00! LA! LA SALLE: Students held a fashion parade which attracted about 120 parents. See story, picture in Parish Pump, page 16.
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SYDNEY: The Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission has commended the federal budget for tax cuts and other benefits but is disappointed at no increase in family allowances and the spouse tax rebate. "The government fails to give higher priority to
the ordinary family," says the commission. Family policies of a Government which significantly increases funding to child care services but allows family allowances t o fall behind in real money terms require a r e-evaluation" says the commission.
"Wives whose husbands are the sole providers seem to continue to be overlooked. "They receive no real benefit other than that stemming from the taxation framework. "We are disappointed a lso that the same benefit enjoyed by legally
married people has been made available to those people living in a de facto relationship," it says. Points praised by the Commission include: • tax cuts designed to give the greatest benefit to the lower income earners, • increased pensions,
• unemployment benefits, • supplementary rental assistance, • other welfare payments. It is encouraging that home care services for the aged or disabled people are being provided with additional funds.
A Perth seminar on Death as a Part of Living attracted 300 people attending last weekend. See story and pictures, page 3.
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The main losers in the 1984 /85 Federal Budget are the poor of the Third World says the Australian Council for Overseas Aid. In comparative
RENEWAL AT PEMBERTON A Renewal rally at Pemberton has attracted an attendance of more than 200 delegates. Story and pictures, page 5.
terms, this year's overseas aid budget takes Australia back to where it was a decade ago in the last Whitlam Budget, says the council.
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"In spite of the Government's commitment to achieve the UN target of 0.7 per cent GNP in its first five years of office, there is a significant decrease in the aid allocation and all in a period the Government claims is one of substantial economic growth," said Mr John Birch, chairman of the Australian Council for Overseas Aid. "It is a disgrace that the Government has cut disaster and humanitarian aid by 51 per cent this year especially in view of the fact it was cut by 65 per cent last year. "The needs of the poor in Africa and Asia have not diminished. "Yet the Government appears determined to provide less humanitarian assistance this year." said Mr Birch. •Cont page 2
A striking addition to the Catholic skyline of Perth is the new church Lady Queen of Poland built in Central Avenue, Maylands near Guildford Our of Road. A large crowd spilled into the parking area to witness Bishop Wesoly, who from Rome supervises Poles in exile, dedicate the new church that stands on a former Salvation Army site.
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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.
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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 Lester 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 unemployment levels among 15 to 24-year-olds in Queensland "fluctuating upwards from 20 per cent." "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 decrease numbers employed." Mrs Barlett 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: costing some thing like $100,000 a year."
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Budget losers
While the poor have establish a cement works in missed out, Australian indusSouthern China. try has won again with a Yet this year BHP sixteen-fold increase in the announced a profit that allocation to the Developrivals the Government's ment Import Finance Faciltotal allcoation to overseas ity, a scheme to encourage aid. aid recipient nations to buy Such distortions in the aid Australian goods and serviprogramme make a mockery ces. of the Government's proBy far the largest slice of fessed humanitarian conthe DIFF allocation will go cerns. to the Australian giant, BHP, _ for a commerical venture to WARSAW: There has been an alarming increase in the number of fires in Polish churches. These fires usually start in one of three places — the altar, pulpit or organ. militia The arrived promptly, but fail to find the meeting with a United " unknown guilty hooliNations special commitgans". tee, the Pope strongly It should be noted such criticised apartheid and investigations are often other forms of racial disused to threaten priests with crimination. criminal charges of negligence, unless they join the "Every form of discrimCatholic Association Caritas, ination based on race, which is a former Church whether occasional or charity removed from the systematically practised, direction of the Catholic and whether aimed at Church in 1950, since when individuals or whole it has been used to promote racial groups, is absocampaigns against the lutely unacceptable," he Church. said. Keston College Report
Pope's concern about Timor
Pope John Paul has expressed concern for human rights in East Timor and has urged Indonesia to respect "this delicate problem". At a meeting with Hardiman Sastrapoespita, the new Indonesian Ambassador to the Holy See, the pope said: "The Holy See continues to follow the situation in East Timor with the hope that particular consideration will be given to the
ethnic, religious and cultural identity of the people." He said East Timor, which is about one-third Catholic, posed a delicate problem: "You know how many efforts the Holy See has made to contribute to helping the people of that area and how it has earnestly recommended respect for human rights." Only hours earlier, at a
teachers in zany gear and mood. Picture a college campus. Advocate a worthy cause. Net result? Ballyhoo Day at La Salle College Midland. They danced, pranced and cavorted around with 'mucho gusto' ! Officially it is known as Mission Aid Day (MAD) but is affectionately dubbed Ballyhoo Day because that is what they carry on with! The college's object is to raise money for the missions. The Church's work among Aborigines in isolated Australian communities is included under "missionary". "Missionary" also includes work in the Third World which covers social and economic endeavour and reform as well as spreading the gospel in the traditional sense. It is advocated that students need communal events to develop a feeling for the school community and their responsibility to the wider world. To celebrate and raise money, the various Pastoral Care Groups presented their own theme in continuing parades and subsequently organised other fund-raising activities. Most had a social comment and all were interesting and colourful. 'Jump Rope for Heart', 'Keep La Salle Beautiful' and 'Latest Parisian Fashions' won the judge's votes and the day produced $1300 for the Church's missionary work. Story by COLLEEN HOWARD Picture by MARIO TAVERNITI
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Death is a part of living
Hospice palliative care, the cost of funerals, coping with suicide, children's grief and nurses' own feelings were typical of a wide range of questions that surfaced at a panel session to close the second seminar on Death A Part of Living held last Saturday.
Father John Ryan, RPH chaplain
SPECIAL MASS Father John Ryan announced details of the second remembrance service for deceased hospice palliative care patients, t hat will be held on October 18 at 7.45 pm in St Mary's Cathedral. The inter -Church service includes a ceremony of lighting a candle of remembrance for each person who has died since the service last year. The first service was expected to draw only 200 people but 736 turned up, Father Ryan said, and indicated the f eelings of people towards the deceased.
A capacity crowd of 300 enrolled with Bowra and O'Dea funeral directors who sponsored the seminar at the Redemptorist Retreat House which catered for the gathering in a large marquee set up on the lawn area. Mr Gerry Smith, organiser of the seminar, said that for a second time he was overwhelmed by the response. Earlier this year 75 had been turned away from a similar capacity enrolment and this time another 40 missed out on being able to attend. One of the panellists and an earlier speaker, Dr Don Reid, explained the philosophy of the Hospice Palliative Care service of which he is director. treatment given to her late "Palliative care means making people comfortable. The point of excellence in a hospice is care," he said, pointing out that the patient's own doctor is encouraged to keep up attendance. He urged people seeking palliative care to go to their local doctor and urge him to investigate the matter. To a questioner who was still grieving over medical
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ABOVE: During the lunch break at the Death is part of Living seminar held in Perth last Saturday are (from left) John Lynch, of Greenwood, Barbara Harris, of Doubleview and Ivy O'Sullivan, of Brentwood. LEFT: Vivienne and Paul Halliley, of Applecross with (centre) Carole Cole, of Attadale enjoying the picnic lunch setting.
300 mil. practise c ontrol NEW YORK: Birth control is practised by 300 million couples worldwide, said a UN population agency which advocates increasing the practise to hold the globe's population at 10.2 billion by the year 2100. The current population is an estimated 4.7 billion. Pope John Paul has criticised official birth control programmes for often subsidising abortion and has urged governments to create economic environments conducive to family life. All of the major means described in the UN report are prohibited for Catholics. They include birth control pills, sterilisation and intra-uterine devices, according to the 1984 State of the World Population report prepared by the UN Fund for Population Activities.
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Record It was probably of little or no passing concern to the currently famous Mr John Stone that he delivered his broadside the week that the Christian calendar remembers the beheading of St John the Baptist. In today's fast world of communication he was obviously shrewd enough to make sure that his head would not be around when it was wanted on a government or union dish. One pained protest at his performance suggested he should have waited till he had left the service; but there's nothing as uninteresting as tomorrow's former personality. His remarks pricked his thinly disguised targets, and from the deliberate tone of his criticism he intended to do so. Understandably, government spokesmen had little choice but to dismiss him as a soured, spent theoretician. With suitable caution the rest sat on the fence muttering that much of what he said makes sense — without defining what sense. Therefore, having said that one agrees or disagrees with John Stone there is little more to advance on the issues of employment, taxation and national-spending about which millions of words are spoken weekly and which he could hardly have investigated in depth in a memorial lecture. Much as they presume to be beyond criticism, it is not the miffed politicians or wage fixers who give John Stone temporary notoriety so much as the fact that he was practising the ancient and hazardous profession of playing the prophet. So was John the Baptist. It is to be regretted that prophecy cannot shrug off the popular notion that its only value is to predict race winners or grand finalist footballers. Prophets do indeed have a punt on the future, as did John the Baptist, and as did John Stone, but that is not their chief preoccupation. Prophets are principally known from scriptural sources and the risk they run derives from their habit of being brutally frank and critical of their foe. Herod's wife did not like one bit what John the Baptist was circulating about her morals To get attention prophets have to forecast doom, punishment or the collapse of the system but they are on shaky ground because the timing of the disastrous consequences is in God's hands and He will not be hurried by the rash haranguing or promises of a passing minor prophet. Prophets are also the conveyors of good news but here also the time-line is pitched well into the future. One man's good news may be bad news to another. Many prophets miss out on seeing their vision come true. Our Lord spoke of the number of prophets who would have wished to see His day. Prophets of spiritual good news rarely get a good hearing because the woes of the world seem always to be winning and it is too long to wait for the final judgement when all will be made right. A t this point enter the bottom-of -the barrel prophets in the form of politicians who make preposterous promises over events on which they have not an ounce of control. But the crowds love this bread-in-the hand circus performance, no matter how often it is inflicted upon them. Lace up, Australia, for imminent servings of the same. To attract an audience, real prophets have nowhere to qo if not on the offensive towards someone's sacred cow or entrenched opinion. Also, there is likely to be an anti-prophet barrelling from the opposite direction. There are no houses of refuge for prophets racing from an angry crowd or Herod's bully boys. A ustralia is overpopulated with milk -and-water prophets who want to stop everything and pursue such intangibles as brotherhood, neighbourhood, community relations etc into the fading sunset. Nobody is listening and no wonder. It is not original to note that John Stone's performance coming in the wake of Professor Blainey's persistent performance on migration matters may suggest that other Australians of position are going to risk walking prophetlike through the minefields of opinion. Since television and the motor car cut off legs and feet that once walked down to the corner to listen to local prophets, there is little room at the top for more than the occasional media prophet who will be dumped the minute he has passed his usefulness. Those who can understand John Stone's complicated science of economics may prove that he is hopelessly and perilously wrong in some of his prognostications. Much as he decries no responsibility Professor Blainey is perilously close to fanning contempt for Asians settled here. Once one looked to politicians for a touch of the prophet but unfortunately the parliamentary ratbaggery, insult and viciousness that pours from too many empty minds results in the majority never attracting an iota of media interest for one intelligent speech or comment they make in their entire career. And where are the church prophets that once had much to say — and let's not look at bishops?! The churches' views alas are pestiferously sought for a parade of happenings from priest -bashing to casino location, but never for the place of Jesus Christ in the lives of men. Iron-curtain countries and their overseas supporters don't need prophets. A party dummy is easier to manipulate. We had better cultivate our prophets, argue with them, hopefully not decapitate them. If we have no answer for their falsehoods we had better find them, and quickly. They won't go away.
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World-wide crusade to honour Mary began in Australia In 1977 the worldwide mission to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary on her birthday September 8 was started in Brisbane by Margaret and Bern Foley. The pace quickened after 1978 when Pope John Paul II put his household f amily rosary on Eurovision. Since 1977 the crusade has become world-wide and has the blessing of Pope John Paul II, and the support of more than 15 cardinals, hundreds of archbishops and bishops, and thousands of clergy and religious as well as leaders of well known organisations.
EDE In recent years it has attracted ecumenical support from other denominations, particularly Anglicans and Episcopalians. Birthdays are special days in the lives of each one of us and the Church is no exception. The liturgy celebrates only three birthdays: Christmas Day which commemorates the birth of our Divine Saviour; June 24, the birthday of St John the Baptist; and September 8, our Blessed Mother's birthday. The new Code of Common Law states (1186): "to foster the sanctification of the people of God, the Church commends to the special and filial veneration of Christ's faithful the Blessed Mary Ever -Virgin, the Mother of God, whom Christ constituted the Mother of all." In Southern Ireland, particularly around the west coast, there are statues of Our Blessed Lady at the entrance of each county. This was done at the request of the Bishops following the Marian Year in 1954. No Matter from what direction you approach the towns, you cannot fail to see the large statues of the Blessed Mother and one has no doubt as to the role Mary plays in the faith of the Irish people.
LILifII The Rosary, property understood, is the ideal way for parents to educate their children in the faith. Two thousand years ago at the Annunciation, we were first introduced to the Immaculate Conception when the angel Gabriel said to a virgin at Nazareth: "Hail! Mary, full of grace." These words testify that our Blessed Mother was born without any stain of sin on her soul.
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Hail Mary's birthday The Rosary is a meditation on the principal mysteries of faith, with praise of Mary, of our Redeemer, of the Blessed Trinity, and with earnest prayer for our own salvation. "For she who is the Mother of Christ and of the Church, is in a special way the mother of Christian families, of domestic Churches" (Pope John
Paul II, The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World, N.61). Saturday is devoted by the Catholic Church to the Mother of God. St Pius V issued a special Office or set of defined prayers, to be said in honour of Our Lady, particularly every Saturday. The practice of offering Mass and sacrificees on
the first Saturday of each month, five months consecutively, as requested by Our Lady of Fatima, is a widespread devotion in the Church. Catholics devoted to the wearing of the Scapular, believe the Mother of God will herself rescue them from the flames of purgatory, on the first Saturday after their death
In 1 984 it is a fitting coincidence that Our Lady's Birthday should occur on a Saturday. Further information on the rosary crusade is available from Frank Calneggia, 173 Broadadder Road, Swanview 6056, from Mrs Judith Enright, 11 Stanley Street, South Hedland 6722, and Mr Peter Thomas of Mullewa
South West conference attracts 200
Vatican backing demand VATICAN CITY (NC) — The Vatican backs the Jesuit demand that Father Fernando Cardenal resign his post as Nicaragua's Education Minister. The Vatican said it was reacting to Press reports quoting Father Cardenal as saying he took the office without formal opposition from the Holy See, the Nicaraguan bishops, or his religious superiors. "Such a statement is surprising and almost incredible," said the Vatican statement. "Father Fernando Cardenal and the other Nicaraguan clergymen in government posts in fact know perfectly the Church authority has been insisting since 1979 they leave positions incompatible with the priestly mission," it added.
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A Renewal rally at Pemberton
General Father PeterKolvenbach Hans ordered Father Cardenal to decline the government post because it was incompatible with his role as a Jesuit.
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Pemberton, with a population of 1200, came alive through the power of God when 200 people from all parts of the South West gathered recently for the first Catholic R enewal Conference.
Initially, the Nicaraguan bishops allowed several priests to hold government posts after the Sandinistas came to power in 1979, citing a shortage of qualified laymen.
In 1980. the bishops began demanding the priests leave because government enough time had passed in which to train laity to take their iobs.
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The N'atican statement said canon law prohibits a priest from holding public office It backed the Jesuit superior's statement threatening Father Cardenal with "paink0k.al C( ful" consequences unless he complied. The Jesuit statement w.as made -with the total agreement of the Holy See and it continues to have its full support," said the Vatican AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC SOCIAL WELFARE statement. COMMISSION Father Cardenal claims he took the post because he received no direct injunction from his superiors and Assistant to the Director 'Services shall • POSITION: that he had learned of the have the responsibility of working with the National Director in the execution order only Through Press of various tasks necessary for the reports. accomplishment of the aims and • • objectives of the Commission. • Three other Nicaraguan Details of the duties will be supplied on • • priests hold high governapplication. • He or she shall be a Religious Brother • ment posts. QUALIFICATIONS: a university posseses who Sister or Father Cardenal's brother, degree in the Social Sciences, has had • Father Ernesto Cardenal, is experience working in Catholic Social Welfare, is knowledgeable about and • Culture Minister and Maryexperienced in social research, and has knoll Father Miguel d'Escoto the ability to communicate effectively . • both verbally and in writing. is Foreign Minister. Stipend equivalent to that paid by the • S ALARY. Father Edgar Parrales is Catholic Education Office of the • Archdiocese of Sydney to Religious Nicaraguan ambassador to personnel teaching in Catholic schools. • • the Organisation of Ameriwriting: National Director, In • A PPLICATIONS: • can States, Australian Catholic Social • Commission, Welfare • Father Fernando Cardenal • 8th Floor, Polding House • is the only Jesuit. 276 Pitt Street, • • SYDNEY NSW 2000 His brother and Father • • Before 30 September 1984 Parrales are priests of the • • •••••••••••••••• OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO •••••••: Managua Archdiocese. glIIIIMMIlifilill1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111411IM111111111111111111111111111111111111MMITTla
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Novel approach to meeting in historic monastery A five-day symposium covering such topics as monasticism and religious life was a 'big hit' at New Norcia last week. It had a novel touch about it too — it was held inside the hallowed gates of the monastery! The religious and laity who took part were thus able to gain valuable insights into how a monastery operates and to participate fully in the prayer life of the monks. The talks and discussions were all held in the ornate Music Room which is the inner sanctum of the monastery. All the meals were taken in the monastic refectory and during the week monks and nuns helped in the serving. "I am making history right now!" quipped one old Irish nun as she moved from the south cloister into the inner cloister towards the conference hall. "Things will never be the same after this at New Norcia," she said. "I only hope I won't be excommunicated by the archbishop." A rchbishop Foley visited New Norcia on the Wednesday — the third day of the symposium — and was delighted to have the opportunity of listening to others for a while. Throughout the day he mingled freely with the participants and got to know many of the religious from the eastern states.
New Norcia symposium on religious life was a big success
Earlier in the day the archbishop had been the main celebrant at Mass in the Abbey church.
The new monastic chapel was full for the various Offices of the day which were all sung, led by cantors Father David Barry OSB and Dom Christopher Power OSB. One participant told me he was 'overjoyed' at the peace and prayerfulness of New Norcia. -There was an enormous amount of sharing outside of the various sessions and we all got to know each other very deeply. "There was a great spirit throughout the week and this coming together of so many from different parts is
surely what the Church is all about." Most of the nuns were housed in the new g uest wing quarters and wandered relaxedly through the colourful splash of flowers in bloom in the south cloister. A number of religious were booked into the local hotel. One of the said she sisters wouldn't mind making me a strong Irish brew to kill off a bad dose of the flu which I had during the symposium! The two main speakers were Father Joel R ippinger OSB from Abbey, Marmion
HAVE YOUR SAY Statistics don't lie from JOSIE LEEDEN, South Perth SIR: Of course there is no answer to X rated material and no solution, however we keep swimming and we will survive. One fact is undeniable and that is we are on the slide. Statistics of social disruption don't lie, courts are fuller than ever, criminals are younger than ever, women emancipate into the crimeworld, etc.
Show us on slide Teachers blame parents and parents blame teachers however the popculture and the media are getting off scotfree. I wonder why? Could it be the money moguls are now our gods? Hitler got his 30,000,000 Germans behind him thanks to the media so why should
A tragic incident from P BERTOLA, Bremer Bay SIR, Mr Justice Kirby's p ronouncements on the tragic incident of the bombing of a Family Court judge, have a somewhat perplexing and almost, hollow ring. These tragedies have been caused, it seems, by the results of the Family Law and its administration. So one can understand Judge Kirby's perplexion in the light of his forthright defence of the Family Law and its philosophy. Presumably Judge Kirby
was a proponent of the Family Law Bill as enacted. The results of the legislation are far from ideal. The proponents must share in shouldering the r esponsibility of all the results of the operation of this law. It's no good going crooked at all and sundry. The architects of this law and those who aquiesced in its introduction are the ones responsible for any effects good or bad.
our modern-day multi-million-dollar -media -business escape blame? Surely it would not be in this prosperous position if it was not so extremely powerful! Why do we let it run our lives? DO we realise it is running our lives? Are our education institutions preparing our young for the popculture war for their favours, their money, their ethics and their morals? It seems there is an open season on anything religious, apart from the Jewish religion Values of selfcontrol, astuteness, commitment, accountability are neglected, negated or ridiculed, thus preparing the ground for the boundless superficial, senseless emotion-mongering violence and sex that impresses young minds and other vulnerable people. Freedom for what price? Our Premier has to be commended in divining some kind of threshold over which freedom isn't freedom anymore.
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Aurora in Illinois and Sister Marie Gregory Forster, a Benedictine nun from the Pennant Hills community in Sydney. Father Joel has a fine understanding of monastic history and especially with regard to the Rule of St Benedict. He covered numerous topics in his talks, including an appreciative understanding of the role of those who helped influence monasticism and religious life in Australia in the early days — men like Polding of Sydney and Salvado of New Norcia.
Father Joel said he believed the symposium would lead to a deeper understanding of the Christian Faith and enhance our awareness of the elements of monastic and religious life which we all share. It was his first visit to Australia. Sister Marie Gregory is Novice Mistress and Sub -Prioress of her community at Pennant Hills and is well-known in Benedictine circles in Australia and New Zealand. Her forte is monastic history. She also spent some time in tracing the devel-
opment of the eucharist and eucharistic theology from a pre-Vatican 11 period to the present day. Her numerous articles on monastic and historical subjects have appeared in the Australasian Catholic Record, the Benedictine Union publication, Tjurunga, and the Australian Encyclopedia. A woman of prayer, Sister Marie Gregory added warmth and simplicity to the symposium and endeared herself to all present. In his homily during the final Mass of the symposium on Friday,
Pictured in the south cloister of the Monastery were (left to right) Mrs Doreen Sheridan, of South Perth; Benedictine Oblate Martha Kalat, Hamilton Hill; Sister Elsie Tagliaferri, Craigie and another Benedictine Oblate, Mrs A drienne Byrne, of Nedlands. Benedictine superior, Father Placid Spearritt OSB said that we could only be deeply moved and enriched by the experience and sharing of the past week. Yes, indeed
Foreseeing the problem from Paul Donnelly, Clare mont SIR: School-leaver teenage unemployment in the 15-19 year old range now stands at 23 per cent. These young people were born in the mid 1960's. From that time until the early 1970's our WA birthrate increased by a massive 50 per cent. Thus what is now around 20 per cent unemployment will rise progressively to around 30 per cent unless anticipatory steps are taken to offset this predictable and tragic development.
EEIfl Prospects of tertiary education will also diminish under the impact of increased numbers on already inadquate tertiary provisions. A TAE entrance cut off mark rises year by year. In 1980 it was 300, in 1983 it was 330; 340 is predicted for this year. Thus by the standards of
1 980 many applications apt for tertiary education will be turned away to become youthful talent lost to Australia. The situation is not one which will resolve itself over the years since the WA birthrate of the 1970's eventually settled down to 25 per cent above the benchmark years of the mid 1960's. It is worse in WA than elsewhere in Australia: the general birthrate did rise from 1965-1971 but by only 25 per cent compared with WA's 50 per cent; and it then fell back to the 1965 level. If our Youth Councils are not aware of these trends then I trust this brief summary brings it to their notice and they act towards parliamentarians asking for inquiry and action. We have had quality reports from Beazley and McGaw committees. Now we need to quantify those reports.
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One stark fact emerging from inquiries at Federal level is that mature, married women, often themselves mothers of teenagers, for some 10 years past have been monopolising lower grade, erstwhile teenage entry positions in public services and education. Australian mothers in the mass are denying a start in life to their own children and often they have done this in order to pay for the education of those same children.
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Briefs: ElLAGOS: The Catholic bishops of I—INigeria have urged the country's military rulers to prepare for a return to civilian rule. The bishops dismissed the idea which they claim is being promoted by the military government that politicians and politics in general are bad. They went on to accept that there had been considerable corruption in the government of President Shehu Shagari which was overthrown on December 31, last year.
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WARSAW The Communist Government has failed in its attempt to impose atheism in Poland, according to Cardinal Glemp, the Primate of Poland. The cardinal was given a standing ovation by more than 50,000 faithful at an outdoor Corpus Christi Mass in front of St Ann's Church, in Warsaw's old city, when he accused Polish authorities of trying to impose mass atheism on the people. He said communist ideology had failed to gain mass recognition and remained a "faith of minority". More than 80 per cent of people in the nation of 37 million belong to the Church, while only 2.3 million were Communist Party members. 0
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HARARE. The Catholic Justice and EPeace Commission of Zimbabwe says the Government has not challenged recent accounts of troop atrocities carried out against the Ndebele tribe of southern Matabeleland. The commission added it had "ample evidence" to prove allegations of rape, murder and maiming of civilians in the province by Government troops seeking out dissidents. 0 0 0
r----IVAT1CAN CITY (NC) — L-1Pope John Paul 11 the union compared between husband and wife in marriage to the union between Christ and the Church during a weekly general audience. "The union of husband and wife in marriage is like the intimate union existing between Christ and his Church," the pope said. The mutual respect between husband and wife, he said, expresses "the mystical dimension of the language of the body." The pope defined the language of the body as "the language of the practice of love, of fidelity and of conjugal honesty." The mystery of the sacrament of marriage, he said, is based on the mystery of creation, when man and woman "are called from the beginning of time to be a visible sign of the creative love of God."
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Critics look at ideas R OME (NC) — The Church is taking a critical look at liberation theology because the ideas behind it try to raise social theories to the level of theology, said Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He said the basic criticism is not that liberation theology uses aspects of Marxism for its socio-economic analysis nor the social commitment of its exponents.
The statement called for an end to hatred and violence against terrorists who have co-operated with authorities in exchange for reduced penalties. Healing the wounds left by terrorism, the statement said, requires more than a re-thinking of political issues. "It is also necessary to place oneself on an ethical or moral level, and to confront oneself with the victims of terrorism," the statement said. This can be done, it added. "through the Church, the bringer of human values and sustainer of the rehabilitaiton of evry individual." The statement was put together after three months of discussion among the inmates, several of whom are held responsible for some of the bloodiest crimes in a wave of Italian terrorism in the 1970s.
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Detainees', death camps KAMPALA: Cardinal Emmanuel Nsubuga of Uganda says that about 80,000 people are being held without charges in government camps. "There is shooting everywhere, especially in the capital," he said. "There are 80,000 people in the camps without any reason." The 60-year-old cardinal also said authorities in the capital, Kampala, had seized four priests and 50 to 60 worshippers from the archdiocesan cathedral and that none has been seen since. His own home was searched last week, he added. He told reporters the government of Milton Obote
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"Because of its importance and because all other forms of catechesis are oriented in some way to it, the catechesis of adults must have high priority at all levels of the Church. The success of programs for children and youth depends to a significant extent upon the words, attitudes, and actions of the adult community, especially parents, family and guardians." U.S. National Catechetical Directory
Church to spend $2mil DAR ES SALAAM (NC) — Tanzania's Catholic Church said it will spend the equivalent of $2 million in the next three years to help improve rural living standards. Most of the funds are planned for education, water supply and energy projects. In addition to long-term development needs, eight of Tanzania's 25 regions face potentially serious food shortages, or are already experiencing such shortages. Bishop Castor Sekwa of Shinyanga recently launched a food aid programme in his droughtstricken diocese in western Tanzania to supply wheat,
Tanzania is to benefit flour, cooking oil and milk powder. Maryknoll Father Ken Thesing, pastor of Ndoleleji Parish said that his parish faces "an almost total disaster for food production" because the area has received less than onefourth the normal rainfall. "Almost the entire food supply for the approximately 50,000 people of Kishapu Division will have to be brought in from the outside," Father Thesing said.
He estimated about 50,000 bags of food would be needed each month. Kishapu Division is a Tanzanian governmental unit. Tanzanians in drought areas have been selling livestock to buy food since the poor harvest of 1983 left them short. Catholics comprise 20 percent of Tanzania's 18.5 million people. Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere is a Catholic.
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An age like ours has a crying need for hope. It is an age marked by despair, darkened by a sinister pall of gloom. Some predictions of doom are supposed to be based on biblical prophecy, a supposition which betrays an absymal ignorance of what biblical prophecy is all about. If anything, the message of the Bible is one of unquenchable hope. This is hope based on the wisdom and goodness of the Creator who so loved the world that He gave His only Son for it - not for its damnation, much less its annihilation. As St Paul says so eloquently in Chapter 9 of Romans: "I consider the sufferings of the present to be as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed
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in us. Indeed, the whole created world eagerlyawaits the revelation of the sons of God. Creation was made subject to futility, not of its own accord but by Him who once subjected it; yet not without hope, because the world itself will be freed from its slavery to corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God." Paul adds: "In hope we were saved. But hope is not hope if its object is seen; how is one to hope for what he sees? And hoping for what we cannot see means awaiting it with patient endurance." Human destiny and that of the universe are bound up together. The survival of His people is a marvel of history. Many times people hadgood reason to think that the end of the world was near. But they refused to give up hope and it was this hope which sustained them over the difficult centuries.It was hope based on the comicdon that God, who called them out to nothing and made them His people, had great plans for them. This was true right from the beginning. Early in the biblical story, Abraham was promised a son, who would
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be the first in a long line of progency. Even though Abtaham and Sarah were well beyond the age of begetting, he believed. Paul puts it this way: "Hoping against hope, Abraham believed and so became the father of many nations ... Without growing weak in faith he thought of his own body, which was as good as dead (for he was nearly 100years-old) and of the dead womb of Sarah. Yet he never questioned or doubted God's promise." ( Romans 4:18). It was from this people that there came eventually the one who is the immediate basis of our hope. Speaking of the hope we have because of Christ's redemptive death and resurrection, Paul says: "This hope does not disappoint, for the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us ... For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to Him by the death of His Son, it is all the more certain that we who have been reconciled will be saved by Him." (Romans 5:5,10).
VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II is a "moral super-power" in the view of William Wilson, US ambassador to the Holy See. Wilson cited the pope's example of reconciliation in his post-Christmas visit to Mehmet Ali Agca and his efforts to reconcile Chile and Argentina by mediating the Beagle Channel dispute. Although the dispute is unsettled, at Pope John Paul's urging the foreign ministers of the two countries signed a "Declaration of Peace and Friendship" at a Vatican ceremony in January. They pledged to bring the territorial dispute to a peaceful conclusion. Several other diplomats also cited the pope's mediation between Chile and Argentina as an example of world-class leadership. It is the kind of leadership that draws flag-decorated limousines with influential figures regularly to papal appointments in Vatican City. At least 16 nations, including Great Britain, the United States, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, which are predominantly Protestant, have established diplomatic relations with the Vatican during the past three years. Pictures of the pope have appeared on the cover of Time magazine nine times since his election in 1978. Pope John Paul has become involved in world affairs to a degree unprecedented in
the modern papacy. Both diplomats stationed at the Vatican and church personnel place the pontiff in the category of world leaders. Carl Hach, first counsellor of the West German Embassy, said the pope's integrity makes him effective in disputes such as between Chile and Argentina. "The pope has a special authority as a man who does not defend his own interests," said Hach. "People respect what the pope says more than they do what a politician says. Even nonCatholics respect his moral authority."
By Sister Mary Ann Walsh A Vatican source, who asked to remain anonymous, agreed. "The problem of the Beagle Channel existed for years." he said. "The two countries turned to the pope as mediator because they felt that he could be just and fair. He was
approached not as a polititian but as one who is respected for his justice, fairness and objectivity." Ralph Griffiths, first secretary of the British Embassy, acknowledged the respect world leaders have for the Pope"It is unusual for any leading statesman to come to Italy and not have an audience with the pope," said Griffiths. Such audiences often go beyond mere pleasantries, as accounts of the encounters indicate. For example, following the June 20 audience with South African Prime Minister P.W. Botha, the Vatican released a statement condemning apartheid, the system of racial separation practised by the South African government. During the 1982 meeting with Yasser Arafat, head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the pope said he hoped the solution to the conflict between the PLO and Israel would exclude "recourse to arms and to violence in any form, and especially to terrorism and revenge." The pope spoke with the two men despite criticism that the meetings would appear to be endorsements of South Africa's apartheid and the PLO's terrorism. Several diplomats said that the pope's position on human rights has helped establish him as a world leader because the issue goes beyond traditional Church concerns. "His constant preaching and stress on human rights surpasses all boundaries," said a diplomat at the Vatican who asked to remain anonymous.
World listens to thepope' "That was one reason cited in the l 'S Congress for establishing diplomatic relations with the Holy See. The pope's stress on human rights makes him a universal leader." The diplomat also cited the pope's position as head of one of the 32 states to sign the Helsinki accords on human rights. "Hardly a week passes when the Holy See does not make an intervention on someone's behalf" the diplomat said. "l'sually the intervention concerns immigration rights or imprisonment for religious reasons." The diplomat added that the Vatican's nuncios and pro-nuncios to more than 100 countries around the world also help establish the popes global position. "The embassies and the diplomatic relations of the Holy See make the pope a worldwide leader," he said. "No patriarch or Buddhist leader has this kind of international importance. He is a point of reference for the whole world." An official at the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace noted a recent example of the pope's high standing among world leaders. "President Reagan invited Archbishop Pio Laghi, pronuncio of the United States, to the western White House to hear the pope's views on Poland," he said. "Very few ambassadors, if any, are invited to the western White House. World leaders listen very much to the pope."
Observers of Pope John Paul differ in their views on why he receives the degree of respect he enjoys in the world. • Griffiths cited the fact that the pope is the leader of 750 million Catholics. • A source familiar with the establishment of diplomatic relations between the US and the Holy Sec cited the pope's popularity, which was boosted by his trip to Poland. He also noted that the drive in Congress for full diplomatic relations with the Vatican began after that trip. "The pope's impact on television during his visit to Poland was phenomenal," • he said. "People were fascinated by him." • Another diplomat said that the pope's leadership is enhanced by the wide exposure he receives on his papal trips outside Italy, the 24th of which will take place in September when he travels to Canada. "On his trips around the world he touches Catholics and non-Catholics. He meets with leaders of all religions,"
the diplomat said. "In Asia and Africa he met with millions of people who had never seen him or any other pope before. He is worldwide. No pope is as wellknown as this one." Pope John Paul's ability to communicate through diplomatic and religious channels gives him a broad perspective, Griffiths said. "The flow of information to and from Rome is impressive," he said. The British diplomat noted that the pope communicates with national leaders, religious leaders of other faiths, and bishops all around the world. "Church historian Jesuit Father Robert Graham said that in the 19th Century papal statements were unwelcome outside the Catholic world. But in the 20th Century the entire world is open to the voice of the pope, he said, although governments are free to ignore him. The pope's frequent statements "keep certain ideas, for example, disarmament and aid to the poor, at the fore," the historian said. "The pope oils the wheels of government bureaucracy to make it easier for foreign governments to vote for foreign aid to such areas as the drought-stricken Sahel," Father Graham added. A Vatican official told this anecdote as evidence of the pope's effectiveness: "Just the other day, I was looking through a report by Dr Abd-el Rahman Khane, under-secretary general of the United Nations and executive director of UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) and a Muslim," he said. "Khane was quoting the pope to emphasise the importance of preserving the rights of individuals in development projects. "The pope often is a reference point in international organisation," the Vatican official said. "He's being heard."
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Does this concern you? A survey made by Australian Jesuits working in remote villages of South Bihar in India, highlights the tragic circumstances of 14 families and their 67 children. It listed four major reasons why these people are in dire need of help. These are: 1. Average family income is $5.13 per month. 2. They have no water to irrigate their crops. When the monsoons are good their crops provide food for about f ive months. 3. None of the 67 children goes to school. 4. Two fathers are dead leaving their widows to provide for 11 children. The circumstances of these people are typical of so many families living in this region. They are poor, so very poor for a variety of reasons beyond their control. Basic necessities that we take for granted — education, medical care and water supply — are all too often denied them. It can be hard on the children who frequently suffer from lack of food and the evil things that follow from this. Many children do not go to school. Many die before reaching school age. Much of their suffering is caused by ignorance. Where education programmes have been established, the results for the whole community have been little short of spectacular. The poor, the destitute, the hungry, the sick, the exploited :earn to grapple with the problems of poverty. Sickness is reduced, lives are saved, food production improves, water resources are increased, and family incomes benefit.
Many children die from lack of medicine, poor diet and ignorance. Young children form a very high proportion of people buried in Danto cemetery (at right).
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Father Peter Doherty, SJ, with the students at the little village school at Gurudham.
Help us educate families trapped in perpetual poverty The main thrust of our work is in helping people in the most backward areas. They are the poorest of the poor. 1984 will be a difficult year for us and for the people who ask f or our help. Costs have risen in India. Crucial aid from affluent countries has fallen off. So we must again appeal to our benefactors, who have done so much to support our work, to assist us this year in three vital areas. They are:
IMPROVE F AMILY WELFARE
We must establish more community centres where our Sisters and social workers can care for the sick, advise mothers on child care, nutrition, hygiene, sanitation, how to avoid sickness, and where they can help the people solve some of their problems.
INCREASE W ATER SUPPLY
Most families are short of water, particularly for crops. Without adequate water, crops wither and die . . . people go hungry . . . and those who need food most — young children, nursing and expectant mothers — are undernourished. Funds are needed to drill for water. Tube wells save crops, reduce sickness, and provide clean water all the time. Drilling costs about $1,400. At left: Learning some agriculture is part of the curriculum at the Teacher Training Institute.
Can you afford 30 cents a week to educate an Indian child?
These children attend school in the Parish of Chiro, a backward and very isolated area now slowly moving forward.
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E XPAND EDUCATION E very year hundreds of children are turned away from our schools for lack of accommodation. At present we educate 30,000 students (up 50% in 3 years) in our 88 schools. But only about 15% of students can pay school fees in full. That leaves over 25,000 children who must be subsidised. An Indian child can be educated for about 30 cents a week, or $12 a year. Many children have a learning problem due to hunger and malnutrition. This is hardly surprising as the majority of our people don't quite average two meals a day and these meals are not always nutritious. When funds are available our schools provide a mid-day meal for the students. Children are taught how to grow vegetables and make better use of the land. Our aim is to help people move from subsistence farming, which is totally dependent on monsoon rains, to more secure food production . . . for eating and selling.
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AT LEFT David Francis and Grant Enders at Kurund V illage situated 1.000 feet above Mahuadanr. BELOW Having a well earned mid day meal with Fr. Xavier. S.J. perish priest at Cher). and Fr. Peter Jones who escorted them on the long mountainous trek from Mahuadanr.
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F or the third year now Xavier College in Melbourne has fostered students' interest in visiting the Australian Jesuit Mission Region in South Bihar, India. Out of a class of 200, 51 students applied for the 1983.84 Summer vacation trip. The College board selected Mr. Grant Enders and Mr. David Francis, both aged 17 years. All expenses were financed by the Mothers and Fathers Association, and Form 11 fund raising activities. The College has been closely involved with this Mission for over 30 years and holds the Indian Maytime Fair in its grounds every year. Purpose of the students' visit was to gain a better understanding of what the Mission is achieving in some of the most backward areas in India. Grant and David travelled extensively by car, jeep and on foot to many parts of the region. They visited schools, hostels, hospitals, clinics, and attended a special celebration for hundreds of people afflicted with leprosy. They visited many remote villages where they inspected the village way of life, conditions in mud dwellings, the problems of water and fuel supplies. Both students will report on their trip to the College Board, the Mothers and Fathers Association, and the students. Their presentations will be accompanied by colour slides.
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Rita Bartlett was one of the first to answer the call to Rita Bartlett, the bastion of the Girl Guide movement in Western Australia for many years died last week. Her 63 years in the movement made her the longest-serving Guide in Australia and perhaps the world. The Record's Roslyn Ross talked to her just a few weeks before her death, and in this final exclusive interview, we pay tribute to a great Western Australian. When the cry came, 'Girl Guiding was to start in Western Australia, Rita Bartlett was one of the first to answer the call. As the excited 15-year -old walked from her home in Hay Street, West Perth to A ngove Street in North Perth on that Saturday afternoon in June 1915, there was little thought it would be 63 years before she relinquished her uniform and took her place with the group of ex -guides who still take an active interest in the movement. Rita Bartlett would have been 85 this year and her was enthusiasm undimmed. She had lived alone in her Nedlands unit since the death of her husband last year and while she may not have been still teaching 'her girls' she cared about them as desperately as she ever did.
M ao- ck„t1U oNWPIOPN A s the most senior member of the movement in Australia and a personal f riend of Lady BadenPowell, the wife of the f ounder of the guiding movement, Rita Bartlett came to r epresent the heart and soul of guiding to many people. Honoured in past years with the Silver Jubilee Medal and the British Empire Medal, she held every position in Guiding from Patrol Leader, Captain and Commissioner to Life Member of State Council. R ita lost count of the number of girls who passed through her ranks, but her influence was evident in the lives of the women, some in t heir seventies, who returned to her regular reunions a few years ago. They all still called her 'Cap.' In all, she served 32 years on the State Executive. Born on the move, while her mother was passing through Adelaide, on a trip to the Eastern States, this indomitable lady did not stop for breath from then on.
The daughter of Henry Charles Bannon and Margaret Lonergan, she was raised an only child and worked as a mail order clerk f or Boans and Charles Moore for many years before her marriage. That was when she wasn't guiding of course. In 1933, when 35, she married Lesley Bartlett and commenced a 46 year career in the hotel industry in between times raising six children and working for her beloved guides. Her first child was born when she was 35 and her last when 49. When she had
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LIDSICVN UOSS twins at the age of 40, it was the closest she came, she said, to having a drink. "The doctor said. 'It's twins, how about some champagne.' I thought about it, but I had made a promise when I was young that I would never have a drink so I said to him, 'Not in this life, perhaps in the next'." Sadly her twins contracted measles at the age of two which developed into encephalitis. One died and the other was badly affected by the disease and died at the age of 16.
ev‘tOW4 , '" As she looked at the photo of the wide-mouthed, darkhaired child who suffered six years of hospitalisation in America, only to come home to die shortly after, she could talk of the 'sorrows in her life.' But Rita Bartlett learned to take the rough and tumble of life and still come out on top...her faith was an important strength in her life. Her other children grew hale and hearty and her two daughters are both married with families while her eldest son is training as a Jesuit and her youngest son is studying in the United States. Juggling a husband, home and family was no mean feat when you considered her commitment to guides. But somehow it all worked out and Rita Bartlett could still smile at the way her children were considerate enough to arrive 'between meetings.' But where there was a will there was a way, and no doubt 'Being Prepared' had something to do with it. On one occasion, having just returned from hospital
after having the twins, she was determined not to miss a training conference. When it came time for the babies t o be fed, her husband brought them to her snugly tucked up in their baby bath on the back seat of the car. Her knack for finding time for everyone and everything was apparent when one hears that in 1975 the Australian Hotels Association nominated her for the Citizen of the Year Award — it was a tribute to her dedication to Guiding combined with her hotel management. It was a tribute to her energy and spirit that she only retired two years ago after running the Bayswater Hotel single-handed for a few years because her husband had been incapacitated by strokes. When one remembers at her energy in her 80's, the lady must have been quite daunting in her youth. No doubt there was a good dose of that Irish grit and fire which came from her ancestry. She told the story of the f amily's ancestral home, Leap Castle in Rosorea, County Tipperary which she and her husband bought 10 years ago and which their youngest son plans ultimately to turn into a museum.
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both, then built the castle. Its 1.6m (5ft) thick walls survived the centuries remarkably well until it was damaged by a bomb blast in 1920. Rita Bartlett had certainly done her fair share of leaping in 'where angels might fear to tread.' In her early guiding years, she not only worked full time and devoted Friday night and often Saturdays to guiding but she was fitting in three nights a week at school to make up for years of 'broken schooling.' She could not imagine life without the guides and if she had to have a reason it would be her love of children . .. little girls especially. "When that announcement appeared in the newspaper in 1915 I could not know how much it would mean in my life but I did know I had to be there," she said.
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"I found my way through the unfamiliar streets to the meeting place." "There were excited girls everywhere, sitting on the floor in the rooms, in the passages, even in the laundry, tying knots with two pieces of string."
eNVWPIt " "Our names and addresses were taken and we were told we would be notified where to join a company. 'Within a few days I was directed to the Women's Service Guild rooms which were only seven doors from where I lived. "I was chosen to be one of the Patrol Leaders and our first public appearance as Guides was to form a Guard of Honour at The Parkerville Children's Home.
This was all before Lord married Baden-Powell Olave St Clair Soames, who became known throughout the world as the World Chief G uide and who became know to Rita Bartlett as Mrs BP, a dear friend. 'This was before we had uniforms and we all dressed in white dresses and wore red head-scarves." The uniform later on would be navy blue, a dress well below the knee, with four patch pockets. The brown leather belt had to be ordered from England. The hat was of stitched navy blue material with a cream band edged with yellow and black quarter inch ribbon. Two bands of similar ribbon were sewn half an inch apart along the border of the triangular scarves. Shoes and stockings were black and on the hat band and the badge were the
Rita Bartlett with the WA Guides' Commissioner, Pat Goodheart and Father Brian Morrison at the dedication of a monument to commemorate her 60th anniversary in the guide movement.
ODD initials BP.G.G. which stood f or Baden-Powell Girl Guides. Each guide had a staff, but only for sentry duty. Rita and her fellow guides met weekly behind the grounds of Government House or at the Women's Service Guild and occasionally joined other companies in King's Park for games and campfires. These were war years and the newly formed Guides busied themselves with their war effort — making fly veils for the Army horses in Egypt from waste binder twine.
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During those difficult years the little band in uniform struggled on and were amused one day to hear a soldier remark. There goes Australia's last hope.' In 1919 Rita was granted a warrant as Guide Captain which she held until her marriage. She organised first aid and home nursing classes and fire brigade drill for her Guides. They had rallies and hikes and social events, but the greatest fun was camping. One year Rita took her Guides by train to camp at BusseIton and when a strike prevented them returning the same way, she organised a passage on the Kunnalpi, a tramp steamer transporting cattle to Fremantle. There was no accommodation on the rough voyage and their sustenance was a kerosene tin full of sandwiches. Girl Guides became a familiar sight in the navy blue dresses with wide leather belts, black stocking and 'rag' hats and when Lord and Lady Baden-Powell visited Perth in 1931 5000 Guides and Scouts took part in a rally.
Ms.-0 It was a proud moment for R ita when Lady BadenPowell presented her with a Gold Cord . . it was also the beginning of a warm friendship. "I was chosen to be Lady BP's colour bearer on that occasion and had to go and interview her. We found out that I had been in the Guides one year longer than she had," Rita told me. The correspondence from those 46 years of friendship now rests in the Battye Library. "When I went to have lunch with her in 1962, her cook was an Irish woman and a Catholic and Lady BP led me to the kitchen to
introduce me saying, "Mrs Bartlett will be staying to lunch. She is one of yours. "I was in London in 1975 and was contacted by her family to say she had died. My husband and I went to her funeral service. I do miss her greatly and still think of her often. "But there are still links. My six year old daughter became a penfriend to Lady BP's grandaughter who was living in South Africa. "I remember she said to me shortly before she died she would always be looking down on the Guides and Scouts, even when she was in heaven.
"A few years ago I was in Mexico, my son was there as third secretary in the Foreign Service and we went to this function where all these Boy Scouts were directing people to their c hairs. I had to smile because I could just feel both Lord and Lady BP watching it all," she said. "I often look back on my quiet girlhood and think with a kind of wonder of all the success and joy I have had in my Guiding and of all the good and important people of all nationalities who have been so kind and gracious to me. "I owe so much to guiding — the confidence I gained and the lessons I learned in my early years as a Guide have stood me in good stead throughout a full and satisfying life," she told me. It was a life so full and satisfying that Rita Barlett's biggest problem was what to do with the cases and cases of mementoes which cluttered up her spare room. "The history of Guiding in Western Australia, all in boxes," she laughed. But Guiding is very much people and it is in the words of those people that the history of guiding really lives, she told me.
...and became a legendary figure in 63 years
Bill Adams has the distinction of being one of the few people to have been born at Hinders Bay in the deep south of WA. His father Tom was the Millars boss there in charge of the company's jetty and railway to Margaret River. When Bill was born early in 1910 there were two families at Flinders Bay, five at the nearby Leeuwin lighthouse and four or five at Augusta. They comprised the entire population in the 25 miles south of Margaret River. A highlight of Flinders Bay life then was the arrival and departure of such State ships as the Kybra, Eucla and Kurnalpi. In fact, the company jetty there was instrumental in saving one of the State ships. She had holed herself on a reef while entering the bay, and being lashed securely to the jetty saved her from "turning turtle" as repairs were carried out. In 1919 mother and six children set sail from Flinders Bay in a State ship to join father Tom and the eldest son, both of whom had been transferred to Albany. Just along the coast, you might think — a piece of cake. But no, such was not the case. In the mysterious way in which shipping lines move their wonders to perform. t he vessel sailed first through storm-tossed seas all the way to Fremantle and back through an equally turgid ocean to land the seasick little family party of seven at Albany. But the day of wrath and doom impending was not yet over. On disembarking they fell a -prey to the Spanish Influenza epidemic then sweeping most of the world. Father Tom had to take time off from work to nurse them, and they all recovered. Bill passed his Junior Certificate examination from the Albany State School at the age of 13 and spent a few months at the newlyopened Albany High School before taking his first job at Hormanns wool and skin store.
The 14-year -old quickly learnt to accept financial responsibility. The boss used to make f requent busienss trips away from Albany and in his absence the youngster would deal with the producers who dropped in to sell sheepskins and hides. But Mother, a bit shaken on her son's behalf when she read of a business similar to Hormann's going broke, wisely counselled that he should apply for a job in the State public service. This he did successfully, and at the age of 15 left the southern port to live with relatives at Midland and work for the Auditor -General's Department.
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A regular feature By BOB BOYLE His debut in this new and strange work world was not auspicious. He was sent out with a senior man to help in doing an audit of the Royal Perth Hospital and quickly became confused and bewildered. The ability that had enabled him to get his Junior at the tender age of 13 deserted him. He couldn't add or subtract — in fact he could do nothing right. R apidly tiring of his alleged assistant, the senior auditor sent him packing back to the office to be inflicted on somebody else. In his later years of seniority, Bill found that apparently -bright lads often appeared to be idiots on their first jobs and he was prepared to extend to them a measure of tolerance that he had not been accorded himself. When Bill joined the service in 1925 at 15 the Auditor first State's General, C.S. Toppin, was in charge and he held the post till he was well past 80 in the days before compulsory retirement at 65. Young Adams quickly shook off the nervous ineptitude that had plagued his first assignment. He applied
himself to his studies and was fully qualified when he was only 19, but he had to remain on a provisional basis for two years before he could be accredited by the Federal Institute of Accountants on turning 21. It was the start of the upward career path that took him through the positions of clerk, assistant -auditor, auditor, assistant auditor general to auditor -general. The position of Auditor General, Bill explains, is set up under the Audit Act. To maintain his independence, he cannot be dismissed unless by resolution of both houses of Parliament — a provision that applies throughout the British Commonwealth in countries with our system of government. He and his staff are responsible for auditing the accounts of all departments and government instrumentalities, a continuing process conducted throughout the year which forms the basis of the report that he has to make annually to Parliament. But the Auditor -General, it seems, has a variety of jobs thrown onto his plate and
sometimes they come out of the blue. For example, Bill was in his office just before 5 p.m. one day when one of his senior auditors came in and congratulated him on his new appointment. Mystified, he asked the official what he was talking about and was told he had been appointed chairman of a tribunal to regulate bread prices. The source of the official's information was that afternoon's edition of The Daily News. That evening, a somewhat muffed Bill told an incredulous reporter from The West Australian who had rung for confirmation that he knew absolutely nothing about the appointment. The next day he was only partially mollified when the Minister responsible rang to say he had simply forgotten to tell Bill before he had issued the news release. One day when he was chairman of this tribunal, the South Australian prices commissioner rang to inquire when WA was going to increase its bread prices. He went on to explain the South Australians were embarrassed because WA bread prices were so much lower than those in South Australia. Another job to come his way when he was Auditor General was to be chairman of the committee that set the premiums for workers' compensation. Three representatives of the insurance industry and
Will (Bill) Adams was born at Flinders Bay on February 10, 1910, and r etired as the State's A uditor-General in 1975. He received his education at the Augusta and A lbany State schools and for a brief period at the then-new Albany High School. He worked for a while at Hormann's wool and skin store at Albany before joining the state public service in the Aud itor-General's Department, with which he was to remain for 45 years. He married Sheila Cu! lity, who was then working in the office of The Record, and husband anti wife are members of the Holy Rosary parish at Nedlands. The couple have a son and three daughters (plus 13 grandchildren). The boy and two of the girls are pharmacists and the other daughter is a nurse. Bill's parish activities include having been a member of the fund-raising committee which provided the money to build the present presbytery, membership of the parish finance committee and presidency of the local Holy Name Society. A Knight of the Southern Cross for more than 30 years, he was WA chairman for a year. on the Federal board from 1970-82 and on the board of management of KSC Homes for more than four years. In his younger days he rowed for the ANA club for a decade and played social tennis. He is now a member of the Claremont Bowling Club and enjoys fishing from his small boat offshore from the family's holiday home at Shoalwater Bay.
t hree members of the Workers' Compensation Board comprised the remainder of the committee. They were two teams with diametrically-opposed views and Bill discovered he had to adjudicate between the hostile parties. He soon found he had to scale the claims of both down to size and get them to sail a course as close to the middle as possible. In his earlier days he made frequent trips to the country to audit the books of government organisations such as the clerks of courts offices and the police force. "One lasting impression I have from these journeys," he said, "was the complete honesty of the great majority of policemen with whom I dealt. As Auditor -General, Bill also has happy memories of the complete co-operation he always received from the officials of the R. and I. Bank — sometimes in difficult circumstances such as when they were caught up in one audit while they were in the throes of moving into their new head office.
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September Dedication of new church, Palmyra. 2 Archbishop Foley and Bishop Healy religious profession of Sister Karen Final 6 the last tort, years of her Safety Bay. Archbishop Foley. Scott, life almost completely incaBUILDING Vice-regal dinner at Government House. DEATHS pacitated from rheumatoid 7 THANKS TRADES arthritis. Archbishop Foley. Grateful thanks to the CONNELLY, Sister Mar During all that time the 8 PAINTING quality work Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Dolores. Please pray for the Diamond jubilee of Mother Gabriel, at Sisters performed all tasks at the right price. John and Our Lady of Sorrows. repose of the soul of our Nedlands. Monastery, Carmelite for her, even down to the Freakley. Phone 361 4349. Foley. 0 Holy St Jude Apostle sister, Mary Dolores, who Archbishop most simple. and Martyr, great in virtue died August 21, 1984, at Many students and pari- 9 Mass, Croatian Centre. Archbishop Foley. Electrical Contractor 5 and rich in miracles, near Nazareth House. The Sisshioners of St Mary's, Lee- 10 Teaching staff Mass, C.B.C. Fremantle. J.V. D'Esterre Vivian St, kinsman of Jesus Christ, ters of Mercy, Craigie, derville, where Sister Rivervale. 30 yrs expe- faithful intercessor of all formerly West Perth. Archbishop Foley. Dolores lived for most of rience, expert, efficient, who invoke your special Eternal rest grant to her, Clergy Retreat 10-14 September. Bishop forty-five years of reliher reliable. Ring 362 4646,. patronage in time of need, 0 Lord, and may perpetual Healy. gious life, will remember after hours 385 9660. to you I have recourse from light shine upon her. the end room she occupied 12 Heads of Churches meeting. Archbishop on the front verandah. PROPERTY Improve- the depth of my heart and Foley. During the last eight years ments Service all types of humbly beg you to whom IN MEMORIAM C onfirmation, Bayswater. Archbishop sister Dolores lived at Merw indows and doors God has given such great power to my to come assistFoley. she where Craigie cyville Jeremiah, O 'CONNOR installed: walls and ceilings was lovingly cared for by 14 Clergy Conference. Archbishop Foley, removed; wooden pergo- ance. Help me in my pres- departed this life on August Sister Camillus and the las; general repairs. Phone ent and urgent petition. In 31, 1981, loving husband of Bishop Healy. return I promise to make Mary Bridget "Katie-, Sister Mary Dolores Con- staff. 341 2946. Hamilton Hill. Archbishop Confirmation, 15 Your name known and father of Sean, Dermot, nelly of the Sisters of Mercy Here, too, her room was Foley. you invoked. cause to be ELECTRICAL: For all Vincent, Gregory and Sister Convent in Craigie died on at the centre of the life of Newman Society Mass and luncheon, St t ypes of electrical work Say three Our Fathers, Hail Maureen (St Joseph's (on- A ugust 21 after several t he house and well known 16 Marys and Glorias. Publi- vent South Perth). R.I.P. weeks in hospital. to visitors. phone 335 2277. Thomas More College Crawley. Archbishop cation must be promised. St Her last few days were spent Since she was handiFoley. at Nazareth House when it capped for most of her STEELWORK: All type, Jude, pray for us and all Confirmation, Lockridge. Bishop Healy. became that apparent she always life, she religious of steel gates and balus- who invoke your aid Amen. R ECORD A boriginal Sunday Mass, Embleton. could no longer be cared for said that her ministry was trades, mig welding and arc This novena has never been CLASSIFIEDS • at home. her prayer and that her day welding. Phone 335 2277. known to fail. Any requests Archbishop Foley. have been granted, publica- ▪• PO Box 50 It was a momentous deci- was never long enough for Clergy Retreat, September 16-21. W ANTED tion promised. Gwen. sion in light of the fact that all that she had to do. • Perth Aberdeen St Archbishop Foley. Sister Dolores had spent May she rest in peace. TO RENT Grateful thanks to the •• Provincial Bishops' meeting. Archbishop 21 Most Sacred Heart of Jesus We urgently require rental and Our I.ady of Sorrows. Foley, Bishop Healy. properties in all areas. We Pl BM. offer personalised attention 0 Holy St Jude Apostle NOTICE'. at minimum rates including and Martyr, great in virtue
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regular inspections and and rich in miracles, near A mnesty International. kinsman of Jesus Christ. monthly statements. What can ordinary people Please contact Dorothy faithful intercessor of all do to help men and women invoke who your special Sullivan home was remarkably A tribute by Beardshaw HAGEN & CO. free from such offences. An Father Jim O'Brien, R osewood Ave, Wood- patronage in time of need, tortured or detained withto you I have recourse from out trial around the world? Aboriginal accolade? He and lands, 446 9399. Moora of formerly • the depth of my heart and Join Amnesty International his wife were notable for their A CCOMMODATION humbly beg you to whom 328 3332, or if you live Over the last 18 years one of active concern for sick and God has given such great A VAILABLE south of the river 459 2380 the greatest supporters of troubled people. power to come to my assistand 367 2083. Write a cou- Moora parish was the late Their special concern interest RENT one of .Jim Has- ance. Help me in my pres- ple of letters a month on John Sullivan who died last was in the church and the sell's four furnished ent and urgent petition. In behalf of a prisoner of w eek, aged 65. from compli- Catholic school where Monsigreturn I promise to make homes at Lake Monger Your name known and conscience. Contact us cations following a fall. nor Cameron strove to avoid (3 nuns from Perth) with cause you to be invoked. soon. We need you to help Monsignor James Cameron, imposing school fees so that free food, vegies for a Say three Our Fathers, Hail free several people a week. long time parish priest of children of poor families, man mere $7 a day each or Marys and Cilorias. PubliMoora and now retired there of whom were Aboriginal. what you can afford, cation must be promised. St CHRISTIAN DANCE is well known as a man who would not be excluded from takes five to eight; car $6 Jude, pray for us and all FELLOWSHIP OF AUS- refrains from extravagant lan- Catholic education. He found a day. Amazing isn't it? who invoke your aid Amen. TRALIA are holding a ten guage but speaking of John strong support in John and Telephone Jim or Pat This novena has never been week dance course for Sullivan shortly after his death Margherita. fail. known Any to request (09) 450 5301. s have been granted, pub- adults, young adults, no said: "I think he was a bit of When Monsignor Cameron Help save millions of tea lication promised. Sylvia. experience necessary. Sep- a saint in his own way . . . in was in poor health John would w orkers starving on 64 Most Sacred Heart of tember 8 - November 10 brackets and inverted commas, often give up his Sunday to cents per day to keep a Jesus, may your name be from 2.-3.30pm St George's of course". High praise from drive the priest out to Badginfamily up to six (impossi- praised and glorified Cathedral, Burt Hall. the man John used to call "the garra and Jurien Bay for Mass, ble...) by buying their pure through the word now and Enquiries 443 2817. little Scots bastard." a round trip of some 240 tea from Jim !Alley man and forever. Born in Taree NSW John kilometres - and that after a Jim Hassell at $1.50 a Many thanks for health "A da) with Padre Pio in Sullivan was said to be "about heavy week at the wheel superpacket or 100 tea bags for restored. Danni and Brad- Westminster Cathedral": ninth" in a family of 14 child- vising the widespread roadWould any ladies like to $2.90. Ring 450 5301 or ley. ren. Eventually he married works of the Moora district. write Central Beekeepers Sincere thanks to the listen to cassettes in my Margherita Zair who shared John is survived by his wife home. Ring Grace anytime 406 William Street, Perth. Sacred Heart of Jesus for 335 5287. his deep Catholic faith. They and by two sisters in religious great favour received and Say Hallowed be His many of my prayers had no children. life, Sister Thecla of the Brown being Name every minute of every answered. Also thanks to ACCOMMODATION Over 20 years ago John and Josephites and Sister Michael day. his wife decided to take up lay of the Marist Sisters as well as Blessed Martin. St Francis. W ANTED St Anthony, the Blessed missionary work in Alice Mrs Barbara Welfare, all of V irgin and St Jude. A Young Catholic guy Springs. They worked among whom were at the funeral REAL ESTATE grateful sinner. wishes to share house or flat Aboriginal people there for Mass. Sacred Heart of Jesus may preferably close to city or t wo years and were very Sister Thecla commented that Looking for a place to build your name be praised and impressed by the I.ittle Sisters John was moderately well off a "lot" nearer? An oppor- glorified throughout the on bus route. Telephone of Jesus living in the Alice at but lived in the spirit of poverty 364 4540. tunity exists in Queens Park world today and forever. that time. because he was so generous Estate, 12 mins from city. Thank you for favours Moving to Moora. John was mainly to church and school AH 458 3724. THANKS granted. E.H.
employed as a maintenance projects. He would have disMost Sacred Heart of Grateful thanks to the Most foreman in the Main Roads owned that sort of comment SITUATIONS Jesus, may your name be Sacred Heart for prayers Department. Margherita took in an endless flow of talk that V ACANT glorified and praised answered. May your name up teaching music. They were was fatal to encounter when in throughout the world now be praised and glorified great music lovers. Father Pat a hurry. He could slip effortVoluntary Clerical work, and forever, thanks. Please forever. PMB. few hours per week, contact hear my prayers Ahern was one parish priest lessly into overdrive and talk and help the Chairman, Migrant my family. grateful Many to thanks who shared their interest as did on anything from home brew. D.J. Refugee Committee, 28 the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Monsignor Cameron. to running the church. Ashton Ave, Graylands. Most Sacred Heart of to our Blessed Heavenly John sought to be meticuHe had a suggestion for Jesus, may your name be 384 4126 or 381 9250. Mother Mary, to St glorified and praised Joseph, to St Francis, St lously fair and really compas- financing churches at remote throughout the world now Anthony, St Jude for pray- sionate in his dealings with his resorts like Jurien Bay and W ANTED and forever, thanks. Please ers answered, consolations M RD employees, many of Cervantes whose small Sunday hear my prayers and help given. May they he glorified whom were Aboriginal men. gatherings expand with the LIFT REQUIRED to my family. M.R. and praised throughout the And in a town where pilfering holiday influx. Such places, he Broome by retired gentleMost world for ever. Christine of homes was common, the said, should be financed not by Sacred Heart of man. Share driving and
e xpenses if necessary. Jesus, may your name be and Frank. Would appreciate general glorified and praised Most Sacred Heart of sightseeing on trip. Please throughout the world now Jesus may your name be contact advertiser phone and forever, thanks. Please praised and glorified hear my prayers and help throughout the world now 364 4131. my family. M. R. and forever Amen. Thank Urgent financial help Grateful thanks to the you. Your faithful servant needed by private overseas Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Mrs D Ledingham. student. Some generous for answering my request Heartfelt thanks to the persons must ransom his within 2 days. Marie. Most Sacred Heart of repossessed car within a few Grateful thanks to the Jesus, Our Lady. St Joseph. days and help with his living Sacred Heart of .Jesus, to St Jude and Barry for expenses. Please phone 384 our Blessed Mother Mary prayers answered and 9527, 332 8082 and 384 and to St Jude for prayers favours granted. HI. & 3752. 1.A. answered. V. M.E.
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parishes like Moora but by the w hole archdiocese. We 2169 Albany Highway remember the struggle at M anGosnells 398 1200 durah. Margherita says he argued all 4' • • 26 John Street, Perth WA 6000 the time. But he never liked a • • • Correspondence dry argument and no argument • • The Editor. The Record, PO Box 50 • A berdeen Street. Perth, 6000 • could swamp his sense of • A dvertising • humour. I Vanguard Service Telephone 328 1388 • • • registered for posting as a newspaper Category "A" 1111 He died on the feast of St • • • Produced in WA • Bernard. His sisters saw it as • Printed and published weekly by Edward van Heemst. • a sign. His full name was John • 26 John Street, Perth • • • Bernard Sullivan. May he rest Established 1874 • • • in peace.
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Sharing our stories Twenty young people recently attended a choice weekend held at Christian Brothers College Clontarf. Bookings for the October weekend can be made by ringing Margaret on 386 6494. Choice is aimed at young people over the age of 18. It is a 48 hour experience that examines ones relationship with family, friends and God. Left: Sharing each others story are (left to right) Sue Wallwork, Mary Jenkins ar;II Matthew Merrifield.
Geraldton fulltimers showing the way Wedding bells are on the mind of the new and "old"fulItime youth ity)rkers of Geraldton. Last month Colin Allica, the first ever Catholic youth worker for Geraldton completed two years as a fulltimer and returned to his home in Melbourne. Rumour has it that the light of his life resides in that city. Colin's replacement, Tony Dolin, is already engaged to be married to Lisa Pomphrey in May next year. Geraldton could \
nutter for two .years. When Colin began in Geraldton the only other group making an "impression" on the youth scene of that town was an evangelicalorganisation. I n addition to the Young Christian Students Movement already in existence, Colin set out to estab-
lish the Catholic Adventurers Club; the Geraldton Catholic Parish Youth Movement and Gerry's Colfee Shop. Each of these provided and met a different need of the young people of Geraldton, Northampton, Morawa and Kalbarn'. Colin claims a youth worker in the Diocese of Geraldton
enables young people to belong more visibly and ritally to the local church. Both Colin and Tony belie the suggestion that youth workers burn out after 18 months. They are in agreeance that an effective youth worker needs four things. (I) Effective short and long term plans. (2) An ability to delegate to others. (3) Self discipline. (4) Real and constant support on the job.
Tony believes that some of this support will come from his intended new bride. Certainly as a married man he will bring a new dimension to youth work in Geraldton. Above all an effective youth worker needs a generous heart and tons of faith. Tony and Colin have both.
Tony u,orked as a salesman for one of Perth's leading department stores before joining Catholic Parish Youth nior,ement as a full time u'orker. Tony had several years of experience with Father Tom Ryan and the RedemptoriSt youth teams. He hopes to maintain contact with youth Perth the through Catholic Youth Council.
Tony Do/in (centre) arranges his first meeting with young people from his new base in Geraldton. Retiring fulltimer Colin Allica (left) and Howard Matthews of Geraldton lend a helping hand
soon boast of its first married full time worker I n July 1982, Father Peter Sbarry first indicated to me the interest of the Geraldton diocese in employing a youth worker. The diocese was fortunate to find someone as competent as Colin Allica. Colin, a one time bank worker and trained nurse, travelled the world extensively. He served as a lay missionary before joining the Catholic Parish Youth movement in Perth as a fulThe Record, August 30 — September 5, 1984
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° hildren's Story Hour Elisha was a young man. Like Elijah, Elisha tried His family was well off. hard to help people trust They owned a small farm. God. One day Elisha visited a Elisha worked on the woman whose husband farm with his parents. One day he was out in had died. "My husband is the field ploughing. In dead," the poor widow those days people used complained to Elisha. oxen to pull the plough. "He was a good man but Elisha guided the plough left me no money. Now as 12 oxen pulled it. He people to whom he owed liked the smell of the soft money are trying to take earth turned up by the everything from me. plough. They even want to take Suddenly a man came my two children away." up behind the young 'How can I help you?" farmer. It was the famous Elisha asked. "What do prophet, Elijah. Elisha you have in the house?" stopped the oxen. He "I have nothing," the wondered what Elijah woman cried, "except this jug of oil." wanted with him. Elijah took off his cloak "Go to your neighand placed it over Elisha's bours," Elisha told the shoulders. Elisha knew desperate woman. "Borimmediately what that row as many empty jars meant. God was calling and bowls as you can. him to become a prophet Bring them into your like Elijah. Elisha left house. Then close the everything and followed doors. Pour the oil into Elijah as his helper. each jar and bowl until Elisha learned from it is filled." With that Elijah left. He Elijah of God's care for people. He learned too prayed that God would how easily many people help her keep her faith turned away from God. alive.
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A look at books Compiled by Roslyn Ross.
Facing the facts of miscarriage
Miscarriage, by Ann O akley, Dr Ann McPherson and Helen R oberts, published by Fontana, $8.95. Reviewed by Roslyn R oss.
Special business The Business of Heaven, Daily readings f rom C.S. Lewis, edited by Walter Hooper, published by Fontana, $5.95.
In The Business of Heaven, a reading for each day of the year selected from the whole This is probably one book book has been written in a bid knowledge to deal readily are still geared to 'being tation rather than the present range of C.S. Lewis's bestthat could more suitably be to rectify that omission. It has with something as traumatic pregnant' and therefore in a reality. selling books presents the commented upon by a woman been prepared by a leading as miscarriage. It is important state of great confusion. As many of three-quarters of honesty, originality and wiswho has suffered a miscar- sociologist, a practising GP for a woman to understand Miscarriage is in fact a very all human conceptions do not dom of this greatest of Chrisriage, but can, however, prob- and a researcher who try to exactly how her body works common event, but that pro- result in the birth at full term stand a great deal about it. tian thinkers. Each picsage is ably be appreciated to a near answer the questions faced by if she is not to feel alienated vides no comfort whatsoever of a live baby, but are lost at Indeed, the causes of miscar- carefully chosen to represent degree by any woman who has a woman who has lost her from it. Even more so as she to the woman who has lost some stage in pregnancy. riage are quite poorly under- his beliefs and to reflect the had a child. baby. grapples with the reality that her baby. And it is a baby, Miscarriage, like other phys- stood. All we do know is that seasons of the Church year. Losing a baby in the early What are the symptoms of her body is suddenly 'not pregnancy is one of the few ical experiences such as the to the women themselves, Born in Ireland in 1898, C.S. months of pregnancy can be miscarriage? pregnant' and therefore in the occasions in life where one common cold, may happen miscarriage is rarely a trivial Lewis was educated at Malva profoundly distressing expe- Why did it happen? process of great change, but really does live for the future; often, but this does not mean event and to those women this ern College for a year and then rience, whether it is a longed- What can I do to stop it her mind and her emotions one is geared to the expecthat we necessarily under- book will be especially useful. privately. He gained a triple for first child, or perhaps the happening again? First at Oxford and was a second or third in a sequence What can doctors do to help? Fellow and Tutor at Magdalen of miscarriages. It is an even Will a miscarriage make it College 1925 — 54. In 1954 more traumatic experience harder for me to have another he became Professor of Mediefor the modern woman baby? val and Renaissance English because we live in an age Women are remarkably Literature at Cambridge. He Options: views an elderly ing with parent elderly A on Handput and the where medical science means ignorant about their own was an outstanding and poptheir helpers. Several of some couples which led to we see less death in our daily bodies, considering how book For the Elderly ular lecturer and had a deep and those highlighted or problems who are these reproduced in the of care lives and where we have far much their lives are affected and lasting influence on his book. Her advice comes also communication and negotigreater expectations for suc- by the complex machinery of for them, by Glenda pupils. from interviewing profes- ations between the marriage cessful childbirth than menstruation, conception. Banks, published by sionals in the field. Ms Banks partners and also the mar- I v The Business women 50 years ago. birth or miscarriage and D ove Communicahas written three other riage partners and their ilhandbook of Heaven But miscarriages do still finally menopause. Very few tions, $8.95. Daily readien, to-rn Because most ageing parsuccessful books: children. tilr theelderly happen and we are ill-pre- really understand what co S.LEW 1S ents cope adequately for as Helping Your Child Her subsequent research pared to deal with the result- happens in menstruation and Edited by Walter Hooper long as they have each other Through Separation And revealed that many elderly ing shock and emotion. This even less have the factual those who to rely on, this book begins Divorce, A Practical Guide people who were living with care for them at the point when the situaFor Access Fathers and I their adult children regret7:17.4 tion is most likely to change Love You Dad ted their loss of independwith the death of one of the Glenda Banks first became eventuating from decience, ;lentil a Bank ( a Peter NW It. & Arthur H. parents. It is based on the interested in the problems sions which had been made premise that it is usually in of the elderly and those for them, in many cases the interest of all concerned, caring for them through her without knowledge of all the the surviving parent and the family relationships and contacts with marriage options available to them k pregnancy diary from the authore of "When, Die4LaTnme• From?" family, that the parent con- social issues. Her book is counsellors. They told her of and to their well-meaning tinues to live an independ- based on extended interthe strain that accommodat- families. ent life, with family support. C.S. Lewis was for many years A for as long as possible. an atheist, and described his ‘‘,‘ Using everyday language. conversion in Sutprised by Glenda Banks deals sympajoy: "In the Trinity Term of thetically with the needs of 1929 I gave in, and admitted C't the elderly parent and those that God was God. . . perof the family. She outlines haps the most dejected and the options available: living reluctant convert in all Engalone, living with a son or land." It was this experience Painting with Pastels, daughter, moving into a that helped him to understand edited by Peter D Johnretirement village or some not only apathy but active son, published by Pan, sort of specialised accomno price given. unwillingness to accept relimodation and describes the gion and, as a Christian writer, The ideal introduction to many support services and gifted with an exceptionally the medium of pastel, From Here to Materlaughter is not only the assistance schemes to help brilliant and logical mind and Painting With Pastels begnity, by Peter Mayle & best medicine but also the elderly and their families a lucid, lively style, he was Arthur Robins, pubins with an essential commakes for a happier pregcope. The author also offers without peer. He also wrote lished by Sun Books, monsense guide to the nancy. From the first stirspecialised advice on helpfor children, and some books often disregarded pastel $ 6.95. choice of materials and ring moments of the dising an ageing parent through science fiction, besides many medium. This one is lots of fun and their care and organisacovery to the final dash for grief and the practicalities works of literary criticism. He The full-colour illustraprovides nine months of tion. the hospital, from diet and that follow the death of a died tions on 22 November 1963, and carefully chosen inside information plus exercise to the pitfalls of husband or wife, and how There are sections advis- line drawings will provide at his home in Oxford. The First Three Months: a choosing a name, from to cope with some of the ing on the techniques of real inspiration and valuThe Reverend Walter manual for new owners. it insurance against quads to symptoms of ageing, from painting landscapes and able practical guidance for Hooper, an Anglican priest, comes from the duo who sex when there are three physical disability to demenportraits, still-lifes, build- the amateur artist moving was secretary to C.S. Lewis produced. "Where Did I of you...it's all here, comtia. ings, water and sky with into the medium of pastel and is now the literary advisor Come From." plete with illustrations and Glenda Banks is a journalist the subtle, effective and painting. to his estate. He lives in It works on the basis that space for your own notes. with a special interest in Oxford.
Meeting some real needs tion
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new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles new titles, new titlej The Final Run, by Tommy For Love Of A Stranger, by society. Jerry Mandcr, forSo Much Hard Work, Kay Daniels, a senior lecturer The delights of a Maltese England, Douglas Jardine, to Steele, published by Fon- Lily Devoe, published by merly a leading figure in the Women and Prostitution in in history at the University of setting intermingled with overcome the most amazing tana, $4.50. Fontana, $4.95. advertising world, argues that Australian History, edited Tasmania, feels that prostitu- plenty of action and adventure batsman the world has seen, An unusual and ingenious Suddenly, Clarissa and Sean technology is not just a 'neu- by Kay Daniels,published by tion is a major area of topic sees Aubrey and Maturin expe- Don Bradman, and the extraorWorld War II thriller set were irrevocably locked in a tral' benign tool but a monster Fontana, $9.95. in Australia today. riencing the dangers of loose dinary consequences which against the background of love that neither was free to that is insidiously changing So much hard work looks at tongues in both love and war. flowed from the attempt. Dunkirk. fulfil. Destiny had brought the pattern of our lives. prostitution with a new persThe Final Run is an extraor- them together, but honour pective. Drawing on a wide Treason's Harbour, by dinary and exciting thriller must keep them apart. Find You, by variety of sources, the author Patrick O'Brien, published Some Day Bodyline. by Philip Derri- Memed. My Hawk. by with a fascinating historical HA WiRiams, published by explores many different by Fontana, $5.95. man, published by Fontana, Yashar Kemal, published by question at its centre. Tommy Four Arguments for the Fontana, $6.95. aspects of the mythology of Once again Jack Aubrey and $5.95. Steele weaves fact with fiction Elimination of Television, The original and totally hon- prostitution including Flamingo, $8.95. the Stephen Maturin take the to provide the answer to why by Jerry Mander. published est autobiography of this influence of legislation in Nothing in sport has caused The first novel by Turkey's the centre stage of another one of the Germans paused before by Oxford University Press, brilliant and successful nineteenth century, the feeling of a nation to run greatest living writer. Memed. the role P Dunkirk. $47.50. preacher, broadcaster and of the police and later of atrick O'Brien's powerful so high as the Tests between My Hawk is the wild and adventure stories. Already loved by millions as This brilliant polemic funda- writer describes the shatter- organised crime, the Australia and England in 1932- haunting story of a modern abuse of a singer, composer and enter- mentally questions our ing personal problems he has Aboriginal women and the This time Aubrey is back in 33. The Bodyline Story is the day Robin Hood, who has tainer, now he is a bestselling assumptions on the role of wrestled with to find his way current debate on decriminal- the Mediterranean, where he story of an attempt by a become a living legend in author. television and the media in to God. obtained his first command. isation. fiercely determined captain of contemporary Turkey.
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WHAT'S ON WALSINGHAM SINGERS
KNIGHTS' FATIMA BIRTHDAY ROSARY
On September 8, the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady the Walsingham Singers will present at Perth College Chapel at 10.30am "Mass of S. Damien, a unison setting for congregation and choir by Brother Reginald SSF" and Hernert Howell's "Like as the Hart".
At the new church of Our Lady of Fatima, Foss Street, Palmyra, on Saturday September 8 from 1pm to 6pm the Fremantle branch of the Knights of the Southern Cross and Father Dowling, parish priest of Palmyra will conduct a continuous recitation of the Rosary at 15 minute intervals.
On Saturday September 22 at New Norcia they will sing at 11am Charles Wood's Mass in the Phrygian Mode, and Flor Peters' "Tantum Ergo". At 3.30pm Vespers and Benediction with Viadana's Excultate Justi.
Mass will follow at 6.30pm. Ample parking is available for visitors in the school grounds off Harris Street.
A RADIO FEABURE
TENNIS Forty people braved the wind, cold and rain to attend the annual general meeting of the WACLTA. From a very responsive meeting the following committee was elected — president — Peter Messer; senior vice president — Tom Branch; junior vice presidents — Bryan Kukura, Mike KowaId; secretary — Pauline Gorringe; treasurer — Mike Brennan; carnival co-ordinator — Greg Pearce; tennis organiser -- Jack Eastcott; property manager — John Messer; chaplain — Father John Dwyer. Peter Messer, who was not seeking re-election, acknowledged comment from the meeting that it would be unreasonable to ask someone new to accept the presidency with a national carnival to be planned and therefore accepted re-election. The new executive committee will hold their positions for two years because of the organisation required for the national carnival to be held in Perth in 1985. The president called on all former and current members of the association to come forward and offer their assistance to help plan the carnival.
ABC producer Tony Evans is presently working on a radio feature concerning the Distributists, and their philosophy, Distributism.
Anyone who would like to help can ring Peter on 458 5031 ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS The annual championships will be played during the October long weekend September 29-30 and October 1 at the Trinity playing fields, Manning Road, Manning. Entry is open to all Catholics and members of clubs affiliated with the Western Australian Catholic Lawn Tennis Association. In addition to the usual championship, under -age and veterans events the organisers have included handicap events this year.
BASSENDEAN MAJELLANS An occupational therapist will talk on child development play at the Bassendean Majellan meeting in the church hall on Thursday, September 13 at 10am. There will be a display of things to make from cartons and readily available materials in the home, plus leaflets on how to make them. All are welcome. For further information phone 279 9425.
He writes: "Distributism as a social and political theory which flourished in England in the 1920s and 30s was largely inspired by Hilaire Belloc through his book The Servile State and other writings, and by G.K. Chesterton through the pages of G.K.'s Weekly. "In one of the interviews I recently recorded in England an old Distributist and friend of Chesterton told me that Distributism had followers in Australia, and he mentioned specifically Perth, where friends and supporters resided. "May I ask through your columns whether there are any readers who were interested in Distributism all those years ago, and whether G. K.'s Weekly had any influence here in WA? "I should be most interested to talk to them, and follow up any clues they can give me."
CENTRECARE CONFERENCE AT BUNBURY Centrecare Counselling Services, Bunbury will present their annual conference on September 14, 15 and 16. Dr Marie Gatza and Dr Doug Schoeninger are returning to address the conference theme: Relationships -Intimacy and Sexuality. Centrecare has convened a conference each year since 1982 bringing speakers with professional backgrounds in the health and helping professions to Australia. Marie Gatza has a doctorate in social work and Doug Schoeninger is a clinical psycholigist. Both are on the staff of the Institute for Christian Healing, Narbeth, Pennsylvannia. A special seminar for clergy and practitioners from the health and helping professions will precede the public conference on September 11, 12 and 13. Priests or professionals wishing to attend this seminar are requested to apply in writing to the "Director, Centrecare, Bunbury". Numbers are restricted for this seminar. Preference will be given to previous years' delegates.
BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE Celebrate Our Lady's Birthday at Bullsbrook on Sunday September 16, at 11am. Mass, lunch break, Rosary procession and Benediction. Buses available to Bullsbrook from Perth and back $4.00 a seat. For bus reservations phone P. Galea 349 7135 (bus from Boans Wellington St, Perth), L. Martinz 328 4631 (bus from Highgate) not later than Wednesday, September 12. BLUE ARMY PRAYER A Holy Hour sponsored by the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima will be held at Infant Jesus church, Morley on September 9 at 3pm to mark Our Lady's Birthday.
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Entry forms are available from club secretaries or the tournament organiser, Mr Jack Eastcott, 103 Grosvenor road, Mount Lawley (phone 328 6860). The closing date for entries is 6.00 pm Sunday September 16.
To celebrate her 50th year as a professed Sister of Mercy, Sister Mary Pius Stanley was presented with the Catholic Education Commission's Order of Exceptional Merit.
For anyone who has t hought about playing Catholic tennis this is an ideal opportunity to join in. You don't have to be a champion to play.
The presentation was made by the CEC chairman Monsignor James Nestor at a reception for Sister Pius attended by 600 past pupils and friends at Wembley Lodge.
Greyhounds — with The Record Tipster
Earlier, Archbishop Foley had celebrated a jubilee Mass in St Mary's church, Leederville. Sister Pius grew up in the North Perth — Leederville district and comes from a family of ten children, two boys and eight girls.
Leederville parish priest Father John Leech with Sister Pius at her jubilee reception. RACE ONE: 1 Rawita, 2 Staromoa, 3 Pether Road. RACE TWO: 1 Small Conquest, 2 Rowan's Reward, 3 Dinham Lass. RACE THREE: 1 Bandaid, 2 Blue Error, 3 Speedy Delight. RACE FOUR: 1 Up The Woods, 2 Scootalot, 3 Chinese Chief. RACE FIVE: 1 Weston Bess, 2 Humming Rebel, 3 Reggie's Dream.
RACE SIX: 1 Blue Echo, 2 Aulfee, 3 Paradise Mac. RACE SEVEN: 1 Egyptian Dance, 2 Little Acorn, 3 Darsal Chief. RACE EIGHT: I Just A Scandal, 2 Dynapaz, 3 Lady's Delight. RACE NINE: 1 Paraburdoo, 2 Tivessa Pride, 3 Cosmic Jet. RACE TEN: 1 Little Lea, 2 Minder, 3 Fashion Gold.
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Some fashion parades can actually put you off fashion — if what you see is what you're supposed to be wearing! So it was a rewarding experience to sit in on the La Salle clothing and fabrics parade put on by students from years nine and ten held recently, although expertise illustrated in the students' work may have made the homespun dressmaker feel a little inadequate as these young women presented their work. Under the capable guidance of Mrs Chris Robinson, clothing and fabric teacher, the students had
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assembled and modelled a great variety of clothes which were young, well made, snappy and rather stunning in design and colour combinations. The modelling technique employed by the girls to show off their clothes, added to the professional finish of the styles. The parade was a feature of the college's Parent and Friends general meeting and some 120 parents greatly appreciated the opportunity to see the students' work. Story by COLLEEN HOWARD Picture by BOB WARCHOMIJ
She attended Arranmore School, (now St Mary's College) in Leederville and then continued her eduation at St Brigid's in West Perth. At the age of 16, Sister Pius entered the Sisters of Mercy as a postulant and took her final vows two years later. She has taught at a number of Mercy schools namely St Kieran's in Osborne Park, St Teresa's in Gwelup, St Brigid's in Lesmurdie and St Mary's in Leederville.
Lisa Lederer models her creation
The present St Mary's Primary School opened in 1976 was the brainchild of Sister Pius when the old building in Franklin Street became too small to accommodate both primary and secondary schools.
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