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Turn to pages 6 and 7 for the third instalment in a series based on an ecumenical ARCIC seminar at Joondanna. This week's instalment deals with intercommunion...

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The massive administrative costs likely to be incurred by schools by the fringe tax legislation caused the annual Parents and Friends Federation meeting last weekend to call on the Democrats and the Federal Government to exempt non-government schools from the tax.

The Federation secretary, Mr Laurie Eastwood, said the administrative cost on all sorts of minor items such as meals, complimentary tickets and the like given to teachers had not been appreciated sufficiently.

The matter would be studied at a meeting of the Australian Parents Council he would attend this week.

Mr Vince O'Rourke, director of the Brisbane Catholic Education Office believes the fringe tax implications could cost that office alone up to $100,000 annually, especially in regard to the 50 cars under CEO control. (See also Catholic Social Welfare Commission concern page 3.)

In other resolutions voted by 70 delegates from some 50 schools called on the Federal

cese.

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Government

• to re-introduce education expenses concessions to a rebate of at least $500 per child • to abandon any intention by the government to reduce spouse rebates, family allowances or spouse and single parent rebates.

• to increase the government allocation of $100.000 for parental participation in education projects The meeting also said it was alarmed at the continual decline in Commonwealth capital funding for new pupil places in non-government schools.

It was also alarmed at the decline in Commonwealth schooling expenditure in non-

second year

"We are wondering if people are getting the

message," said commit

tee chairman Mr Fred Gatti this week, pointing

out that former ppl cants are welcome to apply again, provided their submission reshaped to meet 1987 conditions Successful applicants so far include 1985: ENGAGED ENCOUNTER for program of follow-up contact with couples who have participated in the engaged encounter

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1985: LAURA MEYERS -to provide her with background skills for the Rite of Christian ] initiation of Adults programs and which are

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The new president of the P 4 F Federation is Mr Peter Lewis (centre) president of Mercy College P & F, pictured being congratulated hy P A F secretary Mr Laurie Eastwood. At right is Mr Ron Howard former president for the past twe years, who is remaining on as a council member.

increasing The P and F Federation also passed motions regarding State govemment policy: • that the percentage of

Educ tion Minister Susan Ryan

total school funds allocated to the 22 per cent of students in nongovernment schools be increased from 5.5 per cent to at least 6.5 per cent of the total so that every child will be entitled to at least 20 per cent of the community standard plus additional funds where special needs exist.

• that the State govern ment make up any cut back in funds to nongovernment schools by the Commonwealth

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and had to be prepared to explain in terms accepuab to the general publi why the task was worth ding Some sent their children t Catholic schools for reli

gious education Others were interested in the quality of cducation and values, such as discipline and moral and social values

responsibility in the com munity lies behind a lot of social problems which also happen to be expensive social problems

Aside from religion the important thing is parents make a choice which involves them making finan cial sacrifices for the sake of their children 'In exercising their responsibility, they increase in their children a sense of the importance of education in the children themselves He said Australia was going through an enforced period of change because it could no longer rely on its natural wealth alone.

You are not preparing wur children for a life of predictable comfort and ease. You have to prepare your children for a life of competition, for demands that will be greater than those placed on you

As a former Federal Minis ter he was impressed with the spirit of self-respect and

Senator Chaney said fami lies had a role to play in providing personal peace, security and love and the more we can equip families with choices the more we can equip individuals to cope with life's difficulties "The P and F is geared to a situation enabling families to retain control over fundamentally important things in their lives and the capacity to cope with vast changes."

He wamed his listeners of the trap in defining the family in too restrictive terms as only a man, his wife and children From infancy through to old-age, it was a moving picture in which people were involved in a vast array of family relationships Senator Chaney said the widespread breakdown in

self-help he encountered when visiting Catholic schools in marginal areas The choice which our schools have and the invol vement of parents in those schools is a very effective counterpoint to the neg tives which are of concern to you and me

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narrow our base f support and we should n be distracted by brutal argu ments whether certain rela tionships are family or not We should welcome and recognise the willing and continual assumption of family responsibility as being central to family life The role of governments w. toopen upthe access of parents to choice The Catholic school system was part of this choice and tion w

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• that the interest subsidy rate on school building loans be increased to at least 80 per cent of the bond rate Marihuana growing, abortion, and Xrated videos also received attention from the P and F annual meeting There was much debate on a motion to have governments ban the sale of material showing the growth and use of marihuana and other prohibited substance Some felt the ban w uld be an infringement of liberty but evidence presented by police spokes man on the extent of the problem led the meeting to vote in favour ol the resolution The meeting ls gave its support to th tivi ties of the Right To Life Association in edu 1ting children on the i: u of

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rim measure, should prohibit the importation, sale and hire of X rated video material until the Joint Select Committee

reports Concern was expressed also over the Bill of

Rights The P and F called on the Senate to "rei ct the Bill and, if not rejected then to amend the Bill to include dequate provi sions protecting the right to life of the unborn. the right to choose private education. to refuse to join a union, to own private property, and to

exclude provisions which will weaken the role of parents and families in our society

Teaching 'best' Teachers in a Catholic school teach best by what they are than by what they say, Monsignor Keating told a Spearwood school gathering recently.

"Teachers today have not only a professional sense of their profession but also of their ministry" he said at the blessing of the fifth and final stage of St Jerome's School Spearwood.

"The teachers in a Catholic school see their work as 4 continuation of the work of lesus The Teacher. is the home rather than the school which gives the pupil the most effective religious education. "f there is no Sunday Mass attendance by parents, it is very hard for parents to understand what commitment to the eucharist really is.

"The home has the strongest influence on moral values of children but at the same time a religious education reinforces those values, he said.

See also page 16, and parents lax, page 13.

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Welfare Commission assesses fringe benefits taxes The Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission has grave concern over the possible adverse effects of' the proposed fringe benefits tax on charitable bodies.

The commission questions what purpose is to be served by compelling charities to dissipate their scarce funds in such a manner.

It believes Government and the Parliament should prefer to see the funds of charities devoted to actually carrying out their respective charitable activities Without this, the demands on the

public purse would be substantially increased The commission sees a further anomaly Although the Government promised religious bodies would be exempt from fringe benefits tax, on its reading of the proposed legislation, this had not been fully implemented It appears that the religious exemption would only apply to clergy or members of religious orders engaged in religious dutie This seem: to raise the prospect that fringe benefits tax will be payable in respect of religion person nel and others vorking in the Church's w ure organi

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Father Roberto Tucci (left), Vatican director of the pope's overseas journeys, visited Perth last Friday to inspect arrangements for the November 30 visit. He is pictured with the administrator of St Mary's Cathedral Father John Orzanski with whom he discussed the pope's overnight stay

Priest gunned down

at the Cathedral Presbytery and which will recquire the cathedral clergy to move out of their quarters to make way for security and other key personnel who keep close to the pope on tour. Back in Rome Father Tucci will talk over the projected program with Pope John Paul and detailed planning already under way is likely to pick up pace.

SAMO PAULO, (NO) -- A33

year-old priest, active in the church land reform pro gram, was killed by a gunman in northern Brazil Father Josimo Moraes Tovares was shot in the back as he walked up the stairs to a church office in Impera triz, a town in Brazil's eastern Amazon region The Brazilian bishops said the priest was killed for defending "the life of his suffering flock.

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The selection committee includes Mr Fred Gatti (chairman), Monsignor McCrann (chancellor), Sister Assumpta,

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A 'tremendous' presence of pope The pope's visit to

Australia will change Australians - not just Australian Catholics

People who have seen the pope know he has a tremendous presence.

They know it because they have experienced it. The average" Australian has not had that experience.

The "average" Australian will not be the average Australian after he or she has seen the pope. Bishop Eugene Cuskelly, Australian bishops' representative on the national pastoral com mittee for the papal visit said

Australians will be so much more open to reflecting on the words of this man whom they have actually met

Australians are searching They are searching for what we could call the 'heart" of Australia. What is the ethos, the special character of Australia?

This search for the heart of Australia goes back symbolically to the days of the great explorers.

They searched for the living centre of our continent - and that search killed some of our explorers In a way that is symbolic of what Australia is all about Bishop Cuskelly said Australia is still looking for

its own living heart a heart that will give it meaning. that will give it purpose and direction I believe that people will flock to hear the pope, not because he is a megastar but because deep within them is a longing to discover who they are, who they ought to be, where they ought to be where they ought to be going." he said.

'I think that in some way he will give an answer" It would not be a detailed, articulated answer It would be a deeper sense of faith, and purpose, and belief in humanitv and in themselves

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New study urged on polygamy

Guest Editorial: The Catholic Weekly Sydney The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace is currently circulating for consideration the first draft of its discussion paper, Industrial Relations.

Discussion on this subject comes at a time of great concem, some would say anxiety, about the Australian economy. In the light of imports swamping exports, there has been speculation that Australia could become a banana republic, its declining currency at the mercy of transnational exploiters.

In view of the divisive and sometimes poisonous debate which followed the circulation of the CCJP document, Work for a Just Peace, it is the fervent hope of this newspaper that the discussion of the critical subject of industrial relations will take place with less heat and much more light.

The CCJP paper rightly points out that the picture painted of "the boss" needs reworking as the man or woman paying us is only partially responsible for our employment.

It also says that those on the factory floor, in the store or in the office must become more involved in the decisions which affect the lives of those who are involved, for instance, in the introduction of technology.

Further. Australia is tied into a global economic order which has established a relationship more of a dependent than inter-dependent nature and this significantly affects labor relations within Australia.

Industrial relations and the defence of the dignity of human labor in all fields must be in the forefront of Catholic thinking about the future of families in Australia. mostly crowded as they are into an urban capitalist environment.

This urban capitalist environment is placing increasing strain on the family; wage-earners cry for higher wages not because they are greedy, but because their burdens are beyond tolerance.

The frustrations of urban capitalism, plus poor labor relations, can seriously disrupt the family.

City life can create a token "Sunday only" Christianity, a loss of identity leading to violence, alcoholism and drug abuse, vulgar hedonism or withering despair.

The worker's frustration can be increased by the exultant feasting of rich exploiters who thrive well in The Big Smoke.

Better industrial relations are essential if the urban capitalist environment is to be made tolerable for the average Catholic family.

Some notable Catholic thinkers, G.K. Chesterton among them, have doubted whether a healthy Catholic life is possible under capitalism.

The most that can be expected is a "living wage," but even when this minimum is given it encourages only small families and, as Chesterton points out, virtually forces the practice of birth control.

The CCJP discussion paper should be distributed as widely as possible and the family should not be left out of the picture.

Do not muzzle the ox that treads the com, says the Holy Bible.

While man is forced to eat his bread in the sweat of his brow, God does not intend that he should suffer despair and his family endure heartbreak because no decent labor relations policy can be hammered out. Political democracy must become economic democracry, otherwise ringing words about democracy and equality will be emptied of all meaning so far as they apply to human

society.

Copies of the draft are available from the

Catholic Social Justice Commission, 459 Hay St durig n office hours.

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SI'S the limit: Pope John Paul was presented with a pair of skis during a special audience

MOSHI, (Tanzania) (NC) - An assembly of Afncan bishops has urged new studies to help incorporate polygamous families into Christian communities While noting its "firm stand against" polygamy "because it is incompatible with the Gospel message," the recomassembly mended "a religious teaching be developed" to enable the integration of such families into the life of the Church

Church's pastoral concern. '·With the good of these families at heart, we recommend a religious teaching be developed in the hope of integrating them into the Christian communities and gradually leading them to fulfill freely the conditions required for full paurticipation in the life of the Church, the bishops' statement said The bishops also said the widespread practice of trial marriage in the region should be discouraged because it negates biblical teachings on love and commitmcnt The bishops recommended establishing pastoral to programs communicate the idea of

In traditional African socie tie men often marry more than one w man Becau the Church finds tl 'incompatible hing of t polygamo f. raised tl id these fami I art of th

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NEW YORK (NC) -- The Vatican has backed the authority of Archbishop Gerety of Newark over the controversial People of Hope charismatic group in his archdiocese Cardinal Willebrands, head of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, affirmed Archbishop Gerety's "authority as archbishop in matters concerning teaching, evangel isation, spiritual formation and ecumenism in your archdiocese."

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Pope John Paul H joined an estimated 100,000 people for a candlelight vigil in St Peter's Square, the eve of Pentecost, and marked his 66th birthday the next day by announcing a forthcoming encyc-

lical on the Holy Spirit.

The pope said the new encyclical, titled "Dominum et Vivificantem" (Lord and Giver of Life), will complete a "trinitar-

ian trilogy)."

Two of the pope's previous letters to the Church, "Dives in Misericordia" (on the mercy of God) and "Redemptor Hominis" (on redemption and the dignity of the human race) were written about God the Father and God the Son.

Pope lohn Paul has writ-

ten four encyclicals. Mis last, "Slavorum Apostoli" (Apostle of the Slavs), commemorated Sts. Cyril and Methodius on the 1,100th anniversary of St Methodius' death.

According to Catholic teaching. bishops must promote every authentic approach to ecumen ism Cardinal Wille brands' letter stated "But we can see no circumstances in which the fact a Catholic belongs to an ecumenical group means the bishops of his diocese no longer has primary jurisdiction and responsibility for that person in regard to teaching the fundamentals of a life of holiness commitment to Christ, and seeing to their Christian training and formation The bishop may not have jurisdiction over the ecumenical group," Cardinal Willebrands added.

"But he does have jurisdiction over the members of his diocese who belong to the ecumerucal group."

The archbishop has sparred with People of Hope over its views on such issues as the role of women and its relations with archdiocesan

authorities He has told it to sever its ties with Sword of the Spirit, an international ecumenical evangelical movement.

Leaders of Sword of the Spirit had told the archbishop membership in it was a matter of personal choice and "not under your jurisdiction."

ed as traitors "If we opposed aid would be accused of tak ing sides, which wou automatically disqual

us as pastors to all of th

people

Bishop's film 'change' SAO PAULO (Brazil) (NO) --A Brazilian bishop who opposed his government's banning ofJean LucGodard's controverisal film "Hail Mary" said recently the film "is worthy of respect if not praise and should certainly not be condemned."

The bi op's remarks came amid criti cisms of the Church for its role in outlawing the movie Bishop Mauro Morelli of Duque de

Caxias said that "as a matter of conscience he felt he had to see the film and "make public my impressions of what I saw Most bishops who have criticised the film have made a point of saying they did not view it Bishop Morelli said, 'at no time does (Godard) question, alter or show a lack of respect for the mystery of the incarnation or offend the honour and dignity of Mar The bishop said the central character 'is not Mary ol Nazareth, mother of Christ but a "young French woman of modern times.

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HAVANA: Fidel Castro and other leaders of the Cuban government were moving to establish better relations with the Catholic Church, according to the general secretary of the Cuban bishops' conference.

"He's a political man; his reasons are political, not pastoral, not philosophical," said Mons Carlos Manuel de Cespedes.

"He wants to have better relations with Latin American countries, and because the Catholic Church is very important in Latin American, it is important to have better relations with the Catholic Church in Cuba," said the Cuban church

official. ln additiion to the international motive for Castro's new policy, Mo de Cespedes said, it is fl enced by Castro's conchsion that reliyi is not being eliminated and the Catholic Churcl with its

VATICAN CITY (NO) -- Popejohn Paulllhasurgedltalian bishops to mobilise the country against "self-destructive pressures" threatening Italy's spiritual well-being.

Addressing more than 200 bishops during a Mass in St Peter's Basilica, the pope added his voice to those of Italian church leaders who have recently denounced social ills, including pornography, abortion, violence and spreading immorality, in the overwhelmingly Catholic country.

'What happens every day under our very eyes," the pope told the bishops, "confirms that the question of ethics is the central one of our times."

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true that the church as an

institution in Cuba has lost influence, "the phenomenon of po] lar religiosity is increasing."

"A lot of young people less than 30 to 35 years old, born or t least educated in the new situation, are religious people in their own way.

We cannot say they are Catholic, but we could say they are a syncretism of

Catholicism and spiritism and African religions and $0 on."

Mons de Cespedes said

that although practicing, orthodox Catholics were as minority in Cuba, a majority of the young People participate in some kind of religious group. "For the governmet, that is a question," he said.

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ny complexes about affirming this Peter didn't have any The saints through out history didn't have any the pope said LONDON Parents in the Edinburgh archdiocese have been told by Archbishop O'Brien they need to obtain his permission before send ing their children to a non denominational school Archbishop O'Brien says parents should have "the most serious of reasons' for not sending their children to a Catholic school

Priest forced into blessing

TURIN (NC) -- Angry friends and relatives of a murdered homosexual stormed a local church and forced the parish priest to bless the dead man's coffin Father Don Ottaviano Pizzamiglio had refused to perform last rites for Bruno Deiana, a newspaper vendor found beaten to death The priest said he would not allow Deiana's body into his church because the man w; a manifest sinner."

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ROME (NC) - Five years after a Turkish gunman shot and seriously wounded him,

Pope John Paul Il recalled May 13, 1981, as one of special strength and grace.

"This day is always an important one for me, one in which Jesus showed me his strength and grace, and he did it surely through his mother.

"May 13 will always be very significant for me," the pope said.

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Inter-communion a main topic at Perth

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_Father Henri-Dominique Lacordaire was a famous Dominican preacher i France in the last century. This week Belmont priest Father Joe Russell iho picked up a copy of the preacher's Lenten sermons of 185l decides to put few problems of his own

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Joondanna expressed by

qr%eher Russell was so impressed with the Lenten sermon by Father Lacordaire he went around to the sacristy after devotions and asked the Dominican why the Rationalists seemed to be having things their own wary.The preacher said the best thing was to read what he said in his latest book ot sermons published in Maney i 1851

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Let Us make man to Our own image and likeness - from the Bible You have shown us how human beings, in their mind, reflect two Persons --the Father and the Son, in the mind and the thought.

Despite a phone call to the 'Citizens Advice

Introduction maybe 'sloppy'

Bureau' l could not find out how human

beings reflect the third Person, and thus the Trinity.

When we have thought, a second act appears: we love.

Thought is a movement which brings its object into

Perth's Anglican archbishop believes that procedures for the introduction of Anglican women priests conform with ARCIC views but a Catholic theologian says that the steps are "destructive."

At the third ARCIC seminar held at St Denis church Archbishop Carnley was asked to

ourselves; love is a movement which draws us out of ourselves towards that object in order to unite it to us and ourselves to it and thus to accomplish

in its fulness the mystery of relations, the mystery of unity in plurality. Love is, at the same time, distinct from the mind, and distinct from the thought; And yet it proceeds from the mind, whose

comment on an opinion ofMarist theologian Father John Thornhill (The Record May 29)

act it is, and from the thought, without which the mind would not see the object which it should love.

that a recognised process had not been followed.

He admitted the introduction of women priests in the Anglican church had been possibly handled in a "sloppy" manner.

In God it is the same.

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From the coeternal regard interchanged between the Father and the Son springs proceeding

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have hope that we will find great areas of unity

something that h not been the practice of the Church, and I speak for a tradition in which th tradition of the Church and the practice of the Church i held in great veneration and is a norm and guide to

Intercommunion con tains the seed of such confusion in our attitudes to the sacrament as to leave us with the possibility of emptying it of significance This was the opinion expressed by Anglican Assistant Bishop Cameron to a query when the

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or apparent differen ces, holding up the

path. We must work night and day remove these

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It is a fact that in all Christian communities even divided from one nother that the eucharist w the final expression of complete unity the

unresolved issues. To move into a new practice, disregarding the previous tradition, to me seems a little irres ponsible

m cred celebra tion of complete unity

Perhaps we will prac tice this new sugges tion of the eucharist a medicine for unity will gain wider ccep

It is only in very recent

become part of a new

decades that it ha been suggested that the eucharist could be

considered, not as a sign of achieved unity

but of unity to be chieved - a medi cine for unity

It is a situation in which we are looking at in a new light; pcople divided from one another without any fault of their own

clergy should start promoting moves to unity.

Interpreting the question as referring to the

Bishop Bernard Wallace, chairman of the bishops committee for ecumenism, has praised a document recently produced by the national Catholic-Lutheran dialogue It is on the Eucharist and is called "Sacrament and sacrifice "We are not in a position to comment on it officially yet, but my personal opinion is that it is a fine document,"he said

"It has been well received by Lutherans in Germany

I hear they are very happy with it "The Australian bishops are preparing a draft response

now

We are having the work studied and reactions prepared throughout the country by various faculties and seminary

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We will consider these reactions at a meeting of the bishops' committee for ecumenism in August.

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He said it was a question he and other ARCIC members were being asked at every public they meeting attended

"It is a matter that has to be thrashed out and not just along the lines of a statement of ARCIC or the Congregation of Doctrine and Faith or a Lamberth Conference.

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"In fact, of course, the pope himself, together with the Archbishop of Canterbury, referred to it in their joint statement announcing that they were going to set up a second ARCIC commission "It is obviously one of the significant matters the commission will consider.

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Meet some of the aged

Sixth week of a 13-week series on laity in the Cech Senior citizens today are a highly diverse group who defy easy stereotypes.

Many remain active for a decade or two after retirement.

'The third age" can be an active, productive period in life, writes Dolores

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Leckey, executive Bernard Casserly today.And, she talks about Robert pointsthere is director of the US Gagne Sr and his a bigjfference bishops' Secretawork as director of riat for the Laity. today between . . . senior services in being Mder and This may be a time Mineaopolis, Min- being rail. Ms to pay attention to nesota. personal goals, to Bird i associate new, Katharine Bird pro- editorof Faith explore vides three Today. untried interests vignettes of the Father nn Casteor to dedicate onedifferent lifestyles lot tells,ow Abraself to others, she of older people ham, kg after he suggests.

had passed his prime, received a ca II from God to pick up stakes and move on. Age alone is no excuse for thinking life is finished and without meaning, the scholar says.

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The biblical span of 70 years seemed an impossible dream for much of this century. But good health and nutrition practices plus regular exercise and major advances in medicine have made it a reality today At 70 you used to think you were done, but that's not true anymore said Robert L Gagne Sr one of the first municipal ombudsmen for senior

citizens

Gagne, a regular usher for daily Mass a few streets from his city office is in his second career and loving it His first career was in computers and insurance until he "retired Many problems of the elderly are financial, he said, but each person has different needs. As ombudsman. his office spends much time referring people to other agencies which can help them "When people reach 70 now," Gagne said, "they must make plans for the long haul ahead." Because of the new affluence of many seniors, he

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An elderly man with a lot of time on his hands feeds his friends on a beach. A recent study reveals that two-thirds of all people alive mow will live well into their 80s. By the year 2015, one in every sir persons will be over 65.

The "graying of society" offers a considerable challenge to the Church

said, much of his work involves travel, tax advice and financial planning

Social Welfare made the difference The business world has been slow to discover the growing market of senior citizens but it is catching up fast. More advertising is now being targeted as those over 50 and grey hair

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Abraham went, "moreover, not knowing where he was going"

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courage and physical

stamina of a vigorous

young man.

But Abraham set out bravely ad he succeeded admirably.

Abraham's story is an

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Is our life expectancy going to exceed the Bible's prescripxn of three score and 10 years?

According to current government statistics, 74.7 years is the life oectancy for babies born this year.

That comes to 4.7 years more than the Bible's 70, though evenhere we read: "The years of our life are three score and 10, or even by reason of strength, four" (balm 90).

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people by the biblical authors, Abraham had long passed his prime and should have been settling down to a comfortable retirement when God called him to go forth

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Even allowing for the inflated ages assigned to

The "third age" can be a active, productive period, writer Eugene

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Bianchi says in his book, "Aging as a Spiritual Journey." The way the activity is undertaken is likely to be

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At 70, poet did not feel old

census taker reported recently that he was startled to find some older people who had stopped going to Mass, and not because of health, weather or transportation "The Church has given up on us was the complaint made by one senior he quoted. Some seemed to feel that the parish was concentrating on youth by adopting so many changes, he said and it didn't "give a darn" for those who had built and paid for it all But all seniors cannot be lumped together Older people are harder to generalise about than youth, points out Richard Johnson, a gerontological counsellor at St John's Mercy Medical

big believer that older adults can a tremendous resource, for pares, said gerontologist Chris tapir layes. He is director of the €ere on Aging at The Catholic sty of America in Washing Unr

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T is why he would hike to see

par 8s become more knowledgeabi tbout the elderly. In some

dates "T see the Church doing in@tve things with the elderly, Has commented NY parishes have a large nut of retired people, skilled las, nurses, accountants and dot '$. With encouragement, tht People could provide much net d advice to their peers, Hayes

Centre.

Our culture is rampant with agism," Johnson said. "It requires older people to fit certain stereotypes: They should be wise, they should have their lives in order and they should be sexless, mellow and happy

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The biggest problems of the aging are not health and finances, Johnson said. They are emotional, for both the elderly and those around them Whoever finds an answer to these emotional needs will help solve a

pl#S and resources" with each e layes said. Providing ways ller adults and youths to ate with each other "breaks s the stereotypes" that each 9as about the other

major dilemma of our time.

After all, everyone is aging

On her 70th birthday, poet and novelist May Sarton began a journal ("At Seventy," with the words: "What is it like to be 70? If someone else had lived so long and could remember things 60 years ago with great clarity, she would seem very old to me. But I do not feel old at all, not as much a survivor as a person still on her way.

"I suppose real old age begins when one looks backward rather than forward but I look forward with joy to the years ahead and especially to the surprises that my day may bring-" Ms Sarton's sense of continuing to contribute to life is what Eugene Bianchi identi fies as the core of meaning in old age ("Aging as a Spiritual Journey," Cross road Publishers, 1982) One of Bianchi's major theses is that 'the third age" can be an active, productive period. The way the activity is undertaken is likely to be different from youth or mid dle age, but if one has been a contributor to life along the way, being old is not

where her dties include

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by DOLORES LECKEY likely to be substantially different Many public figures come to mind whose later years beat that out. Pope John XXIII, in his late 70s, convened the Second Vatican Council. Mohandas Gandhi was 72 when he led the final movement for Indian inde-

for church on Sunday ad chauffeur them around their new community. hr25yun,awklwil her late 70s ad a 69 year-old single woman

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a Jungian psychoanalyst until the age of 80, a profession she didn't even stud for until she was 50 The list could go on and on And when I look around m own small piece of the world, I see "third age" men and women who are not so very different from the pub lic listing

On any given Sunday morn ing in my parish, I see Bernie Weissman, twice widowed, now close to 80, ushering parishioners to their place

with grace and wit. I remember him 0 years ago guiding young Catholics like myself into the civil rights movement

for companionship and spport. Together they have developed a work ble routine, sally sharing lunch and At ■iptudlrotinst.llor own home.

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Aging persons today defy stereotyping, as the following vignettes illstrate: At the age of 75, she has a sparkle in her

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different from youth or middle age, he says, but if oe has been a contributor te life along the way, • being old is not likely to be suhstan

Or I think of mv sister, Florence Kelly now 6. The eldest of the children in our family, there is an entire generation between her and me. I observe her with wonder and pray I have a goodly portion of her genes Her doctors caution her to slowly more

"Remember your age," they say But Florence is an energetic, lifelong New Yorker, and she still hurries to daily Mass, to meetings of the Secular Franciscans, to visit her grandchildren and great grandchildren, to help neighbours in need She's always hurried to these precious activities. But now. retired from her job and with minimal home responsibilities, she is able to give even more time and enengv to prayer and service

at them. to meditate on the trust and inner beauty reflected in their worn and tired bodies The freshness of their spirit is what counts Thev know their finitude

The third age offers new opportunities for those who meet the reality of aging with honesty and humility

• third, they may dedicate themselves anew to others

Passion still glows in the elderly but the human vessel which holds the passionate spirit weakens and some

times crumbles It is then that the last vestiges of ego are purged and the energy of

Christ glows in wrinkled faces and hesitant steps

when I am with such older

people, I want simply to look

There is much to attend to in later years • first, people may attend

to their personal goals, espe-

cially if these have been

ignored in the busyness of youth and midlife • second, they ma explore new. untried inter ests, new careers or volun

teer seres

not only to friends and

family but to movements for the betterment of society Ms Sarton closes her year-

long journal with this com ment. 'I see how little I have changed when it comes to the essential things, how

clearly marked the trajee tory of my life was by the time I was 15."

It would seem that people age the way they live.

inspiration to senior citims who may be tempted to think that just because

they are drawing Social

Security, their lives art finished and meaningless, or that they lac challenge and prospects

to spur them on.

Not all stories of older people in the Bible art

equally heartening.

A case in point is Abraham's son Isaac.

His son Jacob tool advantage of him in his

old age. fged on by his mother, Jacob deceived the blind

old man into giving him

the privileges of a firstborn son.

But that was a risk of

growing old in a society

which made no legal provision for the care of its senior citizens.

The elderly were at the mercy of their families and woe to them if their families were cruel.

There are numerous

instances of elderly pd

ple in Scripture who made positive contribtions to society.

There also are exampies of real courage ad

herois. ln the second century BC, the lews were under the rle of the Seleucids, the successors of Selecs, a general under

Alexander the Great.

One ruler, Antiochus IV, was a neurotic despot.

Enraged by the Jews' refusal to adopt Greek culture, he initiated a vicious persecution.

Me knew their religion prevented them from

compromising with pagan way of life and so he struck directly at that religion.

All usual religious prac-

tices were forbidden under pain of death. legates were sent to each town to organise pagan sacrificial rites

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Monday

Icelanders find healthy and happy Not many Australians would encounter Icelanders in their average week (or even yearl), but I've just interviewed a party of them and found them to be a great lot!

national day for Icelanders' group in Perth -

• Siggy Gustaffson one of the leaders of the Icelandic community in Western Australia.

Let's start with Siggy - Sigurdur Gustaffson to be precise - but Siggy to you and me.

It took a bit of sleuthing to track down any Icelanders in Perth there are only 150 of them here.

I was given Siggy's number at the Waroonga Caltex Service Station in Stirling Highway, Nedlands and found Siggy was the proprietor.

He's one of those fellows

who, when you make a few requests, things are organised without any hassles "You'd like to meet some of

us? No worries." And sure enough, he organised representatives of five families to meet at Joan Helgason's home in Palmyra

By the time l arrived they'd had lunch and were making merry.

Beer, although produced in lceland, is prohibited for sale to Icelanders (although they can purchase some beer through the air base near Keflavik), so perhaps for this reason some of the fellows considered it opportune to make up for years of deprivation!

Also to be considered is the fact their national day is on June 17, so there's nothing like a pre-celebration party

They were a friendly and hospitable bunch and soon warmed to the scene lceland, an island country, lies just below the Arctic Circle in the North Atlantic

Ocean

About 320kms east of Greenland. it is 1050 kms west of Norway

Almost 500 kmns wide. it is 300 kms deep Sometimes called the Land of Frost and Fire, because large glaciers lie next to steaming hot springs, geys

ers and volcanoes. it is also a romantic land of the midnight sun light 24 hours a day June, but only four to six hours a day during two months in the winter Vikings went to lcel ind in 874 AD, and stayed on, and developed the country The Vikings left Norway and went to Icel. nd becau Harold the Hairy said he would be the sole king and ruler of the Norwegi ins This was unacceptable to the Vikings, some of whom were kings themselves in different districts of Norway Harold the Hairy then pro-

ceeded to take over parts of

Norway and became so strong the other kings could not defend themselves or their territory So they brought out the long ships and fled to lceland When they arrived, the island was uninhabited except for lrish Monks who were living in caves, wresting

their food from the sea and the local wildlife The Vikings were heathens

and wanted the land for themselves. So they hunted down and killed the monks and the whole land was theirs Subsequently the migration commenced from Norway and among them was Eric the Red, who lived there for several years before departing for Greenland in 982 AD The early settlers brought their families and Celt slaves with them That Celtic influence is obvious today in their lcelandic language through similarties in words which are apparent in the Scottish gaelic associated with the northern part of Scotland and especially the Shetland and Faroe Islands Icelandic is a Scandinavian language which has changed little since the twelfth cen tury Accents today vary between the north and south in partic ular and to a lesser degree elsewhere.

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Back row from left John Rafn Halgason, Asgeir Helgason, Sigurdur Gustaffson. Middle row from left, Olga Sigrjonsdottir, Elin Jonsdottir, Gudrun, atrin lgimarsdottir. Front row, Melgi Helgason, Jan Helgason and Katrin Helgason.

Perth's Icelandic community families include:

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javik, the capital, is the largest

city with

84,000

a population of

Their head of state is a president, but the major government power is in the hands of the prime minister who directs the government lceland has the distinction of being the first country in the world (in 1960) to have a female president, Vigdis Finnbogadottir who is still currently in office Icelanders are proud of the fact too. that they have the oldest parliament in the world The A/thing (parliament) was set up by the early settlers in 930 AD. Abolished in 1800, it was re-established in 1843

The state religion is the

Evangelical Lutheran church with some people belong ng

to the Lutheran Free Churches and a few to various protestant churches and to the Roman Catholic Church

The modem Icelander has

far skin, blonde hair and blue

or grey eyes, linking them with their seafaring ancestors

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marrage Thus Asgeir Helgason's daughter Katrin, would be called Katrin Asgeirdottir al her life. in lcelandic custom And his son Helgi would be ca led H lgi Asgeirson In fact though, Katin and Helgi have adopted their father's surname here for ease of Australian custom This naming custom in leland is not without its problems; the telephone directory has so many identical names that the person's occupation is put next to his address, to help identify the one you want Houses built originally of turf and stone in the country and wood in the cites, are now made of reinforced concrete which is not easily damaged by earthquakes or by the high winds which sweep the coasts

For heating, hot water s piped from nearby hot springs

to the city houses Swimming is done in indoor

pools or outdoor pools warmed by hot springs Iceland has more hot springs and sulphur steam areas than any other country Some of the hot springs are really geysers that spout streams of water into the ar worth noting that the

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life in Western Australia's heat...

Coming out from North Pole cold

word geyser comes from their most famous on gey sir', which spouts watur 59 m into the a Glaciers cover one ei th of the land, some are 1.2 km thick in some p Vatnajokul g! big as all combined European glaciers, covers 8,133 square kms

crust (a fa across l inland pla barren ar violent inclu spr g

returned

"to see the old

country But we returned because

we missed Australia The weather. the good way of life, better living standards and also Iceland was much more expensrve Their two children speak English and Icelandic, so when grandmother rings f om Ice and they can chat to her lso The family makes physica contact with the grandpareither they

udrun and r selected

school

When she returned to lce land for a holiday though, she had to re earn Iceland Katrin is happy wherever

she is.

said Gudrun. "She

communicates well and gets along wel with everyone • Helg Helgason, Katrin's brother, was born here in 1974, after which his parents returned to lceland until 1981, so on his return to Australia he spoke no Englist and had to start school It was hard for him becausehed n't understand a word of English and so

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think WA

• Elin business with Australia in 1969 with her husband and three children Initially they settled in New castle for four years but noticed our

y

low rea

figures and the amount of work avat bk so decided to drive over Now a widow, Elin has remained ever since. Her children, ages ranging from 19 to 25 years are wel and truly assimi ted, Elin said I went back three or four years ago for a holiday. was nice to revisit, but nice to come back. In Iceland they asked why didn't I live back there, but I told them my kids are Australian and that is where my home is where your kids are Anyway, I love it here!

• Gudrun Ingimarsdottir is married to Asgeir Helgason and they have two children Helgi and Katrin She is restaur int manage ress for the revolving Hi ite 33 restaurant and came out h in 1969 when was 19 years old, and Asgeir was 20 Years old. They were young. ryed newly married and unti 1975 whe

e receiving further educa

tion and getting ahead, Gud

run said

nt rtion is very high in lcel ind, she said, 'and you have to have two or three jobs between the parents to support yourselves adequately The peopl there work long hours 15 hours a day, seven days a week, and are used to it.

• Asgeir He gason Gud

run's husband, is a motor mechanic. "We will always be what we are (lcelanders) but we are as well adiusted to Australia as we will ever

be We consider ourselves to be permanent residents here in Perth and have become naturalised because we are

living here in Australia and wanted the opportunity to cast our vote. he said let mnders are interested in politics and want to have a say in selecting their govern

ment representation

• cute

G

lgason is the old daughtu of nd,

understood wha had happened, took me back t out OK with the If you can't speak the kes it hard languag H said. "But I learned rt in really quick time anyway

Helgi's uncle is coming over with hi family for a holiday and so we have to try and teach his little daughter the

nguage, so she can communicate with the other

said Helg They all agreed Australia has been built up by multiculturism and people do try and communicate with each

kids,

ot!

an

W did the hard way knowing we'd be on our own, part from help from our lcel ndi fr ndis who were already out Siggy came out with h wife Hel and two sons. in

1969 1 started working with a

motor company when I came but couldn't communicate with anyone But I decided to live like every other Australian so had to learn the language Bell Brothers were pleased with me and sent me up north to Carnarvon

very

much a part

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owning hi own business and has been a propr tor of hi.service station for the past

12 years Siggy's wife

curryntly holidaying in Iceland with their 13 yea old Austral nborn daughter and Sigg¥ is

joining them soon for a few

weeks, du ing which time tl daughter wil be con firmed over there.

When Helga gets homesick, I send her home for a holiday, said Siggy

"Our parents come out from

time to time. My mother loves

d

host

you co L k: :h entrenched w

tme t house And is Siggy wel

with his A tion?

I m very, very happy here, said Siggy with h

broad smile. He's proud to be Austral n but sti does a very good public relations job for hi original country They were a great lot of people and rt was in particu lar wonderful to see an ethnic group which, althoug

o

new

r

• Joan and Jon Helgason, our hosts had no children Athough English by birth, Joan visited Iceland in 1957, met Jon. married, and lived there for 12 years They then thought about emigrating because Jon who had a business in lceland, was working extremely long hours up to 20 a day du ing the summer months and wanted to live a normal life" Jon had been a I around Australia before as a mer chant seaman. so knew which city he wanted to settle

in

He was able to get a job here before he left Iceland. through 'Project Opportunity' sponsored by the Jay-

cees.

He is currently working with Australian Shipping Indus ties and Joan is secretary to the Town Cork in Melville She never considers herself English nd apparently t Ice nd

looking

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very happily so No malcontents and d contented migrants among t! crowd They love Austral and re proud to state rt They visit ir homeland, but return happily to their new homes in Austral and seem to be very happy here meanwhil ma ng then contribution and getting returns to maintain the standard of iving they desire

1974

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Opinions disputed from Kieran RYAN, Swanview The personal opinions of Fr

Uren are authoritvely no different to those of any other theologian or senior member of the clergy. Perhaps the laity is moved to judge them on the cogency of their arguments. Personal attacks and trivialisation tend to detract from cogency.

The analogy between embryo loss in IVF and natural conception is largely semantic. In the former the loss is known and expected, and thus rt can be argued is intended. In the latter the only intention is that every embryo should survive The practise of discarding "inferior" embryos before implantation may be called by whatever name you like. If the same embryo in the womb was subject to the same practise is would be called abortion There are many cases of women miscarrying at various.stages of pregnancy or1 more than one occasion, who ater proceed to successfu

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births. They do so without any knowledge that because they have experienced a previous

miscarriage that the same will reoccur Simply put this is leaving things in the hands of God -perhaps an old fashioned view to some of the new theologians Fr. Uren's gratuitious attack on Italian theologians does not substantiate his claim that the Australian Church is more theologically sophisti cated in these matters. (In fact the "Australian Church" has not made a definitive statement on the subject.)

Monsignor Carlo Caffarra may or may not be sophisticated in these matters. He is however. a member of the International Theological Commission, a consultor of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and entrusted by Pope John Paul Il with directing the new Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family at the Pontifical Lateran University I would think these credentials make him very able Many of the opinions held

by Father Uren (and the Diocesan Bioethics Committee) on VF and related procedures are contrary to those

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Grateful thanks to St Jude and Holy Spirit May your name be praised and glorified Betty. held by many of his counterparts in Australia and overseas, including the Bishops of Victoria, England and Ontario to mention a few

Sir, those of us dependent on Mr Mitter for knowledge of the interview in question would assume that Monsignor Caffara's reference to "true abortion" referred to the deliberate destruction of "spare" embryos in the case of multiple fertilisation and not to the possible loss of implanted embryos, which may well be equated with loss through miscarriage in normal pregnancy.

I was alarmed at a press report that Bishop D'Arcy giving evidence before the Senate Select Committee considering Senator Harradine's bill to outlaw experimentation on human embryos had invoked the principle of double effect to argue that "spare" embryos should be al owed to d e An argument used to support the withdrawal of life support systems from an adult (or even a newborn baby) is surely of dubious applicability to a nonimplanted embryo whose life, begun by extraordinary means, is inevitably depend ent on such means The Diocesan Bioethics Committee in its report to the WA VF Ethics committee itself expressed approval only for the so-called 'simple case' of IVF which involves the ntaton of vable embryos

It could be argued however that ince the technique of IVF ha: been dependent at rently every stage of its lopment on the deliber an indrvid drssocat this mernly

of ut

nnot from

the

simple c " for them selves.

Also I would suspect that, at present, at

+ast, given the

low success rate for IVF, the cost involved. and the drffi culty of getting back to the head of the queue after an unsuccessful attempt, the pressure on a couple making such a choice would be in practice almost unbearable In general the amount of guidance of bioethical issues readily available to the Catholic laity is very limited Senator Harradine's Bill is probably little known to most Catholics

Did not ordain?... from Fr. G. CROCETTI

Sir, ly O'Sullivan endeavours to put forward the view that women have a just right to equality in Church ministry. But the force of her argument loses its power and credibility is shattered altogether when she asserts "He(Jesus) did not ordain anyone l" The constant teaching of the Church, supported by scripture, as well as theological and scriptural experts and writers, is that Jesus did in fact ordain the Apostles as Priests at the Last Supper when He gave us all the Eucharist as the Sacrifice of the New Testament and the Sacrament of Holy Communion As He changed the substance of bread and wine, He said, as He gave it to the Apostles "Do this in memory of Me" (Luke 22: 19) Jesus surely could not have given them His express command to do something (i.e. offer the sacrifice as He had just done) without the priestly power to do so The fact that Jesus ordained the twelve Apostles to the full Priesthood with power to pass this power on to successors in the Church is not contested by serious scholars Otherwise we then would have to say that Jesus did not provide for the future of the Church It does seem reasonable to see genuine merit in the view that if Jesus wanted women to be ordained He could have done so with the twelve Apost es.

Further. that He would have conferred this honour on His Mother, who because of her special role as mother of Jesus, our Saviour could be said to have been most worthy of th pr tly power Jesus did not do this. May His wii be done

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Bioethics debate: Double Effect from Fr W. UREN SJ director Goody Centre for Bioethics.

Sir, May I draw the attention to the following classical applications of the Principle of Double Effect (P.D.Ep

1. A contractor builds a multi-storey office block while being aware, on statistical

grounds, that despite the most stringent precautions, an inevitable side-effect will be that a small number of workmen will accidentally fall to their deaths during the period of construction 2. The Commissioner of Main Roads authorises the construction of a major freeway while being aware, again on statistical grounds, that, although the motorway will facilitate the movement of traffic and will be most stringently policed, an inevitable side-effect will be that there will be a higher rate of deaths on this freeway because of the accelerated speeds at which cars travel on this road 3. A judge sentences a murderer to a long term of imprisonment whi being aware that an inevitable side-effect will be that the prisoner's wife and family will suffer considerable hardship during the period of imprisonment 4 A Catholic surgeon excises a cancerous womb from a pati nt wti being aware that, as an inevrtabk side- fect, he will thereby destroy the foetus which tti pat nt has concerved prior to the diagnosis of her ft -threatening cancer 5. A Catholic nu ki ing analgesic dosage »uff be ng awar is highly hik 6. A med

ngage

procedure while being aware, again % statistical grounds, that despite the expen of the clinical team and their own dedicau co-operation, as a side-effect of their atten, to establish a pregnancy, there is a 80-9 chance that any embryo they may conce in the procedure will either not implant% will spontaneously miscarry The only difference I can see, as far as lie of embryos is concerned, is that there g; higher rate in the seventh case than in sixth case. This, of course, is only to %e expected in view of the fact that wome undergoing IV.F. are usually significa older as a group, and that they suffer fro pathologies of the reproductive systen Their pregnancy rates should be compare not with the general pregnancy rate but w the sub-set of women who attempt t conceive at an older age, and with those, h instance, who frequently or almost ale

miscarry f the intention to establish

pregnancy s

a good one (and I cannot see that this ca be denied), if the loss of embryos, thou foreseen, is not intended, and it is not t means to establishing a pregr mncy (in wha sense could losing embryos be a means side-eff saving them?) but a and IS pr re ness remedying y in terms P.DE loss of embryos makes IV higl

a

e

why Cat

lity of IV nd Mr O' le he Church

may wish to

in

an en

fertile period wh

statistical grou desire a pregnancy me ures to secure one, a li ly side-effect (40 -- 70%6) of their efforts is that the embryo they may conceive wl eithe fail to implant or spontaneously miscarry t is to cases such as these that mora theologians and the Magrstu ium over an extended period have evolved the so-called Principle of Double Effect' to justify actions which, as in the cases cited, have two simultaneous effects, one a morally acceptable foreseen and intended good result, the other a regretted, foreseen, but not intended damaging side -effect The classical formulation, enunciated by the 19th century theologian, J.P Gury, is as follows: "It is lawful to actuate a morally good or indifferent cause from which will follow two effects, one good and the other evil, if there is a proportionately serious reason, if the intention of the agent is the good effect." Equivalent formulations will be found with a little effort in almost any manual of Catholic moral theology. eg. T.E. O'Connell, Principles for a Catholic Morality, 170-171 This is obviously not the principle that Mr Mitter calls the Principle of Double Effect, the allied but quite distinct so-called Pauline Principle (Romans. 3,8) One may not do evil that good may follow The Pauline Principle says that one may not intend evil either as a means or as an end The P.D.E. agrees with the Pauline principle as far as it goes, but then asks further under what conditions, if any, one may permit (not intend) evil as a side effect I do not know why Mr Mitter confuses these two principles I have checked his reference to the Encyclical he cites, "Casti Connubii" but the Pope makes no reference to the P.D.E. in the context of the Pauline principle. The confusion is certainly not the Pope's. I suspect it must be Mr Mitter's, and that because he has yet to grasp the significance of the distinction between intending evil and permitting evil, and between means and side -effects In the light of the application of the genuine P.DE. to the foregoing six cases, may I now ask Mr Mitter and Mr OM ra how the following seventh case d rs. n terms of loss ol embryos a ide -effect, from th sixth case?

7 A husband and wife undergo an IV.F

a side

not sure that, if they adopt tha ratified to learn tha the central tene denyingtl of Prof Tooley of U.WA ant Peter Singe Monash Bioethics Centre, two known proponents of abortion and infanticidel Finally, Mr O'Meara claims that the Magisterium teaches that there is a person from the 'moment of conception', and that therefore embryo loss in 1VF constitutes the destruction of unborn babies I pass over the phrase 'moment of position, tt

process nod a moment. I assume he means "from the moment fertilisation is completed" But even if he means thi it is simply incorrect to claim that the Magisterium teaches that there is a human person from tti moment and that embryos are unborn babies Many theologians do teach this, but not the Magisterium. There has always been minority position in the Church that maintains delayed, rather than immediate animation, i.e., that God infuses the human soul into the embryo at some time subs quent to fertilisation The Magisterium was aware of this when rt published its Declaration on Aborto° through the Sacred Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith on November 18, 1974 In a carefully nuanced statement refreained from taking sides on the issue 0 delayed or immediate animation consequent personhood t did, of course, maintain the inviolabilt of the embryo from the time fertilisation complete, i.e. that any procedure which intends either as a means or an end (of the discussion supra) the direct destruction human embryos is immoral. t does not necessarily follow from th that the embryo is a human person from th moment fertilisation is completed, only that whatever its status, it is inviolable in the aforementioned sense The Church may be teaching that ever¥ person is inviolable in thi sense (capt8 punishment?), but, as every logi ian know" and I hope I do not strain Mr O'Me ra's log as well as hi theology), it does not follow from thi that everything that inviolable s conception', for conception is

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This is made possible by generous donations voluntarily offered by the Christian Brothers and the Presentation Sisters.

developing bigger sales and new ideas.

About 12 contracts have been completed, among them a promotional T-shirt for the Commonwealth Bank.

Works course Clare and Margaret left for Melbourne on June I and will return at the end of August Margaret began full time youth work ear-

ion, unless it has been arranged by the schools,"

said Mrs Sheila rlam, headmistress of St Francis de Sales, the largest infant school in the north west, and newly installed president of the Liverpool Catholic Teacher's Association.

The increase in the number of non practi: g Catholics has meant that most of the children in Catholic sch» ls are not brought to church by th ir parents on a re;ular basis.

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community

For both it will be their first extended stay away from their families. Prospects that were not at first very attractive -- Melbourne not only seems but is far away from family and friends

Since late in 1985 'Now Screening' has acquired

LONDON: Many Catholic parents have grown lax in their responsibility to their children, according to teachers in Catholic schools in Britain.

"Some children never receive Holy Communion after they have made their first Holy Commun-

lier this year.

Clare has been closely involved with CPY after several years as a member of the parish Antioch

Catholic Parish Youth movement coordinator Julie Della Franca said this week she was delighted that Margaret and Clare are studying and hopes their new found understanding will eventually benefit local parishes and youth

Margaret McVeigh, Clare Pavlinovich and Cathy Kettle recently had a night out together, as all three will meet in Melbourne at the National Pastoral Institute Youth Work course.

An aspirant to th Mercy Congregation Cathy Kettle of Man ning. will join the two CPY girls in Mel bourne for the course

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He paused, holding bis poems, gazing at the fire. Tben be quicklyplaced thepapers in the fire. He sat down and watched bis poems, the work of years, turn to ashes.

"My poetry must never come between me and God,'' be "Besides, thought. there will be no time for poetry as a priest."

As be stared at the flames dancing tbrough the blackened papers, be looked back

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father read the poems aloud to the family on special occasions.

Gerard remembered too bow be wrote some good poems as a child.

He won a prize for a poem in bigb school Gerard threw bimself into bis studies. He also worked as a teacher, something be found very bard.

Slowly bis feelings about poetry changed.

The more be studied about God and experienced life, the more be sensed God's presence all around him He felt Godwith him as to bis boyhood bome he enjoyed a beautiful in Stratford, England, As long as be could sunset and even in bis remember, poetry was problems and struggles. a big part of bis ife.

Then one day there His father, Manley was a terrible tragedy Hopkins, wrote poetry at home after working A German ship ran all day at bis insu- aground during a storm. Wind and rance office.

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Irisb immigrants and as a teacher until he died of typboid at age 44 in the year 1889.

Almost 30 years later bis poet friend bad Gerard Manley Hopkins' poems published.

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ship for a day and a night. Sixty people drowned. Gerard's sensitive beart was toucbed by the borror.

Could God be found even tbere?

Gerard's superiors urged bim to write a poem and be wrote "Tbe Wreck of tbe Deutscbland."

He knew now tbat poetry was not a distraction from bis life as a priest. He began to write poems again. He began one poem, "Tbe world is charged with the grandeur of God." It summed up bis experiences as a poet and bis beliefs as a Jesuit.

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From the author of Toe Eyes Of Darkness and The Servants of Twilight, Leigh Nichols has created a new horrifying, spinechilling thriller, The Key To Midrught As a child, Joanna Rand was the victim of a horrific operation that reshaped her memory and programmed her future. Now she is searching for the way to her past, however ghastly it may

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He accepts employment with a dubious entrepre neur, to supervise the reco ery of gold bullion from a sunken treasure ship A trail f murder and ma es an rcazn hi. e motve written James Leasor many factual books and newel sevral of which ha been filmed Ship of G id follows Open Secret a

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"Music is the heartbeat of youth culture," said Mr Bill Hodgedon. "Working with young people with the desire to see them come into a growing personal relationship with their Creator, a youth worker needs to be able to use the medium of

by SHARON MARSHALL

"is anybody out there listening?" -That is the qestion being asked of the Christian music-listening public in Word Inc's latest Christian music video, Echoes.

Echoes is a 30 minute music and video film with a difference.

It is a fast-paced look and listen at contemporary Christian music.

Artists like Amy Grant, leon Patillo and David Meece perform the same fiery music released by secular musos, but with the positive, life-affirmng message of Christianity.

Echoes covers these

artists and many more,

looking at their message - done in the music of the TV generation.

Ten nations including Australia have been introduced to the music and video film so far, and according to the Echoes newspaper, the response has been more than favourable.

But Echoes will not only be of interest to those after a great half hours "entertainment". It is much more than that, as was pointed out by a Victorian viewer.

contemporary music in a professional and relevant way.

Echoes is an excellent tool to do just that. It brings together what kids need most -the Gospel with what they want fantastic music -- in the way they like to get it fast moving and relevant."

So it seems that Echoes is a good medium for use in youth work, as well.

The Echoes promotional package, available from Gospel Film Ministries, includes copies of the Echoes newspaper, Echoes cassettes, and a discussion kit.

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Refused the right to buy property. to build his own home with his own earnings or to travel when and where he chose, he became sad disillusioned Belatedly he became the first Aboriginal of his tribe to be granted full Australian citizenship With this gift came tragedy. He was held respon sible fo supplying the alco-

hol that led to the murder of a young girl. He was brought to trial and sentenced The once proud artist died a broken man. but not before he had given us substantial body of paintings that are a unique celebration of his country This is the first maior collection of Albert Namat jira's paintings to be pub lished. These reproductions and the text by Nadine Amadi« Jonah Jon Anne Bl«ckwell and Daniel Th m us gives us the opportunity to revalue his work and understand something of the environment and cir cumstances that shaped his percepuon The book is introduced bv Dr H.C. Coombes, a great champion of Aboriginal arts He states this book is a valuable contribution both to reassessment of Namatji ma's quality of art and an understanding of the man and the people from whom he came.

Albert Namatjira emerges from this study. writes Dr Coombes, as an artist of genuine creativity whose work embodied the love of and identification with. this land which is shared by those Aborigines who have been able to maintain their links with it It reveals him also as a man of dignity and stature, and as a tragic victim of the failure of our society to recognise and respect the qualities inherent in his culture Howevr Namatira w is

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In 1936 Albert Namatjira an Aranda Aboriginal, had eight weeks' tuition in watercolour painting from artist Rex Battarbee, during one of the latter's painting expeditions to Central Aus tralia With this meagre knowt edge of western art, Namat jira was able to make an extraordinary cultural tran sition from traditional Abo rgin artistic expression to master the techniques of western landscape painting Within ten years he had become famous and his delicate watercolours were sold throughout Australia When he made his first visit to the capital cities of Australia he wis feted as a true celebrity But Namatjira paid a tragic price for his entry into the white world. Although lionised by the press and art lovers, he was rejected and victimised by other areas of

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Today in painting. sculp ture, pottery fabric design and other crafts, Aborigines are showing that they can seize upon the opportuni ties offered bv access to the materials, the art forms and techniques of our society and use them to create works of distinctively Aboriginal character But it is not only in the pl tic arts that they demon strate this capacity In poe try in drama, in novel and short stories, as actors, sin gers, dancers and film mak ers, Aborigines are showing this capacity for creative achievement, not merclv in their traditional forms but in giving the arts of our society a character peculiarly Abo riginal

In this way they are enriching Australian life and its culture, providing new sources and a vital stimulus The interaction between the European and Aboriginal artistic traditions can produce a renaissance poten tially as significant for Australian life as that which was launched upon Europe by the spread of the 'new knowledge' from Constantinople in the sixteenth century

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TENNIS were former two of his ster Canisius ah of the old incipal Mr The fight for the two places in the grand final of the "B" Grade competition was narrowed down to three teams this week when Willetton lost a vital match to Pignatelli No. 2.

Wiltetton struggled for

most of the day and could not match the consistency of their Pignatelli counterparts. Pignatelli No. 2 won the match 8 sets 60 games

to Willetton 4 sets 47 games. Willeton are now two games behind the leading teams.

In the other matches St George 9 sets 68 games easily defeated Greenwood 3 sets 44 games, but St Benedicts had to struggle to defeat a determined Pigna telli No. 1 team 6 sets 57 games to 6 sets 54 games.

The next two weeks matches are very important for the top three teams as no team can afford to lose a match.

Of the three teams St George would appear to have the easiest path to the finals as next week Pignatelli No. 2 play St Benedicts and the following week St George play St Benedicts.

The "A" Grade competition had a bye this week.

Wirth two weeks before the finals the pennant tables are as follows' "A" Grode 12 Queens Park No. 2 Queens Park No. 1 10 4 Pignatelli Dianella 2

B" Grade

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The Men's and Ladies Winter Pennant seasons are scheduled to commence on Saturday 12th July 1986.

The competition will be played on consecutive Saturday afternoons commencing at 1.30 p.m.

A team consists of 4 players who will each play one set of singles and three sets of doubles in the aftemoon.

The exception being the Ladies "B" and "C" grades in which each player will play six sets of doubles, and no singles.

The competition is not restricted to clubs affiliated with the Catholic Association. Anyone can form a team and nominate provided two tennis courts can be made available as a home venue.

Team nominations close on Thursday 26th June, 1986. A nomination form can be obtained from club secretaries or by telephoning Jack Eastcott on 328 6860. Teams should nominate for "A", "B" or "C" grade, however. the Pennant Committee reserves the right to amend the grading of any team when considered necessary. f the current pennant is any indication the competition will be very keen so stop just thinking about it and get a teamn together

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RACE FOUR: FIintstone 1, Beatem Jack 2, Oyster Lady 3 RACE FIVE: Tanjo Fern 1, Sometimes White 2, Wal Dee Mac 3

CATECHISTS' COMMISSIONING

RACE SIX· Clohccn 1, Royal Dyna 2, Riviera

All current catechists of the archdiocese Teviot 3. 'will be recommissioned by Archbishop RACE SEVEN: Solid Fuel Foley at a concelebrated Mass of Com1, Daybreak 2, Tivessa missioning, Friday June 13 in St Mary's Cathedral at 7.30pm, together with the Pride 3 commissioning of this year's intake of new RACE EIGHT: Yankee Catechists.

Buns 1, Dark Acclaim 2, Killa Koo 3.

KIMBERLEY SAFARI RACE NINE: Candle St Vincent's parish Medina will conduct

Power 1, Track Shine 2,

a camping trip to the Kimberleys departing June 27, returning July 15. Price $450 all

Temlock's Son 3.

RACE TEN Steel Monarch 1, Treasure

included. Contact K. Ringwall 419 1882.

BENEDICTINE OBLATES

Island 2, Powder and shot 3

The Oblates of St Gregory's Chapter will meet at the Redemptorist Monastery, North Perth, on Sunday June 15 at 2pm.

HOLY HOUR

The World Apostolate of Fatima will hold a holy hour at the church of Our Lady of Fatima, 8 Foss Street, Palmyra, on Sunday June 8, commencing at 2.30 pm.

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St John's Gospel discussion group meets on June 12 at 8 pm in chaplain's office. Contact Father Dynon 386 8712.

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He said St Jerome's would be a success not because of its beautiful buildings but only if it provided a complete and caring education.

Former parish priest Father Brian Harris traced the seven attempts from 1973 to get an alternative site for a new school against some reluctance to move when enrolments were steady at 190 (cornpared with today's 400 plus) and the final price of $104,000 for 8.5 acres Former pupil, Mayor John Cattilini of Fremantle, spoke of his boyhood when a library was just a few books in a cupboard, when education was done effectively on a person to person basis, when his mother, a newly arrived migrant, learnt english alongside her sons from the books they brought home.

The annual general meeting of Majellan Groups will be held on Sunday June 15 at St Mary's Centre, Franklin Street, Leederville, commencing with morning tea at 9.15 am and starting punctually at 10am with the reading of reports until Mass approximately at noon.

For lunch a plate of either sandwiches or sweets is requested, soup will be provided by the Central Committee. A guest speaker will be Mr Nick James a social worker for Youth Health Services who will look at the reasons youth are turning to drugs. Al Majellans are wel-

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The important task of a Catholic school is to pass on knowledge of God, St Jerome's Spearwood principal Mr Eric Chidlow said at the opening of the final stage of the school.

Secular knowledge must be imparted but alongside it the wisdom that comes from the Holy Spirit, along with the courage to put it into practice, he said.

Schools Commission executive Mr Michael Bromilow who opened the fifth and final stage that includes second stream classrooms. library and administration said the Commonwealth had provided 60% of the school's total capital. some $527,000 in a project that today would be well over $1 million. The rest was being carried by the school and parish.

Father Chris Ross OSM will conduct Christian Meditation in the Catholic ] Tradition on the first and third Mondays of ] each month. The next meditation evening will be on Monday June 16 (7.30 pm to 9.30 pm) at 2 Morgans Street Tuart Hill.

Phone 444 1223.

Bunbury Majellans invite ladies from the surrounding areas to their annual one day retreat to be held on Sunday July 13 from 9.30am to 4.30pm at Bunbury Catholic College. Sister Glenys Yeoman from Centrecare will be the leader for the day and the chaplain Father Bernie Hammond will celebrate Mass. Further information from Diane Grinbergs 097-219830.

The office of the Archdiocesan Developmunt Fund invites applications from experienced individuals for this appointment

Duties include, typing. shorthand and audio, operation, word processing. fr ing. office proced

THANKSGIVING RALLY

Sixth Floor, 12 Victoria Ave PERTH 6000

IF YOU LOVE AND RESPECT LIFE Become a

A Friend Of Pregnancy Help

An information evening for lay

catholics to hear about the Rite of

By giving an

Christian Initiation of Adults will be

Hall Victoria Park. Members of parish

councils and interested catholics are welcome to attend.

WOMEN IN THE CHURCH

Australian Church Women will hold a

forum at St Paul's church 40 Kingsway Nedlands on Friday June 13 at 10 am on the topic "Women in the Church Today".

Speakers include Rev Alison McKay (Church of Christ), Wendy Wilkie (Uniting), Pam Halbert (Anglican) and a Salvation Army woman. Anyone may attend. A luncheon will be served.

MANICURISTS WANTED

People in the Maylands Mount Lawley area interested in make-up or manicure for two hours per week for ladies at Two Pines Nursing Home phone Ann Rogers, diversional therapist 271 2201.

reception

Applicants are invited to write to: The Manager Archdiocesan Development Fund

RCIA INFORMATION

held at 7.30 pm on Wednesday June 4 at Leederville parish centre or Wednesday June 11 at St Joachim's

computer

and the range of administrative functions appropriate to a financial environment This is a senior position and proven skil to the level of Private Secretary would be an advantage A staff of four is currently engaged in the wrk of the Archdiocesan Development Fund and the appointee would be expected to function as one of this team fulfil ing a financial role in the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth

A 1986 Western Australia Week Thanksgiving Rally will be held at the Perth Concert Hall on Sunday evening, June 8, 1986 at 8 pm. A Community sing-a-long will precede the Rally, commencing at 7.40 pm.

A program of songs, music and worship will be highlighted by an address by Miss Bery Grant, OBE, Moderator of the Uniting Church in Western Australia. A combined churches choir will present a choral bracket

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