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Cathedral Dean honoured as Monsignor By Peter Rosengren Pope John Paul 11 has made Dean Thomas McDonald, the Dean of St Mary's Cathedral in Perth, a Prelate of Honour. He will use the title 'Monsignor.' Archbishop Barry Hickey told Mgr McDonald of the honour last 'ffiesday afternoon. The Archbishop, who had requested the honour for the Cathedral Administrator, told The Record afterwards he was delighted the Holy Father "had seen fit to create Monsignor McDonald a Prelate of Honour." it is a recognition of his personal worth and his important role as Dean of St Mary's Cathedral.' The awarding of the title now meant that he, the Archbishop, was no longer parish priest of St Mary's parish. "He takes my place as Parish Priest of the Archbishop Hickey congratulates Mgr Cathedral parish and representative on various official occasions, both religious and McDonald at the Cathedral presbytery.

civic," he said. "He is responsible for car- it is an honour for the Cathedral church rying through one of the most important and the Cathedral parish and for its clergy and difficult assignments of recent years, and staff," Mgr McDonald said. the completion of St Mary's Cathedral.Iam it recognises the Cathedral's position as sure Monsignor McDonald will carry his the 'mother church' of the Archdiocese and focuses on some of the many important honour with great distinction," he said. The new monsignor was taken complete- events in the life of the Church in the Archdiocese of Perth." ly unawares by the Pope's decision. Mgr McDonald was born on 4 September, "I'm very, very, surprised," he told The Record "I had no idea that the Archbishop 1949 in Collie and educated at Christ the was thinking along these lines, and when King School in Beaconsfield and Christian he informed me today I was almost speech- Brothers' College in Fremantle. He studied at St Charles' Seminary in less." "But I consider it a great honour, not for Guildford and St Francis Xavier Seminary me personally but for the Cathedral arid In Adelaide. Archbishop Goody ordained the position of the Dean of the Cathedral, Mgr McDonald to the priesthood on 6 Sepespecially. andIalso think that perhaps the tember, 1975, and he has served in the title conferred upon me is appropriate for parishes of Scarborough, Mirrabooka. the parish, especially in this year of the Northam and Bentley. This year will be his 25th anniversary of Great Jubilee." The title of Prelate of Honour of His Holi- ordination to the priesthood. This conferral ness is a title conferred by the Pope him- of the dignity of monsignor brings the number of monsignors among clergy in Perth to self at the request of the local Bishop. "In the case of the Dean of the Cathedral five.

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By Glynnis Grainger

Four thousand Catholic teachers and other school staff gathered in Challenge Stadium last Tuesday to begin the new school year with a celebration of Mass for the Great jubilee 2000. Archbishop Barry Hickey reminded the historic gathering their teaching vocation was a noble one that was "to be lived and carried out under that covenant that exists between ourselves and God." It was a "call from God to offer our children high quality education in the context of our Faith." There was hardly another group in the Church with such power for influencing young people as teachers, Archbishop Hickey told the Jubilee celebration in Mt Claremont. "Parents, priests and Church authorities are all with you in your efforts to do the best for our children," he said. It was the first time so many teachers in the archdiocese, and staff of the Catholic Education Office and the Catholic Institute, had met as a group for Mass. Seventy priests from the Archdiocese concelebrated the Mass with Archbishop Hickey, Bishop Robert Healy, Monsignor Michael Keating and Catholic Education Office religious education director Father Gerard Holohan. CEO director Therese Temby welcomed and farewelled the mass gathering.

Some of the 4,000 teachers and staff at Challenge Stadium last Tuesday. "We respect and honour the unique vocation you have to instruct and form our young ones on behalf of the Church and society," Archbishop Hickey told the teachers. He thanked the teachers on behalf of Bishop Healy and himself "for the warm welcome you always give us when we visit the schools, usually on the occasion of a parish visitation." Archbishop Hickey said the whole Christian world was celebrating the year 2000 as a special holy year of remembrance, recalling the coming of Christ into the world 2000 years ago. "Let us then fully participate in this Year of Jubilee," he told the packed stadium,

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"and proclaim the liberty that flows from seeking to place ourselves and the whole world under the loving reign of God, to proclaim that Jesus is Lord." Archbishop Hickey reminded the teachers that "Our relationship with God is called, in biblical terms, a covenant - a solemn agreement, a solemn pact." —This year of Jubilee is about honouring the terms of that covenant," he said, which was both personal and communal. "We are asked to renew our commitment to the New Covenant this year by entering fully into the spirit of jubilee, seeking to forgive those who have hurt us, being reconciled to one another as brothers and sisters, restoring Justice to the world,

Archbishop Hickey preaches to the teachers before a magnificent backdrop symbolising the work of the Holy Spirit.

especially to the little world we live in each day. "(We should) acknowledge our utter dependence on God, to love him with all our hearts, with all our soul and with all our strength, and to love our neighbour as ourselves." Continued on Page 11

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Iife issues are again in the of embryos for genetic defects be news. This time the fate of conducted at any stage of develhuman beings in the opment. embryo stage is at stake. Obviously the destruction of the As we know, a human embryo is embryo would almost always fola human being at an early stage low should genetic conditions be of development. discovered. Its life is sacrosanct. We cannot accept this attack on Up till now we have had laws in human life. Western Australia to protect It is wrong in itself because limohuman embryos through the first cent human life cannot be taken, twenty hours of life. no matter what the stage of its Scientists may not conduct development. experiments on these tiny human In addition, such action is clearbeings that would result in their ly discriminatory of human destruction. beings with disabilities. Following on from the Report of The function of law regarding the Select Committee on the unborn human life is to protect Human Reproductive Technolo- life, not terminate it. gy Act, the Minister for Health is When the Western Australian proposing that diagnostic testing abortion legislation was hotly

debated in 1998, many of us made because their cause is just. It is a the point that in allowing abor- pity that so many in the commution in any circumstances created nity do not see anything wrong a mentality that would allow the with the destruction of human taking of human life in other cir- embryonic life. cumstances. Ihope it is only because they are That is happening now in the misinformed, but I suspect that proposals being brought before the value of human life has Parliament. already been eroded in the minds The Church must speak out of people because of easily availagainst this progressive cheapen- able abortion. ing of human life and oppose the Ihave written to the Minister for belief among certain scientists Health and the Premier outlining that they can decide who is to live the objections of the Church. and who is to die. The letter is printed below. Catholic hospitals and pro-life Let us all continue to maintain groups in the community are respect for human life in our commaintaining their pressure on munity. Government to protect the sanctiOur Faith demands that we work ty of unborn human life. together to establish a culture of I support their brave stance life, not death.

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Holy Land journey 'in spirit' The Archbishop's Letter VATICAN CITY (CNS) - In his Lenten message for the Year 2000, Pope John Paul II said that he will pray for the forgiveness and reconciliation of all humanity during his March pilgrimage to the Holy Land. "I invite all Christians to accompany me with their prayers," he said, "while I myself, on the various stages of the pilgrimage, shall ask for forgiveness and reconciliation for the sons and daughters of the Church and for all humanity." The message was released at a Vatican press conference on Thursday 27 January. The Pope said all Christians should make at least a spiritual jubilee pilgrimage to the Holy

Land because it was a special In his message the Pope said place of encounter with God. that Lent, a traditional time of "How could we fail to set out, reconciling with God, urges at least spiritually, to the land Christians "to give up their own which 2,000 years ago wit- selfishness in order to receive nessed the passage of the Lord?" the saving activity of the Holy he said. Spirit." The Pope said Lent was "a culAt the press conference, Vatiminating point" of the Jubilee's can officials said the Pope had offer of reconciliation. given $US8.9 million for chari"God offers his mercy to table projects in 1999, comwhomever is willing to accept it, even to the distant and the pared with $US7.4 million in 1998 and $US4.7 million in 1997 doubtful." he said. The largest segment of funds "This year, therefore, should become - not only for Christians in 1999 — $US4 million - went but also for all people of good to the John Paul II Sahel Founwill - a precious moment for dation, instituted in 1984 to comexperiencing the renewing bat desertification and boost power of God's forgiving and clean water resources in nine reconciling love," said the Pope. African countries.

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Our Lady of Mt Cannel School is located at Mullewa in the Midwest wheat belt and wild flower region. The town is 100 krns east of Geraldton. It offers co-education to 53 Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal students from Kindergarten to Year 7. Students travel from local farms and also from within the town. Established in 1914 by the Presentation Sisters. the school has a strong traditional history of the pioneers of the area, with a focus on the cultures working together under the motto of 'Love One Another As I Have Loved You'. A commitment to literacy and learning technologies is a feature of the school, with aboriginal studies also being taught. The parents and the parish are keen participants in the faith and educational development of the students. The Mullewa community provides a variety of local activities in the agricultural, sporting. craft and tourism areas. Many of these activities culminate in the local Show which is a celebratory feature of the town. The successful applicant will take up the position at the commencement of Term 2 2000. Applicants need to be actively involved in the Catholic Church and be experienced educ.ators committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education. They will have the requisite theological, educational, pastoral and administrative competencies together with an appropriate four year minimum tertiary qualification and will have, or be prepared to complete, Accreditation requirements. The successful applicant must be able to provide the appropriate Australian Federal Police clearance. Official application forms are available from Errol Thomson on (08) 9212 9377. For further information contact Sr Clare Rafferty, Consultant. Leadership Team, on (08) 9212 9268. Official application forms should be addressed to The Director, Catholic Education Office of WA. PO Box 198, Leederville WA 6903 and be lodged no later than Wednesday 16 February 2000. Website: http://www.ceowa.perth.catholic.edu.au Catholic schools are smoke-free work places.

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ST LUKE'S COLLEGE, ICARRATHA St Luke's is a Catholic coeducational secondary College catering for approximately 300 students in Years 8 to 12. Students from Roebourne, Wickham, Dampier and Point Samson are also enrolled at the College which provides quality facilities. The College was established in 1987. Karratha is situated in the Pilbara region of WA some 1535 kms north of Perth. The area

boasts many enticing contrasts and natural wonders, making it one of the great undiscovered destinations. The College aims to provide an environment that assists parents in the growth and development of their children by imparting Christian values based on the teachings of Jesus. An extensive range of TEE subjects are offered and the College enjoys a high profile in the community. The successful applicant will take up the position at the commencement of Term 2 2000. Applicants need to 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, educational, pastoral and administrative competencies together with an appropriate four year minimum tertiary qualification and will have, or be prepared to complete, Accreditation requirements. The successful applicant must be able to provide the appropriate Australian Federal Police clearance.

1 February 2000 Mr John Day Minister for Health 13th Floor Dumas House 21 Havelock Street WEST PERTH WA 6005

embryos are produced -in vitro", few of which are subsequently allowed to develop in the womb. lb discard an embryo because of a diagnosed embryo defect is to discriminate against human beings with disabilities. Whether as an embryo or after birth, human beings with disabiliDear Mr Day I am writing to express my deep ties should have the same rights to concerns about your proposals on live and to thrive as anyone else. This issue raises crucial moral embryo screening in response to the Report of the Select Commit- questions about the right of innotee on Human Reproductive Tech- cent lives. It would indeed be a tragic decinology, April 1999. sion to regard embryos as anything Legislation at present allows diagnostic testing only if it is for less than human beings at a very early stage of life. the benefit of the embryo. I pray that the proposal not proYour proposals would allow genetic screening for the purposes ceed and that the protection given of the destruction or discarding of to human embryos from destructive experimentation be retained. the embryo. Yours sincerely, I urge you not to proceed with such a proposal. Most Rev BIHickey It is bad enough that many Archbishop of Perth

280 years Christian service By Peter Rosengren For five Christian Brothers, all members of the Brothers' Holy Spirit Province covering Western and South Australia, the year 2000 is a Jubilee twice over. Not only is it the Jubilee Year, Ills their jubilee year as well. And in their jubilee year they have 280 years of service and membership of the Christian Brothers chalked up between them. A large crowd of friends, former students, relatives and well-wishers including Bishop Justin Bianchini of Geraldton and Archbishop Barry Hickey, turned out at Aquinas College last lbesday week for a commemorative Mass followed by speeches and refreshments. But only four of the five were present - missing was Brother Richard O'Donahue who has been working in Macau. The 1 January handover from Portuguese authorities to Chinese officials means that he is likely to leave the former colony in the near future. The large turnout made the day a red letter one for the four at Aquinas on Tuesday. Brothers Basil Hickey, John Moylan and Phil O'Loghlen all celebrated 50 years since they entered the congregation. For missing Br O'Donahue, 2000 was the 60th anniversary of his

Official application farms are available from Ms Carmen Jones on (08) 9212 9224. For further information contact Sr Clare Rafferty, Consultant, Leadership Team, on (08) 9212 9268. Official application forms should be addressed to The Director, Catholic Education Office of WA, PO Box 198, Leederville WA 8903 and be lodged no later than Tuesday 15 February 2000. Website: http://www.ceowa.perth.catholic.edu.au Catholic schools are smoke-free work places.

Standing left: Brothers Basil Hickey, John Moylan and Phil Ologhlen with Bishop Bianchini, right, and Br Bernard Murphy, seated, at the Aquinas College celebration.

entry into the Brothers. But for Br Bernard Murphy it was even more of a highlight. Of all the Brothers celebrating jubilees his was the one most associated with longevity - 70 years. Later, Bishop Bianchini was happy to pose with the four jubilarians when The Record caught up with them in a particularly happy moment of achievement.

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Pope clears way for John XXIII's beatification By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II, recognising as miraculous a healing of an Italian nun, cleared the way for the beatification of Pope John XXIII. Sister Caterina Capitani, a member of the Daughters of Charity, attended the 27 January Vatican session at which the pope recognised her healing as a miracle attributed to the intervention of Pope John. The decree clears the way for the beatification of Pope John, who served as pontiff from 1958

By Peter Rosengren The archdiocesan seminary in Guildford finished 1999 with 21 seminarians but will have a total of 23 studying there this year. This will mean that, with only one quarter of the population of major Australian archdioceses such as Sydney and Melbourne, Perth for another year has a much higher proportion of students, per head of population, studying for the priesthood. St Charles' Seminary rector Father Tim Corcoran last week thanked the Catholics of Perth who have prayed for vocations. He cAlled for more people to join in prayer for priestly vocations and for those already studying in the seminary, and its staff. "I'm very grateful to all the people praying for vocations for the Archdiocese - and we do know

many people are praying for them," he told The Record last Thursday. Fr Corcoran said that among the new students at the seminary will be four from Sri Lanka who will study for the priesthood for the Diocese of Bunbury The Sri Lankans have come to Australia through contact between Bishop Peter Quinn of Bunbury and Church officials in Sri Lanka, he said. Fr Corcoran said that of 1999's 21 students, two had been ordained priests and one as a deacon. Four students had chosen to leave the seminary at the end of the year, he said. However, another five men living in the Perth metropolitan area had applied to enter St Charles for 2000 in addition to the four Sri Lankans. There are also three additional students, one of whom is already a deacon, studying in Rome for Perth, he said.

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Although the Vatican has not announced a date for the ceremony, officials have said 3 September is the most likely date. Another miracle occurring after the beatification would be needed before Pope John could be canonised. Sister Capitani was dying from complications following stomach surgery in 1966 when she prayed to Pope John to help save her. She said she saw the Pope smiling and heard him say, -Be calm. I am here." The nun, who is now based in Naples. told Italian media that she was healed instantaneously. Archbishop Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for Sainthood Causes, told Pope John Paul it was fitting to publish the decree in Pope John's case on the heels of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. It was Pope John who, in 1960. created the Vatican's office for promoting Christian unity, the archbishop said. -During his missions in Bulgaria and Turkey" as a Vatican

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P- • rws Pope John XXIII signs a papal bull opening Vatican Council II in 1962.

diplomat, the future Pope's personal contact with so many brothers and sisters not in full communion with the Catholic Church generated in him a categorical commitment to recovering the unity lost over the centuries." Archbishop Saraiva Martins said. Born in Sotto il Monte in 1881, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was one of 13 children. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1904. In 1925 he began serving as a Vatican diplomat, first being posted to Bulgaria. then to Greece and Turkey and, finally. to France. He was named a Cardinal and Patriarch of Venice in 1953.

Father Huynh van Nguyen has been appointed parish priest of the country parish of Corrigin-Kulin. He will take up his position on 17 February. Fr van Nguyen's appointment was one of several announced by Archbishop Barry Hickey last Tuesday. Fr Tiziano Bogoni has been appointed assistant parish priest of

Kalgoorlie-Boulder, commencing on 2 March. Fr Edward San Thein has been appointed assistant parish priest of Rockingham and will begin his role there on 17 February. From 24 February, Fr Vinh Dong will be assistant parish priest at Lockridge.

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Create jobs before tightening dole: commission By Glynnis Grainger The Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission wants the Federal Government to create more jobs rather than toughen job search requirements and penalties. Commission acting national director John Ferguson said last Monday he was concerned about the Prime Minister John Howard's Australia Day announcement tightening job search requirements. The initiatives outlined by Mr Howard and the Minister for Community Services, Mr Antho-

ny, will do little to address the overwhelming cause of unemployment - the lack of available jobs in many sections of our community," he said. "The strengthening of the mutual obligation requirements outlined in the announcement include: the requirement for the unemployed to increase the number of job applications they make each fortnight; a wider use of the dole diary by the unemployed; and, the cancellation of payments for recipients leaving part-time work, which is often precarious and poorly paid. "It is hoped that the Government's formal review of the welfare system which is to be

released in the coming months will restore the balance with genuine strategies to create jobs for regional communities, young people, the long-term unemployed and other groups who remain susceptible to the devastating consequences of unemployment." Federal Community Services Minister Larry Anthony, told The Record last Monday the Government's entire policy program was aimed at creating jobs. "Welfare policies alone do not create jobs," Mr Anthony said, "but act as a security net to help job seekers through difficult times. We are committed to mating

jobs throughout Australia with a their associated penalties on job whole-of-Government approach, seekers "absolutely" contradicted not just by tinkering in the wel- the assertion that the income supfare sector." port system acted as a passive A joint submission from the safety net. ACSWC and Catholic Health AusThe two also recommended that tralia to the Howard Governrefocussing of payments to any ment's Reference Group on Welfare Reform last December job search and labour market questioned whether work for the integration should ensure the dole is the only hope Australia social value of work undertaken had to offer "those denied their outside the labour market is rightful claim to a job and living recognised and supported. wage." The income support system The two groups submitted that, to meet the immediate needed despite the concept of mutual needs of recipients as a financial obligation between society and a social security beneficiary, the matter of entitlement and not as application of activity-test and one of charity, the joint submisadministrative requirements and sion said.

Josephites celebrate jubilees and lives of dedication Two Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart celebrated jubilees at the South Perth convent chapel on Saturday, 22 January. They are Sister Nora Mai Leane, who celebrated her 60th (diamond) jubilee and Sister Kathryn Summerfield, who celebrated her 25th (silver) jubilee. Sr Nora was born in Castleisland. County Kerry, Ireland, in 1920, came to Australia in 1939 and was professed a Sister in North Sydney in 1940. She is one of seven children four girls and three boys - and two of her sisters are also josephites, one at Safety Bay and one at South Perth. When she was a child. "a teacher friend had read bits of the life of

Kingswood, in Adelaide. In 1959 she went back to Ireland, where she taught music at Newmarket. She returned in 1967 to find that the Sisters' habits had changed "for the first time." "We changed gradually and went into white in the 1960s," she said. The Sisters had traditionally worn brown habits for many years. Sr Kathryn migrated to Australia In 1982 with her parents and three sisters from Southampton in England, where she was born 10 years Sister Nora Mai Leane Sr Kathryn earlier. Mary MacKillop to us," she said. In 1866. Sr Nora taught music at She entered the Sisters of St Mother Mary MacKillop founded many country schools in WA. Joseph congregation in 1972 and the Order with Father J.E. lenison starting at Merredin in 1940, and took her vows in Baulkham Hills, Woods in Penola. South Australia, Including Hindmarsh and Sydney, in 1975. She returned to

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PRINCIPAL ST PATRICK'S SCHOOL KATANNING St Patrick's School, established by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions in 1926. has a current enrolment of 175 students from Pre-Primary to Year 7. Katanning is a major rural centre in the region and is located 270 kms south east of Perth in the heart of the Great Southern. It has a population of 5.500 and offers outstanding facilities that include a multi-million dollar indoor recreation centre, golf courses, tennis and squash clubs and a modern aquatic centre. St Patrick's offers a comprehensive curriculum that includes a major focus in the area of language. This is complimented by more specialised programs in music, physical education and art. Recent improvements to the school's technology resources have opened new avenues to learning. Making full use of this potential together with implementation of curriculum framework philosophy are key areas of focus in the near future. The school's motto `Concern' is indicative of the major pastoral aims of the staff and their programs. A strong and supportive parent body assists in the pursuit of these goals. The successful applicant will take up the position at the commencement of Term 2 2000. Applicants need to 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, educational, pastoral and administrative competencies together with an appropriate four year minimum tertiary qualification and will have, or be prepared to complete, Accreditation requirements. The successful applicant must be able to provide the appropriate Australian Federal Police clearance. Official application forms are available from Errol Thomson on (08) 9212 9377. For further information contact Sr Clare Rafferty, Consultant, Leadership Team, on (08) 9212 9268. Officialapplication forms should be addressed to The Director, Catholic Education Office of WA, PO Box 198, Leederville WA 8903 and be lodged no later than Wednesday 16 February 2000.

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WA in 1976, undertook a course in Library Studies, and worked as a librarian in Manjimup and various secondary schools in Perth. She spent two years at the Catholic Education Office in Sydney and a short time at the Catholic Library in Leederville. In 1996, Sr Kathryn took up parttime work with the Vietnamese community in Perth and through Stella Mans Seafarers' Centre in Fremantle. In 1998, she took up the full-time position of Chaplain-Director of Stella Maris. joining Sr Kathryn for the celebration was her fellow Silver jubilarian from NSW, Sr Marion Gambin. who also migrated from England in 1966. - Glynnis Grainger

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PRINCIPAL SACRED HEART SCHOOL, BEAGLE BAY (Re-advertised) Sacred Heart School, Beagle Bay is located in the West Kimberley, a beautiful part of Western Australia. Il ls about 130 kms north of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula and serves people living in the remote Aboriginal community of Beagle Bay and surrounding communities. Approximately 130 students, all of whom are Aboriginal, are enrolled in grades from K - Year 10. A school has existed at Beagle Bay for over a hundred years and it has a rich and varied history. Today, the school continues a long tradition of Catholic education in the community that was begun last century by Trappist monks. Classroom teaching and learning teams are made up of Aboriginal Teaching Assistants and non-Aboriginal teachers. Two way learning is actively encouraged. Aboriginal Teaching Assistants provide the necessary links between school and community and assist the teachers in planning and implementing culturally appropriate curricula. There is a strong emphasis on literacy learning throughout the school and on acquiring facility in Standard Australian English. The successful applicant will take up the position at the commencement of Term 2 2000. Applicants need to 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, educational, pastoral and administrative competencies together with an appropriate four year minimum tertiary qualification and will have, or be prepared to complete, Accreditation requirements. The successful applicant must be able to provide the appropriate Australian Federal Police clearance. Official application forms are available from Ms Carmen Jones on (08) 9212 9224. For further information contact Sr Clare Rafferty, Consultant, Leadership Team, on (08) 9212 9268.

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There are 15 winners of the 2000 University of Notre Dame Australia Academic Scholarships and one winner of the Prendiville Scholarship. Pictured are: from left: Rebecca Page, Amanda Gibbelini and Carita Kazakoff from St Brigid's College; Amanda Peters from Kolbe Catholic College; David Jewkes from Christ Church College; Paul Higgins from Corpus Christi College; Robert Corr from Trinity College; Thomas Jasper from Christ Church College; Prendiville Scholarship winner Tim Carney from Aquinas College; Kristin Lord, Catriona Kilgallon and Jacqui Cook from John XXIII College;Olivia Del Piano from Methodist Ladies' College; Timothy Jardine from Aquinas College; Genevieve Kane from Newman College and Andrew Baker from Sacred Heart College, Sorrento. Recipients were awarded their scholarships at a special ceremony by the Vice-Chancellor of Notre Dame, Dr Peter Tannock, on 19 January. Winners achieved top academic results and also showed a strong commitment to their schools and communities in their various achievements in extracurricular activities.

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Youth Ministry The parish of St Columba's Scarborough (Diocese of Perth) is seeking to appoint a part-time youth minister to develop a thriving ministry to people under the age of 35, including provision of worship, pastoral care, evangelism and Christian education. The successful applicant will build on the established foundation of youth ministry in the parish, including an active Sunday school, Kids Plus. Teens Plus, and other occasional activities. The position will require 16 hours per week, which are negotiable but which will include Sunday services. The parish seeks to appoint a committed Christian with experience in working with youth, who will have excellent communication skills, the ability to work in a team, enthusiasm, flexibility, and dedication to the building of Christian community. For further information and a detailed position description please contact: Ms Kathy Fenner, Rector's Secretary St Columba's Anglican Church 150-154 Northstead Street, Scarborough WA 6019 Telephone and facsimile: 9341 3861

Fremantle set for a busy year By Glynnis Grainger Celebrations for the Centenary of the opening of St Patrick's Basilica, Fremantle, will take many forms this year. The events were outlined by Fremantle parish priest and Oblate Father Donald Hughes in a history of St Patrick's and in comments to The Record. The main event will be a Pontifical Mass on Sunday 28 May at which Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago, will be the chief guest. Though his visit to WA will be brief, he will arrive on 2 May, after engagements in Melbourne and Sydney. Cardinal George will also meet with fellow Oblates and visit Mazenod College during his short time in WA. It is hoped to arrange a meeting with local clergy before his depar-

ture for Chicago. The Centenary year will be marked by a Mission in English during Lent, preached by Oblate Father James FitzPatrick, from 12 to 16 March. The main part of the Mission will be held each evening at 7pm with a summary of the talk given each day at the 12.10pm Mass. There will be a Mass of the Anointing of the Sick on the Wednesday 15 March, at 10am, and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament daily from 10am until 10pm. During the year there will be a monthly concert featuring the organ and/or the choir. Four processions through the streets of Fremantle, all regular features, will be held - St Patrick's procession on 17 March, the Fatima procession on 13 May, Our Lady of Tindari on 10 September, and the Blessing of the Fleet on 22 October. The Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Francesco Canalint

Fremantle parish priest, Oblate Father Donald Hughes.

will bless the Fleet. There will also be a Youth Mass each month, a Multicultural lunch on 20 February and a "Back to Fremantle" lunch on 17 September. When the

Manning farewells a favourite Father Last Sunday. St Pius X Manning parishioners, present and some past, gathered in their parish centre to farewell Father Michael Gatt, their parish priest of almost 10 years. Fr Gatt - previously at Swanbourne. Victoria Park, Moora and Gingin-Chittering - took up his position as parish priest of St Kieran's, Osborne Park. on Thursday. 3 February, after the retirement of Fr Anton Hesse. The chairman of St Pius X Parish Pastoral Council, Keith Greenwell. expressed gratitude for having had Fr Gatt's leadership and love, stewardship and stoicism. Though his moving on to another parish was originally scheduled for three-and-a-half years ago, Fr Gatt postponed this at the time, as he was involved

with the planning and financing of the parish centre, a reminder of his positive outlook and enerSY"St Pius X was the easiest parish I'd had to settle into up to 1990; now it's the one that I find it hardest to say goodbye to," Fr Gatt said. "However, I was never appointed 'ill death do us part'." "'There is a time for everything under Heaven' and I am fortunate to have really enjoyed being your parish priest." The well-known "Christmas Gatt-line," solace and help for many lonely and distressed at Christmas each year. will be continued from Fr Gall's parish in Osborne Park. The new telephone number will be 9444 1334. - Glynnis Grainger

Oblates came to Fremantle in were made from polished WA jarJune 1894, they found the old rah. Fr Charles Cox arrived in Frechurch and presbytery had been mantle on 10 April. 1900, as the built by the Spanish Benedictines. local Superior and Vicar as well But the church was too small as the parish priest. The new church was opened on and was badly in need of repairs. Some repairs were undertaken 3 June. The old church built in 1860 was immediately and subsequently Fr Thomas Ryan undertook the demolished in 1955 to make way building of a new church - the for the new St Patrick's Hall which was opened in November of that present St Patrick's. An older church had been year. In 1959 the side altars, sanctuary opened by Fr Martin Griver, the Apostolic Administrator, on 5 and sacristies were added, a new August, 1860. It later became the organ installed in 1967, more work hall. The foundation stone of the in 1978, in 1979 the Baptismal font new church was laid on 17 March, was moved to the front of the church, a new organ was blessed 1898. Michael Cavanagh designed the and opened in 1990, and in 1994 Church in the fourteenth century a huge Icon/Tapestry, made of Australian wool, was unveiled. Gothic style. On 28 June, 1994, the church was The walls were built of local limestone from Cottesloe and dedicated to the Oblates by ArchNorth Fremantle; the doorways, bishop Hickey, and on 28 August. columns, traceried windows and of the same year, St Patrick's was other architectural features are in proclaimed a Basilica, also by Sydney freestone and the pews Archbishop Hickey.

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Suffering can have higher value Peter Dwan continues with his meditations on the readings for Sunday's Mass. This week the fifth Sunday, Year B

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oday's liturgy reminds us that Christ came for suffering humanity. l'oday's first reading (Job 7:1-4, 6-7) is from the Book of Job and shows a good person's reaction in the face of the mystery of suffering. The reading has a pessimistic tone, the first and last verses being: "Is not man's life on earth nothing more than pressed service, his time no better than hired drudgery. . . ." "Remember that my life is but a breath, and that my eyes will never again see joy." The later chapters of the book of Job show Job's growing insight into the mystery of suffering, and how God restored his prosperity. Christ provided insights into the mystery of suffering. The second reading (1 Corinthians 9:16-19 22-23) records St Paul's words: "I do not boast of preaching the gospel, since it is a duty which has been laid upon me. I should be punished if I did not preach it." The gospel message is meant as a leaven for society. Just as there is an obvious difference

A Layman's Meditation between leavened and unleavened bread, so there is an obvious difference between a society leavened by gospel values and a secular society. Unless we work to permeate Australia with gospel values and Christian insights, we shall most certainly be punished, and may well be given a taste of hell on earth. We sometimes fail to realise the extent to which the secular humanists' platform is only what can be expected from those lacking the Christian insights into the mystery of suffering, and those who consider suffering something to be avoided at all costs. When one wants to avoid suffering, one will naturally clamour for easy divorce laws, so that when difficulties come in a marriage, as they surely will, one can easily opt out. Of course, those who wish to avoid the sacrifices involved in parenthood will advocate contraception and abortion. The lack of appreciation of the sanctity of human life leads to widespread abortion. (100,000 abortions in Australia annually,) and a growing push for euthanasia. We need to realise that while advo-

cates of euthanasia wear the mask of compassion for suffering people, they are people who won't make sacrifices for the suffering. They advocate a lethal injection for those suffering great pain, being unprepared to make the financial sacrifices needed to establish and run expensive palliative care facilities, which are the truly Christian caring alternative to the push for euthanasia. Today's gospel passage, (Mark 1:2939) shows Christ's attitude to suffering. By relating how He cured both St Peter's mother-in-law and "many who were suffering from diseases from one kind or another", St Mark showed how our Lord considered the relief of suffering an integral part of His mission. By telling how Christ "went all through Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out devils, St Mark relates that our Lord showed that the preaching ministry is important. Part of this preaching ministry is to explain Christ's message regarding suffering; showing that while it is something which must be fought against it can have a redemptive value. Leprosy remains a scourge in many countries today, not because little can be done to cure lepers, but rather because too many so-called 'Christians,' don't have the compassion of Christ. who fought the war against leprosy with all the weapons at His disposal - including miracles.

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t's ne% er too early to begin building a foundation in faith. That's why a small group of children from Assumption Parish in Manchester. Connecticut, meets every Wednesday after school as the Manchester Area Revival of Youth Club, or MARY Club. Each session starts with a decade of the Rosary, followed by a discussion of the life of a saint. Then there's a craft project and a snack. "We start early on and get kids excited about their faith and get them excited about what we do." group leader Kaarina Finegan told The Catholic Transcript. newspaper of the Hartford Archdiocese. "They're pulled in many different directions and we wanted to provide something to get them thinking about others." Finegan said the discussion helps relate faith to everyday things the children can understand; the activity or craft project ties in to that topic. "We use Mary as a model to lead peo-

ple to Jesus," she said. The children take part in various parish and Legion of Mary projects. One year they conducted a May crowning; this holiday season they planned to participate in a food share program. They're encouraged to bring in an item or small bag of clothes for clothing drives; they also make greeting cards for nursing home residents and do crafts every month with residents of Manchester Manor convalescent home, she said. "We're trying to make them aware of what the needs are," said Finegan. "Hopefully they'll grow up to be public-minded people who are willing to share." The club is geared toward kids in US grades four through to eight. Most are in the lower grades, hut there are a couple of sixth-graders. Attendance varies from as few as 13 to as many as 21 kids a week, depending on homework and sports, Finegan said. She said there's no fee for membership

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In the club because they don't want the families to feel burdened. Parish pastor Father John Goias supports the MARY Club with parish funds; and the leaders supply snacks, juice and rides. The other group leader is Pam Langeher. a CCD teacher and coordinator of the parish religious education program. Started in 1998 at the request of parents concerned that the parish had no sodality or Mary society, the club is open to boys and girls. Finegan said. She said the parents wanted their kids to be involved in their parish, so they grow up feeling part of the family of God in a real way. "You really can't start too early to make them excited about their faith and (conscious of) others who aren't as well off as they," Finegan added. "Faith gives them something so valuable to take with them as they grow up - it gives them strength and it gives them hope." - Catholic News Service

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cipe John Paul II has yet again struck a blow for sanity. In a speech to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith last Friday, (see Page 11 of this issue) he gave the Church and those outside the Church willing to listen a short teaching scholarship from Protestant scholarship on a point that has caused much confu- in the middle of the last century and finalsion in the world and among many influ- ly took hold in most influential Catholic ential Church intellectuals for more than intellectual circles during and after the 100 years. Second Vatican Council. The point at dispute is whether human But it's all philosophy, you might say. words can convey with any certainty the What has this to do with ordinary essence of God's Revelation to us. Catholics and citizens? Since the middle of the last century, nonThe respective roles of men and women Catholic Christian scholars have argued in the Church and the world is one key that, since human words show all the question burning in modern society that marks of their creation in a particular had its beginnings in a false understandperiod of history - with all of that period's ing of the relationship between words and limited understanding - then the words in their meanings. which the Old and New Testament were Many now assume that - because written were similarly historically condi- women were oppressed by men at the tioned. time of Christ and that words and meanThis conditioning, they argued, also ing depend on historical context - thus affected the words that Jesus Christ, God Jesus was forced to choose men to lead and Man, used here on earth, and that to the Church so as not to scandalise ancient understand their fundamental meaning a society. reader has to understand the social, intelNow that society is allegedly more lectual, religious, economic and political enlightened, the argument goes, the climate of the time. This puts historians Church can ordain women to the minisand archaeologists in a key position in terial priesthood. Of course, the Pope has Interpreting sacred texts. ruled that the Church does not have the In the secular academic world, this phi- authority to change Jesus' choice. The question of whether words can acculosophy of language and meaning has led to the intellectual chaos of unlimited rately conveying God's meaning is thus "deconstructionism" - the theory that a very close and relevant to ordinary life, text cannot be understood if it is not first even down to the relations of men and women in marriage and family. dissected into all of its historical parts. last Friday, Pope John Paul, no slouch as This theory began to pass into Catholic

a professional philosopher in his own right, reminded congregation members in plenary session that Christ's incarnation in a specific historical period did not limit His universal significance. For some theologians, he said, "the truth about God could not be contained and manifested in its globality and completeness by any historical religion, therefore not even by Christianity." The Pope said that even if Christ's words and actions were historically limited in human terms, "they have as (their) source the divine person of the incarnate Word, and thus carry the definitiveness and completeness of revelation." -The truth about God does not get abolished or reduced because it is said in human language," the Pope said. "Rather, it remains unique, full and complete because the one who speaks and acts is the incarnate Son of God." Once again, Pope John Paul returns sanity to Church thinking, not as part of some power play but according to valid and sound understandings of the philosophy of language and meaning. He reaffirms what a commonsense reading of the Scriptures reveals. Just as we usually, in the absence of other evidence, accept the accounts of ancient historians and most media reports, so we can accept the recorded fact that Jesus,

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New Vicar General steps into the 'big shoes' of Mgr Keating By Peter Rosengren

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he Archdiocese of Perth's new Vicar General, Father Tim Corcoran, now holds down two jobs: Vicar General and Rector of St Charles Seminary in Guildford. It means his Jubilee year will be a busy one. His appointment to the position was announced in December after Monsignor Michael Keating, parish priest of Bateman, finished 15 years in the role. Fr Corcoran acknowledged it was somewhat unusual to hold two such major positions in an archdiocese. "Frightening," he joked when The Record asked him last week how he viewed the responsibility associated with the job. "It's a responsible position. Only time will tell how it evolves with regard to the amount of time [1 devote to lir he said in his office at St Charles on the banks of the upper reaches of the Swan River at Guildford. The law of the Church, canon law, provides explicitly for the role and duties of vicars-general, who are to be appointed in each diocese to assist the bishop in governing his diocese.

A vicar-general has the same executive power throughout the diocese as that which belongs by law to the bishop and can perform all administrative acts except for those which the bishop has reserved to himself. For Fr Tim, this means he expects to carry out a range of tasks which could include: dealing with issues as directed by the Archbishop, representing him at Church and civic functions, decision-making in the absence of the Archbishop and Auxiliary Bishop, and acting as a consultor and adviser in diocesan matters. But that's only some of his responsibilities to the Archbishop. Among his pastoral duties may well be confirmations and visits to schools, blessings of church and school buildings, dealing with problems and queries from priests and laity, and attendance at major archdiocesan events. Administratively there are potentially plenty of tasks to be carried out as well: Involvement in marriage dispensations, handling sacramental and general inquiries, especially from newly ordained or arrived priests, and potential membership of numerous archdiocesan committees or boards. Fr Tim, who was ordained in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1967 and came to Australia the

same year, was the only one of his class to be sent to Australia. He was also the last student from his seminary, St Kieran's College, to be ordained for Australia. He has an older brother, Fr James Corcoran, who is the parish priest of Willetton/Brentwood in Perth. He smiled when asked how he was fitting into his new role. Starting on 1 January, it had been "a bit of a baptism by fire" because Archbishop Barry Hickey was away at the time. "I was nervous because I see it as a very responsible position," he said. "It was a big surprise andI was very nervous about accepting the role - mainly because I felt inadequate, you know," he said. Following in Monsignor Keating's footsteps would be a big job indeed, he said, paying tribute to the Monsignor's dedication to the position during his time there. "They're big shoes to fill, yes, very big," he said. Nevertheless, Fr Corcoran is not without experience in such a role. Approximately eight years ago he became assistant vicar for priests and then, two or three years later, took over as vicar for priests in the archdiocese.

From the time he became vicar for priests he was invited by Archbishop Barry Hickey to attend the Wednesday curial meetings at which the Archbishop meets with advisers. As rector of the diocesan seminary, which this year saw a further increase in the numbers studying for the priesthood from 21 to 23 students, Fr Corcoran said his main role was to be available. He has light teaching duties, mainly restricted to an informal introductory course for the first year students in faith sharing. "My main role here is to be available for students and, whether I like it or not, as a model," he said. Fr Corcoran also carries out assessments which determine a student's progress through the seminary; this, he said, is the most responsible duty he has in St Charles' by far. He laughed when asked about the perks of being a vicar general. The only one he had been able to see, he said, is that he has a parking bay specifically associated with the role at the archdiocesan offices in Victoria Square. But even then, he said, it's usually taken by the time he gets there!

Fr Corcoran in his office at St Charles Seminary: not holding his breath on his parking space at the Church Offices.

Jubilee conversion awaits pilgrims to Bullsbrook shrine By Peter Rosengren

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A statue of the Virgin of the Revelation is carried in procession at the Bullsbrook shrine last 31 October.

onversion. Who knows what it is, what shape it may come in, or when it will happen. But at the Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation at Bullsbrook just 40 minutes' drive north of Perth on the Great Northern Highway, however, it is more than a question. It is an answer and a hope for a jubilee Year. The shrine is one of the eight churches Archbishop Barry Hickey has designated as official pilgrimage destinations for the Great Jubilee, places where people may go and gain the jubilee indulgence associated with a visit there. For Aileen Davidson. secretary of the SACRI Association which runs the shrine, conversion and coming to know the truths which lie at the heart of the Church are the reasons for the Shrine's existence. They are also what she wants jubilee Year pilgrims to discover and experience when they visit the Bullsbrook shrine. SACRI. a catechetical association, is a worldwide movement devoted to spreading the messages allegedly received by an Italian seer, Bruno Cornacchiola. in apparitions at Tre Fontane in Rome in 1947 and since then. The letters of the acronym SACRI stand for the Italian words which translate as "Fervent Soldiers of Christ the Immortal King."' Mary has come to be known through the

apparitions under the title of 'Virgin of the Revelation.' In the continuing apparitions as described by Cornacchiola, Mary has appeared either visibly to his eyes or within his heart. "'At Fontanel She asked Bruno to start an association for the laity to learn the truths of the Church - so we are a catechetical as.sodation," Mrs Davidson said. Since 1947 the SACRI movement has spread around the world and founded numerous shrines to Mary under the Virgin of the Revelation title. This year. Mrs Davidson told The Recordin a telephone interview, the usual shrine calendar has been revised to handle an expected increase in numbers of those making Jubilee pilgrimages. Although Sunday Mass is not normally offered at the Shrine in other years. Archbishop Hickey has given permission for Mass to offered at midday every Sunday throughout the Jubilee year. Reconciliation will also be available each Sunday at 11.30am. The shrine will also be open daily for private visits from 9am until 5pm. For those who want to participate. Sunday pilgrimages in honour of the Virgin of the Revelation will be contacted once every month throughout the rest of the year on the last Sunday of the month at 2pm. The dates for these are: 27 February. 26 March, 30 April, 28 May, 25 June, 30 July, 27 August, 24 September, 29 October and 31

December. Bus reservations can be made by telephoning (08) 9277 5378. Situated within sight and sound of Pearce Royal Australian Air Force Base, the Bullsbrook shrine has been serving Perth's Catholic community since 1980 when the first grotto shrine was established there. In 198Z then Archbishop William Foley officially opened and blessed the shrine's church; in 1998. Archbishop Barry Hickey dedicated and blessed the new shrine. lb get there is simple: take the Great Northern Highway out of Perth and then turn right at Chittering Road. Mrs Davidson said she hoped conversion would be the universal experience of all who visit: "To turn to Our Lady to pray to her that they be converted. That's what she asked for [at Tre Fontanel - conversion and to learn the truths of the Church." She said the first shrine established at '11-e Fontane in Italy has been renamed by Pope John Paul II, who designated it a shrine for a new era. "He renamed it the shrine of 'Our Lady of the Third Millennium,"' she said. Mrs Davidson said one of the key aspects of the Bullsbrook shrine in the Jubilee Year was that it represented an opportunity to turn back to God and for pilgrims to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Retired Geraldton priest Fr Noel Tobin is the chaplain to the shrine.

Fr Tobin leads pilgrims in praying the Rosary at the Bullsbrook shrine last 31 October.

Parishes and schools are also welcome to make bookings by contacting the SACRI Association on (08) 9447 3292. Sometimes a little bit of local knowledge goes a long way. It is customary Mrs Davidson said, for those who enter the shrine to say as they pass through its doors the words "God Bless us", to which the response is: "And the Blessed Virgin protect us.' It's not hard to believe that She will.

Alpha, Omega and the Four Evangelists feature on Innaloo, Balcatta Holy Doors

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he last day of December, 1999, was an occasion to celebrate for parishioners at St Dominic's Church in Innaloo. Their last Mass of the second millennium was also a chance to show off the spectacular Holy Doors (see right), they have constructed for the Jubilee Year. The design includes the Alpha and Omega letters of the Greek alphabet painted in eye-catching red and white, with each door effectively being the reverse of its opposite number. Parish priest Fr Tim Foster, who might earlier have been seen dressed In thongs, shorts and T-shirt adding some finishing touches to the doors,

was also on hand as parishioners toasted in the New Year. Among those who took an early opportunity to pass through the doors were one of St

t was a team effort - close to 20 people were involved - and St Lawrence's Holy Doors in the parish of Balcatta (see right) are now a Jubilee Year testament to all the planning that went into them. "They really do look like marble," said Balcatta parishioner Pat Meek when contacted by The Record last week Mrs Meek's comments were in relation to the two pillars that stand on either side of the doors, which have the four symbols for each of the Gospel Evangelists emblazoned on them for all to see. Mrs Meek said the team effort, which involved a planning team and an action team, had decided to replicate as far as possible the pillars which already stand inside the church. This was because, in part, the church's existing doors are glass; planners Dominic's youngest parishioners, had chosen to focus on creating a door Joshua Thomas Calder, and his par- frame worthy of the occasion. ents, as well as parish council presiThe final result had proved realistic dent Betty O'Neill and her grandson. beyond the team's expectations.

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ach month will also see the celebration of significant feasts and occasions at the Bullsbrook Shrine of Our Lady of the Revelation: • Friday 11 February Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes - Celebration of the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick • Monday 20 March: Solemnity of St Joseph - Rosary, Reconciliation and Mass • Wednesday 12 April: Anniversary of apparition of the Virgin of the Revelation - Rosary. Renomination and Mass • Wednesday 31 May: The Visitation Rosary. Reconciliation and Mass • Sunday 4 June: Ascension of the Lord Mass • Sunday 18 June: Trinity Sunday - Mass * Friday 30 June:Feast of the SacredHeart - Mass, consecration and Adoration o Tuesday 15 August Solemnity of the Assumption - Rosary, Reconciliation and Mass .Friday 8 September: Feast of the birth of the Blessed Virgin - Rosary, Reconciliation and Mass a Saturday 7 October: Our Lady of the Rosary - Rosary, Reconciliation and Mass * Wednesday 1 November: All Saints' Day - Rosary, Reconciliation and Mass Friday 8 December: The Immaculate Conception - Rosary, Reconciliation and Mass. The Record, February 3 2000 Page 9

Movie Reviews

Saint Joan: missing in action By Henry Herx

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ecounting how 15th-century France was saved from English rule by an dolescent girl is the lumbering historical saga, "The Messenger. The Story of Joan of Arc." The result is an action movie more interested in the clash of medieval armies than in trying to understand the singular individual leading one of them. The battlefield scenes are drawn on an epic scale, but, keyed to gory special effects, many will be viewed as distasteful as they are needless. Directed by Luc Besson, who also co-authored the script with Andrew Birkin, the French production sees Joan as a political martyr in the cause of French nationalism. Joan's war against the English is explained in a sequence with her as a horrified child witnessing the murder and rape of her older sister by an English soldier. Over the next few years. Joan has visions of a young boy and later a man sitting on a stone throne In the forest, seeming more

of a Druid origin than Christian. Though she talks about hearing heavenly voices telling her what God wants her to do, there is no attempt to depict this. Instead, during her trial, Joan has visions of a shrouded figure (Dustin Hoffman) who eventually gets her to confess that her actions were done for personal reasons which she convinced herself were God's will. Joan is depicted as an hysteric given to impulsive acts and desperate expressions rather than a saint with an inner spiritual life. Action-director Besson has produced a slow-moving historical pageant that has no sense of human drama beyond the varieties of violence. Besson's Joan fails to touch the heart or the imagination in a movie that re-creates the times with much more credibility that the life of the title character. Because of much graphic violence, including a murderous rape, occasional profanity and considerable rough language, the US Catholic Conference classification is - CNS AIV - adults, with reservations.

Milla Jovovich portrays Joan of Arc in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc."

And now, this beautiful bride: going, going. . . . Making nihilism N cool • ? I By Gem Pare

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ehind manicured lawns of next-door neighbours fester two horribly dysfunctional families, the focus of the bleak black comedy. "American Beauty." The nasty tone is immediately set as teen daughter Jane (Thora Birch) describes on video how her father Lester (Kevin Spacey) wants to bed her friend Angela (Mena Suvari): lane wants him dead. In voice-over Dad then reveals Jane got her wish and takes us back a few months to his loveless marriage to ambitious real estate agent Carolyn (Annette Bening). to the scorn of his daughter, to the realisation he's about to be fired, and to his infatuation with blonde. flirtatious Angela. He handles his wife's coldness in bed by self-stimulation while fantasising about Angela, then decides it's high time he takes care of No. 1. Carolyn quickly slips into an affair with her highly successful real estate rival Buddy King (Peter Gallagher) - but Lester couldn't care less. Moving in next door are rigid disciplinarian Marine Colonel Fitts (Chris Cooper), his depressive wife (Allison Janney) and their teen son Ricky (Wes Bentley) - who's secretly and very profitably dealing drugs. Ricky signs on Jane's dad as a customer. Dark to the point of nihilistic. Alan Ball's script paints a corrosive portrait of American family life where children despise their parents and drugs are cool to use and even better to sell for huge profits. The movie's seeming admiration of characters who just go for it - and damn the consequences to others - is more than a little troubling. Because of brief gory violence, sexual situations including adultery, masturbation and nudity, benign view of recreational drugs, some profanity and recurring rough language, the US Catholic Conference classification is 0 - morally offensive. - CNS

ith $100 million at stake and his girlfriend out of the picture, a young man must scramble to find an instant bride in the ditzy romantic comedy, The Bachelor". No one enjoyed the swinging single life more than jimmy (Chris O'Donnell), but he's been dating his loyal sweetheart Anne (Renee Zellweger) for three years and his 30th birthday Is days away, so it's time. However, when he pops the question in a most unromantic way, sighing, "You win," as he offers the ring, she is insulted and decides she doesn't want to marry a man who would really rather stay single. Jimmy sends reams of roses but she won't budge. Marriage suddenly becomes a necessity. not an option, when jimmy's crotchety granddad (Peter Ustinov) dies, leaving him an unexpected fortune - provided he marry by his imminent birthday. If not, granddad's family business will be closed and 237 of his coworkers immediately thrown out of work Jimmy resigns himself to marrying one of his prior girlfriends and keeps a priest (James Cromwell) at the ready. The unlikelihood that a priest would be willing to marry a couple under such circumstances is never addressed in this comedy, probably because there is no credible explanation. In any event, the search is on. To Jimmy's sur-

prise, the lure of a fortune does not produce the desired result. In fact, the girlfriends he once so cavalierly tossed aside now return the favour insisting they cannot be bought like a piece of property. One after another sends him packing. Meanwhile, Anne has changed her plans and gone back to visit her constantly cuddling parents, which makes her feel even lonelier. With his friend (Artie Lange) promising to deliver a bride at the church at the appointed hour, Jimmy and the priest take a boat ride and the young man is startled to hear the priest is a widow with grown children who had a long, beautiful marriage. Back at the church a thousand begowned

would-be brides are packing the pews, sending Jimmy on the run as he hopes against hope his one true love will materialise. A remake of a Buster Keaton silent film, the movie is silly and sappy to be sure, but its likable characters have a goofy appeal. O'Donnell is light and airy in the role, keeping audience sympathy despite his character's Immaturity and sexist insensitivity. Zellweger plays an aw-shucks, all-American beauty with just enough sass to spice up her sweetness. Director Gary Sinyor puts an elegant sheen on the San Francisco settings and extracts mildly comic chaos from chase scenes of rampaging rejected brides. Ed Asner and Hal Holbrook are mostly wasted in minor roles, but it is Cromwell as the passive priest whose role will give Catholics pause. What does it say about the sacrament of marriage if he is willing to marry jimmy to anyone who shows up, even a total stranger? Clearly, the movie has to been seen in the context of a far-fetched comedy, not one realistically depicting a Catholic priest preparing to wed a couple, not to mention how blood tests are also glossed over in the interests of not complicating the comedy. The humour is never mean-spirited, and it basically affirms the worth of love evolving into the commitment that marriage entails. Due to some sexual references, occasional profanity and an instance of rough language. the US Catholic Conference classification is - CNS AIV - adults, with reservations.

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young woman's stay in a private asylum in the late 1960s proves a traumatic rite of passage in "Girl, Interrupted." The movie is based on - but not entirely faithful to - Susanna Kaysen's same-titled memoir about her year-plus incarceration in a New England mental hospital. In director James Mangold's hands it becomes an engrossing drama, although it is flawed by some sketchy characterisations and unnecessary melodramatics. Upper-middle-class and alienated, Susanna (Winona Ryder) is the only Class of '67 graduate not

headed for college. After a half- a daddy's girl (Brittany Murphy) hearted suicide attempt, a psychi- with a bizarre eating disorder atrist friend of her parents and, most of all, the charismatic persuades listless Susanna to sociopath, Lisa (Angelina toile), check herself in to Claymoore who has escaped before and fascinates whose boldness Hospital for a "rest." She doesn't realise she can't Impressionable Susanna. That is, until Lisa breaks out leave until the staff psychiatrists approve, and she won't open up once more with Susanna in tow to them about her feelings of and Lisa's brutal words to a former patient they look up has disdepression and confusion. Under the watchful eyes of no- astrous repercussions which nonsense nurse Valerie (Whoopi bother Lisa not at all. The movie observes Susanna's Goldberg), Susanna bonds with other disturbed girls on the ward: anger at being considered her childlike roommate (Clea promiscuous when she feels the Duvall), a self-inflicted facially same label would not apply to a disfigured teen (Elisabeth Moss), male who slept with three girls.

Yet she is unwilling to recognise that sleeping with a married teacher, as well as her visiting boyfriend (Jared Leto) and an orderly on the same day, is cause for concern. Ryder, who is also executive producer, holds our attention as the troubled teen finally confronted by nurse Valerie as not crazy but simply spoiled and self-indulgent and needing to grow up and get over it. Due to a suicide, implied sexual encounters and crude references, occasional profanity and much rough language, the US Catholic Conference classifica- CNS tion is AIII - adults.

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n't want to leave her stepdad, grandma or favourite cousin, and has no interest in becoming an actress as Mum insists. Refusing to acknowledge her daughter's abject misery, mum spins fantasies of living in a mansion and hobnobbing with the rich and famous when all they can manage on her teacher's salary is a grubby apartment on the outskirts of Beverly Hills and a shared mattress on the floor. But

mum's starry-eyed optimism can be contagious and Ann finds herself in an intense love-hate relationship as she struggles through her teens with her fun-loving parent. In fact, it's more like Mum's the child. When a much younger dentist (Hart Bochner) takes Adele to dinner she is smitten and goes to bed with him, sure that he will change her life forever. Levelheaded Ann knows better and has to make

Mum realise she's making a fool of herself. Ann tries to contact the father who walked out on them when she was age 4, but that fractured relationship can't be mended by one phone call. It is an emotionally involving tale much abetted by fine acting. Because of an implied affair, sexual references and occasional profanity, the US Catholic Conference classification is AIII - adults. - CNS

When the daughter is more mature than the mother teen-age daughter's growing pains are complicated by her mother's delusions in the heartfelt drama, "Anywhere But Here." With hardly a glance back at her family, Adele August (Susan Sarandon) takes off in a gold Mercedes she can ill afford, bound for her dream life in Beverly Hills. Resentfully sharing the front seat is her 14-year-old daughter, Ann (Natalie Portman), who does-

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More WA and International News

Four thousand teachers gather for Jubilee Mass

Teachers process with incense into Challenge Stadium.

Continued from Page 1 The archbishop also rem inded the teacher's Jubilee gathering that it was their privilege "to shape and to mould young lives to be fully Christian and fully human, to be good citizens of the State, and as well as good members of the Church, to have a love for one another and to accept the implications of your Baptism in reaching out to others, especially

the poor and those carrying heavy burdens." And in religious education, the Archbishop said, "you have inestimable riches in your hands to dispense to young minds and hearts - the riches of truth, the words of Jesus, the way to eternal life." The Archbishop concluded with a blessing: "May this New Year be a time of great blessings for you

all, a time of refreshment and renewal, a time when you sense very deeply the nobility of your vocation to teach and guide young lives, a time when you feel the strong support of your Bishops, your priests, the parents of the children you teach, and the whole Catholic conununity, because we are truly with you in Jesus Christ Our Lord."

Religious order chiefs reflect Whitford's YCS helps local By John Norton VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Reflecting on their diminishing numbers at the dawn of a new Christian millennium, religious men and women are confident they will continue to be needed by the Church, but in ways adapted to global social changes. "Before anything else, the . emphasis will be on quality rather than quantity," said Discalced Carmelite Father Camilo Maccise, president of the Union of Superiors General, representing more than 250 men's orders. Though conserving their trademark - radical living of the Gospel - religious must turn their energies to the challenges posed by today's often secularised. globalised society, he said on 21 January, as religious communities prepared for their special jubilee day in Rome on 2 February. Sister Rita Burley, president of the International Union of Superiors General, representing 2,000 communities of religious women, dismissed alarmist interpretations of the drop in religious. Compared with average vocation numbers throughout the centuries, "this century was much more normal." said Sister Burley. a member of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 'The 19th and early 20th century vocations boom was a blip on the graph." Religious women have experienced a particularly severe decline, dropping by almost 35 per cent in the past three decades. Numbering more than 1 million in 1970, they were reduced to just more than 650,000 by the end of 1998, according to as-yet-unpublished Vatican statistics obtained by CNS. In the same period, religious priests dropped by more than 20 per cent, to just more than 130,000. The total worldwide number of Catholics. however, has continued to grow. Since 1970,

their number has increased by 35 per cent to 1.02 billion at the end of 1998, or 17.4 per cent of the world's population. Religious orders also have benefited in regions where the Church is seeing the most growth, particularly in the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. "Many new (women's) congregations have been founded in the developing world," said Sister Burley. "There, religious life is alive and young." The new growth has also changed the face of international orders, which several decades ago were predominantly made up of Western Europeans. entered (the "When I Carmelites) 40 years ago," said Father Maccise. "almost 90 per cent of the members were Europeans. Now more than half of us are from the Third World, and some other orders are closer to 60 per cent" non-European. The trend is likely to continue, given the steadily rising average age of European and North American religious - about 65 years old, according to Father Maccise - compared to their relatively youthful counterparts in the developing world. While drops in religious life in the past sometimes owed to laxity or unfaithfulness to religious ideals. Father Maccise said the current decline had far different roots. "I don't think religious orders have ever made such a great effort to get vocations and to renew themselves," he said. "The problem now comes from a culture which is facing an existential crisis and uses a language in which consecrated life is not easily understood," the Carmelite said. He said that another factor, especially in Western countries, was low birth rates. "It's numerically Impossible to dream of having the same number of vocations as

before," he said. In addition, the Second Vatican Council's promotion of the laity gave other opportunities to committed Christians, who in past centuries would have naturally turned to the priesthood or religious life, he said. Nonetheless, religious men and women would continue to have a unique and irreplaceable role to play in the Church, the priest said. "Religious orders have always prodded, pushed the Church to the frontiers," he said "For example, the religious were those who kept open the Church's preferential option for the poor and they were even persecuted by a part of the institutional Church because of it." In the new Millennium, the Increasingly international membership of men's religious orders will require greater attention to inculturation, Father Maccise said, which means "a shift from unity as uniformity to unity in diversity." "To do this, however, there needs to be a clear identity, a return to the origins and to the essential: a profound experience of Jesus Christ. an incarnate and inculturated spirituality, a witness of fraternal life and community, and witness to the possibility of dialogue between people of different mentalities, cultures and ages," he said. With the traditional apostolates of religious women, like hospitals and schools, moving increasingly to state and private business management, religious women are also asking fundamental identity questions, said Sister Burley. "Instead of asking how we can better do what we're doing, we're asking 'Why are we doing what we're doing?" she said. As religious women explore the meaning of their vows and community life, "we are very conscious that (religious life) is a builder of an alternative future," she said.

Year Eights start school

High finks by students taking part in Whitfords YCS' ''Sleepover."

Whitford's Young Christian Students' Movement has brought the Year of Jubilee alive for Year 8s in their parish community. Last weekend, Whitford's YCS held an action-packed "Transition into High School Sleepover" on Friday and Saturday to enable nine Year 8s to talk about their fears and concerns about going to high school - with student leaders from Years 9 to 12. YCS ecclesial assistant Margaret Maassen said: "Conununity psychologists have long recognised the importance of support as people move from a familiar environment to a new environment primary school to high school. leaders, YCS "Whitford's through games and art, enabled the new Year 8s to share with each other their Christian pilgrimages that had brought them to this point in their lives." The leaders told the students the importance of ensuring that both old and new relationships stayed open, and to be aware and speak out against all forms of injustice

and discrimination, including bullying. A common fear of academic failure, especially in the area of Maths, was laid to rest by the leaders, who said that the work was progressive, there was a need to ask questions to gain understanding, and the importance of sharing new knowledge with one's peers. At the end of the "sleepover." some of the students took part in a Gospel drama presentation at Mass at Our Lady of the Mission Church, Whitfords, in front of hundreds of parishioners. Mrs Maassen said the YCS office would like to wish all students returning to school the great Joy of the Jubilee Year. Any student who would like a copy of the "Helpful Hints for Year 8s" is asked to contact the YCS office on 9325 7208. Inquiries are also welcome from parishes or schools wishing to start a YCS group. - Glynnis Grainger

Jesus' Divinity gives credibility to human words He used: Pope By John Norton VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Criticising the spread of a "relativistic mentality" in some theological circles, Pope John Paul 11 underscored the unique role of Christ and the Church in human salvation. "In recent years a mentality has emerged in theological and ecclesial circles which tends to relativise Christ's revelation and his unique and universal mediation in the order of salvation," the Pope said on 28 January during an audience with participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The same mentality, the Pope added. tends "to reformulate the

necessity of Christ's Church as a Archbishop said, participants universal sacrament of salva- reviewed a 262-page report on the congregation's activity since tion." I ts last plenary two years ago. "To remedy this relativistic In his speech to assembly parmentality, it is necessary to Pope John Paul said ticipants, underline the definitive and complete character of Christ's Christ's incarnation in a specific historical period did not limit his revelation," he said. significance. universal The doctrinal congregation's For some theologians, he said, plenary assembly from 25-28 "the truth about God could not January chose Christ's unique be contained and manifested in role in salvation as one of its main its globality and completeness by themes. any historical religion, therefore Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone. not even by ChristianiW" the congregation's secretary, told The Pope said that even if Vatican Radio on 25 January that Christ's words and actions were other topics included the revi- historically limited in human sion of norms for disciplinary terms, "they have as (their) action and the increasing cultur- source the divine person of the al tendency to blur the differ- incarnate Word, and thus carry ences between men and women. the definitiveness and completeBefore discussion began. the ness of revelation."

"The truth about God does not get abolished or reduced because it is said in human language," the Pope said. "Rather, it remains unique, full and complete because the one who speaks and acts is the incarnate Son of God." Following from Christ's unique role in salvation is the Church's own uniqueness, the Pope said. The Church is the sole means of salvation because it is Christ's "body, by means of which (Christ) himself works salvation throughout history," he said. Nonetheless, non-Christians can attain heaven "if they look for God with a sincere heart," he said. But 'they find themselves in a deficient position if compared

with those who, in the Church, have the fullness of salvific means." These principles must also take precedence in the search for Christian unity the Pope said. "Our burning desire to arrive one day at full communion with the other churches and ecclesial communities must not, however, obscure the truth that the Church of Christ is not a utopia, to recompose from the current existing fragments with our own human efforts," he said. The Second Vatican Council's document on ecumenism, the Pope said. "explicitly spoke of the unity 'which we believe subsists in the Catholic Church as something she can never lose, and we hope that it will continue to increase until the end of time.-

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International News

Senator's plea fires US Guatemala pro-life conference request In Brief

GUATEMALA CITY (CNS) Guatemala's bishops will seek the voluntary return from the US of a diocesan priest to face charges in the 1998 murder of Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerard' Conedera of Guatemala City. "We are going to recommend to Father (Mario) Orantes that he presents himself to the courts voluntarily so as to make his statement," the president of the bishops' conference, Archbishop Victor Contreras of QuezaltenangoTotonic.apan, said on 26 January. Bishop Gerardi was bludgeoned to death on 26 April, 1998. In a mid-January breakthrough in a 20-month Investigation, police arrested three military officers and the bishop's former cook. Margarita Lopez, over the crime.

Rio statue work RIO DE JANEIRO, January 27 (ZENIT) - Restoration work began yesterday on the 1931 statue of Christ the Redeemer that overlooks Rio de Janeiro. The statue has been deteriorating over the years because of climatic effects. The statue is a towering 41 metres tall. The project is the initiative of the Municipality and the Archdiocese of Rio. It is known as "Christ the Redeemer of the Open Arms." The project is being funded by the Brazilian Environmental Institute, the newspaper 0 Globo, and Banco Real.

St Egidio prize PARIS, January 28 (ZENIT) The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation has awarded the 1999 "Felix HouphouetBoigny" Peace Prize to the St Egidio Community. The award was made by an international panel of judges presided over by former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The St Egidio Community was founded in Rome In 1968. It is an ecclesial community composed of laity who come together to live the Gospel and give special charitable attention to the poor.

Leprosy call VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II commemorated World Leprosy Day with prayers for those who suffer from the disease. "I renew the hope that they, In this jubilee year, can experience the healing strength of solidarity," the Pope said on 30 January following his weekly Angelus. The Pope has often called for an end to the social marginalisation of leprosy victims and greater international attention to the disease.

Lubich honoured ROME, January 13 (ZENIT) The government of Rome has named Ciara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement, an honourary citizen of Rome, "for the work carried out by the Focolare Movement during its 51-year presence in the Italian capital" and "for having promoted dialogue and understanding between different worlds."

By Joseph Esposito WASHINGTON (CNS) - Senator Bob Smith, a New Hampshire Republican and former presidential candidate, energised the 18th annual Rose Dinner with an impassioned pro-life speech. The 24 January dinner, held at the Hyatt-Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, culminated three days of events sponsored by the March for Life Education and Defence Fund. Smith, a leading pro-life legislator, discussed progress being made to reduce abortions, recent revelations about the selling of fetal body parts and his introduction of legislation to provide constitutional protection to the unborn. The senator told the crowd of about 500, "More and more people are joining our ranks from the

other side every day." He cited former abortion providers Dr Bernard Nathanson, Eric Harrah and Norma McCorvey. "In addition, more and more nurses and doctors are refusing to do abortions," Smith said. "We are going to end abortion in this country," he said. "This baby body parts industry is going to bring them down." A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he said a hearing would be held on 10 February to investigate the sale of foetal organs. He warned, "It is so bad that we're going to have testimony of witnesses who will say they have seen children killed, drowned" in efforts to acquire usable, undamaged organs. The senator also appeared to criticise Republican presidential front-runner George W. Bush, who had won the Iowa caucus

polling that night. Bush has seemingly equivocated on constitutional protection for the unborn. The biggest ovation was given when Smith, a Catholic, criticised the clergy for inaction. "You know what it takes - and I don't want to make anyone angry - it takes speaking from the pulpit, too," he said. "I'd rather have the Church half empty than have it full with people who believe in abortion." The senator's speech followed a short, emotional talk by McCorvey, the former abortion-industry aide who was "Roe" in the 1973 Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision. Now a pro-life advocate and Catholic convert. McCorvey spoke of her new views, saying, "I'm not the same woman I used to be. . . . What happened in my personal life can happen to the nation," she said.

Rwanda witness: threats for testimony KIGALI (Fides) - As soon as it said to he among those murdered, was known that she would wit- was called to Court. He spoke in ness in favour of Bishop Misago, favour of the Church leader, saying that he is alive today thanks to the threats began to arrive. This was the claim on 18 Janu- Bishop Misago. The woman said she saw the ary from a defence witness during the trial of Bishop Augustin group of boys whom the Bishop Misago of Gikongoro, accused of brought to hospital for treatment, complicity with the 1994 geno- and that they had been assisted cide and detained since 4 April, by Caritas until the arrival of the militia who committed the geno1999. The witness, who works at the cide. Another witness Pascal RwayiKigeme nutrition centre, supported Bishop Misago's actions dur- tar, said the Bishop had tried to Instil peace between Tutsi and ing the crisis. Bishop Misago is accused, Hutu pupils at the Marie Merci among other things, of leading 10 school in Kibeho. The Bishop is accused of failing students to their death at Kigeme hospital. The prosecution has to protect Tutsi female students. already been challenged when, But Mr Rwayitar says Bishop Mislast December. one of the boys. ago did his very best to instill calm

among the girls of the two different tribes and also to protect the college against the militia attacks. A third witness, whom the prosecution tried at all costs to dismiss, was seminarian Anicer Nahayo who confirmed that Bishop Misago always sought to reconcile members of the two ethnic groups. During the hearing on 20 January only one defence witness was heard. Fr Ignace Mboneyabo, a priest from the Gikongoro diocese, survived the massacres in Cyanika in April, 1994. He also completely cleared Bishop Misago of all complicity. The hearing of witnesses for the defence should end in early February.

Missionaries criticise police tardiness NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) - Priests working in a parish in Kenya's Rift Valley province criticised slow response of government security personnel after numerous killings in their district. Consolata Father Anthony Biaanchi, who has been working with the people of Rumuruti Parish in Laikipia since 1953, said in a late-January interview that security personnel in the area did not respond to distress calls until

it was too late. More than 20 peo- Francis. who also works at the pie have been killed since August Rumuruti Parish, said farmers in the Rumuruti area, and no one lacked protection from invaders has been arrested to date, he who were allowing grazing on private crops and pastures with added. In mid-January, almost 1.000 res- impunity. He added that police were either idents marched to the district officer's office, demanding security. not available or were too slow to but police moved in and dis- respond. Police are ill equipped persed them by shooting in the and have to depend on the parish air. Police arrested some of those for a vehicle, he said, adding that the terrain made it difficult for involved in the demonstration. Consolata Father Viccini Mino them to pursue attackers.

Participants in the March for Life kneel to pray before two pro-choice activists in front of the US Supreme Court on 24 January.

Baptists OK Pope ROME, January 27 (ZENIT) The Secretary-General of the World Baptist Alliance indicated that his church is grateful to the Holy Father for reminding the world of the true meaning of the Millennium. The Alliance held its 18th World Congress in Melbourne, Australia. two weeks ago. Denton Lotz. the Alliance's secretary general. told the Italian newspaper Avvenire that he especially appreciated the Pope's opening of the Holy Door. "We are happy with all these celebrations that underline our unity in Christ. The secular world has forgotten the meaning of 2000. Many don't even realise that it marks the anniversary of Jesus' birth. ... land] we are grateful for all the celebrations that attempt to restore the Millennium's real meaning." There are 40 million Baptists in the world today. The majority live in the US. where they are the second largest Christian denomination.

Allegations prompt Nuncio's refusal to attend anniversary By Jim Hodgson SAN CRISI'OBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (CNS) - Thousands of indigenous people, many of whom walked hours from remote communities, filled the plaza of the Cathedral of Peace for a four-hour outdoor Mass to mark the 40th anniversary of Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia of San Cristobal de las Casas. Bishop Ruiz greeted old friends, visiting clergy and scores of children at the Mass on 25 January, his anniversary. He was accompanied by Bishop Raul Vera Lopez, who was the coadjutor bishop of San Cristobal until he was named bishop of Saltillo on 30 December, Bishop Ruiz is well-known for his work among the indigenous people of Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state. But by

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defending the indigenous poor, he also angered large landowners and the state and federal governments, who accused him of fomenting an armed rebellion that began in 1994. Bishop Ruiz was named to head what was then called the Diocese

of Chiapas by Pope John XXIII in process and the work of the dio1959. On his 75th birthday last cese and had suffered attacks as November. Bishop Ruiz submit- a consequence. Bishop Vera, in his remarks. ted his resignation to Pope John Paul II. in accordance with canon described the work of Bishop Ruiz in the peace process, and then law. The anniversary celebration raised his voice to say: "There is was overshadowed by a conflict no peace where there is no justhat occurred the day before tice, where human rights are conwhen the papal Nuncio to Mexi- stantly violated as they continue co, Archbishop Justo Mullor Gar- to be in Chiapas." Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri cia, announced he had changed San Marcos, Guatemala, told not of would attend and mind his because the diocesan vicar gen- the crowd: "We are one continent eral had made "extremely seri- and we struggle for the same ous" declarations about the thing. We are in the same option transfer of Bishop Vera to Saltillo. for the poor, and this is something The Vicar General, Father Felipe that Latin America will not Toussaint, told reporters that the renounce." The people responded with a nuncio's attitude regarding Bishop Vera's transfer was that of a chant: "We want bishops on the side of the poor." "secretary of state, not a pastor." The diocese said 15,000 people Bishop Ruiz noted that Archbishop Mullor had frequently attended, but police said there defended the Chiapas peace were 7,000.

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US clergy expose flaws in priests-AIDS story KANSAS CITY Mo. (CNS) - A three-day series on Catholic priests with AIDS by The Kansas City Star has sparked wide controversy and criticism. The series, begun on 30 January, ended with a long story revealing that AIDS was the cause of death last year of a prominent local Jesuit, Father Thom Savage, president of Rockhurst College in Kansas City The Catholic Key, Kansas CitySt Joseph diocesan newspaper, said that was "a fact known only to Fr Savage's family until the Star report." Priests contacted by The Catholic Key questioned several aspects of the series, which said that priests' deaths from AIDS

were at least four times the rate of the general populace. The series called into question "Church doctrine" on homosexuality, AIDS and the celibate priesthood. In a sidebar commentary on the series, Star editor and vice Zieman Mark president described AIDS in the priesthood as "a question that strikes straight at the heart of church doctrine." "He's just dead wrong about that," said Fr Paul Turner, pastor of St John Francis Regis Parish in Kansas City. "The central doctrines are that Jesus is the Son of God, that Jesus is present in the Eucharist and so on. These are the things we hold most dear in our Church. I hope the media are aware of that."

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Jesuit Fr Thomas Reese, editor of America magazine in New York, said the reference to priests having AIDS at four times the rate of the general population - a figure widely picked up by wire services and other media - "is skewed" since priests are all adult males. According to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the incidence of AIDS among adult males is roughly five times that among adult women. Fr Reese said the series used the comparison with the general populace four times and only once compared priests' deaths from AIDS with those of other adult males. On the whole, however, Fr Reese said the treatment of statis-

Eastern Churches warning By Jonathan Luxmoore WARSAW, Poland (CNS) - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, leader of the world's 200 million Orthodox Christians, warned that disputes over Eastern Catholic churches would overshadow the planned reopening of a major CatholicOrthodox commission. But the head of Poland's Ukrainian Catholic Church criticised the Patriarch's remarks, saying they would have "negative repercussions" for inter-church relations. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew After addressing the Polish parliament in mid-January, Patriarch In predominantly Orthodox terriBartholomew told journalists, tories in past centuries. "The fraternal Catholic Church A 1993 Vatican-Orthodox agreecounts on closing this difficult ment rejected the process as a debate about uniatism and modern method of unifying returning to older topics." churches. "But uniatism is a phoney phePatriarch Bartholomew spoke to nomenon which was called into journalists after addressing parbeing in the name of proselytism. liament at the close of a four-day Its rebirth since the fall of com- visit to Poland, his second in 15 munism has aggravated Catholic- months. Orthodox relations," he said. He said he favoured "close per"Uniatism." a term Eastern sonal relations" with all church Catholics consider derogatory, leaders and hoped to revisit the refers to a process that reconciled Pope in Rome "as soon as an groups of Eastern faithful to Rome opportunity arises." The head of

die East War. Israel's chief rabbis are still contemplating the possiJERUSALEM (LNS) - One of bility of a meeting with Pope John Israel's two chief rabbis said a Paul during his pilgrimage to the papal meeting with Jewish lead- Holy Land from 20-26 March. A radio report said Chief ers at Jerusalem's Western Wall would indicate a recognition of Sephardic Rabbi Eliyahu-Bakshi Israeli sovereignty over all of Doron has said the meeting of religious leaders should take place at Jerusalem. the chief rabbinate building. said But a Jerusalem bishop The Vatican announced a Pope John Paul ll's March visit to papal meeting with Jewplanned the Holy Land is a pastoral one and should not be seen as sup- ish religious leaders at the Westporting one political position over ern Wall. or Wailing Wall. the place most venerated by Jews. another. By Benedicta Cipolla Auxiliary Bishop Giacinto-BouChief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yisrael VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope Meir Lau told Israeli radio he wel- los Marcuzzo of Jerusalem nature of comed the idea of meeting the emphasised the pastoral John Paul!! reportedly wept as he Pope at the Western Wall, which the Pope's visit. watched the latest fihn by one of "The Pope comes as a brother Poland's most successful direcstands in East Jerusalem. and a father, as a man of peace The Vatican does not recognise and reconciliation," Bishop Mar- tors. In a private screening at the VatIsrael's sovereignty over East cuzzo said. Jerusalem, an area Israel captured on 23 January, the Polish ponican "He comes not as a man of state from Jordan during the 1967 MidAndrzej Wajda's "Pan saw tiff or politician but as a head of spirVatican Radio said. Tadeusz," who someone itual values: as ("Mr. Thaddeus"), Tadeusz" "Pan wants to share his values of box-office suchuge a been has monotheism. The Pope is coming to rediscover the original source cess in Poland, with 6 million spectators having seen it to date. of our Christian faith." Wajda and members of the The Holy See repeatedly has asked for an internationally guar- movie's cast were also at the anteed statute to protect the screening. Vatican sources said the Pope sacred nature of the city, which is holy to Christians, Muslims and was moved to tears during the film, a historical saga set during Jews. It has underlined that this means the Napoleonic era, when Poland more than access to specific holy was divided between Germany, places and that the political and religious dimensions of Jerusalem are inter-related. Israeli officials have discouraged VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vattalk of an international statute, ican will not intervene to stop the saying its laws offer protection of city of Rome from hosting an religious liberty to those of all international homosexual pride faiths. gathering, Vatican sources said. It considers the religious and Meanwhile, Rome's mayor said political issues as separate. the city would not support anyIsrael has two chief rabbis: One thing that showed a lack of represents the East European or respect for the Catholic Church. Italian newspapers on 28 JanuAshkenazi Jewish traditions, and An Ultra-Orthodox Jew prays at the the other represents the Jewish ary were filled with predictions of confrontations Western Wall following an unusually traditions that originated in Spain Rome-Vatican heavy snowfall in Jerusalem on 28 and migrated mainly to Arab and after the Rome city council allocated about US $200,000 for North African countries. January. Photo CNS Reuters By Judith Sudilovsky

tics in the series seemed "pretty priestly celibacy. "It's the 'Elmer Gantry' syndrome - when the even-handed." Fr Patrick Rush, Kansas City-St preacher sins, it's a bigger story," Joseph diocesan vicar general, he said. "We are sinners, but that does deplored the "inferential reportnot diminish the value of the coming" in the series. "With 4Z000 Catholic priests in mitment made - and lived - by America, the number of HIV-AIDS many priests," he said. "It seems deaths of ordained clergy pale in to me the vast majority of priests comparison to the tidal wave in are trying to live out faithfully" our country and throughout the their promise of celibacy. While the Star did give "some world," he said. Monsignor Francis Maniscalco, nuancing" to some of its comparsecretary for communications of isons, he said, other news agenthe National Conference of cies picked up "only the bare Catholic Bishops, called the series bones." "Once it takes flight, the . 'regrettable," saying its extensive nuances get lost. That's what hapcoverage of "a concern with a pens when a story goes national," small segment of priests" turned he said. The story was published it into "a judgment on priests in in brief in at least one Australian general" and a questioning of newspaper.

Poland's 350,000-strong Ukrainian Catholic minority, Archbishop Ivan Martyniak of Premysl-Warsaw, said the patriarch's statement had been circulated to all Eastern Catholic bishops and would have repercussions. The Eastern Catholic Church "is a Church with full rights and 30 million members, which was united with the Holy See from the very beginning," Archbishop Martyniak told Catholic News Service 26 January. • The Orthodox Church has lagged behind the Catholic in relating to the modern world and in ecumenism, according to an Orthodox theologian in Paris. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Avvenire, Fr Boris Bolrinskoy, Dean of the St Sergius Theological Institute of Paris, noted that "These problems. which Catholics addressed in Vatican Council II. the Orthodox discuss, perhaps, in less explicit terms within the local Churches." But, he added, "we have a very lively youth organisation that is a great element of hope for the future."

Pope wept during Polish movie: director Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. "Tears were running down (the Pope's) face during the final scene of reconciliation" between two of the main characters, Wajda said after the screening. Co-producer Wlodek Otulak, who first suggested a screening with the Pope, called the pontiff's reaction "unbelievable." Polish Cardinal Andrzej Deskur, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, also attended the screening. "Iwas moved, like all Poles, who cannot remain indifferent to such a profound and significant poem," he told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. A major hit in Poland, "Pan Tadeusz" is based on an epic poem by the Polish writer Adam

Mickiewicz. Wajda has won prizes at the prestigious Cannes and Venice film festivals, and three of his films were nominated for a hest foreign picture Oscar. Though he never took home Hollywood honours for a specific filin, the 73-year-old director will finally get a coveted statuette at this year's Academy Awards on 26 March. when he receives a lifetime achievement prize. Papal film screenings may not directly influence the academy, but the current Pope seems to bring filmmakers luck come Oscar time. In January 1999, the Pope watched "Life Is Beautiful" with director Roberto Benigni, who walked away with Oscars for best actor and best foreign picture two months later.

Vatican formally silent on 'gay' meeting World Pride 2000, a 1-8 July international meeting of homosexuals and lesbians. A Vatican source said the Vatican would not intervene formally with the government to stop the gathering. However, a city official who asked not to be named said the Vatican had made clear its disapproval of the city hosting the gathering during the Holy Year. Speaking to reporters at St. Peter's Basilica on 28 January.

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican Secretary of State, said he was sure Rome city officials would reconsider their decisions about the activities. 'There are certain rules of coexistence and good sense," he said. "Rome has symbolic importance as a holy city, and what happens here has repercussions around the world." Mayor Francesco Rutelli defended the decision to host the event and the council's allocation of funding

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End caste in Church: bishops CHENNAI, India (UCAN) - The Catholic bishops of India are asking Christians to undergo the conversion of heart necessary for ending caste and other discrimination and for authentic discipleship and evangelisation. The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) says in a pastoral letter for the Jubilee Year 2000 that caste discrimination within the Church is a "serious difficulty" to community building. The bishops state that Christians in the present context of India are invited to a "more authentic way of being disciples of Jesus and of proclaiming the Good News of salvation" to build a new society. Their letter to clergy. Religious and laity says that celebrations should help Christians to fight "unjust structures of society" and to work for social change in deep solidarity with our brothers and sisters in India." Stressing that the "spirit of forgiveness should pervade our communities during this jubilee year," the bishops said lasting reconciliation would not be achieved unless "one undergoes genuine conversion of heart." Caste discrimination prevents Christians "from respecting the sacred dignity of the human per-

son," say the bishops, emphasising that "we need to eradicate this sinful reality from our Christian communities." The letter, issued at the end of the CBCI's biennial meeting on 17-24 January, also calls for an end to discrimination based on gender and ethnicity, saying that such sins block meaningful celebration of the Eucharist. It underscores "mutual unconditional forgiveness as a basic requirement" in building communities of love and sharing. Setting up Small Christian Communities, respecting the diverse ecclesial traditions and developing a spirit of communion with diverse Christian Churches are the other suggestions the letter makes. While affirming the Church's evangelising mission, the bishops add that the Indian Church is "conscious of the many challenges" as it enters "into a renewed awareness of this life and mission of the Church." According to the bishops, "We fulfil the mission entrusted to us by proclaiming Christ as the answer to all that humanity earnestly longs for. This is what we call evangelisation." Noting that in recent years evangelisa-

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tion work has "had to face opposition and even persecution from fundamentalist groups," they acknowledge, "We do not know what lies in store for us in future." The bishops affirm "the duty CHENNAI, India (UCAN) - An and right" of evangelisation, while call to save the archbishop's also stressing the "need to be preChurch in India from "theological pared." For this, "we need to strengthen disarray and confusion" and from our faith and deepen our com- unchecked inculturation drew applause and criticism at the epismunion with God," they say. "Our established Churches copal conference's plenary meetshould make a special effort to ing. "We should ensure that the libmove toward new areas of mission," and each parish should con- erty of research and expression of sider "itself a leaven and not a thought enjoyed by our theologians do not degenerate into ghetto," the letter proposes. With evangelisation "an essen- licentiousness," Archbishop Ivan tial element of Christian life," Dias of Bombay told some 140 each Christian is duty bound to bishops meeting near Chennai, be involved in parish life and each southern India. While some lauded the archparish should make its own "prefboldness to reassert the bishop's poor and erential option for the bishops' responsibility toward the voiceless." To fulfil its mission, the parish "those entrusted to us for our pascommunity must challenge unjust toral care," others found his views structures and "uncompromising- an "unfair" generalisation. "You are too hard and not fair to ly fight all social evils such as corruption, exploitation, dishonesty, the theologians." Bishop Patrick favouritism, abortion and anti-life D'Souza of Varanasi told the former Vatican diplomat, who, he policies," the letter adds. It also encourages the cultiva- said, has used individual cases to tion of "more and more attitudes "brush all theologians black" Archbishop Dias, who addressed of respect, love and understanding" for people of other religions. bishops on 18 January on the implications of the papal exhortation "Church in Asia" (Ecclesia in Asia), said he regretted the alleged reluctance of some Indian pressured the state government to theologians to accept papal "proarrest Singh, whom they allege nouncements" about Christ's has links with pro-Hindu extrem- uniqueness and the "universality ists. Singh's involvement in Fr of his salvation." Reminding the bishops about Doss' murder has not been established, but suspects arrested ear- the need to preserve the faith that lier in the Staines' murder case Apostles Saints Thomas and have confessed that Singh mas- Bartholomew introduced in the terminded it. Prayer services country, he urged them to "spare marked the first anniversary of the Indian Church from theologithe death of the 58-year old cal disarray and confusion." He expressed his desire for the Protestant missionary. who ran a bishops to become "more outspoleprosy hospital. Staines and his sons Philip, 9. ken" and to scrutinise theological and Timothy, Z were burned to publications to ensure that the death inside their vehicle where "parameters" theologians' use to they had gone to sleep after forge theories are faithful to the attending an annual "jungle Church's teachings. He voiced concern over some camp" and prayer service in Manoharpur village of Keonjar theologians' efforts to equate Christ with the founders of other district.

Police arrest Staines murder suspect BHUBANESWAR, India (CNS) The main suspect in the killing of two missionaries in separate incidents in Orissa state was arrested on 1 February after a yearlong hunt. The police arrested Dam Singh while he slept in the forest bordering Keonjar and Mayurbhanj districts. Y.V. Khurania, police superintendent of Mayurbhanj district. told UCA News, an Asian Church news agency based in Thailand, on 1 February. Singh, who allegedly engineered the killings of Protestant missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two sons in January 1999, had evaded police since then. He is also a prime suspect in the 2 September murder of

Father Arul Doss of Balasore Diocese. Khurania said the police had announced a reward of 600,000 rupees (US $13,750) for help in arresting Singh, who is also suspected to have mutilated and burned to death a Muslim shopkeeper in Orissa last August. Khurania said police were able to plant an agent after receiving a tip that Singh wanted to buy a gun. Singh had two associates with him when he was arrested. Khurania said that Singh had been in the forest for two days and that police had monitored his movements before arresting him. The alleged killer did not resist the police, but an associate escaped, the officer said. Political parties and Christian activists had

religions as was revealed in a recent apostolic visitation of the country's seminaries. The 30-month visitation that ended last December also found that some seminaries of religious congregations taught theories that denied Church dogmas and discounted proclaiming Christ's Gospel, the archbishop said. He described the post-synodal exhortation that Pope John Paul II presented in New Delhi, as the "Magna Carta of the Church's thrust" in the continent as it tries to read "the signs of the time" and find out "what the Spirit is telling us." The Pope, he added. "reiterates" in the document that Christ is "the one and only Saviour of humankind." He suggests ways to implement inculturation and interfaith dialogue, which are Asia's current "burning issues". Archbishop Ignatius Pinto of Bangalore has urged fellow bishops to shed their over-cautiousness and offer "dynamic and prophetic leadership" to help the Church meet its new challenges. "The Church in India needs a more realistic, dynamic and prophetic leadership, against too many pious, overcautious leaders," he said. Addressing the bishops on their role in the Church's service to the nation. Archbishop Pinto also asked for a shift from 'triumphalistic functions, fundamentalist crusades and eye-catching building projects" to dialogue and witness to present Christ to India. Jesuit provincial of India Father Lisbert D'Souza, who responded to the archbishop's keynote address, urged the bishops to adopt a "renunciation culture" to enhance their image as spiritual leaders. "If the bishop purports to offer leadership to a Church at the service of India, then a recognisably Indian image of the bishop as a spiritual leader must emerge."

First Timor Christian Churches attacked in central Java ordination DILI (UCAN) - Salesian Bishop Carlos Belo ordained an East Timorese priest in the first ordination in East Timor since the referendum last August in which East Timor voters opted for independence from Indonesia. Divine Word Father Jaime Ferreira was ordained a priest on 16 January in Dili, in a ceremony attended by 5,000 Catholics and dozens of priests and Religious, many of them from western Timor and Flores, Indonesia. A native of Maliana, East Timor, Father Ferreira, 34, completed his seminary studies at the Divine Word Major Seminary in Flores. In his speech at the reception, Bishop Belo expressed his gratitude to the people of western Timor for their assistance to East Timor refugees. "We convey our gratitude to all religious and community leaders and all the people of West Timor who have assisted East Timor people who sought refuge in West Timor during the civil war in 1975, and since September last year."

YOGYAKARTA. Indonesia (CNS) - A rally in central Java to express solidarity with Muslims in the riot-torn Molucca Islands developed into attacks on Christian churches on 30 January Four Protestant churches, three Catholic churches and a Catholic convent in Yogyakarta, 400 kms south-east of Jakarta, were pelted and ransacked by Muslim militants in the violence, reported UCA News, an Asian Church news agency No one was reported injured seriously. A priest in Yogyakarta said that since the attacks, security personnel, Catholic youths and moderate Muslim activists were guarding all churches and Chris-

Han institutions in the city. Eyewitnesses said that following the rally at Yogyakarta's Kridosono sports stadium, participants dispersed in groups and went to streets where churches and church institutions were located, St Francis of Charity Sister Henrica Maryani, head of her cornmunity's house in Yogyakarta, told UCA News by phone on 31 January that dozens of people wearing masks and armed with sharp instruments attacked the convent and two Protestant churches on the same block Sister Maryani said that the militants forced their way into the yard of the convent while eight nuns were resting in the living

room and another four nuns were out. "They destroyed the window panes of our living room and the study room. We escaped through the backside door and ran for safety to two neighbouring houses. Six nuns ran to the house of a Catholic family, whileIand another nun ran to a house of a Muslim family," Sister Maryani recalled. She said that she asked her Muslim host to call the police and that the police came immediately and the perpetrators left the scene. Sister Maryani added that when the nuns escaped through the back door, some of the perpetrators saw them and shouted,

"There they are, run after them!" But no one ran after them, she said. While attacking two Protestant churches, perpetrators put sickles around the necks of the pastors but did not hurt them, witnesses said. Father Petrus Claver Martaya of St Albert the Great Church told UCA News, also by phone, that militants attacked the church but only destroyed two lamps in the front yard. "They wanted to destabilise Yogyakarta, but they failed to gain wide support, and now Yogyakarta is calm again as usual. We are prepared to counter them with calls for peace," said Fr Martaya.

Caravan travels 3,000 km through Pakistan with peace message FAISALABAD, Pakistan (UCAN) - People of all religions in Pakistan rallied together for peace during events held to welcome a Catholic Church-initiated peace caravan along its 3,000-kilometre, 11-day journey across the country. At almost every stop along the route of the "Aman ka Safar" (peace journey), the Christian and other pilgrims were greeted by a throng of people, many of whom joined rallies, seminars and cultural programs in the areas. Two buses brought the core

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group of about 70 people, including Muslims, from the southeastern seaport of Karachi to Khyber Pass (Bab-e-Khyber) on the northwestern border with Afghanistan, where the trek ended on 4 January. The journey, organised by the Catholic bishops' Rabita Cornmission for interreligious relalions with the help of more than 100 other organisations, included events in every diocese in Pakistan. "We are showing a new path for the new millennium. It is for oth-

ers to accept this invitation and give witness to peace," commission head Bishop Joseph Coutts of Faisalabad said during a seminar December. 30 in Faisalabad. Earlier that evening, a 5-year-old boy who had travelled the more than 1,500 kilometres from Karachi provided a particularly simple but powerful testimony, "I am travelling to promote peace. I do not want to hurt anybody and want others also not to kill anybody," the boy said. During the program. Pir Ibrahim, a

renowned Muslim scholar from Faisalabad and chairman of the Muslim-Christian Peace Committee, invited a Hindu to join Christians and Muslims on the stage. As members of the three main religions in Pakistan embraced each other on the stage, people of these and other faiths raised their hands in solidarity. Pir Ibrahim and other Muslim leaders proclaimed that Pakistan belongs to each of Its people and none of them should be foreigners in their own land.

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Mass to celebrate 50th Anniversary of Polish Community, St Brigid's - Bishop Healy Celebration for the Feast of St Girolamo Emiliani. Hamilton Hill Archbishop Hickey Heads of Churches Meeting - Archbishop Hickey Reception of Bishop Scola - Archbishop Hickey. Bishop Healy Opening Mass for Mater Del College. St Mary's Cathedral Archbishop Hickey

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The World Day of the Sick and the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on Friday. 11 Feb will be celebrated at the Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation. 36 Chittering Rd, Bullsbrook with Holy R osary and Reconciliation at 10.30am, Mass at 11am followed by the anointing of the sick. Public transport is available. Inquiries: SACRI: 9447 3292. RENEWAL RETREAT IN CANTONESE

World Day of the Sick. Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. 11 Feb. St Mary's Cathedral. Principal celebrant: Archbishop Hickey. 7pm Rosary and 7.30pm Mass. FAMILY PRAYER CRUSADE

Fr Antonio Chung (originally from Hong Kong) will be conducting a "Renewal Retreat for the Holy Year" in Cantonese. 18 Feb. 9am-1pm: 19 Feb, 9am-5pm: 20 Feb. 9am-5pm at Mary MacKillop Centre, 16 York St, South Perth. Information: Sr Margaret Ng 9478 1038. PRAYER VIGIL A peaceful prayer vigil with Rosaries and hymns i s made outside the abortion clinic at 2 Cleaver Tce Rivervale every third Saturday of each month, f rom 11am to 12 noon. The next vigil will be on Sat 19 Feb. Please join us. Inquiries: Damian 9341 8256. PERTH ECUMENICAL TAIZE GROUP

Palm Sunday Procession and Passion Play. 16 April. 2-4pm. Plan to be a part of this important event. Come! Join us for a Eucharistic Procession led by Archbishop Hickey through the city streets. We wi ll begin at 2pm sharp from the Esplanade and process up Barrack St to Forrest Place. After Benediction and Address by Fr John Phalen CSC (International Peyton Rosary Crusade). a Passion Play will be performed in Forrest Place. This is a great opportunity to witness to our faith in the year of the Great Jubilee! Contact: Fr Paul 9223 1350. WORLD DAY OF PRAYER

Lenten Hour of Prayer using music and style of Taize. Sun 12 March. 7.30pm. St Peter's Anglican Church, 11 Leonard St, Vic Park. Inq: 9361 1233. SUNDAY MASS AT BULLSBROOK

Friday 3 March. 'Young Woman Stand up' is the theme of the service prepared by the World Day of Prayer committee of Indonesia. Services are planned in over 150 centres in WA. Copies of the service book, music and other information available from Mrs Jan Graham 9291 9424. a/hours 9291 7352. City Service at Perth Trinity Uniting Church. 72 St George's Terrace at 1pm on this day. IN HONOUR OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES

Mass for the Jubilee will be celebrated every Sunday at midday to assist pilgrim groups at the Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation, 36 Chittering Rd. Bullsbrook. Reconciliation available. All welcome. Inquiries: SACRI 9447 3292.

Fri 11 Feb, with Rosary and torchlight procession around Lake Monger. Starts 7.00pm, north-west c orner at Dodd Street. All welcome, especially families. Paths are wheelchair and stroller-accessible. Contact: Judy Woodward 9446 6837.

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Conducted by Fr Paul Baczynski on the first Monday of each month at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Canning Highway, East Fremantle from 7-9pm. This prayer evening is for healing and people and their families affected by addictions. The evening includes Mass. Rosary and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Next evening: Mon 7 Feb. All are welcome.

Hear the truth from young people who know the harsh realities of the sex and drugs scene on the streets of Perth. "No Love or Know Love?" a weekend retreat entitled "Sex and Drugs! Why Not!" for students in Years 11 & 12 and their family and friends between the ages of 15-19. Presented by the Holy Spirit of Freedom Community. Accommodation provided, transport also available. Venue: Emmanuel Centre. 25 Windsor St, Perth. Date: 7.30pm Fri. 25 Feb - 3.30pm Sun. 27 Feb. Cost by donation. Contact Mary Anne on: (08) 9776 1734 or (08) 9228 1800.

CHARISMATIC HEALING MASS Everyone is invited to a Healing Mass at St Vincent's Church Kwinana. 6.30pm on Sat, 12 Feb. Main celebrant: Fr Michael Brown. Anointing of the sick. Prayer teams available after Mass. Praise and worship starts at 6pm. Light refreshments after Mass. Information: Hugh Girod on 9336 2200 or John Acland on 9537 3390. C ATHEDRAL YOUTH FORUM Sun 6 Feb. after 5pm Mass. Speaker: Raymond de Souza.Teenagers and young adults invited to ask any questions about the Catholic Church. 450 Hay St, Perth. Contact: Fr Paul 9223 1350 or R aymond de Souza 9453 9177.

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From 1920s' boys college to modem Catholic school in Perth's Hills

Mary's Mount Primary, Gooseberry Hill st%

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ary's Mount Primary School in Gooseberry Hill now dates back more than three quarters of a century to 1921 when it was founded by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition. Since then, like so many others, It has grown from the humblest beginnings into a thriving modern day educational establishment which occupies an important centre of the daily lives of students and families throughout the Kalamunda hills area. Although much else has changed since the first Sisters came to Gooseberry Hill, two continuing links running like threads throughout Mary's Mount's history are a striving for educational excellence and commitment to Gospel values. Religious education is central to the school's learning programs. Children are exposed to the Catholic ethos through a range of programs including practical support for the missions, altar serving, daily classroom prayer and Sacramental preparation for Eucharist, Reconciliation and Confirmation - among many others. Masses are held in the school's chapel every Thursday in term at 9.30am, and parents are encouraged to attend and participate. The daily integration of faith into each child's life is an important goal. Academically, the focus is on helping children to discover their true potential. With the professional guidance of the teachers, children are encouraged to apply new skills, solve challenges, build self-confidence and discover their individual capabilities. A look at the staff makeup of the

Part of the pleasant surrounds of the school campus.

Some lessons are about more than numbers - here a students learns a little about life and nature as well.

The performing arts, part of the legacy of the Sisters of St Joseph, Is an Important part of the education on offer at Mary's Mount.

school gives a hint how comprehensively children are exposed to many different academic, social and cultural educational possibilities; staff include classroom teachers, a teacher-librarian, an art and craft teaching specialist, a music specialist and both Italian and Indonesian language specialists, teacher assistants and a parttime social worker. With homework set four nights

Mary's Mount students enjoy a rich variety of educational activities.

a week for every class from year one through to year seven, there's plenty - but not too much - to help widen the horizons of young minds. Choral speech, a liturgical choir, speech and drama have had a special place in the education of many Mary's Mount children. Mary's Mount currently has an enrolment of 280. This year, the school has eight classes ranging from kindergarten and pre-Primary through to Year Seven. The kindergarten class operates two mornings a week for children turning 4 years old during the year. Parents are seen as occupying an essential role in the realisation of the school's objective. This approach is part of the Catholic and family-oriented philosophy of the school, which sees the privacy of the family as the first school of life where basic lifegoverning values are established. Mary's Mount's strives to enhance and extend these values.

Saws, wood and glue all add up to one thing - learning can be fun.

To this end parents are actively encouraged to participate in programs within the school which help to rryike it more than merely an educational institution, but a living community. Parental participation through in-class assistance, sacramental programs and involvement in the Board of Management and the P&F Association is openly encouraged. Mary's Mount began as a boy's college when three Josephites set up two school cottages on a small acreage in Gooseberry Hill. The foundations they laid were enduring and it is the hope of all who work and teach at the school

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