PERTH, WA: 1 — 7 August, 1985
An in depth look at the 'denial of death' and the human need to grieve. This series looks at the many 'griefs' in our lives and the enormous emotional cost that comes f rom leaving them unresolved.
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SLAM C THREAT' N LEBANON 'There is a difference betvveen the Christian and Islamic view of power" the archbishop said. The archbishop's 300,000 Melkite Catholics along with 800,000 Maronite Catholics are being confronted with a militant and more aggressive Muslim majority. "In Islam, the church and the state are the same. "If they have power they impose their laws and customs on everyone. "A Christian view imposes only the civil law on all people" Archbishop Mansour said.
Atatime tio During Mass for the blessing and opening of St Andreous Melkite churchArchbishop Foley, alongside Archbishop Mansour, of Beirut receives the offertory gifts at the entrance to the sanctuary.
The archbishop pointed out before the war there were 17 different religious communes recognised in the Lebanon. Those "Big Six" Christian groups included his Melkite church. "Now the Muslims are more numerous, partly because they are allowed multiple wives, and they are asking for power. "We distinguish two kinds of democracy, the democracy of numbers and the democracy of quality. "In a democracy of quality' the minorities are entitled to their freedoms just as much as the majorities because wtien the difference is only between two competing political parties, the majority may change from time to time. "But when it is a difference between two religious communities the majority and the minority always remains the same. "That is why we are asking the liberties of the Christians be preserved in any new Lebanese state. "We are caught between two theocratic states. the Islamic states and the Israeli state. In Lebanon we want a lay state.
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• Afore details, Dictates of Melkite archbishop's visit, see page 2. • Perth diocesan council discusses more lay involvement in the parishes, and youth accommodation in the city. See page 3. • Old Toodyay convent school changes hands. Picture and story page 3. • kws say Vatican paper a regression, see page 3. • John Paul speaks out on abortion. See Dateline, page 7. • Record reporter COLLEEN HOWARD talks to Perth "granny" who works in Indian missions. See pages 10 MI
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Lebanon is a last bastion
With only 65 years of modern freedom since it was liberated from the Islamic domination of the Turks in 1920, Lebanon is the only Middle East country with a Christian president and has become a haven and symbol for Middle East Christians, said Archbishop Mansour. But the suffering now has hit many of his Catholic communities and there are refugees in the Catholic schools, churches and in the streets. Three or four priests have been killed and the bishop of Tripoli is still in a coma after being shot in the head.
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Melkite rite borrowed The Second Vatican Council reform of the liturgy borrowed three traditions of the Melkite rite: liturgy in the language of the people, communion under two species, and concelebration.
This is how Archbishop Mansour described what is happening as his Melkite and the other Middle East Catholic churches now find that more than half of their members are overseas. In France the ancient Byzantine liturgy is said in French, in the US in English and in South America in Spanish. In all these countries there are now second and third generation local Melkites. "Later they may take up our practice of married clergy." quipped the archbishop describing the choice priests make before ordination whether to marry or remain celibate.
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congregation. Archbishop Mansour said many people in the West were interested in the Melkite rite because it seemed more conservative compared with the radical changes in the
"Until this present crisis we believed Christians and Muslims could live together harmoniously because the Muslims of Lebanon are very different and are friendly with Christians. "But now the fundamentalist Muslims of Iran and Libya are working actively against Christians through the small fundamentalist groups in Lebanon."
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Apart from a period in recent centuries when the Islamic Turks forced a separation t o the Orthodox, the Melkites have continued as the Eastern church remaining faithful to Rome. In addition to 300,000 in Lebanon, 350,000 Melkites in Syria, 25,000 in Jordan, 25,000 in Palestine and 50,000 in Egypt there are 50,0(X) in the US and hundreds of thousands in South America, bringing the world total to over one million and the number is growing. Perth becomes the fourth Melkite church in Australia and Archbishop Mansour will investigate the appointing of a bishop for Australia's growing Melkite
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Only celibates may become bishops because the bishop is symbolically married to his diocese, he explained. He said the Melkites were intrigued that former Anglicans were allowed into the Catholic Church as married priests but the choice was not offered to others. The word Melkite means "People of the King" referring to those who remained faithful to the King's enforcement of the Council of Chalcedon decrees in 451.
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NEW YORK (NC) — An international Jewish group has attacked what it called the regressive spirit and formulations" of a new Vatican document that is meant to help Catholics understand Jews and Judaism better. (The Record July 25.) The International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consuttations said the document was "totally inadequate" in some key areas and "reflects little recognition of how Jews conceive of themselves." The document had some "positive features", but overall it would probably be seen as "a step backward in CatholicJewish relations" which "may undermine the gains we have achieved," said the committee's statement. IJCIC particularly attacked the document for what it called a "totally inadequate" treatment of two "absolutely crucial aspects of contemporary Jewish existence", the modern state of Israel and the Nazi Holocaust of Jews during World War II. The committee called the document's one
If St Paul Vatican statement a Strikers "was alive today. .. retreat aining g say Jews reference to the Holocaust "vague, passing and almost gratuitous", saying it found the absence of a strong statement on that subject "particularly disturbing." The Vatican text says c,atechesis should "help in understanding the meaning for the Jews of the extermination during the years 1939-45, and its consequences." Regarding the text's treatment of the state of Israel, IJCIC said "modern Israel is emptied of any possible religious significance for Christians" and "nothing is said about Israel's right to exist or of the justice of her cause." The Jewish committee also faulted the
Vatican document for insufficient treatment of the history of Christian prejudice against and persecution of Jews, lack of "objectivity" in its teaching on Judaism, and a failure to assign any "independent value" to Judaism, viewing it only as a preparation for Christianity. The organisation said it found some "positive features" in the document. It said, 'The sections on the Jewish roots of Christianity, the Jews in the New Testament, the liturgy, and Judaism and Christianity in history are, for the most part, helpful clarifications which address and correct a number of misconceptions. "Such sensitive areas as the hostile references to the Jews in the New Testament, Jesus' relations with the Pharisees, and his agreement with basic Pharisaic beliefs are handled in scholarly fashion and with delicacy," it continued.
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The Catholic Education Commission is to negotiate with the Sisters of Mercy to take over the historic convent and f ormer boarding school at Toodyay. The buildings were originally put up for sale but the CEC sees the buildings as ideal for school c amps, and residential adult and in-service education. The use of the buildings by local Toodyay community groups would continue, the chairman of the CEC Dr Peter Tannock said this week.
CIE E Dr Tannock predicted a bright future for the historic buildings. "I foresee a great opportunity for school children, p arish groups, school staffs and community interest groups to be able to conduct programs in a country retreat. "This residential centre has the potential to make a major contribution to Catholic education, for students and teachers and the Catholic corn munity . 111
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cern about accommodation in the city for country youth were discussed at Saturday's diocesan pastoral council meeting. Jenny Troy outlined attempts made at Hilton to involve parishioners more in parish affairs. The resulting plan could provide a starting point for other parishes suffering from similar lack of lay involvement, she said. Two open forums were held to identify the problem and suggest possible solutions.
Among these were — • a multi-functional hall for people to meet socially and on pastoral business. • publicity to encourage parishioners to become more involved. • increased house visits to inform people of parish needs. and • recognition praise for those undertaking new responsibilities. • improved communication. • a system of "street helpers" to promote togetherness within community blocks. • holding special reli-
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When the right to live is smothered by the wish to die
Grief, says the dictionary, is deep or violent sorrow caused by loss. What it does not say is grief is a normal psychological tool meant to help us come to terms with our loss. For too many people, the expression of that
The surfacing, from time to time, as happened last week, of questions about the right to die should not be a signal for alarm because if there is one question that is as perennial as why we live, it is the equally bewildering question why we die. Questions about the right to die, or the right to live for that matter, inevitably arise from circumstances quite out of the ordinary and feelings of deep emotion are running strong when, for example, a once strapping 27 year old water ski champion is now all but dead without the help of a ventilator. More tension and human dilemma entered the tragedy when the young man's death wish had to be compulsorily adjudicated in terms of his sanity. While there is a temptation to view the right to die in fundamental religious terms, the difficulty of John McEwan's case shows that there are a very complicated series of ethical, medical, legal, civic and straightout humanitarian considerations that will not be dismissed with any simplistic ass/action that death is God's business and living ours. The gulf between the so-called religious view of deliberate suicide and the terrible pressure under which people live was no better illustrated also last week when a father blamed religion and the people who don't allow euthanasia for the death of his quadriplegic son in a deliberate murder -suicide.
"deep or violent sorrow", is seen as something to be avoided, and this in turn leads to unresolved grief which has been found to be a traceable trigger in mental illness. Grief is also commonly associated with the death of a loved
"We die as we live," says Father John Ryan, Catholic chaplain at Royal Perth Hospital. "If you deny the small things in life then chances are you will deny the large ones," he said. "If you put things off in your everyday life then you are more likely to 'put off your grief' when you are faced with death or any major loss. "If you procrastinate about the things you have to do, like get out of bed early, then you are likely to do it with the reality of death." And that's where the problems start. Death, says Father Ryan, is a part of life and should be seen as such. It is in working through the major grief experiences like death that we are better able to work through the other grief experiences we face constantly. -Death is just like life in that it is something which must be worked through,- he said. "In fact, death is really life. It is an important part of life and so is grief" The vital ingredient in it all, he adds, is our own free will. We do not have to be procrastinators, we do not have to practice denial — we can control the way we act and the way we think. There may be times when we lapse but the important thing is to develop a healthy attitude to loss and grief and stay with it. As much as anything, he said, it is accepting that grieving, and that means feeling, is a natural and healthy part of being human. It is our fear of feelings that makes us turn away, he said. -But if we put things off and turn away from sad ness then we are likely to make it that much harder for ourselves when we are confronted by a major loss like death,- he said.
EDO That the Catholic Church has definite and well known views on these and similarly recurring human ethical problems is both fortunate and unfortunate. It is fortunate if the Church becomes a support and rallying point for all men of good will far beyond the Catholic frontier who will not see human standards debased in a wetter of secularist and humanist legislation. It is unfortunate if the teaching of the Church and the attitude of Catholics is interpreted as insensitivity in the face of human tragedies that test human faith and love to its limit. It can be a matter of pride and some consolation that scarcely one of the hundreds of saints and founders of religious orders was not conspicuous in some work of mercy for the sick and dying but a 20th century world in love with its own technology has little time to listen even to the Mother Teresa's of this world, let alone the Catholic glories of the past. As the number of religious engaged in hospital work declines and governments take over many of these works, it becomes urgent for the Catholic laity to be trained and to be seen to be actively involved in hospice work for the dying and any other supplementary care for the aged and incapacitated that is going to reflect our faith and give hope to so many who feel hopeless. Strength of faith and conviction about God's providence in the most hopeless of human circumstances will be of little comfort to confused and suffering relatives, let alone the victims, if we do not confront death, like Vatican II to the Modem World, as a mystery shrouded in doubt and a torment for some. On the other hand, said the Council, all the technology of this world cannot set an anguished mind at rest and prolonging the life-span does not crush the human spark of eternity and will never satisfy a yearning for a life to come. Our argument with promoters of euthanasia may well be with technocrats and humanists with their own determined agendas for social change. Against them we must strenuously defend the right of people not to be pressured by easy solution legislation that, for example, has ravaged failing marriages when there was still hope for healing and reconciliation. But we also have to live with the technological and human miracles being achieved in the quadriplegic centres. Paradoxically, the specialised equipment and skilled personnel needed for much of this work can create an enclosure of which the rest of the world is oblivious, as it speeds by in cars to further unknown tragedies. The sad plight of John McEwan, suddenly reduced to inactivity apparently far beyond the average case of paraplegia, must strike deeper than any superficial debate about the rights and wrongs of euthanasia, or the limits of ordinary care needed to sustain life. Everyone, even in 1985, must look at themselves in the light of the same eternity, that faces this man. His burden is not light and he is our brother. 4
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one, but in fact, grief is merely the body's response to a situation of attachment which is followed by loss. Death is of course the greatest grief because it touches to the heart of our own souls, but there are occasions other where the loss is great
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When someone loses their job it not only involves the physical worry of caring for their family but the very real pain of grieving for something which has been lost.
Death and dying the If sexuality was the taboo of the 19th Century then dying and death may well have taken its place in the 20th century. Was there ever a generation more confronted with death than ours?
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Before us pass the figures of the dead, millions of them, from the First and Second World Wars, from Hitler's concentration camps, Stalin's Gulag Archipelago and the bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . . . and in more recent times Korea and Vietnam and then the
nightly serves from Lebanon, El Salvador, Phillipines, Eritrea, the Sudan and Chad. The media message is one of death . . . by accident, by starvation, through illness and war. It is no wonder we are a generation which has become de-sensitised to death. Death becomes unreal, because how can anyone assimilate emotionally the idea of thousands upon thousands of deaths. We cannot possibly grieve for so many so often. And thus is created the dangerous illusion of immortality and the reluctance of many to face the reality of death.
Medical science has been so successful in improving health and extending life many people do not experience the death of a loved one until they are well into their 30's. Stone Age man lived with an average expectation of life of perhaps 18 years and scarcely knew "natural death". His end was more likely to come in battle, either with another human or some animal enemy. Even at the time of Jesus people rarely lived for more than 20 years on average. By 1880 the average expectation of life had risen to 34 years . . . in most Western countries. . but today it has doubled, to
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and we have good cause to grieve.,. the loss of our home, our spouse (through separation or divorce), our children (through growing up), our job (through redundancy, dismissal or retirement), our friends (through moving); our health (through injury
or illness) or even ourselves as we grow through the many stages of life. Loss is a universal phenomenon. Our attempts to cope with death, as the greatest of all losses, will reflect what we have learned from having to cope with a
wide variety of other losses. In this series of articles, ROSLYN ROSS talks with Father John R yan, Catholic chaplain at Royal Perth Hospital, about the process of grief; and investigates the traumatic "time bomb" effect of unresolved
grief with Ian Mackie, a psycho therapist and Director of Anglican Marriage and Family Counselling Services. In a further article she looks at the steps which are being taken Edward at King Memorial Hospital to
help parents grieve for their dead babies. The Director of Nursing, Miss Rosalind Denny, the assistant director of nursing, Miss Alma Martin and Charge Nurse, Miss R obyn Collins talk about the changes in attitudes over the past decade,
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lied when, for example, pressure is brought to bear on the survivor to move out of the family home into a "more manageable unit," or into a "community" of like-minded people. The loss of the spouse is thus compounded by the loss of home, possessions, style of life, social status, habitual patterns of behaviour and hence personal identity. There are griefs involved in each of these losses and together they constitute a major burden.
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around 70 for men and 74 for women. What this means is most of us no longer come into contact with death, as a matter of course, during our childhood. Today only a few children have seen the corpse of a relative. Death therefore plays no real part in the formation of our attitudes to reality . . . we are in effect, "living a lie", because death has never become "real" to us. Formerly, people died as members of a large family and it was there that death was experienced, so that everyone could witness closely the death of relatives. In today's world, people are more
likely to die in hospita1 . even further removed from the family members. Unless the hospital is sensitive to the needs of all concerned, there is a very good c hance that family members will not have adequate opportunity to grieve, physically and emotionally, in their own good time. Such a grief experience can only lay a poor foundation for the future or seriously damage an already shaky emotional base. The opportunity to "grieve" is a human right and one which must be respected even more in a society which has lost sight of the reality of death.
It is our feeling and ambivalences about death which shape our response to losses by death, they add, but it may well be that losses of any kind are only disturbing to us because in some sense they pre-figure or symbolise our own death and the deaths of people significant to us. Both death and loss need to be explored if we are to come to an adequate understanding of grief. It is when we come to terms with death, says Father Ryan, that most absolute loss of all, we enable ourselves to face the many and varied losses of life with strength and honesty, and when we enable ourselves to grow through the pain of those losses rather than to shrink from the sight of them.
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buried it, how would you feel? "I would want to see it of course.- she replied. ft is an instinctive human reaction to want to see proof of what we are told, and yet so many shy away from the absolute "proof" of death. "And the grief can only truly begin when the person has accepted the one they loved is really dead,- Father Ryan said. Without the "knowing" and acceptance then grief cannot really begin and therefore it cannot be worked through. 'The psychiatric wards are full of people with problems stemming from unresolved grief,- he added.
No-one should be forced to see the dead, he added, but they should be supported and encouraged by those around them to make the best deci'When I see people who do sion. "Even if they choose not to not want to face the reality of the dead, it is imperative see "If death I say to them: someone came to you and that they attend the funeral," said your home had burned he said. -There is a tendency to 'get down and there was no point in going back to it, what it all over and done with' and many people do not realise would you do?" 'Would you go away and that bodies can be kept quite for a week or even six build a new one or would you easily weeks . . . certainly long want to go back and have a look at the one which burned enough for family members who may be living overseas down? to get back and say their "Of course you would go and look, you wouldn't just goodbyes. Too often, he said, those believe what you were told who are living far away are thing when same and it is the told: -There is nothing you people die." When a child expressed can do. There is no need to negative thoughts about see- come so far." The reality is it is not a ing people when they were dead she was asked: If you matter of doing it for the dead, came home from school and it is a matter of doing it for the were told your cat had living and it is a "goodbye" strayed and had been run which cannot be evaluated in over by a car and that the terms of monetary cost. There are too many people people who had found it had
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and complicated by, material loss, role loss, intra-psychic loss and even systemic loss. Some of our social practices with respect to elderly widows, they say, seem almost perversely designed to ensure the losses are multip-
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In their book, All Our Losses, All Our Griefs (published by Westminster Press), the authors, Mitchell and Anderson. identify six major types of loss which are likely to precipitate grief material loss, (as in home, possessions, money), relationship loss (as in separation, divorce), intra-psychic loss (within the mind), functional loss (either psychologically or physically), role loss (through retirement or children leaving home) and systemic loss (through illness or injury). They point out that the losses we suffer in life are likely to have elements which come into more than one of the six categories, e.g. when a woman loses a spouse by death the relationship loss may well be accompanied by,
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who live to regret the decision "not to go The reasons may well be plausible as in the case of one young woman who was living overseas when her mother died. She had three young children and the family in an effort to -do the best thing-, suggested it would be too much for her to try and get home.
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Grief a thing to be faced
Roger Patrick Ryan, "Some choose to stay aliN sales consultant with home and keep the game as West Coast Business an idea in the head, an Machines, was born at intellectual concept. Bridgetown on May 29, "Others choose to attend 1924. the game, but are preoccuHe started his education pied so the game becomes a with the Mercy nuns at St picnic in the park, a symJoseph's in Subiaco and phony concert, or whatever completed it with the the mind is making it out to Christian Brothers at St be. Patrick's Boys' School. From page 5 "Others sit passively and are Their motives were well content to observe. His first job was with "Some are so sedated they meant but many years on that young woman regrets are scarcely aware the game Working at a sawmill that she was not encouraged is being played. in Depression-gripped "Some keep themselves so to do exactly the opposite. These are the sort of oppor- busy buying food and visiting Bridgetown and runtunities which when once the rest rooms that they ning a small apple missed are lost forever and never know the score. orchard was not going "Some are as involved as make the job of grieving that to provide employment the players, but they don't get much harder. opportunities for any of Father Ryan said people the bruises. "The players know the often used the "safe dead'', his 11 children, Roger such as film stars and public game best because they have Ryan senior decided. figures to express unresolved studied, practised and preSo he and wife Lillian grief about their "unsafe pared for the game. moved with their 'The players will have a dead". numerous offspring to He said the handling of the greater awareness of the f uneral was an important game and its outcome the metropolis, a step because they feel the pain of factor in healthy grieving. later to make the Ryans "I believe it is all too rushed every blow. one of the best-known "And that's how it is with these days," he said. families in Subiaco. 'There should really be a the response to death. Roger junior and his "Some attempt to keep it an lapse of two to three full days so that everyone has time to intellectual concept, some brother Laurence were see the body „ .and more to are passive spectators, some the second of two sets the point, so that people have active spectators and some of twins in the Ryan time to change their minds." are players. household, and it was "Since the grief work Involvement in the funeral is in the present-day depends upon the recognisaalso an important factor, he tion of the game as being real added. Lions territory that they It offers an opportunity for and the willingness of the started school. people to be involved in the participants to be involved, it The ancient church that physical process of burying i s likely that those who once stood on a site in Salchoose to get bruised by their dead. ved() Road, now part of the St This of course depends playing the game will have John of God Hospital the greatest awareness of the upon the will to be involved grounds, was the doorstep to and co-operation with the reality of death and will come formal education for young to understand their response funeral director Roger. In Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's to that death best." It has many memories for book, Death The Final Stage He goes on to say that him Of Growth, funeral director people find their own level of Roy Nichols says it is impor- involvement and should do so tant that the family's "care voluntarily. Father (later Monsignor) giving" role is not usurped. "Never should a grieved Charles Cunningham was The focus, he says, must be person be forced into the role one of the Subiaco priests. on the family's needs, reac- of participant or player. With a football in hand he tions, and prior experience. "If he needs denial and would ascend the rising "Emotional acceptance withdrawal, it should be ground towards the hospital, takes time and work and pain permitted, but he must also turn, take a few short steps and hurt. be aware of the consequenand boot the ball clean over "Care-givers, be they pro- ces in terms of potential the roof of the school and fessional or laymen, often maladjustment and delayed almost into Salvado Road allow themselves to be grief reactions. It was an awesome feat to trapped into trying to shield 'The risks are heavy and the watching youngsters and protect the grieved from serious. who did not have the cunning pain, only to extend and delay "Emotions will be expressed priest's adult appreciation of the pain to a later date. either as an open healing the advantage of rising ter'We cannot take the pain wound or a closed festering rain in bringing off such a away. wound, either honestly or performance. ' Whereas the grieved per- dishonestly, either appropChucking pens point -first son may want withdrawal riately or inappropriately. into the wood of the high from reality (who wouldn't?) "But emotion will be ceiling of the classroom was there is frequently a strong expressed and the grief work a pupil pastime in unsuperdifference between what will be done. vised moments. people want and what they "Persons in grief have a Many of the writing impleneed. whole jungle of emotions in ments remained dangling We all must be aware of the their guts which need to be there till the day the building extreme dangers of delayed, expressed in some way. was demolished. avoided grief and must "Sometimes openly by talkMercy nuns, Sisters Celesdevelop the skills, the opening, sometimes by crying, tine and Evangelist were ness, the accepting attitude sometimes poetically, somecolourful and much-loved which will allow the grieved times through ritual there personalities who did their person to accept the death he are many ways, but people best to drum the "three R's" has sustained," Roy Nichols must have the opportunity to into the young minds in their said express real feelings because charge, often against formidHe adds participation in the unresolved grief is a destrucable odds. funeral will facilitate that goal tive horror." It was little wonder Sister although all will have their Celestine occasionally vented own level of involvement. her frustration by throwing He likens the funeral to a blackboard duster out of the game of football. the window. "One may be either a specSister Evangelist had a tator or a player in the game. spiritual answer to the prob"Spectators find their own lem of dealing with recalci.7,vel of involvement. trance.
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Edwards Business Machines, with which he was to remain for more than 41 years, as an apprentice typewriter mechanic. However, he soon switched to the sales side of the business, a field in which he was to become very well known. After leaving Edwards he worked for short peri-
ods in insurance with MLC, with Vanguard Press (printers of The Record) and with Stirling Gas Services before taking up his present position. He and brother Laurence are the second of two sets of twins in a family of seven boys and four girls. Sister Joy is a Mercy nun at St Joachim's in Victoria
Park and Sister Agnes is a member of the Missionary Sisters of Service in Queensland. Roger was a prominent YCW man in his younger days and active member of the ALP until the "split" of the mid-1950s. He has been in the Knights of the Southern Cross for 33 years, was
president of the Osborne Park region of the KSC and has been president and secretary of his own St Dominic's Conference at North Doubleview. He is on the St Dominic's parish council, of which he has also been president and secretary. Roger and his wife Kathleen (nee Safe) have two sons and two daughters.
Big changes for R oger Ryan Today's People
A regular feature B y BOB BOYLE She would seat the offender facing the class between the legs of the teacher's desk mounted on the dais and lead all present in prayers for his redemption. Sadly, few of those subjected to the treatment shared St Paul's blinding vision on the road to Damascus. Roger was one of the altar boys who served the first Mass in the new St Joseph's church 50 years ago when Monsignor Verling was parish priest. Later he was to be associated with two other monsignors who were parish priests there, Monsignors Fagan and Kennedy.
LIED The move to St Patrick's Boys' School brought Roger into contact with teachers of the stamp of Leo Ryan and Brothers McKay, O'Connor and Dwyer. He is grateful to Brother McKay, who still calls on him when he visits the West, for staying back after school to coach him in mathematics. His great school mate needed no such personal tuition. He is now Professor Keith Norrish, of Adelaide University. On leaving St Pat's Roger joined Edwards Business Machines in 1941 as an apprentice typewriter mechanic, but things mechanical were not for him and he was transferred to the sales staff. But the technician days in the firm's old Trinity Arcade premises have not been erased from his memory. Initially there was no transport and big office typewriters had to be iugged under the arm to places as far away as
the Metropolitan Markets in West Perth When transport did appear, it was in the form of a pedalpowered tricycle with a huge box at the front. If you took a corner even moderately sharply, the whole caboodle had a habit of going base over apex In the walking-and-lugging era, the staff would vanish into thin air when word went round the Smith Premier was about to be hired out to a client. It was a big typewriter with a 32 inch carriage (the normal carriage is 15 inches)and a heavy base plate. The manager was an Irishman named Hurley, inevitably nicknamed Spud, and he was quite a character. He was often standing at the door when Lord Mayor Joe Totterdell passed by along the arcade. Spud would draw himself to attention and say "Good morning, sir." One day, in an egalitarian gesture, Joe told him there was no need to call him "sir." With the considerable hauteur at his command, Spud replied 'The word 'sir' is not addressed to you. It is a token of respect for the high office of Lord Mayor you hold." Thenceforth the daily exchange of greetings was on a more frigid basis. Roger's sister-in-law worked for a time in a clerical capacity at the Edwards establishment A small slide in the wall separated her position from the office of the manager On one occasion she and the rest of the staff were startled when the slide was suddenly opened and Spud announced in sepulchral tones: "Mrs Ryan, I'll now hear your confession."
Roger soon found his transfer to the sales staff was just what the doctor ordered. Selling suited his personality to a tee. In his 33 years with Edwards in that capacity he won a number of top awards against stiff competition from salesmen with other companies. The prizes included a trip to Hong Kong and Japan and one of the first colour television sets, which is still performing faultlessly at his home. He enjoyed meeting people and looking on everybody as a friend. He never hesitated to go to the top people in organisations to which he was trying to sell products, and as a result he built up a rapport with some of the state's leading citizens.
CHIE "All the product knowledge in the world won't do you any good," he observes, "if you don't know how to handle people." He attributes much of his success to acquiring, fairly early in his sales career, a set of 19 gramaphone records comprising an American sales motivation course. The idea is to play one record each morning before going to work while reading an accompanying booklet and mix with them periodically, the six records made by the world's top salesmen He still has the records and repeats the course from time to time. Once a salesman always a salesman, it seems — or should that now be sales person? He tells of a salesman (we'll stick with that term) who was
being frustrated by a receptionist in his attempts to get in and see her boss. Finally he was able to persuade her to take his card in. -Tell him to turn it over when he gets it" the salesman said On the back he had written. "I talked to God this morning. Why can't I talk to you?" Not only with regard to sales but in general, Roger firmly believes most people discover only 25 per cent of their potential ability during their lifetime. At the height of his political activity in the 1940s and early 1950s, Roger was simultaneously secretary of the Wembley ALP branch, state secretary of the Young Labor Movement, officer trustee of the metropolitan council of the ALP, the Young Labor Movement's representative on the state executive of the party, and a delegate to the state ALP conference. "At present I don't belong to any political party," he says. "I feel at my age, I can contribute an unbiased view on vital issues affecting the well-being of all Australians by writing to members of parliament. 'They are the only people who can enact new laws or alter or repeal existing statutes. "I have received good responses from letters and telegrams I have sent to Prime Ministers, Premiers and Opposition Leaders — as well as other responsible people" He Says the four greatest gifts he has received in life have been his parents, his Catholic faith, his "wonderfui and supportive wife Kathleen," and their four children.
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VATICAN CITY: The Vatican has published a new list of all the canonisation and beatification causes now under active consideration in Rome. They number over 1000. The 400-page Index ac status causarum also lists all those beatified and canonised since the Congregation of Rites — now the Congregation for the Causes of Saints — was established in 1588.
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NEW YORK: A Benedictine priest in (Alabama), Father Edward Markley, has been sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence for attacking an abortion centre with a sledgehammer in May 1984. Under the terms of his sentence the priest is not to approach within 500 yards of any abortion clinic in the US for the next five years. The judge has forbidden him from speaking against abortion in public "because he may incite others to break the law." E
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BEIJING (China). The first church school to be set up in China since 1949 was opened by the Catholic Patriotic Association Bishop, Fu Tieshan of Beijing Xiangbo School, as it is called, is named after the former Jesuit priest and educator, Ma Xiangbo Ma founded the universities of Zhendan and Fudan in Shanghai and the Fujen Academic Society in Beijing, which was to become Fujen University Ma's grand-daughter, Ma Bailing is assistant principal of the new school 0 0
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PRAGUE The passport i—Joffice has refused to issue a passport to Father Frantisek Lizna S.J , one of the best known priests in Czechoslovakia who has served four prison terms, the last two for working as a priest without official permission. The official letter of explanation simply states that it is contrary to state interests that he should travel abroad. This is quite paradoxical in view of attempts by the authorities over many years to persuade him to travel to the West. — Keston College report. E
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Business of Hunger, a documentary film produced by Mary.knoll World Productions, won a blue-ribbon award at the annual American Film Festival. The film, produced in Senegal, the Philippines, Brazil and the Dominican Republic, shows how peasant lands in underdeveloped countries are taken over to grow cash crops for export while the landless peasants go hungry It also shows Americans working for a more just distribution of the world's resources.
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Renewal for marble f acade VATICAN CITY (NC): The marble facade of St Peter's Basilica is undergoing the first extensive restoration in its 350-year history with financial support from the US Knights of Columbus. The project involves repairs to the facade's surface, the 13 statues arrayed along its top, two marble friezes over large clocks on either side, and the 12 supporting columns. It will take a year to complete the work. The cost of the project will be high in labour and materials. Scaffolding for workers has already been erected on one side of the facade. The 390-foot-wide, 150-foothigh structure and its 18-plus statues clearly show need of radical restoration work. The facade has become less resistant to atmospheric agents and increasing pollution. Plans call for replacing the statues' iron supports with stainless steel bands, strengthening the moulding around windows, and sealing cracks in the marble with special chemicals.
Bishops urging liberty SANTIAGO: Chile's Catholic bishops have asked their military gov-
ernment to allow greater freedom of the Press.
"We wish for our existence the necessary liberties, especially of the Press and opinion, be returned so we may be permitted to have a constructive and repectful dialogue," said a statement issued by the Chilean bishops' conference. T he statement was issued a day after the government announced it was ending the state of siege it imposed last November following a series of protests which were organised by political and labour groups seeking a return to an elected form of government.
The Knights said they became involved in the project following conversations involving Supreme Knight Virgil C. Dechant. Archbishop Zanini and Count Enrico Galeazzi, chief architect for Vatican City buildings who also has been the Knight's chief representative at the Vatican for 50 years.
El El A spokesman said no estimate of the cast to be borne by the Knights has been made. He said the organization plans to pay the cost of work or materials which are beyond the Vatican's resources. Smaller restoration projects, chiefly for safety purposes. have been carried out at various times in the basilica's history. In the first half of the 19th century, iron support bands were placed around the statues — of Christ, St John the Baptist and 11 of the 12 apostles — atop the facade. The statue of St Peter is in front of the basilica. Rust has made the bands no longer capable of providing support.
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Over -crowded parishes, ignorance
VATICAN CITY (NC) — Religious ignorance, parishes too big and liturgies too formal leave some Catholics vulnerable to the appeal of sects some 30 bishops conferences told a 1984 survey on the activity of sects undertaken by the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. The survey challenged episcopal conferences to say "what is lacking" in pastoral
Vulnerable to 'sects' plans that leaves Catholics "so vulnerable to the action of sects." Among the bishops' responses, were "religious ignorance, an absence of community life and feeling, the great extension of parochial communities, and too-formal liturgical practice." The bishops also suggested
that "deep and authentic inculturation" might be a solution to the problem. They further noted the need to realise the international dimension of some sects and warned of the "political and economic connection" of many of them and "their use of psychological pressure."
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John Paul II on abortion
CITY VATICAN (NC) — Pope John Paul II has publicly criticised Catholics who favour legalised abortion. Such Catholics show "a lack of knowledge or a lack of conviction that, from the very moment of conception, there already exists a being distinct from the mother, subject to inalieniable rights," the pope said to a group of Colombian bishops.
CI CI El Abortion is banned in Colombia. but there has been public discussion in legalising it. The pope asked the bishops to help protect family life by opposing divorce and "the unsettling problem of abortion."
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THE KIMBERLEYS or the Diocese of Broome is the far North-West part of Australia, almost 3 times the size of Victoria_ A subtropical region, with a 'wet' season through the summer months; of vaned terrain with beautiful beaches but a large part taken up by the Great Sandy Desert. Since 1959 many caring Australians have contributed in no small way to the personal growth and education of the Aboriginal people, as lay missionaries. They have formed close and lasting ties. Others are needed to continue and improve existing services. Needs for 1985: Include Kindergarten. Primary, Secondary, Domestic Science Teachers, D.C. Nurses, Clerks/Typist, Hostel Assistants, Handymen, Carpenter, Tradesmen, etc. and those with management abilities. Orientation Course — December 30, 1985 — January 25, 1986. Please Apply: Director, Box 7 P.O., Mittagong, N.S.W. 2575. Telephone: 048-711669.
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PATI The s irit of church's public worshi
CI OD In addition, the chant is an exquisite art form in its own right, a music of such classical eminency that it has endured for centuries. The American St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., in true American style, concentrated on the pastoral application of the research and the music. Its magazine, "Orate Fratres" (now known as "Worship") served as an instrument of continuing education in liturgy for the American clergy and the emerging lay leadership.
ElLI St. John's active sponsorship of liturgical conferences, as well as its participation in others, provided the progressive awareness people needed to appreciate the treasure of participation in the liturgy. Other abbeys and orders and congregations also were involved in the promotion of the liturgical spirit. However, the leadership of two popes advanced the cause in a universal manner. Pius X gave his blessing for the use of chant and urged new music to be written in its spirit. By urging all people to frequent Communion, and asking that children be admitted to Communion at an age much earlier than 12 or 13, this pope set in motion the restoration of the practice of receiving Communion as a regular part of going to Mass. That is common
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practice now, but 90 years ago it was not. Jansenism, a rigorous religious movement origmating in 17th and 18th century France, had corrupted people's idea of receiving Communion. It scared people about their worthiness to take Communion. Pope Pius XII further advanced the cause of the liturgical spirit in his encyclical "Mediator Dei" ( Mediator of God). The most memorable teaching of that document is his statement that "The primary and indispensable source of the Christian spirit is the liturgy of the Church." The pope strongly promoted the need for peoplc to actively participate in the liturgy.
He was not in favor of a spectator attitude at worship. I.iturgy was not intended to be a matter of "letting the priest do it". Yes, the ordained priest is the principal eucharistic celebrant. But all Catholics, by virtue of
their baptism, belong to the priesthood of all the faithful and are called to actively offer prayer and worship at Mass. All these efforts of abbeys and popes came to a head in the Second Vatican Council. So well developed was the liturgical movement by that time that the council fathers were able to agree to a document which became the first one to be published by them. The use of the spoken language of the people, the priest facing the people, the involvement of adult laity, the new look at baptisms, funerals and weddings, the community anointing of the sick, penance services — all grew from the council's positions. What is the spirit of the liturgy as a result of all this? 1. It is communal. At
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By Father Alfred McBride dl liturgy, we worship as Church, as a community, as a people of God. 2. It is both Godoriented and people-conscious. A good liturgy turns our hearts to God as well as to people and their needs. In the latter case we have liturgy that motivates us to works of love and justice. 3. It is an event of faith. Liturgy only makes sense if we believe that at it we will meet the living God, encounter Christ. Our faith opens us both to the meeting as well as to the love and strength Christ gives us.
At the time, the couple were involved in an adult education group at their parish. In conversation with several other couples, they discovered that others shared their concern. And they decided to do something about it together. First, the couples decided to take their children to Masses in several different settings. They continued to participate in Sunday Mass in their parish. But they also decided to take the children to eucharistic celebrations in small chapels and on a few days besides Sunday. The parents hoped that the children would little by little discover more of the meaning in the Mass. They began with a special children's liturgy at a nearby
Catholic university. The priest had a special gift for explaining things in a way that children found absorbing.
There also was the opportunity to participate in some
special home Masses sponsored by their own parish.
Some active participation by all of the people tilled the liturgy as the source and summit of the Church's life. So central is worship to our Catholic experience that the council fathers wrote: 'In the restoration and promotion of the sacred liturgy.., full and active participation by all the people is the aim to be considered before all else."
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A few years ago, a couple decided to pay some close attention to the lessons their three children were learning about the Mass. They wanted their children to grow up with an appreciation of the richness of the Mass. The hope was that the children would come to understand why their parents cared so much about the Mass and its celebration.
Three abbeys, two popes and one council gave Catholics leadership that was needed to make the spirit of the Church's public worship — its liturgy — come alive. The abbeys? All Benedictine, they approached this goal under the aspects of history, music and pastoral practice. The German abbey of Maria Laach led the work in historical research. Father Odo Casel lovingly restored the liturgy of the Easter Vigil, He died suddenly in 1948 while singing the Easter Vigil's hymn on praise to the Easter candle, representing the light of Christ. The French Abbey of Solesmes recovered for the Church the austere yet melodious Gregorian Chant. The chant's spccial value? It was designed to make it possible to sing the texts of the liturgy. So much other music was for hymns whose words either had nothing to do with liturgy or for texts of inferior quality.
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interest in liturgy grew. A t the time it was an "exotic interest." Page belonged to a smallliturgical club which met in a convent's sewing room; its members were subject to considerable ribbing by other students.
The kidding didn't last long, howerwr. Soon the Most Catholics have Vatican Council began, probably never heard of and interest in liturgical John Page. Yet it couldbe But real participation renewal grew widessaid that theypray in his d epends on speaking a pread. During his semiwords at every Mass. common language — nary years, Page's Page is the executive and that depends on a knowledge and love of director of the Internashared experience. Thus /iturgy were nourished tional Commission on what Page and the other by theological studies English in the Liturgy, a experts who serve on and daily chanting of board of representatives ICEL's staff bring to their the Divine Office. Then for 11 national bishops' work, as persons, is an in 1966 Page left the conferences assisted by important resource. seminary. an advisory committee Page, from a family of He earned a master's of specialists. 1 1 children, was raised d egree in English and ICH was establishedby the Catholic bishops in in what he describes as began doctoral studies "a very Catholic environ- in history. He worked at the major English-speaking countries of the ment. "Even as a childhe the Library of Congress world during the Second was fascinated by the and in a department church year, by the way store. And he began to Vatican Council. It was the seasons and feasts worship in a localparish. given responsibility for follow one another the sensitive task of Page describes that time H e attended a Catholic as "an immersion," a translating theprayer of the Church from Latin high school and then new discovery of the into English. Page and joined the Augustinian challenges faced by lay his seven colleages con- Friars, a congregation people in living their founded in the 13th cen- faith, as well as of the tinue this work. tury with a rich liturgical hard work needed to Thefathers of VaticanII, tradition. in the "Constitution on implement liturgical the SacredLiturgy, "idenWhile in college his principles.
Liturgy adapted to local needs By Neil Parent When my wife and I were preparing to marry nearly 10 years ago, we took an active role in planning our wedding liturgy. We carefully selected music and readings and discussed active parts we would play in the liturgy.
We even decided to seat ourselves prominently in front of the altar, facing the congregation. From this vantage point we could warmly welcome our relatives and friends at the beginning of the celebration and later comment on the significance of the day for us. The kind of participation that my wife and I enjoyed at our wedding was not possible before Vatican Council II. In the short span of a few years the liturgy changed, adapting more to local needs and customs. Accordingly, changes were made in the Church's public worship in many areas, including language, music, form and prayers, gestures and the worship environment. Although the changes that stem from Vatican II may have been among the most extensive of the
Church's history, they were not the first of their kind. Changes in the manner and form in which the Church has observed its holy rites have occurred periodically throughout its long history. For instance, sweeping changes were made by the 16th-century Council of Trent, particularly in response to the deteriorating liturgies that were a favorite target of the Protestant reformers. In this century, Pope Pius X called for the faithful to go to Communion at Mass more frequently, a practice that had considerably fallen off in his day. He also allowed children who had reached a certain age to receive Communion. Pope Pius XII began laying the groundwork for many of the changes that were to come with Vatican II by establishing a pontifical commission for the general restoration of the liturgy. During his tenure as pope he introduced changes in Communion fast regulations and revised the Holy Week liturgies. Why the need for periodic renewal in the liturgy? Why can't we settle on a particular form and leave it at that? One reason is that developments occur in the field of theology which eventually need to be expressed in the way the liturgy is observed.
Another reason is that people and their cultures change and develop. Some of the practices and symbols that speak so eloquently to one age may make less sense to a later age. After a while, the liturgy can become overlaid with unnecessary accretions that mask its true significance and beauty. Historical adaptions out of the past may become to be seen as essential
elements of the liturgy rather than the helpful modifications they were meant to be at a particular time. Periodically, these additions, like barnacles on the hull of a ship, need to he stripped away. It was precisely to this point that Pope Pius X spoke in 1913 when he said that the purpose of liturgical reform was to help the liturgy "again appear with dignity and har-
mony as cleansed of the accumulations of age." In renewing its liturgy from time to time, the Church seeks to have it be as meaningful as possible for believers. As Vatican ll's "Constitution on the Sacred liturgy" states: "In the restoration and promotion of the sacred liturgy, the full and active participation by all people is the aim to be considered before all else."
young son, Jehoiachin. succeded him. In 598 Nebuchadnezzar came in person to take charge and uithin two months Jerusalem fell and the cream of the population was taken off into
coalition was formed and a powerful Babylonian army encircled Jerusalem and began to besiege the city. The inhabitants put up stiff resistance for 18 months and their suffering, hunger and thirst are simply unimaginable. It was a time of great trial for Jeremiah too. He kept urging surrender as the only alternative to a horrible fate. and the people turned on him viciously. The Babylonian leader appointed a levelheaded Jew, Gedaliah, as governor of what was left ofJudah, a man who saw eye to eye eith Jeremiah. And then disaster struck again. A member of the royal family who had escaped massacred Gedaliah and his followers. The survivors were frantic. What would the reprisalIv? Finally they turned toJere»Utah and he advised them to remain calm and to stay put. Even this last bit of advice they ignored taking off in panic for Egypt, dragging the prophet with them.
trial of time A ( By Father John Castelot
Jeremiah 's tormentor, King Jehoiakim, was as stupid as he was evil. Anjrne with any knowledge of the situation would have realised the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar was not to be tampered with. But the Egyptian Pharoab Neco was lobbying for revolt against Babylon, and he had the support of a strongpro-EgIptian faction in Jerusalem. About 601 B.C. Jehoiakim joined the rebellion and Nebuchadnezzar sent his troops to teach the upstart a lesson. Death snatched the king from the shame of defeat while the city's defenses were being readied. His
Among them was the priest, Ezekiel, who was to be the prophet of the exile. Nebuchadnezzar set up Jehoiachin's uncle as King and changed his name to Zedekiah. Destined to be the last king ofludah, Zedekiah was an unfortunate u*.akling. The king liked Jeremiah and frequently sought his advice, but his officialadvisers hated theprophet andall he stood for. Caught in the middle, the spineless king bent in whichever direction the forces of the moment pushed him. Jeremiah urro sneeredat as apacifist, a defeatist. Infact the coalition did not take shape and its failure to do so may well have been due to the forcefulness of Jeremiab's preaching. But in 588 A.D. a new
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Not many Australian grandmothers "take off' for the Indian Missions — but I have found one who did! Hidden away on 20 acres out from Chidlow lives an interesting woman whose married background is steeped in art, aviation, and recently — Indian mission work! Western Australian Anne Boyd is the widow of John a'Beckett Penleigh Boyd (nicknamed "Pat"). She was a young Melbourne based TAA hostess in the forties and he was a test pilot with the same company. Their marriage meant an end to her 18 months flying career and the merging into a well known Victorian family that for three generations has boasted famous artists, potters, architects and authors. Pat, although an artist himself, spent most of his time test flying in various parts of Australia and abroad, and had little time to devote to his painting. Anee and Pat had three children, one boy and two girls. On Pat's retirement in 1974, the family moved from Victoria to Chidlow where they became involved with horses — a lifetime love of their daughter Annabelle. Anne became an Art Gallery guide in 1978, a position she holds today. However, for as long as she could remember, Anne had a
Janaki, a victim of cerebral palsy ... at Mithra
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deep desire to "'get away from it all — to do something different. One has romantic dreams about what one could do other than being tied to a kitchen sink , Anne said. She felt attracted to the community aid abroad programs in the 'sixties but with child-raising and a sick husband, she nurtured but, by necessity, forestalled that dream until Pat's death in 1981. With children well-grown and a freedom now to fulfil that desire, Anne's chance came. The point — 'Where to go and to do what?!" Listening to Olive Allerton speak on the radio one morning, commenting on her own working involvement with the Salesians in Madras, Anne made her decision. "I decided if Olive could do such work at the age of 69, arthritic and on crutches, then so could [Anne wrote to Sister Theodore at the Mithra mission, stating she was keen to help if needed and had a typewriter and a sewing machine.
Record reporter, COLLEEN HOWARD talks with Anne Boyd, a member of Australia's renowned artistic family, who has twice visited a Catholic mission, MITHRA, in Madras, India, to offer her help to the Sisters and the children cared for there.
A granny from WA helps out In India by COLLEEN HOWARD
Sister wrote back and said -Bring sewing your machine." Anne left for Madras in February 1984 and stayed there for seven and a half months. "From that time on, apart from initially teaching. I mended children's clothes at Mithra (pants wear out very rapidly when they are forced to drag themselves along on their bottoms)."
CI D Mithra — the Madras Institute To Habilitate Retarded Afflicted — also means "friendship" in Sanskrit (the ancient and sacred language of India). rt was started by the Indian Catholic Archbishop of Madras, about eight years ago. There are other places too, similar to Mithra. "With a population of 750 million people, which adds the pop-
The pedal-powered bus for Mithra children.
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ulation of Australia every year, there are a lot of cripples and afflicted people in India," Anne commented_ Sister Theodore who heads the mission, left Queensland 34 years ago and has worked in India since. She became the archbishop's secretary, working in different places in India, and is "a woman of great organisational capacity," said Anne. "I left Mithra in September after seven and a half months however, because my health was poor. "The heat was quite extraordinary and I'd contracted various viruses, one of which lingered until my cure here in Australia." It caused Anne nausea when eating food and consequently "when I returned I had a rather spectral and gaunt look!" Nevertheless with the
return to good health and additional weight, the urge to go back again took hold and Anne returned to Madras in early March, stayed for three months and arrived back in Australia at the beginning of June. Her account of the Mrthra set-up was interesting. It is a five acre compound, walled all around to keep out foraging buffaloes. There are three main buildings.
DLIEJ One is the administration centre and contains specialists' rooms. The second is the children's home. A single storeyed building built around a courtyard, consisting of three dormitories, a dining room and with some accommodation for the assistants. It has Western plumbing — a great health asset and a
Renewal for old Roman facade
Mithra —the Madras Institute To Habilitate Retarded A fflicted — also means "friendship" in Sanskrit (the ancient and sacred language of India). It was startedby the Indian Catholic Archbishop of Madras, about eight years ago. There are other places too, similar to Mithra. "With a population of 750 million people, which adds thepopultion of Australia every year, there are a lot of cripples and afflicted people in India," Anne commented Sister Theodore who heads the mission, left Queensland 34 years ago and has worked in India since.
From page 7 The restoration will not noticeably lighten the facade's brownish colour, thus maintaining the appearance of antiquity. Unlike other historical monuments in Rome, the basilica has been protected from the ravages of auto exhaust because St Peter's Square keeps traffic at a distance. The facade, made of travertine marble, is designed around five entrances separated by columns more than -0 feet high. Five large balconies, with smaller columns and balustrades, are built above the doors. The central balcony. the most familiar of the architectural features, is the one from which the senior cardinal deacon announces the election of a pope. [I]
novelty for many of the children. The third building with an adjacent kitchen, is where Sister Theodore lives. The mainly Indian staff, are paid a nominal wage. The chief income source for the mission is from private donations and friends abroad and within Australia. The Indian Government itself only gives one or two specific grants, calipers is one and Mithra manufactures these for the benefit of the children and for purchase by outsiders. Abot 40 to 50 children are catered for at a time at the mission with an additional 20 to 30 scholars brought daily by an Oxfam bus, to attend the school and also for physiotherapy, on a pay-as-youare-able basis.
Two years ago, at Sister Theodore's instigation, Sister Patricia Power from Adelaide brought over the Charles Bliss system of education from South Australia, having spent three months studying its application. It has been introduced into Mithra with marked success. Anne quoted a case of an afflicted child who in a short space of time has made remarkable progress. The Bliss system has a series of magnetic backed plastic letters on a magnetic board, so children with, for example, cerebral palsy, can move — albeit with physical
difficulty — the letters to form a word, being utterly unable to articulate any words. Anne is a cultured woman who says she finds playing mahjong and bridge "rather boring!" Let's face it — she's a Grandma with a difference! I don't know many who the age of 65 are irresista attracted to exhaustin heat, alien food and separatio from family with a combination o viruses thrown in as an added bonus. But Anne is.
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Above the facade's central door is a bas relief carving entitled "Christ Handing Over the Keys to St Peter" The Knights of Columbus have assisted the Vatican in previous basilica projects. In 1982, the Knights paid for the enlarging of a Polish chapel in the grottoes to commemorate the sixth centennial of the creation of a shrine in Jasna Gora, Poland. to Our Licly of Czestochowa, the madonna especially revered by Poles
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I [ = Eight Indian teachers tutor daily and there are twiceweekly visiting physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, two doctors, a paediatrician, psychoanalyst and orthopaedic surgeon, plus a full time doctor who is also available to the villagers. 'The standard of Mithra is very high," Anne said. "Mainly these children come from very poor circumstances, and whose homes are earthen floor huts." There are a lot of polio affected children so they are taught how to use the artificial aids for their wasted limbs and usually spend about eleven months there. Mithra, although Catholic originated, is non-denominational and the volunteers represent diverse nationalities, religions, ages and backgrounds
The pope also delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" blessings at Christmas and Easter from the balcony. The top story of the facade has eight square windows, decorated with small pilasters and surmounted by a balustrade. Atop it, at each end, is a clock, 12 feet
Sister Mary Theedore conducts the children in a song to celebrate Independence Day at Mithra.
Although divorce is not a legal right in Colombia, where more than 95 percent of the 27.8 million population is Catholic, Colombians who obtain divorces in other countries and remarry are recognised as married. "Many people, even Catholics, adopt permissive positions on legal matters under the pretext of guaranteeing a better health program and of preventing the evils which arise from clandestine abortions," the pope said. They even cite "the problems of an unwanted child, the social rejection of unwed mothers, of deficient health and the had economic situation of families:. he added. Such Catholics forget abortion is "a grave violation of the law of God" and that life is -the first among the fundamental rights of the human being." the pope saul.
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Problem of unemployed "Pride and lack of knowledge is often the reason why young unemployed people stay at home just watching television all day" says Frances Spence the new full time worker at the YCW office. Frances co-ordinates the Perth YCW activities among the unemployed. Since leaving school 12 years ago Frances has spent more than three years without a full time job. She now tackles her present job with the knowledge of personal experience. Frances completed her schooling at St Brigid's Lesmurdie where her interests were tom between the arts and sciences. After leaving school, Frances set off to see Australia travelling as far as Queensland — by that dubious means, hitchhiking. On returning to the West her career in the working world can best be descnbed as interesting and vaned. Her many jobs have included running an Oscar child minding centre, reading the Kalgoorlie television news, and co-ordinating the daily TV programs, a stint with the public service, the mining industry and waitressing have given her a breadth of experience. During three years of u nemployment, Frances learnt the hard way of coping in a competitive business world by struggling to set up her own silk screening business. It did little for the bank balance but was great for ones self esteem. "You could say I was poor but growing fast in self esteem." Today that experience has been invaluable in trying to identify, work with and encourage young unemployed people. Francis is extending her artistic talents by study at night school and takes an active interest in
social issues. She believes that the world is marching forth with little regard for the consequences of its decisions. Many decisions are destructive of both people and the environment. "Technology should be controlled by people and not vice versa. We must learn to say no to those changes
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Dear Friends, Good wishes for International Youth Year "Always be prepared to make a defence to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you.".' I address you young people at the beginning of the present year. The United Nations International Youth Year, is of great significance, first of all for yourselves, and also individuals, communities and the whole of society. It is of particular significance also for the Church, as the custodian of fundamental truths and values. The Church attributes special importance to the period of youth as a key stage in the life of every human being. You young people are the ones who embody this youth you are the youth of the nations and societies, the youth of every family and of all humanity; you are also the youth of the Church. We are all looking to you, for all of us, thanks to you, in a certain sense continually become young again
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International Youth Year 'SS
YCW activity is more than socials and having a good time as vouched by Frances Spence a recent new arrival new full time worker at the Cardijn Centre North Perth. Since April 15, Frances has been employed by the Perth YCW movement with the assistance of a Community Employment Program (CEP) Grant as Unemployed person's co-ordinator. Keeping in touch by phone is one of the daily tasks for Frances. which will hurt people and destroy our world." "A new understanding of work is desperately needed — an education to creative use of leisure will be paramount for future generations. "A short working week and longer creative holidays is one way of easing the long dole queue." Frances wishes that more unemployed youth within easy transport reach of the North Perth Area knew about and accepted the
challenge to take part in the YCW self help groups. From small beginnings they have established the foundations of a silk screening co-operative based at the YCW Office. The lack of suitable premises is a hinderance to set up the equipment. It's not so bad in the warm weather, but winter precludes any outdoor activity. Should you know anyone that could benefit from this new YCW initiative please ring 328 9667.
So your youth is not just your personal property or the property of a generation it belongs to the whole of that space that every man traverses in his life's journey, It is a special possession belonging to everyone. It is a possession of humanity itseff. In you there is hope, for you belong to the future, just as the future belongs to you. For hope is always linked to the future, it is the expectation of "future good things". As a Christian virtue, it is linked to the expectation of those eternal good things which God has promised to man in Jesus Christ. This hope, as both a Christian and a human virtue, is the expectation of the good things which man will build, using the talents given him by God. In this sense the future belongs to you young people, just as it once belonged to the generation of those who are now adults. Together with them it has become the present reality. Responsibility for this present reality and for its shape lies first of all with adults. To you belongs responsibility for what will one day become reality together with yourselves, but which still lies in the future.
EEC] When we say that the future belongs to you, we are thinking in categories of human impermanence, which is always a journey towards the future. When we say that the future depends on you, we are thinking in ethical categories, according to the demands of moral responsibility, which requires us to attribute to a person the fundamental value of human acts, resolves, undertaking and intentions. This dimension is also a dimension proper to Christian and human hope. And in this dimension the first and principal wish that the Church expresses for you young people, through my lips, in this Year dedicated to Youth, is this: that you should "always be prepared to make a defence to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you" I Peter
3:15. NB. * The Pope usually uses the royal plural — "we" but often says "I".
On Palm Sunday in this International Youth Year Pope John Paul II issued a special message to the youth of the world. Like many of the pope's messages they are not brief. This one is over 13,000 words. The following is edited extract the first of a series.
TV compere for a quiz Armchair winners of big prizes on "Sale of the Century" can pit their wits against Tony Barber — Australia's number one quiz king — later this month. Tony Barber is coming to WA. He will compere a charity quiz night at the Perth Function Centre (corner James and Stirling Sts) on Monday, August 19. Door prize is a return trip for two to Bali flying Qantas and accommodation courtesy of Professional Travel Services.
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Guide to camps
T he Department for Sport and Recreation has revised its popular guide to inexpensive community group accommodation — Standing Campsites in Western Australia. Nearly 100 campsites offering varying styles of accommodation for community groups such as youth clubs, sports clubs and church organisations are listed in the latest edition. T he booklet incorporates maps and is in an easy reference format. Full details are given of c atering facilities, r ecreation facilities, charges costs and other useful information.
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Grail Quest. Voyage of Terror. by J.H. Brennan, published by Armada.
$3.95. Avalon is under attack. The Saxon hordes are advancing aginst the kingdom and the magic sword Excalibur, defender of the realm, has vanished. But a freak accident of Merlin's magic transports you to ancient Greece — far from the desperate battle against the invaders. Cast adrift aboard a vessel of dazzling gold and stripped of your weapons and magic spells, you must confront a host of hideous enemies. Can you overcome the gigantic, one-eyed Cyclops, the loathsome Harpy, the hammer -wielding Vulcan, and the animated corpse of a rotting Mummy — and then navigate your way through Time back to Avalon? This Grailquest fantasy adventure gamebook will put your role-playing skills to the ultimate test, for only the most powerful heroes will survive the Voyage of Terror . .
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But Martini by June Counsel, published by Penguin, $11.95. Lee, Lloyd, Billy and Angela see nothing to look forward to on their first morning back at school. At least, not until Martin appears. The four friends are different, but Martin is very, very different. And he is such fun! Things familiar and unfamiliar are skillfully contrasted in this lively picture book. Even the alien Martin bears qualities to be recognized in every child. Ages 2-5. Ghosts At Large. by Susan Price. published by Faber and Faber, $12.95. Mortals and various celestial beings, devils and the Headless Boggart are only some of the characters who roam restlessly through this collection of ghost stories. Aided by Alison Price's illustrations, there is a matter-of-factness in the retelling of these twelve traditional tales, which gives the reader an uneasy sense that they may be quite true! Ages 8-12. A Time To Laugh, edited by Sara and Stephen Corrim published by Penguin, $4.95. This popular collection of funny stories draws on many times and lands to introduce themes which delight children (and adults) the world over. Folktales are well represented and these are some more recent characters like Eeyore and Mrs Pepperpot, made even funnier by Gerald Rose's illustrations. Ages 7 +
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Dear Zoo. by Rod Campbell, published by Penguin. $4.95. "I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet." And the zoo sends a series of various creatures but none of them seems quite right until we lift the flap on the final page! Surprises abound in this delightful picture book, with clear print and simple, bold illustrations. Ages 2•5 Edith Jackson, by Rosa Guy. published by Puffin,
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Restoring Thomas More:A Biography, by Richard Marius published by Alfred A. Knopf (New York, 1984), $22.95. R eviewed by Father R ichard F. Costigan, SJ "Most previous biographies of Thomas More," says the dust jacket on this large handsome new volume, "have sought to prove him a saint," but Richard Marius here "seeks to restore the man." "Restore the man" is a bit of an understatement, as massive scholarship employed to achieve a sternly realistic portrayal is marred by the author's own tendency to go at times beyond his data. But the book does have the merit of
Anything School Can Do You Can Do Better, The story of a family who learned at home, by Maire Mullarney, published by Fontana, $5.95. R eviewed by Roslyn R oss. One can only admire Maire Mullamey. She taught all 11 of her children at home until they were eight or nine. While neither she nor her husband had any teaching experience when they began, I suspect that both must have had a natural gift. They were inspired by the writings of Maria Montessori. While few of us are likely to have 11 children to begin with and even fewer still are
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being a very comprehensive and well-written study of a complex and memorable person. Long before he was canonised by Pope Pius XI in 1935, Thomas More was revered as one of the prime exemplars of a man devoting great talents to the service of the Christian faith in public as well as private life, and courageous enough to give his life rather than betray that faith. King Henry VII had raised More to his highest ministry, Lord Chancellor of England, but then pursued policies
that More, with good reason, believed were seriously wrong. Marius' book does many things well, producing from years of meticulous research an amazingly detailed account of More's education, marriage, entire public life and involvement in religious controversy, and his literary output, all interestingly written. The reader, and the Catholic community, are indebted to Marius, a professional historian and an editor to More's works, for assembling and organising
ore' of the an! all this research in such a readable way. But the truly critical reader will withhold applause for Marius' tendency to assume fuller knowledge of More's inmost thoughts, feelings and intentions than even this extensive research can sustain. This would hold true even if Marius' interpretations were favourable to More rather than unflattering as they generally are.
Most striking and most pervasive is his reading of More's hostility to heretics. All of us today are not simply dismayed but horrified at the treatment meted out to heretics at that time, and there should never be any whitewashing of the Catholic Church's and Thomas More's acceptance of this. But Marius attributes to More, in his inmost soul, a hateful vindictiveness
toward those regarded as heretics that goes beyond what he is able to cite in the documents. Scholarship really requires a more reserved kind of reporting. But it is clearly legitimate to write a revisionist history of a saint, for the saints and the Church are not served well by renditions that omit mention of their mistakes or gloss over their human frailty.
Prayers For A Lifetime, by Kari Rahner, edited by Albert Raffelt, published by Crossroad (New York, $12.50. 1984),
Reviewed by Father Jay C. Haskin.
this birthday present into a farewell gift. This work contains 44 prayers for all phases of Father Rahner's life and includes eight previouly unpublished prayers including what is believed to be the final prayer he composed, Prayer for the Reunion of All Christians.
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likely to undertake the task of teaching them, Maire Mullarney's book offers some valuable insight into children and their learning instincts. She also gives practical advice on the methods, books and aids which worked for her. The story begins in the late forties when Maire Mullamey's first child was born. Home was a remote cottage in the Irish countryside — where lighting was by candle and oil lamp and water from barrels placed around the house. Teaching the children at home started out of sheer necessity as the nearest school was several
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prehensive home education system. A fter the birth of their sixth child the family moved to a large house on the edge of Dublin city. School was now far more accessible but, having discovered the delights and rewards of home learning the Mullameys continued to educate their children at home. In Anything School Can Do You Can Do Better, the author does not explicitly encourage parents to keep their children away from school but offers a teaching programme which starts at birth and can continue whether or not
Prayers For A Lifetime appeared originally on the occasion of Father Rahner's 80th birthday, and his death shortly thereafter turned
the child later goes to school. The main areas where sound and practical advice are offered are reading and maths (largely based on the Montessori method). The Mullarneys never intended to keep their children out of school for the whole of their education, and each child started formal school at approximately eight years of age. None of the children experienced any difficulty in settling into a formal eductional system and all did well academically. Nine went on to further university education and are pursuing challenging and interesting careers.
As a collection of private prayers these prayers are entitled to be subjective, possibly rendering the author vulnerable as they express human emotion, but they should rather be viewed as one man's journey as a Christian, Jesuit, retreat master, philosopher and theologian. There is a special richness in the prayers concerning Christ's passion and the meditative prayers on the seven last words of Christ. While they are appropriate at any time their suitability for prayer on Good Friday is obvious. Prayers for a Lifetime confirms that his life was worthwhile. Father Rattner, thank you for sharing your life of prayer with us.
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What are other people's jobs really like. Gloria Frydman sets out to attempt to answer that question in What's YourJob Like, published by Dove Communications. 59.95. She talks to 27 people . . . from film producer, to shop assistant. pilot and artist about their :cork. She discusses such things as training, experiences, daily routines, hopes and ambitions. Gloria Frydman u.as born in 1943 in Melbourne. Her first book. Poles Apart was published in 1984 and was commended in the 1984 Wilke Literary .4uard. A collection of her short stories was commended In the 1983 Alan Marshall Book of the Year A ward.
new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new title % Author! Author!Extracts from The Author, by Richard Findlater, published by Faber and Faber, $18.95. Nearly a century of British authorship from the inside is reflected in this anthology of extracts from The Author. Since its foundation 94 years ago as the monthly organ of the Society of Authors this journal has come to occupy a unique place in the annals of twentieth-century writing. Richard Findlater describes the book as "a personal choice of personal voices", rather than a chronicle of issues and campaigns, though these are outlined in his introduction and form the background to his illustrious cast. Romanticism and Realism, The Mythology of Nineteenth Century Art. by Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner, published by Faber and Faber,
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Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner make this their springboard in their thoroughly refreshing and per-
suasive re-examination of the conceptual background to some of the major 19th century artistic movements. Charles Rosen, pianist and scholar, is the author of The Classical Style, a celebrated book which won him the US National Book Award. Henri Zerner is Professor of Fine Art at Harvard and Curator of Prints at the Fogg Museum of Art. The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary, edited by RosalindFergusson, published by Viking, $34.95. The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary is an indispensable companion for rhymsters everywhere: from lyric poets to limerick writers; from songwriters to composers of commercial jingles and slogans. Compiled with the assistance of a computer, this dictionary is based on phonetic principles and not merely on the spelling of words. Cities And The Wealth of Nations, edited by Jane Jacobs, published by Viking $29.95. In this important work,
Jane Jacobs argues that ‘irtually all economic life, no matter how geographically remote from cities, depends on cities to maintain or change it. Why do some economies prosper and others languish? This provocative work of economics discusses the principles of economic life. Ranging widely, Cities and the Wealth of Nations suggests the possibility that intelligence and ingenuity might enable cultures and civilizations to elude economic, political and social breakdowns. Lost Ireland, by Lawrence O'Connor, published by Viking, $29.95. Through the reproduction of photographs from the O'Connor collection, Lost Ireland illustrates many aspects of a country about to undergo radical change at the turn of the last century. Its dramatic and revealing pictures take us through Dublin and the town and countryside of rural Ireland, and beyond the Shannon river to the West Coast that inspiceF1 yeats ,ancl Synge.
With the vivid truth of the camera's eye, the beauty and tragedy of a lost way of life is uncovered. Ragged Rick And Struggling Upward, by Horatio Alger Jr. Edited by Carl Bode, published by Penguin, $5.95. Long unavailable, these two classics tell similar ragsto-riches stories and helped establish Alger as part of American literary mythology. Medicines, A Guide for Everyone, Fifth Edition, by Peter Parish, published by Penguin, $11.95. A unique guide to medicines written in ordinary language for the ordinary reader yet indispensable to anyone involved in health care — nurses, pharmacists, opticians, social workers and even doctors. Maternity Rights Handbook, Second Edition. by Ruth Evans and Lyn Durward, published by Penguin, $9.95. An exceptionally comprehensive handbook, designed to help expectant mothers and their partners cope with
the different, often bewildering, stages of pregnancy and parenthood. The Limits Of Soviet Power, TheKremlin's Foreign Policy — Brezhner to Chernenko, by Jonathon Steele, published by Penguin, $8.95. In this brilliant critique of recent Soviet foreign policy, Jonathan Steele takes a hard look at Moscow's record and argues that, while its military power has grown in the years since Khrushchev, its political influence has declined. Punishment, The Supposed Justification. by TedHondericb, published by Penguin, $9.95. Offering his own stimulating analysis on the subject of punishment, Ted Hondericil opens up a whole host of moral questions and considerations with serious social and political implications for us all. This edition published with a new postscript. Theories Of Existence, by T.L.S. Sprigge, published by Penguin, $7.95. In this lucid, entertaining and refreshingly incisive w l
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book, the author looks at the alternative explanations of the metaphysical dilemma as offered by philosophers down the ages. Working For Ford, by Huw Beynon, published by Penguin, $12.95. Working for Ford describes just what it is like to work in a car factory, very often in the words of the workers themselves. Addressing issues such as work, jobs, politics and trade unionism. Working for Ford is an important study of industrial relations today. The Knight, The Lady And The Priest, The Making of Modern Marriage in Medieval France, by George Duby, published by Penguin, $12.95. George Duby examines the vital period during which the Church began to appropriate marriage, changing the whole fabric of life and creating many of the law's we accept unquestioningly today. Mont°, by Micbael Ende, published by Penguin,
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By the author of the worldwide bestseller The Neverending Story, Momo is a spellbinding novel and a remarkable book. A combination of modern allegory and contemporary fairy-tale, it is an unforgettable story of the clash between good and evil. What The Dickins! by Barry Dickins, published by Penguin, $5.95 Barry Dickins' writing has established him as the rather zany, eccentric voice of the wag in the pub. His true Australian wit comes through in this hilarious stumble through everyday Australia. Conditions Of Music, by Alan Durant, published by MacMillan London, $18.95. A comprehensive account of four areas of repeated and continuing argument within the broad sphere of music. They are music as a language; appeals to 'classical' music; tunefulness and dissonance and combinations of sound and vision in performance and reproduction.
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TENNIS It was with much sadness that we learnt of the tragic death last week of Jonathan Messer. The Messer family has conii tributed much to Catholic tennis and the loss has hit us all. Jonathan may not be remembered for his prowess on the tennis court but he was a consistant performer who participated whole heart edly in all association activitleS. He was a competitor in the inaugural Andy Fanowrios Memorial Tournament for juniors and attended national carnivals from the ripe old age of eleven. His caring attitude and smiling face will certainly be remembered. Our deepest sympathies go out to John and Leonie Messer and family. 1 1110 A round robin tournament has been organised for the women on Saturday August 17 and 24 Depending on the number of entries the competition MI be divided into A and B grades. Each team will consist of two players who will play one set of singles and a set of doubles in each rubber Ft is proposed each team will play two rubbers in an after noon Women interested in playing are asked to contact Jack Eastcott on 328 6860. Entries will close on Sunday August 11. There will be no entry fee but each player will pay $2.00 S.ll fee each week. This tournament will be an ideal opportunity for women to get in some practise before the annual championships. LJULi Rain washed out all bar two matches in this week's tures. Pignatellt had to fight hard to overcome a determined Wil-
letton team in the B grade competition to win 6 sets 47 games to 4 sets 45 games. In the C grade, Greenwood 6 sets 53 games defeated Queens Park 4 sets 40 games. With two matches to play the premiership tables are as follows: A Grade 6 Queens Park 4 Lynwood 4 Willetton 2 Pignatellt B Grade 7 Pignatelli Applecross 4 4 Dianella Willetton II C Grade Greenwood Pignatelli Queens Park Willetton The top two division will play off in the final. ILE The annual general meeting of the association is to be held on Sunday August 11 at 4.30 pm at the Pignatelli tennis club, Attadale. The agenda for the meeting will be as follows: • minutes of the 1984 AGM • business arising • president's report • treasurer's report • general business. There will be no election of office bearers this year as the present office bearers took on a two year term because of the planntng for the forthcoming carnival. Prior to the AGM a medal tournament day has been organised to commence at 1 pm. All association members and friends are welc,ome to play. Women are requested to provide a plate of afternoon tea.
CLERGY TOP SEEDS Perth and Bunbury priests travelled to Geraldton last week for the clergy winter sports tournament that included gotf and tennis. Pictured in the tennis tournament are (from left) rear: Fathers Brian O'Loughlin (Yokine), and Foster (Attadale), Bishop Hickley, and Monsignor Barden (Rangeway), Father Doyle (Willetton) and Monsignor Keating (Highgate). front: Fathers Ly (Hamersley), Petry (Bedford), Davis (VVilletton)
REMEDIAL SPELUNG A well knovvn pioneer in the area of Remedial Reading and Spelling, Monsignor C.J. Duffy is in the Mater Hospital, Sydney, after an accident in which he suffered severe scalding of the nght hand and abdomen. He is well known to a wider circle of teachers and parents through the Duffy Remedial Reading Centre, now at 14 Rowland Street, Subiaco The Director of the Reading Centre, Mrs Judith Gleeson, asks for prayers for Monsignor Duffy's recovery. HIROSHIMA DAY VIGIL Catholics for Peace will hold a vigil on the lawn area outside the front of Council House, St George's Tce, Perth on Hiroshima Day commencing at midnight on August 5 and ending at midnight on Augus-t 6. It will be a tirne of prayer, reflection, singing and letter writing. Please bring a bible, a stool or deck chair and where possible a gas lantem. If you can play a musical instrument then bring that along to help with the singing. For further information, please ring 361 4981. SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH MacKillop Mass Priests, religious, parents and friends, past and present students are invited to celebrate the Eucharist in memory of our foundress Mary MacKillop at the Redemptorist Church, Vincent Street, North Perth at 7.30pm on August 8.
COLLEGIUM MUSICUM BACH PASSION CONCERT The University Collegium Musicum Choir, under its new conductor, Richard Gill, is to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach vvith a performance of the St. John Passion. II The St. John Passion is normally sung by large choirs; to achieve a grand sound. R ecent research however reveals that this was never the case in the time of Bach: smaller choruses and orchestras were the order of the day. Even the present size of Collegium Musicum is too big to achieve the truly subtle effects. The choir will be accompanied by the Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra and the soloists will include Terri Johnson, Megan Sutton, James Malcolm and Cornelius de Munck. The performance will take place on August 10th in the Music Auditorium of the W.A. Academy of Performing Arts, Mount Lawley. Enquiries to Barbara Hillier — 3891441.
PRIEST'S ORDINATION The ordination to the priesthood of Deacon Patrick Lim will take place on August 24. Archbishop Foley will celebrate the ordination Mass in St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, at 10.00 am. The priests and people of the archdiocese are invited to take part in the ordination.
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DOCIOODE "Christian Growth Through God's Word" is the theme of a mini-conference to be held in Gosnells, Friday and Saturday August 16 and 17 at Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament church, 175 Corfield Street. Speakers will be Father Bob Cardon from the Franciscan Priory in Midland and Norma Woodcock from Group 50. Talks will be given on Commitment, Growth and Conflict including Adolescence, and Healing of Relationships in and outside the family. The conference starts with a rally Friday eveniI. at 7.30 lasting about two hours.
MERREDIN MAJELLAN R ETR EAT A one-day retreat for ladies will be held at St Mary's Catholic Church, South Avenue, Merreclin on Monday August 5. Sister Kathleen Dawe will lead the day which begins at 9.30 am concluding with Mass at 2.30 pm. For further information contact Clare Napolitano, phone 090-411517
More what's on page 12 SURVIVE AMBULANCE HELPS PEOPLE SURVIVE The Survive vehicle purchased with donations by the Catholic parishioners of Perth has reached New Guinea. Brother Gam/ Hill OFM reports that the vehicle has already covered 5000km on services such as hauling medical supplies to villages, clinics for children, outstation clinic visitation, transferring cases to Wewak hospital and transporting labour cases from the villages to •il The presence of the vehicle, besides being a morale booster has created a reassurance of the vital link of faith between She Catholic Church and the Melanesisian people, Brother Hill said. The Knights of the Southern Cross committee thanks the people who supplied this vehicle and the Survive ambulance sent to Pakistan last year.
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Archdiocesan Calendar
ll AUGUST 7 Archbishop Foley wiIII II I attend in Sydney the Central Commission of the Australian Bishops' Conference. AUGUST 10 Confirmation, Whitfords, Archbishop Foley. AUGUST 11 Confirmation, Mundaring. Bishop Healy. AUGUST 13 Confirmation, John XXIII. Monsignor Keating. AUGUST 15 Opening of Parliament. Archbishop Foley. AUGUST 16 Charismatic Conference, Gosnells. Archbishop Foley. AUGUST 18 Confirmation, Gingin. Archbishop Foley. AUGUST 24 Ordination of Deacon Patrick Um.