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Workplace challenge for youth The challenge of the Australian Young Christian Worker, is that coming from a well adjusted stable and middle class background, they have much to give to the apostolate of the work place, according to national YCW chaplain Father Hugh O'Sullivan. He says there are now serious pockets of unrest among Australian youth, where drug taking and thieving are a way of life in streets, where people congregate in the cheapest housing. He quoted a local CYSS worker, not a Catholic, who said he can recognise at a glance if the youth coming in the d(x)r is from a single parent family. At the YCW meeting the youth has to take responsibility for other people in the workplace, for the youths who are depressed and last because they sit by the phone waiting for casual jobs from the big stores, who can earn only a small amount of cash before their social security cuts out.

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Three of the YCW workers at the key-leaders school at Mandurah recently are (from left) Paul Christoffenson, from Townsville, Jeanette Noonan, of Collie, and Correna Risborg, of Whyalla.

PART FOR A THE IrCtil Today's adults who grew up in the YCW a generation ago may have a part to play in the present movement by being chaplains to groups at a time when priests are getting scarce. Special

This is the view of the national YCW chaplain Father Hugh O'Sullivan who has been making his second visit to the WA YCW groups. "What makes me welcome wherever I go is that priests say their parish councillors and other leaders they meet were formed by the YCW many years ago "The YCW became the most successful expression of Pope Pius XI's hope for Catholic Action, of being involved in lay life, not using

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the world as an occasion for virtue but seeing that we are sharing God's creative work when we are working. "Love is the vocation God gives us and we fulfill that vocation when we love, in friendships, in falling in low, in marriage, in believing in hope in a changing world. Father O'Sullivan believes the YCW has outgrown its crisis of the 1970s when it virtually ceased to exist except in Melbourne and Perth.

Today it is in 15 dioceses and although its numbers do not rise dramatically he sees a stronger movement.

In the two years since he visited Perth the local groups have developed a strength of leadership. He admits it is different from the golden years of the Australian YCW in the 1940s and 1950s when it was in some places a highly sporting and social organisation that kept people around the church. "Even if it were culturally possible to do that today it

would not be the direction in which we would set out."

work is central to the whole social question.

He sees the YCW as distinctly different from many other new youth activities in the Church that emphasise conversion and spiritual experience for a young per-

"Cardijn also saw young people starting work were changing cultures, leaving the security of home for a culture that would affect them, that they needed all the support they could get when their Catholic education and development was going to leave them.

son. The YCW is about young people only because it takes a person at the vital moment when works becomes a factor in life. "Cardijn saw that work was central to human life. Pope John Paul has said

"Cardijn felt if young people could be helped at that stage they could he made aspostles in the life of the world and lay leaders in that world," he said.

"They are needing lots of support, they are hurt by it, they over-eat, there are family arguments over them, they leave home because of it. "There is no standardisation of action in the YCW and there never was. "It takes people exactly where they are and gets them to make one step forward through motivation and through Christian gospel values.

National YCW zhaplain, Father Hugh O'Sullivan "There is no end point for the YCW. "Everyone has to take just that one step forward today." Father O'Sullivan sums up today's YCW in the words Pope John Paul spoke at the tomb of Joseph Cardijn in Brussels earlier this year. "He said the vocation of the lay person is solidarity, participation and justice. "We've takea those words up, and are trying to channel our work in that direction," Father O'Sullivan said.

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Dear Prime Minister, Your Government has asked that we comment on its preferred national Aboriginal Land Rights Model. We welcome this opportunity to express again our concern that the legitimate aspirations and needs for land of the descendants of the original inhabitants of this continent be addressed and met. We are aware that the needs and aspirations of Aboriginals vary enormously in regard to land. After all, the majority are now urban dwellers. Many are fringe dwellers on the outskirts of country towns. Many live on large reserves or on their traditional lands. And some live and work on pastoral properties. For some, their relationship with land is communal, traditional and religious; for others, it is individual and economic. The history of our nation is marred by the injustice that there was never any legal recognition given to Aboriginal claims, rights to and interests in land.

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That history cannot be undone. Approaching the bicentenary of our nation, we hope that present injustices to Aboriginals in relation to land might be identified and put right. There are still traditional Aboriginal communities living on their traditional lands who do not have a legal title to their lands. There are other communities whose traditional lands remain vacant and unalienated by the crown and to which those communities may wish to return. They too have no legal title to those lands. There are some communities which have lost their traditional lands but still live together on other unalienated crown land to which they have no title which might compensate them for what they have lost. There are many Aboriginal people in and about our urban areas who, through dispossession, have lost not only land but also much of their culture, dignity and destiny. Their needs are yet to be addressed. Aboriginal family groups living and working on

pastoral properties have need of living areas where they might live securely and with the benefit of proper housing. We know that state governments have acted to address some of these needs and aspirations. ft seems that not all needs and aspirations have been so addressed. We accept that your government also bears a responsibility to meet outstanding needs and aspirations insofar as a Commonwealth Government and Parliament has the constitutional powers to do so. We are saddened by the community indifference and the intolerance of some groups to the plight of Aboriginal people. We trust that any solutions proposed by your government will be explained fully and sympathetically to the community. Further we hope that your government will pursue whatever co-operations it can with the states so that there be greater prospect of community acceptance of what may be proposed. However, the limits of such co-operation should not determine the limits of contemplated solutions to present

injustices being suffered by Aboriginal citizens. The varying conditions of Aboriginals between States and within States will require that any legislation be flexible regarding forms of title. When appropriate, individuals should be able to gain title to land for living and economic purposes, while community lands are secured by communal control and ownership. If land is to be acquired compulsorily from any persons, that should be done only on just terms and after fair determination that the common good will be serviced by such an acquisition. Crown Land held in trust by churches for the benefit of

Battler MELBOURNE — The community at large is supporting the Catholic Church's fight against child molestation, according to the man leading the crusade, Jesuit Brother Alex McDonald. And he is grateful for that support. "We're no longer frightened to put names to people who exploit kids," he said. "This makes us vulnerable, but Jesus was vulnerable, too. It puts us at risk. That's why we need support." Brother Alex was speaking as the Victorian Parliament was being presented with a bill dealing with the video games parlors industry. He said the proposed legislation would be powerless to stop such problems as gambling on credit, with

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joint eve In his talk, Professor Hill emphasised the wide ranging needs of today's youth, deprived as many of them are of the support of a stable family, credible adult models, and even the physical shelter of a home. In this situation, the y outh work of the Churches must go beyond r ecreation, the traditional area of emphasis. He challenged his listeners to see in each youth they encountered not just a young person but also the adult that he or she potentially is as well as t he middle aged and e lderly person which, given life, he or she will surely become.

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A bout 60 people attended the breakfast which was held at St Michael's Anglican parish of Mt Pleasant.

At a recent conference of Catholic communicators, Mr Michael Brennan of the Catholic Resources Centre is pictured talking with Mr Peter Thomas director of the Melbourne Catholic Communications Centre. Mr Brennan will represent WA at a special national meeting in Sydney next week.

existing land rights legislation in the Northern Territory without Aboriginals and others having the opportunity to put their case to an inquiry of similar status. Wbatever the outcome, v.e trust that Aboriginals landowners will be accorded at least the same protection from mining without their consent as are other similar landholders.

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prostitution the means of paying resulting debts. "The State Government is trying to solve a 21st century phenomenon with 19th century legislation." Brother Alex is founder of the Open Family Foundation which helps street kids. "The legislation now before parliament will not solve the problem," he said. "The cheats will still survive by merely renaming their games to conform with the law and the only thing that will happen will be that

the police will have more opportunities to harass street kids. "There are laws to protect our youth from under-age drinking, laws against gambling on the TAB, laws for the school leaving age. and laws to buy and sell cigarettes. "In today's fast society we need a law to protect our youth against adult exploiters using video machines to violate our youth." Brother Alex said the issue of child exploitation had aroused wide interest. He had been on two current affairs television shows

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and been invited to address politicians of the major parties. Politicians were beginning to recognise the influence of the Catholic Church in social issues. He said the Church had initiated inquiries into: • prostitution; • child molestation; • drugs in schools; • pornography; • R-rated movies and videos. "There is not one municipality in Victoria that has not asked the Church to speak on some issue," he said. "People are crying out for leadership, reflection and discussion. "People can't say any more that the Church and the Society of Jesus are not involved. "And the community at large is not going to sit down. The politicians are sitting up and taking notice," he said.

Father Joe Sobb SJ. Another meeting of state representatives will be held shortly in Sydney and Mr Michael Brennan of the Catholic Resources Centre was elected the WA representative to this meeting which will study what emerged in the state meetings. Mr Thomas pointed out the average parishioner was already a heavy consumer of the media, spending each day up to an hour on the telephone, two and a half hours on television and one hour on a newspaper. Society which had shifted from an agricultural and hunting society to a manufacturing society was now moving into a new information model brought about by the marriage of computer and radio technologies. The Church had to he vitally interested in the new satellite broadcasting because of its influence on the structure of broadcasting and also to ensure the place of religious broadcasting.

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Lightweight prayer 'Shocking commentary' on policies on a heavy track Since serious commentators repeat monotonously that religion is irrelevant in the lives of the average Australian today, West Australian (and Victorian) newspaper readers must be dumbfounded to find that the most significant aspect of that supersaturated news event, the Melbourne Cup, was that the winners were showered with holy water and priest's blessings. It is bad enough deciding whether double defector Vitaly Yurchenko is the greatest KGB plant of all time without wondering whether the Catholics too have infiltrated the news networks, judging by the frequency with which the Catholic foibles and weaknesses hit the headlines, from AIDS to moving statues. There was even worse it seems. A jockey was seen to make the sign of the cross as he headed for the barrier. Calculating how many people prayed, implored, besought vouchsafement, on the track and off, is probably like the counting the Apocalypse crowd without number. Some of the very big name trainers are unashamed Catholics, and not a few jockeys, Bart Cummings and Patrick Aloysius Hyland to name a few. Which all gives Catholics, (and let's spare the feelings of all the other denominations that ran last...) a chance to ponder the quaint attractiveness of the Catholic religion in a moment of levity compared with the usual tirade that blames the Catholic Church for every ill of the last 20 centuries from straitjacketing morals to the existance of hordes of the poor which a world with too much food can't be bothered feeding. Mordialloc parish may look to be setting a trend of horse blessing but it is a practice as old as holy water itself. When the animals were run off the road by the machines, it seemed obvious to bless cars, remembering St Phillips very profitable meeting with the Ethiopian's chariot. Trendy Catholics who feel the new enlightenment has outgrown such trivial Christian symbols, forget that the Church had solved the problem by bundling such matters into the department called sacrarnentals. The advantage of such a distinction is that the efficacy of the blessing or the object depends primarily on the faith of the user and not on God. This may be of some consolation to the 21 other horses in the Cup who also may have been given a prayerful pat in the mounting yard. Holy water may well come back into fashion, but the Church can hardly be accused of slackness in preaching the water of baptism to a world cynical about the race of salvation in which St Paul ran, but terribly interested in what it can do to an arthritic seven-year old on heavy track. Estimating the value of prayer in such circumstances becomes a trifle harder and the best spiritual writers have warned against prayer that wants no more than a good dividend. Father Burke's unspecified prayers were answered said the West Australian's opening sentence; partowner Uoyd Williams says he prayed all night for the rain to keep coming down. A simple arithmetic calculation should prove that if prayer secured a heavy track, a lot of prayers for a hard track had to be turned down. Most of our somewhat selfish prayers fail to take count of the number of people furiously praying for the opposite result. Ask this week's bedraggled punters about the favourites they backed. The pity of the Cup's prayer lesson is the gulf which exists between real prayer and real life and the spiritual exuberence that takes over life's froth because surely the one and the other say something to each other. Perhaps we are the poorer for hearing the prayers of the punters, the players and the performers but not those of the suffering, the victims in the casualty wards, the stricken bodies in the terminal units, the desperate pleas of those nursing the starving, the families ravaged by breakdown. The Catholic Church wiN cease to exist the day it ceases to preach prayer, not the prayer of childishness, but the prayer of praise, of humility, of thanks, and then perhaps the prayer of petition. The apostles wondered what Jesus did so many times when they watched Him at prayer so He sat down and taught them. It is remarkable how short and to the point was that prayer. A lot different from the prayers we seem to be too ready to say.

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LONDON ( NC) — An official of the British bishops' conference has called the arrests of South African anti-apartheid Church leaders a "shocking commentary' on South African government policy. Auxiliary Bishop James Joseph O'Brien of Westminster, head of the international affairs department of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, also criticised as "signs of a new inhumanity" South African police violence against demonstrators and others. The South African Church leaders' "opposition to apartheid stems from Christian conviction and they have courageously worked for fundamental change in South Africa in the light of the Gospel," the bishop said in a letter to South Africa's ambassador to Britain, Dennis Worrall, Bishop O'Brien asked the ambassador to pass on to his government the British bishops' appeal for an end to police violence, a lifting of the state of emergency "and some tangible evidence that the South African government upholds the Christian standards it so frequently professes."

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Across 38th parallel SEOUL : Bishop Daniel TO of Won Ju was one of a group of 50 selected South Koreans who crossed the demarcation line at Panmunjom last week for a brief meeting with relatives in North Korea. The bishop. who was horn near Pyongyang (14 years ago, met a sister, Yong Hwa, whom he had not seen since 1949. When the bishop told his sister he hoped to go to heaven after his death, Yong liwa replied: "The place where we now live is heaven."

The bishop expressed his displeasure with the Another relative asked arrests of leaders such as what on earth heaven was, the Rev. Allan Boesak, and whether he had seen it; Mr Aldo Bagatti and his wife Tina meet the pope after president of the World t o which the bishop a private Mass to celebrate first official pilgrimage of rejoined: "you realty have Alliance of Reformed the Catenian Association to Rome. been brainwashed." Churches and a founder of the anti-apartheid United Democratic Front, menical delegation of and Paddy Kearney, direc- Church leaders who visited tor of Diakonia, an ecu- South Africa later in SepWASHINGTON (NC) — Scientmenical social justice tember. Carl Sagan has agreed with ist Archbishop May is the vice agency in Durban, South John Paul II that the Pope president of the NCCB. Africa. nuclear weapons Bishop

Since the statue of the Virgin in Balinspittle, Co. Cork, was first seen to m ove, crowds have f locked in increasing numbers to witness it. Now claims of sightings have proliferated and all across Ireland at some 30 locations there have been reports of statues bleeding, speaking and changing shape. Bishop Thomas McDonnell of Killala, Co. Mayo, has said that these events should be regarded as psychic phenomena until a sure sign of the supernatural had been found. "The people who see these things are in no way abnormal or hysterical, but they may not be a ware of what suggestion and the expectation of marvels can do to the human mind and senses." Bishop McDonnell was sure that the people praying at the sites of the apparitions were good p eople, but he asked them to remember the words of our Lord — "Blessed are they who have not seen and yet believe."

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They were arrested without charge in August, under special powers granted South African police in the state of emergency declared by the government. Kearney was released on a technicality September 11. Boesak remains in solitary confinement. His only visitor since his arrest has been his wife. "We view with the gravest disquiet this further evidence that the work of the churches and work for human development have become criminal acts in the eyes of your government," Bishop O'Brien said in his letter. He cited as "signs of a new inhumanity growing from the inhumanity of apartheid" such occurrences as police shooting innocent citizens, arresting schoolchildren and beating women. 'We protest at these and other actions that provoke communities beyond endurance," he said. Meanwhile in the U.S. Archbishop John L May of St I.ouis represented the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in an ecu-

James W. Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, NCCB president, appointed Archbishop May to join the delegation. According to the NCCB announcement, Archbishop Denis Hurley of Durban, South Africa, invited the NCCB.

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"The primary effects of a nuclear war would destroy our global culture," Sagan told an audience of 400 at the National Geographic Society in Washington.

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"The long-range effects would destroy life on this planet. Therefore I agree with the pope nuclear weapons are intrinsically evil," Sagan said in response to a question from the audience.

Sagan was asked about comments the pope made earlier to a group of citizens from Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the Vatican that the atomic bombing of both cities was a tragedy that "must not" happen again. The pope was inaugurating a photographic exhibit commemorating the 40th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the cities.

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Sagan, director of the laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University and a Pulitzer Prize winner, talked about the "catastrophic" long-range effects a nuclear war would have on Earth.

-The number of nuclear weapons currently in both countries' arsenals far exceed the number needed to cause a significant cooling of the surface temperature of this planet," Sagan said, discussing the concept of a nuclear winter. Sagan bases his theories (XI studies he did of dust storms on the planet Mars in the early 1970s. He and other scientists then transferred the data they collected about the Martian dust storms to this planet, but instead of dust they studied the amount of smoke and fine particles that would be thrown into the atmosphere in a nuclear War.

"The smoke and fine particles would circumnavigate the hemispheres, covering our lovely planet in soot, and blocking the sun's rays," Sagan said.

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AMSTERDAM: Dutch bishops have reacted to findings of a committee on euthanasia. A state commission in the Netherlands has decided under certain well-defined conditions euthanasia is permissible. Its report proposes doctors who terminate the lives of patients who have no hope of a cure, and who seriously express their wishes for euthanasia, should not be punished. The Catholic bishops expressed their concern at the commission's conclusions and rejected totally the actual killing of sick people. It drew a distinction between active and passive euthanasia. They defined euthanasia as the deliberate ending of the life of a dying person whose death is likely within a foreseeable period, whether through active measures or through irresponsible and intentional omission of help.

VATICAN CITY (NC) — Sister Mary Linscon, the highest-ranking nun at the Vatican, has been given a Curia title generally reserved for monsignors.

Pope John Paul II gave the title "cap° ufficio" (office head) at the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes to the 66year-old Notre Dame de Namur sister. Sister Linscott, a native has Britain, of worked at the congregation since 1978 overseeing revision of constitutions of women's religious communities.

Under a reorganisation of the congregation, Sister Linscott will oversee the revision of constitutions of orders of men and women Religious and the establishment of new religious institutes. The Congregation for Religious is headed by Cardinal Jean Jerome Hamer. Between the office of cardinal and caixi ufficio are the offices of secretary and undersecretary.

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I believe its leaders must take time out to learn a little more respect for and understanding of the fears of the movement's critics. Jesus did not proclaim the blessedness of the peace advocates, but of the peacemakers.

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SIR: For some time now I have had a gnawing fear some conservative minded Catholics were using the Virgin Mary, the simple and obedient handmaid of the Lord, as a pretext. Now, in a recent letter, (The Record October 24), someone has dared to put this heresy into black and white and my fears are out in the open. Reported words of Mary in "visions" are absolutely not a "more reliable guide on faith and morals" than the bishops and it is a very mistaken and dangerous theology to stand behind such a notion under the guise of being "Marian." The error extends well beyond the case in question: the CCJP document on peace. It is creeping into areas of liturgy, ethics, piety, ecclesioitigy etc., and right here in Perth. All Catholic theologians of all times have insisted that teaching authority in the Church is invested in the pope and the bishops. Unable to justify their refusal to move with these teachers in the church, some people have. I suspected, decided they would appeal to what they mistakenly saw as a higher authority, namely the voice of Our Lady in private revelations. There is plenty of good solid Mariological study and writ -

from Father CHRISTOPHER ROSS, a Servant of Mary, (Servite). Tuart Hilt ing going around in the Church today. It is a pity so many Catholics know nothing about it — in fact are corrupting it by reducing the Mother and Servant of the Lord to a tool of visionaries. Let us begin to listen more to what the popes are saying (e g. Paul VI in Manalis Cuttus and John Paul II in his Sun-

From TOM FISHER, State President, SVDP. SIR At the 1985 Royal tian Welfare Centre, ScarboShow, the Society of St. rough Apex and the Society Vincent de Paul participated of St. Vincent de Paul. in the fun game called CornThe society's share of the putawish which was con- proceeds was $1800 out of a ducted by the Western net total of $7150. Farmers and Grazier. We wish to thank the WestVolunteers to operate the ern Farmer and Grazier for stall were supplied by SVDP i nviting us to share in the and the Scarborough Apex. project as the funds earned The proceeds were shared will enable us to carry out by the Salvation Army, Chris- more work for the needy.

-TV coverage of wars from MRS P.A. HOMER, Port Hedland SIR: I was very angry at your editorial statement (The Record, October 24) "Russians obviously are spared the television pain of watching their sons mown down in Afghanistan". I don't know how you know that Russians are spared that? They have television don't they?

from JOHANNA BOWEN, Stoneville. SIR: John Quilty's suggestion (The Record, October 17) to give Catholics the choice to support the CCJP is excellent. Project Compassion was set up originally to support the poor and needy of this world. An independent appeal for the operating finance of the Catholic Commissions for Justice and Peace would

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Angry at editorial The Russians have no business being in Afghanistan and if their sons are "mown down" perhaps they should stay away.

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day Angelus discourses) or good theologians (e.g. Raymond Brown or Eamon R Carroll) and other Church authorities (e.g. The Amencan Bishops. Conference in Behold Thy Mother)

indeed be a measure of support of the Catholic community. Does the consititution of the CCJP provide 1) a means of gauging the reaction of the Catholic community to commission statements? 2) a channel for those reactions to effectively return to the commission? Also, who are the members of the CCJP and how are they chosen?

The Afghans have no television and are thus spared the sight of their sons and daughters, wives and mothers, f athers and grandfathers being mown down, mutilated, maimed and rendered orphans. However the lack of a television does not spare them from the trauma (like the Russians) because they are actually there and mopping up the blood and picking up the broken pieces of their lives and bodies. How dare you make such odious statements. (Editor: In the five years since they invaded Afghanistan, the Russian Press has reported less than 100 casualties.)

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"The church is sent here to the worlds of art and intellect, of medicine, business and science, and our history proves that we are no stranger to any of these, that the union between us embodies that power of God making the world at once more human and more divine." (Archbishop Roger Mahony in a 1985 homily during his installation Mass as head of the Los A ngeles Archdiocese.)

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A new generation Michael is a bright, confident young man who commutes daily to an inner-city Catholic high school from his home in the suburbs. He discusses philosophy, politics and social issues thoughtfully — and seems to have a strong opinion on every subject. Michael's anger at social injustice leads him to volunteer weekly at a shelter for homeless men and twice a week he tutors a child from a poor family in reading and math. He is sceptical about "organised religion". He senses the presence of "some-

thing larger" which gives life and peace and order to human existence, but he is reluctant to call it God. Laura is a kind, respectful young woman who consciously seeks to deepen her faith and discover meaning in life. Active in a variety of extracurricular activities, Laura finds time to visit residents at a nearby home for the elderly several times a week and to participate in her parish's folk -music group. Laura investigated several Christian traditions before joining the Catholic Church. She listens intently to group discussions, but joins in only when she has thought carefully about her opinion.

Alison is flamboyant, outspoken and a little rebellious. Caught up in the latest clothing trends and hairstyles, she professes that New Wave music and rock concerts are her life. Religion, she said, is "boring" and the only reason she was attending parish youth activities was because her father "forced" her. But underneath Alison's "cool" exterior lies a curiosity about life and a genuine goodness. At first a little self-conscious when she asked questions about anything remotely associated with religion, in her own way Alison eventually seemed to be grappling with how it all fit into her life. I became acquainted with these teen-agers during a

"All God's People: Catholic Identity After the Second Vatican Council," by Archbishop Rembert Weakland, OSB. Milwaukee's archbishop discusses some special challenges before the church today, 20 years after Vatican II. A "perennial tension" for the church, present since the earliest days of Christianity, is how to ensure growth with unity and continuity, the archbishop says. In the United States, a correct understanding of the separation of church and state, and of the role of the church within the public sphere, is a particular challenge, the archbishop suggests. The decline in the number of priests; the roles of women in A teenage girl celebrates a beautiful day on Jones Beach in New York. Despite recent surveys that suggest young people in quest of the -good life", many youths are church life; the need enthusiastic participants in liturgicalare ministries, parish councils and service projects. for an "integrated spir- While young people often question or reject traditional religious values, many sense something bigger at work in the world and in themselves. ituality - that possesses a liturgical reference or base; a personal or contemplative dimension and an awareness of the needs of others; the need to respect the gifts of the elderly; though perhaps unusual, adults and 90 youths conabortion and the need typifies the change in the tribute actively to Sunday to value human life. ecumenical picture today. Masses by serving as readers, These are just a few "We've broken down the eucharistic ministers, greetchallenges discussed barriers of misunderstand- ers, members of the choir, in this book — chaling and prejudice" among etc. lenges the church Christians of different Such active participation faces today. (Paulist denominations. We realise affects people's attitudes, he there is something we can thinks. It helps them Press, 997 Mcarthur Asked why he learn from one another, he approach liturgies with an Blvd., Mahwah, N.J. wanted to become added. This fresh ecumeni- attitude of prayerfulness and 97430, $7.97.) Catholic, the 17-year- cal atmosphere, which may ioyold youth replied: "All lead to even greater unity the kids I like and one day, is a result of Vatican admire most at school Council II. Vatican H's impact is seen "I look forward to are from this parish." Ideally, he said, a liturgy Preparing to join the also in the Rite of Christian continuing that fruitful "celebrates a spirit present church, the boy participated Initiation of Adults. It collaboration between in the Rite of Christian involves considerable lay in the community." He told the Archdiocese of Initiation of Adults program of the occasion during Mass involvement, stressing "a Los Angeles and the at St Elizabeth Seton Parish flexible approach that when he noticed a young is lifeleaders of our Jewish in Plano, Texas. As the giving" to those preparing to unkempt stranger. As the communities, of other months of this intensive enter the church, as well as Exchange of Peace Christian denomina- educational and spiritual those assisting them, Father approached, Father Link worried because the tions and of the var- program passed, he and the Link said. stranger was standing others, alone. and their mostly lay " I can almost pick out the ious non-Christian groups of our area. sponsors and teachers, grew people who have gone But then, honouring the parish tradition, a woman through RCIA," he comTogether we will con- closer and closer. went out of her way to Finally, the lad and his new mented. "They are enthusitinue to proclaim friends were welcome the man. received into astic and committed." Their God's design for all of the community during Mass. This appealing spirit of baptism reflects a commitcreation and work to community can spill over Later his father, a Presbyment that grew gradually enhance the life and terian Church elder, hosted through the program. into other areas, the priest thinks. dignity of each human a reception. He invited Today's liturgies reflect It shows up, for instance, in person." (Archbishop guests to "rejoice with us in Vatican IIin a special way for the interest people have in the outpouring of the Holy the religious educator. Roger Mahony in a Bible study today which just "There are an incredible 1985 homily during Spirit upon our son." "grows and grows," Father Jesuit Father Mark Link, a number of people involved his installation Mass Link said. More than 100 religious educator and the in the Eucharist now," he as head of the Los people take part in Bible author of books on Scripnoted. In the parish in Plano, A ngeles Archdio- ture, told that story. He study year round in the feels north of Dallas, where cese.) parish. that the father's response, athPr link

We learn from ' By each other Katharine Bird

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recent parish youth program. They are part of a generation shaped by the dramatic, sometimes convulsive, changes in society and in the church in the last 20 years. What are some of the values, the expectations, the outlooks of today's youth? While it is risky to make generalisations about youth, some common threads emerge: • Influenced perhaps by the grassroots movements toward freedom and equality of the last two decades — the civil rights movement, the women's movement, the anti-war movement — young people today say they want to participate in things that affect their lives and to know that their contribution makes a difference. • Despite recent surveys which suggest the career choices of young people are increasingly motivated by the desire for wealth and the "good life", the paradox is that teen-agers are often enthusiastic participants in liturgical ministries, parish councils and service projects.

• On the other hand, today's young people are "more wary of commitment" and approach marriage cautiously, according to Kevin O'Connor, counselling coordinator at St Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Ill. This is due in part to the fact that an increasing number of young people come from homes where parents have divorced. Youths also are exposed to a steady diet of TV programs and movies which portray instability and divorce as part of the normal course of events. O'Connor said young people today recognise that a relationship doesn't just happen. They realise that building a good relationship requires conscious effort and dedication — and they are eager to learn skills to help them develop and maintain a marriage commitment. • While young people often question or reject certain religious values, they seem to have experiences of the

divine in their lives. They sense something bigger than them at work in the world and in themselves, but often don't know what those experiences mean. So young people look to the church to help them "uncover the God that is already there within them", O'Connor said. What do these observations imply for parents, teachers, priests, religious educators, youth ministers? Perhaps they imply that adults need to be willing to spend time with young people, to listen to them, to create a non-threatening environment where young people feel comfortable to test ideas and express their beliefs. Perhaps they imply that adults themselves need to know what they believe, to be willing to express their beliefs, to be consistent in words and actions. And isn't it also implied that adults are needed who genuinely like young people and enjoy spending time with them?

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By Neil Parent How long is 20 years? Depending how you look at it, it is 7300 days, a fifth of a century, perhaps a generation. Twenty years is a fairly big chunk of the average life span. In 20 years children grow from infancy to youth a dulthood, advance to middle age and the middle-aged reach the noble stage of senior adulthood. By contrast, for society and its major institutions 20 years represents a far less significant period of time. For one thing, the changes large institutions undergo in that time tend to be less dramatic than those in an individual's life. For example, approximately 20 years ago President Lyndon Johnson declared a 'War on Poverty". Yet, after 20 years of effort, poverty is still a serious problem. It is not easy for large institutions or for society to effect major changes, especially in a short period of time. The inertia that feeds on size and the draining complexities of conflicting interests can coalesce to

become a formidable barrier to change. It is no small wonder then that the Catholic Church. a 2000-year-old, 800-millionmember institution spanning practically every nation and culture, could achieve the dramatic developments it has in the 20 years since Vatican II. At the council, the world's bishops set in motion a process changing forms and practices that took hundreds of years to develop. To what end? To inquire, as the council fathers put it, "how we ought to renew ourselves, so that we may be found increasingly faithful to the Gospel of Christ." Determined not to allow the church to slip into complacency or to become irrelevant to an increasingly secular world, the council fathers sought a renewed church that would, they said, "radiate before all people the lovable features of Jesus Christ."

By comparison, today's liturgy engages believers through a rich combination of song. prayer and gesture It possesses a sense of vibrancy. This energy and sense of participation characterise the post-Vatican H church Today, countless lay persons participate in ministries either unknown or underdeveloped at the council's close: church administration, counselling, the catechumenate, adult education. Spurred by the council. many Catholics today view the world as the place of God's redemptive love. demanding their active care and concern. They are interested in meeting the world head-on, engaging it in dialogue with the Gospel's saving message, and not simply in critiquing its faults

For the council fathers, this was a compelling goal that required visionary and courageous action. Perhaps it is the liturgy today that best symbolises the council's desire for renewal.

The November 25 December 8 extraordinary session of the World Synod of Bishops, called by the pope to assess the implementation of the spirit and decrees of the Second Vatican Council, will help us appreciate how far we have come in 20 years and how far we still have to go to realise the council fathers' dream.

Twenty years ago, the Tridentine Mass was the mainstay of Catholic worship. Though precise in form with an aura of mystery and reverence, it had nonetheless become too removed from the people. In many ways, it seemed more a ritual to observe in awe than to actively participate in as the prayer of the community.

Personally, I hope the church and its people can keep their eyes on the horizon. Effectively proclaiming the Gospel in tomorrow's world will require a church unquestionably linked to its past. but one that also addresses the future with a boldness and a vision befitting its founder's life and mission.

How does 1985 differ from 1965? When Pope John PaulII announcedplans for the November 25 - December 8, 1985, extraordinary session of the world Synod of Bishops, he said that one of the synod's aims would be to examine ways of furthering Vatican II's work in the light of new needs.

Mindful of history, Pope John Paul II announced on January 25 that he was calling an extraordinary session of the World Synod of Bishops November 25 - December 8 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Vatican Council II. He spoke during Mass in the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. This is the basilica where Pope John )1C<III told the College of Cardinals January 25, 1959, that he was calling an ecumenical council of the whole vvorld's bishops

Undoubtedly the needs of youth would rank high on most lists of current church concerns. How is the church to communicate with contemporary young people, who represent the church's future? That is Cindy Liebhart's topic this week.

nouncing plans for the synod, Pope John Paul II called Vatican II "the fundamental event in the life of the contemporary church. - He observed that he had had -the special grace of participating in the council and actively collaborating in its development.The pope added: "For me Vatican Council II has always been, in a particular fashion during these years of my pontificate, the constant reference point of even/ pastoral action, with a conscious commitment to translate its directives into concrete, faithful action at the level of every church and of the whole church." Synods of bishops are an ancient institution dating back to the first centuries of Christianity. There was, for example, a gathering of bishops in 170 A.D. in Asia Minor. Many early synods dealt with questions of church doctrine and ways to preserve church unity. Vatican II restored the use of synods. The Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church authorises the coming together of representative bishops from different parts of the world to "render the supreme pastor an effective auxiliary service in a council which shall be known by the special name of synod of bishops." This synod, "as it will be representative of the whole Catholic episcopate, will bear testimony to the participation of all the bishops in hierarchical communion in the care of the universal church." Ordinary sessions of today's world Synod of Bishops assemble about every three years and provide a way for the bishops to be consulted about matters affecting the church. What will the 1985 synod do? When he announced plans for the synod, Pope John Paul listed three aims: • To revive the extraordinary atmosphere of communion which characterised the ecumenical assembly • To exchange and deepen experiences and information concerning application of the council. • To implant Vatican ll more deeply in the life of the church, keeping new needs in mind.

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The church of 1985 is looking for adults willing to listen to young people, to spend time with them and to create environments in which youth can try out their ideas, she suggests. These adults need to be credible — their actions need to match up with their words, she adds.

For a look at the church of 1985 from another, quite different angle, Father John Castelot takes his readers along on a trip into a desert in the One ordinarily would not expect to find a group of American seminarians and their faculty in the Sinai desert. Holy Land. "What is a group of Seminary training has changed greatly since the second Vatican Council 20 years ago. A striking example is the trimester which seminarians spend in the Holy Land during the first of their years in theological studies. Midwestern seminarians and three of their faculty doing in the Wadi Qelt, a gorge stretching from near Jerusalem down to Jericho?" the biblical changed greatly since the scholar asks. A study period in Second Vatican Council. 13y the Holy Land is often part of Preparation for ministry has experienced many developseminary education 20 years ments in 20 years. A striking after Vatican II, he explains. example is the trimester

A new way to study the truth of Father s cripture John

Castelot What is a group of Midwest US seminarians and three of their faculty doing in the Wadi Qelt, a rocky gorge stretching from near Jerusalem down to Jericho? The immediate reason is that their guide, a local professor, university became slightly confused. He was supposed to have our minibus driver leave us off within an hour's walk of the famous old Byzantine monastery of St George. However, the driver had us dropped off much too soon and the result was a 10-mile six-hour hike under a blazing sun through often impassable terrain. That was just one of many surprises. some pleasant, others not so pleasant that marked a 10-week stay in the Holy Land. What were we doing there in the first place) Well, seminary training has

which our seminarians spend in the Holy Land during the first of their years in theological studies.

It is primarily a formation program, with strong emphasis on spiritual and psychological growth, on prayerful reflection in the very atmosphere breathed by Jesus and Mary — and Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and countless others. Academic pursuits continue too, and at least one member of the teaching faculty is selected to conduct classes. The overall effect is powerful: • To live within walking distance of Bethlehem, a short bus ride from Jerusalem; • To spend a week in the Sinai desert reliving on a small scale the rigours of the Exodus experience; • To live for a week on the shore of the Lake of Galilee, with ample opportunity to walk and pray along that very shore where Jesus walked and prayed;

• To savour Capernaum and Nazareth and Naim — all while formally studying Scripture.

All of that represents an incomparable spiritual and educational experience. For it is one thing to study the account of Jesus' meeting with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well. It is quite another to supplement this study by actually drinking from that well, in the shadow of Mt Gerizim to which the woman pointed. It is the difference that comes when something is experienced. The whole program is designed to prepare people for ministering to Catholics living in the postconciliar age. Characteristic of Catholics today is an increased interest in and hunger for Scripture. The prominence given the Liturgy of the Word, the early part of the Mass when Scripture is read, has made congregations eager for homilies which bring that word to life, for

courses of instruction in the books of the Bible. Actual experience of biblical lands and customs and people is invaluable preparation for an effective ministry of the word. But life is not easy in those lands, especially for Americans. It is a strange culture, an alien, often hostile atmosphere. One learns what it is like to be a suspect minority. And this, too, has advantages for personal growth, for increased sensitivity to minorities in our own midst. One can study about Judaism and Islam, but to live in a Jewish state — to be awakened by loudspeakers calling the Moslems to prayer — provides a real appreciation of non-Christian religions. The need to prepare people to minister to Catholics in a new age has resulted in creative, innovative, forward-looking programs. And I'm going to keep this in mind the next time I find myself on a 10-mile, six-hour hike under a blazing sun in the Holy Land.

In an interview with Katharine Bird, Jesuit Father Mark Link points to the spirit of the liturgy that marks parishes in 1985. This is a spirit that can spill over into other areas, he comments. Neil Parent compares 20 years in the life of an individual with the same period in the life of an institution. It is no time at all for a large institution, he observes. It's amazing, then, how much the Catholic Church has done in the short span of 20 years, he writes. Parent is the representative for adult education with the US bishops' Department of Education.

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WHEN SOMEONE DIES FIND THE 'TIME — most people find the time to pay their respects at the wake or visitation, or to attend the funeral, but seldom keep finding the time to stay in touch with bereaved friends. At the time of the death and for many months afterward, your companionship and thoughtful concern are very important. Since bereaved persons seldom call for help when they need a friend, make it your business to "find the time" and call on them. RESPOND — Bereaved persons need to be reassured that no matter what has happened or is yet to come, there are people who genuinely care for them, and who cared about the deceased. However, expressions that say, "I understand", or attempt to explain "why", often carry unintentional assumptions that do more harm than good. As a rule remember: • A simple hug, or handshake will show them that you care; • They'll appreciate a memory, if a short one you can share; • But as much as any other thing you give a grieving friend, • It's your patient gift of listening he'll remember in the end

honest belief in someone and must be communicated sincerely in both word and deed. It is the power that gives us the strength to believe in ourselves. Like vitamin C, you need a little encouragement every day. If you would help a grieving friend, be sure you give your share — today.

NEVER ASSUME Never assume you can make a difference. It was Longfellow who wrote, "Give what you have, to someone, it may be far greater than you dare to think." The three most important things we have to give to each other are our time, our individed attention and our unfailing love. The least important is our advice.

DESERVE CONFIDENCE — The word confidence" is derived from the word "confide" and alludes precisely to that quality of trust we place in our true friends. If the burdens of grief are to be borne successfully, they must be shared, "confided- with someone we can trust implicitly. As friends, when we are called upon to share another's SOITOVV, we must keep watch of ourselves that we always deserve such "confidence."

INVOLVE - Involvement with others is the very elixir of life, but finding your place in the human race is tough when you're suddenly running solo. Encourage your friend to become involved again but resist the temptation to become a "matchmaker" Expect him or her to relate differently to old friends and allow enough "latitude" for him or her to try on new roles. In short, "involve," the bereaved person in life again by inviting him or her to share freely in yours.

ENCOURAGE True encouragement is more than just a pat-on-the-back with a handful of platitudes. It is born of an

The Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support Group was formed in Perth in 1979 after a social worker from King Edward Memorial Hospital perceived a need for extended grief support for women who had lost their babies. One of the first people at that meeting was Jenny Miolin, former president and now vice-president of the group. One of the longestserving members of SANDS, she lost a child 25 years ago, and although she feels her own grief experience was relatively positive, she has maintained her involvement in the group in a bid to help others.

SHARE YOUR FRIENDSHIP FREQUENTLY — Bereaved persons often feel isolated because friends are unsure of what to say. Usually a cordial inquiry will open a conversation but from there it is best to let your friend lead the way. Try not to make judgements or give advice unless asked, but know that learning to express all the mixed emotions of grief is the key to their healing. As the sun's rays help heal the body, so friendship is a sunshine to the soul. Share your friendship frequently, and let its light shine in the darkness of those you love.

SANDS, says Jenny, is a voluntary, self-help group which provides a social support, both immediate and ongoing, to parents who have experienced the death of a baby (or babies) Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at Agnes Walsh House at King Edward Memorial Hospital 'The meetings are fairly unstructured," Jenny said it is a chance to talk more than a nything. 'We might have a specific subject on the agenda but usually it is an open meeting.

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WASHINGTON (NC) — The Catholic Health Association has backed the call of four congressmen for creation of national council to review access of Americans to adequate health care. CHA recommended establishment of such panel last February. The proposed National Council on Access to Health Care would conduct local hearings on health-care issues around the nation, consider questions of health care and make recommendations to Congress and the president.

Pilgrimage in the US WASHINGTON (NC) — The tradition of pilgrimage is very much alive in the United States, a religion professor told shrine directors in Washington at their first national meeting. "The stereotype that American Catholics are not pilgrimage-oriented is simply untrue," said James Preston, professor of anthropology and religion at State University of New York. "Pilgrimage is very much alive in this great country." But the tradition should be expanded, he believes, and the time has come for the American pilgrimage "to make its mark in the world" Preston told the 90 directors of shrines and places of pilgrimage who met at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

attract usually ' 'We between 12 and 15 people so it is small enough for everyone to have a chance to talk." Committee members of SANDS have all experienced either a stillbirth or neo-natal death and have undertaken training in active listening and communication skills. There is a team of eight "listeners" who go to hospitals to talk to women who have lost their babies, or to private homes. The "listeners" are also available for telephone counselling. "Our primary aim is to offer 'someone to listen' and it is important to talk to someone who knows." There tends to be a big turnover of committee members, says Jenny, mainly because most of the women come for support only until they have another baby.

DOD "That's not to say that another child replaces the one that was lost but it seems to be a turning point for most people," she said. The group also keeps contact with doctors and health professionals and maintains liaison with hospitals in order to inform them of services provided. The committee is at present compiling a list of reference books and journal reprints dealing with grief reactions and coping with loss which are available on loan. Two booklets, The Loss of Your Baby and When Their Baby Dies. . How You can

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Help Grieving Parents, which were written by bereaved parents to share their ideas, thoughts, encouragement and knowledge are also available A Resource Library contains books, articles, audio tapes and video tapes which may be borrowed by parents and others SANDS also holds two public meetings a year in the evenings which gives fathers more of an opportunity to attend While the feelings of the mother tend to be the focus in such situations, Jenny says, SANDS is keen to make sure that the feelings of fathers are not overlooked

EEC] 'We have one man on our committee and we feel that is important" she said. "He quite rightly made the point that in hospital everything is geared toward the mother and yet he was the one who went in the ambulance to Princess Margaret with the dying child. "He was the one who saw its struggle and yet no-one was asking him how he felt . they just asked how his wife was," she said. ft is a time, says Jenny, when a kind and caring word may make all the difference. Those are the words which have often not been available in the past and which SANDS now seeks to provide. "It is interesting that whenever we have any publicity it is amazing the number of people who ring and say, 'I lost my baby 30 years ago.' After all that time they still have a need to talk," Jenny said.

DEO "Some say, 'I don't even know if it was a boy or a girl.' They all think it is good that a group like SANDS is now available." For Jenny, some 25 years on, the need to talk is not so intense, but it is still there. She sees the many positive aspects of her situation as being instrumental in making

the loss of her child less traumatic than it is for many Such things as support and honesty from her doctor, support and patience from her husband and support and sympathy from her mother "My doctor was good in that he didn't pull any punches right from the start," Jenny said

DELI "He didn't sedate me and after she was born, he went home to look after my other two children so my husband could be with me. "I was lucky because in those days they tended to knock you out if anything went wrong. "I heard her cry and thought she was alright, but the doctor said something was realty wrong. "Eventually we found she had no kidneys. "it was extremely unusual that I didn't miscarry. "I had gone full term. "She was my third baby. "She was very small and because she was so sick they took her away. 'The only reason I saw her again was because I asked where she was and they took me past the nursery so I could see her in her crib. "I'm glad I did that.

DEO "I would have liked to have had a photo of her and to have touched her . all of the things that are done now — but they just didn't do it in those days. "I didn't go to the funeral either because I didn't think it was my place to go. "I wish now I had, but things were different then. "I was lucky though because when I came home Jim let me cry when I wanted to, and as much as I wanted to. "He really let me cry it all out and didn't put any limits on how long it should take. "Coming home was very painful. "I had prepared my two children for a brother or sister.

"My little daughter who was 2' '2 years old used to say to everyone -Do you want to see our baby Jane's clothes? She's in heaven now, but we've got her clothes here "I had my next baby 11 months later, but by the end of the pregnancy I was sure I would lose my baby again I t was days before I could accept the baby was healthy. "Everytime staff came into my room I thought they were bringing me bad news "I was so scared and nervous for a long time after the birth "People came to see me and they would be thinking 'Oh, she's a success this time. That's good We won't tak about the other one. ' The worst thing was when people said, 'Oh well, you've got the other two.'

EEC] ' They didn't seem to understand that didn't make It any easier. "I suppose in a way I was lucky it happened with my third and not my first, because I had proved to myself already that I could have healthy children. "I have seen that terrible sense of failure in those women who lose their first child — they also lose all their confidence. "I guess, looking back, I would have to say the most important thing was being able to cry freely. "I have found a lot of husbands expect the tears in hospital but when you get home they begin to say, That's enough. ft's time to get on with things.' "Jim never did that to me. "He just let me be and let me grieve. "I think a lot of men do try to stop their wives from mourning because they find it so hard to grieve openly.

DEE "I'm not saying that men don't grieve. 'They do, and they do it for a long, long time. "But they keep it inside. 'Women are more likely to grieve openly and easily if they are allowed to.

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Jenny Miolin — lost a child 25 years ago and now helps others come to terms with their loss through her involvement with the Stillbirth and Neo-Natal Support Group.

"I find men whose wives have joined SANDS often have a lot of anger still inside them. 'That is what makes them try to cut off the grieving in their wives — they feel the anger inside and they bottle it up and then become frightened it will explode."

DOD The job of SANDS she says, is to provide somewhere people can grieve openly, easily and without question. "At meetings we usually pass photos around and all have a good cry," Jenny said. "Some people might think that morbid, but research has shown it is very therapeutic. "One girl in particular had a copy of her photo placed in a bank vault because she had a terrible fear of losing it. "She said it had become the most precious thing to her."

Research has shown how vital it is for grieved parents to hold the body of their child and to retain some tangible memory of their existence. such as a photograph. There is also an important need for people to be honest about their feelings and fears — no matter how frightening and bizarre they may seem. 'You can say what you like at a SANDS meeting," Jenny said. Some of the women whisper the things they are feeling because they are ashamed of having queer thoughts.

EEO 'They are scared to tell anyone in case they think they are going mad "Once someone says, 'Oh yes, I did that too,' they feel much better." Many haven't been able to get any answers and have

found as far as the doctor is concerned, it is so much easier just to prescribe Valium," she said. "So many of us have found if you go to a doctor the problem becomes your inability to sleep, not the loss of a baby.

ODD It is a process that takes time and the best medicine is a willing listener and patience. "So many people are impatient with their own grief," Jenny said. 'They would like to put a time limit on it. "Often around the 12 month point they start telling themselves they 'shouldn't be thinking about it now.' 'We assure them it is okay. "It is not unusual to grieve for so long. "Everyone seems to have a desperate need to be 'normal', whatever that is, and

they judge themselves too harshly. 'The reality is you never really forget that child, even if you have never seen it alive. 'You remember every birthday and think of it on special occasions. "I know myself, when Jane's 21st birthday was coming up I was emotionally building up to it as if she were here.

DEE "I was imagining what she would look like. "I was surprised when Jim came home and said he had been down to the cemetery. "He had been feeling the same way. 'We were both very aware of her birthday. 'The memories are always with you, but with a group like SANDS, we can help to take a lot of the pain out of those memories," Jenny said.

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While thousands of students anxious throughout Australia have heads down for the last burst of study before tertiary admission exams, it was "back to school" of another kind for some young leaders in the Christian Young Workers movement. The first YCW Australia-wide key leaders school for 1985 was held in Mandurah.

Thirty-five young people gathered from Perth, Bunbury, Port Pine, Adelaide and one young person came all the way from Townsville. The week-long program was co-ordinated by Gernma Wooltorton and Father Hugh O'Sullivan, national chaplain. Activities consisted of talks, discussions, video and film presentations, Talks were given by Lei'a Torrney, Anna Rossi, Phil Heuzenroeder, Ian Conroy, Maree Scott, and Benny Mazzullo — all leaders and fulltimers from Perth, Bunbury and Adelaide. Mark O'Sullivan former YCW full-timer gave a presentation on the central method of the Jocist movements, "the rniew of life" It is the second time in recent years WA has hosted a key leaders school. The previous WA school was in 1983. Beginning with the experience of their own lives the young people also examine the principles of the lay apostolate and learn from the words and life of founder Joseph Card*. The School is a chance to examine the main values, hopes and concerns of young people in Australia. It is an opportunity to become more involved in what is happening in the work place, at home and the lives of other young people. Each day began at nine and was often still in progress at nine o'clock at night.

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Eighth in a series for /YY "FOLLOW ME" In Matthew's account the young man asked: "What do I still lack?" This question is a very important one. It shows that in the moral conscience of a person and more precisely of a young person who is forming the plan for his or her whole life, there is hidden an aspiration to something more. This aspiration makes itself felt in various ways, and we can also observe it among those who seem to be far from our religion. Among the followers of non-Christian religions, especially Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam, we find that for thousands of years there have been hosts of "spiritual men," individuals who often from early youth leave everything in order to live in poverty and purity in the quest for the absolute that exists beyond the appearances of material things. They strive to attain a state of perfect liberation; they take refuge in God with love and confidence, and with all their souls try to submit to his hidden decrees. 1411111.11EMMMIIIIIIIM

They seem impelled by a mysterious inner voice which makes itself heard in their spirit, as it were echoing Saint Paul's words: "The form of this world is passing away," and which guide them to seek things which are greater and more enduring: "Seek the things that are above "They seek the goal with all their strength, working hard to purify their spirit and sometimes reaching the point of making their lives a gift of love to the godhead. They thus become living examples to the people around them, by their very conduct showing the primacy of eternal values over the elusive and sometimes ambiguous values of the society in which they live. But it is in the Gospel that the aspiration to perfecIN11111111111k tion, to "something more," finds its explicit • point of reference. In the Sermon on the Mount, Christ confirms the whole moral law, at the centre of which are the Ten Commandments. He confers upon these Commandments a new, evangelical meaning. It is all concentrated around love, not only as a Commandment but also as a gift: "The love of Christ has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us." When the young man asks about the 'more': "What do I still lack?," Jesus looks upon him with love, and this love finds here a new meaning. Man is carried interiorly. by the hand of the Holy Spirit, from a life accord-

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Christ at the beginning of the religious vocation, whereby, through the profession of the evangelical counsels (chastity, poverty and obedience), a man or woman recognises as his or her own the program of life which Christ himself lived on earth, for the sake of the Kingdom of God. By professing religious ing to the Commandvows, such individuals ments to a life in the commit themselves to awareness of the gift and bearing a particular witChrist's loving look ness to the love of God expresses this interior tranabove all things, and Ikesition. And Jesus says: "If wise to that call to union you would be perfect, go, with God in eternity which sell what you possess and is directed to everyone. give to the poor, and you I mention it here because will have treasure in in the context of Christ's heaven; and come, follow conversation with the me. young man it acquires a Yes, my dear young particular clarity, espefriends! The Christian is cially the question of evancapable of living in the gelical poverty. dimension of gift. I also mention it because Indeed, this dimension is Christ's call "Follow me", not only "higher" than the precisely in this excepdimension of mere moral tional and charismatic obligations known from sense, usually makes itself the Commandments but heard in youth; someit is also "deeper" and times it is even heard in more fundamental. childhood. It bears witness to a fuller It is for this reaosn that I expression of that plan of wish to say this to all of life which we begin to you young people, in this construct in our youth. important phases of the The dimension of gift development of your peralso creates the mature sonality as a man or a outline of every human woman: if such a call and Christian vocation. comes into your heart, do At this moment hownot silence it! Let it ever, I wish to speak to develop into the maturity you about the particular of a vocation! meaning of the words Respond to it through which the conviction that prayer and fidelity to the Christ addresses them in Commandments! the Church to some of his For "the harvest is plenyoung questioners in tiful" and there is an enorevery generation. In ours mous need for many to be too. reached by Christ's call His words therefore sig"Follow me". nify a particular vocation There is an enormous in the community of the need for priests according People of God. to the heart of God — and finds Church The the Church and the world Christ's "Follow me" at of today have an enorthe beginning of every call mous need of the witness to service in the ministerial of a life given without priesthood, which simulreserve to God: the wittaneously in the Catholic ness of that nuptial love of Church of the Latin Rite is Christ himself which in a linked to the conscious particular way will make and free choice of celithe Kingdom of God presbacy. ent among people and The church finds the bring it nearer to the same "follow me" of world.

SHARING DAY at St Peter's Church, Wood Street, Inglewood on Saturday. November 30. For more information ring Angela on 443 2817

VACANCY Catholic Parish Youth movement invites applications for- the position of CPY full time youth worker. The successful applicant needs to be enthusiastic, and have a love for God and his People. Apply in writing to: DIOCESAN FULL TIMER

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VACANCY The Young Christian Students movement is looking for applicants to fill the positions of two fulltime workers to begin work in January 1986 for a one or two year period. Y.C.S. is a movement of secondary students who use the Review of Life method to reflect on their lives. The job would involve meetings with students, helping to organise camps, plan meetings and general office work. Anyone interested should contact Anne McNulty on 328 4071 during office hours or apply to:

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International Youth Year '85. The WA Local Government Industry Training Committee in association with the International Youth Year State Committee will conduct an important one day conference relating to local government and developments in youth affairs on

November 11 at Chesterton Lodge Mill Point Road South Perth, beginning at 9.00 am The cost is $10.00 per person A range of speakers will cover Local, State and Federal youth activities. The focus of the conference will be to provide basic information to local governments and community members on how to develop youth activities relevant to the area and needs If you require further information please contact Karen Milligan, the IVY Secretariat, on 387 9700.

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Jokes Wby did the cbicken cross the road? For its own fowl reasons.

Customer: "How much is that bird?" Clerk: "Ten dollars madam." "IQ take it. Willyou send me the bill?" "Sorry madam, you'll have to take the whole bird."

Why did the chicken go halfway across (be road? She wanted to lay it on the line. Why did the tortoise cross the road? Because it was the chicken's day off.

What always succeeds? (sucks seeds) A toothless budgie.

What does a doctor give to a bird?

Donald Duck: "Everything is compact these days." Daisy Duck: "Yes, you have a mini TV set, Uncle Scrooge has a mini adding machine, Dewey Duck has a mini bike." Donald Duck: "And Mickey Mouse has a Minnie Mouse!"

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What happens when ducks fly upside down? They quack up. Which side of a chicken has the most feathers? The outside.

N IWPENE,Rcs G ILHPTAHE MU3REP C AN You uNTum0Le n-fg5E MIXED-UP GAR IPART5 ? ?f3dwria !,Lt.0911crior1 EA / 10Z1211v/"zioad'1g3lim :5 13r65toi `Nr33d)CaN St Margaret Clitberow is well called the "pearl of York"for she is one of (be richest gems of (be Catholic Church in England. She graced this earth for 30 years, leaving it by way of a particularly horrible form of death decreed during (be Elizabethan (be of persecution Church. Margaret was born at York in /556 into a Protestant family of moderate wealth and civic prominence. Her maiden name was .Widdkton. At the age of 15, she married John Clitherow. a prosperous butcher in the same city of York. John bad been a Catholic, but succumbed under the economic and social persecution of the time. He conformed to Protestantism. outwardly at first but gradually with greater cornmitment. Margaret's journey of Faith WaS the opposite. History seems silent on causes, but ber mind and

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What do you get if you cross a polka dotted ben with a crate? A nasty caw of chicken pox.

What did the spaniel say to the bird? "I'm a cocker too." kcauq, goes What kcauq? A duck flying backwards.

truth Wbat bird never teas the A lyre bird What is a bird after be is four years old? Five years old.

hildren's Story Hour heart turned towards Catholicism. About three years after her marriage, she was received into the Church. Hers was never a quiet conformity. Her activity quickly brought her into collision with the persecution laws. She was also deeply involved in another activity that had of necessity to be kept from the authorities. For several years, she was a highly successful harbourer ofpriests, enabling them to offer Mass in her borne and to bide there as they moved stealthily through the country keeping alive the flickering flame of faith. She bad ber home fitted up with 'priest boles."

where they could shelter for days at a time if need be. and with bidingplaces for Mass vessels, vestments and books. It was a highly dangerous occupation. According to the law, it was treason to harbour a priest. Death was the automatic penalty for the priest and for the one who gave him haven. Margaret's fearless support of the Church made bet -an obvious target. A surprise raid was made on her borne, all avenues of escape cut off. and the place systematically searched and ransacked. methods Margaret's stood the test. A priest present was able to go first into biding and then

escape. All the expertise of the search party failed to find a single object associated with the Mass. The Clitberow children were subjected to questioning and threats, but they revealed nothing. But there was a weak link in the household. Reports are not consistent on details. All agree that be was Flemish — and so the English reputation was saved. He was a boy, but the age is not given. Some say be was a friend of the family, others a servant, others again a refugee being given shelter. Be that as it may. be broke down under the threats and pressures and showed where Mass vestments were bidden.

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Immediately. Margaret and her household were arrested. Charged with harbouring priests, Margaret refused to plead. She gare as her reason, "bating made no offence, Ineed no trial" Her real reason was that if she bad entered a plea, her children would have been forced to give evidence against her. The penalty for refusal toplead on an indictment for treason was slow pressing to death under a heavily weighted hoard. The judge pronounced sentence: "You must be stripped naked, laid down, your back upon the ground. and as much weight laid upon you as you are able to bear. and so to continue for three days; and on the thirdday to be pressed to death."

An Eye Full of Soot, And An Ear Full Of Steam, by Nan Hunt, published by Fontana, $4.95. Tom Bola, the unmentioned but very much present cat in the pages of Whistle Up The Chimney, has been given a story (and a name) all of his own. For one evening he fell off the mantelpiece into the coal tender of the Express train that roared down Mrs Millie Mack's chimney twice a week. After that he could not find his way home and a terrible hunger consumed Tom as he remembered Mrs Millie Mack's delicious cooking. A sequel to Whistle Up The Chimney. Eye Full Of Soot is

Why does a ben lay eggs? Because if she dropped them they would break

not only a charming, funny and beautifully illustrated picture book, but in production terms it does great justice to the reputation of its predecessor which was commended in the Australian Book Design Awards in 1982. The prolific Nan Hunt continues to excel herself in creating tales for picture story books. She lives in Bathurst where she continually writes, and is active in promoting books for children. Craig Smith is a freelance artist. He lives with his family in Adelaide and paints full time. Song of the City, Poems by Gareth Owen, published by Fontana, $3.50. Well, some people like suburban life Some people like the sea Others like the countryside But. . . it's the city life For me. Song of the City is a collec-

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tion of imaginative poems that show you ordinary things from extraordinary angles. You'll meet all too familiar people like bossy Queen Eileen, or yawn sympathetically through Miss Creedle's Creative Writing class. Some poems take you round familiar -sounding streets and sights; others lift you into the realms of the unknown.

Going Home, by K.M. Peyton, published by Methuen Australia, $4.95. What could be worse than being sent away on a socalled 'holiday abroad, with an aunt and uncle you've never seen before? Milly and Micky didn't think anything could be — especially with their mum in hospital as well. A perceptive story for younger readers about a dangerous plan to run away across France by the author of the highly praised 'Pennington' books.

The sentence was carried out on 25 March 1586. She was laid down on the ground as the sentence directed, but she was

Wbat do you get wben you cross a duck with a cow? Milk and quackers. What do you get when you cross a blackbird with a mad dog? A raven maniac. Why do birds fly north? Because its too far for them to walk. What is one of the saddest birds in the world? A bluebird. Why do birds fly north? Because it's too far for them to walk. What do you get wben you cross a blackbird with a mad dog? A raven maniac. Why did the chicken cross the road? For its own fowl reasons. covered with a simple John Clitberow turned a loose garment she bad blind eye to the religious made for herself in priactivities of his wife, with son, refusing to die no likelihood of the naked. authorities turning a The board was placed blind eye to him. over her and loaded with He was certainly submassive stones and jected to interrogation by weights. Ispare you the the court and there is one harrowing and gory report that be was forced details. Mercifully, she into banishment. died within a fairly short Of their three children, time. The torture did not the two boys became prilast the three days ests at the seminary for ordered. But her body English students estabwas left in the press for lished at Douai in Northsix hours after death. ern France, and the girl Her last recorded words entered the Convent of St were: "God be thanked. I Ursula at Louvain in Belam not worthy of so good gium. a death as this." Her battered remains were collected, honored and revered as those of a martyr. But with continu- N ou haie got to he in the club ing generations of perse- if you want to enter our competitions and win some of the cution, all record was lost super priies. of where they were placed. Not so:* the memory of her. It continued to be honoured and turned to for inspiration, intercession andencouragement Name The Church gave formal Address approval She was beati-

Isaw a bird up in the sky. Who dropped a message from on high, AsIwiped it from my eye. I thanked the Lord (bat cows don't fly.

Birthdays Happy birthday to Tim Ballinger; Nicole Martin, Albany; Paul Kearns, Samson; Michael Kelly, South Kumminin; Melanie Franklin, Swanview; Elizabeth Flynn, Mt Lawley; Mark Handyside, Saudi Arabia; Yvette Rijnhart, Mukinbudin; Derek Boylen, North Perth.

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What you fancy A LITTLE OF WHAT youst:ng":4"ther ANCY FRICHARD [Wimp

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A Little Of What You Fancy, How to control smoking and other cravings, by Richard Mackarrsess, published by Fontana, $5.95. Are you addicted to — smoking, alcohol or even to coffee or chocolate? Your addiction may he hiding an allergy. You can overcome tbe craving and cure and allergy. So says Dr Mackar ness who definitely doesn't

believe that 'a little of what you fancy does you good. ' Dr Mackarness is world famous for his work on allergy and has discovered that people are often allergic to something that seems to make them feel better. If you can't function till you've had your first cup of coffee or first cigarette of the day then the chances are thatyour oddiction is masking a damaging allergy,. He draws on his experience at his anti-smoking clinic to show bow the addiction allergy can be gradually controlled and then eliminated by taking just a little of uhat youfany' until the craving is satisfied Immunity builds up, and — in the case of oddictive substances like tobacco — apernument distaste is created This book is mainly about the addiction of smoking and is certainly worth getting if you uyint to kick the habit' and can't.

Manuscripts People who are writing about the past experience of the community in the State's Southwest could have the opportunity to have their work published through the University of Western Australia. The University's Southwest Publication is calling for manuscripts to be submitted this month for assessment for possible publication by the University of Western Australia Press. The Southwest Region Publications Fund was set up last year as the result of a generous donation by Mr Charles Staples. former foundation Vice-Principal of the then Mount Lawley Teachers' College, and his wife, Mrs Joy Staples, a former school teacher Both were undergraduate and postgraduate students at UVVA in the 1930s and 40s. Last year, two manuscripts were received and one is under consideration. Another 11 writers contacted the fund and are at various stages of preparation. For the fund, the Southwest is defined as extending from the metropolitan area to the Frankland River with appropriate hinterland_ However, works which concentrate on this region but also extend beyond it could be considered. Authors who are in doubt as to whether their work is eligible should contact the fund committee. Submissions should be sent to the Chairman, Southwest Publications Fund, Faculty of Arts. University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6009 by 30 October, and enquiries can be made to the same address.

The man in crisis

Understanding the Mid-life Crisis, by Dr Peter O'Connor, published by Sun. Reviewed by Roslyn R oss.

"The crisis," he says, "can be seen in the specific context of a male mid-life crisis, or alternatively, in the wider context of an internal/external conflict: the constant challenge to follow one's inner promptings often in the face of a contradictory and polarised external reality.

This book was first published in 1981 and the fact that it is now into its third reprint bears testimony to its need. It is because of Peter O'Connor's own mid-life crisis that this book was written. It is a book which deals most specifically with the male mid-life crisis and as such may be more acceptable to men. Men are often less likely than women to search within for the cause of unhappiness and the mere fact that the author has taken the journey himself must stand as an inspiration to all. The period between 35 and 45 years is a time of crisis for many males, a time when feelings of frustration and personal inadequacy may surface and marital strains may be felt. It is a stage when many men are plagued by feelings that their life has no meaning or that their physical or mental powers are spent. It is the "cause" of these anxieties and the wa)s to overcome them that forms the basis of Peter O'Connor's study. He believes that this time of apparent crisis can also be seen as a creative challenge, as a stimulus for deeper understanding and growth; it can be a time for

coming to terms with yourself, understanding more about yourself and a time for taking new directions.

"Much of the anxiety that the men I interviewed experienced emanated from their inability to recognise that these opposites are continually dancing within, and that outer conflicts are often simply the externalisation of the inner play.

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Dear Cherry: Questions and Answers on Eating Disorders, by Cherry Boone O'Neill, published by Dove C ommunications, $8.95. Boone Cherry O'Neill achieved prom-

inence with Starving For Attention, the dramatic account of her ten-year battle with, and victory over, anorexia nervosa. A bestseller, this book led her to appearances on television, to radio interviews and to public forums all over the world, including Australia. She has become a recognised authority on the subject of eating disorders. After the publication of Starving For Atten-

In his Foreword, Bishop Jukes recognises Bishop R obinson's wide experience in Marriage Tribunal work in Australia and his gifts as a Canon Lawyer of international standing. He strongly recommends the book for all who wish to learn more

about the work of the Marriage Tribunals in the Catholic church and those who are considering whether to embark on a claim for nullity. Marriage, Divorce And Nullity was first published in Australia in 1984. It is already into its second edition here.

new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new title The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James, by M.R. James. $12.95. Thirty-one of the best ghost stories ever written, by the undisputed master of the genre. Sober in style, complex in plot, unusual in content, these period classics instil terror in the reader with masterful atmosphere and credibility. The Woman In Black, A Ghost Story, by Susan mg published by Penguin, $4.95. One Christmas night, Arthur Kipps decides to exorcise the terrifying experiences of the past — to tell of all that passed at that lonely, gloomy house on the misty marshes, an event still vivid in its horror. This is a genuine spine-chiller of the widest possible appeal.

The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories, edited by Charles Cuddon, published by Penguin, $12.95. A wealth of sinister, spooky tales by an impressive array of writers from Zola and Thomas Mann to M.R James and A.S. Byatt. There are traditional stories for the gothic horror enthusiast as well as modern tales of a surreal and disturbing nature. Kenzo, by Ross Davy, published by Penguin, $6.95. The setting is modern Tokyo. A novice Zen priest is torn between two worlds, alternating between his lover and the neon lights of gay bars. His Australian friends Linda and Harriet play their part in the escalating drama as Kenzo — and most of Tokyo — crack up.

The Cosmic Code, Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature, by Heinz R. Pagels, published by Pelican, $9.95. Opening an iincharterecl universe of infinitesimal particles to the exciting challenge of quantum physics, this is a layman's guide with much to interest the astro-enthusiast. Having Families, by Lyn Richards, published by Pelican, $9.95. First published in 1978, Having Families is based on a series of interviews for the 1976 Commission on Human Relationships. The analysis of couples' answers provides a unique picture of the contemporary Australian family, and this new edition includes a retrospective view by the author from 1984.

boundaries that exclude the possibility of resolution. When we are able to glimpse that our discontent about such outside matters as our occupation or status is in fact a manifestation of a deeper and profound struggle within, then resolution emerges as at least a possibility." But people, he adds, are more likely to seek frantically for solutions outside themselves in the form of possessions and attach-

ments, little realising that there were no external solutions, they "had met the enemy and it was them!"

"To continue to seek external solutions to intrinsically internal dilemmas struck most of them as an act of self deception," O'Connor says, "yet, little existed in the way of guidelines for internal solutions." It is in writing this book that Peter O'Connor hoped to go some way toward providing a map for part of the "tourney", and in doing so, to reveal that others have been there before.

ome important Popular answers reprint

A Book of great value Bishop Geoffrey Robinson's book, Marriage, Divorce And Nullity, a Guide To The Annulment Process In The Catholic Church (published by Dove, $7.95), has been Published in the UK with a Foreword by Bishop John Jukes, auxiliary bishop in Southwark, London.

"However, until we recognise that outside is inside and inside is outside then we will go on drawing artificial

Fifty Glorious Years, by John Wells, published by Penguin, $6.95. An irreverent pastiche on life at 10 Downing Street, Fifty Glorious Years celebrates Margaret Thatcher's fiftieth birthday (or Queen Margaret's Golden Jubilee, as Denis Thatcher's alter. ego John Wells puts it). Wickedly illustrated throughout, this is a riotously funny send-up of the Iron Lady's Reign.

Pages From The Goncourt Journal, by Edmond andJules de Gemcourt, edited by Robert Baldick,publishedby Penguin, $12.95. With its cast of thousands, from Flaubert and Gautir to Rodin and Baudelaire, the journal of the extrordinary double-act of the brothers Goncourt offers an unrivalled evocation of Parisian life during the belle epoque.

The Penguin Book Of Horror Stories, edited by Charles Cuddon, published by Penguin, $12.95. A gripping collection of spine-tingling horror stories steeped in menace and fear. In this excellent antholow Charles Cuddon has selected the best stories from the depths of fear and darkness.

The Penguin Complete Grimms' Tales, For Young and Old, by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Ralph Manbeim, $12.95. Full of magic and folklore, these tales have become part of our cultural heritage Whether being read for the first or fortieth time, they never fail to enchant or enthrall.

tion she received — and personally answered — thousands of urgent letters and requests from other victims of eating disorders and their loved ones. This practical and inspiring book is a selection of some of the most representative inquiries and Cherry's detailed responses. The book is dedicated to "those for whom answers came too late, whose questions were never heard, or perhaps never asked. It is written for the many who are currently struggling, asking for help, reaching out for hope, fighting for survival. Dear Cherry: Questions and Answers on Eating Disorders also provides the reader with the latest information and treatments as well as a list of sources for immediate help,

First published In 1981, the very popular prayer book. Jesus Christ The Way, The Truth, The Life, by David Konstant, has been reprinted in a limp plastic edition. It is an attractive little volume with gold lettering on red plastic and is well priced at $7.95. Meditations in word and photograph bring the user into the presence of Christ. the Way, the Truth, the Life, and to a deeper understanding of what his own daily life means. • verses from scripture and the great spiritual writers of all ages, and meditative photographs open the heart to the presence of God. • themes cover every aspect of daily lrfe family, work, faith, forgiveness, anxiety, peace, joy. death. . • meditations on the Rosary, the Beatitudes, the Way of the Cross — again, the light of scripture opens new perspectives in the life of the Christian. • an examination of conscience, based on Paul's hymn to love in the letter to the Corinthians.

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WHAT'S ON COLUMBAN JUBILEE The Golden Jubilee Mass of Columban Father Bernard Way will be celebrated on Sunday November 17 at St Mary's Cathedral, Victoria Square Perth, at 2 pm. After the Mass, at St Mark's College 1104 Beaufort Street, Bedford, a documentary film on the activities of the Columban Missionaries in the Kachin States, Burma will be shown. Other items of relevant interest will also be on display. At 5 pm the jubilee concert will commence, and this will be followed by the evening meal. All are welcome. Enquiries 321 7774, 328 7608.

LA SALLE AT ST MARY'S Cathedrals mean many things to many people. St Mary's can be soft and comforting in its silence with few or noone there. But it surely is wonderful too when it is packed with young people sending their thoughts, spoken or sung words soaring to the gothic arches. This was the case at the La Salle annual college Mass held there recently, with staff and students' instrumental and vocal hymns filling the cathedral with melody. La Salle's large student body and families combined with visiting Year Nines of John Paul College, Kalgoorlie, to fill the pews, making this farewell to the Year Twelve students, a night to remember.

Greyhounds — with The Record Tipster

(-DOGS' RACE ONE: The Quick 1, Lord Demagee 2, I.usty Mick 3. RACE TWO: Salvage 1, Dashing Domino 2,

RACE SIX: Lamborghini 1, Tarmac Time 2, Lady Temlock 3. RACE SEVEN: Tidi Level 1, Egyptian Dancer 2,'

Geida Boy 3. RACE THREE: White Foot Lass 1, Icy Fox 2,

Stepehen's Gift 3. RACE EIGHT: Bow Wave 1, The Mighty Yap

Coogee Wave 3. RACE FOUR: Sea Chariot 1, Boltarna 2, King

2, Our Petite Biddy 3. RACE NINE: Arabian Dancer 1, Rita Magjta 2,

Rocky 3. RACE FIVE: Dangerous Adios 1, Boundary Rider 2, One Hope 3.

Icy Trella 3. RACE TEN: Jukebox Lady 1, Fiery Way 2, One Lady 3.

ARE YOU "WORKING FOR A JUST PEACE"?

Those who need a balanced view of all the iSSUSS surrounding the subject of Peace. To this end the National Civic Council has put together a bound volume of ten important documents, "Christians and Peace" which is indispensable to those interested in obtaining a genuine and just state of Peace. This 60 page booklet is now available at the low cost price of $2.00. National Civic Council, 368 Lord Street, Highgate. 6000. Phone: 328 6577

C.B.H.S. HIGHGATE — now St Mark's College celebrates its Golden Jubilee in 1986. A special celebration is planned for March 15th, 1986. Ex Students who wish to attend, register now by phoning (College) (09) 328 3194, A/Hours (Committee) (09) 447 4066.

Particularly appropriate was that very special hymn -The Galilee song", its chorus rather capturing the break -away Year Twelves . .

La Salle singers L Ottaway, P. Del Nero, B. Varischetti and R. Rub. Concelebrated by Mons Keating and fellow priests Fathers Liam from Greenmount, Ray and Phillip from Midland, Michael from Belmont/ Redcliffe and Alex

SOUTH-WEST R EPENTANCE The Catholic Church has joined other churches between Mandurah and Pemberton and east to Collie to assemble for prayer and fasting at the Bunbury Police and Citizens' Hall on Saturday, November 16 from 10 am to 5 pm. In August, Catholics joined other faiths to hear Pastor Ron Cooke of Harvey Church of Christ say God was urging him and them to repentance. A meeting of priests and ministers subsequently set the date November 16. Bishop Quinn gave the group a copy of Pope John Paul's exhortation to the synod, in which he calls for conciliation between the churches, personal repentance and penance. Churches involved include Anglican, Catholic, Apostolic, Baptist, Lutheran, Church of Christ, Uniting, Salvation Army, and Assembly of God. The organisation of the day has been done by lay people, pastors, priests and Bishop Jamieson, Anglican Bishop of Bunbury. LEGION PICNIC SOCIAL The Fremantle curia of the Legion of Mary will hold an outdoor social at Point Waiter on Sunday November 17 commencing at 11.30 am. A special area will be set aside for the Legion of Mary and barbecue fires will be available. Hot water can be purchased from the kiosk. The curia will provide gas barbecues, fires and some cool drinks, otherwise it is BYO. Legionaries and their families and auxiliary members are welcome. The holding of an outdoor function is one of the earliest recommendations of the Legion handbook. MEDINA MARIAN NOVENA A Novena in honour of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal will be conducted in St Vincent's church, Pace Rd, Medina, beginning on Tuesday, November 26, at 7.30 pm. The Novena will be conducted by the Vincentian Fathers and Daughters of Charity and all are most welcome to attend. Each Novena session is approximately 30 minutes and will conclude with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. MARIAN MOVEMENT A Cenacle will be held on Friday November 15 at the Little Sisters of Carmel 2 Frazer St, Swanboume beginning at 10.30 am. Rosary every Tuesday. Inquiries to Yoland Nardizzi 447 8885 or Bob Wright 447 6223.

Morahan from Bassendean, the La Salle Mass was a fitting celebration of thanks to God for a great year. COLLEEN HOWARD

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La Salle Year 12 student Gavin Parsonage. HEAUNG WEEKEND The Bullsbrook community of Our Lady of Visitation Gingin-Chittering parish will hold a Parish Healing Weekend Friday to Sunday, November 15-17. Further information: (095) 71 1162. LA SALLE ART EXHIBITION The 1985 La Salle Art Exhibition featuring well known Western Australian artists and potters will be opened by Mr Davies, Minister for Art and Culture on Saturday, November 23 at 7.30 pm. Among the many artists and craftsmen exhibiting will be such well-known names as Robert Juniper, Cedric Baxter, Margery Bussey and potters Ian and Betty Lauder who specialise in miniatures. The official opening attendance will be by pre-sold tickets available from the college at $10 each which includes a champagne and chicken supper. This preview allows first option to buy. Time: 7.30 to 11 pm. Venue: La Salle College, La Salle Avenue, Midland. The exhibition will then be open to the public on Sunday, November 24 from 10 am to 5 pm.

VOCATION REFLECTION WEEK -END Young girls interested in learning more about life as a Religious Missionary are invited to join with Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions for a week-end at Safety Bay — from the evening of Friday, November 2 4, to the afternoon of Sunday. November 26. Enquiries and Enrolment: Sister Carmel 448 1151.

Archdiocesan Calendar November 8: Commemorative Mass on 400 anniversary of death of Mary Ward, St Mary's Cathedral, Archbishop Foley November 9: Confirmation, Mirrabooka, Archbishop Foley November 10: Confirmation, Morley, Bishop Healy Mass, Polish Community, Archbishop Goody Mass, San Rocco Association, Leederville, Monsignor Keating November 12: Confirmation, Thomlie, Archbishop Foley November 13: Army Chaplains' Dinner, 5th Military District Headquarters, Perth, Archbishop Foley November 14: Confirmation, Kenwick/Thomlie, Archbishop Foley November 15: Opening Classrooms and Library, Karrinyup, Archbishop Foley November 17: Confirmation, Girrawheen, Archbishop Foley St Michael's Church, Home Hill, Golden Jubilee, Archbishop Foley

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