Archbishop Good preaching the homily a the funeral in St Mary's Cathedral of his predecessor, Archbishop Prendeville.
Sir Launcelot has always been a close f amily man. Above, he is pictured with his mother, Mrs Agnes G oody (left) and sister, Miss Kathleen G oody on the day of his consecration as a bishop, at St Mary's Cathedral, in 1 951 . A t right is his f ather, Mr Ernest G oody.
Archbishop Goody (about centre of the picture) in the Secretariat for Christian Unity in Rome. Sir Lau• of the secretariat from 1969 to
or the Class of '30 f amous four. As young, newly ordained priests are Archbishop Goody (left) with Father Brian G allagher, who was to become Bishop of Port Pirie, South Australia, Father Frank Ryan, now living in retirement in Perth, and Father Maurice Giles, who became M onsignor Giles, of Bunbury.
ABOVE: Sir Launcelot's first parish was at Toodyay and he is pictured here about 1936 with a First Communion group, with his predecessor as archbishop, Dr Prendeville. LEFT Sir Launcelot on his steed Archbishop Goody as a young student rides a donkey in the hills behind Rome while going to a picnic. He studied in Rome from 1924 to 1930.
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Popular in all circles, A rchbishop Goody during his term was always a welcome guest at official occasions Here he presents nurses prizes at: R oyal Perth Hospital.
A big occasion in Perth when Sir Launcelot was at the airport to greet Cardinal Wojtyla, now Pope John Paul II, when he visited Western Australia in 1973.
OTABLE ASION There have been many Inotable occasions in the life and career of Sir Laiincelot. Among the highlightslhave included .10kg. 'private audiences with lthree popes, and when he w a s made K ig ht Bachelor he Most Noble Order ofthe British on December 31, 1n6. Pictured right is the dubbing ceremony during the invest= in Government li ngrse Perth Queen Elizabeth II
Archbishop Goody and Pope John Paul II have an animated discussion during his recent visit to Rome.
Archbishop Goody strolling with Pope Pius XII in the Vatican.
Archbishop Goody chats with Pope Paul VI during a private audience in the Vatican.
The WA Opposition Leader, Mr Ray O 'Connor forms part of an honour guard as Archbishop Goody arrives at the Concert Hall, followed by the Premier, Mr Brian Burke, for Monday night's gala.
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The role that the sons and daughters of Old Erin have played in WA Church history was implicit in the four-hand reel by t he Traditional Irish Step Da nce Ts . Hearty applause signified the audience's appreciation of the songs sung by the WA Italian Choir in their native tongue, a language well understood by Archbishop Goody. Folk songs by the Croatian Quartet provided another example of the places where the archbishop has been and the languages he speaks. The colourful items by the Polonia Polish Dance Group and the Burmese Cultural Dance Group were further evidence of the Church's representation in ethnic groups. Mother Brigid and the Elections, a solo sketch written by her friend Dame Mary DurackMiller, presented actress Nita Pannell with an opportunity to demonstrate her superb talent. Kevin Hogan, president of the Diocesan Pastoral Council, wove the threads of the speech-making portion of the programme enjoyably together with his irrepressible humour. All told, it was an evening that will live long in the memories of Diocesan Pastoral Councilpresident Kevin Hogan making the cheque presenta- those fortunate enough to be tion to Archbishop Goody. present. Can I help you offset rising costs? If so call
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service and all those who are active in it and to commemorate those who have died since the c ommencement of the service. The Most Reverend Peter Carnley, Anglican Archbishop of Perth, has consented to preach. Bishop Robert Healy, of the Catholic archdiocese, and the reverend Or Michael Owen, Moderator of the Uniting Church, will also participate in the service. All persons interested in attending will be most warmly welcomed. JUBILEE MASS The Catholic Social Apostolate/Christian Life Groups invite all friends and past associates to the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the CSA. His Grace the Archbishop and several priests will concelebrate Mass at Our Lady's A ssumption Church, Grand Promenade, Dianella, on Friday, October 14 at 7.30 pm. Afterwards there will be a social evening in the parish hall. For information please ring Jenny or Jim Miolin on 328 6672 or after hours 274 4749, or Thelma or Harry Child on 271 2397.
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Political and civic leaders, the Anglican Archbishop of Perth, religious orders, the Catholic laity and a widespread representation of the general community gathered in a heartfelt tribute to Archbishop Goody at the Perth Concert Hall last Monday night. It was an emotional occasion to express to the archbishop on his retirement the warm regard and high esteem in which he is held after 53 years as a priest and 15 as an archbishop. The tributes bestowed on him by the guest speakers were warmly endorsed by the capacity audience.
Because of the space given to A rchbishop Goody's retirement to make this a special souvenir issue, many regular features of The Record are missing this week. They will return next week. General news today starts on page 10. The Editorial by guest writer Dom Francis Byrne OSB is on page 15. The colour frontpiece is by Graeme Collope.
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Though there was regret at his official relinquishment of the leadership of the see over which he has presided with such distinction, it was not what might be termed a sad evening. Those present were treated to a first-class concert by talented artists whose performances were capably linked by presenter Anne Conti, of TV fame.
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Leadership qualities I guess great leadership really amounts to an a malgamation of many things. First, spiritual values, a cademic excellence, courage and, I think in His Grace, we have had r epresented each of t hose things in full measure. It's not been an easy period during which he's been charged with the s tewardship of our Church in this state. A s a young parent growing up and fathering a young family, I've been a ware of the changing social values that have brought home to me the dangers presented from time to time to what I would regard as the moral and spiritual welfare of my children.
The role is an unusual one Being an archbishop in the Catholic Church is an unusual and exceptional role I t requires special c haracteristics and imposes special responsibilities. It requires a man to be absolutely steadfast in his faith. H e must have the knowledge to teach it in all its aspects. H e must have the wisdom to express it as a living force in today's confusing circumstances. And, finally, he must teach that faith with the certainty and the authority that comes to him in direct succession from the apostles. Although he has all the resources of the Church available to help him, when it comes to the point, it is he, alone and p ersonal ly, who is responsible for the truth of what is taught in his diocese. I t is an awesome responsibility and regardless of a bishop's preferences it sets him apart. Along with it, comes the responsibility an arch -
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Fortunately for archbishops, I should think, they do not have to bear all r esponsibility in this area. The spiritual and moral life of the individual are ultimately the responsibility of the individual. And, as the poet Robert Frost remarked, some things have to be left to G od! However, an archbishop has a heavy responsibility to ensure that all the a ssistance, guidance and support people need is available to them. This responsibility must b e expressed in an o rganisational way -ensuring there are e nough priests and t eachers avai lable:
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ensuring the preaching, the teaching and the living o f the Cathol ic life proceeds. It must also be done in a personal way, through his own teaching and example, and through his relationships with others, particularly his priests. Again, the responsibility sets a man apart. Finally, an archbishop in a diocese like Perth has huge responsibilities in t he provision of the physical and social needs of his Church. Here in Western Australia it has been and is a huge task to ensure there are enough churches, s chools, hospitals. orphanages. To persuade religious orders to provide enough priests, nuns and brothers with all the skills to meet all the calls made on them. To ensure there are enough resources available for the marriage counselling, the youth work, the pregnancy help. and the family support that are part of the life of the Catholic Church, as they are of the total community. In the process of doing all this, he also needs to be able to deal with Governments and other strange organisations. The success and the f idel ity with which Archbishop Goody has carried out these huge tasks is the reason we are g athered tonight to f arewell him with an uncomfortable mixture of r egret and goodwi l l towards him. • Cont page 15
By BRIAN BURKE Premier On a much broader s cale I guess those dangers confronted His Grace during the period in which he has led the Church in this state. I think it is to his credit and to our great benefit he has been courageous and uncompromising in his stand against some of t hose changes which h ave threatened our community. It has been a difficult period and the changes made have presented various problems. His leadership has stood us all in good stead because the Church has changed to keep pace with the changing of society and the commun-
ity in which we live. From my own point of view, his contribution as a Churchman has been firmly planted beside the contribution he has made to this state and that is something for which this government is particularly grateful and something for which I pay tribute tonight. There will be many t hings I guess we'll remember in the period f or which His Grace was a rchbishop of Perth. One to stand above others is the contribution he has made to Catholic education. Catholic education is at the root of the ability of the Church to accommodate change and persist at through difficulty the root of everything
that goes to the heartland of the Catholic Church. And at times when it wasn't always fashionable to protect and to a dvance the rights Catholic parents had to seek the education they wanted for their children, Archbishop Goody was in the vanguard of that movement. It was as a result of the efforts of people like His Grace, that inalienable right of Catholic parents is accepted across this nation today. We must all be very grateful to him for that. It's a rare privilege that's been paid to me tonight to be able to, on behalf of the Government of the people of WA, to wish His Grace a long and fulfilling retirement and to say we are eternally grateful to him.
Distinguished churchman, orator The man we honour this evening is a distinguished churchman, a fine orator and a person whose qualities of leadership were recognised by the Church early in his religious life. Your Grace, it was with great sadness that we received the news of your resignation as Catholic A rchbishop of Perth, ending as it does 53 years service in the Church. Dr Goody, who was born in London, came to Western Australia with his parents in 1908 at the age of eight.
Recognition of worth came soon By CR MICHAEL Lord Mayor of Perth
H e studied at St J oseph's School, St Patrick's Boys' School and Christian Brothers' C ollege. He subsequently went to Rome and gained doctorates of philosophy and theology from Propaganda College. He was ordained in R ome in 1930. The date, in fact, was December 20. This, as you will realise, was a prophetic date, because exactly 38 years later His Grace was enthroned as the third Archbishop of Perth and the first archbishop to be enthroned in St Mary's Cathedral.
Bustle On that day nearly 15 years ago, St Mary's Cathedral was the centre of clerical bustle as the century-old church was prepared for the enthronement of an archbishop. The 80-year -old carved throne standing on the high altar was the centrepiece of the ceremony. O ver 2000 people, clergy and laity, attended the ceremony performed b y the late Cardinal Gilroy.
The new archbishop was honoured by the presence of a great number of high dignitaries of state, and by a large group of friends from among the leaders of the non-Catholic denominations. In the course of his address, Cardinal Gilroy p aid tribute to Dr Goody's work in Bunbury when he said: "He had organised the new diocese with brilliant efficiency, and he had now come to Perth with experience of the episco-
pate that would enable him to maintain and embellish the magnificent traditions established by his predecessors." Sir, the City of Perth, the rural districts and indeed Western Australia will miss you. You have left the mark of your high calling on us and for that we thank you. On behalf of the councillors and citizens of Perth, the Lady Mayoress and myself we wish you long life and a happy retirement.
I continue to do what I like doing and what I have liked doing for so many years. But it does give me the spur to thank God for all the graces that have been given to me over these years of my career and to thank the many hundreds of thousands of people who have been such a h elp and support and encouragement. W ell, what am I going to do in retirement? That's always on the basis that the time of retirement is going to be of some length. I'm already well past the normal span in a life, the scriptural span. It hasn't changed much in the last three or four thousand years so I don't think I can have any presumptive rights to say my retirement is going to be long. So what am I going to do? I guess there are all sorts of enticing thoughts -- take up bowls....take up gardening — rubbish! Y ou can't teach an old dog new tricks. You can do those things you so much wanted to do and haven't had time. But I've been doing what I want to do for the last 60 y ears.
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Thanks for graces from God By ARCHBISHOP GOODY
W e arrived in Perth in 1916 - that's nearly 70 years ago. W e went in a horse-drawn four-wheeler from Perth railway station to my uncle's place on the terrace. Schooling was more or less normal. I had the inestimable privilege of being able to go to Rome for my studies, and to Europe, and I was away for more than eight years. I saw Rome and then Croatia and Dalmatia, and then came back here to work in different parishes -- first in the city, then the Goldfields and the country. And then I've occupied three different episcopal sees -- and that astounds some of you.
I was a student in Rome, I wanted to do that very much. A nd 53 years since, as a priest. So I think, really, the question solved itself. I will continue to do whatever pastoral work I'm able to do and which my successor requests of me. It will be less continuous Privilege and certainly without the burden of responsibilities, so You know about Perth of it will be enjoyable for that. course and some of you know Some people say I should about Sunbury, but I don't write my memoirs. know if you know that before Well, I suppose one could try that I was titular bishop of if I really wished to. Memoirs, Abydos. there's an awful lot of rubbish Abydos is a formerly famous written about that sort of city the Turks ruined in the thing too. last 300 years. There would be many interThey did a lot of that. esting things to tell about. It It's just on the south side of has been a most eventful 60 the Dardanelles, and Greece and 70 years — the ones just is on the other side. I was passed. Bishop of Abydos for three I never got closer to it I have seen the zeppelin years. metres in a plane 3000 than the heard raids over London, when I was flying over. guns of battle at Jutland -- at I had the privilege of being least I think I did. at the ecumenical It's often hard to know in the present council. f airly distant past whether They happen about every you actually experienced it or 100 years. someone else told you about They can have them more it afterwards. In the Gospel of St John, Jesus said to Simon Peter: "Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these others do?" He answered: "Yes, Lord, You know I love You." Jesus said to him "Feed My lambs". Twice the Lord asked Simon the same question and received the same answer. To each reply the Lord said again: "Look after My sheep", "Feed My sheep." A postolic succession since that time ensures that the Bishop of Rome is still to look after His sheep — you the followers of Christ. As a farmer, I have some concept of looking after sheep. However, a quarter of a million of them, each with freedom of will, would
frequently or less frequently, but that's about the average, so it's quite a privilege. I had the great privilege of being president of one but I didn't quite catch the one before that. Certainly is a w onderful experience. And the implementation of it s ince has been most interesting. The last 60 or 70 years have shown a lot of change here. The social changes taking place here are certainly extraordinary, but you don't notice it because the changes come gradually.
Irish W e have seen the breaking down of class differences. A fter the war we had working class, middle class and upper class, but the mobility between classes has been what has given the great swelling of opportunity to people. In one or two generations people can, through their own efforts, pass from one class to the other. This is a tremendous benefit to the whole community. There was a greater lack of conformity and it was extraordinary this came about through lack of respect for obedience and the law. If you are thinking about jeans, or haircuts or protest m arches then of course y ou're looking at something that is as close to conformity as anyone can imagine....everyone is doing it. The other crucial change which is to be regretted is the weakening of self-reliance.
The trend towards more and more help can be seen by some as a good thing but it certainly reduces the emphasis, and even put a penalty upon, thrift. People now expect always to get a handout from the state. Politically during that time, Australia has grown up. When we arrived here in 1916 it was very much a colonial country even then. Federation had taken place a few years before, but only a f ew years. It was a very colonial sort of place, but during those years Australia did grow up....it is still a bit adolescent in some respects, but that is to be e xpected. The political life of our country has been enormously enriched, by so many other people who have come here. T he multiplicity of skills and ideas for the future gives Australia splendid opportunities. That is what we all pray for. The Church during that time has developed enormously. It has come of age. When we were children it w as a strictly Irish church. All the priests I knew, except one, were Irish, and the one who wasn't was Maltese. A nd the same applied to the nuns and brothers, just one or two were Australians. It has of course changed completely and gone in the other direction. How much I look back with gratitude to the comfort I received and my family received from those Irish pri-
"Feed my lambs" was the request By Mr KEVIN HOGAN Chairman of the Diocesan Pastoral Council
create problems for the pastoralist. Our archbishop has a quarter of a million souls in his care. They have conflicting opinions and aspirations, yet by the overall harmony in this diocese, His Grace has ever demonstrated his great leadership ability. Archbishop Goody is a f earless defender of Catholic faith and Christian morality. The archbishop goes to
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If you doubt this, ask anyone who has played the word game Scrabble with him. It is said: "What a man does in his spare time there lies his heart." Did our archbishop really w ant to be a Test cricketer? When time permits he is to be found at the WACA, an "afficiondo- of the sport and a discerning critic. Born in the reign of Edward VII, Archbishop Goody was knighted by the present monarch. H e represents the Catholic Church with great dignity.
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By BISHOP JOBST Bishop of North West
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always remember Archbishop Goody as a man totally committed to Christ and to the Church. His interest in meeting the needs of the Aboriginal people in Western Australia and particularly in the Kimberley has won him the favour of many people. Whenever I had to visit Perth, the Archbishop's House was always open, and the hospitality and friendship extended to m e I shal l always
It's a very great pleasure to have been asked to bring a greeting to Archbishop Goody tonight and to thank him publicly f or the very important contribution he has made to Christian life in this city and to wish him well in the future. I speak of course on my o wn behalf and the behalf of the Anglican community, but also for t he other Christian denominations. We all wish him well. In recent times the g rowing international consensus between the Catholic Church and the churches of the Anglican c ommunity has been brought to our attention by two very important events. First the visit of Pope John Paul II to Britain with its very moving pilgrimage to Canterbury which we all watched on TV, a little over a year ago.
By ARCHBISHOP CARNLEY A nglican Archbishop of Perth
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The second, and perhaps in the long run the more important, was the publication of the final report, after 10 years of work of the AnglicanCatholic International Commission. Only history will tell how significant that document will ultimately be in the coming together of our Churches. But few will dare to question its importance a s a statement expressing a fundamental consensus on the key topics that formerly divided us; the Eucharist, the ministry, including an understanding of priesthood, and thirdly, the exercise o f authority in the Church. There are of course still some important issues yet to be resolved, particularly in relation to the exercise of authority in the Church.
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common action is possible. The association is in fact more representational of the denominations, for e xample, than the WA Council of Churches. The full involvement of t he Catholic Church, through its head, Archbi shop Goody, has been a very significant element indeed in its makeup. Archbishop Goody has made a very important contribution to this united work.
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ments, modern biblical scholarship has demonstrated quite unequivocally the Bible itself is in fact a ground of diversity in the Church — so various are the views found there. Given this diversity of view, we all seek to clarify and express our fundamental unity within diversity. Above all, we want to affirm the truth in our common baptism there's an indestructible bond of union between all Christians and Christ and between all Christians. We interpret the contemporary ecumenical c onsensus as a sign which assures us when we open our imagination in prayerful contemplation of the great United Church of God of the future, we're not engaging in a bit of wishful thinking. Rather, we're expressing a genuine hope for something that really is attainable. We know it is attainable because from a perspective of faith we interpret the achievements of the present as a promise, or a down-payment of what is to come. Now locally, we are also able to discern the signs of what is to come. It is in this context I would like to express the
gratitude of a ll the churches for the important contribution Archbishop Goody has made to united Christian witness in this city. There are many informal occasions when we have contact as churches, one with another. We Anglicans appreciated the pastoral care expressed by Archbishop Goody, to my predecessor Geoffrey Sambel, during the final months of his terminal illness. And regularly, since I came, we have prayed together, most notably during the week of prayer and Christian unity.
Happy I remember a very happy occasion in November 1981 when I myself preached at a special service, over which Archbishop Goody presided, in St Thomas More College t o commemorate the centenary of the birth of Pope John XXIII. Just as importantly, we've all worked together. The most significant ecumenical forum in terms of the breadth of denominational representation in this city is the A ssociation of the Heads of Churches. We meet regularly to discuss issues of mutual interest and concern, and to act jointly whenever
Archbishop Goody has been a tower of strength in this work which I call Church aid for state schools.
Statesman We've turned to him as t he elder statesman among us for the advice which only he has been able to give. We've appreciated his gift for clear, straight from-the -shoulder -talk when we've had to approach government about particular issues or to make specific suggestion - and especially when we've had to ask for money. We've looked at each other and asked who is going to do the talking -then invariably turned to Archbishop Goody. In expressing our thanks to him for shouldering extra burdens on our corporate behalf, I would like to interpret his contribution to our work as a sign of the greater coming together of the Church in the years that lie ahead. In that perspective the contribution Archbishop Goody has made to practical humanism in this city takes on an importance well beyond anything we may at the moment be able to imagine. We thank him for it. We ask that God may bless him as we ourselves wish him well for the future.
Archbishop Goody r etires from publ ic r esponsibility in the Church after almost 60 years in its service. A s a seminarian in R ome he for studied the priesthood and gained the Doctorate of Divinity. He was then sent to Croatia to study the language with a view to the p astoral care of the migrants here in Western Australia. B y the time he returned h ome he was wel l equipped for the diverse activities that he has undertaken during the 53 years of his priesthood. My first meeting with Dr Goody was in 1941 and he was recruiting youth interested in the priesthood for the seminary that was to be opened at Guildford the following year. He was the foundation rector as well as planner of this historical undertaking. T wenty of us were entrusted to his care in 1942 and, of that 20, nine eventually were ordained priests for WA. A s rector, he led us to an appreciation of Church life in all its dimensions of spirituality, history, tradition, culture and universality.
Learning His breadth of learning and love of things historical gave an extremely wide breadth of vision to the young men for whom he was responsible. It is difficult to write of someone with whom one is closely associated. As with a work of art, it is more easy to appreciate a person seen at a distance Recently I was reading a booklet on the life style of the priest The writer reflected on the four quadrants of a h ealthy life, namely prayer, work, friendship and leisure.
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He was building up the local Church but saw it very much as part of the perennial living Church that encompassed 1900 years and every nation in the world. That breadth of mind characterised Dr Goody throughout his life and
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Obviously all four ought to be found in the life of every man and woman. Archbishop Goody has lived 75 years. It has been an active and fruitful life. I think he has paid attention to the four quadrants. He might or might not be surprised to be termed Benedictine in outlook, but he has paid homage to the ideal by successfully combining prayer and work. As bishop and priest he has dedicated himself to the pastoral care of others and to the administration of parish and diocese. This has been a difficult task in the wake of the second Vatican Council. It brought a change of emphasis and direction. Much time and patience was required so that there might be consultation with the whole Church and the involvment of the lay people. These days we are liable to take for granted the existence of the Senate of Priests, the Diocesan Pastoral Council and the many other committees and commissions that now exist. As well as carrying out his episcopal duties — the
gave him an understanding of humanity that enriched his acceptance of human foibles while never surrendering an appreciation of essential values. Little did I think that my o wn life was to be so influenced by that visiting priest who spoke to our class at CBC Highgate in 1941 about the priesthood. In fact, the influence that began there has continued every since. My ordination to the priesthood took place in R ome 20 years after his, he was 20 years older than me, my ordination a s bishop was about 18 years after his and for 13 years I was his auxiliary bishop in Perth. It was one generation f ollowing the other and in the Catholic Church of Western Australia of that Such reflection naturally leads to prayer and in due course affects a person's thinking and action. It begets a great spirit of hope and it is evident in the strong optimism of the archbishop. The optimist is a happy person and makes friends easily. It is not surprising that Archbishop Goody has formed deep friendships with many people, in the Church and outside it. They have been his support in a busy life. In turn, he has given his wisdom and strength to those who have been privileged to enjoy his friendship.
by BISHOP HEALY A nxiliary Bishop of Perth c elebration of the liturgy, the visitation of parishes, the representing of the C hurch on the civic, social, and educational level —he has been responsible for building up the network of organisations that we take for granted. All this is public knowledge. However, as with anyone else, the prayer life of an archbishop is private and personal. Listening to his talks and homilies, we can deduce that his prayer life has a very strong scriptural background. I think the archbishop is a m an who constantly reflects on the Word of God.
Leisure is the remaining quadrant of the healthy life. It may be the most significant one, enabling the person to contribute more effectively in other areas. It includes time for reflection, time to appreciate beauty, time to grow in c ulture and education, time for travel, time for amusement of one kind or another. The archbishop has enjoyed travelling most of all. He has visited old friends, admired the beauty of creation, been uplifted by the handiwork of men — the great cathedrals, the castles of the past, the structures of this age. His abiding interest in history has been a spur to travel and has also influenced his choice of reading over the years. He will now be able to do this more frequently and even find more time to enjoy other forms of leisure which appeal to him.
time. Archbishop Goody's influence was strong and widespread. A s a special ist in Liturgy, he had brought a high standard of liturgical dignity into the Cathedral ceremonies. Not one to tolerate the disorderly, he brought a nervous fear over misplaced actions to altar boys and priests less liturgically meticulous. This love of liturgy was an extension of his interest and love of things cultural and historical. Not one for small talk, he was well versed in ecclesiastical and general history Given a lead, he could converse with and entertain the most diverse of company. Most erudite in general knowledge, he was particularly amusing with his use of words rare and exotic. A t our Austral ian Bishops' Conferences he and his old friend Archbi-
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shop Young of Hobart vied in demonstrating their latest discoveries of words heretofore abandoned to disuse but which took on a new value when the "foe" was caught unawares. A fter a time as Auxiliary Bishop to the Archbishop of Perth in 1954, he had the privilege and the task of setting up the new Diocese of Bunbury. A line was drawn; a Papal Bull issued and it came into existence, but for bishop and priests it meant the challenge and the anxiety of making the legal entity a viable pastoral reality.
A profound wisdom enabled him to reach the heart of the new thinking, to avoid the transient novelties that proliferated and to encourage an o penness and discernment that made the C hurch of Perth able to move into new times with peace and enthusiasm. Sharing responsibilities, according to the best principles of subsidiarity, he involved many in decision making and in the newly -established bodies, such as the Senate of Priests and Diocesan Pas
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In December, Archbishop Goody will pass his 53rd anniversary of his ordination. He has had a long, distinguished career in the Church . . . proving himself a leader in many respects and being responsible for many breakthroughs in the Church. Elsewhere in this issue of The Record, state, civic and Church leaders have remarked on their esteem for a great Archbishop, only the fourth to hold the title in Perth. This article by Father Pat Cunningham looks at his life and career through his many years of devotion to the Church and the Faith.
Journeys which change benefit When Launcelot John Goody was born in North London in June 6 1908 and later baptised in the local Anglican parish church of St Mary it was the beginning of two journeys which would change course with significant results for himself and many thousands of others beside. In June 1916 with his parents and sister he embarked on the R MS Orontes to sail to Australia. It was the height of the 1914-18 war and on board he c ould hear rumbling down the English Channel the thunder of gunfire from the critical naval battle that was taking place that day off Jutland. The war had also closed the Mediterranean and it meant a seven week journey around the Cape of Good Hope. The family settled in Adelaide Terrace, in the St Mary's C athedral parish, around which a large part of his life would revolve. The second dramatic turn in his life's journey happened when his father approached Archbishop Clune about entering the Catholic Church. The Archbishop entrusted the family to the care of a Maltese priest whom he had recruited for Perth diocese while s tudying in Rome, Don (Father) Raphael Pace. On November 2 1916 in front o f the wooden altar rails in the original sanctuary of St Mary's
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Cathedral, Launcelot Goody at the age of eight made his profession of faith as a Catholic. He had spent two brief weeks in the East Perth state school on Claisebrook Road and then transferred to the Sisters of Mercy at Victoria Square, moving on to St Patrick's Boys School and finally to the Christian Brothers College in St George's Terrace. He was an altar server at the cathedral and the first ordination ceremony he ever witnessed there was of Father Gerald O'Callaghan, also a cathedral parishioner. On the staff of the cathedral at the time were Fathers Jim Dunne and John McMahon. Through Brother Hickey the Christian Brothers' vocations director he obtained an interview with Archbishop Clune about studying for the priesthood and it was arranged that he would leave for Rome in September 1924. Travelling with him was fellow West Australian Father Frank Ryan now in retirement at Glendalough who had been educated at St Ildephonus College and briefly at C BC.
ert 's arch ishops. rare picture o t tee o Archbishop Goody (right) is shown strolling in the Cathedral garden with two of his predecessors, Archbishop Clune and Archbishop Prendiyille
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The other seven from the Eastern States who sailed with him are all dead. They include names which made a mark in the Australian Church: Bishop Doody of Armidale: Monsignor James Madden, a famous rector of St Patrick's College Manly; Monsignor James Hannan, the national director of the Propagation of the Faith; and Monsignor Joe Giles of Sydney, a one time secretary of the A postolic delegation in Sydney. Launcelot Goody's years as a student spanned a period in R ome when dramatic changes took place in historic Propaganda College which for centuries had operated at Piazza Di Spagna — of Spanish Steps fame. But in 1927 the college moved to one of Rome's seven hills, the Janiculum, from which the future students from around the world would have a dress circle view of St Peter's and the Vatican. The students were housed first in a converted mental asylum that had stood on the site for centuries, but a new substantial college and adjacent school building was under con-
struction for the 220 students f rom world wide mission countries that then included Australia. The opening ceremony of the new college was scheduled for early 1931 . It was only a short time after the signing of the 1929 Vatican Concordat with Mussolini that established the V atican as a sovereign state and gave extra -territorial status to the ground on which the new Propaganda College had been built. The Concordat marked the end of the voluntary captivity in which popes after 1870 vowed as a protest never to leave their Vatican residence until the rights of the Vatican State were recognised by the new Italian State.
Pope Pius XI had made the f oreign missions his particular drive during the 1920s and whether for this or other reasons the only official visit Pope Pius XI would make outside the Vatican City during his 17 year reign was to bless Propaganda College. The man who was to have performed the ceremony, the Secretary of State Cardinal Eugene Pacelli who was to be Pius XII eight years later, stepped from his car and told the waiting dignitaries there had been a change of plan — a more important Person would be turning up shortly. After the ceremony in the chapel Pope Pius XI and his party went to the college hall f or a reception at which a bust of the pope, patron of the Pontifical College was to be unveiled. The cloth was lifted off by the head prefect, now Father Launcelot Goody.
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It was a red-letter day for another West Australian. Mr Albert Lynch a one time violinist at Perth's Amtlassadors Theatre and now a student for the priesthood played for the pope, with Percy Jones of Melbourne accompanying on the piano. Father Goody had been ordained in Rome's cathedral of St John Lateran the previous Christmas in the traditional five hour ceremoney in which hundreds of candidates received holy orders from tonsure through to priesthood. For the Australian Propaganda student it was one of the rare exceptions to the privilege that Propaganda College students enjoyed of having ordination c eremonies in their own college chapel.
underwent a in course for of our state It was more than an ordinary c ongregation that attended his first Mass not only his mother and Father Raphael Pace who travelled from Perth but also the Rev Simon, the f ormer Anglican who had baptised him in North London but who now was completing his studies for the priesthood at R ome's Beda College for late vocations. The deacon at that first Mass was Rev James Fanning who also was completing his studies at the Beda College to be ordained for the archdiocese of Perth. The subdeacon at the Mass was Father John Carmel Heenan, better known later as Cardinal Heenan of Westminster. In July he defended his thesis f or Doctor of Divinity on a subject that was reasonably topical for those days: The Invalidity of Anglican Orders, but with no hint of the rather significant ordinations of f ormer Anglican clergy he would perform in Perth 40 years later. Back in Australia in 1931 there were other developments taking place in Perth where there were nearly as many Yugoslav migrants as Italian and they needed a priest to look a fter them.
Archbishop Goody says it was a time when priests were told — not asked — what to do. Archbishop Clune told him to go to Yugoslavia and learn the Croatian language. He entered that country on September 30, the feast of St Jerome patron of Dalmatia. Based mainly at the seminary in Split he studied tha language for 14 months, seeing more of the country during a three month stint as the bishop's secretary and as a chaplain to sisters in Montenegro. Back in Australia Dr Goody joined the staff of St Mary's Cathedral but on three Sundays of the month he would head for the Slav communities at Spearwood, Wanneroo and Hamilton Hill. The Mass was said in paleo-Slav the only exception in the Latin rite in which the language of the Mass was anything but Latin. During that time he saw the tiny stone church put up at Spearwood for the Slays there. It was dedicated to St Jerome and the bishop of Split sent out a painting of St Jerome for the occasion. A s cathedral assistant priest Dr Goody was in charge of the East Perth district but also was the master of ceremonies and officiated at the consecration ceremony of his predecessor Archbishop Redmond Prendiville in
In 1935 he was moved to the Eastern Goldfields that were still simmering from the antiItalian riots and where his k nowledge of Italian was hoped might be of assistance. In 1937 he became parish priest of Toodyay and felt the brunt of the Depression when the Catholic farmers at Jennacubbine decided to put a wheat crop in the race course to raise f unds for the church. The world price fell to its lowest ever and what the rabbits had not eaten of the crop was sold for one shilling a bushel -- three bob a bag.
eNWPPli ." World War II broke out and he volunteered to become a chaplain in the army that was being quickly assembled, but other plans intervened. Archbishop Prendiville was under pressure from the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Panico, to begin local training f or priests. Late in 1940 Dr Goody was appointed rector of the non-existent seminary. Land for the venture existed at A ttadale but war had made materials scarce and the project looked l ike being abandoned. During 1941 the Padbury property Garden Hill at Guildford became available. Archbishop Prendiville and Bishop O 'Collins of Geraldton summoned Dr Goody from Meekatharra where he had been prospecting for students. In a day they decided that the G uildford building was a possible seminary and in the same week back he went to finish his journey from Wiluna continuing through Sandstone finally driving the mail truck into the Eastern Goldfields.
For six years he was rector of the seminary which grew from an original 20 to nearly 40 students and which became the starting point for nearly 100 WA priests over the next two decades. In 1948 the Vincentian Fathers were given charge of the seminary and now Monsignor Goody was back in parish life, helping to found the postwar parish of Bedford and helping physically to build his own presbytery in Wood Street on the day he was told he would be Perth's first auxiliary bishop.
He was consecrated bishop in S t Mary's Cathedral on November 1 1951 and began the routine visit of parishes for c onfirmation, especially the parishes of the South-West which were shaping up in A rchbishop Prendiville's vision f or other reasons. In November 1954 Bishop G oody became founding bishop of the diocese of Bunbury's 26 parishes. Along with the privilege went the task of welding a group of priests and rural communities into a diocese with a sense of its own identity and responsibility for its own destiny. Towards the end of his 15 years in Bunbury he was given new horizons towards which to tune the attention of the diocese. Along with 2300 other bishops he attended the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. His early experience at implementing the largely unexplored ideas that would emerge after V atican II would now be put to a wider test. In June 1968 Archbishop Prendiville died, physically drained a fter a 33 year episcopate in which he opened up dozens of schools and parishes especially in the country areas and recruited over 100 priests from Ireland to provide clergy for the expansion he saw would occur and for which the WA Church at that time would not have been able to produce the number.
Bishop Goody entered the familiar pulpit at St Mary's Cathedral yet another time, to preach the panegyric of the man who was administrator of St Mary's Cathedral when he had returned as a young assistant priest 36 years before. Within a few months wide consultation amongst the priests of Perth archdiocese had convinced the Holy See that he should return to his home city of Perth and become its seventh bishop. In the wake of Vatican II he was chosen to be one of two Australian delegates to the Second Synod of Bishops which studied the theme of the ministry of priesthood in 1972. As a keen scholar of both Catholic and other church history he was made a member for eight years of the Vatican Secretariate for the Promotion of Christian Unity. Implementing the spirit of Vatican II meant more than over-seeing the reforms in liturgy and ritual. He was the first bishop in Australia to require that all parishes set up a parish pastoral council. He was one of the first to establish a diocesan pastoral council.
Archbishop Goody is greeted at Perth Airport following his return from Rome in 1968. He was one of the first bishops to give his approval to the newly emerging Charismatic Renewal and laid down guidelines for its operation and has attended every annual rally to give an address. A t the height of the abortion c ontroversy of the early 1970s he pledged the resources of the Church to any woman in distress over pregnancy, the forerunner of the Pregnancy Help service. Following an approach by three Anglican clergy in the diocese of Bunbury Bishop Goody forwarded to Rome their request for ordination to the Catholic priesthood and when as Archbishop of Perth he ordained the three as married priests he made the Perth archdiocese become the only Latin rite-diocese in the world where this had happened. As New challenges began to face the Catholic education system Archbishop Goody was one of the main instigators of the first state-wide Catholic Education Commission to be set up in Australia. When the ministry of acolyte was restored to laity he intro-
duced acolytes as the ministers of communion rising from an initial 46 in 1974 to over 600 acolytes today. Other dioceses such as Sydney followed this lead. A rchbishop Goody has spent 32 of his 51 years as a priest leading the Church as a bishop during one of the dramatic periods of development in 2000 years. If his daily concerns have been in the present, the source of his inspiration has very often been the past. He is wont to quote t wo famous men of history to describe much of the vision that has characterised his own: Pope John XXIII who gave the advice that a leader should observe everything, tolerate much and change a little. The Duke of Wellington who said that to be a good commander in chief one had to be both intellectual and laxy: sufficiently intellectual to know the problem and sufficiently lazy to allow other people to carry out the tasks because they had the skills the commander in chief might not possess.
Archbishop Goody (centre) stands among the group at the first Lombardi communitarian retrat held at the Redemptorist Retreat House, Perth, in October 1972.
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A GALA CO CE The Perth Concert Hall farewell to Archbishop Goody was by no means a dull speechifying affair. It was highlighted by top-class performances of talented artists, some of whom are pictured here. Their contributions were enthusiastically applauded by the appreciative capacity audience.
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International Fair Day at La Salle College, La Salle A venue, Midland will be Sunday, October 16. The fete will begin at 10.30 am with an International Mass concelebrated by Croation, English, Italian, Maltese, Irish and Polish priests. Petitions of the faithful will be presented by c hildren representing their various languages, r eflecting the multicultural nature of the school. This fete will once again have an international t heme with English, Y ugoslav, Italian, Greek, Indian, French, Polish, M alaysian, Chinese, Dutch and Australian students all contributing, in the form of national dancing (from noon to 5.00 pm), ethnic foods, and general participation. There will also be a wide v ariety of goods and stalls available in the f orm of train rides, cake stalls, chocolate wheels, a rt pottery display. second hand books and clothes, clown, garden stall, popcorn, coconut shy, garden stall, fruit
Archbishop's attack on in vitro M ELBOURNE — A rchbishop Little has criticised the proposed continuation of the in vitro f ertil isation programme on moral, l egal and s ocial grounds.
and vegetable produce, s pace walk, music, drinks, fashion parade by the home economics students demonstrating their handiwork and a dance marathon for the students themselves. A number of former teachers will be present as well as many ex students and a warm wel-
c ome is extended to all members of the public. With the combination of the 11 nationalities offering a taste of their interesting backgrounds in the form of dancing and food, the La Salle International Fair should be full of variety, colour and a whole lot of fun!
Priest's lightning move NEW YORK (NC) — They say lightning never strikes in the same place twice and Father Matthew Lyng, of the diocese of Corpus Christi, is counting his blessings for that. He feels he may not be as lucky a second time as he was recently when a jolt of lightning raced through his body as he stood on his rectory patio. "I was so shocked," said Father Lyng, pastor of St Peter Prince of the Apostles parish outside Corpus Christi (Texas). "You never think it's going to strike you." "I decided to give my feet a rest so Ihad put on my old shoes with rubber soles," said the pastor in his thick Irish brogue. "Then I thought I should put my ivy plants out in the rain to get watered."
To avoid getting wet himself, Father Lyng stayed underneath the patio roof and leaned out toward the falling rain with a plant in his outstretched hand and held a metal drainpipe for balance. 'There was this tremendous explosion of thunder and lightning at the same time," he said. "Suddenly there was this tingling through my body as thoughIhad caught hold of a high voltage live wire. "And boy, I dropped that plant and went inside and sat down," he continued. "I thanked God because Iknow I could've been killed." The pastor said that for the next 15 minutes his body felt "totally drained. I felt like every bone and muscle in my body was totally relaxed," he said.
C ommenting on the report of the s tate government c ommittee on IVF, the archbishop said in vitro fertilisation, whether the sperm and ova were supplied by the couple themselves or by d onors, was an unacceptable solution to the problem of human infertility. He said no one wanted to pass judgment on an infertile couple who availed themselves of "one of the w ide range of procedures now opening up to them." "They are involved in a deeply human problem where an emotional calm cannot be expected. "But all of us must answer for the introduction of procedures that affect human beings, erode the dignity of marriage and leave too many important questions unanswered." Among the key objections to IVF, he said, were: • The separation of human reproduction
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from the act of marital love: • The dangers to the embryo through experimentation; • Lack of legal protection for all human embryos; • Inadequate knowledge of the possible harmful psychological effects of an IVF conception on t he resulting child. The archbishop's statement came in response to the report, released on August 26, of the IVF committee headed by the Victorian Law Reform Commissioner, Professor Louis Waller. One of the key recommendations in the report of the nine -member committee was that the controversial use of donor sperm, ova and embryos in the vitro fertilisation should be permitted in Victoria. Two members of the committee. Catholic theologian Dr Frank Harman, and Mrs Jasna Hay, a former teacher with interests in migrant welfare, dissented from this and from other aspects of the report.
Statement In his statement, Archbishop Little said that medical science sought to help those parents who discovered their infertility and he asked: "Is in vitro fertilisation an acceptable solution? It appears not to be acceptable. "Firstly. no process is morally or socially acceptable. nor condonable by the law. which involves destroying. discarding or 'freezing' human embryos. using them as objects of experimentation, or using them as therapeutic resource material.
• • • • • • "A human embryo was a • • separate human individual. • a microscopic human being. • • It is the law's business to • • protect human beings. • "The law must never regard • some human beings as not • • worth keeping." • • The archbishop said that THE KIMBERLEYS • more research was needed • into the relationships • Victoria. A of size the 3 times Or the Diocese of Broome is the far North-West part of Australia, roughly • between parents and a child subtropical region, with a 'wet' season through the summer months; of varied terrain with beautiful • beaches but a large part taken up by the Great Sandy Desert. • -so atypically conceived." Since 1959 many admirable Australians have contributed in no small way to the personal growth and • "The IVF process separates • education of the Aboriginal people as lay missionaries. They have formed close and lasting ties. Others are • babymaking from lovemakneeded to continue and improve existing services. • ing - the effects of this sep• Needs for • aration are virtually Include Kindergarten, Primary, Secondary, Domestic D.C. Nurses, Mission Manager, Clerk, Typist, TEACHERS, •• unknown." Assistants, Handyman, Carpenter, etc. 1984 Science,Hostel • Turning to the question of • surrogate mothers, the arch•
They start by being average practical Catholics prepared to share whatever expertise they have with the Aboriginal children and adults of the North-West of Australia. They serve the Church, placing themselves at the disposal of the Bishop, "as vicar and legatee of Christ," (Vat II, P382), and assist him in a spirit of dedication. They give themselves totally for 2 years, living in groups, co-operating in fraternal love in the spirit of the Gospels, serving on isolated missions and townships. They are not attached to any religious order, fully accepting their Christian duty to evangelise according to their own individual abilities. Under the patronage and guidance of the Bishops they have their own formally constituted Association and elected Council. Lay Missionaries do not accept a salary, only their keep and pocket money. Their fares are paid and a small sum on completion of their service.
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"Now such a practice has been condoned by the IVF committee, one can see around the corner the use of a human embryo for other purposes than implantation in a human womb. "A human being must never be used simply as a means to achieve the purposes of others, no matter how desirable." He said the IVF committee considered that the use of donor sperm, donor ova and even donor embryos should be lawful. But while public opinion polls had indicated a "general but guarded" approval for IVF where the sperm and ova were supplied by the parents themselves, the use of donor sperm and ova opened "a whole new dimension" about which public opinion was as yet unknown.
BRISBANE -- Compassion, patience, the will to learn and the spirit of endurance -- these are a mong the qualities needed in girls who want to nurse. I-hey were listed by one of Queensland's best known and loved nurses. Sister Mary Pascaline. RSM, who has retired after a lifetime devoted to patients of the Brisbane Mater public and private hospitals. In 1963 she was given charge of the Mater private hospital theatres, a position she held until her retirement. Sister Pascalinc took over from Sister Gertrude Mary to whom, she says, "I owe a great deal. She taught me not only good theatre management but many other things." Sister Pascaline's retirement does not mean she will he completely lost to the she will he availaMater ble to help theatre staff in areas such as instrument care and family and patient support. Sister Pascaline will be guest of honour at a cocktail party in Brisbane's Irish Club Organisers are planning t he party not only as a farewell, but as a chance for reunion with Sister Pascaline for her admircers among the medical and nursing professions. .
Church moving off the defensive. . . The Catholic Church is "moving off a defensive posture" toward communications, said William Thorn, associate professor of journalism at Marquette University. "The Church just hasn't kept pace with the rest of the world in mass media," Thorn said. "Now our problem is catching up." "Today, the Church finds itself immersed in mass media cultures in the First. Second and Third Worlds, he said. Thorn recently returned to Milwaukee after teaching religious journalism and visual communication at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome for a year during a sabbatical from Marquette. He pointed to three areas Catholic communicators need to study: • how the Church is to work with children that have been raised on media devoid of religious content; • how the Church is presented in the media — "I Father Mulcahy in MA 'SW presented the way we think a Catholic priest should be presented?"; • how theology should be taught when people in today's "see-it, hear-it world have trouble imagining anything supernatural. The Gregorian, "the brain trust of the Vatican," has only recently begun courses in religious journalism, said Thorn. A Swiss foundation has awarded the Gregorian a grant to provide a mass media instructional programme, he added. Thorn is convinced all seminaries should teach communications. "Your ability to convey the Gospel to others is diminished if you are not adept at communicating," he said.
Bishop A.R.E. Thomas, t he recently -retired Bishop of Bathurst in NSW, died suddenly in Sydney of a heart attack last Saturday at the age of 74. Archbishop E.B. Clancy, Archbishop of Sydney, w as principal celebrant at the Pontifical Requiem Mass in Bathurst on Thursday, and the occasional address was delivered by Cardinal Sir James Freeman. Bishop Patrick Dougherty, Bishop Thomas's s uccessor, wi l l be installed as Bishop of Bathurst on October S. Bishop Thomas was buried in the cathedral chapel at Bathurst.
Mary's consent a turning point Mary played a critical role at a turning point of history by her 'Yes' in God's plan of salvation, pilgrims were told at N ew Norcia on Sunday. "Mary is our model f or action in relation to the will of God for us and also for our attitude and approach to relieving the poor, distressed and lonely of our world,- said F ather Robert McCormack, 0.Carm. in his homily. He made reference to the Social Justice Statement and to the fact that it was drafted in co-operation with t he Catholic Commission
By DOM FRANCIS BYRNE OSB for Justice and Peace. The Anglican Social Responsibilities Commission, the S ocial Responsibilities Commission of the Uniting Church and the Australian Council of Churches. Its theme was 'Changing A ustralia' with its joys and hopes, fears and anxieties that the poor especially might be more understood and responded to. he said. He praised the efforts of the different church bodies in this regard and said it could only augur well for the future of Australia. "It is a crucial time in t history of the world and a mammoth task lies ahead,' Father McCormack added. Father McCormack told the large gathering of pilgrims from many parts of
Western Australia and interstate that we could learn a great lesson from Mary. "She said 'Yes'to an impossibility — to become the Virgin Mother of God," he said. "She pondered all these things in her heart. She stood at the foot of the Cross and later she is pictured in prayer with disciples. "She is a marvellous example for each one of us — are we prepared to be there w ith t he lonely and depressed, the jobless and the disillusioned? He added: "Are we willing to suffer setbacks of not being able to cure certain problems, of being rejected by those we are trying to help. of 'hanging in' there no matter how bad the situation may be?"
Our approach must be one of tender consideration and compassion for those in any sort of distress, especially those who suffer any form of injustice, Father McCormack said. "On this day when we have come to New Norcia on pilgrimage, let it not just be a once-a-year effort. "It should rather be the beginning, a new beginning of imitating Mary and becoming ins olved in social justice issues for the betterment of our great nation," he added. The pilgrims basked in magnificent sunshine as the Most Reverend L.J. Goody, DD. Archbishop of Perth led the gathering in prayer and worship in an open-air Mass outside the historic A bbey Church
and Benediction by ArchbiPolice estimated a crowd of shop Goody. 5000. than more During the pilgrimage pronational 20 than More mans sick and cession groups — many of them in were annointed by infirm c ye-catching costumes priests. were represented at the Four abbots and more than image. pilgr t en priests concelebrated Various Catholic colleges with Archbishop Goods. and other institutions also The Gospel was read by participated in what organPerth Deacon. T.A. Sefton. isers described as "one of the The music throughout the most prayerful pilgrimages". da's ceremonies was proin New Norcia's history. sided by the St Thomas The presence of ArchbiMore. University College shop Good , who is soon to Chapel Singers. Aliturgical retire. added a solemnity dance was performed by the and greater participation on Christian Dance Fellowship the day. of Western Australia. Chief organiser, Father Most of those present took nscar McPhee praised all A pilpart in the traditional t hose who had come to New grimage through the streets Norcia for this Holy Year of the town after the openPilgrimage. air Mass. "I was delighted with the The new Marian Shrine. spirit in which the pilgrims about 100m from the Abbe!. came -- it was a most movChurch. was used as the ing experience." he said. s enue for the final Blessing
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Pope concerned at taileZ war shadRoyalow visitors BUENOS AIRES (NC) — The outgoing military government, fearing an Argentine Nuremberg, is drafting an amnesty law w hich would forgive members of the security forces for using "frontier justice" in its "dirty war" against guerillas. The armed forces want the law to be in effect before a civilian government takes office in January 1984, thus avoiding possible prosecution. U nder the proposal members of the nation's security forces would be pardoned for having detained, tortured, robbed and executed thousands of Argentines at their own discretion in anti-guerilla operations since 1973.
Measure The measure also would free guerillas of their legal responsibility for having t errorised Argentine society in the mid-1970s. President Reynaldo Bignone's military government calls the amnesty proposal a "pacification law." Military sources have warned that Argentina will not have peace, and that the highly unpopular military government will not step down from power, unless the law is enacted. The amnesty proposal, however, is finding little support among the civilian population.
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ROME (NC) — Two convicted members of the urban guerilla Red Brigades are planning to be married in a Catholic ceremony in the maximum security section of Rome's Rebbibbia prison. The marriage of Marm a Petrella and Luigi Novelli will be followed by the baptism of their daughter, who was born on August 25. T he Red Brigades, espousing vague Marxist concepts, use violent tactics such as bombings, murders and kidnappings to advance their political aim of f omenting a popular revolution by destroying the infrastructures of Italian national life, Novelli, former head of the Roman column of the Red Brigades, and Miss Petrella are serving 14-year sentences in connection with the 1978 kidnapping and murder of former Halian Prime Minister Aldo Moro. Under Italian law, their baby will remain in prison with her mother until age three, when she will go to live with relatives,
CASTELGANDOLFO, (NC) — For the second time in a week, Pope John Paul II expressed concern about the threat of nuclear war and prayed that humanity will never experience a nuclear holocaust.
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"Let us pray so that it may not be given to humanity to live the disaster of the nuclear catastrophe," the pope told 10,000 people during unprepared remarks at the end of his weekly angelus blessing. During his visit to Austria, Pope John Paul spoke of the "cry of peace" around the world that seemed to confirm concern by many the world has entered a "pre-war phase." During his blessing at Castelgandolfo. the pope also asked those gathered at his summer villa to pray so that "life is always protected, from the first moment of its conception to the last moment of its earthly path." In a private afternoon visit to a local drug rehabilitation centre, the pope talked for an hour with 100 former drug addicts. The youths welcomed the pontiff with cheers and songs. The Church-run centre was given to the pope by the late Cardinal Alberto di Jorio. It was the sixth time the pope has met with the group. The pope also met with more than 100 pilgrims from Slovakian countries who were making a Holy Year visit to tilt. vatican
ROME — Pope John Paul II has met with King Birendra and Queen Aislnvarya of Nepal in a private audience. Although most residents of the small Himalayan state practice the Hindu religion, the Vatican and Nepal announced the establishment of diplomatic ties and the exchange of ambassadors.
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Pray a little ject of prayer with Foremost prayer is cen- contingent present, that friends last year at Syd- tral to developing a rich we talked and prayed ney University I was relationship with Christ. I about it for the complete inspired when many of will never get to know my car journey back to Adethe group said they were postman since I only laide (9 hours)! c ontinually thinking of meet him occasionally C hris and Margaret Christ between lectures, a nd say, "G'day, nice day later shared with us that on the train home, while isn't it." before this and al l their shopping . . . ..Thanks for This may be a regular team "speeches" they day; thanks relationship but it will pray in preparation for at Having roots in the field a beautiful f or my cheerful friends; only be superficial. Our least half an hour. of science my natural h elp me to always relationships with our They used to find it diffiinstinct may have led me smile." b est friends involve cult to deliver talks and to embark on a fully refwas always in hours of communication, became very nervous erenced concise re- Christ t heir minds. These of questioning, praising b efore speaking to search report on the t houghts and prayers a nd understanding each groups about their own essence of prayer. don't have to be great day. It is apparent that personal experiences. Perhaps I have somestructured monologues the closer we are to Praying however gave thing more personal to — for, again, Mother someone, the stronger them the strength, couroffer, for prayer is not T eresa ascertains: t he relationship, the age and the tongue of the only for the virtuous and things like 'I love more we communicate Holy Spirit. It was only by holy but also for those of "Small you God, I trust You, I with them. How close are prayer that the Holy half struggle who us believe in You, I need You we to Christ? Spirit was able to speak h eartedly to fol low now' — they are wonderthrough them to be heard Christ. ful prayers." So prayer A s part of Catholic by those gathered on that Certainly my main failc an belong to any groups on our tertiary weekend. ing is finding the time to campus we have all witmoment of the day. So I have experienced Sit with God. My day is It is also important to nessed prayer in our G od's gifts through jam-packed with importake time out with God in groups — it can be a prayer in many ways. tant activities. I race to a more structured way. powerful experience. Still more I need to prepare myself in the While it is an effort to set In using intercession, appreciate its value. morning. I attend lecpraying others, many for a side a specific time to tures and practical sesspeak quietly with Christ, of us, through our faith, Let me end with a sions all day, come home it only requires a small have witnessed Christ prayer, and a quote from to dinner, study until the rearrangement of that working in our midst. The M other Teresa (yet late hours and then I'm sense of unity and a gain!). "all so crucial timetable" so tired it's time for to do so. Just 15 minutes strength felt in a group Prayer: Help me Lord to sleep. For me, prayer is a out of 1440 minutes (one can be markedly en- love to pray — to feel very low priority —except day) is 0.01 per cent and hanced through regular often during the day the f or that one hour I need for prayer, and take is precious little to solely prayer. reserve on Sundays. devote to our Father — In 1981 I had the privi- the trouble to pray. lege of attending a 'post - It is not possible to It is the writing of our way of life. school renewal week-end engage in the direct Mother Teresa which challenges me not to What are my priorities in Victoria, run by the apostolate without being a soul of prayer. We must accept this feeble rea- in my daily routine? That Christian Brothers. soning for not praying serial on TV, that book I On that weekend a talk be aware of oneness more. have to buy, that cake I was given by Brother with Christ, as He was She argues: "You can have to eat, that extra Chris Pearson and Mar- aware of oneness with pray while you work. sleep (which I sup- garet Jose on how they His Father. Our activity is Work doesn't stop prayer posedly deserve), that came to know God. the t ruly apostolic only and prayer doesn't stop t ime making myself talk was so fluent, inspir- insofar as we permit Him work. It requires only beautiful Where does ing and powerful — it to work in us and through was as if words were us with His power, with that small raising of mind prayer rank? to Him." So in all my daily I would like to now talk a being placed in their His desire, with His love. activities I should be little about how I expe- mouths by someone. NICHOLAS COOLING mindful of God. rience the use of prayer Their experiences so (Flinders University — touched the Adelaide Adelaide) On discussing the sub- in my life.
When approached to write an article on "Prayer", my first reaction was, "what i nspirational message could I possibly o ffer anyone on prayer". Y outh concerns are It's easy to shift the f ast becoming (if blame to the many not already so) the demands made on an k ey issue of the a lready overworked clergy. eighties in both the Ihe facts are that too secular and Church few priests take time and forums. deliberately set out to get Each day the papers to know, form and welremind us of a myriad of come young people into problems like deli- their lives. Those who do quency, homelessness, are not just the younger drug addiction. . , one clergy either. mother told me yesterday On the other hand, desit was all the fault of Dr Spock (who suggested in pite the energy and idealt he thirties that children ism of the young it is an should not be inhibited in exceptional young person that takes the time any way) and the Pill. The government is con- and effort to be involved cerned about the effects with the cares and conthat smoking is having on cerns of their ageing children, showing a clergy. heightened awareness of Statistics tell us that t he needs of the young, and looking towards co- young people are turning ordination and improve- a way from formal religion by the thousands ment of youth services. In the Church we are at and hardly a day goes by times far too concerned without someone saying w ith the lack of attend- to me: "I gave away pracance at Mass by the tising my faith after leavyoung rather than some ing such and such school of the deeper causes to where it was rammed t he problems that con- down my throat. . front young people Priests play an irretoday. placeable part in bringing Most adults are con- young people to Christ cerned and while and the Church -- we bemoaning the sad state know that in our heads. of society feel sorry for yet at times I am numthe young who must face bered among those who today's challenges amidst lack confidence to reach the ever increasing family out to the young. b reakdowns, rising Patience is the number unemployment and a one gift working with world capable of total young people -- losing destruction. I do trust in the Lord patience at times, means who will never abandon a lack of confidence for His Church and I believe me. A mong my man. each generation will find the answers to the prob- appeals, is a renewed plea to every priest to refresh lems that beset it. Among many problems. his practical concern and in the Church. one interest in the young peoimportant issue is an age- ple of the parish. And to every young pering clergy that appears to young people out of son — take a real interest touch with their everyday in the concerns and work of your priest. lives.
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A young couple about to be married were both looking at a house in the country. After satisfying themselves that it was suitable they made their way home. During the journey the young lady was thoughtful and when asked the reason replied, "Did you notice any WC Edward?" Edward not noticing any, immediately wrote to the landlord enquiring where it was located. The landlord did not understand what WC meant ( water closet or toilet), but came to the conclusion that it was the Wesleyan Church and answered as follows. Dear Sir,Ihave great pleasure in informing you that the WC is located nine miles from the house and is capable of holding 250 people. This is an unfortunate situation if you are in the habit of going regularly, but no doubt you will be glad to know that a great number of people take their lunch andmake the day of it, while others who cannot spare the time go by car and arrive just in time. It may be of interest to you to know that my daughter was marriedin our WCIt was there that shefirst met her husband. I remember the marriage well on account ofthe rush for seats. There were 10 people on the seat thatIusually occupy. It was wonderful to watch the Last week the Catholic Youth Council campexpression on their faces. My father was there too. He had been regularly since site committee receivthe day he was christened. A wealthy resident of the ed welcome news district erected a bell in our WC last month to be rung from the archbishop in approval to proceed every time a member entered. A bazaar is to be held next month, the proceeds of with the modifications which will help furnish plush seats, as members feel this and additions to the Youth Formation Cenis a long felt wont. My wife andIare getting old now and it's been years tre (known as "Eagle's since we went. It pains me very much to be unable to go Nest -) at Gidgegannup. more often. Hopingyou willbe gladof this information. T he project wi l l include extending kitThe Landlord.
chen facilities and dining room to cater for groups of up to fifty people, as well as additional accomodation and a seminar room. Together with a caretaker's cottage the project cost is estimated at $ 120,000. In the past 12 months nearly 600 people have
made use of the pres- property in Bedfordale ent facility in small Gavan Wood, Michael groups of 10-15 peo- Hegney, Paul Searson, ple. On occasions as John Noonan, Trisha m any as 30 have Wells, Sheila Mazzella squeezed in an over- and Father Jegorow night stay. have worked on the Eagle's Nest was pur- project since early chased at the begin- 1 980. ning of 1982 after the The next six months failure of the Armadale Shire council to give should see the complepermission to build on a tion of the project.
Feelings Feelings of a Student non Activist How do the arms race, nuclear war, famine in Africa. injustice in the Philippines and much of South East Asia. affect me and my actions? The easy answer is: not very much! Not being an -activist" student on campus, I haven't been in a march since I started Cm eighteen months ago and I've only signed one petition. Am I then just another apathetic student? Yes and no. Yes, because much of the time I can't be bothered getting involved -- it seems too much time and effort, but No, because I am aware of the issues and problems but don't feel called to campaign about them. Consider Francis of Assisi. He was faced with the great injustice of rich and poor -- with the great wealth of the Church and the extreme poverty of many of her flock. Yet he didn't set about trying to change the injustice f rom without assaulting structures. but rather from within. by loving and helping the sick, the poor and the dying as he found them. This seems to me to be the other side of the coin of actions for social justice. It is important to make people aware of the issues and problems. It is also very important not to just criticise (since criticism alone usuall achieves little) but to reprimand and love since love can work miracles. Mother Teresa is one e xample of this in t oday's world. She chose to help the destitute and dying rather than point the bone at those responsible for the injustice (ultimately us). How does all this affect how I live my life from day to day? Do I try to accept and love others as I find them in daily life? Of course, I am a sinner and so I constantly fail -- everyday. But despite this I still keep trying — continually asking God for His strength and grace to love others as He loves them. What about social injustice, the arms race? I've tried to show that while we should try to change the structures from without by social action, we should also try to change them from within, that is, in our daily lives, by living a gospel of love. Each one of us is called by God to fight injustice in a different way perhaps by signing petitions and marching in demonstrations, but also by loving those we live with and work with. Prayer and discernment will tell each of us which is the path chosen by God for us to follow. M.J. ( Flinders Universit:i — Adelaide — Article from "Imprimatur", Newsletter of the Tertiary Catholic Federation of Australia.
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E very so often, trendy magazines -- like The Bulletin (July 19 last) — resurrect from a dusty cupboard their Church skeleton and dissect it nicely once again for their readers. Their "exclusive report" — with a coloured photograph of a lone child before the candle-lit statue of the Blessed Virgin — has caused some alarm and a great deal of discussion among Australian Catholics. Basically (and possibly somewhat biasedly) the report was asking the question: Where have all the Catholics gone? The report also questioned how the Church would meet the crisis by the year 2001 and carried some interviews with our bishops. One elderly Spanish monk in my community took the report to his room and spent three weeks fingering through each 'gospel' paragraph. He was shocked, he said, by what he had read. Holy Mother Church was on the wane in his adopted country, he felt. A missionary friend of mine in the far Kimberley wrote asking if I had seen the article. He was convinced the Church could do with an enormous injection of the Spirit at this critical time in its history. A Prophetic Spirit.
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But there is a little more t o the story of Archbishop Sir Launcelot Goody. When a man has all the work, all the responsibility, all the -apartnessthat are the lot of the Archbishop of Perth, it is difficult to expect him to devote a great deal of time or energy to considering t he wishes of his subordinates. But I believe the final assessment of Archbishop Goddy's rule will be that he used his authority to expand the freedom of others.
He did not give people only duties, but also the opportunity to carry out those duties in their own manner. He invited them not merely into the life of the parish and the archdiocese, but also into the f unctioning core of parish and diocesan life There are many paradoxes in the Catholic
Church, but probably the supreme one is that it speaks to the world with the binding authority of God.. .and simultaneously insists eternal salvation is an individual thing, based on individual choice, an expression of personal freedom.
in the archdiocese itself. The authority of the Church, embodied in the archbishop, has been s ustained, and the f reedom of individual c hurch members to contribute according to their talents has flourished.
The two elements of the paradox, the authority and the freedom, must burn with equal strength
It has been a massive and courageous exercise in the real leadership of free people
The years in which Sir L auncelot has been Archbishop of Perth have seen this paradox brought to life in the parishes and
Its benefits have been felt within the Church and outside it. and I believe they will be felt even more s trongly in the years
ahead as the many people, religious and lay, who h ave grown under A rchbishop Goody's guidance come into the f ull strength of their development
There is no greater gift a leader can give to a community. Archbishop Goody, on behalf of all Western Australians, I express the hope that the years of your retirement will be a long a nd pleasant strol l towards the welcoming arms of the Lord you have served so well.
R etirement an opportunity to enrich local Church
t he "Church-in-crisis" banner is used often b\ the media and it must be admitted some of the points raised by The Bulletin report are important and worth reflecting on. A t the same time, my own overall view of the report is that it is somewhat prejudiced and unfair t o the Catholic Church in Australia. Others have told me they regarded it as "sensationalised" and "exaggerated". It was not clear whether the author was of an religious allegiance, and the photographs chosen were. I believe, in keeping with the article's gloom) tone. The Church in Australia has, in my opinion, always been in some degree of crisis since the first missionaries set foot on this soil. To be healthy, it needs such critical moments. but -when the darkening cloud oerhead dims our view of what lies ahead, let us not give in to panic. The growth of the Church in Australia has been fraught with difficulties since Foundation Day. In his History of Australia, Professor Manning Clark points to the years of suspicion which greeted the emergence of a 'Romish. Popish Church' in this land. Struggle it did, alongside the dominant protestant religion of the day. At times, gross injustice and intolerance was meted out to those professing the Faith of their Fathers. But, precisely in the midst of those early crises. great figures in the Church arose — men like Bede Polding. Arch-Priest John Joseph Therry, Cardinal Moran. Bishop Rosendo Salvado and great women like Caroline Chisholm and Mar) McKillop. Leading Catholic laymen. James Scullin and Joseph Lyons were both Prime Ministers. Bob Santamaria continues to exert a strong influence within Church circles. Archbishop James Duhig (Brisbane), Archbishop Daniel Mannix (Melbourne) and Cardinal Norman Gilroy (Sydney) are other names which spring immediately to mind in looking back over the past 50 years of the Catholic Church in this country.
We are not without similar men of the spirit in the Church of the eighties. A deep concern of one Western Australian bishop is the fact many former Catholics are being won over to pentecostal groups and other less attractive sects. And that the Liturgy for some of our younger generation is apparently lifeless. The picture becomes more poignant when one discovers a friend or even a relative boasts about 'being born again' in some Christian living centre or other. Whatever "crisis" The Bulletin may be referring to. concerns YOU and ME. WE are the CHURCH and we display the face of the Church to others by t he manner in which we live, behave and treat each other. The Church has the fullness of Truth and it must be manifested in our daily lives more realisticall \ and more honestly than before. Prayer. worship and thanksgiving must take on a new meaning in our lives if we are to give witness within the borders of an encroaching neopaganism. A poet once asked: Has Christ walked in vain across this pre-paradisal plain?' I believe not!!! • •
He did not only involve his priests, religious and lay people in the work of the archdiocese, but also in the authority of the archdiocese.
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T o many retirement means an opportunity to do all the things they had wanted to do, but could not, during their lives' career. For the Most Rev Sir Launcelot Goody, KBE, whose life has been one of total service to and leadership of the Catholic Church, resignation as Archbishop of Perth is not retirement as much a s an opportunity to further enrich the local Church. A man with such a sense of history and breadth of vision can still contribute much to the story of the Church. Though words will fall short, on behalf of the priests, religious and Catholic people of the Diocese of Geraldton. I relish the opportunity to salute this man, this priest and this bishop. Did the former Bishop of Geraldton, the Most R ev A.E. Gummer, detect the future greatness of the priest that he consecrated bishop in St Mary's Cathedral on November 1, 1951? Leadership was from the beginning the mantle he was asked to carry. A leader did he become among the migrant Croatian people when he returned as a young priest to his diocese. A s foundation rector of St Charles Seminary , Guildford, in 1942 he was to initiate a dramatic increase in the number of local priests working in the dioceses of Western Australia. A t this time of his resignation particularly may he experience deeply the gratitude of Catholics throughout the State for his dignified and strong leadership at all times. Others will enumerate the achievements of this archbishop in so many fields, liturgy, education, Church administration and welfare to mention but a few. Leadership was recognised and conferred when in 1954 he was sent to lay the foundations of the now thriving diocese of Bunbury.
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Finally, during the last 15 years as Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth, his greatness has cast a mighty shadow indeed. C hurch law gives the Metropolitan the task of vigilance over the other dioceses of his ecclesiastical province but modern c ommunications have in practice given Archbishop Goody the further role as spokesman and 'visible head' of the C hurch in Western Australia.
Sensitivity A t this moment I think particularly of his public sensitivity to the Catholic parents of handicapped children when he invited them to bring their children forward for the sacraments, and to unmarried expectant mothers surrounded by many advising abortion when he offered the resources of the Church to assist them. E ver faithful to the teaching of Christ and His Church, our archbishop has proclaimed the value of human life and the need for understanding and support of those personally involved in its protection and growth. On a personal note, if I may on this occasion, it was Or Goody who as rector welcomed me at St Charles Seminary and nurtured my call to the
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