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The new Eagles Nest Catholic Youth Centre was trying to supply prevention rather than a cure for today's crises, Archbishop Foley said at the official blessing of the expanded facilities last Sunday. -It is not always easy to convince people of the need for centres and movements for ordinary people because it is easier to see people in crisis.
"As a church we have been aware of those in society who through lack of opportunity. misfortune, or personal handicap have needed special help and we have sought to reach the people on the streets and the unemployed. "But we have to be particularly aware of the normal young person in a family who is seeking to create a good home. to study and to form themselves for life.
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Archbishop Foley entered Royal Perth Hospital on Thursday for surgical treatment of a cardiac condition. The length of convalescence will be determined by the outcome of the operation and the opinion of his doctors.
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The Premier, Mr Brian Burke accompanied by his wife Sue, unveils a plague at the new Eagle's Nest Youth Centre watched by Marisa Romei, Joseph Tufillie, YCW fulltimer and Stuart Teasdale, A ntioch, Kalamunda.
trntil he resumes normal duties Archbishop Foley has authorised Bishop Healy to act in his name even in those areas excluded by Canon Law from his
Announcing an annual grant of $5000 to cover the administrative and maintenance costs of the camp Mr Burke said he hoped that what had started there would produce a change in society because "Christians do not exist on earth simply to pass on without making some sort of mark. "The money will be wasted
if the products of Eagles Nest merely pass through the community leaving no
,,ort of mark. \lying that at the age of 38 he felt himself to be past the best years when it came to making a contribution to the character and the personality of the community in which we lived, Mr Burke said the future rested in the young people who would be the beneficiaries of Eagles Nest. "The future rests in developing an intellectual appreciation of the changes that confront us and how we shape and modify those changes and retain values
that are worthwhile. Saying that the time had come to aggressively prosecute one's point of view Mr Burke continued: "There is no worth or satisfaction in hiding your light under a bushell or a.s,suming the stature of a shrinking violet while enduring attacks on the things you believe. "The Church of our religion is not under attack hut Christianity itself is. The one constant thread is an attack on the system of values that all the churches would
attend to. "I see it every day in my job and while the Church has not been specifically under attack that is no longer a viable argument. "Because such an attack would lend strength to that church, what is much more worrying is that Christianity or morality is undergoing an attack or change that is not being accommodated, predicted or combatted. Commenting on Archbishop Foley's remark that
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"In universities, seminaries and the Church as a whole the 10 year gap in youth activity was felt especially by the young adults who had sensed the value and support the Cardign movements had given them and their peers as they grew up. "Early in the 1970s a change began to appear. arising out of the enthusiasm of young Christians themselves. Archbishop Foley said, noting the 1979 commencement of Catholic Parish Youth. of Focolare and the emergence of the Redemptorist groups and the extension of YCS to tertiart- campuses. Choice and Antioch were other recent developments.
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The time had come for an aggression to be developed not about religion but about the values of Christianity that were under attack, the Premier Mr Brian Burke said at the opening of Eagles Nest Catholic Youth Centre last Sunday.
"These people are being reached by our movements which are now on the increase. Archbishop Foley said he had been deeply moved by the enthusiasm, respect and faith of the 300 young people he met at the January Catholic Youth Conference. He also traced the history of the youth movements in the archdiocese and the decade during which Catholic youth activity appeared to dry up and disappear in the wake of the Cardin inspired youth movements established after the war. "In the late 1960s there was a general unrest and a great dislike of anything that smelt of organisation." he said.
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Facilities such as Eagles Nest Catholic Youth Centre do not come from nowhere Archbishop Foley saidin outlining thefinances that had been provided: The addition of a meeting room, further sleeping accommodation and a caretaker's lodge had brought the total expenditure on the project to $315,000. The original property and its several du,ellings had been purchased for $175,0(X), of which $75,000 came from the sale of the Marian Lodge property and a further contribution of $1()0,000 came from the archdiocese of Perth. For the recent additions $90,0(X) had been obtained by fund raising and another $20,000 provided by 200private donors. Archbishop Foley noted that there was still a debt of $30,(XX) for which he hoped donations uvuld he forthcoming. He thanked the Premier Mr Brian Burke for the government annual youth contribution of $13,(X)0 to the archdiocese of Perth. $3000 to Bunbury diocese and $2(X10 to Geraldton diocese. He noted that these funds uyndd help pay the 12youngpeople whose efforts, in helping to train the leaders of tomorrow, uvregreatly appreciated.
Trail blazing
Last Saturday at New Norcia Dom Peter Woodward OSB made his solemn profession as a monk of the New Norcia c ongregation he entered in 1979. Originally from Waratah NSW and one of five children, he worked from 1971 in the NSW Education Department after his schooling at St Piux X College Maitland s taffed by diocesa clergy. His mother, Mrs Mary Woodward of Newcastle NSW, was present at the Mass during, which he made his profession. A t New Norcia he has taught Christian Education at Salvado College and local state schools. As community tailor, he has been responsible for the distinctive design and production of striking liturgical stoles, chasubles and antipendia. During his homily the New
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Norcia prior, Dom Placid Spearitt, said: -The gospel gives us one of the most outrageous of the sayings attributed to Jesus, that we must hate our life in this world if we are to keep it for the eternal life. "There are several senses, in which it would be wrong for us to hate our life at all; but there is evidently a sense in which Jesus thinks our life in this world is a mortal danger for us. "I suppose that is the case if we mistake this world for the whole of reality, or if we think our life belongs to us, without reference to God. "What you. Peter, are doing in this eucharist, is agreeing with Jesus as to where your real life is. — Story and picture by Tony James, Curator for the Benedictine Community.
After his final profession at New Norcia, Dom Peter Woodward OSB is pictured with his mother Mrs Mary Woodward
hree Aboriginal girls from Tardun will make Camp trip abroad Drug action
In welcoming guests to Eagles Nest last Sunday Father John Jegorow Diose(-can youth Chaplain reminded the audience that the first worker for youth in this State was Ursula Frayne the 28-year-old who led the first hand of Sisters of Mercy to WA in 1846. Within a few weeks of arrival she was picking up orphans, teaching children and blazing new trails in the state, he said.
-lhe Eagles \ propert came to light in a marriage preparation talk Father Jegorow had with Deidrc Pyc and her fiance Gary Strange. Deidre's speciality was country property and Gary promised he would drill a well wherever a camp was settled. Within three days the Eagles Nest property had been inspected and the purchase arranged.
Rochelle Merry, Gail Simpson and Theonie Jackamarra, three students from the Pallottine Mission at Tardun, have been chosen to travel overseas in April in the International Year of Youth and the jubilee year of the Pallottine Fathers and brothers and their co-operators. In Rome they will meet up with young people from all over the world for a solemn Easter celebration and discussions about how young people live their faith today.
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youths it was a significant day to open the centre. It was an event which had to fit into the history of the Church and the history of society. Now that these movements were catering for up to 30(X)
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there appeared to have been a re-birth of activity in the youth movements he noted that he as a youth grew up in a period when youth movements appeared to languish and lose direction. He said that although his older brother and sister had benefited from the influence of the YCW he had passed through a period of restlessnes,s and apparent lack of Christian guidance.
Then they travel together for four weeks to Pallottine youth centres in Switzerland, Germany and England, always meeting young people and seeing how they respond to the call of Jesus. For Rochelle, Gail and Theonie this trip will be a great experience which will effect them and many Aboriginal people in the future. They will see. how beyond races and nationalities faith and love unites all believers. Rochelle, Gail and Theonie have been outstanding examples of integrity and strength among their fellow students during their 11 or 12 years at Tardun and shown great determination to better themselves and become able to help their own people. Rochelle has just completed Year 12 and is to study nursing. Gail and Thonie are in Year 12. Finance for this pilgrimage is a problem. The cost per person is $3000. The families of these and other students are trying to raise some money. The mission children joined by making saleable craft objects. But at least twothirds of the funds will have to come from sponsors. Donations will be gratefully accepted by the
Mission Superintendent. Pallottine Mission, Tardun 6628. Parishes are invited to
raise funds km one of the students. For doing this they will have the cooperation of mission staff
who can come to the parish with slides and some items from the children's workshop.
Picturedplanning their Pallottine pilgrimage to Europe are Rochelle Merry, Theonie Jackamarra and Gail Simpson •
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Bishop thanks us for help to his poor. . . A s Bishop For- bishop. Whatever you I accept.tich of Bacolod say Bishop Fortich is no City, Philippines, stranger to danger himhanded Father self, having seen his Brian Gore the house burnt down earwarrant for his lier this year, probably he shrugs arrest two years deliberately, off threats to himself or ago he told the t he kidnapping last Australian Colum- week of his neighbourban priest to test ing bishop. the strength of the The bishop who is in of two million souls basic Christian charge on the island of Negros is c ommunities to in Australia to thank Catholsee what would ics for their contributions to be the reaction of Australian Catholic Relief the people when and which have helped they saw their pri- establish projects for his poor people. est in gaol. "It is a consolation that I have at least one obedient priest," quipped Bishop Fortich in Perth on Monday night when he narrated Father Gore's r eply: "You're my
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where but operative depressed prices have put 400.000 out of work. In addition to the harass. ment of the communist National People's Army he said there is "so much malnutrition in a country that is supposed to be healthy and so much sorrow in a people that is supposed to be so happy." He said the contributions to Australian Catholic Relief gave them the consolation that Australian Catholics have a true Christian spirit in sharing the bounty God had given them and giving an example of being one Christian family with their Filipino neighbours. He told the story of how
C ommission is content The Catholic Education Commission is happy with the WA Government consultation that preceded the latest State grants in recurrent funding. the retiring CEC chairman, Mons Nestor said this week. He said that WA appeared to he approaching the fulfilment of the needs-basis funding better than other states. In the latest state grant the average Catholic school will receive an increase of about $35 per pupil and secondary pupils an increase of $74 for recurrant expenditure. Mons Nestor said the commission was happy with the State Government using the new Commonwealth school categories. He said that Catholic schools needed the extra funds to be able to keep up with demands made by society to prepare children more adequately for tie workforce and to give attention to special groups needing attention to special groups needing attention in the schools. See page one Intercom Education Supplement in this issue.
he asked Father Gore to establish basic Christian communities amon&st the hill people who were impoverished, scattered, exploited by politicians and abused by the military.
EEE "They came together and learned to know one another. to practise their faith even to prepare liturgical functions when the priest could not get to them. "For the first time in their lives they learned to communicate with God in a fashion that is truly Christian. The bishop described the day when a crowd of 80(X) hills people assembled for Mass and the military commander with only two jeep loads of soldiers said he was afraid of Father Gore's "army". "Father Gore would not even know how to hold a hand grenade because he is a priest of God" the bishop told the commander and deliberately walked him among the crowds to show they respected the bishop. Still scared, the commander wanted nobody behind the altar during Mass so the bishop got the people to move saying: "My Mass is good only when you face the bishop not when you are behind him!" A fter Mass the military commander, the mayor and other officials had to listen as the people one by one told of physical abuse by the military and taxation extortion. "The mayor was mad and angry but I told him: 'Your people are waking up'."
EEE A newspaper and radio campaign revealed the tension and fear of the authorities that led to Father Gore being initially charged with subversion and the trumped up hand grenade charge. Bishop Fortich said. He described the day when he deliberately accompanied Father Gore to the Man-
ila court hearing, "I wore every piece of episcopal regalia I could. I looked like a Christmas Tree but I did this to honour my priests and because I wanted to show the people I am
proud of the priests." The offensive cartoons that attacked the priests and their co-workers were a humiliation of the Church. Bishop Fortich said. The culmination was the
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Rebord HAVE YOUR SAY Learning where Basics tend to be
life's hottest
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One can only applaud the principle of people who believe in the one true God sitting together to pray. There are, however, a few other principles that one Ought also remember. Reading the "black over Red" pamphlet produced on Aboriginal land rights' one is led to the conclusion that in the reply to the first
In the days when pulpits were inconsiderate enough to mention the torments of hellfire, Joondanna churchgoers reportedly heard the fastest two-sentence memorable homily when the late Father Loftus OSM said on a steamy Sunday: "If hell is like this, stay away from it" A peculiar variation on such a soundly Christian theme popped up this week with the remarkable advice offered to the rising population that if school is too hot then stay away from it. Apparently there is nothing wrong at least with the arithmetic at schools if it could be calculated so rapidly that 30,000 children made their very prompt choice. Whether it was relatively hotter in the classroom than elsewhere only highlights the relativity of pain and suffering to what life is all about. Teachers presumably, and mercifully, appear to have stayed on the job thus trying to sort out why some of the class thought it hot enough to go and the others thought it worth their while to stay. Lenten preaching and the preaching of Jesus' admonition about the end that awaits all mankind suffers from the same problem. The half who need to hear what is good for them have vanished; those who made the difficult choice don't need much good advice. Lent of course gained its main impetus in countries well above the equator and whose least pre-occupation was with heat in this life. With the scourge of an icy winter around them the people could be urged to put in a last dash of asceticism for the Easter springtime. It was only a short step from locking the people into a period of rigorous fasting and abstinence to preachers taking the opportunity to set the earnest souls into some rigorous spiritual housekeeping. The travelling missioners were busy during Lent because Easter communion and its accompanying confession meant coming face to face with this life's sinfulness and the long term decision to stay away from the heat of hellfire in the next life. The real live solidarity of the Body of Christ was no more real than when the whole village knew it was all into prayer and fasting. It gave courage to shaky consciences to realise that there was probably at least one worse sinner in the confessional queue, that for someone the penance of turning over a new leaf was tough.
petition . . "ask for courage to find the truth and act upon it", the "truth" is as seen by the writers of the pamphlet. A principle that I believe ought to be remembered is that Christ told his apostles to preach the gospel to the whole world. I assume he meant us to use human agencies and if that means, in the light of one hundred years experience. the Church in the Kimberley's believes it needs to own mission lands, then every effort should be used by the one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church to retain them. The government intends to make mission land( s) claimable under the new legislation, by Aborigines, in other words deprive the Church of land rights. A principle in which I believe is that land rights as a part of basic human rights not to be infringed upon for racial bias or political expediency. The latter part of that sentence seems to he overlooked at the moment when talking of "just solutions". Whilst my Church has been active in the Kimberleys for
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Some detached psychologist could perhaps stand off and observe that the Church was simply marketing sound human advice, that there is no reward in human personal development if there is no willingness to pay the price of self-denial. Dashing off from school when it's hot may not be what life is all about. As the frontiers of the churches now battle the global problems of war, political, injustice, oppression, manipulation, powerlessness and a host of other solemn sounding ills, it is out of fashion for an individual to be told that there is a little stiffening of the spine needed in each person's ordinary life as well. Personal sin is out and the downfall of society is swallowed up in persuasive statistics. If millions of others are ripping off the system with their contrived cheating then why should one tender conscience be upset. When 30,000 hot bodies are heading for the classroom door, who's the fool that stay behind? If millions of couples have put a veneer over the breakdown of married life with the euphemism of fault-free divorce, then which person is going to admit that his or her malice and selfishness destroyed the love of their spouse and children? A lesson of morality and human worth can be drawn from the tumbling of the mighty dollar. Only the way brave are game to say why it is rotting in our wallets. Most would prefer to say that it is someone else's fault, that some greedy gnome is the sinful villain. What sane person would ever confess their personal share of the selfishness that separates the rich and the poor of this world? Ironically, it is the present age that has invented the new religion of fitness, of dieting, of exercise, of anything to put off the reality that can be seen any day over the cemetery fence. It is a good smoke screen for running away from the heat of the real good advice that would have some lasting effect on the soul. Sweating it out in a hot classroom might teach the soul, if not the body, a few lessons.
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from WVC. Thomas, Medina. Sir, With the weather a popular topic of conversation and the mercury steady in the high thirties we certainly have a lot to grizzle and talk about. But while we rant and rave and get all steamed up, which does nothing to relieve the situation anyway, we should count our blessings and thank God for our plight however paradoxical it may sound. In the season of Lent which is the acceptable time for penance through self-denial and mortification, what better heaven-sent opportunity is presented to us to right the scales of Divine Justice as far as the punishment due to sin is concerned? With our morning offering of all the joys, works, prayers and sufferings of the day, particularly the constant searing heat, we must surely soon be out of the red and wipe the slate clean: The first parish priest of our Medina parish — a saintly man often reminded me whenever I had something to complain about that his life is a purgatorial way to heaven. Another priest chided me for smoking too much and I admitted that I just couldn't give up the filthy habit so he ended his admonition with a gem of wisdom: "better to burn in this world than burn in the next."
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over one hundred years and sacred sites that ought to be Catholics have spent enor- revered by Australian Catholmous amounts of labour and ics then they are in the the money — in trying to Kimberleys, where the improve the temporal lot of blood, sweat and, I am sure, Aborigines as well as bring- many silent tears shed by ing them from paganism into countless priests, nuns and the one true fold, I now hear brothers as well as dedia stony public silence of cated lay missioners workmany in authority to defend ing for the good of the one its right and the rights of its true church has hallowed members to practise their that land. Hopefully, when praying religion as they see fit, ie. to spread the Gospel by using for a just solution our leadthe temporal assets rightly ers will listen to those knowlacquired under the law of edgeable in the practical field and also pray for the this land. And if one talks about courage to speak out on sacred sites then I believe behalf of our missionaries as that if ever there were well.
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The yoke Aboriginal cause query of Yalta from Father J. Luemmen SAC, BEM, of Riverton
From: John C. Veszely, Nollamara. Sir, Forty years ago this month three men signed an agreement at Yalta USSR that pushed ultimately over 1(X) million people under the terror and the yoke of the Soviet Union. Not only was the USSR permitted to retain the eastern part of Poland which it gained by attacking that country in tandem with Hitler. it was permitted to incorporate the three Baltic States as well — again as the USSR contracted to do, in the so-called Secret Protocols signed between Ribbentrop and Molotov. Yalta, thus as Helsinki did later, sanctioned the criminal pact which Hitler and Stalin entered into. Hitler's minister got the death sentence. Stalin's minister got decorated. Now, US President Reagan and French President Mitterand, Pope John Paul II and the former German Chanceller Schmidt, have all denounced Yalta and its results. Reagan said a half a year ago ". . There is no reason to absolve the Soviet Union or ourselves from this commitment." He spoke about independence and freedom — what was promised to all nations at Yalta.
For some time I have been wondering if there is no better way to promote the cause of the Aborigines in our country than to keep tooting the horn for Aboriginal land Rights. Those people, black and white alike, who are really interested in the betterment
Value in a book From Paul Donnelly, Claremont Sir.
Mr A.G. Evans' biography of Monsignor John Hawes, The Conscious Stone, should be in every Catholic school library here in WA and in other States too as an outstanding addition to Australian biographical literature. It would also be a valuable addition to Tertiary
and a fair and just treatment of the first Australians, hardly speak of land rights because they realise that more harm than good is done by the trendies for land rights in our community. The very positive attitude and generous support I received for the under-privileged in our society during my past 25 years work with Admission Examination recommended readers despite the fact that it dwells on benign influences in West Australian history rather than the macabre such as the two accounts of the Batavia-Abrolhos story favoured in the 'tell me now in dismal numbers' tastes of TAE English. A further reason for rearding Tony evans in his putof valuable ting painstaking research onto printed paper is that his wife Claire acted as honorary assistant secretary to
and for the Aborigines, seems to be gone by the board. I ask why?
It is interesting to notice the considerable decline in the sale of The Record at the church door when the Catholic newspaper prints articles on land rights with big headline on the front page. the Parents and Friends Federation at a time when all the valuable ground work was being done by a devoted few to broach the flow of Government assistance for non-Government schools which now brings in millions of dollars annually. It is not just Catholic schools which should have a copy of Tony's book and our WA Parents and Friends Federation should through its affiliation with the Australian Parents Council, communicate this view widely.
'Union of all' is his vision The 150th birthday of the Pallottine congregation is a new beginning for a new Pallottine time, Father Roger McGinley said at a special
Father Roger McGinley SAC preaching at the launching of the Pallottine jubilee at Queen of Apostles church Riverton.
celebration of Queen of Apostles Church, Riverton. "When you're that old you begin to feel excited, especially if you know and believe that you are not going to die for a very long time," the former Riverton pastor said at the launching of the jubilee of the Union of the Catholic Apostolate.
Pallottine provincial superior, Father Eddie Wehrmaker of Rossmoyne, welcomed the gathering of representatives from Perth, Tardun and Geraldton: "The Rome of Pallotti's time had an oversupply of priests which left little room for the laity. He had a vision of a 'Union' of all Catholics as equal partners spreading and sharing the Good News," Father McGinley later said during Mass; 'We have no picture of St Vincent Pallotti's eyes. We have no photos, only his death mask, but we have a clear idea of his vision. "It was not directed
towards the centres of power and influence. It was the vision of Jesus which sought out and brought hope to the poor and the weak:' "In St Vincent Pallotti's vision the duties and rights of being an apostle, of witnessing to Jesus, did away with all rank. "He saw the Church as a circle of brothers and sisters helping, serving in faith and love. "And isn't that exactly what the Church is moving towards today?" He said all were called to that love-in-action Pallotti prayed for: "Jesus, You have become a fool of love for me, How canInot become a fool of love for Thee." Other Pallottine 150th celebrations to which the public are welcome include: An All-Night prayer vigil (March 22); a Youth Pilgrimage to Rome (April 1); visit of the Pallottine General (April 26); visit of the Canadian Pallottine Superior (August 26); Adult Rome to Pilgrimage ( October).
Partnership a silent success Twenty thousand people in Bangladesh have entered into an anonymous and highly successful partnership with Australian Catholics. The partnership is anonymous, because only a handful of people in either country are aware that it exists. It is successful because it has resulted in a vast improvement in the
nutrition of those involved in Bangladesh, especially the children, and has given them a signifiin cant increase income. partnership The began when Project C ompassion money was used to support an aquaculture programme run by the Catholic Church in B angladesh. The money. pooled with funds raised by landless families In hundreds of small groups, was enough to enable them to embark on a fish-farm-
ing venture. Small derelict ponds were leased, re -excavated and stocked with finExpert gerlings. advice was provided on the best species of fish to use, and on feeding techniques. The results were spectacular. One group managed to get 3371 kilos of fish from a pond no biger than a football field. Average yields were seven to eight times those of ponds not involved in the programme. Plans are now being drawn up for an expansion of the aquacul-
ture programme in 1985-86, and more funds will be required for this. Australian Catholic Relief will be appealing for this m oney during its annual Project Compassion campaign, which opens in the coming week. There is every hope that through Project Compassion, the silent partnership will continue.
You can help the hungry this Lent. A young girl plants rice in an Indonesian paddy-field In most Asian countries, including Indonesia, food production is more than keeping pace with population growth. But hunger is still common because many people have no land on which to grow food, and not enough money to buy it.
Pope crills on us all to act
At this time of Lent, I wish to speak to you about the distressing situation created by hunger in the world.
When hundreds of millions of people are lacking food, when millions of children are irreparably marked by hunger for the rest of their lives and thousands of them are dying of it, I cannot remain silent, we cannot remain silent or inactive. Governments as well as international organisations and associations send much relief to the victims of these food shortages, unfortunately without all of them receiving what could save them. But in order to be effective, could not a very significant effort he made to attack even more decisively the causes of this scourge which rages on a worldwide scale? It is true that natural causes such as had weather and long periods of drought are unavoidable at the present time. But their consequences would often be less serious if people would not add mistakes and sometimes injustices to these natural causes. Is everything being done to prevent, at least in part, the disastrous effects of had weather, as well as to ensure the just and rapid distribution of provisions and assistance? On the other hand, there are situations which are intolerable: I am thinking of those farmers who do not receive just compensation for their hard work;Iam also
thinking of those rural people who have been ousted from their productive lands by individuals or groups, already abundantly provided for, who amass wealth at the. expense of the hunger and suffering of others. And how many other causes and situations of hunger could be quoted! Within the same family, can some members eat their fill while their brothers and sisters are excluded from the table? To think of those who suffer is not enough. In this time of Lent, conversion of hearts calls us to add fasting to our prayer, and to fill with God's love the efforts that the demands of justice toward neighbor inspire us to make. "I have compassion on the crowd" ( MK 8:2 ), said Jesus before multiplying the bread to feed to those who had been following him for three days so as to listen to his word. Physical hunger is not the only kind from which humanity suffers: many of our brothers and sisters are also hungry and thirsty for dignity, freedom, iustice, for food for their minds and
souls; there are deserts of the spirit and the heart! How are we to show in a concrete way our conversion and our spirit of penance at this time of preparation for Easter? First of all, to the extent of our sometimes great responsibilities, by not cooperating in any way with anything that could cause hunger to even one of our brothers and sisters in the world, be he or she near or thousands of kilometres from us; and if we have done so, by making amends. In the countries which are suffering from hunger and thirst, Christians are sharing in the urgent help being given and in the fight against the causes of this catastrophe of which they are the victims just like their fellow citizens. Let us assist them by sharing with them our surpluses and even what we need, for this is the true practice of fasting. Let us take part generously in the concerted actions of our local churches.
For many in our world, the only experience, from the day they are born to the day they die, is the experience of feeling hungry. And, as we know from the tragedy of Africa, many are dying from lack of food. If this was unavoidable, it would be tragic. But it is avoidable — the world does produce enough food for all. The poor simply lack the resources to grow their own food. or
cannot afford to buy the food that often their own country exports. Right now, Project Compassion is helping people in third world countries to become self-sufficient. And helping to combat the injustice that so often lies at the root of their poverty. If you would like to help the poor and hungry this Lent, give what you can to Project Compassion.
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DATELINE. . . overseas news roundup
Briefs: nWarsaw: The Polish Province of L—Ithe Oblates of Mary Immaculate now has the greatest number of Oblates among all the Provinces of the Congregation. It numbers 233 Priests, 44 Brothers, 147 students of philosophy and theology. During 1984, 46 Novices made first vows, 20 scholastics were perpetually professed, 8 new Priests were ordained, and 49 Candidates entered the Novitiate. In addition, 9 Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate left for the missions in Cameroon and Madagascar. Belgrade, Yugoslavia: A Yugoslavian priest has been sentenced to two months in prison for possessing a Croatian coat -of -arms and a postcard referring to Yugoslavia's presocialist past. Father Zarko Vujica, pastor of Komusina in the central Yugoslavia region of Bosnia, was arrested after police searched the priest's home in his absence and found the items. The same day the priest was arrested, interrogated and sentenced. Archbishop Marko Jozinovic of Sarajevo, whose archdiocese includes Komusina, has traveled to the town to investigate the incident. 1-1Prague: Czechoslovakia: Atheist L.Jgovernments know how to twist religion to suit their own advantage. During the interrogation of Tomas Konc, 21; Bronislav Borovsky, 19, and Alojz Gabaj, 24, who were caught at the Slovak -Polish border in an attempt to bring religious literature back into Czechoslovakia, the investigators asked the young men to swear an oath on the cross in order to make them tell the truth. Such an action by authorities of an officially atheist government poses interesting legal and moral questions, such as whether the action complies with the laws of socialist Czechoslovakia. The three young Catholics were released after eight months in detention, although the charges against them have never been dropped. Keston College report.
Book queries the road to sainthood R ome: The Vatican has reacted critically to a book questioning methods used for the canonisation of saints and of St Maria Goretti in particular.
A commission will be established to establish the theology of sanctity and to investigate inaccuracies in a book by Giordano Bruno "Poor Saint, Poor Assassin: The True Story of Maria Goretti."
Maria Goretti, a 12-year-old in a poor town was stabbed to death in 1902 by Alexander Screnelli, who had tried to rape her. She was canonised for her purity in 1950 by Pope Pius XII. Her murderer served 27 years of a 30-year sentence for the crime and later became a Capuchin monk. In his book Guerri writes that, before the canonical process was begun, Serenelli had reported that Maria Goretti had yielded to his sexual advances on several occasions in order "to save her life." Guerri has also spoken of the "subhuman" and "disastrous" conditions in which the saint and her 19-year-old assassin lived, materially,
intellectually and even religiously. He said that in his research he had learned that Serenelli had said that "he had killed in order to (go to) jail so as to avoid having to live any longer in his awful" lifestyle and that he had reported that "previously the child had given in to him in order to save her life." Guerri also said that the canonical process was faulty and that Maria Goretti's mother was convinced to lie about circumstances by the passionist priests from her region
0111E0 Guerri wrote that Maria Goretti did not meet the Church's own requirements for being declared a martyr, and stated that "on her part there was neither awareness of nor the willingness to be a martyr." "There are numerous contradictions — whichI would openly call lies — in the canonical process," Guerri added. "I say that she deserves to be honoured as a symbol of one who lived in these conditions hut certainly not as a martyr for purity," Guerri told La Stampa.
"If Maria Goretti were involved in this argument," he added, "she would be on my side." The author also said that the pope canonised Maria Goretti as a means of addressing a wave of immorality left by Americans who had been in southern Italy during World War II. "There was a need to provide a model," Guerri said. "The pope wanted a dam against the spreading immorality. It was the end of the '40s. The Americans had left. There was the boogie-woogie, prostitutes and illegitimate children. Sin had invaded the country of Catholicism. There was need for a brake." The Vatican offered strong criticism of Guerri's book. It "does not reveal deep understanding of the procedure" for canonisation, hut instead creates "great confusion." "What is striking above all is the tragic and desperate vision that the author has of human reality as he describes the presumed complexes and anxieties which would be found in personages whose most intimate thoughts, most profound motivatims, whose very soul, he intends to reconstruct.-
Exit of Jesuit Rome (NC) — Jesuit Superior General Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach has said that Laticanlyres sure uas not the reason Nicaraguan Father Fernando Cardenal was expelled from the order. Father Kober:barb also said that Father Cardenal was "a special case" — not a typical one — for the Church. TbeJesuit superior noted that the Nicaraguan priest said his conscience and his concern for his country required him to stay in office. But Father Kolpenbach noted that thou-
sands of religious men and women urirk for the poor without running into difficulties with Church law or their superiors. He said that in addition to the recently revised Code of Canon Law, Church guidelines on priests holding government office uvre expressed during meetings of Latin A merican bishops in Pueblo, Mexico, in 1979 and Medellin. Colombia, in 1968. Canon law prohibits priests from holding public office. hither Gardenal was an exceptional case, Father Kaltenbach said, adding that he regretted that thepublic regards this case as tipical as if all those who work for the poor urns's' run into dificulties with the Church.
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Today's People
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John Glancy. . . head of the Department of Radiology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
By BOB BOYLE
All young John Glancy wanted to do was to leave school they got together again and were married in because he was tired of study and examinations, so as 1 966. soon as he had obtained his Junior Certificate he rushed When he broke the pell-mell into the work force. news of the nuptials to He got a job in the insurance industry but was dismayed his Prince Henry boss, to discover that he was required to go to night school for Professor Williams, his more study and more examinations, the very fate that he mentor uttered a had tried to avoid. succinct cry of despair in He endured his regimen for four years before deciding that if study were to be his lot he might as well use it to matriculate, go to university and do medicine. He enrolled in the night school classes of the Evening Tutorial College, matriculated in two years, entered the University of Queensland's medical school and graduated in 1962 with the letters MB, BS after his name. At the Mater Hospital in Brisbane there followed two years of long hours and hard work while he gained invaluable experience in treating a wide variety of human ills and enjoyed the valued camaraderie of his contemporaries.
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the short comment — "Oh, no John!" Clearly the learned professor considered that for talented young doctors study and marriage did not mix. In this instance, time was to prove him wrong. In 1967 John finished this period of training with the University of Sydney's Diploma of Diagnostic Radiation
The next move was to Sydney to undertake 21/2 years' specialty training in radiology at Prince Henry Hospital at Little Bay, a beautiful spot
right next to the Long Bay gaol. To the young medico from the north, Sydney was an awfully big place after Brisbane. Besides, his nurse
fiancee Maureen always seemed to be in Sydney when he popped up to Brisbane and when he had returned south she had gone north. Finally
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John Joseph Glancy, head of the Department of Radiology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, was born at Rockhampton in Queensland on February 12, 1937. He attended schools conducted by nuns of various orders at Wanda! (Rockhampton), Monto, Brisbane, Holland Park and Bulimba before going to St Laurence's CBC
at South Brisbane and CBC Gregory Terrace in Brisbane. He graduated from the University of Queensland's medical school in 1962, spent two years at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane and went to Sydney for 21/2 years of specialty training in radiology at Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay. He gained the University of Sydney's Diploma of
Diagnostic Radiology and passed the membership examination of the Royal Australian College of R adiologists before undergoing further training at Yale University in the United States. He took up his present position in January, 1971. John and his wife Maureen (nee Mulcahy) have three children — Michele
(16), Kate (15) and Justin — all pupils of John XXIII College. John, a member of the Knights of the Southern Cross and the Newman Society, was on the Holy Rosary parish council for three years. His wife Maureen is now president of that council and she is the second woman to occupy that office at Nedlands, the first having been Margaret Collopy.
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Stop work is called off CITY V ATICAN ( NC) — Vatican lay have e mployees called off a threatened work stoppage after receiving a ssurances from Vatican officials t hat a proposed package w age receive w ould prompt attention.
Murder charge
Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan officials say that a police investigation found no evidence that a Catholic priest was killed by the Sri Lankan army on Jan 5 but the bishop of the diocese in which the priest, Father Mary Bastian, worked has said at least six witnesses saw the alleged killing. Father Bastian was reportedly ki:led in his residence at St Ann Church in Vankalai, northwest Sri Lanka, by troops fighting rebels of the Tamil ethnic group_ Villagers said soldiers put the priest's body in an army truck. Sri Lankan government and Tamil spokesmen say the priest has not been seen, dead or alive, since Jan 5. Father Bastian had been questioned about two weeks prior to the incident for suspected complicity with Tamil rebels.
From page 6 (DDR) and membership of the Royal Australian College of Radiologists (MRACR). In his time at Prince Henry John met Professor Morton Kligerman, who was visiting from Yale University, and through him arranged a job for himself at this famous American seat of learning. The Glancys packed up and moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where Yale — the third oldest university in the United States and probably the second best — is located. They lived in a cottage on a fiveacre block in the rich countryside 20 minutes from the university, 11 2 / hours' drive to New York and two hours away from Boston. It was a great experience for the couple, and their two daughters, Michele and Kate, were born there. Both girls now have joint AustralianAmerican citizenship. They left America in 1969 with the two babies on a journey that included visiting ancestral areas in Ireland, a month's study in Sweden for John and work for him on a research project in England. After three years away they returned to their native Brisbane in July, 1970.
Vatican officials agreed to work out the tine points of the labour agreement during the next three months and to form a body to handle labour issues. The agreement headed off what would have been the first strike in Vatican history. The lay employees' association had called for a 24-hour stoppage after accusing Vatican officials of stalling on a labour agreement that had been approved in principle by the Vatican negotiating commission.
Bishops say religion is a part of life
The employees said the strike was being called off in consideration of "the willingness of Cardinal Casaroll towards the realisation of the working agreement within a short, technical period." The association said, however, that it continued to proclaim a "state of discontent" among lay workers because of the way in which Vatican officials have acted on the matter.
PRETORIA, South Africa (NC) — The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference concluded its recent 1985 general meeting with an emphasis on social concerns and preparation for more "crisis ministry." -We can't isolate religion from the rest of life," said Archbishop Denis Hurley of Durban, South Africa, president of the bishops' conference. "We must help people make their own discoveries about what is going on," the archbishop said. "Social concern is an integral approach to religion." The bishops' conference which includes South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana and Namibia, said it supports peace initiatives in Namibia. It said that a government run by the South-West African Organisation People's
A black nun freed PRETORIA, South Africa, The Supreme Cowl of Pretoria has refused to uphold the December 1983 sentencing of a black nun. The nun, Sister Mary Ncube, 50, had been on provisional liberty after being sentenced to one year in gaol for violating a South African national security law. Sister Ncube was charged with possession of a speech of Oliver Tambo, a leader of the black nationalist movement. the court refused to uphold the sentence because when Sister Ncube was captured. the-law was not in force.
would act responsibly. SWAPO has been fighting for Namibia's independence from South Africa since the mid-1960s. "We know that SWAPO claims to be Marxist, but we also know that a great many of its soldiers are Christians," Archbishop Hurley said. "It is possible that there is a conflict in some of them between spiritual and political convictions."
DO The archbishop also said when SWAPO attains power, there will be land reforms, which are vital because the present situation of extensive white ownership no longer is feasible_ The bishops' conference had made several appeals to the South African government concerning the plight of refugees from Mozambique. the archbishop said. He said people from Mozambique flee to South Africa to escape rebels and bandits. The refugees believe they
'A week in hospital instead
of the previous 10 days and off work for one week instead of six — and 85 per cent success' In January, 1971, John became the first fulltime radiologist at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. At that time the hospital had three xray rooms and a further was being installed. Now there are 15 in which work five full-time radiologists and three part-time practitioners, and the nursing staff has increased from one to nine. There are also radiographers and clerical staff. The whole hospital has grown from about 270 beds to around 750. John says that the hospital's radiological work has become far more complex than when he started there. For instance angiography, now a big part of his department's work, was not practised at the hospital then. The technique involves the introduction of a catheter into a blood vessel in the groin or arm and advancing it into the arteries or veins of the organ to be studied. The technique
is well known in the investigation of heart disease, but almost all the body's organs can be studied n this way at the Sir Charles Gairdner — the brain, intestine, lungs and limbs as well as other parts come under scrutiny. The method is now being expanded into a form of treatment because ways have been developed of closing up unwanted vessels and opening up some that have blocked. John outlined other procedures now undertaken by his department that are a far cry from 1971. Aspiration cytology is used for retrieving from deep in the body a piece of tissue that is thought to be abnormal. It obviates the need for a lot of exploratory operations and allows the surgeon to proceed with confidence on only the operations that have to be carried out. John is working with urologists on a new method of removal of
kidney stones. In many cases now the radiologist can guide first a needle, then a fine tube and later a tube as thick as a finger into the kidney — all this under local anaesthesia. The urologist finally uses this tube to remove the stone whole or after breaking it into tiny pieces. The patient is a week in hospital instead of the previous 10 days and off work for one week instead of six. The procedure is successful in about 85 per cent of cases. "Except for computed tomography (CT)," John says„ "this dep4tment can do anything that can be done by any radiolgical section in Australia — and we will have the CT equipment in the first half of 1985." One major; breakthrough to which John is looking forward, and in preparation for which he has already done a lot of work in conjunction with Royal Perth Hospital colleagues, is the
will be given sanctuary in South Africa, but they are being returned to Mozambique.
Parts of a cross taken to Prague
concern Another expressed by Archbishop Hurely was the relationship between the rapidly growing black trade-union movement and the Church. He said the Church was being threatened for allowing unions to use Church facilities for meetings; the government says churches must be used strictly for religious purposes.
Prague: Twelve young Catholics German smuggled pieces of a cross four metres in height, which had stood for over a year in St Peter's Church in Rome, to the home of Cardinal Tomasek in Prague. The Pope had handed the cross over to Catholic youngsters who were to carry it into the world as
Ryan dies
a sign of religious fellowship. When it reached Munich, it was dismantled and the pieces taken into Czechoslovakia. The Cardinal was reported to be "pleased and moved by" the young people's initiative. He told them that over 300 priests were not allowed to officiate in Czechoslovakia and had to earn their living as workers_ There was also a state limit on the number of candidates for the priesthood each year and state permission was needed to enter a seminary. The Cardinal added, however, that more youngsters had lately shown public commitment to the Church and had offered their services. despite the considerable difficulties facing them. —
VATICAN CITY: Less than a year after he was c alled from, Dublin archdiocese to a Vatican appointment Archbishop Dermot Ryan has died of a heart attack. He was 60. Archbishop Ryan was appointed to Dublin a rchdiocese in 1971
and last year was appointed head of the Congregation for Evangelisation. It was presumed that eventually he would have been made a cardinal in that position. Archbishop was body R yan's returned to Ireland for burial.
Introduction of magentic resonance imaging (MRI) — not yet avaiable anywhere in Australia. It works something along these lines. The nucleus of the hydrogen atom resonates at a rate that is related to the strength of the magnetic field in which it finds itself. Thus with a known magnetic field you can have a known resonance rate. Apply a radio frequency field to that area of the body in which you are conducting your investigation and you knock the nucleus of the hydrogen atom out of alignment. Turn off the radio field and they hydrogen atom falls back into alignment. When it is doing this it gives out a radio wave, the frequency of which is dependent on the magnetic field in which it exists. You detect the radio wave and measure its frequency. You know what frequency should come from what part of the body area you are investigating. Specific waves with specific frequencies come from specific points in the patient. With the aid of electronics and computing, you can construct a picture of the patient that is far clearer and more detailed in most instances than those you get from x-rays.
John is gratified that used for some time in Sir Charles Gairdner is the United States. one of the three When you come to think of it, the boy who hospitals out of 10 in Australia selected by the left school early to avoid study has come to Commonwealth to acquire a fair bit of conduct the preparatory knowledge one way and survey for MRI. The another. survey will be jointly conducted by Sir Charles Gairdner and RPH and will require the R ECORD co-operation of all sorts CLASSIFIEDS of medical and surgical specialists at both hospitals. . $4 cash for : John says that MRI is 28 words . non-invasive, meaning I . that nothing has to be : z inserted into the body, : Post or deliver . and is completely (no phone ads) painless. It has been 1. widely and beneficially
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"Our parishes today are much like the cathedrals of times past. The pastor oversees the whole enterprise but he does so in collaboration with a large number of ministering people. A great deal of his ministry has to do with calling forth, nurturing, coordinating the ministry of others. He is now an orchestra leader rather than a oneman band. - (Bishop Kenneth Untener of Saginaw, 1983 address to the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors.)
Within the very framework of international diplomatic life, the Holy See wishes to promote confidence about all; it never ceases from urging solutions negotiated in equity, it does not hesitate to call for resumption of true dialogue, sincere dialogue, going beyond blinding passions and prejudices. That is exactly what is lacking to nations and blocs who do not succeed in basing their relationships on trust." (Pope John paul ll's 1984 9ddress to diplomats 'n Rome.) "Still Proclaiming Your Wonders: Homilies for the Eighties," by Jesuit rather Walter 9urghardt. The Mass "is not an escape rrom living, a quiet 'lour away from the muck and grime of the week. Liturgy should shape our Christian existence," writes Father a ?urghardt. In one of ihe homilies in this 246-page book, he links the Passion of the Christ to the daily lives of Christians, starting: "The profound meaning of your Christian priesthood lies in this: You changes 'given' — given to others for their life. God changes into Christ not only bread and wine; He changes you into Christ — for the life of the world." This means the Ercharist bears fruit when Christians "become 'really present' to someone's Calavary. . . if someone who has no reason for living discovers it in Christ through you." The 34 homilies provide 9 good sampling of rather Burghardt's lively and thoughtful preaching at different seasons of the liturgical year. (Paulist Press, 545 Island Rd. Ramsey, N.J. 07446. Paperback, $9.95.) 8
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It can be difficult to trust, can't it? I suspect, Suzanne elsesser writes, many people have experienced times when their ability to trust was tested: A close friend's deception that introduced tension into the relationship or desolved it; the disappointment of a child when a parent did not come, though he said he would; a broken promise between husband and wife that required months of healing.
Meeting revealed trust in God's love I never did learn the woman's name, but her eyes caught mine as she stood in the centre aisle of St Catherine Church. I was moving down the aisle in the communion line and she was standing to the side looking once again at the coffin that nearly filled the aisle close to the altar. We were both there to be part of the Mass of Christian Burial celebrated for the mother of a friend of mine and, I learned later, for a friend of many, many years of the woman standing near me. It was the season of Christmas.
By Suzanne Elesser Our eyes met as the choir, softly singing Silent Night, reached the words "sleep in heavenly peace." She smiled at me as if to share the quiet poignancy of the moment. I returned her smile and for a brief moment we both seemed locked into a wonderful experience of God's love. Her face revealed her trust that God's promises would be kept for her f riend. I cherish the trust in God's love that I saw r eflected in the face of that woman. I wondered how much she had experienced over the decades that might have shaken her trust. For it can be difficult to trust, can't it? I suspect many people have experienced times when their ability to trust was tested: A .dose, friend's decep-
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tion that introduced tension into the relationship or dissolved it; the disappointment of a child when a parent did not come, though he had said he would; a broken promise between husband and wife that required months of healing. On a wider scale, there's the lack of trust that can develop on the part of different ethnic or racial groups that experience discrimination. And there's the lack of trust among the poor who often feel betrayed by society. Another image comes to mind as I think further of trust — where it is and where it isn't.
On New Year's Eve t owards midnight. I walked in a new town mall that was alive with excitement about the approaching new year. Families with little children, laughing teenagers, hand-holding couples, old people, walked about the area as music came over loudspeakers. Opposite the mall, people were climbing the candle-lit steps of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Inside, some people sat in silence. Others knelt and some slowly circled the church admiring its beauty. The church was part of these people's celebration. For some that meant a quiet place away from
the showmanship of the mall; for some it may have meant Mass or the sacrament of reconciliation. I would say these were people who trusted that the church was there for them. Their trust was more than a matter of leaning on the church; it was a matter of hope or confidence or expectation, expressed in a simple way. For trust, even though it can be difficult, is a virtue expressed in simple ways. It is expressed in the faces of people like the woman in that Connecticut church, who trusted that God's promises are kept.
For some time the 25-year-old man had not felt up to par. Despite initial medical reports that nothing much was wrong, the final diagnosis was cancer a type that has about a 65 percent rate of cure. Going into chemotherapy, the young man's spirits and those of his parents were surprisingly high. He told his mother he was confident he would recover, given the support of his family and friends and his trust in God That family is a "marvelous example of optimism and courage and a deep faith commitment" in a very difficult situation, religious educator Neil Parent said during a recent interview. The family is approaching the youth's ordeal "out of a context of faith, with hope and trust." One of a group of friends the family can turn to for support, Parent first met the family 15 years ago. They got to know each other through friendly gatherings in each other's homes as well as during more formal activities in the parish where Parent formely served as director of religious education. Talking with the youth's mother, Parent said he sensed that even if the outcome is different than the family hopes, they won't feel their trust has been misplaced
"Their will say our trust IS not in vain," Parent said "Their trust in God is the basis for their courage and optimism," Parent added And added And that trust will set them to "discovering the meaning in what has happened" The kind of trust in God and in other people that family 49 displaying doesn't come about overnight. It is built up slowly, Parent said Building trust can't be huried along. Trust among people begins when a risk is taken — the risk of a willingness to disclose oneself to another individual When this initial risk "is met in a faithful way," Parent adds, a person takes the next step in a trusting relationship: deciding that "this individual is trustworthy." A person begins to trust that the other will be there when needed for support or comfort or advice. But trust also Involves a willingness to overcome momentary lapses in trust or an occassional less-than perfect response from another person one relies on, the adult educataor says. For human beings are fallible. And their trust develops in the context of their actual lives — with the possibility to grow in trust always before them.
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Is there a connection between one's capacity to trust and one's growth as a Christian.? Trust is part of the foundation of human relationships, our writers suggest as our Lenten series on Christian growth continues. Patricia Davis recounts an experience that tested her ability to trust others. She goes on to explain how hard it was to learn to trust again. For Ms. Davis, a basic point is coming to realise that Christians don't have to save themseves in isolation; they can depend on others for help. Ms. Davis is a theologian and free-lance writers in Washington, D.C. Suzanne Elsesser tells how a chance encounter at a funeral Mass causedher to reflect on trust. The trust she saw etched into the face of another woman attending the same funeral was an important reminder to her of the central role of trust in Christian life. There is an important link between faith and trust, the writer suggests. Ms. Elsesser is a freelance writer in Larchmont, N. Y Theodore Hengesbach writes that a satisfying life is -built on a network of mutual support, encouragement and help," a network that is c onstantly being forged between individuals. Hengesbach teaches at Indiana University in South Bend, Ind. Father John Castelot points out that even Jesus had moments when his trust in God came close to the breaking point. Trust when all is going well is easy, the bibical scholar writes. Trusting when all indications point to its futility is the tough part, he says.
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Courage needed at times When things are going well it is fairly easy to be a trusting person. One has every reason to trust then. But it takes courage to trust when things seem futile.
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There was a point when Jesus was at the end of the line. Death was imminent and He had nothing to show for all His work hut a handful of disciples. And they were asleep, oblivious to His anguish. It AILS almost more than He could bear. He begged God: "Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me." •
Jesus was distressed. "His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground" (Luke 22:44). Of course, there was always the chance that something would happen to change the minds of those bent on destroying Him. But it was a slim chance. Later, Jesus was dying. Darkness was swallowing
Him up. But even then He could turn to God and actually shout: "Father into Your hands I commend My spirit" ( Luke 23:46). It is significant that at this dreadful moment He addressed God as "Father." Therein lies the secret of His confident trust. God was not some impersonal life force, nameless and frightening.
el-budding necessary I was beginning to teel as if had a sign on my hack saying. "Victim Rob Me". One evening as I was walking from my car toward the front door of a local restaurant a young man approached. We met, he grabbed my purse and ran off. My initial reaction was, "Oh no, not again!" This was not my first such experiencxe. And, after four purse snatching% in less than 10 years, I knew exactly how to begin to reconstruct my life: Call credit card companies, apply for a duplicate driver's licence and library card, buy a new calendar. That was easy. The hard part was dealing with my tendency to blame myself and my need to rebuild trust in others. A friend helped with the self-blame by pointing Out "It's not your fault. You have to be out alone so often. You're vulnerable." That's true. Moreover, after the first two incidents !grew cautious. When the third purse snatching occurred I was even with someone else. So I had to seek a balance between appropriate cau-
tion and a determination not to remain locked in my apartment or to feel frightened at the approach of a stranger. Hawing to deal with trust in this practical matter has opened my eyes to more subtle ways the issue of trust offers me opportunities for growth. At midlife with children grown and gone, I face basic decisions about home, work and relationships. There's a frightening freedom, particularly as I look back and regret some earlier choices. I've needed to forgive myself for my mistakes, convinced I usualy did the hest I could, and to trust my ability to make good decisions. And I've needed to trust others. Friends usually see me as a strong person. someone to turn to and count on. I've worked as a care-giver — nurse, social worker, chaplain, counselor. Being and appearing to be capable and in control is important to my self-identity. The trouble is.I often don't feel capable and in control.
And it's hard tor me to ask for help or care. living alone, looking for a job, even being robbed have made me reach out in ways I might otherwise have avoided. I've found that needing others isn't so had; people usually can be counted on to give me a hand and trusted to think no less of me for my weakness. Exposure to Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics A nonymous through my work as an addictions counsellor at a hospital also taught me about trust. These self-help programs are based on 12 steps which begin with acknowledgment of one's own powerlessness and trust that God working through others can bring health and growth. That has proved irue in my own life. In a recent workshop with the theme Attachment and Grace, Gerald May. a Christian psychiatrist, identifited addiction as "the universal sacred disorder of the 20th century." He suggested that attachments to chemicals. activi-
By Patricia Davis • ties, certain ideas — even to a notion of self-sufficiency and a reluctance to trust others — eclipse God. 'they are rooted in a false selfimage. Grace often appears when the consequences of an addiction push people toward self-knowledge and a surrender they would not otherwise choose. Some of the most grateful people I know are recovering addicts. Such recovery happens within a community of trust. There people discover anew their interdependence, the hard truth that they cannot save themselves without others. And it's there that they hear again the good news that they don't have to.
God was a Father. Jesus was sure that, despite everything, His Father would not ignore Him. It is also significant that in Luke's Gospel a psalm verse e xpresses Jesus' sentiments at the moment of His death: "Into your hands Icommend My spirit" (Psalm 31,6). For if there is one sentiment that practically dominates the Psalms it is trust. In the Psalms the people recalled over and over again God's faithfulness, His trustworth-
essential. And trust in God is basic. If we cannot trust Him, we can trust no-one. For trust is a virtue, an attitude without which life is a house of horrors; it is a habit. And trusting God enables us to develop this habit, this attitude, to he genuinely trusting persons. Our trust eventually calls forth trust in others.
"The local expression of church, namely the parish, offers to inP:sftn II- sums it all up contemporary man perfectly: "Praise the Lord, and woman a place all you nations: glorify Him. of positive all you peoples. For steadfast dependency and is His kindness towards us. rest . . . Experiences and the fidelity of the Lord of positive endures forever." dependency. . Another moving prayer is s trengthen and free this one of an elderly Israeone to be a more lite: "In You. 0 lord, I take caring, refuge; let me never be put compassionate and to shame . . . For You are niv courageous and hope, 0 lord; my trust. k responsible citizen of 171,5f7m my youth" (Psalm the world. - (Dolores .7 God, Leckey, 1982 Trust is an essential ingre- address at the North dient of human life. Without A merican College in mutual trust marriages dis- Rome on the needs integrate. If parents do not of the laity.) trust their children. house-Fundamentally holds become theatres of we, i.e. you and I, war. All personal relation- need the same ships — buying and selling. things. We need business in general — pre- commitment and sume a basic trust. community to move Without trust life becomes ever more deeply an agony of uncertainty. into our spiritual cc uci suBspuitcifioint ddiffiins depths, to face who is aritit.i.mes we are, who God is, to trust even in God, how what the world is all can human beings trust each about and how we other? People so often dis- participate in it all. appoint us, let us down. (Dolores Leckey, betray our trust. 1982 address at the That is true, but we still North American have to trust. It is that College in Rome. )
Relying on others is part of life
"In God we trust. All others pay cash," reads the sign over the counter. But when I inquire, I'm told that the shopkeeper will take my cheque if it's drawn on a local bank and I can produce a driver's licence and a credit card. It is necessary in business to trust a customer somewhat if a sale is to be closed.
Whenever I think of the trust that must exist between people I remember a morbid "joke" told me years ago. It wasn't funny then and isn't funny now but it helps to make my point. It seems that a father was coaxing his young son to jump from a chair into his arms. However, the son refused to do so out of fear of falling to the ground and injuring himself. The father persisted. When the son finally jumped, the father didn't catch him. Said the father: "I hope this teaches you, my son, never to trust anyone." It is risky to trust. But even the most self-reliant individual cannot go long without engaging in the business of trust. Just think about today. You were trusting someone or something from the very beginning; the alarm clock to awaken you; the automobile driver to stop on red; the grocer not to sell spoiled food; the spouse or friend to continue caring about you even when you make a stupid mistake. We couldn't live without trusting others and having them trust us. A happy, satisfying life is built on this network of trust that is constantly being forged among people, a network of mutual support, encouragement and help. Trusting others is efficient; it oils life's gears. It means we don't need to go it alone, relying only on our own devices. Wecan relax, knowing we aren't called to be superhuman. Trust helps us recognise others have expertise in areas where we may he weak. Retying on otherg is teaksin'ing, efipetiatlitob dcisioht ivtien
By Theodore Hengesbach we make a mistake or experience failure. Then, trusting that another person or a community is there provides the support we need to start over again. Without trust each one would stand alone, left to his or her own wits like a high wire walker in the circus who works without a net. But trust is fragile. Everyone has been "burned," or has disappointed others when they trusted us and we did not carry through. Rebuilding trust after it's been broken is like learning how to walk all over again. You start with small steps, testing whether you can trust another in small ways first. When that trust proves well founded, it encourages us to place greater trust in the other. How does trust develop between individuals? It's a problem that existed long before Moses and one that was directly addressed in the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments are laws for individuals who live in community. Their purpose is to link individuals into a caring bond. like to think of the Ten Commandments as a way to forge a community of trust. To live in peace. a basic core of shared values is required. The first three commandments address this.
The tburth commandment points up the need tor each generation to respect the past, even as it adapts the past to the demands of the present. Trust can develop and thrive only where there is assurance that one's life, property, good name and most intimate relationships are respected. These are the objectives of the fifth through eighth commandments. And the last two commandments attempt to root out of us the attitude that is most destructive of trust; covetousness, that is, the attitide of envy. Envy is at the root of lying, cheating and running roughshod over others; the attitude of not caring for others but of seeing and using them as grist for one's own personal goals. The development and maintenance of trust in the human community is as easy and as difficult as the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule: "Do unto others we would want others to do unto us." Actually, the picture of trust is completed when love is present. For trust is completed when love is present. For trust is a sign that Christ's law of love is in effect and working well.
A child walks hand-in-hand with her grandmother trusting that she will protect her from harm. We couldn't live without trusting others and having them trust us. A happy, satisfying life is built on this betwork of trust that is constaltly being forged among people, a network of mutual support, encouragement and help.
The Record, 29 February - - 6 March, 1985
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March 1984
Volume 2 Number 1
Commission names Tannock to top post Dr Peter Tannock has become Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Catholic Education Commission, effective March 1. The Commission combined two separate positions to give Dr Tannock the top post. Mgr James Nestor, who has been Chairman of the Commission since its inception in 1971, and Dr Richard McSweeney, who has been Chief Executive Officer since 1972, will continue to work in the Commission Office.
First day of school When school opened this year, it meant a new uniform, new teacher and new school for many children. One of them was nine-year-old Tennielle Lawrence, seen here getting some last minute millinery advice from her mother, Mrs Joan Lawrence. Tennielle is in Year 4 at Yidarra Catholic Primary School, one of two new primary schools opening this year. (See related story, page 6.)
Commonwealth funding is up in 1985 Dollars and Sense
This year WA's group-funded Catholic schools will receive approximately $ 18.5m from the Commonwealth's Recurrent Grants Program. This is an increase of 5% ($900,000) over 1984. Most of the additional funds will be required to meet increases in staffing costs. W A's group-funded Sweeney, the Director of schools have been placed Research and Developin Category 10 of the ment at the Office of the Commonwealth's new 12- CECWA. That is the tier funding plan. (The value of group funding. It higher the category num- provides more help for ber the greater the level of those with the greater need and hence the great- need.** The needs of schools er the level of funding.) These schools have been vary according to such categorized as a group factors as the capacity of based on the group's the local community to overall needs and re- support its school and the proportion of religious sources. This new category teachers on the school placement entitles scho- staff. ols in the group to receive, on average, $781 for each Education Resource primary school pupil and Index $1234 for each secondary The Commonwealth's student. In 1984 the figassessment of schools' ures were $746 and $1186 needs and resources is respectively. based on the Education Resource Index (ERI). The Needs-based ER1 compares schools' The amount of funding incomes with the level of allocated to individual resources the Commonschools within the group wealth has established as varies according to their necessary to meet educaneeds. As a result, few tion requirements (comgroup-funded schools will munity standard). receive the exact amounts The lower the school's per student given above. private resources the Some will receive higher the level of Commore, some less,- corn- monwealth funding. Sch, mented Dr Richard Mc- ools will be expected to
maintain their levels of private income so that Commonwealth funding will have its intended effect of enabling them to operate close to the community standard.
Escalating costs Although there is an increased amount of funds coming into WA's Catholic schools through the Commonwealth Recurrent Grants Program, the costs of running schools continue to escalate rapidly. Increments in teachers' salaries this year will cost group funded schools an additional $600.000. The cost of employing lay teachers to replace religious teachers who have retired or withdrawn their services will be nearly $200,000. In 1984 staffing levels in a number of schools were higher than the overall staffing levels sustainable by the funds available. In the interests of financial prudence, these schools saw the
need to make reductions in their proposed 1985 staff, usually by no more than the cost of employing a member of staff part-time. For the most part these reductions were in the area of support staff, rather than classroom teachers.
Until January of this year. Dr Tannock was Chairman of the Commonwealth Schools Commission. an appointment he held for four years. He was a member of this Commonwealth statutory authority since its foundation in 1973. Dr Tannock is a professional educator who has been involved in many of the most significant developments in education in the last 15 years. including membership of the Karmel Committee which recommended the establishment of the Commonwealth Schools Commission. He has written widely on a wide range of educational issues, particularly those relating to Catholic education.
Catholic education His master's thesis researched the history of Catholic education in WA and his 1971 study of the
Dr Peter Tannock needs of Catholic education was the first such survey ever undertaken in this State. One of the recommendations of this study was the establishment of the Catholic Education Commission. Before Dr Tannock became Chairman of the Schools Commission. he was Professor of Education at the University of Western Australia.
Circular now part of Intercom This year much of the information formerly included in the Catholic Education Circular will be included in Intercom.
1985 State government grants to Catholic schools The State Government has adopted the Commonwealth's new 12-tier classification system for its funding of WA's non-government schools. This implements the government's policy to fund non-government schools on a -needs basis.The table below compares the state per pupil grants between 1984 and 1985 for all 12 school categories. Most Catholic schools are in Category 10. This new formula will remain the basis for state funding for the next 5 years. indexed each year for inflation. Payments will be made to schools each March and September based on student enrolment. PRE-PRIMARY SECONDARY PRIMARY Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 Category 5 Category 6 Category 7 Category 8 Category 9 Category 10 Category 11 Category 12
A native of Perth, Dr. Tannock attended Trinity College. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Western Australia and a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University (USA). In a recent interview in the Australian. Dr Tannock discussed the work of the Schools Commission over the last few years. He pointed to the acceptance of a dual system of education, government and nongovernment, for the purposes of funding as a particularly significant development in Australian education. He also indicated that the Commonwealth's establishment of a policy for funding non-government schools over the next 8 years would provide a degree of stability to Catholic schools which they had never before had.
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To meet the needs of those who value the Circular, a special section of Intercom will now be set aside for official notices and information. This special section is on the back page of each issue. A binder suitable for filing Intercom is available from Vogue Stationers (362 2066) at a cost of $8.25. Ask for a specially made lever arch file with a double fitting. Sufficient copies of Intercom are sent to each school to enable staff and board members, as well as families of most students, to receive a personal copy. The proposed 1985 publication dates are April 18, June 20, Aug-
ust 15, October 3 and November 14. Members of the school community are invited to submit contributions 4 weeks before each publication date.
Four-term year for Catholic schools in 1986 The WA Government will introduce a four-term school year in 1986. The school year is now divided into three terms. Under the new system students will attend school for practically the same number of days per year as they do now. The majority of Catholic school staff support the four-term (two-semester) year. This was based on a summary of their responses to the Commission. Most staff see the change as a means of reducing fatigue and lifting pressure on teachers and students. The move to a four term year has been prom-
pted for several reasons. Among them are changes r ecommended by both the Beazley and McGaw reports which would be simpler to implement in a four-term year. These include changes to entrance procedures from secondary schools to tertiary institutions and unit-based courses for Years 11 and 1 2.
1985 Term Dates Term I Term II Term ill
February 1 1 -May 17 June 4-August 30 September 16-December 18
Public Holidays Labour Day Good Friday Easter Monday Easter Tuesday Anzac Day Foundation Day The Queen's Birthday
March 4 April 5 April 8 April 9 April 25 June 3 September 30
The official policy of the Catholic Education Commission is that: It is desirable for all Catholic schools in WA to keep uniform term commencement and closure dates with the state schools. Any principal wishing to vary the term dates should consult in advance with the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission or its school consultant.
Parents help in libraries Looking for a way to help out at your child's school? Be a library volunteer!
Parents' reaction Parents and school board members who responded to the Commission's request for views about the proposed new arrangement were divided on the question. Some had misgivings about starting school earlier in February because of the heat. Others were concerned about the additional costs of transport to and from city schools and difficulties in arranging holidays. The 1986 term dates set by the Department of Education are February 5 to March 27, April 7 to June 20, July 9 to September 19 and October 6 to December 17. The Christmas vacation will start about the same time as at present, but the Easter holiday will be extended from 5 to 10 days. It is thought likely that all schools, primary and secondary, government and non-government will operate on the four-term year. This is the intention of the Catholic Education Commission as far as Catholic schools are concemed. Australian states that have not yet adopted the four-term (2 semester) year are considering doing so in the near future. Present policy is that all Catholic schools adhere to the term dates set by the Department of Education.
Asked why she gives up her time in this way, Mrs Devlin's is a straightforward response: -Because I enjoy it-.
When school began a few weeks ago, St Mary's School in Donnybrook became the first Catholic school in WA to integrate a pre-primary program into its regular school as part of the Rural Integration Program. The Rural Integration Program provided $11,000 to the school for renovation, landscaping and classroom and playground equipment. The integration of pre-primary classes into primary schools, particularly in rural areas, is strongly supported by the Beazley Report as a way of narrowing the gap between these two experiences. Students, staff and parents off to Rotto. Sr Breda O'Reilly, the school principal, is optimistic about the new program and the benefits for both preSchool community at Christian primary and Year 1 students. -By combining the two c amp groups of students we think we will be able to provide each child with a more better educational program:. Students from 3 Catholic schools recently spent a Thirteen children are attending St Mary's new preweek on Rottnest studying the island's history and primary class. geographical features. The 60 Year 7 students were from Whitfords Catholic Primary School (Craigie), St Bernard's (Kojonup), and St Maria Goretti's (Redcliffe). They were accompanied by 30 parents and teachers from the three school communities. Ian Pearce, Redcliffe's principal, said that Rottnest offers educational activities which could never be matched in the classroom and gives students an opportunity to observe a small community at work. -Camping gives students a chance to live with each other in a true community sense and display a Christian approach by trying to give rather than take,Ian said. -This attitude ties in with evening reflection and Christian living sessions conducted by parents. teachers and the parish priests,- Ian continued.
Premier opens new school building
Speech in action at St Mark's Five Year 11 students at St Mark's College (Highgate) took part in an oral speech exam recently in an optional course in Speech and Drama. Students who participate in the option feel that it gives them confidence and opportunities to talk in front of others, especially their peers. Beth Massam, who organizes the course, hopes to incorporate the Speech and Drama syllabus into the curriculum at all levels. -Experience of this kind is vital for all students, particularly at St Mark's where a large proportion of students come from migrant backgrounds and often have difficulties in oral communication,- Beth says. She points out that the main aim of the option is to help students become better communicators. -This skill is particularly important in job interviews. Employers look for students who clearly and concisely communicate and 'sell' themselves.-
More than 100 people attended the official opening of St Gerard's new administration building by WA's premier. Brian Burke. Built at a cost of $95,000. it provides offices for the principal and school secretary, workrooms and staff meeting room. The school community used $15.000 of its reserve to pay part of the building costs and borrowed the remaining $80,000. In his remarks, Premier Burke praised the stewardship of St Gerard's school and its Chairrnan. Orion Fernandez, noting his financial acumen and planning skills. Both Premier Burke and his wife. Sue, were once members of St Gerard's school board. Premier Burke commended the Catholic schools in WA., affirming the right of parents to choose an education for their children which is informed by Christian values and beliefs. He cautioned parents and school personnel not to be timid in their requests for their rightful share of state and Commonwealth funding. He pointed out that nongovernment schools save the taxpayer money because of the fees and contributions made by parents and the community. Monsignor Michael Keating, who until recently was the local parish priest. officially blessed the building. Some of those who responded to the questionnaires wrote comments. Two of these are printed below. I don't believe that parents will bother to read such a publication (Intercom]. Many parents do not read our school bulletins. Far fewer read the Record, and believe that it would be a waste of resources. Brian Conway Parent
Letters to the Editor PO Box 254 Subiaco WA 6008
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That's what Wanda Harasymow and Agnes Devlin have done at Servite College (Tuart Hill). Mrs Delvin, who has a son in Year 10 at Servite. helps out for 6 hours a month at the library. Mrs Harasymow, whose two sons attend the College, comes in 4 hours each week.
There are many other parents who volunteer their services in libraries in Catholic schools throughout WA. Their duties vary but include shelving books, organizing displays. filing, typing documents and answering questions for students and staff. No experience is required and, within reason, work can be selected to suit each volunteer.
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Intercom is published by the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia. Its Editor is Lee West. The views expressed in Intercom are not necessarily those of CECWA or the Editor. Intercom is printed by Vanguard Press. Its publication is made possible in part by a grant from the Perth Archdiocese.
Wanda Harasymow, parent volunteer Mrs Harasyrnow says it's a good way to keep in touch with the school and with young people. -It's that little bit that I can do to help. It's good use of my spare time.These two volunteers work under the supervision of Lydia Pagano.
Servite's teacher-librarian. Miss Pagano says she and the other staff appreciate parents who give their time to help with work in the library. There are many school libraries that could use your help. Maybe your child's school is one!
Several steps were taken to evaluate the reception of Intercom last year. Among these steps were questionnaires completed by parents, teachers and other members of the school community. The overall response to Intercom, as measured by these questionnaires, was positive. 95% found Intercom easy to read: 90% liked the way it looks: 88% found most of the articles interesting: 86% would read Intercom regularly. There were no significant differences between the attitudes of parents, school staff and other members of the school community. There was great similarity in the articles parents and school staff rated as most interesting and in the type of articles they would like to see printed.
We find it a very interesting, valuable and educational way to keep informed about Catholic education. We learned more about school operations and services and how parents can be involved in our schools. Anne and Alan Jennings Parents
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New units for handicapped open in primary schools
Computers and Education: what the research says
Two special education units for mildly handicapped children opened this year in two Catholic primary schools, Loreto (Nedlands) and St Michael's (Bassendean). These units cater for children with a variety of handicaps — emotional, physical and intellectual. To be admitted children must conform with specific criteria. Peter Heggart is the teacher in charge at St Michael's. Peter, who has been seconded from the WA College of Advanced Education, has more than 10 years experience in special education at the school level. Joanne Davis, who has been a teacher in junior primary and special education classes for 8 years. is in charge of the Loreto unit. Peter points out that the general public tends to think of handicapped children in terms of what they can't do. -In special education we think in terms of what these children can do if they are given the right opportunities under the right circumstances and if they are encouraged to achieve and succeed." he says. ''We give them a program specially tailored to meet their individual needs. We give these children lots of time to develop, time which is not always available to them in normal classroom situations... Peter continues. Both Peter and Joanne stress the support given to the establishment of the units by the schools' principals. Mr Bill Mother' way at St Michael's and Sr Margaret Finlay at Loreto. -Catholic parents would not have these two units without their interest and willingness to help handicapped children,- Joanne says. Each unit is restricted to 10 children who do individual work suited to their level of ability and also participate in small group activities. In some cases they may attend
VIEWPOINT by Lee West Many Catholic primary and secondary schools have already installed computers in the classroom. Others are wondering whether they should follow suit. Is computer assisted instruction (CAI) all that it's cracked up to be? Will it make robots of our children? Will it dehumanize them at the same time it makes them all geniuses?
Dr Peter Heggart with one of his students at St Michael's Primary School (Bassendean).
regular classes with children their own age.
Integration The establishment of special education units in Catholic schools is a reflection of the Catholic Education Commission's policy to integrate handicapped children into regular schools as far as possible. In the past handicapped children were segregated into separate institutions and in many cases they still are. The two new units are funded by the Commonwealth Schools Commission and the Department of Social Security. Parents who think a special education unit might be helpful to their child can contact the Office of the CECWA (09) 381 5444.
Help for the handicapped in Catholic Schools Primary St Kieran Holy Rosary Newman College (Brigidine) Newman College (Junior) St Michael's ( Bassendean) Loreto (Nedlands) Secondary Servite College Mercedes College St Joachim's
Disability Intellectual and Physical Intellectual and Autistic Profoundly Deaf Profoundly Deaf Intellectual, Emotional and Physical Intellectual. Emotional and Physical Profoundly Deaf and Intellectual Intellectual Intellectual
Many handicapped children are integrated into regular classes at Catholic schools throughout the State, including children who are blind and deaf and children with cerebral palsy and other physical and intellectual handicaps. Provision of services to the handicapped and their integration into regular schools is one of the recommendations of the Beazley Report.
Family Days are happy days at St Mark's College Parents of children attending St Mark's College give up two Sundays each year to help with maintenance work at the school. Last term they painted classrooms, lockers and railings, laid bricks, drew fresh lines for playing hand tennis, trimmed the rose bushes, raked leaves and generally tidied and dusted off the school grounds. Many students worked alongside their parents.
Family Days These -Family Days" are organized by the school's Parents and Friends Association to keep down the repair costs.
Involvement Most of the parents say they participate in Family Days because they like to be involved in their children's school. -I come every year,- says Colleen Van Haeften, -because it's a way of showing my kids I care, about them and their school:*
Coordinated Effort Deidre Appelbee, who spent her Sunday weeding round the rose bushes, as she has done for several years, points out that many people working together in a coordinated way can get a lot done. -Many hands
Mr Joe Pellegrini and his son, Frank
really do make light work.- she said. Alf Castelanelli, who has a boy at St Mark's, says he comes because it's a Christian act on behalf of his own child and the school. And Warren Kirwan-Ward. painting away on a railing. paused long enough to comment on the importance of keeping down the school's costs, which means a savings in school fees. -What we do saves the school a good bit of money over the years and it gives us parents a chance to get to know one another."
Many people in education have doubted the educational benefits of CAI even if they can afford it. particularly in the light of education's past experience with technological innovation which has been minimal at best and disastrous at worst. What does educational research say about the effects of computers and education? Not enough yet, but progress is being made. The results which are at hand may surprise. It's nearly all good news.
At all levels of schooling competence and attitustudents have positive des, implementation prothings to say about com- cedures. software and puters and learning from other program materials and the social and ecothem. Two aspects which they nomic background of consistently find attractive students. Computer assisted inin CAI is the ability to learn at their own rate and lack struction, improperly planof embarrassment when ned. implemented and they make mistakes. applied, is still bad (-There's no teacher to instruction. But in the new informyell at you.") Computers give stu- ation society. the age of dents a sense of control Aussat and all that, can over their learning which we afford not to give our makes them feel more children the opportunity of learning information responsible. And there's more good technology skills? The research until now news. In general. students learn more and retain says no. more using computers. They also do it faster. The conclusions pre- For an article dealing sented here are based on with this topic. see more than 51 separate 'Computers in Educastudies: but research still tion. - by Gerald W has a long way to go in Bracey. Electronic Lear gathering and analyzing fling, 1983 and 'Effects data about computers of Computer Based Teaching on Secondary and education. Learning and test School Students. - by scoring can be affected James Kulik in Journal by a wide range of vari- of Education Research. ables. including teacher 1983.
Broome children create calendars A report from the Good Ideas Department For the past 4 years the children at St Mary's School (Broome) have been publishing a calendar illustrated with their own black and white drawings. -The children at St Mary's give their hearts. souls and bodies to this project." said the school's principal. Sr Margaret Honner. The idea of producing a calendar came from one of the school's teachers, Donna Deed. who continues to coordinate the project each year. The children work on the calendar through the year in art classes. The best drawings from Year 1 to 8 are selected to illustrate the 12 months of the year and the calendar's cover. The children do all the work on the project. including its lay-out and paste-up and then it is sent to Derby to be printed.
Themes The drawings in this year's calendar represent
Sailing on Rough Waters was drawn by Hastini Tek. a year 2 student at St Mary's (Broome).
the themes of -surrounded by the ocean- and -at the beach-. February's illustration is called -It's easy to catch fish in Broome,- and was done by Philip Albert in Year 5. Karen Johnson in Year 2 drew a picture called -On top of Cable Beach- for May. September has -Shark Scare!" drawn by Joanne Loundes in Year 7, and October shows a "Turtle coming up for air- by Leslie Samit in Year 1.
Christmas card Each family in the school receives a calendar and a Christmas card, which is also produced by the children. This year's card of the nativity scene was drawn by Walter Koster, a Year 6/7 student The school sends calendars to missions in the Broome area and Sr Margaret says, "to Perth, to all the good people who have supported us throughout the past year.-
a holic ducation Commission of Weste
ustral Written by Tony Curtis who has been with the Commission for 8 years and is now its Executive Secretary.
End of historic era for a talented team
A Who's Who of the Commission Dr Peter Tannock Chairman Chief Executive Officer
Mrs Teri Conway Parent Representative
Mr John Willett Principal Our Lady's Assumption School
Br John Carrig Christian Brothers
Fr Kevin Davine Mazenod College
Sr Maura Kelleher Principal Yidarra Catholic Priman, School
The Most Rev Peter Quinn Bishop of Bunbury
Mrs Helen Gabbedy TeacheF Christ the King School
Mgr Michael Keating Mt Lawley Parish
Sr Gabriel Bums Superior General Presentation Sisters
Mr Tom Ryan WACAE
Rev Gerard Holohan Director of Religious Education
Mrs Leonie Reid Parent Representative
Mr Tony Curtis Executive Secretary
The Commission: Its role and responsibility
SERVICES
The Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia has the key responsibility and authority to speak and act for Catholic education throughout the state. It was given this authority by the state's Conference of Bishops and Heads of Teaching Orders in 1971. Its mandate was confirmed and extended in 1982. Under the terms of its mandate the Commission incorporates all those involved in Catholic education: parents. students, teachers, clergy, bishops and the wider community. All these people work together to ensure that the best quality Catholic education is available now and in the future. The Commission's mandate In cooperation with other members of the Catholic community, the Commission provides leadership and establishes policy relating to the scope and direction of Catholic education in Western Australia. It monitors and develops standards in the schools, plans for improved means of teaching training, establishes new schools and negotiates with governments on behalf of all schools for increased funding. Commission's Office The Commission maintains an office with a professional staff to assist with the development and implementation of its policies. (See box.) These officers provide a wide range of educational and financial services to schools. They assist in the training and development of school personnel to help them become better Catholic educators. They help school boards to discharge their responsibilities. They work to ensure that government-sponsored and other programs and projects are properly implemented. Through workshops, inservices and other means, Commission officers help school staff further their expertise in areas such as teaching strategies, curriculum development, student welfare. financial planning and general school management.
The inaugural meeting of the First Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia (1971). Front Row: Bishop Peter Quinn, Sr Leonie Mayne, Sr M. Carmel, Sr M. Gemma, Mgr James Nestor. Back Row: Br J.F. Levander, Dr B.R. Adderley, Fr Don Hughes, Dr Peter Tannock, Mr K.F. McKenna, Mr Des O'Sullivan, Mr M. McGovern, Br J.C. Woodruff.
Community participation The Commission promotes the concept of community participation in significant aspects of school decision-making. It establishes policies to this end, helps to ensure that there are opportunities for participation and provides information to community members about education so they can make informed decisions. National coordination Every state and territory now has a Catholic education commission. They are represented on the National Catholic Education Commission in Canberra which acts on behalf of all, particularly in major educational and financial matters.
In addition to the major programs listed below, the Commission and its officers provide other significant services on behalf of Catholic education in this State. These include negotiations with governments and consultations with education authorities such as the Commonwealth Schools Commission and the Department of Education. The Commission enters into cooperative ventures and collaboration with other educational, relgious and secular organizations, including state Catholic commissions and the National Catholic Education Commission. A large proportion of the Commission's resources goes to the development of personnel in schools and their communities, who share with the Commission the responsibility for providing good-quality Catholic education. Aboriginal Education Service Participation and Equity Program School Staff Support Service Student Support Service Multicultural Education Service Disadvantaged Schools Program Communications and Productions Curriculum Service School Staff Development Service General Recurrent Grants Program Research and Develo• lent School Library Servi Community Support Service School Consultancy Service School Planning and Capital Grants Accreditation For information about any of these services, telephone 381 5444 or write to CECWA, 6 Salvado Road, Wembley 6008.
An important chapter in Cathonegotiating good funding arrangelic education came to an end this ments from both commonwealth week with the resignation of Mgr and state governments over the James Nestor and Dr Richard last 12 years. Catholic schools are McSweeney from the key leadernow able to plan for the future with ship roles in the Catholic Educaa new sense of security and tion Commission of Western stability. Australia. Richard's skill in forward Through their work on the planning — his ability to anticipate Commission, Fr Nestor and the future and to prepare for it in Richard have had a great influence an orderly manner — has been on the growth and development of quite extraordinary. He has Catholic education for more than demonstrated an exceptional abia decade. For the most part their lity to develop and formalize just. work has been done quietly and Christian procedures and struccarefully without the kind of public tures in the operation of Catholic discord that sometimes accomschools. He has written into policy panies major change in organstatements clear, precise stateizations. ments of procedure which have Between them there has been a been of enormous assistance to great balance of talent. They have school staff and boards. approached their work as a team, His foresight in collecting up-torecognizing and harmonizing with date and accurate data about one another's diverse interests Catholic schools has provided the and abilities. basis for one of the best functionThe Catholic Education Corn ing research sections in Catholic Mgr James Nestor and Dr Richard McSweeney have worked together for mission of Western Australia was education. 14 years at the forefront of Catholic education in Western Australia. the first such body to be estaFr Nestor has always tried to From the beginning they worked Christian philosophy that the maintain an open and trusting blished in this country. There were no Australian models to look to in to establish within the Commission Church is people and that they relationship with all members of determining the new Commis- and its office administrative ought to be involved in making the Catholic school community. sion's methods, scope of opera structures which reflected Vatican decisions at the local level. He is credited with a deep. spiritual tions and organizational structures. II. It wasn't enough to have an Staff development became one vision of the Catholic school and Its founding came at a crucial efficient management system to of the highest priorities in Catholic its potential in today's society. time in Catholic education in administer Catholic education. It education because of the insist- Because of his good relations with Australia. Demand outstripped had to be a Christian management ence of these two men. They the religious orders and bishops places for students in some system. influenced the development and when he was Director of Catholic Community participation and early progress of the Catholic Education, he played a central role schools while others faced closure because of declining enrolment. shared decision-making were Pastoral Institute which was esta- in the establishment of the ComFacilities generally were m ade linchpins in the structures they blished in 1974. Recently, the mission in 1971. quate. Staffing and provision for developed. Two practical out- accreditation program has been The Catholic community owes training lay teachers were looming comes of this participatory philo- set up to meet the special needs of an enormous debt to Fr Nestor as enormous hurdles. There were sophy were school boards and the 300 to 500 teachers who each and Richard McSweeney for their those in the Church who proposed regional planning committees. year take up teaching in Catholic years of dedicated service. They The introduction of boards to schools for the first time. that Catholic schools should be have shared a vision of what closed altogether. There were manage schools is one of the Both have continually striven to Catholic education could be and worries about the quality of most significant developments in ensure that Catholic schools would have worked in the spirit of Christ education in Catholic schools and education in Australia. Many give young people the opportunity to make that vision reality. the perennial problem of funding. people don't realize that in Austra- to integrate Christian faith with They may no longer be serving Designing and implementing a lia school boards were first their life and culture. Religious in key leadership roles, but they Christian structure to help deal developed and implemented on a education, integrated into all will surely continue to make with these issues was a great broad scale in Catholic schools in aspects of the curriculum and significant contributions to Cathochallenge which Fr Nestor and Western Australia, primarily as a seen as the basis of all knowledge lic education through their work in Richard, with members of the result of Richard's vision and and wisdom, has always been at the Office of the Commission and Commission and school com- planning. in the community at large. That's the forefront of their planning. Both boards and planning munity. engaged with great foreThrough its executive arm the something we can all be grateful committees are a reflection of the Commission has been effective in for. sight and creativity.
Two parents have been appointed to the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia for a term of three years. They are Mrs Leonie Reid of Attadale and Mrs Teri Conway of North Fremantle. They replace Mr Bernie Dwyer and Mrs Margaret Heavy as parent representatives on the Commission. According to Mgr James Nestor, Director of Catholic Education, "The appointment of Mrs Reid and Mrs Conway highlights the policy in Catholic education in Western Australia that parents be included in decision-making that affects their children's schooling."
Parents named to Commission "We recognize parents to be the primary educators of their children, especially in human values,- Mgr Nestor went on to say. Parent involvement -I feel very strongly about the need to encourage greater family involvement at the school level,- Mrs Reid commented. "This is one of the goals I want to pursue during my term of appointment to the Commission."
Mrs Conway says, "As a parent I believe I am attuned to the needs of other parents and their expectations of schooling. I want to be able to communicate these needs and expectations to other members of the Commission." Background Both Mrs Reid and Mrs Conway's children attend Catholic schools and both women have been active in their parish and school com-
munities. Mrs Reid has been a member of the Parents and Friends Association and has coordinated a number of religious education programs in her children's school and in her parish. She was a teacher for six years in government schools. Mrs Conway has presented parish programs catering for adolescent and adult faith development in her parish. At John XXIII, where her children are students, she is involved in various school-related activities, including reflections on the nature of the Catholic school and education in general.
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Two new Catholic primary schools open almost New primary schools in Padbury and Bateman were scheduled to open this year. One did and one has — after a fashion. Yidarra Catholic Primary School (Bateman) opened on cue but Padbury Catholic Primary, plagued by a series of industrial actions, hasn't yet opened its doors. Students are being bused to nearby Liwara Catholic Primary until the building is completed.
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CECWA's planning department. The name Yidarra comes from an Aboriginal word meaning upwards — which has been incorporated into the school's motto as meaning towards God.
Parental involvement
School Spirit None of this delay appeared to have dampened the spirits of Padbury's staff, children or parents when the buses rolled up on the first day of school. Good-natured enthusiasm was the order of the day as staff and ;:hildren, seen off with waves and the odd tearyeye. clambered aboard two big buses for the 10minute trip to Greenwood. Sr Carmel Wringe. school principal, said that everyone in the school :ommunity has been coDperative and understandng about the delay. -The staff has been remendous,- she said. ' and Roma Criddle, _iwara's principal, has 3een wonderfully helpful n turning over a building
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All aboard is the morning call at Padbury Catholic Primary School.
munity for all the support they have given to the school. -I've only recently arrived back in Perth from the East. The establishment of the school, the c onstruction and the employment of the staff were all undertaken by the school board with assistance from offices of the Catholic Education Commission.-Parents organized the uniform side of things, as well. I'm sure we will have more parents helping out with all kinds of projects once we are actually in our own buildings, which we hope will be by midMarch,- Sr Carmel concluded.
School board The school board, chaired by Riley Horrocks, worked with members of the Commission's planning department in the design of the building and has overseen its construction. Padbury accommodates 120 students in preprimary through to Year 2. A new class will be added each year through to Grade 7. Built at a cost of $635.000. Padbury's construction was funded by a Commonwealth Capital Grant of almost $335.000 and a loan for the remaining $300.000 serviced by the Co-Responsibility
Building Fund.
Yidarra For Sr Maura Kelleher. Yidarra's principal, involving parents in the life of their children's education is an overriding consideration in the successful operation of a Catholic school. believe parents and teachers should work together in the education of children. Teachers can't do it all.- Sr Maura said. Yidarra's school board, chaired by Tony Dean, has played a central role in the development of the school, including working with architectural and construction companies in consultation with the
Sr Maura was anxious to point out that the school couldn't have gotten so well organized so quickly without the help of parents. John Vidovich, president of the Parents and Friends Association, has organized a roster of parents to help out with the daily gardening and grounds chores and a Saturday morning busybee for general maintenance and odd jobs. Angela McCarthy, another parent. has been responsible for ordering and selling school uniforms. Among Yidarra staff are 5 teachers, an aide, a secretary and a part-time social worker. There are 185 children in the school from pre-primary to year 4. Grade 5 will be added next year. The $569,000 required to build the school came from a Commonwealth Capital Grant of $294,000 and a loan of $275,000 serviced by the CoResponsibility Building Fund.
First day at new schools
Padbury staff from left: Margaret Sweetman. Banou Jabbour. Sr Elsie Tagliaferri, Sr Carmel Wringe, Kathleen McKrill, Julie Ring.
John Vidovich. Yidarra P&F President, watering the school's gardens.
Uniform sales at the Bateman (above) and Padbury schools were organized by parents. Yidarra teacher Sylvie Herron gets to know one of her new Year 4 students and his mother on the first day of school. 4...Emmomie
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The Associated Catholic Colleges (ACC) sports program got off to a bigger than ever start last week. More than 1500 girls and boys from 23 secondary schools are participating in the ACC's Summer Competition of basketball, volleyball and tennis. Tony Hillas, Sports Coordinator, attributes the increase in ACC participation to the growing enrolment in newer secondary schools. - Another reason,- he says, -is the developing prestige and value of our sports programs. The ACC is now perceived Dy most schools as a viable alternative to club sport."
Country schools Tony
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pleased with the creation of a country division for the annual Swimming Carnival. For the first time country schools will join the metropolitan schools in the swimming event, held this year on March 12, 13 and 14 at Beatty Park Tony points out that this is a very prestigious c ompetition for swimming enthusiasts as well as a colourful and spirited pageant for spectators.
Venues The nine-week season of basketball is conducted at Perry Lakes stadium on Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons. Tennis is played at McCallum Park and Volleyball at the Park Recreation Centre. Parents and other members of the public are welcome to attend.
Blessed are the peacemakers Commentary Peace is a central theme of 1985's International Year of Youth. As Christians and educators, one of our most significant tasks is to assist actively in the promotion of God's promise concerning the peace of the Beatitudes. As Christian educators, whether parents or members of school staffs, we are obliged to take practical steps to motivate young people entrusted to us with a desire for peace according to the Gospel. Our task is to help them master their strengths and tensions and to direct them in a positive way to achieve good. While there are no infallible directives for social and political action that are guaranteed to lead to peace, we do have Christian values and Christian principles: signposts in our search for peace and survival on this planet. If we are to help the young to become a force for good and for peace, we must be authentic models of Christ's teachings. To promote peace we must first examine ourselves and our relations with others. Global peace cannot be attained unless we are at peace with our conscience and our God. We are obliged to strive to be just: to understand and respect the value of each person, particularly the weak, the poor, the socially deprived and the oppressed. Without justice, there can be no peace. Helping the young to make wise decisions, to differentiate between good and evil, to strive after the highest ideals of the Gospel these are awesome but necessary tasks for us as Christian educators. They are tasks which must be informed by faith, hope and love. It is faith that encourages us to work for the creation of a new world. It is the hope given to us in Jesus Christ that sustains us in our earnest quest for peace. It is our Christian love of all mankind that gives realization to our yearning for peace. Marches, fiery speeches, slogans chalked on walls, horrific images on our television screens: they can frighten us but in the end they won't save us. It is the teachings of Christ that hold our real promise of lasting peace.
Secondary schools: a relevant education for all? akohol Beazley Report
Over the past 5 years enrolment in Catholic secondary schools at Year 11 has risen 31% and at Year 12 by 25%. Retention rates from Year 10 to Year 11 have gone from 67% to 75%. In the following interview, Peter Hann, a seconday school consultant at the office of the CECWA, talks about how Catholic schools are trying to meet the needs of these young people, especially in relation to recommendations of the Beazley and McGaw reports. Peter has more than 14 years of experience in Catholic schools, the last 6 of them as principal of Xavier College What courses of study are available in Years 11 and 12 in Catholic schools to students who may not be interested in traditional academic preparation?
may want for their children may not be available in the future. People in the years to come may spend less time in the work force, so schools need to help young people develop skills to cope with this situation. Young people need to be more flexible and free-ranging in looking at career alternatives.
Course offerings vary from school to school, but in general more students are now studying non-TAE subjects, such as agriculture, applied technology, home economics and general computing. Some schools are offering link courses in cooperation with TAFE (Technical and Further Education) as well as a variety of subjects they have developed themselves.
Will young people "cop-out" in choosing alternative courses? Alternative courses aren't a copout. They are an attempt to offer young people courses of study which are more appropriate to their abilities. interests and job prospects. Some parents fear that school is becoming only a way of keeping kids off the dole, off the street and out of gaol. They worry that "MickeyMouse" courses will leave young people unable to read or write or addup. Will these alternative courses just put Catholic schools in the business of perpetuating illiteracy?
Peter Hann Why are schools offering these alternative courses and why are more students enrolling in them? Many young people in Catholic schools aren't interested in. or aren't suited to, the academic preparation for tertiary institutions that has traditionally been offered in Years 1 1 and 12. The Beazley and McGaw reports have given encouragement to students enrolling in many alternative courses which have been available in recent years but which had few takers. Where will the money come from to fund these alternative courses and other recommendations of the
Last year St Thomas Aquinas College offered its female students a course in horticulture. "Linked" with TAFE, the course was funded by PEP. Beazley and McGaw reports? Many recommendations in the Beazley and McGaw reports have financial implications. Money. big money. will have to be spent to put them into practice. Fortunately. the Commission has been able to negotiate with the State Minister for Education an increased allocation of funding for secondary schools which will assist them to implement some needed improvements. Over the past 5 years Commonwealth funding through the Transition Program and Participation and Equity
Program (PEP) has given Catholic schools the opportunity to develop options for students. Many parents place great value on tertiary education for their children. They may be reluctant to see their children enrol in alternative courses. Are these concerns legitimate? Every student is unique and parents are encouraged to take an interest in their children's future. Parents sometimes need to develop a more flexible notion about their children's potential employment. Some of the opportunities parents
Social work: a team approach The first-ever needs analysis of student welfare services in Catholic schools was conducted in Term 3 of last year. It was a cooperative project among 12 schools in the southwest region, the Non-government Participation and Equity Program (PEP), and the Commission's Student Welfare Service. Jan Morgan. a social worker employed for this particular project, carried out the field work in consultation with Ann Dick, PEP coordinator. and Mary Dynan, Student Welfare Services consultant. Much of the statistical analysis was completed by Elspeth O'Connor.
thought social workers could be helpful in schools. More than 450 people answered questionnaires. Analysis of the quest-
ionnaires revealed a great deal of agreement in the school communities about the services social workers should be providing.
Both parents and students felt that social workers could help young people to develop self esteem, coping skills and better relationships with their families, teachers and peers. Parents and teachers saw a need for assistance in counselling individual students and families in crises.
Analysis The needs analysis attempted to find out how teachers, parents, students, parish workers and community social welfare services professionals
Parents, teachers and students all see social workers as useful in helping students at transition points: for instance, in moving from Year 7 to 8, Year 10 to 11 and when leaving school for work.
Ann Dick. Jan Morgan and Mary Dynan
Jan Morgan, together with Mary Dynan. is developing a program to meet the needs expressed by the school communities. given her particular skills and the challenges of serving such a large group of schools with only one social worker.
No. Schools have experienced some difficulty in meeting the needs of an increasing number of young people. The Beazely recommendations are an attempt to put that situation right. not make it worse. Society has tended to perpetuate the notion that excellence in a person means academic excellence. Most of the concentration was on students at the upper end of the ability spectrum. in terms of traditional academic skills, because teachers and parents recognized that these were the ones likely to get places in tertiary institutions. The Beazley Report sets the highest priority on making sure that all young people have basic literacy and numeracy skills. It encourages schools give more attention to the great majority of youngsters who won't go to tertiary institutions.
Young people
There have been several articles in newspapers recently about the problems of adolescents and alcohol abuse. Some guidelines are given below which may be useful to parents in helping their children develop good habits in connection with the consumption of alcohol.
1. Examine your own
drinking habits. Parents usually have the strongest influence on their children's values and behavior. If you don't use alcohol wisely. your children probably won't either.
2. Talk to your children
about drinking. Ask them what they think, how they feel about alcohol. Share your concern and interest in a positive way. Don't nag.
3. Talk to your children
about the consequences of drinking. Telling adolescents not to drink just because they aren't old enough may only make them resentful.
4. Children may be less inclined to drink as a form of rebellion against their parents if moderate alcohol consumption is seen as acceptable rather than as something special or forbidden.
5. Parents may wish to monitor the amount of money their children regularly receive, from whatever source, and to discourage excessive spending on alcohol. For more information about adolescents and alcohol, contact your school's social worker or counsellor.
PEP funds Aboriginal project Each year Aboriginal girls from Nulungu College in Broome board at Sacred Heart College (Sorrento) while they undertake Years 11 and 12. Barbara Seach. who teaches at Sacred Heart College, has been concerned about their transition to city life. For this reason she spent two weeks at Nulungu College, learning about its programs and students and meeting the girls who may later attend Sacred Heart College. Barbara thinks these girls will have an easier transition to Perth life. ' Its imperative that there be at least one person at Sacred Heart College with whom these girls can identify, she says.
Confidence Because shyness and lack of self-confidence are very real problems for Aboriginal girls. Barbara is organizing a confidence-building program. She is also looking for
Teacher Barbara Seach with a student from Broome. ways to allow Nulungu mates from the Kimberstudents opportunities to ley. excel in -home ground" activities like bark painting PEP funded and batik. City students will beneThe WA Non-Governfit from a study project ment Participation and, Barbara is developing Equity Program (PEP) about the the background funded the two-week trip and values of their class' to Nulungu.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE CATHOLIC EDUCATION COMMISSION OF WA
Employment of lay teachers in Catholic schools The Catholic Education Commission believes that parents have a right and a duty to become acquainted with the teachers of their children and to understand the process and conditions of their employment. The Commission also considers that applicants for positions need to know the procedure for employment and to understand what will be required of them as staff members. To assist this understanding, the Commission's official policy on the employment of lay teachers is printed here. This document makes it clear that it is not the principal alone who makes appointments. It also makes clear that no person may be appointed until certain prescribed steps have been taken by the principal and school board, together. While this document is of particular importance for nonorder-owned schools, principals of order schools also should ensure that the written conditions under which they employ staff are adequate and are in accordance with the terms of the current Independent Schools Teachers' Award 1976 including amendments of March 1982 and the particular needs of Catholic schools as set out in the document Conditions of Employment. Teachers in Catholic Schools. WA 1983.
Teachers need to learn too Inservice courses on many varied topics are available to teachers through the WA Professional Development Program, funded by the Commonwealth Schools Commission. The program also assists school communities in their development activities. • Courses run at the school for teachers and/ or parents can be funded through the program's R egional Committee (housed at the Regional Office of the Education Department. • Centrally arranged c ourses for teachers. counsellors and aides are advertised on the 1985 C alendar of Courses (printed in orange. available in all staffrooms). • Replacement staff can be financed for certain courses. • Travel to interstate conferences can be partially subsidised. • Schools can group together for conferences, funded through the Regional Office of the Education Department. Education Projects can provide funds for activities such as: • participation in a school
curriculum development project: • an education study tour to develop expertise in a special area: • an informal study or research project. Parent Participation Projects provide funds
for approved projects involving school-community interaction in the education of children. School or community personnel are eligible to apply. ISEC Activities are open to Catholic schools because they are an integral part of the Independent Schools Education Committee (ISEC). Its 1985 program is advertised on the orange calendar of inservice events. Information Booklet 1985 provides details on the above funds. Graham Green, at the Office of the CECWA, can offer further advice.
Principles: The principal and all other board members must understand that they share responsibilities for the appointment of school staff, and that unilateral decisions in this matter are not in order, as appointments have both professional and financial implications. Notwithstanding the above, all should be aware that the final responsibility for the employment of teachers rests with the principal, who because of training and experience and personal knowledge of the school and its staff is best qualified to undertake this responsibility, and the board is the employing authority, and it is responsible for the payment of teachers' salaries and related costs, in accordance with the terms and employment and the prescriptions of the award.
Notes On being a Catholic teacher A new booklet about the formation of Catholic educators has been produced by the National Catholic Education Commission. Entitled The Ministry and Formation of Catholic Educators, it can be of value in staff formation and induction, in the preparation of teachers for Catholic schools and in school-based inservices. For information about obtaining copies, contact the CECWA, PO Box 254, Subiaco 6008.
Advance Australia Fair Free audiotape copies of the national anthem are available to schools from their Federal Members of Parliament. General enquiries should be directed to: Assistant Secretary, Department of the Special Minister of State, Lot Bag 2, Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes, ACT 2600: Telephone (062) 702211. The national flag is also available from the same source.
Commonwealth Day in schools
The staff appointments must be made in writing, and should be in accordance with the Catholic Education Commission's Conditions of Employment. Teachers in A poster and an accompanying set of teachers' notes dealing with the Catholic Schools in WA. 1983 and the current Independent Commonwealth have been sent to most Catholic schools in time for Schools' Teachers' Award 1976. Practices: When the principal wishes to engage a teacher Commonwealth Day (March 1 1). Parents who are interested should approach their he/she raises the matter as early as possible at a board local school for more information. meeting. A determination is then made by the board of the upper financial limit beyond which the principal should not commit the school in filling the position. In making its deliberation the board must carefully avoid any suggestion that a teacher with poor qualifications should be A notice has been sent to all secondary schools from the CECWA notifying employed in the interest of effecting financial saving. (Any decision that could endanger the quality of education given at students of a history competition sponsored by the Royal Perth Historical Society. the school is a bad decision.) The principal of each Catholic secondary school has been asked to bring the The board then names a competent person (preferably the notice to the attention of students. Students who do not yet know about the priest member) to assist the principal to make the competition should seek information from their teacher or the principal. appointment. Before an applicant may be seriously considered for a position in a Catholic school that person must have submitted in writing • a full curriculum vitae that shows all previous positions held, and the duration of each Walk in My Shoes is a social justice resource book that takes up the themes of the • the names of referees of some standing International Year of Youth. • a statement of teacher-training qualifications. It is a revised and enlarged resource book of 5 units of work which explores issues No appointment may be made merely on testimonials presented by the applicant. Referees should be contacted of justice in light of scriptures and the social teachings of various religions. directly by the principal, who should give particularly close Order from Asian Bureau Australia, 173 Royal Parade. Parkville. Victoria 3052 at a attention to the report of the most recent employer (whether cost of $9.95 plus $2 for postage and handling. or not that person is named as a referee). All principals should contact the Staffing Officer of the CECWA for any information that may be on file about applicants. This should be done before any advertisement is placed for the position (as it is possible that a suitable person is waiting for employment) and again when applicants have A new edition of - Australian Sugar.- produced by the Australian Sugar Industry, is been short-listed. available in class sets at no cost to schools. At the interview of short-listed applicants the following A sugar industry map and a more detailed book. Notes on the Australian Sugar matters must be considered: I ndustry, are available free for use by teachers. A film, Crystal Clear, is available on • fitness to occupy a position on the staff of a Catholic school, • professional training, competence ad personal qualifi- loan. Contact Australian Sugar Industry. CSR. PO Box 224. Cottesloe 6011 (09) cations. • sympathetic understanding of Catholic educational ideals 384 8599). and practices, • ability to work cooperatively with others in the school community, particularly with the principal and other staff members, • likelihood that the applicant will cope successfully with the The Australian Council for the Teaching of Swimming and Water Safety particular tasks envisaged, • the veracity of applicants' claims, including teacher training ( AUSTSWIM) offers a certificate course training people to become teachers of and academic qualifications. swimming. Before an applicant is offered the position, that person must The 42-hour course is common for all states. The minimum age requirement is be required to study the Conditions of Employment. 18 years. Teachers in Catholic Schools. WA 1983 and the current For more information contact AUSTSW1M, PO Box 42. Mt Lawley 6050, ((09) Independent Schools' Teachers' Award. 1976, and the 272 1666). principal must ensure that the preferred applicant understands these documents. both his rights and duties, as set out in Further details of salary must be agreed upon. The attention of the applicant should also be drawn to the conditions of the WA catholic Catholic Pastoral Institute Resource Centre Catholic Schools Superannuation Fund. 45 Tyrell Street Nedlands, Westem Australia 6009 If the preferred applicant is willing to accept the position. the Telephone: 386 7166 principal 8.30am to 5.00pm • gives (or sends) the applicant the prescribed Letter of Invitation (signed by the principal) together with a complete copy of the Conditions and the Award, and a Media for Evan copy of the Letter of Acceptance • ensures that the prescribed Letter of Acceptance. signed and dated by the applicant, is returned and that it is in order. • refers to the Board a copy of the Letter of Invitation that the principal sent to the applicant, together with the Letter of Acceptance. • places on the school file a copy of both Letter of Invitation and Letter of Acceptance, 'Audiovisual resources including videotapes, films, • ensures that subsequently no variation to the Conditions of slides and filmstrips Employment as agreed upon is made without the written *Advice on choosing and using audiovisual resources agreement of the appointee and the approval of the school *Preview facilities board. 'Audiovisual equipment for hire After Appointment: Thereafter the principal has the obligation to ensure by staff meetings, and by personal 'Five depots conveniently located in the metro counselling and professional guidance that the newly. area for picking up and returning material appointed teacher increases in an understanding of his responsibilities within the school, advances in professional Term Orders: Schools or other individuals which require skills and competencies. and carries out his duties advanced bookings may place their orders regular, conscientiously and cooperatively. mail between April 29 and June 14 for Term 11 the through Subsequently, should there arise any dissatisfaction on the and between August 12 and September 27 for Term par: of the principal or the teacher, the matter should be discussed by both with a view to effecting a solution. Should the difficulty not be solved locally, the assistance of the Services of the Resource Centre are Catholic Education Commission's Industrial Officer or School Consultant should be sought. available to individuals and groups within For the employing authority's own good and for the welfare the Catholic Church. of staff and students, no teacher should be dismissed without prior consultation with either the Industrial Officer or the School Consultant.
Secondary school history competition
Walk in my shoes
Australian Sugar
Teacher certification in swimming
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part of the Homesharer's scheme. From left to right, Cathy, Rob (Dad), Janine, Melissa, Mary (Mum) and Barbara.
Parents often push young out of family home 4
For every child who runs away from home there will be many more who are pushed out by their parents. You mightn't think that is so surprising until you take a closer look and realise that many of these children are aged between 13 and 16. Homeless at 13 is more common than you may think, says youth worker Jo Vitale. I've had parents ring and say they can't cope with an 11 -year -old and want the child out," she said. Finding somewhere for children to go is all in a day's work for Jo who runs the Government -funded Homesharers scheme through Anglican Health and Welfare. While the scheme was originally set up in 1979 to offer short-term "breathing space" of around six weeks to young people facing family problems, it has developed over the years into a service which aims to provide medium to long-term accommodation of between six and 12 months. "The focus has changed," Jo said. "Now we see a need to give these young people a positive experience of family life and to help them through a difficult stage in their growing years. It also enables them to develop long-term relationships and to make some plans for the future."
But why should so many children be without a home at such a vital stage of their lives? Too many people do not have adequate parenting skills, says Jo. "Times have changed and the changing structure of families which has been brought about by the greater incidence of divorce means that the old skills are no longer enough to get us through," she said. A major factor in the increased homelessness of youth is divorce and remarriage, she says. "The children of first marriages rarely survive the second," she said. "Mum or dad has different loyalties; there may be more children and even if there aren't they are likely to be so busy trying to establish and maintain the second marriage that they have very little time for their existing children." Neither is homelessness something that is restricted to the economically disadvantaged section of society. "Obviously all the children we see are disadvantaged or we wouldn't be trying to help them," Jo said. "But we have a great many from the better suburbs and very many from educated, professional parents. . we are not necessarily working with chronic street offenders. "Obviously a lot of our kids have a history of institutions but the children who choose to leave home or who are rejected by their parents can come from any
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stratum of society," she said. Many referrals to the scheme come from State Government welfare services but an area of great concern is highlighted by the increasing incidence of referrals from the psychiatric wards of city hospitals. "This is realty worrying us," Jo said. "The patients in those wards are getting younger and younger . . . some are only 13. You only have to walk through those wards to see that we live in a disposable society.
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unsuccessful, says Jo. She believes too that the changing nature of society leads people to look for quick solutions, instant answers. "You only have to watch television and see that the biggest problems are solved in half an hour." she said. "But life isn't like that and people just aren't prepared to make the effort. They want everything to work perfectly and are not prepared to make the effort when times get hard. 'We have to teach people
painful, she says. but for those that see it through there are great rewards. "They all say afterwards that it is worth it and for many it can mean a new beginning as a re-united family. "A pilot scheme was carried out in the United States where parents were paid by the Government to keep their child at home while they were taught to parent properly . . the wonderful thing was that at the completion of the scheme a great
Major factors in the increase inyouth homelessness are divorce and remarriage . . . '
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"It's much easier for the parents to dispose of their guilt if the child can be diagnosed as suffering from a mental illness. After all,it's not their fault, is it, and they did the best they could?" The majority of refeirals to the Homesharers Scheme, however, come from the parents themselves. "The parents ring and say they want to remove the child from the home because of behavioural problems — Isay 'dump' because that is what it is,- Jo said. "The story is usually the same . . . it's all too hard and they can't cope." In more cases than not there is a re-marriage involved Step-parenting appears to be appallingly
to work through the hard times and show them that you can grow with the pain." As part of the Homesharers' Scheme parents who ask for their child to be found other accomodation are also encouraged to undertake counselling. "Some say no of course and this doesn't necessarily exclude any child from being helped," Jo said, "but we do see an important part of our work as reconciliation. "It doesn't matter how much hate and hurt there is the child, and the parents for that matter, must be reconciled if they are ever to come to terms with their own feelings and emotions." Such counselling is often
many parents returned the money when they found the child really did belong at home." There are never enough Homesharer Households to meet the need, says Jo, and she is hoping that a training program this month will bring interested people forward. In 1984 the scheme had 300 referrals and could make only 48 placements. "There is so much that can be done if only we can get more participants," she said. 'We are not looking for necessarily traditional situations with mum, dad and kids. . . some of our Homesharer households comprise single adults living together."
IQCSILYN , IADSS Such variety makes it easier to place young people in suitable situations, she said. "For instance, if a child comes from a home where there are very young children and mum is too busy to take any notice then that child is not likely to benefit if placed in another family with children." she said. It can take from four days to two weeks to place a child, depending upon the requirements. "Our placement success rate has been good," Jo said. "The main aim is to put the young person into a situation where they can develop relationships at a positive level. If a kid has had 16 years of feeling rejected and negative then it becomes vitally important that he or she has a positive experience if they are ever to have a realistic perspective on life. "I think kids have a right to experience positive family life, to learn what it means to be in a family. A positive experience can stop the negative cycle because very often these children are coming from homes where the parents have grown up without any positive experience of family. "For many of these children there is a long history of family unemployment;
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mum may have boy friends or the father may take out his frustration on the kids." But deprivation, says Jo, doesn't have to be anything as specific as physical abuse or poverty. "As we see from our kids, good parenting has nothing to do with intelligence, education or economics. One child came from a family where both parents were teachers but neither had any time for him and they were still arguing 10 years after the divorce," she said.
The important factor with homesharing is that the Homesharer Household does not replace the family. Ongoing counselling for the family, the homesharers and the child aim at reconciliation with the family. Many of the younger children do return to their family, says Jo, but even those who don't are more likely to have a better relationship with their parents after the experience.
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The importance of teaching f amilies to ride out the
It's important to remember, she says, that the presenting problem which leads to a child leaving home is purely the result of family dynamics. "So many kids have behavioural problems because the boat. Then comes the they take the focus for failing testing time where a child who has had a lifetime of marriages," Jo said. "All the time the kid is rejection refuses to believe going through the hassles that anyone will stick with but we meet the parents and him. 'We teach our families to see that they have layers and layers of pain which have to ride through that tough time be worked through before which can take anywhere the family can function in a from a week to six months and then, in the third stage healthy relationship. when the family has proved "It's not enought just to get rid of the kid, as Christians to the child they are prewe have to work for ultimate pared to hang in there no reconciliation of the family." matter what, some really beautiful things begin to she said. The "homesharing" system happen," she said. "We don't have many famcan be traced to European origins. In Scandinavian ilies who say 'Get this kid countries there are no insti- out of here,' but we do find tutions for children. Instead, that some families will care the Government pays the for maybe one or two childfamily to keep the child ren and then have a break while the problems are for a while." resolved with the help of Homesharers are put skilled counsellors. The through a four-week traintruly homeless children are ing course on entering the placed with other families scheme and are then proensuring that all children vided with on-going coungrow up with a "family selling and assistance from experience" rather than an Jo Vitale and her co-worker, Andrew Turnell. 'We both "institutional experience." No matter how good an continue to work with the institution is, says Jo, it can child and the family as much newt hope to supply the as possible," she said. quality of nurturing that a Homesharer households child will find in its own or receive $40 a week and • substitute family. various arrangements are She points out that such made for the needs of schemes are not all "rosy' younger children. The $40 for the home-sharing fami- is paid by the young person lies involved. They too must involved or, if they are still he counselled as to what dependants, the amount is they can expect and advised paid by the parents. how to best handle the The great variety of people trauma times. involved in homesharing has 'We tell our families they meant young people are able can expect three stages," to develop relationships she said. with adults other than in a "The first is the honeyparent role. moon stage where everyone "This has proved especially is getting used to each other so with older people who and no-one wants to rock have chosen to participate in
rough stages of sharing . . . the scheme," Jo said. "We find some really beautiful relationships can develop between elderly people and the young. It offers an opportunity too for those who are retired and perhaps a little lonely to share their life with youngsters." The feedback from the young people themselves has also been positive, she says, with even those who have had to move out of the homesharer's household before their time speaking highly of the experience. "In the case of one girl who had to leave it was possible for her to look back on the experience and sec the part she had played which finally led to her being kicked out," Jo said. "But despite this unsuccessful outcome she had only praise for the experience and for the family concerned. "Obviously we don't have a 100 per cent success rate, no-one does especially in this sort of work, but I would say that even with the few failures we still have a success of sorts. "Some of these children are so badly damaged by their home experiences that they will always have some difficulty in maintaining relationships with others. At the same time, through spending time with another family they are able to see a positive side to family life and perhaps to work through the hate and anger that is inside them. "But no matter how much anger and bitterness there is the children must be reconciled with the parents ultimately or they will never be
whole. After all, there arc lots of reasons why parents do rotten things to kids but as Christians we have to get beyond the blaming stage. 'We are opposed to groups that see an abused child and simply pull that child away and put him or her into State care. The child may certainly need to be taken away there must be reconciliation. "That's what Homesharers is about and that's why we want to see more people take part . . . the more home sharing households we have to offer to these kids the more of them will have a chance to grow up with a healthy perspective on life. "The tragedy of the deprived child is that they tend to repeat the same mistakes their parents have made. If the only experience you have had of family life is negative then where are you going to learn what is positive? Six to 12 months. and some stay longer of course, may just be enough to give that child a positive perspective which they can put into practice when they have children of their own," she said. "We have to stop the cycle somewhere and we have found that this is one of the best liVayS of doing it." Anyone interested in participating in the Homesharers' Scheme should ring JO Vitale on 321 7033.
Below: Jo Vitale is discovering much about what life can hold for young marriage failure
victims . . .
„so Bishop's call to look on world's poor as family Bishop John Gerry, chairman of Australian Catholic Relief, in a letter to all parishes in Australia, has drawn aitention to the generosity of Catholics and urged them to look on the world's poor as their brothers and sisters. The letter marks the opening of the 1985 Project Compassion Campaign. Bishop Gerry's letter drew attention to the outstanding response of Catholics to the African Drought Appeal, in which millions of dollars had been raised between June and December. "For months on end at Australian Catholic Relief we had the daily expe-
rience of individuals and parish or school communities yearning "to be one" with African people in their desperate need." Bishop Gerry also called on Catholics to reflect on two points which have been highlighted by the crisis in Africa. The first is that Africa is not the only part of the world where people suffer poverty and hunger. The bishop mentioned Brazil and Bangladesh as two very different countries where malnutrition is chronic and widespread. The second is that the causes of this suffering are not merely "too many people and too little food".
"No one can argue today," said Bishop Gerry, "that millions die in Ethiopia, across Africa, in Bangladesh, in Brazil because the world cannot feed them. They die because of ideological biases and conflicts of nations that could provide them food They die because of the national and commercial priorities that determine world trade patterns, land use and distribution patterns. Their suffering, claimed Bishop Gerry, is less a consequence of physical ills than of moral evils. "Development issues, he concluded, "depend on conversion f hearts
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Division through Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and El Alamein. His reputation for courage during two years of the Desert War was continued in New Guinea at Milne Bay, Lae, Finchshaven and later in Sarawak and Brunei. He was parish priest of Fremantle from 1947 to 1952 and in that time was askedd by Archbishop Mannix, the military vicar, to give moral leadership courses to Australian, New Zealand and US troops in Japan. His 1953 appointment to Eagle Junction mission house in Brisbane included the completion of the Mater Christi church. A decade with the Camberwell mission team in Victoria was followed by his 1971 appointment to Kalinga parish in Brisbane where he and his dog Prince were well known by every household until his farewell in 1978 to retirement in South Australia. May he rest in peace.
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The Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia invites applications for the position of
FOUNDATION PRINCIPAL FOR
OCEAN REEF Catholic College This proposed Catholic Co-educational Secondary College is expected to open for the 1986 school year. The College, to be situated in Perth's northern suburbs, will cater in its first year of operation for 180 Year 8 students. Ideally the Foundation Principal should commence duties in July 1985 in preparation for 1986. Applicants should be committed to Catholic educational ideals, have requisite administrative e xperience and academic and professional qualifications. Salary and conditions are similar to those offered by the Education Department of WA.
Application forms and/or further information can b obtained from:
The Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Education Commission of WA, 6 Salvado Road WEMBLEY, WA 6014 Phone (09) 3815444 Applications should be lodged by Monday 15 April 1985.
(Youth Forum Youth pilgrims gather Only five place are left on the Pallottine Youth Pilgrimage to Europe leaving on April 1.
Veronica Jackson tempts a parishioner with homemade cakes after Mass as Emma Wake and Carolyn Jackson look on.
Father Pat Jackson. tour leader said: "2000 young delegates from all parts of the world will meet in Rome for a week-long conference.'' "Ilie Australian group of pilgrims will then journey Switzerland. through France. Germany, Holland and England. The pilgrimage lasts for 33 days, including two days in Bangkok. The cost is $2290 plus $300-400 accommodation costs. This pilgrimage will he a chance to meet youth from all over the world, to exchange views and to learn. from other young people. Another highlight will be a stay at the World Council of Youth at Taize. France. As well as being in the beautiful heart of Europe and Britain tourists will be in touch with
Father Pat Jac son vital movements of the Spirit. If you want to take up this invitation contact Father Rat Jackson on 457 2424. A meeting of interested people will be held on Friday March 7, at 8 pm at Queen of Apostles' Church, Tudor Avenue, Riverton. Father Pat Jackson, was born in Ayr, Scotland and emigrated with his family to Australia in 1951. In Melbourne. he took up a trade, met the Rallottines and entered their novitiate and studied at St Patrick's Seminary. Manly. He was ordained in 1964 and appointed to youth work and worked in that capacity in the Pallottine Youth and Adult Centre at Millgrove. Victoria.
Seminar to aid youth I nternational Youth Year '85 is a rranging a major two-day seminar to look at ways in which young people c an participate in the decisions which affect their lives. The seminar titled Youth Participation in Western Australian Society will be held at the West Beach Forum in Scarborough on March 27-28.
It will bring together young West Australians and those people who make decisions about youth — employers. unionists, teachers, parents. youth workers, local government councillors anci others. Western Australia's is repre-
"The average young person does not think much about Lent — it comes and goes without touching their lives." I was told this by a mother recently, and it made me think. Will Lent in International Youth Year take on any different meaning for the Youth of the Church? Many would have
sentative on the National International Youth Year Committee, Anna Carr. who will open the seminar, said 1 'l'Y '85 would succeed only if youth became involved and had a say. "This won't just happen. we need to make it happen." Ms Carr said. "Young people must be made aware that this is their !'ear and if they want it to have an impact on Western Australian society. then they've got to be involved. "Similarly those influential members of our community who make decisions about youth must make a commitment to listen to young people and involve them in the decision-making processes." There will be no enrolment fee for the seminar, but those intending to go should '85 office on contact the 387 4400 to register. Free accommodation is available for country people.
received ashes at the beginning of Lent, but still this season of spiritual r enewal can make little difference to our lives. The priest or commentator reminds us by announcing the countdown of successive Sundays — we respond with a faint wish to "do something;; — and Lent slips by. We are con-
The 16 young West Australians taking off for Europe on the Pallotine Youth Pilgrimage have run several fund-raising activities to pay for airfares. Above: (Left to right) at the raffle stall Veronica Jackson, Sandra Doneo, Karen Talbot, Helen Crosby and Father Jackson scious of the great evils that exist in the world. We know there are people who are homeless, starving and hopeless but feel helpless to do anything about changing the problems of the world. As Lent started we were told by Father Brian Gore to give until it hurt. There was no question about his words ringing with more than just a touch of realism. But I would say to Father Brian Gore that most young people have little money to spend on anyone else but themselves. The students frequently complain of insufficient allowances. Young workers often over commit themselves with hire purchase agreements. Many have no work at all and so, no money. Youth still at schooll can only give away their parents hardearnt money anyway, so how can young people make this Lent important? That's a good question isn't it? As with all things it must
begin with a conviction in our hearts, we must be convinced that this time of spiritual renewal, organsed for us by the Church, is necessary for ourselves and the world. We must believe that as individuals our lives can do with a scrub up. And we must believe that our world can do with some improving, and perhaps what's more important we have a responsibility to improve ourselves and our world. While young people may lack financial assets, they are rich in other gifts. One gift I think young people possess is the ability to "make time and do what they want". At times this appears to be irresponsible and selfish. I think its energy that is misdirected and has never been challenged. The same enthusiasm can be spent on others as easily as it is spent on self. One of the great lessons of life is that we come to realise that it is the difficult
things that give us real joy. While the world is constantly telling us to take it easy and be nice to ourselves and fill our lives with pleasure; the Church announces a contrary message at this time. It asks us to be tough on ourselves and do something that may involve some pain. Some of these things could be visiting someone that is lonely; calling in for a friendly chat with someone who lives alone; tidying up one's room without mother having to ask you first (150 times); getting up for early morning Mass; Doing your job as well as you can; writing a letter to a relative; taking time out to thank God for all your gifts; visiting an old age home regularly; writing a letter through Amnesty International (328 3332) to free a political prisoner, asking your parents what you can do to make family life more harmonious. I'm sure there are dozen other ways that we can think of. but the real point
of Lent is not just to do our duty but to take on a special activity that will be spiritual training. It's like those young people who are preparing at the moment for the interschool swimming carnival or Head of the River. Dozens of hours are spent on or in the water. All this difficult training ends with a 30 second race. In Lent the Church asks us to do prayer, penance and fasting so that we can do our ordinary Christian duties better and win the race for heaven. The minimum the Church sets is not to eat meat on Friday during Lent, to fast on Good Friday and Ash Wednesday and to receive Holy Communion at least once in the next 12 months. That's the bare minimum. I know young people are far more generous than that. The mystery of it all is that in giving we will receive 10 times as much in return Jesus told us so Brother Simon Keane asked the
students of Aquinas to think of a small positive Lenten action as the ashes were received with the words, "Repent and believe in the Good News". He told the students that to receive the ashes was a sign of their willingness to take on some form of spiritual training. Just like the rowers and swimmers at five each morning. Thank God Lenten penance is not done at that time. Even the earliest morning Mass is later!
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Hunter and his Dog, by Brian Wildsmitb, published by Oxford University Press, $5.99. Now in paperback, the much loved story of a retriever too kind-hearted to do the work for which he has been trained. The Oxford Music Picture Word Book, by Sarah WI!hams, published by Oxford University press, $13.99. A pictorial music diklionary designed to help 5-8year-olds identify, write, and spell the musical names and sounds they meet at home and at school. My Oki Grandad, by Wolf Harrantb uith illustrations by Christian Opperman-Dimity, published by Word University Press, $10.99. In this story for very young children a little boy learns a great deal when his Grandad comes to stay from the country.
Jokes Q: What word is always spelt incorrectly? A: Incorrectly. Q: What must you do to have soft hands? A: Nothing. Q: What is never borrowed but often returned? A: Thanks, Q: What has no legs yet runs around a paddock? A: A fence. Q: What is so delicate that you can break it with a whisper? A: Silence. Q: What is it that even the cleverest man overlooks? A: His noise. Q: What is the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole? A: All the difference in the world. Q: What has many rings hut no fingers? A: A telephone. Q: What is the difference between a radio and a clothesline? A: A radio draws the urn.es and a clothesline waves the drawers. Q: What has four wheels and flies? A: A garbage truck. Q: What is the difference between the chicken pox, a burglar. a school and a car? A: The chicken pox breaks out. A burglar breaks in. A school breaks up. A car breaks down Q: What ring is always square? A: A boxing ring. Q: Why is the letter R like Christmas? A: It comes at the end of December. Q: What is it that we have in December that we don't have in any other month? A: The letter D. Q: If it took eight men eight days to dig a hole, how many days would it take eight men to dig half a hole? A: Mere is no such thing as half a hole. Q: What is 8 + 3 - 2 + 1 5 + 3 - 4 + 2 - 6? A: All that working for nothing. Q: What is always in fashion yet out of date? A: The letter F.
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As Eli lay asleep the Lord called out, -Samuel! Samuel!" Samuel answered Speak, Lord Your servant is listening." It was dark and quiet inside the vast temple. A single lamp burned, the lamp of God. Its flickering flame danced in the darkness. The old priest Eli was sound asleep. He was weak and almost blind. His young assistant, Samuel, also slept soundly. Samuel slept near the lamp of God not far from the ark of God. As a minister to the Lord, Samuel was responsible for the lamp. It was to burn all night. About midnight Samuel woke up. He heard a voice calling his name, -Samuel' Samueli- He sat up in the darkness. There was only silence. Samuel ran to where Eli was sleeping. He woke Eli and said, "Here I am. You called me."I didn't call you," the old man said wearily. "Go back to sleep.Samuel went back and lay
hildren's Story Hour down. He was puzzled, but quickly fell asleep. "Samuel' Samueli- a voice called out. Samuel bolted upright in his bed. He ran again to Eli and woke him up. "Here I am,- Samuel said to the old priest. "You called me." Eli, half asleep muttered, "I didn't call you, my son. Go back to sleep." Samuel was sure he heard someone calling his name. If it was not Eli, who could it be? No one else was in the temple during the night.
Samuel was a little afraid. He was very curious. But he was too tired and quickly fell asleep again. "Samuel Samuel the same voice called out to the sleeping young man. Samuel Jumped up. He ran a third time to Eli. Again he woke up his master. "Here I am," Samuel said. -You called me." For a moment Eli was silent. He slowly opened his sleep-filled eyes. There was a smile on his face. A glow of understanding lit up his
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lined face. "Now I underto all of Israel in the Lord's stand, my son," he said to name. God's people recogSamuel. "Go back to sleep. nised Samuel as a true If you are called again, get prophet of the Lord. up and say, 'Speak Lord, for your servant is listening." BIRTHDAY The old priest felt sure it was God who was calling Happy birthday to David Orelia; Joanne Power, City Samuel. Samuel did not Tange, Greenwood ; Maria Beach; Anthea Mitchell, know how God speaks to Guy, Balcatta; Natasha Greenwood; Paul McNampeople. Richards, Innaloo; Sheree ara, Lesmurdie; Jeffrey So the young man went Richards, Innaloo; Emma Gedghegan, Floreat Park; back to bed. He soon fell Arndt, Mosman Park; Cathy Kimball Kirkman, Woodsound asleep. The Lord Fuller, Hamersley; Jacinta lands; Anthony large, Toocalled out once again, Christie, Northam; Robert dyay; Cathy Frisina, "Samuel Samuel " This Leornard Bridgetown; JenNollamara; Phillip Duce, time Samuel got up and nifer Overton. Northam; Boyanup; John Devereux. bowed down low in the Heather McRorie, Boulder; Huntingdale; Felicity Davey. darkness. "Speak Lord," Paul Wilson, Beckenham ; South Perth; Richard ErbSamuel said. "Your servant Natalie Winnington, Safety acher, Nedlands; Fiona Fitzis listening." Bay; Richard Rogers, High patrick. Waroona; Anna The Lord spoke to Samuel, Wycombe; Gerard Smith, Coghlan, Roleystone; Julie revealing to him the painful Lesmurdie; Michael Tucak, Arundel, Dudinin; Christine things that were about to Swanbourne; Mark Tierney. Brown, Geraldton; Teresa happen to Eli. The Lord let Bindi Bindi; Peter Tesoriem, Bennett, Bruce Rock; Carl the startled young man fall Attadale; Cordelia Nicholas, Celledin, Bentley; Mark back into a deep sleep until Balga; Dean Naishitt, CorFisher, Girrawheen; Benmorning. rigin; Paul O'Callaghan, Coojamin Branch, Willetton; As the sun rose, Samuel row; Nicky O'Donnell, Ariana Andres, Bridgetown. woke up. He opened the doors of the Lord's temple. Just then he heard Eli calling him. He went to Eli. 'What did He say to you? ou has e got to he in the club To join situp!, mlid the comTell me everything," Eli said if ou %ant to enter our com- pleted coupon here to The to Samuel. Eli did not menpetitions and win some of the R ecord Kid's Club. PO Box tion the Lord by name. He super prizes. 50, Aberdeen Street. Perth. 6000, wanted to Judge from what Samuel reported whether the voice was really the Lord's or not.
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Aboriginal view of Stations Australian Stations Of The Cross, by Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann, published by Dove Communications, $ 1.95. A new church was built at Daly River Mission (Northern Territory) in 1961 . When it was being redecorated in 1974 a young local Aboriginal Miriam-Rose artist, Ungunmerr, was commissioned to produce a set of Stations of the Cross from an Aboriginal point of view. Over 1974 and 1975 she painted the Stations illustrated here. She was already building up a reputation as an artist that has since grown greater. She was born in 1950, the second in a family of four girls and three boys. After schooling at Daly River and Kormilda College, she trained as a teacher. She worked with the NT Education Department
The pace can kill Living in Overdrive, by Clive Wood, published by Fontana. $8.95.
C at fun for all Garfield Tips The Scales, by Jim Davis, published by Ballantine Books, distributed by Doubleday, $6.95. Garfield fans will cheer at the arrival of this, Jim Davis's eighth book about the inimitable Garfield. The cat with a complex has lost none of his humour and will delight all who turn the pages. If you're looking for a laugh this will prove effective medicine.
Billed as "a survival guide for high achievers," this hook asks the following questions: Do you eat too quickly? IN.) you get upset when you have to wait? Do you have a strong need to excel? Are you hard driving and competitive? Are you usually pressed for time? If you answer yes to those questions your behaviour may be damaging your health. You are living in overdrive and, according to current research, may be twice as likely to have a heart attack as someone who is more easygoing. Dr Clive Wood is a freelance science writer who was originally trained as a biochemist and physiologist. For the last 10 years he has been concerned with the relationship between behaviour and disease,
for several years Like most of her work, the Stations were done in acrylic paint on burnie board. In painting them she wanted to express the feelings of Aboriginal people when faced with the sufferings of Christ our Saviour. She has done so in the style that is the product of her own genius. Symbols have the value of speaking many languages; in fact of being more direct than language. The accompanying prayers are her own, while the commentary was put together by Father Martin Wilson msc, of the Nelen Missiological Unit, from tapes made for the purpose or while MiriamRose was conducting a
congregation through a devotional service of the Stations of the Cross in the Daly River Church. Miriam -Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann shows us clearly how a distinctive, truly Aboriginal spirituality can enrich the trathtional western Christian understanding of the Stations of the Cross. Her sensitive, thoughtful interpretations reach to the still point of the turning world, a truly human, suffering Christ who is son, saviour and friend. Those who pray these stations with her will, like those who took part in
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group of refugees and visitors from Europe live a strange, dislocated existence, remembering past glories and regretting lost standards. The mysterious death of the gifted writer Hugo Arlington leaves his widow stranded there to untangle the past and discover debts which must be paid. At once savage, funny and romantic. Country Girl Again And Other Stories, byJean Bedford published by Penguin. $6.95. From the author of Sister Kate, a collection of stories that take us beneath the surface of the bold fronts women construct for themselves. Bedford writes of women living in a small country town, caught in situations they are powerless to change.
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A marriage guide Sunday link with Marriage, Faith and Love, by Jack Dominian, published by S6.95. Fount, Reviewed by Roslyn Ross. Dr Dominian's recently released book mirrors the theme of a series of lectures he gave in Perth last year. mainly lectures The attracted those with a professional interest in marriage and marital breakdown and I feel the book is also better suited to the professional than the lay person. It is a little too academic to be of use to the average married couple although the material it contains is worth reading. Dr Dominian, senior consultant psychiatrist at the Central Middlesex Hospital in England, established the Marriage Research Centre of which he is director. His
lx)oks include Depression. Marital Breakdown ( Penguin ), Christian Marriage. Cycles of Affirmation. Proposals for a New Sexual Ethic, From Cosmos to Love and Marital Pathology. Self realisationn within marriage, he says, is a mutual the process between spouses and requires patience, effort and sacri-
fice. The pace and rate of growth will differ for the partners and it will be an expression of love to have the ability to wait for one's partner to advance to the same level as oneself. So much material breakdown is due to unilateral growth which leaves the other spouse behind, and consequently produces alienation between the two.
Electronic query , find and Media, The effects of television. computers and video games, by Patricia Marks Greenfiel4 published by Fontana, $6.95. Television, computers and video games are facts of life for today's children. Anxious parents and teachers, concerned with maintaining the intellectual and social richness of childhood, need to understand their effects. Are ueproducing a generation ofpassive children who cannot read, who require visual and aural stimulation and who prefer the company of machines to that of people?
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Washington ( NC): linking Sunday with the Eucharist is even more important than the concept of Sunday as a day of rest, according to a new study text published by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. The book notes that the Church has been identified since its earliest history as the community which celebrates the Eucharist each Sunday. The book says any reduction of activity on Sunday should have the primary purpose of freeing people to assemble as a community of faith. The 112-page book, "The Liturgical Year: Celebrating the Mystery of Christ
new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new title Vogue Stay Young, edited by Alexaruira Penney, published by Papermac, $17.95. This is a detailed and frank look at every aspect of a woman's life. Realistic and effective advice from leading international experts on fashion and style, hair and skin, diet and health, fitness, exercise, relaxation, sleep and sex — a comprehensive book for anyone who wants to get the most out of life. starting from now! West of Sunset, by Dirk Bogarde, publishedby Penguin, $5.95.
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The Washington Square Ensemble, by Madison Snuirtt Bell, published by Penguin, $7.95. The crazed night world of New York comes alive in this off-beat American cult fiction, an electric tale of disreputable times that unfolds in the shadowy parks of the city. Locksley, by Nicholas Chase, published by Penguin, $5.95. A fresh new account of the Robin Hood myth. Nicholas Chase's historical novel is based on truth, and traces the life of Robert Godfrey Bouvier Atheling. fourth Earl of Locksley — familiarly known as 'Robin Hood'. The Viaduct, by David Wbeldon. published by Penguin $4.95. An awe-inspiring, mystical novel that follows 'A' along
a disused railway track into a dream world of unnerving power. A highly praised novel. The Along Dinner Amazon, by Timothy Findley, published by Penguin $6.95. A brilliant collection of twelve short stories from one of Canada's finest writers. They range from the powerful, haunting Lemonade, where a young boy's world is shattered by his mother's self-destruction, to the title story, an unusual journey into the complexities of modern relationships. The Thrill Of The Grass, by WP Kinsella, published by Penguin, $6.95. No one can write about baseball with the same brilliant combination of mysticism and realism as Canadian W.P. Kinsella. Loy-
ers of the game and lovers of fine writing will thrill to the range and depth of the eleven stories that make up this collection. Champagne Barn. ky Norman Levine, published by Penguin, $7.95. A retrospective collection of twenty-three of Norman Levine's finest works. Written between 1958 and 1978, they evoke the physical presence of people and the atmosphere of places in a variety of settings. A Colder Eye. TheModern Irish Writers, by Hugh Kenner, publishedby Penguin, $12.95. Interweaving anecdotes, quotations biography and brilliant critical insight, one of America's finest critics bring to life the energy and excitement of the Irish literary renaissance of the early 20th century.
and His Saints.- examines the history the liturgical seasons. the history of the Sabbath and the celebration of saints' feasts. It is the ninth in a series of texts on the sacraments. begun in 1973 and published by the Bishops' Committee on the liturgy. Since Sunday is the preeminent feast of the Christian community. the hook suggests that shut-ins be linked with the curch by veing visited, prayed with and brought Communion on Sundays. The book is available from the Office of Publishing and Promotion Services, 1312 Massachusetts Ave. NW.. Washington. D.C. 20005 (L7S$6.50 plus postage).
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1SVDP office gets I official blessing The Medina St Vincent de Paul Conference has increased its accommodation to cope with the number of appeals being : handled by its eight members and eight auxiliary helpers.
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Archbishop Foley blessed the brick additions to the former State Housing Office residence which the society purchased from the SHC four mars ago. Earlier during Mass in St Vincent's church the archbishop installed the new
Vincentian parish priest Father Maurice Sullivan who presented the SVDP additions with a pen sketch of St Vincent de Paul, his congregation's founder. The blessing ceremony also included the installation of a crucifix donated by the Britto family in memory of Ken who had given years of dedicated service to the SVDP. The brick extensions, funded by the SVDP state council and constructed by local volunteers provide extra space for the display
of clothig and also a regular meeting room for the conference. A volunteer ladies' auxiliary staffs the centre daily to provide food, clothing, information and a listening sympathetic ear and a cup of tea for any person in need. Further pastoral contact is provided by referring callers to the local priests or the Daughters of Charity who visit in the district. An opportunity shop sells clothing and domestic articles or donates them to needy families.
At the Medina SVDP centre Archbishop Foley blesses a crucifix donated by the Britto family watched by (from left) Roma Brown, Eche Franklin, Ralph Britto, Peggy Richardson, Joan Hamersley, Marie Mofflin and Edie Britto.
Big attendance at the combined retreat
A n over -capacity attendance (see pics left) was a feature of the first of this year's retreats scheduled by t he combined religious orders and held at the Redemptorist R etreat House last weekend. " cut). seven people
attended a two-day retreat and already places are filling fast for a similar retreat at North Beach for which hookinp should be nude with Sister Joan Smith. - 126 Edward Street Osborne Park 444 0630.
MASS FOR PEACE Catholics For Peace are sponsoring a Mass in St Thomas More College chapel at 7pm on Tuesday, March 12 to be followed by the film If You Love This Planet by Dr Helen Caldicott. Further enquiries from Sister Helen Maher 381 1760 or Peter and Marya Stewart 361 4981.
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 2 72 1379 for bookings.
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ST PAT'S NIGHT A RMADALE Armadale parish will hold a Pat's Night dance in the Armadale town hall at 8 pm on Saturday, March 16. Tickets $5 and bring a plate of supper. Further enquiries Margaret Landwehr 399 1596. 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 t he speaker will be Sister Ella Williams who has worked on several occasions with Mother Teresa in Calcutta. ‘ I
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LIBERATION THEOLOGY A weekend seminar on Liberation Theology will be sponsored by the Catholic Social Justice Commission
Last week's retreatants were led hy Sister Joan Smith and Sister Mary Harvey of Adelaide and were given three sessions of guided meditation each day as well as selected reading material as a follow up Silence was observed except for meal time. Participants came from as far as Maniimup and Gracewixxl. Many experienced for the first time the second rite of
reconciliation led by Father John Frendiville SJ who reflected on the text for the day: "Of course I want to CURT you". "A beautiful experience in my own personal road to Emmaus." said Judy McDcrnxm of the retreat. "1 am now close to God. His word and teachings now come to life and have taken on a new meaning. I have opened the door and invited
on Friday. March 15 (7 309.30 pm and Saturday, March 16 9 30 am to 5 pm) to be conducted by Father Kinne, a Columban Missionary who was based on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, who has travelled extensively throughout Asia and South America and at present lectures in theology at St Columban's College. Sydney. Cost: Donation of $10. BYO lunch. Further information 325 1212, 325 1022
of Catholic health Care will be discussed during a three day seminar to be conducted by the Catholic Health Care Association of WA at St John of God Hospital Lecture Theatre. Subiaco on Tuesday and Wednesday March 5 and 6 (10 am to 4 pm) and Friday. March 8 (6-8 pm).
HEALTH CARE MORALITY Moral and ethical aspects
The keynote speaker will be Sacred Heart Missionary, Dr Walter Black, a lecturer in philosophy and moral theology at a number of Australian seminaries. The day seminar will deal with
Him in," commented Trisha Mowatt of Roleystonc. "Accept the low of the Risen Christ as He accompanies you through life," said Pam Muir of Scarborough. "The weekend strengthened my conviction to find out more about the Lord and to stay with Jesus by Following God's words." said Frances Holyoak.
• The human person and the meaning of morality; • Conscience and informed consent Co-operation. • Morality and conflict situations. • Abortion. In Vitro Fertilisation, Amniocentesis. Organ Transplants. Sterilisation. Genetic Counselling The evening seminar will deal with • Death morality and pain control, saving life, health care of the aged. Further information is available from the Administrator's Secretary, St John of God Hospital, Subaco 6008. 10
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