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'Dirty trick' in trial The WA Premier, Mr Brian Burke, has joined the Father Brian Gore case with a telexed request to Mr Hawke to intervene Sr in a bid for the early release W A priest. Mr Burke said in his message that preliminary hearings had proved no case against Father G ore and that in two years the introduction of new prosecution witnesses had shown them to be lying under oath. Meanwhile, Father Gore Mr Burke drew the has made new allegaPrime Minister's attentions about Philippine tion to a statement of authorities in an on-air Cardinal Sin of Manila telephone call with me on hoping the case will be Radio 6KY. dropped. Mr Burke believes the Garden c ase brought against path Father Gore is a serious violation of human rights "They have been leading o f an Australian and us up a garden path to asked the Prime Minister get past the elections, to to intervene and present get the press and the this view to the Philiinternational representapines' authorities.
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tives off their back," is how Father Gore described last week's refusal by the judge to dismiss his case. "They will then want us to accept a pardon which if we accept will result in our deportation," los told me on 6KY. "We will never accept pardon because it will be an admission of our guilt said the C,olumban priest. • Count page 12
CRISIS! URGENT ACTION NEEDED An urgent plea for each of the parishes of the Perth archdiocese to put forward candidates for priests and religious was made by the Archbishop of Perth, Archbishop Foley in his Vocations Sunday homily. "In the archdiocese of Perth we have more than 100 parishes. I want priests and religious from each of these parishes," Archbishop Foley said in a dramatic message relayed to parishes last Sunday. "I want generous men and women to hear this call and to respond to it. I invite parents to support this call, and friends, teachers and parish leaders to reecho the call," he said in a message taped for Vocations Sunday. "I want you, men and women who
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hear that call, to write to me or go to a priest you can speak to. a religious sisttr or brother. "If you write to me I will contact you and let you know what to do next. "I thank God for my own calling to be a priest. I pray that God will help you individually respond to your calling," he said. Archbishop Foley is being heard wide and clear simultaneously inlaid many churches last weekend and this weekend as his taped plea for Imp more priests is played to congregations. In St Brigid's church Midland last week the pupils who were about to begin their term holidays got a preview of the archbishop's message as Father Hilary OFMplayed the tape during the school Mass.
The archbishop said his message was directed to parents, and to any young person whether in secondary or tertiary studies or other employment. Speaking on the fourth Sunday of Easter. called "Good Shepherd" Sunday because of the gospel reading, Archbishop Foley said the Easter message of God's love meant little to thousands, perhaps millions of Australians "The command of the risen Christ to preach the gospel is an essential work.
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Archbishop Foley "It is a great work, it demands vision. and it asks for commitment. "It is a special ministry of leadership and service within the Church. This is the life to which I am calling you," he said. "I recognise there are many vocations in the Church and we need them all. The Lord can call us to marriage, or to single life, just as to the priesthood or the religious life. I wish to issue a call for more men and women, disciples of the Lord, to give their lives to God and to His people in religious life.
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Corporation executive attacked Aboriginal Land Rights. Here Archbishop Faulkner of Adelaide, secretary of the Australian Bishop's Committee for Aborigines talks with Nicholas Kerr editor of The Southern Cross about the Church and the Aboriginal Land Rights Movement.
Archbishop's Anew head challenge on at St Pat's land rights
S YDNEY - Archbishop Clancy has announced the appointment of Dr Gerard Iverson, DD (pictured), of Wagga Wagga diocese, a s the next President of S t Patrick's College, Manly.
The Church recognises Aboriginal land rights, and it recognises the danger to Aborigines mining can pose in some areas. The Australian bishops expressed strong support for land rights in their "Pastoral letter regarding the Aboriginal people," of August 26, 1980. In the letter we said recognisable Aboriginal groups have rights to the ownership of communal land. The land would seem to be at the very core of their identity. Their tenure of this c ommunal land should be by inalienable freehold title. We added the precise definition of land rights is a very complex matter. Our experience in SA and elsewhere in Australia confirms the truth of that statement. N.Ve also expressed concern about the intrusion of mining on Aboriginal land. We said there has been an unprecedented demand for mineral resources. This has resulted in a second wave of intrusion
into traditional Aboriginal homelands. We said this thrust could crash Aboriginal peoples. And. we added, this mining requires wise legislation, open consultation and frank exchange between the parties concerned so that a mutual accommodation can be reached will be just and acceptable to all.
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Clancy A rchbishop announced Dr Iverson's appointment during the c onferring of degrees a nd diplomas by the Catholic Institute of Sydney at St Patrick's College on April 27.
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Stifling can be &strut ti%t: life, particularly in the tribal situation. There is no contradiction between a desire for land rights and Christianity. In fact, Aborigines who are committed Christians are among the leaders of the land rights movement. I'm speaking personally here. As a Catholic archbishop I respect what is good in traditional Aboriginal beliefs, culture and religion. However, I am convinced our Aboriginal people are open to the Christian message. I believe they would be better off religiously if God leads them to accepting our Christian faith. I disagree strongly with Mr Morgan on this point. I believe there are some elements in Aboriginal belief and culture which are very noble, spiritual and religious. There are also some elements in their culture which are rather cruel — things like vengeance killing and some extreme forms of punishment for tribal offences. We could not praise or condone them. But we must remember . there is much that is good. When Aborigines become Catholics they bring much that is beautiful and spiritual with them. They bring something very special to us because of their background and their previous spirituality. It blends very beautifully with our Catholic faith. There's another thing I would like to mention. Catholicism and Christianity are not tied to Western industrialised society, as Mr Morgan seems to indicate. The strength of the Catholic Church today lies very much in the Third World countries and in South America. • Cont page 4
Dr Iverson is at present assistant priest in the Wagga Wagga diocese's Griffith parish. He studied for the priesthood at St Columba's C ollege, Springwood ( NSW), from 1954 to 1955 and at St Patrick's C ollege, Manly, from 1956 to 1960, when he w as ordained.
Co-adjutor archbishop Leaonard Faulkner of Adelaide who was for 15 years bishop of Townsville and who has been closely involved with Aboriginal questions in Queensland.
In 1961-1962 he did a D octorate of Sacred T heology course at Manly.
Bishops seek TV diversity ADELAIDE — Australia's new satellite, AUSSAT, should not be merely a means of making profits for television networks. Australian The Bishops' Media Committee says this in a submission to the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal.
Control urged on AUSSAT more channels and programme diversity, provided that the viewer is offered a genuine diversity.
"Diversity of opinions in The committee has urged the public forum is necescontrol of government strict sary in a democracy," the the satellite, which will be bishops said. launched in June next year. "To guarantee this diversity It will have 15 channels to enable radio, telephone, we must not allow the chantelevision and information nels of information to be transmissions to be received controlled by a small and redirected to any part number of owners." They added the national of Australia. The bishops' committee media networks, which have support the availability of the allegiance of the vast
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LONDON — A British nun has cycled from Land's End to John o'Groats to raise $4000 to start an appeal for a new school hall. Sister Helen, 42, is a teacher at Our Lady of Providence Convent School in Alton, Hampshire. Sister Helen often cycles with pupils on the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, and spends her holidays touring.
majority of television viewers, are the most influential parties in the shaping of television content in Australia.
The bishops warned that the availability of satellite programme services from the networks is likely to reinforce the concentration of economic, creative and political control that presently prevails. "In most programming
decisions of the networks, the ultimate determining factor is whether the programme is likely to attract high audience ratings for sale to advertisers," the bishops told the tribunal. "Programming decisions are thus subject, in the final analysis, to the commercial imperative. -While it may be argued that larger corporations are :ietter able to provide the quality and real diversity desired, it remains clear to us that the situation demands regulation by pubtic authority."
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aration for the priesthood at St Charles' Vocational Residence when it first opened in January 1980. am proud of Paul and his fellow seminarians who are seeking to answer the Church's call to priesthood. But I wish to back up Archbishop Foley's and the Western Australian bishops' grave concern about the future. In the Archdiocese of Perth alone there are a very large number of priests older than 60. No-one can realistically expect them to be still active by the end of the century — many of them will die or retire during the next 15
"Many people take their lead from legislation, so that if something is made okay within the law, it is also okay by them." He said when attempts were made in NSW two years ago to decriminalise homosexuality, Cardinal Sir James Freeman, then Archbishop of Sydn ey, said community standards would not condone homosexual practices. Father Walsh believed that was still the case. A rchbishop Edward Clancy, of Sydney, was o verseas when the proposal was announced and Father Walsh said the final draft of the proposed legislation was a lso awaited before action was decided on. The standing committee of Sydney's Anglican archdiocese is contacting all State rliamentarians, informing them of the Church's continuing opposition to decriminalisation.
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Pressured Not only will some parishes be without the care of a priest, other priests will be working under more pressured conditions. It is very important all of us are aware of these difficulties. and seek solutions together. More lay participation in the ministry of the Church has to be a part of that strategy. But we cannot escape the fact that the priesthood is an essential and irreplaceable factor in the life of the Christian community. Pope John Paul said recently the priesthood "is a great and fundamental
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A milestone was reached on Saturday when Archbishop Foley ordained Western Australian Paul Fogarty a deacon. Paul began his prep-
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At St Francis Xavier Seminary last Saturday Archbishop Foley is pictured handing the book of gospels to Paul Fogarty of Manning whom he had just ordained a deacon. service to be offered to every human being! Nobody can take the priests' place. The pope speaks of the priesthood as a "gift God has given us". I think it is our failure as a community to recognise the gifts of the Lord, and to use them. which has brought us to he brink of crisis. But all is not darkness. There are currently 18 seminarians studying for Perth archdiocese. 16 in
South Australia, and two in Ireland. There are three for the Geraldton diocese and three for Bunhury. am continually encouraged by the high standard of faith and dedication evident in so many of these men ... qualities essential in priests of tomorrow. I am equally convinced the vocations exist in our own families, parishes and schools ... but more must be
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done to nurture and encourage them. Gone. I hope. are the days when people actually discouraged young people from considering vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
Respect If we really believe a vocation is a gift from the Lord then we would accept that gift joyfully and thankfully. and treat it with the care and respect it deserves. I find heartening the recent formation of a Religious Vocations Council by the major superiors of religious orders. This council is intended to represent a united effort by the various religious congregations to make us all better aware of the uniqueness of the call of men and women to the religious life. The needs of the Western Australian Church are many and great. They are not going to diminish or go away. We all have to face them squarely and honestly and be prepared to co-operate generously in the total mission of the Church.
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migrant voice It is to be hoped that the debate on Australia's current migration programme remains a passing autumn squall and does not degenerate into a deep winter storm. Uncomfortable though it may be, it is a subject that needs to be raised from time to time but with the realisation that in the hungry world of communication not everything of worth is said on such subjects and that much that is said is not worth saying. Migration is a sensitive and personal subject but with so many aspects that everyone can boast they are right, that they are not bigoted and that they wantonly starting with themselves. the best for everyone else, Professor Blainey, whose Warrnambool address triggered the present discussion, could thus be surprised a t the attention he drew but point also to the number of people who came to his support. A s a person well briefed on Asian matters he could disclaim any particular disregard for Asian Australians who are here but feel equally correct in calling attention to the Asian tilt that has occurred in the Australian intake. It is in the wake of such cool, dispassionate but observations that discussion of migraambiguous tion tends to fall apart with a minimum of common sense and a maximum of knee jerk blustering. The parliament unfortunately gave no confidence that it is anything more than a fruit -sampling exercise to find ammunition for point scoring or electioneering. The economic market place becomes the smokescreen behind which most people talk about migration without ever revealing their true feelings. The defence of jobs is one of the motherhood topics with which everyone ought agree. It is the language that finds common expression in both the employed and the unemployed. It also fuels the rat -bag spray -painters who are numerically small but pluck raw nerves. Finally, each Australian reverts to the last line of self protection protesting that he has nothing against migrants, just the family who were imprudent enough to choose to live next-door. C ompetition for jobs and personal prejudice against others, migrants or not, are survival instincts that may as well be admitted to exist in any warm blooded person. Like all human instincts they contain the seeds of self destruction and if they surface during migration discussions we should be more intent on providing an antidote rather than repeating them with selfrighteousness selfishness. Those who fall back on unemployment to mask their dislike of migrants ought to be reminded how often A ustralia both in this century and the last has begged workers to come to these shores when our own rate of natural increase plummeted time and time again. Physical isolation even from our European roots has produced a naivete and immaturity in Australians even towards languages and manners of Europe, let alone towards another colour or culture, even as close as South Asia. Hand -wringing over what could happen just because a television camera can make a riot somewhere or other look an evil event, is self-pitying esca pism in which the same immature Australians -- and some migrants themselves — are too prone to indulge.
Whatever the fine-tuning this or any government may choose or be forced to follow in the selection of A sian migrants we cannot pass the blame back on to the bureaucracy when it is we who are the villains through our human isolation and selfishness. The Old Testament writer chose to paint the diversity of mankind as a Babel disaster. Even though Israel's relations with others are not glorious examples of neighbourliness, there is at least the plea, for God's sake, that there be one people. St Paul pragmatically told his hearers that the crucified and risen Saviour was the solitary force who could cross the frontiers between male and female, Jew and Gentile, Greek and Roman, slave and freeman; and the spread of the gospel proved it. The Australian Catholic Church has a lesson to teach this country that has been and will have to be an amalgam of so many racial forces — granted that a billion nearby Asians do us the favour of leaving us alone While Irish clergy, religious and laity were a major force in our Catholic development, other Europeans too contributed to Catholic growth in the last century as well as in the post-war period that so changed the face of the Church. The very obvious presence of so many Indian, Burmese, and now Vietnamese Catholics in our parish churches is another significant growth in the life of the Church. These church experiences will not solve every racial and class problem that will confront Australia but let us thank God that the unifying presence of Christ produces results far more valuable than the nonsense that treats the flow of future Australians as no more than the turning of taps on or off at will.
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• From page 2 We must look critically at any society in which we live. We must identify those elements which are Christian and those which are not Christian. The social justice statement last year, Changing Australia, found many elements in our society which are not compatible with our Christian beliefs. We must seek to change these. It seems to me that some leaders in industry are saying these things are sacred and are to be indentified with Christianity. 'that is not so. When we speak about land rights, and about the rights of Aborigines in general, we must admit the fact of disi)ossession. European settlers did take their land, sometimes by force. And many of the problems Aborigines face t oday are the direct result if this dispossession. Problems like alcoholism, aimlessness, lack of leadership — in the urbanised khorigincs in Funicular can be attributed directly to (lisp( issession The granting of land rights is one way of trying to redress that situation. Perhaps I should explain that a little more fully. One result of dispossession was many Aboriginal tribes were forced to move from the places where they traditionally lived to other parts of Australia — largely the more and parts of the countn This resulted in a loss oi identity, a lass of dignity. a loss of their means of live Other tribes were almost wiped Out. The remaining members of those tribes who drifted into other areas were alienated and had lost their dignity and their sense of identity Over the years a large number of Aborigines have become fringe dwellers and urban dwellers. They have found it very difficult to adapt. This change of a whole wayof life is a direct result of dispossession. So are the social problems so many experience. The problem of alcoholism arises because so often they are confused in their present living situation. They can see no great future for themselves or for their people. So they become disheartened. Like a lot of people who lose hope, they turn to alcohol. The violence often occurring in Aboriginal communparticularly on ities, reserves, is similarly caused by this lack of identity.
Pope John Paul II on tour in Earlier this month, Pope John PaulIIduring his visit to South Korea canonised 103 martyrs to mark the 200th anniversary of the Catholic Church in that country. They were the first saints created outside of Rome. Here is just some of the history and background to the historic occasion ... SEOUL — Barbara Kwon and her husband became Catholics when the decision meant risking one's life in 19th century Korea. During a persecution of Catholics, she provided room and board for French missionary priests. She also allowed her home to be used for Masses and catechetical classes In 1839, she was arrested and tortured. What caused her the greatest pain was to see her 16 year old daughter tortured. On September 3rd, 1839, at the age of 46, Barbara Kwon was beheaded
Laity work ethic SEOUL: "A Catholic in Korea pretty much takes it for granted he should be doing something in addition to believing," said Maryknoll Father Gerald F arrell, a 58-year -old m edical doctor from Brooklyn who arrived 27 y ears ago. Father Farrell said nearly every lay movement in South Korea has taken a firm hold. The Legion of Mary had "far e xtended" his own capabilities in parish work, with dozens of members devoting at least two hours a week to evangelical activities such as visiting the homes of nonCatholics and inviting them to learn about the Church. Lay zeal has paid huge dividends in conversions to the Church. South Korea is one of Catholicism's f astest-growing countries, with the number of C atholics increasing nearly 10 per cent annually. Many converts result directly from the evangelising efforts of lay Catholics. Catholics currently number 1.4 million in a total population of 39 million. "After the Korean War ended in 1953, Catholic Relief Services helped a lot of people here who were really down and out, giving them food and clothing, and this inclined people to investigate the Catholic faith," he said. "The 103 martyrs whom the pope is canonising are just a drop in the bucket. Korea has had 10,000 Catholic martyrs, all in the last two centuries," he added.
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In 1866, officials persecuting Church members discovered a large number of books on Catholic doctrine which had been printed in Korea An investigation led to the arrest of a printer, Jean -Baptiste Tlyen Within a short time he was sentenced to be executed. The executioner, who knew him well, asked Tlyen: -How shall I kill your Tjyen replied: -It is not important. You obey the king and I obey God.Tjyen was decapitated
Protasius Chong worked in a f actory, weaving ropes out of straw. At the age of 30, he heard about Catholicism and was baptised. Catholics in rural areas used to stay in Chong's home in Seoul when they came to receive the sacraments. After his arrest in 1839 Chong declared, after several days of beatings and interrogation, that he would r enounce his faith. He was released from prison and sent home But remorse set in and Chong went back to the judge and told him that he wanted to retract his renunciation. He was imprisoned, laid flat on his stomach and beaten 25 times on his back with a cudgel A few hours later he died at the age of 41 These are the stories of three of the 103 martyrs canonised by
PORT MORESBY: As Pope John Paul delivered his homily in Pidgin Bishop McKeon of Bunbury asked a nearby bishop how the pope was going. "He's going great. He's as clear as a bell." Bishop McKeon represented the Australian Bishops Conference at the New Guinea papal visit and after a dinner the pope shared with the bishops he heard Pope John Paul say the visit had been a unique experience. 'The native costumes and head-dresses at the Mount Hagen Mass were an indescribable sight,- Bishop McKeon said The wild beauty of a dignified ancient culture of a beautiful people was reflected in the beating drums which accompanied the glorious harmony of singing and exhilarating tribal dances to welcome the pope -Some tribal fighting had taken place before the pope's visit but they responded to the bishops" call for an Easter reconciliation in preparation for the pope's coming -In every parish a cross was set up and the people were reconciled, kneeling at the foot of that cross. Reconciliation was epitomised in the large cross carried for days over the mountains to stand beside the papal altar at Mount Hagen 'The pope frequently paid tribute to the missionary priests, brothers, sisters and lay people and especially the catechists who had made such great sacrifice to spread the faith, even at the cost of their lives
by a Special Correspondent It was hard to realise only 50 years before at Mount Hagen two missionary priests were killed in the crossfire of arrows that mistook them for enemies Bishop McKeon said his journey to New Guinea included a visit to the national seminary -No shortage of vocations here, I was told by Marist rector Father Michael Cruickshank a one time pupil of Father Glover of Margaret River -Everywhere we went the people of the villages showed nothing but kindness, friendship and hospitality
SOUTH CHINA SEA: During the flight from Papua New Guinea, Pope John Paul sent a message to the people of Vietnam, praising "the courage in working, the tenacity in difficulties, the family sense and the other natural virtues of which you give proof." The pope said the Church encourages efforts to rebuild Vietnam, "which has cruelly suffered the trials of war." The Church "hopes they will succeed in giving to every individual not only food and education but also the opportunity to develop freely each one's best potentialities, including religious aspiration, and in a climate of peace with the other nations that are seeking, like Vietnam, to live in tranquility and dignity," he said.
Pope visits battlefield HONIARA. (Solomon I slands) (NC) — Pope John Paul II paid a visit to Guadalcanal, site of a pivotal South Pacific battle during World War II, and praised the "vitality of the faith - on the Solomon Islands. The pope was given a spectacular welcome on Guadal canal, the largest of the Solomon islands, in a colourful ceremony.
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Pope John Paul in Seoul. Ninetytwo of the martyrs were lay people, 47 women and 45 men. The large number of laity conies as no surprise in a country where C atholicism was introduced by lay people and where today the laity feels the duty to be involved in the Church's work Yi Byok is considered the father of Catholicism in Korea. A wellregarded scholar, grounded in Confucianism, he learned of Catholicism in 1779 through the writings of Jesuit Father Matteo Rico, in books brought from China by his great-grandfather At a seminar on philosophical thought taking place in the mountains 15 miles from Seoul. Yi convinced the participants of the truth of Catholicism Catholic teaching took root with that small community, which met
He was the first white man to set foot in Papua New Guinea's western highlands and he helped bring Catholicism to the region now covered by the Archdiocese of Mount Hagen
Leahy and his brother Mick arrived in 1934 from their native Australia to prospect for gold. A few months later, on a return trip to Australia they told of the people they had found in the western highlands, and of their potential as converts. Shortly after, two US members of the Society of the Divine Word were sent!, said Leahy when interviewed as he waited for the pope to arrive for the Mass never thought this day was possible, when a pope would come to the highlands, - he said.
Korea and New Guinea. every seventh day for five years, passing the day in fasting, prayer, meditation, discussion and study. When one of its members, Vi Seung Hoon, had the opportunity to go to Peking as part of a diplomatic mission with his father, Vi Byok urged him to be baptised while he was there. Vi told him that without Catholicism, -we cannot know the origin and the purpose of the world, the union of soul and body, the problem of good and evil, the incarnation of Christ to atone for sins, nor eternal reward and punishment.'" Vi Seung Hoon was baptised in China, and he returned to Korea in 1784 to baptise his friends. He also carried with him catechisms, scriptural commentaries, prayer books, lives of saints, rosaries and statues.
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For more than a century, the Church grew in Korea through the work of the laity alone. In the early days the community commissioned 10 of its members to administer the sacraments of the Eucharist, penance and confirmation The system was immediately suspended, however, when the community learned of its illicit nature. When the first priest arrived in Korea in 1795 — he was a missionary from China — he f ound 4000 Catholics. For many of them, their religious decision had meant social ostracism, because religious traditionalists scorned a doctrine which prohibited ancestor worship, allowed men and women to sit in the same room and removed the distinction between commoners and the nobility.
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SEOUL Pope John Paul went by helicopter to Sorokdo, an island MO yards off South Korea's coast It looks like a resort for vacationers with dense forests, mild weather, long beaches of white sand and well-kept parks Instead, it houses 2500 victims of leprosy South Korea has one of the world's highest incidences of leprosy, known medically as Hansen's disease. with more than 50.000 victims The recovery rate is good, with the majority being rehabilitated within three years with good medical care. But the social stigma remains, causing most recovered leprosy victims to live with each other in colonies rather than face the stares of society The pope walked among 700 lepers gathered in wheelchairs in the hospital auditorium. The pope reached out to many of them, blessing and touching them, some with faces disfigured and hands hanging limply "To the unspeakable question 'Why me?' Jesus offers the living answer of his own death on the cross." said the pontiff in a brief homily, "for He suffered entirety for others. giving Himself in unending love One of the lepers. Sang-Rok Park. gave a welcoming address.
The official ceremony in Port Moresby with the tall headdresses of the Mekeo tribesmen waving in the evening light during their dance of welcome ...
Can you afford 50 cents a week to educate anIndian child? W ithout education Indian children face a bleak future in isolated areas of South Bihar. Basic necessities that we take for granted — sufficient food, education, medical care, and a water supply — are all too often not available t o them. Many children do not go to school. Some die before reaching school age. Much of their suffering is caused by ignorance. Indian children can be educated at 30 cents a week, or S12 a year. That small amount provides an education that helps them grapple with the problems of poverty, leading them to better living conditions, better health, better job opportunities and to a sense of worth and dignity. A ustralian Jesuits in India have appealed for financial assistance for 25,000 children whose parents cannot afford 30 cents a week for school fees. F amily incomes are very low. Costs have risen in India and teacher's salaries are now a minimum of S50 per month. Crucial aid from affluent countries has fallen off. Can you help us to care for these children? Whatever you can give will be greatly appreciated. Donations are tax deductible. Please make your cheque payable to "Australian Jesuit Mission Overseas Aid Fund" and post it to: National Director, Father G Drumm, SJ.,
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Unity in Church to beat tribal wars MOUNT HAGEN, (Papua New Guinea) (NC) — More than 150,000 people. most of them in bare feet, stood on a golf course soaked by three days of rain and heard Pope John Paul II say that though they came from different tribes, their Catholicism united them. The scene was Mount Hagen, a mile-high city of 13,000 surrounded by loftier mountain peaks. The people had come from the entire western
Pope's plea to tribesmen highlands region, many of them travelling for days. One group began its pilgrimage on foot 225 miles away eight days earlier carrying a 35-foot wooden cross which stood next to the thatched-roofed altar
Surrounding the altar during the Mass was an honour guard in tribal dress. The men had their concelepontiff as the brated Mass with most of faces painted red and black Papua New Guinea's 22 and wore high ornamental headdresses with the feathCatholic bishops. Bishop McKeon of Bun- ers of the bird of paradise bury was an official Aus- Many of them carried tralian visitor on the pope's spears and poison-tipped arrows used in hunting tour.
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A BOVE: Highland tribesmen walked nearly a week over mountains bearing this big wooden cross above their heads to get to the Mount Hagen Mass.
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Briefs: „VATICAN CITY (NC) — A flood of L-Ipilgrims to Vatican City towards the close of the Holy Year of the Redemption established record-breaking crowds for the events and an increase in confessions at St Peter's Basilica II Tempo, a Rome daily newspaper, reported "no less than 15 million tourists" came to Rome during the 13-month Holy Year, and said the figure is a 30 per cent increase in attendance over the 1975 Holy Year and double the attendance on the 1950 Holy Year. Archbishop Mario Schierano, president of the Central Committee for the Holy Year, said he believed the 15 million figure and expressed satisfaction with the Holy Year's success 0 0 0
Music house w ins action
"CAPE TOWN, (NC) — A $25 million 1--Ipledge by the Mariannhill Missionaries has played a key role in the South African government's decision not to relocate 12,000 blacks The government has accepted an offer by the Mariannhill Fathers to spend $25 million on developing the town of St WendolinS, where the blacks live There was singing and dancing in the streets of St Wendolin's when the news was heard, said Father John Bouma, provincial superior of the Mariannhil Fathers, based near Durban in the South African province of Natal The new decision reversed a decision of 18 years ago to clear the area for occupation by Asians C C
CHICAGO (NC) — A federal jury has ordered the Chicago Archdiocese to pay nearly $3.2 million in damages to F.E.L. Publications Ltd., a religious music publisher that sued the archdiocese in 1976 over the illegal reproduction of copyrighted music in parishes.
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F.E.L. president Dennis Fitzpatrick called the verdict a "great victory" for authors, composers and publishers of religious music. Evidence before the court included more than 1.4 million authorised copies of F.E.L. songs in song„VATICAN CITY (NC) - The suffering of sheets or homemade parish L—iso many children in the world because printed and distributed hymnals the of "one is malnutrition and disease of great scandals of our society," said Pope by 238 parishes in the Chicago John Paul II to 500 members of the UNICEF Archdiocese. executive council But F.E.L. said the key point in -The scandalous imbalances which exist its suit for damages beyond the within our society are reflected in a actual copyright infringements particular way amongst our children children was the fact when it first filed While in one sector of our world are suffering the lack of the most elemensuit in 1976, the Chicago Archtary human necessities, in other sectors diocese, then headed by the late children from the earliest age are being Cardinal John Cody, banned inserted into a society based on consueven legitimate use of F.E.L. merism, possession and even waste," said music throughout the archdiothe pope cese. Concerted efforts have been made to make pastors aware of their moral and legal obligations to receive permission and pay any necessary licensing or royalty fees before The first joint statement of New reproducing songs NEW YORK (NC) Y ork state bishops issued under the leadership of or music for parish
Abortion the top target
Archbishop John J. O'Connor of New York listed abortion as a top priority and called on public officials to "stand up for the sacredness of every human life."
The 1,100 word statement, "Government Officials and the Support of Human Life," issued on behalf of all the bishops of the state, identified the protection of all human life as the "top priority of our age" and called for a constitutional amendment opposing legal abortion. According to the bishops, protection of human life includes reducing and eliminating the threat of war, changing conditions which breed war, relieving human suffering and making available full human life. The bishops said while praising officials who have stood up for human life, "we continue to be insistent, as all Catholic bishops are, that we put an end to the evil of legalised permissive abortion which has eaten away at our fundamental American respect for human life. "How can we respect the lives of the elderly, the handicapped and the poor, how can we draw back in horror from the prospect of nuclear destruction, while we continue to destroy human life before it emerges from the mother's womb?"
School takeover
The Hague — A Dutch missionary priest, disillusioned with "people's organisations" and "conproscientisation grammes", is helping the poor to learn such skills a s quality control and book-keeping so that they c an exploit their economic potential.
use. F.E.L brought suit to highlight the rights of authors and publishers of church music to prevent unauthorised reproduction of their works and to receive remuneration for the reproduction and distribution of their materials. Fitzpatrick said after the ruling the award would enable F.E.I_ to go ahead with plans on several new liturgical publications, including publications in English of Gregorian Chant, 16thcentury polyphonic compositions and translations of German baroque composers.
VALLETTA (NC) — The Parliament of Malta passed by one vote a controversial bill which would allow the Socialist government to take over private secondary schools which do not offer free education, according to press reports. It provides for all secondary education be free. The law states if private schools charge fees, the government will assume running of the schools at the expense of their owners. Virtually all of the private schools in Malta are Catholic, and Catholics form 91 per cent of the 370,000 population. 4.0.10
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VATICAN CITY (NC) -Remember to value people over material things, Pope John Paul II told an international group of 250 scientists who were in Rome to participate in a symposium on the development of energy sources from controlled thermonuclear fusion. Science "continues through the centuries God's own work of creation," the pope said. "Your research can indeed have a great importance for the future of humanity," he added. "The quality of the environment and of life, the production of food and, in certain cases. the very survival of man, depends upon the long-range availablity of sufficient energy." he said. But, the pope cautioned. -By its very nature your work must be aimed towards the peaceful future and the harmonious and fraternal development of man, of each individual human being." The Church. said the pope. "tirelessly proclaims full respect of the human person
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The Missionary Oblates of the Australian Province have worked in Jav a for 13 years. The Island of Java has a population of 91 million. Many development projects have been carried out — fish-farming, poultry -farming. road building, land reclamation, clinics and water pumps for villages and nutrition programmes for young mothers and babies. By far the most important project has been and establishment of our Oblate Seminary for local vocations in 1983. We now have 22 students studying to be priests. Only God knows the work accomplished by a good priest during the course of his life. Those who help him through his studies, and share the costs, must also share in all the good he achieves during his priestly life. The cost of setting up a Seminary in the city of Jogjakarta, Java, Indonesia is very high. I,and near the National Seminary which our students attend for their lectures, is 580.000 an acre: building, however, is comparatively cheap. Eser donation will he acknowledged, and will he put aside for the direct maintenance and education of our Oblate students. The Missionar Association of Mao Immaculate (M.A.M.1.1 is the organisation responsible for raising funds.
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KNOW • YOUR FAI
I recently read an article by a young reporter who described bow he learned to deal with a diagnosis of terminal cancer. lk said the most profound thing be learned was what it was like to be afraid: 'afraid of the clock, afraid of the calendar, afraid of the day the doctors finally find trouble in a new place." However, he also said the feeling that '1 uill always be afraid" did not paralyse him. Instead it spawned in him 'a last stand kind of strength." Living with the constant fear of death gate the young reporter a new awareness of life and a 'heightened trust" in such fundamentals as his family and friends. With the support of his family and friends, he said "the future seemed numageahle" after all. The Iv 'ling man no longer
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could simply take life as it comes: instead, he began to appreciate the little things of life in a heightened way. His fear of death gave him the ability to live lift instead of simply letting lift happen to
But not everyone reacts just the way this _young reporter did Ronald Parent u'as the 45 year-old editor of Notre Dame Traitemity's alumni magazine tiller' his illness ti'aS diagnosed as terminal in early July 1982. With stunning suiftness he died at the end of August.
and awards for his journalistic accomplishments. Yet, asked during his final weeks about his feelings on death, Parent replied: '1 don't fear death at all ... raised my family and have
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regrets," surely couldn't have resulted from an attitude of "whatever be will he." But, having lived life as responsibly as he knew how, Parent could accept death without fear. For the newspaper reporter and the magazine editor, the reality of death led to a new appreciation for life itself It caused each to reflect on what is really important and tibia responsibility One might have over life.
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Parent seemed to have everything to live for. had a close marriage with his high school sweetheart Jiff 23 years. Ile had seen his three children graduate from high school and go on to college Ile had received professional recognitiO is
gone about as far as Ican in my profession. Fre lard a falllife. Mite no regrets." His apparent calm in the face of death, it seems safe to say, didn't happen by chance. Ills 'fall lift." as he called it. his life "with no
For the reporter. it led to a renewed commitment to living the events of every day in a fuller, more appreciative mariner. For the editor, it led to a re-eitiluation of his life and to the realisation that his life bad been satisfying andfull It is not easy to come to that point where one can say, "I can nuinage even
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thoughIknow Iam soon to die" Dr Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, who has uyirked extensively with the dying, has dooimerited how the acceptance of ones impending death usually comes only after a struggle. She says most people go through several stages in coming to terms with death. Nevertheless, the famous physician thinks it is possible for people to accept death and to turn that acceptance into a more joyous life So, known:1,4 that death is in my future can flake me up. It can alert me to the need to lit ' uithpurpose, to he sensitive to the potentially glorious events that occur in eachperson's daily existence. Lived that viviy, Life can be managed and life can he full, in the face of death.
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T What does the fact of death have to say about the life of a Christian and our relationship with God? Christians possess a unique perspective which helps them overcome the anguish of death. Dolores Leckey reflects on life after death. And she tells why she believes that it is possible to view each day as a gift and to approach the transition to another life with thanks for the time spent on earth. Theodore Hengesbach contrasts the reactions of two men on being told they hada terminalillness. For each, this became an opportunity to reflect on life's meaning and to reach an understanding on what life had to offer. Patricia Davis tells of her work in pastoral experience in helping a family prepare for the death of a husband and father in his 40s. The experience taught her something about the human spirit's ability to adjust and expand. FatherJohn Castelot writes that Christians may find dying as difficult as anyone else. But belief inJesus gilt's Christians hope — and that makes all the difference for us, Father Castelot says.
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By Patricia Davis That morning Mrs Johnson's message was typically direct and particularly urgent: "Pat, I want you to visit some friends of mine because Lewis is dying. What time can you pick me up?" A few hours later, as the two of us drove to a modest suburb. MrsJohnson filled in some details about the family. I'll call them the Hanks family here. She had known the family for a long time and was an unofficial grandmother to them — as she was to many others. Somehow, years before, she had persuaded Margaret Hanks and the three children to be baptised; but they had remained uncatechised and rarely went to church. Several weeks ago when Lewis was diagnosed as having terminal cancer, he too had been baptised. Now it was my iob to prepare the family for his death. My education and experience in nursing and theology were supplemented by
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intense silent prayer during the final few minutes of our drive. Margaret Flanks' tearful. warm welcome eased my nervousness, and I soon found myself sitting at the edge of Lewis' bed, listening as he and Margaret told their story. Lewis was thin and looked tired, but he did not really seem sick. And, he said, except for a growing fatigue. he felt fine. Margaret picked up the conversation's
thread. One morning in February Lewis was — uncharacteristically — too tired to go to work. When Margaret returned from her own job and found Lewis in bed, she insisted that he visit the emergency room of a nearby hospital. Several days of tests followed, and then the diagnosis: inoperable lung cancer. I.CRiS was told he probably had about three months to live. Our first conversation
marked the beginning of a long and special friendship. I spent many more hours perched at the corner of Lewis' bed learning to know and love the Flanks family. Margaret and Lewis told me about their near divorce several years earlier, for example. They had fought to save a marriage which I now saw growing stronger with each passing, precious day. I watched as the oldest child, a son on the verge of manhood, watched his
An ordinary person. faced with these alternatives, might be expected to ask prayers for his freedom. But Paul was no ordinary person. His reaction to the dilemma was a magnificent statement of the Christian attitude toward death. "I have full confidence that now as always Christ will be exalted through me, whether I live or die. For to me 'life' means Christ. Hence dying is so much gain. If, on the one hand. I am to go on living in the flesh, that means productive toil for me — and I do not know which to prefer." Paul goes on to say: "I am strongly attracted to both: I long to be freed from this life and to be with Christ, for that is the far better thing; yet it is more urgent
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John I 1 ,:astelot that I stay alive for your sakes." It is not that dying was a pleasant prospect for Paul. It was evil, the ultimate evil humans face. As Paul wrote in another letter, speaking of the ultimate victory of God over all evil: "Christ must reign until God has put all enemies under his feet, and the last enemy to be destroyed is death" (ICorinthians 15:2526). Speaking of the same ultimate triumph, the author of the New Testament book of Revelation wrote with typ-
ical imagery: "then death and the nether world were hurled into the pool of fire, which is the second death ... God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there shall he no more mourning, crying out or pain, for the former world has passed away' (Revelation 20:14;21:4). Christians do not whistle in the dark, pretending that death is a fun thing to be taken lightly or laughed off. The prospect of dying is as terrifying for the Christian as for anyone else. But there is one big difference, an allimportant one. For the Christian, death has meaning. Death is not the absurd final curtain rung down on an absurd play.
So, when Paul wrote to the Thessalonians,' who were upset over the deaths of their loved ones, he had this to say: "We would have you be clear about those who sleep in death, brothers; otherwise you might yield to
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father die. I saw the young nun balance a desire for independence. Margaret's call came on a Friday evening. "lie stepped over," she said. Several times that day Lewis had asked her if she were all right. Then. while Margaret and the children were sitting on his bed, talking and watching television. Lewis squeezed Margaret's hand and died. In the courage and faith of these friends. I had already witnessed resurrection.
grief like those who have no hope." Paul does not object to their grief. For grief is inevitable if one has a spark of humanity. And grief is emotionally healthy in the bargain. Pentup sorrow can be a time bomb. But Paul doesn't want Christians to grieve like people "who have no hope." Grief lightened by hope can be cleansing; hopeless grief is overwhelming, crushing. What makes it possible for Christians to hope is their belief in the resurrection of Jesus. which Paul observes is the pledge and model of our own resurrection. Jesus' resurrection was not an isolated event. Paul says. Instead. Jesus "will give a new form to this lowly body of ours and remake it according to the pattern of his glorified body (Philippians 3:21). No wonder Paul can cry out triumphantly, almost defiantly: "0 death, where is your victory?
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By Dolores Leckey
A view of death
St. Paul's fate was hanging in the balance when he wrote to the Phillippians from prison in Ephesus. Would he he released unharmed? Or would he be executed?
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The phone was ringing with special insistency as I walked into the parish office one Monday morning in early March. "I'll bet that's Mrs Johnson," I thought as I hurried to the desk. "Who else would call at this hour?" Now in her titis, Mrs Johnson was a lifelong parishioner. She knew everybody in the parish and made everyone's business her own. But staff and parishioners alike respected her and her care for the community.
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possibility. For some time afterward. the change of seasons regularly drew forth tears. I, like many others, was grateful for the works of Dr Elizabeth kubler-Ross. Her interviews with people who had been declared clinically deal and who 'bad come back to life" suggested a peaceful transition from this life to the next. Patients spoke to her about an embracing light and about the presence of an absolute love. "Well," I thought to myself, "perhaps the light contains all the springtimes there
"I was four when my Aunt Jenny died," Dolores Leckey writes. "It is my earliest memory of death. People were eating and drinking and singing Irish songs, as my family always did at parties. But this time they were crying too."
"The Dialogue." a book by StCatherine ofGenoa. a 15th century layikom an and mystic, provides depth to contemporary investigations into the afterlife. In the book, St Catherine. a married lay woman. described purgator as a fundamentally happy state because the soul is becoming less ego-centred and steadily more God centred: it is still growing.
Day after day for two years, Carlos Stark watched as the woman visited the grave of her 22 year-old-son. A medical student with a shining future, the youth was electrocuted when he accidently touched a live wire. Concerned about the woman, a nurse, Stark finally asked her if she knew anything about Compassionate Friends, a support group for bereaved parents. But "she wasn't ready then," Stark said. Sometime later, Stark encountered another grieving couple: the parents of a 25 year-old-man, who shot and killed himself with his father's gun. As often happens in such cases, Stark said, the youth's father blamed himself for the death. Distressed at the elderly parents' grief, Stark suggested to the first woman, the nurse, that she was in a unique position to help them, especially since she could speak to them in their native Spanish. Stark explained that when one bereaved parent tells another, "I understand what you are going through," it is in credible. Group support "can change lives", Stark thinks. People begin to realise "they are in a tunnel but that eventually they will come out of it," as they see others doing so. A fter the three parents met, Stark again suggested Compassionate Friends and then drove the people to the first meeting. They agreed to go, he said, but then they "didn't understand what was going on." Only English was spoken at the meeting. Then, with the aid of his Columbian wife, Yamile, Stark set about seeing what could be done for bereaved Spanish-speaking parents through the Archdiocese of Through their efforts, there is now a Spanish-speaking chapter of Compassionate Friends that meets at St Brendan's Church in Miami. Stark explained that the purpose of Compassionate Friends is to provide understanding and mutual support to parents when they lose a child. It's "a place where you can open up with other people. The Record, May 17 — 23, 1984
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Racism is 'bad, bad, bad' BRISBANE R acism in Australia "is bad, bad, bad," Morgan Father Howe, parish priest of suburban Indooroopilly told a workshop at the fourth annual r eligious education conference here. M ore than 1000 delegates from most states attended the two day conference sponsored by the Brisbane Catholic Education Office and which had as its theme Towards Justice and Peace. F ather Howe, whose t opic was Can the Catholic school educate for Justice? said racism could be preparation for confession. He said religious education teachers had to show their students the deep c oncerns for justice throughout the Bible. -The Bible is God's word to us in 1984 just as much as it was when it was written, but the stones and parables have to be shown to be relevant and alive. Identify today's disadvantaged and downtrodden with those in biblical times. " The parable of the Good Samaritan, to me, refers to the position of many white people and Aboriginals. I can see the situation of A sian migrants in other parables.
Perth television commentator has a The newly -married Inge Murphy very nearly became a widow on her honeymoon in her native Natal in South Africa. Husband Tony, who had been school champion swimmer at CBC and a Waverley member of the Clovelly S urf Club's highly rated junior R and R team, came within a hair's-breadth of drowning off a sunny Durban beach. He had competently handled many a strong undertow in his SydA nthony Edward (Tony) ney surfing days, but Murphy, Channel 7 and 6IX he had never encountelevision and radio personality tered anything like the was born in the Sydney suburb strength of the savage of Clovelly. rip that swept him out into the Indian Ocean He was educated at Waverley off this particular DurCBC and went to the University ban strand. of NSW at the age of 17 - - as Sucked out with him a sorter of letters. were a girl and another fellow. He was entitled to do a course "I was in enough trouat the university, but academia myself," he ble had little appeal for him and recounts, "but the girl before long he had embarked on was in a blind panic the radio and television career and flung her arms that has taken him to many parts round my neck. of the world. "I finally loosened her He has divided his attention desperate grip and told simultaneously between both her to keep calm while media — quite often for seven I tried to work out how and he is still in we were going to get days a week double-harness out at Tuart Hill back to the beach. -The other fellow was in with Channel 7 and 6IX. On December 17 last year at St Cecilia's Church in Floreat Park he was married to South A frican girl Inge Salisbury in nuptials celebrated by his brother, Father John Murphy, parish priest of Blacktown, NSW Presentation nun Sister Julianne, principal of St Mary's College at Lismore in NSW, is his sister.
"Use liturgy as a tool of justice," he urged. -We need to be exposed to the relevant things in our world to get the most out of our liturgies. -When you are teaching the students, they need to have seen a similar situation in today's world. -They need to know what poverty is, what it feels like to be terminally ill and have no future, what racism does. -The Church is us. "I have never been more optimistic about the Church than I am now.
worse trouble than I was. It looked like curtains for the three of us when I was finally able to attract the attention of a lad nearby on a boogie board.
"He paddled over and we clung to his little board, but getting out of the rip and through the surf back to the beach with the overloaded board was a horrendous experience.If there is any truth in the belief a drowning person's life flashes before him in his last minutes, Tony's mental k aleidoscope would have presented a varied series of pictures. For instance, there was the time that he rejected the offer of a swimming scholarship in the US after he had won the school championship at CBC Waverley. Instead he took up a University of NSW option which provided he could take a course while working simultaneously in the office of the university. The 17-year-old's job consisted mainly of sorting the immense volume of mail
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Worked in Europe and the US flowing into the seat of learning He was a member of the Clovelly Surf Club's junior r escue and resusciation team and in winter played with the university's under 21 rugby union 15, but turned his back on the halls of academe to embark on a public -speaking course conducted by prominent ABC man Bryson Taylor who advised him to try his hand — or his voice — at radio. He took the advice and the plunge and landed an announcing job with 2LT at Lithgow. No semblance of mike fright disturbed the equilibrium of the confident 18 year -old. This is in stark contrast to the nervousness maturity has brought to him now for several days before one of his big radio or telly shows goes to air. After eight months at Lithgow, Tony's career followed the itinerant course common among young folk trying to make their mark in radio. Jobs came with 2BS at Bathurst and 2GZ and Channel 8 at Orange before he graduated to 2SM in Sydney to join "the good guys" who
Father Uren calls for 'balance' ADELAIDE — A Perth Jesuit priest visiting here has made a plea for balanced discussion of in-vitro fertilisation.
After taking part in a symposium with Dr John Kerin, of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, at Aquinas College last week, Father Uren said he had been impressed by scientists on IVF teams in Perth and Adelaide
"I do think that there needs to be caution on the part of scientists and governments, but from theologians too." Father Uren of St Thomas More College in Crawley. WA, said. Father Uren said there was a need for more balanced discussion of the issue than had taken place in the past
"1 think these scientists are portrayed as just going ahead with in vitro fertilisation programmes. but I have been impressed by the concern shown by the profession here, by Dr John Kerin and others and those in Perth," Father Uren said.
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"They are concerned about the morality of the method." Father Uren is a member of a committee formed by the WA Government to investigate the social and ethical implications of for the community. He said it is felt in WA responsible management of IVF programmes are needed, because some couples are willing to do anything to get on to such programmes. There is also a need for counselling of those taking part as many are disappointed. The success rate is about one case in five, he said.
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included Mike Walsh and Bob Rogers. With them he stayed for 4' 2 years before spending 2' .2 years conducting the TV pop show Saturday Date. But the time had come, he decided, to go overseas. It was a decision that was to keep him out of Australia for 10 years, except for a sixmonth stint back in Sydney hosting the TV quiz show All About Faces. The first country he visited abroad was Rhodesia, with a rugby mate who hailed from that part of the world.
Tony, by then 24, landed his next job with Radio Luxembourg for a year before spending a similar period with Deutsche Welle — The Voice of Germany — in Cologne. By then America was calling and he managed to get his foot in the difficult radio door there in Scranton, Pennsylvania. This opened up a position that he was to hold for five years with WNEW in New 2 / York before spending 21
years conducting a morning TV talk show called New England Journal in Hartford, Connecticut -The station,- he said, "was owned by The Washington Post whose reporters uncovered the Watergate Scandal which unfolded during my time there it was a most exciting period and prominent politicians and authors frequently appeared on my show" By then homesickness was playing on the hearstrings and he took the first job that he could get back in Australia — with radio station 5DN in Adelaide He moved over the road to Channel 9 where he won a Logie award The next step was back to his native Sydney at Today FM Radio and doubling on television as host of Channel 10's Good Morning Sydney
VCN, ,414 By this time in Perth, Lionel Yorke had quit 6PM to go to 6IX, and PM was in the market for a likely lad The job was accepted by Tony in 1980 and he came to Perth for the first time in his life to work in radio and do weekend news reading on Channel 9. In April last year he moved to 6IX and Channel 7_ For the five week -days he is on radio from 9 am to noon and conducts State Affair on television from 6pm to 6.30pm. The variety of locations in which he has worked on the air has left Tony with his share of reminiscences. He played rugby in Cologne and was included in a team of Germans for a match against a French side in Paris. There is still little love lost between the two nationalities. Stationed at full-back, he had his eyes on a high
Frozen embryo condemned ROME (NC) — The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, had condemned the "frozen embryo" method. It involves the implantation of a frozen human embryo in a womb after in vitro fertilisation. An editorial said the method calls for masturbation and artificial insemination of humans — activities condemned by the Church. The editorial commented on the birth in Australia of baby Zoe, the world's first frozen embryo baby.
brother a priest and sister a nun
BRISBANE — Up to 4000 people in Queensland are jointly "experiencing" ARCIC 1, with the aim of better understanding and closer cooperation between Anglicans and Catholics. Hundreds of groups, of and Anglicans have Catholics, settled down to look together at each other's faith in the light of the first Anglican/ Roman Catholic InternaCommistional (ARCIC) sion's Report.
Thousands join units ARCIC e xperience from Leader Chief Reporter R AY OWEN
More than 400 kits have been distributed, each one intended for use by a home discussion group. Father Wrex Woolnough, Catholic spokesman for the inter group Church which prepared the exercise, said he has been surprised at the response. "It's been very heartening." he said, "especially considering the late start in preparing people His Anglican counterpart, Canon Jim Warner, said there was "a lot of inter -
floating punt coming his way when a hefty Frenchman — unaware of the possibility that an Australian could be included in a German team — knocked him cold with a bunch of fives in the early seconds of the game. For the duration of this Vive la France-Deutschland uber Alles contest that he had travelled all the way from Cologne to play in, he was unconscious in the dressing MOM. He has had his share of onair gaffes. too.
At Orange in NSW, shortly before hosting Channel 8's most ambitious project to that date — a live concert version of the Verdi opera La Traviata — somebody had talked him into purchasing a sample suit of a peculiar rust colour His gaffe, which did not go down at all well with the singers in the studio waiting to perform, came when he opened the show by saying that Channel 8 was proud to present a "recorded" version of the opera.
Later, one of the opera's principals was heard to ask the show's producer with some choler 'Who was the gaudy virgin in the suit?" In America, Tony and a woman announcer used to share live TV interviews with visiting VIPs The subject to be interviewed on one occasion was famous entertainer Milton Berle, who had just published his autobiography. Unfortunately, the station had only one copy of the work and the gentlemanly Tony had given it to the woman announcer to read
in the short time available before the show. As soon as they came on air with Berle, he asked each of them whether they had read the book. -Yes,'" truthfully said the lady,, -Yes," lied Tony. "Berle has an acidic tongue when he wants to use it thus,- said Tony, "and he woke up in a stride that I had lied about reading his book. For the rest of the show he systematically cut me to ribbons. Moral — don't lie on the air." Tony is happy to be working on only five days a week (they're pretty full days for
all that) instead of the seven that has so frequently been his lot. He has to do a lot of preparatory work for both his 9 am-noon 6IX stint and State Affair on Channel 7 from 66.30 pm before going to air. He has sung publicly only a couple of times on television, but good judges have noted distinct possibilities in his easy singing style. So don't be surprised if before long you hear him rendering some ballads of yesteryear in the Bing Crosby-Perry Como style for public consumption instead of under the morning shower.
Both said, however, that it w-as difficult to gauge exact involvement Some groups have photocopied the kit, which meant there were more in use than actually distributed. groups of parishes had also combined for the exercise. and people had gone to groups outside their own parishes. Canon Warner estimated that about 35 Anglican parishes were actively participating. Father Woolnough said some Catholic parishes had taken as many as eight kits. He said all areas of Brisbane were covered and kits had also been requested from elsewhere in Queensland. People were involved who might not otherwise have participated in an ecumenical exercise. "Maybe we've filled a need. which has enabled them to become involved." said Father Woolnough. "People have obviously been looking for something.
Father Wrex Woolmough ... "Surprised at the response." and now seem to havu found it." tfito arnme The four-week began on April 29. It was introduced earlier, in a joint letter to their clergy by Archbishop Rush and Archbishop Sir John Grindrod, Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane and Primate of Australia They encourage parishes "to set aside the month of May as a special time of collaboration and common search." The "experience" involves an exchange of views on the topics covered by ARCIC I. which for 10 years probed areas of agreement between the Churches. It has also inspired other interactions, including: • The clergy of the Catholic and Anglican parishes at Toowong swapping pulpits on alternate Sundays. • Year 11 Students at VilanOVa College, C,00rparoo, have been set an ecumenical assignment as
part of their study of religion course. They have to interview a person of another faith. who is also to take them to a service in his or her Church. The boys then have to write a report which looks at the historical background of the other tradition, the common beliefs, and the differences, between it and Catholicism. and the possibilities for unity. The ARCIC exercise concludes May 2 . The following Tuesday. May 29, is the second anniversary of the historical meeting in Canterbury Cathedral between Pope John Paul and the head of the Anglican community. Archbishop Runcie. It will be marked in Brisbane with an ecumenical liturgy of commitment in St John's Anglican Cathedral at 7.30 pm led by Archbishop Rush and Archbishop Grindrod.
NSW looks at porn law
SYDNEY — Within a few weeks, the NSW Cabinet will consider legislation to control the sale of video cassettes. Pornographic videos are now widely available in NSW. It is feared they may implement a system that is even more permissive. Under current legislation, a video cassette can be classified as obscene by a magistrate. Once so classified its sale is illegal. However, under what are tipped to be the new arrangements, almost anything can be made available, provided it is sold "under the counter" to over aged parsons. It is expected that the Government will introduce a classification system along lines suggested by the Commonwealth Film Censorship Board.
Five categories are envisaged.
These are general (suitable for all ages); parental guidance (suitable for persons 12 years and over); mature ( suitable for person 15 years and over); restricted (18 years and over) and extra point of sale controls (18 years and over). This classification system except for the X rating, is identical to that used for films. Mr Ken Barton, the acting Chief Film Censor admitted to The Catholic Weekly that the categories "do give the impression of being liberal." According to the Board's guidelines, in the Mature . implicacategory, "no word or phrase is proscribed
tions of fellatio, cunnilingus, masturbation etc may be depicted . . . violence, very cruel or very explicit, eg dismemberment or beheading limited to flashes only . . ." In the X category "all depictions of sexual acts involving adults . . . including insertion of objects into orifices, nerophilia, coprophilia. sado-masochism " are permitted. The only material that will be refused classification and will therefore be illegal under the mooted system is "material considered harmful to society, namely child pornography, bestiality, explicit, detailed and gratuitous depictions of acts of significant cruelty . . . instruction 'manuals' for terrorist type weapons and the abase of hard drugs."
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VATICAN CITY (NC) — A march by 250,000 youths to the Vatican on April 14 marked the highlight of the April 11-15 Holy Year events for youths and was the largest single gathering during the Holy Year, which began March 25, 1983 and ended on April 22. Carrying palms, some of which were more than six feet tall, the young people walked to St Peter's Square from two different points in Rome for their third meeting with Pope John Paul II. Visibly moved by the crowd, one of the largest since the funeral of Paul VI and the inaugurations of two pontiffs in 1978, the pope praised the young people for their religious spirit. "What a marvelous spectacle this assemb:y makes in the setting of this square," the pope said. "Who says that the youths of today have lost their sense of values?" The pope told the young people that they were important for the future of the church. "In a very real sense, the 21st century which is rapidly approaching belongs to you. I ask you therefore to think carefully about the choices in life which you have to make, - he said. "In a world which often seems to be dominated by death," he added, "be ready to choose life, and to choose whatever promotes life and goodness in society." The pope called on young people to oppose "systemic violations" of life which, he said, include artificial birth control, war, exclusion of the elderly and mentally deficient from society, and euthanasia. "Relying on the Spirit's presence within you," the pope added, "stand up against violence and evil, and seek to bring peace and new hope." After the pope's address, several young people representing the groups attending the ceremony asked the pope questions.
'Your freedom is a great gift that you have received from God'
Pope John PaulII welcomed more than 50,000 young people to the Vatican during last month's Holy Year ceremonies.
The feeling of youth
ROME (NC) -- Everyone from Pope John Paul II, who invited young people to celebrate the Holy Year with him, to the young people who responded Cardinal C.asaroli also told diocese of Anchorage„klaska, felt the impact of the English-speaking young peo- also liked the Stations Of the Holy Year events for ple gathered for a catechesis Cross. session on low that the pope "It wa.s neat.' • he said. 'The young people.
was enio)ing the events more first night we were here there seemed like a lot of confusion and more as they unfolded "He looks younger every day with the different languages. you're here," said Cardinal But the Stations of the Cross C.asamli. "If you stay here were easy to understand. I much longer, we'll have a liked the Latin chants and cutta. pope who looks like a young everything about it." Heidi Hanson of Anchorage Christian." Several young people from said that before coming to the United States said the Rome she had never realised the long history of the Church. events impressed them. "Seeing the pope was great," "It's so old," she said. said Raquel Evans of the Texas Diocese of Galveston-HousVATICAN CITY (NC) ton. "Some of us got to touch Pope John Paul II him." welcomed more than Chuck Reddell. one of the 50,000 young people members of the Diocesan to the Vatican during is very important and indis- stadium and another in St Youth Board of Beaumont. the opening of Holy young Japanese Buddhists Texas, was surprised at how Year ceremonies for The pope also emphasised pensable in order to accomp- Peter's Square. people from different easily -ate( give to spokesa peace," world scheduled lish youths. Also reconciliation, the theme of chetical instruction to the cultures could communicate. The pope met the young the Holy Year of Redemption. man for the group said. youths at a related event is "Communicating with all the people in St Peter's Square, and urged the youths to par"Every true religion has at its Mother Teresa of Calcutta. rest of the people was great," of despite torrential rains, after ticipate in the sacrament centre unconditional love, the This would make her the first Redden said. "You could see John Wagner of Galvestonthey had marched in a candle- reconciliation. love of God-Buddha. Since woman to offer catechesis in how much people from all Houston said, "St Peter's is light procession into the "The main obstacle to your Christians and Buddhists Rome basilica, said a spokes- over the world can get smaller than I thought it a means which sin, is freedom square. The meeting, which believe in this love, we can woman for the Holy Year together. When we didn't would be." originally had been scheduled saying no to God," the pope unite and guide all people speak the same language. we Two adults who volunteered youth events. for the smaller Belvedere said. "But Jesus Christ, the son towards peace. towards the The 74 -year-old Mother communicated through hand to work with young people Courtyard, was moved to the of God, is ready to forgive all unity of true children of Godoffered their own observaTeresa is a Nobel Peace Prize signals." square to accommodate the sins, and this is what He does Buddha," he said. in out stood tions. events Specific among work her for winner large number of participants. in confession, in the sacra"The energy here is impresOrganisers of the ceremo- ment of penance. In confes- Scheduled youth events the poor in India and the the minds of many. nies had predicted that sion Jesus Himself forgives include two other meetings founder of the Missionaries of -The sporting event was sive," said Terry Wetl of the great," said Christopher Archdiocese of St Paul-Min150.000 young people would your sins and gives you back with the pope, one at a sports Charity. Jander of the Diocese of neapolis. who plans to work participate in the events for the freedom you lost when Oklahoma City, referring to a in youth ministry youths. Teenagers from more you said no to God." two-hour exhibition by sports Incarnate Word Sister Rose than 40 countries, including The pope spoke to the young stars at Rome's Olympic Sta- Winkle of the Diocese of Poland, Hungary and Yogosla- people in 11 languages includAmarillo. Texas, said seeing tudges be The will looking dium. have Australian The Jaycees ing English, Polish, Dutch and via, attended the opening. launched their search for five for achievement in any chosen "The Stations of the Cross the pope seemed to be the The young people, holding Arabic. candles, banners, flags and Before the opening ceremo- outstanding young West Aus- field or organisation and the impressed me." said Dennis highlight for most of the value of contributions Jutras of the Diocese of Prov- young people. umbrellas, listened to the nies, the Buddhists, the only tralians. "It's been good for them to pope's challenge that they non-Christian group at the Nominations for five awards Nominees must be Austral- idence, RI. It WAS awesome," he said, witness the faith," she said, event, said why they had are invited from all sections ian citizens over the age of 18 "say yes to Christ." "Your freedom is a great gift accepted the invitation from of the community, in fields as and under 40 as at December "but I felt comfortable with "and to see that they have it. It was spiritual and peace- something in common with that you have received from the Vatican Secretariat for diverse as business, commun- 31. people from all over the science, law, reliwelfare, ity Nominations close on July ful." God," the pope said to the Non-Christians. Richard Reader of the Arch- world" group, which included 26 "Cooperation with Catholics gion, public issues and sport. 31. 'The pope has gotten more than he's given." said Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, Vatican secretary of state, when he met Mother Teresa of Cal-
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1 4 4 kis IiiIii. I 4 Whistle Up The Chimney, the pertect training for by Nan Hunt, illustrations her dream life. by Craig Smith, published Soon the time in the gym is all she lives for by Fontana, $3.95. While we've talked about and everything else is home, neglected this delightful book before schoolwork, ... even we're mentioning it again boyfriends. Here is a because it is now available in world in which Candy eminently affordable paper- excels and she revels in back. it until 'The Great Mrs Millie Mack lives happily K arda' himself teaches by herself in a white house her a bitter, but neceswith a lovely big garden. Her sary lesson about the children, all grown-up and 'high-life'. married, try incessantly to move Millie into a cosy unit. e But Millie won't ever move out namely because of the secret she shares with her faithful old cat. Millic's winters just wouldn't be the same if she couldn't listen to the flames going "crickle crackle" in the old fireplace. And this winter Wide-awake Jake, by turned out to he an extra Helen Young, illustrated by special one when the wood- Jenny ;Whams. published man delivered old railway by Fontana, $350. wood and half a door from a From the author of What bogey louvre in with the rest Difference Does It Make. of the wood. Danny comes a fantasy stor!, delightfully illustrated with dragons and lions, all glowing with colour. Developed from the familiar childhood cry. "I can't sleep". Jake discovers the cures suggested by Dad and his sister ( reading and thumb-sucking) just don't work. However. Mum's suggestion — to practice yawning — leads to all kinds of extraordinary encoun ters.
Black Harvest, by Ann Cheetham, published by Fontana, $2.95.
The dead man struggled out, bound in the long linen cloths. Everyone gasped in wonder. Martha and Mary began to shout with joy. "Untie him," Jesus told the men, "and let him go free."
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Lazarus was dead. For sick brother apparently were white linen cloth. 'heir rabbi dently. "Where is your sister, several days he had not answered. He was dead. prayed. Everyone prayed. And Mary?" been very sick. His sis- The next day was a terrible sang. And cried. Then several Martha ran back to their ters, Martha and Mary, day for Martha and Mary. They strong men rolled a hugh home to get Mary. "Jesus is here," she whispered to Mary. did all they could for watched their neighbours stone in front of the tomb. him. The village doctor place the body of their For two days Martha and "He is asking for you." brother inside a small cave. Mary grieved. Mary got up and ran out of could do no more. "If only Jesus
Mary and Martha cried at That was their tomb. were here." Mary said sadly, the house. She didn't stop Lazarus' bedside when he The body was carefully "everything would be better. running until she came to died. Their prayers for their wrapped in long strips of Jesus just outside the town I wish He would come." gate. She fell down at His feet That afternoon someone ran crying bitterly. BIRTHDAY into Martha's kitchen with Jesus was moved by her tears. good news. "Jesus is coming. He saw Martha crying, too. He Happy birthday to Kathleen ville; Jeffrey Large, Toodyay; • He's just outside Bethany saw tears in everyone's eyes. Rowe, Willagee; Emma Leahy, Louise Mailey, Ballidu; Cecilia now." "Where have you laid his Mt Lawley; Andrea Smith, Ho, Lynwood; Leanne Horton, Noranda; Luke Fitzpatrick, Arrnadale; John Dilley, Coo- Martha was so excited she body?" Jesus asked. Waroona; Roseanne Tavelli, lup: Jacinta Gorringe, Atta- ran out to meet Jesus. She "Come and see," they ansBayswater; Natalie Thornton, dale: Angela Bendotti, Pem- didn't stop to tell Mary. Mary wered. They began to lead Girrawheen; Jennifer Taylor, berton; Anthony Collopy, sat at home, still crying with Jesus to the tomb. Tears began Hillarys; Naomi Van Vugt, Noranda; Joannah Clear, Mun- sorrow. As soon as Martha saw to well up in Jesus' eyes and Padbury; Kylie White, Ballidu; daring; Valerie Cheffings, Man- Jesus, she ran up to Him. "If fall down His cheeks. Luke Branch, Willetton; Luke jimup: Domenic Duffy, Won- you had been here, my "Look how much Jesus loved Hickey, Claremont; Penny gan Hills; Julie De Jonge, brother would never have I.azarus," the friends and Round, Gosnells; Tracey Con- Gcraldton; Paige Geers, Atta- died," she told Jesus. neighbours said when they roy; Marilyn Buttacio, Balin- dalc, Tamara Brooker, Albany; "Your brother will rise saw Jesus. again," Jesus answered confi- They came to the tomb gut): Colleen O'Meara, 'ceder Kerrie Beech, Tenterden.
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where Lazarus was buried. All eyes were on Jesus as He stood before the tomb. "Take away the stone," Jesus directed several strong men. "But he's been buried for four days," Martha warned Jesus. The men pushed and pulled at the heavy stone. Jesus raised His eyes in prayer. The men finally rolled the heavy stone from the opening. "Lazarus, come out," Jesus called out loudly. The dead man struggled out, bound in the long linencloths. Everyone gasped in wonder. Martha and Mary began to shout with joy. "Untie him," Jesus told them, "and let him go free."
J okes Where had the runner bean? To see the celery stalk What did the chick say when it saw an orange in the nest? Look at the orange Mama laid (orange marmalade). How many eggs can a glutton eat on an empty stomach? One, After that the glutton's stomach isn't empty.
A holiday in Ireland becomes1 nightmare of terror
Star Dreamer, by A nita Eires, publ ished by Pan, $1.95. 1 complete a full backswing somersault and land perfectly on the tiny platform. After this breathtakingly dangerous performance on the trapeze — without a safety net — a great shout goes up. The only thing Candy really knew about her father was that he was one of the world's great trapeze artists. But that was enough ... she was determined to follow him. Her mother forbids her even to think about it but, when Candy discovers gymnastics, it seems
• Colin becomes aware of a ghastly stench. • Prill is haunted by a fearsome skeleton-woman. • Baby Alison falls sick. • However their cousin Oliver remains unnaturally, unnervingly calm. Nightmares, edited by Mary Danby, published by Fontana, $2.95. Don't read this book .... if you're afraid of rats and spiders ..., if you can't stand the sight of blood .... if you won't go to sleep with the wardrobe open. But if you're made of sterner stuff, dare yourself to try these fiendish horror tales — everyone a nightmare of shuddersome fun,
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Letting the cats out of the bag R ules of the Game; Sir Oswald and Lady Cynthia Mosley, 1894 — 1963, by Nicholas Mosley, published by Fontana-Collins, $6.95 and Beyond the Pale: Sir Oswald Mosley 1933 — 1980, by Nicholas Mosley, published by Secker and Warburgo. Reviewed by Brocard Sewell (Catholic Herald). Nicholas Mosley's two books on his father, the first of which now reappears in paperback, offer a sensational study of the nun, but one which is not very reliable AS a study of character. Nicholas, the eldest son, lets several family cats out of the bag, and shows a disregard for the honourable tradition or not making public family secrets.
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In his foreword to Rules of the Game the author tells us that he is by vocation a novelist, and so. by implication, not a biographer. One must agree. Nicholas also states that his father once said that he "was not his sort of person." One can see why. In spite of the strong pro-tests made by Lady Mosley and other members of the family. Rules of the Game
seems to have been reissued with no modifications, and with no mention or discussion of the objections raised to it. Nicholas Mosley's second volume, Beyond the Pale, is marginally less nasty than volume one. And it does contain some interesting pieces of information that future biographers of Sir Oswald will have to take into account. For instance, with regard to the question of whether, before the war of 1939, Mosley's British Union of Fascists received any financial subventions from abroad. Absolutely no evidence could he found of this when all the movement's records and papers were impounded in September 1939; but in when 1946, Mosley. released from priosn. was seen once again as likely to prove a threat to the Establishment, a document conveniently surfaced which showed that between 1933 and 1935 the movement had received about $120,000 a year from the Italian Government. On the question of the imprisonment of his father and mother. without any charges. and without apol-
ogy or compensation after the war, Nicholas Mosley makes it clear, and for this he must be praised. that their arrest and imprisonment was the price exacted by the Labour Party leaders for agreeing to enter Churchill's wartime Government. Nicholas Mosley also does well to raise the question of why the Home Office records concerning the Mosleys' imprisonment, which were due for release a few months ago, are now to be withheld from the public, on the Lord Chancellor's fiat, for a possible further hundred years.
On Glory's Course, by James Purdy, published by Viking (New York 1984), $18.95. R eviewed by Joan M Christian.
A curious thing about Beyond the Pale is that it is almost as much an autobiography of Nicholas Mosley as it is a biography of his father. The author makes no attempt to discuss the incredible result of the poll in the North Kensington constituency at the general election of 1959. This was a scat which Oswald Mosley could not possibly have failed to win. When the result was declared the labour candidate was at the top; and Sir Oswald Mosley came last, lasing his deposit.
Tom and Cimmie at their wedding in 1920.
A tangle of emotions on the course to glory
illicit activity inside its ,4 visitor to James Pur- shuttered houses. For it is dy's town of Fonthill enless gossip. "medicinal would quickly discover liquor" and promiscuity that things are not always that keeps the place buzwhat they appear to be. zing. The center of attention A t first glance. Fonthill looks like a conservative is .4 dek Bevington. an self-appointed suburb struggling through aging the Midwest Depression judge of the town's of the 1930s. Its people manners and morals. Her support Prohibition and own shady past and presthe First Presbyterian ent penchants for afterChurch. But, actually, noons at the sleazy Fonthill conceals a nest of cinema and for entertain-
ing men in the middle of the night are not the best qualifications for the job. but her strength. independence and determination to live life on her own terms overshadow these facts. A dele's. quest to find the son she never knew snares a peculiar assortment of characters into the search. Elaine Cottrel is beautiful, penniless and very lonesome. She equally
despises and admires the wealthy widow. Elaine's Iwo fatherless sons, Ned and lee, are taught some real lessons about life from the fabulously bejeweled dele. A dding a humorous touch to the cast is the Widow Hughes whose eccentric hobbies include eavesdropping. Two men complete the ensemble: JOI Dougherty, an unrefined ice-man who
pays a high price for forbidden love. and Keith Gresham, a handsome soldier who has lost his _future in the trenches of the (;reat The lives of this unusual group are all tangled up together in dormant passions and vulnerable, yet comic, obsessions. Purdy's talent as a writer lies in his ability to get beneath the surface of these complex people and come away with their true stories. It keeps the reader turning pages searching licit to for solutions. Fonthill is a memorable trip.
new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new title. The Writers Director, by M. Daryl Jackson is pre-eminent Here is a self-contained guide it contains more infor- A personal account of the and desserts. Each recipe is traumatic times by intersifying Held, published by MacMil- among his generation of Aus- course for individual study or mation and illustrations on current plight of Soviet Jewry. demonstrated in Pepin's famil- one's religious faith. tralian architects. He is a classroom use. assuming no habitat and behaviour of birds Over 400.000 Jews in the iar style with step-by-step lan London, $84. Images of Peace. by Pat architect previous knowledge of the than any other comparable USSR have over the past 10 illustrations and instructions. A superb reference book for representative Corrick Hinton, Winston. But first and foremost it permission is a refused you been tells years simply It all those who need both changing the course of his language. Its unique combina- guide. $4.95. biographical data and accu- discipline, altering its expec- tion of practical exercises and everything about all the birds to emigrate. Based on a jour- book of simple. hearty and Presents 40 optimistic medand his in 1983 delicious Britain. by Gilbert food from the ney rate publication dates. it is an tations and directing it in new step-by-step grammar helps you are likely to find in itation4 that challenge a absolute must for librarians, directions. His standing works the student to understand Solitary Confinement and conversation with several of domestic tables of France. to work creatively for reader students, teachers, publishers include Sydney's Film and Italian by emphasising a func- the Dungeon Democracy, these remarkable 'refuseniks'. peace. The Cook's Handbook, by Television School, the Singa- tional approach. and literary agents. by Christopher Burney, pubThe Camomile lawn, by Prue Leith, published by Was Vithout Glory. 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What's on AUTHORITY ON CULTS Dr Walter Martin a world authority on cults will speak on the cults and a Christian response to the cults at Winthrop Hall, University of WA, on Friday June 15 and Saturday June 16 and Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 at 7.30pm. A public meeting with Dr Martin will also be held in the Memorial Hall, corner R ockingham Rd and Carrington St, Hamilton Hill, Sunday June 17 at 1.30 pm. Walter Martin is the author of the wellknown book, Kingdom of the Cults, a number of other books, numerous booklets, tracts and journal articles on the cults. He is director of Christian Research
Race Talk with Rod Evans KINSAY was very impressive in winning first up for trainer Bert Harrison at York on Friday. This 3 yo gelding raced away from the opposition to record his first win from 12 starts. Kinsay should be hard to beat in his next few starts especially in a mid week Belmont race where the fields are not overly strong. HAULPAKS IMAGE should not take long to return to his mantle as the glamour horse of WA racing, judging on his excellent first up sixth behind White Tiger in the Grandstand Cup at Belmont on Saturday. Having his first start since being galloped on in the Perth Cup and carrying top weight of 59.5kg. Haulpalcs Image ran on from tenth on the corner to finish on the heels of the placegetters and showed he will win many more races in this campaign. WARRIOR STAR resumed racing on Saturday and just failed to score a first up win when he was beaten right on the line by the much improved Sir Ned. Warrior Star has always been an above average galloper and it won't be long before he is-back in the winners circle for prolific owner Bob Peters. EVER GENEROUS was having his first start for a year and put up a fighting performance to finish third in the Waylen Welter on Saturday. This grey gelding is now seven years old but he has not had many starts and still is racing with plenty of zest. He should be very hard to beat in a similar sort of race in the near future.
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Institute, a leading American organisation involved in cult research, dissemination of accurate information, and Christian apologetics. Dr Martin has been involved in numerous radio and television programmes, presenting the Christian Faith in contrast to the cults; debates with atheists, cultists and occultists; a Biblical questions and answers call back programme; and guest appearances on many wellknown American programmes. An offering towards Dr Martin's expenses will be taken at each of the meetings. For further information contact: Adrian van Leen Director, CCG Ministries -4446183.
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A most revealing book, 0 IS FOR ORANGE, recently published is the most extensive and thorough examination, yet published, of the Orange People/Rajneesh Religion. It is the result of two years of intensive research and probes beneath the well prepared PR image of this controversial cult in order to get the truth. In this book, the author, and director of Concerned Christians Growth Ministries, Adrian van Leen, examines: the history and beginnings of the Rajneesh cult; Rajneesh's teachings and beliefs; his attitude and teachings against families; the sex and therapy practices of this cult; its empire building and expansionist activities; its opposition to, and pressure on, others: commune life; and the requirements and results of total submission to Rajneesh. Each chapter is thoroughly documented with notes at the end.
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SIR I was intrigued by the dissimilar views expressed by your older correspondent J.F. Harding (Today's Mail) and the younger Jenny Bar -
nard (Youth Forum) in The Record May 10. I sometimes wonder if t he freedom of free speech which we prize so much may eventually sink the western nations. The fact that Dr Helen Caldicott, not Americanborn, but earning her living in that country is free to speak against the US government's policies and equally free to do likewise in Australia leads me to ask the queshon.- Why does she not travel to a country which is an ally of Russia, such as Vietnam or Cuba, and speak against the bases in those countries?
I believe she has established her credentials to do so by her continuing condemnation of US policy. When she attempts this course of action and is accorded the same freedoms enjoyed in the US and Australia, I will have no hesitation in agitating for the removal of US bases and visiting US ships. One of the reasons I'm so pessimistic is the report Mrs Sakharov requires medical treatment only available in the west but she has been refused permission to leave by the USSR authorities.
Question raised from P Bertola, Bremer Bay
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Father W. Uren SJ will lead the May P. discussion group of the Newman Society on the topic of Moral Aspects of In-Vitro Fertilisation. This will be held on Thursday May 31, 1984 at 8 pm in the senior common room of St Thomas More College. Father Uren is a member of the Western Australian Government In -Vitro Fertilisation Ethics Committee.
ACOLYTES' INSTITUTION Acolytes will be instituted into the ministry during Mass at 3 pin on Sunday. October 7 in St Mary's Cathedral. Priests have been invited to nominate suitable candidates for the training sessions which will be announced when an approximate number of candidates can be gauged. A pplications for the training programme close definitely on June 15.
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"Because of its importance and because all other forms of catechesis are oriented in some way to it, the catechesis of adults must have high priority at all levels of the Church. The success of programs for children and youth depends to a significant extent upon the words, attitudes, and actions of the adult community, especially parents, family and guardians." .S. Notional otechetical Directory
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Many sources are quoted, especially] Rajneesh himself, so that readers can gain an accurate impression of this rapidly growing cult. The cult is examined from Christian perspective. The Orange People Rajneesh Religion has been described as —THE Cult of the Eighties" — if you are concerned, curious, interested, then this book is recommended reading for you. It is available from CCG Ministries, PO Box 6, North Perth, 6006 for $10 for the book and $2 postage (WA only). It can also be obtained over the counter at Pellegrini's Bookshop, Hay St, Perth.
SIR, The Palm Sunday peace rallies have not furthered my peace of mind on the all important reality of the threat mankind has created for itself. The only peace being enjoyed by nations is a peace backed up by visible armed might. That is the unpalatable reality. Rallies and so on try to influence the future while ignoring present happenings. This is refusing to face life as it is.
The social legislation being thrust on the unsuspecting masses goes unchallenged. How is peace being fostered by the deliberate attack on the family? Who will guarantee the same tenuous peace of the last 40 years will endure if the peace rallies succeed in their aim of unilateral disarmament? I ask: Would there have been a Hiroshima or Nagasaki if Japan had possessed the atomic bomb?
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