IS Ten priests in Perth and country districts are involved in changes - including one returning to the _,,{ town of his youth. Story and pictures, page 2.
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SPECIAL EASTER READING • This week for Easter, The Record includes an expanded Know Your Faith Pathways section beginning on page
6. • Pathways writer Stan Konieczny reviews all the different Easter feasting traditions from country to country. See page 6.
CANBERRA: The Australian Bishops Conference has reaffirmed its dissatisfaction with the Australian Bill of Rights and has rejected suggestions to the contrary. They want the Bill of Rights to protect all human beings, born or unborn. "A statement issued last week declares during the last few days, we have heard suggestions certain members of Parliament have been told 'the catholic bishops were satisfied with changes to the (Australian Bill of Rights) Bill and there was no need for any further action'," the statement said. "As the parliamentary debate on the Australian Bill of Rights Bill draws to a close we believe we have a duty to say again publicly we are not satisfied with the Bill in its present form."
• Robert Wilken discusses burial customs and how they applied to the burial of Jesus before the Resur-
Protection
rection. See page
7. • Father Robert Sherry summarises the story of the
"In particular, we consider that the Bill should include express and specific protection for all living human beings, whether born or unborn".
Resurrection. See page 8.
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• In addition to Easter stories, the extended Pathways feature also includes
many
Easter illustrations.
At the annual Founder's Day Dinner, Mr Laurie Taylor, former KSC national vice president for WA, traced the history and proposed the toast to the founders of the Knights of the Southern Cross. He is pictured above with the state KSC chairman Mr Brian Taylor and KSC chaplain Father John Orzanski who along with Bishop Healy and, guest Father Sean O'Shea of Stella Maris Centre, concelebrated Mass in the Aquinas College chapel. Music for the Mass was supplied by the Julian Singers. Being St Patrick's Day, Trinity College Pipers led the congregation to the hall where during dinner the guest speaker was Brother Dan McMahon. The evening concluded with a bracket of lrish songs played by Mrs Josie Staude.
"Our view on the rights of the unborn were expressed in a letter dated December 3, 1985 which was addressed to each member of Federal Parliament." The statement quoted the letter which said: "Many categories of human being are victims of injustice."
"In Australia many of these, thank God, have groups possessed of a social conscience who will lobby for them." "In many cases the victims themselves are fully conscious, and capable of having that consciousness raised and of interacting with their champions."
"We identify ourselves and our Church with the just claims of all such individuals and groups suffering injustice." But the unborn have not attained that sort of consciousness, and powerful hobbies attack every suggestion that their lives and dignities be protected."
"We therefore raise our
voices for them." "They are not Catholic or Protestant or Jewish: they are simply helpless lives at the mercy of good will and compassion of others".
Last Friday's statement said: "We remain convinced that the unborn require the protection of the law." ·The Australian Bill of Rights Bill is an obvious and appropriate vehicle for acknowledging the right of the unborn to life and for giving legal protection to that right," it said