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The Good Sam nuns, •ar Australian order new to WA are to take over at New Norcia. See stories and pictures in Intercom, the Catholic Education Commission supplement.
100 AT CURSILLO More than 100 people from WA and other states attended the Cursillo movement meetings in Sydney. Story and picture page 2.
at' MISSION SUNDAY Father Ted Kennedy, parish priest at Sydney's Redfern writes for us on Mission Sunday, Story and picture page 3.
Bunbury had a ball! Picture page of ball highlights, see page 13.
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The Holy Spirit could overcome the difficulties that appeared to stand between the Catholic and Anglican churches over the issue of ordination Archbishop Goody told an ecumenical audience in St. Denis' church Joondanna on Monday night. He also warned aganst premature relaxation of restrictions on intercommunion rust for the sake of sentimental good fellowship.
Story by JOHN CAHILL Picture by BILL HUXLEY
Archbishop Goody and Archbishop Carnley were the keynote speakers at the third and last of the forums held to conclude local parish and diocesan discussions on the Final Report of the Angli- ARCIC statement on ministry is, with some minor can-Roman Catholic Commission reservations, an acceptable (ARCIC) exposition of the Catholic
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Archbishop Peter Carnley and Archbishop Sir Launtelot Goody at last Monday nighrs ecumenical forum in St. Denis' church.
Archbishop warns meeting
Earlier discussions had been addressed by Father Pat Bishop S3 and Bishop Brian Kyrne on Eucharist and Archbishops Foley and Carnley on Authority. The 270 present at St. Denis' on Monday night, the largest attendance, heard the Catholic and Anglican archbishops give short introductions on ministry, the third ARCIC topic, and the major part of the 90 minute session was Oven over to replies to questions. Archbishop Goody explained the Australian bishops have already advised Rome they consider the
understanding of ministry. He explained that such agreement on the nature of ministry is an essential prerequisite before the two churches can move to mutual recognition of each other's orders. In response to questions relating to Pope Leo's X11I's historic statement on the invalidity of Anglican orders, Archbishop Goody supported calls for a re-examination of the reasons behind Pope Leo's decisions, especially in the light of developments in sacramental theology this century. He pointed out the 1896
Apostolicae document Curae had never been regarded as infallible though it did have great authority. In any case. Archbishop Goody continued, he felt sure that the Holy Spirit was able to overcome such difficulties even if the decision was not formally rescinded. On the controversial question of ordained women, Archbishop Carnley outlined the "official but informal" dialogue which has already occurred between the Catholic and Anglican churches. The Anglican archbishop of Perth claimed that despite the Vatican's recent ruling against the possibility of women priests and the fact there are already ordained
In London too
Chairman of last Monday's ecumenical forum Father Pat Bishop Si takes a question. He was a speaker at the first forum on Eucharist.
LONDON: A conference of members of the Anglican and Old Catholic Church, held at Chichester Theological College, England, discussed the question of primacy and authority in the Church. The 25 members of the conference came from various parts of the Anglican commmunion and f rom Old Catholic Churches in Holland, Switzerland, Germany and Austria, the Polish
National Church in the US and Canada, and the Polish Catholic Church in Poland. The meeting was chaired by Archbishop Marinus Kok, Archbishop Emeritus of Utrecht, and the Bishop of Chichester, Bishop Eric Kemp. The conference issued a final statement on Authority and Primacy in the Church. The co-signatories recognise the growth of a
sort of primacy within their own churches, and the special importance of the See of Rome but say firmly, "neither of our churches could accept the papal primacy as it is at present interpreted and excercised by the Roman See." The conference had no time to discuss infallibility as the Vienna conference of 1982 had suggested.
women in the Anglican church, there was no sense of pessimism in the ioint statement issued by Pope John Paul and Archbishop Runcie during the Canterbury visit of 1982, about the progress of the two churches towards full unity. Archbishop Goody on the other hand saw the issue as an untimely and unnecessary disturbance as the two churches worked to remove four centuries of misunder-
standings in other areas. To a question on int coinmunion, Archbishop Goody warned against premature relaxation of the restrictions in interconununion rust for the sake of sentimental good fellowship. He stressed, however, the Catholic church in the hard decisions she makes in these various areas is not inspired by an exclusive elitism but by a commitment to doing God's will.
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Dissidents' Tridentine petitions Papal visit discussion
Monsignor Pat O'Reilly of Redlands, local director for next year's visit of Pope John Paul II, will travel to Melbourne this week for a meeting of all state directors with the national director Monsignor Brian Walsh. I It is expected the three day meeting will study closely the papal visits to Canada, England and Ireland as pointers to the style of programme likely to be drawn up for Australian conditions. Because the Pope's visit is not just to Catholics but at the invitation of the Australian Government, the organisers intend to reach out into the community for financial and administrative support.
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VATICAN CITY (NC): The followers of dissident Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre have petitioned for wider use of the Tridentine Mass, but a Vatican official said that it is doubtful their campaign will succeed. The petition was presented to Pope John Paul II earlier this year, asking to ease restrictions on use of the pre-Vatican II Mass, said Mons. Pierre Jarry, who has handled questions at the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith regarding Archbishop Lefebvre's group.
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The petition, circulated worldwide, asks any priest be free to use the old liturgy without limitations. Under rules announced last October, bishops can allow its use only when requested by groups, not as the ordinary liturgy in parishes.
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Hundred attend Sydney Cursillo
More than 100 people from 13 dioceses attended the biennial conference of t he Australian Cursillo Movement at St Mary's College, Parkville, late last month. The Archbishop of Melbourne, Sir Frank Little, opened the conference. Cursillo means short course in Christian living. Cursillo was founded in Spain in the mid 1940's. The conference brought together people from many parts of Australia, includ-
by a special correspondent ing Mt lsa, North Queensland, down the east coast to Hobart and across to Perth. Old friends met again and many new friendships were f ormed. People shared their lives and hopes, their vision for Cursillo. Workshops on conversion, c ommunity and mission e xplored the conference theme: "Let us Build a City of God". Fathers Austin Cooper
OMI and Peter Malone MSC spoke on the Church in the W orld Today and "The Impact of the Media on Our View of Society". A feature of the conference was the release of a booklet entitled: "Witness Down Under". In "Witness Down Under", Cursillo members recount their experiences of the influence the Cursillo Movement has in their lives. The National Secretariat of Cursillo met at St Mary's College.
Diocesan Liturgical seminar for 1985 The Diocesan LiturgiCommittee's cal Seminar for 1985 will take the form of a workshop with the theme of the day being Community and Worship. The guest speakers to introduce the theme will be Father Russell Hardiman, S.T.L., Doc. Soc. Lit., and Sister Deidre Brown, Doc. Soc. Lit. The workshops will he facilitated by members of the liturgical committee. The committee is keen for as many people as possible to have the opportunity to attend a variety of workshops and, accordingly, are presenting the same seminar north and south of the river on successive weekends. Moreover, the same three workshops will be presented in the morning and afternoon sessions of each day. Participants at each of the days will he able to attend at least two of the workshops. Parish priests and Parish Councils are urged to send to the Seminar representatives from their Parish Liturgy Committees and also other interested parishioners.
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Churches united in South Africa PIETERMARITZBURG:- As riots, bloodshed and political upheaval in South Africa continued to dominate world headlines, about 400 South African christians, of every racial group in the country met for a national initiative for reconciliation in an emergency effort to take steps to bring about nation-wide peace and justice. Organised by African Enterprise, an Evangelistic Organisation with teams througout Africa, the emergency gathering drew together a remarkable cross-section of the South African church from 48 denominations. At the end of the three days of meeting, unity and consensus was reached as to the action that should result. With only six opposing voices, delegates voted to send
Priest says to Mission r lte a Sunday message word Australians should find another word for mission. To many Aborigines' ears, it is an ugly burnt-out word carrying only memories of moral and social oppression — and going by the name of Christian.
For many Aborigines, it is the word for those Government reservations which still exist in parts of Australia today. There should be a bit more sensitivity shown by some people who make easy claim to be missionaries, whose training assures them they will be "God-sends" to people they haven't even yet met. Such people would have us believe their mission comes unquestionably and directly from heaven; yet it comes dripping heavily with theological imperialism. "The Father sends the Son; the Son sends the Church: the Church sends ME!" Whatever Gospel text might be assumed to support such a theocratic rectilinear arrangement, they need to he balanced by another: "Behold. I send you out as lambs among wolves." Christian missionaries have too often appeared to belong to some giartt p...gzt..rnaut equipped with powermachinery, ful heavy trundling along in no way dependent on the people to whom the missionaries have been "sent", hand in glove
a delegation to the President of South Africa, Mr P.W. Botha, to present to him the following positive initiatives: • That the state of emergency in South Africa be ended. • That the South African defence force and special police forces operating in the townships be removed. • That detainees and political prisoners be released, charges against the treason trialists be withdrawn and political exiles be allowed to return to the country. • That talks begin with authentic leadership of the various population groups with a view to equitable power sharing in South Africa. • That the government begin the process of introducing a common system of education be taken. • That the necessary steps toward the elimination of all f orms of legislated discrimination be taken. The delegates also voted overwhelmingly to declare last Wednesday a national day of prayer, fasting and mourning f or "those sinful aspects of our national life which have led us to the present crisis. "On this day Christians are urged to stay away from places of work except where essential services are concerned." Chairman of the national initiative for reconciliation and team leader of African Enterprise, Mr Michael Cassidy, said: "I believe something very significant has been initiated in these days. "First of all we have seen an extraordinary range of senior christian leadership from 48 denominations coming together at a mere four weeks' notice. This is remarkable. "Secondly we have in our statement of affirmation reached an astonishing measure of unity given our huge racial and denominational diversity.
A Christian woman, with her children, in a chapel in the north of Burma. These tribal people used to believe in a great number of good and evil spirits.
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Fremantle sculptor and painter Theo Koning is the inaugural winner of the Mandorla Religious Art Prize 1985 which drew a field 29 distinguished artists. His achievement, carrying a prize of $7000, was announced at New Norcia before an audience that included Archbishop Goody, Mr Terry Burke MLA representing the Premier and Miss M. McAleer representing the leader of the Opposition. Three highly commended awards, each carrying $500, were made to John Beard (WA), Paul Boam (Tasmania) and Peter Saxon (WA). Other entrants included such well known artists as
by a Special Correspondent Leonard French of Melbourne and Robert Juniper of Darlington. was exhibition The launched at the New Norcia Art Gallery on Great Northern Highway where the entries can be viewed daily between 10am and 4.30pm until October 27. They will be displayed later in Fremantle. All the entries are for sale and four have already been purchased. Conditions and terms of
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The panel of five iudges included Hal Massingham, former director of the NSW Art Gallery, Joseph Brown, art dealer and owner of Australia's most comprehensive private art collection, Abbot Bernard Rooney OSB and artist, Barbara Chapman, R & I Bank art consultant, and John Johnson, owner/ director of Editions Gallery. The organisers, Mandorla Centre for Inner Peace, believe they have stimulated the production of the finest examples of contemporary
The theme for the 1985 prize was Creation, based on Revelation 15:3 "Great and marvellous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty". In contrast to the idea of creation in Genesis, Creation in the Apocalypse concerns what "must take place soon", the final victory when an entirety new world will be created by God and when all faithful Christians shall be citizens of this new Jerusalem.
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by FATHER TED KENNEDY PP Redfern with the colonising powers wolves among lambs. Rather, they are called to be as one who travels light, who is prepared to go the long way round, to wait for invitations, and then to accept the rubrics and adopt the grammar of the people who live there. For never has anyone been given a mission to others unless those others have themselves already been given a fundamental and
equally God-given mission which involves the preservation of the earth and the right of every human being to subsist from it. One mission takes one meaning only in relation to the other. To fail to recognise this mutuality is to undermine the elements that make for a stake of justice and of peace in the places where people live. We urgently need to recognise the vast changes in emphasis the Church herself has made in describing her own mission
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Record While the world is awash with domestic violenc e, child abuse, urban riots, street killings, racial civil wars, hijackings, nuclear stalemates, in Perth some of the news is about bad language, in schools, on air and in public places. Is Perth really fiddling while Rome burns? Apparently yes, but hopefully in reality no. One look at the drawn tense faces appearing on television daily, shows that they are angry, hatefully burning with rage and screaming what is probably the most hateful and hurtful language that the human brain can invent. Should the police be summoned to arrest them? In the United States a moral tide is beginning to listen closely to the barely intelligible lyrics of the hard rock scene and is appalled at the depres sing, depraved and despairing language that is oozing from the entertainment depths. How do you charge, let alone lock up the writers, the arrangers, the broadcasters, the listeners of so much bad languag e? We don't have the language with which to talk about bad language. Perth seems to be muttering and mumbling because news reports, at least, can't get beyond that most abused English word 'swearing'.
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As everyone knows but conveniently ignores, swearing is the nasty word that snotty little kids utter on the playground, the solemn oath that well dressed villains utter in courtrooms and which otherwise loveable fathers bellow around the house. Mercifully the liars in court get caught and there are no snotty kids or loveable fathers in gaol because of their language. Mercifully, too, the church has not been dragged into the bad language debate largely because its views, if any, are irrelevant to today's trendy speech patterns. The tired old joke that the chief argument against foul language was the presence of a clergyman or religious is also mercifully dead or in its last agony. So the public is on its own in trying to tidy up the turgid mess of ugly utterances that are probably as old as Adam but which deserves as much continual purging as that same Adam's original sin. The scriptures would be some help if only people would read them. The writer of Genesis put his finger on the problem with the story of the Tower of Babel. If I cannot understand another man's language, he must be saying the worst imaginable things about me. He must be my enemy. The gospels do not mess about with pussy bad language. The gospels attack real swearing, the frivolous and contemptuous reference to God that insults the intelligence if not the goodwill of a God who gave mankind the gift of free speech. Unfortunately, Catholics who grew up in the belief that the worst words on earth would fall from the tongue of a Protestant were often shocked to find that the languages of the European countries most supposedly Catholic were littered with the most insulting, if not blasphemous, references to Jesus, His Mother, the Eucharist and other sacred things.
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The University of Western Australia Choral Society will mark the 300th anniversary of Bach's birth with two performances of Bach's Mass in B Minor.
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Even St Paul would be of some use in the current debate. With his army background he was no stranger to foulness or obscenity. He simply told Christians at least that love between them meant living a rung or two above the local pagans. The Church felt it would be good to get the gospels into perspective with a printed catechism, which then needed another catechism to decipher the complications of the former. But at least the catechism pointed out that swearing meant a host of things, some of them sinful. Language could be vulgar, obscene, defamatory, insulting, enraged, or blasphemous. Swearing was not a trivial upset at an old ladies' tea party. It was gut level sinfulness between one human being and another. The debate about swearing, whether in school or public places won't get far until it is clearly determined that one human being has a right not to be offended by another. Those who claim that creeping vulgarity, obscenity or even blasphemy is now acceptable on the school playground or in a public place and therefore also on publicly licensed radio and television need to be,. reminded that offensive speech depends on the listener, not just on the speaker, that in an increasingly crowded world, the next door neighbour has a right not to be smitten by the garbage of the neighbour's back yard fire. The gospels put bad language into its proper perspective. It is not what goes into the body that corrupts it; it is what comes out of the mouth that is the real poison. Bad language is like a friend's bad breath; there's something rotten inside. The question is how long before his best friend is prepared to tell him that truth.
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Members of the University of W.A.'s Choral Society rehearsing their performance of the Bach Mass in B Minor of this week.
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James (Jim) Linton was born at the police station at Beverley, wher e his father Thomas was a member of the force, on March 12, 1894. He was educated at St Brigid's Convent in West Perth where he started in 1900. As a strong lad on leaving school in 1908 his first job was as a black smith's striker with Daniel and White in Ha y Street. Then followed work penioils of varying duration with the bakers, B.C. Moore, a German pastrycook and the furniture firm of Zimpels driving double-horse lorries, to which he returned after havi ng spent about 15 months with the Australia n Army Medical Corps in World War I which included serving aboard the hospital ship Karoola bringing wounded back from Gallipol In 1922 he became the first Western Australian to be employed b y the Perdriau Rubber Company, later tak en over by the Dunlop Rubber Company, nil retired as man in charge of all orderin g in 1959 after 37 years service. Jim and his wife Rubina Theresa (nee O'Reilly), now living with the Little Sisters of the Poor at Glendalough, have a son, three daughters, 11 grandc hildren and 13 great-grandchildren. The couple are former p arishioners of Leederville, the Monastery in North Perth and Our Lady of Lourdes at Mt Yokine.
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Family talk in the household when Jim Linton was just old enough to register in those 1890s days was often about the Swan River Colony and the early days of the state. Jim's maternal grandfather, John Bogue, was in the British Army detachment aboard the third ship to arrive in the colony. It got here in the early 1930s and John and his wife later lived in the Old Barracks at the top of St George's Terrace. Jim's policeman father Tom told of standing guard with a shotgun at the Beverley police station over consignments of gold on their way from the Fields to Perth at the time when Moondyne Joe was often on the loose. Uncle Tom Bogue was speared to death by Aborigines in the Victoria Plains district while he was on police duty there, and his brother Jim was lost with all his family when their vessel foundered in a cyclone as they were on their way to start a tour of duty at the Broome police station. The only thing washed up was some red flanellette Mrs Bogue had with her to make clothing for the children. The Mercy nuns at St Brigid's in West Perth where Jim Linton started his schooling, in 1900 before the church was built, were good teachers but strict disciplinarians. "Mother Anne would patrol the classroom," he recollects, "and if you were going wrong with some work you got a whack on the back of the head from her prayer book. "Our spiritual welfare was not neglected, either. 'We had to know the Catechism from cover to cover by heart. "Sport was not entirely omitted, but it didn't get the attention it receives today. "I can remember playing football, for instance, on the big vacant block on the corner of Fitzgerald and Aberdeen streets behind the Clarendon Hotel." As soon as he turned 14, Jim had to go out to work. He was a strong lad and his first job was as a blacksmith's striker with Daniel and White, wheelwrights, blacksmiths and painters, of Hay Street. One day he started to swing his 14-pound hammer down when blacksmith Jack Barrington inexplicably bent over to take a closer look at the work on the anvil. Jim just managed to divert the hammer from its course and it flew from his grasp into metal in the corner of the smithy with a resounding clang. If he had not been quick and strong enough to divert it, it would have crushed Jack Barrington's head against the anvil like an eggshell. Perhaps it was this unnerving experience that caused Jim to change jobs and switch to H.C. Moore, with its three ovens then among Perth's biggest bakeries and located on the Lindsay Street site it occupied for many years.
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A regular feature By BOB BOYLE There he worked for Charlie and Sam Moore as something of a jack-of-all-trades for some time. He has some clear memories of Perth as it was in those early days of the century. The Causeway, for instance, was a humped bridge with decking made of sleepers over which the horse-drawn vehicles used to sway and bump.
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A stock joke of the comedians of the day was to describe an unpleasant person or situation as being "as rough as the Causeway." From where the Ozone Hotel stood up Adelaide Terrace on both sides to Victoria Avenue the picket fences of the stately old private homes fronted the street. On the corner of Adelaide Terrace and Victoria Avenue,
diagonally opposite the new Christian Brothers' College, was the Perth Hospital morgue. It was a drab place with dark walls, as befitted its purpose, and about three doors along from it in the Terrace Jim's brother William was born. The city's streets were lined with forests of poles festooned with miles of wires. Boans store in Wellington Street and Shenton's Corner opposite the Town Hall were of corrugated iron. His Majesty's Theatre and the Horsehoe Bridge were both opened in 1903. In 1904 a visiting J.C. VVilliamsons company put on Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves at His Majesty's, but shortly before the show was pres-
ented they discovered that they were short of the 40 thieves. Jim and 39 of his contemporaries from St Brigids, almost entirely encased in big jars, were thus able to make their theatrical debut on the deepest stage in Australia which was a feature of the new His Majesty's. In Hay Street opposite where Coventry Motors is now was the Tivoli roller skating rink where Jim's brother William was the floor manager. It was the scene of much activity, including the skilful pastime of ballroom dancing on skates. About 1911, Jim joined Zimpels as the driver of a lorry drawn by two, and sometimes three, horses. Sir John Forrest's home was in Hay Street west of King Street and the block extended down to Murray Street.
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CAPE TOWN: Fifty-two people, including staff members of the Namibia Council of Churches, have been arrested by police in Windhoek for attempting to stage a peaceful meeting to celebrate Namibia Day. They were charged before magistrates with holding an illegal meeting, and released on bail until September 30. In a statement, the executive committee of the Council of Churches condemned this "violent and harsh- action by the police and called for the repeal of "undemocratic laws which prohibit freedom of assembly." Two days previously, Bishop Kleopas Dumeni of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia told the Lutheran World Federation executive in Geneva that since the inauguration of the new government, nothing whatsoever had changed for the better. "Rather, sufferings, detentions, brutal torture and the wanton violation of basic human rights are still the order of the day in Namibia, despite the acceptance of a bill of rights by the new transitional government," he said. 0 0 0
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CINCINNATI (NC) — A new brochure for youth which encourages chastity has been published by the Couple to Couple League in Cincinnati. "This work was developed to meet a crying need for chastity education in my volunteer work as a sidewalk counsellor in front of abortion chambers," said Kevin Banet, author of the 2,400 word brochure titled, "What About Chastity?" He said the league has had many requests for material on teenage chastity. The brochure is available from The Couple to Couple League, PO Box 111184, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211.
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Burundi's president, Jean Baptiste Bagaza, has accused the abortion -can in no way be seen as Church of becoming a "state legitimate teaching," said a statement within a state." He has called issued in Washington by the Committee for foreign missionaries "saboteurs of Pro-Life Activities of the National Conferour revolution disguised as mesence of Catholic Bishops. "A Catholic who chooses to dissent from sengers of God." the Church's teaching on abortion, or to In 1984, Bag= forbade crosses support dissent from it. is dissenting not only and religious symbols from being from Church law but from a higher law displayed outside Church strucwhich the Church seeks to observe and tures. Additionally religious serviteach," the statement said. "Much has been made lately of stateces were prohibited during ments by persons who, emphasising they daylight working hours. are Catholics, assert they are not bound by The trouble between Church what the Church says about abortion. and State began after an unsuc"In reply we wish to make a very simple uprising by the Hutu cessful point: the Church's teaching in this matter is binding not only because the Church says ethnic majority against the govern- NEW YORK (NC) — so, but because this teaching expresses the ment, dominated by the minority Bishop Edward Head objective demands placed on all of us by the Tutsi. of Buffalo has asked inherent dignity of human life.and parishionpriests observers Some 0 0 have said the Church's ers in a "working efforts to aid the Hutu document" for ideas at that time — an esti- on how to deal with mated 150,000 were a shortage of priests. SHANGHAI:— Chinese Jesuit Father Stanislas Chen, 85, killed — sparked the "In 1973, there were has died after spending nearly 30 years in a Shanghai government's anti-mis- 650 diocesan priests. prison. Today, just 12 years sionary campaign. Father Chen died two days after the 50th anniversary there are 575 later, govof his ordination June 1, 1935. Others say the priests," the diocesan The Jesuit has been in prison almost constantly since ernment seems to 1955. bishop said. the feared have
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KNOW YOUR F AITH "Religious writers often portray human life as a journey that a person travels. Human life is a way— the story of the journey passage or adventure" (John Elias writing in "Christian Adulthood: A C atechetical Resource," 19841985). "Most persons in their faith journey need companions . . . We cannot be teachers, guides or saviours for others. But what we can all do is be companions; we can go along and share the journey and help as best we can with our limited vision and love." (John Elias writing in "'Christian Adulthood: A Catechetical Resource," 1984-1985.)
"From the word go a small child is trying to make sense of the world," said Dr Jean Haldane. Sbe is the retired dean of the Episcopal Lay Academy of the Episcopal Diocese in California. The cbikl's sense of curiosity carries over into adulthood, Ms Haldane said. In her 30 years as a religious educator, she has discovered that questions about "our search for meaning" always attract interest. To encourage people to reflect on their personal spiritualjourney, she sometimes asks people to draw connections between their own life history and the salvation history found in the Bible. Sometimes she does so by using this exercise: First she asks participants to think of their lives as a book with three chapter headings. One woman suggested these chapters. • "Pre-revolution": when she was younger and
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pondering possible commitments and career choices; • "Revolution": her college years when she was rebellious and impetuous; • "Post-revolution": after she married and became a mother, a time she felt mellow, realising there was more than one side to a question. Second, group members are asked to approach the Bible and salvation history as if it were a book withjust three chapter headings. "Mostpeople needhelp" doing this, Ms Haldane said, so she might start with God's creation as the first chapter beading. A second chapter, she continued, might be the story of Israel and the prophets. The third chapter might embrace the church, Ms Haldane said, "anything to do with us now." She remembers a man at a large conference who was pleased with his chapter headings:
• "Lights": the Creator brings light to the world; • "Camera":Jesus shows us wbat God is like; • 'Action": 'That's us," the man said. "We're supposed to go into the world and take action" on the Christian message. Finally, Ms Haldane invites people to compare their two lists. "People see amazing connections,"she said. Typically, they respond by saying they can see reflections of their own life in the larger Bible story. I s your life, with its continuing search for meaning, its changes and developments, reflected in the biblical story of salvation? • What are some special times of creation and new beginnings in your story? • What were some times of noteworthy development and growth, like the time of the I sraelites' exodus from Egypt? • Hate there been times of death and resurrection in your life?
Waiting for a magic moment of adulthood "When will that big day get here?"
'When will everyone know, without a doubt, that the threshold of adulthood has finally been crossed, that legally and otherwise, I am a man?"
By Joe Michael Fiest
ached to that higher state of human life known as adulthood. It didn't really matter that I still felt like a boy. I wanted the prerogatives, those vague and indefinite "things". that adults had and did. To me, it was all perfectly logical. I deserved to be called an adult. I had lived the required number of years, hadn't I? Looking back, I think I was a little sensitive. After all, it was not uncommon where I grew up to hear rather wizened veterans of life's battles call 30- or 40-yearold men "boys". In fact, I knew a woman who, referring to her son, said "The boy took the pickup on down to the store." Never mind that "the boy' was about 45. Anyway, I kept waiting for the magical moment when adulthood would make its appearance. I guess I thought it would sort of pull into town one day, like the Sunset Line bus. Ikept waiting and thinking about it:
Jesuit Father Walter Burghardt r eflects on the path he has travelled as a Christian, a priest and a man in "Seasons That Laugh or Weep: Musings on I used to ponder those the Human Jourquestions, back when I was ney." For the jour- The image of "life as journey" is very appealing to adults, religious educator Jean about 18 or 20. It seemed to ney to move Haldane says. "It suggests there's more to me than meets the eye; there's a spiritual me at that watershed point ahead, you have to dimension."It also suggests "I'm moving forward and/have choices," she says. "There in life that I deserved all the are paths taken and not taken." rights and privileges att"let go of the level of life where you are now, so as to live more fully,"he says. He sees a willingness to make adjust- • The twinge of panic felt — with a feeling of boundless willingness to ( ments along the way. often in one's 40s — when self-confidence in our ability change as a link to Our journeys are too poten- the days of life are no longer to control and direct our growth. It is essenglorious to follow the counted in terms of the tially By destiny. example of a coupleIknow. years since birth but of the tial to the Christian But, as we encounter disTheodore Shortly before their first and years until death; pilgrimage "to go tressing events — happy perhaps trip to Europe, • The eventual acceptance events too — gradually we through a self- Hengesbach they toldonly me: "We haven't and savouring of one's unidiscover that everything emptying more or looked into it much. We'll que life journey in the midisn't under our control. less like Christ's just drive around when we to-late 50s and 60s. Many things happen "to" us. get there and see what own emptying," Adulthood often seems to Then the journey of adulthe writes. "Time I write this article happens." hood becomes a lesson in Sometimes adult life can be be marked by the sights and and again, from surrounded by maps compared to the same scene sounds of change — new deciding when to act and womb to tomb, and guidebooks. Lay- on a mountain road viewed jobs, different responsibili- when to receive, when to you have to let go. ing plans for a trip now from one angle, then ties, a growing family. An speak and when to listen, 000 opportunity for growth may when to accept the graAnd to let go is to East, I've gathered up another. At each wayside we emerge • About how wonderful not as we attempt to ciousness of others and of resources, checked ponder anew questions being accountable to die a little." But, if the family finances, God. never answered once and understand what a given another living soul was we refuse, he selected points of inter- for all. change realty entails for us. An adult's life is always in going to be; adds, if "we clutch est to see, calculated What does the future hold? And it is similar in our lives the process of development, • About how, if a person of our yesterdays like driving time and Will it be better than my of faith. As we move from a as new events are turned to the adult persuasion wanted childhood faith nurtured by opportunities for growth. to, he could just sit down Linus' blanket, we debated whether to past? take the scenic or Will my relationships with parents to adult faith, we But this requires shifting one day and do nothing; refuse to grow." direct route — all part family and friends get better? may ask: What difference gears from time to time, • About how, in the basic He suggests that a of an effort to make The study of thousands taking stock of does faith make for my work give-and-take of everyday way of harmonis- sure the trip is "worth people's experiences life? For my social life? In Through it all, we can life, there would be very ing past and presreveals that adult life is a what more mature ways am discover God, the source of little left to learn; Although I'm planning a journey marked by certain Iinvited by my faith to serve all life. Faith is a gift for • Or, if there was much left ent is to adapt vacation trip across Amerrelatively common ele- others? seeing the to learn, nobody could make changeless, creatively to new ica, this setting also seems ments: Such questions can chalvibrant life of God all along you learn it if you didn't challenges. (Pau- appropriate for writing lenge us to a new underthe challenging route of want to — and why would list Press, 997 these reflections on adult • The bittersweet. event of standing — and that can adulthood. you want to anyway? the parental home signal growth. Macarthur Boule- life as an ongoing journey. leaving And faith bears the promise I was especially looking and setting out on your own; The course of adult life is that it is all "worth it" even forward to knowing vard, Mahwah, For whether it's a 10-day all the vacation or a life of 30, 50 or jolt, often in your 30s, also marked by the interplay though life's meaning may right things adults N.J. should 07430. 70 years the journey needs i•nThe coming to terms with between control and acceponly be revealed in dribs and say in every situation. The $8.95.) thoughtful planning and a personal limitations; tance. Adulthood can begin drabs along the way.
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development of true wis-
dom, I knew, would take a few years. I would settle at first for knowing how to recognise the punch line in my neighbour's jokes so as to know when to laugh. And wouldn't it be nice to share adult insights and adult knowledge with younger folks coming up in the ranks? I was pretty sure adulthood would be like all that. How else could it be? So I waited And while I waited I watched. Maybe I could learn about being an adult by watching adults. I thought, if I got too tired of waiting. adulthood would kind of slip in unnoticed through an open window somewhere. E 00 About this point you're probably expecting to hear that suddenly it all made sense, that one day adulthood pulled into clear view and I knew exactly what it looked like. But it didn't happen quite that way. What I did realise is that becoming an adult is not a moment in time. I discovered it's a long, often confusing process — perhaps a process that never ends. But just achieving that realisation involved a long, confusing process. I learned that adulthood doesn't mean carefree living, not by a long shot. And it soon became painfully and personally obvious that adulthood lived to the fullest means formulating a thousand penetrating questions and learning to live with a handful of imperfect answers. Now, when I was about 18 or 20,I figured there wasn't that much to this adulthood business, and anyway, I'd have all the answers I needed when I became an adult. Why wouldn't it be that way?
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Life is a challenge for all of us, adults and children alike. Even when we grow up we find there are situations that require us to give our utmost.
The journey of faith, like the journey of life, calls on Christians to change and to grow. But what kind of growth and development is possible during the adult years of life?
Adults are fascinated with the idea of the adult journey of faith because it hints at a spiritual dimension of life and suggests that one's personal future holds promise, Jean Haldane, an Episcopalian religious educator for 30 years, tells Katharine Bird. Ms Haldane tells of her experiences in helping adults to identify the ways the Gospel is linked to their daily lives.
The image of life as a journey By Katharine Bird
Joe Michael Feist discusses how as a youth he looked forward to crossing the threshold of adulthood. Gradually he discovered that becoming an adult is not a moment in time, it's a Adults find "the long, sometimes confusing image of life as a process, one that may never journey very end. appealing," said religious educator Dr Jean Haldane. -It suggests Theodore Hengesbach there's more to me was busy planning a vacathan meets the tion, working with maps eye; there's a spirand travel guides, when he itual dimension." sat down to write about the The image of a jouradult years as a time of ney also suggests to journey; they offer a choice adults that "I'm moving of direct or scenic routes, forward and I have and over a period of time choices; there are offer views from differing paths taken and not taken," she added in an angles of life's reality. interview.
Father John Castelot tells of the ancient Qumran community's round-the-clock task of studying the Torah and other books of the Bible. Drawing on its Jewish roots, Christianity from the beginning has stressed the value of ongoing education and growth for its adult members, the biblical scholar says.
An educator who has worked with adults for 30 years, Ms Haldane is convinced that every Christian's vocation grows from a faith that continues to mature — from a lifelong quest for understanding. She considers it important to help adults draw connections between their faith and their ordinary lives and to identify ways they already are living as Christians. "The common thing I hear from adults is 'I'm not a good Chrisitan'," Ms Haldane added. She is convinced many Christians don't realise that activities they already are carrying out in their daily lives are ways of putting their faith into action. Thus, she often asks people to think of a person they have served and vice versa. On reflection, she explained, people begin to realise their ministry takes place "in all of life: at home, at work, in the community, with the family and with strangers."
Ms Haldane, a British native, is dean emeritus of the Episcopal Lay Academy in San Francisco, California, and lives in Seattle, Washington. To help adults make In seminars, she often asks people to "tell me connections between life about your religious jour- and faith, Ms Haldane is ney." Adults usually find apt to use an exercise the question unusual but which moves from the common human journey riveting. She recalled a man who to the particular tourney talked about a painful of each person. She outwork experience where lined four steps that are he felt he had been part of this exercise. unfairly treated. The,. She begins by asking man, who felt bitter and people to delve into their demeaned, questioned past history — perhaps to describe their position in God's justice. But, in discussing the the family as a child — situation, Ms Haldane and then to ponder what said, the man gained an was good and what wa.s insight into his own jour- problematical about that ney of faith, realising that experience. The goal "God saw me through here, she explained, is to that. I kept on trusting, build trust by taking participants back to a noneven thoughIwas mad at threatening experience. God."
Second, she asks participants: "What did you love to do growing up?" This elicits varied responses, "from climbing trees, to sewing, to pulling children out of a canal." Her aim is to help participants identify what they enjoy doing. This may be the beginning of identifying our gifts and talents, she explained. The third step, Ms Haldane continued, is to think of a transition time,
some experience when they changed. At this point in the exercise, people often move away from experiences of the distant past to speak of a more recent and "deeply religious experience," Ms Haldane said. Sometimes it involves the lass of a parent, -a child or a spouse. Often people discover that "the time of anguish was also a time for growth in understanding their faith," she said.
The fourth step involves writing a personal obituary. People usually react to this step with hesitation, smiles and uneasiness. But it has a purpose: to get people to say what they would like their life to stand for and what qualities they have developed which may resemble those of Christ. As they share their experiences, adults begin to see that their life entails a journey — one not only tied to the past and pres-
ent, but "in the future too," the religious educator said. Ms Haldane makes it a point to respect people's 'needs and feelings. She never forces people: "I challenge them to try new things and to see that their journey is uniquely theirs." She concluded: "As an educator all my life I've tried to assist people in finding hope that life has significance and meaning."
A house of study and a house of prayer By Father John Castelot The Dead Sea Scrolls contain all sorts of writings: texts of the books of the Basle, commentaries on them, the rules and traditions of the Qumran community whichproduced the scrolls. The scrolls reflected the intense, continuous study that took place in the community. For Qumran hadformedoriginally, not long before the time of Christ, in traction to what its members considered the corruption of the temple clergy. A usurper had taken over the office of the highpriest, they charged, and the result was a general deterioration of templepersonnel. Having cut themselves offfrom what badbeen the centre of their lives, the liturgy celebrated at the Temple, Qumran 's members had to find another centre of interest. They found it in the able, and especially in the Torah, the Bthle's first five books. Day and night the Qumran people studied these books, reflected and commented on them. During the day when most were engaged in manual labour, some were assigned to study. At night, a third of the community was busy with the central task of study. I n a way, this was a sort of intensive synagogue enterprise. For the synagogue, while it was a house
ofprayer, was also a house of study. The word of God was the centre of the community's life and there was no end of mining its riches. This was a thoroughly adult enterprise. Thefirst Christians continued thispractice. What is preserved now as our Liturgy of the Word was for the earliest Christians the occasion for continued and continuous intellectual and spiritual enrichment. In a summary of life in the early church, Luke tells us: "They devoted themselves to the apostles' instruction and the communal life" (Acts 2.42). So important was this constant, conscious growth in Christian understanding and living that when the apostles werefaced with a choice between administration and teaching St Peter spoke up: 7t is not right for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables" (Acts 6:2). St Paul's whole life was dedicated to the instruction of his adult converts, and he was never content with what he had taught them in preparation for their baptism. Since he could not stay with any one group very long he used letters to continue their development. These epistles were read to the community at the liturgy and sparked further discussion among its members. Christian life was a growth process and growth is never finished. Paul constantly urged people to make even greater progress. All of this involved adults. The word was preached to adults; adults accepted it and began to live the Christian life. It involved continued effort to plumb the mystery of Christ, which is inexhaustible in it self and in its implications for living. Christian life was and is a serious, adult concern.
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The Good Samaritans come West
The Good Samaritans have accepted the Church's invitation to come to Western Australia. Eight sisters will arrive early in 1986 to provide educational and pastoral services in the Perth and Geraldton dioceses.
The decision by the G ood Samaritans to establish a community in WA is especially significant in light of the current. trend among many religious orders to contract rather than expand services.
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Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil The three St Thomas School (Claremont) students pictured above are among the 25.000 children attending the 11 6 Catholic Schools in Western Australia which cater for years 1-7. There are more than 2100 full-time equivalent staff teaching primary students. There has been a renewed emphasis in Commonwealth Government policy on the critical importance of primary school education. One of the four major priorities established by the Quality of Education Review is the improvement of the competencies of primary school children. The Commonwealth Schools Commission has funded two special programs directed at primary schools, Basic Literacy in Primary Schools and the Early Literacy Inservice Program, both of which 3 re being implemented in WA Catholic schools.
New theology school established in Perth Beginning in 1986 the community at large will be able to study theology under the auspices of the newly established Perth College of Divinity. The College, an incorporated ecumenical body. has been formed by the Catholic Adult and Tertiary Education Institute of Western Australia (formerly the Catholic Pastoral Institute), Anglican Institute of Theology. Baptist Theological College and the Perth Uniting Church Theological Hall. The combining of various religious groups to form theological schools has been traditional for centuries in Europe, North America and more recently in other parts of Australia. Although there is a joint theological faculty. each religious group will retain its own autonomy and special courses. The College is affiliated with Murdoch University for the purposes of granting degrees. Many courses will be conducted on the university's campus.
Fr Joseph Sobb, SJ -Our Catholic tradition has been one of wisdom. learning and education, said Fr Joseph Sobb. Si, Director of the Catholic Institute and a founding member of the College. - Aquinas, Bonaventure and Ignatius were great thinkers and scholars who valued the life of the intellect and recognized that its development is an essential part of the
spiritual formation of individuals. -It seems to me that in the past 100 years we have tended to move away from this great tradition. There is less esteem for learning in our society today. I hope that the establishment of the College of Divinity will help the Church in Perth recapture an important part of its heritage,- Fr Sobb said. The College will provide opportunities for people who want to choose one or more theological courses as electives within their program as an enriching and broadening experience. Students may also take theology as their major study leading to a degree of bachelor of arts. bachelor of theology. bachelor of divinity or higher degrees. Programs of study will
include systematic theology. pastoral theology and church history. Graduates of theological studies programs such as this one may work in adult education. pastoral and community activities, the ministry and teaching. Fr Sobb. however, was quick to point out the value of the College in helping ordinary lay people to increase their general knowledge of their religion. -The College provides another very reputable opportunity for Catholics to study their Catholic theology and in a way that will enable them to be accepted with respect in a public forum:* Fr Sobb said. For information about enrolment contact the admissions officer at Murdoch University or the Catholic Institute.
Archbishop Foley described the Good Samaritans as -an act of Providence.-Their assistance will be invaluable in meeting the educational needs we have in the Perth diocese. particularly at New Norcia where three of the sisters will be working.
- We are all very grateful that they were able to respond to our call.- the Archbishop said. Sr Gill O'Brien. the order's provincial superior, said that the Good Samaritans are looking forward to their new venture in the West with great enthusiasm and optimism. -We have a commitment to answer the needs of our times and to respond to calls where the number of religious is not great. In coming to WA. we hope to contribute to the life of the Church and to share our
Work on Catholic education centre gets underway Restoration of the Home of the Good Shepherd (Wembley) has begun with the appointment of Peter Moyes as Project Officer. -We are now engaged in the overall planning of the Centre, which to my mind. is the most critical aspect of the whole project.- Peter said. -This is the time we must decide how the building will be used, who will use it. and how it will serve the community needs. - And we must take into account long-term needs. not just the needs we have now. ''The availability of the Good Shepherd as a Centre is a unique opportunity for Catholic education. one that just isn't likely to come along again:' Peter said. Peter was headmaster of Christ Church Grammar School (Claremont) for 31 years before his retirement in 1981. He has also been a member of the Commonwealth Schools Commission and has served on numerous prestigious educational committees, including the Beazley Committee.
Peter Moyes For the past three years he has been coordinating the special education program of the Catholic Education Commission. While at Christ Church he directed a major building project and he continues to serve as a building consultant to the Cornmonwealth SchoolsCornmission. The Centre will accommodate the operations of the Catholic Institute, including the Resource Centre and library, and the Catholic EducationOffice. Facilities for inservice education programs. meetings and conferences will be available. It is expected that work on the new centre will be completed in twelve months' time.
gift with others,- Sr Gill said.
Geraldton diocese Four of the Good Samaritans will provide visitation, out-reach and pastoral services to Mt Magnet. a remote mining community 350 kms east of Geraldton. They are Sr Therese Denny. Sr Catherine Bell. Sr Flavia Bourke and Sr Val Deakin. (Sr Therese has been named superior of the community in Western Australia.) Sr Anna Warlow has been appointed a professional development officer in the School Services Division of the Catholic Education Office. She will work primarily in the area of designing and implementing inservice programs for Catholic school staff.
Salvado College Three of the sisters will be at Salvado College (New Norcia). Sr Marie Fleming. who has extensive administrative experience in managing large secondary schools. has been appointed principal of Salvado College effective 1 January 1986. Sr Teresa Hyland. a former provincial of the order. and Sr Mary Ann Ferguson will have teaching. pastoral and administrative support roles at the New Norcia school. Both Sr Teresa and Sr Mary Ann have worked in a variety of education and school settings. The ability of the Good Samaritans to fill the key leadership and administrative roles at Salvado College at this time is exceptionally opportune. The Benedictines. who own the school. have recently turned over the school's management to the Catholic Education Commission. Because the Good Samaritans are of the Benedictine tradition it is expected that they will ensure that the special character of this historic school will continue. (See page 2 for more information.)
Toodyay rural centre opens for business The historic convent and school atToodyayN.vill remain a major residential centre for Catholic education and community activities under the new management of the Catholic Education Commission. The Commission has successfully completed negotiations with the Sisters of Mercy to make the former St Aloysius' School available for Catholic education. The centre will be known as The Avondown Centre for Catholic Education.
convent, is being built in Toodyay. This will allow the Sisters to continue their work in the community.
Educational and cultural activities
School groups In recent years the facilities have been used by school groups and others as a camp, retreat and study centre. It is expected that this type of usage will expand. Dr Peter Tannock, Director of Catholic Education, predicted a bright future for the historic buildings: foresee a great opportunity for school children, parish groups, school staffs and community interest groups to be able to conduct programs and activities in a country retreat.'' The Toodyay convent and former boarding school are an hour's drive
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from Perth. Many schools, including government schools, use the centre as a base for exploring the historical sites of the Avon Valley.
Renovations underway A planning committee has met regularly to implement the concept of the Avondown Centre. -Plans for upgrading and refurbishing the build-
ings are under way,- said Graham Green, chairman of the committee. -The architect, Rown Hawkins, has planned excellent facilities that will cater for both adults and children. Provision is being made for conference rooms, discussion and work areas, as well as kitchen and dining facilities. -The centre will cater for 40 adults, or a maximum of 80 children with up to 12 adults.- Graham
said. The Perth Archdiocese is making a major financial contribution to the renovations which will begin in mid-November and be completed for the 1986 school year.
New home for the Sisters A new home for the Sisters of Mercy. who currently reside at the
The Avondown Centre is to serve primarily as a residential facility for various educational activities. However, a secondary purpose is to cater for other religious, social and cultural events. -We are very keen for schools and community groups to continue using the centre:* said Graham. -There are many wideranging uses. For example, teachers have found the Toodyay centre ideal for personal and professional development programs and leadership training. -Study camps and recreational activities for students as well as adult education and inservice courses can be accommodated. Parish and community groups can hold festivals, camps, leisure activities and cultural and social events at the centre.' Inquiries about bookings for the rest of 1985 and for 1986 can be directed to Graham Green, Catholic Education Office.
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St Augustine teachers Rosa Marauito, Jennifer Scott and Cherrie Fletcher.
Parents help shape school curriculum St Augustine's School (Rivervale) is a school where parents' opinions not only count — they are actively sought and put into practice.
they take in turn to lead. The entire school participates in the exercises first thing each morning. The craft program, be it required materi• als and equipment which Earlier this year. staff at the school didn't have, the school invited parents was more difficult to to a meeting to find out implement. The staff. what they thought their children should be learn- however, devised a craft ing. While parents were program and applied for a grant of $4000 from the generally satisfied with Disadvantaged Schools the curriculum at the school, they identified two Program which will meet areas which they thought the costs of getting the program started next needed more concentrayear. tion: physical exercise More than 50% of the and three-dimensional art families with children at programs such as pottery the school are Vietnamand sewing. ese and they, in particular, Staff were able to im- place a high value on art plement the physical ex- in the curriculum. Many ercise program almost of them have volunteered immediately. They devis- to share their craft skills ed a 20-minute aerobics by teaching in the new exercise program which program next year.
The Good Samaritans: a community on mission
Oliver stars Hamish Hamilton (Oliver). Stanley Leader (Fagan) and Frank Verady (the Artful Dodger) in St Joseph's School's (Northam) recent production of this classic.
Northam students put on a musical variety Students from St Joseph's School (Northam) entertained over 500 people with their music hall production of Oliver in August. Cinder the direction of Kay Ruscoe, Speech and Drama teacher at St Joseph's. students sang and danced their way through four performances. Clad in traditional rags and tatters of the workhouse, their faces dirty and their accents in the best cockney, they delighted the enthusiastic audience. The entire school was involved in the production Eye-catching and colourful costumes were designed and made by
students in clothing and fabrics classes. The art students designed and painted the original backdrop. During the evening, the audience enjoyed hot soup, served 'workhouse' style from large stockpots, fish and chips in newspaper and apple crumble. But first they all had to using for their supper."Public performances such as this are invaluable for Speech and Drama students and their teachers.- said Kay Ruscoe. 'Young people are given the opportunity to work as a group and experience that special fellowship which exists in the theatre.''
The Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict was the first female religious order to be established in Australia. It was founded in 1857 by John Bede Polding. himself a Benedictine and the first archbishop of the Catholic church in Australia. The Good Samaritans provide a variety of services in New South Wales (where they were founded). South Australia, Queensland. Victoria and now Western Australia. After World War II, they established themselves in Japan where they work in education and pastoral care. In more recent years the Good Samaritans have tended to move out of convents and concentrated into more diversified activities, including adult education, social and pastoral work. They now have 500 sisters in 62 communities. The Good Samaritans, always deeply committed to providing Catholic schooling, continue this tradition today. Throughout Australia they are involved with 26 secondary schools. 75 primary schools and a teachers college. The Good Samaritans, like other Benedictine orders, are committed to developing and maintaining a community of prayer — liturgical prayer celebrated in common and nourished by personal study and balanced by work. The Good Samaritans live by the Rule of St Benedict Many aspects of this profoundly influential document have been applied by the Benedictines to the operation of their education institutions. One aspect of the Rule is a great emphasis on the individual's need to develop the capacity to listen, which the Benedictines consider one of the most important of all human capacities. A school is a place where people learn to listen to God, and the primary responsibility of those in charge is to make space for the individual to engage in this very private process of growth. Other important themes of the Rule in relation to education are the role of discipline as the foundation for the discovery of inner freedom, the experience of community life as the foundation for the values of loving service, and the importance of good order (good planning, efficient administration) in creating conditions in which individuals and institutions best thrive.
Salvado College Salvado College is a coeducational boarding school located 120 kilometres north of Perth in the Benedictine community of New Norcia. Salvado College has an enrolment of 175 boys and girls in years 8-12. Most of the students c ome from isolated towns, settlements and farming communities from around the state. Many of the young people who attend the school expect to return to their home communities to engage in farming and agriculture related work when they graduate. Salvado College is the only Catholic school in WA to offer an agriculture course from year 8 through to year 12. In addition, the school's 30 staff provide traditional curriculum offerings.
Salvado College was created in 1974 when St Gertrude's College for girls and St Ildephonsus College for boys amalgamated. These two historic secondary schools were established by Abbot Torres in the early part of this century, St Gertrude's College for girls in 1908 and St Ildephonsus College for boys in 1913. The Marist Brothers operated St Ildephonsus until 1964 and the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart operated St Gertrude's until the amalgamation of the two schools in the mid 1970's. Salvado College has been administered by New Norcia's Benedictine community from that time until this year when its management was transferred to the Catholic Education Commission.
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Pictured above is Bishop Salvado dressed for the mission journey which eventually resulted in the establishment of the Benedictine monastery at New Norcia. Salvado. a resourceful man and a talented musician, raised money for his project by giving an organ recital of Bellini's opera Norma to an appreciative colonial Perth audience.
Parents and teachers: partners in learning Parent involvement is the next stage of the Early literacy Inservice Course (EL1C) to be implemented primary Catholic in schools in WA. Beginning this term a number of workshops for parents are being conducted by trained EL1C tutors. -Parents and teachers can act as partners in children's learning.- said Irene Sorensen. coordinator of EL1C. "Before children come to school, they have already learned to walk, to talk, to laugh. to cry and to do many other things. -When children begin school, teachers also take on a responsibility of supporting children while they learn. "ELK recognises that parents and teachers can work together to support the learning of children.-
Prime educators "Parents remain the prime educators of their children even after the children begin school. If parents can build on the
work teachers are doing in the classroom, and teachers know how to involve parents in their work. then each child will benefit.' In addition to the workshops. a package of
Australian literacy "healthy" says national expert School (Dianella), Kerry Brown, year 4 teacher at Our Lady's Assumption Association's Reading n wrote the report below about this year's Australia . attended National Conference which she
booklets, pamphlets and a video will be available to parents. It is hoped that parents themselves can soon take on the task of conducting workshops for other parents.
Literacy: Beginning, Developing and Maintaining was the theme adopted by the Australian Reading Association for its annual convention held recently in Brisbane. The Conference saw more than 700 delegates, including teachers, academics, educational consultants and several international speakers, gather together to express views and research findings on various aspects of literacy. The opening session was delivered by Dr Brian Camboume. Director of literacy Studies at Wollongong University. and addressed the topical issue of declining literacy standards in our society.
Declining Literacy Prophets Dr Camboume outlined two sides to the argument of declining literacy standards. One side he termed the Declining Literacy Prophets ( DLP's) who maintain standards of literacy that: • are declining • there was a golden age in the past when nearly everyone was literate • there is a well-known set of drills and practices which will restore standards to what they once were The other side of the argument is adopted by those he termed the
Teacher accreditation dates are set According to Leonie
Skills for parents
Reid. parent representative on the ELK Advisory Committee, parents are very keen to be involved in schools but often feel they don't have the skills and knowledge to contribute to the learning process. -The ELJC workshops will help parents understand what teachers are doing in the classroom in the area of reading. writing and language development.- said Leonie. -In this way. a working partnership between parents and teachers can be developed.
The accreditation program for teachers in Catholic schools has been reduced from four days to three days following feedback from participants. The total course hours (20) remain the same. All newly appointed teachers and professional staff employed in Catholic schools must complete the Catholic Education Commission's requirement for accreditation by attending the course presented by the Catholic Education Office or completing either of two units
at WACAE. The Catholic Education Office is offering the accreditation course on two alternative dates: • 9. 10. 11 December 1985 • 28. 29. 30 January 1986 School authorities have been advised of these dates and given enrolment forms for new staff to complete. For further information contact Sr Mary Harvey. Special Services Section. Catholic Education Office (09) 381 5444.
Women in education: making progress? Over 150 people attended the Women in Educational Management Conference held in Canberra 1 -4 August 1985. Catholic and state systems were represented as well as tertiary institutions and ministries of education. Carol Henderson from the Catholic Education Office represented the Catholic Education Commission of WA.
Issues Issues addressed at the conference were wideranging and included managerial roles of women in education, equal opportunity and affirmative action. self-perception of women as educational managers and career planning. It is generally recognized that women are under represented at the middle and higher levels of management in schools and educational institutions in both the government and nongovernment sectors.
(NCEC). as a result of the conference, has agreed to look closely at the issue of women in leadership roles in Catholic education. Issues discussed at a recent NCEC meeting related to two concerns that were shared by all state commission representatives: • the trend throughout Australia to replace retiring religious women principals with (young) lay male principals • the heavily male dominated composition of the senior administrative levels of Catholic education offices.
State recommendations
Two recommendations have been put to the Catholic Education Commission of WA regarding women in educational management. The first recommendation. reflecting the NCEC concern, is that the CECWA consider seriously the issue of women in management in Catholic education in WA. National The second recomrecommendations mendation is for a workThe National Catholic ing party to be established Education Commission to look at the issues of
women in management in Catholic education generally and to report back to the Commission at a later date.
Informal communication As well as these formal structures for encouraging the presence of women in managerial positions. there is also a need for informal channels of communication to be developed. -We need to communicate informally with women to encourage them to think about management positions. They need to be aware of their potential and be given support in their roles.' said Jan Saxon. Catholic Education Office contact person on issues relating to women and girls in education.
Initiatives "There area number of initiatives already being undertaken in the Office to contact women in schools and to offer them support. "Once the formal structures are established we can work together for the benefit of all women.- Jan said.
Starry-eyed Technophiles who present an alternative approach to the issue of declining literacy standards. The SET advocates are not concemed with rising; falling standards. They simply assert that technological advances will render literacy as we know it obsolete. Effective communication, they claim. can occur through a variety of other media.
Literacy 'healthy' Despite these contentions Dr Camboume reported that literacy standards in Australia are in a healthy state. He supported this statement by contending that the minimum literacy skills needed to survive in society had risen from a year 3 to a year 9 standard between 1968 and 1975. and despite such an inflationary spiral. 50% of 10 year olds can operate at this level as can 99% of 14 year olds.
Children hampered
in the Pictured above are seven of the 23 men and women who are enrolled principals. Catholic Education Commission's inaugural accreditation program for the The Commission now requires that all newly appointed principals complete m. progra
Dr Camboume claimed that children are hampered by complex. fragmented teaching methods which demand they complete drills, activities devoid of all meaning. The system tends to produce children who are "aliterate- : they have the skills but avoid reading and writing.
1986 Term Dates Western Australian Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools 3 February 5 February 3 March 27 March
Staff Commence Classes Commence Public Holiday (Labour Day) End of Term
Monda), Wednesday Monday Thursday Term 2
7 April 8 April 25 April 2 June 20 June
Staff Commence Classes Commence Public Holiday (Anzac Day) Public Holiday (Foundation Day) End of Term
Monday Tuesday Friday Monday Friday
Term 3 7 July 9 July 16-17-18 August 19 September
Staff Commence Classes Commence Mid-Term Break (for boarding schools ontyl
Monday Wednesday Saturday. Sunday. Monday Friday
End of Term
Term 4 6 October 7 October 8-9-10 November 11 December 1 2 December
Monday Tuesday Saturday. Sunday Monday Thursday Friday .41111%
• The schedule of term dates printed above applies to all Western Australian Catholic primary and secondary schools • Concluding dates for years 11 and 12 are not specified as these will be determined by the regulations of the Secondary Education Authority. Schools will be advised of these dates when they are determined. • The concluding date for all year 10 students in 1986 will be Friday 28 November. • Because of the need to make special arrangements for country students, boarding schools may need to send students home one day earlier than the last day of term in terms 1 2 and !cng Aeekends ac ta.,e • Boa-d•nd sckcr's m;d-',erm breaks 'or staff and students ,n terms 3 and
Staff Commence Classes Commence Mid-term Break (for boarding schools only) End of Term (students) End of Term (staff) • Public holidays for Catholic schools are the same as those gazetted for Western Australian government schools • A provision has been made for seven (7) student -free days within the' school year two (2) at the beginning of term 1. one (1) at the beginning of term 2: two (2) at the beginning of term 3. one (1) at the beginning of term 4 and one (1) at the end of term 4. Any school which desires an alteration to this schedule • student -free days should seek and obtain the permission c! the Director of Catholic Education • School authorities who believe that exceptional or spec circumstances warrant a departure from the above ter -dates and dates of school should seek and obtain the permission of the Director of Catholic Education In such circumstances the parish priest and the bishop of the diocese should he -4,7,-^'P7'.
Focus on Schools CBC Fremantle: a changing school in a changing scene Christian Brothers' College (Fremantle) continues to reflect changes in society, in education and in people as it has for over one hundred years. Most of all, however, the college reflects the changing needs of the student population. The test of an adaptive school is the degree to which its practices change to meet the needs of students,'' said Br Pat Kelly, principal of the college. - Schools are an integral part of society and more specifically of their
change from a predominantly religious staff to a majority of lay teachers.** said Br Kelly. -In 1973 there were over 80% religious in the college and this year we have only 8%. Such a change has major implications for our college.The college has coped with this change in a unique way. "Religious education has tradition-
-Over two thirds of the 1984 class attended the camp in August and had the opportunity to reestablish old friendships which sometimes get lost in the months immediately after leaving school. -It is really important for the college to keep contact with ex-students as their experience of the wider society may help us determine a particular direction for the future.-
School community
The faces of CBC Fremantle
Br Pat Kelly, CBC Principal. community. At CBC we are constantly evaluating our performance in the light of changing needs" Some very significant changes have taken place during the college's long history which have helped shape and direct the college.
Lay teachers -One very important change. which has really only occurred in the past decade, has been the
ally been the province of the religious in schools. Because of the dramatic decrease in religious at the college we have given lay teachers a focal role in the religious education program.- Br Kelly said. -Each class teacher takes religious education. This has meant an enormous investment in in servicing these teachers and has allowed a much more flexible timetable. Twenty four of the sixty teachers are involved in
The student populations at CBC Fremantle reflects the ethnic population of the Fremantle area. Over 40% of the students are from families where either one or both parents do not speak English at home. Birth places of students and their parents include Italy. Yugoslavia. England, Holland. Portugal. ndia and Malaysia. In all. 45 different countries are represented in the college. Students come from a number of suburbs around Fremantle such as Hamilton Hill, Spean.vood and Kardinya. A significant number of students also travel from Rockingham and Mandurah. Nearly 65% of boys' mothers list home duties as their major occupation. Fathers are generally self-employed or have jobs in various trade or semi-professional areas. teaching religious education.-
Size The increase in the size of the college has led to some major changes in the curriculum. "We are very involved in evaluating and developing curriculum and I
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mean curriculum in its very broadest sense,- Br Kelly said. "By curriculum I mean every experience a student encounters during his time at school. -This year we have introduced a number of new subjects. We are continuing to expand and develop areas of study so that students have a greater range of subjects and options from which to choose.-
Activities out of school are also an important part of the curriculum. Students are involved in sports, competitions, camps and excursions. CBC also runs a camp for year 13 students. -The year 13 camp is for students who have left the college the previous year. The camp gives them a chance to reflect on their time at school and on their success and problems since leaving school.- Br Kelly said.
CBC Fremantle is characterized by the relationship which exists between all members of the school community. Teachers, students. parents and ex-students work closely together to enhance the aims of the college. -The college must work in harmony with parents and the home environment for its influence to be fully effective. ' *We endeavour to promote clear communication between parents and the college and to c onstructively involve parents in many aspects of college life.- Br Kelly emphasized. The challenges and changes faced by the college are demanding but Br Kelly is optimistic that the school community can face these challenges. - Changes can be difficult to live through. They can also be enjoyable and satisfying if they are developed from within rather than imposed from without. -Our changes are for our students and. with the support of the entire school community. we will continue to change so that students continue to benefit from their education at CBC.-
Mayor Cattalini: Reflections on CBC
CBC staff members Maurice Van Dongen and Trevenna Letizia with one of the students. There are 60 members of staff at the college, representing 17 different nationalities including Indian, Malaysian, German, Italian. Dutch, British and Portuguese. Over 80% of staff are lay, including the two deputy principals and five of the six heads of department. There are only eight Brothers at the college, including the principal, who teach or have administrative duties.
John Cattalini. Mayor of Fremantle, ex-student of CBC and father of a son who currently attends the college. has seen many changes in the college over the years. -The growth of the school has been dramatic. When I was in my final year there were only about six students in the class. Now year 12 has nearly 40 students,- said John. -The beauty about CBC Fremantle is that it brings together students from many cultural backgrounds and experiences. Students are enriched by this contact and learn to appreciate other cultures and heritages. "The changes and growth of the college have not dampened school spirit which continues to develop and expand at CBC. -The close knit community of the college and the unique character of Fremantle make the Christian Brothers' College a very special place.- concluded John.
CBC Old Boy John Cattalini Mayor of Fremantle
Christian Brothers' College (Fremantle), founded in 1901. is the oldest Catholic school in Western Australia to continue on the same site. Catholic education has been available in Fremantle from the time the Sisters of Mercy arrived to set up a Mission in 1847. Thirty-five years later. in 1 882, the foundation stone of a Catholic boys school in Fremantle was laid. This school would later become the Christian Brothers' College. The original school opened with an enrolment of 30 boys under the management of a layman. Mr Otto De Grancy, and staffed by lay teachers until 1901 when the Christian Brothers were asked to come to the school. This move was mainly due to the withdrawal of state govemment funding assistance in 1895 which led to the Church being unable to continue staffing the school.
Growth Numbers of students increased greatly in the first few years. By 1904. attendance was over 200 students. 86 of whom were secondary students.
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A long history of CBC in brief
Due to these increases in enrolment, extensive building took place. In 1934, with enrolment exceeding 400 students, a two-storey building was completed consisting of six new classrooms. Success at the Public Service and Higher University examinations raised the college's reputation in the early years.
Br Sabus Woodlock's class triumphed at the 1 918 Public Examination by gaining the best results of all Catholic schools in Western Australia. More recently, extensions to the college have been opened in 1969 and 1978. To celebrate the c ollege's centenary in 1 982 a new science wing was built.
The original building. designed by a Fenian convict, is still used and is now known as Edmund Hall after the founder of the Christian Brothers. Edmund Rice. The hall is part of the Fremantle National Trust. In 1985 the college has a total enrolment in years 5 to 12 of nearly 600 students.
Section of first school building at CBC, Edmund Hall. named in honour of t he founder of the Christian Brothers. The recent rapid growth of the college was made possible by the establishment of a separate junior campus. These premises were previously occupied by Our Lady of the Mission Girls' High School, Years 5 to 8 are located at the Tuckfield Street Campus. The Brothers continue to work at CBC Fremantle in partnership with a large lay staff with whom, in accordance with the ethos of Catholic education. they share the Christian and professional responsibility for the education of students entrusted to them by their parents.
School life at CBC -Being a fairly small school. CBC has a very caring atmosphere and everyone knows everybody else,- said Head Boy and President of the Student Representative Council (SRC), Robert Neesham. Robert. a year 11 student. has just been elected to these two positions by the boys and staff of the college. "The SRC acts as an intermediary body between the students and the rest of the college. It has a very important role to play in the development of the college.- said Robert. -The teachers are really interested in the students and listen to our views and ideas. They also put in a lot of extra time to help us. For example. many of the teachers coach sport after school.Balancing the mix between study. sport and social events is something the SRC will be looking at during their term of office. -Study and sport are twb important aspects of school life. We are hoping to develop both areas so that all students can achieve a realistic balance between the two. "Part of our role within the college is to organize social events and we are planning some of these already.- Robert said.
The Christian Brothers congregation was found ed in Ireland by Edmund Rice in 1802. Edmund Rice founded his congregation in response to the needs of children. His great compassion and concern were drawn to the human, spiritual and emotional plight of the children of Ireland who had no opportunity for a religious education. Edmund Rice built and opened his first school in 1802 and since then his congregation has expanded to all parts of the world. In 1894 the Christian Brothers came to Western Australia and between 1896 and 1929 they founded four schools and three charitable institutions for boys. Each foundation was an independent and separate unit and in this respect the Brothers were unique a mong the teaching orders of the state.
Redefining role The Christian Brothers today are still actively involved in education in the state but according to the Provincial. Br Gerald Faulkner. are redefining their role in the light of changes in society. -We are attempting to find our most appropriate role in education in the 1 980's and beyond.- said Br Faulkner.
Edmund Rice. Christian Brothers founder. -Our commitment is to those people who need us most. This means that we may well be leaving some traditional positions of responsibility in the hands of others. This will increase the mobility of the Brothers and enable them to take on other roles. -We are moving more towards working with urban and tribal Aborigines. We are also extending our work in the Kimberley where we have a school in Broome.-
Ageing population Although the number of Brothers has not decreased over the last few years. the population is ageing. -The teaching workforce is dropping signi-
The Christian Brothers own and operate a number of colleges in Western Australia including CBC Fremantle, Aquinas. Trinity, St Mark's. St Patrick's ( Geraldton). Keanev College (Bindoon) and Christian Brothers* Agricultural College (Tardunl. The Brothers also supply staff and resources to other schools and lease their land to the Archdiocese. Such schools include John Paul College (Kalgoorlie). St Edmund's College (Collie). St Joseph's College ( Spencer Park) and. as from next year. CBC (Leederville).
CBC parent involvement is strong - Class mothers are a very important link between staff and parents in the college.- said Jan De Vos.
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ficantly and so we must reassess our role with this in mind.- said Br Faulkner.
CBC students are able to pursue a variety of curriculum options, including traditional academic subjects, woodwork, metal work, computer technology and music.
Jan De Vos. Jan is a year 11 class mother who has been involved in the college for a number of years. "At the beginning of each year the principal. on behalf of the Parents and Friends Association, asks for volunteer class mothers. These mothers then work with a team of other volunteer mothers and the students and staff in organizing activities for the class.- said Jan.
-We help with extracurricula activities, excursions. masses and other events involving our particular class:' Parents are involved in a number of other areas in the college. The Parents and Friends Association is actively engaged in college projects such as open days, functions for new parents. school uniforms. building and maintenance and helping to enhance the college's gardens and visual appearance. A committee of parents is also repsonsible for developing the college's music program. The c ommittee organizes fund-raising activities. displays, concerts and guest musicians to help propagate music throughout the college. "Parents are really eager to be involved in college activities. They generously commit their time and energy to a wide range of events:* Jan said.
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The article below answers some of the more perplexing questions about the effect of the 1984 Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act on primary schools. According to John Willett, President of the Australian Catholic Primary Principals Association, most schools are supporting the principles of the anti-discrimination legislation relating to sporting activities as they provide young students with broader opportunities in physical activities. "I don't think that Catholic primary schools need to alter their physical education programs as both boys and girls are being taught the same skills," said John. "These skills include throwing. catching. hitting and other coordinating activities." In the area of games and sporting events, however. there are still some unanswered questions. The main emphasis of the new legislation is to ensure that neither girls nor boys are disadvantaged and that resources and facilities are equal for both groups.
Where does the new sports policy come from? sporting and The physical education policy is one aspect of the Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act. enacted in 1984. Segregation of boys and girls per se. or even segregation of less and more able students, cannot rely on physical size and capacity as its rationale.
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What is the background of the sports policy? The sports policy is based upon research studies which indicate that, given equal experiences, opportunities and facilities, boys and
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What does the sports policy mean for schools? The policy means that no school sport activity should be denied a student under the age of 12 on the basis of gender. Those students who so wish should be able to take what has formerly been recognized as male only or female-only sports. In parliamentary debate on this issue, there is a clear intention that coeducational sport and physical education be encouraged in schools.
Why do girls not achieve as well as boys in sports? In the area of sport and physical education, al-
though girls and boys have the same potential, girls are not achieving as well as boys. Research shows that girls would come out second best if they had to compete against boys in many sporting activities. The sports policy implies that this is so because girls are not being given the same opportunities in sport as boys.
What does the Act say? The Act defines what is meant by discrimination and establishes mechanisms through which people who believe they have been discriminated against can seek redress.
How does the policy deal with discrimination? The sports policy asks that schools look at how sporting and physical education programs and activities are organized. In the area of sports and games. resources and facilities should be equal to boys and girls. Coeducational activities in this area are encouraged only if they do not disadvantage either boys or girls. In the area of physical education, motor skills and coordination skills are developed. The policy encourages schools to develop these skills equally in boys and girls.
WA boarding schools remain popular option Boarding continues to be a necessary option for many West Australian families as indicated by the full enrolment of Catholic boarding schools. As well as being necessary in some cases, for many young men and women it's a happy time in their lives. "The best thing about being a boarder is the friendship between us all," said Kirsten Somers, a year 12 boarder at Santa Maria College (Attadale). "If I could choose between being a boarder or a day-bug, I would be a boarder. I wouldn't change it for anything. I've been boarding for five years and I love it."
Changes Boarding schools and boarding school life have changed enormously over the last few years. "When we were looking at updating the boarding facilities at Santa Maria in 1981, our emphasis was to provide for the social and emotional development of students as well as their academic development," said principal Sr Sheila Sawle, Fr John Cranley, principal of Mazenod College, (Lesmurdie). echoed this same orientation: "We try to foster a family atmosphere in the boarding
low-income families
Santa Maria College year 10 boarders. school:' he said. "As we only have a small boarding section, this is something that we can achieve."
Enrolment policies enrolling Schools boarders place priority on students who are not able to go to a Catholic school near their home. This is the case for both metropolitan and country boarding schools.
"At Tardun. we mainly take students from farming families around the state." said Br Frank Donohoe, principal of Christian Brothers' Agricultural School in Tardun. "We serve those Catholic families who are living in remote farming communities, outback stations and mining towns. If these children did not board, they might have to travel vast distances to go to a school in the area."
Keaney College (Bindoon) and CBC (Tardun) are both agricultural schools and their students are all boarders. The two schools cater for students who usually go back to the family farm to work.
Dedicated staff One of the main problems with running a boarding school is to find staff willing to work at night and on weekends.
girls have the same physical potential. Anthropometric studies of school children show that size and strength of students up to age 12 vary enormously. Small children are not necessarily weaker nor do they necessarily lack stamina and coordination.
Young people from lowincome families will have better opportunities to stay on at school as a result of recently- announced changes in the Commonwealth's assistance schemes. The Secondary and Allowance Tertiary Schemes have been modified to ensure that young people of the same age receive similar basic benefits regardless of whether they are enrolled in secondary or tertiary institutions. This aspect of the schemes will be phased-in over a two year period. A link will also be established between education allowances and unemployment benefits.
Tertiary Education Assistance Scheme
Secondary Allowance Scheme
This scheme assists families whose homes are remote from normal access to govemment schools and provides a basic boarding allowance free of income test for eligible students who are boarding away from home. An income tested allowance is also provided to meet the additional costs of boarding away from home and allowances are provided where students are studying bycorrespondence or where a second home is maintained. The basic allowance for 1986 will be $989 and additional allowances allocated on a reducing scale where family income exceeds $13623,
Who does the Act cover? The Act covers all students in educational institutions in Australia and many employees in respect of discrimination on the grounds of sex. marital status and pregnancy.
Why is the Act necessary? This anti-discrimination legislation is consistent with other attempts to ensure equal opportunity in schools and has assisted with the re-examination of unwarranted assumptions on which educational programs are based.
This scheme is intended to support full-time undertaking students TAFE courses and fulltime undergraduate students at universities and colleges of advanced education. The scheme is also income tested and is reduced where family income and personal income exceeds certain levels in a year. Rates of allowance ( 18+) for living at home will increase from $44.51 per week in 1985 to $47.50 in 1986 and to $55 in 1987.
This scheme is intended to provide support for families who have children in the final two years of schooling. Allowances may be paid to parents for children who are studying fulltime in either year 1 1 or year 12 at a secondary school. The scheme is subject to an income test and maximum allowances are payable when the adjusted family income (total family income less certain deductions) is $14 995 or less (1986 ). Rates of allowance will increase from $23.05 per week in 1985 to $35 in 1986 and to $40 in 1987.
Assistance for Isolated Children
Boarding Schools Boarding Fee/Term
Name of School
Location
Enrolment Type
Aquinas College Christian Brothers Agricultural School Keaney College lona Presentation College Mazenod College Nulungu CBC Nulungu Girls College Sacred Heart College Salvado College Santa Maria College Stella Maris College St Brigid's College St Patrick's College
Manning
Boys
$1020
Tardun Bindoon Mosman Park Lesmurdie Broome Broome Sorrento New Norcia Attadale Geraldton Lesmurdie Geraldton
Boys Boys Girls Boys Boys Girls Girls Boys & Girls Girls Girls Girls Boys
$ 720 $ 730 $ 930 $ 630 $ 724 $ 724 $ 920 $ 924 $1020 $ 880 $ 880 $ 880
"Competent staff are very hard to find," said Br John Murray. principal of College Patrick's St (Geraldton). "Staff must be prepared to work odd hours and be able to establish relationships with students on a personal basis."
Not enough places
Whole person
Tension
For Elizabeth Harford, Boarding School Coordinator at Santa Maria, the boarding part of school is vitally important in the education of the whole person. "As coordinator of the boarding school Ihave the chance to get to know each girl as an individual person. But it takes commitment and dedication. It is certainly not a 9 to 5 job," she said.
There is always the in boarding tension schools between caring for students and allowing them freedom for growth and responsibility. "Rules and regulations are important but I can't wait to be able to go out on the weekend without signing a register," said Avert Levett, head boarder at Santa Maria. This sentiment is also echoed by students at
Boarding school sizes range from 45 students to over 150 students in the larger schools. Schools offering boarding facilities are fully enrolled and often have long waiting lists.
Mazenod. "We are only allowed out once on the weekend." said Brendan By-me, a year 11 boarder. -By years 11 and 12 you need more time on your own, to do your own thing. In this sense we are restricted because we can't just go out when we want to."
Schools There are 13 Catholic boarding schools in Western Australia offering 1 500 boarding places. Six of the schools are in the Perth metropolitan area and the remaining are in country towns. All offer only single-sex boarding places except Salvado College (New Norcia).
Mercy College: sweet --dimPAS00115 a Review of The Effectiveness of Catholic Schools smell of success
by Chris d'Silva, Senior Research and Statistics Officer, Catholic Education Office
Mercy College students have recently had a string of successes in a broad range of endeavours: economics, art, community work and public speaking.
Art This has been a very busy year for Mercy College's art department. Under the guidance of art coordinator Paul Jacobs, students from both lower and upper secondary school helped plan. orgMercy College art teacher Paul Jacobs and two anize and prepare for the school's second biennial students. art exhibition. Displayed at Mirrabooka Shopping Centre during August, the exhibition consisted of the work of 280 students. The exhibition was viewed by several thousand people, including students from nearby government and non-government schools who came by bus. Young achiever Mercy College year 12 student. Lesley Adair, was selected one of three Andrine Bourke, Michelle Heasman, Peter Burke, finalists in Channel 7's lhaan Adrianz, Mark Haniker and Lesley Adair Young Achievers Award. (sitting). Lesley was commended for her voluntary work in competition held recently. Economic Simulation coaching blind children The title of her speech Competition. in swimming. She is a was Heasman, Michelle All The World's a member of the State Mark Haniker, Peter Burke Stage. Schoolgirls Swimming and lhaan Adrianz nowgo Squad. on to represent Western
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Public speaking Another Mercy College student. Andrine Bourke, was a semi-finalist in the Rostrum Voice of Young
Four year 12 economics students from Mercy College recently won the state final of the WAfT/ Apple Computer National
Newman RE class treks to the Kimberley Eighteen year 11 boys and girls from Newman College (Churchlands) have just returned from an 11-day excursion to the Kimberley. The students camped out in Looma. an Aboriginal community of 400 people on the Fitzroy River. The community m embers made the young people welcome, g ave them camping space. allowed them to share in their daily routines and took them on several special excursions.
Hunting The Newman students went hunting with men from the Looma community and learned how a bullock is slaughtered and dressed in the wild. Another day was spent on the river where they were shown how to fish the Aborigine's way. They cooked their catch and learned how to make damper. The community organized a corroboree to give the young people a chance to learn Aboriginal rituals, dances and songs.
There were basketball games, the intricacies of everyday village life, the challenge of preparing all their own food. a trip to the nearby Mt Anderson Station, and special sights like an old woman weaving human hair for belts and a man making boomerangs. The trip to the north included visits to Derby and Broome.
Lamingtons Newman students raised nearly all the money for the trip themselves by selling over 8000 lamingtons. They decided they wanted an opportunity to meet Aborigines on their homeground after a presentation to their religious education class by Vic Hunter. the Catholic Education Office's Aboriginal Education Field Officer. "These kids had the experience of living in a different culture and of being a minority group. Although this is a common occurrence for Aborigines, it's an unusual one for white people," Vic pointed out.
Australia in the National Final on 12 October. This final will be held by Telecom hook-up to all other states. Apple Computers are providing three micro-computer systems as national prizes. Team members have spent many hours studying for the competition. The simulation requires students to have a good understanding of macroeconomics, including inflation. unemployment. taxation, money supply and government expenditure.
Br Marcellin Flynn FMS is well known to Catholic results of this analysis do not reveal causal educators in Australia for his studies of the educational relationships but may be used as a basis for the postulation of such relationships. processes that occur in Catholic schools. Even though Br Marcellin makes the point several In 1972, following the work of Sr Carmel Leavey in a number of girls' schools, Br Marcellin undertook a times that the results do not reveal causal relationships. study of the year 12 students in twenty-one boys' his use of the word -effect- in the discussion of the schools in New South Wales and the ACT. The results results of the analysis tends to be misleading. of this study were published in 1974 in Some Catholic Schools in Action. HSC results In 1982 Br Marcellin began another study designed As an example of this, consider the finding that the to extend the results of his earlier study to enable him to (Climate. Ethos) of the school make comparisons between the results of the two Informal Curriculum of the explained variance in per cent 73.4 explained and to investigate some issues that had emerged in the School Certificate (HSC) achievement in 1982. interim. The results of this latest investigation have now High Br Marcellin describes this result by saying that the been published in The Effectiveness of Catholic informal school curriculum has the primary unique Schools. While this may be the The Effectiveness of Catholic Schools has been effect on HSC achievement. this result, it is describing terminology for standard to a wide as to be intelligible written in such a way give any indication not since the data does misleading audience. It includes concise discussions of the effect. and cause of theoretical assumptions that underlie the research and of the findings of other researchers who have completed similar studies. Although there are many tables summarizing the responses to the questionnaires used, very little background knowledge of statistics is required to understand most of the book_ Br Marcelfin's findings include: • Catholic schools had significantly more students and teachers who were not Catholics in 1982 than in 1972 • the student body was far more multicultural in 1982 • year 12 students continue to have a warm, positive regard for their schools • students were much less confident in their approach to life in 1982 than in 1972 • parents supported Catholic schools more strongly in 1982 than in 1972 • over the decade 1972-82 there has been a definite change in the expectations which students, parents Alternative interpretation and staff have of Catholic schools An alternative interpretation of this finding. which Br • good relationships exist between teachers and year Marcellin describes as - totally unexpected.- is that it 1 2 students • there was an improvement in the students' attitudes reflects the operation of another factor that is causally towards religious education from 1972 to 1982 related to both the informal curriculum and HSC but most students did not agree that religious educa- achievement. From a common-sense point of view one would tion should be treated as an academic subject • parents' attitudes towards religious education were expect that the quality and commitment of the school staff would be causally related to both school climate generally favourable • there is a serious lack of religious knowledge in and examination results. It is possible that the relationship between the informal curriculum and HSC basic areas of Catholic faith • the students were concerned with social issues of achievement is not that the former influences the latter directly but that both reflect the quality of the school justice for the poor and marginalized staff. Br Marcellin's book is a fascinating look at the analysis Commonality world of year 12 students in Catholic schools which Instead of regression analysis, Br Marcellin uses an challenges school community members to examine alternative statistical technique called commonality their involvement in the school with a view to further analysis. This technique makes it possible to determine improving on the positive aspects of their work and the extent of common variation between variables. The changing the negative aspects.
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Newman students packing up their old kit bags for a trip up to the North. Newman College is -Everyone who went seemed to have benefited considering including an from being able to meet Aboriginal studies eleAborigines in their own ment in its religious eduenvironment, on land cation syllabus next year. where they were born and Other schools who are which they belong to." interested in developing The 18 students were Aboriginal studies comaccompanied by their ponents are invited to religious education teach- contact Vic Hunter, Cathoer, Janet Hay, Sr Margaret lic Education Office (09) Scharf and Vic Hunter, 381 5444.
Long-rumoured changes in the role of the Commonwealth Schools Commission were confirmed in August by Senator Susan Ryan, Commonwealth Minister for Education. The transfer of the administration of the Commission's general recurrent and capital programs to the Cornmonweawlth Department of Education began earlier this month. "The heavy administrative workload of the general recurrent and capital programs has increasingly eroded the Commission's ability to advise and monitor.-
Senator Ryan said. "The transfer of these administrative functions will mean a better service for schools and will also allow the Commission to have fuller and more regular consultation with education interest groups." The transfer of these administrative responsibilities was opposed by the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia and the National Catholic Education Commission. The view of Catholic school authorities was that: • The existing arrangement had served the needs of Catholic schools
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very well and there were no obvious reasons for the change. The proposed new machinery appears cumbersome and bureaucratic. • Sound policy development requires day-to-day a dministrative experience with the recurrent and capital funding problems of schools, not a separation as was proposed. • The charter, structure and processes of the Schools Commission makes it much more open. flexible and expert in school policy matters than could be expected of the Commonwealth Department of Education.
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Catholic Education Office restructured
A Bicentennial Project
The Catholic Education Office has recently undergone a major restructuring in order to provide improved services to schools in light of new and emerging challenges in education. An overall thrust of the restructuring is to give schools access to highly qualified professionals who are specialists in specific areas. The move is also designed to give school authorities better access to Catholic Education Office services by providing for a clearer scope and direction in CEO operations. The new management structure and operating procedures will allow the Catholic Education Office to set objectives within the context of the aims and purposes of Catholic education and to be more accountable for the services it provides.
Three new divisions The restructuring has created new teams of people operating in new groups. There are now three divisions in the Catholic Education Office, each of which consists of several sections headed by a senior coordinator. These divisions and sections are listed below.
*School Services • Primary Schools Section: provides advice and services in the area of primary school education and curriculum • Secondary Schools Section: provides advice and services in the area of secondary school education and curriculum • Special Services Section: provides advice and services in the areas of professional development of school staff, Aboriginal education. English as a Second Language and Special Education
Des O'Sullivan's appointment to the position of Assistant Director of School Resources and Management is one of several new appointments within the Catholic Education Office. Des has been involved in Catholic education in Western Australia for 25 years. the last 10 as principal of St Norbert College (Queens Park). Des's appointment is a reflection of the Catholic Education Commission's commitment to promote greater personnel movement between the Office and schools.
Regional education offices established The establishment of regional offices is a particularly significant outcome of the restructuring of the Catholic Education Office. -We've been aware for many years of the need to provide more adequately for country schools,- said Tony Curtis, Assistant Director, Administration and Finance Division. -I am delighted that school communities will now be able to benefit from the more immediate and personal contact with a professional education officer operating in their region. -Schools in more remote areas have many of the same requirements for information and assistance as do metropolitan schools. However, they also have some special needs in relation to staffing. curriculum. inservice and community relations. -The new regional education officers will be able to assist these schools on the spot, and
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Dale Brooks has been appointed Regional Education Officer in the Geraldton diocese. He is working out of Perth until office accommodation in Geraldton is completed in the new year. Dale has worked in education for 27 years as both teacher and administrator. He has been employed for the past seven years by the Catholic Education Office as a school consultant and coordinator of the Disadvantaged Schools Program. N.vtlen required, liaise with specialist officers in the CEO in Perth.- Tony concluded. Regional offices are being established for the Broome, Geraldton and Bunbury areas.
Administration and Finance • Research and Statistics Section: provides advice and service to the Catholic Education Office and the Commission in the areas of research and policy development, statistical surveys and automated data processing systems • Administration and Finance Section: provides for the general administrative services necessary for the Catholic Education Office to carry out its work, including the provision of clerical and reception services. CEO personnel services. CEO facilities and equipment and operation of the regional education offices • Media Services Section: provides advice and service to the Catholic Education Office and the Commission in the area of public relations, publications and audiovisual equipment, services and facilities • On 1 January 1986 this division will become the Religious
Education and School Services Division when the merger with the Department of Religious Education becomes effective.
Sr Pat Rhatigan has been appointed to the Broome office and Dale Brooks to the Geraldton office. An appointment will be made to the Bunbury post before the new year begins.
Young Western Australians will soon have the same opportunities as young men and women in many other countries to learn to sail traditional sailing ships. Funded in part by the Australian Bicentennial Authority, the Sail Training Association of Western Australia is constructing a clipper ship incorporating many of the finer features of the fast trading vessels plying Australian ports in the latter years of the nineteenth century. In addition to giving young people the opportunity to learn sailing skills, oceanography and navigation, the tall ship will be open to the public as a fully working maritime museum. Another objective of the program is to give young people opportuni-
ties to develop leadership. independence, initiative and self-discipline. When it is completed. the ship will accommodate up to 32 trainees on ten-day training voyages off the WA coast. The $2m cost of building the ship is being met by the Commonwealth and Western Australian Governments, membership fees and corporate and private sponsorship. It is expected that the ship will be commissioned by early 1987. There are opportunities for young people and schools to be involved in the project even at this stage. For information contact the Sail Training Association. Fremantle Maritime School, 41 Terrace, FreSouth mantle WA 6160.
Seven new school Family is key principals named to values cation teacher at Infant Jesus School (Morley). He is working toward a bachelor of education degree from WACAE.
School Resources and Management • Recurrent Resources Section: provides educational and financial advice and services in all aspects of recurrent resources and school budgets, including policies and practices related to school fees and other sources of private income • School Facilities Section: provides advice and services in all aspects of provision for new schools and the expansion of existing schools, the capital needs of schools and plans and priorities for meeting those needs • School Management and Staffing Section: provides advice and services in the areas of employment of staff (including principals), industrial relations, employment conditions and the operation and development of school boards
1 1116001 YOUTH AT THE HELM
• Mr David King has been appointed principal of Leschenault Catholic Primary School (Australi d) effective 1 January 1986. Mr King has been teaching in the southwest of the state since 1978. He has been senior master at St Anne's (Harvey) since 1983. He earned a bachelor of education from WAIT. • Miss Anne Pusey will take up principalship duties at Sacred Heart Primary School (Mundaring) effective 1 January 1986, Miss Pusey has spent the last 23 years working in Catholic schools in Western Australia and New South Wales as both teacher and principal. During that time she was also religious education consultant at the Sydney Catholic Education Office. • Mr Geoffrey Hendriks has been appointed principal of St Patrick's Primary School (Katanning) effective 1 January 1986. Mr Hendriks is senior teacher and physical edu-
• Miss Kathleen Rooney has been appointed principal of Bunbury Catholic Primary School effective 1 January 1986. Currently a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at WACAE, Miss Rooney has 27 years experience in primary schools and tertiary institutions. Her qualifications include a bachelor's degree from CIWA and a Certificate of Early Childhood Education from Macquarie University,
• Mr James Green has been appointed principal of St Columba's Primary School (South Perth) effective 1 January 1986. Mr Green has 15 years
of teaching experience, the last two as principal of Fitzgerald Primary School (Education Department). He earned his bachelor of Chris Gardner. Guidance and Counselling Proeducation degree from gram Consultant in the Catholic Education Office. WACAE. recently - attended the Catholic Education Family • Mr Stephen O'Donnell Life Conference and filed this report. has been appointed principal at St Brendan's Working on the asCollege (Hilton) effective sumption that the family 1 January 1986. is the absolute key to Mr O'Donnell has work- values, Family Life Coned in Catholic schools for ference members called 20 years, including three for more resources and years as deputy principal coordinated efforts to supat La Salle College (Mid- port family life education. land), two years as deputy The Conference reprincipal at St Brendan's commended that preventCollege (Hilton) and two ive resources be available years as principal of St to families via the parish or Joseph's College (Al- schools rather then relybany). ing on remedial, patch-up programs like marriage counselling. Sexuality development. how to cope with change. the life cycle of the family, the needs of children for • being able to touch each other and be liberroots and wings within the al with appreciation family are but a few of the issues addressed at the • being able to handle anger Conference. • taking time to talk Don Edgar, from the • Mr Thomas Corcoran Institute of Family StudSchools family and has been appointed prinies, noted that recent cipal of St Norbert College life surveys do not support the (Queens Park) effective 1 Some of the practical degree of pessimism August 1985, suggestions for improv- which exists in the comMr Corcoran who was ing the quality of family life munity about family life. deputy principal of St which came out of the A survey of 400 childNorbert College until his Conference are: ren revealed that 90% appointment, has more • being ready for chan- wanted to marry and than 25 years of teaching wanted their marriage to ges in the family experience including ad- • being cautious with last a lifetime. Ninety-six ministrative experience as criticism percent said they wanted a year master, senior mast- • talking about affections child and most had a er and mathematics co- • fathers spending more positive attitude about ordinator. time with their children their parents.
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Last month, I interviewed David Yallop, author of In God's Name, for Central Television. Yallop's best-seller alleges Albino Luciani, Pope John Paul I, was murdered by any one of six people. I regard this as a fantasy. You will not see the programme. No one will. It was killed. The producer, Michael Hart, hinted the battle of wits in which we engaged was above the heads of the viewers. I accept this. But the interview raised an important question about -sources- in writing about the Vatican. What is a source, anyway? It is not just -someone who tells me something", for that could be the man on the next desk or the chestnut-vendor outside the Holy Office. A source is someone who tells me something — and is in a position to know The value of the information depends on the job he holds or his closeness to the action No writer, however ingenious, can rise above the level of his sources. So when Yallop quotes "a cardinal residing in Rome-, we pay attention. That sounds like a -good source". This individual reported Cardinal Jean VIllot, then Secretary of State (and one of Yallop's leading suspects), told him Pope John Paul I died of an overdose of drugs
David Yallop's book, alleging that Pope John Paul I was murdered, has become a bestseller. But what grounds are there for believing the story which it tells?
Yallop's book a f antasy by PETER HEBBLETHWAITE
EDO That was why there could be no autopsy for people would suspect the unthinkable — suicide or murder. ViHot's cover-up (according to Yallop) had begun. Yallop refuses to name this -cardinal residing in Rome" and even to say whether he is alive or admit in what language they spoke. I have discussed the matter with as many cardinals residing in Rome as lam on good terms with, and none of them reveals any knowledge of such a story. Yallop could enhance his credibility at a stroke by naming his cardinal. "Protecting sources- does not enter into it, for after this book Yallop will be persona non grata in the Vatican anyway. Moreover, what "the cardinal resident in Rome" allegedly said is in no way discreditable. Indeed, it could account for the Vatican panic that led to mendacious statements from the Vatican Press Office — something to which Vaticanologists, but not Yallop, are accustomed. (We allow for them, and seek truth elsewhere.) And why, one has to ask, did the "cardinal residing in Rome" not share this interesting insight with others? Why on earth should he give Yallop an exclusive scoop? I find myself unable to answer these questions and am thrown back reluctantly on to the conclusion that maybe the "cardinal residing in Rome" cannot be produced. But you yourself conceal your sources, Yallop cried. It is true that in The Year of Three Popes I used a nom de guerre. -Sotto Voce,- for the person
Record reporter ROSLYN ROSS talks with Professor Vincent Moleta, Professor of Italian at the University of Western Australia about his new look at St Francis of Assisi in a book timed to coincide with the saint's centenary. It was the summer of 1 981 when Vincent Moleta raised himself from the rigid discipline of yet another acastudy and demic decided it was too tiring a task to be tackled in the January heat. But for this dedicated academic, Professor with the Department of Italian at the University of Western Australia, there was no question of remaining idle. It was when his gently spoken wife Christine pointed out the following year was the Franciscan Centenary and suggested he write a book about St Francis, that "she could read," he knew he had found a fresh and challenging task.
refute this charge by producing the -notes- that were in John Paul's hands. But that cannot possibly be done, since they were destroyed. When I put this to Yallop, he asked how I knew that they were destroyed I answered I'd got it from his book: -Some of the key evidence that would have established the truth had already been destroyed by Villot — the medicine and the notes Luciani had made that detailed the vital changes" (p.323). Obviously, Yallop had forgotten this rather important point. ' Who told you these notes don't exist?" he demanded. I referred to the sentence just quoted. "I don't say that" he went on, "I don't say that, I say the notes were removed from the bedroom.There is more than a difference of nuance between "removing" and "destroying-.
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Pope John Paul who first mentioned the name Luciani as a likely successful candidate. Very well. I will now reveal him. My "source" was Father Roberto Tucci, director of Vatican Radio. I concealed his name because in his sensitive post he would not want to be too publicly associated with someone who enjoys as much freedom in the Church as I do. This revelation does credit to Tucci's perspicacity. Now he is secure as head of Vatican Radio and organiser of papal trips, there is no f urther need for concealment. Yallop complained this preoccupation with sources was merely "pedantic" I pointed out since we were dealing with an allegation of murder, one could not be too meticulous in checking sources. Asked what he would do if asked to name his sources in a court of law, Yallop replied that it was a hypothetical question. The same problem about sources arises on a more fundamental matter: what, according to Yallop, was the motive of the murder?
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The motive was Pope John Paul I was going to make changes in the Roman Curia. He had drawn up a list of people to be sacked. He wrote it down between 5.30 pm and 7.30 pm on September 28 1978, his last day on earth. At this point those who were going to be sacked decided to kill him (p.307). I leave aside various improbabilities in this account, such as how the conspirators managed to put their plan into effect so swiftly, and turn to the central point. Yallop contends these notes-, John Paul's hit-list, were what he was reading when he died. Yallop attaches great importance to these "notes", rightly so, for they provide, once again, the motive for the supposed crime. Indeed Yallop issues this stirring challenge in his introduction to the paperback edition: "If the Vatican . . . can prove my account of the papers he was holding his incorrect, then I will donate every penny of my royalties from the sales of this book to cancer research" (p.14). In fact Yallop's royalties are utterly safe. The 'Vatican" could only
I asked Yallop how many names were on the hit-list. He hesitated, and then answered: "Six or seven, but I'd need to go away and check." 'Why on earth did he need to write them down?" I enquired "He could easily keep six or seven names in his head or put black dots against them in the Annuario Pontificior "I'm afraid," Yallop replied, "that you would have to ask John Paul I why." So we will never know why John Paul did something that was unnecessary, blatantly foolish and, according to Yallop, fatal. Dead men tell no tales. So we are back to the question of sources. On this Yallop says: -The fact Luciani was holding his personal notes on the various crucial changes he was proposing to make has been confirmed to me from five different sources. Two are direct Vatican sources; the other three are external non-Vatican residents" (p.337). Naturally, these sources remain inviolate. On this I asked the obvious question: are you sure these were five independent sources and not just five different people reporting a common rumour? "If that's what I've said in the book, I assume they were," was Yallop's astonishingly limp reply.
Master of the legend of St Francis. Verification of the Stigmata circa 1295-1306. Assisi, San Francesco, Upper Church. a kirWIRMI4M1.4 tit
He returned to his study and within two hours had roughed out a plan for a unique book combining both professional and personal passions. The book, From St Francis To Giotto, The Influence of St Francis on Early Italian Art and Literature, was finally printed in 1983 and has been dedicated to Professor Moleta's four children, Sophie, Gabrielle, Clare and Benedict. It is a dedication more to the family standing so firmly behind him in all he does, rather than to four energetic youngsters tip-toeing around the house as their father worked. Much of the work was in fact done at night, Professor Moleta admits. He would retire to his study around 10 pm when the rest of the family was in bed and work into the small hours of the morning. It was a schedule he maintained for eight months and one which substantially affected his health by the end of it. But by then the book was
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Wife's suggestion resulted in a challenge to professor ated in central Italy during the several generations following his death. "Not only did the rise of a superb lay culture in Italy during the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries coincide with the Franciscan rebirth of religious life in Italy, but the ideal and example of St Francis were present to the men of genius who founded that national culture, and St Francis himself is the subject of some of their most important and moving artistic works.That, says Vincent Moleta, is the theme of his book — the influence of St Francis on Italian literature and art up to
written and there was time to rest and recuperate. This is the third book Vincent Moleta has written and one, which he says, "does nothing for my career.it was however the most satisfying and he says his major aim was to present beautiful material to ordinary readers. His specialty is 13th century Italian Literature and Professor Moleta sees St Francis as a focal point for the development of Italian literature and art. To Italians of the late thirteenth century, Francis of Assisi was no remote or exotic figure, Professor Moleta said.
"He was a middle class central Italian townsman, lately dead yet kept alive through a popular cult" a man who by his native genius had infused a compelling warmth and humanity into the practice of an austere religious ideal In him his countrymen rec-
overed the sources of an authentic Christianity which now seemed to be no longer a clerical preserve but accessible to ordinary laymen, while the example of his life and his miracles revealed, at close range and in a familiar setting of local towns and countryside, the divine hand working
through an unmistakably Italian instrument. "For the Italian painters who, towards the end of the thirteenth century, brought a sense of space and realism back into Western art, St Francis provided a challenging and noble subject on which to test their skill -For certain major contemporaries among Italian poets writing in the spoken language, St Francis was an example of heroic virtue in what they saw to be an age of general corruption. "Providential in so many other ways, the life of the Umbrian saint and wonder worker was a gift to the highly creative talent that prolifer-
Dante and Giotto. It is a new slant on a saint who has been much written about and one which will appeal to anyone with an appreciation of art and history. St Francis lived from 1182 until 1226 and that time, says Professor Moleta, saw the beginnings of the first works written in the vernacular, as well as a flowering of Italian art and poetry. "It was the unfolding of [talon culture and language. ' he said, "and St Francis became a focal point, not only for the social life, but for the artistic life as well His was a contribution to the whole fabric of life and it is part of that cultural fabric which Vincent Moleta so fondly studies in his book. Born in Wellington, New
Not only did the rise of a superb lay culture inItaly during the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries coincide with the Franciscan rebirth of religious life in Italy, but the ideal and example of St Francis were present to the men of genius who founded that national culture.
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Master of the Bardi Altarpiece. St Francis and scenes from his legend. 1260s Florence, Santa Crose, Bardi chapel. class that he grew up in Zealand, of Italian descent his ancestors had migrated It is ironic, adds Professor from Stromboli, an island off Moleta, that many of the Sicily, some 100 years most beautiful paintings inspired by St Francis, were before. Professor Moleta says he in fact sponsored by the was drawn to central Italy, leading banking families of the day even as a teenager. He made his first visit to "Ft is a further paradox, he Assisi in 1957 and subse- said, that St Francis, who had quent viSIIS (including one in stipulated there should be no 1980 with his wife and child- paintings in Church buildren), along with the detailed ings, had been buried in a work required for the book. church which was subsehave confirmed a long-stand- quently painted from floor to ing interest in St Francis and ceiling by Giotto. Whether St Francis would his birthplace. The magnetism of the man have approved of it or not is is still strong, some 750 odd beside the point_ years after his death, he says. The reality, says Professor "He was a man of great Moleta is he inspired cultural personal charm" Professor creativity of great worth and beauty and as such it should Moleta said. "People flocked to him and be fully appreciated_ he was always singing. His It is Professor MotetaS hope joy and love of life were great his book goes some way although he was quick to toward furthering that apprereject the mercantile middle ciation
Professor Moleta and his family (from left), Sophie, 16. Benedict. 7, the professor and his wife Christine, then daughters Clare, 11 and Gabrielle, 14.
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DEATHS BRICK (Daniel) passed a way peacefully on October 4 at The Little Sisters of the Poor, Glendalough. Loved brother of Mick (decd), fond brother in law of Mary. Dearest uncle of Mick, John, Margaret, Kevin, Maureen and Families. May perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.
Father stalked Moondyne From page 6 The young driver often delivered folding tables and chairs for garden parties. He always got a half-crown tip and a cheery word from Sir John for this service. There were no tips and very few cheering words, however, on the regular trips between Fremantle and Perth. Stirling Highway was a white limestone road heavily trafficked by the iron-rimmed wheels of horse-drawn vehicles and it cut up badly, especially near the rope works at Mosman Park. So bad did it get, in fact, that the users of the road finally decided to take repair work into their own hands. They gathered in force there one weekend. They had with them their horses, drays, picks, shovels and wives equipped to make sandwiches and prepare tea and coffee. They quarried limestone from Monument Hill — the gash can be seen to this day — and worked like slaves on the project for two days. 'We didn't get a penny for it," Jim says, "but it was a happy occasion with everyone weighing in, and the road was useable once again." At the corner of Mill Street and what was then called
Bazaar Terrace was the Stanley Brewery, where uncle Fred Bogue was head brewer. A bit further along the river on the opposite side of the road to the Swan Brewery was the Old Men's Home. The next landmark was a little shop roughly where St George's College now stands, but there were no homes till you got to Tank Hill near the site of the present Webster Street rose garden. Then it was bush again save for one bizarre feature — a beautifully !awned and gardened block with no house on it carved out of the surrounding forest.
LEE The story circulating was that arrangements for clearing and beautifying the block had been made by an engaged couple in England who intended to build a house there when they came to WA after their marriage. Plans must have gone awry, because no house was built and the block was gradually reclaimed by the bush. Bay View Terrace loomed up with a few shops and houses before the long climb up the hill to the fire station, a stretch for which Jim always carried a few pieces of four by four jarrah to chock the wheels so that the horses could take some rests on their stiff pull.
After that the remainder of the journey to Fremantle seemed to be not nearly so taxing. One of Jim's assignments in 1920 was to deliver a fourposter bed to Government House for the visiting Prince of Wales. The sight of cases of Scotch whisky stacked in a corridor reminded him other preparations were also being made for the royal occasion. The prince rode every morning from Government House along the riverfront in the direction of Mill Street, and in one of the cottages along the way lived a crippled lad named Jimmy. One of the reasons for the charge of all the ordering for the Dunlop Rubber Company which had taken over Perdnau years before. Jim and Mrs Linton have nothing but praise for the Little Sisters of the Poor and the great organisation they run at Glendalough, where they have been living happily since early in 1984. Prince of Wales coming to Australia was to thank Its veterans for their 1914-1918 war effort, and Jim Linton was numbered among these veterans.
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He served in the Australian Army Medical Corps for about 15 months, including a period aboard the hospital ship Karoola bringing Gallipoli wounded back to Australia. At the Fremantle Base Hospital he sat up all night with a delirious and feverish soldier who died at 6 o'clock in the morning. In turned out to be the first recorded case of cerebrospinal meningitis in Australia. Immediately the post-mortem diagnosis was made, Jim was rushed back off leave in a railway carriage compartment specially reserved for him alone and placed in quarantine. After seven days he was given a clean bill of health. Jim thinks his escape from infection might have been attributable to a tip he had picked up from veterans of the war in France. All night at the stricken soldier's bedside he had breathed through a handkerchief soaked in kerosene. He resumed work with Zimpels after his discharge from the army, but in 1922 he was hired by the three executives who had come over from the eastern states to found the state branch of Perdriau Rubber Company as their first WA employee. It was a career that was to last 37 years until his retirement in 1959 as the man in
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Bunbury had a ball More than 200 people attended the highly successful YCW dinner dance last Saturday night. Dancers came from all parts of the South West, namely Albany, Narrogin, Manjimup, Margaret River, Collie, Waroona, Brunswick, Daranup and Northam, and the metropolitan areas. Organiser Julien Bradford was delighted with the response Attendance was not restricted to young people; many parents joined the dinner party and many stayed for the dancing. Bishop Peter Quinn and Father Hugh O'Sullivan, Australian YCW chaplain, were present. /
ABOVE: Student Ian Haines rocks on with nurse Teresa Warenczak, both of Northam.
Most of the visitors stayed overnight and athered for a special youth Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral on the Sunday. Bishop Quinn delivered the homily in which he praised the YCW for the good work done so far and urged youth to take their mission to their peers. He was assisted by Fathers O'Sullivan and Jegorow.
RIGHT: Stepping out for the barn dance are (from left) Anne Dorozenko, Collie full-timer with Tony Fyfe a teacher at BusseIton; Gemma McGill clerk from the Albany Advertiser with Joe O'Brien a taxi driver from Perth; Jenny Hunter a teacher from York, with Andrew Gorman a carpenter from Albany.
Organiser Julien Bradford took a moment to whirl Paula Gee of Bunbury and Mary Hart of Perth around the floor.
LEFT: Among the not so young. John and Cynthia Walkley of Australind.
Above: At the dance David Harvey of Narrogin and Rosemary Evans of Busselton announced their engagement to marry. Father O'Sullivan blessed their engagement ring, pictured above with Ray Power looking on.
Pictured with Bishop Peter Quinn. Maree Scott the recently appointed YCW full-time worker to replace Debbie Dawson.
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hildren's Story Hour Jane Frances u'as good Jane Frances mother died when she was only 18 to the servants and months old. Her father, workers. She was very an important political generous to poor people leader in France, raised who came to the castle. his daughter. He saw that She wa-s particularly kind she received an excellent to people who were sick education from tutors at or elderly. The happiest days for home. She grew up to be a sensitive Jane Frances were when beautiful, woman, cheerful andfull Cbristopbe was home with her. They were happof life. When Jane Frances was ily married for nine 21 she met a nobleman, .years. Then Cbristopbe Baron Cbristopbe de was killed in a bunting Chantal. They grew to accident. moment sad That love one another and were married in 1592. changed Jane Frances' They lived together in his life. She was a young widow with four young castle. They bad six children children. Jane became but two died as infants. very depressed. She wonCbristopbe was often dered bow she could go a way, serving in the on alone. For four king's army.Jane Frances months she could hardly raised the children. She cope. Cbristopbe's father was bad to supervise the work in the fields as well as very angry with bit daughter-in-law. He demanded inside the castle.
tbatJane Frances and the children live with him. He threatened to disinherit the children if they did not lire in his borne. But his housekeeper did not want Jane and the children there. She made life difficult for them. Jane missed ber husband terribly. Still she struggled cheerfully to make the best of a difficult situation. She taught her children to read and to count. She also taught them their prayers. She took good care of them. One day she met a great and holy priest, Francis de Sales. They became friends. She shared with birn berproblems andher hopes. He helped ber see God at work in her life. Francis told her one of his dreams. He wanted to bring together young girls and
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widows to form a new kind of religious community. They siould live together, praying and working. But they would not stay inside the convent like other religious women. They would go out to visit the sick and poor in their homes. Jane Frances felt God calling her to that kind of life. Her children were grown. One was already married. After much thought and prayer Jane Frances decided to begin a new life as a nun. She became a founder of the Visitation sisters. She lived the rest of her life with the other Sisters, working, praying. caring for others. St Francis de Sales said of her later. "She was one of the holiest peopleIever met" The church honours her as a saint.
Happy birthday to John Baxter, City Beach; Sonia Catania, Morley; Melissa Palmyra; Dartington, Michelle Devereux, Huntingdale; Maria Downey, Dwellingup; Damien de Silva, Willeton; Mathew Ellis, Bateman; Claire Hasson, Ballidu; Stephen Hegney, Lesmurdic; Pauline Kirk, Cloverdale; Katherine Phillips, Albany; Phillip Power, Kukerin; Caroline Rose Meyer, Duncraig; Andrew Smith, Northampton; Claire Tucak, Swanbourne; Joanne Tierney, Bindi Bincli; Jimmy Watkins, Hamilton Hill; Catherine Walker, Kambalda; Tony Ma Mutter, Three Springs; Samantha Sexton, Muradup; Richard Gauci, Morley; Richard Oliver, Girrawheen; Caitlin Toohey, Mosman Park; Rosalie Gift, Lesmurdie; Kimberley Harris, Bentley; Sara Arndt, Mosman Park.
4 4 kis 1 4 4 its. Ii 4 Its Ii 4ks. 1 4 4 its. Ii 4 its. I 4 4 Its. Ii 4 hi. collapses unconscious. Whilst in hospital, Claire is visited by Amanda and together they talk out the bitterness between them.
James Aldridge The True Story of Lilli Stubeck
The True Story of Li& James by Stubeck, Aldridge, published by Penguin, $5.95. When the down and out Stubeck family arrives in the country town of St Helen, no-one expected that when they left, it would be without their wild, young Lilli. For the youngest daughter of the itinerant, motley clan is "sold" to the town's most important citizen, the wealthy Miss Dalgliesh, who is determined to make a lady
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of her. But food, clothing and education are only part of the whole and Lilli is fierce in her resolve never to be anyone but Lilli. An absorbing story of the relationship between two strong-willed women, told by young Kit Quayle, one of the townspeople who perhaps knew Lilli best. James Aldridge was born near Bendigo. Victoria and spent much of his youth in the Murray River town of Swan Hill. Stoney Limits, by Jane Pitt, published by Heartlines (Pan, $2.50). A modern-day Romeo and Juliet in which the heroine not only faces the conflicts of love, but also those of a stranger in a foreign land. When Karen Mitchenson returns to England from Australia after her husband has left her, Jodie Mitchenson aged 16 and Pia Mitchenson aged 10 find themselves in the bleak and cold landscape of England. Pia, the tomboy, seems to adjust to their grandmother's cooking and the strangeness, but Jodie finds the
place too quiet and her mother too difficult and most important of all — she's fallen in love with Sam Miller, and for some reason, both her mother and his father forbid it. As the story unravels, their love grows with the help of Pia, who is also the one to finally force everybody to start telling the truth about the past — and by doing this find peace and happiness in the present.
Two Little Bears, by Hanna Muschig, published by William Collins, $5.95. The two little bears live with Mother Bear in a cave but soon they are old
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St. Francis: life and legend
A new vision 6crald Vann
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The Divine Pity, by Gerald Vann, published by Fount, $4.95. The Divine Pity was first published in 1945 when Vann was a very busy schoolmaster. He had also spent several years very actively involved in organising the Union of Prayer for Peace, which had received papal approval in 1937. He was no idle theoretician. But actions came from ideas, and his bequest to posterity is above all his presentation of a theory.
In this book he offers a vision by which people can be stimulated to make new and intelligent attempts to act lovingly in the world. The style is very much of the 40's but it has weathered the years and Gerald Vann still comes through as a man who cared. He yearned after a wholeness in which all our humanity could be fulfilled without being distorted — he was deeply influenced by Maritain's "integral humanism"; and he found the formula for such a wholeness in the essential and common traditions of the Christian Church. He became an able and sympathetic exponent, above all, of the ancient sanities o(Christian wisdom, and spelled out in forthright and often elegant terms, both the vision and the skills which these involve.
From St Francis to Giotto, the Influence of St Francis on Italian Art and Literature, by Vincent Moleta, pubby lished Franciscan Herald $25. Press, by R eviewed Father T.P. Boland (Catholic Leader, Brisbane). Enquiries about purchase be should Franto addressed Herald ciscan Press, 1434 West 51st St., Chicago, II. 60609. Vincent Moleta is a New Zealander, now with the Department of Italian in the University of Western Australia. He describes himself as "a layman straying into Mendicant territory". He does so to great effect.
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The Emerald Forest, by Robert Holdstock, published by Penguin, $5.95. Reviewed by Roslyn Ross. Just for a change this is the book written from the film, and the adaptation is a reasonably successful one. It is sort of a South American Taman story
with a modern moralconscience on ecology. It is the story of a sevenyear-old boy who is stolen by the mysterious "Invisible People", the tribe which lives deep within the Amazon forest and which has never been seen. Through 10 _wars their agonized searchfor him takes them beyond the world's last great natural frontier into the cruel beauty of the BrazilianJungle. Its a good star and one that is likely to entertain anyone over the age of 12. It is written, not surprising4,, rather in the style of an elaborated film script but manages to succeed despite its ditided loyalties. A good one to bare on band for the 'light reading days".
Compiled by Roslyn Ross.
The title indicates the subject very accurately. In the century between the death of Francis in 1226 and Giotto's fixation of the traditional Poverello in his various frescoes, a number of writers and painters attempted to tell us what he was like. They gave us a physical and spiritual identikit. It might seem, then, that we know exactly what St Francis looked like and was like. Yet it is not so easy at that. The first paintings are obviously affected, as the At' author points out, by the St. Francis, 1270's. (Margarito d'Arezzo) Byzantine's stylisation still current in mediaeval Italian art. Giotto's more natural features are of an idealised figure. the myth of hagiocareer as a writer, and his provocative in its discussion, graphy, product of the friendships with Belloc, Thoit includes essays by Trotsky, legend as well as the life. mas, Shaw and other emiand Tito, Kruschev There may be question of nent literary figures of the Deutscher. the very first picture, that in period. The Styles of English the cave at Subiaco. In this Architecture, by Hubert Teaching Literature. shrine of Benedictinism, the Pragnell, published by Nine to Fourteen. by reviewer — in his ignorance flatsford, $24.99. Geoff Fox and Michael — was surprised in 195' to A visual guide of English Benton, published by see St Francis on the wall. architectural styles, proOxford Australia, $12.99. Sixty years before, the fusely illustrated with drawDesigned for all primary young James Duhig — ings and photographs, with whether ignorant or not -school teachers and for particular emphasis an stylissecondary school English had the same experience. tic influences and compariThe plaque. affixed much teachers and student sons. An invaluable teachers this book relates later, says that this is the vera introduction for enthusiasts, contemporary theories of effigies, the true likeness of travellers and students. reading to the treatment of the saint. The author reasonstories and poems in the ably dates the portrait to Perspective in Art, by and describes a within a few years of Francis' classroom Michael Woods, pubwhich death. Is it a true likeness? methodology lished by Batsford, respects the child's unique It is possible to compare it $19-99. response. How to master the difficult with the detailed physical
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all, some people do look like Byzantine portraits. It is suggested that St Francis — author of the Canticle of All Creatures — is the first poet to use the Italian tongue as a literary vehicle. then it is not inappropriate that some of his first followers were Franciscans, and that some of their works are in praise of Francis. Among these none wrote with such style. such passion as Jac-oponc da Todi. (Old time devotees of the Latin Martyrology will recall Todi as Tuderti — pronounced with unction Too Dim- — in Umbria ). He presents a Francis at times fierce — as he could be — in defence of absolute Jacoponc poverty. embraced the cause of the Spirituals in the unedifying squabble about the means of realising their ideal that disturbed Italy after Francis' death. One may see Francis as inclined by nature and vision to the spiritual interpretation, hut by instinct standing with Bonaventure's reorganisation of the life, as our author indicates. Various popes, including Boniface VIII, tried to reconcile the prophetic simplicity with canonical forms. In his own lifetime, Francis used Roman approval as the touchstone to guide his choices in the maelstrom of ideals and factionalism of the poverty movement. Another grand figure emerges from the clamour of this fratricidal battle. more clamorous than the rest. Dante Alighieri was a man created by the new
tendencies of life in 13th century Italy. Moleta rightly uses of these changes our contemporary term — renewal. His true Vita Nuoira is animated by the spirituality of Dominic and Francis. He drew deeply from the wellsprings of Dominican theology — and some Franciscan — 0 but he immersed himself in the torrent of Franciscan reform. Boniface VIII is denounced. Joachim da Fiore — herald of the Angelic Pope, Celestine V. whom Boniface replaced. is stationed among the prophets in Paradise. In what amounts to a life of St Francis, the poor man of Assisi is seen as the embodiment of Christ in 13th century flesh and society. In him is the apotheosis of the True Church. Giotto's Francis is no controversial figure. This is the Poverello of orthodox piety. Yet through the conventions the spiritual force strains at the bonds. The tensions produce an equilibrium that barely rests on a drnamisrn of religious force The century of Francis is over. The Franciscans carryon. They have a variety Of impulses to set them and their world on the road to Christ. In all Moleta has justified his sub-title. Francis has inspired some of the inspirers of the new age in literature and art. In GiottO and Dante the old has merged into the new. If they have projected Francis onto a giant screen that the Western world cannot ignore. he has put life into some of the works that made their names. We may well ask if they- would have been so dominant without him. Some readers may regret that the illustrations of the book are in black and white. One shudders to think what 4. the price would have been had they been in colour. There are many of them; and they reveal Moleta's argument at all stages in harmony with his text.
description in Thomas of Celano's contemporary life. There are some conspicuous points of dissimilarity, notably in size. The Francis of Subiaco is tall, with large ears. Celano's is short with small ears. Yet other features, especially the mouth and nose. correspond. Whatever the decision, this face has always struck me as natural. After
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WHAT'S ON CATHOLJC COMMUNICATORS MEDIA CONFERENCE On Saturday, October 12 an inaugural WA Communications and Media Conference will be held at the Catholic Institute, Ruislip Street, from 10 am to 4 pm. The conference is the result of a national meeting of Catholic communicators held in Canberra earlier this year at which it was recommended that states set up appropriate bodies to cover all areas in which the Catholic Church is involved in any medium of communication. Results of the state investigations will be analysed at another national meeting later this year. MARIAN MOVEMENT A Cenacle will be held on Friday, October 18 at the Little Sisters of Carmel, 2 Frazer St., Swanbourne beginning at 10.30 am. Rosary every Tuesday. Inquiries to Yoland Nardizzi 447 8885 or Bob Wright 447 6223.
ACOLYTES' RENEWAL AND SURVEY Acolytes instituted in August 1980 and August 1975 have now completed one and two five-year terms respectively and must apply for an extension of service if they wish to continue to minister. Guidelines for the ministry and extension of service are available from the Catholic Church Office, Victoria Avenue. Applications for an extension of service will not be processed unless at least endorsed by a priest. Asolytes who do not receive the archbishop's letter of extension are not eligible to be invited to minister in the A t Monday night's ecumenical forum Mary Droste and Rita Kelly of St Denis parish helped with the supper while Pat Dolan of L eederville and Phil Jack of Attadale had a few ideas to exchange. Pictures by Bill Huxley.
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archdiocese. Acolytes who appear to have failed to apply for an extension of service are deemed to wish not to continue in active acolyte ministry. The guidelines of the archdiocese request acolytes making this decision simply to advise the Catholic Church Office of this fact. The survey of acolytes that was commenced in mid-July is concluding and questionnaires need to reach the Catholic Church Office no later tfia Friday. October 18. Questionnaires were addressed personnally to all acolytes presumably active according to latest information held at the Catholic Church Office. SOCIAL CLUB REUNION The Catholic Social Club will hold a reunion on Sunday. October 27, from 11 am to 3 pm at the WAIT lake, Kent St entrance. A barbecue will be supplied. Further enquiries can be made with Steve Futado 444 0297 or Brian Miguel 410 1623. SILVER JUBILEE Infant Jesus church Morley cordially invites past and present parishioners to attend the jubilee functions: Sunday October 20, 3 pm — Mass for "Pioneers". Wednesday October 23, 7.30 pm -Concelebrated Mass with Archbishop Foley. Friday October 25, 7.30 pm — Mass for deceased parishioners. Saturday October 27, 6 pm — Youth celebrate the Jubilee. MATERNITY CLOTHES NEEDED Pregnancy Help has an urgent need for gifts of maternity clothes. An official said the clothes should be good, used and clean, and can be sent to Pregnancy Help, 459 Hay St, Perth. There is also a continuing need for babywear. Donors can call day or night on 322 5655.
NEWMAN SOCIETY The Newman Society will celebrate Newman Sunday on Sunday. October 13 at St Thomas More College. Mass will be at 10.30 am in the College Chapel and Father Gerard Houlahan will give the homily. A social get-together with light lunch will follow in the Junior Common Room. The cost is $5 (single) or ladies are invited to bring a plate. The Annual General Meeting of the Newman Society will be on Friday. November 1. Father J. Dynon will celebrate Mass in the College Chapel at 7.30 pm and the meeting will follow at St Thomas More College. ST ANNES 50TH ANNIVERSARY Invite former teachers - Sisters of Mercy or lay teachers, students and friends associated with 50 years of Catholic education in Harvey to a celebration on Sunday. November 10. A Mass of Thanksgiving at 10.30 am will be celebrated by Bishop Quinn and visiting priests. B.Y.O. picnic lunch on school grounds. Blessing of new multi-purpose building by Bishop Quinn at 2 pm. Afternoon tee phone (097) will be provided. Inquiries 291287, 291227, 291030. LYNWOOD FESTIVAL St Jude's Parish, Lynwood/Langford, will celebrate the feast of St Jude with a procession and special prayers on Monday. October 28 at 7.30 pm All are welcome to the Church in Prindiville Way, Langford. BENEDICTINE OBLATES A day of Recollection, for the Oblates of St Gregory's Chapter, will be held at lona Convent, Palmerston St., Mosman Park, on Sunday. October 20. The day begins with Mass at 9.30 am. Please meet in front of the Convent at 9.15 am. Inquiries Joan Simpson 444 9305.
MAJELLAN ANNUAL MASS The annual Majellan Mass co-inciding with the feast of St Gerard Majellan will be celebrated in the Monastery, Vincent St, North Perth at 8 pm on Tuesday. October 15. The customary social follows and those coming are asked to bring one plate of supper between four persons. Present and former Majellans are welcome. BUNBURY MAJELLAN ANNIVERSARY Past and present Bunbury Majellans, and those involved with Majellans over the past 25 years, are invited to the 25th anniversary on Sunday October 20. Mass will be celebrated at St Thomas' Church, Carey Park at 11 am, followed by a luncheon in the adjoining St Gerard Centre. Bunbury ladies please bring a plate. Contacts. Pat Malatesta (097) 211747; Annette Morellini (097) 281112; Pam Blee (097) 217963 and Jan Hynes, 78 Stirling St, Bunbury.
SOCIAL JUSTICE RIVERTON DISCUSSION A discussion on the issues raised in the recent Social Justice reflection: Work for a Just Peace will be held at Queen of Apostles' parish hall Tudor Ave., Riverton on Sunday, October 13, 8.30-10 pm. A cup of tea will be served at 8pm. The speaker against the issues raised will be Mr Jim Harding and the speaker for the issues expressed in the booklet will be Mr Michael McGaw, chairman of the Catholic Social Justice Commission Mr John Allert will chair the meeting which will conclude with prayer for peace. Everyone is very welcome.
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CARMELITE MASS On Tuesday, October 15, the Feast of St Teresa of Avila. There will be Mass at the Carmelite Monastery, Nedlands at 9.30 am. BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE A special pilgrimage to Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation, Bullsbrook will be held on Sunday, October 13 at 2.30 pm. Recitation of the rosary followed by a short sermon and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament which will be taken among the sick.
Archdiocesan Calendar October 11 Reconciliation Service and Mass, St Joseph's Church, Subiaco, Archbishop Foley. Catenian Carnival Ball, Bishop Healy. October 12 Media Conference, Catholic Institute, Ruislip St., Wembley, Archbishop Foley. October 13 Confirmation, Beaconsfield, Archbishop Foley. Confirmation, Maida Vale, Bishop Healy. School Extensions Opening, St Brendan's College, Beaconsfield, Archbishop Foley. October 17 Civic Reception New Zealand High Commissioner, Council House, Archbishop Foley. October 18 Hospice Palliative Care Service, St Mary's Cathedral, Archbishop Foley. Confirmation North Beach, Bishop Healy. October 19 Mass, Tenth Anniversary of Guild of St Stephen, Queens Park, Archbishop Foley. October 20 Confirmation, Hilton, Archbishop Foley. Blessing of the Fleet, Mass & Procession, Fremantle, Bishop Healy. Presentation of Awards Royal School of Church Music, St Andrew's, Perth, Archbishop Foley.
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