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How to define equality is a key to solving the Aboriginal land rights issue, a Catholic lawyer said in Perth this week. -The average Australian probably starts off with a reaction against land rights and summed up in phrases like: 'Treat people equally', or 'We don't like apartheid,- said Rev Frank Brennan SJ. -Only when the average Australian asks what it means to treat people equally is the problem posed. Treating people equally means to look at their situation and see what justice demands in their case. Rev Frank Brennan is on his third visit to WA in connection with land rights legislation and will address a public meeting in Mercedes College hall on Friday March 1 at 7.30 pm to comment on moral issues in the WA legislation. The Jesuit student, who is a qualified lawyer, and who will be ordained priest later this year was asked initially by his Jesuit superior to take an interest in Aboriginal matters. The Queensland bishops asked him to be their adviser at the time of the Queensland discussions in 1982. Archbishop Foley invited him to Perth last year and recently the Australian conference of bishops has enlisted his help. He feels that although most people have not seen the proposed legislation the issue has become an emotional one with little factual content. He also believes that Christians and Catholics have problems similar to their Australian neighbours. "Those of us who sit in the pews are just as racist as everyone else; we have to admit that racism is in most of us, as part of the human condition, as part of original sin, if you like. "The Christian answer is to go to the Book of Genesis where every person no matter what their race is made in the image and likeness of God and has a dignity to be upheld in society.

Lett: It was a family moment in St Mary's Cathedral last Saturday when newly ordained priest Father Paul Fogarty gave a sign of peace to his John, his father mother Patricia, sister Nuala and (not in the picture) his sisters Edel (Hales) and Janice. See also Page 2

"We have to ask what Aican do to uphold the dignit of people in society. "At the moment the sense of dignity of the Aboriginal people is low either became they are miserable people — which they are not — or because of their history. If so, we have to accept some responsibility as a society and see what we can ck, about it. "Land rights is no magical answer. It will only provide a land base for some Aborigines who have some sort of kinship structure and tribal life to live without constraints. "For the urban Aboriginal land rights whether good or bad, offers very little. These people through dispossession and history have lost not only land but tradition and tribal identity and fall between the two cultures." Frank Brennan said that his numerous meetings around Australia with groups and lobbies for and against land rights had convinced him the Church could be a bridge beiween competing groups amongst whom there is often no discussion and where there is suspicion of malice though none exists and to alleviate misunderstandings because such groups often cannot sit down and discuss the issues. "Some Aborigines would say my views do not go far enough but I can assure

them that on the moral goods we will stick to our guns "To other groups we can say that there are some issues to which they will take exception and they will follow other political solutions but this moral point of view can be upheld." A second lesson he had learnt was that although interest in Aboriginal issues appeared to be political, it should in the end be the product of gospel values and that was the role of the Church to evangelise what the gospel means in a society context. "The alternative is to wipe our hands and say we do not want to be involved in the lives of people whereas the Incarnation is involvement in life, crystallising gospel values. Asked what would be his text for a two-minute sermon on land rights, Frank Brennan unhesitatingly quoted the rich young man in the gospel who walked sadly away from Christ because of his wealth. "Jesus looked steadily at the man and loved him. He walked away, sad not because he could not cope with Jesus' logic but because he was unable to return that unrequited love offered him. Once he had accepted that love of Christ the logic would have flowed."

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"A good law cannot make for a good people or a good life. It is simply a better start than a bad law. "What a good law does is to guarantee justice to all and the condition whereby the individual community can live a life of its own fulfilment. The law can Only guarantee that others will not be allowed to interfere with that guarantee. "We have got to get away from glib statements such as: 'Grog is the niain problem so ban Aborigines from drink-

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ing'. We have got to look behind the symptom and not see it as an uncaused cause but a symptom of a lost sense of identity, of purpose and meaning of life. "What the community has to do for this people is provide the best possible opportunity to put their life back together again. "The days 'of paternalism are gone. Governments are the worst

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"It is about providing them with what Pope John Paul recently called ' self-determination', offering them what he called a 'land base' to determine their future and educate their children.

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A three-phase plan of discussions and dialogue will culminate in 1987 with a conference to seek practical ecumenical steps. Failure of various plans for church unity, such as a proposed Anglican-Methodist reunion and the Catholic bishops' reluctance to join the British Council of Churches, is partly credited for prompting the

project. The impetus given to ecumenism by Pope John Paul's 1982 visit to Britain and the growth of ecumenical projects in towns and villages are also credited for the plan. The first phase calls for each church to work out its understanding of the nature and purpose of the church on local and national levels. The churches will next consider international ecumenical dialogues, such as the first Anglican RomanCatholic International Commission.

Finally the churches will confer on what practical steps could be taken. British church leaders agreed in January 1984 to develop "structures to enable promotion of dialogue." although no specifics were announced at the time. At an April 1984 ecomenical weekend Cardinal Hume of Westminster said that work toward church unity "will be arduous and perhaps dangerous." "We shall be tempted to draw back," he said. "That must not be."

Generosity a thankful sign BUNBURY: The generosity to the missions appeals showed that people thanked God for all God has given them, Bishop McKeon said when he announced a 1984 total $12,000 above that for 1983. "When a farmer handed me a substantial cheque he simply said: 'God is very good to me and my family." Bishop McKeon, Bunbury diocesan director for missions, issued a list showing 152,021 from 25 parishes and $7287 from 17 Catholic schools. He said that the parishioners' donations showed their response to Pope John Paul's plea for help to feed the hungry and bring the Good News of Christ's message to the world. "Pope John Paul setting out for South America last month said he would leave no stone unturned to serve the cause of justice and solidarity among children of one and the same Father and among the nations with a view to a better tomorrow' Bishop McKeon said. Noting that the pope in the New year said that peace was in the hands of the youth Bishop McKeon said that the schools generosity knew no bounds. "This of course is good for them as it does away with a lot of the selfishness that bedevils our age. He said he could not speak highly enough of the co-

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Record It's bad enough grappling with the allegedly nonexistent decline in literacy and articulation but if the ground rules of the meaning of words are changed arbitrarily then confusion plays havoc with values and meanings. Take for example a page 3 story in Monday's West Australian titled "Wives use sex to pay bills". The first paragraph repeated the story that "some Victorian housewives" are turning to prostitution in a desperate bid to provide for their families. It was enough to send the pious rushing for their smelling salts and the rest wondering if, after AIDS, the suburbs are now awash with cottage industry prostitution. It does little to substantiate the importance of the story to find that a Victorian Council of Churches report had interviewed just 13 women, suitably described as "respectable", who had turned to vice as a last financial resort "or to provide a better education for their children". But the bleeding heart melodrama ran a poor second to twisted truth when it was revealed that most of the 13 women were separated or divorced and living on pensions and benefits. "Some", that is some number less than half, were in the practice with their husband's knowledge. In other words two or three "wives", in the whole of Victoria (?) had been detected in prostitution allegedly to pay their debts. The words Wife and Husband appear to have lost their meaning. If a woman is no longer with a partner, woman she is, mother she may be, but wife she is not. If a man is without a spouse, houseman he may be, father he may be but husband he is not.

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There is something more than just his c reativity and individuality in the c hurches and buildings of Monsignor John Hawes, it is a dimension of faith which appeals to the viewer, Bishop Hickey said in Geraldton last Sunday. At the launching of the biography by Tony Evans, The Conscious Stone, Bishop Hickey said: "His work was so obviously inspired by his faith, by a vision of God, by a need to provide a beautiful setting for the worship of God that one sensed a human spirit profoundly influenced by God and dedicated to His service.

LIEftILI These distinctions are not mere pedantry. They go to the heart of calling a husband a husband and a wife a wife. If some people have opted to change the name of the marital game they have no authority to change the vocabulary. Prostitution tends to swallow its own myth and put out a line of truth to suit the occasion. The saloon hussy boasts she is providing humanity with the service it needs and the going price is what the market will stand. Then there is the soap opera heart of gold that seeks only an honest life as long as the money is as good as prostitution. Neither is a truth because it is sinister and deliberate degradation neatly packaged by two adults who have no doubt about the humiliating games they are inflicting on each other. The early pages of the local daily press have stayed away from the too many grubby details of the Australians running the bars of Manila and the thousands of Australians rushing there to flaunt Australia's crumbling dollar in the face of Asia's poor girls. It's dirty international money on both sides. Australia's growing class of poor families is a sad enough economic story without resorting to lurid half truths about being forced into prostitution. There are sadly thousands and thousands of single parents in this country who are poor but they are not selling themselves. If there are a handful of husband wimps standing by while their wives ply the trade then it proves nothing.

11] El C1El This prostitution of words and their meaning will not talk about the real degradation hitting Australian life as broken marriages bank up and the social security payments for supporting parents blow out of all proportion to other social needs in the community. Husband, wife, mother and father are hard currency in a very precious commodity. If these words are to be twisted such as in the new genetic codes of reproduction then society is re-writing the text book of social responsibility, to its eventual ruin — not least in taxation costs. In other words, who are the absent friends from these one time family units that were established with the blessing and good will of this commonwealth and who have slipped away from the wedding party? The same commonwealth does not help much by defining marriage in one breath as the union of one man and one woman for life, and in the next breath saying that is until they choose to leave each other for a mere 12 months. The Church stands by as helpless as the shattered parents who are seeing their sons' and daughters' families break up into bitterness, and poverty, and the black half-life where children are raised by one parent. The Church is party to the initial contract but there is no defined infallible truth that neatly defines what a working marriage and parental relationship should be in day to day living. On the other hand it is the Church's task, that is the Church's people's task, to ask in the midst of so much suffering where are the absent friends. No matter how sad their experience it is up to the separated spouses to help us find some of the truthful answers to this question.

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In front of the Hawes' Geraldton cathedral Bishop Hickey (left) and author Tony Evans (right) talk with local identity Mick Mercy who, as a schoolboy across the road at the time, has many memories of Hawes attending to the construction of the cathedral

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"The diocese of Geraldton, said to he the largest in the Church, must have appealed to his romantic spirit. Harsh a.c it is now with its vast distances and sunbaked plains, it must have been far worse in his day — the harsh terrain, the loneliness, the isolation of the neverhave never would appealed to his hermit soul. "He always wanted to he a hermit, to withdraw from society to he with God. At the same time

this man, well educated in England, found certain modes of life hard to take and despite the satisfaction he drew from buildings and people he still found some relief when he left these shores. Yet when he got to England and later the Bahamas he was homesick for Geraldton. "His indivuality, his eccentricity, his appearance in a Franciscan habit, his horse racing. Continued on Page 5

Shut church door does not present a real barrier

from Bernadette Guy, Balcatta Sir,

My heart has said of you. 'Seek His face' (Ps. 27:8) So after paddling along the river and admiring the boats during the school holidays, my children and I called in at the Catholic church on the hill. But the doors were locked. Although a commonsense security precaution, this to me is a cause of sadness, as well as frustration! To climb in the window would be an ungainly sight. To enter through the roof ( as did those enterprising people of the gospel who were unable to reach their Lord through the door) would be a great adventure for our boys, and attract police attention! Should one pray for a miracle? "Rise, you ancient doors!" For behind the closed doors is the miracle of the Word made flesh, our King of Glory dwelling among us. And not from any feeling of exalted virtue, but with the humility and repentance of the tax collector who went up to the temple to pray, we come into the

presence of our God. Professing to believe in the real presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, God became man, one of us, one may ask why are our churches so often deserted, when the world desperately needs people praying earnestly from morning to night. I believe the answer to this riddle is in the revelation given to St John. in words which ask anyone with ears to hear, to listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. You say to yourself, 'I am rich I have made a fortune and have everythingI want', never realising that you are wretchedly and pitiably poor, and blind and naked too. Rev. 3:17. The message reprimands those who are neither hot nor cold, but only lukewarm. "So repent in real earnest." Rev. 3:19. Here too the door appears to be locked. "Look, I am standing at the door, knocking. If one of you hears me calling and opens the door, I will come in to share his meal side by side with him." Rev. 3:20. In the sacred meal of the Eucharist we gather together to celebrate, to

worship God. With millions of angels and saints, and Mary, the mother of God, we rejoice and give praise for Christ, the victorious Lamb of God, has taken His place with His Father on His throne. Christ entered with His own blood into a sanctuary which is heaven itself Het). 9:24. Pope Pius XII (Christian Worship) instructed the faithful to keep churches open for visits to the Blessed Sacrament, that the doors be thrown open to ever increasing crowds. Pope John XXIII once said, "There is no doubt that a flood of grace would stream down upon your families and your country if an ever greater number of souls were to pray before the Blessed Sacrament." Pope Paul VI ( Mystery of Faith) recalled the importance of the real presence of Chnst in the Eucharist and the worship due to the sacrament even outside the Mass. Instructions from Vatican II state that the devotion which leads the faithful to visit the Blessed Sacrament, leads them to respond grate-

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fully to life in Christ. The faithful should strive to worship Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, in harmony with their way of life. In 1980, Pope John Paul (on Mystery and Worship of the Eucharist) said: "The Church and the world have a great need of eucharist worship. Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world. May our adoration never cease." Our permanent source of unity, love and peace is the Eucharistic presence in the tabernacle. Theologian Jean

Galot SJ said Eucharistic worship is a treasure the Church cannot justifiably abandon. As I sit on the seat outside the church praising God for the glorious view of Perth across the river, may I praise God also for closed doors. As in St John's vision, Our Lord Jesus Christ, the lion of the tribe ofJudah ( according to his human nature), the root of David ( according to his divine nature), has triumphed. Even through closed doors whether we are locked out, or locked in, Our Lord Jesus, in the power of the Holy Spirit, will enter our hearts as our Saviour, our eternal priest interceding with the Father for our eternal salvation.

From Page 4 his fights with his bishop and his pre-occupation with death come out in this book and help us to understand this man. "His piety and complete dedication to the service of God and God's people come out in page after page of the book. He was attracted by the Franciscan ideal of simplicity of lifestyle, the enjoyment of God's bounty in the world around us but of complete detachment from it. "He sought the contemplative life but without much success because he was constantly asked to build. It is to our advantage that he was not allowed to embrace his life of seclusion completely. "His architecture remains for all of us to see, to judge, to thank God for, to use. His churches are all temples of God, used for His worship. The stones sing God's praises. "All his churches arc different yct all have something the same, that quality that stem.s from his own character, his use of .s-ymt)ols, the spiritual qualities he sought to build into the stones such as the spirituality at Northampton church, the strength of the faith in the Geraldton cathedral building, the antiquity of the faith in the Mullewa church. "He said his buildings

Book reveals the dedication of a priest-architect were discovered rather than designed as he drew them out from the natural environment where they were to stand. To say they were discovered is to hint they were already in existence, perhaps some Platonic idea in the

mind of the Creator. "As he sought to glorify God in his art and his architecture he had a sense of working with God the Creator, of being not the mason but the tool in the hand of the Great Mason."

'First sight' won author Author Tony Evans said it was love at first sight when he saw Geraldton cathedral of St Francis Xavier in the morning sunlight when he was en route to an assignment at Carnarvon tracking station. on Hawes, The in 1973 Tony Evans (centre) produced the ABC's first ever colour documentary Turner (right) "But when I came back and saw all the different Top: When Alexander producer drama ABC in Hawes Stones Cry Out, he found a remarkable likeness to churches of Hawes I went to the ABC and said who played Hawes in the film and attended last week's book launching. At right, studying the likeness, hermit that television was an ideal medium in which to is Dean John Lisle who, as an Anglican missionary in the Bahamas, knew Hawes the Franciscan there. funeral his attended personally and tell the story." The result was the first ABC colour documentary "The Stones Cry Out" which was shown around Australia in 1 973. "In the media when you have finished one job you have to forget it and get on with the next but Hawes would not let go. I knew there were little technical mistakes and other historical errors in the film and people from all around Australia sent me photos, letter and comments. A book was needed." Tony Evans said his book on Hawes is Geraldton's book, and to that diocese should be delicated the story of "a remarkable man who had a finger in every pie and led such an interesting life". He paid tribute to help he had received from the late Bishop O'Collins, a firm Hawes' supporter who appeared in the film, and also the late Monsignor Ted Bryan of Mullewa where Hawes' own church construction still stands. its restoration, Tony Evans talks with Mr Fred Right: In front of a picture of Hawes' Yalgoo church before Hawes was a frequent visitor when he came Monsignor Morawa at Cole of Moora to whose family home Mass. to say

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from Barrie Payne, State President WA. Liberal Party.

Hold-up on visa

Sir, As a Catholic and a Liberal, I believe Melbourne Jesuit Father Peter Brennan. SJ, is incorrect (The Record January 30) saying the Liberal Party does not welcome Catholics to the inner councils of power and policy making.

The S YDNEY: Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace revealed this week that a visa for Bishop Brennan of Wagga to attend the trial of Archbishop Hurley in Durban (see page 3) had been held up for two weeks.

The Liberal Party in this State elects its office bearers at its annual conference. Having been through the 'ranks' of the lay organisation to the position of state president, I can honestly say no one has ever asked what my religious beliefs are, before or even after an election.

Bishop Brennan managed to arrive in South Africa just hours before for the trial which resulted in an acquittal on the first day.

The 600 delegates vote for the candidate they believe has the ability to perform the duties of the office rather than which church he or she attends.

When Bishop Brennan applied some time ago to the Canberra South African Embassy for a visa he was advised that all visa applications from church people had to he referred to South Africa for instructions. It was necessary to delay his departure as it was a two week delay before the bishop's visa was granted.

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Much of this offensive material was launch in 1984. Under previous law these publications would have invoked heavy penalties. Society has yet to acknowledge that now nothing can be judged obscene. If you're a parent, think about that.

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WASHINGTON (NC) — Giving by Lithe Catholic Church and other Christian, Jewish and interreligious groups exceeds that of corporate and foundation philanthropy combined, a study by the Council on Foundations reported. Not only are religious organisations receiving contributions from members of their congregations, but they provide money as well through charitable and social justice activity, playing a "very important and largely' untold role . . in meeting society's needs," the council study concluded. The study determined that the religious sector contributed some $7.5 billion in 1983, compared to the $3.1 billion provided by corporate givers and $3.4 from secular foundations. riBEIJING, China — Chinese officials have not granted Mother Teresa of Calcutta permission to establish her order, the Missionaries of Charity, in China. A spokesman for the National Association of Patriotic Catholics and an official of the Religious Affairs Ministry said that Mother Teresa made the request during her visit to China last month. -The authorities explained to her that the social system in China is different than that of other countries, and as a result, poor and homeless people are rare," he said. The patriotic association is a government -approved church without ties to the Vatican.

inWASHINGTON (NC) — The US L_J bishops have voted to leave rules for

the age of confirmation up to each diocese They rejected the original proposal by their Pastoral Research and Practices Committee, which would have recommended grades 8-11 as the preferred age for administering the sacrament The proposal would have left bishops free to choose a different age for pastoral reasons

Pope under fire Differences MOSCOW: The R ussian view of Pope John Paul's visit to South America was revealed in Tass newsagency calling his message ill-suited to in a region suffering from "shameless US plunder." Tass said a sermon by the pope criticised using force but did not mention the actions of US-backed rebels in Nicaragua or right-wing government sponsored violence in

Chile and El Salvador. "In his sermon there was not even a hint that many countries

The Word arrives by the truck load MOSCOW Ten thousand Bibles arrived in Moscow following an urgent request for them to be delivered before Christmas. The request came from the All-Union Council of Evangelical Christian-Baptists in Russia, following the granting to them of an official import permit. A 13-tonne truck and two drivers belonging to the State-run Soviet transport company Sovtrans arrived at Stuttgart from Minsk to collect the Bibles. The Bibles were printed at the Stuttgart printing press of the German Bible Society. The cost of producing and

transporting the Bibles was largely met by donations from Bible Society supporters. The United Bible Societies is the one agency outside the Soviet Union that has been officially recognised as a supplier of Scriptures to churches within the country. Quantities are being printed domestically, however. Despite these encouraging developments, it is still clear that most Christians are not able to get a Bible or New Testament if they want one, and there are still reports of active persecution of believers.

of Latin America have long been objects of shameless plunder by their mighty northern neighbour, the US," Tass said The news agency said the pope's words were politically slanted and were "hardly suited to Latin Americans, who are asserting their right to freedom and independence and are opposing the violence of domestic and foreign exploiters." In Ayacucho, Peru, Pope John Paul asked the guerrillas in the area to give up armed struggle because "evil never is the road to good."

VATICAN CITY (NC) — Catholics and Methodists "differ significantly" on the primacy of the pope in their ecumenical discussion according to Mons Richard Stewart of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. There is still need for discussion about "the ministry of Peter and that of the bishop of Rome today, particularly the question of the divine institution, both of the primacy and the episcopate." "In many places, it seems, Catholics and Methodists collaborte well with each other and with other Christians as part of the wider ecumenical movement," Mons Stewart said. "It is not very often that one comes across instances of exclusively Catholic-Methodist collaboration. He added that it seems difficult to obtain interest in Catholic -Methodist relations at the local level, because "the dialogue has not yet arrived at a stage where significant decisions are called for on either side." The dialogue between Catholics and Methodists began with talks in the mid-1960s about issues such as spirituality, the family, the Eucharist and the ministry. In 1983 the Catholics-Methodist commission began to study the essence and the mystery of the Church. The commission's1984 meeting dealt with the problem of papal primacy.

Sainthoods VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II has accepted decrees that advanced the sainthood causes of four people. Three of the decrees promulgated by the Congregation f or Saints' Causes recognise miracles attributed to f ounders of religious congregations. One recognised the heroic virtues of a German nun. One of the miracles was attributed to Italian Father Benedetto Menni, a member of the Order of the Hospitallers of St John of God and founder of the Hospital Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart. The priest was borin Milan in 1841 and died in Dinan, France, in 1914. Another was a German layman, Peter Friedhofen, f ounder of the Brothers of Mercy of Mary the Helper. He died in Koblenz, West Germany, in 1860. A miracle attributed to German Sister Pauline von Mallinckodt also was recognised. She founded the Sisters of Christian Charity in 1848 and governed them until her death in 1881. A decree recognised the heroic virtues of German Sister Ulrika Nisch of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross. Born in 1882, she died in 1913 in Baden-Baden, West Germany.

The fires of peace and war drew Ted

Kevin Bowden (left) and Ted Richardson in a fire brigade event

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C ontemporarieso big Ted Richardson at CBC Terrace in the old red-and-black days will remember him as a bustling ruckman in the First 18 and an enthusiastic participant in various forms of athletic activity. It is not surprising, therefore, he should have been attracted by the good clean sport offered by the volunteer fire brigade in his home town of Guildford where he was helping his father to conduct a newsagency. It was 1936 and he had just left CBC Terrace, so he needed an outlet for his sporting inclinations, and the volunteers provided the answer.

He soon became a leading figure in the athletically demanding competitions staged by volunteer firemen. In fact in the annual State championships held at Fremantle Oval in 1939, he and former CBC schoolmate Kevin Bowden pet up an Australian record to stand for many years in an event called the straight-eights.

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A regular feature By BOB BOYLE A later member of the Guildford team who went on to represent Australia at the Olympics over 400 metres was Graham Gipson, now serving as a permanent fireman. But it was not only the sport of the volunteer brigade that appealed to Ted. It was a worthwhile community service in which its members participated in great camaraderie without thought of reward. 'When that siren went," Ted remembers, "the butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker or any other members would drop whatever they were doing, no matter what hour of the day or night it was, speed to the station and dash off with their equipment to wherever the fire was raging." Probably it was this spirit of service that impelled Ted to become an early member of the pre-war Citizen Air Force. He was early all right — his "regimental number" as the Army would describe it, was four.

He was in the first intake of the CAF into the RAAF on September 25, 1939 — only 22 days after war was declared. It was the start of five-anda-half years' RAAF service in Australia and New Guinea from which he was discharged with the rank of sergeant in the cypher section. Memories of his enjoyment of the Guildford volunteer fire brigade were strong in his mind. Then every permanent station outside the city had been staffed mainly by volunteers, with the aid of perhaps one or two regular firemen. Guildford had been entirely run by volunteers. Now there are only three stations in the metropolitan area with volunteers — Bassendean, Guildford and Armadale. So, with nostalgia a contributing factor, Ted joined the permanent fire brigade towards the end of 1945.

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Dousing a riot SANTIAGO,

Chile (NC) — Police used water cannons and clubs to disperse thousands of Chileans after some shouted slogans against military rule during a Mass at a Santiago cathedral. Cardinal Raul Silva Henriquez, retired archbishop of Santiago, had celebrated the Mass commemorating former Chilean President Eduardo Frei, a Christian Democrat, who died in 1981. Toward the end of the Mass, as the shouting started, police fired on the crowd outside with two water cannons Many trying to leave the cathedral were forced back inside until two priests arranged a truce with a police official. Police moved away from the church, but continued attacking people

From Page 6 First, he and the other rookies had to do two months' probation during which they were drilled in all aspects of fire training at the Murray Street headquarters. In those days the fireman's working week was of 84 hours. The only days when he was not at the station at 8am, either going on shift or coming off it, were when he . was on annual leave. There was a 10-hour day shift and a 14-hour night shift. In Ted's early time at Murray Street he had a number of league footballers as colleagues. They included Sid (Spec) Sinclair of Swan Districts who had been with him in the Guildford volunteers, and the East Fremantle players Roy McGlinn, Arthm (Rusty) Kingsbury, Billy Rose and Jim (Whistler) Sanford. The preponderance of East Fremantle players was probably accounted for by the fact the Deputy-Chief Fire Officer. N.F. Flynn, was a keen supporter of the blueand-whites. But when the footballers wanted time off to go to training, play in a match or attend some social function, they were treated no differently to the other firemen. All had to swap shifts with men who were prepared to oblige. Another fireman there was Jack (Mutt) Schurer, a great worker for the Christian Brothers, particularly in support of Bindoon and Clontarf. The Brothers presented him with a Morris Minor car

Churches attack the caste system

MADRAS: India (NC) — In a first-ever joint statement, a Catholic -Lutheran dialogue group in India has sharply condemned the caste system that still has a significant impact on social standing and social relations in the country. "We confess that as Christians we have miserably failed not only to eradicate this evil, but allowed it to deform the very face of the Church," the group said. The group's statement called on the Church to

work particularly for "the poor and the oppressed . . . people who are in need of liberation from all forms of bondage." It also stressed that "a spirituality of constant renewal, both of the community and of the indi-

New rules

VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II has ordered the Vatican to draw up constitutions for 13,000 sisters in more than 800 cloistered Discalced Carmelite monasteries throughout the world. New documents will be modelled on a 16th-century constitution rather than a post-Vatican II model which has been preferred by most of the cloistered Carmelites. The wishes of the majority will be considered but Spanish monasteries are a substantial minority opposition. Usually religious communities design their own constitutions and submit them to the congregation for approval. After the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI directed all religious communities to update their constitutions and customs according to the teachings of the council. In January last year the Superior General told the pope there were "'grave and difficult - questions facing the cloistered Carmelites. The questions centered on whether the sisters will follow a constitution based on a rule written by St Teresa of Avila in 1581 or one written after Vatican II and approved by Pope Paul VI on an experimental basis for five years. Twenty per cent of the convents, primarily those in Spain, want the 1_581 rule. The other 80 per cent are happy with what was approved by Pope Paul VI. in appreciation of his efforts on their behalf. In the late 1940s and early 1950s whenever Bindoon or some other institution conducted by the Brothers needed painting. Jack organised the firemen to carry out the task on a voluntary basis. On these occasions a certain amount of brigade equipment, such as planks and ladders, was temporarily "borrowed." Ted was posted to outstation duties in 1995. Here there was plenty to do including maintaining street hydrants, testing alarms, painting and cleaning the station, participating in combined drills with other stations and going into Murray Street headquarters for further drilling. "Nowadays in the age of radio and the computer," Ted says, "you sometimes see two fire engines trundling along without their sirens blaring and you might wonder what they are doing. 'They are probably out on duties such as checking buildings and alarms. "One fireman normally stays with the machine to monitor its radio and computer, but if all have to go into a building, they take their walkie-talkies with them and these sets are connected to the machine. "If an alarm is sent out by the operations room, it is received in the fire engine on a computer which produces a printout giving such details as the location of the fire, the positions of the closest hydrants and the water pressure available from those hydrants. "From the equipment point of view, Perth has probably

the most advanced brigade in Australia. "In contrast to the eastern states, the whole fire system in WA is run by one board. 'This is a great advantage over a system in which a number of fire authorities are involved." Ted says a big board in the operations room at headquarters shows at a glance valuable information such as the current location of every fire engine. Stations back each other up and the type of building on fire determines how many stations will attend. There are various codes for different types of fires. If a major hospital is ablaze, for example, many stations will rush equipment to the scene. Even with a small fire, two machines from the appropriate station will turn-out knowing further assistance is only a radio call away. With a house blaze, the first thing firemen do_is pull the fuses out of the box to avert the danger of electrocution. A fireman's life is certainly not without its perils.

E In Ted's time two colleagues were killed when speeding fire engines rushing to calls were involved in accidents. Plenty of others incurred injuries through being hit by falling beams and roofs, brick walls and other pieces of structure. At least one suffered permanent heart damage through lifting strain and many others have been the victims of smoke inhalation. When Ted first became a

‘idual" is essential for overcoming social evils. The dialogue members agreed that "the nature of the Church should be defined in terms of its mission to the world." In the Indian context, they said, this calls for the Church "to shed its preoccupation with itself, its institutions and its rights." Instead, they said, the Church should focus on sening people in need of liberation. "especially from dehumanising poverty, from the of exploitation

weaker. . and from the manipulation of the political process by a few for their own selfish ends." The dialogue participants said that despite efforts to abolish the caste system in India, it still affects "all spheres of life in the society at large." The system, which creates a complex hierarchy of superior and inferior social groups. "segregates man from man, divides community from community and is against the kingdom of (',(xi." the group said.

A ban bid fails

PARIS (NC) — A Paris court has ruled that a film depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary naked with Joseph was not "pornographic or particularly obscene." Citing the "fundamental right to artistic freedom," the judge dismissed a case by two lay Catholic groups asking to have the film banned across France. Some religious groups have said the movie is "deeply blasphemous,- but a French Catholic Church spokesman has said the film should not be banned. The film, Hail Mary, portrays Mary as the teen-age daughter of a gas station manager, Joseph is a cabbie, and Archangel Gabriel is a foul-mouthed, sometimes violent drifter in the film. The film, which opened in late January, has Mary becoming pregnant without engaging in intercourse, to fulfil the archangel's prophecy. Joseph, her fiance, is jealous and refuses to believe she is a virgin. However, after months of arguments, he accepts the situation and marries her. The film ends with a surrealist vision of Christ as a child, tottering into the countryside. At the movie's preview in Versailles, France, members of the local Catholic Families Acsociation burst into the theatre and stole one reel of the film. The Versailles mayor has since banned the film to avert crime since it was bound to "hurt the sensitivity of part of the Versailles population.

Synod will not ed deviate

Juice is allow

W AS Sixteen — ( NC) it after months revoked a special US permission for alcoholic priests to use grape juice instead of wine at Mass, the Vatican has reinstated the permission in a modified form but any future requests f or the permission will have to be cleared individually with the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. From 1974 until September 1983 all diocesan

bishops and religious supt.r iors in the t .nited States had a special permission, to excuse alcoholic priests from taking wine when they celebrated Mass. When they were concelebrating with other priests they could take only the host at Communion, and when they were celebrating alone they could use mustum — unfermented grape juice — as a substitute for the wine. In September 1983, however. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger head of the doctrinal congregation banned any further permission. Specialists in alcoholism

When the Vatican revoked the I'S indult in 1983, it also reportedly invoked similar indults in effect in France. West Germany and some other places_

Glasgow, Scotland: Archbishop Winning of Glasgow has "totally rejected" criticism that extraordinary the Synod of Bishops called by Pope John Paul II will lead to a turning away from the Second Vatican Council. The archbishop described the synod, scheduled for Nov 25-Dec 8, as "a positive step toward consolidating the present spirit of the renewal in the Church." In IAmdon Cardinal Hume said the announcement emphasized the pope's commitment to the council and its implementation.

a leading light in the town's volunteer fire brigade and an early member of the pre-war Citizen Air Force. In the RAAF in World War II he served in various parts of Australia and New Guinea and at war's end was discharged with the rank of sergeant in the cypher section five-and-a•half after years service. In 1945 he joined the permanent fire brigade of which he was a member for 37 years

until his retirement in 1982. He is still actively connected with its affairs as president of the Ex-Firemen's Association and treasurer of the brigade's Under-Privileged Children's Fund. Currently he is busy preparing exhibits for the Brigade Fire new Museum to open early in 1985. Ted and his wife Phyl (nee Hughes) have two sons, James (27) and Greg (25).

treatment deplored the 1983 ruling as a backward step that would undermine the recovery of priests suffering from the disease.

It is believed that priests as a group are no more or less likely to be alcoholics than people in general. It is estimated that one out of 10 Americans is an alcoholic or a potential alcoholic.

fireman household equipment was made of materials such as cotton, wool, glass and enamel — none of which gave off toxic fumes. All that was generated was heat, and because this rose, firemen could crawl along the floor to get to the seat of the conflagration. If that is attempted now, the fire-fighters dare not go in without wearing brea thing masks.

EJEEJEI This is because most of the contents of the modern house are of plastics or synthetics and the poisonous fumes they give-off, being heavier than air descend to the floor. Ted has seen the heat from a fire in a house kitchen well removed from the lounge room cause a plastic clock in the lounge room to melt and run down the wall, and plastic light fittings in the lounge ceiling to stretch and hang down like stalactites. Ted is still treasurer of the Fire Brigade Under -Privileged Children's Fund to which every fireman contributes 25 cents a week. The money is used to aid the widows and families of colleagues and to provide necessities for child fire victims, among other things. The fund conducts a Christmas tree every year for about 350 disadvantaged children nominated by Community Welfare at a cost of preparing exhibits for the new Fire Brigade Museum due to open early in 1985. It seems there is rarely a dull moment even now for Ted Richardson in what has been far from a dull life.

Edward Bradley (Ted) Richardson was born at Boulder on April 22, 1918. He received his education at Boulder, South Perth and Pinjarra and finally as a boarder at CBC Terrace which he left in 1936. When his father, a policeman, retired from the force and bought a newsagency at Guildford, Ted's first job on leaving school was helping to conduct the business. At Guildford he became

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KNO YOUR F AITH As Lent begins, the accent is on that word "conversion." But what does the word mean in the context of life's actual events? Dominican Father David K. O'Rourke tells about Pat and her decision to take over her deceased mother's role of planning family feasts. This is a conversion point for his friend explains the associate director of the Family Life Office in the Diocese of Oakland, California. Suzanne Elsesser tells how a factory worker's potential as a teacher was recognised and encouraged by people at the South Bronx Pastoral Center. Ms Elsesser urges Christians to ponder human potential during Lent. There are ways people can draw out potential hidden in others. This, she suggests, is a worthy Lenten goal. Ms Elsesser is a free-lance writer in New Jersey.

Conversion marks big turning decision

C onversions come about when people reach a point in life where they know that things just can't keep going the way they're going. Something has to give. They may not know which way they're going to turn, but one thing is certain. they can't keep going on the road they're on. Let me illustrate. My friend Pat is a wife and mother who r ecently went through what I see as a conversion. This conversion was not written in mystical terms. Some may not even consider it religious. It certainly wasn't dramatic. But I believe it is the kind of c onversion that lies at the heart of a lived Christian faith. This story is so ordinary it has probably been lived out t housands of times. Pat's family, like many families, was held together by the personality of her mother. Her mother was a strongwilled and supportive woman. She was counsellor and friend to her husband and children, the focal point for the celebration of holidays and family festivals, the glue that held it all together. She also was a marvellous stage manager, able to turn family gatherings into celebrations that everyone r emembers fondly. Her death a few years ago was a great loss. Pat noticed that ever since then the solid family no longer seemed all that solid. With her mother gone, people began to go their own ways. Everyone missed the holiday gatherings and birthday celebrations, but no one wanted to take on the hard work of pulling them all together. Pat didn't want to step in. She had her husband and children and her own life to live. And she valued their independence and privacy. Assuming her mother's public role and opening the doors of her house and her life to the whole family was something she had never bargained for.

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By Father David O'Rourke But she saw what was happening to the family, especially her children. Her own faith was made concrete through images and memories connecting faith with religious holidays and family festivals. She wanted the same kind of faith for her children, but was convinced she was lasing the battle. How, she asked herself, would her children get their religious images without the big, family celebrations? This need was brought home forcefully to her when her six-year-old announced that Sesame Street was more fun than a special dinner

celebration. Then he left the table in the middle of the dinner to watch television. That could never have happened at grandmother's. After several weeks of reluctance and indecision, she and her husband invited the family to their home for Christmas dinner. She knew what that might mean, not just for this one festival but for all future crises and celebrations as well. As her mother had done 45 years previously, she was going public. A simple family transition? I think it's much more. I see it as authentic religious conversion. Think of conversion and what comes to mind? The one conversion we may all be familiar with is St Paul's. His account, described in the Acts of the Apostles, is read at Mass every year. St Paul was thrown to the ground, struck blind for a while and then went off to become the

An oldfriend callyou up one day, wants to talk. He's chosen an inconvenient time to reappear on the scene. And _you approach the meeting with some trepidation, suspecting your friend's story won't be pretty. But the friend wants a chance to tell his story — one that, indeed, proves to be a story of sadness, loneliness — a series ofpersonal crises. Now the friend has sought help, is trying to change his life's course. You listen to his story. You try to understand. You know that thisfriend doesn't seek much from you except your compassion and your hope. Andyou wonder: Is this one of the people Pope John Paul II had in mind when be spoke recently of solidarity with the world's poor. "We affirm our solidarity with all the poor of the modern world, in the tragically concrete and daily reality of their sufferings," was the way be put it. And be went on, in what amounted to a considerable listing, to name the poor people of the modern world: 'The unemployed waiting for work that will enable them to earn an honest living" and to contribute to society. 'Those who, through sickness, old age. or misfortune, are tasting the bitter cup of solitude and abandonment."

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greatest missionary in the early Church. Most conversions, I suspect, are not so dramatic. Neither are conversions rare or exotic. Religious conversions are common, so common we often don't recognise them for what they are. They are as common for people who are already Catholics as they are for people joining the Church for the first time. We miss seeing them, I believe, because we assume that conversions affect only non -believers, and we expect conversions to be something extraordinary. In these expectations we miss seeing what is really at the heart of a conversion, which is a change of life. Conversion literally means a turning, a turning point in life. I believe we reach these turning points more frequently than we recognise. It is helpful to recognise our conversions because they can be sources of personal

renewal and religious strength. For some people a conversion is a single and personal turning to God. For others, like Pat, it is a turning to the Christ we find in the community he founded — others who are close to us. In both situations, conversion is a common part of our experience of faith.

"At the season of Lent. . . let us be more deeply converted; let us be more sincerely reconciled with God and with our neighbour. Then this spirit of penance, sharing and fasting will be translated into real action, which your local churches will certainty urge upon you." (Pope John Paulll's Lenten message, 1984.)

'Those struggling to escape from the toils of drugs, violence, criminal organisations." "Those excluded by reason of their nationality or race from equal dignity" with others in their own land. "Refugees who find themselves, forcibk, far from their homelands and . . . are very often living in conditions unworthy of human beings." "Familes that are suffering from the moral upheaval introduced into them by the cynical society of consumerism." And that is only part of the pope's list of those who suffer poverty in the broadest sense of the term. He named numerous others, victims of war and terrorism, for example, those deprived of human and religious freedoms, and "victims of those other forms of poverty which strike at the spiritual and social values of the individuaL" How will you observe the season of Lent? Will you fast? Willyou give alms? The prophet Isaiah had something to say about fasting. He linked it directly to efforts that would release those boundunjustly,free and shelter the oppressed, feed the hungry. Fasting, in the prophet's words, means "not turningyour back on your own." Who is poor? What might you offer the poor this Lent?

Katharine Bird discovers in an interview with Washington, DC, liturgists Paul Covino and Jesuit Father Lawrence Madden that the origins of our Ash Wednesday customs can be traced to the early church. And Ms Bird explains what it means to observe Lent in positive ways. She is associate editor of the NC religious education package. Father John Castelot suggests that Jesus found the acclaim of the crowds so exciting that he needed to withdraw periodically to reflect prayerfully on His purpose. Lent is a time to follow His example and sort out the pieces of life, the biblical scholar says.

Teaching

Starting the • class with prayer and a quiz on last week's lecture, Brigantty gently encourages his students. He knows what it is like for adults to come to class after a full day's work in a factory or at home in a too-small apartment with young children. For Brigantty too is a factory worker. Each day he drives to a plant outside the city. He works on an assembly line, adding mirrors, door handles and trim to cars as they come through his department.

It is often necessary to take time out . . . By Father John Castelot One dayJesus rose early in the morning. It was after a particularly busy day and He must have felt the need to get away and think things over (Mark 1:35). His absence disturbed the disciples. They could not understand why He wouldgo off like this at a time when the crowds uere so enthusiastic about His bealings. So "Simon and his companions managed to track Him down, and when they found Him, they told Him, Everybody is looking for You" '(Mark 1:36-37). But Jesus was not trying to win a popularity contest. He warintent on one thing: Establishing God's reign, a victory over the forces of evil. However, He probably found the acclaim of thepeople exciting. He needed to get away for a while to reflect prayerfully on His purpose.

DODO The disciples' success must have exhilarated them, made them eager to take on the u,hole world. But when they came back and reported to Jesus, He said "Come by yourselves to an out-of-the-way place and rest a little" (Mark 6:31). All activity, successful or unsuccessful, has to be kept in proper perspective. Why are we doing it ? How does itfit in with the overallpurpose of ourlives? To find ansuers to those allimportant questions, quiet inactivity is needed time and space for serious, prayerful thought.

Ashes and sackcloth were at one in the time Church the mark of an individual public doing for penance sin, serious explained Jesuit Father Lawrence Madden when he was discussing the origins of Ash Wednesday and Lenten customs.

The Church once required a public penitent to don sackcloth and to be marked with ashes in a public ceremony at the beginning of Lent, Father Madden continued. Then the penitent was escorted to the door and expelled physically from the church for the duration of Lent.

( By Katharine Bird It was only at the Synod of Benevento in 1091 that Pope Urban II recommended that ashes be used by all Christians as a sign of penitence, Father Madden added. The pope suggested that clerics and laymen have ashes sprinkled on their heads while women have

a dream fulfilled

It's a dream come true for Ruben Brigantty when he steps in front of the weekly class on Scripture. All his life he wanted to teach.

Everyone has to get away from time to time and sort out the pieces of life. Lent is one of the times when there is an incentive for people to take time out andget their beads on straight. Jesus realised the importance of this not only for Himself hut for His disciples too. Once He sent the disciples out on a tried mission to Galilee's villages. "They went off preaching the need of repentance. They expelled many demons, anointed the sick with oil and uYirked many cures" (Mark 6:12-13).

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This would seem to be a response to St Paul's plea 'Be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may judge what is God's will, what is good, pleasing and perfect" (Romans 12:1-2). But it is significant that Paul then points out some of the practical results of this "renewal of your mind" The results be cites all have to do with positive, mutual sharing. It reminds me of what a successor of the prophet Isaiah once said when the Jews had gone on a serious fast and God did not seem to notice: "Is this the manner offasting I wish, of keeping a day of penance, that a man should bow his head like a reed, and lie in sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord? "This. rather, is thefasting that Iwish: Releasing those bound unjustly untying the thongs of the yoke, setting free the oppressed breaking every yoke; sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own. "Then your light shall break forth like the dawn" (Isaiah 58:5-8a).

"I never had the opportunity to go to university in Puerto Rico," he explains. "And so when I was asked to teach it was a surprise, a challenge and I said, "Why not?" Brigantty was invited to teach by the pastoral centre staff several years ago after he had completed four years of rigorous study at the centre. Sister Nora Cunningham, SC, who helped train him, gets an additional sparkle in her blue eyes when she talks about Brigantty's quiet enthusiasm, his gentleness and ability to relate to people. She says that he "represents the potential that is dormant in a lot of people." "The richness of this district is in its people," Sister Cunningham states. "It has people with potential — and a lot of priests and other ministers who believe in people."

Lent. this is a time when the whole Church turns attention to Christian growth — to change, "conversion." And often the way people grow is by tapping their potential, either as individuals or as communities. That means, I think, that: — People need to be open to the idea that their full potential as human beings hasn't yet been unlocked; they need to be open to the possibility for encouraging others to recognise their own potential and use it to the fullest. Belief in people is the underlying purpose of a group called People for

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a cross of ashes placed on their foreheads. The custom lives on today in the Church's Ash Wednesday celebration. Often the ashes come from burning palms blessed the previous year. And judging by the numbers who regularly turn out for services on Ash Wednesday, the custom still holds powerful significance, observed Paul Covino, associate director a Georgetown Catholic of the centre. He and Father Madden are staff members. During Lent, the focus at their parish is on "making a retreat theme practical in people's lives," Covino said. "It's a time for quiet prayer and meditation." Lent is a "time for serious reflection on the gift God gave us in Christ," Father Madden said. He added that this focus comes from a scripture reading for the first Sunday of Lent which portrays Jesus going off to the desert to meditate. Covino said parish

groups are encouraged "to cut down on public activities," to alter their frantic pace in order that Lent might be practised more quietly at home and in church. Each year the parish team puts liturgy together a Lenten booklet. It is an effort to help people "revisit aspects of ( their) relationship with God, the community and with individuals.To help parishioners get in the proper frame of mind for the season, the booklet contains historical background on Lent and a schedule of special Lenten services — for example, a retreat, a penance service for adults and another for families, Vespers and Morning Prayer services. The booklet stresses "home-oriented activities" which can help individuals and families reflect on what conversion is all about, said Father Madden. The message of the death and resurrection of Jesus is a message of hope, the priest said.

Both Father Madden and Covino look upon Lent as a "happy season." It celebrates the mystery of the "reconciliation of the world with God," Covino said. Asked what Lenten practises he recommends to people, Covino said he encourages them "to do something positive" for Lent. Discipline is important, he added, in the sense of doing something regularly during Lent. But the accent needn't be negative. Almsgiving. for example, can mean giving time as well as money. he noted. With that in mind, parish teenagers ma} undertake a service project, giving time each week to help others — perhaps through serving at a soup kitchen for the poor. Doing something positive might mean "giving five minutes a day to prayer." Father Madden suggested. But it also might mean seeing -what can be done about improving family relationships."

Change. This group published a pamphlet in 1984 called People Power. Illustrated in comic-book style, the pamphlet shows a woman standing in front of a six-storey building decked out with many rooftop TV antennaes and a filled laundry line stretching to the next building. The woman is saying: "Take our building, for instance. It looks pretty good now but last winter we had no heat." A man answers: "We had to organise. I learned a lot from that. Together we can change things." The main character responds: "We had to stop ignoring each other. We had to start dealing with each other, sharing the problem affecting us all." She adds: "Our unity gave us power with the city and the landlord." People for Change offers that kind of training, the kind that helps people to understand their own poten tial. Our potential, whether as individuals or as communities is a gift from God. But it's not given for the sake of our own narrow interests. Ruben Brigantty was fortunate. He dreamed of being a teacher. When his talent was recognised by others and after he was trained, the dream became reality. And Ruben enjoys teaching. But through him God is Lent is a time for quiet prayer and meditation, for serious reflection on the gift reaching a lot of people. God gave us in Christ. The message of death andresurrection of Jesus is a message of hope. Ruben's gift is a gift for all.

CunLawrence new ningham's book, The Catholic Heritage, explores the history of Christianity as it is reflected in martyrs andpilgrims, in mystics, theologians, artists, activists and saints. The ways these people, at different points in time, "attempted with faltering steps to imitate- Christ are the writer's focus, along with the manner in which heroes and saints of the past can serve as models for the present. - Cunningham is a Florida State University professor. He writes: "I would like to communicate to sympathetic readers my profound o wn respect for the tradition which is behind, under, and, in a real sense, 'in front of' our current Catholic experience. I would like that hypothetical reader to understand, for example, that the Franciscan spirit is not a relic of a past age but a very real way of being for those who, like the

Catholic Workers, daily serve the most and battered afflicted of our society." (The Crossroad Publishing Co, 575 Lexington Ave, NY New York, 10022. Hardback, $14.95.)

"Conversion consists in man giving up this egotistical, s tifling concentration on himself, and opening up to God fellow and his men." (1983 International Theological Commission Report for the World Synod of Bishops.) "Prayer, fasting almsgiving, and together with faithfulness andpatience in bearing the trials of family life, are all for necessary growth in personal holiness." (Statement of the 1983

world Synod Bishops.)

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"May you be enabled to feel the deep joy that comes from sharing food, from giving a welcome to a stranger, from assisting in the human advancement of the poor, from obtaining work for the unemployed, from the honest and courageous exercise of your civic, social and professional responsibilities, from the peace exp, rienced in your homes and in all your relationshjips with others. All of this reflects the love of God, to which we must conbe verted." (Pope John Paul ll's 1984 Lenten message.)

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Below.- Three stages in building Geraldton Cathedral. 1916-1938. Hawes is pictured at bottom on the scaffolding of the church.

Biographies of churchmen are rarities The cultural cringe of Australians, the philosophy that nothing Australian was really important and no one Australian was really important, is slowly disappearing. Ecclesiastical figures have rarely been the subject of biography. Are there biographies of Clune and Prenclivine? There is no adequate biography of Hale, first bishop of Perth on the Anglican side and whose position became untenable because of his exposure of cruelty to Aborigines. Nor is there of R iley, LeFanu or Appleton. Mannix simply of course provoked biographies. There must be seven or eight and two have just come out. The ABC was surprised to find out some years ago that the biggest petition to the parliament was not against the nationalisation of banking but the petition to the House praying for the deportation of Archbishop Mannix in 1917, the year in which he said in his cathedral that -the conscription issues will separate the sheep from the goats and I remind you the Prime Minister's name is Billy (Hughes)lA biography of Sydney's first bishop John Bede PoId-

ing, reveals an Englishman ruling a predominantly Irish diocese of Sydney. Tony Evans suggests that John Hawes as an Englishman may have had his difficulties added to by his Irish bishop, Bishop Ryan, whose attitude when he became bishop of Geraldton is referred to as . . . Ryan's suspicion of Hawes' middle class background". If that is correct it is late in time for such an attitude. One can understand it in Polding's time with the unnecessary starvation of a million Irish in a famine as a recent memory within the decade.

This week former Federal minister, Mr Kim Beazley launched Mr Tony Evans biography of the noted Catholic architect, Monsignor John Hawes. The book, titled The Conscious Stone has been published by Polding Press. On this page we print excerpts from Mr Beazley's speech. above: Mr Beazley and below, Mr Tony Evans.

It is somewhat enterprising and unusual for a biography of someone further down in the hierarchy coming into existence and Tony Evans has singled out a man not noteworthy for hierarchical position but of great complex artistic and personal interest, John Hawes He is not unique as a priest architect. Well before Hawes, Brisbane had a priest engineer architect Joseph Augustine Canali, an Italian with a notable rapport with the poor.

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But Hawes will be remembered for the superb cathedral he built at Gerald ton and for a number of churches which he built and which have such distinction. The shire authorities at Yalgoo have had the vision to restore at a cost of 520,000, a chapel which had been allowed to fall into ruin. This is the first secular recognition I know of, of the historic significance of his work. The most touching memorial, however, may be the Mass Rock near Mullewa, a flat rock ledge he chiselled where he said Mass for Aborigines who attended at the sound of a bell because they felt ill at ease in a church and at ease in the open. A highly significant sentence in Tony Evan's book and one which is a great unstated compliment to John Hawes is: "When a television documentary film was made in 1973 recreating the life of John Hawes in Western Australia the old Aborigines who used to gather for his Masses gladly came back to appear in the scenes at Mass Rock. His work was not forgotten by these people 50 years afterwards."

Hawes aged 63

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artist, architect and hermit Bishop's hostility sunk first plans for a cathedral Tony Evans implies what Monsignor J.I McMahon in the TV documentary stated explicity: that John Hawes' plan for a Catholic cathedral in Perth was slain in the mind of Archbishop Clune by a hostile remark of Bishop Ryan about the plans Hawes had drawn up. 'It looks like a fort' was the version given by McMahon. 'It looks like a Salvation Army Fortress' is the version given by Tony Evans. To say the final sketch is like a fort is silly. To say it looks like a Salvation Army Fortress is abysmally silly. There is nothing wrong with Salvation Army Fortresses but they are never like this excellent cathedral in stone. This design was rejected, though it could have been completed economically, in favour of a Gothic design with purposeless flying buttresses and which may never be completed There are three notable churches in Australia which are monuments to traditional, impractical and, as it transpired, prohibitively expensive tastes: St John's Anglican Cathedral in Brisbane in beautiful 13th century Fench gothic which ends in a great blank wall which has been temporary for 75 years and which ould cost prohibitive millions to complete in the style. St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Canberra which ends in a blank which has been temporary for 50 years. The great completed gothic church, the Catholic Cathedral at Bendigo started in 1890 but took 90 years to complete and was financed to a considerable extent by its first dean who invested heavily in land. I found it breathtaking, dominating Bendigo in a gracious way. The rejected Hawes' cathedrals of Perth and Ballarat are monuments to Hawes vision and the failure to follow his plans was tragic in both cases.

The Hermitage, Cat Island A photograph taken before the guest wing was added.

Book is a study of a man with many talents "I don't want to give the impression that his outstanding biography is just about an architect. It is an excellent psychological study of a man who became an Anglican priest, an Anglican missioner in the Bahamas with church architecture as a sideline, a catholic parish priest in Geraldton diocese and a constantly interrupted hermit in the Bahamas. The portrait of John Hawes which emerges is of an intense individualism. It is possible that the longing to be a contemplative interceding hermit

The Hermit on Cat Island

Hawes was not merely priest and an architect; he was a painter and sculptor, a builder and bricklayer, a stonemason, a yachtsman, a navigator and a horse breeder who did hard labour in the hot sun of the Australian countryside despite his English origins, and a priestly vocation serving a society concerning which he had reservations. These he expressed when he resolved to leave Australia for the Bahamas while giving the impression that he was returning to Australia after a sort of sabbatical. Tony Evans quotes a diary of Hawes: "I shall be only too glad to leave this prosaic land of hotels, beer, wool and sheep. Old friends in England constantly urge me to return but in spite of all allurements to settle down in some country mission near the sea in sunny Devonshire or Cornwall amid the peerless charm of villages, ancient churches and cathedrals of historicalantiquity, I am homesick for the Bahamas." This is strange for he con-

was God's vocation. It is also possible that it was an expression of an unvocational individualism. The book, relying on the diary, gives an account of a warm spiritual experience where Hawes felt St Francis was calling him to be a Franciscan but not in association with other Franciscans. His bishop in the Bahamas asked him to conduct retreats for nuns. Despite the spiritual experience when he felt certain St Francis called him he was unhappy about his capacity for conducting retreats.

In a backhander to his Australian experience he writes: -1 dread these retreatsIfeel so helpless. I'd much sooner work 10 hours a day in midsummer with my trowel building them a new convent, rather than this job of plastering the spiritual walls of their soul. I'm only used to preaching to Australian bushmen and miners or poor ignorant sinners on such subjects as swearing, drinking, fighting, thieving and fornication. These are hardly helpful themes for the holy religious. I have little doubt that

ard work 'I'm only used to t sun preaching to Australian

cealed his intention permanently to leave the diocese of Geraldton where he had rendered much signal service, representing himself as going for a holiday in Europe. He was never to return and believed his dog sensed it.

The Bahamas were where he had been an Anglican priest so his return is all the stranger. He had built a fine Anglican church, St Paul's in Clarence Town. He had resolved in 1910 to become a Roman Catholic but farewelled his Anglican congregation from the pulpit by saying he was going to Nasau, anticipating his style of departure from Geraldton diocese. About his departure from

Right: Hawes' design for Perth's Catholic Cathedral

Geraldton, never intending to return, he wrote in his Apologia Pro Vita Mea: "I ought to have talked it straight out with my bishop."

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Hawes was called to be Hawes the architect, the artist, the sculptor, the engineer, missionary and parish priest speaking where necessary on those earthy themes for Australian bushmen, or preaching to black Bahamians and shy Aborigines.

DODO The honest fulfillment of these vocations he could be sure would illuminate the intercessions and contemplations of Fra Jerome, the Franciscan hermit. The book has a superb self revealing quotation. Hawes clearly recognised that he had three distinct personalities, each in conflict with the others. In a letter to a confidant late in his life he describes three facets of his nature: First he saw himself as an artist believing in art for art's sake, transcending and overpowering every other idea at the time. Then he describes himself as a country gentleman lover of horses who showed traits of exclusive possessiveness. And finally the poor Franciscan who was struggling with the two aforementioned. If a poor Franciscan had got away permanently to his hermit's cave and deprived us of many fine buildings it might have been a tragedy. I think he had a vocation to take his art into every occupation he followed.

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Youth Forum Sunday, February 24 is a red letter day for the Catholic Youth Scene. the Catholic Youth Camp Archbishop Wiliam Foley and Premier Brian Burke will bless and open the extensions of at Gidgegannup at 3 pm. of inspecting this magnificent Youth Forum readers are most welcome to attend the ceremony and take the opportunity diocesan facility for Youth. The fire danger hazard prevents Instructions on how to get to Eagle's Nest Gidgegannup can be foUnd on this page. encouraged for anyone wishing the use of open fires,, and so barbecues are discouraged and picnic hampers are will be available. Youth group ts to stay for the evening meal and enjoy the magnificent bush setting. Refreshmen for the opening. p Gidgegannu members, chaplains, adult assistants and parents are encouraged to be at

The finishing touches of landscaping were carried out by several volunteers, among them pictured with a truck load of gravel rocks are Anthony Mazak, Helen Curtin and Mark Newton. Mark laid 6000 paving bricks around the buildings. The gravel rocks collected from the side of the roads and neighbouring properties provided the ideal material for retaining walls.

The most prominent addition to the Eagle's Nest Youth camp is a conference room named in honour of the retired Archbishop of Perth, Launcelot Goody. All the new buildings designed by Iris Rossen and erected by Fennessy Constructions blend with the existing facilities. These were preserved A pergola covered and paved area surrounds the main meeting area. Paving bricks were donated by Whitemans Brick.

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I. Allow 50 minutes from CARDIJN CENTRE. Claverton Street NORTH PERTH.

From the Catholic Youth Council's International Youth Year Conference 2. At MIDLAND proceed along GREAT NORTHERN HIGHWAY. came many great ideas and actions . . . and I'm really excited to be part of one 3 Turn RIGHT at TOODYAY RD and proceed of them. As part of that conference, a approx 15kms. number of females (and one intrepid male, -- thanks, Mark!) attended an 4. Turn LEFT at O'BRIEN RD: also indicated by a broweWalyunga National Park" sign. elective on "Women and the Church".

We decided that there were issues involved with women that needed some attention and after are Frank and Joan another meeting, started up a women's group In the caretakers cottage at Eagle's Nest, the first residents with a difference. ohnson. J Firstly, we are not only women, but our in women church, and this involves a special role to play on our part. One of the hopes of the group is to find out what that role is about for us, as individuals and as a group. The nice thing about this group is that it's not another case of "just one more meeting". We have decided to take individual actions in our spheres of influence and meet once a month socially to plan and evaluate what we've been Chaplain), (Youth Jegorow Father Foreman), (Site Pictured left to right, Terry Smith doing. Iris Rossen (Architect), Terry Fennessy (Builder), Noel Ryan (Architect)

Youth CONFERENCE '85 Mass today has evolved fruitfully into a more nurturing and spiritual e xper ience through influences from both religious leaders and the people of the Church. yet even though positive and advantageous changes

church of tomorrow area arouses some concern — the youth of today! In our present church community, youth are finding it difficult to participate in the Mass and the community itself. But Conference '85 has opened new doors for youth to alleviate this situa-

tion. Several criticisms have been voiced of which the most prevalent was the lack of participation in the structure of the Mass and the lack of attendance of youth at Mass. We are the Church and if we are to receive any sense

of fulfilment from the Mass, we have to give of ourselves. We cannot expect to get any fulfillment from the Mass unless we put something into it ourselves. We are the Church of today and tomorrow. Michelle, Anne, Sam.

5. Proceed along O'BRIEN RD for 15kms approx. Notice wooden Walyunga Park sign on LEFT, find Eagle's Nest entrance WO metres on RIGHT.

Some of us want to look into women giving out communion at Mass, others want to get involved with the education field. putting We're together a resource facility of books, contacts, papers etc., to appropriate women and we hope to have it ready for group first the action.

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During an eventful midwinter visit to Scotland something happens which changes her life forever. Loma Hill wroter her first stories in an exercise book after watching Pavlova dance in Newcastle. Her daughter Vicki, aged 10, discovered one of these stories and was so delighted by it that Lorna Hill wrote several more and soon they were published.

Vicki trained as a ballet dancer at Sadler's Wells and from her letters Mrs Hill was able to glean the knowledge which forms the background for the 'Wells' stories.

The Song and The Sunny Morning, by Leslie J. Francis and Nicola M. Slee, published by William Collins, $1.95 each. Each title book is designed to help very young readers grasp a key concept of the Christian faith. The concept is clearly grounded on sensations and experiences to which the under sevens easily relate and is developed through a simple story line and vivid pictures. The Song (Teddy Horsley sings the Song of Creation). Teddy Horsley hears the Song of Creation: the shout of the sun, the whisper of the moon, the crackle of the fire, the crunch of the snow. He hears the ring of the bell. the music of the organ, the words of the preacher, the voices of the choir. Teddy Horsley hears the creatures of the Lord sing God's praise and exalt him for ever. He lifts up his voice to join in the Song of Creation. Sunny Morning The (Teddy Horsley celebrates the new life of Easter). Teddy Horsley skips out into the sunny morning.

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Agatha Christie, A Biography, by Janet Morgan, published by William Collins, $27.95. Reviewed by Roslyn Ross. Few people in the western world would not have heard of Agatha Christie, read one of her-books or seen one of the films made from her books Characters like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple made her famous as did titles like The Mousetrap, Death on the Nile and The Orient Express. As the world's best-selling writer in English, author of Britain's longest -running play, Agatha Christie became a public institution long before her death in 1976. But what of the woman herself? As a writer, Beneath Whose Hand, the autobiography of R.M. Williams with Olaf Ruben. published by MacMillan, $19.95. Revieuvd by Roslyn Ross. The name R.M Williams is synonym() 14 S uith boots. Every countryman ( and et vri some spunky city slickers) worth his salt has to have a pair. There is no substitute. R.M. Williams boots are urrrn until theyfalloff the feet and then replaced by another pair. exactly the same, just newer. His elastic side boots have made him famous and wealthy and R.M. Williams, bushman, grazier. businessman, folk hero, raconteur, has become something of a legend in his 0U71 time. His is another classic story of the self-made man. R.M. Williams left home in his teens and went bush. For months he trekked through the

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deserts and ranges of central Australia as the camel-man of a tur-r-man expedition. After that be uririted as a drover and soonput the experience to good use, designing and making bushmen's equip merit and clothing. The sale of a handmadepacksaddle to Sir Sidney Kid-

man for five pounds over 50 years ago was the beginning of a business ubich grew rapidly. Soon hushmen from all over Australia u,ere sending 'cash with order' for his products. The bush has remained his greatest lot e hut he ba-s always found time for gold mining in the Northern Territory. teaplanting in the New Guinea Highlands, publishing poetry andestablishing theStockman 's Hall of Fame. which will preserve the heritage and legends of the outback. It is certainly a story worth telling butIfeel the 'monologue style' lacks vibrancy and colour. It reads as if R.M. sat douil infront ofa tape recorder, one fine month, and related his life story which was subsequently edited by Ruben. It's a style that I feel limits the book's appeal.

Agatha Christie was a skilled do, especially so when she craftsman and you find no married the eminent real shadow of her personarchaeologist, Max Malloality in her many books. wan, following her divorce The Agatha Christie who from Archie Christie) and disappeared in 1926 in the her books began to sell. wake of her mother's death and the impending break-up of her marriage was very much a mystery woman, and she remained a mystery woman, except of course to her family and close friends. It is through talking to those close friends and with the total co-operation of Agatha's daughter that Janet Morgan has been able to 4 paint such a vivid picture of a truly talented writer who • A niQGS, was also a delightful, enterJanet taining and energetic per,C • son. Apart from the emotional trauma which When she was deserted by brought about her 'disapArchie she retreated into pearance,' later put down to writing. Agatha was a pro'memory loss' caused by fessional now. Her ingeacute stress. Agatha was a nious detective stories well and balanced unfailingly baffled her readextremely well-adjusted ers; in her novels, written woman. under a pseudonym she As an Edwardian child, her explored her own mysteries. early life in Devonshire was Her confidence returned carefree and comfortable, and, to her astonishment, at until her father's death and the age of 40 she married later. war. She began to Max Mallowan, a man 15 write; then 'in a whirlwind.' years her junior. They had Archie Christie came into met in Egypt and as Agatha her life. later admitted, the friendThey married precipitously ship had only been allowed and he survived the war, a to flourish because she felt hero of the Flying Corps. totally at ease with a man so Their daughter was born, much younger . . . there was they travelled the world no chance of involvement. (Agatha was never to let That was where she was motherhood come in the wrong. At the end of a stay way of what she wanted to at her home in En: and. Max

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new titles new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles The Wooden Horse, by Eric Williams, published by Penguin, $5.95. This story of the author's escape from the notorious Stalag-Luft III POW camp has become one of the classic adventure stories of the last war. First published in 1949, this updated edition includes material previously witheld under the Official Secrets Act. Fisher's Hornpipe. by Todd McEwen, published by Penguin, $7.95. In the grand spirit of A Confederacy of Dunces, this anarchic and outrageously funny first novel heralds the arrival of a great new writing talent.

The Moons ofJupiter, by Alice Munor. published by Penguin, $6.95. Thought by many to be her finest work yet. these eleven brilliantly-drawn short stories show Alice Munro at her best. Her richly resonant pieces map women's search for love in unerring and unforgettable style.

The Royal Game And Other Stories, by Stefan Zweig. published by Penguin, $6.95. Through stories of desire, revenge, power, obsession and madness, Zweig excited the admiration of his great contemporaries. Thomas Mann, Einstein and Freud. from an Letter Unknown Woman, reprinted here, was later made famous as a celebrated film. The Physically Handicapped Child, edited by Gillian T McCarthy, published by Faber and Faber,

$18.95. This is a book which will appeal to all professionals who are in contact, however infrequently, with the physdaily handicapped child. It is full of valuable information and much practical advice culled from wide experience. Ancestral Voices. Cares of Ice and Prophesying Peace, by James Lees Milne. published by Faber And Faber, $10.95 each.

Voices, Ancestral Caves of Ice and Prophesying Peace contain the diary James Less-Milne Gods, Graves And Scholars, by CW Ceram. published by Penguin, $11.95. A new and enlarged edition of the classic which succeeded in popularising archeology. C.W. Ceram's work dramatising the lives of the men who turned the earth and read the signs has been translated into twentysix languages and read by millions of people.

Rugs And Carpets From The Caucasus, The Russian Collections, by Liatif Kerimov, Norma Stepanian, Tatyana Grigoliva and David Tsitsbvilli, published by Penguin, $19.95. The Caucasus has produced over the centuries a varied and fascinating range of carpets and rugs. Rugs and Carpets from the Caucasus examines the exquisite work from the regions of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Geol.gje and Daghestan.

The King's Singers' Madrigals, Vol. I and 2, publishedby Faber andFaber. $7.95 each. The madrigal is perhaps the most satisfying musical form every devised for recreational singing. These two volumes present forty of the finest examples current in Europe during the Golden Age of the madrigal three centuries ago. Feathers And Fibre, by Mick Pendergrast published by Penguin, $17.95. A sumptuously produced and illustrated survey of traditional and contemporary Maori craft that brings together important and often neglected art forms from a wide variety of family and tribal backgrounds.

Rugs And Carpets From Central Asia, The Russian Collections, by Elena Tsarjova, published by Penguin. $19.95. Beautifully illustrated with examples from the major Russian collections, this highly authoritative survey

of Central Asian carpet craftsmanship is an invaluable resource.

Hose Children Learn Mathematics, by Pamela Liebeck, published by Penguin, $8-95. Aimed at teachers and parents who are themselves often confused about mathematics. How Children Learn Mathematics is a straightforward illustrated introduction to the ways in which children learn the principles of the subject.

Pipers At The Gates Of Dawn, by Jonathan Cott, published by Viking,

$29.95. Pipers at the Gates of Dawn consists of Cott's reflections about the encounters with six extraordinary creators of children's books — Maurice Sendak, Dr Seuss, Astrid Lindgren, William Steig. P Travers, Chinua Achebe — and with Iona and Peter Opie, the great contemporary scholars of children's lore, games and language.

came into her room and sat on the end of her bed and asked Agatha to marry him. The decision was not made in haste and as she said; if anyone in the same position had asked for her advice she strongly would have rejected marriage. But marry they did and despite the age difference it was a happy marriage ( marred only by a miscarriage in her early 40's) that was to endure until her death. An extremely energetic woman. Agatha accompanied her husband on archaeological digs well into her 70's. Despite the age differences and the personality differences and the fact that Max was, unlike her, a scholar. the partnership was a success and his reputation grew alongside hers. But for Agatha Christie writing was always a chore. It never took precedence in her life and was merely a way of making money, not that such an attitude was ever reflected in her work it was always professional, skilled and thorough. Her greatest joy came when her 'book for the year' was finished and she could sit back and enjoy her

gardening, knitting, cooking and reading. Food was another of her great loves and while she never drank. except on one occasion when a particularly unpleasant luncheon guest was aggressively extolling the virtues of teetotalism, whereupon the unstoppable Agatha loudly ordered 'beer', her favourite indulgence was a half a cup of pure Devon cream. Agatha Christie had a quite remarkable constitution and the menu for her eightieth birthday dinner would put many a younger stomach to shame. She wrote: "Picnic on the Moor with 5 dogs and a•super dinner last night: Avocados Vinaigrette. Hot Lobster a la Creme. Blackberry Ice Cream and real blackberries and lots of cream, and special treat — half a large cup of neat cream for me while the rest had champagne. Her constitution was well partnered with a most remarkable enthusiasm for life and while Janet Morgan begins on a slightly ponderous note, she soon picks up pace in relating the life of this memorable lady.

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A day to remember

CHURCHES CARE FOR UNEMPLOYED

TENNIS A social day has been organised for Sunday to open the 1985 tennis season. The venue is the Trinity College tennis courts in Manning. Play is scheduled to commence at 1.30pm. All members and their friends are welcome. As there are no tea-making facilities players are requested to provide their own afternoon tea. Entries for the pennants to commence on Saturday March 16, will close at the social day. "A" grade teams consist of three men and two women whilst the "B" and -Veteran" grades are

made up of only two men and two women. Any Catholic or member of a Catholic club can nominate a team provided two tennis courts can be made available. The nomination fee is $5 per team which must accompany the entry form. Entry forms are available from club secretaries or Jack Eastcott on 328 6860. The veterans competition which is being introduced for the first time is open to all players who turn 40 years of age before March 1.1985.

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(*DOGS' HANCE R ACE 1: Tanjoba 1. Paradise Mac 2. Shahbanou 3. RACE 2: Another Classic 1. Arthur Daley 2. Mr Toe Indoor 3. RACE 3: Supreme Carmen 1. Aulfee 2. Star Pix 3. RACE 4: Hornsby Harry 1. Ballyporeen 2. Daybreak 3. R ACE 5: Zappa Fox 1. Ballyeg Clancy 2. Lady Temlock 3. R ACE 6: Dangerous Adios 1. Small Conquest 2. Belinda Mist 3. RACE 7: Shintor Lad 1. Candle Lock 2. Regal Title 3. RACE 8: Glenflre Babe 1. Tivessa Poppet 2. Aqua Sheen 3. RACE 9: Icy Fox 1. Minsky 2. Speedy Lock 3. RACE 10: Fast lassie 1. Tour Girl 2. Watch The Red 3.

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R epresentatives of the major churches will form a group called "Church Action With The Unemployed" to encourage church groups to get alongside and relate to the unemployed in their community. A conference will be held on Saturday, March 9 from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm at Churchlands Campus: 1 . To sensitise Christians to the impact of unemployment on people in their community. 2. To raise awareness of a creative process for churches to respond adequately. 3. To look at options for church action and involvement in the local community. 4. Resource ongoing, cooperative initiatives by the churches and community. A representative from most parishes and congregations of each of the churches will attend. The day will be chaired by Bishop Michael Challen. The Hon. Peter Dowding, MLC, Minister for Employment and Training, will also address the conference. Case studies will be presented of some of the creative programmes in which the churches are already involved. The group has obtained funding from the Skills West '85 Programme to employ a co-ordinator to follow through the initiatives arising out of the March Conference. For further information contact Reverend R. Stringer (325 4366) Mr. D. Linden (279 4883) or Mrs B.H. RacFarlane (325 6644).

Yidarra Catholic School decided to make last Sunday's inaugural Open Day a day to be remembered for many years to come. Parents inspected the school and then watched four commemorative trees being planted (left) by Sister Maura Kelleher, founding principal of the school, (top right) Tony Dean chairman of the interim school board and (below) Pand F chairman John Vidovich seen with his wife Susan and son Stephen. Father Richard Doyle of Brentwood VVilletton planted the fourth tree. The new school has a full enrolment of 120 for its opening years one to four as well as a full double stream of pre-primary children. WORLD DAY OF PRAYER The Womens World Day of Prayer on Friday March 1 will hold a city service at St Mary's Cathedral at 1 pm and the speaker will be Sister Ella Williams who has worked on several occasions with Mother Teresa in Calcutta. Anyone is invited to the service. Refreshments will be served afterwards. MASS ON ABC RADIO Divine Service on 6WN at 5.30 pm on Sunday February 24 is Mass from St Luke's Catholic church Noarlunga South Australia celebrated by Father Morris Shinnick for the first Sunday in Lent. THEMES FOR ABORIGINES Morning Scripture on 6WN at 6.55 am from Monday February 25 until Friday March 1 will provide scripture readings and reflections on Aboriginal dispossession. FR WAY JUBILEE The Australian Burma Society will hold a luncheon at noon on March 10 for the golden jubilee of Father Bernard Way in the St Mark's College hall Beaufort Street. Tickets $5 adult, 12 and under $3. Phone 272 1379 for bookings. ST PAT'S NIGHT ARMADALE Armadale parish will hold a Pat's Night dance in the Armadale twon hall at 8 pm on Saturday, March 16. Tickets $5 and bring a plate of supper. Further enquiries Landwehr Margaret 399 1596.

ACCOMODATION Mrs Lesley McNee, of Koorda. newly appointed to the Diocesan Pastoral Council wishes to hear (PO Box 142 Koorda 6475, 096-821025) urgently from any parents in Western Australian country areas who need accommodation for for 15-20 year-olds who come from secure family backgrounds, and are leaving home because educational or vocational opportunities are only available for them in the city. The ideal would be a college similar to St. Thomas More College, with a religious order providing guidance and administration, with a supportive lay staff. For the past four years, Catholic families in the Bencubbin Parish have seen a need for Catholic accommodation, primarily in a College/Hostel type situation or secondly in private Catholic homes; in the metropolitan area to cater for young country people who have to leave their homes, for schooling (secondary and tertiary), apprenticeships on their first job.

PARISH HEALING WEEKEND The first Parish Healing Weekend in WA is to be held at Keaney College Bindoon on March 1-3. The Parish Healing Weekend is one of several r enewal programmes offered by the WA Pastoral and Matrimonial Renewal Centre as follow-on lay f ormation after the Parish Renewal Weekend. Bindoon parish had three very successful Parish Renewal weekends in 1983 dur-

HILLS PRAYER GROUPS Combined prayer groups of Lesmurdie, Kalamunda and Maida Vale are having Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church Lesmurdie on Wednesday March 6. Praise time is from 7.30

pm until the commencement of Mass at 8pm. All parishes are invited to this celebration and after Mass to supper in the parish hall. The theme is repentance and joy.

ing the time of Father Geoff Aldous. When th'e Parish Healing Weekend became available in WA, Father Michael Gatt, parish priest of Bindoon, accepted it enthusiastically. Peter and Veronia Dymond of the Pastoral and Matrimonial Renewal Centre say the Parish Healing Weekend is an opportunity to look at hurts given or suffered within the Church; through a series of exercises conducted from Friday evening until Sunday afternoon the participants identify and

eventually heal those hurts. It is not a physical healing experience. Although the weekend in Bindoon is primarily a weekend for Bindoon parishioners, Father Gatt has a llocated several places for people from outside the parish. There is sleeping accommodation available at Keaney College and all meals will be provided. Anyone wishing to book onto the weekend may do Bindoon) Ka\ so by phoning Very ( 095)761083 in

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