Record reporter, ROSLYN ROSS continues her series on the Loreto Sisters in a special feature marking the 400th anniversary of the order's founder. See pages 10 and 11.
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ANTIOCH FAMILY R eporter COLLEEN HOWARD relates the experience of her family when her daughter joined Antioch. See story pages 4 and 5.
HOBART: Delegates to the Australian Teachers Federation IState schools) conference here were asked to "think twice" before embarking on a campaign of industrial action over the State aid question.
A CUPS S PECIALIST BOB BOYLE talks to jockey Bernie Ryan, a cups specialist rider. See story, pictures pages 6 and 7.
!SHOPS MOVE ON RATED VIIES
A ustralian bishops have repeated to the Senate Select Committee on Video Material their view that the importation and distribution of X r ated material (including "ER") should be immediately wholly prohibited. The prohibition should apply until legislation more closely in accord with the wishes of the Australian people can be formulated, the bishops said in a written submission. It was the fourth time since last May they have addressed this issue. The seven page submission of t he bishops says amendments have made little substantial change to Customs laws introduced last February.
The call was made by Mr Peter O'Brien, general secretary of the Queensland Association of Teachers in Independent Schools He told the conference: "Such a course of action would be totally counterproductive "It would once again reintroduce the bitter: ness and divisiveness characterising education in the Fraser years." He went on to say although the Hawke -Ryan funding package was far from perfect, it did guarantee a real increase in funding levels for both private and State schools.
BEAZLEY E XAMINED A lthough it was released almost a year ago, the Beazley report on education is still a talking point. A teacher's view of the report is on page 16.
Chairman of the bishops' conference Archbishop Rush
The present Regulation 4a failed to be adequately effective in controlling the importation of violent, pornographic or otherwise obscene material.
Story sparks response Phones ran hot at the Catholic Youth Office after The Record publicised a shortage of applicants for next week's Catholic Youth Conference and 50 more participants have enrolled. However this is a total of only 250, just half of the SOO for whom the conference is planned. Youth chaplain Father John Jegorow said in spite of the lack of numbers he was delighted at the number who will
Phones busy at office attend Australia's first state-wide Catholic youth conference. "There are Catholic youth living in every geographical area of Perth. "But there are not enough parents,
priests and parishioners willing to give those youth up to two hours a week of their time and to encourage them to attend such a conference as this," he said. "If there is no regular youth activity in a parish, the youth will feel they are simply not part of the Church and there is no point in attending a conference like this when there are far more exciting things to do," he said.
A detailed summary of the statement will be printed in The Record next week. Objections to the present regulation include: • importation is on the opinion of the Attorney General and not subject to a court examination; • bestial material can he imported regularly as though it is part of the stock in trade of Australian community. • violent and sexually violent material can he imported if it is part of the story line.
Former Federal Attorney General Senator Evans suffered from the groundswell against porn . . and how Spooner saw it in the West Australian newspaper.
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• the regulation pays no heed to the offence hard pornography and other literature gives to reasonably adult persons — the majority of Australians.
DOCI • the regulation does not deal with blasphemous material ridiculing religion. The bishops want the guidelines used by the cen-
sot to be made public and brought into line with general community standards. The statement is concerned that certain educational institutions can get access to prohibited material for showing to students. The bishops do not accept the so-called principle that adult persons are entitled to read and view what they wish.
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Apparitions dispute erupts
BELGRADE: The Yugoslav bishop in whose diocese the alleged Marian apparitions of Medjugorje are taking place says "false" healings, some involving sick people who should have sought medical care, helped convince him reported visions of Mary in his diocese were manipulations by local Franciscan priests. Bishop Zanic said one young woman died of cancer after "seers" at Medjugorje advised her to refuse an operation. Marian apparitions have been reported at Medjurgorje since 1981. The interview was published in the magazine's January issue, one month after the bishop publicly called the apparitions a "collective hallucination." A commission appointed by the bishop to study the claim of visions is expected to make its report this year. Bishop Zanic told the magazine: One of six young people claiming to have the visions warned the bishop in a letter to "convert" to the events at Medjugorje or face divine judgement. The Medjugorje events capped a century-old administrative battle between the Church hierarchy and local Franciscan priests. He believes Pope John Paul H, with whom he has discussed the matter, and other Vatican officials support his
from NC News Service sceptical approach to the visions. Despite reports of up to 250 healings at Medjugorje, "there is not one case of miraculous cure," the bishop said. "There have been, however, many unfulfilled promises."
ODD He said a young woman scheduled to have a cancerous breast removed was told by the seers the operation was unnecessary. The seers said they had asked the Blessed Virgin about the woman's case. But "the girl died on December 24, 1983," Bishop Zanic said. Another woman was described as "miraculously healed" in a book by one of the Franciscan priests, des-
pite the protests of her doctor, the bishop said. The woman died, he said. The bishop gave several other examples of people who he said died after being declared healed by the local priests. Medical experts have not found any extraordinary cures at the site, he said. The bishop has said he is speaking out about the Medjugorje events because pilgrimages to the site and public display of the "seers" have continued, despite the opposition of Yugoslavia's bishops. Bishop Zanic defended his contention local Franciscan priests have manipulated the young people believed to be "seers." He said a dispute over parish control reached its worst point just before the reported apparitions began. The seers say Mary supports the local priests in the dispute, he said. The conflict began in 1881, when the Church hierarchy was formally established in
what is now Yugoslavia. Under the preceeding centuries of Turkish rule, Franciscans alone had maintained the faith in the region, Bishop Zanic said.
DID The first bishops were Franciscans, he said. But non-Franciscan clergy began complaining new vocations were funneled to the Franciscan seminaries at the
expense of the diocesan. The first non-Franciscan bishop of Mostar was appointed in 1942. In 1965, the Holy See removed several parishes from Franciscan control, Bishop Zanic said. Two years later, he said, "the conflict broke out." The local population, "instigated by the priests," he said, physically barred three new pastors from their churches. • Cont page 4
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Melbourne: — Religious prejudice is denying Catholics access to major Australian political parties, the headmaster of Burke Hall, Father Peter Brennan SJ, said at the school's annual prize night. Father Brennan also criticised the Catholic laity.
Catholic lay people had failed to take their Christian faith into the community at large, he said. Father Brennan described the lack of Catholic involvement in politics as "sad and dangerous." "For very different reasons," he said, "Catholics arc mistrusted and not welcome in both major political parties. "In the Liberal Party there still exists the waspish mentality of ages past which does not welcome Catholics to the inner councils of power and policy making. "What am I saying is that religious prejudice is still rampant in Australia. "Two facts which support this statement are firstly the paucity of Catholic parliamentarian members of the Liberal Party and secondly the thwarting at the local branch level of the efforts of many. Catholics to win preselection in the recent campaign." Father Brennan described the Labor Party of the old days as a party where Catholics could feel welcome and at home. "The situation now is very different in the Labor Party," he said. "Catholics are not welcome because our beliefs and practices are in conflict with the humanistic and secular dogmas of the people who rule the party." The political parties are not the sole culprits. "Catholic laymen in Australia have not yet taken on their true role as lay leaders in the Catholic Church in Australia — they rely too heavily on priests and bishops," Father Brennan said. "It is our responsibility, as Pope John Paul constantly urges us, to go out into the world, into the market place and proclaim and defend the rights of men and women to live fairly, justly and with
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BEIRUT: The discovery of a heart condition is giving concern for the safety of former Wanneroo parish priest Servite Father Lawrence kidnapped at 7.30am in Beirut on January 8. It was originally reported Father Jenco was on his way to work but it appears he was en route for urgent medical treatment for a heart condition diagnosed the day before. A n anonymous caller claiming to speak for a group called the Islamic Jihad (Holy War) said Father Jenco and four other kidnapped Americans would be tried as spies and "given the punishment they deserve". The Beirut caller said the Americans "are using j ournal ism, education and religion as 'a cover' in fact agents of the CIA," it was claimed. In the United States at a Mass in Father Jenco's home parish in Joliet (111). Bishop Imesch said that the last time he saw Father Jenco, the priest "wasn't looking forward to going (to Beirut), "But typical of those who answer the Christian call, he goes where he is sent," the bishop said.
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"Christians must live out and be vocal about the basic values of our Christian Faith, especially those affecting the structure of our society." Father Brennan described two realities in our lives as "alarming and insidious" and urged that it was the reTonsibility of Catholics to do something about them. "The world in which we live now is no longer a Christian society based on Christian values. It is a secular, atheistic — at best an agnostic world.
EEE "This has largely been brought about by legislation and Acts of Parliament based on a secular view of the very nature and destiny of man." Father Brennan said in recent years in Australia we have been witnesses to the deliberate and planned demolition of Christian values as they affect the society to which we belong. Examples of harmful legislation he cited included the legalisation of abortion and various laws which ultimately eroded the sanctity of marriage and and the integrity of the family. Father Brennan concluded his address by urging Catholics to be aware of the seriousness of the situation, "to become more active in their exercise of Christian values, to come out into the market place determined to see that are values Christian respected, honoured and enshrined in the laws of our land."
Mother Teresa meets nine-month-old Christina Ott after the Shamshuipo ceremony.
Mother Teresa branches out KONG: H ONG Mother Teresa opened her first home for destitutes in Hong K ong last week and moved on to China to look at the prospects of her e xtending work there also. A former army site of 480 square metres (half a Perth house blocked.) has been given to Mother Teresa for
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Social Services, and the Joint Church Poverty Committee. Father Travers said the team would look at the gaps in the social welfare system and aimed to make suggestions and plans for programs *****************************vir***,.. to prevent or alleviate pov* * erty. Father Travers has had bathroom years involvement in old many that Remodel • • 4 aspects of poverty. Add t • * * He was director Catholic PRESTIGE and Value * Family Welfare Bureau from * • 4 to your home • 1972 to 1979, then • • researched unemployment and associated problems while studying at Oxford • • from 1979 to 1981. He said: "My role as priest has been very much concerned with the questions of poverty."
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Record The First Fleet had enough problems finding a hospitable site without deciding whether the end of the Christmas break was a suitable day on which to unfurl the flag in Sydney Cove. The novel suggestion much later that Australians get a day off work to honour gratefully this event did not reckon with an age where excessively long school holidays, flexi-time fortnights, long service absenteeism and hundreds of thousands of unemployed on perpetual holiday would welcome another public holiday as enthusiastically as another dollop of pudding after an excessive meal. Summer lethargy does not completely win the day and spirited efforts to celebrate Australia Day are made by organisations to hold the obligatory civic observances and an odd festival or two. The deeper lethargy to overcome is the constant struggle for Australia to find and take pride in its national soul. It was not exactly a stirring subject among the thousand or two early convicts battling to survive so it should not be surprising if national pride has ebbed and flowed with the changing fortunes of the country. The first obstacle is the fact that since 1788 people have never ceased arriving at the country's ports. The blunt earlier welcome told the immigrant that he had better get used to the mutton, flies, heat and dust like anyone else and the sooner he looked and spoke like an Aussie the better for everyone. Only in recent decades was the fact appreciated that arrivals would be in such numbers and from such diverse backgrounds that pride in ethnic origins was a surer way of teaching Australians to appreciate each other's worth and to pull together as one people seeking a common good. The wonder of the country is that it has produced thick-headed descendants of those same migrants, none of them yet two centuries in the country, complaining about the adverse effect the latest migrants are having on the present. More significant is the turning of the tide in public sensitivity to the Aboriginal population who have watched this procession into their land. It is an awakening that should not overlook that for as long as there was white settlement in this country there were vigorous voices, granted too few, speaking out on what was happening to that ancient race. Land rights is but the cutting edge of a new development that will have to embrace the existence of Aborigines as a distinct group amongst many shades of Australians. To argue the merits of a so-called multi-cultural society is pointless because it presumes that there is a national mould out of which every citizen is poured, a monolithic stereotype to which every person must conform. As the empty spaces of the globe fill up with people it is the word nation that is undergoing change. The hill, the lake, the ocean or the desert that conveniently kept small groupings apart have been whittled away by plane-loads of tourists and satellite television bouncing into every corner. A ustralians cannot build a convenient myth only on a beautiful coastline that is a fragile defence against anything from drugs to any illegal migrant determined to force an entry. Nationhood takes on a religious appearance because the vocabulary of national spirit and allegiance fits conveniently into the vocabulary that acknowledges God as the head of humanity. The Christian, the catholic citizen who broke across frontiers and national barriers at Pentecost, spends a lot of time absorbing the national struggle of the Hebrews, their conquests, victories and above all their pleas to God to help them triumph over their adversaries and attackers, if not their enemies. Much of it is read as imagery for a deeper appreciation of the meaning of the call to mankind to be really a People of God. The sufferings being experienced throughout those once Biblical Holy Lands today are a stern warning that the physical sentiments of the Old Testament are not sufficient diet for discovering a true spiritual nationhood in 1985. The Church is not unlike the Australian experience. It has to step ashore into an alien, if not hostile, environment and make some presence there of God's peace and concern. Curiously, it was in the statement on m issionary activity that Vatican II called on Christians to be good citizens practising true and effective patriotism but avoiding racial prejudice and bitter nationalism. Instead, it said, foster a universal love for mankind. Not a bad advice for Australia 1985.
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Marian dispute erupts • From page 2 lbe Holy See first tried to end the "small civil war" by talking to the Franciscans. When that didn't work, he said, the Vatican in 1975 published a decree on the distribution of parishes which most of the Yugosla%ian Franciscans opposed. In 1978, the Yugoslavian Franciscans were prohibited from sending a delegation to the order's general chapter, the bishop said. In 1982 Franciscan Fathers Ivan Prusina and Ivica Vego, were expelled from the order for refusing to relinquish control of their parishes. The priests have continued to celebrate Mass and administer the sacraments, he said. A Franciscan official in Rumc, Father Saverio Mac\IMon, confirmed the hishop's story.
After the alleged Medjugorje %-isions began May 24, 1981, one of the Franciscan priests reported the Madonna supported the Franciscans in the parish dispute, Bishop Zanic said. Soon afterward, the bishop said, the priests began to publicise the events. Bishop Zanic said when he told Pope John Raul II about the case. the pope made a -grimace of disgust." The pope agreed "maximum caution" was necessary in the case, he said. Bishop Zanic said a reported increase of faith in the MedjugorK area came from the "natural faith of the people" not from the alleged apparitions. The bishop said his doubts about the visions increased when one of the seers wrote him, quoting a "message" from the Madonna. "This is my next -to-last admonition. If you do not convert to the events of Medjugorje, you will be reached by my judgement and that of my son." the letter quoted the Madonna assaying. "That the Virgin would openly side against a bishop is inconsistent with this kind of phenomenon," Bishop Zanic said.
Just over a year ago, I had never heard of Antioch — until our daughter became involved in the newly formed Midland Antioch group. The experience for her has been very real and the resultant waves of excitement have broken over our family shores and others, making us stop and take note of what Antioch is all about) My curiosity led me to explore the origins of Antioch, how it began, develops, spreads and why it has such a dramatic and profound impact for the youth involved. Father John Jegorow, Catholic Youth Chaplain, has published a booklet explaining Antioch and it is worthwhile to borrow heavily from this to elucidate what this movement is all about With Christ at its centre, Antioch is synonymous with youth, normally around ages of 1 6 to 19. It is a spiritual program beginning with a weekend experience and has a strong follow-up, offering youth an ongoing opportumty to listen, discuss and better understand what it means to be Catholic today It takes its name from Antioch, near Antakaya, in Turkey, close to the Mediterranean seaboard, which was one of the first known Christian communities Originally developed in Indiana. US at the University of Notre Dame, around 1960, for use on university campuses, it has. since 1 973, been adapted for those youth of high school age and is now parish based It was introduced into Australia in September 1981 by the Pirola f amily, launched in Maroubra, Sydney, and has since spread to all states and beyond. embracing New Zealand, Fiji and Manila and is continuing to grow and flourish The Antioch program has now been introduced into the Anglican Church where it has gained initial acceptance by the hierarchy. It has begun in one parish and interest has been expressed from another three. Its aims are to develop in our youth a love of Jesus and His Church through an experience of
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Antioch... what it's all about
community — a community where members are always welcome and can find a relevant and supportive environment. Initially an "Antioch Weekend" is held, which serves as an introduction to the movement. Beginning on Friday evening, it ends on Sunday night, and consists of talks, discussions. shared prayer, music and recrealion, with a strong emphasis on scripture and the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist A team of 15-25 young people present the weekend, giving all talks and leading discussions Elected leaders should be low key, and it is desirable that everyone becomes a leader at some point. e.g. to give talks. lead in prayer and discussion groups One ofthe important things is the team has to give out to the whole group A priest and/or religious plus a married couple comprise part of the team. This weekend may take months to organise, and longer for a community in formation. love of community is the keynote in selecting the team. Held either in a parish centre or school 30-80 may participate.
Initially an "Antioch Weekend" is held, which serves as an introduction to the movement. Beginning on Friday evening, it ends on Sunday night, and consists of talks, discussions, sharedprayer, music and recreation, with a strong emphasis on scripture and the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist. A team of 15-25 young people present the weekend, giving all talks and leading discussions.
COLLEEN HOWARD relates a family experience.
volunteer parishioners and year nine students (the "God Squad- ) prepare and serve meals Sleeping arrangements involve ' 'host homes- whereby parishioners and parents of members will invite a small sleep group of either boys, or girls, for the two nights involved This is an enjoyable experience f or the hosts as well as the youth and no inconvenience is caused because Antiochians bring their own sleeping bags, sleep on the floor and have all meals at their weekend centre
Prayer support is given by other Antioch communities and each participant has a "prayer family" f or the weekend. The cost is usually around S20 and covers food, drinks, pocket sized Good News bibles for all participants, the Antioch cross, and miscellaneous items The Antioch symbol is a rock, a rose and a candle. The inflexible rock represents the unchanging — cold and hard, whereas the living beauty of a rose symbolises joy Youth can choose which they wish to emulate. The candle represents the light of Christ. I witnessed the end ofa Midland Antioch weekend and recall vividly the youth sitting and holding hands singing (which is often their form of prayer too.) The aura of love which emanated from this circle, pervaded the scene and embraced all onlookers. A unique experience. There is an established outline for weekend or weekly prayer
meeting talks, with suggested topics. These are written by the selected youth, workshopped by adult supports and read by the writers themselves The spiritual director is usually consulted if any areas need discussion, prior to delivery The official follow-up consists of the Sunday night meeting (which may be preceded by Mass as at Midland Antioch), and has three segments The first is music and singing. followed by a talk prepared by the youngsters, and the third part is a prayer session expressing gratitude. need for assistance, and so on. It is spontaneous vocal and shared prayer Finally there is supper. A mid-week Mass for the Antiochians to share, although not officially on the program has become a spontaneous event throughout Australia. After this Mass the Midland Antiochians breakfast together at the Friary (all the Friars are fully supportive of Antioch), and depart for their varied activities, whether it be school or work Practical parish activities are advocated also, that is visiting the aged and sick in a program to consolidate parish and community bonds. Social activities, although not part of the program, can arise and increase the sense of belonging to the Church community. A basic ideal of Antioch is to enable youth to effectively follow Christ, increase their personal r elationship with Him, and become responsible members of the Church and wider community. No restrictions are made on members who are free to come and go and invariably welcome.
HAVE YOUR SAY R eader takes issue with Catholic Social Justice Commission from RUEBEN DANN, Carlisle SIR — I must take issue with a concern expressed at the Social Justice Commission consultation that there is a "racist and misleading anti-Aboriginal land rights campaign" (The Record November 22) Our own Aboriginal Christian minister, Reverend Cedric Jacobs and others have good reasons for fighting the issue along with some very
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fine Catholic men who have worked with Aborigines for many years. The attempt to remove control of vast tracts of land and authority over Aboriginal affairs from the elected governments of this land and place them with radical councils which are not repre-
sentatives of local Aborigines is a very dangerous and harmful move.
110E The arrest and trial of Pastor Bob Brown, a South Australian Aboriginal minister attending a prayer meet-
ing by invitation of the local Aborigines on land granted to an Aboriginal Land Council (because he had not received a permit from that council) is enough evidence of the awful possibilities to undoubtedly further enactment of this sort of legislation.
We as Aboriginal Chrisitians are hoping the government will deal with the local people in every case and that reparations be made to them as Australians who are dispossessed, and do not want to see the further dispossession of Aborigines by radical Aborigines.
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appeal to a great cross-section of children, who come from widely diverse backgrounds. "It gives them a sense of belonging which kids need." Pat and Fred Gatti contribute much of their time to Antioch and find it rewarding. They attend the mid-week Mass and breakfast with the others, the Sunday Mass and meeting, and assist in organising Antioch and training weekends. Pat is quiet and sympathetic whereas Fred is more outgoing and assertive, thus both providing suitable listeners for teenagers seeking advice and support. Like Brother Robert, Fred has b een associated with young people for many years and they have a daughter. Julie, in Antioch. The children do their own r ecruiting. Fred told me, and some members come from outlying areas and other parishes,
Midland Antioch singing group who will be performing at the cathedral today (Sunday).
Antioch is spreading from parish t o parish through training weekends. featuring teams from prospective parishes land used to sharpen up teams so they become cohesive and responsible to Antioch weekend members), via peer groups, within parishes, schools and friendships. ft operates with a minimum of s tructure, emphasising parish autonomy, works on peer pressure and is a youth to youth ministry, functioning through the leadership and involvement of youth. By listening, sharing, supporting and challenging each other, they assist each other to analyse their o wn personal situation more
ODD clearly in the light of the Gospel message. Antioch is positive and powerful! It develops future leadership qualities, fostering love of Church and one another, with each a role to play. Youth realise they are the Church of today and the future, and are more effective in influencing their own peer group than r eligious or parents. Antioch relies heavily on human qualities of friendship and leadership. Because they realise what influences their own peer group, essentially youth must have the major say in questions of style and personnel selection for the varying roles. Youth's vitality and exhuberance are important gifts which the Church needs in the mainstream of parish life not tolerated as "nice extras"! Adults nevertheless have a crucial and invaluable role to play in Antioch (and are really there to support the infra-structure and channel energy), because
from MAUR/CE BRADLEY, Bayswater SIR — Traditional new year calls for peace appear to have fallen on deaf ears because the sure way to peace is mainly ignored. Unless religions and lay leaders and ordinary people, especially Catholics acknowledge peace will come only from carrying out what Our Lady of Fatima requested then a lot of time is being wasted. Record Youth (The December 27) greenies, arid
although low-key in the background, they provide maturity, guidance and follow-through. They must be practical relational people and trusted by the young. Priests or religious are vital and supportive as spiritual advisers and mentors A s Antioch focuses on building a Christ -centred community, the married couple represent the basic human community. They bring through matrimony, with its commitment and intimacy, a dimension distinct from that brought by a single person, which is especially relevant for youngsters from broken families and hurt situations The couple's home and hearts become "drop -in" centres for the Antioch community. D esirably couples have their own teenage children within Antioch too, thus enabling a richer development of their own child-relationship and greater understanding and compatibility with other youth members. Marriage Encounter and Cursillo movements have played a major role in the establishment and spread of Antioch. Focusing in on one such group — Midland Antioch — which
sprang up in September 1983, and which has become popular with the youth in the region, I was able to witness at close hand how Antioch really works outside the text book
DEE It is a vital and living group, the members of whom seem to r adiate a special sort of happiness which bore further investigation as to how and why this all happens' I discovered there are a variety of cohesive factors which make it so As suggested in the handbook, the adults have been carefully selected for their role compatibility. Initially Father Peter OFM was r esponsible for the introduction of Midland Antioch and was succeeded by Father Hilary OFM, with Brother Robert OFM designated as the spiritual coordinator. a role he fills today. Brother Robert performs extremely well in this capacity, having a rapport with teenagers through his fulltime teaching position at La Salle College, Midland. To quote Pat and Fred Gatti,
The Antioch symbol is a rock, a rose and a candle. The inflexible rock represents the unchanging — cold and hard, whereas the living beauty of a rose symbolises joy. Youth can choose which they wish to emulate. The candle represents the light of Christ.
Traditional New Year wise leaders do not hold the key to peace unless they with Mary take up the conditions laid down in 1917. say the rosary every day; consecrate oneself to Mary eg the brown scapular: penance in a sense of reparation to her Immaculate Heart, performance of daily
duties without complaint, impatience, self-pity etc.
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the parent couple. -The young people relate superbly to him. He is tremendously respected and loved by the youth and it is because of his own demeanour and bearing to the young people "It is obviously mutual respect and love and they have an enormous amount of fun with him." Gus Ramos, who is the guitarist and chief musical co-ordinator of Midland Antioch's singing group, added: "Brother Robert gives up his time to attend meetings, outings, has held talks and helped a lot of people straighten themselves out."Antioch is a spititually based group, not a social club," stated Brother Robert, ' 'and a very important aspect is the prayer reflection. Much comes from the students themselves with an input from our adults in the group." Upon probing as to why Antioch has such a mystique and charisma for its members, Brother Robert suggested that the youth thirst for God. -They are searching for spiritual values. Antioch seems to answer deep needs and has unviersal
attracted there by school friends who attend Antioch. Although very welcome, the emphasis remains to recruit local youth. -Some kids come in need of help and support which they get f rom Antioch. "It is a sharing group and if the kids are not prepared to share t he Christian ideal, then it becomes a clique. -They are aware of this," Fred said, "and if things aren't right. they discerningly sense it and discuss it with Brother Robert. -The capacity and perception of youth is at a very high level indeed and they have the ability to talk things out and put things right if the structure for dialogue e xists.
More than 60 per cent of Dublin's Catholic clergy opposed his nomination, calling him an ultra-conservative. The former Bishop of Kerry is to be installed in his new post in mid-January. Politicians supporting Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald criticise the bishop's refusal to acknowledge the state's right to pass laws contrary to Church teaching. They see such laws as necessary for uniting Ireland Northern Irish Protestants oppose union partly from fear they would be forced to live under the influence of the Catholic Church, Archbishop McNamara is
At Antioch, people are accepted for what they are; consequently they rise to the occasion and blossom. Mary Piscioneri is Midland's coordinator and her part is also critical. She liaises the weekly meetings all low-key because the youth actually run it), organises up the t alks and anything social may be channelled through her. And she is of course heavily involved in much organisation r equired for an Antioch weekend ( they just don't "happen"). It is at this weekend that new members are mainly introduced to Antioch. There are two Antioch weekends per year All organising is however corn-
bined in liaison with Brother Robert, the -youngsters and any interested volunteer parents Music' the universal language, is a very important part of Antioch and is crucial to the whole thing. G us's vitality and musical ability, plus the enthusiasm, vivacity and energy of the Midland singing group is really worth hearing That also just doesn't -happen and they put in many hours of their spare time practising and perfecting, despite their study and social commitments. The result is vibrant and stimulating'
• Next week: The opinions of youth
A s Antioch focuses on building a Christ-centred community, the married couple represent the basic human community. They bring through matrimony, with its commitment and intimacy, a dimension distinct from that brought by a single p erson, which is especially relevant for youngsters from broken families and hurt situa-
EDE -The tendency is to discuss it with Brother Robert, they get on so well with him," he says Commenting on the effect of Antioch on the teenagers, Pat and Fred felt they became more self-confident, accommodating and tolerant, less critical and more prepared to take people for what they are. Teenagers with their sharpened perception, perceive the faults of t heir elders, and are not
tions. The couple's home and hearts become "drop-in" centres for the Antioch community.
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Many oppose the bishop's appointment DUBLIN, (NC) — Archbishop Kevin McNamara, recently appointed to head the Dublin Archdiocese, has been criticised by some priests and politicians as a conservative roadblock to Irish unity.
future leadership qualities, fostering love of Church and one another, with each a role to play. Youth realise they are the Church of today and the future, and are more effective in influencing their own peer group than religious or parents. A ntioch relies heavily on human qualitites of friendship and leadership. It develops
also regarded as the chief opponent among Ireland's bishops to proposals to legalise divorce and the sale of contraceptives. Polls say a majority of Irish support such laws. Critics say Pope John Paul II appointed the archbishop against the advice of the papal nuncio and the Dublin priests. Professor P.J. McGrath of Cork University, a former student of the archbishop, said: "There is no doubt about his dedication and sincerity in his attempt to, as he sees it, safeguard the Irish people from the dangers of the modern world." Archbishop McNamara also faces some non-political problems in Ireland's largest archdiocese. The archdiocese. with a million Catholics, has a $145 million debt, decreasing dropping collections, church attendance by youth and several religious houses preparing to close for lack of vocations.
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Orders told to recant WASHINGTON: Religious orders whose members and other clergy signed a news- • paper statement claiming diverse Catholic views on abortion have been requested by the Vatican to have their members recant their stittement or face expulsion from religious life. But the 24 women who signed have met and refused to comply with the action. The superiors of the nuns have also met and said the consciences of their subjects must be respected. Three of the four priests and male religious who signed the statement have with drawn their support. At least 26 nuns, religious priests and brothers signed the "Catholic Statement on Pluralism and Abortion," published a.s an advertisement in The New York Times. It was prepared by the Catholic Committee on Pluralism and Abortion, an affiliate of Catholics for a Free Choice, a group backing legal abortion. The statement on pluralistic views on abortion said "a diversity of opinions regarding abortion exist among conunitted Cathol ics," and "a large number_ of Catholic theologians hold that even direct abortion, though tragic, can sometimes be a moral choice." It also said "Catholics — especially priests, Reli gious, theologians and legislators — who publicly dissent from hierarchical statements and explore areas of moral and legal freedom on the abortion question should not be penalised by their religious superiors, Church employers or bishops."
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His father, Allan, owned racehorses and from early childhood Bernie can remember riding — decked out in his father's racing colours — in the backyard of the Mt Lawley home a big bay galloper that was kept there. At school he was a good footballer, cricketer, runner and tennis player, but as his contemporaries outgrew him, there was a strengthening of the inherent love of horses that had never been far from his sporting thinking. He wanted to be a jockey. The die of his destiny was cast largely by heredity and his early home ambience, but part of the casting took place in a convent. His aunt was Mother de Lellis, of the order of Notre
Hoop's 'cups' career Dame des Missions, and once a month the family used to visit her at the Sacred Heart Convent, Highgate. During these visits they often met Bill Pratley, then deputy chief steward of the WA Turf Club, calling to see his daughter who was also a Sacred Heart nun. Bill advised Bernie's father t o send the diminutive youngster to trainer Brian Boyle. So the lad, who had been playing and coaching in the Perth Football Club's junior competition, started his fiveyear apprenticeship at the age of 16 weighing four stone.
He still rides as a lightweight at 50 kg. It was a tough life. He worked 14 hours a day on tasks such as cleaning out the boxes, feeding and brushing the animals, grooming them, learning about saddles and harness, and generally getting used to horses. He was regarded as a member of the Boyle family and is grateful for the strict but kind and wise care they bestowed on him. In addition to his other duties, he had to hop in and help with the family chores.
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He underwent the same regimen with the Campbell family, and holds them in high esteem, when he transferred to Jock Campbell for the final year of his apprenticeship. As well as performing the arduous training establishment duties, Bernie went to the WA Turf Club apprentices' school one night a week.
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A regular feature By BOB BOYLE The headmaster was Dick Colgan, who was also deputy-headmaster of the Kent Street Senior High School. Three committee members of the WA Turf Club attended each of these sessions to keep an eye on things. The lads learnt about horses and the skills of riding partly from visiting experts, but they were also instructed in graces such as social etiquette, dancing and public speaking. Despite having to rise at 4.30am each day and be in bed no later than 7.30 or 8pm to execute his multitudinous tasks, Bernie found time to become active in the Belmont YCVV. Apprentices then were paid S2 a week in their first year and the figure rose by 50C annually, so in his fifth a nd final year Bernie's weekly wage was S4. Money apprentices gained from sources such as winning rides was placed in a WATC trust fund. When they had completed their training the cash was presented to them, less 25 per cent which went to their trainer. Bernie was nine months into his apprenticeship before he sat on a horse. Five months later he had his forst race ride — it was on a loser called Little Petrel. However he steered home his first winner, Right Type,
in only his ninth race ride. As an apprentice he won about 60 races and was always among the three Of four leading apprentices. 'They were certainly tough years, and if you didn't love horses and dedicate yourself to your training you would never see them out,- Bernie said. He learnt many of the skills of riding from Frank Flannery, now WATC starter and then Brian Boyle's stable iockey. Bernie got a flying start to his career as a fully-fledged jockey. When he was just out of his apprenticeship he won both the Kalgoorlie and Boulder cups on the same horse, Jenark, and the Perth Cup on Lintonmarc.
In 1983 he was to repeat the Kalgoorlie-Boulder cup double on the one horse, this time Rosamoss. He is the only jockey in the long history of the Goldfields carnival to have won both cups on the one horse more than once. The 79 cups he has won include four Toodyay and four Beverley Cups. Horses that still find a soft spot in his recollections include Jenark, on which he
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it said. "The assassination of the pope would have strengthened the opposition in Poland and the first Polish pope would have become a martyr in the eyes of believers and Solidarity activists," it said.
SINGAPORE — Priests have called for a task force for evangelisation to help make Christ known to Singapore society. During a two-day meeting, 72 priests discussed ways and means to spread the message of Christ to non-Christians. Archbishop Gregory Yong posed four questions aimed at establishing Archdiocesan priorities regarding spreading the message of Christ. The priests listed 26 suggestions to spread the gospel of Christ in Singapore. To achieve its goal, the priests asked that the task force stress on the formation of lay people, seminarians and priests. • Lay people should be helped to cultivate a -missionary spirit", to realise that they
are called by their baptism and confirmation to be evangelisers. • Future priests, in their training, should receive a formation that helps them realise the importance of evangelisation.
• Priests, a number of workshops stressed, need renewal courses and an on-going formation for themselves to assist them
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Perth jockey, Bernie Ryan with one of his favourite saddles.
won five cups; Haymaker, his winning mount in the Strickland Stakes; and Lintonmarc and Muros, two outsiders he rode to Perth Cup victories. He regards Muros as the best two-miler he has ridden. Bernie met his wife, then Julie Anderson and a horselover like himself, when he was riding for trainer Albert (Abbo) Jordan and she was acting as a temporary strapper at the stable before taking up a position with the State Housing Commission. Their daughter Sharon is the fifth generation of the mother's side of the family (the Rodoredas and their children) to attend Mercedes College. They wonder if this is something of a record. In a long career, Bernie has had a lot of race falls, but he was not badly hurt until he fell at Mt Barker last year. The mount was called Cat Friday, the day was Friday. December 13 and the
good to me and I think the WATC has done an excellent job, through men such as Sir Ernest Lee-Steere who was its president for so long, in making WA a leading racing State. -Through racing I have got to know people who otherwise I would never have met. "A jockey now can hold his own in any circle, whereas years ago he was looked down on by much of society. "I was lucky to be in racing experienced it when In his five years as pres- unprecedented growth, and ident of the Jockeys' Asso- I have grown with it. was Bernie ciation, "Any success I have had instrumental in getting his springs from the good Chrisriding colleagues to partic- tian upbringing and educaipate in sporting events such tion my family gave me. a s football and cricket "My objective is to do the matches to raise money for same for my own family. charity, an objective he 'When form and fitness as retains in speaking engage- a jockey desert me, and that ments he fulfils. does not seem likely for "I have never travelled some time yet, I would like much," Bernie said, "and I to get into the administrative think WA is an ideal place side of the industry to repay in which to bring up a family. something to racing for what "Racing has been very it has done for me," he says.
horse's saddle cloth number was 13. Perhaps there's something in that for the superstitious to ponder on. His smashed wrist put him out of racing for nine months and he has only just returned to the saddle. However, his work for the Belmont office of developer LJ. Hooker kept him occupied.
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NEW DELHI (NC) — A priest who said he wanted to counteract militant Hindu evangelising by running for India's Parliament also ran into a confrontation with his archbishop. Archbishop Pius Kerketta of Ranchi WASHINGTON (NC) — Calling it wrong. i warned Father Albinus Mini, 42, against using the pulpit or Church premises for harmful and dangerous, Archbishop James Hickey campaigning. of Washington has condemned the New Year's v He told the priest the Church wants to Day bombing of an abortion clinic in Washington. stay clea of party politics. In a formal reply to the archbishop, Father Mini cited a priest who was elected "This wilful destruction of property is wrong, I t o a state assembly in southern India and not least because it risks the lives of others," the noted clergy are politically involved in archbishop said in a statement. Poland and Nicaragua. -.... Father Minz was a "These acts are harmJanata Party candidate ful because they shift f or the late December elections from the city of public attention and Lohardaga, near Ranchi, concern away from in the eastern state of B ihar. the violence against Father Mini said he felt the unborn, to the t he Church needed a voice in Parliament. violence against aborHe said a militant Hindu tion clinics. group in the Chotanagpur region sought to control "These acts are daneducational institutions gerous because they and reconvert Christians to Hinduism. undermine the civil He said the Church was and moral dialogue alarmed at the activity. needed to shape a Father Mini also condemned what he alleged society that protects w as the militants' straall human life," he said. tegy of building temples next to Churches. A caller identifying himself as a member of the "Army of God East Coast Division" claimed responsibility for R ECORD the blast. In Florida. Bishop Symons said his entire diocese was shocked by the bombings of three abortion clinics early Christmas morning. 'We cannot in any way condone wilful destruction of property as any sign of disapproval of abortion," Bishop S -rnons said. "We have available to us appropriate channels for expressing our convictions regarding the dignity of human life. Certainly the wrong of wilful bombing cannot right the horror of abortion," he said. Police arrested Matthew John Goldsby and charged him with the Christmas bombings and the bombing of one of the clinics last year.
force in Asia to sing our in Singapore in their role and responsibility in the area of evangelisation. The priests also saw the need to utilise the mass media in this work. Audio and video cassettes could be used to make the Christian message known, some workshop groups said. Other suggestions were to publish attractive brochures, leaflets or pamphlets to present some aspects of the Catholic faith commonly misunderstood by others. One group suggested a Catholic Information
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KNOW YOUR FAITH "The heart of the social involvement of the priest is always his own people. The priest in the inner city, the priest in the workingclassneighbourhood, the priest in the suburbs, each approaches any particular issue in a different way, not because they read a different Gospel or studied different encyclicals, but because they are invested in a particular people. (From a 1984 address by Mons. John J. Egan of Chicago.) "We are, first of all, pastors, called to bring the faith to life in and with a specific people, our people." (From a 1984 address by Mons. John J. Egan of Chicago.) "Of course, the whole people of the baptised is called upon to be active in the life of the Christian community and to take part in bearing witness to the Gospel in the world. The priest's mission is precisely in service to such participation. But his mission has its particular nature and has no substitute." (Pope John PaulII speaking in 1984 in Switzerland.) "The pastor is to be the animator (a favourite word of Pope John Paul II); he is to motivate his people to work together toward eternal life. Yet, at the same time, he is expected to be the healer, the one who, though perhaps suffering himself, is called upon to reduce and neutralise tensions, to defuse antagonistic emotions, to bring peace and unity to his people." (Bishop John Keating of A rlington, Va., in a 1984 pastoral letter.) Twelve priests tell stories of their lives in the 31-page booklet titled "Diocesan Priest." It is a booklet
"Ipersonally feelpriests should start telling the stories of their ministry," Father Eugene Hemrick was saying in a recent interview. He meant that there is a need for accounts to be beard of the work priests carry out and the value they see in their lives. Personal stories about what the priesthood means in action will help to bring into view the operative forces within the priesthood, Father Hemrick feels. Won't this foster understanding of the driving forces in the lives of priests? be asked. I n fact, that word "understanding" is basic to what Father Hemrick has in mind. As be explains it, a priest can state that be sees his priesthood as something "good." But storytelling about the priesthood in action enables others to see what the word "good" means in this case. Much is written in today's Church about the value of storytelling among the Church's people. — This is a wav for Christians to reveal the significance they see in the events and developments of their own lives. —It is way of pointing to the concrete \action of Godin one's life;Uhelps bring
Allow me to introduce two friends, Father Jerry Dover and Father Miguel Solle. They're fictional characters, but they're true to life. Let's eavesdrop on their discussion.
"Stereotyping seems to be a national pastime," Father Solle is saying. "the poor, the rich, the politicians, lawyers, truck drivers, garbage collectors, social workers — just about everyone gets categorised by their race, creed or job some time." "That reminds me, Miguel," Father Dover comments. "About two months before the presidential election I was waiting for the Eight to change before walk-
By Father R obert Sherry ing across a street. Out of nowhere a man started shouting in my ear: 'Religion and politics are the same thing, aren't they Father?' "He kept on shouting it over and over," Father Dover continues. "I couldn't wait to get away from him." "How did that make you feel?" Father Solle asks. "I felt he was accusing me of the whole church-state debate going on then," Father Dover responds. "He wasn't interested in my personal view. He was only attacking me because of the Roman collar I was wearing." "Don't you sometimes feel Like you're treated more as a symbol than a real person?" asks Father Solle. "Sometimes I get the impression
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to life the Christian's many references) ' to God's presence in the world. —And it is a way to discuss faith in the context of life's actual events without depending on abstractions or difficult definitions. When a priest tells the stories of his ministry and life, Father Hemrick suggests, be allows others to see the priesthood as be sees U. Father Hemrick thinks that a negative picture of thepriesthood has developed for many people. But there is a side of a priest's story that isn't being beard much, be believes. And most priests be knows do find value in their lives as priests. "If you get to the core of what they're doing, there's a real value — and that value isn7 surfacing," be observed. The kind of storytelling be has in mind fosters a more meaningful relationship between priests and thepeople they serve, Father Hemrick believes. It could help others to identify more closely with priests. It could help others really to know priests. Father Hemrick said — to be able to say "I can identify better with you now because I know uhere you're coming from."
The problems of stereotype people think I say things or do things because as a priest I have to." He adds, "many people don't seem to realise I'm a priest because I want to say or preach certain ideas or truths. I really believe them." "Same here, Miguel," says Father Dover. "I live and preach Jesus' truths because I believe them, not becuase someone makes me do it" "Another thing that irritates me," says Father Solle, "is when I'm at public dinner and someone shouts: 'You say the prayer, Father Solle. That's your job.'" "I don't like that either, Miguel," Father Dover agrees. "It's like they think priesthood is just a job. To me it's an expression of who I am. It's my life. It's not a matter of sticking a quarter in me and watching a meal blessing pop out." "You're right, Jerry. But it seems to me if people ask you to lead a prayer today, what they really hope is that you can capture what Ls in the deep recesses of their hearts," Father Solle says. "They want you to feel what they feel and to know what they're thinking but have never expressed, and put it reverently, in the language of the day. All in 25 words or less," he adds. "But the heart of the priethood is in celebrating the Eucharist, preaching the word and forgiving sins," responds Father Dover. "All the rest is really non-essential." "My experience is that if Mass, preaching and forgiving are not related to human lives, they miss hitting the human struggle and fall on deaf ears," Father Solle counters. "That's why God became human — to
redeem us by participating in our struggles, loneliness and triumphs." "A priest has certain responsibilities because he's ordained," says Father Dover. "Priesthood does make us different, Miguel." "But only in our role in the faith community, Jem. Father Solle reflects. 'We are brothers to all people All people are called by God to be holy and true to their vocations. We are no holier than anyone eLse."
"There are as stories many about vocations as people to tell them," says Robert Father Sherry.
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This week as NC's religious education package continues its focus on vocations, it asks: How do priests view their life and ministry? Kat/wine Bird talks with two priests — Fathers John Castelot and Robert Sherry — about their Mks in the community and the areas in which they find particular fulfilment. Father Sherry also talks about his work in vocations and what he looks for in young men who are attracted to the priesthood. The somewhat unorthodox life of Father Joseph Kos, is the subject of an artide by Ruth Ann Hanley. Father Kos, pastor of a ruralparish, brought two elderly people into his rectory to live and to love. Father Robert Sherry reports a conversation between two fictional priests who are concerned that their vocation not be viewed as a stereo. Much of the priestly life of Dominican Father David O'Rourke is spent counselling families and couples. He writes about his efforts to ease the pain of couples who feel separated from the Church.
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Not long ago I took part in a program for c ouples whose marriages were not performed in accord with Church law. As a consequence they see themselves as religious outsiders, are distressed by their situation and want to do something about it. Our program was designed to help the couples move back to active participation in Church life. I think of this as I attempt to describe my work as a priest. For what we are trying to do lies at the heart of the
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priesthood. The program came both from my personal desire to help people whos say they need help and from the Church's quite similar public mission. The stories couples in the program told are familiar. The situations are common: the early, unprepared marriage; disillusion as human realities replace fantasy and romance; feelings of failure and rejection. And then with time and maturity the sense that there is hope that life might be happy again. The couples reported that, after they married again, they began to wonder where they stood with the Church. Their questions were not always answered with accuracy or sensitivity and they resigned themselves to being, as they put it, "outside the Church." In this situation they came to us. Our diocesan program
for couples who see Trying to ease the pain themselves in this situa- of these couples' hurts tion is, to my mind, a Is part of my work as a good example of the priest. My conscience meaning of the priest- requires that I respond hood put to work. to them as sensitively —It combines human as my own limitations kindness and good permit. theology. But as a priest I do not —It combines the pri- work only out of my est's individual mission own conscience, basic with his public role. as that is. I also have a Sometimes we get the public role in the Impression that a priest Church, and in this proacting conscientiously gram I put that to best and with human sensiuse. tivity is going to find First, I was teaching, himself bucking the correcting the misapChurch's institutional prehension of people side. We have this prejwho are members of udice, I imagine, the Church because because we live in an they are baptised. That age that tends to see baptism is enduring Institutions as cold and regardless of the canonInhuman. ical quality of their marBut this opposition is riage. as much a product of unfounded fears as it is I was also trying to based on experience. Implement a goal of the In our program I bishops and our own believe that institu- diocese — developing a tional strengths and sense of reconciliation personal kindness were with couples who feel joined in a useful, crea- estranged from the Church. tive way.
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Jesuit Father George Montague writes in his book, Riding the Wind: "All the books that I have read and all the sermons that I have heard have never moved me so powerfully, nor made me feel the touch of the Lord so closely as the encounter with a brother or sister whom the Lord has touched."
Mrs Maier uses a wheelchair much of the time. But when she can she prefers to walk. Father Km understood that. "She'd rather do for herself," he comments. Mrs Maier and Father Kos had been friends a long time. He lived in her former parish while he worked at the hospital. When Mrs Maier reached for objects with her cane or figured out ways to carry the serving tray to the table, Father Km was appreciative. He knew she had come a long way. After a fall, doctors feared she'd never walk again. Madams is another of Father Kos' friends. After Madras' wife died and he had a stroke, Father Kos became his guardian. He visited Madams in the nursing home and saw how unhappy the man had become. When Father Km was offered the small rural parish, it seemed like a good move for him and also a fine solution for his friends. "I don't know what I would have done about Art if this hadn't bee offered," he says. "Anna could have gone to her daughter but Art had no one."
When he was a chaplain at a large city hospital, Father Joseph Km got to know the problems of the handicapped and elderly firsthand. Today he not only talks "about" how to treat these people in homilies on Sunday, he has had the opportunity to put it into practise every day. Father Kos lives in a country presbytery where he is parish priest. For four years he shared the house with a housekeeper in her 70s, Anna Maier.
The priest reports that Madaras was happy to be in a house where he felt connected again to someone he loved. At the time, Madaras didn't need full-time nursing care. But, because of increasing infirmity, the old man recently returned to a nursing home. And Mrs Maier wasn't ready to retire four years ago. After caring for a large parish house she felt she still had lots of energy.
For the last of those two years the priest and the housekeeper were joined by Art Madaras, now 91. Often Father Kos got up at night to help Madaras, who was confined to a wheelchair. And he washed his housekeeper's feet, Father Kos says, because "it was the only thing she still couldn't manage."
She was proud she could "give Father a free night" to spend with his mother. On such occasions she took over the priest's care of Madaras, helping him as much as she could. "I can get up and help him," she insisted then. Just recently, at the age of 82, she retired and now lives with her daughter.
ible sign of what God wants- of them, he said. But, in Father Sherry's 14 years experience in vocations work, this seldom happens. In fact, he is sceptical of people who come to him with accounts of a sudden call from God. -Too often it's an isolated religious experience with no past and usually not future," he said. frequently, More Father Sherry continued, uncovering a vocation is a slow, gradual process played out with little fanfare or drama.
He says a "sense that God was calling me" to the priesthood began in his early youth. The feeling persisted, nourished by encouragement from happy priests and support from family and peers. He was ordained in 1966. Father John Castelot, began to think about becoming a priest after watching his boyhood pastor in action. "Everyone loved him. I wanted to be like him and made him the model for my own ministry," the biblical scholar said. Father " Castelot was ordained 43 years ago and teaches at a seminary. Father Castelot has helped out in the same parish for 15 years. "I know the people and they know me," he said. -There's a wonderful sense of belonging" that comes from worshipping with the same people week after week. The first part of the Mass, with its scripture reading and homily, especially interests him. Homilies give me a chance "to translate the abstract truths of Christianity into the concerns of daily life — to make them real for people," Father Castelot explained. The strong bond with people that is experienced during worship was also singled out by Father Sherry. Sometimes a special "rapport is set up between me and the he c ongregation," explained. "It tells me we're all on a journey together, we are taking time to recognise what that journey is and to reach out to God together." When this happens, he added. "it's a beautiful realisation that I'm doing what
I want to do — being an effective leader of prayer." Belonging to a support group of priests that meets regularly is important to Father Sherry. "Talking over life's affairs, its burdens and problems and joys, and praying together with people I trust" is very beneficial, he said. Just knowing that the group exists, that he can share his feelings with understanding friends helps Father Sherry deal with the exhaustion he sometimes encounters in trying to be "available to people," he said. He noted that Father Vincent Dwyer developed a model of life-sharing groups that many priests find useful. A Trappist, Father Dwyer has done pioneering work on what priests need in "an age of transition." Father Sherry said. He explained that "there's no growth without relationship" in Father Dwyer's view. What qualities does a vocation director look for in prospective candidates to the priesthood? Father Sherry said that in the initial exploratory interview the top quality on his list is "some involvement in a service-related responsibility." He pointed to an estimate by sociologists that only 10 per cent of the population possess this kind of service orientation. Since service is an important dimension of the priest's role, a person with a history of service establishes a basis for his interest in the priesthood, Father Sherry thinks. It indicates a person with a history of service establishes a basis for his interest in priesthood, Father Sherry thinks. It indicates a person "is willing to give himself to others." He added that the type of service varies considerably. It might be teaching religious education classes, volunteering at an alcohol or drug abuse centre, or simply liking to help people and choosing a field of study — like law — that furthers this interest. Other qualities that the priest looks for include a willingness to learn and to work with others, and some experience in leadership positions.
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'What! exclaimed Mary, 'a miserable man, a good-fornothing wretch, is to blaspheme and revile the most holy Mother of God, the Queen and Lady of all creatures!' she was committed to prison for her boldness, but 'so far from being frightened or daunted, that she aloud, with a courageous and heavenly voice, said our Blessed Lady her litanies, as she passed in coach from the place of judgement to the prison, where arrived, she knelt down and kissed the threshold of the gate, as a place sanctified by the cause for which she entered there; and this publicly before them all in the presence of the officers who conducted her, which humanly was to incese their rage and fury against her'. But the opposite happened 'Contraryvvise, they seemed all her slaves'. Our fullest account of the life of one of Mary Ward's 'galloping girls', as their enemies called them, is given us in a document called 'Sister Dorothea's Narrative': 'According to your command I intend in the best and briefest manner I can to relate my proceedings and manner of living; which is in the house of a poor woman, pretending to be her kinswoman. . .I dare not keep schools publicly, as we do beyond the seas, especially at my first coming. but I teach and instruct children in the houses of parents, which I find to be a very good way, and by that occasion, I get acquaintances, and so gaining first the affections of their parents, after with more facility their souls are converted to God. 'Besides teaching children. I endeavour to instruct the simple and vulgar sort, I teach them their Pater, Ave, Creed, Commandments, etc. Those who in respect of the fear of persecution, loss of goods, and the like, I cannot at the first being to resolve to be living members of the Catholic Church, I endeavour at least so to dispose them that, understanding and believing the way to salvation, they seldom or unwillingly go to heretical churches, leave to offend God in any great matter, or more seldom to sin, and by little and little I endeavour to root out the custom of swearing, drinking, etc. I tend and serve poor people in their sickness. I make salves to cure their sores, and endeavour to make peace between those at variance. In these works of charity, I spend my time; not in one place, but in many, where I see there is best means of honouring God. But it is much to be lamented, that when poor souls are come to that pass that they desire nothing more than to save their souls, by means of the Sacraments, it is incredible to
Mother Mary Ward... her life story say how hard a thing it is to get a priest to reconcile them; partly through scarcity of priests, and partly through the fear of those with whom they live. I had at once three in great distress; for the space of half a year I could by no means get one, although I went many a mile to procure one.' It is also worth quoting the testimony of Father Andrew White, who was left a considerable sum of money, he tells us, 'towards the setting up of some pious work, which coram Dno. I shall think more glorious to Almighty God, most necessary for the Church's universal good, help of country, and perpetual honour weighed in the sight of God our Creator and Lord what this work ought to be; do find and clearly see that none may be compared in these conditions with the Holy Institute which out of His infinite goodness and tender mercy the Holy Ghost has inspired to His devout servant and spouse, the illustrious virgin and most R everend Mother Mary Ward, Chief Superior of the sacred beginning Society of Jesus for Women',...because the members of this Institute 'do not content themselves to live in monasteries for themselves alone, and assist only with penances and prayers the forces of God...but according to their measure of grace ...leave their rest and retreat as our Blessed Saviour did His Father's Bosom to quench the fire of sin and heresy'.
tSN'N.io Q.41t eN‘041.v' It was time for Mary to go herself to set her Institute on a canonical footing. The Thirty Years War had been raging over Europe since 1618 when in October 1921 Mary set out with her sister Barbara, Susannah Rookwood, Margaret Horde and Winefrid Wigmore. It was a journey of one thousand five hundred miles. They walked it in two months, disguised as pil-
teach and instruct children in the houses of parents, which find to be a very good way, and by that occasion, Iget acquaintances, and so gaining first the affections of their parents, after with more facility their souls are converted to God.
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Sister Winifred Hubery, in the garden of the nuns' house at Thornlie,
her motives should be immediately taken into consideration." gnms, crossing the Alps in winter, and arriving in Rome on Christmas Eve 'Besides God and His Holy Saints', Winefrid Wigmore writes, 'we expected to find but two other friends.' In which surmise she was correct
1 '-NUPPIA" The beginnings were fair. Gregory XV received Mary with great kindness, saying, 'God has in good time provided for His Church*, and 'We rejoice that so many noble women stand beneath her banner... We have therefore commanded that her Institute and her motives should be immediately taken into consideration.' Mary f orthwith presented her Memorial to the Sacred Congregation for Bishops and Religious, the Cardinals no doubt viewing with astonishment a woman presenting her own document. Her cause was, however, doomed to failure before ever she set foot in Rome. At this period the tragedy of the Catholic situation in England was intensified by the bitter and futile strife between the Jesuits and the secular clergy. Between these two millstones Mary Ward was ground. Many Jesuits, including the General, Father Mutius Vitelleschi, who were personally acquainted with Mary Ward, revered her and her work. Nevertheless, the General was forced by the Jesuit Constitutions to take a severe line against any congregation of women who might possibly be thought to be dependent on the Society of Jesus. Although individual Jesuits were Mary's friends, she could hope for no official support from them. On the other hand, as she was known to be adopting the Rule of St Ignatius and, where possible, the manner of life of the Jesuits, as well as being, like them, under the immediate jurisdiction of the Pope, she was branded 'Jesuitess' and incurred the hatred of the English secular clergy. This went to unebelievable lengths for the next ten years and more.
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The immediate action taken by these secular priests was to present the Cardinals, at this crucial moment, with a document whose unmeasured language alone might have rendered it suspect. No evidence or witnesses are adduced and it ends with hysterical epithets: 'A shame and a scorn to pious people', 'a scandal and disgrace to both Catholics and heretics', and so forth. Mary counteracted by handing to the Cardinals a petition that she and her companions might be allowed to remain and open schools in Rome, where their work could be judged on its merits. In almost poverty, unimaginable where they had scarcely a piece of paper to write a letter, Mary ran a most flourishing school for the poor. Barbara Ward was already dying. On January 25, 1623, 'she gave up her ghost in a great quietness as if she set herself to sleep'. Other trials came fast upon Mary. After a Naples foun-
For Sister Doreen Suffern, IBVM, retiring from teaching in 1978 saw the start of a new apostolate that would take her in the steps of her foundress, Mary Ward. For while Mary Ward walked across Europe to spread the word of God, Sister Doreen has travelled across the continent to spread the word through the modern medium of home retreats. With much of her life spent teaching in schools up and down the east coast of Australia she turned the last 12 years of her career as an educator to training as a librarian and setting up a multi-media resource centre at Normanhurst in Sydney. When the time came to leave that she spent
Retirement for Sister was just a new start dation and one in Perugia, Sasannah Rookwood died. Money was so short that Mary's chaplain, Father Henry Lee, who befriended her as devotedly as his uncle had done, had 'not a shirt to his back', and Mary herself lay, though sick, on straw in Naples as there was not a bed in the house. In Rome they were so spied on that Cardinal Mellino 'himself told our dear Mother that he kept, not one or two, but twenty-five spies over her, inasmuch as there was not what passed in or out
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of the house that he had not noticed'. Actually, nothing could have better furthered her cause. This Cardinal was one of the four to whom Mary Ward's cause had been submitted by the Pope
Another was Cardinal Bandino, who said that if it did not derogate from his character as a priest he would have cast himself at her feet and asked her blessing. But Mary's requests were n l . tS uh ne swaahseaad woman ofher oo three nocvee time, and, especially in con-
a year looking around, c onvinced that she was not yet ready to 'sit and knit.' It was at a seminar in Canberra, given by the Cenacle Sisters, that she first heard of home retreats and found a new mission in life. That was 1979 and in the f ive years since Sister Doreen has been tireless in spreading the message, despite a bout of serious illhealth. Prayer, says Sister Doreen, is not exclusive to churches; prayer begins and ends in the home. In the simplest of terms a home retreat is a small gathering of people reaching out to God and exploring their faith. It is unique, says Sistern Doreen, that all group sessions are held in a home setting. "A group (not fewer than eight or more than twelve) comes together at a regular time each week on a day convenient to the group," she said. This weekly two-hour session over a period of six to eight weeks could be arranged for a morning, afternoon or evening. The first session moved unhurriedly, giving the group time to feel a home with this new experience. Then the Bible is introduced, giving some information on its history, its composition and some practical exercises in finding one's way into both the Old and the New Testaments. Then follows a short talk on St Ignatius and the Spiritual servative Catholic Rome, with bad communications which favoured rumours, she was fighting a lost cause. 1625 was the year of Jubilee and every day Mary went to a different church for the Quarant' Ore Devotions. For her it was a year of great graces, not the least being the courage, when the order came to close her school in Rome, to submit 'with as much peace as if the thing had been of her own procuring'. Even after more than three hundred years it is a consolation to think of the troops of discontented Roman parents besieging the house of the Pope's
New apostolate began when Sister retired exercises which they have come to us from the 16th century. These exercises continue their apostolic impact today as they did in the time of St Ignatius and his early followers. In the Jesuit publication, CIS, Vol XI, 19801, it is stated Father Arrupe, the former Superior General of the Society of Jesus, has, during the past 15 years, -alluded to their apostolic usefulness, urging us (the Jesuits) to adapt them to today's needs and make them available for the service of the whole Church" The other sessions of a Home Retreat involve the retreatants in reflecting on and praying about God and Creation and mysteries of Our Lord's Irfe. Ambruzzi, writing on the exercises, makes the point that the principle of St Ignatius "is not to know much that fills and satisfies the soul but feeling and savouring things interiorly." Time is given in each session to discussion on prayer. Only God can teach us how to pray but we can learn ways and means of preparing ourselves for this gift of prayer. As the weeks go by, each person begins to have a deeper understanding of the ways of God in his or her life. A Home Retreat is really an experience of coming to know the person of Christ as revealed in the gospels and bringing Him alive in the home situation. Also, it provides an opportunity to share with others the joys and difficulties of being a Christian in today's world; this is so urgent today
as the world become more and more paganised. An important factor is that the retreats are organised by the laity, under the direction of a co-ordinator. "Anyone who has the time and is interested in making a Home Retreat can offer to organise a group or join with others alreay organising one," she said. -Decide on a home base, a regular day and time, procure a Bible and then notify the Sister guiding the r etreats. Each retreatant is committed to 15 to 30 minutes of prayer each day The prayer material distributed each week is based on the scripture and the exercises of St Ignatius. This daily prayer is the vital dimension of the retreat for it is during these times that the retreatant enters into a meaningful relationship with God. 'We must learn through faith to wait on God.
sister-in-law 'with extreme moaning and complaints of the wrong done to their children'. (Mary Ward, A Woman for All Seasons) There was nothing further to be gained in Rome, and no fruit after four years of labours, poverty and suffering of every kind. Mary decided she must go to England. It was a fantastic journey but not, eventually, to England. Mary carried letters of introduction from the General of the Society of Jesus and from exalted and holy people. In Florence the Archduchess opened for her the miraculous silver picture
which was shown only once a year. In Milan Cardinal Borromeo, who would never admit a woman, even his own sister, to this palace, received Mary Ward and spoke alone with her for over an hour. Afterwards he exhorted her companions to stay close to such a mother. He put his own carriage at her disposal. Once more they crossed the Alps in winter, arriving at Feldkirch in the Austrian Tyrol on Christmas Eve, 'in as great a cold as I think I ever felt', writes one of them. That night Mary prayed long hours for England. Later, she admitted that she
,4r& "There is something greater than human action. prayer; and it has a power greater than the words of men: love. Love is the meeting-point between heaven and earth, beteen God and man. -Through these weeks, in trial and error, the retreatant finds at home a place, a time, a posture that are just right. Each one is different but, having found what suits, it is essential to go regularly to that prayer and to learn to be still and listen to God, speaking in the depths of one's heart.
-This speaking of God is each one's personal story, and different for each person. No prayer is exactly like another. Man has to break out of his ordinary everyday existence if he is to come c lose to God who l ives beyond it. The response is always positive, says Sistern Doreen, with the friends who gather in retreat developing a deeper relationship -The groups meet once a week over a six week period for a two-hour slot and there is a final Mass and celebration." Sister Doreen said. -They get to know one another and themselves in relation to God and their own lives.The comments she hears f rom the retreatants are many and varied: "I appreciated the Scriptural basis of the retreat which came across as very personal." "I find it has made me more relaxed and I find my life and my work more interesting and easier to cope with." "It has helped me to get things into perspective. Things that before seemed to be a lotid are now unimportant. Also, I am able to tune into God more easily. I seem to have found myself." "I feel more relaxed about my religion. The retreat experience was not so formal as I've always thought religion to be."I appreciated the weekly schedule, the scriptural basis and the music." "I helped me to relax, to stop and think about my relationship with God. I also learned to read and understand the Bible." had wrestled for the soul of Charles I and God had given her to understand that every necessary grace had been offered him; only his correspondence was wanting. Mary continued on her journey by way of Innsbruck, where she was again royally entertained. In the Painted Life, six prancing greys are drawing the archducal carriage, attended by gentlemen in livery. All this journey was alternations of splendour and penury, the paradox of the poor in heart who own the kingdom of heaven. They continued their journey by land and water, until the twin towers of Munich's
-This was a painless way to make a retreat. I feel disappointed that more people did not take advantage of this rare opportunity." "I would like to see a Home retreat every second year." 'The home location was very relaxing and also conducive to contemplation. The recorded hymns added a very special dimension to the retreat. ' "For the first time in my sixty-two years I learnt to use the Bible, to read it and to understand it. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and it will be my constant companion from now on. 'The retreat made me think more meaningfully about my faith and how it should be lived." "I appreciated learning to use the weeky prayer sheets to find my way into the Bible. Also, I liked sharing my faith in the Home Retreat Group of our parish.-
eNktOnli Such comments stand as a sure sign of success for Sister Doreen who began her work with a desire to "do something in groups in order to share the faith." "For this adaptation of the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius we are indebted to the Cenacle Sisters of New Zealand," Sister Doreen said. -They began this particular kind of work seven years ago, and during that time 700 people have made them. In May 1979 Sister Pat Clouton came from New Zealand and gave a seminar in Canberra. -This was attended by 65 nuns and three priests. Since that time many who attended have been giving Home Retreats in their parishes. At the invitation of Archbishop Rush, a foundation of t he Cenacle Sisters has been made at Clayfield, Brisbane. "According to reports the two sisters, one of them Sister Pat Clouston, are being kept very busy. -The Home Retreats are proving to be an astonishingly acceptable form of parish renewal. "Each woman and each man coming to make a retreat may be motivated by a different set of expectations, arising out of different felt needs, but underlying all of this is a hunger for God, Frauenkirche came in sight. Mary suddenly turned to her companions: What will you say if we obtain a house here?' She went on to affirm that they would have not only a house but favour and endowments. So it fell out. The magnificent Paradeiserhaus was presented to them by the Elector Maximilian. Mary Poyntz was the Superior, Winefrid Bedingfield the Headmistress of Mary Ward's first Bavarian school. There are today over a hundred. A few months later, the Emperor Ferdinand II gave her a beautiful house in
a trust that He can and will help. 'Wth this deep faith and the opportunity to pray daily and reflect on the life of our Lord, they will find their lives changing and a new life developing within them. "Our life as Christians is ultimately a gift which we accept gratefully," she said. Since that first seminar Sister Doreen has been on the move. Her first stop was Portland in Victoria, in 1980, where she conducted home retreats with four groups. "I knew as soon as I heard about retreats that I had struck oil,'" she said. "I was looking for something to throw myself into and this was it." From there she conducted retreats in Melbourne and Sydney before receiving a call from the late Sister Peg Flynn to come to Western Australia. Her destination was the isolated parish of Gnovvangerup where she lived with Sister Peg in a tiny house. "After 10 days she left and I was on my own," Sister Ddoreen said. "I don't drive so I was totally reliant on others for transport." But her needs were met
and before long she was conducting home retreats across the biggest parish in travelling world, t he hundreds of kilometres each week. A relay of drivers ferried her from place to place and home again. "Being driven around gave me a wonderful opportunity to talk ;io people," she said, "and anyway, if I had been able to drive I'm sure I would have got lost.ft was a heady schedule with hurried departures from her base at Gnowangerup to a retreat at Tambellup and an overnight stay, then back to Gnowangerup and on to Ongerup for a meal with a parish family before the retreat meeting, at eight the next morning she was on the road and
heading for Jerramungup where she was met by another car which took her to Gairdner River for a morning group; then it was on to another evening meeting and finally back home. "I had six weeks of it," she said with a smile. Sister Doreen returned to Perth for Christmas but shortly into the new year was on her way to Bunbury to conduct retreats with four groups. 'We had seven non-Catholics in those groups and that was really exciting for me," she said. Ii was then Sister Peg died and Sister Doreen was recalled to Melbourne for three months because of family difficulties. • Cont page 12
IWith this deep faith and the I opportunity to pray daily and reflect on the life of our Lord, they will find their lives changing and a new life developing within them.
Sister Catherine Stack plays the organ at Sacred Heart school Thornlie, with some of the students. Vienna, endowed, where she soon had between four and five hundred pupils. In 1 627, the Archbishop of Hungary also gave her a house, though not so magnificent as the other two, as we see from Barbara Babthorpe's letter of June 6 1628; which gives a detailed picture of the Hungarian foundation.
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PROPERTY Improve- I never want to be separated dearly loved, so sadly membership of the parish Among the 200 people at Sisters at Thornlie. "I see a link with the early ments Service all types of from you ever, in spite of missed. the funeral Mass were her council for two years follow"Even better," she says, "is w indows and doors all material illusions. I wish church; we've been in prison many lay Carmelite friends the fact that out of these installed: walls and ceilings to be with you in eternal LEITCH, Brian: Veronica ing which she was appointed for 400 years and were four year term and her associates in the for a in 1983 removed; wooden pergo- glory. Thank you for your Leitch and Joy and Cavan home retreat programs breaking out," she said. Christian Life group. on the Diocesan Pastoral las; general repairs. Phone came scripture groups -That big gathering on Suntowards me and McMullan and families • mercy 341 2946. Until her illness she was which are still in operation." mine. This prayer must be thank sincerely all who Council. day is important but we need Sister-in-charge at Sunset expressed their sympathy In the parish she was leader But the travelling had just smaller groups as well." ELECTRICAL: For all said for three days after and love in any way over of the choir, a reader at Mas.s Hospital. which the favour will be and she soon found begun Sistern Doreen said home t ypes of electrical work entry She is survived by her husand her last words to Father granted. The prayer must the recent unexpected herself on the way to Mount enabled people to retreats phone 335 2277. band John, son Stephen and be published immediately. into eternal life of their Tim Malone were that 1985 Barker with four other find faith at a personal level. sonhusband, loved dearly daughters Penny Jo and groups in the offing. would find her busy at her STEELWORK: All types K ath. She said most people had in-law, and brotherin-law. Helen. of steel gates and balus- Prayer St Jude, 0 Holy St As a further expression of task of organising Project "I know WA backwards,'' no idea of their own faith, May she rest in peace. trades, mig welding and arc Jude, Apostle and Martyr, that thanks a special Mass Compassion appeal. she laughed, "having seen their personal quality welding. Phone 335 2277. great in virtue and rich in will be said for all. so much of it from car 'they don't know what miracles! Near kinsman of windows.'' a gift they are.' ROONEY Hugh (Mick): Jesus Christ, faithful interACCOMMODATION In 1 983 she did some more cessor of all who invoke Teressa and Rose wish to A VAILABLE work in the Thornlie parish your special patron in time thank all relatives and and conducted four retreat Holiday House in Wembley of need. To you I have cause friends for their kind expresgroups in Kalgoorlie, from overlooking Lake Monger, from the depth of my heart sions of sympathy and help, Mass offerings, cards, and humbly beg you to which sprang five scripture 5 mins from city, sleeps up Since returning from her groups. to six, linen, crokery, etc, whom God has given such attendance at the funeral of she has conducted safari It was then she began her fully furnished, long or great power to come to my their loved brother hugh. groups in Attadale and SydMIMS will be offered for me now in assistance. Help short term. 450 5301. safari, like the "galloping" ney and attended two Chrismy present and urgent need their intention. • From page 16 These three forces arc Mary Ward before her, traCommunity Life tian Girl wanted to share house and grant my earnest petiThe a,scription of different opposed to traditionalist velling thousands of kilomehere and both onventions, in Thornlie and expenses tion. In return I promise to c IN MEMORIAM measures of worth to men values, practise and outtres to spread the word. with 22 yr old girl. Ph make your name known in Sydney. and women is the final looks. "I spoke to the bishops of 459 1752. and cause you to be H - IRE, N.A. Kindly One of her most exciting invoked. Say three Our remember in your prayers cleaving of society. Geralctton, Broome and Darwas spreading the times made union, formal Their It represents the bottom Fathers, Hail Marys and dearest Norine. Sacred win and even went down to good news in Quairading. REAL ESTATE Glorias. genersubstantial by more line of the radical feminist St Jude pray for all Heart of Jesus have mercy Alce Springs," she said. "One woman had heard of ous government finance, who honour and invoke God, triumph. It took her three weeks by Subiaco charming old your aid. Publication must on her. Mother of me from others and they readily more serve to will Justice, and the rights her. for coach to travel the distance colonial duplex half with be promised. This Novena Mary, please pray me to go down and asked consumate the corruption which flow from it are three bedrooms brick and never fails. Repeat on nine with short hops by plane to unoccupied presblive in an standards educational of henceforth to be based upon THANKS iron King's Park end Sub- consecutive days. Thanks Kalumburu and Derby. ytery," Sister Doreen said. otherwise have than would "masculinity" for a man and iaco lots of potential for any Our Lady. Kath. As well as talking about 0 Holy St Jude Apostle "feminity" for a woman. -The retreatants were all been possible. buyer $79,500 phone home retreats she was also and Martyr, great in virtue living on outlying farms so 384 1554. Such confrontation of the Thanks to Sacred Heart, and rich in miracles, near spreading the word of ChrisI moved in on my own and Our Lady, St Jude for kinsman of Jesus Christ, sexes will destroy the social Rather than be daunted at tian Life Communities. they kept me provided with prayers answered. Mary T. faithful intercessor of all fabric in the end. FOR RENT the prospect of ever being These are a modern develand came to me for meals My Lady, my queen and who invoke your special CONCLUSION: In many able to do anything about opment from the Sodalities instruction. Private two bedroom fully my mother, in the name of patron in time of need. To ways the marriage of nih- this report it would be "From one person it grew furnished house for rent, Jesus and for the love of you I have cause from the ilism, progressivism and better to recall the ringing of Our Lady which were founded in Rome in 1463. Mt Hawthorn, $85 per Jesus pray for me, intercede depths of my heart and feminism in the Beazley words of Edmund Burke: to incorporate 56 and the In 1967 new General Prinweek, available mid-March for me and please continue humbly beg you to whom most wonderful thing about report has merely made "For evil to triumph it is only for 12-18 months, no pets, to help me. A.O.C. ciples were formally adopted God has given such great official what is the de-facto necessary for good men to it was it included 36 Catholphone 443 1878 before by the VVorld Sodality Movepower to come to my assistics, 14 Anglicans and six remain silent." 9am. ment and approved in 1968 Novena to the Holy Spirit ance. Help me now in my Uniting Church people. by Paul Vi. — Holy spirit, you who present and urgent need ' We had an age range from SITUATIONS These gave rise to a movesolve all problems, light all and grant my earnest petimid-20s to more than 60 V ACANT roads so that I can attain tion. In return, I promise ment radically new in form and it was a most remarkato make your name known and known as Christian Life Mature lady to pick up and my goal. You gave me the and cause you to be experience," she said. ble Thurson occurs society S ALESIANS care for well-behaved pre divine gift to forgive and invoked. Communities. Since then she has talked to 31 and January day, NAUGURAL I forget all evil against me school girl attending Loreto (Say three Our Fathers, about CLC groups in Bunmark the occasion the BOSCO CELEBRATION Nedlands. Would ideally and that in all instance of three Hail Marys, three bury and has plans to go to my Salesian priests, life you are with me. I incoming take Fathers Salesian or The suit active pensioner Glorias.) St Jude pray for Broome in 1985. Fathers Michael Keogh and DEE mother of child attending want in this short prayer to all who honour and invoke over the parish of Victoria For Sister Doreen the Adrian Papworth will celeLoreto. Telephone A H thank you for all things as your aid. Publication must Park beginning on SaturI confirm once again that important thing is to keep 335 5885. Joachim's St brate Mass in 2. February day, Inever want to be separated be promised. This Novena They are now in 50 coun"shaking the bottom line." church at 7.30 pm. The feast of Saint John Accountant required part- from you ever, in spite of never fails. Thanks for tries. Ifs a case of "the old made students and former All the favours of granted. M.L. founder time, for secondary college, all material illusions. I wish Boco communthese aim of The again," she says, with new friends of the Salesians are suit retired person. Apply to be with you in eternal Most grateful Thanks to bush theologians like herself "College Accountant" this glory. Thank you for your invited to this inaugural ities is to help develop the THANKS Saint Jude, Sacred Heart of committed laity envisaged spreading the good word to office by January 24. function. mercy towards me and Jesus, Our Lady for prayers 0 Holy St. Jude, appostle by the Second Vatican Counall who will listen. mine. This prayer must be answered. A.V.J. and martyr, great in virtue cil, by emphasis on the RECORD "It's time to forget the said for three days after and rich in miracles, near formation of members parwhich the favour will be Most Sacred Heart of Jesus CLASSIFIEDS 'seige mentality' and take ST JOSEPH of Jesus Christ, kinsman granted. The prayer must may your name be praised ticularly through small close noon responsibility for our own faithful intercessor of all PAST PUPILS be published immediately. and glorified throughout group experience and Wednesday faith," she said. you, special who invoke The annual reunion of the world now and forver, M. according to the spirit and 'To what extent is man •-• Amen. (Say nine times a patron in time of need, to past pupils and friends of capable of prayer?" she said. 26 John Street. Perth WA 6000 • day for nine consecutive you I have recourse from St Joseph's will be held on principle of the Spiritual • • Correspondence "Christ's answer was: 'You • days and promise publica- the depths of my heart and Sunday, February 3 1985. Exercises of St Ignatius. • The Editor. The Record. PO Box 50 • For Sistern Doreen the always to pray and not ought • tion). Thanks for favour humbly beg you whom God A berdeen Street. Perth. 6000 The reunion will begin at • has given such great power • Advertising message brought by home lose heart.' • received. Anne. 5 pm with Mass in St • • Vanguard Service Telephone 328 1388 to come to my assistance. retreats is a vital one. In striving towards this, a • thanks to Saint Jude Help me now in my present Columba's Church, South Many • registered for posting as a newspaper Category "A" (11). "People are being touched in WA Produced • Home Retreat is a good Perth, followed by refresh• for wonderful answer to and urgent need and grant Printed and published weekly by Edward van Heemst, : Novena. May he be my earnest petition. In ments in the grounds of the by the spirit in their ordinary beginning, for its influence • 26 John Street. Perth • extends beyond the limits of life and home retreats help • honoured and glorified fore- return I promise to make South Perth Convent. • Established 1874 • the weekly sessions into the your name known and ver, Dorothy. them to understand the • Inquiries to Mrs L. Howell cause you to be invoked. daily life of prayer. "going to God." (Tel. 341 2373) Say three Our Fathers, Hail The Church points out to It also helps them to see Marys and Glorias; St Jude Thinking REAL ESTATE? Christians the reality of the the quality of life in their own pray for all who honour Mystical Body and the Peohomes and the reaching out LITTLE SISTER'S and invoke your aid. specialise in these We ple of God. to others is authentic con41 Si FETE MEETING Publication must be promand surrounding areas It calls men to a life of love; tact with the risen Christ. Little Sisters of The Poor ised. This novena has never to action based on prayer for • SUBIACO "It shows them a wholistic been known to fail. My Fete committee meeting • DOUBLEVIEW request has been granted. will be held at Glendalough spirituality in that everything in the words of St Teresa of Avila, Christ has now "no L.S. they do in their lives is a J. H. Angus & Company • WOODLANDS at 7.45 pm on Wednesday I n grateful thanks to the January 30. hands but ours, no feet but 'going to God.' 334 Cambridge Street • WEMBLEY Infant Jesus of Prague, St CMS. "And because the course WEMBLEY WA. 6014 Interested persons are • FLOREAT Jude, Our Lady of the "Ours are the eyes through is based on the bible they REAL ESTATE AGENTS & CONSULTANTS JOHN H. ANGUS Immaculate Conception invited. Phone for PROPERTY MANAGERS. AUCTIONEERS which is to look out His become comfortable with For further information and the Most Sacred Heart A R.E.1 & VALUERS confidential compassion on the world." 387 5244 lA.A.I.V., advice icensed Valuer of Jesus, for many favours ask for Sister Marcelle the bible and see its releMember ofREIWA &MLS Sister Doreen says. vance to modern life. It's a 443 3115. J&S.
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Finding out what young people want Jobs — and peace. These are the two things young people most want fromthe United Nations' International Youth Year, 1985. I asked the expectations of a number of them — students, u nemployed, employed — and got from them, as well as their own thoughts, some idea of how youth is thinking generally. The message was clear: Listen to us, tolerate us more, at least make a beginning on finding us jobs — and a peaceful world. The UN has nominated these three themes for the IYY, which will involve people aged 12 to 25: Participation — youth having the right to make decisions about their own lives, and having the skills to do so. Development — creating conditions which ensure that young people, wherever or whoever they are, achieve their full potential. Peace — as both an international and local issue, confronting basic social problems. Ian Ross, 22, a youth worker and PhD student in biochemistry at the University of Queensland, hopes the IYY will be "a year of beginnings" and urges young people to "make it their own." His hopes for IYY: "When discussing young people in general, as we must do with IYY, it is crucial to realise the diversity among them. "Young people are a subpopulation in society with all the divisions of society itself, including wealth, race, politics, education and personality. "This means that there are very few issues where young people as a whole see eye to eye. "I am hoping that peace, which is the first theme of IYY, will be one of these few universal issues, because I feel that young people the
By Ray Owen, of The Catholic Leader, in Brisbane. world over fear even more than the adults how war destroys not only property, but people, and how it produces social problems. " The second theme for IYY is participation, and for their own good. I hope young people as a whole can realise that whatever situation they are in they can gain by participation in IYY. "It is a matter of making IYY their own rather than thinking that it is of no relevance to them. "The third theme, development, deals with the needs of young people. " The greatest needs of young people are internal and are concerned with relationships. Young people need help in grappling with loneliness and in developing vision and hope for their future. " They need to be guarded against bigotry which they absorb readily. " They need love and true tolerance from adults. " That's the kind of devel-
E opment I hope for during IYY. 'My own personal fears for the IYY are twofold: "Firstly, that it will be a one-year phenomenon with no support in 1986 for the initiatives which began in 1985. "Secondly, that society at large will expect IYY to solve the problems of young people — which is impossible — and be either disappointed that the problems continue or complacent that its duty has been done. "My hopes for IYY are that it will be a year of beginnings, both in realty-worthwhile ideas and projects, and also in the unity, hope and enthusiasm, which young people can achieve through their idealism. own personal "My approach to IYY will be local and Church-based because that is my current situation." "If I have any message to my fellow young people for IYY it is this — IYY can be worthwhile for you if you make the most of it in your own situation." Jobs, for herself and other unemployed young People, is what Merril Trainer of Oxley, Brisbane, would like most to see come from the IYY. Merril, 19, has had only occasional part-time work since leaving school on completing Year 12 in 1981 "You can imagine what I'd like to see come of it . . . jobs, not only for myself, but
for all the kids who can't find work," Merril said. "We're not lazy. Sure, it's great lying around in the sun on the dole for a while. But that wears off. 'Most of us want to work. We want to do something with ourselves. We want to have a little more money, not to be a drag on our families. "You can't imagine what it's like not to have a job, to go for interview after interview. "Perhaps as part of the IYY the Government can make a really big effort and find jobs for at least a few of us. "I couldn't think of anything better." Merril added, however, that it "would be nice, too" if the IYY enabled "kids from everywhere" to have a say on peace. "Everybody has got to be involved in that. not just kids in Australia. or American k ids, but kids from all over the world. "Realty, we do have something to say, and perhaps they'll listen to us next year." Anne Ryan, a past president of the Brisbane archdiocesan YON, fears that the year "could very easily use young People." "It could become a year of celebrations and festivals put on for young people, while the real and pressing issues affecting the daily lives of young women and men are overlooked," she said. "I would hope the large numbers of young people become more informed, not only about nuclear arms and the international situation,
but about peace in all relationships in their lives. "Young women and young men must be able to be meaningfully involved in creating their own futures." She said that to her, that was the definition of "participation". "For that to happen," she said, "new forms of social organisation need to be created, as well as a development of knowledge and skills and access to the accumulation of productive assets. "In the creation of this change, young people must participate in the decisionmaking process at all levels — school, family, parish, workplace, neighbourhood and society. "I believe that development — firstly and always peoplecentred — is a process that
circumstances creates where young people can make free choices about the direction and quality of their lives. "If a young person has been unemployed for 12 months, has no savings, is living in poverty, what truly free choices can that person make about his or her future? "My greatest hope for the IYY is that real steps are taken to begin an ongoing process of broad consultation with young people that will lead to lasting change and recognition of the place they have in society." Leonard A rchbishop Faulkner, of Adelaide. wants to see many adults in the — including Church bishops — supporting young people, especially those who have left school. A rchbishop Faulkner is chairman of the bishops' Committee for the Laity and Bishop Deputy for the Young Christian Workers movement. On IYY, he said: "I see young people wanting to take greater responsibility for their own development and formation especially in. the area of religious formation and growth. "I would like to see mans adults in the Church includ-
ing myself, other bishops, priests and Religious, being really committed to supporting that growth and development especially for young people who have left school. "I believe young people need not only the support of adults but also our expertise and religious background to help them to build up their own faith and that of other young people. " Youth must be the apostles to youth and we must be there to help to do that. "In Adelaide there is great enthusiasm among Catholic youth for the possibilities they see in IYY. "Already they have had their opening function with close to 200 young people coming together to plan their own commitments to IYY. "I am very proud of them — wonderful youngsters f rom our parishes and youth organisations throughout the archdiocese. " They will look at renewal and formation as people and as Christians and they will be sponsored by the archdiocese. the Council of Priests and the archdiocesan Pastoral Council. "I believe we have every reason to be proud of our young people."
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( Record Kids Club When should a pig be able to write? When he's turned into a pen at night. • • What did the ocean say to the shore? Nothing. It just waved • • Why did the mother bear tell baby bear to come inside? He was running around in his little bear (bare) skin. • What has fine teeth but cannot chew? A comb. • What bird is at all of your meals? A swallow. •
Under Nehemiah's leadership the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt in 52 days. The people were now safe from attack. Nehemiah usually was very happy. He lived in the palace of the Persian king, Artaxerxes. Nerhemiah had a good job, waiting on the king at mealtime. He saw that the food was properly prepared and selected the best wine. As the king's cupbearer, Nehemiah was in charge of serving wine to the king and guests. One day Nehemiah's brother visited him and brought sad news. "The walls of Jerusalem are broken down. The city gates have been destroyed by fire. Our fellowJews there are suffering much." Nehemiah began to cry. He fasted and prayed for the people he loved inJerusalem. As he poured the king's wine that evening, Nehemiah's face was sad. His eyes were still red from crying.
"Why are you so sad?" the king asked. He had never seen Nehemiah sad. "Are you sick? What is troubling you?"
El El CI "My friends and relatives in Jerusalem are suffering very much," Nehemiah told the king. "the walls of the city have been broken down.I want to go there to help the people, to rebuild Jerusalem. The king and his queen agreed to send Nehemiah home to direct the rebuilding of Jerusalem and its defences. The king named Nehemiah governor of Judah. Nehemiah was happy again. He soon left Persia and travelled to Jerusalem. After resting for three days, he secretly inspected the city walls. With just a few men he
walked all around the city to see how great was the damage. As yet no one knew he had been sent by the king. Nehemiah drew up a plan and called together the leaders of God's people in He Jerusalem. e xplained how he heard God's call to him to rebuild the city. He showed them the official letters from the king. Nehemiah said to the leaders: "The walls and gates of Jerusalem have been destroyed. Come, let us rebuild them. We need to be able to defend ourselves." Nehemiah shared his plans. 'We will do as you say," the Israelites replied. "Let's go to work. We'll rebuild the walls and the city." of Hundreds workers were organised. Most citizens were excited at the plans and joined in
hildren's Story Hour the work. A few laughed at the workers and made fun of Nehemiah.
CI Others decided to take advantage of the poorer people by charging huge interest on loans. It made Nehemiah angry. He told the rich money lenders, "What you are doing is not good. I lend money to the needy at no interest. I ask you today to return all you have taken from your poorer brothers and sisters." They agreed. Nehemiah worked
with everyone else on the walls. He paid the wages of many workers out of his own money. He fed about 150 persons every day at his own expense. Unlike the governors before him, Nehemiah took no money from the people. Under Nehemiah's leadership the people worked hard. Within 52 days they rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem. The city was now safe from attack. Nehemiah and all the citizens of Jerusalem celebrated. They praised and
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tured man. Merton paid the price of his genius. The Seven Mountains referred to in the title are rather arbitrary but nonetheless significant ways of tracing the odyssey of a restless spirit who wrestled with the lonlines of genius from his early childhood. It is a tribute to the integrity of both Griffin's and Mott's research that in this 571-page book, there are approximately 2300 footnotes — an average of slightly more than four references for every page
This biography of Thomas Merton is a product of Merton's own designing. In the Thomas Merton Legacy Trust, set up a year before his death, provisions were made which denied access to his private journals to all except his trustees and his official biographer. Others would have to wait 25 years after his death to enjoy this privilege. He was a man of gigantic literary stature and the restrictions on such access were well-chosen. John Howard Griffin, author of "Black Like Me." was designated as Merton's official biographer in 1968 and spent nine years of privileged research before being forced to withdraw from his unfinished work because of ill health. Michael Mott, poet, novelist and professor of English at Bowling Green University The colourful and talented in Ohio, was named as his personality of Merton substitute. It was a wise and emerges from these pages perspicacious choice. He is glowingly and with believaa man steeped in the human- ble authenticity. He was a ities. man with an evocative The meticulous details power to engender love but searched out by these two nonetheless a man simulmen are striking evidence of taneously glorious and mistheir reverence for their erable — not an uncommon subject and their devotion to endowment of both saints the memory of a complex, and scholars. involved and somewhat torIn his self-dramatising
youth, Merton could correspond with his friends in Esperanto and macaronic; he mastered five or six languages, apart from his knowledge of Latin and Greek, and had the ambition to learn Russian so that he would be able to converse with Boris Pasternak in his own language. He corresponded and conversed with men and women of every continent. Mott emerges as a sensitive observer of Merton — the man and his moods. He manifests shrewd insight into DomJames Fox's appraisal of Merton's gifts and their byproducts. A tiny inaccuracy occurs in his referring to Dom James as a former "Redemptorist." The abbot was a Passionist before entering the Trappists and apparently directed Merton to seek counsel from two eminent Passionists, Father Cletus Malloy, a retreat master, and Father Barnabus Ahern, an eminent Scripture scholar. One of the joys of reading this book is encountering so many eminent people who have touched the minds and hearts of most well-read senior citizens: men like Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Gregory Zilboorg, J.F. Powers, and women like Claire Booth Luce, Dorothy Day and Catherine de Hueck Doherty. always was Merton indebted to enriching friendships. Robert Lax and Ed Rice were lifelong friends.
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What it means to be a mother Mothers Are People Too, by Anita S pencer, published by Paulist Press (Ramsey, NJ, 1984). $5.95. Reviewed by Mary Kenny.
Seeing such an engaging title, this reviewer, a stay-athome mother, looked forward to new insights on the changing role of women in our society and how to integrate motherhood and family with pursuits outside the home. Unfortunately, I found instead a single-minded book with a single message: the only way to produce mentally-healthy mothers and children is for mothers to get out of the house early in their children's lives and stay there.
000 If you are a stay-at-home mother or if you contemplate staying home with your children while they arc young, a conversation with this author might go like this: Stay-at-home mother: I want to stay home with my babies. I love being home with my babies. Author: "Having mothers be the primary caretakers of children has damaging effects that have never been considered before." S-A-H mother: If I did leave my children, who would raise them? Author: "Many of the attacks on day care in the popular press have focused on day care as it typically exists, whereas research on non-maternal care has dealt with high-quality day care." S-A-H mother: In other words I'm all right so long as I avoid care that typically exists. I do like your point about the isolation that
young mothers frequently experience. When one adults is home all day with one or two children, she is frequently crawling the walls. What might young mothers do about this? How might they link up with other young mothers, older persons, teens, singles. . . ? Author: (quoting another) "The truth is that the traditional set-up puts all women in an impossible role." S-A-H mother:I also admire my friend who has raised four children. When her youngest started school, she wrote her resume. She found that the community work she had done while her children were growing was quite impressive. She now tutors slow learners. Author: V'omen who stay home "run the risk of having to economically and emotionally depend on themselves at some later point in their life and finding themselves ill equipped for the task." S-A-H mother: I was really impressed with your figure that 56 is the average age of widowhood. Certainly women need to be able to support themselves and their families if the need arises. I would really like to explore this issue. How can women at home prepare for a job, prepare for a changing role? Author: "In the past I have often been asked if! believe women should have a choice of whether they stay home and raise their family or go out and join the work force. I have been very reluctant to say that women did not have a choice because I didn't want to be
seen as inflexible and rigid in my views . . . When I am now asked the same question regarding women's choices I emphatically state that I no longer believe that there is a real choice for women."
There it is, readers. One issue. One solution. If you believe the role of mothers admits to wider options and wider exploration than fulltime employment outside the home, you'll have to find another book.
The worlds most intriguing custody battle
new baby. The grandmother took the child from its blankets and held it up to the light. After a few moments scrutiny she said to her daughter: "This is not the baby I saw in hospital. You've got the wrong baby." Then started one of the strangest and most tragic cases in Australian legal history — the Morrisons versus the Jenkinses. It was to be a protracted and bitter battle for the legal custody of a blonde girl which would make headlines throughout the world. Senior Melbourne journalists Colin Duck and Martin Thomas have carefully reconstructed and graphically described the case which eventually went to the High Court of Australia and then to the Privy Council — a contest in which neither family, in the long run, could be a real winner. The 'Whose Baby case was to involve some of the most notable legal figures in Australia and have tragic consequences for both daughters and their families — consequences which are felt even today.
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The Beazley report on education in WA was published in April last year and was commissioned by the Western Australian Minister for Education, Mr Bob Pearce. The report was received with general and widespread approval. Mr Beazley was the Minister for Education in the Whitlarn federal government 1972-75. Some laudable things about standards of excellence, the pivotal role of teachers and administrators and the importance of the three Rs are recommended in the report. However, these points are undermined by other recommendations which advocate nihilism, progressivism and feminism within the educational milieu. NIHILISM. For the nihilist, nothing has intrinsic worth; everything has derivative value; value is only ascribed to things. There is no knowledge, truth or ideal which is worth pursuing for its own sake. The Braley report says: "In relation to the compulsory years serious thought should be given to restructuring materials which over-emphasise knowledge as an end in itself and which do not facilitate the learning of lifeskills. It is important to realise that any selection
Beazley has some laudable aspects by DON MOORE Foundation President Professional Association of Classroom Teachers
necessarily reflects current thinking on student needs." ( 2.19)' The "needs" which the "current thinking" must ( "necessarily") reflect reduce to a series of self and socially-induced "wants". This approach was roundly condemned in the April, 1983 US Education report
called "A Nation at Risk". This report was ignored by the Beazley Committee. Among other sobering things it stated: " . . . the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and as a people . . "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today we might well have viewed it as an act of war." (p.5). PROGRESSIVISM. "Change", relevance" and "participation" are the main supports of the progressive position. At base each of these is also nihilist. In fundament each denies any intrinsic value to knowledge. Each focuses upon the superficial rather than the substantive.
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(a) CHANGE: The Beazley report argued for a reversal of the meaning of a sound education. It proposed a revolutionary integration of subjects which will change them beyond recognition. "None of the (proposed) seven (curriculum) areas represents a subject in the accepted sense . . . the whole nature of curriculum organisation at the school should be changed so as to make integration feasible where necessary" (sic) ( 2.22).
"There is need for equal participation at all decisionmaking levels in education." This means the educational prokscionals are to be Outnumbered three to one. It would seem the teacher unions, which gave the report their unqualified endorsement, have a basic numeracy problem. Likewise the participation on the basis of equality of all four "partners of the education enterprise" (as they are called in the Beazleyesque ACT) destroys the professional status of teachers. The latter are denied any professional edge over complete laymen and even school children. It would seem the same teacher unions have a basic literacy problem as well. FEMINISM The feminism portrayed in the Beazley report is radical and militant. The report is savagely slanted against male teachers and the accepted perceptions of school boys and school girls.
El El (a) MALE TEACHERS The report goes beyond the boundaries set by the provisions of the Sex Discrimination Act ( 1984) and directly addresses non-government schools. It brazenly urges them to engage in affirmative action: "The committee also urges bodies making senior appointments in n on -government schools to consider
seriously and even to seek out female applicants." The clear intention here is to subvert the non-government sector from the top. Cale same procedure has been followed in various parts of the public service in Canberra. The results there have been tellingly effective.) As for the ordinary promotions of teachers the report was content to stipulate: "that over the next five years. affirmative action be undertaken so that women receive at least 50 per cent of all promotions, or promotion at least pro-rata to the number of eligible female applicants." (Recommendation 137). In contradiction to this position an tallier recommendation, 132, states: "That promotion to the first level: ( 1) be by open advertisement within the service (2) be merit-based. and ( 3) subject to appeal." On top of this confusion the report advocated counbe appointments try reserved for men rather than for women. It is conceivable under the "50 per cent and pro-rata rule" will be appointed and promoted to urban/metropolitan positions even if they have not applied for them. This means individual men will be passed over. They will be treated as though personally guilty of the new "crime" of sex discrimination. This is counter to the common law tradition of Australia; but it is not counter to the legal tradition of totalitarian regimes. In that tradition the "government" sets the rules
CI C3 El The dispersion of subjects among "component areas" will introduce imprecision where a high level of precision is required. This pattern will spread incoherence at a rate which will make the American experience look like an exercise in sanity. itimilitiiiiiiitimminiiniimittimitisinif
A ustralia Day is celebrated in Encounter on 6WF at 8am on Sunday January 27 in "Australians Rejoice in the Word." An evening of song and prayer held in Sydney Opera House in July, 1984. Several Australian artists combined to lead this "Celebration of Faith." Scripted by Father Frank A ndersen MSC, the program is based on "a faith vision for the people of God — gathered, reconciled and belonging -- in Australia." The theme looks towards a new wind of Pentecost — leading to reconciliation as part of Australia's Bicentenary celebrations and to an understanding of spirituality. "The Christian of our future surely will have to be a person of extra-ordinary mysticism • a person fully in the grip of God • a person completely wrapped inside the love of God." Trisha Watts, Peter Kearney and Father Kevin Bates SM are featured soloists, presenters are Hazel Thomas and Peter Philp, the music is arranged by Father Chris Willcock SJ and directed by Father David Rankin SJ.
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(English, Mathematics, Science, History) and an ever expanding list of new and ssometimes trivial subjects. "There were mai-1y sth missions recommending an expansion of the core curriculum . . . Among those (subjects) suggested were health education, sex education, law studies, religious education, moral education, computer education, safety education, Esperanto, The peace studies. only way this can be achieved is to change the present arrangement of core and option subjects . . . If this is not done the school curriculum will lack balance and relevance for many students." (2.11). It is strange most teacher unions and many branches of the Australian College of Education support this relevance lobby. These are the very groups which should be opposed to the curriculum smorgasbord and the lack of rigour it entails. (c) PARTICIPATION: The Beazley report calls for four groups to have "a high degree of ownership in the decisions being made". (4.106). These groups are the students, their parents, the wider community and the teachers. This democratisation of educational responsibility is at the base of the recent collapse in standards. What is meant by "a high degree of ownership" is spelled out in paragraph (6.102):
(b) RELEVANCE: Under the pretext of "relevance" and "balance" the Beazley report advocated equality of esteem between traditional core subjects
Some laudable things about standards of excellence, the pivotal role of teachers and administrators and the importance of the three Rs are recommended in the report. However, these points are undermined by other recommendations which advocate nihilism, progressivism and feminism within the educational milieu.
arbitrarily and no individual has any rights other than what the "government" gives its citizens. (b) SCHOOL BOYS AND SCHOOL GIRLS: On this point the Beazley committee exhibited a surprising degree of naivete. It showed itself ignorant of the normal and usually transient effects of puberty on most girls: "The corn mittee was particularly disturbed to learn of the decline of girls' self esteem relative to that of boys during adolescence." (6.87). The gospel of unisex was extended to other areas as well: E.g., "The stereotyping of boys, subjects and girls' subjects needs to be eliminated — whether academic or sport or recreation studies. This policy will require . a breakdown in traditional patterns of (subject/sex) enrolments. (6.90). And — "The committee's recommendations are concerned . . . to precipitate a breakdown in sex stereotyping and of traditional patterns of subject choice." (6.93).
DOD In paragraph 6.97 the report delivered a calculated insult to all those families which set particular standards and views of fetninity before their daughters: "Much of the reported advice from parents was illformed and lacking any real sense of contemporary schooling, or the job market or general economy. Girls were placed in double jeopardy if parent attitudes and advice was reinforced at school." These words ignore various UN and papal declarations on the primacy of parents' wishes regarding the educational and cultural formation of their children. As did the progressivism, the feminism of the Beazley report reducess to a nihilist base. It claims its justification from the Sex Discrimination Act (1984) which in its turn went to an international convention to obtain its validity.
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