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Perth archdiocese ranked iserti in Australia with its 1984 Prelecteampassift Wei of $258,879. Other capital city diocesan totals were: Melbourne $545,953, Sydney S313,960, Brisbane $274,168 and Adelaide 8196,284.
The African Drought Appeal was the major factor in this dramatic increase. From June until the end of December, ACR received $2.85 million to support victims of the current drought that is affecting 26 countries in Africa. One significant feature of the African crisis was that it was the first time the 17 major Churches in Australia combined to launch an appeal in June (long before the dramatic television coverage of the Ethiopian situation) and which raised $5 million at the end of 1984. "This appeal demonstrates how local Church agencies are in an ideal situation to foresee problems," Mr Whiteley ACR national director said. "As early as last February Church agencies in Africa were alerting us to the potentially disastrous situation. "Church agencies immediately acted although they did not have the resources to prevent the calamity that subsequently occurred." "If governments and UN agencies had responded in the same way as the Churches the suffering may have been partially alleviated.
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Concern about students EAST BERLIN: Cardinal Meissner of East Berlin, has met with Klaus Gysi, the Minister for Religious Affairs, and expressed his displeasure that students in the country are being compelled to undertake a form of military preparation before they are conscripted. He also sharply criticised the authorities' attitude towards school pupils who are believers. Relations between the state and the Catholic Church have been strained since January 1983, when the C atholic Episcopate published a pastoral letter in which they criticised the state policy of preparing students for military callup. Keston College Report
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Floreat couple in Asia
Don and Rosemary McBeath of Floreat are back from a long service overseas trip but they have a different tale to tell: they spent two months working alongside Marist Brothers and Presentation Sisters in Pakistan. In schools at both the top and the bottom end of the social scale they were involved in helping young teachers and youths intent on getting anything out of school education that would give them a better chance in life.
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The McBeaths took not only themselves. They had collected $5000 from friends in Australia and they were able to use this to send three young teachers from a poor suburban school to the Catholic training college in Karachi. The Floreat couple found themselves in Pakistan as a result of their strong links with the Marist Brothers in Australia. Rosemary is deputy at Newman Senior College where she has taught for 24 years and their son Nicholas is a Marist Brother at Bulleen in Victoria. Their chance to visit Pak-
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Rosemary McBeath, of Floreat and the deputy principal at Newman College standing with some Pakistani villagers and Brother Ambrose Kelly, formerly of Perth, outside the St Mary's Academy, in Rawalpindi. or youths were taught after school in a building near the cathedral. Although they had read a lot to prepare themselves, the McBeaths found living in a very dominant Islamic society a culture shock "We were in a beleaguered state. "The call to prayer came in the window so loud in the morning,I felt like shouting out a Hail Mary in reply. "Walking through the bazaar on Christmas Day I felt so sensitive about my appearance as a Westerner and a Christian," said Rosemary. But the impact went far beyond religion. Rosemary McBeath felt the attitude of Muslim men to Western women was "absolutely frightful". "Even dressed in Pakistani women's attire,Ifelt Icould only just survive." Don McBeath, a retired academic from the fields of
economics and labour relations became very aware of the way Islamic thought affects attitudes to Pakistan's problems. "In spite of their public prayer and devotional attitudes they appeared totally unconcerned with poverty and misery," he said. "By our standards, it is a very unjust society, but it is a very vibrant, lively and colourful place. "Their history goes back thousands of years and no
Western solution is going to be imposed on them. 'We have to accept they are going to do things their way," he said. "But in spite of all the apparent shortcomings, I found a great deal more happiness, that people laugh a lot more, that there is a happiness to learn and there are none of the hang-ups among the young as you would find in Wembley or City Beach. "In conditions of dire pov-
The St *lay's Academy in Rawalpindi where the McBeaths worked while staying in Pakistan.
erty the people seemed genuinely happy and those included the Christians who live miserably at the very bottom of the social scale." What impressed them about the Catholic Church in Pakistan was the number of Pakistani Presentation Sisters. They also met Columban Father P.). Kelly, formerly of Perth and were impressed at the Columban effort to get into the villages, compared with other orders' tendency to stay in established areas. The McBeaths believe if a person is prepared to get to understand the situation, a journey to Pakistan is what every Australian should do. As a biologist Rosemary McBeath is still seething at the traces of salt she saw in many places. "Somebody's got to tell them to go out and start planting trees and looking at their water table, otherwise they are going to have a country as arid as some parts of our own country." she said.
Father Ly for Hamersley Father Francis Ly, originally from Vietnam, and r ecently ordained in St Mary's Cathedral by Archbishop Foley has been appointed second assistant priest at Hamersley parish. Until now he has been serving in M undaring parish. F ather Ly wi l l have part-time duties with the Vietnamese cornmunity.
Bank stops gold buy TORONTO (NC) — The Bank of Nova Scotia, Canada's fourth largest bank, said it would stop buying South African gold coins from the South African Chamber of Mines after the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and other church groups protested the purchases. The bank's decision "will send a signal to the international financial community that there is increasingly less enthusiasm about supporting the apartheid regime in South Africa," said a spokesman for the Canadian bishops. The bishops had joined the Sisters of Charity, the English Canadian Jesuits and the United Church of Canada in protesting the bank's business in Krugerrands, as the South African coins are called. The groups together hold more than 260,000 sham in the bank, worth approximately $3 million (US). The church groups sat that sales of the CCillS bolster apartheid, South Africa's system of legalised racism.
WA bishop takes direct action Bishop Hickey of Geraldton has stirred thoughts of the priesthood on three young men after placing advertisements in eastern states Catholic newspapers. The month of January means holidays, sunshine and the beaches for most young Australians.
But for three young men it means a month at St Charles Vocational Residence at Guildford.
Bishop Hickey invited men to write to him if they were interested in preparing for the priesthood in his vast Western Australian diocese. He got many replies and as a result two from NSW and one local man have taken off a month to think over their future. Tony Nolan, 22, of Sydney has taken his month's holiday from clerical computers so he can look at the state of WA in which he may one day be a priest.
Japanese unveiling a marvel V ATICAN CITY (NC) — The ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, covered by Michelangelo's famous series of f rescoes, is about to r eceive an unprecedented cleaning with a t echnique that has already yielded spectacular results, and paid for by Japanese television. Vatican museum officials have unveiled a sliding platform that will allow restorers to move freely beneath the ceiling paintings, just as Michelangelo did. The platform is pegged into the same holes used by the great Renaissance
His thoughts have developed during the three years he has served as an acolyte in the Sydney suburban Cove parish.
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"Being an acolyte has made me understand better what a priest's life is all about. "As a priest I would hope to bring God's Word, His friendship and love to the people," he said. Glenn Smith, 23, of Bathurst resigned from his job as a clerk with a timber firm to come to WA and think about the priesthood in which he has been interested for the past three years.
-de Glenn Smith of Bathurst, Paul Byrne of Nedlancls, Tony Nolan of Sydney with Father Brian Rosling who is their host this month at St Charles Vocational Residence at Guildford.
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"I would have remained a Sunday Catholic had it not been for my joining a Cursillo.
CH= "My faith has helped a lot and Cursillo taught me to get more involved with the local Church. "I foundIenjoyed working with the priests and people and I became a member of the Bathurst cathedral parish council. "As a priest I would like to motivate armchair Christians to actively seek God's will in their lives." Neither Tony Nolan or Glenn Smith knew anything about the Geraldton diocese before responding to Bishop Hickey's advertisement. It was simply a territory somewhere on the other side of the continent. The two from NSW are joined at Guildford by Paul Byrne, originally from Ned. lands who has worked in a Geraldton bank for the past 18 months and where he recently became an acolyte. Before that he was an active member of the Monastery singing group. "My experience of the world and its problems will help me in clarifying my vocation. I would like my
artist when he executed the paintings between 1508 and 1512. is cleaning T he e xpected to take about f our years — as long as the artist took to paint them. The successful results of the work S-0 far on the w alls of the chapel , including four frescoes b y Michelangelo, now shine in radiant colours, in contrast to the soot' darkened ceiling above. The wall cleaning began in 1982. In the simple cleaning technique, a solvent is brushed onto the frescoes, left for three minutes, and washed off with water. The procedure is then repeated 24 hours later. A s restorers remove the solvent, the grime and soot of centuries also is removed. cleaning has T he y ielded results not thought possible. The solvent does not reach the frescoes themselves, so no colour is being removed. In fact, an almost invisible layer of dirt is being left on to protect them.
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Bishop of Geraldton, Bishop Hickey gifts of music, counselling and youth work to help me be a better priest. "I have made many friends in Geraldton whereIcan see a future in being part of a young and growing Church." A month is not long in a lifetime of the priesthood but it will be a short experience for these men to live in Christian community, to hear a bit about seminary life and to think on the place of the priesthood in today's world
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Rehce ord Bullets can ricochet far beyond the control of the marksman. An assassin thought he solved a problem in Sarajevo in 1914 but he started a war whose millions of deaths still leave the world in shock. Bernhard Goetz fired a stream of bullets in a New York subway and he looks like stirring an argument that reaches far beyond his own trial that could cost him a 25 year sentence. The 37 year old bachelor is the centre of attention not because he performed one of thousands of shootings that take place weekly throughout the world but because the system that has put him on trial is on trial itself. It is an irony for a hitherto unknown American that the country which has turned television shooting and courtroom murder dramas into an endless world commodity has a fit of the jitters when it has to deal with real life a shooting. Television defends its violence as a reflection of the true deep down feelings of ordinary people. Goetz must be surprised to find he is on trial, and not the television screen, when he left not even one dead body sprawled across the street after his version of the traditional shoot-out. The trial raises complex legal questions because charges of attempted murder or illegal possession of a gun in a country which abounds in them has little to do with what Goetz, already an earlier a victim of street banditry, obviously intended to do. In fact, the court does not yet know whether to grant immunity to the four men armed with screwdrivers who asked him for money. Dragging the word vigilante into the discussion, as has happened in Australia as a consequence this week, is jumping precisely into the cowboys and indians melodrama that has lulled not only Americans but quite ordinary Australians into the theoretical questions. The case against Bernhard Goetz, no matter what the verdict, will have long repercussions everywhere because he is pleading that he defended himself. Police wisely advise us that we are not very good at defending ourselves and to leave the heavy dirty work to them, but it would need an 000 phone on every corner of the world to cope simply with the crimes that are reported. Even if the culprit is apprehended the matter is far from ended. There are armies of consultants, advisers, psychologists and criminologists telling us that we have it all wrong, that the gaols are too full, that the petty villainy and thuggery plaguing us is only the symptom of a disease whose cure is going to require a revolution in family, school, and society values. Citizens like Goetz are trapped. There is no defence in a system that is unable to define selfdefence. No wonder that a ground swell of popular opinion is going to put a far greater burden on the New York jury than deciding Goetz's guilt or innocence of an otherwise run-of the-mill daily disaster. Missing of course, is any agreed moral principle on which to try and solve today's urban violence. Law is not the same as a moral principle. The law abounds in sections, sub-sections, and every possible shade of distinction about murdering, manslaughtering or wounding. The law cannot teach a person if he was right in defending himself. Today's villains have found the loophole in an education system that teaches law but without the moral principle. If it is legal and you can get away with it then it is acceptable say the tax-avoiders present and past. Good law, but not very good morals. The moral principle of self defence starts off with the assumption that there are rightsgiven to every human being. The tribe or the village did not necessarily have to spell out those laws in writing; it protected its own, the hard way if necessary. Those who march into banks, fast food centres, and other sources of cash with real or pretended weapons clearly have put themselves outside that moral principle. They are outlaws playing a legal game of odds in their favour. Bank officers and other cash handlers justifiably ask for more protection, more indemnity against psychological strain. It is not the real question. Some day there is going to be another Goetz shooting in self defence right on own streets and whether it likes moral theology or not Australian society will have to have its own definition of stiffdefence not just a court-room law. 4
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Sister Veronica Martin has never forgotten the words of theologian Father Bernard Harring. "If we say, 'Give us this day our daily bread' and then refuse to share it with others we are liars," he said. As they were addressed to her during her spiritual renewal at Rome in 1974 she made them her own and related them to the missions in third world countries. She returned to the congregation of Our Lady of the Missions ("Highgate nuns") in Perth and continued teaching but, Father Harring's words and the idea of being a missionary in Peru kept surfacing. Eventually the chance came in 1982 to make it a reality. She was accepted for the missions in Peru, and her family and friends were happy for her but Peru seemed so far away. "I felt at that time a missionary vocation," she said. "The challenge for me was no longer there, I had to do more with my life." Her new challenge was set among the Campesinos — descendents of the Aymara Indians, and the parish of Candarave in the Andes Mountains ( 3400m above sea level) of Southern Peru, near the Chilian border and bounded by Bolivia.
Priest's words led to a life in the Andes by JUSTIN BIANCHINI
DOE Sister Veronica works with two sisters of the Canadian Province and together they are in charge of the parish which consists of 22,000 people and 17 villages — "or pueblos." It is hoped through training, catechists will be the future parish leaders. The sisters travel to most villages in a jeep donated by Catholics in Germany. However, Sister Veronica well remembers a pastoral visit to the furthest village Calientes on her birthday in 1983, which entailed a seven
side of volcano Yucamani. In Candarave, Mass is celebrated once a month because of the shortage of priests, and consecrated hosts are left for the sisters to distribute during paraliturgies in hour climb to the other
villages. According to Sister Veronica, the C,ampesinos of the area are simhard-working ple, people. Their small plots of land yield potatoes, corn and green feed for their few animals. With no electricity in the town, the sisters share their generator which provides light for the parish hall and library. They have also begun a "new and exciting program" called family catechetics in five villages.
Sister Veronica believes this "method of evangelisation" will help people realize the love God has for them, and the "great role their family has in building up their society."
Sister Veronica Martin relaxes during her holiday visit to her home in Perth.
"A poor education system, the failure of land owners to pay lust wages, and no government welfare are just three of the problems facing families
in Candarave," she said. Although Sister Veronica originally hoped to work in the area of social welfare, she found the problems in Candarave too complex.
ABOVE: Sister Veronica Martin with some of the villagers from the town near her mission in Peru. BELOW: One of the native children on a mountainside.
"Bringing people to an awareness of God's love and their own worth has been far more rewarding," she said.
ODE However since returning, she has noticed a "lack of faith and gratitude" among people. "Where do we begin and how do we say thankyou?" she asked. "My commitment to Eucharist is my way of saying thankyou." And that commitment will continue into 1985 as Sister Veronica returns to Peru for another threeyear term despite her struggles to communicate in Spanish, and being seriously ill with typhoid and hepatitis during her last stint there.
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Carter said in a letter to Churches of the Toronto Archdiocese Canadian law does not sufficiently protect the unborn. He also said the Church is united against abortion and urged "all who respect human life" to join in attempts to "curb and, if possible, eliminate this abomination."
ACR recognised dispersin foreign aid Project Compassion in Australia in 1984 raised $2,395,602 — an increase of 13 per cent over 1983. The Australian Government recognised the ability of ACR to channel aid effectively to those most in need. During the year Government aid worth $2 million WAS disbursed through ACR principally in Africa, Kampuchea and the Philippines. Funds also came to ACR through Force Ten and Austcare. The benefactors who have supported ACR for many years continued to provide significant help for those in need. During 1984, ACR supported programs and projects in 46 countries. As well as Africa ($3.6 million) and Asia ($2.7 million), programs were supported in Latin America ( $103,000) and the Pacific and PNG ($558.800). ACR support in the Pacific and PNG is the major source of income for the Church's development agencies in those countries.
The letter follows the acquittal of Dr Henry Morgentaler and two associates who operated an illegal abortion clinic in the city. Their attorney argued that the conditions of Canada's abortion law justified his clients acting outside of it. -Even where partial protection is afforded, the law is being flouted," he said. "This is no just a church matter. This is the killing of innocents. "As citizens as well as believers in God's law we cannot stand idly by." CarTwo Camps dinal Carter said. 1 6 February 16 Abortions are legal in CanF ebruary 19 ada in an accredited hospital RING Robyn Champion if a three-doctor committee C orrine McCleod Agrees that the pregnancy would endanger the mothI An introduction to tertiary er's life or health. life, people, structures and Noting the Catholic fun. • Church's numerous pro-life
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Mr Whitely thanked those working voluntarily at diocesan and parish level for their efforts. Without these efforts such a high proportion of funds raised could not be used to support projects directly helping those in need. He also emphasised the advantage ACR had in being able to work through partner Church agencies in other countries. This saved ACR the necessity of establishing costly administrative processes to select and evaluate projects.
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"Even in Africa we are now being asked to support training programs, long term water supply and agricultural projects. "We will give them priority in 1985. "At the same time other parts of the world cannot be forgotten.
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"While the emergency relief needs in Africa are currently uppermost in people's minds," he said, "we cannot be diverted from the need to support the longer term projects aimed at preventing catastrophes like the present situation in Ethiopia."
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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."
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Great Australian tradition shows no signs of waning . Gerald (Gerry) Ian Gauntlett, managing director of Baillieu Justin Seward Pty Ltd, was born at Harvey on April 7, 1936. He started school at the Harvey convent and was at Aquinas College from 1948-53. In his last year there he was equal dux of the college with Duncan Francis. Gerry was vice-captain of the school, a member of the cricket first XI and the winner of the baton for being the best under-officer in the school cadet unit. He passed first-year engineering at the University of WA, left to become a cadet valuer in the Commonwealth Public Service, won the P.C. Kerr Memorial Prize in t he final year of his valuer's course and was posted to Albany in his employment in 1961. There he was engaged mainly on rural valuations in connection with the War Service Land Settlement Scheme. After having been promoted and transferred to Perth in 1967, he completed an external studies part-time course at UWA to gain his Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in economics. He joined Justin Seward and Co in 1969 and became a partner in the firm in 1973. He is a member of the WA board of the Australian Institute of Valuers and of the Land Purchase Board. Gerry has been on parish councils at Albany, Kalamunda and Midland and on the board of St Brigid's school at Lesmurdie. He and his wife Judy (nee Young) now live in the Cathedral parish close to Perth in Thomas Street, Subiaco. They have four children — Fiona (23), Simon (22), Jerome (20) and ErinLouise (18).
The traditional ambition of Australians to own their own homes shows no sign of waning, according to G erry Gauntlett. Gerry is managing director of one of the State's biggest real estate firms, Baillieu Justin Seward Pty Ltd. He said there had been little if any change in the situation prevailing when the last Commonwealth census was taken in 1981. This showed 26.6 per cent of Perth people were living in rented accomodation, leaving about threequarters of the citizens owning outright or paying off the homes they were o ccupying. The comparatively-recent government scheme for first -home buyers had helped a lot of people towards home ownership and, per capita of population, there had been more grants under the scheme in WA than in any other State. The first -home owner tended to trade up, Gerry said As he builds up an equity in the house, he uses it to re-finance himself into a better home.
eNLVOMP''-' Gerry says property management, covering the commercial and residential fields, is the backbone of the Baillieu Justin Seward business In the commercial sphere it has 1 100 tenants in 127 properties, and in the residential sector, 660 tenants in 410 properties. In addition to its head office in Allendale Square, Baillieu Justin Seward has branches at Claremont, Dalkeith, Canning Bridge and Wembley. In terms of people employed, with 111 staff (70 in head office) the firm would probably share the title of the State's biggest real estate operator with Roy Weston and the Collier Group. The number of its city office staff make it big by general Australian standards. From July 31, 1984, it became part of the Baillieu Group of Australia through the merging of Baillieu-Milner and Justin Seward. Baillieu Real Estate Australia has a shareholding in the Perth
Laity helps harmony VATICAN CITY (NC) — The world needs Christian laity to help harmonise ethics with technological progress, to find solutions to hunger and war, to promote life and to resist materialist ideologies, Pope John Paul II said. The pope said in a speech to the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. Preparing for the 1986 World Synod of Bishops which will discuss the role of the laity in Church life. Catholic leaders should train "an evergrowing number of lay people, aware of their fundamental and specific vocation, to be builders of a world more fitted to the dignity of every individual and of all
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human beings." "The world needs the presence and the particular contribution of Christians in many spheres," the pope said. Christian laity should be present "at the point where scientific and technological progress has to be harmonised with ethics, where the battles against war and hunger are being fought (and) where the human value of work is made manifest in the solidarity of the workers themselves," the pope said Christian lay persons are also important, he said, in promoting "a culture that stands for life" and "where individuals and peoples become aware of the bondage of materialism:
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Gerry Gauntlett
A DREAM TO OWN A HOME firm which in turn has an equity in Baillieu Real Estate Australia. Baillieu Justin Seward thus has representation in all Australian capitals plus Hong Kong, Singapore and other parts of the world through its association with the London-based Knight, Frank and Rutley. Gerry said there was some inquiry from overseas for WA property, but the guidelines set down by the Financial Investment Review Board guarded against any danger of "selling the farm." An overseas person could buy a house here for his own use of up to $350,000 in value. Every purchase above that amount had to have FIRB approval, and it was not easy to get. Overseas financial participation, however, could be approved if the investment were for something that would benefit Australia or a part thereof — such as a major new hotel, for example. The FIRB guidelines were working well.
The cost of money had a big influence on real estate activity. The State was now enjoying an improved economic outlook with people more confident than they had been in recent years.
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A regular feature By BOB BOYLE Development capital from abroad was welcomed, but usually under joint -venture arrangements with a local organisation.
M‘e,istft There have been big increases in the value of city properties since Gerry joined Justin Seward in the valuation -department in 1969. Then the going annual rent for a good office building in St George's Terrace was about $50 a square metre; now it is about
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The value of city sites has also increased by between three and four times. Gerry says experience shows city values go up and down — or if not down, remain steady — in four-year cycles. The upward curve now in effect, contrasting as it did with the severe economic downturn of 1982-83, was a return to the normal value cycle. Inflation was down and interest rates had been reduced by about four per cent. The bank prime rate. was now 13 per cent compared to about 171 2 / per cent in 1982-83.
A good rural season, such as the one now being experienced, had a beneficial effect on a big portion of the State's economy. Normal rural seasons here, when they were unaffected by droughts that might be afflicting e astern Australia, formed a valuable economic cushion for the State. An experience not so long ago that Gerry enjoyed was being a witness in the Supreme Court case in wbich Aquinas College — his Alma Mater — won substantially increased compensation for land for freeway development resumed from it by the Main Roads Department.
DATELINE. . . overseas news roundup
Briefs: 1-1BHOPAL, (NC) — Mother Teresa of
L_JCalcutta offered condolences and urged forgiveness by those injured during the toxic gas leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant at Bhopal. "Forgiveness offers us a clean heart and people will be a hundred times better after it,- she said. Speaking before 14,000 local Catholic school children, she promised to take all orphans into her house in Calcutta and urged those affected by the disaster to "overcome suffering by love." The nun also visited three area hospitals treating victims of the gas leak, where she distributed medallions dedicated to Mary, which she described as "miraculous." -Tie it around your neck or on your arm," she told the sick. "It does help if you have faith." After visiting a house near the neighbourhood of the Union Carbide plant, she said, "ft is terrible suffering, nothing like this has happened before.But, concluding an eight-hour tour of the city, she said the disaster offered "one beautiful thing. lt has brought out the best in everybody." Before going to a Mass attended by State Governor K.M. Chandy, Mother Teresa stressed the need for doctors and victims t o forgive those responsible for the disaster. -This could have been an accident, it is like a fire could break out anywhere,she said. 'That is why it is important to forgive." E nBUDAPEST: Every L_Jcountry behind the Iron Curtain has its own religious history, and it is still happening. Hungarians throughout the world know that Cardinal Laszlo Lekai, Primate of Hungary, will be 75 early next year and his resignation can be expected. He met recently with the pope and Cardinal Casaroli. No details of this meeting were released, but changes in Church-State relations frequently happen when a new religious leader is appointed. E C 0
Exiled Viet bishop dies in the US
NEW YORK (NC) — Exiled Vietnamese Archbishop Ngo Dinh Thuc, who was twice excommunicated by the Vatican for illicit ordinations and twice reconciled, has died aged 87 at a Vietnamese religious community house in Missouri. A condition of his reconciliation with the Church last June was that he live in the Congregation Mother Co-Redemptrix founded in Vietnam. In Vietnam Archbishop Thuc was famous as a somewhat powerful churchman when his brother Ngo Dinh Diem ruled Vietnam from 1955 until his assasination in 1963. Archbishop Thuc moved to France in 1975 after the fall of Saigon and he was first excommunicated in 1976 for ordaining bishops in Spain without the authorisation of Pope Paul VI.
Indian laws decried BOMBAY, (NC) -- The president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India has denounced proposed legislation to legalise euthanasia. Bills to allow mercy killing have been pushed in the Indian Parliament and in the legislative assembly of Bombay.
F1VATICAN CITY: JoaL—iquinn Navarro-Valls, Spanish medico turned jourBishops' Conference nalist, has been named by president Archbishop the pope as director of the Pimenta said India's Vatican Press Office. Catholic Church and its Navarro-Valls, 48, has organisations lay worked in Rome for seven should work to rally years as correspondent for public opinion against a Madrid newspaper. such efforts. Last year he served as But he added their president of the Foreign commitment must go Press Association in Italy. beyond simply conThe new Press man is a demning euthanasia layman and his being nonmeasures or related legItalian adds even more to the islation. new look at the Vatican. Bishop Patrick Dr Navarro-Vells is a D 'Souza of Varanasi numerary member of Opus said "though our counDei and this has drawn try is known as a councomment. The Opus Dei try of Mahatma organisation has told the Gandhi, the recent legworld not to see special islation on abortion, the intrigue in this appointment proposed one on euthaof one of its members, but nasia cannot but make it is certainly interesting. all Christians conThe new man is unmarried cerned at the deterioraand he lives as a member tion of human values (in of an Opus Dei community India)." in Rome. tor E C E
But he asked pardon, and the excommunication was lifted in 1977, although he was still prohibited from ordaining any priests or bishops. However, in 1982 Thuc Archbishop ordained as bishops a French Dominican and two Mexicans. In April 1983 the second was excommunication ordered "by special mandate" of Pope John Paul H because of Archbishop Thuc's illicit ordinations of bishops and priests and his statement that the Holy See is vacant.
ELIE One of the bishops ordained by Archbishop Thuc in 1976. Clemente Gomez, Dominguez declared himself "Pope Gregory XVII" after Pope Paul's death in 1978. He built an "apostolic palace" in the Spanish town of El Palmar de Troya. named his own cardinals and canonised his own saints, including the late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.
DOC1 Archbishop Thuc was not believed to have kept up his connection with the El Palmar de Troya group after the 1976 ordinations. A 22-year-old Australian was reportedly also among those ordained bishops. -
Death of the chemist who invented NEW YORK: Dr John Rock, the Catholic researcher who developed the contraceptive pill, has died in Peterborough New Hampshire aged 94. His first research work was in overcoming of sterility and later came up with a
pill for menstrual disorders that also acted as a contraceptive. The first commercial form of the pill, Enovid, was released in 1960. Dr Rock was not only at odds with the Catholic Church about the contraceptive pill, but also for his advocacy of voluntary sterilisation as the hest solution.
Dishing out for more than 32 years NEW YORK (NC) — The St Vincent de Paul Society's charity dining room in Phoenix has served its 10 millionth free meal. For 11,710 consecutive days — 32 years — the dining room has served free, hot meals to needy men, women and children. It serves an average of 800 to 1000 meals a day, every day of the year. As well as providing one hot meal, the dining room furnishes sandwiches and snacks to exiting patrons. At Thanksgiving and Christmas more than 2000 turkey dinners are provided. About 100 members of the Temple Beth Israel put on the entire Christmas Day dinner to allow Christian workers to enjoy the holiday.
Cardinal acts to ban priest WARSAW, (NC) — Cardinal Glemp, has barred a priest known for his outspoken attacks on Poland's Communist governmdit from preaching in Warsaw churches. The cardinal also criticised "preachers who wish to voice their own teaching their own way." Cardinal Glemp said there had been an "influx of complaints" about Father Stanislaw Malkowski, and repeated warnings to him. Father Malkowski will be allowed to continue his religious duties at a Warsaw cemetery where he holds his only official religious post. the newspaper reported. The cardinal said Church authorities have received indignant complaints from Catholics about priests who
PARIS (NC) — The French Catholic bishops, saying life and death should not be granted "on demand," have reiterated Church opposition to euthanasia, abortion and artificial insemination involving donors who are not married to each other. They also warned scientific and technological progress carries risks as well as benefits, especially regarding genetic engineering. "Perhaps 'genetic engineering' will allow the restoring of embryos to health. "But it also could result in monsters," said a statement by the Commission of the Family of the French bishops' conference. The statement said 200,000 children are aborted each year in France. R egarding euthanasia, the bishops said "it is also easier for society to regulate the problem of terminal illness according to the logic of technology than to create special units for the human a ccompanying of people who are dying." The statement called artificial insemination by donors who are not married to each other part of the trend to disintegrate family life. "The dislocation of family life brings with it the disintegration of persons and the splintering of society," the statement said.
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The worst kind of unemployment, Ed Marciniak believes, is to be without a sense of vocation. Such Christians fail to respond to God's invitation. As Martin Luther King Ill recently told an audience of Federal Workers in Washington, "If it falls to your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets as Michelangelo carved marble. Sweep streets as Shakespeare wrote plays. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven will have to say, 'Here lies a great street sweeper who did his job well."
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711111!, 7! F 7r1IE SPIRUT Who in the church has a true vocation? This week our writers explore the vast implications in the word "vocation" and discuss reasons why it can be said that all those who are baptised have a call from God. The overarching Christian vocation is the call to active Christian living, writes Dolores Leckey. And the active Christian life is pursued in the context of various kinds of relationships with other people. A basic characteristic of the Christian vocation is the way it leads to community, to relationships, she explains. Ed Marciniak writes about ways the Christian vocations is lived out on the job. For the Christian, work in the world is more than just a job, he suggests. Katharine Bird, interviews a marriedpermanent deacon who discovered his vocation bit by bit. He sees his church ministry as a bridge between priesthood and lay life. And Father John Castelot's scripture discussion this week is about the prophet Samuel. The prophet's story indicates that each person's vocation is a gift from God. It may take time to recognise what this gift is. Other people, circumstances and events may play instrumental roles in this recognition, Father Caste/of says.
Worst kind of unemployment Who has a vocation? The answer is that we all do. Priest, homemaker and police officer, wife and husband, student and teacher. Every Christian is a sked to follow Jesus Christ, to bear witness to God's kingdom. A vocation is not the private property of a select few but a gift from God to all. St. Paul announced the good news: "There are different gifts but the same Spirit: there are different ministries but the same Lord; there are different works but the same God who accomplishes all of them in everyone." (1Corinthians 12:4-6). Priests, Sisters, Brothers and lay missionaries find their vocation as one of the church's "civil servants" But most Christians, as married or single laity, discover their vocation elsewhere. In most instances, the laity's calling is to serve the
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world directly. By their baptism and confirmation, their vocation is to bring the message of the Gospel to the world. The worst kind of unemployment, in my view, is to be without a sense of vocation. Such Christians fail to respond to God's invitation. Sunday religion is kept separate from work-filled weekdays. Only on Sunday are they accustomed to confronting the Gospel personally. Their orientation is toward a career, not a vocation. On the other hand, many embrace the galvanising truth that God's work is done through the worldly vocation of a parent, public
Prompting from God Samuel to the Lord's service.
By As soon as he was old enough, Hannah Father brought Samuel to the Israelite shrine at Shilot and offered John him as an assistant to Heli, the priest in Castelot charge. She even went so far as to About 10 centuries before Christ a woman named Hannah had a son she named Samuel. His birth brought her unspeakable h appiness, for she had almost given up hope of ever having a child. In her joy and gratitude, she dedicated
make a little priest's outfit for him to wear. This might seem like a case of the mother having the vocation. But it was not. For there was no prospect of Samuel's becoming a priest, since in Israel priesthood was hereditary. To be a priest, one had to belong to the tribe of Levi and Samuel's father was of the tribe of Ephraim. Moreover, no one "has" a voca-
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tion. One receives a vocation when called by God, and only then. All Hannah did was place her son in an atmosphere where he would be open to God's call should God choose to call him for some purpose. And God did call, in a dramatic way. Samuel was asleep when he thought he heard someone call his name. He jumped up and ran to Heli, thinking he might have wanted something. But the old man merely yawned and sent him back to bed. Again this happened, in all likelihood much to Heli's annoyance. But the third time it happened the old man suspected someone was calling the boy and that it might be the Lord.
Accordingly, Heli told Samuel that if he heard the call again he should answer: "Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening" (1 Samuel 3:9) Sure enough, hardly had Samuel gotten back to sleep when he distinctly heard: "Samuel, Samuel." He replied as instructed: "Speak, for your servant is listening." The Lord gave Samuel a message for Hell, a most unpleasant one. For the scandalous behaviour of Hell's two sons was about to bring disgrace on the whole family. And this was just the beginning of Samuel's illustrious career as a prophet, a bearer of God's word to his people. Sensitive to the divine will, Samuel started to make the rounds of the
tribes, instilling a willingness to put aside their rivalries and become one strong, united people — a united kingdom. Samuel was God's agent in the selection of Saul, the first king of Israel, and in the choice of the great king David as Saul's successor. One never knows when or how God is going to call. God does not always call one's name audibly, but he has many means of communication, persons, events, circumstances of various kinds can all be channels of God's call. The important thing is to be sensitive and open to God's approach. As in the case of Samuel, the call may be indistinct, uncertain and puzzling at first.
If the call is authentic, God will keep calling — in His often strange way, and in His own time. Again as in the case of Samuel, it will be wise to consult a person whose judgment one trusts. There is never any telling what great things lie in store for one who is responsive to God's mysterious promptings.
"Because of his or her union with Christ, the lay person has the right and duty to be involved in the ministry of the church, both as an individual and as a member of organisedgroups." (Leonard Doohan in "The Lay-Centered Church," Winston Press, 1984.)
official, soldier, nurse, bookkeeper or musician. Holiness is to he found in the messiness and humdrum of daily living. Not long ago, Martin Luther King III remaried to an audience of federal workers in Washington, that if his father were alive t(xLiy he would tell them that their work is a path to God: "If it falls to your lot to he a street sweeper, sweep streets as Michelangelo carved marble. Sweep streets as Shakespeare wrote plays. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven will have to say, "Here lies a great street sweeper who did his job well." British mystery story writer Dorothy L Sayers wrote of the carpenter's vocation: "The very first demand that his religion makes upon him is that he should make good tables. (Attend) church by all means. . but what use is all of that if in the very centre of his life and occupation he is insulting God with bad carpentry?" She continued: "No piety in the worker will compensatt for any work that is not true to itself; for any work that is untrue to its own technique is a living lie." Peter Shaffer, author of the play "Amadeus," said this about Mozart's vocation: "Wolfgang Amadeus was fitted . . . for one supreme mode of existence: to be the magic flute at the lips of God." No less singular a vocation is the calling of a busy mother of five who says: "Most of the time, my Christian vocation is lived outside the doors of the parish church — in my family, my neighbourhood or my part time job . . My world consists of births and deaths, deadlines and anniversaries, children seeking an encouraging word and neighbours becoming friends." She added: "I am not very churchy although my faith is the keystone of my life. With five growing children, my vocation is titled 'mum'" Each of us, wherever we are — behind a desk, on an assembly line, in front of a stove or in the pulpit — has a vocation that calls for a response. For our God is a God who calls.
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Worldly adventures as we live out our faith The Dominican Sisters who taught in my primary school carefully presented us with a three-part vocational outlook. There was priesthood or religious life, there was marriage and there was the single life. I remember that single lay life had an aura about it, a bit of mystery and heroism. But, the Sisters
Which of ttit:- following has a assured us, not many would be called to that path. Our likely vocations would be marriage, religious true Christian vocation? el A young ?Man who is a wife life or priesthood, they predicted. and mother. Later, in an all girls' high school staffed by another order of Sisters, the unspoken but influential assumption was b) A 25-year-old single, profesthat some of us were surely called to religious life; most, however, were on the way to marriage and to some kind sional woman. of work in the world: Therefore it behooved us to be knowledgeable, disciplined, well-mannered, articulate, outspoken c) An associate pastor in a rural never rude), sure of our facts and grounded in church teachings. (but perish. d) A retired jiib(,rer. Added to our academic them with others. That ties. This might be seen as one by God to some form of deeply, to act couragee) All of the above. curriculum were private means they are called to way the institutional mission, I think we have ously, to support one Throughout the ChrisDid you an %law. "a"? The Outfit conferences and coun- enter into community. tian era there have been church prepares its the possibility of forging another? If so, the way is is a broadened understanding of selling about our leader- For example, there is: a broad vision of what the open wide to new advenfor mission to members voices alerting us to the the term "vo.,;-ation" is develop-, ship roles in society and • a priest's covenant ways the hidden dimenword "vocation" can tures in community and the world. ing within the church. It is easy in the church. ministry. Such are the mean. with the people he sions of earthly labour If we can begin to think to see that priests and members We went off to univer- serves; ways of vocation. Can we learn to listen draw us closer to God. of each person as called of religious orders actively live the sity convinced that the • marriage as a covenant These voices proclaim Christian life. They have voce--.-- world was open to us. relationship between that one's work, whertins. But aren't all Christians Our duty was to prepare two persons; ever it is — at home, in cal.r, d to live the Christian life well to live out our voca- • religious life as a cov- the church, in society — 'icti,/ely? Don't all have voca-,, tions. I look back on that enant relationship is the site of vocation, of .? foundation as the between an individual God's call. 'ring v... post-Vatican Counseedbed for my current and a particular comThe Christian tradition period, a renewed underconcern about the impor- munity; reminds us that we can ling arid appreciation of the tance of shaping a full • a single person's net- learn to see the Lord in "vrp:.ation" has been work of relationships the clients or students or • ved. with family, friends or co- patients we serve, to 'Mout denying in any way the workers. listen to the spirit who disinctions between the Within these various speaks through our child.41 ordained end the non-ordainea, community contexts, ren and friends, to touch the new Code of Canon Law individuals find a con- Christ with our tools and recognises the vocation of all crete call to some kind even our word procespeople who are baptised. It says: of work. sors. Reflective self-exam-in virtue of their rebirth in How will we contribute ination and an openness Christ there exists among all the our work to the welfare to growth are important Chiistien faithful a true equal% of the whole community? here. Learning to perwith regard to dignity and OW How does work help us ceive God this way, howactivity whereby all cooperate in theology of vocation for grow in the love of God ever, presumes some the building up of the body all members of the and the love of neigh- spiritual formation. Chtist in accord with each one' church. All are called to bour? From my experience, own condition and function." Those are basic ques- small communities of discipleship, to use ProLinked to one' Christian dign testant theologian Die- tions for all people. But faith are likely settings for ,, responsibility, a vocation trich Bonhoeffer's words. the questions are espe- spiritual formation. The to live the Gospel. T & The overarching Chris- cially poignant for the actual work of church call applies to all. But how, and tian vocation is simply a contemporary lay Chris- ministry is another setwhere, do individuals live oul call to active faith — faith tian who often is strug- ting for spiritual developthe vocation? that is lived out, as Father gling to find meaning in ment. People serving on Me life of a spouse or & parent Edward Braxton sug- his or her work. In fact, parish liturgy teams and provides countless opportunities gests. there is growing interest committees, in religious to actively respond to situations Interwoven with that in the spirituality of work education programs, on in a Christlike manner. It provides overall vocation, I am today. Many Christians parish councils and a context for living a life of convinced, is the call for want to see how com- social concerns commitsimplicity, caring andservice. The Christians to enter some munion with God can be tees can discover that same can safely be said for single kind of covenant — a experienced in the midst their ministry strengpeople, children and the elderly. relationship bonding of their ordinary activi- thens their natural gifts. This can be described as a call to holiness that is lived out in the "Developing the ity. For most Catholmidst Of the world. According to member "fully Parish as a Comics that Christian understands the misthis vision of things the active munity of Service." community is expesion of Jesus as a Christian life is lived out wherever This rienced in the parish. easy-to-read personal responsipeople are: at worship, at work, book by Trinity MisThe parish, then, bility," the authors at home. It is not surprising, then, sion Father Loughexists for one purstate. (Le Jacq Pubheard now that more and more is Ian So field and pose: to carry out lishing Inc., 53 Park about the link between worship Trinity Sister Brenda the mission of Place, New York, and the world of weir*. Most Hermann is based Jesus. How does a N.Y. 10007. $12.) recently this concern was echoed, on a vision of parish parish do this? It in the first draft of the U.S.° life in which all fuffills its responsi"Whatever minismembers see thembishops pastoral letter oif bility by developing try a person is selves called to the living faith of its Catholic social teaching and the involved in is a minserve people in members andby calU.S. economy. istry of the church ling forth, challeng"None of us," the draft of MO need. It includes every bapmany because practical, ing useand supporting pastoral letter says, "can afford tised Christian carfulideas for accompthe gifts of its to live a spiritually schlzophrenli ries out the mission lishing that goal. members — gifts to etas:once in whk.tt our privet* Baptism, of the church." (Leothe be usedin service to as are oriented toward Chriti; , authors nard Doohan in Throughout the Christian era there have been voices alerting us to the state, others." The comdiscipleship while our *coat' makes "The Lay-Centered ways the hidden dimensions of earthly labour draw us closer to God. people munity of service is ?rile activities ere devoid of The voices proclaim that one's work, wherever it is — at home, in members of the Church," Winston a framework in Christian communPress, 1984.) which se same values. every the church, in society — is the site of vocation, of God's call.
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This year sees the 400th anniversary of the birth of Mary Ward, the founder of the Loreto Sisters. To mark the occasion we begin this week a four-part series which looks at both the history of Mary Ward and her most remarkable story. Education has been the apostolate of the Loreto Sisters since first Mary Ward walked across Europe some 350 years ago. In this, the 400th year since her birth, it remains an important feature of their gospel work. For Sister Helen Murphy, principal of Sacred Heart primary Thornlie, school, spreading the word of God and the shining light of knowledge is a labour of love. Sister Helen moved to Thornlie last year after six years at Good Shepherd Primary School, Kelmscott. She took charge of a school celebrating its 20th anniversary with a student population of around 250. For Sister Helen Sacred Heart Primary School sits at the centre of the Thornlie parish. She sees the role of the parish school as vitally important within the community.
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Sacred Heart has its own rich history with an oftenproved belief, "That God Will Provide," as its motto. Times have changed and the school reflects those
Inure is no such difference between men and women that women may not do great things, as we have seen by the example of many saints who have done great things. And I hope in God it will be seen that women in time to come will do much...lf women were made so inferior to men in all things, why were they not exempted in all things as they are in some? For what think you of this word, "but women", but as if we were in all things inferior to some other creature, which I suppose to be man? Which I dare to be bold to say is a lie and with respect to the good Father may say it is an error.' One can see her eyes flashing as she speaks. Hers was no plaster -cast sanctity. Today many apostolic institutes have the Ignatian Rule. Mary Ward fought the battle for all unenclosed women religious of future ages, for nurses and missionaries, teachers and social workers of the whole world in centuries to come. However, in St Omer in 1614 the battle was far from being won. The house in the Grosse Rue proving too small for the English boarders and for the additions to the community Mary was given the house next door. All this time, that is, till the end of the year 1615, she was befriended, protected and encouraged ( except in the matter of the Jesuit Rule) by her confessor, Father Roger Lee S.J.. and by the saintly Franciscan, Bishop Blaise of St Omer. From Bishop Blaise's defence of the 'English
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When it was opened in the 60s Thornlie was a very different place. Surrounded by bushland it offered an idyllic retreat for those who could muster the 400 pound deposit on a three-bedroom house costing 3,850 pounds. In those days a one-year old Holden Premier could be bought for £1199 ($3998) and a large packet of Weeties cost 2/2d (21c). In the year 1965 when the first man was to walk in space, Sacred Heart School begun with no fanfare and more than a few problems. The parish priest, Father Rogers would not start the school until there were nuns available to run it. Consethe school, quently, although blessed on July 29, 1962 by Archbishop Prendiville, was not used until 1965. The first headmistress, Mother Benedicta (now Sister Kathleen) and Mother Anna (now Sister Anna) travelled from Loreto Nedlands each day. They began with little more than determination and innovation. Badly gouged desks were bought from the Education Department's junk depot and sanded back. . . they were teamed with , hairs borrowed from a night club. By 1973 there were 200
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of ethnic backgrounds. "I had no idea what I was in for. I remember leaving Perth on New Years Eve
to do so. "I came in full regalia," smiled Sister Helen, who these days wears a neat and simple day dress. "I had the long habit and the beads and there I was hopping off and
1970, 1 was 27. But the experience was to be a precious one.
on buses to get to college," she said. When she completed her
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pupils and more teachers, the school grounds had been established with lawn and trees and the business of education was in full swing. It was a school founded as "a Christian educational community where human knowledge, enlightened and enlivened by faith, is shared
Twelve places had been reserved for nuns at Claremont Teacher's College — the only college in Australia
by teachers, students and parents in a spirit of freedom and love." For Sister Helen Murphy it was to be an impressive inheritance and vivid evidence of the dedication and hard work poured by staff and parents alike into the parish school. Born in a wayside hotel in
rural New South Wales, Sister Helen spent her first years in the hotel before moving with her parents to a sheep and wheat station. Educated at Loreto, Melbourne, she joined the order at the age of 20. Shortly after she was asked to go to Western Australia to train as a teacher.
training it was on to Loreto Nedlands fpr two years and then a dramatic change of environment came with a posting to a parish school in South Melbourne. "It was quite a change," she said. "We were in an inner city area with large classes, as many as 47 children, and a great variety
fft "I loved every minute of it because the children had a great need of me and that was a wonderful and new experience," Sister Helen said. From there she was moved to Ballarat for three years and then to Portland for 12
says, but not because children are different, rather, it is her skills which have changed. "I did two years of study with the Institute of Human Development and have done a number of ad hoc courses," she said. "I have found while I have always related to children at a personal level, my own perspective has changed. "I have new techniques which can be very effective in communicating with children."
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She sees the changes in education as positive ones and says the early days saw greater emphasis on input of
self at Kelmscott for six years. Her role as an educator has changed over the years, she
information . . now there is more Concern with teaching skills as well as facts. With her office decorated
Mother Mary Ward... her life story Ladies', as they were called, we can gather the chief charges made by the enemies of the young Institute. It was alleged1. That these ladies deter others from entering religion, and have kept them in their own community. 2. That they call themselves religious women. 3 . That they undertake apostolic missions in England. Bishop Blaise met these charges one by one. He starts with a glowing account of the Institute as 'inculcating the most perfect self-abnegation, and laying the most solid foundations of the spiritual life. The taking of the three essential vows constitutes it a permanent state of life. It sets forth a well-conceived plan for the education of girls, with a view to their training in godliness and the accomplishments befitting their sex.. '
VINN.0 1 4/.4ft Then his Lordship goes on to refute the charges: 1 . After strict inquiry, we find the first to be wholly contrary to fact, for since the year 1610 in which they commenced, no less than forty-nine ladies have taken St Omer on their way to other religious communities... 2. We can assert that by neither any peculiarity of dress, nor by monastic enclosure, nor by acts, nor by any rule, nor by the assumption of the name, have they ever given themselves out to be nuns or religious women. They are fully aware that the title of "religious" depends solely on the grant of the Apostolic See. Nay more, we
with a variety of notes to "Sister Held" and "Saint Helen", she talks about the role of the Catholic parish
have been informed of the wise instructions of their Superior, which were repeated before her departure for England, enjoining them when asked whether they were nuns or religious women, to answer both publicly and in private that they were not. If any one by reason of their godly and regular living choose to call them religious, they are not to be blamed, as every man of sense will allow. 3. 'They have not set on foot apostolic missions, but using a liberty common to all, they have occasion from time to time to go to England on business, as, for instance, to secure their dowry and the like... If while at home they profit others by their good example and godly conversation, who may blame them? 'We may further assert that in this our city they are highly respected for their eminent virtues, the edification they afford, and the noble work to which they have devoted themselves. Such is our opinion of this angelic manner of life, which has been suggested by the Holy Ghost for the evident advantage of the English Church and of the English Convents. In witness whereof, we have authenticated these presents with our signature, etc.' It was 1615. In England, Shakespeare was in the last year of his life; 'the wisest fool in Christendom', James I, was misgoverning; and the secular clergy and the Jesuits were at tragic loggerheads. Mary Ward was then thirty-one years old, still of extreme beauty and so winning in her ways that it was said of her, 'She became whatever she wore or did'. But her health was
For Sister Helen the best and hardest part of the job is the people involved and
ourselves to the Roman Pontiff now reigning and to his legitimate successors, humbly begging that our Holy Father and Lord, Paul V, would vouchsafe to take this our least congregation under his guardianship and protection, and grant us t hose indulgences and favours, which may conduce to the consolation and progress of his servants. All and each of which things we beg, having only in view (God knows) that we may better serve our God, and His Spouse the Holy Catholic Church, to the everlasting honour and glory of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.' After three months and the death of 'happy Father Roger Lee', as Mary Ward called so precarious that 'physi- him, forgetting her own cians judged that in the desolation, the answering course of nature she could Brief of Pope Paul V arrived, not live five years'. It was addressed to Bishop Blaise. time, urged the dying Father It commended the Institute, Lee, for Mary Ward to draw desired the Bishop to help up for the Pope a Memorial its members 'to produce of her projected Institute. daily more abundant fruits of This most important docu- t heir labours', and conment states her ideals. It cluded: 'If, as we trust, it may be summarised as fol- shall so come to pass, then the Apostolic See will also lows: deliberate about confirming their Institute' In 1616 Mary founded in Liege a complete college' 1. To follow a mixed kind of and in 1618 a novitiate. life, such as Christ and his Ferdinand, Prince Bishop of Blessed Mother lived upon Liege, frequently attended earth. That is (1) to work at divine service in the convent the perfection of our own chapel, because, he said, souls, and (2) to devote 'the music there far surourselves to the salvation of passed his own choir'. Three our neighbours by means of years later, by his invitation, the education of girls, 'or by Mary made foundations in any other means that are Cologne and Treves. congruous to the times, or Mary Ward was now governin which it is judged that we ing houses in three councan by our labours promote tries. Several times between the greater glory of God, and 1 610 and 1618 she crossed in any place further the propagation of our Holy Mother, the Catholic Church'. 2. To be subject to the Chief Pontiff alone, and that 'no religious Order whatsoever, or any person whatsoever should.. .exercise over us authority, power, or jurisdiction'. 3. To exercise our duties without enclosure. 4. To be bound to no religious habit, but be allowed to confirm our style of dress to that in general use in the countries in which we live. 5. To be allowed the power of dismissing persons, even after profession, who are found unfitted for religious life, or 'who are in any way troublesome or seditious'. In the last paragraph of the Memorial, Mary winds up with the following words: 'Lastly, we humbly submit
c,site
ground, she says. "I was the
left school there wasn't the
middle of seven children and
worry of getting a job. -The world was wide open
my older sister was very good with children so she
icate" and "administrate."
to me, but it is a different
did all the 'mothering',"
playing a very big part in parish life and being a very important factor in the par-
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world today and the media
"I day-dreamed a lot and
keeps children constantly
ish; and it always has been,"
She is aware of the heavy
aware of the problem of unemployment.
read. It wasn't until I was 18 and was asked to play
she said. "I think what it offers to the
pressures borne by educa-
"I do believe very strongly
tors today and feels teachers
that children need to go out
parish is the message that
must be aware of the need
into the world with wide
'we're all in this together'.
to teach necessary skills for
horizons, that even though
I think community is a key
secondary school, such as computer knowledge.
times may have changed,
'When I went on to teach
we have to teach them to see the world as wide open
and had my own class I was surprised to find that they
word and we go as a community to God. "I suppose my apostolate is to be a leader in the school community; a leader of staff and children. My aim as principal, education aside, is to guide the children on the way to Jesus as part of a life-long journey."
(he P&F bought a cornpuuter recently and we plan to prepare a policy next year," she said. K eeping up with new
and full of promise." Children are Sister Helen's great love and she finds the biggest sacrifice in becom-
trends is a vital role for educators, she says, in a world where change is a
ing principal was relinquish-
constant thing.
Her affinity for the young
ing her teaching role. "I miss it terribly," she said.
So successful was Mary's apostolate in London that the Archbishop of Canterbury declared that 'that woman had done more harm than many priests, and he would exchange six or seven Jesuits for her'. When Mary heard he would like to see her, she set off for Lambeth Palace, where, finding His Grace absent, she engraved her name with a diamond on a window pane. She was intrepid, but only because she trusted in God. In the old biography we read t he following incident, which gives an idea of the kind of life led by Mary and her followers 'Having borrowed of a special friend a garden house near London, which yet was private and secure for her, he being a Protestant, and powerful in regard to the office he held, in this house for some special service to the glory of God, she had
much company, so as information was given and spies set to observe what passed, and finally the house beset by guards, but at a distance, yet so as none could pass in or out without note, which was cause that all the company alarmed. ours in particular, begged our dearest Mother to disguise herself and so slip away She answered, "No", because God's service required her staying This was on the Saturday, all passed quietly that day and the next The Monday morning, her business ended, she gave order of those of her company for her removal. The others thought this was no more needful, hearing no more of the bruit, not willing to quit the place unless of necessity. But this humble and faithful servant of God answered, "Hitherto I have had my good Master's warrant for my stay, His busi-
ness requiring it, but that done I expect not a privilege for my own respects", and so immediately departed by the public door in coach, accompanied by two other coaches, beside horses Within half an hour the officers came, broke open the doors, searched, and seized upon all • Once, when rescuing an apostate priest, she was actually seized and arraigned before the justices in the Guildhall She fearlessly held a rosary, in itsetf a crime punishable by death One of the magistrates uttered some blasphemous expression
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'Times are different," she said. "I remember when I
she sees her task as divided into the areas of "commun-
school: "I see the parish school as
over to England; twice she was caught 'and yet came off'. In London the usual technique was to change houses often, to dress in the f ashion and to keep open house. At one time Barbara Ward is described as 'dressed in a bright taffeta gown, with rich petticoats trimmed according to the latest fashion', not to mention the 'yellow starched ruff a la mode'. Thus they were able to entertain priests in their house, to instruct those who sought the truth, to prepare penitents for the brief visit of a confessor, and to move about openly.
'mother' to four young children whose mother was sick that I found, extraordinarily to me, that young children seemed to like me.
also liked me," she smiled. A member of the Catholic Primary Principal's Association she was also on the John )0011 Council until the end of last year and participated in the Sisters' Vocation Council for a time.
Sister Helen oversees the work of some of her pupils at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Primary School, Thornlie.
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When veteran Jesuit Father Xavier Whitely celebrates 70 years as a Jesuit he will do so at a massive reunion of Whitelys, Tonduts and O'Gradys at Mass at 10.30 am in the Bush Court of Murdoch University on Sunday, January 24. The 85 year old missionary will be assisted by his priest relative Father Barry Whitely of Spearwood. Archbishop Foley will attend the function. Father Whitely spent three periods as a missionary in India, 1941-42, 1944-68 and 1969-70 and memories of his colourful life have been published in a book "Faces Beloved". Whitelys are mentioned in WA as far back as 1855 in Bishop Salvado's diary of his visit to York where he baptised Catherine Whitely, who later became Sister 'Catherine. Other ancestors, the Tonduts, were also firm friends of Bishop Salvado. Further information from Mrs Pat Hackett 364 2925.
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Anne McNulty Anne McNulty and Malcolm Dix recently began full-time work for the Young Christian Students, replacing two 1984 workers, Christina Kadmos and Damian Hart. Malcolm has come straight from school while Anne spent 1984 beginning a course in physiotherapy at WAIT. Both first came in contact with the movement through their respective schools, Newman College and Trinity. At the end of Year 10 both attended an "Introduction Camp." Anne is the second youngest of six children, and lives in the Floreat Park parish. Malcolm, the youngest of four, lives in the Queens Park parish. Malcolm said; "I see full-timing as an important responsibility and wish to do my very best for all the YCS members." Both are convinced that the methods of the movement enable students to build abetter world. Anne said that people had inspired her to take on the job of full-timing but added, "without faith there is not much point to life and that includes full-timing for YCS." Full-timing tasks will include visiting schools and speaking to students both during their lunch breaks and after school. Inviting students to attend a group. Helping leaders prepare for the next meeting. During January, Malcolm will attend a study session in Melbourne and Anne will take an active role in the IVY Catholic Youth Conference. Anne and Malcolm join Frank Loss at the YCS office which is situated at the Cardijn Centre, North Perth. Anyone interested in joining YCS or attending the January Introduction camps should ring 328 4071.
Seven Western Australian students attended the Australian Young Christian Students "Study Session" held in Melbourne recently. The Australian YCS executive organised the five day session for students from different dioceses to meet together and co-ordinate future activities. Pictured leaving for the study session, from Perth are Malcolm Dix, Pat Costello, Gemma Smith and Marnie Mitchell. being farewelled by Fabian Partigliani and Kelly Chapman.
Christmas 84 was a 27 Islands half way dream come true. I between Perth and spent 10 days in what India. Only two are pampered Home wes- populated. terners would call Island boasts 300 a"tropical paradise." Malays and the AusNamely Cocos (Keel- tralians live on West ing) Island, a coral Island. atoll circling a nine On CocosImet 70 of kilometre stretch of the happiest childturquoise blue ren in the world and lagoon. so aptly dubbed it My first images of "Kids Kingdom". such a place were While videos are painted by Mrs Bell beginning to cormy grade five rode the lifestyle the teacher as she read absence of commerthe classic story - cial television is Coral Island. clearly reflected in Following in the tra- the lives of the young ditions laid by Father and old. PJ.Kelly, Bishop ThoInstead of the spendmas and others I ing hours in front of made the visit at the the screen, most are request of the 200 buried in books and strong Australian res- magazines. What is idents. The main- even more unusual is Christian that Cocos Islanders stream denominations take don't just listen to turns in providing the radio — they three clergy each make it happen. year. Young eight year Cocos is a chain of olds confidently sit
at the control panel of "VKW Voice of the Keeling Cocos Island" and broadcast regular programs. People take turns at reading the midday news. The Radio is a means of introducing new arrivals and a great source of entertainment for the children. The monthly newspaper, like everything else only appears when the volunteers get around to printing it. All activities like games nights, films, sporting events (even the Cocos Olympics) and the children's Sunday School are organised by volunteers. Involvement is the hallmark of the Cocos community. Two separate faith groups exist. The moslems on Home Island and the christians on West Island. Six Imam's — Islamic for Holy man and three mosques help to keep the flame of Allah alive in the hearts of 300 Malays. On West Island there is no chapel or church building for Christians and believers do miss
News of youth, new] 1st year tertiary students shouldnot miss the chance of making new friends and learning about the complexities of post-secondary student life — ring Robyn or Corrine and book for the University Catholic Society Orientation Camp to be held at Sorrento on February 16 and February 19. Last year
200 young people attended, so organisers have agreed to hold two camps in 85 with a common day in the middle when the large group can meet. Young Christian Student Introduction camps will be held on January 19. Bookings can be made by ringing 328 4071. This is an oppor-
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and hunger for weekly public worship. The frequent daily prayer and associated ceremony of the moslems must be a constant witness of the christians whose prayer life is not as obvious. practical The aspects of one's faith are confined to each family. i found many Catholic and protestant families where the faith was alive well. and Some prayed the rosary and other family devotions regularly. instructed Many their children in the
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basics of faith and religion. Family life can take giant leaps forward in such communities but it can also drastically deteriorate. The isolation of Cocos lends itself to improved family life where the foundations of love and commitment are present. I believe the same isolation can be the last straw for some family relationships. Its the same with people's faith. In such communities faith either grows stronger or withers and dies.
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Not those who merely dream of. or wish for. a better world. But, those few who would actually dedicate their lives striving to bring peace and justice to the world: to bring love and freedom to the world. So that. with God's grace, the world may become perfect. If you have ever considered becoming a Priest, Brother or Sister, consider it again We need you and. God knows, the world needs you. For further information on vocation§ as Priest. Brother or Sister, please contact Brother Robert Callen.
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° hildren's Story Hour a i Tom Dooley grew up in St Louis. Everybody liked him. He could play the piano and he loved parties. Tom wanted to become a famous doctor in St Louis. That way he could take care of rich people and make a lot of money. People would think he was a great man. So he went to college at Notre Dame and then to medical school. He didn't work as hard as he might have but he did well and had a good time. Then he joined the Navy. He was sent on a ship to Indochina. One day he stood on the ship and looked out over the water. There were dozens of small boats, loaded with people. Tom had never seen such poor people in all his life. Many were sick too. That night he couldn't sleep. "What will ever happen to those people?" he thought to himself. "There are few doctors to help them." As he tossed and turned, Tom thought about his dream of becoming a famous doctor back home. "There are hundreds of doctors in St Louis. I wonder if that's really how to be famous?" he said. "The people here are so poor. This is
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where they need a doctor." Over the next weeks and months Tom took care of thousands of people. Later, when he left the Navy, Tom went back to Indochina. His idea of greatness had changed now. It came from helping people who were in great need. an found Tom orphans' home that had no doctor. There were 500 children living there. Their parents had been killed in the war. One child was a beautiful young girl named I.ia. She was seven and her leg
had been badly hurt. Tom did everything he knew how to do as a doctor. But her leg got worse and worse. He had to amputate her leg. Tom loved Lia. He did everything he could to get her an artificial leg. suche Finally ceeded. He helped Lia learn to walk again. First with crutches. Then one day Lia stood up all without alone crutches. She was so happy. She took a step. Then another. She could walk all by herself. She put her arms around Dr Tom. The two were so happy,
they cried. "I'm so happy I c ame here," Tom thought to himself. "Here my life is worthwhile." Tom stayed with the poor and sick of Vietnam and Laos. People all over the world began to hear of him. He became very famous. People called him "the splendid American." Then Tom got sick. He had cancer. He kept taking care of the poor in his hospital until he could no longer do so. He died a young man. But he found out what true greatness really was.
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The Elephants (JAM, by Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Louise Brierley, published by MacMillan, $8.95. Another Just So story which evokes the colour and feel of the jungle and the animals who live there PicturePlay, by Shirley Ambrose. published by MacMillan, $10.95. Tunes for the very young to play from pictures, attractively illustrated in full colour. Die-cut along one edge so that it will fit over the keyboard of a piano or electronic organ. Educational and fun for all children. Paddy Under Water, by John S. Goodall, published by MacMillan, $8.95. Paddy Pork, the lively and adventurous young pig, goes to the seaside and what a time he has, rescuing a sea monster, meeting mermaids and King Neptune and ending up with a large chest of treasure.
Sal?), Kfiroys Baby Board Books, — Babies Homes, Babies Outings, Babies Zoo, Babies. Busy published by Viking Kestrei, $2.95. Four new titles in this successful series depicting scenes and objects of interest to every baby and child. young Simple, colourful illustrations and one descriptive word on each double page make these durable books fun to use. On Friday Something Funny Happened. byJohn Prater, published by Puffin, $3.50. Lithe text was all there was to go on, this would seem like an ordinary winter week However, the pictures tell much more of the story as they follow the two children through quite believable chaos on every day of the week . . . except Friday! Ages 3+. Hunter, by Pat Hutchins, published by Puffin, $3.50. One hunter is blissfully unaware of the growing number of animals following his progress through the jungle. The surprise comes after nine in this delightfully simple counting book by a very popular children's author/illustrator. Ages 3-6.
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Value is marginal Preventing War in the Nuclear Age, by Dietrich Fischer, published by Rowman & Allanheld: Littlefield, Adams & Co. (Totowa, NJ, 1984). $16.95. Reviewed by Father Robert Kress. In contrast to the flood of recent books recounting the dangers and horrors of nuclear war, this book claims to explore solutions to the problems. It is concerned only with solutions to direct violence, that is, war, and not with ending the indirect or structural violence of injustice. The author does not think that peace and national
security are mutually exclusive. As an alternative to increasing offensive arms and a premature, unilateral reduction of defensive arms, he suggests "transarmament, a shift from offensive to defensive arms." He claims that any country can, by itself, undertake transarmament, and not only not decrease its own security but also increase security for itself and all other nations. Unfortunately, this claim, like so many in this book, is unsubstantiated and gratuitous. Nowhere is this more strikingly evident than in the constant denigration of deterrence as theory, policy and strategy.
To the author's credit he notes the intrinsic dangers of unilateral disarmament and its unlikelihood of success. To his discredit, he does not recognise that even enhanced defensive capability can be taken as an offence. Unfortunately, this book's offensive for peace is itself offensive. The author concedes that peace research is not value-free. But he writes as if the de facto, concrete world situation were value free. "More important than to argue who is at fault is to figure out what we can do to prevent war, regardless of whether we are guilty or not," he sa)s.
The entire book, it seems to me, free floats in a vacuum abstracted from real values or realities. There is an eerie
But first a woman .. . Teresa: A Woman, by Victoria Lincoln, published by State University of New York Press (Albany, NY, 1984). $39.95 cloth, $14.95 paper. Reviewed by Father A ugustine P. Hennessy, CP. Teresa of Mila was born on March 28, 1515, and died on October 4, 1582. She was canonised in 1622 by Gregory XV and, together with Catherine of Siena, was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI on October 15, 196'. Teresa was a mystic, a reformer, an author of profound books, but, above all, a strong and ingenious woman. She walked warily in 16th-century Spain at a time when she was encumbered by three social handicaps: she was of Jewish
blood; she experienced rapturous illuminations; and, again above all, she was a Ix( )man. Victoria Lincoln. a successful novelist, devoted 11 years of meticulous and love-filled research in capturing the real personality of "Teresa: A Woman." In the preface of her book, published posthumously, she was able to write, "She died in 1582, but I can count on my fingers the friends who have been more fully alive to me in my lifetime. Her husband, Victor Lowe, was entrusted with the manuscript, and he was fortunate in getting Antonio T. de Nicolas to write a perceptive introduction and Elias L Rivers to edit the book and to supply its readers with a chronology of Teresa's career and a "list of Persons and Places."
This service blesses us with a road map while following the peregrinations of Teresa's bold adventure as founder of the Discalced Carmelites and refreshes our memories along the way with a conveninet Who's Who listing. The above-mentioned introduction encapsulates the spirit of Victoria Lincoln's research in one pregnant sentence: "The saints, like the rest of us, were sinners with dark secrets, and unless this basic humanity can be brought forward, there is no room in them for divine transformation." Author Lincoln is not afraid to face the seamy side of Teresa's giftedness. Blessed with a high level of affectivity, seductive beauty, and the charm of a woman who could harness her natural gifts in pursuit of a God-
given mission, Teresa is discovered as a strongminded woman with resourceful commitment to her goal. She knew how to use her wisdom and her wiles. At a time when the culture engendered slavish fear of satanic influence upon the unwary and a witch-hunting mentality dynarnised by the vigilance of powerful inquisitors, it was sometimes necessary for Teresa to give herself a pen name when writing to her spiritual director. Even with all her discretion, Teresa did not escape the allegation of being a wanton woman w-ho twisted men into conformity to her will by granting them sexual favors. She knew what it meant to be victimised by calumny and to have evoked suspicion and opposition.
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..a-a about it, illustrated best by its excessive reliance on Switzerland and Sweden as examples of abstention from warfare-aggression and promotion of peace procedures. However, how pertinent are such small countries and their policies in the real world of not only super but also major powers? Insofar as this book is replete with unsubstantiated and unsubstantiable contentions, it is not reliable. This does not mean that its value is nil, only that it is marginal. Like so many "peace movement" people today, the author tends to collapse all value and being into the term peace. As long as one is for peace, however difficult of definition peace is, one is doing well and good. Although the word justice also finds its way into the utterances of such peace advocates, liberty and freedom seldom do. In any case, as the German philosopher Karl von Clausewitz, cited for other purposes by Fischer. has noted, peace can be another way of waging war.
The Wealth of Christians, by Redmond Mullin, published by Orbis Books (Maryknoll, NY, 1984). $9.95. Reviewed by Anne Bingham. From apostolic times Christians have been of two minds regarding material wealth: one being that anything less than genuine financial poverty is a rejection of the Gospel, the other holding that detachment from wordly goods means wise stewardship and an enthusiasm for sharing one's gift and possessions with the poor The Wealth of Christians examines the origins and development of these traditions from pre-Christian times, when Diogenes practiced a somewhat cranky version of the Franciscan ideal, to our own day. Depending on the era, poverty has been regarded by Christians as either a gift of the Lord or a curse. Similarly. almsgiving has been seen both as a duty and as an encouragement of indolence, and the accumulation of riches as an outrage against heaven or as a means to enable the performance of good works. Mullin, an Englishman whose career has included management of several major fund appeals as well as authorship of several books and articles of philanthropic issues, examines
these competing strains along with their inevitable accompaniment, the fundraiser, which has ranged from the tithe of Biblical times to indulgence trafficking to today's church bazaars, pledge campaigns and corporate giving programs. He also includes an examination of the fate of a good work once its charismatic founder is gone from the scene. Before he %raps it all up with a summary of the often contradictory Christian teaching on the subject, he introduces a good bit of Jewish tradition as well. The book includes a number of fascinating historical tidbits, including an aside on the antiquity of the rummage sale, which has been documented as far back as 14th-century Milan, when the gentry donated the odd dagger and outmoded jerkin to a sale to benefit the cathedral building fund.
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CH] Mullin concludes the book with a survey of the current situation, noting that the massive, long-distance relief efforts of the post-World War II era are 1 new phenomenon in the history of philanthropy. The donors have an obligation to track the methods and beneficiaries of such groups. he says, to guard against cultural imperialism as well as waste and inefficiency; he also makes a case that people called on to "give until it hurts" on a regular basis are better prepared to fight for justice than those who don't. The Wealth of Christians presupposes a fairly strong background in general Church history on the part of the reader.
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new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new title. Christian England, Vol 2, by David L Edwards, publisbed by Fount, $13.95. The second volume of David Edward's threevolume history, this covers a fascinating period of Christianity in England, including the English Civil War, based on religious differences. The Singapore Gift, by J.G. Farrell, published by Flamingo, $7.95. A superb novel from an acknowledged master, The Singapore Grip is set in the British Colony in the days immediately preceding the Japanese invasion. Looking on Darkness, by Andre Brink, published by Flamingo, $7.95. Looking on Darkness was banned in South Africa until 1982. A coloured actor in South Africa awaits execution for the murder of his white lover. Andre Brink's powerful and controversial novel has achieved enormous international significance and
acclaim since its original publication. Family Ties, by Syrell Leahy, published by Fontana, $5.95. A heart warming family saga in the tradition of Evergreen. Regina was destined for a brilliant marriage until she fell in love with her cousin Jerold. Then a shattering family secret kept them apart. Death in Springtime, by Magdalen Nabb, published by Fontana, $4.50. Death in Springtime is set in Florence, as were Magdalen Nabb's two previous Fontana titles, and features the bumbling Marshal, her popular hero. The Good Software Guide, BBC Micro and Acorn Electron, published by Fontana, $11.95. This book consists of informative and lively reviews of the hest software now available for the BBC microcomputer and its less expensive companion the Acorn Electron.
Giant Book of Games for _your Dragon, by Hartnell. Blackman, Bush and Young, published by Fontana, $11.95. A book full of original games for the Dragon 32. It includes arcade games, mazes, spaceship games, adventures and realises the full potential of the Dragon. MindandMedia, by Patricia Marks Greenfield,published by Fontana, $7.95. A subject that bothers more and more parents and teachers is the effect on children of television, video games and computers which, some may feel, have a corrupting effect on young minds and behaviour. The EatingSickness, Anorexia. Bulimia and the hfytb of Suicide by slimming, by Jill Welbourne and Joan Purgold, published by Harvester, $10.99. This compassionate and much -needed new book examines the disastrous path of catastrophic events which can lead from exces-
sive dieting to anorexia nervosa, and offers the encouraging realism that with the right kind of care and understanding complete recovery is within the reach of every sufferer. How to Start, Run and Succeed in Your Own Business, by Derek Jones and W.H. Perry, published by Oxford University Press, $9.99 (Paperback), $32.50 (Hardcover). This expert guide offers the kind of concise current information that new businesses need to succeed — on the law, budgets, taxes, marketing and research, and suggests sources of further practical help and advice. Australian Kitchen Nutrition, by Mar* Wablqvist andLen Collins. published by MacMillan Australia, (paperback), $14.95 $24.95 (hardcover). Leading dietary expert Mark Wahlqvist and teacher/chef Len Collins have compiled an appetising cookbook that shows how
traditional recipes can be adapted to meet the National Dietary Guidelines set down by the Commonwealth Department of Health. The average person who wants to maximise good health and those with special dietary requirements are both catered for. A healthy diet doesn't have to be dull, as the authors show. The Pleasure Of The Table, The Cooking Artistry of ;Wine de Stoop, edited by Penny Smith, published by MacMillan, $14.95. This book has been a great seller and is now available in a very affordable paperback edition. It is a cookbook for all seasons, providing recipes which are exquisite, different and relatively simple to prepare. 'A book for anyone who enjoys cooking and would love to improve his or her skills'... Vogue (Aust.) The First Happiness, by Elizabeth Chong. published by Sun Papermac, $14.95.
Like The Pleasure of the Table, this stunning cookbook which sold exceptionally well is also available for the first time in paperback All lovers of Chinese cooking will welcome this edition which features regional specialities, homestyle favourites, popular and gourmet dishes, cooking for two and a menu planning segment for entertaining. A great Christmas buy! Nowhere To Run, by Gerri Hirshey, published by MacMillan London,
$24.95. A portrait of soul music as seen through the personalities of the people who were there. The recollections of Aretha Franklin. Diana Ross and many other 'names' in soul music combine to make this a lively anecdotal view of their music and lives. The Unquiet Souls, by A ngela Lambert, published by MacMillan London. $29.95. This is a portrayal of the Indian summer attic British aristocracy from 1880 to the
First World War. It is the story of an elite, privileged group of men and women including intellectuals, politicians, sportsmen and artists whose sheltered world comes to a halt with the advent of the War. Their frivolous pursuits would never be revived again. The Personal History of Samuel Johnson, published by Penguin, $9.95. This acclaimed biography draws on all known contemporary sources, including Boswell's private papers. A fascinating portrait of this eighteenth-century man of letters. A Country Way of Cures and Remedies, by Robin Page. published by Pen guin, $5.95. A collection of old counttcures and remedies Some are unreliable, hut as twentieth century medicine has later discovered many are soundly based. Robin Page includes these tried and tested cures in this delightful book
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Critical phase in • Mary's cause from FRANCIS BYRNE O.S.B. in Rome
Mother Mary MacKillop
The cause for the beatification and canonisation of Mother Mary MacKillop has reached a critical stage. The official postulator (promoter of the case) appointed by Rome, Father Paul Gardiner SJ, is optimistic she will be raised to the ranks of the Church's saints in "three or four years". "I have no doubt she will be declared a saint" said Father Gardiner, an Australian, during his recent visit to Rome. "We cannot anticipate the rulings of the Church but I have the fullest confidence in God's time she will be a saint. "If Mother Mary MacKillop is not a saint there aren't any . He called on all Australians to continue their prayers to help her cause. Father Gardiner, from
Sandringham in Victoria, spoke to me about his arduous work in this connection when he visited the International Benedictine College of Sant' Anselmo where I am residing.
DEE He told me there was a great desire on the part of the Australian bishops and the Josephite Sisters that "things should be brought to a conclusion soon." Earlier this year he met the Holy Father and presented him with a prayer olaque containing a photograph of Mother Mary MacKillop and Pope John Paul received it warmly. Father Gardiner spoke to the pope informally about his progress in the case for beatification.
-There is any amount of goodwil l on the Holy Father's part," added Father Gardiner. Mother Mary MacKillop (1842-1909) was cofoundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. With her fellow sisters she dedicated her life to the primary education of the children in the outback and the scattered communities of Australia. Her sisters did not live in convents, but instead chose to live with the people and in the same conditions they were e xperiencing. "Mary MacKillop was a great Australian and she knew what poverty was" Father Gardiner continued.
EDO "She had trouble with some of the Church hierarchy of the day but even in her darkest hour her constancy and behaviour were utterly remarkable . . . Surely this indeed was the greatest test of her virtue. "Her impact on the early Church of Australia was tremendous afterwards both from spiritual and an educational point of view," he said. Father Gardiner, 60, told me one "beautiful miracle" has been attributed to the intervention of Mother Mary MacKillop. It concerns, he claims, a Mrs Veronica Hopson from North Sydney who was dying of Leukemia in 1961. The doctors had given up all hope. Mrs Hopson was aged 24 at the time and had no children then. The Sisters of St Joseph who lived in the district had taken a keen interest in her progress began
praying to Mother MacKillop on her behalf. When she deteriorated, they placed a relic of their c o-foundress on her clothes. They continued praying for a miracle. "It wasn't a sudden cure but Mrs Hopson became gradually better and better and now is hale and hearty with five children," Father Gardiner said.
EDD "Sworn evidence has been taken and the Roman authorities now have this evidence." Father Gardiner is now preparing a final draft of Mother Mary's life — a scientific account and fully documented — to be represented to the Sacred Congregation for the Canonisation of Saints.
ODD A special board of consultors — made up mainly of cardinals -has the task of sifting the evidence placed before it. Father Gardiner praised the enormous amount of work which had been done by others in connection with the cause of Mother Mary MacKillop: Melbourne priest Father Aldo Rebeschini; archivists of the Sisters of St Joseph, Sister Colomcille and Sister Campion Roche (both deceased) and the present archivist Sister Evelyn.
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