The Record Newspaper 16 July 1987

Storm erupts over alleged Vatican censure to Brisbane's priest-columnist 'Father Bill O'Shea, whose writing appears in the Catholic Leader . . . See page 3.

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Project Compassion 2,909,622 Appeal 1985

3 .43

Assoc ated Agencies (Austcare, Force Ten)

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Africa

2,224 093

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8.98

626,408

6.77

1,456 500

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7 053

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General Donations Govern men Other sources

Also received as 2.2 million rom he Australian Government or food aid to be dis ributed b , Australia Catholic Relief.

Perth's roject Compassion igures ave reversed t e 1986 down urn and increased the previous record donations made in 1985.

The $330,CXX) given in 1987 surpasses t e 1985 fig re of $325,000 and turns he ables on e $270,373 at i 1986 bare y exceeded t e 1984 total of $260,000.

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McGUI ESS-HOWARD his w e continu sh r feature on how eaf families co with life, their children and their religion. ee page 10 and 11. Coll lso re rt on Mazen d p pils goi g to Indonesia, (pa e 6) nd he n, Fath r Justin Beilitz. (Pag

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rchbishop Foley said ustralia Catholi R lief had won wide upport throughout the orld.

87 contribution enabl ditto p nd it p rtner hip w 'th the

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# $12,031 #

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2.334

1,480

7,090

380 2,038 1,574

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Ham rsley Hamilton Hill High at Hilton Pa Joondann alamunda arrmyup Kelmscott

7,495 2,477 3,311 2,807 3,065 1,560

(7,020 (1,756) (2,216) (1,325) (2,285) (1,120)

3,

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151 616 4,347 2,731 1,212 2,293 10,599 I

5,

(8. ) (2,458) (799) (6,466)

4,2 0 1,745 1, 88 2,505 28 4,555

2, 52 6,137 3,752 6,822 6, 1,221 1,060 3,634 1,246 4,630

520

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3,293 1,206 1,919 3,920 ,127

$

(354) (2,278) (1,500) (1,628) (2,561) (5,203) (1,612) (5,779) (4,840) (882) (852) (1,6 3) (1,580) (3, ) (4,229) {2,500) {1,555) (1,635) {2,302) {482) (3,858)

2,648

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Kenwick

(9,123) 8,142 (13,314) 3,698 (3,852) 2,035 (1,363) 2,910 (2,500 5,245 (4,393) 981 1,429 (1,456)

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2,750

2,476 4,657 3,712 2,039

2,711

2,200 4,281 137 590

3,812

1,037

360

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156 497 ,162 614 899

2 622

2,

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(3,100) (783) (1,960) (2,897) ( ,3 1) (3,903) (1,165) (1,301) (3,470) (2,391) ( ,216) { ,532) (6,435) (3,200) (950) (1 .691) (1 ,355) (1,463) (4,540) (8, )

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storm erupts in Brisbane over priest's newspaper column.

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Toe p · est at the ce tre of co tention in Brisba e, Father Bi I O'Shea, is a leading Austraf an scripture scholar and columnist who ·s backed by his arehbis op.

Toe q ion a d answer co umn Father O'Shea as been writing in The Catho ic Leader for five years as been dro peel but in the ast two issues - for ationa Bi le Wee - e has writte two 1large articles over several pages.

Ordai ed in 1960, Father O'Shea gained a degree in theo ogy a d a licentiate in Sacred Scripture in Ro e ·n 1967 a d the ta ht the ew Testame t at Ba yo sem · ary for se e years.

In 1974 e beca e rector of e se i ary for fo r years, ater i g up of B le· h.

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Brisbane priests went public this week in defence of a priest columnist who is reportedly under investigation by the Vatican following possible complaints from some Brisbane groups of Catholics. either Father O'Shea nor Archbishop Rush are commenting on a Tuesday story in the Brisbane Courier Mail that Father BiU O'Shea has drop ed his five-year-old question and answer column because of a directive from the Congregation of the Do trine of The Faith.

But Bri bane cat edral admini trato and Catholi

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The edi or f The Catho ic der, Mr John Col ma , pea s hig ly of Fat er ate ial

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lessons in money sums

If the good news is that the Perth Project Compassion result for 1987 is back on its annual record breaking course, the mediocre or even bad news will be if too few people know or care.

There will be differing views on why the Australian total in 1986 was dramatically down on the near $ 3 rnillion recorded in 1985. The kinder view was that African special appeals and another a number of other emergencies had overloaded the generous response of Catholics.

The more sanguine explanaf on was that feelings were running high last year over the funding of the CCJP. This year's Perth figure, of course, represents donations made before the ay announcement by the bishops of new plans for the national justice body, and therefore represents a fresh interest from the people in the pews who ma e the collection a succe s.

The bad new will be if hose very same Catholics are not told in glowing terms hat they ave achieved and if the rest of the world remains oblivious to the fact. he sad fact is that i h only some 30% of Catholics attending ass and only a proportion of them being significantly generous to Project Compassion, to their parish planned giving and o a doz n other appeals, th very large section of the Catholic body hich does not ta e part can hardly bas in the good results.

The tired old can rd about h churches continually earthing for funds need to be shot and put out of its agony promptly Ju t Ii e the tired old teachers' union myth that Catholic parents are not helling out cold hard ca h to help eep a lot of e cher in paid jobs in private school The tru h i that a majority of Australians are contributin nothing to an appe I in any church denomination. t they do not e n no the causes for hich these churches are collecting and ma ing ub tan ial sacrifices only compounds the in ult if the i sues re not made clear.

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Recent Catnolic invol emen m overseas aid i only chapter in a ory in hich dedic ed laity have al ays made sacrifice for at eemed to be the need t the time.

In o m ny cases. the hard earned pennie of upport r flo ed into m titutlons that are only n uildinqs uch as the ne Catholic Centre or the ne rb cAuley complex r mar abl tr nsforme by the I tter day vision of the I te Si t r artin. Thou nd of Au tralians ere re cued from hopeless future becau e Christian people of all faith car d about h ort of initiative .

Fallo mg World W r II, p r a lit hen German C tholic leader aid that heir udden-found prosperity a a mac ery if hey did not loo practically at the re liti of the poor hird World. i r or nd Adv niat coll c ion er launched and countrie Ii e Australia follo ed uit ith Project Campas ion.

The le on b hind the e appeal ha to be taught to the cynic because it i too ea y to fall for the sentiment lity of giving only if a tarvin body is thrust under the no e of televi ion audience hoo ed on commerci I for p t food.

Whatever the good feelings enerated by roe concert for Ethiopia, it is now bein revealed that the problem did not, and ill not, go a y. Geldof found to his de pair that money could not solve all the h ad aches.

A Pope John Paul continually remind u • the rich half of th arid needs to a e up t to ,t elf as famine. rec le borro ing from e tern ban • cart I en uring that our commoditie but not Third World e ports get top price , p rpetuate the t rminal disease of underde elopment.

Let u forget for a moment the impering elf-pity of Au tralian addl d ith their self-impo ed in ernational debt nd Ii ten to the tru h that, by orld standards of over ea relief. e are mean, and pro· c ed go ernment cutb c s indicate more of the ame.

Project Campa ion never et out to a e the arid I do et out to educat the con ci nee of tho e ho can rai e th ir voice on b half of the arid' p rpe ually poor.

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Prie t still in decline

VATICAN CITY: The number of priests worldwide has continued to decline but ordinations and seminarians increased more than six per cent in 1985, according to a Vatican study.

The greatest increase is in Asia and Africa.

Priestly ordinations continued to rise, from 6,333 in 1984 to 6,785.

That is the largest yearly mcreas since the number of ordinations reached a low of 5,765 in 1979.

At the same nm . more than 8,CXX> pndi d or I ft th a rv ministry during 1985. Thus, th numb r of pne s worldwide d elm d from 405,959

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Mazenod tudents have collected a pile of money - $10,000 in fact! - and can't wait to spend it!

Their 'Jog for Java' really paid off and some lu people, yet to be cho en will have this money donat d to them for project to help incr a e their tandard of livin .

are booked up three years ahead in various parts of the world.

But then Father Justin Belitz, OFM, Franciscan Friar who has just finished his Successful Living course - is that good.

Although meditation may be an ancient practice, in fact only relatively few members of the human race from within our vast ranks, have been taught to use it and apply it to our everyday hves.

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Mind Development named Father Justi� as "outstanding lecturer in the United States" in 1983 and

1985.

But as he pointed out he is not here doing Silva and "I think it rs very important that people understand that I don't do only Silva; my Successful Living program rs my material."

Fath r Justin has such a wealth of knowledge to off r on mind and ability expansion techn qu • that I consid r t a wasted opportunity not to down a few

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comm to places like this. rs to help people to h Ip h mselves by g ttrn in touch with th God within. This is which needs ry carefully The saints w r v ry damant in stann t at you can not b ffective in your journ y towards p rf ct on. without meditation,

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"It rs a • in qua non' ns bl condi(in I tion) and meditation is pray r; m ntal prayer.

Silva i an introduc· tion into active mental pray r and what I do in my Successful Liv· mg classes is to ople the explain to mechanism I

ling factor in

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He's booked three years • I a vance 'So we are dealing with a human experience which in theology is called 'mystical' and in science rs ca lied 'psychic'.

"But it is the same human experience.

"Some people think when you tal abo t Mind, you are talking about something diabolic. That fact is that meditation teaches people to get in touch with the God within.

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'What I thi k is really demonic, i individuals who ar eepmg people from m ditation becau t at rs the very tool which will help them to reach God. "My spirituality s basically found don hat Matt ew Fo rs putting tog her n his research under the title of 'Creation Spirituality.' The t eory i (and this i o d stuff in the church), the 1s-

conception that "God is out there some place" and unfortunately our liturgy projects that.

We say for example "Father in Heaven look upon me" and project God "out there" ooking down on us and separated from us. That separation image has caused all the problems in Creation Spirituality.

God rs present within, and in order to contact God you don't need to talk about God ing "out or up re," but should simply relax and turn your attention within "Because you and God ar one.

"People must .nderstand that God ca not function unle s you let him function through you, and that rs what are teaching people to o in m citation, "So whereas scient sts say .. editatio will

help a person to tap into their unlimited potential," theologically we say that "we are helping a person to get in touch with infinite energy or universal intelligence, or unlimited love."

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"All of these concepts are simply describing what we know theologically to be God. "For example, a couple of months ago I gave a mission using this ma erial, and there was an anorexic 17 year old girl whose family was as upset as she was with her condition.

"When she found out about God's pres ce and that meditation he ps one to get in touch with God's presence, she took my self-heali g ape and started to use it every day and visuahse herself to be heal and whole. A coup e of weeks her ago,

very clear in meditation. I was able to perceive and continue to perceive the ideal of The Hermitage, the future base for my operations where I could be with the people, for the people. {The Heritage in an Ecumenical retreat centre for spiritual formation of which Father Justin became the Founding Director.) My subsequent staff never sought they came to me right then when I needed them.

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mother drove for two to three hours to visit and ell me her daughter had gained 13 kilos, her attitude had become positive, and she wanted to thank me.

"All I did was teach her to unleash the energy, and meditation is the key for getting o the Divine within. On the concept of perfection, we have to understand that we are human beings, and as human beings, we are limited.

DOD "But at doesn't take away the drive that we have to move towards perfection and that is something we should respo d to.

As an example from my own life, when I as told by my superiors o ta e my programs out of the retreat centre and to carry them on elseere, ha nothing to work with. o oney, no building, or rsonnel.

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ills hey have put me where I am oday.

"Becaus was able to through medrtatio where God wa ted me to go, and the direction my sup r ors gave me, was really God's way of s owing me the ou e I was to ta e.

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"God spo e to all of us.

We became a team.

A d The Hermitage (in In ia apolis), a eality. That little reflection rs simply an e ample of the ay God rks ithin s

and if people pay attention to God's lead, he'll give them guidance. I don't think I could have put up with all the pressure, and provided the stress, challenge and energy needed to help create The Hermitage, without meditation.

DOD "Through it I gained direction, solutions to problems and I am able to tap into unlimited energy

resources."

Any money received from Father Justin's lectures and tapes, are used to finance The Hermitage operations, which is an establishment organised to assis as many people as possible, regardless of creed or background.

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• In today's society, there are many forces which serve to lessen the value placed on each individual life. Abortion. euthanasia, exploitation of the poor, the denial of human rights - these are a few of the forces which parishioners may be called on to fight against as followers of Christ.

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Neil Parent tells how a parish rallied to the support of a widow whose daughter became a pregnant, unwed mother. "The parish responded as a Christian community should," he says, reaching out to the family with compassion and genuine caring.

Monica Clark interviews two Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis about their work for single, pregnant women, Sister Bernardine Dominick, points out that the women she counsels. including those who have had abortions. usually have a sense that they conceived life.

• i:• o er ,r, fKt drow• wiffl str,i• 111d hnd• cl•Sflff lithlJr, T•kln1 in• llrHIJt, flf•ry came lo Ille poi ,uickly. Her l••••I• d•u1hl1r Mary ut on

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Bibles and values in life

As soon as I picktt up the telephone and heard her voice, I knew that sometlng was terribly wrong. The caller was a good friend in ae parish where I was working as a director of religioueducation. Over the years, she and her husband were actie in a range of parish activities, from adult education to,0uth work. ot too many months earlier, the family had suffered a severe blow when the father collapsed and died from a heart attack. 'ow, as I listened to Mary's pained voice asking if she could see me, I wondered what else had happened.

In less than 10 minutes there was a knock at my

office door. When I opened it, I was surprised to see not only Mary but also Susan, her oldest daughter. \le sat down and I waited for Mari to speak Sae sat at the edge of her chair, face dra,, with strain and hands r.lasped tightly in her lap. In sharp contrast, Susan appeared resxed, even removed from the unfolding drama.

Tmg in a breath, 1ary

call!tothe point quick)

Susan was pregnant. This was not a pregnancy that re,ulted from a long-term relationship with a bov the family knew Rathe; it was a pregnancy that resulted from Susan becoming invoked with someone only recently.

It was as if, explained \Ian, Susan deliberatelv had . set out to prove a point or to flirt with disaster.

Throughout \lar) 's anguished explanation, Susan remained quiet, di tant. I wondered what was going on with her whv her silence? \\'hv

Young find difficulty in coping with relationships was Mary taking the lead?

Mary said that she wanted to explore what options were available.

For example, given the circumstances, could a ca e be made for an abortion? We talked about that briefly, but I wanted to draw Susan into the conver-ation.

Desprte my coaxing, Susan volunteered little.

What she did convey, however, was that this visit was her monther's doing and as far as she was concerned everything was OK. It wus obvious, to me that thi whose family, members had given so much to others. was new in serious need of help.

Everyone was suffering,

How parents teach respect So how can we teach youngsters to value and respect human life at all its stages? Not too long ago I witnessed a simple family exchange that illustrates what can be done.

For obvious reasons I am changing some of the identifying details.

One Sunday afternoon I was helping friends prepare for a barbecue. In the absence of a food processor I had been elected chief chopper and had taken my onions and garlic off to the side of the kitchen, away from everyone else's eyes and nose.

The family's 7th grader came in with a list.

"Daddy," she said, "these are the friends I want to ask to my birthday party," He ran his eyes down the list and smiled.

"It's going to he a good party."

He went back to shaping the ground heef and, after a few moments' hesitation, asked , "What about Madeleine?"

"Oh, dad," she said, rolling her eyes. "She's such a hore She just sits there looking dumb." After a moment she added, "Shes

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by Father DA YID O'ROURKE just no fun."

My friend said nothing for a moment, then said, "But I think she enjoys the parties even if she doesn't take part the way the other kids

do."

His daughter was not about to admit the point and demanded, "Well, what's wrong with her anyway, she's so different?"

Her father thought for a moment. Then he said very quietly, "When she was being born something happened and she was without oxygen for a couple of seconds too long."

The youngster blinked in surprise. "So it's not something she can do anything about?"

"She's alwa 'S going to seem on the slow side," her father replied, "and the quicker you get the slower she rs going to seem." Then he added, "But she's been our friend smce you wer httl and I don't know 1f he would

i neteen-yea r-old Amy sat on a dark green sofa with her hands resting gently on her protruding belly. "Breathe in slowly. Now exhale," coached the greyhaired nun.

"Remember you are now breathing for l\VO."

understand why this year you didn't ask her to your birthday party.

That is all he said. o argument. no sermon, no commands. But in this instance it was enough.

The youngster left the kitchen quietly, then returned in a few moments. "I think I should explain this to the other kids, so they don't leave her out of things either."

That experience at my friend's house is a simple story about a youngster's birthday party. Perhaps the connection with the church's teachings on respect for all human life seems strained. But I don't think it is.

The church's tear hings on the value of life and the r spec! that value demands have been developed h theologians and church leaders Often t hey arc developed in resporu c to ver) difficult and dramatic issues, like the deflnitlons of hen life hegms.

But tho c teachings ore int nded for ordir. ry people, even those who happen to be m junior high school

nancy among teen-age girls following the loss of a father was not uncommon.

Susan eventually decided to have the baby and give it up for adoption. She brieflv entered a home for unwed mothers but was unhappy there and returned home.

If the family was worried about how the school, the neighbourhood and the parish would react. their fears quickly were dispelled.

Everyone seemed to reach out to them with genuine care and compas. ion.

Teachers from Susanv school helped her keep up with her class work at home and the neighbours Cont page 11

'Friend' refused to accept her pregnancy .••

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Junior high school students can be extraordinarily disinterested in ideas. I have seen homework assignments bring forth sighs that would do credit to a silent movie star.

Often as not the youngsters' world is made of very concrete events and people. Tomorrow can seem as distant as Timbuktu.

including Susan's brothers and sisters who, Mary reported, were struggling to cope with Susan's situation.

Before Mar} and Susan left, I made arrangements for them to consult with a moral theologian at a nearby Catholic universit\ We also spoke of the Iarn ilv 's need to seek counselling and pastoral care and I provided then with names of persons I thought c.ould help them in these areas.

Some davs later, I called \1ar) to sec how things were gomg, She told me that she and Susan had met with the theologian and with a family counsellor. From the latter, thev learned that preg-

Amy recently had arrived as Casa Vincentia, a home for single, pregnant women. sponsored bv the St Vincent de Pa�I Society.

She was five months pregnant and came to the shelter after her parents and boyfriend refused to accept her decision to bring her pregnancy to term Casa director, Sister Bernat-

Tiie cltild um• i• wit* • list an4 sai4, ,.Daddy, IHH are Ute frietHls I w nf lo uk I• .., �rtlt-

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dine Dormruck, a s,�tpr of St Joseph of the l'hrrd

Order of St Franc is."" guiding Amv m rnerlitatlon.

\m, had co sidorcd abortion, Iler bovfr end had elm-en her to abort on rhmr \\he

by MONICA CLARK she arrived she saw a small group of women praying quietly in front of the building.

"Seeing those women praying for me and my baby made me realise I couldn't snuff out the life within me," she told Sister \laureen Webb, a counselor. "Had thev been protesting or de;. onstrating I would have been turned off."

Both nuns find Amy's innate realisation that it was a child she was bearing is common among the women they counsel.

Those "ho have had abortions also sense that the, had conceived life. "\\omen who've had an abortion need our understanding." said S1 ter \\ ebb. "I tell them how much God Im them that he offers them forgl eness

Sister Webb, a consultant on bioethics likened the emotional and spiritual state of a woman considering abortion to being immersed in a black hole. "She doesn't see any viable alternative and decides this is the best choice she can make under her circumstances. Somehow she doesn 't see the light of God's love for her" If and when she docs, she is not likely to continue with an ahortion.

"I don't tell the young woman what she did was right hut I don't sit in judgement either."

Sister Webb said. "She needs help with her grief and her guilt."

Some women think the pam of hving with the guilt of an abortion less than the pain of relinQU1'h,ng a child for adoption, Sister \\ebb said •• (;1,an� up an unborn child m so much easier lo them than giving up onr thry have n and held

Teaching is a creet

learning experience.

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that, conslderinc the

lower status of women In the culture of Jesus' day, one was struck by the way he put women on a pedestal.

A perceptive s tudent objected imme--

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pedestal,

Insisted. What he did,

and consistently emphatically, was to

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of worth and dlcnlty.

In the climate of the

day, that was quite revolutionary.

Her observation touches upon a fun· damental aspect of Jesus' attitude. In word and action,

Jesus taucht the unassailable dic-nity of every human per·

son and the ript of

every human beln& to respect.

This Is the basis of the Christian's duty to respect all Ille at every stace of Its development.

We owe this respect to all, not because they are male or female,

white or black, but

because they are human.

Not because they are Innocent or cvilty but because they are human be Ines "endowed by the

Creator with Inalienable richts."

So much has been said and written about respect for life

In the 20th century yet few centuries

have held human life so cheaply.

Psycholoclcal studies succest an explanation which, I

believe, should be

&fven serious consld� eration In adult edu-

cation.

Stated simply, It ls this: Peo-

ple who do not value themsetves may not value others.

That should be obvious. But what may

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of themselves. When this Is broucht to

their attention, pee,,, pie usually are sur-

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From page 5 referred to the government' pa . age of incentive to increa e family size as "juicy carrots".

"It i aid we ar in the year of th Rabbit, an animal known for b in very r produ tive.

"It i hoped that inga� ill become

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John

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From page 3 Renato John Marzo, who has conducted his tailoring business in Leederville for more than 30 years, was born in Perth on December

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27, 1929.

He was educated at St Brigid's in West Perth, the Harvey state school, by the Christian Brothers at Clontarf, at St Joseph's convent in Sunbury and at the Sunbury High School.

He did his five-year a p p r e n t i c e s hf p with his tailor father in Harvey and went overseas for work experience in England and taly and further training at

/ou h v to have th

the Tailor and Cutter Academy in London and La Sarto Tecnica in ilan.

He left his father's shop in Harvey in 1953 to open his present business in Oxford Street, Leederville.

John and his wife Ai een (nee O'Brien), members of the oly Rosary partsh at Doubleview, have five daughters aged from 16 to 25. He was president of the St Cath rine's Kindergarten P and F and is a former treasurer of the Siena P and F at Doubleview.

The group thought to be behind the complaint to Rome, 'Catholics United for Faith' will not say anything about their part.

The national president Mr George Coo said "I am not ruling out anything.

"We do not publicly talk about this. ··, 1e go through the channels in the Church.

"It is not ju t me. There are a numb r of groups concerned that the magisteri um of the Church is upheld.

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Father 'Shea aid a the of the

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He was formerly a chairman of the Australian Bishops' Conference.

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JOHNSTON, IAIN, son of David and Ro- mary (Johnton) will be b pti d on Augu t 2, at 5pm in th chapel of Kean y College wh r h i Yi r 10 tudent.

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from J.A. SHERIDAN, Bassendean

Sir, I reject Peter Nash's statements and affirm my continued support of our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II and Vatican Council II. In support of my previous

submission, I quote the relevant part of a report, issued in Zagreb, January 28, 1987, co-signed by Cardinal Kuharrc and Bishop Zanrc, and which appeared in L'Osservatore Romano English edition, February 1987.

"The Episcopal Conference, therefore, is establishmg a commission to continue the investigation of the events at Medjugoqe. While awaitinq the results of the comrrussion's investigation and the Church's judgement, pastors and faithful·

should observe an attitude of prud nee customary m such situations. Therefore rt is not permissible to organise pilgrimages and other manifestations motivated by the supernatural character attributed to the facts of Medjugorje. Legitimate devotion to Our Lady, recommended by the Church, must conform to the directives of the Magisten um and especially to those contained in the Apostolic Exhortation Marialls Cultus of 2 February, 1974 'cf.AAS,66, 1974,pp. 113168)."

from Simon JEANS Ki/Iara NSW '

Sir, The letters of Francis Hrubos and Paul Sheridan (The Record, June 11) are based on a flimsy conspirac th theory of history _ that � CCJP conspired with 'communists' and the peace movement both here and abroad, leading (somehow) to .. arxist tendencies" permeating successive CCJP statements.

'Toe Church will not hesitate to take up the cause of the poor and become the voice of the voiceless. not to demand charity but ask for justic The preference for the poor rs a Christian pr fer nee ..

Agr or disagree with this pr vious statement, t is orthodox Catholic social te chm which we cannot 19 or The author was Pope John Paul II, seven years a o this onth. tt was part of o of th subversives t m nts published by the CCJP, to which Paul Shenn r f rs

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Pictured at recent marri g preparation course ar:e Jackey Vidovich of Sp arwood and Nie Puca of North fr mentl, who are to b married in St Patrick's church Fremantle on Octo er 3.

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Jesus loves fishermen in 1987 as much as He did in 31AD. A recent rea I if e drama convinced me of this. Young Christopher came home and asked his parents for permission o miss the last day of school and go fishing wit his unc eat Rottnest.

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and sometimes God can change the parent's decision. Either way, parents should be obeyed.

tion between father and son should be encouraged even if the answer is still the same.

To mother's surprise, the father had cha ged his mind and gave his permission. There was no time to be lost. The las seat on the ast plane for Rottnest was booked and mother rushed Christopher to the airport.

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Th next day he as eel believe that parents his mother whether I should be obeyed come dad may hav changed w at may. Rather than his rm nd w ether rant, g and sulking, he could ring him at generally becoming work. unplea ant to live ith, the answer rs o pray ODO about one's problems.

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Western Australian Opera Company's second production during its 20th Anniversary, Season is Ambroise Thomas' little-known masterpiece Mignon. contemporary, of George Bizet and Camille SaintSaens Thomas (1811-1896) based his opera on Goethe s ilhelm ei ter.

iignon delightfully balance the u 't andfun of the 'opera comique' - u 'th it p ie minstrel a, du andering tudent. - and the grandeur of the lyric op ra - with it charming and onorous melodies.

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The W.A.C.A.E. wi I offer n intensive tra·n·ng course in two parts to equip dergy

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Rosary and Benediction will be held on Sunday, July 26th at 2pm at the Bu lsbrook Church "Virgin Mary Mother of the Church". For further information and bus reservations please contact M. Va te on 294 2122 for Perth, Highgate and Fre· mantte buses.

WOMENS FELLOWSHIP

Australian Churchwomen' Ann Fe owship Day Service will be held at Trinity Church, St George's Terrace Perth on Friday, July 24th at 9.30 m.

Co I Charm era· . Savation Army W tfare, will address the theme "Housing God's People". A · ht luncheon will be rved. A I women are welcome. Further · · fonna · n Doreen Gibson 279 4078.

ADORLA WORKSHOP

A day of meditation a d h ng wi I be held at 10 Sholl Ave. North Beach on Sunday, July 26th (9am - 4.30pm).

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