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This week, the Record continues its indepth round-up of Pope John Paul 11's visit to Australia with the Norther Territory part of his itinerary. BELOW: The pope is shown being greeted by an Aboriginal tribal leader at Alice Springs.

Twenty years after Pope Paul VI instituted the World Day of Peace on January 1, Pope John Paul has made the theme of his message: We Are One Human Family.

Re-iterating the call he made last year for the recognition of human solidarity, the pope in 1987 adds human development as the other key to the achievement of world peace.

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Because 1987 is also the 20th anniversary of Paul VI's encyclical "Can there be a lasting Populorum Progrespeace in a world ruled sio (The Progress of by relations -social, People) Pope John economic and politiPaul recalls his predecal -that favour one cessor's phrase from group or nation at the that encyclical expense of another?

"Development is the "Can genuine peace be new name for peace." established without "Once we truly grasp that an effective recogniwe are brothers and tion of that wonderful sisters in a common truth that we are all humanity, then we equal in dignity, equal can shape our attibecause we have been tudes towards life in formed in the image the light of the solidof God who is our arity which makes us Father? one," says the 1987 Pope John Paul praises papal peace message the Thailand Office "This is especially true in for Refugees on which all that relates to the he conferred the John basic universal proXXIII international ject: peace.

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They are not unlike some of the great inspired lessons from the people among whom Jesus Himself was born.

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hearts All over the world people worship God and read his word in their own language, and colour the great signs and symbols of religion with touches of their own traditions Why should you be different from them in this regard, why should you not be allowed the happiness of being with God and each other in an Aboriginal fashion?

As you listen to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, seek out the best things of your traditional ways. If you do, you will come to realise

more and more your great

human and Christian dignity.

Let your minds and hearts be strengthened to begin a new life now. Past hurts cannot be healed by violence, nor are present injustices removed by resentment.

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Causes lie in the past

The establishment of a new society for Aboriginal people cannot go forward without just and mutually recognised agreements with regard to these human problems, even though their causes lie in the past The greatest value to be achieved by such agreements, which must be implemented without causing new injustices, is respect for the dignity and growth of the human person.

And you, the Aboriginal people of this country and its cities, must show that you are actively working for your own dignity of life On your part, you must show that you too can walk tall and command the respect which every human being expects to receive from the rest of the human family

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Dreamtime similarities meeting with another people, with different customs and traditions, who came to your country nearly 200 years ago.

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They were different from Aboriginal people.

Their traditions the organisation of their lives, and their attitudes to the land were quite strange to you.

Their law too was quite different.

These people had knowledge, money and power; and they

brought with them some patterns of behaviour from which the Aboriginal people were unable to protect themselves.

The effects of some of those forces are still active among you today.

Many of you have been dispossessed of your traditional lands, and separated from your tribal ways, though some of you still have traditional your culture.

Some of you are establishing Aboriginal communities in the towns and cities.

For others there is still no real place for camp· fires and kinship observances except on the fringes of country towns.

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There, work is hard to find, and education in a different cultural background is difficult.

The discrimination caused by racism is a daily experience.

You have learned how to survive, whether on you own lands, or scattered among the towns and cities.

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Rock paintings, implements and tools indicate

Ancient occupancy -IS proven The rock paintings and the discovered evidence of your ancient tools and implements indicated the presence of your age-old culture and prove your ancient occupancy of this land.

Your culture, which shows the lasting genius and dignity of your race, must not be allowed to disappear.

Do not think that your gifts are worth so little that you should no longer bother to maintain them.

Share them with each other and teach them to your children.

Your songs, your stories, your paintings, your dances, your languages, must never be lost. you perhaps remember those words that Paul VI spoke to the Aboriginal people during his visit to them in 1970?

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t is a great joy for me to be here today in Alice Springs and to meet so many of you, the Aborigines and Torres Strait

Islanders of Australia. l want to tell you right away how much the Church esteems

and loves you, and how much she wishes to assist you in your spiritual and material needs.

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□□□ On that occasion he said: "We know that you have a life style proper to your own ethnic genius or culture - a culture which the Church respects and which she does not in any way ask you to renounce ...

Society itself is enriched by the presence of different cultural and ethnic

elements.

"For us, you and the values you represent are precious. We deeply respect your dignity and reiterate our deep affection for you." (Sydney, December 2, 1970).

For thousands of years this culture of yours was free to grow without interference by people from other places You lived your lives in spiritual closeness to the land, and with its animals, birds, fishes, water-holes, rivers, hills and mountains.

Through your closeness to the land you touched the sacredness of man's relationship with God, for the land was the proof of a power in life greater than yourselves.

You did not spoil the land, use it up, exhaust it, and then walk away from it. You realised that your land was related to the source of life.

The silence of the bush taught you a quietness of soul that put you in touch with another world, the world of God's Spirit.

Your careful attention to the details of kinship spoke of your reverence for birth, life and human generation.

You knew that children need to be loved, to be full of joy. They need a time to grow in laughter and to play, secure in the knowledge that they belong to their people.

You had a great respect

for the need which people have for law, as a guide to living fairly with each other.

So you created a legal system -very strict it is true -but closely adapted to the country in which you lived your lives.

It made your society orderly.

It was one of the reasons why you survived this land.

You marked the growth of your young men and women with ceremonies of discipline that taught them responsibility as they came to maturity.

These achievements are indications of human strivings.

And in these striving you showed a dignity open to the message of God's revealed wisdom to all men and women, which is the great truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ the pope said.

Should take heart Take heart from the fact

that many of your lan-

gages are still spoken and that you still possess

your ancient culture. You have kept your sense of brotherhood.

If you stay closely united, you are like a tree standing in the middle of a bush-fire sweeping through the timber.

The leaves are scorched

and the tough bark is scarred and burned; but inside the tree the sap is still flowing, and under

the ground the roots are still strong.

Like that tree you have endured the flames, and you still have the power to be reborn. The time for this rebirth is now!

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At the beginning of time, as God's Spirit moved over the waters, he began to communicate something of his goodness and beauty to all creation.

When God then created man and woman, he gave them the good things of the earth for their use and benefit; and he put into their hearts abilities and powers, which were his gifts.

And to all human beings throughout the ages God has given a desire for himself, a desire which different cultures have tried to express in their own ways.

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The breakdown of family life is one of the threats to peace in the world today says Pope John Paul in his 1987 World Day of Peace message:

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"There is yet another threat to peace, one that throughout the world saps the very roots of every society: the breakdown of the family.

"The family is the basic cell of society.

"The family is the first place where development occurs or does not occur.

"If it is healthy and wholesome, then the possibilities for the integral development of the whole of society are great.

"Too often, however, this is not the case.

"In too many societies, the family has become a secondary element.

"It is relativized by various forms of interference and it often fails to find in the State the protection and support that it needs.

"Not infrequently it is deprived of the just means to which it has a right so that it can grow and provide an atmosphere where its members can flourish.

"The phenomena of broken families, or family members forced to separate for survival, or unable even to find shelter to begin or to maintain themselves as families, are all signs of moral under-development and of a society that has confused its values.

"A basic measure of the health of a people or nation is the importance it gives to conditions for the development of families.

"Conditions that are beneficial to families to promote the harmony of the society and nation, and this in turn fosters peace at home and in the world.

"Today we see the frightening spectre of young children who are abandoned or forced into the marketplace.

"We find children and young people in shanty towns and in large impersonal cities where they find meagre sustenance and little or no hope for the future.

"The breakdown of the family structure, the dispersal of its members, especially the very young, and the consequent ills visited upon them -drug abuse, alcoholism, transient and meaningless sexual relations, exploitation by others all are countersigns to the development of the whole person that is fostered through the social solidarity of the human family.

"To look into the eyes of another person and to see the hopes and anxieties of a brother or sister is to discover the meaning of solidarity.

Pope John Paul's 1987 peace message lists obstacles to human solidarity, and that ignore or deny the fundamental equality and dignity of the human person:

• axenophobia that closes nations in on themselves or which leads governments to enact discriminatory laws against people in their own countries; [ • the closing of borders in an arbitrary and unjustifiable way so that people are effectively deprived of the ability to move and to better their lot, to be reunited with their loved ones, or simply to visit their family or reach out in care and understanding to others; • ideologies that preach hatred or distrust, systems that set up artificial barriers. Racial hatred, religious intolerance, class divisions are all too present in many societies, both openly and covertly. These prejudices strike at the core of human dignity. They become a powerful source of counteractions that further; • Another evil, which in this past year brought so much suffering to people and havoc to society, is terrorism.

Much of what Paul VI said twenty years ago in his now celebrated Encyclical Populorum Progressio is especially applicable today, says Pope John Paul "He saw with great clarity that the social question had become worldwide.

"He was among the first to call attentioa to the fact that economic progress in itself is insufficient, tbat it demands social progress.

"Above all, he insisted that development must be the development of every person and of the whole

complete humanism: the ment of the person in all his or her dimensions and open to the Absolute, which 'gives human life its true meaning'.

'There can be no progress towards the complete

development of man", he said, "without the simultaneous development of all humanity in the spirit of solidarity."

"Now, twenty years later, I wish to pay tribute to this teaching of Paul VI. "In the changed circumstances of today, these profound insights, especially regarding the importance of a spirit of solidarity for developperson. ment, are still valid and "This was, for him, a shed great light on new fully-rounded develop- challenges."

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NEW DELHI: Christians were wrong to insist that there was no salvation outside the Church.

Archbishop Fernandes of Delhi, said in a lively attack on convert making.

"God does not want forced servants.

The biggest thing we have is freedom and nobody can accept being pushed around."

Archbishop Fernandes is the Chairman of the Asian Bishops' Conference of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs committee.

By taking the "narrow view he insisted, Christians were "trimming Christ's sail and cutting his wings -so, indirectly, they were "anti-Christ".

LONDON: The Forty English Martyrs lived in a different age, they acted according to their lights. Never-

theless, their significance was still very strong today.

Speaking to a congregation of nearly 8000, the Archbishop Bowen of S o u t h w a r k explained: 'The Forty Martyrs were subjected to a violent death, but their message to us is about peace, not violence.

We see the peace of Christ in the courage and serenity with which they faced death the peace that comes from getting your values in the right order.

The Martyrs, canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, represent the hundreds of Catholics who suffered for their religious beliefs in the post-Reformation period of the 16th and 17th centuries.

'They proclaimed a faith in life after death, a faith in the presence of Christ among us.

'They showed love and forgiveness for their enemies and the triumph of love over hatred. They died for the love of Christ as Christ died for us."

LONDON: BBC radio and television personality Gloria Hunniford is used to working under pressure, so it was no surprise that she got the all-clear when the sisters at Southend's Nazareth House checked her blood pressure.

Though not a Catholic, Ulster-born Gloria is a committed

supporter of the home, which is run by the Poor Sisters of Nazareth. She chatted to all the Nazareth House residents and was impressed by the cheerful atmosphere and standard of accommodation.

The archbishop can IT has changed that admitted that many view.

"The Council said the Christians had been brought up to believe, Church is for the world, as St Francis Xavier and in the world," he once said, that "hell is said.

"Only the whole view peopled with infidels," creation and puts but, he stressed, Vati-

Pope affirms human dignity

VATICAN CITY: Man must never be used as a guinea pig. This view was reaffirmed by the pope when he addressed 500 scientists and experts from 32 countries at conference in the Vatican.

The meeting, which discussed abortion, euthanasia, genetic manipulation, embryonic experiments and test tube babies, heard the pope assert that endangering life must be avoided at all costs.

He admitted that science had triumphed over many ancient illnesses, but warned against using medicine for non-therapeutic aims, altering nature's laws contrary to man's dignity.

He said: "For commercial reasons there are medicines which do not.

benefit research and scientific progress but are necessary to millions of people, especially in tropical and in poor zones.

"Experimenting on animals is a delicate question and must be done without inflicting suffering "Experimentating with humans calls for great prudence. Man must never become an object, endangering life, and health, and his sickness must not be aggravated".

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redemption together and the whole gathering of dispersed people of God into the family of the Father," By playing the conversion "numbers game," he said, "we do precious little except put obstacles in the way of the Lord." Conversion, he added, is the "grace of God" and only God through Christ and his love, not any one particular religion, Hinduism, Buddhism or Christianity, saves.

Oversimplifying the conversion idea "misses the bus", he said. Being in love with the Lord should be first and foremost."

Certainly it is a Christian's task to "proclaim the good news by word, worship, life, witness and service," but they should also respect the sacredness of everyone's conscience.

"Dialogue, is love in action, so how can you engage in evangelisation except in a spirit of mutual respect, reverence and love for each other."

"Love knows no constraints. You should do nothing that hurts human dignity, the fundamental form of reference for all human activity. Anything

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"You, discern it there, discover it, release it. And if it is not there, you may have the opportunity to put it across in the context of dialogue. You help the Lord come alive, but", he warned, "it is not your work, it is his."

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JERUSALEM: The pope has been invited to visit Israel.

The Israeli Tourism minister, Mr Abraham Sharir, has given the invitation to Cardinal Ahumada of Mexico who visited Jerusalem.

The reason for this indirect approach is The Vatican has no diplomatic relations with the State of Israel.

In fact, The Holy See does not even recognise the existence of Israel.

Catholic-Jewish relations were given a boost when the Pope visited a synagogue in Rome in April.

It was the first time a pontiff had ever done so.

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DUBLIN: There are fears that the Church in Ireland may lose access to the airwaves.

This was highlighted at the meeting of Europe an bishops, with responsibility for the media, in Dublin.

"There are only three people left in the Religious Affairs Department in RTE, the Irish broadcasting organisation. I just wonder what the situation is going to be next year," said Fr Martin Tierney, director of the Catholic Communications Institute.

Lid on church VILNIUS: Neither bishops nor priests of Soviet-occupied Lithuania will be allowed to leave the country during 1987, nor will any groups be allowed to come to solemnities next year to commemorate 600 years of Lithuanian Christianity.

The decision was relayed to the Lithuanian Bishops' Conference by the Commissioner for Religious Affairs - a government functionary.

Lithuania is the only Soviet "republic" whose population is predominantly Catholic.

About 87 per cent of the people of Lithuania were Catholics at the time of the Soviet invasion in 1939.

About 66 per cent, according to the clandestine Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania,

have remained loyal to the Church.

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Of the six dioceses in Lithuania, only three have bishops as Apostolic Administrators, the others being administered by lower-ranking clergy as vicars capitular.

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the bedtime programme on RTE as "the Irish cure for insommia', Fr Tierney called for a clear difference between programmes dealing with religious topics and religious programmes dealing with the worship of God. RTE seems to be assuming that Irish people have lost interest in religious programmes. but I wonder if that is the case," he said.

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"BBC radio attracted an extra two million listeners to their religious programmes in 1985, and I wonder if Ireland could be any different," He claims support from RTE personnel who also fear the secularisation of relgious programming.

Replying to the accusation that the Church has influence enough already, Fr Tierney said.

"That's a fair comment.

"I would have to agree that the Church doesn't exploit its own communications efficiently."

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Understanding in 200 years

We know that during the last two hundred years certain people tried to understand you, to learn about you, to respect your ways and to honour you as persons.

These men and women, as you soon realised, were different from others of their race.

They loved and cared for the indigenous people.

They began to share with you their stories to God, helped you cope with sick-

ness, tried to protect you from ill-treatment.

They were honest with you, and showed you by their lives how they tried to avoid the bad things in their own culture.

These people were not

always successful, and there

were times when they did not fully understand you.

But they showed you good

will and friendship.

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They came from many different walks of life.

Some were teachers and doctors and other professional people; some were simple folk.

History will remember the good example of their charity and fraternal solidarity.

Among those who have loved and cared for the indigenous people, we especially recall with profound gratitude all the missionaries of the Christian faith.

With immense generosity they gave their lives in ser-

vice to you and your forebears.

They helped to educate the Aboriginal people and offered health and social services.

Whatever their human frailty, and whatever mistakes they may have made,

nothing can ever minimise the depth of their charity.

Nothing can ever cancel out their greatest contribution, which was to proclaim to you Jesus Christ and to establish his Church in your midst.

Archbishop's support in early land rights

Let it not be said that the fair and equitable recognition of Aboriginal

rights to land is discrimination.

To call for the acknowledgement of the land rights of people who have never surrendered those rights is not discrimination.

Certainly, what has been done cannot be undone.

But what can now be done to remedy the deeds of yesterday must not be put off till tomorrow.

Christian people of good will are saddened to realise -many of them only recently for how long a time Aboriginal people were transported from

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From the earliest times men like Archbishop Polding of Sydney opposed the legal fiction adopted by European

settlers that this land was "terra nullius" nobody's country.

He strongly pleaded for the rights of the Aboriginal inhabitants to keep the traditional lands on which their whole society depended.

The Church still sup-

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their homelands into

small areas or reserves where families were broken up, tribes split apart, children orphaned and people forced to live like exiles in a foreign country.

The reserves still exist today, and require a just and proper settlement that still lies unachieved.

The urban problems resulting from the transportation and separation of people still have to be addressed, so that these people may make a new start in life with each other once again.

John Paul ll's for great in outback

Pope John Paul 11 is back home now preparing for 1987 like the rest of us but his presence still lingers on, through the memories of his visit.

For us in the Kimberley, his visit to Australia was a time of great rejoicing.

Most of us had been planning and preparing for it for many months.

People had talked about buses and planes, trucks and cars.

Some of us had travelled to Alice Springs in September to become acquainted with it and its people.

There we were innoculated with enthusiasm and returned to our little communities to spread the word.

We felt sure Alice Springs would be the centre of Good News for the peoples of the Kimberley so we joined with our communities as they prepared songs, dances and grfts for John Paul.

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We were inspired as we watched these people. who had to feed extended families on the little that came from various social welfare cheques, put a little aside for their $200 trip to the Alice.

We realised, of course, that the poor everywhere always choose to spend their money on events that renew them, events like great social gatherings and family gettogethers, rather than store up wealth and possessions.

So we watched the progress of the preparations with great admiration.

New dancing decorations were designed, hairbelts were brightened up, dreamIng stories were depicted and printed on T-shirts and new dancing sticks and spears were produced The night before the departure for Alice Springs we sat together as a community for a special mass and reconciliation ceremony to prepare the pilgrims for the journey.

We gathered there under the stars and prayed for a

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safe trip and eager hearts to

receive the Good News in Ahce.

The following night a bus arrived, already half full of pilgrims.

I could not go so sadly I watched as my friends piled into the bus with their bags and odds and ends, saying "We feel sorry for you in our hearts We worry for you because you cannot come."

For the next few days, those of us who were left behind hungered for news of the travellers and listened to the radio to hear of John Paul.

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We devoured the videos of some of the visit, that were sent to us by friends in the nearby town The videos went from camp to camp and on the Saturday, the day of the visit to Alice, we wore our T. shirts prepared for the trip to see John Paul, and we huddled around the radios again to hear about our travellers.

The silence broke on Sunday and the excitement flowed the through telephone.

"We met Pope John Paul.

We shook his hand. He liked

our gifts. He kissed Pauline twice. It's good to be here."

And from then, until the travellers arrived home at 6 30 am on Tuesday, there were phone calls along the route telling to the waiting ones, what was happening to the travellers It was weary people that left the bus on Tuesday.

The six day trip was physically exhausting but the first words from each were: "It was good We saw John Paul. We shook his hand."

And as they gathered their swags around them, they spoke of the La Grange people, the Broome people, the Lombardina people, the Looma people who missed the bus and were helped along by other buses, the bus that got lost for a while on the Tanami and the long trip.

They said they met the Balgo people, the Mulan, the Yaruman, the Kalumburu, the Lunga Djaru and all the Alice people and they danced and prayed together.

They talked about the Adelaide "mob", the Queensland "mob", the Sydney "mob", the Perth "mob" and the Melbourne "mob" They admiringly told of the Torres Strait Islanders who

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emerging for you, you are being called to live fully human and Christian lives, not to die of shame and sorrow. But you know

need a new heart.

You will already feel courage rise up inside you when you listen to God speaking to you in these words of the Prophets:

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"Do not be afraid for l have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine. Do not be afraid, for l am with you" (IS 43: 1,5).

And again: "I am going to•••

gather you together,,, and bring you home to your own land••• l shall give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you..• You

shall be my people and I will be your God" (Er 36:24, 26

28).

With you I rejoice in the hope of God's gift of salvation, which has its beginnings here and now, and which also depends on how we behave towards each other, on what we do, on how we honor God and love all people.

Dear Aboriginal people: the hour has come for you to take a new courage

and new hope.

You are called to open your hearts ever more to the consoling, purifying and uplifting message of Jesus Christ, the Son of

God, who died so that we might all have life, and have it to the full (cf Jn 10:10)

Some of the gathering of Aborigines for the pope in Alice Springs.

looked like Indians and described the dances of Territory peoples.

All the news came in disjointed fashion as the tired pilgrims prepared to return to their camps The interesting fact was that no one spoke of or indicated they were afraid of meeting so many different groups.

Traditionally these groups of people did not feel at ease with each other and spoke about the "stranger mob".

This had all disappeared as the various groups met in unity before John Paul II

00u The cynics among us might wonder what spiritual benefits came from the six day pilgrimage across the desert in temperatures well into the forties We were soon to find out as terrible tragedy engulfed the community.

It was late into the Tuesday night when the phone call came breakrng the news that a young man of 25 years had died suddenly and the voice asked us to tell the parents.

We were shocked at the suddenness of the death and waited for the early morning to tell the mother.

She stood on the hot red soil and wailed and we cried with her.

We held her and cried again and we sat with the family around the campfire and listened to the whispers broken by a small voice from

visit a time rejoicing Christ is born

in each of us

a preschooler, tugging at my skirt, "Who did we lose?

Why did we lose?"

This little child had asked one of the profound questions of life, that at this stage could only be answered with silence The news of Bobby's unusual heart attack slowly and sadly became reality and the parents asked for messages to be sent We helped the mother who had lost her two young sons. organise her two daughters to tell their relatives We left the sad campfire, like the two on the road to Emmaus wondering and pondering and like those two, we were also surprised Back at the school bower shed, the Holy Spirit was very much at work.

There, gathered in the shed, were the pilgrims of Alice Springs They were singing their own hymns about Jesus dying and were adding another verse about the young man.

We sat on a table and 1 listened to the mournful

As the human family spread over the face of the earth, your people settled and lived In this country that stood apart from all the others.

Other people did not even know this land was here; they only knew that somewhere in the southern oceans of the world there was 'The Great South

tune and felt surrounded by the Spirit These very ordinary tribal people, on hearing the sad news. had spontaneously come together to pray for the family and prepare a memorial service Sadness was lined on their faces Bobby, a young man. had mysteriously died of a heart attack It was a shock, one they could not handle alone so they turned to Jesus The sad eyes were full of tears as the mournful song was sorrowfully sung and our tears flowed too

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We sat as a group, singing praying and grieving The atmosphere knit us so closely that we continued to srt It was impossible to move away It was obvious that the strength of the Holy Spirit was with us, that the power of the group listening to the Spirit, was enabling us to help each other accept the tragedy.

We remained there, oblivious to the tasks awaiting us and we knew what the trip to see Pope John Paul had done.

We realised what the spiritual benefits were Here was a tribal group that had never accepted death The instant reaction to any deaths, especially sudden ones, is, "Who did it? Who sung him?"

It may be obvious to others that the person had died of a serious illness but that is not the answer to the problem of death here.

The answer ,s someone, through evil means, caused the death so the medicine men are usually sent for, to discover the killer, and a system of pay-backs is planned for the killer and his family On this occasion, the community had chosen, no doubt moved by the Spirit, to handle the problem of death differently.

The sad father thought his son might have died because he smoked too

much and he did not try to resurrect any inter-tribal feuds to discover the tribal reason.

All his friends, either recently returned from their trip to John Paul or inspired by the videos had looked to Christ for comfort.

They had gathered together like the Apostles had, while they waited for the Spirit I believe their journeying to Alice had shaped them into a special group, and the religious and social gatherings experienced there, had a profound and lasting effect.

□□□ This group turned to Christianity for help in a time of awful sadness.

Something had happened for them in Alice, which had caused them to think differently about sudden death One day they will tell us but during these sad days we are and seeing understanding Pope John Paul, back in the oldness of Rome, is unaware of what happened for some of the Kimberley people Unfortunately, he did not see this priestless community, gather with their own Eucharistic ministers, to pray for Bobby and his family He did not hear their beautiful mournful song. speak of Jesus dying on the Cross and then the words telling the family, that the boy was resting for a while, while his spirit went to Jesus He did not hear the young men tune up their guitars and play their country and western song, Take Time Out For Jesus, a song they sing when one of the young people die.

Five years ago, it was sung for the brother of Bobby and two years ago rt was sung for the brother of the gurtarst Pope John Paul did not see each member of the community forget their grievances and off er deep sympathy through hugs and wails to the family.

John Paul may hear of some great policies drawn up as result of his visit to Australia but he will probably never hear of the profound hidden things that happen, in the depths of people We, in the Kimberley, know that some great spiritual realities have become indigenised in Aboriginal Christianity as a result of his visit and his request to meet the first Australians, the people who wore on their Tshirts "Father, you gave us the Dreaming ..."

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PATHWAYS THE SPIRIT

Is reverence still a value in ;Fi the church we know today?

Nowadays we talk a

about good movies.

That is, we often thing. a liturgy is good if we get a lot out of it, enjoy it or get a kick out of it.

To an extent this is understandable. After all, conscious, active and devout

participation is a goal in

worship. Whatever furthers that goal is important.

But in liturgy we also

approach the unknowable and all-holy God who, in Jesus, formed us into his people. Participation in the liturgy is cause for reverence, and not a little awe.

What is reverence? The

question hits home in a

,

By Father John Gurrieri special way for all those

today who fulfill special

roles in the liturgy - priests, permanent deacons, read-

ers, eucharistic ministers, parish liturgy planners Often this means they worry about making a mistake Now, worrying about get

ting things right can easily lead to making a mess of the thing you wanted to do

correctly in the first place This is no less true in liturgy than when it comes to saying the right thing to one's boss or spouse on a special occasion, or setting a table for a special dinner according to the dictates of Miss Manners In liturgy, people tend to worry too much, not trusting God to understand. Per-

haps that is why Benedictine Father Aidan Kavanagh, in a collection of sayings, aphorisms and principles for liturgical celebrations, wrote: "To be consumed with worry over making a liturgical mistake is the greatest mistake of all." ("Elements of Rite: A Handbook of Liturgical Style," Pueblo Publishing Co.) In worship, it is possible to grow overanxious about "reverence". Then Liturgies may be planned in such a way that we cannot adopt a reverent state of mind because we are worrying

ourselves silly.

But if planning is put aside, along with the worry, a sloppy or cluttered liturgical celebration almost always results What is reverence? What are its attitudes and postures in God's presence?

First, reverence means not worrying about being rever ent. It means feeling at home in church because, as bap tised sons and daughters of a Father, we belong there.

Reverence means worship That is, reverence is that attitude toward God and his church which springs from faith in God's power, holiness and mercy. It is similar to the reverence shown parents or others who love us Reverence is rooted in respect, but reaches beyond it to devotion To be devoted to someone implies a willingness to do anything possible for the person's benefit. Devotion is the fervor reserved for one you love and respect Devotion is in the realm of emotion and warm feeling Ultimately, devotion is a spiritual attitude that springs from the heart And devotion always means reverence for the other In

liturgy it means reverence for God. Has reverence been lost in our churches today? Does reverence change from age to age? Insofar as reverence is expressed in external rituals, yes, reverence does change from one historical period to another • One generation may find that sitting silently in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament before Mass creates a spirit of reverence

• Another generation may find that kissing an object used in worship expresses reverence.

While we do stand in awe of the presence of Christ's

death and resurrection when we celebrate the Eucharist, reverence is not servility. It is not "bowing and scraping" as though we are slaves. Christ called us to be his friends.

Even when, with the Psalmist, we confess our nothingness and sinfulness, the Lord expects us to confess our faith with joy. Even when we do penance in Lent or at other times, our reverent posture is the uplifted face of those who hope for mercy from an all-merciful God Ultimately, we can only be reverent if we possess self-

esteem

When I think of a rever-

et ceremony, the wed

ding of friends of mine comes to mind. The groom was a young man I babysat for when I was 15 and he was 10. More recently, be ad bis future bride bad met in

the Catholic school where they taught two of my cbldre. This made tie wedding special for me from the start.

While in Israel recently, some seminarians and l tried to gain an understanding of just what the Sabbath meant to Jews in Jerusalemn. Some things were obvious: bus service came to a halt on Friday at sundown, not to resume until

sundown Saturday; shops

were closed and shuttered.

Father Lawrence E. Mick tells a story of a little girl who was taken to church and became quite impressed by the stained-glass windows. Asking her mother who the people in the windows were, she was told, "they're the saints." Many years later when asked by her catechism teacher, "Who are the saints?" The girl replied, "the saints are the people the light shines through.

Though tbe wedding

party's dress was formal,

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things of God. "I is somewhat synonymous with respect but goes beyond respect," she said. "The feeling reverence provokes for me is of quiet listening. of being open and aware of God." For her, reverence enconpasses awe and mystery.

to belp create a bond among all present.

For me that wedding was

she said. But how the service is celebrated also makes a difference to

For Suranme Elsesser, reverence is a word reserved for God and the

A liturgical celebration is reverent for her, Ms Elsesser said, when both priest and congregation

warm and loving and, yes, reverent.

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But as Father Kavanagh says, silence "is not the embarrassed, barren, uncontrolled lack of sound which occurs when things break down and no one knows what to say" - Like being in an elevator "Liturgical silence is purposefully pregnant and con-

Living in the Mid-east for any length of time can represent quite a culture shock for Westerners. Attitudes, customs, ways of doings things are so different.

with long gowns and tuxedos, the spirit of the day was informal and simple. At the end of the Mass, before walking back up the aisle, the bride and groom paused for a moment arm in arm to welcome family members and guests.

The wedding stands out ow some 10 years later because of the spirit of rejoicing that the bride and groom created. They treated each other and their guests with loving attention. At ease despite the solemnity of tbe occa-

sion, the couple was able

for a time after receiving Christ's body and blood

trolled the thunderous quiet of people communicating that which escapes being put into mere words."

Reverence can be born of such silence. And silence is born of faith and purpose.

We have learned the lesson of voiced participation well in the last 20 years. It is time now to learn how to be quiet, when to be silent Silence is one element in creating reverence, respect andlove. It is a question of letting this silence come about. Then the songs and movement and words in worship can be truly reverent filled with the majesty of God

This lively celebration

Images of reverence By Katharine Bird

No doubt many liturgical celebrations today are "noisy assemblies", with no chance to be silent But silence is important too: • when listening to God's word; • after the scripture readings and before we sing;

A free-lance author and consultant on lay ministry, Ms Elsesser said her sense of reverence is most likely to surface during Mass.

"What is happening at

Mass is so profound Ifeel

reverent no matter wbat,"

ber.

"are involved in what is happening. not just saying words and going through actions in a perfunctory manner."

The priest bas an obvious role to fulfill at Mass, Ms Elsesser said, but the congregation also fulfils a role It is important for peo-

ple to come to Mass with

a willingness to participate actively. This means listening actively and cultivating "an attitude of being open" to what is going on, she said.

Such participation helps people reach a deeper understanding of bow Christ is present among them at each Mass, Ms Elsesser thinks. Out of this context, sbe believes, sense of reverence tends to grow naturally.

Attendance at the synagogue was an eye-opener The synagogue service seemed quite unstructured and anything but hushed The men were all properly dressed in skull caps or black hats, prayer shawls draped over their shoulders.

For most of the time no one seemed to be in char0e.

Men were gathered in pairs or little groups carrying on casual conversations. Some individuals rocked back and

forth, swaying from the

waist in that typical motion which accompanies private

prayer. There was constant coming and going.

Were these people irreverent? I don't think so.

They had come to be in the presence of God and God's word. When moved to pray, they prayed. When they conversed, it was like children discussing things in their Father's house. And when Scripture was read, they paid, in general, respectful attention.

For some people, the word "reverence" is identified only with awesome quiet. in fact, many church members have found it difficult to respond to Vatican l's call to actively participate in the liturgy. For some, if they sing at all during Mass, it is constrained, unenthusiastic.

For the first Christians, the Eucharist celebrated the resurrection and its liberating effects in Christian lives

By Father John Castelot It anticipated their assured

participation in the heavenly banquet.

These early Christians really celebrated, in the context of a shared meal.

Like many meals, this one was a happy occasion and, one can imagine, a noisy affair. Paul had to take the Corinthians to task for letting things get out of hand (1 Corinthians 11).

And in a long section of

First Corinthians (12-14) Paul was at pains to bring some order into the overly enthusiastc exercise of the

various charismatic gifts

during the liturgy. He did not try to repress them, only regulate them Later New Testament writers urged their communities to give heartfelt expression to religious sentirents: "Sing praise to the Lord with all your hearts" (Ephesians 5:19)

And Paul himself who

wrote these words at the end of his second letter to the Corinthians, read to them, remember, during the liturgy: "Greet one another with a holy kiss" (13:12)

Reverence is a complex tu¢ as people quickly discover whe hey get into a discussion at it Moreover, people tend to some firm opinions on whewer a liturgical celebration is or g not reverent.

People often discover tha heir idea of reverence differs somwat from the views of friend and acquaintances.

Perhaps that isn't suring.

Even an individual can feels mewhat divided about this -- on. day seeking a quiet, somewhat astere atmosphere for worship; aother day seeking a more lively oebration.

What is reverence? And how should rt be expressed?

Actually, the term "reverences'is not reserved for activities insde a church. People express reverence in daily life.

Consider, for example, the newborn baby. She is a reminder of how completely one ind dual depends on another, and d life's mystery. Watching her a she sleeps peacefully, new parer may sit quietly, experiencing a pound sense of awe. At other manents their reverence for the baby new life will be expressed with asmile, with words of joy. Of cours their reverence for life is also ex ssed in the active care they gi their

ave

baby.

The reverent celebration of liturgy isn't something people feel indifferent about. They care mightily about their liturgies and have some firm ideas on when a celebration is, or is not, reverent.

To be reverent means to approach and to treat all the means of God's presence with care, Father Lawrence Mick writes.

This means treating the others who worship alongside us with care. For the people in the community are among the symbols of God's presence in the church.

Father John Gurrieri writes of the complex nature of reverence. Noisy assemblies can be reverent places, he suggests.

But he thinks there is a lesson to be learned 20 years after Vatican ll about the importance of some silence during the Mass.

Moments of silence can influence us in such a way that the words we say and the songs we sing will become truly reverent, he adds.

Reverence means different things for different people, Katharine Bird writes. She tells of a wedding she attended that remains in her memory as an especially reverent occasion. It was so, she believes, because the bride and groom were able to establish a strong bond with the community gathered for their wedding.

Father John Castelot describes a Jewish liturgy that he attended with seminarians in Jerusalem. It was an eye-openig n experience, he writes, helping them to understand the dimensions of reverence in worship.

Letting the light shine through By

Father

Lawrence Mick It was a small church in a lower middle class neighbourhood. As I entered through the main doors of the building, I wondered what the liturgy would be like that summer Sunday.

At the opposite side d life's I was on a short sabbatical spectrum, there is the rewence younger family member feel between assignments, living toward an aged, much loved#rand- with friends for six weeks parent. Feeble now, he hasved a Since this city had five Catholic parishes, I decided long, useful life. His grand 'dren to visit each of them to revere him for his intere ting evaluate the state of the approach to problems, for ful liturgy there. I was director appreciation of life's goodne of a branch of our Office of And the grandchildren @press Worship, so I was very intertheir reverence by spending time ested in the progress of with him, by celebrating the anni- liturgical renewal As the liturgy began, versaries in his life with himby the noted a variety of deficienim. friendly assistance they give! cies. The building itself had Then there are those � perbeen only partially reno. form particularly difficult or! eroic vated to meet the needs of actions. Think of the thrill le all the liturgy. The music was over the world felt as they wched not bad, but neither was it U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong outstanding The lector was become the first human ever lo set willing. but obviously not foot on the moon. They were well trained The servers awestruck and excited in the ame seemed a bit lost at times. In contrast to other parishes I moment.

Or think of any genuinely self- had visited, this one had a lot sacrificing person, one who of work to do Yet, as the celebration responds to the true ne8s of progressed, I began to rea others with little concern about the Ilise that there was somecost in terms of personal time and thing here that had been energy. Doesn't this person 0spire missing in the other parishes a sort of reverence in others.- at I had visited. It was hard to the same time spurring oth 's to pinpoint and hard to desaction on behalf of the 'world cribe, but I left the parish feeling that the liturgy had around them?

Reverence, it seems is m lidi- been a very prayerful celemensional, as are the people who bration Over the next few days I experience it. struggled to figure out what What does the word "reverence" made that celebration so mean to you? How is it expressed? prayerful. It hadn't been that

"Silence plays an important role in the liturgy but small spaces of silence before prayers are likely to be as moving and significant for children as for adults. If there is to be a silence during the preparation of the altar and the gifts, it may be helpful to keep in mind that it is the silence of our own hearts which really

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homily. He told of little Mary Ellen who had been taken to church by her parents and was very impressed with the stained-glass windows.

After staring at them for

some time, she asked her

mother who those people in the windows were. "They're

they must let the light shine through them

That's what made the liturgy in that little church so prayerful. The people who worshiped there cared about what they were doing and believed in what they

the saints," her mother answered It was an answer Mary Ellen remembered some years later when her catechism teacher asked, "Who are the saints?" Mary Ellen put her hand up and answered," The saints are the people that the light shines through That strikes me as a pretty good definition of saints, but it is also a good definition of liturgical ministers. Good ministers let the light of God's presence shine through them The minis ters' awareness of God's presence needs to be evident to others All the symbols of the liturgy are meant to be channels through which God is met and some of the most basic symbols in our worship are the people who form the assembly of the church. To be good symbols,

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which they fulfilled their ministries. The bread and wine, the book of readings the altar and the people who gathered - all were treated with care and respect.

It seems to me that this is what reverence really means. To be reverent is to it

all the means of God's presence. Since Vatican Council II we have learned that those means include the people who gather as well as the bread and wine and other items used in our worship.

Recognising one another as channels through which God can touch us, we rever-

ence one another by our friendliness and our con-

cern

Those who fulfill special ministries in the liturgical assembly obviously have a big impact on that sense of reverence by the way they carry out their duties. But a reverent litrurgy also

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solemn, the music was lively, the people laughed at the joke the pastor told in the homily and they were friendly at the Sign of Peace The overall mood was rather simple and informal, yet it seemed reverent to me, for the presence of God was almost tangible. Some how the celebrant and the other ministers let their faith show forth and the whole congregation entered into the spirit of faith and prayer Mo. 63057. $3.50) I was reminded of a story that a priest had used in at

s to be too In liturgy. people tend to worry too much, not trusting God to understand, Father John Gurrieria writes. In worship, rt i possible anxious about "reverence." The liturgies may be planned in such a way that we cannot adopt a reverent state of mind because we are worrying ourselves silly.

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Eastern rite Churches celebrate the Sunday, January 4 is a high point of Ukrainian Catholic celebration.

by COLLEEN HOWARD

It will be the feast of the Epiphany, the appearance of Jesus to the Magi, venerated in the Eastern Churches with great solemnity.

One of the most appeal-

Musical drawcard Started in 1985 by Bohdam Warchomij (Mandolin, vocal) and Myroslaw Gutej (Piano, piano accordion, vocals).

It functions as an ensemble group with a core of singers who rehearse the music initially.

Musicians attend final rehearsals before performances and these are drawn from various Perth orchestras: eg Nedlands Symphony, W.A.Y.0 and others. Paul Wright currently with the W.A. string quartet has performed as a soloist with the ensemble.

A number of musicians are students who attend the Mt Lawley conservatorium of music but these musicians are not necessarily of Ukrainian origin.

The purpose of the group is to perfrom and

In Ukrainian arts, particularly song and dance, are traditionally taught to all generations of children and youth in the Ukrainian communrty.

Not surprisingly, when Ukrainians were forced to leave their homeland and migrated to Australia, they too established dancing, singing, instrumental and cultural groups in order to defend and retain their cultural and historic identity.

However the love and respect for their heritage and tradition was difficult to pass onto new generations, born in a new country whose community attitude implied that the only way to get on in Australia was to forget one's past.

It is little wonder then, that most sought assimilation into their environment thus assisting the disintegration of Ukrainian culture in Perth.

In 1974, after 24 years of numerous dancing, singing and other cultural groups, a project termed the Ukrainian Folkloric Ensemble was initiated in Perth by the Ukrainian Youth Association of WA (Inc.).

It aimed to maintain the existing cultural heritage of Ukrainians in Australia and effect its development by providing a strong, well structured and organised base from which Ukrainian culture could be taught to youth of Ukrainian descent More than a decade later the base continues to develop.

The resources accumulated include a library of reference books, cupboards full of costumes, video recordings of over five years of performances and workshops, musical equipment with tapes and recorders plus a fully annotated reper-

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The singers spend a lot of time on voice production and technique. The group is self funded and has organised successful concerts for fund raising.

May 9, 10 concerts at the Ukrainian hall, Leederville were virtual sell outs.

a0L Other performance credits: Mathilda Festival, Hyde Park Festival, Shell National Folkloric 1985, Shell National Folkloric 1986.

Musical arrangements are written by Myroslaw Gutej and the musical selections range from traditional to contemporary music of Ukraine.

The aim of the arrangements is to express the

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spirit of the music rather than the letter.

The orchestral parts are written with that in mind, and the diversity of instruments mandolas, mandolins, banjolins, bandura (a 52 string folk instrument of Ukraine), French horns, Clarinet, cello, violins, violas, guitar, flutes, bassoon, trombone contributes to the spirit of that musical expression.

The most important of modern Ukrainian composers is Volodymyr hvasiuk (who died in 1981 at age of 31). Kashtany plans to record a number of his compositions as well as those of Avdi Jevsky.

Kashtany's future direction is governed by planned projects and by its relevance. If the group continues to stimulate audiences, if the music continues to be relevant to wider audiences then the ensemble will continue to work as at present.

□□□ Their Feast Days, festive occasions and celebrations are Church centred. Notable occasions, in particular Christmas and Easter, are enriched with much ceremony, preparation and dedication to observ-

ing religious rituals handed down through the ages.

For this special Christmas issue, Erica explained "Christmas Ukrainian Style" and from the following elaboration she gave me, it is certainly something special, and fully involved with their Christian Faith and worship.

Christmas for them covers a cycle of important feast days beginning with December 19, St. Nicho-

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toire of dances recorded on paper.

Thus the community has the foundation which will preserve traditional Ukrainian culture in WA while providing the authentic origin for its development as a continuing art-form.

The ensemble itself is comprised of three dancing groups, divided mainly by criteria of age and level of dancing proficiency.

The potential to develop singing and other art-forms still remains, however these spheres were severely compromised by popular opinion in the community emphasising individual development to the exclusion of maintaining a permanent base, before seeking artistic diversification.

The older dancing group consists of 17 people aged 18 and above.

The dancing group, initially called 'Kalyna' (meaning guelder-rose) took on the name 'Roztiazhka' in June

1986.

The word is derived from the name of a Ukrainian dance step and signifies the character of the dancing group (from the intensity of the step).

The group has a working dance-repertoire of 20 folk dances, primarily from cen-

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record Ukrainian music to exacting standards. A number of recording sessions have resulted in demonstration tapes that are to lead to further

by BOB WARCHOML]

ing things about Ukrainian Catholics, is the way their culture and traditions are interwoven with their religion, for which they seem to have a real love.

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tral Ukraine with a few items from the Western Ukrainian highlands of Hutsulschyna.

Credited with over 200 public performances at artistic, interstate, community and charitable functions, the group stresses the origins of our steps and the context ,n which they should be performed.

Representing the next generation of dancers, our group reflects the future of Ukrainian dance in Perth, typified by a higher level of dance ability, greater selfconfidence and a consciousness of being Ukrainian.

With practical experience and theoretical knowledge of Ukrainian dance, the group is striving to develop dance as a viable fine art.

Many suffered in slave

With the Germans' occupation of Ukraine, during the second .

World War their fashion of collecting slave labour was to transport large sec· ns of villages which tlo thus included families and young men and women; they upon marriage established other Ukrainian centres throughout the world.

After the war, many were forced to live in the Soviet Union, but the lucky ones made it to America and Australia with the aid of the United Nations.

Northam and Cunderdin

were the transit-camp bases

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came to WA, then in the '50s and '60s they moved to Perth and established their own Maylands centre.

The Catholics represent 55% of Ukrainian population

in Perth, the Orthodox 40% and the Baptist 5% The Ukrainian Orthodox also maintains its own church and liturgies.

The Ukrainian Catholic St John the Baptist's church was consecrated in 1966 and its laity, as with their other churches, play a major

church morally and materially, managing the press, building schools, churches and monasteries.

During the last 30 years as evidence of such activity, the Ukrainian Catholics have built 12 churches, eight presbyteries, five schools and three convents, by the estimated number of 25,000

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protector.

The laity organise parish confraternities which with the priest, support their

Ukrainian Catholics belong to a section of the Church whose roots go back to the earliest days of Christianity.

Their rites and forms of worship are quite different from the Latin heritage of the Roman Catholic Church but are orthodox nonetheless

The Ukrainian Catholics are the largest of various Greek-influenced Churches in Union with Rome.

Most of the Churches are located in the Middle East, North Africa and India: although most are numerically small, all recognise Rome's authority.

appearance of Jesus to the Magi

Epiphany a high point for Ukraine

las day, Christmas Day

held on January 7 (they follow the Julian calendar), New Year's day January 14 and ends with the feast of Jordan on January 20.

Christmas Eve, being family centred, is the most important part of Christmas.

as there are people like Erica Rosowski around.

She stood there looking beautiful in a blouse, typical of the handgorgeous embroidered work for which the Ukrainians are famous, with the traditional Kiev colours of red and black on a white background.

It went with a black skirt, thus completing the traditional dress. ( Older women wear long burgundy skirts).

Erica is interesting because she represents a blend of two cultures.

An Australian born woman, mother of two, who has ---without alienating herself from her country of birth assumed the culture of her parents'

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Some migrant parents make the big mistake of trying to force their children to assume their own culture, to the exclusion of the adopted homeland, over-looking the fact their children are Australian-born and often wish to be identifled as such.

As a result of refusing the child the freedom to develop an Australian lifestyle, many children inevitably break enforced ties with their parents, unable to accept. to the

embroidered table cloth.

Bread (Kalach) is placed in the centre with candles on either side.

With the first evening star seen in the Eastern sky, the family gathers round the table for the meal which commences with the Lord's prayer.

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The table is first strewn with a handful of fine hay in memory of the Christ Child in the manger, and over this is spread the very best hand-

The father raises a spoonful of Kutia ( the first and indispensable dish which is a cooked wheat preparation dressed with ground poppy seed, honey and walnuts) and greets the family with the traditional "Krystos Rodyvsya!" (Christ is born), to

Most of these Churches do not demand clerical celibacy and their highly structured liturgy follows the imperial ritual of the Eastern Roman Empire -- the Byzantine Rite.

Catholics of Byzantine Rite

are the most numerous of Oriental Rite Catholics.

The subdivisions of Byzantine Rite in Australia, apart from Ukrainian Catholics, states McPherson in his book, include Romanian, and ItaloBulgarian

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culture

Ukrainia.

□□□ Its main feature is the evening meal called Sviata Vecheria (the Holy Supper). The Supper on Holy Night differs from other evening meals, having 12 Lenten dishes symbolic of the twelve Apostles who gathered at the Last Supper.

The dishes, which omit all animal and dairy products, are prepared. The omission of dairy and animal products is a survival of the ancient animistic religion, a belief that all living things possess a soul.

The Holy Supper heralds the end of the preceding six weeks of Advent fast; a time given over to abstinence from wordly pleasures.

Christmas Eve is a strict fast in commemoration of the hardship endured

by Mary en-route to Bethlehem, which ends on Christmas Day.

Ukrainian

will never die as long

camps Albanian.

Byzantine Rite Churches are usually organised according to nationality or country of origin.

In common with Roman Catholics, Ukrainian Catholics have a special devotion to Our Lady and the Mass.

Erica holds onto her culture ... exclusion of their Australian identity, another land, epoch and culture with which they are unfamiliar.

Far better, as in Erica's case, to acknowledge, love and keep traditions and language from "the old country" but to also honour, respect and love "the new."

Brimming full with love of her parents' background and doing everything she can to promote it to others, she is dedicated and highly sought after by education bodies.

Erica's parents, Michael and Marie Klimak came out from Ukraine in 1949 and settled in Northam where their two children were born, Erica and

Yari.

Settling into a new country with very little, the parents worked to own their own home.

"But despite their coming and going with their different jobs, they made sure we children were educated in the traditions of their homeland: embroidery, singing, dancing, the language

and customs," said Erica.

For this, Erica is truly grateful "I feel it would be such a sad loss if my parents left everything behind in the Ukraine and didn't pass it on," she said.

With the Ukrainian Erica's community, father helped to build the first Ukrainian Catholic hall which is still being used, and the Catholic primary school Erica attended in Northam, was the first to sing a Latin Mass on the ABC.

Following the family's

shift to Perth, they identified with the Ukrainian Catholics' Maylands cen-

tre, which comprises a church, hall, and is centre of most Ukrainian activities They have a youth club, a singing group (Kashtany) and a Saturday morning school to teach the children Ukrainian: Erica participates in the latter two.

"We are a tight-knit community and it is wonderful to see mothers and fathers there with

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which everyone replies "Slavim Yoho" (let us

glorify him.)

Following this, everyone must partake of one spoonful of Kutia, followed by an appetizer of pickled herring or pickled mushroom, then a serving of Borsch, fish, Houbtsi, Varenky (potato and sauerkraut), ending with a dessert of stewed fruit and Christmas pastries.

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After the solemn meal, the family joins in singing Christmas carols and general merry-making.

On Christmas Day a special Christmas service, enriched with beautiful carol music is held.

During that afternoon, night, and following days, organised groups of Carollers visit homes singing ancient and modern carols and bringing traditional Yuletide greetings.

The feast of Jordan on January 19-20, brings the Christmas cycle to a close.

The main feature of this feast is an impressive church service with the blessing of water, commemorating the Baptism of Christ in the river Jordan by St. John the Baptist.

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Maria Mencinsky has contributed to the life and continuance of Ukrainian culture for over 40 years here in Perth.

She is actively involved in the May1 ands Saturday morning school run for primary school grades, where they teach the language and some history, geography and literature.

The embroidery (vyshyvannia) is still done by women here and sometimes the grandchildren also do it, but the Ukrainian men out here have not continued with their traditional carving.

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Commenting on the stat us of women in Ukraine, Mrs Mencinsky said "it is a very old culture with the women having their own rights in the family.

The woman was always regarded as equal but still as a woman. She never tried to usurp the man's role, meanwhile being aware of her own importance." There are about 400 Ukrainian families in the metropolitan area.

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Concerts are organised and they have commemorations on national heroes and Independence Day "to remind everyone when our country was once independent prior to the communist takeover. said Mrs Mencinsky.

She left Ukraine in 1944, spent five years in Germany and has been in Western Australia ever since.

"In 1988 the Russians The Ukrainians are part of the great Slavic group of peoples who occupy most of Europe east of the Oder River, which forms the boundary between East Germany and Poland, writes Kenneth McPherson in his book "A Matter of Tradition."

A distinct state in the ninth century AD with its capital Kiev, or Kievan Rus, it gradually united the neighbouring tribal groups and became the most powerful state in Eastern Europe.

According to legend, St Andrew the Apostle evangilised the Ukraine and contacts were made with Rome.

In the ninth century, Saints Cyril and Methodius, two great Christian missionaries and advocates of Byzantine culture, greatly influenced the Ukraine's conversion to Christianity.

In 1954, Olga (now a saint), Grand Princess of Kiev, was baptised, and although her son remained a pagan her grandson Prince Volodymyr (now also a Saint), became

People occupied most of Europe

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Great Slavic background a Christian and in 988 AD the Kievan State officially adopted Christianity.

The rich Kievan State was the centre of the new religion and adopted Greekoriented culture of Byzantium and laid the basis of modern cultural and religious practices in the Slav lands to the east of Poland.

Christianity in that region continued to thrive and spread but from then on Ukraine had a troubled history with the Poles and the Russians showing territorial ambitions, which complicated establishing formal ties with Rome.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, although the Polish power in the Ukraine

waned, Russia's increased.

In the late 18th century, the Polish state vanished with the last of its Ukrainian lands passing to Russia and Austria.

Russia once again took control and by the second hatf of the 18th century, the Ukraine (apart from Galicia), had been absorbed into the Russian Empire.

The Ukrainian language was treated as a Russian dialect, its Catholic church as schismatic "and in need of reform!" and concerted efforts were made to break the union with Rome.

In political and economic terms the country was treated as the grain basket of the Empire and benefited

very little from industrialisation, occurring principally in Russia.

Russian civil servants, educators and members of the Russian Orthodox hierarchy spread their own cultural and religious ideas among the Ukrainian people.

After brief independence from 1920-22, Ukraine was once more possessed and its lands divided between the newly created states of between Czechoslavakia, Poland and the Soviet Union Athough Ukraine is considered a constituent republic, political control remains firmly in the hands of Moscow

Ukrainian community on the occasion of their celebrations for the feast of the Epiphany

Maria plays a big role

by COLLEEN HOWARD

intend to celebrate 1000 years of Christianity, but they have no right to that claim," she said, "because that distinction belongs to Kiev, capital of the Ukraine, where Christianity was accepted in 988, not to Russia as they tell the world."

A great-grandmother (a very spritely one at thatl), and a widow, Mrs Mencinsky has seen the horror and heartbreak of one's own country subjugated by the Russians, and the wonderful freedom of life here in Australia.

"Ukraine, since it came under Russian domination, has lost its identity," said Mrs Mencinsky.

"We are not Russians,

we are Ukrainian and want to keep our own identity, but Ukraine is now no longer considered an independent State because the Russians say we are part of the USSR. But we don't want that. We want the freedom of our own country back," she said.

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"We are a separate and independent race with our own culture and traditions and we don't want to be absorbed by the USSR. "Being part of the Soviet Union eliminates all identity," said Mrs Mencinsky. "It is all part of their intense Russiafication program whereby they change the history books to suit themselves and do not

give students the true historical facts.

'They explain that everyth in g is one. This means we have no freedom. We cannot develop our country the way we want. We are not free to move around. We have no freedom of speech," she said.

And religion? 'The Ukrainian Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox have been liquidated and their property confiscated," said Mrs Mencinsky.

"All Bishops, clergy and Sisters were arrested and later annihilated.

'Today the people are forced to practise their religion in secret," she said. "Many Ukrainian artists, sculptors, musicians, singers, composers and authors have been lured to Moscow because it is their only means of developing and being allowed to show their talent. But then Russia turns around and claims they are Russians! They are

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to her culture

From page 11 Imbued with her parents' Ukrainian culture their young children and babies, and to watch them grow up,'' said Erica. and traditions, Erica and her husband, Edmund, visited Ukraine in 1977 and the meeting with her grandmother, became a high point in Erica's life.

"Our grandmother was in her late seventies and when we both spoke in

Ukrainian, she fell to her knees and tearfully kissed our hands. III nevr forget her emotion and gratitude that we had maintained the language and customs, despite the fact we lived in a country so

□□□ far away, she couldn't even visualise it!" said Erica.

The Education Department asks her to give

'Because of its importante and because all other forms of catechesis are oriented in some way to it, the catechesis of adults must have high priority at all levels of the Church. The success of programs for children and youth depends to a significant extent upon the words, attitudes, and actions of the adult community, especially parents, family and guardians."

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era of adult education --

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which workshops involve displays, explaining the customs, demonstrating the art of intricately decorating and colouring the Pysanky (Easter eggs) and experience the typical Ukrainian food which Erica and her mother sometimes spend the previous two days preparing and which she also cooks during her workshops.

denied their Ukrainian identity," said Mrs Mencinsky. "[f they remain in Ukraine, then any artistic works they produce have to be sent to Russia for approval before they are exposed to the public. Needless to say, if it comes from Ukraine and is good, their work is scrapped and not allowed to be publicised or produced for the people.

"If the work is outstanding, it will never be publicised because the Russians stifle everything Ukrainian," she said. "Australians don't value their freedom sufficiently. They have simply no idea what it is like to live under a communist regime.

"Living under a repressive communist rule means total deprivation of freedom in every form."

Mrs Mencinsky said Australians of Ukrainian, Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Hungarian, Estonian, Czech, Slovak and Croatian descent are horrified at the irresponsibility shown by the Soviet Union in its disregard for human life and safety.

Chernobyl is on Ukraine soil and only 100 kms from Kiev's densely populated city of two and a half million people.

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'This area around Chernobyl is populated by Ukrainians renowned for their opposition to the red Russian regime," said Mrs Mencinsky.

'The USSR is already responsible for the murder of at least 20 million innocent Ukrainians since 1920.

'Chernobyl' follows the firing squads, deportations, murder by mass starvations, (artificial famines of 1932-1933), World War II and ongoing communist death camps to the present

day. Chernobyl was specifically and strategically placed because prevailing winds pass over countries whose populations suffer from and oppose Moscow dictatorship; countries such as Byelorussia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania and Poland," Mrs Mencinsky said.

Ukrainian rivers now carry poisoned water from northern Chernobyl, south to the Black Sea. 'The consequences to human life, future generations, Ukrainian ecology and that of its neighbours will probably never be known with the Soviet's record of suppression of facts," she said.

ODO 'The irony is that the Russian leader made an address to Western countries(not to its own people) to enlighten foreigners of the danger of nuclear explosions and the necessity for internationa I communications!"

While reports abound concerning a number of previous nuclear explosions in remote regions of the USSR, this was one they couldn't hide because of the sophisticated monitoring equipment of the West, she said.

The Chernobyl reactor was on Ukraine soil not Russian, and so it was the Ukrainians and other neighbouring border countries (when the first winds blew from the reactor explosion) who suffered the first radiation impact not the Russians.

It is also a fact that Poland and other adversely affected places, were not told for four days after the explosion. On the sixth day affected children were given an iodine antidote. The general population was given nothing to counteract the radiation.

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They are terrified to record these facts to the media because of reprisals against their loved ones back in the homeland.

So Russia's power and influence stretches out beyond and still has a hold over its escapees.

And as regards written

contact with their loved ones, their letters are censored, there is no certainty the intended recipient will ever receive the letter and to cite one tiny instance not a word of Chernobyl would dare to be written in a letter.

The Russians endeavour to seal up all avenues of disapproval and exchange of facts because total repression, denial of freedom and the persuasive power of the bullet and other silencing methods, is their sole concept of dealing with human beings.

So much for the unsolicited "fraternal help" the Russians insist on giving you as they take over your country!

It is an historical fact that the Russians have enslaved more than 25 nations since 1920.

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SHAPING THE CHURCH

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OF

"I like to give it all Ive got," said Erica. An that's the sort of person she is.

Teachers at the inservice, impressed with the sample of culture and tradition Erica introduces them to, often seek her services for their own schools.

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For the last....years, Erica has featured the delights of the Ukraine, in Centre Arcade, the few days preceding Easter.

Talking to a variety of nationalities who have escaped from communist domination is an interesting experience.

There are two pervading emotions they share in common: hatred of communism and Fear. Not for their lives here, but fear to put into print the true facts of many instances, stories, facts of what really happens behind the sealed frontiers of Russian dominated countries.

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This practical guide is published in association with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals."

Frogs. An Australian Environment book by Rebecca Pincbin. Publisbed by Hodder & Stoughton, $6.95.

"The Australian Environment books have been developed to introduce young people to the ecology of different habitats and the relationship between living things and their environment.

Alpine Regions by Roger Good

Coral Reefs by Vincent Serventy Deserts by Vincent Serventy Frogs by Rebecca Pinchin Insects by Rebecca Pinchin Islands by Barbara Mullins Native Plants by Barbara Mullins Rainforests by Francis Crome Swamps and Estuaries by Frank Haddon Each the work of experts, the books are designed for use from middle primary to lower secondary years Frogs: The incredible diversity of Australian frog life reflects the environmental extremes of this ancient dry continent. Though the number of species is relatively small, remarkable adaptations make many unique in the world. Rebecca Pinchin tells this fascinating story with text and line illustrations. Colour photographs are by Gunther Schmida."

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THEN? What did Mrs Cook say when Captain Cook died?

"That's the way the Cookie crumbles."

What did the letter say to

the stamp?

"Stick to me and we'll go places."

A look at books = music - art

I Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Publisbed by Macmillan Australia. $29.95.

"The success of this stirring drama of the American Civil War is legendary -- it soon became the world's biggest best-seller after the Bible. It portrays as never before the soul of a people mortally divided, living through the events of a cataclysmic era.

But although the Civil War and its aftermath provide the sombre and magnificent background, the story concerns the loves and lives of many unforgettable characters above all the beautiful, ruthless Scarlett O'Hara With them we live through all the turbulence and splendour of a period that has captured the imaginations of readers the world over."

Literature classic returns to delight

The Bone People by Keri Hulme. Publisbed by Picador. $12.95

The Bone People is Keri Hulme's first novel. As well as winning the coveted 1985 Booker McConnell Prize for Fiction, The Bone People won the 1984 New Zealand Book Award for Fiction and an award for Maori literature Set on the harsh South Island beaches of New Zealand, The Bone People is about a woman, a man and a child. It incorporates elements of Maori myths and deals with some difficulties in New Zealand society, particularly in the field of child abuse.

Land by Raban.

Published by Picador. $12.95.

Foreign Jonatban

Kerewin Holmes is a partMaori artist, living in a tower by the sea, fishing. trying to paint, drinking and generally suspicious of strangers.

A small boy, Simon Gillayley, mute and damaged by an unknown past, steals into her tower and will not easily he got rid of.

Kerewin finally locates his foster father, Joe GillayMey, a Maori whose own wife and child are dead and who found the boy washed up on the beach after a shipwreck.

And she can't get rid of him either.

Slowly she is drawn into their lives, into the mystery of Simon's past, into the origins of his terrible fears and rages and into Joe's loneliness, his insecurity and the inadequacy he feels in the face of his inability to control Simon.

Joe loves Simon, but sometimes when he is tired and has been drinking, when Simon lashes out he lashes back.

Three people, so affected by the past, appear to be building a future together until discord strikes. Joe gets carried away when punishing Simon. As a result, Simon is in hospital fighting for his life, Joe is jailed for three months, and Kerewin, confused by the whole affair, and her own guilt in the matter, becomes ill, destroys her tower, and wanders off to die It is the end - and also a beginning."

Jonathan "Originally, Raban was writing a travel book about a voyage around England, but something was missing The result was a change of genre, and the creation of one of the most important novels of recent times, a novel of memorable narrative force and a beguiling mastery of language coupled with a rich comic vein.

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George Grey had lived and worked in a small West African state for so long that when he returns home to a daughter he barely knows, he is surprised to find that she is now a well-known author of feminist books, so famed for her wit that she often appears on television a mode of communication new to George. And England is hardly recognizable.

Installed in the home his parents left him in a small Cornish village, he finds himself thrust into the 'retired' social circle, where the saving grace is a former torch singer. Diana Pym -and where he finds the opportunity to buy a boat.

The Calliope becomes his lifetime, and in it he sails with Diana, fuelling the gossip of the locals. The Calliope provides the means of a voyage that is as internal as it is external.

Unable to navigate in modern English society, he sails away on a journey of self-discovery."

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Walg by B. Wongar.

Published by Macmillan Australia. $24.95 "In this haunting novel B Wongar has drawn upon tribal traditions and poetry learned from his late wife, Djumala, the heroine of the story.

The fertility cult of the Australian Aborigines believes that the land is an extension of man's body and soul, a unity with nature that ensures regeneration cycles.

If it is disturbed, life would

cease.

The white men, the balandas, are the disturbance as they ravage the earth in their lustful search for uranium wealth, even as they rape and mutilate the tribal girls whose destruction will extinguish the tribe and vacate the mineral-rich territory for the whites Djumala, carrying her unborn child, journeys with her dog, Muru, across the familiar bush away from the land of the white man to Galwan, her tribal country her walg or womb.

She seeks her mother to learn the tribal secrets of motherhood and thus prolong the life of her decimated tribe.

It is a desolate journey through the shattered landscape that the white man has strangled by his plunder, stealing the magic that made the rain. But there is still magic left in the protection of the tribal spirits and the legend that life can always spring from dust, if there is a woman around to mother it."

Bush Safari. Knocking around the Outback by Rex Ellis. Published by Macmillan Australia.

$9.95.

"How do you answer the calls of nature when a mixed party is forced to spend the night in a small boat on Cooper Creek? What do you say to a couple of tourists heading for the bore in which the Prime Minister of Australia is taking a bath? Do you save your beer or your binoculars when your boat sinks in the middle of Lake Eyre?

Not only humour but also danger and excitement can be part of Rex Ellis's safaris In 1971 he led the first tourist party across the a risky Simpson Desert undertaking in this harsh environment and Rex has also led some unusual desert safaris -in boats! One of these, in 1974, was the only crossing of Lake Eyre from north to south. There can also be frustration when vehicles bog and break down, but there is the compensation of the solitude and unique beauty of inland Australia, and its fascinating wildlife - sometimes too close for comfort. Rex describes some hair-raising incidents, including a wild boar charging through the camp, a snake in a sleeper's swag, and the unwelcome pursuit of his camel string by a wild bull camel capable of killing a man."

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Tbe Problem of Pain by

C.S. Lewis. Published by Fount. $6.95.

"If God truly loves us, why does he allow us to suffer pain? This is one of the greatest problems Christians have had to face through the centuries, and one of those questions which arises time and time again when someone close to us is suffering

In this thoughtful book,

C.S. Lewis gives us his

answers with unshakeable logic and complete faith.

The Problem of Pain was first published by Fontana in 1957, and as a Fount paperback in 1977. I believe this valuable little book should be brought to the attention of those of us who will find solace in these pages."

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Youth Forum

Monsignor James NESTOR is to become parish priest of Nedlands in succession to the late Monsignor O'Reilly.

Originally from Dunmore, County Galway, lreland he studied at Tuam, Maynooth and All Hallows seminaries until his ordination in June 1956.

His first appointment was to Wembley until moving to Claremont in 1960, becoming assistant director of Catholic Education the following year, taking up residence at the Home of the Good Shepherd in 1967, and becoming director of Catholic Education the following year.

He became inaugural chairman of the Catholic Education Commission until his succession by Dr Peter Tannock and late last year was seconded by the Australian Episcopal Conference to conduct an enquiry into the educational link between Australian Catholic Relief funds and the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace.

by NM LEAHY

The urgent need of any university student is to have the bumpy road at the beginning of the journey smoothed.

Some of the problems encountered by TEE graduates entering the university are: • No friends doing the same course.

• No idea what to expect of the course or the chosen faculty.

• No sense of belonging to a group of friends.

• You name it.

In the tradition of all the great adventure stories this story has its hero who in one swift action solves all the problems.

'Orientation camps' are run by the University Catholic Society (UCS) for students intending to start at UWA and Murdoch in

1987.

The Curtin Catholic Society also runs camps, the virtues of going on an 'O' camp are easy to list.

• Meet the people of your course. On Day One you will recognise some faces in the lecture theatre.

• Receive wise and relevant advice from students who have made all the mistakes.

• Get to know the University Catholic which Society belongs to a nationwide network of tertiary Catholic groups.

• Enjoy talks, small group discussions, swimming, dancing, games etc.

The ca mp takes place at the Ern Halliday campsite, Sorrento, Feb 13-16, 16-19. The cost is

$30.

For further information ring: Kate Temby 445 1320 Chris Wholley 276 4471 Cherie McMullan 361 2297 Richard Peace 364 1524 If you are to attend Curtin University ring Sean Hosey 459 4103 Felicity Ross 332 8116

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An extensive range of colour photos of Pope John Paul celebrating Mass at Belmont Park and the children" farewell at Perth airport are available through

Father Anton HESSE, parish priest of Carlisle for the past ten years is to become parish priest of Lockridge in succession to Father Charles Tory.

Originally from Sri Lanka, Father Hesse studied for the priesthood at St Charles' Seminary Guildford and St Patrick's College Manly, being ordained in Perth in 1 955.

Following an initial appointment to Kalgoorlie and Boulder he transferred to East Fremantle in 1960, moving to Scarborough in 1964.

He spent a short time a year at Kondinin until becoming parish priest of Mundaring in 1971 followed by his appointment to Carlisle in March 1977.

Father Charles TORRY, parish priest of Lockridge for the past five years, will be parish priest of Embleton following the retirement of Father Denis Lenihan.

Originally from Bedford Park, Father Tory studied at Guildford and Adelaide before his ordination in July 1961.

His first appointment to Kalgoorlie was followed by periods at East Fremantle (1967), North Fremantle (1969) and Claremont in 1972.

Following a year at Bentley he was appointed parish priest of Ouairading in 1973 and Goomalling in 1977, after which he spent two years on loan to Darwin diocese, serving at Katherine until his appointment in 1981 to Lockridge.

The new parish priest of Carlisle will be Father James FOLEY who succeeds Father Anton Hesse transferred to Lockridge.

Originally from Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland he studied at Roscrea and Rome before being ordained in 1954.

Following his arrival in Australia in 1976 he served three years at South Perth, transferring to Northam in 1979 moving to Southem Cross in June 1981.

He has been in charge of Whitford parish since May last year.

Father Tony PIRES, parish priest of Kambalda-Norseman for the past 18 months will become parish priest of Kalgoorlie and dean of the Goldfields in succession to Father Tim Corcoran who has transferred to Whitfords.

Originally from Sri Lanka, he studied for the priesthood at St Charles Seminary Guildford and St Francis Xavier Seminary Adelaide before his ordination in December 1977.

His first appointment at Mirrabooka was followed in 1981 by four years at St Mary's Cathedral until his appointment to Bencubbin for a short time and thence to Kambalda.

Father Jocelyn MADDEN will be parish priest of Kambalda-Norseman in succession to Father Tony Pires who has transferred to Kalgoorlie.

Originally from Burma, Father Madden studied with the Salesians in India at Darjeeling College until his ordination in Mandalay in 1967.

He served in several Mandalay parishes until 1972 becoming Salesian Burma superior from 1974 to ii 985 and during that time was Prefect Apostolic of Lashio from 1975 to 1985.

He came to Australia in December 1985, and has been serving since then at St Mary's Cathedral.

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GUILDERTON MASSES Mass will be said each Sunday in the Guilderton hall and not at Tuppin house as in previous holiday seasons.

HOSPITALITY QUEST WINNER One of the successful entrants in the Stella Maris Centre Hospitality competition was Toni Poland of Geraldton who gained a $250 award for herself and a $250 donation to the library of her St John's School Rangeway where she is a Vear 7 pupil.

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Father Madden

The Stella Maris Seafare rs' Centre, Fremantle wishes to express sincere thanks to the wider West Australian Community for the overwhelming hospitality extended to Fleet Personnel during the U.S. Navy Fleet Visit over the Christmas days.

In an unprecedented display of genuine hospitality, many hundreds of families bad up to four guests for Christmas Dinner making this Christmas celebration a memorable occasion for Visitors and Host Families alike.

As Tiny Tim would say, "God bless you everyone".

Father Tory

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