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Father Gore said this week that even if a deal is made to have murder charges against him withdrawn, defence lawyers are determined to hunt the people telling lies and e xpose those who fabricated the case.
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Father Niall O'Brien the Dublin-born Columban on charges in Philippines with Father Gore.
Speaking to Father Brian Morrison on radio 6KY, Father Gore said the most recent hearing had nearly become a fist fight between the lawyers, and the judge adjourned until July 6.
"Readers ... See me today Father Gore — still under house arrest — has reasons for for a special believing the military may be deal on new looking for a way to back out of the accusation that he and felHOLDEN, low Columban Father O'Brien HONDA, were directly concerned with the ambush assassination of a DAIMLER, local governor last year. Gerry Logan He said he believes the military hoped the JAGUAR, A/H 293 3384 matter would disappear with the deportaROVER, tion of Father Gore, but deportation offirefused to move until the case had PEUGEOT, RANGE ROVER, cials been heard in court. This is what Father LANDROVER and MOKE." Gore's defence wanted. L.
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Father Gore described last week's hearing during which Father O'Brien's answers were straight to the point. He resisted confusion to the point that the prosecution lawyer became confused. When the defence suggested the prosecution was deliberately wasting time, the lawyer threw his papers and challenged the defence to a fight outside the court. When the judge restored order the prosecutor told the judge that even if he were cited for contempt he would not go ahead with the case. A fter conferring with him in chambers the judge warned the prosecutor to apologise to the court or face a more serious reprimand. It was then that the long adjournment was agreed to. Father Gore believes the prosecutor ha, too much at stake to continue in this manner and the way may he opened to introduce a new prosecutor who will make it easier for the murder charge to he withdrawn. *Continued page 3
Father Gore's defence counsel making a point during his bail application hearing. The counsel have said they are determined to seek out those who fabricated the case against Father Gore and Father O'Brien.
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Sacked $25000 grant priest VATICAN CITY: Father Virgilio Levi, the Vatican deputy -editor who was sacked from the Osservatore Romano last week for an indiscreet editorial, is a close friend of Lech Walesa and also of Cardinal Macharski, the pope's successor at Cracow. Father Levi, 54, blotted his page when his unsigned editorial in a prominent place in the paper, hinted Walesa's career at the head of the union protest was over, following the visit of Pope John Paul II. The comment, seen as an official Vatican view, went around the world much to the embarrassment of the Vatican which disowned the opinion and called for Father Levi 's resignation, certainly with the approval if not on the order of Pope John Paul. Father Levi is a convert from Judaism, an expert on Poland and a ttended the baptism of one of the Walesa children. His other close link with Cardinal Macharski of Cracow is felt to be significant and may suggest that Father Levi was writing on behalf of those, including Cardinal Marcharski who is said to have been opposed to any deal between the Church and the government over the Walesa issue. It was felt that this was the only course by which the impasse over martial law and the Western economic blockade of Poland could be broken.
to parent assoc'n The State Government has announced a grant of up to $ 25,000 to the Parents' and Friends' Federation of Western Australia. The Federation represents parents of children at Catholic schools. Mr Graham Burkett, MLA for Scarborough, said the grant was to pay for the federation to engage a full-time officer. Mr Burkett told delegates attending the federation's annual general meeting today the decision to make the grant had followed representation to the Premier and the Minister for Education, Mr Bob Pearce. "We are well aware that the Parents' and Friends' Federation has grown in size and strength considerably since the Western Australian division was formed 28 years ago,- Mr Burkett said. "As many members will be aware, the federation has received a State Government subsidy of $5000 a year since 1 975, a contribution which has helped pay for part-time secretarial assist ance.
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R eligious education BRISBANE: A threeday conference on religious education, open to the public, will be held here beginning today ( Sunday). The conference, Education in faith — the challenge of the 80s, will be opend by Archbishop R ush. It is sponsored by the Brisbane Catholic Education Office. Father Ron McKeirnan, assistant director of the Brisbane Catholic Education Office, said each
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materials, music and other religious education resources. Father McKeiman said the conference would emphasise the role of the family in the religious education of children. The conference, at St Laurence's Christian Brothers College, South Brisbane, is designed for t eachers, catechists. clergy and lay people. Workshop topics include family education, the changing Catholic family education, the changing Catholic family, youth at r isk, photolanguage, liturgical dance, clowning, children at worship a nd the new human reproduction technologies. Speakers include Redemptorist Father Michael Mason, who teaches sociology and phenomenology of religion at Yarra Theological Union, Melbourne, and Dr Anne Silcock, senior lecturer in education at the University of Queensland.
" The Government appreciates that the growth of your federaOTTAWA: Father Bob Ogle, tion, and the need for Member of Parliament, a priincreasing interaction est politician from the Canabetween yourselves and dian prairies and one of the other education-orienthighest-level clerics to hold ated organisations, has elected office, is awaiting resulted in a work load word from the Vatican about which it is increasingly his future in politics, difficult for your execuHe is only one of a number of tive to discharge effecpriests, nuns and brothers in tively by voluntary effort North America and elsewhere and limited part-time who have pondered the mer paid assistance. its of merging a religious vocation with public office. Father Ogle said he became concerned about his position Parent because of the stipulations of Groups the new Code of Canon Law. With his superior, Bishop "We want to encourage Mahoney of Saskatoon, he interaction between par- sought clarification from the ent groups and therefore Holy See. Bishop Mahoney agreed to increase the backs Father Ogle's involvement in parliament. grant." Father Ogle, who has served Mr Burkett said the in the Canadian Parliament Government already paid the salaries of full- since 1979, met with Carditime staff attached to the nal Silvio Oddi, prefect of the Western Australian Vatican Congregation for the Council of State School Clergy, to seek clarification Organisations (WACSSO), of his status. He thinks Cardinal Oddi the central body representing Parent and Citizen believes a priest may hold groups at Government office under the new code as long as he has his bishop's schools. approval. In fact "he (Cardinal Oddi) was surprised I was concerned," Father Ogle said. "The indication Islam free to run again in Canada's next election," he said. He cautioned, however, that Alexander Solzhenitsyn his views are only his peradmires the pope besonal reading of the situation. cause he fights the voice Father Ogle is a member of of the times, the Russian the New Democratic Party, a writer said. left-of-centre party regarded Solzhenitsyn said he in Canada as a socialist party thought very highly of the and founded in part by Chrisspirit the pope had tian ministers from the brought into the Catholic prairies. Church and lively interest It is akin to the more liberal in problems all round the wing of the Democratic Party world. in the United States.
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Big number of converts A White Father who was part of the great upsurge of the faith in Africa — in three years he baptised more than 5000 adults — has celebrated his silver jubilee as a priest. He is Father John Sandom, who came to Australia in 1981 and was appointed parish priest of the then newly combined par ish of Kangaroo Point and East Brisbane.
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Parisoners and Father John celebrated the jubilee with Mass on 1 2 and later at lunch. Father John began work in the faith," he with the British Civil r ecalled. S ervice and did National Service with The people would spend 18 months attending the Royal Air Force for classes in their own t wo years. p arishes and then He had, even as a schoola ttend the Central boy, considered Mission for six months becoming a priest, but o f prayer, spiritual f ollowed his parents' instruction and basic wishes and waited education. until he was more Men were taught basic e xperienced. building and carpenDuring his years with the try and the women to R AF as a medical sew and knit. technician at a base hospital, Father John " At the end of the six f elt drawn to the missionary priesthood.
months they were baptised and returned to their tribes. And in no time at all, for Seminary e very one adult c atechumen there Just before he turned 21 would be 10 more he entered the White adults anxious to be Fathers' seminary in b aptised," Father Surrey. John said. Father John was posted Father John said life in to Uganda in what he Uganda changed drastically under the recalls as "an exciting regime of ldi Amin. He time, 15 years before was tricked into leavIndependence, a ing the country and y oung country, a was unable to return. young Church with everyone keen to build Instead he was sent to West Africa as English up both country and professor in the semiChurch." A fter a time as secretary nary of Wagga Dugu, to the bishop, Father capital of Upper Volta. John became teacher One of his memories of in the junior seminary t hat semi -desert and Rector of one of country is of rationed the three houses — water — one bucket a "rather a tall order for week to wash himself a young man in the and his clothes. first year of his priest- A fter four years he hood who still hadn't became ill and had to learned the language return to England, but of his new country." had the joy of seeing For the next 15 years his his place taken by an t ime was divided African priest. between teaching in Father John then spent a t he seminary and y ear studying in being a bush missionFrance, three months ary. of biblical studies in "The White Father ideal Jerusalem, a counselwas to have an adult ling course in Dublin c atechumenate -and two years helping adults who had spent run the White Fathers' two years in learning House in Kensington. and being instructed London. L
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Pope will see Jegorow's art When Pope John Paul meets a bishop from far off Geraldton this month he may not grasp the full significance of the "Polish Connection".
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Bishop Foley of Geraldton is in Rome to make t he five year visit required of all bishops of dioceses and when he meets Pope John Paul ll he will be wearing his special cross of hand beaten silver made by Perth priest, Father John Jegorow.
Father Jegorow lived for three years at St Mary's Cathedral when Dean Foley was administrator and he offered to make Bishop Foley's pectoral cross, the purchase of which was covered by a donation from the clergy at the time of Bishop Foley's appointment.
Family needs in discussion MELBOURNE: An archbishop needs to know what is in the mind of his people, Archbishop Little told participants at the first leadership workshop to prepare for the diocesan programme Building a Christian Household. The programme is based on Pope John Paul's document Familiaris Consortio, his exhortation on the role of the Christian family in the modern world issued after the 1980 World Synod of Bishops. "One of the most important things for an archbishop is to hear what people are saying," said Archbishop Little. R ecalling that the pope in Familiaris C onsortio had spoken of the members of a family as having a mission to present the Gospel to one another, the archbishop said: "Part of your mission to me is to talk to me honestly and openly." A fter a general introduction to the programme, Father Peter Nicholson spoke on the vision of family life as presented in Familiaris Consortio. Participants then spent time discussing the needs of families of their parishes.
Father Jegorow is a budding silversmith of many years standing and to make the bishop's cross he used some of the silver from a chalice he had made for himself in Adelaide at the time of his ordination. The hand beaten silver cross with a nine-carat gold inlay is the result of 30 hours work in the silver workshop of Mr Terry Walsh of Karrinyup w ho helped with the design specification.
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for the Poles Pope John Paul II has established his own personal link with Our Lady's national Polish shrine by donating to lasna Gora monastery the sash that was pierced by a bullet during the attempt on his life two years ago. The pope has already thanked Our Lady for the preservation of his life by making a special visit to Fatima last year. "You saved my life," he said in a prayer to the Virgin Mary, patron of Poland and the focus of his special veneration. "Here in lasna Gora," the pope prayed, "I wish to leave as an ex voto (an offering of thanks for a service divinely granted) the sash through which the bullet passed as a material symbol of that event."
In an overhaul of its presentation the Cursillo movement is to hold two-day non residential weekends instead of the three-day live-in programmes presented so far. Weekends will also be directed to particular districts. This change was announced by the president of the Pert hGeraldton diocesan movement Miss Kath Rooney when she announced the weekend to be held at the North Beach parish centre on July 22-24 and at the Cathedral parish centre on August 12-14. Cursillo has seen many of its recent members move into other apostolates and now it wants to concentrate on localities w here follow-up groups can be established for people who have done parish renewal programmes or who are looking for a deepening of their spirituality and Christian commitment. In Spanish the word "cursillo" means a "little course." The movement's name describes the method used to help people develop a personal relationship with Christ and makes Christianity "alive" in their personal lives and in the society in
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"I-lad he touched our lawyer there would have been a melee in the courtroom since most of those present were on our side. The prosecutor disgraced himself publicly and I belie% e the judge was angered because he disgraced the court." Father Gore is full of praise for the judge. "He has been the answer to our prayers. He is honest and conducts the trial really well because he really wants to find the truth. It is a tremendous new first in Kabankalan to have a judge like that. The judge recently fined the prosecution 4(X) pesos for delaying the hearing after he had refused to accept an inadequate medical certificate for a witness alleged to be absent because of illness. When the military doctor who had issued
the certificate was ordered before the court the judge said the explanation was satisfactory but unconvincing, and that if it happened again he would go to gaol for some years. "This incident shows he is prepared to take on the military establishment. The fact we are up to the 16th session of the hearing is a sign of his sincerity. No other person would have got that." Although it is a hearing for the granting of bail, the case is being conducted as an actual presentation of trial evidence and it is hew the unpreparedness of the military case has been revealed, according to Father Gore. "They have shown themselves to be lying and contradictory, and evidence on the whereabouts of Father O'Brien at the time of the assassination had stunned them.
BRISBANE: Indian-born missionary priest of the Society of the Divine W ord, Father Eddie D'Mello, has seen 175 of his students ordained and one become a bishop. Father D'Mello has celebrated his silver jubilee o f priesthood at Marburg. Father D'Mello was born in Mangalore, south India, in 1936 and was ordained in 1966. His first appointment w as as assistant novice master in Indore and parish priest to nearby missions to tribal Indians. He was prefect of novices for nearly eight years and then rector of the
Indian priest Pune Divine Word Seminary for six years. He lectured at the Papal Anthenaeum, Pune, in the W estern and Indian logic. The Anthenaeum caters f or 700 seminarians. Since he was transferred to Australia Father D'Mello has conducted r etreats and prayer days and is working with five SVD novices at Marburg.
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to many other renewal movements. "It is an opportunity to take time out of the routine grind to reflect and share our lives as Christians and the working of God in our daily lives," she said. "While sharing within a Cursillo group is personal, it is always at a level at which the members of a group are comfortable. Each group is essentially what the individual members make it. Establishment of these on-going support groups is regarded as the real fruit of the Cursillo weekend she said. "That's not to suggest the weekend is not a meaningful and spiritually challenging event in itself for participants," she continued. "One proof that the Cursillo method works is that it has been adopted by lay people in their thousands around the world.
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Record Deputy editors come and go on most newspapers with scarcely a ripple, if any, so it is something of a surprise to find this week that the firing of the deputy editor of the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano has become such as internationally publicised event. Editors who are shoved aside generally have failed to follow the line of the newspaper proprietor. In this instance Father Virgilio Levi made the cardinal error of not performing satisfactorily in the view of his rather important proprietor Pope John Paul II and a number of senior Vatican officials. His fault was not that he reads the Polish scene from a slightly different point of view to his superiors but that he put those views into print and those sentences on the possible deal to eclipse Lech Walesa sent shock waves around the world just hours after Pope John Paul had got back from Poland. The debate will go on about whether Father Levi's remarks, in the prestigious spot of the paper that is supposed to be official Vatican opinion, were wide of the truth or were a little too close to the truth for comfort. ••••••••••• For this incident there is an important lesson to be learnt by those who do not believe that even in the lofty Vatican diplomatic clouds, politics is still only the art of what is pragmatically possible. It is a lesson for those among the leadership of t he Church as well as its readership that attempting to put forward so-called 'official' views behind a smoke screen of anonymity is as dangerous in Church Politics as it is in secular political life. It is a lesson in these days when the pope is very mobile and carries a very high profile in the media, that his office as chief pastor, teacher and administrator of the Church is not necessarily in the same category as his other role of travelling diplomat anxious to use his good will to achieve the maximum amount of good at practical government level. Father Levi became a victim of the dilemma of a Vatican Curia that wants all the prestige of having its own so-called official newspaper but couched and presented in all the anonymity and mind-reading obscurity that is out of touch with the media today. In spite of those who think that the Church is some pious comfort station where souls don't have to think about the bread and butter issues in life, the Church is a political body and always has been from its earliest centuries. Once it is diplomacy was exercised through direct contact with the kings and potentates of the day. In the past hundred or so years it has been to adopt the same discreet diplomatic channels that are used by all governments. ••••••••••••
It the Church is to preach the gospel, it is entitled to have a supplementary view on a wide range of associated issues from nuclear disarmament, to the internationalisation of Jerusalem through to the ticking time-bomb Poland has become in the hostile communist world. Even Vatican diplomats have to walk the tight rope of behind-the-scenes meetings to achieve face-saving formulae that may gain the Church a breathing space under tyrannous regimes and which may not suit those who want a vigorous line taken in another direction. The First Vatican Council 113 years ago in its haste to issue a carefully worded formula on infallibility also created a wash of muddled thinking that every word and action of a pope carried this status. The popes have never pushed the point but zealots who are over anxious in winning arguments are too prone to elevate even the minutiae of papal activity to a level of faith and morals. In a world that is ever so close to the truths of eternal salvation and yet ever so far from them. the pope is not an angel. He is a Pole, proud of it. and determined to take a path that his own experience is Cracow and since then have convinced him is worth taking. Father Levi's disappearance from the newspaper limelight is not a crisis of faith, or of teaching, but merely proof that members of the Chruch are not exempt from the human experience that in life some win and some loose. There are even some pertinent passages ill Jesus' gospel and on precisely the same subject •
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There's more 'woe' from Paul Donnelly, Claremont Sir, There seems to be more woe than weal about the genderlessness of the extremes of feminism; and undoubtedly more Polly than Peachey. Since the marked feminist upsurge of the 1970's, live births in A ustralia have fallen by almost 20% and in 1980 were 9% below population replacement. Because of that, unemployment has developed among the child servicing professions, maternity, nursing and teaching; only abortion seems to be booming. D irect competition between married women in the work force and younger people seeking work has been a major f actor in the marked rise o f unemployment in recent years. B etween 1969 and 1 979 married women in the workforce rose from 876,000 to 1,362,600 — an increase of 480,000, thus exceeding the 1979 unemployment figure of 390,000 by nearly 100,000. It seems that, in gross, A ustralian wives and mothers are in competition with their own children for work a situation so unnatural that those many women who elect to lobby should importune for its investigation and rectification. If still their fertile pens seek useful targets they c ould join with those all too few who would root out the printers and disseminators of pornography in its many forms which so traduce women and places them at so much greater risk since S enator Don Chipp lowered the barriers of censorship in 1970 and Senator Evans seeks now to lower still more.
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from FRANCIS HRUBOS, Glen Forrest Sir, Practically all of the B. Agoc's letter on WEL is either untrue or grossi . misleading. Communism is not working for the poor but only organisation of %hich prinusing the poor to achieve its ciples are founded on mateown aims - the dictatorship rialism or atheism. .of the proletariat which in The Lord's way is not the turn is always a dictatorship way of our secular society. of the most brutal few. Sermon on the Mount is Hitler himself a National surely not the principle of B. Socialist did not use any Agocs and neither of the social bogey but was expos- WEL. ing the true face of commuB. Agocs mentioned the nism of which at that time torture of heretics, witches. t he chief representative was etc. We know well that ever Stalin. I came from Cze- ything was not right in the choslovakia and have done ages past hut the intentions my lion's share to defeat were higher principled than Narism. those nowadays (in the age A fter the defeat of one apo- of enlightenment) in the calyptic monster my country communist world. was confronted and lost to the WE I. is one of the signs another one. of our secularised societ It is true that the Church and as such ought to be leaders should stand up for repugnant to the true followtheir flock hut on the other ers of our I.ord. hand they should never seek I am not barracking for Mr an alliance with communists Peachey or anyone else, hut or any other person or for truth and our Lord.
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Crimes and punishment f rom JOHN DOYLE SJ Dynnyrne (Tas There has been a great deal of publicity recently about organised crime in Australia. Law does not seem to be able to deal effectively with this crime. Neither. I believe, will even the most effective -crime force-. Crime should be punished rigorously: the community is entitled to
Archbishop a loss from W.V.C. Thomas, Medina Sir, For those of us who really know our archbishop, and have come to love and revere him as a priestly man of God and the true friend and mentor and confidant of his priests and people alike, his pending resignation (The Record. June 9) and retirement will prove a sad loss We must surely thank God
for giv ing us a spiritual leader of the calibre of Sir Launcelot. and we must also pray that his successor will prove to be as worthy of the episcopal office in which His Grace has so distinguished himself. Thanks most sincerely to His Grace and may Jesus our High Priest and His Blessed Mother Mary con-
tinue to watch over, bless and protect him and bestow on him a happy retirement. And when the last trumpet sounds and the fever of life is over for us all I am certain he will hear those wondrous soul-strirring words from t he lips of God Himself "Well done my good and faithful servant. . .come and share the joy of the Lord!" ( Matt:25.21).
defend itself agatr 1st those who endanger it. But law and law enforcement cannot touch one root cause of crime — the common attitude that only effective punishment determines what is wrong For it does seem that many people nowadays regard as wrong only conduct that has been punished: not, be it noted, any conduct of a particular kind (such as trespass on person or property). whether by oneself or by another, but only the individual offence that has been punished We have seen, too, how punitive action in the man of public order can generate injustice and provoke violence. If the rule of law we prize so highly is to survive, we must again stress the importance of personal integrity, and emphasise duties rather than rights.
Doctrine 'under the carpet' In spite of the warranty of Holy Scripture and the weight of Church authority the doctrine of Original Sin appears to have been swept under the carpet. So the excuse for delaying Baptism in our modern day thinking appears to be based on the fact that Original Sin is no more relevant in our Church teaching. So what takes its place? I was told at a meeting the other day by an A merican lady (she could have been a nun) the practice of infant Baptism depended on the doctrine of Original Sin, but since we no longer hold to that teaching, infant Baptism no longer can be justified. The lecturer himself a dvocated (or suggested) postponing Baptism until somethiing like 18 years. Baptism was also pronounced to be important but I did not hear the word necessary used once. Putting aside, if one r eally could, for a moment, the great
Dean John Lisle of Northam recently attended a series of lectures given by ecumenist and sacramental theologian Father Edward Yarnold SJ in Perth. In this article he reflects on some points raised in those talks, wealth of Pauline theology on the subject of Original Sin, the Church's teaching is very clear indeed. And it does not really matter to which theory we subscribe as to the beginning of man, and the ABC produces many at different times in documentaries and the like, the Book Genesis certainly postulates the truth of God as man's creator, and the sad apostasy of the human race with all its consequences. And what is Original Sin? Surely its essential and primary element is the privation of sanctifying grace from the lack of supernatural life in the soul of every human creature, born since the fall of man. And what is the doc-
trine of Our Lady's Immaculate Conception all about if Original Sin is now no longer of any importance? And what is the "felix c ulpa" (the happy f ault) we sing about on Holy Saturday that motivated the Godhead into action to bring about our restoration? Or is there confusion over what Original Sin is all about in the minds of some? Are some confusing the act of propogation with Original Sin? If the operation of the grace of Baptism is dependent on our comprehension of the Sacrament of Baptism, then the practice of the Church down through many ages coud not be justified. The right understanding of Original Sin is essential to the right
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understanding about Baptism. The doctrine of Original Sin was not invented by the Church as a neat way of wrapping up and e xplaining away all the c atastrophes of the world, but as St Paul so readily puts it. it does point to the fact that man's initial disoebedience brought about all the groaning and travailling of our world. How else can one e xplain the imperfections in our world when God created everything and saw that it was good. Christ to rectify in every individual the consequence of our inheritance in the fall of man from Grace, instituted the Sacrament of Baptism to be a means by which man could be born again. By all means instruct the parents in the significance of the Sacrament of Baptism, and certainly when their own part in it is so important, but in no way deny this grace to an infant because its parents do
not measure up. Nowhere in Scripture is it evident that anybody w as knocked back bcause of insufficient instruction, and surely we cannot be too young to be incorporated into the risen life of Christ which is what Baptism is all about anyway. The Christian Church has taught that after Adam's transgression all men were inherently evil. The event has come to be known as "the fall of man," but it has to be a dmitted that this e xpression is absent from the Bible. St Paul declares that by one man sin entered into the world. An old primer puts it thus: "In Adam's fall we sinned all." This was man's original sin, a fatal flaw, from w hich he could be r edeemed only after Jesus came into the world as the Christ. Without faith in Him as r edemptive saviour, men would live and die in their original sin.
Knox: gifted a In right place The unlikely rise of Western Australian James Knox to become WA's first wearer of a cardinal's hat and the first Australian to achieve a top post in the Vatican Curia can be best summed up in the alternative road he could have taken as a relatively unknown parish priest in the Midland wheatbelt of WA. For the young James K nox there were obstacles along his path to the priesthood and even a modest
Promoting f eminists Tribute from TREVOR BOARDMAN, Fremantle
Sir, A s a former member of the Communist Party of Australia (Perth branch, Card No.87, 9751)— and prior to that, a member of the Maoist -Worker Student Alliance," during which time I was once "in company- with someone who petrol -bombed the then DLP headquarters in Aberdeen Street, Perth — I would like to make a few general comments in view o f the several WEL members' replies to Brian Peachey (The Record, June 16-22). A.C. Clune would have little option but to say, "So may we. . .hate communism but love communists,- since the atheistic Marxists are ever to the fore in promoting what A ngela Wright terms -feminist ideals,- such as abortion. It is left up to "fascist bourgeois right wing
chauvinists- to defend the genuine dignity of women by promoting sexual and marital morality, fidelity, chastity and responsibility, and by opposing the Satanic horrors of abortion and pornography. M arxist - feminists oppose God's absolute moral laws, promote the evils of contraception and abortion, and maintain strict silence (at best) on p ornography, which e xploits women for capitalistic profit. In this way, innocently or o therwise, they help f urther the Kremlin's aims of undermining and destroying Western "capitalist" democracies from within. "Be ye not equally yoked with unbel ievers - (2 C orinth 6. 14); thereby compromising with darkness and error: is as much a Divine Directive as is, "Love your enemies."
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Mr Peter Knox, of Manning, the surviving brother of Cardinal Knox and who visited him on h is deathbed in Rome, has received c ondolences from the pope, from Cardinal Casaroli and the Council of the Family. In a telegram asking God to comfort his family, Pope John Paul , described Cardinal Knox as one "who served the Church f aithfully in the many and varied activities which he was asked to undertake as he devoted h imself wholeheartedly to the proclamation of the gospel." n In a tribute to Cardinal Knox, Archbishop Goody recalled that when he was an assistant priest at the cathedral in 1932 he met James Knox when he was working in Ahern's city store. Archbishop Goody said of the late cardinal: "A man of great energy and prudence, he never spared himself and we his friends had been concerned for some years with the apparent fragility of his health. "He was a man deeply loved by his friends and his easy manners and availability made him a lways ready to help.
Rapid rise career in the Church. But his determination led him to be strategically placed when significant decisions shaped his later illustrious career. His first setback was to find his primary school education by the Sisters of Mercy and his later years, first as an apprentice tailor and then behind the counters at Ahern's s tore left him illequipped in terms of Latin and other secondary studies he would have needed to enter a seminary in those days. But he was determined to become a priest so at the age of 20 he entered St Ildephonsus (now Salvado) College to do Latin and other studies to gain him entrance to the Benedictine seminary across the road. It was also a time when A rchbishop Clune of Perth was telling young men prospects were sparse for a placement in Perth archdiocese and they were encouraged to look elsewhere. S ome applied for Geraldton diocese. Others, like Father Reg Hynes, pioneered a new diocesan priesthood in the hitherto exclusively Benedictine presbyterate of the New Norcia quasidiocese that was finally absorbed back into the archdiocese of Perth last year.
Chosen James Knox also had to make New Norcia his chosen diocese and in the monastery seminary he found himself studying alongside James Cameron, Edward O'Halloran, a nd the late Tom McCaul. For their later studies most of these men would head for Sydney but in 1936 the boat carrying Father Reg Hynes back from Rome was passed by that carrying James Knox to take his place as a student in Propaganda College alongside John Chokolich and later Harold Brennan. Their ordination took place during the grim days of the war in Rome and the West Australian priests had first hand experience of how Vatican diplomacy was helping many a refugee and including some Allied servicemen to find their way to a friendly haven of safety. Fathers Chokolich and Brennan came back to Australia but remained
THE first Western Australian to be created a cardinal died in Rome this week at the age of 69 after several weeks' illness. Cardinal James Robert Knox was also the first Western Australian to hold several 'high-ranking positions with the Church in Rome. He was also Archbishop of Melbourne for seven years. Cardinal Knox, who was born in Bayswater in 1914, was one of the most widely travelled senior diplomats with the Vatican. He spent more than 25 years of his religious life in Rome.
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In Melbourne in 1967 Liturgy that were eventuclose friends of the Father Knox who stayed the death of Archbishop ally combined into one. He was well into his on at his Propaganda Simonds only four short College to do further stu- years after that of his second five year term in dies and eventually to predecessor Archbishop that post when Pope become a junior vice Mannix came at a time John Paul 11 chose Carwhen aspiring auxiliary dinal Knox to head the rector. In 1949 he moved his bishops were not plenti- new Vatican Council for t he Family last year. residence only a few ful on the Australian On the surface, Cardihundred yards, to the scene and names of disVatican Secretariate of tinction were being nal Know exhibited a State where he became sought for dioceses such gentle and almost shy disposition that concealed well known to another as Melbourne. diminutive figure who It would not have taken his determination and always lurked at the side much persuasion for ability to work hard to of Pope Pius XII but Pope Paul VI to appoint see a project brought to whom few would have his friend Archbishop fruition. He put prayer, espeforecast as the redoubta- Knox to that post and it ble Pope Paul VI leading can be certain the same cially his prayer at Mass the Church after an his- pope would have been as a strong priority in his toric Second Vatican the force urging Archbi- life. His Australian accent Council. shop Knox to stage the 1973 Melbourne Interna- and retiring manner were tional Eucharistic Con- almost the opposite of gress in spite of some what one would expect to initial reluctance on the find in a man for whom Service Rome was a second part of local clergy. In the same year when it home, who loved Italians Monsignor Knox's Auswas time to award Aus- and above all who tralian background was tralia a Red Hat to thrived on the protocol pressed into service alreplace the position held and peculiar diplomacy the most immediately when by Cardinal Gilroy of t hat characterise he was sent the following Sydney it was significant Church. He was a diplomat who year to the Apostolic Dethat two of the very rare dropped the loose never legation in Japan where distinctions were handed t he Allied occupation out - - one to Archbishop bit of information and and Cardinal Gilroy's Freeman of Sydney and even his occasional visits efforts from Australia to one to Archbishop Knox to his native Perth found him reticent even to the help the Japanese Church of Melbourne. point of an interview with get on its feet again meant Only the keenest of Vat- The Record requiring a lot of diplomatic work ican watchers were notic- questions to be submitted for the Vatican represening that Pope Paul VI in advance and later copy tation. was pressing on with his to be perused — not for Thus Monsignor Knox post Vatican II resolu- self aggrandisement — had not done the long tion to open up the Vati- but in case a loose phrase apprenticeship usually can and appoint officials committed the Church. r equired of Vatican from countries besides diplomats when in 1953 Cardinal Knox would he returned to the chapel Italy. have preferred to be burCardinal Knox was ied in the Rome in which of his former Propaobviously his choice in he lived and died. ganda College in Rome the making. to be consecrated archbiH owever, as this shop before taking up his The following year 1974 c ountry's wandering position as Apostolic the Australian bishops emissary his remains will Delegate to the former were told at their meeting rest in the Melbourne British,, colonies in East t hat Cardinal Knox cathedral from which in Africa as well as some of would become Austra- seven brief years he made the Gulf States. lia's first dignitary in a his direct contribution to He saw at first hand top Vatican post — Pre- the Australian Church the Mau Mau terrorist fect of the Congregation from which he ascended. activity of those days and May he rest in peace. of Sacraments and of often found himself pleading for the lives of condemned men. His Australian background was now needed South Australia's Catholic weekly in another former British area — India, Ceylon and Burma where he was Apostolic Nuncio for 10 If you are an experienced journalist years from 1957. keen to present Christian perspectives to people in a Here he had to deal not changing society and a Church in renewal — only with the latent tenThen, we would like to hear from you. sion, even in the Catholic We are looking for an Assistant Editor — Church, between north with fresh ideas and new approaches — and south in India but in to lead the editorial and production teams, the secularisation that to take responsibility, under the Editor, in all areas of the put severe pressure on the paper's production from planning and writing to Catholic Church in publication. Burma and forced many For details of this new position write to The overseas missionaries to
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Landmark court on the unborn
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BATON ROUGE, La (NC) — Bishop Stanley Ott of Baton Rouge announced he will meet in late June with television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose nationwide telecasts and monthly magazine have condemned Catholicism as a religion of "ignorance, superstition and sin." He said his interest in meeting with Swaggart is in keeping with the Vatican II document on ecumenism, which, he said, states "very clearly how Christians should try to cooperate." Swaggart has said that Catholics should leave their Church if they wished to be saved. "I don't see how a nun, a priest or a Catholic layman can remain in this tradition as they become familiar with the Bible and realise Catholic tradition is in complete contradiction to the word of God," he said. Some employees of Swaggart's organisation said the magazine article containing those sentiments resulted in an avalanche of critical mail from readers.
TORONTO (NC) — In what became a landmark court decision in Canada, a judge is being asked to determine if an unborn child is legally a "person." If so, pro-life groups hope it would mean the voiding of Canada's federal abortion law as foetuses could qualify for protection under the constitution's charter of rights and freedom.
Section seven of the charter states: "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person, and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice." The case to strike down Canada's 1969 abortion law is supported by medical testimony by 15 witnesses and argues that life begins at conception and medical evidence shows a human being exists in the womb. The medical testimony includes that of Dr Jerome LeJeune, a genetics professor at the University of Paris, who has made important medical discoveries concerning Down's Syndrome -- and US Dr Bernard Nathanson, who said he had performed more than 60,000 abortions before becoming a foe of abortion. Purpose of the medical testimony
Canadian decision was to provide evidence that The lawyer for the pro-life appeal unborn children perform many Shumiatcher argued before the independent life functions and court an unburn child already had actions at an early stage of foetal some rights recognised by law such development and that the mother as the right to inheritance and the only provides shelter and right to sue for damages. sustenance. These rights were recognised only Another key witness, Dr William if the child was born alive, he added. Liley of New Zealand, a World "What good are these rights to Health Organisation consultant, t he unborn, if the unborn is not said life begins at conception. given a chance to be born? He added the unborn child produAll these rights depend on the ces its own blood within 17 to 20 right to live. days after conception and the heart "Therefore, the most important, begins to beat at about 24 days. LeJeune said genetic information the pivotal right of all rights that the that determines growth and devel- unborn has is the right not to be opment is present at the moment of killed in his mother's womb," said Shumiatcher. human fertilisation.
Disappointed says Reagan W ASHINGTON (NC) — President Reagan is disappointed with the US Supreme Court r uling on abortion. He said: "Our society is confronted with a great moral issue — the taking of the life of an unborn child. "Accordingly, I join millions of Americans expressing profound disappointment at the decisions announced by the Supreme Court in striking down several efforts by states and localities to control the circumstances under which abortion may be performed. "As Justice O'Connor emphasised in her dissenting opinion, joined by Justices White and Rehnquist, the legislature is the appropriate forum f or resolving these issues. "The issue of abortion must be resolved by our democratic process. Once again, I call on the Congress to make its voice heard against abortion on demand and to restore protections for the unborn, whether by statute or constitutional amendment," the president said.
VVZ6 t o' N)) tIS,cV()° Over half a century ago, while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had b efal len Russia: "Men have forgotten God, that's why all this has happened." Since then, I have spent well-nigh 50 years working on the history of our revolution; in the process I have read hundreds of books, collected hundreds of personal testimonies, and have already contributed eight volumes of my own towards the effort of clearing away the rubble left by that upheaval. But iii were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous revolution that swallowed up some 60 million of our people. I could not put it more accurately than to repeat: "Men have forgotten God, that's why all this has happened." What is more, the events of the Russian Revolution can only be under -
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When men forget b y ALEXANDER SOLZHENITZYN The godless peril driving the West into the abyss
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A ddress which Alexander Solzhenitsyn gave on May 10 at Guildhall in London. stood now, at the end of the century, against the background of what has since occurred in the rest of the world. What emerges here is a process of universal significance. And if I were called upon to identify briefly the principal trait of the entire 20th century, here too, I would be unable to find anything more precise and pithy than to repeat once again "men have forgotten The failings of human c onsciousness, deprived of its divine dimension, have been a determining factor in all the major crimes of this century.
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The first of these was World War I, and much of our present predicament can be traced back to it. It was a war (the memory of which seems t o be fading) when Europe, bursting with health and abundance, fell into a rage of self mutilation which could not but sap its strength for a century or more, and perhaps forever. The same kind of defect, the flaw of consciousness lacking all divine dimension, was manifested after World War II when the West yielded to the satanic temptation of the "nuclear umbrella." It was equivalent to saying: "Let's cast off worries; let's free the younger generation from their duties and obligations, let's make no effort to defend ourselves, to say nothing of defending oth-
ers -- let's stop our ears to the groans emanating from the East, and let us live instead in the pursuit of happiness. If danger should threaten us, we shall be protected by the nuclear bomb; if not, then let the world go to hell!" Only the loss of that higher intuition which comes from God could have allowed the West to a ccept calmly, after World War I, the protracted agony of Russia as she was being torn apart by a band of cannibals; or to accept, after World War II, the similar dismemberment of Eastern Europe. The West did not perceive this was in fact the beginning of a lengthy process that spells disaster for the whole world; indeed, the West has done a good deal to help the process along. Only once in this century did the West gather its strength — for the battle against Hitler. But the fruits of that victory have long since been lost.
Dostoevsky warned that "great events could come upon us and catch us intellectually unprepared." That is precisely what has happened. And he predicted that "the world will be saved only after it has been possessed by the demon of evil." Whether it really will be saved we shall have to wait and see; this will depend on our conscience, on our spiritual lucidity, on our individual and combined efforts in the face of catastrophic circumstances. But it has already come to pass that the demon of evil, like a whirlwind, triumphantly circles all five continents of the earth. In its past, Russia did not know a time when the social idea was not fame, or riches, or material success, but a pious way of life. Russia was then steeped in an Orthodox C hristianity which remained true to the c hurch of the first centuries. But in the 17th century, R ussian Orthodoxy was gravely weakened by an
ill-fated internal schism. In the 18th, the country was shaken by Peter's forcibly imposed transformations, which favourithe economy, the State, and the military at the expense of the religious spirit and national life. And along with this lopsided Petrine enlightenment, Russia felt the first whiff of secularism; its s ubtle poisons permeated the education classes in the course of the 19th century and o pened the path to Marxism. It was Dostoevsky, once again, who drew from the French Revolution and its seething hatred for the Church the lesson that "revolution must necessarily begin with atheism." That is absolutely true. But the world had never before known a godlessness as organised, militarised and tenaciously m alevolent as that preached by Marxism. Within the philosophical system of Marx and Lenin and at the heart of their
psychology, hatred of God is the principal driving force, more fundamental than all their political and economic pretensions. The 1920s, the USSR witnessed an uninterrupted procession of victims and martyrs among t he Orthodox clergy. Scores of archbishops and bishops perished. Tens of thousands of priests, monks and nuns, pressured by the Chekists to renounce the world of God, were tortured, shot in cellars, sent to camps, exiled to the desolate tundra of the Far North, or turned out into the streets in their old age without food or shelter. For tens of millions of laymen, access to the Church was blocked, and they were forbidden to bring up their children in the faith; religious parents were wrenched from their children and thrown into prison, while the children were turned from the faith by threats and lies. Yet the tenacity with which hatred of religion
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German, US accord on 'nuke' missiles HANOVER (West Germany) — The conclusions of US Catholic and West German Lutheran Church leaders on peace and nuclear deterrence were remarkably similar, Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee told some 10,000 German Lutherans here.
Leaders of both Church bodies oppose nuclear war but accept nuclear deterrence within a limited framework, he said. Both view the positive construction of world peace order based on justice and freedom as the basic moral and political goal to be reached. He objected, however, to declarations by the West German Lutheran Church that traditional Christian just war teaching was inapplicable to the nuclear age. On the contrary, he argued, the just liar criteria were needed more than ever. He noted that in a 1981 statement the Evangelical Church in Germany had declared, "The criteria of the traditional doctrine of the just war no longer apply to nuclear
Inquiry finishing V ATICAN CITY (NC) A joint c ommission investigating links between the Vatican Bank and Italy's bankrupt Banco Ambrosiano should be finished with its work "in a short time," according to a Vatican spokesman, Father Romeo Panciroli . Father Panciroli said June 13 that the commission, composed of three lay banking experts representing the Vatican and three from the Italian government, "is progressing actively in its work and hopefully should conclude it in a short time."
Last November, Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, papal secretary of state, told a special meeting of cardinals the trust which the Vatican bank had placed in B anco Ambrosiano's president, R oberto Calvi, had been abused. The vatican had unwittingly gained some control over Panamanian financial institutions involved in a "hidden project" by which Calvi hoped to gain majority control over Ambrosian's stock. Calvi was found hanged under a bridge in London in June 1982. The cause of his death is still being investigated.
God. is rooted in communism may be judged by the example of their most liberal leader, Khruschev. For though he undertook a number of significant steps to extend freedom, K hruschev simultaneously rekindled the frenzied Leninist obsession with destroying religion. But there is something they did not expect: that in a land where churches h ave been levelled, where a triumphant atheism has rampaged uncontrolled for two-thirds of a century, where the clergy is utterly humiliated and deprived of all independence, where what remains of the Church as an institution is tolerated only for the sake of propaganda directed at the West, where even today people are sent to the labour camps for their faith, and where, within the camps themselves, those who gather to pray a t Easter are clapped in punishment cells — they could not suppose that beneath this communist steamroller the Christian
tradition would survive in R ussia! But there remain many millions of believers; it is only external pressures that keep them from speaking out. It is here that we see the dawn of hope; for no matter how formidably communism bristles with tanks and rockets, no matter what successes it a ttains in seizing the planet, it is doomed never to vanquish Christianity. The West has yet to experience a communist invasion; religion remains free. But the West's own historical evolution has been such that today it, too, is experiencing a drying up of religious consciousness. The concepts of good and evil have been ridiculed for several centuries; banished from common use, they have been replaced by political or class considerations of short-lived value. It has become embarrassing to appeal to eternal concepts; embarrassing to State that evil
"We would argue,- he countered, "that those c riteria apply with greater clarity than ever before." The US bishops' categorical condemnation of counterpopulation bombing is based on the traditional principle of discrimination. Their condemnation of counterforce attacks that ould cause massk e collateral ckilian losses and their rejection of the idea of limited nuclear %V ar are based on the principle of proportionality, Archbishop NS eakland said. The summary, in addition to stating briefly the bishops' judgements on nuclear war and nuclear
_US bishop' summary_ WASHINGTON: The United States bishops have issued a summary of their long statement on the morality of nuclear arms and warfare. The much shorter summary is intended to synthesise the basic contents of the pastoral in an officially approved form, for the sake of individuals and groups that do not have the time or interest to study the whole pastoral in all its detail of arguments and nuances. Stripped of those nuances and details, the summary states the central teachings of the pastoral with more forceful directness.
Limited framework deterrence, synthesised t he other major points of the pastoral letter. Among these were: *the letter's judgements should be studied with the understanding that its judgements on specific issues do not carry the same weight of authority or certitude as its declarations of ethical principles and Church teaching. *the Church's moral t eaching on warfare acknowledges the right and duty of a nation to defend its citizens while establishing clear moral
r evolutionary movements in the Third World, all the while remaining blind and deaf to the persecution of religion where this is carried through most consistently — in the USSR. It seems more and more apparent that even with the most sophisticated of political manoeuvres, the noose on the neck of mankind draws tighter and more hopeless with every passing decade, and there seems to be no way out for anyone — neither nuclear, nor political, nor economic, nor ecological. Let us ask ourselves: are not the ideals of our country false? And is not Soviet dissident author, Alexander Solzhenitzyn our glib and fashionable makes its home in the become so fragmented? t erminology just as individual heart before it In recent years the major unsound, a terminology which leads to superficial enters a political system. Christian churches have remedies being proposed t aken steps towards Yet it is not considered difficulty? for each reconciliation. shameful to make daily In every field of endeaBut these measures are concessions to an intevour they all must be subfar too slow; the world is gral evil. Judging by the jected to a clear-eyed perishing a hundred continuing landslide of review while there is still times more quickly. concessions made before time. The solution of the There also exists an orgathe eyes of our very own crisis will not be found nised movement for the generation, the West is along the well-trodden u nification of the ineluctably slipping towpaths of convenional churches, but it presents ards the abyss. notions. Our life consists an odd picture. not in the pursuit of What can one say about The World Council of material success but in the lack of unity among Churches seems to care the quest of worthy spirthe various religions if more of the success of itual growth. C hristianity has itself
limits on that right or its exercise. *the arms race itself "is one of the greatest curses on the human race; it is to be condemned as a danger, an act of aggression against the poor, and a folly which does not provide the security it promises." *negotiations should be governed by the "demand that the arms race should cease- and by other concrete goals. *military service is a moral act "contributing to the maintenance of peace," but at the same time governments should make legal provision for those who object in conscience to bearing arms. *the bishops' judgements on nuclear war, the arms race and nuclear deterrence led them to specific recommendations including a call for "immediate. bilateral, verifiable agreements to halt the testing, production and deployment of new nuclear systems," and for other agreements to control or reduce n uclear and other weapons. •on the dimension of
E asier study f orm Simply by reason of its brevity, it f ocuses more e mphatically on some of the pastoral's most controversial judgements especially those on nuclear warfare and nuclear deterrence. While declaring nuclear deterrence morally a cceptable "certainly not as an end in itself but as a step" toward disarmament, the s ummary declares: "No use of nuclear weapons which would violate the principles of discrimination or proportionality may be intended in a strategy of deterrence. "The moral demands of Catholic teaching require resolute willingness not to intend or to do moral evil even to save our own lives or the lives of those we love," they said. Regarding actual use of nuclear w eapons, the summary says: •directly condemns counter population use; •rejects first use in response to non-nuclear attack not only preventing war but building a positive framework for world peace, the bishops urge "political and economic policies designed to protect human dignity and to promote the human rights of every person" and "the establishment of some form of global authority adequate to the needs of the international common good."
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Putting faith into action
How can families learn together about the meaning of social justice? And what does it mean to practice justice at home? Those questions are discussed by our writers this week. Dominican Father David O'Rourke observes that changing socialpattRecently a number of In a small way, the com- reflected real respect, don't have realproblems. The bishops' idea could make it more difficult today to spell out the precise meaning of erns Catholics in one parish munity affirmed the compassion and consid• Third, the children serve parents who wish to contributed funds to help human and God-giving eration for the young could hear that the par- talk at home with their justice among family members. Father O'Rourke's article introduces a a young woman who dignity of the _young woman, what might they ents recognise the young children about justice urgetzt4 needed special woman. learn? woman's worth, value or andpeace. For ffamilies big question that discussion groups and others may want to examine medical care. She lacked eat a lighter than usual about what family members owe each other, what they expect from That is the kind of • First, they could learn any medical insurance to In their recent pastoral meal together, andfeel a action fi-equentIv underw hy the would parents do c over the expense taken by adults who want this: It is the kind glazing letter on war and peace, little bit hungry after- each other. He is associate director of the Family Life Office in Oakland, involved. to put their faith into Jesus would do, an action the U.S. bishops urged ward, even young child- Calif. Catholics to perform ren will want to talk A number of families action. But when adults that puts faith into Neil Parent reflects on the challenges parents face in their attempts to v oluntary penance for about it. each contributed a mod- do something like this, do practice . peace by eating less food It could- become an est amount to the fund they let their children in. • Second, they could and by abstaining from opportunity for families teach children about social justice. The efforts can lead to difficult But, together, their on it? Or do the adults hear that the parents are meat on Fridays. action had real impact: to discuss the many decisions and tensions, Parent comments. He is representative for adult simply write out a check concerned about the A t the same time, the hungers of the human • It helped the .young without saying anything. hunzan education in the U.S. Catholic Conference Education Department. dignity of all the bishops wrote, this family: the hunger w oman meet her exChildren learn much members of their com- v oluntary penance peace, the hunger to have Basic to an understanding of social justice is recognition of human penses; through the actions of munity. The boundaries "should be accompanied one's human dignity rec• It showed the young their parents. If children of the parents' concerns by works of charity and ognised and affirmed, the dignity. Katherine Bird's article this week probes the meaning of those w oman that the com- were told about their par- and compassion are not service toward our hunger for greater unity t wo little words, "human dignity." She is associate editor of the Know munity cared about her. ents' action in a way that restricted to people who neighbors." among humankind. Your Faith series. Father John Castelot, continuing his discussion of the Spirit at work On a weekend picnic, a family pauses before eating to give thanks among the first Christians, says that they had some difficulties when it and remember those in need. Even at a very young age children can learn from their parents to be sensitive to those less fortunate came time to carry the good news into alien territory. than themselves. If families are to be places where the Gospel is proclaimed and lived, then the issues of social justice will be the issues of Christian family life. When families strive to live the Gospel they also dedicate themselves to the cause of justice.
Christians and those who the law." By Father John Castelot had lived in an "alien Stephen's spirited defence place," a Greek cultural infuriates the court and his It was one thing for the regard occurred with the millieu. who spoke Greek final words incite them to first Christians to be empo- selection of seven Greek- and were suspected of sentence him to death: wered by the Spirit to carry speaking Jewish men to be entertaining rather liberal "Look." Stephen explaimthe good news to the ends leaders in the Christian ideas. This suspicion ed. "I see an opening in the of the early. community. The ostensible turned out to be not ill- sky and the son of man It was quite another to reason was the unfair dis- founded. standing at God's right put that power into practi- tribution of funds. The Stephen, one of the seven, hand." cal action. It meant carry- native Hebrew-speaking engaged in debate with Stephen dies with an ing the Gospel into alien widows were being well some members of a local adaptation of Jesus' own territory. For the mission cared for while the Greek- synagogue who "proved no dying words on his lips: implied action for the con- speaking widows were match for the wisdom and "Lord Jesus, receive my version of the gentiles, an neglected. spirit with which he spirit," and "Lord, do not implication not entirely The apostles, seeing the spoke." Frustrated, they hold this sin against them." congenial to a group of need for help with adminis- arraigned Stephen before ( Acts 7; Luke 23) devout Jews. trative affairs, made a sug- the Sanhedrin. But, as the Spirit would It took a vision to con- gestion. They invited the From here on, Stephen's have it, Stephen's martyrvince Peter to carry the Greek -speaking conting- situation is carefully paral- dom sparked a persecution message to the Roman cen- ent to pick seven represen- leled with that of Jesus. of the local Church which turion, Cornelius. Even tatives to look after their Stephen is tried before the caused many Christians to then, Cornelius had to jus- interests. (Acts 6) same tribunal and false scatter abroad and thus to tify himself before the Beneath this surface witnesses are called in to spread the good news brethren in .Jerusalem. problem may have been a charge: "This man never "throughout the countryAnother perhaps more deeper issue: tension stops making statements side of Judea and subtle revolution in this between the native Jewish against the holy place and Samaria." 8
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w hile ago, during a dinner with colleagues, the topic of social justice came up. Ses eral people spoke of their experiences and t he kinds of tensions that arise when families engage in social justice issues. We agreed it is one thing to act indisidually and accept the consequences of one's decisions; it is quite another matter to make decisions that affect the entire family, especially when small children are ins ols ed. One couple's story illustrates this point well. The husband spoke during our dinner of the painful decision that he and his wife had made recently to withhold part of their taxes. They took this drastic step. he explained to protest what they perceived as a wasteful and dangerous arms buildup. The couple felt that the arms build up deprised the poor and disads antaged of services needed to improve the quality of their lives. The tension the couple experienced arose from the realisation that their action could lead to certain consequences — which they were prepared to suffer. However, the couple was uncertain about their right to impose the consequences of their decision on their three young children — who also might suffer if the government decided to prosecute the couple. Another person spoke of how often his social justice pursuits caused him to be aw ay from his family. He shared his anxiety oser whether he was being unjust to his own wife and children when he was away attacking the roots of injustice elsewhere. There were no easy answers that es ening. Some es en questioned the wisdom of the
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By Neil Parent strategies used by others in working for justice. All agreed. however, that the demands of social justice pose unique challenges to families. This summer my wife will tras el to Appalachia in West Virginia to spend a week with other solunteers assisting residents of that economically depressed area. Her work, taking advantage of her own interests and training, will be the elderly. The decision for my wife to go to Appalachia was a family one: She and I discussed the pros and cons. Though our daughters are too young to fully appreciate the significance of the decision, they too are affected by it. They will be without their mother for that week. In our case, the sacrifice appears small and the rewards great. My wife and I want our daughters to be sensitise to the sufferings of others and of our Christian responsibility to help others. My wife's committment, I hope, w ill help make that point real for my children. A t some future point, we would like to go as a family to work among the disadvantaged. For us, that is one way families learn about social justice. In the very act of reaching out to others, families can experience what it means to be the "domestic church." That phrase, "domestic church- was used during the Second Vatican Council in reference to the family.
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one another and are concerned about one another? Since questions of what we owe one another are one way riage. "We promised to he of talking about justice. we true in good times and in can ask what it means to talk bad," said the wife. "Well, about justice in the home. the bad times are here. Now I think the question is chalwe want to see what we can lenging because the social do to keep our promises, to changes we have expework things out." rienced in the past generaIn each situation, the indi- tion have had a great effect viduals were talking about on family relations. what they owed each other, There was a time when either because of blood rela- what it meant to be a parent, tionships or because of or child, or a husband or promises. They were talking wife appeared to be clear. about justice. And part of the clarity was Granted, on hearing the found in an established pattdistraught father's lament, I ern of expectations: It was was most interested in bring- fairly clear what children ing healing to a troubled owed their parents and what family. That was what the parents owed their children. father wanted too, once he Today that is no longer so. calmed down. A recent conversation But the question he raised involving two Catholic paris real. What do parents owe ents - neighbours -- may children? Waht do children help to illustrate the point I owe parents? Is it even am making. One father said p roper to talk about that he owed it to his son to "owing" in a family situa- provide him an education tion, where members love through college. After that,
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Is the home a place for justice? The answer to that question may seem simple at first. Yet I think it is a difficult question. Let me explain why. Consider two situations. A distraught father came to me after the most recent in a series of terrible arguments w ith his 17 -year -old daughter. "She wants to leave home," he said. "And sometimes, considering the fact that she does nothing but criticise her mother and me, I wish she would leave." Then he asked: "What is it we owe her? When can her mother and I say that we've done for her all that parents are supposed to do?" In another situation a husband and wife came to ask what they could do about the problems in their mar-
the father indicated, the son was on his own. The other parent saw it differently. Once children reach working age, "I don't owe them anything." he said. Two very different views, each one put forward as just. Justice between spouses o ught to be somewhat c learer, because married c ouples actually have a contract. They make promises to each other; they say what it is they are promising ---- to love and honour each other as husband and wife all the days of their life; and they do t his publicly, before w itnesses. Justice involves honouring t hat contract. Not to honour it could be unjust. But what does it mean to be a wife today? Or a husband? What are the roles, the e xpectations? Justice in family relationships is an approach to living t ogether; it has to be worked out over and over again. In
the process of working out justice at home, we keep asking ourselves what the others in the family mean to us, what they truly want and need, what their own special talents are. We keep trying t o treat the others as persons — not objects — and hoping they treat us the same. That much is clear. Over the centuries the church has supported justice in and for the family. It talked of respect, support, education and health care, security for young and old. In doing so, the church's message was related to the world's various nations and cultures. Today, sociologists in some nations say that society doesn't know what to do about the family. And the church is hard pressed to build on cultural foundations when those foundations are weak. We need to re-establish a sense of family justice.
. A boy stops on a street to talk with an old man. Perhaps it is just a brief exchange of greetings or perhaps the boy has been sensitised by his family to the loneliness of the elderly. Over the centuries the Church has supported justice in and for the family. The Church has 'oak talked about respect, support, education andhealth care, and security for young and old. But the Church has done this by adapting its ,..-' ' principles to the different definitions of family found in the Catholic world.
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Dignity of people Dignity is that hard-to-define quality that makes human beings unique. The recognition of human dignity is basic to action that promotes justice in the world. But "dignity" is also one of those terms that gets bandied about without much effort to pin down exactly what is meant, t heologian Theodore Hengesbach indicated. He is a faculty member of Indiana University in South Bend, Indiana. "Is it possible to talk a bout a dignified machine?" To get a handle on the meaning of human dignity, Hengesbach suggested it might help to ask that question. Hengesbach noted how people often talk of "dignified designs" and even of "dignified functions." But, he concluded there really "is no such thing as a dignified machine." The thought of a dignified machine is jarring, Hengesbach theorised, because dignity has to do with freedom and " machines are programmed to do the same
thing over and over again." A computer, which can perform many marvellous tasks, "has no dignity because it simply works by rote," the theologian said. It can only operate within the confines of what it has been programmed to do.
their dissatisfaction. At the same time, as r eligious educators Evelyn and James Whitehead observe, it is important to keep in mind that dignity doesn't come from what people do but from what they are. In their 1982 book,
By Katharine Bird Human beings, on the other hand, are dignified because they are free to choose and to change and t o develop over a lifetime. Furthermore, Hengesbach continued, people deeply resent being put in situations, such as a dead-end job, where they feel their freedom is threatedned or compromised. Often, people will say something like, "the job is undignified," or "I feel programmed into place" in expressing
"Christian Life Patterns," the Whiteheads say: "the real basis of one's worth l ies beyond one's accomplishments, even beyond good works." The Whiteheads suggest that, for Christians, "ultimately it is God's love that grounds human dignity and the mature sense of self-worth." And God's love is a gift; it is freely given. Christians who appreciate their own dignity usually have a lot of hope
as well, Hengesbach commented. For their orientation is toward the future. They recognise that the future can be different from the past, that the possibility for change does exist. Unlike machines, he added, human beings "have something to aim for" and goals to pursue. Asked how people develop a sense of human dignity, Hengesbach replied without hesitation that one purpose of family life is "to help people realise their own dignity and worth." He called the family "a hothouse where people can test their wings in a safe environment." Family life, in his view, is where people "express their hopes and try out different kinds of behaviour, and find support when they fall on their face." In the process family members learn important lessons about their own human value and that of others. For instance, in many subtle ways, society gets across the idea that paid
work is more valuable than non-paid or volunteer work. From that idea it's a short step to thinking that an individual's dignity is likewise tied somehow to financial worth. Hengesbach suggested that families might look for ways to counter that notion — such as sharing j obs at home. he explained that a parent who works full time says a lot about the dignity of those who work mostly at home by helping out generously and enthusiastically on the homefront. Simple actions of courtesy in the home also convey some important lessons about human dignity and who has it. Sometimes families make it a house rule that everyone knocks before entering a closed room. It is one way some families choose to demonstrate respect for each other's personal dignity. Belief in human dignit \ needs to be demonstrated in action. For children learn much about human dignity through observation.
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Horne help be fought Ann Wright is very much a lady, but she's a lady with a cause and that means beneath the quietly spoken manner is a will of iron and a determination to make her dream a reality. It is a will that has kept her telephoning, talking and writing for the last two years as she lobbies for what she believes is a necessity. . . home help services provided by Local Governments in Western Australia. This state, she says, is out of touch Such a concept is far from new. These services have operated in Britain since 1 918 and according to Ann Wright they exist in every European country and all Australian states except WA. Home help . . . just what is it Well, it keeps families together, aged people out of institutions and in short, provides invaluable help in the running of your home during times of crisis. Short term care is given to expectant mothers, families with young children and the temporarily incapacitated. Longterm help is provided for the frail and elderly and those with physically or mentally disabled dependants. Charges vary but are usually assessed on the applicant's ability to pay. Such services, says Ann, are not a luxury, they're a right
The Army authorities at the 1942 Claremont showground camp fulminated that the idea was preposterous and would never be agreed to. Here was this 6ft 3in civilian, attested for military service only the previous day, who wanted to go straight into a battle -hardened Sixth Division AIF unit just returned from the Middle East. The thought was laughable. But the tall fellow just off civvy street had the last laugh.
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cricket for Mt Lawley, was president of the Royal Perth Golf Club and of the WA Golf Association. He was chairman of the co-ordinating committee for the first sponsored Australian open golf championship, which was held at Karrinyup. The event has been sponsored every year since.
In what must have been something of a record, inside a week Theo Fitzhardinge was at his battle station with the 8th Battery of the 2 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. There were wheels within wheels, you see. In the first place. Theo was not your ordinary untrained civvy. Pre-war he had reached the rank of sergeant in the 103rd Howitzer Battery of the militia and would have joined the AIF with his brothers on the outbreak of war if he had not been manpowered in his job. He did enlist immediately he was released from manpower when the Japanese entered the war. Brigadier Klein, Commander Royal Artillery at 3 Aust Corps at the time, happened to be an old family friend and dropped a few words in the right places. And Brother Bill was an officer with some influence in the unit Theo wanted to join, the 2/3rd Light AA Regiment. And so it came to pass. Those old pre-war days in the 103rd Howitzer Battery of the militia with his brothers John and Roger were fun, Theo recalls. It was a horse unit, he was taught to ride and later trained recruits in the art. It used to take two days to tow the guns from the remount depot at Guildford to the artillery range at R ockingham, with an overnight stop at Jandakot. A ustralia was trying to struggle out of the Depression and it was interesting to watch the young volunteers in the battery grow in confidence as they were taught to ride and handle horses and learn the artillery science under military discipline. They were paid for only a few of their parades, but their enthusiasm was such that they organised others
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In Victoria, where she supervised a municipal home-help service for 10 years the facilities are run by local councils with support funding from State and Federal Governments Of the 212 Victorian municipalities, 211 operate home -help services employing a total of more than 4,000 workers "Home -help came into being in Victoria because the State Health Department became concerned at the large number of beds taken up in hospitals by people who could otherwise have gone home if they had some help," she said. Such aid, she says, enables the frail and elderly to remain at home with a max-
'Chocko' gave big surprise Today's People A weekly feature By BOB BOYLE for which they received not a penny. And playing for artillery, Theo was able to enjoy again the football code of his NSW boyhood — rugby. In the summer he played grade cricket for Mt Lawley in the era of the Bryant brothers — Dick, Bill and Frank. He started in the seconds where his captain was FEA (Alan) Bateman, later a magistrate
e"40PW'' The team had three men able to keep wickets — Doug Crouch, George Randall and Theo — but the latter two preferred to bowl, and to their captain's dismay they used to "disappear" until Doug Crouch was padded up and walking onto the f ield. Theo opened the bowling and the batting in the seconds, but in A Grade played mainly as a batsman. In 1933 he had been one of only two people selected out of 100 applicants who sat for the AMP Society's examinations set as a guide for picking new staff.
About the time he joined the investment and property branch — with which he was to stay for the remainder of his AMP service — wages generally were cut by 221 2 / percent and his starting salary was 60 pounds ($120) a year, the lowest those at his level had received since World War I . But you could get a good threecourse meal for one shilling and threepence (15 cents), cigarettes were 12 for sixpence (5C), a 12 ounce pot of beer cost sixpence and a bottle one shilling and a penny (13C). The basic wage was less than four pounds ($8) a week. In the investment branch, Theo was involved in the AMP's dealings with f armers. Through paying the bills of farmer mortgage customers, he learnt the price of just about everything bought on the rural scene and he could perform with ease tasks such as writing the specifications for a six -wire fence. He became off-sider to the AMP's pastoral inspector, E C Leggoe, an early and fervent believer in the benefits to be derived from trace elements, superphosphate applied correctly, and subterranean clover --but in the wheatbelt then E C was something of a voice crying in the wilderness. It was his involvement with farming that caused Theo to be manpowered until 1942 when he was able to join brother Bill in the 23rd Light AA Regiment. His frist battle station was a Bofors gun site near the Heathcote hospital at Applecross set up to give protection to the Catalina flying boats operating from Matilda Bay.
The battery moved to the airstrip at Onslow which was the base of fighter ace "Bluey" Truscott's Kittyhawk squadron. The pilots used to fly down to Carnarvon and return with bottles of beer stashed in their belly tanks. "Bluey" was forbidden to participate in this operation. He was such a poor lander of an aircraft that his mates feared he would smash the precious bottles on landing.
On moving to the big Potshot base a t Learmonth, Theo and his comrades-in -arms listened to Tokyo R ose tell them on the radio she knew the base ws code -named Potshot and that the Japanese had already captured it. The Fitzhardinge Street in the present town of Exmouth, incidentally, is named after brother Bill. The fortunes of war next saw Theo and his comrades manning a gun on the beach at Buna, scene of some of the bitterest fighting of the New Guinea conflict. When the war ended he was back in Australia as a member of an airborne unit training to invade the Philippines, an event that the dropping of the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki rendered unneccessary. As pastoral inspector of the AMP Society after discharge, he was soon busy inspecting farms and arranging finance. He supervised the testing of trace elements in various parts of WA as part of his investigations for an AMP plan to set up a big agricultural development in this State.
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imum of independence. It also saves public money by providing an alternative to institutionalised care. She is aware of the work done by groups such as the volunteer task force and applauds them, but does not believe they are a satisfactory alternative to organised municipal home -help services. "Any group which relies on unpaid workers is dependent on the generosity of its volunteers," she said. "Municipal home-helpers are trained and paid a salary They know exactly what to do and you can be sure they will turn up. "As they are council employees, applicants for help feel they are receiving a community service to which they have contributed through their rates.'"
She believes too, that the Silver Chain Nursing Association which runs a homehelp service, does a marvellous job but says that this facility is very allied to the medical aspect. "I believe doctors certainly can say when help is needed but I believe it is much harder for them to assess the situation because in most cases they do not go to the home," she said. "When the municipality provides the help, a supervisor and or welfare officer usually go to the home to look at the situation and decide what is needed. "For instance, an aged person who is perfectly capable of looking after him or herself but can't get down to scrub the kitchen floor should be able to get help. "Otherwise, they are likely to finish in an institution which is costly for the community and often soul destroying for the person . •• Ann Wright moved to WA seven years ago but did not begin her campaign until 1 981 when she was first alerted to the lack of municipal home-help services in this state. What makes her really angry is the fact the previous government spent $20,000 in May 1981 on a report inquiring into the provision of welfare services by Local Government, and that report appears to have been shelved.
"Its first recommendation is the role of Local Government in welfare be clearly defined by Commonwealth, State and Local Government and I'm cross because not utilising that report is a waste," she said. "The report went on to say State and Commonwalth Governments should give consideration to ways in which funds could be made available for a home-help service to enable local authorities to develop much-needed home help facilities in the community." The report states: "The decade of the 1970's was a significant era in the development of Local Government authorities' involvement in the welfare field. They began to move from their traditional role of physical planners to become more concerned about social planning and the more personal needs of people. "These developments need to be viewed against the backdrop of changes in society, many of which have had a direct bearing on Local Government's expanding role. Some of these influences were the decline in the extended family and the subsequent isolation of the women in the workforce, the effects of migration, technological changes and economic factors leading to an increase in unemployment. "Increased longevity, earlier retirement and greater redundancy have implications for the support and creativity of the elderly as do the changes in Aboriginal society over recent decades. "Together with these social changes, has been a change in society's expectations. People have become more concerned with 'quality of life' issues. There
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is a heightened awarenesss of rights for citizens generally and for disadvantaged groups, and a desire to participate indecisions which affect their lives. "In conclusion, it would seem the majority of councils now acknowledge some responsibility in social welfare, and their major concern arises from the financial problems of funding and maintaining services. "There are indications municipalities are assuming greater social welfare r esponsibilities, and these trends, albeit cautious, are increasingly less subject to t he constriants which significantly affected Local Government's role in social welfare to date." The report went on to say the Committee found local authorities were involved in a range of personal welfare activities constantly increasing as communities developed heightened consciousness of the factors which contributed to 'quality of life.' These were not the traditional welfare activities which drew inferences of 'handouts to the deserving, non deserving poor' but activities which enabled people t o create and maintain a living style which was satisfying and rewarding. For Ann Wright, to see such positive recommendations languishing is almost more than she can bear. Having been offloaded from one government department to another she eventually tackled the then Opposition spokesman on community welfare, Mr Keith Wilson, who raised the issue in Parliament. Still nothing was done, so she began enlisting the support of organised lobby groups. She now has the backing of the Pensioners' Action Group and has been encouraged by members of WEL, the Women's Service Guild and Salvation Army.
HOBART: There is a newly -found awareness among young Catholics in Hobart after the completion of a successful A ntioch weekend at Dominic College, Glenorchy. About 70 young members from parishes in Glenorchy, Moonah, and Lutana Goodwood gathered for the tw-day programme of talks, discussions, prayer and music. The 10 -member group from St John's parish, Glenorchy, came away f rom the weekend with a c ommitment to attend a regular weekday mass, and to gather fora weekly meeting involving prayer and reflection. A t each future meeting, two new members will be invited to take part. When the group has reached an acceptable number, the m embers of the St John's group will be r eady to host an orientation weekend for another parish.
them all a In the event, South Australia was chosen as the site and Theo had a number of trips to that state. The AMP was one of the first organisations in Australia to go into staff training in a big way after the war, and Theo was put in charge of it in addition to his other work.
a sio‘ltt It was a task he tackled with relish, and in training for it he picked up a couple of maxims of Lord Slim of Burma that have stuck in his mind because he believes they are succinct expressions of truth. They are: "If the pupil hasn't learnt, the teacher hasn't taught"; and "You can have discipline without liberty, but you can't have liberty without discipline." Theo's insistence that the training of executives should start from the top and work down was not greeted initially with enthusiasm. Its ultimate acceptance proved most beneficial, particularly to the lower ranks whose enthusiasm waxed with the knowledge that the bosses had also been put through the hoop. Somewhere about this time Theo became an early member in this state of the Australian Institute of Management, of which he is now a Fellow. He was a leading hand, too, in the formation in this State of BOMA -The Building Owners and Managers Association. He certainly had some experience in this field because of the big part he played in the construction of the new AMP building in Perth, with which he was closely connected from start to finish. Acquiring neighbouring properties, liaison with architects and builders arranging to lease the Dalgety build ing farther down William Street while the new quarters wre being built, moving staff between the two.
The concept of Antioch was launched in Hobart l ast year after 10 members from the parish of St Theresa's Moonah, travelled to Blacktown, Sydney, to become well versed in the activities a ssociated with Antioch. B ranches have now sprung up in the northern parishes in Launceston, K ings Meadows and Devonport. The assistant priest at St J ohn's, Glenorchy, Father Brian Nichols, was a participant at the i naugural weekend which he said was a turning point for many young people who attended. He described it as a "wonderful experience", celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation with young people. He also said the Eucharistic c elebration was very moving for all members.
arranging for telephone connections and even designing new office furniture were all part of the deal. No wonder he looks occasionally from his South Perth unit across the river to the imposing new edifice and s ays with satisfaction: "You beauty!" He saw a lot of changes in AMP investment policy during his four decades of close association with it. Originally it was straight-out lending. The next move was into equities, then substantial investment in properties, and now there is participation in the short-term money market. "It's been an interesting and busy life," Theo concludes. "Rosalie and I thank God for having given us a marvellous family of whom we are very proud. "And we've made many valued friends — men like Monsignor John McMahon for instance."
Liturgical arts congress Hobart will be the site for an innovative weekend of creative arts when the Tasmanian Liturgical Congress is held later this year. Organisers are hoping for up to 200 people to come to the congress at the University of Tasmania on Friday to Sunday, August 12-14. They are especially seeking teams from parishes, as well as nuns and priests. The theme of the congress is Come explore liturgical arts in Tasmania, and participants will be able to attend workshops in areas such as movement and
dance, drama, mime and puppetry, proclamation, music and song, planning the Sunday Liturgy, children's Liturgy, and liturgical environment. The cost of the congress will be $30 (students and pensioners half-price). The special guests at the congress will be Sydneybased group specialising in mime, dance, puppetry and drama: Corinthian VI. The popular group will be in Tasmania for 10 days, touring schools in all areas of the state, displaying how they use the arts as a
means of proclaiming the Word of God. The planning for this congress was sparked off by the visit to Tasmania earlier this year by the founder of the Berkley Liturgical Drama Guild, Father Michael Moynihan. Father Moynihan, a Jesuit priest who uses the garb of a clown to get his message across, helped to "uncork a bottle of creativity," according to the organisers of the congress. The organising committee for the congress consists of the chaplain to the University of Tasmania,
Father David Rankin, Si; the assistant priest of St John's Glenorchy, Father Brian Nichols; Father Vincent McCormack of Lutana, Goodwood; and Sister Valerie Burns of the Catholic Education Office. Posters and leaflets promoting the congress have been distributed in churches and schools, while further information is a vailable from Sister Burns, c/o Catholic Education Office, 432 Elizabeth St, North Hobart, 7000, Tasmania; or telephone (002) 346027 or 346116. •
The 70 young Catholics who went to Dominic College for the Antioch weekend took part in a series of talks, music and liturgies aimed at creating a spirit-filled atmosphere. They were guided by parent-couples, in this case by Peter and Leonie Stolp and Michael and Mary Sharpe, of St Theresa's, Moonali. The spiritual d.rector was Father Chris Murphy, MSC. The Antioch movement began at Notre Dame U niversity, United States, in the late 1960s and was introduced to Australia in 1981, starting in the parish of Maroubra Bay, Sydney. Since then it has grown to cover many Sydney parishes and has extended to Western Australia as well as Tasmania.
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BOURKE, John Patrick (Jack). In loving memory Have a lovely holiday, also of our dearly loved father aid church, charity and the who passed away on 26th poor by renting a Hassell 7 June, 1966. May perpetual rm home in best suburbs light shine on him. high above lake, 3 mins from Perth. Lowest rates: 4 IN MEMORIAM Classes commence 25th July adults $10 a day ea, child Priests' Renewal Programme, Pastoral Care of ren $3 ea, off peak 4 adults BOURKE, Valerie Myna Sick and Dying begins Redemptorist Retreat • Pastoral Care in Schools $25 a week children $3 ea (Babe). On June 18th at Sir House, first group 10-12 July, second group • New Approaches to Religious Education day ea. 5-7 adults $8 a day Charles Gairdner Hospi13-15 July • Sharing the New Testament in School ea children $3 a day ea, off tal, beloved wife of the late 13 7.30pm Mass for Centenary of Brigidine Sisters Youth Work • Phone 458 2891 peak 5-7 adults $6 a day ea John Patrick, most dearly in Australia, St Cecilia's Church, Floreat, • Child Development WE CAN DELIVER children $3 a day ea. Dep- loved mother of Noel, ValArchbishop Goody • Teaching Skills osit $50, returned if can't erie and Kathleen, loved 17 Confirmation, Bellevue, Archbishop Goody. Enquiries To: come. Car hire $6 a day. mother-in-law of I.esley, 16 Kalgoorlie Debutante Ball and Confirmation, BUILDING The Admissions Officer For bookings (09) 450 530 I John Pougher and John Bishop Healy TRADES W.A. College after 6 p.m. Chalmers, and lov ed 23 6.30pm Mass of Dedication and Opening of St Claremont Campus grandmother of Jane, Kieran's Church, Osborne Park, Archbishop Bricklaying, retaining Goldsworthy Road Sarah, Emily, South Natalie and of Goody the River. FA' walls. All types of brickP.O. Box 224, CLAREMONT WA 6010 work. Also rendering no house for minimal rent in Peter. Resquiescat in Pace. Telephone: 383 0333 or 383 0332 job too small, free quotes. return for handyman jobsDONELLA Sr. The Instructor's Certificate is a course offering a N. 'theM. gardening. Suit active Ring Martin 339 7507. variety of units for all working with children or pensioner couple. Very rese. In loving memory of youth. close to Church. Handy to my dear sister's sixth anniPROPERTY Improvements Service all transport and shops. Reply versary, July 7, loved and respected by all. Sr. M. t ypes of windows and box DD this office. Dorothea. Vic. Square. doors installed: walls and ceilings removed; wood- Boy up Brook 2 bedroom PERSONAL en pergolas; general home in good order, air Volunteers On Sunday , July 17th, the repairs. Phone 341 2946. conditioner and floor coyTHANKS W.A. branch of the Royal erings inc. Good block in The 21st birthday Backyards cleaned, rubof School of Church Music excellent position next to ANTHONV JONES, b ish removed, trees w ill hold Catholic church and missing in lopped. gardening, odd Queensland Kenwick Special School Festival a Grand Choir at Wesley College school. Within walking of since last Novembe jobs, garages cleaned out. r, seeks people to assist in Chapel. Coode Street. shops $22,000 funt her par- would have been required by Vanguard Press. 277 8780 cele- educational programmes South Perth. t iculars phone (097) brated this Sunday, On site free accommodation in return for July 3. for handicapped children, In the tradition of the 651289. As an expression of their on one morning per week, PAINTING quality work R.S.C.M., the afternoon :security supervision at mornings till 8am and heartfelt gratitude, his at the right price. John MANDURAH Central • evenings 4pm onwards. 3 family has arranged for 21 for between one and three takes the form of a Festival • • Freakley. Phone 361 4349. hrm. fully furn • hours. Service with all member • house, Masses to he offered • that Kenwick Special Phone School factory manager 328 1388 8arn • choirs combining to form a • Larpets, curtains, w mach. Carpenter. Wants work all phone, relic. close to R.C. day for the hundreds of has 55 students, drawn single choir to sing the 4pm to Monday to Friday people whose prayers and spheres of the building church $65 pw. Il ong lease. from Kenwick and sur- anthems at the service. loving support have sus- rounding districts. •-••-•-•-•-••-•••-•-••-•••-••-••-•-••••• trade. No job too small. l'ensioner Concessio Group rehearsals begin at ns tam ed them through their Phone 330 4386. Volunteers will be work- 2.00 pm. followed by after4536847. ordeal. ing on a one-to-one basis noon tea, the main Service Electrical Contractor 5 with children. An intro- commencing at 5.00 pm. ACCOMMODATION J.V. D'Esterre Vivian St. THAN KS ductory programme for All personal members, WANTED Rivervale. 30 yrs expevolunteers will be affiliated choirs and pros- 4 rience, expert, efficient, WANTED BOARD Grateful Thanks, to the provided. pective members are for 14 reliable. Ring 362 4646, year old school boy ST PAUL'S COLLEGE Sacred Heart, Our Lady. For further information invited to from attend. after hours 385 9660. conticted bl Christian Brothers August 1st to August 5th, St Joseph. St Anthony and contact Murray Simons on Further details from Br. area Wigmores Guildford. St Jude for favours and 459 1 101 or at Moore G. Crooks. Trinity College Applications are called for the position of Plasterers large or small blessings received. Publi- 'Street, Kenwick. Phone 095-752072. ( AH 325 1505). jobs. Free quotes. Good cation promised. W. F. backup team. Ph 364 8320. Resp gent requires room 1 •44.0•4•###4.##*###*44.44,0•04•4•4 and facilities. Prefer Most Sacred Heart of • Painting and Decorating. Sacred Heart or St Brigids Jesus, may your name be from February, 1984 Gary Lane Reg. No. 2389 parish or will consider praised and glorified St. Paurs College established in 195.9. ,s a Catholic boys school all work guaranteed. For sharing flat with clean throughout the world, now from Year 5 to Year 12 and co-educational at Year 12. in the and forever. Amen. (Say free quote phone 405 2693 sober person. Phone north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide 328 nine times • daily for nine Interior and exterior. 1972 ask for Tom Danne. • Currently, five hundred and filly students are enrolled with one consecutive days and • stream at primary level three streams at Years 8. 9 and 10 level Urgent. • (fourth beginning in 1584). and a senior enrolment of 150 students promise publication.) • Thanks to Sacred Heart, WEDDINGS • The successful applicant will he expected. Pt7 BLIC • - to have proven teaching Our Lady, St Joseph, St and administrative ability and For that special day add Jude. Pat. potential NOTICE harmony to the occasion - to have a strong commitment to Catholic Education THANKSGIVING. Gratby hay ing vocal guitarist CORRECTION - to exercise leadership in the area of curriculum development eful thanks to St Jude fora Marie Wallace sing for you 4 Nurses for Life Luncheon: special favour • - to give evidence of a commitment to professional development granted. and your guests in the Savoy Plaza Hotel, Hay Always grateful. F or further information and an application form contact church. Phone 275 3870. Street Mall Perth, 23 July The Principal. 1983 at 12.30pm. Tickets May the Sacred Heart of Organist for weddings. St. Paul's College, One day in the prime a theology candidacy Traditional and modern. $12.50. Keynote speakers. Jesus be praised and glori- time of his life, television Grand Junction Road, under class guidance the RSVP 13 July 1983. fied throughout the world GILLES PLAINS, S.A. 5086 Telephone 349 5993. 362 1514 ah 296 4061, now and forever. In newsman Charles Ram- of Sacred Heart Father Phone: (08) 266 0622 irez decided to stop John Kesterson, director M & M Photography. 361 6473. thanksgiving for petition Applications close 15th July, 1983. Weddings, portraits and and prayers answered. G. reporting the six o'clock of the candidacy pronews and to prepare gramme and professor of commercial photography. SITUATIONS MOST SACRED HEART instead to proclaim R ing 330 2519. the scripture, who will guide VACANT of Jesus may your name be Good News. them in their seminary 4.414t441-414t••••44.41***414t•••••••••••••*****4: Emmanuel, a centre for praised adored and gloriSITUATION people with disabilities, (a fled throughout the whole A t the age of 35, he app- beginnings. If they perse- •4I • 4 lied for and received vere they will be ordained branch of Centrecare), is world now and forever. W ANTED admission to St John's in five-and -a -half -years. seeking a Printer willing to Amen. Holy St Jude. A Seminary of the Los I Y oung man 20 study ing work with people with dis_ grateful mother Nancy. (11 E computer programming at abilities as - a part-time Novena to Sacred Heart. Angeles archdiocese to night school, requires corn- position with some mone- Most Sacred Heart of begin studies for the puter related or clerical tary remuneration. Please Jesus may your name be priesthood. R amirez is the oldest of v.ork. Eligible for SYETP. apply in writing by July 8 praised and glorified : As a service to the reading public: to Mrs Barbara Harris, throughout the world now 1 2 men admitted to St 2752318. : The Record invites the submission: Reg. 893 Emmanuel Centre, 25 and forever. Amen. (Say John's from the world of of wedding photographs for publiWindsor St, East Perth. : nine times a day for nine work or from various PERSONAL days and promise publica- colleges. cation on the following under- • * • FOR SALE tion.) Thankyou. M.S. *standin g: Their average age is 27. Woman 35 would like to • : Most Sacred Heart of Their occupations incorrespond with Austral* 1. Close-up photographs of the. bride and * • groom only, ian male similar age, pref- GOLD PAPAL VISIT Jesus may your name be cluded musician, stage should be submitted promptly,: 1970 original presentation praised and * erably farmer. Must he glorified a ctor, tax examiner, First class painting by * preferably pack proof within two a week of the event. e medallion xperienced 4` tradesmen practising Catholic, Reply throughout the world now 4r c omputer purchasing * 2. As a rule black and white photographs are • set including Matthy Gar- and forever. • Box M.P. this office. Thankyou for FREE QUOTES • required. rett NATA Certificate, 2.5 favours received, lean. agent, college students Exposed 35mm black and white: * troy ounces 18 carat. Best and high schoolteachers. * film may be submitted undeveloped to save: 457 3663 Catholic, educated, tra- offer to A.N. Smith • 10 W ANTED TO BUY At St John's they are in • time and will be processed by us and • velled Brit. early forties. Leopold Rd, Nedlands • • s ix foot, reasonable 6009. Phone 386 2642. • returned after use. CASH AVAILABLE • *3. Colour appearance. never married photograp hs as a rule are suitable: U SE MY TRAILER • Painting and Renovations but feeling maybe still Thomas organ worth FREE any unwanted items * only if of sufficiently high contrast. Also, the • A ny * metro or country area time, happy meet [-Petty $8695. Suitable for the L ARGE or SMALL, and delay in having colour photographs: Free no obligation quotes 25-35 yr girl, sense of hum- church or social gather- oddments (no electrical). * processed is likely to make the event too late: • our. Christian values, ings. 'Ellis organ is in new For fair price call CAROL D.G. Boyle Reg. 2296 * for publication. * interested family. enjoys condition, will sell at the 10am-6pm any day on 274 81 Garratt Rd, Bayswater For further information phone Record: • outdoors, please write Box very low price of $4995. 5560 or other hours 272 Tel. 272 5496 *Editorial, 328 1388. • R J this office. Phone 342 2443. 3771. •
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Enjoying themselves at a recent CPY Quiz Night are Phil Smith, Mamie Mitchell, Paul Hille, Katherine Quinlan, Amanda Farrel and Pat Pitaway.
Sharon Marshall of Newman Senior College did well in the recently held young writers contest by submitting the following poem. t##.1•#4,44P############~#####4
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Popularity, personality and percipience are not the only criteria for gaining entrance to our naval t raining college at Leeuwin. Pimples play a part too. A young 16 year old recently shared his disappointment in being disqualified as a candidate for the Navy. The reason w as simply his acne condition. At first one wonders if the forces need good looks or capable and keen soliders, sailors and pilots. The young man in question did well in his written tests, in fact he topped his class for intelligence and general knowledge. According to his own family doctor his condition was not serious and could be cleared up with treatment within a few months. The navy requires that a candidate is not undergoing any treatment before t he entrance medical e xamination. A second independent opinion was sought by the navy but the result was still negativ e for the budding sailor. Most young people. conscious of their physical appearance. dislike the common outbreaks of pimples but I wonder how many realise that it can be more devastating t han just losing a girlfriend.
A problem of pimples It was news to me that y oung candidates for the forces need to attain such e xcellence in physical fitness. According to the navy. hot and clammy conditions on board ship can aggravate pimples and be quite painful even necessitating hospitalisation. According to another source 1 am told that y oung men were turned down during the last war o n account of acne conditions. Nevertheless it was a great disappointment to the young man, and none of these reasons seemed reasonable enough for him.
God's call seems to come in strange ways. I w as once told that anything good was worth fighting for and it usually came only with difficulty hardship and disappointment. God can use our disappointments to lead us in new paths and different directions. Even the strange rules of certain institutions can be the means of mainfesting C od's call to the individual. N\ hat do you think about pimples prohibiting the plans of our potential petty officer'?
sion Report interests me as it so obviously needs to talk about a philosophy of life. hut not one that is o nly atheistic or humanistic. If anyone is interestedin discussing the report on "Schooling of /5 and 16 year olds,- I would be happy to make time to discuss it.
Love is not being embarrassed by your brother w hen he starts talking to y ou when you are with your friends. love is making a present for your mother's birthday. es en though the bought ones look better. I.ove is picking up a broken piece of glass in t he park so nobody else will hurt themselves. Lov e is lending a pencil to a girl you can't stand. Love is a trampled flower that somebody wants. Love is caring. GAY McLINDEN SANTA MARIA COLLEGE
L ove is the force that keeps a husband and wife together. The binding that will not break even if things go wrong. It is the understanding between Write to P.O. Box 194, North Perth, 6006 two people that does not need explanations. Love is the lonely feelI watch him sometimes. There is no-one Dear Father Jegorow, 1 have related to the ing that builds up when else but he That stands by the blue, brushes people involved with the the person you love is not in hand. He mixes thought and feeling on I think love is when you Schools Commission with you. his palette And, with care that he belies, Love is shown in the lit- are in trouble or have Report, "The Schooling creates. Such quick, sure strokes. But noof 15 and 16 year olds." tle things someone does been hurt and a certain one comes to look Over his shoulders at the that you could well make or says to you without person is there to comfort masters that he makes. He plays with a useful contribution to having to actually say the you, and put that smile on your face. emotions — his light, fanciful colours,. It is the enquiry, as much of word. FIONA WHITTON Love is there to give you no game when rejection rewards impreswhat you do relates to SANTA MA R11 help when you need it. merging school leavers SiOnS. All from the brush of a madman they COLLEGE Love is caring for other into the community. say? His eyes are coal, yes, And there is no people and trying to proThe thesis of that report light in the embers. No light. Radical they I.ove, to me, is a black tect them from fears or is that since most pupils say? "Exile to Arles!" Alone. A resigned, On Sunday, June /9, the We would like to thank leave school at Year 10 girl and a white boy walk- pain. Love is understandPerth YS movement held the members of the various they should be equipped ing down the street hold- ing others, and the realifriendless face. And no-one yet shows ing hands appreciating sation that you can't live a lamington drive at }'CS groups and their par- .for and informed about interest In the master's brush or the turn of Gerard's Hall, Mirraents delivered who and l ife as they will have to one another for what without that person. his hand. He is weary now — cares show in they are, not what they Love is also your own picked up our hard live it, and of course Sinlhis sullen features; He is alone in his world booka. A bout 35 students and a workers and also the par- ilar knowledge is helpful look like. Or maybe love family. because of their of purple striations; colour and light. Melan- few parents participated. ents who helped. for those going on to is a disabled girl going to caring and the way they a normal school, and fit- look after each other. choly prevails over the winsome face That A ll workers enjoyed Thanks also to the Years 1/ and 12. ting in perfectly. Love is a Love has a deep down backs the blue. themselves and the day finance committee The terms of reference who shoulder to cry on. Love meaning in your own proved to be a great sue- organised the day of the enquiry are rather and cess with 610 dozen finally the people narrowly drawn hut you is a father and son play- heart which no one else who ing cricket in the park. can equal. lamingtons made. decided to be awfully and your organisations forgiving is Love a ANNA KANIA It began at about 10 brave and buy some could latch onto Term 1, of the friend even though you S ANTA MARIA o'clock and all were com- lamingtons. re: Curriculum relevant by Sharon Marshall (16), know she was wrong. COT I EGE pleted by 3pm. All that was to self esteem and post left was the tiresome task Newman Senior College. JULIE RA DICI school activities, and the of cleaning up. LEEDER VILLE YCS value of making students aware of youth movements through school DOORKNOCKERS NEEDED AUGUST 14 visitations. There is a great need 1 Do you want to learn how Anyone who is interested .for your various to pray? We will teach you! or seeks further informaA weekend programme tion should write to: activities to include to help Catholic boys andgirls at on how to pray is being Youth Encounter MoveCatholic Youth Services State Schools, difficult held at "Glengarriffe" in ment, Box 74 North Perth. though it is to cover even North Beach on July 1st- 6006 or telephone Father Young Christian Workers t hose in Catholic 3rd. It is for post school Tom Ryan C.SS.R on 328 R edemptorist Youth Groups Schools. Of course, mil- y oung adults, although 6600. Catholic Parish Youth lions spent on Catholic adults young at heart are * * * Schools could he wrong. also most welcome. Youth Maylands prayer INN We could better spend The "advance" pro- group meets every Sunday, thousands on a State gramme is a workshop. 1lam, Madan& Parish you don't learn by talking, Hall, 75 Seventh Avenue. School apostleship. The Schools Commis- you learn by doing. Ages 14 to 30 welcome.
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Dear Captain Bob; you often but I'll still write BIRTHDAYS I would like to become a don't forget. member of your Record I'm looking for a pen pal Happy birthday to Chrisk ids club. and I've got some jokes for tine Sewell, Girrawheen, M y name is Robyn you. Paul Luscombe, Dianella; 13lockhurst and I am 8 Q. What can you take but V eronica De Jonge, years old. Geraldton; Peter Bellini, never give back? My Birthday is on the A. a bath. Wanneroo; Shaun Drake, 22nd of April. Q. Did you hear the one Alfred Cove; Peter Duffy. I live on a farm with np, about the butter'? Wongan Hills; Jason Della parents and three brothers A. I better not tell you or Franca. Waroona; Peter and one sister. Harty, Cottesloe; Carolyn you might spread it. I am looking forward to Q. Girl: would you know Homes, Hamilton Hill; being a member of your me in a day? Melanie Hegney, Lesmurclub. die; Tania McCarthy. LesBoy: yes, Robyn, Brockhurst, Girl: would you know me murdie; Lucio Rapanaro, Bolgart. Dianella: Antony Round, in a week? Gosnells; Ruth Morgan. Boy: yes. Girl: would you know me Samson. Dear Nurse Kerry, This is a poem I wrote in a year'? before I went to mass. I Boy: yes, t hought you would like it. Girl: knock knock Boy: who's there'? Welcome to our new Girl: I thought you said members; Rochelle. of Beautiful Gifts The sky is blue, the rain you knew me. Innaloo; Joanne Davies, of has gone. Captain Bob I have to go Fhornlie; Keiran Drage, of now I hope to hear from K alamunda; Andrew Morning has broken. I hear the trees rustling in you soon. Drage, of Kalamunda; Char main t he cold thin air. Greg Hilton, of Hamilton My hands are as frozen as Hill; Anthony Hilton, of Dear Charmain, an ice block. Hamilton Hill; Nicole I hear tiny sorrowful It's always lovel_v to hear Gradisen, of Balcatta : whines coming from my _front you hut do include Brett Von Bergheim. your surname next time. dog. Carine; Robyn Brock IIL The tap drips making Captain Bob. burst, Bolgart. monotonous music. A bird sweetly sings a morning song. All these beautiful gifts A fter being gone many weeks, Gomer returned. "I'm sorry," she said What is the longest to Hosea. "Iknow! hurt you. Ihave come from God. no right to your love but I want to come back. I want to be your wife C ongratulations to known insect? again." "Come in," he said. "I have Siobhan itunge, never stopped loving you. I forgive you. The centipede, because its Nicole Gradisen, of Bal9yrs, Bullcreek. body covers a hundred catta who sent us her Bible Story colouring in picture. feet. come back. I want to be man. God must be sad and your wife." angry and hurt. But if I Dear Captain Bob, Hosea's heart melted could not stop loving her, We had very enjoyable with joy. He hugged and God must still love the peo- holidays. One week at kissed Gomer. "Come in pie who have turned away Jurien Bay where we Hosea put his head in his The next day Hosea with me," he said "You will and sinned." fished, swam and did Y ou has e got to be in the club Please print clearly and don't hands and cried. He felt divorced his wife. She had be my wife again. I have plenty of walking. The if you want to enter our com- forget your date of birth and a sad and angry. He hurt turned away from him. She never stopped petitions and win some of the stamp so we can send your loving you. I Hosea was excited, "God weather was perfect. inside and out. Corner, his loved another man. Their forgive you. I'm so glad loves us like a husband The second week we went super prizes. membership form to you. wife, was going with marriage was ended. loves his wife. God loves us to To join simply send the corn- Membership will allow you to So he you are home again." our Auntie's Pemberat another man. She did not turned away from her. Not long after Gomer even more than I love ton. We all love the farm pleted coupon here to The enter all our competitions. love him any more. But as the days and returned, Hosea was sit- Gomer, but like I love her. life — so much to see and R ecord Kid's Club. PO Box 50, Aberdeen Street, Perth. %%ell. what are you waiting Hosea's small children, weeks passed, Hosea ting in the shade under a No matter how bad we are, do. 6000. for. two boys and a girl, stood found he could not forget tree. still God loves us. No mat He was thinking I have enclosed a crossbeside him. They did not Gomer. His love for her about what ter how we turn from word which my was happening brother know why their father was refused to die. He was in his country. People were God's love, God will take Bradley did. He enjoys crying. He wiped away his angry and sad. He hurt cheating their us back if we come back. neighbours. doing them while I love tears and hugged his more with each passing "How must God feel," he Hosea got up and knew colouring-in. Bye for now. children. day. But he loved Gomer thought to himself. "Eve- God wanted him to tell Jason Dellafranca " Where's m om my?" no matter how badly she Name ryone is turning from God everyone what he had just Waroona. asked Jezreel. "She went hurt him. and God's love." learned. So he went into away for a while," Hosea Address Then one day Gomer After a moment or two the towns and villages as Dear Captain Bob, answered. Warm tears came back. "I'm sorry," the anser came to him. God's prophet. "This is the I received your letter on dropped from his cheeks she said to Hosea. "I know P , code "God must feel like I felt word of the Lord," he June the 10th. I liked it as he put the children to I hurt you. I have no right when Gomer turned away shouted to all who would very much. bed. 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DARK COMEDY looks an outstanding prospect for Perth merchant banker, Laurie Connell, after her very impressive first up win at Belmont, Saturday. Laurie Connell has spent an enormous amount of money on A walking programme designed to encourage older adults to adopt a more horses and setting up a racing empire with his private t rainer, Brian "Buster" O'Malley. This horse should active lifestyle will start in a number of Perth suburbs next month. provide them with more success in the near future. BACARDI ROSE was responsible for an enormous he series of public o,ays of measuring their and Recreation Mr Keith "Correctly programmed to start an individual run in the Ellesmere Handicap, after being tailed off on walks has been designed levels of fitness. Wilson, said today that walking can improve a w alking programme the corner. Barcardi Rose flew home to finish fourth (21 2 / by the Department for Everyone involved will he would like to see more walker's cardiovascular fr9m the Department for len) behind Eilys Joy. Barcardi Rose will pay to follow Y outh, Sport and receive an information older adults taking up system, raise overall fit- Y outh. Sport and in the near future. Recreation, and is spon- folder which will describe walking as a regular form ness levels and keep body Recreation. FRUITOLOGIST seems to have come back a vastly sored by the Westpac how to commence a of exercise and recre- weight down. The first walk will start improved horse, recording his second successive victory Banking Corporation. "Starter Walking Proation. "It is also a recreational at Yokine Reserve, Diain the Beau Fine Welter on Saturday. Fruitologist won The "Walking for Plea- gramme," build up grad"Walking is a safe form activity with a low risk of nella at 10am on Monday first up over 1400m and then followed this up with his sure" programme will be ually to a "Progressive of exercise for people in strain or injury, it costs July I I. 1650m success on Saturday. This horse obviously has launched in Dianella on Walking Programme" their later years because nothing and requires no Subsequent walks will ability and will be one to watch as it continues through July II and continue for and continue with a the activity can be gauged special skills, equipment be held in Bayswater, this campaign. nine weeks during which "Maintenance Walking to meet individual capa- or facilities," Mr Wilson Canning, Gosnells, MelJOHN O'GROATS' run in Saturday's Welter should participants will be Programme." bilities and fitness levels," said. ville, North Beach, Perth, be forgotten when assessing his chances in the Apprenti- guided on recommended The Minister for Sport Mr Wilson said. Mr Wilson also said Subiaco and Wanneroo ces Cup -- the 1650m was far too short for him but he those joining in the com- and all participants will still put in a fair performance to finish 7th. This stayer munity walks in various be invited to a mass fun will be much harder to beat over the longer distance suburbs would receive w alk at Perry Lakes durraces. certificates of participa- ing the first week in Seption as well as helpful tember. advice. Further information is Greyhounds — with However, any person available by telephoning The Record Tipster over 60 years of age could Ken Eastwood on 387 The Department for Youth, Sport and Recreation has receive free details of how 4400.
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R ACE ONE: . 1 Heath RACE SIX: 1 Swift River. 2 Lexicon Tango. 3 Glide. 2 Miss Take Away. Candid Star. 3 Spangaloa. R ACE TWO: 1 Westpark R ACE SEVEN: 1 Lady Trojan. 2 Len7y. 3 Fair Caprice. 2 Davasco. 3 Cool Game. Sarah. R ACE THREE: 1 Bold R ACE EIGHT: I SimT alent. 2 Gothic. 3 moco. 2 Darsal Chief. 3 Bethannie. Aulfee. R ACE FOUR: 1 Rawita R ACE NINE: 1 Steala2 Jamie's Rebel. 3 lee. 2 Alfred's Pearl. 3 SheTemstone. ba's Crown. R ACE FIVE: 1 Penny • RACE TEN: 1 Chinese Fiddle. 2 Flexible Merger. Chief. 2 The Suntanner. 3 3 Glideaway . Star. Show Bi7. BRISBANE: Representatives of the Vietnamese community, the Catholic community and the Queensland State G overnment have formed a committee to tackle the problems faced by young Vietnamese in Brisbane. The comittee, including Holy Spirit Sister Lurline English and Mr Clem Conran from the Society of St Vincent de Paul, will investigate the establishment of a community centre for the Vietnamese community.
published a directory of leisure activities for the over 50s.
It contains information benefits of playing sport or within the next two and contacts for a range of taking up a hobby, includ- decades. 36 sporting and recrea- ing improved self-esteem, "This directory is one w \ tional pursuits, including self-satisfaction, shar- of publicising the activities details of many hobby and pened awareness and of organisations catering special interest groups in greater independence," Mr for the over 50s and of Western Australia. Wilson said. encouraging older people The Minister for Sport "The 65 community sport to remain involved in cornand Recreation, Mr Keith and leisure groups who are munity life," Mr Wilson Wilson, said today that the included in the directory sid. directory was a response to are among those planning The directory of leisure the emerging issue of Aus- and making preparations activities is available from tralia's aging population. now for the impact that an the Department for Youth, "Earlier retirements and older population will have Sport and Recreation by increased lifespans have on their organisations telephoning 387 4400. combined to change the leisure expectations of people over 50," Mr Wilson said. "The image of the older person often cut off from MELBOURNE: Former Victoria Park ground on the mainstream of life no Collingwood star Rene Saturday, K ink is set to join longer prevails. "In its place is a growing Essendon. community awareness Officials of the two VET. that, for the over 50s, many clubs said last night tht a vital years can lie ahead." deal had been worked out PERTH lawyer Geoffre Mr Wilson said research for the 26-year-old half- Miller QC has filled the had shown that older peo- fon+ ad, though a fee still vacancy on the WA Turt Club committee which was ple who led active lives had to be settled. tended to feel better and Collingwod sacked Kink created by the resignation required medical attention several weeks ago after 10 of Ken Hampton last month. less often than those who seasons with the club. Mr Miller was unopposed w ere sedentary and He could make his Essen- for the position when nomsocially isolated. "Apart from the health don debut against Colling- inations closed at 3pm yesfactor, there are other wood at the Magpies' terday.
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In Men's B grade the two the score being 7-3, 68-43. Dianella teams were pitted The remaining match was it against each other, but the a resounding win for St number two team was no Benedicts, who were much Scissors Saws, Secateurs, Shears, Sharpened and Set match for their clubmates too good for QP( 2), and D(1) had an easy win, recording a 10-0 score. 8-2, 74-40. Queens Park One event to put in )our and St Benedicts had a diaries is the long weekend 4 QUEEN STREET - 321 4390 LOCKSMITHS closer encounter, with QP in October — traditionall breaking through for their championship weekend. first win. They had to rely Locks, Door Closers and Safe Overhauled and Serviced T The dates are October 1, 2 on a game advantage of 63CAR and ALL TYPES OF KEYS CUT Immediate Service and 3, and we are hopeful 54 as the sets were 5 all. Top team Attadale had a of again securing the excellent Aquinas school courts bye. W omen's B grade for the event. More news 322 1408 MAN matches were more deci- later. sive with scores of 7-3 or This Tuesday, July 5, the WOMAN better. Dianella( I) and association meeting will be Dianella(2) met with a sim- held at the home of Mrs D. ilar win to the number 1 Nyman, 3 Leichardt HAIR MODA team at their last meeting. Avenue, Padbury, cornThe score 7-3, 72-41. mencing at 7.45pm. Those BEAUTY CONNECTION Attadale had a good win anticipating losing their Shop 2, 36 Milligan St, Perth at the expense of QP(1,), way.can phone 401 4913,
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The Redemptorist mission held last week at St Denis' Church, Joondanna became the first 'occasion' a deaf parishioner was able to take an active part in a mission. Lynette Sayers, who regularly attends Mass at St Denis because of the use of an overhead projector and a volunteer who interprets the homily at the regular parish Masses, wanted to attend the nightly sessions of the mission. When the Redemptorist missionary priests, F athers O'Leary and Jones, were told of the problem by Mrs Barbara Harris, coordinator of Emmanuel Centre for Disabled People, the problem seemed to be insurmountable. But, the priests, challenged by the words of Scripture that the "deaf shall hear" (Luke 7 .22), set to and together with Barbara
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The Catholic Charismatic Renewal in WA is in a healthy position according to Mr Geoff Lucey, retiring chairman of renewal coordinators in the metropolitan area. Mr Lucey basis his assertion on the recent s tatement by the National Service Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal ( Record May 5) which specified a number of ways in which individuals and groups can respond to the many challenges of our time. "The statement is a valuable pastoral contribution to the Church", he said, "and gives e ncouragement to those involved in the r enewal movement in WA, because we have seen the implementation of its strategies for some time
Statement timely
Allness St. Father J. O'Reilly, tel. 364 1120. A rmadale: Monday 7.30pm, St Francis Xavier, 8 Third Rd. Mrs Anna Cook 399 1619. Beaconsfield: Wednesday 8pm, Christ the King School, 59 Lefroy Rd. Miss Joan Leader 330 2954. Belmont / Redcliffe: W ednesday 8pm, Maria Goretti Library, 64 Morrison Rd. Mr Andrew Massang 350 3690. G osnel ls: Friday 7.30pm, O.L. of BI Sacrament Church, 175 Cornfield St. Mr Dan Hewitt 398 4973. Hamersley: Wednesday 7.30pm, All Saints Parish Centre, Hillwood Ave. Mr Wally Fryer, 448 7305. Hilton Park Thursday 7.30pm, St Theresa's Mass Centre, Friar John Way, Coolbellup. Mr Harry Albuquerque 337 9528. L eedervi l le Friday 8pm God Shepherd Convent Ruislip St,
Mr Lucey, who has b een on the coordinating committee f or two years, and chairman for the past year, said the NSC statement was timely because it offered the Church at large a positive description of what the Catholic Charismatic Renewal is about Mr Lucey said that the NSC statement affirms the authenticity of the life and commitment of the renewal movement in communion with the whole Church, its teaching and magisterturn. ' We offer an open invitation for people to a ttend any of the weekly prayer meeting and to get to know this expression of Church life at any of the meetings listed. Applecross: Friday 8pm St Benedict's,
Frank Carr 381 2516; Ladies Prayer Group Wednesday 10am as a bove, 381 2516; Lesmurdie Wed 8pm Our Lady of Lourdes Hall Lesmurdie Rd, Fr. J. dunlea 291 6282; Ladies Prayer Group Wed 10am as above, K ath McDermott, 291 6459; Medina Fri 7.30 St. Vincent's Church G i lmore Ave, Jim McVeigh 419 1071; Midland Wed 8pm St. B ridgid's School Library Dudley st, Anne B ordoni 296 4740; North Perth•Thurs 7.30 R edemptorist Monastery Vincent St, Peter Jones 330 4579; O sborne Park, Tuart Hill Tues 7.30 St. K ierans Church Cape St, Neris Miler 444 5675; Queens Park Fri 7 .30 Norbertine Priory Church Treasure Rd, Albert Atkinson 277 5885; Daytime Group Wednesday 10am as above, Sr. Kathleen O 'Farrell 291 6207; Whitfords Wed 8pm OL Mission Church Camberwarra Dr, Bob Beattie 401 1924
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Students from Catholic Schools are getting to know first hand about Open Heart Radio, the community care programme c onducted by Father Brian Morrison on 6KY. ' This week Aquinas Year 1 0 students visited the studios to hear p roducer Karen Price explain how t he programme which goes to air f ive nights a week f rom 8 to 11 pm is put together. Later in the day the students sat in the studio while Father Morrison dealt with pre -production calls in his "Being There A t Night To Share The Day" talk -back session. The boys also saw the specially equipped C ommunity Care van which is equipped as a mobile office or transport vehicle so that professionally trained helpers can be on the road seven days a week to help anyone in need, and to follow up c alls received during the radio programme.
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son (left) explains his Community Care travelling service van to Aquinas Year 10 students Brendan Gore, R obert Dallimore, Tim Creedon, Mark Mulcahy and Phillip Power.
Deaf girl in active role looked at possibilities. The overhead projection with words and pictures was put to good use throughout. The priests also made t hemselves available before the session to give a synopsis of the sermon to the interpreter. The projection of the hymns posed a special problem (because the deaf person, not hearing the words or music, would have no idea what was actually being sung) but the missionaries overcame this by pointing to each line as it was being sung. Lynette Sayers, profoundly deaf from birth, said she enjoyed the mission.
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A t the Joondanna missior Father Jones reviews projector material with L ynette Sayers.