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• ABC television studios in Perth this week had a unique experience when visiting guru, Dom Bede Griffiths, recorded a special Mass. See story, picture page 2.

SCHOOLS SUFFER IN CUTS

Education cuts announced by the Federal Treasurer, Mr Paul Keating last week mean Catholic schools will lose some $500,000 of the $900,000 the schools were to receive in 1986. The Catholic loss will be the result of the following reductions to WA nongovernment schools in 1986:

• The Record this week begins a special three part in-depth series looking at the comprehensive aspects of Natural Family Planning. Sydney writer ANNE ROBERTSON talks about NFP and its relevance to Catholic couples and a Brisbane story gives Queensland views on contraception. See pages 10 and 11.

Senator Susan Ryan

Figuring it all out

• library grants reduced from $408,000 to zero • participation and equity program covering students staying longer at school: $184,000 • country areas program for remote schools: $90,000 • English as a second language program: $65,000 • special education covering physically and intellectually handicapped: $50,000 • multi-cultural education $20,000 Mr Tony Curtis, executive secretary of the WA Catholic Education Commission said he did not foresee any increase in school fees as a result of the cuts but the anticipated improvement in t he above programmes would not be possible.

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Parishes move to computers Parishes throughout Australia likely to move into the computer age will use a system that is nationally compatible, following a directive of the Australian Bishops Conference. After submissions from 19 companies, a national committee has chosen IBM, Sperry, Televideo and Ultimate as machines to be used along with an NEC printer. Monsignor McCrann as WA representative has attended four interstate meetings leading up to the present decision.

He said the bishops have produced a standard software program covering parish census, registration of baptisms, confirmations and marriages, financial records for planned giving and school fee accounting. He said there are no plans to further centralise the system either nationally or at diocesan offices which will still collect data from print-outs. A typical parish computer can be inspected at the Chancery Office, Victoria Square, 325 4300.

Pictured at last week's demonstration of parish computers by Mr Chris Neilson (right) of Melbourne Catholic Schools Fund are (from left) Fathers O'Reilly (Applecross) and Casey (South Perth), Mr Peter Lewis (Mirrabooka), Chancery staff Mr John Hennessy. Mrs Lily Antonelli and Monsignor McCrann.

He did not rule out possible further cuts in the August budget. He said although Catholic schools were receiving increases in the general recurrent grants program, their value would be significantly eroded by the current cuts. Adjustments would have to be made in the Catholic Education Office distribution of funds. "We are very disappointed at the reductions which are targeted at students with special needs, such as migrant and handicapped children," Mr Curtis said. "The abolition of the library grants program is especially damaging. The library grants program has not been used for school buildings as was implied in the budget statement. "It has been a crucial resource for our schools in providing books and related materials. All Catholic schools have been dependent on it," Mr Curtis said. "It seems inconsistent for the government to claim credit for improving the current resource position of

Executive secretary of the WA Catholic Education Commission, Mr Tony Curtis. our schools with its ncw needs-based funding scheme on the one hand, and on the other hind to reduce substantially our recurrent resources by abolishing the library grants program and other programs for students with special needs. "Our schools generally operate with very modest

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"Because this new formula limits private input for building projects, most of these schools will need bigger grants, but the annual capital grants to each state are fixed, so fewer projects will get funding."

ABC Perth television studios had a unique experience last Monday morning when visiting contemplative Dom Bede Griffiths said Mass for some 60 people using the Roman rite but with traditional Indian music, ornamentation and gestures approved by the Indian bishops as a cross-cultural liturgy. The televised Mass will be broadcast in mid-July. ABOVE, at the end of the mass Dom Bede gave his blessing to the congregation.

Prison chaplain is farewelled

MELBOURNE: The broad smile that brightened the gloom of Pentridge prison cells for 30 years will, figuratively speaking, be "It is a 'Catch 22' situa- cemented into an inner suburban shoption." Mr McDonald said, as it front building. is, the capital grant for The building — to be non-government schools named the Brosnan is "hopelessly inade- Centre after the quate" with all SA nonformer Assumption government schools havCollege boy who ing to share $3.5 million became Australia's in 1985. bestknown prisons' "That's less than the chaplain — will be the cost of one medium sized headquarters of the state primary school," he well-established Four said. Flats Service for exprisoners. RECORD That famous Father John Advertising Brosnan smile lighted the Telephone lives of prisoners for three decades. 328 1388 It sprang from a spiritual

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faith that generated a personal optimism and unwavering hope — largely misplaced, of course. in the case of Geelong Football Club. But even if that cheerful personality failed to give Geelong players that extra yard of pace and dash, it invaded the lives of many others so effectively that more than 600 people attended Father Brosnan's recent farewell dinner.

[lED The principal speaker was Archbishop Little and even the caterers, O'Brien Brothers, were friends of the guest of honour. As Father Brosnan told The Victorian Advocate. "Those present ranged from the

archbishop to Norm Gallagher; from a Supreme Court judge to a man who had been in prison for 26 years."

Now, his successor, Father Peter Norden SJ, is confident Father Brosnan's record of selfless and cheerful work among the state's prisoners will attract at least $50,000 in tax deductible donations towards the purchase of a suitable building. In the last nine years, the Four Flats Service has paid about $70,000 in rent, an expense it could avoid by buying a suitable shop front and dwelling for about $100,000 in one of the inner suburbs. Father Norden hopes half the cost will come from the Victorian State Government. His hopes rest heavily on the knowledge the Four Flats Service saves the state many times that in social welfare payments.

Trainee group leaders told about ARCIC objectives

Claim original breakaway was 'politically inspired'

Political motivation and very little reform or theology was the basis of the original breakaway of Anglicans from Rome, trainee group leaders for forthcoming Catholic Anglican discussions were told last Friday night. Mistakes on both sides continued the disputation bitter down the years said a speaker at the Geoffrey Sambell Centre. Other training sessions were held at St Patrick's church Fremantle and the last session will be given at Infant Jesus church, Morley on Wednesday May 29. The trainees were told that since the turn of the century men of vision in both churches have begun

Theory can be right V ATICAN CITY (NC) — Belief in God and the theory of evolution can be compatible, Pope John Paul ll said to participants in a symposium on evolution and the biblical account of creation. "Evolution is not blocked by f aith if discussion of it remains in the context of the naturalistic method and its possibilities," the pope said during the audience with scientists and theologians. His remarks reiterated the teaching expressed in Pope Pius Xll's 1950 encyclical, "Humani Generis". The document encouraged the study of evolution but said Catholic t eaching maintains the human soul is created immediately by God. The symposium, in Rome, was initiated by the University of Munich, West Germany and co-sponsored by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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talking to each other and to work for reconciliation. Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Ramsay of Canterbury set up the International Roman Catholic Anglican (ARCIC) Commission whose final report will be the basis for parish discussions between representatives of both churches. Hierarchies of each church have also to con-

sider their response to the ARCIC statements before any further steps can be taken. In the meantime a second ARCIC commission has been set up to carry on the work of the first. At the training sessions the group leaders were reminded of the injunction of the Vatican II Decree on Ecumenism: the restoration of unity among all Christians is one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council."

"People with problems with the institutional Church have seen the Holy Father as he really is," he said. "Now they have seen that he is a shepherd. Young people have found a real shepherd."

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Local and Vatican claims of success AMSTERDAM: The head of the Dutch Bishops' Conference said Pope John Paul II's visit to the Netherlands was a comfort to people who are "really Catholic" and a help to "people with problems with the institutional Church." Cardinal Simonis said he was convinced the visit "will help the Church in Holland." The visit "will console and comfort people who are really Catholic," said the cardinal.

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Pictured at the leaders' t raining session for Catholic-Anglican parish discussions: from left Brian Mills of Doubleview, Catholic member of the planning committee, Father Pat Bishop SJ of St T homas More College and John Overman of St Benedict's parish.

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The papal trip organiser, Jesuit Father Roberto Tucci, Director of Vatican Radio, said the trip had gone "better than Vatican officials had expected." "You could not expect the same reactions in Holland as in Peru," said Father Tucci.

"You've got different cultures and different temperaments." Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the pope knew he was going into a controversial situation before he went to the Netherlands. He said the pope inquired into the nature of the Utrecht demonstration and was assured it was "not a protest against Catholicism" but rather a protest by youths who protest everything.

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Navarro-Valls also said the trip had exhausted the pope. At the end of May 14 he was "very tired" and did not read his speech to the bishops, but merely handed it to them and told them "to read it and meditate upon it," Navarro-Valls said. Afterward, the pope left the bishops and retired to his room, the vatican spokesman said. But he returned just as they were about to eat and joined them at the buffet. The pope ate little during the dinner, he said. • See also stories page 7 and 13

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Riecord Christians are celebrating one of the three timeshattering events on their liturgical calendar but who would know it? There are no public holidays, no bumper-tobumper traffic jams outside Mandurah, no hourly bemoaning of the holiday road toll — in fact any poor person who dies this weekend won't rate a statistic, no drunks at Rottnest, no gut-wrenching shortages of fresh bread. That's the trouble with religion these days: its feasts have none of the attractiveness of the good old pagan riots that take place at Christmas and Easter. Yet the gospel suggests the opposite. Was a peasant girl's baby born in a cow barn likely to set Palestine talking? Jerusalem was getting over its Passover hangover and the authorities did not want any more street mobs. If indeed the body of Jesus was no longer in the tomb, the disciples were wisely saying nothing about it and met secretly behind closed doors. But Pentecost was different. The streets were crammed with visitors from everywhere. It was no orderly traffic jam of bodies sealed in metal cans. It was a crowd as only the cities of the Mediterranean or Asia understand a crowd. There were different languages on every side. The air was rich with sounds and smells. What a day for a near riot when a nobody of a fisherman from far-off Galilee faces the crowds with his preposterous story of Jesus' rising from the dead! He took his own life in his hands by launching an attack on those who had put Jesus to death. No, he very practically observed, the bunch of them holding forth like this were not drunk; it was a little too early in the day. Does theology do a disservice to the gospel when it embarks on a profound analysis of this as the moment when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles? Out in that real world of Jerusalem it must have been pandemonium and confusion as people pushed and shoved to ask what they should do. There were no marble-lined baptisteries, not even a book in which to write down their names. The story-teller Luke gives up on detail; he says there were thousands of them.

But Jesus had promised to send the Spirit when he returned to the Father. It would be an unworthy Church which doubted His word. It would be an ungrateful and proud Church that attributed the Pentecost phenomenon to any other than the Spirit promised by the Risen Lord. Two thousand years after the event the Church can only celebrate in bewildered humility the fact that it exists even to tell the story. There-in lies the dilemma of Pentecost. For those for whom the Church has no reality there is nothing to celebrate. To thoughtful people swept along on the tide of history the Church is one of the quaint heritages of the past which in every age seems to be on the verge of sinking into oblivion. To those in the Church it becomes a childish embarrassment if it means no more than selfcongratulation that one is alive. As the years progress birthday celebrations lose all meaning if they are mere flash-backs to the past and not springboards for the future. Pentecost celebrates that the Church is indeed a living body of Christ, not a skeleton over which to throw a few tired clothes. Jesus promised that the coming of the Spirit would send the Church on a discovery of truth. Neither the life nor the journey is finished. Twenty years ago the bishops were catching their breath before returning for Vatican II's fourth and final session. How many of those same bishops had been wrong to imagine that the 21st Council would be another round of settling old theological scores or dashing off a few moral placebos to satisfy comfortable consciences. John XXIII with a touch of vision threw out ideas about a new Pentecost about opening windows to the Spirit and to the world. The Church would be called to renewal not because there was anything wrong with the old — it had worked, let us not forget — but because so many Catholics knew nothing about their own marvellous life in the Spirit. We are in the world and the Church's own alienated haven't a clue about the Church, let alone the ignorance of the wider world. St Peter faced the same problem but he seems to have done something about it. f

Prelate presses for an inquiry SANTIAGO: Archbishop Juan Fresno Lirrain of Santiago, Chile, has asked for a thorough investigation into the murders of an archdiocesan official and two other people who had been considered opponents of Chile's military government. The archbishop expressed the Church's "energetic and indignant condemnation" of the killings. The three men were found dead and with signs of torture on their bodies after being kidnapped several days before by armed men.

The three people killed were Jose Manuel Panda, an official of the archdiocesan human rights agency, the V icariate of Solidarity. Manuel Guerrero Caballos, president of the Santiago chapter of the Chilean educators' association; and San t iago Nattino Allende, a painter. Several other opponents of the government were killed or kidnapped at about the same time. Chilean riot police used clubs and water cannons t( disperse about 300 demon smitors protesting the killings outside Santiago's cathedral. Police said six people were injured and 15 others were arrested during the confrontation.

New A widely experienced Christian Brother has been chosen to be the foundation principal of the latest secondary school to be established under the auspices of the archdiocese of Perth. Brother William Woodruff will have a six year term and will begin parttime as soon as he can be released from his present position at Aquinas College, taking up full time administration in the third term. Originally from Melbourne where he was educated by the Brigidines at Port Melbourne and the Christian Brothers at St Kevins', he joined the Christian Brothers in 1942 and taught at Waverley and Goulburn before becoming deputy head at Geelong. He arrived in WA in 1963 to head Aquinas College following the late Brother W.G. Hall. During that time he supervised the construction of the

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chapel, the completion of the front wing, the junior school and the biology lecture theatre. Brother Woodruff was a consultor of the WA/SA Holy Spirit provincial council 1967-72 becoming provincial superior for 1972-78. Twelve months study in religious education at Washington Catholic University and Christian leadership at Denver he taught briefly at Leeder-

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PHIIADELPHIA ( NC) — Former Polish Ambassador to the United States from P.F. MOHR Carey Park Romuald Spasowski was bapSIR As Beth Mowry (The tised by Cardinal John krol Record, May 2) infers, this of Philadelphia, who also nation has a serious obligaadministered the sacrament tion to inform itself of the of confirmation and gave wrongs and privations Spasowski the Eucharist for imposed upon the Aboriginal the first time. population from the days of The former ambassador, the first invasion by the 64, who protested the impocolonists, and so rid themsition of martial law and selves of the hatred and bias defected while assigned to engendered towards these the United States in The Holy Father further stated from Michael dispirited and depressed peo- December 1981, took the Shelley. FITZGERALD, it is an error to think that an act ple. Si; Father Uren (The Record of intercourse which deliber- names of Francis and The Paul Seaman, QC's, April 25) says only a perverse ately denies the procreative • Anthony as a sign of his new Aboriginal Land Rights interpretation would deny con- potential by using contracep- birth. Report is a first class docu"I am perfectly sure I made traception as a lesser evil in a tives is intrinsically dishonest. ment, complies in a skilful promiscuous situation, is to In the practice of in vitro the right decision, the only interpretation of composition ignore in Humanae Vitae fertilisation Father Uren tries to decision possible," the and produced free of shoddy where the Pope said very equate Catholic teaching on former diplomat said of his craftsmanship — of which deliberately, you cannot make the conjugal act with artificial acts in seeking political there is so much coming off something which is intrinsic conception by in vitro fertilisa- asylum and becoming a the printing presses these disorder into something posi- tion, and ignores Church and Catholic. "Now, I feel that I days. have truly joined the Polish tive. papal teaching to do so. The truth in Mr Seaman's people in their struggle for report, together with his freedom. Most Polish people discussion paper (in booklet are Catholic and I am one of form) will provide the prejudithem now. from PAUL DONNELLY, Claremont cial mind with conclusive fact "My book about my life as of the hatred which has, and SIR: The longest period of sion to achieve such a new a Communist and official in is being, displayed to these peace so far enjoyed by record in its troubled history, the Polish armed forces and dejected and depressed peoEurope was 43 years and 75 the next obvious target is my conversion to God will ple of this country. days between the end of the Peace-to AD 2000; and then, help people everywhere to It is my view that a high Franco-Prussian War in maybe, peace will have stand up to adversity," Spapercentage of our nationals 1871 and the outbreak of become a laudable and livesowski said. "I now dedicate do not want to know the truth World War I. in 1914. able habit. my life to the church and to of the subject, brought about If Europe can continue to be There used to be special the Polish people." by the activities of the mining blessed with peace this to prayers said after Mass as for Spasowski denounced the and agricultural sections. date longest period, should be the Conversion of Russia and killing in October 1984 of On the occasion of the exceeded on July 23, 1988 in World War I, the DePrc• unFather Jerzy Popieluszko publication of the Seaman and this will be something dis for the war dead. and the more recent attack Report, the editorial of the very much extra to be celePerhaps we could all pause on a priest in Cracow, Father 'West Australian" classed it brated in the year the Australa little after the Ite Missa est Tadeusz Zeleski, 29, who as a "scholarly and compasian Bi-centenary. and return to the former was apparently tortured and sionate" report, to which I If Europe can continue along recital of the Salve Regina or burned by a masked concur. its path of detente and discusthe Memorare intruder.

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Service attracts 900 Nine hundred Year 7 students from 18 colleges gathered in Trinity College Gibney Hall for the 1985 ecumenical service for Christian unity earlier this month. Brother R. Callen CFC directed the ceremony in which robed students carried in a bible to which coloured streamers were attached. After a second reading from St Luke's story of Emmaus, students carried in two large

baskets of unleavened bread also with coloured streamers attached. Following a sign of peace the bread was broken and put into smaller baskets and distributed to all the students as a sign of a family meal. Brother Callen told the group they had to find time to allow God to speak to them in order to face the future together with certainty and conviction.

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A university course to fit him for a career in one of the professions or a decision to embark fairly quickly on overseas travel were among the possibilities Stephen Reagan had in mind when he matriculated from Aquinas College in 1970. In the event, neither ambition was realised. Instead he took jobs lasting a total of two years in men's clothing r etailing, first with Craigs and later with Walsh's. He quit the rag trade and satisfied the travel ambition to a very minor degree by going only as far north as Geraldton. Therefor 12 months he was in a variety of occupations including fencing, working for the council, crayfishing and hotel jobs. The last two, plus his love of cooking, probably pointed him in the direction of the career that he was to follow.

Stephen James Reagan is an Old Aquinian, a member of the Claremont parish and proprietor of The Establishment restaurant on Hampden Road, Nedlands. He was born in Perth on July 7, 1952, and educated at the Applecross primary school, St Benedict's convent in Ardross

and Ardross and Aquinas College from which he matriculated in 1970. After having left school he was in the men's clothing business for two years before spending a period at Geraldton in a variety of occupations including odd jobs, fencing, crayfishing and some hotel work.

On returning to Perth he worked in liquor stores and undertook wine appreciation courses while completing business management studies at the Perth Technical College. He worked for the Transit Inn for four years before resigning as catering and beverage manager to open, with three

partners, The Establishment restaurantoriginally located in the dining room of the Old Grand Hotel in Wellington Street. He moved it to its present location in 1981. Stephen and his wife Barbara (nee Downing) have three sons ranging in age from six years to three months.

DUBLIN: The largest monetary collection in the history of the Irish church was announced recently by Trocaire — a voluntary organisation set up to aid Third World countries. The announcement was made at a special conference in Galway attended by Cardinal Thomas 0. Fiaich and Trocaire Chairman, Bishop Eamon Casey of Galway. The cardinal said the r ecent Week of Fast, organised by the Irish Bishops, added to all the f unds given already to the v oluntary agencies and put Ireland well ahead of any other country in the world in terms of its per capita response to the A frican famine. This is a view already shared by Colonel Mengistu of Ethiopia.

DOD Another factor was his Italian ancestry,of which he is very proud. Back in the city he undertook wine appreciation courses and worked in liquor stores while completing business management studies at . the Perth Technical College. With his fresh qualification in mind and optimism in his heart, he sat down and wrote 30 letters to different prospective employers. He got two replies — one said Yes and the other No. The Yes letter was from the Transit Inn. In his four years there he started as a trainee manager and finished as catering and beverage manager. He had spent a lot of time the Transit Inn's kitchen indulging his love of cooking and developing the art under the tutelage of the Italian chef who encouraged him to implement the many culinary ideas he had. The moment had arrived, Stephen decided, to open his own restaurant.

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ODD This he did with three partners and The Establishment got under way in the dining room of the old Grand Hotel in Wellington Street. Through necessity because they could not afford the money to do anything else, the partners did everything. They made the tables, fixed the tiles, laid the carpets and generally got the place ready to receive customers. Stephen's wife Barbara, then working in the city by day, came in to help at night and financially they just managed to scrape along. But gradually the other partners lost interest and Stephen and Barbara bought them out for quite a reasonable sum in 1979. The move to Hampden Road was made in 1981 and one of the original staff from the old place is still with The Establishment after having taken odd bits of time off to complete a law degree. Stephen believes Western Australians do not treat the

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restaurant business with the respect it is accorded overseas where there is general recognition that top-level cooking is an art form and the running of a successful restaurant a highly-complicated and skilled profession. The fact that conducting a restaurant is a service industry overshadows. the reality that it is a professional service. Some patrons are overcritical because they think: "I

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can cook too, so what's so super about these restaurant people?" Turning out snaggers and mash at home is a vastly different proposition from satisfying the gastronomical whimsies of 40 or 50 diners in a minimum of time. Cooking, Stephen maintains, is an art form and it deserves the respect other art forms get. Because many can cook in a fashion they feel preparing

and properly serving a restaurant meal is an over -rated and over -priced service. Yet they have no qualms about paying the call-out fee plus labor and parts cost for, say, an electrician because they know they cannot fix even a minor electrical fault themselves. But the tradesman's fee in these circumstances is far higher than the cost of a good restaurant meal. "There are still a few," Stephen says, "who believe

that it is mandatory to be demanding and arrogant to the staff when eating at a restaurant, but fortunately they are a dying breed. "Such behaviour is counterproductive because it inspires in waiters and waitresses only the very human reaction of ignoring them. One of my fellows said of a 'finger snapper' one night: 'If he does that again, I'll get down on all fours at his table and bark.' "

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Meanwhile, in the west of Ireland, Bishop Joseph Cassidy, a young member o f the Hierarchy, has come up with a novel response to the continuing problem of providing aid from his Diocese to the Third World Countries. The popular Bishop of Clonfert is making his own personal gesture by giving the profits from the 40-acre farm attached to the Bishop's House at Coorheen, Loughrea in Galway, to the Third World. Dr Cassidy hopes to have a herd of 40 store cattle bought jointly by himself, the 24 parishes in the diocese and the young, with parish contributions providing 24 cattle, the bishop eight and eight more coming from contributions by young people and private individuals. The project, to be run by a committee representing every parish, will start next April. Each autumn, the herd will be sold with the profits going to the Third World and the farm restocked the following spring from the proceeds.

Priest steps in BONN: The same day as President Reagan's controversial visit to a German military cemetery where Nazi solders were buried, a German priest and bishop prevented SS veterans from laying a wreath in a Catholic cemetery. In Nesselwang, a town in the extreme southern part of West Germany, Father Franz Gress barred about 200 former members of the Waffen-SS Death's Head Division from laying a wreath at a monument of German war dead. Members of the division held a three-day reunion in the town, about 50 miles southwest of Munich. They made no effort to defy the ban, which had the support of Bishop Josef Stimpfle of Augsburg, West Germany.

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0 KUALA LUMPUR: The Government of Malaysia is proceeding with its policy of introducing Islamic law, according to the deputy Prime Minister, Mr Musa Hitam. But, he added, non-Muslims have nothing to fear. He announced a committee was to be established to coordinate secular and Sharia, or Islamic, law. Malaysia is just over 50 per cent Muslim. On April 22, Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan, a Catholic, was sworn in as chief minister for Sabah in east Malaysia. He is the only chief minister among the heads of Malaysia's 13 states to be a Christian. r--

.17DJAKARTA: Catholic and Protestant representatives have told the Indonesian minister for religion that government legislation must not endanger r eligious freedom. The Indonesian Catholic Bishops' Conference and the Indonesian Union of Churches drew up a joint statement f or presentation to the minister, Mr H. Munawir Sjadzali, in response to a decision by the ministry of education in February that new students in government schools must sign a form stating which official course in religion they will attend. The religion courses are based on the national philosophy of Pancasila, which includes a belief in one supreme God. But Church leaders fear state courses m ay compromise the doctrines of Christianity. 0 0 0

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VATICAN CITY (NC) — The Vatican has silenced "for a time" Brazilian theologian Father Leonardo Boff, author of a book challenging Church authority and the hierarchy. The action directs the priest to "a period of respectful silence, which will permit Father Boff serious reflection," the Vatican said. The silencing will require him to refrain from writing, speaking at conferences or working on the editorial staff of a Brazilian ecclesiastical review. Father Boff is said to have accepted the silencing "with religious spirit." The priest, one of South America's key liberation theologians, was told of the silencing by the Franciscans' minister general, Father John Vaughn.

John Paul attacks apartheid THE HAGUE, (NC) — Pope John Paul II attacked apartheid during a speech at the Peace Palace in The Hague. "No form of discrimination — in law or in fact — on the basis of race, origin, colour, culture, sex or religion can ever be acceptable," the pope said at the court where nations are urged to bring their disputes in lieu of war. "Hence no system of apartheid or separate development will ever be acceptable as a model for the relations between peoples and races." At the international Court of Justice the pope listed criteria which he said an international system of law must satisfy. LUXEMBOURG: At the These are: European centre, Pope John Paul said lawmakers • The recognition of must consider "respect human rights for life in all its stages, • The right to life of the inalienable rights of every individual the family as an institu• The right to a decent tion, the exercise of basic human rights, freedom of existence worthy of conscience and religious human beings

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practice, and the development of the full potential of the individual human being, in free communion with his brother."

Friends of Father Boff say the silencing is for one year. The silencing comes less than two months after the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a 2500-word notification that Father Boff's book "Church: Charism and Power" was dangerous to Catholic doctrine because of its views on the Church's structure, dogma, exercise of power and prophetic role. The Franciscan superior general is reported to be puzzled by the silencing because Father Boff had written submissive letters to Pope John Paul II and to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

CUE Father Boff said he accepted the silence, but intended to continue contemplating liberation theology. "I reaffirm that the Gospel message gives a preferential option ot the poor and the oppressed. "The mission of the Church should be without any equivocation on the mission of liberation. I accept the period of silence, but the punishment inflicted upon me does not cancel the need to study and elaborate on the theology of liberation," he said. "I prefer to walk with the Church rather than to walk alone with my theology.

Plea for famine victims LUXEMBOURG: At the centre of the European Parliament's offices the pope made a special plea for famine-stricken Africa. He asked whether Europe had done all it could for "large sections of humanity, particularly in Africa, where hunger brings

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death, where the soil is increasingly unproductive, and where states are held in bondage by their external debt and are left with little capacity for productive investment." John Paul said. "Many are struck by the contrast between the des-

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titute condition of populations deprived of food and the accumulation of food surpluses in Europe," the pope said. was true substantial transfers of aid have been made, he said, but asked "could not more be done?"

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ORLEANS, (NC) — A religious publishing house has produced a new c ard game for children aimed at promoting knowledge of the Church's saints. The game. called -Saints Aliver, includes 84 saints divided into 1 2 categories The object is to collect all seven saints in a single c ategory, such as apostles, royal saints or young saints. The game was developed by several employees wtio wanted to design something both educationally appealing and affordable. Each card includes biographical data on the particular saint. The saints range from such popular ones as St Francis of Assisi to lesser' known ones like St Benezet, a 12th-century French shepherd. Shackelford said the game, designed for children nine and above, retails for S1J59 95. The cards are available from Paraclete Press, P O Box 1568, Orleans, Mass., 02653, USA.

Boost to U.S. aid NEW YORK (NC) — U.S. Catholic Relief Services have doubled their two-year emergency aid package for Ethiopia, from $15 million to $30 million. Within "a month or two" the Catholic overseas aid agency expects to begin getting food into previously unreached "conflict areas." said CRS executive director Lawrence Pezzullo. But "no one is taking a leadership position" on the long-range food problem in Africa, he said. Without that, he said, "in five years' time or less we will see those ugly pictures again" of people dying from starvation. Pezzullo praised the results of a meeting in Geneva in March at which U.S. and Ethiopian officials worked out an agreement to allow aid into conflict areas. "You've got a civil war going on," he said. Before the March meeting, the Ethiopian government had been unwilling to acknowledge the war.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH News reports say that scientists now are creating "artificial intelligence" machines that "think," machines that correct and even reprogram themselves. Could wisdom ever be put on a microchip? The question sounds bizarre, since most people agree that only a person can truly be wise. In everyone's life there is an encounter with a wise person. It is a rare and cherished moment — when we get a look of understanding while going through hard times or when we receive some advice that goes straight to the heart. For me it was an unforgettable week I spent with my grandfather. He was in failing health and the family asked me if I could go down and be with him. when I arrived in his apartment I could see that he wasn't well. Yet his eyes lit up, because he knew we would he able to share a lot during the next week. We cooked together each day and after lunch we would often sit down on the sofa to talk. Out the window, spring had finally come after a long winter and life was reappearing everywhere. He asked me about my plans. At 17, I wasn't too

sure what I warned to do. At the end of high school all I wanted to do was take off somewhere — anywhere. And even when I didn't feel I was making any sense, my grandfather understood what I was talking about. "Bet-ore you decide what you want to do," he said, "you have to decide who you want to be." It sounded pretty good to me, so I laughed. We sat talking. Suddenly he pointed out the window. "Look at the birds on the telephone wire." "Where?" I said. "I don't see anything." "They're sparrows. There are quite a few of them that

Time well spent for wisdom in the future come and sing everyday outside my window." It was as though a bunch of birds made his day. Something so small, so trifling. Then he asked me if I would read to him. I think the book WAS "A Treasury of Great Poems." One of them ended: "Beauty is truth, truth is beauty — that is all you know on earth and all you need to know." Icouldn't say why hut I was beginning to feel strange. Then my grandfather suggested I read from the Bible,.

anything I wanted to, my choice. I flipped through the New Testament and came to the Beatitudes. "How blessed are the poor in .spirit: the reign of God is theirs. Blessed too are the sorrow ing; they shall he consoled." I continued reading to him, but I felt as if something was rising in my chest, something I couldn't stop. I looked around the apartment and realised I would not be coming back here After all, my grandfather

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wasn't well. Time was short. Why couldn't we have more time, more than a week, to talk about life? The strangest thing was that even though he was in his 80s he looked on life with a lot of simplicity and clearness. For him goodness wasn't just an idea. It was something to put into practice. After the week was over I returned home, bringing along a book he had given me about the Bible. On the first page he had written something: not "For you to read," but "For you to live." I suppose that is a good indication of who is wise: the person who wants to live

By George Tombs the things that count and not just to read about them. When the telephone call came a month later that my grandfather had passed away,I felt a tremendous los. But knowing we had shared that last wonderful week certainly made it easier to accept.

So you call that wisdom Corinth in St Paul's times was a bustling, wealthy city. A cosmopolitan centre of government and commerce, its population included Roman officials, business leaders, merchants and sailors from all over the Roman Empire. In a pagan world known for its tolerance of sexual license. Corinth stood out. It has been said that the phrase -to live like a Corinthian- came to mean -to live a dissolute life. Archeological excavations have uncovered a large non-religious structure which housed 33 taverns. Corinth also boasted of a temple said to have been served by 1000 priestesses. Into this city of contrasts, Paul brought his message of Christian wisdom, a wisdom that some Corinthian converts chose to misinterpret. Considering themselves highly sophisticated, they prided themselves on their wisdom. It was, however, shallow wisdom. Wisdom is that intellectual virtue which enables a person to "get it all together," to organise knowledge and experience into a practical system for truly happy living. This was the wisdom Paul preached. However, some Corinthians found it hard to accept his message completely. It ran against what they considered wise. Oh, they were enthusiastic about the Resurrection — as they interpreted it. It fed their ego. They could consider themselves "risen, - above the petty concerns of ordinary human beings. They were "spiritual - and so considered their bodies morally neutral They could eat and drink as they pleased, sleep with whomever they wanted What difference didit make to superior beings like them? Paul was well aware of this attitude. He confronted it

By Father John Castelot J directly: "When I came to youI did not come proclaiming God's testimony with any particular eloquence or "wisdom." . . My message and my preaching had none of the persuasive force of -wise argumentation, but the convincing power of the Spirit. A s a consequence, your faith rests not on the wisdom of men but on the power of God- (1 Corinthians 2.1.2,4.5) Was Paul anti-intellectual? Quite the contrary. Paul was an intellectual giant, a true genius, Christianity's pioneer theologian. But he was wise enough to realise the inadequacy of philosophy to bring genuine happiness. The wisdom proposed by Paul surpassed, but did not neglect, human knowledge. This wisdom was paradoxical; it pointed to the cross as the necessary ingredient for true human fulfillment. This was "a stumbling block to the Jews, and an absurdity to the Gentiles." But, Paul wrote, "God's folly is wiser than men, and his weakness more powerful than men" (1 Corinthians 1:23-25). Paul applied the paradoxical wisdom of the World (Wisdom) made flesh: "Whoever would preserve his life will lose it but whoever loses his life for my sake and the Gospel's will preserve it." (Mark 8:34-36) The Resurrection vindicated the truth of this wisdom, and the experience of millions of people has demonstrated it beyond question.

How Do Parents View Their Roles Today? Although parents in every age feel their role is difficult, parents today often feel they face special problems that complicate the task of raising children, says David Gibson, editor of Faith Today. Watch for his and other articles on parenting next week in Pathways of the Spirit.

Who is really wise? Paulist Father James Young associates wisdom with persons who "reflect on life and can communicate that reflection to others in concrete and pointed ways." He is rector of a Seminary. Another characteristic of wisdom for Father Young is humility. Truly wise persons have a sense of modesty about their accomplishments and experiences. They would shy away from calling themselves wise, he thinks. A wise person is quite different from those who "have something to say on everything" and try to force their opinion on others, he said. That's not wisdom. Wise individuals have a knack for presenting truths in "gentle and alluring" terms, Father Young continued. They realise that there's no need to force people to listen to them. They know the "truth can stand on its own two feet," he noted. A sked to point to some people he considers wise, Father Young mentioned two:

• A Paulist priest, now in his mid-60s, who taught Father Young philosophy. This priest can give me lessons" that grow out of all the years he has lived and reflected on his experiences, Father Young explained. This priest is an effective "problem solver", Father Young continued. He sees situations in ways that help others to consider their problems in a new light and thus to discover solutions they hadn't thought of before. • Pope John XXIII because he "had an understanding of the human condition and an optimistic view of life." Father Young added that his belovedpope was exposed to the human condition at its worst and yet was still able to see God's presence in life. How is wisdom in a person identified? Father Young points out that wisdom is a highly attractive quality in a person. In choosing a spiritual director, for instance, people gravitate toward someone "with wisdom and insight," the priest said. I/

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When considering the images of history's wisest people, King Solomon, as depicted in this Dore woodcut, inevitably comes to mind. But people today are considered gifted, talented, smart or respected Rarely do we consider someone to be wise. The guru of India is a curiosity rather than a role to revere. Even the learned tribesman of native Americans has faded into legend.

We don't recognise 'gifts'

Where I grew up the playground philosophy on wisdom went something like this: "Don't get wise, bubble eyes, or I'll knock you down to kindergarten size." In that juvenile arena, wisdom — a virtue of the ages — was not worth pursuing. And while the threats have disappeared, still it is not easy to find someone who admits to being wise. People today are gifted, talented, smart and, if older, respected. But wise? Wisdom's burden is a discomforting thought. In the distant past, it was different. The Greek temple of Delphi, where the oracle provided answers to life's

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great mysteries, showed that wisdom was marketable. But this age is not so comfortable with role models for wisdom. The guru of India is a curiosity rather than a role to revere. Even the learned tribesman of native Americans has faded into legend. However, wisdom has not left us. Its nuggets are waiting to be mined, and Pat \X-ealon, a 77-year-old tells this story about how to go looking for wisdom: Once there was a proud family so poor it was near starving to death. One night they prayed, asking God to send something to eat. That evening they heard a knock on the door and when they went out they found a package. Inside was a large yellow stone.

"What's this?" the father exclaimed. "We prayed for food and God sent a rock." They put it in the empty cupboard. lbe next night they prayed again. But the same thing happened, except this stone was larger. And the same t hing happened a third night, hut this stone was so large it wouldn't fit into the cupboard. The family plunked it on the counter.

E The next day a neighbour came by, found the hungry family and went for help. While the family was regainng its health the townspeople wondered why a family would fill its

cupboard with gold instead of food. "That's the way it is," acording to Wealon. "So many of us don't recognise the gifts around us." Wealon declines the honour of being called wise. "I don't know nothing about wisdom," he said, stressing the double negative. "I've just always been open to learning as much as Ican from life's lessons. Now that I'm old, young people call it wisdom." "If you want to be wise, take a lesson from the angels." he said. "They fly because they take themselves lightly. If we do the same, we will have a better chance to listen to our own

heart, to hear the breath of God." Wealon is steeped in education. But, he said wisdom is more than education. "I've known lots of smart people I wouldn't want to have help me across the street," he said. The difference is that a wise person "understands the ways of the world. Wisdom isn't learned in schools of higher learning. most of it comes from the school of hard knocks."

CH: Sue Brady empathises with the school of hard knocks theory of wisdom. She leads a support group at a hospital for parents whose children have died. A wall-hanging in her office

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By Cindy Liebhart Wisdom would not make the top- 10 list of dinnertable conversation topics. People probably don't think about wisdom very much. Certainly most peo-ple would deny they possess it. The word conjures up images of extraordinary individuals whose austerity and age enable them to see things as they really are — people like the firm but gentle grandfather in the movie "Heidi." But is wisdom reserved for only a few? "I'd rather be wise than smart," said Dr Anthony Moore. Wisdom helps people to make judgments, to know what really counts, Moore

said. It enables people to sift through the often contradictory messages they hear.

Perhaps the beginning of wisdom is the recognition that these value judgments have to he made at all, he said. Each individual is a mixture of wisdom and what the Greek philosopher Plato referred to as "common opinion — that which is sometimes built on illusion or on false, superficial values," Moore said. He believes there are different stages of wisdom, and that it is important to people to recognise "there are times when I've been more wise and less influenced by common opinion." Wisdom is not an attribute reserved to the aged, Moore said. A young person making choices based on deeper values could be considered wise. People "can make decisions responding to external pressures," he said, or they can make decisions based on what really seems to fit with the way they see the world, their values.

Moore thinks decisions based on one's real values are practical in the long run. Ultimately they bring happiness and peace.

Patricia Davis defines wisdom as the capacity "to discern the truth and then apply it in a way that is loving." Ms Davis is an addictions counsellor who also has an advanced degree in theology.

ElE Some wisdom is a gift, Ms Davis said. "There are people who are natural reconcilers, who can almost instinctively find common ground and begin to build bridges." But part of wisdom can be learned, she added. One way people open themselves to wisdom is by "getting in touch with people who have gone before us," realising that "every one of us doesn't start fresh in life." It also takes "a certain amount of life experience" to become wise, she said,

although ageing doesn't necessarily imply wisdom. Among the marks of a wise person are "less grasping, more gratitude, the appreciation that everything in life is a gift," Ms Davis said.

Father Eugene Hemrick, a research director, describes wisdom as a combination of knowledge and good experience. It involves "being with one's own interior values — the Greek meaning of the word for conscience," Father Hemrick said. Conscience is "an inner sense that knows what's important, what matters." Wisdom brings a sense of "peace, tranquility, wholeness, a coming together" in life. Father Hemrick believes it can readily be seen in people who have grown old gracefully and people who have bowed out of the limelight gracefully. But growth in wisdom doesn't just happen. It requires intention, Father Hemrick said. Education and contemplation — "working things out in one's own mind, thinking

things through without distraction" — can foster wisdom. So can listening to the wisdom in adages and stories passed from generation to generation. Wisdom can come, too, when people are able to recognise and break out of unhealthy situations they are locked into — narrow patterns or "one-track thinking" — and learn from their mistakes, Father Hemrick observed.

"The Bible: Its Heroes and Its Message," by Marilyn Norquist. Learning about biblical events and people like Amos and Elijah and Philip "can be a kind of mental hook" which can help Christians today understand better the ways of God with human beings, writes the author in this 96page book. The story of Gideon in the Old Testament, for instance, teaches that "the Lord worked through human

By Daniel -It is of the very of religion to essence Medinger slow us down and quotes an ancient Greek poet: "In our sleep pain falls upon the heart and through the awful mercy of God comes wisdom." "Wisdom is God's gift to help us overcome life's pain," she said. Two of Sue Brady's children have died. During their extended illness she ran the gamut from denial to anger. Then one day she prayed, asking God to help her stay open so that she wouldn't miss whatever might be learned from these tragic and sad events. "That helped," she said. "NowI try to share that perspective."

El Wisdom, she said, does not come from just living a long time. "Otherwise all you do is learn a lot of unrelated events. You have to stay open and store things in your heart like the mother of Jesus did. Staying open is the key."

weakness so that his saving action might be clearly recognised," Ms Norquist goes on to note that biblical people "were aware that God is a mystery for us, that infinity cannot be probed by our little minds" completely. And they also "felt a great need to know what God desired of them and whether he noticed them or cared for them." (Liguori Publications. One Liguori, Mo. 63057. $2.95.)

focus our minds and hearts on timeless, ultimate values in the rat race of our consumer society. (Bishop Anthony Pilla of Cleveland, Ohio. 1981.) -In a special way . . . we study the human person through contact with others. Being young should enable you to 'increase in wisdom' through this contact . . . This whole youthful experience will be useful to the extent that it gives you the ability to make critical judgments and above all the capacity of 'discernment in all things human. Your youthful experience will be blessed, you will gradually learn from it that essential truth concerning man. - (Pope John PaulIIin his 1985 apostolic letter to youth) "You rightly ask: Why does humanity's great progress in science and technology. . . why does man's progress in mastering the material world turn against humanity itseff in so many ways? So you might ask. . . Is this state of affairs irreversible?. . . You rightly ask this. Yes, this is the fundamental question facing your generation." (Pope John PaulII in his 1985 apostolic letter to youth)

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First of three-part series from three Too many people have an instant mashed potatoes mentality about birth control — they use oral contracept ion because it's easy. So thinks Dianne Brockett, recently appointed to direct the Natural Family Planning services of Centre Care, Catholic Family Welfare, Brisbane. Mrs Brockett, a nursing sister and mother of two, is frankly appalled by the general lack of k nowledge of "the options in fertility control." "I don't use the term 'contraception' — its such a negative concept. "Fertility control is a positive approach from the firm base of understanding and controlling one's own fertility as a normal, natural part of life," she said.

"From the beginning . . . "Natural Family Planning is little known and less understood. People have been swamped with information about other forms of fertility control, but the mass media generally has stayed silent about Natural Family Planning. "Sure, some Catholics k now about it as a Church-sanctioned way of planning a family. "But because many Catholics believe they absolutely must practise Natural Family Planning because 'the Church says so' they get very uptight about it, feel resentful, think it's a hassle and statistics show that in fact NFP works better for nonCatholics than for Catholics. "I believe that attitude of resentment and feeling of being hassled is the reason for this. "Natural Family Planning is not just for Catholics — it should be an option known and understood by every young person.

"If we taught children f ertility control in secondary school — not as part of a biology lesson, nor as 'sex education' but as an integral part of their health and physical education — we would find most young couples easily and comfortably practising it to control their family growth. "We teach our children how their teeth grow and how they need to be looked after; we teach them good hygiene, good nutrition, good posture; we teach them how their bodies work and what they need to work efficiently in just about every sphere except fertility.

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The sad thing about birth control problems is that they disappear. Fertility ends either in nature's own time (the female menopause), or with surgical termination of fertility of the male or female. Whatever the cause of the decline and end of fertiity, the family planning problems cease to exist. It is then very easy, and understandable, for couples to 'sign off' from thinking about them.

Controls are not 'instant' mashed otatoes "There is appalling ignorance in the community — including young married couples — about the 'mechanics' of fertility. "So you get the current situation. People don't understand fertility but they want to control it. They have heard — who hasn't — of oral contraception. It sounds easy. So that's what they use. "They still don't understand anything about fertility control except that taking 'the Pill' seems to work. "Despite a great deal of publicity lately about the harmful side effects of oral contraceptives and other devices, people still are not being generally offered the absolutely safe and natural option of Natural Family Planning. "One of the strongest arguments for NFP — apart from the obvious one that it cannot endanger the health of mother or child — is that it involves both partners. "Family planning is a mutual thing — Natural Family Planning is a mutual way of achieving the couple's plans," she said.

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In this International Youth Year, does the older generation wonder if the problems they experienced still exist? Shouldn't their experience with difficulties fire them with a desire to help the present young generation? The Australian Council of Natural Family Planning (ACNFP) — providing over 70 per cent of all natural family planning services — is obviously concerned about why tens of thousands of abortions took place last year.

"'NUOPIP"' A nd why did so many women resort to tubal liganon, which is now being recognised as a forerunner to hysterectomy for many? Surely the way to lessen the heartache of abortion is to minimise the possibility of unexpected pregnancy, and to have all babies lovingly wanted prior to and at conception? During a recent lecture on infertility, a leading obstetrician disclosed that one-third of his patients have had a termination of pregnancy earlier in life. At the time of conception, what form of family planning were those women using?

How many abortions take place today because the woman has health reasons for discontinuing the pill, or a horror of the dangers of the IUD, and has come to look on abortion as a contraceptive, followed possibly by sterilisation?

Sad thing about the control problems by ROSE ROBERTSON, Department of Natural Family Planning, Sydney. How many abortions take place today because the woman has health reasons for discontinuing the pill, or a horror of the dangers of the IUD, and has come to look on abortion as a contraceptive, followed possibly by sterilisation? Will this situation be handed on to yet another generation? A return to barrier methods (diaphragm, condom and spermicides) is being encouraged by some authorities, who often do not acknowledge their higher failure rates How many abortions have occurred because women have had insufficient or incorrect information about the natural methods of fertility control and become pregnant, and then felt so trapped by their life's circumstances that abortion seemed to be the only 'way out'? With the male's body completely unchanged, with great emotional stress to perhaps both partners, and the physical side effects all being borne by the woman, does that set the stage for the 'giving' that sexual intercourse is meant to be?

Is this the plan to be presented to youth for their marriages? Does it make for happy, sexually and emotionally serene marriages? Where do Catholic couples stand?

failure of earlier forms of natural methods learned only from literature caused many Catholics to turn to the pill, and for them this was a heartbreaking decision, not just a convenience. The adverse side effects of the pill, now common knowledge in the 80s, were not known then. The pill was hailed as the answer to the world's family planning problems.

Remember the furore when Humanae Vitae first appeared in 1968? Many Catholics who were a ttempting to follow the Church's teaching on contraception (even to the extent of sometimes enduring extensive periods of sexual abstinence), but who experienced unexpected pregnancies, presumed the Church and/or the pope would have to change their views, and they began using the contraceptive pill.

One problem in the 60s was that all Catholics, even school children, knew just what the Church's teaching on artificial contraception was, but few couples were taught how to put that teaching into practice correctly. Disappointment with the

No-one foresaw that in time it would be recommended by the pill's manufacturers that its use be discontinued by the age of 35, or be considered unsuitable for women who smoke or who wear contact lenses, or with certain other conditions which put the women at risk. Today, many people, remembering the 60s, are still confused, and perhaps continue t o blame 'the Church', 'Catholic doctors' or 'that priest who didn't understand'. Unfortunately, their children seem to have inherited that attitude We could argue that no-one should be blamed, it was simply the times we were living in. It must be remembered that

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Natural family planning may be seen as a modern science but it is one that has been recognised and utilised by some primitive societies for centuries. While the first attempts at NFP involved the high-risk rhythm method, developed some time in the 20's by Drs Ogino and Knaus, later research led to the Billings' breakthrough in the 1960s. Doctors John and Evelyn Billings were able to establish the latest hormonal and other laboratory discoveries about ovulation were coinciding with their hunch that

people of other faiths were also experiencing family planning problems; it was a subject rarely mentioned in t he media, and people needed help. Even today not many people understand that it was only in the 1930s that it was first discovered tht women are not fertile all the time, and that pregnancy will only occur around ovulation time Books on the subject of how to determine ovulation were rare, and, when available, they often contained incorrect and out-of-date information. How do Catholics feel today? Are they being encouraged t o keep abreast of what advances have been made in natural family planning, so that the hurts from those past years do not damage the youth of today? The memories of their own difficulties with family planning do not help a couple to pass on to their children a relaxed and convincing explanation of God's plan for our sexuality, to help them see their fertility as a gift from God, and as a sacred trust. They may not yet comprehend the spirituality of their

sexuality, or understand that in marriage natural methods of family planning can help support their responsible parenthood decisions. Many scientific advances have been made in the last 20 years. Today in clinics and centres all over Australia, Natural Family Planning (NFP) is taught openly and is recognised as an important part of community health. Well-trained NFP teachers now undertake study to equip them to teach all natural methods successfully.

Their studies also include an understanding of the effects of discontinuation of the pill, the IUD, and abortion, as many women in those situations are referred to NFP clinics. Many couples not of the Catholic faith attend NFP clinics, purely for health reasons, and come to see the beauty of the sexual communication that a couple using NFP need to have. Expressions like. 'We're in love in a completely different

DEI=CIDECJEE A return to barrier methods (diaphragm, condom and spermicides) is being encouraged by some authorities, who often do not acknowledge their higher failure rates. How many abortions have occurred because women have had insufficient or incorrect information about the natural methods of fertility control and become pregnant, and then felt so trapped by their life's circumstances that abortion seemed to be the only 'way out'?

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mucus was the 'natural' key to fertility. Since that time the mucus studies have been advanced even further and now form the basis of the ovulation method which boasts a safety factor equal to that of the contraceptive pill. But 25 years-on, too few Catholics are making use of a form of contraception which is not only safe, but is cheap, healthy, theologically acceptable and has proved to be a positive boon to marital relationships. This week Anne Robertson of the Natural Family Planning Office in

Sydney talks about NFP and its relevance to Catholic couples. This is the first in a three-part series which looks at the role of natural family planning today. Next week, Record reporter, ROSLYN ROSS talks with Ann O'Donnell, administrator for the Natural Family Planning Office in Perth, about how the ovulation method works, and how it is being taught. In the final part of the series, ROSLYN ROSS talks to two young women who have been successfully using the ovulation method ever since their marriages 12 years ago.

way now- or -My husband used to feel so guilty that I had to bear the effects of contraception, but now with NFP our marriage is beautiful, are heard frequently. Yet many Catholics are unaware of what advances have been made in NFP methods My concern comes from constant interaction with _ personal development programs in schools, parent education, nursing/midwifery talks and marriage preparation courses in the last 10 years. My experience shows that ignorance about fertility is rampant, and that leads me to ask a few questions. • How many Catholics know of the scientific advances in NFP methods? • How many Catholics know the address of their nearest NFP centre? • How many parishes, recognising the teaching of the Church on contraception, commend their NFP teachers as part of the parish community, understanding that the teachers undertake training and teach for no financial reward?

• Does anyone ever wonder what help the next generation will receive in family planning if the present lack of funds causes NFP teaching to become less accessible? • How many Catholic organisations — including Catholic clubs and parishes — fully appreciate the worth of the NFP apostolate, and help to support ACNFP Inc financially or otherwise, so that more research can be carried out? • And despite the delicate nature of the subject, are those couples who are happily using NFP methods in their mamage willing to speak out, or, offer assitance with the growth of ACNFP Inc, so that correct information is available to more couples? These are important questions that should be considered by all Catholics —even those who have lingering doubts about NFP methods.

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lovingly wanted prior to and at conception?

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— says Dr Runcie

LONDON: The inevitability of the last war, if Europe was not to have s uccumbed completely to Nazism, was stressed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr R obert Runcie, in his sermon in Westminster A bbey on the 40th anniversary of VE Day. B ut the archbishop a lso brought out the need for reconciliation. A fter the Somme and P asschendaele there was little illusion about the ugly nature of war, he said. "But it was the lesser of two evils." Germany was in the grip of regime that set a t nothing the liberty, the dignity, the life of all those who stood in the way of its notions of r acial superiority and t erritorial expansion, a nd its European neighbours either had to submit to Nazism or resist it by force. "Today we thank God that, with the help of our allies, resistance culminated in a victory in which the Nazi regime perished." O r Runcie went on. "No historical enquiry has suggested Nazism was less wicked than we thought it in 1939, o r that any other method than war could have brought it down.. . "Some people question now whether the war w as really necessary, and whether anything w as achieved by the v ictory," said Dr R uncie. "I respect their freedom to make such a judgement, but I profoundly disagree with them. "It was not a panacea f or every ill. But the victory which closed down B elsen, Buchenwald and Auschwitz is in itself sufficient cause for thanksgiving. "The war has also given us a 40-year breathing space in Europe, and the time has not been wasted." V ictory did not, of course, destroy all the world's evils, and the dangers of the stuggle to dominate or avoid domination were obvious at a time when mankind's capacity for destruction was so immeasurably greater than it was during the second World War. "Much has already been achieved in the reconcil iation of ancient enemies," Dr Runcie went on. "May our celebration of this achievement provide the energy needed to work for the greater worldwide reconciliation on which lasting peace depends.

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Stephen says Perth people including himself are still young in terms of food and hospitality compared to Sydney and Melbourne, but they are steadily becoming better educated with regard to food. Its style in top Perth restaurants is at least equal to the best in Australia. Local restaurants are emerging from what he calls the -Woolworths" era when the motto was "bigger and faster." The early 1970s saw the start of a period when all sorts of people — teachers, clerks, housewives — got into the restaurant business. If you had about 60 table places in the right location you could make a lot of money fast, but few did and many rapidly went broke. "Those days are gone," Stephen says. "If you want to get there now and stay on top it means sheer hard work and the application of accumulated knowledge. -You have to find a level with the public and if you can maintain it, you stay in business. There are numerous levels

of price, quality, food type and service acceptable to the various sectors of the public." Perth, he maintains, is lucky in that it can study and learn from experience in other parts of the world. It is high time, he says, for an overhaul of the WA licensing laws. For example, vastly different sets of health requirements apply between BYO (Bring Your Own) restaurants such as The Establishment and licenced restaurants, and different councils have different rules. To set up a licensed restaurant it could cost $60,000 or $70,000 to provide sufficient space through means such as acquiring adjacent premises with the resultant structural alterations, constructing toilets and complying with all the health and other requirements as well as having to pay liquor tax and assorted overheads. These costs recouped.

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Poor roll-up at papal youth rally UTRECHT (Netherlands) — Only 700 of an invited 3500 young people turned up to a meeting with Pope John Paul at Amersfoort sports field. Most of those who came were from the north.

The pope responde strongly during his talk to criticisms and questions he had received in letters from Dutch youth prior to his trip to the Netherlands. He told those who asked whether Jesus would not have been more understanding on the issues of "homosexuality, abortion, women in the Church, couples living together outside of marriage, and those engaging in premarital sex" to be "realistic." "Would it be realistic to imagine a Jesus who is indulgent on marital love, abortion, sexual relations before or outside of marriage or homosexual relations?" the pope asked. "Indulgence does not make people happy," he added.

"The consumer society does not make them happy. People only become truly human when they accept the demands made on them by the dignity which lies in being created in the image and likeness of God." Pope John Paul told the youths to watch their criticism of the Church. "You, all of us, are the Church." he said.

"Never talk therefore as outsiders about the Church, but always as convinced members. Especially never speak of or about the Church as if it does not exist for you or as if you are indifferent to it or worse, hostile. "Anything difficult demands courage," he said. "And courage reveals the nobility of human beings. You must not forget that in other

countries young people pay a very high price for their witness to the Gospel." He urged them to avoid indulgence and said the Church had obligations as an institution founded by Christ not to "mouth generalities." "If the Church makes unpalatable pronouncements, it does so because it feels obliged to do so," he said.

No accurate idea of the figures... "The country programs are all different in some way," says David Morley, "and we have no accurate idea of how many children are involved, hut it is certainly well over two million. It is our job in the Institute to provide a basket of ideas that can be useful — we now produce about 18 activity sheets, dealing with different aspects of CHILD-tochild." "Sometimes I visit a country," says David Morley smiling. "and they say have you seen our CHILD-to-child program and I didn't know anything about it! But that's fine — we don't want it to be a dependency program. We give advice on how they might do things themselves, but we will not tell anyone how to do it."

Differing country programs Inspired by the International Year of the Child in 1979, CHILD-to-child is a world-wide program aimed at providing children in their teens with the skills needed to respond effectively to the health problems and emotional needs of younger children. Among its benefits it helps parents with some of the burdens of child care. John Madeley, an English journalist specialising in development issues, talks with one of the movement's founders, about how CHILD-tochild works and where it is going in this the second of a three part series.

El CI The country programs may vary in detail but the basics are the same. The older children involved in CHII.Dto-child are usually between eight and 12-years-old and the younger ones between one and five — although the age range can be much lower. The older children are generally trained by a health worker in simple nutrition. hygiene, the use of oral rehydration salts, the first aid. 'We are also keen," says David Morley "to see that the older child gives the younger ones a stimulating and loving environment. That is so very important in the future development of the young child."

There are critics who believe that although CHILD-to-child has some admirable aspects, it can also have drawbacks; it might for example mean that the older child has less time for play and has to shoulder too much responsibility at too early a stage in life which might inhibit future development. 'This point is often raised," agrees David Morley. "But we should remember that in developing countries very few children have time for play. many are working in the home in some way, and many are looking after younger children anyway. Our aim is to train them how to. We have always made it

our objective that any activity we develop should be fun. We do not want older children to be imposed on in any way." "We also have to be very careful," David Morley adds, "not to make the children feel they are more knowledgeable than their parents and put them in a difficult situation. Parents very often do not have the knowledge and maybe the ability to learn new ideas about health care as to older children who are in a more formative period of their lives. And we are of course training the parents of the future." An effort is made to use the program to help the parents

in acceptable ways. David Morley recalls visiting a small home in Ludhiana. north India, that was close to an open drain. "The mother used to lock her two children in before she went to work each morning," he says. "They were found by a community health worker who noticed that the younger child, who was only a year old. was doing very poorly. With the parent's agreement she got to know the older child of four and a half and taught her how to feed her younger brother, which within a few months she was doing very successfully".

CI E In India, Indonesia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Botswana, the Philippines, Mexico and Guatemala, CHILDto-child programs have become especially popular and well supported. A number of governments have put CHILD-to-child material into their own health and education programs. However, health education is often not a priority in schools because it is not a subject included in examinations — and most schools concentrate efforts on getting students through exams. Further information on CHILD-to-child can be obtained from the Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford St., London WCIN lEH, From Unicef News.

Mixed success in tour — Young Australians made an impression in Rome but bombed-out at Taize, according to Karen Talbot, a 22-year-old computer operator f rom the Mirrabooka YCW Group. Karen has just returned home from an International Youth Pilgrimage. Two thousand young people from world wide Pallottine communities gathered in Rome to celebrate 150 years since the order's foundation. Karen took a little of this year's Catholic International Youth Year conference at Thomas Moore college to Rome with her. Wearing the Perth conference T-shirts an Australian group presented the Liturgical song I See My Lord R ising with its accompaning liturgical movements. Karen first saw this colourful display at the January conference. The encore was singing the Aboriginal Our Father. After Rome the Australian group visited several centres, the first being Taize in France. I was keen to hear about Taize from Karen; it is reputed to be a Mecca for young people from all parts of the world. I was surprised the Australians wore not keen or impressed by their experience of visiting Taize. At least not at first. I inquired further. It was the facilities or rather the lack of modern facilities that shocked the Australians. The showers served only icy cold water which produced many screams; the floors in the dormitories were bare concrete. The beds were lumpy and hard with only one blanket; the food was different, (awful) and there were no cakes to celebrate a birthday of one of the young Australian tourists. That was exactly the problem. The Australians had planned a tourist's holiday once the Rome meeting was over and the austerity of Taize took everyone by surprise. Whether at home or on holidays at Bali Australians are used to a soft comfortable bed in the privacy of a single room. Plenty of good food, and junk food to boot but above all, who showers in icy cold water. Not me. Taize is not a tourist centre but a centre of prayer, work and penance. Karen says on reflection she would like to return one day. It certainly quietened the noisy Australian spirit and made you appreciate the comforts we are all used to.

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-Karen Talbot. 22, a computer operator from Mirrabooka who was a member of the pilgrimage

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Birthdays Happy birthday to Abbe Wringe, Kalgoorlie; Clara Bottacin, Northam; Rebecca Southwell, Greenwood; Linda Matusiak, Albany; Michele Jones, Albany; Trevor Phillips, Esperance; Penny Round, Gosnells; Suzanne Bowman, Duncraig; Kevin Tyler, Bedford; Siobhan Vivian, Mosman Park; Paul O'Rourke, Beckenham; Leanne Rodger, Orelia; Siobhan Runge, Bullcreek, Nicole Rossetti, Gosnells; Jenny McGowan, Kenwick; Cathy Gabrielli, Newman; Lisa Hollick, Claremont; Sonia Jones, Calingiri; Pauline Jackson, Narembeen; Paige Geers, Attadale; Kevin Tyler, Bedford; Tamara Brooker, Albany; Mary Cunningham, East Fremantle; Valerie Cheffings, Manjimup; Burke David, Graylands; Emma Roughan, Nedlands; Jenny Whitelaw. Karrinyup.

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never have imagined. And every time the North Wind is there — in different forms, but always brave and strong and wonderfully wise and true. An important addition to the superb Puffin Classics series. Ages 10 + Tbe Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley, Illustrated by Elisa Trimby. published by Puffin, $4.95. Written in 1861, the magic of Tom's underwater world ha enchanted generations of young readers. With this new edition, the charm lives on, enhanced by the superb illustrations. Ages 9 + The Puffin Book Of The World Cup, by Brian Glanville, published by Puffin.

$3.95.

A detailed and fascinating history of what has become — internationally — the world's most popular spectator sport. The atmosphere and excitement of the World Cup is brought into perspective

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with facts and information on players, games, changes in the competition and techniques. Ages 12 + The Puffin Dictionary of Computer Words. by Robert W. Bly, published by Puffin, $4.95. The book to demystify the computer jargon which is becoming commonplace! This amusingly illustrated dictionary gives clear, concise definitions and explanations of computer words. The perfect reference book which is fun to read. Ages 8 + Once Upon A Rhyme, 101 Poems for Young Children, edited by Sara and Stephen Corrin, published by Puffin, $3.95. A delightful collection of poems for sharing with young children who have moved one step on from nursery rhymes. From some of the best known poets for children and collected with care by the Corrins, this lively collection of poems covers a myriad of experiences and

characters, from "The Habits of the Hippopotamus" to antics of more familiar animals. Ages 5 + Wilberforce Goes Shopping, by Margaret Gordott, published by Puffin.

$3.95. This very likeable bear gets himself into some ridiculous and amusing situations on a shopping expedition with his Grandma. A welcome follow-up to the recently published Wilberforce Goes on a Picnic. Ages 2-5 Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends; Percy Runs Away; Thomas and the Breakdown Truck; Thomas Goes Fishing;James and the Troublesome Trucks, $1.75. Introducing a new series from Ladybird, with two titles and four stories about the adventures of some famous train engines. The stories are brightly illustrated with colour photographs from a television series based on the wellloved books by The Reverend Awdry.

The Faber Book of Nursery Stories, edited by Barbara Ireson. $9.95. With a rich diversity of subjects and styles, this anthology of stories for young children is one to turn to again and again. The collection includes folk tales, stories of magic and adventure, and stories about everyday things. A handsome paperback edition with Shirley Hughes' beautiful illustrations. Ages 4-9

What do ghouls take uhen they have a cold? Coffin drops. What do gilt:Acts eat for dinner? Spook-getti. What holiday do vampires celebrate to give thanks for so many good meals? FangsgMng. How does a ghost open his gate? With a skeleton key. Why do monster families stay together? Because they can't stand to kiss each other goodbye. Have you beard the Joke about the wall? I just can't get over it. Do you know the riddle about the bed? It hasn't been made yet. Have you beard the one about the butter? Better not tell you, it might spread.

Ever beard the story about the bread? Better not tell you, it's too crummy. There was a fellow who heard a good joke and was going to take it home; hut he decided that was carrying a joke too far. "Have you beard theJoke about the eggs?" "No." "Too bad!" Why didn't the skeleton go to the dance? He had no body to go with. What do you do with a green monster? Wait until it ripens. How do you make a witch scratch? Take away the W and she'll itch. What do sea monsters eat? Fish and ships. Heard the joke about the knife? It's a killer.

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From the Heat of the Day

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v The double lives that are led by women

A moving trilogy of torment

From the Heat of the Day ($5.95), One Generation ($6.95), Genetha ($6.95), by R oy Heath, published by Flamingo. These three make up a trilogy of novels about a family living in Georgetown, Guyana. In 'this beautifully executed trilogy' Roy Heath records the sad incidents of the family's domestic intrigues and the personal tragedies of its individual members with the skill and confidence to be expected of a writer in full command of his material. In the first of the three novels, from the Heat of the Day, Gladys Davis, from the smarter part of Georgetown, marries Sonny Armstrong, from a less favoured district. After a few hopeful first steps, the marriage drops into a slough of diminishing affection, vanishing prosperity, and eroded self-esteem. The marriage's punctured ardour does produce two children — Rohan, whose book is this novel's sequel, and Genetha, whose tormented story forms the third and last volume in this spare but gentle exploration of the untravelled countries of the heart.

In the second novel, One Generation, a new generation takes up its impoverished inheritance and the son, Rohan, carries the Armstrong family saga onwards from the suppurating parental relationship so devastatingly recorded in From the Heat of the Day

In the final volume of a 'genuinely impressive trilogy' (Sunday Times), Rohan's sister Genetha holds the

centre of the stage. Miserably confused, and haunted by unhappy memories of her f ather and brother, her attempts to find a job and a partner seem always doomed. With the story of Genetha, daughter of the ill-starred marriage described in From the Heat of the Day, and sister of Rohan, who holds centre stage in One Generation, Roy Heath brings his remarkable trilogy to a powerful ending.

Double Time, Women in Victoria — 150 Years, by Marilyn Lake and Farley Kelly, published by Penguin, $19.95. Reviewed by R oslyn Ross. An interest in women's history has steadily grown in recent years and this book reflects that interest, as surely as the numerous courses in women's studies that are being instituted in most Australian universities. If women have been allowed to fall through the 'historical cracks in society' up till now then books like this go a long way toward righting that wrong. The authors also set out to tackle what they see as an

important omission in most studies. . the history importance of the fabric of society itself and the basic processes and relationships within it. "The focus of history must change so that instead of its involving a narrative of men's deeds in public life, there will be an examination of the relationships and power structures — pertaining to sex, class and race — of the total society." they said. It is only with this approach that the integral role of women in history will be revealed. "Our aim as historians is to illuminate the relationship between public life and

private life — between paid work and unpaid work. between developments in the Sate and in the family. between party politics and sexual politics. "A series of biographies provides an excellent opportunity of making this sort of historical analysis accessible. By looking at the lives of particular women we can illuminate the relationships and power structures of a particular society. We can point to the constraints

The fascination of flowers The Art Of Flower Arrangement, A Complete Guide to Australian Floristry, by Gregory Milner, published by Currey O'Neil, $24.95. Flower arranging can be both a fascinating pastime and a rewarding career, and in this book both the professional florist and the enthusiastic amateur can enjoy a complete step-by-step guide to the art of floristry in Australia. I n The Art Of Flower Arrangement. Gregory Milner explains all aspects of flower arranging simply and clearly witb the help of many easy-to-follow diagrams and superb full colour photographs. He covers in detail, topics such as the language of flowers, the symbolism and co-ordination of colour. the availability of flowers, advice on bow to handle different tVes of flotvers and the materials and equipment needed. Clear step-by-step instructions explain all types of both basic and advanced arrangements — including

arrangements, .4ustralian native flowers, silk and dried arrangements, baskets. sbeafs, boxes, corsages, flowers for weddings and other special occasions, flowers for funerals — right up to the' requirements of competition work for both amateurs andprofessionals. The Art Of Flower Arrangement explains everything there is to know about -this delightful and absorbing art and is a must for anyone interested in arranging flowers. A third-generation florist. Gregory Milner is well known and respected in the industry in Australia. baring demonstrated nationally for haerflora and other groups for the past eighteen years. His equally weli-known mother, Marjorie, was the first florist to represent Australia for Interflora, in 1967.

New titles New titles New titles New title Writings On The Wall, A Radical and Socialist Anthology 1215 — 1984, edited by Tony Benn, researched by Andrew Franklin and Suzanne Franks, published by Faber and Faber, $26.95. This selection of writings, speeches and songs from 1215 to the present records nearly 800 years of campaigning for justice, freedom and equality. Here is an alternative to political tradition: one that the history hooks do not describe which shows the roots of today's struggles for democracy, peace, rights and sexual equality. The voices of the Levellers, Chartists, Suffragetes and early socialists are to he found here beside those of countless unknown revolutionaries and radicals. Death In Kashmir, by M.M. Kaye, published by Viking, $16.95. Set during the last few months of the Raj, Death in Kashmir is the fourth in the highly successful series of thrillers by M.M. Kaye, author of The Far Pavilions.

Here she shows once again not only that she can write powerfully about her beloved India, but also that she is a witty practitioner in the art of the suspense mystery in the best Agatha Christie tradition. A gripping tale of romance and mystery, Death in Kashmir also provides a fascinating insight into life and politics in India at the time, and even hints at what troubles lay ahead for that complex and beautiful country. I n Another Country, by Susan Kenney, published by Viking, $19.95. This is an enormously moving portrait of family love and emotional survival in the face of everyday tragedy. Sara, the narrator of the six interlocked stories in this novel, is a woman whose life has been marked by disaster in her immediate family: the early death of her father, the recurrent madness of her mother, and now a protracted illness that threatens to take her husband away. How Sara survives these shocks and crises forms the

matter of stories as direct and urgent as life adn death. Squaring The Circle, by Tom Stoppard, published by Faber and Faber, $21.95. First seen on British television in 1984, Squaring the Circle (Poland 1980-81) is an account of the rise and fall of Solidarity in the form of a personal essay using the techniques of drama and the resources of film-making. This volume combines the text of Squaring the Circle with thos of Every Good Boy Deserves Favour and Professional Fourl, two earlier Stoppard plays which, in their different ways, have as their theme the quality of private and public life in Eastern Europe and beyond. Sweeney Astray, A Version from this Irish, by Seamus Heaney, published by Faber and Faber, $18.95. Sweeney Astray is Seamus Heaney's version of Buile Suibhne, a classic test of medieval Irish literature. The story centres on the fate of Sweeney, the king of DalArie in Ulster, who was

cursed by a saint, turned into a bird, and driven astray until the curse was fulfilled by his death. Heaney brings to the translation a sense of immediacy. His enormously resourceful linguistic gifts reclaim a great and poignant work of literature for the modern reader. First Steps With Your Commodore 64, by Carolyn Hughes, published by Fontana, $5.95. Now Carolyn Hughes intorduces the complete novice — child or adult — to the top-selling Commodore 64. From plugging in the micro, the new programmer is shown how to use Basic and taken on, step-by-step, to writer programmes, using coloure, sound and highresolution graphics — and much more. Saving For Retirement, by George Cochrane,published by Fontana, $9.95. Anyone over 30 should begin to plan and look ahead for their retirement. You are unlikely to have as long as you think to plan and save for retirement and this book offers sound practice

advice from George Cochrane who has written on money matters for many years. The Von Kessel Dossier, by Leon Le Grand, published by Fontana, $6.95. Leon Le Grand, a new Australian writer, has written a compulsive story of adventure, intrigue and passion. A Discourse on Inequality. by jean-Jacques Rousseau. Translated by Maurice Cranston, published by Penguin, $4.95. One of Rousseau's most celebrated works that concerns itself with the relationship between the growth of civilisation and the roots of inequality. A Future That Will Work by David Owen, published by Viking, $29.95. Dr David Owen, Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Britain argues cogently and compellingly for a truly democratic society where increased competitiveness can be combined with greater social compassion. David Owen believes that what is needed is `a new

synthesis, a combination of what are too often wrongly assumed to be incompatible objectives.' The Slow Train To Milan. by Lisa St Aubin de reran, published by Penguin, $7.95. This enchanting, semi-autobiographical novel follows a comic and glamorous foursome as they drift across Europe wherever the slow train takes them. Appleby and Honebath. by Michael htnes, published by Penguin. $4.95. Michael Innes' distinguished sleuths meet at last to confront the mystery surrounding the disappearance of a murder victim. Superpowers in Collision, The New Cold War of the 1980s, by Noam Chomsky.Jonathan Steele and John Gittings. published by Faber and Faber, $6.95. Three leading commentators on world affairs cut through the myths and propaganda to analyse the real aims of China, the Soviet Union and the USA in a new and expanded edition of this disturbing study.

Mother Ursula. The portrait catches her good humour but shows little hint of the strong will of which a Vicar -General once disapproved. within which women lived at particular times, how these changed, and how women responded to their confinement; whether they accepted them, actively assisted in perpetuating them, or resisted them.The authors 1(x)k at the lives of more than 50 women who have lived in Victoria — convict and nun. actress and soldier settler. writer and housewife, politic-al activitist and refugee. D OUBLE

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tiok The women come from the ranks of the famous as well as the ordinary; they are from different racial origins, country women and city women, working class and middle class women, women who joined the workforce as well as those who laboured unpaid at home. There are public celebrities like Nellie Melba, Henry Handel Richardson, Vida Goldstein, Laurel Martyn and Mother Ursula Frayne who arrived in Perth in 1846 to establish the Mercy Sisters and then went on to work in Melbourne; and there are women whose names hve not been heard until now. Several of the women included lived through the depression hut their experience varied markedly. When Helen Harbour's mother was forced to put her children into a babies' home while she worked as a domestic, others, like Joyce Nicholson. Marjorie Tipping, Jessie Clarke continued their private school education and entered university. The book begins with Eliza Batman, wife ofJohn Batman who is often called 'founder of Melbourne' and ends with Sofiya Suong, a Cambodian refugee who walked 240 miles to the Thai border before she could taste freedom.

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Pignatelli 1 have won the B grade of this year's mixed pennant tennis competition by defeating Pignatelli 2, 7 sets 53 games to 5 sets 46 games. The match was decided only in the final mixed doubles and was a thrilling finish. The c loseness of the match typified the c ompetition which was the toughest B grade season for many years. The winning team consisted of Laurie and Annette Ferris, Peter St John and Dee Nunn. Congratulations to the winning team and also to all the teams f or providing such exciting tennis played in a true sportsmanlike manner. In the A grade competition there is still one more round of fixtures to be played before the final. As a result of this week's matches the final will definitely be between Queens Park and Pignatelli. DianeIla or Lynwood had a chance of being in the final if either team had won convincingly this week and then won again next week. But DianeIla only just defeated Lynwood 6 sets 52 games to 4 sets 48 games. E ven if DianeIla does defeat Pignatelli in their final match their percentage will not be good enough for

them to dislodge Pignatelli from second position. In the other match this week, Queens Park defeated Applecross 10 sets 60 games to 0 sets 31 games. CARNIVAL TEAMS Players wanting to be included in the selection trials for this years carnival team are reminded to be eligible for selection they must have played in one pennant competition this year and also be entered in the association championships. The only exceptions to these conditions applies to country players. Country players must have participated in a previous interstate carnival, be playing competitively in their district and be available for the selection trials which are planned for late November. The next pennant competition is the mens, ladies pennant which is scheduled to begin on Saturday July 6. Entry forms will be available from club secretaries or Jack Eastcott. The closing date for entries is Thursday June 13. The annual championships will be held over two weekends at the Trinity College courts on September 14 and 15 and 21 and 22.

Greyhounds — with The Record Tipster

'DOGS' CHANCE...,) RACE ONE: Blazenka's Star 1, Frankie Francis 2, Mellow Port 3. RACE TWO: Formula Balance 1, Icy Fox 2, Tidi Level 3. RACE THREE: New Range 1, Weston Bess 2, Rebel Robbie 3. RACE FOUR: Sekondi 1, Boundary Rider 2, Nero

Wolfe 3. RACE FIVE: Involved 1, Belinda Mist 2, Dynamite Duke 3.

There was a capacity enrolment at the second lay retreat sponsored recently at North Beach by the combined religious committee. Another retreat will commence at Santa Maria College on Monday, May 27 and will be led by Sister Joan Smith RSM who can be contacted at 7/126 Edward Street, Osborne Park 6017. At the North Beach retreat meditations were led by Sisters Mary Harvey and Joan Smith. Sandra Smolinksi, RSM and Jenni York provided hospitality and Father Des Purcell SJ was also present. Veronica Tavelli of Bayswater saw the retreat advertised in The Record. "It's good to have a holiday with Christ now and again," she said. "I have been reminded of the need for quietness so I can hear my God rather than always do the speaking," she said. "The gentleness of the approach, plus the time given for personal reflection was much appreciated." Colleen Brady of North Beach commented, "I came to the retreat to take some time out to think about areas in my life that need attention. "The retreat atmosphere provided me with flexibility and I have been able to reflect to a level which has invigorated, yet relaxed me. "I've found a new dimension to the experience of lgnatian mediation," she said

RACE SIX: Dangerous Adios 1, Montreal Chief 2, Man of Mickila 3. RACE SEVEN: Our Petite Biddy 1, Ballarat Star 2, Red Inkerman 3. RACE EIGHT: Arthur Daley I, Lady Kiwi 2. Black Shogun 3. RACE NINE: Swiss Clover 1, Overflow Wine 2, Candle Lock 3. RACE TEN: Rushlake Green 1, Sweet Jewel 2, Regal Geoff 3.

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BusseIton Catholic Youth Camp caretakers Bungey and Thel Austin have retired from their job but will keep in touch from their nearby home at Vasse. On countless occasions, since they took charge in 1978 they could be found quietly working away at a variety of tasks of gardening, handy work, cleaning and so on throughout the camp facilities - truly examples of unsung heroes. Bungey has been praised by camp users on numerous occasions for his dedication, interest and friendly disposition. He can recall some varied experiences with camp clientele and has developed a very keen eye for judging human nature. He is reluctant to criticise any particular groups who use camp facilities but on this question comments "that the quality of the camp group depends on the quality of supervision." The camp committee headed by Boyup Brook's Father Neville Faulkner recently made a small presentation to Bungey and Thel as a gesture of thanks for their past work at the camp. The new caretakers are Mr and Mrs Don Hindley who will be living on site. To book the camp, please ring Don on (097) 554556.

HAMERSLEY EVENTS Pentecost Festival of Praise will be held on Sunday May 26 2pm-6.30pm at All Saints Hamersley parish Mass Centre. Hillwood Avenue, Warwick, on the theme. "Father, renew in our days your miracles as of a second pentecost" (Pope John 23rd) Father Frank O'Dea will speak on the First Pentecost and Charismatic Renewal today: Is it for everyone? Is it Catholic? What are Charismatic Gifts? Do I have them? Are they authentic? What does the Church think? What do the Popes say? Tea and coffee provided. Inquiries: 448 6001 and 342 8451. (No fees)

CULT AWARENESS SEMINAR A Cult Awareness seminar will be held Saturday June 1 from 1.30 to 5.30 pm in the North Perth Church of Christ hall, Woodville Street (just around the corner from Angove Street), North Perth. A feature of the program will be the screening and discussing of the film: Gods of The New Age. Outline notes will be available for the topics examined. Afternoon tea will be provided. Bookings on 444 6183. $5 donation to cover materials. Presenting an overview of the variety of cults around, some of their characteristics and a Christian response to them.

YOUTHCAR E WORKERS Youthcare would be interested in hearing from anyone who can offer work (full, part-time or casual) to unemployed and homeless young people. If you can help please phone 328 8066 or write to Youthcare, 166 Aberdeen St, Perth 6000.

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