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C ontinually care for and encourage the flock of Perth, Pope John Paul exhorted Perth's new Catholic leader, Archbishop William Foley in an apostolic letter read at his installation last night. The full ministerial handing-on of Christ's mission to the Apostles took place in St Mary's CathedralwhenArchbishop Foley solemnly took office as the Archdiocese'sfourth archbishop. John Paul's letter said: "For two years with praiseworthy efficiency you have governed the flock of Geraldton and there is ample evidence of your episcopal concern in the diligence of your work... "We exhort each of our beloved sons and daughters t o receive you with every kindness, and to accept you in all you do as their teacher and director. "May they' also with equal readiness obey you when sometimes you give them direction in matters of spiritual importance."
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Moments before he became Perth's fourth archbishop, Archbishop Foley is pictured entering St Mary's Cathedral ahead of his predessor for the past 15 years Archbishop Sir Launcelot Goody.
The packed Cathedral congregation applauded after Pope John Paul's Apostolic f etter appointing Archbishop F oley was read by his lifelong friend Father Maurice Toop, w ith whom he was ordained priest in Nedlands in 1954.
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It is an undisputed fact that family life throughout the world is taking a beating.
Regular reports from researchers tell of the increase in divorce, incest, parent -children breakups, and so on. But these media "headline grabbers" are only t he manifestations of a bigger problem propagated by values devoid of the fundamental truths of Christian living. I t is a problem to which an open Christian conference to be held in January, will address itself through thetheme"Evangelisation through the Christian family". The conference message will be a challenging one highlighting how Christian families can recognise the subtlties of the world's view and maintain building a strong family unitthroughtheGospel view. What the world regards as acceptable and normal for family life often has associated "fruits" such as anger, mistrust, deceit, selfishness and a lack of security among family members to each other. The Christian attitude of family life brings forth fruits of love and forgiveness, patience, kindness, giving, security and honour and respect — critical areas which are not greatly emphasised by society thinking. The January conference is an opportunity for Christians to receive a t otal overview of the family life as revealed through God's word. The conference will restate, in practical terms, the challenge and the hope
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of the Gospel for Christian families today. The keynote speakers at the conference will be Kevin and Suellen Horgan of the Bethel Covenant Community and Marist father Jack Soulsby of Brisbane. The conference is scheduled for January 5-8 with workshops and rallies. It is open to all Christians. Conference inquiries can be made by phoning 381 9259 or38I 8568from 9am to 5pm.
W ASHINGTON NC) — Christian h urches in th Middle East ar 'drowning in an cean of Islam and o n -belief," and may become ex inct, Maronite Bi h op Francis M Zayek has told the S bishops. The clergy and faithful in the Middle East "find it difficult andattimesimpossible to exercise their faith. At best they are considered a s second-class citizens," Bishop Zayek said. I n Egypt, Orthodox Coptics have been d iscriminated against, and many of the clergy and even their leader are under confine ment, he said. M ore than a million Christians work in Saudi Arabia, "yet there is no sign of Christianity in the society," he said. Many Syrian Christians have emigrated to Lebanon, but because of the situation there, they have been forced to move to other countries, Bishop Z ayek said. Al though Lebanon "has always been considered as the bulwark of Christianity in the Middle East," the country's instability has forced many Christians to leave, "so that the land will pass to the Moslems," he said. Although the situation in Iran and Iraq is relatively calm for Christians, Bishop Zayek predicted the calm would not last. In Israel, Orthodox Christians also face discrimination and difficulties, Bishop Zayek said.
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A visit to Agca in Rome Prison FATIMA STATUE IN WA
ROME: Pope John Paul may meet Ali Agca — the man who tried to kill him — if the pope makes a Christmas visit to a Rome prison. Agca is in Rome's Rebibbia prison, serving a life term. "Vatican sources have told us the meeting with Agca is certainly the desire of the pope," said Marco Giudici, Ministry Press spokesman. Specualtion about a papal meeting with Agca began after the Vatican announced PopeJohn Paul will make a Christmas visit to a Rome prison to celebrate a Holy Year Mass. Two of Pope John Paul's recent predecessors had made Christmas visits to prisons. Pope John XXIII visited Rome's Regina Coeli (Queen of Heaven) goal on December 26, 1958, and Pope Paul VI said Mass there on April 9, 1964. Pope John Paul will probably visit Rebibbia prison rather than Regina Coeli because Rebibbia is larger and houses both men and women," A Vatican spokesman said
ABOVE: The crowning of the Fatima statue by Archbishop Goody was the high point of a three day visit last weekend when thousands of Marian devotees attended ceremonies at Fremantle, Gosnells, Aquinas, the Monastery and Guildford. BELOW: some of the hundreds who could not gain admission to St Mary's Cathedral as the statue arrived there on Sunday night.
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"We hope the visit will be t elevised so the large number of prison inmates around the world can share indirectly in the event," he said. The Rebibbia prison holds some of Italy's toughest criminals, as well as 51 people awaiting trial in January on charges of armed insurrection, attempted murder, kidnapping and robbery. Agca was brought early last summer from a top security prison in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, to Rebibbia for questioning in the continuing investigation into the papal shooting.
Concern on codes KHARTOUM (Sudan) (NC) — While supporting the Sudanese government's call for moral reform, Archbishop G abriel Subeir Wako of Khartoum expressed concern about the adoption of Islamic penal codes in the African nation. The archbishop said that even before the I slamic Shari'a laws went into affect, Christianswere discriminated against. The archbishop said the Church objected t o many aspects of the code "because they are degrading," are too severe and can "dull the moral and human feelings of the nation.' He listed specific objections to hand mutilation, the lashing of women, public corporal punishment and the death penalty in some cases. Archbishop Wako said the new laws favour "Moslems in disputes with Christians and other non-Moslems." Archbishop Wako wrote that "if we pursue the principle of 'an eye for an eye', we shall soon become a nation of blind people."
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A LBANY — A former CBC Albany scholar w hose parents still live in the area will take his final vows in Calcutta on December 13. H is is Geoff Brown the second eldestoffivechildren of Bill and Joan Brown, of Lower King.
With as much ceremonial as is appropriate to the age, the Church of Perth on Wednesday night watched the power of the Apostles being handed on to its latest bearer, Most Reverend William Foley. In terms of church pageantry it was a ceremony of lesser dimension than two years ago when he was required to be ordained bishop before he could take up the Apostolic care of diocese of Geraldton. Wednesday night could offer little more than the public reading of the mandate of Pope John Paul II that he now assume charge of the Church of Perth and then to watch him mount the Cathedral Chair from where symbolically he will teach his people. God providing , for some two decades or so. But what better preparation for that moment than to have the new archbishop kneel at the feet of his predecessor, Archbishop Goody, to tell the congregation of his faith, to be questioned publicly on that faith and to tell the people that he is prepared to take up the task on their behalf. That ceremony was a new experience for Perth although it has been seen twice in as many years, first at Geraldton and later at Bunbury. For whereas in former times a diocese might still be mourning the death of its former bishop, all t hree retired bishops are fit and well as they see responsibility passed on to those coming after them. Bishops are not the Church but their arrival and passing give historians the opportunity to open a new page of the chronicle, to look back and to look forward. Three years ago, as dean of St Mary's Cathedral, Archbishop Foley would have been the last to imagine that he would have to ponder the solemn faces of his predecessors that stare down from the cathedral presbytery walls or try and peer down the corridor of history that now opens up before him. He will listen to the faltering english of Brady the first bishop and his Spaniard successors Serra and Griver, struggling to get the Church established in WA. He will warm to the vision and drive of an Irish Gibney at the time his own Irish forbears were heading for Victoria. He will thank God for the era of Clune and Prendiville when hundreds of Irish priests, brothers and sisters laid the foundation of today's church. As the first native West Australian to lead the Perth diocese he will remember vividly his predecessor Archbishop Goody who all but gained that distinction, rising from schoolboy to archbishop of his adopted city. Archbishop Goody has suggested that his successor will be different; Archbishop Foley has echoed the thought. Yet neither are in a position to know exactly how the difference will emerge. For the mystery of the Church is that it is ever the same, ever a Pilgrim People seeking its path with Christ, ever different as it rides waves of successive ages looking for an expression in keeping with the times. A s he sat elevated above Wednesday's cathedral congregation Archbishop Foley had a view of what may lie in store for him. Amongst the large assembly of clergy he would not have missed the substantial proportion of greying heads of men having to carry heavy parish loads well beyond the age when others are being retired in the world and who wonder who will follow in their footsteps. To his feet came representatives of Catholic schools whose survival in quantity may become an issue as critical as their survival in quality. The packed cathedral was in contrast to the sparse attendances at other times as people lose their way and their place in the ranks of the Church. Above all he could see an ocean of faces of ordinary people, of leaders and the led, of husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters all lifting their hearts to God, canning the heavens for God's comforting presence and praying that William Foley will be one such voice of hope. At their installation, bishops with appropriate humility discount their title of Episcopos (Overseer) and dwell on that command of Christ Diakonia (Service.) The world is unaccustomed to see its leaders in terms of service for all too often the upward path is one of power and prestige. Bishops are warned in the Church's writings to have no such ambition but to serve. A servant can finally be only as good as the people he serves and it is the People of Perth who, by being served by one so worthy, will themselves in turn become servants of others. Let us have no doubt that William Foley will be our servant. Let us pray that we will never take that service for granted for he has been made a shepherd like that Servant, Jesus Christ, the Shepherd who laid down His life for His Sheep.
He has joined the Brothers of the Missionaries of Charity, an order originally founded by Mother Teresa in 1963 but which is now independent working closely with the parent order. T he superior of the brothers' mission is Brother Andrew who was Father Jan Travers-Ball, a former Jesui t pr iest , of Melbourne. He and Brother Geoff are the only two Australians in the order. Brother Geoff was born in Parkes, New South Wales, in 1954 and was 11 years old when the family moved to Albany. A Bachelor of Engineering. University of WA, Geoff worked in the Department of Housing. Canberra, before going to India.
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Two profess their faith BELOW: Sister Patricia Hilton with her sister, Peta and parents, Les and Joan Hilton.
"We desire unity, we work for unity, without letting ourselves get discouraged by the difficulty we encounter on our way," the pope told 400 worshippers. Lutheran sources said the decision to invite the pope to preach at the local church at celebrations for the 500th anniversary of Luther's birth was seen as a courtesy and not a recognition of papal authority.
Pope John Paul told the mostlyGerman congregation: "I have come because the spirit of the Lord calls us these days to seek the full u nity of Christians through ecumenical dialogue." The pope mentioned "obvious separations in doctrine and faith that still exist" but said unity was the goal. The pope said it was Christ's life that reminds us of "our common origin, the gift of our redemption and the common aim of our earthly pilgrimage." "In this 500th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther, we seem to discern the distant dawn of the advent of a recomposition of our unity and community," he said. "Notwithstanding a l l our still evident separations in doctrine and in life, we feel profoundly united in this time of Advent in t he solidarity of all Christians," Pope John Paul said.
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Travel His intention was to travel and work with the Missionaries of C harity for two months. Instead he stayed for 15 months before returning home having made the decision to join the order. I n March, 1977, he went to Hong Kong where he entered the order. Later he went to Korea with an Indian brother to start a community. After six months he was sent with a Dutch brother to form a community in Taiwan. He was posted to the Calcutta order's headquarters in August, 1983. In the December issue of the Marist Newsletter he writes of his work in Taiwan among the sick and concludes: "Many people imagine that one of the difficulties of being in daily contact with suffering must be the seeing so often of sad faces. However, although we do see some sad people, we more often see, every day, the smiling faces of those poor people who now at least have someone they recognise as their friend. Thank you, MaristIVIissionsupporters, for being part of those smiles." Brother Geoff's mother receives many donations for the order which she sends via Hong Kong
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ABOVE: Brother Geoff Brown, of Albany and. . .
ROME — Catholics and Lutherans can see the distant dawn of a full reconciliation, Pope John Paul said in the historic service he attended in Rome's Lutheran church near the famous Via Veneto.
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Sister Patricia Hilton says her journey into the Sisters of Nazareth probably started when as a young girl she walked past Nazareth House every day on her way to Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish school. Her journey concluded last week in the Hilton parish church when she made her final profession during Mass celebrated by Bishop Healy. The vows were received by Mother Philomena Agnes, the regional superior. Sister Patricia is the eldest of six children of Les and loan Hilton who live only a short distance from Nazareth House. She says during her secondary studies at De Vialar College she felt the call to the religious life and although two of her mother's cousins are in that order, Patricia's thoughts turned back to the Nazareth Sisters close to her home. Patricia's direct contact with Nazareth House began when her grandfather Harry Mattinson became a resident. While employed in secretarial work for two years with the
Maritime Workers Union in Fremantle, she would drop in to Nazareth House to give a hand. Eventually she took up parttime work with the Sisters of Nazareth before entering the
congregation at Ballarat. Since then she has been stationed at Melbourne for three years and at Sydney for two years. Her sister, Peta, is now a postulant in the same order.
The visit began when the pope, wearing red and white vestments, walked slowly up the aisle of the small church with the Lutheran pastor. The R everend Christoph Meyer, talking and shaking h ands with church members. Pastor Meyer then read a prayer for Christian unity composed by Martin Luther, Pope John Paul had suggested the reading of the prayer. In his sermon, Pastor Meyer said the gulf dividing the two churches belonged to the past.
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Confusion on aims from MR M. PERROTT, Australian Family Association of WA
Sir, The Australian Family Association in no way supports the activities of the Family Planning Association and is well aware its programmes are not really geared to "the family", contrary to Mr Miller's claim (The Record, December 9). After her baptism at the Emmanuel Centre, Mary Fitzgerald (right) is blessed by Father Paul Pitzen. Standing with her is her sponsor, Mrs Barbara Harris.
Last Sunday, Emmanuel, a centre for people with disabilities, a part of Centrecare, celebrated itssecondbirthday.Festivities planned for the occasion included a Mass and a barbecue. P reparations for the M ass included hymns performed by volunteers f rom Emmanuel . With guitars and organ accompaniment the large crowd attending joined in with gusto. ///////
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During the Mass, Mrs Mary Fitzgerald, who has been attending Emmanuel since May, was Baptised, Confirmed and received the Eucharist for the first time. Mrs Barbara Harris, co-ordinator of Emmanuel, was Mary's sponsor. The occasion also included the annual Christmas party. With games and conversation participants enjoyed their time t ogether around a hot barbecue which was heated from the combusta bricks made at Emmanuel. A Christmas, birthday Baptism cake was cut and distributed. As with all Emmanuel events those who were more able saw to the needs of those who were less able.
The afternoon also provided a preview of a neighbouring house that will be used for accommodation by Emmanuel v olunteers next year. Early in the New Year two m ore houses wi l l be available for accommodation bringing to three the number of houses under the care of Emmanuel. The growth of Emmanuel Centre has been made possible by the efforts of the volunteers and the m any donations from c oncerned people. To a llow for programme adjustments Emmanuel will be closed from December 23 to January 30. Services of Emmanuel will be met by ringing Centrecare 325 6644.
Mr Miller is correct in pointing out the insidious nature of the Family Planning Association. It is one all parents should be aware of.
REJECTS P OLICY
"Family Planning" is really a misnomer. Birth Control Clinic would be a more appropriate and less confusing title as the bulk of the organisation's work is in the area of pregnancy prevention — particularly with teenagers.
is right is right" which incorporates all forms of sexual activity. Sexual gratification is the name of the game and is seen to be quite independent of marriage. Therefore while acknowledging we live in a pluralistic society we, in accordance with Object (i) of The Australian Family Association, find the FamilyPlanningAssociation's approach (despite their good intentions) less than satisfactory. We oppose the weakening of traditional family structures hence our objection to the proposed Medicare policy (supported by the FPA) to issue cards to under 16 year olds here in WA without the permission of parent or guardian.
Happy Although many parents may be happy for their young unmarried teenagers to be sexually active and receive a dvice from the Family Planning Association it must be pointed out the organisation does have a secular humanistic "no-judgement — value-free" approach .. . meaning "whatever you feel
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Infringing on rights from DAN COUGHLIN, Mt Lawley Sir, I am a Catholic, devoted by m y work to foster good marriages and I support wholeheartedly the institution of marriage I do not, however, wish to be identified in any way with the position and belief that Archbishop Carroll expressed in the following quote from his letter to Mr Hawke "a law which denies to its citizens the right to prefer a married couple to a defacto couple in areas of accommodation, leasing, dealing with children and in domestic
situations is oppressive (Record. December 9). Actually, the law does not deny the right to those preferences it simply does not allow such a bigot to infringe upon the rights of others. it is fortunate for the world the Catholic Archbishop did not have a lease on the Bethlehem stable or Mary would probably have been turned away. I understand she was pregnant before she and Joseph were married. We certainly would not wish to appear to support that situation would we?
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Western Australians are delighted with the choice of Most Reverend William Foley as Archbishop of Perth but the Johnson, Mahon, Gwynne and McCarthy families said this week it must have had something to do with the days at St Theresa's School, Nedlands where they all attended from 1937 to 1941. -The word education comes f rom the Latin word educere — to lead out — and without minimising the influence of Archbishop Foley's wonderful parents and family or later disciplines that is precisely what the Loreto Sisters Enda, Stella, Cyril, Canisius and Gabriel did for us ordinary children," they said this week. "We boast seven priests from that time, one of them our new archbishop and one a former Jesuit principal. The rest include teachers, three doctors, two engineers, one now head of the Department of Civil Aviation, one nun, a n army general, a R hodes Scholar, and more. "How can we account for this
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success story? The nuns put God and His will first in their own lives. "The 'Little Way' of St Theresa, our patroness, was their yardstick. "Character training came first and learning was its o ffspring, Food for Thought. -We were trained to do small things well for God, even addressing envelopes for the Taxation Department! "Self control, perseverance, responsibility,
r espect, purity were taught as well as the words in Luke 16: He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much. 'We paid three Hail Marys daily and the result? A lmost 100% of our marriages lasting. "Count to ten before having that drink, the sisters told us, and we have no known alcoholics. We had the Rosary, the Mass and monthly confessions.
-The former St Teresa's school Nedlands, opened in 1932 and now the resources Centre. Who needs a psychiatrist when there is no mental illness? We observed the nine First Fridays and as a result none are known to have left the Church. Two large red crosses on exercise books if one cheated and two smacks for a lie; so no one has had more serious trouble with the law than parking
fines. "Praise the Lord for Archbishop Foley" — H. Klomp.
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Jesuits seta new poverty rule ROME (NC) — The Society of Jesus ended its 33rd General Congregation in Rome by announcing that it had approved rules to encourage a sense of poverty among its members. The congregation "enacted a decree that introduced structures designed to safeguard against the accumulation of wealth or possessions by individuals or corporate units for the benefit of the society itself or of its members," said a Jesuit spokesman. The provisions include "the insistence on making a sharp distinction by means such as the keeping of separate financial records, between w hat might benefit a community of Jesuits and what might serve to maintain the apostolic purposes of an institution that Jesuits conduct," he said. Institutions maintained by Jesuits include schools, universities, retreat houses, research centres and social centres. During the congregation, more than 200 delegates elected Dutch Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, an expert on Eastern religions, as superior general to succeed Father Pedro Arrupe. The congregation accepted Father Arrupe's resignation, the first resignation of a superior general in the society whose head is elected for life. Father Arrupe resigned because he suffered an incapacitating stroke.
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Gunmen are condemned A RMAGH (Northern Ireland) — The m urders of three men and the wounding of seven others during a worship service in a Pentacostal hall was "a direct attack against God". The gunmen had no right to call themselves Catholic said Cardinal O'Fiaich. An organisation calling itself the Catholic Reaction Force claimed responsibility for the attack. "The slaughter of three innocent people and the serious wounding of several others is an unspeakable crime," said Cardinal O'Fiaich. To carry out this deed when they were at prayer in their local place of worship adds the guilt of sacrilege and blasphemy to that of murder. —To those who perpetrated this atrocity, I say, 'Don't dare to claim the name of Catholic for your band of evil doers.' "
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ROME — Italy's Salvo d'Acquisto has been called the local equivalent of Maximilian Kolbe. He was a young carabiniere (militarised police) who, during the war, voluntarily took the place of 22 people who were to be shot by German troops as a reprisal for a partisan action. This occurred at Polidoro on the coast, north of Rome. The swift canonisation of Maximilian Kolbe made Italians ask why d'Acquisto was not honoured as a saint. Now the process for his beatification has begun and the chaplain for Italian military forces says it will be very swift if d'Acquisto's voluntary offering of his life is considered martyrdom.
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At the end of a four day meeting their statement said: This new situation would appear to make it more difficult for (the British) government to demonstrate convincingly its commitment to a policy of progressive and mutual disarmament. Such commitment is essential if the policy of nuclear deterrence is to be morally acceptable," the bishops said. "Deterrence ought to be regarded as a temporary measure and a stage toward multilateral disarmament," they added. T he statement urged the British government "to provide the public with further grounds for reassurance and with evidence of its intensified efforts to achieve genuine and effective disarmament." The bishops said they planned to write to British, Soviet and US government officials to express their concern about the nuclear arms race. They noted arrival of the missiles had caused "considerable anxiety and in some places anger and unrest". A t ap r ess conference Cardinal Hume of Westminster said he could not see any morally legitimate u se of nuclear weapons "because I believe that once you start using nuclear weapons even in a battlefield situation you are crossing a nuclear threshold."
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"What I do not approve of is any violation in respect of property or persons," he added. As an example, he said he feels deeply that abortion is immoral, but this does not give him the right to throw stones through the windows of an abortion clinic.
It supports UNRWA's w ork as part of the Church's commitment "to the cause of humanity and peace in the Middle East."
He also said that while the Church's "just war" theory " has not yet been abandoned," the potential evils of nuclear war call for a "revision of traditional principles of evaluation" of war.
He said the Pontifical Mission for Palestine helps Palestinians in need regardless of creed.
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A dvent is the season for awaiting peace. In the US bishops' recent pastoral on war and peace, they wrote that the time of waiting for peace is not a time for passivity. The time of longing for peace is the time to make peace — to create it. As the words of the popular hymn remind us, "Let there be peace on Earth, and let it begin with me."
Visual prayer by Dolores Leckey
When the Word b ecame flesh and dwelt among us, the years of waiting for a Saviour were fulfilled. This was God's great A dvent. He touched Hiscreationbybecoming a human being like us." (Arise, Jerusalem, by J Janda and Rev Lawrence Boadt and others, 1978.) "Advent is a time of faith. We believe that the Lord has come, is coming, and willcome again. This is a living faith that directs our whole life toward God.., When we say 'yes' to God, we can change the world." (Arise, Jerusalem, by JJanda andRev Lawrence Boadt and others, 1978.) "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone,,.For a child is born to us, a son is given us; upon his shoulder dominion rests, "(Isaiah 9:1-5) "The word of God was spoken to John...in the desert. He went about the entire region of the Jordan proclaiming a baptism of repentance which led to the forgiveness of sins — as is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: 'A herald's voice in the desert, crying, Make ready the way of the Lord, Clear Him a straight path' (Luke 3:1-4) "0 Lord, help us to wait, watch, keep vigil, understand and love these passing days until your son is born again in our vacant, yearning bodies." (The Gift of Time, by Margaret Eli/en-Miller and others, 1977.) 8
Such great expectations As the air becomes crisp and the trees colourful, I think back to my childhood days in Michigan. I remember fondly the last weeks of November and how eagerly I looked for the first snow shower. Very often it occurred during the week of Thanksgiving.
I went with a sense of anticipation to the premiere showing of 10 new paintings by Mary Lou Sleevi recently. The collection is called, Women of the Word: An Experience in Freedom. These are paintings of women of Scripture viewed in moments of very personal encounters with God, and of His liberating effect in human terms. The paintings were mounted in a well-lighted dance studio against white walls. A lmost without my realising it, the time Ispent with those works of art turned into an experience of prayer for me. For prayer is a way of standing before God, of being open to the Spirit. Every part of life has God present in it. The key to prayer is to he attentive andfind that God is there. ..ls / walkedfrom painting to painting that day andread the artist's words about he work. Ifoundmyseff coming into contact with God's creative energy. Al the centre of the collection is a large abstract painting of brilliant colours and moving shapes called the "Spirit of Wisdom," with a text adaptedfrom the Book of Wisdom: "Life's colours move, blend, overlap, help create one another. Wisdom sees the harmony of the whole." The painting looked to me like a fountain of nourishment and energy. I stood before it for along time. It was like meditating before an icon. Imoved on to Sarah. the wife of Abraham. Sarah is old and beautiful, leaning against a flowering almond tree. She is laughing heartily at the thought of becoming pregnant at her advanced age. One can almost hear the laughter carry through to Isaac's birth, and echo through all the surprising events of history. The Visitation was next. Elizabeth and Mary are running toward each other, leaping and almost flying with joy. They appear so happy to see each other. I wondered what secrets they shared in their three months together before the births of John and Jesus. The picture of Mary Magdalene was at once beautiful and terrifying. It is a painting of blues and greys and black. Her face. however, is stark white and reminded me of a death mask. Iwas making my way in wonder from Wary
Magdalene to the stooped woman described in Luke's Gospel, when those of us in the room were invited to be seated for a meditation in music, poetry and movement. Then a musician andreader created a world of sound, and a dancer enacted the story of the stooped woman, so drained of strength she was unable to stand erect. The accompanying text went like this: "I see a stooped, bony woman rising before the women's barrier in a synagogue, called to stand tall andfree." After 18 years of being bent over and drained of strength, this anonymous biblical woman was noticed and called and touched. On the Lord's day, when healing was forbidden, Jesus broke the law to set her free. When the song and the dance finished, we sat in silence for awhile, glad to simply he there. Then in twos and threes we moved to the foyer to share some refreshments and to talk about our experience. More than one person offered the suggestion that this had been much like an experience of prayer. St Paul tells Christians to pray always. What does this mean" Christians have wondered through the ages. Some maintain that one prays best when removed from the cares of the world. Sacred places like chapels or churches are regarded as conducive to prayer. Obviously there is wisdom in those assumptions. Solitude and silence do help one to concentrate on the things of God. Consecrated places are vibrant with the faith and love of the prayers of those who have gone before. But surely, to pray always must mean that the planned times of prayer in our lives are not so limited. A II of God's world can occasion the stirrings of prayer. Beautiful sonnets and fearsome ice storms both reflect God's power. Grief can open us to consolation. A scientific insight or a work of art can move us to gratitude and praise before God. Our intentions and our attention have a lot to do with transforming ordinary experiences into living psalms. That Sunday, a woman danced, another sang, and several biblical women looked at me from an artist's canvases. Prayer formed in their presence and it was a prayer of colour and mobility and melody. It breathed new life.
Then, in sequence, came a two or three day break from school, the purple vestments of Advent, a small gift left for me on our farm house porch by St Nicholas, the holy day commemorating the Immaculate Conception, the rose vestments on the third Sunday of Advent, vacation from school — and f inally, finally Christmas! You see, I really loved Christmas. If there ever was a child living in expectation, it was I during those days. And the Church's Advent prayer fit my mood perfectly. The theme of expectancy, God giving the world the gift of Jesus to free us from t he darkness of sin, matched my growing anticipation of gifts and the freedom from school to play on the snow. But here I am, with another Advent and Christmas season just ahead. I wonder if it is possible to tailor such a good fit today between my personal and my religious expectations. A fter some reflection, I think it depends on whether the meaning of Christmas really relates to the meaning I expect to find in my life. I see the season of Advent as an ideal time to give some thought to the connection between religion and life. When we get right down to it, the childhood anticipation of gifts and of some free time suits the adult too. The adult, after all, has experienced gift-giving, not just of toaster-ovens and ties and fruitcakes, but also of friendships and the inner yearnings of the spirit. The adult has experienced the opposite too, the withholding of self, the breaking of confidences and the loneliness of isolation. The adult has experienced the freedom and exhilaration of self-expression in work, of joy in families and the ability to direct one's own affairs. The adult has experienced the constraints of responsibility, the draining demands made by others on one's time and energy and the frustration of coming to dead ends again and again. The adult also expects a good measure of sharing and selfexpression in life. So how do the seasons of Advent and Christmas relate to my personal expectations of life? Christmas means that God took on the total
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By Theodore Hengesbach NC NEWS SERVICE human condition, the weakness and impotence of the child along with the child's endearing smile. In Jesus God received the gift of humanity and humanity received the embrace of the divine. Humanity was no longer isolated from God. In Jesus God took on human destiny and man took on divine destiny. Christmas means that there is a shared life of love between God and us, and that creatures have a future of ultimate significance. Christmas tells us that the expectation adults have to share love and to live a life of creative selfexpression is well-grounded. This is our destiny, even if from time to time it may not be realised in our daily existence. Advent gives us some time to take stock of our lives, to ask what we really want and to reflect on the promise Christianity offers. This done, we can establish priorities in keeping with our expectations and set goals. Very practically, such plans might include: additional education for personal enrichment or for job advancement or security; making a change in lifestyle — either getting more serious about it or breaking the grips of workaholic tendencies. It may mean improving relationships with spouse and grown children, or mending a broken relationship, or doing a bit more to keep a friendship from going SOM.
It's often said that Christmas is for children and indeed it is. But Christmas is for adults too. Christmas is a promise and an encouragement that ultimately life has meaning for each of us. Advent is our opportunity to lay plans to realise our Christmas expectations more fully.
Mary Lou Sleevi's painting of the stooped woman, as described in Luke's Gospel, shows the woman standing up after feeling the healing hand of Jesus while an accusing finger points critically at Jesus for healing on the Sabbath. Dolores Leckey writes about attending the opening of an exhibition of Mrs Sleevi's paintings and says that it became a prayer experience as much a showing for her.
Meditation is a special word For many centuries it was part of a process — reading, meditating, praying, contemplating. In the busyness of today's world it can be very helpful to take a little time out each day for meditation and prayer. -I write books, Brother Chris mows lawns, Father Placid plays the organ, Father Henry works with the computer and Father Robert welcomes guests. - Those job desciptions are from -A Place Apart, - Trappist Father M. Basil Pennington 's recent book. All work is prayer, - Father Pennington says, even though there were those in Christian history who thought work kept them from praying - Father Work can be called prayer, Father Pennington thinks, because it is -an immediate communion with God in His creative activity. creation. of whole the of transformation Pennington sees work as a -part of the estimation. He quickly adds that viewing work as prayer isn't just something for monks to do. It is -the call of all Christians, - in his project creative the moves work, other any or accounts, the keeping or lawn the -Each task, no matter how humdrum, be it mowing forward. '" some Father Pennington is a monk of St Joseph's Abbey in the U.S where the commercial products are jellies and jams. He has suggestions for those who wonder how work becomes prayer. serve and give joy to Work, he writes, - will be more meaningful for you, whatever it may be, if you take all the opportunities it affords to opportunity to express o thers, if you revere the things you work with and are conscious that you're working with them gives them an themselves at a higher level through your activity and love off to Father Pennington thinks it is important to take time off from work in order to keep it in perspective. If we never take any time work Then lost. quickly very are Christians and persons human as us of worthy work our make which think, the Trappist says, the motives itself begins to own us and set its own goals. This kind of prayer may not sound like prayer to some people. It is prayerr located in the midst of ordinary daily life. But what about it? Do you think work can really be prayer?
A need for Jesus? By Father John J. Castelot Jesus was a prayerful man. That is such a simple statement. Yet its full implications are not always understood, much less comprehended. Many people, reluctant to accept t he reality of Jesus' humanity, feel that He cannot really be taken seriously as a model when it comes to prayer. After all, they reason — or unconsciously assume -- Jesus was divine and did not experience the helpless dependency which leads us to pray. But this ignores the clear teaching of Scripture that "the Word became flesh." Jesus did experience the anxieties and needs that His brothers and sisters feel. No one expressed this more clearly than the author of the letter to the Hebrews in Chapter 4: "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathise with our weakness, but one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet never sinned. So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and favour and to find help in time of need." In Hebrews Chapter 5, we read: "In the days when He was in the flesh, He offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to God, who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence. Son though He
was, He learned obedience from what he suffered." So Jesus did not pray merely to give people a good example, contrary t o what some may assume. What would be the point? Many times He prayed in complete seclusion, where there was no one to be edified or i nstructed by His example. "Rising early the next morning, He went off to a lonely place in the desert; there He was a bsorbed in prayer."
(Mark 1:35). And Luke says: "Then We went out to the mountain to pray, spending the night in communion with God." (6:12) Like us, Jesus prayed, calling upon His Father out of deeply felt need. The Gospels rarely tell us what words He used in prayer, but that in itself is instructive. There is a big difference between saying prayers and praying. In fact, in the instruction on prayer which Matthew made a part of the Sermon on the Mount, we read: "In your prayer, do not rattle on like the pagans.
They think they will win a hearing by the sheer multiplication of words. Do not imitate them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. This how you are to pray..." Then Jesus goes o n to say the "Our Father," which is an example of how to pray. In the Gospels, both versions of this prayer are liturgical formulations which Matthew and Luke took from the liturgies ot their communities. The are examples of how the early Christians put into w ords the sentiments Jesus wanted them to bring to prayer.
How do you pray? By Katharine Bird There is a Japanese writer, Shusaku Endo, who has written a powerful biography of Jesus titled A Life of Jesus. What is fascinating about Endo's biography is the way it draws readers into the connections between themselves and Jesus. And one of the author's illuminating insights is his conviction that each person "thinks about Jesus according to the way this one man reflects our own life." Endo hints that our understanding of Jesus m ay well grow and develop in the course of our life, in the "further
accumulation of life experience." It seems that our understanding of Jesus grows in the context of who He is — and who we are — in the context of a relationship. In the book's preface, Endo writes: "My way of depicting Jesus is rooted in my being a Japanese novelist.I wrote this book for the benefit of Japanese r eaders who have no Christian tradition of their own and who know almost nothing about Jesus." At pains "to demonstrate that Jesus is not alien to their religious sensibilities," Endo observes that the Japanese are more apt to respond to the portrait
of a warm-hearted mother than a stern father. Endo presents Jesus as "a person who lived for love and still more love." For his Japanese readers, Endo focuses on the anguish Jesus felt for the pitiful state of the people He encountered. Jesus is described as one worn out, haggard before His time because He identifies so closely with sufferers. Jesus' task, in Endo's view, is to find some means of translating God's compassionate love to suffering people. Jesus does so, Endo says, by embracing suffering and death willingly, showing He shares all of human experience.
Ancient art The rather shrill bell pierced the quiet of the Questhouse. As I made my way down the hall I heard the large Joaken door open, the heavy iron knocker rapping against it. He stood, framed by the portal: a big, powerful man, all of 6 feet 4 inches. He reminded me of St. Peter with his flaming red hair and bushy beard. "Hello, I'm Father Basil." "I'm Dan." A warm friendly smile covered his face and a firm hand shot out to shake mine. "Would you teach me to meditate?" I settled Dan into a comfortable chair and listened to his story, a familiar one. Born into a Catholic family, he was marched off to Sunday Mass. But religion as he encountered it made no impact on life for Dan. So he left it behind. He first heard of meditation from a swami at Woodstock. He had sat with Achincha from Thailand at a Buddhist meditation centre. But "roots"are in. He wanted tolearnChristianmeditation. Meditation is a special word. Even in Catholic t radition it has held different meanings. For many centuries it always was part of a process — reading, meditating, prayer, contemplating. In a later,more rational-
istic age, meditation came to mean analytic reflection on a word of Scripture or a truth of faith. In modern Hindu terminology meditation means simply being present to reality, the absolute — God. This is what Dan was after. Dan is, I think, typical of many 20th century people of prayer. Perhaps he was seeking a God he didn't know very well. But he was seeking. Father M. Basil Pennington, OCSO I told Dan to sit up straight in his chair, relax, let it support his back, close his eyes, open himself to resting in God's love. ThenItaught him about centring prayer, an ancient form of Christian meditation. 1. Turn to God dwelling in the depths of your being, and tell Him of your love, and that you want to be with God for those few minutes. 2. Next let your favourite name for God be present as a means of focusing attention on God. 3. Anytime outside sounds, or images, or thoughts interrupt the meditation, use that name, your prayer word. to return your attention to God. Dan and I spent 20 minutes in silent meditation together. Then I slowly prayed the "Our Father" in a quiet voice while Dan followed interiorly. Dan said he found it hard to believe the time had passed so quickly.
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BRISBANE — Queensland's newest priests, talking of their lives and vocations on the eve of their ordination, had their own ideas about the shortage of priests and possible solutions.
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Their solutions include finding other sources of vocations and recognising that the Church is in one of its periodic transitional stages, with a new challenge.
Father Quintin Culpeper, mechanical engineer and nurse, and Father Michael Cullen, pest exterminator and poker machine attendant, a re late vocations, aged 34 and 33, respectively.
And they found their v ocations, belatedly, t hrough involvement with their parish communities. Both studied at St Paul 's National Seminary for Late Vocations, Kensington, New South 'Vales, and were the first students from St Paul's to do a pastoral year as deacons. Father Michael was educated at Cessnock, New South Wales. He worked at Woolworths for five years after leaving school, did 18 months National Service, worked in pest control and tree surgery, and at Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club as a poker machine a ttendant. He came to Brisbane in 1977 and worked as a barman at Mooloolaba Yacht Club on the Sunshine Coast until two "The shortage is open weeks before he left to go ing the way for the laity to to St Paul's in 1979. share fully in the life of He lived in Maroochythe Church," he says. dore parish and became "We're in a transitional involved in its life, under stage in the history of the the influence of parish Church. Each stage has priest Father Harry Bliss. had its challenges, and it is in meeting the challenge that the Church goes forward. "It was because of my i nvolvement in the He taught catechetics at Church at Maroochydore f our local state schools, that I found my calling to something made possible the ministry." by the hours of work in Father Quintin also says his yacht club job. he feels the Church is in a "The inspiration that changing situation, that brought my vocation it is a pilgrim Church. alive was Father Harry He says we should be Bliss," Father Michael looking for new sources said. "He has remained of vocations, and Father that inspiration, in his Michael agrees. human approach to his Father Quintin points to p riesthood and his late vocations as one people." alternative source, one Father Quintin was born that has appeared only in into a Catholic family in the past 20 or 30 years. Khurdie Road, a country town in the State of Orissa, on India's east coast. In 1972 he migrated to Australia, coming to Bris- "There are only three bane, where he worked seminaries for late vocaf or three and a half years tions in the world even a s a fitter and turner. now," he points out. He then went to the They agree young men Princess Alexandra Hos- should be encouraged to pital to train as a nurse. work a few years before "I was in the West End entering. parish, closely involved This would mean they with the YCW — presi- entered with greater dent for two years — and m aturity and more had a growing awareness certainty. of people," he says. They were also con"I like to say that I cerned that the screening moved from the machine of candidates could perto the body, to the haps result in the choice spirit," he adds with of men who are acagood humour. demic, but who lack the His father, Clarence, a ability to relate personrailway worker, was able ally to people. to come from India to They say their year of represent the family at pastoral work in parishes his ordination. helped them relate more On the shortage of voca- personally to people in tions to the priesthood, their ministry. Father Michael says the Father Michael says Church is not just the "academic requirements clergy, but the whole are secondary" at St people. Paul's.
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Dawn McSweeney is a mine of information when it comes to the subject of moving. As the daughter of a metallurgist and the w ife of a mining engineer, she has had 30 homes in 46 years, across the land and over the sea. There's not a lot she doesn't k now about the problems facing the families of mining men of the move. H er we of experience laid the f oundation for the formation of Women In M ining, a group established last year, with the sole aim of lightening the load of mining women.
It al l comes down to experience, she says, and if those who have it can share it with those who don't, life w i l l be better for al l concerned. Women In Mining is a support group for mining women, she stresses. It is non-political and nonfund-raising. Membership is open to all m ining wives, staff or otherwise, and the group has the approval of the women's section of the A ustralian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, while not directly connected with it. "Our aim is to assist women in adapting to a new mining lifestyle, whether it be a city appointment or an inland mine," Dawn said. "If the woman tells us about her intended move beforehand, we will put her in touch with some women who have lived in that area. We can advise about schools, clubs, churches and what it is like to live in a n isolated mining community. "With the combined experience of myself and the other members, we have e xperienced just about e verything there is to experience in the mining lifestyle. 'We only exist to make it easier for the newcomer to adapt as painlessly as possible to the mining
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11ADSILN IVOSS lifestyle — a lifestyle we believe to be the best in the world." VVomen in Mining has five main aims: • To help the newcomer to 'put down roots'. • To make contact with w omen (from mining communities) who may be hospitalised in the city knowing no-one. • To assist the mining child who may be sent to school in the city and know no-one in the area.
• To provide assistance for t he woman who accompanies her husband o na f o r e i g n appointment.. .with advice from any other member who may have lived in the area. • To assist the mining wife who arrives in Australia unable to cope with the language. . providing a v olunteer who has a knowledge of that language. For Dawn McSweeney, many of the aims make for a wealth of memories... "My mother was a miner's wife and was hospitalised at one stage, with no-one near that she knew... "My brother and I were sent to boarding school in Geraldton, knowing no-one in that area at all.
"One vivid memory was being put on a plane in the Northern Territory at the age of 17 and being sent to A delaide for tertiary education. "I arrived not knowing a soul in the whole of the city...then the wonderful memories of the trips on The G han up to Central Australia, and my home. 'There was only a handful of us receiving tertiary education from the Territory during the early fifties. ' 'After movi ng innumerable times as a child (apart from mining, the war had also intervened and my mother, brother and 'self' were shuffled between relatives across the land after my father joined the RAAF) I married a mining engineer and the jobs he did, t rouble shooting, also entailed a lot of moving. 'We moved from VVyong Minerals to Rossarden and others...several months on the mine then back to head office. This rootless lifestyle went on for several years. " Then my husband became involved with various overseas countries and I lived in Pulmoddai in northern Sri Lanka and on the lovely Malabar coast of India's Kerala state. ' One Women In Mining member who felt the full
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trauma of a move overseas, was Rosmarie Thomson, of Nedlands, who spent a couple of years in South America. The experience, she says, t aught her just how important a group like Women In Mining is. She and her geologist husband had been married four years and had a baby daughter, just a few weeks old, when they headed off to Rio de Janeiro. They had been to the library and read all the available l iterature. . .but it was nowhere near enough, she said. What followed was two and a half very difficult years with Rosmarie spending much of the time alone, with an often sick baby. 'We arrived and went into an apartment. Roger had to leave straight away for the mine. I knew no-one and was caring for a baby I was 'terrified of.' " She contracted tuberculosis, which took more than a year to treat and there was always the fear of meningitis which was rampant.
"I had a basic grasp of the language, but not enough to r eal ly get to know the people. Apart from which the Brazilians were very 'family' oriented and kept to themselves. 'There really was no room for outsiders. "If you met someone who spoke English you expected them to become an instant friend. You expected so much of them and usually were disappointed. "By the time I left I had friends but not close.., you can't really get close to 2 / years. people in 21
"It was difficult too because when Roger came home I would often be in tears but he was in no hurry to come back to Australia because he was really loving the job. 'There wasn't much I could do. I walked all the time, walked the baby day after day. "I'm a trained sister but there was no way I could get work, the qualifications aren't even recognised in
Brazil and there is no real training in the hospitals. "I remember one day I was so lonely that I dropped in on these people I barely knew, just to have someone t o talk to. That's not something I would ever do here. "You forget too, that things are changing at home while you are away. You think about your old friends, the ones you left behind, but don't realise that they are changing just as you are. 'When we did come back t hei r l ives were different...they had had b abies, some had separated.. .nothing was the same. 'We've been back six years now and apart form a few close friends I've made a completely new circle," she said. It certainly would have helped, she says, to have talked with someone who had been there. There is always an adjustment to be m ade but perhaps forewarned is forearmed. And it's not only the wives who must adjust to the changing lifestyle, children
can a lso f ind the rootlessness unsettling. There is a lot of adjusting that children have to make if their parents tend to move a bout , says Dawn McSweeney, and moving can be most disruptive to education. "By the time my eldest child was 13 he had been to five different schools. "Parents and teachers have to be aware of these moving problems and aim for greater emotional and mental stability to make up for the physical instability," Dawn said. There is also the problem, she says, of being a mining wife in the city while your husband is away at the mine. "One never really becomes a member of the village s uburbia. never ful ly integrated. "Dad is always away when the local football club is holding a fathers' and sons' match and these occasions can be multiplied many times in all areas of the children's growing up." • Cont. page 12,
1. Average family income is $5.13 per month. 2. They have no water to irrigate their crops. When the monsoons are good their crops provide food for about five months. 3. None of the 67 children goes to school. 4. Two fathers are dead leaving their wives to provide for 11 children. The circumstances of these 14 families are typical for thousands of families living in this region. Devoid of adequate education, medical care and water supply, they have little hope of improving their situation. Children face a bleak future. Many suffer malnutrition, causing damage to their nervous systems, low resistance to illness, and premature ageing. Very many do not go to school. Many die before reaching school age.
Much of their suffering is caused by ignorance. For example, parents know nothing about germs, and draw their water from the nearest well, stream or river, which is often polluted by animals. Naturally the babies and childrencome down with dysentery and diarrhoea and pass lots of liquid. The mothers think that the best treatment is to stop giving liquids and, of course, the child dies of dehydration. Teaching the mothers to boil water is having a major effect on their lives. Working under the most difficult and trying conditions priests and nuns do their utmost to care for these people. They need financial assistance right now to provide these families with much needed education. Where village education programmes have been established, the results for the whole community have been little short of spectacular. The poor, the destitute, the hungry, the sick, the exploited learn to grapple with the problems of poverty. Sickness is reduced, lives are saved, food production improves, water resources are increased, and family incomes benefit. To set up one of these village schools costs about $500. Teachers are paid $45 per month. An Indian child can be educated for about 30 cents a week, or $12 a year. If you are not already sponsoring a child in the Third World, why not do so now. Whatever you can give to this most deserving appeal will be greatly appreciated. All donations will be gratefully acknowledged by:
30 cents a week gives them a future
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 the education of extremely poor children in South Bihar, India; to help build and maintain village schools and medical facilities for them; and to provide water resources for family crops. Mr/Mrs/Miss
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Pictured at a recent Centrecare Marriage Preparation course:
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Lou Aspinall of Victoria Park and Lia Bernadette Gantzer D'Bussolo who will marry on January 29. and Peter Lhota.
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Race Talk with Rod Evans WIMBLEDON BEAU was most unlucky when beaten favourite behind Handsome Seattle in the Show Ego Quality Stakes on Saturday. Wimbledon Beau won his five previous starts and should soon atone for Saturday's defeat. LORD NUMANAC put up a good performance when finished fast for second to Argentine Gold in the WATC Quality Plate. After settling down near the rear Lord Numanac powered home and should he hard to beat in his future of starts. SAN ATATE will he hard to beat at his next outing, this horse has returned better than ever. His second to champion galloper Casshoney was full of merit and over a longer journey than Saturday's 1500m he will be even harder to toss. CUT THE COMEDY has won very impressively at his last two starts in the country for the ever strengthening combination of John Miller and George Way. Cut The Comedy will be hard to toss when he comes to town in a race of around 2000m.
Greyhounds — with The Record Tipster
DOGS' CHANCE... j R ACE ONE: Tiddly Nola 1, Dynamite Duke 2, Missy Speck 3. R ACE TWO: Speedy Delight 1, Direct Lad 2, Dixie Revival 3. R ACE THREE: Ripper's Pick 1, Hangover Cloud 2, Swanky Lou 3. R ACE FOUR: True Ebony 1, Persian King 2, Boundary Rider 3. R ACE FIVE: Mystery Crown 1, Smiley Charm 2, Flexible Merger 3.
RACE SIX: Vacant Site 1, Candid Star 2, Scootalot 3. R ACE SEVEN: Dixie Beau I. Blue Francis 2, Suntino 3. R ACE EIGHT: Secret Trace 1, Starston Disco 2, Flying Low 3. R ACE NINE: Our Rosetta I. Akkabar 2. Uncivilised 3. R ACE TEN: Corder King 1, Rowan's Reward 2, News Item 3.
Looking after miners' wives •From page 1 1 . -But a positive attitude on t he part of the women concerned coupled with the independence and integrity that most of these women possess usually turns each situation into a winner. 'That sums up what this group is all about...helping other women survive in a very exciting lifestyle that at t imes does have its problems. " But, between the members of WIM we have e xperienced just about e verything that could possibly happen and have all survived,- she said. Part of that survival tactic i s to take as much knowledge with you as possible and a positive attitude.
I t 's an invaluable protection, especially for any woman heading into an isolated mining community. 'Keep busy' is the maxim and the group has come up with a variety of suggestions for life in a company town: • If artistic, offer to do art w ork for company brochures, safety posters and the like. • Collect good mineral specimens, classify and sell in sets to visitors or down south...do the same with wildflower seeds. • Grow and sell produce not available locally by creating artificial conditions s uch as hot house, hydroponics.. . • Learn a ski l l by correspondence and teach it to others. • Learn about share
trading and have a small portfolio (or combine with friends). • Offer to run tours for visitors to a scenic area. • If a good cook form a catering business and offer t o cater for al l local functions. • If you have a talent use it.. dressmaking, pottery, jewellery making, knitting and the like. • Join groups already formed or create new ones. All of the women would agree that it is a lifestyle which offers enormous p otent ial for self development — all you have to do is reach out and grab A nyone interested in Women in Mining can contact Dawn McSweeney on 448 6602.
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Remember to look for Christ in your life Ithank you organisers for the opportunity to share a few thoughts with you tonight at the end of this rally. Ialso attended the Catholic Youth Council Youth Rally last year and enthused to the faith and joy that you expressed at that Mass. On the eve of coming to Perth as your Archbishop,I would like to repeat firstly somethingI said a week or so ago, when asked my thoughts at the appointment. This was repeated by Father Jegorow in his Youth Forum column recently. The words quoted were, "I hope that young people of the Church will be listened to carefully and allowed to participate in the thinking and life of the Church." NowImeant that, becauseI believe the Church needs your thinking to know where you are, so that the graces that the Christ brought into the world as Redeemer can be a part of your lives. The Church needs your thinking, so that she can respond to your needs. The Church needs to hear you so that she can be what Christ wants her to be in the world of today. "However,Ijust add one little thought and that is this, that, your thinking as members of the Church, and important members of the Church, is going to have real value for others only if your life speaks of faith in Christ; that unless you have met Christ in your lives, what you are saying to the Church and what you are saying to other young people in the city, really hasn't the value that Christ wants it to have. "So on the eve of Christmas, in this time of Advent,Ijust ask you to remember that you must always look for Christ, you must let Christ come into your lives constantly. You must look for Him in the scriptures; you must look for Him in the sacramental life of the Church, in the Eucharist you have just celebrated and celebrate so frequently in your lives. "You have got to look for Him in prayer time, you have got to look for Him in your lives, in your family life; in the anxieties, the hurts that you experience, the hopes that you have got for the future, the enthusiasm in the life of a young person. "If you look you will find and having found Christ, you will find full meaning for your life and you will be able to reflect that to other young people and to the Church, in a language that is real and relevant to our day. "So I wish you all the blessings of this coming Christmas season andIpray that these last weeks of Advent might be times of coming, the coming of the Lord into the Church and into the lives of the young people especially gathered for this rally tonight. Come, Lord Jesus, come." A t last week's CYC tion at Christmas time, Youth Rally , in the lovely means that people have setting of the I.niversity's been making preparations. Sunken Gardens,Ienjoyed The parish choir meeting an equally beautiful pres- e very Monday evening. entation of liturgical B anners and Advent Wreaths to remind us to dancing. A solitary dancer, Angela make reads. Special events Cox, became the centre of taking place during Adattention with her graceful vent. movements, emphasising One community has had the words and melody of a bells and star exchange. the responsorial psalm, ... On the first week of Advent "Like a shepherd he feeds each household wrote his flock". It was one of the their names on a 'cutout• best I had eNer seen. bell or star. These were The efforts and gift of one placed in a basket and at person brought inspiration the end of Mass each to the whole community. family took someone else's Those people who watched name from the basket to Angela at the rehearsal pray for during Advent. may have been less imAt home the Christmas pressed yet on the night things are resurrected everything came together, from their dusty hiding with the lighting, the night places. The Christmas atmosphere, the congregatree, the crib, the lights, the tional singing. It was no decorations are prepared. longer just a dance moveAll this is done because ment. On the evening of the rally it had become a we celebrate and make real the presence of Jesus prayer. The success of the Youth Christ in our world. All the R ally depended on the preparations are meant to efforts of individual people, focus our attention on the making preparation, shar- fact that God has become ing their gifts and working one of us and "danced" on together. Mark O'Sullivan earth. Like Angela'sdance, co-ordinated the commit- the rehearsal and preparatee and saw that everything tion seem unreal, but on the day hopefully it all ran as clockwork. Our preparations for comes to life — if we make Christmas are something all the special Christmas like the preparations for gestures a prayer. the Youth Rally. A successThere is little time left, ful parish or family celebra- let's use it to our best.
Archbishop Foley
Visitors from far and wide
Over 600 people attended the 1983 Catholic Youth Council Rally at the University's Sunken Gardens. This was an annual event organised by the Councilin order to bring together the different youth movements of the Archdiocese. This year for thefirst time young people travelledfrom as far as Geraldton. Bunbury. Albany and even Broome. The singing was provided by the Witness Singing Group from Doubleview, led by Maureen Elphick. Jenny Herriera, and Mark Hales. The celebrant for the Mass was Father John Jegorow. and other priests were Father Joe Parkinson. Father Terry Cahill, Father Reg Ahearn. Father Leon Russellfrom Bunbury. Father Gordon Howellfrom Mirrabooka and the sermon was delivered by Father Peter Sham. of Geraldton who spoke about hope. the theme of the celebration.
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Pictured arriving by bus from Geraldton for the CYC Rally are: (Back) — Chris Tuddenham, Joe Riordan, Shaun Cornelius, Angela Miguel, Angela Cox reflecting the responsorial psalm with Lisa McCleary. (Centre) — Colin Allica, Kelly Brady, Joan Donnelly, Louise Tuddenham, Scott Jackson, Matthew Howard, Simon Rouse. graceful dancing, during the CYC Youth Rally. (Front) — Mark Murphy, Greg Salter, Gerard Murphy.
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mitr 'wom Dear Captain Bob, Dear Captain Bob, I am sick today. I am sorry 1 haven't written for a long I'm sorry I haven't written time. Here are some jokes. for so long but I've been so Do you know the story of busy. the bed? As you know it was my What is it? birthday on Saturday and I I've not made it up yet. with my family I'm writing a letter to my had a party my friends. and sister. Willie, you can't write. I got mainly clothes and I It doesn't matter, she can't got three dresses and a skirt read. from my Mum and Dad. Knock, Knock, First we played pass the Who's there, parcel then we played pin Justin, the tail on the donkey. After Justiti Who, that everyone went home. Justin time for tea. Karin. Alicia Cochrane.
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"What is it you want Me to do?" Jesus asked the two. "When You sit on Your throne in Your kingdom," John answered "we want to sit there with You, one on Your right and the other on Your left" "That's what we really want," James added
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By Alicia Cochrane Christmas is coming and we'll be judging Post or deliver your and it's competition o n innovation and entry to The Record time. effort, taking age into Nativity Contest, 26 account of course. John Street. M ost of you have First prize is a beauplenty of time on your tiful 18 piece set of Winners will be notihands in this, the last nativity figures from fied and all details will James and John were brothers. They were week or so of school, Pellegrini's, valued at be announced in our fishermen. Their father was Zebedee. so get busy on your $ 35. We've also got Christmas issue. The two brothers were The other 10 close friends entry. p asses to Pioneer young and ambitious. They of Jesus heard about what w anted to be the most John and James had asked We want you to do a World, courtesy of D on't forget, you important of Jesus' follow- Jesus. They were very angry n ativity . . . draw a C hannel Seven, to must be a member of picture if you like or give away and lots of t he Kids' Club to ers. They weren't sure just at the two men. what they meant, but they Jesus did not like to see His build one out of boxes beautiful books from enter, so if you hawanted it. friends fighting with one and odds and ends. William Collins pub- ven't joined already, So one day they talked with another. He also did not It's open to all ages lishers. do so now. Jesus. want them to try to get * ****************************************************• Who is old, has lots of "Jesus" James began, ahead of one another. So He children and walks around "there is something we want called His friends together. with sticky feet? You to do for us." He didn't criticise James The old woman who "What is it you want Me and John any more than the lives in the glue. to do?" Jesus asked the two. others. Here's what He told Which will burn longer "Well," John answered. them. --- the candles on the Why did the jelly roll? "We feel like we deserve " You know that some birthday cake of a boy or It saw the apple turnovsome recognition. When people have complete power the candles on the birthday er. You sit on Your throne in over other people. Rulers * • * cake of a girl? Your kingdom, we want to and leaders have absolute No candles will burn Have you heard the joke sit there with You, one at authority. You are not to be longer. They all burn abut the blunt pencil? Your right and the other at like that." shorter. I'd better not tell you Your left." * * * They all looked at each because there's no point to "That's what we really other. They were puzzled by What's the difference it. want," James added. "What what Jesus was saying. * * * between a cloud and a do you think? Isn't that 'Didn't everyone want to get child that has just been Why do bees have sticky where we belong?" to the top and be able to tell spanked? hair? Jesus smiled at His two others what to do?" One pours with rain and Because they use honeyyoung friends. "They still "If any of you want to be the other roars with pain. combs. have so much to learn," He great,"Jesuscontinued,"you * * * thought to Himself. have to be a servant to "I don't think you know everyone else. If you want to what you're asking," Jesus be first, you need to serve the answered. "It won't be easy. others. I came to serve Are you able to bear all the everybody." Y ou have got to be in the club Please print clearly and don't pain I'm going to suffer?" John and James felt very if you Iv ant to enter our com- forget your date of birth and a "Sure we can," said John sheepish. The others stared petitions and vt in some of the stamp so vie can send your without any hesitation. at them with anger, until super pH/es. membership form to you. James agreed. "We can take they realised Jesus was To join simply send the com- Membership will alio% you to it," he assured Jesus. talking about them all. pleted coupon here to The enter all our competitions. Jesus was pleased with His R ecord kid's Club, PO Box young friends' eagerness. 50. ..Aberdeen Street, Perth. N ell. %Olaf are you vvaiting for. 6000. But He chuckled at their immaturity. "You will suffer with Me," A hippopotamus is sitJesus said seriously. "That muchIcan promise you. But ting on a chair. What time it isn't up to Me who will sit is it? Time to get a new chair. at My right or left. God will Name * * * give those places to whomever He wishes." Address James and John felt let Why did the farmer buy down. They so wanted to be two ducks and a cow? P code first among Jesus' followers. He wanted quackery and But more trouble was in milk. Age Birthdate * * * store for them. I .
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A look at books for Christmas
An image to be treasured
Australia Image Of A Nation 18501950 by David Moore and Rodney Hall, published by Collins, $45.
This truly superb volume would be treasured by all ages and, in fact, is destined for the 'heirloom' category in any family. Until the late 1840s when the camera was introduced into the fledgling European settlements that would one day become the Commonwealth of Australia, most of the records of everyday life were written. Now the people were presented with a 'window on their world' where life was frozen and could be examined at leisure. The Earth Beneath Me, helicopter across the Atlantic lost in 1929, in the desolate Photography soon became Home Doctor, The Com- Dick Smith's Epic Jour- Ocean. He did this 50 years Tanami Desert of central enormously popular as amateur photographers set plete Home Medical ney Across The World, t o the day after James Australia. Guide For You and Your published by Angus & Mollison made the first solo He is also an experienced about recording history as east-to-west crossing in a film-maker and has pro- they witnessed and expeFamily, by Bay Books, R obertson, $24.95. fixed-wing aircraft. When duced a documentary about rienced it. $ 29.95. Dick Smith arrived in the role of the Royal Austral- The photographs reproDick Smith's amazing solo Health and vitality depend Darwin he set another ian Air Force in the Antarc- duced in Image Of A Nation on proper care of the body helicopter flight from Amertic. Using his helicopter for capture all the richness and ica to Australia was an event and an appreciation of filming, he also made a variety of life in Australia that sparked the public physical and psychological documentary fol- between 1850 and 1950: the popular needs. The mechanisms and imagination. He came home lowing the footsteps of land the new chums' atwith many tales to tell, and processes of the body need explorer Charles Stun in tempts to control and tame to be understood just as its a unique collection of western New South Wales. it; the disastrous consequendeficiencies and illnesses photographs and movie film Jack Bennett is the author ces of the meeting of Eurot aken from his "magic need to be recognised. the best-selling novel pean and Aboriginal of carpet" which enables us to This comprehensive and He was born in cultures; the vast differences Gallipoli. authoritative book is not see the world in a way it has C ape Province, South in lifestyles, from the rough varied forms from the and the joys of peace and never been seen before. only a practical study to the Africa, and travelled the and ready ingenuity deve- bicycle to the camel; celebra- prosperity. systems and senses of the Dick Smith's incredible, world as a journalist for loped by isolated pioneers to tions of social and political The text, too, presents body, but is also a re- and sometimes dangerous, many years. He joined the the imitation of English events from bush picnics to Australian history through assuring source of up to date journey takes him over some Australian Broadcasting society favoured by city Federation; the desolation memorable images; the information on the common of the most inhospitable Commission in 1974. gentry; transport in all its of famine, flood and war, captionsformingacontinuaproblems and diseases regions of the earth — over record for the first helicopter tion of the narrative of each which can be part of daily the glittering icebergs of the flight from the United States chapter's opening essay. life. Arctic, the burning deserts to Australia. "History," said Horace of the Middle East, and the This superb book, lavishly Walpole, "makes one steaming jungles of South- illustrated in colour, is both shudder and laugh by turns." east Asia. He also flies past a gripping modern adven- Christmas At Longdusks, a family reunited, a The stimulating and contensome of the world's famous ture story and a feast for the time, by Hesba Brinspicnic dinner on a patched tious picture of Australia landmarks — the Statue of eyes and mind. white damask cloth, under presented in this book will mead, illustrated by Liberty, the Leaning Tower Dick Smith is a highly trees dressed in summer not only do just that, but will Caldwell, pubJohn of Pisa, the Parthenon, the successful businessman green. It is about a simpler provide an invaluable record Pyramids, and under the with a keen sense of adven- lished by Angus & time, before the war to end of this important period of ture and a passionate interest Robertson, $9.95. Sydney Harbour Bridge. wars, in a vanished corner of our past. in aviation and its history. A beautiful book in the great Australia, and about the David Moore was born in These are just a few of the He has flown helicopters tradition of classic Christmas father who gives his youngest Sydney. After service in the highlights in the magnificent for five years and fixed-wing stories, this is a loving, child a gift she will never Australian Navy he began panorama that unfolds for over 10 years. He humorous evocation of one aircraft — forget. work in an architect's office before the reader. uses his helicopter as other very special family Christbut within three months had Dick Smith also proves people use their cars-to and mas — at a place called Pen and wash drawings by decided his future lay in You'll find sections on how that the spirit of aviation from work each day. Longtime, in the heart of John Caldwell perfectly photography. He began the body works, human adventure did not go out Dick Smith has a deep Australia's Blue Mountains. Longtime a story that will complement Hesba Brins- working with Russell Rosexuality, childbirth, preg- with the 1930s. Battling the respect for the aviators of Hesba Brinsmead, author become part of our Christ- mead's nostalgic and warm- berts and later joined Max nancy and post —natal care, elements in his tiny craft he yesteryear. He organised of the award-winning Long- mas tradition. hearted story which is both Dupain's studio before infant and child care, adoles- follows the paths of the early and led the search that time Passing and its sequel It is about a Christmas long an expression of her own joy leaving for London in 1951. cents and young adults, the aviators, setting a world discovered the wreckage of Longtime Dreaming, has ago, a Christmas of heat and in living and a celebration of mature adult, the later years, record by flying solo in a the Kookaburra aircraft, given us in Christmas at light, flowers and long the spirit of Christmas itself. & Q tr maintaining a healthy lifestyle, the human mind, emergency care and first aid. During his seven years Doctors and specialists in Grandmas and Grandpas, a The things the children abroad he travelled extena wide range of fields have gift book written by grand- saidin their letters confirmed sively and undertook assigncontributed to the book and My Granny, by Nanette changed her name from children for their grandpar- the belief that there is a very ments for Time, Life, Look, experienced general practi- Newman and Beryl Maude to Sally."....so starts will book delightful that this ents, edited by Richard & specialbondbetweengrand- Fortune, the Observer and tioners have carefully edited Cook, published by give a giggle to most granHelen Exley, published by children and grandparents: the New York Times. He it for proper use. Collins, $6.95. nies. Exley, $5.95. Grandparents in the gap also spent some time as The result is a book that is Allthe entries in this book that mothers and fathers assistant to the celebrated as invaluable to your book- "Granny learnt to dance at A whimsical gift to tuck are by real grandchildren, leave out", as CaroleBarrett portrait photographer, shelf as the dictionary... 82, a really odd-type thing into the stocking of anyone writingabout grandmas and of Norman Park Schoolput Arnold Newman. you'll soon find you can't do to do; and when she'dlearnt who is looking in the direcMajor institutions which grandpas. it. both tap and ballet, she tion of a 'rest homel without it. have collected his work include the Museum of tion, admitting love Modern Art, New York, Le where before he thought Bibliotheque Nationale, there was only hatred. Paris, the Smithsonian "... a novel of great Institute, Washington, the originality and depthNational Gallery, Canberra, ...his writing swells with and several state art galleries a dark power that makes t hroughout Australia. A spiritual fable set in the try as desolate as the state it seem, in the true sense, To The Islands, rugged far north—west of his soul. Among his many awards are inspired..." — Encounter a Special Award for Photob y Randolph of Western Australia, To But his aimless wander"...one of the rare novels graphic Excellence, New that immediately estabStow, published the Islands is the story of ings in the wilderness, York World's Fair, 1965. accompanied by the lishes itself as having an by Angus & Ro- Heriot, an old missionary faithful Aborigine Justin, first prize in the colour original life of its own." section, Nikon International bertson, as part whose faith has deserted become an initiation into — New Statesman him and who, after a Photographic Competition, the spiritual realities of Winner of the Miles of the Australian crisis at the mission, sets 1971, and the Commonthe land as the Aborigines Franklin Award and the Classics Series, out on a journey of self— know them, and Heriot wealth Award for Service to t Annual Melbourne Book Professional Photography, $9.95. discovery through councomesto his final destinaFair Award. 1979.
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WHAT'S ON GARABANDAL TALKS Father Francis A. Benac, SJ, will be in Perth December 15-28, speaking about Garabandal and its significance to us. Also he will be imparting much of his wide knowledge of the events concerning the apparitions. In 1974, Father Benac became interested in Garabandal and with his intelligence, perception, resourcefulness and command of languages soon became universally recognised as an authority on the subject. He has interviewed three of the seers, their families and many key witnesses, including Dr Morales who headed the original Commission on the apparitions and who recently, with ecclesiastical approval, reversed his
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negative attitude towards Garabandal. Father Benac has been received by the Bishop of Santander and he has also lectured extensively throughout the world on Garabandal. Meetings are as follows: Sunday December 18 at 8 pm, Bassendean Town Council Community Centre, Old Perth Road (opp Post Office), Bassendean. Monday December 19 at 7.30 pm, WAIT Hollis Theatre, Building 401, Hayman Road, Bentley.
NEXT WEEK:
•Full colour souvenir cover. •Mass timetable for holidays. •36 pages of news and pictures. I on picture coverage of Archbishop's or.rallation
WHY WE LOVE "ABIDE WITH ME" EVERYMAN at 10.20 pm on Channel Two, Thursday December 22 looks at that ever popular hymn ABIDE WITH ME In a world that no longer speaks of death and resurrection, the great Victorian hymns are the warehouses of forbidden emotions: hunger for comfort, dread of dying, hope of eternity.
The best -loved of them all is Abide with Me, which can bring a lump to the throat and tears to the eyes of millions of people who do not actually believe what the words express. Others, however, find in the verses what many experience in life today abandonment, swift changes in life around them, death, and the desire for emotional security with someone who will always be there. These situations are illustrated with
New Mirrabooka village
A happy moment for Mrs Anne Goodes of Balga as she enters her flat, watched by fellow resident Mrs Queenie Bantleman of Yokine, Mr Kent Piercy, Mirrabooka parish council president and Monsignor Michael Keating, parish priest.
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film of ordinary people — for example a group returning to the sites of their former homes which are now a green space around tower blocks. The film shares the moods of a hymn that can still take its hearers to the heart of religious emotion: images of the real world bathed in the glow of "Heaven's morning"; convictions that have not lost their power. Abide with Me is sung by the Canterbury Cathedral Boys' Choir.
Receiving residents this week St Gerard Majella parish's joint housing development with the State Housing C ommission comes to fulfilment this week as the residents move into the first 20 units at the corner of Majella Road, Mirrabooka. In the first Catholic contract of its kind with the SHC St Gerard's parish provided about one hectare of land only a short walk from the church and the SHC will pay for five of every six units built on the site. In the $300,000 project so far the land is deemed to be worth $45,000 and St Gerard's one-sixth share of the cost of the units is $15,000 per unit. Twenty units have been built and there is room for 22 more at a later stage. As a result of the contract St Gerard's parish has been allowed to choose half of the tenants, who must conform to SHC qualifications regarding pension, small assets and so on. The parish has supplied the management committee which worked closely with the SHC in the selection of deserving tenants. Single tenants will pay $16 per week and married couples $26. The idea of units for the elderly developed when St Gerard's parish found land originally acquired for school expansion would no longer be required. Although other bodies have made such contracts with the SHC, St Gerard's was the first Catholic one to take advantage of the offer.
The agreement was signed in August last year and the units are now ready just 14 months later. —The Church with the cooperation of the SHC has b een able to help low income people remain in the area in their advancing years," said Mirrabooka parish priest Monsignor Michael Keating as he enthusiastically welcomed the first tenants on Wednesday. "They will stay close to in many their families cases to their own children and grandchildren. In this way they remain close also to our Church family, the parish of St Gerard's. "Across the road they will have the constant company and friendship of the youngsters at St Gerard's school. "I am hoping this will be a good experience for the children and the pensioners. "I have been delighted with the full co-operation of the SHC officials and their willingness to share their e xpertise in assessing applicants, and help with moving. —They have shown great sensititivy to the needs of the elderly ... The units are built with every convenience and will be landscaped by the commission. "Surely many other parishes could seek a similar arrangement and keep their elderly within the parish framework and close to the Church and school." he said.