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Shortly after he had ordained him deacon at St Keiran's church last week, Archbishop Foley is pictured handing the Reverend Patrick Lim the breads brought up at the offertory procession. Deacon Lim, originally from Singapore, is one of a family of seven. His mother Mrs Agatha Lim came to Perth for the ceremony. He came to Australia in 1980 and completed three years at St Paul's Seminary, Kensington before doing pastoral placement this year at Kalgoorlie and Osborne Park. He will return to St Paul's Seminary in 1984 to prepare for ordination to the priesthood for Perth archdiocese.
Two parishes, Applecross and Mirrabooka, have broken through to five figures in the 1984 Project Compassion total that shows to be up 11 percent on the 1983 total for the archdiocese of Perth. Applecross with a jump from $9150 last year to $12,500 for 1984 leads a list of 67 parishes that registered increases this year. Mirrabooka parish also rose from $9266 to $11,160 for the current year with the next highest totals coming from Bedford $7800, Nedlands $7784 and Kalgoorlie $7761.
Father Ryan back on the job at Subiaco 'Feeling good as gold' and 'slept like a log' was Father Michael Ryan's cheery greeting the morning following his Subiaco presbytery attack, Tuesday. He said he would sleep even more comfortably following news his assailants had been captured. Father Ryan wa.s on the job in spite of the ugly wound on the side of his
Feeling 'as good as gold' he says head and said he had just finished two hours of his regular hospital visitation. He said many of the patients had voiced their concern they too were living alone and feared
for their safety following the attack on the priest. "It's not a nice feeling to wake up with a torch shining on your face." Facing the prospect of more security, Father Ryan contrasted the pres-
ent with the 17 years he spent in the wheatbelt where houses could be left unlocked. Father Ryan, who has been 38 years in Australia, has been parish priest at Subiaco for eight years.
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Perth archdiocese has contributed $1.41 million to Project Compassion in the past 10 years: 1975: $54,059 1976: $79,000 1977: $86,134 1878: $108,970 1979: $107,067 1980: $139,630 1981: $164,466 1982: $200,000 1983: $225,136 1984: $250,000
Two break barrier Next ranking in dona- to Project Compassion. tions went to Cathedral During Lent baskets were $6786, Brentwood-Wil- left at the foot of the altar letton $6400 and North as well as having comparBeach $6280. ative figures published Other parishes which each week in the parish produced significant bulletin. increases over last year's Mirrabooka parish figure include Double- added a practical exerview $2000, Riverton and cise to weekly reminders; Como (up $1600), Whit- parishioners ate a simple fords ( up $1500), Gos- rice or potato meal and nells and Northam (up donated the money saved $1400) and Palmyra (up to Project Compassion. $ 1000). Bedford parish showed Some 80 parishes have a film on Ethiopia with replied to a question- a brief talk by a parinaire on methods used to shioner on the work of increase awareness of the Catholic Church in Project Compassion and that country. the work of Australian Nedlands had special Catholic Relief. talks by parish ACR Applecross had a helpers at all Masses on weekly pulpit reference the first Sunday of Lent.
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Recruits needed The need for recruitment of more members...particularly young members...was discussed at the national council of St Vincent de Paul in Sydney recently. RECORD CLASSIFIED:, close noon Wednesday
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There was considerTeachers in Catholic able disucussion on schools appear to know recruitment, WA state - little if anything about president, Mr Fred Pre- the charitable works of shaw said on his return the society. Christian charity and to Perth. the works of St Vincent de Paul Society are apparently not taught to school children, Mr Preshaw said. "All Catholic high schools in Perth receive a copy of our annual report, but it generates little response from schools. "We need to look at various ways of providing more information to schools so that our teachers and students are made aware of the practical aspects of their Catholic faith.
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A video tape on the life of Frederic Ozanam, our • founder, brought back • • AWW~WWAVA44444466!› // from Sydney will help," /A , / he said. A copy will be provided The Daughters of Charity to the Catholic Resource NEED YOUR HELP Centre as soon as possito, their work for the development of the ble. underprivileged Recently the society in Tasmania organised a URGENTLY NEEDED poster competition Clothing, clean, wearable, house -hold among primary school goods nick-nacks -- - ornaments, children with considerajewellery, etc. ble success. Deliver to Older students com5 34 William Street, Highgate peted in an essay compeFor Truck to call — Phone 328 4403 tition and considerable Country goods 111iir ked donation knowledge of the society f re., on r,iil to Kewdale (R,01 Tf.r was shown by many students. '************* Interested Parents apply in writing to the Principal, by 14 September 1984 Full documentation is required
Jesuits in plea about refugees SYDNEY: As Australia's migration debate intensifies the Jesuits in Australia have made a plea to Australians to welcome migrants and to give genuine help to Asians and others in need of a home.
More Viets here SYDNEY: Australia is the most generous country in the world when it comes to accepting Vietnamese refugees. On a per capita basis, Australia takes more Vietnamese refugees t han any other country. More than 60,000 refugees from Vietnam are already in Australia, representing about 0.04 per cent of the population.
Releasing a justice brief on "Immigration and Prejudice", the Jesuit Australian provincial superior Father Paul Duffy said: "Australia is at a turning-point in its history. "We can opt for selfishness and racism- or for compassion and genuine help for Asians and others in need of a home," he said. "For Christians the choice is clear. We must continue to do all we can to welcome these newcomers to Australia and help them settle into our way of life," he said. "We must also ensure from Jesuit that those who make Press °Nice. our immigration laws Melbourne know our views." Father Duffy said there was a special obligation on Christians to combat the racism against Asians, especially the refugees, that has emerged in recent debates on immigration. "It is intolerable that refugees who have escaped from the oppression of their home countries should be subjected to the further oppression of racial prejudice in this country." he said. Politicians and others who play on the fear and prejudice of the bigoted should be warned that they will
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Members of the Doubleview group decided to make a concerted effort to alert all Western Australians to the dangers of the Commonwealth Government's new legislation permitting the import and open sale of hard core pornographic video tapes and other material. The legislation has been introduced by Senator Evans. as a model for the various States.
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receive no support from the majority of Australians who believe in giving a 'fair go' to those in need. The Society of Jesus has made a major commitment to aiding the refugees and has centres in Adelaide and Melbourne to assist them. An Australian Jesuit, Father Mark Raper, is co-ordinator of all Jesuits working for refugees in East Asia. Father Duffy said. "Our experience with the refugees who have come here teaches us that already they have contributed much to this country, and will continue to do so."
New move made on pornography Mrs Malone, also asks people to write directly to the Premier, Mr Brian Burke, asking him to strengthen legislation against the entry of such video tapes into Western Australia. The Dominican Laity group believes if many WA citizens, Church leaders and political leaders included do likewise, the State Government will not retreat from its present position banning entry of X-rated video tapes despite pressure from video distributors, retailers and similar interested bodies. The Dominican Laity sees the positive protests of all citizens as vital. It has itself joined with other groups throughout Australia in bringing to public attention the current state of censorship laws in
Australia as they relate to pornography. Since the legislation is certain to be debated in the Federal Parliament during the Budget Session, which began on the August 21 the time to be making public opinion known to the government is now, she said. The Federal Government weakened the law on pornography on February 18, when new classifications were introduced for film and videotape. The effect was to remove almost all barriers against hard core pornography. The WA Government legislated to accept the Federal law. Following strong protests the Premier, announced the State Government would ban X-rated video tapes and restrict the sale or hire of
R-rated ones from Sep tember I. This decision has been widely welcomed. But people with vested interests in the sale and hire of these tapes have continued to mount strong pressure to have the government reverse its stance. Therefore the endeavour against pornography is twofold against the Federal legislation and also to strengthen WA legislation.
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Monsignor Peter McCrann (pictured) chancellor of the archdiocese has been appointed spiritual adviser to the state council of the St Vincent de Paul Society of which he was a member before studying for the priesthood. Following his army service he joined the society in 1946 becoming president of his local Nedlands conference as well as treasurer t o the Perth Central Council. He then entered St Charles' Seminary and a fter studies at St Patrick's College Manly was ordained a priest in 1957.
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NEW YORK: Archbishop James A. Hickey of Washington has called for a revival of and Benediction other eucharistic devotions in all churches in his archdiocese.
A shower or two and driving winds last Sunday afternoon failed to deter Mundaring parish holding its 10th annual Assumption procession over a two kilometre course through the township. Earlier in the day Archbishop Foley celebrated Mass in Italian for the congregation which has links with a similar Assumption festival in the town of Macchiagodena in the Apennine mountains of Italy. BELOW: Archbishop Foley and committee members Tony Palmieri and Victor Mucciarone view the statue of Mary Assumed into Heaven that is carried in procession.
"To think that some of our youngsters have been raised without ever hearing of Benediction, much less experiencing it, is shocking," the Archbishop wrote in a letter which he asked priests in the archdiocese to read at all Sunday Masses. The Eucharist "lies at the heart of the Catholic Archbishop Church,Hickey said. He called for more reverent and active participation in Mass and Communion by
Hickey c all for more devotion all Catholics and commended those who attend daily Mass. Calling adoration of the Lord in the Eucharist a source of strength and "courage to confront personal and social evil," he encouraged the practices of exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and nocturnal adoration.
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We have been saying things to the churches in mission lands but now there is an awareness and interest these churches have something to say to us. This was the comment of Columban Father P.J. Kelly at the end of his six and half years in WA when he left last week for Fiji. "It's the enrichment from those overseas churches we need today. "A lot of the developments we are seeing in the Church of Perth such as ministers of the eucharist, catechists and the like, we were seeing in those countries years ago.
are doing. and the hours they spend walking through the bush to attend Mass on a first Friday or the feast of the Sacred Heart, you are looking not at superficial faith but at real faith.
"They do it out of recognition of what was given to them in their lifetime and the sacrifices they make for the schooling of their children may not add up to much financially, but shows they are determined to be sure the faith is handed on when they are gone," he said.
"Because we could not get around to all the communities we held schools for catechists whom the villages were selecting and sending in for training.
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before he returned to his native Ireland to he Columban superior for six years there and spend a further year helping train students. Now because there has been an increase in local priests, Father Kelly sees his new Columban role as supporting and encouraging the local younger clergy. Father Kelly has no doubts at)out the way the faith has taken root in the people of Fiji: "When you sec what catechists are doing, what laity
Father Kelly hoped some 40 years ago he would be a missionary to China in the Columban Society that started in Ireland as the Maynooth Mission to China but the communists had taken over when he was ordained in 1950, and he went to Fiji. Today, the nearly 1000 strong Columban Society is starting a new venture accepting local candidates from their mission lands in the Philippines and Korea to work as missionaries in other lands.
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Bandages not the only foil for banditry
Appeal has a combined backing A ustralia's Catholic Bishops have joined other major church leaders in backing a combined appeal for victims of the drought in Africa. The appeal which is called The Combined Churches Drought Action in Africa was launched in May and forms part of an international effort by the world's churches to raise $100 million for drought relief and long term development in Africa. As part of the Combined Churches African Drought Appeal an Australian journalist and a film cameraman were commissioned to visit droughtstricken areas of A frica. James Murray, religion correspondent of The Australian and cameraman Chris Hooke left Australia on June 5. They stopped over in Geneva for three days of briefing sessions with officials of major international relief organisations, and then spent two weeks in Ethiopia. Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The purpose of the visit was to provide the Australian Press and the Churches with first-hand information on the extent of the drought, and its effect on the economies of the African countries
and on the lives o ordinary people. A frica is a continent comprising some 46 countries and six offshore island nations. Its population is about 500 million. The biggest mainland country is the Sudan, which is about the size of Western Australia. The smallest is the Gambia, a sliver of land in West Africa one-sixth the ;ize of Tasmania. With the exception of the countries north of the Sahara, not one A frican country has been unaffected by the drought. Twenty-four are listed by the United Nations as "severely affected".
Father Michael Ryan is mercifully lucky that the • temporary pain in his head will be nothing to the ribbing he will suffer from his priest golfing friends about the club that is supposed to have struck him. The Catholic community is more than relieved that both he and Father Rupert Kelly have escaped so narrowly from what was potentially grave head damage in attacks that appear to be no accident. On the other hand the haunting death of Father Ross O 'Reilly is made no less easy to accept by the realisation that in his state of health the more prudent course may have been to watch helplessly as his intruders took off. The inevitable publicity that has surrounded these three incidents is justified, and not because it breeds a suspicion that Catholic life and property are suddenly a target for violence. Discretion is probably being too kind to the West Australian public by not publicising the dozens of breakins and robberies that have been occurring in presbyteries and churches in recent years. Not all of them have occurred when premises were vacant. The apparent rise in street violence and now the almost daily attacks on people living alone in houses and apartments is hard to guage because memories are short on what happened generations ago. Yet history has stern reminders of conditions centuries ago. The Catholic Church is no stranger to attacks on its property, and often its religious, during times of rebellion, civil war and invasion; the concentration camps of only 40 years ago testify to that. The massive bars, bolts and beams that guard the doors and windows of Europe's famous religious places were not put there as a decorative after-thought. The reverse of the picture however was that amongst the poor a basic honesty and safety developed because people recognised how much they depended on each other and how much the fabric of their simple, poor lives depended on the fact that their neighbours were friends. The Australian countryside of a century back developed the same legend of dependence and safety. In an often harsh struggle to survive nature and the elements there was no room for the scoundrel who wanted to break those human threads of support. The miner's tent and the drover's campsite were his castle and treated as such. But the cities of history paint a chilling reflection of human nature at its worst. The hordes of poor drifters who crowded Roman cities demolished human respect and honesty as thoroughly as did the appalling slums of Europe in recent centuries. Today the city's asphalt tentacles are becoming the modern desert which must be shunned at night as the marauders prowl. It may make good copy for television pulp but a cosy living room in a tree-lined suburb is no place to learn that life today for millions is an urban ACR's participation in the combined struggle against death, violence and robbery. churches appeal r ...:eived the blessing of the We can be thankful that so far the sickness barely laps Australian Episcopal Conference at its the edges of our Australian cities and that police have meeting in Sydney. the time and patience to tell us to put better locks and The Conference authorised Archbishop screens on our doors. Violence is a fertile field for academic research and James Rush, of Brisbane, as chairman of the e xpensive studies into the root causes of today's conference, to sign "An Open Letter to all disturbances. In one sense the proportionately few who Australian Christians". may be responsible for this week's and other similar attacks may be just a small statistic that need cause no The letter bears the signaundue worry. tures of the leaders of AusLocking away the criminal however does not restore tralia's major Churches. the chain of trust that is now broken. It becomes a sad It calls on congregations and desperate world when lonely people cower behind around Australia "to pray for their locks and peep-holes in fear for their safety. those who are victims of the It is a sad day for a priest when the sight of an unfamiliar drought and to make a speface at the door breeds suspicion and not the warm cial effort to support this sympathetic welcome that the majority of presbytery important appeal." For 20 years Australvisitors needed and deserve. The letter goes on "It is ian Catholic Relief has The fashion of robbing church premises adds a new hard to comprehend the been an important sign colour to the marauding sickness. Priests don't enjoy the human suffering in Africa of the Australian idea that their homes are seen as easy pickings such as caused by a further year of Church's commitment service stations, fast-food and liquor outlets. They get drought. to people in need in all no joy from the notion that the modest salaries they "One African in three has parts of the world receive from Sunday congregations are better plunder insufficient food. Of the 122 according to the Austhan their better paid neighbours. million babies horn in Africa tralian bishops. The final insult however is the obvious cynical contempt last year, 12 million are It has also been able to that some people now hold for the generous sacrifices unlikely to reach their first create true partnerships made by all churchgoers week after week to a formidable birthday — almost half dying with the local Church in list of charitable and apostolic works. That the twisted, of starvation." many of the countries lost and drugged bandits are after these funds too needs The letter concludes "Afriof Asia, the Pacific and more than counselling compassion to excuse their can friends need our supAfrica behaviour. port as they struggle to Through such partnerTo a world bedazzled and pampered by television overcome what is potenships Australian appeals it is sadly neither news nor of much meaning tially one of the major disCatholic Relief has that less than one quarter of Perth dioceses' Catholics asters of this century." been given a greater have over 10 years shelled out $1.4 million to the world's The Combined Churches understanding of the poor in Project Compassion, to say nothing of an equal Drought Action in Africa is problems facing these amount going to the church missionary works. to last for three months. people and of the In the end it is not some hapless priest's head that All Catholic parishes have appropriate response is hurt or his pocket robbed. Who has reared today's been urged to participate in that is required from wasters and forgotten to tell them that message? the appeal. Australia.
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esperate they are Imagine, if you can, a road which rises from plains almost below sea level, to a mountain plateau at 3000 metres. The road was built by Italian troops in the 1 936 invasion of Ethiopia by Mussolini. It now has to take the weight of aching food trucks which have journeyed across the sun scorched plains for hundreds of kilometres, for the two ports on the Red Sea, Assab and Massawa are far away. Looking back the land is smoked in heat haze. The little town of Alamatta below has only the blessing of a few tired trees. Nothing else offers green at all, but here in the heights the sheer faces
For the first time in its long history, Christianity now has a nonwhite majority. The World Christian Encyclopaedia shows Africa gains 4000 new Christians a day through conversion and 12,000 through birth. Westerners are ceasing to be practising Christians at the rate of 7600 per day.
from JAMES MURRAY, religious correspondent for The Australian, who visited A frica's famine areas.
of the peaks are terraced for food and when the men go out to plant the seed, they must be tied on to avoid falling to the gorges below. But today no crops stand there precariously. It is a beautiful day, for tourists. The cloudless sky depresses the local watchers, longing for signs of rain, and even rain will bring a mixed blessing, for the malnourished will hardly stand the wet, arid many more will die. DEATH COMES TO KOREM As we ride towards Korem, a little town of a few thousand souls, our entry is halted by a Coptic funeral. Bright ceremonial umbrellas offer the only colour to the sad scene; and opposite lies the graveyard to which the procession is moving. Here a few old headstones are surrounded by mounds of new earth. Death has come to Korem. The town lies in a semi depression, its market place set up now with a clinic for children who need additional food. They sit in the sun eating rice, a sort of food unfamiliar to them. Coming into town, too, is another procession, of men from distant villages, all bearing branches of trees a nd large pieces of wood, their contribution to the fires which will cook the food being given out. They are solemn but not sullen. They walk in almost total silence. We pass through to the other side of the town. A school is in progress, the students doing their physical jerks to an audience of thousands gazing over the fence.
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for food, but not beggars The life of the whole town is dislocated, its normal services unable to cope with the influx from the mountains around. Just beside Korem is a place called Woffla, though it has no landmarks. It matches the beautiful day, with fields that sweep up to hills surrounding the plateau. Picture postcard country, there lies across these fields a makeshift camp, rows of tents, yellow and green, and shelters of green plastic, with a few t in huts, their corrugated iron retrieved, it looks, from some demolition elsewhere. Seething around it is a vast crowd, some in its centre, some on its periphery, moving with the aimlessness of those who hope without much expectation. Many have walked 100 kilometres, and others as much as 180. They do not complain. They are still alive, though some will die in the camp, their grieving families watching their departure from the makeshift wards in quiet sorrow. Tears are infrequent in Africa. Two French women doctors work in the camp. They are from -Doctors without Borders-. One faces a queue of hundreds, some obviously fevered, unsteady on their feet; others racked by dysentry, or respiratory problems. The doctor is reluctant to talk. The delay may even cause another death. Medications are short, and if things get worse she fears a disaster of large proportions. The other doctor works in the 'wards'. The beds, which must serve two patients, are made of packed earth, held together with wooden stakes. Mothers with young children lie here; old people too, emaciated, their eyes the only message. Local assistants tend wounds and wash the sick with wonderful gentleness. It is easy to identify with Christ here. He makes Himself known, for these are the least of His brethren He told us about. If you could reach out and touch them, you would. Pictorial efforts to portray their a-
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.ANP More and more trees disappear in rural Africa in an endless search for essential firewood. This deforestation robs the soil of nutrients and makes it less fertile. The people need the firewood f or survival in the short term, but in the long term, it means that less food can be grown. In the picture, women from Mali return to their villages with firewood. present sorrow is sometimes too great a shock to really move us, but when you see tiny children, whose six protein enriched drinks a day will help to grow, almost as a miracle, you would rejoice to assist in such works of re creation. At Korem on the day I visited it, 306,000 people were there awaiting food. The store at that time had no hope of meeting all their needs, though help was on the way. Yet these were not beggars. Hands were only held up in greeting. None caught at you insistently, for these people have a natural dignity and grace which must strike anyone who visits Ethiopia. It is a dignity shared by most Africans, 150 million of whom at this time face the possibility of starvation. Ten times the population of Australia; not far off the population of the United States; the same as Indonesia. Yet we of the West eat every day what would be suitable rations for an African family for a week, and as far as meat and other protein goes, probably for a much longer time. Many Africans have meat only three or four times a year! I said Africans do not cry; but I did see one. She was a beautiful young woman with a baby on her back, and she was standing aside from the line of people waiting to be fed at a camp for Mozambican displaced persons in Zimbabwe. That day was a red letter day. Meat was on the menu, and the excitement was great. But someone had stolen her ration, and the tears fell down like rain.
Economy troubles is the influx of one million Ghanaians ACCRA: New African magazine reports who had been working in Nigeria, but that the economy in Ghana is in such were expelled from that country. trouble people have lost faith in currency and are now paying for This immediately put Ghana's population up by 8 per cent. ACR helped school fees, with farm produce, to provide assistance for the returlivestock, bicycles and radios. nees. One of the major causes of the problem
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tz'S It was a very hot a fternoon some years ago in a K enyan industrial town, about 36 kilometres from the capital Nairobi. children Some c ame home from school. They were playing with a ball. They were very poor, as their parents worked as casual labourers at a local fruit canning industry, a subsidiary of a large American concern. Their ball was not a real ball. It was made of some papers propped together with a piece of sisal around it. Playing they passed along the enormous fences of the pineapple plantation. At the point of the country the hills are almost purplish blue with the hue of the thousands and thousands of pineapples growing in endless rows all over the hills. Suddenly their ball jumped over the barbed wire of the fence. One of the children, about 10 years old, let us call her
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This story was related by Father J.G. Donders, for 15 years a missionary in Kenya. The story formed part of a speech given by Father Donders at the inauguration of the Africa Faith and Justice Network in Washington. DC and is reprinted here from the ACR News. The address of AFJN is PO Box 29378, Washington DC, 20017.
Jane Wanjiku, wanted to retrieve her ball. She went flat on her belly to get it from under the fence. At that very moment two a skaris, two company watchmen, appeared from behind a bush with some fierce dogs, Alsatians. Seeing the girls they let their dogs loose. They attacked immediately.
Jane was savaged to death on the spot Another girl was so badly mauled, she will be an invalid for life
minimum wage in Kenya (about 60 US$ per month) and, of course, there are no further social provisions to be reckoned with either. Analysing this incident further, one gets a better insight in the nature of this fruit canning network, and in the background of the pineapples we eat.
The watchmen were arrested and punished. No compensation was paid to the parents of the girls. That night a regular train with tinned pineapples left the railway station of Thika to the harbour of Mombasa. Up to that point the pineapples are very cheap, once on the boat to their destinations in Europe their price doubles or trebles. One of the labourers who had been involved in their canning was the father of Jane Wanjiku. A casual labourer, like 9000 out of the 10,000 labourers at the factory. Being casuals they have not even to be paid the
Not only in as far as the K enyan situation is involved, there is much more. Why did those canners come to Kenya in the first place? The answer to the question is rather simple. They came at the moment that the same company started t o be confronted by a growing trade-unionism
It was then that the firm started to look for a place where they would have less difficulties and more gain.
The workers in Thika got in contact with their colleagues in the Philippines, to come to the conclusion that they were seriously underpaid in comparison to them, not to speak about their colleagues in the United States. Asia, America, Africa and Europe — they all had something to do with the blood flowing from Jane
Wanjiku, that afternoon, in the middle of Africa. In a recent report by the Secretary General of the United Nations another detail is very striking. The report mentions there is a very serious food scarcity in 24 African countries. In many nations people are at the starvation point, in fact in many cases they have been passing that point. People are starving. And yet, the same report mentions that one of the causes of the crisis in Africa is the going down of the world prices for products agricultural exported from Africa, like coffee and tea.
While Africa is starving its main exports are food! That is how the pineapples from Thika arrived on European tables some months afterwards. Some of the cans were used during a birthday party in Holland. I happened to be there. It was a children's party. Boys and girls of the same age as Jane. Pineapple with whipped cream is a traditional favourite at many of those parties. As the party was celebrated in a rather pious f amily, we said grace before the children started to eat. The Almighty was thanked for God's abundance, for all the gifts given to us, specially for those exotic pieces of yellow pineapple in their white, stiff cream. The same God had been invoked at the funeral of Jane Wanjiku by an embittered father, and a very sad mother in the company of their friends, who did not have to work that day.
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I believe it to be of great credit to our pastors that there has been a "lack of official Catholic involvement in the anti nuclear movement". Obviously those who are charged with the responsibility of leading the faithful are aware of the blatant Marxist exploitation based upon lies, half truths and
deceit relating to the ques tion of nuclear power. Any unbiased observer of the two anti-nuclear rallies held on previous Palm Sundays would recognise many of the same faces and slo gans present at meetings of the Marxist oriented Congress for International Cooperation and Disarmament, Friends of the Earth, Woman for Survival, etc. Those activists within our midst whose ideology is much closer to the Kremlin than to Canberra are having a field day exploiting the unhappy and disoriented souls within our midst for t heir own political gain, while the important issues such as coming to practical grips with the enormous changes being wrought within society by automation and technological change, the break up of the family unit, a rapidly decreasing .indigenous population, financing social welfare and defending this great country at a time of enormous international instability are, to a vast extent, neglected. All people of goodwill should endeavour to remove the scales from their eyes and the mist from their brain while there is still time — "faith without good works is dead".
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Rome — The band of the Scots Guards took a holiday from the traditional changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace to visit Rome. As part of their Italian trip they went to Castelgandolfo, where they delighted the Pope with a specially composed air.
E lSudan — Italian lay Brother Joseph L—LManara, sentenced to 25 lashes, a jail sentence and a fine in the Sudan for allegedly possessing alcohol, has been received by the Pope after returning from the Sudan. He had been released before the end of his jail sentence after an international outcry over his conviction. ElVietnam — Two hundred of the 2000 I—I Catholic priests in Vietnam are in prison, according to Archbishop Nguyen van Binh of Ho-Chi-Minh City, He said, although they had been warned not to make their opposition to the Government known, the priests had persisted, saying they could not accept the Communistic regime in Vietnam. InBelgium — "Cliches about the riches L—I of the Vatican are a thing of the past," the Pope has told Belgian Catholics. In a message of thanks for their contribution to the Peter's Pence fund, he said the Vatican still needed donations for expenses and his charities.
Poles asked to give up their vodka WARSAW (NC): Poland's Catholic Church and the underground Solidarity movement have asked Poles to give up vodka for a month in a campaign to promote sobriety in a nation of heavy drinkers. Solidarity says it feels a sober Poland is a freer Poland...that promotion of alcohol was an effective method of a totalitarian government's "attempt to institute a modern form of slavery." Vodka production is a Polish government State monopoly.
Narrow vision MEXICO CITY (NC) — The Vatican's chief delegate to the International Population Conference has said "it is simplistic and unreal to identify population policy with population control." "To see all progress as dependent on a decline in population growth betokens shortness of vision and a f ailure of nerve. "It often results in policies or initiatives violating human dignity and threatening the common good," said Bishop Jan Schotte, vice president of the Vatican's justice and peace commission.
The Church's sobriety appeal emphasises health and moral regeneration, but also ties drunkenness to political repression. It is part of a continuing campaign. -Drunkenness is one of the most dangerous threats to our moral existence, and the biological life of the nation, said Bishop Jan Mazur of Siedlce in a pastoral letter. The bishop. who headed the committee which developed the campaign, also said, "Let every drunk in this month be a reminder of the yoke of occupation and a symbol of those who oppressed, persecuted and exploited us at any given time." Although vodka production is worth an estimated $4 billion to the state, Premier Wojciech _Jaruzelski praised the Church's crusade and the government started its own anti-liquor programme. Nearly 30 per cent of an average Polish family's food budget is said to be earmarked for alcohol. Church sources said three million of Poland's 36 million people get drunk daily and per capita consumption of pure alcohol amounts to two gallons annually. A Polish criminologist, Feliks Bielak, said accusations the government promotes alcoholism is the work of "enemies" who "advance the view that alcoholism is an intrisic feature of socialism.
Dominican Olympian PARIS: A French Dominican priest coined the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius (Swifter, Higher, Stronger)" in 1895, a year before the first of the revived games, reported George E. Ryan in The Pilot, Boston archdiocesan newspaper.
SAN FRANCISCO (NC) — Archbishop Quinn of San Francisco has denounced violence against homosexuals as "not the way of the Church." In a letter to deans of the
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three-county archdiocese, Archbishop Quinn asked them to communicate to priests and others "the utter incompatibility of such acts of violence with a witness to the Gospel. "Nothing can justify these attacks on homosexual persons and the Church must clearly repudiate all such acts," he said.
"Violence is not the way of the Gospel. Violence is not the way of the Church. Violence is not the way of Christ," the letter continued. Archbishop Quinn called on the deans to notify all the priests in their areas to try to reduce tension between homosexuals and those who might persecute them.
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Ryan said Father Didon was one of the most celebrated preachers in Europe during NEW DELHI: The total populathe latter half of the 19th century and was concerned tion of Catholics in India has risen with social problems as they to 11,707,000 according to the related to youth. latest edition of the Catholic The priest was asked by the Directory of India; 1984. father of the modern OlymThis is 1.71 per cent of the total Indian pics, Pierre de Fredy, Baron de Coubertin, to coin a population of 683,810,000. The Catholic population stood at suitable motto to characterise the opening Games of 9,704,000 in 1977, according to the 1896 and all other Games to statistical Year Book of the Church, published by the Vatican. follow. The .number of diocesan priests in the The priest's proposal, offered to the Olympic Com- country has gone up to 7058 as against mittee in 1895, was simple: 6453 in 1977. Religious priests now "Citius, Altius, Fortius," by number 4943 while in 1977 they were which he meant "Faster, 4183. There has been a big increase in the Higher, Braver," Ryan wrote.
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Is time taken away from God when time is given to the world? Christians today hear much about their "life in the world." But some ask: Is there a conflict between the time given to the world's needs and the time that should be given to God? If not, why not? Dolores Leckey, director of the US bishops' Laity Secretariat, writes that Vatican II emphasised the sacredness of all our work. But, she adds, we need to step back occasionally if we are to develop an appreciation that "God is in all the ordinary events of daily life." Trappist Father Basil Pennington tells how the late Trappist Father Thomas Merton, after a period of time in the monastery, was able to combine love for God with concern for the struggles of human beings. Katharine Bird interviews Paulist Father James Young, rector of St Paul's College in Washington, DC. God works through ordinary events and through ordinary people most of the time, he tells Ms Bird. Father John Castelot says that Jesus, and a long line of God's agents, were deeply involved in human affairs. 8
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And God spoke For a single parent, advice on handling a particularly troublesome situation came from a totally unexpected source — her child. "I couldn't believe it," she said later. "It must be God spoke through him." For the grey-haired woman who runs a homeless shelter, the face of God shines through the careworn, sometimes disturbed faces of the shoppingbag women she welcomes each day. For a traveller, suffering through a service in a dusty church far from home, a weary pastor's marvellous sermon on forgiveness brought a glimpse of God.
drunner means, Father Young says, is that the path to holiness for most people is "life in t he world as fully involved humans." It means growth for human beings takes place in developing one's talents and intelligence and spirituality by living with other people. This "brings us closer to God," Father Young said. Working out the tasks of spirituality "involves learning to pray on your feet, in place," Father Young thinks. It means "heightening our awareness of God acting in the world, in our life." A t the same time, Father Young knows that life is no "Polyanna existence." Many people find life
By Katharine Jesus was the perBird fect agent of God's
"grinding, wearing, difficult," even when they realise they are doing badly needed work, he says. He recalls being in Boston when Dorothy Day explained how she avoided personal burnout in her work forthe poor. Miss Day told how, when responsibilities t hreatened to overwhelm her, she would go to New York City's Nativity Church where Father Hecker, the founder of the Paulist religious order, once prayed. Often she would think about Father Hecker, and especially a vision of angels he had, Father Young said. Angels were the last thing the social-justice audience in the Church
that day had come to hear about, Father Young said. But Miss Day explained why that vision helped her. It pointed to a "transcendent dimension to life." Miss Day's point, as Father Young interprets it, was that faith "allows us to see beyond present pain and gives meaning to pain." Father Young also thinks that the Church's liturgy — the Mass and sacraments — fulfils a valuable role. He recalled celebrating Mass recently with a family and some of their friends. The small group focused on and prayed for a woman suffering from a serious illness.
Agent of love
Paulist Father James Young told those anecdotes to bring home his conviction that many Christians find God smack dab in the midst of their hectic lives. "God made the world — He created us to live here — and we meet God right here," the College rector said. Though God turns up "in the most surprising places, in the most surprising people," Father Young tells seminarians, don't look for a "dramatic stranger coming to the front door." Usually God "speaks to us in ordinary voices." The priest particularly likes psychologist Dr Joseph Goldrunner's description of holiness: "Holiness is wholeness." What Gol-
love. Like all the others in the long line of such agents, Jesus was deeply involved in human affairs.
But what other agents of God became deeply involved in human affairs? Think back, for example, to — Moses. He liberated his people from oppression and slavery in Egypt. He guided them through the desert, forming them into a people. He gave them a charter, consisting mainly of civil law that covered every aspect of their existence. Or Solomon. He was an astute political administrator, a builder, a financier. And Isaiah. A Nobleman, this prophet was intimately involved in domestic and international politics. Moses and Solomon and Isaiah felt that in devoting themselves to human concerns they were devoting themselves to divine concerns as well. For the Heav-
By Father John Castelot enly Father is supremely interested in His children. God created the universe, pronouncing it good, very good (Genesis 1:31). He entered into relationships with humanity, promising to lead it to a glorious destiny. God entered our history and committed Himself to it. In fact, God loved the world so much that He gave it His only son (John 3:16). But what world was it that He loved so much? Was it some never-never -world? Or was it the world of agriculture and industry, arts and sciences, politics and commerce, of loving and bir-
thing and parenting? There is only one world for Him to love: It is the world in which we live, the world on pilgrimage to the kingdom. Put simply, there really is no sharp distinction between secular and sacred — not in God's world. All creation is permeated by God's presence, power and saving love. Christianity, by its very nature, is interested in the world and the life of human beings. For God created humanity in "the divine image" (Genesis 1:27). God loved humanity, redeemed it, destined it for glory. Reflect for a moment on the career of Jesus. He did not go around saving disembodied spirits. To the Jewish mind in the time of Jesus there were only people people who did not "have" bodies, but "were" bodies. Jesus ministered to these living, breathing, laughing, crying, dancing, hurting people.
Think back to the last time you felt genuinely frustrated. • Maybe you had an argument with someone at work or in your family — a misunderstanding; afterward you realised that if either party had understood the other, the argument would not have occurred. • Or maybe you felt frustrated when you saw the impact of real injustice on people's lives. Now think back to the last time you experienced a sense of disappointment. • Or was it after you prepared a fine dinner for close friends, only to find at the last minute that they had been struck by the flu and couldn't come? Once again you realised that well-made plans can come apart at the seams. Frustrations. Disappointments. In one degree or another, they are among the stuff of daily life. Can people be expected to believe they can encounter God — or learn about life's meaning in the midst of such uninvited events? Of course, frustration and disappointment do not tell the whole story of daily life. In daily life you get to witness the personal growth that has occurred in others or in yourself. Daily life is a forum where something unexpected may yield a solution to a complicated problem. And daily life offers opportunities to express love and to share talents. Daily life, it seems, is a mixed bag. So what does it really mean to speak of God's presence there? Think about it. Talk it over. It is easy to think that God cannot be encountered in the messiness of daily life — or that if God were encountered there, a person would be too busy to notice. Thus, it pays to step back from the rush of events in order to ponder what is happening in your life. God surely can be encountered during the quiet moments when you take stock of things. But isn't it also possible to encounter God when the frustrations and disappointments of daily life tear at you? Often they force you to give attention to something or someone that means much to you. They push you to come to terms with why you care so much and how much you care. How is God present in daily life? What do you think?
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Art of balancin You, the reader of this article, very likely are an expert in the fine art of balancing work life, home life and leisure time. Or perhaps you have refined your skills as a juggler — keeping tasks as a spouse, parent, parish minister, school aide and neighbourhood representative going at once. You probably are a busy person. And the truth is, if you sometimes experience your life as a complex maze you're not alone. You're not alone either if, as a Christian, this complex maze sometimes poses a perplexing dilemma.
By Dolores Leckey Inevitably, a point arises when conscientious Christians begin to examine the use of precious resources like time and energy. Can God really be found in the whirl of all these daily activities? Instead, should we be on our knees somewhere in solitary prayer? This dilemma is not new. Apparently in the late Middle Ages, serious and devout lay people thought that the love of God would naturally lead to the life of a monastery. The Dominican, Father Johann Tauler, one of the German mystics known as "The Friends of God," preached many stirring sermons about this dilemma. In one he recounted the story of a farmer, someone who enjoyed a deep and steady relationship with Christ. But the farmer began to think that he should abandon his lay life and go to a monastery. Then Christ spoke to him and assured him that his love and service in the world were God's will for him.
Another time Father Tauter said that if he were not a priest but instead a shoemaker he would try to make shoes as best he could and he would count it a great privilege to earn his bread by the work of his hands. Father Taller, like others before and after him, pointed to the sacredness of all our work. The late Jesuit Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin put it this way in his book "The Divine Milieu": "God is at the tip of my pen or at the tip of my brush." This is what needs to be recognised. Basically this recognition involves the kind of awareness we associate with contemplation. For the contemplative peron is aware that God is found in all the ordinary events of daily life. In being attentive to home or friends or work, one praises God. Centuries ago Brother Lawrence, a Monastery cook, wrote about this ordinary contemplation in a small gem of a book, "The Practice of the Presence of God." The pots and pans of kitchen work served as reminders of God for him. But, to say the least, most people don't come to this steady kind of awareness all at once. Like so many other things in life, it is a matter of practice. In learning over a period of time to give ourselves and our attention to whatever task is at hand, we learn to give ourselves and our attention to God. For Simone Weil, a 20thcentury French philosopher and mystic, prayer was defined by the word "attention". As we develop the capacity for singleminded attention, we stretch our capacity for God. Contemporary Christians are caught up in the demands placed on them to give attention to their work, their homes or civic commitments. However, there is something else to consider: the need for some form of outward service in society. For it is quite possible to become insulated from the
poor and the needy people of our communities. This can mean overlooking the genuine opportunity for meeting Christ in others who are poor or whose human needs — whatever they might be — deserve attention. This doesn't mean that people have no need to set time aside solely for god. The rhythm produced by
movement from activity to rest and back into activity again are inherent in the world God has created. We women and men, residents of the earth, are meant to live in this kind of balanced way. There is a need to pull back regularly from places of busy activity — whether in classrooms Or courtrooms Or
social-action projects — in order to pray. This way of spending some quiet time with God energises people. Then they can move out again into the world of work and human relationships. They are more alert to the possibility of discovering God in the world. And they are more attentive to the voice of God that may speak to them through the world.
A spiritual By Father Basil journey ... Pe nnington
Trappist Father Thomas Merton's spiritual journey was in some way the journey of every man and woman. He shared it with millions through his books and articles.
Father Merton a1was had deep sensitivity for his fellows. As a young man it led him to espouse many causes. He was even a card-carrying Communist for a short time. Finally he found something big enough for him: Catholicism. With his usual vigour he decided the way to pursue his quest for God was to join a monastery.
ing around him — a beauty most didn't seem to appreciate, least of all the persons themselves. Father Merton saw that God loved each one and was present in each. From that moment his quest for God and deep concern for humans became one. He tried to share every person's burden and cry of hope. Each of us hears the cry of the poor, who look to us for bread and clothes. But the poor look to us for something more — the reverence due a person made in God's image and loved by the Father.
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at our disposal. So we will not be overwhelmed by the magnitude of the tasks encountered. This perspective develops through the Holy Spirit. We can begin to give Him the space to teach us by allowing time each day for a listening prayer. • Find a quiet moment in a place a bit apart. • Close your eyes and turn to God within.
e ‘ . in the human situation v‘J In his first days within the monastery, Father Merton, whose religious name was Louis, left the world behind in every way he could. It was only after some years of prayer and reflection that this changed. One day he had to accompany a visitor into the city of Lousville, a rare thing for a Trappist monk. As he stood on the street corner awaiting his guest, he suddenly became aware of the great beauty of every person pass-
But will we see others this way, even when we are harried by the events of life? To do so we need to spend sufficient time looking at the face of God in prayer. Then we will see God's face in others and recognise the beauty that they themselves often do not see. And we will be able to reflect this beauty back to them, enabling them to find their true dignity. This experience of prayer enables us to know we have all the divine creative energy
"As often as a man ventures to a deeper, more fundamental level of life in trying to give form to his life, he exposes himself to a crisis which is more painful and heartrending. In this sense, a man has just as many adolescences as he takes risks to fathom his life." (Father Henri Nouwen, quoted by Trappist Father M. Basil Pennington in the book "0 Holy Mountain.") "Nothing is so like God, nothing is so God-filled as a human person." (Dick Westley in "Redemptive Intimacy," 1981, Twenty-Third Publications.) "To love persons is to love God; to love God is to love persons." (Dick Westley in "Redemptive Intimacy," 1981, Twenty-Third Publications.)
"Only intimacy heals us by assuaging our doubts about • (rend), repeat His name God's as you listen. forgiveness and Rather soon you will see empowering us some result: greater peace, to forgive one greater reliance on God, a Only in another. clearer sense of God's presintimacy do we ence in you and in everyone. This prayer offers the pers- encounter the pective needed for serving one who makes God in others. Sometimes intimacy possible, we need more of this kind of space as we sense we are the Great Self in losing our perspective or whom all being is becoming overwhelmed by rooted and finds what needs to he done in redemption." the world.
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Wembley parish councillor hails. Spanish Point is a small and somewhat exclusive resort on Ireland's Atlantic west coast in County Clare. It derives its name from the fact that there in 1588 five thousand storm-battered survivors from the ill-fated Armada scrambled ashore from their wrecked ships to be massacred by waiting British troops. At Spanish Point in 1926 Pat O'Malley was born to a family that ran a dairy farm and market garden on the coast. People with holiday homes there to whom they used to supply dairy products and vegetables included the Earl of Inchiqin ( a descendant of Brian Boru ) and the Countess of Ross, mother of Anthony Armstrong-Jones who spent his school vacations there. A neighbour of the O'Malleys was the present president of Ireland, Dr Patrick Hillery, who succeeded his father as the local doctor and whose photograph Pat proudly displays in his Wembley home. Pat's grandmother ran a guest house whose regular patrons included famous jockey Lester Piggott and his father.
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°?NtIPPMP!" Pat's parents had both died before he had completed his secondary education, so in / he joined 2 1945 aged 171 the RAF with a friend. His objective was to be transferred to the FtAAF in Japan and ultimately to take his discharge in Sydney where he could get a job with relatives. His friend's ambition was to serw in Germany. But with the perversity common to all armed services, the RAF posted his friend to Japan and Pat to Germany. However, the two years in Germany were by no means a waste of time. He was able to complete his Leaving Certificate and gain a good knowledge of the German language to add to his ability to speak Gaelic and English.
°'NliOn&C#7' Based at Hamburg, his job was to set up RAF equipment branches all over Europe. Most of his air force colleagues were awaiting demobilisation after war service and very few of them spoke German, so they willingly passed on to him the task of organising local labour. Initially this presented something of a problem to the 18-year-old. Here the sagacious priest at the church where he went to Mass proved a friend indeed. Pat had noticed a distinguished-looking civilian who attended Mass regularly, and the priest told him that the man had been a high-ranking SS officer. the priest, Through because Pat was too lowly ranked to approach a senior officer of even the defeated German forces, arrangements were made for the former SS fellow to organise and take charge of a labour gang to work for the RAF. About the same time Pat made the acquaintance of Bruno, an ardent communist, on whom he prevailed to form and head a band of 'red' workers who laboured on the same project but without coming into con
tact with the SS man's group. Thus, without knowing it, communists and nazis worked together to forward the cause of the victorious Allies. The whole operation proceeded smoothly and efficiently where previously chaos had reigned, and Pat was regarded by his commanding officer as something of a wonder boy capable of displaying the wisdom of Solomon.
After being discharged in England, he worked for about six months for Moorhouse Jams in I,eeds. Here his knowledge of the German language was an asset. He was able to explain to the workforce, consisting largely of displaced persons from Europe who spoke German hut not English, factors bearing on their work and their integration into British society. In 1949 he sailed from Liverpool as one of 2,000
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migrants aboard the ship Christian mates who shed Georgic bound for Australia. their blood at Eureka would They arrived in Sydney six turn in their graves at any weeks later on Melbourne suggestion that they had Cup day and wondered been associated with an atheistic doctrine like comabout the excitement of the locals at so-and-so having munism. won "the Cup." What cup? Among the contributors to the Sydney Gael were Father Pat's cousin was married to Nicholas McNally, president Claude Conrick, managing of the NSW Historical director of textile traders Society, and educationist Conrick Tomalin, and there Mary Hegarty. Both held the Pat worked for five years MA degree. until Claude's death of a stroke in 1954. It was an interesting five years for the young Irishman. In his spare time he became editor of the Irish About this time Pat met monthly, the Sydney Gael. Dan Minogue, another Clare Through the columns of the man, who represented the paper, he and his colleagues City of Sydney in the Federal took on the communists Parliament. Dan was not over their claim that Peter short of the wit for which the and red a been had lalor Clare is renowned. Eureka Stockade marked the He was a member of the beginning of communist official party who greeted action in Australia. the Queen in 1953 when she Peter Lalor, they pointed stepped ashore at Circular Irishgood a been out, had Quay to start the Royal tour man. He and his strong
Patrick Joseph O'Malley, an associate of Principal Lease and Finance Corporation and a parish councillor at Our Lady of Victories in Wembley, was born at Spanish Point in County Clare on March 1, 1926. He was educated in nearby Miltown Malbay and joined the postwar Royal Air Force at the age of 171/2 in 1945. His four years RAF service in the equipment branch included two years in Germany with the British occupation force. After discharge he spent about six months with Moor house Jams in Leeds before migrating to Sydney in 1949 to work with relatives. He came to Perth in 1954 to work at Aherns where he became the menswear buyer, and in 1964 switched to the insurance industry where he specialises in superannuation and investment bonds. In his 30 years in Perth he has served as secretary and president of the WA Irish Club, vice-president of the Celtic Club, and is a trustee of both the Irish and Celtic clubs. He was in the Therry Society and Subiaco Rostrum Club. Pat married Joan Kelly, a member of the old Wembley dairying family, and they live in Jersey Street — possibly named after the cows on part of what was the extensive Kelly dairy property. The couple have a son, Paul (16), and a daughter Louise-Mary (14). Both are pupils of Newman College.
the proposed three months at Aherns stretched to 10 years. He learnt a lot and enjoyed his work at the store. He had become the menswear buyer by the time he left Aherns in 1964 to go into the insurance industry. Pat has been a member of the Irish Club since his arrival in WA 30 years ago. There he has derived great pleasure from the camaraderie Mr Pat O'Malley of his compatriots and the opportunity to gather something of a reputation as a usual her With Australia. of conversational grace. she recitationist in entertainasked Dan the location of ments at various institutions the electorate he held in the in the company of such noted performers as Freddie House of Representatives. Burke and the late Tom repquickly Dan "Ma'am," lied to the amused monarch, O'Brien, who died only last year. "you're standing on it." • The club, which has gone It was a story that would have been enjoyed by Pat's ahead by leaps and bounds aunt in England, nursing (notably in the Irish step sister Colonel Mary Win- dancing it promotes), now ning, who was the highest- has its own premises in ranking woman in the Brit- Subiaco and its own radio ish Army. Mary, whose hus- programme. Its annual band Alan had been killed Fleadh (Festival) is promiin action as a major in North nent on the entertainment Africa during the war, num- calendar. Pat has also had a long bered among her close friends the famous Irish tenor, Father Sydney McEwan. Pat had become unsettled after the death of Claude Conrick at the age of 48 when he met Tom Ahern in Sydney, founder of the big Perth emporium. Tom suggested that he come to WA and work at Aherns for a trial period of three months to see what he thought of life in the west. He arrived here in 1954 and
association with the Celtic Club, of which he is a trustee. It recently sold its King's Park Road premises for $2,250,000 and moved into smaller quarters in West Perth.
Pat has a sister teaching in Zimbabwe, three other sisters married in the United Kingdom, and brother John back at Spanish Point where he has one of the biggest caravan parks in Ireland as well as a store and other facilities. Despite the tyranny of distance that separates them, they are a close-knit family and still vigorously retain their Catholic faith. After 35 years in this country, the brogue of County Clare remains strong in Pat's speech. The reason for this is probably contained in his parting remark: "I'm Irish by birth, you see, but Australian by choice."
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It was a move that they had chosen to make in a bid for a better life for their children. "Ihave few memories of my childhood in Italy," MarieChantal said. "But I know it was the time just before the revolution in Italy. My mother had a sister here and I suppose it seemed like a more secure place to live." Although she is now living In Italy, and is likely to do so for many years to come, Marie-Chantal's heart is well and truly with her adopted country. "I would rather live in Australia and more than anything I miss the sky. There seem to be so many buildings in Milan it is hard to see the sky, while here there is just so much of it," she said. Her voice holds barely the edge of an accent while she talks about her school years, firstly at Loreto Nedlands, then St Benedicts, Applecross and finally a year at Mercedes before moving onto Churchlands Senior High, the only place where she could get enough of her beloved music.
e'NWP)IT' "I just wasn't getting enough music at Mercedes, Churchlands was where it was all happening," she said. Her father had taken charge of her singing lessons and she had learned piano from about the age of 10. Now she had to choose another instrument to study and circumstances made it the harp.
porarily resumed her role as conductor of the Western Australian Italian Choir which sings at masses and folk concerts. "But I've done less singing than I would like," she said ruefully. "Ihaven't sung an aria since I first left Perth because I've had a year of technique and exercises." While music is the focal point of her life, she maintains that her religion is the most important part. "If my career conflicted with my religion then I would hope I had the strength to give it up," she said. I've always realised that God isn't just a 'Sunday job', Mum and Dad have always set a good example.
Dad is always singing around the house and putting records on.
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ICSIY LOSS She admits, with a smile, Government Scholarship that she'd much rather sing which would enable her to Scala. Her applithan play the harp, but study at mastering the instrument cation was successful and was an important part of her she went to Italy last year — unfortunately she did not training. In the Bertinazzo house- get to La Scala. "There WM some sort of hold music was always a fact hold-up and I couldn't start of life. "Dad is always singing until this year." she said. But the time in Italy was around the house and putting records on," Marie- not to be wasted, she began Chantal said. "He had stu- taking private singing lesdents in too so there was sons in Milan and continued always some sort of strum- her endless hours of harp ming or humming going practice. Lucky enough to he able to on." Marie-Chantal live with her aunt and uncle While absorbed music as naturally in Milan, it was just a matter as other children absorb then of knuckling down to television, she found at the demanding exercise of times during her school training her voice. Most days years that she stood just a would see her at singing lessons and the first few little apart from her peers. months held even greater frustration because her teacher would not allow her to practise at home. The voice is too fragile to be left in inexperienced hands. At "When other kids at school first her lessons would only said they like Music, it meant last for an hour a day — a they like listening to the new voice must be treated radio," she said. gently or the delicate musIt was Marie-Chantal's cles will be damaged. hunger for more music that "The voice is merely mustook her to Churchlands and cles at work," she said, "and since wind instruments are you have to be careful with unsuitable for the voice she those muscles, especially at was forced to look around the start." for something else. For the rest of the time she "There wasn't any point in practised harp. trying to take up a stringed instrument, they are extremely difficult and you really have to begin as young as possible," she said. "My only choice was the Although she spoke Italian, harp or percussion and the admittedly with an accent, latter didn't appeal," she living in Italy required some grimaced. "I was lucky, it adjustment. was the first year that they "People in Milan don't go had had the harp so I guess out at night the way they do it was the hand of God at here," she said. "People do work." all their visiting during the After completing four years day and since the shops of music at Churchlands she don't close until 7.30 pm it went on to do a Bachelor really makes quite a long of Music at UWA and walked day." away with first-class But early nights were a honours, specialising in small price to pay for the harp. chance to make as much as After leaving university she she could of the voice God spent a year at home, still gave her. practising, but thinking She thinks as little as posseriously about her future. sible about the future; she She entered an Australiaprefers to leave those sort wide singing contest and of problems in other hands. reached the semi-finals. She "I don't know how good then applied for an Italian
my voice will be and the "But it probably will be," singing world is so compet- she laughed. "If you meet me itive that only the very best in 10 years you'll probably get a chance," she said. see I'm teaching." "But I'm not worried about "But I feel sure that God it. If my future isn't to be knows what is best for me in singing then something and he'll lead me to the right else will turn up. I only hope places." it isn't teaching because I During her few months really hate that. back in Perth she has tem-
He had
As a teenager she found herself grasping for a better hold on her faith, but says her involvement with Opus Dei in Italy solved that problem. "They are people living christianity to the last letter, and that's what it is all about," she said. "They showed me the importance of using the sacraments and means of being a Catholic, like mass, confession and retreats. "I've been involved in the movement for about a year and I've found that it has established my faith and got me closer to god," she said.
students in too so there was always some sort of strumming or humming going on.
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The thoughts that linger after seeing Peter Kenna's, A Hard God at The Playhouse are not of God, but of the dignity and nobility of the human spirit. This is powerful drama, leavened by the laughter of life, albeit hard-edged with irony much of the time. The time is 1946 and the audience is spending time with the Cassidy family, farmers but f ormerly reduced by drought and the depression to life in Sydney's western suburbs. The Cassidys are Australian, but of course with such a surname, with a strong Irish Catholic heritage. Their lives and their God and God's part in their lives is the theme of the play. It is a world that speaks volumes to all, but is more finely tuned to those who can relate to the Catholic and working class element. These are real people. I've sat on their sofas, drunk tea with them and smiled at their simple strength and wisdom. Maggie King as Aggie Cassidy is superb and holds the audience in the palm of her
sharpAggie, hands. tongued and unforgiving is a 'good Catholic' who doesn't spend much time thinking about God, but who has loved another (her husband Dan) to the exclusion of herself, her children and her comfort. Geoff Gibbs, Andy King and Maurie Ogden as the Cassidy brothers have a maturity and theatrical experience that brings their characters warmly and wonderfully to life. There was one jarring note and that was the portrayal of Monica, the wife of Martin Cassidy. It was simply a case of Lucinda miscasting. Armour, looking young and fresh, despite the makeup, was simply not believable as the hard, unbending Monica who staunchly does God's duty on earth and prays daylong for the souls of 'lost' Catholics. Ms Armour did not have the strength of presence or voice to bring her character to life. Monica, in fact, gazing wild-eyed from centre stage, supposedly with the flames of Calvary burning bright in her eyes, was little more than a farce.
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The potential depth of emotion and poignancy in the scene where she sifts through the chaff bag of writings left by her dead husband, and discovers not only her love letters to him but his adolescent love letters to another girl, remained unplumbed. There are many 'Monicas' in the world, but the one that took to the stage was conjured more from fantasy than fact. Not because of what she said but because of what she was. A Hard God premiered in 1973 at Sydney's Nimrod Theatre and became remembered as much as anything for its allusions to adolescent homosexuality. The sixteen-year old Cassidy son, Joe, played by Peter Stewart becomes involved in an emotional relationship with another boy, Jack Shannon, played by Martin Challis. Eleven years on, this relationship is handled more comfortably by the audience but not, it seems by the actors. Peter Stewart and Martin Challis, neither of whom is 16, both brought much talent to the roles but still lacked the authenticity
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There is "urgent need" for a policy which will "target on and integrate responses to youth employment needs" not met by existing programmes. Youth Appeal d knock is over .or another year. Four Catholic youth organisations are $15,000 better off. Antioch, YCW, CPY and Geraldton Catholic Youth joined with eight other Christian and community based groups for a combined public appeal. The Police and Citizen clubs raised over $ 21,000 and did best of all groups in the doorknock. The $7000 raised by the Antioch community will go toward the Archdiocesan Youth Formation Centre, Eagle's Nest at Gidgcgannup. Current extensions will he completed in November. Appeal money will make a considerable dent in the cost of furnishings for the centre. Last year the dooknock collection was divided evenly between seven participating groups. The Catholic groups raised over $ 15,000 but received only just over $4000. The rules for the '84 appeal divided the money on two levels. The first being donations sent to the appeal office or raised from business houses. These are all shared evenly. The money raised from the doorknock, (which is tied to the number of collectors a group is able to muster) are divided according to the amount raised less the costs. This year's costs were considerably lower than 1983. This was due to the transfer of existing resources from 1983, the first year of the appeal. The youth appeal is unique in Australia in that it enables voluntary youth agencies to boost traditional fund raising efforts.
This is one conclusion in a submission by Brisbane's Catholic Social Welfare Commission to the Queensland Government. It has been made in response to a review of youth employment prospects in Queensland, initiated by Mr Lester, the Minister for Employment and Industrial Affairs. The submission has been prepared by Mrs Lesley Bartlett, convenor of the Social Welfare Commission's Working Party on Unemployment, and approved by Bishop John Gerry, Vicar for Social Welfare. In a letter to the commission. Mr I.ester said the review sought to improve, over the next two years, employment prospects for 15 to 24-year-old Queenslanders. Mrs Bartlett welcomes the initiative as "timely" and urges the Minister to make its findings public. She presents her submission in the context of uncm ployment levels among 15 to 2 -year-olds in Queensland "fluctuating upwards from 20 per cent".
'Target to youth needs' "While trends in recent months show some minor improvements," she writes, "you will no doubt be alarmed as we were of the findings of the most recent survey of industrial trends of the Confederation of Industry and Westpac. "These indicate that in Queensland, despite heightened confidence levels among business people, and improved demand. manufacturers intend to continue to numbers decrease employed." Mrs Bartlett draws comparisons between money spent on the problem in New South Wales, $30 million, and Victoria, $16 million, as compared with expenditure on it in Queensland: "To my knowledge, apart from the programme carried out by your own department to promote personal development, self-enhancement and to meet the other training needs of apprentices, the only other State programme is YE,SS, administered by the Department of Children's Services, and costing something like $100,000 a year." She says the "unmet needs" of Queensland youth generally "are associated with young people at the lower end of the skills scale, who are early (school) leavers and noW in significant numbers. "The lesson is clear: While educational and training qualifications will not guarantee work in times of
recession and structural change, lack of qualifications will guarantee unemployment. "With this conviction in mind, there is need for firm policy directions in the area of employment training for young people who are missed by (existing) programmes." Mrs Bartlett says one of the most disturbing effects of
prolonged youth unemployment — "the experience of a growing number" — is to depress even further the expectations, motivation and capacity for work of young people. She draws implications from this, including the conclusion that an employment training programme for "a growing category of unemployed youth will require close liaison with
the community network in which they associate for friendship, esteem, and in some cases, for housing and social support. "Community youth groups will need to be involved." The submission puts forward a range of other ideas, outlines what the Church has been doing about the problem, and, invites Mr Lester to meet with the commission to discuss other
issues it would like to raise with him. These include the uses to which the youth employment report will be put (assuming it will be made a public document), comparison with other States in terms of types of programmes and resources necessary for such programmes, and the extent to which community groups might be involved.
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Youth leaders and other young people will be helped in their efforts to make sense of current social issues, and of the way their Churches are responding to them, by an ecumenicalfaith, ethics and social awareness course (FESA) in Brisbane. An introduction to the 1984 ecumenical social justice statement. It's a rocky mad — Youngpeople in Australia, will be a feature of the course. Other topics will be: The biblical basis, Contextual theology, Simulation, Doing social analysis,
Spirituality for social concern, and Resources for youth groups. The organisers hope FESA will be a prelude to a monthly gathering ofyoungpeople wanting to take uppeace andjustice issues on an ecumenical basis. FESA is sponsoredby the Catholic Young Christian Workers, and the Anglican and Uniting Churches' departments of Christian education. The course be conducted over the four Wednesday evenings of September.
In the past year there has been an increase of 17 per cent in usage of residential recreation camps managed by the Department for Youth, Sport and Recreation. The recreation camp showing the greatest increase in usage was the Woodman Point camp facility which was operational for a full year for the first time. About half the total Increase has been due to the transfer to the department this year of the Noalimba Migrant Centre. The Noalimba Centre is proving very popular as a community recreation camp and has attracted great interest among country sports groups and interstate teams visiting Perth for c arnivals and championships. In total the department's 12 recreation c amps were used by schools, sports clubs, youth organisations, c hurches and other community and family groups for a total of 135,767 "camper days" during 1983-84.
"Because of its importance and because all other forms of catechesis are oriented in some way to it, the catechesis of adults must have high priority at all levels of the Church. The success of programs for children and youth depends to a significant extent upon the words, attitudes, and actions of the adult community, especially parents, family and guardians." U.S. National Catechetical Directory
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A look at books Compiled by Roslyn Ross. Entertaining Satan, Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England, byJobn Putnam Demos, Published by Oxford University Press, $18.50. Bohemia in London, by In this monumental study, Arthur Ransome, published winner of the 1983 Bancroft by Oxford University Press, Prize, Demos questions what $11.95. kind of people became 'Iwanted to write a book that involved in witchcraft and would make real on paper the what role witchcraft played in strange, tense, joyful and everyday life in colonial New despairing, hopeful and sordid England. life that is lived in London by young artists and writers.' Futures, by Fred Bright, published by Fontana, Australian SurtivalSpeller, by Josie Stainsby Arnold, $5.95. A new novel by the author The Survival Speller aims to of Options. Cam Harmsworth has been encourage people to feel bred for success in a man's confident in the use of words world. Married to journalist which might not otherwise be Tom Darius, holding down part of their vocabulary, and one of the hottest fobs on Wall to enrich their writing and Street, she seemed to have a conversation. Designed for: perfect 1980's lifestyle. Then late learners; those whose first she became pregnant — and language is not English; and her perfect world began to fall students who need compenapart. For Caro discovered satory learning.
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Australian publishers William Collins announce November publication of the authorised and complete account of the events surrounding the recent detention and subsequent 'trial' in the Philippines of Australian priest Father Brian Gore. Father Gore returned to
Abortion and Infanticide, by Michael Tooley, published by Oxford University Press, $50 (hardcover). Reviewed by R oslyn Ross.
Australia in July following his long ordeal and is now writing his story with Sydney journalist Bruce Stannard. Father Gore and his Irish colleague Father O'Brien were working among plantation peasants in Negros Occidental. They had established grass roots organisa-
tions, known as Basic Christian Communities (BBCs) for the promotion of church teachings and to encourage parishioners to undertake practical self-help projects and to stand up for their rights against appalling abuses of power by members of security forces,
land owners and politicians. Gore believes it was the success of these BBCs in challenging the system that led to the trumped up charges of inciting rebellion and subsequently of murder being laid against Father O'Brien and himself The ludicrous trial came to
an end when the personal intervention of President Marcos and Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Hayden resulted in the charges being dropped on condition that the priests left the country immediately. Father Gore has stated that his exile would be claimed as a victory for 'the forces of repression' The Father Gore story will be available throughout Australia on November 21.
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social complexity of the issue. potentialities also make it objective with human beings The author argues that the wrong to destroy something? viewed as little more than This is a book which seeks following issues — most of Fifth, does any property that highly sophisticated animals. to discuss two main concerns. which are ignored in public suffices to give something a This may be a useful classifiThe first is to isolate the debate on the question of right to life admit of degrees, cation when conducting a fundamental issues that must abortion — need to be con- and if so, is it morally signif- philosophical argument but I be resolved if one is to be able sidered. First, can the abortion icant regardless of the extent would venture to say that that motherhood might mean to formulate a defensible question be decided without to which it is present? Sixth, while not all people see themmore to her than her career position on the question of resolving the issue of the is it morally permissible to selves as 'made in God's or even her marriage. Broadway Babies, The Peo- the morality of abortion. The National University, and the moral status of the foetus? refrain from producing addiimage' and therefore possessple Who Made the American second is to determine the University of Miami. Second, is the fact that the tional people who would lead ing a soul, there are very few Musical, by Ethan Mordden, most plausible stand on those While the Christian may not foetus belongs to the biolog- satisfactory lives? And finally, who would seriously consider Shakespeare Virgins, by published by Oxford Uni- issues. Between this and the be prepared to question the ically defined species homo at what point do developing themselves to be no more Elizabeth Smitber, pub- versity Press, $33.95. final chapter are many words belief that abortion is inher- sapiens morally significant in human beings acquire those than an advanced form of lished by Oxford University From Florenz Ziegfeld to and many thoughts but the ently wrong, Tooley's book itself? Third, what non-poten- properties that give someanimal. It is a very easy thing Press, $14.25. Victor Harold Prince, from final message is such issues are still offers a broad base of tial properties are necessary thing a right to life — at to say. but the human ego does Behind the beguiling inno- Herbert to Stephen Sociheim far from being completely information and discussion and/or sufficient to endow conception, or at some later not make it an easy thing to cence which characterizes this witty, informed and resolved...at least in a philo- that can only stimulate a something with a right to life? point? believe. much of Smither's poctri we freshly incisive history spo- sophical sense anyway. broader understanding of the Fourth, do the corresponding His argument attempts to be see here the more mature tlights the people who made For many Christians there is voice of consideration and a difference in the develop- nothing to resolve, abortion reflection. ment of musical comedy. represents the taking of a human life and as such is wrong; purely because it is not right. For the Christian, it is diffiThe Craft of Patch- limited to what is to hand, decision, she was greatly cult to discuss things in the work, by Edna Wark, because then one has to really influenced by colleagues who and the light of 'quasi-persons' and Published by Batsford, work at the design and the asked that the book contain A merica by 'potential persons' as Profes- $ 19.99. results are better thought out. "all those helpful hints that we A mericans, The Malted Kingdom, a Strange Customs, The sor Tooley does because their Edna Wark is a needlework She goes on to say that her give to students and which are Edmund Fawcett and history of China from Supernatural and You, by faith holds quite simply, that teacher of many years expe- original teacher was a lady of not considered of sufficient Tony Thomas, pub2000BC to the present. by Rabbi Brasch, published by lished by Fontana. all human life is sacred. rience. In this book she makes nearly 80 who in her long importance to print." Rodzinski. published Fontana, $4.95. Michael Tooley, who is Pro- sure the all important princi- lifetime had become profi- The Craft of Patchwork sets An absorbing, contemporary by Flamingo, $9.95. All you need to know about fessor of Philosophy at the ples of patchwork are main- cient in many branches of out the preparatory stages of portrait of the world's most The Walled Kingdom spans the origins of unusual and University of Western Austra- tained. crafts, and her teaching was making patchwork, carefully influential country — and its four thousand years of China's occult customs and traditions. lia has held posts at Stanford Patchwork, says Edna Wark, definite and knowledgeable discussing essential equip- inhabitants — by two outhistory from the earliest times Why is it rude to point? Why University. the Australian is at its best when supplies are — no half measures. Patch- ment and the more straight- standing journalists from the of ancient civilisation to the do we throw a pinch of salt work was a precise form and forward techniques, before Economist. Talking to politipresent. China's history is over our shoulders after spilthere should be no skimping describing the most com- cians and schoolchildren, complex but enthralling, viv- ling some? Is the colour green in the way of perfect finish and monly used template shapes. joggers and evangelical proidly peopled and inexhausti- unlucky? nothing slovenly in the con- From those basics she then testants, farmers and lawyers, bly rich in cultural develop- Call them what you will — feminists and football players, struction. shows how patterns are easily customs, ment. The author, a superstitions, Edmund Fawcett and Tony constructed from the simplest distinguished authority on manners — they all have a How to hand on faith Thomas uncover a myriad of OF CRAFT "Pass on the faith?" I wish THE we units, progressing from patchto your children, pubin the occult. common origin Chinese history, gives a magfascinating detail and certain could even get the children work that uses straight-edged nificently lucid and readable Rabbi Bra.sch is currently lished by Dove Comthemes and tensions underlyto pass the margarine!" That shapes to a more involved account of the awesome con- touring Europe and will be munications, $1.95. ing Americans' daily lives curved style. Only then does tinuity of China's past and available for interviews from Will our children have faith? was how one mother summed What can parents do to help? up the situation today. she deal with the more London. present. This book, written almost She was typical of many of advanced and more interestentirely by parents them- the parents who met to reflect ing elements of successful selves, offers positive, practi- on religious education in the patchwork, such as the special A Vision of Hope, by Trevor effects that can be obtained Beeson and Jenny Pearce, Seeds of Yesterday, by Vir- cal guidelines for today's home as part of the preparawith different colours and published by Fontana, ginia Andrews, published by families. It cuts through the tion for this book. There was a general feeling of helplessFontana, woolly thinking jargon and shapes. $5.95. $8.95. ness in the face of all the While Edna Wark Latin America, a huge, varied It began with Flowers in the does not There are also chapters on pressures How on the family. to Attic, hand on the heartbreaking story maintain that one shouldn't the major patchwork variaand beautiful continent of vast Parents want their children buy materials for faith economic resources, is today of four innocent children patchword, tions, such as cathedral winto have strong religious faith she does say that the the scene of some of the most locked away from the world essential dow, Log Cabin, Suffolk puff, to your children — but they often feel out of personality of patchwork folded and strip patchwork crushing exploitation, inequal- by a cruel, evil mother. The their depth and are at a loss tends to be lost if ity and lawlessness on earth. haunting, spellbinding tale quantities and on unusual techniques to know where to begin. continued with Petals on the of new material are purchased such as optical illusion patchIs there an answer? Can Wind and If There be Thorns. This book attempts to deal for a project. work. The intermediate and justice, peace and prosperity Now in Seeds of Yesterday, with that concern by concen- There is the sentimental finished stages are well illus- Edmund Fawcett was born in ever become a possibility for Virginia Andrews has finally trating on the sacrament of attachment that goes with trated with line drawings, London in 1946. After taking these troubled lands? In this put the hearts of her millions Confirmation. patchwork when pieces are black-and-white and colour a degree at Oxford, he served informed, balanced and up to of fans at rest. Seeds of YesIt is however, part of a series the bits from treasured for three years as European date study, the authors give friends photographs. terday is the final, revealing and should be seen in that or traded through close asso- Detailing the background to the probtechiques and correspondent for the Econchapter in the saga of the context when tackling the ciations. lems of eight representative ideas, and giving many helpful omist and then, since 1976, Dollenganger family. about religious education in subject. In her foreword Edna Wark hints, this book will be inval- as its Washington bureau and show where countries, the home and presents a fresh, Other volumes available are raises the question as to uable to all those who do not chief. hope lies for their peoples — clear message that can have How to pray with your child- whether there is any need for have access either to specialist Tony Thomas was born in in their Christian faith and in an enormous impact on family ren, How to talk to your child yet another book on patch- teachers or to large libraries Zimbabwe in 1940. After the churches, whose repreabout sex, How to interest work. The existence of this where most of this life. sentatives face opposition and informa- working on newspapers there It your should children in the Mass and book obviously shows that her tion would be dispersed and in Britain, he joined The go a long way in martyrdom in the cause suffer freeing parents from their How to bring up children answer was yes hut she goes among dozens of of the poor and the oppressed. different Times as United States ecoanxieties about faith in the today. nomics correspondent. on to say that having made the books. home.
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CATHEDRAL SINGERS
Catholic Parish Youth have made five years of existence! That means we've got five years of blessings to thank God for and what better way to do that than to come together as one body to share the Eucharist with each other. We will be having an anniversary Mass on September 2 at the Highgate church, 50 Vincent Street, Highgate at 7.30 pm. Supper will follow in the parish hall. The Mass is an opportunity for CPY members old and new to come together to share in our anniversary celebration. Hope to see you there. Any queries please ring CPY office 328 8136. In Christ's love, Julia, Barbara, Julie.
The Cathedral Folk Group is looking for singers and instrumentalists to join the group which presents music each Sunday at the 5 pm Mass. Instrumentalists are welcome from those who play guitar, flute, violin or cello, any keyboard, drums or other suitable instruments. Singers are required to have no professional training, only the ability to sing a tune and hold a note. Practice sessions are held on Wednesdays at 7.30 pm in the Cathedral parish centre, 450 Hay Street. Contact Carol Young 448 5730 or make personal contact at the 5pm Mass in the Cathedral each Sunday.
MAURITIAN VISITOR Bishop Jean Margeot of Port Louis, Mauritius, will arrive in Perth on Saturday, August 25 and depart for the eastern states on August 30. On Sunday he will say Mass in French at 3pm in Sacred Heart church Highgate, followed by a reception in the hall. During his stay in Perth he will stay with Mr and Mrs Menage of Mount Pleasant.
ROD'S ON) Race Talk with Rod Evans ANDREITI should be hard to beat in the Hannans Handicap now that he has struck form. Andretti showed that he could be getting back to the star form he showed as a juvenile when he was never headed to win Saturday's Belmont Newmarket. George Way will have Andretti finely tuned for his trip to the Goldfields and he should be hard to toss. MR EFFICIENT will now be ready to win in the city if his hollow victory at Northam on Wednesday was any indication. This galloper has always shown above average ability and city Racegoers should be ready when he comes to town. PRINCE KARIM looks a staying star of the future judging on his very impressive victory over 2200m at only his fifth start. With more hard racing under his belt Prince Karim should prove hard to beat in whatever he contests. BEAUSARO'S unbeaten record ended on Saturday but she was certainly not disgraced when she flew home from 14th on the corner to finish 3rd behind DUSKY ROSA. Beausaro will soon atone for this defeat and she should be a prolific winner for trainer Stan Bates.
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Sal's Super Son 2, Fire Water 3. RACE TWO: Formula Balance 1, New Crown 2, Half a Billa 3. RACE THREE: Game Ball 1, Swanky Black 2, Little Acorn 3. RACE FOUR: Stoney's Hope 1, Alert Success 2, Countess Kim 3. RACE FIVE: White Foot Lass 1, Nero Wolfe 2, lark Sierra 3.
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GENESIS REFLECTIONS The Mt Hawthorn Interchurch Committee has arranged three evenings of spiritual reflection at St Peter's Anglican church, Flinders Street, Mt Hawthorn, 7.30 - 9.00 pm on Thursdays September 13, 20, 27 to be led by Father Joseph Sobb, SJ, director of the Catholic Pastoral Institute and who will base the reflection on the Book of Genesis, chapters 1-11. Please enrol by phoning Father Michael Painter (444 1447) or Patricia Dolan (444 3406). There will be no charges.
JESUIT HUMOUR 1ST In Encounter on 6WF at 8 am on Sunday August 26 the topic will be Biblical Humour — or was God smiling when she made us. Father Michael Moynahan SJ is one of the world's best religious funny men. He visited Brisbane in June. Father Moynahan is a university lecturer, a Jesuit priest, an author, and experienced puppeteer and a preacher. We hear him conveying through drama, satire, and hilarious story-telling, something of the theology of humour and the value of lecturer as part of the Christian affirmation of God's wholeness and love.
CHILD EMERGENCY APPEAL Jaya Sebastian is a two year old suffering from Byler's disease and cannot hope to live for more than a year without a liver transplant operation that is available only in the US at a cost of $106,000. Thomas Sebastian, a research fellow in biological sciences at Murdoch University, plans to take his daughter to the US in September. He is unable to obtain a government grant. Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish is making an appeal to help raise the sum. Thomas and family are members of the parish. Those who wish to help may send donations to the parish priest, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, PO Box 124, Hamilton Hill, 6163, or leave them at the priory, 82 Collick Street, Hilton.
Talent night at La Salle Entrepreneurs of Australia wake up and take note! There was enough talent at the La Salle Talent Quest, held last Friday night, to keep Australia supplied for years to come. The ages of the students ranged from 13 to 17 and they performed a variety of acts that for the onlooker must have made them feel just a little old and decrepit! The agility and verve of the performers, as they moved from dance routines to baton twirling and through the rather fascinating break dance with its range of movements from fluid to staccato-like, back spinning to electric shock simulations, kept one intrigued and wondering...what next? Songs, skits (a very humorous rendition of "Rindercella" by the imaginative year twelves) and an impressive instrumentalist group carried the night off with interest and much variety. Costumes, make-up and lighting effects were excellent. The Polish Hall, Bellevue, was capacity packed with an estimated 800 people. Talent adjudicators were Mr Paul Brown, president of Garrick Theatre, Guildford and Mrs Gillian Glew of the Education Department. First prize went to the intrumental group Beat Surrender, second prize to
ABOVE: Breakdance exponents and (BELOW) Melanie Andersonperforming at the talent quest.
a year 10 dancing team "Wake me up before you go! go!", and third to Roslyn Wareing, year nine, singing a Sound of Music medley. The popular vote went to Beat Surrender first, Fiona and Marianne Tett Zampgna song and dance Side by Side second, and R oslyn Wareing medley third. Money raised will go towards stage five of the La Salle building programme. Story by COLLEEN HOWARD Pictures by BOB WARCHOMIJ
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Kondinin celebration Altar lace specially made for the opening of Sacred Heart church Kondinin was presented among the gifts at a special Mass to mark the 50th anniversary. Three former parish priests — Fathers George O'Leary, John Leech and
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Vincent Conroy joined Archbishop Foley and the present parish priest Father Peter Whitely for the Mass which was celebrated in the shire hall because the church was too small for the 260 visitors. Archbishop Foley praised the dedication of the people who passed on the faith and encouraged the younger families to now take up the challenge and to continue to build "a community of faith, worship and service." Mr Brian Duane, the president of the parish council, spoke of the faith of the parishioners, the dedication of the Presentation Sisters, who run the Motor Mission in the parish, and of the priests who have served in the parish over the last 50 years. "Like a father of any family you have guided and
advised, helped and encouraged us. Through your efforts we have become stronger. "You have dedicated your lives to God and His people and have discharged your duties with love and compassion. We thank you all," he said.
Mrs Josephine Young talks with a former Kondinin Parish priest Father John Leech.