ETHIOPIA: a progress report Last month Miss Terri Thrower, Executive Secretary of Australian Catholic Relief, and the Reverend James Murray, Religious Affairs Correspondent of The Australian, visited Ethiopia under the aegis of the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat. For lames Murray it was a second visit — he was there in May last year and reported back extensively on the situation — and he was able to compare the present situation with what it was in 1984. See pages 4 and 5.
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Francis Xavier Thomas, Fifth Bishop of Geraldton (1962-1981), died peacefully at his private residence in Geraldton, on Sunday morning August 4, aged 79. In his last hours he was attended by Geraldton priests and comforted by the presence and prayers of his two sisters and devoted housekeeper. Following Bishop Thomas' death, the Archbishop of Perth, Archbishop Foley said the Catholic Church in WA could be truly proud of this bishop, "who gave his life for it." Archbishop Foley said: "With deep respect, I salute Most Reverend Francis Xavier Thomas, a dear friend, a saintly Christian, a priest for 55 years and Bishop of Geraldton for 19.
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"The Pilbara region of his diocese witnessed enormous growth in his term of office and the people who helped develop it knew the love and care of a pastor as he worked to find priests for them to create supportive parish communities. "Whether it was the primary or secondary student in the Catholic Schools and Colleges or the founders of the Catholic Pastoral Institute, all will reflect on his genuine commitment to Religious education. "The religious and priests of his diocese as well as the laity were well aware of his love for their lives and their work "It is the task of others to
Bishop Francis Xavier Thomas, who died on the weekend after more than 50 years a priest, 19 as a bishop. record in detail the achievements of his priestly life and episcopate," Archbishop Foley said. "It is 'who he was' rather than 'what he did' that will remain deepest in the hearts of those who knew Bishop Thomas. "His authentic Christian simplicity and deep love learnt in the prayerful company of the Eucharistic Lord. "His kindness, thoughtfulness and tireless energy endeared him so much to all. "His faithfulness and loyalty to his Saviour and his Church is an example for all to follow. 'Well done good and faithful servant . . come and join in your Master's happiness," Archbishop Foley said. Since his retirement as bishop in July 1981, Bishop Thomas resided in Geraldton. There he continued his
priestly ministry, assisting frequently in the local parishes. In this period he also cared for parishes in more distant parts of the diocese during the temporary absence of priests. Bishop Thomas celebrated the Golden Jubilee of his Priesthood on July 13, 1980. About this time a serious health problem was diagnosed which was alleviated by major surgery. However it was to recur about 14 months ago and his general health deteriorated. He chose to remain at home during his final illness, continuing to be cared for and nursed by Kath Toner, his housekeeper. with the support of Sisters of St John of God who called daily. As bishop, he enjoyed the privilege of a private chapel in his home in Gummer Avenue. He was able to celebrate
Mass up until a week before his death with the daily assistance of Father Pocock. especially during the final four months. Of his near relatives, two sisters Mrs ICath Coughlin of Adelaide and Sister Mary Antonia of Melbourne arrived in Geraldton a few weeks ago and were with him when he died His brother. Father Basil Thomas of Yarrawonga, Victoria, also visited him recently.
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Pope Paul VI conducts a choir of schoolchildren in the shadow of Sydney's Opera House "sails" during his 1970 Australian visit to attend the Eucharistic Congress in Melbourne.
The Newman College Artcenta '85 exhibition and auction has become the state's biggest sale of contemporary paintings and craft. This year's exhibition opening is Friday, August 16 and will be performed by guest artist Milton Moon whose work is among more than 1000 paintings and craft items displayed. Other noted artists included are Pro Hart, Jack Absalom, John Olsen, John Franken, Terry Cousins, Arthur Cartwright and Molly Davies. The exhibition at the college is open to the public, Saturday, August 17 from 10 am to 5 pm, and Sunday, August 18, from 10 am to 4 pm. Admission is $1 with children and pensioners free. Eleven years ago Newman College began running an exhibition of tine art and craft, produced by local, and interstate and international artists, of professional and amateur status. The exhibition has three main purposes: • to raise the level of involvement with art for the community at large. • to give artists and crafts people a place for exhibiting and selling. • to raise money for the College.
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k Few specific details of Pope John Paul's visit to Australia have been worked out, Monsignor Brian Walsh said in Perth last weekend. Many of the specific details would be worked out by Monsignor Walsh and Vatican officials accompanying the pope when they meet in Nairobi during the Eucharistic Congress this week. Monsignor Walsh said there would be a Polish community function to be held in Melbourne.
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the latter part of November next year. "I'm hoping he will go to every state, and his stay in Australia will be minimum of seven days. "Hopefully this will be resolved while I am in Nairobi. "He can be away from Rome only for 13 days. "Seven days in this country, three in New Zealand,
and 11 2 / days each coming and going makes the 13 "I think that is as much as we can expect," Monsignor Walsh said. "Everyone wants to have something new. . something different. "Canada was a perfect example. The Government actually sponsored two Gallup polls . . one six
months and one three months before the pope's arrival . asking the population if they knew he was coming," Monsignor Walsh said. Another opinion poll question asked the people what they would like to attend. Unanimously non-Catholics in particular wanted to be present at the Papal Mass.
New priest About 200 people attended the induction of Father Hugh Galloway (formerly of Mount Barker) as parish priest of the Ongerup Parish. Bishop Peter Quinn officiated with the assistance of Kojonup priest, Father Ian Johnson. The ceremony took place in All Saints Church at Jerramungup, which was built as an ecumenical centre for all the district's Christians. Bishop Quinn commented, during his address, it was beneficial for members of the far-flung parish to welcome their new priest together. He added a priest must attempt to answer needs for all people from small communities to the "City of Ongerup". The Ongerup Parish has eight widely scattered centres from Fitzgerald, Bremer Bay, Gairdner, Wellstead. Borden, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup and Ongerup. Sisters Frances and Helen of St Joseph's Convent, Ongerup, conduct a motor mission. Present at the ceremony were former members of Father Galloway's congrega-
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tion from Mount Barker, Kojonup and Kendenup, while others were there from Tambellup, Grass Valley and Perth. One of the most important visitors was his mother Mrs Galloway. Other denominations joined in the ceremony including Deaconess Dorothy Dowling of the Uniting Church, Jerramungup, Father Tony Murray-Fiest, Anglican Church, Jerramungup and Father John Williams, Anglican minister, Gnowangerup Other visitors were Brother OToughlan and Brother D. Bodman CBC, Albany, Mr Bill Crabtree, Christian Fellowship, Jerramungup and Sister Carla Curran, representing the Provincial of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in WA.
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Pope John Paul's visit to Australia next year will have an enormous effect on every individual in Australia and the Australian community as a whole, regardless of religion, Mons Brian Walsh said in Perth this week. Monsignor Walsh has been appointed by the Church to liaise with the Australian Government and states' authorities in organising the papal visit in November, 1986.
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"Pope John Paul is a very charismatic figure," Monsignor Walsh said. He will come here to see all Australians. "He will give very clown-to-earth talks on a range of subjects — and to a range of groups in the country. "Like he will give one to workers . . he will give one to the diplomatic corps. . . he will give one to the sick . and so on." The pope's Australian visit will be the 29th since his elevation to the Vatican in October, 1978. Monsignor Walsh has been working on the arrangements for John Paul's visit for many months — long before the visit was officially announced. He was present at John Paul's visit to Ireland and Britain, was sent by the Australian Government last year to Canada for the visit there, and earlier this year to Holland and Belgium. For the Canadian visit, Monsignor Walsh was accompanied by representatives of the Prime Minister's Department and national security officers. In Holland and Belgium he travelled through those countries as a member of the official papal suite.
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Beautiful visit Monsignor Walsh said: "I have many Dutch parishioners in my former parish at Dandenong — it's very Dutch — and they have rung and visited me, very apologetic about the way the Holy Father was received in their homeland. "They were very disgusted about it. "I told them there was no need to be disgusted. It was an absolutely beautiful visit." Monsignor Walsh said John Paul in Holland overcame a situation where 82 per cent of the population initially opposed the visit. He said: "He came, he listened to them. "He spoke to them in beautiful Dutch . . where three months before he had no knowledge of the language. "He spoke Dutch in 50 elocutions he gave there in homilies. Homilies which absolutely floored them." Monsignor Walsh said he disagreed papal visits were becoming unfashionable. "The more they go on, the bigger the crowds," he said. "The man just has extraordinary charisma, from the youngest to the oldest." His magnetism for teenagers and youth had mystified many people, Monsignor Walsh said. "I have been to see the Beatles, I saw their concerts. I've been to see Abba, I've been to many groups coming to Australia . . . "None of them can come near the pope for putting youth in the palm of his hand . . . "Everywhere he has been, the youth have a big show for him," Monsignor Walsh said.
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Relief a high uality The massive extent of the Ethiopian famine and the high quality of relief and rehabilitation work being done by the Catholic Church are impressions gained by Terri Thrower, the Australian Catholic Reliefs Executive Secretary. She found many parts of the country, especially in the north to be unbelievably dry and barren. The situation there is so bad many aid workers in the coun-
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try — both expatriates and Ethiopian — believe there is little alternative to the difficult and painful one of resettling people from these areas in more fertile parts of the country.
ODE] Rain brings hardship and hope: In other areas, rains have turned the countryside into a pageant of green. "In Wollaita, for example, the greenery is deceptive, and it comes as a shock to see hungry people in such an appar-
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The Australian Government spends about $1.23 a week for each and every Australian on aid to poor countries. Not much really when you think about the cost of a chocolate bar or a packet of cigarettes. $1.23 doesn't go far in poor countries either. Its about the size of the daily wage for most workers in India. Its all many Third World families have for food each day. In our terms, or in theirs, were not spending much on overseas aid. By comparison, the government spends, per capita, over $13.60 a week on health and education, and $7.37 a week on defence.
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One of the success stories of the relief operation in Ethiopia, according to Ms Thrower, is the effectiveness of high-protein biscuits, made in Australia by Arnotts, and shipped to Ethiopia, either by the Australian Government or by Australian Catholic Relief or other non-government organisations. "The biscuits have an almost miraculous effect. "Health workers report a visible improvement in malnourished children within a week of starting on the biscuits. "One of the advantages of the Australian biscuit is it is self-contained and doesn't have to be combined or mixed with anything. "The biscuits bring severely malnourished children back to a condition in which they can benefit from a broader feeding programme which seeks to improve nutrition," she said.
ently lush environment," said Ms Thrower. "But there was no harvest there last year, and so there were no seeds for planting. "As a result, there are hardly any crops growing now, even though conditions arc improving." The rains, so full of hope for the future, bring hardship in other ways too. The camp at MakeIle, in Tigre Province, has a small tent hospital full of children with pneumonia — a result of the cold and damp. Rain has also turned dust into a sea of mud, hampering the already difficult transport situation.
ODD Church relief operation: "Despite the enormous difficulties," said Ms Thrower, "the Catholic relief operation is very efficient and very extensive." The Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat is using existing Church structures — parishes, hospitals, schools and missions — to distribute relief supplies. They are accepted and trusted by the people and by the Government and have provided advice for other over-
heroism A Christian Transformation from near despair
It is just over one year since I last visited Ethiopia on behalf of Australian Catholic Relief and the Australian Council of Churches. Icame away with an impression of Christian heroism which made me feel ashamed. I also had an ache in my heart that while we would be moved to action, the position was so desperate that it might all arrive too late. But in July,Isaw a transformation in many places from near despair to vibrant hope. Kobbo, a little town in the northern province of Wollo, and among the hardest hit, was a wonderful example. The Catholic compound
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there last year could boast a friary, an orphanage for teenage boys, a convent and a primary school. Beyond lay brown devastation, a dry river bed, no crops of any sort, and 2 patient crowd of 15,000 people waiting for food. The distribution at that time was so meagre as to last for only a day or two at the most.
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How things have changed: Today 18,000 families are given food supplies every month. Coming on a set day, mothers arrive with their children under six years of age, who are weighed and measured and their progress from emaciation to health monitored. Sick children are admitted to the plastic-walled hospital nearby, where doctors from the French organisation, Medicine Without
Last month Miss Terri Thrower, Executive Secretary of Australian Catholic Relief, and the Reverend lames Murray, Religious Affairs Correspondent of The Australian, visited Ethiopia under the aegis of the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat Their visit was to gather information for Australian Catholic Relief, assure the Catholic Secretariat of Australian support, and discover what long-term development projects might need assistance. For lames Murray It was a second visit — he was there in May last year and reported back extensively on the situation — and he was able not only to renew friendships made on that visit, but to compare the present situation with what it was in 1984. Borders supervise the med- was at least getting through; imagine; but the needs of the ical attention. and the whole tenor of the people have overwhelmed past prejudice, and Abba Of course families come camp was hopeful. with their sick children and It was also ecumenical, Ayele, the jovial friar in charge now in Kobbo rejoistay with them until their because on the same Catholic land, the Ethiopian ces in the fellowship of these discharge. Old people, men and Evangelical Church, Mekane other Christians and the cowomen, are given hot food Yesus had a feeding program operation between them is daily by the Ursuline nuns in for children from six to 18 exhilarating. years. So on the Catholic Comthe compound. This church is fundamen- pound now stand the works The Australian wheat, of Save the Children Fund which was one of the grains talist in theology and ecclebeing used, made one feel a siastically as distant from (UK); Medicine Without sort of pride that our food Catholic norms as one can Borders, Catholic Relief
Services, Mekane Yesus, and the local Catholic Church itself Outside a great crowd still waits, but the lament of last year, "In the name of Jesus, in the name of Mary, give us something to eat" which made me unable to speak, for sheer emotion, is now replaced with expectant laughter and excitement, as these families wait their turn for food supplies.
CIO CI Easter was a great celebration as wheat had arrived from Australia, provided through Australian Catholic Relief; and our name stands high in this locality. The food is getting through. Of course, the transportation difficulties remain.
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Seen from the road, the mountains have a beauty which could rival the scenic wonders of the rest of the world, but as home to millions, they are sharp, intimidating embrasures of stone. If the harvest fails there, there is only one option, a trek of athletic challenge for perhaps a hundred or more kilometres. A host of people have died in this attempt; as have many fleeing from the "civil war".
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CIDI Transport a continuing problem: Transport within Ethiopia has become a bigger problem than getting relief supplies to the country. The Catholic Secretariat has a small fleet of trucks which it supplements from time to time by hiring vehicles. Trucks can be purchased from the neighbouring country of Djibouti. Vehicles are available there at reasonable prices and can be brought across the border into Ethiopia with little difficulty. Importing vehicles from further afield has proved difficult and costly. A critical future: "Ethiopia is fighting to be able to improve nutrition for all its people.
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These refugees from famine and disorder are the most pathetic of those still to be seen in Ethiopia_ On the road to Adi Quala an Eritrean town not f-ar from the Sudanese border. stands a bombed-out old villa_ It must once have been a capacious house for one family. Now it is inadequate shelter to 500 families. If the children there still managed a smile and played games, the parents and relations nonetheless, wore faces of solemn sadness. And it is then that one's own helplessness is underlined by an inability to know what to say. In the town itself, an old clinic had become a hospital
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Calls for more aid The Australian Government should substantially increase its aid to Kampuchea, Vietnam and Laos, according to the head of an aid mission which has just returned from Indochina. The five-person mission from the Australian Council for Overseas Aid ( ACFOA) was headed by Mr Graham Alliband. Mr Alliband is the National Director of the Australian Freedom From Hunger Campaign. The devastating effects of past decades of war and political upheaval are yet to be overcome," Mr Alliband said. "Living standards in the three countries are among the lowest in the world.'' The situation in Kampuchea was particularly serious. "Kampuchea was particularly serious. "Kampuchea is facing a severe food shortage. This will become critical in the months before the new rice harvest." Last year's crops had been seriously affected by droughts and floods. Malnutrition is widespread, especially among children. Health conditions are poor and there have been outbreaks of haemorrhaegic fever and an increased incidence of malaria. The mission was asked for Australian assistance in health and agricultural programs as well as English language training. Vietnamese officials had asked Australia to complete the Moc Chau dairy processing plant, an aid project suspended for political reasons by the previous government in 1979, Mr Alliband said. 410
John Edward Dolin was born in Perth, started his education at the Quairading state school, continued it at CBC Terrace and Aquinas College where he was one of the original pupils. He completed it at the University of WA where he gained Master of Economics and Bachelor of Arts (majoring in economics) degrees. He served as a signaller with the AIF in New Guinea during the war, later gained a commission and completed his service in
the Army Reserve as a major. John worked in the family hotel, motel and restaurant business for about 10 years before becoming first a tutor and then a lecturer in the Economics Department of UWA. He worked in Washington for the World Bank for six years and in Melbourne for three years as general manager of the International Finance Corporation before joining the staff of the WA Institute of
Followed a trail to Brazil As a lecturer in economics at the University of WA, John Dolin had sabbatical leave coming up and he wanted to spend about six months overseas studying in his field. So he wrote to felloweconomist John Stone (a Western Australian frequently in the news nowadays) who was then in the upper stratum of the Federal Treasury and Australian nominee on the World Bank board to inquire about possible overseas study opportunities. There was no reply from John Stone but he had obviously sprung i nto action.
Technology from which he has just retired from the position of Deputy-Director (Resources). One of the continuing activities of his retirement is chairmanship of the Archdiocesan Development Fund, and he is also a member of the council of Thomas More College. John and his wife Mildred (nee Warr), of the Mosman Park parish, have two daughters and five sons.
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A regular feature B y BOB BOYLE The next thing to happen was John Dolin got a letter direct from the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC offering him a permanent job on its staff there. He had no hesitation in accepting the invitation which was to lead him to the most interesting six years of his career. The first surprise and a delight to him was the dearth of bureaucracy in the august and powerful institution. John and his colleages were carefully selected from many parts of the world because of their ability (the ability refer-
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However, it has an excellent language laboratory which John found very useful. Although not possessed of the gift of tongues, he must have some talent in that direction. Testimony of this is what happened in the time leading up to his matriculation. He discoverd his strong subjects would qualify him to start on a science degree at UVVA, but to get into the Faculty of Arts where economics was thaught he would have to have a modern language and here his academic cupboard was bare. In 12 hectic months he managed to get up to Leaving pass level in German, a language of which he had no previous knovsAedge. In his early World Bank days he knew that he would be working in Central and South America whete.-SPerileh is thealn'iost-urlivettal totlgue Theesfore he conCentrated on picking up as (milli Spanith 09 he could.
But before long he was assigned to Brazil, the only country in that part of the world where Portuguese is the national language. So it was back to the language laboratory with his nose to the Portuguese grindstone. Now when he tries to speak Spanish only Portuguese comes out.
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trips, but is has proved to be a useful exercise. "It gets your ear attuned to their tongue," he says, "and you develop some sort of a feel for their customs and way of life." John loved Brazil and the Brazilians from the outset. "In the main they are happy people," he says, "and they and their country have some striking similarities to Australians and Australia. "They are keen on outdoor activities such as barbecues and their wonderful Atlantic beeches." The beach part would have appealed to him because his sporting interests hove aiways tended tOwdeds the aqua*. He swArii, Sof the red -andtOecirs for Com years ftnel
rowed in the Head of the River crew, in addition to being captain of the rifleshooting team. Now he does quite a bit of yachting. He found the Catholic Church to be strong in Brazil, but the younger members took little interest in it and the people at Mass were predominantly women. The Brazilians are proud to be one unified race but they spring from an ethnic mix that includes Portuguese, British, Germans, Italians and Japanese. The Japanese first settled years ago mound Sao Paolo as market gardeners but they are npyie stmng in - berickva-
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BONN: Archbishop Johannes Dyba of Fulda, West Germany, has warned Catholics not to be led astray by the vagaries of theological fashion. "theologians come and go, but the Church remains," he said in his sermon on Pentecost. He claimed that these days a number of professors of theology were unfaithful to their mission: instead of leading people to faith they were trying to separate the faith from the Church. He complained that it already sufficed to proclaim the simplest Catholic truths of the faith to be accused of clinging to the traditional views of the past century. GENEVA About 82 per cent of r i Geneva's 180,000 Catholics are in favour of setting up a Catholic diocese of Geneva, according to a survey. The last Catholic bishop was chased out of the city in 1533. The city's Protestant allegiance was confirmed after Jean Calvin moved there, first in 1536 and then, after a brief exile, from 1541 until his death in 1564. Catholic bishops of Geneva continued to be appointed — St Francis de Sales was the best known -- but the city remained firmly outside their influence. Proposals for the establishment of a Catholic diocese vvere firmly rejected 18 months ago by the Reformed Church, whose leadership described the idea as totally unacceptable (The Tablet, December 17, 1983)
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YORK (NC) — Mother Teresa said at a New York conference the unborn child threatened with abortion is one of "the poorest of the poor" her order is committed to serve. She also said her work for the poor left her "no time" for such things as feminism and liberation theology. NEW
The Missionaries of Charity, which she founded in Calcutta and has now expanded into the United States and many other countries, takes a vow to serve "the poorest of the poor." That commitment she said, means members must vvork for the unborn, opposing abortion and trying to prevent it by arranging for adoptions
Precepts in [tare case NEW YORK "Karen Quinlan's tragic accident and her parents persistence in doing what was morally correct has resulted in a clear perception as to how we should treat those in the same situation Karen was in," said the bishop who conducted her funeral. "She had a purpose in life far beyond what we could have suspected," said the bishop. "For nearly one-third of her life," he said, "she was unable to communicate with Joseph and Julia Quinlan, her loving parents, and family, but she has been the subject of exceptional communication and reflection. "Doctors and lawyers, as well as theologians, have centred their attention on her, especially in the first seven months of her comatose state," he added. Miss Quinlan had gone into coma on April 15, 1975, after apparently consuming a tranquiliser and aspirin and having several gin-and-tonic drinks during celebrations of her boyfriend's birthday.
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WARSAW: Non-religious emblems, symbols and slogans will in future be banned at pilgrimages in Poland under new rules adopted by the Polish bishops. Pilgrims will have to have a certificate from their parish priest, and those who fail to recognise the "strictly religious character" of pilgrimages are threatened with exclusion.
She was described as medically brain-dead and when it was clear she would never recover, her parents sought to have her removed from a respirator. A New Jersey Superior Court denied their bid, but the New Jersey Supreme Court overturned the lower court's ruling. Quinlan was Miss removed from the respirator on May 22,1976. The Diocese of Paterson backed the Quinlan's decision, noting that "extraordinary means" were not required to sustain life. "The overriding issue," said Bishop Casey, shortly after a state court hearing on the case in 1975, was the need to distinguish between the lack of obligation to use extraordinary means to sustain life and euthanasia Removing Miss Quinlan's respirator in this case, the bishop said, "is not euthanasia."
Challenge to Religious NEW YORK (NC): Members of religious orders have become "dangerous" because they took the renewal directives of the Second Vatican Council more seriously than they were expected to, Sister Clare Fitzgerald told the National Assembly of Religious Brothers. But she said "we haven't become dangerous enough," and challenged the brothers to give their witness greater credibility by conforming their lives more closely to the Gospel. Sister Fitzgerald is a School Sister of Notre Dame and a former president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
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Sister Fitzgerald said Vatican II called on religious orders to read the Gospel, return to their original charisms and read the signs of the times. "We did dexactly as we were told," she said. Because the orders went back to the "radicalism" of
their founders, she said, they will never be the same. "The toothpaste will never go back in the tube," she said. Sister Fitzgerald described the post-Vatican II experience of religious orders in terms of the Isrealite exodus from Egypt.
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Expansion in Korea SEOUL: (UCAN) — The Catholic Church in South Korea, which Pope John Paul II visited last year, had its greatest increase in 1984. At the end of 1984, South Korea had 1,867,362 Catholics, compared to 1,711,367 in 1983. The 9.1 percent increase of 155,995 is the greatest in Korea's history. Its quite possible Korean Catholics will
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Learning to work within the system for a change By Katharine Bird From 1968 to 1979, Ruby Duncan s upported seven children on welfare.
"Although I had worked all my life," she says, "an injury on the job had made me unable to continue physical labour jobs. I was stuck, with no other skills and no future." Then, in 1972, hope that the future could be different came to Ms Duncan. She and other poor people in her area, with the assistance of a grant from the US bishops' Campaign for Human Development, established Operation Life, a self-help project "to help us gain control over our lives." "In 10 years," she explains, "1 have learned to work within the system for change . . . We are a multicommunity development corporation, and it is run under the direction of a 'poor black woman' who just a few years ago would have been considered unemployable." That story is one of several dramatic examples in the 1982 CUD report which notes that US Catholics have contributed more than $97 million to the
Campaign for Human Development since 1970 to fund more than 1,800 self-help projects "aimed at overcoming the causes of poverty, hopelessness and alienation." One-fourth of the funds collected remain in local dioceses for the funding of projects. An annual collection in Catholic dioceses provides revenues for CHD. Who are the poor in the United States today? • Two thirds are white. But a disproportionate number of minorities are poor. • More than 90 per cent are elderly, disabled, children under 16, mothers of young children and low-paid workers. • Almost 2 million of the poor work full time at minimum wage or less. • Poverty is usually temporary — except for a permanent core of about 9 million who are chronically poor. Those figures come from the 1982 annual report of the US bishops' Campaign for Human Development. To put faces on the grim statistics, let's imagine we are in a typical parish for the Sunday liturgy. At first glance, all who are present look much alike. But scratch the surface a little and we find that some are poor, some others exist on society's margins because of their risky financial situation. The following stories are true but the names have been changed. Present for the liturgy are Jose and Maria Gonzalez. He is a Cuban proud of his Spanish ancestry who fled his native
country when Castro came to power. In Cuba, Gonzalez was a lawyer and politician used to a comfortable standard of living. His two sons went to the finest schools and his wife Maria vacationed regularly in Spain with relatives. Becoming refugees in the United States brought safety but also an unsettling change in lifestyle. The only position offered Gonzalez made no use of his educational background. Gradually Gonzalez' faith in himself was eroded, especially when he had to stand by and watch his wife take a part-time job to make ends meet. The Gonzalez family never is on the brink of starvation. But neither do they ever reach the point of feeling safe, financially speaking. They were able to buy a modest home with savings they brought with them from Cuba. But even the slightest raise in taxes or the cost of insurance is enough to cause a major upheaval in the household. Henrietta Fisher could be a
parishioner in that typical parish too. She is a hardworking woman who seldom complains about the stacked deck the game of life handed her. Along with raising five children, she works as a maid five days a week. After 20 years, she now makes $5 an hour. Her husband, whose love and companionship she depended on, suffered from a debilitating lung disease for many years. A monthly disability income stopped when he died at the age of 47. Her life now involves a steady worry about hills and how she can juggle them each week. A generous gift at Christmas from her employers means the difference in heating her house or paying the electric bill. Slowly her house is collapsing around her because she cannot afford to fix it up. This faith-filled woman trusts that she will manage, with God's help. One can guess at her feelings by her ambitions for her children. She hopes fiercely that they will break out of her cycle of poverty.
By Neil Parent Several years ago my wife and I engaged a group of single adults in an exercise — a game — in financial management. Each participant was given "currency" to use in bargaining and trading with one another. At the end of the allotted time, the person who had made the most money was declared the winner. With these simple instructions, the participants, all young professionals, went to work busily trying to deal their way to success. Unknown to them, the game was rigged. Some participants received a
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Of all the New Testament writers, Luke is the one most sensitive to the powerful action of God's spirit in the life of Jesus and in the Christian community. The evangelist is convinced the same spirit that empowered Jesus to fulfil his mission also empowered the Church to fulfil its mission. To demonstrate this, he uses an i ngenius set of parallels in the Acts of the Apostles and in his Gospel. The spirit is at work right from the beginning of Luke's account. For instance: The angel announces to Zechariah that he and his wife are to have a baby, John, and then adds: The boy "will be filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb," (Luke 1 :1 5). In other words, from the time of his birth, John the Baptist will be empowered by God to carry out his prophetic
later gave way to anger. It was at this point that the exercise was stopped. Participants then discussed the meaning of the exercise and their thoughts andfeelings during it. They drewparallels between the exercise and the U.S. economic system of upper, middle and lower classes andbow the poor are frequently victimised. Those who were poor during the game spoke of bowfrustrating andhumiliating it was not to be able to alleviate their situation, try as they might. Those who were wealthy said that they felt some compassion for the others, especially the poor, but that they didn't know bow to change the situation. Such exercises can't be pushed too far. The insights these exercises yield must be taken with the recognition that their power lies more in the
suggestion than in the duplication of reality. Theyoungprofessionals who participated in the exercise gained only a glimpse into the world of poverty. But their perspectives on thepoor were nevertheless changed. And that was important. An ancient question asks, "When will there be justice in Athens?" The answer? 'There will be justice in Athens when those who are not wronged are as outraged as those who are." For poverty to be eliminated, all of us will have tofeelas outragedby it as do the poor; all will have to make it a concern. Unfortunately, it is too easy for people who are not poor to go from day to day without giving much thought to those who are. It is not that we are necessarily insensitive to the poor; it's just that the poor usually do not fit into the normal course of our lives.
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of God's Spirit... task of "making ready a way for the Lord.The words recall Yahweh's statement to the prophet Jeremiah: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you." (1:5). But if John will be marked as an instrument of divine spirit from the time of his birth, the very conception of Jesus will be the result of divine intervention. In answer to Mary's question about how she can possibly conceive a child under the circumstances, the angel proclaims: ' The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of
the Most High will overshadow you; hence, the holy offspring to be born will be called Son of God.- (1:35). In Luke's view, the action of the Spirit is all pervasive. When Mary goes to visit her kinswoman, we read: "Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out in a loud voice.Notice the frequency with which the Spirit is mentioned in these lines from the story of the presentation of the infant Jesus in the temple: "there lived in Jerusalem at the time a certain man named Simeon. He was just and pious . . . . and the Holy Spirit was upon him. it was revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not
experience death until he had seen the Anointed of the Lord. He came to the temple now, inspired by the Spirit.(Luke 2:25-27).
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Luke gives us samples of the and came to rest on each of type of thing John said. In them. All were filled with the answer to their speculation Holy Spirit that he might be the Messiah, John answered: "I am baptising you in water, but there is one to come who is mightier than I . . . He will baptise you in the Holy Spirit and in fire."
That, in turn, would be a fulfillment of the risen Lord's promise at the end of Luke's Gospel. "I will send down upon you the promise of my Father." The same promise is repeated at the beginning of The little phrase, "and in Acts in these words: "John fire," is rather puzzling. For baptised with water, but fire played no part in Christian within a few days you will be baptism. Fire, of course, has baptised with the Holy Spirit.-
Poverty is a recurring theme for all committed christians By Dolores L eckey
The frustration of being poor in the game of life large amount of currency; some received very little and the rest received a moderate amount. I n tradingg, those with large sums of currency found it relatively easy to improve their lot, though some did manage to lose money. Those with a moderate amount of money basically held steady, neither gaining nor losing a great deal. Those with little currency found it virtually impossible to make money. On the contrary, they were gettingpinched tighter and tighter in the bargainingprocess. As the exercise progressed, it became apparent that some individuals were on their way to success and enjoying the process. Others were getting continually poorer and not enjoying it. Emotions began to show. Those who started the exercise with little currency became frustrated. The frustration
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Poverty is a recurrent theme for committed Christians. Yet I feel a bit strange writing about the subject, probably because I've never thought of myself as really poor. Oh, ifs true that in the early years of marriage when my husband and I were living on graduate school grants and part-
time work, our discretionary money was virtually non-existent. Still, we didn't fit into the category known as "poor people." For our families were present in the background, dependable anchors in the event of too much tumult we had some explicit life goals; we had college degrees; and we were optimistic. Nevertheless, persistent questions tug at my conscience: • How do Ihonour and live by the teachings ofJesus and the Church about the poor? • What should my personal response be to the needs of the poor in the community, in my country and in the world? • Do I regard the poor as having something to give me?
My earliest recollection of how to respond to poverty is associated with the Little Sisters of the Poor serenely sitting alone in the midst of fast-moving crowds in New York_ The Little Sisters were to be found at entrances to subways, department stores, banks and at various points
Those sisters remain silent but alive in my memory, reminding me to share the good things in my life.
Meeting a Little Sister of the Poor is not the same, though, as coming face to face with the poor. Such occasions have been rare for me. But one occasion on Wall Street. They sat, I impressed me deeply. It was suppose, on little stools, a teaching assignment in a covered by their full and poor section of a Midwestflowing black habits, small ern city. baskets on their laps. There I learned that many "What do they do all day?" of my fourth-graders had I asked my mother. "They never been to a party, had no say the rosary for the poor warm hats or gloves to people they care for," she protect them from winter replied. winds, and lived in unbelievThereafter, every timeIput ably crowded conditions. a coin in a basket I tried At first I was apprehensive politely to catch a glimpse of i n that situation. Gradually, the rosaries in the Sisters' I began to search however, hand.Ithink my mother was ways to let them know for right. that they were important to me. Small actions conveyed my interest and concern. Holiday parties, special after-class tutoring, a drama club — signals that Iwanted our relationship to grow. Eventually,Ileft the school to have a baby. My "children" gave a farewell party for me. They brought animal crackers and candy bars to share. They gave me crayon pictures of flowers and birds — things they thought the new baby would like. They performed skits and sang songs and lingered a long while over goodbyes. As I looked around at the party-givers,Iwas reminded of the poor widow of the Gospel. Like her, my fourthgraders demonstrated that God is a God of abundance.
Now that I have grown older,I find that Ineed to be more accountable about my obligations to the poor and This oppressed. the includes: regular examination of what I am acquiring; whether I really need those acquisitions; what I am giving to others. I see some facets of poverty today that middle-class Catholics like myself might find worth reflecting on for a while. 1. Some within the body of Christ engage with the poor on behalf of all of us — like the Little Sisters of the Poor. In this way everyone has the opportunity to participate, in a secondary but nonetheless real way, in alleviating the injustices suffered by the poor. Catholic Charities, the Society of St Vincent de Paul, the Catholic Worker Movement: Such agencies are avenues by which we can support the ministry of those who work directly with the poor. 2. The poor do not tend to hoard their resources. Rather, they willingly share what they have. Where there is little to lose, there is little to fear. 3. Finally, people, acting as a community, can help each other to serve the poor. During Holy Thursday services I was present when a priest called on people to put their eucharistic faith into action by helping a Salvadoran mother and her children. They were about to be evicted. The 100 people responded to the family's real needs with the rent payment.
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Grief is a normal part of life. We must mourn for all that we lose, whether real or imagined, if we are to be healthy and whole. Our bodies are in fact conditioned to grieve, whether we want them to or not, because it is through the grief process that we reach understanding and acceptance. It is when we try to ignore our grief that we thwart the natural healing process and allow our grief to remain unresolved. It is then that we throw the switch on an emotional "time bomb" that will certainly damage, if not destroy, if it is not defused. The foundations of our emotional and psychological wellbeing are laid in childhood. If they are sound, we are unlikely to ever throw the switch on the "time bomb," and even if we do, we have solid foundations which will withstand any major or minor emotional explosion. But if in our childhood we have had badly handled grief/ loss experiences then that foundation is likely to be faulty. Each subsequent grief/loss experience is likely to further weaken the foundation and will surely throw the switch on the "time bomb." The effect is cumulative and ultimately there will be some kind of "explosion," and one which may well shatter a fragile foundation. But this kind of major emotional and psychological collapse can be avoided, says Ian Mackie, psychotherapist and Director of Anglican Marriage and Family Counselling Services. ROSLYN ROSS talks to him about the signs which point to unresolved grief and what can be done about it.
The first step is to "hear" the ticking of the "time bomb", says Ian Mackie, so something can be done about it. -These things can certainly be 'defused', it's just a matter of recognising there is a problem and seeking help," he added. Many people, he said, were surprised to find that their psychological or physical problems could be traced back to delayed grief a response. 'The longest case I have had involved a 40-year delay between the loss and the grief," he said. Very often people will go to their doctor with 'symptoms'. They will have trouble sleeping, have a pain, headaches, a stiff arm, trouble with their digestion . . all sorts of problems which are in reality the transformation of emotional distress into physiological presentation. "Severe mood swings
a re common, - Ian Mackie said, "and with children there may be disruptive behaviour or a refusal to go to school." Unresolved grief has been defined as the
The 'time bomb' of hidden grief absence or prolongation of normal grief. Death is the major grief and the one which tends to trigger the "bomb" of countless unresolved loss-grief situations. Certain obstacles have been defined as likely to maintain grief in an unresolved state: (1) persistent longing for the lost object/person, ( 2) over identification with the deceased, (3) inability to cry or rage at the loss, (4) misdirected anger or ambivalence towards the deceased, (5) interlocking grief reactions due to previous losses, (6) covert contracts with the deceased, (7) unrevealed secrets and unfinished business, (8) lack of social support, and (9) reinforcement from others to remain grief stricken.
DOD John Hinton, in his book Dying, (published by Pelican, 1967), says even if grief does lay hidden for awhile it may finally erupt weeks afterwards or even show itself at a much later but significant occasion, such as the anniversary of the death. "The concealed grief may only be revealed at a further, perhaps lesser bereavement. Then the grief at the second loss may seem excessive for
From last week Father Ryan said he made a point of frequently using the name the dead person was known by, throughout the funeral service. He said such reminders were painful and did bring tears but they also helped people to work through their grief because it reminded them of the reality. He said the pain of bereavement was one that would last for life but it was also a pain that could be eased, but only by those who recognised it was there.
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"Nothing can be done about the pain if you refuse to recognise it exists," he said. He said adults had an important responsibility to ensure that everything was done to help children cope with grief in a healthy manner. It is during childhood that the foundations are laid and if those foundations are weakened they will provide an unstable base on which the child must grow to maturity. "I would encourage children to see the bodies of those they have loved," Father Ryan said. "Children have a natural response because they
the immediate situation, but derives its strength from the delayed release of earlier distress". There is also some evidence that psychological illness may only arise when a person reaches an age which has a significance in connection with an important bereavement.
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affection which has been taken from them. In one recorded case a boy seven -year -old seemed to cope adequately with the death of his mother but in the following five years, during every November, the anniversary of her death, he would be involved in a major accident of some kind which usually required hospitalisation.
Emotional crises have for reported, been instance, when someone reaches the age at which a parent died. It is certainly quite common for people to be troubled by the thought that they will not live beyond the age at which one of their parents died.
The "anniversary factor" is a recognised symptom of grief, and especially of unresolved grief.
An insidious effect of bereavement is the longterm change that the loss of a parent may have on children. Young children often show an ability to quickly subdue quickly their grief over losses or perhaps it just ceases to be obvious — but this may be at the cost of consciously or unconsciously denying their need for the
Illogical fears may arise, such as the phobias of being alone, or of being in an enclosed space, or fears of dirt, or, more immediately relevant, undue fears of death or dying. Bereavement may mark the onset of a troubling sensation called depersonalization, with a sense of inexplicable self -
Some of the more immeto responses diate bereavement gradually shade into neurotic forms of emotional distress.
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Reminders can haven't learned all our adult taboos. "I explain death to them in terms of the butterfly and the chrysalis. . . the body is the chrysalis and when the butterfly, which is the real person, the soul, leaves then it is just an empty shell. "If a child hasn't seen that empty body it is all too easy to begin to fantasise and to be locked into the denial stage. 'We don't feed lies to children like, 'God needed mummy', or 'God needed grandpa', . we don't really know why people die when
they do and it confuses children to give them reasons. 'The important thing is for the child to touch the body and to realise that the person they loved is just not in there anymore. "It is important too that children be helped through their fears and doubts. "Fantasy is an integral part of their nature and if a child has said to someone, "drop dead", or even wished a person was dead and that person does die, they are very likely to feel responsible for the death.
ing mechanisms for emotional processes. 'Those children will in turn grow up into adults who will become increasingly damaged by the griefs of life." The job, he says, is being made even more difficult because as a society we are turning away from rituals. 'They are the maps for our emotional journeys," he said. 'They keep us on the track and make sure we are headed in the right direction." Death still has attendant r itual, he added, but nowhere near as much as it once had.
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change, of unfamiliarity or unreality. In some ways this sense of altered feelings is selfprotective, as it avoids the full impact of painful grief. The bereaved may also experience obsessional ruminations, recurrent thoughts which cannot be put out of the mind, although the sufferer tries to do so. This has a similarity to the common inescapable preoccupation with the deceased: as, for example, in a woman whose husband had died unexpectedly from a heart attack. Many months later she would still repeatedly go over in her mind every detail of his death. Other less closely relevant obsessions and recognisably unreasonable thoughts may plague
the mind of the bereaved. One woman, following a death in the family, could not rid herself of the thought that her own breathing might stop. Another woman had sacrilegious thoughts repeatedly intruding into her prayers.
ElLIE] A man, following the death of his father, was beset by the recurrent thought that he might impulsively attack his wife. Although emotional disturbances usually predominate in the bereaved, it is quite common for changes of physical health to accompany or even overshadow the troubled feelings. Bodily symptoms of fatigue, insomnia, loss of
appetite, loss of weight, and so on, may be part of any marked depression of mood. Some of the bereaved complain little of their grief and are more aware of the phsyical symptoms of muscular pains, indigestion, constipation, dizziheadaches, ness, exhaustion and sleeplessness. It is when people have been thoroughly tested by their doctors for such disorders and nothing can be found, that they are likely to find their way to Ian Mackie. 'The first thing I do is get a thorough history of all the events that have befallen that person," he said. 'The effects of grief are cumulative and if a series of little griefs are not
attended to you get the development of a snowball that becomes bigger and bigger until it engulfs the person. "If they have not developed adequate coping mechanisms for grief then they richochet from one to the next. A negative grief experience lays the foundation for a worse response next time and so it goes," he said.
He said the need was for positive coping behaviour. "If there is one thing our society fails to do, it is to bring people up with the solid emotional foundation and the successful coping mechanisms that will enable them to grow through their griefs. 'We are producing children with ill-developed cop-
"People used to wear black and hold anniversary services for the dead," he said. "I'm not saying that is something every person should still do but for many people that kind of ritual is a healthy way of facing the reality of loss." Society, he says, has organised death in such a way that it is over and done with before most people have had a chance to recover from the initial numbing shock. Once dead, a person is buried quickly and then relatives and friends hover around to make sure the bereaved will quickly 'put it out of their mind,' 'get on with life' and 'not be allowed to brood'. The high incidence of emotional disorders, he says, is sure evidence that the system is not meeting our needs. Grief is a powerful process . . if its power is not respected it becomes a dangerous enemy. People must take the time to bury their dead properly, he added. "It is important to see the body, to go to the funeral and also to take time to sit alone with the dead and tell them all that is on your mind," he said. "People should never be hurried from the graveside, they should be left alone to say their goodbyes and should only leave when they are good and ready. "It is at those moments they can tell the dead person how they feel and bring up any 'unfinished business'. "It's time to say all the
bring tears but also healing "I've met too many people who have confessed to me in their old age that they have carried that kind of guilt throughout their lives not to believe it happens often." Father Ryan says the important thing to remember is that it is never too late. Negative grief experiences can be worked through, and often automatically are, through subsequent death laiperiences. "Peopteiwill know they have resolved their grief yyhtin they arty able tii retrierriber- the deeid .person ratthatibal -
"It is only when you reach them and being angry with ly . . and admit the worst of this point of accepting your them along with the best," he them. feelings, whatever they are, "You may be angry with said. that you experience real "It is only when you are them for all sorts of unfinliberation. ished business or you may locked in the denial stage that "It's important to remember just be angry because they there is a need to sanctify the died and left you but the it takes a lot of caring to get dead." angry with someone." important thing is to accept He said many people got Father Ryan said bereavebogged down on the "anger" that anger and let yourself ment often brought with it feel it. factor of their grief. -You can't lock away that feelings of anger. It might be "Too many people believe yOu cannot be angry with the kind of anger without hurting anger with self, with the dead dead, it is all tied in with the yourself. I try to explain to person or with God. 'People feel guilty about this old belief that you can't speak people that they can love the peracin but hate the action. • . anger," he said,"Airhert in fact WWI the dead'," he said 'As .rnuch SS atirt#X1 Yptit, 'it Se MINNA naltrorcto andatl "it'S not a friattel of sPeaking of Them, but it is often a', 11111 angry at what they Naar: wis ask is that thek own 3he genuine gtiikt;inxt fair matter of•feeNng angry with-.:;, dceati.'
giveness . . . of themselves, of others and of God. "It is when people refuse to forgive themselves, for what are often inappropriate guilts, that they become unable to deal with all the unfinished business they may have with the dead person." He said mourning structures were very trnponant to many people and should be respected "Primitive societies still proade -a variety of ways fix Pentile to mourn tl.reir dole tke said. • The era, in feklt.
Society, he says, has organised death in such a way that it is over and done with before most people have had a chance to recover from the initial numbing shock Once dead, a person is buried quickly and then relatives and friends hover around to make sure the bereaved will quickly "put it out of their mind-, "get on with life" and "not be allowed to brood-. The high incidence of emotional disorders, he says, is sure evidence that the system is not meeting our needs. Grief is a powerful process. . . if its power is not respected it becomes a dangerous enemy. People must take the time to bury their dead properly he added "It is important to see the body, to go to the funeral and to take time to sit alone with the dead and tell them all that is on your mind" he said
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said and now will never be said — at least to a living person". Such a conversation, says Ian, may well involve anger because anger focused on the person who is dead is often an intrinsic part of grief. How many people tell their husband or wife, or their children that they will never leave them?
flEE Of course when they die they do just that and it is only natural that those who are left will feel angry. If that anger is buried as being something 'not right' then it will become an emotional cancer. "Too many people believe you 'can't speak ill of the clead,'," he said.
made an art of mourning and while it may have been taken to excess, it offered a variety of vehicles of expression for the bereaved. -Things like not leaving home for seven days and wearing black for a year are all reminders of reality." Visiting the graveside, remembering anniversaries and holding memorial services are all important mourning structures. Such structures, Father Ryan said, coupled with self awareness and a healthy response to the reality of death can lead the way to. • tife where - grief ber-zutes, synonymous witt larrow•fhl
'This creates a distorted perception because expressing your anger at what has happened, at what has not happened, at what they have done, at what they have not done and at what they have said and what they have not said, is not 'speaking ill of the dead,' rather it is merely telling them how you feel. Burying that anger is merely destructive for the one who is left alive — expressing it cannot harm the dead. Anger is a powerful emotion and when buried it is positively destructive. It is often the factor which locks people into certain stages of the grief process, like denial, and thus prevents them from ever resolving their grief.
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One of the State's oldest and most colourful hockey clubs is this year celebrating its 50th anniversary with a reunion which is expected to attract people from all parts of the State. It is the Newman Hockey Club which was previously known as Marist and originally as SIC or the Saints. The club was launched on May 5, 1935 when a bunch of former students from St Ildephonsus College, New Norcia (the forerunner of the present Salvado College) took the field against Suburban. The SIC team — none of w hose members had played the game before — won the match 3:1, and went on to complete the season undefeated, winning 22 matches and scoring 153 goals with only 15 scored against them. In their first five seasons, this SIC team, sport-
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Sister-in-law of The embrace is an indigenEnquire about our bonus thank you for all things as Vibbe, Pat and Frances. ous Brazilian custom, the free days. 410 2206 A h I confirm once again that We thank relatives and bow is typically Japanese and I never want to be separ- friends for their kind sym(097) 575063. common to ated from you ever, in spite pathy, and for masses the handshake is Holiday Cottage South of all material illusions. I offered on her behalf. Eter- many countries. It was a nice demonstration Mandurah to responsible wish to be with you in nal rest grant unto her, 0 families. Phone 384 3142. eternal glory. Thank you Lord. of the assimilation into their for your mercy towards me new country by these folk of and mine. This prayer JERMY, Greg: Passed ancient Oriental lineage. PERSONAL must be said for three days peacefully away at Sunset John's work for the World after which the favour will Hospital July 22nd. Bank in Brazil extended be granted. The prayer Devoted son of Phoebe Mrs Jermy and family must be published imme- and late Harry Jermy. through several fields. wish to thank relations and diately. Deep gratitude for Beloved brother of Harry, ft included re-structuring of friends for the love and complete success in an Laurie and Margaret. Safe the private sctor of the Brazkindness shown during operation. Lewis Family. with Jesus and Mary. ilian steel industry, the initial their recent bereavement. work on the Amazon iron ore Special thanks to Father Novena to the Sacred THOMAS BISHOP deposits, activity in the pulp Sorohan. XAVIER: Heart. Most Sacred Heart FRANCIS Passed away peacefully at A mnesty International. of Jesus, may your name home Sunday 4th August, Prisoners of conscience, be praised and glorified aged 79. Bishop of Geraldthroughout the world now men women and children ton have been released from and forever. Amen. Say great 1962-1981. 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ing its famous black and blue colours, won five Challenge Cups and four premierships, being runners-up in the other grand final. They rose through the ranks of the WA Hockey Association to Al status just as the World War intervened and put an end to hockey for several years. A fter the War, SIC resumed in Al Grade but r apid development in Perth, which was not matched by growth in the New Norcia College, saw the club slip to A2 and A3 Grades during the fifties. The sixties were a tough time which almost saw the Club slip into oblivion. The Marist Brothers left New Norcia in the early sixties to establish their new college at Churchlands and the hockey club c hanged from SIC to Marist, but for a while it neither commanded the and paper industry and the development of the petrochemical industry. Important facets of the task were to decide whether the country needed the particular industry, what had to be done to make it viable and putting qualified staff together to make it profitable. In most cases the industries were going concerns about three years after the initial work. The World Bank financed the building of the petrochemical refinery and had to find markets for its products. Initially all the by-products were exported, but gradually local industries — such as the manufacture of plastic goods — were built up to use them. Getting a Swiss company to invest in cement factories was an easier proposition because houses and other
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(football, cricket, swimming, junior hockey and the ex-Students' Association).
The seventies, however, saw a revival and another change of name (to Newman) as the Marist Brothers combined with the Dominicans at Siena and the Brigidines at Floreat to form the Newman complex.
The club's 50th anniversary reunion will be celebrated at the College on Sunday, September 22, beginning with Mass at 10.30 am, followed by the presentation of trophies to this year's winners, an introduction of the surviving members o f the original 1935 team, and a buffet lunch at 12.30 pm.
The Newman Hockey Club is now at its strongest, with six senior men's teams, a veterans' team (including five former SIC students) and two women's teams.
The reunion is open to all former SIC-MaristNewman students regardless of whether they played hockey. Those wishing to attend should send $15 per head to the Newman Hockey Club, PO Box 43, Wembley, or contact the club president, Hugh Ryan, at 97 Westriew Street, Scarborough, phone 341 2716 or 322 4533 at work.
EEE Five of the six senior men's teams are currently in the top four in their various grades. Work started this month on a $150,000 clubrooms a nd changerooms in which the hockey club is combining with the other sporting clubs associated w ith Newman College buildings in the country are very largely built of concrete Australian eucalypts play an important role in Brazil in the manufacture of pulp and paper. The trees are grown in plantations there but cut after seven years to form the basic raw material for the industry.
EEO It is performing satisfactorily as the biggest ingredient in Brazilian newsprint, a purpose for which Australian scientists had previously thought eucalypt unsuitable. John found in the south of Brazil the locals have a custom of drinking their mate (pronounced marty) tea from a big hollowed-out nut through a device made of silver that is a combined stirrer, strainer and straw.
The gauchos gathered around the camp fire, put the tea into the nut, pour on boiling water, have a stir and a suck and pass the whole caboodle on to the next fellow in the ring. John eschewed this custom and drank his tea from a mug. Incidentally, he could find no Brazil nuts growing in Brazil Those the locals consumed were imported. The gauchos, who still wear the traditional leather chaps in their work of herding cattle, are expert in the use of the bolas. These are leather cords about a metre long with three clay balls or stones at the end. Swung from horseback at the front legs of an animal, they wrap themselves round the legs and bring the beast down.
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Doorknock to canvas for youth appeal "The youth doorknock is a rare opportunity of canvassing the public dollar," Father Jegorow this week. "Most times we ask fellow Catholics to help financially in our projects. weekend "This Catholic youth have a chance to ask Mr and Mrs Citizen to help. "My plea to the Catholics is for willing knuckles to knock on doors and healthy limbs to trudge the Streets.Youth Appeal '85 on Sunday. August 18 will mobilise 1500 young and not so young Catholics in a statewide doorknock. The Catholic groups will join with Police and Citizens, Young Lutherans, Young Women's Christian Assoc, Young Men's Christian Assoc and the Perth Inner City Youth Services in the appeal now in its third year.
DOD Experience shows each doorknocker collects about $30. Catholics could raise as much as $40,000 in one afternoon. Funds will be spent in two areas — on people and facilities. The funds raised will help pay a wage for 20 semivoluntary youth workers. Activities for the unemployed and unwaged will be subsidised. Facilities at Eagle's Nest, the Archdiocesan youth centre will be improved. A major project is the upgrading of the water supply.
Opportunity for public support Bunbury and Geraldton youth will also be taking part in the doorknock The Catholic groups taking part are: Antioch, collecting for Eagle's Nest. Young Christian Workers, Young Christian Students, Tertiary Young Christian Students, Catholic Parish Youth, Thc Redemptorist youth team, Bunbury YCS and YCN%' and Geraldton Catholic Parish Youth.
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Dear Captain Bob, I am interested in collecting stamps and playing football and also soccer and cricket. I sent this letter because I saw it mentioned in the letter you sent that you can let other kids know if we are looking for a pen pal. I would like someone to write to overseas. I would like some stamps. I would like a boy to write to. Domenico Santini, 54 Phoenix Road, Hamilton Hill. 6163. NOTE: We do not actually find pen pals but we will print your letters asking for pen pals and include your address. Dear Captain Bob, I enjoy being a member of the Record Kid's Club. Here is the colouring competition for this week and I have some Knock Knock jokes. Knock Knock, Who's there, Lettuce Lettuce who? Let us in. Where do pirates shop? "FreasureWay. Where do skeletons shop? Boans ( hones ). How do you make a witch itch? By taking the 'w' away, from witch so it becomes itch. Philip Orton, Kewdale, Dear Captain Bob, Thank you for the lovely book you gave me for winning the colouring-in competition. I would like a pen pal please. I am eight years old. My hobbies are swimming. sport, writing stories. I would like a girl aged eight or nine. On our farm we have goats,
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Maria, Story and Pic lures, by Catherine Brighton, published kv Penguin, $11.95. Maria tells what the weather is like by putting her hand against the window. "In the summer. . . the glass is warm, in winter it is freezing. And when it rains the air feels damp." Maria is blind and with the imaginative text in this beautifully illustrated picture book, her world is introduced through the descriptions of the feel of familiar things around her home. Aged 3-6 The Halfntan of 0, by Maurice Gee, publishedby Puffin. $3.95. Dark and dangerous is the world that Susan enters when she is spirited into the disused mineshaft with her cousin looking on as a helpless outsider. There are evil forces at work in the land of 0 and Susan is singled out as the only one to restore the balance of good and evil. An absorbing and thrilling fantasy from the author of Under the Mountain. Winner of the New Zealand Children's Book of the Year A ward. Ages 12-15
hildren's Story Hour Angelo grew up in a small village in Italy. His parents rented a small farm. They grew grapes and vegetables. They were proud to be farmers. Angelo's father, John, loved to work in the fields. He dreamed of the day he would own his own vineyard. He hoped his children would love farming as much as he did. Angelo was the oldest son. He had 12 brothers and sisters. His father counted most on Angelo to grow up to help him on the farm. But Angelo didn't like farming. He felt bad that he did not enjoy working on the farm as his father did. His family had always been farmers. It wasn't that Angelo
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hated hard work. He liked another kind of work. He knew his talents were for other things. Soon Angelokneweverything that he could learn in the village school. His parents let him go to a bigger school in a town about five miles away. Angelo walked to and from school. He did chores on the farm, too.
EllE1 The priest in his village was a friend of Angelo's father and mother. Father Rebuzzini helped Angelo with his lessons. His parents kept wishing Angelo would be like the rest of the family. They hoped he would still become a farmer. But they
knew in their hearts that Angelo wanted to be a priest. Father Rebuzzini encouraged Angelo. The good priest talked with Angelo's mother and father. He told them he thought God was calling their son to be a priest. Finally Angelo's parents let their boy go off to the city to study to be a priest. Angelo missed his family, but he knew he was developing the gifts and talents God gave him. Eventually Angelo Roncalli became a priest. He worked with the poor. He served in the Army. He taught in the seminary. He wrote books. He was a diplomat. He lived in many parts of the world. He became a bishop, then a
What is horse sense? Stable thinking. What do you call a cat that drinks lemon juice? Sour puss. What's the hardest part about milking a mouse? Putting the bucket under it. When is it bad luck to have a white cat following you? When you are a mouse. What is grey, has four legs and a trunk? A mouse on vacation. What did the little mouse say when be got caught in the sewing machine? "Well, I'll be darned." What is a cat's favourite holiday resort? The Canary Islands. Spell "mousetrap" in three letters. C AT. Spell "hungry horse" in four letters. M T G G.
oats, sheep, cat, 2 dogs, chooks and wheat. I have a sister called Kern who is 12 and a brother called Andrew who is three. Pippa McCreery, C/0 P.O. "Calannie. 6468.
Dear Captain Bob, How are you? Hope you are well. Here are some jokes. Name something beginning with the letter 'M' that you need to make custard pie. Mother How can you keep milk from turning sour? Keep it in the cow What is the first thingyou put into a kitchen? Your focit. "Why don't you washyour face?" Barbara said to Johnny. "1 can see. what you bad for breakfast this morning." "Really," Johnny said. "Yes, you bad eggs." "Ha, you are wrong," Johnny cried. —that was yesterday." Mary Douglas.
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Winners Congratulations to this week's colouring in winners. They are Mary Antich of Wanneroo; Kathryn Tuxford of Bunbury and Philip Orton of Kewdale. Beautiful books courtesy of William Collins have been sent out to you.
Birthdays Happy birthday to Stephanie Tomsic, Nollamara; Andrew Oswald, Wembley Downs; Diana Towers, Corrigin; Megan Restall, Craigie; Jeanette Rose, Trigg; Judith Huntingdale; Abbott, Michael Verini, Noranda; Craig Lowe, Morley; James Giumelli, Dardanup; Bianca Sciberras, Ashfield; Charlotte Baroni, Bayswater; Luke Gumley, Baker's Hill; Joseph Donovan, Viveash; Christopher Duffy, Wongan Hills; Michelle Durham, Collie; Tony Glynn, Nollamara; Kevin Glynn, Nollamara; Mathew Luberda Esperance; Rebecca Blosxome; Rebecca Millard, Forrest. field; Mary Bajor, Collie.
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to a farm in Gippsland during a drought, Laurie Clancy traces the fortunes of Nora, her mother, sister, husband and children, through half a century of struggle and selfsacrifice. Most of us will recognise a "Nora" in our own lives. They are there, just often overlooked. Despite the family's trials and tribulations, Nora is never defeated. . . she never quite manages to win out either, hut she does manage to nurture her children, pre
serve her self respect and. through the tragedy, laughter and tears that many would find unbearable, she insists that her life of struggle has meaning. It is a novel rich in texture and one which flashes from time to time with a wry Perfect Love, by humour. Laurie Clancy, pubNora Lloyd bears her munlished by Fontana, dane life and physical suffer$8.95. Reviewed by ings with stoicism. . . from Roslyn Ross. the loss of the baby born to From genteel poverty in an her sister which she had inner suburb of Melbourne, wanted to adopt to the crippling of her own son many years later. She stands staunchly by her daughter's side when she has a child out of wedlock and refuses to Australian Kitchen \l \J I \ give up on her insensitive, Nutrition, by Mark \ t I Ni W k lazy and almost alcoholic Wahlquist and Len Colhusband. lins, Practical, low Laurie Clancy manages to cost ways to healthier 4 write of such things with f ood, published by genuine sympathy for the Sun Papermac, plight of these ordinary $14.95. people. This book has been put Born and bred in Meltogether based on the bourne Clancy graduated ,VationalDietary Guidelines with honours in English and recommended by the AusHistory from Melbourne tralian Department of Health. It is a practical pare Mark Wahlquist is uell University. He is currently cookbook which tells you known in the fields offood senior lecturer in English at and nutrition science. He is La Trobc University. bow to: Foundation Professor of His first novel, A Collapsi• keep yourfamily healthy Human Nutrition at Deakin ble Man, was published in without drastic diets University in Victoria and 1975, and for this he shared • use ingredients uisely Consultant Physician-in- in the National Book Coun• modify your cooking charge of the Clinical ,N7utri- cil Awards. In 1979 he pubtechniques to get the best tion andMetabolism unit at lished a book of short from food Prince Henry's Hospital, stories, The Wife Specialist • adapt _mur own recipes Melbourne. Len Collins has and since then he has pubfor healthier thing had many years of culinary lished critical studies on • cook for those with spe- experience, both in the Brit- Christina Stead and Xavier cial dietary needs. ish Merchant Nary and the Herbert, and a further colThe recipes are clearly Royal Air Force in which he lection of short stories detailed and simple to pre- sertedas a cbeffor 22years. entitled Imitations.
"choo choo's", A Book of Australian Railway Journeys will tug at your memory. For those who truly love their trains, this book will provide glorious entertainment; for the more pragmatic reader, it becomes a fascinating peek into the history of rail in this country, seen through the eyes of local and visiting writers.
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John Cook, no mean train buff, has compiled a wond-
erful collection of writings, both fiction and fact, to beguile dreamers and travellers. Out of the pages of literature, newspapers and journals he has selected essays, extracts, stories and poems about Australian railways and train journeys, from the 19th century to the present day. The writers . . . from the anonymous to the famous . . . include D.H.
John Cook Lawrence, Xavier Herbert, Mark Twain, Hal Porter. Patsy Adam Smith, A.B. Facey, Kylie Tennant and Steel Rudd. There are over 80 stories in all and the book is liberally illustrated with contemporary photographs, cartoons and sketches.
A book of Australian R ailway Journeys, compiled by John Cook, published by Collins, William $24,95. Reviewed by Roslyn Ross. There's nothing quite like the rhythmic rock of a train . . . it has a soporific effect on even the most traumatised traveller. Give me a train anyway. It might take longer to get there but the delights of stretching out in a first-clam cabin or even sitting neatly in second class chatting to your neighbour is far more appealing than the pressurised squash of an aeroplane. For all those who yearn for the hearty chug of the old
new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new title On The Marble Cliffs. by Ernst Junger, published by Penguin, $4.94. First published in Germany in 1939. this brilliant allegory can be read as a general study of tyranny. . . or as an astonishingly prescient parable on the rise and fall of Nazism. The Case of Mr Crump. by Ludwig Lewisobn. published by Penguin, $9.95. Ludwig Lewisohn's sharply dissecting expose of marriage was described as an incomparable masterpiece by Sigmund Freud. It is a pioneering study of a mismatched union between a sensitive young man and his domineering wife. The History of Sexuality, Volume I, An Introduction, by Michel Foucault, published by Penguin, $7.95. In the first of six remarkable volumes, Michel Foucault looks at the repression of sex from the 17th century onwards and asks why we feel compelled to analyse sex and explore the nature of our sexuality. The Age Of The Fish, by Odon von Horvath, published by Penguin, $6.95. Brilliantly and tautly knitted together, a novel which
speaks for the generation of Europeans who knew Nazism and awakened too late to the horrors of its implications. Writings FromJapan, by Lafcadio Hearn, edited by Francis King. published by Penguin, $9.95. An exquisite distillation in one single volume capturing the spirit of the late 19th and early 20th-century Japanese culture and society 2.s experienced by Lafcadio Hearn who visited the land of his dreams in 1890 — and never left. The Stones of Florence and Venice Observed, by Mary McCarthy, published by Penguin, $7.95. Mary McCarthy breathes life, passion and colour into two celebrated cities whose names are forever associated with one of the most glittering and picturesque periods of history. The Great Australian Stupor, by Ronald Conway,publishedby MacMillan, $9.95 (paperback), $24.95 (hardcover). The Great Australian Stupor has achieved classic status as a widely discussed interpretation of Australian behaviour. In this fully revised and expanded edition Conway captures the
mood of the 1980s with determine the reasons and many pungent new observa- considerations behind the tions alongside his original settlement of Australia. As a insights. By concentrating result of this exciting find on the family, intimate rela- correspondence and reports tionships and the smaller from Cook, Matra, King units of social influence, he George III, an Inquiry into presents a distinctively perTransportation and many sonal view of the way we others are reproduced in were and what we have facsimile for the first time. become. The documents begin with Walking On Glass. by Cook's original log report of lain Banks, published by his 1770 expedition to the MacMillan London, east coast of Australia and $19.95. end in 1802 with a list of the Now comes a many-layered first exports. The author novel of innocence, expegives a marvellous perspecrience and despair. In chartive on the founding of acteristic style, part fantasy, Australia which should part reality, lain Banks' three cause great interest with parallel stories run along an general history enthusiasts ingenious collision course. and students alike. Walking On Glass matches New Directions In Fair his previous novel in wit, Isle Knitting. by Patty humour and compassion, Knox, published by Macbut the chill of its final Millan Australia, $24.95. betrayal is unique. Packed with glorious I n The Beginning, The designs for vivid, colourful Story of the creation of garments for men, women Australia from the origi- and children, Patty Knox nal writings, byJonathon brings a fresh approach to King, published by Mac- Fair Isle knitting. The imaginMillan Australia, $35. • ative designs and colour After retrieving a longcombinations, advice on forgotten box of scruputechniques and explicit full lously recorded documents colour graph charts help to from London's Public make outstanding designs Records Office, historian accessible to all knitters. and bicentennial organiser The Rugby Dictionary, Jonathon King has selected by Jim Webster and Bill 77 of these in order to Mitchell, published by
MacMillan, $7.95. Try laughing — with the A to Z of the muddiest. bloodiest sport of all! Jim Webster, Rugby Union writer for the Sydney Morning Herald and Australian cartoonist Bill Mitchell together blow the whistle on the gentleman's game of football. Extinct And Endangered Plants Of Australia, by J. Leigh, R. Boden, and J. Briggs, with a foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, published by MacMillan, $29.95. This definitive and authoritative book is the product of three scientists who are leaders in their field. Now available in paperback. the book presents detailed case studies for each of the species presumed extinct or endangered and describes the species, its habitat, distribution, threats and where appropriate, recommendation on action needed to protect it from further decline. The authors seek to create greater public awareness, thereby reducing further losses to a minimum. As well as suggesting coordination strategies between national parks and reserves, botanic gardens, cultivation of endangered species and legislation the
public is urged to take up the fight to preserve Australia's flora for future generations. Essay Tactics. A Guide To Essay Writing, kv John Elms, published by MacMillan Australia, $2.95. This guide has been tested over eight years. using higher education and secondary school students for trials. All research subjects substantially reduced the time taken (per 1000 words) while gaining improved marks or grades in their subsequent essay works. Wisdom. Madness and Folly, The Making of a Psychiatrist, by R.D. Laing, published by MacMillan London, $19.95. RD. Laing is the author of the best-selling The Divided Self and a leading psychiatrist. This is his controversial, fascinating account of his life and attitudes. Laing candidly relates his experiences in childhood, and as a young doctor in the army and mental hospitals which led him to question conventional psychiatric views of that time. He explains how he came to oppose practices such as electric shocks, insulin treatment and lobotomies as negations of what
he believed psychiatry should be doing for patients. Compulsive reading which reinforces Lung's status as one of the most influential writers of modern times. The Book Of The Thames, by Alan Jenkins with photographs by Derry Brabbs. published PaPermac. $14.95, bY The Book of the Thames is a uniquely illustrated celebration of England's famous waterway. It doubles as an up-to-date and practical guide book from source to estuary. As well as the archaeological and architectural heritage of the Thames, many literary and artistic associations are detailed in this comprehensive book. Surfaces And Finishes. How to transform your walls, floors, ceilings, windows. mouldings and trim, by Penny Radford, published by MacMillan London, $29.95. Full of exciting ideas about how to give every room character and flair, this practical guide shows professional techniques and tricks of the trade for use in every home. Basic preparation hints will allow everyone to get the most out of their surfaces and finishes.
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TENNIS The annual general meeting of the Catholic Tennis Association is to be held this Sunday, August 11, at 4.30 pm at St Joseph's Pignatelli tennis club, Wichinan Road, Attadale. Prior to the AGM a medal tournament has been organised to begin at 1pm. All association members and friends are welcome to play. We look forward to seeing you all there. Ladies are asked to please provide a plate of afternoon tea Entries for the women's round robin competition close at the AGM on August 11 Matches will be played on Saturday afternoons of August 17 and 24. A team consists of two women and nominations are to be phoned to Jack Eastcon on 328 6860. CHAMPIONANNUAL SHIPS: The association chambeen have pionships scheduled for the weekends of September 14-15 and 21 22. Matches will be played at the Trinity tennis courts in Manning Road, Manning. Entry forms are available from club secretaries or by
WHAT'S ON telephoningJack Eastcott on 328 6860. The closing date for entries is Friday August 23. The tournament has been planned to cater for players of all standards. As well as championship events there are handicap and veteran events. Entry is open to all Catholics and members of clubs affiliated with the Western Australian Catholic Lawn Tennis Association. QUEEN QUEST: Clubs are on the look out for young ladies aged between 18 and 27 to represent them in the Miss WACLTA Quest. The quest is judged primarily on personality and poise and the winner will represent WA at the national quest to be held in Perth at Christmas this year. The winner will receive paid accommodation at the Westos Motor Inn during the carnival as well as a trip. Any single girls who maybe interested are asked to contact club secretaries or Mrs Jenny Pearce on 447 4950 as soon as possible. Nominations close on August 30.
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PAUUAN MEETING The Paulian Association will hold a general meeting on August 18 at Carlisle parish hall, Lion Street, with Mass at 2 pm followed by coffee and a chat. For further information contact DEBBIE 342 7033 PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE FILM AND TALK Father Greg Jordan S.J. of Hobart will present a talk and film on prisoners of conscience in U.S.S.R. on Sunday August 18 at St Thomas More College Chapel 4.45 p.m. Enquiries to Father Patrick Bishop Rector 386 8712. Tuesday August 20 at Baden Powell Centre, Anstruther Road, Mandurah 7.30 p.m. Enquiries to J.G. Reeton 537 1197. Sunday August 25 at St Patrick's Cathedral Parish House Bunbury 7.30 p.m. Enquiries to Father Leon Russell (097) 21 2141. PRISONLAND, a 30 minute video, is a general introduction to the Soviet's Prisons, "Psych" Prisons and slave labour camps and factories (including those for women). It includes film smuggled out to the West, and interviews of former prisoners of conscience. Admission is free. Donations gratefully accepted. BENEDICTINE OBLATES ECUMENICAL RETREAT Perhaps the next step on from the ARCIC parish discussion groups is shared ecumenical experience. For some time past, Anglican Benedictine Oblates have been attending all Perth Chapter meetings and two weeks ago, four Anglican Oblates joined eighteen Catholic Oblates in a weekend retreat at New Norcia. The main thrust of the retreat, conducted by Father David Berry, was on prayer and meditation, notably on the Psalms and Lactic Divine, the monastic form of meditation where spiritual reading starts by listening to God, develops into prayer and then on to contemplation. The oblates found that the practical workshop on Lectio Divine was richly rewarding. The oblates also gained spiritually by the recital of the complete Divine Office with the monks over two days. They joined with the community in hearing lectures by Dr Bradshaw of Cambridge University on the Christian humanism of St Thomas More and by Dr Moleta on Giotto. The retreat ended with three Oblate novices being enrolled and two Oblates making their Final Oblation — from HTG.
PAUUAN WEEKEND A weekend for separated, divorced, and or widowed people and single mothers will be held at Eagles Nest, Gidgegannup from Friday evening September 20 to Sunday afternoon, September 22. This is an ideal opportinity to heal wounds, to share and get together and obtain support from others in an atmosphere of prayer and faith. The weekend is organised by the Paulian Association of WA and the Redemptorists. There will be a maximum of 18 participants, deposit of S5 is non refundable. Total cost is $15. Contact Vickie 344 6810 or Debbie 342 7033. INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ACTION KITS The Churches' Commission on Education has developed its IVY Action Kit -You Can Do It". The kit aims to encourage churches to make contact with the local high school as part of their special outreach to youth for International Youth Year. As well as giving handy hints on the best way to approach the school administration, the kit lists a range of resources available to church groups, and includes a series of pamphlets written by people who have already made successful contact with high school students . . . often in very simple ways which should be within the scope of any congregation. You Can Do It may be obtained from the CCE, 317 Begot Road, Subiaco, phone 381 6418. Price is 83.00.
DOCUMENTARY ON ABORTION The Western Australian premiere of the documentary The Silent Scream will take place on August 16 at the Princes Hotel, 334 Murray Street, Perth, in the Bedford Room. Proprietors of Perth's abortion establishments have been challenged to attend to answer charges in the documentary. This particular production was viewed by the US President Ronald Reagan, who, after seeing it, purchased and distributed copies to all members of the US House of Representatives and the Senate. Right to Life will also be inviting the Premier Mr Burke and Leader of the Opposition Mr Hassell, and will present each with a copy for cabinet and shadow ministry. The documentary shows the killing of a 12-week-old unborn baby from inside the uterus, using ultra sound, which for the first time allows us to view the procedure from the victim's point of view. Dr Bernard Nathanson is the narrator, and as the proprietor of the largest abortion clinic in the Western hemisphere, gives detailed and exact information on the grisly procedure. For further information, telephone 362 1514 or write to PO Box 6087, Hay Street East, Perth, 6000.
SITTER SERVICE Emmanuel Centre is seeking to expand its sitter service to meet the growing demand for people who will provide reef for carers of disabled people who are living at home. Emmanuel which presently has a small band of people who give their time on a regular basis has found that the demand for the sitter service has far outstripped the number of volunteers. Urgently needed is a volunteer who will be able to sit with an elderly lady with Alzchemers disease. The husband, who is also a pensioner, cares for his wife seven days a week with no time even for shopping. If you are able to volunteer a half Of full day each week or would like more information (for example, What is Atzchemers disease?) please contact the Emmanuel Centre 328 8113 or 328 9571.
VOCATION RETREAT A weekend retreat for young men will be held at the Redemptorist Monastery from September 6 to 8. The retreat, conducted by Father Brian Jones CSSR, will focus on the nature of a religious "calling", and help participants to quietly reflect upon their own calling in life. Emphasis will be given to the vocation of a priest or brother. For further information please write to Father Jones, Box 74, North Perth, 6006.
BLUE ARMY OF FATIMA The next Holy Hour will be held in Our Lady, Queen of Apostles Church, 57 Tudor Avenue, Riverton, at 3.00 pm. Sunday, August 11. Rev Father P. Jackson will officiate.
OFF TO BRAZIL REBECCA SMYTH, a Year 12 student at La Salle College has been awarded a Rotary Scholarship to study in Brazil in 1986. Rebecca who is studying Italian for the TAE is hoping to be able to fluently speak Portuguese and Spanish after her year in Brazil, so that she can enrol in the language course at University on her return to Australia. She will be living with families during her year abroad and repeating Year 12 at Brazilian schools. Rebecca has also been selected for the state finals of the Plain English Speaking Award, organised by the AustralianBritish Society and the Education Department and sponsored by West Australian Newspapers. The six finalists were chosen from about 100 students from 41 schools throughout the state. The state final of the award will be held on August 24. Rebecca has lived all her life in Swan View and has attended school at St Anthony's Primary and La Salle College. MARIAN MOVEMENT A Cenacle will be held on Friday August 16 at the Little Sisters of Carmel, 2 Frazer St. Swanbourne beginning at 10.30 am. Inquiries to Yoland Nardizzi 447 8885 or Bob Wright 447 6223.
HERNE HILL JUBILEE Golden jubilee celebrations for St Michael's Catholic Church, Herne Hill will be held on November 17 in the church grounds. Those who attended the Church from opening on November 17 1935 until present time and school from February 1936 until closure in 1964 are invited. Photos, certificates, books presented as prizes, or any momento would be appreciated for display. Please contact Mrs Shirley Rakich (296 4334) Mr Aff George (296 4342) Mr Lester Ayres (296 4381).
Archdiocesan Calendar AUGUST 10 Confirmation, VVhitfords, Archbishop Foley. AUGUST 11 Confirmation. Mundaring, Bishop Healy. AUGUST 13 Confirmation, John XXIII College, Monsignor Keating. AUGUST 15 Opening of Parliament, Archbishop Foley. AUGUST 16 Charismatic Conference, Gosnells, Archbishop Foley. AUGUST 18 Confirmation, GinginChittering, Archbishop Foley. AUGUST 21 Confirmation, Osborne Park, Bishop Healy. AUGUST 22 Confirmation, Pallottine Centre, Rossmoyne, Archbishop Foley. AUGUST 23 Confirmation. Highgate, Archbishop Foley. AUGUST 24 Ordination to Priesthood of Deacon P. Urn, Archbishop Foley.