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At the Supreme Court Gardens Christ the King ceremony, which commenced during his time as cathedral administrator, Archbishop Foley assumed his new role and is pictured carrying the Blessed Sacrament in procession qn a motor vehicle, which paused twice so that the c ongregation could make an act of adoration.

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There are not two churches, the Church of the Eucharist and the Church of Christian commitment, Archbishop Foley told the Christ the King gathering in Supreme Court Gardens last Sunday night. - Going to the eucharist and service of our fellow human beings are not two distinct things; they are one and the same," he said in his homily, after carrying the Blessed Sacrament in solemn procession to the altar. -There is not one church gathered around Christ and another dispersed throughout the world to preach the gospel .

Only one church "There is only one church called to share every thing with the Lord. with His death and ressurection, His struggle and His Victory.

Archbishop Foley was commenting on the Sunday gospel which referred to the last judgement which is a "call to serve the

unfortunate members of society. the sick and the prisoners, to be a service to the Lord. "It is impossible to remain united to Christ and remain aloof from others who are thirsty. foreigners, prisoners or the sick. -When we receive holy communion we affirm that our personal struggle against evil and injustice is one with the struggle that led Jesus to His death.

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• The final volume of the Catholic Pastoral Institute's series on the Sunday readings has now been published and deals with readings which begin this Advent. See picture and story page 2

• Thousands of people from many panshes gathered in Perth's Supreme Court Gardens last weekend for the annual Christ the King See story this page and page 4, and round up of pictures. page 6

"The church of the eucharist and the church of mission are one but we in our visits to the Blessed Sacrament must discover there is a continuity between the eucharistic liturgy and the liturgy of daily life lived in accord with the go,sPel-Archbishop Foley said recent mandates he had given to the committees for social justice and the Commission for Social Welfare sought to give support to people and organisations meeting the needs of society. • Coat page 4

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In the past four weeks over S82,000 for Ethiopian Relief has been received and forwarded b y the Perth Catholic Church Office. Since a national combined churches' appeal w as launched several months ago the Perth Catholic doss ass channeled $127,011111 le the national total of $2.2 million sent so far. Further donations will be received at the Victoria Avenue Office and f orwarded immediately. Church representatives s tress reports of the terrible suffering in Ethiopia were made available to the Australian media as early as June when the combined churches' took up the victims' cause. However, it was not until October that it became a local media issae. Organisers of the combined churches' effort. which includes Australian Catholic Relief have criticised television reports suggesting a recent World Vision shipment of food was the "first" to leave Australia. Large amounts of food a nd other emergency relief have been moving from Australia.

r MANILA: Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila, Philippines, said he has hoped for "new beginnings" after his recent trip to China which included meeting with leaders of the government -recognised Catholic group which rejects ties with the Vatican. The cardinal rejected suggestions he was r epresenting the Vatican during the 10 day trip. He said he had gone "in a purely personal capacity to be reunited with relatives whom I had never seen." He also said he tried to open new avenues o f communication with China. Cardinal Sin, whose father was Chinese, said he was impressed with the faith of Chinese Catholics he saw during his visit. "I was not prepared for the kind of r eception I got in China. People were actually falling on their knees on sharp gravel just to show their reverence. "If I needed more proof about the spirituality of the Chinese people, that was it," he said. The Chinese government recognised only t he National Association of Patriotic Catholics, which spurns ties to the Holy See. There was also an unknown number of Chinese Catholics faithful to the pope. T he cardinal said his most lasting impression o f the trip was the "spirit o f hope" among the Chinese. He said the people w ere optimistic about China opening its doors to the world, and were joyful about being allowed to practice their religion. H e called his visit "memorable and gratify-

Jesuits react to Vatican orders

ROME: Jesuits in Latin America have reacted "very positively" to the Vatican's document on liberation theology according to Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, superior general of the Society of Jesus, following his visit to the area. from NC NEWS

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tic said Jesuits in Latin America were encouraged that the document stated the problem of the preferential love of the poor, that it stressed the need for a "true authentic theology of integral liberation for man" and backed them in their work with the poor against charges they are Marxists. "This document is a challenge to the Jesuits in South and Central America not just to write slogans or easy, superficial things, but do deepen their treatment of the questions and, in an original way, to contribute to the theology of the Church," he said.

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Policy guidelines restricting Commonwealth Government advertising in the religious Press will be "urgently reviewed" Mr Mick Young, the Special Minister of State, has said. M r Young gave the a ssurance to the president of the Australian R eligious Press Associaton (ARPA), Archdeacon Frank Lowe, of the Gippsland Anglican Press Service, Victoria, and to the a ssociation's Queensland vice-president Mr John Coleman, the editor of The Catholic Leader, Brisbane. More than 60 newspapers. magazines and periodicals published on behalf of the Christian Churches across Australia are ARPA members. The ARPA representatives, who met Mr Young in Sydney, told him that the restrictions discriminated against an expanding and influential section of Australia's print media and were a cause of serious concern among members. Many publications had signficant circulations. and provided work for many employees, including members of the Printing and Kindred Industries Union, the Australian Journalists Association and the Federated Clerk's Union. • Coat page 11

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Father Kolvenbach added the document appealed to the "Jesuit tradition of giving qualified help and doing research work." He said the document also stated the Church needs the cooperation of economists, human sciences and sociologists to liberate the poor, "and this is very much the trend of our Jesuit vocation: to help to educate these kinds of people." Father Kolvenhach noted the distinction between working with a political system and getting directly involved in party politics.

EE "It is really impomible, if you denounce injustice, to stay aloof from politics. Because even a decision not to denounce injustice will be political." he said. The Church, however, does not want Christians to identify themselves with a political party system, he said. "It is true that the Gospel participates in all of what is good in politics or true in party politics," Father Kolvenhach said.

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C oncern Archbishop to ordain Vietnamese deacon now Ordination Viet ends long R OME - A Vatican report on the Church in Vietnam has indicated "deep concern" over what it describes as the Government's attempt to establish a parallel, pro-governmeent Catholic Church. The report by Fides, an a gency of the Congregation for the Evangelisation o f Peoples, also said a number of recent accounts r eaching the West revealed -a situation of substantial restriction of freedom, and e ven persecution, of the Catholic Church" in Vietnam. " What deeply concerns Vietnamese Church leaders and Catholics is the socalled 'Committee for the Solidarity of Patriotic Vietnamese Catholics'," said t he report.

An ordination to the priesthood in St Mary's Cathedral this Saturday morning ends a journey starting in Vietnam 20 years ago. Archbishop Foley will ordain Deacon Francis Ly who fled his homeland barely two years ago. N ' hen Francis Ly was two years old his mother thought he would get sick and die young like his other five brothers -So she took me to our Church in South Vietnam and put me on the altar,- he said. -She offered me to Mary if I lived.Francis did live, and when he was 14 his mother told him of the promise she had made to Mary when he was young. He responded to his mother's story by visiting his parish priest with whom he lived for a while and was recommended to John XXIII Seminary. "I used to see some seminarians in the holidays and I liked to serve on the altar " After four years in the seminary tragedy struck Francis' family. His father was shot at midnight by -communists- while playing c ards with friends Francis' father was known to be politically active in South Vietnam ' I became very angry but accepted it and kept going on v4ith my vocation With the new communist rule in 1975, he and his colleagues were forced to continue their studies at John XXUI Seminary by working for the government during the day in exchange for food, and at night they studied In 1979 Francis left off studying to lead a beach parish of 500 and it was these people and his family that witnessed his ordination as deacon on July 3, 1981, by Bishop Andrew Nguyen But Francis knew this was as far as he could go accepted the government would not allow me to be ordained priest So Francis continued to - preach the Gospel only to his c ongregation

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But many parishioners sought to escape the country and its ruling system This put Francis' position in jeopardy because he would be responsible to the government for their disappearance At no stage says Francis did he encourage escape, but he was eventually forced to flee the country himself in December. 1 982 "If I did not escape. I would have been put in gaol" So he escaped one night by boat with 25 others, leaving his mother and six sisters behind -I could not tell my mother until a day before we left, for fear of being caught -She was very upset, but she had to accept it The boat was on the water for three days and two nights before they reached Malaysia • Cont page 4

Needs of the poor in the US

WASHINGTON — "We see a moral and economic unrest in our society," Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee told the US Bishops as he presented the first draft of a national pastoral letter on Catholic teaching and the US economy. He cited "extensive poverty" in the United State, which reaches "horrendous proportions" in other parts of the world as one of the worst signs.

The first draft of "Catholic Social Teaching and the American Economy" runs to more than S0.000 ssards, twice as long as the first draft of the 1983 war and peace pastoral and longer even than the much-expanded final 42.000-word version of that document. The first half of the new pastoral devoted to biblical and theological analysis of the ethical principles involved in dealing with economic issues. The second half will seek to apply those principles to specific issues in US eco-

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nomic policy. It declares that "fulfilment of the basic needs of the poor" is "the highest priority" facing the US. So long as any person lacks necessities. no other person has a moral right to have more than he needs, it says. Inequality of income or wealth can be morally acceptable only when the basic human needs of all have been met. it adds. The pastoral draft does not repudiate or sharply criticise capitalism itself as an economic System. Rather, it praises many of the accomplishments of the FS economy and the role investors and owners play in economic life. hut within that framework enunciates significant changes it says are needed to make the whole political-economic system work more justly for all. On employment, it says the role of private entrepcneurs in job creation is of primary importance. hut it also

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VATICAN CITY: Cardinal Paul Marella, apostolic delegate to Australia, 1948-53 has died in Rome. aged 89. The cardinal was apostolic delegate to Japan from 1933 to 1948. He arrived in Japan as an archbishop at a time of growing nationalism in which the Church was viewed with suspicion as a foreign organisation. A t the time, most of the Catholic priests and bishops in Japan were foreigners. Archbishop Marella encouraged the recruiting and training of Japanese for the clergy. By 1940 he had installed Japanese bishops in the key sees of Tokyo. Nagasaki and Osaka. In 1948 he was named apostolic delegate in Australia and in 1953 became apostolic nuncio to France. He was first president of the Vatican Secretariate for non-Christians.

tile to all who seek one This right protects thc freedom and obligation of all to participate in the economic life of society . . . Employment is crucial to self-realisation for the worker and to the fulfilment of material needs. It also forms the first line of defence against povcril On poverty. the document notes the percentage of people below the rxwerts line in the US rase from 1 1 per cent at the end of 19-,) to 1I958.2per 3. cent at the end of "The fact so many people are poor in a nation as wealthy as ours is a social and moral scandal that must not be ignored," it says. It notes poverty hits blacks. Hispanics and women hardest, and it cites figures to show the "inequality in the distribution of income and wealth" in the I'S is among the worst in the Western industrialised world.

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Record The Federation and other visionaries who decided that Australians, unlike most other countries' voters, would have to be compulsorily leg-tied to their election processes must be nodding more and more as this December muster takes place. Whatever forces of apathy that threatened to distract the lazy Australian voter of a century ago must be trifles compared with numbing manipulation to which the so-called democratic processes are being subjected in the electronic election. With close on idolatry the television cameras and reporters trudge after a handful of political leaders who reciprocate with stage managed manners that mean little to the obviously surprised and bewildered audiences but a lot to the elusive camera image that appears to be today's deciding factor Whether Robert Hawke would ever wish to eat his words that prompted last Monday's video event, it would have been only a matter of time before the electorate would have to be force-fed what is touted as the national debate. A fter the American experience it was only logical that Australia would want to do it differently and the National Press Club audience proved that the seriousness of politics should not be allowed to intrude too much into a good night out as the bottles clinked merrily The six interviewing journalists, no doubt carefully picked to keep the peace among the monopolies that now control Australia's communications, obviously f elt beholden to their Press Club colleagues as they stumbled through a train of issues that have been done to death in the preceding weeks, with the result that the only memorable issue to emerge from the debate is the tapping of a journalist's phone. Closer to the lights the viewer would pick up little of the issues that confront Australia today but merely whether a down -the -lens performance comes across better than a smile and scowl relationship to the panel. To replace the displaced give-away shows the audience at home were given their telephones to play with as the emperor of electronics finally gave his thumbs -up to the best performer. Who wants an election after all that dull fun? Who wants an election after the relentless pollsters have become the new dictators of what is the fashional approach to daily politics? If there are more than four faces in this election it will be news to the voter who on Saturday is delivered a sheet of paper with names about whom he has not the foggiest notion, let alone their appearance or ideas. Are there any other candidates any more, or are t hey paper cut-outs to be propped up on the parliamentary benches and wired for sound? Is there more than a handful of senior faces of either party who appear to have said one memorable thing over the six weeks? Politics is not merely an Australian phenomenon and therefore the processes that are turning the discussion of issues into competing personality cults is not peculiar to this country. The participation of people in the decision making machinery that operates during election time is too serious a human activity to be turned into a contest f or advertising jingles and stunts. Time mercifully has left behind the equally tired politicians of a decade ago who stared humourless in the camera and delivered their spiel with all the intensity of a vote of thanks. What is the meaning of each person's vote in the world of today? Australia can be thankful that there are no hordes of people thundering down the streets burning and looting everything in sit: as their only avenue of political protest. But we are in no position to lecture other countries on their lack of freedom and democracy if in the process we show that we are no more than puppets o f demagoguery thought up by slick nameless operators whose task it is to preserve the image intact until after the election. An election ought to be the beginning and the end, an end to the duplicity and hedging that has gone on in the preceding government and a beginning of facing up to the reality that will shape ordinary lives. Where during this election were the people asked to confront the widening gap between the Ethiopias of this world and the Western world bloatedly producing the food that the poor can't buy? Where were the economic arguments about the crippling loans that stranglehold the countries which were allowed to spend crazily in the rich man's playground and for which the poor will pay for decades to come? Where was there a slightest reference to the gap between those hungrily holding jobs in this country while sections are progressively shunted into a limbo where they will neither want or be able to work intelligently alongside their fellow citizens? A dvent is a time when the prophets warn that God's winnowing fan will seek to separate the wheat from the chaff. Political discussion is strong stuff, harsh and not without its pain. Chaff that disguises the need for ordinary people to argue real local problems via their own elected candidates will choke democracy as fast as any totalitarian leader hoping to pick up the remnants from a public fed only on television bread and circuses.

Scientific documentation 'lacking' BELGRADE. A Cnurcn commission, citing "disciplinary and theological difficulties" in the reported Marian apparitions tfl Mediugorie, Yugoslavia as ns.steri, D^ 3r ei,d to organised pilgr,magt. public statements by local priests about the events The commission, headed by Yugoslavian Bishop Pavao Zanic of Mostar-Duvno, also complained that "presumed healings" at the site have been publicised without adequate scientific documentation of subjects before and after The commission said it had not yet finished its work, and it intended to further examine the apparitions. But it added "already it sees certain disciplinary and theological difficulties in the Messages of Medjugorje." The book For You Lord which contains two Masses by local pani shioner June Fitzgerald, was launched a fter the Julian Singers under Brother Gerald Crookes had sung the Mass of the Holy Family at Riverton church. D ame Mary Durack, w ho officially l aunched the book, spoke of her long and h appy association with the composer, d ating back to the days when Mrs Fitzgerald was an air hostess with her h usband's airline, M acRobertsonMiller. Later they collaborated on the children's musical play the Ship of Dreams, written for t he children of Broome. Mrs Fitzgerald, in thanking all those who had helped to make the evening such a success, paid special tribute to Jeff Carroll, who had helped to prepare the manuscript for publication. A cassette of the two Masses was also available at the launching and proved very popular. The Mass of the Holy Family is recorded by the Julian Singers and Q ueen of Apostles Choir under Brother Crooks and the Mass of St Anthony by the St Benedict's Music Ministry and St Pius X Choir under Stephen Court. The book and cassette are available for 5 6.50 each and mass

It was the second time the commission, established to investigate the apparitiions, has asked that pilgrimages cease, at least temporarily. In March, the group asked priests and lay people to halt organised visits and stop presenting the "seers" — six young people aged 12 to 19 said to see the Blessed Virgin — to the public

sheets containing words and melody for choirs are 50C each. Mrs Fitzgerald is particularly interested in hearing from any country parishes and schools who were not a ble to attend the launching. Her address is 40 Ravenslea Drive Park wood 6155.

Commission orders halt to pilgrims from NC NEWS It also asked local priests at Medjugone not to speak publicly on the contents of the reported visions by the children, um • authenticity of the apparitions had been established Instead, the commission said, "Organised pilgrimages have continued, and statements have been made — even circulated in cassettes — about the events at Meiljugorje The alleged apparitions, began in a field outside the town but moved to a chapel in the St James church

June Fitzgerald who has composed two Masses published and launched in book form continues working on her compositions at her piano in her Parkwood home.

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Ordination • From page 3 And it was on December 15 when he arrived in Perth to a welcome by the Church. "I was like a boy with the Church looking after me " He moved to St Charles Vocational Residence in February 1983 where he was advised to learn English. As his English improved he moved to Mundaring parish in May this year to commence pastoral training However he has been involved in leading the Vietnamese community in Perth. "I am lucky because I am here to serve the Church and bring Vietnamese people closer to Australians " His ordination in Perth will mark 20 years since he first started preparing for the priesthood in Vietnam. After this long wait. Francis says with by 'I am very happy to become a priest."

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He said much of the iniustice and discrimination is built into the structure of our society and some seek to remedy those structures and create a new societv built on justice and love. "When we contemplate and adore Jesus on the cross we too can find strength to give up our lives selflessly for our brothers in need. "When we contemplate and adore Christ we find strength to make our world a new world. more human and brotherly than it is today.

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Young Brett Murray, takes charge of rag doll lemina during the commitment ceremony, while sisters Michele, 6, and Linda, 4, tend the candle. The Murrays came from the North Beach parish.

Jason Chong, 9, and Elsie Chong 7, of Coolbinia Primary and Mt Lawley parish at the Christ the King Commitment Ceremony in Supreme CQurt Gardens last sunday evening.

Marina Giangiordano, 12, of Highgate parish.

St Francis Xavier School, Armadale students Natasha Crowe, 10, and Joanne Dawson, 10, flank Peter Hancock. 13. a student at St Mark's, Bedford.

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i---1Board of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference has issued a statement "deploring' the violence which led to the deaths of more than 30 people in a black township outside Johannesburg. They asked for restraint on all sides, but appealed to the Government to "reconsider the politics which have driven people to these extremes." E

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G 1'-1THE HAGUE The pope visit the Netherlands in May next year Archbishop Adrianus Simonis of Utrecht has said that the Holy Father's schedule would include meetwith ings Religious.

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LA PAZ, Bolivia (NC) Bolivia's 24 bishops have criticised foreign creditor banks for causing a deep economic crisis in the country. The bishops' statement blamed Bolivia's economic problems, including an inflation rate of more than per cent, on "the 1000 V ATICAN CITY (NC) — unjust position of internaAnesthesiologists should tional banks, which offer avoid conflicts of conno possible alternatives to science by not participato vercome our crisis, ing in abortion and caused in large measure by euthanasia procedures, the banks themselves Pope John Paul II said. through loans and exces"Too frequently today sively high interest rates." your aid is requested to Saying the economic crisuppress the life already sis has reached "incredible blooming in a maternal levels," the bishops w omb," he said to claimed ordinary citizens members of the Italian "are footing the bill of Association of Anesthesiinterest (payments) with ologists. hunger. disease, lack of The pope called on them work and unbearable depto close ranks "to conrivation." front these and every Bolivia was one of many other violation of the life developing nations encouror psycho-physical integaged to borrow extensively rity of an innocent perfrom the international son." 4 banks during the 1970s.

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goes through "four stages" — using liberation theology's own method of beginning with present reality and moving through biblical and ecclesial reflection to a course of action: • "it ( the Vatican document) begins with a survey of the current socio-political situation and finds a 'sign of the times' in the deep yearning for justice on the part of the poor and oppressed." the theologian said. • "secondly. it examines this phenomenon in light of the biblical message," focusing especially on the Exodus, the prophets and Jesus' special identification with the poor. Father Dulles continued. "God Himself, according to the instruction. has a preferential love for the poor. He is their defender and liberator." • Coat page II

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WASHINGTON (NC) — The recent Vatican document on liberation theology not only supports liberation theology in principle but actually uses its method, according to theologian Jesuit Father Avery Dulles.

It is a "misinterpretation" to read the document as a condemnation of liberation theology, he said, although that is the way it has generally been portrayed in the media. The Jesuit theologian speculated that the Vatican's real fear is not about the mainstream of liberation theology itself, but rather that the movement will be "callously used by hard-core Marxists" for purely political ends. The Vatican document was notable, Father Dulles said, because in it, "for the first time in history, the Holy See explicit affirmed that there is such a thing as an authentic theology of liberation."

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Plan to shift arms funding to development UNITED NATIONS (NC) — A member of the Vatican's observer mission to the United Nations has called for an international disarmament fund which would shift money from weapons production to international development efforts. Sister Marjorie Keenan, who spoke during a debate by the General Assembly's Political Committee on Disarmament, said starting such a fund would mark the beginning of "the reordering of the world's priorities."

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"Advent, which means 'coming,' puts the world back into the time of darkness before Christ. It is waiting for the light which is Christ, waiting for life." (Father David Polek, CSSR and Rita Anderhub in "Advent Begins at Home," Liguori Publications, 1979.) "The heritage of Christmas is very rich, containing all that is best in American life and religious practice. It would be a shame to give this up for the sterile display of anxiety and greed which is sometimes passed off as the Christmas spirit." (Patrick Dooling and Corinne Hart in "Advent, Christmas, '84," Franciscan C ommunications, 1984.) "Advent, Christmas '84: Family Prayers and Activities," by Patrick Dooling and Corinne Hart. This booklet is for families and small groups that want to observe A dvent at home. Some suggestions might be tried at the dinner table. Points to discuss, brief readings, prayers and activities are included. Readers are reminded that "there is no right way" to carry out these ideas. -Phones will interrupt, absences occur." But "perfection is not the point." Families, the authors suggest, might ask how God's coming changes people: "Whenever God comes close to us, we must move. We can no longer stay the same." Also, family members might "make a Christmas wish for the world and share it with the family." At one point, it is suggested that a family imagine that Jesus, whom they await, is their guest for a day. "What are some of the things you would like to do, places you would want to take him?" they ask. Included are activities for Christmas and Epiphany. (Franciscan C ommunications, 1229 S. Santee St., L os Angeles, Calif. 90015. 1-99 copies, $.40 each, plus posrge.) 8

Advent The care of an infant does not begin on the day of its birth. It begins months before, as any expectant mother making her way back and forth to prenatal visits in a crowded doctor's office knows An expectant mother looks ahead to her due date with great hope: • She longs, with occasional moments of trepidation, for the child to arrive. • She realises how much new life already is present as she feels the child moving and kicking inside her. • She makes arrangements for the birth and the days after. • She ponders the change the baby will bring to her life. • She spends time thinking through the impact a new child will have on the other family members. In short, an expectant mother does much more than wait passivly. She is actively involved now in the life of the new child. Advent is a season of

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expectation for God's people. And the example of the expectant mother helps to illustrate the meaning of this "expectation." A person with great expectations is not a passive bystander in life. The expectant person gets actively i nvolved now with events that are to unfold more fully in the future. Similarly, people of Advent are not passive bystanders who merely wait for Christmas some weeks off. As expectant people, they begin taking action now in light of events which are about to unfold more fully on Christmas. • Advent people think about feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and sheltering the homeless. • Advent people concentrate on ways to express compassion and to heal wounds.

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• Advent people ask whether there is a need f or peacemaking in their own homes, their neighbourhoods, their world, and what they can do about it. It is more than difficult to be a genuinely expectant person if one has lost hope in life. How can a person who lacks hope look ahead longingly to the future? How can a person without hope get actively involved in preparing the way for future events' "Make ready the way of the Lord, clear Him a straight path,'" John the Baptiser shouts out in the desert as the Gospel of Mark begins. His words serve virtually as a theme for Advent. Advent is a season when people face crucial questions: Who lacks hope? How can hope be given to those who have little or none of it?

As he walks onto the altar at the start of each Mass, Benedictine Father Donald Talafous assesses the mood of the congregation. "I hope to see an expectant, hopeful people bringing their best selves to the liturgy," he said in an interview. But what he occasionally encounters is a congregation that gives the appearance of being "dragged out to Mass, driven by obligation." This sort of congregation hits him "like a stone wall, a weight you're fighting against," the theologian explained. As a priest, he said, the Mass is "the most important thing in my life." He explained that he tries "to bring an expectant vitality and generosity to Mass." He wants to make the Mass an experience that affects people positively. "It shouldn't be humdrum," he said. "Above all, it has to inspire people somehow." "But I'm not the only one involved," the Benedictine quickly added. "What anyone gets out of Mass depends on what they bring to it. People can't come just as sponges." The usual complaint brought by students to Father Talafous is that they "get nothing out of Mass," he said. Often he responds by asking students what their e xpectations are and how they see their role in the Mass. To help students change their attitude, he may suggest that they participate in a Mass in a different campus location than usual. Participating in weekday

Mass in a setting outside the church — for example. in a lounge with a small group — can be illuminating. It can help give students "a sense of Mass as a supper with the Lord and with each other," he said. "The liturgy celebrates a moment when God is in our lives," the priest stressed. It is a reminder that "God is met and served right in our ordinary lives and work." The fact that the Eucharist is a meal in a central symbol of that reality. For Father Talafous, the gospel story of the Wedding Banquet is a key to how Christians should participate in the liturgy. "The king invites people to a banquet, not to a wake," he said. Each liturgy should "help to reinforce our conception of Christianity as a joyous fellowship of Christians." In his homilies, Father Talafous points out possible ways of applying that Sunday's Gospel. But he remains aware that each person has the responsibility to choose a concrete way of responding to the message in the Gospel. His aim, therefore, is to enable people to leave church with a better sense that the liturgy is "different from ordinary life but important for it." The liturgy is a celebration of the fact "that we are one with God," Father Talafous said. "But that's false if we don't see it continued outside church." Ideally, after Mass people should have "a sense that they have something to give to others," the Benedictine commented. "I like them to leave better able to present Christianity to the world through the quality and enthusiasm of their lives." Today, too, many people "have trouble overcoming a bleak view of existence,- the priest observed. He thinks Christian hope should be an antidote for this. Instead of adding to people's misery, Christians are people who "can give a message of hope and trust" to others, Father Talafous said.

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A sense of involvement By David Gibson A friend told me how her attention was captured during a recent Sunday Mass by a teenager sitting near her. The teenager was suffering from a long, debilitating illness. And my friend said that she became preoccupied with the teenager for a long time during the Mass, praying for the youth's family while wondering and asking God why this illness had occurred. Perhaps you'll say that my friend's attention was wandering during that Mass. It was, in a sense. But it wandered into the community of God's people. I think my friend was drawn out — drawn beyond herself — by the worshipping community. This isn't unusual. For there are times when people feel God m yster iously addresses them during Mass through the others with whom they worship. I would even say that my friend actively participated in the Mass through her concern for a member of the community. I'd like

to add that my friend generally sings vigorously during Mass, responds aloud to the prayers, exchanges the handshake of peace with everyone within reaching distance and, occasionally, brings up the gifts during the offertory. What accounts for all the emphasis today on "active participation" in the Mass? As I sec it. this emphasis stems from the belief that when the Mass is celebrated, something happens. The mass is an action, an event. m cmhers of the community Are ioining in that action through their active panicipation. The work of researchers who tell us that the early Christians viewed worship as the work of God's people lends support to this image of the Mass a.s an action. Active participation in the Mass also grows from the conviction that God is present among the members of the community. God is not outside the community. doing something "to" the community. Instead God is cvith the community. Active participation by members of the community becomes a sign that God is alive within them. It probably isn't surprising that active participation in the Mass is emphasised at a time when there is so much emphasis on the responsibility all Christians have for their church. And it probably isn't surprising that many people believe active participation in the Mass has the beneficial. added effect of expanding a sense of involvement with others in the community and their needs. Which takes me back to my

friend, whose mind turned so intently to a teenager's need during Sunday Mass recently. Sunday Mass can be a real awakener for those who participate in it. God's presence is made known in many ways during the Mass through the action at the altar, the preaching, the singing. the readings, the

gifts. And God's presence is made known through the people: priests. religious, parents, single adults. children. the aged People don't want their minds to wander away from the Mass. But with so many signs of God's presence around them, it is not difficult to understand why

their minds sometimes wander into this celebra(ion. Which is what happened to my friend Her attention was captured in a compelling way by a teenager nearby. My friend was puzzled and saddened by the teenager's illness. She was happy as she recalled a special insight the teenager had brought to a

catechism class a few years back. She had a conviction that God was very much alive in this teenager; she felt a compelling need to ponder that conviction. I'd say my friend's sense of involvement with the community was high_ And that Sunday it took form in a unique way.

The living stones. .. By Father John Castelot Living stones. That's what the early Christians were called in First Peter: "You too are living stones, built as an edifice of spirit." is the way the scripture writer puts it. At first glance, those words might strike 20th century folk as odd. But to first century Christians. the words carried great significance. Palestine was a uniformly rocky country. When people wanted to build a house. they could go into their ha( yards and pick up the stones they needed. A wet mud was used to cement the stones together as the house was erected. For important communal buildings such as the temple, however, the people followed a somewhat different procedure. Since the

temple was the house of God, they considered it worth all passible care. So. choosing huge blocksof stone, the people smoothed them out as best they could with the aid of their chisels and hammers, These large. fairly uniform stones then became the walls of their important buildings. For the New Testament author, the idea of people as living stones goes hack to Psalm 118. There we read of a stone rejected by the builder, which later becomes the cornerstone of the building. The early Christians saw this as a reference to Jesus Christ. But they took the image a step further: With Jesus as cornerstone, they, the people. became the fine building blocks of the Church. The early Christians were convinced that they themselves had become God's

dwelling place, His temple. So. what is the result of being a building block? This age-old conviction is at the bottom or our active participation in the liturgy, the public, official worship of God's people. The liturgy is not a spectator sport. As an integral part of the Church's structure, the early Christians considered it their responsibility to take a central part in offering the liturgy. Priest and people, worshipping together, unite with the eternal high priest. Christ. Everyone has a part to play. as the psalmist suggested in this description of a liturgical procession: -The singers lead, the minstrels follow; in their midst the maidens play on timbrels. In your choirs bless God: bless the Lord. you of Israel's well spring. There is Benjamin, the

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youngest leading them. the princes of Judah as a body. the princes of Zebulun. the princes of Naptitali- ( Psalm 68.26-28). In that description, everyone was involved: singers. youngsters. minstrels, members of the tribes. their leaders ) everyone. In the same spirit Luke sums up the life of the first Christians "They devoted themselves to the apostles' instruction and the communal life, to the breaking of bread and the prayers . They went to the temple area together every day. while in their homes they broke bread- (Acts 2:42). So the early Christians met together in their homes for "the breaking of the bread" and "meals in common." Obviously these were small groups with everyone taking part. When people see a wellbuilt house of worship for the first time, it is not uncommon for them to exclaim: "What a beautiful church." It is, however, a misplaced reaction, for the building is not the Church It is the place where the Church meets for worship. It is the people — all of us — who are the church. We are "living stones."

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In the cry room in St Isaac Jogues Church, a young child thumbs through a hymnal All in attendance at the Mass — even to the youngest child — are part of the celebration of the Mass. Father Lawrence Mick writes that participation in the Mass grows from the conviction that God is present among the members of the community. God is not outside the community, doing something to the community. Instead God is with the community and active participation by members is a sign that God is alive within them.

In one parish recently, a fairly long procession made its way toward the altar at the time of the Offertory during Sunday Mass. One by one the adults and children in the procession deposited cannedgoods, bags of rice, cereal and other foods in large baskets at the front of the church, then returned to their seats. Often it is suggested that if people hope to benefit as much as possible from the Mass, they need to bring something to it — something of themselves. The members of this parish had taken that suggestion literally. They brought gifts of food to share with the poor. It was the parish's hope that a few hungry people might eat better that week, and that the meaning of the Church's celebration of the Mass would extend beyond the hour spent inside the church on Sunday morning. That parish's Offertory procession helps to illustrate a point.

• During the Mass something occurs "for" people. God's life is offered to them. • But during the Mass something also is done "by" the people. They bring something of their own — something of themselves — to the Mass. God addresses the people and they respond, in a variety of ways. There is a sense in which every Mass is a point of beginning in the lives of Christians. God's message is heard during the Mass. And, right then and there, Christians have an opportunity to respond, to live out the Christian message. This helps to expalin what the people "do" during Mass. They begin again to live out the Christian message. As participants in this celebration of God's life, they begin again to express the life of God within them. When the U.S. bishops issued their 1983 national pastoral letter on war and peace, they

urged Christians to try to th e by Jesus' message about peace during every Mass. They encouraged Catholics to make the sign of peace at Mass a sign of reconciliation with God and with one another. The bishops saw the exchange of peace, often in the form of a handshake, as more than a gesture of simple friendliness. They saw it as a way to express the Christian community's commitment to work for peace in homes and neighborhoods and in the world at large. The exchange of peace is something the people -do - during Mass. But to the bishops it is not just "busyness." It is an opportunity to get involved again in the work of peace, reconciliation, healing, compassion What is done "by - you during Mass? What does your active involvement in the Mass signify? What do you "bring" to the Mass?

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With the Federal polls over this weekend It's five o'clock in the morning and the sun is only just about to rise. John Cattalini is already out of bed and into his running togs. Ten minutes later, he's out the door and pounding the pavements around his beloved City of Fremantle. "Running not only keeps you fit. The solitude of an early morning run allows you to think clearly. It allows you to observe," he says. Cattalini has John observed the evolution of Fremantle over the past 20 years. Thirteen of these have been spent as a councillor on the City of Fremantle council For one year, he was deputy mayor to Bill McKenzie, a man he admires Four years ago, John Cattalini bowed out of local government to, as he says, "take stock, to encourage new blood to take over the running of the city

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"Because of its importance and because all other forms of catechesis are oriented in some way to it, the catechesis of adults must have high priority at all levels of the Church. The success of programs for children and youth depends to a significant extent upon the words, attitudes, and actions of the adult community, especially parents, family and guardians." U.S. National Catechetical Director)

nat he saw, he didn't like So he returned to the council last year with an overwhelming majority. John Cattalini cannot be described as a "charismatic" leader Yet his popularity among the people of Fremantle is amazing. That he is so well-known and so popular can be put down, as he says, to the fact people can identify with him. His contribution to the City of Fremantle has always been behind the scenes For instance, he was a member of the finance and administration committee that unlocked the council's trust fund to develop the commerical and retail centre, which has not only enhanced the economic climate of the city but also its overall character.

John Cattalini is a former Christian Brothers College scholar, a prominent Fremantle Catholic, a pharmacist, city councillor, and marathon runner. Right now, this father of seven is running for mayor in the City of Fremantle, one of the most powerful positions in local government.

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A regular feature by BARRY PESTANA -Any development within people being consulted the city should be planned every step of the way in the with the character of the city planning of the challenge in mind. We cannot have John Cattalini was born in developers building all sorts Sernio, ttaly, near the Swiss of structures wily nilly Any border and came to Austradevelopment we approve lia at the age of three in should also take into 1940 The Cattalinis settled in account economic benefits to the people," John insists. Fremantle Young John On the America's Cup, went to Spearwood Primary John believes the benefits to and then onto Christian the entire Fremantle com- Brothers College munity need to be explained. Many Fremantle people are nervous and concerned about the cup challenge Italians, Portuguese. Yugosbeing sailed in their port. lays — John learnt at an They see little benefits comearly age what multi-cultuing to them. "I believe this is because ralism is all about. 'We lived next to each they have not been told, nor other in perfect harmony," involved in what is going on he says, recalling his youth. to any great extent. There is That's how he would like much uncertainty and needto see Fremantle growing — less anxiety in the communin harmony with its people. ity. -This mayoral election is "Fremantle will be here not an election about perlong after the cup has come sonalities Nor is it about and gone. We need to be party politics, though some certain it will be a better would like it to be place because of it" "It's an election about And to that end he will grassroot problems and insist on the city and its

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John and Pam Callaline . . . family support has been vital to his success to date.

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r—iJohn Cattalini with some of the citizens

Candidate is 'running' f or port what the candidates are going to do about them High rates, parking and traffic problems, worn out f ootpaths and unkempt recreation parks and the America's Cup competition are all things that concern the people -Our reisdents are angry at not being able to park within access to city shops - and at having to pay for the privilege of coming into their own city,- he says John Catta solutions to these problems are not glib

•-ft4 -I don't pretend to have all the answers But I believe many of the answers, many of the solutions, are already available to us.- he says As mayor, he would • implement the appropriate recommendations of the traffic study being conducted • experiment with innovative parking by de-regulation. allowing free parking and encouraging employee parking outside the city • implement a resident parking system that takes into account the needs of inner city area residents • immediately arrange for library users to be able to park close to the library • Improve financial planning and control • persuade the State and Federal Governments to contribute to the ongoing costs of welfare services the city has initiated • get the State Government to make ex-gratia payments or pay rates on properties serviced by the council

• implement a development plan of the city block that maintains and enhances the character of the city and, at the same time, increase its economic poten tial. The character of Fremantle is important to John. -It's uniqueness is its attraction. We must never lose that." he says. His attachment to the city stems from his youth. After leaving CBC. John studied pharmacy at the Perth School of Pharmacy. On graduation, he went to work with the late Sir Frank Gibon. then Mayor of Fremantle. Later. John left Fremantle to run his own pharmacy in Morawa. But only for a short time, four years later, he returned and has been home ever since. Today, John Cattalini runs

the Fremantle Drive -In Chemist Shop along High Street — the biggest pharmacy in Fremantle When John built his shop, he made certain that a Moreton Bay Fig — classified as a heritage of Fremantle and the city's oldest tree -- was not disturbed by virtually designing his shop around it It has pride of place in the courtyard A foundation member of the Italian Club, John is active in the community. Quite apart from council work. John has served on the Fremantle Art Advisory Council and is a board member of the Fremantle and Art Centre Press. He is also very active in the local parish and has served

on the primary and parish school boards John and his wife, Pamela, were the executive couple with Father Jim O'Brien in the early days of Marriage Encounter, and continue to be involved The family unit —John and wife Pamela have seven children -- is important to John Cattalini -I came from a close family and I subscribe to the view that the family that prays together stays together It's so important to have strong family ties -Pamela and the children are so supportive They support me in whatever I do Without their support. I don't think I could have done half the things I have been able to

of Fremantle (BELOW) "Fremantle is for everybody, not just big business. We've got to protect the character of the city and not lose our identity. At the same time, the city has to be functional and relevant to the community it serves," says John.

BELOW: The Cattalini family in the garden of their Fremantle home . . . the family unit is all important. "A family that prays together s tays together," says John. From left: Anthony, Stacey, Elizabeth, Pamela, John, Gina, Amanda and Daniell (missing is Keryth).

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I lardcore' Marxists danger • From page 7 • Father Dulles described the third stage of the Vatican instructions' development as an effort to show how the Church. through its teaching. has tried to awaken Christians "to a sense of justice and social responsibility." • finally, he said. "hasing reflected on the signs of the times in the light of the

Gospel as interpreted by the Church, the CDF (doctrinal congregation) moved on, in a fourth step. to a practical reponse." This, he said, comes in the form of an affirmation of the Church's "preferential option for the poor" and a forceful assertion of its commitment to respond to the cry of the poor, including a specific promise of a forthcoming document which

"will detail in a positive fashion" a theology of liberation. Father Dulles said the warnings which form the second, larger portion of the Vatican instruction are aimed "not against liberation theology itself but against deviations." He said the "overarching error" that the Vatican seems to have in mind is "the use of certain concepts crudely imported from

Marxist social analysis." He said the instruction itself presents its anti-Marxist positions -with considerable nuance" and does not rule out all use of Marxist analysis, but only "uncritical" borrowing from Marxism. The chief criticism lodged against the Vatican document. Father Dulles said, is from defenders of liberation theology who complain that

the second half of the instruction "caricatures the movement" because the positions which the Vatican objects to are ones which the leaders of liberation theology have themselves anticipated and carefully guarded against. "This complaint is partly justified." he said. at least as regards leading liberation theologians.

Some publications had t heir own publishing houses, or valuable printing contracts with other publishers. T hey also made an important contribution to the economies of and e mployment in such industries as paper milling, ink manufacturers. A ustralia Post (through which the bulk of the publications were distributed) and freight services. The AR PA representatives also pointed out to Mr Young the restrictions f ailed to take account of the rapid growth of the religious Press over the past 10 years and the advance of ecumenism in the Australian Churches. T he religious Press f ocused not only on "religious" issues, but on all subjects touching the lives of their readers. The AR PA publications served an influential audience - - including a high proportion of opinion and decision-makers. They provided excellent value for the advertising dollar. Mr Young emphasised t he restrictions on the religous Press in the Australian Government A dvertising Service guidelines were "inherited" by his department. The guidelines state there should be no Commonwealth Government a dvertising in publications of religious organisations except where a dvertising subjects r elate to all religious organisations, or in "very special circumstances" to be determined by the A ustralian Government A dvertising Service.

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SMITH RITA (nee North) the family of the late Rita Smith, wish to express their PROSTITUTION prostitution and to look at alternatives, sincere thanks and appreSEMINAR for example legalisation decriminalisaciation to all who attended tion. Mass. Requiem Rosary, Minimum $4. 20 words. Closes am Wednesday. No phone adverts. Prostitution and its effects on human A large part of the project is also aimed and fineral of their belosed at looking at community attitudes to mother, also for cards, rights and liberties will be the topic of BUILDING phone calls, flowers, press a public meeting to be held at the Perth prostitution. DEATHS THANKS notices and personal expres- Town Hall on Saturday December 8, TRADES A feature of the public meeting on sions of sympathy. Special from noon until 5.00 pm. prostitution will be the film 'Prostitute.' P AINTING quality work Most Sacred Heart of Jesus FRANCIS Elizabeth Sarah Parish priests, The meeting is being held to canvass This follows the life of a prostitute and at the right price. John may your name be praised, (Lily): Passed away peace- thanks to Rev Fathers Morahan, community attitudes to prostitution, as throughout glorified and Braille fully at Hospital, the traces her friendship with a social worker Freakley. Phone 361 4349. the world now and forever. Victoria Park on November A ttard, Ryan, Jegorow, part of a project investigating this, by who lobbies to try to change the law. Sincere thanks for great 21st, beloved wife of Nicho- Taliana and Vaughan, SisO ther points for discussion at the Electrical Contractor 5 favours received and pray- las (dec'd), dearly loved ters Clare, Eunan and Sis- the Council for Civil Liberties in Western J.V. D'Esterre Vivian St, ers answered. Many thanks mother of Mary and of ters of meeting will be the law relating to Mercy, Mr Australia. Rivervale. 30 yrs expe- Sacred Heart. Con. One very useful resource, according prostitution. Nicholas (dec'd) loving Motherway, staff, school rience, expert, efficient, St Michael Archangel, grandmother of Max, Gor- children of St Michael's to project officer Judy Edwards, is the Members of the public are urged to reliable. Ring 362 4646, defend us in the day of don Diane and Michael. convent, Bassendean, and document on prostitution compiled by attend, and will be invited to contribute after hours 385 9660. battle; be our safeguard Her funeral took place in parishioners and friends, the NSW Catholic Social Welfare Corntheir opinions. for all their love, care and mittee issued in July this year. Further inquiries and requests for PROPERTY Improve- against the wickedness and the Catholic Lawn Cemesupport over the past 12 This document supports the decrimprograms for the public meeting can be ments Service all types of snares of the devil. May tery, Karrakatta after May God bless you w indows and doors God rebuke him we humbly Requiem Mass, celebrated years. inalisation of prostitution. obtained from Judy Edwards on all. Prince thou and 0 do pray Redemptorist in the Moninstalled: walls and ceilings This is based on the belief basic human 336 2140. heavenly by the the host, of North astery, Perth on removed; Wooden pergoIN MEMORIAM offended are and when dignity rights las; general repairs. Phone power of God, thrust Friday, November 23rd EDITH LITTLE, Hostel individuals are in an environment downn to hell Satan and all 1984. Bowra & O'Dea PRAYER GROUPS 341 2946. mother at Pallottine Centre oppressing and exploiting them. t he wicked spirits who 3287299. F REMANTLE RALLY Rossmoyne, passed away The NSW committee believes by ELECTRICAL: For all wander through the world Prayer groups of the Charismatic 2.12.75 in loving memory of the souls. ruin seeking t ypes of electrical work C ARR (Mary J—Mollie) by students and staff. Lord decriminalising prostitution, it will be R enewal will meet at South Fremantle (Published promas Amen. easier for prostitutes to break free of this phone 335 2277. Nora wishes to thank all grant her heaNenly joy. High School, Lefroy Road, Beaconsised). relatives and friends whose YATES (Anne) In loving lifestyle. field on Sunday. December 2 with STEELWORK: All types NOVENA TO ST JUDE 0 kindness and practical help The WA Council for Civil Liberties Mum of memory -Our osary meditations at 7pm followed r of steel gates and balus- Holy St Jude, apostle and have been extended to us became interested in prostitution after b y Mass at 7.30pm, praise time trades, mig welding and arc martyr, great in virtue and in so many ways during the who passed away 27 Nos hearing of problems resulting from 8 15pm and praying time at 9.30pm. welding. Phone 335 2277. rich in miracles, near kins- year and for their Masses 1983. Special Mass and c hanges in legislation in NSW and Dad Also offered. prayers man of Jesus Christ, faith- and prayers. Particular Father Rodney Williams will celeAccommoDATIoN ful intercessor of all who thanks to Father O'Brien who left us on 19 July 1964. Victoria. brate the Mass It was felt situations such as soliciting A VAILABLE invoke you, special patron and Monsignor O'Reilly for \ lay they rest in peace. from the streets in inner -Sydney and the in time of need, to you I concelebrated requiem PI RSONAL Holiday Home in Wembley have recourse from and Mass and the other priests one year moratorium permitting masC ATHEDRAL NOVENA overlooking Lake Monger, humbly beg you whom God and sisters, the Palliative Lady 27 like to meet think- sage parlours in Victona could impinge The solemn novena in preparation for 5 mins from city, sleeps up has given such great power Care personnel and Silver ing Catholic guy 27-33, who on people's rights. the feast of the Immaculate Conception to six, linen, crokery, etc, to come to my assistance. Chain sisters, Mrs Tilly, is intelligent, enjoys music Civil Council for the WA Consequently will take place in St Mary's Cathedral fully furnished, long or Help me now in my presnt Mrs Hubcry, Miss Keogh, and doesn't smoke or drink. Liberties applied to the Human Rights from Thursday, November 29 to the vigil view friendship and outshort term. 450 5301. and urgent need and grant Mrs Norcott, Mr and Mrs of the feast on December 7. my earnest petition. In Farrell and others too ings. Please R.P.L. this C ommission of Australia and has received $4900 to prepare a discussion The nine nights of the novena will be W ANTED return I promise to make numerous to mention by office. preached by Father Christopher Ross TO RENT you name known and cause name. Will all please accept Tradesman, 37, like to cor- paper The terms of reference of this project OSM, episcopal vicar for religious Small family, adults, relia- you to be invoked. Say this as my personal thanks. respond with sincere Catholic lady of approp- are to examine from a human rights point Sessions will be held each evening at ble, wants to rent in Dal- three Our Fathers, Hail God bless you all. riate age, interested in coun- of view, the present policy of containing 7.30 pm and on Saturday at 5.30 pm. keith. Claremont or Marys and Glorias: St Jude try life. Write L.T. Martin Nedlands area, prepared to pray for all who honour NEW YORK (NC) c i - Post Office. Bunbury. take care home and garden and invoke your aid. IN MEMORIAM Liturgy is a celebration w hilst owners overseas R.V.D. SITUATIONS and come alive to must from 4 weeks to 12 months, Most Sacred Heart of Jesus GRANT. In loving memory W ANTED attract people who say prepared to pay small rent may your name be praised of our dear parents, Mass is boring, speakers in return. Phone 3865861. and glorified throughout Edward Thomas Grant. Retired Gentleman seeks at the Louisville Archdithe world now and forever. died 25th November 1978 part-time casual temporary FOR SALE Thank you, also Our Lady and Ellen Grant died 2nd employment. Metro, countocesan Liturgical conferry. Clerical background .niform Mercedes College and St Jude. M.W. ence said December 1976. Eternal summer, winter, sports. In grateful thanks to St rest grant unto them, 0 good appearance has phone On November 14, the Sis- years at North Fremantle In his keynote address. car learn wiling or to try jumper, bathers, socks $30 .Jude and the Sacred Heart Lord and may perpetual Father David Mura. said ters of Our Lady of the and the of joined Sisters 5i7e 34 279 4439 or for prayers answered light shine upon them. May anything reasonable and when people say the Missions a phone interesting lost advertiser pioneer Lady Missions in of Our the 277 8944. they rest in peace. R.M.H. 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Youth Forum Fr Hugh O'Sullivan, National YCW chaplain talks about a recent working visit to WA existing groups and the work visited have been %cry hospitof initiation. Seven years ago able and supportive. I hope the YCW existed in only two that we as a movement will The remaining 30 dioceses. Today there are be able to live up to their minutes of the YCW groups in fifteen dioceses in hopes and the trust that they meeting meet two Australia and the YCW is co- have put in us. a ims — Firstly for ordinated at a diocesan level Cardiin used to say that in young workers to live in ten of these diocese. There the YCW chaplains are and out their lay vocation are about 20 people working should be eveything and they need confidence, full time for the movement in nothing. The role of the chaability to speak and Australia and the hulk of the plain in YCW is a difficult one. r esponsibility. To financing of this work is The WAX' is a lay organisaa chieve this many carried by the movement tion — organised, run and controlled by young workers. groups give the respon- itself. sibility of preparing, The national movement co- Its agenda is the lay lives of the action its members; hut it faces that organising and run- ordinates Father Hugh O'Sullivan ning this 30 minutes to nationally: the most important agenda in a unique way — not is unemployment action. a different member Recently 70 YCW's — nine each week. from WA — met for an unemSecondly to fulfil their ployment congress in Can lay vocation capably berra . young workers need They had prepared six rxisik nowledge of the tion papers on their experienworld and what is hap- ces, their beliefs and their pening in it, knowl- actions on the subjects of edge of the Church work, the unemployed, homeand its theology. They lessnem. the CTS and DSS and need to know Christ government programs for the and to become spirit- unemployed, technology and ually and apostolically its effects in our society, and f ormed. co-opera t ions. They need to take not only They presented their papers with the cycs of a social For example. had I been results — the work of forma per-.( ma! actions but represen- to representatives of the worker, or a personality Christ's parish priest and had lion is so slow and painstak tative actions of young Church. the government, com- growth worker, not with the he come to me for advice on workers at the group level. at munity bodies and the unions eyes of a politician, or a union what to do about money The chaplain must sit and diocesan level, and at the as a basis for discussion, and or a management team, not changers in the temple. I listen, offering the support of national and international organised interviews with 50 even with the eyes of a spir- could have advised him to his presence, recognising that level. representatives from these itual director — but with eyes practice meekness or I could he has neither the expertise And so in this 30 minutes. bodies. of lay apostolate. have recommended this situa- nor the vocation to he an on different weeks. YCW I.ay people have a unique tion as one that could only be expert in the lay field. bui groups discuss different gosapostolate and a unique spir- answered by prayer and more calling the meeting in a la \ pels. talk about teachings of ituality. unique in its aims and prayer apostolate direction sir ip. the Church. its theology. unique in its methods. his presence. Our Church teaches us that social teachings and laws. Faced with a shortage of it is specifically the lay voca- It is not the role that the discushave guest speakers or priests and the vast and damtion to "renew the temporal priest is usually called to fulfil sions to educate themselves in aging gap between clergy and order" — and this demands but how important is that matters affecting young laity, the church in recent lay action, action that can he work. workers — such as drugs. years has done great work in misinterpreted — for the The YCW in WA is ven The results of their congress relationships, uniiins. technolbridging this by involving laity temporal order. unlike the fortunate in it's chaplains. — the basis of future YCW ogy, safety in the workplace. in all sorts of ministries. spiritual order. usually works perhaps more so than an work on uemployment — Aboriginal land nghts. pornoBut the question could be for one set of people's advan- other state. have been collated in a report. graphy. uranium mining. aborasked whether this has been Both Perth and Bunbury tage at a cost to other people's tion, or unemployment, and at the expense of encouraging The YC‘It* will have formed advantage. diocese have special diocesan actions are planned. the specifically lay vocation outstanding lay leaders in WA committees involved in study, These sort of things are 'Ibis of course was the situa- because of the generosity. and apostolate. action and evaluation of happening in groups in WA. Many times also we priests tion with Christ's action in the commitment and expertise of action on unemployment. Regional and diocesan teams as spiritual directors. have temple and played a part in its chaplains in a field that is Internationally the YCW of have been set up to review and been guilty of using the lay his eventual condemnation to not only most difficult for Australia is also making its evaluate what is taking place. arena only as an opportunity death. priests but perhaps not given contribution. Recently we the the actions resulting, and to encourage the practice of For the lay apostolate cha- due recognition as a field of sent two members to a world formation of apostolic leaders Christian virtues. plain there are no dramatic priestly work. council of the YCW in Spain. in every aspect of their lives. One of our number is a The YCW is forever on the member of the Asia Pacific move to expand to new areas. Team. Groups have recently started Australia has played a highly in Mirratxxika and Margaret significant role in the revival River and work has comBARBECUE ARMADALE CHRISTIAN LIVING of the international YCW from menced on new groups to It is good to se the Armadale A "Get -to-know-you" barLooking fiwward to seeing NZ. Fiji. and India. Two of our begin in Como and the Cathedmembers are currently on an becue is being held at 30 group, who meet on Sunday (TY members at the Christian ral Parish in Perth. The exposure experience in the Clavaton Street North Perth nights in the parish hall living Camp at Gidgegannup national YCW has this year on weekend of December -Philippines and with our on Sunday. December 9 at steadily developing into a produced an initiation prostrong group. 9. Ring Julie or Paul 328 8136 Asia/Pacific representatives 4.30pm. used gram and this is being On Wednesday, November If you arc between the ages if you want to go. will be attending a regional by new groups. Key Leaders school in Hong of 20 to 30 and interested in 14 the fulkimers finished a Nationally the YCW is j()ining the Young Christian Leadaship Formation Course Kong. CONFERENCE involved in the training of The Australian YCW is one Wirkers, then this is the night at the Department of Muth. Thung Catholics cannot leaders, the consolidation of of the most generous contrib- fix you. BYO meat and drinks. Sport and Recreation. afford to miss the greatest utors financially to the work For enquiries ring Joe, Tom event in the Church since of the YCW internationally. or Gemma on 328 966- or Captain Stirling landed in YCW this month holds its Sally on 279 1970. International week and members of the YCW in WA DANCE The Director of the Unihave been studying the situaKeep New Year's Eve free for versity of Western Austration of workers in Africa, a dance party which YCW are lia's Counselling Service, attended a Mass with a day's holding at the DianallaReataThe Department for Dr Alex MacKenzie, pay appeal to support the tion Centre — look forward Youth, Sport and advises that the unit will YCW international movement and to seeing •-ou all there. R ecreation has puboffer a counselling proComo group started on Toes organised pen pals with the lished another booklet gram over the summer day November 20 with Father YCW in Africa. in a growing series on vacation for prospective Jim O'Brien as chaplain. The YCAN, in Western AustraQUIZ NIGHT junior sport. students and their parents. North Coastal Region lia is fortunate in the encourThe Quiz Night of. the Year. The booklet, which is a guide defeated North Central YCW The Summer Counselling agement and support. Forget all those past nonRegion at a social cricket for coaches of juniors, was Program will be available at financial and otherwise, given events, and come to this, the game played at Aquinas on released by the Minister for the Counselling Service it by its bishops. Our base social event of the year at the Sport and Recreation, Keith Sunday November 18. during the vacation period, groups are organised on a Floreat Hotel — Wednesday, except between December parish basis, hut traditionally, December 12 at -.30 pm . FAREWELL "There are now six of these 22 and January 3. Inter- and still today, the YCW sees Tickets $3.50 each, tables of Lynette Dundon will say say ested students are invited it's prime relationship within 6. farewell to Path in 1985 as booklets in the series and this to telephone the Counsel- the Church to he through the Fabulous prizes collected she has been appointed a latest addition will he welling Service on (09) bishops. The bishops of Perth from the four corners of the national fulltimer in Mel- comed by many parents and 380 2423 and Bunhury dioceses I have earth!! bourne. Congratulations Lyn. coaches worried by some of

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A need to take .personal action and join forces

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Fr. John Jegorow One of the most serious problems facing young people today is consumerism - the belief that buying goods and services will make them happy. A s a teacher said in the recent social justice statement 'It's a rocky road', "All of us are deluged buy, borrow, lease, consume by advertisements and you will be a happier person." Consumerism is not just a big fancy word It's about people and eyes filled with tears. Like the bitter tears of 24-year -old Felicity when she realised that her life and marriage was an empty void. Materially she had everything. The latest gadgets adorned the kitchen bench. The lounge room was decked with the latest in wall stereo, video. Two cars parked in the drive units over the weekend. Landscaped gardens and a pool. What else could a young woman ask for? She was bright and pretty but felt she had nothing. Her husband was an ambitious young executive interested in accumulating more money, and with plans to buy a block at the beach with a boat and all that goes with that scene. Despite all the mod-cons the house had a sterile look and feel about it. There were no children because both were planning a European holiday before starting a family, and there were no books TV provided the vital link of or magazines communication. How many Felicitys are there in this world victims of a consumer society. The magnitude of the problem is seen in the c onstant onslaught of advertisements and the f requent modernisation of the selling outlets. Supermarkets are no longer just places of impulse buying they have become the 'cultural ' centre and are themselves advertised as the 'fun place to be' - where Felicity can win an overseas holiday and maybe start that family sooner. Modern technology produces far more goods than people can consume. A lready specialised supermarkets are making their appearance. I recently noticed one just selling toys. How convenient for the Christmas rush. What happened to the days when people married with no more than 100 pounds to their credit and prepared to do without and live modestly before buying the extras. It was hard work. it was loving I'm not against comforts. There is nothing glorious about poverty. But there's not much fun in an empty consumer centre existence either. A s Advent draws us closer to Christmas let us

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News of youth, news of youth new -

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Perth — a statewide Catholic youth conference to he held over the January Australia day long weekend. Preparations are already well underway to bring together as many as 5(10 young people at the university colleges. julia Pickering who has guided preparations spoke to all the priests of the Archdiocese last September and since then has visited the

diocese of Bunbury and Broome. Already over 200 young people have booked to attend the January conference. CAMP 'MIS are holding a can at Eagle's Nest Gidgigannup on the weekend of December 24. The theme is 'This is what Yahweh asks of me: only this. to akt justly. low tenderly and walk humbly with your (tool.'

Sports booklet

the negative, even destructive to learn new skills and be with elements which have crept friends.' into children's sport:* Mr "1 believe lean safely predict Wilson said. that those who apply the "For some years sports peo- principles recommended in ple have been perplexed by 'Junior Sport — A Guide for the high level of 'dropouts' Coaches: will not only expefrom sport in the early teens. rience greater satisfaction "Health authorities, too, have with the rapid development found great difficulty in per- and enthusiasm of their suading people to take up charges. former sports or even try new Priced at 50 cents plus 35 ones. cents for postage. the booklet "When Western Australian is obtainable from the Departchildren were asked what ment for Youth. Sport and they wanted from their invol- Recreation. PO Box 66. vement in sport they said 'film Wembley, 601 4

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Don't forget our contest

Jenny was bored. She classes. She rode the bus at once she had an idea. didn't remember just back home after school. "I know what I'll do," when it began. but it She played for an hour she thought to herself had been going on for with her friend. She ate "I'll teach smaller childyears and under; 10 years and under, at least three months. dinner and did her ren to read." Christmas is coming and we want • ' How was school homework. Sometimes Jenny ran to tell her and seven years and under. you to get your thinking caps on for today?" Jenny's mother she watched TV. Then parents. A winner will be chosen in each asked our kids page contest. "Teach children to every afternoon. she went to bed. This year you will need to sharpen section and supplementary prizes will "Boring" was always Each day was pretty read?" her mother said. your pencils and your imagination and also be awarded. Jenny's answer. No mat- much the same as the "How can you do The winner in the 13 and under ter what was planned last. Weekends were that?" her father asked. write a letter. The letter will be to a friend, telling section will receive a beautiful pen for Saturday, Jenny even worse. Jenny did "I'll get them together her chores around the after school," Jenny andpencil set from Parker; the winner found it boring. her or him, all about the birth of the house, she played with said. "I'll use some of my "How was the hall think you in the 10 and under will receive a Baby Jesus. What do you her friends. She picture books for a start. game?" Jenny's twin would say? How would you describe superb Children's Encyclopedia from I'll read stories to watched TV. brother asked. "It was MacMillan and the winner in the it to your friend.? them." Jenny W1LS more "I'm Jenny twing" Jenny said in a bored," seven and under will receive a copy Just write your letter and send it voice almost too soft to kept telling her mother. excited than she had in to Kids Christmas Contest, C/ of the Collins Early Dictionary from h "Bored! Bored! Bored!" been in three months. ear. William Collins and a selection of The Record, 26 John Street. You -Nothing new ever Jenny's parents were Her parents were books. have until December 17 to get your happens to me," she worried. "Jenny has so excited too. There will also be lots of beautiful complained to her aunt. little interest in any- "Then maybe I'll figure entries in. books to be awarded as supplemen- Jenny got up at 7 On thing," her father said. out how to me my comWe have some wonderfulprizes for tary prizes. There's lots to win so start school mornings. She "I'm worried." this year's contest which will be puter to help them learn 13 writing now. gulped cereal for break- Her worried parents to read," Jenny thought judged in three age groupings fast. She waited for the asked each other, "What out loud. "It would be exciting. I know I can school bus and rode to should we do?" 1 Its. 144 Its. Iii kis 144 its I kiss Ischool. She liked her While her parents do it." Jenny began the next princess where he had (WC2. Emily's pet stegosauras teachers but wasn't were worrying, Jenny about her was in her room. But all afternoon. She told stun to show his bravery and Thing is kidnapped by the %-ery e xcited some of her neighbours imagination by defeating a rich and very horrible Stewhat she wanted to do. giant red dragon who threa- phanie Strobe, who locks him Four tened the life of younger children the princess. in her HOW ensuite bathroom. illustrated I7y In defeating this dragon he will Emily find him? showed up for her first junk° Morimoto happened upon some of the This is the sequel to the class. She set up her beast's magic which brought much-loved. award-winning little school in the baseIssunhoshi to a normal size. THING. Delightfully illus. ment. • The children Then he was able to marry the trated by Alison Lester, Thing. loved it. And Jenny did princess. napped echoes to the superb too Junko Morimoto has humour of Robin Klein. "Jenny's a different changed her style completely You'll love the adventures of girl," her mother said a from the one she used in The Emily and Thing in their couple of weeks later. White Crane. one of the valiant battle against the self award-winning picture books "She sure isn't bored ish Stephanie in this year's Australian Book any more," her father Council Awards. replied. Children will love the bold Tiw 0.tford Nursery Song "Bored?" Jenny ansillustrations that complement book. by Percy Buck and wered her aunt. "Some ean Gilbert. published 171 the story so perfectly. They are l things are still boring, not anything like the delicate Oxford l'airersity Pre,, hut I'm not bored any line work of The White Crane $9.95. more. I'm a teacher. I'm hut still have an excitingly The new edition of this a helper now." exotic flavour that makes this

The Inch Boy

popular collection of over a picture book stand out from hundred nursery rhymes with the crowd. simple accompaniments for The artist's wit and rare piano or guitar. is suitable for technique will enchant eveThe Inch Boy, by had been praying for a child ryone of any age who reads the home. nursery or infant classroom. Junko Morimoto, pub- when a baby was left on the The Inch Boy. lished by William Col- old couple's doorstep. Junko Motimoto was horn in lins, $9.95. Issunhoshi did not grow in Hiroshima City in 1932. She This 1, the Japanese Tom stature at all but he was e xperienced the Atomic 'rhumb — the Inch Boy, or undeterred, his ambition Bomb blast of 1945 and surIssunboshi as he was known being to become a Samurai. vived because that day she to his parents He was a gift In the court of the Great Sanjo stayed at home from school to them from the gods for they he became a bodyguard to the — her classmates were all killed. She went on to study art at Kyoto University and has won many prizes for her art in Japan. She was both taught and exhibited extensively in .Japan and abroad. Her previous books are The Book of the History of Katano City published in 1981 in Japan, and of course, The White Crane published by Collins in 1983.

BIRTHDAY Happy birthday to Richard Walther, Roleystone: Felicity Monck. Bateman; I.isa Everest. Goomalling; Alicia c ]oc..hrane. Busselton; Angela C otterell Doubleview: Andrew Nannik York. Jodie Naisbitt, Corrigin; Elizabeth Roberts, Gooseberry Hill; David Van N'ugt, Padbury: Troy Bich, Kalamunda; Kylie Jensen, Mt Magnet; Catherine Lawson. Gooseberry Hill;Johnny Garoza, Harnersley:Jacqueline Bennets. DoubleNiew: Josephine Combo. Nollamara; Maria Camerata, North Perth; Susan David. Graylands; Daniel Timothy. Parkwo(xi; Sherree Jones. Mundijong.

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Thingnapped, by Robin Klein, illustrated by Alison Lester, published by Oxford University Press, $9.99. The Record, 29 November — 5 December, 1984

Let's Pray Together, by Geoffrey MarshallTaylor, Illustrated by G eorge W. Thompson, published by VVilliam Collins, $4.95. Reviewed by Morgan Ross-Walker (11).

This is a good book with many happy, many sad and many joyful prayers in it. The illustrations are lovely. There are prayers for every occasion with really nice pictures or diagrams to illustrate. It is a lovely gift to any child. I found the prayers very thoughtful and thought the

pictures were very colourful. My favourite prayer was the one for people in need where you could insert the name of the place where there had been a disaster. It goes: Lord. bless the people of (Ethiopia) Please be with the doctors and nurses and all those who are trying to help there. For Jesus' sake. Amen. In the hack of the book are some notes from the author. He says that he hopes both children and adults will like the book and that prayer is a talking and listening to God. "As with any conversation with a close friend, it involves sharing everything with him: this means both the pleasant and unpleasant aspects of our lives. It involves saying 'thank you' and 'sorry' as well as 'please' to him," he said. "Children can use this book on their own: if they

can't read. the pictures can form the basis of their prayers. Far better, however, is for parents (fathers as well as mothers!) and other adults to use the book with their children.

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A man looks back Sun Over Taradale, by Joseph Placid Stokes, published by Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd (Kenthurst, NSW, 1984). R eviewed by Connie Miller.

hearted, and with gre-at hams of hands; Bert Sandford, "The \ fan", proud of, but secretive about his English ancestry and tiny but so-efficient Aunt Agnes, the school-teacher aunt who had a profound influence on all the Taradale children. There are many other characters equally clearcut and memorable. The book's humour is abundant. Sunday Mass on a windy morning at Cunderdin. where so much is "Quench the candles," whisrank and offensive it is like a from acres of gravelly loam pered Father Doyle. But to breath of fresh air; and for where wheat was to be sown, • young Joseph, serving, good measure, meticulously there was no let-up. There w ritten, and an attractive, were fences to be erected, "quench" was an unintelligible and heart -stopping word. hardcover book you can hold stables to be built and ect-Atr Panic -stricken, he tried to up, in bed, without your arms t hatched (and constantly clear the wax accumulated on aching. (2...44.1.t. rethatched ) and furnished, the lee side of the candles. *Faradale's land nudged (:un• farm machinery to be kept in te..14A,t [Mil Father Doyle, compredenim, thc wheat and sheep good repair, and after all that, hending, came to his help. town 160 kilometres east of ploughing and seeding and •seva".,tii-fq: And how richly ebullient the Perth 'The farm homestead harvesting, always. episode in the chapter was south of, and quite near And against the backdrop of eort, entitled My Father's Dodge! to the almost parallel courses freshly-ploughed earth whose Imagine, if you can, an ailing. of thc Nlortlock River, the reddish browns "soon spluttering car laden with east west railway line, and the changed to a soft and gentle bedding. crockery, and nine water pipeline from Mundar- green, especially beautiful hot, tired, dusty country-folk. ing to Kalgoorlie. Also quite when the western sun nude and being driven mistakenly near to, but south-west of the shadowy undulations over the homestead. Cunderdin padd4 )4AN," a warm and inti- of the wheat -belt farmer. into Winterbottom's Mill symmetrical shoulders fore- mate family life is acted out. matcship was important. Street showrooms. Where, of ver portrayed 'the rhythm of There were morning and There was the caring of a self- course, considerable confuthe wheat -belt seasons'. night prayers. recitation of the effacing mother whose faith sion and mayhem took place And at Taradale in the Rosary, regular attendance at was absolute. And the leisure- among gleaming glass, potted twenties and thirties, life had Sunday Mass. There were the time activities of young peo- palms. and aristocratic autoto mom in unison with the strictures of a kindly father ple busy mushrooming, gath- mobiles rhythm of the seasons. After who worked hard on his land, ering "dead" wool, collecting Gems of sound reasoning. seeking to communicate he felt supremely happy. And the rigours of clearing the used authority wisely, and %Vas honeycomb. and picnicking ()hiective &script ions of West- through the written word share his ecstasy as a twenty hard-to-cut hardwood timber aware that, in the philosophy on Cunderdin Hill when it was ern Australian educational know something of the lan- year-old at the university when life was filled with carpeted with pink and yellow facilities half a century back. guage in which he writes." everlastings and flecked with and emotive passages of lyrical Compare Stokes' picture of music and held "a promise of beauty. highlight the narra- the 1936 "assisted school" mr.tery and beauty." the p.m trees' lacy shade. classroom with expansive. Read Sun Over Taradale Characterisation is deft. And tion_ realistic to the extent that. With regard to grammar. the wall-to-wall luxury of most of yourself Its wealth of pictubook. I tried author writes, "We learnt the today's schoolrooms. Sense resque detail and the wholeThe latest publication from the University after reading the to trace, in the lineaments of shape and structure of the the boy Joseph's content SOMe fascination of its tale of of Western Australia Press, a biological the small boy Joseph. "dressed language. Homer must learn while he lingers, long after a boy's life, a boy taught to account of Western Australia's southwest for Sunday Mass" in the pho- his prosody and Michelangelo dusk has fallen, with his have complete faith in God shrubland ecosystem, introduces a new tograph on page 17, a resemb- his anatomy. If it was good beloved horses. Condone. and and man and who was to word to the general vocabulary — 'kwon- lance of those of his Grandma enough for the great artist to smile gently when, after a first become a school-teacher, and gan'. Stokes in the page 42 picture. master the 'grammar' of his and certainly unaccustomed a soldier in World War IL will We meet. too, Grandad medium, surely it is approp- indulgence in alcohol, there send you back to read it Kwongan: Plantlife of the Sandplain in edited by Professor John Pate of the Depart- Stokes. "Fardy", genial. soft- riate that the ordinary mortal was a song in his heart and again . . . and yet again.

Connie Miller has had two books published as well as a host of stories and articles. Her books titled After Summer Merrily and Seasons of Learning portray her childhood in England and her young womanhood in Sun Ott"- TUradale, a oyous A ustralia. The third in her trilogy of account of a boy's 'growing memoirs is to be published early next up' on a Western Australian farm between the two world year. Her sensitive poetic style of wars, is a book I found difficult writing with its nuances of humour and to put aside. In a reading gentle humanity is quite irresistible. universe

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ment of Botany and Dr John Beard, who carried out the vegetation survey of Western Australia and is a former director of King's Park. The 284-page, 25.5 x 18.5 cm book takes its name from an Aboriginal word pronounced `gwong-gan' (though spelt in many different ways), essentially meaning sandy country with an open scrubby vegetation. The term is first known to have appeared in a letter from James Drummond, first resident botanist in Western Australia, to Sir William Hooker at Kew Gardens. Dr Beard suggested the adoption of the term in the form `kwongan' in 1976. Dr Beard and Professor Pate have defined kwongan as a distinct type of south western Australian vegetation consisting of scrubheath and low trees occurring mainly, though not entirely, on sandplains. Their map shows the kwongan falling generally within a roughly triangular area from north of Geraldton to east of Israelite Bay.

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The First Settlement. The vered their fascinating histo- Bradman: The Illustrated Bio- discussion of the speed of convict village that founded ries. Some are romantic. graphy together with addi- boats and covers all boats Australia 1-88-90. hy Jona- others are sad but all reflect tional photographic material from dinghies and ...ichts to than King. published by our pioneering spirit and the to make a handsomely warships. MacMillan. S2-.50. enterprise which was part of designed pictorial treat of the The perfect sequel to the the growth of Australia; even life and career of our greatest best selling The First Fleet, their decline and current cricketer. Also included are A Gardeners Testament, hithis is the story of Australia's decay reflect our history. full scoreboards from Sir Gertrude Jekyll, published the settlement days — of early Donald Bradman's Test by Papermac, $16.95. first two years of European .4 Diary of Flowering matches. A thoroughly absorbEnquiries should be Here are the articles and Bulbs. by Barbara Horn, colonisation. Once again ing book and an ideal Christdirected to Dove Comnotes of 40 years' experience. using original diaries and illustrated by .Sheila Gal- mas present. Illustrated with which are still considered munications, Box 316 records. Jonathan King brings braith. publishedby MacMil- over 200 black and white Blackburn, Vic. 3130. quite remarkable. lan Australia, $17.95. excitto life those harsh and photographs. ing days with fascinating flair; This beautiful, large format days of wonder and discovery book covers the culture of Atlantis. The Lost ContiNEW BOOK RELEASE! as well as starvation. flowering bulbs and shows nent Revealed. by Charles M ARY IN HER debauchery, fear. mutiny and how beauty can be created in Berlitz, published by MacA a garden with a minimum PPARITIONS of AND SHRINES Millan London, $19.95. death. Illustrated with coneffort. It includes a useful Charles Berlitz has uncotemporary material. By Sister Maureen ldstein, R.S.J. planting chart at the end of vered the missing pieces of T his compelling and devotional book consists 3; Ghost Ports of Australia, the book for quick reference. the ancient puzzle of Atlantis 126 pages, and contains the inspiration of: byJeff Togbill. published by The book is divided into the — the Lost Continent. Based 18 breath-taking, approved Apparitions of Mary n .1facM Australia, four seasons. The four-colour on new evidence taken from 28 inspiring, approved Marian Shrines, and $24.95. illustrations are delicate and science, archaeology and pho25 exquisite pictures of Jesus and Mary Here for the first time are the capttwe with great precision tographs from space. come fascinating and unknown sto- the beauty of bulbs. Written facts and phenomena which The Servants of Mary Help of Christians, P.O. Box 57, Surry Hills, NSW 2010 ries of some of the 'ghost for Australian conditions. shatter our preconceptions of ( The ports' that dot our rivers and price is S7.00, plus S1.00 postage) the ancient history and develcoastlines. For many isolated The Don, .4 Photographic opment of modern man. P ease send ( 1 copyties of the above took to communities. ports and the Essay of a legendary life. sea were the only links to the by Michael Page and Des Faster! Faster! The Quest outside world. Jeff Toghill, Fregon, published by Sun, for Sailing Speed. by David A DDRESS ['Jelly, published by MacMilone of Australia's leading $12.95. POSTCODE boating writers, has explored The Don takes the best 200 lan. $24.95. these lost ports and disco- photos from the bestselling This is the tirst authoritative 7 7 I

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WHAT'S ON OLM ROME TRANSFER Sister Margaret McInerney, principal at Sacred Heart College, Sorrento, is resigning at the end of this year to take up residence in Rome as a member of the general council of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions. She received her appointment after the congregation's international chapter held there in July, 1984. Sister Margaret has had a long association with Sacred Heart College having served there as principal for 11 years, as well as being a staff member for six years. She is to be replaced by Mr Bernard Boss, currently employed in Tasmania. Sister Margaret will visit her family in Melbourne before departing for Rome at the end of January, 1985. amminommanik

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(DOGS' \cHANCE... RACE ONE: Gold Velocity 1, The Quick 2, Hornsby Harry 3. RACE TWO: Remo Princess I, Agiroo 2, Pether Road 3. RACE THREE: Zappa Fox 1, Miss Babe 2, Shark Fin 3. RACE FOUR: Belinda Mist 1, Blue Temlock 2, Egyptian Prince 3. RACE FIVE: Aldcabar 1, Formula Balance 2, Milton Wares 3.

RACE SIX: Blue Echo 1, Hit It Bally 2, Dangerous A dios 3.

RACE SEVEN: Countess Kim 1, Leica's Image 2, Twilight Town 3. RACE EIGHT: Tives.sa Spring 1, Gifiie's Jewel 2, Birthday Crown 3. RACE NINE: Luck A Daisy 1, Golda's Issue 2, Little Acorn 3. RACE TEN: Lotta Scandal 1, Pearl Chariot 2, Billa Koo 3.

Race Talk with Rod Evans PHIZAM surged to the head of the Perth Cup markets, with his scintillating victory in Saturdays Premier's Cup, any doubts that were placed about Phizam's class were dispelled when he romped away from his rivals to win by six lengths. PhiZaM looks certain to play a big part in the summer carnival and give his tycoon owner Laurie Connell much enjoyment in the oncoming months. QUESTING resumed racing on Saturday in the most impressive way with a brilliant victory. Questing has come back to racing at a time when there are plenty of rich plums for the picking and she should he another strong card in Len Morton's hand for the summer carnival. GEM MAKER looks a stayer of the future with his two smart wins at his last two starts in the country. He should soon be a good ride in the city for his jockey Max Roney. WELLINGTON HAMMER looks a star of the future already for trainer George Way judging on his very impressive first start win on Saturday. Way is renowned for producing smart youngsters and Wellington Hammer looks to be one of the best of them. He will win many more races.

CARLTON HOTEL with good old-fashioned hospitality country -style accommodation at most affordable tariff $16 b & b • HEARTY BREAKFAST • MORNING PAPER • PARKING FACILITIES • REFRIGERATOR • TEA & COFFEE FACILITIES

STELLA MARIS FREMANTLE HOSPITALITY TEAMS The newly formed Stella Mans hospitality teams will hold their inaugural meeting at 6pm on Tuesday, December 4. Any interested person is welcome to come and stay on for the buffet meal to be served after the meeting at 7pm. For those coming straight from work, showering facilities are available. The Tuesday evening social begins a t 8pm and another on Sunday evenings at 11pm. Both evenings end at 11pm. Where needed, transport will be a rranged by Stella Mans. Further information on the hospitality teams from Father O'Shea on 335 1958.

MUST MUST MUST FAITH VIDEO FOR CHILDREN Parents and teachers of young children are invited to an informal program on nurturing faith in children, at the Catholic Pastoral Institute Resource Centre, 45 Tyrell Street, Nedlands, on Tuesday, December 11, from 10am to noon. S ydney based religious education consultant Sister Jan Cooney, RSJ, will conduct the program. Sister Cooney is a member of a team who produced a video program recently on the topic of family life and the nurture of faith. She will screen this video, entitled -Stay Close," and offer practical insight into its message and application. The video cassette program can be purchased from her Sydney office, and borrowed from the Nedlands resource Centre.

Sister Cooney will be seeking suggestions for the production of further programs of this nature. Please phone the centre on 386 7166, if you are to attend.

R OCKINGHAM C ALENDAR R ockingham parish have produced the only Western Australian produced Catholic diary containing details of Sundays and other liturgical feasts. The venture is the result of efforts by Sue Martin, Diane Hytten, Terry Brand and Ann Beard who collated the pages and stapled them. The diary is a convenient purse or pocket size and can be purchased ($2) f rom PO Box 3 Rockingham WA 6168. Funds go towards the new parish centre.

Cricketing hero Dennis Lillee was one of the favourites among Year 6 and 7 Trinity College boys when Mary Urquhart opened her display of 40 photographs of prominent Western Australians. The boys were keen to k now the techniques of photo production and the steps involved in book publishing. The photographs are available in book from "Eye To Eye" (price $14.95) from Dorrington's Book Shop or R .J Donovan and Associates 6 Ord Street West Perth, Phone 322 2466. Proceeds go to the Diabetes Research Foundation of WA.

A dmiring Dennis Lillee are Trinity pupls Matthew Stilwell. Andre Bouwhuis, John Carroll and junior school librarian, Fran Foster.

EAST VIC PARK GOLDEN JUBILEE The jubilee year of Our Lady Help of Christians' Parish will begin on Saturday December 8, with a special Mass in honour of Mary's Immaculate Conception, at 6.30 pm - to be followed by a parish barbecue. This will be the beginning of a year of celebration, culminating in the sath anniversary of the parish and school on December 8, 1985. Members of the Xavier College Band will lead the music and the year seven girls will perform a liturgical dance in honour of Mary. One of the projects to be undertaken in the parish is the compiling of its history. A book is planned which will include details of the families who have lived in the parish, and the development of the two schools Our Lady Help of Christians, and Xavier College — which have been been combined.

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A NTIOCH PILGRIMAGE There are still vacancies for the A ntioch Pilgrimage from December 28 to January 21 which includes five days in Rome and Tiberius, and 10 days in Jerusalem. Cost is S1700 which includes air fare, hostel accommodation and transfers. For inquiries ring 384 6438, or write to H. Hegge, 21 Haldane St, Mt Claremont 6010.

MASS TIMES The Sunday Mass times for all parishes in Western Australia will appear in our Christmas number due to be published on Thursday, December 19. Alterations (only) to information published in the Christmas issue last year must be at this office no later than Thursday, December 16, in WRITING (no phone messages).

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At the book launching in the R &IBank (from left) Mr Richard Court, Bankill' Commissioner Mr W.J. Phillips, Mrs Mary Urquhart, Mr John Tonkin who launched the book

The Record, 29 November — 5 December, 1984

Sister Joseph, one of the first teachers at Our Lady Help of Christens' School, Father Brian Harris, parish priest Walks Olifalley, one of the first pupils and Amy Rushton, his grandaughter and CNITINIt Grade One pupil