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MARIST TAKES VOWS

During Mass in Our Lady of the Rosary church at Double view last Saturday night, Brother Anthony Clark is seen receiving communion from Father Gerard Holohan during the Mass in which he had made his final profession as a Marist Brother. He made his profession before the provincial superior, Brother Walter Smith, in the presence of 22 Marist Brothers and a packed congregation.

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Witnessing the profession of their eldest child were John and Patricia Clark and their other four children from Coliambally, NSW, where they are rice f armers. At the end o f the Mass the parents were presented with a testimonial by Brother Walter. Brother Anthony has been at Church lands for the past four years. He is in charge of Year 6 and is religious coordinator for the school. His early education was with the Marist Brothers at Leeton and Forbes, NSW, and later he trained in Melbourne and New Zealand. See also page 16.

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MANILA . The first reaction of Cardinal Sin of Manila to the murder of Benigno Aquino was to call for national calm — but he later appeared to be trying to distance himself from President Marcos. Cardinal Sin's call for calm echoed the fears of other political leaders of an escalation of national tension and reaction to the killing could incite many peaceful opponents of Marcos to join the Marxist New People's Army or other guerilla groups. Later in the week, however, President Marcos' commission to investigate the a ssassination was jolted by the refusal of Cardinal Sin, to be a member. On Saturday. another

commission nominee, a former Supreme Court justice. the highlly respected Mr Roberto Concepcion. also declined to participate in the probe allegedly through poor health. A spokesman for Cardinal Sin said he had declined the appointment because of a previous

Rebuke for Pres. Marcos

commitment to attend a bishops' Synod in Rome in September. and because he had no expertise in cross-examining witnesses. But a source close to the Cardinal said the reason was "the Cardinal is afraid the commission is rigged in favour of you know who." In a speech to a lay religious group. the Knights of Columbus. Cardinal Sin said the Philippines Government could not

NEW NORCIA STARS OF THE FUND RAISERS

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wash its hands of responsibility for the killing. The Cardinal. long a t horn in the side of President Marcos because of his tirades against the Government. said he was "scared to death" for those who would mourn for Mr Aquino. Benign() Aquino attract ed Church attention when he made international headlines in 1975 for his 42-day hunger strike to protest martial

law and the continued detention of thousands of political prisoners. One of those who intervened for him at the time was Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago. then archbishop of Cincinnati and president of the US National Conference of Catholic Bishops. In a cable to Marcos. then-Archbishop Bernardin pleaded for "a compassionate resolution" of his case and suggested exile in the US would be an alternative to the "real possibility" of "his death or serious physical impairment." The hunger strike by Aquino and other political prisoners also prompted then-Archbishop Sin to commission a study of the morality of hunger strikes. The study, which the Manila prelate sent to all the bishops of the Philippines. concluded such fasting "is not necessarily suicidal. Even if it leads to death. it may be "a lawful sacrifice of one's life for a great cause or ideal." the study said. A Catholic. Aquino was persuaded to end his hunger strike by his famspiritual advisors. il

Pope's M.E. call CASTELGANDOLF0 Italy (NC) — Pope John Paul II called on Lebanon's neighbours and other "interested parties' to work together to assure the Middle East nation its right to decide its own destiny." The pope made the appeal during his noontime appearance on the balcony of his summer residence in Castelgandolfo. Before some 6,000 people, Pope John Paul asked for prayers that L ebanon's leaders "may persevere with multiplied commitment in the search for r econciliation and national accord." Pope John Paul said the Lebanese people are "discouraged and exhausted by disappointments and sufferings." He appealed on their behalf for "the solidarity and assistance of countries which love peace" and asked "all parties responsible to give proof of good will, allowing the national energy to be dedicated to the rebirth of the country, finally free of foreign interference, respecting its sovereignity and dignity." The papal statement criticised "the opposition of armed groups and the occupation of vast areas (of Lebanon) by foreign troops. -'

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College puts best foot forward in aid effort

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Critics of new Act SYDNEY - The tenth annual conference of the NSW Right to Life Association condemned the announcement by the Federal Minister for Health, Dr Blewett, that Medicare Cards will be issued to children over 10 years of age. Mrs Doris Brauer, the outgoing president of the association, said: "The association is concerned this decision undermines parents. "Children will be encouraged to seek abortions which are probably illegal, and the decision may be exploited by older men to form sexual liaisons with underage girls, thus breaching the criminal law.

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All in all, it was a beaut effort by the students of N ew Norcia's Salvado College • •

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They walked for it, baked for it and what is more important, g ave their whole hearts to it — to help an unknown paraplegic. The project which a game lot of students at the historic college launched earlier this year became a reality when more than $800 was raised to buy a therapeutic bed for someone less fortunate than themselves. There was, naturally, a deep sense of achieve m ent and pride among the students and staff this week a s the specially' designed bed was officially handed over t o the Paraplegic Quadraplegic Association of Western Australia. The bed will be used in their Shenton Park annex. The students worked hard to raise the money in such varied activities as junior and senior coffee nights, cake stalls, raffles, discos, tidying the college grounds and a 30km charity walk to Keaney College organised by Year 10 girls (which raised $400). A

local girl, Leanne Taylor, raised more than $100 towards the project and there was also a donation

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f rom the Cadoux Primary School. Year 12 student Colleen Line headed the fundraising committee, made up of members of the Student Council. Deputy -Principal and Co-Ordinator of the project, Mr Jim Fortune, said this week that it was "a magnificent, all-round effort." "We couldn't have been more pleased with the manner in which t he students set about raising such a large amount," he added. "They rallied round with great gusto and I'm sure they all enjoyed the various activities they took part in to raise the money. "We had great assistance from many other staff members, including the Chris. tian Education team." CASTELGANDOLFO, (Italy) (NC) —

Spiritual life is threatened

Spiritual life is threatened "by the lack of respect for human rights regarding religious liberty and freedom of conscience," Pope John Paul II said at the angelus prayer lust days after a pointed attack by the Soviet news agency TASS for similar comments voiced by the pope during his August 14-15 trip to Lourdes, France. "It is necessary to defendhuman life

which is threatened by war, and we ought to defend also the spiritual life of man which is threatened by sin and by the lack of respect for human rights regarding religious liberty and freedom of conscience," said the pope speaking to 10,000 visitors to his summer residence at Castelgandolfo. "We ought to pray," the pope continued, "that these liberties be respected and defended in the entire world."

Ubiquitous priest goes to air T he ubiquitous diocesan youth chaplain has decided to move his cause to radio when he fills in for Graham Mabury on 6PR Nightline this Sunday and Wednesday nights. The invitation to host the evening programme came from Mr J.K. Watts when he met Father Jego row at a function for t he recent Youth Appeal. While Graham Mabury is on holidays Father Jegorow will chat on Sunday night about the p roblem of making t oday's youth feel part of t he local community. On W ednesday night he will t alk about being young and preparing for a hapm, marriage.

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Radio novice Father "If I am able to influJegorow seemed unfa7ence just one or two ed when asked if he was youths and bring about competing with Father more understanding of Morrison on 6KY at the youth by just one or two other end of the dial. people, the exercise will "I hope I'm better than have been worthwhile." Father Jegorow Father Morrison,- he - gifill1001111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111MHIMIIIMIIIIIIIIM said nonchalantly. "He's The Daughters of Charity not on air on Sunda% NEED YOUR HELP night so I hope I will be able to give all his regular f oi tlieir work for the development of the listeners a taste of what underprivileged the 'young' priests are URGENTLY NEEDED saying. Clothing, clean, wearable, -- house -hold "Father Morrison does goods - nick-nacks — ornaments, a fantastic job on his projewellery, etc. gramme and my humble Deliver to efforts will be just a nibble at the big task of mak534 William Street, Highgate ing our community more For Truck to call — Phone 328 4403 aware of its youth of Country goods marked donation today and its citiiens of f ree on rail to Kewdale Rail 'Terminal t omorrow. lllllllllIlIlllllIIlIlllllllllllIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllUlllllllllllllllIllli

Amalgamation heralds new era A seven year rationalisation programme of Catholic schools in the WembleyDoubleview area is all but complete this week with the announcement of Newman College Junior School which will operate f rom the beginning of 1984. The new co-educational school will cater f or 700 pupils under a staff of 40 in two c ampuses, the upper primary Marist campus on Empire Avenue and the lower primary Brigidine campus on Peebles Road, Floreat. The operation will be under the admin, istration of Marist Brother Paul O'Brien a s principal and based at the Marist tion programme in which campus and a deputy they had been involved in principal yet to be Adelaide. -File latest move at the named based at the Peebles Road school is Brigidine campus. the fourth change of a

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[ he Newman College Junior School will have its own board which will he associated with the t wo boards already in existence for Newman Senior and Newman Siena school which have already rationalised their operations. Offering an integrated programme of education for up to 1700 pupils the amalgamated schools and campuses expect to benefit from better use of personnel and resources and from centralised computer planning and administration. Parents will get the advantage of discount for their children attending t he different campuses. The principal of the new junior school. Brother Paul O'Brien. said although the seven year programme of rationali.ation involving the Nlarist. Dominican and Brigidine Orders had been a very involved process, the Marist Brothers were able to draw on their experience in an even larger rationalisa-

name for a school which started life as the Brigidine Secondary School for girls, built in 1962. The Brigidine Sisters started secondary education in the area in 1943 shortly after their 1942 arrival in WA. They taught first in an old shed on their Salvado Road property.

BRISBANE: The sale of Brisbane archdiocese prestigious Centenary Place site, has been terminated because the company's $83 million, multi-purpose development proposal was unacceptable to the Brisbane City Council. Contracts for the $6 million purchase of the site — where the city's Cathedral had been planned — were signed on June 4 last year. The sale of the 1.4 hectare site was conditional on the developer gaining City Council approval for offices, shops and home units on the land. The site, bounded by Ann, Wickham. Gipps and Gotha Streets, Fortitude Valley, was acquired by the Church in 1915 as the site for a cathedral. Work proceeded as far as the construction of the Holy Name Crypt, which occupied part of the foundations. By 1935, works at the site were reported to have cost *100.000, but it became clear during the 1930s that, with escalating costs, the project was beyond the resources of the archdiocese and was deferred.

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Marist The Marist Brothers came to the district in 1954 with their primary and secondary school next to St Joseph'. church Subiaco before m oving to Empire Avenue. In its second life the Peebles Road school became a junior secondary college for the Newman Siena amalgamation. Most recently it became St Joseph's Primary school, taking the pupils who once attended the parish school of Our Lady of Victories at Wembley and St Joseph's at Subiaco.

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A BOVE: A large coeducational complex these days means that in the junior grades boys and girls take part in the same physical education programme such as these students at Newman College. LEFT: Brother Paul O 'Brien, principal of the Newman College Junior School to be launched next year.

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The Newman College Junior School will have up to 700 pupils, as evidenced from this assembly taken by Brother Paul.

onour for gypsies

Brisbane land sale aborted

BONN — A memorial service honouring gypsies was held recently in West Germany. Bishop Heinrich-Maria Janssen of Hildesheim addressed 200 representatives of the Sinti and Roma peoples. The gypsy people in Germany prefer these names. The ceremony was held at the site of the

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, and the bishop dedicated an inscription recalling that 500,000 Romany (gypsy) people were murdered in Nazi concentration camps. He said all Christians should remember the sufferings of the gypsy people in those days.

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Our Church is suffering The tantalising frustration of instant television was fully experienced last week as we sat paralysed looking at the body of Benign° Aquino first on the ground and then being whisked away by a security van while that of his nameless alleged assassin was left on view for hours at Manila airport. As the freeze-frames were replayed over and over again the frustration and anger of the viewer increased because although we were watching only seconds after a t errible crime we were no closer to the truth than had we never seen the incident. The mind quickly goes back almost twenty years ago when a similarly tantalising few seconds of film by an amateur photographer captured the Dallas shooting of John F. Kennedy. Y et no matter how many times those jerky snatches of film are replayed they do not bring Kennedy back to life. A s the clouds darken even further over the Philippines landscape, Benign() Aquino will not come back to life. A s reports begin to suggest that he knew moments before his departure from Taipei of some impending attempt on his life, and hence the bullet-proof jacket — to say nothing of his remarkably cool acceptance of death during the aircraft interviews — it is easy to say philosophically that in death he has found the martyrdom that was denied him in opposition in politics. Here in Australia we may deride or lament the vitriolic comments and the tiresome slanging match that is supposed to be political debate on alternatives, but mercifully we have been spared the politics of bloodshed that wrack many countries. Living only hours from a dozen Asian countries from which we hear disturbing reports of coups, street riots and close on civil war, our comfortable acquiescience with politics becomes an appalling and embarrasing ignorance when it realised we could hardly name, let alone define the political movements of our near Asian neighbours. (But we are not far behind the FA footbal( results.) Politics of Benigno Aquino probably do not matter because of the time he has been excluded from taking part in government. Also, in a country that is so dominated by the current presidency it would be hard for an outsider to understand fully the forces that are boiling beneath the surface of that country. Whereas Catholics in Australia can shrug off any interest in many Asian countries because the majority of people and the ruling groups represent entrenched nonChristian cultures, the Philippines are the mumerically strongest Catholic population in the whole of our Asian region. Compared with the few times an Australian bishop has t o speak out on an occasional political decision with which the Church would take issue, the plight of men like Cardinal Sin in Manila deserves not only a nod of sympathy but solid prayer and support. He is not the Church of the Philippines but he has to represent millions of Catholics as he walks a tight -rope of repeatedly criticising the regime of Marcos but knowing he cannot afford to provoke more wrath on the average Catholic who has to cringe if his religion steps out of the church into the realities of life and justice. While we live only a phone call from a police force that is expected to be on the spot immediately for any crime let alone murders and other brutality it is hard to put ourselves in the shoes of people who may think twice before approaching authority and who are cynical of the justice they can expect for their trouble. The Father Gore saga is not important because he is a f ellow West Australian Catholic whose liberty, if not his life, is at risk. He too has to think uneasily not of himself but of the fragile Cahtolic communities and parishes that despair of being able to see their way out of poverty, e xploitation and the breakdown of their society. A quino's death ought to summon all our Australian protest as a contributing country to have the Philippine government come clean with the truth of his murder. On the other hand, there is more to life than political haranguing and his death is a grim reminder to the Catholic Church in this region that it is bound by faith to a Church that is facing agony and pain — even from other Catholics — because it is time to take the gospel seriously. V • •

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secretary of c ommission How is the economic climate affecting education in Catholic schools? "It is causing us to look again at the kind of education which is offered within the v arious sectors, ' " Sister Mary said. "Once you start to offer a wider variety of curricula obviously it becomes more costly. "There is also the need f or more special ist teachers. "There is now a higher retention in some areas because of the scarcity of jobs. "Many students are stay ing on at school, especially for the last two years. "Many of these are students with greater needs in the educational field. This can lead to further pressure on funding." Sister Mary's interest in the development of curric ula, particularly school based curriculum, led her to some innovative work in social science and in the development of curriculum studies. She has also been interested in the development of the philosophy of Catholic schools and the development of particular school philosophies. These interests have led to her working with school staffs and conducting inservice sessions with t eachers in Cathol ic schools in many parts of Australia. In 1977 Sister Mary Reardon was appointed provincial of the Josephite sisters in South Australia — a position she held until the end of June this year "I found this one of the richest periods in terms of my own development of ar understanding of significant issues in education, especially in Catholic education," she said.

"Our congregation has E very big commitment tc education. "We are involved at primary, secondary and tertiary level, in adult education, ir religious education, in the Catholic education offices and in the motor missions. "As South Australian provincial I found myself visiting our little bush schools, large country schools, rapidly developing urban schools and schools where up to 45 per cent of the students are of Vietnamese -born parents. "This last type of school interests me very much. It brings with it a whole new

A South Australian-born Josephite, Sister Mary R eardon, has been a ppointed executive secretary of the National C athol ic Education Commission. The appointment was made by the Australian bishops. It is regarded as one of the top posts in Australian Catholic education. The National Catholic Education Commission w as established by the Australian Episcopal Conference in 1974 to act at the national level on b ehalf of Cathol ic education. It is responsible for developing advice and policy on all aspects of i nvolvement of the Church in education in Australia. Sister Mary is interviewed by MICHAEL SULLIVAN, of Canberra,

cultural dimension and, because many of these students are non-Christian, another philosophy of life. "I am not sure that, on the Australian educational scene, we are meeting the challenge that is being posed by this multiculturism as creatively as we might. "I think we are battling this day to day, pragmatically; but I think we have to do a lot of hard thinking about all the implications. "We need to develop new strategies to confront the challenges that are being posed by these situations."

Another advantage of visiting all the Josephite sisters' schools in South Australia was "the wonderfully rich experience of being really in touch with t he grass -roots of education. "After spending nine years in a teachers' training college, working from the other side as it were, this was an opportunity for me to see how to translate all that nice fine academic theory into practice," Sister Mary said Sister Mary Reardon hopes that her new position as executive secretary of the National Catholic Education Commission will give her the opportunity to be involved in the c ontinuing discussions with Catholic education offices throughout Austra-

ha about "the retention and development of the truly Catholic ethos in our schools. "As the schools change, the patterns of staffing are changing and the patterns of curriculum are changing, "The question of maintenance of philosophy and the development of the philosophy of our Catholic schools therefore becomes very important," Sister Mary Reardon said. Sister Mary Reardon was born in Sevenhill, in the Clare Valley of South Australia, the eldest of five children. She was educated by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (the "Brown- Josephites) in the little bush school at Sevenhill and later in Adelaide. She entered the congregation after completing a bachelor of arts degree at Adelaide University Her first year of teaching was in the inner -Sydney suburb of Leichhardt

In those days — the mid 1 950s — the school was admitting a large number of children whose parents h ad recently migrated from Italy. "It was a good exj5erience in what we now call multicultural education," Sister Mary said. For the next 12 years, she t aught postulants and novices in various houses of formation of the Sisters of St Jospeh. I n 1969 she was appointed to the staff of the Catholic Teachers' College in North Sydney. She was on the academic board of the college and. f or a period, vicechairman of the college council She went overseas briefly at the end of 1976 looking at trends in teacher education and in the areas of curriculum development in social studies, the social sciences and integrated studies, Sister Mary has represented Catholic education a t various professional

associations and conferences She has been. • A member of the National Council for Social Studies Teaching. • Vice-chairman of the History Teachers' Associa of NSW for four years • A member of the Modern Languages Association. • A consultant to the NSW Department of Education on the development of a social science curriculum • Representative of the Major Superiors of Religious Women on the National Catholic Education Commission Schools Committee. • A member of the South Australian Catholic Schools Commission. • Chairman of the Committee of Advice to the Aboriginal Community College, Adelaide During this time, Sister Mary Reardon also gained a diploma of theology in Sydney and a master ot education degree at Sydney University.

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Sir I am amazed, shocked, disappointed and insulted by the insertion of two notices on page 12, The Record, August 25 headed "Catholic Singles Club." The derogatory phrase in brackets — "NO DIVORCEES", -- is to me, and I am sure many other Catholic divorced persons, very hurtful and humiliating. The people of the "CSC" should either change their name to "Spinsters and Batchelors' Club" or any other name of their choosing, but please do not hide under the cloak of CatholiciSm. Obviously the powers that be of the CSC have not studied Vatican II on marriage, or looked at the laws

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The pope defines study as work Can study be regarded as work? It certainly can — at any r ate if we keep in mind the full meaning of these two words, a meaning that has both secular a nd religious reference. Looked at precisely as technique, study is primarily mental work, the labour of a mind seeking to know and communicate truth. And if labour means discipline, method and painstaking effort, study is certainly al l of t hese. Humble, systematic, persevering intellectual work is the very foundation of your life. As Our Lord said, it is through mas tery of truth that we achieve freedom — the freedom whose other names are human fulfilment, virtue, holiness. Study, however, is not only intellectual work.

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by those who love truth, ily at the rite. and love is an act of the will to realise that the phrase The mind cannot get far "study as work" is one to on its own in its search for remind us of the work we truth. It needs the wr41 to have to do on ourselves in support it all along the order to become mature way. persons. More than that, This is particularly true mature Catholics. where moral truth is in As a matter of fact, the question. important task is not that And the most sublime truths of all, those of the of transforming the world. The real task is to transGospel message, we can k now intimately and form ourselves, to make authentically only if we ourselves more and more faithful to the image of have charity. This supernatural love is G od the Creator has the one way by which we stamped into our very being. can come to know God as He is, infinite Truth. There would be no point in winning mastery over We must not think of nature by inventing and study simple as a techusing highly sophisticated nique. as a purely intellectechnology, if this meant tual operation altogether we were then unable to confined to the laws of master ourselves by follogic. lowing the directions of a If will plays an essential conscience enlightened by part in study, this means the law of God. we have to think about In that case, we would "study as work" in moral come face to face with terms as well. Pope John Paul II C hrist's disquietening Study helps to develop "What gain is it, question: the powers of the mind. It interest real a in serious Seen in this perspective. a man to win the for then, develops also the moral study. provery a in study is work v irtues. No less widespread, whole world and ruin his found sense. though, is the disturbing own life?" Study is therefore tightly Not only does it contribTo grasp the meaning of bound up with human conviction that work of ute to abstract knowledge. toil, we must first human well-being. kind often is on going this It is also clearly decisive in understand how God calls in Indeed, since study is a a moral vacuum. a route the determining Many of your colleagues every one of us to serve r esponsible activity, it man will follow towards are ready to tackle their the Good with his whole s hould give added his eternal destination. studies in a thoroughly self in everything he does. strength to the fidelity To many observers it is Work is for man. Man is professional way. with which we seek out quite obvious that today's Yet at the same time f or God. what is truly good for students are again taking there is a utilitarian slant mankind. What work signifies, . ....•••••••••••••••***************** to their approach. therefore, is more imporThey have only their own tant than work itself. It is selfish ends in sight. w hat makes work a Their whole attitude prohuman act. claims a cynical version of We should at this point be the slogan Knowledge is able to see that, most funPower. damentally, both work and Now it is quite in order to study are a quest for think of study as work in holiness. the sense that it ought to The undertaking you be directed towards comin view, therefore — have administering* and will your preparing By * petence in some particular that of giving constant wit* * profession. * • your estate. ness to Christ in your * * 'p But we must be careful to • university work — can be * * see that this practical * summed up in a single 4t• By administering the estate of relatives * • objective neither arises pregnant word: holiness • • * * from nor gives expression — holiness in study and and friends in your stead. * * to the kind of materialistic • 'p holiness through study. philosophy that reduces Now a holy life is made up persons to the status of of doctrine and of prayer, mere tools for the realisaof intimacy with Christ and tion of their own ambition of hard work. or somebody else's. A holy life is the fruit of service. is Work love. The illusion of ephemeral • •* personal power can never PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE I take my argument from •* « words with which you are joy the for substitute a be •• 565 HAY STREET, PERTH «• familiar. * • that comes from putting surely "Your earthly vocation is ** PHONE 325 0141 ** oneself and one's work at ** the service of the Good * an important part of your * heavenly vocation. WO* 44"..************• 41,4".41•41i***********0 These reflections help us

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B UDADEST — The Catholic Church in Hungary is seeking a greater role in society, and the communist regime in that country has recognised Church influence could help achieve various social and economic goals, Hungarian Press reports indicate. Hungarian Catholic and communist publications said the trend was highlighted by the visit to Hungary last May of Papal Nuncio Archbishop Luigi Poggi, the Vatican's special envoy in Eastern Europe. The Archbishop held several meetings with Cardinal Laszlo Lekai, the Primate of Hungary, and also met with the head of Hungary's State Office for Church Affairs, Imre Miklos.

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Briefs: The sentencing recently in the Soviet Union of Yuri Tarnopolsky and trial of Josef Begun have aroused concern once again over the position of Soviet Jewry. T he charges brought against these men can be seen as part of a far-reaching and organised attack on the activities of Jews in the Soviet Union. Although it is nothing new f or such leading defenders of the rights of Soviet Jews to be the object of the authorities' attentions, the imprisonment of these two men is a severe blow to the growing movement of active interest among Soviet Jews in their national and cultural identity. Nor are the detentions of Tarnopolsky and Begun isolated incidents. The other two factors contributing to this worsened situation are two closely connected developments: the openly official outburst of "anti-Zionism" brought to world attention lately by the recent formation of the AntiZionist Committee and the severe cut-back, now semiacknowledged as official policy, in the number of Jews being allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union.

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The formation of the antiZionist committee was announced on March 31 by a group of high-ranking Jews loyal to the regime — General David Dragunsky (Chairman); Academician M.I. K abachnik; G.B. Gorman, member of the Writers' Union; Professor Samuil Zivs, doctor of Juridical Sciences; B.S. Sheimin, member of the Cinematographers' Union; Professor G.L. Bondarevsky, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences; and Yu. A. Kolesnikov, member of the Writers' Union. The committee's primary aim was stated to be the combating of the attempts of Israeli propaganda and Western Jewish groups to turn Soviet Jews, really "part and parcel of the Soviet people", against the country of their birth. It was particularly significant that shortly after its formation the committee was

Campaign against Jews in the Soviet by CAROLYN BURCH Research Assistant, Keston College joined by Rabbi Yakov Fishman of the Moscow Synagogue (who has since died). At the end of April he went on national Soviet radio to add his voice, as an offical r epresentative of religious Jews in the USSR, to those of the non-religious Jews who founded the committee. In the broadcast, which was in Hebrew, he said: "As a Soviet citizen, as a member of the Soviet Peace Committee, and as a clergyman, I do my duty by joining the AntiZionist Committee of the Soviet Public. I, too, car make my humble contribution to returning those who have erred to the right path, and to calming those who have gone mad." It is probable that Rabbi Fishman's successor, Adolf Shayevich, will follow his example and join the committee, thus re-asserting that the anti-Zionist stance is one upheld by the official representatives of Judaism in the USSR. The move would also lend weight to the increasing evident distinction between those Jews who are a tolerable element in the Soviet sys tern and those whose Zionism makes them troublesome aliens — a distinction originating not among the Jews

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themselves but in the authorities' attitude towards them. By making Zionism such a definite target of the authorities' condemnation, the perpetrators of anti-Zionism are creating a situation whereby a Jew who shows, or can be accused of showing. Zionist sympathies, also becomes a p ersonal target of this condemnation. The desire of some Soviet Jews to go to Israel is viewed as a result of their naivete in the face of Zionist propaganda emanating from Israel and Western Jewish groups. ( And, of course, there do exist large numbers of Jews in the Soviet Union who have been absorbed in the process of assimilation and who do not wish to emigrate.)

But the authorities view with particular hostility the cases of some Jews, leaders of the campaign to claim their rights to religious and cultural freedom and the right to emigrate. Georgi Arbatov (the Soviet Union's leading expert on the US), in an interview printed in Komsomolskaya Pravda on May 27, expressed the resentment felt toward emigres and would-be emigres. "When somebody leaves our country and goes to the West it means that he or she is rejecting the whole set of social values and ideals of the Soviet people The general hostility felt towards individuals and famil ies who have openly expressed their desire to leave the USSR can now be focused more sharply on leading Jewish "refuseniks" (Jews who have been refused permission to emigrate from the USSR) by claiming as its basis the officially sanctioned anti-Zionism. Lev Korneyev's book. The Class Essence of Zionism, recently published and favour ably reviewed in the Soviet Union, is a clear illustration of how easily this can happen. He puts forward the theory that Zionism is working to establish agents among Jews throughout the world, and writes that since Jews everywhere are members of the Jewish nation, this "automatically puts Jews in the role of

a fifth column in any country." Korneyev goes a considerable way towards abandoning the distinction which antiZionist writers are usually concerned to stress, between anti-Semitism and antiZionism. (Zionism and antiSemitism are usually classed together in official pronouncements as equally d eplorable forms of "chauvinism".) Other anti-Zionist propagandists have joined Korneyev in comparing, and even equating, Israel with Hitler's Germany, and thus Zionism with neo-fascism. Shortly after the formation of the anti-Zionist committee, its chairman David Dragunsky, in an interview published in Sovetskaya Rossiya, compared the "slogans with the aid of which the Zionists lure Jews to the Promised Land" with those used by "Hitierite fascists".

Occasionally an article in the Soviet press reveals how closely the official "antiZionist" campaign and the attempts to suppress leaders of religious and cultureal life among Jews are connected. In April there was one such article in Leningradskaya Pravda by B. Kravtsov, entitled Kulturtaegers with a Master-key. It included the following: "The return to Hebrew for today's practical Zionism hardly has a cultural, but rather an exclusively political significance. Hebrew is, above all, the language of the Jewish holy books the Torah and the Talmud. "And this is an extreme religious fanaticism, chauvinism, the attempt to foist on the Jews the idea of their exclusivity, their 'chosenness', their superiority over other peoples, and, consequently, racist intolerance for other 'inferior' peoples. It is clear how easily -antiZionism" lends itself as a pretext for the frequent harassment, the house searches and the breaking up of Hebrew classes, which have, with increasing frequency, disrupted the lives of Jews in the USSR during the last six months.

While the situation for Jews who wish to sustain their cultural and national identity is becoming increasingly difficult, it is also becoming much more difficult to obtain permission to leave for Israel. The number of Jews allowed to emigrate during the first four months of 1983 showed a substantial drop in comparison to the previous year's figures. In 1979, 51,320 Jews left the USSR. In 19819,460 left, and by 1982 the total had dropped dramatically to 2,692. If the monthly average of just over 100 continues through 1983, this year's total will be lower still. A lthough an official announcement that an end is being put to Jewish emigration can hardly be expected a semi-official statement that • Cont page 11

NEW YORK (NC) — Evanelisers must "propose, not impose the truth of the Gospel," Archbishop Pio Laghi, apostolic delegate in the United States, told Catholic Indians and missionaries at the 1983 Tekakwitha Conference. T he conference brought together more than 1,500 native Americans from 100 t ribes, along with Catholic bishops, priests, religious and lay ministers who work with them. Archbishop Laghi celebrated an opening Mass with eight bishops, six Indian priests a nd a score of missionaries. EE

pEw YORK (NC) — The Missouri upreme Court has ruled that under Missouri law a living foetus is legally a person. Saying a husband and wife have the right to sue for damages on behalf of their stillborn baby because of alleged negligence in medical care for the pregnant woman and her foetus. "Parents clearly have an interest in being protected against or compensated for the loss of a child they wished to have,- wrote Judge Pudlowski "The foetus itself has an interest in being protected from injury before birth,- he added. The case arose after Terry and Kevin O'Grady, sued St Joseph Hospital, two doctors and a nurse. The couple alleged negligence in treating Mrs O'Grady's ruptured uterus in 1979 caused the baby to be stillborn. James Bartimus, attorney for the parents said under previous interpretations the foetus had to be born alive to be party to a lawsuit. Bartimus also said the decision had no bearing on abortion because most abortions are performed before viability.

ARSAW : The city's rtuncil is to name a square in the working class district of Wol after Cardinal Wyszyinski, the Primate of Poland, who died in August 1981. In addition, a statue will be erected in the courtyard of the Catholic University of Lublin next year, showing the Cardinal embracing Pope John Paul II. Cl

n1GDANSK. (NC) — Ir L.Jan effort to dissuade anti-government protests, Gdansk authorities have c lamped tight controls on public gatherings. Among the controls is a prohibition against using places of worship for meetings which are not connected to religion. Government critics interpreted the controls as an attempt to head off rallies this week to mark the third anniversary of the founding of Solidarity, the independent labour union which became illegal under martial law. The August 14 demonstration began after Sunday Masses in Catholic churches. In the past many pro Solidarity demonstrations have begun as worshippers left Sunday services The Baltic port city of Gdansk was the birthplace of Solidarity.

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PARIS — Archbishop Yves Georges Ramousse, head of the new Vatican office for promoting the Church's apostolate to Cambodians, is touring the United States and Canada to establish contact with Cambodian refugees and immigrants. Archbishop Ramousse, a former missionary who was expelled from Cambodia in 1975, is now based in Paris He is accompanied on his trip by Father Francois Ponchaud, author of Cambodia, Year Zero, and director of the Welcome Centre for Cambodians in Paris, and by Father Rogatien Ronineau, former rector of the minor seminary in Phnom-Penh. E.]

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L_J University will offer an introductory course in the new Code of Canon Law for bishops in Rome, later this year. The course will include four hours of lectures daily, in Latin, by professors of the canon law faculty of the Gregorian University.

MADRID — Smoking in diocesan meetings has been banned by Spanish Bishop Juan Marti Alan's of Urgel in Spain He has also told priests to stop smoking Meanwhile it was reported Pope John Paul gave a 200 pack of cigarettes to the cabin crew of the plane bringing him back home from his Poland trip 0 13 0

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ACCRA — The National Conference of Priests of Ghana has called for an end to the country's military regime and a transfer of power to a democratically -elected civil government. The priests said Flight -Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings' Provisional National Defence Council had done nothing to improve the condition of the people The prices of the necessities of life had risen to an unbearable level.

Spanish under attack by the bishops MADRID, (NC) In their first open criticism of the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers Party, the Spanish bishops have accused it of promoting values " 'dissociated from the cultural and moral patrimony of the Spanish people. The bishops said since 1975, when the death of Generalissimo Francisco Franco ended 35 years of dictatorship in Spain, the country had experienced "one of the most spectacular changes in its history, opting with firmness for a political regime of democratic coexistence." Referring to the Socialists' election victory a few days before the 1981 papal visit, the bishops said the Spanish Socialist Workers Party "in its historic origins and its programme presents a laicist stamp which differs in important points from Catholic thought." The bishops, who did not back any political party in pre-election statements last year, have spoken out strongly against specific proposals by the Socialist government to legalise abortion and end state financing of Catholic schools. But the recent document marked the first time the bishops had criticised the party itself. Although many Socialist voters declare themselves to be practicing Catholics, "with the passing of time, a tendency is seen, already present in preceding steps, to establish a scale of values marked by an agnostic humanism and in great part dissociated from the cultural and moral patrimony of the Spanish people," the bishops said. More than 98 per cent of Spain's 36.7 million people profess Catholicism, which was the state religion until 1979. But in a document issued before the papal visit, the bishops said the practice of Catholicism and adherence to Catholic teachings were seriously declining in Spain.

DATELINE . . . overseas news roundup

ABORTION ISSUE IS OBVIOUS DUBLIN: The Irish bishops have left no doubt on their attitude toward the referendum to take place on September 7 to decide whether abortion should be written into the Irish Constitution. The bishops leave no doubt as to their own position: "While some c onscientiously hold different opinions, we are c onvinced that a clear majority in favour of the amendment will greatly contribute to the continued protection of unborn human life in the laws of our country." The bishops defend their o wn right to comment on the grounds that "when there are moral implications to a constitutional amendment, as in the present case, the Church has an obligation to alert the consciences of voters to these implications and the moral consequences of their vote." A recent statement stresses that "abortion, w hich is the direct taking a human life, is a grave v iolation of human rights." The bishop's statement also said: "There are people who are sincerely opposed to abortion and yet who feel that no referendum should take place at all, or that a different form

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Critics miss mainsprin of renewal nuns BALTIMORE (NC) — Critics from the right and left have seriously misunderstood the religious renewal of American nuns in the past two decades, said Archbishop John R . Quinn of San Francisco when addressing US women rel igious superiors meeting in Baltimore. W omen's greatest a ccomplishment since the Second Vatican Council had been simply "living in f idelity to your vocation" through the t ension, turmoil and a ttacks they faced over those years. a

recently

sisters'

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destroying the Church. that

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Chad conflict hampers the Church N'DJAMENA, (Chad) — Flareups in the 19-year -old civil war i n Chad have hampered Catholic Church activities in the African country, especially in the capital of N'Djamena. The country's 233,000 Catholics represent slightly more that five per cent of the population of land-locked Chad, a former French colony which gained independence in 1960. The total population is 4.5 million. In the Archdiocese of NDjamena, the most urgent problem is reconstructing buildings, including the Catholic cathedral, destroyed by bombings, said the Vatican newsagency FIDES. FIDES also said that present fighting between Libyan-backed rebels and Chadian government forces in the north has hindered church evangelisation efforts in the region. Northern Chad. which borders Libya, is populated by a majority of nomadic Moslems. In the more densely popu-

t o diminish their enthusiasm

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OMBQ 7 Aug. — A coaboo to ferry Program is mass Under thousands of Tam, refugees. ntade week's botne1eSS coninitinal violence Srol LtnlaffkIlha. ta a .t°whttleerentrillantetrnis fnajort day t er for ttr e past ALt parked voto days sotith of ree-iterg Srt An Jaffna. toLanka hag disgorge S

htelag 44_ ta.b*lagereese'l.forwejlee _ Reports front the . Meted a capital delargely Lout eitY-down *ova, 1Ite Police patrolled by seasUn the uoters and looteet lookout fOr R ed a the cstgtal • of several shot,* d' ut tuidredai thetr hotelscutters stayed c olonah° and a a tter m advice from COlombo other "ma' days in sirs and their err:Nuhigh tt/we others " 1/1drowded 3° A tetnrnd :some aI tenrso te acll; li l c'a l ll r u aer te etie c'tt i .s:boa ir a eT7 cn Of . aFt ethew atiiiirporth Ter re cii ct r' nitt s homa 0er: nifi the °Pet dee home game. Erorn however Katlic Port was ill•AR;" at a tstelibP re tet Zrarswe'arttne he liY 5°,1%1 to The runes .NTA,410Pt: of startchtti:: in barge fur hip to Co!ontbo InAnv"g riey born s .re ;nose Lhme w.h° 'we fereed_ Indtan were mentters A here theY l' of t went toMO Commission. use w rudirdentarY fasnd been LEAS1' 37 pri,onerN who it:Iled hotels aIter !ria:e c nt a mo:hhds cf:Inni 4 :.10:: in Of the Deputy Hist tte house : 8uFlees swi mred buses %tors, wettaada ;al: :1, Worter was vontutts_ the !I:ode:it burned so ;Jr Iv t :olc iire the Staff rberober killed d0%71 1144 a sweep.ne Sri In Tile me?) tn rtsgeP° ;Illa srdt f frthems ie"d Rntam. some are ail 1..pika Tamils. .,) be Sn Lankan Tan:Itsof the 25.000 Lnder cnoticted Or glet.auted start of the blamed ttithLng on an Vte rerts:n :h.e rmihtry s an dent last meiweek :ze a tuch -terlegigatien. O teenage three tiirial con etris at a bus thel sesstons -stop near deaths camc lirn,a:an: nt the Jaffna ut the etny north aere soon Got alfekabducted ernment surf atter the c ar:ew the n:ght so/dicta. One and raped Inwould be Ine1 was have E ZPr said to extended scribedlude,;Pn'ad noting They canututtedscochle. as the dis- atrocity also dam) arrst, in al:tch another i years. six boys Mark troop6Were sho: and se:too:rapt t a; anleke hung (her knife! by and police the a:ter in the area S e.asi,rs sante r initakse anO ti', between They blame n,norll)-. Otte Tarmi for these R unothetal nut incidents Sri protrocmg the attack at more t the number of on a Latilan arolgdead Ilan 100 OW At /cast gehtcle ort SaturdaY In beenTare,li are said to :I - were killed. xlbeh )3 :rade solcher hate The have t:rd. homeless or to attack. by ' letIng ratists Set-Ike chirts of start Tarrul calling themselvessepathe Tigers. has at:enCablnet tnee:mg by oflielal by been e;:ed called o. l't-"s!derit Ja:t-ca a the source, as the cause rdihe against Stithalcsr the Tantu.s. backlash

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NEW YORK. —Girls late last month continued to assist at Mass in the Chicago archdiocese after Cardinal Joseph L Bernardin sent out a directive banning "girls acting as altar servers." Responding in a memo to questions raised by Chicago priests, Cardinal Bernardin wrote "as regards the question of girls acting as altar servers, there are directives from liturgical documents which exclude this practice. I would request that all our parishes follow these l iturgical norms." The Cardinal added that he is "sensitive to the desire of women to par -

War hits religion lated south, the population is composed mainly of Christians and animists. Besides the Archdiocese in N'Djamena, the Catholic Church in Chad has dioceses in the southern cities of Moundou, Pala and Sarh. Of the 143 priests in Chad, only eight are native diocesan priests. Other Church personnel include 34 brothers and 166 nuns. Chad has 29 major seminarians. To fill the vocations gap, the bishops are training lay catechists. Currently, more than 1,000 catechists are working in the country's four dioceses.

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walk into an a tmosphere of the joke halftold, of suspicion or unconscious arrogance sometimes on the part of clerics, of the question that waits for no answer, of the unrelenting and constant demand for Justification." A rchbishop

Quinn noted

historical parallels in which periods of the greatest vitality of religious life in the Church followed periods in which religious orders had faced some of their deepest crises.

And from the perspective of faith, he said, the understanding of religious life as

"In many cases, evangelisation at the

c battemd the ronaul

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level of the local community will depend

requires the acceptance of

ever more on the pastoral services of the catechists." said rirwc

prelude to the resurrection.

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How to help. The recent violence in Sri Lanka has left hundreds dead in its wake. Many more have been shockingly injured and thousands of families made homeless and destitute. The relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka is desperately trying to provide much-needed food, shelter and care for those who have suffered from the fighting. The need is urgent and the task daunting. It includes maintenance of three refugee camps and the welfare of all the c hildren and infants in Colombo whose lives have been so suddenly and tragically torn apart INN INI ------1 It also includes looking beyond I'd like to help the relief work in Sn the immediate crisis, when people Lanka. Enclosed is my donation will need to rebuild not just their h ouses, but their lives and their Name c ommunities. A ddress If you can help, please send your donation now to P/Code A ustralian Catholic Relief. Australian Catholic Relief 154 Elizabeth Street Sydney 2000 Donations over $2 00 ore too deductible

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KNOW YOUR F AITH

PATHWAYS 111 THE SPIRIT Learning early about ood relationships Compiled by NC NEWS SERVICE

"What's that?" Michael asked "It's chicken," his sister, Eileen responded. "Well, then, what happened to it?" "It got a little burned on one side, but the other side is OK." "Is there anything else?" Michael asked in a tone that bordered on the demanding and showed rather clearly his opinion of the contents of the dinner plate in front of him. Becoming increasingly defensive about the meal she had prepared. Eileen replied: "Yeah, potatoes, but they won't be ready for another 10 m inutes. I had a little trouble making everything get finished at the same time." "What about vegetables? You're supposed to have vegetables with dinner too, you know. "I know, but I forgot them. Sorry." And then, probably realising how much she had been put into a corner by her brother, Eileen rallied and continued: "At least I try different things. When you cook, all we ever have is pizza or hot dogs or tacos. I get kind of sick of that stuff all the time."

M ichael and Ei leen's mother, Dorothy, listened to the conversation a s it bounced back and forth across the dinner table. For several weeks now the family had been trying out a new system of preparing the evening meal . Each family member took a turn at c ooking. The others divided up the related tasks of food shopping, setting a nd clearing the table, doing the dishes and cleaning up the kitchen. The new system replaced an old one which was basically, "Mother does everything." With a new job that took her out of the house until shortly before dinner time, Dorothy thought there could be a real advantage to the family, as well

probably be ready on time. And there's some lettuce in the refrigerator. Maybe we can have a salad while we wait." " Yeah, she did try to do something different and that's nice," came his slow response followed quickly by, "But I sure wish she could learn f aster." " Thanks, Michael," Eileen said. " Listen, I'll even give you some of that brown stuff that's in the refrigerator. I k now it looks a little funny, but it's c hocolate pudding." The story I have told is simple. But it points to some serious challenges in the art of raising children. One challenge, it seems, is to help them develop the ability to form and keep a good relationship with themselves and with other people. This is a preparation tht can play a large role in their futures. For relationships built on respect for someone else and a love and respect for oneself are n ecessary in all of adult life. Obviously that kind of relationship is crucial in married life. The preparation begins early. This

By Suzanne E. Elsesser as to herself, if everyone shared more

actively in meeting family needs. In f act, she thought, it was good for them to take more responsibility — whether she worked outside the home or not. T onight's dialogue between Michael and Eileen aside, the new system did seem to be working. But as a p arent would suspect, it was c hallenging.

"Michael, I think Eileen has done a very nice job with dinner," she inserted. "I really don't mind waiting a bit for the potatoes. Next time they'll

means that the kind of relationships parents keep alive in their home are among the most important gifts they give their children. In the give and take of family living, Eileen and Michael, like so many other c hildren, will learn about relationships. They will probably continue to have disagreements, but they will also l earn how to resolve them s uccessfully. Eileen will learn to do her best and be pleased with that no matter how much she may be teased or baited by someone else. Michael will learn that it feels a lot better (and he gets what he wants more easily too!) if he passes out compliments rather than criticism. How do children learn about relationships? Mostly by example. Mostly by how they see people around them acting — in and out of their homes. Words are important too in teaching about relationships. But mostly it is a matter of how we — who are adults — f eel about ourselves, how we think and act toward other people, that will make the difference.

A Many young people have little awareness of the factors that make building a lasting married relationship so much more possible.

A talk with teenagers all about marriage By Father James J Young, CSP The young people sat casually around the desks and stools and floors of the modern double classroom. Their relaxed manner was a dramatic contrast to the serious looks on their faces. Iasked the 150 high school juniors how many of them had experienced divorce in the immediate.families. More than half the hands went up. Ihad come to .4 la.ska for a week at the invitation of Archbishop Francis Hurley to speak about the Church's concern for divorced persons and their families. A divorced high school English teacher, Betty Egan. invited me to talk to the juniors and seniors at Kodiak High on "How Not to Get Divorced." " What do you think is the most important thing you can do not to get divorced?"Iasked them. "Marry the right person," a number of thempiped up, almost as if rehearsed. "How do you know it's the right person?" They looked as though the question had never occurred to them before. "You just know," they answered confidently. It struck me that the romantic tradition is alive and well among America's youngpeople. Despite all the family disruption of the past generation, most of these A laskan teenagers still believed that somewhere there was the right someonefor them, and all they had to do was find that right person, marry him or her and live happily ever after.

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These young people seemed to have little awareness of the factors that make building a lasting married relationship so much more possible. Some researchers today feel that many marriages undergo serious stress and some come apart around rather predictable life passages or stages of adult development that can he recognised. ,Much has been written about the midlife crisis for men or the transition in their 30s for women, and the effect of these stages upon marriage. Itried to break the marry-the-right-person bubble by asking the young people what changes occur in married life after eight or 10 years. They stared at me. Personal change and its effect on a marriage relationship seemed beyond their pale picture of marriage. More education, especially by married people sharing their personaljourneys, couldhe most valuable for them. I then asked how many in the group had close relatives living nearby — grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins. Their response confirmed my hunch that young .Alaskans are an extreme example of the fact that we have become a nation of migrants. We know today that family members can he a crucial support for marriedpersons, since close relatives pass on and reinforce traditional values about permanence andfidelity in marriage. Relatives often rally around young married couples in trouble and help make divorce much more unthinkable. iihen young married couples relocate in distant cities, far from family supports, tensions frequently mount. How often have close relatives served as marriage counsellors, helpedyoung couples economically, or assisted with early child rearing or at times of sickness.

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Next to death of a spouse or divorce, relocation is usually ranked as the thirdmost stressful experience couples can endure. asked my A laskan teenagers what place God has in marriage. Again their response was a sea of blank faces. Iassumed that they liked traditional church weddings with gowns, tuxedos and a church full of friends. YetIdetected little awareness in them that religious faith and commitment can strengthen and enrich a marriage relationship. Research shows that married couples in the United States who regularly go to a church or synagogue divorce significantly less than the population at large. We conclude that couples who worship regularly take traditional values about permanence in marriage more seriously and do not embrace divorce as an early solution to marriage problems. Second. religious motivation andprayer can bring needed spiritual energy to confront and work through the inevitable problems that come to every marriage. Further, those who worship regularly are probably better tied into good counsellors and other resources, since clergy in the I'liked States are still the number one helpers to whom married persons turn in times of distress. Religious values and a spiritual commitment can sustain young couples in difficult times and also help them enrich their marriages through involvement in service of others. The Church community, through its educational programmes, its social justice efforts and its family life programmes, can make a crucial difference in helping today's young people avoid divorce.

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Queensland women agree on UN move A Brisbane archdiocesan study group of eight women is unanimous that the United Nations convention on women's rights is in harmony with the teachings of the Church. In a preliminary report to Archbishop Rush, the group said it supported the objectives of the convention as "a first step towards eliminating the discrimination t o which women are subjected." The group's convener, Mrs Leslie Bartlett, said that on the basis of its study of the convention and legal advice it had sought, it c ould reassure women there were no grounds for the fears some of them hold. However, the group does have several reservations about the convention. The group officially the Task Force on the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women — was set up by the archdiocesan Research Advisory Committee at the request of Archbishop Rush. Other members of the task force, in additin to Mrs Bartlett, are Sister Kath Burke, RSM, Mrs Rebecca Devitt, Mrs Colleen Forrester, Mrs Lineen Forde, Sister Miriam McShane, R SM,and Mrs Mol ly Murphy, representing the Queensland Catholic Education Office. and Sister Thomasine, RS1 representing the Catholic Family Welfare Bureau. In its preliminary report to Archbishop Rush, the task force made these points also: • The task force notes that the Church has stressed the equal dignity and responsibility of men and women, that every form of discrimination . . . is contrary to God's intent, and that women should be able to fulfil their roles both in the family and public spheres. • Ratification of the convention gives Australia a v oice in international a ffairs dealing with women's rights.

One practical way your church may be able to increase its understanding of the paths of peace in today's world, is to make use of this year's Social Justice Statement. For the first time this i s being written ecumenically. It is sponsored by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace and the Australian Council of Churches. It will make a critical examination of contemporary Australian society, and relationships with neighbours near and far in light of Biblical - theological perspectives. Out of this analysis the Statement will point to a future in which the threats to world peace are overcome, and a new peace will prevail.

Convention accepted by group From RAY OWEN chief reporter of The Leader, Brisbane • The convention's reference to help for women in rural areas is significant because three-quarters of the world's women live in rural areas, and it is here that is found 80 per cent of the world's absolute poverty. Rural women in Asia are one priority for Australian Catholic Relief. • The plight of many impoverished women in refugees, Australia migrants, Aborigines, single mothers, widows and who are forced to others work out of necessity, and their need for childcare f acilities comes within the ambit of the convention. • When a particular group has been deprived of some of its rights, the reestablishment of these rights should not be such as to adversely affect the rights of others, replacing one injustice with another The legislation necessary to put the convention into effect must protect the rights of others, in particular the rights of children, the rights of the family, and the rights of society. The then Attorney General, Mr Bob Ellicott, signed the convention at

One World Week will be held again in September. It is sponsored j ointly by the Australian Council of Churches and the Australian bishops. This second year of the three-year programme, beginning on September 23, will again focus on the theme "The price of peace." In 1982, many churches throughout Austral ia began to struggle with the challenges of our world. Through local study group, liturgies, film evenings, in sermons, v isiting speakers, prayer vigils or picnics, people throughout the Australian churches began to

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the 1980 Copenhagen convention on women's rights. H owever, the Fraser Government did not ratify the convention. This step was taken by the Hawke Government last month. Some provisions of the convention, which come within the scope of the Commonwealth law, will be given legal effect by the passage of the Sex Discrimination Bill 1983. This is to be debated during the Budget session of Federal Parliament which begins this week. Provisions relating to affirmative action (guidelines for implementation of the provisions) are not included in the legislation. The responsible Minister, Senator Susan Ryan (Minister for Education and Youth Affairs), said affirmative action would be included in additional legislation to be brought down in two years. She said in the meantime a Green Paper would be prepared to promote discussion on the issues. Mrs Bartlett said the Brisbane archdiocesan task force had only two reservations about the convention, relating to paid maternity leave and clauses which

give equal opportunity for women in the armed forces. She pointed out, the Federal Government had also had reservations about these clauses and had rejected them. The task force has drawn attention to the fact that the convention makes no mention of the familybased, or community-based woman, or that work in the home should be recognised for what it is -- "a vitally important contribution to the social and economic well-being of the nation." The task force has also drawn attention to the possibility of a CommonwealthStates rights conflict, noting a statement by Senator Ryan that the Federal Government would consider making extended use of its Commonwealth powers if the Queensland Government did not introduce sex discrimination legislation. The task force has been meeting groups of women around the archdiocese to discuss the convention, and initial indications are that there are five main areas of concern. That mothers will be forced into the paid workforce and have to place

their children in government-run creches; that the man will no longer be head of the house; the possibility of Eastern bloc countries dictating to Australian families (through the UN supervisory group); that the States would have to do what the Commonwealth told them in this; that it would bring about a unisex society. Mrs Bartlett said the task force could reassure them — on the basis of its study of the convention and the legal advice it has sought - that there are no grounds for these fears, with perhaps the exception of the States rights issue. The task force pointed out, the Commonwealth had the power to override the States on such an issue, but previous governments had left it to the States to implement the provisions of other international conventions ratified by Australia. Mrs Bartlett said Australia had acceded to, or ratified, eight previous international conventions relating to women. She also said the latest convention had now been r atified and attention s hould therefore be focused on the enabling legislation. The Uniting Church in Australia also supports the convention. Its director of Women's Services, Mrs Lola Mayor, says the conventin is not in conflict with what the Bible says about the family. The Brisbane Archdiocesan task force will continue to meet groups of interested people to discuss the enabling legislation "and any other concerns they may have." [ The next meeting in the series will be a lunchtime session on September 13 at the Catholic Centre, Brisbane from noon to 2pm. The speaker will be Carmel McDonald, Senior Lecturer in law at the Queensland Institute of Technology.]

as Chrittians in today's world vides people in local churches and ecumenical communities an opportunity: • To explore the links that bind us to our fellow men and women, and to find ways of working with them for greater justice and peace. • To celebrate the richness and adventure

It was a great day for the children at the East Fremantle Catholic Church when the baby Jesus got his hand back. Not only that, his eyes were sparkling, his cheeks glowing a nd his lips were rosebud pink. And it was a ll thanks to Mrs Kathleen Hyde. Now in her 70s, this enthusiastic artist had taken charge of baby Jesus after the parish priest had said the children were worried becuase one of his hands was missing. But Mrs Hyde soon had him back to scratch and not only that, she also restored to pristine splendour the other 12 statues in the c hurch. "The angel was the h ardest, '" she said. It took t wo years, working as a nd when she could to r eplace broken or missing sections and repaint the statues in warm, welcome colour. The angel was a metre and a half long and the biggest statue she had worked on to date. After 40 years they had become decidedly tatty. It was not the first time Mrs Hyde had wrought miracles. A few years ago Brother Angus from Clontarf had seen some of her sculpture in the office of her accountant daughter.

"He asked if I could do some restoration work on the statues at Clontart she said. "I had done no formal training in this respect, but from my sculpture and portrait painting studies I knew what had to be done." She had studied sculp- prise and pleasure on the ture for many years and faces of others as they worked in the media of see an image reborn. c lay, fibreglass, brass While she didn't begin a nd stone . . . plaster, sculpturing until she was which was what most of nearly 60, it has become the statues were made her fondest pastime. She of, held no fears. has seen a degree of sucIt was the start of a love cess with a Madonna a ffair with restoration and Child on display in work the joy of seeing t he waiting room of St the beauty emerge once Joseph's Hospital, Bic more, of wiping away the ton, and statues of St dust and neglect and Peter and St Mark sit in, painting a new bloom of t he Anglican Church, life on tired faces. Palmyra — all three are When she restored the in polished terracotta. crucifix from St George's A prized possession on Cathedral after it had show in her son's office been damaged by fire is a fibreglass figure of last year, the Dean Taurus the Bull, and e xclaimed: "It's more another figure of St Peter than a restoration, it's a sits in the Cathedral at resurrection.Dogura, New Guinea. Her greatest challenge, One piece of work, a nun and one well met, was a in fibreglass and brass, huge statue of Apollo named Serenity, was which was dated back to exhibited at the Adelaide the Napoleonic era. Festival of Arts in 1968. "A woman came to the Last year she won first door with this statue prize at the Cockburn Art which was in about 10 Exhibition with a clown pieces,- she said. "First in soapstone. of all I said no and then as Born in Manchester, she walked away I said to Mrs Hyde emigrated to myself: 'You'll hate your- Australia with her family self if you don't try." 33 years ago. She had Try she did and 10 a lways loved to paint as a weeks and much frustra- child but found too little that belongs tion later the statue was time once she married world. • To recognise our res- once more standing a nd had a family. proud. For the owner, it It was not until her two ponsibility to care for was a moment close to children were well on the a nd to share tears. t heir way that she world's resources. For Kathleen Hyde it's returned to art at the age the challenge of meticu- of 54. She had heard the • To reflect the true prior- lous work, the difficulty name Owen Garde on a ity these issues of jus- o f replacing hands r adio programme and tice, peace and develop. (always hard to do) and thought, 'That's for me.' ment should have in the immense satisfac- It was, she studied portion of seeing the surchurch life.

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explore, to pray for, to witness and celebrate the steps to building a more peaceful world, and to understand more clearly the price to be paid in the struggle for peace. This year, you are invited to continue to share in t his national programme which pro-

It was not until fairly late in life that Mrs Kathleen Hyde began to restore statues, but her artistic skill has compensated for the lost years. Her flair, long latent but now

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because one Of had a hand rrittlf Anglican dean who categorised one of her achievements a s a resurrection rather than a

She has art that brings a new life trait painting (invaluable experience for sculpture, she now says) under Garde for five years and then went on to study sculpture for 10 years with the help of Bruno Giugliarelli. Its 10 years or so since she stopped taking the weekly lesson, but now she has a well set up studio in her own home. Tucked away at the end of a long street is the Hyde home. The verandah smiles with veraniurns and the brass plate g leams Sunnydene by the front door. It is the house of a mother, a grandmother, a wife and an artist. Paintings adorn the walls and sculptures are tucked into every corner. The kitchen mantelpiece is crowded with tiny, china figurines. . ,much loved gestures from her daughter. In one corner sits a Great Dane in brass. it's probably her favourite piece. Across the way is Debbie, a little girl, also in brass, who weighs a ton and has the face of an angel. As an artist Kathleen Hyde loves working on f aces and hands. She especially loves children and animals and often brings the two together. There's a fat, cheery cat by the front door, a boy and his dog called Buddies in the dining room; there's the horse's head to one side, the first piece she ever made and the tiny little sculptures of bright-eyed mice. Paintings hang all around the walls and speak loudly of a woman who loves to live surrounded by art. She owes a lot, she says, to the encouragement and valuable criticism of her husband, a British police officer before he migrated to Australia from Stockport, Cheshire. She doesn't work every committees to organise day even though she holidays for the blind for would love to. No matter many years. Mrs Hyde how much it draws her, has just joined the arts she refuses to neglect group, Atwell House, and her household duties hopes to become active and her husband. So she as soon as circumstanfits it in where she can ces permit. and works as the inspira- One of her latest innovations is sculpture in tion comes. She and her husband wool. Lovely, fat, huggaare both very involved. ble animals sit on a top They have worked on shelf in her studio. The

Seminarians are not angels From Mary Palazzo

Priest pupils claim little extra virtue

ADELAIDE — "Don't give people the impression that we a re angels — we're not!" A group of seminarians at St Francis Xavier's Seminary, said this. We can't mention names because the group is representative of the 41 students studying for the priesthood at the seminary. Over lunch, I discovered that life "on the inside" is vastly different from what I'd imagined. A seminary is not "cloistered," nor is it like a gaol . And the students are not little a ngels in a beautiful peaceful "middle -of -nowhere," untouch ed or unseen by the outside world. A seminary is more like a university college, the great difference being that men at the seminary are training for a common goal — the priesthood. Like all tertiary students, seminarians have to study seriously and consistently for the six years of their course. In the process of their training, they are e xpected to be responsible for their own life and progress.

have that "magical " ' vocation. It is not as simple as that. In fact, one student in his seventh year said that he only made up his mind last year that being a priest w as what he really wanted. And if they do go into the seminary fired with great expectations only to discover later that their vocation isn't with the priesthood, what then? -This is no disgrace,. Father Barry said. "They have prepared well for life by these years of study and prayer. "In fact, a person who has been in the seminary a fterwards forms the backbone of his parish community,- he said. Father Barry or members of his faculty are always on hand to advise, encourage or tackle any difficulties with the students.

They are assisted in this b y discussion with members of the staff, and e specially in regular conversations with the spiritual directors. In their spare time, students may entertain their friends — a coffee lounge has just opened in the seminary — go out with friends to dinner or the movies, and play sport with local teams. Generally, they do as other yooung men do with their spare time. But after lectures and s trenuous study programmes, they do not always feel inclined for the social life. Also, many of them, like other university or further education students, take jobs during term and Christmas breaks to help pay for various expenses incurred during the year. A certain warmth emerges from the corridors of St Francis Xavier's Seminary. Students come from rich, • From page 6 middle-class and poor this is virtually the case was families. made at the press conference Their average age is given by the anti-Zionist comabout 25, although this mittee on June 6. year two men are in their A Novosti report on the sixties. press conference explained A few students are that "the process of res traight from school . uniting families is, for the Some have left a comfor- most part, now complete." table job and others have Cases documented by Brithad their own business. ish groups monitoring Jewish The present group, from affairs in the Soviet Union the city and country areas show that this is far from of SA, WA, NSW, Queens- accurate. land and Victoria, come Nevertheless, Soviet jourfrom various backgrounds. nalist Victor Louis wrote in

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first such woolly wonder was made for her grandson some years ago and since then it has become s omething to keep her busy at night while she watches television.

reds of dollars to the Art, she says, has been charity as a result. a wonderful gift. In her Another interest is gar- later years it is still an dening and while she absorbing and satisfying tended Hippeastrums for medium and she'll keep many years, and took out on working until she a prize at the annual drops. Royal Show, these days It's a joy she would wish She did a large Fat Cat she finds African violets on anyone and makes last year which was sold a little easier. They vie for the point that too many for Telethon. Singer Col- space on the tables, nes- people say they can't leen Hewett bought it tling between her pieces draw and refuse to even and contributed hund- of sculpture. try.

There is also a Vietnamese -South Australian among them. Some are academically brilliant. Others have to struggle. But they all have a common goal — a hope — that one day they will serve God through His people — the Church — as priests. They are not always sure of what they are seeking when they enter the seminary to begin their courses. They do not go in headfirst knowing that they

the Israeli paper Yedioth Aharonath (April 20): "Like it or not, large-scale Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union has come to an end. In the USSR it is now openly being said that `the last train has left the station'." This clampdown on emigration combines with the unrelenting propaganda of the rejuvenated anti-Zionist campaign and the detention of key figures such as Tarnopolsky and Begun to form a rather bleak picture of the immediate prospects of Jewish life in the Soviet Union.

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PUBLIC 3.00 p.m. Afternoon Tea 2.45 p.m. Jesus Christ, thank you in NOTICE advance, my God for leadNOTICE 3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. After the interview ing Anne, Catherine, Responsibility, ethics and copyright C ATHOLIC SINGLES Mathew and Gabriel S t Bernard's Parish Labelling and Identification Usaheni Aghedo to a holy Kojonup Annual Rosary, CLUB Preservation Only. for 20 to 40 age and joyful marriage as Rally at Maryland. SunTranscribing group, no divorcees. from 3rd September 1983. day, Oct 9. Designated as a Synposes and indexing E nquiries to Sally All shall see your wonders place of pilgrimage for Cataloguing 387 4471, Anne 271 5601, and glorify You, Almighty Holy Year. Mass I lam, Photos and documents Rosary, Homily after picBrian 444 4083. Mike God! DiscUSSI011 nic lunch 2 pm. 398 1539. 12 The Record, September 1 -- 7, 1983

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still attended meetings there. She was also on the Medical and Nursing Advisory, Committee or St John of God Hospital. In 1984 she was to attend the Third International Conference on Cancer Nursing in Melbourne. to chair a diession. She had a special interest in cancer care and considered WA's new By palliative care system one Mary of the best in the world. Olive even found time to Urquhart assist regularly at a local be the most humbling op shop run bs the Daughters of Charity. experience of her life. Moments spent with Each outgoing Internashe tional President presents Olive were magic a watch-word to guide was dynamic. Problems for her %%erc the organisation for the next four years. Olive's seen as soluble and surmountable. choice was 'Freedom.' Service to others was Though retired, Olive still took a keen interest her regime. Honesty and honour in community affairs at were abundant in her various levels. make up together with She was a foundation hope and health. FREEmember of the Nurses' DOM was her fano Bless her. Memorial Centre and Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, may your name be praised and glorified throughout the world, now and forever Thanks for favours granted. Tom McK Prayer to St Jude 0 holy St Jude, apostle and martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of all who invoke you as special patron in time of need. to you I have recourse from the depths of my heart and humbly beg of you to whom God has given such power to come to my assistance Help me now in my present and urgent need and grant my petition In r eturn I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. Say 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Marys and 3 Glorias. St Jude pray for all who honour and invoke your aid. Publication must be promised; this novena never fails; impossible and hopelss favours granted Thanks Tom MO(

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Youth Forum

Are young people today being manipulated? By Bill Broderick, of The Advocate in M elbourne.

Certain periods in history are marked by signs of effect of deafening sound is to feel a great compassion instability, while at other times men and events seem to for them and a great anger at the ABC culture libertarians who have sponsored this decadence. be marking time. I f the cultural guardians of our country — and the lictorian England was an example of the latter type. The long period between Waterloo and the Boer War A BC once had this role — see no harm in corrupting our was broken only by the intrusion of the Crimean ;Var. young people, what hope is there that the commercial Certainly there were great changes in social andpolit- media will defend the Christian values that have susical history over the span ofyears. However, the mass of tained our Western civilisation until recent times? Prof Jules Henry in Culture Against Man writes: the people and their leaders held three beliefs in com"The 'pop' exploiters have indeed won the cultural batmon — belief in God, in progress, and in science. Allgroups in society, including the government, both tle just as Hitler won over the minds and hearts of the politicalparties, the Church, the family and the masses German .youth." There is a kind of neo-Fascism in the 'pop" cults that were pulling in the one direction. Things are different today when certain sections of the media arepromoting has contrived to separate us from our children in the order to make them consumers of their shoddy values hostile to religion. It is easy in these days of catastrophic happenings to products. The following comments from a Soviet cultural attset oneself up as a modern Cassandra prophesying doom on our civilisation. It is equally easy to whistle in ache in Washington shows the Russian concernfor their the dark and say that it will all work out for the best in youth: "Our people in the Kremlin are almost as worried about the possible effect upon our youth of .4 merican the end. hat are the hard facts? Are we witnessing what pop music and the rock scene as they are about some of Spengler called the decline of the West? Is the whole your long-range missiles. We would be quite happy to show a trumped-up media stunt to gain increased have rock'n'roll continue to stupefy the youth of the West. But we don't want too much of it in Moscow or circulation? One way to approach the question is to collect figures Leningrad. Our youth has problems enough. Of all the on church attendance, crime and delinquency and then products of your capitalist system, we consider this one of the most degraded. It is cultural imperialism at its compare them with those of previous decades. Michael llason CSSR gives some hard data in his worst." (Conway, Quadrant. March 1983). Francis Bacon in the earlier 17th century in a book statement "weekly Sunday Mass attendance has declinedfrom about 55 per cent of Catholics in 1966 to Novum Organum pointed out to his contemporaries the about .W- JS per cent in 1980 (the finding comes initially false gods that were impeding intellectual progress. He from polls, hut has been solidly confirmed by head- called these respectively the idols of the Cave, the idols counts of %lass attendance in the metropolitan of the Tribe, the idols of the Market Place and the idols of the Theatre. These idols had to be destroyed before dioceses). "With some calculations it becomes clear that on a the new society could begin to be born. Some of these idols are very much alive today andthe conservative estimate, at least three-quarters of a million practising Catholics land perhaps many more) most destructive of these is the egocentric document of urcisism. ceased to attend Mass each week during the 14 years from 1966 to 1980; andin addition, about 400.000 children whose parents were inactive Catholics came of age, but never began to attend. The decline in church attendance is particularly concentrated in the early 20s age group." (World in Life. .4 ugust, 1982). Paul Wilson in his book Delinquency in .4 ustralia: .4 Critical Approach explains that the growth in delinquency has occurred infour contexts: the dehumanising aspects of urbanisation, the failure of the education system to instil a sense of responsibility and discipline, the breakdown of family and religious influences, and the absorption of the media in theportrayalof violence. WhatIshouldlike tofocus on in this particular article is the last of these contexts: the portrayal of violence in the media particularly on television, and on the more Put simply it means doing .s.our own thing by the subtle forms of violence that may escape detection. elevation of selfishness into an idol to be worship, ed. It What I am pinpointing is the manipulation of our rejects the Christian principles of helping your neighyouth into brutal ways of thinking through the cult of bour. You are not your brother's keeper. You are an pop music. egocentric creature around whom the whole world David Holbrook in a recent article in The N'ew Era revolves. writes: "To me this commercial movement is the most This means you can indulge your selfish appetite ruthless and efficient manipulation of the emotionallife while your neighbour starves. This is thefirst commandof young people that has ever happened in the world. ment of the new permissive society which is trumpeted and its overall effect has been a massive new kind of forth in the endless television advertisement and in the exploitation of the 'people. ' introducing into their lives a pop group lyrics that are the main "nourishment" of the huge and profound inauthenticity which has deprived teenage generation. them of the traditional sources of defence. The anti-Christian philosophy expresses itself most among the younger generation who are both the victims and exponents of the cult. Corruption They are the victims in that they are being armed with doctrines which will alienate them from the larger com"A n'cl the worst aspect of this fraud has been the munity in which they must live and work and which is corruptiion of the relationship between adolescent and largely still Christian and co-operative. They are the exponents in that they practise selfish- Are we witnessing the decline of the West? . . . the new permissive society adult. The soft-voiced prattle of the disc jockey, the distorted screams of the pop-song voice, the artificial ness in the family when they subject everyone about encourages young people to think more about life's pleasures than its purpose. cultivation of nastiness andobscenities, thepropaganda them to the loud, barbaric noise which they call music. NN. NN. x. x for drugs, the promotion of brutal sexual attitudes, the "It is a kind of musical assault and battery." (Conway, vast encouragement of pseudo-protest — all these Quadrant, March 1983). The next Catholic Why has this cult been so widely propagated and in aspects of pop' are well documented." // Youth Council in the commercial answer is The short interest? whose manipuky the engineered debasement cultural This / lators of youth in the name of entertainment is reflected groups who are anxious to hive off the youthpopulation / / meeting on Monteachers and turn them into and in the statistics of sexual diseases, unwanted pregnan- from their parents day September 4 0 cies, abortion, alcoholism, drug addiction and mental consumers of musical trash through records, tapes, ste- / / ' / buying patterns that will into induct them to reos and / illness among the young. 4 will review two // peer low standards and mediocrity, into Youth is being sold a hedonist lifestyle that is lock them S' issues — the role immoral and shodds., and which parents find hard to group tyranny. They will be enslaved into keeping up to / / of the Archdioce0 combat because of peer-group pressures and high- date with the never ending succession of pop stars, top / / / / decks. decibel tape high the newest Youth Chaof the hits and power advertising. / /, Church leaders parents, and predicament of The Rock in article on brilliant a Conway in Ronald s .1 // / plain and whether Quadrant (March 1983) explains, "Rock, from 'heavy schools is similar to that of tlysses whenpondering how / 0 the Cardijn Cen/ narrow passage between crew through the his metal' to its pallid disco mutant, has now become the to take tre should ocasbullying orthodox). of almost all light entertainment. Sylla and Charybdis. His solution was to block the ears / / "Such music has become a cow so sacred, so daz- of his sailors with wax while he had himself tied to the / / / sionally fly the zingly caparisoned by greed and cunning commercial mast so his crew did not hear the blandishments of the / Australian, Papal 0 / exploitation, so entrenched for 27 years of relentless siren voices and Ulysses himself was unable to free / / temptresses. the to join himself foia / VCW media promotion, that to object to its paralysing effects , / rg a movement U nfortunately, we cannot block the ears of our child- / / upon the nervous system, mind and cultural imagina. ren to the siren voices of the rock manipulators but what / tion of the masses is to be accused of blasphemy." / What is disturbing is the endorsement that such pagan we can do, in Plato's words, is to "turn them towards the / Plans are also under way / / life-styles receive from trendy intellectuals who claim to light." for the 1983 Youth Rally. / This means simply to expose them to good literature, / see in it elements of "creativity" and 'freedom." What is A select committee under / and second-rate critical of the .shoddy and them make to / more disturbing is the active encouragement and prothe leadership of Mark / motion of such debasement by the ABC in its weekly to show them that in the world there is sweetness and / O'Sullivan is preparing for / light if they will but make the effort to break free from / presentation of Countdown and Rock ,4rena. this event to be held on the conformity that turns them into unthinking teenage the To look at these young girls, the future mothers of / first Saturday in Decemthis country, abjectly surrendering their individuality sheep being led to the slaughter-house of Christian her. and giving themselves over to mass hysteria under the values.

Put simply it means doing your own thing by elevation of selfishness . . .

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Mr John Willett is principal at Our Lady's Assumption School DianeIla. He has taken a strong interest in the development and use of music and song suitable for the liturgy especially among children.

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azines and other media. Every now and then a very valuable resource is found to assist parents a nd others working with children in their role, such a resource is t he video tape programme Tadpoles and

Frogs. (Gabriel Productions, Sydney). The programme explores in 'layman terms' the various behaviours of children and offers some guidelines to assist in helping the c hild as well as the parent. The term 'some guidelines' is appropriate as the producers have been realistic enough to be aware that each family situation is unique, as are the members of the family, and the behaviours and guidelines are more applicable to some situations more than others. The discussion provided by a child psychologist 'educator and a group worker, (and mother of f our) has a message for all parents and the

Nabicht and Gaynell Cronin were making the film Work of Love. Patrick Delahanty is responsible for the moving black and white photographs. The book has been beautifully produced by the Ave Maria Press. Mother Teresa's words of wisdom have been separated into chapters. The one which I find most moving is Suffering — The Kiss of Jesus. She speaks of a lady who had terrible cancer. I hope this brings comfort to those who suffer.

o ver-riding Christian a ttitude provides an 'ideal' in the midst of v ery realistic situations. Parents and teachers who have used the programme have found it a real asset in providing an opportunity for discussion, reflection and action, on the most i mportant role of assisting in the growth of children.

While the price of the programme ($175 VHS and Beta) with brochure may appear a little extravagant. Tadpoles and Frogs would be a most valuable resource for any school or group involved in work with children. Inquiries about buying this programme can be directed to Mr J. Willett on 276 4840.

Journey Visions and locutions are not to modern taste and it is encouraging to find someone like Ruth Burrows, who can provide a commentary to the Interior Castle of Teresa of Avila, which sets aside 16th century phenomena and concentrates on the basic truth important to us — Teresa's journey of surrender to God. This book is, however, not only a commentary on the Interior Castle. Ruth Burrows includes such material from her own experience on prayer, and her insights could be useful in understanding the place of those other phenomena connected with prayer, about which many are concerned today — baptism in the spirit and speaking in tongues The fruit of authentic prayer is an increase in love, a confidence and trust in God who puts into empty hands what is needful, who cannot put his gifts into hands that are closed and grasping, seeking self in prayer or anywhere else. A lthough the author writes on prayer with a confidence that comes from study as well as experience, she does so with an absence of jargon that makes this book easy to read. Two minor criticisms - quite a number of quotations are given without a precise reference, which I find irritating: and at the end of the book there are a few mysterious pages entitled Diagram of Favours or Experiences in normal and rare states, which, from the way they are laid out, do not seem to clarify anything. These are trivial points, however, in a book which bears witness so clearly to God's self-giving in love. (Reviewed by V.J. Neike in The Catholic Herald.)

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PILBARA PILGRIMAGE

The Leederville Catholic Women's League will celebrate Our Lady's Birthday on September 8 with Mass al 10.30am in St Mary's church, Leederville followed by continuous rosaries until 2.30pm closing with benediction al 2.30pm. All are welcome. BURMESE VISITOR Father Fernandez is visiting Perth and on September 9 there will be a gathering at the Morley Community Centre, Walter Road, Morley at 7pm. Please bring a plate and drinks. Father Fernandez will leave for the eastern states on September 11 and return on October 4. M AJELLAN J UBILEE Have you ever attended a Majellan meeting over the past 25 years? We are inviting anyone who has ever attended a meeting to join with us and help to celebrate our 25th anniversary on Sunday, 18th September at St Joseph's Church and Centre, 1 Salvado Road, Subiaco. Meeting at 1 pm we will then join together in a special celebration at 2 pm, in the Church, followed by afternoon tea. If you are interested in attending, would you please let us know by con398 2298, after tacting: Lois Smith 4pm. JAMES BOURKE MEMORIAL PRIZE The English Department of the University of WA is launching a fund which will yield a prize to honour the memory of Monsignor James Bourke, who died in Scotland on May 30. It will take the form of an annual award for a third year English student of merit.

BULLS BROOK PILGRIMAGE Our Lady's Birthday will be celebrated at the Grotto of The Virgin of the Revelation Bullsbrook on Sunday, September 11 beginning with Mass preceded by the Rosary at 11 a.m. A Rosary procession will follow and lunch (bring a picnic lunch). Buses leave for Bullsbrook at 9.45am from Boans, Wellington Street, Perth and Smith Street, Highgate, the return journey to Perth leaves at 4pm. For bus reservations please phone Lionel Martinz on 328 4631. All are invited.

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Port Hedland, South Hedland, Dampier, Karratha and Wickham parishes joined for a Marian Procession and Mass a fortnight ago.

Pictures left, right and below show some of the highlights. LEFT: Bishop Foley preaches the homily. RIGHT. The bishop with Father Denis McAlinden, on loan from Maitland, NSW. BELOW: The wood-carved statue of Mary, carried by the Philippina women.

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E:Taking part in last Saturday's profession ceremony at Woodlands were some of Brother Anthony's class boys and girls from the various lower grades in the school who were trained by Bonnie Parker.