The Record Newspaper 20 June 1985

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• RSM head, Sister Beverly Stott is to head a new co-operative council of religious orders. See pictures and story page 2.

• ACR rushes aid to Bangladesh cyclone victims Picture and story begins page 2.

• Father Rooney appointed to new pansh established at Leschenautt in the Bunbury diocese. Pictures and story begin page 3

• Dates announced for the closing of nominations for the Archbishop Goody Awards. See page 3. • Liverpool Archbishop comments on responsibility for European Cup violence at Requiem Mass for the victims. See page 5. • Catholic journalist and former ABC newsman, Cliff Baxter criticises the content of an ABC radio series on the Catholic Church. See story, pictures pages 4 and

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Moro them 50 people were present when Bishop Healy sad six priests celebrated Mass recently for the inaugural gathering of Catholics providing chaplaincy writ*, in health care services. The gathering hronght together Ma largo contingent of religiose sad laity, isciodiug acolytes aso levotrod In chaplaincy wed at both Catholic sad posnmasst hospitals. B ishop Mealy forged the group to keep in mind the ininvidesilty of every person.

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ROME: Ali Agca, the attacker of Pope John Paul ir May 1981, says he would have shot the pope in Turke in 1979 if he had had the opportunity. Agca told why he wrote a letter to a Turkish newspape threatening the pope in 1979. At the time, Agca was in hidim after escaping from a Turkish prison, where he had been hel( for the murder of a journalist. Agca previously told Italian investigators he wrote the threatening letter to create a diversion and make it easier for him to escape from Turkey. But in the Rome courtroom, he said he really considered shooting the pope at that t ime. "If I had had the chance, I'd have done it at that time, because I had a great dislike for Western imperialists," Agca said. Agca has told investigators that he was approached in 1980 by Turks who, acting on behalf of Bulgarian secret services, hired him to shoot the pope.

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I was trained, along with a group of friends, by Bulgarian and Czechoslovakian experts," Agca said. He said terrorists from Italy, France, spain and West Germany also attended the training camp. "Iaffirm with certainty that the political and financial centre of international terrorism is the Soviet Union." Agca said, his voice rising. Agca began contacts with terrorist groups after dropping out of a university in Ankara.

He worked with a group of friends associated with the extremist Gray Wolves organisation. eventually planning terrorist attacks himself. Their targets, he said, included "parties and organisations of the left." The group carried out a bombing of Turkey's constitutional court. Among the planners of that attack was his "right-hand man and friend" Oral Celik Celik. who is at large, is being tried in absentia by the court on charges of helping carry out the papal shooting. Agca said the group financed its activities by extortion, robberies of hanks and post offices and by acting as couriers in smuggling operations. He said he had made several trips to Bulgaria in connection with an arms and drug-smuggling Operation, The operation. he said. was "completely controlled by the Bulgarian State."

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Australian Catholic Relief has made an initial grant of $20,000 for victims of the cyclone and flood disaster in Bangladesh, which has caused the deaths of thousands of people. About 12 offshore islands a re so severely affected estimates of loss of life (20,000) are bound to go much higher. Urur Char island, with a population of 10,000, has less than ten per cent surviving. Thousands of people are still missing. Corpses and carcases dot the island and the coastal plains. C aritas Bangladesh has mobilised relief teams to concentrate in the following:

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Religious Institutes were elected at a meeting on Monday night attended by 27 religious representatives. Local or major superiors from all the orders had been invited to attend the meeting. Father Placid Spearrit OSB is treasurer and Christian Brother Gerald Faulkner. is Executive secretary. are members Sister Gabrielle Whitely, Daughter of Charity. and Sister Carmel Gravenall, Brigidine. Sister Beverley said the new council established clear structure for co-operation between the orders in WA.

DE It had a wider base than the Conference of Major Superiors which was limited to some eleven orders having a local major superior. Many of the ordershad only one or two houses in WA with their administration in the eastern states. "It will help all these orders respond better to the issues of this time and in this region of WA" Sister Beverley said. The move will have a benefit for the laity of WA also, she said. "While the council will deal mainly with the internal life of the religious orders whatever benefits the religious also affects the life of the laity they serve" she said. Areas in which the religious acted co-operatively were catechetical motor missions and other matters affecting the bishops of WA.

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BRISBANE: Glengariff one time residence of coadjutor Archbishop O'Donnell and originally the former family home of the Beirne family at Hendra, is to be sold to help meet the needs of Brisbane archdiocese. A stately two-storey house OM in 1887, Glengariff was bought by the family of T.C. Beirne, a major Fortitude Valley retailer, in 1898.

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Mr Beirne died in 1949 and his daughters gave the property to the archdiocese. Surviving members of the family have readily agreed that the needs of the archdiocese will be served best by disposing of the property. "The refurbishing of St Stephen's Cathedral is being investigated and it is the archdiocese's intention to provide a suitable memorial to the Beirne family from the sale proceeds of Glengariff."

VATICAN CITY (NC) — The Vatican yearbook has caught up with the new Code of Canon Law and has dropped "sacred" from the titles of most Vatican offices and institutions in its *******************WO*************IC 1985 edition. For example. the Sacred College of Cardinals in the new Annuario Pontificio. The adjective had been added to the names of Vatican congregations, the Roman Rota (court) and College of Cardinals during the Renaissance.

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urgent grant to Bay of Bengal cyclone victims

Bangladesh desh that further funds will be available as requested. The Catholic Church in Bangladesh has closed down several of its regional offices in order to make staff and voluntary workers available for relief work among victims of last week's cyclone. Bangladesh Co-ordinator of the Church's relief effort, Mr Pereira said other church bodies have been meeting along with Caritas to ensure a really Christian witness is being given by the Churches. Mr Pereira confirmed that many people were returning to the stricken areas. "There is such land hunger that people have no choice but to go back," he said, "even in places where the

Angolans kill two priests LUANDA. (NC): Two priests, a French Holy Ghost Father and an Italian Capuchin, have been killed in separate incidents in Angola. Another Holy Ghost Father in Angola is missing. Father Kingston was kidnapped during the ambush in which Father Wozniak was killed The following day. 46-year old Capuchin Father Giuseppe Moreno was killed along a road between Kimbale and Luanda, during an ambush by UNITA. a guerilla group, while going to the aid of another priest. who saved his own Irfe by *YIN dead

OCIEI Father Moretto had worked in Angola for 20 years. UNITA. the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, has been engaged in a civil war with the Marxist government of Angola, which gained independence from Portugal in 1975. In the last decade, dozens of men and women Religious have been kidnapped by UNITA in an apparent attempt by the group to gain publicity for their cause. In most instances, the Religious have been released unharmed

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sheltered. They must be given houses or at least shelters, and this is what is going on in a very big way right now." Mr Pereira stressed that everything the people need was available locally, and there was little need for assistance in the form of materials. But money was a real need to enable Caritas to purchase f ood, medicines, building materials and so on. Bangladesh pioneered the manufacture and distribution o f inexpensive essential machines, and this policy is now paying dividends, eliminating the need for expensive imports.

Mr Pereira said that cooperation between the Church and government relief agencies was good. The priority at the moment is to provide more sustaining food for the victims.

Bangladesh is about twice the size of Tasmania, with a population of over 90 million. Its people are predominantly Muslim, but the Catholic Church has a strong record in the field of social work.

In the initial days after the disaster, only emergency r ations, mostly dry food which did not need cooking, were distributed by Caritas. "But before the monsoons come, which is in less than a f ortnight, people must be

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The new parish of Leschenault in the diocese of Bunbury was launched with the blessing and presentation to Father Pat Rooney of a bible, holy oils, a stole and a book of Canon Law, at a Mass by concelebrated Bishop Quinn, Fathers William Holmes. Bernie Dwyer, Michael Naisbet and Edward Kenny. Bishop Quinn pointed out the Feast of Corpus Christi was a particularly apt feast day on which to start a new parish and traced a short history of the Church in the area. In the late 1800's a small church on scenic drive had catered for the needs of the small number of catholic families living in the area, but as new housing moved to other locations the building fell into a state of disrepair and the last Mass was celebrated there by Father Kenny in 1955.

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Pauline Fathers and Brothers Father Roam Through the generosity of the Hynes and Rodgers families and the Marist Brothers, land had come to the (lurch, some of which has since been sold and the money invested, and some of which is now to be used, on which to erect the church buildings.

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The Archbishop Goody award is granted from interest funds accruing on 145.000 donated by the laity of Perth archdiocese to Archbishop Goody on the occasion of his retirement. [I] Archbishop Goody asked the money be used for the training and support of lay people for the apostolate of the Church in the archdiocese of Perth. In the inaugural award for 1985 the committee made up to $5000 available. The committee has the discretion to advance all or part of the $7500 available this year to one or more projects they select. Last year there were 16 applicants and unsuccessful applicants are welcome to apply again for the 1986 award. The awards are judged by a committee chosen from the Diocesan Pastoral Council and the Council of Priests, appointed for a fixed term. The recommendations of the committee are put to the archbishop for his endorsement.

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deterred from presenting their planned project, especially its relevance to the archdiocese. Simple budgeting on how the anticipated funds will be used is also requested. Any Catholic lay person, lay group or lay organisation is eligible to apply for the award(s). No age limit is prescribed. Further information is available from the Chancery Office (tel 325 4300) or committee members after hours on 293 2646, 447 4899. 274 3582 or 418 1229.

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The pea and thimble antics going on at the moment about who will be the unlucky citizen left to carry Australia's burgeoning tax bill completely swamps any elementary questions about what the tax is being used for. Who for example, would have bothered with Attorney General Lionel Bowen's lament that funding of legal aid now runs at $1 .4 million per week and that more than.hatf of that $72 million budget was going to Family Court cases. It is a paltry enough sum compared with the amounts slashed left and right by treasury officials telling the hopefuls to tighten their bells, but one is left wondering why the expensive legalities allowing Australians to walk out on their marriage commitments are now passed on so lightly to the long suffering public taxpayer. Salt was rubbed into the wounds with the release also last weekend of a so-called discussion paper about more civilised procedures for carving up property and money on the break up of a marriage, the solution apparently being to let couples make all sorts of hair-raising contracts before they marry rather than fight needlessly after the collapse. Running through the document, it seems, are notions like contracting out either before or dunng a marriage, even to drawing up future divorce contracts, seeing that some 30 per cent of marriages involve divorcees. As if doling out sugar or flour the document adopts the jolly decent stand of establishing as a first principle that spouses' shares should be considered equal unless a greater contribution can be clearly proved by one partner. The startling philosophy taking shape in this discussion could be dismissed as preposterous if it was not a desperate pragmatic answer demanded in the real world of bitterness, revenge and outright banditry taking place in the underground war of marriage breakdown.

For all their legal gloss to make life easier for the litigants to a divorce, the trends shaping up in such proposals reach far out into the community, into the Church that has a vested interest in the Sacrament of Marriage, and to adolescents' view of themselves and their budding love. There was a time when divorce ripples were put down to no more than the vulgar fashion of a shameless film industry and the marriage mills of Nevada, or the unashamed paradings of gliterati who didn't mind their peccadilloes titillating the masses. Not so today when scarcely a family does not feel the hot wind of marriage failure in its midst. The safe and somewhat smug belief that Catholics didn't do that sort of thing has been sadly shattered. Clergy in their pulpits once could sound off rather pompously about the declining standards of marriage far from the doors of their churches. Today the pulpit is reduced virtually to silence on the subject for fear of harming the sensitivities of people sitting in the pews. Catholic parishes are asked to provide support to the growing number of abandoned spouses. A confused-sounding process of annulment creates the popular notion that Catholic marriage tribunals are affirming, if not condoning, the breakdown of marriage. The patience and confidence of priests interviewing couples for marriage grow thin as they wonder if they are being used as no more than passive witnesses to yet another couple rushing to the cliff of marriage disaster. It is curious that the few minimal Catholic requirements for marriage are depicted as harsh and unnecessary red-tape when at the other end of the spectrum a veritable legal charter of rights and wrongs, of do's and don'ts is suggested as the only way to save lovers from their own folly. If the Church is locked into the wedding pantomine that treats solemn vows as no more than a pious wish that time will quickly overtake then the sooner the balloon of parental indulgence and bridal frivoiity is burst the better for all. If the simplest marriage preparation asked by the Church is seen as so much irrelevance to couples asking — not being asked — to have their love affirmed by the community, and is to be replaced by seminars in solicitors' chambers, then we will have truly become the generation that declared the love of a man and woman to be not worth the paper it is written on, let alone the hearts.

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Attempts by journalists and amateur historians to make Pope Pius XII a scapegoat for the Jewish Holocaust in World War II are intensified in a current series of ABC Radio programs.

R OME (NC) — Mehmet All Agca, the Turk who has implicated seven others in the 1981 shooting of Pope John Paul II, told an Italian court that Oral Celik, a longtime friend and fellow Turkish terrorist, paid 60,000 Austrian schillings (about $3,000) for four Browning 9mm pistols. Celik, 26, is believed by Italian authorities to have fired at the pope during the shooting in St Peter's Square. His whereabouts are unknown, and he is being tried in absentia.

CH111 The guns were bought from a Vienna "arms trafficker" named Otto Tinter in March 1 981, just two months before the attack on the pope. Agca, who is serving a life term in Italy for the papal shooting, has said that Celik, three other Turks and three Bulgarians were involved in a plot to assassinate the pope. In court, Omer Bagci, a Turk, admitted delivering the gun used in the shooting to Agca in Milan, Italy. However Bagci repeatedly denied that he knew what Agca would do with the weapon. Before the trial was adjourned for the day, Agca was shown the photograph of a Turk arrested in May in Holland who authorities thought might be Celik. The man, who gave his name as Asian Samet, was reported to have been carrying a gun traced to the Vienna arms dealer who sold the pistol used in the attack on the pope.

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The first in a series of four programs of "investigation" of The Vatican were prepared by the leftist producer Mark Aarons. The first program painted the Vatican as the last vestige of the Roman Empire, fighting for survival and doing deals with everybody from the Nazis to the Mafia as part of that survival process.

from CLIFF BAXTER in the Catholic Weekly, Sydney who was nearly nine years a journalist with ABC news.

he program viewed The Vatican as mime sort of late night movie monster, in need of a Marxist hero to slay it before it takes over the city. Led by dreadfully sophisticated cardinals, it sups m,ith Nazi devils.

from Hitler to Rome and had there entered the priesthood. With this backdrop, one wonders why the ABC served up "more of the same" — a few inquiries would have established that the ':holocaust " charges are not new and have been well answered. To paint the picture of a Catholic Church conniving at a Nazi success because of its fear of Bolshevik success is monstrously unfair.

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ODD The program-makers Failed to understand the Church-as-institution is the minister of God's gifts and a human reality'. And it is by struggling with this human aspect the Church succeeds in proclaiming the Gospel and sharing the gift of salvation. The program regurgitated blurbs from authors pushing their w ares, from the memoirs of anti-Catholics, journalists with a "hot angle" or amateur historians with a distorted view of the Church's role in World War H. Attempts to blackguard the Church as pro-Nazi, and Pius XII as an

Party, who had fled

Pius XII's "silence" on the holocaust — made to sound so sinister in the ABC programs — was in fact due to a desire not to disturb enormous behind-the scenes rescue attempts and efforts to lessen the slaughter.

Pope Pius XII, who is accused in the ABC radio series, being chaired through St Peter's Square. . . appeaser or even a supporter of Hitler, are not new. In his lx)ok Pope John XXIII, the former New Statesman editor, Paul Johnson. alleges Pius'

inner circle was made up of "the Germans," including the Jesuit Cardinal Augustin Bea and Ludwig Monsignor Kass, a former leader of the German Center

One of the few Catholics to get a "look in." as the program builds up its case against the Vatican, is Father Francis Murphy. a teacher at the Holy Redeemer College in Washington DC and author of The Papacy Today. He said, on the program. that it is an attempt to make a "scapegoat" of Pius XII, plus justify the, accusation that the Catholic position has

Shocks in HAVE YOUR Agca trial Buff theory From page 1 In 1979 Agca confessed to killing a Turkish iournalist. He was convicted and he escaped from a Turkish prison later the same year. Since then, he has denied the killing. Agca said he was protecting others when he confessed to the murder. He said powers connected to the Turkish state were involved in the murder. He also said Celik helped him escape from prison. Agca did "not much" share the ideology of the Gray Wolves, saying that he did not officialy belong to the organisation and did not share its ideas. But "they believedI was one of them."

Agca had testified the day before that he had "used" the Gray Wolves for his own ends. In his two days of testimony, Agca sought to distance himself ideologically from the rightist group. He said he developed his own ideas about the need to destroy what he called the "captialist, imperialist" system of Turkey and its Western allies. In response to a question about money, Agca quoted V.I. Lenin, a key leader of Russia's communist revolution of 1917. "Money is a simple instrument to use in order to reach certain objectives. Lenin said that" Agca said.

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among all Christians is one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council."

I am afraid that ins Patrick Gill (The Record June 6) who f ails to remain faithful to the Church in his claim that Father Leonard Boff's view that 'The Church of Christ does not substitute in the Catholic Church only" has "no basis in Catholic theol,)ov

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Twenty years ago the Vatican ii Decree on Ec•ir.enism in its opening sentere stated: ' The restoration of unity

"Moreover, some, even very many, of the most significant elements and endowments which together go to build up and live life to the Church itself can exist outside the visible boundaries of the Catholic Church. ." I fail to see what the gospel of Trinity Sunday proves on this issue but Patrick Gill might consider the gospel message as a whole --loving unity as opposed to narrow-minded bigotry

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always been somewhat anti-Semitic. We know that it is wrong, Father Murphy said, "because Pius XII had a very strict conscience in regard to this business. "He was opposed by people in The Vatican who wanted him to comc Out louder. But he was also being guided to a certain extent by some of the Jewish rabbis who he was consulting regularly and they were begging him not to say anything further. "( They were saying) that the holocaust was in being and had enough as it was, without him adding to the fire," Father Murphy said.

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"What was going on was the Holy See, as a recog nised political organimtion in the international sphere, had diplomatic relationships with both sides, since it declared itself neutral, as did Switzerland and a few other countries and organisations.

Some excerpts from the first ABC program: "Dante says that the seventh circle of Hell is reserved for those who had the ability to prevent evil and did nothing. And perhaps that would be the Vatican's epitaph on their relationship with the 17stashi.

sort of springboard, if "So this comes back again will for the Nazi you to one man's prudence around the Diaspora and another man's folly, It is safe to say at world. trying to make and to be that the Nazis this point man of the scapegoat a did not escape from in The Vatican is to me justice and the heart of a thing that is going to escape network ran the boomerang in the long shadow of the in the run. Church. "There are so many attempts on the part of ". . . Cah-i went in fear of his life and he told her amateur journalists and (Mrs Calvi) that the historians to ferret scanVatican Bank with dalous activities etcewhom he had financial tera, that there is almost dealings was in deep no protection against trouble. Mrs Cahi is this type of thing.

SAY from George M. PURBRICK, Belmont, Pt is hardly appropriate for Patrick Gill (the Record June 6) to question Father Boff's Catholicity if he raises quenes about institutional aspects of the Church. The gospels show that Jesus had in mind a hierarchical Church. To Peter, James and John he entrusted revelation not given to the other apostles To the twelve apostles He gave the power of the magisterium: 'Whatsoever thou shaft bind

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To the 72 disciples He gave a lesser commission to preach and evangelise under the direction of the Twelve. It is clear then that Jesus intended an organisational Church but this is not the same as saying he intended an institutional Church. Nowhere in the New Testament is there indication that Jesus envisaged the purely academic priest, the theologians, the contemplative& the liturgists, and ritualists. These are all post-Resurrection, indeed post-Pentecostal developments. We accept them as properly belonging to Christ's Church only because they were admitted by the magisterium under the guidance of the Holy Spirit Under the same Holy Spirit the magisterium could dispence with these or all of the institutional developments no longer appropriate to the Church's needs.

The War Crimes trials in Nuremburg saw the Nazi war criminals meet their just desserts. But the Vatican denies Pope Pius XII had any links with Nazis or Nazi Germany. quoted here as saying that the pope will have to resign as her husband's death was all the fault of what she called 'the priests.' "If the collaborators were evacuated from Italy, and not subject to war crimes trails, they could not talk about how much the Vatican

knew of the atrocities in the War." The "investigations" paint the Church as a ruthless temporal organisation that will do anything to survive. One hopes that, in accordance with its Charter. the ABC will afford the Church equal time to reply.

He was confident that the people of Liverpool -would wish acknowledge to before God whatever collective responsibility may properly be ours for the tragedy caused to so many." He went on: "For we know that, whatever responsibilities in combatting violence may lie with the police, whatever administrative and organisational changes may be thought necessary by the football authorities, if it comes to responsible human conduct and moral behaviour, in the end the answer lies in ourselves

DOD Most families nowadays had some problem sonic where: some sad parents had come to discover in their children the horror of drugabuse; young people had seen some of their unemployed friends turn their wasted energies to vandalism and irresponsible hooligamsm. "As we try to correct those who are at fault and some of the conditions which may have contributed to their irresponsible behaviour," the archbishop went on, -we have also to show them the practical alternative of Christian values and justice."

Perth's Archbishop Goody chats with Pope Pius XII during a visit to Rome about 1955.

A telegram of condolence was sent from Archbishop Worlock to the Archbishops of Malines-Brussels and Turin to be read out at the funerals of Juventus supporters in Turin.

ABC under attack from KM. RYAN, Herne Hill

It IS not surprising that two well known atheistic marxists should produce for A.B.C. radio "a major historical series on some of the Vatican's activitists over the past 50 years." One does not need to wait until after the event to judge the work of Mark Aarons and Pierre Vicary, or for that matter very much else that comes out of the A.B.C.'s Department of Radio Talks and Documentaries. Since its inception this department has been a vehicle for marxist and neomandst propaganda hostile to the values of Western democracy. Vicary, a former soccer commentator, has acted as an organiser and communist

newspaper seller for the Communist Party of Australia. His bias has not been tempered by the diminishing professional ethics of journalism. Aarons, the son of a former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Australia has also been an activist for the party, being a regular contributor to the communist press fund until 1977. In the same year Aarons came under attack in the Australian Senate for his contact with CIA. defector, Phillip Agee. who had "fingered'. a number of his colleagues, some of whom have since met with sudden death.

One might sometimes give the benefit of the doubt even to documentaries coming out of this A.B.C. department but at the hand of Vicary and

Aarons this would be a futile exercise.

Aarons always adopts a position that is anti American and opposed to the institutions of Western democracy having produced outrageously biased programmes on Latin America, Africa and East Timor, being a supporter of Australian radio links with the marxist Fretilin forces. A document produced by Aarons on the alleged role of Western intelligence agencies in south East Asia shows how close he is to the proSoviet communist view of foreign affairs. There is not a scintilla of a beggar's chance that the programme "Investigating the Vatican" will be anything other than the usual diatribe against the Catholic Church

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An errant youth who raided market gardens became pillar of community The Geraldton of the early 1900s was what John Groessler describes as a onehorse town vastly different from the thriving northern centre that it is today. The great wealth of its seas and hinterland, then barely a glint in the eyes of local visionaries, had yet to be harvested and the little town slumbered in the somnolent peace of a backwater. The children of the settlement had to make their own amusements, and this they contrived to do with a variety of pastimes. One of these was to turn themselves into thoro.ugh nuisances to the Chinese market gardeners, an undeserved visitation that plagued the worthy Orientals of that occupation at the hands of children throughout the state in that era. John recalls with fitting contrition some of the pranks he and his colleagues got up to vis-a-vis the longsuffering market gardeners.

John Edward Groessler, organist at St Thomas's Church in Claremont for the past 40 years, was born in Geraldton on July 11, 1902. He was educated at the Presentation Convent and Stella Mans College there before working first for Bums Philp and then the flour mill at Geraldton. With Jim Doody and Jack Brady (later an MLA) he formed the Geraldton Catholic Tennis Club. In 1940 he joined Co-Operative Bulk Handling by

whom he was employed in Fremantle, Bunbury and Perth until his retirement in 1967. He was secretary of the St Thomas school's P and F during its formative years, has been in the Knights of the Southern Cross for nearly 50 years and is currently secretary of the retired members' group of the KSC and of the CBH Retired Members' Club. John and his wife Jean (nee Cooper) have three daughters and two sons.

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A regular feature B y BOB BOYLE the staff of the Geraldton flour mill The keen love of music that he has had from his childhood was probably inherited from his father who was the possessor of a fine bass voice, a violinist and the choir master at St Francis Xavier Cathedral While he was an officeboy, John started piano lessons with Sister Berchrnans at the convent, but after six months he had to give them up when his mother deed in order to observe the long period of mourning then customary

A stretch of wasteland known as the Barley Patch, site of an early abattoir and today thronged with houses, separated the town from the Back Beach and it was here about the turn of the century that the market gardens were established.

Options - for the poor A SUNCION (Paraguay) (NC) — The Catholic Church's constant vigilance and intervention in human rights cases is c ausing "friction and veiled hostility" with the government of Paraguay, says Archbishop Ismael Bias RoIon Silvero of Asuncion. The country's "sharp politicisation creates injustice and persecution," he said. The archbishop said it was "deplorable" a "privileged political minority was greatly enriching itself while economic conditions for the majority of the people remain the same or get worse. The rich were getting richer, the poor, poorer. "Despite constant preaching that there is liberty and equality — that the people are satisfied — there are numerous cases of abuses of authority, of brutal treatment, above all in local police stations." he said. Last November, Pope John Paul II encouraged the Paraguayan bishops to continue their social action work of "translating the preferential option for the poor into concrete works of assistance and promotion." He asked the bishops to give special attention to three groups: • indians, "many times reduced to pernicious living conditions." • shantytown residents, living in unhealthy conditions and without staMe sauces of work. • peasants, lacking land, housing, economic stability and decent education and health services.

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The stretch had to be traversed by the local lads On their frequent visits to the Back Beach, and the carefully -tended sources of supply of Geraldton's fruit and vegetables offered targets for mischief the youngsters found tempting. They would raid the gardens, often doing considerable damage, and make off in haste with whatever bits of produce they could lay their hands on. The next step was to frustrate the justifiably -angry pursuers, some of whom carried knives in their fury, by breaking up and disappearing individually into the myriad sandhills nearby. it was great fun — if you didn't happen to be a hardworking Chinese wresting an honest living from the soil. John reflects ruefully. Another caper was to descend with pilfering intention on the horse and laden cart of a market gardener parked outside a home while the fellow was offering his wares around at the back door of the house.

He resumed tuition with Sister Berchrnans for two years and made such rapid progress she promised him if he passed his intermediate examination she would teach him the organ He passed the intermediate after having skipped two of the preliminary grades, and the organ lessons began in the cathedral

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nit-keeper would emit a shrill cry of: "PC-Par The PC meant "police coming." The P00 had the same translation then that it has from time immemorial. In many ways the citizens of pre-1914 Geraldton had a leisurely and enjoyable life. Sunday nights saw them promenading along the esplanade and nearby OM to the accompaniment of the music

of the town band, throughout the year the ocean offered them swimming and bounteous fishing, and the pace of commerce for those working in the town was not exactly a killer. In World War II, incidentally, the Americans blew up part of the esplanade jetty In its deteriorating condition, they were afraid parts would break off in stormy weather

and present a floating menace to the operations of their Catalina flying boats.

It was during the earlier world war, however, that young John Groessler got his first Ob. It was as an office boy at the local branch of Burns Philp. a firm with which he climbed the clerical ladder for seven years before transferring to

John frequently did not finish his officeboy duties until 5 30 pm, so the lessons could not start until after that time. He loved football and was captain of a Geraldton Junior team. En-route to a lesson one day, he Joined some of his side in having a kick in the Park. Glowing from the exertion and with his brow bedewed with sweat, he arrived late at the cathedral and told his mentor he had been delayed at work. Somewhat tortuously, she queried the excuse and finally told him that from her lofty position in the choir loft she had spent some time observing him playing footy in the park. From then on he tried to put nothing over the redoubtable Sister Berchmans who tutored him to the proficiency which enabled him to become the cathedral organist at the age of 18 — a position in which he played the organ while his father conducted the choir. In 1940 he pined Co-Operative Bulk Handling and had his office on North Wharf (now North Quay) at Fremantle. The busy wartime years left him no time to play the organ, and he did not touch a keyboard again for five years. Flat-out and head-down in his wharf office one stinking hot January day in 1944, he got a phone call from the Fremantle office of the Australian Wheat Board in John Street

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Vatican says Boff was not 'punished' R OME (NC) — The Vatican's silencing of Brazilian theologian Father Leonardo Boff is more like a "sabbatical year" than a punishment, says Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Cardinal Ratzinger, whose congregation helped order the silencing, said Father Boffs theses were "unsustainable and even dangerous for the doctrine of the faith." Therefore, he added, Father Boff needs time to "rethink". "I wouldn't really call it a punishment," Cardinal Ratzinger said at a press conference in Rome. "I would call it a sabbatical year given to Friar Bon." It was the first time a Vatican official had made clear how long the "period of respectful silence" ordered in May was intended to last. Cardinal Ratzinger compared the situation of Father Boff, Brazil's leading liberation theologian, to that of "a researcher or physicist who one day finds be has gone in a false direction." The silence imposed on Father Raft is "very relative," Cardinal Ratzinger said. "He can contuses his teaching and continue his work as a preacher, but a s a theologian, as a writer and as, let's say, a thinker, he needs this time of reflection, of a sabbatical year." T he cardinal, former archbishop of Munich, W est Germany, added jokingly he would enjoy e xpressing his "solidarity with Father Boff' in also taking a "year of silence." He spoke to journalists MANILA: "Love and others at a conferwithout justice is ence to mark the publicabaloney," says Cartion of Report on the dinal Jaime Sin of Faith, a book based on interviews with Cardinal Manila. Philippines, Ratzinger. pointing to justice Father Boff, a Francisand love as the only can, has called the silencsolutions to human ing a "punishment rights abuses and inflicted NI me," according to news reports from conflict in his counBrazil. try. The Vatican's criticism He said love is "the of the theologian has strongest and most c entred on his book, Church: Charism and practical thing" and Power. that he is "an incuIn March, the doctrinal rable believer in the congregation warned the power of love." author's views on church The cardinal said it structure and authority represented a danger to is "tragic the childthe faith. ren of man have so Cardinal Ratzinger also little experience" had praise for Father Boff in loving one at the press conference, another. c alling him "a really religious man." He added "justice with"It seems to me he's out love is socialism" and giving a great example to that "democracy withother theologians, being out justice is tyranny," indeed a man of the Cardinal Sin said his Church." role in the Philippines is

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DUBLIN: The permissive society of the 1960s and 1 970s has been blamed by Archbishop Kevin McNamara of Dublin for the rioting at the LiverpoolJuventus cup final in Brussels last week which left 38 dead. "Who can deny the exhibition of lawlessness which shocked Europe last week must be traced, to a great extent, to the broad climate of permissiveness which has been so striking a characteristic of Western society in recent years?" he said in a sermon in Dublin. 'Who can doubt it has its roots in the weakening of family life and the decline of family values?"

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Overcoming Lord, traditional what differences LONDON (NC) — Traditional differences between Anglicans and Catholics concerning authority, ministry and the Eucharist are no longer insurmountable, Britain's Catholic bishops have said.

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AN ESSENTIAL WORK DEMANDING VISION AND ASKING COMMITMENT to he a "prophet of denunciation and at the same time to be a minister of reconciliation." He said he has promoted anti-Marcos demonstrations, which he calls the "parliament of the streets," to give Filipinos an avenue for democratic expression. "There were occasions when (government authorities) were just killing people"

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Cardinal Gilroy of Sydney was a moderator.) —The ()lurch is not a parliament with one member, one vote." Cardinal Suenens said, assessing what he said was the chief misunderstanding of "Lumen Gentium," the council

Francis of Assisi asked this question 750 years ogo. Every serious-minded young man should do the same. The CAPUCHINS, followers of Francis, can help you answer it.

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Vatican II misinterpreted BRUSSELS (NC ): People who see the Church as a democracy have misinterpreted the Second Vatican Council, Cardinal Leo Suenens of Belgium, the last of the four moderators of the council still living, said in Brussels.

But they also said further work is needed on these issues. The bishops c.alled the final report of the Anglican-Rornan Catholic International Commission ( ARCIC) "a truly outstanding contnbution" to the dialogue between the two churches. ' The (bishops') response is the most significant act in the history of the churches in this country," said Bishop Alan Clark of East Anglia, England. Among those issues the bishops thought needed further work were adoration of the Eucharist ordination of women and the question of Anglican priestly orders, declared invalid by Pope Leo XIII in 1 896.

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document on the Church, considered to be the "Magna Charta" of Vatican II. Cardinal Suenens assessed the council, which will be the topic of an extraordinary synod of bishops in late November and early December.

and there was "no other way to express a feeling of protest." he said. The cardinal said Filipinos would not quibble about the form their government takes "as long as human rights and the Christian vision of man are protected." He said he also pro moted the protests "because I wanted the people to know that the church is on their side." But siding with the people does not mean embracing liberation theology, Cardinal Sin said. He said he believes that form of thought is the same as saying "violence is accepted" He also said there are many Filipinas qualified to succeed Marcos, but that he was not sure whether Imelda Marcos, the president's wife. was one of them. He said people ques tion the integrity of the country's electoral process.

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IL Single parents have some special needs that the parish community can address. Dominican Father David K. O'Rourke vrites this week about a widowed friend who raised three sons by himseff. This man says he never would have made it vithout the structures provided by the church. These gave him support during a vulnerable period Suzanne Elesser interviews Sister Thea Bowman, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration. Sister Bowman talks about he value of an extended family when it comes to helping single parents cope. Katharine Bird speaks about the problems and challenges faced by single parents. Meeting with peers who are familiar vith your problems helps a lot, as Ms. Bird discovered from her own experience. Father John Castelot suggests that single parents should really be called "double parents". They have to be both father !rid mother to their children in many cases, he explains.

What help is there at hand for fathers?

How does a father raise children by himself? What support is there? What help is at hand? I had a talk with a friend on this very subject a few months ago after a wedding. I find that the priest's role at a wedding is very enjoyable but it's also a workout. So when I arrive at the r eception I usually take my ritual glass of champagne and look for a quiet corner with a comfortable chair. At a wedding I went looking for such a corner and found it already occupied by a man I've known for 10 years, since he was a just relaxed," the widower said, 'Tm celebrating. He explained how that w idower with three lorning he hadhelped his youngest son move from the family home into the college boys. orm. "rve actually done it" he said "I raised all three of them. . . and it looks like they're going to turn out 0.K" (NC photo Mimi Forsyth June to, 1985)

"When marriages are lisrupted, mothers ypically take custody if the children and )ear financial responAbility for supporting hem." (U.S. bishops' irst draft of the pasoral on the American conomy, 1984.) "The divorcing need ime to mourn their 3sses, time to let go, ime to sort out their lain. That time is a nixed and confused ime, a forward and iackward time, an up rnd down time." Father James Young "Divorcing, Believ1g, Belonging." PauTst, 1984.)

"Someone once said hat losing a spouse by Math or divorce is like °sing a leg — it takes long time to learn to va/k again with one eg." (Father James ioung, in "Divorcing, 3elieving, Belongng." Paulist, 1984.) "Investing precious ime in building a new 7upport network may )e the most important ",vestment a custodial Angle parent makes, i nce new single par?nt friends bringmuch ?xperience andpracti:al wisdom with

them. Support groups also canprovide important help for non-custodial parents." (Father James Young in "Divorcing, Believing, Belonging," Paulist, 1984.)

"Divorcing, Believing, Belonging," by Paulist Father James Young, is a series of reflections peppered with stories from his 10 years of ministering to divorcedCatholics. Father Young writes that Christianity and the church's ministries have much to offer people struggling to adjust to the many changes that result from a broken marriage. Father Young says that in his work he has seen "pain, healing and new life over and over again. Ihave seen the Lord reaching out and touching his people." His book is designed "to follow the process of the divorcing person through the trauma of broken marriage, onto the struggle to believe again and find a new sense of belonging in the Catholic community." (Paulist Press. 545 Island Rd., Ramsey, NJ 07446. 1984. $7.95.)

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onecl me into the chair next to him. "I'm not just relaxed," he said, "I'm celebrating" He went on to explain that earlier that morning he had helped his youngest son, Just entering university, move from the family home into his residential college. Then, speaking almost in disbelief, the father said, "I've actually done it. I raised all three of them. There were times when I never thought I would make it. But I did, and they all look like they're going to turn out OK."

E My friend was obviously r elieved and proud that he had managed to raise his three boys by himself. Ten years previously, when the boys were 8, 11 and 13, a terrible accident had left him a widower. Now on this

warm Saturday he had helped the youngest follow his brothers into university. I knew that reaching this day had not been easy. There was, of course, the terrible and bewildering fog of the first few months 10 years back It began with a call from the police at the emergency room. Those first days and weeks and months seemed like an eternity. I knew that he was a man with a real faith and his faith was important to him It gave him purpose and direction. But even so there was the daily need to accomplish by himself the tasks that he and his wife had once divided between them. On Saturday morning a number of years back I ran into him in the supermarket He was trying to complete the week's shopping before going home to the laundry and then planning menus

"He gave him back to ( By his mother" Father an act of love John Castelot

Jesus and his friends turned off the main road and started up a dusty path that led to the village of Naim. tt was a wretched little cluster of mud huts at the top of the rise. On their left as they walked along was the well, surrounded by milling sheep and the boys and girls who had just brought them in from the pasture. All of a sudden the children's playful laughter stopped. Another sound took its place, the sound of professional mourners wailing and crying aloud. They were escorting a funeral procession out of the village. It was a very sad procession, for the corpse on the litter was that of a young man, "the only son of 'a widowed

mother" (Luke 712). Sensing the poignancy of the situation, Jesus, "moved with pity," said to the mother: -Do not How easy to say. Anyone in the group could have muttered, "What a dumb remark." Here was a widow who had only one son to brighten her lonely life, one son who stood between her and utter desolation. Where could she turn now? In days when there was no Social Security, no life insurance and certainly no opportunity to go out and get a job, she was at the end of the line. And this stranger tells her not to cry. But Jesus did more than have pity on her. First he silenced the din of the mourners with a gesture that brought a collective gasp from the crowd. He -stepped forward and

touched the litter." Contact with a corpse brought instant defilement according to the Law. But Jesus, who didn't hesitate to touch lepers, the "living dead" — had no scruples about touching a corpse. In the ensuing silence, he uttered an incredible command: -Young man, I bid you get up. The dead man sat up and began to speak: Then Jesus gave him back to his mother." He "gave him back to his mother": That simple speaks statement volumes in terms of compassion and sensitivity. Perhaps Jesus, himself the son of a widowed mother, was uniquely aware of what this young man's death meant to this woman and his heart went out to her. In any event, he did more than take pity on her. He intervened actively, with

positive, creative and practical love. The widow in Luke's narrative might be compared to today's "single parent-. Actually, however, there is no such thing as a single parent. These people are, in fact, double parents. They have to be both mother and father to their children. It is formidable challenge in many ways, financially, physically and especially psychologically. Parenting is difficult even when two parents are in the picture full time. Often single parents are very much alone and need understanding and support. This is true whether they are financially secure or not. Christians are Christ in space and time. For Christians today, the story of the compassion shown by Jesus to the widow of Naim is particularly timely.

Father David O 'Rourke and scheduling trips to the orthodontist and parent teacher conferences. That day he was feeling frazzled. 'I've realised that I never learned how to live alone," he said. '1 lived at home until I got married. I've never lived without another adult in the house and, questions of loneliness aside, I lust don't know how to do it." Now, on this Saturday when we were celebrating a wedding, those worries were behind him. "How did you do It?" I asked "In addition to your friends. what helped?" He thought for a moment. then said: "Having structures to lean on. Like the church, with its weekly routines and holidays. "The first Christmas was hard. If I had to plan out a Christmas celebration I know I couldn't have done it. DEE 'Thank God, there was a tradition to fall back on. We went to Midnight Mass like we always do. We put the tree and the crib and the figures in their usual places. And then we had a big dinner for all the grandparents like we always do. i ts a lot like this wedding," he added, pointing to the bride and groom now dancing together. 'They may both be 23 but they don't realty understand marriage yet. How could they? But the church says they should go through its public marriage ceremonies. So they trust the church and they do it, The church says it's possible to make it and they believe it. "We need these structures," he said. "At least, I did. I needed them to rely on because there were times when I couldn't rely on myself. I've made it," he said. "But don't know howl would have made it without them and without the community's support."' Then, laughing and looking relaxed, he raised a now empty champagne glass a little and looked around. 'Waiter" he called, "Now where'd he go?"

As a newly separatedparent bewildered by her husband's unexpected departure, Mary wasn't sure where to turn. She was involved through her son in the parish's catechist program. Through friendships developed there, she learned *bout a weekly Eucharist at 5 p.m. in the parish convent, attended by 20 to 40 people. That Eucharist quickly became "almost the highlight of the week for me," Mary said. "At a vulnerable time in my life, those people became key supports to me and a strong sense of community developed among us." She came to know the people well through the potluck suppers that often followed the Mass What made the experience all the more s-tnking, May says, was the fact that the group made her feel "'so welcome, even though my lifestyle was different." At the time, 14 years ago, separated and divorced people were not as highly visible in her parish. Later, Mary made it a point to keep IN7 eye out for other lonely and upset people to welcome to the kurgical experience.

CH1 Each week the 35 -year-old faithfully woman attended the parish renewal meeting. Somewhat quiet, she didn't play a major part in the group conversation When she did speak, however, she was listened to because she could be counted on to speak honestly and with feeling. One week participants discussed what they sought in the church. The woman's answer was straightforward: "I look for a sense of community." Her answer, to at least one listener, VAIS surprising. When he lammed later that the woman was a widow with three chidren, her comments had a "double impact" he said.

l E EJ Her statement made him think about what his responsibility might be toward her and other single parents in the parish. "It community means so much to her," he added, "it seems as though she has a right to expect it. "If we don't respond to her need, our meetings will be a failure for her," he added. How can other parishioners help single parents in their midst to feel welcome in the community? • Keep alert for shy persons sitting by themselves, especially at social events. Think how hard it is to approach a group of people who all seem to know each other. • Take care when setting rooms up for events Set up tables and chairs in such a way that single adults and single parents with their children are encouraged to mingle with others. What suggestions can you add to this list?

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The extended family is everything By Suzanne Elesser

"Chicken and dressing, sweet potatoes, okra, greens, a roast, macaroni salad . . ." Sister Thea Bowman's voice was alive with excitement as she described the mountains of food on Easter Sunday at Fred and Arista Otto's home. Children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins, nieces and friends had attended the meal and, in fact, come by for dinner every Sunday.

"If you want to see anyone you go over there," said Sister Bowman, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration. "There's always food being kept warm in the oven or on top of the stove." Sister Bowman is a consultant for intercultural communications. She also is the editor of a collection of articles on the black Catholic family. "When I was a little girl my mama wanted me to learn

our heritage," she explains. "So she apprenticed me to a 'slave', a freed woman who had lived during slavery and knew the traditions. I learned from her the stories, the songs, the great strengths that exist in families who are rooted in the African experience. "To Blacks the extended family is everything and it can often include people who are not related by blood but who need a family to

A special gathering At 5 p.m. they began coming into the restaurant, sitting down around the table reserved for them. Some came hesitantly, hovering around the edges, waiting for an invitation before joining the group. Others walked in configreeting dently, friends with a smile and handshake. There was an Irish woman much concerned about re-entering the job market after 1 5 years as wife and mother; a young man of Italian ancestry demeanor whose revealed his devastation at his broken marriage; a middle-aged black career woman convinced that her husband's hopes for a reconciliation wouldn't work.

What's a single parent do if a teen comes in with the smell of liquor on her breath? What if a son is out with a group the parent doesn't know well and misses his curfew? • Learning to move beyond guilt. It's easy for divorced people to blame themselves for the breakup of a marriage and for altering their children's lives so drastic-ally. Guilt, I think, can keep single parents focused on the past, ducking the real work now at hand. A parent then may find it hard to show children how to make

the most of their new situation, to set about making new friends and a new life. • Learning to trust again. It's a rare single parent who doesn't doubt his or her ability to make judgments sometimes_ Yet being able to trust others is a basic premise of Christianity and a necessity for a satisfying life. If parents can't trust themselves or others, how can they teach children it's safe to trust? Paulist Father James Young talks of how a young executive named Michael learned to trust again in "Divorcing. Belonging" Believing, 1984, Paulist Pica,s

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care for them," she said We are most successful at being ourselves when we honour the extended family and the traditional African values of co-operation rather than competition." cse abouratItIh r 2B rkflinan grSra isttesN Otto family IS examples of the kind of affection and care a family can proside. The Ottos raised 10 children. Later Mrs Otto, whom everyone calls "Ma Dear", quit her daytime job so she could help raise her grandchildren. Now she works nights She says. "The job I had was plenty good but if I'm going to be a grandmother. I'm going to help my children." Three preschool grandchildren stay with Mrs Otto during the day while their mothers work. In the afternoon a school bus drops the er . grandchildren at her older home. Her daughter, Myrtle Jean. is an acute-care technician. She is the single parent of Syear-old Charlene Evette and 7-year-old James Curtis: they all live with her parents because finances are tight. We all help each other." Myrtle Jean explains. -What we have we share with each other We have little fusses up and down hut if someone

needs food or money for utilities we all pitch in. Mama trained us to do it that way, even if we are far away. She's the sweetest thing in the world." Years before Myrtle Jean helped raise her younger brothers and sisters %ten her father left home for a better paying job in another city. Her older sister, Bernadette Porter, is the single parent of 10-year-old Stacey Monique who is cared for by Ma Dear. Ms Porter too says her closeknit family is a big help. Working in an office allows her to have a place of her own, but she has to budget carefully. "It's not easy," she says. "Monique sees me sitting at the table saying, 'Now I don't have money for this or that That's good, because when she is older and if she goes to college and calls for money, she'll know why I don't have it." Of any loneliness she has as a single parent. Ms Porter says, 'When I get depressed I come and talk to my mama." And What does Mrs Otto think she is giving her family? "I hope I'm giving them good understanding." she says "I take time out to listen. I get along with a lot of love •V

EDO That gathering five years ago brought together people of different backgrounds, educational levels and finances. Their common meeting ground: All were separated or divorced. I attended that meeting to make contact with people in similar circumstances. A single parent of four children, it had taken me some time of stumbling in the dark to recognise how crucial the support of peers was. For single parents face some special problems as well as special challenges:

LIED • Learning to cope with children alone. At a time when one's ego is likely to he at a new low, single parents have all the normal problems of child-rearing. Somehow they have to dredge up from within themselves the strength to deal with children alone day in and day out. Even in a mediocre marriage. husband and wife can turn to each other for some support at critical points in child rearing. They can make decisions concerning children together — about discischools, pline, entertainment, allowances. For single parents, if serious problems arise, perhaps with teenagers testing their limits, child rearing quickly can seem overwhelming.

The Rev. Albert Thurman, 95, and his wife of 77 years, Alice, 91, sit in their Chillicothe, Mo., home and recall the years they have spent together. The photo at left is from their 50th wedding anniversary and the one at right is their 65th anniversary photo. The Record, 20 — 26 June, 1985 9

ROME: In a suburban parish south of Rome, facing local residents who filled the streets and leaned from apartment windows Pope John Paul II and the local pastor were kidding each other. The pastor, Franciscan Father Igino Resente, had started it: "Some of us said the pope would never come here because he doesn't like us — right, Holy Father?" "Oh, sure, sure," the pope replied. "I thought so," Father Resente said. "But I did come, and your pastor, as you can see, was a false prophet," the pope told the crowd. "But I think he likes it that way. He's a good son of St Francis, so he tends to joke more than others. But a pastor can joke if he wants. Bishops and cardinals joke, too. Even the pope jokes sometimes." The pope who has spoken to millions during trips around the world was doing something closer to home — spending Sunday a fternoon with a few hundred parishioners in his adopted diocese. In his six-and--a-halfyear pontificate, Pope John Paul has visited 120 Rome parishes.

"You see a more spontaneous and relaxed pope during these visits. He really seems to enjoy them," said one Rome journalist who has followed the pope at home and abroad. But there's deafly a pastoral side to the visits for the bishop of Rome. When he arrived at the parish of St Tarcisio, the pope said that among other purposes he had come looking for the "lost sheep". Fattier Resente said only 17 percent of parishioners attend Sunday Mass. As he walked along the makeshift receiving line, the pope greeted individuals with a caress, a kiss on the top of the head, a few words, or a hug. When one five-year-old squirmed through the wooden barricade and ran past the heavy security guard, the pope bent over as the child; whispered a secret in his ear.

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Former nurse turns to patchwork art for "Doing the rounds," has developed a whole new meaning for ex-nursing sister, Moira Ryan, of Subiaco. She has swapped patients for patchwork and "doing the rounds" now means delivering orders and buying new fabrics. She works from home making superb quilts and bedroom accessories under the label, Quilts and Things. At the age of 37 with a 41/2-year-old son and a second child imminent, Moira is glad to be able to work from home, doing something she loves. "I never get tired of it," she said. "If I did I would stop." The spare bedroom which is just off the cosy, country-style kitchen has been turned into a studio. ft is here Moira holds her classes and here she works daily to meet the increasing demand for her beautiful pieces. Born in Victoria, and one of 11 children, she remembers always being interested in arts and crafts. "I always loved sewing," she said. "Even from an early age. "Ii wasn't a matter of just following mum, she was too busy looking after all us children and the only time I saw her with a needle was when she was mending. "She did sew from time to time but it was only to put patches on things.

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same family," the pope said later in the evening. Throughout the fourhour visit, the pope's to seemed energy increase. He had a word, a gesture or a smile for everyone and the good humour to trade barbs with Father Resente.

-You should know, Holy Father, that all the parish's teachers wouldn't fit into this hall, so this is just a representation," the pastor said during one of the dozen or so meetings that followed the Mass. -You should have gotten a bigger hall," the pope retorted. During the Mass the pope distributed Communion to 100 parishioners, a pre-arranged number. In the parish theatre later, a group of youths did a modem dance to music set to St Francis' Canticle of the Sun. ft was part religion and part youthful energy, with costumes that could have come out of a modem rock video. The pope applauded throughout the performance. An air of spontaneity cha"Ihave to embrace even the racterised the day. The smallest ones here, pope's only prepared talk because we're all in the was the Mass homily.

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His off-the-cuff remarks were frequent, and always sprinkled with a lithe catechesis. He asked one group of children: "What does Sunday mean? "Don't go to work," they answered. "That's right, we don't work." he said. "We should strike — it's a 'holy strike.' But what should we do? "Pray," the children replied. -That's right too. But we can pray at work or in the fields or in the mountains. too. Why do we come to church? "To go to Mass." "Ah, there's the right word," the pope said. He told the children Mass must be at the centre of their lives on Sunday. When Pope John Paul, a native of Poland, received the pallium as bishop of Rome four days after his election as pope, he told 200,000 people in St Peter's Square he would try, from that moment on, to be a Roman. Rome diocesan officials say they are impressed by the interest the pope takes in the particular hopes, accomplishments and problems of each community. 'This pope is not just visiting churches. He's meeting people," said Luciano Montemauri, a Press spokesman at Rome's archdiocesan office. He noted most of Pope John Paul's visits are outside Rome's historic centre -where many churches minister to a dwindling and ageing population -to overcrowded suburban parishes.

'That's something most of us don't bother with anymore. "I remember being home recently and hopping into bed and saying to myself: What's that?' "It was a patch — mum still patches her sheets. But such practical patching is a world away from the skilful and artistic medium Moira employs. It is a skill she learned while living in Canada some years ago. 'We went to Canada because my husband wanted to further his medical training," she said. "I thought I would continue nursing, but I wasn't allowed to work there. "Quitting is very popular in North America and nearly every journal runs articles on the subject — it wasn't long before I was hooked." After three years in Canada the Ryans moved to England for 12 months. It was there Moira made her first patchwork quilt entirely by hand. It now hangs on her bedroom wall and the top edge bears testimony to the tiring task. 'The patches are less involved at the end because I really reached the point where I had just had enough and all I wanted was to finish it," she said with a smile. Making the quilt, she said, seemed to take forever. She was doing agency nursing work in London and most of her jobs involved sitting with people. "So I sat and sewed," she said. "I walked around with a basket on my arm and took advantage of any spare time — waiting for buses, trains or people." "Hand sewing is very therapautic. 'There are certain patterns that can only be done

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IVCSILVN LOSS by hand so there are still times when I have to sit quietly with a needle. "But the only things I do by hand are those which cannot be done on a machine. "I probably prefer machine sewing because I am not a perfectionist and I find that fabric is very forgiving. "It also gives you a chance to work out what you can and cannot do. "As you sew you think: 'I can change this — just plump it there — do something different'." Her machine, she says is very basic. "I only need to sew straight and zig zag," she said. "I know some people invest in machines worth $ 1000 or more, but I can't see the value. "Mine is so basic I can almost service it myself. "I've had my current machine for two years and the one before that kept me going for 10 years." While purists may insist on quilts being made by hand, Moira says the only advantage is realty an aesthetic one. 'When they are finished they look much the same as machine made quitts unless you examine them closely," she said. She admires the intricacy of hand-made quilts but says for her the process is too slow.

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A change from patching people 'There are just too many things I want to try," she said Her scrapbook and workroom bear testimony to her enthusiastic imagination. It has quilts in all shapes and sizes; children's sleeping bags, shaped like animals; fabric wall hangings of frogs and clocks; cushions, lacy bed bolsters and accessories such as phone book covers, kitchen sets comprising tea cosies and oven mitts and even desk sets which include a portfolio for stationery, a book cover and small tray for odds and ends. The brick-walled workroom is awash with colour — from finished work, partly finished work and the waiting stacks of fabric in the corner. Quilts were originally made from discarded clothing and linen but these days most people buy new fabric to improve design and colour co-ordination. One of Moira's proudest possessions is a superb quilt made from old suit linings. It is very old, very beautiful, and very treasured. VtNik,./fta "One of the problems with old quilts is they are so difficult to repair," she said. 'There is just no way of matching up the fabrics." That is no doubt the reason why her "suit lining quilt" hangs safely on the lounge room wall. It costs between $30 and $50 to buy the fabric to make a quilt. The most popular colours are soft and gentle shades like apricot, fawn and sage greens. It's strange how tastes differ," she said. "In the United States the preference is for hot, bright colours. "But here it is the opposite. "Navy is still popular and sometimes yellow — but yellow can be difficult to match. Pale colours are certainly easier to work with." It was when the Ryans returned to Perth Moira decided to set up in business and work from home.

Plans to have a baby meant she didn't want to work outside the home. "It was then I decided to give up ideas of nursing and to turn quitting into a career," she said. She holds classes three to four times a week, although they are in temporary abeyance until next month as adjustments are made for the arrival of another little Ryan. Classes run for eight weeks, each lasting two hours at a cost of $48 for the course. There are morning and evening sessions. The aim of the course is to enable each pupil to make a quilt The classes cover machine work, hand work and quitting. VVith these skills, the pupils can make any type of quilt they wish. Some people, says Moira, enjoy the convivial atmosphere of the classes so much they re-enrol for a further course. 'There's really nothing more I can teach them but they enjoy doing it and of course it's a nice way to make a second quilt" she said. M AN—,

Log Cabin is one of the most popular of the traditional designs and is so named because of the way the pieces are built on top of each other till they form a square. "Applique quilts are also very popular, she adds. The only frustration with her work comes because people so often want the same thing. "Someone will see a quilt and want the same," she said. "I much prefer it if they come to me with ideas and we can work out something new "I suppose 50 percent of my time would be spent making applique quilts and the traditional designs like Log Cabin and Dresden Plate." These designs are around 100 years old and have remained firm favourites despite the innovation in quitting developed in the past 20 years. And in one aspect Moira has made her own contribution to Western Australia taking the lead by introducing shadow quitting on cushions. "It is an old style which is coming back in America but very little is known of it in Australia yet." Moira now has someone helping her with the sewing — something of a necessity because of her involvement with the increasingly successful Victorian Rose Fair. Moira and partner Elizabeth Moir have been staging the twice-yearly Fair (coinciding with Mother's Day and Christmas) for the past four years. The name, evocative and rornantic, immediately suggested the purpose of the artists.

For Moira, it is a nice way to spend her days. She says she still gets pleasure out of everything she makes and if she didn't, she would know that it was a sign to stop. She also teaches workshops at Mt Lawiey college and in country areas. With sewing on order for part of most days and classes as well it makes for a busy schedule. "It is a must, she says, to have young Liam minded while she is working but the good thing about working from home is that her hours are reasonably flexible. "For me it is the perfect way of combining work and family," she said. "It means I can do something which I find personally satisfying but I am still on hand when I am needed." She enjoys the teaching, she adds, because quilting is a fairly solitary pastime. Quitting, she says, is very hard work. It is a labour of love. Teaching on the other hand is rewarding both financially and emotionally. "Ifs hard to put a real price or value on quilts," she said. 'The time and therefore the cost varies. "My most expensive quilt is made in the Log Cabin style and that takes a couple of weeks to complete and costs around $300"

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In preparing a regular event the first question ought to be "what written documentation have we from last year." While evaluation or 'after action report' may be useful for youth group leaders the same is true in everyday life.

Whether it's preparing a new recipe, filling out tax returns, or organising our first party, a few written down hints are helpful from next time. Perhaps Jesus did as much when the disciples returned from their first apostolic mission. He took them aside,

evaluated and noted how to improve next time. The acts of the Apostles are a record of the Church's actions, and where would we be without the Gospels which record the acts of Jesus. All this has come to mind this week b ecause Father Simon Carson is

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I'm sure dozens of men have done as much in the past, but I wonder if there is a written record of helpful hints and pitfalls.

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Thomas's by the former parlight all roads so that I Holy Spirit You who instance of my life you workers tried to control the ish priest, the late Father are with me. I want in this can attain my goal. You solve all problems, light blaze... John recollects. McCormack. gave me the divine gift to all roads so that I can short prayer to thank you It was a conflagration that He has a number of myths applicabses fer: forgive and forget all evil attain my goal. You gave for all things as Iconfirm was to lead to one of the favoured composers for the once again that I never against me and that in all me the divine gift to longest court cases in mariinstrument, but no clear instances in my life you forgive and forget all evil want to be separated time legal history, but few from you ever, inspite preference for any one. He is of are with me.I want in this against me. I want in this partial to compositions rangshort prayer to thank you short prayer to thank you all material illusions. I knew about it when it haping from the work of Bach to for all things as you for all things as Iconfirm wish to be with you in pened because of the secrecy confirm once again that I once again that I never eternal glory. Thank you blanket thrown over the Schubert's Ave Maria. never want to be separ- want to be separated for your mercy towards event by wartime national Among the most enjoyable ated from you even in from you ever, in spite of me and mine. This prayer security regulations. periods of his musical career must be said for three spite of all material illu- all material illusions. I were the years he spent as St Thomas's in Claremont sions, I wish to be with wish to be with you in days after which the piano accompanist and profavour will be granted. was the place where John you in eternal glory. eternal glory. Thank you This position becomes available for the 1986 school year due to vider of background music for resumed his playing of the Thank you for your for your mercy towards The prayer must be pubthe retirement of the current principal. lished immediately. the comedy duo of Freddie mercy towards me and me and mine. Thank you. organ in 1945 just after the St Brendan's is a co-educational secondary school with a current Anne and Dick. Burke and Gerry McCarthy, mine. Mrs FLG. war, and he has been playing T.C. enrolment of 420 students which is expected to increase to 500 well known in Perth circles Thanksgiving to Our Lady there since. students in 1987. of Perpetual Succour, Our for a long time. 1r•IZ Z Applicants should be practising Catholics. committed to Catholic Lady of Revelation, St A member of the Legion of educational ideals, have requisite administrative skills and FEMALE COMPANION REQUIRED for Jude, St Martha and the NOTICE Mary, he is active in playing academic and professional qualifications. elderly Catholic lady in the Karrinyup Most Sacred Heart of the piano at social events. Salary and conditions are similar to those offered by the Education area, preferably live in, private room Jesus for favours received. CHOIR APPEAL, Queen accompanying singers and Department of WA. available. Very light duties, a lot of From Arnold Sta Maria. of Apostles Church, River- arranging for patients to be Most Sacred Heart of ton. We urgently require picked up from C-class Official application forms and/or further information may be family support. hospiJesus. May your name be more Choir members for obtained from... tals and Nazareth House. SUIT PENSIONER without home, no praised and glorified our 4-part Liturgical Rising 83, John still enjoys The Director nursing care required, mainly companthroughout the world Music. Please help us to Catholic Education Commrnission of WA ionship needed. Character references now and forever, Amen. help you praise God in this playing the instrument to 6 Salvado Road, Wembley WA 6014 Say nine consecutive w onderful and unique which he was introduced as essential. Salary to be negotiated. Phone (09) 381 5444 way. Enquiries from: a lad by a Presentation nun in days and publipromise Phone 447 0333 or write to 20 Prowse cation. Grateful thanks. Presbytery 457 2424, D. Geraldton named Sister Official application forms must be lodged by MONDAY 15 Street, West Perth. Templeman 457 4086. Thelma. Berchmans. JULY 1985. 12 The Record, 20 — 26 June, 1985

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What I think the army calls an "after action report" is a most helpful technique in planning youth events, or even our personal activities. Simply, its a written record of important details at the completion of an event. The text books will call this effective evaluation and planning, but a fancy name does not change the reality. In planning the approaching annual ball, picnic, retreat and the like how often have you heard comments like: "Well I think 500 people attended last year and consumed 28 gallons of beer."

Registration for the first Australian Antioch convention to take place in Sydney in the September school holidays closes on June 30. It is expected some 2,000 young people will gather from every state. Preparations have centred at the Pirola home in South Coogee for many months and are now in the closing stages.

Another committee member disagrees saying it was only 300 people and 28 buckets of fast food were left over. Our memory plays tricks on us. A second flop can often be avoided by reference to a written summary of the event last year. A written record highlights the place and responsibility of the secretary. Recording the actions and evaluations of activities by a group secretary can be of tremendous benefit to the whole group. On the Perth youth scene there are many annual events like the Y CW Ball, the CPY quiz, the Redemptorist Ball, the annual y outh rally, youth appeal doorknock, the YCS introductory camps, the CYC vision weekend, to mention a few. I wonder at times if sufficient notice is taken of the experiences and traditions set down by predecessors. Does each committee start from scratch with no record of what people enjoyed most. disliked most, and what areas were neglected and ought to be improved? Camps and weekend programs often conclude with an 'evaluation' sheet. These sheets be just a 'pat on the back' for the organisers or a valuable document for next time. Unfortunately these sheets are often stashed into a filing cabinet and forgotten.

Father Charles Gallagher, renowned for his marriage encounter program will give the keynote address. The 2,500 participants will be asked to look at what it means to be a young catholic in today's world. The convention will focus on five topics, namely self-image, sexuality, community, Eucharist and mission. Young people will give inputs on these five topics from the experience and reflections of their own. Musicians Mark and Vanessa Rohanna will be joined by Trisha Watts in directing the singing at the convention. Western Australians intending to participate can ring 328 9878 or

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contact their local community. Parent couples and adult supports are invited and urged to attend and there will be a specific program for adults. The cost per couple is $45. This concession bears in mind the continual out-of-pocket expenses that so many couples generously carry in their community. We believe the convention will be a stirring and unique witness by our youth to the vitality and

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Ian Conroy and Louise Bianchini are making sure they will not be sitting down during the waltz or tango at this year's YCW Gala Ball. With a few minutes before the start of the YCW organising committee meeting, Ian Invited Louse to learn a few at "he more difficuft dymce \ steps.

One of the highlights of the International Youth Year will undoubtedly be the Young Christian Workers' Gala Ball at Claremont Showground on July 13. Following a successful IVY conference earlier this year, the dance organiser's hope many young people will use this occasion to renew the friendships they formed. Des O'Neil, dance organiser, is inviting all young people to come to the ball. He also reminded us many past members of YCW attended the ball last year and recommend it to other past members or parents. Contact Des O'Neil (H) 276 414 or (W) 279 5466, or the YCW office, 328 9667. e

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MIII1F-3 7i Dear Captain Bob, I have nothing to do so I decided to write some jokes for you: What did the detective say when he was unpacking after holidays? Fee got to get to the bottom of this case. When is it had luck to be followed by a black cat? When you're a mouse. there was a plane crash on the border of two states, where did they bury the survivors? You don't bury survivors. Why did the nurse tip toe past the medicine cabinet? She didn't want to wake the sleeping puts. What keys don't work? Monkeys, donkeys and turkeys. Which hen Uri thc longest? A dead one. What comes down and never gets hurt? Raindrops. S comes after R what comes after 1? Washing up. C.arissa Finlay.

Jokes Teacher: 'Jimmy, I take great pleasure in giving you 8_9 per cent for your science marks." Jimmy: "Why not make it l( ) per cent and really enjoy yourself." Why did tbe boy take a kidder to school? Because it was a high school. Why did the girl take an axe to school? BCC:MX it was breaking up day. What happened when Frankenstein met a girl monster? lbcy tell in Ii we at first fright. What is a witchdoctor's mistake? A voodoo booboo. Walking home late one night, a young man decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery. Suddenly, he fell into a newly dug grave Several minutes later a drunk strolled through the cemetery and heard a voice calling from below, "I'm (retying down here." He walked over to the fresh pit, peered over the edge and said. "No wonder. You've kicked all your dirt off."

Dear Captain Bob, Iplay tennis and netball. My position is G.A. Igo to Mary's Mount School. Here arc some jokes. What is a ghost's favourite

What do you give someone who has Just become a ivimpire? mdraculations Ulla! did one ghost say to a ?Wafer? "Do you believe in people,Why did they put a fence around the grare.yard? Because everyone was dying to get in.

bird? A scarecrow. What's black and white, black and white and green? Two skunks fighting over a pickle. I hope you liked them. Erica Martin, Lesmurdie.

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Margaret was a beautiful young princess, related to three kings of England. But her royalty was no protection in time of war. The armies of William the Conquerer invaded England in 1066. Margaret and her brother escaped from England in a ship.

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A terrible storm wrecked the ship off the coast of Scotland. Margaret and her brother survived the shipwreck. King Malcolm III of Scotland took them into his palace. The king soon fell in love with the beautiful young princess. He begged Margaret to marry him and become his queen. Margaret hesitated for a while. The king was a rough man who could neither read nor write. He had a bad temper and poor manners. But Margaret sensed that Malcolm was a good man. She came to love him and

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became his wife and queen.

changed the king into a more caring, gentle man.

Margaret and Malcolm had six sons and two daughters they loved very much. Margaret took charge of the children's education. She and Malcolm wanted their children to share their Christian faith and their sense of responsibility as leaders of the Scottish people. Three of the boys later became kings of Scotland.

The king and queen prayed together each day. They worked hard together to govern Scotland well. They tried to make life better for everyone in their country. They supported the church by their own example of prayer and compassion as well as by generous gifts of money.

As the children grew up, they saw how their parents lived out their beliefs. Margaret and Maleach colm loved othervery much. Margaret's love gradually

People were most Impressed by how the king and queen personally cared for the poor. Whenever the queen rode out into the countryside, poor people flocked around her. She gave them money and clothes.

She and her husband paid the ransom of hundreds of slaves so they could be free women and men. They also built shelters for the pilgrims who came to Scotland's shrines. And each morning, Queen Margaret and the king served food to 300 poor people at the palace. Only after they had waited on the poor and prayed for a while in churh did the king and queen eat their own breakfast. The people of Scotland were very sad when their good queen became very For four years she suffered and Malcolm took good care of her. Then one day an enemy army attacked Scotland. King Malcolm was killed. Margaret was very sad. Four days later she died. She and Malcolm had been married for 23 years. They were two of Scotland's greatest rulers. The church honours Margaret as the patron saint of Scotland.

Dear Captain Bob, How are you? I'm fine. Sorry I haven't written to you for a while. I've had quite a lot of fun during the holidays and I don't really want to go back to school. Anyway here are some jokes. Why do birds fly south? I ts too far to walk. What kind of day did the camel have? He bad his ups and downs. What did the boy skunk say to the girl skunk? You are scentsationaL Why does the humming bird hum? He doesn't know tbe words. Karen Lyra, Forrestfleld.

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A look at books

Compiled by Roslyn Ross.

A potential classic To Be a Pil9ram, by Cardinal Basil Hume, OSB. Published by Harper and Row (New York, 1984), $13.95. Reviewed by Father Charles Dollen. The spirituality of St Benedict has enriched the church for many centuries. The great Benedictine abbeys of Europe and America have been in the forefront of the liturgical renewal of our times. Abbot Columba Marmion has nourished the spirituality of countless semi n.ariaris throughout this century. In that same spirit, Cardinal Basil Hume's "spiritual notebook" should become a modern treasurer for all to share. He presents basic Catholicism with brevity. charm and unction. It is most impressive. Since the book developed through sermons, homilies and occasional addresses, there is some uncveness to It, but it does no harm to the development of the cardinal's thoughts. It appears that quite a hit of the Mate-

Friendship The Captain And The Kings by Jennifer Johnston, published by Flamingo. $5.95. This is Jennifer John.ston's first novel. Set in rural Ireland, the story centres on Mr Prendergast, an elderly man living alone in a large house surrounded by his memories and by the relics of the past. Like the estate, he seems to be quietly decaying.

rial was rewritten with this publication in mind. The "death to sin and life to God" theme that pervades Marmion's works finds its echo here. The author makes spirituality attractive to the general reader while he encourages the more advanced to go higher. Whether he's dealing with the sacraments or morality, he always starts with the basics and leads his readers on.

The section on prayer is really intriguing. Quite simply, the cardinal takes a look at the wide variety of traditional forms of prayer. Then he has a priceless little section on the "prayer of That's incompetence." when you want to pray but can't keep a spiritual thought in your head! While the book will serve admirably for adult spiritual reading, it has so many valuable insights that an

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carbohydrate content, the protein content and the fat content . . . no eventudoubt there ally be one to tell us the food content. While I recognise that fat can contribute to obesity and heart diseaseIdo feel that poring over a book to find out bow many grams per ounce of fat there. are in your liquorice allsorts, lamb bratwurst or brazil nuts is enough to send men the sanest of us into early dementia. That isn't a piece of cheese you see, that is x number of grams of fat per ounce. Surely if we simply use less butter and cheese, cut the fat off meat and fry and mast less with lots more fruit and vegetables in the diet we shall be happy and healthy enough?

index in a future edition should be mandatory. With that, I would say this gem of a book could well become a modern classic. Father Dollen is book review editor of The Priest magazine.

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THE CHURCH IS ALL OF YOU, Thoughts of Oscar Romero, edited by J.R. Brockman, published by Fount, $495. This is a collection of short, simple, spiritual pieces from the sermons of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of war -torn El Salvador. Originally a puppet of t he fascist right-wing Junta, the Archbishop became a passionate defender of the poor and the oppressed. In 1980 he was shot down by his opponents in front of his altar and his congregation. Today Oscar Romero is well known as a modern saint and martyr.

new titles, new titles, new titles, new title. The Challenge of Pain. by Ronald .1felzack and Patrick Wall, publishedby Penguin. $14.95. A remarkable work. responsible for break -through developments in the debate about the nature of physical pain, an abstract concept that remains a constant challenge to doctors, scientists and sufferers. Australian Tax Guide 1985. by Lilian Horier, published by Longman, $14.95. One of Australia's leading barristers and writers on tax has written a clear concise, uncomplicated and authoritative guide to income tax, sales tax, payroll tax and other taxes in Australia. From company situations to personal allowances, all people will find that they need this leading Tax Guide for 1985. Rolls Royce The Complete Works, by Mike Fox and Steve Smith, published by Faber and Faber, $9.95. This is the story about the two men who dreamed up the hest motor car in the world It's also a collection of the astonishing. unbelievable and hilarious stories

that make the Rolls Royce not only the finest car the world has ever seen, hut also one of the most fascinating social phenomena of the century. Particular Delights, by Natbalie Hambro. published by Papermac. In this collection of highly _individual recipes. the author combines simple ingredients in imaginative. often unexpected ways to create stunning results which will delight the eye as well as the palate. The primary ingredients for recipes are vegetables, poultry, fish and eggs and there is even a section on cooking with flowers! For all their originality the recipes are easy to follow and basically inexpensive. Henry Lawson. The Man And The Legend, by Manning Clank. published by Sun, $8.95. Here is a compelling portrait of Australia's greatest literary hero by one of our foremost historians. Manning Clark paints a brilliant and absorbing picture of Lawson, his contemporaries and his times. His first creative efforts for the Bulletin,

his rise to fame as the "bard of the workers" at a time when a national spirit was emerging in art and literature in Australia and finally his tragic decline into alcoholism are all documented. "What Manning Clark has achieved in this book, apart from much beautiful writing, is to have shot a sudden and revealing searchlight into Henry Lawson's soul." Horse Racing Dictionary. by Keith Dunstan andJeff Hook, published by MacMillan, $7.95. In the tradition of previous Sun humour dictionaries comes this hilarious guide to the sport of kings. Dunstan and Hook combine their talents yet again, to give you an A to Z of turfing terms to tickle your fancy,.

house, herself an expert gardener, has assembled an anthology of Jekyll*s writing as a modern guide to the practice of her ideas. Knitting In Vogue. Patters from the 30s to the 80s. by Christina Probert, published by Paper-mac. $17.95. The essential book for every knitter with fashion sense. 70 of the best designs published by VOGUE from the 1930s to the 1980.. adapted to today's knitter. Patterns are graded for new or experienced knitters and there is a section covering basic knitting know-how. plus conversion charts giving yarn and needle gauge equivalents and a list of international stockists of yarn.

Gertrude Jekyll On Gardening. An Anthology. by Penelope Hobbouse, published by MacMillan. $14.95. Gertrude Jekyll is one of the great classic writers on gardens and gardening, her ideas and innovations, particularly on planting and colour, have considerably influenced more than one generation of gardeners. In this book. Penelope Hob-

The History of Britain: An Aerial View. by Christopher Stanley, published by Oxford University Press, $35. The most varied and informative private collection of British aerial photographs in existence have been chosen to represent Britain from prehistoric times to the 1980s. Each picture is accompanied by a detailed commentary.

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Such A Vision of the Street, Mother Teresa, The Spirit and The Work by l and thousand il Eileen Egan, published by a cloister and taught in St several perwhose andicapped h Indian for Doubleday (New York Mary's School has been suffering sonal u'omen. _young and girls by 1985. $16.95. Reviewed somewhat relieved by Then one fateful day, Msgr Charles E. Disiney, their works of mercy. and prayer much after Between September 28 nfortunatety not eve19'5. guidance. with net possesand October is enamoured of ryone she sari, Thanksgiving services sions hid her Teresa and betteemMother the into out stepped a in were held by Jeu-s work She bad been critisynagogue, by Armenians ing slums of the city and in their cburcb, by soon dedicated her life to the cised for her unflinching .ituslim men gathered in dying. the lepers, the stands against abortion, unethical birth control the open, by Methodists. orphans and the poorest sterilisation. and poor. the of by Jains in their temple, She has been chided for That was the beginning. by the Assembly of God, by Hindus in their temple, by Soon a group of 10 other her unserring loyalty to Parsis followers of women joined her. She the pope and her agreement with his stand on oroaster, in the Catholic organised them into a l the ordination of uomen community religious of cathedral of The Lady soon and married men. u-as the Rosary. by Sikhs in which Perhaps the unkindest their assembly ball, by approved by Rome. cut of all bas come from They were helped immeaBuddhists. and by a some nuns and priests number of other religious surably by a non-Catholic who say her urwk is superBBC and author lish Eng communities of widely different beliefs and television broadcaster. ficial because it does not attack the social and ecoMalcolm H. Muggeridge. practices. nomic structures that are indifferent though who, conceded generally is t I the cause of so many that this was one of the at first to Mother Teresa ins. human eventually work. her and most extraordinary reliBut none of this disturbs gious events in the world. was totally captivated. her. She continues on her He then wrote a book What Was the occasion? way serenely doing uhat for Beautiful g of "Somethin sikerjubilee the It was for the establishment of the God," a glowing tribute, Jesus did in his day society. of outcasts the sevinto Missionaries of Charity, which translated Ms Egan is more than a community of women eral languages, became a t to write this competen Religious which was bestseller. Later. be and although because book received were uife his u begun by a sister seho an active staff member of born in Yugoslavia and is into the Catholic Church. The community con- Catholic Relief Services, now known worldwide as to expand and she has travelled with tinues CalMother Teresa of grow so that now in 35 Mather Teresa for more cutta. than 30 years. From the outpouring of years they have 2400 sisI have 0,14 two minor love and respect from ters scattered over five about this reservations people of all faiths and continents in many. use more could It book. the of countries many even of no faith. these careful editing to elimisisters must bare been world nate duplications, and Mere is now a commundoing something right. there should be some with allied brothers of ity bow and they did What more examples of human they did it is told in sim- the sisters who bate estabin the organisafailures their in houses "0 lished ple, clear prose by Eileen after all, Egan in "Such a Vision of brief existence. There are tion because, priests. sisters, these hundreds of lay people the Streets." and human are brothers the International called Agnes t all began when I Co- it is human to err. of Gon.rha Bojaxisiu, age 18, Association However, my last and of Mother entered the Congregation Workers expression after Lasting who are notprimTeresa, of Loreto. Sisters the of She trained in Ireland ari/y fund-raisers but finishing "Such a Vision " is. "The and was sent to Calcutta. spiritual and physical of the Strret.‘ God is here." For /9 years she lived in helpers. Mere are also finger of

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New parish From page 3 Bishop Quinn also thanked Mr Frank Burke who made and donated the processional cross; Mrs and Mr Nat and Betty Morellini who donated the collection boxes, and stand for the tabernacle lamp and Mr Frank and the late Mrs Melvin who had donated the lectern. The hand made lace cloth adorning the altar had been brought to Australia by Father Rooney's grandmother in her Glory Box and the candles were made from beeswax by Father Reg Hynes, an uncle of Father Pat Rooney. In welcoming the congregation to the Mass which was held in the Community Hall at Australind, Mr Joe Kelderman made special mention of his mother and father, Mr and Mrs Charles Keldemian, who were given a place of honour at the Mass, and told how they have worked towards this day for the last 40 years. Being one of the original Catholic families in Eaton, they had worked long hours on census work and many other tasks building a community in the hope that one day they would see a church, a presbytery and a school built in the area. The pre-primary and junior primary school will open in 1986. A steering committee consisting of Sister Claude McNamara, Mrs Dot Savage, John Rooney, Laurie Hynes, Danny Harris ( representative of Bunhury Catholic College School Board), and Father Bernie Dwyer, under the leadership of Joe Kelderman, was set up about two years ago and has been working with the people of Eaton/Australind so that the area, which previously was a part of the Bunbury parish, could become a parish in its own right.

Sister Claude, a full time pastoral worker in the area for the past six years, said she was delighted the people had so readily accepted the idea of a separate parish and had worked so hard and so harmoniously to bring this about. She thanked the steering committee and all the people responsible for the preparation of the hall, the music supplied by St. Joseph's primary school choir under the direction of Mrs Dot Savage and Mrs Anna Buswell and organist Mrs Molly Clifton, and the many generous people who had loaned or donated things to be used for the opening ceremony.

WHAT'S ON PRIESTS' CONVOCAT1ON On Tuesday June 25, the priests of Perth archdiocese will come together at the invitation of Archbishop Foley at the Redemptorist Retreat House. This is the first step in the Ministry to Priests program adopted by the priests of the archdiocese. The convocation day will help priests prepare for the "Spiritual Awareness Retreats" to be conducted in September. It will also help the Centre for Human Development personnel formulate the needs of the priests of the Archdiocese in this ongoing renewal. Father Justin Bianchini, co-ordinator of the renewal says he was delighted with the positive response of Archbishop Foley, Bishop Healy and 23 priests who attended the training workshop recently at Safety Bay.

\ 1I Holding the code of canon law Father Rooney makes his profession of faith to Bishop Quinn.

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SILVER JUBILEE OF PRIESTHOOD Wednesday will be a red-letter day in the parish of Victoria Park. Father Michael Keogh SDB with all parishioners and many friends will be celebrating 25 years of ordination as a Salesian of Don Bosco with a jubilee Mass at 7 pm. Supper in St Joachim's Hall will follow. Father Keogh was ordained by Bishop Stephen Ferando in Shillong Cathedral, now Meghalaya State, (formerly part of Assam) Northern India on June 26,1960, His father was Bartholomew from Dublin and his mother, Bernice of India and his birthplace was Quetta, then India but now Pakistan. Michael attended a Carmelite Sisters' primary school in Kerala and did his secondary studies with the Christian Brothers in Calcutta and at the Salesian Aspirantate in Sonada, West Bengal. After his novitiate in Southern India at Kotagiri. Mysore, all Father Keogh's subsequent Salesian formation took place in Northern India.

-We found Father Jim Morse and Sister Pauline Foumier easy to work with and very competent in this field of spiritual renewal," he said. "I appeal to the priests and people of the Archdiocese to pray for the success of the convocation day of this renewal program. "I am convinced and I firmly hope that one of the many by-products of this renewal program will be a greater response to the call for vocations to the priesthood and religious life."

LEEDERV1LLE PRAYER MEET The Leederville Friday night prayer meeting will start a program on June 28 for people new to the charismatic renewal. Called the Life in the Spirit seminar, it is a seven week course which introduces the dynamic of God's Spirit working in people's daily lives. At the same time, a video series based on Dr James Dobson's Focus on the Family will be held for those people not attending the seminar. The new programs follow a successful Pentecost and healing Mass held at St Joseph's church, Subiaco and the subsequent follow-up program on healing which finished last week. The follow-up program enabled people to better understand the Scriptural basis of healing and the practical experiences of praying for people. The Leederville prayer meeting is open to everybody and starts at 8 p.m. at the Good Shepherd Convent, Ruislip Street, West Leederville,

YOUTH PLAY Through circus theatre, mime, dance, music and illusion, "Regardless" examines a group of young people for whom growing up has been a painful and damaging process — leaving them as outcasts in their own society -- and offers to them positive encouragement and a sense of home for the future. The Perth season of "Regardless" will be performed at the Regal Theatre, June 26-29, commencing at 8.00 p.m. Adults $9. concession $6. Bookings at Fusion, P.O. Box 24 Victoria Park, or the Regal Theatre. Proceeds will aid the Telethon appeal.

HEALING MASS AND RALLY Last year, Group 50 Prayer Group proposed to send three delegates to Melbourne for a conference on inner healing. Instead, it was decided it would be more beneficial to invite the main speaker, Father Frank Wallace SJ to Perth for a rally and healing Mass. He will speak at a special rally on Wednesday, June 26 at the North Perth Monastery church and celebrate the healing Mass there the next night. June 27. An invitation is extended to all to attend these two nights. Prayer, Father Wallace believes, is the first step on the road to inner healing — particularly as a condition for guiding others, To prepare for the rally and healing Mass Father Wallace will conduct a retreat for Group 50 on the theme Scriptural Contemplation and the Healing of Life's Hurts. The rally is one of three mini-conferences by the catholic Charismatic Renewal to build up to the January conference, when it is hoped to have two international speakers. The other two mini-conferences will be held at Gosnells in August and at Fremantle in October.

HAMERSLEY GROUP ON SOCIAL JUSTICE The Christian Social Justice group of All Saints parish Harnersley invites interested people to "Social Justice, what is it, who needs it?" by a selected panel of guests offering reflection and action on the Gospel message of justice, on Friday June 28 at 7.45 pm in All Saints Parish Mass Centre, Hillwood Avenue, Warwick. Enquiries to Anne Matacz, phone 342 3497.

MENTAL HEALTH MOVEMENT The Grow community mental health movement will hold a seminar Seeking resources for Everyday Living at the Redernptoris-t Retreat House on June 2930. The speakers who include Father Rodney Williams will explore the Grow insight that mental health is the art of maintaining order in one's mind and life in the face of the stresses with which life confronts us. The seminar will show people what levels of help they can get and how it will help them so that they can get the right sort of help for their needs. Further information from the Grow office on 328 3344.

vkskl ototl NEWMAN SOCIETY The June discussion will be cancelled and replaced by an address to be given on Thursday July 4 at 8pm by Dr Brendan Bradsavv, an Irish Marist priest and a Cambridge University history lecturer, on -Thomas More and Christian Humanism" in the Senior Common Room of St Thomas More College. BELLOC's PATH TO ROME ON RADIO On 6WN at 8pm on Monday June 24 there will be a rediscovery of an old pilgrimage, and a radio celebration of Belloc's masterpiece 'The Path To Rome" which describes it. On June 6th 1901 Hilaire Belloc, then 31 years old, set off from the old garrison town of Toul in Lorraine, and walked 1000 kms through Eastern France, across the Jura mountains into Switzerland, over the Alps and into Northern hely, then across the Apennines and into Tuscany, and so to Rome in time to hear Mass in St Peter's on the feast of SS Peter and Paul, June 29. Out of the walk came the most famous and universally admired of Belloc's hundred and fifty books, The Patti To Rome. Reviewers at the time hailed the author as a new Sterne, or a Cobbett. One compared him to Rabelais, another found The Path To Rome finer than Stevenson's Travels With A Donkey. Last year, producer TONY EVANS retraced the way of The Path To Rome with a tape recorder, and also interviewed Belloc's great grandson Louis Belloc who made the walk the year before.

A t the chaplains meeting Father Noel Carrigg (St. John's) with Sister Julie O'Connor (RPH), Sister Diane Kingston (Princess Margaret) and Sister Kathleen Connolly (St John's).