The Record Newspaper 03 September 1987

Number 2547

PERTH, WA: September 3, 1987

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Last Sunday's Legion of Mary Congress sponsored by Perth Senatus was the first to be held in Perth for a number of years.

Among the 80 people at the congress were repre entatives of the 15 Senatus praesidia and also from other W curias.

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Each young ter gave a brief account of the work being undertaken and the good effect that participation was having in their lives.

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THE CATHOLIC WEEKLY Syd ey

Standing at a high school speech night a senior Australian looks ith wonder at the fresh faces, these newsprung flowers about to take their blossom of youth out into the tir d and cynical old world that has tired us too. On thinks, too, of the dreams that have faded in us and those that have retained their freshness; hope does not have to be a monopoly of youth.

One also thinks of the Latin word: tredo, I hand on.

What sort of traditions are we passing on to this latest generation of young Australians?

Perhaps it is rong, however, to think of each year of high school students as some sort of "pas ing out" parade - a new lot of recruits ailing to be flung into th jaws of materialism. . . Their attitudes have been formed long before they r. ached the graduation tage.

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In a first dia logu ri es from 1970-82, ARCIC produced statements on the Euchari t, mini try and authority.

A rep rt on " lvation and the Church' followed la t ye r.

The reports are still being tudied by both churche.

Be ide the new problem in the area of min. try ngli an and ome Catholic hav

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certainly preternatural From page 3 outside the ordinary law of had the feeling that I would nature."

Every day since the expedamage my eyes and turned rience at Medjugorje I have away as the others soon did tried ithout success to loo also.

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Education Brief "The priest finds his first

"who have a basic commit-

collaboration with other priests and with the bishop, rooted in sacramental fr• ternity ... As regards the faithful, it would not be normal or healthy for the

ward." Priests today "need a high tolerance for ambi·

support in friendship and

priest to remain isolated in

the community of which he has charge. He is there for it, and he is based upon it.

His mission is ta put othen

in I condition to exercise their various ministries, ,ocations, charisms, responsibilities or apGStolates. • (Pope John Paul II addressing priests in Switzerland, 1984.)

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Neil Doherty has served u vocations director in the Archdiocese of Miami. He is responsible for recruiting future priests and senes newly ordained pri·

ests through the first six yean of their ministry.

In an interview at the dramatic, modern archdi· ocesan pastoral centre a few blocks from Bisuyne

Bay in Miami Shores,

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with the local com· munity first and foremost.

Asked wlut he looks for io candidates for the seminary, Father Dollerty replies that he looks for men

ment to change the face of the earth and a determination to move things for-

Perspectives Much work but ��::?:?��= I ittl e time B ·, b 11· ca I

Father Thomas Wenski sprinkles water from • palm frond on • jubil•nt congregation of Haitians at the Pierre Toussaint H•iti•• Center in flfiami follorrinr the fall of Haitian president Jean Claude Duralier last year. As director of the centre, father Wenski ministers to many of the 50,000 Haitians in the archdiocese.

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guity," he says. fffhey need

to be emphathetic and sensitive people."

In addition, given the urgent needs of a large archdiocese with many new immigrants and refugees, and an exploding birth rate, priests need lots of courage, sett-initiation 1nd flexibility, Father Doherty adds. When one course of action doesn't work, they need to be able to switch gears and try something else.

F other Doherty keeps an ear cocked in his ministry for questions that concern the meaning of life. When such questions arise, his standard response is: "I have a job that will help you make a difference on the face of the earth."

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Clearly these are positions of service (Ephesians 4:12).

But the designation "pastors" also suggests leadership, concerned care, adrrumstration. The mcxiel unphed 1s Jesus, descnbed m the fourth Gospel as the ideal shepherd who knows his sheep by name, who indeed lays down his ltfe for them (John 10:3.11 ).

Who were these pastors in the New Testament churches? They usually are called by other names. chiefly "elders" from the Greek word "presbvteror" and "overseers" from "eprskooor" The small house churches of the day may not have needed complex orqamsanonal structures But any group of people m community needs some leadership to give u orrecnon. prudent guidance, urufted purpose The Jerusalem community, closely allied wnh the

DOD Each year at his present Post has seen an increase

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ies in the Miami Archdi� cese. In 1984 eight men became seminarians; in 1985, 12 entered; In 1986, 19 entered. He expects Huit number to reach 25 or more in 1987. About 70 ,ercent are His,.nic.

Is F atller Doberty content with being a priest? "I un1 thinlE of a better job," he

synagogue, seems to have adapted the synagogue structure for its purposes. in wtuch a group of elders managed affairs. Thus one reads m Acts 11 30 that the Chnstrans at Antioch, hear1ng of a famine in Judea, sent relief to the Jerusalem Chnsnans, "rnsoatchmq rt to the presbyters m the care of Barnabas and Saul " St Paul does not mention

By Father John Castelot presbyters m his New Testament letters, but Luke tells us that on the apostle's first Journey, Paul and Barnabas installed presbyters m each church (Acts 14 23).

S1gn1f1cantly, presbyters or elders always are mentioned m the plural They apparently functioned as a

farewell address, Paul links them with overseers, pastors. Summoning the presbyters of Ephesus to Miletus, Paul urged: "Keep watch overyourselvesandoverthe whole flock the Holy Spmt has given you to guard.

Shepherd the church of God, which he acquired at the price of his own blood" (Acts 20: 17).

The later pastoral letters of Paul lay down detailed cnteria which prospective overseers and elders must meet.

They must be "irreproachable, married only once, of even temper, selfcontrolled, modest and hospitable" (1 Timothy 3·2).

They must be gocxl teachers, not addicted to drink or lovers of money. They must be gocxj managers of their own households, "for 1f a man does not know how to manage his own house, how can he take care of the church of GcxP" The profile that results ,s one of mature, secure, stable persons, gocxj edrrurustrators and competent teachers They must serve as role models of Christian drsciplestup for their comrnuruues and also for "those outside the church" (1 Timothy31-7. Titus 1 6-11)

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itive experience for parishioners, forcing them lo address the tensions between different ethnic groups and to learn what it means to be one community of faith.

For Father LaCerra, ordained 17 years ago, the personal touch is important. Though he also holds down archdi-

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archdiocese, not yet 30 years oki, priests never got into the habit of taking two days off each week; they routinely hold down two or more positions.

In 25 years the archdioabsorbed cese has permanent 700.000 immigrants.

In my interviews with five priests in Miami, one fact came through loud and clear: priests are busy men. Each carries an astonishing woridoad as the archdiocese struggles to take care of a burgeoning Cathoiic population.

But ii the five represemative, they are happy overall with being priests and realistic about the hardships.

"I love being a priest . . . for me nothing is more fuffilling in life than this," says Father Gary Wiseman, ordained four years ago. He works full time as bishop's secretary and serves as priest director of Boys Town, a position whdl invotves him in the

religions.

Asked what is difficult about priesd.ood. the pri-

ocesan positions such as moderator of the marriage tribunal, he tries "to give quality time to the parish."

ODD A priest is an "animator of communities ...

God's cbeerleader" who belps people see that tbey have a role in building up God's kingdom, be says. He tells of counselling a young military couple who approached him to baptise their baby.

Like many parishioners, they had not married in the church, thinking, incorrectly, that a church wedding was very expensive.

He asked the couple to examine their relationship and to develop a vision of a sacramental marriage, "meant to give meaning and purpose and to support growth."

ODD For Father Thomas Wenski, director of the Haitian Centre, a priest

is a "bridge builder and a reconciler." Father Wenski's primary task is to bring "the presence of the church lo the Haitians and to bring the Haitians to the attention of the larger church."

His ministry was almost an accident. First he noticed how appreciative Haitians were to attend a Mass celebrated by another priest, an elderly man who spoke some French.

Second he decided to answer an advertisement to learn Creole.

Since 1976 he has served as archdiocesan coordinator of Haitian ministry.

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50,000 Haitians; eight

years ago one Mass was celebrated in Creole.

Today, Father Wenski and three Creolespeaking Haitian priests celebrate 12 Masses in 12 different sites. Each priest travels somewhere, up to 100 miles away.

The day I visited Father

Wenski at his cenlre in a rundown section of Miami. he was making arrangements for a 17year-old to go to an unwed mother's home to have her baby.

DOD The Haitian centre, decorated with secondhand furniture and spruced up with fresh paint, hums with the 1000 people who pass through its doors daily.

People come for food, for help with immigration papers, for information about jobs, to learn English. A day-care centre educates youngsters while their parenls or guardians work.

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Father Wenski describes himself as the founder, writer and editor of the only Catholic Haitian newspaper in the United States. He helps produce a radio show for Haitians which is also available on cassettes.

Both priests point to the liturgy as a highpoint of their ministry.

For Father LaCerra, liturgies with children are special.

"Listening to a kid read at Mass who two years ago couldn't read English brings it all together for me," he says. "It marks a lot of sacrifices of many folks" in the parish.

it's after wor1' hours?

His day off is Wednesday. When I spoke with him it had been three months since he took an entire day off. A recent Wednesday was typical: He started working on the parish bulletin first thing in the morning and kept right on working. He and a priest friend finally got away for dinner.

by KA THERINE BIRD Father Wenski gets con· siderable pleasure from flying. He took flying lessons initialty to counter the pressures of his schedute. But now his recreation feeds into his ministry. since flying to fa rflung Haitian communities in Florida takes less time than drivmg.

A reward of being a priest comes from "people rallying around" in times of trouble, says Father Waseman. He said he learned •• what it means to live in Christian community" when both his parents died of cancer on the same 1986 December day.

Sewral bishops. 90 priests and 400 people attended the funeral service.

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through it wnhout their support_"" he says.

full attention. After that says a person should spend The family room was Mass. he began returning one hour of learning for crowded with guests. They to Mass regularly. He felt a every minute of teaching. had helped themselves at Effective teaching proceeds little like the Prodigal Son the buffet table and were being embraced by his from abundant learning. busy talking about sports, Certainly a priest should Father. politics and the weather.

The gift of priesthood embrace the responsibiliThen Richard rang the ties of ruling and adminiscomes first in baptism hand bell he had p urtration. But the purpose of which introduces everyone chased at a flea market. ruling is to serve the peointo the priesthood of all "Attention, everybody. It's ple. St Augustine put rt the faithful.

The special gill time we raised a toast to our nicely when he said, "for of priesthood comes again host. Here's to you, Ray. for those called to the you I am a bishop. \.Vith you Bless you for your hospitalI am a Christian.'" ordained in the priesthood ity. And welcome back to sacrament of holy orders.

In this modest view of the church." the priest is a ruJership, What are some major Ray blushed, shook his Christian with his people, aspects of this gift? head, then raised his hands helping enable them fulfil for continued silence while their ideals and dreams as he made a few remarks. /---------� well as the potential of "Thank you all for coming their Christian calling. this evening. I am pleased Indeed a priest is involved that you joined me in this in the sanctification of celebration of my homepeople through prayer, the coming to the church. I owe Mass and the sacraments. so much to Father Eric.

But as the one who presides "He first met me when I at the celebration, the priwas in the hospital for an est's role is to be a model of operation. He was kind and holiness and to help open and made a point of helpful people to the experience of seeing me every day. the Holy Spirit in prayer "I admired him for not liturgy, love and justice.

The church sees an taking advantage of my The priest teaches people weakened condition to ordained priest as one how to love by treating make a hard sell about called to teach, rule and them in a loving and truth· religion. Instead he just sanctify the people of God. ful manner.

What these three qualities listened to me, raised my Father Eric served Ray by mean, viewed from another and teased me out of spirits listening to him, learnmg perspective, is that the my blues. about him and, through "When I was leaving the priest is summoned to example, becoming a learn, serve and celebrate hospital, Father Eric said model of love. He served we should keep in touch on behalf of the people of Ray's needs not by dormand that he was always God. nating his life but hy Yes, a priest should teach available if I needed him." unlocking Ray's potential and the word of preach After a period of recuperfor faith in God. He celeation, Ray decided to go to God. But it is a lifelong brated the eucharist like one of Father Eric's Masses. commitment to learning the faith event it is, and sc about the word of God that was impressed with Ray invited Ray home again. the priest's welcoming keeps the teaching from Teach, rule, sanctify. Yes. running dry. A real teacher manner and with his celeLearn, serve, celebrate never stops learning. bration of the Mass. Even Most assuredly, yes.

There is an old axiom that the homily captured his

By Father Alfred McBride

ODO For Father Wenski, the lively Haitian worship with everyone joining in the singing "is fantastic." The two-hour liturgy counters the frustration he feels because the Haitians "often have problems I can't do anything about."

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He especially enjoys preaching because Haitians pay close attention, especially when he uses the concrete images and proverbs so dear to their hearts.

ests speak of lifestyle and lack of time.

Celibacy and a family are "questions that never leave a priest's mind," says Father Neil Doherty. archdiocesan director of vocations. Priests struggle continuously with "the need to renew and convert the natural iodination for closet tesS into a positive and acceptable outlet in the church."

Formerly pastor of a black parish, Father Doherty pays for the education of two parish in Catholic youths schools. But his interest goes beyond the financial.

He meets with the youths regularly and. when practical. takes a youth with him to his family's annual summer vacation.

Father WJSem80 spoke of his frustration at "not havmg enough hours in the day and feeling pulled in too many directions."

The responsibilities he juggles include taking part in a Christian Awareness program preparing youths for baptism or confirmation at Boys Town.

Presbytery living can pose difficulties, especially when priests live and woric. in the same location.

"There's no transition between the workplace and home."" says Father Wenski. When the phone rings at 11pm. do you refuse to answer because

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Father LaCerra recalls that his first weekend in the parish in 1980 was marked by race riots with the troops stationed on the cathedral's lawn. Bui, he adds, the race riots became a pos-

languages.

The archdiocese has 1.1 million people living in Catholic households and 174 archdiocesan priests on official assignment

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Catholicism thrives On Sunday morings from 6.15 until noon, three girls and boys join Father Gerard LaCerra as he goes about his duties. They participate in Mass with him, have breakfast in the presbytery and visit with him and other staff members.

The Sunday meeting, usually part of the youths' confirmation preparation, "allows me to get to know the kids and vice versa," Father LaCerra said in an interview at the cathedral. It also gives the youths, most from disadvantaged families, a taste of what parish ministry is all about.

The cathedral's 3000 families include people from 17 nations; Sunday liturgies are offered in Spanish, English and in Creole for the parish's large Haitian population. The cathedral is situated in an inner city area where porno-

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nev ' building as in the hands of a committee including Julie Taylor, president of the parish council, Ron inner, Phil Payne and for a time Fran Pimm. Paul Dou la i chairman of the inance

sale of the former church site and building.

A total of $906,000 was laid out on the project including 556 00 for the building. 120,000 for e: ternal works, 152,000 for internal

furnishings and $78,000 for architect and consultant fees.

The former church site, blessed and opened by Bishop Quinn in De ember 1974 ha now been sold and will realise 24 ,000.

At the blessing of All Saints Church last Sunday Archbishop Foley is met at the entrance iy e present parish priest Fa er Pat Ahern. At the

left of the picture is Father Sam Rodomo ti w o as one time parish priest of Balcatta was asked to initiate a parish in the new Hamersley

area. A year later e parish was taken over by Father Barry W itely (right) who served ere for ten years before transferring.

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I ADVERTISE FREE GOODE Malcolm: brother of Mich el, son of

Sandra and Ray, god hild of Aunty Kyli and Un Phillip Branch, will b baptised in St Munchin's church Gosn IL on Sept mber 20.

from Eamon Murray, Chairperson, Catholic Social Justice Commission, Archdiocese of Perth.

While I appreciate Singapore High Commissioner Mr Conceicao's effort (The Record. August 27) to bring "the whol truth" to readers of the Record, some further comment is required.

Father Edgar O'Souza, former Editor of the Singapore Catholic News, was the guest of the Catholic Social Justice Commission, Perth Archdiocese, during his time in Perth.

The Commission invited him to Perth in response to our growing concern about the plight of church and community workers detained in Singapore without trial.

This is a concern informed not just by Father D'Souza, but also by reports from Amnesty International, Asia Hotline (a Catholic human r"ghts network, based in Hong Kon ) and the Christian Conference of Asia.

In the now familiar rhetoric of the Singapore government, r Conceicao refers to " arxist-insplred workers" infiltrating Catholic agencies, and to the detaine s, "admissions" to their conspiratorial activiti s.

Reports reaching us from Singapore, and the findings of an Amnesty nternational team, indicate evidence of coercion in ob airunq the d tam ' statem nts.

Pursuing this official lin , the High Commissroner has d started the statements of His Grace, Arch s op Yong.

In a join press confere ce with th Prim M1mst r, th Archbishop a nowl ed that he had seen t conf ion of Vine nt Cheng, and without furth r evid nc or

information had no reason to doubt It. However, he called clearly for open trials for all detained.

It was at this point that Mr Lee interrupted the Archbishop stating that his government would not llow subversives the chance to state their views in open court. (Singapore Times.

June 2.)

The Perth Commission, of course, appreciates the desire of Mr Conceicao that Singapore be protected from attack afld dang r. With respect. it would seem that there is a great danger to Singaporean society in the irnplern ntation of the Internal Security Act. Cl arly the work for justice and peace, the legitimate pastoral duty of the Church, is being falsely portrayed as subversive when the d tained Church workers were merely showing Christian witness Under the Internal Security Act in i rte detention without trial is possib e. The longest serving prisoner Under this Act is a former Oppo ition Member of Parh ment. Who has been detained without trial for the last 21 years.

I can only echo the exhortation of Bishop Brennan of Wa ga Wagg a that " ...the rights of those detained as specified in international human r"ghts con nnons and instruments of international law ... be respected". (Media Rel ase, Cat ore Bishops' Committee for Justice, Development and Peace, Tuesday, June 2. 1987.)

The CSJC rs continuing to receive nformat n about the d tam and re rs of The Record shin to be further informed can contac the Commission office o 325 1212, or call at 459 Hay Street, P rth, during normal office hours

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Young West Au tralians can do something really worthwhile a 1987 clo es and the new bicentennial year burst up nu.

Christmas and ew Year is u ually a time of fun and game for many young people. nd v ·h , not? 'Let's party' i the er . me -oun \ e t u tralian can meet a real and la ting chall n hHe celebratin in a ar

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