The Record Newspaper 28 April 1988

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The US bishops' draft pastoral on women's concerns calls for "affirmative action" to assure women's equality in both the Church and society. Although the chapter deals mainly with social issues, it says the Church as a social institution must also assure women just wages and improve their employment opportunities.

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VATICA CITY ( C): Pope John Paul II, appealing on e a f of U rainian Cat olics in e Soviet Union, urge hat they be given he rig t to worship publicly "in their ow ite and with their own pastors".

The pope's remarks, contained in a message o Ukrainian Catholics worldwide, implici ly challenge e Soviet Union's outlawing of he church.

An estimated 3.5 million U rainian Catholics are believe to practice their faith clandestinely in heir homeland.

Titled "Magnum Baptismi Donum" ("The Great Gift of Baptism"), the 17page message marke the millennium of the baptism of Prince Vladimir of Kiev, an event which too Christia i y to what is now the Ukraine and other Soviet republics.

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All personal and community exercises will fo us on liturgy. Liturgical texts will be used for meditation and reflection, and the Liturgy of the ours will be sung formally during the five day retreat that do es on Saturday afternoon so that prie ts can attend.

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There has been no avalanche of readers' letters following the pope's history shattering letter to the Russian Orthodox Church just before Easter and reported extensively in our pages.

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Referring all the time to the pope as the "Holy Father", the official pointed out thatthe decision whether to invite the pope to the Millennium celebration in Moscow in June rested entirely with the Russian Orthodox Church.

'The State plays absolutely no part in this," he said.

Meanwhile, it is expected that the Vatican delegation of which will attend the Millennium will visit not only Moscow but Leningrad, Kiev and Odessa.

The Vatican's delegation will be one from among 15 churches to which invitations have been sent.

Cardinal Glemp of Warsaw is also reported o be attending the June 4-16 celebration. _

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JOLIET, Ill (NC): The man behind the bishops pastoral on women's concerns, Bishop Josept lmesch of Joliet sees the first draft as a realistic document that forcefully "says things that need to be said" about topics such as feminisation of poverty.

Bishop lmesch is chairman of the US bishops' committee on women in he Church and in socie y and he bishops' wnt ng committee responsible for the firs draft o he pastoral, "Partners in the Mystery of Redemption".

A revised draft is tentatively scheduled to be given to the bishops for debate and vote in ovember 989.

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"I would not call it a radical document, but I would call 1t a realistic document," he said.

The letter is not going to please e eryone, the bishop said. "There is no way that it could. There is no way we would want (it) to."

Some feminists, he aid, "will probably say 'so what?' For hem it will not b enough." For others, what he pastoral says - urging full uality of lay men in the Church, asking for the study of he possibility of women d cons, affirming women in professional choices and in motherh od and homema ing as vocations - "will b too much".

"But for the wi r Church I liev it says thing that ne to e said b fore in our Church.

And I lieve it dresses them pow rfully, forcefully."

Bishop Im sch predicted that much of the reporting on the document will sensationalise certain issues - female altar s rv rs, the ban on women priests. But, he said, if people

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One of th e topics, e said, is the feminisation of pov rty. Ba ed on statistics from a wide range of sources and from women' personal accounts, the document "presents some statistics that are really kind of shaking" r rding women and poverty in the United States, he said.

'The number of women who do no r ceive any child support," th bishop said, "that's astounding ... That's all in the letter, and we address it."

Bishop lmesch noted that the s ction calJing for a study of the di conate for women "is not new and it didn't originate with us".

T e idea, he said, is di cuss d in the 1976 Vatican document, Inter lnsigniores", which addressed and reiterated Church teaching on priesthood as reserved to males alone.

The question of women d aeons, e said, "was first recom-

mend d by Rome". It w s n ver r o v d in that d ument, he said, and the pastoral's current recommendations urges Rome o thoroughly pursue the matter.

"Rome invited the o unity to do that," he said.

Asked which s ctions of the lengthy document are his personal favourites, Bishop Im h re pond d: 'This may ound str nge, but I think I'm happiest with the beginning and with the conclusion.

"The beginning of the letter sets the biblical basis for the equality of men and women" and the conclusion "is a autiful meditation on the role of the Bless d Mother".

Many of the reports the committ e received commented on women's affirmation of Mary as integral to their un erstanding of their role in the Church and the conclusion, Bishop lmesch said, presents Mary "as the initiator and energiser of the early Church".

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The pastoral draft ...._... is 'flawed in lts methodology" according to Women for Faith and Family, and it "ignores the real dangers of feminist excesses and the link between feminism and abortion".

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altar 00) ( shortly after the Flood), a piouv old Irish woman sat in the front pew below the pulpit ever} Sunday One could hardly avoid noric. . II ) h er E spccia 1ng Impressive was the W3) she bowed profoundly . h eve') time t h c prea� er used the word "exegesis" That wonderful woman thought he was SO)ing ':Jesus" - which called for a profound ho" In reahry, exegesis aims at discovering what a biblical text meant when it was written Profes\1onal cornrnemator-, on the Bible arc "excgctes",

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Christians are likely to hear many other equally confusing words and phrases today in religious circles. Here is a list of some used regularly in discussions of the BibleSYl\OPTJCS, The first

three Gospels b) \1at thew, Mark and Luke In the late 18th centurv a

German scholar ib· lished an edition <ljhc three Gospels in •!ar·

tling new way, sul b) side in parallel col n,, so they could he re at a glance. The title"' A Synopsiv of the Go s", using ,,nopsis in its fundamental Greek s: of veemg tog er ce (op...,1,), Jt one

letters attributed to Paul, seven unquestionably were written b) him personally. The other seven are called DeutcroPauline because it is believed the} were written h) members of communities he had founded and contained a development of his teaching

APOCALYPTJ<..A broad term describing a litcrature and a world outlook which flouri-hed from the second century BC to the second century AD. It

looked to (,o<J'\ \1<.:tOI) over evil at the end of

is a complex term, but one simple \\'a} to under· stand it is in connection with exegesis. Herrneneuncs is concerned with what a biblical text means to people o f a different age and culture.

Hermeneutics is the challenge faced by preachers, Start with solid exegcsis ofwhat the text originally meant, but make the message intelligible and meaningful to contemporaries CO\'F.:,..A'IT: A legal instrument, a contract,

used in the ancient ,\1idea�t. The lsraelites, starting with the convic-

called into a unique relanonship with God, looked about for some concrete Wa) to express the relationship The idea of covenant was ready to h an d an d universally intelligible. were different rypes of covenants in sociery at that time But whatever the image, the underlying reality for the Israelites was the well-nigh inexprevsible relationship between God and his people.

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One who

interpreted the present and sorneurnes the past, were Prophet,

their times. The) were

embroiled in dornesuc, national _and internattonal_ affairs �d sought

to bnng Gods point of view to them. "Prophet" .is d enve . d frrorn l h c <, rec k meaning "to speak" or "in behalf of another", in this case, God The institution of prophecy uself scrved as a chcck cn the hereditary institulions of royalty and clergy CHARJSM· A Greek word meaning gift or favour. This gift of God

empowers a person to act beyond hi!-i or her O\\TI natural power for

i, given for one's per·§§ sonal sanctification; a� charism is given for the l§ service of others. §

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diigmtt ary. It usu aU Ya high 1 was accompanied by all§ sorts of colourful cercrn- E onies and gala celebra·§ tions. The earlv Chris· E tians looking fo�'llJ'd to§ the glorious return of the§ risen Christ, used this§ term to express what§ they imagined that com-§ ing would be like. 11§

Bible share ideas are different

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faith can be dtfficult Not only will you run into a certain amount of jargon and numerous cliches, but to express yourself you must inevitably rely on some perfectly acceptable terminology that. in fact, means different thmgs to different people, Take the word "spirituality". It represents a maior concern of lay people in today's Church, research is showing.

Therefore rt is a likely tope of conversation among them.

But precisely what does the word "spiritualrty" mean?To some it refers to a process of reflection combined wrth prayerful exercises meant to focus people on God and to foster growth in farth To others, no set of exercises suffices to capture spmtuahty's meaning Instead, spiritualrty for them encompasses all of life when it is conducted with an awareness of God's presence.

It rs similar with a word such as "prayer" It, too, means different thongs to different people, For some, one's very worl< can be prayer. To others, prayer must take the form of a direct conversation with God. Then there is the word "faith" rtself. What precisely does it mean?

Even bishops and theolog1Bns don't always agree on precise meanings for words like "sp,ritual1ty", "prayer" or "farth", When two people enter into a conversation about such things, therefore, there is the risk that they eventually will discover they aren't talking about the same thing at all.

There are two potential prtfalls for conversatK>ns about faith. i.Jke two sides of one com, these pitfalls pose twm challenges to speak clearly and to hsten well. Obviously, these challenges are not unique to conversations about faith. Nerther are they foreigners to such conversations.

The first challenge, to speak clearly, rs not as simple as it first appears It is more than a matter of speaking slowty and distinctly. It means taking into consideration the possib1hty that the words one chooses to express faith may not be clear to others. It means that what you intend to communicate may not be what another person hears through you The second challenge, to hsten well, means recognising the difficulty others face when trying to communicate about thetr farth. Often they will rely on words and phrases at hand that are less than perfect. Often they find it difficult to put faith into words.

But putting farth into words IS part of the human condrtion for members of the Church.

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time, an image might spring to mind of groups that exist to share the Bibles they own through some kind of borrowing system.

But an)onc "ho ha paruc1patcd m a B1bleharc group ha a different idea of v.hat one J'>. It 1s a group that mcct'S,,

pcrhar 1n a ran h1oncr'<1i honu:. to re-ad Scripture passage , G.scus

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appl} to current c.1rum· �tancc . Usually the group ha ... a book It use'.) a, a guide. L',ually, too,

the group includes prayer

When it comes to communica· tion, people are inventive, occasionally bring· ing entirely new words into the language, writes David Gibson. They also tend to use "shorthand ter· minology that underthey stand perfectly well though oth· ersmaynot".As a result, terms with a slightly strange ring to the ear are regularly heard in today's church.

Before I bought a computer for the parish, I spent lots of time talking to computer operators, programmers and teachers. After one expert, a recent convert to the Church, tried to explain hardware, software, bytes and sloppy disks (I mean, floppy disks), I told him I felt completely illiterate.

He simply smiled and said, "Now you know how I felt going through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults from precatechumenate to I'm mystagogia. still having trouble saying that I'm now called a neophyte".

Of course, ear.h organisation hc1r; its own terms and usage of words.

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DISCUSSION POINTS Being able to use words and phrases accurately 1s an essential part for understanding what Christianity is all about. Doing so requires some effort, however.

Are there words used tn the Church which have given you difficulty or which are unclear to you? What are some of them?

Do you think you frequently use cenain words to express your faith which may very well be unclear terms to those you are speaking

with?

Father John Castelot presents a lexooon of terms used in connection with the Bible. One is "covenant". Why 1s a biblical term like this valuable in discussions of fatth 7 Two challenges face people when they enter into conversations about faith: the challenge to speak clearly and to �sten well. What does this

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biage is helpful hl'l.iuse it a1lo\,·� pretision and nuanced thought. Othn times. \\.'Ord� he<-omP barriers that pn·wnt others from reallv understanding the intended mes.sage.

The right usage is because important words are vehicles for communjc-.ation il'; well as svmhols of thought.

Somctimer; nr\v \\.·ords or phras!'S provide interp,t for a while. Rut then. through OH•ruse and special applir:ation,. thr, slip into the domains of die-he or ja�n. \hout 10 year; ago I \\a< invol,c�f in helping parishes create outreac.h programs - visihng the skk and lonely, and helping the poor and homeless. At that lime, "outreach" was a word with pregnant possibility. 'ow man} organisa· hons provide some ver· sion of outreach Like other overused words. "giftedness" or •faith· sharing", outreach has come to have a general and vague meaning. One starts to wonder what i,, really happening.

I have found the way to overcome the use of jargon and clich JS to listen to tho:,e who are

in it... mceung and some time spends ,ociahs1ng. till, 1f YOU \l.:ere to ask

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these other-, talk out faith, I can avoid ing terms that have bt1 me bankrupt or mrani� There are other ttl· lerns that exist withoonl

usage or nususage, �h·

nic::al terms <orn nes an> used and uscdtorrt'< th but when the are not t;all,•d for.

I recall a iwlr ordained priest peching about the •·IJros" (decisive point) ohlva. lion t hr m•ed for 'letanoia" (conversion! that the "e..,,haton" (en dime) r;a n he n>a I ised 11 our world. I dnn't thinl. .suit Father 1'.arl Rahnd the renown,•d theol ian. \\Ould hdVC dis.C \\ilh thr pne rs leol1 OK), But I scriou,1,l ubt that man, hr.art,"'"' mO\:t'd.

There an' time, ihen precision demand! lhat unfamiliar wortl be U!-,Pd to r.onve an insight. Most .-lers probably r.an =.allheir fir;t experience d :on. fession. The} ma, 'Ven remember that the era. men! was led, penance.

But 1 ,till r.an sec the unc:ompn>hl'nding far'CS of some parents whose children wen• preparing for the sar·rament 15 years ago whl'n thl' te.ac:herc;;pokeahouta rite of rt!'l.-onc iliation, The Of'\\' nan1c appn1p-

nall'h' rena l(�l a l heol· o� that plan><! emph,1 i., on God's part of the �alramcnt

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Rt.'Cently we haw begun to talk about di.S< t'rning the will of thr Spirit in our liw,. Thi' usl' of dic;r.rrnment is ncithPr a nC\\' contt'pt nor a nf:'\\. word, hut talking ahout the proc cs., and enc ou· raging Jail} a� well a, contcmplativ to engage in it i"i quite n \\., A rr.hrect woman stopped me one da) to ask why we no" have to di.S<'ern when we u.,rd to be able simpl) lo deride.

I tried to explain that discernment meant attempting to know God's will in our lives.

She thought about that for a while and then concluded it was a good idea as long as we didn't o,erdo it becau.<r 'God is

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allowed some secrets too, you kno\v!"

Finallv, there are the words · that need to be brought had, into our vcx:abulary. In a lime

communication 1n action, "'-'Ith all its complex tty. \Xrhen tt comes to communication, people arc 1n\'ent1\'C and rc-..our�eful. Their 1nventi\·cncss may bnng entirely nev. term'i into the language St Francis of Ac;s1s1, reappearing on the scene in 1990, might be puzzled

\\·hen evJ.ngelisation is

with TV equated prt'.ac.hers and door-to· door church soliutors, the Catholic Church has Ix-gun to use the same word.

at a term hke "Bible shanng group"

\\1th lots of patienrn, a new definition of evan· geltsalion that expre,,ses the relationship between li,ing by the Gospel and inviting others to hw it too is emerging.

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through shorthand terminology that they understand perfectly well,

If the term evangelisation can be re-defined, so can \vords like �h·ation, re,Plation and others saddled with particular meanings that betray their full signific.ance.

though others may not

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slightly strange ring to

the uninitiated ear are Before lluying • computer for the parish, F•ther Herbert Weller recalls lh•l lhe swirl of "computer t•lk" loft him feeling illiter•le, Of course, •lmost e•er, field hH its ow• speci•I ,oullulary, •nd lhe cliurch is no e,ceptioa.

Fatlttr Weoer 4iSCMSSeS the imporl•nc• of cltoosing wri well in communicating •bout f•illl.

Sometimes verbiage is helpful because it allows precision and nuanced thought. Other times, words become barriers preventing others from really understanding the intended message.

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prayer "hereby one c;it!, quietly and direct attention to God's presence v.·ith1n; often a single "·ord 1s selected and repeated as needed to refocus attention 1f the mind \l.ande�.

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the .\\ass that day.

The lire of Chri,uan, at

home is ,;,aid to ha\'c an "eccles1al" d1men,1on1 which means that home-

hfe ,s churchlikc because through 1t people fulfill a true vocation and help

build up the kingdom ol God. Closely related to B1blcis "fa1thsharing

sharing". It occur5 \l,'hc-

nc\'er people open up to each other about the mcanmg of faith for their lives.

.\\embers of the church

aren't alone in having to

cope wuh the use of special terminology

Economists, comruter programmers and yes, even journalists, have

special vocabularies that they rely on in their work, Some would say these special vocabularie ,crve as crutches to lean on.

Whatever the case, 11 all goe with the turl m an

"incarnate" church.

Christians, like everyone else, must struggle to express themselve . ! n the endeavour to arucu-

late their faith their humanity makes lt<elr of •• centering" 1·nown.

The Record, April 28, 1988 9

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The ishops made a distinction between traditional Protestant churches and the ec s in Mexico.

Epide

iol gist,

r Fiona Sta ley,

previously on the ADS task force, is Deputy Director of the Natio al Health and Medical Research Council ( H

RC),

where she is also a Principal Research Fellow.

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ing,

cience

of

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public

n this insta ce, Dr San ey is interested · probhealth.

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BUSSELTON: At Busselton's Centenary Mass concelebrated by three bishops and 16 priets, Bishop Peter Quinn paid tribute to the early settlers who were determined to carry on the faith, despite the difficulties encountered.

Busselton centenary

The Mass also paid tribute to the priests and

sisters

who

were

responsible

for

the continuance of the parish during the past 100 years.

rnenti on

Special

was made of the ive

vocations

hat

ave come

fro

the Busse -

ton

parish

Fathers Ian Johnson

and

Evan

Pe berthy, and St Joseph

of

the

Sacred

Heart

nuns

Sisters

Eileen

Johnson,

Maureen O'Connor and

Wendy

Lailey.

Visitors

from

all

parts of Western Australia

con-

verged on Busselo

to

elp the

parishioners at St Joseph's

cele-

brate the centenary of the paris .

Father

Anselm

Bourke was

e

first parish priest assiqned to Bus-

se ton

in

1888,

e 50

Th's was so years

after

the

first Irish Catholics settled · n he area, and some

20 years after

e

ch rch was b ilt by the struggling

pioneers.

The first priests to visit this sparsely populated

area

were Benedic. es who r e from

horseback

Perth staying with Catholic families on the way, a d sa · ng Mass en ever and

er-

ever possi e.

Father

Since Bourke's the

parish

grown to members

1600

boasts a Catholic primary

time,

with two pr· sts work-

has

i g full-time and

school.

and

r DOD

school,

pre-primary

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DEATHS

CLARKE (O,therine Ann) was bapti ed on April 10

by Fath r Boyl at St Anthony's Chur h, Wann roo in the pr n e of her parents, Wayne and Cat, h h r godparents, Ber and Br tt and family an fri nds.

Jewish brothers beckoned

from Francis HRUBOS, Glen Forrest Sir, The Jewish representatives are aiming for closer co-operation with other churches and preferably with the Catholics.

When our Lord was walking the earth he put to His disciples this question: (Mark 8:27) "Who do men say that I am?" In their answers there was mentioned John the Baptist, Elias and a prophet. (Mark 8:29) Peter answering said to Him: "Thou art the Christ."

Perhaps the followers of Judaism who would like a more brotherly contact with Christians should be asked a similar

nature of the Catholic priesthood and its role.

You ran a series of 'What the priesthood means to me" last year. If you check back, you will find that little or nothing was made in them of the special spiritual, transcendent nature that lies at the heart of the Catholic priesthood.

There was much about leadership, administrative ability, the option for the poor, and caring for the faithful - all necessary and good But the Catholic priesthood rs much more than that.

As a special sacrament instituted by Christ himself, rt s essentially a transcendent vocation to be lived out in a real world. The priestly role rs to do what Christ did. preaching and teaching the gospel of salvation, forgiving sins, offering Christ's own Body and Blood, Soul and Oivirutv in the Holy Sacrifice of th Mass, and feed, g the pilgrim faithf ul through th word of Scripture and the Bies ed S crament.

Much of the reason for the d valuing of this pn stly rol in th s of young men t 1s that most of th m ha

ment and fulfilled by Christ on Calvary and in His institution of this, His chosen sacrificing priesthood.

In fact, 1t is only through the sacrificing priesthood that the priesthood of the laity can be recognised and kept spiritually healthy and flourishing.

As St John Vianney truly understood, the world NEEDS the Catholic priesthood. It is a God-given call to provide every God-given means of eternal salvation to sinful, struggling, suffering humanity, particularly through the mystery of transubstantiation in the offering of the Holy Sacrifice. and tn the forgiveness of sins.

The young Australian men with generous hearts are still there - in the football teams. in the trades and professions, the offices and shops, the higher grades at school.

But while the priesthood is seen and taught - as all too often 1t is today - as Just a form of Christian social service, administration or getting on with people, it is fatally undervalued.

We should pray earnestly that our young men will once again understand how and why the world NEEDS the Catholic priesthood in all its fullness. that they will once again appreciate its wonderful transcendent, special nature. Otherwise, why should 1t make any appeal to them'

,

Disputes womens position

powers to the Church on earth. Since the Catholic Church on earth is a part

from Paul SHERIDAN. Bassende n Sir, Mrs Joy McMultan's letter (The Record, April 12) rs a glowing example of the main fault embraced by th f min rst movem nt wit in th Church.

reWorword

of Christ's mystical body (as are the laity) it would be blasphemy to suggest that the same Church's t achings promote sexism and o pression of omen.

Prisoner

options to gaol

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YOUTH FORUM RELIGIOUS LIFE A Radical

Option

Live-in weekend May 6, 7 .30pm to ay 8, 2pm

tu ent in id the) t th r

fram a special Bun ry reporter

Chri fan

oyou g • m so ary

St Joseph's Convent 27 Penguin Rd SAFETY BAY Age 1 7 and older Contact Sr Kathleen Dawes

335 1576

uth Chaplain Brother Michael Toohey, assistant Phil orellini and Sunbury full-timer Damian aher serenading the students.

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Applications are invited for th position of YCW fulltime worker in the Sunbury Diocese.

The applicant: Mu t have a commitment to young working people.

Must have own trans ort.

Must b a practising Catholic who this as a personal vocation.

An understanding of rural Church life is desirable.

Applications. including two references, are to forwarded to:Br "ch I "Ji oh y SSG Di an Youth Chaplain 20 Pro r S r t, Bunb ry 6230 Tel: (097) 21 1291 Applications close: April 29, 1988.

Interviews for applicants will be held in the following w e by a ointment.

Celebrat· ng he rturgy

by SUSAN BATES of Como w o w s one of 80 yo ng

p ople

Christi n Life C ti s

at

the

m ni-

(CLC) C r e in Sy ey. P rticip ts in th ire rly twenties came from

all

corners

of

.

..i( Proposed youth p"lgri ge to Rome, �

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� Dubrovnik, Medjugorje, Warzawa, � """' Czestochowa, Austwicz, Wadowic, """' Krakow, Przemysl, Lvov, Kiev, Mos• cow, Leningrad, Helsinki.

-t( Depart Oct. 9, R turn ov. 6. f i( To beg ided by Father John Jegorow. i( Information 09-328 9878.

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Julian liked to be near peopl , but he di not go out into the town. ome p pie going to church would leave food and mon · for her. ther cam to her with their he Ii tened problem . nd hared th ir pain.

Then he help them m happi r ,;ay t live.

and how Je u uttered before hi death. God gave her a glimp e of the Holy Trinity. he came to know b tter , hat od i reall • like.

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In what countries are these forms of currency used: a) Pese a? b) Rouble? c) Yen? 2. Whether or not an athlete's performance is accepted as an official record wi I often depend on the reading of an anemometer. Wha does this instrument measure?

3. If you mix red and blue together, you w·11 get the colour of a flower. Wha is it?

4. What do you call the female of: a) a fox? b) a billy-goat? c) a horse?

5. What does a taxidermist do for a living?

6. How many wheels are there on a tandem?

7. If three musicians playing together are called a trio, what is the name for: a) four musicians? b) five musicians? c) eight musicians?

8. Wensleydale, Danish Blue, Go da and Roq efort are all different types of what?

9. Does the word 'equestrian' mean: a) Someone who is loo ing for something? b) A rider on horseback? c) A per on who lie es that everyone hould be equal?

10. Which i Ion er, a mile or nauti al mile?

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by TOM BRANCH

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MARIAN CALENDAR MIDLAND: The annual Mass for Mary Help of Christians will be held on Sunday, May 15 at 11 am. Procession at 3pm.

MEDJUGORJE: Lectures on the appearances of the "Virgin Mary" by Leon LeGrant (admision free) at the fol owing venues: Friday, May 6, Northam, St Joseph's Church 11.30am. Ardross, Metvi le Civic Centre 8pm. Saturday, May 7: Attad le, Santa Maria Col ege Cultural Centre 8pm.

Sunday, May 8: Merced College Hall 2pm (for dergy and religious only).

W nthrop Ha I. University of WA, 8pm.

Monday, May 9: Gera dton Community Centre, 1.45pm and 8pm.

NEW MARIAN GROTTO

On Sunday, May 1 Bishop Quin will b ss the newly erected grotto to mark the Marian Year. on the property of L & L Bove of Roy Road, Jingdong via Bussetton. Cerernoni s comm nee at 1.30pm and will include Mass, Ro arv, procession and B nediction.

LEGION OF

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THE PARISH-SCENE �.

CHURCH WOMEN Australian Church Women will hold a forum, "Children in the Church", at St Mary's Parish Centre, Franklin Street, Leederville, on Friday, May 13 at 10.30am with speakers from Catho ic. Anglican and Uniting Churches, followed by lunch.

Donation $2.

HOUR OF REPARATION

World Apostolate of Fatima members are remi ded that th re will be a Hoy Hour o Sunday, May 8 at 3pm in St Dom· ic's Church, Beatrice Street, lnnaloo. Father O'Leary will officiate.

TWILIGHT RETREAT A reflection o current a pects of

Marian pilgrimage visiting

MEDJUGORJE (One whole week's stay with LEON LE GRAND as leader)

OURDES

departs JU E 20

Co tact

CHAEL DEERING

321621

Professional Travel Services

Mariology and various marian docum nts will be facil'tated by Fat r Chris Ross OSM tog ther �;;.;;.;;.;;.;;.;;;.;;.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.. with prayer a d ort discu · ns at Castl are, 100 ern d, Wil n, May 2-6, 6-9pm. H ting avai or BYO m I. Co ct 276 3076 or 45 2144.

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