadership the regional bishops' conference reaffi rmed the excommunication of Catholics who commit violent crimes on behalf of the Mafia.
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ATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John aul II told a group of Canadian bishops to oppose divorce and artificial contraception "as long as the Lord gives us strength to preach," saying the Church has "a ministry of love to fulfil toward the family." "It means constantly proclaiming the truth of God's plan for marriage, as long as the Lord gives us strength to preach," he added. Regarding divorce, Pope John Paul said, "We bishops are constantly called upon to present as clearly, faithfully and effectively as possible the Church's teaching on marriage as a community of life and love, an indivisible unity and an indissoluble communion." He said the Church's efforts "to assist (the family) in its problems and to sustain it in its Christian convictions. . deserve to be encouraged even more in the question of lawful birth regulation." As bishops we are not able to make the obstacles to Christian living disappear,'" Pope John Paul said. "We are not in a position to lift all the burdens that weigh upon our Christian families; and much less are we authorised to attempt to remove the cross from Christianity," he said. He also encouraged the Canadian Church's efforts "to foster a sense of shared responsibility among the faithful" and said such sharing "is undoubtedly one of the greatest blessings that have come to the church through the Second Vatican Council."
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BONN (NC) — The West German bishops accepted nuclear deterrence within strict limits in a pastoral letter on peace published last month and emphasising the necessity of respect for human rights for lasting peace and the threat to those rights by totalitarian regimes.
It stressed the right of free nations to defend themselves against totalitarian aggression. While attention to human dignity and concrete freedoms is a requirement for peace, it said, until those goals are achieved the military contribution to the defence of peace cannot be dispensed with.
It called the arms race and the expansionist aims of Marxist regimes the two chief threats to world peace today. Issuing their pastoral letter only days before the US bishops were to meet in Chicago for final consideration of their own muchdebated proposed pastoral on war and peace, the West German bishops declared nuclear deterrence is morally acceptable only as a strategy for deterring war and as a short-term stategy on the road to progressive disarmament. The excommunication They rejected nuclear was lifted in 1977, though superiority, saying only he was still prohibited those kinds and numbers from ordaining any priests o f weapons may be or bishops. deployed as are necessary Archbishop Thuc, howfor the goal of deterrence ever, in 1981 ordained as aimed at avoiding war. bishops a French DominiCalling nuclear detercan and two Mexicans. rence no sure means of One of the Mexicans avoiding war in the long s ubsequently conferred term, they urged negotiaEpiscopal ordination on tions "to make a beginthree other men. to halt, and finally to ning, Lefebvre, Archbishop reverse the arms race." the 78 year-old prelate Unlike the US bishops' opposed to many Church pastoral, which proposed Vatiby initiated reforms in its latest draft form can II, was suspended from makes specific judgments performing the sacraments criticising current US Paul Pope by in 1976 deterrence policies, the because he ordained sevWest German pastoral eral priests in defiance of a avoided discussing specific prohibition. papal direct w eapons policies or Under his suspension, he strategies. continues to be a Catholic, T he West German archbishop, an and a priest government welcomed the but he cannot licitly celepastoral, issuing a statebrate Mass, ordain priests ment in which it said deterother the administer or VATICAN CITY: On the evening of May 7, the San rence is a necessary but sacraments. W hat Archbishop Damaso courtyard was filled with 4000 people for the peaceful policy that opens Lefebvre has not done, first Saturday recitation of the Rosary, led by Pope John the way to negotiated arms reductions. however, is ordain a Paul and broadcast worldwide by Vatican Radio. The German pastoral was A lthough the Pope had recited the Rosary on Vatican bishop. of his particularly strong in conbeginning the since Saturday Radio first each do to said he July, Last so would be to act contrary pontificate, May 7 marked the first time the Marian sere- demning Soviet expansionism. to the authority of the vice has been open to the public. be held outdoors It said the chief threat to to scheduled also was ceremony The had he that and See Holy no intention of defying and open to the public on the first Saturdays of June and peace besides the arms race itself was the threat to the July. Rome in such a way. freedom of nations and their citizens by totalitarian regimes ignoring basic human rights within their own borders and seeking to use their power in every several hundred martial law priWARSAW, (NC) — Pope John way possible to expand soners are still believed to be held Paul II is pressuring Polish in goal. their sphere of influence authorities to release the counThe pope and Cardinal Glemp of try's remaining political prisoners and repression. Warsaw, have repeatedly issued before the papal visit to Poland Another of the strongest public calls for an amnesty and for next month, according to church sections of the pastoral was the reinstatement of people who sources. its emphasis on the need lost their jobs because of their The pope may strongly criticise for political efforts to Solidarity. with affiliation during detentions the continued achieve a world of peace If no amnesty is granted before his June 16-22 visit if the prisionthrough international justhe papal visit, "the pope will have ers are not released. a powerful, dramatic and humantice, the protection of The papal plea concerns prisonitarian theme" to raise in meeters arrested under the one-year human and national rights, ings with governemnt officials and martial law period which began and the overcoming of at public events, said the Church December 13, 1981. poverty, hunger and need sources. Church officials have said that around the world.
V ATICAN CITY: Archbishop Thuc was recently excommunicated for the second time but rebel Archbishop Lefebvre has not received that sentence because he has not ordained bishops. Archbishop Thuc once a powerful figure in Vietnam when his brother President Diem was in power, was excommunicated in 1 976 for ordaining bishops in Spain without authorisation.
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MILWAUKEE — The shaping of each community depends on how the Word is heard and understood by the preacher and the community of listeners, Father Gerard Broccolo of Chicago told the national priests' convention. "Is it a Word we interpret or a Word that interprets us?" he asked. "Is it a lesson on what we are supposed to think and feel and do or is it a living commentary on what's really happening in our lives?" Father Broccolo said various forms of proclamation depend or, the interplay of personalities between the preacher and the congregation -- their spirituality and ministry. "Do I view my preaching as a ministry of adult education or as a ministry of eliciting the ministry of the laity?" he asked. He said types and styles of community can be fostered or curtailed by the way the preacher experiences and understands the Word in his own life. Moralising on the Word tends to restrict what the listeners hear. The more poetic preaching is, the easier it will be for different people to pick up different messages, "and that's good," he said. "We need to speak imaginatively and poetically in real life experiences which appeal more to the heart than the head," he added. Father Broccolo also discussed challenges for priests and those in leadership positions. in my opinion," he said, "issues like burn-out, intimacy, celibacy, psychosexual maturity, over extension, confusion of ministerial role and personal identity, personal prayer, residency, mutual trust and personal affirmation are more related to the way Word forms community and the act of proclamation than we r ealise or care to admit." He said ministerial formation should be provided for clergy and collaboratively with deacons, seminarians and those in lay ministry.
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R OME (NC) - Judge Llario Martella, head of the Italian team investigating the May 1981 a ttempt to kill Pope John Paul II, has ordered medical and psychiatric testing of a Bulgarian imprisoned since November 25, 1982, on charges of "active complicity" in the attempt. A ntonov, the 35 -year old station chief of a Bulgarian state airlines office in Rome, has been held in isolation in a R ome prison since his arrest. Martella ordered the testing because of claims allilllifill1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111W b y three defence The Daughters of Charity F_ Eappointed psychiatrists 7-HELP NEED YOUR that Antonov's imprisonment had prompted conwork for the development of th• t o the underpri‘ileged ditions of "obsessive p hobia, with suicidal URGENTLY NEEDED tendencies." The experts also said Clothing, clean, wearable, -- house-hold Antonov had lost more nick-nacks ornaments, goods than 10 kilos in prison jewellery, etc. and seemed at times to be incapable of speaking. E-. 534 William Street, Highgate The defence has asked "_"•=" For Truck to call — Phone 328 4403 M artella to transfer Country goods marked donation A ntonov to a psychiatric on rail to Ke,.A. • • ree f facility if their client was ;111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111107-, not released.
WE ASK YOUR PRAYERS for the nineteen Capuchin seminarians — postulants. novices and professed brothers — learning about and living in fraternity.
AND WE INVITE YOUNG MEN who are interested in living the Gospel Life in the spirit of St Francis of Assisi to write for information about our fraternity. fr. Darren O'Rourke. ofm.Cap. National Vocation Director St Francis' Friary 94 Catherine Street Leichhardt, N.S.W. 2040
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At the pilgrims' reunion: Denise Officer of Applecross, Terry Hawkes of Dianella and Edna Jermyn of Victoria Park, chairman and secretary of the pilgrims' association.
Elizabeth Poole of Osborne Park, Marjory Wyndham of Perth and Doreen Hawkes of Diane/la
West Australian pilgrims of recent years k ept their annual reunion this month with Mass in St John's Pro-Cathedral and a hotel luncheon afterwards.
Reunion Mass for pilgrims
A 1977 pilgrimage led by Most recently a pilgrimage The first such reunion was Bishop Healy followed the led by Father D.F. Bourke held in 1976, the year after places visited by St Paul on CM who celebrated last week's reunion Mass, the archdiocesan pilgrim- his missionary journeys. age for the Holy Year 1975, In 1980 a Christian Rene- visited the Philippines for which was led by Archbi- wal pilgrimage led by Father the special Holy Week shop Goody through Israel, Toop visited Israel, Greece, observances. Rome, Northern Italy, Swit- Yugoslavia, Oberammagau zer la nd, Lourdes and for the Passion Play, Rome Story and pictures by Bill and Lourdes. Huxley. England.
Roman churches a highlight In the special Holy Year of the Redemption, the 1983 pilgrimage tour is highlighting an eight day stop in Rome to allow plenty of time to visit St Peter's, the famous Roman churches, and other great historical places in Church history.
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Official tours take up only some half days, leaving ample free time for Masses and attending papal audiences. Two days without fixtures leave the pilgrims free to make their own excursions from Rome, either southwards to Naples or north to Assisi. Most package tours these days give only a day or two in Rome, far too little to get to know this city that is the centre of 2000 years of Christendom. Pilgrimage tours for Catholics wanting to visit the key places such as Jerusalem, Rome and Lourdes on the same journey, are not frequent events, and although the archdiocese of Perth organised a pilgrimage tour in 1975, no plans exist for a similar 1983 tour. ANZ Travel in conjunction with Alitalia offer the only opportunity this year to include these historic places and also to make the Holy Year pilgrimage visit to the tomb of St Peter. A six day trip to Israel opens the tour. Three of the days will be spent in Northern Israel around the famous localities of Galilee. The other three nights will be spent in Jerusalem with visits to surrounding places of interest. The visit to Lourdes after leaving the Holy Land is designed to be a relaxed look at the countryside of southern France as well as a devotional stay in Our Lady's famous shrine; so the journey from Rome to Lourdes will be by train along the famous Riviera coast of Italy and France. Two complete days in Lourdes will mean that there is ample time to take part in the daily processions of the Blessed Sacrament, the evening candlelight processions along with the tens of thousands of visitors who pack Lourdes at this time of the year at the close of the summer holidays. The dates of the ANZ-Alitalia tour are as follows: Tuesday, September 6: Depart Perth, arriving in Rome the following day with an overnight stop before flying to Israel. Thursday, September the beginning of a seven-night stay in Israel. Sunday-Monday, September 18, 19: Two full days in Lourdes. Wednesday, September 21-29: Eight nights and eight full days in Rome. Pilgrims can either return to Perth on Saturday, October 1 or undertake other European travel on the sole condition that they return from Rome to Perth via Singapore on Alitalia and Qantas airlines. Firm bookings will have to be finalised well in advance of the September 6 departure, and people interested should contact Jan Lipiec at ANA Travel, 84 St George's Terrace, 323 8391, without delay.
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Brother Christopher McCabe and Queenslander Brother Eric Perrett, with the aid of a competent lay staff, take care of 36 male geriatric patients at the Mount St Camillus nursing home at Forrest field. Brother Christopher was born of Irish parents in Glasgow on May 25, 1924 — a birth date he shares with St Camillus, the founder of his order. Having completed his education with the Marist Brothers he was working as a clerk in Glasgow at the age of 181 2 / in 1942 when he was called up for service with the RAF. A fter demobilisation in 1947 he worked for a time as a clerk at an agricultural college in Glasgow before joining the Order of St Camillus in 1949 in L ondon. He did his nursing training for 31 2 / years a t the Whittington Hospital in London, his novitiate at the order's house at Killucan in Ireland and worked as a district nurse in London for eight years. He came to WA in 1964 and was the first nursing brother in the state. In 1966 he and three other brothers of the order opened a nursing home for eight geriatrics in a converted house at Forrest field. It was the predecessor of the present m odern hospital opened on the same block in Lewis Road on May 7, 1972. In 1970 Brother Christopher went back to England and Ireland to work and returned to WA in 1979.
The tender solicitude for their patients of the priests and brothers of the Italian order as well as the obvious happiness of the religious themselves i mpressed the young RAF man in the trying heat of S ecunderabad in the state of Hyderabad in India. In his time off duty the airman would help the dedicated Italians in their mission of tending the sick who, like the poor, were always with them. This period of his life made a deep impression on the Scottish airman, Christopher McCabe, and could have nurtured the seeds of a vocation that germinated when he read a book on the life of St Camillus after his demobilisation from the RAF in 1 947. He gave up his work as a clerk at an agricultural college in Glasgow and entered the Order of St Camillus in London in 1949. Thus he started his pursuit of the ideals of the great Italian saint, Camillus — who had also been a professional military man and who established the red cross worn on the tunics of the order he founded 400 years ago as the symbol of tending the sick and injured. For 31 2 / years Brother Christopher trained as a nurse at the Whittington Hospital in London before spending a year in the order's novitiate at Killucan near Mullingar in the county of Westmeath in Ireland.
I N%t0P1 This was a prelude to the eight years he worked as a district nurse with the London County Council during which he gained his diploma in district nursing. The service has a proud record and its practitioners were originally known as Queen's Nurses. In 1964 he came to WA as the first nursing brother in the state to join two priests of his order, Fathers Cleary and Bredan, who had the parish of Carlisle. Brother Christopher did home nursing in the parish. the Lotteries Commission presented him with a car so that he could take old people to hospital for treatment and for occasional outings, and he paid the running costs of the vehicle by private night nursing at St John of God Hospital at Subiaco. In 1966, with three other brothers
Today's People A weekly feature By BOB BOYLE of the order who had arrived in W A, he opened at Forrestfield a hospital that had been converted from an old house than now serves as the home of the parish priest, Father Brendan Conway — also a Camillan — and the two brothers. At that time the brothers were caring for eight geriatric patients. The present modern hospital on the same block in Lewis Road, which accommodates 36 male geriatrics, was opened on May 7, 1972. In 1970 Brother Christopher started a three-year stint at the Mount S Camillus Hospital at Hexham in Northumberland in England before going to Mullingar in Ireland to open a small hospital. He returned to WA in 1979. Bro Christopher reflects that when he started in his profession 34 years ago there were very few male nurses, but today there are many.
'NUOPW'' He is puzzled about why nursing was regarded as a female preserve for so long. "After all," he says, "the monks looked after the sick back in medieval times." The Order of St Camillus (or OS
led airman of nursin Cam as its members are designated) is suffering from a dearth of vocations. A contributory factor to this situation is that OS Cam men — unlike the brothers in teaching orders --- have little contact with young Catholic males and are thus Largely deprived of inspiring vocations by example in the most fertile of fields. The Forrestfield hospital is the only establishment of the order in Australia. In view of these facts it is small wonder the vocation to the order of Brother Eric Perrett, who works with Brother Christopher, arose as a matter of chance. Young Eric used to help a woman of the parish to clean the church near Kingaroy in "Jo's country" in Queensland. One day on this duty he happened on a book on the Camillans, of whom he had never heard. Reading it was the catalyst that utlimately propelled him into the order. Brother Christopher has come to some firm conclusions as the result of his 34 years of nursing. "In the first place," he says, "old people should be allowed to die at home in the bosom of their families. "Families should make use of the domiciliary services now available to keep husbands and fathers at home for as long as possible in their declining days.
"I've seen married men die of a broken heart in nursing homes from the trauma of being separated from their families — with whom they have spent most of their lies —at the time when they most need their love and support. "Single men or lone widowers or divorced men do not have the same anguish. "The companionship and attention to their needs that they enjoy in hospital often contrasts with previous loneliness and neglect. "Families sometimes feel they have discharged their obligations and they can forget him when they have placed dad or granddad in a nursing home. "This is a callous attitude of which they should be ashamed. "They should be told their visits are the highlights of what is left of his life and he looks forward to them with great eagerness. "He also loves to have young children — grandchildren, nieces, nephews or whatever — visit him. There is a strong affinity between the very young and the very old.
"As an example of what I'm talking about, one of the most enjoyable experiences of our patients here is when the boys from Mazenod College — God bless them — come down to play snooker with them once a week. "Unfortunately it happens too often that after a man who has had few or no visitors dies, relatives and friends flock into the hospital and make sympathetic noises. "It's too late then. "They should have come when he was alive." Brother Christopher believes visiting the sick is an important corporal work of mercy. He is grateful for the voluntary help given to the hospital by organisations such as Some One Cares, the St Vincent de Paul Society, the
He was a soldier and poet by nature, honest, quick-tempered and courageous. Unfortunately, he gave himself up to drinking and gambling in excess. On many occasions he sold his shoes and tunic to gamble or drink. When he returned from his first military campaign at the age of 19, he found that his mother had died. Shortly afterwards, his father died from battle injuries. Camillus was alone in the world. He had been badly wounded, leaving him lame in one leg. Later, he stated that the death of his parents was not his greatest trial, but a wound to his ankle which became subject to recurrent infection. His biographers mention this wound, because it was the means by which providence used to heal his wayward soul, by giving Camillus an acquaintance with the hospitals of his day. It led to his being admitted to St James's Hospital, Rome, where he had ample time to ponder on his life. At the same time, he experienced the cruel and mercenary attitude of the staff toward the sick and dying. In particular, he was saddened to see how the dreadful conditions were so much taken for granted. When his wound had healed, Camillus resolved to fulfil an earlier promise he had made to God, of trying the Capuchin Franciscan vocation and was accepted into a nearby Franciscan monastery. He was happy in the monastery, but the constant touch of the rough habit on his ankle brought on a further infection of his wound and he was advised to return to hospital for treatment. When healing was completed, he once again resumed his military career. He tried to reform himself, but intermittently the old habits of gambling and drinking reasserted themselves.
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Salvation Army, the Forrestfield Lions and Apex, the Anglican priest the Rev Jeff Sturmann, and a number of individual Forrestfield parishioners. "Although most of our patients are non-Catholics," he says, "this is a religious hospital where Mass is celebrated every morning except Saturdays. "Here is an opportunity for lapsed Catholics to return to the sacraments. "We encourage them to do so and we are pleased to say that many of them do. "In fact, we have not lost to the faith a single Catholic patient. "They have plenty of time to reflect on their past life, and the truth that God has given them a chance." An article of Brother Chris-
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the idea to found a Congregation of pious men who would be willing to devote their lives to the care of the sick for the love of God. At the same time the idea occurred to him of using the Red Cross as the distinctive emblem for his followers. 1582 Against the advise of his From that day in contemporary, St Philip dates the origin of the Neri, whom he had Order of St Camillus. chosen as his confessor, Prominent churchmen he again tried the Fran- and hospital governors ciscan vocation. But, this opposed his plans. At one time, his wound had stage Camillus was sorely become chronic and he tempted to abandon his was told to dismiss any ideas, but as he prayed thought of pursuing a before his crucifix he heard Our Lord reproach Franciscan way of life. However, it was not as a him: "Why are you fearFranciscan that God ful and discouraged? Perwished to have his servi- severe in your good work. I will help you, for TOP: Brother Chri- ces. God had reserved for this is My work and not of task the Camillus stopher (right) and founding a new religious just yours." !Brother Eric with order under the symbol Animated by this consoling promise, Camillus one of their happiest of the Red Cross. and his group of young he was It whilst was patients at Mount work a that is topher's nursing credo back in St James Hospi- men continued the the happy staff makes for happy Saint Camillus Hos- tal in Rome that his they had begun for patients, and the 28 lay staff pital, Fred Golbey of future vocation was sick poor. Camillus decided to obviously share this view. Maida Vale, who at made clear to him. When study for the priesthood In a cheerful atmosphere they 98 thought it time to the treatment was com- and, at the age of 34, was pleted, he remained in St perform all sorts of small extraordained priest. In a curricular services for the patients. slow down and James's and helped the short time, an astounding dying. and sick "We are alive to the fact," Bro come to the hospital, Soon his example number of young men Christopher says, "that we are where he celebrated inspired members of the asked to be received into dealing with men and not children his 100th birthday staff to embark on Camillus' new communwho have to be held by the hand. improving services and ity. 14. "Therefore we are not overbear- on March standards of work. Later, In recognition of the A BOVE: Scenes when he was appointed help given to the sick ing in our attitude and we give the patients as much independence as like this in India, superintendent, he tried poor in Rome by Camillus and his companions, possible." which Brother Chri- to introduce more radical Pope Sixtus V gave forreforms, but realised that A short visit to the Forrestfield hospital shows the great tradition stopher saw while he could never effect any mal approval to their of Christian care for the old and serving there with lasting improvements by work and rule, and in 1586 erected the comsick inspired 400 years ago by St the RAF, influenced his own efforts. One evening, on the munity into a religious Camillus is being staunchly perpetuated by the two brothers and their him into joining the feast of the Assumption congregation. lay staff. 1582, Camillus conceived OContinued page 15 St Camillus order.
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The Bible can assist people in the critical task of finding out about themselves as well as about God. That is a message foundin our articles this week. David Gibson tells the story of a woman whose son, after a longillness, has fallen into a coma. But, he writes, when he thinks of the Beatitudes, he thinks of her. What is her blessing? In his answer, the writer tells what he thinks it means to think in a scriptural way_ Gibson is editor of the Know Your Faith series. Norbertine Father Alfred McBride shows how archaeological discoveries of ancient texts have aided theologians and biblical scholars in taking a fresh look at Scripture. The discoveries of ancient texts have aided theologians and biblical scholars in taking a fresh look at Scripture. The discoveries help people appreciate the mysterious process whereby God interacts with his people in all times, he adds. Father McBride is president of the University of Albuquerque in New Mexico. Father James Black tells how a man is motivatedby a discussion of Scripture to do something about a deteriorating relationship with a neighbour. Father Black, a scripture scholar, is a staff member at Father Ryan High School in Nashville, Tennessee. Biblical scholar Father John Castelot takes up the central theme of Second Isaiah, namely the imminent end of the Babylonian captivity and the return of the Jews to Jerusalem.
Seeing with new eyes The woman walked briskly through the corridors of the large metropolitan hospital toward the front entrance. Once outside, her pace quickened as she ran, then walked, then ran again toward her bus stop.
Finding our roots In Jerusalem, travellers who often spend considerable time visiting archaeological sites now can participate in an unusual -Dig-for-a-Day" programme under the supervision of an Israeli archaeologist. Participants stand atop a wall built by ancient Israelites in the 7th and 8th century BC while part of the city-wall tower built by the Hasmoneans in the 2nd century BC stands in the foreground. Digs such as this add to our knowledge of past cultures and the Bible and the moral values that governed these people's lives.
Throughout history the renewal of the church always has been associated with a return to the sources. Such a return seeks to get in touch with the spirit and enthusiasm and vision that existed at the beginning of the church. This is why so many saints attributed their success to a rediscovery of gospel simplicity. The recent renewal in the Catholic Church may be traced in great part to the rediscovery of the Bible in 20th century terms. Thanks be to God we have been able to go back to the rich sources of the Bible. For the power of the Holy Spirit resides there. But what elements went into this adventure of rediscovery? 1. Archaeology. In the 19th century there were some extraordinary discoveries of documents and texts from biblical times. Many were the moral and religious literature of people whose religions differed from the Hebrews. Scholars then were able to compare their writings with those in the Bible. In these texts from other
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religions, scholars found stories about creation that possessed some similarity with those in the Bible. They came across m oral codes that resembled the biblical Ten Commandments. They found documents about the various kinds of covenants diverse peoples as well as the Hebrews experienced in biblical times. What was the value of such findings? First, those documents
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By Father Alfred McBride, 0.Praem. make it easier for us to believe that there is true history in the Bible. They provide a partial answer to those sceptics who deny that the Bible contains any accounts of historical events. Second, archaeological findings situate the biblical people in the broader culture and history of their times. They show us what the neighbours of the Hebrews were like, what their customs and their religious beliefs were. Third, the ancient documents afforded experts in ancient languages new languages to master as well as a better appreciation of the Hebrew language itself. 2. Literary Analysis. Scholars in language and literature built upon the w ork done by the a rchaeologists. They were able to show that the Bible is a collection of many kinds of literature — history, poetry, biography, autobiography, hymns, songs, proverbs,
parables, prophetic merely predicting the teachings, legal writings future. They see proand theological reflec- phecy also as the capaction. ity, in faith, to read the 3. Theological Reflec- "signs of the times," and tion. Once the archaeolo- seek out God's will for gists and the language people. They discern a scholars had done some prophecy that occupies of their major work, the itself with the cleansing church's theologians of the faith of a people. were able to take a fresh Third, the theologians look at the Scriptures. have been most helpful in They saw emerging a recovering the biblical more profound sense of sense of the church as the the unity of the revealed people of God, or more word. plainly, the church as people. In so doing, they offer us a vision of church Revelation which prizes both human dignity and the need for communal identity and The scholars awoke to a behaviour and support. more impressive under- Thus the aspect of the standing of relevation as church as an organisaa mysterious process tion and institution is whereby God interacted balanced by the human with his people and those touch of personal worth who would record that and communal imporinteraction on the sacred tance. Archaeologists , lanpage. For example, theologi- guage experts and theolans present us with an ogians have given us a understanding of what new look at an old page. prophecy means in a far Our personal renewal richer light than that of awaits us there.
She knew she had cut the time close tonight and risked missing her connection home to the suburbs — as she had risked missing it last night and the night before. These days she went to the hospital every evening to be at her teenage son's bedside -even though she wasn't sure he even knew she was there. He had lapsed into a coma more than three months earlier. The prognosis wasn't good. For this woman, the weekdays began early, just after 5.30am when her alarm sounded. Each day, long hours in a demanding job were followed by a journey across town to the hospital. Then night after night she raced to make her connection home again. When she arrived home she was exhausted. The physical pace of her life was taking its toll. But though the physical strain was heavy, it was the least of her problems. The heaviest weight was her concern about the quality of care her son was receiving. This was, after all, her son. Because he was in a coma, she needed assurance and reassurance that everyone who took care of him kept in mind his dignity, his value — just as she kept it in mind. And she had other needs. She needed to talk, for example. She needed to communicate with other people about what was happening in her life. It wasn't easy for her right now to talk about anything other than her son's illness. Would people grow tired of listening? She also needed to grieve. She needed to think about what her son's life had meant, and still meant, to her. She needed to express her sense of loss over the extreme turn for the worse his health had taken — a turn for the
"The sacred tradition and the Sacred Scripture of both testaments are like a mirror, in which the church, during its pilgrim journey here on earth, contemplates God, from whom she receives everything, until such time as she is brought to see him face to face as he really is." (Constitution on Divine R evelation, Vatican Council II).
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The car's headlights shone the way through the darkness as the man drove home. The meeting lasted longer than he had expected it would. The meeting, his first, was an interesting one. He was happy — and frankly, rather proud — t o be a member of the parish council of his church. Earlier in the evening t he council finally reached agreement on the funding for a new parish project. The man liked the fact that the people of the parish were involved in such decisions. But one thing happened earlier that evening that surprised him. The meeting opened with some readings from Scripture followed by a period of reflection and discussion. He hadn't known that this kind of meeting
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would begin that way. The pastor explained it for the benefit of new members, saying something about "remembering why they had come together." The man flipped the turn signal and turned off Chestnut Street. He crossed the bridge just as view it in a new way. The man had not a light rain began to fall. "Better be careful," he thought much before thought. "It's even darker about the connection of once you get out of town Scripture with his own and the road may be life. The pastor pointed come slippery." But soon out that night how much his thoughts raced back a part of the church's life to the meeting. He kept Scripture is. "We're mulling over how it going to read it and began. He wasn't accus- reflect upon it before tomed to this kind of each of our parish counmeeting and the scriptu- cil meetings," the pastor re readings made him said. "It will enable us to
continue growing." "I guess I was surprised," the man mused. "The whole thing certainly got me thinking." There was only one more mile to go. Now the rain was falling harder. The man drove past the Nash farm. As he did, his thoughts switched gears. H e felt strangely unsettled, unpeaceful.
This was where the trouble had happened, after all. The Nash family had always been good friends of his. But recently, John Nash — in an action that didn't seem like him at all — accused the man's son of stealing. The man rose quickly to the defence of his son, as most fathers would. But since the confrontation occurred, he had noticed a change in his son's behaviour. His son was acting strangely. And besides, Nash had been a fair man in all their previous dealings. Something was obvious-ly
wrong. The man rounded the corner and drove down his own street. "Why amI thinking about all this?" he said aloud. "I guess it's been on my mind more than 1 realised. "Maybe it's the meeting tonight that got me thinking about this now. Could God be trying to tell me something?" he wondered to himself. God had been with him at the parish council meeting, he thought. Surely God would be present when a man was trying to make peace with an old and close friend.
By Father James A. Black
r5v David Gibson worse she had known and feared for years, might eventually come. "Blessed too are the sorrowing-. they shall be consoled." Perhaps it will seem curious to readers that an article about Scripture begins by telling the story of this woman. But as I tried to write the article, I kept thinking of the Beatitudes --- and the Beatitudes kept calling tHis woman into my mind. I think that the Beatitudes are about her, and others like her. That is what really is curious: that Scripture is about us. It isn't just about people who lived 2000 yeas ago. though of course, it is about them too. But it is about us and about the people in our lives. The attempt to discover how Scripture is about us — about our worst fears, best hopes. current needs — accounts to a large extent for the mushrooming interest among all sorts of people today in Scripture. Scripture is more than people sometimes realise. It can generate a whole way of thinking. When people begin to think in a scriptural way, it changes their view of the world and the people in it. Scripture gives them a new perspective. But it can be confounding. It means that the woman whose story was told here is blessed by God, as the Beatitudes say. How can that be, when the circumstances in her life were making her so miserable? I can't say what God's blessing means to her personally, for she hasn't told me. But what could be seen was that the blessing benefited others. In the first place, this woman, a divorcee, was a reminder to me of all the people who are somewhat alone with pain and who need the gifts others can offer. But there was more to it than that. For each time Isaw this woman, her predicament captured my attention and reminded me to concentrate on life's meaning and value. Rather than, a sign of God's absence, she became an ongoing sign of God's presence. That was a gift she now had, a blessing.
"Invitation to Acts: A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles with Complete Text from the Jerusalem Bible," by Robert Karris, 1978. Image Books, Doubleday and Co, 245 Park Ave, New York, NY 10167, $2.95. The general introduction says the book's aim is to "make the best of contemporary scholarship a vailable to the educated lay person in a highly readable and understandable way."
"The Man Who Wrestled with God," b y John Sanford, 1981. Paulist Press, 545 Island Rd, Rams e y , NJ 07446, $6.95. The author shows how the process of transformation worked in the lives of some famous figures of the Old Testament including Adam and Eve, Jacob, Joseph and Moses.
A new exodus.. •
After 60 years of exile in Babylonia, God's people were in desperate need of c omfort and encouragement. Surrounded by the crass polytheism of people who worshipped a number of gods, the Jews had become more sincerely attached to the one true God, Yahweh.
The Jews' personal religious life had become deeper, more intense. Their pride in their own national and religious heritage had grown. Frequent gatherings for prayer and meditation based on their sacred writings had made them realise more keenly how
By Father John Castelot
much God had done for them and how blessed they were. But now it was only natural for the Jews to get d ownhearted. The prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel had both promised them that if they repented they would one day return to their homeland; there would be an end to their bitter exile. But the end appeared nowhere in sight. The people had repented. W hen would God's promises be fulfilled? If the people were not to despair and give up the valiant fight, they had to receive some strongly r eassuring encouragement.
That is the central theme of Isaiah 40-48. In t hose chapters, the remarkable prophet-poet known as Second Isaiah announced the imminent end of the Babylonian Captivity and the glorious return to Jerusalem. The great Persian, Cyrus, was now chalking up victory after victory. The handwriting was on the wall for Babylon. Cyrus was known for his clemency, for the way he respected the religious convictions of conquered peoples. Second Isaiah, then, had every right to expect that Cyrus would treat the Jewish captives with consideration.
Two people look over Bibles and other scripture study aids in a religious goods store in Frankfurt, West Germany. People all over the world are discovering that the Bible is not just a book about people who lived long ago; it also is a book about ourselves and people we know.
The most important task for a teacher in presenting the Bible is to help students see "there is something here for me," Benedictine Father Daniel Durken said during a recent interview. He is director of the Liturgical Press at St John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. People need to see that the Bible is not "simply ancient history or encrusted with cobwebs" the Benedictine added. In pursuing his aim, Father Durken uses a variety of approaches when he teaches Scripture to adults and college students. Sometimes he even introduces St Paul as "the Ann Landers" of the New Testament. This helps students see that "the Bible came out of real human needs," Father Durken said. For example, he continued, the Corinthians in the first generations after Christ were wracked by problems and divisions and incestuous relationships. They asked Paul what to do. And in his letter to them, Paul dealt with these problems, "one, two, three."
Father Durken presents Scripture as a "living book, which spoke to my father. m y grandfather, my greatgrandmother." As he "teases the Bible apart" for students, Father Durken customarily finds that students identify with a particular biblical person, someone who is wrestling with the same issues they are facing. Or, the monk continued, students discover a character who has the same doubts or fears or hungers they are encountering. There's a bit of Mary Magdalen, of Peter and of Judas in all of us, Father Durken commented. The Benedictine priest likes to start with the story of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt in his bible courses. Exodus is the "key event, the ultimate basic experience of a saving and liberating God...which blazed a mark in history," the monk remarked. Often Father Durken tells students the Bible is a "fascinating library of literature," ranging from "delightful stories to proverbs full of homespun wisdom."
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A helping hand for the youngsters R ita Lavan's girls are very special — they are "her girls" and that's enough to make them so. As a teacher at Mercedes College, she believes everyone is special, unique and individual, and that's a concept which can be used or abused in education. R ita adores her girls and one has the sneaking suspicion t he feeling is mutual. Her role is to provide a helping hand f or youngsters who may be finding it tough going with their subjects. Yes, in educational terms it would be classified as a "special" class and that's one word she has plenty to say about. It's a word she loves and hates. "I love it when it means unique, individual. We are all special, meaning that we are all different," said Rita. "We all have our own strengths and weaknesses. God has not created two of us alike. Each one of us is a special person. "I hate the word 'special ' when it seeks to identify and label one part of an individual to the extent that the whole person is not considered. This denies full personal growth a nd development." Labelling, says Rita, can have enormous social consequences. It acts as a barrier between the labelled individual and those around her. It can inhibit, repress and scar. It is unnecessary, she says, and one r eason why her girls are referred to as Mrs Lavan's girls — like any other girls in any other class. "Which is what they are," she said. The fact they need specialised attention is by the way — and purely another facet of an individualised education system. There is no one way to learn to to teach; no right or wrong education; the needs of all are different and Mercedes College tries to teach with that in mind. "I see education as being a rounded experience which affords each individual the opportunity to accept every facet of self, and is therefore capable of being guided towards realistic personal fulfilment and productive living," Rita said. "Parallel to this, and even more important, is the education of the society (the school) which forms the community around the individual, so it is capable and
Marriages as an With about one million marriages a year, and the average wedding costing about $22,000 (ceremony, honeymoon, and bride's dowry included), the Japanese have plenty of opportunities to experiment and to zoom in on those mountains of yen. According to my estimation $22 thousand million is a lot of money. So all over Japan, Shinto Shrines, community halls, hotels, restaurants, and wedding halls, vie for a slice of the big yen pie.
The bride dresses herself under the eagle eye of an expert in such matters.
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In Tokyo alone there are more than 350 wedding halls. Every conceiv- — From Columban Father Kevin Flinn able ruse is used to recently in Perth succeed in this very comnow in Tokyo petitive market. There writing in shoud be some sort of The Far East defence force organised to protect the young couple when they make contact with wedding for the ordinary marriage organisers. in Japan would open our Young couples who eyes: think that they are old Hire of hall and wedenough to do their own ding ceremony $100 up; bookings are left to lick reception for about 65 their financial wounds guests, $30-$70 per guest; after the slick, kind and bridal robes (rental fees) cooperative wedding-hall — uchikake worn over directors have gone to the kimono, $150-5300, great pains to convince long-sleeved kimono, them that they should $150; make-up, wig,. show the whole world dressing, $200; bridethat this is a "once-in-a- groom, morning coat, lifetime occasion" to $100; wedding souvenir really impress their fami- for each guest (average 65 lies and workmates. guests), $10 or more per Wiser couples fall back guest; wedding photoon the traditional go- graphs, bouquets for the between and yen-thrifty parents, taped recordings parents to make the of speeches, gratuities for arrangements. ' hairdressers and warThe basics are simple: A drobe assistants and for Shinto wedding ceremwaiters. ony followed by a recepAll of this adds up to a tion. That sounds easy tidy sum. enough, a ceremony and Bookings must be made a reception. The same as as early as six months in we have at home? No, not advance for ordinary the same. days; over a year in A list of the "essentials" advance for weddings on
A Catholic bride seals the wedding certificate with her thumb mark. The photo also shows Father Flinn who officiated at the ceremony.
" taian-kichijitsu" (big safety days); and just a few days before for any of the "butsunetsu" (wheneverything-perishes-andfalls-to-nil days). M oreover, on the "unlucky" days there is a 20 percent discount on all prices available. But on "lucky" days, w hen as many as 20,000 w eddings take place, prices are high and ceremonies are curtailed to an a verage of 15 minutes per c ouple in many wedding halls. There are only five or six unlucky days in a month. Most brides in Japan are "autumn-brides,since one-third of the marriages take place in the September-Nov em-
ber period, with October as the peak. Some parishes have great demand for marriages between nonChristians. At first it was hoped it would be an introduction to Christianity for the young couple and their friends. Years of experience have shown this did not eventuate. So now many priests regard the marrying of non-Christians in a Catholic Church as a social service to couples who have difficulty in getting parental consent for their marriage, or for couples who do not wish to go to all the expense that a traditional wedding would cost. Churches in well-off
who find the going a bit tough
Rita in a class of her own choosing ready to accept the characteristics, the needs and the positive contribution each individual can make. "If the focus is on limitations rather than the assets and strengths of an individual, too little is expected, and the sad results are that potential is rarely tapped and self image is poor. "' The class was created in 1970 when it became apparent that the degree of individual attention practical within a standard Year 8 class of 30 students was not sufficient to meet the needs of some students. R ita took over about half way through the first year and has been there ever since apart from a couple of breaks to nurse her dying husband. There are 15 students in the class with
most teaching emphasis on the areas of English, maths and social studies. Emphasis is on individual needs and i ndividual achievement. The support of school and parents has made it a most successful innovation with positive feedback coming from current and former students. It's a sign of something warm and welcoming when former students return as adults to see their teacher and their school. More than once has the maths class suddenly become a lesson in feeding or changing babies as "old girls- drop in to show Mrs Lavan their pride and joy. Pride in self is part of the philosophy underlying the Mercedes regard for my
, class, says Rita. "Mercedes aims to recognise the academic and social needs of these students in exactly the same way as it recognises the needs of every student in the college community," she said. "The college believes that integration, not segregation, is necessary to the development of a whole person. It is the r ight of every individual. "The students who comprise this class come to us from primary backgrounds ranging from special classes, adapted programmes in regular classes and, in some cases, special schools. "These students within our college, are members of regular year homerooms and work with these homeroom groups where
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practical, work separately with me or the core subjects, where individual pro- flThe historic limestone building grammes are available, and work with a number of specialist teachers for art, with its martello home economics, music, physical educa- tower at Mercedes tion, drama and typing. C ollege, Victoria "In all areas the expectations placed upon the girls are aimed at developing the Square, which was part of the schol h ighest potential," she said. A nd, added Rita, I've never met a girl yet known originally as who doesn't want to work hard to Our Lady's College, improve. and which later comLesson content has a strong emphasis on the language and skills required for bined with the adjadaily living, certainly with a view towards cent St Joseph's transition from school to the work force, school to be named and the use of leisure time. Mercedes, the Span•Continued page 16.
ish word for -mercy."
'industry areas have been known to have as many as 80-100 s uch marriages a year. The income from these is a great help when the faithful are few in number. One church has a package deal — five talks and the ceremony. There are 70 such weddings in that church annually. If by chance the priest misses out on some talk, the couple think that they have not received their money's worth! The Kudan Kaikan Hall in Tokyo has 2200 weddings a year. About 2000 of those couples want a Shinto wedding, the other 200 some sort of Christian ceremony. The traditional Shinto wedding ceremony is conducted by a Kannushi, Shinto priest, and one or two maiko, shrine virgins. The bride and her family and relatives attending the ceremony wait in one room, while the groom and his party wait in another. All sip cherry-blossom tea until it is time for the ceremony. The groups may not know each other, but introductions take place after the ceremony. Entering the hall where the Shinto altar is, the couple stand before the priest, and the guests are seated on either side facing each other. The Kannushi, Shinto priest, chants prayers at the altar, turns and swishes a branch of sakaki (a sacred tree in
Shinto tradition) adorned with folded pieces of white paper which purities the couple and chases away evil spirits. Returning to the altar, he invokes the blessing of the gods upon the young couple. The shrine maidens pour sake for the San San Kudo rite of exchanging nuptial cups. First the groom sips sake from a small cup, then the bride receives three pours of sake and sips three times. The bride is then given medium-sized cups, receives three pours, sips three times and the groom does likewise.
Finally the groom is given a large sake cup, receives three pours, sips three times and watches as the bride finishes off the San San Kudo, Three Three Nine-Times ritual. Bride and bridegroom proceed to the altar where the bride reports to the gods the marriage vows. They bow deeply a nd place sakaki branches on the altar. They are then led to the groom's parents, thus completing the passage of the bride into the groom's family. Shrine maidens dance before the altar while all the guests with the small white porcelain cups
drink a toast to the couple. The priest gives the bride ofuda, a sacred tablet, and omamori, good luck charms, to be placed in the kamidana, small Shinto shrine, found in most Japanese homes. Tradition is preserved in t he menu for the reception. A piece of seaweed called kobu, which comes from Yorokobu, meaning "to be happy" or "to be glad," but here spelt Koubu, which means "a woman who bears many children," is given to each guest, also a red seabream. It's name Tai is part of the word medetai, meaning "happy." A whole fish is given to each person; to cut it would be ominous of separation or incompleteness. Soup of clam in the shell is popular because the two shells when closed make a compete whole. Lobster also is popular because being bent it signifies a grand old age for the Japanese. A guest never stops at one bowl of rice because one bowl is the offering made on the altar of a dead person. Many country guests are so embarrassed by the strict rules of etiquette that they eat nothing at the reception. That does not mean they miss out, for each guest is given a large wrapping cloth so what is not eaten may be taken home to be shared with
the rest of the family. Some young moderns play it big and have meat served at their reception, much to the chagrin of older guests who are not accustomed to using knives and forks. Chopsticks are "extensions of the fingers," but not so the knives and forks. Country guests are so timid. They just look around sheepishly and do what they see others doing. And they think their head must go down to meet the fork instead of the fork coming up as far as the mouth. Thus they seem to be bowing right through the meal. When foreigners like Americans and Australians turn up at the same dinner there is more fun. Americans and Australians are so different in their use of the knife and fork that the Japanese are confounded and do not know who to imitate. (I get mixed up myself at times!) But the reception, although it starts in a very formal way, soon loosens up and a joyous, warm atmosphere spreads throughout the hall. Sober-faced from the wedding ceremony, relatives and guests alike relax as they imbibe more. and more warm sake, as toast after toast is offered the couple by those extolling their virtues. City employers, country cousins and bosom pals soon unite as one big happy family.
The dressing of the bride is now i lmost complete, apart from many important and time-consuming — finishing touches.
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awareness of how they are Oringao have military being manipulated both by checkpoints maintained private land owners and by young soldiers toting government officials. machine guns. At night a Father Gore's team is try- generator is used to pro- CHOICE — a weeing to prevent the people vide light around the kend experience being forced off their land. presbytery, and several about relationships The Mayor of Kabanka- dogs add to his security. f or young single Ian, Mayor Sola, had been The possibility of a miland her mother. One sister 1950 Roberto's family has attempting to take land itary ambush of himself adults 18 and over, to has four children so that cultivated five hectares of from the peasants. A wit- and his leaders is not be held at Eagle's Nest, Friday June 17. the population of the land growing coffee trees, ness says he saw him tor- remote. bananas, coconuts and ture and kill seven people house is usually nine. It Bookings to Ron and was at Joe's house that I avocados. Under the law of from the local community; Ellen Wallis on 459 first met Roberto. Since their country, a person their bodies were found on ustralian 3 941 or Father A who clears and cultivates his property and an autoegorow on 328 J upport s land can claim it as his psy showed three were bur9878. own. ied alive. STRANGER — a Sola was charged with Bishop Fortich of Father programme of spiritthese murders and while on Gore's area, told me suprenewal for Year Farming bail pending his trial, he port from Australia had ual 12 students, May 13big a difference. made was ambushed and killed 15 and May 24-26. on the many Commenting by members of the NPA Roberto's family had to Father done this and had lived on (New Peoples Army). The letters and telegrams sent Bookings their small farm for over military know who was t o government officials Tom Ryan on 328 30 years. In 1979 the local responsible for his death, protesting over Father 660 government official, Elde- but in an attempt to Gore's arrest, said: "Your panso Cuello, in an remove Father Gore from countrymen have a great attempt to force the family his parish, they have spirit so ready to support off their land, cut down charged Father Gore, their fellow Australian." most of their trees. By another priest and six of The presence of Australdoing this, he hoped to his community leaders ian news media at the recent deportation trial deprive them of their liveli- with the murder. In our brief visit to Father and the concern of Ausleft hood and when they any "physical" reason Iheard some years ago the farm he would take it Gore's parish, I was tralians, has made it harder Youth Appeal 1983 will for its death. of a small infant over himself. However, impressed with his courage for the Philippine govern- be launched at Forrest They concluded that brought to a Sydney Robert's family remained. and determination to stick ment to try what Father Place at 12.30pm on Monthe children died hospital because of Gore called "any shinani- day 23. R ecently Eldepanso with his people. because of a lack of love total neglect by its pargans" during the trial. City office workers, to kill all the threatened and affection. ents. The infant for sevIt is so important that we young group members, not if they did family eral years had never continue to support Father and all interested persons That story has stayed vacate. With the help of been fed properly; it Gore and the work of the are urged to be present. onfidence with me and made me C Social Joe, the Church had rarely been held by Church in the Philippines Nine separate voluntary very appreciative of all Action Office, the free its mother; it had been as it continues to bring the youth organisations are the very ordinary and Legal Assistance Group emotionally and physihuman things that were Lawyers, Roberto (the eld- He was actually confident word of God to a people taking part in the joint cally deprived. done for me as a child est son at 15 years of age) about his forthcoming trial suffering injustice and pov- a ppeal. YCW, CPY, and mother my by team hopes to file a case to pre- on charges of murder, erty, maintained by strong R edemptorist youth The medical father. vent his family losing their inciting to rebellion and and rich landowners and a groups and Gidgegannup quicky brought the physical land in what is commonly subversion. "In fact we will government intent on youth centre will be recipcuddled, top held, was to I child known as land grabbing. be putting the military on using the military to pre- ients of the appeal. and my dirty nappies condition. But there Their chances of success trial," he said. "At least we vent the people from striv- The theme for the appeal were frequently chawas still something is "Work with Youth." off shut are slim. Eldepanso has a will have an opportunity to ing for their rights. was cried! was I It When ged. wrong. c omforted; when I brother working in the expose all the poses by the from others. Forestry Department military, the killings and smiled I was encourThe young nurses, I aged Like every infant which handles Land Titles. horrors they have been delibwas told, used to and He is good friends of the guilty of." care total needed I erately cuddle the local mayor and influences He said the trial may be was competely dependinfant to their own warm other members of the judi- dismissed to save furtherm ent on my parents. flesh in order to make cial system. think love embarrassment to the Phiyou do What up for what the neglectSuch cases are also a lippines Government, but is about for children fulparents hadfailed to problem in Father Brian he said if it goes ahead we and parents' do. All this was to no Gore's parish. Father Gore are prepared. the at me to Write avail. The infant evenand the leaders of his com- Father Gore's village, Record or c/ - PO Box tually died The doctors munity have been helping Oringao, is small. The 6006. Perth North 94, 1 could not come up with the people to develop an main roads leading into
The soil is rich and the Here we enjoyed breakeconomy of the island and fast as we reviewed our livelihood of just over one itinerary of the one-week million people. revolves visit which would take us around the sugar industry. on to the sugar plantations Isabel, Mary, Josephine and into one of the 16 and Julie, members of the sugar mills on the island. Bacolod YCW, greeted us During our visit to the on our 5am arrival follow- plantations we stayed two ing our flight from Manila. nights with the family of Already the roads were Joe, one of the two fullbecoming busy as we timers working on Negros moved through the city to and surrounding islands. the YCW office within the Joe and his wife share a Cathedral Campus. house with her two sisters " 'Jan cannot live without Love" according to Pope John Paul I Iin two of his recent exhortations, "Redeemer of Man" and "On the Family." He continues: "without love man remains a being that is incomprehensible to himself, life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it." Last week I touched on this indispensable need of all people and invited readers to share in these columns with their own definition, description, experience of love in their life as a young adult. I have heard it said that the infant growing in its mother's womb, is influenced by the mother's moods and wellbeing; how much more is the small child affected by all that happens around him in the first few years of life. Ibelieve that much of our programming for life is laid down in the early years of infancy. That is where we first learn to love. That is where the mother and father have an awesome responsibility to teach and show to the child what love is all about.
By Peter Shooter who recently visited the Philippines.
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Dear Captain Bob and Lulu: I must say that Ernie's hair transplant Nurse Kern, This is my first letter to looks the real thing. you since being a member. Mary: Especially when he I have one brother, his dusts his coat collar with name is Gary. Gary is powder and calls it seven this year. Kylie, my dandruff. sister is eight years of age. guilty person We live on a wheat and When is a a firework? sheep farm near Ballidu, like he gets let off WA. We have a dog named When Whiskey and a cat, Tiger. How does a flea get from Can I put an article in for one place to another? a penpal? By 'itch hiking. NAME: Natalie Ann Teacher: What is garlic? Whyte Boy: It's the sort of IanAGE: 10 guage Scotsmen speak. TOWN: Ballidu STATE: Western Q. What has four wheels Australia CONTINENT: Australia and flies? HOBBIES: Cooking, A. A garbage truck. Roller Skating Q. What is the best thing SEX: Female to put into a hot dog? A. Your teeth. RIDDLE Q. Why did the lemon stop in the middle of the Q. How do you get one hundred feet into the air? road? A. Turn a centipede A. He ran out of juice. upside down. Natalie Whyte, Ballidu. Dear Captain Bob, It is the first time we have written to you. We enjoy your page. I (Jason) especially enjoys the colouring and my brother Bradley likes the word puzzles. We are looking forward to the school holidays as we are lucky to be going to Jurien Bay for a week. Jason and Bradley Della Franca, Waroona.
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Q. When is a bus not a bus? The mighty king of Persia, Ahasuerus, was searching for a queen. The king's servant brought the most beautiful young A. When it turns into a women from every part of his kingdom to him. street.
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The first neatest, correct The king chose the Jewish except Mordecai. As a king for us all. Save us spare my life," Esther said cute Haman. Then he had News flash: Rescued in entry received in our m aiden, Hadassah, good Jew, Mordecai from death." to him. "Spare all my peo- a letter sent throughout the the nick of time by a helic- Ostrich Puzzle came from because her beauty capti- believed that he should Esther prayed to the ple, the Jews. For we are all kingdom ordering that the opter, the captain of a sink- Paul Thomas of Espervated him. He loved her bow only before God. Lord. "My Lord, our king, to be put to death." Jews remain free from all ing ship said that he and ance. A book courtesy of more than all the others. Haman was furious. He you alone are God. Help "What?' shouted the king. harm. The king gave Mor- the crew had missed death William Collins has been sent to Paul. He crowned her queen of came to hate Mordecai and me. Iam alone and have no "Who dares to threaten decai the position Haman by a few winches. all Persia. He changed her all Jews. help but you." For three you and your people?" had held. name to Esther, meaning So Haman went to the days Esther prayed and Esther replied, "Haman is And Mordecai ordered star. king. "Your majesty," he fasted. our enemy. He is the one all the Jews to celebrate Mordecai had raised said, "there is a group of Then she put on her finest who plans to kill us." God's care for them every Esther. He was her uncle. people in your kingdom clothes and went in to see The king was angry. He year in a special feast. He You ha%e got to be in the club elease print clearly and don't He warned her not to let who do not obey your the king. The king admired ordered the soldiers to exe- called it Purim. if you want to enter our forget your date of birth and a the king know her back- laws. The Jews should be Esther's beauty. "What is it competitions and win some of stamp so we can send your you want, Queen Esther?" ground. So Esther did not put to death." the super priies. tell the king she was a Jew. King Ahasuerus told the king asked. "Whatever membership form to you. To join simply send the Nlembership will allow you to Mordecai was a devout Haman to do whatever he you ask, I will give you." completed coupon here to The enter all our competitions. Jew. He loved God and wished with the Jews. Esther replied: "I would Record Kid's Club. PO Box Well. what are you waiting observed God's laws. One Haman sent a letter to like you to come to a ban- How can you tell if there's "Four," he said. 50, Aberdeen Street, Perth. for? day he overheard two of every part of the kingdom quet tomorrow. I am also an elephant in the lift with "No," his mother cor- 6000. the king's officials plotting ordering the king's solders inviting Haman. At the you? rected. "Five." against the king. Mordecai to kill every Jew on the banquet I will tell you what By the smell of peanuts on "Four," the boy insisted. told Queen Esther that the 13th day of the 12th I want." his breath. "I want a lemonade." king's life was in danger. month. Haman chose the The king accepted the What was wrong with the Esther ran to tell the king. day by a roll of dice, called invitation. Haman was A mother was trying to delighted. The king was very grateful purim. drum the rudiments of cross-eyed teacher? to Esther and Morecai. Mordecai read the letter Esther prepared a fine arithmetic into her young He had trouble with his Name But Haman, the king's and trembled. The Jews in banquet with good food son's head. "Now," she pupils. highest official, became every part of the kingdom and wine. "What is it you told him, "you're going on Students: "Can I get into A ddress angry with Mordecai. were terrified. They prayed want of me?" the king a picnic with Grandpa, trouble for something I asked Wherever Haman walked to God, begging him to during the meal. Grandma, Ruth and Mary. didn't do?" Pi code "Whatever you wish, I will How many Cokes will you Teacher: "No." in the kingdom,everyone save them. bowed to the ground Mordecai sent a message give you." need to take?" Student: "Good, because A ge Birthdate before him. Everyone to Esther. "Speak to the "If you love me, my king, The boy thought it over. I didn't do my homework!" I.
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charge guarantees an expert composer will put cake, very ostentatious together words of sincerbut made of cardboard ity and truth for just such except for the top layer, an occasion. The most popular age of having been cut, the bride will slip out of her heavy marriage for men is 26 kimono and come back years, and for women, 22. with a bright coloured Wedding halls complain kimono or western style that young people are spending less on the wedding dress. Three changes of dress reception and more on during the reception is their honeymoon. " Marry now. . .pay t raditional but sends the y en-bill for the bride up later" schemes are doing a brisk business. quite high. More than half of the The bride usually sits quietly, not partaking of city couples go overseas any food and only sip- for their honeymoon. In ping at the many cups of autumn 90 percent of the sake offered her by well- passengers on Sundays and holidays in an airwishers. Being tied tightly into craft to Guam or Hawaii her kimono restricts her are newlyweds. in any case. But tradition within Japan whole also expects her not to be bullet trains are booked too happy as she leaves out for honeymooners. one family for another. The Inland Sea trip from Toward the end of the Osaka to Beppu has up to reception, the young cou- 112 newlywed couples. ple go to present bou- Planes to Miyazaki could quets to their parents, have more than 50 couwho are sitting at tables ples on board. The 3-W at the back of the hall Honeymoon-Warm farthest from the head Honeymoon-Warm table. place, Week's duration, A tape-recording of Wide faraway spot, is the their words of thanks to in-thing these days. The bride brings furnitheir parents may be had for a charge. Another ture, electrical applian•From page 11
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Later that year, this same Pope gave Camillus and his new congregation permission to wear the Red Cross on their black cassock, adding that it was "right and reasonable that these servants of the sick, who were so distinct in their ministry, should also be distinguished by their habit." Quickly the new congregations spread to many towns in Italy, and everywhere, these first Camillians brought an heroic zeal into the care of the sick poor and the plaguestricken. Further recognition of this good work came in 1591 when Pope Gregory XIV erected the congregation into an order, with the solemn vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, and a fourth vow to serve the sick -- even the plaguestricken. In future the Order of St C amillus would be known officially as the Clerks Regular, Ministers of the Sick, and would be comprised of priests and brothers living in community. The self-styled "greatest of sinners," Camillus de
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Revision of directory R OME (NC) — An international group of religious education experts is helping the Vatican's Congregation for the Clergy prepare a document on teaching Church doctrine which is expected to be published as a revision of the 1971 General Catechetical Directory.
It isn't a wilful deception, mind you, but I do think, dear fellow laity, that we should have been told by the clerical Powers-ThatBe The sacristy lamp doesn't burn anymore: it flicks and flashes in a switched-on, jazzedup, perpetual plastic automated kind of way. It is, in other words, plugged into the power. And to think there were times in the past when I myself, like the five wise virgins (or was it 10?) in the Scriptures, had the occasional acolytic high office of trimming the lamp which I did to the eminent satisfaction of even the most autocratic Irish parish priests, though some were heard to mutter, amid Gaelic expletives and Latin incantations — "At least you can do something right." I made this shattering discovery (about the automated lamp, not about the Irish PP's utterances) three or four months ago
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A Record essay b y Chris Damien
aging by innuendo of St
So when I went to light a
ecclesiastical
Thomas's on the Hill: It is
candle there and found no
Heritage.
National
beloved of the parish and
matches, searched within
begin with biology, I dep-
tight, so I threw traffic cau-
has a magnificent A-frame
and without the church,
As it happened, I was saved by the unexpected
osited him early at the
tion to the wind and raced
nave that directs one's
knocked on the PP's open
arrival of
when my second youngest gates of JTC and then hied to St Thomas's on the Hill "The document will thoughts and prayers natpresbytery door without incorporate criteria and was about to attempt his me off to Holy Rosary to get my candle started urally upwards; it has an r esponse and accosted guidelines for the preparation of catechetical mate- TAE at JTC (which, for the Church to light candles before Second Youngest Irish PP, Father O'Someb- passers-by, all matchless rial, but it will not be a benefit of the ignorati and exchange pleasan- had the biology paper open ody, who preaches an non-smokers (pardon the catechism," said Mons among us, is John Twen- tries with a certain Wearer before him. excellent homily pun). I tried the sacristy Wilfrid Paradis, former of the Purple and former It was at St Thomas's on US Catholic Conference tythird College). and found (praise to St It was imperative, I felt, to secretary of education and school chum whose the Hill that I made this Every Anthony) a taper which, one of two American have a candle burning domain used to extend great discovery which word thought I, was the whemembers of the Internatiapparently had been cononal Council for Cate- before the altar all the time thereabouts. rewithal for taking a light he would be sitting perchesis. cealed from us, dear felI don't go there much from the flame of the "One catechism coming plexed and puzzling over low some laity, for time. myself, mainly because sacristy lamp and thereby No name from Rome might destroy And it all happened for Confession (or whatever lighting the candle and dropper a lot of work done over the exam questions. He is not, I must hasten to years," added Sister Maria want of a match. that newfangled name for lighting Second Youngde la Cruz Aymes, the add, an over -perplexed (I must assure you, dear St Thomas's on (he Hill, I it is) is an ordeal. est's path through the TAE other American member. The waiting confessio- trauma. The General Catechetical youth; it was simply a tra- fellow laity, that I am not must explain, is the parish Directory, slightly over dition for my older offsp- one for name-dropping or church of Claremont and nees can hear every word 100 pages long, is not a uni- ring, initiated by my good e ncouraging of WPs, not I reached up, taper held to be confused that you say inside the Box and versal catechism but a set high, to the sacristy lamp of basic guidelines for wife and mother of the whose role as I see it is that noble edifice of the you emerge to nudge of St Thomas's on the Hill Catholic religious edu- said offspring, that can- largely ceremonial). stained-glass windows and nudge wink -wink from two cation. and. . .mirabile dictu dles and prayers must be In any case, further a similar name, hard by or three packed pews of It outlines the general burnt and said when the exploration of this issue the University, which is listeners -in. principles, content and We should have been methods of catechetics and TAE trauma is upon us. becomes fruitless bcause known in the vernacular of Also, they seem to hide told, dear fellow laity. It is a is meant to be adapted by So on the Tuesday of the the WP was not at home the frequenters thereof as the matches in case the breach with tradition, an bishops' conferences first exam week when and Holy Rosary was for "Saint Tommy More.k ids burn the church unwelcome superimposiaccording to their local cultural and pastoral Second/Youngest must some reason locked up But let us not be dispar- down. tion on the fabric of our situations. "There's been a lot of unrest on how doctrine is presented," Sister Aymes said. She cited two dangers which could be involved if a Vatican document were The injustice of having two secondary seen as the definitive 'From page 11. schools on the one site became increascatechism. -At Mercedes all girls are offered a ingly apparent, and it was finally agreed "First of all, people might range of general activities, such as sporttend to say that once ing events, to amalgamate. drama, productions, camps, they've memorised this The necessary authorisation was fund-raising activities, and my girls avail book, they've got it all, and obtained from the provincialate of the Sisdon't need any continuing themselves of these if they wish,- she ters of Mercy and the archbishop and said. education in the faith," she Mercedes Catholic School for Girls came "All the teachers concerned with the said. into being in February 1967 with approxigirls are sincerely involved in each indi"The other problem is mately 300 primary and 700 secondary that people unfortunately vidual's personal growth. This caring students. identify their knowledge of involvement by the principal and staff The principal, Sister Assisium, says the faith with certain words, provides the powerful influence for self and if the doctrine comes acceptance and full school philosophy is based on the respondevelopment. out in different words, they sibility to develop the child totally — emo"A transition programme, including don't recognise it." tionally, spiritually, physically and
the PP, who
showed me where they hide the matches; and so the candles were lit and the prayers were said to Our Lady and St Anthony and St Christopher (no, I haven't forgotten about all that identity hoo-ha) and Second
Youngest
duly
passed all his TAE subjects. Such is the power of prayer, he has also fulfilled some other hopes, such as getting a job and a ttending to certain matters of Mass attendance. Which is why, dear fellow laity,
it
has taken me
months
to reveal this
illumination
about the sacristy lamp, there was a
matter of performance to be
fulfilled before
any
thought of complaints.
ita in a class of her own
work experience, is being introduced this year. Currently, the college psychologist, Lucy Dow, and I, are involved in a study of suitable employment areas, and in r esearching every avenue the community has to offer, to assist the girls in their transition from school to the work force."
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Mercedes, the oldest independent girls' school in Australia, has around 700 students and 50 staff. The present Ursula Frayne block was the first Convent of Mercy in Australia and opened in 1848. It eventually became the first school in WA to provide secondary education. The numbers in the senior classes in both schools were very small and to economise staff, girls at St Joseph's who wished to continue to Leaving level were asked to transfer to the college after completing the Junior Certificate. By 1963, numbers had increased to such an extent that no girls could be admitted to Fourth Year at the college. Permission was given to upgrade St Joseph's to Leaving level and approval was given for the school to be included in the list of recognised secondary schools. St Joseph's was the first Catholic school to receive a science grant and the new science laboratory was completed in 1964.
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educationally. "As individuals we must have a deep commitment to Catholic education and a Christlike love and respect for the pupils we are educating," she said. "Most of our disciplinary problems will disappear if teachers are dedicated, if they respect their pupils as persons and act in such a professional and responsible manner as to beget respect from their students. "At all times, we the professional educators must be looking at our students. "We must always be open and ready to assess their needs, we must be supportive in their search for freedom — a freedom to express themselves, a freedom to be allowed to evaluate without harsh criticism."
Some members of Rita Lavan's class in the grounds at Mercedes.
Pope's plea rejected
WARSAW (NC) — A papal plea for all Polish political prisoners to be granted amnesty prior to Pope John Paul II's visit has been rejected by the Polish government. "There is no humanitarian basis for a legal act of amnesty and at present the government is not proposing to adopt such a measure," Jerzy Urban, government spokesman said
at a news conference. The pope made the plea in a letter to Polish authorities formally accepting an invitation to visit his homeland June 1622.
"The release from prison of people who are inclined to disobey the law may be perceived as a bending of will, a weakening of our resolve to deal firmly with social unrest," he added.
A general amnesty "could lead to an even greater number in prison," because it could encourage people to engage in illegal activity, Urban said.
R ather than a general amnesty, the government has adopted a policy of selective clemency for political prisoners arrested under martial law.