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This was how Father Gore described to me the situation in court when the prosecutor asked for leave to go to Manila, presumably to work out the technicalities of dropping the case. The credibility of earlier witnesses for Father O'Brien has dampened the government's enthusiasm for the trial. -There is every indication the government wants to be rid of this case and to he rid of me fairly quickly," Father Gore said during a 61CY on air interview.
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The past 22 months has not been a waste of time. In God's way it has brought about a lot of good. Goodness has emerged from people here, in Australia and different parts of the world. The good Lord knows how to bring good out of evil." He said the massive support of people, especially in Australia has kept him going and it is to these people he will owe his frt-rilom when it comes. "During the next few days, we will be praying aloud, thinking of our six lay leaders and of putting things in order in the parish from which I will leave in the not too distant future," Father Gore said.
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'Such a great A Wembley Downs family was the Australian representative and first to speak in the Vatican Paul VI Audience Hall in Rome for the Holy Year Celebration of the Family.
on the family have often been thought of as an imposition, but I could see there how much love and consideration the Church
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"When he greeted you, you felt like you were the only person in the world. "No one else existed for him but you in that moment," she said. For Brian Mills, the view across the packed audience hall was a view of the whole Church. "I felt the great love of the Church for families. "This was really the strongest impression I had in going to Rome. "Over the years the documents of the Church
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South America, Asia, Africa -- and yet they are the same as us, families just like us, no matter where they come from." The Mills belong to the Focolare Movement which was one of the organisers main
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Challenging pregnancy questions What happens when we meet those whose values are not the same as our own? Do we ram our values down their throat? Do we take a stubborn stand. This was the challenging question put to Pregnancy Help counsellors at their recent conference by Mrs Audrey Martins, head of the WAIT school of nursing and chairperson of the Pregnancy Help management committee. "Not for one moment willIsuggest we downgrade our values or lower them, but if there is a head-on clash, the other person will become more stubborn. The outcome is negative. -values come very much into play in Pregnancy Help. We must clarify our own values but at the same time we must be respectful of others." Mrs Martins said "we have got to ralise people are individuals. "We must recognise their values are the sum total of all their experiences. "Just as we have come by our values through all our
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were omitted as much as the actions performed. "My responsibility is measured as much by what I don't do as by what I do" she said. She referred to her own experience as a theatre sister in Pakistan in a clinic serving the upper economic group. She became aware abortions were being carried out under the guise of "incomplete miscarriages". She expressed her opposition to this practise and her employer agreed to have her excluded from the team on these occasions. As a result of her concern and with the co-operation of the Catholic Hospital, a family guidance clinic was established.
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A Pentecost for our times
Pentecost makes its annual return to the liturgy and is only faintly remembered as the point from which the rest of the Sundays in the year used to be conveniently numbered. The Anglicans chose Trinity Sunday as an alternative starting point for numbering but the reform of the liturgy finally put an end to the practice by deciding that the Sundays ahead of us are distinctly ordinary and deserve to be seen as such. Yet no Sunday is ever ordinary because irrespective of what did or did not happen to the Roman calendar as different reforms took place the Christian Church was in no doubt that it wanted the Lord's Day to be seen as distinctly different from that holiest of days, the Sabbath. We are so restricted by the quartz and sapphire clocks that deal out the milliseconds of time that Sunday's claim to be a Lord's Day is likely to have the Lord standing in the queue for a piece of the precious time. Not so the Church which liked to talk of the great days as feasts. If it offered the masses a few hours to let off semi -sacred steam by way of partying on, so much the better. It was only the Protestant wowsers who decided that God would not be amused at the goings on. The nett result of such in-grown thinking is that secular society has decided that God's Sunday is a Black Sunday and cannot imagine what interest God would have in a 24 hour period which is best known for its double-time penalty rates, given that quite substantial numbers of modern Australians have never been inside a church let alone taken part in what goes on inside.
For this reason Pentecost is no mere Sunday of 24 hours. It was every bit a Jewish feast, a great rousing finish to the Passover, a time for the clans to come together to identify and share again. What a fitting festival it was, a gathering of the nations into which the Holy Spirit sent those timid apostles, before whom Peter stands up and confounds those who thought the feast had gone to his head. The great excitement of the Christian Pentecost went like a fire through dry stubble in the fragile years that followed. Words like conversion and Christianity were not in the vocabulary of those inspired disciples of the Lord. They had been to no courses or seminars on techniques of evangelisation. Just as Pentecost rounded off the Jewish Passover so did a new Pentecost become the final curtain to the gloom that tinged the few who saw all too briefly the R isen Lord who now seemed to be gone from their midst. All they had to offer was the truth that Jesus who had been crucified had now risen from the dead. The most unlikely of people wanted to be baptised into that same Jesus Christ. The Spirit whom Jesus had promised had truly arrived. They were in no doubt about that. When the survival of that early Church began to defy any logical explanation other than Divine Providence so the history of the Church was written in the handwriting of the times, in the power of Rome till its decline and then the monks and their followers during the centuries in which Europe fell apart. A s the centuries rolled past it was easier to talk not of Pentecost but of the Birthday of the Church, as though commemorating that far off day was easier than counting the wrinkles or grey hairs that take much of the fun out of a human birth anniversary. What then of a pope who decided that it was no mere spruced-up birthday that the Church would celebrate but a truly new Pentecost. This was the sentiment of a humanly very old man, John XXIII, who summoned the Church not to wallow in the past but to face the future. The Second Vatican Council became a strategic chapter of Church history because there was a grave danger that the world would race ahead oblivious to the Church and the part it had played in world history. This was an unpalatable truth to the comfortably conservatives who felt it was sufficient to coast on the promise of Jesus that the Church would survive to the end of time. The depth and the duration of the new Pentecost is yet to be measured. Certainly like the first Christian Pentecost there has been a flurry of prayer, of spiritual searching, of renewal, or re -commitment. Yet, as in the early Christian years, never has the Church looked so small against the vast world with its exploding millions who have never heard of Jesus Christ let alone joined him, while one time Christians fall away in droves. Easter is the festival of Christ's life amongst us. Pentecost is the festival of Christ's Body, the Church. It is the day for parishes, for communities, for dioceses to look the world in the eye and measure the needs of today's empty society, to move out amongst the lost, the alienated, the oppressed and announce the liberation and new life that sent those early Christian disciples virtually to the end of the earth.
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Requirements of celibacy and permanent commitment and a lack of encouragement from parents and priests may be among the main reasons for the drastic drop in US vocations to the Catholic priesthood, says a new study published by the US Catholic Conference. It is also "plausible," though not yet established by research, that confusion about what a priest should be has contributed to the vocations shortage, the study said. While requirements of celibacy and permanent commitment were not considered significant obstables to priestly vocation in the past, that situation has changed, the report said. It also cited many other factors, from parental religious practice to family size to ethnic background, as having possible influences, not yet adequately researched, on vocations. The report, "Research on Men's Vocations to the Priesthood and the Religious Life," is a 95page book which summarises and analyses significant research to date on the Catholic vocations question in the United States. While the report's main conclusion is that much more research is needed to determine clearly the role various factors may play in the vocations decline, it says existing research suggests patterns and elements worth studying in greater depth. In addition to collecting an analysing existing research, the full report has a final chapter of interpretive commentary
On Vocation Sunday last month, the Archbishop of Perth, Archbishop Foley made a plea for 100 new s eminarians to come forward to train as priests. Archbishop Foley pointed out Perth Archdiocese has more than 100 parishes and needed urgently more than 100 new priests. He urged parents to support the call, and friends, t eachers and parish Archbishop Foley leaders to re-echo it.
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on its meaning by three theologians: Fathers Joseph Komonchak of The Catholic University of America, Richard McBrien of the University of Notre Dame, and Philip Murnion of the National Pastoral Life Centre of the New York archdiocese.
Focused Father McBrien focused on the celibacy issue as something which "in particular emerges constantly as a major negative factor" in vocations studies. He said celibacy deters young men who might otherwise consider the priesthood and "is one of the principal reasons" why parents and priests do not encourage vocations. In addition, he said, the discipline of obligatory
celibacy appears to play a negative role in determining the psychological qualities of seminarians who persevere to the priesthood. "The vocations crisis is as much qualitative as quantitative," Father McBrien wrote. The research available indicates current recruiting and formation practices favour the ordination of men who are "more dependent, institutionally oriented, sexually indifferent and conservative," he said. Writing from a different point of departure, Father Komonchak also took the issue with criteria currently used by vocations directors to evaluate priesthood candidates. The criteria vocations directors use are "a very odd lot," he said. "They did not consider very important or desirable 'having a questioning mind, being self. directed, having leadership ability, being affec-
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Gail French was surprised to find she had placed third in an essay contest on religious vocations sponsored by the Phoenix Serra Club. Sponsors were surprised too — Miss French, who attends St Mary's High School in Phofrom NC News enix, is Baptist. NEW YORK Miss French, 17, is the their parents and first non-Catholic teachers. The theme to win one of the of this year's contest top prizes in the was: "What it takes to contest. The club is be a good priest, sister a chapter of Serra or brother." International, Miss French heard about which works to prothe contest in religion mote vocations to class at St Mary's. "I the Catholic priestthought hard about it, hood and religious got some ideas together and then life.
decided to enter it, Miss French, a member of never thinking that I the First Institutional would come out one Baptist Church in Phoof the winners," she enix, received her $75 said. prize from Bishop Thomas J O'Brien of In her essay she wrote, "The road to being a Phoenix. good priest, sister or The Serra Club luncheon brother is one of self was attended by the sacrifice and unshakeseven finalists and
able faith. It is a road very few can travel." She said when people think of a priest, sister or brother, they think of someone with "a unique tie with God." She noted "there is also dedication — wholehearted devotion is needed to do God's work. Supposing the apostles — the first men of God — had not been dedicated? I believe man would not know Christ the way we do know him today." Although a Baptist, Miss French has been receiving a Catholic education much of her life.
The findings are contained in a report, -The Evolution of the Number and the Territorial Distribution of Major Seminarians in the Period 1970-82," compiled by the Vatican's central office for Church statistics. Worldwide, the number of students in major seminaries in 1975 totalled 60,142. By 1982. major seminarians totalled 73.001. This also exceeds by 10 the students enrolled in 1970. Major seminaries are for students enrolled in the four years of theological study immediately preceding ordination to the priesthood. The biggest jump occurred between 1981 and 1982, an increase of 4,368 students. or 6.4 per cent. In the United States the number of major seminarians has declined steadily, from 12,749 in 1970 to a low point of 7.180 in 1982. In the Vatican study, figures are reported individually for 29 countries having major Catholic populations. The report shows a sharp seminarian increase in Third World countries, especially in South America and Africa In Brazil, the country with the world's largest Catholic population, enrolments rose from 2,024 students in 1970 to 5,058 in 1982. In Zaire, the jump for the same period was from 459 to 1,935. Several Western European countries — most notably France, Italy and Spain — have experienced a decline in seminarian enrolments
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A group of WA priests was surprised this week to hear the pressures still placed on the modem seminary student. in social work and social "They tended to work training. "Because he is going out think things had eased into a world needing many up considerably," said resources and skills, he must Father Dan Foley of develop these in the semiAttadale, the Perth co- nary. They are not going to ordinator for a student develop as soon as he placement pro- leaves," he said. The other South Australian gramme to take place visitor, Father Jim O'Loughthis year. lin, parish priest of PayneThe dioceses of Bunbury and Geraldton were also represented in the 26 priests gathered for three days at the Redemptorist Retreat House to hear first hand from South Australian representatives of Sc Francis Xavier Seminary how the student programme will operate. "Self-discipline and self responsibility are the two basic values a seminary uses to encourage the student to develop self-motivation," said Father David Cam), ordained two months ago after four years in the Adelaide seminary, before which he was for 10 years
ham and co-ordinator of the programme said that the formal rules of earlier seminary life may have gone but high expectations still exist and the new system of selfdiscipline and self-motivation replace the former. Twelve Western Australians in Adelaide, one student from Sydney, and one from Ireland are due to be placed in local parishes this year. Father Cappo stressed the student's activity would be a formal extension of the seminary training and fully under the control of the seminary structure. The pastoral director of the seminary has to train the
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priests in the various parishes in the skills of supervision so they can help the student reflect on his experience and integrate it with the knowledge gained in the seminary.
Father O'Loughlin believes it probably goes back several centuries, before the Council of Trent, to find parish priests actively involved in the training of students. "The priest who has a student trainee learns a lot about himself, his ability to express his ideas of the Church, of mission of his responsibility for spiritual care and how he can impart that knowledge to others." He said the experience is an eye-opener for the student who discovers weaknesses such as awkwardness in getting on with people and more positive ideas on how to be a priest by observing the depth of spirituality in his priest tutor. The students are likely to be involved in liturgy, baptismal or marriage preparation, youth leader training, visiting the sick and counselling under the direction of the priest.
Representatives from throe dioceses were at the Redemptorist Retreat House this week to hear about the placement of 13 WA students for the priesthood in local parishes this year: from left Monsignor John Barden of Rangeway parish, Geraldton; Father Stephen Kelly of Albany; South Australian visitors Father David Cappo and lames O'Loughlin; and Perth co-ordinator of the programme, Father Dan Foley of Attadale,
HAVE YOUR SAY Doctor's resignation highlights the doubt from PETER O'MEARA, Right to Life Association
Sir — News that Dr Robyn Rowlands has resigned the Queen Victoria Medical Centre In Vitro fertilisation team because of the morally reprehensible- reproductive techniques, surely must highlight to our community, the really deep
Bishop Thuan from J.F. HARDING, Diane/la Sir — I am relieved to read in The Record May 31 that there is at last a move afoot to protest a t the incarceration of Bishop T huan of Saigon who has been under close arrest since May 1 915: injected with truth drugs i n order to have him expose the f aithful and treated to almost unbelievable torture and indignity. In comparison the treatment of F ather Gore who has a telephone installed in his cell and ready access to the world media pale i nto insignificance G od Bless Father Gore, Father O 'Brien and the lay workers i mprisoned with them -- may t hey soon be released, however, l et us not forget to agitate for t he releaie of the many hundreds o f our pastors suffering at the h ands of atheistic commioist r egimes few, if any, of whom are e ver released or heard of again.
and serious questions this practice is having in the short term, and its ramifications in the long term. The nonsense being promoted by genetic scientists that they merely want to help infertile couples, always ignores the status of individuals at the earliest stages of their existence. The fact several ova are f ertilised and some are replaced into the uterus to try to achieve a pregnancy illustrates to what Dr Rowland was alluding in her comments, that women on the programme were being lined up like cows. The most important question evaded by scientists in their profit -making pursuit in the IVF process, is successful fertilisation of each human ova with sperm producing a progenitor human cell. This means it produces a unique, never to be repeated, single human cell which has the power to organise its multiplication and differentation in a way which leads to a human adult, without requiring any action from outside, other than the availability or nourishment and the provision of a favourable environment.
Dr Rowlands comment t hat people using IVF methods or who supported the programme were not looking at the wider issues, is in fact a correct statement, when addressing the methods, conduct, and consequences of such a programme. It certainly must be food for thought for Catholics and other Christian denominations.
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A question of those non-Christian values from J.W.B. PERERA, Girrawheen — As a migrant from an Asian country, I thank you for your editorial (The Record May 24) stressing the Christian values, in the light of which the otherwise emotive issue of migration should be considered Recent conclusions on Australian religion developed by a Canadian Sociologist conclude the active churchgoers — 22% of the population — and those who do not believe in God — 1 to 2% of the population share a liberal view on the intake of Asian migrants. In contrast, irregular church-goers who claim to believe in God, are more likely to disapprove of the intake of Asian migrants and refugees.
Could it be the ghost of Calvin still haunts us and that those, to whom Christianity is purely nominal, think Christianity and Western industrial society are identical — a proposition quite rightly contested by Archbishop Faulkner of Adelaide. One cannot fail to notice certain ultra conservative politicalparties have sought, in a covert way, to exploit
this out-moded way of think frig. It is a pity there are still some people who do not seem to realise the tremendous potential of this country to develop a great spiritual tradition in keeping with the teaching of Christ by harnessing the rich spiritual heritage, both Christian and non-Christian, of the many diverse races making this country their home.
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Bank breaks silence in Calla affair BRASILLIA: The Brazilian Bishops'
EConference has criticised foreign
intervention in Central America and praised the US bishops for urging governments to use diplomatic instead of military solutions. The Brazilian bishops expressed their concerns for Central America in a statement following their meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil. They said the fratricidal wars in Central America "were being encouraged by superpowers fighting between themselves over areas of control." The bishops upheld the right to selfdetermination for all countries of the region. The bishops also praised peace efforts by the Contadora group, composed of officials from Mexico, Panama, Venezuela and Colombia, and said the people in Latin and Central America desire "dialogue, a cease-fire and negotiations in place of warfare and foreign intervention.0 0 ROME An Italian State prosecutor has
Er ecommended seven people sus-
pected of complicity in the 1981 assassination attempt against Pope John Paul be brough to trial. Prosecutor Antonio Albano said in a report evidence gathered during a twoyear investigation warranted prosecution of four Turks and three Bulgarians Those named include Serge' Ivanov Antonov, a former Bulgarian airline official, and two Bulgarian diplomats to Italy now in Sofia, Bulgaria Antonov has been under arrest in Rome since November 1982 Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turk, was convicted in 1981 of the shooting and is serving a life sentence in an Italian prison
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VATICAN CITY — Breaking a long silence on the Banco Ambrosiano affair, the Vatican Bank said last week the $250 million it has agreed to pay the Ambrosiano creditors was "a voluntary contribution". Under an agreement in Geneva the Vatican share would be reduced to $241 million if it was paid to the Ambrosiano liquidators before June 30. Observers believe it would consume more than half of the Vatican Banks' liquid funds.
The Ambrosiano bank collapsed in 1982 with debts totalling $1.287 billion. The scandal errupted after the tx)dy of the bank president, Mr Roberto Calvi, was found hanged under a London bridge on Junc 18, 1982. The Vatican bank became implicated in the scandal mainly because of "letters of patronage" Archbishop Marcinlcus issued to Mr Calvi in September 1981. The Vatican bank said "is is in no way responsible for the collapse of the Ambrosiano bank, in which it found itself involved involuntarily."
MOSCOW: Apparently poems in Russian prison libraries are harmful to outsiders. Irma Ratushinskaya, a poet much of whose work reflects her Christian faith, spent several months in Kiev KGB prison before being tried for anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda. She was sentenced to seven years' camp and five years' internal exile. Before she was transferred to the Mordovian camp for w omen political prisoners, an exercise book was confiscated from her, in which she had copied from books in the prison library poems by Russian and Ukrainian classical writers, including Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev and Shevchenko. She later received a letter from prison officials informing her the poems she had copied had "an ideologically harmful, slanderous character". Keston College Report
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Explaining why it agreed to pay the $250 million of the total $406 million to be paid to Ambrosiano hank foreign creditors the bank said: "After evaluating the situation objectively determined in relations to its dealings with the Ambrosiano group. the Institute (Vatican hank) decided to make a voluntary contribution in order to facilitate a global solution' . . in a spirit of reciprocal conciliation and collaboration." the Vatican statement said. "It is hoped what has been agreed with sacrifice, will also suffice to alleviate the relative consequences for all those who have been damaged.
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BELGRADE A commission of Church experts and medical doctors has begun an inquiry into the reported Marian apparitions at Medjugorje, Yugoslavia, but results of their
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mendously, said Father Vlasic. "During the Easter period, the number of daily visitors never dropped below 1000 on weekdays and sev-
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whose diocese includes Medjugorje, said Franciscan Father
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KNOW YOUR FAITH "The role of lay persons receives increased attention in the code, as it did in Vatican II. Their responsibility for spreading the Gospel in every walk of life is recalled.")
The 1983 Code of Canon Law "is, underneath all its traditional language and legal formulation, an attempt to develop a law for disciples. "(Father James Provost, 1983, in "Code, Community, Ministry.")
"The revised code attempts to take seriously the sense of church as a Communion, a bonding together of people in the Lord and with one another at various levels of their church e xperience." (Father James Provost, 1983, in "Code, Community, Ministry.")
"Code, Community, Ministry," edited by Father James Provost, executive coordinator of the Canon Law Society of America. This book is intended for parish ministers who want to introduce the new Code of Canon Law to parishioners.
Father Provost, realising how formidable the code can seem, discusses it in ways that make it easier to understand. He recommends approaching the new code the way one would a new wine — by sipping slowly at first and taking time to savour it. Pointing out that the roots of canon law stretch back into Scripture, he notes that the 1983 code spells out the "responsibilities and rights of all Christians" in a new way. The code "is directed toward fostering the mission of all the people of God," he writes. (Canon Law Society of America, Washington, DC 20064. $4.50.) 8
Purpose of law The purpose of the 1983 Code of Canon Law — of Church law generally — is to "enable the Church to grow and develop," explained Father Donald Heintschel. (inc way laws do that is by making it possible for new institutions to come into the Church, Father Heintschel continued. For instance, diocesan pastoral councils developed following Vatican II with its emphasis on more active roles for all the people in the Church. The 1983 code puts this into law by calling on bishops to establish councils "to consult with a wide variety of people." Another function of Church law is to organise the Church, to spell out the relationships between the parish, the diocese, the national bishops' conferen ces and the universal Church, Father Heintschel said.
renewal he was inaugurating in the Catholic Church." Father Provost's book, "Code, Community, Ministry," was published in 1983 by the Canon Law Society and is intended to help
parish ministers explain the new code. Vatican ll's "major faith and theological reflection" was that the Church is the people of God, Father Heintschel explained. In this
During the 1980 .8)1iod of Bisbcps in ReorK UkrainianRite Archbishop Maxim Hermaniuk of Winnipeg, Manitoba, spoke eloquently in favour of the need for a Charter of Family Rights. Speaking for the Canadian assembly of Ukrainian-Rite bishops. the archbishop noted that governments too often put the family in pert/ by their policies. He rerruarked pointedly that the -well-being of the itedh*hail, and of human and Gyristian society are very closely connected with the healthy condition of the community formed by marriage and the family." Archbishop HermaniukS suggestion fell on responsive ears. during the synod and afterward In his 1981 apostolic exhortation on the family, 1"t,pe John Paul committed the Vatican to prepare a (barter of Rights of the Family. That Charter — a bill of Rights for the Family — ua.s releasedby the Vatican November 24, 1983. lt is addressed principally to governments. It is offered to them as a 'model and a point of reference for the drawing up of legislation and family policy, and guidance for action programmes." Its authors take care to identify exactly what the charter Is. They observe first that it's neither a set of laws nor "a code of conduct"for people and institutions. Instead, these are rights that precede human law, the charier indicates. They include 'the furukamental rights that are inherent" in the family. Wbere do these rights come from? 7be charter says they can be.finindin "the conscience of the human being," They arise "from that kaw which is inscribedby the Creator In the heart of every human being." The 12 articles in the Charter cover a wide assortment of rights. Articles 1-2 deal with people's right to choose a state in life and to marry freely. Articles 3-8 discuss people's rights to bear, raise and educate children. Artids 9-12 cover the role of the government, especially through economic and socialpolicies, in creating an envinmment I n which the family can develop freek andflourish. Often it is said that to best understand laws, it is necessary to know why they originated in the first place.
By Katharine i Bird Church law also aims at helping all the Church's people to see where they fit into the Christian commun ity. It tries to structure the Church to be responsive to the real needs of people in real life situations, the canon lawyer said. "My biggest concern is the pastoral-theological nature of canon law," added Father Heintschel, who speaks about Church law with passionate assurance. In his varied church career, he has served as a pastor, a canon law professor and a parttime judge on a marriage tribunal. Asked why the Church found it necessary to revise the 1917 Code of Canon Law, Father Heintschel turned to an analogy used by Father Provost, executive co-ordinator of the Canon Law Society of America. The skeleton gives shape to the person, enabling the body to move about with --ase. But, as a person ages, the body can become arthritic. In canon law, much the same thing can happen, Father Heinschel said. Under the weight of seven volumes of authentic interpretations, the 1917 code grew less and less able to respond to the changes taking place in the Church, especially following Vatican Council II, he explained. As Father Provost explained it, when Pope John XXIII called for a new code, "he saw it as a way of implementing in the practical life of the Church the
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IL renewed vision of the Church, every baptised Christian is called to a role of service, to participate in the work of Christ. The new code, in the making for 24 years, takes that basic concept and translates it into canonical terms, Father Heintschel said. He added that Pope Paul VI insisted that the new code should come out of the teaching and faith experience of the Church. Asked to give an example of what is new in the 1983 Code, Father Heintschel referred to what is popularly called the code's "Bill of Rights," Canons 208-231. But, he emphasised, these are "Christian rights, not human rights." They enumerate "the obligations and rights of Christians." The first canon sets out "the principle of equality," he explained. Starting with the broadest category of Christians, it notes that everyone, by baptism, is equal. After establishing this point, the canon lawyer said, the code then becomes more specific in enumerating the differing roles clergy and Religious and laity play in the Church because of their particular ministries. The canonist concluded by observing that he would love to see the Church find a way to update the 1983 code periodically. Perhaps, every 10 years or so, he suggested, the Church could consult on a worldwide basis to see what changes are needed to meet altered circumstances.
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Christianity isn't the easy way out!
The question gave the first Christians no end of trouble. There is hardly a book in the New Testament which does not grapple with the question in one way or another. All the first Christians had been devout Jews or were converts to communities with a strong Jewish background. For them, the law of Moses was the law of God. Becoming Christians could not change that. Or could it? It did change their attitude toward the law. The early Christians wanted to know the function of the law in the process of salvation. Was one saved by observing the law, or was an even more fundamental law at work? St Paul was the first to meet the problem head on. He had come to know Christ, not through observance of the law but in spite of it. In fact, his zeal of the law formerly had led him to persecute the followers of Jesus. Now he concluded: `The justice I possess is that which comes through faith in Christ. It ha.4 its origin in God and is based on faith" (Philippians 3). Paul's personal experience
By Father was reinforced when he preached to the gentiles — people who were not Jews. Obviously God accepted these people quite apart from the law of Moses. Paul became their champion when others insisted they could not be Christians unless they submitted to the demands of the law. Paul's letter to the Galatians was an impassioned defense of their freedom. At the end of Chapter 2 of that letter, he explains: "If justice is available through the law, then Christ died to no purpose." And he tells them: "It was for liberty that Christ freed us. So stand firm, and do not take on yourselves the yoke of slavery a second time." (Chapter 5) However, Paul wrote this letter in the heat of controversy. He made some statements which could be misinterpreted. A more balanced presentation of his view is given in the letter to the Romans. There he admits, among other things: "The law is holy and the commandment is holy and just and good (Chapter 7). He had not meant to imply that Christians, just because
1)n Castelot they were not to look for salvation in the observance of the law, were thereby free from all law. liberty was no license. For Paul, the bottom line was the fact that salvation is a completely free gift from God. We do not earn it by any works of our own, even those involved in keeping the law. As long as one accepted and lived by this basic truth, Paul was more than ready to admit that law played an important role in Christian life. He would have liked a situation in which Christians lived so perfectly by the fundamental law of love that there would be no need for law. But he was no wild idealist. Paul had both feet on the ground and knew that people did need directives. guidelines. He certainly offered his share of them in his letters. Still, for him, compliance with law should be moti v-ated by love, not fear. "You did not receive a spirit of slavery leading you back into fear, but a spirit of adoption through which we cry out, `Abba' that is, 'Father":
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Why do Christians have laws? And what is the new Code of Canon Law all about? Father Donald Heintschel, and official of the US Catholic Conference, talks with Katharine Bird about the purpose of canon law. Jerry Filteau writes that Vatican Council II and a revised Code of Canon Law were the two major elements in Pope John XXIII's dream of renewing the Church. David Gibson relates the story told in a parish renewal group by a young man who was called on to help an old man. The young man responded, even though he found it unpleasant to do so under the circumstances. Gibson observes that the young man felt impelled to help. He believed, "That's what Christians must do." Father John Castelot writes of the relation between law and the Gospel. The early Christians had no end of trouble achieving an understanding of this relationship, he indicates.
Council and Code The history of the past 20 years since
Vatican Council II provides the background to understanding a major event that has just occurred in the
life of the Catholic Church: the introduction last year of a new Code of Canon Law, the general law governing Catholics. The significance of the new
code can be seen only if one looks at it in relation to the council. When Pope John XXIII announced in 1958 that he was calling a general council of all the world's bishops, in the same speech
It was late on a Friday afternoon. After a long week at work, the young man wanted to waste no time getting home. He hurried along the busy, downtown sidewalk.
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As he approached a busy corner, he noticed an old man in a wheelchair. The man in the wheelchair was in an animated discussion with a cab driver. Obviously the old man and the cab driver were trying to resolve something. Whatever it was, the young man hoped to pass the situation by without getting involved. The flame of that hope flickered, however, when the old man called out to the young man. "Help lift me into this cab," the old man said in a tone that was more a command than a request. The young man stopped in his tracks. The man in the wheelchair was frail looking, even sickly, and not altogether clean. The young man didn't much feel like stopping to help. "What's wrong," the young man asked. "I need help to get into the cab,"the old man replied. "The cab driver has a bad back and says he can't lift me." Suddenly the young man said he felt impelled to help, though to tell the truth he found the situation uninviting. Futhermore he had some doubts about the sufficiency of his own strength to manage the awkward maneouvres required to get the old man from the wheelchair to the cab. The young man was very uncomfortable with the situation. Then, as if to increase his discomfort, the young man saw that one leg of the old man's trousers was all wet. But finally the maneouv-
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Curious episode in one Christians life ering was completed, the old man was in the cab, the wheelchair was in the trunk of the cab, and everyone went their separate ways. The young man proceeded toward home, walking a hit slower now, disturbed by this streetcorner encounter. That story, the young man said, is what first comes to mind for him when he thinks of the law of Christianity. The man, a Catholic, said that while the incident with the man in the wheelchair was occurring, the gospel account about seeing Christ in those who need one's help clearly came into his mind: "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me, naked
and you clothed me. I was ill and you comforted me." It was when the gospel account occurred to him that the young man said he felt impelled to aid the man in the wheelchair. It was as though the gospel account summed up something central and important in Christianity. "I said to myself. 'This is what Christians must do,— the young man explained. Did the young man act of love? Did he act out of obligation? Or was it out of fear or guilt? He said the answers to those questions were not altogether clear to him in this incident. Afterward it bothered the young man that he didn't feel better about helping the old man. Telling the story during a parish renewal group meeting. the young man said the situation puzzled him, for he had left it more with a sense of brooding that of exhilaration at having recognised Christ in the old man. What's more, it wasn't a situation the young man hoped would repeat itself soon. He wondered if he should feel badly about that. If he had been asked to select a way to serve human needs that particular Friday afternoon, he said he would have selected another way. As the man concluded his brief story, he said he felt he had learned something from his encounter with the old old man. He had discovered that Christianity asks much of its people. "Christianity isn't the easy way out," he commented.
he announced that he was forming a commission to revise the church's existing Code of Canon law. The council and the code were the two major parts of Pope John's one decision to take steps to renew the church. That is why Pope John Paul II could refer to the new code recently as the final council document. The process of reforming the code was delayed until the council was completed because Pope John's successor. Pope Paul VI, saw that the council's reforms and the spirit behind them would have to be embodied in the new law. Otherwise the church's laws would be developed outside Catholic life and would be extrinsic to it. innumerable Despite changes in specific points,
By Jerry Filteau baptised people to hear God's word, to receive the sacraments, tooparticipate actively in the church's mission and to have a voice in church affairs affecting them. • Virtually all forms of discrimination on the basis of sex are eliminated systematically from the new code. Ordination and those positions of authority in the church linked with it are
AT the new Code of Canon Law may be most notable for the new general ideas that pervade it. A few examples: • The new code is based clearly on theological concepts of the church: the church as a community of God's people, a focus on the sacraments as the basic life of the church, the value and importance of the local church. • The new code carefully links authority in the church to pastoral care and responsibility: The pastor receives the authority he needs to carry out his pastoral responsibilities effectively for the spiritual good of the people entrusted to him. • For most of God's people, the laity, the new code spells out rights as well as duties, where the old code focused almost exclusively on obligations. The new code, for example, states clearly the rights of all
limited to men. But in other regards the new code makes almost no distinctions between men and women in the application of its laws. Probably there is scarcely anyone dealing with the new Code of Canon Law who would say it is perfect. But most find in this new code a sincere and largely successful effort to renew church laws in accord with the Gosepel and the council. Many hope that the new code will help Catholics to avoid the extremes of legalism on the one hand and total disregard for laws on the other hand, and to he able to say with St. Paul: "Now we have been released from the law — for we have died to what bound us — and we serve in the new spirit, not the antiquated letter. . . Yet the law is holy and the commandment is holy and just and goocL" (Romans - )
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Kingsley Bugarin shows the strain of competition while training for the New York games in the Somerset Pool at East Victoria Park.
*From page 1 "They have arranged for a teacher from the Special Education Breanch of the Education Department to visit regularly to supervise his studies. T he result is he has never fallen behind his classmates in his school work, and he has done particularly well in subjects such as a nuclear physics and computer studies." It is undeniable parental and college help have been of great value, but you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Without the lad's own d etermination and application, all the help in the world would have been of little use. T hese characteristics have been largely instrumental in enabling Kingsley to reach an exciting milestone in his swimming career.
With three other swimmers, two of whom -Craig Blackburn and MaryAnne Wallace - are also from WA, he leaves Perth this week as a member of t he Australian team to participate in the International Games for the Disabled to be held in New York from June 16-30. Australia will be represented by 25 competitors in sports such as athletics, swimming and goal ball. All showed by their performances at the 1984 Australian Championships for the Blind they are in world class. Each has had to raise 53,000 to go to the New York games. Kingsley started swimming lessons when he was a pupil at the Lathlain Primary School and joined the Vision Impaired Swimming Club in 1980. He quickly out-performed his club-mates and went to sighted coach George Brown, who is still his mentor. George will accompany the team to the New York games as coach. Kingsley is the youngest of the WA swimmers selected for New York and his record speaks for itself. In the 1982 National Games for the Blind at Melville against Australiawide competition he won
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five gold medals and broke five national records competing against swimmers of all ages. His victories were in the 100 metres freestyle, the 100 metres breaststroke, t he 100 metres backstroke, the 400 metres freestyle and the 200 metres independent medley. In the 1983 national games in Brisbane he was classified in a different sight category and came up a gainst the older Craig Blackburn, but he still managed to win three gold and six silver medals. At these games, events in which he swan for the first time were the butterfly, the 400 metres independent medley and two relay races.
In August, 1983, he was included in the team of WA leading sighted swimmers organised by the W A Swimming Coaches Association to compete in Singapore against the island's top sighted stars and won a silver medal for the relay. In Melbourne in January of this year at the national blind games where the times had to be very good to offer any prospect of a New York trip, he won a gold and six silver medals and came very close to beating rival Craig Blackburn.
0E1E1 In the open State championships last year he won his heat of the open 100 metres breaststroke and was fourth in the final. He was the under 16 champion at La Salle this year, and in the combined colleges meeting he won the 50 metres butterfly.
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As is to be expected, success is harder to comeby for a blind person than it is for a sighted swimmer. For instance, the big black pads at each end of the pool have to be really black for Kingsley to be able to see them.
ODD If the black line on the bottom of the pool has f aded from its original darkness, he is likely to w ander off course and finish out of place. Another sign that has to be clear is the T painted on the bottom of the pool two metres from the wall. When he sights it, he knows he has to take one more stroke before going into his tumble-turn. A faded T in one local pool resulted in his crashing into the wall and nearly breaking his neck. In backstroke races, he cannot see the distance markers above the pool that are clearly visible to sighted competitors. The answer to this problem is to have somebody standing on the wall at the end of the pool who taps him on the head as a signal for him to make his turn. And the grind of training is just as hard for Kingsley as it is for sighted swimmers. He spends a minimum of two hours every day of the week going up and down the Somerset Street pool in Victoria Park. Seasoned air traveller and competitor though he is, representing his country in New York as one cf 1800 people from 41 countries is something else again. It will undoubtedly be a high point, but certainly not the climax of the youngster's brilliant career.
EVERY CHILD LOVES A PARTY! — THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK! Judy McKechnie, of Bull Creek is quick to tell you parties make some children sick. And it's not the amount they eat that upsets them — it's what they eat. A ll those yummy cream cakes, bowls of ice-cream, heaps of lollies, mounds of jelly and piles of junk food that proliferates at parties can be pure poison to some youngsters. The problem is food allergy .. . they may like the food but it certainly doesn't like them, and the parents like the results even less. "Some kids will be just about climbing up the curtains after a party," says Judy. "In f act I believe noise level and the general chaos of a lot of parties is caused more by reaction to food than just good fun." Judy knows only too well what it can be like. Her young son Cameron has food allergies. It took years of trekking from one doctor to another before tracking down the problem, and then it came from a nonmedical source. "It was a group for learning disabled children that suggested we have him tested f or allergies,- she said. -Apparently it is not uncommon for children with learning problems to be allergy prone.'We discovered he was violently allergic to cow's milk among other things "I had breastfed him for 16 months and probably would have noticed earlier if he had been bottle fed. "His response to milk was a runny nose, severe nose bleeds and a generally dreamy look "Once we got him off it he was okay. We had to put him on a milk free diet for 12 months and his health improved dramatically."
Some kids will be just about climbing up the curtains after a party, says book author, Judy McKechnie. "In fact, I believe noise level and the general chaos of a lot of parties is caused more
Dangers cream at kids' 'The medical sympton my be asthma, eczema, diarrohea, colic, failure to thrive, hives, hyperactivity, learning-disability, growing pains, or many other common problems. "But once you have identified the food triggering that sympton, the real problem is no longer the symptom. It is the social and very practical problem of persuading your child, your friends and relations, and even teachers and others, that avoidance of some food or foods is in the child's (and family's) best interests.
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While allergy is another buzz word for the 80's, medical research is showing it to be a very real problem. It covers a wide spectrum from the yearly dose of hay fever to the occasional story about someone who is reputed to be allergic to the 20th century. But food allergies, while long recognised, may be more prevalent than we think. A book published in 1982 by Melbourne historian Maureen Minchin, called Food For Thought, asks must it be normal: • for babies to suffer colic, eczema, and be wakeful and irritable; • for toddlers to throw tantrums, be hyperactive, difficult to toilet train, and have numerous colds and ear infections; • for older children to suffer growing pains, asthma, hives, stuffy noses or to be
pale with dark rings under the eyes; • for teenagers to have acne, sinus problems, headaches, hayfever or be compulsive eaters; • for parents to be lethargic, depressed, lacking energy, or to develop arthritus, palpitations, tmnitus, heartburn, vertigo? Maureen Minchin's interest in infant nutrition began with her colicky breastfed son. The book, which is a parents guide to food intolerance arose out of her subsequent research. The information it offers has proved invaluable, says Judy McKechnie. In a bid to help children understand their own food allergy problems, Judy got together with Melbourne friend Rae Paterson and brought out a book called Parties Make Me Sick, Alma Publications, $3.50
The aim of the book, says Judy, is to support the children and to indirectly educate the parents of food intolerant youngsters. Maureen Minchin wrote t he preface for parents which says: -This little book has been written and illustrated by two parents who — like you — know what it means to have a child who is affected by common foods.
V84N., eNUOVI "It is also the social handicap of being 'different' which seems to be so unacceptable in our conformist society. If this book helps you and your child to see his or her problems as commonplace and manageable; if it helps provide some understanding of the problem of food intolerance; if it helps some children resist the temptations offered by ignorant but well-meaning adults — it will have been worth the time and effort we all have invested in producing it. The book was published last November and Judy and Rae had worked on it for a year. Rae also had first-hand experience with the problem as one of her children is dyslexic and also had hyperactivity problems.
book on caring for children with unusual allergies ... by the reaction to food, than just good fun." Judy and her son Cameron spent years trekking from one doctor to another before isolating the boy's food allergy problem.
in those cakes parties The hyperactivity cleared considerably once a food allergy was picked While Judy has no specific figures for Australia, she says statistics show something like three-quarters of children in the United States are allergic to something. There is little reason to suppose Australia is very different. The most common allergens in the western diet are cow's milk, dairy products, eggs, fish, wheat (especially bleached white flour), cane sugar, artificial colouring, preservatives, soya, yeast and citrus fruits. Less common but not rare allergens are legumes, nuts, potato, tomato (especially sauce), corn products, tin products (if left in tin after opening), frozen food (which frequently has additives), root vegetables, spices, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, tea, wine (especially red) and all alcoholic drinks. One of the big problems is thought to be the indiscriminate use of milk in the first few months of infant lives. Maureen Minchin says cow's milk at such a young age, like other foods, can sensitise babies. So too can early feeding of cereal which has been linked with the rise of coeliac disease (an intolerance to the gluten in cereal). Babies cannot digest cereals under the age of six months. Not only do they gain no nutrients from such solids,
they may also be sensitising their systems. In some cases the mother's diet may affect breastfed children. In many cases the reactions may be minor, but says Judy, if any parent is dissatisfied with the health or behaviour of their child they would do well to explore the possibilities of food allergy. One of the easiest ways to discover any hidden allergies is to put your children, or family on an elimination diet for five days. Foods are then introduced one day at a time to gauge reactions.
The McKechnie family went on a diet of brown rice, water, fresh fruit and vegetables, although in her book, Food For Thought, Maureen Minchin recommends one which allows, lamb, rice, tapioca, spinach, celery, sweet potato, lettuce, beetroot, artichoke, carrot, pears, cherries, pineapple, salt, pepper, parsley, olive oil, sunflower oil Nuttelex margarine, malt vinegar, and weak percolated coffee. (The coffee is only for those who are NOT addicted). Judy says such diets are easier than people imagine. ' We had lots of soups and fresh fruits," she said. 'We were living in Queensland at the time so we had some lovely fruits to choose from day we introduced one more food and watched for Cameron's reaction.
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-Some children get diarrohea "In Cameron's case the problem was milk and wheat which took some getting used to with cooking but I'm sure the health of our family has improved,'" she said. -These days I find it takes longer to shop because I'm reading all the labels, but it is worth it.
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"I hardly use sugar and the kid's don't have lollies — their teeth have improved out of sight. ' We use a little vegetable salt but I never cook with salt, and I've learned how to have healthy birthday parties." Healthy birthday parties is the basis of the book she illustrated for writer/friend Rae Paterson. A low allergy birthday party' is difficult to imagine — such events have come to mean brightly coloured drinks and sweets, icecream, jelly and lots of cakes. Such a spread would have some of the children Judy knows screaming for hours.
Judy McKechnie ... teaching parents and children to have parties which won't make children sick.
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Such dubious delights are not necessary, she says and parents with children sensitive to sugar will have long ago learnt to avoid them. There are excellent allergy cookbooks (listed in Parties Make Me Sick) which give ideas for those who have many and varied sensitivities. In her own book there are recipes which are milk-free, since that is the most common allergen, and others which are egg -free and sugar -free. All are free of artificial colours, flavours and preservatives.
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L„thif„.., yc God's flame burns bright The purpose of Flame 84 was to give members of Antioch a sense of belonging to a larger body than just their own parish group. The letters F LA M E stand for: Friendship, Life giving, Action, My lord and My God, Ercharist/ Enthusiasm. It was a chance for paticipants to renew and enflame their commitment to God, family and church. The badge symbolised the Trinity; Father Son and Holy spirit received through the water of Baptism. The Flame that burns in our hearts.
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Aquinas rock Mass The roof of Aquinas College Chapel is only just settling back into position after last week's Flame 84 Rock Mass. Archbishop Foley was wel corned with clashing symbols, booming drums and earpiercing electric guitars. The music was provided by young members of Antioch who revelled in the contemporary sound effects and inspired 200 people present to sing in full voice. Paul McGinty. Pat Shanahan. Scott Vance, Dave Bodiker. together with Katie O'Dea, Sarah Hammond and Sharon Lloyd provided the music.
Young Catholics are not leaving the Church. Nearly 200 young Catholics gathered at Aquinas College last weekend for an inaugural Antioch convention. largest The Catholic youth convention in WA in the last 20 years and the first diocesan Antioch convention in Australia.
Archbishop Foley enjoyed the enthusiastic welcome and said he hoped that from now on the young people
The convention began at midday on Saturday and lasted 36 hours. Among the activities were discussions, talks by p articipants and guest, prayer, a rock Mass and a dinner dance. The young people came from 12 metropolitan parishes — 11 Catholic and the Anglican parish of
would not be merely praying for a name at the Eucharist but would know him personnally He asked them to pray for him and to become enthusiastically involved in the life and mission of the Church even after they were no longer part of the Antioch movement. He asked them to make their love real and active in their parishes, among their families, with fellow students and workers.
After the Homily Kevin Bailey solemnly carried into the Chapel the Paschal candle from which small candles were lit by each person as they renewed their baptismal promises.
St Luke's Mosman Park. Paul Watt and Gabrielle Giambazi founding members of the movement in 1982 opened the convention. The convention focused on two issues in lifesexuality and addiction. Sister Emilie Cattalini, together with
was that one must understand feelings, not always be ruled by them, and be able to distinguish them from decisions. The evening session on sexuality was introduced by Rachael Watt who spoke about the importance of family from her own experience. Kerry Lynch, Scott Vance and Margaret and Terry Fennessy spoke openly and shared what sex and sexuality was all about for married and single people. The participants of Flame 84 did not sleep at the College but following the practice of Antioch weekends were billetted out in parishioners' homes in small groups of five. On Sunday mom-
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Immediately after the final blessing Archbishop Foley sat down and each young person came forward to receive a medal appropriate to the theme of the weekend — a symbol of the Holy Spirit.
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ing, Mr John Keating, director of Holyoake, screened a film and warned against the dangers of irresponsible use of alcohol. In the final session talks were given by Andrew Dymond, John Rosair, Craig Albert, Louise Miller and Pauline Franklyn who spoke about significant concerns of their life. Throughout the weekend prayer was a dominant feature in both small and large groups. The
convention ended on Sunday evening with a semi-formal dinner dance. Music was provided by
members of Antioch and their friends. Parents had been invited.
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The meeting went on late into the night. The Christians in the City of Jerusalem were poor. Many were unemployed. Others earned very low wages. They did all they could to help each other. Those who worked gave their wages to the community. They shared their food. Those with BIRTHDAY houses shared them with Happy birthday to Emma those who had none. But Smith, I.esmurdie; Clancy they still had a hard time. Barnabas listened to JoanJones, Greenwood; Mary-Ann Booragoon; na's report. He thought to McKenna, Danielle Henderson, East Fre- himself, "I'm already sharing mantle; Christopher Hook, my house and my money. Albany: Sally Hyman, Karri- What more can I give? All nyup; Murray Kempton, Mor- my wife and I own now is ley; Morgan Ross-Walker, Dal- our little farm." The next morning Barnakeith; Suzanne Longbottom, Karrinyup; Joanne Martin, bas went out and sold his Kalamunda; Mathew Lane, farm. Then he brought Kathy Zirino, money to the leaders of the Viveash; Noranda; Gavin Gonsalves, community. "Here is money Morley; Sharon Robinson, from the sale of my farm," Margaret River; Mathew he said. "Share it with the Smith, Girrawheen; Jane Mul- community." "You are a generous man," cock, Como; Leah Millard, Forrestfield; Cathy Smith, they said. "God will bless Mullaloo; Lisa Sapgnol, Mor- you in return." Barnabas soon became a ley; Megan Colbert, Nedlands; Marina C'Cruz, Fremantle; leader of the community of Therese Ferguson, Attadale; Christians in Jerusalem. About that time a famous Peter Gray, BoIgart.
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enemy of the Christians, a man named Paul, became a follower of Jesus. Paul came to Jerusalem. But the Christians were afraid of him. They knew how he once arrested Christians and put them in jail. These Christians were not sure they could trust Paul. They could not believe he had become a Christian. Barnabas showed his generosity again. He opened his heart to Paul. He trusted Paul and believed Paul was a friend of Jesus. "Paul is my friend." Barnabas told the Christians of Jerusalem. "I believe he has changed his life. He is now one of us. We should treat him like a friend." So the Christian community welcomed Paul because of Barnabas. "You have a large heart," Joanna said. "You are a generous man." Paul and Barnabas became very good friends. They were sad that the Christians were still poor. They had nothing more to give them. So they went to other towns and cities to beg for money. "Your Christian
brothers and sisters in Jer usalem are poor," they told Christians in the City of Antioch. "They share all they have but they still need help." Barnabas and Paul took up a collection. They took the money back to the Christians in Jerusalem and gave them all of it. "Thank you," the leaders of the community said to Barnabas and Paul. "Our brother and sister Christians have been very generous. And so have you in collecting money for us."
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A new saga to enthrall The Adversary, by Julian May, published by Pan, $5.95. The fourth and final volume in the superb Saga Of The Exiles — an extraordinary epic of the imagination that now rivals The Legendary Foundation Trilogy and Lord Of The R ings. Julian May's extraordinary achievement in the Saga Of The Exiles has been to synthesize a mass of existing European myth and project a group of time exiles from the 22nd Century into the colourful Pliocene Era where these myths were gestating. The manycoloured land, the golden torc and the nonborn king have been science fiction./ fantasy bestsellers growing in popularity as the Saga of the Exiles progressed.
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The Saga has been compared to the Foundation Trilogy, the Lensman series and most of all to The Lord of the R ings. Now The A dversary completes the Saga, a stunning conclusion to one of the most vivid imaginative epics of recent times. 'SF with strong f antastic overtones ... wildly colourful, loaded with thrills and chills, blood and guts and sense of wonder' is how Julian May describes her epic. A group of misfits from the 22nd Century have been exiled through a time-gate into the exotic Pliocene Era in Europe. Here they stumble into fierce physical and paranormal warfare between two races from a distant planet, the Tanu and the Firvulag.
To Be A Pilgrim, a spiritual notebook, by Cardinal Basil Hume, OSB. St Paul publications, $5.50. R eviewed by Father T P Boland.
Cardinal Basil Hume
The Commonplace Book has played an important part in the history of Christian spirituality. Thomas a Kernpis canonised the style in The Imitation of Christ. This time Cardinal Hume has produced a systemised collection of his spiritual notes, sermons, meditations and jotted varia. They cover a long span of his life, and the pre-Vatican
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II origin of many of them is clear. They are none the worse for that. He uses constantly that excellent. English sounding word — Mass. No fumbling with the Greek is needed for the general reader. All the development of the centuries comes with its sight and sound. The accretions of time may stay or fall according to taste. In the extract on Reverence he speaks of the awe and respect called for by the presence of God, he writes. of the Mass as sacrifice. conveying a note of adoration.
He then warns us that this sense must not obscure for us the reality of meal and communion, with a lower Case ''C".
The author warns us that most of the passages were not written for this kind of publication. There is a rough-hewn cast over his usual flowing sentences.
Doing Time, The Prison Experience, by Barry Ellem, published by Fontana, $7.95. A graphic, disturbing portra,,a1 of life on the inside. Barry Ellem interviewed over 50 prisoners at Melbourne's Pentridge Gaol — some had only a short sentence to serve, others saw the next 26 years of their lives stretching before them within the same forbidding walls. The men talk frankly about their feelings and experiences from arrival to release. First-timers and recidivists describe their treatment by officials, their relations with other inmates, the endless routines of prison life, the loneliness and the boredom which are part of every day. and their hopes for the future. There are a number of books on the prison experience but none has the objectivity of this one. There is no preaching and no undue emphasis on violence, cruelty or homosexuality. Barry Ellem spent his childhood on a small dairy farm in northern New South Wales. After leaving school he worked as a bank clerk for a year. He then went to Melbourne where for several years he worked in a variety of jobs starting as a draftsman in structural engineering, then as a process worker in a fibreglass factory. and following this as a self-employed draftsman. As a result of the encouragement of an ex-prisoner he studied at night school for his matriculation certificate and then went full-time to university where he completed a four year Honours degree in social science. He extended his studies by doing post -graduate research on the effects of imprisonment. Barry Ellem has taught in the Sociology Department at the Chisholm Institute of Technology. Melbourne for the last ten years. He is currently stud-
ying for a Masters degree in Education. He is interested in Zen philosophy and has a hobby of gardening.
Ideas are only loosely gathered in the sections. This is no tragedy as Commonplace Books are not meant to be read continuously. Enforced attempts to do so with The Imitation of Christ wrecked many a spiritual journey. The traveller seeking spiritual food for the stages of his journey will dip and pull out nourishing — occasionally delicious — morsels at will. Then. with Jon Buns-an. who inspired the title: Come wind, come weather. There's no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim.
Barry Ellem said: 'I feel privileged that I was able to do such detailed research in the very restricted and isolated prison environment. It was a unique opportunity for me to observe the daily working of the prison and to get access to the prisoners' minds and their experiences. There were some fun times, some depressing times, and some frightening and traumatic times.Ilearnt a lot about the workings of prison and about human behaviour in general. When it came to writing up my researchI was left in a dilemma. Did I present it for a specialist academic audience or did I present the prisoners' words in a way that would make their comments available for a wider general public?I felt Ihad an obligation to do the latter. —1-his book has been a long time in the making, one of the reasons being the frustration of trying to write part-time while working in a full-time teaching job. The amount of informationI had accumulated also presented problems and resulted in many lonely hours work in trying to decide what to include. "CertainlyIwas affected by the research. Prison seemed such a wasteland and so unnatural to daily life in the outside world. The very unnaturalness of prison reinforce4 by antiquated industries makes futile any attempts to adequately treat offenders. There can be no such thing as rehabilitation in the current prison SySteill. Rather, prison as it exists has a potential to make people worse."
A story that is not quite forgotten ... The Killing Times, The Coniston Massacre 1928, by John Cribbin, published by Fontana, $6.95. The Killing Times' conception began with a documentary film being made in 1982. The documentary was the catalyst for the unearthing of a story that bad happened long ago and bad almost been forgotten. Imago, an Australian film production company was granted permission to film a land rights bearing in which Aborigines presented their case before western law for the return of their tribal territory. Tbe Lands Commissioner was Mr Justice Toobey and be was assisted by lawyers representing the Commission, the white pastoralists and the Aborigines. During the course
of the hearing tbe threads of another story emerged: that of a time ¶0 years before when violence roamed free along the dried-out rivers and across tbe deserts of Central Australia Fred Brooks, an old dingo trapper was murdered by Walbiri Aborigines at a water soak near Coniston, Central Australia and the retaliation that followed was horrifying. The survivors of the Walbiri tribe related stories of men, women and children being shot. of Aborigines chained to trees and of tribespeople fleeing in terror from their lands net to return. There was reference time and
time again to Coniston and to a policeman called Murray. What was being remembered was a tragic episode of Australian history known as "The Coniston Massacre". The Vlalbiri bad not forgotten. Even today they recall it as "the killing times". John Cribbin's narrative is not political but rather a unique reflection on the attitudes of whites to blacks in the 1920s. Nothing else in A ustralian literature depicts so vividly these attitudes that are so different and yet so relevant to our society today. John Cribbin has spent most of bis working
career of 30 years as a writer, broadcaster and journalist. I n 1978 John won the Walkley Award for a radio news report on the death of Sir Robert Menzies and then again in 1981 for a current affairs programme on a blind man called Eddie Ryan. In addition to his journalistic ventures John has written, produced and directed numerous /gays for radio and television. He is presently lir Mgin Melbourne: writing drama for the ABC.
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WHAT'S ON ACOLYTE TRAINING CLOSING DATE For the acolyte institution ceremony taking place in St Mary's Cathedral on Sunday, October 7, candidates must be nominated in writing to the Archbishop's office by Tuesday. June 12. As study materials and other arrangements have to be finalised no applications for training will be accepted after that date.
ARCHBISHOPS UNDER R ADIO SCRUTINY A t 8 am on 6WF on Sunday June 17, Encounter looks at Perth's Archbishop Peter Carnley (Anglican) and William Foley (Catholic) in a portrait by Anthony Howes. We follow the two prelates as they go about their administrative, pastoral and priestly work as Bishops in the Church of God. What power do they really have? How do they view the reports of the Anglican C atholic International Commission ( ARCIC) and what do they consider it means for them? Just how important is ecumenism to the two Archbishops? What do scholars' colleagues think of the role of Archbishop? Archbishop Foley is the first Australian born Catholic Archbishop of Perth, and Archbishop Carnley is the youngest Anglican Archbishop in this counrty. We are with them in the office, in the field and at the altar.
Greyhounds — with The Record Tipster
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Laity, religious, clergy and youth are invited. Participants should bring their own food; tea and coffee supplied. Charge is $2 per person. Father Walsh, a missionary in Japan for 10 years, has been invited to Western Australia by the Major Religious Superiors. He will discuss evangelisation and the cultural shift now taking place in society. He claims that when great cultural shifts take place and the conventional supports of religion slip away, those engaged in Christian ministry face unaccustomed c hallenges. He says good evangelisation avoids the mistake of giving people answers to religious questions they have not asked.
CHAPLAIN WANTED The Swan View District Council of the Churches Commission on Education Genevieve Mills, of seeks a suitable person to fill the position Wembley Downs and of a part time chaplain to Swan View her brother Anthony High School. and sister Loreto (obsthe Interested persons should contact Rev John Randall by letter, sending a cured) during their resume of experience and qualifications, historic audience together with the necessary references, with Pope John Paul at 68 Jinda Road, Koongamia, phone 294 1594 by June 15.
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LECTURE SERIES Maryknoll missionary priest, Father John Walsh will give public talks at the Fiedemptorist Retrept House, Monday and Tuesday, June 11-12 from 5 to 8.30 pm.
YCW BALL The YCW will hold a gala ball on Saturday. July 7 at the Morley Civic Centre from 7.30 pm to 12.30 am. Music will be 50-50 by Capri. Individuals, couples or parties, young or old are invited. Tickets $14 single, $12 for unemployed, pensioners or students include supper and are available from the YCW office 30 Claverton Street, phone 328 9667.
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ABC DISCUSSES ABORIGINES Father Hilton Deakin a Melbourne anthropologist who has specialised in Aboriginal studies speaks on 6WN at 9.45 am on Saturday. June 16. While working on his doctorate he spent three years living in remote A boriginal communities — and his A borigines' Mass, which had its world premiere at the Eucharist Congress of '73, has been sought throughout the Third World. He tutors at two of Melbourne's universities, and is Lecturer in Anthropology at Yarra Theological Union. We hear of his insights on the priestly life — and on the issue of Evangelism amongst indigenous people.
TWO NEW SVDP SHOPS A new St Vincent De Paul store selling clothes and furniture has been opened at Queens Park. Another new shop has been opened at Canning Highway at East Fremantle opposite the church. The Queens Park store stand on a 1800 sq metre property bought for $ 55,000 from funds raised by the Queens Park and other shires. A 250 square metre building was built for $ 95,000 and it will be possible to make additions to the building in multiples of 250 sq.m. A new display method has been incorporated and if successful will be introduced to other stores. At the opening and blessing of the building by Archbishop Foley, the state SVDP president Fred Preshaw reminded members the prurpose of the stores was not to sell but to store clothing and furniture for the poor. Members had to be careful not to concentrate on weekly sales to the exlclusion of donating to those in need. "We should want to give clothing to the poor rather than expect them to humble themselves by having to ask for it", he said.
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Luke Mills gets a special handshake from Pope John Paul as he meets family representatives from the different continents.
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• From page 2 In the afternoon there was a presentation of experiences in family life on the reconciliation theme e of the Holy Year. Thirteen families or couples spoke, representing all the continents. A single parent told how she tries to keep her c hildren reconciled with their father; a young couple told of being separated for almost two years and then starting over again to live their marriage vows. Families told of adoption of children from underdeveloped countries, of the death of a child, of forgiveness of many types and reunion after discord. Between the telling of experiences there were songs, excerpts from a play written by the pope as a young man on "Fatherhood" and a ballet depicting parts of the life of Jesus. The whole day was characterised by great joy and hope — the title of the programme was "The Family: Hope for the World". Everyone was greatly encouraged to return home to their own countries and continue living their Christian life knowing so many others were doing the same.