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eady for a big appeal "Do it" may be just two little words for most but to these three ladies they have become regular vocabulary in the daily task of pleading for Youth Appeal doorknockers for Sunday, August 19. Pictured left to right are Anna Rossi (YCW), Leonie Banks (Redemptorist youth groups) and Julie Della Franca (CPY) preparing the doorknock kits for individual collectors. Last minute collectors can ring headquarters of their respective %groups or 328 9878.
Catholic youth organisations today (Sunday) will be taking part in one of the biggest doorknock appeals mounted by Churches in WA. The task of preparing, dividing and allocating kits to respective collectors has been one of the biggest organisational undertakings for the full time workers and leaders in the Catholic youth groups. Leaders have found young people did riot readily respond to pleas and invitations.
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!Schools orm honour guard Geralctton's St Francis Xavier cathedral was packed to capacity for the funeral on Thursday of Bishop Thomas, a former Bishop of Geraldton. Principal celebrant for the Requiem was one of Bishop Thomas' successors to the Geraldton chair, Bishop Hickey, attended by Father Basil Thomas PP of Yarrawonga (Vic), a brother of Bishop Thomas, and Monsignor John Barden, VG Geraldton. Also attending were Archbishop Rush of Brisbane, Archbishop Foley, of Perth and another successor of Bishop Thomas at Geraldton, Archbishop Goody, and Bishops Healy, Jobst and Brennan, of Wagga Wagga NSW.
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Another 50 concelebrants made up of priests from Geraldton, New Norcia, Bunbury and Perth took part along with four priests from Bishop Thomas' old diocese of Bendigo, Victoria, including Monsignor Brian Long representing Bishop Daly. Prayers at the graveside were recited by Bishop Thomas' brother, Father Basil Thomas, concluding with Salve Regina, sung by all present. Guards of honour were provided by students from Stella Mans College, St Patrick's College, and the St John's, St Lawrence's and St P .; Francis Xavier schools. In his homily Monsigg nor Barden pointed out • the funeral was being E held on the 23rd anni• versary of Bishop Thomas' installation as Geraldton's fifth bishop.
Australia's Catholic bishops have made scathing attacks on the latest IVF-associated Human Embryo Experimentation Bill, now before the Federal Senate. The seven archbishops said in a special statement received yesterday the Bill raised legal and moral problems of the "most crucial nature". They were most critical of the Bill's provisions for experimentation on human embryos for unspecified scientific advances. Experiments would possibly have significant "financial advantage to the researchers", the statement said.
There was no attempt to cloak the Bill's intentions in saying experimentation was brother, Father Basil Thomas, who travelled for the embryo's own the graveside. benefit. The bishops said determination of the legal and moral status of the embryo was essential. The present law was constrained by the obstetrics of a bygone age. The bishops said: "While there are areas of ambivalence, it does not concedc full legal existence until the birth-event. "It should reflect today's biologically established truth a new life has begun ‘` from the moment of fertiliAttrirotowow sation." The bishops said law and morality were related. It would be a pity if their objections to experimentation on human embryos The funeral procession leaving St Francis Xavier Cathedral with girls from the Stella = were characterised as a Mans College forming the g-uari of homer. desire to force narrow, relifil 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111115 gious views on others.
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• Anglican priest from Adelaide calls for scientists to account for their work, publicly, see story page 2. • Perth's Emmanuel Centre adopts an international share-home scheme which gives real help to the disabled. See story and pictures, pages 2 and 3. • Sericite priests celebrate the 700th anniversary of the death of one of their early leaders. See story on St Philip Benizi, pages 4 and 5. • Profile story of Bishop Thomas, the former Bishop of Geraldton, who died last week. See page 6. • Perth's youth organisations have big weekend. Doorknock Sunday and Tony Barber Quiz of the Century Monday. See page 13.
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Science is too 'secret' Scientists should have greater public accountability in the field of reproductive technology, an Anglican priest from Adelaide and international lecturer in bioethics, Father John Fleming, said in Perth this week. Father Fleming, here to address a public meeting said since scientists habitually worked in secret and with public money, the public deserved greater accountability for projects undertaken. "The extent to which new reproductive technologies are research and implemented is a matter for public debate and legislative regulation," he said. Father Fleming said he believed the "gee-whiz" reporting style of the media had presented a one-sided view of what was happening in the field of in-vitro research. This had lead to easier acceptance of the in-vitro process, which also included embryo experimentation. He said the media had consistently reported only the success stories of the program and had totally ignored the high failure rate of in-vitro. —The truth is 96 per cent of human embryos created on glass will never see the light of day as a baby," he said. "The truth is 84 per cent of women who go on the IVF program will never receive a child." He said there was no denying the program was spectacular and it had certainly
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At Emmanuel Centre last week some 15 disabled people came looking for permanent residence in a support community and had to be turned away. This is the continual problem facing a group who want to set up an Arthe community in Perth to serve the needs of disabled people whose friends and relatives can no longer cope.
For 21 years, Evelyn lived in an institution. Within five months of becoming involved in Emmanuel's Shared Housing Program, Evelyn was able to move into her own flat. Evelyn had learnt how to live independently and gained the confidence necessary to be out on her own.
given some couples desperately wanted babies. But the high failure rate was being overlooked. Medical science itself was pushing IVF because there were reputations to be made, Father Fleming said. "It shows the mastery of science over life and of course scientists arc inclined to view success in this field as something of a career coup," he said. "Not only has it made reputations but it has opened up whole new areas of research." He said it was the other areas of research which had received little publicity, but which should be made open to the community at large. "For instance IVF technology is bring used to develop better contraception," he said.
Emmanuel's Shared Housing Program began as a pilot project in a house in Yokine in September 1983. In August 1984 two more houses were opened in East Perth, adjacent to the Emmanuel Centre. This brought the number of beds available to 15 in total The idea of the housing operation is simplicity Itself. People with disabilities live together with a volunteer house leader arid together learning for independent living takes place as the people share their lives. Since its beginnings, more than 32 people have moved through the houses to independent living
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Sean and Arthur give Evelyn a helping hand as she moves into her new home under the Emmanuel shared housing program.
would show the male to be infertile. "If however the sperm does infiltrate the egg, it proves the male is fertile. "Presumably after the completion of the process, the then fertilised egg would be washed down the sink. Father Fleming said the status of the embryonic baby was an important factor in assessing such a process as in-vitro fertilisation. He said if the embryonic human-being has rights, then if it dies, the person responsible for its death must be accountable.
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Our Lady's role in God's plan of redemption as a source of intercession and life for the Church and the world was stressed by Archbishop Foley at the dedication of the SD Schoenstatt shrine in Riverton recently. More than 350 people from several parishes saw him dedicate the shrine to the Mother of God, Mother Thrice Admirable, Queen and Victress of Schoenstatt.
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Disabilities have varied as well as the ages, blindness, deafness, people with intellectual disabilities, brain damage, arthritis, physically disabled. Because of the different abilities of the participants individual strengths come to the fore. Eighteen-year -olds Irving with an 84 year old pensioner mature the young and rejuvenate the old. An intellectual disability proves to be no barrier toward assisting a physically disabled person. The choice for independent living comes from the individual who presents a listing of the skills that are needed for him/her to live as independently as possible. Each participant sets short term goals and additional supports are provided to suit the idividual. Daily or weekly opportunities for discussion are provided.
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Hostels that could look after them are full. A meeting to ascertain interest in the concept of L'Arche will be held at Emmanuel Centre, 25 Windsor Street, East Perth on Tuesday, August 27 at 7.45pm. All are welcome. Miss Evelyn Walker, who spent seven years in a L'Arche community in India and who is presently a house
"May today continue in its joyfulness, its spirit of renewal of our Christian life, and may this Shrine be a place of pilgrimage, not only for the Schoenstatt Movement but for all those who recognise Mary for what she is: the Mother of us all," he said. Sister Inez, provincial superior of the Schoenstatt Sisters in Mulgoa, Sydney said the new shrine would provide shelter, strength and encouragement to those who are apostles for Christ and his Church. She said God does not bring about anything without human co-operation, as outlined on the shrine's altar cloth: "Nothing without you Thrice Admirable, Nothing without us". She praised the local Schoenstatt Families who had developed the shrine.
The Altar piece at the Riverton Schoenstatt shrine is one of more than 100 replicas world-wide of the original in Schoenstatt Germany.
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scheme which gives shared housing programs leader in the Emmanuel Shared Housing Program will share some of her insights at the meeting. L'Arche began in August 1964 when Jean Vanier bought a house in TroslyBreuil, France. He planned to share his life with two mentally handicapped men from a nearby psychiatric hospital. By the end of 1965, L'Arche
had begun to grow and Jean Vanier soon had to buy more houses in the village. Today there are nearly 70 c ommunities comprising 1000 people throughout the world, scattered through France, Canada, India, England, Belgium, Haiti, Honduras, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, US, Denmark, Scotland and Australia. The Australian region of
L'Arche is the newest member of the International Federation of L'Arche.
W ASHINGTON: Three relatives of a priest held in Lebanon and families of other k idnapped Americans have urged the Reagan Administration to agree there is a full-scale hostage crisis instead of practising what the relatives called a failed policy of "quiet diplomacy".
There are three communities in the eastern states, Milton and Sydney in NSW and Chifley, in the ACT. The first aim of L'Arche is to create communities inspire dby the Beatitudes and the spirit of the Gospel.
At a press conference in Washington, members of families of some of the seven Americans held captive in Lebanon, including relatives of Servite Father Lawrence Martin Jenco, a former parish priest at Wanneroo, called for public attention and high-level government meetings like the ones which followed the TWA hijacking in
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ADELAIDE: A Catholic priest has condemned the use of anti-pregnancy vaccine which is being tested on South Australian women. In July SA women were asked to volunteer for the world's first trials of the vaccine. Director of Catholic Family Life Services, Father John Swann, said there are both ethical and moral objections to the vaccine's use. Two injections of the vaccine guard against pregnancy for at least 18 months at a time. The vaccine is designed to counter the function of the Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin — a hormone produced by women after fertilisation occurs — which assists the continuation of pregnancy. It acts before egg implantation occurs. According to Father Swann, the significant moral implications lie in the fact that the vaccine acts after fertilisation. "It takes effect after fertilisation occurs, in the very early stages of pregnancy," he said.
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It is important that a person develops a support system of friends within the community that will continue when the person moves into his/her own accommodation or shares with a friend. For some people the barrier to independent living is the inability to handle their own money. With the help of the computer system at Emmanuel, learning how to manage money takes on a new form as the personal finances are printed out before their very eyes. These figures are explained and people are invited to operate the computer for themselves so that each one can be responsible for his or her own spending — and they don't need to even be able to add two and two. As a result one person who entered the programme in debt for over $200 acquired her own flat and still has more than $400 in the bank. For some people, Emmanuel's Shared Housing is the end of the line. Thrown out of home by their parents and shunned by relatives and other welfare agencies (often because of disruptive behaviour), Emmanuel is the last resort. It has been noted people with disabilities in unsuitable accommodation are often faced with acute loneliness, drug
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THE KIMBERLEYS or the Diocese of Broome is the far North-West part of Australia, almost 3 times the size of Victoria A subtropical region, with a 'wet' season through the summer months; of varied terrain with beautiful beaches but a large part taken up by the Great Sandy Desert. Since 1959 many caring Australians have contributed in no small way to the personal growth and education of the Aboriginal people, as lay missionaries. They have formed close and lasting ties. Others are needed to continue and improve existing services. Needs for 1985: Include Kindergarten, Primary, Secondary, Domestic Science Teachers, D.C. Nurses, Clerks/Typist, Hostel Assistants, Handymen, Carpenter, Tradesmen, etc. and those with management abilities. Orientation Course — December 30, 1985 — January 25, 1986. Please Apply: Director, Box 7 P.O., Mittagong, N.S.W. 2575. Telephone: 048-711669.
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Priests' Order celebrates 700th anniversary Servites around the world are celebrating this year the 700th anniversary of the death of one of their saints, Philip
by FATHER CHRISTOPHER ROSS OSM Vicar Provincial of the
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He is probably the most illustrious saint in their long history because of his enlightened leadership of the Order and because of the way he lived. Born in Florence, Italy at the beginning of the thirteenth century, Philip was the son of well-to-do parents. Records regarding his early education are few, but there are some indications that he was trained in medicine. What is certain is that he was blessed with a native genius and an intellect that caused him to rise like a meteor among his religious brothers to the highest office in the Order of Servants of Mary. The Servite Order was still in its infancy when he entered as a humble lay brother. Its members, seven in number to begin but by that time growing rapidly, were more endowed with enthusiasm and vision than in education and learning.
Almost by accident, his talents were eventually discovered. In great need of such men, the early Servites viewed his coming as providential. In the years that followed, his successes showed time and again the richness of his personality and his native holiness. Elected Prior General of the Order in 1267 (the fifth to hold that position), he was continually re-elected, over constant protests on his part, until his death on August 22 1285. For the Order, the times were difficult. The Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 had forbidden the founding of any new mendicant Orders, and now in 1274, even while Philip held the office of General, the Second Council of Lyons reinforced the decree. And so, the Order lived under constant threat ot suppression.
Saint was the kind of man who would intervene in Saint Philip Benizi was open to the voice of the Spirit and dedicated himseff completely to the service of Mary in order better to serve God, his brothers in religion and allpeople. A s a disciple of the Seven Holy Founders Philip lived community life perfectly, according to the model of the apostolic Church and the Rule of Saint Augustine. Because of the fidelity with which he responded to his vocation and witnessed to the charism of his Order, he is venerated as an example for all servants of Mary. He was wise and humble in his service of leadership, and strong and intrepid in the pursuit of the ideals of community and peace. Like the Good Shepherd, he comforted the afflicted, aided the distressed and was merciful to sinners. We thank the Father, source of all holiness, for the gift of Saint Philip whose life reminds us of our obligation to serve others as did Jesus, who came "not to be served but to serve."
'Peace' was key word for Philip What kind of man would you find travelling the length and breadth of Northern Ireland these days publicly urging peace and reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants? A courageous man, you would say! And, if people actually listened to him and put aside their fears of each other and their hatreds, you would say he must be a saint as well. It would take heroic courage and saintliness to reverse the tide of that fratricide which is making headlines every day. But, Servite Saint Philip Benizi was just such a man in his own day. For modern Ulster, read thirteenth century Tuscany, central Italy. The whole area was ravaged by division, family against family, brother against brother. The armies of the Pope and of the Emperor, Frederick!!, were locked in mortal combat and the resulting hatred affected the lives of everyone, great or small. Philip was a voice raised in the squares and in the streets for reconciliation and peace. He turned up everywhere, begging factions to listen to reason and the demands of the Gospel. For his trouble he was roughed-up by opponents on at least two occasions. We can imagine a scene not unlike some video-news footage from one of the world's hot spots. Until the day of his death St Philip never tired of the word PEACE.
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And reconciliation. As long as people remain judgemental and unreconciled, there can be no peace. Even as he approached the last days of his life, Philip converted a couple of public prostitutes by his kindness to them and his sympathy — which he made practical by giving them enough money to support themselves until they could find proper work.
000 A whole Synod of Bishops such as was held in 1983 could not teach a better lesson on reconciliation than this saint did in one simple gesture of forgiveness Servites think of Si Philip as one who cared about his brothers when they were suffering. There is plenty of documented evidence that he stepped into many a crisis situation of the young Servite Order, gave of himself
generously and resolved whatever was hurting. The most famous episode was when the friars at Mezzo were without food because a passing army had devastated all the fields. With quiet faith, Philip obtained bred for them. To this day, bread is blessed and distributed at Servite churches on his feast day. Many Christian men and women of today are trying to be caring people. At this very moment, one of Philip's spiritual sons, one who was "sharing his bread" with the war-torn people of Beirut, is receiving world attention. He is Servite Martin Jenco, oit e time parish priest of Wanneroo, WA. (19761977) and assistant to Senior Bernardine in working with needy Aborigines in central Perth. Martin is one of the seven Americans still held hostage by the Islamis Jihad in Lebanon. St Philip would have understood not only why Martin was in the dangerous circumstances in which he was
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abducted, but also the great suffering he must be enduring because of his "love for the brothers" and even for his enemies. In Philip's day, the religious Order of which he was the elected Prior General took very seriously its official title: the Servants of Mary. In almost the same year
that he was born (about 1233 AD), seven merchants in Florence were leaving their families and friends and starting to live a communal life of prayer and penance They were in effect turning their backs on selfishness and discord. What was unique about their doing this was that they motivated themselves by a total dedication to Mary, the Mother of Jesus and Queen of Heaven. By the time Philip came into the Order and eventually became its superior general, this singular Marian orientation had become deeply ingrained in the consciousness of the members. In the earliest Servite writings, Philip is held up as the model Servant of Mary. Yet it was not for any great crowds he drew to thunder-
ous sermons nor for wonders worked in Our Lady s name. It was for the simple living. out of the dedicated lifestyle he had freely chosen, in poverty, in chastity and obedience, in imitation of Mary. Strangely enough, it may be that this is the strongest appeal Philip Benizi makes to us today. Before the Second Vatican Council, there had been a surge of Marian piety. Yet much of it was sentimental, not based on Sacred Scripture. Most of this was swept away in the tides of reevaluation following the Council. But very litte has been put in its place. In our own day, in this seventh centenary of the death of Marys great servant, Philip Benizi appeals to us to re-discover the core of Marian piety. A humble woman was open enough to the Holy Spirit to cooperate with his plans for the world's salvation. All the peacemaking, all the caring and the serving can be summed up in that kind of openness.
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of the death of one of their leaders Though it was Philip who established the policies that were eventually to bring about the Order's final approval by the Church in 1304, he did not live to see the success of his labours. Philip was extremely admired by his contemporaries, and so it is not surprising that in their enthusiasm later Servite historians wove a web of legend around his life.
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Yet official contemporary documents, though more sober in their expression, confirm that many of the legendary aspects were based on fact: his boundless charity, dedicated zeal, solicitude for his brothers, tireless energy, astute diplomacy, religious sensitivity and devotion to Mary. Some of these anecdotes, whether rooted in legend or historical tradition, have found expression in present liturgical practices on his feast day, such as the blessing of bread and of water, the blessing of the sick. Philip is recognised as a saint not so much because of his miracles but because of the quality of his life. It was a life of humble self-effacement, a life of service to
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people and to his brothers in religion, a life of love and enthusiasm that was contagious. He had a deep trust in God and in the protective love of Our Lady. The oldest extant documents bear witness that he was a man with a great sense of kindness and community, for they praise Philip with the simple words, "He loved the brethren". Those same documents tell us of many cases where this love was returned by his fellow Servites whom he served so well and whose often-lagging spirits he raised. By his own design, Philip died in the poorest monastery of the Order, at Todi in the province of Umbria, central Italy, not far from Assisi. Today his body is enshrined under the altar of the church in Todi dedicated to him. The room in which he died, now enclosed in a convent of Poor Clare nuns, is a place of pilgrimage. Philip Benizi was enrolled among the canonised saints by Pope Clement X in 1671. Although he was a man of an age very different from our own, the message of his life has perennial value. A beacon of light for his contemporaries, he remains today an inspiration for all his Servite brothers and sisters and a challenge to all Christians.
The Legion of Mary Ede! Quinn Memorial Building Appeal The Legion of Mary undertakes a wide range of Apostolic Work, including: • Visiting the sick, aged. lonely, discouraged, deserted members of our community at home or in institutions. • Teaching Catechism and preparing State School children for the Sacraments. • Listening with compassion to people's problems and, where appropriate, putting them in touch with social service agencies. • Parish Census work • Instructing adults who wish to become Catholics. • Welcoming migrant families. The Legion of Mary is a lay association of Catholics who, under the powerful leadership of Mary Immaculate, have formed themselves into a legion of service for the Church. Now, for the first time, the Legion in WA is appealing to the Catholic Laity for financial assistance. To meet the challenges of the future and
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"In consideration of the marvellous work the Legion of Mary has done for the Church of Perth I give my approval and support to the Edel Quinn Memorial Building Appeal."
Archbishop of Perth Patron of the Appeal The Archbishop's commendation of the Appeal is supported by Bishop Peter Quinn of Bunbury and Bishop Barry Hickey of Geraldton.
The director of music at St Mary's Cathedral, Mrs Annette Goerke, is one of the music consultants announced in recent the most appointments to the National Liturgical Commission for the next three years. She was the only Perth representative in the commission appointments. Other appointments included Archbishop Edward Clancy of Sydney as chairman of the executive.
The following were others appointed to the execPaul Father utive: Crowley (Sydney); Father Denis Hart (Melbourne/Secretary ); Father William Jordan (Melbourne/Officer for Music); Father Anthony Kain (Adelaide); and Father Christopher Willcock, SJ. Liturgy consultants appointed were: Father Paul Bird, C.Ss.R.: Father Patrick Flanagan ( Ballarat ); Father Clement Hill ( Wollongong); Father Peter Ingham (Sydney): Father John O'Kelly
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Bishop Thomas was born at Golden Square, Bendigo, Victoria on March 28, 1906. He was ordained a priest in Bendigo on July 13, 1930 and in that same city he was consecrated Bishop on July 31, 1962. In the time between he spent most of his priestly life in Bendigo, the greater part of it in a position of responsibility as Administrator of St Kilian's, the premiere city parish. He was enthroned in St Francis Xavier's Cathedral at Geraldton on August 8, 1962. In accordance with present Church regulations, he submitted his resignation when he was 75 and this became effective on July 20, 1981. He acted as Apostolic Administrator until the consecration of his successor, William Joseph Foley, on September 9, 1981. Later he witnessed the transfer of Bishop Foley to Perth in 1984 and the consecration of Barry James Hickey as Bishop of Geraldton on May 1, 1984. In 1962 Bishop Thomas came to Geraldton almost as a complete stranger. He had been to the West a few times visiting relatives in Perth, but of Geraldton and the diocese he had no personal experience whatsoever. But when the moment for retirement arrived after nearly 19 years of pastoral ministry he knew his diocese and its people thoroughly, and was personally responsible for much of its considerable growth. The seventies especially were years of unprecedented development and expansion in WA. The Church was not a disinterested bystander, but participated to the full and the Geraldton diocese was directly involved in so much of all that happened. On his arrival Bishop Thomas found a diocese that comprised 14 parishes, three on the Goldfields, Meekatharra, Mt Magnet and Leonora, seven in the wheatbelt, Northampton, Mullewa, Tardun, Morawa, Three Springs, Mingenew and Dongara, and three in the North West, Carnarvon, Wittenoom, Port Hedland and Geraldton itself. Decline of the Goldfields' towns and problems associated with the farming industry saw some parishes amalgamated and others closed. The 14 original parishes were reduced to nine. But simultaneously others were being opened elsewhere In 1981 the number of parishes had risen to eighteen. Where were the nine new ones? They were mostly in the North West, where Bishop Thomas created parishes at Exmouth, Dampier, Newman, Tom Price, Karratha, Wickham and South Hedland. And in the town of Geraldton two more were created, Bluff Point and Rangeway, from areas of the Cathedral parish Despite the fact expansion occurred quite rapidly, Bishop Thomas was able to ensure it was well planned and successfully carried out. He gave his full support to the priests who were responsible for the various undertakings. All nine parishes required new churches and presbyteries. They were built. In addition, churches were provided for the townships for Paraburdoo, in the Tom Price parish, and at Pannavvonica in the Wickham parish. And during this period a new presbytery was also built at Mullewa. One of the oldest parishes in the North West, Port Hedland, was the first to feel the pressures of the mineral boom. Church, presbytery, convent and school were completely replaced with new buildings on another site away from the port and industrial area. Three new communities of religious sisters began working in the North West during these years. The Sisters of St Joseph, stationed in Tom Price, undertook a Motor Mission in several of the adjacent towns. Sisters of St John of God conducted for several years a special mission for children at Roebourne. Presentation Sisters, already in the North West since the early years of this century, opened their newest foundation at Karratha, where they are in charge of St Paul's School. During these 19 years, progress was made on many fronts. Bishop Thomas was always present to bless the work of others and voiced appreciation of their efforts in a variety of initiatives and undertakings which were not his own direct responsibility. The Presentation Sisters in Geraldton continued to develop Stella Mans C,oliege and brought it to its present excellent stndard as a girls boarding and secondary college,
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The principal celebrant at Bishop Thomas' funeral in St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Geraldton, Bishop of Geraldton, Bishop Hickey with Monsignor Barden, receives the ciborium from Bishop Thomas' sister, Sister Antonia and the wine from housekeeper, Mrs Kath Toner. A former housekeeper, Mrs Evelyn Howell is just in the picture, far left.
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Bishop Thomas came to Geraldton with well deserved tributes still ringing in his ears. At the various celebrations associated with his consecration in Bendigo, lay people, religious and priests, vied with each other to register their appreciation and at the same time to highlight their sense of loss. Indeed, the warmest compliments came from his fellow priests who testified that a keen appreciation of his own priesthood was the basis of his piety, displaying itself in a fervent but unostentatious devotion to Mass and the Blessed Sacrament. And that he was always available and hospitable to those who shared his priesthood. He was priest and friend to his people and they knew the quality of the man whom God was taking from their midst. Now after his 23 years in Geraldton, lay people, religious and priests are again paying their tributes and thereby registering their own sense of loss. The singers are different, the song is the same. It is impossible to indicate in a few words the measure of this man, who was a wonderful Bishop with an abundance of fine qualities. But, an attempt should be made:
ElEl A man of prayer: available; confessions of the school The choice of motto for his Bishop's children; and as many of the Sunday parish Coat-of-arms, "De te vivere" (To live with masses that might be allocated to him. your life), emphasised the place that the Joumeyings often: Holy Mass and devotion to the Blessed Travelling the length and breadth of his Sacrament had in his life. vast diocese, very often by car and nearly His day always began and ended with always alone, because a priest "could not prayer in his private Chapel at Bishop's be spared" to go with him. House. And not always on official "Bishop's A Mass was never celebrated that did not Visitation" but more often when a parish conclude with time for thanksgiving in was temporarily vacant, sometimes for several weeks, "and there was no one else front of the Blessed Sacrament. Devotion to duty: to send". Each day brought along a variety of In this way his people came to know him things that required his attention, and even very well in all the parishes and deservedly a few days absence from Geraldton meant to love him. returning to a desk loaded with correspon- Courteous and hospitable: Visiting priests were welcome in his dence. Never enjoying the luxury of a secretary house and at his table and he was always he did all this himself, working through the available, no matter how busy or how mornings and again every night after tea inconvenient the hour, to give them his time. until the task was done. And everything receiving a courteous The guest was always put at ease and acknowledgement or reply where another made to feel at home. less sensitive person might have judged a Patient in adversity: reply to have been unnecessary. Never showing irritation with people, the turn of events, or with himself, nor with Pastoral zeal: An eagerness to share with the Cathedral his declining health. Patient with the physical disability of priests all the duties that are part of the priestly ministry; morning Mass at the limbs that gradually refused to function Cathedral, Presentation Sisters, St John of properly and so everything was made so God Convent or the Christian Brothers as difficult. his weekly turn came around; confessions And an example to everyone by the way at the Cathedral on Saturdays; sick calls to in which he accepted and met the either of the hospitals immediately and challenges of his final serious illness, which without question if other priests were not lasted five years.
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Bishop Thomas strikes a familiar pose . . . as thousands of people knew him . . . giving a friendly wave and warm greeting to passersby from the Bishop's House gardens.
Still busy in retirement In July 1981, Bishop Thomas accepted willingly his retirement from the responsibility of governing the diocese, seeing it as an opportunity to exercise his priestly ministry with greater freedom. Always available to "help out in the parishes he continued to serve the People of God, with simplicity and kindliness, in the way that he knew best. Bishop Thomas had no wish to leave the diocese and so he chose to live on in Geraldton. His home at Gummer Avenue was "open house" to all the priests and for many months, until the day he died, the local Geraldton clergy were his guests at Sunday dinner. The recurrence of his earlier illness about 14 months ago cast a shadow over his future and it was forseen the period of his retirement would not last long. And so, within the disposition of Divine Providence, thus it was. The memory of those we love lies deep within the heart. They live there as an abiding presence, with Christ. whose love makes all people one. May he rest in peace.
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Ifiets rule Mexico in cash it over crisis Church MEXICO CITY (NC) — With Mexico's worsening problems e conomic threatening to impoverish hundreds of thousands of small farmers in the country's southern r egion, the Mexican Catholic Church is coming to a "crossroads," said Bishop Arturo Lona Reyes of Tehuantepec. Bishop Lona said the Mexican hierarchy faces the choice of "continuing the reforms of Vatican II — which threaten the status fo some priests and bishops — or trying to restore the old order, which was more centralised." Bishop Lona and other southern Mexican prelates, such as Bishops Samuel Ruiz Garcia of S an Cristobal de las Casas and Luis Canton Mann of Tapachula, have criticised the harsh treatment of the predominantly Indian population by large landowners. In March, Bishop Ruiz criticised government pressure to force Guatemalan refugees from their camps near the M exican -Guatemalan border. He said the situation had been "unnecessarily aggravated to the point of endangering both the refugees and the poor Mexican peasants who have given them refuge." A ccording to Bishop Lona, the small farmers o f the Tehuantepac region "live in a state of misery" and are involved in continuous conflicts with the local landowners over the problem of land tenure.
HO CHI MINH CITY, (NC) — Although Communist-ruled Vietnam says it has a policy of religious freedom, the Church in the country today, after 350 years of existence there, seems to be tolerated only insofar as it agrees to be transformed into a political organisation supporting the State. Since Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, fell to the North Vietnamese Army on April 30, 1975, South Vietnam's two million Catholics, along with their 23 million fellow southerners, have experienced isolation, intense ideological regimentation and harsh drilling to create the "new man." To foster the transformation of the Church, the committee for the Unity of the Patriotic Vietnamese Catholics was formed in the South after the war. It is the counterpart of an organisation created in the North in 1957. In 1983, the Catholic committees were brought into a nationwide organisation called the Patriotic Front and led by the Vietnamese Communist Party. So far, no bishop has approved the committee, and several have warned of the danger it presents to the unity and doctrinal orthodoxy of the Church. Archbishops Philippe
Nuns urged persist VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II urged the Daughters of Charity to continue aligning themselves with the poor. "Do the impossible in order to reach the poorest." the pope said. The pope drew their attention to "refugees, the unemployed, the hungry, drug victims" and those on the margins of society. In doing so, the pope added, the order keeps in touch with its roots. -The more you respond to the most unfortunate," he explained, "the more you experience the need to live that material poverty which St Vincent de Paul spoke of with such ardour." The Daughters of Charity began in France in 1633 when Louise de Marillac, a widow who assisted St Vincent de Paul in his work with the poor, opened a training program in her home for those who wished to join their efforts. It was formally approved as a religious institute in 1655. There are currently about 33,000 members in 70 countries.
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"Because of its importance and because all other forms of catechesis are oriented in some way to it, the catechesis of adults must have high priority at all levels of the Church. The success of programs for children and youth depends to a significant extent upon the words, community, especially parents, attitudes, and actions of the adult U.S. National ( atechetical Directory family and guardians."
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PAT WAYS OF T ESPI IT
The heart of peace is the well- being of people who are around us ... Jeremiah preached that peace "ultimately has to do with the living of social justice," explained Georgetown University theologian Anthony Tambasco in a speech at a Maryland parish in 1982. Jeremiah warned people
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not to forget that "the heart of peace is the wellbeing of the people around them," Tambasco added.
During a recent interview, Tambasco referred to the prophet's temple speech in Chapter 7 of the Book of Jeremiah as
typical of this teaching. Again and again Jeremiah prophesied that catastrophe and war would come if the Jews
didn't pay attention to God's demands. And in 587 B.C. the prophet witnessed the final destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of the mighty Babylonians. But Jeremiah won few friends playing the role of Cassandra. The people he dearly loved subjected him to public disgrace and abandoned him in am empty cistern. They burned his prophesies and threw him in gaol. But no punishment could erase Jeremiah's message which remains, as timely today as many centuries ago. Recently his prophetic voice was cited as one of the historial strands in the Church's developing theology of peace by the US bishops in their pastoral letter on war and peace. In the pastoral letter, the bishops, like Jeremiah, consider peace in broad terms as dependent on social justice. In its third section, the bishops take up peace-making as a moral question. They say: "Both the political needs and the moral challenge of our time require a positive conception of peace." For the building of peace is the way to prevent war, they add. Quoting Pope Paul VI and echoing Jeremiah, the bishops observe:
The goal is to listen to the other fellow instead Father David of just trying to win O'Rourke f
As one resident said to me, "They're developing the bombs right in my back yard."
Ithought of this town as I wondered what ordinary Catholics might do to act on the American bishops' new pastoral letter on war and peace in the nuclear age. Livermore is a community where some people worked on the issues of the nuclear age in a way that may be of help to us all. I spoke with a number of religious and lay leaders in Livermore to find out what they think and what they are doing.
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Father Jim Keeley, pastor of one of the town's two Catholic parishes, noted that people there have been struggling with the moral implications of nuclear arms for a number of years. There was a time when "we weren't able to talk about this issue," he said. "It was too controversial emotionally and charged." But that changed. Not only are the people in this town talking, but, the pastor suspects, they probably rank among the most informed people in the country on these issues now. What brought about the change? One of Father Keeley's parishioners, who has worked at the
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laboratory since 1969, said that people began with small group discussions. got "Usually we together to talk because we didn't believe what others were saying about our work." But then, he added, this defensive attitude changed into a real desire to know both the facts and their moral implications.
DOD The parishioner also added that the local clergy played a very important role in bring people into real dialogue. Father Keeley and the Reverend Bill Nebo, a Presbyterian minister, brought together an ecumenical dialogue
focused on the moral issues in nuclear arms.
What did they discover in their dialogue? First the parishioner said, they learned that everybody has a tendency to talk in order to win. "It's absolutely necessary to get beyond that point," he said. "It's very easy to find holes in the other fellow's argument, especially when you have the expertise that comes with 15 years work in developing nuclear resources," he added. "But when you get adversarial everybody loses. The goal is to listen to the other fellow, and then, perhaps, you can all end up with somethingbetter than either position
taken singly." The pastoral letter on war and peace exemplified this advice, the two clergymen said. The bishops didn't claim to have final answers on all the questions. "They tried to come to grips with real moral issues and they listened to each other." In the view of the two clergymen from Livermore, "we should do the same." The Reverand Nebo pointed out that the dialogue in Livermore brought participants to talk about not only the bomb, but other life issues as well. He thinks the group "has come to terms with the morality of force and how we use force morally and immorally as a nation."
By Katharine Bird "Peace cannot be limited to a mere absence of war, the result of an ever precarious balance of forces. No, peace is something built up day after day, in the pursuit of an order intended by God, which implies a more perfect form of justice among men and women." The bishops stress the unity of the world's family: "The globe is inhabited by a single family in which all have the same basic needs and all have a right to the goods of the earth." That, say the bishops, is a "fundamental principle of Catholic teaching which we believe to be of increasing importance today." For "in an interdependent world we all need to affirm their common nature and destiny." The bond of human interdependence today "is complemented by the growing political and economic interdependence of the world," the bishops observe. They see peace based on order which, in turn, is founded on "the values of justice, truth, freedom and love." Moreover, the bishops say, the people of their nation are known for a "sense of generosity and compassion." The bishops refer to Pope John Paul II's speech at Yankee Stadium in New York where the pope called on his audience to "seek out the structural reasons which foster or cause the different forms of poverty." The pope's words present an intellectual, moral and political challenge for the United States, the bishops assert. • Intellectually, to rethink the meaning of national interest in an interdependent world. • Morally, to build upon the spirit of generosity present among the nation's people, directing it toward a more systematic response to the major issues affecting the world's pool. • Politically, to develop national policies which promote the profound structural reforms called for by papal teaching.
Christians must become wayfarers if the world is to find peace By David Gibson A wayfarer is a traveller — someone moving along the road toward a destination. In an age when the need for world peace is great, the US bishops suggest Christians must become wayfarers in the faith — people who continually equip themselves "to profess the full faith of the Church in an increasingly secularised society." In their 1983 pastoral letter on war and peace, the bishops speak of this process — a process of growth. This dimension of their message is not yet well understood. It constitutes a call to greater faith on the part of Christians. "To be disciples of Jesus requires that we continually go beyond where we now are," the bishops write. But they do not say it is an easy road to travel, or that the destination is quickly reached. Christian wayfarers never expect complete success in history, the bishops remind us. They add: "To become true disciples, we must undergo a demanding course of induction into the adult Christian community." So the bishops call Christians to greater faith.
Then they call Christians to the role of peacemaking, encouraging prayer. participation in the liturgy, penance and ongoing education within the Christian community. How people grow as peacemakers is a topic that families and discussion groups could explore at great length in the months and years ahead. And that is precisely what the bishops hope will happen. But the bishops offer a few suggestions to generate discussion andI want to cite just a couple of them here. People ought to take a look at the ways violence becomes acceptable in a society, the bishops think. For if violence in any form is accepted as commonplace, sensitivities become dulled and war itself can be taken for granted, they write. But what is violence? What are its forms? "Violence has many faces: oppression of the poor, deprivation of basic human rights, economic sexual exploitation, exploitation and pornography, neglect or abuse of the aged and the helpless and innumerable other acts of inhumanity. Abortion in particular blunts a sense of the sacredness of human life," state the bishops All people are capable of violence, the bishops write.
So they suggest that what is needed is the disarmament of the human heart: "All of the values we are promoting in this letter rest ultimately in the disarmament of the human heart . . . We cannot have peace with hate in our hearts." Christian wayfarers for peace, therefore, need to grow away from violence. And, the bishops suggest, parents should teach their children about this. Parents who want to help their children grow up as peace-
makers will help children tic sign of our reconcililearn to solve conflicts in ation with God and with non-violent ways, says one another." As an added sign of the bishops. Christian wayfarers also commitment to peace are urged by the bishops and reconciliation, the to think about how they bishops suggest that a can grow in the practices petition for peace be of peace during the cele- included during the bration of the Mass. The general intercessions at sign of peace at Mass is every Mass. These points represent important here. a view of the Eucharist The sign of peace is "a groups that many our of visible expression will commitment to work for undoubtedly peace as a Christian com- explore as they seek out munity," say the bishops. ways to be peacemakers. They encourage Cathol- The bishops call the Mass ics to "make the sign of "a unique means of seekpeace at Mass an authen- ing God's help to create
the conditions essential for true peace in ourselves and in the world." The issues of war and peace have a political dimension because they are embedded in public policy, the bishops observe. But these issues also have "a profoundly moral dimension which responsible Christians cannot ignore." In an age "heavily armed with nuclear weapons", the bishops urge Christians to think through the implications of faith and to grow as wayfarers for peace.
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St Paul thought that the Spirit played a big role in his own life and in that of the early Christian communities. I n his very first letter, Paul tells the Thessalonians that his preaching was not a mere matter of words, but of power. And his preaching was carried on in God's Spirit with complete conriction. (I Tbess 1:5) Paul would be referring to some dynamic quality, In his preaching u,hich obviously could not be explained simply as extraordinary eloquence. Infact, elsewhere be alludes to the fact that be was not a very eloquent speaker, in the accepted sense of that term. But the effects of Paul's preaching were so great that his listeners could only conclude that they were in the presence of a power wbicb trans-
cended mere words. And they experienced that same power in their own lives. Paul reminds them. This mysterious divine force manifested itself in a variety of ways in the lives of the converts. We bear about the Spirit's activity, for example, u•bers the Galatian Christians were tempted to seek salvation by observance of the Mosaic Law. Paul was furious. An in an effort to dissuade them, be could allude with amazing confidence to their experience of the Spirit: "Iwant to learn only one thing from you; bow did you receive the Spirit? Was it through observance of the law or through faith in what you beard? . . . Is it because you observe the law or because you bate faith in what you beard that God lavishes the Spirit on you and works wonders in
your midst?" (Gal. 3:2-5)
By Father John Castelot
Spirit plays a big role
I n the course of time, the use of the various gifts of the Spirit caused difficulties in some of the communities, especially among the Christians in Corinth who did not stand out for their emotional maturity. The Spirit's gifts were intended to produce harmony in the community. But thanks to childishness among the people, the gifts u,ere causing pride, enty disunity. Paul writes: 'To each person is given the manifestation of the Spiritfor tbe common good. . . But it is one and the same Spirit who produces all these gifts, distributing them to each as be wills" (1 Cor. 12:7,11) I n those statements Paul acknowledges the presence of a variety of gifts among the community's members.
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A combination of in tive coping rnechani and repressed emotion can often set people on the path to emotional disaster. In one typical case, a 62year-old woman who has had a history of nervous breakdowns revealed a past littered with unresolved griefs_ Her mother died when she was 23 after she had nursed her through many years of a difficult and lingering illness. She did not see her mother dead and neither did she attend the funeral because she had to stay home and care for a younger sister. Six months later her f ather remarried and before she had even begun to cope with the grief of her mother's death and that of her father's remarriage, she was martoward any of her many ried. griefs. Yet another grief, Not even when her because with marriage father buried his second we must mourn for the life wife next to his first -we have left as a single something which she said person. -did make her angry." She subsequently On the positive side Ian became profoundly Mackie tells the story of depressed but received no the man whose wife had treatment and apparently suicided and who raged recovered the following by her side as ambulanceyear with the birth of a men tried to take the body child. away. Five years later, with 'They tried to calm him three small children she down,- Ian said, "and take was forced to nurse her the body but he just stood bedridden mother-in-law his ground and said they with whom the family were not going to take her lived. away until he had finHer mother-in-law died ished. four years later and the "He had every right to be family moved house angry and he was going to quickly because the get it all out." woman wanted to *get When people feel strong away from the memories.' emotions like anger and Six months later she try to hide it, they become became profoundly locked in the denial stage depressed and subsewhere the deceased is quently suffered a severe presented as almost sainbreakdown Attiti tlike — and the love they required interMitt*It hostogether was "perhad pitalisatQ.yr a period tect.of three " But it is not real and the Airftler She "recover person they lking the birth of another child about was but blamed her problem person Nit, on "too much work". them to avoid At no time was any real whieh.helps facing lieir real feelings. anger expressed. , eelings which She became a sem bekieveare oe invalid and suffered fl but feelings, more depression until 18 years later when her hus- which, if., rnatelY 4k4 band died of cancer. In a She did not see her year old husband dead and in fact mother. refused to go to the hosThe relationship had pital to see him in the that, trakeatic one and days of coma. mother had She did attend the .fu eral but 'kept a stiff upper lip' and did not "breaW, ha life'a misery. down." 'nut sitingely, or perhaps Six months later she not so strangely, assoon again became profoundly depressed and suffered as her mother had died another severe break- the daughter began tetelk down which required hos- about how4nd oto wondpitalisation in a nursing erful and ge had been home for two years. Virtually 12 She has now 'recovered' the day after but remains a semideath the worn invalid, psychologically commit suicide and sub-, and physically. At no time in her life has sequently went on to anger been expressed reach a st , 10
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permanent anxiety and paranoia which has now lasted seven years. Long bouts of hospitalisation, shock treatment, drugs and therapy have made no difference whatsoever. She now spends most of each day lying face down on herbed, getting up only to eat. She has to be dressed nd washed and totally cared for even though she is physically fit. This woman's history alSh revealed major unresolved griefs — such as the two year ,separation . frorwher husbarid en he left for npthe wor n, discus morn* home t wo -yea swit cancer," six years herti •*, tged ernotion-
had "acted as if nothing was happening," and even though she was regularly attending chemotherapy, it was as if "life were normal." Such experiences help to create what amounts to a common clinical picture of repressed anger and unresolved griefs. But it is necessary to remember, adds Ian, that defences are an important part of the grief process . . . we just have to make sure that they don't go on too long. takes a long time to work through, grief," he "aMinirnurn of two years is necessary in fact, for most people t6 grieve 'Property and many will go through a stage of denial, either short or long, during 'this tirne. ''rhat's okay, because for a time they may need it, but Cis when they never emerge from the denial and idealisation that they re in trouble. olt is because act as a fo4
doesn't or shouldn't happen — but conscious grieving is a normal process which can involve shock, denial, sadness, guilt, anger, and a whole assortment of emotions." Not all people will feel all things, but to have a healthy response to loss they MUST feel SOMETHING. One of the most difficult grief areas is where we have a "death" without a
protection that they can also block out other parts of life. "It is like building a castle to keep you safe — not only does the castle keep the enemies out but it also keeps you in, and more importantly, it keeps the good guys out as well as the bad ones." You can't let the drawbridge down to let the good guys in without risking yourself with the enemy, he said. It's when people refuse to take those risks that they lock away the most precious part of themselves and their opportunity to live life to the full. probably pretty safe locked away in a castle but it is also lonely and you don't get to see or experience much of the world. The therapist may well be the "first person over the drawbridge" but this is the first step toward helping someone understand the nature of their griefs. "The 'anniversary' nature of grief is often overlooked," Ian said. "It is not surprising that emotional crises often occur on or near the anniversary of a loss." But "reaching" someone does take time because very often the grief is so deeply buried that people do not realise it is there. "I often ask them what anniversaries there have been — it may have just been Christmas and I will then ask them to think of who wasn't there! 'That often hits the spot. "It takes time for people to trust but when you do
strike a chord the tears will come and then we can begin the repair work." The grief response can occur on a conscious and unconscious level, Ian Mackie says. Psychotic behaviour is the unconscious response to unresolved grief. Some people do go crazy, some even commit suicide and severe psychological disorders like schizophrenia may be triggered by a negative grief experience. The reality is the grief response is not easy but it is normal and while many people may "feel they are going crazy," if they go with the feelings instead of trying to bury them, t hey will ultimately emerge unscathed. Grief is the process you must go through in order to readjust your life to the loss. Everyone must do the grief work in his or her own time. But for most people especially with death, the process will take longer than they ever would have expected. C.S. Lewis once wrote, "No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear." it is this feeling of fear that makes so many people "run away". During times of grief we need support, not protection, says Ian. "You do need people to help you stay and face things -- especially at the beginning where the impact also brings with it a sense of shock," he said.
"But the truth is that the only way through the valley of death is exactly that, through it . . . you must face the pain and go on." "Society seems to want to ignore the reality of grief, to make out it
'This can be interpreted in a literal sense," Ian said, "such as losing a loved one in the war, through drowning, or in an air crash, but there are many other grief 'loss situations where we have a "death" without a "body" in the figurative sense." This happens with separation and divorce where the person has certainly experienced a "death" — of their dreams, of the relationship, of the personality of themselves and the one they have lost — but there is no "body". Neither are there any rituals or mourning structures that will help them come to terms with their loss This is a major area of trauma. Ian said, especially with so many marriages breaking up. I like to see divorced people wait for at least five years before they marry again, just to make sure they have properly worked through the grief.
Where there is no knew she had had a baby to welcome it as a healthy "body" there is no aware- but it was nowhere to be part of our body's natural ness of the finality of loss. seen and in fact, in some ability to heal — and to Where there are no ritu- cases, had not been seen deal with it there and then. als for grief, there are at all. but her to "dead" It is easy, he adds, to was It to vehicles no often it wasn't dead — there rationalise feelings and express that grief. It is that much easier, he was no ritual for grief and physical ailments, but it is adds for the unrecognised no opportunity to express a sure sign if there is some grief because "such lingering problem, that griefs to go unattended. Infidelity involves loss things were not menti- there is unfinished busiand therefore grief, so oned," let alone dis- ness somewhere. For one person it may be does moving house, cussed. 'The trauma of such an disturbing dreams, for changing jobs, losing a friend because they move experience, says Ian, will another it may be unexaway, losing our health, stay with the woman in pected displays of anger losing a limb — even to most cases until the end — phobias of any kind are losing a treasured posses- of her life, unles it is a common response and sion — for children it recognised and dealt with any obsession is a possiAnother complex area ble indicator of something might be a teddy bear or where grief may go buried. a doll. The important thing is to While some of these unseen is with symbolic griefs are minor and some loss where the sensation seek help, he said, are major they all contrib- is more of a feeling than because help is available In a way you can look at of fact. ute to the whole. These include such it as a search for "buried The attitude of "out of sight, out of mind," is one things as the "loss of the treasure," because, in the sense of immortality," process of defusing your of society's greatest lies. The suffering of those which hits people with the "emotional time bomb," who have given up their "passing of youth:. the you will uncover some children for adoption loss of dreams in mar- very special parts of yourriage; the loss of youth self. bears testament to this. He adds a warning As one of the greatest of itself; the loss of a sense major of worth; the loss of self — though that any kind of unrecognised griefs, the emotional all are "deaths" and all successful therapy must trauma of the relinquish- provoke a grief response contain an empathy ing mother and the subse- which must be worked between client and counsellor. quent trauma of the through. "Make sure you find a symbolic of these Many are child, relinquished only now being accepted losses come to the fore in counsellor that you can what has commonly been relate to and one who is and dealt with Society said the best called the "mid-life crisis," aware of and sympathetic thing to do was bundle the which is seen to be an to the grief factor," he baby away as quickly as emotional watershed for said. "In other words sound possible and preferably let both men and women. no-one, apart from the Such a rigid definition as your counsellor out before immediate family, know mid-life crisis is probably you get involved." Counselling services are what happened, in the simplistic. The important thing, available through Centrebelief as soon as everything got back to normal, says Ian Mackie, is to care, on 325 6644 or recognise the grief factor t hrough the Anglican it would all be okay. throughout our lives and Health and Welfare ServiBut of course it wasn't. mind ces on 321 7033. her and body Her
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From page 13 Reflecting on his own student days, Brother Wedd says students today are working much harder than they did seven years ago. Students of those years fought for the abolition of the one exam where the student's academic success depended on the one e xam, so today there is a continual assessment. This has in fact been a twoedged sword which has put
tertiary students include — the Asian and overseas students, the lonely and alienated students and women issues. The Australian Tertiary Movement is one of the few national networks of students' concerns. Since the collapse of the Australian Union of Students last year, a vacuum has been created where the justice issues of the students themselves are no longer highlighted. The Tertiary Young Christian Students' Movement strives to be the Church on campus. in speaking about the Church, Brother Wedd commented in many cases, Church representatives are not really listening or r especting the view of students. People like himself find it not an easy task to be the link between the institutional Church and the student world. The typical reaction of the young Catholic on campus is,
according to Brother Wedd, that confronted by all the pluralism of the tertiary world. The young Catholic begins to wonder why so many other students are seemingly happy, and yet express no faith. The typical question asked is "How is it that everyone else seems to get by ;mahout the Church, where sex and worship are no issues at all?7' Looking to the future, Brother Wedd says teamwork will be a key to future ministry of the Church on tertiary campuses.
of people rather than comfortable and lucrative jobs which simply maintain a structure or exploit an environment. He spoke of one group as having completed their studies, paid in between 15 and 10 per cent of their new-found professional pay packet into a bank tobe used for charities and work for the poor. Another group decided to go to Mass together as a group rather than individually. Some part-time students were delving into the mistreatment of young workers in their part-time employment. The tertiary scene in Perth in preparing for its first Australian Conference which unites the Tertiary Catholic Federation and the tertiary Young Christian Students. More than 100 tertiary students are expected to take part in a c onference between January 7 and 12, 1986
PAINTING quality work Prayer to St Jude. 0 Holy McCORMACK, Mary at the right price. John St Jude, apostle and mar- Isobel. In loving memory Freakley. Phone 361 4349. tyr, great in virtue and rich of our dear aunt who went in miracles, near kinsman to her heavenly reward two pressure on the students throughof Jesus Christ, faithful years on Sunday, August out the whole year. 5 Electrical Contractor A student can no longer spend J.V. D'Esterre Vivian St, intercessor of all who 17. Our Prayers are with [1] two and a half terms socialising Rivervale. 30 yrs expe- invoke your special patron you. in of To time I need. you, In Mary. HER, GALLAG efficient, rience, expert, and involved in many social He sees the main focus as reliable. Ring 362 4646, have cause from the depth loving memory of our dear issues — and then study hard for training people to understand of my heart and humbly Mary, sister of Dan, John, after hours 385 9660. their mission as lay people, and beg you to whom God has Birdie, Charles, Hugh, the last three weeks before the final exam and find he can pass. t o go on transforming the world to such power great given Susan deceased), (all Jim, ELECTRICAL: For all it makes assessment the places that they find in Continual my to assistance. come (Mrs Lanigan), Nora (Mrs t ypes of electrical work themselves. necessary for a student to work my in Help now present me R.I.P. Bill. and Nolan) phone 335 2277. and urgent need and grant Many thanks Sister Luke hard all through the year. He quoted examples of young Some of the other student engineers choosing professional STEELWORK: All types my earnest petition. In for kindness and care. work which will be at the service of steel gates and balus_ return I promise to make R YAN (Frank) In loving issues that are of interest to trades, mig welding and arc your name known and memory of Frank whose welding. Phone 335 2277. cause you to be invoked. anniversary occurs 14th "The tragedy is many Chris- believed there existed a Father Fleming said surroSay three Our Fathers, August. Dear husband of From page 2 Hail Marys and Glorias. St Sheila. Father of Moya, He said there was no den- tian ethical commentators great need for public educagate embryo transfer was Jude pray for all who John (dec) and Helen. ying infertility for married believe DIF may be accepta- tion, long before such alteralso being considered. CCOMMODATION A honour and invoke your Loved grandfather of ble in the simple case where natives as in-vitro were In these cases a woman is traumatic a was couples VAILABLE A aid. Louise, Paul and Daniel. considered. and fertilised is egg one to produce her own was it unable But xperience. Novena to the Holy Spirit. Father-in-law of Patrick. e has the right woman "The the in another woman is married replaced and considall eggs take to important Wembley Holy Spirit, you who solve Our Lady of Fatima Pray Holiday House in to know the consequences woman. hired by the infertile couple. erations into account. o verlooking Lake Monger, all problems, light all for him. "This overlooks the fart 96 of a promiscuous lifestyle," He said society needed to 5 mins from city, sleeps up roads so that I can attain The hired woman is artifito six, linen, crokery, etc, my goal. You gave me the look at its attitude in regard per cent of thaw embryos he said. inseminated with cially THANKS "To tell a woman a pill will fully furnished, long or divine gift to forgive and t o women where many will die. sperm from the husband and short term. 450 5301. forget all evil against me "It is not sufficient to say protect her from all consewomen were pressured to after fertilisation, has taken and that in all instances of 0 holy St Jude, apostle have a child, at any age and nature wastes roughly 50 quences of a promiscuous in the fallopian tubes place virtue in great martyr, and Margaret River — Pre- my life you are with me. I the suggestion per cent of human embryos. lifestyle is simply untrue." the embryo travels down velly Park comfortable want in this short prayer to and rich in miracles, near at any cost, or He said another major fac'The truth is there is a 100 into the uterus. private beach house from thank you for all things as kinsman of Jesus Christ, was made she was "less than in female infertility is tor human of wastage cent all per of faithful intercessor woman". a $20 per day, pot belly I confirm once again that embryo the Before elective sterilisation. "Such an attitude is scan- life since we all die. s tove, wood supplied. I never want to be separ- who invoke you as special itself, the uterus is implants "Death by natural calLSCS Enquire about our bonus ated from you ever, in spite patron in time of need, to dalous," he said. embryo the flushed, free days. 410 2206 Ai h of all material illusions. I you I have recourse from "Of course there are some two days after fertilisation or retrieved and placed in the my and of heart depths the (097) 575063. wish to be with you in people who desperately 100 years after birth does uterus of the infertile "A woman believes she has eternal glory. Thank you humbly beg you to whom desire a child whatever the not validate behaviour on great such given has God woman. had her statutory 1.6 childfor your mercy towards me my part which might occaSITUATIONS power to come to my assist- public pressure," he said. "The feminist lobby rightly and mine. Sue ren and proceeds to have sion the death of others," criticises the whole process The combination of public Novena to the Sacred ance. Help me now in my from advice on cut tubes her Fleming said Father Upholstery. Lounge, din- Heart. because it treats a woman's Most Sacred Heart present and urgent need pressure and personal desire a genial gyneacolog;ist," he ing suites and all types of of Jesus, thought also needed to be and grant my earnest petimay your name people body as an incubator. lead however, could said. recand antique furn rep. be praised. and glorified tion. In return I promise to to believe the end justified given to some of the reasons overed by skilled crafts"Perhaps her husband dies "Further more, the flushing for the increase in infertility. throughout the world now make your name known the means. man, 30 yrs exp. 361 7473 or she becomes divorced, process may force the He said !VF was largely and forver, Amen. Say and cause you to be "We do have to take perall areas. and she wishes to have more embryo into the fallopian nine times for nine consec- invoked. Say three Our designed to solve those Upholsterer elderly retired utive days sonal feelings into account. and Marys Hail Fathers, children with another hustube of the surrogate and promise infertility of problems professional is interested "But the thing is, not every band. mother thus causing an publication. Thanks for Glorias. St Jude pray for occlusion. tubal by caused in occasional small repairs prayers answered. Char- all who honour and invoke means of treatment of infer- The Catholic Bishop's Joint "Alternatively oncor more ectopic pregnancy which and light recovering work. your aid. Published as tility is ethically sound. maine. of her children die in an thus necessitates the immeBio-ethical on Committee Ph 341 3995. for thanks in "Yes, we must get a good Most Sacred Heart of promised accident and she wishes to diate termination of the Gardening, clean rubbish Jesus. may Issues, prepared in response prayers. my answering your name be result, which is a baby, but reconstruct her family. pregnancy," he said. from yards. Bankcard welto the Warnock Report said: praised and glorified V.G.T. the means must be mutually "She then has recourse to come 339 6108 before 8 "It is also possible the hired "The commonest cause of throughout the world now acceptable." am. Spirit. Holy program. Novena the to IVF the woman could become pregaccounting tubal occlusion, and forever. Say this Canvas. Tents tarp and Father Fleming said the "The point here is that nant and may ask for an prayer nine times for nine Holy Spirit you who solve for 90 per cent of all cases and made annexes massive medical intervenabortion, or would perhaps consecutive days. Thanks all problems. light all individual whose interests are previous abortion, the repaired. Shade cloth supp- D.S. roads so that I can attain were paramount was the tion into the reproductive be asked to have an abortion ftD contraa as the of use lied 361 7473 362 1285. Novena to the Sacred my goal, you gave me the child's. processes produces as many by the infertile couple ceptive device, and sexually A ttention schools, colHe said the status of the Sacred Heart divine gift to forgive and Heart. Most problems as whose rights would prevail." it seems to diseases." transmitted leges, catholic institutions. of Jesus, may your name forget all evil against me and solve. Father Fleming said. Professional building be praised and glorified and in all instances of my embryo was important, Father Fleming said he maintenance. Handyman throughout the world, now life you are with me. I want there were two major approaches to determining urgently needs permanent and forever. Amen. Say in this short prayer to or part time employment. nine times a day for nine thank you for all things as the moral status of a human Expert in painting, carpen- consecutive days and I confirm once again that embryo. try, plumbing, gardening promise "The functional definition publication. I never want to be separetc. Will save you money in Thanks to ated from you ever, in spite of human-being states a Sacred the the long run. For more Heart for prayers ans- of all material illusions. I human being becomes a phone information wish to be with you in human person when they wered. Liz. 444 3777. Sincere thanks to the eternal glory. Thank you exhibit certain developed infant Jesus, Our Lady and for your mercy towards me functions such as intelliSt Jude for prayers ans- and mine. This prayer gence and the ability to PERSONAL wered. Publication as must be said for three days control their lives," he said. promised. Maureen and after which the favour will Retired business widow, "The difficulty with this be granted. The prayer excellent references, seek- Willie. must be published imme- view is pers.onhood once ing a special elderly gentle- Many thanks to St Jude diately. Deep gratitude for achieved, may at some later man who is desirous of and the Sacred Heart for c omplete success in an time through accident or forming a lasting friend- all favours granted. Rita operation. Lewis Family. illness or old age be lost. ship. For appointment and John. St for Jude "How many individuals will please phone 325 8742 Thank you favours granted. Pauline. Novena to the Sacred become non-persons sub(priv) after 4pm. Heart Sacred Most Heart. Most Sacred Heart of ject to the arbitrary deprivaJesus. May your name be of Jesus, may your name tion of their life by others. glorified and praised be praised and glorified "The alternative view is the throughout the world now throughout the world now and forever. Amen. Grate- and forever. Amen. Say ontological (by virtue of its ful thanks for favour nine times for nine consec- being) status of every utive days and promise human being. (The Vatican Pastoral Instruction granted. Josephine. on Social Communication) 'That is we never become Grateful thanks to the publication. Thanks for Most Sacred Heart Our prayers answered. Char- a human person — we are Lady St Jude for prayers maine. always a human person in answered. C.P. Grateful thanks to St Jude the process of becoming. Turn to your Catholic paper for: Thanks to Holy Saint for prayers answered. - 'On this understanding all l Jude, our lady of perpetual M M. human-beings are to be —News succour for special request treated with respect and are —Opinions and Norma granted. Novena to the Sacred individuals for whose wel—Features Jenny. Heart. Most Sacred Heart fare I must accept responsi—Reviews of Jesus, may your name bility. —And EDUCATION praised and be glorified, PUBUC NOTICE throughout the world, now "It is my option this latter view most closely accords EXPLORE YOUR BELIEF DANCE Catholic singles and forever. Amen. Say with the Christian tradition day a nine nine for times READ THE club 30th anniversary and represents a powerful days consecutive and Hall Sandgate 17 August "KNOW YOUR FAITH" publication. implicit objection to most of cnr Sandgate and Hens- promise SERIES IN YOUR the Thanks to Sacred the practices associated man Sts South Perth. 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In this International Youth Year Pope John Paul II issued a special message to the youth of the world. Like many of the pope's messages they are not brief. This one is over 13,000 words. The following is an edited extract, the second of a series.
I've been astonished by the nature of the argument about tuition fees for tertiary students. It is all based on economics. Education is consumed as an investment producing a higher future income. Who is proclaiming the Christian view of education? Not even those Church people who run Catholic tertiary institutes.
Don't Catholics claim education is meant to develop the full potential of the whole person? If we believe this, then we will apply it to tertiary education as well as primary and
secondary education. Most of our Catholic secondary schools make a point of not excluding students who can't afford to pay fees.
Yet what happens to these same students when they move from secondary school to a tertiary institution? Obviously, they can't suddenly afford fees. The popular myth is that students lead a comfortable, leisured life free from responsibility. A few do. Most are pressured economically, and hold parttime jobs.
Continuous assessment has doubled or tripled workloads over the last 15 years. Unemployment increases the need for high grades. Competition makes community-building hard. Students aren't revolting anymore. They are too busy to be radical. This is a loss to society. If students don't challenge the injustices in the world, who else will? Helder Camara, Archbishop from Brazil, pointed out the need for young people to raise their voices against injustice, during his recent visit to Australia Adults may be too busy surviving, or may have given up the struggle, but young people are the last to lose vision and hope. The Church needs them to remind us of what the Gospel means in each new era. Who will be excluded if tuition fees are introduced? Don't theorise. Ask the tertiary students in your parish how they will manage. Ask them about their life now. Ask why the government is proposing fees. BROTHER DON WEDD
Church is given no voice Christian Brother Don Wedd, Australian Tertiary YCS assistant has just completed a three week visit to the Perth movement. According to Brother Wedd the church has little or no voice in the Australian Tertiary scene. It is a.mere whisper. The majority of students who are preaching Christianity on campus are either turned on evangelicals, who give Christianity a bad name, or the hard hosed traditionalists who don't give the Church any sort of name. It's unfortunate those with a high profile are the "anti-s-. The anti-abortionists and the anti-homosexuals perhaps have the highest voice on campus. Generally speaking the Church has a poor image, with very few have any contact with Chaplaincies or the Church. In years gone by it could be expected that as many as a third of the Catholics would at least come in contact with the Chaplain. Today a mere one per cent have any real contact with the Chaplain. Yet, recent research in Australian universities shows students
International Youth Year '85 direction and a strengthening of identity for TYCS movement. The aim of members is to be involved in the student world as their main focus, to be the Church on campus and to tell the Church of the concerns and interests of young students.
Brother Wedd comes back to familiar stamping grounds where he first began his schooling with the Christian Brothers in Fremantle. He first came in contact with the Teriary YCS through the Christian Union at Murdoch University and later through an orientation camp at University of WA during his
The government is threatening to re-impose high fees which would exclude poorer students from attaining an education.
He works in the Australian TYCS headquarters with Lyn Oundon, also a Western Australian and Sue Etowrey, from Sydney. TYCS groups currently exist in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide. There is an active membership of about 250 His three week Perth visit resulted in re-evaluation of
With these words Jesus reminds his questioner of some of the main commandments . But the conversation does not end here. The young man declares: -Teacher, all these things I have observed from my youth". Then, writes the Evangelist, "Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, 'You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me'." A t this point the atmosphere of the meeting changes. The Evangelist writes that "at that saying his countenance fell, and he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions" . There are still other Gospel passages in which Jesus of Nazareth meets young people - particularty evocative are the two raisings from the dead: of the daughter of Janus and of the son of the widow of Nain — but the conversation mentioned above is the meeting richest in content. This meeting has a more universal and timeless character. It holds good constantly and continually, throughout the centunes . Christ speaks in this way to a young person, a boy or a girt his conversation takes place in different parts of the world, in the midst of the different nations, races and cultures. Each of you in this conversation is potentially the one he will speak to. All the elements of the description and all the words uttered in that conversation by both sides have a significance which is absolutely essential, and have a specific weight. These words are realty important for young people
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are finding the Gospel relevant and the message of Jesus is important, but find it hard to understand what the Church is about and find the Church has no relevance. Brother Wedd is nearing the completion of his two year term as Australian Assistant to the National Movement, which he began in January 1984.
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Dear Friends. -Always be prepared to make a defence to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you. These words, written by the Apostle Peter have a relationship with the whole of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Perhaps we shall see this relationship more clearly when we meditate upon Christ's conversation with the young man, recorded by the Evangelists. Among the many texts of the Bible this one especially deserves tobe recalled. To the question: "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?", Jesus replies first with the question: "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone". Then he goes on: "You know the commandments: 'Do not kill. Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honour your father and mother'."
Tertiary students at the moment find that the re-introduction of teriary fees are of chief concern.
Brother Wedd does not see the re-introduction of tertiary fees as a good thing. It would limit higher education to a few affluent students and exclude the majority of students. The current government program called PEP (Participation and Equity Program) encourages young people to stay on at school. But at the same time the attitude of the government is s eemingly to make it more difficult for high school graduates to gain entrance to tertiary institutions.
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Dear Captain Bob, How are you? I am fine. Here are some jokes. What happens if you cross an emu with a porcupine? You get a "stuck-up" bird. That is the hardest thing in the world to do? Tickle a mosquito under the elbow with a telegraph pole. Wby is tennis a noisy game? Because each player raises a raquet. Amanda Towers, Corrigin.
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"Zacchaeus, come down, hurry, because I must stay in your house today". (Luke 19:6)
hildren's Story Hour One day John saw some boys and girls fighting. They were yelling. They called each other names. They were hitting and pulling each other's hair. John was afraid to go near them, but he wanted to get home. So he tried to run by. However there was no way around them. So John pulled one boy out of the way and tried to run past them all. "Hey you!" the boy yelled out. 'Who do you think you are pushing around?" A skirmish followed. John tried to stop the fighting. But they called him names and laughed at him. Then John broke away and ran toward home. Half way down the street he stopped and turned to look back at the others. They had gone back to fighting with each other. John opened the door to his house. His mother was shocked at his bruises. His shirt was
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even torn. "John," she cried, "what happened to you?" John told her about the boys fighting in the street. 'There must be a better way to have fun," John's mother said sadly. A few days later John went with his mother to the farmers' market. It was exciting. John was captivated by a show in the marketplace. There were jugglers and acrobats and magicians. John never had seen anything like it. "I bet I could learn to do that," he said to himself as he watched the juggler. "And that, too," as he enjoyed the acrobats. "And even that," he said as the magician performed his tricks. Back at home John set out to learn to do what the show people did. He practiced every moment he could between school and chores. Soon he was good enough to put on a show of his own.
"Maybe I can help the boys and girls find a better way to have fun than to fight all the time," John thought. He called out, "Come see the greatest show on earth." The rough boys and girls came out of curiosity. John juggled balls and plates. He stood on his head and did somersaults. He walked on a tightrope. He performed magic tricks. The children laughed and clapped.
Jokes Why do mad dogs have flat noses? From chasing parked cars. What is the difference between a bunting dog and a locomotive? One is trained to run, the other runs a train. Then is a black dog not a black dog? When it is a greyhound. Wby is a dog's tail like the inside of a tree trunk? Because it is furthest from the bark.
They liked what John did. He even taught them some of his tricks. John told them stories. He took some from the bible. And when he grew up, John kept up his juggling and acrobatics and magic tricks. He continued to tell stories. He even started a school for children. He helped them to find a better way to live than by violence and fighting. We remember him today as St. John Bosco.
Jill: "Why does your dog turn around so manytimes before be sits down?" Susan: "He's a watch dog and he's winding himself up." Hou. do you stop a dog from barking in the front seat? Put him in the back. f a dog loses his tag I where does be get another? A retail shop. Joe: "Every day my dog andIgo for a tramp in the woods." Mary: "Does your dog enjoy it?" Joe: "Yes, but the tramp is getting a bit fed up." What do you get when you cross a dog with a giraffe? A dog that barks at planes Mary: "My dog has no nose." Joe: "How does he smell?" Mary: "Terrible!" What's worse than raining cats and dogs? Hailing taxis. What would you do if a dog ate your joke book? Take the words right out of his mouth. How do you find a lost dog in the Botanical Gardens? Put your ear to a tree and listen to the hark. What is Lassie's favourite flower? A cauliflower. I call my dog Camera because be's always snapping,
mas and recently our classroom got burned down Annette Vinci, Wanneroo. Dear Captain Bob, How are you. I am well. A few months ago our goat Gertrude had two kids. The boy has got black socks and a black patch under his eye. His name is Hansel. The girl is a brown colour. Her name is Gretel. Four sheep had babies but one died. Our lambs jump around with the kids. In the last five days we are getting 12 to 13 eggs from our chickens. Last month our school burned down. The office was just completed and now it is burned. Luckily my classroom was just smoked out. Last week we went down to nana's and we had a lot of fun. When we were leaving nana gave me a magic paintbrush set. It was what I always wanted. I have drawn a picture with it. facinta Vinci, Wanneroo.
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A look at books Compiled by Roslyn Ross.
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Praying The Rosary, by DavidKonstant, published by Collins Liturgical $3.95. A prayer to help readers build their own prayer. Taken from
Konstant's Bishop established and successful book, Jesus Christ the Way, the Truth the Life, it contains: * meditations on the Rosary, the Beatitudes and the Way of the Cross * an Examination of Conscience It takes these traditional Catholic devotions and presents them in a modem way.
David Konstant is Roman Catholic Bishop of Central London. He has widepastoralexperience andis the author of many books including A Penitent's Prayer Book and Meeting Christ Now. This boo* is a contemporary presentation of the popular and traditional form of Catholic devotions and will appeal to all thosepraying the Rosary.
Finding courage to cry together Grief and Growth, Pastoral Resources for Emotional and Spiritual Growth, by R. Scott Sullender, published by Paulist Press, $8.95. Reviewed by Roslyn Ross. Scott Sullender's book is aimed at pastoral counsellors but is written in such a way it has much to offer for anyone interested in the effects of grief, whether at a professional or personal level. In his preface Sullender
describes how he came to appreciate the potential danger of grief, the complexity of grief, the subtleties of grief and the tremendous power of grief.
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Dorothy Day and The Catholic Worker, by Nancy, L. Roberts, published by State University of New York Press (Albany, N.Y., 1984). 226 pp., $36.50 hard; $12.95 paperback. Reviewed by William M. Dr•oel. At the time of her death in 1980, books by and about Dorothy Day were, unfortunately, out of print. Today she is being afforded deserved recognition by publishers and readers. One publishing house, Claretian Publications, is leading a canonisation campaign on behalf of Dorothy Day. So much has been written about this American "saint" in the past four
years that it would be hard for an author to add anything new to the Dorothy Day anthology. Nancy Roberts has succeeded, if not in novelty, at least in inspiration. Miss Roberts' research method was two-fold. First, she collected all of the editions of The Catholic Worker, dating from the May 1, 1 933, inaugural issue. Second, she interviewed many of the people who have been influenced by the Catholic Worker movement over the years. The result is a scholarly, yet very readable introduction to this significant element of American Catholicism. It is impossible to separate The Catholic Worker newspaper from the
Catholic Worker movement. It is impossible to separate Dorothy Day's influence from Peter Ma urin's influence. Miss Roberts' emphasis in her book, however, is on the newspaper and Dorothy Day, the journalist.
El DI CI She was helping to produce a small family newspaper at age 11 and "throughout the rest of her life, Day thought of herself primarily as a journalist," says the a uthor. She compares The Catholic Worker to other secular and religious publications. Her conclusion is that, on its own merits, it "deserves a
prominent place in American history -Substance has never been stressed at the expense of style," Miss R oberts writes, calling t hat "a hallmark of Dorothy Day's singular devotion to her craft as well as to her ideals.Like other biographers, she treads lightly when it comes to Dorothy Day's personal life. Is there a reluctance to admit that saints were also sinners? Nonetheless this book serves as a fine introduction to the life of Dorothy Day. It is particularly inspiring for those of us who spend many waking hours in front of a keyboard.
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In the latter instance he describes the case of the young woman whose husband was killed, leaving her with two small children. After an initial brief period of shock, he says, she emotionally threw herself into survival concerns She took control of her life — learning to drive, getting a job and meeting the demands. of parenthood. She seemed to be functioning well. Yet on the first anniversary of her husband's death, while worshipping in the same church where her husband's funeral w as conducted, she emo-
Finding ways to reckon with the reality of grief tionally collapsed She began crying, weeping uncontrollably, to the point where she had to leave. This uncontrollable crying actually went on for several days. It was as if her grief had been delayed one full year, buried beneath the weight of her responsibilities. She never had time to grieve at least not until now. Grief cannot be dismissed, says Sullender. "Her grief did not go away as many of us thought," he added. "Her grief demanded to be dealt with, and, sure enough, eventually she did deal with it, however late. Grief is indeed an emotion to be reckoned with one way or another." And this is the basis of his book. It is in seeking to "reckon" with grief that Sullender has put his thoughts on paper for the benefit of those who counsel the troubled.
new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new title The Gods of Ancient Egypt, by Barbara Watterson, published by Oxford University Press, $29.99. The first modern work which treats the Egyptian gods as separate entities. Against the background of the land of Egypt and its forms of religion, over 30 deities are described and illustrated. Global Conflict: The Domestic Sources of I nternational Crisis, by John W. Burton, published by Oxford University Press, $48. This path-breaking book presents a penetrating and controversial analysis of world conflict and the prospects for peace. Burton argues that the conflict between the two super powers is due not to mutual nuclear threat or to rivalry between the Communist and Capitalist systems but to shortcomings within the two systems which render each insecure The Neu, Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse, chosen and edited by Roger Lonsdale, published by Oxford University Press, $39. While the main poetic tradition of the century is fully represented by generous selections from poets such as Swift, Pope, Goldsmith, Blake and Burns, the
anthology contains a significant amount of verse which has previously not been reprinted. Virginia Woolf, A Writer's Life, by Lyndall Gordon, published by Oxford University Press, $29. This new perspective on Virginia Woolf traces her private life that ran parallel with, but distinct from, the well-known facts of her public career. Mathematical Byways in Ayling, Reeling and Ceiling, by Hugh Apsimon, published by Oxford University Press, $16.50. This is a book for numerate people of all ages who enjoy mathematical games. It presents a series of ingenious problems, with their solutions and extensions to the problems for the reader to attempt. Jell),Roil,Jabbo andFats, Nineteen Portraits in Jazz, by Whitney Balliett, published by Oxford University Press, $12.50. With elegance and wit Balliett recreates the personalities and styles of such greats as Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller and Jabbo Smith and other celebrated musicians of the genre. Whitney Balliett has been the jazz critic of The New Yorker since 1957.
The Horror of Hickory Bay, by Gavin Bishop, published by Oxford Australia, $13.99. India Brown takes Uncle Athol, a ventriloquist's dummy, and Smudge, the dog, down to the beach to play — but the landscape comes to life and the Horror of Hickory Bay starts to devour everything in sight. Gavin Bishop's previous books include Mr Fox and Chicken Licken. The War Orphan, by Rachel Anderson, published by Oxford Australia, $19-99. Into Simon's peaceful life Ha, the war orphan from Vietnam who Simon's parents now say is his brother drags another experience from the other side of the world, memories of a violent past, the horror, the allengulfing reality of total war. The Aborigines, from prehistory to the present, by Elizabeth Foster, published by Oxford Australia, $8.50. The latest volume in the popular Inquiring Into Australian History series The Aborigines covers the main issues in the history of the Aborigines' life and activities from the earliest times to the present, focusing on their occupation of the land. Basic English Usage, by
Michael Swan, published by Oxford Australia. $9.50. For students of English as a second language at secondary level, this reference guide will serve as a comprehensive and reliable study companion. The 370 short articles clearly explain those points of English grammar and vocabulary that most frequently cause difficulty. Smocking Traditional and Modern Approaches, by Oenone Cave andJean Hodges, published by B. T. Batsford, $19.99. A practical guide to smocking covering the basic techiques making a traditional smock, smocking on clothes and other items and experimenting with smocking. Canadian Folk Art, Old Ways in a New Land, by Michael Bird, published by Oxford University Press, $24. Now in paperback, this colourful photographic survey shows 93 of the finest pieces of folk art made in communities across Canada over the past 250 years. The Greeks on Pleasure, byJC.B. Gosling and C. W. Taylor, published by Oxford University Press, $22.50. This book, now in paperback, provides a critical and
analytical history of ancient Greek theories of the nature of pleasure, and of its value and role in human life. Readership: Scholars and professional academics interested in Greek thought and moral philosophy. From Athens to Jerusalem. The Love of Wisdom and The Love of God, by Stephen Clark published by Oxford University Press, $17.50. An exploration of the problems posed for human life and learning by contemporary naturalism and relativism. Neo-Platonic theism is shown to be a satisfactory answer to those whose beliefs should require them to despair of ever finding truth or trusting our rational capacities. Readership: Those interested in an intellectual approach to religion; students, theologians, philosophers. Who Owns the Past?Papers presented at the 1983 Symposium of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, published by Oxford University press, $20. Distinguished Australian academics and international figures discuss critical questions for a country with a colonial past who owns, uses or controls the information from or about the past and to what purposes? Fields
in focus include the North American Indian, Byzantium, Papua New Guinea, art history, legal studies and Aboriginal history and archaeology. Sun. Sea, Surf and Sand — the Myth of the Beach, edited by Geoffrey Dutton, published by Oxford University Press, $40. One of Australia's bestknown authors and editors anthologises a great love in the life of most Australians — the beach. Drawing on the work of writers, poets, painters and photographers past and present, Dutton looks at the way beach life used to be, and celebrates the beach as it is today. Women in England 1870-1950, Sexual Divisions andSocialChange, by Jane Lewis, published by Oxford University Press, $38.50. This remarkable book presents an interpretative account of the role of women in English society, providing skillful analysis of the different approaches used by historians when writing about women's lives. The summaries form a highly readable account of the changing nature of women during the period. Readership: Women's studies, social historians historiographers.
He described his study as a modest but important one. Important because in recent decades, religion and its influence has been on the decline in Western culture and the triple impact of urbanisation, secularisation and value pluralism has eroded much of the traditional small town culture in which Christianity was rooted. Rituals and beliefs, he says, do not carry the same power as they once did in people's lives and thus, in times of bereavement, these resources are less available, less meaningful and less helpful in comforting the bereaved. In addition. we see less death and grief today than older generations did. We are, therefore, less prepared for it, less comfortable in its presence and less knowledgeable of its dynamics. Yet death, and loss occur just as frequently as they ever did in human experience. The result of these twin factors is that there is a virtual epidemic of unresolved grief in our society. At any one time, says Sullender, there must be 60 to 80 percent of the population that is walking around carrying the pain of unhealed sorrow. It is because of this, he adds, that great onus is placed on all those who are called upon to minister to the bei ved. Sullender believes that while the growth of psychology and counselling has partially filled the vacuum, the challenge to the church still remains, to minister to grieving people in an age when traditional resources, structures and methods are changing. His book then attempts to look at traditional pastoral resources and to understand how and why they did work and how they might be strengthened, altered and enriched to become more effective. His aim is to give new and effective skills to all those who are called to counsel. He also calls upon the community to have courage to face one another in bereavement. We must have the courage to break the invisible walls. . . to cry together. . . to reach out to fellow sufferers. . to touch their deepest sorrow and to he touched by their srrow, and in that touching. community occurs and healing begins.
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WHAT'S ON Commemorating the massive destruction at Hiroshima Catholics for Peace social action group spent 24 hours camped in the grounds of the Anglican Cathedral, Perth. Pictured (left to right back) Laurie Capill (Highgate), Peter Stewart (Vic Park), (front) Brian Steels (Greenwood), Pauline Kennedy and Graham Lapthorne. Gatholics for Peace meet regularly to promote, and co-ordinate positive actions to build peace in the world. Contact Peter Stewart on 361 4981.
(-DOGS' CHANCE RACE ONE: Milton Wares 1, Stephen's Gift 2, The Mighty Yap 3. RACE TWO: Tidi Level 1, Supreme Road 2, ger Eagle 3. RACE THREE: lacty Temlock 1, Belinda Mist 2, Curley Tail 3. RACE FOUR: Flying General 1, Dynamite Duke 2, New Temlock 3. RACE FIVE: Windfire 1, Formula Balance 2, New Range 3.
RACE SIX: Dangerous Adios 1, Get Behind Me 2, Pether Road 3. RACE SEVEN: Mighty Zone 1, Sparkle's Choice 2, King Rocky 3. RACE EIGHT: Mr Toe Indoor 1, Apricot Rose 2, Keep Alert 3. RACE NINE: Icy Trella 1, Dark Sierra 2, Mighty Sweet 3. RACE TEN: Cole Presto 1, Jamie's Revel 2, Fire Water 3.
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BEGINNING EXPERIENCE A few vacancies still exis-t for a weekend program for widowed, separated and divorced people under the Beginning Expenence scheme. The program, the first to be held in WA, will be at St Joseph's Convent, Safety Bay, on August 23, 24 and 25. It is designed for people to loam to close the door gently on a relationship that has finished, and so begin a new life. Those interested should ring Jenny on 447 3795. STUDENT RE-UNION Ex -students of St Anthony and St Joseph convents, Northam are holding a reunion Oil Sunday September 8 at Miss Maud 's . Interested persons are asked to contact Eileen Tucker (AH 2T7 6065) or Doreen Bullen 096-221722 by August 30 for Iurther information. PRISON TALKS Father G.F. Jordan, SJ, convenor of the Australian Friends of the Prisoners groups, will be in Perth this coming weekend (August 17-18). He will speak and show a film on Prisoners of Conscience at St Thomas More College Crawley at 6.30 pm on Sunday, August 18. All are invited (Mass at 5.45 prn). BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE The monthly pilgrimage to the Grotto of the Virgin of the Revelation at Bullsbrook will take place on Sunday, August 15 at 2 pm. For further information and bus reservations please contact P. Galea on 349 7135 or L. Martini 328 4631. Also, a pilgrimage to celebrate the birthday of Our Lady will be held on Sunday, September 8 at 11.30 am with Rosary, Mass, lunch break, procession and Benediction. YOUTH MASS St Jude's Parish, Prendiville Way, Langford, invites all young people to their yotrth mass to help commemorate International Youth Year, Saturday, August 31 at 6.30 pm. The home and away matches were completed this week in the men's winter tennis pennant competition. In the A grade, Queens Pad< play VVilletton. Queens Park have won all their matctles quite convincingly and it is difficult to see VVilletton being able to turn the tables. The B grade final will be between Pignatelli and Dianella. Although Pignatelli ished on top in this grade the final will be very close. Dianella have played in the final for several years and will not give Pignatelli too many easy games.
MERREDIN GATHERING As a result of an invitation from the Majellan Group at Merredin, about 62 women from Southern Cross, Mukinbudin, Kununoppin, Trayning, Tammin, Bruce Rock and Kellerberrin came together at Merredin for a day of hicollection. The day was led by Sister Kathleen Dawe, RSJ of Perth who began with some expenences of praying using the method of Centering Prayer and Inhabiting the Scriptures. The women gathered round the Blessed Sacrament in their contemplation, the second phase of which was a consideration of Mary. Using Scripture, the wornen were given a down to earth refiection of Mary as a woman of faith, courage, trust - she became very real in such a contemplation. The final phase had the theme of being a Christian today and how the Risen Jesus lives on in today's world. Sister Kathleen said, "It is through my Baptism inviting rne into the priestly, prophetic and kingly role of Jesus and that it is in virtue of that Baptism that my life in the world can be assimilated to my life of worship which finds its supreme expression in the sacrificial banquet of the Eucharist." On that note the group shared the Eucharist — A special rneal, celebrated by Fattier Frank Dillon. The unleavened bread for the celebration had been baked by one of the Majellan ladies of Merredin. All took part in "the bread that was broken for us." This day for the women brought a long weekend of spiritual activity to a conclusion on a high note. Sunday morning started with Mass at which seven children received the Eucharist for the first time. This was followed by a Day of Discovery for youth. There were about 25 participants. The day was remadtable for its frank exchange of faith awareness in the young people and a willingness to share their ideas.
PRIEST'S ORDINATION The Ordination to the Priesthood of Deacon Patric:k Lim will take place on August 24. A rchbiishop Foley will celebrate the ii Ordination Mass in St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, at 10.00 am. The people of the Archdiocese are invited to join the Archbishop and the priests on this occasion.
SPECIAL NOVENA Novena to Our Lady of Health kanni commencing Friday August 30 at Holy Trinity Church, Burnett St, Embleton. Daily at 7.00 pm, Rosary, Novena Prayers, Homily and Benediction. Thursday September 5, Blessing of the sick after Benediction. Saturday September 7, 7.00 pm, High Mass (sung) followed by candle-light procession to the Grotto. Sunday September 8, Nativity of our High Mass folBlessed Lady lowed by get-together at the parish hall.
Archdiocesan Calendar ARCHDIOCESAN CALENDAR August 18 Confirmation, Gingin-Chittering, 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 the Priesthood of Deacon P. Lim, Archbishop Foley August 25 Confirmation, Highgate, Archbishop Foley; Confirmation, Lynwood, Bishop Healy. He called on members to support the committee in ensuring the camival is a
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In the C grade Greenwood will play in their first final against Pignatelli. Greenwood have won their games very convincingly and should be favourites to win this final but Pignatelli cannot te underestimated. Seventy-five members attended ttie medal tourna rnent and annual general meeting of the association last Sunday. VVhile rnernbers didn't get
The program for the camival will be outlined in this column over the coming weeks. very much of an opportunity to play tennis due to the numbers who attended, the social atmosphere made the day very enjoyable. Joan O 'Callaghan and Vin McLinden were the trophy winners. Greg Pearce outlined to the meeting the program for the carnival to be held in Perth this year.
The president, Peter Messer, gave the meeting an outline of the year's activities and thanked the clubs and their members for the support given to his committee throughout the year. He too, called on association members to come forward and assist with the running of the camival at Christmas.
Championships Entries for the annual championships close on August 23. Anyone who is interested in playing can obtain an entry form from club secretaries or by telephoning Jack on Eastcott 328 6860. Entry is open to all Catholics and members of clubs affiliated with the WACLTA. As well as championship events. handicap and veteran events have been programmed. The championships will be played at the Trinity CoNege tennis courts, Mangling on the weekends of September 14-15 and 21-22.