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A Christian old age is a valuable time because the elderly person has lived long enough to vvork out what this life is all about. This was said by Sister Patrice Cooke at the open day for Two Pines hospital which has recently been acquired by Southern Cross Homes, a project of the Knights of the Southern Cross.
"It is a mistake for the old person to believe the most important part of life is over. For a Christian the most important, the most exciting, the most enjoyable part of our life is about to begin. "Old age is a time when we are just ready to love property, when most people stop hankering after the unimportant things in life like money and good Sister Patrice Cooke speaking at the open day for Two Pines Hospital
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preparing to break through that shell into our rea life. "As we grow older, hopefully we become wiser less superficial and become more ftilly who wc were meant to be when we were created." Sister Patrice said old age should be a time whet the elderly person knows they have a right tc special care. "No one is doing you a favour. You are th( people who have kept things going up until now You are the people who have passed on everythinj good we have today.
"For the first time in your life you are able to sit down without the pressure to achieve, to produce, and to meet the expectanons of others." Sister PatriCe said it was a common mistake !o think old age meant illness. "Illness can strike a person at any age. It is easy but not accurate to describe old age as a generalised illness. "Illness and a decreased ability to get around are not necessarily the same thing. For most elderly' people, it is possible to have a healthy old age. "The readiness to take old for ill sometimes prevent the elderly, doctors or their families from malcing effort to restore health. "It is not always recogniseC illness is precipitated b) emotional stress. Loss ot appetite, a tendency to with draw, irritability, and bac temper are put down to bac health or old age when ir fact they indicate loneliness boredom, feeling upsel because of the loss of inde pendence. "It is not enough to provide for the physical needs of the elderly. It is more importan to pmvide for their emo KSC chaplain Father John Orsanski (rigkt) blessing the Two Pines Hospital in the presence of Mrs Hazel C.arter (left) tke hospital matron, Mr TOM Perrott, chairman of Southern Cross Homes and Mrs Eileen Perron tional and spirimal needs. "We Christians believe we are only chickens in the egg now and as we move through life we are
Deacon Michael Slattery ends 21-year journey to the priesthood. ..
Ordination in Bunbury Cathedral Saturday
Deacon Michael Slattery, 39, ends a 21 year journey to the priesthood when he is ordained priest by Bishop Quinn next Saturday in St Patrick's Cathedral Bunbury. He has been appointed assistant priest in Albany. After his schooling in Scotland he entered the Servite Friars in England and when his family settled in Dubbo (NSW) he continued with the Servites in the Tuart Hill community. While there, he attended the UWA and taught religious educa-
tion at Servite College and music at Servite Junior College then at Mirrabooka. In the following two years he attempted to break into the professional music circuit. "Those were hard times for me," he recalls. "I had a dream of reaching young people through religious folk music, and set out with a very
talented frieni and high hopes. "But the harsh reality of having to make enough money out of the music to buy the necessities of life and to provide accommodation defeated me at the time." He abandoned the music business and worked in a variety of jobs before enrolling at Mt Lawley Teachers' College spend-
ing further time with the Servites at loondanna and Wanneroo. He taught at St Pat's Primary School in Katanning for several years until he was encouraged by Bishop McKeon to consider a calling to priesthood, and enrolled at St Paul's National Seminary for Late Vocationsin Sydney. An initial year there was followed by three years of fulltime teaching at a Sydney college, as a specialist in religion studies. During his last three years at St Paul's Seminary he has returned to work in Bunbury cathedral parish.
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Deacon Michael Slattery (left) is the first Bunbury priest to graduate from St Paul's National Seminary for Late Vocations in Sydney. Pictired also with Bishop Quinn are two other Bunbury students for the priesthood at St Paul's, John Smith of Esperance and Peter Bonato of Katanning.
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Father Penberthy
Edward Monsignor MOP KENNY, vicar general since, 1979 and parish priest of Katanning since the same year will take charge of the parish of Busselton. Ordained in 1947 in Ireland Monsignor Kenny was assistant priest at Osborne Park and Bunbury before his appointment to Lake Grace and then to Bridgetown, Harvey and Albany. Father Noel FITZSIMONS, assistant vicarFather Stephen Kelly general since 1983 and parish priest of Brunswick since 1979 will take Gnowangerup, Bridgeup the parish of Albany in town. Father William COSsuccession to Father Stephen Kelly who replaces TELLOE, parish priest of him at Brunswick. Narrogin since 1979 will Ordained 1954 he was become assistant priest assistant priest at Wagin, at Busselton. Ordained in Collie and Albany before Ireland in 1941 he was parish appointments at assistant priest at Victoria
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served in Albany. Bunbury. and Boyup Brook. Father Thomas McGREE, in charge of Busselton parish since the resignation of Monsignor Downey in 1983 will transfer to Mount Barker. replacing Father Doug Conlon. Since his ordination in 1966 Fr McGree has served in Narmgin. Bunbury and Albany. Father Russell NARDIMAN, at Donnybrook since 1979 changes places with Father John McGrath at Waroona. Following his ordination in 1966 in Rome he has served in Albany. Bunbury, Boyup Brook and Gnowangerup. Neville Father FAULKNER, at Boyup Brook since 1979 will be parish priest of Bridgetown in succession to Fr Penberthy. Ordained in 1968 Father Faulkner has served at Bunbury, Narrogin, Albany, Waroona, Katanning, Wagin, Manjimup, and Esperance. Father Doug CONLON of Mount Barker moves to the parish of Lake Grace. Ordained in 1973 he has served at Bunbury, Gnowangerup, Narrogin and Katanning. Father Tony CHIERA, assistant priest at Albany since his ordination in 1982 will become assistant priest at Bunbury. Father William HOLMES, ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1984 will move from Bunbury to take up the parish of Pemberton in succession to Fr Hubert Kelly. Father Evan PENBERTHY, at Bridgetown since 1983 moves to Manjimup. Ordained in 1973 he has served also in Bunbury and Lake Grace.
Defending the role of justice committee
The following statement has been released by the national Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace:
The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace is an organisation established by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Australia and is responsible to it through the Bishops' Committee for Development and Peace. Three bishops participate in the commission as full members and presently are Bishop Warren of WilcanEric Sidoti, National Secre- of misinformation couchedin the highly nia-Forbes, Bishop BrenEric Sidoti nan of Wagga Wagga and tary of the Catholic Commis- emotional language of innuendo and Bishop Mayne of the Milsion for Justice andPeace, has slur, gain a disproportionate amount of itary Vicariate. spoken out against recent attention. The remaining twelve "At several seminars organised in attempts to stifle discussion of different parts commissioners are of Australia to discuss social justice issues within the the documents small groups of individappointed by either the Catholic Church. bishops of each state or uals have heckledspeakers andmonopterritory or the Episcopal olised the floor disrupting discussion in He says that the controversy the process. Committee for Developsurroun ding the commission's ment and Peace. "Forty thousand (40,000) copies of r ecent publication 'Work for a Just 'Work for a Just Peace' have been sold The commission is funded by the Bishops Peace' is primarily a result of but of the sixty-six letters received by subversive tactics more commonly the commission only thirteen individuConference to which it submits an annual budget, asso ciated with political extremists als are negative about it and two or The Commonwealth report and audited finanthan Christians. He claims that three criticise it for being too conservagovernment should cial statement of its activwhat is being lost is the sense of tive. provide pensions and "The commission is generally relucities. proportion. benefits to at least the The bishops allocate tant to expend limited resources in poverty line level, the funds to the commission "We have to remember that what we responding to obviously provocative national Catholic Com- from Project Compassion are talking about is relatively a handful attacks. However, the Commission at mission for Justice and in accordance with the of people who by disrupting meetings, its meeting earlier this month decided Peace said this week. stated intent of the Lentern ; making abusive phone-calls or orches- that the time had come to set the record trating what appears to be a campaign straight." Poverty is on the appeal. Each year the comincrease and the mitment of Catholics to Lso.aMs0.4.01.00.0 . recent controversy social justice and the full development of all peoples listening to and offering its nents of 'Work for a Just over the provision of emergency relief yet is evidenced in increased voice for aboriginal peo- Peace' make the unsubdonations to Project Com- ples, for the poor, for the stantiated and franIdy false again highlights this passion. unemployed and for young assertion that the commisfact. The commission con- people here. sion is somehow 'alio"The current level of pentinues to play a vital role in sions and benefits lie below In speaking and acting, American' yet fail to refute bringing these issues to the the poverty line. In order to the commission of course the information on the attention of christians and Australian/US survive vast numbers of does not speak and act for joint Australians now rely on others of goodwill in Aus- the Catholic bishops. It facilities or defence is, emergency relief to supple- tralia. It continues to work provided ANZUS in the however, an official part of ment their inadequate actively for justice and the Catholic Church in document. incomes," Mr Eric Sidoti, the peace. Australia. In enacting the The commission is not National Secretary stated. Therefore, not only has commission's charter, the anti-American. It has not "In the midst of public the commission been conquestioned the motives of Bishops' Conference arguments about who cerned with development approved guidelines for the US government nor should foot the bill for issues since its inception the working of the com- would it presume to do so. emergency relief, we should but it has also undertaken not forget to ask why, in an mission and in this way It is concerned. however, a joint project with its affluent country like Austraacknowledged the impor- that the Australian governlia, emergency relief is counterpart agency in the tance of the commission's ment and people should be Philippines to monitor a needed at all. role in the Australian fully informed and aware "Income security, not large Australian Governof the implications of the Church, emergency relief is the prin- ment aid programme in defence strategies to cipal problem," Mr Sidoti the Northern Samar prowhich we are a party. said. E] E vince. For some, to attack the "Commonwealth pensions It is represented on both commission is the simplest and benefits are inadequate the Justice and Peace Coor- The commission works way to avoid the issue. We for any person to live in dinating Committee for openly and consults should be aware of this. dignity. Asia and Oceania and on widely. Preparation of The commission "Over 90% of people seekwel'Work for a Just Peace", for ing emergency relief are on the recently established comes discussion and is example, began well over Federal benefits or pensions. Pacific Partnership for twelve months ago and encouraged by the several -We have a situation of Human Development. hundreds of people in Similarly not only does involved several hundred institutionalised begging. parishes and dioceses "Poverty in Australia can be the commission look at people. The first draft of around Australia whom, it eliminated but economic human rights situations the document, though not is directly aware, have growth is only part of the generally but it also takes for public release, was already gathered to share answer. up the cases of individual available upon request and their own views on peace "We must be prepared to persons or groups who over five hundred copies to discuss and reflect and redistribute resources in a were circulated for commay become the victim of more equitable fashion, upon 'Work for a Just ment. through the complementary human rights violations. Peace'. It participates in an Asian In the areas in which it use of taxation and social In offering Work for a security systems: the first to human rights "hotline" works the commission has Just Peace' to christians collect surplus wealth and and has been active in its an established credibility. and others of goodwill, the the second to distribute it defence of individuals in Though not always agreed commission is aware of its according to need. South Africa, Albania, the with, its views are sought own responsibilities: "Positive steps have been Soviet Union and else- by government and non- • to listen and to continue taken. government organisations. where. in its attempts to discern "The Federal Government But, as those familiar with The information it prothe signs of our times; is committed to raising pensions and benefits to 25% of the commission would be vides or with which it • to be open to change; the average weekly income. aware, it concerns itself works has a reputation for • to seek justice in work"The tax reform intro- very much with issues of its reliability. ing for peace; duced by the government is justice within Australia as It is noteworthy, for • to act upon its own to be encouraged. well. It has a long history of instance, that some oppodeliberations.
Lifting pension level
Church leaders in plea Archbishop Foley joined other church leaders last week in highlighting the plight of people trapped in poverty today. In a statement released for the feast of Christ the King the Catholic, Anglican Uniting and Lutheran church heads said the most pervasive injustice in Australian society today is that people are trapped in poverty. "In celebrating the feast of Christ the King the Church must expose all that is false and unjust in the world around it. "While we have a social structure that condemns some people to institutionalised poverty, the glory of Christ the King skill fail to be seen. "As a community we have allowed poverty to become an integral part of our economy. Permanent poverty is
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an unacceptable thing for Christians to endorse; it obscures the vision of the glory of God," the statement said Despite the fact there was enough for a fair share for all, in 1985 12.8% of all Australian families lived below the agreed Henderson Poverty Line, with insufficient resources to meet their basic daily needs. As long ago as 1981, census figures showed 168,000 people in Perth were living in poverty; and of these, 79,400 were children. Today the situation is much worse. Poverty would never be overcome unless its reality is accepted and recognised, the statement said.
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Record There is something re-assuring and dependable about Halley's Comet even if its brilliance is expected to be less obvious this time round the heavenly circuit. Not so re-assuring are the chunky meterorites that blaze spectacularly as they hurtle briefly through the atmosphere, throwing debris in every direction and finishing up in anyone's backyard maybe. The preachers and prophets who stalk the world's centuries are probably a mix between the steady comets and blazing meteorites. The comets may have the enduring wisdom. Australian readers got their meteorite experience recently when that national institution known as Ita Buttrose appeared almost from nowhere showering the scene with peppery comments on what was wrong with Australia today. Was this the Ita Buttrose who blazed on to the television screens only a few moons ago, re-assuring the women(?) of the country how warm, wonderful and cosy life was from the grandstand of a weekly magazine that miraculously appeared monthly? She not only looked the part, it seemed that there was not an earthly problem that she could not solve or soothe. It was not so rosy, judging by the columns of print and personal promotion that have accompanied the launching (by kindred meteor Bob Hawke!) of her autobiography at the critical age of 40 in her journey so far. The difficulty in being fair to these occasions is having to fork out cash and buy the author's book when much of it reportedly is about the peculiar Australian animal called Sydney. It could be said at this juncture that it is Ita Buttrose's own business if she can successfully give the country the salutary kick that it deserves, were it not for one isolated thump that lands behind the Catholic ear. According to Sydney writer Paul Willoughby extensively featured in The West Australian, lta's hit list of what's wrong in the country included "a Catholic Church impotent to deal with unprecdented social problems". Those wanting further clarification should obviously consult the original, but Ita Buttrose who makes no secret of her Catholicism presumably has as democratic a right as any of her co-religionists to go public on what's wrong with the Church today. What precise section of the Catholic Church — its chiefs or the infantry like her — is "impotent to deal with the unprecedented social problems" is not readily available. Her list would be interesting. She says she's angry about a lot of things about which a lot of other people are also angry: The poverty, the inadequate education system, the booze and drugs being dished out to children, the mediocre leadership and the weak, monotonous, mediocre, delinquent, greedy, selfish and trite qualities of Australians generally today. Welcome then, Ita Buttrose, to the loneliest and most exposed platform — the soap box or pulpit from which one dishes out the home truths that today's society doesn't want to hear. Welcome to the ranks of the despairing priests who used to go blue in the face bellowing about the evils of the day but now find their churches empty and their listeners departed when they switched over to talking about love, goodness and all the positive things people said they wanted to hear. Welcome to the millions of kitchen tables where parents sit stunned after all the good advice they spent giving their children seems to have as much chance of being heard as a violin at a rock concert. Welcome to the real Church which at this time of the year closes the book of the triumph of the Last Judgement and opens the pages at Advent, the long hard slog down through history, towards Christ's coming. The budding prophets and prophetesses of today, the aspiring Ita Buttroses, will find themselves in interesting company amongst the Isaiahs, the Jeremiahs, the Ezechiels betting into generations that have lost their way from God and don't want to be told so. Join John the Baptist in the Advent readings scolding the hypocrisy of his day and losing his head because he dared be blunt about the king's immorality. Stand alongside Francis of Assissi, John of God, or Vincent de Paul who made their choice against the avarice of this world. Pick up the slain Archbishop Oscar Romero or the hundreds of others being gunned down today because they stand up to corrupt governments. Good luck to Ita Buttrose if she can market an unpalatable message to Australia but not at the expense of pretending that the Church has not been saying these things for a long time and will continue to do so. 4
Leaflets accuse priests BACOLOD, (NC): Leaflets accusing priests and religious orders of revolutionary activity have been posted on buildings and telephone poles on the southern Philippines island of Negros. T he leaflets said: "Pledge: I will not go to any church that preaches revolution," and "Pledge: I will support only priests w ho preach love and peace." A third leaflet names seven Filipino priests and six journalists under the heading, "Wanted Killers: For additional information regarding killers with full guarantee of revolution, apply to the following persons: More specifically apply with the redemptorists, the Carmelites and the Columbans." Eyewitnesses said the leaflets were posted by armed men in Bacolod, the capital of the Negros Occidental province, and in many provincial towns. T wo of the priests named on the leaflets said they believe the a rmed men are employees of wealthy sugar planters.
Massacre order Reasons given by for ban politician BACOLOD (Philippines): The massacre of 27 demonstrators by government troops in the Philippines may have been ordered by a powerful local politician. The shootings came during a march by sugar workers and supporters protesting against unemployment and hunger in Negros Island, central Philippines. The workers are acclaiming a new heroine, Jovelyn Joravelo, 20, who was among demonstrators blocking a lane of the provincial highway in the town of Escalante. Jets of water had forced the crowd to the ground when a soldier threw a canister of tear gas. Joravelo stood up, grabbed the canister and threw it towards open ground, but was shot dead before she could lie down again. Survivors say firing then broke out. The people stampeded but 1-i people, some teenagers, died as they lay there and others died later in hospital. Bishop Fortich
Examining a conscience
VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II, saying individuals and nations need to make an "examination of conscience," called for an international "food security" treaty to ad the world's hungry. Speaking to representatives of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation on its 40th anniversary, the pope said it was "urgently necessary" that wealthier nations make more joint commitments to help the needy. The pope told members of the FAO that distrust, nationalism and protectionism have "too often" stopped vital foodstuffs from reaching the hungry. These "food crises" are increasing, he said, because of drought and famine, conflicting economic policies and the "forced transfer of populations." The pope said he favoured a "world treaty of food security" which would have "juridical force"' on participating nations. Such a treaty, he said, should be modelled on a FAO proposal which would involve voluntary commitments to food aid by the organisation. The United States, Canada and Australia objected to the proposed agreement and have refused to endorse it, a FAO spokesman said. The pope also said individuals and nations must "go beyond the limits of strict justice" in aiding the needy.
Several eye witnesses said they saw Armando Gustilo, newly elected head of the executive committee of the Philippine Sugar Commission, pass by the demonstration in a Mercedes limousine shorty before the shooting began. Sugar workers in Negros described Gustilo as the industry's new "strong man", hand-picked by President Marcos. Gustilo has denied that he was in Escalante on the day in question and has sued a Malayan newspaper for linking him with the massacre. After the shooting, some 2000 people sought safety in the church grounds of the Dutch Carmelites. Bishop Fortich of Bacolod arrived the next day with supplies of blood and medicines. Bishop Modeste, auxiliary in Dumaguete, and 70 other priests concelebrated Mass for the massacre victims. The bishop said the dead were "martyrs".
Bishops criticise LA school board LOS ANGELES (NC) — The Los Angeles city school board has voted to establish a high school health clinic offering medical services including "dispensing of birth control information and despite devices", objections by Archbishop Roger Mahony.
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School issues birth controls The archbishop's s tatement said the "would proposal undercut the legitimate interests of parents in seeking to
educate their children to morally responsible views of sexual relationships as designed by God for the covenant of marriage."
VILNIUS (Lithuania): The real reason behind the ban on the pope's visit to Lithuania last year to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of St Casimir has just been revealed by a leaked report to an underground Lithuanian newspaper. Despite constant religious repression in the country, the authorities are worried about the growth and persistence of religion and have blamed speeches of solidarity made by the pope, and Vatican radio broadcasts in Lithuanian. According to the leaked report: "The pope has publicly supported the religious extremists of the republic by declaring that he felt lovingly close to all brothers and sisters in Lithuania, especially to those who are suffering for the faith." T he authorities have a very broad definition of religious extremity. They cite catechism lessons and Christmas festivities for children as examples of religious fanaticism. A priest who organised a procession to a local graveyard on All Souls Day was fined. The authorities' biggest fear is that more young people will be attracted to the Church. A new underground Catholic patriotic newspaper aimed at young people, Academic Youth, is being circulated in the country. It urges young conscripts to refuse to take the military oath of allegiance as a gesture of conscientious objection to the war in Afghanistan. A secret youth organisation has also been f ounded in the country to mark International Youth Year and to press for human rights and national self-determination. In the 45 years since the occupation of Lithuania by the Soviets, the number of priests has been sliced in half but Catholics still make up 85.5 per cent of the population.
Euthanasia 'step back' VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II says euthanasia is a step backward for science. While he criticised so-called mercykilling, he also offered cautious encouragement to use of experimental medicine, even when it carries high risk to the patient. "The practice of euthanasia, more or less openly proclaimed, marks a moment of regression and of abdication by science," the pope said. The practice, he added, "is an offense against the dignity of the dying person." The pope said the Church's admonition against "use of purely experimental interventions or those which are
in no way efficacious" does not permit one "to dispense with either the valid obligation to sustain life" nor the obligation to give the skit "assistance through ordinary life-sustaining means." If the "struggle for life and the obligation to care for the sick" had ceased, the pope added, "medical science would not have been able to progress." At the same time, the pope encouraged use of experimental medicine, even when such therapy carries "a high percentage of risk." He cited Church teaching that such treatment can be used only with the patient's permission and when there is no safer alternative He warned, however, the use of experimental medicine must include "guarantees risks will be toned down" for the patient and that experimenters will not become "carried away with the desire for experimentation to the bitter end."
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L—Isacking of a member of the staff of the Dortmund College of Music who told her pupils during an introductory class on the psychology of development: "Human life begins with conception. Abortion is the killing of a human being in the process of development.'" When students protested to the dean, Professor W. Benfer, he at first defended Professor Adelgunde Mertensacker, but he subsequently gave her notice on the grounds there was no absolute truth and therefore there were no moral absolutes.
Savagery says pope Jesuits arrested
L_IBishops in Rome this autumn, the universal Church must see whether suitable married men could not be admitted to the priesthood, Bishop Franz Zak of Sankt Iten, Austria, told journalists in Vienna. In his view this would be a helpful and f easible way of overcoming the great shortage of priests.
Refugee problem tragedy VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul H has called the refugee problem in Southeast Asia an "immense human tragedy" and asked for "increased international attention" to alleviate the situation. The pope, who visited the Phanat Nikhom refugee camp during his 1984 visit to Thailand, highlighted the plight of refugees in an address to Thai bishops at the Vatican. The pope praised the efforts of the Thai government and national and international organisations, which, he said, "are committed in caring for the thousands of persons displaced from their homes by continuing conflict in Southeast Asia. "I am aware the situation continues to offer particular cause for concern," the pope said. "I appeal for increased international attention to the needs of these refugees, and I wish at the same time to express my encouragement to the Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees, which is responding to this immense human tragedy. Since 1975. hundreds of thousands of refugees from Laos. Cambodia and Vietnam have gone to Thailand. The United States, France, Australia, Canada, the Philippines and Indonesia have helped relocate the refugees, many of whom have gone through the camp visited by the pope. When the pope visited. there were 150,000 refugees living in 10 camps inside Thailand. and another 300,000 displaced Cambodians in camps along the Thai-Cambodian border. The pope donated 150.000 to the Phanat Nikhom can hospital.
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VATICAN CITY (NC): Pope John Paul II has called the killing of two Jesuit missionaries in Mozambique a "savage crime" which illustrates the risks missionaries face. Portugese Father Ira Moreira, 44, and Mozambican Father Joao de Deus Goncalves Karntedza, 55, were killed October 30 near their mission at Lifidzi in the northern region of the African nation. "It is not known who is responsible for this savage clime, which provokes disapproval and condemnation in the soul of every just person," the pope told several thousand people in Paul VI auditorium. He prayed for "all missionaries, who are exposed to so many risks in fulfilling their duty," and said that "this dramatic episode encourages us to strengthen our Christian effort in favour of peace, justice and reconciliation between people." Father Kamtedza was pastor at Lifidzi and superior of the small Jesuit community there. Father Moreira was pastor in a nearby town. The approximately 25 Jesuits in Mozambique are remaining in their posts.
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RIO, (NC): The Catholic Church in Brazil must "go from colonial behaviour" to greater respect for the religions of Indians it is trying to convert said Bishop Tomas Balduino of Goias. Bishop Balduino said missionaries should "immerse themselves not only in the language, culture and customs of a people, but also in their religious experience." He said that does not mean "forsaking the Gospel but rather deepening it and at the same time recognising that this Good News speaks through every language and is made of flesh in all cultures." Bishop Balduino, said destroying religion would "kill the tribes from within, because here they find their most fundamental reference point, as we do in Christianity."
The priests were abducted by members of the Mozambique National Resistance, a group that has been fighting the country's Marxist government since the country obtained independence from Portugal in 1975. In June, the resistance group claimed responsibility for the abduction of three women religious and two novices at Lifidzi. In July, a Jesuit priest and two sisters also were kidnapped by the group.
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All were later released. Mozambique's Catholic bishops have appealed for an end to the fighting between government forces and the guerilla army, urging both sides to resolve the conflict through dialogue. About 1.5 million of the southern African nation's 12 million population are Catholic.
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Eucharist a parting gift When we break the bread Jesus gives to us, we become less inclined to build up our own little kingdom and more able to build up the kingdom of God, Redemptorist Father Brian Jones told the Christ the King gathering in Supreme Court Gardens on Sunday night. He said the eucharist is the parting gift to us, the gift of a king about to die, a gift entrusted to his loyal followers, a gift that would give them strength and energy and help them build the kingdom of God. "Every time we celebrate the eucharist we wear the badge of fidelity to him. We can say I wear this badge faithfully because it keeps me going; sometimes it even keeps me out of trouble. "I wear it because it reminds me of Christ Jesus my Lord, of the kind of man that he is, the kind of divine king that he is, that reminds me of the kind of person he wants me to be "When we break the bread that Jesus gives us, when we wear this badge of fidelity we are able to say to one another and to the sick and poor: This is my body that is given for you, this is my blood that I am prepared to shed for you he said.
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Old Kookynie hall gets new lease of life in Goldfield's parish Kalgoorlie parish celebrated the feast of Christ the King with the blessing and opening of the new parish centre. The new building replaces the old St Mary's hall, at one time the Kookynie church and had been transported to Kalgoorlie on jinkers early in the century. The new brick structure costing $145,000 comprises a
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hall to seat 200, two meeting rooms, a religious articles store, kitchen and toilets. The work was carried out by subcontractors and voluntary help. The main co-ordinator of the project was Mr Tony Notte working in conjunction with the parish finance and works committee whose chairman is Mr Lou Langoulant. Also involved in the early stages of the project until his transfer to Dianella was Mr Tony Stanbridge. Dean Tim Corcoran said he was delighted with the spirit the project had generated in the parish and the financial response that enabled the centre to be opened practically free of debt. Mons Peter McCrann who performed the blessing ceremony complimented the parish on the pleasing addition the centre will make to the parish because of its excellent design and functional layout. The opening of the centre was the occasion for the annual parish barbecue. Among the visitors was Father Nino Vinciguerra, former assistant priest of Kalgoorlie and now parish priest of Beocubbin.
Certificates presented to twenty
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The ninth year of the Maranatha Institute closed formally on Monday night with 20 students from 12 parishes receiving certificates of studies and 15 second year students being awarded the diploma in pastoral ministry.
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VATICAN II Decrees on the renewal of 'life' by JERRY FILTEAU One of the more interesting Catholic phenomena of the last 20 years has been the massive effort of the Church's several 100,000 men and women Religious to rediscover their roots and redirect their whole lives by what they found. That was what the Second Vatican Council directed Religious to do with "Perfectae Caritatis," the Decree on the Appropriate Renewal of Religious Life, approved and issued October 28, 1965. The document began by referring back to an earlier council document, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, which placed religious life in the broader context of Church life, noting all Christians are called to be holy, whatever their specific vocation. Those who undertake the vowed religious life, said "Perfectae Caritatis," follow the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience to "spend themselves ever increasingly for Christ, and for his body the Church." The decree called all Religious to return constantly "to the sources of all Christian life and to the original inspiration behind a given community" .as their first norm fo inewal . The second ba. norm was "an adjustmen of the community to the changed conditions of the times." Since the Gospel is the heart of Christian life, "a following of Christ as proposed by the Gospel" was to be the supreme law" for all Religious. Contemplative communities were called "the glory of the Church" and were urged to revise their rules but retain their basic character of "withdrawal from the world" and prayerful contemplation. Religious communities formed for apostolic purposes were reminded that in their orders, "the very nature of religious life requires apostolic action and services . . . Hence, the entire life of the members of these communities should be penetrated by an apostolic spirit, as their entire apostolic activity should be animated by a religious spirit." Monastic communities were seen as another distinctive form of religious life. Secular institutes, whose members live lives guided by the evangelical counsels but without taking public vows or living in community, were also commended and urged to engage in renewal.
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ROME (NC) — When the Second Vatican Council called the Church into the modern world, it also launched dramatic changes in the lives and training of priests and Religious who 'would deal with that world. Religious communities and seminaries, for example, opened to the outside in ways they had not previously experienced. Women Religious were told to suit their lives to their "particular apostolate," and change their dress to "simple and moderate" clothing. Seminarians no longer spent their time solely in study and prayer behind seminary walls, but were "sensitised" to the problems of the world. Communities of Religious began to revise their constitutions and study the meaning of the vowed life in the latter 20th century. The process has not been unanimously welcomed. Some Catholic authorities say that the religious life has suffered from experimentation and a decline in commitment in the past two decades. The guidelines for reform were contained in decrees
A dramatic change was launched by SISTER MARY ANN WALSH on the renewal of religious life ( "Perfectac Caritatis") and the training of priests ( "Optatam Totius"). Spanish Sister Dolores Lasheras, who recently completed a 12-year term as superior general of the Little Company of Mary Sisters, said that Vatican II led sisters to greater contact with the poor. The contact led to new insights into the vow of poverty, she said during an interview in Rome. "Our way of life is more simple," Sister Lasheras said, and "there's a better understanding of poverty and of community." Sister Lasheras took issue with Cardinal Joseph Ratzin-
Seminary trainin Every document of the Second Vatican Council affected seminary training because changes in any aspect of Church life require adaptations in the way its future pastors and sacramental leaders are prepared From that perspective "Optatam Totius," the Decree on Priestly Formation approved by the council on October 28, 1965, was basically a housekeeping instrument It was designed to put seminary structures andprograms on a path that would enable them train future Church leaders appropriately. In another sense, however, that housekeeping job was absolutely central to the whole project of conciliar renewal. "This sacred synod well knows that the wished-for renewal of the whole church depends in large measure on a ministry of priests which is vitalized by the spirit of Christ" says the decree's opening sentence. The document was approved with almost no controversy, but seminaries were among the leading hotbeds of controversy in the first decade of renewal after the council Like religious orders, seminaries moved into the front lines of renewal and reform. Their efforts included some new ideas and experiments that were ill-conceived, and controversy over such "aberrations" often distracted attention from positive results also being achieved in a relatively short time and in fidelity to council mandates. Major new features of priestly formation that the council decree called for included• Systematic adaptation of general church norms by bishops' conferences to make the seminaries in each country more responsive to local conditions andneeds. • a much stronger emphasis on Scripture as the cornerstone of academic and spiritual formation in seminaries. • teaching of current philosophical trends as well as classical philosophy to provide a rounded intellectual basis for theological formation. • establishment of programs of pastoral formation as well as academic formation to teach seminarians "the art of exercising the apostolate not only in theory but in practice" • systematic efforts to assure the continuing education of priests after ordination.
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ger, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, who said that a "feminist mentality" has entered the convents and that non-cloistered sisters are in "grave crisis." He criticised "the discovery of professionalism, the concept of 'social welfare' which has replaced that of 'love of neighbour,' the often uncritical and yet enthusiastic adaptation to the new and hitherto unknown values of modern secular society (and) the entrance into the convents, at times wholly unexamined, of psychologies and psychoanalyses of different tendencies." "The changes in religious life do not stem from feminism," said Sister Lasheras. "They are from theological developments" which have led to a "deepening" of religious life, she said. Among other things, the view of obedience has changed, Sister Lasheras said. "Superiors have to take into consideration individual liberty, that a person has something to say and is influenced by the Holy Spirit," she said. "The idea of obeying blindly was completely wrong," she said. As Ibegan to write, my editor's words came bads to mind: "People bare beard all about the prophecies and the Advent wreath and the Advent house. We need something fresh this year for Advent." I began to think about that and Franck came to mind. One great Joy for me thispastyear has been the coming into my life of this wonderful young man from Paris. Isn't each one who comes into our lives Christ? Isn't each coming an Advent? Franck is remarkably gifted. His mother was deeply concerned about his Catholic upbringing. Through 15years, Franck was sent to Catholic
Mons. Lawrence Purcell, who is rector at North American College in Rome, said one major development was the addition of pastoral and apostolic training to seminary COUrSes. The council said those to become priests should be trained as "shepherds of souls." Their training — spiritual, intellectual and disciplinary — "should be coordinated with this pastoral aim in view," it added. Today seminary students still study and pray but they also work in parishes, soup kitchens, nursing homes and youth programs. Modern programs also pay greater attention to a seminarian's personal development, he said. "I wouldn't be surprised if. statistics showed in the priesthood there are fewer personal problems such as alcoholism, mental breakdowns and workaholism because of our wholistic approach," Mons. Purcell said. He noted the decline in numbers of men entering seminaries, but said that drop-out rate is decreasing, possibly "because of greater care in the selection and admission of candidates.
20 rears on... Following are the 16 documents approved by the Second Vatican Council and their dates of promulgation: • Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy ("Sacrosanctum Concilium"), December 4, 1963: ordered an extensive revision of worship so that people would have a clearer sense of their own involvement in the Mass and other rites. • Decree on the Instruments of Social Communication ("Inter Mirifica"). December 4, 1963: called on members of the Church, especially the laity, to instill "a human and Christian spirit" into newspapers, magazines, books, films, radio and television. • Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ( "Lumen Gentium") November 21, 1964: presented the Church as a mystery, as a communion of baptised believers, as the people of God, as the body of Christ, and as a pilgrim moving toward fulfillment in Heaven but marked on Earth with "a sanctity that is real, although imperfect" • Decree on Ecumenism ("Unitatis Redintegratio"), November 21, 1964: said ecumenism should be everyone's concern and genuine ecumenism involved a continual personal and institutional renewal. • Decree on Eastern Catholic Churches ("Orientalium Ecclesiarum"), November 21, 1964: stated variety within the Church does not harm its unity and that Eastern churches should retain their own traditions. • Decree on the Bishops' Pastoral Office in the Church ("Christus Dominus"), October 28, 1965: said each bishop had full ordinary power in his own diocese and was expected to present Christian doctrine in ways adapted to the times. It urged conferences of bishops to exercise pastoral direction jointly. • Decree on Priestly Formation ("Optatam Totius"), October 28, 1965: recommended seminaries pay attention to the spiritual, intellectual and disciplinary formation necessary to prepare priests to become good pastors. • Decree on the Appropriate Renewal of the Religious Life ("Perfectae Caritatis"), October 28, 1965: provided guidelines for the personal and institutional renewal of the lives of nuns, brothers and priests belonging to religious orders. • Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions ("Nostra Aetate"), October 28, 1965: said the Catholic Church rejected nothing true and holy in nonchristian religions, called for an end to antiSemitism and said any discrimination based on
Preaching the Gospel to those who have not heard it is "the greatest and holiest work of the Church," said the Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Church, one of the last documents issued by the Second Vatican Council. "Since the whole Church is missionary, and the work of evangelisation is a basic duty of the people of God, this sacred synod summons all to a deep interior renewal," the doucment said, in one of the council's clearest statements linking inner conversion and outward mission.
race, colour, religion or condition of life is foreign to the mind of Christ. • Declaration on Christian Education ("Gravissimum Educationis"), October 28, 1965: affirmed the right of parents to choose the type of education they want for their children, upheld the importance of Catholic schools and defended freedom of inquiry in Catholic colleges and universities. • Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation ("Dei Verbum"), November 18, 1965: said the Church depended on Scripture and tradition as the one deposit of God's word and commended the use of modern scientific scholarship in studying Scripture. • Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity ("Apostolicam Actuositatem"), November 18, 1965: said the laity should influence their surroundings with Christ's teachings. • Declaration on Religious Freedom ( "Dignitatis Humanae"), December 7, 1965: said
religious liberty was a right found in the dignity of each person and that no one should be forced to act in a way contrary to his or her own beliefs. • Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests ("Presbyterorum Ordinis"), December 7, 1965: said the primary duty of priests was to proclaim the Gospel to all, approved and encouraged celibacy as a gift and recommended fair salaries. • Decree on the Church's Missionary activity ("Ad Gentes"), December 7, 1965: said missionary activity should help the social and economic welfare of people and not force anyone to accept the faith. • Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ("Gaudium et Spes"), December 7, 1965: said the Church must talk to atheists, a continual campaign must be waged for peace, nuclear war is unthinkable, and aid to underdeveloped nations is urgent. It said marriage was not just for procreation and urged science to find an acceptable means of birth regulation.
The missionary decree was formally approved and on issued December 7, 1965, the last full working day of the council. It is also known by its Latin title, "Ad Gentes." "The pilgrim Church is missionary by her very nature," the decree said. While its call to preach the Gospel reaffirmed a self-understanding of the Church that dates back to the first apostles, the decree developed new ways of viewing that mission and carrying it out. It rejected the imposition of Western culture on people of other cultures in the name of the Gospel. "Christ and the church. . . transcend every particularity of race or nation," it said. It urged Christians in non-Christian lands to "share in the cultural and social life" of their country and to "be familiar with their national and religious traditions, gladly and reverently laying bare the seeds of the Word which lie hidden within them."
Preaching Gospel to those who have not heard . . . The decree called on missionaries not to disparage other religions and to take up their work in a spirit of ecumenism rather than inter-denominational strife, "because the division among Christians damages the most holy cause of preaching the Gospel to every creature." Working for justice, peace and human progress is important to the missionary task, the decree said. "The Gospel has truly been a leaven of liberty and progress in human history, even in its temporal sphere, and always proves itself a leaven of brotherhood,
of unity and of peace," it said. The document stressed the missionary duties of established churches, particularly the role of bishops — individually and through the Synod of Bishops — to promote missionary activity- and awareness. Concerned with administrative and legal as well as theological issues, the decree also called for restructuring and internationalizing the Vatican agency that oversees missionary activities. It set new norms for fostering collaboration and involvement in missionary dioceses, urged more equitable distribution of priests.
Worship changes The first document passed by the Second Vatican Council and in many ways the best known and most far-reaching drastically changed the way Catholics worshipped God, and therefore how they viewed themselves. "Sacrosanctum Concilium," the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, was passed by the world's Catholic bishops assembled in Rome December 4, 1963, and immediately w as approved and promulgated by Pope Paul VI. "The sacred liturgy does not exhaust the entire activity of the Church . . . Nevertheless the liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the church is directed; at the same time it is the fountain from which all her power flows," said the document. "Liturgy" does not mean just the Mass, it encompasses all the Church's acts of public workshop: the sacraments; blessings; rites such as burials, dedication of churces and taking of vows by Religious; and the Liturgy of the Hours, the official daily prayer of the Church. Guiding principles of reform cited repeatedly in the liturgy document included simplicity, greater use of Scripture, emphasis on the hierarchical and community nature of all the Church's worship, and use of native languages instead of Latin where authorities consider if helpful.
Great joy for Advent schools and did his college studies at one of the finest Jesuit institutions in Paris. During college be decided, like almost all his classmates, to leave the church. Idecided to ask Franck bow Christ came back into his life. For this is what Advent is about — the coming of Christ into our lives. The early church fathers speak of three comings of Christ. First is the historical coming depicted in the manger, beard about in
the Gospels; the birthday ofJesus. Then there is the final coming of Christ, somethingperhaps made more real today in the shadow of a nuclear holocaust. Dread prophecies that not too many years ago seemed fantastic now sound like realistic possibilities. One great challenge for the Christian community today is to deepen faith and hope so that even in the face of a nuclear holocaust we can bring faith and hope to others. The third coming of Christ, the more important one to consider now, is the coming of Christ day by day. Advent reminds Christians that this is what life is really about — welcoming Christ
in order to live according to who they truly are: men and women baptisedinto Christ, made one with him. AsIsaki, Franck is exceptionally gifted. Like so eig-0 'MOP many bright young people, very quickly be became bored with every- new friend. Only gradu- seek the experience of the thing. In high school days ally did Franck's faith living God dwelling in the Franck ran soirees for a reawaken. Over the centre of his own being, thousand people in the course of months be for the first time in his best Parisian hotels Just began to see something be life Franck was not to bare a little spending hadn't seen before. Some- bored. This quest was big money. In college days be thing new — his friend's started two international faith — had come into his enough for him — to let corporations, travelled to life. In ordinary conver- God come alive in his life. Then Franck felt that he Pakistan and the Philip- sation over dinner pines. formed a partner- together his friend would too could be a Christ in the ship with a man from indicate that the source worldand make that differNigeria. In the end, ever- of bis vitality was Christ. ence that only Christ, the For the alive Christian. hope of all humankind can ything bored him. There make. wasn't enough challenge- Christ is the centre of life Then Franck saw someAs we go busily about Franck wanted to know thing be wanted. He saw more about this. As be Christmas preparations, joy and enthusiasm. He began what is called "cen- it doesn't hurt to get saw this in the life of a tering prayer," began to caught up with the senti-
ments of Nazareth, uniting ourselves with Mary. With Christ living in her, sheprepares to bring him to the world.
We might even, in imagination,Join the heavenly choirs as they practice their "Glory to God in the highest." t certainly will not hurt I to spend time reflecting on bow to become grounded more deeply in faith and hope in order to peacefully and courageously face and confront the terrible threat of nuclear holocaust. But most of all, Advent days are a time to open the doors of our hearts wide and to clear out the debris; a time to long and to hope so that God can come to us today, this hour. this moment.
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A freak
The St Patrick's Day concert at Northam in the 1920s was following the traditional pattern of such functions — school choirs, soloists, vocal and instrumental numbers, humorous sketches, recitations and so on. When the presbytery dog wandered onto the stage, affably nuzzling the performers, the audience might have been pardoned for mistakenly thinking it was an act extracted from Around the Boree Log.
P eter Bungert, wine maker with Houghtons Wines for 46 years until his retirement in 1958 and a well-known tenor in his day, was born at Magill near Adelaide on February 7, 1893. H e was educated at Magill, nearby Kensington and at Katanning where he arrived with his wine maker father Charles and the rest of his family in 1902. He worked at a cordial f actory initially and was apprenticed to his father as a wine maker at Great Southern Wines in Katanning until the business c losed down in 1912 when he moved to employment with Houghtons Wines at Middle Swan. He was confirmed by Bishop Gibney at Katanning, sang with the Catholic church choir there and later with a number of Catholic church choirs, including that of St Mary's Cathedral, and the Post Office choir when he moved to Perth. Peter, widowed twice and now living with the Little Sisters of the Poor at Glendalough, has no children. The maiden names of his wives, both singers, were Elma Kelly and Winifred Niland.
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Soprano Elsie Clear, sitting in the audience with the other guest soloists awaiting their turn to perform, was most upset at the canine intrusion. -Goodness," she whispered to tenor Peter Bungert beside her, "I hope that dog is not on stage when I get up to sing It would ruin my concentration." The dry response from Peter did nothing to assuage her fears. "I shouldn't be surprised if the dog is still there,- he said,- especially in view of the first piece you have chosen to sing.Of all things, it was an oratorio solo entitled 0 Guide my Barque. That was one of the memories still clear in the mind of the 92 -year -old, despite his advanced age and long battle with illness. With his two sisters and two brothers (he was the middle one), Peter walked each week day the three miles from their Magill home to school at the Kensington convent of the St Joseph sisters near Adelaide and repeated the journey to attend Sunday Mass. Wine maker father Charles moved with his family to WA in 1902 to work with Great Southern Wines at Katanning, an area then producing good wines because of its suitable climate and the variety of its soils. Another of its claims to fame was that Katanning was the first town in WA to have electric lighting, beating Perth to that honour. This coup was brought about largely through the enterprise of F.H. Piesse, in turn a top civil servant and member of Parliament, who belonged to a leading local family. The dynamo to generate the power had originally been bought for Perth. On arrival it was found to be too small for that purpose and the energetic Mr Piesse wangled it for Katanning, where it was set up in the mill of F. and C. Piesse. It was at a Piesse-owned company, Great Southern Wines at Katanning, that Peter Bungert was apprenticed to his father Charles as a wine maker after having worked for some time in the local cordiel factory. The winery closed in 1912 and Peter transferred to Houghtons Wines at Middle Swan. 'We made every kind of wine there," he says, "and they were a very good company to work for. "The principles of wine making are the same now as they were then, but today's modern equipment makes the task easier." His 46 years with Houghtons were spent as a wine maker and in charge of product distribution from his office at the intersection of William Street and St George's Terrace.
A freak accident some nine years ago turned Merle Partridge into a quadriplegic . . . it also turned her into a painter. Totally paralysed from the neck down, this attractive grandmother had little inkling of her hidden talents until she took the brush between her teeth some eight years ago and began to paint. She has produced numerous paintings over the years and has managed to have some of her work selected for the Paraplegic -Quadriplegic Association of WA's Christmas cards in each of the last four years. Merle has two paintings in the 1985 Christmas Cards. They are Pemberton Sunrise and Water Lillies -Dawn Creek. Her delicate brush strokes bear testimony to the talent of this dedicated painter who has managed to overcome her disabilities in a bid to bring fruitful purpose to her
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A regular feature By BOB BOYLE His love of music, inherited from his German father and Irish-descended mother, was nurtured in the artistic environs of Adelaide. It was not surprising, therefore, that one of his first moves on coming to Western Australia was to join the choir of the Catholic church at Midland Junction. It marked the beginning of a long association with a number of choirs, both church and secular including St Mary's Cathedral and the Post Office choir which was quite prominent in its time,
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and a career as a tenor soloist. His first singing teacher in WA was tenor Hugh Torrens who was married to a prominent Shakespearean actress and teacher of drama. Tragically both of them later separately suicided. His next teacher was another tenor, David Lyall, who is still favourably remembered by older music buffs. A nervous Peter auditioned for solo broadcast recitals with the ABC and was tickled pink to be asked to submit a
selected list from his repertoire. There followed many solo broadcasts, always with orchestral accompaniment. The songs he sang ranged from operatic arias through Gilbert and Sullivan pieces like Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes to ballads such as Come Into the Garden Maud. Peter says that there were many good choirs and fine conductors in those days before television and before radio had assumed its present dimensions. Families had to make their own entertainment through means such as singing around the piano at home and listening to records on the old hand-cranked gramophones. It was vey much participant and not spectator entertainment, so people loved to sing in choirs and listen to them. He believes the Latin Masses of the time gave
choirs more scope than they have today. The enthusiastic observance of St Patrick's Day at various places around the state were gala occasions for visiting choirs and soloists. In addition to the big show at His Majesty's Theatre in Perth at which Peter was a regular soloist, there were trips to the country around March 17 by choirs of which he was a member. The trips were originally made by train, leaving Perth after work on Friday and returning on Sunday night, and fellow passengers were delighted at the free concerts provided by the choir as they rehearsed on the way to their destination. Some of the fun went out of these journeys when the switch was made to cars later. As is the case with all solo artists, Peter committed the occasional gaffe. At a Pinjarra concert, for instance, his solo was a song called For You Alone and for a brief space in the middle of it his mind went completely blank. He distinctly heard his wife in the front row of the audience say. "Gosh, he's forgotten the words.Her exclamation put him quickly back on course and he finished in fine style. "I was a good recoverer," he comments, "I never broke down." There were certainly some memorable moments. Peter and fellow members of the Post Office choir were gathered in the studio on the
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Her greatest dream is to paint in the intricate Japanese style, but for the moment she is happy to slowly but surely increase her control over the brush. This in itself is no mean feat because every brush stroke is controlled with her mouth and is varied by the movement of her head. "Painting,- says Merle, -is never tiring." She paints three mornings a week at the Quadriplegic Centre in Shenton Park, where she lives. She would paint more often but is very involved in the activity program at the centre and therefore keeps her painting days for Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday. Its a long wait from Thursday to Monday, she says ruefully. Although she had never painted before her accident Merle believes her interest in dress designing and dressmaking for her family helped her to master the art.
LI E "Right from the beginning I found it wasn't too hard,- she said. "But it has still been a gradual process." She is glad, she adds, that she never turned to painting before her accident. "It's nice to have something special to do now that my mobility is so limited," she said. Before her accident Merle was a very active woman with a home and a family to care for. She was 51 when she slipped and fell in the kitchen of her Sydney home. A tumour on her spine, which had caused her pain for 16 years, had weakened the vertebrae, and the fall was enough to cause irreparable damage. The knowledge she was a quadriplegic was shattering, says Merle. "You really wonder how you can go on," she said. "I see
accident gives grannie new horizons. . .
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the young people who are brought in here and it is so hard for them to come to terms with what has happened.' Coming to terms with what has happened is the first step toward a fulfilling life, says Merle With a son living in Sydney and her daughter living in Perth, she decided it made more sense to move nearer the latter. "I thought if I was closer to my daughter she could help me with clothes and things," she said Admitted to Ward 11 for the first few months, Merle remembers her first 12 months as a quadriplegic as devastating.
"I loved it straight away," she said. "and took great pleasure in everything I did. "I do like some paintings more than others, but basically whatever I start I finish and lam usually pleased with the results.Most of her paintings are done from pictures as the equipment and assistance needed for painting by mouth would be too difficult to provide on location. "It would be nice to go outside to paint, but I can't do anything without my special easel and it would all be a bit too difficult. "And I don't just copy the picture — I use my imagination and interpret the picture as I go along."
Her family rallied around her and gave her the support and encouragement that she needed to go on.
Painting by mouth is made possible by having a dental piece made and then glueing the brush into the piece.
-They all supported me and said that I was still needed as a person," she said. 'You feel so useless when you can do nothing for yourself . . I felt such a burden. I had no idea what I could do with my life."
This is then inserted in the mouth and the painter uses head movements to control and direct the brush.
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Moving into the Quadriplegic Centre at Shenton Park was the first step toward a better life, says Merle.
"I'm lucky because I've got a fair bit of control," Merle said. 'You get different effects with different touches."
A motorised wheelchair, which she operates with chin movements, allows her to be independent.
-The one thing I can't do is roll the brush because it is fixed in the mouth piece"
Her small, but warmly welcoming room overlooks the lush garden and is decorated with three paintings which she has never been able to part with. One is a still life, one of the first paintings she did, another is a water scene, and the third depicts an Aboriginal legend. It was when she became involved with the activity centre that the world began to brighten. Painting, she adds. was an instant love
Merle likes to keep her work as varied as possible and says she has no favourite themes. She has produced still lifes, landscapes, abstracts and many paintings of flowers. "I vary my themes as much as possible because that way painting never becomes boring,'" she said. "At present I am working on a picture of a galleon on heavy seas. I rather like that one so may decide to keep it." There are ready homes for all Merle's paintings — mostly to family and friends.
Merle Partridge — despite severe disabilities the has managed to find meaning and practical pwposs her life.
Her two works which were selected for the Christmas cards will be kept on display by the Quadriplegic Centre management for 12 months before Merle sends them off to their respective homes. One is going to the Gold Coast and the other to Sydney.
ing and that is the part I love, says Merle." Merle buys all her own paints, brushes and boards and says it is a fairly expensive hobby. The greatest cost of all though is the framing, but as
far as Merle is concerned, no painting is truly finished until it has a frame around it. Her belief any job should be completed and completed well is reflected in the way she makes full use of her life in spite of the fact that she
It can take anywhere from a few weeks or a few months to complete a painting
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The hardest thing about it is making sure the painting has perspective.
What she enjoys most of all is the relaxation. 'You are in a different world . you are lost in your paint-
Rug punching is tiring, says Merle, but seeing the rug on
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It IS slow work painting by mouth but well worth the effort adds Merle.
'You get a different view from further away than you do close up."
It's quite simply a matter of adapting, says Merle, who is also hard at work making a rug for her floor.
her floor will make all the effort worthwhile. She readily admits she would much rather paint than make rugs, but firmly believes that being busy is what a good life is all about and variety is the spice of that life.
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"It really depends on the amount of detail in the painting and if I enjoy doing it or not," Merle said. "I must say though, there aren't many I don't enjoy doing.-
"Being in a chair I can't move away to view it until I have finished,- Merle said.
does not have full use of her limbs
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WHAT'S ON HIGHGATE ADVENT Friday December 6, 8 pm-8 am: Vigil of prayer ending with Mass of Our Lady's Immaculate Conception at 8 am. Sunday December 8, 9am: Children's Advent Mass followed by a family picnic at Copley Paric corner Beaufort & Regent Sts, Mt Lawley. Tuesday December 10, 7.15 pm: Sacred Heart School. Carols, graduation, end of year Mass. Friday December 13, 7.30 pm: Carol service in the church. St Hilda's Anglican community from North Perth to join. Friday December 20, 7.30 pm: Reconciliation Confessions in English, Italian, Vietnamese, German and Lithuanian. CGM REUNION A CGM get together for members of the 1940s will take place at Kings Park on Monday December 9. Bring a picnic lunch to the Rotunda bear the War Memorial at noon.
has been installed in Good Shepherd Church Kelmscott. The organ will be blessed and inaugurated on Sunday December 8 at 4 pm to be followed by a one hour free concert given by Mr Allen Mapson. Built by Bellsham Pipe Organs of Kalamunda, the specifications of the instrument are as follows: MANUAL 1 & 2 1. Quintade 8 2. Gedackt 8 3. Spitzflote 4 4. Principal 2 5. Larigot 1 1 3 PEDAL 6. Bourdon 16' Couplers Manual 1 to Manual 2 Manual 1 to Pedal Manual 2 to Pedal Mechanical Key and Stop action to Manual divisions Pedal Action Electric. The organ has been built in the Italian style and is very similar to the organ recently installed in the University Music Auditorium by the same organ builder.
I A tenth anniversary Mas-s will be celebrated for the late Edith Little in the St Vincent KELMSCOTT'S NEW ORGAN Pallotti chapel Rossrnoyne on On the initiative of the parish priest Sunday December 8 at 3 pm. Father Dario Brunetti a new pipe organ Edith Little died at the age of Marian Movement of Priests 37 as a result of operative leader Father Stefano Gobbi complications after a span of starts a two week visit to 20 years caring for Aboriginal youths at the Pallottine CenPerth next week. tre. Father GOBBI says that in Over 640 people attended 1972 at Fatima he asked Our her funeral in December 8 Lady for a sign in his work of 1975 including government praying for priests who were representatives and visitors forming associations in rebelfrom Melbourne and Sydney lion against church authority. I I% • jr, "'" a s well as from Derby, He received a sign at the Broome, Albany and Kalgoorshrine of the Annunciation in lie. Nazareth a month later. In She came to the Pallottine From page 10 He recalls the time when an October the same year he Mission at Tardun at the age top floor of the Musgroves important function was being gathered three priests for of 11 and there was building in Murray Street held at Government House to prayer and fraternal sharing in instructed in the Catholic faith waiting to ioin in a broadcast which top dignitaries of the the Italian parish of Gera LArio by a friend. She decided to offer her services to work recital from 6ML. various churches and leading near Como. By March 1973 forty priests with Aboriginal students at been invited. had citizens Their turn to sing would be Among the guests were had joined the movement the new centre that had been immediately after the couple which was publicised in pap- opened at Rossrnoyne. singing the duet had finished. Bishop Gibney and the owner psychological of The West Australian news- ers and reviews. In Sep- She first cared for boys At the tember the same year the first coming to attend high moment, however, a violent paper, Sir Winthrop Hackett national gathering at San schools in Perth and when the realm the The knight of thunder storm hit the city with loud peals of thunder walked over to shake hands Vittorino attracted 25 of the girls' section was opened she 80 priest then in the move- became virtually a mother to shaking the building and with the cleric. the section where 60 girls "I'll not shake hands with ment. blinding lightning flashes During the year Father were housed in four families, you,- the bishop hissed, visible through the window. The choristers got the gig- "until you stop telling lies Gobbi wrote his reflections in sett contained residences. gles and nearly lost their cue about us" ,-- and stamped off. which emerged in the book She was a constant adviser. Catholics, you see, were not "Our Lady speaks to her to Father John Luemmen in the ensuing calm. They realised that the getting a very good Press in Beloved Priests". who had established the cenThe Marian Movement of number the duettists had those days. tre, offering the viewpoint of Doubtless one of the rea- Priests has as its main pur- an Aboriginal in every facet of been singing was entitled pose the living out of the sons why the good bishop Calm Silent Night. the development. Although consecration to the Immahad decided earlier to found Peter also has a number of she had no higher education cullte Heart of Mary. Entrustnon-musical reminiscences. The Record. she became leader, psycholoing themselves to Mary they gist and counsellor to the Mass in the Indian Rite, with Dom Bede Griffiths will be become more aware of their Pallottine student COMMUITI own consecration brought shown on Channel Two, on Sunday. December 8. ity Dom Bede Griffiths was born in England in 1906, educated about by God in their baptism She looked after the chapel at Christ's Hospital School and Magdalen College, Oxford. and priestly ordination. sacristy and was responsible After Oxford he and two of his friends opted for a 'simple The second characteristic of for all the household buying. life' without recourse to the industrial world. Not long after the movement is a marked She was coach of the basthis experiment he joined the Catholic Church and within devotion to the pope. ketball team that twice won The movement, after 10 months became a Benedictine monk. championships and each day In 1955 Dom Eede left England to help a Benedictine years has spread to every drove the bus taking the girls continent and includes sevcommunity in India. to school each day. He became so interested in Indian Philosophy that he eral hundred bishops, over Each year she would take a stayed in India. Today he lives at the Saccidananda Ashram, 40,000 priests and millions of group back to experience lay people. Shantivanam, in the Tamil Nadu in South India. bush life and she would visit The Indian Rite includes both Hindu and Buddhist The priest members meet former pupils. scriptures, and follows Hindu tradition with the Arati (the each month in cenacles Father John Luemmen who which include the recitation offering of fire, incense and flowers). Throughout the Mass had known Edith Little for 25 of the rosary, and litany of Our celebrants and congregation sit on the floor as in the East. years said of her: Lady, prayers for the Holy "It would be hard to find a Father, and prayers for each more devoted, loyal and unselother. fish staff member. We are all The laity participate in convinced she could become weekly cenacles and in con- the first Aboriginal Saint in tact with other in parish life. Australia. Such was the senFather Gobbi will celebrate timent expressed in many Mass and contact cenacles in telegrams and letters of conmany WA parishes and reli- dolence." gious communities (see page Edith Little was buried in the 16). Pallottine cemetery in Perth.
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VACANCY The Albany parish invites applications for a full time parish youth worker
The Perth YCW recently gave their founder Joseph Cardijn the best possible birthday present. If Cardijn were alive today he would have celebrated his 103rd birthday on November 13.
The position is for two years Apply in writing giving details of qualifications, experience and names of two referees.
That evening a small group from the YCW Workers' Unemployment Response Committee (WURC) gathered at a house in Osborne Park for the opening and blessing of their new headquarters.
Chairman Youth Committee Ron Chandler 7 Jason Road Albany (098) 447976 (098) 414811
Father Hugh O'Sullivan, National Chaplain performed the blessing and in his short address he said "Cardijn would be proud to see what was happening in Perth." He hoped the WURC centre would be a place of strengthening the unemployed. Frances Spence is co-ordinating a cooperative that is engaged in producing silk screened products.
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Christian Dance Fellowship of Australia An open invitation is extended to all Christian Dance groups in the metro and country areas to join in a
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The house is on loan from the Health Department on the condition it is maintained and kept clean. It is an example of how voluntary agencies can turn a few dollars into hundreds of dollars of value. If the same project was attempted by government agencies it would cost a lot more, according to Father O'Sullivan.
at St Peter's Church, Wood Street, Inglewood on Saturday November 30. For more information ring Angela on 443 2817
ABOVE: Full-timer, Benny Mazzullo is not saying if the cleaned bath will be used to make "Bathtub gin"!
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LEFT: Gerry Ravenscroft, Frances Spence and Pina Tufilli have glasses at the r eady as Kevin Yuen pours the champers.
News of youth, news of youth tTriva \41/ DIANELLA DESTROYERS CHALLENGE: YCW DianeIla invites mixed teams of eight at $2.00 per head to challenge other participating teams at a day of sports and novelty events, ,at Catholic primary school DianeIla on Sunday. December 1 at 1.00 pm. Rules for the day include:1. No spitting, scratching, biting, abusive language. 2. A $10 protest fee will be demanded — non refundable under any circumstance — judges are unbelievably human and do partake in a sleight of hand bribe. Minimum $50.00. 3. The umpire should NOT need medical attention after "conversation" with team members. 4. Enthusiasm and cheer squads welcome. 5. The organising committee is always right. For more details ring Jennie Haskett 420 6649 (Work) or Mahoney Michelle (275 2809 A/1-1).
AUSTRALIAN TERTIARY CONFERENCE Perth will host an Australiawide tertiary conference on January 7-12, 1986 at Noalimba. Registrations close on December 9. The costs are $ 65.00 for waged and $55.00 for unwaged. Centreing on the theme 'First seek the Kingdom' the f ive day conference will explore the student's mission. For further information contact Monica Szunejko 271 9312 or Vito Ferro 271 9454.
Catholic Parish Youth invites young people of 15 and over to attend the Diocesan Christian Living Camp on December 6-8 at Eagle's Nest. Registrations close November 29. Contact should be made with Julie or Michael on 328 8136.
ANTIOCH MASS: You are invited to attend a Kalamunda/Lesmurdie Antioch Rock Mass on December 1 at the Lesmurdie Church. The Mass will commence at 7.30 pm. After Mass there will be a light supper in the Lesmurdie Church Hall. The theme of the Mass will be, "One in the Spirit". Please let us know if your Antioch Community will be attending. 291 6418. 0 0 0 The 34th National Youth Council of Australia (NYCA) conference is expected to attract 200 young people from church and community groups to Rottnest Island on December 13-17 Young people from all sorts of networks are invited; environmental groups, unions, women's unemployed, groups, peace groups, aboriginal people, ethnic young people, student groups and as the ad says, "isolated young people in church groups".
FLAME 85. Registrations for the second WA Antioch Convention to be held at Aquinas College opened last week. A team of young people and adults have met regularly to plan and devise the weekend program. To date 10 communities have expressed keenness to participate in the conference ANTIOCH ADULTS: Fifty adults packed out the small meeting room and overflowed into the hallways of the Cardijn Youth Centre last week for the quarterly meeting. It was the first combined meeting with Anglican parishes. A call was made for guidelines, talk outlines and an annual adults seminar. The next quarterly meeting will take place at a more Spacious venue.
Annual Catholic
an Youth Rally py Saturday, December 14
LIFE LIGHT University Sunken Gardens 7.30 pm — 9.00 pm Young & not so young from Perth, Geralton and Bunbury dioceses; workers, unemployed, students, are all welcome. It's the annual gathering of all groups and individuals on the youth scene.
0 0 0 URGENT: Youth Forum invites stories from local group members and leaders. Thoughts and reflections on the past year; thoughts on Christmas and New Year; Plans for 86. Highlights from the local parish groups. Send to PO Box 194, NORTH PERTH 6006; Act NOW.
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Record Kids Club
Christmas drawing contest Prim this CATERPiLLAR Christmas is coming and it's time to get your pencils sharpened for our annual Christmas Drawing Contest. We have some wonderful prizes to give away including beautiful sets of coloured pencils and superb books from William Collins. . All you have to do is draw the nativity and colour it in. We have winners in three sec-
tions with age ranges You can send in as of 10 to 13, six to nine many entries as you and five to seven. like but do make sure Send your entry to that each is clearly R ecord Christmas named and marked Drawing Contest, 26 with your address. John St, Perth. You Try to be as imaginamust remember to tive as you can in depictinclude your full name, ing that best -loved age, address and scene of Christmas, the phone number if you Nativity. have one. Entries must be Winners will be notireceived at our office no fied by phone and all later than December 8, winning entries will be so make a start now. published in our
bumper Christmas issue. So out with your pencils now . . or textas, or paints, or crayons . . . whatever you like and get started on your Christmas drawing. The Christmas Drawing Contest is open to members only so if you are not a member of The Record Kids Club, make sure you include a completed member-
ship form with your entry. There is no reason why you can't get together and prepare a family entry. If you do, just make sure you include all the names and ages of your brothers and sisters on the back of your drawing. Who knows, it may be so good that mum and dad will have it framed after you collect your prizes.
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Pierre loved to take walks through the woods with his father. Their borne was in a rugged part of France with many bills and dark woods.
He was amazed bow his father knew the names of all the trees and flowers, the rocks and minerals. Pierre and bis father picked up many interesting objects during their walks.
He became fascinated with some of the coloured stones be found in the area around his house. Pierre loved quartz crystals. They were solid, but let light through. His childhood love for iron and rocks and everything close to the earth remained with Pierre Tel/bard de Cbardin all bit life. When be was a young member of theJesuit religious order, studying in
Pierre's mother was excited each time the two England. be never took a came in from their walks. walk without taking She greeted them with tea along a magnifying glass and cookies. Pierre and a small hammer. showed ber each rock With tbe hammer be and flower they picked broke open rocks be up. He carefully added found. Then be could each one to their growing look at them carefully collections. with the magnifying Pierre's greatest find glass. He was learning to was a piece of iron from be a scientist. an old plough. He kept it in a secret place and loved to take it out and rub bis bands over it. He liked it because it felt so solidand strong. But then be discovered that it could rust. That made him sad.
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He felt close to the world and everything in it. Pierre seemed to find God everywhere. He became a priest and continued his work as a scientist. He went to Egypt to study and teach. There be discovered the remains of a
worldlongpast —pyramids and tombs, the Nile River, the desert. And his contact with the past sparked his interest in the future. He sensed that the Spirit of Christ was drawing people over the centuries to a better life, a more loving life. Then Father de Cbardin went to China. There be did important work mapping the rocks andfossils in areas that never bad been mapped before. Father de Cbardin spent his lastyears in New York People who knew him were impressed by his scientific knowledge. He still loved to look at rocks andflowers as be walked in Central Park He still studied relics of ancient times. But those wbo knew him were even more impressed by his love of people and of God. He was kind and sensitive. He listened to others as few people listened. He suffered much but was mostly cheerful and full of hope.
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decorations: Lights flash in shop windows, he wraps them and ties them with bright ribbon; he places them under the Christmas tree. He likes to open presents; he comes to the tree with his friends and unwraps his gifts and tries them on. Teddy Horsley likes to give presents: He takes a gift to the church with his friends; he sees the wise men bring gifts to the crib; he touches the gold cup, smells the frankincense, puts his paw in the myrrh. Teddy Horsley gives his own present to the infant Jesus. 4
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Lights — Teddy Horsley Celebrates Christmas. Teddy Horsley runs to see the lights and Christmas decorations: lights flash in shop windows; he laughs at the street banners; he warms his paws by the market place fire; he dances in the square; he is dazzled by bright floodlights and welcomed by soft cafe lamps. He points to the star high on the tree; lights stream through the branches. Teddy Horsley runs to see the lights in the church; he sees the Christmas crib; warms his paws in the shepherds' fire; dances by their lanterns. He is d277Ied by the angels and welcomed by the lights at the inn. He points to the star over the stable and sees the
light streaming from the manger. Teddy Horsley is glad to see the Light of Christmas,
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Be Brave Billy, by fan Ormerod, published by Fontana, $3.95. Everybody is scared or brave about different things. Billy is scared of school or of a crocodile mask, but then his mother is scared of mice. In BE BRAVE BILLY, Billy is encouraged to enjoy new experiences, such as the first day at school, having a haircut or visiting the doctor. Jan Ormerod was born in Western Australia and studied art and design. She has worked as an art teacher, lecturer in art education and is now a freelance designer and illustrator. She lives in Northampton with her husband and their two children. The Chalet School Wins Tberick, by Elinor .41. Brent-Dyer, published by Fontana, $3.50. Rosalie Dene, the school secretary, reprimands five girls for lighting a fire on the cricket pitch — and unwittingly sparks off a spiteful vendetta against the entire school. But the nasty pranks of the rebels cause several real-life emergencies.
How could a ladybird change its spots? By going from hush to hush. What ant is the youngest? An inf-ant Name six things smaller than an ant? Six of its teeth. Why were two flies playing football in a saucer? Because they were practising for the cup. What do you get when youput an ant billin your widow box? Ants in your plants. Why do flies walk upside down on the ceiling? So they don't bump their heads. Sam: "I don't like all these flies buzzing around me." Bill: "Well pick the ones you do like and I'll chase the others ass-ay!" Two fleas come out of a picture theatre. One says to the other, "Shall we walk or take a dog?" What are the bugs on the moon called? Lunatics. Which creatures did not enter the ark in pairs? The grubs — they came in apples. What did the mosquito say the first time be saw a camel? "Did I do that?"
Where do wasps go when they are sick? To the waspital. Why didn't the baby moth cry when his mother spanked him? Everyone knows you can't make a moth bawl.
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A look at books Compiled by Roslyn Ross.
A fighter and a writer too
The White Mouse, by Nancy Wake, published by MacMillan, $19.95. Reviewed by R oslyn Ross. This is the autobiography of the woman the Gestapo called The White Mouse, and it reveals Nancy Wake's impressive talents, not only as a resistance fighter, but as a writer as well. New Zealand born and Australian bred, Nancy Wake became one of the most highly decorated women of World War II. Although Russell Braddon wrote her biography in
the 1950's, here Nancy tells her own story for the first time.
Nancy Wake left Australia in her early 20s, settling in Paris where she worked as a freelance journalist. She eventually married a wealthy Frenchman and moved with him to Marseilles, but her marital bliss was to be cruelly cut short by the advent of the Second World War. She became involved with an escape route network, which conducted captured Allied soldiers to safety across southern France to neutral Spain. Eventually
pressure from the Gestapo, moving in on the elusive White Mouse forced Nancy to escape from France herself. She was nearly shot after jumping from a train near the Spanish border, then climbed across the snowcovered Pyrenees and made her way to England.
Back in London, she trained with the Special Operations Executive as a secret agent and saboteur before parachuting back into France one night. In the months that followed Nancy was a key figure in the Maquis of Auvergne district, helping to forge the Maquis
Tai Chi, Ten Minutes To Health, by Chia Siew Pang and Goh Ewe Hock, published by Allen & Unwin, ( approximately) $11.
through meticulous, constant repetition of a predetermined set of moves of which, in this particular book, there are 44. The moves are made with the body relaxed, and, when it is upright, completely straight. Relaxation promotes the transfer of body weight to the legs. The more you can relax, the greater the weight that sinks down to your legs. A straight posture permits the flow of ji ( energy) and helps focus body weight onto a small area.
Tai Chi, whose value to health and mental relaxation is universally recognised. can be performed by anyone — young or old, men or women — and at any place and time. The only 'equipment' you need is your body. This clearly detailed book will prove invaluable to anyone who is learning Tai Chi. The authors make the point that it is best to learn Tai Chi from a teacher and this book is meant only as an aid. The detailed descriptions and photographs, however, included in Tai Chi — Ten Minutes to Health. makes practising at home so much simpler. The exercises are involved and new students may find them difficult to recall outside of class . . this is where the book is such a help. Tai Chi is an ancient martial
into a superb fighting force. She was a redoubtable woman, full of courage and determination who never lost her sense of humour nor her sense of style. Nancy's account of her courageous and daring exploits make hair-raising and often hilarious reading. She hated the cruelty of war, but she hated the Nazis even more, and for Nancy Wake, like many others, there would be no end until the Nazi curse had been utterly destroyed. It was seeing the vicious cruelty of the Nazis, she said, which gave her the strength
Choosing your teacher is very important in learning tai chi. and maintaining an attitude of dedication is a vital follow-through. The majority of those who practise tai chi do so mainly for the benefits it gives as an exercise. As an exercise tai and in a relaxed manner. chi is suitable for people of This practice, together with all ages. particularly those the maintenance of a on the wrong side of 30. The straight and upright posture, very nature of the art stimuform the bases of the art. lates blood circulation, loosens and limbers up joints The tai chi exponent devel- and at the same time proops strength and suppleness motes mental relaxation.
Ten minutes to good health art based upon Taoist philosophy, probably developed in China during the Sung dynasty. In practice tai dii consists essentially of a series of continuous, slow, smooth and graceful movves executed with suppleness
to shoot a woman, a German spy who had been taken prisoner. "She spat at me as she passed and shouted -Heil Hitler,' before she died," Nancy said. "For my part I showed absolutely no emotion as she walked to her death. How had this been possible? How hadIbecome so aggressive? "It was simple. I remembered Vienna. Berlin and the Jews.Iremembered seeing a poor French woman, seven months pregnant, tied to a Nancy in British army uniform. For security reasons the stake and bayonetted, criss badge on her beret is that of the bogus "Women's Transport Service." cross in the stomach by a German soldier. Her screaming two-year-old held her hand and she was left to die with her unborn child." Such experiences fired the determination of Nancy Wake and others like her and no doubt provided the hidden reserves of strength The exciting and contro- the Victorian Council of versial book When Jews Churches. OP IMPUIPCX ,ANie and Christians Meet is a Its contents include: Auslandmark in the history tralian Essays Commemof Australian publishing. orating Nostra Aetate — Australian Jewry: a brief It is published to mark bistorial overview, by the 20th Anniversary of Hilary Rubinstein: The the Vatican II document Jewish People and the "Declaration on the Rela- Christian World by John tionships of the Church to Levi: The Churches and n -Cbristian Reli- the Holocaust. by John gions". That Declaration Foster: The Bible andJewsection isb-Christian Relations. included a designed to change the by Robert Anderson: The attitudes of Catholics Search for Identity, by towa rd_s Judaism and the Leo Hay: Christian WorJewish people. It has bad ship: the gifts of the parand courage to achieve the a widespread effect on ent faith, by Robert near impossible. Like the many Christians. Gribben. time she cycled 5000 This book ulil open and Documents in the book kilometres in 72 hours in a promote a neu. era of Include: hid to reach a Free French understanding and sharNostra .4etate: Guideradio operator so contact ing amongst Jews and lines and Suggestions could be made with London. Christians in Australia. It (1974);Notes (1985):EcuWhen Nancy completed her UT1S edited by The Rev. Dr. menical Considerations journey she couldn't walk. John 1 . Roffey. on behalf ( WCC); Church and Jewsit, stand or sleep for days. of the Working Group on ish People (Lutheran): The insides of her thighs cbristian Jewish Rela- Luther and theJeu.s (Luthwere raw. . but she had tions. Sub-Committee of eran). achieved her goal.
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new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new titles, new title Luke Artist and Theolo,Oars, by Robert 1Carris, Word Of Life Distributors, $15.95. As part of the theological enquirers series this book will appeal to scholars and serious students of the Bible and because of its strong justice theme, to those concerned with peace and justice. It clearly shows how Wires artistry is a vehicle for his theology Karris finds that Luke reveals a deep understanding of the meaning of Jesus' life and death. Praying With One A nother For Healing Cassette, by Dennis and Mathew Linn, Sheiks Fabricant. Word of Life Distributors, $59.95. This centrally scriptural and highly experiential approach to prayer for healing reflects the author's extensive experience and expertise in conducting and writing about healing workshops. The cassettes contain basic information about healing, through scripture prayer, healing with one another, and healing the
greatest hurts. The authors share their experiences and show what method and technique are not the important factors but rather a focus on loving as Jesus and receiving his love. They provide a flexible format for group use, home experiences and suggested readings.
Cbristwalk, by Richard Roos, Word Of Life Distributors, $13.79. Reflections on a modern pilgrimage. Young Jesuit Richard Roos chose the centuries old method of the pilgrimage to travel the 800 miles of the old California mission trail and, in the process of his journey, learned more about Christ he says, than he ever learned from a book. Christwalk is an account of his outer journey and a spiritual reflection of the inner one. In his time of dependency on God and strangers. Roos found new ways of meeting God, offering to readers the possibility that they too can meet God in the prayer and events of their daily lives.
Catholic Answers To Ft471damentalists Questions, by Philip St Romain, Word of Life Distributors, $3.12. "The Catholic Church is not a Christian organisation . . . Practicing Catholics are going to hell . . ." These are two of the untrue statements that Biblical fundimentalists sometimes make about the Catholic Church. This book, written for Catholics, as well as questioning fundimentalists, offers clear accurate answers to a great many questions that sincere christians ask about the Catholic Church. Is Catholic Christianity really faithful to Sacred Scripture? This book is for anyone who has ever been questioned or simply wondered about it. People Of The Way, The story behind the New Testament, by Antbony Gilles. Word of Life Distributors, $10.95. As he did in his companion volume on the Old Testament, Anthony Gilles tells the story behind the New
Testament — the story of a love affair between Jesus Christ and the people who came to know Him as Lord and Saviour. The author traces the development of New Testament writing through the three stages of that love affair: the initial infatuation and its accompanying urge to proclaim Jesus' story: the stage of maturing intimacy and deeper aquaintance with Christ; the stage of identification and profound unity with the Lord. Your Childs First Communion, by CarolLuebering, Word of Life Distributors, $2.75. Parents today are expected to take an active role in preparing their children for First Communion. Often they are confronted with concepts which seem quite different from their own understanding of Eucharist. In this little book Carol Luebering attempts to bridge the gap. She draws upon experiences of family life to help parents to welcome a child to the Lords table.
Beyond Broken Dreams, by Karen Berry, Word of Life Distributors, $6.75. It is no secret that the words of Scripture have a profound healing power — a power to touch our pain, bring light to our confusion and restore life after the many dyings we face in a lifetime. BEYOND BROKEN DREAMS is a beautiful book that unleashes that power. This collection of Scripture reflections charts a way through personal experiences of loss and brokeness. So turn to this book and let it be your guide along the pathway that leads beyond your broken dreams. Hou. Blest Are You, by Helen Swift, Word of Life Distributors, $6. 75. A living room retreat based on the beatitudes following the same format, she introduced in her popular first book A Living Room Retreat. The author now invites us to focus on the Beatitudes of Jesus. This structured eight week program requires only 15 minutes of prayer each day, complete with a plan for
group sharing. It includes a brief introduction, meditations and a plan for sharing the fruits of this prayer. King Saul. by John Sanford. Word of Life Distributors. $13.95. A study in Individuation. Sanford approaches the Old Testament of Saul in 1 and 2 Samuel with the tools of Jungian study. He sets out to determine whether Saul finds his true self and whether he is successful in achieving individuation. If you are interested inJungian psychology and the maturing process, the application of ideas from this field to a Biblical story will provide you with a rewarding reading. If your main interest is the Bible itself, you will discover fresh insights through Sanfords approach. To Know And To Follow Jesus, by Thomas Hart, Word Of Life Distributors, $11.95. Drawing on the writings of Roman Catholic, Episcopal and Prodestant theologicarLs
in the areas of contemporary exegesis. Christology process thought and liberation theology. Hart makes available in his own synthesis a wealth of ideas usually found only in primary sources. An introductory excellent course for colleges.
Early New Zealand Botanical Art, by Bruce Sampson, published by Australia. Methuen $39.95. The first anthology of early botanical paintings and drawings of New Zealand native plants. It covers the period from Cook's first voyage in 1769 through to the publication of Cheeseman's Illustrations in 1914. The author has researched the journals and diaries of e xplorers, botanists and early settlers, as well as many botanical publications, to produce a book that is rich and informative. The plates embody all the elegance. attention to fine detail and sensitive use of colour and shading that are features of the best botanical art.
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(DOGS' ‘,PHANCE...) RACE ONE: Apricot Rose 1, Lamborghini 2, Hornsby Harry 3. RACE TWO: Brass Razoo 1, Weston Bess 2, Blozenka's Star 3. RACE THREE: Sandilock 1, Paddy Adare 2, Hot City 3. RACE FOUR: Riviera Egyptian 1, Reviot Dancer 2, Shirley's Rose
3. RACE FIVE: Belinda Mist 1, Rare Flyer 2, Sea Chariot 3.
NEDLANDS PARISH PETER QUINN TROPHY The third Nedlands parish Peter Quinn Golf Tournament drew a field of 44 players and the Holy Rosary parish dinner the same evening attracted an attendance of 108 last week. Mrs Julie Drake of Dalkeith with 42 stableford points was presented with the Peter Quinn Cup perpetual trophy as well as crystal whisky tumblers donated by the parish council and two generous donors. Previous winners were Father Justin Bianchini and Mrs Mollie Lalor. The Father John Jegorow mishmashers perpetual trophy, a mounted wooden spoon presented originally to him by Frank Lincoln for an abysmal score in 1983 was this year awarded to Father Vincent Conroy, former Nedlands parish administrator. Dick VVittenoom held the trophy in 1984. Bishop Quinn, in whose honour the annual event was named shortly after he concluded 13 years as perish priest of Necilands, came up from Bunbury to present the trophy. The dinner at the Nedlands golf club in a setting of roses, bougainvillea and gypsophilia was open to golfers, friends of Nedlands and other parishes
RACE SIX: Boundary Rider 1, Lusty Mick 2, Black Anchor 3. RACE SEVEN: Another Mini 1, Lady Ternlock 2, Starport Lass 3. RACE EIGHT: Candle Lock 1, Tanjoba 2, Tidi Level 3. RACE NINE: Flying Cinders 1, Ross Rebel 2, Wenyahot 3. RACE TEN: Prince Scandal 1, Magic Comet 2, Petite Trella 3.
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Mrs Julie Drake receiving the 1985 Bishop Quinn Nedlands tro CENACLE FUNCTIONS FOR FR GOBBI'S VISIT This year's Australian Catholic Tennis Carnival promises to be an exciting fun-filled week. One hundred and four eastern states visitors have already booked to come to Perth for the carnival which will be held from December 26 to 31. As well as team tennis each day, social functions have been organised for each evening. Details of these social functions follow: December 26 — Welcoming night at the Westos Hotel to meet our eastern states visitors. A disc jockey will get everyone into a friendly spirit. Supper and refreshments are also included in the ticket which will cost $20 each. December 27 -- Wild West Night at St Josephs Pignatelli hall. A western flavour with square dancing called by a professional caller as well as a pig on a spit will ensure everyone enjoys this evening for $20 a ticket. December 28 - Queen Quest judging dinner and dance at the Merlin Hotel. This function promises to be the highlight of the carnival. Included in the ticket price of $35 is a four-course dinner and drinks. December 29 — Annual picnic at Aquinas College. Our visitors will tour the America's Cup facility then will be taken to Aquinas College. After the celebration of the carnival Mass a
chicken and salad lunch will be provided, followed by the carnival games. To finish the day, a barbecue tea. All this is included in the price of the ticket of $20 as well as refreshments. December 30 — Ciceros Italian Night. A trip through the night life of Perth into Northbridge for this entertaining night at Ciceros restaurant. Tickets are $20 all inclusive. December 31 — New Year's Eve Ball at the Belmont Raceway Ballroom Welcome in the new year and farewell our visitors while you dance the night away. Tickets are 930 each and included in the price is a buffet supper and all refreshments. Tickets can be purchased by contacting your club secretary or Greg Pearce on 447 4950. If you buy a full season's ticket to attend all the functions you receive a discount of $5. A season's ticket will cost $140. Get a group together, join in the fun and make our eastern states visitors feel welcome. Our carnival committee has worked long and hard to put together this carnival, so please support them by attending the functions. EXECUTIVE MEETING - The next meeting of the executive has been deferred one week and will now be held on Tuesday December 10 at the home of Tom and Julie Branch, 85 Chancery Crescent, VVilletton at 8pm.
The following Masses and cenacles will be held during the visit of Father Stefano Gobbi next week: December 6: 7.30pm St Lawrence, Balcatta. December 7: 9am North Doubleview; 7pm Dianella. December 8: Harvey all day including cenacle at 4.20pm. December 9: 10.30am Highgate; 1 2.30-4.30pm Woodlands; 7.30pm Kelmscott. December 10: 10.30am Morley; 7.30pm Manning. December 11: 10.30am Monastery; 2pm Hamersley; 7.30pm Cathedral. December 12: 10.30am Monastery; 7.30pm Bassendean. December 13: 10.30am Monastery; 7.30pm Hamitton Hill. December 14: 11am Bullsbrook; 7pm Geraldton cathedral. December 15: 9am Bluff Point; 7.30pm Rangeway. December 16: 10.30am Geraldton cathedral. December 17: 10.30am Guildford; 2pm Yokine; 7.30pm Fremantle. December 18: 10.30am Melchite church.
HERNE HILL CORRECTIONS Father Hilary of Midland writes 'The photo on page 3 last week is of Archbishop Foley and a few parishioners, past and present, not the jubilee organisers. "Also, the total cost of the church, as quoted by the Archbishop in his address, was £620, not £5620. In those days you could have built a cathedral for that sort of money. "Of the £620 Father Joe McCormack, the parish priest, gave £600 from a personal legacy. He was a generous character."
LYNWOOD ANNIVERSARY FATIMA PROCESSION On Sunday December 8, St Jude's parish Lynwood will celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. There will be a procession, rosary, and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 6pm. Bring a plate afterwards to the hall
CHARISMATIC RENEWAL FOR RELIGIOUS A group of sisters from different congregations meet for prayer of praise and intercession twice monthly the Mercedes College Staff Room, — entrance from Goderich Street, in the first and second Saturday of each month from 2 pm-3 pm. A sincere welcome is extended to interested religious. The next meeting is on December 7. A DAY OF RECOLLECTION, directed by Father M. Brown 0.F.M. has been arranged for Sunday, March 9. HAMERSLEY PRAYER COURSE Hamersley parish has concluded an eight week program of prayer education for adutts. Organised entirely by parishioners the course attracted 100 enrolments who attended two large meetings and six other gatherings in private homes. The course gave them articles on prayer techniques and the facilitator for each meeting had the assistance of tape recordings. The program covered: Awareness of prayer in daily life; • the experience of silence; * how to listen to God: how to pray the gospels; how to allow God to speak to us; * how to deal with difficulties in praying; * practical tools for a life of prayer; • contemplation. Comments of participants indicated that many Catholics are searching for a deeper relationship with God. — Monica Bobb
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