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The latest Catholic landmark, sitting prominently on Pinetree Gully Road, Willetton is the church of Saint John and Saint Paul blessed last Sunday by Archbishop Foley. The building costing $338,000 plus another S70,000 for fornishings and other items completes a parish program that has seen $726,000 worth of buildings constructed on the site in six years. (See pages 2 aed 3)

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The 1985 extraordinary synod of bishops ended with an endorsement of the Second Vatican Council's openness to the modern world and its call for inner-church spiritual renewal. The Council did not want an isolated church, Pope John Paul II said in a synod speech on the final working day.

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-On the contrary, she wished to open herself more amply. We must make this desire more and more our own, since it is our duty," he said.

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Bishops' conferences have proven to be useful church organisations, the pope said. He also approved publication of two synod documents: A pastoral "Message to the People of God" and a final document summarising the thoughts and recommendations of the 162 delegates who attended the synod. The synod was called by the pope to analyse the teachings of Vatican II, which lasted from 1962 to 1965.

from NC NEWS SERVICE in Rome The final document said the council had produced "great fruits" but that "deficiencies and difficulties" have occurred in accepting the council's teachings. These problems were not caused by the council but are the result of misunderstanding, misapplication and partial readings of council documents, it said. The pastoral message said

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Pope John Paul also backed two proposals favoured by most synod delegates: The need for a Universal outline of Church teachings as a reference for local catechisms, and the need for deeper study into the nature of bishops' conferences.

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that the "characteristic element" of Vatican H was its "universal call to holiness." "The Church cannot renew herself without more profoundly rooting this spiritual note of mystery in the hearts of Christians," it said. The purpose of the synod was to develop a "deeper understanding of the true nature of Vatican II, in order to respond to the world's new challenges," the pastoral message said. "We experience with you, in an intense and vital way, mankind's present crisis and dramas," it added.

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Boost for natural planning CANBERRA: The Fed-

eral government has increased funding for natural family planning services by 67 per cent for the current financial year. The total funding of $ 447,716 indicates that the government is giving increased

recognition of natural family planning compared with other forms of family planning. There are now 155 natural family planning services operating in Australia and there was a 37.3 per cent increase, to 84,457, of clients to natural family planning centres in 1984-85 compared to the previous year.

DIOCESAN LITURGY COMMITTEE * NEW MEMBERS for 1986 are now being appointed, and the CATHOLIC COMMUNITY (especially those concerned with parish liturgy) are invited TO PARTICIPATE. • The Diocesan Liturgy Committee is an advisory and consultative body which meets once a month and whose members are appointed by the Archbishop for a three year term. * Interested persons may offer their own names; other names may be submitted with the prior consent of the nominee. Please send full name and address, along with relevant information to: The Secretary, Diocesan Liturgy Committee, 52 Ruislip Street, LEEDERV1LLE. 6007. by: Friday 24th January, 1986. For further information: Telephone 381 5100 (after 5th January)

Catholic Church agencies have also increased their cash subsidies to diocesan services. The amount $138,341 given in 1984-85 was a 12.4 per cent increase on funds given the previous year. State Government grants provided in all States except Western Australia and the ACT amount to $88,440 in 1984-85. The Federal Government's assistance for natural family planning has been brought closer into line with its assistance to the Australian Federation of Family Planning Associations.

EEL From 1985-86 funds are being provided from three specific purpose grants programs in lieu of the single received in earlier years: • For the provision of clinical and counselling services; • For the training and education of natural family planand teachers ning counsellors; and • For the establishment of the natural family planning, National Secretariat. Of the 594 persons working in Natural Family Planning Centres in 1984-85 only four full time and 40 part time workers were remunerated in any way.

"The Catholic Press can be marvelously effective in in1cin a knowledge of the hurch to the world and a knowl•I• • of the world to the C "urch." (The Vatican Pastoral Instruction on Social Communication)

VVilletton's new parish church dedicated last Sunday to Saint John and Saint Paul has completed in six years a program to build a large community centre, a priest's residence and now a large church with overflow capacity. Built in cream brick and green metal decking to match the other buildings the new church was blessed and dedicated by Archbishop Foley at the third parish Mass for the weekend, the other two Masses having been celebrated in the parish centre as usual. Archbishop Foley told the congregation the building of the church was a sign of the building up of a Christian community. He praised the people for their generosity over the years and reminded them of help they had received from the Archdiocesan Development Fund, which had supplied the loan for the church and the Diocesan CoResponsibility Fund which also had made an allocation.

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-VVe have a Mothers' Help Group and four different types of youth activity, Antioch, Young Christian Workers, Tertiary Christian Students and

Catholic Parish Youth. We would like to be outward looking and feel that in a middle class area we could make a contribution to the poor. We do not want to be complacent and settle down. Perhaps we could build something like tithing into our budget, over and above the current giving, for the over-

seas poor and for missionary work. "I feel the religious educawill tion question become more important in the future, not only in the provision of Catholic schools but also for the number of children who will not be able to be in a ccommodated them," Father Doyle said.

The archbishop also revealed that of the $300,000 advanced by the ADF for the new church, some $ 200,000 was the investment of Willetton Brentwood parishioners following a parish appeal by the ADF manager Mr John Walsh. Father Richard Doyle, WIletton parish priest, this week praised the vitality of the parishioners that has made the rapid progress possible. He said the parish was notable for the variety of its members, over 50% of them being new arrivals from Asia. Their contribution had been felt in the music and lively liturgies presented in the parish. "I am a reluctant builder because there are too many hassles" Father Doyle said but the people wanted the new church and other facilities. They were willing to give, and willing to work for it and to come along in big numbers to make it, and to become involved in a number of programs and the liturgy. "We have a dynamic evening catechetical program and have had strong response to programs such as We The Parish, Renewal of Faith and Renewal In Love. We have been blessed with converts as the result of people sharing faith with people.

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The challenges include the "lack of respect for human life, the suppression of civil and religious liberties, contempt for the rights of families, racial discrimination, economic imbalance, insurmountable debts and the problems of international security, and the race for

more powerful and terrible arms," the message said. At the same time, it emphasised the Catholic Church is a sporitual reality and asked Catholics "to avoid false sociological or political interpretations of the nature of the Church." The message urged greater understanding and application of Vatican It at all

Church levels. The council "cannot bring forth its fruits except through a sustained and persevering effort," it added. The pope said the synod was an excellent example of collegiality. Collegiality is the shared authority and responsibility in the Church exercised by the pope with the world's

bishops. Almost two-thirds of the synod delegates were presidents of national or regional bishops' conferences. During the synod debates, differing views were aired as to whether bishops' conferences were collegial structures or limited to exercising only pastoral responsibilities.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) — The Vatican estimates a SAus75 million operating budget shortfall for 1985, double that of last year. A Vatican press statement gave no reason for the huge jump. It asked Catholics around the world to increase contributions to fill the gap. Vatican finances were discussed at a special meeting of cardinals which took place the week before the Extraordinary Synod which concluded on December 8.

ABOVE: The separate Lady Chapel, in the new church of Saint John and Saint Paul at Willetton, a two way tabernacle sits on a plinth of dressed stone so that it can be seen and approached from the sanctuary, seen in the background, or from the chapel. The tabernacle is of metal with a relief motif on the door and the whole encased in jarrah to harmonise with the rest of the church. The Lady Chapel contains a large stained glass window Regina Coeli (Queen of Heaven) as a link with the title of Brentwood parish from which the new Willetton parish has taken root. The Lady chapel is large enough to cater for a daily Mass congregation. LEFT: The focus of the interior of the new church of Saint John and Saint Paul at Willetton is the crucifix high in the triangular lantern from which light covers the altar area. The rear of the sanctuary is a dressed stone wall, bathed in light from a second set of concealed windows. Set off against the dressed cream brick finish of the interior is the jarrah furniture whose detail is carried through the bench seating for the congregation and the liturgical furniture of the sanctuary including the altar and the lectern. The floor treatment is a burgundy carpet with a blue and white fleck. The walls contain 12 stained glass windows set in deep reveals. Two principal windows to the left of the sanctuary refer to Saint John the Evangelist and St Paul the Apostle. In the Lady Chapel a large window features Our Lady Queen of Heaven. The church has been designed with overflow crowds in mind, with ample standing room available in the foyer. For last Sunday's two hour dedication ceremony extra seats were put in each aisle and at other points normally available for a standing congregation. A set of five double glass doors can open out on to a grassed courtyard which for last Sunday's ceremony sported a large awning.

The final shortfall figure for 1984 was $A38.3 million. Overall expenses that year were $A100.6 million and income $A62.2 million. The statement concerns only the operating budget of the Holy See. That includes the activities of the pope and the Vatican agencies involved in governing the Church. The figures do not include operations of the non-church activities of the Vatican City State, such as issuing stamps and coins and maintaining the physical plant. Nor do they include several autonomous funds administered by individual Vatican agencies. (See further analysis page 5.) The Vatican asked Catholics around the world to increase their contributions to the Holy See, saying a drastic cut in e xpenses would seriously harm the

church's pastoral activities. The situation "underlines the necessity of generous cooperation on the part of the universal church to allow the Holy Father to adequately develop his mission of service to the church and humanity," said the release.

DELI The Vatican said employee salaries, which increased 15 per cent in 1985, constitute a major expense. It did not release any detailed payroll figures, nor did it release a breakdown of income and expenses. A Vatican official said the main causes of the projected increase in the operational deficit from 1984 to 1985 were recent salary increases for lay employees and greater spending for Vatican Radio. He also said inflation, currently running at about nine per cent in Italy, would add to operating costs.

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Cardinals discuss finances The 1985 budget shortfall estimate was almost 38 per cent higher than the estimate released by the Vatican last March. Then, the Vatican estimated a shortfall of 1A54.5 million. No reason was given for the higher shortfall estimate The Vatican continues making up the shortfall by using the money collected in the worldwide Peter's Pence collection and by dipping into Vatican invest ment funds. The annual Peter's Pence collection raises funds to be used at the pope's discretion.

ODE Previously, much of it had been used to fund Church projects in mission lands But in recent years the Vatican began announcing it was being used to cover the shortfall. The Vatican's invested funds come from the money given the Vatican under the 1929 Lateran Pacts by the Italian government for expropriation of the papal states. At their meeting the cardinals expressed "strong concern" over the need to dip into investment funds. The cardinals "have insisted on requesting of dioceses and of all the faithful to show their spirit of collegiality and devotion to the Holy Father through greater aid to the organisational and charitable activities of the Holy See," it added.

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With only five shopping days to Christmas it had to be positively the worst possible moment, early last week, for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation to put out its assessment. The press didn't notice it and you had to be quick to catch the item on radio. It was good news and bad news. There has been a decrease in the level of malnutrition amongst the world's starving poor, the FAO said, but those same populations are increasing. In other words, it was an interesting nutritional riddle which boiled down to the fact there are now millions more people comforted by the fact that they are not as undernourished as they could have been. Others would say it is not a riddle but a moral crisis LONDON: The Catholic but how can the nutritional needs of millions of bishops delegated earth's human beings be made relevant to a world Bishop Harris of which had undergone weeks' of indoctrination that Mi ddlesbrough to the measure of a Christmas celebration would be the lead a lay delegation quantity of food and drink consumed. in a meeting on BritIt's not that consuming party-sized loads of food ish contraceptive and drink is particularly reprehensible. Tribal humans laws with Health hAve done it from time immemorial The real issue is that one half of the world has lost Minister Barney the ability to understand the needs of the other half. Hayhoe. Once it was described as the gulf between the The group plans to developed and underdeveloped countries but that p resent the was considered to be a distinction with a particular Church's view on hurt implied. new government It has been couched in the more sterile terms of rulings which will the First and Third World which most Christmas allow doctors to shoppers would have been hard pressed to define. A more recent vogue describes the global poverty prescribe contracepgulf as between North and South. tives to girls under Whatever the terminology it is still an abstract 16 in some cases. question for the majority of people until the massive The bishops sought the statistics and world-sized arguments about food meeting on the contraproduction and distribution are brought down to a ceptives rules in the level where real people, those who have enjoyed that wake of an unsuccessinnocent Christmas dinner, are confronted with the ful challenge of the truth. new guidelines by VicPerhaps Christmas is the wrong platform from toria Gillick, a Catholic which to preach concern for the world's starving. It mother of 10. is far too serious a question to be dismissed with short Mrs Gillick's challenge term sympathy for those about whose plight we was rejected by the know all too little. House of Lords, which When Prime Minister Hawke announced, in ruled contraceptives response to Bob Geldof's request, the release of two could be prescribed to mothballed Hercules aircraft to transport famine the teenagers without relief, a radio news bulletin somewhat questionnably parental knowledge in prefaced the item with the remark that Christmas exceptional circumwould be rosier for the victims as a result! stances. As if a person starving on the deserts of Ethiopia Sexual intercourse with or the Sudan measures their tenuous hold on life by girls under 16 is illegal the fiction of a western commercial Christmas! in Britain. There are the poor, we are told with very good In a statement issued authority, not only on Australia's doorstep, but in our after the ruling, Cardiown ranks but it is too easy to pass off their plight nal Hume said Mrs with seasonal sentimentality. G Wick's "concerns as a The person who was truly poor and hungry on Christian parent are Christmas day was even more hungry the day before absolutely justified and and the day after and that is the heart of the tragedy. are backed by the Christmas cheer may boost their morale and their bishops." faith in the sacrificing kindness of others, but it does "It is a deplorable situanot solve the reason for their poverty. tion, from a moral point There may be some human appeal in pointing out of view, when outside that children are a large segment of Australia's poor agencies — whether but children are only as poor as their parents and too doctors or family planmany of those poor are the victims of those who have ning clinics — can give walked away from their spouses and any responsicontraceptive advice bility to feed and house their offspring. and treatment to It may raise awareness to float publicity campaigns under-age girls withabout the poor but it requires more than a few hastily out, in some cases, the compiled statistics and some doubtful hard luck knowledge or consent ;tories in the weekend press to confront the reality of their parents," he that those who are making sure of their own comfort said. cannot pass the buck simply to more government spending. It may awaken a glimmer of concern to lock arms in another rousing chorus of We Are The World but it is still a long way from the hard reality that the food VATICAN CITY (NC) — we are eating in Australia today is locked into the Pope John Paul II has named economics that cause hunger and malnutrition an expert in nuclear physics because heavily subsidised farm surpluses flood from as apostolic administrator of already affluent countries to the disadvantage of the a missionary territory in poor. Peru, the Vatican has It may be a matter of justifiable pride to tot up the announced. quite massive amounts of food and other aid supplied Father Jose Maria Izuzquiza Herranz, a 59-year-old Spanby governments and private agencies, not least the ish Jesuit, was appointed to churches, but it is only part of the answer if we do govern the Apostolic Vicarnot ask questions about shoddy agriculture about iate of Jaen in Peru. cash-crops that make the middle-men rich but not the He had been pro-vicar of farmers, why up-start politicians find it politically the territory. Father lzuzprofitable to depress farm prices and discourage quiza, who earned a physics production so that volatile city electorates can be kept degree at the University of happy. Detroit in 1964, has taught Yes, last week was a bad time to ask if millions of nuclear physics at universithe world's hungry felt better for the fact they are less ties in Lima, the Peruvian capital, and Cuzco, Peru. undernourished!

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VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II hit a tender nerve when he called a meeting of the College of Cardinals to clarify the relation between the Church's central administrative offices and local bishops. The cardinals have a month to come up with firm proposals. Does the Curia interfere in diocesan and national Church matters without sufficient prior consultation or in issues which

should be solved at the local level? Many cardinals interviewed said the answer is often yes. They see a twofold problem: a technical one involving the refining of procedures, and a theological one in which the functions of the Curia in relation to bishops need to be clearly defined in a collegial Church. Collegiality refers to the sharing of responsibility and authority in the Church between the pope and the body of the world's bishops.

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Such a definition could change the way the Curia has been historically viewed, as an organism which acts in the name of the pope. De facto, this has placed the Curia in a position where it has been perceived as an intermediary level of authority between the pope and the bishops. "The Curia has no authority of its own," said Italian Cardinal Pietro Pavan, 81, a key contributor to the social encyclicals of Pope John "The idea is that the Curia must always be careful not to invade the authority of bishops in their dioceses," he added. Cardinal Kuharic of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, said that "the Curia does not have the right to enter into the jurisdiction of others." He said the problem is not with major Church documents or decisions which are clearly approved by the pope. "The problems being raised are with intermediate actions by the Curia," said Cardinal Kuharic. "We're talking about the divinely given authority of the pope in his role as pastor of the universal church" and "the divinely given authority of bishops, which enables them to govern their own dioceses," said Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago. Cardinal Bernardin said the two authorities are interdependent and the issue is to find the proper relationship among the pope, the bishops and the Curia. Cardinal Pavan was blunter. "The Roman Curia should not mix itself up in the problems of dioceses — that's the issue," he said "There was disagreement on this point — theological disagreement." The pope, in his speech opening the meeting said

"tensions can arise" between the Curia and local bishops "owing occasionally to an imprecise and insufficient understanding of their respective fields of competence." To overcome these tensions, the link between the Curia and local churches should be like "a vital fluid in a single organism," he added. The pope asked for a Curia reform which accounts for the theological concept of

collegiality and which forges a "tight connection between the Roman Curia and the bishops' conference." At the same time, the pope defended the role of the Curia as a papal organisation and said it does not form a "parallel power" within the Church. Thus, he left it up to the cardinals to propose what the relationship should be between the Curia and the bishops.

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NEW YORK (NC): Bishop Carroll T. Dozier, an early critic of the Vietnam War who also made national headlines for administering general absolution, backing civil rights and women's rights and opposing capital punishment and the arms race, has died in Memphis aged 74, after a massive stroke. In December 1976, Bishop Dozier received nationwide attention for a diocesan reconciliation service, the second in as many weeks, at which thousands of Tennessee Catholics received general absolution. Those services made him the focal point of what was then a growing Catholic practice, in the United States and elsewhere, of giving general absolution when Lent or Advent penitential services drew large groups. The Vatican reacted sharply, issuing a strongly worded statement clarifying Vatican norms on general absolution

Sister Davnet O'Kane of the Medical Missionaries of Mary teaches 21-year-old Negash Zeray, one of four Ethiopians learning laboratory techniques to relieve pressures on staff at the Latchi Clinic, Mekelle in Tigre province.

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L_Ipermitted to leave the country, three Vietnamese bishops from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and Qui Nhon, arrived in Rome for their five-yearly ad limina visit. Archbishop Binh played down earlier reports of arrests of Jesuits in Vietnam. He said only one Jesuit student had been arrested, in Dalat. In Thu Duc the rector and students had not been arrested, nor had the Jesuit house been confiscated although one of its buildings had been "borrowed" by the government for use as a school. He also revealed he had recently ordained four new priests bringing to the number of priests ordained with government permission in his archdiocese during the past decade C

LONDON (NC): The bishops of England 1.__land Wales have reaffirmed their condemnation of apartheid, South Africa's system of racial segregation. At their November general meeting, the bishops also assigned a committee to prepare a report on Britain's relationship with the white-ruled country. The bishops asked the committee to include in its report information on boycotts, sanctions and corporate responsibility. Before South African Prime Minister (now President) Pieter W. Botha's June 1984 visit to Britain, the bishops asked the government to tell Botha of British "moral revulsion" toward apartheid.

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SANTIAGO: State terrorism and the lack of political freedom in Chile have been condemned in a pastoral letter issued by the Chilean bishops' conference. The bishops distinguished between terrorism "that comes through the State with its security organisations" and terrorism "that comes from those who resort to terrorist methods as an expression of frustration and discontent". C

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Krohn, a Spaniard who attempted to kill Pope John Paul II in 1982 when the pope was visiting the Marian shrine at Fatima, Portugal, was released from a Portuguese prison after serving half of his six-and-ahalf -year sentence. After his release on November 20, Father Krohn, 36, flew to Paris and was deported to Madrid. Father Krohn, an illicitly ordained priest, lunged with a bayonet in his assault on the pope, but was restrained by security guards. At the beginning of his trial in October 1982, he said he wanted to stab the pope "in legitimate defense of the Church." He also accused the pope of "demolishing the Catholic Church." He was ordained by suspended Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1978 but later broke with the archbishop's St Pius X Society. He has since been linked to a group which believes no pope has been validly elected since Pope Pius XII.

LONDON: Family matters should not be considered in criminal courts but in specialised courts — that was the message to Mrs Thatcher and other political leaders at the launch of the Association of County Councils' Family Court Campaign last week. The Catholic Bishops Committee for Social Welfare, and the Catholic Child Welfare Council have lent their support to the campaign along with MPs, peers, academics and over 100 national organisations, including Dr Barnarrlo's and MIND.

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NAIROBI, (NC) — A top Kenyan politician has said the country's Catholic bishops are subverting government policy by their opposition to artificial birth control. Okiki Amayo, national chairman of the East African nation's only legal political party, the Kenya African National Union, said the government's campaign for smaller families would continue, despite the bishops' criticism. In a report published by All-Africa Press Service, he said the bishops were challenging, undermining and subverting government efforts. Amayo's comments were

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the latest in the battle of words between the country's 16 bishops and supporters of the government's population programs. The bishops had accused a youth association and two international family planning agencies of indiscriminately "dishing out" pills and condoms to youths at a midNovember workshop in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. They said distribution of contraceptives violates the dignity of youth. God's law and African tradition. they said it was "an abuse and degradation of (youths') God-given sexual faculties." The bishops have promoted natural family planning as the only legitimate method of birth control. Kenya's vice-president, Mwai Kibaki, has called for further liberalisation in distributing contraceptives.

Father Quinn listed racial discrimination by the ruling minority Tutsis against the majority Hutus as a factor contributing to the situation in Burundi. "Although some refer to the Tutsi-Hutu conflict as tribal, it's racial, as strong as black-white conflict in South Africa," Father Quinn said. "It permeates the country." President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza's military dictatorship is propped up by an army made up entirely of Tutsis who, along with the president's party, the Party of Unity and National Progress, "control the country and carry out repressive measures against the Church," Father Quinn said.

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Sir: At 31 we are not really talking about middle-age and many female friends would be "insulted" to be carelessly categorised thus by Mary McComish (The Record, December 12) in this day and age, when middle-age starts at 40 plus.

maintain a highly affluent lifestyle while farming out their responsibilities as wife and mother to others, thereby denying to many young people the life-style, or part thereof, which they themselves work so hard to attain. It is a sad fact of present-day Further, if a job requires an society that many women are economics graduate, then the pressured into believing that 18 yr old is not even in the race. So at the very least, we are looking at a 21 yr old economics graduate.

SIR: I wish to express my appreciation of the "Work for a Just Peace" and its discussion organised on October 27 by the Perth Social Justice Commission. The document drove home to me that peace cannot be achieved unilaterally, but is rather a sharing of strength. It also convinced me that there is no such thing as a just nuclear, or even largescale conventional war, because the effects are out of all proportion to the cause. I agree with Father Jim (The O'Brien Record, November 21) that there are better mechanisms for fostering discussions than the confrontation we have recently observed on this issue. However, it has achieved much, and I look forward to continued discussion within Church structures shedding more light than heat on such important issues.

I am not knocking these women in general, if as Mrs McCormish infers it is a matter of a career. If the woman is single, a supporting mother, or the family has opted for the woman to become the breadwinner, this is fine.

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From W.G.J. SMITH, Riverton Even were this true, there are I attended that unfortunate many recreational activities and charitable organisations to seminar referred to by Mr (The Record, which to devote their energies Megaw thus freeing a job for a young December 12) and was person to gain experience and alarmed at the anti-Americanism, bias and partisan chairexpertise. manship displayed by him In this light perhaps the letter and the listed speakers. caused not so much an "insult" I feel confident there is a as an assault on a stung strong link between the CCJP conscience. and Catholics for Peace — Peter Jones was a guest speaker at a meeting called by that body some weeks prior to the notorious seminar referred to, while the literaby the CCJP about who they ture available at both meetapproach for advice. ings was similar in almost Andrew Mack is the head of every facet to that circulated the newly established Peace by that Marxist influenced Research Centre at the Aus- body, People for Nuclear tralian National University Disarmament (PND). which will cost Australian Mr Megaw lauds Andrew taxpayers $350,000 per year. Mack as "Nationally and Mr Mack's Peace Research internationally recognised as Centre is openly collaborating an expert in strategic studies with the US based Institute and well qualified to be one for Policy Studies (IPS). of the many people submitThe IPS belongs to a world- ting information for the conwide netowork of extreme left sideration of the CCJP." and communist organisaIn the November issue of tions whose activities include Quadrant the following terrorism. points are made: When a director of the IPS "Mack's political views can was assassinated in 1977, be summarised in terms of documents in his briefcase hostility hostility to the Unishowed he was receiving ted States government, its regular payments of $1000 strategic and defence policy per month from the Cuban and in particular the Reagan Communist Party and was administration,. US bases in linked with the Soviet Union, Australia; the A nzus Alliance,. East Germany and politicians hostility to the defence and and journalists in the West. foreign policies of the AusThe IPS also played a key tralian Government and the role in establishing the Syd- 'structural violence of Capitalney based Transnational Co- ism'. operative whose leading spo"Central to Mack's political kesman is the Marxist eco- ideology is the debunking of nomics Professor Ted the Soviet threat to free Wheelwright, societies and the political

Review shows need

from BARRY MORGAN, Samson SIR Mr Megaw (The R ecord, December 12) refutes criticism of Andrew Mack, and defends him as an expert well qualified to advise the CCJP. A review of Andrew Mack's associations and activities over the years shows the need for more discernment

Some misgivings

Just where are we going? SIR The controversy generBackwards, upwards, maybe ated by the CCJP must give downwards, or nowhere? thoughtful Catholics misgivIn the meantime the yen,/ ings, and even doubts, about policies propagated consume the state of their religion Australia in an orgy of spendThere are those who say ing the savings of past generconflict is the distilling proations — the money that is. cess for progress, and that This and future generations the end (if there is one) are being loaded by a crush-

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ing debt burden The farming community is the first to get it in the neck. Does the rest of the country think it can escape, including our beloved Church.? The end is nigh for such luxuries. One decent drought and Australia will be washed up. Drought is one of the certainties for Aussieland Jut how rich is Australia — in commonsense7

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legitimacy of free societies," Mack refers to the 'so-called Soviet threat' the 'spectre of the Soviet threat' and 'alleged threat posed to the West by the Soviet Union"; the 'Soviet threat thesis' and the 'alleged Soviet threat'. "At a seminar at Pine Gap (Easter Mack 1981) declared:- ' . . . grounds for supposing that the US is likely to be the instigator of a nuclear war are to be found in the combination of aggressive, interventionist Third World policies which the Reagan administration is pursuing on the one hand

and the relative decline in A merican global hegemony on the other'." Why not ask the real "experts" such as Admiral Sir Anthony Hewitt, Ret., Air Marshall Sir Valston Hancock, Ret., or Brigadier F.P. Serong, to name just a few. Practical men who know from bitter experience where the danger really lies. Time now for the Bishops to wind up the CCJP before further divisions are created within our Church and further damage done to our national security.

What price a sacrifice? from Mrs Christine EVEN, Moora

Sir, Why should Mary McCornish (The Record December 12) be insulted? She is hoping that Mr Peachey is not suggesting that older women with many years of work experience behind them should give up their job for a new school leaver. This almost sounds like some of our great saints who gave up their wealth and position for the love of their neighbour Perhaps women who aren't the breadwinners could look at themselves and say lovingly: I had many years of experience, joy and fulfilment in my life. We now may give the young people the opportunity to find experience, joy and fulfilment in their What better act of love could one give to his neighbour, but this could be done only with real love and concern for our young unemployed. I do not think older women have to be sitting bored at home There are so many people in this world who look for a loving face just to talk to and so many charity organisations who could do with more helping hands

'Balance sheet' asset peek VATICAN CITY (NC) — The annual "balance sheet" the Vatican has released in recent years gives the world a peek at the long-secret realm of church finances, but Vatican assets and some church agencies are not included in the figures.

The budget figure of the Holy See (estimated by the Vatican at about $49.4 million for 1984), would include 98 percent, or almost all, of the offices of the Roman Curia," said a Vatican financial expert. Among the offices not on the financial report are the Pontifical Mission Aid Societies, which administer funds worldwide that amount to more than double the official budget figure of the Holy See, the expert said. Nor does the Holy See budget include operations of the Vatican hank or the office responsible for the administration and upkeep of St Peter's Basilica, the official said. In addition, Vatican Radio,

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which generates no income and costs the Vatican about million a year, and the Vatican City State are considered separately from the Holy See balance sheet.

worldwide and distributed to about 900 missionary diocese, have never been used to help cover the Vatican's operating deficit, the officials said.

The operating expenses of both, however, are usually made public at the same time as those of the Holy See.

In 1984, the mission aid societies collected and distributed about $110 million in aid.

"Vatican Radio is an instrument of evangelisation, distinct from the Holy See," said the official. He said the government of Vatican City is treated separately because of its "different nature".

Most of the money never comes to Rome, but goes directly from donor country to recipient country. More than half the 1984 contributions came from the United States. The Vatican bank, known by its Italian initials, IOIR, reports to the pope through a committee of cardinals Unlike almost all other Vatican departments, it is not under the control of the Prefecture for Economic Affairs.

The balance sheet also makes no mention of Vatican assets, which have never been made public. Nor does it provide a detailed breakdown of income and expenses. Officials of the Church's three mission aid societies, which operate in conjunction with the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, are careful to distinguish between the funds they administer and the finances of the Holy See. Mission funds, collected

Vatican officials, in fact, prefer to describe the bank as outside the Holy See's financial picture. "There is a real public misinterpretation about the IOR. It is not directly and immediately connected

with the Holy See," the properties, stamp and coin Vatican financial expert said. issues, sales of museum The Vatican's investment tickets and sale of commisportfolio is managed by the sary items such as gasoline. Administration for the said US Archbishop Paul C Patrimony of the Holy See, Marcinkus, No. 2 man in the which also takes care of Vatican City government Vatican payroll and other The operational plant of St key financial operations. Peter's Basilica, called the The Vatican bank, on the "fabbrica", also has its own other hand, has clients other budget which is not than the Vatican and has included in that of the Holy maintained its relative auto- See. Neither are the nomy. It has refused to expenses for several pontifrelease figures about its ical sanctuaries in Italy and assets. Rome's patriarchal basilicas, In recent years the Vatican which are covered by the City State, which govern.s Vatican. most non-church activities 'We are autonomous. of the 108-acre territory, has "We raise our own money shown a small surplus or has at least balanced its budget. and we spend it. We don't have debts and Its income and expenses were estimated by the Vati- we don't have credits — we can at about $25 million in spend as much as we bring in and must maintain- more 1984. "The governorate (of Vati- than 100 employees. can City) enters into the Holy See, but not when it comes to the budget," the official said. "It has its own budget and raises its own money." Income for Vatican City comes primarily from rental

"And that's all I can tell you," said Archbishop Lino Zanini, who with Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani administers the "fabbrica". He refused to give information about the organisation's operational budget.

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What causes changes? When I was 17 I became a Catholic. I tell that here because, for me, it recalls so much about the roles other people have taken in my life. Sometimes it is the difficult or painful events in life that become a source of change or that cause faith to deepen. But, without queston, people were influential in changing the entire course of my life. I was a senior in high school whenIdecided to become a Catholic. A year earlier, I had gotten a part-time job in the Catholic hospital a block from my home. The Bernardine Sisters who ran the hospital were warm and caring women. I don't recall what I thought sisters would be like. But I didn't expect them to become friends or to take an active interest in me. Perceiving them as people who really cared about me made a great difference.

One day in the hospital Imet a Benedictine seminarian whose late vocation led him into a monastery in his early 30s. By then my own father had become seriously ill with the cancer that would later take his life. As I recall it now, this Benedictine made a special effort to get to know me — perhaps because he had learned of my father's illness and was wondering what effect it was having on me. In any event, he became a friend. At that time I didn't really know what a monastery was. But I've always been a curious person, so when my new friend invited me to visit his monastery — his home — I accepted enthusiastically. There we visited for hours and I came to see what the Benedictine life was. I ate with the monks and, though not a Catholic, went to the chapel when they were at prayer. When my friend took vows, I was invited

to attend. I was impressed with the dedication of those monks — with their friendliness and their seriousness about life's meaning. I was changed by all that — and, I hope, by God. Through my Benedictine friend, I was drawn toward the Church. This story must include mention 9f the pastor who gave me instructions in Catholicism. Throughout my senior year in high school, I went each week to his rectory. The instructions, how-

be made under the emotional pressure of my father's illness. But believe me, I couldn't understand all of this back then. We lived in a small city and the pastor knew my parents. One day, coming home from school, I saw his car parked outside our home. Later my mother told me he had come to discuss my becoming a Catholic. And he had been told it was all right with my parents. Still, things didn't rush ahead. Somewhere along the line, through some

process of osmosis, I ing. Without my pastor's discovered that the pas- committed but careful tor was concerned that I approach to me as a might need a supportive teenager, I doubt I ever atmosphere for a while would have stepped into after becoming a that school. Catholic at such a young Except for my parents, age. the people mentioned in Supportive atmosphere? this article didn't set out I immediately began to to play a large role in my seek one out. life. They must have With fairly typical teen- thought they were carryage resolve to take care of ing out their everyday things quickly, I applied roles. That's the message. The to a Catholic college, St John's in Minnesota, and little ways we enter somewas accepted. That one's life can change that school was to have a person in large ways. permanent influence on You might tread lightly me — on my attitudes, and leave a large imprint. my goals, my way of think- You just never know.

The road goes ever on

The road goes ever on and on. Down If I were to map my life from the road where it began. Now far from childhood to the present moment, the ahead the road has gone. AndImust important signs along the follow, if I can. Pursuing it with eager way would be the people feet. Untilit joins some larger way. Where and experiences and books that changed me. many paths and errands meet. And The signs mark the whither then? I cannot say. (Sung by crossroads, large and small, when I had to Bilbo the Hobbit, in J.R.R. Tolkein's make decisions, had to "Lord of the Rings" series.) change.

"Faith is interactive and social; it requires lancommunity, guage, ritual and nurture. Faith is also shaped by initiatives from beyond us and other people, initiatives of spirit or grace." (James Fowler in "Stages of Faith", 1981.) "An awareness of God comes into the life of each child in accordance with an inner timing, and the privilege given parents and teachers is to nurture faith toward that time." (Iris Cully in "Christian ChiklDevelopment", 1979.) "Compassion Ministry: St Thomas of Villanova, Palatine, by Lenore Kelly in the July-August 1981 issue of the newsletter, "Parish Ministry", published by the US Bishops' Parish Project, 11 Park Place, NY York, New 10007, single issue, $2. Child "Christian Development", by Iris Cully, 1979, 162 pages. Harper and Row Publishers, 10E. 53rd St, New York City, NY 10022, $9.95. 8

ever, took more weeks than I thought they would. I couldn't understand why things were not moving ahead much faster. After all, my mind was made up to join the Church. Little by little I gained an impression that the pastor didn't want to rush ahead too fast. Today I think he used good judgement. Guiding a 17-year-old boy, he probably was concerned that a big decision not be made too quickly and regretted later. He might have been concerned that the decision would

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I have not always welcomed the turns in the road in a calm way. But whenIlook back — from a safe distance — I see them as points when growth began, growth in faith and in personal maturity. Each time I look I see more clearly that God has been with me on the journey. So it is,Isuspect, for most people. Ten years ago a close friend, an Episcopal priest, took a three-month sabbatical. He spent much time working in the field of urban social action. During the three months away from work, my friend explored the meaning of spirituality. He became convinced that his future journey would follow a new path. He wanted to combine the interior life with his work for justice. He has been faithful to that conviction and now many others, clergy and lay, have joined him in this creative undertaking at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. One does not always deliberately choose to change. Sometimes the need to change and adjust comes upon us uninvited. Perhaps, without much warning, we must change jobs and move to another part of the country. In the process we are forced to give up the pleasure of having our close friends nearby. Countless numbers of mobile people today could testify to the pain this can cause and to how they've been changed by it. A woman I know came upon a crossroad in her life when her daughter for a time, joined a reli-

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By Dolores L eckey gious cult and abruptly left home for a couple of years. The mother was taxed physically and emotionally — in every way. For her it was a virtual calamity. Yet, she knows she grew in inner stature as she coped with the situation. The circumstances did not make the mother feel happy and carefree, but they did pull her toward growth. For me, books often occasion change. They can affect the way I see the world, myself or God. Some authors are able to direct my attention in new ways. I was raised in New York City and was always more "into" mass transportation than "into" nature. So a few years ago, when I was introduced to the contemporary writer, May Sarton I felt like I was touching nature for the first time. Ms Sarton unlocked a door for an urban dweller like me. On the other side of that door are winter trees and stars, patterns of sunrise and sunset . . . and signs of God's presence that for me were blurred before. In faith we continue down new and perhaps larger paths even when, like Bilbo, we cannot say where they will lead. For who can fathom the mind of God?

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A faith that is sure not sugary... By Father John O 'Callaghan SJ "I don't want to be 90!" my 89year-old friend protested. There was a twinkle in her eye as she said it, but her voice had the ring of conviction. "I'm hoping for a call from up there before September," she said, gesturing toward the sky. "I've lived 10 years without Dad and that's long enough. So I'm asking the Lord to bring me along too!" I smiled at her priestson, one of my dearest friends. He winked back.

We both knew that she meant what she said, and that she was more than ready to go, even though her health was still spectacular.

Whether she would ever be 90, neither of us knew. But, it was very clear that, whenever it came, death would be a welcome visitor for her. Not because she didn't enjoy life, however. Though she lived alone, she got around to her children's homes often and hosted a steady stream of grandchildren who called and came by to chat, to tease and to be teased, to recite their latest accomplishments, to ask her advice seriously about small problems and large. And then there was baseball! The major leagues had no more avid or knowledgeable fan! She had grown old with the utmost grace. But she looked forward with tranquility and growing expectation to the new

life she knew awaited her. Ilive in a distant city. My brief visit over, I kissed her goodbye and left, not certain that we would meet again in this life. Afterward. I reflected on her faith. It wasn't sugary or other -worldly. In the 35 years since her son and I were school mates and I spent as much time at his house as I did at my own, I had never known her to be pious about God. Just very sure about Him and easy. Possessed of a terrific sense of humour, she could sprinlde her conversation with references that showed God was in charge of her life. I suppose she struggled sometimes with doubts and anger; that's not unusual. And, not unlike other parents, she certainly experienced difficulties now and again with her family. Belief clearly has been central to her life. And

Meaning matters By Father John Castelot The story of bow Jesus fed the multitude with a few loaves and two fish is one of the significant most accounts in the gospel tradition. It can be found in allfour Gospels. Mark, followed by Matthew, preserved two interpretations of the event. I n Mark, the disciples have just returned from thefirst missionm)' Journey. Jesus is concerned to find an out-of-the wayplace to relax. The desert setting wit!play an important role in Mark's interpretation of the feeding of the multitude. As in so many instances, it is impossible to recover the original happening entirely. For it is the meaning of what happened that preoccupied the followers ofJesus. Tentatively, we may say that on one occasion Jesus

furnished food for a considerable group of people in a miraculous way. How many people? That is not really thepoint. Thefact that the numbers varyfrom account to account suggests that this detail was not of primary concern. Evidently this story was told and retold as the Christian communities looked back on the original event and reflected on its significance in the light of the Old Testament and of their Christian eveHence. I n the light of Psalm 23, 'The Lord is my shepherd", Jesus emerges here as the good shepherd giving His people repose in verdant pastures. I n Mark's account, Jesus bids his disciples to have the people sit down on the green grass. Like the shepherd in the psalm, be "spreads the table before" the multitude. The story is also reminiscent of bow God fed His people with manna in the desert, as told in the Old Testament book of Numbers. The dialogue between the disciples and Jesus recalls the question of Moses:

"Where canIget meat to feed all these people?" In the book of Numbers, the people are described as "like sheep without a shepherd." Again, there is the Old Testament story about Elisba's feeding of 100 men with a few barley loaves in the second book of Kings: "And when they bad eaten, there was some left over." As the first Christians told and retold the story, and as they reflected on it in light of the Old Testament texts, they saw more and more meaning in it. The most important aspect of the story, however, was its eucharistic aspect. The Christians came to view the feeding of the multitude as a sort of pre-sacramentalEucharist.

over the yearsIhave seen her faith grow and develop. Through her fidelity to the sacraments, to prayer and to other religious devotions, her faith has become more serene and more pronounced as the years passed.

I thought, then, of Dick Cavett's televised interview with Katharine Hepburn some years ago, when that wonderful, accomplished, honest woman professed not to believe in an afterlife. I remember feeling sadness that her life lacked the assurance of my friend who doesn't want to be 90. So many people lack that assurance. It's the great gift Time magazine writers found in the Mexican people they did a story on some years ago. The magazine reported in amazement, "The peasants bury their dead with the same attitude with which they plant seeds. . . so confident are they in a resurrection to new life." "I am the resurrection and the life," the Lord said. "The one who lives and believes in Me shall never die." Thank God for the gift which enables us to take Him at His word! Thank God, too, for the example of old friends whose faith enables them to go gently from life to life.

"Properly understood, our personal experience of faith is as unique as our fingerprints. Our faith is continually being transformed because of the multiplicity of factors that make up our personal lives." (Neil Parent in a 1982 Know Your Faith series article.)

adolescent "The needs mirrors. . . He or she needs the eyes and ears of a few trusted others in which to see the It is interesting that, image of personality Just as their worship emerging and to get a included the elements hearing for the new of word and sacra- feelings, insights, anxment, so too in this ieties and committhat are account, thefirst reac- ments forming." (James tion of Jesus to the sbepberdless crowd is Fowler in "Stages of to "teach them at great Faith", 1981.) length." Then He proceeds to feed them.

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Link with Scott tragedy

Mr Jack Gabbedy of Como — author of "Yours is the Earth" and "Forgotten Pioneers" — and a man of vast executive experience, spoke out. "I want to go public for the first time in my life," he said. And that he did. 'The article on Ken Winder (The Record, October 3, 1985) has stirred my conscience. "I felt it was time someone said something. "For too long I have lived within this aura of public servant responsibility and silence, in my capacity as a public servant and on secondment," he said. "I want to speak out f or Ken Winder because I don't want him to lose his faith in white society and to become sour, or worse still, factionalised. "He is too good a man."

Not long after the first decade of the 20th century had passed, the world thrilled to the epic story of Captain Scott's expedition to the South Pole. It had all the elements of tragedy and high drama. There was the competition with Scandinavian explorer Amundsen to be first to the pole, the disappointment of the little group to find on arrival there that the Norwegian had beaten them to it, and the ill-fated journey back which none survived — so imperishably recorded in Scott's diary. Perth and Fremantle, therefore, were agog with excitement when HMS Challenger arrived at the port on that day in 1912 carrying the Scott expedition party back from the Antarctic to England.

James (Jim) Kane, who r etired as master of apprentices in the old Tramways Department in 1949, was born at Footstray in Victoria on April 17, 1889. His engine driver father took a job with the WA Government Railways and moved with the family to this state where Jim started school at St Joseph's convent in Northam in 1895. He transferred to the state school to complete his education in the subjects required and left it to begin an apprenticeship as a fitter and turner with the Northam engineering firm of H. and H. Withnell. He had almost completed the last year of his training in the trade when fate took a hand and he became an original member of the Royal Australian Navy. Jim, a physically-fit 96, who apologises for his occasional understandable lapses of memory, is now living with the Little Sisters of the Poor at Glendalough. He was previously a member of the Redemptorist parish at North Perth and of St Paul's in Mt Lawley.

A young man named Jim Kane was caught up in the swirl of it all. With a considerable proportion of Perth's population, he went down to Fremantle to have a look at the ship. It was a fateful day trip from which he did not return. He not only had a look at the ship, but managed to get aboard. The novel and compelling ambience, the ship's association with hero Scott exercised a magnetic influence and he approached the surprised captain with a request to join the Royal Navy immediately because, as he explained, Australia did not yet have one of its own. The captain, cautious but admiring the cut of the young man's jib, advised him to go ashore to telephone his mother and inform her of his decision. The conversation between mother and son was lengthy, but finally he persuaded her to his way of thinking, after she had come down to the ship to talk to him and the captain. He signed on as an RN stoker because he had not quite completed his fitter and turner apprenticeship, and sailed out of Fremantle for England in the ship as a willing subject of the cruel sea. He quickly found the work of a stoker in a coal-burning ship was heavy and dirty but the dust and heat of the black hole did nothing to diminish his enthusiasm for the new life. Some time after they had steamed round the Cape of Good Hope into the Atlantic a message was received through Mr Marconi's recently-invented wireless that the Titanic had sunk after having struck an iceberg. There was uncertainty about the exact locality of the sinking and would the Challenger please stand by to rescue survivors if necessary. Ensuing developments rendered the mission unnecessary. On landing in England, Jim was sent to join a batch of other Australians who had arrived separately at the shore base HMS Victory. There they were trained as the inaugural crew of the nascent Royal Australian Navy to man the RAN's first cruiser, HMAS Melbourne. They commissioned her at Birkenhead and sailed her back to Australia. On arrival at the city after which the ship was named, the crew had expected to be given the red-carpet treat-

Jack Gabbedy with his large background of expertise, was in a position to know the f acts. He made "Notable Australians" in 1979 and has been very involved on advisory boards and commissions involving drought reliefs, water supply, land, zone

' Action' was his lure... enemy and relieved only by calls at the interesting ports bordering that ocean. They were relieved to get back to England for repairs in the ship's birthplace, the Cammell Laird yards, before sailing home to Australia. At the end of the war, Jim By BOB BOYLE took his discharge in Perth and got a job at the Swan certificate of competency as a Brewery as an engine driver ment and a rousing recepand boiler attendant. port engineer. tion. One of his duties there was Came the outbreak of World They were disappointed. War I slightly more than six to effect repairs to the brewMelbourne appeared to be months later and the Mel- ery's steam truck, a novel largely indifferent to the bourne was ordered to sail for vehicle that aroused interest historic event, and the ship's England to help in the in Perth's streets for many complement was glad to sail defence of the mother coun- years. on to their Sydney base He left the brewery for a job try, as it was then called. where the greeting was more On the way, however, they as a driver in the WA Governin line with what they anticwere diverted to join a Royal ment Tramways a situation ipated. Navy cruiser squadron in the which called on him to Sea -going exercises folendure freezing winters and West Indies. lowed and Jim was selected There they were to spend a scorching summers on the for an engineering course. big part of the rest of the war open motorman's platform of He still has a yellowed piece on wearisome patrols up and those swaying and noisy of paper from the Marine down the Atlantic from the vehicles of happy memory. Board of Hobart testifying to Falklands to North America the fact that on January 31, with nary a sight of the See page 12 1914, he was awarded a

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developments and disaster areas, to name a few. But one of the nicest aspects of him, is his empathy for his fellow people. To be precise — the Aborigines. He spoke out for Ken Winder and his people. "I met Ken Winder (born 1 936), in Carnarvon in March, 1960, when following a disastrous cyclone which laid 90 per cent of the banana plantations completely flat and did a tremendous amount of damage to buildings. "As chairman of the recreated Government Relief Advisory Committee I moved into Carnarvon to see what could be done. "I became chairman because of my experience in 1955-58 in handling two natural disasters in WA — the Mayanup fires (Boyup Brook district) and the cyclone which practically destroyed Onslow in 1958," he said. 'The government had asked for my secondment from the R & I Bank to handle these two areas.

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into Carnarvon to see what could be done. became chairman because of my experience in 1955-58 in handling two natural disasters in WA — the Mayanup fires (Boyup Brook district) and the cyclone which practically destroyed Onslow in 1958," he said.

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"It was a one-man job with the State Government funding all monies," said Mr Gabbedy. "You gave a grant and found loans on easy terms for those who could repay them. "In 1960 there was a change of government from Labor to Liberal and at the premier's conference in late 1959-1960, Prime Minister Menzies made it clear to the premiers, following an application by Tasmania for assist ance (in view of their Mt Wellington landslide), that he was sick and tired of political approaches with everyone crying poor mouth but with very little to back it up. "Menzies advised the premier," said Mr Gabbedy, "that if they appointed independent committees enjoying both government and public confidence, he would be quite prepared to subscribe pound for pound with each state in handling and putting things right. "In effect, this committee was responsible only to the treasurer of the commonwealth and the treasurer of the state and was entirely free from politics." In Carnarvon, a field officer from the Native Welfare Department was attached as an assistant to assist the committee. He had only been in the department since January 1960 and was 24 years old before he was appointed. "His help was invaluable," said Mr Gabbedy. "Convent educated, Ken Winder was well spoken and neatly dressed. "And when the show was nearly over, I said to him: Ken, the committee has been so very pleased with the assistance you have given, that I am going to write to the commissioner for native affairs and recommend you for promotion. "His answer left me completely flabbergasted: Thank you Mr Gabbedy, but your letter would not do me any good" "But Ken," I replied, "I have a pretty big signature; it has to be taken notice of !" "I wasn't meaning it that way," Ken replied. 'There is no promotion for me until I agree to apply for citizenship which I refuse to do." "Being of Irish extraction," commented Mr Gabbedy, "I was completely on his side!" At this point Mr Gabbedy quoted from "Aboriginal Politics in Southwestern Australia" by Michael Howard (University Press 1981) . . . "Such changes in outlook and more directly protests about conditions at Moore River, led to passage of the 1944 Natives (Citizenship Rights) Act. Hardly a milestone in liberal legislation regarding oppressed peoples, the act did, however, make it easier for Aborigines to become

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provisional Australian citizens. Under the 1944 act, if an adult Aboriginal could convince the authorities that for two previous years he had "dissolved all tribal and native associations except with respect to lineal descendants or native relations of first degree" and was a "fit and proper - person, he could acquire a citizenship certificate. Thus, the "dog licencescame easier, but not much. Also, as with the old legislation, should the certificated Aboriginal be caught backsliding, his citizenship could be revoked. This assured that the government would not lose control over even those Aborigines it deemed fit to become citizens."' This Act was repealed in 1971. During the committee's inspection of the area of damage, continued Mr Gabbedy, "we visited quite a number of native camps —

shacks. They were in the sand dunes surrounding Carnarvon. 'While I had a lot of experience with natives forced to live on so-called reserves during the six years I spent on the Great Southern, I found these Carnarvon people as though they were of a different race altogether, being so different to their south-west counterparts. 'The Carnarvonites," said Mr Gabbedy, "had a quiet dignity of their own. "Cleanly dressed, they had no previous warning of our visit and were unprepared for our call. "These were no fringe dwellers. They were suburbanised with no evidence of empty drink cans, bottles, etc. Without exception," said Mr Gabbedy, "when I asked the elder of each individual camp what could we do for them, the answer was always to the effect . . . 'Oh Boss, she is alright now. Our mats and bags have all been hung out and dried."

They asked for nothing. "As I remember," said Mr Gabbedy, "the majority of their dwellings faced west, the direction in which the rain and the cyclonic downfalls would have come from. "I suggested to them as the front of their huts was completely open, we would have been quite prepared to put in a concrete apron, ten feet in depth, to stop sand blowing in and also provide a slope for the rain to run out instead of in. Mr Gabbedy said he did not recall whether they took the offer up. He said the committee was so impressed with the fringe dwellers, they recommended that £20,000 ($40,000) be allotted for native housing. Their request was granted and it was considered, after discussion with the local builders, that at least five or six worthwhile houses could be built. Under normal circumstances they would have seen the places were in fact built and

Mr Jack Gabbedy of Como — author of "Yours is the Earth" and "Forgotten Pioneers" — and a man of vast executive experience, spoke out. "I want to go public for the first time in my life," he said. And that he did. 'The article on Ken Winder (The Record, October 3, 1985) has stirred my conscience. "I felt it was time someone said something. "For too long I have lived within this aura of public servant responsibility and silence, in my capacity as a public servant and on secondment," he said,

rentals and forms of tenure discussed with their logical landlords, either the local council or the Native Welfare Department. "But there was an unfortunate incident which precluded our following up this matter," said Mr Gabbedy. -The Lord Mayor of Sydney sent a cheque for £5,000 to the Lord Mayor of Perth, to whom at that time anything pertaining to government was distasteful.The Lord Mayor said he would send the money to a local committee which was to be formed and let them determine how the money should be spent. The Advisory Committee spoke to the Carnarvon committee of citizens and pointed out there could not be two authorities for the distribution for alleviation of distress. "We stated unless they agreed for our committee to utilise this £5,000 we would be left with no option but to withdraw completely from the area," said Mr Gabbedy. "The committee came totally on side with the exception of a well meaning but very stern man of fixed principles and one not prone to advice. 'With this decision, our operations in the area ceased. "I expect now," said Mr Gabbedy, "we can let them know that our assessments at that time for distribution of grant money, far exceeded £5,000 and in addition, we had intended to rebuild the local hall which had been entirely flattened. "This information," he said, "was not conveyed to the committee. The principles under which our advisory committee worked, were our own personal business and

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proved quite successful in all other districts for well over a decade. "Our departure from the scene drew a very strict line," Mr Gabbedy said. 'The exercise had been completed. We became aware the £20,000 was never spent on native buildings.'Why not?" I asked Mr Gabbedy. "I wish I knew," he said. "I feel it was partly the local people who were not prepared to give the natives the privilege but more probably the native welfare department regarded it as too dangerous a precedent. "Danny Norton, MLA for Gascoyne and Frank Wise, MLC, continued to pester me as to why nothing was being done. I pointed out the reconstruction had been taken out of our hands and they could find their own answers only by questioning in parliament." Only one person accepted some help and she was a widowed Aboriginal lady whose single room hut with cement floor, had lost quite an amount of its roof and side, and had been replaced with rusted galvanised iron picked off the local tip. "She was a very nice lady to speak to and I told her the house didn't look much better after its makeshift renovations and would she like some paint for it. She agreed,- said Mr Gabbedy, "and so we left it with one of the firms to provide the paint. "According to local gossip, she painted it pink . . . apparently offending the artistic sense of the local white inhabitants!" Mr Gabbedy said he was most distressed over the failure to go ahead with housing.

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"I had over the years before and afterwards seen a good deal of the north-west and the more I saw of it, the more I admired the Aboriginal people; especially the full bloods.Some years later, he was again deputed by the Treasury Department to show the secretary of the Federal Loan Council over the north-west and why it was necessary to support the state's application for halt a million pounds for a beef road. "Accompanying us was the assistant under -treasurer who came along for experience; he was at the time, a leading member of the Baptist Union of WA. "Somehow or another," said Mr Gabbedy, "when they did build, they built just one degree above degradation." He took the party out to see the natives' encampment. It was built practically cheekby-jowl with Broome's rather notorious Roebuck Arms Hotel. "If I have to answer why it was built there," said Mr Gabbedy, "it was because as this was virtually China Town, no-one would take any notice of any protests made by the local citizens.Not only was liquor comfortably available, said Mr Gabbedy, but at the time of their visit it was lay-up time for the pearling luggers — October or November. "My companions saw at first hand the hiring of Aboriginal wives to the Japanese divers.(He said he wasn't sure if the going rate was an Australian pound a week or a month.) Mr Gabbedy said they did the rounds of the bars where the favourite drink for the

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mixed couples was Advokaat and cherry brandy. The natives' huts, built for them, were single roomed with a verandah. The natives apparently simply shifted outside when they bedded down. " Why there could not have been two rooms, one for living and one for sleeping. only the designers would ever know," said Mr Gabbedy. "if these things disgusted us," he said, "how much more to people like the Winders. No wonder they felt completely neglected."When Ken received his Canberra appointment I was so proud and thought "Now we can get something done.' Then much to my disappointment. I read he'd resigned. "I could only hope it was not in disgust and despair,- said Mr Gabbedy. "However I now find he has moved into another field where he has closer contact with his people and can serve their needs at first hand."

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Engineer From page 10 His escape to normal working hours and literally a steadier existence came when he was transferred to the department's workshops as a fitter and turner. His move up the promotion ladder of the years was climaxed when the Arbitration Court appointed him the department's master of apprentices, an educational and disciplinary role he was filling when he decided to retire at the age of 60 in 1949 Jim was a foundation member of the Model Engineer's Society in WA and the working models he has built include a steam locomotive, a steam traction enegine, windmills, and a model steam truck which he presented to St Ildephonsus College at New Norcia. A pride and joy was the novel front doorbell he built for his Elizabeth Street home in North Perth. It incorporated four metal tubes that produced chimes and a device that played two bars of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture to startle hapless visitors who pressed the button. In his spare time when he was not constructing such Heath Robinson contraptions, he was busy working on and driving the model steam locomotives at Castledare that gave joy to so many children. Now, at the age of 96, he is quite active physically and often catches public transport into the city from Glendalough. His only lament is the impairment to his memory that the advance of the years has brought. Join the club, Jim.

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Youth writer looks at unemployment

Answers for big problem BIG PROBLEMS. . . NEED BIG ANSWERS: Unemployment — I was once asked if I wrote about anything else? Well, the answer is yes; but I keep trying to make others aware of this massive problem. Just as Woody Guthrie kept singing about people's misery and hope in his folksongs, I keep writing about u nemployment . 56,500 people are listed as unemployed in WA. It's not all bad. WA's figures on unemployment are down from 9.8% to 7.7%. That's great. Groups and information services are being set up to help within the community. There's agencies for young, old, disabled, migrant and Aboriginal unemployed. But there could be more — big problems need big answers. Unemployment is not just being "out of work". It means having no money, no social contact with workmates, too much time, bureaucratic wrangling — and the list goes on.

The greater the period of unemployment the more a person begins to wonder if they're worth anything at all. Working means lots of money every fortnight you can chat about what you did on the weekend; and when people ask 'Well, what do you do?" (great line at parties!) you don't have to answer "urn..." You use your talents, get out of the house. Work givrs meaning to people's existence, whether it's paid or not. Maybe jobs for the unemployed isn't the answer. But to work is important, whether it be in a shop, at your local CYSS, in a worker's co-operative or at a voluntary agency. We will never have full employment again, so we must learn to deal with a society where unemployment is real and according to many economists, will be an escalating problem. Students in schools need to know they may be living in a world where paid work is only one of the options they have open to them. Still, that's the future. What's happening right now? While 56,500 people look for work in WA, it has been accepted by the Kirby Report that double this number are unemployed and not recorded in the statistics.

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Gerry Ravenscroft of Bassendean and Jenny Barnard of North Doubleview 1111111111111111M 1111111111111111111111 NINNIONNIN /MN Ng Nor agnmer Some of these people have the wrong skills, no contacts, not enough money to front up well at an interview. Some are looking for work in fields where there is no demand. For every one job in the CES there are 20 unemployed people. This is a changing society where economic and technological trends indicate employment levels will not be improving greatly. With odds like this I dare someone to tell me that "there's plenty of work if you try hard enough". There's always the stories about the bludgers down the road. Find the one about the girl who walked into the CES and found a job — yet I know others who walked in and out and in and out of that

place with not much to show for it. They were trying. On and on I hear arguments about youth wages being too high. Young people not wanting to work. All of these ideas have no real basis in fact. The press push out stories on dole fraud and slackers but you never hear about the people who've been trying. And they are the majority. Jesus would've empathised with the unemployed. He'd have bothered with the others in his town and in the places he visited. I don't think He would've seen the jobless as "bludgers". Sitting down for a chat, finding out how things were going, that's how I imagine He would've been with people.

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hildren's Story Hour Jose didn't look up much during class. He didn't look at Miss Lucy, his teacher. He didn't look around at the boys and girls sitting near him. " I wonder what is bothering Jose?" Miss Lucy asked herself. "He looks like be wished the ground would open and swallow him up." That is bow Jose felt. He felt small and shriveled up inside. His stomach was tight. Sadness showed through his dark eyes. classmates His made fun of him. "Hi, stupid!" one would say. Then everyone would laugh. But Miss Lucy understoodJose. He stillfound it bard to understand everything in English. But be was very bright. 'Jose," Miss Lucy called out as the bell rang for recess. "MayIsee you for a moment?" Several boys and girls giggled. When the classroom was empty,

Miss Lucy askedJose Miss Lucy was watchto sit down by her ing. She was. desk. He worked bard on "You seem so sad," a story about his life in his own country, she said. Jose just stared at Honduras. He desthe floor. He didn't cribed the mounand the feel good enough tains beaches. He wrote of about himself to the banana farms. look up at Miss Lucy. He told bow poor 'Jose," his teacher many of the people said, "I know you were, and bow poor are hurting. And I his family was. think I know why. Then be wrote of Your classmates his dreams for his laugh atyou because country. "I want to you are still learngrow up and help ing English. They my people. I want callyou names. ButI everyone in Honduknow better.Iknow ras to have enough you are very bright." to eat.Iwant people Jose was surprised to have medicines at Miss Lucy's words. when they're sick. I "That's just bow I want everybody to feel," be thought to have nice places to himself. "How does live. And I'm going she know that?" to do something to make it happen." 'Jose, I know you When Miss Lucy can do everything read Jose's story to the other children the class, no one do in school.Ithink l aughed. His was the you will write as best story of all. The good a story tomorother students were row as any of the amazed. others. Now go out When the bell rang andplay until recess at the end of the is over." school day, Miss Jose seemed to walk Lucy put her band taller when be came on Jose's shoulder. back into the room. " Iknewyou could do He still walked at the it," she said. Jose back of the line, but looked up and be looked up to see if smiled.

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One man's dedication to his dog .Vop's Trials, by Donald McCaig, published by Pan. Revieu'ed by Roslyn Ross. This is the story of a man's dedication to his dog. . . it is also the story of life, of love and of people . . . not forgetting that it is also the story of a dog. Nop is a champion blackand-white Border collie. adored by his master and living a life of love and comfort. But one Christmas Day„Thp's fortunes change. A bunting adventure turns into a long and ternlying nightmare when he is kidnapped on the instructions of a rital owner. Suddenly he is alone, alone in an alient world uhich exploits his talents and treats him harshly. Donald McCaig's style reflects an economy of words but be still manages to put the reader in touch with the hearts and minds of all kinds of people, and even more poignantly, the heart and mind of a dog. This is a delightful story which reveals McCaig is masterly insight into both animal and human nature.

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Merton by those who knew him best, edited by Paul Wilkes. Harper and Row, (San Francisco, 1984). $12.95. Reviewed by Joseph R. Thomas.

An intriguing picture of Thomas Merton — convert, monk, author, peace activist, searcher and hermit — emerges in these reminiscences gathered by Paul Wilkes, himself an author and director-producer of the PBS documentary film "Merton", which was the genesis of this volume. Merton — or Father Louis,

as he was known in religious life at the Trappists' Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky — was every bit as complex as his writings suggest. We meet him here in that complexity, or in the way that others saw him or related to him. Their numbers were many and diverse, running the gamut

low monks and writers and to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of 6 million Tibetans. That Merton could relate equally well to all of them speaks of his universal appeal and his not -tooserious view of himself and of life. Not that he wasn't serious about his work;

'convert, monk, author, peace activist, hermit' from folk singer Joan Baez to Vatican officials, to his fel-

A challenge Exploring Women's Past, edited by Patricia Crawford, published by Allen & Unwin. $9.95. This collection of essays range from Europe in the medieval period to Western Australia in the early 20th Century. Exploring women's past is a challenge for women now, says Patricia Crawford, who is a member of the History Department of the University of Western Australia. The first chapter is about Europe in women between 600 and 1500. In this essay Margaret Ker argues that women were more involved in the decision-making process in medieval society than in more recent times. By interpreting the voices of women in that society, she shows that there were avenues through which they could achieve a degree of autonomy both within and outside

both stifling and liberating. Wilkes presents us with 20 essays, some just a couple of pages long, and groups them according to whether the contributor knew Merton as writer, prophet, friend, monk (those for whom Merton was novice master at Gethsemani confronted him by entering a door marked

the confines of their family. A woman who chose not to marry could enter a convent where she might gain a measure of power and authority. The idea that nuns had a degree of independence unknown to later women is one which interested 19th

feminists, century although it is not a popular idea among feminists today. The other essays are, From the Woman's View: Pre-industrial England, 1500-1750, by Patricia Crawford; 'Helpmeet for Man,': Women in Midnineteenth century Western Australia, by Margaret Anderson; Victorian Spinsters: Dutiful Daughters, Desperate Rebels and the Transition to the New Women, by Patricia Jalland: 'As good a bloocty woman as any other Prostitutes woman . . in Western Australia, 1895-1939.

indeed, he often chafed at restrictions when he thought the work of peace was being impeded. But life was to be lived as it was found, it was to be savored and enjoyed, with freedom being found even under a vow of obedience that he could recongise as

"Uncle Louie",) and pilgrim. The latter is a reference to his fateful trip to Asia where he died in a freak accident in 1968 at the age of 53, when some thought he was at the peak of his powers. The wide range of interests he cultivated accounts for the wide range of acquain-

tances, including Father Ernesto Cardenal, the exTrappist who became the controversial minister of culture in Nicaragua. Father Cardenal's contribution, however, is disappointing. being an attempt to assure us tht Merton would have blessed Father Cardenal's course of action. Contributions by James Forest of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, old classmate John Barber, and Abbot Flavian Burns, Merton's last superior, more than make up for the few lightweight pieces Wilkes has included, however. Throughout we are given a picture of a big, jovial man, one who craved friendship but needed solitude, a man with a man's appetite for life hut one who subdued it for a higher purpose. a man of great intellect and humour,

a prophet grumbler.

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Of special interest are the hints here and there of a classic relationship between two strong-willed men. Merton and Abbot James Fox, the one pushing to the limits, the other attempting to balance the needs of church and community against the needs of a brilliant member of the community.

E We are not told nearly enough about the contest between the two, yet we are told enough — Abbot Fox named Merton as novice master and then chase him for his own spiritual director — to wish that a gifted writer would someday explore the relationship. Until then we will have to content ourselves with books such as this which whet the appetite. . .

Christian social studies groups to benefit

Spirituality and Justice, by Donal Dorr, published by Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1985, $16.95. R eviewed by John Doyle, St John Fisher College.

Even fairly recently Christians tended to form two camps: those who quietly withdrew into a "reliSome time ago I said gious" world and Father Don's Option those who plunged for the Poor was the vigorously into the best introduction to "secular" world. Both Catholic social teach- camps now realise ing I had read. that this division was wrong, in theology Now he has pub- and in action; for it lished Spirituality and divided the all-inclujutice, which shows sive message of how our religious, Christ, social and political attiI shall not comment tudes and behaviour on Father Dorr's reflecare of a piece, and tions beyond saying "Kingdom that they take life from how values" should and his experience as a can inform all three. missionary in Africa

and Latin America, and as a teacher of philosophy and theology in Ireland. His writing is unusually clear, direct and perceptive. Above all, it is calm and constructive, not violent and disruptive. Many missionary and aid agencies spend a large part of their income on education, so that their benefactors can understand what they are doing and why they are doing it as they do. They are right to do this; for it is as neces-

sary to have the right reason for what we do as to be doing the right thing. Quite deliberately, I suggest one way education funds of the kind could be well used — by distributing Spirituality and Jutice among bankers, businessmen and politiare who cians concerned about the patent instability of society today. It goes without saying that Christian social studies groups should study and circulate 'rt.

Focks. IlDocks. Eocks. Ecoks. lUccks. EcoKs. Ecoks. Ecoks. I3cok ,Weeting the Forgiving Jesus — Leader, byJoann Angers, Word of Life Distributors, $4.99 (leader), $3.12 (child's book). This leader's guide to the child's book for first Penance will provide teachers or parents with many suggestions and thought provoking guidelines on the optimum use of a sound, positive approach to preparation for first Penance. It helps children experience the sacrament as a joyful, peace filled celebration. Meeting Jesus In Hob, Communion — Leader, by Roger Marchand, Word of Life Distributors, $4.99 (leader), $3.12 (child's book). This new book provides invaluable assistance to parents and teachers using the highly popular child's book for first Eucharist. It gives young Catholics a deeper understanding of the Eucharist and helps them grow in awareness of Jesus as our Bread of Life. Using clear simple language this pro-

gram includes mini tests, prayers and activities based on the most recent church teachings. A Lay Psalter, by MonsignorJohn Sheridan, Word of Life Distributors, $12.95. I remembered hearing the psalms as letters about ourselves from God. To really get into a psalm is not only to recapture the events out of which it was formed, it is to immerse ourselves in a whole network of creative relationships in which we find ourselves crying out, praising, lamenting, praying to God. The psalms are divine encounters of humans like ourselves, who are confused, tormented, embittered and discouraged, as we are — but human beings who have found hope, courage and joy in God. Newman's Journey, by Meriol Trevor, Word of Life Distributors, $15.95. In Newman's Journey the author draws from material used in her famous two volume biography. Newman

The Pillar Of The Cloud and Newman Light In Winter. She tells the story of Newman's life, keeping all that is essential while including some of those details which show the man as he was in everyday life. "The definitive biography of John Henry Newman . . . a monumental and profoundly moving biography." The Church Times. Relics, by Joan Cruz, Word of Life Distributors, $19.50. Joan Cruz, author of the best seller The Incorruptibles, describes in vivid detail the stories, history, and theology of Catholic belief surrounding the veneration of many of the major active relics that are revered by the Catholic Church — The Shroud of Turin, the True Cross, the Blood of Janaurius, the relics of the Blessed Mother and many more. The role of relics in Catholic life and what the Church teaches about them are revealed and carefully documented in this unique and engrossing account.

The Shut Ins, by Armand Di Francesco, Word of Life Distributors, $9.95. With the ever increasing proportion of people over 65 years of age there are many "shut ins". Shut ins are of many varieties but mainly their afflictions are such that they are forced to be house bound with varying degrees of limitations on living and functioning. For those who have been conscientious, hardworking and independent the biggest loss is one of self-sufficiency. This extraordinarily practical book deals with many of the problems of those who are confined. It offers assistance and guidance not only to those who are confined but also their relatives and friends, counsellors and clergy in order that they may provide intelligent support.

title that is bound to be in great demand for those who are interested in gaining a basic knowledge of the Bible. Preparing For Tomorrow. by Ed and Maureen Curley, Word of Life Distributors, $15.95. This duplicating master book from Pfaum Press incorporates high interest involvement activities for teenagers. These activities focus on situations, dilemmas, questions that students will encounter later and suggest a framework from which to deal with them.

Dead Babies, by Martin Amis, published by Penguin, $4.95. Amis' second novel and another dazzling display of his unique talents. Dead Babies is a mesmerizing and The Bible, By Marilyn devastatingly acute satire on Norquist, Word of Life the seventies. A week-end house-party is in full swing; Distributors, $5.95. Another excellent new a group of bright young title from this very popular things smoking and loving author. It presents basic their way throuth the next doctrine in a simple, inter- 48 hours and into a nightesting and orderly fashion. A mare . . .

God And The New Physics, by Paul Davies. published by Pelican, $8.95. A stimulating and perceptive analysis of the ways in which the new physics has thrown light on fundamental spiritual and religious questions. With fluent simplicity, the author explores some of the most profound questions of cosmology. For Better For Worse, by James Burtchaell, Word of Life Distributors,

marry even when you think it's final, sex and premarital sex, openness to having children, the demands of parenting, the Christian idea of family, and strains on the modern marriage. Burtchaell asks the hard question and sometimes give the hard answers. Engaged couples and those who minister to them will find here a lot to think about and discuss before a final decision is made. Granta 12, The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones, edited by Bill Buford,publishedby Penguin, $9.95.

Primarily directed toward engaged couples, this book suggests some basic questions to be considered With a reputation for giving before making "the decision inence to some of the prom of a lifetime". Burtchaell's respected internamost invitation is to a kind of writers, Granta 12 tional marriage that is the excepprovides more exciting new tion, rather than the rule writing. Extracts from Stantoday, when many couples ley Booth's eagerly awaited "anticipate a tuture of a year orised biography of the auth or so, not of a lifetime". It Stones show his Rolling "a for call Jesus' answers work to be a social history more demanding love and a and a confession. Also in this more secure trust". Within issue; Joseph Brodsky, G. this framework Burtchaell Cabrera Infante and Gloria to ,deals with re,a1 issues 1' , - 'Neinetti iniong- others: itO 'deeikisbit re-eyaluife‘ the

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ttkleo )acks c I. Problems answer? From page 13 We as His representatives, must also be ready to take up where He left off, to take up the challenge of loving others. It could mean having an unemployment representative on the parish council, finding out the needs of unemployed in your area; just talking to a friend about being out of work. There are so many ways to go. I hope these words aren't just for wrapping the rubbish in.

I hope they provoke a response. Sometimes it's so easy to see the obviously needy but the others, right under our noses in shopping centres or at home in front of the telly, are forgotten. Something can be done about unemployment and we can all be a part of the change. Will you be a part, too? The YCW Unemployment Co-ordinator Frances Spence can be contacted or 328 9667, should you want to find out more. Jenny Barnard

Above: Those who remembered Bencubbin's new church 50 years ago were Theresa McNully (nee Pergande) and George Cargeeg. Below.- Today's Bencubbin personalities at the church jubilee: John Sachse, Brian Sachse and Kevin Hogan.

BENCUBBIN JUBILEE The opening of Bencubbin church 50 years ago on December 15 1935 was a "panic" according to one oldtimer quoted last Sunday by Kevin Hogan at the parish and community celebration of the building's jubilee. Not only was the builder juggling his resources between four buildings at the one time, the attar proved to be too big for the door and the roof had to be removed to let it down from the ceiling. He paid tribute to the Benedictines of New Norcia who started visiting the area by horse and sulky from 1916, the year before the railway reached the district that had been opened up in 1910. Altogether the Benedictines served the people for 58 years, Father Benedict being parish priest at the time of the church's opening and blessing by Abbot Catalan OS B . Mr Hogan said the most significant change in 50 years had been the lessening of religious bigotry in the community. He also noted that Bencubbin parish has Western Australia's highest per capita contribution to the annual Project Compassion Lenten Appeal. MARIST FAREWELL The Marist Brothers have withdrawn from Bunbury after a 32 year period of service to the Church there. Their original interest in founding a school there started in 1922 and for many years the New Norcia community, who had commenced teaching at St Ildephonsus College in 1913, took their annual holidays at Turkey Point. Discussions were resumed with Archbishop Prendiville in 1943 and in 1944 negotiations were commenced to secure part of the Sandrige Park estate of the late Dr Flynn. Three classrooms were built by 1954 ihfwor Brother Valentine Flynn and Brother

Martin Monro to launch the school, living as guests for a time with Mr and Mrs Mick Flynn, a son of Dr Flynn. It was hoped the school would one day become a boarding school. Brother Valentine, originally from Dalwallinu and an old boy of New Norcia saw the school enrolment pass the 200 mad( before dying after a long illnes in 1958 at the age of 45. Brother Osmund Redden was his successor till 1961. Brother Albert O'Brien saw the enrolment peak at 240 with 26 in the Junior class. Lack of finance and religious and lay personnel prevented the needed expansion.

Under Brother Richard Spain, 196869, the school advanced to leaving. He was followed by Brothers Rnan Hughan, Denis Wright, and Brother Vincent Ryan who supervised the merging of the former Marist College into the co-educational Bunbury Catholic College in 1973. The last Marist principal was Brother Gerard Toohey. That year the Marist Brothers became involved in primary education in Bunbury under the direction of Brother Peter Flynn. In 1978 Brother Justin Guthrie transferred from Churchlands and helped plan the new primary school at Withers as well as play a supervisory role in other primary schools in the town.

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Before Christmas "we dash about hurriedly writing cards, attending parties, shopping, cooking, supporting worthy causes, seldom if ever stopping for a moment of reflection and peace. "Then on Christmas Day we abruptly end it all. We wash the dishes, throw away the ribbons and the wrapping, stack the toys and sigh, 'Thank God, it's over'." Does that scenario sound familiar? Bishop Joseph Maguire of Springfield spoke of it in a pastoral letter to his people.

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Christmas is a moment to savour, he said. Earlier generations seemed to know "a more leisurely way of doing things," partly by concentrating festive celebrations during the 12 days of Christmas, Bishop Maguire wrote. Could modern celebration be extended into the days after Christmas? Bishop Maguire had a few suggestions to help parishes and families do just that.

Children's parties for the feast of the Three Kings extend the feast of Christmas, as do liturgical celebrations Christmas like Vespers and caroling, the bishop said. "The 12 days of Christmas revolved around family gatherings," he explained. "There are values and blessings in this that we should reclaim and never lose." And Christmas is "a serious matter," the bishop stressed. "Unless we take it

seriously, we will find no real joy" in it and "will not really celebrate what the feast is all about." He observed: • Christmas is about sharing and forgiving and reconciling and being one as a human family. • Christmas is about c ommitment — about making our word live, in marriage, in priesthood, in religious life, in family. • Christmas is about us: about our yearn-

ing for peace; about the lowly and the forgotten, the castaways, the homeless, imprisoned, rejected and abused. • Christmas is about the best in us: the human spirit, our courage, our compassion, our dreams, our sensitivity, our decency, our delight with one another. Bishop Maguire challenged people to take Christmas seriously and to savour it in a leisurely and reflective way. How do you think the moment can be savoured? What does it mean to take Christmas seriously?