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• Pope John Paul's special Lenten message again emphasises suffering, See page 2. • Big Irish festival planned for Perth has plenty of drama, music, See page 2. • Australian Catholic Relief aunches Project Compassion, See page 3. • 'Communist Church' claim , false, See page 6.
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This was one of the observations made by Mr Frank Brennan SJ towards the close of his 50 minute opening address last „Ali Monday night to 240 people at the Cathedral parish centre.
"Hopefully, they can discharge the function of advocate if that is desired by particular Aboriginal groups if none others are available to do the task. " And of course we must act as watchdog for the interests of the least advantaged in our society." Mr Brennan was discussing the role of the churches in the Aboriginal Land Rights question which he had reviewed earlier from the point of view of moral principles, of accommodation of mining interests and of the powers of C ommonwealth and State governments. He came to WA at the invitation of Archbishop Foley who said he wanted to help Catholics to be able to respond t o the invitation of the Seaman Discussion Paper to offer their views on the subject. Mr Brennan spoke to groups of priests from Perth and Bunbury as well as specialist groups of laity. He also attended meetings in Moora and Kalgoorlie. In the second half of Monday night's meeting, Mr Brennan spent more than an hour answering questions. many of them taking issue with his view of the impact land rights would have on the mining future of this country. (The full text of Mr Brennan's address will be printed next week.) Pursuing his concluding observations on the role of the churches he continued: "Pastors concerned for the welfare of Aboriginal people are only too well aware of the need for security in land for Aboriginal communities. "Pastors and all concerned Christians are only too well aware of the need for a legal order which is just and protective of all that citiiens, regard as precious or sacred no matter what their cultural or religious beliefs. • Cont page 12
Suffering for all says John Paul Pope John Paul has again emphasised world suffering in a special message from
the Vatican, this time in his message for
Lent. In his message, the pope said: How many times have we read and listened to t he awesome text from Chapter 25 of the Gospel according to Saint Matthew: "When the Son of man comes in his glory ..., he will say ... 'Come 0 blessed of my Father ... for I was hungry and you gave me food ...'"! Yes, the Redeemer of the world experiences the hungers of all his hungry brothers and sisters. He suffers with those who cannot feed their bodies: all those peoples that are victims of drought or unfavourable economic conditions, all those families affected by unemployment or scarcity of work.
Pope John Paul receives the credentials of the Australian Ambassador to the Holy See, Sir Peter Lawler. Can we be allowed to forget that the world is meant to be built, not destroyed? In a word, Christ suffers with all the victims of material, moral and spiritual poverty. "I was hungry and you gave me food ..., I was a stranger and you welcomed me .... I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me" (Mt 25:35-36). It is to each one of us that these words will be addressed at the Day of Judgment. But they already challenge us and judge us. Giving from our surplus and even from what we need for ourselves is not always a spontaneous reaction of our nature. It is precisely for this reason t hat we must constantly cast a fraternal glance at our fellow human beings and their lives; it is precisely for this reason that we stimulate within ourselves this hunger and thirst for sharing, for justice and for peace. so that we shall really undertake deeds that will help to assist individuals and peoples that are hard pressed. Dear brothers and sisters, at this season of Lent in the Jubilee Year of the Redemption, let us he more deeply converted: let us be more sincerely reconciled with God and with our neighbour.
Must feed people A nd yet our earth can and must feed all its inhabitants. from the youngest children to the aged, and including all the categories of those who work. Christ also suffers with those who rightly hunger for justice and for respect for their human dignity; he suffers with those who are deprived of their fundamental liberties, with those who are neglected or. worse still, exploited in their state of poverty. Christ suffers with those who yearn for an equitable and universal peace, while this peace is being destroyed or threatened by so many conflicts and by a senseless excessive build-up of arms.
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PopeJohn Paulbeatified Sister Baouardy on November 13 last year.
Nazareth Sister Bauouardy w as born in Abellin, a town near Nazareth, in 1846. K nown as "the tiny A rab," she helped f ound in i871 the first Carmelite monastery in India, and in 1875 she founded a C armelite monastery in Bethlehem. S he died in 1878 and was buried in the B eth l ehem monastery.
A feast of theatre and music The fourth annual Fleadh Irish Festival b egins Saturday March 10 with the St Patrick's Ball in the Macedonian Centre North Perth. On St Patrick's Day, Bishop Healy will celebrate Mass at 10.30am in St Joseph's church, Subiaco. The Irish Club will open its doors at noon. I.unch is already booked out. Music throughout the day will be provided by the Sean Doherty Band (1 to 3pm), The Colonials (4-6pm), and Raves (8-12). The Irish Theatre's production of Brendan Behan's world famous play The Hostage opens at the Dolphin Theatre Thursday, March 15 at 8pm continuing on March 16, 1 7. 22,23,24.
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MARCH 31 "The Convict Priests", the story of the first priests transported to Australia at the time of the Irish rebellion. APRIL 4 Irish traditional music competitions starting at 10am. Details from Fiona Doherty 455 1303. Ceili with Pure Drop and Sean and Seamus McMahon starting at 8pm. APRIL 14 Concert of Irish traditional music featuring some of Perth's top traditional singers and musicians. APRIL 18 "Moore's Melodies" A chance to enjoy
Features Irish Club features include: MARCH 14 "Patsy Durack — Overlander" A look at the life and times of the patriarch of one of Australia's great pioneering families, told in music word and song. MARCH 20 "The Fair Hills of Ireland". A look at the Irish through the media of poetry and folksong. MARCH 21 Folk Night, featuring some of Perth's b est folksingers and musicians.
Bacolod 'tourist centre' MANILA — Bacolod City gaol has become a major tourist attraction in the Philippines, says Father Brian Gore. Thousands of people have visited Father Gore, the two other priests. Father Niall O'Brian and Father Vicente Dangan, and the six lay workers, all held in the gaol on murder charges. -They come to see for themselves these priests who have been charged with murder,- Father Brian told me by telephone from the gaol -They talk with us. And they cry for us.
JERUSALEM — M ayor Tawfick Z ayad has invited Pope John Paul to visit Bethlehem for ceremonies dedicating a street to beatified Carmel ite S ister Mar ia Baouardy, according t o Italian Press reports.
-They see how we are living and it brings tears to their eyes. It is worse for these people to see us like this than it is for us to be here.Father Brian said that the priests were "very grateful" to Australia's Foreign Minister Mr Bill Hayden for his support during the minister's visit to Manila. "And we have written to President Marcos thanking him for ensuring a speedy trial," he added
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some of the most beautiful lyrics and poetry ever to be written about Ireland. The WA Opera Company will present a John McCormack evening at the WA Opera Centre, His Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday. April 10 at 8pm. There will he an Irish Gourmet evening put on by the Fleadh 84 committee at the Monopole Restaurant with music by the Pure Drop on Thursday. March 2'. For bookings and details for all events phone 381 5213. 381 3161, 322 5935, 342 7811. ROME — A 101-year-old w oman, who has been looking after her 74year -old daughter, a Parkinson's disease victim, was kissed and blessed by the pope, w hen he visited her parish church. Settimia Lanini, who w as born in Tuscany in 1883, has been looking a fter her daughter for y ears despite her own great age. The pope's encouragement and blessing moved her to tears.
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-ISBON, (NC) The Portuguese Parliament Bill which drops the legal penalties for abortions in ,:ases of fetal deformity, pregnancy following rape And when the mother's life is in danger was opposed by the Catholic bishops. The Bill does not formally legalise abortion but waives prosecution. It was sponsored by the ruling Socialist Party. The Socialists said the aim of the Bill is to end the 200,000 illegal abortions a year. Another Bill, sponsored by the Communist Party. which would have lega' ised abortion was defeated. Prior to passage of the Bill the bishops issued a joint pastoral letter reiterating t he Church's moral opposition to abortion and asking Parliament to reject the Bill Individual bishops also issued strong criticisms. Cardinal Antonio Ribeiro of Lisbon called on Catholics not to vote for parties and politicians favouring the Bill. About 94 per cent of Portugal's 10 million population is Catholic.
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ADELAIDE — A new s chool funding s cheme has been launched here by one of the major building c ontractors for Catholic schools in South Australia.
D evtem Holdings Proprietary Limited, which is the parent c ompany of Devon Constructions and System Built, launched the n ew finance scheme at the opening of its new display village at Cavan The company has been responsible for building, restoring and m aintaining over 50 Catholic schools in South Australia. T he new funding scheme will now offer an alternative method f or Catholic schools to provide f inance for construction and maintenance. I t has been designed to o vercome delays to projects which otherwise could not p roceed due to shortfalls in funds. A nnouncing the scheme, the m anaging director of Devtem Holdings, Mr Norm Tanti said that although Federal and State Governments subsidised private s chools, there was always a shortfall in funds. Mr Tanh said his company has negotiated with its bank -backed merchant bankers to devise the scheme, which basically operates on a - build now — pay later basis
Most Third World people are poor, uneducated, ill-fed. Most are simple, decent people whose only care in life is to feed their families and live in peace. You read or see pictures of the Calcutta slums and of the 500,000 people who live there on the streets. Never have I seen such poverty. It's frightening. You feel ashamed and sense hostility. You want to get away as soon as possible. Yet one day with Indian friends we went to one squatter area along the road to the airport.
Tiny huts covered in burlap rested one against A frica is currently undergoing what may well be the the other, none more than four feet high, for a worst drought of the century. It involves two dozen square kilometre around us. At the home of one countries and more than 150 million people. of the leaders of the community organisation there we sat with him and his family in the doorway to their hut while he talked of plans for getting the government to give them the land and of their housing VATICAN CITY. An Italian priest killed on the island programme. of Woodlark off Papua New Guinea was beatified His children played by Pope John Paul in St Peter's Basilica last week. around, poking their Father Mazzucconi was 29 when he was killed in 1855. heads over their father's A ccording to letters from Father Mazzucconi and six shoulders to watch us. other missionaries, the population of Rook and Woodlark Islands led a primitive life. They had His wife served sugared no tools and did not practice agriculture. tea. The missionaries introduced farming and medicine to Soon the sense of fear the islands, and attempted to make peace between and shame was gone.
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The celebration of Lent is much like the celebration of birthdays. The more they are celebrated the more often they come around. Those who have seen many Lents know that it is not really twelve months since Lent 1983. Children and heady youth relish birthdays because they are a long time in coming, because they have not woken up to the fact that countdown has started, that instead of counting the years since birth we are really totting up the years that remain. Then a respectful pall of silence descends on the subject. Lent exercises the same deception. The first few Lents are a bit of a giggle, resisting the odd chocolate, stubbing out the persistent cigarette, waving back the extra drink. but if it's about holiness, then there is always another year before taking the serious stuff. Yet just as with birthdays, so too are the Lenten sands running out. What a pity we don't blow on the ram's horn from our church steps to ask the passer-by if he is any better than he was this time last year. If not, why not? What has he been doing these past twelve months? The problem is that today we would have to take time off to explain what Ash Wednesday is all about, what Lent means. He can remember back as far as the Ash Wednesday fires in Victoria but what else is there to say? Perhaps it would be different if Lent was once again a great tribal celebration with hordes of people plodding around in their baggy rags, begrimed with ashes. Group penance then would be an attraction. A sense of solidarity would give heart to the cause. Individuals who are slow to dip their toe into the waters of holiness would not mind joining the stampede down to the river where John the Baptist is thundering out his message of repentance and conversion from sin.
But attractive as it may seem the solidarity of public penance has to give way to the personal good it is meant t o achieve In the gospel reading for Ash Wednesday Jesus tells us to wash our grimy faces, close the door when we pray and if we have made a donation to the poor then revel in the knowledge that not another soul in the street knows about it. It is not much satisfaction to know that the benefit of our Lentan penance will be known only when it is all over. There once was a feeling of pride in spotting a neighbour who was passing up a succulent meat course on a Friday. The Friday meeting of neighbours at the fish shop was a sign of spiritual respectability. If penance was the order of the day, then we were all for it. To find the occasional Anglican or Protestant also pecking at fish did more for ecumenism than all the meetings at Canterbury. We were in this together. The question will be revived again when in May the Australian bishops sit down to the pages of the revised code of canon law which points out that penance never disappeared from the rule books no matter what we did to the fishing and meat industries in the Friday Revolution. If the bishops had only to theorise about penance their task would be easy but they have to decide on what practical penance, if any, they should recommend to the people of Australia who want to take the gospel seriously.
Some radical thinkers believe Australia would be a better place if there was an economic purge, if the tap of economic affluence could be turned off, but for those who are already pressed hard by unemployment this is a sick reflection on the good life. Others may suggest that the bishops have us fiddle again in the kitchen, devising foods that are unpleasant to eat, whittling away at the coffee, tea, cigarettes, beer and other home comforts. At that moment the joggers pound past on the footpath. They gave up fancy foods long ago. They already eat in moderation and they are a hundred times more healthy as a result. But is it a penance? They seem to be enjoying
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Penance of the body can become a fashion but penance of the spirit is another matter. Because it is more difficult to measure the health of the soul does not mean that there are not vices to be curbed, spiritual muscles to be toned up. That is why Jesus' message was described as Good News, as a medicine for the sickness of sin, as a recipe for sanity in a world thdi falls apart, a treaty of love and reconciliation where there is hatred and acrimony, a pact to replace greed with justice. Penance, even in Lent, is a very private affair but its results are very public. That is what the pagans noticed about the early Christians. That is why they wanted to join them. The public test of the private Lenten penance ought to be visible forty days from now. Otherwise we have put off the celebration of Lent for another year and time is running out.
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They weren't angry at anyone (perhaps thc should have been!). They were simple and good people devoted to each other, seeking a little land, a better house, running water in taps, an elementary school for the children. For thcsethe father and mother were willing to give their lives. Turn now to the tribal people who are the most exploited people in the Third World. The Dumagat tribe in the mountains of my own diocese have nothing but a few tools like knives, fish hooks, bows and arrows. They live in lean-tos. They are illiterate and half the children die in infancy. They have no fixed agriculture. They believe in spirits. Yet they are "the gentle people", as one of our writers has called them. They are cheated by the lowland Christians, yet they themselves do not lie, steal, fight, argue, or amass private property. They say they have no enemies. They welcome you. share the little they have. offer you the best sleeping place under the leantoThese tribal people are a small percentage of Third World people. perhaps no more than 510 per cent in all, yet the millions of our poor farmers and fishermen are closer to the ways of these gentle people than the ways of our educated. Westernised middle class There are also thieves, liars, murderers and swindlers. No country lacks these. But the overwhelming majority of the Third World are the people I have talked of. They are d ecent , simple. hardworking. They are our brothers and sisters, since God is our common Father. They are our family. "Who are my brothers and sisters?" Jesus asked. and pointed to the crowds that followed Him. We can no more turn away from them than we can from our own brothers and sisters in trouble. Strange perhaps to think of the squatter or the tribal as brother and sister. We should be happy to have such good people as brothers and sisters.
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'When we discuss a situation, we will, at the same time, compare it with the Gospel or the social doctrine of the Church and then organise our activities from this position. "So the truth must come t hrough. That is the only possible method for the b asic Chr i st ian communities. The analysis cannot be only scientific or only popular It must be a mixture of both Cardinal Arns said he placed a lot of trust in the r eligious common sense of the people
"The people are so religious that when you ask them about Marx they do not know if he had a beard or if he lived before or after Christ. "But they know all about the Gospel and read it as their book," he said.
Basic The cardinal said basic Christian communities were o ne of the changes in Church and community life inspired by Vatican II and the Medellin (1968) and Puebla ( 1979) conferences of the Latin American bishops Another message of Vatican II and the Latin American bishops conferences was the formation and encouragement of youth "Youth have to discover
Image The idea the Church in Brazil was communist was a misleading image developed through the mass media. He said in elections 90 per cent of Brazilians voted for the centre, 4 per cent for communists and 4 per cent for the right wing. "We are anti-communist, as we are now becoming anti -capitalist because of capitalism's unbridled nature," he said The cardinal said the Medellin conference of Latin American bishops in 1968 taught the unbridled form of free enterprise capitalism never put man in the centre of history, only gain. "Capital is for the worker, not the worker for the capital," he said. "Workers must live from their work and not work for the gain of the owners " Cardinal Arns said Pope John Paul in his encyclical
on Work, Laborem Exercens, offered three just social structures of work: one in which the workers could be the owners of an enterprise, co-management of workers and owners as another, workers and owners share the profits of an enterprise. This latter option would be a -real solution", he said. In the absence of these three options, the workers should be paid better salar.,, he said. This in itself might allow them to eventually become owners of their own plant. Cardinal Arns said the Catholic social teaching that each person had a right to own private property had to be honoured and kept.
Distinction He drew a distinction between property which was essential for the owner and his family's private living and "'common property" "Industry is common prop erty,.. he said "Industry is another type of property because it's the result of the work of many people "It's not the result of the work of a few, or the owner,' Another economic problem which afflicts Brazil and other Latin American countries was the enormous foreign debt owed by Brazil and its neighbors
A nalysis "All our teachers in the seminaries are practising Catholics. What they teach can be influenced by Marxist analysis but it isn't Marxist analysis itself." Cardinal Arns said he was surprised and happy to be invited to Australia and the Manst Youth Festival — the problems of youth were one of his major pastoral concerns in Sao Paulo. He also said Brazil and Australia had other things in common besides young people to attract his interest: a similar climate and environment; an indigenous population decimated by European colonisation; and large-scale immigration from many different continents and countries in the last 100 years.
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"You cannot discuss a programme in a basic Christian commmunity without having in mind the plan of God, of what is in the Gospel, in the Revelation, in the social doctrine of the Church," he said.
what they can and have to do," Cardinal Arns said. "They have to see the whole world is one, that all nations and individuals are interdependent, and be conscious of their responsibility for the world " The youth of South America, as the social, economic and cultural wealth of the continent grew, would one day be in a postion to exert an international influence, he said.
The cardinal is famous for his defence of human rights. His confrontations with government security forces have led to a Church-owned radio station being closed down and the diocesan newspaper being heavily censored. The basic Christian communities of Sao Paulo are a source of support for the c ardinal in his defence of human rights. He said insistence on the Gospel and reliance on the religious faith of the Brazilian people prevented secular humanist and Marxist ideas infiltrating the basic Christian commmunities.
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from MRS ELIZABETH PHIL LIPS, Bicton Sir, — I am not affiliated with any political party, I do not wish to enter into any debates, discussions and so on but I am a concerned Catholic voter looking for honest, unbiased answers. I am becoming disillusioned with all political parties and to become apathetic and resigned in these troubled times is to deny our Christian heritage. In the early days of our country. Catholics were in a minority. Aided by the courage and eloquence of some of the laity, Father — later Bishop — Martin Griver in WA, and Archbishop Mannix in Victoria were but two of the spiritual leaders of Australian Catholics, who were deeply involved in the struggle for civic equality. Theoretically, Catholic Emancipation had been granted in 1829 — in practical terms this was not SO. Catholics continued to press for reforms and defend their constitutional rights. With this background it is
logical that Catholics in general became involved in Labor Party politics. However, over the intervening years the Labor Party has developed a strong Left Wing and become more involved in socialism and the humanist philosophy. A s a result of these changes and because our elections are based on party politics, I now find it difficult to understand how any good Christian, most of all Catholics can be involved with Labor Party politics. They may be devout sincere Christians in themselves, but how can they support and encourage a leader who declares himself to be an agnostic and whose policies include the erosion of traditional Christian values?
Christ will not accept fringe friendship, He said "He who is not with Me is against Me" (Luke 11:23). The family unit is the f oundation of our society and yet it is attacked and denigrated on all sides by insidious undermining of our social structures. It has even been seriously suggested that Ministers of our government (who fit the category) should, at the tax payers expense, take their mistresses overseas while representing our country. I have been told that the Left Wing is a minority and does not control the Labor Party. How is it then that the minority can override the other members with laws which erode our Christian standard? Where are the members
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of the Right and Centre factions? I am not suggesting that sincere people who belong to the Jewish, Buddhist or other recognised non-Christian religions should embrace Christianity. Most of these established religions have social structures which are basically the same in principle as Christianity and do not fall into the category of humanism or hedonism. An open forum could result in letters which resort to h ysterical poppycock and emotional public mud slinging which has been all too prevalent amongst our politicians of recent years. This would engender bigotry, lower the tone of a civilised religious paper and give no satisfactory answers to genuine questions.
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DATELINE. . . overseas news roundup MALAGA, Spain (NC) — Spain's Catholic bishops have been among the leading critics of the Socialist government's education policies. The bishop's Commission for Education has
a ccused the government of trying to impose an
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agnostic vision of the world on public school students. A mong specific government actions cited by the
c ommission were the purchase of a controversial sex education book for school libraries by the province of Andalusia's Office of Education and a directive f rom the province of Asturias' Department of E ducation and Learning, which said prayers must be limited to religion classes. The bishops also said that in other parts of the c ountry the Church "has also had difficulties in maintaining in the public schools religious signs so universal and so common among the Spanish people as the crucifix," O f Spain's 37.6 million population, almost 99 percent profess Catholicism. In a Press release, the bishop's commission said the book, "Sexual Information for Children," by Danish writer Benth H. Claeson, "greatly exceeds the tolerable limits for any adult Christian conscience and even for those who have a minimal respect for the modesty and dignity of children."
Briefs: ElMONTEVIDEO — More than 90,000
L—lpeople have disappeared or been abducted in Latin America according to Senor Loyola Guzman, president of the Latin American Association of parents of those who have disappeared or been abducted At a press conference in Uruguay, Senor Guzman said there were 35.000 cases in Guatemala alone. 30,000 in Argentina, 7000 in El Salvador, 700 in Chile, 500 in Mexico. 200 in Bolivia. 200 in Peru. 160 in Brazil, 100 in Paraguay, 100 in Columbia. and 17 in Uruguay He said abductions were usual not only in military dictatorships but also in democratic states, even if in that case it was not a question of state-organised groups being responsible for the kidnappings
E ROME. --- Pope John Paul is making "phenomenal" progress in the Korean language. ready for his trip to South Korea in May. He has already twice celebrated Mass in his private chapel in Korean, bringing tears to the eyes of a visiting group of Korean Religious. He began to study the language last October and can now confidently make a spontaneous address in Korean. He has an intensive 40-minute lesson three or four times a week coached by a 50-year -old Korean priest. Passionist Father John Chang, who says he is astounded by the progress of his pupil.
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Tough draft The US bishops may have NEW YORK a tougher task drafting their proposal p astoral letter on their nation's economy than they had writing their recent pastoral letter on war, peace, and nuclear weapons, according to Father Theodore Hesburgh, president of Notre Dame University. Father Heburgh was speaking at the opening of a three-day symposium which brought together theologians, businessmen, economists and politicians to discuss what should go into the pastoral. T he first draft is expected to be completed by next November but only to be made public after the presidential election.
LONDON A priceless Roman lamp, bought in an English junk shop in 1945 for 10 shillings, is to be returned to Rome The bronze lamp, the size of a teacup and surmounted by a cock and the Greek letters Chi and Rho (the first two letters of Christ), was bought, along with another lamp, by James Kendall because it resembles burners used by the religious organisation Toc H with which he was involved Toc H sent both lamps to the British Museum, who declared them to be genuine Catacomb lamps One has since disappeared, but the one remaining is to be returned to the Keeper of the Catacombs
Need for change in society VATICAN CITY (NC) -- To gain peace in the modern world, the logic of society must change to allow truth to defeat falsehood, Pope John Paul ll said at a weekly general audience. The Christian community, especially the laity, had a duty to participate actively in the social and cultural life of the world the pope told 6,000 people in the Pope Paul VI auditorium. "In order for peace to be won, a change of logic inside our civilisation is necessary. "It is necessary for the truth to defeat the lie," the pope said. "That can happen only if love prevails in the heart of every person," he said. -Then society can use the dignity of the person as its fulcrum, and will see on its horizon the propspective of better days." The Christian, he said, should never avoid the task of bringing to modern man "the possibility of a human society that is more true, more just and more permeated with the spirit of peace." "Belief in Christ touches every dimension of our life, not only the personal and private, but the cultural and social as well," he said. "The laity in particular are called to contribute to the common good of their fellow citizens.
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"Because of the secular nature of their vocation and through the union with Christ in faith, they are able to build a society of truth and love, and to work for enduring peace and justice in the world." the pope
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Sovereign to Ukraine r etain woman gaoled 'power' MOSCOW: A court in Z hitomir Ukraine has s entenced a Cathol ic woman Sofia Belyak, 30, to five years of camps and five years internal exile. She was charged with " anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda". Sofia Belyak was an organist at the Catholic church in Zhitomir. In May 1983 the KGB
LONDON (NC) — In the event of reunion between the Anglican a nd Cathol i c churches, the English monarch could continue as supreme g overnor of the Church of England, a ccording to two members of the Anglican-Roman Catholic I nternat ional Commission. The members of the c ommission, commonly known by its initials ARCIC, were appointed by Anglican and Catholic officials. In An ARCIC Catechism, published by t he Catholic Truth Society, the two ARCIC members, Jesuit Father E.J. Yarnold and Anglicanpatristicscholar Henry Chadwick, discussed how Anglicans could accept the bishop of Rome as u niversal primate "when the queen is by law 'supreme governor' of the Church of England." They said the problem applies only to the Church of England and not to the other 25 churches of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and effective control of the Church of England is largely exercised not by the monarch but by the General Synod. composed of Anglican laity, priests and bishops. "There does not seem to be any fundamental reason why the sovereign should not be supreme governor of a Church of England united with Rome. if his or her authority is confined to the temporal well-being of the Church." they said. A t various times in history monarchs have exercised similar power w ithin the Catholic Church, and under some concordats secular European governments have been granted by the Vatican "no less power in the nomination of bishops t han is possessed today in England by the crown." they added. Concordats are treaties between the Vatican and governments defining church-state .relations
conducted a search at her home and in the summer 0( 1983 she was "cautioned" by the authorities f or distributing a book on t he Fatima Miracle and f or maintaining links with t he Polish free trade union Solidarity.
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How do people change? What is required if people are to grow or expand horizons, if they are to resolve conflicts or decide to take a better course in their lives? The season of Lent has a way of raising such questions. Images of Lent point to a people on the move, people taking steps that will change their lives: • There is the image of the Israelite people and how they moved out of slavery and toward the land promised them -- a story repeated every year in the church on the eve of Easter. • There is the Lenten image drawn from Christianity's early centuries, when those who intended to become members of the church took a series of final steps toward baptism on Easter. Lent is a time when Christians ponder their own "pilgrimages. It is a time when Christians think about the fact that change — conversion, transformation, new life —is possible. They consider the ways personal life, relationships, communities, even a tension-filled world, can be renewed. Pope John PaulII often talks about the potential for change.
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Ash Wednesday and the days beyond... Someone said that because of recent discoveries and because of the power of modern communications, 20th century Christians know m ore about the Church of the first century than did the Christians of the second century. S cholars have been learning more and more about how the first members of the Church lived and thought. In recent d ecades, the Church's roots have b een closely scrutinised. In light of that, as we begin another Lent, it is only natural to wonder how Christians in the first years after the death and resurrection of the Lord observed the season of Lent. T he surprising a nswer is, they didn't. The first Christians on the first day of the week, the Lord's day, for their celebration of God's victory over death Each Sunday was — and is — a "little Easter." Only later did a special annual celebration of Christ's passion, death and resurrection come to be observed.
As the number of b el ievers grew, Easter became the logical date for their initiation into the community of the C hurch. Anyone who has participated in the C hurch's Easter Vigi l service has heard the echo of this tradition:
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By Patricia Davis f "This is the night when Christians e verywhere, washed clean of sin and freed from all defilement, are restored to grace and grow together in holiness." Of course, Easter is still seen as a special time for baptisms. To prepare those about to be baptised in the early Church f or this "most b lessed of al l nights," a period of fasting — originally just a couple of days
or a week — was observed. But by the f ourth century the preparation time h ad been lengthened to 40 days. It later came to be known as Lent, a w ord meaning "spring." Our time has seen the restored Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. Now Lent is again experienced as the great retreat in the Church, when Catholics can be with and support those who are preparing for baptism at Easter. And we remember our own baptism. T he first word spoken to me when I am marked with ashes at the beginning of Lent sets the tone of the season. "Remember," the minister says, and t he word echoes down the 40 days. The Gospel for Ash Wednesday names the practices which mark all of Lent: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. • Prayer: Matthew's Gospel reminds us t hat 'prayer's purpose is not applause. Rather, prayer is for t he eyes of God "who sees what is hidden." Thus, each
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The young man cries with agony as he drags the cross through the neighbourhood. On both sides of the man, soldiers prod and shove him. Soon the weight of the cross is too much for him and he stumbles and falls. This re-enactment of the Way of the Cross is repeated dozens of times in Mexican -American parishes throughout the southwestern United States.
Christian can adapt time -tried Lenten disciplines to his or her own needs. • Fasting: It is not tht food is bad. It is that food is good — worth sharing, worth respecting. Beyond the fasting that the whole Church does, I may also fast daily from junk food, join Bread for World or Opera non Rice Bowl and promote ways for the earth's food to be shared, and learn to substitute grains for meat. • Almsgiving: The practice of providing for the needs of others can take so many forms. I can join my parish in its monthly staffing of a soup kitchen. I could write a long letter to a friend who needs to hear from me. Or, when the day for tax returns arrives, I could view it as a time to rework my personal budget in light of gospel priorities. All the personal and community ac tions of Lent are ways of responding to the Ash Wednesday cry of the prophet Joel: "Re turn to me with your whole heart."
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As the man walked into his home, he heard angry voices u pstai rs. He couldn't make out the words but then he didn't need to: he knew. His wife and daughter were arguing about the disreputable state of the d aughter ' s bedroom.
Distressed, the man stood indecisively in the hall. Then his wife came angrily down the stairs. Eventually the man went up to his daughter's room and found what he expected -chaos, a jumble of toys and clothes piled high. Now he too felt angry. A s always, the scene ended in an impasse with everyone thoroughly upset. The family felt caught in a t roublesome pattern t hat kept repeating itself. But they didn't know how to change it. A s yet, they hadn't actually decided to take any steps that would
alter the pattern in a positive way. Does that scenario sound familiar? Though it seems incredible that the same kinds of tensions can be repeated week after deadly week, according to psychologists people tend to pedal fast rather than change their established routine. By and large, the prospect of personal change is frightening. As psychologist Howard Bregman said, people will put up with an "astounding" level of discomfort to avoid change. No matter how uncomfortable they are, it's "easier dealing with what's known than with t he unknown," added the marriage and family counsellor. People resist, the counsellor stressed, because every personal change "involves a tradeoff. You have to give up some-
By Katharine Bird thing to get something." He offered the example o f the alcoholic who says he can't quit drinking or "he'll lose his wife." Explaining the seeming contradiction in the man's statement. Bregman said the alcoholic often finds a protective shield in alcohol. But then, having developed a rather poor way of thinking about himself, he's afraid to stop drinking and face himself. He may regard
Keep hope alive God's people were in exile in Babylon. They had no hope of e ver getting h ome again. T he prophet E zekiel was hard-pressured t o keep the Israelites' hopes alive.
Katharine Bird takes up the topic of personal change. What makes change difficult? And what can be done to help bring worthy changes about? In her interview with a psychologist, we learn why it is easier to deal with the known than with the unknown. Ms Bird is an associate editor of the Know Your Faith series. Patricia Davis provided some insights into the roots of Lent and discusses some contemporary Lenten practices. Lent is the church's season for a great retreat, she states. Ms Davis is a theologian living in Washington, DC Finally, Father John Castelot looks for clues to the meaning of the Lenten season in Scripture. After discussing the famous story of the dry bones that come to life, he mentions some of the ways Christians today might like to see new flesh put on old bones.
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The same scene had been repeated every weekend for the past year.
A sh Wednesday and the days beyond. What is this season known as Lent all about? Perhaps Lent is a time of pilgrimage — a time to journey toward worthwhile goals and changes. What kinds of change, transformation or conversion would people like to see in their lives?
Like the change of seasons, people have to change throughout their lives or they begin living in the past. The major religions recognise this need, finding a time in their yearly cycle to focus on self-evaluation and the potential for personal change. For Christians, Lent provides an opportunity to assess relationships to God, to other persons and to the world
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I n fact, Ezekiel needed to have his o wn hopes bolstered. They were bolstered when he was favoured with a n encouraging vision, the vision of the dry bones. In his vision, Ezekiel describes the Lord leading him into the centre of a vast plain. It is littered with human bones dry, scattered, utterly lifeless. Ezekiel hears the Lord asking him: "Son of man, can these bones come to life?" To this Ezekiel could only reply: "Lord God, you alone know that" The Lord told Ezekiel to prophesy over the bones, saying, "Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!" As the prophet watched, the bones started to come together, clickety-clack, clickety-clack. Soon they were covered with sinew and flesh, but remained lifeless. Once again the Lord told Ezekiel to prophesy in His name with the words, "From the four winds come, 0 spirit, and breathe into these slain that they may come to life." Ezekiel
There's life in those bones By Father John Castelot did as he was told and suddenly a wind sprang up, symbol of the creative spirit of the Lord. The wind brought life to the skeletons and soon a vast army stood at attention in the plain. Then God reproved the people for losing hope and saying, "Our bones are dried up, our hope is lost and we are cut off." A nd He entrusted Ezekiel with a reassuring promise: "0 My people, I will open your graves and have you r ise from them and bring you back to the land of Israel." Ezekiel's vision conveys a message. Neither as a people nor as individuals need we ever give up hope. God can go as far as the grave to recreate us. Raising His son from the dead was assurance of this.
Matthew's Gospel speaks of Jesus' death and resurrection in a way that recalls Ezekiel's vision: "Suddenly. ..the earth quaked, boulders split, tombs opened. Many bodies of the saints who had f al len asleep were raised. After Jesus' resurrection they came forth from their tombs and entered the holy city and appeared to man." (27) This is the prospect Lent holds out: victory over death. "I have promised, and I will do it, says the Lord." It means that Lent is a season of hope, of promises. It points to the possibilities for new life. But to be truly one with Christ, people must follow along the same path He did. And during Lent people can look for the occasions in their lives when they gain some understanding of what dying and receiving new life might mean. Most people have some experience of failure, for instance. Or they go through a period when they are depressed and not feeling good about themselves. No matter how hard they try, they can't shake this feeling of f ailure or of being depressed. Then later, after they become more hopeful about themselves once again, they may feel it took some activity on God's part to pull them out of it. They may realise a little better what Ezekiel was talking about in his wonderful and hopeful vision.
himself as "worthless." Yet, despite people's reluctance, psychologists and religious leaders alike emphasise that - transformation — is an important human task. And it is possible. Bregman commented t hat people have to change throughout life or they begin living in the past. The major religions recognise this need, finding a time in their yearly cycle to focus on self-evaluation and the potential for personal change.
For Christians, he added. Lent provides an opportunity "to assess relationships to God, to other persons and to the world." Jews do much the same thing during Yom Kippur. In Bregman's experience, it is often a crisis that forces a person to take steps to change an established pattern. A crisis may stem from a variety of sources. Sometimes, he added, "It involves the risk of a loss," such as a spouse threatening to leave an unhappy marriage. At this point, recognising "they can't go it alone," people may seek help from a friend, a counsellor or an outside a gency. Bregman explained.
What about the family that argued repeatedly of the state of their child's room? In that case the husband and wife turned to a professional for help. They decided a change was necessary and sought outside guidance. But making a decision to seek change is only the first step. Bregman stressed that much more will be needed -- including support and encouragement from others. Some people are so unforgiving of themselves that they consider "any small failure a total failure," he stressed. That in itself can get in the way of persona; change.
For the disciples, meeting Jesus again after the r esurrection was the kind of experience t hat would g radually change their lives ... Peace, a bove all, seems to be the quality he communicated and forgiveness the key to peace." ("The New Testament as Pers o n a l R eading, ' ' e dited by Ronan Drury, 1983). -It sounds woefully banal to say but it takes time — life experience — to learn about God." ("The New Testament as Pers o n a l R eading," e dited by Ronan Drury, 1983). -The New Testament as Pers o n a l R eading," e dited by Ronan Drury. The short, reflective chapters in this book take the reader on a personal journey with Scripture. One writer, Sean Freyne, speaks here of Mark's Gospel. It presents real life people, capable of engaging us, the readers, in their tensions and struggles, yet also challenging us to see things differently," he states. Another writer, Sister J osephine N ewman, speaks of the journey of growth in life that a Christian takes. God's mystery, "imprinted in the human heart, is encountered in and through the journey of one's self as it strugglestoawaken and respond to the callofthatpresence within," she writes.
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Postal services in Australia have made big advances since July, 1975, when the old PMG Department was broken up into twocommissions,Australia Post and Telecom Australia. C.J. (Mel) Beck, WA manager of Australia Post, expressed this view with conviction as we sat in the comfort of his big, highceilinged office on the second floor of the GPO in Forrest Place. The break-up, Mel went on, caused the new Australia Post to take a very close look at the way in which it had managed its business and cost control. " We sti l l have a number of objectives to achieve," he said, "but we are now providing a range of services customers demand at a realistic price. "There is no doubt that we are more efficient and conscious of our customers than we used to be." He considered his main job to be to ensure that postal services in WA were of a high standard to all parts of the state while keeping a close eye on costs at the same time.
One of the big achievements of Australia Post in its eight years of life had been to contain the base rate of postage to below the percentage increases in the cost of living. He explained that about 80 per cent of AP's expenditure was in wages and salaries. "We are therefore locked into the arbitration system,' he said, "but despite that we have still been able to contain costs.AP had recently launched a drive for extra business, and the early results had been good. One example of the success attending the campaign had been a 10 per cent rise in the volume of parcels handled Over the past 12 months, the overall volume of mail
'Business sources 3nd government are responsible for about 70 per cent of our mail volume.'
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A regular feature By BOB BOYLE in WA had lifted by nearly 5 per cent. There were few centres in WA did not get an overnight service to and from Perth for standard mail, and the reliability factor for the mail going through overnight was 98 per cent. "VVe are making increasing contact with our bigger e xisting customers and potential customers,- Mel continued, "and one of the means by which we do this istocallonthemandexplain the range of services that we offer "Business sources and government are responsible for about 70 per cent of our mail volume, "A former business cornmunity complaint was about the poor mail service in and out of NSW, mainly stemming for difficulties at the R edfern mail exchange in Sydney. 'We have overcome most of these problems and can now offer a substantial measure of reliability for mail in an out of NSW." An amazing range of people had some involvement with philately, and AP provided a service for those interested in stamp-collecting either as a pastime or a hobby. The activities of speculators had diminished proportionately to the number of people who were interested in stamps as stamps and not f or purposes of making money out of buying and selling them. In the past decade there had been a lot of improvement in the design and colouring of stamps, and collectors were sure to show interest in the new Australia Folklore series and those to be issued for the country's bi-centennial celebrations.
OVINN.04.,4ta Stamps and many other things have changed since Mel joined the wartime PMG as a telegraph messenger on twelve shillings and sixpence a week in 1941 at Port Pine, a major rail junction. "We used to go to the station,- he reminisced, -to send telegrams for passengers changing trains because of the break of gauge. "I remember the kick I got one day from sending a wire
for John Curtin, the Prime Minister — and he told me to keep the change." He got a different sort of kick once as a youngster when he was relieving on inside work at the Port Pine post office. It was 5 o'clock in the morning and his task was to clear the bag into which customers had dropped mail through the slot overnight. He had cleared several layers of letters and was in the process of moving another tier when he leapt back in terror as his hands came into contact with a huge snake. The fact that the reptile was dead and had been placed there by a workmate as a Practical joke did little to assuage his shock. As a member of the Air Training Corps, he had access to the big RAAF base at Port Pine and remembers seeing gathered there air craft that had been badly damaged on the ground in the first Japanese raid on Darwin
difficulty in pronouncing the Aboriginal place names of settlements in the area. He worked in various wheatbelt and Goldfield towns until 1952 when he w as transferred to the central office of the PMG in Melbourne where he gained new experience in the c lerical aspects of the service, became a Richmond football team fan and toured round much of Victoria It was back to WA in 1 954 as a clerk in the district office at Geraldton
Travelling in this job, he was stranded by cyclones on two occasions — at C ockatoo Island and Roebourne "They were frightening experiences,- Mel recalls, "especially in the dead calm of the eye of the cyclone. "It lasts only a short while but it seems ages as you wait for the tearing winds you have just lived through to come belting back from the opposite direction." His transfer to Port Augusta in South Australia in 1 962 coincided with the
peak of operations at the Woomera rocket range, and he had a grandstand view of the launching of two rockets His tours of the area included the remote Giles weather station, on the perimeter of the range He worked for a couple of years in Adelaide and in 1 969 was posted back to Geraldton, the base from which his work journeys enabled him to witness the very early days of places such as Paraburdoo, Wickham, Karratha, Pannawon ica, Shay Gap, Telfer and South Hedland and the rapid growth of established cen tres like Port Hedland In 1977 he moved to Perth as manager of the customer service department, and in 1981 he was appointed WA manager of Australia Post In response to a question, he said he would like to spend the rest of his days here — -but in this service, you never know"
Carmel Joseph (Mel) Beck, WA manager of Australia Post and a North Beach parishioner, was born at Port Lincoln, South Australia on October 5, 1926. He received his education at St Joseph's Convent there, the Good S amaritan Convent at Port Pine and the Sacred Heart College in A delaide before joining the old PMG Department before his 15th b irthday as a telegraph m essenger. During the years he successfully s tudied for and passed a series of internal PMG examinations as he climbed the promotion ladder while working in various capacities in the postal service in South A ustralia, WA, the Northern Territory and Victoria. His bailiwick included the whole of the then rapidly -developing north of the state after his appointment in 1969 as district postal manager, Geraldton. In 1977 he was made Perth manager of the customer services department and in 1981 he was a ppointed state manager of Australia Post. Mel and his wife Jean (nee Baird) have two sons and a daughter aged from 26 to 19.
The curtailment of social activities brought about by the war while he worked in Eyre Peninsula post offices at places such as Cummins, Port Lincoln, Cleve and Cowell gave him plenty of t ime to study for PMG e xaminations which he passed to the equivalent of the Leaving Certificate. Mel spent 1947 as a postal clerk in the frontier town of Katherine in the Northern Territory. Living was tough — the food coming mainly out of tins except for the peanuts grown in the region - but the young man not quite 21 found the life interesting. Places to which tourists now flock along bitumen roads, such as the Katherine and Elsie gorges, could be reached only in a four-wheel drive vehicle after a bumpy ride over rough country. The single way to achieve promotion then was to serve in faraway places, so Mel successfully applied for a transfer to Goomalling in WA in 1948. There he encountered two memorable situations — meeting Jean Baird, the girl who was later to become his wife, and finding the utmost
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Menopause a time to put yourself first The menopause is certainly not new but it has become a modern problem. It is only in relatively recent years that the majority of women have been faced with this 'change of life.' In the last century countless women died in childbirth and for those who survived the rigours of almost annual pregnancy there was often little chance of living past 50 and hence entering the menopausal age. Not so today, when most women live to the age of 75 and so have about 25 years after reproduction finishes to lead a happy and productive life. Doctors must therefore alter their attitude to the difficulties of the menopause and the longer post -menopausal period. Unfortunately, change has been a slow process and the attitude still prevails among the doctors (mainly men) that women with menopausal symptons should 'put up and shut up • In the latter half of the 20th century such attitudes should be tolerated no longer. Some doctors genuinely believe the use of female sex hormones carries unwarranted risks, but most, either through chauvinism or ignorance, don't regard the menopause as worthy of serious therapeutic consideration The menopause literally means the end of menstrual periods, and represents that period in a woman's life when the function of her ovaries is declining. It occurs at an average age of 50. Humans are the only species to which this applies. Other animals, including man's closest relative, the chimpanzee, reproduce to the end of their lives and therefore continue to produce hormones. The menopause and the post menopause have become to importance only in recent times because more people are living longer. Mythology and folklore are tough on middle-aged women Many women do not realise their menopausal symptoms can be treated, they accept them as a natural part of aging. All too often, the women who sought medical help had received little more than a pat on the back and a prescription for a tranquiliser. When women reach the menopause they suffer the disadvantage of their age and their sex. They suffer the physical symptoms resulting from hormonal changes in their bodies and the psychological symptoms produced by middle age and society's attitude to middle -age women. The community has little interest in this age group of women. Their situation comes way behind the priorities of the young and the more economically productive male element in the population. Women usually put their own health behind that of husbands and families. Many who seek expert help, only do so when they have been organised or pushed by their husband or families; others feel their symptoms are not acute enough to take up a busy practitioner's time. It is a time of life when information and understanding are vital, and while menopause clinics do exist in major hospitals in most Australian cities (there is one at King
The community has little interest in this age group of women. Their situation comes way behind the priorities of the young and the more economically p roductive male Ilement in the population.
MENOPAUSAL MYTHS
Nola Hanson
Humans are the only species to which this applies. Other animals, including man's closest relative, the chimpanzee, reproduce to the end of their lives and therefore continue to produce hormones.
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Edward Memorial Hospital Subiaco) very often they can cater for only the most severe cases. In a bid to reach more women and to increase community understanding a Mid-Life and Menopause Support Group was set up in Perth last year. Group secretary, Nola Hanson, of Dalkeith said she became involved at the inception after seeing an advertisement for a seminar on menopause. "I was just at that stage . . . I had had some flushes but nothing much," she said. As a former nurse she thought it would be interesting to find out what she could, admitting she also believed there couldn't be much. She was impressed by the discovery many women attended the seminar with their husbands and daughters. "For many it is a time of emotional problems and stress so when they talked about forming a group I thought, 'I'm an unemployed old nurse, why not?" In the brief time since its formation the support group has gone from strength to strength. Public meetings are held in the nurses lounge at King Edward on the second Wednesday of each month and the March 14 meeting will deal with stress-coping skills. As the name of the group implies, the members feel it is important to deal with the problems of menopause and those of mid-life. "There are very specific things like hot flushes, dry vagina and leaky bladder which can be medically treated but there are also vague symptoms like insomnia, irritability and depression which need to be dealt with as well," Nola said. The commonest symptom is hot flushes, a symptom many doctors think is not severe enough to merit treatment and yet many doctors have little idea of just how distressing this can be. A flush can be just a warm feeling but it can also
be a drenching that necessitates showering and changing. "Some women find they're up changing sheets and clothes five times a night," Nola said. "And, during the day, flushes can be incapacitating and embarrassing and difficult to cope with at work. As a result they cause constant aprehension." In many ways, says Nola, women are very badly designed and damn silly not to have spoken out before. "Very often we find that women feel they can't talk to their husbands and yet it is a time of life when you should be able to relax with each other," she said. Menopause comes as a great shock to many women, she said. "We've found that as often as not they are extremely capable women who've always managed to cope wonderfully.. . . now all of a sudden they're weepy, irritable, depressed, uncomfortable . . . many think they must be senile, most just don't understand what is happening," Nola said. She said if menopausal women as a group were divided into three, one-third would pass through the phase without much trouble, another third would have unpleasant but short-term symptoms, with or without seeking medical help and the last group would suffer extreme and acute distress. While 75 to 85 per cent of women have some flushing, it is for the most severely affected group that hormone t reatment (a minimal dose of oestrogen and progesterone) has proved invaluable. But one reason why doctors working outside specialised clinics are reluctant to treat menopausal symptoms is they fear the treatment — replacing a woman's own declining hormones with oestrogens in tablet or injection form — carries a risk of causing cancer. Scientific evidence however shows if the treatment is given under careful medical supervision, the risk can be virtually eliminated. Oestrogens control hot flushes and relieve another symptom afflicting a high percentage of menopausal women; a drying of the lining of the vagina. This dryness which can cause discomfort and make intercouse painful can be relieved by oestrogens taken by mouth or applied in a vaginal cream or pessary. The Mid-life and Menopause Support Group patron, Dr Mary Fisher, says it is important oestrogen not be seen as a 'wonder drug.' She said the biggest hazard was some cancers were oestrogen dependant and women undergoing hormone treatment must have regular monitoring and be aware of their own bodily changes. The oestrongen content, however, is only one-fifth of that contained in the Pill. Dr Fisher said the cancer fear had been heightened f ollowing the use of oestrogen as a 'youth drug' in America some years ago. This had led to an increased incidence of cancer which had made doctors view hormone treatment as dangerous. "It's important to remember women at that time were taking large doses of oestrogen and taking it without a balance of progesterone," she said. She said there was now a swing to the use of more 'natural' hormones as opposed to the synthetics used in the past. "These 'natural' hormones are still manufactured of course but they are very close to the natural and so have less detrimental side effects,- she said. • Cont page 12
A myth is a popular idea based on fiction which is often handed down from one generation to the next. Cross-cultural studies have explored the status and role of post-menopausal women and there are a number of issues in our culture which support myths about menopause. • There is a conspiracy of silence — not knowing what to expect makes us fear the worst. • The majority of doctors, particularly gyneacolgists, are male. Their knowledge of menopause i s derived from text b ooks and journal articles which may ignore the subjective experience of women. • Traditional medical diagnosis and treatment has been disease orientated. A new approach embracing holistic health care needs to be applied. SOME POPULAR MENOPAUSAL MYTHS. 1. FICTION: Physical ana emotional deterioration c an be expected during and after the menopause. Tranquill isers wi l l help w omen through this difficult time. FACT When the ovary stops producing adequate a mounts of oestrogen. hot flushes, s weats, dry vagina, etc. cause "distress". Long-term effects of l ack of oestrogen result in the thinning o f bones and subsequent fractures. Oestrogen therapy will r el ieve these symptons, and half the loss o f calcium from the bones. 2. FICTION: H ormone therapy causes cancer. FACT: Oestrogen and progestogen hormones given together. either in combination or in sequence, are the basis of safe hormonal therapy. Regular medical checks are n ecessary during treatment. 3. FICTION: Menopause causes mental illness, which u sual ly takes the f orm of severe depression. FACT: Depression is related t o a concurrence of many factors, and not solely to decline in o varian function. Some of these are: 50th birthday — realisation of aging empty nest -- loss of mothering role loss o f husband or husband experiencing mid-life crisis 4. FICTION: L oss of libido and cessation of sexual activity is normal after the menopause. FACT: The research of Masters and Johnson proved that sexual ability and interest c an be maintained into old age. Decrease in a woman's libido is related to: Preconceived ideas about aging State of generalhealthHormonal status 11 . 1 11.1.1111110MIMIft
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Dr Fisher said many menopausal symptoms did clear up of their own accord given time and that in fact when the body adjusted it could begin to produce oestrogen once again, even though the menstrual cycle was finished. Fat women tend to produce more oestrogen than skinny women, she said, but this was not a r ecommendation to put on weight because obesity brought its own problems, especially in middle age. But, she said, such problems as dry vagina, irritation, urinary infection, dry skin and hair and a general feeling of being 'shrivelled up' were generally not reversible Calcium may also be lost during menopause and this could lead to osteoporosis (weakened bones) which explains why older women often break their hips or wrists due to minor accidents. The spine becomes weakened and even slight stress can cause fractures. This may eventually be seen in the bowed posture of the older woman — a condition known as the 'dowager's hump: Osteroporosis is one of the most common causes of pain and associated muscle pain in women who have passed the change of life Here again, extensive clinical experience shows that long term oestrogen relacement therapy can slow down or even prevent these bone changes and can bring rapid relief of pain. Dr Fisher said while it was a good idea to take calcium in the menopause stage it was important not to overdo it as this could lead to 'stones' in the kidney She said it was probably a better idea to increase the consumption of calcium rich but low -fat foods such as skim milk yoghurts and cheeses
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It is a time too when it is advisable for women to cut down on their fat and alcohol intake, and in fact, menopause should bring a greater awareness of health care Dr Fisher said she was concerned to see the number of women attending menopause clinics who were taking large doses of antidepressants and tranquilisers She said such things did not help and it was all too easy to become dependent. There existed a situation where some doctors who would not prescribe hormone treatment because of the 'danger', were only too ready to put women on tranquilisers. "It's a time of life when many women feel that they do need 'something' but tranquilisers are not the answer." Menopause, she said, often co-inclined with a number of other life traumas such as children leaving home, elderly and often sick parents. husband's career crisis, deaths in the family and marital problems For Dr Fisher personally it was not the physical aspects of menopause that were difficult but the emotional ones • •I found the psychological stresses the hardest to cope with but all women do not react the same.- she said She admits her knowledge of the menopause was limited until someone pointed out to her it was a great area of need for many women. "I began to read about it and then had the opportunity to go overseas," she said.
"I was amazed at how many clinics there were overseas. When I came back I contacted King Edward in and discovered women were flocking there for help fact now there is a three month wait.She said after treatment many women returned to the cinic and remarked how much better they were feeling. Dr Fisher said there was a big cultural influence on how women viewed menopause and there was an unnecessary and unhealthy amount of fear associated with the subject. She said studies carried out in the United States revealed young women tend to view the menopause with dread. But post -menopausal women, when interviewed said it wasn't as bad as they thought it would be. Most of the women surveyed in their 50's had said not knowing what to expect had been the worst part. Dr Fisher would like to see greater discussion and says in some countries menopause and what it entails is taught in the classroom. "After all it is a normal phase of a woman's life and there are probably many high school students whose mothers are going through just that phase," she said. "Family understanding can make all the difference." Dr Fisher said the main aim of the Mid-Life and Menopause Support Group was to educate women and to make them more aware of positive health care and preventive care. She said it was one area where women should learn to put themselves first instead of last. Anyone interested in the Group can contact Nola Hanson on 386 6109.
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This is the second in\ a four-part series written by Brother Graham Rossiter, CFC, BSc (Hons), Dip Ed, MEd (Syd), who is at present engaged on a PhD project in Education atMacquarie University, NSW, entitled " Why are Young Catholics Not Going to Mass?"
Are today's youth irreligious? .NO. In some ways they are as a group more sensitive to religious issues than were the young Catholics of a few generations back. Often, what is lacking is the opportunity for expressing and sharing their concern about these issues. The great enthusiasm with which young Catholics have recently embraced the Antioch movement is an example of how they will respond if presented with an opportunity to meet together socially and to enjoy a fellowship that gives an important place to sharing of faith and worship. linith ministry has been neglected in recent years in the Australian Catholic ()lurch. Perhaps we have tended to think that we can meet all the religious needs of youth in Catholic schools. This forgets the more than 50 per cent of Catholic children not in the Catholic school system and it fails to recognise that a Catholic school cannot adequately substitute for the fundamental ministry of a parish. He have tended to 'over-institutionalise' our ministry to youth in the form of Catholic schools. This schoolframe of reference tends to screen out the wider lives of young people and their wider needs. .1 school mentality may filter our perceptions of young people. pre-supposing that the most significant hours of their day are those spent in school while ignoring the considerable non-school time and interests that are so important to them. While noting the difficulties, the many good things that are happening in Catholic youth ministry in Australia should not go unmentioned. Many committed young people. encouraged and supported by clergy and interested adults, are doing great work for youth as well as giving generous help to the wider community. It is also valuable to refer here to a number of recent Catholic books on youth ministry. These materials deal not only with the theology of pastoral ministry but also with the developmental and social needs of young people and also with practical strategies for action. What has been considered above suggests that the problem of declining Mass attendance should be looked at in the wider context of parish social life. Is there any recognisable parish social life for young people?If not then one can hardly expect youth to .feel at home in worshipping together in that community. If the young people are not at .Mass it could be because of what is not happening in and around the parish outside of Wass times. This applies just as much to many adult Catholics who do not attend Wass. There is a great needfor efforts to help revitalise the communal life of parishes, to make them vibrant centres of social and religious activities, places where people can findfriendship and involvement at all times and support and encouragement in difficult times. A ttendance at .Mass is likely to he a barometer of the presence of this type of Christian community experience in the parish. Brother Graham Ro.ssiter, CFC, BSc (lions), DipEd. ,MEd (S'yd). at present engaged on a PhD project in Education at Macquaries University and residing at laughan College. Marsfield. (Taken from \l izis article in the Australasian Catholic Record)
Steve Cavil has two important dates on his mind in the next twelve months, namely the doorknock date on Sunday August 19 and the second is his intended marriage to CPY full timer, Julia Pickering. Steve discovered that one of last year's tins proved of assistance to police investigating a robbery at a South Perth Pharmacy. The label was used for finger prints since the appeal tin was among the booty dropped by the fleeing thieves.
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Protest VIENNA, Austria (NC) — Young people in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, have protested government restrictions placed on priests, Austria's kathpress news agency reported. Kathpress, which monitors Catholic affairs in Eastern Europe, said the Czechoslovakian authorities had increased their actions against Catholics in the region of Slovakia and prohibited several priests, including Jesuit Fathers Peter Homolka and Josef Rybansky, from exercising their ministry. Priests in Czechoslovakia must be licensed by the government to legally exercise their ministry.
tiathpress said the authorities had reproached both priests for "unfriendly acts against the state- and had accused Father Homolka of showing sympathy with the outlawed Polish trade union, Solidarity. The authorities also said that Father Rybansky had illegally -propagated religious teaching in schools,Kathpress reported. The news agency said young Slovaks have sent letters of protest charging that the government made arbitrary. decisions against priests who had done nothing wrong. I.ast year the government arrested several priests, saying they were involved in illegal religious activity.
Blow a trumpet (Jill very proud of the young people involved in the Catholic Youth Apostolate of Western Australia. Recent achievements give me reasons to blow a trumpet. Ioften claim that the variety of youth activity on the Perth scene is a good thing: despite the apparent dispersion of effort, this is unity. This is especially true when it c omes to important matters. The following small and un-noticed incidents are a case in point. The well attended Eucharist and information night at the North Perth Monastery originated at a meeting of the Catholic Youth Council. This body meets several times a year and strives to he a forum
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of information, commun- the times" and brought ication and overall direc- young and old together. tion for the Youth In another quarter. Apostolate. namely the ,4ntioch comA t each meeting apartic- munity. three young ipating group is respon- people made a different siblefor some informative response to Father Gore's input. At the last meeting plight. Paul Watt, Paul former YCS full timer. McGinty and Kern Dann). Toohey, brought Lynch were inspired to members up to date on the find out for themselves progress with Father how Father Gore's Dad Gore. Ann Harris. TYCS was faring. The trio made full timer and others took phone calls, located Mr up the challenge and put Gore, took themselves off, flesh to the initial ideas introduced themselves, .for action. sat and listened. With the help of the They could have spent "Philippine Action Sup- the time wind surfing on port" group, parishes the Swan River! were contacted, posters Apart from these youth printed, letters andphone responses to Father Gore. calls made, church and t wo other recent events civic leaders contacted convince me of the comand telegrams of concern mon purpose and unity despatched overseas. This of the Catholic youth event read "the signs of scene.
Firstly, there is the matter of the State Government Grant: each year the Catholic' Youth Council receives monies from the Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation in aid of the church's youth work. Dividing the allocation is not always a simple task. Iwonder how a Parish Council would go about dividing
Youth appeal Participation in Youth Appeal 84 has increased nearly 50% on last year's figures.
Twenty four members of the Monastery youth Groups from Perth went to a recent conference to learn how to improve their personal ministry. There were prayer workshops in the morning, Evangelisation workshops in the afternoon followed h a Eucharist. "Hopefully the conference will help all to he more effective in ministries Father John Hill, Redemptorist Monastery, North Perth. Joe O'Brien —
Twelve groups are taking part in comparison with seven last year. The appeal is still by and large unknown. It is a newcomer in seeking funds from the public purse. It will compete with other well established fundraisers like the — thons. Red Cross and the Salvo's. A distinguishing characteristic is that Youth Appeal 84 seeks to involve many volunteers. While the organisation strives to be professional and efficient it cannot afford a totally glossy image, a high advertising budget, nor a high percentage on overheads. Much of the work is done by committed people, young and old. Catholic schools and parishes will be told many times that we do not want money from your reserves or special funds, give us instead your arms and legs for the doorknock on August 19. This appeal does not replace the annual request for support from the Chancery. The second prong of the appeal is a letter-drop to business houses and professional people.
While monies collected from the doorknock will be divided according to the efforts put in by participating organisation, monies received from business houses and benefactors, apart from the doorknock day, will be shared equally. Last year Westpac Banking Corporation was the chief sponsor with a donation of $5,000. Catholic voluntary youth organisations from Geraldton. Bunbury and Perth should benefit through the following groups:- Young Christian Workers, Antioch Community (who are raising funds for the Eagle's Nest. the Gidgegannup Youth Formation Centre. Catholic Parish Youth movement and the Geraldton Catholic Youth. Other church and community groups are:- Police and Citizens Clubs. The Perth Inner City Youth Service, Uniting Church Youth, Perth YMCA Youth Services, YWCA, The Youth Services of:- Drug Research and Rehabilitation Association, Holyoake Institute and Scripture Union.
$11,500 among various works and groups. Last week the business took under the hour II young representatives from voluntary youth organisations. Principles were established and all recipients were glad with the result. (see this page for the result) Finally I want to blow my trumpet about yet another event that happened on St. Valentine's Day. It was simply the matter of swapping office space. Simple you say. Many groups and individuals are very protective and even possessive about their allocated territory. This was not the case with Catholic Parish Youth and Young Christian Workers movement. Since the beginning of 1984 YC Wfound themselves with "half" a fulltimer more andlittle space to house the new worker, in an already crowded office. CPY having a larger office, saw the difficulty and made an offer of exchanging offices: (think it was a more than generous move.
Choice A nyone interested in a ttending the Choice weekend on April 6-8 should take note of the number foi Terry and Margaret Fennessy...it is 386 6494. (An incorrect number was giver to us for printing last week
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Homecoming,byCynthia Voigt, published by
'11‘1111 ity falls largely on thirteen This time their goal is the year old Dicey, who exhib- farm that belongs to their its a persistent resourceful- eccentric grandmother, ness and a devotion to whom no one has heard keeping the family together. from for years. They arrive in Bridgeport, This is an amazing story. only to learn that their great The appealing children aunt is dead and that her have strong very different spinster daughter is not personalities, yet their fond of children. They are moments of conflict are given temporary shelter but always resolved in their feel forced to move on again desire to remain together. when threatened with the The hunger and fatigue, prospect of separate foster t he difficulties and real homes, dangers they encounter, as
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A bandoned by their mother, who could not cope with the demands of her life and family, the four children - Dicey, James, Maybeth and Sammy - - find themselves alone in the car park of a suburban shopping centre. A fter waiting overnight, the children decide they should set off on their own for Bridgeport, the home
Latchkey Girl, by Pam Lyons, published by o f their only known relative. Pan, $1.95. The author tells the stor!. Later, after everyone had of their journey in a day"Friend," the man said to his neighbour, "lend me some bread An old friend of mine just came in from gone to bed, I threw some by-day account. Travelling a long trip and we are out of good. Could you help clothes into a bag and let on foot, the children strugmyself out into the dark gle to survive on a minme?" deserted street. What are imum of resources often you doing? I kept asking having to fish for food, myself ... I didn't really sleep in abandoned homes know ... only that I had to and state parks, and match do it. To walk away from wits with a variety 01 everything ... unsavoury characters along Jesus' friends pressed close around Him. I hey had the way. been watching Jesus pray. Now they wanted to talk The burden of responsibilto Him about prayer. "I'm beginning to wonder if Cod ever hears our prayers," one of them said to Jesus. Another added, "I have the same doubts. I pray, but Cod doesn't seem to do much good." Jesus listened closely to His friends. He could feel their pain. He understood. lie decided to tell them a story. "Once there were two neighbours," Jesus began. "late one night an old friend who was taking a trip dropped in on one of them. "The man invited his old friend into his house. He The Fairy Tale Omniw ent to the kitchen to get something for him to eat bus, published by Picand drink. But to his embarrassment, there was nothing colo, $5.95 (approxiin the cupboard to eat. mately). "What will I do?" the man thought. "I have to give Fairy Tales have conRonnie was an only child my friend something to eat. He has been on the road all day. I know what I'll do. I'll go to my neighbour and, compared with her tinued to delight children young, glamorous parents throughout the years and and borrow some food." So he went next door and knocked on the door. A with their interesting lives, this volume will be no moment later his neighbour shouted out from inside. pretty much of an 'ugly exception. duckling' too. She doesn't There are all the old "Who's there? What do you want?" "Friend," he said to his neighbour, "lend me some make friends easily and favourites. Rapunzel. Hanbread. An old friend of mine just came in from a long spends her time daydream- sel and Gretel, Thumbelina. ing. Only Gran, it seems, The Emperor's Nightingale trip and we are out of food. Could you help me?" "Leave me alone," the voice came from inside. "The really loves her. But when and The Happy Prince. door is barred. We are all in bed. If I get up, I'll wake Gran's illness means she The illustrations are must come and live with her lovely, very much in the old up everyone. I can't help you now." The man outside kept knocking at the door. He kept son and his family. Ronnie's style of fairy-tale drawings problems come to a head but its traditional touch is pleading with his friend to give him some bread. Jesus paused a moment. Then he continued. "Even ... and she is forced into a very suitable. if the man in the house would not help his neighbour bold choice, one that makes This paperback version is affordale even on most because of their friendship, he will do so because the her daydreams a reality pocketmoney allowances. for a little while. man keeps asking and doesn't give up.
well as the constant resourcefulness they need to s urvive, are vividly chronicled. Homecoming is the first novel by Cynthia Voigt, a young American writer. For a number of years she was a teacher of English and Classics. She now lives in Maryland (where the final part of the book is set) with her husband and two children and she writes full. e m i t
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A look at books
Mere mortals
Thirsty Work, Ten Years of Heineken Advertising. by Peter Mayle, published by MacMillan, $14.95. A celebration of the advertising campaign that has achieved the status of a national joke as well as Mortal Matters, by winning many awards t he Heineken Beer Penelope Gilliatt, published by MacMillan, campaign. This fabulous book tells $ 17.95. Reviewed by the inside story: from the R oslyn Ross. copywriter who came up Here's one mere mortal with the immortal line, who can't make head nor Victor Borge who gave it tail of Penelope Gilliatt's voice, and directors like latest novel. There are some Alan Parker who produced who may say, 'What does the award -winning com- it matter?' and I suppose mercials. Peter Mayle has it only does because so written the narration so this often one gets the feeling is a fascinating look at the that she is trying to say world of advertising and something awfully imporhow it really works. tant, the problem is to work out what. Mastering COBOL rogramming, by R Nutty, GiHiatt has a most unusual published by ;VacAnnan, style, much of it is written in dialogue and the rest almost as if people are COBOL is the most widely used language for business thinking aloud. applications, it is used The dialogue, which by the worldwide in the program- way makes up something ming of computers, and can like 80 per cent of the book handle technical as well as received high praise from c ommercial data fellow Anthony Burgess who contributes to the processing. 'blurb' on the cover. This is a complete, self"Her dialogue," he said, contained course that teaches COBOL in a stepby-step, easily understood fashion The Wedge-7aikd Eagle, stories by Geoffrey Dutton. published by MacMillan. This is a newly jacketed paperback edition of this collection of short stories by one of Australia's finest writers. Many of them arc set in Dutton's home state of South Austrlaia. Others are of lone Australians drawn from many different areas and lifestyles across this vast continent. But all have one thing in common — they reaffirm Geoffrey Dutton's place in the forefront of Australian writing.
PENELOPE GLATT
Keeping up with the conversation
That's one way of putting it. For those who baulk at t he erratic dialogue it's more of a shadow play with characters coming in and out of focus, and rarely standing clearly defined for noticed that your friend had the present. Even Oxford long enough to let us know blown his brains out. His lost to you. I suppose you what they are really like. brains, Tony. Don't you do that because the future Except for Elsie and Bill of remember the shipyards at is unthinkable." course, the faithful houseall?" keeping couple. They add To honest be your under"You are writing a pama touch of normalcy to the phlet. One of your old standing is likely to be only sometimes odd doings of marginally greater if you clippings. Gone yellow." eighty year old Lady Corfe. "You've no memory of the had read the previous 157 her son, her daughter-inpages but one does get the past. Oh, my dear. It's the law and her grandson. blight of the time. You drift of the grasshopper It's interesting, that's for won't remember Miss Amy. conversation by this stage, sure and pure pigheadedYour grandfather's secre- and that makes the last two ness will probably see you tary. Her clippings about pages in the book a little through to the end even if the ships we'd built were more engrossing. you don't like it (it's not a like a family tree. She The cover tells us that very long book). I'm sure worked in something called 'Mortal Matters', Penelope it will mean much more to the Shed. A sort of title. Gilliatt's first novel for five anyone who grew up in Much like a Nissen hut, but years, is the strong and Northumberland, and it you won't remember that witty story of an octogen- would certainly help your either, because Nissen huts arian looking back over her appreciation if you came were in the war before last, vigorous life and our from a 'well to do' family before the Vietnam war, benighted century with with some relative in the and you only seem to know droll sagacity.' shipbuilding business.
Penelope Gillian
One in an occasional series by local astronomy enthusiast, Jack Williams of East Fremantle. Here, he reviews a book available from your local library and one which describes our immediate neighbourhood of sun and planets. The Cambridge Photographic Atlas of The Planets, by Briggs and F. Taylor, Dondon, Cambridge University Press, 1982.
life. For example. Copernicus is a 96 kilometre crater which anyone on earth can see (with a small telescope) as a small flat circle with a dot in it. A large coloured photograph, taken by Apollo 17 from close-up, shows Copernicus as an immense hole as wide as from Perth to Northam. with a mountain like Ayers R ock in the centre, and walls as high and rugged as the Canadian Rockies. Now, looking at Copernicus after seeing this photograph, one can imagine the thump when that meteorite crashed into the moon.
This magnificent book for is now known of the origin planets of continuous young stargazers of every of the solar system 4.6 bombardments from outage is particularly interest- billion years ago. side over many years by ing because the heavenly It evolved out of the large and small meteorite bodies so beautifully illus- hydrogen and helium left chunks and of internal trated can be seen with the over from the initial "Big processes which finally left eyes or ordinary binoculars. Bang" some fifteen billion us with one planet on which "as you will expect, sounds There is great pleasure years earlier and from the life could develop (in God's as though people ought to t o be had in tracking an debris of oxygen, iron, patient time) and several Jack Williams talk that way, even if they easily seen planet like silicates and other heavier other planets on which it physical facts, such as size, don't." Jupiter as it moves from elements manufactured in couldn't. composition, temperature, But the trouble to my night to night across the mind is that most people starry background and the millions of stars which The introduction is read- atmosphere. orbit and , evolved and collapsed long able and informative but *rotation. All this is in do talk that way. . . hopping more joy still in tracing with before our sun began to the most fascinating parts language which is scientifback and forth from one binoculars the circulation emerge. The introduction of the book are the six ically accurate but easily topic to another, from the around Jupiter of its four also explains briefly current chapters on Mercury. understood by any interstate of the world to the brightest moons. But it is theories on how an im- Venus, Earth and moon. ested reader. state of the bacon frying in even more satisfying To take a much more to Trouble Shooting and the pan: from the traumas observe distant example, it is not these wonders with Maintenance in Boat En- of marriage to the traumas difficult with binoculars to the eyes while filling the gines, kv Peter Bowyer, of finding a lost sock. . . see a tiny bright spot near mind from the Photograpublished by MacMillan. The difference is, in real phic Saturn. This spot is its Atlas with close-up $24.95. life, the listener can say- colour details of this giant largest moon Titan. Three An up-to-date and prac- :Forget about the bacon, striated brightly coloured photoorange ball of tical handbook on petrol what are you trying to tell gas...or graphs by Voyager 2 are visualising the and diesel engines in all me?' shown in the book, displayviolent volcanic calderas t ypes of small craft. Al- One desperately wants to on the pock-marke ing the dense yellow cloudy d sulphuthough it is a complete do that to most of the rous surface of Jupiter's atmosphere of methane in guide to all aspects of people in Penelope Gilliatt's moon lo...or re-living which Titan is wrapped. A in incoherwho seem book dark collar circles one pole, imagination the great A World Of Animals, The indicating that Titan may San Diego Zoo and the ently incapable of stringing collision a billion years ago have seasonal changes. So Wild A nimal Park, text by more than three sentences which shattered the deep now, when I look at Titan, Bill Bruns, published by together about one partic- icy crust of the largest moon mense volume of dust and Mars. Jupiter and moons. The second half of each I can "see" ular issue. much more than MacMillan, $65. Ganymede. These are just gas formed into a rotating Saturn and its rings and chapter consists of photo- a tiny bright spot. Some of This is the full history of Here's an excerpt from some of the distant obser- disc -like nebula which moons. The three outer- graphs or computer images, Saturn's the end Mortal of near other moons, not the most famous zoo in the vations brought right into gradually condensed into most planets, Uranus, many of them in attractive visible in small telescopes, our homes by recent space one mass big and hot Neptune and Pluto are not colour. And for world. A fascinating study Matters: each illusAnd up above, Averil e xplorations of its origins, its growth and and reported enough to trigger nuclear covered in the book as tration there is an explan- are even more interesting in Voyager's colour snaps. development as well as the Corfe and Mickey Shaw in very readable prose and fusion and became our sun, spacecraft will not begin to atory paragraph of one or day-to-day organisation and Eliza and Tony were almost poetic pictures in the and other masses, not so big send back pictures of them two hundred words which and care of the animals. together in the drawing Photographic Atlas of the and hot, which eventually until 1986. focus attention on the most Back closer to the sun, 20 Averil's head was Planets. A nyone who has ever room. settled out as the planets For each planet, about significant features. illustrations show rocky though bent, was she A short introduction to and their moons. It also half the chapter is given to These sections experienced the delight and bring the details of the cratered upright in front the book standing wonder of a zoo will appresummarises what describes the effects on the a brief account of the planets and their moons to surface of Mercury, which ciate the beauty and diver- of the fireplace. is similar in size to our thinking," "She's said sity of this fine book. moon and not unlike it in Mickey. some respects. Our neighFurniture by Architects, "She's asleep on her feet, bour, Venus, the brightest by Marc Emery, published or writing one of her old light in the sky after the pamphlets," said Tony. by MacMillan, $90. moon, is about the same This is the first compreAveril's head shot up and size as Earth but vastly hensive art catalogue of its she said, "Tony, don't you different in its thick acidic kind. More than 500 pieces see? To take your girlfriend atmosphere and in the of furniture and home out like that would have rocky desert pictured by furnishings designed by been bad enough. To take Russian landing craft. The more than 70 internation- Simon to that smog place planet, Mars, provides red ally renowned architects are when Eliza had specifically some of the most dramatic pictured and described. It said no is worse. Yes, it's photographs in the bock, is, in other words, a com- terrible about your eye, but reminiscent of the bright plete list of the masterpieces more terrible to have orange-brown landscapes of 20th century design and thought you were copying which feature in WA's where to buy them. a prank and not to have Stars pass through various stages in their life cycle northwest travel brochures.
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rr-BUSY START TO MAZENOD COLLEGE YEAR A record number of 428 students began the 1984 school year at Mazenod. This includes 39 boarders from Years 8 to 12 and a senior class of 46 boys. Welcome back. Among the seven new members of staff are two well-known Oblate educators, Father Kevin Davine and Father Ian Mackintosh. Father Davine was Vice Rector of Mazenod from 1967 to 1972 before leaving to become Rector of Mazenod College Melbourne, and more recently R ector of lona College in Brisbane. Father Mackintosh, very well known after 12 years at Mazenod 1966-1977, the last five as Rector, was subsequently R ector of Mazenod Col lege in Melbourne. F ather Henry McFall has been transferred to the parish of Sefton in
NSW., Father John Wotherspoon to lona College in Brisbane and Father Paul Gwynne to the Order's Mission in Indonesia. Other new members of staff are Mrs S. Kenworthy, Mr R. Henderson, Mr S. Donnelly, Mr N. Allen and Mr John Krizman takes over the position of remedial teacher. College leaders were inducted at a special Mass and assembly on Monday, February 20. The college captain for 1984 is David Warren of Lesmurdie. His vice captains are Patrick Spencer and Matthew Steber, also of Lesmurdie, and the other prefects are Paul Bloom and Paul Delane (both boarding students), Scott Akehurst, Brett MacRae, Nicholas O 'Hara, Chris Rayney and Walter Staltari. P and F: A big year seems certain for the College P and F after a most
What does Project Compassion mean to me? "This time last year our home \\ surrounded by hushfires. It was frightening. "And I can remember thinking about a refugee family in the next street. We'd met and become friends, and they'd told us how they had left their country They lost everything. Their home, their belongings - a whole way of life. "We were both lucky this time. Our homes escaped being badly damaged and we're okay, hut now when I hear about refugees I can remember how I felt. "Somehow our experience in the bushfire made me understand a little better what refugees throughout the world are going through, and I can share some of their fears and hopes. -To me, Project Compassion is one way I can show my concern in a practical way:.
enthusiastic first meeting on Wednesday, February 22. High on the list of goals is the completion and final furnishing of the college's splendid gymnasium. The new chapel is now almost finished and an official opening and blessing will be held in March. Features of this beautiful addition to the life of the college are the stained glass in the windows and ceiling, the crucifix sculptured by Mr Gerard Darwin and the beautiful altar made by Mazenod's o wn manual arts master, Mr John
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Mercer. E xcellent results were recorded by several of the 1984 senior year and the overall standard was very satisfactory. The 19134 Dux of the college Chris Marinelli, achieved the fine score of 455 in the TAE. A full round of sporting activities has already begun in inter -school and local c lub competition. The annual college s wimming carnival will be held at the K alamunda Swimming Pool on Friday March 9.
La Salle's school year for 1984 opened up with a resounding start, initiating the college's thirtieth year o f development and progress. The venue of St Brigid's church, Midland had a capacity crowd of 700 students, teachers and parents with Archbishop Foley concelebrating Mass with pnests of the region. A highlight of the Mass was the presentation to the college at the Offertory of a polished work of art, carved out of a section of an olive branch and donated by Mr H. Taylor of Bassendean, grandfather of one of the students.
ST JOSEPH'S PAST PUPILS' ASSOCIATION The annual general meeting of Past Pupils of St Joseph's of the Sacred Heart will be held on Sunday evening, March 18 at St Joseph's Convent, York Street, South Perth commencing at 8 pm. A cordial invitation is extended to all past pupils to attend this meeting. MAJELLANS TO 'RELAX' C ome and relax with the Lord. Majellans are inviting you to come and relax with the Lord, on Thursday, March 22, at St Mary's Parish centre, Franklin Street, Leeden.fille. Sister Concepta will be guide. The day will begin at 9.30 and conclude at 2 o'clock. Please bring your own lunch, tea and coffee provided. For more information ring Leeola Loughnan — 446-4595.
NEW NORCIA LADIES' DAY Women from New Norica parish are invited to a Ladies' Day in the library w w of Salvado College on Friday March 16 beginning at 10 am and concluding at 2.30 pm. Set into the beautifully Guest speakers will be Centrecare grained slab was the La members Mrs Maureen Chamberlain Den and Miss Margaret Collopy on the topic Salle College crest Duce — etched and co- Breakdown in Family Relationships. loured in detail, a clock, Morning and afternoon tea will be t hermometer and provided. barometer. Ladies are asked to bring a plate for This vintage olive tree lunch. came from the original OLM SISTERS' Viveash farm and homesCHAPTER tead on which property La
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If you ye, ever lost your home and possessions then you know something of what its like to be a refugee. To have to abandon everything and everyone as vou journey on, alone and exhausted, to some 'temporary shelter, with perhaps a sick child to comfort and care for. To an unfamiliar world and a strange language. For 15 million people in our world, that's life. They are our brothers and sisters. And they desperately need our support.
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Talent of the younger generation was also exemplified in the presentation to the college of some art work from Paul Young, a 1983 Year 12 student who gained a "1" for the 1983 TAE art paper. This drawing took its theme from Tolkein's novel - - 'Lord of the Rings' and was produced by Paul when he was 15.
Ths Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions will be holding their provincial chapter at the Redemptorist Monastery, North Perth, from March 11-18. The opening mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Foley at Sacred Heart Church, Highgate, on Sunday, March 11 at 4.00p.m.
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His gesture was much appreciated. Colleen Howard EAST VIC PARK FAREWELL Father Phil Farrellly will be farewelled by East Victoria Park parish after Mass celebrated at 7 pm in Our Lady of Christians church on Thursday. March 15. Friends of Father Farrelly are welcome at the Mass and the supper afterwards in the parish hall.
R ACE ONE: Spicy Gem 1, Frankie Francis 2, Sparkling Mac 3. R ACE TWO: Swanky Talk I. Winkellywin 2, Master at Arms 3. R ACE THREE: Nero Wolfe 1, Rowan's Reward 2, Lucky Irish 3. R ACE FOUR: Aulfee 1, Akkabar 2, Bin Jo 3. R ACE FIVE: Magic Supremo I. Swanky Toff 2, Yes I Will 3. R ACE SIX: The Quick
JeAkel 2, Up the I. Woods 3. R ACE SEVEN: Wickaninnish I, Chic de Moiselle 2, Small Conquest 3. R ACE EIGHT: Mr Toe Indoor I, Suntino 2. Gemite Girl 3. R ACE NINE: Rose of Billa 1, Nefertiti 2, River Diamond 3. R ACE TEN: Vernmarg Flyer 1, Minsky 2, Garth's Fantasy 3.