The Record Newspaper 30 July 1987

A priest who sees himself as a kind of talent scout this week continues the series on pastoral care. Father Kevin Condon also comments on the role of priests in fostering a sense of love and caring in their communities. Read his views in full on page 7.

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PHILADELPHIA ( C) - Christian communicators should be creative but never "softpedal" the Gospel in attempts to comunicate it to diverse cultures, the president of the Pontifical Commission for Socia Co unicatio s said rece y.

Archbis op Jo n Foley said St Paul refused to "soft-pedal" he fact that Christ had risen from e dead, whic "obviously ali nated most of those who listened to him."

WASHINGTON: Television is an instrument for the Church but not the final solution of communication.

Satellites enable media "to be used to good advantage in evangelisation" said Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago, who addressed the teleconference.

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"It is our respo sibility to proclaim the ssage of esus as e did - eartessly ut attractive y, in co pelling parables a d in conso i g beatitudes, always in a manner u derstandab e to those in e culture in which we i e."

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cardinal Bernardin addressed the day long teleconference on evangelisation, "Pentecost '87'', in which 35,CXX) people all over the United States took part.

It was sponsored by the Pa ulist Fathers' ational Catholic Evangelisation Association and was broadcast via satellite by the Catholic Telecommunications etwork of America.

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But in the final analysis, he said, "what we try to do is build a co munit of faith" and that "occurs at he local level."

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(NC): Drug addiction was a "modern scourge" of wortdwid e proport"ons which needs to be combated by coordinated · ternational action, Pope Jo n Pa I said to an inte ationa drugs co ference.

HT e crtmlnal activity of drug production and traffickng s o Id be direct y op osed and u timately stopped," he said.

HT e roblem of rug addiction and llltcit trafficki g is not related o the ques ion of human developme t," he said. ' t the root of this evil is the lo s of ethical and spi itual values," e said,

Sinless crime

Was it ever safe to go out on the dark streets, say of Babylon, several millennia ago? Were the houses of Pompeii likely to be burgled in daylight if the owners turned their back for an instant?

By one criterion the crime wave is getting worse because more and more newspapers are making more and more money by appearing to report more and more cases. By an opposite criterion, things are better locally because our newspaper reports are not as horrific as those of London or New York.

By a different criterion things are bad because human beings have always been bad, given half a chance. By a similar criterion, what is wrong with products making fortunes sponsoring nightly doses of murder and mayhem in everyone's home?

The crime wave debate will contin e to go round in circles because "t is structured to pass the prob em to the ext person in the chain.

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MOSCOW (NC): Soviet authorities have proposed a controversial priest who was assassinated in 1948, as a saint for canonisation in the ceremonies commemorating 1 O(X) years of Russian Christianity to be held next year.

They made the proposal after rejecting one of the men put forward by the Orthodox Church.

Their candidate Father Havryil Kostelnyk, "suffered greatly on account of hrs faith and was murdered by the enemies of the Church," they claim.

But Russian Orthodox observers are disturbed by t e proposal. Soviet versions of Father Kostelnyk's assassination claim that he was killed by an emissary of the Vatican and/or a member of the Ukrainian nationalist underground.

Father Kostelnyk lead a governme t-created group which advocated that Ukrainian Catholics should Join the Russian Orthodox Church.

He also presioed over a council in 1946 which announced the dissolution of he Ukrainian Catholic Church and its merging with the Russian Orthodox Church

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MOSCOW: Cardinal Sin of the Philippines said in Moscow at the weekend that the pope is Ii ely to visit Russia next year.

He was a guest of the Russian Orthodox Church, and was u concerned by a F reran inistr · tatement that th p ha n t b n

At Kiev, he spoke to officials of the 'dissolved" Ukrainian Catholic Chur h about its merger , -ith the Orthodox Church - a major point of controver y b t, -een the \ ati an and th Kremlin.

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Sixty school children aged between eight and sixteen attended an old fashioned Bushies school camp at Keaney College during the school holidays.

The boys and girls came from Bullsbrook, Gingin, Chittering, Bindoon, Muchea, Lancelin, Guilderton and Dowerin.

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It was back to the bush for a group of both young and old to re-d · s over the real mea ing of life.

Histor · cal 1 ew orcia pro= vided the setting or yet another Vigil Weekend of pra er, refle tion and di cussion.

During the five days they were taught all about the sacraments, including the sacraments of reconciliation, first holy communion and confirmation.

The group lead rs were Father Michael Gatt, parish priest of Gingin, Dom Francis Byrne of New orcia, Sister eresa Hyland from New orcia, Sister Pauline Crowe RSM, while the c s were Mrs ary Ambrose of Pert , and everal youth. lead r .

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Today's priest in today's pastoral scene Father Kevin Condon OP, parish priest of Doub eview for the past four and a hatf years is origi ally from County Limerick.

Ireland and joined the Dominicans in Cork in 1949.

After his ordination in Dublin in 1956 he spent a year in Rome and then for two years was an a · stant noice master in Cork.

He came to Australia in May 1960 and has been stationed twice in Adelaide and Melbourne and also in Canberra and Sydney.

He spent a year in Berkely Theological Union fo lowed by a thesis in Wah roonga on small groups in parishes. He has also spent a year dying in Seattle. of is community buildi g initiatives parish dinners. originally inviting g to priory and in the latest form with the latest guests becoming the caterers for the next dinner.

Fat r Co don hopes the dinners will ri lo ers forming further groups. ' so broken down barriers for Catho ic spo ses so of whom · nterest in becom ·

TICA1 CITY C): The late t atican figure pre nt a mixed picture of church vo ations worldwide.

The nomb r of prie t and Religiou continue to drop, and the ratio of Catholi to prie t continues to grov '.

Yet the number of major eminarians ha been rising steadily during the 1980 and has kept pace with the increa ing number of Catholi . offering hope to the hierarch 'that the ituation eventually mi ht improve.

Prie tly ordination al are on the ri e. but the ar still not enou h to make up for 1 early lo due to death and departure from the a tiv

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Native A. ericans search for acceptance and equality

ODO Indians have "great respect for the Creator and all his creation," Father Hemauer said. They knew what it means "to live on the land in delicate balance with nature."

The Indian attitude l\ that the Creator is the gift giver and "we are brothers and c,1 ters to creation," said Father Ha scal l. Bishop Pelotte added that native Ameru ans ran tearh othurs lo have an apprecration for the earth. for hfr., for peace •· Another gift that nauve Amerrcens bringlothochun:hos th Ir strong sense of the family, said Fut her Hemauer

ODD for Bishop P latte the fir t native Amrru n

brshop. the Indian ability to hve -ctose to the R�pel message" is another of thier special gifts. an ability they vhare with some nahve peoples 111 oth r countn� He told of Vi'ittlng the \1asai, a blac I.. nomadic,, cattle herding tribe m East Africa Hie; visit with the \1asai included a Mass tclebrated m an open field surrounded h) grraffes. elephants and zebras.

DOD During d disr.uvsron period aher the \1ass, Bishop Pclolle through an interpreter asked the Masai: .. \\'h} do \'OU beheve m Jesus Christ?"

Ho said that tho men and women of th, tnbe convu lted wrt h each other before th tnbJI leader responded, &ol) mg: -we come hero every wet·l to ten to where Jesus is going so we ran follow him on tho "'IY Bishop Peloll 1i.11d that he tells that story frequently and it tnvartablv tau, he, nattve Amencan \\ llh the \1asa1, they hare a mean· tngofhfethatis tmpte end profound h e plained One of th great drffirul-

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\\'h1•11 people around the trme 0£ J u-, went 011 ptl�rimdge from (Jdhlee 111 th•�

north lo h-rusalcm tn the south. th,•, uvuallv took d roundabout h)JM"'' They went east to the lordan. then down the ...-allev to Jrnc ho and finalh west to

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DOD It would have been s1mplrr to go d1rectl) -.outh But thdt \\ould ha\e takrn pilgrim through the hrart oft he region of Samaria "'hrn> th(•y ,vere d['('1dedlv not "etc omr Ho\llht\. hJd \1mmerrd brt"t•en Jew\ and Saman· tan\ for r('ntunPS. beRIO· ninR wh,·n thr northern kingdom or lsrar.l, \v1th th1• city of -Samdria its c.ap1tal, was df•featrd h\ the \s\vrianc, 1n 722 BC. The v1C'tor; drO\o"e mo<,t of the C'OnQU£'N'd Pf'Oplr into f''l(ile, ll'a1,:1ng a c,mall. JX)\.\!erlc� populdhon.

DOD Thro these aZI\ of thr. anr'.IC'nt \.fulcao;t" brought 1n othrr 1,:anqu1 hPd pen· pl to n'populate the t rn·

ton, The newcomers. ol vaned r,H l'!oo and cultures. eventustlv mtermarrred

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hon., It "a' a group of c;reek-c;pe.1'-.1ng lewts h Chrio;hans. who had to

leave Jerusalem after the martvrdom of Su-phen.one of their number They went to the c-1ty of Samaria and proclaimed the \.1pso;1ah

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with thr. fc,raehte . From thc\e unions tame the 5dmeritan .... namrd ror SanlJTIJ.

\;o love wac, lost h(•tween north Jnd .. outh to begin with But no,\' the ,;;ou· tht•rner,. the Je\v',. po,;;1. tivf'l'f dC'tcc;ted th,·c.e n1·1gh· hour,, of m1,cd blood

ODO .\t fir,t the fcehng �a,;; not n1uludl. \\:hen thr Je"c, rf'turned fron1 exile in llab,lon on 538 BC, the !'>amanlanc, offered to hrlp th,•m rebuild then ra\.aged land. But the San1ar1taru, "ere rebuffed ThPn thr1r ge,,lures turnl"d t hn�tiht\o.

Throughout the (rntun� lrad1ng up to the time of Jt'"u" there \.vere repeated atnx ih"" on both c;1dM B} hi� dav the c,ituallon wac, r'l(tremch volallle Ho\.vever. one ,troup made fruitful rontact \._:1th th �mantans and their trad1�

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ODD So, 1n the courq• of time, one important '-f'gmcnt of early Chrtshan, - the rommunit\" from which the fourth Gospel f'mC'rged - listened to what Samaritans had to \dy.

The Samaritan,;; had a somewhat d1ITrrent way or c,peaking about the \.1e-;c,1ah The \.1e"'c,1ah thev had a\\'&1ted wee, a \foc,ec,figure He ,,as to be. not a royal liberator. but a teacher, a revealer r\s the Samantan \.voman ,aid to Jesus "I know there is a \.1e�s1.1h coming . \.Vhen he comes he will tell us C\Cr)th1n,f' Hohn 4,251.

ODO Contact ,..,1th these Samaritans sparked �me· thing important, rt>flocted in the fourth Gospel'� thcolov.v about ChriJt, it W8\o of ,;;peaking ahnut him

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•• _ Katen Tekakwl·

tha •• ltwaamyperoonalJOY only four yeors ego to beat· rfy this woman of gnN1t coun,ge end farth, who • known by many aa the Lily of the Mohawks To those who came to Rome for her l>NtJficabOn, I aa1d "Blessed Katen

people together '" a miraculous way" end miraculous • not too strong a word. he added

This is one thong that is expected to happen next September when Pope John P8" pays a .-t to the

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reveal h1n1. no\\< we hear "In the bcg1nn1ng "as the \\'ord . 'o one has ever seen God It" God thr only Son who has re\.ealcd him• (John 1.1,14.18)." 'o one has gone up to hraven except the onr. who came down from there'• lfohn J. IJ).

ODO Christian pilgrims brought tho good nrv., of Christ to the Samaritans.

Bui they also hstt>ned to then con\ierto, Thal dialogue bore a lasting 1nflu· enc:e on the thoologv aOOut Chn\t \\oh1c-h f'\oentualty predom1n t"d 1n Christian thought.

age that • yours as North Amencan ln<hans" (Pope

John Paul II on a speech to natJW Amencans of Can· Ilda on June 1980.)

As the first nawe Amen· can to be declared bleos«I. Blessed Katen says to all natNe Amencans 'We're God's people too. God lovel us," saod Mons P8" Lenz, director of the Bureau of Cathohc lnchan MiSSK>ns, Washington, D C. "She gives native Amencans

pride."

The chuodl's recognotion of - Kateri helps lndo

ans from ckfferent tnbea to identify With theor own her· rtage and to appreaate theor connections with one another, 1a1d Bishop Donald Pelotte. coadJutor boahop of the

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"'Before her l>NtJficatJon. few lndoans on the United States identified With her," BIShop Pelotte saod. "Her cenorueencn would do much for the good health of

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accomplo"'- yet another purpose· He focu- the ettentJon of others on a part of the chun:h that • often forgotten For ,,_,Y people, rt may be the first time the p,_,.., of lndoans on the chun:h corMS to kfe on a real WW>(,

That -tlight - the .-ts of natMt Amencana to move onto centre staQe.

c,ty of Phoenix. Anz. lhere II a "'need to appreaate the culture of natrve Amencans, •• lkshop Petotts said "Some thonk all Ind•· ans are alike." But there are doffe rent tnldmons comlflll from different tnbes.

There also os a neMl to find ways "to dee! With the ...... of poverty" among lndoans. he contonued As an ...,,,. pie. he told of the Navah<> people who liw on manY isolated pockets scatteflld across a huge ,._,v11tion which begins at Gallup,

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the Grand Canyon ''There are 200.000 Nava· hos and 65 per cent are unemployed," the bosh<>9 Yid "Morale II loW We ,-! to lllllllSter to that p.-n."

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tie� or min1c,tering "·ith native 1\mericans 'is their poor self-esteem," said 81c,hop Pelotte. For many �·ear� native Americans have been shunted to the s1d1!line and vie"·ed 1n the stereol} pc promoted h} \\e�tprn filmi.

To counter the negative self-image, the h1Shop said he tries •·to make them proud or who they are and to do all I can to strengthen them.

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Ont• appn1.u h th•· b1-,hop u, t to tr.JI people he lo,1·s th m. He c,aid he got the 1ded from a uggcsUon h1'i mother matle to him and his tv.1n brother JU.SI bcfon· her death on 1985 •Don't bcafratd toleUother people ho" much you lo\.e them. lt'!ii &o important for pco· pie ti"' bear thJt message from their bishops anrl thf'1r pn ts. peaally for people who have ff>h unlo,-ed for so long," he explained.

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DOD Ten \ear,;; ago, onl)- 48 people gathered for that meeting. In 1986 13 bi.-.hnp and 4.200 partH 1� pant,;; prin< 1palh nati1,:t, Amrru anc,, \howed up The Tf'kakw1tha ronferen<'f"� addnK.11 topics dPahni;t With fam1h life, hturg,. <;;ocial probl me; and, � 1th K�aler emphasis. m1n1Stn lo )outh

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\\'hen rnembt>r,; of "·orld reli!{10us a!iisembled 1n As-,1c;.1 to pra\ for peal.e last D<t.27 John Prell) on Top. a n,1h\.e .\mr.ncan member or the Cro" tnbe stood alon 1dr. thr. Dala1 Lama, the art-hb1 hop or Canter· bur\, a Ru 1an Orthodo'I( patrMrch and other leader.-.. t\ mrdlC 1ne man, Pretty on Top belongs to trad1· tional native Americ-an reh�1on His nephe\\o, Burton Pretty on Top, alw a mtid· kine mdn, 1<, a Catholic. Of 1,486.000 native Amen· cans. about 25 perr.ent are Catholic,. t\ ,;;ign of the increas1nR Catholic. consciousnesc, among nah\.e ,\mencan\ 1s thp annual meeting or the Tekal"1tha Conference

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Wlite Clo<MI •-•rs lo lie COIISIIJIIH ., •is •"'*- Most -1• Al oot lllink of worlti•f car Hfi"" ,s 1t,rin11111 rel,tioll to tlH! durd. A• mfCUnic wlN is now retired ff 11,s to worl! ,..,, ta-' l•ri• f•mily.

Yet lie bew tut lllis rift of Hlo care ,, •• somelll1n1 IN co,,1' ose to .,,, otNn. Oft• ..,,-;., ,IHI N weffends ff ltelpe4 ,.;,,.._.. •"" olllers wlle Md car lrM/1 •"' little -, to ,., for it. His semce to o�ers w,s ,,,,.,. lived tut.

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"The whole chur< h has murh to learn Irom the native experience and peopie, their tradtnon-, and values." said Father Gil Hemauer, director of the Tekakwnbe Conference.

One giO of native Americans is thetr deep sensmvity to creation.

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Praem C.t•ntral to the faith ron� IOU'inCM: or nah\.e Amcr1<.an Catholics 10, Blc�d 1'dteri Tekakw1tha Her picture adorns th(' \\'alt ol a great many home!) Born of a Chr1shan Algonquin mother, Kateri converted to Ultholicism at the Blitf' or 20.

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Encouraged b) Father Pierre Cholonec, a m1,;;"1on· ary, and the Iroquois .\nas· la\1a Tegonhats1hongo.

Katen embarked on a hfe or faith, hope and 101,:c. She took a pnvate vow or rhashty. ,i\Oer her death 1n 1680 at thn a� of 24. her native \meric-an communil\i e'l(penenced extraordinary rel1g1ous fervor \\ht< h thf"y attributed lo the inspire· t1on of her hfe and to her hf"a\:enlv intercessions.

Toda, 's enthus1a<m for amonR evangeltzahon nati\,e Americans hase much of its power on the

hfe and prayers of Bl�-.ed Katen \1an) hope she will be declared a saint soon.

Just as other groups in the Ln1ted States have ,;;ought respect for their culture and sensihvaty to then legal needs. ,;;o also the nat1\.-e Americans have raised their vo1� It has not been an easy matter for them Historically many Americans of European origin did not appreciate Indian values and soc 1al st rue· lures. Indians were not allov.-ed to be them,;;pl\o-es.

DOD \Vhile one can af8ue that today's enlightenment can· not be demanded or an earher era. qucshons ,;till are raised about just ho\.\, enlightened soc:1ety has become. The nah1,:e .\mer· ,can population 1s onl} beginning to e'l(ert a pohhcal and social influenC'e on the national c:onsc1ence.

A native American has ,;aid Believe ,tor not. I am offended b, a football team named 'Red,; kin ' This has the c;ame effect on me that mmmt"ntsahout tht> colour

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of black people's skon had 10 another time."

DOD In the contemporary church there is fresh awareness of the gifts that each culture brin� to faith alive Americans share four spec.1al gift.:; with fellow Catholics: a relationship or awe for the Supreme Bc1ng;a spiritual· ity that reverences land, water, nature and the entire �mos; community Ille and culture; a heritage of ntuals In their ntuals native Americans show appreciation to God for all the gifts or rreation.

The native Americans' reverence for nature echoes the call or God in Genesis to honor the 1ntegnty of tree�. earth. water and air.

Long before there "as an office for environmental concerns. native American!'i treasured and protec.ted the girts of nature. atn:e Amencan Cathol· ics "'-alk the qme pilgrim· age of faith as other Cathol· ics Thf") bring tht> wealth ofthetr �1rt. to Cathohr:ism.

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the 1985 ratio i 9.99 erninarians per 100,000 Catholic .

The ri e has been worldwide ex ept for the United State and Canada, which registered drops of 35 7 and 98 re pe lively between 1980 and 1985.

The general ri e in erninarian ha been refle ted in a ri e in ordin lions, e pecially for the dioce an prie thood. During the 1980-85 period ordination for the dioce n prie thood ro e from 3,860 to 4,982.

Ordination to the religiou prie thood ro e only lightly, from 1,927 to 1,963.

The worldwid p pul tion in 1980 wa 724 million. Thi r e to 886.7 million in 1985.

Second Harvest in Belmont is a nonprofit organisation which

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low cost food through community food centres.

Based on cooperative principles, it is committed to working for social justice in the community, and to achieve this and maintain the dignity of the individual, ·1 runs its food centre (situated with in the same complex), on

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B cause it is community bas d, the shoppers are known to c ntre organis rs; initial! th y must brin th ir concession card to establi h eli , ility. And eligibility is sed on wh ther on ocial unt or famili s who r ceive the family income for supplement, ample mar inal and poor wa e r

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Fremantle, Manning, Kenwick, Kwinana, Lockridge, Midland, and country centres of Albany, Sunbury and Geraldton.

Some food centres are located in old church premises "and Homes West has allo ed us to use a low rental flat within their comp exes to run as a food centre," aid Mr Wood. pie per Up to 15 w e assist at th food centre and warehou e, on a volun ry basis.

Second H rv s distinct operation from th Belmont

food centre, despite the same location.

It runs on the basis of co-operation and participation and is the umbrella organisation which acts as the central warehouse and bul buy·ng facility for the cornrnuni y food centres, which are autonomously run.

Second Harvest obtains low cost foodlines to provide food c ntres (and welt re agencies) and ssists in their d v lopmen.

The or anisation provid s an alt rnatrv mod I to th tfar handout, said Mr Wood and Ms Choo,

by providing people with an opportunity to contribute effort in their own food outlet.

"Apart from government funding with its inception in 1979, Second Harvest did not receive further funds until January this year when they received a grant under the Poverty Program Through NonGovernment Agencies, which has enabled them to empty Mr Wood as a full time coordinator and three part-time workers (who also contribute voluntary time), to run the office and warehouse," said Ms Choo.

"Over a period of four years, the Lotten s Commission has assisted us so have be able to purchase a true a d small van"

Campaigners make a plea Christine Choo, Chairperson of the Catholic Social Justice Commission, is a trained social worker, a senior tutor at the University of WA in the department of social administration and has had extensive experience in welfare work.

The Prime inister, r Hawke, as part of his preelection promise, said by 199 there will be no

' The poor live in ordinary houses in our community, and are not very visible," she said.

"People in poverty are those suffering from unemployment, lone parents with the responsibility of children, and most of all, he Aborig·na families.

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quite difficult to gain access to cheap loans to pay them off; they pay a igh proportion of their income on interest rates," she said.

"So the poorer you are, the more you pay for your housing in proportion to your income.

"Because poor people are a high risk, they have to pay high interest rates for their oans. ' In regard to w at can be done bout

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"During the internatio n a I year of shelter for the homeless, we should be advocating good qua ity secure and affordable housing as a human right, which is necessary to reserve the Godgiven dignity of the

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s Choo siad we should foster he development of creative housing projects to re ieve housing related poverty, and 'I thin we shou d ub-

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Sir, June 24 marked the 20th anniversary of the now impeded co-adjutor Achbishop of Saigon.

This dedicated pastor was detained following the North Vietnamese invasion of the South and since 1982 his whereabouts have been unknown.

The following is a letter to the Vietnamese Ambassodor which readers of The Record are invited to use as a guide and act similarly.

Ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam, 31 Endeavour St. Red H1JI, A. C. T. 2603.

"Dear Mr Ambassador, I write to express my concern at the treatment of Archbishop Francis Nguyen Van Thuan who has been gaoled or in house arrest for the last twelve years, yet he has never been tried nor convicted of any crime.

Priestly First Aid?

from Ken LAWRENCE, Duncretq Sir, it was refreshing to read the excellent interview with Father Aldous, (The Record July 23) on pastora care in the parish.

Not only did he give us a clear and encouraging picture of the priest's role in the mod rn Church, he also help d me to u derstand the subtlety of th advertisement for the secular priesthood frequently seen in The Record and in c urches of he Archdiocese.

Up until now its messa e had escaped me. The picture of th cowled religious trying to support an un teady and exhausted indiv dual s hardly rel vant or rnsprra-

rmnanans

Born in Navan, Ireland, on arch 17 1932 he as motor mechanic betore joining the Sslvstorisn in Eng· land. leading to his ordination in June 1961.

He then or. ed in the Salv torian mis ions in Tanzania for I 1 years tietot. tr. nsferdng to Australia m 1972. He es de tined for the Ba/go Mi sion in Broome dioce e h re he pent 20 month . also at B gt, Bay and Derby.

Bae at the Setvetorien commumty in Bellevu he a chaplain for e year t la Salle College and conducted many retreats for oth r groups.

In I 980 he ent on loan to the diocese of To nsvill , s rving in Ingham pari h and slso at aunt I a Bae in Western Australia he served in Bunbury diocese in Esperance, Katanning and finally Wagin from which he returned to England in 1985 A memorial a s ill be celebrated in St Anthony's chorch on Sunday August 9 at 6pm.

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It is of concern to me that Archbishop Thuan and many pnests are made to suffer for their beliefs. Many Australians are rightly concerned at this intolerable deprivetion of rights.

Would you please convey to your government the conviction that such elementory and fundamental rights be respected I hope and pray for the immediate release of Archbishop Thuan and all priests gaoled in Vietnam. Only when there are no prisoners of conscience will liberation have come to your tord."

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What aspect of their future ministry was being s own?

Father Aldous' comments, however, enabled me to appreciate he amount of work being done by our d icated but declining number of priests.

Obviously the point of the ad erus ment rs to d pict a secul r priest collapsing und r the tensio and complexity of modern parish life, while at th same nm b ing ably suppo eel by a pri st from one of the m ny r l191ous ord rs working rn our Arcndioces .

In this he corr ct int rpr tauon of th 7 Can nyon nligh n

appointmen a co-ordin tor of religious education at he college folio ed hortl after

from Mrs Marion

MARCHANT, Geraldton Sir, recently I flung a brickbat in the direction of priests who yelled through the microphone. ow I'd like to hand out a bouquet to a church that's got its act together completely.

We've just enjoyed Mass at St Francis Xavier's in Geraldton.

First of all, we were welcomed on the steps by the officiating priest. Not many priests seem to have time to do hat. He was also there on the way out afterwards (rather in the style of Protestant churches).

The organist was not afraid of I tting us h ar the music, the choir, t ough small. really sang an we had a

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Blackwater, resident group of Blarney Castle restaurant gave a superb performance of the Spirit of Freedom, another segment in Fleadh '87.

Producer Colin errey sang and played a variety of stringed instruments, son J hn base guitar, Fred Rea guitar and song, Bernadette Ha kins flute, tin histle and song and Ormonde Og Waters, tin whistle, concertina and uillean pipes.

The performers depicted the Spirit of Freedom through ballads and music and in the process created a marvellous and very appropriate atmosphere.

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But it isn t finished yet. And there is a lot of "living it up to be done as the nights roll on. ith the abundance of talent, these people ha e certainly put on a great display.

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