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CHALLENG 1"0 1111A Fr' A ROME (NC) — Pope John Paul II called for a Church-led attack on social problems and condemned the Italian underworld during his visit this week to the economically depressed southern ItaLian region of Calabria. The pope said the Church should be in the "front lines" of the war on social problems, and described organised crime mentality leading to arrogance, vendetta and oppression." l i flThT r1I1P1m7Th11 meeting with hundreds of inmates in a Calabrian prison, a rousing welcome by thousands of youths in the central square in Reggio Calabria, a tall( with workers at rwo industrial plants and dinner with a small group of Carthusian monks.

For all the groups. the pope's message had a single tI .me: the call to a more deeply liwd religion and a more fully practiced social justice. The response of Calabrians to the first papal visit in eight centuries was sometimes dramatic. In Catanzaro, thousands cheered the pope's call for government aid to the region, but booed and whistled when the pontiff W S S joined on the platform by local politicians.

Some of the 168 acolytes instituted by Archbishop Foley during Mass in St Mary's Cathedral last Sunday. It was the seventh such ceremony since the acolytate was established in Perth archdiocese in 1974 and brings the number of active acolytes in the diocese to over 750. See page 16.

Throughout the visit, the pope was greeted with placards, banners and chants urging an end to government corruption and the creation of more jobs. The most dramatic gesture of all came from the Calabrian underworld, the target of ringing denunciations by the pope at nearly every one of his stops. As the pope was returning kidnappers to Rome. released a 10-year-old boy for whom the pope had prayed publicly the day before

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Tensions in Poland weaker WARSAW NC: Cardinal Jozef Glemp, Poland's Primate, says tensions have diminished in the country since the Polish Government's July declaration of amnesty for political prisoners. "There are still some discrepancies," he told an estimated 250,000 attending an outdoor Mass, "but tensions gets weaker, and the centre of hatred is disappearing. More than 650 political prisoners were released in the amnesty, along with nearly 35,000 people imprisoned for other crimes.

Recognise the.Schools join in great oval Mass things The recent quarterly meeting of the diocesan pastoral council was told by Archbishop Foley not to be overwhelmed by negative issues but to recognise the many and great things going on in the Church as are reported each week in The Record. The archbishop also intimated that following the publication of the Seaman report on Aboriginal land rights, he would likely make a short public comment in due course and that Mr Frank Brennan SJ would be asked to return to Perth in November to discuss the question.

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The annual La Salle regional Mass was held recently on the school's oval, despite the threat of gathering clouds. Six primary schools from Mundaring, Bellevue, Midland, Lockridge, Redcliffe and Bassendean took part, swelling numbers, with La Salle s tudents, to some 1800, plus teachers, parents and other interested parties.

He told the council that the role of the Church in issues such as land rights was to be a unifier of people, standing free of prejudice. Archbishop Foley said he is concerned many ethnic members of the Church are hurt by the current debate on racism and he emphasised the importance of involving ethnic people in parish life.

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The welfare subcommittee of the DPC reported it would hand-over its study of the WA prisons to the committee for iustice and peace. But Sister Bernardine asked for alcoholism to be a continuing study since 65 per cent of those in prison are there because of alcohol. The DPC heard a report on the Second Harvest economy food marketing scheme.

EEO This had involved the assistance of the Knights of the Southern Cross who would lend up to $4000 interest free. The archdiocese had contributed $9000. The social justice statement "It's a Rocky Road" received some unfavourable comment from members of the DPC youth committee and the document will be discussed by all council members at the next meeting. The committee had made an extensive study of an article In The Record, August 10 by Father Di Giacomo on how the Church can convey the word of God to teenagers A sub-committee on Building Christian Committees reported it would study similar groups in Adelaide and make some concrete recommendations for parishes of Perth archdiocese.

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ABOVE: Students of St Michael's, Bassendean, perform a liturgical dance. BELOW: The Mass of St Francis of Assisi, concelebrated by Bishop Healy with regional priests, Brother Robert OFM, Deacon Francis from Vietnam, and Mr Gary Hampdon, a theological student assisting at Lockridge parish.

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Mrs Lyn Mowday, Greenmount organist, played the hymns and the students from St Michael's, Bassendean performed a liturgical dance. honoured Special guests were patients from St Vincent's and Toohey hospitals. Each year patients are invited, because as Mr Mulcahy, La Salle principal pointed out during his address: - Within each community, there are the very young and the very old, the healthy and the ill. Each one is an important and integral part of our community.To reinforce this statement, the patients and parents were handed floral tributes prepared by the students. After Mass they were then invited to morning tea, catered for by the Food and Nutrition students.

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Example of the Reaction mixed on ork w liberation theories for unity The NSW town of Griffith has become the centre of ecumenical effort in the diocese of Wagga and this is the result of Christians in Griffith rallying around the Uniting Church widow of the murdered antidrugs campaigner Donald McKay.

RIO de JANIERO (NC): Reactions to the recent Vatican document on liberation theology have been mixed, with the bishops of Father Boffs native Brazil warning against "the alarm which surrounds the release of the document."

In South America, the Brazilian Catholic Bishops Conference, one of the world's largest, said over-reaction to the document could prevent a correct interpretation of it and hurt the Church. More unequivocably, Ecuador's Archbishop P ablo Muno-Vega, of Quito, said the Rome statement would draw Latin American countries together. American Cardinal Bernardin, of Chicago, insisted the document does not condemn liberation theology.

In Bunbury, WA Uniting Church and Catholic parishes combined for a six-day combined mission while a Catholic priest gave a two day retreat to 10 Uniting Church ministers. These were highlights from reports that impressed WA delegate John Cahill who attended last month's national meeting in Adelaide of Catholic ecumenical committees. Mr Cahill said the commitment of the Uniting Church to ecumenism was a common experience reported by committee representatives at the meeting. "This commitment results not just from being written into the Uniting Church constitution. It must also flow from the renewal needed to get all three major Christian denominations to unite," said Mr Cahill. He said a keynote address by Father Peter Cross of Melbourne had pointed out the obstacles that stood in the way of church union.

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ADELAIDE: Archbishop Gleeson underwent surgery on Wednesday morning to have f our by-passes inserted in his heart. Shortly after the operation a spokesman for the archdiocese said that surgeons seemed confident regarding the operation and that the archbishop's condition is stable although serious. Archbishop Gleeson, 64, has handed over till next year the administration of the diocese to Co-adjutor Archbishop Leonard Faulkner.

of people', of not being able to dialogue can be countered only by the creative force of good as illustrated by the ecumenical heroes of the past such as Pope John XXIII," said Mr Cahill. "Another obstacle is the residue of old hurts and misunderstandings such as objections over use of 'Roman term the

A democracy 'substitute' CAPE TOWN: The chairman of the Southern Africa Catholic Bishops' Conference has criticised his country's parliamentary election, calling it -a weak substitute for authentic democratic evolution.Archbishop Denis Hurley of Durban, a long-time critic of apartheid, voiced his criticisms at the first general a ssembly of the southern African bishops' inter -regional group in Zimbabwe. The election was to determine the mixed-race representatives to South Africa's Parliament, and involved voting only by South Africans of mixed racial backgrounds.

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Catholic' which some still find offensive. Yet we are the Roman rite, not Maronite, nor Orthodox or Anglican. Mr Cahill said that many people pleaded that they did not have the time for ecumenism and in any case were not really interested. ' The response is to look at the votality of liturgy. catechesis, pastoral activity, and general renewal in a parish. "Work for Christian

unity is as important as these areas of parish life and if it is down-graded, most probably the same will be true of those areas too.'' Mr Cahill said the Adelaide meeting looked forward to combined parish discussions between Anglicans and Catholics which would take place between Easter and Pentecost 1985 using a special discussion booklet prepared on the Eucharist, Ministry and Authority statements already put out by the churches' joint commission. "Other speakers also emphasised the importance of churches taking up the various agreed statements issued by inter-church meetings. "It is of little value if theologians and leaders are caught up in making agreements if the faithful members in the churches are left ill-informed, bewildered and fearful." The Adelaide meeting also recommended to

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Liturgy needs This month's reader training programme organised by the Diocesan Liturgical Committee is in answer to the foremost need expressed by parishes in a recent survey. Over 70 per cent of parishes including some 60 in the metro area asked for ways of improving the liturgy of the word. Replies to the survey came earliest from those parishes with liturgical committees. The Diocesan liturgical Committee is nearly one year old, having been established by Archbishop Goody and confirmed by Archbishop Foley. A spokesman for the group said that the committee does not see itself as a legislative body nor as a watchdog over liturgical celebrations. Rather its purpose is education and service, and the establishment and co-ordination of liturgical education. The service role means responding to needs expressed by parishes. The members of the Diocesan Liturgical Committee are: Mr John Willett (Chairman), Father Joseph Sobb, SJ, (Secretary), Mgr Patrick O'Reilly, Father Don Sproxton, Mr JohnGoodfellow, Mrs Jenni York, Father William Fitzgerald, 0 Praem., Miss Mary-Anne Healy, Sister Amy Hearne, RSM, Father Greg Donovan, Mr Neil Smith, Brother Robert Lee. OSM. Correspondence can be addressed to: The Secretary, Diocesan Liturgical Committee, c, catholic Pastoral Institute, 52 Ruislip Street, Leedenille 6007.

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Law saves us talking about moral values The news reports are awash with every conceivable species of legal persons thrashing around in a whirlpool of hearings, inquiries, commissions, trials and investigations. With so much legal intelligence probing crime, conspiracy, innuendo, dishonesty, thuggery and a murder or two the simple citizen could hope to be seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. Instead, he discovers that "organised" crime, whatever that may be, is increasing at least as fast as the lawyers and politicians can discuss

With the water so muddy it is not surprising that no two judges, lawyers, magistrates, commissioners or politicians are necessarily talking about the same problem at the same time. Those who see honour and their careers as the vital possession can argue at length about human rights. At the other end of the spectrum the conspiracy of silence that concealed the world in which Donald McKay died was also playing the game of human rights. In the middle are the living crooks playing the system of human rights for all their worth as they traffic locally and internationally in money and lives. E xpectations of law will largely colour what Australians are going to make from these latest legal sagas that have emerged. Law to the simple means where to go when a wallet has been lifted or washing pinched from the backyard. The difficulty arises because law is no longer just a profession, however noble; it is now an industry processing the raw material of life into a commodity that can be measured in economic terms. Multiplied around the world it is an industry which functions on the ability of society to sustain it. All of today's vast industries started at a different level. The artisan who struggled to build a better wheelbarrow is a long way from a giant industry that controls the world's wheelbarrow trade today. This is how law and its cousin morality have managed to lose one another in a confusion of secularism that has devoted a lot of energy to refining the processes of law but much less to the reasons for law. This is not to suggest a misguided hankering for the past as though peace and tranquility reigned when the local chief could finish a legal argument quickly with a flick of the hand. Those who are attracted to some Islamic barbarities still perpetrated today are welcome to their choice. The law is a progress, a development, a discarding of what was once acceptable, a refining of rights, a proof that a community of people is growing in tolerance and respect for each member. Nobody quarrels with such high sounding idealism until the same phraseology is applied to morality which ought to be the guiding force of law. Is morality also being refined, re-designed or even co-erced into new shapes? It is no idle question for those who want their lives to be guided not just by popular opinion but also by faith. Blood pressure rises when some anonymous television or radio commentator gratuitiously asserts that 'moral standards are different today'. The consequence is clear: law will shift its ground accordingly. Christians may be strong on faith but they are caught in the rip-tide of this argument. Some are clutching to the Ten Commandments for safety; others are hammering together new planks based on feelings of love, compassion and charity. Those who have neither are being swept along by the tide. That is why the scene of Australian public life today is so ugly. The argument is not about morality but about the saving of face, of finding the loophole of legal evasion, of playing public trust for as long as it will not be scrutinised. The Ten Commandments are not sacred only because of their divine origin but because the Jews rallied to God's call and, not without a bit of harrassment from barking prophets, became a people who acknowledged the obligation of law upon themselves. The evil is not that today's post -Christian society cannot recite those laws or even respects its Jewish heritage. The Church long ago asumed the duty of commenting on those Ten Laws and applying them to a range of related situations that were unimagined in Moses' day. Today's evil consists in wanting all the benefits of law but little of the moral responsbility that goes with it. 'Thou shalt not kill' is best forgotten when it has to be applied to the road carnage, drug taking and alcohol abuse. Why quibble over adultery if partners actually do want to hate each other? Invoke a plea of false witness only if there is imminent danger of being caught out. And finally, plead private ownership, entrepreneurial skill and sharp business acumen if coveting is ever hinted at. The courts will never mention the matter. They are too busy with the law.

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-INDIAN TRIBUTES Two elderly North American Indians recited the rosary while waiting for the pope during his recent visit to Canada. During his visit Pope John Paul II preached a message of gospel-based development and liberation to the native peoples of Canada He condemned any physical, cultural and religious oppression aimed against them. The pope declared the North American Indians and Inuit (Eskimos) have been repeatedly the victims of in justice And, he said, the gospel demands justice and human rights. The pope emphasised in his talk he was preaching a message of forgiveness and reconciliation, not of class struggle 'The hour has come to bind up wounds, to heal all divIvens, '" he said

LONDON: Cardinal Basil Hume had urged the British government to resist pressure from South African officials over six leading opponents of South Africa's racial policies. They took refuge in the British consulate in Durban, South Africa, to escape arrest. The cardinal also asked the British government to stop pressuring the six men to leave the consulate voluntarily. They were being treated as unwelcome guests, according to their lawyer, Zac Yacoob, a member of the Natal Indian Congress.

Three of the original six dissidents tried to flee the consulate in the weekend and were arrested. The three, who had been inside the consufrom ROBERT NO WELL. NC News late for 23 days tried to slip out of the building and mingle with the three arrested are plea in a letter to Malshoppers in the Dur- members of the Natal colm Rifkind, Minister of Indian Congress and the State at the Foreign and ban city centre. Cardinal Hume Archbishop of Westminster

E `Annie's Coming Out' The Australian Catholic Film Office has unanimously c hosen Annie's Coming Out for its annual award to an Australian film it considers combines technical merit and the promotion of positive human values. Based on the true story of Rosemary Crossley's efforts to achieve the release of 23-year-old cerebral palsy victim, Anne McDonald, from a home for grievously handicapped children to which she had been confined from the age of three, the film is moving and uplifting. It had been a ssumed that Anne's mental capacity was nil. Rosemary refused to accept this as a fact, and ultimately carried the day. The ACFO jury citation reads: "A finely crafted film with excellent direction and a superbly sustained performance by Angela Punch McGregor. An exceptionally powerful statement of basic human values — of the right to life, of the dignity and worth of every individual, of a person's right to explore their potential even if painfully. In its compassion and sensitivity the f ilm is especially relevant for those charged with the care of the helpless,

Cardinal urges UK to resist pressure

However, the three, all Indians, were seized by security police and served with detention orders which provide for indefinite imprisonment without trial. The Natal Supreme Court is due to rule tomorrow on the validity of the detention orders issued for all six last month by the Law and Order Minister, Louis Le Grange.

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They sought refuge at the consulate last month after having first been detained, then released by court order, then faced with a redetention order.

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Cardinal Hume issued his appeal in a letter to Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Home, after meeting Yacoob at the request of Archbishop Denis Hurley of Durban.

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The men, who have been called by their supporters, the Durban Six, have appealed to the Natal Supreme Court to overturn the redetention order.

But he added Britain is already involved in South its through A frica repeated condemnations of apartheid, South Africa's system of legalised racial segregation.

Auxiliary Bishop David Konstant of Westminster, an adviser to the Catholic Institute for International Relations, has also called on the British government to mediate with the South African government on behalf of the men. The bishop made his

Britain's refusal to evict the six dissidents has strained its relations with South Africa,

VALETTA: The Maltese Minister of Education, Carmelo Mifsud-Bonnici, has revealed the government plans to open new schools for students who attended the eight Catholic secondary schools which have now been refused a licence to operate. The schools were closed after the government demanded the Church should cease to charge fees in all its schools. The Church has refused, and parents are determined their children should continue to go to Catholic schools.

South Africa's government in retaliation said it would not honour an extradition request from Britain for four South Africans wanted in an arms smuggling case.

DISCUSSED MANAGUA: A Nicaraguan Government delegation and the president of the Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference discussed in Rome the case of the four priests who ignored the order to resign their posts as Government ministers. The outcome of the discussions is not known. But on his flight to Canada the pope reportedly said the case was covered by provisions of Canon Law. It prescribes priests cannot hold political office.

Jessica (Angela Punch McGregor) develops a close relationship with Annie O'Farrell (Tina Arhondis) in ANNIE'S COMING OUT. A Hoyts Distribution Release.

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Local musician writes two new Masses June Fitzgerald's nimble fingers have been hard at work again. This enthusiastic local musician has published a book of two Masses which will be launched by Dame Mary Durack at a special function on October 31. The Two Easy Masses for parish and school, the Mass of the Holy Family and the Mass of Saint Anthony will be performed at the Queen of Apostles Church, Riverton by the parish choir and the Julian Singers. "My music has been very m uch a 'sometime' thing," says lune, who has been active at a parish level, both as organist and choir member. As a composer she has enjoyed a happy working relationship with the Holy Spirit for many years. A fter Vatican ll there seemed to be a real need f or simple, tuneful sung Masses in which the average untrained parish c hoir and congregation could participate. These two Masses were written with those poeple in mind, says June. The Mass of The Holy Family was written for the Year of the Child in 1979 and can easily be sung by school children in unison or two parts or by adults in four parts if the voices are available. With this Mass are i ncluded Our Father, A cclamation and Great A men. The second, The Mass of St Anthony, written in 1982, is a little more up tempo and would be particularly suited to folk groups with guitars. The rhythm of the Lord Have Mercy and the Lamb of God has a distinctly Latin flavour. It seems of great importance, says June, that the people of God enjoy their participation in what should be a joyful celebration. They are simple in construction, she adds, in a bid to reach as many as possible. "After the changeover from the Latin Mass there was very little around simple and tuneful, that could be handled by the average person." "I'm a writer of tunes rather than great music and more than anything I wanted to produce something so simple it could be played by an organist and sung by any child". As June sits at her organ in her Lynwood home and the deep, rich tunes fill her house, she recalls with a laugh the musical she wrote for the children of the pearling port of Broome. "In fact, I wrote the music, Mary Durack wrote the play," she said. Called The Ship of Dreams, it was performed last year for Broome's centenary and the songs have become part of the folklore of the town. Recordings will be made of both Masses by the Julian Singers and the parish choir and the Applecross Youth Group. The tapes will be available as part of a package of book, tape and printed Mass cards for $22.50.

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OTTAWA NC: Pope John Paul has appealed for religious freedom in Czechoslovakia. His appeal, made during his recent visit to Canada, was made as he blessed the cornerstone of the only Slovak-Byzantine cathedral outside that nation. In his talk at the ceremony, the pope praised the religious heritage of the Slovaks and condemned "the great suffering and sad deprivations which the Church has undergone in Slovakia." Religious suppression in communist Czechoslovakia is among the severest in all of Eastern Europe. It is particularly harsh for the minority of Slovak Catholics of the Byzantine Rite.

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New pilgrims The former Portuguese colony of Goa is gearing up for its biggest invasion of visitors in a decade. To some people the cause of all the excitement is just a shrivelled, greyish-brown corpse. But to the faithful it is the miraculously preserved remains of Saint Francis Xavier, an intrepid Jesuit missionary who died more than 400 years ago during his travels through Asia. The body is kept in an ornate silver casket in the Born Jesus Basilica in Old Goa, the former colonial capital and headquarters of the missionarys work. Visitors may normally glimpse only part of the head. But from November 21 to January 13, for the first time since 1974, the body will be on show in a glass case in the cathedral across the road in a ritual celebrated every 10 years. an for Preparations expected 300,000 pilgrims have been under way for more than a year. One of the first Jesuits, Francis Xavier arrived in India in 1542, sent by Pope Paul III and King John III of Portugal to spread Christianity in the East.

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His missionary wanderings took him through India, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Japan and Malacca, the Portuguese colony in what is now Malaysia. After his death on an island off south China on December 2, 1552, his followers brought the body back to Goa. Months afterwards, the body was still fresh. Centuries later, it is still well preserved, if a little shrunken. Countless pilgrims have come to Goa to see the remains. Legend has it that in 1554, a Portuguese noble-woman. Isabel de Garons, bit off a toe to keep as a relic and it bled. In the 17th century the right arm was cut off and sent to the Vatican to prove the man's saintliness. The severed limb is said to have signed Francis Xavier's name before the pontiff. Down the road at Panaji.

state capital of Goa, hoteliers and tour operators have less spiritual matters on their minds. The region is famed for its palm-fringed beaches, tropical climate and blend of Portuguese and Indian cultures, and tourism has taken off since Goa became part of India in 1961. About 500,000 tourists visit Goa every year, but with only 7000 hotel beds, the influx of pilgrims is a major headache. Tourist officials are working overtime to provide enough bathrooms and water tanks. Even so, adequate sanitation is lacking and pilgrims must have a cholera vaccination.

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from DEAN JOHN LISLE, Northam Who served six years as a missionary in Africa

SIR! My African experience began not when I was appointed to a vast mission in South Africa but with a chance remark made by my native catechist, George Umbele. I rapidly learned the theology of poverty, and just as rapidly it changed my life, and ultimately — for the time being — wrecked my health. If that had not been the case I could have easily been in Africa now. But, that's another story. I had just celebrated the daily Eucharist to which some 200 natives came each day. I said to my catechist, "Now. George, I will go to breakfast and see you later," to which he replied without any passion in his voice, "Good Father, your flock would welcome some breakfast too, but most of them have nothing in their homes to eat." And when I went on my rounds of the various little schools during the morning I discovered that this was indeed true. The schools for the Africans were literally full for the most part of half-starved, and often, pot-bellied children. Under the Bantu Education Act of 1 928 the Bantu African children did not have to attend school. So earnest was their desire for some kind of education, they mostly all did attend schools provided by the various churches, often using the church as a school room during the week. When one finds oneself working in the missionary role in countries such as Africa, and more so, in the countries that have given birth to the "Liberation Theology,'" the temptation is to become less and less a priest and more and more a welfare officer, To take up St Paul's point, in this African Church at the end of the Eucharistic celebration I had blessed hungry people and told them to go in peace! Of what value is the blessing of empty bellies? A letter from a Catholic priest friend of mine in England, and who had served the Church in Caracas, Bogota and Barraquilla, speaks of the slums and the poverty he witnessed in these places. Although an otherwise loyal priest to the Holy See, he questions the Vatican on some of its statements on poverty and so on, when the Vatican for the most part is entirely remote from the realities of this terrible suffering. The Vow of Poverty taken on a voluntary basis is one thing. The abject misery of people condemned to a life of poverty is quite another. And yet, we must be careful. Whereas Marxism may have been the first in the field to try to alleviate suf. fering- in Russia, compared

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Learning theology of their poverty

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theology of the whole thing, viz, "You are doing it to Me".

with the total oblivious attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church under the Tsars, yet as a feast that St Francis of Assisi reminds us of, the Catholic Church has in every day and age been concious of the physical needs of her faithful, and God has, from time to time, brought the Church up with a jolt by raising up 'saints' at different times in history, and so to put the Church as a whole on the right track again.

Once our good works lose t his dimension, we are r educed to being 'good doers', and thus cause more trouble than we set out to avert. The Christian is in this world to overcome and fight sin. His first concern is to fight whatever contingency separates us from the Good God. Poverty and suffering are but the result of sin.

The danger of the so-called "Liberation Theology", and which has been pointed out by our Holy Father very clearly, is not the desire to alleviate suffering, "I was hungry and you fed Me, naked and you clothed Me". The danger is the clouding of the essential issue of the Fatherhood of God, and once this is lost sight of our efforts become humanistic and horizontal. We can become pre-occupied in helping people physically and overlook the

If our efforts are to eradicate from every system in which we may find ourselves such as, the sin of selfishness, greed, pride (an over simplification some may say) then the problems of poverty and misery could possibly go away. After all it is only the sin of greed that keep the Third World in want. It is God's warfare in which we are engaged, and not

Friendly Majellans from Mrs DOREEN GIBSON, Eden Hill Take heart, Father Beyer, (The Record September 27) in the knowledge that Majellans are extending friendship in parishes throughout Western Australia. Young families are our first concern and are invited to share the special love Majellans have for the young mother. We endeavour to be there when needed for baby sitting, visits or just to be a good listener. Majellans' monthly meetings provide informative and stimulating speakers and an opportunity for friendships to grow. Newcomers should be encouraged to place their name and address in a book at the back of the church, allowing groups such as Majellans to welcome them. At all times. Majellans communicate with love.

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"civil" war of man against man. It is God's Kingdom we must seek to promote, not a better version of man's. Unfortunately, we do not have to go overseas to find "Liberation Theology" at work, it is in our very midst. We can find it in our own schools, churches and institutions a watered down version of the sacramental system, and when this happens our efforts become humanisitic and manward and not Godward. In God's image we were made, that men fell away from God was man's own doing. Through man's disobedience has come all the attendant miseries of our world. The way back is through Jesus Christ, who is, after all, "the Way, the Truth and the Life". Perhaps we could not do better than to ponder the teaching of Leo XIII in his encyclical 'Return Novarum' in which he takes up the cause of the 'working classes' and the less fortunate and admonishes the Church to raise them from their plight through the "action of the Church", using the Church's 'weapons' of demolishing sin — particularly that of greed. As Leo XIII pointed out, "there is enough in this world for everybody" enough land to own, enough food to eat. Only the ungodly could say that the world God made and saw that it was good, had, unfortunately made it too small and lacking in ' necessities!

Guest editorial 'from the 50s' SIR: With what a marvellously archaic touch your guest editorial from The Catholic Weekly (The Record September 20) ended. Paraphrased it said: If you do not subscribe to the official conservative opinion, perhaps you are no longer a Catholic. This is straight out of the 1950s. Whether the writer likes it or not, 'The Word was made flesh' (John 1.14). And it is in flesh and by the grace of God that we make our way. All man-made philosophies are imperfect, Marxism and theology not excepted, but both contain

A touch archaic from PAT McDONAGH, MORLEY

truths and values which may be used as tools by people already suffering from officially sanctioned violence of the political left or right. God is not answerable to us — not even to Rome — and His ways are not ours. He used Cyrus, a pagan, in times gone by as the champion of Israel, and equally He has used Mao Tse Tung in

our own time to free millions of his fellow countrymen from Western bondage. It seems to me that the whole thrust of Rome's reply to Liberation Theology is one of an insecure and dull bureaucracy trying to justify its inertia to a living and dynamic Christ presence in South America. The Word was made flesh, not hot air.

Turning to others from CONCERNED CATHOLIC SIR: Your editorial observation (The Record October 3) on drugs that "misplaced privacy shelters the community from the truth" is most significant. As one who has attended many meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon I gather both of these fellowships are liberally sprinkled (world-wide) with Catholics, many sober for many years and living exemplary lives, and practising their Faith with renewed sincerity and vigour. I believe it is the "misplaced privacy", the stigma, coupled with a lack of understanding from those "in their safe moral position". which turns them to an outside source for help in their pain in the first place. In the fellowships of both AA and Al-Anon, alcoholism is accepted as a threefold disease, — physical, mental and SPIRITUAL. It is this acceptance without condemnation which opens the way for honest communication and removes the stigma. Alcoholism and drug addiction are threefold diseases, and there IS a way to treat them (and their families). It is NOT just a matter of willpower. They are I believe the most misunderstood and fatal diseases of our society, and sadly society, and a large percentage of the medical profession and the clergy do not understand or recognise them. The "misplaced privacy" and "cover-up" of which you write, merely feeds these ills We should be talkies, looming. trying to understand, and encouraging those who are trying to do something about it.

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CARACAS: The answers to Venezuela's continuing poverty and injustice were in Christ's message of salvation and transformation, the pope told Venezuelan bishops in Rome. He also confirmed he planned to visit Venezuela "within a few months." Southh American Church officials' believe a papal trip to Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru is planned for late January, early F ebruary. E E E

Sandinista tries crushing Church

WASHINGTON (NC) — Nicaragua's Sandinista government clearly is attempting to squelch Church autonomy there, according to a book published by the Washington-based Institute on Religion and Democracy. 'We found there is very good reason to believe the Sandinista regime has as its aim destroying the integrity of the Church in Nicaragua," said Dominican Father Robert Barry, one of the study's authors. The booklet, titled "The Barren Fig Tree: A Christian Reappraisal of the Sandinista Revolution," was co-authored by Dominican Sister Camilla Mullay. Father Barry said the Catholic Church has been particularly targeted in Nicaragua because it 0 0 0 is one of the last independent Nicaraguan Government delegagroups still able to voice oppoDAtion and the president of the sition to the Sandinistas. Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference The 49-page booklet, drawn OBERAMMERGAUL (West Germany) discussed in Rome the case of the four priests who ignored the order to testimony and published (NC) — The controversial script for the from resign their posts as Government accounts from Nicaraguans and Oberammergau passion play will not be ministers. other observers, also heavily changed for its 1990 performances, a review The outcome of the discussion is not known. But on his flight to Canada criticises US church groups committee announced. the pope reportedly said the case was directly or indirectly providing aid The announcement passion play, one that goes covered by provisions of Canon Law. to the Sandinistan movement. It prescribes that priests cannot hold came shortly after far beyond the minimal political office. As evidence of the Nicara- three Americans, in a improvements made to date." he said. guan government's actions trip sponsored by the against Church freedom, the American Jewis Combooklet cites the alleged mittee, went to OberFather Luis framing of Amado Pena and the Nica- ammergau to call for raguan government's July 9 " thoroughgoing ---1 V ATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II, in a message expulsion of 10 foreign delivered to a Eucharistic congress, alluded to a pastoral changes" in the play. priests. visit to Yugoslavia "in the not-distant future." Among the Americans In June Father Pena was Last December, the Yugoslavian ambassador to the accused of having supplied was Servite Father Vatican said the pope had an "open invitation" to come explosives and weapons to John P. Pawlikowski, a to Yugoslavia. guerilla agents. He denied social ethics professor He confirmed the Yugoslavian bishops had invited the the charges and said the at Catholic Theologipope to visit and suggested only technical details Nicaraguan government remained to be worked out before a trip could be made. cal Union in Chicago. tricked him into appearing

r iLONDON: Tensions between preVatican II and post Vatican II models of the Church have emerged in a survey of British priests' views. Priests were asked what they thought were the major opportunities and the major obstacles for the priesthood in the light of the Council. Father Peter Verity, of the Catholic Missionary Society, who analysed the survey results, said there was a strong implication of a division between priests living by a pre-Vatican II hierarchical model of the Church and those living by a post -Vatican II pilgrim model of the Church. 'Those working from the older model see all the problems and difficulties coming from the change and uncertainty in the Church today," he said. But those working from the newer model saw all the problems coming because there were still the remains of the old model present in certain areas.

Organisers admit play anti-Semite

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The pope said he was responding to an invitation made by the bishops' conference and "to the courteous openness shown by state authroities."

Yugoslavia is the only Soviet-bloc country in eastern Europe to maintain full diplomatic relations with the Holy See. The pope's praise of the openness of Yugoslavian authorities to a papal visit contrasted with his public disclosure that he had unsuccessfully sought to visit Lithuania, one of the republics of the Soviet Union.

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The play, depicting the passion and death of Christ, had been accused of being anti-Semitic. The 25-member review committee voted unanimously to retain the current script for the plays next run in 1990, a festival spokeswoman said. Victoria Neumueller, a spokeswoman for the committee, said committee members had agreed there was no need to discuss changes in the play, particulary since, according to Mrs Neumueller, Catholic Church officials approved the current text in 1983. The review committee included 16 village council members. a Catholic priest, a Protestant minister, Oberammergau's mayor and six residents eligible for the 1990 cast. Eligibility requires at least 20 years' residence in the village. Father Pawlikowski said the play, celebrating its 350th birthday in 1984, was anti-Semitic. "In light of the Holocaust, and in view of Pope John Paul H's calls for a cleansing of Christian proclamation of all error regarding Judaism, I call for thorough reworking of the Oberammergau

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Should Christians have anything to do with ambition? Or is ambition only connected with getting ahead in a profession or a career? Ambition is one of those terms which is loaded with meaning. Norbertine Father Alfred McBride says that ambition has a good and a bad side in an interview with Katharine Bird, associate editor of the NC religious education package. He says St Catherine of Siena 's ambition enabled her to set a high goal and to achieve it.

Father John Castelot writes that the apostles sometimes showed ambition of the shoddiest sort. But, he adds, Jesus never chided His followers for their ambition. He simply showed them how to be ambitious in furthering the Father's plans. 8

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mbitio Different view of life and all it offers appliances were installed. It t ook one year's manual labour — 16 hours a day — to yield the cosy refuge at the edge of Wiejclow Town. When the Saunders looked around and saw they had refurbished a half dozen bedrooms, they realised their restaurant was also an inn. Two babies are part of the inn's warmth, bringing a texture of family life to it. The Saunders, with their ambition to create something new, represent a different kind of ambition from Glan people. But like them, the Saunders' ambition is connected to the wellsprings of their own energy and hard, demanding work

In Glan the goal is to preserve what is. For the Saunders, it was to build and create what might be. There are, I think, echoes of Christian history in the stories of Glan and Wicklow Town. Christianity always has carried within it an ambition to spread the Gospel. But how that ambition takes shape can be compared to the two approaches I saw in Ireland. • One major life choice, historically, was that of the contemplative. For centuries, this meant living within a monastic enclosure. • The other major choice was active, apostolic life in the world.

Many religious orders were organised around these two different styles of Christian living and commitment. Contemporary Christian spirituality tends to involve both. This is particularly applicable to the late 20thcentury lay person who is conscious of his or her complex vocation. For today's Christians have many planes of commitment: homes and families, professions, civic communities, parishes and increasingly, the far reaches of the world. We are ambitious for peace with justice in all these places. But we know that for peace with justice to become a reality, we must open ourselves more and more to the influence of God's Holy Spirit.

Loving generously and By crea tivel y is aim Dolores Leckey

Still, when we American cousins came upon them in their fields or cottages, they had time for tea and talk. And their talk was about big themes: political freedom, death, emigration and the ties of blood. One mountain man studied my son's face for a long time and pronounced him a replica of his great-grandfather. "You have a quick, piercing look that sizes up a person," he was told. Another person greeted him with the good news that he was born of a hearty race. The Glan people talk for hours about those who have left, like my son's greatgrandfather. But they have little curiosity about our high-powered, high-tech jobs and homes. They prefer to study the mountain mists, the rocks, the trees. the

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One day, completely ignoring the Lord's references to the horrible fate awaiting him, James and John tious. But He made it approached Jesus with clear that if they an incredibly insensi- wanted to share in His tive request. They glory, they had to asked for positions of forget themselves and honour when he came love as generously and Into His glory (Mrk creatively as He. 10:37). Jesus also had harsh These two brothers, things to say about lazy nicknamed "Sons of people who fail to make Thunder" by Jesus, the most of their Godcould hardly be faulted given talents. A parable for lack of ambition. It In Matthew 25 develops was not, however, a this theme: praisworthy ambition. A man about to go out Behind it was a self- of town on a business centred desire for pres- trip calls his servants tige and status — and at and entrusts his funds someone else's to them "according to e xpense, In the bar- each man's abilities". gain. Two servants work diliAnother time, after the gently at investing the second prediction of money profitably. The the Passion, the whole third, apparently afraid group of apostles of failure, simply digs a started arguing about hole in the ground and who was most impor- buries his share. tant. Ambition again, of The boss handsomely the shoddiest sort. rewards the servants The desire to be who made a profit. His Number One is no mod- reaction to the third ern affliction. servant is terrifying: Jesus didn't chide His "You worthless, lazy apostles for being ambi- lout. You know I reap

where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter. All the more reason to deposit my money with the bankers, so that on my returnIwould have had it back with interest ... Throw this worthless servant into the darkness outside, where he can wail and grind his teeth."

By Father John Castelot

Obviously the Lord wants His followers to be ambitious, to work hard for success. When we put all His teachings on the subject together, the result seems to be something like this:.

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Recently I visited Glan, a small mountain village in the north of Ireland. Many of the men and women there live in cottages built hundreds of years ago by their ancestors. Glan people are content to grow potatoes, tend the animals and to remember their history. rivers, the foxes and pheasants, and the hearts of men and women. The ambition of the Glan people is of a different order. Their vision is that of the contemplative, looking deeply into what surrounds them — what is. Miles away in Wicklow Town, a young couple. Linda and Paul Saunders, have turned their ambitious energies toward entrepreneurship. With little money but with a great deal of enthusiasm. they bought a dilapidated Victorian dwelling. Once it was the rectory for the town's Anglican Church. Together the couple began the enormous task of renovation, using their own vision and their own labour. Mouldings were patiently and painfully scrubbed clean with a toothbrush. New plumbing and wiring and

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In a 1973 CBS drama, "Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad," Novella Nelson starred as the former slave who repeatedly risked her life to free other slaves during the Civil War. Her only amibition was to liberate her people from slavery and she became known as the American Moses.

Ambition "has a good and a bad side," says Norbertine Father Alfred McBride, president of the University of Albuquerque. He notes that ambitious people set goals and make plans to move ahead. Ambition can motivate people to achieve high goals. but because of negative connotations associated with the word, amibition generally is not associated with sainthood. Yet "the quest for saintliness is an ambitious, admirable goal," he points out.

My son, who is related to many of t hese mountain people through his f ather, describes t hem this way: 'They are like their Dolores Leckey land: old, strong, recently visited reliable and immovIreland and able." found two kinds Immovable. Does that of ambition at mean unambitious? I think work in people not. there. The Clearly those who live in Glan do not seem to be people of Glan are ambitious to ambitious for new places, new people or new possespreserve what sions. They are ambitious, is, to preserve though, for their land and for their land and their people. They give their their people, she energies generously to both. In summer, sunlight and notes. A young moonlight mingle in this couple in northern village. At 9 p.m. Wicklow Town whole families are "doing are ambitious the hay," cutting and stacking. taking advantage of the for what might long hours of light. be — to turn an old mansion into an inn. Patricia Davis tells the true story of Harriet Tubman, a slave who led many of her people to freedom. She is often called the American Moses.

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God has given everyone talents of various sorts to be used. However, the aim is not narrow, prideful building up of self — an extended ego trip. Satisfaction in accomplishments should be tempered by the constant realisation that we are doing our duty (Luke 17:10). Moreover, we are working with borrowed capital, with talents and capabilities God has given us on loan. In Jesus' day trades were family affairs. Fathers handed on to their sons all the arts and skills of the business. Jesus reflects this In saying: "I solemnly assure you, the Son cannot do anything on himself — he can do only what he sees the Father doing ... For the Father loves the Son and everything the Father does he shows him" (John 5 :19-20).

Harriet Tubman

was a single-minded individual whose only amibition was "What do you want to be when you to lead her people to freedom. her motto was: "We got to go free or die!" grow up?" and suffered from man determined to take up runaways could be returned It seemed like an innocent enough And in leading her people out of slavery, 1 disfigured seizures the rest of her life. her life's work. she worked to their masters. query. But the 4-year-old boy with Mrs Tubman came to be known as the In 1844 she married John as a cook in Philadelphia, But the fearless former American Moses. dancing eyes and straw-coloured hair Tubman. The value of cotton saving her money to finance slave continued to guide her was falling and the danger freedom trips back to what charges to freedom in CanLike the biblical Moses, she too was pounced on the question like a cat on of being "sold south," she called "the land of ada, encouraging them on born into slavery around 1820 on a a mouse. whether married or not, was Egypt". the arduous journey with plantation. increasing. But Tubman, songs and bible stories. first at 19 the least of On "Iwant to be a worker who builds She learned about freedom early. At night, after though free himself, feared trips south she helped a Realising that noise could labouring in the fields or in the "big house" all houses and stuff," he said gleefully. his wife's dreams of freedom and her family escape jeopardise everyone's safety. sister day, the slaves often gathered in a windowless and threatened to tell her the very day they were to be she gave babies medication Then he added, in a quick as cabin and whispered stories about people like master if she ran away. to help them sleep and auctioned. Denmark Vessey. A free black, who taught that lightning postscript: "And after I'm a In 1849 Mrs Tubman fled threatened the fainthearted all were born equal, he was hanged when his slave ran away. The overseer alone. Her first refuge Later she helped her broth- with pistol. a builderIcould be a jet pilot. And then plans for insurrection were discovered. ers and her parents escape caught the slave in a country at the home of a white Despite a $40,0(X) bounty to freedom. She also tried, Icould be a policeman or a rescuering her neck. At 10. the store and ordered the girl to A t six, Harriet went to neighbour who directed her on her head. she was never unsuccessfully. to persuade young slave became master, for first work a her field him hold so stops other he I-nderon to could the be caught and never lost a squad ambulance driver. Orlcould be her husband to go north. hand. Like Moses, she had no trapper. Her next job was as ground Railroad. passenger on the Undera fireman.Icould be an artist. AndI'd nurse to a child not much early ambition to be a leader. beaten. She refused and was struck It was a hazardous 90-mile The danger of these trips ground Railroad. But a single violent episode in the forehead by a twoyounger than herself Her trip to Pennsylvania, a free increased with the enforcereally like to grow up to be a Later she became adept as changed her life. master whipped her pound weight. Fortunately state. Here, with freedom a ment of the Fugitive Slave a speaker at anti-slavery dinosaur." At a cornhusking bee, a she recovered but remained severely, permanently scarreality for herself, Mrs TubLaw which ordered that meetings Though she never learned to read and write, The boy's parents wondered-about she was a wonderful storythat last one, too. teller. This youngster, in his particular After the Civil War she established a home for aged way, was expressing his first thoughts and indigent blacks before about ambition. A child's ambition, it her death in 1913. This courageous 19th-censeems, is a mixture of fantasy, desire tury Moses had a kind of and a romantic notion of the world. ambitionIadmire. Her ambition was for others, not for By But sooner or later this youthful herself. In pursuing her desire to gain some objective will take ambition, she showed initiative and resourcefulness. a concrete form. This can raise And she had the ability to interesting questions. persuade others to join her cause — the anti-slavery For a young person, how to handle cause. younger Mozart is a McBride. He discussed ambi- "the quest for saintliness is nuity to think up persuasive ambition may be puzzling. People tion and the Christian life an ambitious, admirable arguments. For instance, she musical genius. 4\ generally recognise that being during a recent interview. goal." The older composer, overinsisted that the presence of "The greatest chalThe well-known religious ambitious is a very good thing. But As an example, he pointed the papacy in France "subcome with jealousy and In a riveting despair, turns his back on educator is president of the to St Catherine of Siena She ordinated the Church to the lenge of our life is this: they also know that being too scene from the God. Salieri then uses his University of Albuquerque, had a "consuming passion" French government" politi- Will we accept the free gift of God's boundless ambitious can at times injure others. It play "Amadeo", court position in Vienna to NM. to persuade Pope Gregory cally and economically love and come to know McBride Father that noted to move Xl papacy Mozart ruin the back financially and Father McBride said. her In even can lead to one's moral Antonio Salieri a person with ambition sets home to Italy. When Mozart view, this could give the the peace and joy that attempts to strike professionally. downfall. acceptance For 70 years in the 14th French government too this dies, there is the suggestion goals and makes plans to a bargain with that Salieri contrived some- move ahead. Ambition can century, during what is much "control over the brings? Or will we cling Where do you draw the line? How to our doubts about God. The com- how to poison his rival. motivate people to achieve called the Avignon Papacy, papacy". do you separate "good" ambition popes lived in Avignon, poser vows to Salieri is a man consumed high goals, he added. Her most persuasive argu- this love and life joyless gloomy lives?" from "bad" ambition? s crupulously with ambition in Peter But because of the negative France. rather than in their ment was spiritual, Father and connotations associated traditional home in Rome, McBride said. It was an (Father William BrownShaffer's fascinating "Amaobserve the com- deo". By no means is ambition limited to with the word, Christians Father McBride explained. Based loosely on hisappeal to Pope Gregory XI's ing CP, in "God Really mandments if think usually don't saints St of Catherine torical events, considered play the sense of honour. She Loves Us," Sentinel the young person embracing career or God will grant displays Salieri's moral dete- in terms of ambition, Father this a scandalous state of reminded the pope of a Press, 1979) personal goals. Ambition is a him the ability to rioration as ambition and McBride commented. Yet affairs and used "her per- promise he made to God sonal presence, persistence while he was still a cardinal. necessary component for young and compose a single, hatred crowd out his more "The only way to pray and skill in negotiating" to after the death of the pope generous virtues. The unleavened magnificent mas- The old alike. character of Salieri in bread, "the bread of end the exile in Avignon, preceding him. 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1.1 million for schools in the Kimberley

In the market for a good way to involve the community in your school? Organize a Catholic School Week! That's what Liwara Catholic Primary School (Greenwood) has been doing for nine years. Miss Roma Criddle. Liwara principal, reports that Catholic School Week has been extremely successful in creating and sustaining a feeling of community spirit and cooperation. During the Catholic School Week teachers, children and parents engage in many activities: paraliturgies. litter drives, fetes, reflections, group discussions. Parents help supervise children on tours of community sites such as homes for the aged. day care centres. shire offices and hospitals. The community is also invited into the school.

Parents, grandparents, children from other schools. residents of retirement homes and other community members attend morning teas at the school. Miss Criddle says that Catholic School Week gives children and parents an opportunity to think about the significance of a Catholic education in their lives. It also gives children an opportunity to learn how they can be of service to their community, a significant aspect of Catholic schooling. For information about organizing a Catholic School Week, contact Maureen Farrell at Liwara (448 3811) or Sr Leonie O'Brien at the Office of the CECWA (381 5444).

Bulk Buying Saves Schools Mone Dollars and Sense

The CECWA has established a central bulk buying scheme to save schools money when purchasing a wide variety of goods and services.

The scheme is operating on a continuing trial basis. David Gilbert, CECWA Purchasing Officer responsible for promoting the scheme, has prepared a preliminary catalogue of products and services available at reduced prices. All schools were issued with this catalogue in Term II.

Buying power The centralized buying power of the CECWA acting for all Catholic schools will result in lower costs of many goods and services. David estimates that savings to schools participating in the scheme

could be as much as 60% in some cases.

Rising costs He points out that the costs to governments, school communities and parents for education continue to escalate. "Education is a big business with big business costs. In 1983 Catholic schools in WA spent more than $11 million on goods and services. "The bulk buying scheme is a significant effort aimed at helping to stem the tide of rising costs."

through the scheme. Everyone wants to save money." Other independent schools have shown interest in participating in the scheme.

Growing Catalogue Additional items are continually added to the catalogue. Teachers and other members of staff who have suggestions

about items which might be included can contact David directly. David is now studying the feasibility of establishing a central system for the purchase of books and uniforms, which would be of direct benefit to parents. Parents and others with suggestions about the operation of such a plan can contact David on (09) 381 5444.

Participation Statewide. 35% of all Catholic schools are participating in the trial, which has been going for only a few months. "I think all schools will eventually participate: David says. "because of the enormous cost benefit accruing to them

Chris deSilva and David Gilbert use the CECWA's computer to manage the bulk buying scheme.

More than $ 1.1 million has been awarded to seven Catholic schools in the Kimberley for building projects. The funding has come from the Commonwealth government through the Aboriginal element of the Capital Grants Program of the Schools Commission. The seven schools are at Balgo Mission, Turkey Creek, Lombadina, Nulungu College in Broome. Billiluna, Beagle Bay and Ringers Soak. The CECWA made submissions to the Commonwealth on behalf of these schools. Michael King. CECWA officer responsible for capital development, said that improvement in facilities at these schools was Primary children at a Kimberley school enjoy their long overdue and that the mid-day tucker. funds were very welcome.

Aboriginal education Dr Richard McSweeney. Chief Executive Officer of the CECWA, sees the funding as evidence of the commitment of the Commonwealth Minister for Education to improve the education and welfare of the Aboriginal people. "One thing that Catholic education cannot be accused of," Dr McSweeney commented, "is failure to focus on the need for special schooling provisions for Aboriginals. "This kind of Commonwealth assistance will result in improved educational services."

Seven schools The project approved at Balgo Mission for secondary classrooms and an administration area is the first stage of a major upgrading program. The cost of this first stage is estimated to be $400,000. Other schools where projects have been approved are Turkey Creek ($250,000 for a pre primary centre and toilet block), Lombadina ($100,000 for a pre primary centre), Nulungu College in Broome ($200,000 for a science lab and arts and crafts fac ilitv). Billiluna (S65,000 for teacher residence), Beagle Bay ($60.000 fora toilet block) and Ringers Soak ($50,000 for a planning study to determine if there is a need for a primary school).

Bicentennial project bid Education is an area in which the Catholic community has played a particularly significant role in the history of Western Australia. In view of this role, the CECWA is considering a bicentennial project focusing on Catholic schools, especially those in country areas. "Catholic people fought against tremendous odds in conditions which were completely alien to them and often fatal as well," comments Lee West, CECWA publications officer co-ordinating the project. "But they persevered because they believed in the importance of Catholic education. "Of course. the story isn't over. That's what makes this project so amic. We still have people in country schools doing marvellous work in difficult and trying circumstances." The three-part project would collect relevant documents, particularly photographs, and oral histories from people connected with the schools.

Book The second part would

be the publication of a popular book based on this data, including new photographs of people.' buildings and churches. During 1988. an exhibition of these materials would be shown in coun try towns and in the Perth metropolitan area.

Volunteers "We need people to come forward to assist i the project by loaning u their photographs, tellin us their stories and givi their time .voluntarily t the project," says Lee. "We want to set u teams of people in differ ent communities to act a advisors on the project."

Funding "We also have to fl ways of funding thi expensive and time consuming project if it i to go ahead." 'We really have to get going if we're to finish the work by 1988." Anyone interested • helping can contact L at the Office of CECWA, PO Box 254 Subiaco 6008.

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Secondary schools "link-up" with TAFE by Jane Machin-Everill

Loretta Carozzi with two of her Italian language students, one of them her daughter Jocelyn, and the other David Reynolds. Si parla italiano alla scuola elementare Mary's Mount. English translation for all non-Italian speakers: Hello friends. Italian is spoken at Mary's Mount Primary School. This Kalamunda school received a Commonwealth grant this year from the Multicultural Educational Advisory Services (MEAS) for a two-year community language and culture program. Using Commonwealth funds from the Schools Commission, MEAS supports a variety of language and culture programs in government. Catholic and other independent schools statewide. Mary's Mount chose to teach Italian because many families of Italian background live in the surrounding community. Mrs Loretta Carozzi, who teaches the course, has lived in the Kalamunda area all her life. In fact, her daughter. Jocelyn. is one of her students. The language programs teaches Italian conversation and vocabulary skills. Mrs Carozzi emphasizes that learn-

ing about the Italian culture is an equally important aspect of the program. -Learning a language should broaden children's outlooks on the world. It should help them understand and appreciate other cultures.In the classes children learn about Italian customs, food, games. celebrations, stories and religious practices. Mrs Carozzi believes that language programs at the primary level give youngsters a headstart in language learning skills and an incentive to continue language study at secondary school. -Parent reaction to the Italian language program has been very positive.- reports Mrs Carozzi. -Parents have been very pleased to hear their children come home speaking good Italian.Finito

Students from three city secondary schools are attending TAFE this term as a result of funding made available through the Non-Government Participation and Equity Program. The three schools are St Mark's College, St Thomas Aquinas and Christian Brothers College (Fremantle). The young people who have chosen to participate in this program attend TAFE about once a week and their individual schools the rest of the time.

Woodworking St Mark's College operates a link course in woodworking with Thom' lie College. It aims to extend the skills developed by the school by providing the boys with the opportunity to use sophisticated equipment.

St Thomas Aquinas and Bentley College are linking to provide students with two courses. The Catering course involves practical and theoretical training. At the successful completion of the course, students will receive a TAFE Certificate.

Horticulture Horticulture, a link unit specifically for St Thomas Aquinas girls, includes gardening. landscaping and horticulture.

Parents volunteered to organize a hungi to help celebrate National Aborigines' Week at Guildford Education Centre in mid-September. A hungi is a way of roasting meat and vegetables in an underground pit covered with hot coals. Parents prepared enough food to feed the more than 200 guests at the afternoon celebration. Sr Carmelin Money has been principal of Guildford Education Centre since it became a secondary school three years ago. Guildford Education Centre is one of only two Aboriginal schools in the Perth metropolitan area. It provides instruction in Years 1-10 for 70 Aboriginal children from the Guildford community and surrounding area. *

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Two of St Mark's Year 11 students who are a ttending the TAFE woodworking course use a band saw to prepare material for one of their projects. There are approximately a dozen s tudents from St Mark's who attend the Thomlie College once a week.

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School community celebrates I Aborigines' Week Among those attending were parents. community members, former students and representatives from the CECWA. Parliament. the University of WA and Balga Technical College (which operates a link course for the school's secondary students). Guests were given a tour of the school and had an opportunity to look at displays students had organized about themselves and their school. Students also presented a play. How the Black Snake Got the Poison, which is based on an Aboriginal myth.

South Fremantle Technical College is providing firbreg lass and boat building studies for CBC Fremantle students. The school chose this course because many of the boys' parents are involved in the fishing industry. Most link courses at present are concentrated on extending options for non-academic students. Students are usually required to get to and from the TAFE college on their own. They have the chance to meet other students involved in link programs and mix with adults. As TAFE is the largest post-secondary institution in WA, link courses also provide students with an opportunity of finding out about the vast range of subjects available.

Reviewed below are two bilingual books, one in English-Polish and the other in English-Vietnamese. Both books are traditional folktales which have been retold by people from the Polish and Vietnamese communities of Perth. Each demonstrates how qualities such as kindness and honesty eventually triumph over greed. They are two of six books recently developed and published by the Multicultural Education Services division of the CECWA. All the books may be purchased directly from the CECWA or the Language Centre Bookshop (North Perth). All Books are illustrated in bold colours and drawings which would appeal to children of all ages. They are an excellent resource for children who are interested in other cultures, particularly those who have classmates who are Vietnamese or Polish. The Raven and the Star Fruit Tree, retold by Le thi Lai and edited by Noreen Monaghan. 28pp. $5.25.

This Vietnamese story is about a rich man who dies. leaving his wealth to his two sons. The elder son, greedy and selfish, takes all the money and leaves the younger brother with only a star fruit tree. A raven begins to eat the tree's fruit and the younger brother is distressed. Selling the fruit is the only way he can get money to support his family. The raven reassures him. telling him he will pay him with gold . . . Torunskie Pierniki (The Honey Cakes of Torun). retold by Anna Boltuc. translated by Ewa Zdzitoiecka. 16pp, $4.50. This story tells how the Polish town of Town came to be famous for its honey cakes. Young Bogumil. a baker's apprentice, falls in love with Rozia. the Master Baker's daughter. Because he is poor. they cannot marry. One day Bogumil is in the forest and notices a bee near to drowning a stream. Bogumil rescues the bee. His reward for this kind act is a special one indeed . . .

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Letters to the Editor PO Box 254 Subiaco WA 6008 Intercom is published by the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia. Its Editor is Lee West who may be reached at (09) 381 5444. The views expressed in Intercom are not necessarily those of CECWA or the Editor. Intercom is printed by Vanguard Press. Its publication is made possible in part by a grant from the Perth Archdiocese.

Parents are always looking for ways to help their children do well at school. Below are a few suggestions you can follow to help your children develop positive attitudes about themselves, learning new things and attending school. 1. Praise your children rather than blame them. Encourage every effort. 2. Read to your children from their earliest age. There is no better way to create a desire to read. 3. Give your children simply-written and well-illustrated books on a whole range of topics. both fiction and non-fiction.

library on a regular basis. Arrange for them to be able to take out books on their own. 5. With younger children, cultivate a sense of number, size, length. height, width, weight by examining items in everyday life. Join with them in estimating, counting. calculating, measuring. 6. Take time to discuss everyday happenings. Encourage questions and show how answers can be found. 7. Ask your children about the television programs they watch. Help them develop a set of good standards. 8. Regularly give your children the most precious gift — your time.

School boards set for November AGMs: Community urged to attend Financial Accountability All schools, government and non-government, should be held accountable for the funds they receive. In the case of Catholic schools there is a financial accountability requirement to their communities and to governments. A large part of each school's income is derived from government disbursements from the public purse. Consequently the accountability procedure adopted by schools must be able to stand up to public scrutiny. The school's accountability obligation to the public is met by its accurate accounting, good planning for the best use of the grants. observing the conditions on which the grants are made, and making accurate financial statements.

Catholic community funds Each school's accountability requirements extend to the various sections of the Catholic community supplying funds. As all funding received by schools from whatever sources, government or community. goes into one pool of funds, a school should be accountable to its community for all funds received. not merely that portion derived from school fees. Most school boards issue clear, comprehensible financial statements to their community or ensure that such statements are posted in a conspicuous place, such as on a church notice board.

Commission policy The Catholic Education Commission of WA has consistently required all Catholic schools in the State to be meticulous in their use of. and accounting for all funds received, from whatever source.

School boards The existence and the proper functioning of school boards. with elected representatives of the local Catholic community. play an important part in helping to provide for governments a satisfactory financial accountability arrangement.

WA Catholic school boards are preparing for the annual school board community meetings which are required to be held every November. The annual meeting is well-advertised in advance by each board. Parents and other members of the Catholic school community are encouraged to attend and elect representatives to serve on the board for the next twelve months. Almost every parish and diocesan school in Western Australia has been assisted for the past several years by a properly-constituted board of financial management. It is part of the policy of the Catholic Education Commission that there should be such an arrangement. Four out of every five order-owned schools now operate in a similar manformal through ner boards or councils.

Agenda At the annual meeting the board Chairman gives an account of the board's indicates stewardship. which members are retiring. which are eligible for re-election, and conducts the elections in accordance with the requirements set out in the WA Catholic School Board Constitution.

The Board is required to disseminate information about board meet= ings and decisions to the school community, the parish council, the parents and friends association, and all other groups and individuals interested in the school. The Board is required to be an effective liaison agent between the school and the community served by the school. Constitution 13 The timing of the annual meeting in November is important because it enables the new members of the board to become familiar with their duties and to promote the formal work of the board that has to be done early in the new war. CECWA school consultants assist school communities with their annual meetings and pro-

"Sound psychological, educational and sociological thought, in keeping with current Catholic philosophy, endorses the principles of shared responsibility and decision-making that underpin the board concept." Constitution — Explanatory notes

Daryl Gore. Chairman Santa Maria College Attadale 'Ten years ago Catholic schools didn't have access to the kind of professional advice they now have through their boards. On a board you have people volunteering their expertise in fields like accountancy, law, architecture and building trades, all areas that schools have an increasing need for as funding and management of our educational institutions becomes more complicated.

vide advisory services on a continuing basis.

Financial accou ntability The school board provides a means of public accountability for the receipt and expenditure of all funds received by the school. including taxpayers money which comes to the school in the form of state and Commonwealth government grants. The involvement of people in decision-making that affects them is not only a good administrative principle but is a practice that is encouraged in Church communities.

Xavier College Typical Board Pictured above are members of the Xavier College Board finalizing the employment of a new principal. Tom Rushton. Xavier's chairman, believes that the employment of staff is a significant role for boards.

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-After all, the staff has a most telling impact on the direction the school takes. Our board interviews all members of the teaching staff before they are employed. -The board is a great strength of Catholic schools.- Mr Rushton goes on. Boards affirm the importance of parents and community members to the school. Our board is a closely- knit team of people who support the school and its staff, the students and one another. * *Boards strengthen the Christian nature of schools by encouraging people to interact harmoniously for the good of the whole community.-

Edna Bropho. Chairman Guildford Education Centre School Board Guildford Mrs Bropho has been chairman of the board of this Aboriginal school for the past three years. "Ihave been battling for education forAboriginal children all my life. Being on the school board is a part of the battle. When Aboriginal people are on the board it helps the school understand what Aboriginal children need."

Ken Sullivan, Chairman St Maria Goretti Redcliffe "I think the way in which they provide a broad base of community support to the school is their most important function. "Financial accountability is another critical role for the board. Much of the funding we receive comes from government sources. We have to see that this money, as well as funding from all sources, is spent as it's supposed to be. We have to keep accurate financial records,just as any proper business does.

Monsignor Michael Keating. Parish Priest Sacred Heart Primary School (Highgate) Mercy College (Koondoola) "School boards have freed the priest from the former administrative detail which he had to shoulder. The work is now shared by many members of the community, and as a result there is now more community involvement and interest in the schools. Mons Keating believes that the parish priest can help keep the precept of charity in the forefront of board discussions and decisions. "It is important that the school, in its zeal to be financially viable. does not forget the special preference a Catholic school should give to the poor and needy."

Karen McLean, Community Representative St Paul's Primary School Mt Lawley 'Through being a board member I've learned things don'tjust happen at a good school. Changes have to be well thought-out and planned. 'The board can be particularly effective in helping a principal think through the wisdom of specific financial and education decisions. We're an organized group of people representing the community that the principal can talk to on a regular basis.

Mrs Kerry Blom, P & F Representative St Anthony's School Midvale "Foremost in our decision-making at St Anthony's is the recognition that the decisions we make and the process we use to make those decisions must reflect a basic Christian philosophy. "I think anyone with an interest in education or with basic business acumen has something to offer their local school through serving on the board."

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Parents and Staff at Rottnest

Are there too many loud arguments in your family? Too many brooding silences? Are you worried your teenager won't be able to find a job? Is your child moody, depressed, unhappy? If the answer to these sorts of questions is yes, the new family services program at the Catherine McAuley Centre can help you. Unlike the Centre's traditional residential program, this new service aims to help families, children and parents, in the community. -This is a preventive program,- says Peter Bay-

man, one of the Centre's family therapists. -We offer families assistance in developing and maintaining positive family relationships. -We help families before their problems become so severe that their relationship breaks down completely.'

staff at Catherine McAuley meet with families on a regular basis

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Aboriginal resource kit gets funding

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Peter Bayman Family Therapist -Each member of the family has a key contribution to make in resolving family difficulties:' continues Peter. -Because the family relationship is so interconnected, dealing with the whole family is likely to produce more satisfying and long-lasting results than counselling an individual child or parent.' -Sometimes even extended family members, like grandparents, can help boost a family's coping resources.-

A teaching resource package highlighting c ontemporary Aboriginal life is being developed Contact in Western Australia. The Centre is particumusic, dance and ture, Irene Sorensen. CECofficer, recently occupations in contem- larly interested in helping WA received a grant of porary Australia. Abori- those in its immediate community, including $23,000 from the Com- ginals will be seen in both families whose children monwealth government traditional and contact attend local schools. settings. through the Schools The materials will be However this does not Commission for this prosuitable for upper primary preclude families from ject. and secondary programs. other areas seeking help The Project Officer is from the Centre. The comprehensive kit The Centre's phone of audiovisual and print Sr Margaret Lipsett who materials will depict Abo- recently completed a re- number is 381 9222 and riginal life styles, cos source kit on Asian its address is Station Road, Wembley. toms, celebrations, litera- Australians.

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The St Maria Goretti school community met recently on Rottnest for a two-day conference to analyze the future role of the school. The group included parents, school staff, the parish priest and CECWA personnel. Together they began establishing planning policies and strategies to build on the strength of the school to provide a more relevant education to its students. According to the school's principal, Ian Pearce, "the highlight of the conference was a summary of the implications of the Beazley Report given by Jack Shanahan." "The real success of the conference was measured in terms of community interaction and cooperation. It is this unity which augurs well for a bright future at our II school.

Smoking and Your Teenager Smoking is a serious health problem among teenagers. A survey of school children in WA last year showed that one in every twenty 12-year olds smoked regularly. By the age of 15, one in every four children claimed to be a regular smoker. Obviously the years between 10 and 15 are crucial in determining whether or not a child will become a smoker. Parents sometimes find it difficult to talk to children about their smoking.

A free booklet, What Parents Can Do about Their Children Smoking, helps parents learn how to discuss the issue with their children. For a free copy, contact Addy Carrol. Smoking and Health Project, 514 Hay Street, Perth 6000.

Primary Principals Meet Nine principals from Perth attended the inaugural conference of the Australian Catholic Primary Principals Association (ACPPA) in Brisbane recently. According to John Willett, President of the WA division of ACPPA, more than 120 principals from all parts of Australia participated in the three-day program which took up a wide range of educational issues. Br Kevin Treston, a leading educationalist in Australia, helped participants explore a Christian vision of school, pastoral care and ministry. Mr Willett announced that the 1985 ACPPA Conference will be held in Perth next May.

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ACC Athletics Carnival Nears Twenty-three schools will participate in the twoday athletic carnival organized by the ACC on October 15 and 16. Entrants are training most evenings and a high standard of performance is expected, according to Tony Hillas, ACC Sports Coordinator. -Defending A Division champions, John XXIII, will be hard-pressed to

retain their title because of the strong challenge from most of the schools in the association. says Tony. -Mercedes and Servite will also meet stiff opposition in both boys and girls divisions.Parents and other interested community members are encouraged to attend the athletic carnival.

Coordinator Required Mission and Justice Education Project National Catholic Missionary Council Educational background and current knowledge of mission, justice and development required. Ability to work creatively in small team and to conduct seminars for adult groups essential. Salary commensurate with current award levels in Catholic education. Applications to Secretary, National Missionary Council, 154 Elizabeth Street. Sydney 2000. Phone: (02) 2647122. Applications close October 12

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Coming PEP Attractions 8 October Region 1 Careerc Advisors meeting Host Judy Morris — Newman Sienna, Doubleview. 45pm. 10 October Region 3 Careers Advisory meeting. Host. Harry Muller — La Salle, Viveash, 4-6pm. 10 October Team Teaching Ill. 4-6pm

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12 October PEP Talk 4 sent to all non-government secondary schools in WA. Articles on TAFE/school implications, education of grls and current events. 16 October Region 4 Careers Advisors meeting Host Jch, James — CBC Fremantle. 4-6pm. 17 October Region 5 Careers Advisors meeting Host . Liz Constable — St Hilda's. Mosman Park, 4-6pm

Act..bes Neal at CECWA owes. "imp* mato tunnar, ,nfonnat.on contact Jane Macton-Evanil on (091 381 3144

In establishing the Catholic Education Commission of W A in 1972 the bishops and major superiors of religious teaching orders in this State saw the Commission's function as directing the general development of Catholic education in Western Australia, and its role as including: • making broad policy decisions relating to the scope and direction of Catholic education the coordination of the sub-units in the assisting • Catholic education system, and • advising governments and public authorities on the needs of Catholic education. Within this broad framework the Commission is seen as working to achieve more rationalisation in the use of resources — religious and lay teachers, school facilities, and funds — available for Catholic education, and thereby striving for the maximum impact which can be achieved. Co-incidental with this approach, and as part of its overall role, the Commission is also concerned with the projection — both within the Church and to governments and other external agencies — of the image of Catholic education as a united, responsible, prudent, and forwardlooking institution of Australian society. From this s tandpoint the Commission is able to speak with far more authority and acceptance when advising parents and governments on the problems, needs, and priorities of Catholic schools. BASIC REQUIREMENT The Conference of Bishops and Major Superiors, from whom the Commission derives its authority, agreed in 1972 that if the Commission is to be in a position to discharge its responsibilities: "All proposals affecting extension or reduction or major change of schools are to he referred to the Commission for consideration before any final decision is implemented".

Examples of such proposals to be referred to the Catholic Education Commission of WA are: (i) plans to open or close a school; (ii) plans to change the nature or structure of a school, such as the addition or removal of an attached preschool centre, or the amalgamation of one school with another; (iii) proposed changes in the administrative arrangements for a school by a school board or other governing body, for example the extension of a board's activities to include more than one school; (iv) plans to change pupil enrolment policies, for example the enrolment or discontinuation of enrolment of either boys or girls in particular years, the introduction of an additional stream of pupils, or increasing or decreasing the number of grades; (v) proposals for major changes to the character of a school's enrolment, such as through open entry to pupils of all denominations, or restrictions of places to students of high academic ability only; (vi) proposals by a religious order for its withdrawal from any school; (vii) proposals to employ lay principals where former!) religious principals were employed; (viii) proposals for buildings or for the purchase of land involving government funding or, in the case of non-order-owned schools, involving borrowing from the diocesan chancery or from a moneylending institution. APPLICATION It should be noted that the requirement of referrint, proposals to the Catholic Education Commission of WA applies to all Catholic schools, as it was the intent of the Conference of Bishops and Major Superiors that it should so apply, and as all Catholic schools have an obligation both to consider the needs of others as well as their own, and to cooperate fully with one another.

Robert (Bob) Lanigan, possessor of a family name synonymous with New Norcia, was born at Waddington just north of the mission setlement on January 8, 1900. A year later the Lanigans shifted to Mogumber to farm with uncle Michael, and the start of Bob's education involved a three-mile w alk to the local school. In 1907 when the family moved to New Norcia he became the first day boy at St Gertrude's College and in 1913 transferred to the Marist College (St Ildephonsus) to complete his schooling. His grandfather, Andrew Lanigan, arrived from Ireland at New Norcia in 1863 — just 17 years after the intrepid Dom Salvado had established his mission in the bush. Bob's father, Richard, w as born at the Canterbury property in the area in 1867. In addition to conducting the New Norcia general store and the mail run, he was secretary of the Victoria Plains R oad Board for 38 years — a position Bob also filled in an acting capacity for a time. T he Lanigans were prominent cricketers and f ootballers, Joe, one of the nine brothers and sisters, set up a record last-wicket partnership with Fred Buttsworth playing for W A against Victoria in 1922. In Country Week Bob had an innings of 172, then a record for the competition. In 1933 he married Susan (Sue) Gallagher, member of a well-known Highgate Catholic family. They had five children, now have eight grandchildren, and all members of the original wedding group are still alive. Bob, a good violinist and singer, retired from his New Norcia farm in 1960 and he and Sue are now parishioners of St Peter's, Bedford.

Bob Lanigan was seven when he moved with his parents and siblings from Mogumber to New Norcia in 1907. There was little at the settlement apart from the monastery, the natives' cottages and the newly-opened St Gertrude's girls' college. A start was being made on the construction of the St Ildephonsus boys' college, which did not receive its first pupils until 1913. Sister Julia was principal of St Gertrude's and Abbot Torres was in charge of the monastery on whose land Bob's father, Richard, built his general store. It also included the post office which Richard took over from the monastery when he was awarded the mail run contract.

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In addition to looking after her husband and the family which ultimately grew to three girls and six boys, mother Margaret (a daughter of the local Thompson family) was also busy on tasks such as baking bread t o sell in the store and cutting up meat for the same purpose_ She used to get up at 4 o'clock each morning and never failed to attend the 5am daily Mass at the monastery. E ven when the family moved to a house out of town, she insisted on one of her daughters driving her in the horse and buggy to this crack -of -dawn Eucharist. Although the population of the town itself was small there were farms in the

By BOB BOYLE surrounding area whose owners had names such as Clune, Maher, Thompson, Fitzgerald, Groves, Davidson and Halligan to name a few. Richard initially assigned the mail run to his eldest son Andrew, but he enlisted in the AIF when World War I was declared and the next brother. Joe, took over. Came 1917 and Joe also enlisted, leaving the 17 year -old Bob to take over the run. Both Andy and Joe, incidentally, survived the war. Bob's original equipage for the daily run, which extended 15 miles to Mogumber in one direction and 10 miles to Waddington

in another, was a horse and buggy. Depending on the number of deliveries to be made, it was sometimes necessary to stay out overnight — or part of the night — because he had to service his customers on the return journey to New Norcia and be ready to set out again on the same day.

Through modifications that Richard installed, the buggy was also able to carry three or four passengers. As Bob reflects, it was little

wonder that they sometimes found the journey seemingly interminable as the driver made endless deviations off the direct route to ensure the proper delivery or acceptance of His Majesty's mails at far-flung farms. But then technological progress in the transport field brought the dawn of a new era — Richard Lanigan bought the first T-Model Ford to be seen in the district and entrusted it to proud son Robert for the mail run. Gone was the age of having to stay away from home at night, the whole route could be covered in one day with time to spare, and innumerable delighted passengers could be crammed into and onto this wonder vehicle whose capacity knew no bounds. The euphoria, however, was short-lived. One blistering day in 1918 when the shade temperature was 110 deg F, the TModel darling of the district succumbed to heat prostra-

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tion, blew up in a ball of fire and left its blackened and twisted remains on the mail run it had graced for so brief a period. When the bedraggled Bob, who had saved the mail, returned to New Norcia he r eceived a right -royal bawling-out from his father who mentioned, inter alia and with a heat rivalling the recent conflagration, that the so-and-so vehicle had not even been insured

, '' eNn0411 Ho-hum, back to the horse and buggy. To gain farming experience when he was 21, Bob left New Norcia to join his brother-in-law who was managing Dr Kelsall's property near Moora. While he was there, Country Week cricket was introduced in 1922 and Bob and brother Joe were members of the Moora team that participated.

God and poetry moved gently but firmly into Betty LloydMostyn's life at about the same time. Her relationship with both is still developing. It's probably about nine years since her soul bared its spiritual and creative beauty; both nurtured in the lushness of the Darling Ranges. She was one of the poets chosen to submit work for the recently published volume of poetry, An Anthology of Christian Verse, prepared by Dom Francis Byrne, of New Norcia. She had been writing for some time at that stage and had only a moment's hesitation when Dom Francis asked her for 12 poems.

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God and poetry bring beauty to her life 'What it comes down to is that the only person you can please is yourself and that in itself is satisfying.'

The hesitation came when he requested they be of a spiritual nature. Her reply was that much of her work was on nature and her answer in return was *God is nature'.

In pleasing herself she originally turned to nature as a source of creative inspiration. "I would write in all sorts of places, in bed, at 4am and very often in this room." she said glancing around the wide -windowed lounge room that invites the surrounding bushland to come inside " Then I turned to social comment and later my poetry took on a spiritual content." she said. "I write short poems because I believe that things should be said as briefly and as strongly as possible I try to get the strength by narrowing into the image.

Born in 1929 at Bicton, she remembers her childhood as strange and unyielding. Bob distinguished himself by making 172 in one innings, the highest score of the series. Six years later he was a member of the 1928 New Norcia team that won the Country Week championship. About that time at New Norcia a team consisting solely of Lanigans played "The Rest", and the Lanigans won.

From 1 922 Bob and brother Pat had farmed a property near New Norcia on which the brick and Toodyay stone homestead was called South View. It was to this home that he took his new bride Sue after their marriage in 1933. The couple took an active part in community affairs at New Norcia, gave strong support to the sisters and brothers at St Gertrude's and St Ildephonsus colleges, and formed firm friendships with the Benedictine community and neighbours near and far. Brother Pat enlisted in the Second AIF in 1940 and Bob

was required to remain on the farm to keep things going. Pat was captured by the Japanese and endured the horrors of the Burma Railway, but he survived and was welcomed home joyfully by the family. In fact when the Lanigans had heard the Japanese had surrendered, they rode round New Norcia by night cheering and ringing bells in horn-tooting cars to create probably the loudest ruckus the sleepy hollow had experienced. It was an unimaginable exercise for a family noted for its gentility, so next day the rumour spread round the town that a band of hooligans from Moora had been responsible for the hullabaloo. There was no comment from the Lanigans. In October, 1983, Bob and Sue celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at a Mass in St Peter's, Bedford, concelebrated by parish priest Father Jim Petry and Abbot Gregory Gomez and Father Paul of the New Norcia Benedictine community.

The only child of a mixed marriage, she felt early the emotional pull of two determined people who could not find a common ground. It's a credit to her common sense that despite being baptised twice as — Betty in the Anglican Church and Elizabeth in the Catholic Church, she still has a strong sense of self.

Graduated "My father was a staunch Catholic and my mother a determined Anglican," she said. She was educated at Perth Modern School and later attended the University of Western Australia, graduating as a Bachelor of Arts with majors in English and Psychology. She taught English for four years in South Australia but returned to Perth about 16 years ago Her own spiritual call did not come until many years later. Her husband, a converted Catholic had been subjected to increasing suffering from arthritis. There was a chance he would have to lose his leg because of the severity of the pain. In a moment of tears she was led by a friend to a charismatic meeting, and it was there, she saw for the first time, the real force of the Holy Spirit. Her husband went and was healed, she says simply. But this matter-of-fact miracle saw her convert to Catholicism and embark on a rich and rewarding relationship with God. "It was the way sent," she says quietly. And the way sent has set God and poetry firmly in her life. Both bring a greater sense of the joy in the world around her. For the past few years she has been a member of an enthusiastic poetry group which set up its own press, the Gooseberry Hill Press, in a bid to encourage the publishing of poetry. ,

'While I think it is important to know the techniques used in poetry, you must also make sure that you use them to suit your own style "I particularly like word echo in rhyme and I find most poetry develops a speech pattern of its own,' she said.

Matured Like most poets she looks back over the writing years with the occasional shrinking of matured ego. "You do become increasingly critical of your early work. In fact we have a saying that it is dangerous cleaning' her work, putting t o publish because you might be sorry later," she it all into order. Perhaps it will be published smiled. Poetry, she says, has or perhaps it will just be an important become sorted. The order is the important medium, especially for thing, the chance to review women. It allows expression of our and assess. "It will be shunted to the deepest emotions, although publishers but even if it is there will always be a disnot accepted, it's a good guise, says Betty. We dress chance to tidy things up a our words in styles that will appeal to others and not bit." While she sees poetry offend our own eyes, she enjoying a revival, it is still adds. Spirituality is also an impornot an easily marketed tant factor in writing poetry, medium. "Poetry is greatly affected she says. "I find it very hard to by fashion," she said. 'What is popular at one time is not imagine in fact, that anyone acceptable at another. At could write poetry without a present it is fashionable to sense of spirituality. Poetry be obscure and the more can more easily reveal the obscure you can be the spirituality. It nourishes it in a way that prose cant." better. Her own favourite is "Certain publishing houses will only accept particular Gerard Manley Hopkins — styles of poetry and the a Jesuit looking for solusame goes for some mag- tions. " We're all trying to get that azines. This is a big limited freshness," she said f actor." ,

'What ispopular one time is not another' Betty is currently taking time off from her own writing to proof-read a volume of short stories. The group has already published a slim book of poetry called Water bush.

constructive criticism available is of great value. "It works so well, I think, because it is small and we have come to know each other and each other's work so well."

It contains the poetry of ten writers living in the Darling Ranges.

There is a gentle enthusiasm as she talks about poetry; for her it is the essence of expression.

They include Betty, Barbara Farrant, Nicki MacLeod, Mary Dilworth, Gaynor Dawson, Pauline Young, Faye Davis, Grace Grenville Vaughan, Jennifer LangleyKemp and Esther Efford. She is lucky, she says , to be able to share the joy of poetry with the five other members of her group. 'We do have a very special relationship," she says. 'We meet regularly, about every two weeks and all try to have something to present., 'We reserve our right to hold our own opinion, despite what others s‘ay,,but the

"If you overlay poetry with sophistication then you lose the freshness" she says. "Any poet is very fortunate to have the well of something coming up, the inspiration rising with a force of its own, rather than having to dig down to find IC There was probably a lot more digging done, when, in her forties, she stumbled across the creative well within herself. 'These things come when you are ready," she adds, "but it is something that is with you all the time." She is currently 'house-

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(Youth Forum Even the street kids won't have them

The boys who don't belong The streets of St Kilda are the refuge of many a lonely child, but the sad truth is that most of the boys at St Augustine's Geelong, would not be accepted even there. They are too disturbed and battered.

By TONY RYAN, of The Advocate, Melbourne,

First a prayer LOS ANGELES (NC) — Before Valerie BriscoHooks pressed her foot against the starting block of the women's 400-metre race in the Los Angeles Olympics, she knelt down and prayed. Less than a minute after the gun sounded she crossed the finish line to capture her first gold medal. The night after Carl Lewis won his long jump gold medal he was talking about his love for Jesus in a San Fernando Valley church. As Al Joyner stood at the line before winning the gold medal in the triple jump, he closed his eyes and offered the jump to the Lord. Their willingness to express their religious convictions before Coliseum crowds and international television was part of the Christian faith they believe was integral to their Olympic performance. "An athlete must be prepared spiritually, physically and emotionally — and in that order — in order to succeed," Bob Kersee, coach of several Olympic track and field competitors, told The Tidings, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. "Every Wednesday night we get together for Bible study and prayer. We study the Scripture and apply it to our lives and ask the Lord to strengthen and bless us, to help us accept His will. Jesus lives and His life comes on to us," he said. Kersee coaches Ms Brisco-Hooks, women's 400-metre silver medallist Chandra Cheeseborough, Joyner and his sister, heptathlon medallist Jackie Joyner. Kersee emphasised that the athletes do not pray for victory "but strength and acceptance. Valerie won the gold medal because she was spiritually prepared and Chandra was able to

accept finishing second because of the same spiritual preparation." The coach quoted freely from the New Testament, citing the promise in Philippians that strength comes from the Lord. "I have always been a Christian, but four years ago I realised the power of the faith to transform lives. Valerie felt that, too. She has become a wife and mother and knows the Lord acts in her life," he said. It has been a long road for the 24-year -old Brisco-Hooks, who first turned to track out of tragedy. "In 1974 my brother Robert was training on a practice field when he was shot by random bullets and killed. I wanted to carry on,- she said. After peaking as a runner in 1979 with personal best times in the 200- and 400-metre events, Ms Brisco-Hooks fell upon rough times and many experts discounted her as a contender. But then her life was transformed when she "found the Lord," married her husband Alvin, a former professional football player, and two years ago gave birth to Alvin Jr. "Our Wednesday night Bible studies bring the team closer together. It is a real family. Our husbands and children are there. Since we started I have felt closer to God than ever before," Ms Brisco-Hooks said. "Whatever I do I realise that all things I do through God," said Ms Brisco-Hooks, who ran at Long Beach City College. "That means taking the rough as well as the good. If you believe God builds a good faith in you and you approach life positively, each race you go into positively and run with the Lord.-

Br Peter Flint, deputy superintendent of St Augustine's, said they are unwanted at home, at school, in society and even on the streets. But there is good news also: thanks to the discipline and care of the brothers and staff most of the boys become settled enough to return to their families from six months to a year. So the community of 47 boys from 10-18 years-old is divided into seven groups, small enough to help them feel they are part of a family with many of the comforts of home. Day and night there is an adult nearby to help the boys through their homesickness, their nightmares. their tantrums. It's a good symbol of how the brothers encourage the boys to be creative and to be close to the dependent world of animals. There's an aviary and there are lambs. white rabbits, horses and shuffling, wheezing Ralph. the old border collie housedog. "There are no locks on the doors here," Br Flint said. "The boys are here because they want to be." Most of them want to make good. They have already suffered enough pain. A high percentage have a background that includes a violent, alcoholic father. But not all. Bobby's damage started when he was three months old and his mother threw him against the wall. His skull was fractured. And Ken's story is different. too. His home background seems healthy enough. But trouble has followed him since his third day at kindergarten. He was expelled. Although there are excep-

Antioch The Claremont/Cottesloe Antioch group is conducting a tour of the Holy Land leaving Perth on January 4 andreturning onJanuary 25. The tour is open to the first 30 Antiochians who apply, at a total cost of $1500 each. One night will be spent in Singapore en-route and one night in Amman. From that point a private coach has been arranged with hostel accommodation. Special features include a three day walk along the shores of the Lake of Galilee, camping in tents and visits to Jerusalem. Tiberias, Nazareth, Bethlehem and the Dead Sea. Enquire from Mrs Heme 384 6438 after 4 pm.

tions, family disruption is an almost constant factor in the boys' pattern. The "disruption" includes not only marital breakdowns, hut single parent families and the "latch key" situation caused by both parents working. The boys become out of control at home. And they can't cope with mainstream school life because they are restless and can't concentrate for much more than a couple of minutes. Even if the teachers are understanding and capable there is often trouble in the schoolyard. Unkind fellow students might given them cruel names like "veg" ( vegetable ) because of their lack of academic skills. Retaliation can be swift and vicious. Another feature of the boys patterns is trouble with the police and appearances in the courts. About one-third are wards of the state. Most of the boys are sent to St Augustine's by parents working through an agency. The referral is usually made by a social worker or psychologist who has been counselling the boy. The brothers and the staff are clear about what they expect from the boys but they also rely heavily on "peer influence" — more simply known as mateship — to help the new arrivals settle in with as little suffering as possible. Nearly all have been through homesickness, in varying degrees. and they can recognise it in the new arrivals. The superintendent, Br Greg Fogarty, said he heard an 11-year-old comforting a new arrival with the simple words; "I felt the same way and I was OK in a couple of days. You'll get to like it." Br Fogarty added: "When a new kid comes in, the rules are set clearly for him. He learns from others that it can be a good place, if he keeps the rules." Times have changed. Most of the bosN at St Augustine's years ago were "average" types. And there were many more of them, partly because there were many more foundlings in those days. "But the 47 that we have here at the moment correspond to the 350 we had years ago," Br Fogarty said. "In previous times the kids came through the system and there was discipline there. Today they cause a lot of wear and tear. "Today we have a new kind of troubled child."

Br Flint added: "Sometimes we lovingly call it Run Amuck School. It's a school where the imperative mood gets a lot of bashing." St Augustine's must be doing something right as a high percentage of the boys are short term. "The last time we arranged a home weekend, there were only five who did not go," Br Fogarty said. "Some just don't have home to go to." Br Fogarty said the fact of their coming to St Augustine's was often a settling influence on the boys and also made their parents think more seriously about their responsibilities. Of the 47 boys, 32 go to outside schools. The remaining 15 attend St Augustine's special school. They're not ready yet for the outside world. "We get tremendous support from just about es-cry school in the Geelong area, Br Flint said. Most of the boys arc nonCatholics or come from a non-practising Catholic background and go to state schools. Br Flint says he can only speak with admiration of the care and concern of the staff in the government schools he is associated with. He said one of the says St Augustine's helped the boys was by providing many activities to help them burn off energy. "In a cottage situation, for example, there would be no horse riding, no trampoline," he said. "There might be a cricket bat or a football but that would be about all." Br Flint said that, sometimes, a boy doesn't settle in because he arrived too late and the damage was done.

Helper Once again the Young Christian Students' movement of Perth is calling for applicants to work full-time for YCS in 1985. beginning early January. The position is open to leaving students, assistants and anyone who has been involved in the movement before. Applications for the two positions must be sent to the YCS office no later than November 5. (PO Box 194 North Perth 6006). For more information ring the office on 328 4071,

CHOICE Take time off to review and reflect on your life. Book now for the next Choice weekend. October 26 to 28. Contact Margaret and Terry Fennessy, 386 6494.

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Record Kids Club Jokes LIMERICK There was a young man named Paul who went to a fancy dress ball. He thought he would risk it and go as a biscuit. But a dog ate him up in the hall! D AFFYNITIONS S HELL SHOCK: What Humpty Dumpty died of. WOK: Something you fwow at a wabbit. PILLOW: Headquarters. ILLEGAL: A sick bird. HIPPIES: They hold your leggies on. MINIMUM: A very small mother. B ACTERIA: The rear entrance to a cafeteria. TWIP: A wide on a twain. IG: An eskimo house without a loo. MEATBALL: A dance at the meat works. COPPER NITRATE: Overtime for policemen. T ANGERINE: A mandarin with sunstroke. C OINCIDE: What people do when it rains. ICICLE: An eavesdropper. THONGS: Things the Theekers thing. BUTTRESS: A female goat. C ROQUETTE: A romantic lady frog. D EBATE: What attracts de fish. Q. What is the difference between a bottle of medicine and a had boy? A. One is well shaken before taken, and the other should be taken and well shaken. Q. Why is a pencil like a riddle? A. It's no good without a point.

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Sarah stood at the edge icine from time to time. to wear. And I haven't of the crowd. Her fore- We could all use some had a new dress in a head was creased with new clothes. How can I year." She was surprised to worry wrinkles. Jesus not worry?" began to talk about "Look at the birds in the hear Jesus start talking money and riches. The sky," Jesus continued, about clothes. "Why sound of the word, pointing to several birds worry about clothes?" "money," set Sarah to flying overhead. "They Jesus asked. "Look at the worrying. do not sow seeds or harv- wild flowers all over the "How am I ever going to est grain. They have no hills. They do not work. get enough money to pay barns. Yet your Father in They don't make clothes. all my bills?" she asked heaven takes care of But not even King Solomon had clothes as herself. "With Samuel them." beautiful as one of these laid up with a broken "But birds don't need flowers. If God clothes arm, no money is coming money to buy food," the wild flowers, won't in. Sarah argued to herself. He provide much more Sarah's husband was "What's Jesus getting at?" for you?" injured at work more impor- Sarah couldn't stop her than a month ago. Sarah "Aren't you more birds?" worries from welling up wondered where she tant than the "If like waves. But she knew crowd. asked the Jesus money to buy would get so, won't God care for Jesus was right. She food for her family. for believed strongly in "Do not worry about you much more than what to eat, or what to birds?" God's love and care. She wear," Jesus was saying. Sarah couldn't argue listened more carefully "Will worrying about it with that. She knew for as Jesus continued to help any of you live sure she was more impor- speak to the crowd. tant to God than any "Stop worrying!" Jesus longer?" Sarah felt a twinge of number of birds. But she told them. "Don't worry about what to eat and anger at Jesus' words. still worried. "How can He expect me "How will I ever get drink or what to wear. not to worry?" she some new clothes for the People who do not know thought to herself. "Our children?" Sarah wor- God worry about such three children need food ried. "They are outgrow- t hings and are always to eat. Samuel needs med- ing everything they have running after them. Your Father in heaven knows t hat you need all these things." "I believe that," Sarah Minnie, by Annetee Macar- separately under such head- thought to herself. "But thur-Onslote, published by ings as Animals. Vi'ork and I just seem to keep on Industry, Sports and Pastimes worrying anyway." Fontana, $4.95 Minnie is the story of a 13- etc. This second edition has "Above all else," Jesus year-old cat who loathed been substantially revised for urged, "be concerned visitors. In the spring of her children of the eighties and about God's place in your thirteenth year a new tenant has a comprehensive index. life and what the Lord came to the cottage and she asks of you. God will slowly came to accept her The Science Of The Earth. provide you with these new owners. But when a by Tom Williamson; The other things. So do not visitor arrived she left and Science Of Communication worry about tomorrow. defied nature in her journey. A nd Control. by Lionel Let tomorrow take care of through the autumnal Cots- Bender; The Science Of The itself." Senses, by Graham Storrs; wolds. She met with storm and The Science Of Moirment, hunting dogs, foxes and cows. by Ralph Hancock. pubBIRTHDAY and it was all terrifying. She lished by MacMillan LonHappy birthday to Kimberley ran far from home. 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A look at books Compiled by Roslyn Ross. THE WALLED KINGDOM OU:B(to trhe

Champion's tragic life EN

Benny, The Life and Times of a Fighting Legend, by John Burrowes, published by Fontana, $5.95.

China through the ages The Walled Kingdom, A History of China from 2000BC to the Present, by Witold Rodzinski, published by Flamingo, $ 14.95. Presenting a brief survey of four thousand years of Chinese history is an awesome task, but one which the Polish born Rodzinski obviously relished. China remains unique in that, while civilization took place there obviously later than in Mesopotamia, Egypt or India, it is the only country which has continued uninterruptedly from its earliest beginnings, retaining many features of its ancient past. This singular continuity of evolution constitutes one of the most outstanding characteristics of the Chinese historical process. This is a scholarly work which will appeal to all those with an interest in history and especially to anyone with a fascination with China. The four thousand years of China's past see dynasty succeed dynasty, emperor after emperor overthrown, and the lives or ordinary people plunged into suffering and turmoil from century to century. Rodzinski's narrative traces the evolution of Chinese society and civilization through the successive dynasties to the period of decay and exploitation by the West in the nineteenth century. Particular attention is given to events since 1900: the civil wars of the twenties and thirties, the emergence of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the rule of Mao, the bitter years of the cultural revolution and its troubled aftermath. Witold Rodzinski was born in Poland in 1918 and was educated in Poland, Switzerland and the United States.

Benny Lynch was Scotland's greatest boxer, and many considered him the greatest fighter Britain has produced. But while Benny Lynch emerged from Glasgow's Gorbals to become Scotland's

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first world champion, winning all his battles in the ring, he could not win the hardest battle of them al l ...drink.

from the Gorbals, is an assistant editor on the Daily Record, Scotland's biggest selling daily newspaper. His other books are My World on Wheels, For three years he about an Australian held the title but from sportsman, who, like then on his decline Benny Lynch, became was rapid. He died a legend in his lifetime, f rom the effects of and Frontline Report, alcoholism aged only which recounts his thirty-three. experiences as a reporJohn Burrowes, ter in Biafra, Vietnam whose family came and Northern Ireland.

Looking into the phony debate

Public vs Private Schools, by Michael Hogan, published by R ingwood: Penguin A ustralia, $6.95. Reviewed by John W. tables and figures summarise schools in depressed areas schools and had schools. And Doyle, Dean of Stu- the facts. Happily absent are must have absolute priority. It far t(x) large a proportion of dies, St John Fisher the tip-of-the-iceberg graphs is most inequitable that Australian boys and girls are College, University of that easily convey quite false wealthy parents should have at present condemned to had Tasmania. impressions. access to good schools, both schools.

In Christ All Things Hold Together, An Introduction to Christian Doctrine, by Jock Stein and Howard Taylor, published by Fount, $5.95. -Christian faith starts with Jesus Christ who said, 'I am the Way, the Truth and the Life." this

Expressed in the terms of Dr Chapter 5 considers 'the public and private, while With all the good will in the Hogan's provocative title, the sleeping issue — autonomy. many poor families are effecworld, there will be no soludebate about school funding Public and private schools tively restricted to bad tion to the funding issue until is as phony as he says it is. alike are subject to con- schools, public and private. 'If we totally reject the schoolAfter a brief chapter on straints, including those any money is left over, then, versus-school image and do 'conflict and competition' in imposed by State and Federal yes. I would like some of it what the Schools Commission which he sets the scenario, Dr Governments, by educational for the schooling of my childset out to do — make had Hogan surveys the ideological bureaucracies and by unions. ren.' schools good. battlefield — the parties in Not all these constraints are Ideally, every Australian conflict and the expressed or financial; but they can all be should have effective freedom tacit principles they invoke to regarded as threats and to choose either public or justify their stances. These dragged shrieking into the private schools. Moreover, principles, he says, have not venJetta: any ammunition schools should be more spealways been applied consist- does when one has one's back cialised, more adapted to ently; nor is it easy to relate to the wall. particular needs, as they used them to funding as such. In What, then, are Dr Hogan's to be. This is particularly true any case, philosophical argu- own views, as a political of government schools, which ment has had little influence scientist? volume are all rich in melannow make up a 'uniformly on the political decisions that choly and de Beauvoir Australia, he says, has a good grey network enforced by have brought state aid to record in matters of political zoning regulations which disexcels at painting the porprivate schools. traits of three women, all freedoms, not so good in criminate against the poor Two chapters then outline social justice — that is, in Ri10 have no choice at all'. suffering the pains of growthe pattern of school organ- getting rid of poverty. If public Finally, there is a I6-page ing older and being betrayed isation and of funding, State money, then, is to be spent on glossary to help readers unfaby husbands and children. and Federal. A few necessary schools, public and private miliar with the jargon. UnforThe Woman DesHer characters reflect the tunately, it does not include troyed, by Simone de demanding temperament of 'basic grants', a phrase that has Beauvoir, published the French; these are people become central to current by Flamingo, $5.95. that de Beauvoir knows, in debate. Reviewed by Roslyn The Woman Destroyed; she The Origins of Christianity, A Historical Introduction to Private vs Public Schools R oss. shares them with us. the New Testament, by Schuyler Brown, published by insists over and over again that Simone de Beauvoir always The story which bears the Oxford University Press, $9.99. There are many commentaries on individual books of State and Federal Govern- provides powerful reading, same title as the book, The the Bible but the reader who wishes to take a broader ments are partners: both pro- although her material is an Woman Destroyed, is particview has less choice. vide financial help. And they acquired taste for many. ularly graphic. It is the story This historical introduction to the New Testament provide this aid to both public The women we meet in of an older woman whose investigates the foundation of the new religious movement in the life of Jesus, the experiences which acted as the and private schools, which this book (like so many of husband leaves her for somecatalyst of missionary activity after His death, the factors themselves are partners. The her women) are sad, joyless one younger, someone which led to a separation of the movement from Judaism, fatal division is not between people, hard, unyielding and much younger, and all the and the development of the ecclesial structures through which Christianity has subsequently influenced secular and governments, or between bitterly fighting the reality of torment that that involves. schools; it is between good life. The three stories in this She holds on to hopes, while religious history.

is a book both for the enquirer and for the committed Christian who is growing towards a more informed belief. In Christ Al l Things Hold Together assets the truth of the Christ who wan the Sun of God, who cares for us, who s hared our humanity and who rose from death — a truth dependent, not on irrational faith, but on t he revelation of the Gospel. Jock Stein served the Presbyterian Church of E ast Africa for three years and is now minister of The Steeple Church, Dundee.

Tales of women and anguish

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he lives a double life, trying to decide which one to commit himself to. The desperation of the woman as she tries to accept that for the past seven years of their marriage he hasn't loved her. is movingly acute and the terror she feels when she realises she has really lost him for good, strikes to the heart. Of the other stories, one deals with the process of aging and one with loneliness. Simone de Beauvoir has lived in Paris since her birth in 1908. After studying philosophy at the Sorbonne she became a writer and a prominent leader of the Existentialist movement.

new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new title • servants, tions to the documents. The A Land of Two People, Manitou and Providence. Sieghart explains the subject tional public This historical introduction 1965, kv Lynne Straban, materials chosen include prim- Martin Buber on Jews and to the New Testament inves- published by Oxford UniI ndians. Europeans, and and sets out, right by right and diplomats, law libraries. ary, scholarly and journalistic Arabs, by Martin Buber, tigates the foundation of the versity Press, $25. the Making of New England, with full cross-references, the sources from Israeli, Arab, publishedby Oxfordlimier- new religious movement in Dedicated to the interlock1500-1643, by Neal Salis- relevant texts of the eight I srael in the Middle East, American and Soviet records. sity Press, $13.50. bury, published by Oxford major international instruthe life of Jesus, the experien- ing of literature, politics and Documents and Readings ments and their interpretation A collection of translated ces which acted as the catalyst society, to the Justy City of the Unviersity Press, $13.50. on Society, politics and letters, speeches, essays, inter- of missionary activity after His Australian Dream, Australian Marking a radical departure by competent independent foreign relations, 1948 to Proletarian Philosophers, international institutions, and views and unpublished manus- death, those factors which led literary magazine Meanlin has from traditional approaches the present, Edited by Problems in Socialist Culcripts that are representative to a separation of the move- been a record of the times — to colonial American history, by the superior courts of 30 Hamar Rabinovicb and ture in Britain 1900-1940, of Buber's thought on the ment from Judaism, and the turbulent times of Cold War this book looks back at Indian- countries in nearly 1000 RichardKoret, published by by Jonathan Ree, published subject of Arab/Jewish co- development of the ecclesial and intrigue. Here now is the white relations from the pers- decided cases. He summarises Oxford Unviersity Press, by Oxford University Press, operation. structures through which story of its first eventful pective of the Indians them- 24 subsidiary Conventions, $37.50. and presents the 23 estab- $25.50. Christianity has influenced twenty-five years, a history selves. lished international proce- The editors have included With its unusual blend of The Origins of Christian- subsequent secular and reli- filled with the Australian The International Lau' of dures for the supervision, materials on economic, social, intellectual and social history, ity, A Historical Intmduc- gious history. literary personalities of the Human Rights, by Paul interpretation, and applica- cultural and legal history as Proletarian Philosophers don to the Neu' Testament time, from Brisbane to MelSiegbart, published by tion of the substantive law. well as political and diplo- poses sharp questions about by Scisuyier BrouTs. published Just City and the Mirrors, bourne — the people who Oxford University Press, Readership: International law- matic history, and provide education, class and high by Oxford Urwiersity Press, Meanfin Quarterly and the helped to make it, and those yers, national and interna- annotations on and introduc- culture. Intellectual Front, 1940- who tried to break it. $43.75. $9.99.

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kle cksb s WHAT'S ON The two front blocks of seating in St Mary's Cathedral were almost totally filled by last Sunday's acolytes while the remainder of the cathedral was filled with their families and friends.

Greyhounds - with The Record Tipster

I DOGS' CHANCE... Race 1: 1 Egyptian Prince, 2 Mister Toe Indoor, 3 Pitcairn Rebel. Race 2: 1 Rita Magita, 2 Summer Snow, 3 Gay Dolly. Race 3: 1 Blue Echo, 2 Miss Thornquist, 3 Flying General. Race 4: 1 Hangover Cloud, 2 The Suntanner, 3 Small Conquest. Race 5: 1 Windfire, 2 Hartley's Folly, 3 Classy Cloak.

Race 6: 1 Zappa Fox, 2 AuHee, 3 Smiley Charm. R ace 7: 1 Chelsea's Chief, 2 Arthur Daley, 3 New Ternlock. Race 8: 1 lorinda, 2 Newtop Pearl, 3 lusta Scandal. R ace 9: 1 Bacardi King, 2 Mad Jack, 3 Rocky Country. Race 10: 1 Ripper's Pick, 2 Tat lames, 3 Gemma's Pride.

The fifty parishes and churches which sponsored acolytes last Sunday include:

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Manning (10), Morley (7), Harnersley (7), Karrinyup ( 7), Balcatta (6), Nedlands (5), Cathedral (5). Spearwood (5), Whitfords (5), Girrawheen (4), Doubleview (4), Highgate (4), Lynwood (4), Northam ( 4), Belmont (4), Lesmurdie (4), Queens Park (4), Wanneroo (4), Riverton (4). Artnadalc (4). Appleeross (3), East Cannington (4), Glaendalough (3), Hilton (3), Maddington (3), Palmyra (3), Embleton (3), East Victoria Park (3), Aquinas College (3), Mt Yokine (3), Mosman ( 3 ). Cottesloe (2), Dianella ( 2), Redemptorist Church (2), Basscndean (2), Brentwood-Willetton (2), North Beach ( 2), Floreat (2), Lockridge (2), Rockingham (2). Midland (1), Como (1), Carlisle (I), Subiaco (1), Wilson (1), Shenton Park (11), Kalgoorlie (1), Kalamunda (1), Hamilton Hill (1), Guildford (1), Claremont (I). BIN 000N PICNIC The annual priests' picnic at Keeney College, Bindoon will be held on Monday. October 22 at 10 am. Tennis will be followed by a barbecue lunch; all priests are most welcome; please bring your own tennis gear with you. Inquiries: Father M. Gatt (095) 761180 or (095) 761040.

The Catholic Pastoral Institute Resource Centre will host an address by Mr A Dean, Senior Education Officer at the Education Department's Audio Visual E ducation Branch, on Trends in the Application of Media for Education in Australia Today. The function will be held on behalf of the Christian Media Forum, at 45 Tyrell Street Nedlands, on Tuesday October 23, from 4.15 pm to 5.30 pm.

asked to bring a plate between four persons. Merredin Majellans celebrate their 10th anniversary on October 16 with a day of reflection led by Dean Callaghan and Sister K athleen, commencing with morning tea at 9.30 am and concluding with Mass at 2.25 pm. All food provided. Past associates welcome. Contact C Napolitano 12 French Ave Merredin.

MAJELLANS The annual Majellan Mass takes place at St Joseph's church Subiaco at 7.30 pm on Tuesday October 16. The usual supper gathering will follow in the parish centre. Ladies are

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Our Lady of The Mission parish VVhitfords will celebrate its parish feast as follows: Thursday, October 18: 9 am Blessing of

Talk with Rod Evans

REG'S FOLLY looks set for more wins judging on his fast finishing victory in the Carbineer welter on Saturday. Reg's Folly has always shown promise and he should still get into a Welter with a light weight and record a victory. BRONZE BERET recorded a very impressive eight length victory over 2200m at Northam on Thursday. Bronze Beret has always shown staying ability and now that this Homburg mare has won her last two starts she could be ready to show something in town. This horse is one to follow. ARTMANDOR had his second start at Toodyay on Wednesday and indicated he is a horse of the future with an easy victory. His only previous run was when he ran fifth at Ascot in March. Artmandor is a galloper to watch especially while he is racing in weak fields in the country. HAITLPAICS DOUBLE raced first up at Northam Thursday and it looks as if she is set for a successful campaign after her victory. Although the 1000m was slightly too short for her, her freshness enabled her to power down the outside and grab a well deserved win. Haulpacks Double is a punter's friend and her consistency makes her always a horse to include in your selections.

WHITFORDS CELEBRATION

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CHAMPIONSHIPS The annual tennis championships were held at the Trinity College tennis courts during the long weekend. A total 130 entries were received in the 13 events to be played. For the first time handicap singles and mixed doubles were introduced into the tournament and they proved to be popular events. Despite some difficulty in assessing the strength of the players nominating for the events, the closeness of the scores in most games vindicated the tournament referees' handicapping. The men's singles final was a family affair with Joseph Cunningham meeting his younger brother Anthony. Youth won out on the day with Anthony winning the title in two sets.

Anthony also won the junior boys title. At only 15 Anthony obviously has a very bright future in tennis. In the women's singles final, Kathy Williams defeated her old rival Geraldine Alderman in two sets. The tournament final results were as follows: Men's singles championship: A. Cunningham d J. Cunningham 6/4, 6/2; women's singles championship: K. Williams d G. Alderman 6/3, 6/2; men's doubles championship: J. Messer and P. Hinton d W. Firm and T. Somers 1/6, 6/ 2, 6/2; women's doubles championship: S. Gordon and K. Messer d K. Williams and G. Alderman

Infants, 11.30 am Anointing of Sick, 7.30 pm "The People Versus Jesus"; Friday: 9.15 am parish school Mass, 8 pm Annual Parish Ball organised by Whitford Catholic Youth; Saturday. 3 pm Procession of Our Lady of Fatima, 7 pm Anniversary Mass celebrated by Archbishop Foley; Sunday: Parish Picnic at Joondalup. LEEDERVILLE CWL The Catholic Women's League, Leederville will hold a card party, Beetle afternoon with a Bring and Buy Table in St Mary's parish centre, Franklin Street, Leederville on October 22 at 1 pm; $1.00 admission.

6/4, 7/5; mixed doubles championship; Peter and Kerry Messer d G. Miszczyk and D. Jefferson 6/4, 6/3; men's singles handicap: G. Miszczyk d G. Quains 6/4, 5/6, 6/0; women's singles handicap: D. Jefferson d R. O'Neill 6/1, 6/2; mixed doubles handicap: Paul and Kerry Messer d D. Hinton and L. Messer 6/3, 6/ 2; junior boys singles: A. Cunningham d G. Quinn 6/3, 6/1; junior girl's singles: R. O'Neill d H. O'Neill 7/5,6/1; veteran men's doubles: R. Smith and K. Quain d Hugh O'Neill and F. Hackett 6/0, 6/0; veteran women's doubles: N. Hinton andL Messer d P. Hackett and P. Fanowdos 6/3, 4/6, 6/4; veteran mixed doubles: D. and N. Hinton d F. and P. Hackett 6/4, 6/0. PENNANTS After the second-last round of matches in the pennant season the finalists have

Mr Dean is a member of a number of bodies presently investigating the availof satellite ability communications for educational purposes, in this country. The potential for Christian application of these media will also be addressed. the contact Please R esource Centre on 386 7166, by October 19, if you are to attend this function. Proceeds will go towards the bursary fund for educating priests.

SISTER'S JUBILEE The 8 am Mass at Sacred Heart church, Highgate, on Saturday October 20 will be said for the intentions of Sister Theresa Parish, OLM who taught for many years at Sacred Heart H.S. Highgate, mainly during the 50's and who celebrates the golden jubilee of her profession on that day. She is currently living at Oakleigh, Victoria. Past pupils are invited to share the Mass on that day. For further information, phone Lyn Ames. 349 7360.

been determined in all grades. In a cliff-hanger between the Lynwood and Queens Park men's A teams, Lynwood won the two doubles matches to secure a place in the final. These two teams will meet each other again in the final. Based on last Saturday's match, the final should be a very tense battle. The other finalists are Lynwood and Queens Park in the women's A grade and Attadale and Applecross in the men's and women's B grades The finals will all be played at the Trinity College courts Manning Road, Manning on Saturday October 20, beginning at 1.30pm. The pennants as well as the trophies for the annual championships will be presented at the courts immediately after the matches have been decided All association members

are invited to witness tht finals and presentations. Four courts will be avail able for social play through out the afternoon and a barbecue has been arranged at the courts for afterwards. Bring your own food and drinks. NATIONAL CARNIVAL All members thinking of attending the Queensland carnival are asked to contact Geraldine Alderman to confirm their intentions. Deposits etc. have to bu forwarded before the end ot October so it is imperativc that you contact her as soon as possible, on 276 9633. ANNUAL DINNER The association annual dinner and crowning of Mis, WACLTA will be held at the Hellenic Centre, Parke• Street, Northbridge on Saturday November 3. Tickets are available b• contacting club secretaries. or Leonie Messer on 458 1898.