VOCATIONS CRISIS r-iLast week we reported Archbishop Foley
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priests from Perth. This week we have an indepth look at the vocations with Dom Francis Byme's story of modern life in a Benedictine monastery, and Justin Bianchini's story on a day in the life of a seminarian ... See pages 4 and 5.
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MANILA: Father Brian Gore says he is not suprised at the decision to release Filipino Father V icente Dangan but kept the two Columbans in gaol. Father Gore believes authorities have dropped the case against Father Dangan because they want to deport the Australian and Irish priests. Compromise deal However, the two missionaries are adamant they will accept no verdict or compromise deal still leaving charges pend-
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ing against their gaoled co-workers. In the case of Father Dangan, Judge Legaspi said the prosecution had insufficient evidence on which to implicate the priest in the alleged murder of Mayor Sofa. On April 30 the defence made a special plea to the judge to dismiss all charges because of the strength of their case and the patent falsehood of prosecution evidence. The judge ordered the case to go on.
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Bishop Gerry quoted some of the sucesses in solving world problems: "In 1960, life expentancy in thc world's poorest countries was an average of 41 years. "Today, the average is 50 — still appallingly low, but improving.
by NICHOLAS KERR reporting from the A ustralian Bishops meeting in Sydney See also pages 2,3
Appeal funds down
Returns A DELAIDE from the 1983 Catholic Charities Appeal are substantially below target this year. And it could threaten the "Twenty-three years ago, Church's work to help for every- 100 babies born in families and children. the poorest countries. 16 The main appeal is held died before their first birthevery November, but the day. appeal itself does not "Today the average is less close until the following than 10. June. "There was one doctor for Only $204,316 has been every 12,000 people in raised so far for the 1983 1960. appeal. "Today. there is one for The figure raised usuevery 5,000." ally increases by about *Education: Adult literacy 10 per cent each year. has increased on average The figure so far for the from 34 per cent to 52 per 1983 appeal is about 13 , cent in the poorest coun- I per cent below the 1983 tries. figure of $230,024. •Population: Growth has The target for 1983 was slowed, from 2.3 per cent in $300,000. 1960 to 1.9 per cent. • Cool page 11
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Four new bishops There were four new faces at the bishops' May meeting, the first for 12 months. Four bishops have recently been ordained — Bishops William Brennan (Wagga), Geoffrey R obinson (Sydney), Raymond Benjamin (Townsville) and Barry Hickey (Geraldton). There have been several new appointments since the bishops last met. They are Archbishop Francis Carroll to Canberra-Goulburn, Archbishop William Foley to Perth, Bishop Patrick Dougherty to Bathurst and Archbishop Leonard Faulkner as coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide. Three Australian bishops have been appointed to Vatican bodies. A rchbishop Edward Clancy is an associate member of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops. Archbishop Sir Frank Little has been appointed a member of the Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine worship. Bishop Bede Heather is now a member of the Pontifical Secretariat for Christian Unity. Three retired bishops have died in the Bishop Thomas McCabe, last year former Bishop of Wollongong, Bishop James O'Collins, former Bishop of Ballarat, and Bishop Albert Thomas, former Bishop of Bathurst.
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secretary Mons Kevin Manning has been appointed secretary of the Australian Episcopal Conference. Mons Manning was assistant secretary when Bishop Patrick Dougherty was secretary. He has been acting secretary since Bishop Dougherty was appointed Bishop of Bathurst in September last year Mons Manning is a priest of Bathurst diocese on loan to the Australian Episcopal Conference Secretariat, Canberra.
'Bishops have a struggle too . . "Bishops, like everyone else in the Church, are disciples first and foremost . . . Like everyone else we have to struggle to be better disciples," said Archbishop Francis Rush of Brisbane. Archbishop Rush was speaking at a Mass of the Holy Spirit on Friday morning before the start of formal sessions of the meeting of the Australian Episcopal Conference. Last May Archbishop Rush was elected conference president to complete the unexpired term of office when Cardinal Freeman retired as archbishop of Sydney last year. Last week he was re-elected president for a two-year term. Archbishop Edward Clancy of Sydney was elected vice-president. "Our listening, our praying and our suffering will open the way to the Holy Spirit's breathing fresh life and more generous love into us, who are disciples and leaders of disciples," Archbishop Rush said. "Even in the midst of suffering, whether it be personal discomfort or the anxiety we share for all the Churches, we may never be pessimists. As bishops we are called to be leaders of our fellowdisciples, servants of the servants of God. "We are called to teach them, help make them holy, gather them together into a community of disciples and lead them to the Father.
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Loyalty Homily at conference message to pope
The Australian bishops sent a message of loyalty to the pope and said they hope he will visit Australia and they a lso wished him a happy 64th birthday. The pope was born on May 18, 1920 Conference president, Archbishop Rush, sent this telegram. Cardinal Casaroli, Secretary of State, Vatican City "Bishops of Australia meeting in conference l oyally express communion with Pope John Paul and greetings on his birthday. "In harmony with all the faithful in Christ we seek the power of the Holy Spirit to enable us to grow as a community of disciples with hearts open to our R edeemer. "We thank the Lord for the recent missionary journey of His Holiness and hope he will visit Its.
Archbishop Francis Rush of Brisbane who was re-elected president of the Australian Bishops' Conference for a further two years.
"We pray for divine blessings upon our beloved Holy Father and humbly seek his apostolic blessing — Archbishop Rush, President."
Call for effective laws on porn video .
SYDNEY: Children must be protected from the harmful effects of violence and explicit pornographic video tapes, the Australian Bishops said at their conference. They called for effective laws to "prohibit the importation, production, possession and distribution of highly objectionable video tapes." The bishops said the iting the importation, prooffensive tapes readily duction, possesion or distribution of all highly available included objectionable video tapes." hard core pornography, extreme vioLOS ANGELES (NC) — If lence, sadism and drug federal laws regarding porabuse. nography were enforced in -we are convinced they Los Angeles and in Washing-
can pose a very real danger to the moral well-being of children," the bishops said. "Conscientious parents try to exercise proper supervision over what their children see in their homes and at places of popular entertainment. "However it is impossible for parents to control what their children see on video in other people's homes "A flood of highly objectionable video tapes is pouring into Australia. We believe new and effective legislation is needed to control this distructive flood. 7-4 -We call on governments to ensure that laws prohib-
Protection is needed US Attorney Robert Bonner indicated in a letter to Father Hill he would not prosecute or enforce those laws "because no jury in Los Angeles would convict." Bonner said "the people of Los Angeles are so desensitised that they are unable to recognise pornographic material. Their moral sense is so weakened that they can't make a judgement in this matter and it's useless
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BALLARAT — Catholic authorities have never sought to make financial gains at the expense of government schools, Bishop Mukearns said at the opening of MacKillop primary,,school, South Portland.
ADELAIDE One of Australia's most successful refugee settlement projects Is to cease operations.
The internationallyacclaimed Monastery Refugee Project a t Glen Osmond, which has helped 1,100 Kampuchean refugees start a new life in this country, will close within a month.
Father Foale
Detail on a study group What pastoral care is the Church giving disabled people? And how can it be improved? These are some of the questions behind a study being carried out at the moment. Details were given in a report to the bishops from the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission. The study is known as the "action research project for planning an integrated pastoral programme for disabled persons. Project officer is Good Samaritan Sister, Sister Jean Heininger. There has been a preliminary survey of what is already being done. Other aims of the project are to prepare guidelines for future work and initiate -action research in one or two selected regions with quite different characteristics — for example, a rural area or one with a high migrant population." The project is being funded by the Sidney Myer Foundation, the Major Superiors of Religious Orders and Australian Catholic Relief.
But the resettlement work will continue on a voluntary basis, with the assistance of the Indo-
Voluntary workers China Refugee Association Father Jeff Foale, the project's chairman, said a sharp fall in the number of refugees selected by the Immigration Department made the cost of continuing the service prohibitive "Refugee numbers at the
Monastery are down by half and future arrivals are uncertain," Father Foale said. "Kampuchean refugees now being selected by Australian officials had relatives waiting for them, mainly in Sydney and Melbourne. The Monastery has stood as a beacon and symbol of hope for the nearly 2000 Kampucheans in South Australia," he said, stressing that
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Our La people mature
Australia's lay people are coming to maturity according to Archbishop Luigi Barbarito, when he visited the Australian bishops' meeting in Sydney. As apostolic Pro-Nuncio he is the Pope's personal representative in Australia. He told the bishops that three principal fields of apostolic engagement in Australia demand a closer participation of the laity: • Catholic education. • The family. • The defence of human life. "In these fields, the cherished and time-honoured values we share with other Christian denominations are threatened openly or subtly by ideologies which profess and promote an idea of man which has no reference to transcendent Archbishop Luigi Ilarbarlto, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia. realities," he said. "Under your attenthe next Social _Justice State"I get the impression Austive and wise leader- tralian Catholic lay people ment to the problems of youth in Australia, in harship the Catholic laity are coming to maturity. mony with the Year of Youth understand they "Today has manifested on proclaimed by the United better than in the past their recent occasions a Nations, is a clear indication place and their role in the great sense of aware- Church. of your pastoral concern and vision." ness and commitment RECORD "The Catholic men and Archbishop Barbarito said CLASSIFIEDS for which they deserve women of Australia deserve looking at the present that close noon praise, encourage- credit and gratitude for their condition of youth there are Wednesda past and recent action in ment and trust. reasons for cautious optimdefence of their schools, of *********************************** the sanctity of Christian ism.
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Rehce ord Trying to make one earth of a globe that has North and South hemispheres has its problems even where liturgy meets life. Easter gets a boost from the burst of Northern spring and Pentecost means full ahead for a much needed European summer. A ustralia's Easter signals a last fling at a dying summer and Pentecost gets lost in a mid year doldrum. A scension Thursday suffers a bad attack of school holiday lethargy and an above-average Mass defection indicates that most would not know if it was the 4th, 40th or 400th day since Easter. The upside-down Church also has another problem with Ascension Thursday: In the Southern parts it signals the opening of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity which in a curious display of disunity the Northern Catholics have celebrated in January. That there are already many things on which this earth is not united ought to beg the question whether unity for which we search and pray is a unity of uniformity, an absence of disunity or a truly uniting dynamism of faith. Not so long ago the disunity between the churches was a badge of honour. After all, the proliferation of c hurches that followed the Reformation were not decisions taken lightly by the fiercely independent churchmen who led their flocks to new pastures and literally shook the dust off their feet. The Protest of 1524 meant that the religion of some Germans would be decidedly different from the old faith of others. Martin Luther backed the convenient principle that the local community should follow the religion of its local prince.
Disunity, of course, thrives when the under -dogs are making inroads against the established forces. It was a test not only of principle but of honour for the fledgling Protestant churches to capture slices not only of Roman Catholicism but even of their own f ormer religious brethren. Little wonder that the Catholic Church had nothing to praise in the shreds into which Protestants had ripped the Christian unity that held Europe together f or over 1300 years. The virulent disease of disunity was proudly shipped overseas especially to the emerging United States. Catholics who were feeling the brunt of that hostile disunity, in the persecutions of Ireland, in discrimination and enforced poverty in so many other c ountries, were in no mood to be lectured about the need to bring the churches together. There was a simple solution to church disunity: convert the opposition. Only when the tides of religious enthusiasm slackened against the secular growth of the 19th and 20th century expansion of city life did a few visionary souls feel the need to pray for the sin of disunity to stop. If not disappear. Pockets of prophets were fired by a French priest to pray for the seeming impossible in the days when the World Council of Churches was a paper design and Vatican II was undreamt of. The World Council today has its supporters and its critics, not because of involvement in national struggles but also on the fundamental question whether it can, or even ought to be a super -Church into which one day all the proudly independent churches will merge or even disappear. At present the answer is no. The Catholic initiative of Vatican II into ecumenism turned out to be no mere pious wish when Chief Pastors were prepared to meet the Orthodox in Constantinople or take that remarkable walk up Canterbury Cathedral. What precise unity these events are intended to presage also will have supporters and critics even within the Catholic Church.
In other words, what is the unity for which we are praying? For whose unity are we pleading with God? For whose benefit do we want to show a united Christian face? The answer affects the quality of the prayer. Unity is first and foremost a virtue to be cultivated amongst the united. A parish is not united if 75 per cent of Catholics no longer see the point of going to Mass, if one half of the children are receiving intensive Catholic education and the others not. A diocese is not united if people have to selectively search out the sermons they want to hear, the places where they prefer to receive the sacraments. A church is not united when people use selective hearing about Church teachings or gospel admonitions they choose to take seriously. Jesus' prayer was for His disciples to have that unity which links Him to the Father. He anticipated the jealousy, lack of commitment, pride and open hostility that can find a place even in a spiritually fervent heart. Hence a true prayer for Christian unity starts with repentance, with each person confessing what they have done individually and collectively to undo and even destroy the unity of their own church. Further than co-operation, joint action and personally cultivated friendships that can build between divided Christians, Catholics can pray to understand more fully the unity Christ has gifted to His Church and to preach with humility what that gift means to a divided world.
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Archbishop Foley has called for 100 more priests St Benedict called on his monks to work and pray ... this is the call they follow at Western Australia's New Norcia and elsewhere around the world ... and it is also the pattern of the lifestyle at St Charles' at Guildford. The solitude of a monastic life and its prayerfulness is typified in this picture.
Powerhouse of monks' prayer
him who is to he appointed he chosen for the merit of his life and the learning of his wisdom, even though he should he the last of the
A concerned lay person recently expressed the view that were Saint Benedict to return to earth and inspect his monasteries he would 'get the shock of his life' ... I am not so sure. This 'criticism' of Benedictine life today is, I believe, based on a misguided romanticism about the over-all life, its aims, goals and strivings of individual monks. To this lay person. Benedictinism is not as good today as in previous centuries. It is not sure where it is going, it is floundering amid a sea of secularism, etc. An observation which generally crops up is that the sixth century Rule of St Benedict is followed only casually, especially in those countries outside Europe. The 'system' set up by the Father of Western Monasticism would appear to some to have been 'watered down' with the result that the Benedictine influence within the universal Church is not as strong as it used to be. And some people who think they know what the life is all about can't help telling the monks exactly where they've gone wrong and what they should be doing about this or that situation!
Ignorance In many secular circles there can be an enormous amount of ignorance as to what a monk is and his role on this planet. Even some Catholics will often come up to a blackrobed Benedictine and sincerely ask: 'What exactly do you do all day ... I mean, don't you find it boring being locked inside those walls?' Seasoned monks take these 'stock questions' in their stride and, charity prevailing. gently try to 'open the eyes of the blind'. What is a monastery? Well, a Benedictine monastery ( such as New Norcia) is many things to those who have taken up the yoke of
obedience and live under an Abbot. Were one to ask say, 20 monks, their definition of a monastery, you would invariably get the following replies: • a place in which one seeks God in purity of heart; • a house of God; • an environment in which St Benedict's motto 'Ora et Labora' finds practical expression through the labour of the monks at their various crafts and through the chanting of the Divine Office in common; • as well as seeking the salvation of his own soul, the monk at the same time is powerfully witnessing to Christ's love in the world; • a microcosm of the universal Church. The late Cistercian monk, Thomas Merton. described monasteries as 'powerhouses of prayer'. The fourth-century Doctor of the Church, St John Chrys-
ostom — who spent some years living as a solitary in the desert — described monasteries as "beacons of hope for the world". He urged his congregations in Constantinople to make regular retreats in monaster-
ies and was concerned for the laity to reach the same summit of perfection as the monks. A man of great perception and wisdom indeed' The Rule of St Benedict is central to a monk's life. Gregory the Great described it as 'full of wisdom, balance and commonsense'. Benedict of Nursia (horn c 480) came from a middleclass family and dropped out of 'university because of the loose living he saw around him. He then retired to the hills. lived as a hermit and eventually was to establish several monasteries from whose seed was to develop many more outside Italy. Today monasteries are to be found in many parts of the globe and in third-world countries. St Benedict himself says his Rule is 'for beginners' and he recommends his monks to read the great monastic fathers, including Basil and Cassian. For those readers not familiar with the Rule, I would like to quote some brief segments which may help one to understand St Benedict somewhat better. Dealing with the appointment of Abbot, it states: 'let
An Obedience, the Rule says: 'Not only is the boon of obedience to be shown by all to the Abbot. but the brethren must also obey one another, knowing that by this path of obedience they shall go to God. ' On Humility, the Rule points out that in submitting to his superior in obedience he discovers: 'hard and contrary things' and 'even injuries are done to him'. he should embrace it all patiently and with a silent mind, never growing weary or giving in.
Zeal On the Good Zeal which monks ought to have, there are the magnificent words: 'Let them fear God, and love their Abbot with sincere and humble affection. Let them prefer nothing whatever to and may He bring Christ us all to everlasting life. ' In his commentary on the Rule, Dom Paul Delatte OSB asks: 'Who can measure the extraordinary influence that these few pages have exercised, during fourteen centuries, over the general development of the Western World?' St Benedict wrote his Rule for probably less than a few hundred monks 1500 years 1 personally believe ago he would not want it followed literally in a country like Australia in the twentieth-century. • Cont page 10
A hooded Benedictine monk in one of the European monasteries preparing for Mass.
... here The Record has a look at some who have answered I stand in the middle of my room and ponder over the day ahead. It looks big — a Psychology test at WAIT and an article to write for The Record. How am I going to make it? I head for the shower, passing on the way the statue of St Charles that has stood in the seminary corridor for 42 years. He has not moved but the other five who live at St Charles, Guildford have. Deacon Francis, from Vietnam, is already in the chapel. I meet Andrew and Bernard coming out of the bathroom and, I can hear Father Rosling's radio and Darren singing in the shower. Minutes later I enter t he chapel and genuflect. Dedcon Francis is quick to remind me that it is the feast day of Christ's Apostles, Saints Philip and James With these two great disciples in mind, we pray the Diving Office and receive Jesus in the Eucharist We come together again, however, this time it is for breakfast, chatter and laughter in the kitchen. Father Rosling is first at the paper but. Loth "the gardener" steals the limelight with his antics and pot of tea Darren (18) wates hardly a minute in the kitchen before he leaves in his Ford for work at a hardware store Since year eight he has wanted to become a missionary priest.
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One look at Darren and it comes as no surprise he is a strong rugby player He would like to represent WA but, he is prepared to give up this dream and be a priest Bernard (18) leaves the breakfast table to catch a train into the city where he works in a bank Unlike Darren, he is not built like a tank but, is effective up front in Australian football Bernard says he has gone through stages in wanting to be a priest It was first in primary school when he thought he would like to be as the other priests he saw ''good men" Then, it was in order to help people Now he wants to be a priest for the love of Jesus and His people
A call to the priesthood demands three qualities of a man: good health, the will to learn about God and what the and Church has to teach above all the commitment to personal prayer.
IRISH PRIEST FOR PERTH LEFT: Oliver Ryan (second left) will be ordained at St John's College, Waterford, Ireland, on June 3 as a priest f or the archdiocese of Perth and is pictured here with his f amily.
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days he moved into St Charles. And, how did Andrew's parents in Queensland react to this sudden change? "I think they were pleasantly surprised," he says. Would we all be better off giving up this seminary dream and heading for marriage and a career in the world? Only this afternoon two members of my journalism class asked me, ' Wouldn't you like to get married?" I answered, "At times, yes. but God calls me to be a priest. So, it is God who I will look to for help." A long day of study is almost over. I reflect on the rewards it brought me The question is simple, the answer irresistible: How could I reject His invitation to serve Him tormorrow and one day become His priest?
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The Catholic Church has been in the Kimberley Region for 100 years. Since early this century it has been fighting for Aboriginal land rights there. Now political pressure for land rights is threatening the future of churches and Church schools serving Aborigines. Bishop John Jobst of Broome explains the situation in this interview with Nicholas Kerr.
has surrended land — land originally given as Crown grants in trust for Aboriginal missions — for housing and community projects.
I support Aboriginal land rights ... I have always supported them . .. I will continue to support them as forcibly as I can . . . They are a basic human right. They must not be infringed for racial or political purposes. I have fought for land rights since I became a bishop in 1959. My diocese has practised what it has preached. In recent years the church in my diocese
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from BARBARA HARRIS, Emmanuel Centre SIR — At some Easter Vigil much on the ability to see the message of salvation. ceremonies the lights in the written word and the So please parish liturgy churches were left extinability to see clearly the lips team members, think of guished until the end of the of the readers, if they are to those 10% who suffer from vigil reading or the end of take part in the liturgy as the hidden handicap "deafthe Liturgy of the Word. recommended by the Conness'' This was a great disservice stitution on the Sacred I feel sure the members of to some members of the Liturgy of the Second Vatthe Catholic Association for congregations and I speak ican Council. Deaf and Hearing Impaired on behalf of all the deaf and People of WA will offer any (The Council says." . . . all hearing impaired people (10 assistance to any parish the faithful should be led to per cent of the average liturgy teams who are seekthat full, conscious, and congregation), who rely very ing ways of making the active preparationliturgy devotional, "full, . . which is demanded by active and consious." the very nature of the liturgy, Let's include 10 per cent and to which the Christian of the congregation. people . . . have a right and obligation by reason of their baptism" (no 14).)
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Of course they want land. They want enough land to live in the peace and dignity that comes with self-sufficiency. The Press reports say they are also claiming towns Broome. Derby, Wyndham and Kununurra. But Aborigines are not like that. They are not land-hungry and greedy for power. They are beautiful, gentle people. As I say, sections of the media are presenting a parody of both them and their just aspirations. This is causing an anti-Aboriginal backlash in the rest of Australian society. This must not be allowed to develop unchecked. I find this trend most disturbing. I am also disturbed by some recent events concerning Aborigines and the Catholic Church in the Kimberleys. There have been demands that Aborigines have full ownership and control of mission and Church lands. • Continued page 10
Concerned about economic ideologies from R.S. and Z. CRAIG, Armadale SIR — We are both deeply concerned with the problems associated with the progress in science and technology which is motivated by economic ideologies. Steps should be taken to examine the goals which we in Australia have set for ourselves before we destroy the biosphere and reduce human life to a mechanical response to stimuli from agencies and organizations whose intentions are purely self -orientated. We are concerned at the
Examining the goals lack of ecological consciousness within our nation at all levels, government, unions, church, educational as well as the lay citizen. Several of our activities are bringing about changes in the biosphere which are presently harmful to some forms of life, including man himself.
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mainly the land We have kept only small areas churches, schools and missionaries' quarters are built on Now immoderate pressure for land rights -pressure coming not from Aborigines but from extremists advising them — is threatening to undo much of the good that has been done. This pressure is causing a most disturbing swing of public opinion away from Aborigines and the granting of what is justly theirs. It is also casting doubt on the future of the churches and schools now serving the Aboriginal people. I say I have always supported Aboriginal land rights. The Church in the Kimberleys was championing them before I was born. It fought the famous 1905 WA Native Act which denied Aborigines citizen rights, the right to own land, the right to vote and the right to frequent public places. Our missions were threatened with closure because of our opposition. but we fought because we We lost that fight know, love and respect these people. I first clashed with the Government over land rights soon after I became a bishop. In 1 960 the then WA Minister of Aboriginal Affairs proposed legislation that would close all missions and outstations and bring all Aborigines to townships. You see, the official Government policy was then assimilation. Aborigines were to be absorbed into the white system on the white people's terms. The idea was inhuman. It meant uprooting people, forcing them away from their homelands, to fit in with a Government theory. Aborigines have suffered at the hands of extremists and of political policies since white people first came to Australia. I fear they could suffer from this sort of thing again. According to Press reports, Aborigines are claiming the whole of the Kimberley region. I know in my heart these reports are not true. I know because Aborigines tell me they are not true. I also know because Aborigines are not greedy. Some Press reports are painting a grotesque caricature of Aboriginal people and their demands.
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SIR. — I hope the enormous amount of publicity given within and without of the Church for the release of Father Brian Gore in the Philippines is confined to Father Gore merely because he is an Australian citizen. Father Nial O'Brien does not appear to receive anywhere near the same amount of concern, nor for that matter does the incarceration of 134 priests, including two
bishops, in Vietnam and suffering clergy and religious in the Soviet occupied countries of Eastern Europe. The coadjutor Archbishop of Saigon Ngugyen Van Thuan is soon to be brought to a show trial by the Vietnamese communists. Reliable sources indicate that he has been injected with "truth drugs" to extract the names of priests and lay people who served with him.
We do not know the permanent long term effects of such changes, but they pose a very important problem which we should face up to as soon as possible. An ecologically sustainable earth is a necessary requirement for distributive justice. We are asking people in all areas of life to examine their life style, their use of the environment and how they are influencing the biosphere. It is not enough merely to attempt to repair damage done; we must look to processes which may cause damage in the future. We recommend orgnisational structures be established to include experts from all fields of influence upon, or care for, the biosphere,
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Big gift to sick and poor R OTTERDAM, (NC) A Catholic millionaire has said he would sell shares I his privately o wned company and donate the estimated $150 million proceeds to missionary projects which help the sick and poor . "My wealth has been like a stone around my neck. I'm glad to get rid of it. I could shout with joy," said Piet Derksen, 71, one of the richest men in the Netherlands. Derksen, who is married and has four children, said he was giving away his money because of his strong religious beliefs. The millionaire visited leprosy centres in India the week before his and announcement t alked with Mother Teresa Derksen transferred 2,000 shares of his sports equipment corn pany to a foundation which would work with him to decide which charitable organisations would be funded Derksen is in good health and will remain managing director of his company, which has a chain of stores and employs 1,600 people. The company also runs vacation camps in the Netherlands and Belgium. He owns an art collection estimated to be worth $650,000 and he intends to auction it soon. he said Derksen wanted to help spread the word of God.
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He said the amount of progress realised in the 20 yx-ars since the Second Vat• lean Council's Decree on Ecumenism provided a solid basis for optimism. The 1982 visit of Pope John Paul II to England, particularly the service at Canterbury Cathedral and other meetings with Anglicans. was a "very significant" celebration of what had been achieved to that point and brought a mandate for further work, he said. Bishop Lessard said statements produced by ARCIC on the Eucharist and on the ministry showed "substantial agreement." though questions remained concerning the sacrificial aspect of the Eucharist and the representative role of priests. A third ARCIC statement on authority left more areas of disagreement, particularly on the jurisdiction of the pope and papal infallibility. He said the decision of the
Episcopal Church and some other Anglican bodies to ordain women presented another significant obstacle to the goal of full communion. The Vatican's doctrinal statement against women's been had ordination "expressed rather weakly" but was authoritative, he said, adding he did not foresee a change in the position of the Catholic Church. But he noted debate was continuing within the Anglican Communion and not all of its branches had decided to ordain women. Bishop Lessard said until further theological agree-
Deaths of Russian Christians MOSCOW — For the third time
there has been a mysterious death of a Christian in the Soviet Army. MI three deaths occurred in the Semipalatinsk region (Kazakhstan). The parents of 20-year-old Yuri Burda, a reform Baptist, received a letter last November informing them their son was fatally electrocuted. Later the parents opened the coffin at home and discovered signs of torture: their son's tongue had been torn out, both eyes burned out, hands and fingers had been smashed. In two previous cases, the dead bodies of two other Christians. Vladimir Muzyica and Philipp korniyenko, also bore signs of torture and maltreatment. The official cause of death given was brain infection resulting from cranial injuries. All three were said to have run into problems because of their confession of the Christian faith. At the end of last year, Ivan Ivanovich Popm. a Christian
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After the flames had been extinguished. Popov was found dead in his room. Christians who were present when the body was found reported Popov was lying in a pool of blood with singed clothes and burns on his head and toes. They say Popov had been killed before the fire broke out.
MANAGUA. — Co-director of the Nicaraguan opposition newspaper, La Prensa, Pedro Joaquin Chanorro Barrios, and others from his newspaper symbolically gagged themselves to protest about censorship of the paper by the Sandinista Government.
mcnt ssas Nut:tired, he opposed any relaxation of the present Catholic discipline on Communion, which allowed individual non-Catholics to share in the Catholic Eucharist only in certain highly restricted circumstances. The recent action of accepting several married priests of the L'S Episcopal Church as Catholic priests, led to some strains in the dialogue but would not have any major impact on relations of the two Churches.
Questioned He said Episcopalians had questioned why the priests could not have been accepted without Catholic ordination or at most with "conditional ordination." But he said "absolute ordination" was required because Pope Leo XIII in 1896 determined Anglican ordination was invalid. The present "awkward Anglican of period" Catholic relations brings pastoral problems in areas such as how to deal with people who move from one Church to the other. Bishop Lessard said. In Scotland the improvement in relations betw-cen the Churches had been a quiet revolution, according to Cardinal Gordon J Gray of St Andrews and Edinburgh. The "immense change" had been gradual "and sometimes unseen, but it is happening everywhere now." said the 73-year-old cardinal, an active participant in the ecumenical process since being named in 1951 to head the St AndrewsEdinburgh Archdiocese. • Cont page 10
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When referring to the Church today a phrase commonly used is "people of God." The Church as an institution is not just "them" but all of us. We are the Church. Time. Space Ponder the roles played in y our life by time and space. Whenever two or three people gather together — and especially if they make plans to gather again in the future — time-and-space realities begin to pervade the scene. *Friends can't even make plans to see a film together without establishing a time to see it and a place to meet. *Families can be counted on to establish special times and places at home for meals, for homework, for bedtime, for leisure activities. *Similarly, at work, plans and programmes are significantly influenced by time-and-space realities.
Why is it necessary. According to a popular image, the Church in the first century after Christ lived in a golden age. The people of God lived in a land flowing with milk and honey, surviving on only peaches and cream. With that image in the background, it is rumoured that: • If Jesus returned to earth today, he would not recognise the 20th century institutional Church. • Jesus would reserve a special woe for diocesan office buildings, a code of 1,752 canon laws, fund drives, and certain other organisational activities.
By Father Robert Sherry According to this pattern of thought, Jesus randomly selected 12 associates, selected one to be in charge and sent them on their way, two by two. But they increased and multiplied and multiplied until today we have five layers of management governing 800 million members spread over every continent. What would Jesus do with such an organisation? Would he hire a consultant and conduct priority studies? Or would he just startover? What's a Messiah to do? Somebody once said: They govern best who govern least. But someone else said: They govern best who govern best. When two people first fall in love, they glow just by looking at each other. later.
some routine sets in. With external institutional feachildren running about, the tures, it is easy to forget that parents enact house rules. the Church is a communion Structures are set in place among people blessed by to retain some semblance of faith and grace. order and harmony. Still, the institutional sense As the children mature, of self-identity tends to be they assume personal applauded when we want to responsibility, laws are tell who we are and what relaxed and life returns to our mission is. a more leisurely pace. Because God's work is truly I do not mean to imply that the Church is a parent figure. Instead. I am suggest ing that, like the family, the Church experiences different needs at different times. At particular times, institutional elements have been stressed more strongly than After sleeping a little later the understanding of the than usual — midnight Mass Church as a family or com- being at midnight and all — munity. the whole family would pile And the Church has into the car for the short adapted. Even the favoured drive to my grandparents' images used to describe the house. There, cousins, aunts, church have changed: The uncles — people of all sheep and the shepherd; the shapes and sizes — would Mystical Body; the society of eat, talk, eat, compare gifts baptised believers; a hierar- and eat. The menu never chical society. Today the varied: turkey and dressing, phrase heard most often is sausage and my grandmoth"people of God." er's poppy-seed kolaches, During periods of transi- the sweet Czech pastries tion, certain features of the that make the dinner cominstitution may be stressed plete. heavily. During the ReformaThat tradition still contion many thought the pru- tinues, so much so that dent position for the Church neither I nor my children to take was a defensive one have ever done anything else with regard to the institu- on Christmas Day. tion. Such customs endure, I But as an old saying goes, think, because they are in a when you are waist deep in sense "institutionalised." alligators, it's easy to forget Though we might not your assignment was to always think of it this way, drain the swamp. Similarly, the family is a type of instiat times when heavy stress tution. So is the Church. is placed on the Church's There are many similarities
our own, the Church may not have acted responsibly these 2,000 years without some form of institution. laws and clerics. The institution is not just "them". The institution is all of U.S; we are the Church; we are the people of God. The question that con fronts Christians today. both as community and as insti tution, is this: How can tht best of both elements be preserved in our age without losing our heritage on the one hand or overregu lating ourselves.
Time-and-space considerations tend to exert their influence in relationships that last — that endure — among people. It seems that whenever two or three or more people plan for an ongoing activity that involves them all, some structures -- however simple — begin to emerge among them. Their ongoing activity becomes structured along lines of the roles each person fulfills, the goals sought, the needs that exist.
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I remember well the annual rituals of Christmas Day. between the Church and the family in this regard, not the least of which is the high esteem they reserve for history and tradition. A pride in family accomplishments is never more evident than at reunions. It is a time for older generations to marvel at how advanced and skilled the youngsters are. It is a time for children to be exposed to "how it used to be" and -whenI was a child" stories. I find a certain comfort in the customs of my family. Only from vibrant people, I like to think, could such traditions spring. And only by knowing and appreciating our past can we know how far we've come and how far we can go. The Church, too, takes great care in tracing its origins. Much attention is paid to tradition, which is told and retold as a rich and treasured chronicle.
And there are other similarities between the family and the Church. Who the Church's people are and what the Church is
By Joe Michael Fiest can readily be identified. Much like a family, too, the Church's members fulfill differing roles. During our family gatherings, we identify ourselves in terms of a common name and a common heritage Around my grandparents' table on Christmas Day are
family members, or perhaps someone about to join the family through marriage. And while we share a sense of belonging in this family. we all have different roles. My grandfather always sits in a place of honour. My grandmother always is the last to sit down. Older children help take care of the babies. All institutions must cope with change, new needs and new situations. In its infancy, the Church had to develop a system of government, plan liturgical celebrations, clarify teachings. Vatican Council II is proof that a similar process of coping continues today. It is the same with a family. At our Christmas dinners, the children of 30 years ago have taken on new roles as adults. Grandchildren have given way to great-grandchildren. Some members have died.
A certain tension in an institution is not at all unusual. either. This does not mean fighting or hostility. It does mean the normal strains of growth and interaction. Families are constantly searching for a proper balance between the needs of individual members and the whole unit. Always the goal is to promote everyone's growth. And so it is with the Church. There is one further element abundantly clear in the institution of the family: an ever-present spirit. That hard-to-define spirit draws together individuals who remember, who listen and who belong. And a Spirit, to be sure, is the constant guide of the Church as institution and the Church as a people of God.
Though we may not always think of it that way, the family and the Church are institutions. I There are many similarities between the Church and the family. Institutions provide a ready way to pass things on from generation to generation. Many families like churches take great pride in maintaining the traditions of those who have preceded them. 8
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All this is related partly to the fact that their activity involves them all. It is not an individual or private activity (though it might be interesting to think about how individuals tend to structure their own private a ctivities). All this is related also to the fact that this is the world of time and space: the visible world.
What good are institutions? God once drew a motley crew of refugees to himself and formed them into a community. As the Old Testament account tells us, it was at Mt. Sinai that these refugees became a people peculiarly God's own. It was then that Moses took blood "and sprinkled It on the people, saying, This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words of his— (Exodus 24:8). The people entered into an intimate relationship with God and with each other. They became a community. nd at the Last Supper Jesus would take a cup and say: 'This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, to be poured out on behalf of many" (Mark 14:23-24). The early Christians considered the Eucharist a scarificial meal that formed a people, a cornmuniry. This kind of thinking is basic to the Church: It is a community of people called to live in loving union with God and with each other. For St Paul, the notion of community was very Important. When the Christians in the Greek city of Corinth were splitting into groups on the basis of personal allegiance, he was deva.stated. Paul cried out: "Has Christ, then, been divided into parts?" (I Corinthians 1:13).
And, according to the structure of the Greek sentence, we should respond by answering, "Yes. By your factions and disputes you effectively have divided Christ." Paul would identify the community with Christ — a Christ continuing in time and space. -The body is one and has many members, but all the members, many though they are, are one body; and so it is with Christ" (I Corinthians 12:12). Once again the Eucharist is seen as the sign of unity among Christians. "Ls not
By Father John 1Castelot the cup of blessing we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Because the loaf is one we, many though we are, are
one body, for we partake of the one loaf' (I Corinthians 10:16-17). In fact, when Paul reproved the Corinthian people because they abused the eucharistic meal, it was because they were turning it into an occasion for disunity. They were eating and drinking -without recognising the body," the community (I Corinthians 11:29). By their callous disregard of each other they were profaning Christ's body. Of course, the evangelists and Paul were only
reflecting the mind of Jesus. He founded a community. Of course, a community without leadership, without a visible principle of unity, can soon dissolve into chaos. So Jesus provided for leadership in the person of Peter. To judge from the letters of Paul, the structures of the early Christian communities were relatively simple. In the course of time, however, Christian communities grew- in size and practical problems of administration increa.sed. More complex and con-
trolled structures evolved. In the worldwide Church of today, organisation is essential. But, this should not face us with a choice: organisation or community. The two can co-exist comfortably, as long as we remember what enlivens the organisation. The Church is a community of Christ's disciples, bound together by a common faith and love. -Without these, the necessary structures become a hollow shell. The New Testament brings this point home loud and clear.
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Today the calendar is taken for granted. It's such a familiar institution we don't need to think about how to organise the days and months of the year. Centuries ago it was a different story, as historian Daniel Boorstin points out in "The Discoverers" (Random House). The author is the librarian of Congress.
Initially. Boorstin writes, the moon became "the first universal measurer of time." The Roman historian Tacitus reported 2,000 years ago that the Germanic tribes timed their meetings to coincide with the new or full moon. "But what hunters and farmers most needed was a calendar of the seasons," Boorstin observes. "A way to predict the coming of rain or snow, of heat and cold"
so they could plan their year's activities.
People struggled mightily over a long period of time to put together an accurate calendar, Boorstin indicates The Babylonians tied their calendars to the easily observable phases of the moon. About 432 B.C., they developed a lunar calendar based on a 19-year cycle: Seven years of 13 months and 12 months in the other 12 years. But a lunar cycle was an "attractive dead end" for humans. Boorstin says. It was too complicated. Boorstin explains that the Epptians originated their solar calendar around 3200 B.C.. organising the year around 12 months of 30 days plus five days at year's end. The Egyptian calendar, following the earth's move-
-. IKatharinei Bird ment around the sun, worked so well, Boorstin adds, that people relied on it for centuries. A system for measuring time is an institution developed over the centuries. I think that the road institutions travel is a tortuous one. It is not easy to develop workable structures to simplify our existence. I asked some people for their views on institutions.
For Richard C4 midin. institutions "last longer than individuals" they provide a ready way to pass things on from generation to generation.
Having institutions in place means -we're not constantly inventing the wheel." said Greer Gordon, director for adult religious education and marriage preparation. Both Conklin and Ms Gordon find that the purpose of institutions, including the institutional aspect of the Church, is to serve people Ms Gordon said the church institution helps people to "focus on human need. It allows us to work toward a vision." And she credits the institution with helping to keep her responsibilities sharply focused. -Without the structure to guide me," she said.
it would he easy to duplicate the tasks of other arclxhocesari offices. Conklin told how he came away for a two-war stint as head of a diocesan pastoral council with a "better sense" of the diocese's role in helping parishes "be vibrant communities:This was brought home to him, he said. as the institution began to adjust to the new lay leadership emerging in the diocese as "fewer and fewer priests" are available for non-sacramental duties. Conklin said diocesan authorities made it "their job" to establish educational programmes to train and enrich parish lay leaders. In that case. Conklin said. the diocesan institution had the facilities to do something that the individual parishes would have been hard pressed to accomplish.
A church that was not earthly — not incarnate — might not need structures. But such a church would not be the church of Christians. In the first place, the Lord in whom Christians profess faith is an incarnate Lord. He was familiar in a firsthand way with the realities of time and space. In the second place, the people who followed Jesus quickly began to view themselves as a community. Theirs wasn't a private faith, totally individual. They shared it, and felt their life as followers of Jesus was an interdependent life. While it is not surprising that people pose questions from time to time about the structures in their church, would it be suprising if there were no structures in a visible, incarnate church that takes its community life seriously?
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Powerhouse of prayer • From page 4 The Church - and that includes monks -- is continually growing in wisdom under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and trying to adapt to the situation in which she finds herself. Monks are called to rediscover the charism of St Benedict, live profoundly the spirit of the Rule and become as he became, a Vir Dei. There is a certain paradox concerning the monk's relationship to the world - and this is a tension found in the hearts and minds of those endeavouring to live up to their monastic calling. Merton says the monk is not simply a contemplative who 'shares the fruits of his contemplation'. He is one
A wkward dialogue • From page 7 "Once there was suspicion," he said, hut "now people know more about the different denominations than before. We all had somewhat odd ideas before." In the nation of five million people, the Presbyterian Church has over a million members, the Catholic Church 820,000 and the Anglican Church 80,000. The cardinal credited television and radio with doing "a tremendous amount to familiarise Christians with one another." On television programmes, the cardinal said, "clergy of different denominations and traditions met and discussed their own worship. and shared worship, and became familiar with one another and learned from one another.
Progress "The first step toward progress must be a natural recognition of the sincerity of beliefs of those with whom we might disagree, a mutually held attitude," he said. Cardinal Gray said during the 1950s official meetings between Catholic priests and Presbyterian ministers were reported with large headlines in Scottish newspapers because they were something new. He said while the meetings were like a thunderclap to some people, they basically were meetings where Christians of different traditions started getting to know one another. The cardinal pointed out in recent years the major Churches in Scotland have issued joint statements on common concerns such as unemployment and nuclear weapons. Cardinal Gray said in the ecumenical movement, people have to realistically face up to the problems they encounter and seek the forgiveness of others for their faults, at the same time realising that some theological language, doctrines and beliefs could not change. 10
me to be engaging in some who is on pilgrimage 'out of form of 'monkish triumphalthis world to the Father'. ism' (God forbid!). While certainly agreeing with this viewpoint, I believe A brief look at the country's the monk participates in the history will give some indicrisis and tragedy of the cation of those Benedictines world, feels very much a part who have been connected of it, loves it and in prayer with Australia and its develoften apostolates outside the opment. monastic walls tries to bring In 1819 the settlements in 'good news to the poor, Australia had been placed release to captives, liberty to under the jurisdiction of a those who are oppressed' and Benedictine, Bishop Slater of to proclaim that when eveMauritius, who was sucryone else has stopped carceeded in that See by another ing, God and His servants Benedictine, Bishop Morris. still care. The first priest of the Order In monastic communities who actually worked in this which are 'alive', changes in c ountry was Ullathorn structures and thinking are ( Vicar-Genera1,1833). often an on-going process. In 1835 Dr Po!ding, a BeneMonasticism must move dictive monk of Downside in with the times while at the Somerset, England, became respecting its long same time first Bishop of Sydney. road of tradition ... respect Twelve years later Polding for the past, but not 'live in brought out from England the past'. t wo Benedictine nuns to This is not to say (as Merton establish a convent and a points out) that a sweeping girls' school. The convent h., and mindless modernisation a strong, stable communit) is called for to dispel all our today. troubles, or that great and The Benedictine foundation valid traditions must now be here at New Norcia was thoughtlessly swept away. made by Spanish monks t he monk retains his own under Salvado and Serra in perspective and his own 1846. The community horizons, which are basically numbers 30 monks today. those of the desert and of Certainly a great deal of exile. But this in itself should sacrifice and dedication to enable him to have a special their calling typified those understanding of his fellow man in an age of alienation. early pioneering monks in their strange milieu. Benedictines today are In the monastery which endeavouring to meet the challenges they find within my home the majority (it monks are Australians their own particular environand surely St Benedict himment and be seen to be more self would rejoice at such a a part of the 'local Church'. Some Benedictine combeautiful flowering in the land 'Down Under'. munities particularly nuns He would rejoice also at the are strictly enclosed hut quite a few are active in the other communities li‘ing sense of being involved in under the Benedictine umbrella in Australia and be education and parish work. pleased to see the small but Retreat - giving and spiritual guidance is another big dedicated bands of Oblates in places like Perth. demand made of many And the future? In the heart monks. of a monk burns a fire (I What influence has the hope) that will help take Benedictine tradition had on away the chill of disbelief Australia and within the from the borders of this vast Australian Church? It is hard land. to gauge — and it's not for
Successful authoress of children's books
Constant led to a career When Lilith Norman w as a child she wanted to grow up to be a one-legged man with a funny name ... Well, she still has both legs, she is most definitely not a man and her name is unlikely to reduce many people to fits of helpless laughter. What she did grow up to be was a writer, or perhaps she had always been one. The constant scribblings of a child no doubt laid the foundation for the career of one of Australia's most successful writers of children's books. Brought to Perth by of t he Colleges Advanced Education and the literary board of the Australia Council, Lilith Norman was writer -in-residence on the Claremont Campus for two months. On the fly -leaf of her books you'll find a smattering of information . . . the bare bones of a very real and
may be a different matter, but then you doubt she's the sort to be in it for the money anyway Full -time writing has also necessitated a large dose of self-discipline and that's not always palatable medicine to a lady who confesses that one of her abiding passions is loafing It brought a need too for a real study No more of this sitting on the side of the bed tapping away at a typewriter perched on the side table
A regular feature by
U4DSILN [LOSS human person. It's the reality and humanity that make Lilith Norman and her books so special. Born in Sydney and educated at Sydney Girls' High School, she won the
Bishop's view on a new battle • From page 6. The inference is the Church has stolen the land from the Aborigines. In fact, as I have explained, we have held land in trust for Aborigines — and have been progressively handing it over to Aborigines. I would like to give an example of what can happen. In December, 1 978, the Warmun Aboriginal community of Turkey Creek formally asked me to provide a Catholic school for their children. The community wanted the Church to be given land for that purpose. In fact, they set land aside for it.
Temporary lease The WA Aboriginal Lands Trust and the State Lands Department recommended a temporary lease be arranged to protect the building and facilities provided and maintained by the Church. The lease was chosen from a former pastoral lease. We went ahead in good faith. In 1979 the sisters began to teach in a "bough shed" — one made of tree trunks with a spinifex roof. We found $82,000 from Church resources and a proper school and staff quarters were built. Then an Aboriginal Legal Service lawyer drew up an agreement between the community and the Church to cover conditions for running the school.
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Various outsiders persuaded the community to change its mind and the Church was denied any security of land tenure Both I signed the document ... I had no choice I and the community wanted the school to go ahead . . . Of course, we want very little land. We want only the absolute minimum to allow us to continue our mission work. The Catholic Church has been in the Kimberley for exactly 100 years. It has provided services for all people — especially for Aborigines. You get the impression reading the newspapers that Aborigines want the Church to withdraw. They do not. They assure me they want the Church to stay. They feel they are part of it.
Having succumbed to the 'pleasant study syndrome.• she has however refused to indulge in one with a view
-That's the worst thing a writer can do," she said "You must have windows or you'll end up claustrophobic school's Short Story Compebut they can't look out onto tition in Fourth Year and at anything pictureseque or 19 won third prize in the you'll never get any work Sydney Morning Herald Poedone" try Competition. She has written six books She is a qualified librarian for children so far. and was for some years the Children's Librarian at the She began writing novels City of Sydney Public many years ago, but it took Library, but she went on to her a number of years before become editor of the New she actually completed one. That was Climb A Lonely South Wales Department of Hill which became one of MagaSchool Education's the most popular children's zine. She has worked at many books of the 1970's. different occupations including taking the stones out of apricots at a jam factory, grooming horses, and nursing but says she made the best decision of her life when she quit work in 1978 to become a full-time writer. She's quick to admit that she's lucky enough to have a bit of money on the side which enables her to indulge in the luxury of fulltime writing. Successful, or not, one doesn't make a great deal of money out of writing children's books, she says. At least not in Australia, America with its bigger market
Victorian nuns for Italy Two more sisters from the Carmelite Monastery, Kew, have gone to join a monastery in Italy. Sister Mary Helen Ray and Sister Benedicta Stratton, were recently farewelled before leaving for the Monastery of Santa Maria del Carmine, in the Archdiocese of Florence.
That was in the days when she had to clear a place to sleep at night, when a deci sion to 'sleep on it' had a literal as well as metaphorical meaning
In March 1982, five Carmelites from Kew accepted the invitation of Cardinal Benelli of Florence to re-establish the Carmelite monastic life in the ancient monastery of Morrocco, in the Tuscan Hills. The local people have taken the nuns from Australia to their hearts, one priest said.
It was followed by The Shape of Three, The Flame Takers, Mockingbird Man, A Dream of Seas and My Simple Little Brother. They are, says Lilith, realistic stories for kids. The material comes straight out of her head and each of the books is quite different. One tells the story of two children stranded in the desert and another is a semi-fantasy about black shapes that suck the talents out of people. The important thing, she says, is that the books have a beginning, a middle and an end, plenty of action, and most importantly some change in the characters' attitudes or personality. "I can't plan a novel," she said. "I know generally what is
had ambition to be a one-legged man
scribbling
A losing battle against poverty • From page 1 "Food production is keeping pace with the growth in population in more than half the world's developing countries," he says. "Africa is a notable exception to this. Even in the success areas, the average figures conceal serious specific problems. "Africa has crises with food production and consumption. "In north-east Brazil. infant mortality stands at 50 per cent. "Life expectancy in Afghanistan is still below 40 years. Bishop Gerry says ACR is more than just an aid agency. "As an official organisation of the Catholic Church, its work is part of the evangelising mission of the Church, which is the building up of the Kingdom of God," he says. ACR is part of the Church's effort to overcome everything which condemns people to live on the margin of life. "This effort belongs at the heart of every local church's proclaiming of the Gospel and is an essential element in the building up of the Kingdom. "We have God's own assurance He will bring this Kingdom to its full realisation.
Auxiliary Bishop khn Gerry, of Brisbane and Mad Of A ustralian Catholic Relief. "In this final realisation, the evils which oppress so many of our brothers and sisters will be definitively overcome. "We know, therefore, the final victory against proven!:
- as over all the other things which oppress mankind — is assured. "Our task is not to achieve the victory. but to be part of the strugp,le which precedes it." he said.
A maturity in our Lay people going to happen in the end, but I write it to find out exactly what the characters did and what happened inside them."' "I'm basically interested in what makes people tick and why." She draws on her emotions when writing. It's the smells, the tastes and the feelings of childhood that are important she says. The years have taught her that life, 'just is' and she believes that all people have the potential for good or bad depending on the circumstances. It's a simplistic response that invariably strikes a true chord in children. She sees the differences between children's books and adult books as the fact that children's characters are believable and there is an attempt to explain why they act as they do. "I like children's books because they seem to be more concerned with people," she said "I don't read many adult novels and wondered why. Then the penny dropped, it's been years since I've been moved by an adult book and children's books do touch you. They provoke you to laughter or tears . . . adults books are supposed to touch
you but they don't." She is concerned that many modern children's books push a personal point of view without a moral message. "You can't help putting your point of view across when you write but I think it should be sublimal," she said. "I think too that many adults are frightened of the moral message, it's almost a dirty word; they are too scared to make a stand." There's an 'honesty' in modern children's writing that disturbs her. It's all a bit one-sided, she says. Yes, life is about divorce and menstruation and broken homes and unhappiness — but there is another side to it.
"It's only through literature and drama that we learn of many things in life which we don't personally experience," she said. "The harsh reality is certainly a part of life, but it's not all of it. There's still room for Pollyanna." She believes too, people who criticise past children's works should leave well enough alone.
Dismissing older books on the basis of sexism, or violence is unreasonable, she says. While people may not agree with the style they still offer much that is valuable. She believes too, the moral message was more pronounced in books written for past generations and is adamant that children of today want guidelines as well. She works every day, when a book is underway, writing by hand and then typing the first draft. "It takes me about eight months to do that," she said. 'Writing by hand gives me time to savour and ponder it all." Her output is small, she says. 'There's one of two explanations," she laughs heartily, "either I'm bone lazy or I'm brilliant. Age has led me to believe it's the former not the latter." Her sense of humour is obvious and reflected in her work. Laughing is important to Lilith Norman and she knows it is important to kids. The best thing about laughter is its simplicity. 'With kids laughter comes at the simple level of cow-
pats and bums,- she grinned. There are signs, she says, that children are losing the simplicity of childhood. "Parents seem to organise so much of their kids' time these days," she said. "After school there's tennis, or piano, or the flute, a lways something else. They don't have time to live a childhood life. There isn't time to just play, kids are always being organised or entertained."
One suspects though, she carries close to her heart the belief the average kid is still smarter than the average grown-up. It might be harder than it was to have a childhood but most kids are clever enough to find their own way to that marvellous world of fantasy. Books are certainly one way of doing it and as long as the words keep tumbling out of her head, Lilith Norman will keep putting them down on paper. It's part of the quiet fight for childhood and she and all the children who read her books know what's going on ... they're just not about to tell the grown-ups
• From page 3 "They show growing interest in peace. justice, solidarity with Third World countries, concern for human rights and racial discrimination. "In many countries, including Australia, a new generation of young people is coming up who pay increasing attention in. and show greater appreciation of, moral and religious values." he said. "They are open to prayer and to the quest for God. desirous of participating more actively in the life of the Church and of society. "We can see many young men and women, coming from all social classes and cultural backgrounds. "They want to take part and share in the Church's prophetic mission, which goes beyond the so-called 'Political Realism'. "It becomes the voice of the lowest, of those who are not heard, of the dregs of the affluent society, the victims of all forms of selfishness, arrogance, of the abuse of power and exploitation. "It is our duty not to disappoint them but rather to help them to discover the person of Jesus Christ, the Saviour, the Son of God. who
Archbishop Luigi Barbarito, Aposolk Pro-Nuncio to Australia. alone can give them the fulness of life. 'As bishops and priests you are deeply involved in a prophetic commitment to form sensitive consciences capable of rejecting the
present culture of death, war, violence, arid sex and error, capable of saying 'yes' instead to truth, good, beauty. moral and social responsibility, justice, life and peace" he said.
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Catholic Tennis Notes PENNANTS Only two 'A' Grade matches were played last weekend as the 'B' Grade home and away matches were concluded the previous week. The matches decided resulted in convincing wins for the two Queens Park teams who now seem assured of playing off in the final. Como has an outside chance however it would need some shcok results to achieve this.
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RESULTS: "A" GRADE: Queens Park 1 8-55 Como 2-29 Queens Park 2 9-57 Attadale 1-26 Dianella bye. TABLE "A" GRADE: Queens Park 2 14 Quens Park 1 8 Como 5 Dianella 3 Attadale 2 Popular Association players, Judith Higgins and Creg Russo. were married last Saturday in a beautiful ceremony at St Benedicts in Ardoss. Caroline, Judith's young sister, was her attendant while Greg Wyss supported his doubles partner as best man. The couple will live in Waikiki after returning from their honeymoon at some secret location.
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Pop culture gets blast from critic
Polish youth protest over crucifixes
POLAND (NC) — Thousands of Polish students protesting the removal of crucifixes from their public school classrooms prayed at the shrine of Our Lady BOSTON (NC) — punk rock or shock comedy; of Czestochowa March 10 and heard a bishop attack American pop culture they play them up as attracthe Communist government for waging a -war on the is responsible for the tions for those who succumb cross." "gross and greedy too easily to trends," LaCaThe young people, many of whom participated in exploitation of Ameri- mera said at Boston College's occupation of a state-run agricultural college one-day a can youth," said retired 33rd annual Laetare Sunday in Mietno March 7, arrived by foot, car and rail at t elevision critic breakfast. Anthony LaCamera, "Ask certain media folk why LiCamera, who was a tele- as Porky's, Risky Business and encounter more frenetic the Jasna Gora monastery, where the shrine is located. Poles traditionally have turned to Our Lady of who criticised the they're not more critical of vision columnist-critic for the Fast Times at Ridgemont High, sounds, wilder and dirtier news media's "general pop trends and they tell you: Boston Herald American for "deal with such laughable lyrics, more hostility, greater Czestochowa, the nation's patroness, in times of crisis. failure" to scrutinise 'It's not our function to judge.' 30 years, called for "public situations as unashamed violence, weirder exhibition- About 94 per cent of Poland's 36 million population pop culture as they do Goodness knows, they judge indignation, in and out of the voyeurism, the eager ogling of ism, gratuitous rebelliousness, professes Catholicism. and take sides on just about media, over what is taking the opposite sex, juvenile unlimited ugliness." other issues. "It greatly disturbs us that a war on the cross has Ibe news media today "not everything else that goes on place all around us." attempts at conquest and LaCamera also criticised been declared in the year of the Redemption and at only go along with trends like around us." cable television for its "total "We are absolutely right to cheap gags," he said. the beginning of Lent," Auxiliary Bishop Francisek he indignant about social In pop music "we have gone package which includes the Musiel of Czestochowa told an estimated 3,000 injustices, poverty, stupid from the pelvic grindings of unedited, cheap, gross and during a sermon. students wars, nuclear build-up and Elvis Presley to the boy-girl sensation stuff repeated again educators of ignoring "the highest order He accused our physical environment," he and transvestite images and again and again," and for said. "But since we are sup- shrewdly being pushed by its comedy, which he called of teachings" and of showing intolerance for the comedy, hate religious beliefs of the students. posed to be intelligent being.s, several current rock per- "hostile the quality of our cultural and formers," he said. "In music comedy, slob comedy, dirty It was the fourth straight day of protest following sociological environment is and in performance we comedy." the student takeover at the Stanislaw Staszic agricultural extremely important too. vocational school in Mirtno, 40 miles southeast of "1 feel sure that many of you Warsaw. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (NC) — A new survey of react with me to the gross and An estimated 400 of the school's 650 students staged A merican fifth-through ninth-graders from 13 greedy exploitation of Amerthe sit-in after a simmering three-month dispute over religious groups and agencies shows that Catholic ican youth," he said. "This is students care more than others about academic a national scandal to which Increased stress on young Mr siarm said that young the removal of crucifixes from classroom walls. The success but that they are also "more interested and our media are not rendering people has prompted the people who felt they had few protesters want the crucifixes returned to the active in the area of sexuality." according to Marianist adequate judgment." Minister for Health. Mr skills or achievements and classroom. Brother Bruno Mann°, a researcher. The government last year ordered removal of Hodge, to support the estab- could not manage personal Brother Manno is director of research for the network of !..outh lishment of a relationships believed they crucifixes and other "religious cult objects" from N ational Catholic Educational Association, one of the sponsors of the project. Results were announced Concerned groups to help young people were on the fringe and did not schools and other public buildings, where they have at a conference last month. experiencing emotional pres- really belong with people. long been a fixture. The S.500,000 research effort involved 8.165 As their doubts began to sure. The order, which prompted a sharp protest by Polish LaCamera said people should a dolescents and 10,467 parents from religious The network will be estab- grow, they became more bishops last September, has not been enforced in many denominations and youth-serving agencies. Part he concerned because pop lished by GROW, a commun- uncertain of their own perculture "strikes the young at of the survey was a study of 1,100 Catholic elementary places of the country. But at the agricultural school, ity mental health movement. sonal value. school students and 1,000 parents conducted by their most impressionable the crucifixes were taken down shortly before a Mr Hodge said that the group Mr Slavin said he was sure the NCEA. years, when the potential for Communist Party meeting in December. The survey said that American families are healthier learning, for appreciation. for plan stemmed from Commun- that GROW progammes could The sit-in ended when government riot police ity Employment Programme help to relieve the distress than "the common stereotype of American family discriminating should be develife." It said that the parents and children surveyed funding of $23M00 to enable from which so many young threatened to enter the building. The students later loped and isn't." represent families "relatively immune to major crises went to a church in nearby Garwolin, where they met GROW to appoint Mr Alan people suffered. The news media, he said, such as chemical dependency, abuse or violence." as youth development GROW youth groups will be parents, priests and fellow students from three other Slavin "wring their corporate hands In the February issue of Momentum, the NCEA created according to demand_ area schools. coordinator. magazine, Brother Manno cited differences between over the deplorable decline in
'The gross and greedy exploitation of youth'
Catholic kids more active in sexuality
the national sample and the Catholic component. He found that there may be a "Catholic work ethic that rivals the Protestant one" being transmitted from Catholic parents to their children. Those parents give a high ranking to "being successful and "having lots of money" as desired values in life. Brother Manno found that Catholic students do more homework and report a more orderly and positive school environment. However, they also have what he called an "achievement anxiety. They are less optimistic than other students as to how well they are doing academically. They also worry more in other respects, "such as whether they will be able to get a good job. Brother Manno also said Catholic youth "report higher frequencies of thinking about sex and they date more often." At the same time, they expressed more interest than other young people in programmes which could help them better understand sexuality. Catholic youth are more likely to see abortion as wrong. hut adhere slightly less to other traditional moral positions and are more likely to use alcohol. smoke cigarettes and attend parties where alcohol is used, Brother Manno reported. The overall report said that the young adolescent "has more redeeming qualities than many are willing to. admit." Despite an onslaught of biological and emotional changes, the vast majority of youths are doing constructive things such as "building friendship skills, growing in empathy, valuing parents and family, struggling with issues of freedom and independence, opposing racial discrimination, caring about the hungry and the poor and contemplating the future," the report said. It said that the survey might not be representative of the total population because the sample was chosen from church-related families.
The survey noted some trouble spots, including: • The nearly 20 percent of young people who e xperiment with sexual intercourse, as reported by seventh, eighth and ninth-grade students: • The involvement some young adolescents have with alcohol and marijuana: • The worry about nuclear destruction that adolescents expressed: • The tension experienced by some families, including family violence and marital conflict; • The relatively commonplace occurrence of some forms of aggression among adolescents and the social alienation experienced by some youths, particularly males.
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American education, over the spread of reading disabilities and over the decrease in SAT scores." But, he added. they fail to see pop culture as one possible cause of these problems. According to LaCamera. examples of exploitation can be found in current motion pictures. music and cable television. Teen-oriented movies. such
"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 C hurch. 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." U.S. National Catechetical Director,
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Jesus looked directly at Thomas. -Take your finger, Thomas, and examine My hands. Put your hand into My side where the spear struck Me. -
hildren's Story Hour "I just don't believe it," Thomas insisted. "You'll never convince me." "But, Thomas," Peter insisted, "we have seen the Lord. I saw him Monday morning. So did Mary Magdalene, Cleopas and his wife saw him on the road to Emmaus Sunday afternoon." -You must have imagined you saw Jesus," Thoma countered. "I saw him die Friday on the cross. I was nearby when they put his body in the tomb." "But Thomas," James interrupted. 'We all saw Jesus alive right in this very room Sunday evening. Just one week ago Jesus stood here alive. He showed us the wounds in his hands and in his side. We saw him. It was no ghost. We didn't imagine it." "1 say again what I've been telling you all week," Thomas answered. "I will never believe Jesus is alive unless I place my finger in his side where the spear pierced him and touch the nail wounds in his hands." Thomas' friends were frustrated with him. They could
not understand how Thomas would doubt them. Surely he knew they would not be making this all up. They all had seen Jesus die on Calvary. Some of them had helped take his dead body down from the cross. But they really had seen him alive three days later. They knew they were not talking with a ghost. Jesus was alive. "Let Thomas doubt all he wants," John finally said. "There's nothing more we can do to convince him." Suddenly Jesus stood in the room with them. The doors were locked. None of his friends knew how Jesus had gotten in. But they were so excited to see him again that they couldn't care less how he came in. "Peace be with you" Jesus said to his friends as they crowded around him. "Shalom" they answered, which means "peace". Jesus looked directly at Thomas. "Take your finger. Thomas, and examine my
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hands. Put your hand into my side where the spear struck me." dumbwas Thomas founded. He cautiously came close to Jesus. Jesus held out his hands to Thomas. Thomas ran his finger over the scars on Jesus' hands. He trembled as he reached out to touch the wound in Jesus' side. "Stop your doubting, Thomas," Jesus said gently. "Believe." Thomas looked into his eyes. He felt embarrassed that he had been so strong in not believing that Jesus was alive. But he no longer had any doubts. He could see in Jesus' eyes that Jesus was not angry with him for doubting. "My Lord and my God" Thomas said softly. He hugged Jesus. "Thomas," Jesus told him, "you believe now because you see me. How happy are those who believe even though they have never seen me.
What you have to say Dear Captain Bob and Q: There were three tomatoes Nurse Kerry walking across the desert. I have been very busy and not Which one was a cowboy? able to write to you. A: None, they were all redsI am in grade S. I am learning kins. the piano and the Italian Q: Why do monster families language and enjoying it. stay together? We are all excited because A: Because they can't stand Mum is having a baby. to kiss each other goodbye. Here are some jokes. Julie Grundy. Q: What did the lion say Beckenham. when he saw two hunters in a jeep? Dear Captain Bob, A: Meals on wheels. How are you? FROM OUR BOOKSHELF I am very sorry for not writing The Naughty Farm Boy, by for a long time. Enid Spankin. I have been busy doing homeThe unknown author, by Ann work. Onymus. I am in Year 8. I go to St The post script, by Adeline Brendans College High Extra. School. Road Transport by Laurie It is very hard work. Driver. On my holidays I had six to Jungle Fever, by Amos Quito. seven days of holidays. Tea for two, by Roland Butta. Much of my holidays were The Long Hot Summer, by I. boring. Scream. Here are some jokes: Try and Try Again, by Percy Doctor Doctor, I keep on Vere. thinking that people are ignorMoving day, by Ivor Newing me. house Next patient please. Drums And Trumpets, by Where do moths dance? Major Headache. At a Moth Ball. Q: Where would you find a Doctor Doctor, I feel like a prehistoric cow? rough sea A: In a moo-seum. Now calm down. KAREN LYRA What do you call an elephant that flies? A jumbo jet. Dear Captain Bob, Sorry Ihaven't written for so Here are some knock, knocks Knock Knock, long. who's there? Here are some jokes. Q: How do you know if four Cows go. elephants have been in the Cows go who? Cows go moo not who. fridge? A: There's a mini parked outside.
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Sound Of The River, by Father John O'Regan, published by Catholic Enquiry Centre, $3.70. This is a small book, written nursing bruised feelings of specifically for those who long ago, isn't it possible that want to deepen their personal the anger and resentment I prayer-life so that they may be now feel are far stronger than the better able to pray in the the original anger and resentfamily, other groups and in the ment?". liturgy. The book gives pracA chapter called "Bridging tical examples of different ways of prayer with points for the Gap" is really a meditation personal reflection. It is essen- on a train, showing how the tially didactic, inasmuch as it artifical closeness of a railway is meant, not for reading carriage can in fact inspire one purposes only, but for prac- to pray for those who seem tical implementation in daily to communicate with nonone. life. The author, Father John The book is ideal for small O'Regan. OW, has many and groups who wish to pray varied apostolates: parish, better. It can be done at home. mission preaching, seminary in a parish setting with the teaching, lecturing at the East participants preparing the Asian Pastoral Institute in chapter, or part of it. in Manila. He is currently at the advance. It encourages the Oblate House in Hurstville readers to be ready to share where he does psychological their faith-life. While the assessment and pastoral coun- cultural reticence in spiritual selling. He is co-author of the matters still holds, it is hearmuch printed, Understanding tening to hear that many are Your Child — a txxik that has becoming less shy about sharseen editions in many coun- ing their faith. Alter all. Pope tries and has been translated Paul VI (Evangelii Nuntiandi) into Japanese and Cantonese. asked the question: Who does Banker, By Dick Francis, published by Pan He sees this book on prayer not know that the only way as a natural follow-up. In the to evangelise is to share with Books, $4.95. former book, much emphasis another one's own personal You can bank on this being another winner.. was placed on creating a experience of Christ? climate of respect and pracCovering a span of three years, hanker centres on the tical love in the home and he massive investments in stud farming, and the lengths saw this best achieved by open some people will go to ensure that their horse is first communication all along thc past the post From banker I learnt that merchant line. hankers are always looking for people to lend money to, Sound Of The Reiver shows how our communication with since they live off the interest, and that these people can God in prayer must have a A Shorter Morning be as diverse as stud-farmers and strip-cartoonists. Also beneficial flow-on in the deep- And Evening Prayer, that Captan and Amphoteric kill skin fungi, and ening of the life of the home Large Print Edition, The potassium is as essential to animals as it is to plants. and outside it. It is engagingly from 'The written, and very personal in Psalter Of course there is more to it than this. The narrator. Divine Office', pubIt includes tone and content. Tim Ekaterin, is a young merchant banker who is taken forms of prayer that are old lished by Collins Liturto Ascot. where one of the party, a horse-dealer. is nearly and new and indeed shows gical, $15.95. knifed. Through promotion he learns more about how some of the newer forms The Divine Office has been •are old ones dressed up. Of banking (and so do we). and helps a stud-farmer buy a particular interest to all is the in use for eight years now stallion who won an Ascot race. More information: did way he writes on gospelling and is spread widely you know a stallion covers an average of 40 mares a year? prayer — praying the scrip- throughout the Roman 'Tim is in love with his sick chiefs wife; there are tures. The book is studded with Catholic Church as the offioutings and visits, but no action. Only in part three does little gems. We read that "we cial prayer book for priests the pace suddenly quicken: the stallion's foals are born keep and treasure our own and religious, and for Roman deformed, and Tim, seeing his firm's investment go bust, store of memories and be as Catholic lay people and very investigates. encountering the usual hideous ordeal happy, or as miserable, as we many Anglican and other still am "... If I to be". want Francis arranges for his heroes ....'
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BELL ZVORNIK showed her liking for the wet conditions when she revelled in the mud to score an impressive victory in the Lindsay Rosenthal Stakes at Belmont on Saturday. Bell Zvornik was well ridden by Albie Smith, staying on the inside, where the going was far better than on the outer section of the track. With a long winter ahead and the promise of many more wet tracks Bell Zvornik should keep on winning. TARTAN FLYER seems at last to be realising some of the potential he showed early on in his career. Tartan Flyer was always considered as a smart horse and started either favourite or close to it on several occasions. He won his first race at Kalgoorlie a fornight ago and then came to town and won a 3 yo quality race. Now that this horse knows how to win he could be one to follow. CONCRETE looks a class galloper judging on his impressive first start win at Belmont on Wednesday. This 2 yo Cantabrian colt continues the success that tycoon owner Laurie Connell has had with his young horses. Concrete should continue to improve and win more races in the near future. BAY OF ISLES looks a promising youngster set to win races in the oncoming weeks. Having his first start this P-ago Pago colt flew home in the concluding stages to just be beaten (head) behind Sea Terror on Wednesday. He should he hard to beat at his next start especially in the country.
Bindoon's Karim House to which David Connell, district chairman, is pictured fixing the IKTHUS Christian symbol that will be visible from the road.
Bindoon has a Catholic Church centre again on the site of the 33 year old church that was blown down in a storm in 1943. The church and community centre, standing on Great Northern Highway has been named Karim after the Ein Karim hillside village near Jerusalem where Mary visited Elizabeth. Karim means spring of the
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"We surrendered the possibility to the Lord in prayer . so that we could help those in need such as battered wives, mothers needing a vineyard and it is approp- rest or others in similar riate name for a church in situations. the vineyard hills of BinThe group were offered doon, the parish priest an old house nearby but it Father Geoff Aldous said at was not suitable so they the blessing of the new went ahead getting their centre. $ 12,000 building, with "As Mary brought Jesus much voluntary help with with her when she visited fund raising, painting and Elizabeth, so I would like other busy bees. the people who come here A s a result, a section of to visit in the same spirit," the building will be always he said. a vailable for anyone in Mrs Vera Kay a member need of emergency accomof the parish pastoral team modation. explained Karim is the realParish council president ity of a vision which faced Gavin Drew said the coma local prayer group three pletion of Karim building years ago when confronted reflected the enthusiasm of with the need for emer- the local laity in evangelisgency accommodation for ing the local area of Bin a family. doon. He said they had truly answered the call of t he Holy Spirit and it showed in this venture.
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[1] CI [1] Having a church building again in Bindoon will be a bonus for Mrs G Martin who was married in the old church of St Benedict as were her parents in December 1912 just two years after Bishop Torres opened the building Both sets of her grandparents are buried in the nearby cemetery. She remembers Mass being said once a month by a Benedictine who would travel from New Norcia and stop overnight at the Thompsons. Mrs Martin was also married in the old church in June 1930. Her mother too is buried in the nearby cemetery as are 16 other members of the Martin family.
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Young Nedlands parishioners, Charles and Hannah Schaefer have been part of the powerful selling force since The Record circulation campaign began. They are also grandchildren of The Record feature writer, Bob Boyle.