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Catholic psychologist, Dr Patnce Cooke warns a lunBunbury cheon meeting there are pressure groups lobbying to have incest legalised. Sep story page

"It seems anomalous for society to subsidise expensive care by strangers but not cheaper c are by relatives," says the commission in a five page statement "Family Policy and Economics" issued from its offices at 276 Pitt Street, Sydney.

Capuchin priest, Father Julian Messina has left for a three-year appointment in C entral Africa. See Balcatta's links with Africa.

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The commission notes that expensive public care has to be provided for families which can no longer cope financially, that instability flows from family reduced responsibility, and from stable families having to support themselves and an increasing number of broken families.

Kevin Hogan, chairman of the Diocesan PasCouncil toral decides to step down after eight years on the council, six of them as chairman. See story and picture page 4.

John Quilty's of round-up other Diocesan Pastoral Council news, see page 4.

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PERTH, WA: 13 — 19 December, 1984

A return to 'his' St Jude

It was a nostalgic visit last Saturday by Archbishop Foley to the parish of St Jude which he vacated six years ago to become administrator of St Mary's Cathedral. He is pictured talking over old times with three parishioners who played a part in the new Fatima grotto shrine which he had just blessed following Mass in the church: from left John Murphy, Irish piper Tom Cunningham in his tartan, and Alec Imrie.

commission The First the praises Homeowners' Scheme but questions whether public finance to schools "the most expensive form of assistance most families receive," meets family needs realistically. modest "Many income families receive a lower degree of edu-

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Monsignor John Barden is Geraidton diocese's new vicar general following the death of Monsignor Ted Bryan who held the position 22 years. Monsignor Barden is parish priest of the Geraldton suburb of Rangeway Originally from Mullewa where he was educated by the Presentation Sisters. and studied with the Christian Brothers. Geraldton before spending five years at St Charles Seminary. He finished his theology at Prcpuganila College. Rome where he was ordained in 1952. Before moving the Rangeway he was administrator of St Francis Xavier Catbeckal for 13 years

cational assistance than others on higher income. "Many families suffer by not being able to choose which suits them." Noting that "unemployment is probably the greatest social problem facing families today." the commission says that educational expenses force many mothers into employment they would not otherwise seek.

[1100 "It would seem to make more sense for them (unemployed) to have the work and mothers to have regular schooling subsidies and other support for their contribution towards the next generation." Although family allowances cover only a small part of material casts involved and have declined in real value over recent years, the commission believes there is a good case for significant increases and maintaining their new value in real terms. It sees no obiection to means testing this benefit if it could be done efficiently.

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Jesuit sacked V ATICAN CITY: The Jesuit order has expelled its priest member of the Nicaraguan Sandinista c abinet minister and expected a ction is against three other priests in similar positions. Jesuit superior general Father Peter Kolvenbach met Father Fernando Cardenal in New York recently and warned him o f the incompatibility of his position but he apparently would not resign his portfolio as minister of education. T hree other priests against whom some Vatican action is likely are the Jesuit's brother, Trappist Father Ernesto Carthe culture denal, minister at whom Pope John Paul wagged his finger in the official lineup, foreign minister, Maryknoll Father Miguel Brockman and diocesan priest Father Edgar Parrales, delegate to the Organization of American States. All three latter are said to be under orders not to celebrate Mass publicly.

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The new Catholic primary school at Bateman which ultimately will cater for about 500 children up to year seven and plans are now proceeding for the building of additional classrooms during 1985.

'Computerised' Church denied

ADELAIDE: Archbishop Faulkner, has denied news stories the Catholic Church throughout Australia will spend more than $20m installing microcomputers in most of its parishes in the next five years. "It sounds like a salesman's dream," he said.

"Obviously the Church is already using computers in a limited way, especially for its accounting and for records in the Catholic education system. "The Australian bishops discussed this in Sydney last month. "We feel it's most important the introduction of computers should he efficient and well co-ordinated. "A small committee has already done some work on how we can make sure that the best possible hardware and software will be available for Church use. "A national advisory committee, 'Computers and the Church,' will be appointed. "We hope it can start its work soon.

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Work on the new Primary C atholic School at the corner of Marsengo Street and Murdoch Drive, Bateman, will now be finished in time for the beginning of the 1985 school year. The project will see the construction of classroom facilities for approximately 170 preprimary and first and second year children. for the Finance $ 556,700 undertaking has been provided by the Archdiocesan Development Fund, an organisation established to provide low cost building finance to parishes in the Archdiocese of Perth. Completion of stage one will mean the opening of a combined administration and pre primary school block as w ell as four classrooms. Two of the four rooms have been designed on the team-teaching principle, whereby the removal of a sound a ttenuating wall will allow for conversion to a single multi-purpose area. The classroom facility. linked by covered walkway to the administration block will also feature an innovative paved atrium, providing a fully weather protected seven metre access way in place of the more traditional verandah design. Classrooms will also incorporate their own project areas for student activities, thus ensuring each room's operating independence. According to architect, Mr Michael Brodatrium erick, the design, which separates the classrooms, will be naturally lit and provide more usable space for students and teachers. Apart from a fenced play area for pre-primary children, initial construction work also includes the paving and landscaping of a courtyard style playground for older students. Access to and from the school will be via Marsengo Street with provision for a pick-up and set -down area

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Speaker warns about incest CLINICAL psychologist Dr Patrice Cooke has tipped moves to legalise incest will follow the decriminalisation of homosexuality. She said rights for homosexuals is merely a smoke screen for extremist feminist groups who are committed to the destruction of the family unit. It would be the forerunner to moves to gain acceptance for sex between adults and children, she said.

This was the spearhead of a talk on "Current Issues Confronting Women" given to the Catholic Women's Dinner Club's second meeting at Bunbury last week. A capacity crowd of 140 heard the highly qualified Catholic nun deliver her controversial statement at the Rose Hotel. Dr Crooke has worked in the field of education psychology and unconscious motivation for over 20 years.

EEC] She has been a consultant to State and Federal Governments on social issues and is currently the director of the Institute of Human Development, a family support and counselling centre. in Yokine. Dr Cooke said she wasn't against the women's movement hut said some extremist groups were "lobbying very hard to destroy the patriarchal male dominated society." She said the patriarchal society has done a lot of good but it had led us to the brink of disaster. It WaS time for a change in direction to a society considering 'people's rights rather than men's or women's rights. hut part of the women's movement was going overboard, she said. "Whenever there is an ideology that wants to take grip, the first thing it attacks is the family. "Destroy the family, destroy the basis of the existing structure and then people are wandering around aim-

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less with rights but no sense of direction, no responsibility to each other and they are anyt)odys." She said the people behind these groups have paired with male homosexuals to achieve their aims. "They are pairing with pedophiles, people who think children should have sex with adults. "In America. the slogan is 'Sex after eight is too late'. "They got the legalisation of homosexuality in Great Britain and they are now pushing for the legalisation of incest.' And this, according to Dr Cooke, is what is at the basis of the lobbying for homosexual rights. "The decriminalisation of homosexual acts between consenting adults in private is just a smoke screen. "There hasn't been a conviction for homosexual activity in private for 10 years here and in other_ states for as long as 130r 14 years." Dr Cooke feels the aim of such legislation is to present homosexuality as an acceptable alternative way of life. "Women will be able to relate sexually to women and meet their sexual needs there. • Cont page 10

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"Let us live the Advent of the year of our Lord 1984 as the time of the return and the visit of God," the pope said. "May he protect in man and the whole visible world all that His right hands has established." A similar advent theme marked the pope's words during a late-afternoon visit to St Anne's parish, in a working-class district in southern Rome. There, despite a power failure and driving rain, the pope addressed parishioners in an outdoor Mass and said the plea of Isaiah in the Old Testament was still relevant today. He noted the Prophet Isaiah called on God to be present with the people of the Old Testament during a time of suffering and asked, "is this not perhaps the same situation in our time? Is the cry of Isaiah not also the cry of our Advent?"

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Church must align itself with 'poor' CITY VATICAN (NC) — The "credibility of the Church" demands it align itself with the poor, Pope John Paul II told the

VATICAN CITY: The pope told crowds in St Peter's preparing for Christmas means living in the awareness Christ will come again.

general assembly of the Vatican's Commission on Justice and Peace. The church "must not be or even appear to be an accomplice in situations which harm the fundamental rights of persons," he said. "Above all," he added in his French-language address, "It has the duty to express christian solidarity" with those who suffer from injustice. The pope called on the commission to find ways to show its solidarity with the poor. He said "the Church's credibility, or more simply. its charity, is at stake.In the address to the 45member internatinal assem-

bly, the pope also said all violations of human rights must be condemned. But he expressed special concern for violations of freedom of religion which, he said, prevent people from "worshipping, having meetings and from having the number of pastors which they need." The pope also told the members of the commission their role was not only to accumulate technical knowledge but to evaluate the knowledge in light of the gospel and teachings of the Church. Having done so, he said, the commission must make its findings and reflections known and work towards the means to alleviate injustices.

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There is undoubtedly one person who has everything and who is going to get a nuclear shelter for Christmas but there are thousands of others who would like somewhere to hide away from it all at least until December 26. The first Christian hermits did not like the hustle and bustle of modern life either so they took the gospels literally and headed for the desert. One does not have to be so spiritually inspired to want to get away from some of today's noise. S ome brave eccentrics who have decided that Christmas means being huddled over a fire in the winter gloom are shifting their boistertrous goings-on into the Australian July. Others, with a bit more liturgical vision and fervour are wondering if the calendar can be jiggled a little to get Advent to pop up earlier and perhaps to celebrate and Nativity of the Lord before the Christmas rush. It is all wishful thinking. Down in the bomb shelter, huddled over winter heaters or just inventing a new calendar, there is the awful feeling that they will find us. The shops know we are there. There is nowhere to escape the sickly sounds that pour out of loudspeakers in every elevator, store, shopping mall and arcade. Rudolf the Reindeer, St Wenceslaus, Santa Claus, Baby Jesus, and Bing Crosby's White Christmas tumble but in a mixture that penetrates and anaesthetises like spiritual nerve gas.

It is not as though the sound vents were opened last week. While the church congregations were brooding a month ago over the last judgement and what a terrible f ate awaits the lot of us, the Christmas binge was away and running. Announcing the beginning of Advent haei all the freshness of last week's newspaper. Over sensitive religious types who take umbrage at the crescendo of selling that fills these weeks ought to weigh their criticism carefully. Sales are the lifeblood of commerce and sale campaigns with attractive discounts are as old as trading itself. The advertising industry comes into its own. That is why every culture needs to blow its economic safety valve at least once in a while. The Japanese and a host of other non-Christian cultures have no trouble in celebrating Christmas. It answers the tribal urge to give gifts. The prosperous want to shower the lower ranks with largesse, rivals want to show that in spite of everything they are still friends at heart, the estranged want to be reconciled if only for a while by a thought, a word, a gift. It is a time of happiness. The tribe needs its seasonal exuberance. How strangely the timid Australian looks at the Italians and other Europeans with their roisterously reverent processions and festivals. The beauty of them is that the entertainment is free. The watchers on the sideline are as much part of the community show as the participants. There is room for many. Less and less so is the modern Christmas. If the pressure is on buying the gift and the price is the test, there are those who cannot afford to give gifts. If there is pressure on having a good time and the test is the quantity of food in abundance, then there are the hungry and poor who cannot match the occasion. If Christmas means having a good time there are those who will have little energy to rise about their burdens, those heavy with the grief of death and prolonged illness, those whose families have descended from love into tearing hate, those who wander the empty streets literally without a friend in the world.

[DEE It is not only physics that requires a force in one direction to encounter a resistance from the other. People who set their sights on a endless Christmas bout of revelry may be annoying the neighbourse more than is imagined The shut-ins with only the radio for their comfort can be only depressed by the constant urging to get ready for a spending Christmas that is not theirs. The many who swallow their pride day after day and knock on the doors of Christian refuges for just a meal and a smile must reach the depths when asked to put on a brave face for their loneliest day in the year. Spare a prayer and a thought for those who pick up the broken pieces of life, who beg for food, clothing, toys, for those who become the outcasts and discarded paper of Christmas. Spare a thought for the Ethiopians who don't even know if it's Christmas nor care what paper the food is wrapped in. A few brave souls occasionally talk about putting Christ Back Into Christmas. Why bother? Put Christ back into life. Don't make so much noise that the neighbours become unhappy.

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A link between Balcatta Catholic community will be forged, by his move says Father Julian Messina, Capuchin, who left this week for an initial three year appointment to the Republic of Central Africa. His move is the result of a call for mission volunteers from the Capuchin Order in Australia to help the 86 others in three dioceses staffed by the Capuchins of Parma, Italy, who were responsible for establishing the Capuchins in Australia. There are two more by a staff reporter Capuchin •dioceses in nearby Chad and not far away in Ethiopia is After two years in the air A feature of Capuchin the only African pro- force he entered the work in Africa is the vince of Capuchins Capuchins in 1969 and establishing of farming with 150 members. was ordained priest in co-operatives by young Father Julian feels he will be a spokesperson to the Africans from the large Italian community he worked amongst at Balcatta since 1980. The son of post-war Italian migrants who settled in Cairns, he speaks Italian fluently.

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lay missionaries from Italy and France. Although the drought is not as severe in Central Africa, lots of refugees are pouring in from Chad seeking assistance, and the Ethiopian famine is still on everyone's mind. Father Julian said.

-WA's first full time director Mr Tony McAlinden has been appointed the first full time director of the Catholic Social Commission of Western Australia. His appointment beginning February 1 is initially for 12 months during which he is on leave from the Community Psychiatry Division of the Public Health Department. Mr McAlinden has been for the past eight years in various positions associated with general welfare. He remains chairman of the commission, in which he succeeded Mr Terry Loughnan three years ago.

DELI Other members of the commission are Father Michael Casey, parish priest; Sister M Martin, Centre; McAuley Brother Kevin Ryan, Clontarf; Mrs Beatrice MacFarlane and Mrs Barbara Trichet, both of Centrecare; Mr Claude R ochecouste, legal adviser; and Mr Kevin financial McGrath, adviser. Mr McAlinden said the commission's immediate task was to conCatholic all tact endeavour in the field of welfare, especially in the parishes. "We want to draw up a Catholic profile of welfare so we can analyse the needs of the different groups", he said. The commission would also become a channel for contact between the

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agencies and the government, he explained. Judging from the issues coming up continually before the commission he believes the main problem today is people are not helping each other. "They are wanting to leave everything to the professional adviser. We want to help everyone get up and help their brother or sister in need," he said.

WASHINGTON (NC) — A Catholic University of America moral theologian, commenting on the transplant of a baboon heart into "Baby Fae," said such animal-to-human transplants c an be justified as a last option to enhance an individual's life. But the theologian, Father Robert Friday, warned in an interview against violating the dignity of the human person and experimenting on uninformed subjects, such as newborn infants. "Baby Fae" was born in California one-month premature with the left side of her heart almost missing. She received the baboon heart and was progressing well one week after the operation. Animal rights organizations protested the killing of a healthy baboon to obtain the transplanted heart. Others argued the operation futilely prolonging the infant's suffering. "If it is a last option, I'd say 'fine, go with it,' " Father Friday said. "I don't have a problem with using animal parts in preserving or enhancing human life." He said he was concerned, however, that in a society "where abortion is taken as a matter of course," newborns could become seen as "not as human as the rest of us" and used as experimental subjects. Medical treatment "ought to be therapeutic and not research-oriented, so we don't turn uninformed subjects into guinea pigs," he said. Father Friday said attitudes are already moving in this direction as some people view newborns as fully human only after their parents accept them and take on responsibility for early care. Although the Catholic Church has not taken a position on animal-to-human transplants, Father Friday said he doesn't believe the new medical practice conflicts with Catholic teachings. He said if these transplants enhance the dignity of human life, instead of slighting it, "I think the Church would take a positive view of that."

Star wars weapons are not the answer NEW YORK: Scientists and religious leaders from around the world have disputed the security of so-called "stars wars" technology and warned of a nuclear winter following even a limited nuclear war. Father Theodore Hesburgh, president of thc University of Notre Dame, read a statement issued by 30 religious leaders and scientists at the close of their fiveday meeting. He said. "The building of more nuclear weapons and the improvement of their technical sophistication are not the path to global security.

"There is no hope a technical 'breakthrough' such as weapons s'stems in space will provide clear superiority or significant protection." The meeting. the third such gathering of religious leaders and scientists attracted representatives from 11 countries, including Britain. the United States. France. China and the Soviet Union. The statement, issued in Notre Dame and Moscow. said, "Apart from its other hideous and imaginable consequences. a nuclear war could set in motion calamitous climactic and other environmental changes over large areas of the globe and attendant ecological disaster."

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Aboriginal land rights and the social justice statement on youth came up for considerable comment at last Saturday's meeting of the diocesan pastoral council which also heard of long term plans for the visit to Australia of Pope John Paul. In a wide ranging discussion on what stance the Church should take towards Aboriginal land rights it was felt that the proposed WA legislation is a step forward but it is not sufficient and leaves Aborigines feeling let down. There was strong criticism of advertising campaigns conducted during the Seaman inquiry and immediately prior to the election. These had created unreasonable fears and misconceptions amongst the white community. The Liberal Party's intention of blocking the Bill in the Upper House was seen as negative and exacerbating the issue. There was general agreement with Frank Campbell's recommendation for a clear statement by the Church of the principles at stake, and for Pat Ryan's request for DPC members to lobby their

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Pope to visit A possible visit to Australia by Pope John Paul was raised by Archbishop Foley who emphasised that the local Church would have to focus on what it wanted the visit to achieve before, during and after the event. He told the council members they had to be prepared to face issues such as land rights and to come well prepared for discussions so that a balanced Christian response, not always easy to achieve, could be sought. He also mentioned the plans for a Catholic national pastoral assembly that will be held for the 1988 bicentenary.

parliamentary representatives and to talk with others on the issue, canvassing support for the passage of legislation supporting land rights. Following Reverend Frank Brennan's recent visit a letter of support will be sent to the local committee established following the recent visit of Reverend Frank Brennan SJ. 1 The social justice statement "It's A Rocky Road" • which members had read in preparation for the meeting came in for much criticism for dealing only with the symptons and skirting around the root causes of 1 the problems of youth. These causes were felt to be an egocentric society bent on indulging its fancies, selfishness and failure by parents to accept responsi• bility for their children,

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Saturday's final m eeting for the present council. In a farewell report well laced with his proverbial wit, Mr Hogan referred to the spiritual enrichment he received through his counci l membership, and in particular c ommittees dealing with pornography, land rights unsuitable a nd literature in school curricula. H igh points of his term of office were the jubilee of priesthood and later the retirement of A rchbishop Goody a nd the installation Archbishop of F oley, at all of which he spoke on behalf of the laity. In a lighter vein, he r ecalled that a F ather Goody had heard his first confession and given him first communion, and that the F ather McCrann who married him was now a monsignor "I've not many rites to go," he quipped to Archbishop Foley, "but if you are looking for a Red Hat . H e concluded with A rchbishop F oley's guiding principle given to t he DPC: "In a r paidly changing society, the Word of God will be relevant at all times and will never be o utmoded; we have only to graft it on to today's society."

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BERLIN: Two priests from Opus Del were recently appointed to take over a parish in Cologne This sparked off a vigorous opposition from parishioners which Cardinal Hoffner called "massive prejudice." The flood of letters he received put such labels as "false prophets" on Opus Del members. The appointments have been cancelled. Opus Dei seems destined for conflict. The pope obviously approves of it as a tight -knit bastion against the pagan world, but many find fault with its actual deeds. Cardinal Hume forbade anyone under 18 to make a long term commitment to Opus Del. He insisted individuals be free to join or to leave, and the cloud of secrecy not covers its movements in his diocese. Is this elite movement of over -prone to recruit among the powerful of birth, finance or intellect? Has it disappointed some who joined it 50 years ago by not looking sufficently to guide the world at large? Opus Dei could die of inflexibility. Other movements have, so have religious Orders, even famous monasteries Is the best path one of listening to critics and determinedly seeking reform?

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NEW ORLEANS (NC) The black community in the US Catholic church has come of age but racism remains the major obstacle to evangelisation, said the 10 black Catholic

bishops of the United States in their first pastoral letter issued on the feast of St Peter Claver a 17th century Spanish Jesuit missionary to South American black slaves. The pastoral said racism "still festers within our Church as within our society. This stain of racism. . . is a scandal to many, but for us it must be the opportunity to work for the Church's renewal as part of our task of evangelisation." The black bishops said the time had come to proclaim the richenss of the heritage of American black Catholics and to accept the challenge to "share the gift of our blackness with the Church in the United States."

Lefebvre lauds Tridentine rule GENEVA: The breakaway church movement founded by rebel Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre has praised the Vatican's recent decision to readmit the Tridentine Mass under certain conditions as -a step forward" for the Church. But it says conditions imposed by the Vatican were "unacceptable" and made it difficult for traditionalists to take advantage of the decision. It requires the groups to accept the liturgical changes included in the new Roman Missal. That condition especially was unacceptable to the Lefebvre group. Archbishop Lefebvre, now retired, was suspended in 1976.

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"Our own history has taught us that preaching to the poor and to those who suffer injustice without concern for their plight and the systemic cause of their plight is to trivialise the Gospel and mock the cross. "To preach to the powerful without denouncing oppression is to promise Easter without Calvary, forgiveness without conversion and healing without cleansing the wound.• Cont page 10

NEW YORK (NC): Persons who accept leadership roles in the Church become "a lightning rod for approval or for criticism," Archbishop William D. Borders of Baltimore said: "We live dangerously if we make a decision or if we accept responsibility," the archbishop told a workshop on diocesan pastoral councils. "But take positions. It's very, very essential we do." "We're not interested in someone winning; we're interested in mission." He said there was still much to learn about sharing responsibilities according to roles and functions in the Church. "There is bound to be a paschal component to this effort of dying in the old ways to allow the emergence of the new," he said. "In this context, the meaning of part of Jesus' message becomes clearer. "Remember how he talked about new wine and new wineskins. "There is a fermenting process going on among the people of God, and it is producing new wine. And so we need new wineskins. "The pastoral council is a good place to begin," h said.

HONG KONG: Four Jesuit priests arrested in 1981 in Shanghai have recently been tried and given long gaol sentences but so f ar RO report has appeared in the Chinese media. Father Vincent Zhu Hong-Sheng, 67, and Father Joseph Chen Yun-Tang, 75, received sentences of 15 and 11 years respectively at a trial held in Shanghai on March 22. The crimes for which they were sentenced included: fostering relations with f oreign countries, endangering the rights and security of the motherland, collecting intelligence reports, fabricating harmful rumours and instigating riotous behaviour. The trial was attended by about 40 priests and religious sisters of the government-controlled Catholic Patriotic Association. The other Jesuits have been tried and sentenced in recent weeks but the dates o f those trials are not yet known. Father Stephen Chen Cai-Jun, 66, was sentenced to 2H years imprisonment and Father Stanislaus Shen Bai-Shun, 80, was given a 10 year jail sentence. Keston College report

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Water speaks to us loudly

Some time ago Father Richard Vosko visited a church where the baptismal font was placed on the porch of the church, immediately outside its main entrance.

Hope: A strengthening agent in creation By

Father John Castelot

Considering everything, Abraham had absolutely no reason to hope for an heir. But St Paul tells us Abraham never doubted that he would become the father of many nations, as God had promised. "Without growing weak in faith (Abraham) t hought of his own body, which was as good as dead (for he was nearly a hundred years old), and of the dead womb of Sarah. Yet he never questioned or doubted God's promise; rather, he was strengthened in faith and gave glory to God, f ully persuaded that God could do whatever He had promised(Romans 4:18-21). • Hope and faith are like two sides of one coin. • Hope is based on the faith that God will keep His promises. • And hope is what Advent people are all about: They are people of unconquerable hope. Faith and hope are so closely connected that when the author of the New Testament book of H ewbrews speaks about faith he often m eans something closer to hope. He writes: "By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called, and went forth to the place he was to receive as a heritage;

he went forth, moreover, not knowing where he was going. By faith Sarah received power to conceive though she was past the age, for she thought that the One who had made the promises was worthy of trust. As a result of this faith, there came forth from one man, who was himself as good as dead, descendants as numerous as the stars in the

sky and the sands of the seashore." (Hebrews 1 1:[8, 11-12). Hope was powerful. It sustained God's people In the Old Testament. They suffered reverse after reverse, until the one remaining tribe of Judah was itself dragged into exile far from the homeland. But even then the people refused to give up hope. They were convinced that the Lord would not go back on His word. And He didn't. Once again God vindicated their hope and brought them back home to a new beginning. In the New Testament, Luke portrays Jesus Himself as one who trusted deeply. Even when it seemed that all hope was lost, Jesus could still say with His dying breath: "Father, into Your hands I commend My spirit" (Luke 23:46). One of the most reas-

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suring sections of Scripture is found in Romans, chapters 5-8. The underlying theme of the chapters is hope — hope rooted in the certainty of God's love for us. The tone is set right at the beginning of the chapters: -We know that affliction makes for endurance, and endurance for tested virtue, and tested virtue for hope. And this hope will

not leave us disappointed" (Romans 5:3In fact, the whole created universe is sustained by hope in the vision offered by these chapters in Romans. And together with creation, -we ourselves, although we have the Spirit as first fruits, grown inwardly as we await the redemption of our bodies. In hope we were saved. "But hope is not hope if its object is seen; how is it possible for one to hope for what he sees? And hoping for what we cannot see means awating it with patient endurance" (Romans 8:2325).

The large font of flowing water was octagonal, a shape traditionally used to recall that the Lord rose on the eighth day, the priest explained. As people unter the church to worship, Father Vosko said, they pass the font "and are given an opportunity to experience living water — to touch it, hear it, see it" As Christians bless themsvels with the water, they can recall that everyone enters the church through the living waters of baptism.

By Katharine Bird Father Vosko considers that baptismal font a "powerful symbol," a stunning example of how liturgical symbols work. This priest is a liturgist and a student of the ways "architectural spaces affect people's behaviour." He explained that he prefers to have the baptismal font located at a church's main entrance, in the classic position found in the early church. For the water symbolism to speak loudly to people. he prefers a "font of flowing, living water." Symbols in the church's worship "speak to people by putting them in touch with deeper truths," he explained.

These symbols help Christians to "grasp the overtones of the mystery of God's presence in our lives," said Father William Bausch. But, he added, the church has no monopoly on symbols. They are used widely throughout society. Some of these — like the trademarks identified with certain corporations — are "manufactured symbols," popularised to advertise products, he said. These symbols help people to instantly identify a particular corporation. Then there are natural symbols such as flowers. "These symbols are very ordinary, very acceptabk, very life-giving" for people who receive them on birthdays and anniversaries, Father Bausch said. Natural symbols, like liturgical symbols, operate on several different levels. Symbols are "multilevel signs of deep realities," Father Bausch said. "Reality is so rich it can't be caught in one word or symbol." A valentine, for example, "says more than the word love," Father Bausch said. Yet itconveys instantly how one person feels about another.

Picture, if you will the speaker who finds his subject matter exciting and stimulating. When he addresses a group, he gestures frequently with his arms, changes facial Sacramental symbols build expressions and moves on natural symbols, accordon the podium. His about ing to both priests. expressions and estures, g "Water is a good liturgical symbol," Father Vosko said, movements help to get his "because it's a good natural message across. symbol." But, he cautioned, Now picture a speaker water stands for two opposwith a rich message ing realities. Water nowdelivered in an unwavering sihes and freshens. But torrential waters can desmonotone. He stands still at troy. the podium, expressionless. That's why water works so I s there a sense in which well as a symbol for what is words, by the manner in his happening in baptism. "Dipthey are delivered, which ping persons into water puts them in touch with death the full meaning of mask and baptism is dying with his rich subject matter? Christ and rising again:' People communicate Father Vosko observed. more than words. The with He also thinks the way richer the reality they hope baptism is celebrated makes a difference in how well its to communicate, the more symbols are understood. He they rely on all the forms of is a strong proponent, where ommunication available. c possible, of returning to the So it is little wonder that common practice of the when it comes to church early church where most baptisms were by immer worship, the use of symbols sion or submersion. abounds. For in worship, Father Bausch commented the reality at hand is very that water naturally "spraks Could it be conveyed rich. to us of the mystery of chaos, words alone? through death and cleansing." In baptism, Christians "relate Some people who are these experiences to Christ suspicious of symbols "Water in baptism speaks might wonder whether the of God operating in our lives use of symbolism does and gives a clue as to how more to obscure than to and why" God does so, he said. clarify reality. Do symbols get in the way of clear communication? That certainly is not the intent. Symbols are intended to point towards realities so large that ordinary forms of human communication cannot pin them down. And it isn't only in matters involving God directly that symbolism comes into play. Many realities are so large that ordinary human communication does not express them fully: the love between two people, for example, or human hope. The use of symbolism is much more common in everyday life than it is sometimes thought to be. • There is the gift to a and expressive- as possible friend, expressing one's For example: feelings and attitudes about • Baptism speaks of a cleansthe friendship. ing, a new life. A few drops • There is the warm of water at baptism is not that speaks as handshake a full use of symbolism. l oudly as words. Father Duggan says the water should be generously • There are the poured or, if possible. there refreshments served when should be full immersion. guests arrive, expressions • The symbolism of the of welcome. readings at Mass as words of Sybmolism is natural to life is lost if the reader uses attempts at our a cheap missalette rather than an impressive lectioncommunication not only ary, Father Duggan said. because of what it helps us Which brings us back to to express, but because it the just-widowed woman takes into consideration the who was embraced by the various ways people hear. community gathered at For people "hear" — they Mass. In that case, said Father Duggan, "the symbol. receive a communication — the sign of peace. became not only with their ears, but something rich and full. It with their eyes, their conveyed profoundly the imaginations, their meaning it was meant to memories, their emotions. embody."

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-There was an elderly woman in the parish. I saw her at Mass every day. One day her husband died. At morning Mass the next day, it came time for the sign of peace. Instead of everyone just shaking hands with the person next to them, every person in the church got up out of their pews, walked over and embraced the woman." What does the story illustrate? Father Robert Duggan, who observed the incident

and related the account, believes it is a powerful example of a symbol come to life.

Father Duggan. who teaches classes on the sacraments and liturgy feels that an understanding of symbols is essential to a full appreciation of the church's worship. A sign — a plus sign in math or a stop sign at a busy intersection — has a single meaning that is generally accepted by everyone, he said. But the meaning in a symbol cannot be caputured in a single expression, Father Duggan said. "A symbol is inexhaustible in its meanThe form the liturgy takes — the ritual — is "a series of symbols," Father Duggan noted. These include the objects, gestures, postures

and other actions at Mass or during celebration of the other sacraments. But more than these, said Father Duggan. the action of the Mass itself is a symbol: the bread being broken and shared, the wine shared. "Worship is laden with meaning," Father Duggan said, "It requires symbol to carry it." Without symbols, he concluded, people could not beliOn to comprehend the depth and the immensity of what they participate in during worship. Father Duggan, said that the renewal of the liturgy initiated by Vatican Council II had a great effect on our understanding of symbols. During this period, efforts have been undertaken to make symbols more expressive, clearer. Also there has been a "par-

ing away of secondary symbols- in the liturgy such as the repetition of genuflections and the sign of the cross by the priest, Father Duggan said.

The primary symbols should stand out, he believes. One such symbol is the gathering of the community itself. This "idea of the community gathered is not represented if the church is halfempty," said Father Duggan. He indicated one way of approaching this problem is by scheduling fewer Masses. At the least, he said, the people present — the community gathered — should be close together, not scattered one by one through the church's large space. It is important in liturgy, Father Duggan indicated, to make the symbols as "full

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"All biblical signs and symbols speak to the world. They are related to human experience. They are meant, intended and designed for secular living." (Father Liturgical symbols point Christians toward realities so great that the words alone can't William Bausch in New Look at express them. This week our writers explore liturgical symbols, finding that the use "A the Sacraments," of symbols is much more natural to ordinary communication than is sometimes realised Twenty -Third Father Ronald Krisman points out that liturgical symbols can take the form of actions. Publications, Rubbing on oil and breaking the bread of life are such symbols. Here we can meet 1983). baptised, "To be God and find the meaning of our lives. to be plunged into Katharine Birdinterviews Father Richard Vosko andFather William Bausch. They explain the waters, is to open oneself to the how church symbols build on natural symbols, like water or bread Spirit of Jesus. To Liturgical symbols help Catholics to comprehend the depth and the immensity of what be baptised is to have the Spirit the sacraments celebrate, Father Robert Duggan tells Joe Michael Feist. order out of Jesus taught by action as well as by words, Father John Castelot writes. And Jesus' make chaos (forgiveness actions often were deeply symbolic, the scholar adds. For example, when Jesus ate of sin), to cross o ver to the with sinners, his act scandalised some people because they placed a high significance Promised Land (the on the meaning behind this activity. Eating together symbolised unity. Church), to have the leprosy of evil washed away, to be sprinkled anew, cleansed of all impurities to become truly alive." (Father William Bausch in "A New Look at the Sacraments," Twenty -Third Publications, 1983.) "We tend to think of the symbolic as the unreal and therefore the unimportant. Yet symbols bring us in touch with reality, often with a deeper sense of reality than our daily productive activity. - (Father Lawrence Mick in "To Live as We Worship," The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minn., 1984.) "A New Look at the Sacraments," by Father William For too Bausch. Our Christian story is told bound up with our religious presence in the world. . Symbols relate to this Christians the many not only in words. Symbolic God anoints us. story. Christianity is a story deeper vision. They point to sacraments are like ritual activities — the It is a story rooted in the about people like us who a purpose behind everyday "crushed roses in church's liturgical celebrahave had an experience of experience of the ancient actions. Do these actions an old book," tions — are even more a living God who cares for Hebrew mystics who knew express an underlying realwrites Father effective than words in bringthat creation is good and their every need. . . ity? Or are the daily activities pastor of Bausch, ing to our awareness the that the human person has God feeds us. of shuttling children to St. Mary's Church mystery of God's reality and It is the story of a God who been created in the image school and scout meetings, at Colts Neck, N.J. nurturing, strengthening putting in eight hours at the chooses a people and gives of the creator. . . "We admire them, and vivifying activity in our God shares the divine life them the special mission to office or factory, shopping but really don't lives. make known that divine with us. for groceries and say night know who put prayers only routine? them there, why The word "symbol" has they are at this When was the last been defined and interparticular page." time you thought of preted in numerous ways by Shared experiences work around the theologians, philosophers, "are at the heart of So. what Jesus did had a together house as prayer? anthropologists and psysymbol meaning. symbolic value far surpassSo when Jesus ate with How often this chologists. What their varThey must be built ing his actions. Eating and sinners, it signified his intimonth did you sit outious descriptions have in up layer by layer," macy with them in a way no drinking with outcasts indidoors contemplating common is the fact that the pastor writes. cated that God's reign was other action could. Some the beauty of nature? symbols are actions or And, "for any open to all who accepted his people self-righteous Have you enjoyed things which present an symbol to acquire a doubted that such riffraff offer of salvation. the experience of dinobjective, visible meaning deep meaning, it If Jesus had shared a meal had a right to be drawn into ing (not simply eatbehind which an invisible. has to be around with the rejects of society this closeness with Jesus. ing) today? more profound meaning is for a while. It has to just once or twice, it might After all, Jesus professed to Each question asks hidden. be honed and be a teacher of God's truth. have caused little more than not simply about some Religious rituals fulfill this deepened by a raised eyebrow here and a herald of his reign. external action but description, but so do wedhuman there. But he did it often, Even more important. banwhether these quite ding rings and the flags of experience." Father and purposefully. Someone quet celebrations symboordinary actions conliturgy nations. The various Gospel Bausch observes in Luke's that said at the celebration lised peosome Why did tain a deeper meaning of the Catholic Church is ple become so furious that the biblical God's table. When a prophet Jesus always seems to he for us. The answers rich in the use of symbols: when Jesus ate with overtones of eating. of the school of Isaiah provide a partial underrubbing water, with bathing sacramental actions as Jesus taught by picture the estabwanted to consithey people standing of the imporon oil, breaking the bread of dered sinners — peowell as by words. He could symbols are truly lishment of God's reign at tance of symbols. life, eating and drinking. ple like tax collectors staggering. And do so because of the symthe end of time, he chose gathering to hear the (Luke 15:1-2)? one way of bolic meaning of his deeds. this symbol: What is at stake is the grand ancient words of our story renewing our "On this mountain (Zion The miracles were not just It wasn't simply because he vision of life. spoken again. Such symbols ate with them. Rather, eating itself, a symbol of the heavappreciation of extraordinary acts of comThese are patterns to our are quite ordinary in the with these people was a what the enly realm) the Lord of hosts passion for unfortunate peodaily activities. The same sense that they are basic powerful symbol. As the sacraments are will provide for all peoples ple. The miracles also were actions may be performed in human activities. about is by signs that in Jesus the reign a feast of rich food and Chinese say. "A picture is the same way by two people becoming But they are more than worth more than a thousand choice wines" (Isaiah 25:6). of God — his triumph over can have tremendously difthoroughly familiar all evil — was at work. Once Jesus concluded a that. For they contain the words." That is what caused ferent effects. with biblical In John's Gospel, Jesus' dialogue with this pointed potential of carrying us to the anger. The difference depends writings, he says. actions are not called mirremark: "People will come another level of reality. Here Meals were significant upon whether one perceives (Twenty-Third from the east and the west, acles or powerful deeds, but we meet God and find the events. They symbolised the a deeper reality. What is "signs.- Each had symbolic Publications. Box from the north and the south meaning of our lives in unity of those who took part experienced by one person value. Each was the sign of 180. 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A warning on incest • From page 3 "With the genetic engineering going on, it is now possible for women to have children without men. "Men have got on the hand wagon but it ( the lobbying) started with the women's movement." She is convinced the aim of the extremists in the movement is to deny men sex in marriage, emotional support in the family and their children. This would get at the basis of the male dominated nuclear family which is the basic unit of the patriarchal society. "They have promised themselves that, by the end of this decade they will have achieved their legislative aims. "They are not interested in rights for homosexual people because unless there is homosexual activity, just like inappropriate heterosexual activity in public, they are not charged." She said antidiscrimination laws will effectively prevent anyone speaking out against them. Dr Cooke said people sympathise with homosexuals and feel sorry for them. because they can't help it. But in fact, most homosexuals choose to become homosexuals, she claims.

"Research has shown the vast majority of people who are homosexuals are bisexual. Approximately four per cent of the male population remain homosexual all their lives. "The rest are bisexual or after some years of experimenting, become bisexual. It is sex without commitment." In this new society, heterelationships rosexual would be all right if there was no commitment and it was all just casual she said. Dr Cooke said proof positive for her argument was in a recently published hook, "Blatant and Proud". by Andrew lansdown. The hook quotes from documents actually written by homosexuals and from homosexual publications. Dr Cooke feels the real danger to society lies not in the threat as she sees it hut in people not doing something about it. She feels all people should he "fighting to obtain autonomy to negate powerlessness not to gain power — and then to use our autonomy to change emphasis, processes and directions." Dr Cooke urged the people present to do something to protect the christian values in society by writing letters to politicians.

Unfair critic

• From page 2 He also said it was unfair to criticise the Ethiopian government's performance. While that government was slow in going into action. so were the governments of Europe and other Western nations. the Church leader said. "The Ethiopian government is now responding with considerable vigour," Cardinal Hume added. The cardinal said more than fcxxl aid is needed to provide a secure future for Ethiopia and other developing countries. "We must not simply talk

about relief," he said. We have to talk about development." He said he found it "distressing" that less than onehalf percent of the British gross national product is earmarked for development aid. "That figure should go up," the cardinal said. When told of reports the British government proposed cutting its overseas aid budget by 150 million pounds ($190 million.), the cardinal said: "If we reduce aid in our budget, I think that would be a scandal given the present situation in the Third World."

More than one Christmas dinner is likely to remain uneaten in Perth this year. It is no different from any other year. Such meals sit as a reminder that for some, the taste of Christmas will be bitter — they are the families of those killed or injured on our roads. For all those who see Christmas as a time of joy we give an early reminder that for our city hospitals, Christmas is often a time of carnage when casualty staff work round-the-clock to repair the remnants of broken bodies and shattered dreams. This week ROSLYN ROSS talks with Father John Ryan, Catholic chaplain at Royal Perth Hospital, about his Christmas. Time and again Father John Ryan hears the words: "I'd never believed it could happen to us." But it does happen, and it keeps on happening and people still keep on believing it won't happen to them. It is probably only when people accept the reality of the road toll they will take a little extra care and help to save an extra life. In the meantime Father Ryan can only issue words of warning and hope this Christmas, just for a change, things will be quiet. He and his assistant, Sister Julie Sullivan, are on call six days a week. It's a 10-hourday with Father Ryan talking the phone one night a week. The assistant priests living at the Cathedral presbytery take turns on the other nights. Chaplain since 1979, Father Ryan has seen it all — more than most of us would ever want to sec in fact. Perhaps it would be differ' em if people thought more about the consequences, he says, but people don't. The accidents continue to happen. especially around Christmas and the children, brothers, sisters, parents and loved ones continue to be killed and maimed. Very often Father Ryan is called in by the staff following a request from the family. He has spent long hours in heavy silence, sitting with distressed people in the "relative room" at admissions. It can be hours before results are available, before the doctor can tell them if their loved one is alive or dead — before the waiting begins to he over. "It seems like eternity for

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those who wait," Father Ryan said. -Very often the doctors cannot tell how badly injured the person is until something begins to go wrong. "So often you find that the worst injured survive and those who look alright physically have some major internal damage which kills them." Then there is the job of gathering the family, of finding relatives — it means a lot of phone work and often falls to Father Ryan.

f4y4 , "N‘tOWI " "I take that over, particularly if someone is near to death or in the case of an unidentified victim," he said. His attention is always turned to the area of greatest need and if someone is very ill, he may need to spend an entire day with the family.

"Obviously we concentrate on the most serious cases," he said "We are notified of all admissions and normally will visit every patient registered as a Catholic within 36 hours of their arrival in hospital. "But sometimes this is delayed because of other demands and we may only get to see two or three families in a day." For Father Ryan the most common question is: "Why is this happening to me?" Each person will have to find their own answer, he says, and each answer will be different. "They hear of people having accidents, having cancer or having heart attacks, but they can't come to terms with the fact that it is happening to someone they love," he said. "I try to help them find their answer," he said. In such situations, he said, people often discover

strengths within themselves and many choose to use the t ragedies as points of growth. Others may see them as points of diminishment. For those who vent their anger and frustration against God, Father Rr.m, will suggest that while God allows suffering. God doesn't direct it. For many people God is 1 figure of punishment and manipulation. he said. "But I try to point Out to them that that doesn't really apply when one sees that some of the evil people in the world actually do very

For people thrust suddenly into the reality of death, such questions are searing to the soul. "I tell them that there is death and resurrection in Life all the time — that even as some cells are horn. others are dying," Father Ryan said. 'We do not have an answer to the problem of evil, we can only help people to better cope with their grief and pain, that they may grow from the experience. "It hits them suddenly, they are not prepared and it hits them hard," he said.

Encouraging the vocations Numerous opportunities for evangelisation exist within the black community. according to the bishops. They called attention to the need to encourage vocations. saying the duty lies especially with black priests and Religious who have contact with youth to serve as role models. The Catholic school has been. and remains, one of the chief vehicles of evangelisation within the black community, the bishops' said in the pastoral, hut inner-city schools continue to disappear and black voca-

tional recruitment lack sufficient support. The bishops called for programs for youth because "black youth are especially vulnerable in our modern society. "Today's youth in the black community undergo many pressures. "Especially in our urban areas — where disillusionment and despair, desires and drugs, passion and poverty entrap the young — adults and mature youths dedicated to Christ are needed to counsel, to inspire and to motivate those who Jesus loved and placed first in his kingdom"

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It is important. he adds, for family members to see the body of the dead person even if it is badly mutilated. "The body can be laid out in such a way that the terrible injuries are disguised." he said. "It is very important, however, that they see the person is really dead. "I mean, if someone came to you and said your house is burned down and there is no point going back to it. what would you do? "Would r ni go away and build a new one or would you want to go back and have a look at the one that burned down? "Of course you would go and look. you wouldn't just believe what you were told. "It is the same thing when people die. "And the grief can only truly begin when the person has accepted the one they loved is really dead." he said. Father Ryan said psychological problems were often the end result when people did not begin their grief properly and work through it. "In many cases we see people admitted to the psychiatric ward with problems stemming from unresolved grief." he said. The emphasis of his counselling is in the area of grief, he says. It is an area which he has well researched and he is often called upon to lecture at hospitals, colleges and medical institutions on the subject.

Each person grieves in their own appropriate way. For some it will be tears, others will withdraw and some will be reduced to rage. They may need to talk it over, Father Ryan said. "For some it will be enough to say it all once, others will need to repeat the story over and over again," he said. "They will need someone who is patient, someone who is willing to sit and listen. It is a difficult time and something that many people cannot really understand unless they too have lost someone close to them. "Because, while we say we have faith in life after death we don't really know. We don't know what it is,

The casualty receiving area at Royal Perth Hospital, in a deceptively quiet period. It can get very busy at Christmas and other holidays.

or what it will be — there is a great fear of the unknown and in fact it is the fear of man's lass of himself that drives the human race on. "The fear of death is the mainspring of life." Father Ryan said grief was a natural response to the loss of something. "We don't just grieve over death." he said. 'We grieve in cases of stroke or paralysis because it represents a loss of function, a loss of one kind of life; we grieve for the loss of limbs, we grieve for the things that never were and this aspect is often overlooked.

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If someone loses their eyesight in an accident they and the family may grieve for all the things that now, will never he seen — someone who is crippled will grieve for all things that now, they will never be able to do." Father Ryan said he often tells such people the story of Murray Buck, a former jockey, blinded after being hit on the head by a ball, who thought at first his life was finished because he couldn't be a jockey and who went on to become a highly successful runner. "He went out and found lots of other wonderful things to do," Father Ryan said. "For people like Murray. every day is a new start and that's the message I try to get across to people. 'While many people might say my work is about 'endings', I say it is about 'beginnings'," he said. For most people, he said, it is a time when hidden reserves of courage will come to the fore. "Most people have courage, they just don't know it," he said. 'When you are faced with sudden and tragic death it is important to go with the pain, to allow yourself to grieve. Men do cry and it is good that they do," he said. It is when we are buckled by grief that our strengths emerge, he says, and it is only when we run away from the pain and the reality we continue to bury those invaluable reserves of strength. When he first meets peo-

plc, waiting to hear the results of the life and death struggle of their loved one, they are usually numb... "My job is to sit quietly and act as a facilitator," he said. "Imight sit for an hour with people and no-one says a word and then when they leave they say. 'Thanks for talking to me.' "But often it is best to sit silent in grief — when people arc faced with tragedy they don't want to smalltalk," he said. "It is only later they may wish to go over over it. We have people coming back weeks or months -later with questions that need answering and things that need saying." And there are other times, when silence is not the outcome, and Father Ryan acts as go-between. Times of stress, he says, can irritate underlying tensions and emotions can flare. "These situations are terrible for people at any time but at Christmas they are even worse," he said. There are meals that will never be eaten, presents that will never he opened and children who will never arrive. The expectations are so great at Christmas that the tragedy of road accidents hit even more cruelly. One of the hardest jobs, says Father Ryan, is taking young children in to see a dead parent. "And yet children cope with it far better than many adults do," he said. "I explain to the children what they will see," he said. "Obviously, I don't force them to go in but I do urge them to and can't remember any child who has refused.

"'NUOPW"' "I go in first and check to see the body is alright — and really, most people look peaceful when they are gone. "I explain to the children people are like the chrysalis and the butterfly — the beautiful butterfly is inside but you can't see it, we need to have a body to know that we are here but the inner part of ourselves, the soul, the beautiful butterfly will

fly away one day in death and leave the body behind. "It is death that frees the butterfly. "It does help them to understand but death is always a dreadful shock, especially when it is someone you love. "It is a confrontation of my own death and I know one day I will be like it. "People will always say they 'can't believe it' and they never do unless they see for themselves," he said. For some people it will be necessary to see the txxly two or three times before the reality sinks in. It is important for families to allow each individual to do what they feel is best for them. "It's no good when someone stands up and says that no-one is going to see the body," Father Ryan said. "That happens often and my answer is that each should have the right to choose for themselves. "At this hospital families are encouraged to help prepare the body if they want to.

healthy framework for grief. "So many families say to me afterwards that the children taught them how to do it, taught them how to say goodbye. "There are many who refuse to go in until they see the kids doing it." he said. "Sure the kids will cry and it will be painful but it will also take the mystery and fear out of it all. "At the funeral there will be no fantasy that mum is being buried in the ground or burned up in a fire. "They can face the last goodbye to mum's body because they know she has left it — they will cry as it goes into the hole or the furnace but there will be no fears and no nightmares. "It is an important step for children to take because if

you accept death you are free to really live life. "I like to see children saying goodbye to the body of their grandparents because this is their first opportunity to face death in most cases and is a health./ way to start," he said.

The biggest danger during such times of tragedy is to people who play games of avoidance. For some it will be straightout lying about the reality, for others it will be pretending they don't hear what the doctor is saying. In cases of imminent death it is a waste of time, says Father Ryan, to put energy

into keeping 'a stiff upper lip,' or avoiding the subject by small-talking about foot). or flowers. "People need to get down to the nitty gritty," he said, "especially if circumstances offer them a chance to say goodbye to the loved one." For Father Ryan the grief brings joy as well as pain. 'When I see people come to a healthy, peaceful acceptance I do believe it is all worthwhile." he said. "I see around me the nobility of the calling of thaw in health-care and time and again see death bring to people a proper realisation of life's values." There is a lot of mutual and humour support amongst those who try to meet the needs of the suffering families and he says

that while he used to worry about his 'sick' sense of humour he has come to see it as a healthy sign. His is a deep, rich laugh that conveys a joy and love of life, blooming beautifully in a garden of sorrow and suffering. It is a garden of unexpected blossoms, says Father Ryan, but one that flourishes full enough without the extra additions of a careless Christmas. WAMWANNIN464014464444444 ,

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"' eNW041/ , "It is an important way of beginning the grief process." Children view death in a natural, pragmatic way, he says. They haven't learned adult prejudices. "I encourage them to go in but I still let them choose," Father Ryan said. "I say, do you want to see mum, or dad?" Most do. "I find that the first thing they do is go up to the body and stare at it very hard: they really concentrate." he said. "Then you see the hand go out to touch the hand or the face and then they pull it back quickly.... "I say, 'It's alright,' and they touch the body. "Then they weep. "Then they go to kiss the face and I say, 'It's okay to kiss mum,' "I tell them beforehand that the body will be a bit cold so they know what to expect. 'When they kiss them they burst into tears but they are not hysterical tears... the experience gives them a

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nBOGOTA The pope has canonised De 1---ILa Salle Miguel Febros Cordero, the first official saint Ecuador has given to the Church. He was born 130 years ago. It is said he was cured of a childhood deformity by a vision of the Blessed Virgin. The pope spoke of an amazing impression Miguel made on his pupils. It was the impression that the brother had gained from his own teachers and passed on to others. His brief story reported in the Press speaks of his editing more than a hundred text books. This as much as anything is the task of the missionary blazing new trails. Pilgrims from Ecuador, and many representatives of the De La Salle Congregation and schools were in Rome for the ceremony of canonisation. E Li 0

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BELGRADE While the murder of a embarrasses the Government in Poland, the alleged apparitions of the Blessed Virgin have got the Yugoslav Government in its own quandary. Naturally they don't want to foster an apparent revival of the faith. A mountain village that four years ago had no hotel is now receiving crowds of pilgrims, up to 20,000 at a time. The hostility goes away when the hard currency comes into the country from the pilgirms. In a way, the Church is more cautious than the communists. The calm observers call the news very interesting. The messages from Our Lady, if that is what they are, are not about the end of the world, or even about things in the future. They are -more charismatic than apocalyptic." They seem to be supporting the Franciscan priests who have been in some strife with both Church and State. Well known French theologian Father Rene Laurentin has "been there" and he gives his cautious opinion that he trusts those who say they have seen the visions. If the pope visits Yugoslavia, where will he go? Is it too soon for him to vist Medjugorje and automatically give a seal of approval to it as a place of pilgrimage? Li C E priest

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Mr Hannan of North Perth brings up a walking stick at the presentation of gifts to Archbishop Foley.

*Vk Lucy Brennan, Tim Foley, Katie Adamson and Tahita Lang all members of University Catholic Society who provided tea, coffee and biscuits after the rally.

People of all ages gather to' celebrate.. Julie Della Franca, organiser of the 1984 Youth Rally at the University Sunken Gardens provided a living display as a communion reflection. As the choir sang the song, "Abba Father. . . you are the potter and we are the clay," Julie sat at a handmanual potters wheel, supplied by John XXIII college and attempted to make a pot. The Archbishop was joined by chaplains of the various movements and parish groups in a concelebrated Mass. During the presentation of the gifts the organising committee ensured that different segments of the community were represented, namely the workers, students, unemployed, rural and the aged. Mr Hannan from the Southern Cross Homes (opposite the youth Office) brought up a walking stick. When asked by Julie Della Franca to take part he responded — "I'll have to practise asIdo not use a stick — just yet."

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Once Upon A Cat by L. Savryn and K. Mitchell, published by Granada, $9.95.

This is a companion volume to Once Upon A Pig, and contains a collection of stories and rhymes about cats. There is the famous talc of Dick Whittington and the popular fairy story of Puss In Boots, along with favourite rhymes such as The Owl and The Pussycat. Whatever your favourite talc, you'll he enchanted by this curious creature, Amusingly illustrated and lively reading for 3-8 year olds. Craig Smith has illustrated many of Collins picture story books, and has won many awards for his work, the most recent being an Honorary Diploma in the Most Beautiful Book in the World competition at Leipzig in East Germany.

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R ain, Hail or Shine by Nan Hunt illustrations by Craig Smith, published by William Collins, $9.95. This might be called the children's weather hook and it is Nan Hunt's charming idea to describe some of the basic events in weather cycles such as hail, what it is and what it does, or what sunshine and rain can do together. Craig Smith has illustrated this idea in what seems to be devastatingly gorgeous new style, yet with recognisable elements — such as people's faces — from his previous books. So the book is exciting because the artist is changing his style and, at the same time, it is comfortingly familiar for those who want a Craig Smith hook. Children will find these illustrations entrancing, from the baby spooning mud with glorious indifference to the rain, and the glum despair of the gardener standing in his hail-smashed glasshouse, to the most glorious sunny day that ever befell a neat little farmhouse with apple orchard, windbreak and dear old FJ Holden in the drive (complete with no number plate).

Zoo, Monsters, Families and Circus, by A lan Ahlberg and Colin McNaughton, published by Granada, $5.95 each. These fascinating folding books are full of surprises and will keep children amused for hours. There is something unexpected hiding behind every folded page. The series is written by Allan Ahlberg who has been writing children's hooks for eight years. Beautifully illustrated by Colin McNaughton, Foldaways will provide hours of fun for ages 3-7.

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Gidja written and illustrated by Percy Trezise & Dick Roughsey published by William Collins, $9.95.

Nan Hunt has written many books for Collins (such as Whistle up the Chimney and An Eye Full Of Soot) and she is never short of ideas. In 1985 she will be publishing with Collins another new book called Prisoners of the Mulligruh.

Gidja and Yalma had a baby daughter. Lilga, whom Gidja took hunting. One day Lilga was killed in an accident — and Gidja's people who had previously thought themselves immortal, were angry and frightened. When Gidja attempted to bury Lilga they attacked him and he and Lilga fell into the river and were swept away. But Gidja returned and when his tribesmmen found they could not kill him they threw him up in the sky. Gidja became the Moon and

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whilst his people died he would regenerate as the new moon. Lilga became the Morning Star, and Yalma the Evening Star. This charming tale of how the moon came to be is another in the series of best selling award winning books by Dick Roughsey and Percy Trezise. It is beautifully illustrated and shows a wealth of wildlife and variety of vegetation, in the gaudy yet still subtle colours that have become Roughsey and Trezise's trade mark. Roughsey and Trezise continue to work and exhibit together. The Magic Firesticks, their previous book published by Collins in 1983, WAS on the short list tor the Picture Book of the Year, 1984. In the last six months this talented team have exhibited in Sale, Brisbane, Sydney and Newcastle.

child's understanding of the skills he or she learns at school; increase the understanding between parents and school; help parents become acquainted with learning methods used at school and relieve parents' fears of ignorance about what now happens in schools; and the series also helps parents understand something of their children's way of thinking — of their intellectual level and development. The Learn Together series will bring parents and children together, enhance the children's learning speed, and bring parents and teachers closer in understanding. As a Piccolo series, they are in a style and design that will appeal to the widest possible popularity. Reward stickers are provided with the books, which are aimed at parents who are looking for books of some serious educational value rather traditional than the games/puzzle books which are relatively unstructured in their learning patterns. The series, will be divided into three main age groups: 4-7, 7-9 and 9-11.

Learn Together, Series, Number Work 1 and Number Work 2, published by Piccolo $2.95. The Learn Together series is a major breakthrough in helping children learn at home. The books, dealing with early maths and literacy skills, aim to increase the

Farewell to Old England Forever, illusJohn trated by Anthony King, published by William Collins, $9.95.

Farewell to Old England Forever is one of the most famous ballads of Australia's early colonial days — the song of the convicts faced not just with a seven-year sentence, but the knowledge that they will never see their home again. Even if they survived the fate awaiting them in Australia's then unknown and untried continent, they had no sure means of paying for a passage home. John King has captured the convicts' plight by expressing it in their physical state. His paintings are Hogarthian in the sense that what is unattractive is not hidden. The poor, as Hogarth has illustrated, were often horrendous to 1(x)k upon, living harsh, unhealthy and often violent lives, and not having the costmetic assistance available to the rich. The plaintive and haunting notes of the song are reinforced when we look at these. pictures. This is a hook that will sit well in the Collins picture story hooks of Australian folklore and literature. John King has quickl become an established Collins artist in the last year, having illustrated And):, Gone With Cattle, and the jacket on John Hooker's book The Bush Soldiers. He has a great gift for picking out the realities of life which he makes no attempt to disguise. King was trained as an artist at East Sydney Technical College. He has taught Art History in both private and government schools, and has travelled extensively. In recent years he has worked in the theatre, and on newspapers and magazines.

hildren's Story Hour Father Flanagan sat at his desk thinking. 'These figures are amazing," he said to himself. He was reviewing his studies of 2,000 homeless, hopeless men. "Nine out of 10 of these men grew up in troubled homes," he thought to himself. "I wonder if they would be living on the streets today, if they had grown up in homes full of love." There was a knock on his door. He opened it and looked down at a small boy carrying a canvas bag full of newspapers. "Can I stay here?" the boy asked. "Of course," Father Flanagan responded. "At least for a few days, though this is a hotel for older people." Within a few weeks there were five newspaper boys staying there. They had no homes. They had been living on the streets. Father Flanagan felt that' the down-and-out men who came to his

hotel had once been like these boys. He made a tough decision. "I can't run two hotels, one for the men and another for the boys. There isn't enough money or time. I must help these youngsters to live better lives." So Father Flanagan closed his Workingman's Hotel and found a home for himself and the newsboys. Soon he had 20 boys. He came to love them and to believe in them. They grew in love for themselves and for Father Flanagan. But few people believed in Father Flanagan and his Boys Home. No one would help him. He ran out of money. So he turned to publicity to attract attention and contributions to his boys. "There's no such thing as a bad boy," he kept saying. Gradually the message got across. More and more boys came to his home. Sometimes parents brought their boys to Father Flan-

agan. Judges sent boys who were in trouble to the Boys Home. He now had 200 boys to care for. Father Flanagan bought a farm outside the city and named it Boys Town. He believed that youngsters were basically good. He gave them responsibility and trusted them to grow. Boys Town and Father Flanaghan became even more famous. A movie about him and his boys was made. The president of the United States asked Father Flanaghan's advice and help in dealing with yoting people. Father Flanagan has died. But Boys Town still exists. Hundreds of boys continue to find hope and a home there. Father Flanagan's spirit can be sensed in a statue that stands at Boys Town. A young lad is carrying a smaller boy. The older boy is saying, "No, he's not heavy. He's my brother."

Tales From Wales by Harri Webb, published by Granada, $11.95. The legends of Wales are tales of courage, love and honour. Here, recounted by Ham Webb, the poet, and illustrated by Lesley Bruce, are the stories of Llew who shaped himself a bride of flowers; of Kilhwch who won his wife Olwen, A beautiful volume for all the family to treasure.

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A look at books Compiled by Roslyn Ross.

Mass book

Young People's Mass Book: Spirex Bound, the Complete Order of Mass together with three Eucharistic prayers for Children, edited by Tony Castle, colour photographs by Christa Friend. Published by William Collins, $ 2.95.

images

111 Camera Lucida, by Roland Barthes, published by Flamingo, $ 6.95. These 'reflections photography' on begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs and photography; then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the images start reflecting back and book the becomes an exposition of his own mind. Written during the short space between his mother's death and his own, this divination of the meanings engendered by photographs is transfused by thoughts of death and the loss of time.

Brief notes and sub-headings bring the text within the child's comprehension. The ideal first Communion or Confirmation gift, it will help the child pray at home and at Mass. There are four colour photographs throughout. For class use, perfect for teaching the structure and meaning of the Mass.

New hope for alcoholics

from R ecovery Alcoholism, A Guide For Alcoholics And Those Who Help Them, by Dr Eric

Multiculture

Australian Multicultural Society, Identity, Communication, D ecision Making, edited by Donald J. Phillips, Jim Houston, published by Dove Communications. Multiculturalism is concerned with far more than the passive tolerance of diversity. It is a source of social wealth and dynamism. A genuine multi-cultural society is one in which there

is equality of opportunity for all the participating groups in the country's social, political and economic life.

crs delivered at a national conference on multi-cultural Australia in the current decade.

In this book thirty-six contributors look at a wide range of aspects of multiculturalism in Australian society-authority and decision making, communication, education, the media, identity. cultural differences, religion, social welfare and issues related to Aborigines and women. The book is based on pap-

Donald J. Phillips lectures in education at the Canberra College of Advanced Education. In 1978 he convened the first multicultural conference to be held in Canberra and edited the conference report. He was also the director of the national conference which was the basis for this book. He has published widely in

Always in hope

Hope and Suffering. by Bishop Desmond Tuti& published by Fontana. $4. 95. Bishop Desmorul Tutu, recent winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize. is known woridwide as the voice of Black South .4.fr1ea. In this collection of his writings — deeply conCerned, impassioned, but always centred on Christ's message — be speaks out for them and for the oppressed er'etytthere. "Here., in these pages. is the authentic voice of Christian prophecy in our day. I"nafraid to proclaim with urgency the truth about apartheid as the mil and destructive force it is. Unafraid to challenge the . . . assault on human dignity andhuman rights. "nafraid to risk the consequences for himself of making such a proclamation. But always in hope: always in love: always in the certainty that God is present within the situation and that therefore His purposes must prevail?"

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the fields of linguistics and has undertaken research in areas related to multicultu ralism and bilingualism.

LIEJE Jim Houston has for many years been involved in public activity associated with the growth of multicultural consciousness in Australia. He was Assistant Commissioner with the Community Relations Office and is the author of Let's End the Slander: Combating Racial Prejudice in Teaching Materials. He is currently Executive Secretary of the Commission of Community Relations established by the Australian Council of Churches.

Gaudry, published by D ove Communications.

Hope is the keyword in this comprehensive and clearly written guide. Alcoholics can and do recover from the devastating and debilitating condition called alcoholism and resume their roles as fully functioning members of society in family, occupational and social areas. The problem is that the percentage of those who return to uncontrolled drinking is far too high. In part, this is caused by the lack of understanding of the recovery process by alcholics themselves, by their families and friends and by their employers and workmates. The program outlined in this hook has been designed

to help alcoholics and all those who have an interest in their welfare during the recovery period. Many techniques that have been shown to help recovery have been analysed and included in an overall program designed to break the vicious circle of alcoholic IA drinking and to maintain sobriety. The main source of help is Alcoholics Anonymous which is referred to constantly. Everyone who is, or knows, an alcoholic should read this book Dr Eric G2Udry taught psychology at the University of Melbourne for sixteen years. He is now a consultant psychologist in private practice. working with alcoholics at Montclair Private Hospital in Victoria

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Of This and Other NV,rkis

Of This And Other Worlds, by C.S. Lewis, edited with a Preface by Walter

Hooper, published by Fontana, $5.50. C.S. Lewis was not only one of this century's noted Christian writers and thinkers but he was alsoa literary scholar. In this collection of essays he combines the two elements as he considers the works of Tolkien, C harles Williams and others, pays tribute to Dorothy L. Sayers and upholds quality in our language.

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The Record, 13 -- 19 December, 1984

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WHAT'S ON 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 9 am Monday, December 17 in WRITING (no phone messages).

ECUMENICAL BELMONT CAROLS Belmont Ministers Fraternal have organised an ecumenical carols service for 7.30 pm on Sunday December 16 in Notre Dame church, Cloverdale. The service will be made up of readings, prayers, reflections and carol

TELEVISION MASS FOR YOU AT NIGHT The weekly Channel Nine presentation of Mass For You At Home continues during December, at 7.30 am on Sunday, December 16, and at 7.20 am on Sundays, December 23 and 30. A special broadcast will be made for Christmas. Mass For You At Home is produced in Melbourne and is shown in Perth on behalf of the Christian Television Association, representing the five major Christian denominations, Catholic, Anglican, Uniting Churches, the Salvation Army and Churches of Christ.

ROCKING HAM 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 b y 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

MARIAN PRIESTS M OVEMENT The monthly meeting of the Marian Movement of Priests will be held at the Bassendean presbytery on Thursday, December 20, at 3 pm. Inquiries to Father Attard 279 4226. The lay associates Cenacle will be held on Friday, December 21, at 10.30 am, at the Little Sisters of Carmel, 2 Frazer St, Swanboume. Inquiries to Yolanda N ardizzi 447 8885 or Bob Wright 447 6223.

6168. Funds go towards the new parish centre.

singing. Anyone is welcome to attend the service and the cup of tea that will be served in the church grounds afterwards.

BENEDICTINE OBLATES The December meeting and Christmas gathering of the Benedictine Oblates of St Gregory's chapter will be held at the R edemptorist monastery Vincent Street at 2 pm on Sunday, December 16. Families and friends are welcome. Further information from Adreinne Byrne 381 1180.

about 150 A t the annual catechists' Mass in St Joseph's church Subiaco last week, attended by and presented catechists, gifts are brought to the attar by Sister Myrtle, Gwen Smith and Mary Barrett to Bishop Healy who was assisted by five priests.

Two priests farewelled It was a farewell night to remember, An assembly of 700 people gathered at St Anthony's church, Greenmount, to show their supand affection port, gratitude to Father Laurence, originally from Ireland, and Father Cormac, from England They have spent the last eighteen years and nine years respectively, in this Two priests leaving the Bellevue-Greenmount parish are Father Cormac (left) and Father Laurence.

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A t Bunbury recently it was a local family occasion when Jesuit Father Leo Flynn celebrated the Mass in which his deacon brother, Mick Flynn delivered his first homily. The ceremony took place in St Patrick's Cathedral in which the Flynn family worshipped for over 50 years following the arrival of Dr Ignatius Flynn there in 1896. Hanging in the cathedral is the crucifix donated by Dr Flynn. Mick Flynn, late of Kojonup, was one of six Bunbury diocesan deacons ordained by Bishop Quinn earlier this year. He was educated by the Sisters of Mercy in Bunbury and by the Jesuits in Melbourne before returning to farm in Bunbury until enlisting in the RAAF in 1939. He returned to farm at Sandridge Park Bunbury, at Beela and at Kojonup,

parish. Father Laurence will take up a College Chaplaincy

raising three children now all married. He is now living in Bunbury. Father Leo Flynn began with the Sisters of Mercy in Bunbury and then finished at CBC Perth before joining the Jesuits, spending a short spell teaching in St Louis before his ordination in 1949.

ODD He returned to WA in 1955 to be the founding parish of Attadale and is now parish priest of Toowong. Brisbane where his musical talent led to the establishment of the local Sullivan and Gilbert Society. Mick Flynn said in his homily it was an occasion on which the late Flynn parents and his own late wife were watching with pride and happiness.

In St Patrick's Cathedral Bunbury Father Leo Flynn SJ (right) blesses his brother Deacon Michael Flynn before he delivers his first homily

appointment at Sorrento and Father Cormac returns to England. The Mass was concelebrated by Father Laurence in company with Fathers Cormac, Kazimierz and Emil, to a capacity-filled church. Several St Anthony's school children performed a liturgical dance depicting a sunflower seeking the sun as we also seek God's love. A fter Mass, the dining, fun-n'-frivolity which followed, proved quite some occasion! The community hall, which is part of the church complex, was packed with food and people, all bent on displaying their loyalty and caring for these two much-loved priests. It was an event marked by joy and sadness, and high tributes were paid to these Salvatorian priests — each outstanding in his own right. Square dancing and general dancing with appeal to all age groups, entertained, and Father Laurence was to be seen dancing with tiny tots upwards. As we left, we heard a few reluctant party leavers, singing one final song with Father Laurence — 'When Irish Eyes are Smiling.' This, we thought, summed him up completely. — COLLEEN HOWARD