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Forgive a d unite: Pope

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LOMOUC, CZECH REPUBLIC (CNS) — Pope

11 John has called on Catholics and Protest ants to forIII give each other for viglence inflicted during religous wars as the basis for progress in ecumenical relations.

Spealcing under drizzly skies at an outdoor Mass last Sunday to celebrate the canonisation of a Polish priest killed by Protestants, the Pope sought forgiveness for past Catholic wrongs and asked Christians to drop old grievances that interfere with ecumenical progress.

Fr Jan Sarkander was killed in 1620 in what is now the Czech Republic. St Sarkander was accused of helping an invading Polish Catholic army, something he denied.

For many Czech Protestants, the new saint symbolizes the forcible reimposition of Catholicism after the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.

In his homily, the Pope said: "Today I, the Pope of the Church of Rome, in the name of Catholics, ask forgiveness for the wrongs inflicted on non-

Catholics during the turbulent history of these peoples; at the same time I pledge the Church's forgiveness for whatever harm her sons and daughters suffered."

The papal Mass was held in Olomouc, where St. Sarkander died in a dungeon "after being subjected to weeks of atrocious torture."

Pope John Paul asked all Christians to take heart from the 17th-century priest's faith and devotion to Christ.

"In a tumultuous age, he is set as a sign of God's presence, of his faithfulness amid the contradictions of history," he said.

The sainthood ceremony, "far from reopening painful wounds" aimed "to entrust to a glorious witness the cause of Christian unity," the Pope said.

The new saint was also an inspiration to people during the Communist decades "who prel11II of lI1III1LiIIIl Ii ferredINthe loss property, marginalization ad n death, rather than submit to oppression and violence."

At a later event the same day, the Pope told youths that the new saint's martyrdom "takes on extraordinary ecumenical eloquence" because it speaks of

Christian responsibility "for the sin of division."

Papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said that the pope specifically picked St Sarlcander as a saint dedicated to ecumenism because he wanted someone who suffered as a mediator for Christian unity.

Ecumenism is being speeded up on the pope's agenda as the year 2000 approaches, he said.

The pope wants Christians to be "at least less divided by then," said the papal spokesman.

The day before, however, the main Czech Protestant leader IS ycotted a papal reception for Christian leaders in the capital of Prague. However, 15 other Christian leaders and a representative of the Jewish community attended.

"I do not see the reason for such a meeting. It would show that there are no tensions among us," said the Reverend Pavel Smetana, head of the Czech Council of Churches and president of the Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren, several days before the meeting.

On Monday, the head of the Lutheran Church in Poland, Bishop Jan Szarek, boycotted a meeting with the Pope at the Pol-

ish birthplace of St Sarkander. Olomouc. The Pope's May 20-22 But the local Lutheran bishop, trip to the Czech Republic and Pawel Anweiler, did welcome Poland included a stop at Skocthe Pope, saying relations zow. bet ';en Catholics and ProtesII The future saint was ordained tants were good in his diocese. in 1608. But his pastoral activity Dr Smetana said last month St Sarkander condoned "barbaric became tied up in what became torture" used to force Protestants known as the 30 Years War, in to attend his Catholic services, which Protestant lords rebelled making his sainthood "incom- against the Catholic Hapsburg prehensible" as an act of "recon- monarchy. ciliation and healing of historical The future saint was accused memory." by the region's Lutheran rulers Dr Smetana asked that the of aiding an invading Catholic canonization be postponed or Polish army. Although supportdone in a low-key fashion in ers protested his innocence, he Rome. died March 17, 1620, after being The Pope sent Dr. Smetana a tortured and set afire. letter in early May about the A biography of the new saint canonization controversy.

The decision to make Blessed issued by the Vatican press Sarkander a saint also had office said the accusations were drawn protests from the World a political pretext and the real Alliance of Reforrned Churches, reason for his torturing was an umbrella group representing "hatred of the faith." more than 100 Protestant The Pope also on Sunday churches with a total member- declared the sainthood of ship of 70 million. The alliance Zdislava of Lemberk, a 13th-cenbegan directly protesting to the tury mother of four and benefacVatican over the situation as tor of the poor. early as 1992.

Pope John Paul described her S t Sarkander was born December 20, 1576, in Skoczow, as "an example of marital a town in what is now southern fidelity, a support of domestic Poland, 130kms north-east of spirituality and moral integrity."

Welfare agencies seek financial lifeline

By Colleen McGuiness-Howard ISTANCE in Ar unding of Catholic Social Welfare services

in the archdiocese of Perth, is to change with the launch last week of LifeLink.

LifeLink takes over frI t the old Catholic Community Care fund.

LifeLink coordinator Don McAllister, said that while most Catholic

agencies do much of their own fund raising, it was not possible for them to raise sufficient

lona student Samantha Lancaster with Ufelink logo.

Archbishop condemns euthanasia again FIATHOLIC Church teaching on euthanasia has l _ibeen often misunderstood, Archbishop Hickey has said in a pastoral letter written for the Catholics of the Archdiocese of Perth.

The archbishop calls on Catholics to join him in opposing the 'killing of patients as God decides whether

a man or a woman lives or dies.

He says that the public needs to know that there is a distinction between killing a suffering person by deliberate action or omission, and allowing a person to die in due course.

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funds.

LifeLink brings all resources together in a united front, he said.

Archbisho p Barry II Hickey launched the service earlier this month, with guests watching a video helpedepicting some of the agencies which will be d by LifeLink.

The aim is also to inform people at large of the wide range of services offered to all creeds by the Catholic Church, and to encourage school children to raise funds.

In its early stages it will be coordinated by Doll Syminton and Don McAllister who will harness finances and cool.-

dinate with schools in their fund raising activities which normally occur during June.

Each school engages in various schemes, which may be as colourful as Pioneer Day or physically demanding as Walkathons; the funds are then donated, in this instance, to LifeLink.

The LifeLink word was coined by Iona student Samantha Lancaster, and the heart shaped logo by IMG Marketing who created this and the video It of charge.

Symbolically, the logo's two C's represent Catholic Community Care and Care of all society's members; the heart shape represents humanity's lifeblood and caring centre; red is for warmth and life's blood, while the open arms of the heart represent Catholic openness regarI less of colour or creed which is the Church's mission statement.

Catholic Community Care initiatives include Centrecare Skills Training Centre (whose Heaven Sent Catering catered for the launch) which gives employment, training and support services to disadvantaged, unemployed;

Anawim - providing short term accommodation for lone Aboriginal women; Djooraminda which coordinates home care services for up to 30 Aboriginal children in five family based cottages in Northam and Perth with family support services; and Catholic Care whose concerns are for the well being and development

of intellectually handicapped people and their families, offering residential, recreation, counselling and respite services.

Additionally there is AIDS Pastoral Care which gives support, compassion and companionship for all HIV and AIDS affected people; the Einmanuel Centre which is a self help centre for people with disabilities, offering information, counselling, faith development, advocacy, education, training and work experience for them and their families; while Centrecare Marriage and Family Service gives counselling in the areas of nlarriage and finance for individuals and groups, plus specialist services in parent-adolescent conflict resolution.

Pastoral letter on Euthanasia

PASTORAL Letter on causes death, with the purpose from deliberately killing that If it becomes legal for doctors intolerable pressure to extinA Euthanasia from Arch- of eliminating all suffering. It is person by action or omission. to kill patients, medical care guish life. bishop Hickey to the people of an act of deliberate killing con-

the Archdiocese of Perth, Western Australia.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, At the present time there are a number of attempts around Australia to legalise euthanasia.

I wish to draw your attention to the seriousness of this matter, and to set out briefly and succinctly the teaching of the Church about euthanasia.

Unfortuantely it is often misunderstood.

No-one may directly take innocent human life. Euthanasia is an action or omission which, of itself or by intention,

When dying people are suftrary to the dignity of the fering it is legitimate to relieve human person and to the that suffering through respect due to the living God, approved drugs. Compassion our Creator. demands that we try to make However, one is not obliged dying people comfortable and t o take extraordinary and free of pain. Palliative care excessively burdensome seeks to make suffering more means which would secure a bearable in the final stages of precarious prolongation of life, illness and to ensure that dying so long as the normal care due patients are supported and to the sick person is not inter- accompanied in their ordeal. rupted.

Those who argue for euthanaThe distinction is fundamen- sia usually do not give modern tal to the debate about euthana- medicine the credit for what it sia. Unfortunately it is not has achieved in this field. The always made. In this highly science of palliative care has emotional issue people do not made remarkable progress in always see that allowing a per- enabling terminally ill patients son to die is vastly different to be kept virtually pain-free.

Disciples of Jesus youth seek help

will never be the same again.

Human life will become even more disposable than is the case now.

Once it becomes lawful to take life in so-called extreme situations, it becomes relatively easy to extend the practice to other situations.

To decide whether a person lives or dies is a most dangerous power to place in the hands of human beings. No-one can play God in matters of life and death.

We must support doctors in their profession of saving lives and caring for the dying, because if euthanasia becomes legal, they will come under

I remind you of the words of the Holy Father, Pope John Paul 11, in his recent Encyclical Letter, Evangelium Vitae.

"Euthanasia is a false mercy."

(E.V. 66) "No-one can arbitarily choose whether to live or die; the absolute Master of such a decision is the Creator alone, in whom 'we live and move and have our being' (Acts 17:28)" E.V.47).

I ask you to consider these matters seriously and to join me in opposing the legitimising of patient killing. What is at stake is the protection of human life itself.

Priest spreads divine mercy message

Monsignor Henry Posluszny, left, talks with Archbishop Hickey.

The Disciples of Jesus youth team; top left, Therese Ouwendyk, Lynda In the 1930s, the young Sister Poluszny was appointed there in

By Colleen McGuiness-Howard Brown, Branka Sesega and Michelle Jones. Bottom, Andrew Clark, Adam Faustina received a message of 1956.

Howard and Paul Whiteley.

The church was built reflectChHOLAR and champion of mercy from the Lord which he dards, and if necessary, change their e divine mercy message of told her to spread throughout the ing the streams of the reddish

By Colleen McGuiness-Howard way of life for the better.

Polish nun, Blessed Faustina world. hues of the rays coming from Disciples of Jesus youth misYoung YMT women and men live Kowalska, Monsignor Henry She saw a picture of Christ Christ's heart. sion team are seeking people to in separate households and commit Posluszny of Poland, believes with coloured rays of light comExpanding on Sister Faustina, sponsor their evangelical work with themselves to the team for a year. God is the just but merciful judge ing from his heart. Great Monsignor Poluszny said Jesus Perth's youth.

They do not have a relationship with of the human race. promises of salvation for told her that he comes as the just At a fund raising launch last Mon- anyone and any money earned on Mgr Posluszny, a lecturer in mankind been given for those judge to mankind, but it was her day night, finance consultant Kieran their two days weekly is given to psychology, has talked on who reverently venerate the duty to proclaim his mercy, Ryan and school principal Val Mur- team initiatives and the payment of Blessed Faustina and her mes- image of the vision Blessed which was the message of hope, phy, Aramnore Catholic College told rent, food, and all household bills and sage of divine mercy recently in Faustina saw and piously say the to bring people back to His an assembly of about 50 people that expenses.

Esperance and Perth. He came to Divine Mercy chaplet and father's house. very few people would give away God's mercy is eternal, said Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fri- Australia last year as part of the observe the novena which starts university study, a chance to gain days are given over to practising Divine Mercy conference team. on Good Friday.

Monsignor Poluszny, and He employment with a new degree, or drama and being in the schools. They Blessed Faustina? The Divine He lived and had fulfilled his expects us also to show mercy to put a thriving business on hold in forfeit any personal time by giving Mercy? promise when Monsignor others. order to give a year to God. over weekends to helping young folk "But that's exactly what four young and running twilight retreats and women and three young men have camps. done to serve with the Disciples of They invite in any youngsters A Jesus Youth Mission Team," under stress they encounter who Speaking from personal experi- need a shelter. ence of the YMT, both said they Usually they barely have enough to couldn't rate them highly enough for l ive on, and generally the household the contribution the team made in showing young people the way to budget is a meagre $30 to $50 per Jesus and said they'd unreservedly household.

Independant of spirit and refusing recommend the YMT to any school.

The YMT started in Perth in 1991. to sign up for social security, these Its role is, upon invitation, to go into young people, for the sake of others' upper secondary schools and, children, forego even the basic luxuthrough top quality dramas and pre- ries of their own family homes. In two sentations, show the teenagers the cases this year, one male team membenefits of resisting adverse peer ber has come over from Adelaide and pressure and the resultant joy in fol- a female member from Canberra.

In a written reference, Archbishop lowing God. They aim to encourage students to Hickey has said these "extremely get to know Jesus as an intimate generous and unselfish young people friend; build up students' self esteem need a hand from the community by showing them that through their they are helping."

Mr Ryan and Mr Murphy urged creation in God's image they need to appreciate themselves as individuals Western Australians to "give them a and thus enhance their own personal financial hand" as it was to everydignity and goodness; and, in solidar- one's advantage to help these young ity, be accepting of each other by people keep young folk on the right showing less prejudice and intoler- path. ance.

For any financial support or Through the testimonies of faith enquiries, please contact Chris Bren- Two Year 10 Sacred Heart College students have excelled in a national technology competition, and life given by YMT members, stu- nan at the YMT on (09) 341 3392, fax coming third despite not being fully prepared for the competition. James Kirkham and Tim Nolan, dents find the courage to develop and (09) 341 6171, or write to 8 Minibah far right, view equipment to be used in the Sydney competition with Keith Griffiths of Festo Didactic, be proud of their faith, to uplift stan- Street, Wembley Downs, 6019. left who helped the boys, and fellow students Brad Schader and Steven Creasy.

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Memories for a lifetime

When you're experiencing loss, one comfort is knowing who to turn to.

By Colleen McGuiness-Howard emories sufficient for a lifetime were created earM lier this month at St Mary's Cathedral for Armadale state school children receiving first commu-

nion instruction from the Schoenstatt Sisters.

A day of highlights culminated with about 50 children - accompanied by Sister Lisette, catechists and some mothers, attending St Mary's Cathedral, a "first" for many - to meet with Archbishop Hickey and present him with their gift of a first communion candle.

The children who attend 12 state schools in the Armadale parish were on their bi-annual retreat day as part of their religious instruction under the umbrella of the Schoenstatt Sisters.

Usually the children have their retreat at the beautiful Armadale Schoenstatt Shrine but this time they made a pilgrimage of three churches over two days.

Sr Lisette said the first was the "miniature church" in which they lived - their homes which house God within their own families; then the parish church where families gather, "for praise, worship and reconciliation"; and finally the "big church" of the cathedral.

There "the children were awestruck" at its beauty, which was topped off by another 'first' for them when Archbishop Hickey joined them in their sung praise and was presented with a First Communion candle.

Enthusiastically participating in this milestone for the children, Archbishop Hickey gave them an explanatory tour of the cathedral "which was sheer magic", starting at Our Lady's Altar.

He explained the images, the need to genuflect saying "My Lord and My God" at the Blessed Sacrament altar, how the word 'cathedral' was coined from the Latin "cathedra" for an archbishop's chair, the deliberate cross design of the church, and the stained glass windows depicting the Last Supper and Resurrection.

Finally, the Archbishop showed the children the altar dedicated to St Therese of the Child Jesus.

And then a special treat. Wide-eyed, children were shown Archbishop Hickey's own sacristy with explanations of special attire from his mitre to the crozier, and the special stole received from the Holy Father "which archbishops wear to show their unity with him."

But there was one final treat as each child, catechist and mother present received a pair of rosary beads, most of the children putting the rosary beads around their necks immediately.

Editor of The Record retires Barry Archbishop Hickey announced this week that Mr David Michael Kehoe is to replace Father Patrick Cunningham as Editor of The Record newspaper.

"After twenty-four years of energetically and faithfully carrying out the demanding role of Editor, Fr Cunningham is to hand over to a new Editor, Mr

David Kehoe, till recently a senior journalist with The Canberra Times newspaper," Archbishop Hickey said.

"I wish to commend Fr Cunningham for the way in which he has applied himself for so many years as Editor of our Catholic Newspaper."

Fr Cunningham was appointed Editor of The Record on 31 August 1971.

"The past twenty-four years have seen enormous changes in the Church worldwide and at the Diocesan level, all of which have been faithfully chronicled," the archbishop said.

"A Catholic Newspaper like The Record has to provide information to the Catholic people about Church life, about official Church teaching and about movements in the Church and the world that bear on Catholic practice and identity. It is both a means of binding the community Catholic together and of nourishing its faith.

"The past twenty-four years have seen changes In the role of the Catholic press itself. It has survived despite technological changes that have shifted the source of information from the written word to the television set and the computer.

"The challenge is to retain and increase its effectiveness in the chang-

ing information world by making friends with it and forming a working partnership with other forms of media.

"It is indicative of the tenacity of the outgoing Editor that The Record is one of three remaining weekly Catholic newspapers in Australia, the other two being The Catholic Weekly in Sydney and The Leader in Brisbane.

"Fr Cunningham has made a positive and lasting impact on the Catholic community in this Archdiocese and beyond.

"He deserves our gratitude for the self-sacrificing energy and intelligence that he brought to bear in order to guarantee a weekly source of information, comment and evangelising truths to the people of Catholic Western Australia.

"Mr David Kehoe has worked as a journalist with the Advocate Catholic Newspaper in Melbourne, and more recently as world editor with the Canberra Times and as a journalist with Australian Associated Press in the Press Gallery at Parliament House in Canberra.

"Mr Kehoe will continue to produce The Record as a weekly newspaper, but will also examine ways of increasing the penetration of The Record among the Catholic community.

"The Record will have a new Board of Manage• ment chaired by Mr Maurice Brockwell. The proprietor of The Record is the Archbishop of Perth.

I welcome Mr Kehoe to Perth and to the position of Editor, and I trust that he will ensure a bright future to one of the oldest weekly newspapers in Australia."

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Painful way towards Communists entice reconciliation with God Catholics Abortion trauma a sign to return home: cardinal

TATICAN CITY (CNS) - The psychological and what is sometimes called the "post-abortion synV spiritual pain felt by women who have had abor- drome." tions can open the path to reconciliation with God and "In other words, abortion victimizes not only the the church, Cardinal James A. Hickey of Washington child but also the mother," the cardinal said. said.

"Truly abortion is a 'soul-wound' to the human spirit "Pain need not destroy one's faith, even the pain of for through abortion, the parents contribute to the abortion. death of their own children. Scar tissue may cover the It is a sign that one must return home," he wrote in wound, but will not eradicate it," he said. an article published by the Vatican newspaper, He said the path to spiritual healing involves reconL'Osservatore Romano. ciliation through the sacrament of penance: confessing The article commented on Pope John Paul Il's the sin, true contrition, penance for the act and receivencyclical, "Evangelium Vitae" ("The Gospel of Life"), ing absolution. which condemned abortion but asked women who He said many women may find these things difficult have undergone them to seek forgiveness and come to do, but he encouraged them to draw strength from back to the church.

Cardinal Hickey said the pope's words showed com- Mary. He noted that in the United States and some passionate understanding for the pain that can lead a other English-speaking countries, the church has instiwoman to have an abortion, as well as the need to be tuted Project Rachel, a program that uses trained counselors to invite women back to the church. healed from its effects.

He said many women who have had abortions expeHe said he hoped the project would continue to rience a combination of haunting grief and stress - grow.

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EOUL, South Korea (CNS) - The North Korean government has issued a statement in the name of the state-approved Association of North Korean Catholics asking underground Catholics to attend public worship services, according to visitors to the communist state.

The group of Catholic Korean-Americans who visited North Korea in April said the statement invited "unrevealed" Catholics in the Mount Kumgang region to attend regular prayer meetings in Wonsan, about 1130lun east of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, UCA News, a Thailand-based Asian church news agency, reported.

The visitors said during their visit they had hoped to attend Mass with the congregation of Changchung Catholic Church in Pyongyang, but were unable. Instead, they attended a Sunday prayer service at the church which was led by a layman, Cha Song Keun.

"He did the same liturgy as ours, except no eucharistic prayer or holy Communion." one visitor said.

In a related story, the Priests Association for Realization of Justice, a pro-reunification group in South Korea, said it is significant that four prayer books used by North Korean Catholics are similar to books used in the South.

Crying statue producing converts

OME (CNS) - A statue of Mary R hat allegedly has cried tears of blood is producing conversions and a

keeping the tiny plaster statue in his residence rather than returning it to public view.

deeper interest in the faith, said the The bishop took possession of the statue Italian bishop investigating the case. in early February, several days after peo"Many conversions, yes. Even among Jehovah's Witnesses," said Bishop Girolamo Grillo of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia.

But he warned believers in the statue that the church is reluctant to declare miracles.

The bishop gave updates on the situation in television and newspaper interviews during the second week in May. He complained that judicial authorities took away for testing too much of the blood that had caked on the statue.

People will be "very deluded" when the nearly bloodless statue is publicly displayed again, he said.

Bishop Grillo appeared with the statue on national television recently after hundreds of people complained that he still is

ple began reporting that the statue was crying blood, drawing thousands of people to the home of its owners in Civitavecchia, 60Icm north of Rome. The reports drew widespread national media attention as well.

The bishop said the statue will not be put on public display until after a theological commission finishes investigating whether a supernatural event occurred.

said that I saw it because it is the truth," he added.

The bishop said he was deeply affected by seeing the statue cry "because at first I was an unbeliever" and "because I could not find a rational explanation."

At the same time, "I would not want people to expect a declaration of a miracle from the church," said the bishop, who for eight years has been a member of the Vatican Congregation for Saints Causes, which examines possible miracles in relation to people proposed for sainthood.

He added that he publicly announced that he had witnessed the statue crying in order to prevent judicial investigators from taking the object from his home.

Without the statue, the church might have had to declare the case closed as it could not conduct further studies, he said.

The bishop criticized judicial authorities for ordering a new round of tests on the statue similar to those he had conducted "I cannot say if what I saw was a super- in connection with the church investiganatural event because I do not know. But I tion.

Bishop Grillo added that he was joking a month earlier when he referred to a mystic appearing to him to foretell a tragic event just before the statue cried in his hands.

This will take a minimum of "many months," said the bishop, who reiterated that he saw the statue cry tears of blood in March while he was holding it in his hands.

Pope supports breastfeeding A TATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John

V Paul II said breastfeeding deserves TATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II promotion and support worldwide, particV plans an intensive June 30-July 3 trip to Slo- ularly in places where social and marketing pressures have diminished the pracvakia, the Vatican has announced. tice.

The announcement said the pope will visit The Pope, addressing scientists and nine places during the four days he is spending experts at a Vatican-sponsored meeting in the central European nation. recently, said breastfeeding is of interest to the church because it deals with the vital The trip will be the pope's first to Slovakia interaction between mother and child, and since it became independent in 1993. He visited because it raises larger health and ecothe Slovakian capital of Bratislava in 1990, nomic issues. when Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia.

He said research has shown that breastThe eight cities on the 1995 papal itinerary fed children benefit in two major ways: include Bratislava, Kosice and Presov, seat of an receiving proper nourishment and protecEastern-rite Catholic eparchy that has been tion against disease. In addition, this way embroiled in property disputes with the local of feeding can create a bond of love and Orthodox Church.

The Vatican announcement also lists a July 3

stop in the Tatra Mountains.

Vatican trip organizers said the pope hopes to sneak in half-a-day for a walk in the mountains along the border with his native Poland.

Slovakian Catholic officials have said that a main papal event will be a Mass in Kosice at which three Catholics killed in 1619 during a religious war with Protestants will be declared saints.

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The court-ordered tests agreed with the church findings that the liquid is human male blood and that there are no cavities or devices inside the statue that could have held or squirted blood, the bishop said.

"In most cases, the church limits itself to the formula, 'it does not appear to bo supernatural,' an expression which does not exclude the supernatural," he said.

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Judicial officials said they ordered the examinations as part of an investigation into possible fraud.

security between mother and child, he said.

"So human and natural is this bond that the Psalms use the image of the infant at its mother's breast as a picture of God's care for man," he said.

While surveys show that two-thirds of women around the globe still breastfeed, the number is decreasing. The pope cited several factors: urbanization, increasing demands placed on women, health care policies and marketing strategies for alternative forms of nourishment.

The pope's remarks about alternative forms of nourishment were an apparent reference to powdered milk formula, marketed in many Third World countries.

"In practical terms, what we are saying

is that mothers need time, information and support. So much is expected of women in many societies that time to devote to breastfeeding and early care is not always available," he said.

The pope said all women have a right to be informed about the advantages of breastfeeding and about how to overcome occasional difficulties.

He said reflection even on such an individual and private act as breastfeeding should lead to a "critical rethinking" of certain social and economic attitudes prevalent today. The issue, he said, illustrates that the world urgently needs a radical reexamination of current patterns of work, economic competitiveness and lack of attention to the needs of the family.

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EXICO CITY (CNS) - A former Mexican law enforcement official who was a key figure in the initial investigations into the May 1993 murder of Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo of Guadalajara was shot to death May 10 outside his Guadalajara home.

Leobardo Larios Guzman, who was Jalisco state attorney general until February and who led the early probe into the cardinal's shooting death, died with five gunshot wounds to his head and body.

Witnesses said four gunmen opened fire on Larios Guzman as he prepared to drive to the University of Guadalajara. where he taught a morning law class.

A spokesman for the Jalisco state government gave no motive for the murder, but said it was not related to narcotics.

Larios Guzman served as attorney general until Feb. 28, when he was relieved of his post following the defeat in state elections of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party by the opposition National Action Party.

During his term in office, Larios Guzman was responsible for delivering what was the first official statement on Cardinal Posadas' murder in Guadalajara's airport, which the government blamed on a shootout between rival narcotics gangs.

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ARSAW, POLAND (CNS) Vocations to the priesthood in Poland have dropped by nearly one-third since the collapse of communist rule. Polish church figures show.

Father Witold Zdaniewicz, director of the church's statistical institute, said admissions to seminaries and religious order novitiates are the best indicators in vocation trends and they peaked in the years 1985-87.

At that time, diocesan seminaries were enrolling 62 percent more students than a decade before, while admissions to orders had grown by 264 percent.

However, by 1993, seminary enrolments had fallen by 27 percent, Father Zdaniewicz said.

Admissions to orders were down by a similar percentage.

The 1993 enrolment and admission figures are the latest available, but the statistics official said that initial figures for 1994 are expected to demonstrate a continuing "sharp fall" in vocations.

In 1994, there were 25,274 diocesan and order priests at work in Poland. Another 1,135 were in missions abroad.

The drop coincides with a slump in the popularity of the Catholic Church since emergence of democratic government.

In an article in the Catholic daily newspaper Slowo Katolicki, Father Zdaniewicz said that despite the drop, the country's ratio of one priest per 1,385 lay Catholics compared well to a worldwide average of one per 2,368.

But it compares less favourably to the European average of one priest

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)ME (CNS) - Two Italian missionary sisters per 1,295 Catholics, he said. In the ere among more than 100 people killed in United States the ratio is approxi- Zaire by a mysterious disease that authorities susmately one priest per 1,200 pect may be the deadly Ebola virus.

Catholics.

Italian health authorities were closely watching He said the decline in vocations two other sisters who travelled to Zaire for the raises questions such as: nuns funeral in early May. "Was the growth in vocations in They were in quarantine but reportedly in good 1985-87 an extraordinary one, condition. caused by... the election of a Polish The deceased religious, Sisters Floralba Rondi pope (in 1978), and does the evident and Clara Angela Ghilardi, were hospital workers decline now mean a return to norin Kikwit, a city of about 600,000 people that has mality?" since been quarantined and surrounded by "Is this the beginning of a crisis of Zairian troops. They were members of the Sisters vocations in Poland and if so what of the Little Poor, a religious order based in Bergare the reasons?" amo in northern Italy, and had worked in Zaire for The figures also revealed a fall of about 40 years. at least 35 percent over seven years A consultant for the World Health Organization, in vocations in Poland's 101 orders microbiologist Muyembe Tamfun, said the Ebola for women. Some 1,020 female novices entered orders in 1994, virus was responsible for the deaths. But WHO compared to 1,559 in the peak year, assistant director general Ralph Henderson said other viruses can cause similar symptoms.

1987.

International teams of experts were investigatThere are 24,572 members of ing the cause of the outbreak women's orders.

Ebola, a highly contagious disease spread The statistics office figures come on the heels of opinion poll findings through bodily fluids, causes death in about 90 which suggest a decline in the pop- percent of the people it infects.

It causes haemorrhaging, fever and vomiting, ularity of the church to which at least 95 percent of Poland's 38 mil- and there is no known treatment or vaccine. It is considered one of the deadliest viruses ever idenlion citizens belong.

In a survey last February, two- tified.

Zairian officials said the outbreak began April thirds of respondents praised the church's record in the communist 10 at the Kikwit hospital after doctors and nurses era, compared to 31 percent who were contaminated by a surgery patient. Some 63 said it had played a "positive role" people remained hospitalized with the disease May 9. in the past five years.

Among those hospitalized in grave condition Some 78 percent said the church still plays and important role in pol- was a young Zairian nun, a member of the Sisters itics, but most said they doubted of St. Joseph, a religious order based in Turin, Italy. whether that high public profile is She was a nursing student in Kikwit. appropriate.

The official said the religious community was One in five said the church very worried about the situation in Zaire since it charges too much for weddings and has several nuns working in the area and several baptisms, and disliked what they other nursing students among its members. perceived as the clergy's wealth and In .O76, an Ebola outbreak killed 276 people in privileged tax status. a Zairian village.

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At the same time, it safeguards women's tradiWomen, on average, earn 30 percent less than tional role as mothers, said the cardinal. men.

"We cannot permit her to be merely the object On the home front, a report released in April of play, pleasure or entertainment," he said.

by Polish nongovernmental organizations said The current tendency to pay women less for that marital violence occurred in a quarter of Poldoing the same work as men is "unjust," he ish families. The report criticized police and added. court attitudes toward women victims of domesThe cardinal's defence of women's civil rights tic violence. came at a Mass for the recent feast of Mary, The report also said that overwhelming perQueen of Poland, and followed disputes by centages of women undertook all household women's groups over the church's attitudes duties. towards women.

Poland's Parliamentary Women's Group, to Since the collapse of communist rule, some women's groups have said that the Polish which 49 of 70 female deputies and senators church's teachings are out of step with Western belong, has accused the church of ignoring Catholic attitudes. Sever il Catholic women's women's economic and social hardships, and groups, however, have defended the Polish turning a blind eye to their professional and church, saying feminist organizations are distort- intellectual aspirations.

The group has campaigned for loosening aboring church positions for political purposes.

Cardinal Glemp condemned international pro- tion and divorce laws and firmer measures to motion of a "model of womanhood" which combat rape and improve women's health and diminishes women's dignity. He cited last Sep- welfare opportunities. tember's U.N. population and development conRival Catholic women's organizations have ference which he said promoted abortion as a defended the church's record. They said that means of birth control. women's role in preserving national culture The official Polish delegation to the upcoming under foreign occupation has given women a U.N. conference on women in September does social importance with no equivalent in Western not represent the viewpoint of Catholic women societies, and that the church's strong Marian and the bishops want participation by Catholic cult reflects traditional Slavic association of organizations, he said. motherhood with power.

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Cardinals: Relations Teac her Abuse not must stop affected on ARSAW, Poland (CNS) - Polish Lutheran W leaders said relations with the Catholic Church will be unaffected by the controversial can-

onization of a 17th-century Catholic martyr during Pope John Paul ll's May 20-22 trip to the Czech Republic and Poland.

But Lutheran Bishop Jan Szarek, leader of the 100,000-member church, has refused a Czech Catholic invitation to attend the canonization ceremony in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Lutheran officials said the bishop regards the canonization as a Czech issue.

On May 21 in Olomouc the pope is scheduled to declare the sainthood of Blessed Jan Sarkander, a Catholic priest who was tortured to death in 1620 by the region's Lutheran rulers following charges he conspired to assist an invading Polish Catholic army.

Andrzej Debslci, Lutheran Church spokesman, said the canonization was regarded as an "internal matter" of the Catholic Church, which should not affect "private contacts" between the churches.

The Lutheran Church's governing synod discussed the canonization during its May meeting and decided not to become involved in the controversy, Debski said.

In contrast, Czech Protestant leaders have strongly protested the canonization and threatened to boycott ecumenical contacts with Catholics.

Czech Protestants regard Blessed Sarkander as a symbol of the forced conversion of the region's Protestants under Catholic rule.

Meanwhile, Bishop Tadeusz Rakoczy of BielskoZywiec, who will host the pope during his 10-hour stay in southern Poland, said that Blessed Sarkander will become one of the diocese's patron saints.

"We are aware that some evangelical brothers and sisters feel a certain reluctance, and even reservation, about this canonization," Bishop Rakoczy said in a pastoral letter.

But evil and hatred during the period "lay on both sides," he said.

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Catholic headmistress charged with blasphemy riANGPUR, Pakistan (CNS) - The headmistress of a government high school in central Pakistan, the school's only Christian teacher, has become the first Pakistani Catholic w oman to be accused of blaspheming the prophet Mohammed.

Catherine Gulzar, 30, head of the government high school in Rangpur, about 560 km south of Islamabad, has gone into hiding since the allegations were made, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.

Muslim teachers at the school allege that Miss Gulzar insulted Mohammed during one of her classes. Local Islamic religious leaders then demanded that police charge her with blasphemy.

Miss Gulzar apparently fled before officers arrived at her house.

Conviction of blaspheming Mohammed, directly or indirectly, intentionally or not, carries an automatic death sentence.

People from the teacher's home town, a Christian village outside Rangpur, told UCA News the blasphemy accusation was false.

They said she had upset some in Rangpur by refusing to allow students to cheat on exams.

Local Muslim leaders have been trying to get Miss Gulzar transferred for the past three years, the villagers said.

7AGREB, Croatia (CNS) - The human rights of

Catholics and Muslims are being violated by Serbs in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, said two cardinals as fighting increased in what was once Yugoslavia.

One priest was killed, monks and nuns were driven from their homes and church buildings were blown up in early May, said Cardinals Frani° Kuharic of Zagreb and Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

They issued a joint appeal for world leaders to pressure for an end to abuses. The appeal came after Croatian military and police attacked Serbs occupying Croatian territory, forcing many Serbs to flee into nearby Serb-controlled sections of northern Bosnia.

Since northern Bosnia came under Serb control three years ago, 400 Catholic civilians and four priests have been killed and 55,000 Catholics have been forcibly expelled, said the cardinals.

"Citizens of the Muslim faith do not fare any better," they added.

This "merciless violence" requires world leaders "to raise their voices against the violations of all human rights of the Croatian Catholics in the Banja Luka region" of northern Bosnia, said the cardinals.

"Failure among those responsible to protect the victims from unjust violence is a sin against humanity and participation in the crime," they said.

On the same day, Cardinal Kuharic said that, to his knowledge, Serb civilians were being treated humanely in territory regained by Croatian security forces.

Serbian Orthodox leaders, however, condemned the offensive.

The church is monitoring the human rights situation in the recaptured region known as Western Slavonia, said Cardinal Kuharic.

"Prisoners of war are being treated humanely and according to international conventions," he said.

Praise for pope's firm stand on ties RMA, Ohio (CNS) - An Eastern-rite Catholic bishop has commended the pope for his firm stand on relations between Eastern-rite churches and the Latin-rite church, made in an apostolic letter released recently at the Vatican.

The pope's letter called on Latin-rite Catholics to discover and appreciate the monastic, liturgical and spiritual traditions of Eastern-rite Catholics and Orthodox, and appealed for new efforts toward unity.

In a statement issued May 8, Bishop Andrew Pataki of the Byzantine Catholic Diocese of Parma, Ohio, suggested that Catholics look especially at paragraph 24 of Pope John Paul ll's letter, "Orientale Lumen" ("The Light of the East").

In that section, Bishop Pataki said, the

pope urges Latin-rite Catholics to improve their knowledge of Eastern-rite liturgies and spiritual traditions, while proposing that the example of Eastern churches be followed regarding inculturation of the Gospel message.

The pope called for the church "to train in specialized institutions theologians, liturgists, historians and canonists for the Christian East, who in turn can spread knowledge of the Eastern churches ... especially to future priests." Bishop Pataki repeated the pope's stated intention of insisting forcefully on such recommendations.

-The Orthodox, when they consider the possibility of reunion with the Holy See, look to see how the Eastern churches are being received," Bishop Pataki said. "They want to

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see that they are respected and properly accepted."

He said the issue of people transferring from one rite to another strikes a sour note in ecumenical endeavours. Too often, he said, people are encouraged not to retain their Eastern-rite traditions but rather to transfer to a rite of the Western church.

All too often, he continued, the Catholic Church becomes synonymous with the Latin-rite church, which may explain a lack of understanding about the place of Easternrite churches in the universal church.

"People often forget that the Western church is only one of the 22 distinct churches forming the universal church," he said.

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Bishop Pataki also recalled that Pope John Paul, in his 1991 decree promulgating the Eastern Code of Canon Law, for governance of Eastern-rite Catholic churches, likened the Eastern and Western churches to two lungs or heart ventricles.

If the church breathes with only one lung it suffers from spiritual emphysema, the bishop said, and if it beats with only one ventricle, it preaches the Gospel only halfheartedly.

The day the pope's letter was issued, Father David M. Petras, ecumenical director of the Parma Diocese, talked about it at a meeting of the National Association of (Catholic) Diocesan Ecumenical Officers, held in conjunction with the National Workshop for Christian Unity in Albuquerque, N.M.

Bishop under house arrest TATICAN CITY (CNS) - Vatican Radio has V reported that Bishop Franjo Komarica of Banja Luka in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina was placed under house arrest in early May by Serbs controlling the region.

It quoted an unnamed nun in daily contact with the bishop as saying that he is fine but cannot leave his residence "The Serbs threatened to kill the entire Catholic population or take them away," said the nun.

The bishop was still under house arrest as of May 8, reported Vatican Radio.

The British news agency Reuters reported May 5 that the bishop, in a telephone interview, said he was under house arrest.

Indian priest Lights at end of charged with tunnel for Vietnam attempted rape in NY Catholic Church TATICAN CITY (CNS) - A Vietnamese cardinal said that V after decades of suffering, the church in his country is preparing to resume its full activity - in full loyalty to Rome.

Cardinal Paul Pham Dinh Tung of Hanoi made the remarks recently at a Mass in a Rome suburb. He was taking possession of a titular church assigned him when Pope John Paul II named him a cardinal a year earlier.

"In this delicate moment our church, which has already been strengthened by the suffering of these last 40 years, is experiencing a period of expectation for better times, before resuming Its full activity," the cardinal said.

"There are many problems. Nevertheless, this church intends to follow the example of its 117 martyr saints in giving a witness of absolute fidelity to the crucified and risen Christ, to the Holy Father as the vicar of Christ on earth and to the universal church." he said.

He said one of the church's goals was to help build, along with other Vietnamese citizens, a future of happiness, prosperity and peace for the Asian country. He suggested that his country and

the Vatican could be brought closer by the search for personal and social peace.

"I think the 18,000 miles that divide (Rome) from the distant country of Vietnam is not an obstacle and does not prevent us from praying and working together for peace," he said.

Church activities in Vietnam remain largely under government control, but there has been a gradual relaxing of restrictions in many pastoral areas over the last 10 years.

At the Mass, Cardinal Pham Dinh was praised for his steadfast faith during 30 years of house arrest by Vietnamese authorities.

The cardinal spent much of his time writing religious instruction books aimed particularly at people without advanced education. In Hanoi, the cardinal has already created active groups of lay people, marriage preparation courses and a vocations drive. The archdiocesan seminary has 130 students, and in June 50 new priests will be ordained, which some observers consider a remarkable number given the current situation of the church in Vietnam.

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YORK (CNS) - Norbertine Father Albert Fernando, a priest from Bombay, India. who was serving in a New York parish on a year's sabbatical, was arrested on charges of attempted rape.

The priest, 49, was accused of attacking a 30-year-old female parishioner in the rectory of the church where he was serving.

Sacred Heart Church on Staten Island. He was also charged with sexual abuse and unlawful imprisonment.

He was released after surrendering his passport, promising not to leave New York State and agreeing to undergo psychiatric evaluation at St. Vincent's Hospital in Harrison, N.Y. News accounts quoted his lawyer. John Murphy Jr., as saying he denied all the charges.

Concern over Ulster peace talks nUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) - Supporters

"I am aware for many years that a large section of the Roman Catholic community is happy with their lot in Northern Ireland," he said.

The survey also showed that there was strong opposition to mixed marriages among Protestants, especially conservative Protestants.

Meanwhile the decline of the nonThey say they fear that the Republic of Catholic population in the Irish Republic Ireland's influence in the province will be has become a major worry of Northern extended as a result of the discussions and Ireland Unionists.

Research Unit of the Department of The decrease in this population is genFinance and Personnel said that the erally attributed to Catholic rules on rearCatholic population has declined steeply ing children of mixed marriages as since 1971, but Catholic birth rates have Catholics. remained significantly higher than those Protestants.

These rules were strictly enforced of before the Second Vatican Council.

Jardine added that while Protestants

Representatives of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland have said that the decline of the Protestant population in Ireland deepened Northern Irish Presbyterian anxieties about what their position would be in a united Ireland.

Lof continued union between Northern

Ireland and Great Britain are concerned that pending peace talks could work against their interests.

were "virtually monolithic" about retaining the union with Britain, there was diversity among Catholics.

Unionists also received some comfort from Father Denis Faul, headmaster of St. Patrick's Academy and a well-known Catholic commentator on Northern Irish affairs. He wrote in Reality, a Redemptorist magazine, that 60 percent of the Catholics did not want Northern Ireland to unite with Ireland now. Catholics have fairly large families and value the British welfare state, particularly its free health and education services, he said.

The demographic trends and Father Faul's statement are significant signs, said Jim Wilson, general secretary of the Ulster Unionist Party.

In 1901, 89.3 percent of the population of the 26 counties now comprising the republic were Catholics and 8.2 percent were members of the Church of Ireland (Anglican). By 1926, Catholics made up 92.6 percent of the population while Anglicans had dropped to 5.5 percent.

In 1991, Catholics were 91.6 percent and Anglicans had declined to 2.5 percent.

Presbyterians made up 1.5 percent of the population in 1901 and 0.4 percent in 1991.

A recent survey showed that the vast majority of Northern Irish Protestants said that their opposition to a united Ireland is due to fear of the role that the Catholic Church would play in the new arrangement.

The Presbyterian leaders made their comments to the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation in Dublin. The forum was established last year by the Irish government as a sounding board for the views of churches, political parties and other civic groups. The forum will then make recommendations to promote agreement and trust between Nationalists and Unionists.

Protestants often complain that the Irish Constitution and some of Ireland's laws reflect Catholic teaching far too strongly, such as a constitutional ban on divorce.

The constitution contains a territorial claim over Northern Ireland, a severe irritant for Unionists. The Irish government has said it is open to amend it to reflect the principle of consent in relation to Northern Ireland.

Despite assurances from the British government, unionists' statements express fear that the will of the majority in North-

ern Ireland may be increasingly less influential.

They also express fear that the Irish government's influence will be greatly increased under a framework document for peace in Northern Ireland drawn up by the British and Irish governments.

The document, released in February, proposes that a North-South body be set up with "delegated, executive, harmonizing and consultative functions."

British Prime Minister John Major has denied that the panel would give the Irish government joint sovereignty over Northern Ireland.

The Unionist fears date back to 1973, when the British government recognized that there was "an Irish dimension" in the search for a settlement in Northern Ireland and that the Irish government should be involved.

Irish involvement was confirmed in the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, which was

negotiated and implemented in the face of strong Unionist opposition. It established an intergovernmental conference to promote relations between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Found dead Jack Kevorkian does it again W

ASHINGTON (CNS) - A Catholic Relief Services worker was shot and killed in a violence-plagued area of northern Burundi.

Dimitri Lascaris, 32, who ran CRS's regional office in Kirundo, Burundi, was found shot in the head on a dirt road leading to a refugee camp. His vehicle was found on a main road about 10 km east of where his body was found.

Catholic Relief Services is the U.S. bishops' overseas relief and development agency. Lascans, who was ethnic Greek. was born and raised in Burundi.

Jim O'Connor, CRS country director for Burundi, told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview that Lascariss body was found by workers from the organization Doctors Without Borders.

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ETROIT (CNS) - To assist in a suicide remains "a tragic and dangerous act" no matter how many times it happens, Cardinal Adam J. Maida of Detroit said recently after Jack Kevorkian's latest action.

Kevorkian, a 66-year-old retired pathologist, was present for the May 8 death of the Rev. John Evans, a Unitarian Universalist minister who had been suffering from pulmonary fibrosis.

It was the 22nd time since 1990 that Kevorkian had been involved in such a death, and the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court on April 24 affirmed the constitutionality of Michigan's law banning physician-assisted suicide.

"It's wrong, no matter how many times it's perpetrated, no matter how many polls are published about it, no matter how many publicity events are staged to promote it," said Cardinal Maida in a statement "In Michigan, ills also against the law."

He said Pope John Paul II "says it best" in his encyclical "The Gospel of Life" when he described euthanasia "as a false mercy, and indeed, a disturbing 'perversion' of mercy."

But Cardinal Maida stressed that Catholic teaching does not support "prolonging the dying process."

"Useless and burdensome treatment can be refused," he said.

"Having said that, let there be no doubt that our society should never authorize physicians to kill ... nor should we look the other way if they do."

Burke Balch, director of medical ethics for the National Right to Life Committee, called Kevorkian's actions "tragic and deplorable."

"Since suicide is almost always a subconscious cry for help, Kevorkian's actions will be perceived by a potential suicide victim not as respect for a person's autonomy, but rather as an indication that society doesn't care whether she or he lives or dies," Balch added.

Mr. Evans, 78, had been on oxygen for about a year because of his illness. In a statement distributed by Kevorkian's lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger, Mr. Evans' wife, Jan, described her husband as a man "who had the courage to do what is right."

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Teens teaching pre-teens about chastity in life, said Eve Jackson, developer of the program for the archdiocesan Office of ARLY adolescents "need good Catholic Education. parental and peer role models to help The curriculum, presently geared to them postpone sexual involvement sixth-graders, brings teachers, parents and because the chastity message is counter- high school-age peer ministers together as cultural to the permissive media messages co-educators of early adolescents. youth receive from television, films and "Older peers add validity to the chastity music," said Eve Jackson. m essage," Ms. Jackson said, "and parental She developed a new peer-ministry input is equally important." She thinks parchastity program for adolescents called "A ents should feel encouraged to know that a Promise to Keep: God's Gift of Human Sex1983 study by the Search Institute found uality" in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

The program focuses on the importance of that most adolescents in churchgoing famrespecting oneself and others by postpon- ilies "prefer to turn to their parents for help and advice with questions about sex." ing sexual involvement until marriage.

The goals of "A Promise to Keep" are to Chastity is more than abstaining from help adolescents understand: premarital sexual involvement. By promising to be chaste, a person expresses Sexuality itself as a wonderful gift from faith in the wisdom of God as human sexu- God. ality's creator. That's the message of "A Social pressures which influence teens' Promise to Keep." sexual behaviour.

This Scripture-based program stresses Their rights in social relationships and that to help ensure a happy and healthy ways to deal with pressures through future, a young person has an important promise to keep to God, to self and to his assertive techniques and actions. or her future mate.

How to meet social and personal needs in ways other than sexual involvement.

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result in pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and emotional trauma.

That reclaimed chastity is possible for teens who are already sexually active.

"The program is based on God's promise" to bless us if we honour the commandments "and save our special gift of sexuality for marriage," Ms. Jackson said.

Doing this improves "our chances of having healthy and happy relationships, and healthy bodies.

"Chastity is a positive choice that needs to be made early in life in order to avoid many negative consequences."

St. Jude parishioners Larry and Therese Holbrook of Indianapolis said they were sceptical about the program at first because they felt chastity is a personal issue which should be dealt with in the family.

However, after Ms. Jackson discussed the curriculum with St. Jude parents, the Holbrooks said they were happy their daughter, a sixth-grader, had an opportunity to participate in "A Promise to Keep."

"This can be a more effective way for a young person to get a youth-oriented view of chastity and abstinence," Holbrook said. "Coupled with interac-

Bards and the bees Parents talk to the teenagers about sex

By Steve Heymans

IT'S NO secret that teenagers receive an education in sexuality long before having the so-called birds-and-bees chat with mum and dad. As with most things, culture is a powerful teacher.

Our culture's twofold sexual message is simple: sex education is just a matter of factual "information" about the workings of the body and its protection; and sex, with romantic love, offers human fulfillment.

That twofold message, I believe, creates a major obstacle in teaching children to live sexual lives informed by Scripture and the Christian community.

For example, our culture delivers a hard-toresist message which says that intense, romantic intimacy realized in sex promises human fulfillment. But what happens when love's initial intensity changes over time? Do I then abandon my beloved in search of new romantic intensity?

The issue between parents and teenagers regarding sex is not really between parents and teenagers. It is a clash between two different ethics about relationships.

Many teenagers subscribe to romantic notions of love, interpersonal intensity and the sex that they believe will fulfill it. Parents, on the other hand, knowing that love will grow and be transformed over time, advocate permanency, prudence and fidelity.

The question really concerns where real fulfillment is found.

In the Christian vision of things, sex contributes to a marriage's fulfillment, but sex is not in itself that fulfillment.

There is a legitimate conflict between romantic notions of love and sex, on the one hand, and Christian notions of permanency and continuity on the other.

But the Christian notion of permanency and continuity can be a tough sell to teenagers. The truth is, the mystique as well as the titillation of sex packs the box

office and gets good ratings. It's tough for parents to compete for their children's attention on this topic.

But that's precisely why Christians need to rediscover the adventure and heroism of permanency and fidelity. We need to remind ourselves and learn to talk about the mystery, challenge and adventure of covenantal relationships.

Sustaining permanency and covenant today requires nothing less than the heroism of King Arthur and the knights of the roudtable. But Christian love and heroism is quite different from the courtly romance of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere. It is the adventure and heroism of God's love for his beloved Israel.

But isn't this a bit much? Are teenagers going to listen to this?

Parents can't do it all alone. In the end, creating

for our children an ethic of continuity and covenant is an issue of character. And forming

character takes a community. Parents need the support of others who believe that the basic message about sex getting transmitted through our culture doesn't scratch the surface when it comes to allowing the young to know what love is.

Prohibiting premarital sex, in and of itself, is not enough. It is important that a parent's message to teens concerning sex also be positive.

Are we enthusiastic about faithfulness? Do our teenagers know how we feel? Do our children get the idea from us that an ongoing marriage is fulfilling - an exciting adventure?

It looks like our culture's message about sex is hard for many teens to resist.

What can we do to make our own message about love equally hard to resist? First we must talk about it with the young.

The Gospel is good news, even when it comes to sex, love and teen-agers. But children need to hear from parents that this is good news.

Let your teens hear your love

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alt is no easy victory, but it is a sweet one for all concerned.

So, parents: I invite you to listen to stories about how God communicates with people - how God gets through to them.

Let me start by saying that if parents find it difficult to communicate with teenagers, if the parents' message sometimes seems to bounce off a brick wall, well - welcome to the club!

People always have resisted anything at all that seems to clash with what they perceive as their self-interest or with what is called "conventional wisdom." Just ask God! For centuries God has tried to guide people into the path of happiness and true self-interest - and has met with stony resistance or downright rebellion.

But God's love never gave up. That love, time and time again, broke through the barriers.

God always has used human voices to get through to people. These 8 The Record, May 25 1995

By Father John J. Castelot

voices were not always heard; far from it!

After Moses led his people from slavery to freedom, a liberation that was unmistakably the work of God's love, they broke his heart. When Moses returned to the people after a colloquy with this loving God, he found them worshiping a god of their own devising - an image of the pagan fertility god, a symbol of sexual licence. So frustrated was Moses that he smashed the tablets of their covenant with the true God. Talk about frustration!

Still, God's love would not be thwarted. Eventually it won out. The victory was not quick or total, but it was lasting.

This messenger was Ezekiel. He couldn't get the people to pay any attention to him at all. But he persisted, devising all sorts of ingenious little pantomimes that so piqued the people's curiosity that they finally had

to ask him what he was trying to tell them.

It was hard, maddeningly hard, but eventually God's love melted their hearts.

Mark's Gospel portrays Jesus striving to convince his disciples of the wisdom of the cross. It was not a welcome message. The idea of the cross was contrary to the people's preconceived notions of what made for happiness. It was nonsense to them.

After several unsuccessful tries, Jesus fired a series of exasperated questions at them: "Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened?... Do you still not understand?" (Mark 8:17,21)

Centuries later another messenger tried to penetrate the people's stubborn resistance. They were once again enslaved, exiled far from home It took Jesus' own selfless acceptance of the cross to melt their resistance

because of their gross infidelity.

and their hearts. What words failed to do persistent love accomplished.

tion between parents and children,I think peer ministers stress that Christian values using high school students as peer min- give youth the freedom to have a good isters.., benefits younger students." time growing up without being burdened Acknowledging that sexuality is a diffi- with adult problems." cult topic for many parents to discuss with She said "A Promise to Keep" helps adotheir children, he said the program, aided lescents understand that what people feed by a booklet for parents, fosters healthy their minds and hearts, especially regarddialogue. ing their choices of music, television, A personal conviction that chastity is a movies, friends and recreational activities, positive value is the primary requirement will influence their decision making.

"Although it may seem difficult at the for a peer minister in "A Promise to Keep," Ms. Jackson indicated. Older teens work- time," she said, "it is much easier to change ing in pairs talk to adolescents about con- friends and attitudes than to undo the sequences of premarital sexual activity, damage done because of sexual involvesocial pressure, peer pressure, assertive- ment." ness training, AIDS and other sexually A High School student Christine Ashtransmitted diseases. more said she hopes the program will Empowering teenagers as role models is "help kids be able to say no if asked to critical to the program, Ms. Jackson said. have sex, and that they believe God is And by participating as peer ministers, the behind them in their decision not to have high school students learn tools to con- sex and is willing to forgive them if they tinue to maintain a chaste lifestyle them- have been sexually involved." selves, and also promote chastity and Classmate Nick Stewart, also a peer minreclaimed chastity among friends and ister, said he learned important informaclassmates. tion from the peer ministry training.

"We want the sixth-graders to realize "I hope the kids understand that we that in order to make the right choices they mean everything we say," Stewart said, have to start today to take charge of their "and that the advice we give them comes bodies and lives," Ms. Jackson said. "The straight from our hearts."

Here's some food for thought

By David Gibson ISING a Pi teenager whenever possible is one way par-

ents help create a context at home for constructive parent-teen conversations on important topics.

If parents feel they've been having trouble with a teenager, they may not find it easy to praise him frequently.

The practice of praising the teen is, nonetheless, a skill to work at that pays big rewards.

Of course, the praise needs to come from the heart.

• Notice any act of kindness your teenager performs. Don't take it for granted. Praise it.

• Express your pride when your teen exercises good judgment in any small or big matter.

• When your teen acts responsibly, let him know that his responsibility makes you happy.

• Praise your teen's talent at big things and little things.

When a teen is accustomed to praise, it is eas-

ier to have a conversation about a sensitive topic like sexual responsibility. Why? Because

your teen knows you look upon him as a person capable of responsibility, and judgment, and respect for others.

This doesn't guarantee a smooth parent-teen conversation. It is likely, anyway, to become an ongoing conversation.

But your conversation begins in an atmosphere of respect and confidence.

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Kimberley Catholic a fo,i.gEolucation Festival

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Every two years Catholic schools throughout Western Australia join together in a special Catholic Education Week celebration of their work. In 1995, the Catholic Education Week celebrations, instead of being centred in Perth, have their focus in the Kimberley. Over 300 students from other parts of the State, as well as dignitaries from around Australia will be travelling to Broome on 1 and 2 June to celebrate the Kimberley Catholic Education Festival. In Broome, they will be joined by students from 14 of the most isolated Catholic schools in the world - our Kimberley schools. These articles explain the significance of the Kimberley Festival and, on 1 and 2 June, we invite you all to pause a moment and spend a little time in quiet reflection and in thanking God for the long and arduous journey our priests, religious, teachers and the people of the Kimberley have had over the past century and longer...

A festival to commemorate three significant contributions...

The contribution of Bishop Jobst

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HE Most Rev John Jobst has been Bishop of the Broome Diocese since 1959.

In 1995, having reached the statutory age for retirement, he willbe handing over his responsibilities for this vast territory. His contribution to the life of the Church, and to Catholic Education in particular, over the past 36 years has been remarkable.

In the recently published history of the Catholic Church in the Kimberley, From Patrons to Partners, the author, Margaret Zucker, quoted Bishop Jobst as remarking "the Kimberley is the forgotten area of our country, it has not even the romantic notoriety of the dead heart of Australia, it has just been neglected, forgotten". That such a description does not really describe the Kimberley at the end of his Bishopric is part testimony to his own achievements.

Bishop Jobst has given new life and direction to existing places. He has decentralised the economy of the diocese and has sought to encourage greater responsibility at the local level. He saw what needed doing and did not hesitate at the daunting tasks which faced him. He succeeded in persuading the Christian Brothers, the Sisters of St John of God, and Our Lady of the Missions to staff Nulungu Catholic Secondary College, Holy Child Kindergarten and Mangarri - a facility for assisting the less favoured in the community.

A new church and presbytery werebuilt by the Bishop, and eventually a new primary school in Broome was established.

Bishop Jobst has been a tireless worker, advocate and fund-raiser for the people of the Kimberley. In 1961, he stated his objective in these words: "the Aborigines must be helped to stand on their own feet; they must regain their pride and independence; they must fully realise their responsibilities and their rightful place in our community and in the Church".

In 1995 there are many buildings and the lives of even more people that stand as testimony to the clear statement of vision and leadership provided by this most urbane of Bishops -a man who is truly "one with his people". His latest endeavour has been to see the establishment of the Broome campus of the University of Notre Dame. Education, and specifically, a "Catholic" education, is available to the people of the Kimberley from kindergarten to University.

The Kimberley Festival seeks to acknowledge the contribution Bishop Jobst has made to bringing the message and spirit of Jesus to the Kimberley. The activities of the Catholic Education Festival will provide forums where the people of the Kimberley can meet their Bishop and where, as a community, we can say thank you.

The contribution of the Pallottines

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is the 200th Anniversary of St Vincent Pallotti, the founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate - the Pallotines.

The Pallottines first came to the North West of Australia in 1901, taking the place of French Trappist priests at Beagle Bay. The Trappists had arrived in 1901 as a response to a plea from Bishop Gibney of Perth.

Missionaries were needed to alleviate the suffering of the Aboriginal people who were becoming threatened with extermination by local settlers.

As a result, the Pallottines made it policy to open their doors to all who needed and sought protection.

During World War I, Pallottine activity was restricted owing to the fact that they were Catholic Education at St Mary's School, Broome in 1956 with the St John of God Sisters. foreign nationals. More At La Grange, half a cattle station was bought to Pallottine priests and brothers came to Australia in provide meat for the community. A church was built the 1920's and 30's. One of their number, Fr Otto on the property and year after year it was graced with Raible, became the Bishop. Under the leadership of the presence of a never-ending stream of lay Bishop Raible, the Pallottines were active in missionaries. When the stream dried up, Bishop Jobst Lombadina, Beagle Bay, Broome, Derby, Balgo and La persuaded the Sisters of St John of God, to take their Grange. The Bishop often undertook the task of place, which they have done with distinction. personally visiting various towns and cattle stations Over the years he encouraged diocesan clergy to in the Kimberley, offering his company and spiritual work in his diocese as age and circumstances thinned help to those people living in such a vast land. the ranks of the Pallottine fathers. He also enthused In 1938, Bishop Raible founded the Pallottine lay missionaries to replace the Pallotine fathers.

Missionary College in Kew, Victoria, where young With the faith and educational needs of the West Australian men could be trained for mission work in Kimberley adequately covered, Bishop Jobst turned the North. his attention to the East Kimberley. He established a The activities of the Pallottines were again restricted primary school, presbytery and church in Wyndham with the coming of World War II. One of their members, and once more used his powers of persuasion to Br Richard, together with Aboriginal people from recruit the Sisters of St Joseph to missionary work in Beagle Bay, was instrumental in saving the lives of the Kimberley. After Wyndham,he went on to establish some Dutch Nationals. Their plane had been shot Catholic schools at Kununurra, Warmun,Ringer Soak, down in Carnot Bay, a little south of the mission.

Halls Creek, Balgo Hills, Billiluna and Lake Gregory.

Australian Pallottines came after the war to assist The last school to open was at Gibb River in 1991. the older members. Derby parish was founded in 1946

Bishop John Jobst with Sr Veronica Ryan, Regional Officer of the Catholic Education Office for the Kimberley.

and La Grange in 1955.

Throughout their time in the Kimberley, the Pallottines have been co-workers with members of other religious orders and particularly the Sisters of St John of God. Today, the work begun by the Pallottines has been largely taken over by diocesan priests, members of other religious orders and the Catholic Education Office. They are still represented in the Kimberley by five priests, including Bishop Jobst.

The contribution of the St lohn of God Sisters

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contribution of the Sisters of St John of God to the health, education and well-being of Australians over one hundred years has been extraordinary. The story of their missionary work in the Kimberley stands as a particular testament to the challenge responded to by religious throughout Australia.

From 1907, when their work in the Kimberley first began, until today, theirs is a story of achievements and setbacks, of wins and losses despite incredible difficulties and challenges.

Within five years of their coming to Broome, the Japanese were erecting a monument to one of their number who had succumbed to typhoid whilst nursing stricken seamen.

Beagle Bay, Broome, Lombadina, Derby, Balgo, Bidyadanga (La Grange), are places that have been supported through their presence. Schools, orphanages, leprosaria, hospitals, services to the sick, and child health have witnessed their skill and devotion. Art centres, catechist training programs, teacher training schemes, a spirituality centre, pastoral associate formation, even a hearing impairment program have been sponsored by them. Today, the St John of God Sisters are one of the foundation forces in the establishment of the Broome Campus of the University of Notre Dame Australia. Wherever need has called in the Kimberley it is possible to find some form of response from this dedicated community of women leaders in service.

For much of the twentieth century, the Sisters of St John of God, along with the Pallottine Fathers and Brothers, have formed the backbone of the Catholic Church in the Kimberley. Many individuals and groups- particularly the Pallottines - have been deeply grateful for their kindness,hospitality and cheerfulness in the often arduous and lonely work characteristic of the Kimberley. Their life of prayer and service has been an inspiration that we can all benefit from reflecting upon.

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The Catholic schools in the Kimberley...

There are 13 Catholic schools spread throughout the Kimberley catering to over 1,650 students.

All of the schools have a majority of Aboriginal students in their population and half of the schools have a 100% Aboriginal population. In addition to the schools, there is an Adult Education and Training Centre at Lake Gregory.

Our schools are staffed by approximately 185 teachers and Aboriginal Teaching Assistants.

WYNDHAM St Josephs School Increasingly, students are being trained in both the indigenous tribal „.". KUNUNURRA .•' St Josephs languages and in English. An innovative educational program called School FELIKS — Fostering English Language in Kimberley Schools — has &BB RIVER ...-• _ Wanalirri Catholic School been developed in Catholic schools LCMBADINA and is now being implemented in Diarinopn Lombadina Catholic Schoo WARMUN government schools and in other parts BEAGLE BAY Ngalangangpurn 7 Sacred Heart School Catholic School,' of the nation.

FELIKS is one of a number of educational programs which uses the home language of Aboriginal students DERBY to promote the acquisition of Standard Australian Holy Rosary School English.

• RED HILL BROOME HALLS CREEK.' Warlawurri, Catholic ail Through its own professional development St Mary s College •. initiatives, and in conjunction with the FITZROY CROSSING .University of Notre Dame Australia, the Catholic Education Commission is encouraging of Aboriginal people undertaking tertiary RINGER SOAK Bala Ngawlytwu training programs to become teachers or Catholic School teaching assistants.

V Balgo - Luurnpa Catholic School rhe school unofficially operated as a mission school from 1954 and

became an official State School in 1957. In 1983, at the request of the Aboriginal community, the school changed to the Catholic system. The school serves the Wirrumanu Aboriginal Community. Education is also provided to Yagga Yagga, a neighbouring outstation. There are 90 primary students and 20 secondary students. The school has a 100% Aboriginal student population. A bilingual program is active in Kukatja and English and the school supports an adjoining pre-school. The school is staffed by De La Salle Brothers and Sisters of Mercy as well as Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal lay teachers and teaching assistants.

The principal is Br Leo Scollen.

Beagle Bay - Sacred Heart School This was the tirst school in the Broome Diocese. It was founded in 1907.

The school serves 134 primary and secondary students in Years Ito 10.

98% of the students are Aboriginal. The students come from the Beagle Bay Aboriginal community as well as Nyul Nyul, Bodieding, Red Soil and other newly emerging communities. The school is staffed by Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions as well as Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal lay teachers and teaching assistants. The principal is Mrs Diane Noonan.

Billiluna - Kururrungku Catholic School The school, which began in a tin shed in 1979, now provides education programs and training for preschoolers, Years 1-10 and adults. -There are 80 students all of whom are Aboriginal. The school runs a Walmajarri language maintenance program. It is located on Billiluna Station and serves the Mindibungu Aboriginal Community. An Adult Centre (funded jointly by the CEO and the WA Dept of Training) run training programs for the community. The school is staffed by Sisters Mercy as well as Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal lay teachers and teaching assistants. The principal is Sr Janet Lowe.

Broome - St Mary's College St Mary's College has a long history from the establishment of the original mission school in 1908. The St John of God Sisters, Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, the Christian Brothers and the Loreto Sisters all have close connections with this school. In 1995, St Mary's College was formed from the amalgamation of St Mary's School, Nulungu Catholic College and the Holy Child Kindergarten. The school serves a culturally diverse student population of 121 secondary students and 371 primary students. The Principal of the College is Br Kevin Ryan cfc and Mr Peter Baldry is Head of the Primary campus.

Derby - Holy Rosary School The St John of God Sisters established Holy Rosary School in 1954 but today the religious presence in the school is maintained by the De La Salle Brothers. The school has an 85% Aboriginal student population. In total there are approximately 180 students from Pre-primary to Year 7.

In recent weeks, Bishop Jobst was present to bless the new pre-primary buildings which were officially opened by Sr Joan Buckham, Deputy Director of Catholic Education. The school has also played an important part over recent years in the development of a number of innovative educational packages utilising Aboriginal culture and language. The principal of the school is Mr Tony Treacy.

BILIll UNA• K wurronikii Catholic School

Gibb River - Wanalirri Catholic School The people of Gibb River have a long association with the Catholic Church but the Wanalirri Catholic School was only established in 1991 to serve the newlyemerging community which is presently involved in excising land from the Gibb River Station. The school moved into its new building and the community moved into new housing at the beginning of 1993. The school has 22 students all of whom are Aboriginal. Two Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions staff the school assisted by a number of part time Aboriginal Teaching Assistants and visiting specialists. The principal is Sr Margaret Scott.

Kununurra - St Joseph's School The school was established in 1966 when Bishop Jobst persuaded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart to staff this parish school. It presently has a 70% Aboriginal student population in Years 1 to 7. In total there are 215 students. The school is still staffed by Sisters St Joseph of the Sacred Heart as well as Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal lay teachers and teaching assistants.

The principal is Sr Margaret Keane.

Lake Gregory - John Pujajangka-Piyirn Catholic School Established in 1979, the John Pujajangka-Piyirn Catholic School serves the Mulan Community at Lake Gregory. There are 70 primary and secondary students in years 1 to 10 and they are all Aboriginal. The school has grown from a pre-school opened by the Sisters of Mercy in 1979. The school is now staffed by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal lay teachers and teaching assistants. The teaching program includes instruction in Walmajarri to maintain the local Aboriginal language. The principal of the school is Mrs Eleanor Watson.

Lombadina - Djarindjin Lombadina Catholic School The Lombadina Mission School was established in 1913. The Djarindjin Lombadina Catholic School began in 1989 to serve the Djarindjin and Lombadina Aboriginal Communities. The schools runs a Bardi (local language) Renewal Program. There are 60 students from primary to Year 10 all of whom are Aboriginal. There are currently approximately 19 secondary students and adult education is being incorporated into secondary classes.

The school is staffed by the Loreto Sisters as well as Aboriginal and nonAboriginal lay teachers and teaching assistants. The principal is Sr Francine Roberts.

Red Hill - Warlawurru Catholic School This school was established in 1987 to serve the Lunja Aboriginal Community.

It also serves the Nicholson Community and people from the Garden area.

It presently has 30 students all of whom are Aboriginal. The local Aboriginal language, Jaru, is taught and cultural excursions conducted with the Lunja Aboriginal Community members. Warlawurru is the local word for the eagle - a bird which is very significant in Jaru culture. The school is staffed

by Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart as well as Aboriginal and nonAboriginal lay teachers and teaching assistants. The principal is Sr Nellie Versluvs.

Ringer Soak - Birlirr Ngawiyiwu Catholic School This school at Yaruman (Ringer Soak) was established in 1986 to serve the Kundat Djaru Aboriginal Community. The Kundat Djaru people have a

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N Thursday, 1 June, the Kimberley Catholic Education Festival will commence in the morning with an Opening and Blessing Ceremony in the Gardens of the Broome Civic Centre. This ceremony will feature a multicultural welcome from the people of Broome, music by the Festival Choir, a parade of School Banners, a Kimberley Schools' Historical Presentation as well as the Blessing Ceremony.

At the conclusion of the Opening and Blessing Ceremony, students will participate in the Kimberley Cultural Fiesta - a series of workshops that will take place in Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral grounds and in the Civic Centre Gardens.

Later in the afternoon four separate art exhibitions will be officially opened. Each of these

• YAGGA YAGGA

close association with the Catholic Church. The school began in a bower shed but today is housed in a modern and well-equipped building. The school caters for the primary years and has a student population of 29 all of whom are Aboriginal. A unique focus of the teaching program is the bilingual Jaru and English program where children and adults learn together. The school is staffed by Sistc- of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart as well as Aboriginal and non Aboriginal lay teachers and teaching assistants. The principal is Sr Alma Cabassi.

Warmun - Ngalangangpum School This school also began in a bower shed to serve the Warmun Aboriginal community adjacent to Turkey Creek. It is now housed in impressive modern buildings and caters for 138 pre-primary, primary and secondary students. The student population is 100% Aboriginal. The local community plays an active part in the life of the school and in particular in daily language programs in the K ;Li tongue. Cultural excursions are an important part of the sch, program. The school is staffed by Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart as well as Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal lay teachers and teaching assistants. The principal is Sr Denise Casey.

Wyndham - St Joseph's School This was one of the first new schools established by Bishop Jobst. It began in 1963 when he persuaded the Sisters of St Joseph to come to the Kimberley. The school has a 90% Aboriginal student population. In total there are 86 students from Pre-primary to Year 7. The school has a very strong community involvement and excellent support from the local community. The school is staffed by Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart as well as Aboriginal and nonAboriginal lay teachers and teaching assistants. The principal is Kathryn O'Callaghan.

Wirrumanu Adult Education and Training Centre The Wirrumanu Adult Education and Training Centre in Balgo was established at the request of the Balgo people in 1983. It is housed in the old mission dining room and offers a range of courses including TAFE Aboriginal Access Courses,health worker education and teacher education. Formal teacher education began in 1992 with 8 students enrolling in the Remote Area Teacher Education program. Six of those students have graduated from Stage One ot that course an they are now enrolled in the Off-Campus Teacher Education Program which is being offered through the Kimberle Centre - the Broome Campus of the University of Notre Dame Australia. Sr Alice Dempsey is the administrator of the Wirrumanu Centre.

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The Festival Program...

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exhibitions explores different themes being commemorated by the festival and are being staged in different parts of Broome. At night, visitors to the Festival will attend an evening of Music and Dance "Under The Stars" provided by Kimberley Catholic Schools and Broome entertainers.

The second day of the Festival will be largely thrown open to a series of tabloid activities incorporating sport, art, library, music and games.

Visitors to the festival will be hosted in these activities by the staff and students of St Mary's College.

The daytime activities will conclude with a Solemn Procession from Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral to a Celebration of the Eucharist in the Civic Centre Gardens.

In the evening, Festival participants will wind-down at a traditional Broome mardi gras with entertainment by local musicians.

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TOMORROW TODAY

Convention reunion UNG people who attended the Solid Ground convention in January came together on May 5 at the Cathedral parish hall to catch up with friends, listen to the convention band and hear news of future including events, youth rallies, which will be held later this year.

CONVENTION '96 COMPETITION January 14-20, 1996 \ Vin a free registration to the 1996 Catholic Youth Convention.

Pictured top right are: Mauve Kenny, Lisa Dykstra, Father Paul Fogarty, Kylie Hughes and Amanda Platt.

Just name the convention and send us your logo design for the T Shirt by May 31.

Right: It's all smiles as Natasha Bond, Marcus Passover, Adam Phillips and Paddy Delvin catch up with each other.

Logo can be a maximum of six colours on a single coloured T Shirt.

DianeIla Antiochers Recruiting weekend

You can share the prize with a group of friends or just enter by yourself.

Send your entries to:

CONVENTION NAME COMPETITION

The DianeIla Antioch held a recruiting weekend from May 5 to 7 supported and guided by parishioners George and Linda Massrtinskis (see picture on right).

PO Box 141 North Perth WA 6006 For more information call 328 9622

Focolare youth to meet in Rome

By Gandy Wooden ROME (CNS) - Some 14,000 young people from 104 countries gathered in Rome last weekend at a meeting designed to show their desire for peace and unity is stronger than their cultural differences.

Unity is not "a utopia, but a call, a responsibility based on the mystery of Christ and his prayer to the Father" that the world be one, Pope John Paul II told the young people in a videotaped message.

Genfest '95, a gathering sponsored by Youth for a United World, part of the Focolare Movement, included discussions, talks, prayer, reflection and lots of music.

"It is important that young people, while belonging to different cultures and traditions, form a great pilgrimage on the roads of the world, a pilgrimage of peace and reconciliation," the Pope said.

Members of Youth for a United World include Catholics, other Christians, members of other religious groups and those with no religious affiliation. The group is the youth branch of the Focolare

Movement, started by a young Catholic woman, Chiara Lubich, and her friends in Italy during World War II to rebuild a sense of community based on Gospel values and to promote reconciliation.

Among the 130 participants from the United States at the Genfest was a group of 35 young people who chose a Gospel song and an original rap piece to represent the beliefs and concerns of their peers at home.

"The rap talks about the U.S. as a country founded on the dream of freedom and how that is derailed by poverty and violence," said 25 -year old Michelle Sopala, one of the performers.

The song's message is that by turning to God and loving one another the dream of freedom. peace and unity can become a reality.

Ms Sopala, who is originally from Chicago, now lives at Mariapolis Luminosa, a Focolare community north of New York. and works at a small chocolate factory which is part of the Focolare Movement's "Economy of Sharing." Participating businesses share a percentage of their profits with the poor.

Catholic Youth Formation Centre

EAGLE'S NEST 1406 O'Brien Road Gidgegannup Set in 17 hectares of natural bush adjoining Walyunga National Park and just 45 minutes from the city, Eagle's Nest can take groups of up to 55 in perfect surroundings for youth retreats, Christian living camps or other youth formation programs. Prior ity is given to Catholic parish youth groups, schools and other church youth organisations.

THE FOLLOWING DATES ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR 1995 (Dates in bold indicate a weekend) 29-June 1 May 5-6, 7-8, 9-11, 26-29 June 2-7, 22-23, 31-Aug 3 July August 6-8, 14-17, 30-31 September 10-11, 15-17, 18-22, 25-29, 30-Oct 1 October 2-6, 7-8, 9-13, 16-20, 23-26, 30-Nov 3 November 6-9, 12-17, 18-19, 20-24, 25-26, 27-Dec 1 December 11-15, 16-17, 18-22 For Bookings and Enquiries, phone Eagle's Nest direct on 574 7030 The Record, May 25 1995

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Southern Cross Homes Launch

Pictured here are Director of the Li Goody Bioethics Centre, Father Wafter Black who was a Presenter with Board Member of Southern Cross Homes, Mrs Margaret Hubery at their recent Mission and Values Launch held at their Resident's Centre at the Thomas Perron Village in Rossmoyne.

CAG students' Rwanda gift is true Christianity

There are some pretty terrific unselfish young people in Australia and that was brought home recently when students at the Catholic Agricultural College, Bindoon, worked hard and raised money during their College shearing time.

Cut off wool pieces were collected, cleaned, baled and sold for $300 by the students who are given hands on experience in the shearing process, as part of their Agricultural Certificate course.

Now instead of using the money for equipment the students themselves needed, they unselfishly donated it to alleviate suffering in Rwanda - showing true Christianity in action.

Last month Head boy and girl Raymond Dessert and Kristie Cooper handed over the cheque to John McGinnitty of World Vision.

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Cathedral investiture for KHS knights and dames

Pictured above with Archbishop Hickey after their recent investiture into the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in the Lieutenancy of Australia - Western, were (left rear) Peter Dymond, Maurice Whitfield, (centre) Subhi Jabbour, Tony Fitzgerald, Mery Bond and Otto Gerfirmann, with dames (left) Bernice Bosansky and Collette Wiltshire.

This annual event is associated with much ceremony and, later, celebrations - which took place at the Hyatt hotel for Sunday luncheon involving a good representation of the 60 knights and dames in WA.

A day to remember!

S choenstatt religious education student 8 yo James Piggott with his 40 other Armadale RE classmates, will never forget their retreat day when they went on pilgrimage to the 'big church' St Mary's Cathedral where they were given a personal tour by A rchbishop Hickey.

Here James is showing Archbishop Hickey his beautiful First Holy Communion candle in which have been inserted gems by the Carmelites, his parents, and A rchbishop Hickey, in preparation for his First Holy Communion.

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Pictured above ready to cut the celebration cake at St Mary's, Bruce Rock, recently, were (left) Pastoral Councilor Margaret Foss, coordinator Judy Tomljanovich, assistant coordinator Margaret McCarthy and PP Father Chris Kowalczyk SOS. Former La Salle teacher, Franciscan Brother Stewart (guardian of the Midland Friary), watches as long time former member of the La Salle board, PP Father Laurence Murphy of Woodvale kisses veteran Asst Deputy Principal Mrs Anne Fox who may be physically affected by MSC - but remains one superb teacher!

Reason for celebration? - the launch of Mary Care, the pastoral care program specifically designed to cover the gaps in the already existing town services - and it's superbly 'tailor made' for country needs!

A Taste of Ireland!

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EOLTOIRI Maghlocha - the world's most accomplished troupe of Irish musicians, singers, dancers and storytellers are invited to WA by the Irish Club and will be performing A Taste of Ireland at the Octagon Theatre at the University of WA on August 11 and 12.

Tickets at $30 are selling fast, and obtainable through Irish Club coordinators Lena and Paddy Costello on 381-4427.

Ten years ago, this merry band of 30 students and teachers from Galway were hailed as excellent by Adelaide's Catholic Southern Cross newspaper and have been brought back by popular demand.

The majority of the performers are champions in their field and will be starting their sixth world tour in Perth, during their summer vacation months of August and September.

The Irish are music, dance, song and story telling, fun loving folk who will bring to the rest of the world their particular brand of clean, wholesome and delightful entertainment which has been part of their history formed in the wee cottages of Ireland for centuries.

In their Taste of Ireland extravaganza of Irish traditional music, ceili dancing, folk singing, humour and story telling, others will get a chance to experience what the Irish have enjoyed for generations.

La Salle chaplain Father John Giles Duigan showing the beautiful new chapel to an impressed principal Pat Rodrigues, former past principal Clem Mulcahy (now of Lumen Christi), board chairman Kevin Smith, and Brother Kevin Moloney FSC, provincial of the De La Salle Brothers who founded La Salle College in 1954.

ITIHREE impressive new extensions have been added to La Salle College and were officially blessed and opened earlier this month.

The truly beautiful chapel is named after St John Baptist De La Salle because of his order's original founding of the College; the performing arts auditorium adjacent is named after Father Nicolas Barre - founder of the Order of the Sisters of the Holy Infant Jesus whose sisters taught with other orders, at La Salle College; and the aquatic centre is named after Brother Matthew Kennedy - a La Salle Brother and former principal.

Worth mentioning are the $10,000 beautiful stained glass chapel windows, the money for which was raised by La Salle students through their own efforts.

Altogether a versatile and beautiful extension package!

WASO Great Classics I IIHE WEST Australian Symphony Orchestra with Principal Guest Conductor, Vladimir Verbitsky, present two outstanding and exciting concerts at the Perth Concert Hall at 7.30 pm on June 2 and 3.

Showcased will be Orff's Carmina Burana - thudding, barbaric rythms pounded out by an enormous percussion section in a musical setting of 13th century poems extolling the joys of gambling, love and wine.

Then Schumann's Piano Concerto written while ardently in love with his wife, Clara. This exquisite concerto takes you on a journey into the great German

master's poetic and passionate soul.

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra first performed Carmina Burana in Winthrop Hall at the University of Western Australia in 1968 under the baton of conductor Sir Frank Callaway with soloists Molly McGurk, Malcolm Potter, Bruce Martin and the UWA Choral Society.

A pre concert talk sponsored by Wesfarmers will be presented each night by Andrea Stimson at 6.45 pm in the Terrace Foyer.

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TO ALL INTENDING PILGRIMS...

Especially those of you planning your first ever overseas pilgrimage

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EDUCATION FOR UFE The theme of the Parents and Friends' Federation Conference and 41st AGM June 3-4 at lona Presentation College. The conference dinner June 3 atRoyal Perth Yacht Club, Crawley.

Prof Les Marchant will speak on Preparing Youth for Life and Employment, Edward O'ConnorSmith (tutor videos) will speak on Maths and English Made Easy, Miahael Tunnecliffe (clinical psychologist) will speakon Conflict Management - the use of Mediation and Conciliation.

Rhodes scholar Tanya Aplin will speak on Education for Life The Role of School, Family and Technology while Supercamp director Greg Nunn will speak on Building Self-worth in Students, Teachers and Parents.

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MASS 7pm Sunday June 11th Celebrant: Fr. Michael Brown OEM The evening will consist of: Praise & Worship, Holy Mass & Healing Prayer.

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DAY OF SANCTUARY For women who care for a person with a disability. An opportunity to relax and experience renewal both physically and spritually. The day will be led by Sr. Paula Quinn and Mrs. Jenny Gardner at the Presentation Retreat Home, 6 Reserve Street, Claremont, on Thursday 15th June, 9.15am-3pm. Cost: $15 (morning/afternoon tea and lunch provided). For further details and to register phone Jenny Gardner on 474 3303.

HOLY HOUR Divine Mercy Apostolate annouce a Holy Hour at John Paul Church Willetton each Wednesday, 11am to 12 noon with prayers to the Divine Mercy and Our Lady. Al l welcome.

Enquiries: 457 7771.

RETROUVAILLE A rediscovery self-help communication programme for troubled marriages: starts June 16, live-in weekend foillowed by six support sessions. For confidential enquiriesandregistration ph. 242 4423.

wFPKEND RETREAT Th dorla Centre will be ha' fullness of life retreat at : Iguin Road, Safety Bay, fror dle 16 to 18. Cost S75.

It w oe a weekend meditation, rituals, relaxation, chant, dance and lots of sharing. For more information ring Pat Toohey on 451 7229.

Archdiocesan Calendar

CONVERSION TALK Carver Alan Ames will talk at Girrawheen church on May (not June) 28 at 2.30pm on his coming back to the Catholic Church.

Further information: Russel 274 6018, George 275 6608.

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REUNION Beginning Experience 10th A nniversary reunion Mass and afternoon tea on Sunday May 21 and anniversary dinner on Saturday May 27. For further information phone Jenny on 221 1549 or 447 3795.

BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE Annointing of the sick during Mass for the 8th anniversary of the dedication of the church, Virgin Mary Mother of the Church, 36 Chittering Road, Bullsbrook, June 5 at 11 a.m.

For further enquiries call 444 2285 or 447 3292.

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HEAUNG MASS Apostles of Christ Prayer Group, Willetton, will hold Charismatic Healing Mass with anointing of the sick on June 2, at 7.30pm at the St John & Paul Catholic Church, Pinetree Gully Road, Willetton (Praise & worship starts at 7pm). There will be fellowship and refreshments. All are welcome! For more information ring John Ackland on 5373390.

HEAUNG RETREAT A Healing Life's Journey Retreat will be held at Presentation Prayer House, 6 Revenue St, Claremont, to deal with last hopes and dreams as well as hurtful experience. The retreat is a prayer experience, silent with daily input and daily individual accompaniment June 22, 8pm to June 30, 9am. Enquiries Sr Paula Quinn. Telephone 384 2979.

DIVINE MERCY At St Mary's Cathedral on June 4. Programme: Rosary, Divine Mercy prayers, benediction.

Sermon by Fr J. Kelly on Divine Mercy. A film on the beatification of St Faustina in the Vatican will also be shown. For more information ring Adam 448 0002 or Stephonie (098) 422193.

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LECTURE The Chesterton Memorial Lecture sponsored jointly by the G.K. Chesterton Society of WA and Notre Dame University.

Monday May 29 at 7:30pm at Notre Dame University, 19 Mouat Street, Fremantle. Guest speaker Karl G. Schmude of the University of New England, Armidale. Society members free. General public welcome, admission S.5.

May 18/5 4/6 Ukraine, Delegation of Australian Bishops Archbishop Hickey 24 Mass for Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians, St Mary's Cathedral — Bishop Healy 28 Mass and Procession, Our Lady Help of Christians — Bishop Healy 30 Croatian Statehood Day - Fr Cabraja June 1 - 2 Diocese of Broome, Education Festival - Bishop Healy Celebration Mass, 150th 4 Anniversary of the Catholic Church in WA, St Mary's Cathedral - Archbishop Hickey

FOUNDATION PRINCIPAL

Dunsborough Catholic Primary School Dunsborough Catholic Primary School will commence operation in 1996 catering for approximately 75 children from Pre-primary to Year 3. Multi-age grouping will be a feature from Pre-primary to Year 2 and the building is being planned to cater for this educational initiative.

The Foundation Principal will have had previous Principal experience and a broad exposure throughout the primary grades which will enable him/her to undertake the development and leadership of this new school. Ideally, the applicant will have knowledge of, and studies in, contemporary trends in primary education.

The successful applicant will take up the position in Term 4, 1995.

PRINCIPAL

Whitford Catholic Primary School Whitford Catholic Primary School is a well-established coeducational two stream primary school community that prides itsetf on its excellence in developing the total child.

There is close co-operation with the parish, and parents are actively involved in the school.

The First Steps program is nearing completion and computer network facilities have recently been upgraded. The school has a strong representation in both inter-school and community sport.

The successful applicant will take up the position at the beginning of 1996.

Applicants will be actively involved in the Catholic Church and be experienced educators committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education.

They will have the requisite theological, pastoral and managerial competencies together with an appropriate four year minimum tertiary qualification and will have, or be prepared to complete, appropriate Accreditation requirements Further information and official application forms are available from Sr Clare Rafferty, Consultant, School Personnel team, Phone:(09) 388 4268.

Official application forms should be addressed to The Director, Catholic Education Office of WA, PO Box 198, Leederville WA 6903, and received by Monday, May 29, 1995.

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