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Visiting UK paediatrician tells of medical horrors. . S tories page 3 and 10.
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The St Anthony's Wanneroo altar servers took over the sale of 'The Record' on March 1 this year. At that time, sales averaged about 25 a week. In four weeks, the average rose to 49. The past few weeks have seen this climb to 65. The servers made their first $100 profit on August 21. A party was held on September 17 to celebrate the milestone. A cheque was presented at this party to a representative of the St Vincent de Paul Society, Wanneroo, from the altar servers for 20 per cent of their profit, $20. Another $30 was used for camps for the altar servers. Quick results in sales increases of 'The Record' were realised when all doors before and after every Mass were covered every weekend. Additional advertising is printed in the parish newsletter and on the overhead announcements at the end of every Mass as well as priestly encouragement from the pulpit.
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A capacity audience is expected at Perth Concert Hall tomorrow (Monday) night for a gala concert farewell to the Archbishop, Sir Launcelot Goody. On the eve of his retirement, the esteem in which Archbishop Goody is held by all sections of the community has been illustrated in the many farewell functions already held, and will be further demonstrated in the Concert Hall.
Then, distinguished community leaders will speak at a concert at which various groups will perform. Among those to whom invitations to speak have been issued are the Premier, Mr Burke; Opposition Leader, Mr O'Connor; Perth Lord Mayor, Mr Michael; the A nglican Archbishop of Perth, Archbishop Carnley; and prominent Catholic layman. Mr Kevin Hogan. Numbered in the concert performers will be representatives of several ethnic groups in the archdiocese. A t a Newman Society farewell last Sunday, society president Mrs Ann Cullity encapsulated some of the achievements of Archbishop Goody during his 15 years as archbishop. "Possibly, never in the history of the Church have there
A warm adieu' been so many changes," Mrs Cullity said. "Perhaps it was his great knowledge of history, the depth of his learning, his prudence and his faith in the Church which enabled him to steer the ship so well during those difficult years .... "As a public figure he has represented us with diplomacy, dignity and bearing and given a great lustre to the Church .... "On contentious matters, and there have been many, he defined and defended the position of the Church. and w e gained strength and insight from his pastoral letters and his statements to the news media ....
Founding father of the Newman Society, Monsignor J T McMahon with Sir John Cavan at the society's farewell last weekend to Archbishop Goody. More Newman Society pictures page 16.
Aus g huos u t l i d ns Pope talks on lead the on tra ce pt io n c world
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Brother Valerian Braniff, headmaster of Newman College Senior School at Church lands, has been elected to the Provincial Council of the Marist Brothers. The newly -appointed Provincial of the order is B rother Desmond C rowe, who was headmaster of Newman College in the 1970s. Other members of the P rovincial Council include Brother Marius Woulfe, a former superior of the Marist Brothers community a t Churchlands; Brother Terence Gleeson, f ormer superior at C hurchlands; and Brother Julian Casey, who spent some years teaching at Subiaco. In 1966 Brother Valerian graduated from Sydney University with a B A (Hons) degree and in 1981 he completed a n MA in private school education at the Jesuit -run University of San Francisco. He replaced Brother Vincent Ryan as headmaster at Newman Senior in the third term of 1981. Since arriving in WA he has held office as an e xecutive member of the Association of Independent Schools ( WA) and of the Catholic Education Commission.
CASTELGANDOLF0 (Italy) (NC) — Persons who use methods of artificial contraception claim for themselves the role of God and reject providence, Pope John Paul II told to 50 priests taking part in a seminar on responsible procreation". The seminar was sponsored by the John Paul II Institute on Marriage and Family Life, based at Rome's Lateran University. The seminar participants visited the pope at the papal summer headquarters at Castelgandolfo, south of Rome. The pope said users of artificial contraeeptin "attribute to themselves a power that belongs only to God: the power to decide in the final instance the coming into existence of a human being". "They attribute to themselves," he added, "the quality of being not cooperators in the creative power of God, but the ultimate depositories of the source of human life". He observed "no human being comes into existence by chance" and a person "is always the result of God's creative love". Contraception is to he judged objectivel so profoundly illicit," said the pope, "that it can never, for any reason, be justified". "To think, or to say, anything to the contrary is tantamount to saying that in human life there can be situations where it is legitimate not to recognise God as God," the pope obseved.
Arbiters "The man and the woman are the arbiters, they are not masters, called as they arc ... to be participants in the creative decision of God," he said. The pope told the priests their understanding of the theological reasons behind the impermissibility of artificial contraception was a "responsibility most urgent". It was "not in fact sufficient the teaching he faithfully and adequately proposed but they should he able to show the reasons most profound". In addition to the theological reasons which the pope advanced, he said there were anthropological arguments against artificial contraception. The sexual act should symbolise in marriage the complete donation of the essential beings of two persons to each other, the pope explained.
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ADELAIDE — It is expected that the Most Rev Leonard Faulkner, recently appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide with right of succession, will take up his appointment in about two months. Meanwhile, he will continue his work in the diocese of Townsville, Queensland. "I am happy to respond to the call of the Church to serve the people of God in the Archdiocese of Adelaide," Archbishop Faulkner said. "With the help of your prayers, I shall do my best to be a loyal and supportive coadjutor to Archbishop James Gleeson. "I look forward to close collaboration and friendship with the priests, so many of whom I know and admire. "I have precious memories of many wonderful lay people and religious in Adelaide. "I shall try to inspire and support them as they live out their important vocations within our Church family and in our secular society.
Adelaide's archbishop welcomed "When I was appointed bishop 16 years ago I chose, as my motto, the words of Christ: 'As one who serves'. "I ask you to pray that I may truly come among you 'as one who serves'."
Grateful A rchbishop Glceson has w armly welcomed the appointment of his new coadjutor. "With the priests, religious
and lay people of the Archdiocese of Adelaide, I am most grateful to Pope John Paul f or appointing Bishop Faulkner. "He comes to us with an excellent background knowledge of the Archdiocese and with wide experience of 16 years as Bishop of Townsville and as a member of the Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane. "Archbishop Faulkner is a highly respected member of the Australian Bishops' Conference," he said.
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CASTELGANDOLFO, (NC) — Pope John Paul II has told members of the Augustinian order to help lead the world "from the frightening phenomenon of secularisation" to a mature and personalised f aith. The pope met at his summer residence in Castelgandolfo, with more than 100 participants in the general chapter of the Augustinian order. "From the frightening phenomenon of "secularisation" must arise the phenomenon of the "maturation" of faith, that is, o f personal isation, through investigation and individual persuasion, ' the pope said. Pope John Paul quoted from a 1963 speech by Pope Paul VI at the opening of the second session of the Second Vatican C ouncil. "While progress admirably perfects the instruments of every type available to man, his heart declines toward., emptiness, sorrow, des• peration," Pope Paul had said. Pope John Paul called the late pontiff's words "dramatic affirmations, still painfully true." In his talk to the Augustinian delegates, Pope John Paul also stressed the "maximum importance" of continuing religious formation for religious, priests and the laity. He told the Augustinians to follow the message of their founder, St Augustine, to "love the truth totally and heartily." "Humanity today is full of persons who like St Augustine are seeking the truth, that is, the sense of their own lives, the significance of an always so turbulent and unforseeable history, and now even the reason for the universe itself, which escapes the definitive knowledge of science," he added. The Augustinian orci*r had 3,400 members in 40 c ountries. Of the members, 2,566 are priests. Spaniards form about a third of the membership and Americans are the second largest group with 630 priests and brothers.
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Professor Robert Zachary Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Surgery at Sheffield University, this week paid a three day visit to Perth under the auspices of the Spina Bifida Association, and gave lectures at Princess Margaret Hospital, University of WA, and to the Spina Bifida Association of Western Australia. Professor Zachary (pictured below) is the world's foremost expert in the treatment of Spina Bifida babies and children, and is in demand in Western and Soviet dominated countries.
Some doctors have deliberately overdosed Spina Bifida babies with sedatives to make them lose interest in feeding so that they starve to death.
Overdoses of the sedative. chloral hydrate, ranged up to eight times the dose recommended by the texts. Professor Robert Zachar!. . Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Surgery. Sheffield ( UK) said in lectures in Perth this week. Other doctors used continuing doses of morphia until the babies died, he said. Professor Zachary recounted how he attended a conference of paediatricians in Sheffield and found some doctors were recommending no treatment for Spina Bifida babies and the babies died. One paediatrician said the were "treated very well, they were picked up and loved, they are taken out in the sunshine, they are fed on demand, and they had a little sedative." Professor Zachary said he asked the doctor to explain and was told babies were given the drug chloral hydrate at eight times the dose recommended in Nelsons Paediatrics. "No wonder they felt sleepy, w hy they didn't demand to be fed, and so starved to death." he said. Another paediatrician told an audience of doctors. nurses. clergymen, and others. that if he decided it was "go" or "no go", and in particular if it was "no go", he instructed the registrar to give the baby some morphia. and he just gives morphia until they die. Professor Zachary went on to say, a clergyman at the top of the back row had asked, "do you take the parents into your confidence?" The paediatrician replied, —yes and they were behind me a hundred per cent." Professor Zachary said he then asked the doctor. "do you mean to tell me you inform the parents you are giving the baby morphia?" The doctor replied he did not tell them that, but told them the baby "is going to die, and they are behind me a hundred per cent." Professor Zachary went on to say ordinary good parents were being deceived by paediatricians and doctors who
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told parents their child will be paralysed, will have no control of the bladder, will have a shunt put in and may become mentally retarded - - or they can have no operation and allow the baby to die in peace. Professor Zachary said. "can you wonder the confused parents have chosen the second alternative?" But they are being deceived, because if you remember even if these babies receive good ordinarN baby care, quite a lot survive." *See positive approach, page 10.
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Doorknock Freedom From Hunger's annual doorknock will be held today (Sunday). Each year in September, Freedom From Hunger makes a special effort to bring the issues of food, and food distribution, before the Australian public. The Third World is usually particularly emphasised, since the greatest inequalities in access to food, and land to grow it, are felt there. But in Australia many Aborigines suffer as much from malnutrition, caused by an from ANN McRAE DERBY — Hundreds of Catholics in the Kimberley are preparing this week for a pilgrimage to Beagle Bay. They are travelling by bus, car and plane to camp round the small mission community 100 kilometres north of Broome in a renewal of faith during the Holy Year declared by Pope John Paul II. Beagle Bay is regarded as the birthplace of the Catholic Church in the Kimberley. The mission there dates back to 1890
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inadequate or inappropriate diet, as do many people in the Third World. Until the Federal Government ensures the Aborigines' poor situation with regard to the rest of Australian society is improved, AFFHC feels it must help fill in gaps in funding by assisting self-help schemes such as the Aboriginal Medical Service's nutrition programme. The phone numbers of Brian loynes, the state director, are 325 5788 (work) and 362 2316 (home). when it was settled by French missionaries. A thousand people, mostly Aboriginal, are expected to arrive on Saturday morning in time for Adoration. That evening there will be a special Youth Mass followed by a barbecue and corroboree. Bishop Jobst will celebrate Sunday morning Mass which will include traditional Aboriginal dancing and Latin hymns. In the afternoon there will be a sports carnvial for the children and then Solemn Benediction in the evening. The weekend will conclude on Monday morning with a special Mass in the Beagle Bay cemetery. Some Catholics are making the event a 10day pilgrimage and will come from as far as Wyndham and Turkey Creek.
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Laity has a vital role By guest writer FATHER GERARD CUSACK, 0. PRAEM
"To pay, to pray and to obey." This rather cynical assessment of the role of the laity in the Church before Vatican 11 had probably more than a grain of truth in it. The Council opened up a real debate on and promoted a new positive vision of the Catholic lay person. There has been real progress in the intervening 20 years. Much has been done, but much still remains to be done. All Christians are called to be holy -- to search for the things of God and to discover God's plan for their lives. All Christians are equally called to serve men and to teach them the way of love. All do not serve in the same way. The late Pope Paul VI called for "gospel-inspired lay people who are conscious and active witnesses in the vast and complicated world of politics, society and economics but also the world of culture, of the sciences and arts, of international life and the mass media ... other realities, which are open to evangelising such as human love, the family, education and professional work." Morality and Law: Old Debate, New Problems! was the title of the 10th anniversary Walter Murdoch Lecture delivered recently in Perth by the Honourable Justice Michael Kirby, chairman of the Australian Law Reform Commission. From his remarks it is clear that the JudaeoChristian fabric of our Western civilisation is being eroded and that immense challenges lie ahead for those in our society who espouse the Christian ethic. Ours is a religiously pluralist society which has become increasingly secularised. In public affairs religion is bypassed. Much social legislation in the past decade has divested law and by consequence much social behaviour of its original foundations in the Judaeo-Christian ethic. Although the majority of Australians declare in the census that they hold Christian beliefs, the decline in religious affiliation and practice is a significant development of the past 20 years. Another major de-Christianising force in our society is the more militantly anti-religious secular humanist movement, comprising a small number of well-educated and strategically-placed persons. Dr James Hitchcock, professor of history at St Louis University, has warned that secular humanism has become deeply influential in our schools, government, mass media, courts, and even our churches have fallen under the sway of ideas that proclaim man's independence from God and assert his freedom to state his own future. The philosophy that &dares "no deity will save us" has quietly woven its way into the fabric of our daily lives. Our society needs an active laity. It is very true today. as Edmund Burke said, that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. More likely, though. good is vanquished because "the children of darkness" work harder than "the children of light." The pervasive influence of the media is probably one of the most significant facts of our living. The role, functions and method of operation of the media are topics which merit examination and analysis by Christians. A Melbourne lady was complaining to her parish priest about some advertisements on television that she strongly objected to. "Did you write in about it?" he asked. Well, no, she admitted. His reply: "1 always do, hut not to the television station. I write to the seller who sponsors the ad." He knew the effect that such letters can have and so he made time to write, even though he had little time to spare. It is still true that the pen is mightier than the sword. Our society needs an educated laity. The great task that has to be faced today for the renewal of society is that of recapturing the ultimate meaning of life and its fundamental values. Only an awareness of the primacy of these values enables man to use the immense possibilities given him by science in such a way as to bring about the true advancement of the human person in his or her whole truth. I r•••
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HAVE YOUR SAY uth Soviet hand in a Yo c are grain deal from FRANCIS HRUBOS, Glen Forrest from PAUL DONNELLY, Claremont Sir, Should doctors prescribe contraceptive pills for girls under the age of 16 without their parents' consent or knowledge? An English legal decision is that they can provided that the children understands the nature of the treatment and gives her or his consent to it. In your dateline Briefs (8 September) you record the massive objections being raised against this decision by British mothers and likelihood of an appeal against it. According to statements made by the Commonwealth Department of Health Medicare cards can be issued to minors when the scheme comes into operation next year and these can be used for contraceptive consultations by the minor without the knowledge of parents.
Danger Since all feminine contraceptive devices and t reatments are fraught with danger of complications, blood clotting, pregnancy and venereal disease with which parents will have to deal it w ould seem that no responsible doctor would lay himself open to liability for development of such complications without the parents' knowledge. Unfortunately there are less scrupulous family planners who would provide treatment which would enable girls as young as 13 years of age to lead promiscuous lives and they have been broadcasting some very suspect statistics to prove their case. It is evident from their figures that a main need is for moral values and sex ual responsibility to be emphasised in imparting to children the physiological facts of conception. It is necessary that the long dormant Catholic Parents movement woke up to the Medicare proposals and demanded a more r esponsible attitude to f ami ly and parental authority.
Sir, F riday August 22nd, the daily press reported on f amine in Ethiopia where hundreds of thousands of people are expected to die of starvation. A few days earlier it was confirmed that a shipment of wheat for Ethiopia was diverted to the Soviet Union as a part payment f or arms. So called socialist humanism of Ethiopian and Soviet Marxists at its best! The greater offender in this deal is the Soviet Union which forced and accepted the wheat meant for the starving population. In 1947 Czechoslovakia was short of food and t urned to the West to seek supplies. The Soviet Union stepped in, cut short its own starving population and offered 300,000 tonnes to prevent C zechoslovakia from closer business contacts with the West. A t that time Czechoslovakia had the ability to pay for it. E thiopia is in no position to enter into business-like contacts with the West and thus it is not a political risk. The communist elite in E thiopia will survive the starvation and that's what matters to the Soviet Union. In the end they are only c ommunist minorities which are ruling in those countries. Soviet so called "humanitarian deeds" are never motivated by humanitar-
Three members of Mundaring pioneer families at the Sacred Heart church golden jubilee last weekend are (from left) Max Hilton, whose family resided in the town before the church was built; Mrs Antonia Mucciarone, who arrived in Mundaring from Italy in 1933 to join her husband who had settled there in 1926; and Mr Dino Casotti, whose family settled in Mundaring in 1933. Mr Casotti still works the local quarry from which the granite used to build the church was mined.
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Ian feelings. It is only and e xclusively pol itical motivation. Solzhenitsyn was quoted as saying that the evil ideology of communism c an exist in Russia because the Russian people have forgotten God. This statement is applicable to the whole world with the variety of oppressive and Godless ideologies and deeds. I'd like to add to Solzhenitsyn's statement that humanity has lost sight of its final destiny which is not in this material world. The material worlds have been created in time (with
time?) and in time (with time?) they are disintegrating. But the power of God which created them is timeless and the human being created to the image of God will either share the timelessness or disintegrate into nothingness with the material world it is worshipping. This decision we must make while in this world, either we obey God's commandments and become fit to live with God in eternity or share the fate of the evil powers which at the end of time will cease to exist.
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HUGH CLIFT, Lesmurdie
Sir, I would like to draw your a ttention to a protest concerning plans to produce, in the US, a disgraceful film of the "life- of Our Lord, which constitutes blasphemy at its worst. It should be quite clear the protest merits the support of all Christians, on two distinct grounds. First, every person who worships Jesus Christ as God is duty-bound to oppose any attempt to denigrate His holy name and reputation. Second, if this film is produced, it will virtually
impossible to confine its showing to America. This point applies particularly to Australia. where censorship of home video movies has become dil uted to such an extent with the introduction of the X -certificate, that only bestiality and child pornography are now prohibited God is not mocked without dire consequences. and if we can do nothing else to bring to nought this blasphemous mockery, we should at the very least pray for the success of the efforts of our fellow Christians in America, who are protesting to the US Attorney-General, in an attempt to prohibit the production of this vile film
from MARGARET BOSWOOD, Diane/la Sir, Mr Justice Kirby's recent statement called on the need for discussion of personal rights of young people as young as 14 to medical counselling without their parents consent. The next statement came from Dr Blewett Minister f or Health on Medicare but this was not about discussion but a decision that Medicare Health Cards will be available to school students as young as 14 years. Teenagers at this age are not mature enough to accept the responsibility of decisions with regard to health matters, especially contraception. This decision has been made by a government department without any consultation with those who are responsible for children, the parents. It has been stated by qualified people the family influence is the strongest in the long run. Remove this and what do you get?
A CRITICISM OF ADS f rom
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Sir. I wish to protest about an offensive. un-Christian. discriminatory advertisement appearing in recent Records. I refer to two advertisements by the Catholic Singles Club. Shame on this organisation for being so unfriendly and hurtful to divorced people
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A fight f or life from GA VAN O'CONNOR, Wembley. Sir Catholics have traditionally been at the forefront of the fight to protect the sanctity of human life. Those involved in the Right to Life Movement well know the contempt a nd vilification heaped upon them by the media and the general public. A lthough abortion kills more Australians than any other single cause it is going to be a long hard road before the moral fibre of society is strong enough to stamp out this evil. Perhaps we could take a significant step along this road if we could convince politicians that considerations of the sanctity of human life must override any other laudable end when the two are in conflict Such a situation exists at the moment with regard to t he issue of tobacco advertising. Many basically good people enter this debate with the quite worthy assumptions that "business must not be interfered with- or "freedom of speech is paramount' • while ignoring the far more important consideration. No company or individual should be allowed to encourage people — especially children to whom the ads are directed — to kill themselves or their children in the name of corporate profits. It is unfortunate for practical political reasons it will be many years before the abortion issue is winnable. This step is winnable at the moment, but only if the Upper House politicians know how you feel. You can find out who your representatives are by phoning 322 1344.
DENIGRATE WOMEN from MRS G WOOD, Warwick Sir, The "Record" of 'September 15, in its editorial and "letters" seeks to denigrate women. No doubt the "editorial" was meant to be funny, but humour which seeks to control, and perpetuate discrimination against others is NOT humorous or Christlike. Logic also seems to be missing, since whilst in Christ's time it was unheard of for women to be ministers, if Jesus was c hoosing his disciples today He would undoubtedly have women among them. To suggest, as Father O 'Brien has, women go to Mass for any other reason than to pray, or their conscience is more easily swayed than men's, is sad and hurtful. That it is u nder the guise of "tongue -in -the -cheek" glibness does not fool a nyone.
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Only in May has the Vatican stated that the days of the Jesuits in Hungary are numbered as they are all old now, and there is no way the Hungarian speaking governors of Moscow there, will permit training new priests to replace the ones dying. The function of Imre Miklos head of Hungary's State office of Church Affairs is to see, not that
Deep hurt in women from DORIS WILSON, Professor of Psychology Arizona State University
Sir: It was with some shock that Iread your editorial by Father I. O'Brien. I am at present visiting in Western Australia. At least it has made clearer some of the deep hurtI sense in Australian Catholic women, and why many of them who study in the US do not wish to return to work in the Australian Church. can't believe that emotional tirade can be called an editorial. It's interesting how much underlying resentment of women this priest reveals in himself. Unfortunately he is not a unique case.
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Hungarian Church history from JOHN C. VESZELY, Nollamara Sir, A fter having read your i ncisive leader (The Record September 1-7) "Our Church is suffering" my eyes strayed over the next page to an item titled: Recognition in Hungary. E xpression used by you in your leader, gained even more noteworthy signal ance. E xpressions like: -our comfortable aquiescience with politics becomes ar appalling and embarassing ignorance . . mer and actions "deserve not only a nod of sympathy but solid prayer and support . . . and some people "are cynical of the justice they can expect for their trouble,- are all thoughts in the minds of people, who are not ignorant of events, history and the struggle believers and the C hurch leaders wage against the dangers ot complacency, compromise with total itarian practices. Your item on Hungary stated the Church there seeks a greater role in society. The fact is that since the days of St Stephen, who together with his son was made a saint 900 years
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nyi a Pious School Order priest started, is the grayest thorn in the side of those who do not wish to T he "Peace Priest- see Catholicism to strengmovement in Hungary is a then in Hungary. The Church Office exerts front effectively used by immense pressure on the the State Church office for Primate and the bishops, its own end. not to find reconciliation The movement which with these groups, but to has grass root support banish them and their among the believers are good works. t he so-cal led baseThe Church indeed needs communnities, the support of believers, These, particularly the everywhere. It also needs one for which Father Bula- very fervent prayer too.
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Necessities we take for granted are not always found in presbyteries and convents in isolated areas of India. Many priests and nuns live without electricity, laid on water and sewerage. These missionaries work under great difficulties in a particularly harsh climate to help rescue very deprived f amilies from perpetual poverty. Their living conditions are difficult . . . a mud stove for cooking, an oil lamp, a camp bed, and two buckets for washing and bathing. Many kitchens are without cupboards, tables, sinks and laid on water. F ather Tony Ryan, Bursar for the Daltonganj Diocese of South Bihar, has appealed for funds for basic parish needs. Many presbyteries and convents need lighting generators to r eplace oil lamps (generators cost S700, S1,600 and S2,000). Pumps, pipes and storage tanks are needed to convey water from wells to bathrooms and kitchens. There is a long list of much needed basic necessities. Can you help sustain these missionaries who have forsaken the comforts of a welfare society. Your donation will assure them that you know something of what they are going through, and that you are concerned for the vital work they are doing. All donations are gratefully acknowledged by National Director, Father G. Drumm, S.J., Australian Jesuits in India (operating since 1951), P.O. Box 193, North Sydney, 2060. I enclose S for priests and nuns' water supply, lighting generators, and basic parish needs in the Daltonganj Diocese of South Bihar, India. PR22/9 Mr/Mrs/Miss
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V ATICAN CITY (NC) — There were nearly 10 million more Catholics in 1981 than in 1980, but the world's population growth rate outstripped the Church's growth rate. The total numbers of Catholic priests, brothers and nuns all declined in 1981, but key figures for eventually reversing that trend — the numbers of seminarians, newly ordained priests, and novices for religious orders of men and women — all showed gains. These were among the main trends revealed by the Vatican's 1981 Statistical Yearbook. The yearbook showed that the world Catholic populaton in 1981 i ncreased by 9,720,000, to 794,380,000. But Catholics were only 17.7 per cent of the world's population at the end of 1981, compared to 17.9 per cent at the close of the previous year. The reason was Catholic population grew by 1.2 per cent, while the total world population increased at about t wice that rate. According to the yearbook's figures, the Catholic increase in 1981 was only 8.5 per cent of that year's t otal population growth of 114,196,000.
Share life with the protestants LONDON --- Catholic parishes should share as much as possible of their life and work with protestant par ishes, says a paper published by the Ecumenical Commission of England and Wales with the approval of the Bishop's Conference. The paper, Local Church in Covenant, defines "covenanting" as the "biblical word to describe the proces by which Christians of different traditions pledge themselves to God and to each other in a solemn act of worship." It speaks of practical local action arising from written covenants between different denominations at diocesan, country, deanery, town and parish levels. The paper cites the fundamental principle (formulated at a Faith and Order c onference at Lund, Sweden, in 1952)
HONG KONG: Poor Chinese ranslations of the pope's social encyclicals may be a reason why the Church in Taiwan has been slow getting involved in social action, according to Sister Emma Lee, acting director of Caritas-Ta iwan. Sister Lee says Chinese translations of papal encyclicals often do not make sense and sometimes even distort the basic meaning. Sister Lee says parish priests may read a page or two but then give up. The individual words may make sense, but there is no clear message —it i s a jumble of words to them," Sister Lee said. "The Chinese translation limits the meaning of evangelisation to preaching and baptising. As a result, our bishops a nd priests are only interested in strickly pastoral work and conversions. '" There is little interest in Taiwan's social conditions, Sister Lee says. 0
from EUGENE DONNELLY CAPE TOWN (NC) — South Africa's Catholic bishops have indicated their support for the initial efforts of the United Democratic Front, a new multiracial political party formed last month. The front, opposes constitutional proposals and bills which would continue to exclude the majority black population from being represented in Parliament. "It could not fail to note the defined goals and intensions of the UDF concerning the proposed new constitution and the so-called Koorhof bills agree with positions taken by the bishops' conference on these
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Congreation of the Infant Jesus Sisters has elected an Asian, the first non European, as their superior general . Sister Daniel Fe, from Singapore, was elected to the position at the Congregation's recent General Chapter in Rome. Sister Daniel was principal of the Sisters' Teachers Training College in Kuala Lumpur for one year and then served as headmistress of a convent school until 1975. Sister Daniel was elected a provincial in that year, a post which she held until 1 981 _ Sister Daniel will hold office for six years. The Congregation, founded in France in 1662 by Father Nicholas Barre, works f or the education of the poor. It has 1,329 members working in Japan. Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore and is also established in six European countries, in Peru, Nigeria, the United States and Australia.
UN commission study The NEW YORK (NC) United Nations Sub Commission on Human R ights has prepared a w ide-ranging proposal d esigned to ensure g reater international recognition of the individual's right to conscientious objection to military service. [he report says that nations: • should as a minimum extend the right of objection to persons whose conscience forbids them to take part in armed service under any circumstances, • should recognise this right by law in cases w here the objector was likely to be used in action approaching genocide. and •
should recognise by last the right to be released from service in armed forces which the objector holds to be engaged in gross violations of human rights. The Sub-Commission has been considering the con scientious objection proposal for 12 years. The report was compiled by Asbjorn Eide of Norway a nd CLC MubangaChipoya of Zambia.
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NEW ORLEANS (NC) -- Archbishop Philip M Hannan of New Orleans received the New Orleans Times-Picayune Loving Cup award for c haritable and humanitarian endeavors. The Times -Picayune, New Orleans daily, awards the Loving Cup annually to -people in the community who have given of themselves unselfishly to civic, charitable or humanitarian causes without expecting public recognition or material reward.'" Born in Washington, the 70-year -old archbishop was ordained in 1939 and served as a paratroop chaplain during World War II . In 1948, he was named vice chancellor of the new Archdiocese of Washing-
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ton. In 1951, the archbishop started The Catholic Standard, Washington archdiocesan newspaper, where he served as editor -in-chief for 14 years. In 1956, he was named auxiliary bishop of Washington and in 1965, archbishop of New Orleans. Archbishop Hannan, during his 18 years in New Orleans, has developed a wide range of social programmes for the city's poor and elderly. He was selected for the Loving Cup by a committee of community leaders for his devotion to his "adopted community and those who live in it." The committee called Archbishop Hannan "a man for all seasons, for all peoples, for all places."
i ssues," said a statement issued by the Administrative Board of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference. The board, under the chairmanship of Archbishop Denis Hurley of Durban, includes the heads of the conference commissions. The proposals drafted by the whiteminority government, would give the previously excluded Indians and coloureds, defined as non-African brown -skinned people, a say in separate parliamentary chambers. The proposals also call for a white president with wide executive powers and a veto over legislation. A referendum on the measures is scheduled for November 2 for the nation's 2.7 million white voters. Prior to the formation of the UDC the bishops had criticised the consti-
tutional proposals. The bishops also have been strong critics of apartheid, the legal system of strict racial segregation. South Africa has 17 million blacks in a total population of 25 million. The UDC was formed on August 20 at the multiracial meeting of several thousand people. One of the 16 honorary patrons named by the UDF is Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, secretary general of t he Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference. Father Mkhatshwa, the first black to hold the conference post, was under banning orders by the government for six years. A banned person cannot make public statements and is restricted in his movements and activities. The banning order was put into
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fling to meet visitors and missionaries who have gone to Africa from Australia. Africa, Madagascar and the islands surrounding them make up a little less than four times the surface area of Australia, and they are inhabited by a population that is more than 30 t imes the size of Australia's. This African population is growing considerably faster than the population growth-rate of the world as a whole. E ven so, there are immense tracts of land which are uninhabited or very sparsely inhabited — the Sahara and Kalahari deserts, the rain forests, the dry scrubland which covers a great deal of the continent and the notorious Sahel, the marginal areas that border the south-
After three weeks in Australia I began to know what questions to expect when I told people I came from Africa. They most frequently ask about racism in South Africa and voice their concern about its effect on s porting links with Australia. Then there are those who
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bid, but persistent interest in General (or "FieldMarshal") ldi Amin as the stereotype of a bloodthirsty military dictator and symptom of an Africa that is relapsing into postcolonial barbarism. Racism, human rights, the preservation of wildlife — these are all important questions in Africa today, but there are many more questions that can, and should, be asked by Australians about a continent with which their country is fashioning a small but growing number of ties. Although Australia naturally looks towards SouthEast Asia and Oceania. she already has about 30 development projects in Black Africa, and one is begin-
Talk on human rights NEW YORK (NC) -- Mauritania has become the first country to tell the United Nations it has deeply embedded vestiges of slavery and is unable to mount a successful campaign against it. It has therefore invited UN experts to visit the country and tell the government how to deal with the problem. Mauritania made the invitation at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, of the UN Sub' Commission on Human Rights and the UN group agreed to send two experts to the W est African country on an 11-day factfinding trip next January. Mauritania said its independence in 1960 has not resulted in marked changes in the slavery situation. The slavery system, under public pressure, has gone into hiding but has persisted because of economic hardships aggravated by protracted drought, said A hmed Ould Sid'Ahmed, the Mauritania delegate. However, he insisted slaves in Mauritania are often considered members of the f amily who enjoy "the same protections." Discrimination based on colour does not play a role in the situation, he added.
effect after the priest was accused of fomenting public disturbances. The government lifted the banning order earlier this year. Main speaker at the UDF organisational meeting was Allan Boesak, president of the World Alliance of Reform Churches and an outspoken critic of apartheid. ' We are here to say there are rights neither conferred by nor derived from the state. They are God-given, so we are here not to beg for those rights but to claim them, ' he said. "It is not true apartheid has the support of all white people," he added. "We must not allow our anger against apartheid to become the basis f or a blind hatred of all white people," he said. Whites were in the minority at the meeting.
western Sahara where f amine is endemic. The population is concentrated in the temperate zones of the northern Mediterranean countries and the southern Cape colonised by Dutch white settlers in the 17th century before the blacks had filtered down that far; also in the fertile highlands of the East and along the rivers and forest fringes of Central and Western Africa. Of the 54 African nations some, like Nigeria with 80 million or Egypt with 40 million, are giants. Others, like Zaire, Ethiopa and South Africa, with populations of 30 million, fall in the medium range. Morocco, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Sudan with populations above or below 20 million are growing fast, while most other
countries are around 10 million or less. There are more than 2 500 ethno-linguistic groups in Africa which have developed in relative isolation, but which have shared a number of social institutions and cultural practices. Political frontiers have cut across them or grouped them haphazardly and new languages of trade and a dministration have brought them closer English, French, Arabic, Afrikaans and the "Black" languages of Swahili and Hausa. There is famine again this year in Ethiopia and in several other areas. Some of the poorest of the world's countries are to be found in Africa, but the people have an incredible will to survive. They are a peace-loving vao.....MMON4.0.1100.•
DATELINE. . . overseas news roundup W ARSAW — The Polish news agency PAP has reported that Polish bishops a re to receive five b i l l ion German marks to assist Polish peasants in increasing agricultural production. A ccording to a r eport in the Yugoslav Catholic news service AKSA, this f und was launched last year at the suggestion of German bishops. However. the!, said they would raise the money only on the condition that the money would be administered by the Catholic Church in Poland. "1 he Polish go‘ernment agreed at first, but then laid down conditions unacceptable to the Church. The Polish government w anted some of the monc!, to be used to help cooperatives and state enterprises as well as private farmers. A KSA reported that this condition has now been reinterpreted. The fund was proposed to help pris ate farmers bLi basic agricultural equipment, tractors and seed (all difficult to obtain in Poland) for use on their own or private land. It is hoped increasing the ability of indis iduals to till l and wi l l speed up production.
Aid boost to Polish farmers The products raised could be used to pay off the debt, either by direct export or indirectly by means of the money earned from selling the produce. Until 1982 Poland had to import 3.7 million tonnes of wheat, with very restricted foreign currency. Sevent!,-five per cent of arable land in Poland is in Keston private hands. News.
A CALL. FOR PEACE IN LEBANON
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V ATICAN CITY (NC) — Lebanon's warring factions should "listen to the voice of reason" and end the civil war that has killed hundreds in recent weeks, the Maronite patriarch said.
"We implore you to renounce these ill-timed reactions a nd bursts of anger, and instead to listen to the voice of reason, of wisdom and of national conscience,- Cardinal Antoine -Pierre Khoraiche, Maronite patriarch of Antioch, said in an appeal published on the front page of L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican daily.
A Christian computer... The first Christian SINGAPORE computer centre has been opened in Singapore to help Church and other Christian organisations "to reach God's objectives"' by the use of computers.
Albert Wong, 36, and Edmund Soh, 26, initiators of the Crossroad Computer Centre, are convinced that computer technology should be used to serve God.
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race, with ancient traditions of hospitality, gracious manners and a vitality showing itself in their social celebrations and dances. Most Africans are rural dwelling; but population growth, rural distress and the lure of new opportunities are drawing ever increasing numbers to the towns, to the mining compounds of the Copperbelt and to the "City of Gold", Johannesburg, and the other mining towns of South Africa. Oil, too, in Libya, Algeria and Nigeria in the west has lured people and created new wealth. A frica is the continent which is undergoing the most rapid urbanisation. Nairobi City, capital of K enya, doubled its size between 1969 and 1979 and is doing the same between 1979 and 1989 when it will be two million. Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania has already redoubled itself since 1965, while new industrial towns like Mbeya (also in Tanzania) have quadrupled in only 10 years. Besides the small and wealthy official sector of these towns, there is growing up a vast, unofficial sector — vast, self-help cities of the urban poor. The countryside, too, is strongly influenced by this urbanisation and by the appearance of many new, small towns. Although most African countries wrested political independence from the colonialist powers in the 1960s, they continue to be manipulated by outside power-blocs.
Countries like Kenya and Ivory Coast are strongly oriented towards the capitalist West; while others, like Mozambique. Angola and Ethiopia have established their regimes with the help of Marxist allies. Whatever their orientation, African countries are heavily dependent on Western markets and Western development aid. Western economic recession and the oil price-hike have severely damaged their economies, while foreign trade and finance often bolsters repressive African regimes. Colonel Gadaffi's petrodollars are being used to s ubvert sub-Saharan governments and promote a militant Islam, while Western countries (including Australia) have very strong economic links with South Africa, even though verbally deploring the latter's racism. Both East and West sell arms to African governments on a large scale. Most African countries have adopted a form of African socialism which is really a new application of traditional cooperation and communalism. Three Christian leaders — Leopold Sengher, of Senegal; Kenneth Kaunda, of Zambia; and Julius Nyerere, of Tanzania — have developed political philosophies which owe a great deal to their Christian education and background. Democratic institutions. however, are hard to develop against an authoritarian and poly-ethnic tradition. African political regimes
are frighteningly fragile and are easy prey to wouldbe military dictators. Y et sanity often prevails in the long run. 1979 saw the violent overthrow of the three most oppressive leaders — Amin, Bokassa and Nguema — and there are already examples of African presidents retiring voluntarily from office. The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) which groups all the African governments except South Africa is largely ineffective, but the meeting of socalled "Frontline States" seems to carry more weight. This is the alliance of Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe, grouping the militant African states of the south and those which border South Africa or which have most recently a chieved independent status. The powerful minority regime of South Africa is seen as a permanent affront to the human dignity of blacks in their own continent. Although guerilla activity there is, as yet, only sporadic, there is increasing evidence that South African racial discrimination is out of line with economic realities in a country whose wealth is based on cheap migrant labour from neighboring Black countr-ies. There is a great deal of unhappiness and frustration in South Africa. but there is also considerable affluence, and this certainly is a discouragement for violent upheaval. Howevet , if that affluence is to
continue, the regime must become more liberal. This therefore is the context of Christian activity in Africa and of the life of Africa's 60 or 70 million Catholics. Poverty and frequent famine, sweeping social change. labour migration and population growth, manipulation by rich outside nations and the denial of human rights and dignity which is not defined by skin colour, since the oppressors are both black and w hite. The Church in Africa today is a caring Church and a source of hope to millions of people.
"The fate of the nation depends on us. either a free country for free citizens, or partition, humiliation and dishonour," he said. The patriarch added the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Chuf Mountain area of Lebanon was an opportunity to put an end to the bloody duel between Christian a nd Druze factions. He asked all forces to "put away their arms, tear down the barricades and renounce all illegal practices so Lebanon's citizens may feel secure." Since the Israeli withdrawal to positions in southern Lebanon. Lebanese police estimate more than 600 people have died in the sectarian fighting. Christian and Druze spokesmen have accused each others' forces of having massacred civilians in three mountain villages in which up to 800 people are feared dead. During the montain fighting. Christians and Druze have in all accused each other of committing six to eight alleged massacres
HOLLYWOOD (NC) —The N ational Association of Theatre Owners is seeking to lower the age of unsupervised admission to R-rated films, according to Variety, the Hollywood-based entertainment newspaper. Currently anyone under 17 y ears of age must be accompanied by an adult in order to see movies with an R rating. The theatre owners are asking the Code and Rating A dministration, comprised ot independent distributors, to lower that age to 16. The R rating is the most a dult and permissive under the classification code short o f an X. According to Variety, the o wners' chief argument is it is unrealistic to force 16 year -olds to be accompanied by a parent or guardian when they are able to obtain drivers' licences at the same a ge.
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PATHWAYS OF THE SPIRIT
KNOW YOUR FAITH Does God only act in our lives on rare occasions? Or is God present in the ordinary circumstances of life too? What about the feelings people sometimes g et that God isn't nearby? Our series this week asks whether we really can talk about God as one who is present. D ominican Father David K O'Rourke talks with Doug who corn -
plains that he can't seem to find God anywhere in his somewhat humdrum e xistence. The priest reaches into theological t radition, indicating that the man's faithful love for his family is surely a sign of God's presence. The Dominican priest is with the family life office in the Diocese of Oakland, California. Suzanne Elsesser, a f ree-lance writer, relates how a visit to the Viet -
nam Memorial in Washington, DC, turned into a n unexpected experience of God for her. Neil Parent takes an incident from Shusaku Endo's novel, "Silence", a s well as an anecdote f rom a former prisoner, to illustrate that people experience God as sometimes absent and sometimes present to them. It's important to remember that God stays with
us always, even in silence, Parent says. He is the representative for adult education with the US Catholic Conference education department. Is God present in our mixed-up world? Biblical scholar Father John Castelot asserts that the Bible fairly shouts out the good news that God is i ntimately and passionately involved with humans.
Is God pr !sent in our crazy, mixed-up world? Does He care about it at all, or has He abandoned it to its own selfdestructive devices? From cover to cover the Bible practically shouts the answer: God has bound Himself to our u niverse and in a special way to human beings: "And the fidelity of the Lord endures forever." (Psalm 117:2) Still, people's questions are understandable; those questions are asked in every age. "My tears are my food day and night, as they say to me day after day, 'Where is your God?" Those troubled words of the psalmist are followed by an e xpression of calm assurance: "Why are you downcast, 0 my soul? Why do you sigh within me? Hope in God! For I shall again be thanking Him in the presence of my saviour and my God." (Psalm 42:3,6) By the very act of creating, God committed Himself, not just to humanity but to the whole universe. "The Lord's are the earth and its fullness; the world and all who dwell in it." (Psalm 2 4:1) The creation accounts, while not blow-by-blow accounts of how the universe came into being, are positive statements of the face that the universe is the creative act of a loving God. God's act of creation was not a cold, uninvolved capricious display of power. It involved Him very personally. Significantly He is said to have created by His "word". "Then God said, 'Let there be light. — (Genesis 1:3) This act initiated a dialogue, a meaningful relationship, a commitment. That relationship was sealed in an astonishing way when the word through whom all things came into being "became flesh a nd made His dwelling among us." (John 1:14) By Father John Castelot
For 17 years he had followed the same daily route on the same bus line. His life had developed a sameness he found terrible: a payche knew he never couldafford; falling asleep nightly in front of the television on a threadbare couch he couldn't afford to reupholster. -If there fri life.
(In the series that begins here today we intend to talk about many ways God is present in our lives. We start with some of the most basic and common, the ordinary aspects of daily living — even on rattling buses and at crowded lunch counters.)
Doug sat across from me, rumpled and paunchy in a By Father David K O'Rourke, OP sweat -stained suit. A m iddle-aged man running low on hope, years he had fol- His voice choked up. he was on the verge lowed the same "Our priests talk o f giving up on route on the same about how great life himself. bus line. Closed-in, is. And I see the pope As we talked, he put stale air in winter, on television. They're some questions to steamy in the sum- all so confident. They me. mer, rattling over talk about God as • Does it make potholes and lurch- though they know sense to think about ing from stop to stop. Him. the presence of God His life had deve"Well," he said, in our own lives, loped a sameness he starting to laugh at e xcept perhaps on found terrible: a pay- the very thought of it, some extraordinary, check that was never "God doesn't ride the once-in-a -lifetime oc- e nough; plans for No. 37 bus. And He casion? vacations he knew doesn't eat pot roast • Is God really h e could never specials at a lunch present in the lives of afford; falling asleep counter." ordinary persons? Or each night in front of Then he became does He show Him- the television on a more serious, more self only to people of threadbare couch he thoughtful. "If there unusual dedication, couldn't afford to is a God, I don't know people like Mother reupholster. where He is, because T eresa and mystics "Where did I go H e sure doesn't in monasteries? wrong?" he asked seem to be in my Doug described the me. "Mary and I had life." boredom of his com- so much going for us. How do you answer mute to the account- And I still love her. In questions like those? ing office of a fact, without her I What do you say to a printing plant. For 17 wouldn't make it." weary man whose 8 The Record, September 22 — 28, 1983
Finding God in everyday life pain is so real and who won't accept platitudes? "I know of only one way to look at your questions that might make sense to you," I said after a few moments' reflection. "At least, it helps me when I've got questions. And that's to draw on the Church's t heological tradition." I went on then to talk about a basic theological concept, the idea of purpose: why we do the things we do. " You ride that b roken-down bus, day in and day out," I said, "not because
you love the bus or your job, but because you love Mary and the kids. And you've been scrimping in order to give them a good education." He agreed that was true. "But what does that have to do with God in my life?" he a sked. "Theologians maintain," I went on, "that directing our lives to a good goal, a good purpose, is a sign of God's presence. The ability to do the kind of things you're doing for your family, to want to do them in the first place, to have the courage and strength
to carry on all these years — these are all gifts of God. "Furthermore, being a good husband and father is something you real ly believe in; they're the most important goals in your life. And the way you take care of your family, that's not just human kindness. That certainly looks to me like the grace of God. Anyone can be generous for a few weeks for purely human reasons. But for 17 years? That's the grace of God. "St Paul described the way a husband should love his wife as he loves his own
body. And Christ talked about care for the least as being truly care for Him. That's how you love your family and that care is at the heart of your life," I added. "For me that's a sign of God's presence in your life." My conversation with Doug took about an hour and a half. But it hit on a basic truth of our faith. God is present in us in the most ordinary aspects of human living — encouraging us, helping us hang in there even when the hanging -in seems either impossible or meaningless.
Far from abandoning the world, God is intimately present to it and passionately involved in its history. In His own mysterious way He is guiding it to a glorious destiny. The whole message of the Book of Revelation is one of hope and encouragement, bidding us look forward to the day when God will cap the whole creative process by fashioning "new heavens and a new earth." (Revelation 21:1) This will be a marvellous transformation. True, this is a long and often painful process. The biblical authors very realistically recognise this fact. Along with their unshakeable conviction that God has grand plans for His universe, they realise what is involved in carrying them out: As St Paul in Romans 8 puts it so aptly: "I consider the sufferings of the present to be as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed in us. . . Yes, we know that all creation groans and is in agony even until now. Not only that, but we ourselves, although we have the spirit as first fruits, groan inwardly as we await the redemption of our bodies." Paul concludes: "In hope we are saved. But hope is not hope if its object is seen . . . And hoping for what we cannot see means awaiting it with patient endurance." (Romans 8:18-19; 22-25)
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clear. Yet Christians reveals Himself injov,ifor believe God is fulls' presanother, in pain and sorrow. In Shusaku Endo's mas- ent in both situations. Trappist Father Tho• Some encounter God terful novel, "Silence," Father Sebastian Rodri- mas Keating describes in giving: others in gues is a 17th century God as "the source of all receiving. • For some it is the awe Portuguese priest sent to reality. . . who penetrates Japan to minister to the it with His unbounded of a limitless, starry sky A single rose adorns a section of the Vietnam War that sparks a divine Memorial in Washington. Like many flowers that s mall, persecuted Chris- presence." Even bleak, tian community there. unbroken silence carried encounter;for others, the dot the long stark monument, it probably was left encounter occurs in the there by a friend or loved one as a remembrance of The priest eventually is God's presence. It's natural that we want inward journey of quiet captured and imprisoned. one of the people inscribed nearby. meditation. One day, he witnesses to experience God's presence, reassured to he that Many experience God through his cell window the martyrdom of a He is indeed with us, car- in music., art or poetry. Christian. The prisoner, ing for us. When God Painter-poet Carlo Carra writes that when he is a one-e.ved Inan, is led to seems distant and silent, w orking, he senses that the centre of the court- we feel alone and afraid, -his true immutable yard where he is felled like orphans. essence comes from that with one swift blow of the In point offact, it is not s word. His body is whether God is present to invisible realm that offers dragged through the dirt us, hut how He chooses him an image of eternal reality." By Suzanne E Elsesser and thrown into a grave to be present. We look Jesus' words, "Seek and he and other Christian for God in the wide spaI had read about the Vietnam Memorial in prisoners dug the pre- ces as well as the nooks .vou shall find," encour.and crannies of our lives. age us to keep searching Washington. DC, how its design provoked vious day. while But we do the seek- for God and to never strong reactions in people. Some thought it a Endo describes Father fitting tribute and others a horrible disrespect. Rodrigues' thoughts of ing, God does the doubt that He is with us, even in dark, silent and Feeling curious, I went to see it. God following the inci- finding. • For one person. God troubled moments. But I was not prepared for the powerful dent: "So it has come to experience this visit would involve. this . . ." he shivered as he The taxi stopped at the edge of the famed clutched the bars. Washington Mall, the great expanse of grass, " Yet his perplexity did Interviewed in his office in St trees and paths that extends from the steps of not come from the event John's Seminary in Plymouth, the Capitol, past the Washington monument, that had happened so Vichigan, Father John Castelot to the foot of the Lincoln Memorial . The taxi suddenly. What he could talked about some of his concerns driver pointed and said, "It's over there." not understand was the in teaching the Bible. The ScripI could see nothing. But he assured me that if stillness of the courtyard, ture professor is a principal writer I walked straight ahead I'd find it. Soon a dirt the voice of the cicada, in the know our Faith series. path appeared. Evidently it gets muddy when it the whirling wings of the People todav "are hungry Or rains because the path soon became a series of flies. .4 man haddied. Yet Bible classes:* Father Caste/of wooden planks and then, finally, large flat the outside world went says. Thus, in addition to teaching stones set side by side. on as if nothing had at the seminary, this spends A s I walked I became aware of other people happened. many nights throughout the year walking in the same direction. Then suddently I "Could anything be teaching adult education classes at more cra:y.9 Was this saw the memorial. Vichigan parishes. A t each end it is only a few inches high, but pnartyrdom? Ilk are IIhen he was asked how he a s one moves along, the lines of the monument .vou silent. Here, this onewould teach that God really is flow with the landscaped hill behind it. Gradueyed man has died — and present in this world of ours, ally the monument becomes more than double for You. You ought to Father Castelot replied: "People the height of anyone standing in front of it. know. Why does this stilfind God in different ways." One The path leads before the face of the monulness continue? This person might expect "a personal ment, almost as though part of the memorial noonday stillness. The experience of God" while reading itself. sound of flies — this the Bible, but someone else would The surface is highly polished dark grey marcra.:y thing, this cruel look for evidence of God's presble, nearly black. On it the names of the men business." ence in the world. and women who lost their lives in Vietnam are Endo's portrayal is powIn either case. the Bible "is engraved. Their names are clustered under the erful.Ithink, because the nothing other than the record of year of their death. priest's sense that God is God's presence to humanity, of But it is the people viewing the names who silent is one that many ol His saving love," Father Castelot offer the real tribute, the real memorial. It was us have felt at one time or asserted. The Bible demonstrates through them that I had an unexpected another. Just when we that "God's chief interest is in our wanted God's presence encounter with God that day. happiness and fulfilment." The Vietnam Memorial is different from tnost, we .felt a terrible or example, "In Jesus'concern other memorials that honour the more distant stillness. for the sick and the poor. God's past, for the names carved into it are the names Fortunately, such painconcern andHis amazing compasful periods generally do of the sons, daughters, husbands, grandchildsion" is revealed. said Father Casren, neighbours and friends of the people one not last. In time, they give telot. The "supreme revelation ol way to other experiences meets there —people who come to visit, to God is in the humanity of Christ. ' in which God makes weep, to remember. he stated. I watched while a trim man in his late 30s Himself known to us — Father (aside' observed that a whether we were looking stood alone before one of the names. His eyes basic stumbling block in studying were serious, his body totally still. His thoughts .for Him or not. the Bible comes from "the culture might have been back at the scene of a battle. and language gap." Such was the case with K.V011 }OUR IAITH He reached out and touched the stone for a few Pete, a.former convict. In seconds. Then slowly he let his hand return to God "reveals Himself in histoa recent interview, he told his side. Was it the name of a friend? I wonry...and that revelation took place of an incident whic.h in a certain milieu removed from dered. Was it someone he'd laughed and cried occurred in prison when with? Maybe he'd prayed with him too. Was it us" today, he explained. t wo of his friends got into The ancient and the modern culsomeone he had watched die? a raging argument and tures can "have the same vital Down the path an older couple with gray hair vowed to settle the score understanding" hut express it difheld hands as they stood together before one in the morning. That ferently, Father Caste/of said. Ile of the names. She placed the small bunch of meant one could die. brought that point home by turndaisies underneath the row of names and Though he never prayed ing to specific instances such as the returned to stand with her husband. The bright before, Pete spent the vivid Genesis account of Adam yellow and white of the flowers contrasted vivnight praying to God. naming the animals. idly with the dark stone. saying, "Hey, I'm not A dam watches the parade of "Here it is," a woman called out, and the two asking You to prove animals walking by, Father Castechildren who had wandered ahead returned to Yourself: I'm asking You lot related. Gradually Adam stand beside her. They photographed the to save two lives." becomes aware that the animals carved names, but said little. Pete said that the next have companions while he has Scripture tells how Jesus reminded His folmorning the two men none. idam becomes increasingly lowers that He would be present in the hungry "came out with their aware of his deep loneliness and. people they encountered, the sorrowing peohands extended to one uftimately, God creates Eve as ple they comforted. In Scripture we hear how another and shook 4 dam's companion. Jesus reminded His followers that they needed hands." The story of .,1dam naming the to be open to His presence in unexpected plaKnowing the two men animals may not sound like a ces; that they could recognise Him in their as he did, Pete couldn't modern way of telling how much brothers and sisters. believe what happened. God is involved with us. NonetheTo me that day in Washington, God made His "It was mind-boggling. less, that it a point it makes, enduring presence felt through the sorrows So that dayIhadnothing Father Cartelot indicated. and hungers of those who stood nearby me. I hut thanks in my heart to The .story is part Qf the biblical was reminded of God — my attention was God." record of God's presence to turned toward God — by the faces, the hands For Father Rodrigues, humanity, an example of how the and the silences of the people who stood there was God's silence. Bible communicates about God's before this simple, yet forceful, remembrance For Pete, God made His of someone they loved. concern for our happiness. presence abundant/1 The Record, September 22 — 28, 1983 9
By Neil Parent
A message in the suffering
"It's usually outside pressure You've just found out you're pregnant ... it should be one of the happiest moments of your life, but instead you're upset, f rightened, angry, ashamed and feeling so terribly alone, You are too scared to MI your parents and you know your boyfriend will be annoyed, if not downright furious. All of a sudden it's you against the world, the dreams have crashed and the nightmare goes on and on. In a world that gaily waves the flag of sexual freedom, no-one stops to count the cost. There are children who will not be allowed to live, others who will never know their natural parents, but it's women who are paying the price, and
a high one at that, all along the line. When the cry comes out that it is a woman's right to be responsible for her own body, we can only nod in agreement, but what an awesome responsibility. Given the gift of creating new life, she also shoulders the burden. It is true that only a woman can decide, but who would wish to face that decision. She cannot win. Abortion is so terribly final ... and that finality may haunt her for the rest of her life. "In our liberated society women wear different chains." It's a quote that rings all too true for Corry Schoenmakers, full-time co-ordinator for Pregnancy Help. The office was established in 1976 as the
result of a promise from Archbishop Goody, in a bid to provide both personal and financial assistance to any woman w ith an unwanted pregnancy. Pregnancy Help now also employs Margaret McPherson, a part-time social worker and has a volunteer staff of 15 working on roster. The centre recently opened a house in Carlisle where single girls can stay during pregnancy and after the birth of their babies, while they learn the skills necessary for successful oarenthood. Corry Schoenmakers r ecently attended the Pregnancy Support Conference in Tasmania. Here she talks about the work of Pregnancy Help and the need to change social attitudes and our adoption system:
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Corry has a lot of love and compassion for her girls', the young women in need who climb the three flights to her Howard Street office. She's not there to tell them what to do .. . there are plenty of other people who do that, like parents, boyfriends and f riends. She is there to listen, offer advice and help as much as she can. From the time they tell anyone they are pregnant, these young women are under enormous pressure, says Corry.
Corry Schoemaker and Margaret McPherson of the Pregnancy Help service share some reminiscences of the girls they have helped.
-It's usually outside pressure that makes these girls turn to abortion, and parents are among the worst,- says Corry
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She cites one case of a 15 year old who was quickly whipped into hospital to have things 'fixed up• "She was told nothing and had no idea what was going to happen to her." Tragically, such a solution by parents is not uncommon Lack of communication between parents and daughter is a common factor among the girls who come to talk to Pregnancy Help
"Many are lust too frightened to tell their parents and I never cease to be amazed at the number of girls who reach the sixth or seventh month of pregnancy without their parents noticing," she said. Corry firmly believes that while there are unplanned pregnancies there is no such thing as an unwanted baby. Whatever the decision, all of her girls will suffer in some way or another.
You have to be a certain kind of person to become a c ounsellor with Pregnancy Help. Of course you must be committed but at the same time you must also be able to cope, if, despite all the h ours of talking, the mother opts for abortion But there are joys too The pictures of fat, bouncing babies are coming in so fast that Corry has started an album Many times, a clunk on the stairs will mean one of 'her girls' has come back for a chat, lugging baby up the stairs. One of her favourite photos is of a chubby-faced b aby boy, cheerfully cuddled up in the arms of his grandpa — he's the son of a young woman who was raped. "She wasn't going to keep the child,- Corry said -She had no clothes for him, nothing organised, but four days after he was born she changed her mind. As you can see he's a joy to them all," she grinned.
Firm approach needed for disease , e0
Professor Robert Zachary, Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics at Sheffield University and the foremost world authority on paediatric surgery talking with John Paull 11 during a visit to Rome.
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Research and treatment of Spina Bifida needed a positive approach, Professor Robert Zachary, Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics at Sheffield University (UK) and the foremost world expert on the genetic deficiency said in lectures in Perth this week. In striking contrast to the negative approach there is an excellent example in the work of Professor Richard Smithells in Leeds he said. Professor Smithells was the paediatrician who realised the importance of the drug thalidomide in causing congenital abnormalities of the limbs. He conceived the idea a defective diet during the early stages of pregnancy could be responsible for stopping the development of the spine at a certain stage, leaving the nerve exposed. With a small but remarkably enthusiastic team of associates, he studied in detail the diets of a considerable group of women before and during pregnancy, taking note of the very small quantities of various vitamins, elements and other substances in the diet and relating his results to the outcome of the pregnancy and the number of cases of spina bifida born to this group of women. Professor Smithells makes no rash
claims but it seems that diet could be an extremely important factor. Professor Zachary said this positive line of research is well worth supporting and is wonderfully refreshing in contrast to the totally negative policy of amniocentesis and destruction of the baby. "You don't need to be an expert to realise this negative policy could in no sense be described as prevention of spina bifida," he said. Destroying babies with spina bifida while they are still within the uterus is no less a direct attack on the human individual, just because the baby is smaller and has not yet been delivered. "Indeed I think it is because of the almost total lack of concern for the rights of the baby while still within the uterus that there has been this spillover to the early days of delivery and there is less concern for the rights of the child in these early days than there used to be," Professor Zachary said. "I think we can say in a very large number of cases of amniocentesis — taking off some of the fluid for examination — the purpose of the examination is to destroy the child if the test proves positive." "Yet why should it stop there?
that makes them turn to abortion. .
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Corry Schoemaker, of Pregnancy Help
Babies are a joy, she says, but you can't tell people what to do. You can only help them to make an informed decision. There's a strong feeling at Pregnancy Help that a more open adoption system could encourage more girls to consider it as an alternative. They have heard too often the anguished cry: 'I couldn't go through all that and give it away, not to believe that the needs of the natural mother must be met if the lives of babies are to be saved. Society, she says, often j udges such women harshly, and potentially adoptive parents can be among the worst. "Too many people who want to adopt a child have the attitude that the natural mother counts for nothing and has no r ights," she said. "They want the child that she is prepared to give up but many will give nothing in return.
"They reject the natural mother totally because she has given up her child and yet in reality that woman has been totally selfless in giving birth to a child and trying to give it the best chance possible." Office statistics show that half the girls who received adoption counselling over the past two years continued with their pregnancy because they believed that abortion was morally wrong, and the other half left it too late to have an abortion and were 'forced' to continue with their pregnancy.
It's important to know, says Corry, that in the long term there was no difference in the grieving experienced by these girls when the adoption was f inalised, whether they had wanted an abortion or not
"Possibly the girl who considered abortion may even feel more burdened with guilt," she said. "Needless to say, such a girl does not need reminding that the child she is grieving for now would have been aborted given the chance at the time." Adoption counselling in a Pregnancy Support Agency poses a dilemma. "On the one hand we know only too well that most teenage mothers are usually not very competent in handling the stresses involved in single parenthood, unless she has the full support of her family," she said. "On the other hand, we are also fully aware that if a girl relinquishes her baby she will endure much s uffering, a burden which in many cases may be too heavy to bear, and indeed could last a lifetime." There is a possibility that a more open approach will be taken to adoption in WA in the future, but this, says
Corry, is of little comfort to the girls who need adoption counselling today. "We have to recognise the fact that these girls are our clients and as such we have a duty to do everything in our power to lighten the heavy burden f or them.
"Sometimes the criticism is heard that a service like Pregnancy Help encourages girls to become single mothers, but this is simply not true," Corry said. ' When the girls come to us they are usually pregnant already, and through counselling we help them to make the decision that is best for them and for their babies. "Abortion is often seen as the 'easy way out' of their predicament. The abortion on demand situa-
tin in WA, which results in the loss of approximately 6000 babies each year, does not make our job an easy one. "It is our role to present the clients with the alternatives to abortion. These are ... marrying the father of the child; adoption or single parenthood." Marrying the father of the child is not a satisfactory solution, especially when the mother is a teenager. According to statistics, 80 percent of these marriages end up in divorce. "We therefore welcomed the guidelines to priests from the Archdiocese that there should be a waiting period of three months for the young couple from the time they approach the priest with the intention to marry," she said.
"Unfortunately we have found that not all priests follow this recommendation and many allow young pregnant girls to marry after one month, which is t he waiting period required under State law. •• The decision to become a single mother or to adopt is a very difficult one. Corry added. Often pressure is put on a girl by her parents to relinquish her child for adoption. "Also, there are many in the community who hold the view that girls should give up their babies to those who can't have children. This is not what is considered good adoption practice," she said. Sister Philippa Chapman from the Private Adoption Centre, attached to Centrecare in Hobart, stressed a t the recent national conference that children are not placed for adoption to meet the needs of infertile couples or to provide companionship for an only child. The adoption process should focus on providing a caring family environment for the child .. . not providing a child for a family.
cf14 IN*941J"'" Many people underestimate what is involved in adoption, she added. Yet the harmful effects of traditional adoption practices have been confirmed by a study carried out by the WA University. This study showed relinquishing a child for adoption can have a profound influence on the mother's emotional well-being and the relinquishment of their child was the most stressful thing they had e ver experienced. The closed adoption system is one of the reasons why most girls will not consider this option. "If only we could offer these girls some hope that relinquishing their child would not automatically mean they are cut off f orever from knowing what happened to their child," Corry said. "Perhaps it would even be possible to stop some abortions. As it is now,
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girls who are in the early stages of pregnancy and who consider abortion will always reject adoption as an alternative." It is imperative, said Corry, to ascertain that when a girl presents for adoption counselling it is because of her decision a nd not her parents' or boyfriend's. Her decision is usually out of love for her child, because she wants what is best for her baby, and she is realistic enough to know that she can't give her baby the chance in life it deserves. She needs much love and u nderstanding, both before and after the adoption. People tend to think that the best way is to act as if nothing has happened so that she can get on with her life. This is not helpful to the girl, because she must be allowed to grieve for the baby she has lost, if she is to make a good adjustment. Although she will never f orget her child, it is possible that with appropriate support the pain will lessen with the passing years.
Corry said although the stigma attached to single parenthood was not as great as it used to be, there seemed to be growing hostility in the community toward girls who chose to keep their babies. "Many people say that these girls neglect their babies," she said. ' Yet, statistics have shown that there are many, if not more, 'at risk', children receiving inadequate parenting within marital situations than those of single mothers. "The negative attitude toward single mothers was recently reported in the press. At the State Liberal Party conference the claims were made young girls were deliberately getting pregnant to get more welfare money. "These allegatins are rather absurd when it has been proved that Supporting Parents Benefits are considered well below poverty line. At Pregnancy Help we have not come a cross any girls who become pregnant on purpose for the sake of getting 'generous' welfare payments."
"It is true we have come across cases where young girls who are deprived of love in their own families hang on to babies as a 'love -object', but fortunately this is not very common. "These girls need a lot of help and so do their babies." Most girls, said Corry, feel very distressed when t hey find they are pregnant. The hardest thing to do is tell their parents. "We encourage them to be honest," she said. " Even though they genuinely do not wish to
hurt or disappoint their parents. "Unfortunately, we have f ound that the reaction of some parents is to push their daughter into having a n abortion, even though the girl may not wish this herself. In such cases, she says, it is not uncommon to find within a relatively short time the girl is pregnant again, and this time she is determined to continue with the pregnancy.
c,Alt crIVAW"" The grief following an a bortion is so often underestimated. "We don't want to give the impression that the only clients who come to us for help are single pregnant girls," Corry added. "Our service is for all women who have problems due to pregnancy, and that includes mothers of families. "All Pregnancy Help counsellors are mothers themselves and they know from their own experience the difficulties that a mother with a family faces when once again she is pregnant. "Home Help is one area w hich needs to be expanded to assist these m others who often have several other children_ "It is very much appreciated by these mothers when we assure them that we can provide them with everything they need for their babies. "However, often their f inancial problems have reached such enormous proportions due to unemployment or high home loan repayments, that the r esources of Pregnancy Help are inadequate."
It's at times like these, she says, that strings must be pulled with government agencies or other welfare organisations. The greatest reward, beams Corry, is when counsellors visit the mothers and their babies in hospital. All the traumas of the troubled pregnancy have faded into the background when they proudly show us their beautiful babies, she says. "Even though the pregnancy was not planned initially, this little life is now very much wanted and treasured," she said. One young mother's words stay with her still: "If it weren't for you people, my baby would not be here today. - The young woman had faced a crisis early in her pregnancy when she was under great pressure from her family to have an abortion. She is now happily married to the father of the child, even though the couple admitted on visiting Corry later, that things had happened 'a bit back to front'. There may be few joys in the job, says Corry, but the thrill is always in seeing the babies . .. they are very special. Pregnancy Help is situated at 7 Howard Street, Perth. Phone: 322 5655.
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Handyman, Gardening, SITUATIONS Lawns, remove rubbish, VACANT A last minute entry Eastcott and Peter clean houses, windows, f rom the St Denis' Messer, were reagutters, etc. Small repair Housemother: Mature jobs 339 6108 before 8am married couple with no brought the sonably satisfied Total Carpet Club or after 10.15pm. total to the respec- with the total of more than two children Clearance table number of six entries received for to live in and care for up A CCOMMODATION to six children. Exc. girls entered in this the championships. Grade 4 fine denier year's brick home, salary and A VAILABLE The men's singles Queen carpet was $59.50 r epresentin Quest, s eems to have conditions. Refs nec. g five Save ¶100's for self, Church Personnel Pty Ltd, 55 p.m. clubs, Queens Park, attracted the most and charity. now $39.50 p.m. William Street Perth. Ph. St Benedicts, All entries with all the Stay in Jim Hassell 7- 322 2488. R ubber back prints, Sai nts, St Denis and top men in the Assoroom home high at Lake was $39.50 p.m. Dianella, the latter ciation participatMonger: 4 adults $10 a day PART-TIME assistant to now $26.96 p.m. each. 2 adults off-peak $13 t he Co-Ordinator of W ool -mix berber, club supplying two ing. Players should centre for Emmanuel, a contact Jack Eastentries. a day ea. 5 to 7 $8; kiddies was $59.50 p.m. cott to get their $3 a day each; 5 to 7 off- people with disabilities (a now $39.50 p.m. The girls will be draw. peak $6 a day each. $50 branch of Centrecare). deposit return if can't Person needs to have had receiving all the About 30 players experience in relation to Plus many more bar- final come. judging details enjoyed the perfect It's a great act of charity people with a range of dis- gains too numerous and dates in the mail playing conditions to PAY TO STAY in a abilities. Clerical and to mention. shortly from the when the Dianella Hassell fine home. A hire administrative skills an car $6a day. We pay $40a advantage. Small remun- CARPET FORUM Quest co-ordinator, and Queens Park 395 Odin Road, Bal- Mrs Jenny Pearce. day in Melbourne for eration will be paid. c lubs had their When entries clos- social days tennis at r oom only. Phone Apply in writing to: The catta (next to Coates Hire) Co-Ordinator, 25 Wind450530!. ed on the weekend, the St Marks Courts 344 3385, 344 3321 sor St, East Perth 6000, by the organisers, Jack last Sunday. Monday, September 26. Hamilton Hill large home WANTED school holidays, December THE SOCIETY OF PUBLIC February, rent negotiable. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL URGENTLY: W ANTED Phone 337 6677 home, NOTICE Furniture. G oods 420 6936 office. extends an household utensils, etc.. A CCOMMODATION CATHOLIC SINGLES suitable for Auction at our INVITATION ANNUAL FETE, SUN- to all retired members and widows of WANTED CLUB members to attend Only for 20 to 40 age DAY 27TH NOVEMBER, House or other near amenthe group, no divorcees. 1983. ities close Perth wanted 150TH ANNIVERSARY MASS E nquiries to Sally Enquiries to: Sister Marfor good tenants north 387 4471, Anne 271 5601, tin. Catherine McAuley at St. Mary's Cathedral on Friday, 21st October, 1983, at side. Reasonable rental. Brian 444 4083, Mike, Centre, Station Street. 7.30pm. Also supper afterwards at Mercedes College. 275 5719. Wembley. Phone: 381 9222. 398 1539.
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Sally 387 4471 Brian 444 4083 G lynn 362 3035
RACE SIX: System Six I, Mullewa's Idol 2, Tegimi's Son 3. R ACE SEVEN: Black Cavalier I, Akkabar 2, String Out 3. R ACE EIGHT: Hangover Cloud I, Jacval Lady 2, Mark Lloyd 3. R ACE NINE: Supreme Carmen 1, Leica Ruin 2, Pacific Hope 3. R ACE TEN: Khadine 1, Egyptian Prince 2, Aulfee 3.
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Tracy Dixon andDonald Fic, pictured at a Centrecare marriage preparation course, wi//be married at Our Lady Queen of Peace church, Willagee. on November 19.
PART-TIME TASK: — Support to current Immigration Secretary — Organise specialised Women's Groups — Co-ordinate and support voluntary ethnic workers. In both positions: We prefer a person who has experienced the migration process, is reasonably fluent in a language other than English, and is committed and perhaps experienced with the needs and aspirations of migrants and r efugees. Ability and desire to work with a Christian multi-disciplinary team, who are committed to a socially cohesive multicultural society. Salary: Appropriate Award. Written Applications to: Mr Guido Vogels Co-ordinator Catholic Immigration Office 29 Victoria Square Perth. Closing date: Friday, 30th September, 1983.
Archdiocesan Calendar Sept 24, Diocesan Pastoral Council. Sept 25, Marian Procession, New Norcia, Archbishop Goody. Sept 25, Confirmation Highgate, Bishop Healy. Sep 26, Official Farewell for Archbishop Goody, Concert Hall. Sept 30, Catenian Dinner, Freeway Hotel, Archbishop Goody.
'Youth Forum flags in general. It is a way of expressing pride in being Australian, part of our M ovement (and part of our Church, if the Papal flag is flown).
Flying flags and w aving banners I'm not the only one concerned about flying flags. The morning after my debacle at the Council meeting I was pleased to read in the paper that a Queensland MP, (a p ractical minded man) was striving to r aise publ ic conciousness and aware ness both of the Q ueensland and Australian flag. A rguments posed by CYC members in opposition to flying the flag were: that the idea did not come from young people t hemselves but rather from an adult, and it was pointed out that the Australian flag does not mean very much to young people.
There were also q uestions of concern about nationalism; ie e xaggerated national ism, and some were concerned that there would be noone to come in on P ublic Holidays at the Youth Office to actually fly the flag. I believe the Cardijn Centre is a base of local, national and i nternational youth m ovements. It could e ncourage better understanding of the meaning of the Australian flag and of
I see flags as symbols of unity that ought to be flown on days of national i mportance and sign if i ca nce, rather than just used as banners wildly waved as Marshy takes a catch in the slips. It seems strange t hat the average y oung Austral ian feels proud of being a n Australian as soon as he steps outside our country and i s only too willing to wear the Australian f lag on his knapsack or back while hitchhiking around Europe, knowing his identity as an Australian will be a point in favour of obtaining a ride more readily. On our own shores young people seem to be reticent in proclaiming who we are. They see no need to honour our pioneers and scientists, men and women of renown from the past
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or of acknowledging, by the symbolic lowering of the flag, w hen significant people die or we are in the midst of some tragedy. I wonder what other young people do think about our Australian flag. Is it worth flying at the Cardijn Centre. The CYC doesn't think so. Over the months I have found some lack of patriotism among young Australians, expressed in a n abhorrence to waving the Australian flag or having it f lown. C oncerned about this lack of Australian pride, I attempted to have a motion passed by the Catholic Youth Council which would recommend that facilities be erected at the Cardijn Centre (Youth Offices) to fly the Australian flag, as well as other appropriate flags — for instance the Western Australian flag, the papal flag, or a Y outh Movement f lag. The opposition to t he motion was a lmost unanimous. If the Catholic Youth Council truly reflects the voice of young people in Western Australia, I believe it's a sad state of a ffairs.
NEXT CHOICE WEEKEND Catholic Youth Council Youth R ally 1983. WA University Sunken Gardens, 7.30 pm Saturday December 3. Make a note of it in your diary — keep the night f ree. Special guests, special events. For young people and their families of all youth movements and all organizations.
October 14-16 Bookings 459 3941 Choice is a once -off weekend programme for young singles in the church. It enables partici-
pants to stop for a whi le, to reflect, evaluate and decide whom they belong to and how to improve and strengthen their r elationships with friends, family, God and Church.
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Father Jegorow has to be content with "flying a miniature flag on his desk, for the time being!
The department for Y outh, Sport and Recreation is conducting an advanced volunteer training course on three s uccessive Thursday evenings and also a livein weekend. The sessions begin on September 29, and the w eekend camp will be held October 14 to Sundab, October 16. The cost of the course is S28 which includes the cost of the camp, and the course is limited to 30 participants'. Topics to be discussed include how to run simulation games, working w ith families, adv anced group dy namics, advanced value clarification, changing communities and the effect on young people, and ad v anced self management skills. Registrations can be made with Brian Canute and Bryan %% ilkinson, P.O. Box 66, Wembley. 6014. telephone 387 4400. A second one-day workshop Hill be held for C ommunity Youth Workers at 401 Oxford Street, Mt Hawthorn on Friday , October 21. from 9 am to 4.30 pm. The cost is S12 and includes lunch. Course tutors are Brian Canute, Charles Cochrane and Grant Donov an. Bookings can be made by ringing 387 4400.
T ie Young Christian Students Movement is calling for applicants to work full-time for YCS in 1984. The position is open to 1983 students, past students and assistants. For more information please contact the YCS office (30 Claverton Street. North Perth 6006) or phone 328 4071 by September 30.
Leader's Camp During the first week of the August holidays the Young Christian Students Movement held a Leader's Training Camp for Years 10 and 11 students from CBC Fremantle, Santa Maria, Mercedes, Newman College, Trinity, St Thomas Aquinas and Monastery groups.
Peter Fruzynksi and Tony Rizzo worked as cooks. The camp helped students understand their responsibilities as leaders and how to put them into practice. It ran over three days and was organised by students from CBC Fremantle and Santa Maria. "We didn't know how many' different things went into organising a camp -- until we did it," said one of the students on the organising committee. During the camp everyone was urged to participate in the running of the camp, thus giving them the chance to put some of their newly learned leadership skills to the test. Some of the topics covered in the camp were the problems that leaders in YCS come up against and how we can work to overcome them; the importance of trust in a YCS group and group dynamics. At the conclusion of the camp each student was given a YCS Leaders Kit prepared by the National YCS Movement. These kits are very valuable to leaders as they contain answers to many of the questions that are asked about groups. The camp was a success with all students participating and learning a lot about the role that they have as leaders. I would especially like to thank the Year 12 students. Peter Walsh from CBC Fremantle and Jenny Stilwell from Newman, who came to the camp to share their experiences as leaders. Brother Don Wedd who drove Participants of the YCS August camps, left to right, Patrick Costello, Lawrence Costello, (both of Leederville group), Trisha the bus, the YCS full-timers and the cooks. NICOLE YOUNG. SAN T A MARIA YCS McCollam, of Bedford and Liza Oates, of Dianella. Both Trisha and Liza are in the St Thomas Aquinas School YCS group.
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Long ago in the land Not long afterward a of Uz lived a very t errible disease good man named struck Job's body. Job. He loved God Ugly sores covered has e got to be in the club Please print clearly and don't Dear Captain Bob, and avoided evil. his skin from head to ifY ou you %sant to enter our com- forget your date of birth and a I am very sorry that I have Job was very lucky. toe. He was in great petitions and in some of the stamp so Ise can send your not written for a long time. prizes. membership form to you. He had a loving wife, pain. Job left his super It's just that I have been To join simply send the com- Alembership allms you to seven sons and three house and sat among pleted coupon here to The enter all our competitions. so busy. Here are some jokes: daughters. Job had the ashes outside. At R ecord kid's (•lub. PO Box everything most peo- first he told his wife, 50. Aberdeen Street, Perth. W ell. %shat are you waiting Q: What's the best thing for. "We accept good 6000. to put into a pie? ple ever want. A: Your teeth. things from God. Q: Where do tadpoles Then one day a mes- Should we not accept PLEASE MAKE ME A change in frogs? senger came running evil, too?" A: The croakroom. up to Job. "Rustlers But pain and loneliMEMB ER OF THE CLUB Q: Why do bees hum? came and stole all ness and grief ate at A: Because they forgot Name your oxen and don- Job's spirit. His wife the words. keys. They also killed left him. Q: What's flat and yellow Address the cowboys who and turns around slowly? Three friends heard were taking care of A : A long-playing P code them. I alone escaped. of Job's sufferings pancake. and came to offer And here are some Age Birthdate Hardly a moment sympathy and supknock-knock jokes: I . —J later another mes- port. When they saw K nock knock who's senger rushed in. Job, they bagan to "I have not done light from darkness? there? "Lightning struck cry and tear their evil," Job insisted Do you know the Old lady. your sheep and their c lothes. angrily. "I challenge secrets of life and Old lady who? I didn't know you could shepherds. I alone God to tell me why death?" Bye tor now trom survived." While he Then Job began to I'm in so much pain." Job was silent for a yodel. K nock Rachael Cochrane, Bus- Happy birthday to Glenn k nock who's curse the day of his Job's third friend long time. He bowed was speaking a third there? selton. Vyver, Cloverdale; Jude messanger ran up to birth. "I have no Zophar agreed with low to the ground. Amos. Webb, Balga; Nicole Dear Captain Bob, Job. "Invaders stole peace. I have no rest. the others. "What can I answer Amos who? I have some jokes and rid- Grandisen, Balcatta; Vicki all your camels. They Just pain and grief. Job argued for a You, Lord? I know A mosquito. Cotterell, Doubleview; dles here. They are: killed all the camel Why was I ever long time. The more You can do all things. Q: What did the farmer Melissa Natta, Kelmscott; born?" drivers except me. I they talked the more I've been grappling on his pig's sore nose? Kathrine Enright, South Job's friend Eliphaz bitter and angry Job with things I will Why did Dracula keep put alone escaped." Hedland; Jane Bourke, A: Oinkment. A fourth messenger was shocked. "Good became. "I have not never understand. Q: What time is it when Donnybrook; Michelle his coffin in a vault? walked up to Job people do not suffer, sinned. Yet God is Because it was there he an elephant sits on a fence? Cunnington, Kardinya; with the saddest Job. You have sinned slowly killing me. I "But now I know liked to have his vaulty A: Time to get a new Emma Hiatt, Riverton; Shane Hart, Esperance; fence.. news yet. "A wind- against God. Repent challenge God. Let You, my God. I had winks (forty winks). Geoffrey Jalleh. Collie; Bye from Sarah-.Jane. storm destroyed the of your sin. God will the Almighty answer only heard of You before. Now I have PERCY: Wrestlers Kristen Jamieson, Scarbohouse of your oldest heal you." me." rough; Karla Johansen. son. Your other sons A terrible storm e xperienced Your remind me of jewellers. Hamilton Hill; Julia Camand daughters were Job answered in blew up. Out of the presence. I still don't JAMES: Why? bell, Duncraig; Angela understand, but I PERCY: Because they We've got a few winners Knott, City Beach; Jonene eating dinner with great pain, "No, I storm came God's him. All were crushed have not sinned. Yet voice. "Job, who are know You care. I both know a lot about to announce this week. K ermode, Bunbury; by the falling roof." all I do is suffer. Why you to challenge Me. place my life in Your rings. They're Alexander Chef- Mathew Monisse, Mt fings, of Manjimup; Mark Hawthorn; Cherie Part, Job tore his clothes. doesn't God hear W here were you hands." Gunson, of Pinjarra and Katanning; Robert RigaHe fell to the ground. me?" when I created the God then took away MEMBERS Sandy and Patrick Bum- nella, Morley; Danny "The Lord gave. Now Bildad, the second earth and set the Job's disease and W bak, of Morley. Books, Rose Meyer, Duricraig; elcome to new our the Lord has taken f riend, told Job: stars in place? Have gave him twice as members, Patrick and courtesy of William Col- Paul Thompson, Wanneaway. Praise be the "Suffering and evil you set the sun in much as he had S andy Bumbak, of lins have been sent to them roo; Paul Thomas. name of the Lord." come from sin." motion, separating before. all. Morley. Esperance. -' 14Tkie. Record', Septembwr 28, 1983
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Charles Preston has occurred since the end of level. tion; remove warts; lower four children are born on selected cartoons about the the Cultural Revolution C hristine Liao is blood pressure; cure dis- the little island of Rhanna. world of finance and its ( 1966-1976) - - which had presently the Executive eases such as chickenpox, From childhood they are Room with refrigerator, electric jug tea. coffee inhabitants from thirty s uppressed so many Secretary of the Association measles and leprosy. Morning paper Excellent breakfast Parking inseparable friends — the years of The Wall Street literary themes. There is also a fascinating twins, Lorn and Lewis. of R oom $14 per day Journal. More than three This period has been Chinese Artists which pro- section describing how Ruth and Rachel. Their 2 48 HAY STREET East Telephone 325 2092 dozen talented cartoonists named 'Hundred Flowers' motes the work of Chinese various animal, vegetable childhood is spent shelCHAIRMAN OF DIRECTORS ROD EVANS offer their wry insights and its writing has been artists living in Australia and mineral substances tered by the quiet of the about everything from the largely unavailable to the and of Australian artists can be used medicinally. island's way of life. But as depredations of stagflation Western World. who paint in the tradi- These include powdered they become adults, the 322 1408 MAN and taxes to boardroom As a society comes to life tional Chinese style. bleached kangaroo bones harsh realities of the outthrough its writing, the politics. WOMAN f or rheumatic pains, side world - - and those of Can Board Chairmen Get book is a rich source of Christine Liao is now a crushed pearls for head- h uman emotion — Measles begins in the 1950s information on Chinese lecturer in Chinese litera- aches and goanna fat for threaten to destory their when many issues -- the society today -- a China ture at the Canberra Col- stiffness. friendship. It is only when HAIR MODA cost of living for instance that has emerged from a lege of Advanced Ed- Full details of distribu- tragedy strikes that their period of social and ucation. She lives with her tion and scientific and lives are drawn together — were the same, but our BEAUTY CONNECTION viewpoints were quite political turmoil, a great husband and son in Mel- c ommon names are once again in the peaceful Shop 2, 36 Milligan St, Perth different. The humour of individual suffering. bourne. included. There is a glos- tranquility of Rhanna. The Record, September 22 — 28, 198315
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Next week is Deafness Awareness Week, the sixth occasion on which the week — which is h eld throughout A ustralia — has begn observed in WA. The Catholic Church has been instrumental in furthering work for the deaf among the community. A combined churches service will be held at the Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor Street, East Perth, at 3 nm on Sunday, September 25.
At 7.30 pm on Tuesday, September 27, a church w orkshop integrating hearing-impaired people in church services will be held at St Francis Xavier Church, 25 Windsor Street, East Perth.
Information Further information can be o btained by ringing 328 8113. The week will be officially opened by the Minister for Health, Mr Hodge. at 10 am on Monday, September 26, at the WA Deaf Society, 16 Brentham Street, Leederville. A cceptances for this function can be registered ringing 443 2766.
Outside the St Thomas More College chapel on Newman Sunday following the Newman Society's farewell and thanksgiving Mass for Archbishop Goody are (TOP) Doctors Tom Early, Ray Joyce and Michael Q uinlan, while (AT LEFT) are Miss Eleen Towton, the Archbishop's sister, Miss Kathleen Goody, and the president of the Newman Society, Mrs A nn Cullity.
ABOVE: Members of the ex-studeitts" association joined with nuns at St Joseph's Subiaco to celebrate the Brigidine Sisters' centenary in Australia. More than 300 former students and teachers gathered for the Mass followed by dinner at Wembley Lodge, and included (from left) Aileen Kemp, Sister Claire Small SB, Beth Worsdell and association president, Rae Barrett.
Majellan founding members and former presidents at the gathering included (from left) Biddy Townsend, Fran Davern, Margaret Bennison, Eleanor Hickey, Edna Gentelli, and Marie Travers.
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DISCUSSION GROUP The next meeting of the Newman Society's Gospel Discussion Group will discuss Nineham's edition of St Mark's Gospel at 8pm on Thursday, September 29, in the senior common room of St Thomas More College.
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TIMOR MOVE A meeting to form a CISET (Christians in Solidarity with East Timor) group in Perth will be held on Friday, September 23, at 8 pm in the function room of Como parish, 45 Thelma Street, Como. CISET was set up in Melbourne in N ovember 1982 in response to appeals for solidarity made to the international Church by the Catholic Church in East Timor. Anyone interested is invited to attend.
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TALKS, FILM AT ST K1ERANS At the St Kierans parish in Cape Street, Tuart Hill, after the 7.30 pm Mass on Tuesday, September 27, there will be a talk by a guest speaker on Aboriginality and the Response of the Church. At 7.30 pm on Wednesday, September 28, Mrs F Rich will speak on Problems Facing Prisoners and Their Families. At 7.30 pm on Thursday, September 29, there will be a slide show, Shallow Graves, followed by a talk by Peter and Mary Stewart on Basic Christian Communities in the Philippines. All the above will be followed by discussion sessions.
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BOOKS NEEDED One form of fund raising is the annual sale of second-hand books, sheet music and records held by the South of the River Branch in the Student Cultural Centre, WA Institute of Technology, Hayman Road, Bentley from Thursday October 20 to Monday October 24. Thousands of books will be on sale — Donations of further books, sheet music and records are sought. For collection of donations please contact North of the River — SCF Office, 150 Hay St, Subiaco, Phone 381 1499. South of the River — Betty Foster 330 2465, Margaret Cavil! 367 8076.
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Story on ABCTV 11 Po‘erello — The Story of St Francis of Assisi, will be shown on Channel Two in the Encounters series at 9.40 pm on Thursday, September 29. The film was made to mark the 800th anniversary of the birth of the man who during his lifetime liked to be known as II Poverello — the little poor man. Sometimes dismissed in legend as the near demented friar who spoke to the birds, Francis was as much a revolutionary as, say, Karl Nlarx. Certainly he changed the world. His impact on his time w as such that emperors and kings hung on his every word, and his appeal today is as strong as ever, not just with the old and the established, but also with the young and the radical; his face, for instance, adorns the banners of many nuclear disarmers and ecologists. Shot mostly on location in Assisi, Rome, and Canterbury., the film provides an intriguing insight into the area of Italy and the century from which Francis sprang. It is an astonishing story of how a 12th century friar from a relatively unknown part of Europe has reached international and historic prominence 800 years later.