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Daily opportunities for penance and self-denial are to be accepted in a spirit of Lent and transformed into opportunities Lenten prayer and self-denial, Archbishop Hickey says for spiritual growth, helping us be less selfish, less concerned in his Lenten pastoral letter. Voluntary abstaining from about ourselves and more generous towards others. meat on Fridays is a corporate penance that binds Catholics together as a people, he says.

Special acts of penance will differ from person to person, according to circumstances.

Attending daily Mass, visiting the church and giving alms are also ways of observing Lent, he points pout in a three page letAlthough avoiding meat on Fridays is not an obligation "it is ter released in all churches this Sunday. a hallowed tradition that is also a corporate act of penance, one that binds us together as a people."

Lent, Archbishop Hickey says, is a reminder of Moses' journey with the people, during which a covenant was made "In your moments of quiet reflection look for ways in which between God and His people. your love for the poor can be given practical expressions. both personally and in your support for Project Compassion.

The Church invites us to undertake a journey towards Easter of forty holy days of prayer and penance.

"Revive your love for the Blessed Eucharist with more frequent attendance at Mass and visits to the Blessed Sacrament.

Jesus' death and resurrection has fulfilled that covenant and marked the beginning of another in which death gives way to "Lent is also a preparation for the revival of our Baptismal life. vows, our response of the New Covenant.

"For us as Christian people it is necessary to reflect on our "As you prepare to commit yourselves again to God and to journey to God in the daily realities of our lives. the way of Jesus, pray for all those people who will be received "The many activities and worries that mark each day can be a source of into the Church at Easter. prayer. Like the Israelites in the desert who were reminded constantly of the "As individuals and as a Church we are continually striving to grow closer to protective presence of God, we can call to mind that Jesus has promised to God and one another. accompany us on our journey.

"As we embark on another Lenten journey may we be open to the trans"In this way our worries are easier to bear and our struggles easier to handle forming grace of God, to the continuous personal conversion of life to which we because of the very real and loving presence of Jesus in our lives." are called."

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iT ALBANY last Monday night it was literally a journey back *nto the past to commemorate the St John of God Sisters Australian centenary.

Alighting from the Hotham Valley train from Perth were six traditionally garbed Sisters who walked on to the Brig Amity to re-enact the disembarkation of their ancestor Sisters 100 years ago.

On Monday's train ride south, guests in period costume heard the story of the Sisters journey to Perth, their first nursing residence in Adelaide Terrace, their move to Subiaco in 1898 and their expansion into the Goldfields, the Kimberleys and more recently to Geraldton, Rivervale, Bunbury and Murdoch.

Albany turned on a cold wind but hearts warmed by a later traditional Irish meal followed by dancing into he small hours to Fiddlers Green at the Pyrmont Centre.

A centenary display recounting the history of the St John of God achievement has been mounted at the Albany Residency Museum.

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Re-living moments 100 years old

Hotham Valley train riders in period costume.

"We take for granted the ready availability of food from our local shops. But in a lot of countries there are no shops. And no food.

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Mrs Therese Temby officially opening the new facilities at St Gerard's. Looking on is Monsignor Keating.

The Catholic school is much more than just its buildings. Mrs Therese Temby, director of Catholic Education said at Balga recently.

"A Catholic school is about the total education of children - their spiritual, intellectual, physical and their social development.

It is about the integration of Catholic beliefs and values in the total life of the school." she said as she opened of new facilities at St Gerard's Ba1ga.

Former parish priest Monsignor Michael Keating blessed the new facilities.

In further comments MrsTemby highlighted the partnership aspect of Catholic education - the new art centre, covered walkways and the upgrading of classrooms having been made possible by the cooperation ofthe Federal and State Governments together with the active and on-going financial contributions of the local parishand school community.

She noted the total cost of this redevelopment was $235,036, of which the Commonwealth Government contributed $35,672 in capital grants and the State Government had provided a low interest loan of $149,000.

The school and parish community had made a cash contribution of $50,364 and was taking on the responsibility for repaying the low interest loan over 15 years.

Senator Jim McKiernan representing the Federal Minister for Education, highlighted the changing role of teachers.

"As more and more technology becomes available in our schools, the more likely it is that teachers will be seen less as sources of knowledge, and more as people able to instruct students to access and process knowledge.

"One of the aims of good teaching has always been to encourage independence in students, in order for those students to become skilled and motivated to ask their own questions, and then seek out and report on their answers."

In reference to Senator Mckiernan's remarks, Mrs Temby said: "Senator McKiernan, in his speechsaid because of the changes taking place in our schools, it is more important than ever for parents to become involved in the life of the school and understand what schools are aiming to achieve.

"I endorse the Senator's comments.

More than ever with the changes occuring in social values and the changes brought into the home and classroom by new technologies, the importance of parents as crucial partners in the education process has perhaps never been greater."

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Reaching out to the young W

ASHINGTON (CNS) - More than 25,000 copies of a four-panel brochure that unfolds into a poster were distributed to dioceses nationwide in February as part of an effort by the U.S. bishops to reach out to young Catholics.

"A Message to Youth - Pathway to Hope" includes a letter to young people, drafted by the U.S. bishops' Committee on the Laity and its subcommittee on youth. The poster also includes discussion questions, quotes and photos of young people - some of them from World Youth Day '93 in Denver with Pope lohn Paul H. "World Youth Day showed dramatically that young people are interested in the church and that the church has to show more interest in them," a spokesman added. "We're going to tap into their energy more and more."

Among suggested uses for the posters are a confirmation gift from the bishop; a keepsake from parish retreats or diocesan youth conferences: or a spark for discussion groups.

Abortion plays role i anulment decision

Man banned from marrying in church again unless he makes pledge N, Italy (CNS) - An Italian church court granted an annulment on the grounds that pressure by the husband for his wife to have an abortion was proof that he did not want children when he entered the marriage.

The sentence also said the husband is prohibited from marrying in the church unless he first swears before his bishop or a representative that he wants to have children in the new marriage.

The Turin marriage tribunal reported there was enough evidence to show the court that the husband pressured for an abortion after his wife became pregnant for the first time.

Spokesman Msgr. Ricciardi said the abortion was part of the evidence and not the reason for the annulment.

The church court sentence said that at the time of the marriage the husband already had arbitrarily decided against children "not recognizing the right to offspring for his wife."

Such a case "does not deal with a simple temporary exclusion of offspring, but a permanent exclusion," said the sentence.

Newspaper reports said the husband, a doctor, prescribed medicine harmful to his wife's health after learning of the pregnancy. He told her there was a high percentage risk that the baby would be born deformed and she agreed to an abortion, said the reports.

It is normal when one of the spouses has "a radical will to not have children or to directly eliminate those in arrival" that the marriage is declared null and that the sentence includes "the prohibition of a new religious marriage" for the spouse not wanting children, said Msgr. Ricciardi.

More Catholic aid TATICAN CITY (CNS) - Catholic relief V and development agencies agreed at a Vatican meeting to increase emergency aid to several war-torn African countries.

Rwanda has become the major aid recipient, said Geraldine Sicola, of Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops' overseas relief agency.

"Up to $13 million has gone to Rwanda" from CRS and other Catholic aid agencies, she said.

"This compares with $30 million given by the U.S. government."

CRS was chosen by the international group to coordinate the Rwanda-aid program, which provides food, medicine, shelter and agricultural tools to Rwandans in refugee camps throughout the region, Ms. Sicola said. The U.N. estimates that up to 2 million Rwandans live in refugees camps.

Sudan is another African country that Caritas Internationalis has pledged to help.

"Aid will continue as long as the war continues," said Robert Rees. an Africa expert with CAFOD, the British-based Catholic relief agency.

Celibacy: Latest call

UBLIN, Ireland (CNS) - The Bishop Walsh said he would she' d JJ church must continue debating no tears if the church loses power compulsory celibacy for Latin-rite and influence

priests, said Bishop Walsh of Killaloe in a clergy magazine article.

Further debate is needed because many excellent priests have left the ministry to marry over the past 30 years, he wrote in The Furrow, published by Ireland's main seminary.

The bishop said evidence that some priests had sexually abused children and that Irish church authorities had failed to take appropriate action was scandalous.

There seemed to be more concern about possible damage to the church's image than to children, he said.

in Ireland, because the role of the church is service, not power.

Having less power and authority over people is not necessarily a bad thing, he added.

People questioning aspects of church teaching should be seen "not as enemies attempting to destroy, but as friends on a joint adventure in search of truth," he said.

"Inevitably there will be tension between the theologian - analyzing, probing and testing - and the bishop, who sees his role as official teacher," he said. "Tension can he painful, but where there is no tension there is no vigorous life."

Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has known only 10 years of peace. It is now in a 13-year civil war pitting the Muslim, Arabdominated government against black Christians and animists in the South.

"Our aid is primarily toward assisting displaced people," said Rees. CAFOD has been coordinating Catholic aid to Sudan since 1985.

More than $6 million has been donated in the last four years.

The money was spent on food, blankets, seeds and tools for displaced people within Sudan.

Basic human rights...

TATICAN CITY (CNS) - Religious V freedom is a basic human right, not a privilege that nations can decide to give or to deny their inhabitants, a Vatican official told the U.N. human rights commission.

At the same time, Archbishop Tabet said, the abuse of religious freedom in ways that infringe upon the rights of others must be punished.

"States have a responsibility for the common good, for social peace and for respectful coexistence within their borders.

"They must invoke sanctions against those who violate their right to religious freedom, and they must promote the equal rights of all believers," the archbishop said.

"The Holy See is aware that in cer"It is regrettable that some states tain societies, because of extremism, favor one religious system with the religions can be seen as sowers ofin- consequen ce of excluding, at least in tolerance rather than social harpractice, the rights of other religions," mony," the archbishop said. he said.

Such a situation is dangerous, he When the rights of other believers said, because it threatens others' right to believe and contributes to a gen- are not respected, they become seceral disrespect for all religions. ond-class citizens.

Leaving churches to cut tax burden

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ONN, Germany (CNS) - Growing numbers of Germans are leaving their churches in order to cut their income tax burden.

The tax factor may also be the catalyst that prompts some people who feel they no longer need the church to leave. Germany collects a church tax on top of its annual income tax from people who elect to support their religion in this manner.

But a new across-the-board tax increase to help pay for unification with the former East Germany is causing many Germans to consider ways to reduce their tax obligation - and churches are among the items on the chopping block.

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The tax increase, technically known as a surcharge, is meant to finance infrastructure projects in eastern Germany and is labelled a "solidarity tax." Under the surcharge, every taxpayer has to pay an extra 7.5 percent on his normal tax bill.

Solidarity between Eastern and Western Germans appears to be developing at church expense. Supporting religion through taxes is not compulsory in Germany.

For those who officially declare membership in a church, an additional assessment of up to 9 percent of their income tax payment is directed to that church.

Leaving your church, in revenue terms, requires filling out a form at the local tax office declaring you are no longer a member to be relieved of the church tax obligation.

During 1995, tax offices in Germany's larger cities have reported 50-70 percent increases in the number of people filling out the form. The surcharge goes into effect next year, with the 1995 tax return, but to avoid

the church tax the forms have to be completed this year.

There are 28 million registered Catholics in Germany. The Catholic bishops' conference reports that 153,000 left the church in 1992 and 192,000 in 1993 - the latest years for which records are available.

In 1993, Catholic and Protestant churches received about Sll billion from taxes. Much of the money is earmarked for charitable

causes in Germany and abroad.

Protestant churches lose between 6-7 percent of their members per year because of church taxes. The rate went up in 1991

when Germany first imposed a solidarity tax, but people came back in 1992 when that tax was dropped.

The trend may indeed continue since government officials are making no promises as

to how long the new surcharge on income tax will last. The most optimistic prediction

is three years.

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French bishop says Vatican man open but unbending on the question of divorced and remarried people

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S (CNS) - French Bishop Henri Deret said the Vatican's top doctrinal official is open but unbending on prohibiting Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics whose first marriages are recognized as valid by the church.

Bishop Derouet. 72, said that at a private meeting with Cardinal Ratzinger, the cardinal restated the position in Pope John Paul ll's 1981 apostolic exhortation "Familiaris Consortio" that divorced and remarried Catholics are not to receive the Eucharist.

Writing in the Paris paper La Croix the bishop said he told the cardinal that the world had changed a great deal in the years since the document appeared and that lay people were looking for a more pastoral and less legalistic approach.

With a third of the marriages in France breaking up, priests are greatly in need of pastoral criteria to deal with the situation, he said, calling for more research into the issue.

Cardinal Ratzinger promised no change in church teachings, but said he favored broadening the conditions for declaring marriages null, said Bishop Derouet.

The bishop said he asked for the meeting with Cardinal Ratzinger after receiving 800 letters in response to an Oct. 22 article he wrote in La Croix on the issue.

He said that 95 percent of the letter writers supported his position that the Vatican ought to follow the example of Christ in showing more kindness and humanity to those separated from the church's sacraments.

Bishop Derouet said he did not question church teachings on marriage, but pointed out that many Catholics are abandoned or divorced through no fault of their own.

After the article appeared, the bishop said, Cardinal Ratzinger wrote to him asking whether the faithful had not been "troubled" to read that their bishop posed such questions to Rome.

The bishop said he answered that such questioning brought the church closer to the laity rather than. distancing the bishop from them.

"Catholics are very happy to see that dialogue is possible with a Roman congregation," he said.

Although the cardinal did not waver on the Vatican's position. "he did not in the least seem to be a Panzerkardinal," said Bishop Derouet, a reference to the cardinal's German origin and reputation for inflexibility.

The bishop said the cardinal told him that their conversation had made him realize that certain documents risk being less well understood when transmitted directly by the Vatican than when they are presented through the mediation of a national bishops' conference.

Bishop Derouet said that the way Vatican teaching is presented sometimes appears harsh and legalistic, leading to a misunderstanding of the church's message of mercy and forgiveness.

He cited letters complaining of the "cold legalism" of the church. "The law should offer a more human face, like Jesus himself." said the bishop.

The bishop said he cited Cardinal Yves Congar, a well-known theologian, as saying that the Vatican must pay greater attention to the way in which a message is addressed, being careful "to listen and to adapt the language to the culture of each country."

The bishop, in his October article, cited the example of three German bishops who had decided that Communion for remarried Catholics whose previous marriage is still valid was an issue to be dealt with on a caseby-case basis and decided on the basis of a well-formed conscience.

"One cannot force a conscience when it has been enlightened by reason." the bishop said.

The cardinal answered that the church would risk falling into subjectivism if people were allowed to decide solely on the basis of conscience, said the bishop.

The three German bishops, after several meetings with Cardinal Ratzinger, dropped their policy but reiterated support for their reasoning based on conscience and asked for ongoing dialogue with the Vatican on the issue.

Expelled Indians to the rescue CAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, L./Mexico (CNS) - Evangelical Protestant Indians. members of a group expelled over the past 20 years by the Catholic majority in the village of San Juan Chamula, came to the rescue of the local Catholic bishop during an antichurch riot last week When a mob turned an Army Day demonstration into a violent protest against Bishop Ruiz Garcia and his Diocese of San Cristobal, Presbyterian and Seventh-day Adventist Indians appeared and with a few deft punches cleared the protestors from the plaza in front of the diocesan cathedral and offices.

Still standing guard the next day the Indians explained in broken Spanish the irony of their coming to the defense of a Catholic prelate.

"For us, he is a pastor," Rosalio Gomez, a Presbyterian from a shantytown. "He has always helped the poor people."

Manuel Perez, a Chamulan expelled 12 years ago, explained that he and

about a dozen fellow ejected villagers heard that "the rich of San Cristobal were attacking the cathedral" and hurried to Bishop Ruiz's defense.

"We had a 'little discussion' with them," he said with a grin, describing what others say was a virtual free-for-all.

"We were afraid they were going to burn the church."

The mob was alleged to have been incited by wealthy landowners and local officials who dislike the bishop's defense of poor Indians.

Bishop Ruiz has long been recognized as a friend of poor Catholics and Protestants alike in the Chiapas highlands.

Since the expulsions from Chamula began in the mid-1960s, the bishop has come to recognize the problem not as one of religious strife but rather an issue rooted in economic and political control by local pawnbrokers.

In fact, evangelicals are expelled from villages like Chamula partly because they refuse to pay exorbitant sums required of them for candles, alcohol

and fireworks used in local Catholic religious festivals.

Some 1966, 20,000 Chamulans and Indians of other villages have been expelled and now live in squalid conditions in and around San Cristobal. Over the years, Bishop Ruiz has come to their defense through the diocesan human rights office and in providing social services as part of the diocese's pastoral work.

According to Perez, religious differences don't come into play when the Chamulans think of "Don Samuel," as they call the bishop.

"It's the same religion," Perez said,"it's all the same, the same Bible and the same God." How long do Bishop Ruiz's indigenous defenders plan to stay in front of the diocesan offices?

Motioning toward a pile of sleeping mats stacked beneath a tarpaulin outside the curia door, Perez said:"Until this, problem is all resolved, we're not going' anywhere," he said.

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No sex please, if your partner has AIDS TATICAN CITY (CNS) - When a married person has AIDS, the couple must abstain from sexual intercourse in order to protect the uninfected partner, a Vatican official told a meeting of African health workers.

"To have sex with someone who has AIDS, no matter what protection is used, is not acceptable," said Msgr. Cassidy, a New York priest and official of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers.

"Research with AIDS patients shows that condoms fail at least 17 percent of the time," said the monsignor.

Msgr. Cassidy spoke about Catholic hospitals and their care of people with AIDS dur-

ing a mid-February meeting in Ivory Coast marking the church's annual celebration of World Day of the Sick.

"You are dealing here not just with another disease, but with a death sentence for which we as yet have no answer," he said.

Msgr. Cassidy said the advice of some docResearchers have predicted that by the year 2000, one out of every 40 people in tors that a married man with AIDS may conAfrica will be HIV positive. In Africa the dis- tinue having intercourse with his wife if he ease is spread mainly through heterosexual uses a condom is not scientifically or morally acceptable. contact.

"In this case, the wife certainly has rights, Research on the US government program and the husband's marriage right must be to advocate condoms has shown that "about suspended" because of the danger to his once in every five times, the condom fails to wife's life, he said. prevent the spread of the disease," he said.

"As a matter of fact, this plan and reaction of "I cannot see how a man could say he the government actually gives a false sense loves his wife and yet will proceed with an of security and helps to spread the disease, action that will surely kill her," the mongoing contrary to the original plan." signor told the meeting participants.

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Northern Ireland (CNS) 'ardinal Daly of Armagh says a document drafted by the British and Irish governments is not a victory or defeat for either

side.

To start discussions the document has to contain less than the full demands of either side while achieving a balance between the two, he said, at the episcopal ordination of his successor.

This means equal recognition of the full political and constitutional legitimacy of British and Irish traditions in Northern Ireland, the cardinal said in St Patrick's Cathedral.

Cardinal Daly told Nationalists, those favouring a union with Ireland, that the document would present an unprecedented opportunity to persuade Unionists, those favouring maintaining current ties to Britain, of the benefits of a balanced agreement in which both communities would have full protection of their identity and rights.

He told Unionists to "be confident of your democratic strength and the democratic strength of your own arguments. Be certain that no solution can be found without your cooperation."

The cardinal was preaching at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh at the episcopal ordination of Coadjutor Archbishop Sean Brady of Armagh.

Attending were Irish Prime Minister John Bruton and Lady Mayhew, representing her husband, Sir Patrick Mayhew, British secretary of state for Northern Ireland.

Archbishop Brady, 55, is scheduled to automatically succeed Cardinal Daly as head of the archdiocese and Irish primate when the 77-year-old cardinal retires. Normal retirement age is 75 but Pope John Paul II had not yet accepted the cardinal's resignation.

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Department of Health and Human Services grant review board for chastity promotion.

"Chastity means - self-control and understanding our sexuality," she told the teens in a keynote address that received a standing ovation.

Safe sex is being sold to young people as the accepted attitude toward sexual behavior, believes Mrs. Kelly.

"Safe sex is a multimillion dollar business," she said.

"Your generation has been targeted. There is no contraceptive pill or device that is 100 percent effective. Chastity is the only solution that is 100 percent effective."

Neither sex nor sexually transmitted diseases are new. "What is new is putting the word 'safe' in front of sex."

"You are a caring generation, but you face a lot of problems we didn't face," she said. "It's harder for you than it was for me."

Promoting chastity means opposing the selling of sex, not being anti-sex, she said.

"You cannot be bombarded with sexual messages and not come away desensitized," she said. Music and other media today are filled with sexual references that help to alter people's understanding of the significance of sexual behavior.

"For some people it has become no big deal," Mrs. Kelly said.

"But it is supposed to be a big deal."

As a gift from God, sexuality should be kept in marriage where God intended it to be, she said.

"The only message youth should heed is God's message - Anybody who changes that message doesn't have faith in you."

"Safe sex is an insult," said Mrs. Kelly. "Safe sex takes our sexuality and reduces it to the level of animals. You take sex out of marriage and it is not safe. We are not animals. We were made in God's image."

Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, near Munich, has honoured a last request made by fellow priests imprisoned with him 50 years ago. if you survive, tell the world the truth about

ROUGE, La. (CNS) - "Chastity" should be as cornin speech as "condom", says mother of eight a better job of advertising," she told a youth rally. She is a member of the federal

CAN ANTONIO (CNS) - Father Bernard Li/Goebel, 90, a survivor of the German

what went on here" was usually the last thing said by priests, and others, as they were sent to their deaths or transported to other camps, according to Father Goebel.

Through his constant encouragement, an English-language edition of a book compiled under almost impossible conditions in the camp finally has been published. Titled "And Who Will Kill You," the book reveals the fate of every Catholic priest imprisoned at Dachau.

Written in Czech by Father Goebel's friend, Father Bedrich Hoffman, the book is based on statistics stolen from the files of the Gestapo Schreibstube.

Because of the meticulous care of Nazi bookkeepers, even in recording their own atrocities, the book lists each Catholic priest by name and tells whether he was murdered, died from related incidents or survived. Father Goebel's contribution is in pages 61-70.

At 90, Father Goebel is the oldest priest in the Archdiocese of San Antonio and was a prisoner at Dachau for five years.

The book's title is taken from a translation of In 16:2 that reads: "And who will kill you will suppose, that with this, he is serving God." When Dachau was liberated by U.S. soldiers on April 29, 1945, 32,000 starving men were found in the mile-square camp. Thousands of slave laborers had been interned there since 1933, and almost 238,000 prisoners had wide. The Boylans made a marriage encounter weekend in 1974. They been burned in the have served as editors of Matrimony magazine, as a weekend presenting camp furnaces. team. They have four children and are eucharistic ministers.

The book was used as evidence at the Ordained in 1954, Father Coulter was U.S. provincial of the Columban war Fathers from 1977 to 1983. He has been active in Marriage Encounter since Nuremberg trials in 1945crimes 1978.

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Columban priest in Worldwide Marriage Encounter

ST. COLUMBANS, Neb. (CNS) - Columhan Father Charlie Coulter is one of the international coordinating team for Worldwide Marriage Encounter. With Bill and Mary Anne Boylan. of USA he was chosen at the the-world council of Worldwide Marriage Encounter in Korea.

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Charismatic renewal alive and well TATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Catholic V charismatic renewal is alive and well throughout the world, even if the number of people regularly attending charismatic prayer meetings has remained somewhat static.

While some leaders of the renewal worry about the "revolving door" through which Catholic charismatics pass from active involvement to a less obvious participation within an average of two or three years, one international leader sees that as the way it should be.

In fact, that's more or less what's happening to him.

Father Ken Metz, administrator of the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Office since 1987, left Rome in late February to return to his diocese as a pastor.

"It's nice to have a charismatic renewal because it gets people excited about living their faith, but what good is that if it never gets into the parish so the parish is alive?" he asked.

The international office where he worked the last 7 and a half years is housed in a historic Vatican building along with the Roman Rota, the marriage appeals court.

It has a Vatican address and phone number, but it is not a Vatican agency.

The organization - not the charismatic renewal itself - is recognized by the Vatican as being similar to a private association of the faithful.

"It is not something the Vatican decided to have in order to control the renewal, it rose up from within the renewal to do what national groups can't do, like organize international meetings," Father Metz said.

The renewal itself is not recognized as a movement, because it isn't one, at least not in the sense of having founders, by-laws and a clearly defined, formal membership, he said.

Father Metz said he has no idea how many Catholic charismatics there are in the world, nor even where the majority of them are located, but he has met them in 55 countries as part of his job.

"There is no way to count them. Do you count people who have been prayed over, who go to prayer meetings or conferences, or those who pray in tongues?"

One statistician has estimated that between 60 million and 70 million Catholics throughout the world have had some experience of the charismatic renewal.

"That would be about 7 percent of the Catholic Church," Father Metz said.

Father Metz said the most important gift the renewal has brought to the church is a direct experience of what the church has taught about baptism and Christian initiation throughout its history.

He also credited the renewal with helping Catholics take seriously the obligation to evangelize others and for helping Catholics learn to appreciate the Bible and its place in their prayer life.

The major challenges facing the renewal, he said, are to keep "fanning the flame" so people remain open and grow in their relationship with God, to integrate their experience into the life of the church through their parishes and to be prophetic in order to help the whole church be renewed.

"If we look at the charismatic renewal as only concerned with charisms," such as speaking in tongues and healing. "then it's just going to sit out there and be its own thing," he said. "It has to find ways of being integrated into the daily life of the parish."

A bishop told the international council last year, "Don't be normal."

"He wasn't saying, 'be strange,'" Father Metz said. He was telling charismatic Catholics not to live their faith as if it wasn't important, as if it was simply a series of motions to go through.

Being prophetic, Father Metz said, "is speaking the truth to the church and the world: God loves us; Jesus died for us: Jesus continues to heal today; Jesus calls us all to follow him."

What it boils down to, the priest said, is "living our faith to the hilt."

Catholic Church opposition...

AGREB, Croatia (CNS) - The right now to impose its will. But it Z Catholic Church opposes any warned that "something similar is effort to make it Croatia's state occurring" in neighboring Serbia,

church or the state ideology.

The Catholic weekly Glas Koncila in an editorial requested by the country's church leader said: "A state ideology is only needed by totalitarian regimes. In a democratic state there should be no state ideology, state party or state church," it said.

The editorial was requested Cardinal Kuharic of Zagreb.

A small minority of ex-communists "would like to create a national ideology from Catholicism" as a way "to replace the old totalitarianism with a new one," warned the editorial.

"Under such a system, the church would not be allowed to serve as a public-critical conscience. independent of government and political parties. Priests would have to be obedient and teach political allegiance to the people," it said.

The editorial said the idea is supported by "a small but aggressive group" that is not in a position

where "the Orthodox Church readily accepts such a nationbuilding role under the new totalitarianism."

The editorial also criticized articles appearing in local papers criticizing priests who preach love of one's enemies.

"These people consider that t eaching love of one's enemy weakens the defensive strength of the Croatian nation," it said.

But a Catholic is required to defend his homeland and "resist the aggressor with force - not from hatred of him but from love for the homeland and his nation," it said.

"But when an enemy falls wounded, he sees in him his fellow man and provides care for him as for every person in distress," it said.

Pope John Paul II, during a September visit to Zagreb, urged Croats to lead the way in forgiving their enemies as an important building block toward lasting peace in the region.

Orthodox Church opposition

About 87 percent of the populaOFIA, Bulgaria (CNS) - Bulgaria's Orthodox Church tion belongs to the Orthodox S strongly opposes a visit by Pope Church.

John Paul II. A papal visit would "contradict traditional Orthodox Church attitudes" and cause tensions with Bulgaria's small Catholic minority, said Metropolitan Gelasij, secretary general of the Holy Synod, the Orthodox church's governing body in Bulgaria.

The statement was issued after news reports from Rome said a papal trip to Bulgaria was being planned.

At the Vatican, however, a papal trip organizer said no Bulgarian visit is on the pope's schedule.

The pope has been invited to Bulgaria by President Zeliu Zelev and Catholic officials.

The Orthodox statement expressed fears that a papal visit would stimulate local Catholic activity at the expense of the Orthodox community.

"Whoever wishes to can invite the pope to their homes, but we cannot," said the churchman.

Bulgaria has 90,000 Catholics, 1 percent of the population.

Several Bulgarian newspapers supported a papal trip and asked the government to resist Orthodox opposition.

The controversy over a possible papal trip comes at a time when the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is divided, with a splinter group claiming that the church's leader, Patriarch Maxim, collaborated with the former communist regime.

One newspaper, Trud, said .3 papal visit would help erase Bulgaria's reputation as the country that helped organized the 1981 assassination attempt against Pope John Paul, in which he was seriously wounded.

Members of a Bulgarian presidential commission which has studied over 500,000 pages of documentation on the assassination attempt have denied that Bulgaria was involved. Much of the documentation came from Bulgaria's former secret service.

An Italian court investigating the assassination attempt was unable to establish a Bulgarian connection.

Pope happy over these conversions TATICAN CITY (CNS) - Father V Graham Leonard, former Anglican bishop of London who converted to Catholicism, said Pope John Paul II expressed appreciation for the important role he played in helping other Anglican priests become Catholics.

Father Leonard said the reason for his private audience with the pope the meeting was "to thank the pope for the welcome he had given those of us that had come from the Church of England."

Father Leonard, 74, who is married, was an Anglican bishop for nearly 30 years before being conditionally ordained a Catholic priest by Cardinal Hume of Westminster in April 1994.

He said he discussed with the pope the way in which English society had become profoundly secular and the responsibility of the Catholic Church to respond to this new situation. His wife was invited to meet the pope at the end of the 30-minute audience.

"I feel very sad about the Church of England," Father Leonard said later."It seems to me that it has gone along with secular thinking far too much, and it is likely to go further." He referred in particular to the Church of England's position on remarriage.

On others likely to follow him, he said it was difficult to know the exact number.

"The Church of England does not keep a record and tends to say that those who

have left have taken early retirement, rather than say they were received into the Catholic Church. I know at least 250, and it's certainly not less than that," he said.

Church commissioners, who administer the Church of England's ir rited wealth, said in a recent report that they will have to spend 3 million pounds ($4.5 million) a year to compensate the more than 200 Anglican clergyman who had left the church. The report said those aged 50 or over will be given early retirement with a pension for life.

Father Leonard said the ordination of women - approved by the Church of England in November 1992 - was the trigger for his decision to join the Catholic Church.

"The decision that I made was one of great relief, and as a result Ihave an extra sense of peace," he said. "Even my wife found it more difficult being an Anglican than I did."

On his conditional ordiantion last year he said: "The Vatican was not prepared to say that I was never a priest, and on the other hand they weren't prepared to say I was. They used a conditional formula which stated that if I had not been a priest before, thenI could be ordained."

"I was delighted because it meant there was no denial of my previous ministry." he said.

He now works as a curate at his local parish in southern England and also gives talks to schools and parish groups.

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What's so amazing abo t grace?

Angels are back, and they're more popular than ever.

They are pictured extensively on cards and wrapping paper. Books are being written about them. You see them displayed on posters, coffee mugs and T-shirts. There's even a series of postage stamps depicting some of the cute ones.

How can we explain this modern fascination with the angelic? Is there a message here?

There should be. After all, the word "angel" means messenger. In fact there probably are several messages, but let me focus on just one.

Our newfound interest in angels demonstrates how deeply we yearn to make a connection with the divine, how much we welcome the Lord's communication with usin the Judaic and Christian traditions, angels bring God's words and actions into human lives.

Angels show how freely and graciously God approaches us, taking the initiative to offer us a share in the divine life.

Grace is the name we give to "the free and undeserved help that God gives" to enable us to respond to the divine call, says the Catechism of the Catholic Church (No. 1996).

Grace is not primarily a commodity we merit or that we increase by our own efforts. But this doesn't mean we can make no effort to sharpen our receptivity to grace.

Though strictly speaking we do not deserve God's favour, we have an important role to play in determining whether grace will have any effect in and through our lives.

There are certain attitudes or dispositions we could cultivate that might help us to recognize and cooperate with God's grace - in much the same manner that Mary received the angel Gabriel's message. Let me suggest three.

First, the capacity for wonder, the willingness to be surprised. For God never acts according to our plan.

Talking point

This week's discussion point: Describe an event or period that now, looking back, you realize was an occasion of grace for you.

Selected responses from readers: "WhenI was 17,1 had a baby and gave her up for adoption through Catholic Charities. I waited until she was 18 and then hired a private investigator.

He located my daughter in three hours. It was the best thing that ever happened. A hole that had been in my heart for 18 years was filled.... We talk every week. We had dinner recently with her adoptive parents.... The past year has been such a grace!" - Maribeth Lauth.

"My dad was diagnosed with lung cancer in February 1994.... 1 became angry with God because my dad had worked hard all his life without a vacation.

He had just retired. Working through this process, it reminded me of the passage where Moses was demanding to see God's face, and God was saying that was not what Moses needed. I feel like God passed through my life then and it was a real occasion of growth and grace." - Jeff Kelly.

"My father's death. It made me focus on the blessings I have received from my own family and my children." - Paul Williams.

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When Jesus urged us to become like little children in order to enter heaven, he was saying how necessary it is to be open and free of predetermined conclusions, of bias and other obstacles we place in the way of what God is trying to do.

Second, humility.

We should cultivate humility, which is the capacity to see and accept the truth about ourselves in God's presence. It requires that we become outer-directed, looking toward God and our neighbour, and not always filtering everything through the narrow lens of our own needs and desires.

God offers grace through intimate relationships as well as in our encounters with other "neighbours." We'll miss an awful lot if we're overconcerned with self-fulfillment or selfpromotion. Wonder and humility are gifts we can seek in prayer.

The third disposition for receiving grace is also related to prayer. It is gratitude, the habit of giving thanks in and for all things. Taken in this sense, gratitude itseff becomes a prayer, an orientation of the heart and mind.

It is easy to say thanks for the good things that come our way. But God's grace can be just as powerfully present in suffering and tragedy. Will we recognize it?

Giving thanks is a formative act for Christians because, when done habitually, the act of gratitude can change the way we see ourselves and what happens to us. Even if we have to say "Thank you, Lord" through clenched teeth, we may still find our hearts beginning to met and a generous, compassionate love flooding our whole being.

This is better than being visited by an angel. It's a moment of grace.

Amazing what God can do!

Learning to Grace in the face of birth setbacks expect the unexpected Until I was 30, the word "grace" usually brought to mind my sister-in-law's middle name. Like its opposite, sin, grace was an abstraction whose significance I had yet to grasp.

At an early age, grace is something we rattle off together at the dinner table. In school we learn that grace is God's favour, bestowed through the sacraments.

Some of us never get beyond the grace-asmagic mentality, bargaining with God. Ineeded to realize that occasions of grace are woven as deeply into our daily livesas occasions of sin.

When we were first married, my husband and I thought we knew God's grace. We had supportive families and friends, good health, college educations and economic prospects.

We were young, in love and we felt we were being rewarded for trying to understand and do God's will in a secular society.

We raised a large family of children born close together. When Peter came along, the fifth child in as many years, we were happy but exhausted. By the time he was 2 months old, Pete had been diagnosed with a serious congenital heart defect which curtailed his growth and threatened his life. The life-long vigil to keep him with us began.

Being human, we tried to lay blame. There was speculation, the "Why me?" questions, the lying awake nights trying to find the hand of God in an apparently grace-less situation.

But there was also prayer by parents who were previously too sophisticated to pray from need. For the first time, we prayed unashamedly for relief from a situation beyond our control.

Two years later Andy was born, and by the time he was 6 weeks old we knew we had another extraordinary baby. He never smiled or looked directly at us, and finally the doctor told us that Andy was mentally retarded.

Having already gone through guilt trips with Peter, we took Andy's condition more calmly.

But there was another problem: Because he was so unresponsive, I found it hard to love Andy with the same enthusiasm as I had my other babies. So,I prayed another new prayer: to change myself.

A few months later, when I noticed Andy drooling on his baby mat and gazing uncomprehendingly at his toys, he seemed so adorable to me that I had to grab him up and cover his dear little face with kisses. It occurred to me then that Andy had not changed, but I had.

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I wasn't the only one. The neighbourhood children, not previously known for their compassion, took Andy to their hearts. When a new boy teased him, the little girl across the street scolded him. "You stop that! Don't you know that's ANDY'?"

As Peter grew he underwent catheterizations and major surgery which finally enabled him to walk. But there was nothing wrong with his brain or his mouth, both of which never quit.

He finished school and took a job as a salesman with a small company. His boss was known as a gruff guy, still grasping the first nickel he ever earned. Later this thrifty boss refused to join an attractive group health insurance plan which would exclude Peter from coverage because of his heart condition.

Peter married and became a father. "My doctor said she's a miracle baby," he exulted as we met him and his "girls" in the delivery room.

Andy's achievements, while different, were equally important. We were thrilled when he learned to eat by himself, to go to the bathroom on schedule, to sit quietly. Our other children helped take care of him without complaint, loyally declaring that inside his quirky body was a smart person trying to communicate.

Peter and Andy presented us with occasions of grace, as did all the people and events in our lives. By the time these two boys were grown, we knew our prayer lives were richer. Because of them, many of us had experienced God's love in more ways than we could count.

But God never runs out of grace - or ways to make it available.

When he was 23, Andy had an accident and died. His consuming everyday care and the plans we were trying to make for his future were suddenly gone.

And Peter's health continued to fail until, almost four years later, he died too. He was 28.

What was it all about? It's easy to feel God's grace when life is going well, but where is it when we struggle and grieve and feel afraid?

It's in the closeness that grew between us and with our children and extended family. It's in the people who entered careers in special education because of Andy, or those who still tell us of the joy Peter brought to their lives with his crazy humour and loving attention.

Over time we go beyond grief and despair to understand God's gifts, hidden as they may be.

All of us are graced by God and every day is a sacrament of that grace

By Father John J. Castelot Here is a story about how grace works.

If there was one thing Cleopas and his companion did not want, it was interference. They had decided to get out of Jerusalem, which held too many painful memories - to get away, if only for a few hours.

They knew this little inn in the suburbs where it was quiet and they could enjoy a relaxed supper.

They were moping along, wrapped in the gloom of their own dark thoughts when - Wouldn't you know it? - a complete stranger caught up with them and started asking intrusive questions: "What are you discussing as you walk along?" Really! They wanted to be left alone. Couldn't this busybody sense that?

They had good reason to be noncommunicative. There was this fond friend of theirs - a truly extraordinary person; a prophet who had raised their hopes for a turnabout in their national and personal lives - who had been condemned to death and crucified.

Crucified!

The bottom had dropped out of their lives; their hopes for a bright future had been brutally extinguished. And here is this annoying intruder asking what they're discussing.

Oh, there had been a brief glimmer of hope. Some of their women friends had brought this wild story about his tomb being empty and about a vision of angels announcing that he was alive. But really!

People had checked out the story and found the tomb empty, "but him they did not see."

There were all sorts of possible explanations for the disappearance of the corpse, but that he was alive wasn't one of them.

Why didn't this character asking all these questions just get lost?

Their initial reaction to his question should have signaled their impatience. "Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place in these days?" (Luke 24:18).

But the man just didn't get it and kept after them. He went on and on about the prophets until they finally reached the inn. By this time he had caught their interest, and they invited him to join them for supper.

When they found a quiet table he actually took over and performed the usual host's ritual of breaking the bread they were to share. This jogged their memories into startled recognition of him!

Jesus had so often shared in table fellowship that it had become a trademark. It was he! "But he vanished from their sight."

And their lives were changed.

They recalled how their hearts had burned within them while he spoke to them and opened the Scriptures to them.

Grace works in strange. unsuspected ways - perhaps even through a chance meeting with someone. As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, "Unless you expect the unexpected, you will b ecordtru . Fthe." nTheveerRfind February 30, 1995 9

Charismatic Renewal can be mystifying J

UST what is the Charismatic Renewal in the 20th century?

How did it start? And what does it mean?

Charismatics call upon the Holy Spirit to come and fill their lives and in return, the Spirit gives them certain charisms (gifts) such as prophecy healing and the gift of tongues.

To go initially to a charismatic Mass or meeting and hear the babble of foreign sounding tongues is a bit mystifying and for some disconcerting.

It also makes one curious - can they understand themselves? Or one other?

The simple answer is that frequently they cannot understand themselves, or each other, but in one of Father Tardif s books he describes how during a priest's retreat in France, one sceptic, a scholar of Arabic who'd made fun of those praying in tongues, was later deeply moved and walked up and wrote in strange characters on the board.

He then explained that during their prayer in tongues they'd been saying in Arabic "God is merciful". The Holy Spirit is intrinsically involved in the charismatic movement and it is recorded as far back as 1895, that Blessed Sister Elena Guerra, foundress of the Oblate Sisters of the Holy Spirit in Italy, wrote to Pope Leo XIII, asking him to foster devotion to the Holy Spirit in order to transform the Church into a praying and universal Cenacle.

After his urging the universal Church to pray a solemn novena to the Holy Spirit, the response was sluggish and then after more urging, the Church responded and then forgot all about it from then on.

However on December 31 1900, a minister prayed over Agnes Ozman in Topeka, Kansas, that she be baptised in the Holy Spirit and this initial occasion was seen as the beginning of the Pentecostal movement.

Other fervent members of the Bible School sought the Holy Spirit too and while studying the Acts of the Apostles and praying for the Holy Spirit, they experienced his presence and power along

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with the sign of the gifts of tongues and prophecy.

The Pentecostal movement grew and initially its members were rejected by their individual churches.

However mainline Protestants were t ouched by the renewal movement around 1957, and they allowed those baptized in the Holy Spirit to remain members.

Meanwhile with the beatification of Sister Elena Guerra, whom Pope Leo XIII referred to as "the Apostle of the Holy Spirit", he drew attention to the relevance of her message that all people needed continued effusion in the Holy Spirit as of a new Pentecost.

Later,when drawing together the Second Vatican Council, Pope John XXIII took up the theme, asking the "Divine Spirit to renew your wonders in our age, as in a new Pentecost".

Then in 196Z a few years after the finish of the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic charismatic renewal was born.

The occasion was a weekend retreat on the Holy Spirit for Catholic students at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

During a birthday party, one of the students went off to the chapel and while praying before the Blessed Sacrament "was overwhelmed by the presence of the Lord".

Joined by others, they too experienced this same power of the Holy Spirit and quickly it spread to campuses of Notre Dame, East Lansing and Ann Arbor.

From these initial centres, it spread throughout the whole world.

It has been endorsed and encouraged by leaders such as Pope Paul V1 in 1975 when he said charismatics were striving for authentic, spiritual, Catholic renewal

whose signs were a taste for prayer, contemplation, praising God, attentiveness to the grace of the Holy Spirit, more assiduous Scripture reading, and open hearts to reconciliation with God and fellow men.

He urged them to oppose forces against the Holy Spirit and to proclaim by their lives, that Jesus is Lord.

American bishops officially welcomed the charismatic renewal in 1976, encouraging charismatics to continue to open themselves to the Holy Spirit, while endorsing the good they'd already produced.

In December 1979, Pope John Paul II said he was convinced that the charismatic renewal movement was a very important component of the entire renewal of the Church, and admitted that since he was about 13 years old, he'd prayed daily to the Holy Spirit.

Stating his own understanding of the different charismatic gifts, he described them as being "all part of the richness of the Lord. I am convinced that this movement is a sign of his action".

Charismatics believe the fruits of the Spirit can be seen in the lives of those who've invited Spirit in.

They testify that they experience the basic Gospel message; they experience Jesus as Saviour and Lord in a personal way; and believe in Him with faith and ongoing conversion.

Additionally, they experience the Holy Spirit's presence in their lives and are guided by the Spirit through gifts of prophecy, healing and speaking in tongues, while enjoying the Lordship of Jesus in a loving Christian community From its American birth 29 years ago, and 25 years in Australia, in Perth currently there are two main charismatic movements - The Bethel Community in West Leederville, and the Disciples of Jesus in City Beach.

Added to that, there are about 30 charismatic prayer groups operating in the metropolitan area, mainly parish based, and healing Masses whether charismatic inspired or not, continue to be said in many parishes.

Re-living the good old days in paint °To celebrate the centenary of St Pat's Boys School, the Technical College former students got together with St Pat's Old Boys and put on a night to remember on September 17 last year.

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After renunion expenses were covered, the Old Boys decided to convert surplus funds into a commissioned painting of the former St Pat's - which was sited on the corner of Wellington and Lord Streets where Royal Perth Hospital now sits.

The Christian Brothers who taught at St Pat's lived at Christian Brothers College in St George's Terrace and Brother Pat O'Doherty pictured above, was one of the original teachers of St Pat's in 1946.

Left rear Chris Rampant, Trinity Principal Tony Curtis, and Dan Carney with left front Bill Staude, Reno Marchesi, Brother Pat O'Doherty, Denis Colley, and Brian Dillon with the painting of St Pat's.

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As the two buildings are no longer in existence, all memorabilia have been housed at Trinity College - hence the new home for this proudly presented painting by some of the Old Boys last week.

'Wonderful group' helps college get top results St.Luke's College K raduates from the Year group have used the excellent results igNARATHA'S

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they achieved in many different ways this year.

Vaughan Corps, the top student by only 0.3 of a mark, over Ross Bennett, will move to Perth to study commerce and engineering.

At the first full assembly for 1995, Vaughan was presented by the member for Ashburton, Hon Fred Riebling, MLA on behalf of the College with a memorial plaque with the school crest and engraving to commemorate his achieving the best aggregate in the TEE exams last year.

Vaughan won the trophy by a mere 0.3 points from his nearest rival with a slightly larger gap of two points to the third-placed student from the College.

Ross Bennett, second placed in the group, has chosen to take an apprenticeship with Woodside Offshore Petroleum.

The Year 12 group as a whole performed remarkably well in the TEE examinations, with 13 of the 17 students who had taken the exams being offered University entrance.

College principal, Mr. Paul McQuillan paid tribute to what he said was a "wonderful group of young people, who had obtained their results through effort and dedication to their work."

Jesuit with vision of unity due in Perth VATHER William Johnston, SJ, due in Perth at the end of the month has spent a lif-time fostering dialogue between the great world religions.

He offers a unique and potentially controversial vision of unity.

He proposes that the bond between the peoples of the world can be based on religion because all religions, he believes, have a common faith that is basically human.

It is a faith in the future.

The uniting force he says revolves around meditation which is a common spiritual discipline in the great world religions.

The silence of meditation, he says, leads to consciousness in which there may be no words of images.

Frequently, this state of silent unification will be filled with peace.

Christians may call it "contemplation", Hindus may call it "samadhi", Buddhists may call it "zen".

The name may differ but the experience is the same alert stillness and silence leading to a deepening of consciousness, integration and wisdom.

It is non-discursive. It is the experience of mysticism.

By the sharing of the universal consciousness mankind will come more towards harmony, towards a united world.

Yet, each religion keeps its own identity, says Father Johnston.

Fundamentally, Christians are committed to the person of Jesus Christ and to the Gospels.

Sinced meditation is central to the goal of world unity and harmony, Fr Johnston makes the point that, when meditation gets deep, it leads to mysticism.

Basic to the Christian mystical approach is the conversion of the heart and mind and to receive the gift of God's love and allowing of this love to transform one's life and the lives of others.

Love becomes the motivation and driving force behind the mystical journey.

Social committment is a logical result.

For the Christian, it is to become "Christ-like."

In Perth, he will give a public lecture on the night of Friday, March 31, followed by a week-end seminar at John XXIII Catholic College in Mount Claremont.

Fr Johnston's tour is being sponsored by the Australian Christian Meditation Community - a national non-profit ecumenical organisation.

For more information ring Vesta: (Os) 458 5633 or (09) 444 5810.

Ross Bennett - St Luke's College Year 12 Graduate, beginning apprenticeship with Woodside Petroleum.

He said the Year 12 group had an above average involvement in the TEE exams (63% of the group sitting the exam against a State average of only 57%).

"Hence their group performance in coming in 4 points above the State average TEE score of 305.9 was all the more remarkable," he said.

Although the scores to matriculate to universities have fallen slightly on previous years, to have 11 of the 17 students also able to be offered their first choice and thirteen of the group being offered a tertiary place, was quite unusual.

St. Luke's had made an effort to draw the best available staff from around the nation, he noted - some 1995 staff having

come from as far as Brisbane and Canberra as wellas other parts of Western Australia.

"Young people who opt to stay in their own area and complete Year 12 are not necessarily disadvantaged," he said.

"There are a number of factors involved in good achievement at this level; parent support and student contentment at their school are very important. The recent Tomlinson report on rural education was unable to focus on individual schools, but perhaps should have recognised that not all rural schools had problems to the extent outlined in the report."

Blessing of the Fleet

A fter the ceremony: L to R, Deacon Carey, Pastor Whitmore, Pastor Thomas, Mayor Annette Knight, Deacon Jim Doygle, Lieut. Ian Muirhead, Fr Hugh Galloway.

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articipated in the Blessing of the Fleet ceremony at Albany last Sunday.

Chairman of the organising committee, Kevin Benson, said that since its inception four years ago, the event had drawn increasing numbers.

It was estimated that over 1000 people gathered on the shore at Emu Point and sailed in the participating boats.

Some friends and relatives of the crews came from as far afield as York and Narrogin.

In bright sunshine with a brisk breeze fluttering the boats' bunting, it was a colourful spectacle as the fleet sailed past the lead boat, Tug Avon owned by Skipper Fred Bairstow, to receive the annual blessing.

The Avon was anchored in the Emu Point channel with the other boats gathered around during the short service which preceded the sail past. The service was relayed by radio to other boats and to those on the shore.

While priests and clergy from five denominations watched, Deacon Ern

Carey, Port Chaplain of the Apostleship of the Sea, committed to the ocean a Cross to commemorate seamen lost at sea.

Those participating in the ceremony were: The Mayor of Albany Mrs Annette Knight, Fr Hugh Galloway, Rev Bill Hoare of the Missions to Seamen, Pastor Frank Whitmore of the Four Square Gospel Church, Pastor David Thomas of the Baptist Church, Deacon Ern Carey, and Lieut. Ian Muirhead of the Salvation Army.

Sister's golden service...

CISTER Agnes Ryan, (left), originally from L./Wembley has celebrated 50 years as a

Missionary Sister of Service.

In 1944 as a 29-year-old Education Department teacher she read of the foundation by Father John Wallis in Tasmania of a group dedicated to teaching religion to outback farming children.

Sister Agnes, then a member of the Subiaco Legion of Mary, left by the end of the year to join

five other pioneer women then known as the Home Missionary Sisters of Our Lady, residing first at Rosary House, Launceston.

By the end of 1945 they had 12 members, and in 1946 they opened a second Rosary House in Hobart. Today they are also in Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, NSW, and Singapore and Malaysia.

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Letter from Mrs McMULLEN, Hamersley Sir, In light of my own past experiences and as a convert of 45 years I would agree with authors Grisez and Shaw (The Record, February 16) that there does seem to be a lack of true understanding of "Eucharistic Faith", not only in America but also in Australia.

I certainly do not though, support their view that the major liturgical changes since Vatican II are largely responsible for that problem.

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Geraldton salute to Mother Mary

T was Geraldton's turn last week to I honour Blessed Mary of the Cross in a ceremony in St Francis Xavier Cathedral, decorated with banners and the altar frontispiece used in Sydney and with communion bowls used at the papal Mass. Music was supplied under the direction of Brother Crookes, with singing by Sr Margaret Scharf.

The Mass, which included the reading of the decree of beatification, also saw Bishop Bianchini, a former pupil of the St Joseph Sisters, enrolled as a RSJ Associate.

The next celebration, by Bunbury diocese, takes place in early April at Albany, the only point where Mother Mary MacKillop actually put foot on WA while en route to Rome.

At the Geraldton MacKillop celebration: RSJ associate Teresa Millar, who attended the Sydney ceremony, Maree Henderson, Sister Carla Curran, David Millar, Peta Marie Millar being held by Sr Lyn Spurting of Newman and congregational leader Sr Maria Casey.

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Success, so camp to be annual feature overwhelming success of a special community service camp, dubbed "Kolbe Camp for Kids", has ensured the camp will become an annual event.

Organised through Kolbe Catholic College in Rockingham, the camp gave 20 young former students of the college an opportunity to learn about and experience caring for others by acting as a "big brother or sister" for 20 young children.

The children, aged 10-13, whose circumstances meant they would not normally have had the opportunity for such a holiday, were recommended for the camp by parishes and schools in the Rockingham, Kwinana, Nlandurah and Port Kennedy areas.

Each child was paired with a former student who was responsible for the child throughout the four days of activities.

This enabled a close relationship of trust, support and friendship to build.

The camp at Waroona included a seemingly never-ending range of activities including abseiling, flying foxes, a confidence course, raft making, canoeing and swimming as well as indoor games at night.

The inspiration and organisation for the camp came from the Deputy Principal Religious Education of Kolbe Catholic College, Mr Tim McDonald.

"The camp was designed to be part of the school's community service programme of service to others that was part of St Maximillian Kolbe's charism," Mr McDonald sedd.

"Kolbe College promotes the values of justice and service in its school programme in all years, particularly seeking to give students experiences of service through various projects we organise.

"We wanted to continue to offer these opportunities to those who had finished Year 12."

Mr McDonald said many of the school's former students wanted to give of their time and talents to help others, but didn't know how to do so.

This camp gave them a chance to use their gifts by answering a need in the local area," Mr McDonald said.

"These young adults were able to learn about responsibility, leadership and caring for others while at the same time offering the children positive experiences of friendship and relationships."

Mr McDonald said that based on the feedback from former students, the children and their parents, the success of the venture had exceeded all expectations.

"The camp's success highlights the obvious need for a camp like this in the area," Mr McDonald said.

"It obviously helped fill a void of opportunities for some children to have such a holiday, and for the young people willing to get involved and help others, it proved a great avenue for them to do so."

The cost of the camp for the participants was only $10 so as not to financially exclude any child from attending.

The bulk of the funding came from donations from local parishes and businesses, and while the cost of this year's camp has not been fully met, it is hoped further fundraising will cover costs for this and future years.

Mr McDonald's vision is that the camp will eventually be owned and run by the local Catholic communities.

By Fr Ian Esmond

Justice as seen by students

Above: Hayley Boulton (13) of Kwinana and Laura Goodridge (10) of Mandurah with Amanda Powell oi Rockingham on the confidence course.

Left: Eoin Kenny (12) of Hillman (bottom), Rebecca Suiter of Warnbro, Jed Coonan (13) of Parmelia, Oisin Donnelly (12) of Hillman and Marty Ritchie (10) of Hinman prepare to mount the 13-metre abseiling tower.

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STICE in society from the student perspeclive got a lot of attention at the national conference of the International Movement of Catholic Students Australia.

At their Gnangara camp in January the 30 delegates heard West Australian speakers as they gathered for justice orientated workshops.

The conference theme was from St Luke's gospel: "More than many sparrows" - not one sparrow being forgotten by God. In a world where not all are treated in a just manner, the conference challenged students and chaplains to recognise the worth of the marginalised, the oppressed or forgotten and to examine where these people fit into one's relationship with God. Bishop Healy celebrated Mass for the conference which was organised by UWA student and IMCSA's WA representative Michelle Reeves and which strengthened communication between Catholic university groups and students across Australia.

Elizabeth Lillis, !JCS member.

Some of the participants. Front row: Jacinta Sinclair, Mark Reutens, Philip Martin, Nicola Rowden, Monique Congdon.

Middle row: Michelle Wallace, Evelyn Beh, Sarah Jeferson, Melissa King, Elizabeth UIlis, Helen Noyes, Brigid O'Reilly, Michelle McAulffee, Susan Johnson, Sarah Martin, Kathleen Leahy (slightly to rear), Michelle Reeves, Simone MuMak. Back row: Gerald Brennan, Jeremy Trott, Gerard Bromley, Tyrone O'Neill, Darius Kalibatis, George Georgiardis, Jennifer Wilson, Tony Stuart, Ian Howells, Michelle Wallace, Pat Thompson.

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Australlana Farewell to Fr Breen

It was a sad farewell for Mundaring parishioners last Sunday when they said goodbye to their parish priest of four years, Father Jos Breen who has been transferred to Gosnells.

Previously on supply for 10 months, followed ultimately by his recent four year stint, Father Breen was described by Parish Council Chairperson Meg Phelan (pictured) as being "a kindly, caring priest whose leadership and encouragement have proven an example to all." And went on to say that he was truly full of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Meg, joined by other parishioners, said he was a special blessing to the elderly, the sick and dying, "and much of his time was spent being with people in their hour of need." His "quiet joy when celebrating baptisms and weddings, left a deep impression on all - and especially those of other faiths," she said.

Pictured here saying goodbye is parish stalwart Michael Falvey with visiting parishioner Therese Salt and baby Jessica.

Currajong Old Father Pat! They'll tell you still with mingled love and pride Of stirring deeds that live and thrill the quiet countryside; And when they praise his tours-de-force, be sure it won't be long Before they talk about his horse - the old gray Currajong.

For twenty years he drove him through the hush and round the town Until the old white stager knew the parish upside down; He'd take his time, and calculate, and have his wilful way, And stop at every Catholic gate to bid them all good day.

But well I mind the stories told when Father Pat was young At least, when he was not so old - his scattered flock among; When health and strength were on his side, you'd see him swing along With that clean, easy, sweeping stride that marked old Currajong Through all the years he ne'er was late the second Mass to say, And twenty miles he'd 'duplicate,' and pass us on the way.

Hard-held and heating clean tatoos, the old gray, stepping kind, Like gravel from his twinkling shoes would fling the miles behind.

And often some too daring lad, a turn of speed to show, Would straighten up his sleepy prad and give the priest a 'go'; But, faith, he found what others found, and held the lesson long, That nothing in the country round could move with Currajong.

And, oh, the din! and, oh, the fuss! mere words were vain to tell Of how they stopped the night with us; and don't I mind it well?

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The boree log ablaze 'inside,' made gay with rug and mat; The 'front room,' to the world denied, made snug for Father Pat. • We knew his distant hoof beats, ay, and grief they could forebode; So, when we heard a horse go by, clean-stepping down the road, Round many a log-fire burning bright there pass the word along, "There's someone sick and sore the night; I'll bet that's Currajong."

Whereat you'd hear the old men tell - perhaps a trifle add - Of some sick-call remembered well, when "so-and-so took bad."

"You couldn't see your hand in front," "'Twas rainin' pitchforks, too."

"The doctor jibbed, to put it blunt - hut Father Pat went through."

Ay, he went through in shine or shade; so, when the days were fair, And at our simple sports we played, 'twas good to see him there.

And under troubled, angry skies, when all the world went wrong With aching hearts and misted eyes we watched for Currajong.

We watched, and never watched in vain, whatever might befall, When summoned to the bed of pain, he answered to the call.

He came through rain or storm or heat; and in the darkest night We heard his hoofs the music beat, we saw the welcome light.

And when again, with plumes ahead and horses stepping slow, We followed on, behind our dead, the road all men must go, A loitering line, with knots and gaps, the funeral passed

along,

And half a mile of lurching traps was led by Currajong.

But, as the good priest older grew, and aches and troubles came, His buggy and the white horse, too, were stricken much the same.

The springs went down the side he sat, and altar-boys, and such Kept sliding in on Father Pat, and woke him at the touch.

Then, pensioned off at last and done, a sorry thing it stood, With sagging cobwebs round it spun, and nest-eggs in the hood.

Just once a year it lived again, and groaned and creaked along, To fetch the bishop from the train with limping Currajong.

Ah, newer methods, younger men! the times are moving fast, And but in dreams we tread again the wheel-ruts of the past; The eyes are filmed that watched of old, the kindly hearts are still, And silent tombstones white and cold are glimmering on the hill.

While scorching up the road, belike, with singing gears alive The curate on his motor-bike hits up his forty-five; But tender, tingling memories well, and love will linger long In all the stirring yarns they tell about Old Currajong.

Taken from Around the Boree Log and Other Verses

by John O'Brien, pen name of Father Patrick Hartigan, PP of Nerrandera, NSW. For more information on Fr Hartigan and availability of his book, please contact his nephew Fr Frank Mecham, 97 Dalhousie Street, Haberfield, NSW 2025.

Items of Interest Catenians' 200th meeting

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by Colleen McGuiness-Howard

Little Cesarino's truly unselfish gift to Jesus

For about a week, the Sister sacristan in an African Mission station was forced during the day to smooth out the altar cloths, which she herself had carefully arranged each morning, and, to her surprise, several times she found between the folds, a banana!

What could this mean? What was the motive? Was it perhaps a malicious act or joke in bad taste? To throw light on these possibilities, the missionary priest resolved to watch; the affair always happened during the dinner hour. He hid in the sacristy near a little window, through which he could see all that went on in the church.

A ray of light lit up the darkness of the church. He closed his breviary and looked through the window. Someone had come in without his noticing it...

The little figure stopped at the altar rails, looked around, then went up to the altar.

"Good morning Jesus! It's dinner time. Are you hungry?"

He put out his little hand and felt the altar, then exclaimed: "Good! I see You have eaten the banana I brought You yesterday. Here is Joe Hanson of Province 21 with fellow visitors Fred Kelf (UK), Norbet de Rome (Sydney), Archbishop Hickey, and another".

Doug Bell (UK)with widow Margaret Keegan (UK) known for her hospitality to Catenian visitors.

Standing on tip toe, he stretched out his tiny hand, holding a banana, which he concealed beneath the cloth. I don't want anyone to take it away from You. And now I'm going away to drink my rice water.

Goodbye!"

A stumbling, unbalanced genuflection, a big Sign of the Cross, and off he went.

To the tear dimmed eyes of the priest, the truth was clear. The banana mystery was solved.

That evening the Missionary priest went to the hut of Cesarino, the little boy, taking with him a large basket of delicious fruits - and with it a little letter which the priest himself read to Cesarino: From Baby Jesus to His friend Cesarino.

LovinglyIthank you for the present of the bananas, and most of all;, for your kind heart.

Keep in your soul this special flame of love for Me. Inow ask you to sit one day at My table, laden with delights. in Paradise.

Don't trouble to bring Me any more bananas; you have already shown your kindness and love.

Take this little basket of fruit, a promise of the great rewardIhave waiting for you in heaven.

Is the lesson so obvious? Try in your own way to be a little Cesarino in your love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

Taken from the Don Bosco Madonna.

Sunset at Subi City of Perth Circle president Andrew Callus with wife Fran, Mary Kenny (left) and Paula Flynn (on his left), Pat Doherty and Betty Ryan - all of whom were on the ladies committee which made so many good things happen last Saturday night.

elebrate St Patrick's Day with another free twilight picnic performance on Saturday 11 March in the Theatre Centre Gardens, 180 Hamersley Road, Subiaco from 6.15 pm to 7.45 pm.

Featured will be a performance of Bernadette Hawkins and Friends offering a feast of traditional and contemporary Irish music.

Included in the program are many old favourites, but it will also showcase the turnaround in music which originates from Ireland today. Some will be sung in English and others in Gaelic as they were sung in the past with such tunes as Maggie, Galway Bay, Song for Ireland and Light Across the Bay. Joining her vocals (she also plays the tin whistle, concert flute and traditional wooden Irish flute), will be Andy Hawkins on guitar and the Irish bouzouki, while Aaron de Rosario will show his skill with the fiddle.

Some founding members at the 200th dinner meeting were (left/front) Cliff Rollaway, Peter Maguire, Bernie Crannigan, and John Versteegen. Behind them were (left) Noel McEvoy, Bill Kerr and John Up, while back rear were (left) Laurie Shervington with Pat Granley.

City of Perth Circle celebrated its 200th Dinner Meeting last Saturday night at WemThebley,Catenian complete with overseas visitors, a roll up of former founding members, a good band, ample

dancing space, a delicious meal, and great camaradie. Special guests were Archbishop Hickey and Bishop Healy who joined with 120 Catenians and their wives in celebrating this milestone of their Circle which was inaugurated on February 8 1977 with a membership of 33 making it the second Catenian Circle in Australia, following on from Sydney's inception in July 1971. Today there are now ten Circles in Western Australia.

"Then the sign of the cross will be seen in the sky and from the opening where the hands and feet of the Saviour were nailed will come forth great light" - Diary Sr. Faustina #83

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The Archdiocesan Development Fund is seeking a highly motivated individual to ioin their successful and dedicated team of finance professionals. Operating since 1974, the ADF has assisted many of our schools and parishes by providing them with capital finance and administration assistance in a caring, confidential manner.

The position requires a high calibre individual with a background in financial or related services, particularly in generating deposits and loan applications.

High level written and oral communication skills are essential as well as excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work within a team environment. A mature individual who is highly committed to building strong relationships within the Church community would be highly regarded.

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing first class customer service to all clients in the areas of borrowing and deposits. This will require extensive liaison with parishes and schools within the community with the ultimate aim of fostering positive relationships between the ADF and its clients.

An attractive salary package including a fully maintained vehicle will be offered to the successful applicant.

Written applications should be forwarded by mail or fax to Olga Biundo at the address below quoting assignment M641. Initial telephone enquiries on (09) 481 2085 are welcome.

Gerard Daniels Australia Executive Search and Selection Level 25, QVI Building, 250 St George's Terrace, Perth WA 6000 Telephone (09) 481 2085 Facsimile (09) 481 5328

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