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A USTRALIAN PRIESTS LOOK AT YALLOP EVIDENCE Father Tom Hunt OSA, 13 years in the Vatican and the Augustinians' f ormer Assistant General analyses Yallops "evidence" for his claims on the death of John Paul I,

LONDON: The distinguished Catholic weekly The Tablet has called David Yallop's book In God's Name a "scandalous book" and says while Yallop's evidence for the death of Pope John Paull is circumstantial, "he does not hesitate to arrive at the uncircumstantial conclusion the pope was murdered." "The publisher says Yallop is in hiding for his life; it should be fear of his reputation," says the weekly. Similarly, a Vatican official biographer of John Paul I, Monsignor Giulio Nicolini has called Yallop's accusations "absurd and without basis."

and finds it w anting. Father Tom Boland, historian and

Both The Tablet and Nicolini point to the inaccuracy of the claim Cardinal Villot, the Secretary of State, was to be replaced by Cardinal Benelli of Florence, whereas the Frenchman had just been confirmed in his post like all other Vatican heads.

chief book reviewer for the Catholic Leader, Brisbane, tells why he'd rather read Footrot Flats. See pages 10 and 11.

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TABLET SLAMS YAL. OP TORY The Tablet also disputes Yallop's claim the pope was in the best of health. "There are good reasons to believe the Vatican account is nearer the truth. "It is more than a question of physical condition. "This was the pope after all. who, while bishop was once so distressed when he discovered two of his priests were embezzling money he had to go to hospital. "Multiply that by the cares of the whole Church." The Tablet claims the real distortion in Yallop's book is that the Vatican civil service is inhabited by Yallop's "cardboard cut-outs". Certainly some members of the Curia are past masters in machination and intrigue, but all of them really do believe they are working for the good of the Church. That is why they are always tempted to see heresy

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where there may be none, and that is why Archbishop Marcinkus sought to maximise the income of the Vatican Bank so recklessly. But it does not lead them to poison beloved popes. after a mere 33 day, because of anticipated changes in doctrine or movements of personnel. Yallop supposes it does. Roman He believes rumours, and the allegations of the scandal sheets. The Tablet says Yallop's thesis is refuted by his attempt to paint Pope John Paul H as a hypocrite, turning back the clock John Paul I would have turned forward. "Yallop surpasses himself in insinuation when he points out Archbishop Marcinkus. head of the Vatican Bank, was born in Cicero Illinois a year before Al Capone made it his headquarters, and that the priest was ordained in 1947, the year the Chicago gangster died of syphilis in prison. The Tablet admits the Vatican and the Church reputation may have suffered from Marcinkus' investment policy and his association with the dead Calvi.

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Confusion fuelled by orphan 'term' The media description of the Rios' embryos in Melbourne as "orphans" added a sense of high drama, high theatre and high confusion in ordinary minds, according to a visiting lawyer in Perth last week. Orphan means a living breaROME (NC) — The Vatican Bank has bee. thing person who by misfortune given an extension until June 30 to decide has been orphaned through familhow it wants to pay approximately $250 ial death, explained Professor million to creditors of Italy's bankrupt George Smith of Catholic UniverBanco Ambrosiano. The Vatican Bank, agreed on May 25 to sity Washington who was in Perth make the payment as a conciliatory gesture. for a week as a visiting fellow to At the same time, the creditors agreed the University of WA. to drop any subsequent legal action against Professor Smith is a visiting the Vatican Bank. The bank now has the choice of paying Fulbright professor to the Univerthe $250 million in three instalments over sity of NSW and in Washington has a one-year period, or of making a lump sum conducted a seminar in bio-ethics discount payment of $244 million by June for the past seven years. 30. He said the term "orphan" is It was originally given until June 15 to decide how to make the payment. something even the Church does Adolfo Gatti, a lawyer for the Vatican not understand fully. Bank, said the bank had not yet decided Professor Smith said there were how to make the payment, but added a lump similar problems describing the sum payment with its several million dollar embryo legally as human because discount appeared likely. law normally applies human to life "There is an orientation toward paying it all at once," he said. outside the womb such as the Vatican Bank officials have refused to taking of human life in murder or discuss the source of funds for the payment. mansalughter. Among the possibilities are long-term He cited the 1983 opinion of loans, the sale of Vatican Bank holdings Australian ChiefJustice Gibbs that in an Italian construction company and the sale of Vatican Bank stock in European the foetus has no legal civil rights banks. until it is free of the womb. This could mean that if the foetus has no rights, neither does the embryo. Scissors. Saws. Secateurs. Shears. Sharpened and Set On the other hand a US Supreme Court decision stated a 4 QUEEN STREET 321 4390 LOCKSMITHS woman has control over her body until the Locks Door Closers and Safe Overhauled and Serviced 25th week of pregC AR and ALL TYPES OF KEYS CUT Immediate Service nancy after which the foetus is a recognised

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US lawyer visiting Perth, Professor Smith says emotive media terms such as "orphan" are confusing the IVF issue. future citizen and entitled to the protection of all citizens. Professor Smith explained the difficulty of finding a terminology for embryonic life by citing three Catholic theologians: Richard McCormack who speaks of nascent human life, but not individualised life, for the first two weeks; Charles Curran who refers to truly human life coming at the second or third week and Karl Rahner who has serious doubts on the matter.

even though the bramwave signals death. "Since we do not have a uniform posture on death. it is not surprising we do not have a uniform posture on the commencement of life." He concedes the law is behind the science of in vitro fertilisation and agrees with the opinion of the Victorian Attorney General, Mr Keenan, that science is so far ahead of the law it is frightening.

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"Should law direct science, should it re-act to science or should they be partners? Or should law, science and religion be partners?" Professor Smith asks.

"This lack of agreement causes confusion for the law because we are looking for a direction from the moralist or ethicist and it is not there. The picture is further confused by the lack of consensus between moralists, philosophers and biologists over defining the point of death since it is possible to keep body organs going

"The law looks to religion for an ethical posture, and then medicine looks to law for norms. All are looking to one another and no-one is able to give that definitive posture," he said. He describes the situation as passing the buck and to the person wanting a direct immediate answer he says: "There is no quick fix, there is no quick answer."

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SINGAPORE: Archbishop Gregory Yong has returned to Singapore from Sydney where he underwent surgery for four by-passes. Archbishop Yong, 59, told his priests before leaving that he had taken four years to decide on the operation. "I think it is much better to make use of science and technology in order to be able to function properly," he said.

The lack ot agreed words to describe the early stages of life has repercussions for action. he said. "From the word comes a concept of principle of action. We have to structure a word and then we set up a principle for decision making." Words also have strong emotional meanings. The term murder produces one reaction whereas passive euthanasia produces another, he said. Profession Smith thinks the debate about abortion and LW issues will become more linked but that this will create " even more vexatious questions."

Dialogue "This will force a dialogue between the scientific, moral and religious communities." Professor Smith believes the lack of consensus about the embryo question could be helped by the Church

Pope's first visit to Italy ROME: The pope has paid his first official visit to Italy. As head of the Vatican City State, he crossed the "frontier" and, amid great ceremony and pageantry, called on President Pertini at the Quirinal palace, President's t he official residence. T he palace was a r esidence of the popes themselves for 300 years until 1870. P ope John Paul was r eturning a visit paid by President Pertini to the Vatican in May. It was also the pope's first official visit to Rome itself. After being met at the V atican borders by the Italian Foreign Giulio Minister A ndreotti, he was e scorted by police motor cyclists to the Piazza Venezia where he was greeted by the c ommunist Mayor Ugo Vetere. IOW

giving more doctrinal gut dance in the area of faith such as has been presented in other encyclicals. Until that happens there are going to be differences of opinion in the Church and this is going to create problems for the laity.

Spiritual The law cannot give spiritual answers and this is an area for the priest but it requires the priest not to rely simply on what he may have learnt in the seminary years ago but to read extensively about what is happening at present. Whatever advice a couple entering an IVF programme can receive from a lawyer will be shaped by that lawyer's attitudes dating back to his youth. The Catholic, Methodist, Jew or other lawyer each has a particular reference for life that will affect the decision making process.

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Vocations In Africa The lack of financial help to educate the young men and women who want to be priests and religious is the main obstacle in the present Church in Nigeria according to Father Sebastian Ugochukwu on a visit to Perth. Describing the situation in the West African nation that already has the world's largest seminary at Enugu, Father Sebastian said sometimes local seminaries have to delay the return of students if funds are not available to open the term. Father Sebastian was ordained in 1979 for the diocese of Owerri which has 240 priests and some 700 major seminarians as well as 400 religious sisters and some 500 novices. There were 48 priests ordained in the group that came through the seminary with Father Sebastian. This is part of the extraordinarily strong Catholic Church in Nigeria which has about 30 per cent of Nigeria's 85 million population. In 22 dioceses there are 16 local bishops. Recently a Nigerian bishop was transferred to Rome to head the Vatican secretariate for nonChristians. According to Father Sebastian it is the presence of the priest or the religious in the parish or outstation that saves the faith. Otherwise, there is a risk of people reverting back to other sects or cults. A typical parish can range over 16 miles Catholics do not read the and have up to 14 Bible sufficiently. stations managed by The other strong features one priest. of parish life are the sodalFather Sebastian has ities, Father Sebastian notes. eight stations which These are built around the strong loyalty of the people he must visit in turn on in attending Mass. Sundays after he has said Mass at his parish church.

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Watering down tasteless milk With the Vatican attracting so much attention in the media these days Catholics can hardly begrudge Anglicans a share of the action in this week's story on the alleged disbelief of some Church of England bishops in that country A very determined newspaper gremlin manages to put out consistently shaped news stories about the Church in England. They are inevitably short single column pieces, ideal for sub-editors to slot into vacant holes on a gage just minutes before an edition closes. Many of the stories are about the eccentric behaviour of some hapless vicar in a remote unpronounceable village, preferably with some titillating involvement. Apparently the gag writers who spoof the English parson have heard that he really exists out there somewhere. Alternatively, more serious stories appear with all the gusto of a political party tearing itself apart at an annual conference, only the reports are sufficiently brief to ieave the reader no wiser about what goes on in that home of Anglicanism. Why the Church of England selects such as Professor David Jenkins to be Durham's bishop is of course their own business even though he has managed to get them into public hot water fairly oromptiy. Equally is it their business why they get themselves tangled in a London Weekend Television doctrinal poll which got answers from 31 of the country's 39 bishops and gave rise to the present story. It would be discourteous to say that the 19 bishops whose negative views of Christ's divinity have attracted so much attention are not intelligent men quite capable of explaining, at least to someone's satisfaction, what they really meant to say. Unfortunately intelligence, good will and even sincere piety are virtues of doubtful value if ordinary people hear the same bishops making statements that sound outrageously offensive to average believers. No faith, even the Catholic Church, is without its theologians who work in the 4ront line seeking to develop and throw light on the traditional sentences of belief. They are often unjustly accused of heresy because the end product is what hits the listener's ear and not the complicated reasoning that may require an interpreter to unravel its sense The New Testament has brevity on its side and God's vevelation is there in black and white even though the R eaders Digest believes it can improve the original even further with a condensed version. When parishes and people in the 4th and 5th centunes began bickering and throwing punches over their doctnnal differences the councils of Nicea. Ephesus and Chalcedon put out very definite teachings as much in the interst of law and order as in doctrinal purity. The concise sentences were not easy, were still capable of hairsplitting and misinterpretation but as a line marking where the Church stood they were effective. The listener knew where he stood. Theologians and church intellectuals, bishops or not, should not underestimate the volatile audience which makes up the average church congregation. Rather wisely, the Catholic Church states clearly that the faith and belief of the ordinary people is a powerful safeguard for the truth. The present difficulty of the Church of England may arise not from how they interpret and accept the doctrines of the early councils on the divinity of Christ but from the fact that the newshounds and television journalists have caught them on the hop and love every moment of it. The final irony is that many of those same journalists probably call themselves C of E as a lingering tribal badge. What that once popular tag means or signifies numerically in England today is anyone's guess. In more aggressive days Catholics used to cheer but in these times of temperate ecumenism it probably more correct to symphathise with the Anglicans in Australia who see their numbers shrinking markedly. Let's not blame the people entirely. They will stand only so much watering of the milk but when it comes to watering down the water they begin to look for other suppliers. Let all suppliers of faith take heed.

Test tube lies (cont.) Elsewhere in this issue a professor of law pleads that finding consensus on terminology and laws for embryos will be a harder task that many realise. How hard is the task becomes apparent from the subtle late revelation that the father of the Rios frozen embryos is not the man who died in the plane crash but some anonymous Victorian sperm donor. Details on IVF embryos perhaps are just nobody's business but the Melbourne team not only sat on the existence of the Rios embryos for months but have let the false story of their parentage go round the world. Articles boosting the doctors supposedly high ideals and aspirations ring hollow when they are obviously manipulating public information for their own purposes.

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Special 'In Perth it was raining. So lush, so green ... Then the sprinklers came on.

I covered my face with my hands. I could not look' Father Stephanos, Ethiopia.

Even as they 'The children are so thin ... they are suffering ... they don't play any more. Men and women walk 60 km from their village homes for a hand-out of food — and 60 km back again. Families squat on the roadside, hoping for food. Thousands are starving in mountain villages — there is no transport to take food to them. No-one knows the death toll.' — That is Ethiopia. 'People are stripping leaves from the forest to eat. They have nothing else. Mothers nurse their babies — and watch them die from starvation. They have no milk. survival Minimal rations are distributed to families — enough food to sustain life for 15 days — they come, at best, only once a month. No-one knows the death toll.' That is Mozambique.

Appeal is launched The Australian Churches have combined in a massive appeal for African aid. The appeal has been launched by the Catholic Church through Australian Catholic Relief with the Australian Council of Churches, the Australian Baptist World Aid and Relief Committee and the Lutheran World Federation. The appeal was endorsed by the Australian Episcopal Conference when the Catholic bishops met this month. The appeal will be conducted in churches throughout Australia for three months. Mr Dermot Dorgan, Information Officer for Australian Catholic Relief (ACR), said no firm target was set by the Churches for the Australian Weal. "We are hoping for millions of dollars. Each Church will distribute the funds raised by its people through its own relief agencies. "The African Churches will indicate the priorities for aid to their people." ACR gave $300,000 in aid to Ethiopa in 1983, Mr Dorgan said. "Some went to the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat for famine relief; some to help two Australian doctors in their woman's hospital in Addis Ababa — the Ethiopian Church tells us where the needs are greatest. "The Australian Government is about to ship 3400 tonnes of grain to Ethiopia for distribution by the Secretariat. We will work through the Secretariat's Father Stephanos Tedla. to do this.

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An extraordinary priest Father [Abba] Stephanos Tedla is a priest of e xtraord i nary achievements in extraordinary situations. In 1973, the then Ehtiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, concealed from the world the drought-stricken plight of his country. Father Stephanos flew to Britain, arranged a visit to Ethiopia by international journalist, Richard Dimbleby, with a film crew. He escorted the crew through his country, enabled them to film the suffering of the people — and then personally smuggled the film across the border, strapped on pack donkeys. So the world for the first time learned of his country's terrible drought and famine. His own home town was besieged during Eritrea's fight for independence from the rest of Ethiopia. No food was allowed in the townspeople Father Stephanos flew to Rome, raised money for relief supplies, organised a plane and two pilots — he is a qualified pilot himself. Together they airlifted supplies into the isolated townspeople. Father Stephanos himself

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false accusations made about the airlift for political purposes. A trained nurse, Father Stephanos has been with the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat for 12 years.

Ethiopia and Mozambique are just two of the 24 African countries, devastated by the worst drought in modern history, dying of starvation. Churches, governments, international aid agencies have put aside their differences to fight the famine They are losing. They are statistics ... But they are so vast, so incomprehensible that they mask the suffering of the individuals, the babies, the children, the parents, the aged. the ill. Statistically, this is the story One hundred million to 150 million people in the 24 countries are suffering ... up to one-third of the continent's population. Millions are dead or dying. Millions more will die without massive, immediate outside aid. This year, Africa needs more than three million tonnes of food from outside, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. Even in a "normal" year. Africa faces a two million tonne shortage of food. The entire country lives on the brink of famine — Africa is always chronically short of food. Drought brings famine and death. Scientists believe some parts of the continent are suffering permanent climate shifts. The Sahara desert is growing. No-one knows why. In the Sahel. the dry area south of the Sahara, the ecological cycle seems to be broken after 15 years without normal rain.

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The worst drought in modern history has devastated 24 African countries. In its wake, 20 million now face starvation. Tens of thousands have already died. In the words of Fr. Stephanos Tedla, Ethiopian priest and secretary of the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat "What can I say to you? The suffering of my people has touched you in Australia, so far away - think how it is for us here, watching our people suffering, dying. "Can you imagine 140,000 people all hungry, starving, waiting patiently for food? "They walk in through the dust to the relief areas - sometimes the women and children will spend days, weeks. at the camps. Many sleep in the open - it is very cold high in the mountains, there are few blankets. "The men walk in from their villages, pick up their food rations - never enough - and trudge home to try and work their farms. The crops will not grow - the animals are dead or dying. "But the wonderful thing is that my people never give up hope. Always they wait for rain, work their farms as well as they can, and hope. "They hope for a better future. Even as they die."

Cape Verde, a Sahelian island nation off Africa's Atlantic coast, is enduring the 17th consecutive year of drought. The scars of drought are permanent: chronic hunger, malnutrition, starvation. All rob the people of the ability to work toward recovery. Father Stephanos Tedla, Ethiopian priest and secretary of the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat talked to me by telephone from Addis Ababa "What canIsay to you? The suffering of my people has touched you in Australia so far away — think how it is for us here, watching our people suffering, dying. -We are more than grateful for the help we have been given by Australians — by many countries. But I have to tell you it is no more than a drop in the ocean. "The Church and the Government are working together — there are relief shelters set up in the worsthit provinces.

"I have been there — can you imagine 140,000 people all hungry, starving, waiting patiently for food? "The people walk in through the dust to the relief areas — sometimes the women and the children will spend days, weeks, at the camps. "Many of them sleep in the open — it is very cold, high in the mountains; there are few blankets. "It seems even colder when you are starving. "The women work quietly at handicraft — the children are listless. "Mostly the men will walk in from their villages, their farms, pick up their food rations — never enough — and trudge home again. -they go home to try to work their farms. The crops will not grow — the animals are dead or dying. "But the wonderful thing is that my people never give up their hope "Always, they wait for the rain, they work their farms

as well as they can and they hope ... they hope for a better future. "Even as they die, they hope. "Ethiopia has only a small percentage of Catholics — some 500,000. But we do not consider such things in this work — the Government, the Churches and the relief agencies — we work together to help everyone. "There is, though, a realisation. an appreciation. among the people of the work the Church is doing. People know how much the Church cares for their suffering. "They know it is not paternalism, but just human beings caring for human beings. "I cannot tell you how many of our people are starving — Ican tell you that there are thousands in high mountain villages who des perately need food and svc cannot get it in to them. • Coat page 12

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Overlooked terms of reference SIR: Paul Donnelly's article (The Record June 14) carried the headline "Beazley fails in spiritual values". God would probably say the same thing about me, so I have no complaint. However, Mr Donnelly has not dealt with the Report. The Committee of Enquiry was asked 14 questions in the form of its terms of reference, and these did not include religious education. The committee, really without warrant from its terms of reference, recommended chaplains for schools (within the consent of parents) and drew attention to the Non Report on religious education as something which should be implemented. It was not necessary to rewrite the Non Report. It is perfectly well known in schools and the Education Department and to visiting clergy, or should be. The Report specifically does not declare, as Mr Donnelly says, that education is a purely intellectual process. It sets out in chapter 1 para 49 the basic aims schools should have: • to develop in children and young people a sense of self worth. • to develop analytical and thinking ability, and to foster intellectual depth. The aim of imparting knowledge is to assist in the development of these abilities rather than to accumulate facts. • To provide children with the skills to learn by inquiry, discovery and discussion, and to develop research abilities. • to help children develop creative thinking and to acquire competence and creative ability in fields such as language, art, craft, technology, social studies, music, science, mathematics and drama. • to educate toward social

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responsibility, toward awareness of the needs and sensibilities of others, and towards grace in personal relationships, in a school atmosphere which fosters mental and moral stability. • to assist toward integrity and peace of heart of children living in any form of disaster, providing for such children, as far as possible, compensatory education and circumstances. • to be part of the community's "moral dimension", educating for personal responsibility and a high ethical code, and for positive attitudes of tolerance and social harmony. I have just returned from Japan, where I took part in a panel discussion with two of Japan's leading thinkers and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in the Far East — a Muslim. I also had to speak at a meeting for Japanese educators. A s they look out from Japan, a non-Christian country where Shinto is in abeyance and Buddhism not widely followed, they ask if "religion" can give them the conduct they should manifest. They comment on Catholic and Protestant in Ulster, Maronite, Muslim and

Druse in Lebanon, Hindu and Sikh and Hindu and Muslim in India, Buddhist and Tamil in Sri Lanka, and Hindu hostility to Christian in North Eastern India. As one of them said: "Perhaps religion brings individuals happiness but it seems to lead to social cruelty." Possibly we should take Christ seriously when He said "He who does My will will come to know My doctrine, whether they are of God or of man." I am sure that "Grace in personal relationships" "awareness of the needs and sensibilities of others", "personal responsibility and a high ethical code" "mental and moral stability" and "positive attitudes of tolerance and harmony" might be part of the doing of His will which would help children know Him. I hope Mr Donnelly can be confident that schools other than state schools aim at those purposes for schools.

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Money, instead of being confined to its functional job of being a measure of value and a medium of exchange appears to have pushed itself above all principles to a God-like, or at least satanic, level which now rules our lives. After a lifetime of use we had recently given up the purchase of The Sunday Times. Even before your editorial we had thoughts of cutting out The West Australian if a suitable alternative was available. What one finds most disgusting is the extent to which headlines are blown up either to boost the ego of someone or to coax or coerce people into buying. This is followed by the surreptitious inclusion of an existent but not very noticeable let -out at someone else's expense if the implications are doubtful or can be proved to be wrong.

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SIR: All Catholic Women's League members wished to convey their congratulations and pleasure at the stand taken in your editorial ... "Immoral, A -moral or Incredible" (The Record May 10) dealing with in vitro fertilisation and associated matters. The League throughout Australia is concerned with the implications of this research and any support i s valuable in presenting a Catholic point of view.

Whitehouse visit from PAUL DONNELLY, Claremont The Burke SIR Government released nearly 500 pornographic videotapes and publications and licensed about 600 outlets f or their dissemination between January and June of this year. For the next three months until September 1 this brood is to increase, multiply and disseminate itself through the state; after that date some, but only some, are to be withdrawn and the rest will be freely available from the back shelves of video outlets. The Archdiocesan Pastoral Council commendation of Mr Burke as a penitent who promises, but only promises,

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Athletic competition should EROME: lead sportsmen to a higher spiritual level and help them avoid frivolous behaviour and degrading pleasure, Pope John Paul said recently. Speaking to an Italian sports conference, the Pope said the qualities of loyalty, honesty, perseverance, generosity and teamwork found in athletics should act as a "springboard" towards a high spiritual level. This would help them "overcome all frivolous behaviour, which leads to a grey existence deprived of ideals." 0

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L_J by the death of a child have banded together to help each other through a programme, in Denver, USA known as Outstretched Hands, which offers one-toone contact for bereaved parents. "It's more and more apparent the remarkable results that are coming about as the bereaved parents reach out to one another," said Carolyn Hood, staff member of the North Outreach Team of Catholic Community Services. "It is painful for them, but it is in giving that they experience their own healing."

Pope 'threat to the Soviet bloc' ROME: An unpublished prosecutor's report says Italian investigators believe convicted papal assaliant Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turk, was recruited by the Bulgarian secret service to kill the pope because the pope was a political threat to Sovietbloc countries. The report links Bulgarian agents with members of Turkish neo-Nazi and criminal groups in the purported plot. Agca, who is serving a life sentence in Italy, decided to name his alleged accomplices after it became apparent that he would not be freed from prison. Agca had expected their aid in either a prison break or an exchange for "some kidnapped Italian hostage."

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MOSCOW: Recent articles of the Soviet daily Sovetskaya Rossiya (Soviet Russia) admit atheist propaganda is less than adequate. It reported that First Secretary of the Kirov city council Communist Party, was "released" from his post because his son-in-law sings in a church choir. The articles acknowledge shortcomings in atheist propaganda and education concerning the region's workers and dealing with individual believers at work, and states that "measures have been taken to rectify this".

Ecumenical moves NICOSIA: Orthodox and Catholic representatives have met on this island for the third in a series of ecumenical discussions. The 60-member joint commission was formed after a 1979 meeting in Turkey between the pope and Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Dimitrios I of Constantinople. The meeting which began .on May 30 was scheduled to last two weeks. The churches, which split in 1054, have in recent years sought to improve relations. The world Orthodox population is 200 million.

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Catholics total nearly 800 million. A key barrier to reunion is the Catholic teaching of papal infallibility, which the Orthodox do not recognise. Patriarch Dimitrios is the spiritual leader of the Orthodox in Turkey, Crete, the Dodecanese Islands, Western Europe, Australia and the Americas.

He named as accomplices three alleged Bulgarian secret agents and five Turks. Judge Martella will decide whether the nine men will go to trial sometime next month. The report says Bulgaria's secret service initiated the attempt on the pope's life because it feared that the rise of the independent trade union Solidarity, combined with religious fervor in Poland and magnified by the election of a Polish pope, had brought about the "ideological collapse" of the country.

Danger factors were Those "perceived as a mortal danger" to the "political cohesion and military strategy" of the Eastern-bloc countries. The plotters felt "the Polish rebellion might be greatly weakened and fragmented" the by "physical elimination" of the pope. The report says Agca's collaborators failed to explode panic bombs to allow him to escape in confusion following the pope's assassination.

Prayers for a communist VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II had prayed for the health of Italian Communist Party leader Enrico Berlinguer and, three days before Berlinguer died, sent Archbishop Franceschi of Padua to the ailing man's hospital room to comfort his family. the Berlinguer, party's general secretary since 1972, died on June 11 at the age of 62. He suffered cerebral a haemorrhage on June 7 while addressing a party rally in the northern Italian city of Padua and lapsed into a coma from which he never recovered.

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Speaking in what he called the "language of the heart," Pope John II brought a "message of compassion and hope" to refugees at Phanat Nikhom. This is a camp in Thailand for 17,000 Indochinese refugees. "We are truly brothers and sisters, members of the same human family, sons and daughters of the same loving Father,"the pope told them. He added, "I wish to share with you your sufferings, your hardships, your pain, so that you may know that someone cares for you, sympathises with your plight and works to help you find relief, comfort and a reason for hope." The pope had some suggestions for the refugees. He urged them to — remember their identity as free people who have a rightful place in this world and to remain firmly rooted in their respective cultures. — take whatever opportunities arise to learn a new language and perfect a skill to adapt to new social situations.

Astounding encounter "We had never seen anyone so deep in prayer. - George Tombs writes. -He seemed wholly tuned to God: his head was cupped in his hands. We felt that the pope had invited us to this chapel because he wanted us to experience and share the greatest of Christ's mysteries. -

Urgent message Luke's Gospel has been called the social Gospel. In a special way it shows Jesus preaching, and living, a message of justice. There is particular urgency about that message here. The prophets of old usually delivered their message bluntly and directly. Jesus preferred the subtler, but at least equally effective, means of storytelling. Stories remembered all over the world 2,000 years after the telling are extraordinary. In some mysterious way they speak to the depths of the human heart. Who doesn't recognise the story of the Good Samaritan, for instance, or of Lazarus,

By Father John Castelot who longed to eat crumbs from the rich man's table? The Parable of the Good Samaritan came in response to a legal expert's question: "Who is my neighbour?" (Luke 10). In response, Jesus offered a story. It was so designed that it might demonstrate how the one who asked the question could be a neighbour to others. The story was a demonstration — and a challenge. In the story, three men discover a wounded man along the road. Only one — a Samaritan — stops to help. After telling the story,Jesus asked who had proved to be

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a neighbour to the wounded man. And the lawyer had to answer — even if he choked on the reply. The lawyer couldn't bring himself to say "the Samaritan." But he had to admit that the neighbour' in the story was the one who treated the wounded man "with compassion." Lest the lawyer miss the practical point, Jesus told him plainly: "Then go and do the same." By contrast, the one who came to his aid was a Samaritan. His hatred of Jews had been nourished by centuries of deep-seated prejudice. What the Samaritan saw in this case was not a Jew who happened to be bleeding; he saw a hurting, helpless human being. That was enough. What is the real point in the story of Lazarus and the rich man? When you read this story in Chapter 16 of Luke's Gospel, notice how the poor beggar is ignored by the others. For them, Lazarus was just part of the scenery, an unsightly smudge on the canvas. The easiest thing to do was to look the other way. But Lazarus was not a smudge. He was human. His misery was at least the indirect by-product of their luxury. After the rich man died, it was too late for him to right the situation. His plea from the dead that his brothers be warned by Lazarus before they made the same mistake met with a chilling reply: "They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them." Of course, the rich man realises that he never listened to the warnings of the

prophets about injustice and that his brothers won't either. So he pleads for someone to return from the dead with a warning that will shock them into their senses.

The final answer to this frantic plea is devastating. "If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if one should rise from the dead." ( Luke 16:31),

Pope John Paul It hits people "like a lightning bolt," said Sister Prudence Allen. Some people, "drawn like a magnet," find their faith and their gifts activated by the encounter. Others pull back. But where this pope is concerned "there's no neutral encounter," commented the Sister of Mercy. The pope is uniquely qualified through his personal experiences and his intelectual training in Poland "to understand the problems of people," said Sister Allen, a professor of philosophy at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. "Instead of pulling away from the world, Pope John Paul II plunges into the world," explained Sister Allen. For her, the pope's

By Katharine Bird love and intense concern for people comes through frequently in his travels: • The pope makes it a point to study the culture and customs of those he visits and usually celebrates at least some portion of the Mass in native languages. • He works hard at gearing his addresses to the specific needs of the individuals and groups he meets. For instance, in addressing youth, he tries "to activate

Pope in modern world their high ideals and values," Sister Allen said. He realises young people need to fight against "apathy and the feeling that nothing has value." • He consistently promotes human rights by focusing on the dignity of individuals and groups. Sister Allen has been meeting regularly for three years in Canada with a small group of doctors, lawyers, social workers, journalists and philosophers to discuss the writings of Pope John Paul II. The group's goal is "to understand what Pope John Paul is saying and why," Sister Allen said. The group has read many of the pope's texts, including his encyclical on mercy, his apostolic letter on suffering and his speeches on marriage. The "pope's love of learning is striking," Sister Allen said. 'We've never had a pope so well educated in terms of contemporary philosophy."

One hot summer day in Rome my wife, Angeline, and I discovered Pope John Paul II, the pastor, in a totally unexpected uay. A crowd of pilgrims from many nations uas pouring into St Peter's Square. Some 40,000 people bad managed to get tickets for the pope's general audience. We bad uaLked very far to get to Rome. Now, seeing him so near, we bad an urge to sbare the story of our pilgrimage with him. As be passed along the rail-

ing Angeline took his band • and told him what we'd just done and that we were continuing on toJerusalem. Thepope blessed us and then said simply: "Do you want to come to Mass with me?" A Vatican secretary then stepped forward to take our address in Rome in order to get in touch with us again. Imagine our amazement! Later in the week, Angeline andIwere invited to come to a chapel. We entered the courtyard of the pope's summer residence at Castelgandolfo. Here the the residence just after sunpope uould celebrate Mass in rise and chatted with the

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other visitors. Tben we were long time. The wirtdows of the led upstairs and along corri- chapel looked out on pink dors until we reached the dawn above Lake Afbano. It chapel. leas a scene of indescribable Tbere were a feu sisters in beauty. While the popeput on peus and on a prie-dieu in vestments, be continued to front of the alter knelt the pray with two other priests pope. We bad never seen and a cardinal. anyone so deet, in prayer. He They celebrated Mass in seemed wholly tuned to God: Latin. Wejoined in (be his bead was cupped in his It was a moment of true bands. Above the altar was a feaousbip: "Glory to God in painting of Our Lady of the highest and peace to His Czestochowa, which be people on earth." seemed to glance up at several "Thank you for your visit." times. be said. "Pray for rne during He remained in prayer a your pilgrimage toJerusalem.

Questions In early May when I visited Ecuador newspapers were carrying front-page photos of Pope John Paul II's trip to Korea. While there, I asked many persons why they thought the pope travelled so much. Bishop Hugo Polanco Brito of the Dominican Republic responded: "Because people want him to come. And he is coming to our country soon. That's all people are talking about. They can't believe that the pope will actually kiss the soil of our homeland. Hundreds of thousands will come to see the pope. The excitement is unbelievable." "Why does the pope travel? Why not? Is he not the father of the Catholic family?" someone commented. "Like the pastor in a parish who will make house calls when asked, our Holy Father makes 'nation calls'." Yet another bishop said: "I believe it is the pope's way of keeping in touch with the heart of the Church. When he puts the head of a small child between his hands and kisses the child's forehead, he is more pope than when he sits before the whole Curia," he added. Pope Paul VI's journey to the United Nations in 1965 marked the first time in centuries that a pope made any kind of extended trip away from Rome. The pope once was known as "prisoner of the Vatican". But the present pope is known as the traveller of the world, his global parish. He hopes to express the fact that he is "for others" by being -with others".

Between 1962 and 1972 12 Americans journeyed to the moon. James Irwin told what it was like: "I felt overwhelming sense of the presence of God on the moon." Edgar Mitchell reported that on the way back from the moon, while contemplating the Earth from afar, he had a "peak experience, a religious experience, an

By Father R obert Sherry explosion of awareness ... what a religious person might call a revelation. I sometimes wonder how the pope feels about his journeys. I cannot help but think that seeing thousands of God's people lining the streets, cheering and singing, must be deeply moving — what I might call a religious experience. The first time I spoke before a crowd of 5000 persons was during a high school graduation in 1969. The people had come to see their sons, daughters and friends graduate. But for me it was a celebration of accomplishment for young people who had grown in

wisdom, age and grace. I remember being awed and frightened It was an exhausting, yet exhilarating experience - and memorable. Surely the pope sees and feels even more. Why does the pope travel so much? A story from the comic strip, "Peanuts", comes to mind. Lucy says: "I love mankind; it's just people I can't stand." It's quite the contrary for the pope: He intends to show love for human beings by being with them. In fact, he travels great, tiring distances, even risking as.sassination, to show it. The pope amazes me by his energy, fearlessness, enthusiasm and living spirit. From the news accounts of his trips — from looking over the pope's shoulder, you might say — we have the advantage of seeing how the Good News has been carried to many corners of the universe. His travels fulfil a role by exposing people to this wider vision of the Church, a global vision. A newspaper I read recently carried a photo of Catholics from Enga Province in Papua New Guinea carrying a huge wooden cross to Mount Hagen where they would participate in a Mass with the pope. Looking at their faces and native dress, it took me a while to appreciate that these people too are my brothers and sisters in Christ.

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IIt is not usual for a reviewer to admit he has not read a book. I have not r ead David Yallop's In God's Name. I have not bothered with much of the excerpts in the local newspapers. Footrot Flats is funnier and shorter. However, despite my best endeavours, the Editor caught me before I could get out of town, and I have agreed to reflect on this latest manifestation of an age-old phenomenon — the Roman gossip machine mangling a papal court. Mr Yallop is an investigative journalist. We are told a New man, Z ealand accused of a serious crime, has good reason to be grateful for his expertise. We are in no position to know why he wrote what he did. We have no reason to think he was moved by malice, or deceived by the usual "Vatican experts", let alone by "sources close to the Vatican." However it may help to know in what waters he has been fishing. The Tiber is a murky stream, and the wary Roman citizen does not eat fish in an unknown restaurant lest he be served Tiber trout. There are worst things than mercury in a fish's diet. Odd things come bumping in the night against the Ponte Sant Angelo, the odd people pull them out. One night in June 1497 a body was fished out of its waters. It was that of Juan Borgia, Duke of Gandia, son of Alexander VI. The Borgia Pope was heartbroken, but the Roman gossips were delighted. They ascribed Gandia's death variously to his father, his brother, his sister, and to a combination of all three. One wit put up a poster in the city: At last the successor to Peter is truly a Fisher of Men. English fantasies about the Borgias reveal a credulousness in the AngloSaxon public that has launched a thousand whodunits. They have their origin in two facts of history: that in Rome, given time, all things are possible; and that in Roman gossip things do not have to be possible to be real — as gossip. There is a peculiar Roman state of mind that savours stories about important people. In Rome no-one is more important than the pope; so the best stories are supposed to come from the Vatican.

YALLOP'S BOOK IS FISHING IN SOME MURKY WATERS Historian Father Tom Boland chief book reviewer for Brisbane's Catholic Leader newspaper writes of Roman gossip — and why he will not be reading David Yallop's book In God's Name ... G ood stories, like good spaghetti, must be involved, well-cooked and piquantly flavoured. The best spice of all is malice, though ridicule will do. And the sauce should contain only a trace of reality. Too much will spoil the flavour. An English writer once wrote an essay on Murder as a fine art. He should have lived in Rome. features Homicide prominently in all Italian newspapers — with the exception, usually, L'Osservatore of Romano. Since the law of libel scarcely exists there, journalists give free rein to their imagination. It is as though Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler and the entire Crime Club entered a competition for the most original solution to the alleged crime.

E Day by day, in the same newspaper, different persons — real persons, named — are taken as "the assassin". A crime reporter ingeniously described how this person committed the crime — not how he could have done it, but how he did it. No-one finds it odd that the day before he said someone else did it, or that tomorrow it will be yet someone else again. No-one finds it odd that within a week a complete unknown is charged with the crime, or that it is discovered that there was no crime at all. By then, there are several more murders to discuss. Pope John Paul l's death was hardly discovered before rumour was flying in the city. He died suddenly, unexpectedly. In most countries an autopsy would have been required by law.

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Vatican City is a country and it may have such a law. The Head of State may be subject to that law. These are the kind of details that might spoil the flavour of a story. The trace of fact essential to a good Roman gossip is that the autopsy was not held. Since the French ambassador stomach suffered cramps after Lucrezia Borgia's last reception, there had not been such a fine basis for a Roman holiday. Another essential was that no-one could believe that anyone would murder the gentle, laughing Pope. It was fun then to start suggesting who would have liked to see him go. The Curia was as natural a suggestion as the campari and soda to go with it. No-one had time to know John Paul's theological opinions, but the attitudes of some senior cardinals were known. Obviously they wanted him to stop changing Church teaching on some "traditional" doctrine. A really experienced storyteller would not have picked Humanae Vitae as the subject. Rome was no longer excited on that subject. A hotter potato at that time was the communal Rite of Reconciliation; but only a genuine insider might have known that, and the insiders were not talking. If the newspapers have reported Mr Yallop correctly, his field of assassins is too widespread. It involves parties more opposed to each other than to any putative papal rocker of the Petrine barque. Each group is the nucleus of a magnificent rumour; some of a fairly good real story. No Roman e xpert would waste them in a fantasy that could stand on its own. • Core page 12

There's an old Aussie joke ... Why do cow cockies in Victoria wear bowyangs? To keep the dust out of their eyes. The humour is in the absurdity of the answer which has absolutely nothing to do with the question. That's the kind of relationship I find between the death of Pope John Paul I and the book In God's Name. Absurdity. I met author David Yallop about 18 months ago when I was asked to show him the room in our Augustinian House in Rome where the then Cardinal Luciani had lived immediately before his election as pope. Mr Yallop told me he was writing the biography of the late pope. I showed him the rooms, introduced him to one of our lay Brothers, Clemente, who used to drive Luciani around Rome and translated Clemente's conversation for him — Mr Yallop could not speak Italian. Now I find I am thanked — with 77 other people — in the preface of his book. In his words: I am deeply grateful to all of them and to the following, who, with the greatest respect, I classify as the tip of the iceberg. I am not unhappy to find myself among such pezzi grossi — big shots — as Cardinals Benelli, Felici and Ciappi. But I had no part in the long litany of innuendos, fantasies, calumnies and accusations against such good and holy men as Cardinal Villot, Archbishop Marcinkus, Cardinal Poletti — even our great Pope John Paul II. The book makes good reading — I predict it will be quickly in Time Magazine's list of bestsellers — but it should be under the fiction heading.

Father TOM HUNT, OSA, is thoroughly familiar with the Vatican — an Australian and former Assistant-General of the Augustinians, he has lived in Rome for 13 years. On a visit to Brisbane for the Augustinian centenary in Queensland, Father Hunt, in this article written specially for The Leader, puts in perspective David Yallop's book In God's Name. Father Hunt is a former Vicar-General of Cairns, Australian Provincial of the A ugustinians and parish priest of Coorparoo, Brisbane. He is now Rector of St Patrick's Church, the national church of the Irish in Rome.

It's well-written — Mr Yallop has a good, readable style and it makes a first-rate thriller. But I don't recognise many of the events or most of the characters. He has taken people, events, things which had no possible connection to that quiet, good man, Albino Luciani, and woven them into a fantasy. I sat up and read his book last night. Early this morning a journalist rang me from America. He is an Old Boy of the Augustinian Villanova College, Coorparoo, and he had traced me back here to Brisbane, through Rome. "Father, I've read the book. Do you fear for your life?" he asked me. I replied: "I've read the book, too. And I'll sleep just as soundly tonight as I did last night. You don't lose sleep over fantasies. I was not in Rome when Luciani died — but I flew back from Ireland in time to see him in his white Soutane lying before the high altar where he never had offered the Mass as pope. In the years I had known him he always wore a simple black soutane — like a little country priest in town for the day. I walked that evening in the gardens of our

1111E FACTS!! A gentle priest and pope house in Vatican City — where Luciani himself had walked and chatted to the gardeners. With me was Luciani's secretary, Father Diego Lorenzi, and he told me then already rumours were flying that the pope's death had not been natural. 'People are saying he was poisoned', Father Diego told me. 'When they say that to me I ask them why I, too, was not because that evening the pope and I had taken our food from the same platter, our wine from the same carafe.' David Yallop said the dead pope was found clutching this 'famous' list of names and changes .. . what he held in his hands was one of his homilies. David Yallop has said Cardinal Villot feared for his job — everyone in Rome knew he had been pleading for a long time to be released from his duties. He was a loyal son of the Church, the pope and the people but he has old and tired and sick — he didn't want to stay on. He wanted to retire. Far from being afraid of losing his position he was full of hope for a quiet retirement. Mr Yallop makes harsh and unjustified attacks on Archbishop Marcinkus, the president of the Vatican Bank. During the last 13 years I have been in the Vatican Bank on an average of once a week — the bank specialises in helping Religious, priests and ecclesiastic institutions with international finance.

flEE Fifteen cardinals were called to Rome more than a year ago to examine the finances of the Vatican. They found the only thing the Vatican Bank was guilty of was having trusted men and institutions everybody had trusted. Those cardinals included Cardinal Freeman of Australia and Cardinal Krol of Philadelphia — impeccable men. This was after the crash of the Ambrosian Bank which originally was established about the middle of last century by a priest to help the poor. That bank later became a purely secular bank and spread throughout Italy, but right up until the crash it was regarded by the people as a sort of Catholic bank. The last president of the Ambrosian was Calvi — and to connect his name, and the names of such others as Gelli, with good and holy men like Cardinal Villot, Archbishop Marcinkus, Pope Paul and Luciani ... it's nonsense. The book has many photographs of bodies, or bloodstains, of murders ... a lurid colouring in a book which purported to

be the biography of a gentle priest and pope. I have many memories of Luciani as Cardinal. I remember him in the heat of the day, talking with Brother Clemente in our garden an hour before he left for the Conclave that elected him pope. He remonstrated with Clemente that it was too hot to work. Clemente was cutting the grass — Luciani was saying his Rosary. Clemente said he had callouses on one hand from the work. Luciano told him 'I used to work on our farm as a child. Then I had callouses on both hands. Now I have them on the brain.' He had a way — he had something. And it came out more in the 33 days he was pope ... simplicity, warmth. I remember too, in an audience just before he died, he told sick people that he, too, had known illness. He was a little man, never strong and the strain of his papacy was great.

In my personal view it was an error of judgment for Cardinal Villot not to have asked for an autopsy when the pope died. But on the other hand, remember Dr Buzzonetti had been personal physician to three popes. He examined the pope's body and stated the pope had died of cardiac arrest. It was that statement by Dr Buzzonetti that convinced Cardinal Villot there was no need for an autopsy. As for what happened that morning — it was always Luciani's habit to rise early and pray in his chapel despite Mr Yallop's claims to the contrary. He did so when he stayed with us — the Augustinians — every day and we remarked on his wonderful example. He continued to do so after he became pope. Father John Magee, secretary to both Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul I, told me himself of that morning when he found the Pope dead. He told me the pope had gone to bed a little earlier than usual the night before. The pope's feet had been swollen for several weeks — I believe he was not feeling well. That morning the pope was not in his chapel at 5.30 am as was his unfailing custom. At 5.45 am Father John went to his bedroom and found him dead with his bedside lamp burning. On the table was the Imitation of Christ and in his hands some papers. These papers were simply one of his homilies — he was in the habit of having them typed and re-reading them. I understand his glasses and slippers were missing — I don't know. I didn't discuss such trivia. Mr Yallop makes much of the "quick" embalming ... quite simply, the weather was hot. The quicker the embalming could decently be done, the better. I find nothing extraordinary in that. Mr Yallop's book makes entertaining reading — he could rival Agatha Christie. But it is not factual. His accusations against many fine men are unfounded and unbelievable. The Vatican has dismissed the book in its entirety — including its slurs on two great popes. This, I believe, is the treatment it deserves.

One of the memorable photographs in papal history when Cardinal Karol Wotyla pledges his loyalty to Pope John Paul in September 1978 little realising he was only a month away from being his papal successor.

Father Tom Hunt, OSA, with Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Ugo Poletti, VicarGeneral of Rome, earlier this year . . . "Mr Yallop's book makes entertaining reading — he could rival Agatha Christie." Says Father Hunt.

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"There is a camp of starving people here in Maputo — I have seen people stripping leaves from the trees in the forest. "They cook them and try to eat them. "Quite simply, there is nothing else to eat. "The Government is doing everything possible to help the people — we work together on this. "We distribute the food from aid agencies in parcels .. each person gets survival rations for 15 days of every month "What do they do for the other 15 days? "They starve. What else can they do? They eat anything they can find to eat — but that is not much. "Parents go without to feed their children — still their children suffer. "The saddest thing is to see

the mothers with their little babies. "When they are very lucky they get some powdered milk But it is very irregular." Thousands of Mozamibicans have moved into the cities — perhaps to be more certain of receiving a Government-Church aid agency food parcel. Others — maybe 100,000 have trekked through the desolation of their land across the border into Zimbabwe — where conditions are little, if any, better. But many more thousands of villagers have stayed put — so weakened by starvation they can do nothing, but wait for death. The travellers call these places "the villages of death." And along the way. many of the refugees are dying — especially the children.

"The Government is doing all it can. Aid to the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat from outside is exempt from duty payments. But we have only three trucks. Transport is very expensive, the roads are very had. Some of the villages we just cannot reach and I fear for the people ... How can starving people, people weak with hunger, walk out of the mountains to the relief centres? "We need four-wheel drive vehicles. "We need more grain. "We need biscuits — and we desperately need milk powder for the babies, for the children and our few aged people who are left. "There are few old ones now. "Australians are very generous people, but how can they understand what is happening to my people — people halfway around the world? "You have a land of plenty. We have nothing. "I came to Australia this year as the guest of Australian Catholic Relief to talk to the people, to tell them of VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Ethopia. "I was driving through a Paul II has encouraged scientific study park in Perth and it was of natural birth control to combat raining. So lush, so green. automatic the Then "the strong emphasis on contracepsprinklers came on. tion, sterilisation and abortion we "I covered my face with my often encounter in the world." hands. I could not look. "We drove past the docks He also said that "ulti- in natural family planning in Geraldton and there was must go beyond providing mate reason for any this mountain of grain, as big information technical as a football field and seven natural method is not because it is "vital for the metres high. simply its biological human and Christian wellThey told me it was effectiveness or relia- being of so many couples." second class grain — fit only "It must be rooted in true bility but its consisfor animals. My people live science and in a complete Christian tency with a have they on grain — and view of the human person," none. view of sexuality as the pope said. "Our lands are contrasts — expressive of conjugal The pope also said those opposites. People who have who teach natural family love." not been here — people planning methods assist the who live in Australia — Pope John Paul told them Church in its pastoral care cannot really know the sufthere is a "need for scientific by offering "practical help to fering this drought and famknowledge and its applica- all married couples so that ine have brought. tions to be ruled from within they may live their parent"And yet in your generosity by ethics." hood in a truly Christian and you are helping us. The pope said instruction responsible manner." "We are grateful, very grateful. "But I must say to you also: we need more if we are to live. "Ethiopians will not despair. "We will live on and hope — hope for rain." MOZAMBIQUE. From NEW YORK (NC) — The New York Archdiocese will Archbishop Francesco Colanot compromise Church teaching on homosexuality even suenno, Apostolic Delegate, if it means giving up millions of dollars of government spoke, too, of bleak suffering money for social service agencies says Archbishop John so intense that Marxist GovJ. O'Connor. ernment and Catholic The archbishop said he would support laws against Church have joined forces to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation if the fight it. term was defined to denote only an inclination, not active "There is famine — we practice or teaching of homosexuality. look past everything else to "By orientation, we mean an inclination, but some states the one great need — food." have interpreted it to include active homosexuality and he told me. the teaching of homosexuality," he said. "Our people are dying. Our "There is a tremendous difference between an children are suffering — in inclination and the argument that heterosexuality is only their thousands. one preference. "We have aid from the "The word 'orientation' is filled with pitfalls." he said. European Common Market, from Caritas, from the United Nations — we are given • • • • : 1 26 John Street, Perth WA 6000 much food, much help. • • Correspondence • "But never enough. Not • The Editor, The Record. PO Box 50 • • Aberdeen Street, Perth, 6000 even half enough. • Advertising • "For years we had drought. • Vanguard Service Telephone 328 1388 • • • registered for posting as a newspaper Category "A" (11) Then, months ago the rains • • • Produced in WA • • began. The people planted • Printed and published weekly by Edward van Heemst • vegetables in great hope. A • 26 John Street. Perth • • cyclone destroyed every- • Established 1874 • • • thing.

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An Australian Medical Association report says suicide among young people has increased markedly over the past 20 years' .. The number of young adolescents who die in so-called accidents or suicide is a sad reflection on the sort of stresses they are under,' the report notes. Barbara Mead writes about 'the forgotten race' in this final instalment of a Catholic Leader feature on the problems of youth.

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"There are stresses on parThe ultimate in suffering from depression, ents across society trying to despair, lack of purpose. breakdown of fam- ''There are so many factors bring kids up — materialism, ily life ... Adoles- — so many stresses on them, employment opportunities, cents are the for- on families and on society unemployment. There are many areas of stress. today. gotten race ... Brisbane "Many of the kids who come Dave Misso, The Church has Catholic Family Welfare to us for help are from middle got to get out on Bureau counsellor and direc- class Catholic homes. the streets and tor of the Big Brother pro- "Kids are fearful of the become relevant in gramme ( which provides sup- future." Sheryl Carmody, 27, is a port for fatherless boys): their lives ... member of the National Youth the forgotare "Adolescents The Australian ten race. Too often, in families Housing Commission; co-ordiChurch must take where there are problems or nator of youth care for Cenup the option for tensions, it is the adolescent tacare in Perth and one of a Michael Clohesy from Youth Affairs Council Australia talks to Catholic Parish Youth full-timers, the poor. It will who is put to one side — team setting guidelines for Julia Pickering and Julie Della Franca. youth welfare agencies cost us — Jesus problems and all. "They're called problem kids throughout Australia. option took up the and locked away. Or their Carmody said the fears for the poor and it problems just go unnoticed. ofMiss young people "are real" — cost Him His life. Mr Guido N'ogels, member of whether it is a fear of the They are dying Youthcare committee: Bomb or of finding a job, they because they have ''One in three adolescents are having to live without no hope in the today has emotional or psy- Christian joy in the future — it isn't in their lives chological problems. The Catholic Youth Council expects 500 young Catholics to gather future.

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These were the reac- vear-old group. these are often direction. The pace of social in Perth next year as part of its International Youth Year programme. tions of Church and

related to unemployment and change has been so rapid that of valuable 'after-hours' dis- youth welfare workers family stress. A conference has been orgapeople don't know how to do 1ti 1979, the United Nations declared 1985 to he last week to the marked ''There is an idea in the things any more cussion. nised for January 23 to 28. :1 International Youth Year. "1985 Itself is seen by the increase of suicide by community that adolescents Delegates will be prepared first for Western Australia, it as a pivot year or,a .war for evaluatitrn of ''There are no norms — just will lieforehand through zone Australian adolescents who are not toping are less a lot of confusion. is hoped the conference achievement& attract young people from all meetings and an enquiry as reported toy the Aus- than worthwhile, not trying, "Often, people hesitate to do 'The UN defines its themes for the Year as: Associ- dropouts and so on. paper. Every attempt will be tralian Medical over the State. participation — inym,idiptg recognition of young something in case they do the ation. to promade to enable keen delegates to Council is The "We see kids all the time who wrong thing — parents are people's ability and creation of opportunities for meet before the conference to And there was more ... come mote the conference which practising trying to help their children from them to participate more in decision making at all They are caught in a trap by further ease communication. has been planned in a bid to levels of community; development — development of Catholic families, who have but they are afraid of making The enquiry paper, to be the structure of society — a gone through Catholic educa- mistakes. allow young people to youngpeople, creation of opportunities for them to distributed later this year, will few work their way out of it; tion systems, but for whom, "Unemployment become more involved in the develop and realise their fullpotential; andpeace — obviously is apostoyouth ask delegates to reflect on most don't. Neither govern- in their particular situation, a big factor. So is the changing development of providing the environment in which youngpeople are ment nor private agencies their concerns as young peolate. the Church has no relevance. role of women, which some can grow $40 in surroundings in raver: and ple and to consider how the facing the real issues at all. Particular attention will be "The stresses on youth are people are reluctant to recogunderstanding." Council could best take All we can do is let them across-the-board ... they are nise. given to the areas of faith, know we really care, listen to church and Life in our society. delegates, will be involved in the ages of 15 to 25 and action. not restricted to young people "Women are coming forth — them and really hear, don't The programme will be co- the various public activities organisers hope final choices Organisers plan to streamfrom broken families, poor and this is good. Jesus recogwill be made as parish or line the event as much as belittle the magnitude of their families, un-Churched famiordinated in such a way as to planned for the week nised women — people have problems but offer to help allow participants to grow Each parish has been asked movement decisions. Group possible with special considlies. to let go of old ideas and them work out for themselves both personally and spiritu- to nominate two delegates discussions will be led by up eration given to such prob"The Church today does not accept this change. a better way of living. and each Diocesan member to 100 leaders. lems as cost and distance. relate to them — nor they to ally. People have a lot more The Council hopes that many body of CYC will send five The conference has been For further information conthe Church. strength than we give them interested young people, delegates to the conference. organised on a 'live-in' basis tact your parish priest or Julia "Much of the trouble comes credit for — an enormous although not able to attend as Delegates must be between in a bid to take full advantage Pickering on 09-3288136. from the work ethos ... society amount of strength. Often we still is saying that the thing give them support instead of silent zombies. No-one poor substitute for perwhich makes a person valuahelp. stops to talk or listen. sonal visits. No one drops ble is the work he or she does If I had one message to in any more. You can — we do not accept people It seems to be a pretty parents about kids it would always reach for the phone as intrinsically valuable in lonely world. We can be be: Be positive. Family affirmato answer that pressing themselves. quick to judge and blame tion is vital. "The Church needs to be query. parents, teachers and The AMA report on teenage revitalised in the parishes to anyone involved with the has While technology health was prepared for the make it relevant Vacancy for the posifor young first 10 years of a person's played a major part in Australian Medical Association as full-time worker people. life. changing our world no tion by Dr David Bennett, with the Catholic Parish "To go and get them and one can take away selfWe can sometimes overhead of the adolescent med- make Youth Movement. them know they are motivation. look the dramatic technoical unit at the Royal Alexanwanted and welcome just as Your letter should be logical changes that have Sometimes loneliness dra Hospital for Children in they are. marked Confidential taken place. Technology will only be cured by the Sydney. -The Australian Church is and addressed to: — CPY that we take for granted individual making the first He said that suicide rates not generally known to the Review Team, PO Box but readily use. move. among 15 to 19-year -old poor. 194, North Perth, WA The lonely can often be I think the car and the males had risen from five per 'We have not picked up the 6006. "Loneliness is the greawith us was certainly Any queries those who have never telephone have been two million in 1960 to nearly 12 test pain in our society," option for the poor. And shouldbe directed to the never lonely," he added. of the greatest contributmade a move or taken a per million in 1980. poverty — through unemploy- Catholic Parish Youth a youth page headlines Today it seems quite a ing factors of loneliness. risk. The death rate from acciment — is a major problem Office, phone: 328 8136. stated recently. It was an different story, not only dents, poisoning and violence To do anything in this life Because of the car no one article from Ann Ryan, for y-oung people today. streets but suburbs are in the same age group was 66 involves a risk most of all walks around the neighYCW member of Brisbane. lonely full of supposedly in the business of making per 100,000 in 1982, cornbourhood. Few families go It was a good story and it people friends. pared with 55 per 100,000 for The car for a Sunday stroll. made me think. I wonder Neighbourhood watches the whole population. The unspoken fear of our down is even used to go really makes young what have been organised to Church and youth welfare first introduction and our to the corner shop. people, or anyone for that primworkers facilitate the safety of comment on the first meeting is the fear of The telephone, while matter, lonely. report. This is what they say: ary school youngsters on rejection. linking people in a marvelA 62 year-old man told their way to and from Bishop Eric Perkins, presiHow often have we lous way has also contribme, "When I was a boy, school. dent of the Australian Catholic wanted to speak to someuted to isolating them in hardly anyone was lonely. Social Welfare Commission: one but shied away. The another. It has virtually There were no lonely peoOld people often live in `This is the ultimate in the result can be loneliness — killed the art of letter ple in our street and my fear of being attacked. breakdown of family life. indeed a great pain. writing and become a grandmother who lived Public transport is full of Obviously, young people are

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Peabody, written and illustrated by Rosemary Wells, published by MacMillan, $10.95. Peabody is Annie's bear. She takes him everywhere with her: to bed at night, to the beach in summer and skiing in winter. Then Rita the doll arrives and Peabody thinks he has been forgottenTim's Last Voyage, written and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, published by MacMillan, $3.50. When Tim and his friend Ginger signed on as deckhands, they thought it would be a voyage of only three days. The Sleeping Beauty, Retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, published by Oxford University Press, $8.50 Filled with romantic, vibrant full-colour illustrations, this is a storybook few readers, young or old, are likely to forget. Our Teddies, Ourselves, A guide to the well bear, by Margaret and Douglas Palau, published by Oxford University Press, $5.50. Does your teddy suffer from Squeezles, Beary Beary, or Goldilock's Syndrome? Have you discovered your

Oxford University Press, $19.95. Prominent folk artist Mattie Lou O'Kelley's personal account tells the story of growing up on her papa's farm in Georgia.

hear speaks only Japanese or German? Is he missing an eye or an ear or two? The perfect home companion to teddy bear care. More Dinosaurs, and other prehistoric beasts, by Michael Emberley, published by Oxford University Press, $13.95. Learn to draw a protoceratops, a ceratogaulus, a smilodon, an archaeopteryx. (And learn to pronounce their names at the same time!)

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Life as we don't know it! Liverpool Daisy, by Helen Forrester, published by Fontana, $4.95. Reviewed by Roslyn Ross.

Liverpool Daisy's tale is not a pleasant one. But then life in depression Liverpool was less than pleasant to say the least. Helen Forrester look down on those Gallagher, big, tough Daisy Liverpool knows only too well who 'don't speak and loving was the staff learns to fight compethe world she talks proper,' whose stand- and support of her tition, laugh with her about ... the poverty, ards of hygiene and family and always customers, weep in the pain, the degrada- cleanliness would short of money. One private ... you can't tion and the unshake- leave most of us gasp- dark night, she was help liking her, Admiable human dignity ing. cornered by three ration isn't far behind and love that exists drunken sailors. When either. For many of us, beneath the mire. It is life in the raw. they pay her for what the reality of life's The unwashed bodies, they have done, Daisy hardships is comfortaIt's a life that none of the grubby dinner realises that she has bly concealed. It us would choose to plates, the vermin and found a job .... a job doesn't hurt to be live, but all too many the grime and the that will enable her to reminded of the Daihad to and all too many sheer horror of unrem- get medical help for sy's of this world. still do. It's too easy to itting poverty. Daisy her dying friend.

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Knit One, by Angela King, published by Papermac, $12.95. I f you love fashion, and you can knit, _you bare a The Wedge-Tailed Eagle, Stories by Geoffrey Dutton, published by Sun Books, great advantage and this beautifully presentedpaper$8.95. back is enough to encourThis is a collection of Geof- but in Dutton's childhood it Dutton. age any beginner. frey Dutton's best stories. could only be reached in a The second batch of stories There are many easy and Many of them came from his little steamer, the Karatta, in the book deals mostly with very easy patterns to knit in growing up time in South after a voyage of eight of 10 lone Australians, lost or findthis book, as well as more Australia in the 1920's and hours. ing themselves in the northcomplicated designs for 1930's. Some ern patterns of life, particuof are the more stories knitters who love the mental The Shining Eyes deals with or less autobiographical while larly Australian, life and freshly and physical challenge of the house wheri Dutton was others like Nikolai are fiction, stamped to leave a clear an intricate Fair Isle or a Religion and Literature, by Helen Gardner, published by born, on the sheep station in this case based on an impression. tricky lace stitch. taken up by his family when anecdote Dutton heard many His people are large and Mere is a ulde range of Oxford University Press, $12.40. moved to South Australia years ago in Alice Springs. The small and surely drawn — the they modern patterns for every This volume comprises two ary and religious sensibility England of plays that, although from New South Wales in story, The Wedge-tail Eagle is cocksure pilots of the title age and occasion, from sets of lectures with the and their interaction. strikingly different in form, are 1siei x8 purely autobiographical The story doing battle with the related themes of Religion and Central to the first set is a universally regarded as rivalpilots were Paul Burton. later soaring king of the sky; the 'Ur Tragedy, and Religious Poetry. consideration of the overtly ling the masterpieces of the kilied flying for an airline in simple man who confronts the These were lectures for an Attic theatre. From this she New Guinea and Geoffrey devil on a dusty roadside. annual series in which schogoes on to discuss modern lars were asked to speak on conceptions of 'the tragic'. some topic involving the relaGEOFFREY DUTTON The second set concentrates tion of their subject to the on the poetry of religious Christian Faith. devotion in England It examHeart of Jesus: Symbol of begins with a quotation from In the first set of lectures the ines the different secular Reedeeming Love, by Father Scripture, followed hy a reflectopic is a wider one and less forms and conventions it has Bernard Haring. Liguori Pub- tion, and concludes with a well defined: the relation of adopted, and the changes that lications (Liguori, Mo., 1983) summarising prayer. Some of the religious thought of the have taken place through the $4.25. Reviewed by Father Jay the prayers arise from the age to the imagination of a centuries in Christian thought C. Haskin. liturgy or are prayers of such poet concerned with the and experience and in conpersons as St Alphonsus, Augevening wear, Arun classics whole of life, and not with the cepts of the nature of poetry Father Bernard Haring, the ustine or Cardinal John Henry and mohair sweaters to restricted area of religious and the arts. Finally, it offers noted Redemptorist scholar, Newman, but are principally delicate lacy cardigans and belief and religious expe- religious tragedies of Greece an analysis of what makes the Six of the stories are situated preacher, pastor and author, the work of the author. They elegant Fair Isles. . . allfor rience. The two sets of lec- and the overtly secular trage- religious poetry of the seven- on Kangaroo Island, a tiny islet presents a small volume of have a special ability of drawa fraction of the price such tures thus start from different dies of Shakespeare: in it teenth century 'so satisfying to off the coast of South Austra- meditations on the Sacred ing the reader into the designs would cost in the ends; but they are both con- Helen Gardner suggests rea- the lover of the poetry wha- lia. Nowadays it is only half an Heart. redemptive love of the Savshops. cerned with changes in liter- sons for the appearance in tever his or her beliefs.' hour from Adelaide by plane Each of the 30 meditations iour's heart.

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new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new title. Parents and children, the ethics of the family, by Jeffrey Blustein, published by Oxford University Press, $16.99. Blustein surveys philosophical writing on the family from Plato to Russell, and follows this by a defence of a Locklan conception of parenthood. He goes on to examine the role of parental responsibility by appealing to the Rawlsian notion of primary goods and the Kantian notion of autonomy and self-determination, and concludes with a discussion of family policy. For students of moral philosophy. Mysticism and Religious Traditions, by Steven T. Katz, published by Oxford University Press, $16.99. What is the relationship between mystical experience and traditional religion? Is the mystic a religious 'Lone Ranger' who struggles against authority? This collection, containing essays by 10 leading scholars of religion, including Ninian

Smart on Buddhism, Annemarie Schimmel on Sufism and the Islamic tradition. Evert Cousins and H.P. Owens on Christian mysticism, and Julia Ching on Taoism, explores these issues as they occur in all the world's major religions. For students of religion and religious history. Separate Tracks, by Jane Rogers, published by Flamingo, $6.95. A first novel and the story of the friendship between a middle-class college girl and a morose, orphaned adolescent. Authentic portrait of student life, of violence and of attitudes to anti-social behaviour. A Book Of Five Rings, by Miyamoto Musahi, published by Flamingo, $5.95. The classic, bestselling samurai guide to strategy — at home and at work. This is the classic guide to samurai swordsmanship, written in 1645 by the legendary Musashi who was

thirteen when he first killed a man; later he retired to a cave to write this guide on how never to be beaten. Faith and Reason, by Richard Swinburne, published by Oxford University Press, $16.25. Swinburne examines the kind of faith needed for the practice of religion and the justification this requires, by making a careful philosophical analysis of belief, trust, faith, salvation, rationality, and related concepts. North's Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds, by Alfred North, published by Oxford University Press, $80. One of the wrat works of Australian ornithology, acclaimed as a major achievement — 'really more of a life history of our birds than a catalogue of nests and eggs' — rich in detail and illustration. This facsimile edition of the first volume will be welcomed by bird-lovers everywhere.

In the Light of the Past, Stained Glass Windows in New Zealand Houses, by Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean, published by Oxford University Press, $60. Tracing the development of stained glass windows in New Zealand from its beginnings last century to the present, this book reflects the revival of interest in all forms of leadlight and particularly leadlight windows. The Craft of Patchwork, by Edna Wait, published by Oxford University Press, $19.99. The all-important but often overlooked principles of patchwork, such as the prepatory stages, essential equipment, basic techniques and common template shapes, are set out in this book along with explanations of more complicated shapes and bolder use of colour.

The Land Beyond Time, A Modern Exploration of Australia's North-West Frontiers, by John Olsen with Mary Durack, Geoffrey Dutton, Vincent Serventy, and Alex Bortignon, published by MacMillan, $45. Australia's great NorthWest is a land of many contrasts; of overwhelming beauty and frightening brutality; of a turbulent history for the white man and a cultural mecca for the black. It is also a region very few A ustralians know of or understand. Five Australians set out on a modern exploration to capture this land for the rest of us. They succeeded brilliantly, each bringing to the expedition their own special talent;John OLsen shows the region through the eye of the artist (the book is full of original paintings and drawings), Mary Durack

gives the history and Geoffrey Dutton the narrative flow, Vincent Serventy, the renowned naturalist writes of the animal life which abounds and Alex Bortippon took the fabulous photographs. Designed by award-winning Judy Hungerford and illustrated throughout with full-colour photographs and original paintings plus linedrawings. Heritage of Australian Art, Reflections of the History of Australian Painters and Paintings, introduced by William Kelly, published by MacMillan, $12.95. Based on the superb art calendars produced by the Australian Information Service, this book reproduces 6() colour plates of works that have become signposts of Australian art history. Both in themselves and taken together, these paint-

ings reflect the fact that some of the best art of the twentieth century has come from Australia. Thinking Photography, edited by Victor Burgin, published by MacMillan London, $16.95. This book brings together debates within the theory and pr--tice of conununicadon and culture, in this case in photography and photography criticism, to form an account of the meaning of the photograph within both art and society. Canadian Folk Art, Old Ways in a New Land, by Michael Bird, published by Oxford University Press, $30. This colourful photographic survey shows ninetythree of the finest pieces of folk art made in communities across Canada over the past two and a half centuries.

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MAJOR BRADLEY recorded his second successive win when he raced away from his rivals to score a comfortable victory at York on Thursday. Since resuming racing Major Bradley has looked a talented galloper and he should win in town for trainer Mal Seinor and apprentice Max Roney. EASY FLOAT had his first run back from a spell when he was narrowly beaten by DANDY SPREE in the O'Grady Lefroy Sprint. Easy Float has always been a horse with ability and he looks to have returned better than ever and should win a quality race. ICEVRON had his first start over a distance in this campaign when he came from well back to finish second to up and coming stayer RED MARTEL at Belmont on Saturday. Kevron will be much improved by the run over the ground and will be harder to beat next time. STREAK LIGHTNING put up a top performance when she powered home to finish a close third (head) to DUSKY ROSA in the Second Wind Handicap. Streak Lightning will keep on improving and is a galloper with promise that should win in the near future.

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Josephites in Kimberley In 1964, the Sisters of St Joseph IRSJ) opened their first mission in the Kimberley (WA), at Wyndham. Three years later, they started their Kununurra mission. then, in 1979, they were invited to open yet another this time at Turkey Creek. R ecently, Sister Elaine Golding, RSJ, took her c amera to the three Josephite missions. A t Kununurra Sisters Anne Boland, the Superior, from WA, Anne Houston, the Principal, and Naomi Smithe both from NSW, form the Josephite community. Sister Boland is a pastoral worker. She encourages members of the Aboriginal community to care for a vegetable garden which supplies the school canteen with fresh vegetables for the

midday meal — sweet potatoes, squash, cabbage, b eans, peas, lettuce, yams and melons. Once a week, Sister takes Communion to elderly people who live on reserves not far from the convent. She also conducts a prayer group, attended by large groups of young and old. Sister Anne takes the school language programme, helped by the Aboriginal elders. A thesis written by Mrs Frances Kogod in 1978 on the Miriwung language (spoken in and around Kununurra) was donated subsequently to the school and has been of invaluable help to the sisters who speak in the language All liturgies are well prepared and attended. The people sing and dance in the liturgies, making them dynamic and colourful.

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ABOVE: Sister Anne Boland supervises the study of Aboriginal teacher aids at the Kununurra mission.

Parishioners of B rentwoodWilletton are to study whether it will be better to pay cash for a new church rather than pay twice the amount in interest. At the four Masses in John Paul Centre and two at Regina Coeli c h u r c h B rentwood, parishioners were told by Mr John Walsh a new church for 500 would people Some cost $ 500,000, or a pproximately per $1000 person seated. He said a loan for this amount would attract a monthly interest charge of $5000 per month. A further $ 2500 per month would be needed for capital reduction. This could mean a total payout of over $1 million across a 15 year loan period. The alternative would be for 1000 parishioners to pledge themselves to an immediate cash payment over 18 months and the building could be opened virtually debt free. The individual contribution could be 90 cents each time they knelt to pray, that is every day, Mr Walsh said. The parish will study the options in six weeks.

MERREDIN MAJELLANS The Merredin Majellan group will celebrate their 10th anniversary with a day of reflection on October 16 at St Mary's church, South Avenue, Merredin, led by Dean Trevor Callaghan, commencing at 9.30 am and concluding with Mass at 2.15 pm. A ll Majella members and past Merredin associates are welcome. BUN BURY MAJELLANS A one day retreat, a day away from it all, a health session for the soul will be held by the Bunbury Majellans at Bunbury Catholic College Rodsted Street, Bunbury on Sunday, July 8,

Walks raise $1,000 The Riverton VValkathon was a significant step in the right direction was the comment of one who walked on Sunday on the parish walkathon for Thai border refugees sponsored by the Queen of Apostles CPY. —We walk", he said, "for things that are extras. "But we don't walk enough for those with nothing. 'These people had built huts and a simple hospital which were shelled by the Vietnamese for 24 hours. Now they have very little." "It reminds me," said another, "of the gospel words . ..'those who have, more will be given. Those who have not, even what they have will be taken from them'." Parents, youth and children walked and raised almost $1,000. Mr Bernard who represented his wife, the director of Catholic Emergency Relief for Refugees, was delighted by the effort.

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