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By Peter Rosengren By John Norton VATICAN CITY (CNS) - During a Lenten Mass in St Peter's Basilica rich with symbols of penitence last Sunday, Pope John Paul fl solemnly asked forgiveness for the past and present sins of Christians. Divided into seven broad petitions, the unprecedented jubilee "request for pardon" included request for forgiveness for sins against Christian unity, the use of violence in serv'mg the truth, hostility toward Jews and members of other relio the margthalisation of wmen gins, o and sins against society's weakest members. From the Jubilee's earliest planning stages, the Pope has called the Chtur.h to a "ptuification of memory" as it embarks on the third Christian millennium. "This first Sunday in Lent seemed to me a favourable occasion for the Church, gathered spiritually around the successor of Peter, to implore divine forgiveness for the sins of all believers," said the Pope, wearing dark purple vestrnents embroidered with brilliant silver panels. Standing before a larger-than-life-sized Pepe John Paul embraces the crucifix dwing Photo CNS/Reuters wooden crucifix erected to one side of the last Sunday's liturgy. altar, the Pope was joined in the forgive- methods not in keeping with the Gospel in ness liturgy by seven top Vatican officials. the solemn duty of defending the truth," Dividing the request for pardon by cate- the cardinal said. gories, the Pope asked forgiveness for sins: Christian intolerance in certain historical • In general periods, said the Pope, had "suthed" the • Committed in the service of the truth. face of the Church. This request was introduced by Cardinal He prayed that God would "accept our Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Vatican's resolve to seek and promote the truth in doctrinal congregation, which was created the gentleness of charity, in the firm Icnowlmore than 450 years ago under a different edge that the truth can only prevail in virtue name to run the Inquisition. of truth itself." "Even men of the Churc.h, in the name of Continued on Page 13; text of request for pardon liturgy - Page 13. faith and morals, have sometimes used

The vitality of the Catholic Church in Perth was demonstrated last weekend with more than 100 Rite of Cluistian tiation of Adult participants were welcomed at St Mary's Cathedral and three deacons ordained at Westminster. Those at St Mary's Cathedral last Sunday afternoon were 107 candidates and catechumens who indicated to Awdliary Bishop Robert Healy their desire to become full members of the Catholic Church. The Westminster frio, meanwhile, were seminarians on Saturday evening who were ordained to the diaconate by Archbishop Barry Hickey at the Vietnamese Catholic Community's Centre. Like the three ordained to the diaconate

- Son Nguyen, Phong Nguyen and Huy Nguyen - those at St Mary's cathedral have followed their own path in life; theirs has taken them into full membership of the Catholic Church while for the three deacons the priesthood is their call. The catechumens and candidates will join the Church at Easter, after having journeyed to it through the RCIA process. The three young Vietriamese-born Australian men have also made their own journey through years of studies at St Charles archdiocesan seminary and the University of Notre Dame in Australia at Fremantle and pastoral placements. For both groups, one stage of their life was ending and another beginning. Both had been led to their decisions following mud prayer and reflection in their lives. Confirmed on Page 11

The three seminarians present themselves to ArchNshop Hickey as the rector of St Charles' Seminary and Vicar General, Father Tim Corcoran, looks on.

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CARITAS AUSTRALIA NATIONAL DIRECTOR The Australian Bishops, through the Bishops' Committee for Justice, Development and Peace (BCJDP) are seeking a National Director for the Church's official aid and development agency, Caritas Australia (formerly Australian Catholic Relief). The successful applicant is expected to be familiar with and supportive of the Catholic Church's teachings, especially in the social justice area; to have a sensitive understanding of the world situation as it affects people suffering from poverty and injustice; and to have a capacity for teamwork, strong leadership qualities and relevant management and communication skills. The National Director's principal role is directing the development, aid and education programs of Caritas Australia. An information package about the position, the required qualifications and the work of Caritas Australia is available from the BCIDP Secretariat, 19 MacKenzie Street, North Sydney NSW 2060 (tel. 02-9956 5800; fax 9956 5782). Informal telephone inquiries to Dr Michael Costigan, Executive Secretary, BCJDP. Applications marked Confidential and including a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and the names of three referees, one of whom should be a parish priest, are to be forwarded by 5pm on Wednesday 12 April 2000 to: Most Rev Hilton Deakin, Chairman of Caritas Australia, BM Secretariat, Leo XIII House, 19 MacKenzie Street, North Sydney NSW 2060.

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Catholic nurses: call to witness to Faith By Anthony Barich Catholic nurses are called to give their time and talent to God's work, evangelising and educating as well as treating patients, an overseas Catholic nurse leader said at last Saturday's launch of WA's Catholic Association for Nurses at St John of God Hospital, Subiaco. The leader was International Catholic Committee of Nurses and Medico-Social Assistants president Sir Richard Lai, from Singapore. Under the theme, "Catholic nurses as agents of change in the new millennium", Sir Richard said spiritual example spreads to others. "If you live a good life and are a good Catholic nurses and supporters at St John of God Hospital last Saturday. An,hc,v Banch model, the patient will say, 'Who is that nurse?' Then we can say, 'She is a tional paternalistic mode of decision Catholic nurse.' You reflect what you making is under scrutiny," Ms Tinnelly said. preach. That is evangelisation." "Because there is no doubt that nursing He said a Catholic Association for Nurses' duty was to "become a moral refer- staff will be involved in the effect of many of the moral decisions . . . . WWI if the ence point for those who take action." Their role was "to assist the Church in decisions have a potential for harm and being heard at an international and we ignore the fact that they are being national level with government authori- made and if they turn out to be harmful, it may be too late to wish to have spoken ties." Sir Richard said doctrine and action earlier." Sir Richard encouraged nurses to were needed to preserve the vitality of a Catholic nurses' association, a "doctrine attend the 12th Congress of the Asian [that) comes to us from the Vatican and Federation of Catholic Medical Associations in Kuala Lumpur, organised by the the Bible." He admitted the work of a Christian in Catholic Doctors Association of Malaysia. Congress themes would the modern world was often tough. But Christians were "called to be Include artificial reproductive technologuardians of human life, to place more gy, genetic engineering, ethical dilem- Sr Richard Lai addresses the launch. mas, Catholic response to health emphasis on the sanctity of life." care issue erupting. "There are many "Often we think, 'how can I do any- challenges, and cancer. The Singaporean Knight Commander worrying issues in our nursing practice thing? Who am I to speak? I am only a of St Gregory the Great (a papal honour) of today, and there will be more in the staff nurse. "But if you think positive, you act posi- said we have an obligation to "practice future," Ms Ilubery said. "A nursing assojustice through our suffering communi- ciation is needed." Ms Tinnelly said nurstive." ty. There is always humanity when es must have a solid understanding of Silver Chain hospice nurse Karen Tinmoral principles to help patients make nelly said in a lecture at the launch on human hopes fail." He said Catholics must "be sponta- decisions. the medical and ethical criteria con"Ethics requires us to look again, and cerning provision of artificial nutrition neous to the call of Christ and our actions and hydration for the terminally ill that must be seen to reflect Catholic princi- yet again, at our ordinary moral judgments and to carefully consider our justhe role of the nurse was drastically dif- ples." Southern Cross aged care ethics com- tifications for such judgments," she said. ferent from the past. ". . . . Ethics is not law. Law deals with "With the recent ideological shift in mittee member Margaret Hubery told health care, in which individuals are the launch Catholic nurses must be 'ded- what is. What law says is not a part of being encouraged to take more respon- icated, committed and obvious," espe- ethical discussion and analysis." sibility for their own health, the tradi- cially with the euthanasia and other aged Continued on Page 4

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Big donations kick off appeal appropriate that this appeal is being conducted in the joyful Jubilee year, celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Christ," Mrs Cullity said at the launch. "We are able to say, yes, we can help you, yes, we can offer you hope and yes, there is room at the

By Peter Sweeney Pregnancy Assistance has launched a major fundraising appeal aimed at paying off a house which helps pregnant women. "Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow" - launched by Archbishop Barry Hickey at a garden party in the grounds of St Mary's Cathedral - aims to raise $450,000 from supporters. The money will pay off a $180,000 loan on Miriam's House, a home in Dianella which caters for homeless pregnant women and set up an endowment fund, the interest from which will help offset annual operating costs of $80,000. Pregnancy Assistance - which comes under the umbrella of the Catholic Church - was established in 1996 to provide love, counselling and support to hundreds of mothers-to-be. During the protracted and emotive debate on the proposed State legislation on abortion, Archbishop Hickey pledged that no woman should be forced to have an abortion due to poverty. In response to his pledge, and a dramatic increase in the number of homeless pregnant women seeking accommodation, Pregnancy Assistance borrowed nearly $200.000 and purchased the

Anne Cullity, left, with Archbishop Hickey and former WA Premier Sir Charles Court and his wife Lady Court at the Pregnancy Assistance appeal launch. home. Archbishop Hickey later blessed Miriam's House and dedicated it to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Protectress of the Unborn. Now "Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow" has been launched to secure the future of Miriam's House, which many residents have said was a "lifesaver" during their pregnancy "The work and presence of Pregnancy Assistance are very symbolic," Archbishop Hickey, the patron of Pregnancy Assistance, told guests at the launch. "They are symbols of care for women in trouble, a promotion of the abundant life mentality and a desire of committed people to

take a stand. They are a service based on the conviction that love can touch hearts. "We can be very proud we have such an agency in our city however, for it to continue its mission, Pregnancy Assistance needs your help." "Two people who have done just that are Maurice Brockwell and Ann Gunny, joint chairmen of the "Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow" appeal." Both Mr Brockwell and Mrs Cullity donated $45,000 to the appeal - matching a State Government grant of $90,000 for Miriam's House. "Surely one of the greatest gifts God gave us is hope, so isn't it

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Although competing against cosmetics companies and male exotic dancers - among others - a "For the past four years Preg- stall run by the Right To Life nancy Assistance has struggled organisation at the Everywoman along from month to month, Expo on the weekend attracted dependent on a few generous plenty of interest from women. supporters. Now we can all help The Expo was first run last year this very worthy cause. and focuses on displays and pro"Very few of us have experi- motions from businesses and enced the feeling of absolute organisations which are oriented despair, of having nobody to turn towards women. to, nowhere to go and no hope for The stall, `womanned' by volunthe future in times of trouble and teers throughout the weekend at crisis. the Claremont Show Grounds, "Perhaps we have all had a safe- focussed on the development of ty net of some sort under us. the unborn child and promoting "Not so (for] many of the girls pro-life pregnancy counselling and women who approach Pregavailable in WA. nancy Assistance," she said. Organiser Pauline Matthys said Assistance, which Pregnancy Expo was an excellent opporthe cares for women regardless of to display the humanity of tunity their race, colour or creed, is trybaby and provide unborn the ing to show women there is an on help for women nformation i alternative. Donations are fully tax deductible and can be spread facing what are often termed as over three years and varied to "problem" or "crisis" pregnancies. Visitors could also look at the obtain maximum tax benefits. Donations can be sent to Preg- display of photographs, a fascinancy Assistance, 195 Lord St, nating video on life in the womb, East Perth. Further information, is and life-size models of unborn available from John Pritchard on babies at different stages of development. 0413 092 147.

Youth ministry urges preparation for Rome Youth Day pilgrims

Perth's Karen Prentice, left front, with other national youth delegates in Sydney last week preparing for World Youth Day in August in Rome.

The director of the Catholic Youth Ministry has made a strong call for all delegates to the coming World Youth Day in Rome to attend preparation meetings in Perth. Karen Prentice described the meetings. held on the last Tuesday of each month at the Cathedral Parish Centre, 450 Hay Street. from 7pm-8.30pm, as "essential." With an average attendance so far of 70 young people and adults support, the monthly meetings offer a program of spiritual, practical and financial preparation. WA currently has 115 delegates going to Rome for World Youth

Day from 15-20 August %\ ho have paid deposits and others who are still interested in receiving information. About half the group. who are going to the Holy Land, will depart on 5 August. Archbishop Barry Hickey will be joining the pilgrims in Rome. "As pilgrimage is one of our themes of Jubilee. I encourage each parish and secondary school to sponsor a delegate for this one-in-a-lifetime journey," the Archbishop said. "I feel honoured to be leading this important pilgrimage in the year of the Great Jubilee. "It is a visible sign from Perth.

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Continued from Page 2 The new Catholic Association for Nurses chaplain, LI Goody Bioethics Centre director Father Walter Black, said a nurses association would add "more sway" to discussion with members of parliament than any individual lobbyist could. He gave the example of the recent overturning of the Northern Territory's Euthanasia Bill. "The Catholic Doctors' Association made a clear and firm submission to every Federal MP that palliative care removed any need km euthanasia," Fr Black said. "That is the power of an association of doctors or nurses as opposed to an individual's efforts." Sir Riphard said respect for life was not just a slogan, "we should take action to reinforce our Catholic identity." "These principles should be put in the [nursing] training schools." The launch of the WA Catholic Association for Nurses follows the decline of the Catholic nurses guilds and failed attempts to revive the organisation in the past. The plan has more hope of surviving this time, Fr Black said, because of the massive support for the association when the launch was advertised in parish newsletters throughout the State. "The response was unbelievable, especially in rural areas. WhenI gave a talk in Esperance last year nurses were approaching me wondering why this hadn't happened sooner. "There was a felt need for personal Christian support and encouragement with regard to ethical issues which arise in health care." WA Catholic Doctors Association president Dr Michael Shanahan welcomed the nurses' association; his association looked forward to working with the nurses. THE CATHOLIC EDUCATION COMMISSION OF WESFERN AI.JSIRALIA

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A Queensland mother-of-three has raised about $23,000 by selling gold pendants for Timor and hopes to make $50,000 altogether for her appeal. Kerri Brennan, from the Brisbane suburb of Ferny Grove, began her quest to raise the money for Caritas Australia last August with only the help of a few friends. Mrs Brennan said the 22-carat gold plated and cubic zirconia cross sold for $49 as a special price and $15 from each sale went to Caritas' relief effort in East Timor. She had sold many pendants in WA and as far afield as Tasmania, the NT and even Groote Island. She told The Record the beautiful pendants would make a lovely Easter gift and many women had rung her to say how happy they were with their cross, which comes with a free chain. "We are really hoping to get some of the TV stations interested as well and some of the other denominations and other media, other than the Catholic media," she said. Kern Brennan and family: hoping to raise money for East Timor. Photo Catholic Leader, Bnsbane "I am nearly halfway there and it is a " I don't handle the money; it has been still need the same amount of food as we non-profit thing - it is certainly keeping audited and the money goes to the have. I have struck a lot of ignorance. me very busy "The jewellery company agreed to give "I was involved in jewellery party plans Thomas More Centre," she said. "Idon't want people to thinkIwas doing their profits away and paid for the printand this is how I came in contact with ing of flyers sent to each parish in Austhe cross and got the idea to raise money It for my own gain. "Caritas has a 30-year re-development tralia and postage, a total of $12,000. for charity." "Orders have come from groups of peoMrs Brennan, 28, said the Thomas More plan helping to re-build people's homes ple and from certain parishes, rather Centre, mentioned in her promotional and re-plant their crops in East Timor. "They are also helping people with a than widespread. material, was a group of young Catholics "It has been wonderful and a learning aged 18-35 who meet to discuss relevant program on the radio. "People in Australia don't think how curve for me. Issues in the Church. "I believe in the Holy Spirit and I don't She said 1000 crosses were stolen in the Timorese will be affected psychologtransit in the courier system and the jew- ically, because it happened in a Third think we could have done it on our own. "For me, it was just seeing if I could ellery company bore the brunt of it, as World country," she said. "People criticise me and I say people make a difference myself." they didn't have insurance.

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St Luke's Catholic Primary School. Woodvale, is a coeducational, double stream school in its twelfth year of operation. The school was opened in 1989 and caters for approximately 570 children from Kindergarten to Year 7 The school is situated in the northern suburbs and services the areas of Kingsley, Edgewater and Woodvale. St Luke's offers a comprehensive curriculum focussing on the nine learning areas which Includes religious education. This is complemented by specialised programs in music, physical education and a support program. Recent updating and improvement in technology resources have opened up new avenues to learning. Collaborative Learning and Curriculum Framework are key areas of focus and are being well established. Since 1989 the school has housed a special unit for the Hearing Impaired children from the Speech and Hearing Centre at GlendaloughA specialist teacher and assistant from the Centre work each day with children from various age groups and classes. St Luke's school is an integral part of the parish and local community. It has a strong welcoming community spirit. The successful applicant will take up the position on 1 January 2001. Applicants need to be actively involved in the Catholic Church and be experienced educators committed to the objectives and ethos of Catholic education. These men and women will have the requisite theological, educational, pastoral and administrative competencies together with an appropriate four year minimum tertiary qualification and will have completed Accreditationrequirements. The successful applicant must be able to provide the appropriate Australian Federal Police clearance. Official application forms are available from Errol Thomson on 9212 9377. For further information please contact Sr Clare Rafferty, Consultant, Leadership Team, on 9212

St Jude's Catholic School, Langford, was established as a parish school in 1979 to serve the suburbs of Lynwood, Langford. Parkwood and Ferndale. The school is coeducational and caters for approximately 240 students from K-7. The school crest depicts an open circle of people with linked hands centred on the symbol of Christ. This represents the welcoming focus of the school. The staff work as a team to provide a developmental learning program that builds students' collaborative skills. Staff are currently exploring the impact of the curriculum framework on learning and teaching in the classroom. Included in the mainstream curriculum is the opportunity to learn Italian from Pre-primary with Japanese being optional from Year 4. A specialist physical education teacher provides a varied program with emphasis on participation and a daily fitness program. A music/singing teacher is also employed .2 FTE. The successful applicant will take up the position at the beginning of Semester 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. These men and women will have the requisite theological, educational, pastoral and administrative competencies together with an appropriate four year minimum tertiary qualification and will have completed 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 9212 9377. For further information please contact Sr Clare Rafferty, Consultant, Leadership Team, on 9212

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Dubliners Lenten pack: no fries DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) - When Catholics In Dublin went to Mass on Ash Wednesday, they received more than ashes on their foreheads and Communion. The Dublin Archdiocese distributed 50.000 Lenten gifts: special packs containing a cross, prayers, a reconciliation card and a leaflet containing meatfree recipes and the telephone numbers of 12 charities looking for volunteers. The cross is inscribed on a small wooden disk. about the size of a small coin, with a prayer on the opposite side. Described as "a cross In your pocket," the disk is designed to be carried throughout Lent. reconciliation The card is to be sent to a person from whom one has become estranged. The three meat-free recipes - potato and broccoli soup, nut roast and pasta with mushrooms and olive oil - are offered to revive the Catholic tradition of abstaining from meat on Fridays, especially during Lent, in recognition of the suffering and death of Jesus on Good Friday. The leaflet naming charities - including a hospice and the Society of St Vincent de Paul is designed to encourage people to serve God within their local communities.

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participated in the public hearings in Perth several years ago. Speakers at these Perth hearings were chosen by ballot. "It was criticised at the time as being unfair, the Archbishop said, but "anyone who was not chosen had the right to make a written submission." In addition to the public hearings, data for the Woman and Man report had come from the Church Life Survey which was taken in a number of parishes chosen at random. A survey of women's groups also added to the information available. "Here we have many burning issues to deal with andIhope we can deal with them without excessive conflagration or incineration," the Archbishop said. Good Samaritan Sister Margaret Malone, from the diocese of Canberra-Goulburn, the forum's keynote speaker, said it was her role to explain what was in the report, how it was formed and

By Glynnis Grainger Issues relating to faith and morals like contraception and divorce, and other issues related to sexuality, marriage and family life, were part of the deposit of faith received by the Church and beyond the influence of lobby groups, Archbishop Barry Hickey told a forum on women in the Church last Saturday. The Archbishop was opening a public forum at Mercedes Conference Centre to publicise the report "Woman and Man: One in Christ Jesus, Women in the Catholic Church in Australia" which was released last year. Perth's Catholic Social Justice Council called the meeting. Issues related to sexuality, marriage and family life were "matters decided by the highest teaching authority of the Church," Archbishop Hickey said. The Archbishop noted that many people present would have

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Eucharistic congress for Wollongong The Diocese of Wollongong south of Sydney will hold a Eucharistic Congress in June to coincide with the International Eucharistic Congress In Rome. The Australian Catholic Bishop's Conference has recognised the Congress as a significant national Jubilee event. The theme "Bread of New Life" is an adaptation of the title of the Roman document, "Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the World, Bread of New Life", which underpins the International Eucharistic Congress. Eucharistic Congresses are held every few years. In the words of Pope John Paul, this will be "an Intensely Eucharistic Year" because it falls during MIL

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For us the mountain is calling Fr Adrian Pittarello, Vicar for Migration, continues a series of reflections on the readings associated with the Lenten and Easter seasons

n the Bible geographic places receive a symbolic meaning. In last week's reflection I pointed out that the desert, although the barest and the most barren place on earth, becomes a fertile place for an intimate encounter with God. The 'temptations' experienced in the desert are trials through which God purifies and strengthens our faith. The mountain is another place endowed with a high level of symbolism. Mountains were considered by people of ancient civilisations places where God's presence was more real. Their inaccessibility symbolised God's inaccessibility Shrines and temples were built on high places, for the mountaintops touch and penetrate the sky, God's dwelling place. The higher the place, the greater God's presence. Yahweh is the 'Most High,' for he dwells in the highest places, far above any other god. Abraham goes to a mountain to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice to God. God reveals himself to Moses on a mountain, and gives him the tables of his law on mount Sinai. Also in the Gospels the mountain has a symbolic meaning. Matthew, who presents Jesus as the new Moses. places

With Fr Adrian Pittarello him on a mountain when he delivered to the large crowds, who came to listen to him, his new law with the speech traditionally known as the 'sermon of the mountain.' (Luke, for whom Jesus is the one sent `to bring good news to the poor and to let the oppressed go free', makes him come down from a mountain to a level ground to announce the beatitudes). All the evangelists say that, when Jesus retreated to pray, he did so on a mountain. Prayer is intimate contact with God. The mountain is a place of isolation, far from the activities carried out on the plain, a place of silence and lowliness. Like the desert. But, unlike the desert, it is not a place of temptation, of trial. It is a place where God communicates himself to anyone who rises above earthy concerns. Whenever God communicates himself to someone, that person is changed, transformed in the likeness of God. Jesus' transfiguration on the mountain testifies to this. To be a Christian means to live a life that is continuously trans-

formed by God. The greatest transformation takes place with Baptism, when we become Christ-like, sharing the life of his resurrection. That is only the beginning. We must grow in God's likeness throughout our life. Lent is a period during which we must become more aware of this calling and journey, and put ourselves in the conditions where God can transform us through his grace. During this Lent we must go on a mountain, so that our prayer may become a more intimate communication with God. We must rise above the concerns of everyday life, no matter how pressing they might be. We must also, instructed by God's word, accept the death of those aspects of our life which are not God-like. Unless our clothes are thoroughly bleached by conversion and penance, putting to death what is sinful in us, they can never be turned white by God's grace. During lent we are invited to go up the mountain. There we will breath pure air, uncontaminated by worldly concerns, we will be surrounded by a cloud which will prevent us to look down on the plain with nostalgia, and we will able to hear only God's voice. If we do so, we too may have the experience, when the cloud dissolves and God's voice has finished talking to us, to descend from the mountain seeing no one else but Jesus.

To Jesus through Mary ... a column of Marian devotion can become like that inside. But Lourdes also has "this little spring that keeps ll kinds of miracles happen at pushing forth," he said. "It gives life, it gives energy, it gives Lourdes, the Marian shrine in hope and all types of encouragement." southwestern France, according "When you speak of the larger question to Father Patrick Jacquin. Since Mary appeared to Bernadette of miracles, peoples' hearts are touched Soubirous 18 times in 1858 with a mes- In a variety of different ways," said Father sage of prayer and penitence. the Church Jacquin. "One thing that seems to be a constant is that when people leave they in France has officially recognised 66 are never the same." miraculous cures, the last occurring in The rector spoke with Catholic News 1987 and approved in 1999, he said. Service March 4 during a brief visit to But to Father Jacquin, the shrine's rec- the Basilica of the National Shrine of the tor for just over two years, "the first mir- Immaculate Conception in Washington. acle is that so many come, young people, where he celebrated Mass in the Lourpeople of different ages" - 5.5 million pil- des chapel. grims annually. About 2 million of the shrine's annual He described "the dryness, the hard- visitors are on organised pilgrimages for ness, the rockiness" of the shrine's loca- three or four days. The rest are individtion near the Pyrenees, and said people uals who spend a few hours, visiting the grotto, attending Mass, lighting candles. Though many things bring people to Lourdes, there is one overriding motive, said Father Jacquin. "Lourdes has become a in Australia, April-May 2000 place of peace." The message with Father John Phalen CSC from the encounter between 13year-old Bernadette - the oldest Archdiocese of Perth Program child in a poor, sometimes desAPRIL titute working family - and Sat 15 Official launch of Rosary Crusade by Mary is one of hope, he said. Archbishop Hickey- following 6.30pm Nid • "Bernadette didn't speak Sun 16 Palm Sunday Eucharistic procession led by French, she spoke a patois or Archbishop Hickey and Passion Play regional dialect," he said. "She 1.30pm gathering on Esplanade, Barrack St for couldn't even learn the cate2pm procession to Forrest Place for Passion chism, and so people who feel Mon 17 Day of Reflection -St Patrick's Church, York By Nancy Hartnagel

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Marriage and love are all about sacrifice that's the law

With Paul Gray

arriage, said the French historian Taine, is an experience in stages. It consists of three weeks of curiosity, three months of love, three years of argument - and 30 years of tolerance! Taine's amusing remark on marriage came to light for me during a recent re-reading of that great American Catholic author and commentator, Bishop Fulton Sheen. Bishop Sheen's "cause" for canonisation has been recently taken up. Thanks to this news I've been nosing through an old volume of the Bishop's presentations. Hence I was led to his 1958 essay, "Marriage is Neither Heaven nor Hell - but what is it?" As I read,I began to appreciate the skill and greatness of this formidable orator-priest. But more particularly for our present-day concerns,Ialso began to see how the wisdom Bishop Sheen distilled on marriage has been sadly obscured today. Tragically obscured, indeed, when we see how many people today are failing to see what marriage is all about. How many divorces could be prevented, and pain and misery avoided, if only more people on the married journey could see the truths of life and love so authoritatively articulated by Bishop Fulton Sheen. Sheen says that in married love, there are three crises which if not conquered, lead to decay. The good news is that corresponding to these three crises, there are three "elevations" through which a married couple may grow Into a deeper love. The task of the married person is to conquer the crises, and seek out the elevations which lift married love to "new peaks of peace, serenity, and happiness." Through all these reflections runs what Sheen calls "love's inviolable law." The law is: "Love never mounts to a high level without a death to a lower one." The three crises of married love described by Fulton Sheen are the crisis of sex, the crisis of tolerance and the crisis of boredom and divorce. The corresponding elevations of love through which these crises are conquered are the discovery of personality, the happiness of the beloved, and the Divine origin of love. Here is a quick summary of each of Sheen's crises, with its corresponding "elevation": Crisis of Sex: sexual attraction keeps couples united for a time, but as its intensity subsides and the "rose-coloured glasses" of romance are removed, the underlying selfishness and egotism of the partners inevitably come to the fore. The Discovery of Personality: as libido begins to dominate less, the married person begins to see the personality of the other, and learns to take delight in non-physical features such as the respect, admiration and friendship of that personality. Crisis of Tolerance: This is what Sheen calls "the civil war period of marriage," where couples tolerate but do not truly love each other. The marriage has now become "an exchange of egotism." The Happiness of the Beloved: sacrifice for the sake of the beloved is now essential for the marriage, a spiritual killing of the ego through which one truly learns to live for the other. Sufferings and sacrifices relating to the children can assist this process. Crisis of Boredom and Divorce: each partner now feels so injured and misunderstood that divorce and remarriage - Dr Johnson's "triumph of hope over experience" - is seriously contemplated. The Divine Origin of Love: Love will still triumph when each partner realises the central importance of God, the Perfect Love which lies beyond the other partner. Happiness now comes when both "are given to God and to His Holy Designs." As a crash course in marriage, I call that tolerable!

Can we care more for our elderly at home? 0 The Record

ne unfortunate effect of current controversy over care of the elderly in nursing homes is the bad image the few ill-managed nursing homes give to the many well-run homes. Many of the better nursing homes are in the large Church and not-for-profit section of the aged care profession. Hopefully, commonsense will prevail in the debate and most citizens will realise that any social endeavour will, because of the frailty of human nature, suffer from a few bad apples in the barrel. Whatever the faults at the Riverside Nursing Home in Melbourne, the ensuing debate should gives all Australians a chance to examine their consciences on how we care for our elderly and disabled citizens. The first question is obvious: why do we need nursing homes to care for our parents and grandparents? Naturally, if we want our frail relatives to live as long and as comfortably as possible, then the full-time professional care provided by a nursing home is a necessity. If the aged person's family are closely involved with the life of the home, including regular visits by many different members of a clan, then life in a nursing home can be varied and enjoyable. The regular visits from relatives would soon identify any unintentional or other oversight on the part of staff. How many of the problems that have sparked the current debate developed because relatives left their kin to vegetate in a nursing home? And how much of the outrage is fuelled

Little Sister of the Poor, Sr Margaret, cares for Brian Ryan at the Sisters' Glendalough home.

by guilty consciences? In the past, sound medical reasons have necessitated entry to a nursing home. But with the current speedy advance in computer technology, isn't there an opportunity opening for greater care of the frail elderly at home? One of the advances of modern medical science is the increase in day surgery and home nursing care. It may not be that far off that home Internet connections will enable doctors to diagnose and recommend treatment in suburban homes from a great distance, as is beginning to happen in rural medicine. Naturally, there will have to be someone at home to care for the elderly relative. But this is less and less likely when moth-

ers and single women are forced into the workforce to provide for themselves and their families. Once it was a mark of great Christian virtue for some single women to forego marriage or a career and care full-time for elderly relatives. Unfortunately, this could lead to personal frustration, especially where the carer did not have a strong spiritual motivation and support for giving their life for the care of the elderly. One way the frail elderly could be cared for at home by relatives, rather than paid carers, would be for society to support families financially through increased Government support for family life. Apart from the increasing use of home

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Restorative justice defined

hank you for your editorial (March

9. 2000 Mandatory gaol needed for

restorative justice) which has given me the opportunity to offer some clarification to your interpretation of the term 'restorative justice'. Restorative justice, a term now commonly used by people working and ministering in the world of crime and prisons across the world, is about healing the impact of crime in the community. The process by which this is accomplished is through a group or community conference at which the victim, the perpetrator of the offence and their families meet together. The gathering is facilitated by members of the community and other supportive community representatives may be present such as close friends, the police, lawyer, priest. By engaging in this process, the offender Is able to meet and hear how a crime has Impacted on the victim, the victim is able to express his/her feelings about the crime and also to hear from the perpetrator the reasons for committing the offence. At the conclusion of this process, the assembled group comes up with recommendations about which consequences are appropriate for the offender in that particular situation. In many cases, these recommendations are then taken before the courts for ratification. It is very clear to me that 'mandatory sentencing' and 'restorative justice' are very different and quite incompatible. For restorative justice, both the offender and the victim need to be willing to meet with each other, the victim needs to listen to the offender's story and express his/her own feelings about the offence, the offender needs to accept responsibility for the offence and agree to the consequences emerging from this process. A common outcome for the offender is remorse and shame, leading ultimately to a change in anti-social behaviours and a break in the offending cycle. Imight add here that having shared in the lives of many offenders in WA jails for the past few years, most would rather 'do the time' in prison than actually meet with the victim of their offending behaviours. Restorative justice is not a soft option for offenders. Indeed, to borrow a Gospel image from

Apology appropriate

Moral abhorrence

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your editorial, it provides a community- thinking about crime and our response to imposed, self-accepted 'line in the sand' it that focuses on the harm caused by crime, which is much more challenging and pow- regarding the harm done to the victims and erful than the threat of being locked away reducing future harm by preventing crime. It also requires offenders to take responand perhaps gaining affirmation from confirmed recidivists in our local 'universities sibility for the actions and for the harm they have caused, seeks redress for victims of crime'. I am convinced that this process offers us and recompense by offenders, and is a better opportunity for healing the effects achieved through a co-operative effort by of crime, thus restoring connectedness and communities and the government. It is essential that the causes of crime are relationships within the community. Surely such healing and restoration is the addressed some of which are: addiction, hope and task of the Christian conununity. poverty, unemployment, mental illness, If this concept sounds familiar, the pub- illiteracy, lack of places for youth to assemlicity around the current Year of Jubilee is ble and have fun. The Government needs to spend more doing its job. money on crime prevention than crime Brendan McKeague punishment. Christian Centre for Social Action What is humanly best in the long term is East Victoria Park economically best. Sr Teresa Daly RSM 'Mart Hill andatory sentencing is not a proven catalyst against crime. It appeals to those with severe temcould not help but be appalled by the peraments who favour simplistic solutions sentiments expressed in the editorial in to increasing criminal activities. the last edition of The Record (9 It is politically attractive as it gives the Impression that problems of crime are March). The writer has taken a stand on mandabeing addressed by authorities. In reality it is silly. It incarcerates children, tory sentencing that flies in the face of critIt fills the prisons with people who have icism from many eminent persons, committed minor offences and it removes including the Australian of the Year and from the judiciary their right to practise deputy chair of the Aboriginal Reconciliation Council, Sir Gustav Nossal, and the discretion. It presumes that all criminals and crimes chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, Bishop Kevin Manning. are alike. The writer quotes from The Catechism of It is regrettable that the author of your editorial (9 March) sided with the propo- the Catholic Church - quotations from nents of mandatory sentencing, printed in sources can be a minefield. I was moved by the offending editorial to the same issue as the Bishops' apology to dip into the same publication.Ifound three various groups and peoples in Australia. Perhaps it would be appropriate to interesting passages. The first relates to the legitimate authorinclude another paragraph in the apology list to those who read The Recordlast week ity of society to punish people for criminal offences. Bishop Christopher Saunders However it warns that ".... penalties comBroome mensurate with the gravity of crime . . . ." ought be imposed, Catechism of the Catholic Church (2266). Mandatory sentencing ignores this part of he editorial, "Mandatory sentencing needed for restorative justice", of 9 the Catechism and so does the editorial. The second relates to the many factors March gives me great concern on that call us to find 'fairer and more human' two accounts. First the mandatory sentencing law is ways of dealing with each other. "There exist also sinful inequalities that morally abhorrent and unjust. It removes the discretion of magistrates affect millions of men and women. These and judges to determine the best and most are in open contradiction to the Gospel" appropriate form of punishment or reha- Catechism (1938) - another passage the bilitation and seriously undermines the editorial failed to mention and that mandatory sentencing prevents judges from takindependence of the courts. Secondly it misuses the term "Restorative ing account of. The third one seems apt. "To form an Justice". Restorative justice is a different way of equitable judgement about the subject's

help services, nobody should hold their breath waiting for an increased carer's pension, given the history of Government support for the care of children in families. But what would happen if some two income families gave up overseas holidays, two cars and a restaurant meal every week to have one member care for granny at home? What are third and fourth bedrooms. televisions or phones for once children have left home? The focus of responsibility for the care of the elderly should not always be on younger relatives - some elderly people stand on their independence so much that they prevent younger relatives from giving exercise to their charity. Entering a hostel or nursing home may be a mark of independence from the clan but - if there is someone willing and able - relatives should be given a chance to help. Christian life involves as much as in knowing when and how to receive as well as to give. Like any social question, each individual case is different. This means well-run and supported nursing homes will always be a necessity. But this should not take our attention away from the opportunities that exist for more care of the frail elderly and disabled within the family and clan.

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moral responsibility and to guide pastoral action, one must take into account the affective maturity, forces of acquired habit, conditions of anxiety, or other psychological or social factors that lessen or even extenuate moral culpability." Catechism (2352) Strike three? The Australian Bishops have just released an apology for the Church's past "arrogance, lack of charity, compassion and understanding." Last week's editorial requires an apology on the same grounds. Once again, we can be grateful for the disclaimer at the end. Br Shane Wood CFC Broome

Nothing more to be said

e: Crime and punishment. Editor 10. Social workers - 0. Postscript: your editorial said it all - there is nothing more to be said. Paul Clune Ardross

Individual cases

am sorry to say that the thoughts expressed in the recent editorial (9 March) do not do the Catholic Church any credit. The editorial would have been better titled "Mandatory gaol needed for retributive justice". In the last twelve monthsIhave witnessed first hand the post modems of several Aboriginal men who died in custody due to hanging as a result of the despair associated with incarceration. I can assure the editor that no good is done by unnecessary imprisonment, either to those people who died or to the communities to which they and we belong. Mandatory sentencing is based, so the editorial argues, on the need to draw a line in the sand. This argument gives mandatory sentencing a Christ-like aura that it most certainly does not deserve. Actually Jesus was better known for taking into account the individual circumstances of a person and having mercy, than he was for slavish legalism. In fact, it could be argued that Jesus' death was in no small part due to his opposition to those who slavishly followed laws - laws that people had created but attributed Incorrectly to being part of God's divine order. eanttnitCA On PAIle If The Record. March 16 2000 Page 7

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Bishop Jobst returns to Germany, reflects on Australia's future By Peter Rosengren

Bishop Jobst, with a copy of his draft memoirs before him, reflects on nearly 50 years of apostolic work in Australia.

he former Bishop of Broome, Bishop John Jobst, is returning to his native Germany to live permanently among family and friends. For the last four years the Pallotine missionary has been living in retirement in Perth after handing over the Broome Diocese in the far north of Western Australia to Bishop Christopher Saunders. But at 80 years of age - he was born in the same year as Pope John Paul II - he still has plans for the future. Eight out of the original 12 Jobst children are still alive, seven of them in Germany where two brothers and five sisters still live. The eighth, a Pallottine Sister, lives in Cape Town, South Africa. Quite where he'll live in Germany is unsure at the moment, however, as he told The Record last Tuesday week in an interview at his Claremont home. "I'll probably be living with my family. But you can put 'Address Unknown' for the time being," the legendary former Bishop of Broome said with a smile. The Bishop also has plans to write an autobiography based on his collection of notebooks and diaries which span his 45 years in the Kimberley.

The autobiography already exists in rough draft as can be seen from a large bound volume simply entitled Jobst Memoirs - one of only three in existence - sitting on the desk of his home office in Claremont. Before he returns to Germany, Bishop Jobst will be farewelled with a special Mass in the Chapel of St Michael at the Catholic Education Office in Leederville on 1 April at 9.30am. And by the time he departs on 9 April, he will have been in Australia for almost half a century, most of it as a missionary in the Kimberley. "I've done my dash, I think, after 49 years. It's almost a lifetime, isn't it?" he told The Recorcl, saying also that he was returning to Germany for two reasons. First, he said, "I came to Australia on a mission, to do a job, and I think I accomplished the mission, so there's nothing else for me to do." "And," he added, "people tell me - some - that that mission was accomplished reasonably well." The second reason, however, has to do with the heart. "I'm attracted to my roots," he said simply, "to live out the autumn years of my life in peace and dignity." Bishop Jobst has crammed a lot into his

life. He spent nearly 50 years continuing the work of his pioneering Pallottine predecessors, further expanding and carving a diocese for the Church out of the harsh beauty of the Kimberley terrain. By the time he retired in November 1995, he was the last of Australia's serving prelates who had also attended the Church's historic Second Vatican Council as a Bishop. High on the list things to be chased up back in Germany are some of the simple pleasures of life. "I want to catch up with my reading, writing and enjoying good classical music and good opera," he said with a grin. The rough draft of the Jobst memoirs was written in 1996 and 1997, partly from memory and partly from pocket diaries and notebooks spread over the years of his life in the Kimberley. The autobiography will cover daily events as well as reflections on Aboriginal issues, anthropology, education and the development of the whole Kimberley area. Although he is often regarded as a bishop whose priority was the Aboriginal people of the Kimberley, he had seen his role differently. "I was sent to look after all the people living in the Kimberley - black, white,

European, Asian - all the Kimberley community," he said. "That was my mission, but the Aboriginal people had a special place in terms of pastoral care," he said. On the future of Australia and the Church in this country, Bishop Jobst made several short but pointed observations, Including some warnings. "Australia will remain isolated and insular unless it associates itself with Asia in every area - political, commercial, scientific and in terms of general development," he said. "In other words, unless Australia links up with Asia it will remain insignificant and insular." In a country which has adopted the principle of multiculturalism, any association has to be implemented via inculhuation. "We have to be open to all the positive developments which Asian culture can offer us in human and spiritual values," he said. But he also fears for the country he has called home for the last half-century. "I certainly fear for Australia if [it] isn't prepared to make adjustments and sacrifices - for example in the socio-economic sphere," he said. Australia's wage structure would never

be able to compete with Asian nations which he lived and worked in for 40-odd unless it reduced the cost of labour and years he said it had a great future "so long produced more, he said. as it links up with Asia" "I always had the impression that Aus"Ifs got rich mineral resources, natural tralia is over-governed, over unionised beauty - you name it," he said. and over-borrowed," he said, adding "If its resources were tapped and utilised Asian countries lack these three features. it could become one of the greatest indusOn religion, Bishop Jobst was just as trial centres of the world? direct He rejected the Green movement sug"I think we [Australians] hamper our gestion that natural resources like uranidevelopment with our ingrained materi- um should not be developed. alism," he said. "The Greens would say 'leave the uraHe compared the attitude of reverence nium and iron ore in the ground' but I he had seen often displayed by people of think the Creator has put them there for Asian origin attending Mass with that of a reason, for the use of man, so to leave European Australians. them there would be disregarding the "We like music, movement, a show - Creator's gift to mankind? he said. which are all distractions - but Asians are However, he added, "Of course, the steeped in the mystery of the Mass, med- Greens have a point. It has to be conitation and contemplation," he said. trolled exploitation. But neverthelessIam The future of the Church depended on Inclined to uphold this principle of using a renaissance in spirituality, he said. anything the Creator put in the crust of "In general terms I am convinced that the earth - sensibly and for the common the spiritual future of the Church in the good." year 2000 lies with its mysticism," he said. Although Bishop Jobst is leaving Aus"Unless we become a mystical Church tralia behind it has become part of his again we have no future," he explained, being. He'll never be able to get rid of it. adding "We should forget about 'knock"AlthoughIam leaving the countryIstill ing' the institutional Church and be con- care about it," he said. cerned more with prayer and "And I remain concerned about the contemplation - that's what I'm convinced future of Australia, the Church, the nation of." On the future of the Kimberley region and the Aboriginals."

Younger Wojtyla's Holy Simple pilgrim's message expected during Pope's Israeli whirlwind tour Although Pope John Paul Ils 20-26 March visit to the Holy Land is a pilgrimage, the political Land thoughts released and religious conflicts that have plagued Israel's 52-year existence will never be far away, as the By John Thavis

he profound emotion age continues with stopovers on experienced in the place land, which Wojtyla describes where Christ was impris- In great detail, including at the oned and scourged, in the Cena- logistical level, indicating the cle, where he instituted the distance from Nazareth (where Eucharist, and the little streets "a modern church is being built of Capernaum, or the rough thanks to contributions from beauty of Qumran, was record- Catholics worldwide") to Mn ed in Archbishop Karol Wojty- Karen, where Elizabeth and la's diary of his pilgrimage to Zachariah lived, and where the Holy Land with other bish- Mary spent three months with ops in December, 1963, during a her cousin. pause in Vatican Council II. The young Archbishop also On the eve of John Paul H's trip noted the divisions that existed to Jordan, Israel, and the Pales- in the management of the tinian Territories, after close to sacred places, which usually 47 years, the general curia of the surprises pilgrims. Franciscans, who are custodians Between 8-9 December, the of the Holy Land, have decided Archbishop of Krakow and his to publicly release those pages pilgrim companions offered the Polish Archbishop wrote to Mass and held a Vigil, beginthe priests of Krakow to share ning at midnight until 5:30 am with them his experience. the following day, at which time The text is dated 10 January, the Polish group had to move on 1964, although the pilgrimage so that Greek Orthodox priests, took place several days before, who are custodians of the shrine at the end of 1963, at a very dif- could celebrate their morning ficult time in Poland's history Liturgy. Paul VI had named him MetWojtyla wrote, "the altar that is ropolitan Archbishop of Krakow a memorial to the place of Jesus' on 30 December, 1963. He was birth belongs to" the Orthodox, 43. "while the altar next door, which One of the first messages the is where the crib was, belongs new Archbishop of Krakow gave to the Catholics." his fellow priests was: The topic of the division "I have participated in this pil- between Christians appears grimage not as something per- again when he visited the Basilsonal, but as a grace given to me ica of the Holy Sepulchre in by Providence to transmit to oth- Jerusalem. ers." The coexistence of denominaIn order to share with others tions who celebrate their relithe fruits of the pilgrimage, gious functions, "is not offensive Bishop Karol Wojtyla wrote a at first sight, although one diary knows that behind this is hidIt begins with the view from den the fact of the split of Christhe airplane of the Egyptian tianity, so contrary to Jesus" desert, the shores of the Red Sea, wish," he wrote the Sinai mountains, and landThe Pope, who in a few days scapes he contemplated again will return for the second time last month during his journey in In his life to Jerusalem and the Moses' footsteps. places in which the presence of When approaching Jerusalem, God changed the history of the plane flew over the Moab mankind forever, has indicated mountains and Mount Nebo, that an objective of the Church from which Moses viewed the for the third millennium is the Promised Land, knowing he reconstruction of unity among would never enter it. Christians. This territory is in Jordan, Undoubtedly, he will recall the which will be the first stage of thoughts and emotions he expethe Pope's trip from 20-26 rienced in the Holy Land when March. he was a young Archbishop at The chronicle of his pilgrim- the end of 1963. - ZENIT The Record, March 16 2000 Page 8

n a trip that crowns 21 years of papal travel, Pope John Paul H Catholic News Service reports in these two articles below. makes his jubilee pilgrimage to the Holy Land in late March, where two major wars and on-again, off- each other and in past years have ident Ezer Weizman and to the Yad he will walk in the footsteps of Christ again peace talks have changed the been the scene of bitter skirmishes Vashem Holocaust memorial. and revisit the roots of the faith. map in the region, and Jerusalem in between Palestinians and Israelis. He presides over an interreligious His 20-26 March trip to Jordan, particular remains a city contested The papal pilgrimage begins on 20 meeting in the evening. Israel and Palestinian territories will by Israelis and Palestinians. March in Jordan with a visit to On 24 March, the Pope travels to take the pontiff to Bethlehem, where A new agreement on Church rights Mount Nebo, where Moses died the Galilee region, celebrating Mass Jesus was born, to Nazareth, where between the Vatican and Palestinian after leading the Israelites out of for tens of thousands of young peohe grew up, to the Jordan River, leaders in February provoked new Egyptian captivity, on their way to ple on the Mount of the Beatitudes, where he was baptised, to Galilee, tensions with Israel, especially the Promised Land. where Christ preached the Sermon where he preached, and to because the agreement condermied The Pope will celebrate Mass on 21 on the Mount. Later he will visit Jerusalem, where he was crucified. unilateral decisions regarding March in a stadium in Amman, the nearby sites associated with Christ's It's a visit the 79-year-old Pope has Jerusalem - an extremely sensitive Jordanian capital, and tour sites near life and miracles. planned for a long time as a per- issue for Israel, which has declared the Jordan River before making his The schedule in Galilee also calls sonal spiritual journey during the the holy city its eternal capital. way to Jerusalem late in the day. for the Pope to meet with Israeli Holy Year dedicated to the 2,000th Despite the political pressures, the On 22 March, the pontiff travels Prime Minister Ehud Barak. anniversary of Christ's birth. Pope will preside over several main the short distance to Bethlehem in The timing of the meeting, shortly In seven days of intense activities, events in and around Jerusalem, cel- Palestinian-controlled territory, before the start of the Jewish Sabthe Pope will try to bring a simple ebrating liturgies for Christians and where he will celebrate Mass at the bath, has prompted some criticism pilgrim's message to a land scarred visiting religious sites important to place where Christ was born. from Orthodox Jewish leaders, who by political division and armed con- tho local Muslim and Jewish comHe will also meet with Palestinian fear the prime minister might not be flict. munities, according to the schedule leader Yasser Arafat and visit a Pales- able to return home before the start Even before the Pope's arrival, his released at the Vatican on 6 March. tinian refugee camp. of the holy day. schedule of events caused political In old Jerusalem on the final day of The Pope spends 23 March in On March 25, the Pope celebrates consternation in Israel, which is his visit, the Pope will visit the West- Jerusalem, saying Mass privately in Mass in Nazareth at the Basilica of hosting a pontiff for the first time ern Wall, sacred to Jews, and the al- the Cenacle Hall, then making a the Annunciation, at the site where Visitors to the Holy Land look out over the Sea of Galilee from the Mount of Beatitudes in Israel. Pope John Paul II will since Pope Paul VI's visit there in Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam's holiest round of official visits to the two Mary received the news that she celebrate Mass with young people on the Mount during his 20-26 March pilgrimage. 1964. In the intervening 36 years, shrines. The two sites lie adjacent to chief rabbis of Israel, to Israeli Pros- would give birth to Christ The site Photo: CNS

became a political hot spot last year after a group of Muslims demanded the building of a mosque adjacent to the church; the Israeli government stepped in with a "compromise" solution of a smaller mosque, upsetting local Catholics and Vatican officials. Later on 25 March, the Pope returns to Jerusalem to pray privately in the Garden of Gethsemane, the scene of Christ's agony, betrayal and arrest. He presides over an ecumenical meeting that evening. The final day of the papal pilgrimage, 26 March, begins with a papal visit to the grand mufti of Jerusalem at the al-Aqsa Mosque. The Pope then visits the city's Western Wall - also called the Wailing Wall - before saying Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, at the site where Christ is believed to have been entombed. He will meet with Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops before departing for Rome. The Vatican said a papal stop on the western side of the Jordan River valley, near Jericho, was still being considered. - CNS

Israel pledges non-political visit, urges same on Palestinians By John Mavis

fter meeting with Pope John Paul II, Israeli officials pledged to keep politics out of the pontiff's Holy Land visit and called on Palestinians to do the same. "I hope that politics will not shadow what is a very important spiritual and religious visit," Haim Ramon, a Cabinet minister in charge of government planning for the trip, told reporters at a Rome press conference on 10 March. "I want to thank the Vatican, which is doing its best to make sure this visit is not used by anyone for political purposes. "Ihope the Palestinians will respect this. Ills not just our request, but the request of the Pope," he said. To ensure safety during the Pope's 21-26 March stay, Israeli police officials said an unprecedented security force would be deployed, with about 5,000 policemen stationed at papal events in Jerusalem, Nazareth and Galilee. "We have a good feeling about this visit, but we're taking every precaution to make sure it goes well," Ramon said. Ramon, who discussed trip preparations with Pope John Paul for about 20 minutes, said the

Pope emphasised repeatedly that he wanted tinian Christians would be allowed to attend a sided position, inappropriately expressed his long-awaited pilgrimage to be just that - a Mass for young people in Korazim, near the because it came ahead of peace negotiations spiritual journey free from political exploita- Sea of Galilee. on Jerusalem. tion. While the security effort has gained media During their two-day Rome visit, the Israeli That's exactly what Israel wants, too, Ramon attention, the officials said no particular prob- team met with other Vatican officials to nail said. lems were foreseen and predicted that the vast Israeli sources said there was some concern majority of Israelis would welcome the Pope down the final details of the Holy Land pilgrimage. that Palestinians might use the occasion to pub- warmly. One question mark was Jericho, a biblical city licly push their drive for statehood and their "We consider this one of the most important the Pope added to the itinerary at the request claim to part of Jerusalem, perhaps by waving visits by a foreign guest made to the state of flags from Temple Mount, where the Pope will Israel since the country was established 52 of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Jericho lies in territory handed back by Israel meet with Muslim leaders on the last day of years ago," Ramon said. his visit. "We in Israel highly appreciate the role of to Palestinians, so a visit there would not cause "We all know how long the Pope and the Pope John Paul II and his contribution to rec- problems for the Israelis, officials said. whole Christian world have been waiting for onciliation between Christianity and Judaism. But they said a more recent proposal, that the this visit. It would be very wrong for someone "He is a man who has fought with all his Pope visit the western banks of the Jordan River to do something that would spoil that atmos- power against anti-Semitism all over the world. near Jericho, posed a security problem that phere and his spiritual mission," said Israel's "He was the Pope who defined anti-Semitism Israelis would have to consider, since the area ambassador to the Holy See, Aharon Lopez. as a sin," he said. lies under Israeli control. Yehuda Wilk, Israeli commissioner of police, Israeli Jews appreciate this very much and In Nazareth, officials said some residents said the security deployment would be more hope the Pope's visit contributes in a general would like the Pope to make a roadside stop than double that provided for visiting heads of way to the peace process, Ramon said. state. He reiterated Israeli criticism of a recent Vat- when he passes through the Muslim area of But he said the Pope would still have the ican-Palestinian agreement, which rejected the city. Christian-Muslim tensions increased in sense of being on pilgrimage, since police "unilateral" decisions regarding the status of would be deployed mainly outside the papal Jerusalem and called for international guaran- Nazareth last year when a group of Muslims events, not inside. tees on religious rights there. Ramon, who is in proposed building a mosque next to the BasilRamon said Israel would not limit access to charge of Jerusalem affairs in the Israeli Cabi- ica of the Annunciation, where the Pope will major papal events. For example, he said, Pales- net, said his government viewed this as a one- celebrate Mass on 25 March. - CNS The Dome of Rock and Old City are seen from the outside wall of Jerusalem.

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One hundred anecdotes will be useful Bent Halos and Other Saintly Stories - the lives of 100 saintly men and women, by Fr C.T. Thomas, Alba House, New York, RRP $29.95. Reviewed by Glymris Grainger Perth Catholic Church Archives volunteer Excerpts from the WA Catholic Record 17 March, 1900.

St Patrick's Day With regard to the celebration of this Festival it should be emphasised that the Festival is distinctively Irish and Catholic. No attempt to denationalise or secularise it should be allowed one moment's consideration.. ..

Railway passes Children attending Catholic schools are now included in the free passes issued on the Government Railways.

York discord From the Record's correspondent. "I think one man runs the municipal council of York 1 need not mention his name, but he is a publican and seems able to do what he likes. "He keeps pigs situated in a sty not 30 yards from the principal street, Avon Terrace, in the heart of the town. "If it was anyone else kept them we would soon hear a noise about it. "When the monthly meeting of the local Board of Health is held the health inspector tells the Board that several inspections have been made but doesn't mention where. I expect in his own premises."

Fremantle danger Councillor O'Brien claimed that for 18 hours enough dynamite had been left unguarded at Robb's Jetty "to blow Fremantle into eternity." "Twenty tons within a stom! throw of the town, and the existence, or non-existence of Fremantle, for 18 hours resting on the mercies of any malicious person with a tomahawk and a match."

Censure Catholics meet at Victoria Square to censure the Governor. . .. for certain public acts associated with Freemasonry The main resolution of the meeting read: "In as much as Ethel Governor of Western Australia has, during his term of office here, taken a prominent part in laying the foundation stone of a public institution, with Masonic rites and ceremonies, and has also used Government House for the installation of a Grand Master of Freemasons this meeting, composed of Her Majesty's liege subjects, and representing the Roman Catholic Community, makes protest against such action. . . . as offensive to them, and respectively brings this matter under the notice of the . . . . Secretary of State for the Colonies, praying him to advise Her Most Gracious Majesty to take such course as. . . . she may deem most

he cartoon on the cover makes the reader think this book will be funny, but it turns out not to be very humourous. Sadly, Bent Halos has no illustrations in it, but little boxes with paraphrased sayings in them, relevant to the particular story They could have carried through the cartoon theme and had cartoons with each chapter, or story about a saint. This book is truly unique in that it tells old stories in an entirely new way. Anecdotes, meant to be humourous, for example, introduce most of the stories and these attempt to relate actual events in everyday life to the life of the holy person being discussed. While most of the saints in the book have been formally recognised by the Church, a few of them who are generally considered as saintly people have also

been included. Little details, mostly unknown or often overlooked in the lives of some of the Church's most celebrated saints, are revealed and elaborated on in a way that keeps the reader's attention rivetted on the story and desirous of knowing more. It is certainly an interesting little volume, and hard to put down. Priests and deacons will find much here to use in their homilies, teachers will find a lot to present to their classes, and the average lay person will find much to enjoy in these light-hearted introductions to the lives and sanctity of their favourite saints. The author, Fr Charles Thomas, is an accomplished speaker who is much in demand because of the entertaining way he approaches his subjects. He has taught at high school and tertiary level, so he knows how to talk to an audience. A weekly columnist for The Catholic Times, a US Catholic newspaper, he is presently chaplain of Kenyon College and Pastor of St Vincent de Paul Church. in Mt Vernon, Ohio. The tenth of 11 children, he is an uncle to 26, and a great-uncle to 12. This is his first book.

Halos Bont and Other Saintly Stories The Lives of One Hundred Saintly Men and Women

Quarter-century of history proves a good read Foundations for the New Millennium by Des Dwyer Reviewed by Glynnis Grainger

brief history of the Catholic Development Fund has been published to mark its silver jubilee in December. Written by Des Dwyer, fund manager from 1994-1998, the booklet titled Foundations for the New Millennium, traces the origins and development of the Fund. In his letter at the front of the booklet, Archbishop Barry Hickey, says "the Catholic Development Fund (until the beginning of

[last] year known as the Archdiocesan Development Fund) has grown into one of the major organisations supporting both the spiritual and temporal fabric of the Archdiocese of Perth. "Much of the infrastructure in place throughout our Archdiocese today would simply not have been possible had we not had a Development Fund. "The success of the Fund is due entirely to the courage of those who supported the Fund during the early years." Originally established as a Provident Fund in 1974, it accepted deposits at competitive rates, and advanced loans for capital projects at lower than commercial lending rates. The Fund's charter was to follow

the principles of similar provident funds operating in 18 Eastern States dioceses at the time. As the faithful grasped the concept, deposit funds of $150,000 were received in the first 10 weeks of operation, the booklet says. Illustrated with mainly colour photographs and well presented, the booklet is easy to read and contains examples of humour which keep the reader interested. It also includes lists of projects in various parishes and schools from 1977 to the 1990s, including new churches and school additions or extensions. Mr Dwyer also tells about the locations of the offices, the staff, some of the clients, and equipment used, as well as the deposits at various times. By the mid-1980s,

outside staff were using mobile phones for ease of communication with clients. In 1998, total assets stood at $113 million, total loans amounted to $65 million, deposits increased by 4.5 per cent and there was a significant increase in EFTPOS transactions. On 1 January, 1999, the name was changed to Catholic Development Fund, and it now had a common name with eight other Development Funds across the country, being more recognisable and cost-effective. This publication is well worth more than a perusal by anyone interested in finance, as its 12 pages are easy to read and especially relevant to the parishes and schools listed within.

Sebastian: you can't keep a good man down

ebastian was a favourite quent participation in sacrifices saint of Renaissance to the spirits protecting the painters, who depicted legion, the Roman gods and the him frequently as a handsome gods of the Imperial family. youth sprouting arrows like a It was difficult for Christians to historian Dr Jennifer Skerritt sheds avoid these rituals. porcupine. Perth light on Catholic history to mark some Furthermore, soldiers carried Consequently he is a favourite 2000 years of Cluistianity. This week: saint of small children. Never- out most of the executions of theless, he did not die of his criminals, and of Christians, in Sebastian (d. cAD 288) arrow wounds, but recovered, the Roman Empire. Sebastian, however, felt that as only to be martyred later. When the Emperor discovered ghost, or, more probably, that his Sebastian is believed to have a soldier he could help Chrisbeen martyred during the perse- tians who had been arrested, and that he was a Christian who had archers had done a less than adecutions of the Emperor Dioclet- provide a Christian example to converted many other soldiers, quate job of the execution. he ordered him to be killed by He ordered that the saint be ian. According to legend, he was others in the army. arrows. beaten to death and, no doubt, born in Narbonne in Gaul (modHe was handed over to the that whoever was responsible ern France), but grew up in Emperor's crack squad of Mau- ensured that he was properly Milan. retanian archers. dead before they finished. As a young man, he went to His body was thrown into a The archers left him for dead, Rome to serve in the army of the Emperor Carinus. but a Christian widow, Saint sewer where it was found by Irene, found him and nursed him another pious woman, who He was promoted to tribune dreamed that Sebastian told her and commanded the first cohort back to health. in Milan. Under Diocletian, he As soon as he was well enough, to bury him near the catacombs became captain of a whole comhe presented himself to the on the Appian Way. In 367 the basilica of S. Sebaspany of guards. Emperor. He stood at the top of This was a very unusual career a staircase, saluted Diocletian tiano, one of the seven chief choice for a Christian at that time. and said, "The words of thy churches in Rome, was built over Many early Christians, like Terpriests are false, 0 Emperor, who his grave to house his relics. tullian, believed that faith and say that we Christians are ene- Some of his remains were taken military service were incompatimies of the State; for we do not to St Medard at Soissons in 826. St Sebastian is considered a ble. This was because soldiers cease to pray for thy welfare, and protector against the plague and were obliged to swear an annuthat of the realm." al oath of obedience to the The Emperor was overcome Is still venerated for protecting Emperor by the pagan gods. Mil- Saint Sebastian -Roman soldier- with surprise and rage. He either Rome in 680, Milan in 1575 and itary service also involved fre- turned martyr. suspected that he was seeing a Lisbon in 1599.

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Continued from Page 1 However, not all of those presented to Bishop Healy on Sunday will be baptised when they are received into the Church in their own local parishes at the Easter vigil. 'Catechumens' are those desiring to enter the Church but who have not yet been baptised, however 'candidates' are those who are already baptised but have been raised in other Christian denominations. While only the catechumens will be baptised, all catechumens and candidates will be confirmed and receive their first Holy Communion. Sue Larsen, an RCIA field officer, told The Record later the focus of Sunday's ceremony had been on the Book of the Gospels and a specially decorated candle coloured in "the purples of Lent." The ceremony on Sunday, where Bishop Healy had met each catechumen or candidate personally and chatted, often in some detail with each, had centred around the Liturgy of the Word as the journey of each person centred around Gospel and, secondly, at a Mass only Catholics can receive the Eucharist Although each person will be received into the Church in their own parishes, RCIA organisers plan to hold a special Mass of

Members of the Western Australian Indonesian Catholic Community wait eagerly outside St Mary's Cathedral last Sunday to help serve afternoon tea.

Thanksgiving at St Mary's sometime between Easter and Pentecost for the new members of the Catholic Church, she said. Mrs Larsen said there were 59 catechumens and 48 candidates from 22 parishes throughout the archdiocese at the Cathedral on Sunday. Last Saturday night, approximately 500 people packed the Vietnamese Centre in

Westminster to witness the ordination to the diaconate of three Vietnamese-Australians. It was a proud moment for the three and their parents and friends as Archbishop Hickey ordained the three and concelebrated Mass with approximately 18 priests. Among them were Bishop Healy, Fr Tim Corcoran, rector of St Charles' Seminary

97rouno z&azae (Goril'dfrom jage The editorial also confuses the picture by quoting from The Catechism of the Catholic Church The quotes do not support mandatory sentencing - in fact one of the quotes talks of "penalties commensurate with the gravity of the crime". Mandatory sentencing is not in most cases commensurate with the crimes committed. The question is not whether imprisonment is ever justifiable. The issue is about the need for a judge to have discretion in sentencing. Given the recent case in which a boy stole biscuits because his alcohol affected parents were not feeding him - and as a mutt of mandatory sentencing was sent to prison - it is clear to any reasonable person and one would hope to all Christians, that discretion is needed. The last and not the least problem with the editorial was the misuse of the term "restorative justice". To quote from New Zealander Fr Jim Consedine, "Retributive justice always asks first, how do we punish this offender? Restorative justice asks, how do we restore the wellbeing of the victim, the community and the offender?" Surely as Christians we should favour the true restorative justice model - a model that is soon to be Mailed in the courts here due to the enthusiasm of several concerned Christian people. They need our support. Tim Leahy Maylands Letters of a similar vein were received from Tom Pavey of Winthrop, Terry Quinn of Maylands, Theo Mackaay of Fremantle, Ed May of Kalamunda, Sr Veronica Brady of Nedlands, Michael and Marianne Cole of Bibra Lake, and Cheryl Vernon of the Youth Legal Service.

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ast Saturday I attended the meeting at Mercedes College called "Participation of Women in the Catholic Church". Unfortunately I left feeling that it was a forum for a small minority the feminists in the Church, to once again air their views regarding ordination of women in the Church, even after Archbishop Hickey said In his opening speech, that there was no change in the teachings of the Church. Why is ordination of women brought up for discussion continually? It is a non-event and borders on heresy The only paragraph in the report of the Australian Catholic Bishops, Woman and Man, on this subject should have been to reiterate the teaching of the Church as final. Women do not and never have belonged on the altar. Let us accept this teaching with humility and let us love our priests and give them

full support. The women who were hardly represented, especially as one young mother pointed out, were the mothers. The guest speaker did not even know if there was anyone on the committee Australia-wide, representing mothers (the every day kind, who stay home and look after their husbands and children). I would like to congratulate Archbishop Hickey for his standing firm about the teachings of the Church during question time at the meeting and for his fidelity to Christ and His Holy Mother. Kathe Elms Willetton

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attended the forum for the presentation of the report 'Woman & Man - One in Christ' held at Mercedes College on Saturday 11 March. I had not participated before in writing submissions or attending any of the preliminary meetings. I came away deeply saddened by what I thought was some aggressive and hostile behaviour by some participants at the Forum. I thought this was particularly uncalled for in the light of the Archbishop's request (and the Report's reference to Paul VI's words) for our dialogue to be conducted with clarity, accompanied by meekness, patience, generosity and confidence in the good will of both parties. Iexpected, perhaps, some anger and hostility from those who say they feel isolated and alienated from 'the Church'. However,Iwas surprised to find the anger and hostility came, in the main part, from those who say they feel comfortable in 'the Church' and can only accept totally, without discussion, the dictates of the Magisterium. I fully accept the teachings of the Pope and the Magisterium, yet I think there is room for change within these confines by opening ourselves to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Ithink, after witnessing Saturday's forum, that it will be very difficult to change - in any direction - without our working to establish some common ground and I acknowledge that this is what the report is endeavouring to do using our love for 'the Church' as a starting point. In our small group, one person left the group having twice expressed feelings of hurt and belittlement at the attitudes and lack of understanding shown by some members within the group. I thought some points expressed by certain individuals were very valid (e.g.support for full time mothers in the home) but Iwas very disappointed with the way these points were made and the accompanying lack of compassion and integrity shown in the light of Gospel values. Ihave been a member of a prayer group of about 35 women for the past ten years. We all come from different backgrounds and cultures, different parishes and differ-

and Vicar General of the Archdiocese, and the seminary's Dean of Studies, Fr Robert Cross. Fr Corcoran thanked the Vietnamese Catholic community for their loyalty and fidelity to the Church, particularly for the vocations they have produced. "You are blessed in so many ways, but you have blessed the archdiocese with all the vocations that have come from your community" he said. For the three it was an emotional moment After Archbishop Hickey laid hands on each, each was invested with their stole and dalmatic by their parents. The stole and dalmatic are the vestments worn by deacons at liturgical ceremonies of the Church. After their investiture they embraced each other, overjoyed at the momentous step in their lives. The ordinations brought to nine the number of deacons who have emerged from within the ranks of Perth's Vietnamese Catholics since 1984, Fr Cross told The Record later. Of these, six have gone on to be ordained to the priesthood The three new deacons are likely to be ordained to the priesthood within the next 12 months, he said.

Leflers lo fAe Co(tfor ent faith levels, but we accept each other's differences and have never had any major confrontations within the group. Neither have there been any power struggles within the group for leadership positions. We work in a co-operative way with each other, respecting each other's differences. After Saturday's meeting, I came away shocked at the divisions in 'the Church' but deeply appreciative of the way our group functions and the peace and joy that we have in belonging to the Church'. Perhaps, it is because Our Lady, Mother of Sorrows has been our model. I am sure if we all, like her, ponder these things in our heart and take her example, we need not run away from these difficult issues but can work together in a more collaborative manner to build a better future for women (and men) in "Our Church'. Elspeth O'Connor Booragoon

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hile The West Australian was derisory of the apology of the Catholic Church because it felt it might be words without substance, The Record could equally be criticised for an unbalanced headline in the other direction - "No change in faith and morals: Archbishop". I have no doubt Archbishop Hickey was correctly reported but equally, I also have no doubt your headline distorted what the Church (and the Archbishop) is endeavowing to communicate and achieve with the historic request for a pardon. The editor of The Record is guilty of some theological obfuscation when he writes, "The Vatican document is the basis on which Pope John Paul II will ask for pardon for the sins and failings of individual Catholics." (My emphasis). He seems unable to grasp that this apology is also for our collective transgressions. Is this what leads him to write a headline which actually seeks to take away from what his Holiness and the bishops are trying to lead us to think about and do? Fortunately, he did publish lengthy excerpts from the official Vatican document and the Australian Bishop's statement which give us a far clearer understanding of what the Church is seeking to achieve by this historic action. There seems to be a certain level of paranoia on the part of some Catholics that to make a collective apology implies that Church teaching may have been wrong. Golly gosh! What a disaster that would be in puncturing the security blanket we have turned our religion into. Let me try and use a specific example to illustrate the profound implication of their historic document: our apology regarding the treatment of Indigenous peoples both In Australia and elsewhere. We are acknowledging that collectively (ie, as an institution) and individually past policies and actions towards indigenous

peoples were wrong, misguided and harmful. We can also acknowledge that the cultural and institutional thinking at the time when the harm was done was different to what ills today. For example, institutionally and individually, the Church thought it was doing the right thing removing Aboriginal children from their parents. We can have little doubt that the Church. and the individuals in it, were motivated by trying to give the children what they thought was a better chance. They weren't intentionally trying to hurt or screw up the parents, or their children. The thinking at the time was that the parents were irresponsible, uneducated, uncultured or in some other way unable to care for their children properly. Today we don't see it that way. In one sense, therefore, our forebears were not guilty They were acting from what they believed were the correct Christian morals and motives at the time. Equally today we can see that real damage was done to the lives of many thousands of individuals, and many communities, by that thinking and the policies they brought into play. Collectively and individually, we are acknowledging that our past actions, and the past actions of our forebears in the body of Christ, harmed other people even if that had not been our intention. As such, our past actions or policies were not in the spirit of the Gospel and we need to acknowledge they were wrong and, as importantly, do what we can to restore the damage our misguided thinking caused. The Vatican document itself acknowledges that this action we are taking today is without precedent. Alleluia! One of the big lessons, I suggest the biggest, stemming from this historic apology is that all of us need to be a lot more humble in our faith and the actions that stem from it. In 100 years time our children and grandchildren are going to be reflecting on our actions in the light of the Gospel values also - we can only presume God will be reflecting and calling us to think again too. Brian Coyne Nedlands

Another apology call he Australian Catholic Bishops Conference's Statement of Repentance (The Record, 9 March) says, among other things, "Our efforts to assist indigenous Australians have often been misguided and have led to unintended but harmful long term consequences." This brief and generalised statement itself requires an apology from the Bishops to the many heroic priests, sisters, brothers and lay people who have served indigenous Australians. Continited on Pole 13" r

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In Brief Faustina date set VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The cause of Blessed Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun who inspired the Divine Mercy devotion, has received final approval. Her canonisation ceremony at St Peter's Basilica is set for 30 April, Mercy Sunday. During a 10 March meeting of the Pope, cardinals and bishops nearly 150 canonisations were decided. Among them were 120 martyrs killed In China, due to be canonised on 1 October at the Vatican, along with a Spanish nun killed in 1912. Final approval was also given for the sainthood causes of 25 Mexican martyrs and a Mexican priest and nun. They are to be declared saints during a Vatican Mass on 21 May.

Priests called 'to lead confession witness' VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Priests are called to lead their congregations by example, including the example of going to confession, Pope John Paul II said. "The priest himself, minister of God's forgiveness, needs to receive this forgiveness in a spirit of faith, humility and profound trust," the Pope told priests from the Diocese of Rome. l'he priests' 9 March audience, an annual appointment with the Bishop of Rome, was expanded to become the Jubilee for Roman Clergy and included a procession into St Peter's Basilica, a penitential prayer service and individual confessions before the Pope arrived. Priests must be the first in their parish to heed the Lenten call to

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II praised Rotary International for developing personal networks "based on comprehension, understanding and peace between peoples." The Pope called the thousands of Rotarians who gathered in St Peter's Square on 11 March for their jubilee celebrations "generous heralds and intrepid witnesses of Christ" and urged them to bring hope to today's society. Encouraging the organisation to continue its work toward "defeating loneliness. indifference, selfishness and evil," the Pope praised Rotary for its nearly 100-year history of service around the world.

SANTIAGO, Chile (CNS) Health permitting, Chile's ex-dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, should cooperate with authorities investigating human rights lawsuits against him, said the Chilean bishops. Such cooperation would help heal "many of the wounds in our country," they said, referring to the deep divisions that still exist over Pinochet's 1973-90 military government. The bishops "reject and lament all past violations of human rights" and "denounce the hatred which also kills and destroys those who wrap themselves in it." they said in a 6 March statement. The statement was signed by Archbishop Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa of Santiago, conference president, and Bishop Manuel Camilo Vial Risopatron of San Felipe, conference secretary. Pinochet, 84, returned to Chile on 3 March after 16 months of

Lenten retreat VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul ll chose Vietnamese Archbishop Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, to lead this year's annual Lenten retreat. The 71-year-old archbishop selected the theme "Witnesses of Hope" for the week of prayer and reflection, which began on 12 March. Archbishop Nguyen said that at first he was surprised the Pope chose him, but then realised it was part of God's plan. A victim of North Vietnam's crackdown against the Catholic Church, the archbishop spent 13 years in prison. Upon his release in 1988, he fled the Communist country and has lived abroad ever since.

detention in Great Britain because of an extradition request by a judge in Spain. He was greeted by hundreds of supporters and high-level members of the armed forces with an honour guard, a sign of the strong support he still enjoys in the military. More than 70 lawsuits have been filed against Pinochet in Chile, mostly by relatives of people who were murdered or who disappeared during his 17-year rule. The six-paragraph bishops' statement did not mention the thorny legal issue of Pinochet's immunity from criminal prosecution, the result of a constitutional change he made while president. The statement contained an appeal for reconciliation. The bishops expressed hope that "our future coexistence grows in a spirit of listening, understanding and showing respect." Peace is "always the work of

truth and justice, of repentance. forgiveness and solidarity," they added. The same day the bishops issued their statement, a Santiago appeals court began considering whether Pinochet should be stripped of his immunity. During Pinochet's rule the Catholic Church was his strongest human rights critic. The Santiago Archdiocese established an agency that monitored the human rights situation and provided legal and material aid to victims and their relatives. According to an official report, more than 3,000 people were killed or disappeared for political reasons during the Pinochet years. Numerous other people said they were tortured. Pinochet came to power in a coup against elected President Salvador Allende. a Marxist. Pinochet said the coup was needed to defend Chilean society and values against a Communist takeover.

Report outlines papal relief donations VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II gave more than US $1.2 million to emergency relief efforts in 1999, including a gift of US $30,000 to help a group of handicapped in mainland China. The Pontifical Council "Cor Unurn," the Vatican's charity promoting and coordinating office, said the Pope also gave US $555,000 for "human and Christian promotion" projects in 1999. The annual report from "Cor

sense of belonging of many people who frequently live at the parish's margins" and are awaiting a sign that someone is willing to listen, to offer friendship and to help them rediscover their faith, the Pope said. Pope John Paul said the priests must make a special, personal effort to reach out "to families in difficulty, those who are estranged from the Church and those who have serious problems of faith or morals." The Holy Year, he said, "offers everyone the possibility of being listened to, accepted and encouraged to find the path of reconciliation with the Lord and with their brothers and sisters, even where everything seems lost or irreversible."

Unum" on papal charitable giving was released at the Vatican on 8 March, the same day the Vatican announced the Pope was sending the council's president, Archbishop Paul Cordes, to Mozambique. During his 9-12 March trip to the flood-stricken African country, Archbishop Cordes was scheduled to meet with officials of Mozambique's Catholic charities and representatives of foreign

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relief agencies. In addition, the Vatican said, the archbishop will give Mozambique Caritas US $140.000 for relief aid, a gift from the Pope and from the Vatican's Holy Year committee. The Vatican said Catholic agencies working through the international Caritas network have already collected US $1.65 million for Mozambique, an amount that "is only a start" toward what will be needed.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - During a meeting with the head of Russia's official state news agency, Pope John Paul II called for a political resolution of Moscow's conflict with the breakaway republic of Chechnya. Vitali Ignatenko, general secretary of ITAR-TASS, was received in a private audience with the Pope on 6 March. An official at the Vatican press office described the meeting as "a short courtesy visit." According to the Russian news agency's report on the meeting, the Pope said he was closely following events in Russia because "this period (in the country's history) has great significance for the destiny of the whole world." The Pope "wished success in all fields to Vladimir Putin," Russia's acting president, the news agency said. Noting Russia's presidential elections in late March, the Pope said he hoped the new president would visit him at the Vatican to further strengthen relations between the two states, the agency reported. Russia has been engaged in six months of fierce combat with separatist rebels in Checl-mya. Putin has ruled out holding peace talks with the rebels, calling them "terrorists."

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The head of the Croatian bishops' conference criticised the conviction of a Bosnian Croat general for war crimes. In a 6 March statement, translated into English by Croatia's Catholic Press Agency, Archbishop Josip Bozanic of Zagreb said General Tihomir Blaskic's 45-year prison sentence "has astonished the public and provoked numerous reactions." Demonstrators protesting the conviction took to Zagreb's streets following the sentencing, and the Croatian government said on 6 March it had found evidence proving the general's innocence. The UN War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague convicted Blaskic on

MONTREAL, March 12 (ZENIT) - On 8 March, International Women's Day, a group of feminist activists vandalised the Montreal Cathedral. The group, part of a crowd of activists demonstrating in the city, rushed into the church shouting anti-Catholic and anti-religious slogans, according to eye-witnesses. They spray-painted slogans on the altar, overturned flower pots, attached soiled sanitary napkins to paintings and walls, and threw condoms around the sanctuary. The activists also tried to overturn the tabernacle. I

undergoing difficulties, offering support and friendship to elderly priests, "openness to dialogue and meeting those who have left the priesthood" all demonstrate a commitment to "the ways of communion and reconciliation." "A united and harmonious presbyterate able to work together is a strong witness for the faithful and multiplies the effectiveness of ministry," the Pope said. Nothing can replace personal witness and contact, Pope John Paul said. Even if they need to rely on using lay missionaries and foreign priests studying in Rome, he said, parishes should continue the practice of visiting every home in the parish boundaries during Lent. "The visit reinforces the

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conversion, repentance, charity and reconciliation, the Pope said. Going to confession, he said, is a "great help for overcoming indulgence in those forms of self-justification, part of the mentality and culture of our day, which make one lose a sense of sin and prevent one from experiencing the consoling joy of God's forgiveness." Although it is easy for a priest to get buried under a pile of pastoral commitments, he must not forget the importance for his personal and spiritual life of fostering a sense of communion with the bishop and his brother priests, the Pope said. Pope John Paul said supporting continuing education programs, reaching out to priests who are

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3 March of planning the systematic persecution of Bosnian Muslims in 1993. Urging the faithful to pray for Blaskic, his family and the court's judges, Archbishop Bozanic called for "wisdom and courageous responsibility" "It is our hope that in this case before the court there will be an illumination of the truth and of the reasons and evidence for the beliefs that prevail among our public regarding Mr Blaskic," he said. Meanwhile, the bishops of Sarajevo, in neighbouring BosniaHerzegovina, questioned the tribunal's impartiality. In a 4 March statement published in English by Croatia's

Catholic Press Agency, Cardinal Vinko Pulite and Auxiliary Bishop Pero Sudar of Sarajevo agreed that crimes committed during the Bosnian war must be punished, since "unpunished crimes are the seeds of new crimes." The bishops said the approach taken by the international tribunal, however, raised "serious doubts concerning partiality in the selection and manner of arresting war crime suspects." While not doubting the judges' good intentions, the bishops called the sentence "confusing and frightening" and said it was not based on the evidence presented during the trial. The statement criticised the tribunal for not bringing perpetra-

tors of crimes against Croatian Catholics to justice. Calling the lack of focus on Catholic victims a form of injustice, the bishops said Blaskic's sentence showed "the court has demonstrated that it is not acquainted with Bosnia-Herzegovina, what happened here during the war and what continues to occur during the postwar period." "We believe that peace and reconciliation in our dear homeland are essential and only possible if the person is of pre-eminent importance for everyone," said the statement. "A person is a person and not because he belongs to this or that ethnic nation, religion or party," it said.

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Pope asks Continued from Page 1 • Sins against Christian unity, introduced by Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, president of the Vatican's jubilee commission. Contrary to Christ's wishes, said the Pope, Christians "have opposed one another, becoming divided, and have mutually condemned one another and fought against one another." He prayed that the recognition of sins against unity would facilitate the reconciliation and reunion of Christians. • Against the Jewish people, introduced by Australian Cardinal Edward Cassidy, president of the Commission for Religious Relations with Jews. The cardinal prayed that Christians "will acknowledge the sins committed by not a few of their number" against Jews in the past 2,000 years. Committing the Church before God to "genuine brotherhood" with the Jews, the Pope said that "we are deeply saddened by the behaviour of those who in the course of history have caused these children of yours to suffer." • Against "love, peace, the rights of peoples, and respect for cultures and religions," introduced by Archbishop Stephen Furnio Hamao, president of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travellers. The archbishop cited enmity towards society's weakest members, "such as immigrants and gypsies." The Pope said Christians have often yielded "to a mentality of power, they have violated the rights of ethnic groups and peoples and shown contempt for their cultures and religious traditions." • Against the dignity of women and the

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• Against fundamental human rights, introduced by Archbishop Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The archbishop highlighted sins against the "most defenceless, the unborn killed in their mother's womb or even exploited for experimental purposes by those who abuse the promise of biotechnology and distort the aims of science." The Pope prayed for forgiveness "for all those who have committed acts of injustice by trusting in wealth and power and showing contempt for the 'little ones." At the conclusion of the pardon liturgy, the Pope embraced and kissed the crucifix, in front of which the Vatican officials had lit seven oil lamps on a gold candelabrum. A main purpose in recognising the faults of past Christians, the Pope said in his homily, was "to reawaken our consciences to the (moral) compromises of the present, opening the path of conversion to each" Nadav Yonah says he accepts the Pope's apology for Christian wrongs with an 'open heart." person. "Faced with atheism, religious indifferThe 15-year-old Israeli made the comment ence, secularism, ethical relativism, violaMarch 12 at the Western Wall, Judaism's holy toward site which Pope John Paul II will visit 26 March. tions of the right to life, disinterest cannot the poverty of many countries, we Jeoad but ask ourselves what our own responsiunity of the human race. Cardinal Francis bilities are, "the Pope said. Arinze, president of the Pontifical Council Although the Church must implore God's for Interreligious Dialogue, introduced the forgiveness for the sins of its members, the petition, saying women "are all too often Church only condemns actions, not indihumiliated and marginalised." viduals, the Pope said. In his prayer the Pope said that at times The request for forgiveness does not "the equality of your sons and daughters entail "a judgment of the subjective responhas not been acknowledged, and Chris- sibility of those who have preceded us: that tians have been guilty of attitudes of rejec- belongs to God alone, who - unlike us tion and exclusion, consenting to acts of human beings - is able to probe mind and discrimination on the basis of racial and heart," he said during the Angelus prayer ethnic differences." In St Peter's Square the same day.

But because the Church is a communion of believers spanning time and space, modern Christians, though personally culpable only for their own sins, in some way "bear the burden of the faults and errors of those who have gone before us," he said. In addition to asking forgiveness, the Church's purification of memory involved extending forgiveness to those who have wronged the Church, the Pope said. "Uncountable times in the course of history, Christians have suffered injustice, oppression, persecutions because of their faith," he said. The Church "feels itself committed to purifying (its) memory of those sorrowful actions of every sentiment of rancor or revenge," he said. "Forgiven and ready to forgive, Christians enter the third millennium as the most credible witnesses of hope," the Pope said. "Never again contradictions to charity in the service of truth; never again gestures against the communion of the Church; never again offenses against any people whatsoever, never again recourse to the logic of violence; never again discrimination, exclusion, oppression, contempt for the poor and the least," he said. Vatican officials emphasised the religious nature of the "request for forgiveness," setting it apart from similar acts by governments or businesses. "The confession of sins made by the Pope is addressed to God, who alone can forgive sins, but it is also made before men, from whom the responsibilities of Christians cannot be hidden," said Bishop Piero Marini, who organises papal liturgies.

Liturgical text for Pope John Paul II's request for pardon Here is the Vatican text of the jubilee request for forgiveness led by Pope John Paul H during a Mass in St Peter's Basilica on 12 March, the first Sunday of Lent Introduction The Holy Father: Brothers and sisters, let us turn with trust to God our Father, who is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger, great in love and fidelity, and ask him to accept the repentance of his people who humbly confess their sins, and to grant them mercy. (All pray for a moment in silence.) I. Confession of sins in general Cardinal Bernardin Gantin: Let us pray that our confession and repentance will be inspired by the Holy Spirit, that our sorrow will be conscious and deep, and that, humbly viewing the sins of the past in an authentic "purification of memory," we will be committed to the path of true conversion. (Silent prayer.) The Holy Father: Lord God, your pilgrim church, which you ever sanctify in the blood of your Son, counts among her children in every age members whose holiness shines brightly forth and members whose disobedience to you contradicts the faith we profess and the Holy Gospel. You, who remain ever faithful, even when we are unfaithful, forgive our sins and grant that we may bear true witness to you before all men and women. We ask this through Christ our Lord. R Amen. Cantor: Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison. (The assembly repeats) Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison. (A lamp is lit before the crucifix.) II.Confession of sins committed in the service of truth Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger: Let us pray that each one of us, looking to the Lord Jesus, meek and humble of heart, will recognise that even men of the church, in the name of faith and morals, have sometimes used methods not in keeping with the Gospel in the solemn duty of defending the truth. (Silent prayer.) The Holy Father: Lord, God of all men and women, in certain periods of history

Christians have at times given in to intolerance and have not been faithful to the great commandment of love, sullying in this way the face of the church, your spouse. Have mercy on your sinful children and accept our resolve to seek and promote truth in the gentleness of charity, in the firm knowledge that truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself. We ask this through Christ our Lord. R Amen. It Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison. Kyrie eleison. (A lamp is lit before the crucifix) III. Confession of sins which have harmed the unity of the body of Christ Cardinal Roger Etchegaray: Let us pray that our recognition of the sins which have rent the unity of the body of Christ and wounded fraternal charity will facilitate the way to reconciliation and communion among all Christians. (Silent prayer.) The Holy Father: Merciful Father, on the night before his Passion your Son prayed for the unity of those who believe in him: In disobedience to his will, however, believers have opposed one another, becoming divided, and have mutually condemned one another and fought against one another. We urgently implore your forgiveness, and we beseech the gift of a repentant heart, so that all Christians, reconciled with you and with one another will be able, in one body and in one spirit, to experience anew the joy of full communion. We ask this through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.It Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison. (A lamp is lit before the crucifix.) IV. Confession of sins against the people of Israel Cardinal Edward Cassidy: Let us pray that, in recalling the sufferings endured by the people of Israel throughout history, Christians will acknowledge the sins committed by not a few of their number against the people of the covenant and the blessings, and in this way will purify their hearts. (Silent prayer.) The Holy Father: God of our fathers, you chose Abraham and his descendants to bring your name to the nations: We are deeply saddened by the behaviour of those who in the course of history have caused these children of yours to suffer, and asking your forgiveness, we wish to commit ourselves to genuine brotherhood with the

Forgive us and grant us the grace to heal people of the covenant. We ask this through Christ our Lord. It Amen It Kyrie eleison. the wounds still present in your communiKyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison. (A lamp is lit ty on account of sin, so that we will all feel ourselves to be your sons and daughters. before the crucifix) We ask this through Christ our Lord. R. sins committed in . Confession of V actions against love, peace, the rights Amen. R. Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison, Kyrie of peoples, and respect for cultures eleison. (A lamp is lit before the crucifix) VII. Confession of sins in relation to and religions Archbishop Stephen Fumio Hamao: the fundamental human rights of the Let us pray that contemplating Jesus, our person Lord and our Peace. Christians will be able Archbishop Francois Xavier Nguyen to repent of the words and attitudes caused Van Thuan: Let us pray for all the men by pride, by hatred, by the desire to domi- and women of the world, especially for nate others, by enmity toward members of minors who are victims of abuse, for the other religions and toward the weakest poor, the alienated, the disadvantaged; let groups in society such as immigrants and us pray for those who are most defenceless, the unborn killed in their mother's itinerants. (Silent prayer.) The Holy Father: Lord of the world, womb or even exploited for experimental Father of all, through your Son you asked purposes by those who abuse the promise us to love our enemies, to do good to those of biotechnology and distort the aims of who hate us and to pray for those who per- science. (Silent prayer.) The Holy Father: God, our Father, you secute us. Yet Christians have often denied the always hear the cry of the poor. How many Gospel; yielding to a mentality of power, times have Christians themselves not they have violated the rights of ethnic recognised you in the hungry, the thirsty groups and peoples, and shown contempt and the naked, in the persecuted, the for their cultures and religious traditions: imprisoned and in those incapable of Be patient and Merciful toward us, and defending themselves, especially in the first stages of life. For all those who have grant us your forgiveness! committed acts of injustice by trusting in We ask this through Christ our Lord. It wealth and power and showing contempt Amen. It Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison, Kyrie for the "little ones" who are so dear to you, eleison. (A lamp is lit before the crucifix.) we ask your forgiveness: Have mercy on us VI. Confession of sins against the dig- and accept our repentance. nity of women and the unity of the We ask this through Christ our Lord. It human race Amen R. Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison, Kyrie Cardinal Francis Arline: Let us pray for eleison. (A lamp is lit before the crucifix.) all those who have suffered offenses Concluding prayer against their human dignity and whose The Holy Father: Most merciful Father, rights have been trampled; let us pray for judge of the livwomen, who are all too often humiliated your Son, Jesus Christ, the ing and the dead, in the humility of his first and emarginated, and let us acknowledge redeemed humanity from sin, and the forms of acquiescence in these sins of coming his glorious return he will demand an i n which Christians, too, have been guilty. of every sin. Grant that our foreaccount (Silent prayer.) bears, our brothers and sisters, and we, The Holy Father: Lord God, our Father, your servants, who by the grace of the Holy you created the human being, man and Spirit turn back to you in wholehearted woman, in your image and likeness, and repentance, may experience your mercy you willed the diversity of peoples within and receive the forgiveness of our sins. the unity of the human family. At times, We ask this through Christ our Lord. It however, the equality of your sons and Amen. daughters has not been acknowledged, and (As a sign of penance and veneration, the Christians have been guilty of attitudes of rejection and exclusion, consenting to acts Holy Father embraces and kisses the cruof discrimination on the basis of racial and cifix.) - Catholic News Service ethnic differences. The Record, March 16 2000 Page 13

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Heroic Cardinal Kung dies, 98 By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The late Chinese Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-mei demonstrated "heroic fidelity to Christ amid persecution and imprisonment," Pope John Paul II said. The cardinal, who was diagnosed with stomach cancer in late February, died in Stamford, Connecticut, on 12 March at the age of 98. He was the Catholic Church's oldest cardinal. Cardinal Kung, considered by the Vatican to be the legitimate bishop of Shanghai until his death, had spent more than 30 years in prison in China for his refusal to renounce his ties with the Vatican and with the Pope. His death leaves the College of Cardinals with 152 members, 104 of whom are under the age of 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a papal conclave. With Cardinal

Kung's death, 92-year-old Bishop Matthias Duan Yimning of Wanxian is the only bishop of a Chinese diocese publicly appointed by the Vatican. Cardinal Kung's funeral was scheduled for 18 March. He was to be buried in Santa Clara, California, alongside Archbishop Dominic Tang Yee-ming of Canton, another exiled Chinese Catholic leader, who died in 1995. Pope John Paul, in a 13 March telegram of condolence, praised the cardinal's priestly ministry, his steadfast faith and "his outstanding witness of communion with the universal Church and the successor of Peter." He described the late cardinal as a "noble son of China and of the Church" and he said he renewed his "fervent prayer for the intentions of the Church in China, so close to the late cardinal's heart." "I pray that having

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Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-mel

shared so deeply in Christ's sufferings he may now receive the unfading crown of glory which the chief shepherd reserves for those who have followed him

faithfully to the end," the Pope wrote. 1999 was a festive year for Cardinal Kung: he celebrated his 20th anniversary of being secretly named to the College of Cardinals, his 50th anniversary of being a bishop and his 69th anniversary as a priest. He was Bishop of Shanghai and apostolic administrator of Suchow and Nanking when the Communists came to power in China in the early 1950s. In 1955 he was arrested along with a score of priests and hundreds of lay leaders for resisting the Communists' efforts to set up a government-controlled Catholic Church with no ties to Rome. According to Joseph Kung, his nephew, several months after his arrest the future cardinal "was taken out to a mob 'struggle session' in the old dog-racing stadium in Shanghai. Thousands were ordered to attend and to hear the

bishop's public confession of his 'crimes.' "With his hands tied behind his back, wearing a Chinese pajama suit, the 5-foot-tall bishop was pushed forward to the microphone to confess," his nephew said. "To the shock of the security police, they heard a righteous loud cry of 'Long live Christ the King; long live the Pope' from the bishop," his nephew wrote. Declared a "dangerous criminal," he was sentenced to life in prison and remained mostly in solitary confinement for more than 30 years before being paroled and placed under house arrest in 1985. The government allowed him to travel to the US in 1988. It was only in 1989, during a visit to the Vatican, that he learned that Pope John Paul had named him a cardinal in 1979, keeping the nomination secret.

Nun says Timorese only Hong Kong synod unhampered now beginning to live ATAMBUA. Indonesia (UCAN) - East Timor people are beginning to enjoy their freedom and live a secure and peaceful life in their homeland despite economic difficulties, an East Timorese nun says. "Today the Catholic Church and people in Timor Lorosae are beginning to enjoy their freedom. We are free from fear, violence and oppressive power and we feel safe and peaceful in our country," Sister Maria De Lourdes Martino Cruz told UCA News in Atambua, eastern Indonesia. Timor Lorosae is a Tetum dialect name for East Timor. land of the sunrise. Sister Cruz, founder and head of the Maun Alin lha Kristo (brothers and sisters in Christ) secular institute of Dili diocese. was visiting members of her community serving East Timor refugees in Atapupu village, 25 kilometres north of Atambua. in February. Commenting on the economic situation in East Timor, the nun said Ills hard for the people to meet even their daily needs. The hardship could be relieved with humanitarian aid from the international community, the 40-year-old nun said, adding that "the rehabilitation is in progress, though very slowly," "This is not my first visit.Ihave come here several times to see my sisters and strengthen them," she said, adding that she had sent her nuns to accompany, console and assist refugees. Another reason for her visit was to give true information about the latest situation in East

Timor to the refugees and encourage them to return to their home villages. Sister Cruz said. "The situation in East Timor now is secure, so I hope all refugees in this diocese and in other places would return as soon as possible and help build their home country," she said. Atapupu parish priest Father Yosef Meak said he admired the sisters for "their willingness to make sacrifices for the refugees and their bravery to protect them against attacks of proIndonesia militia men." "I saw how the sisters dauntlessly fought against the armed militia men who were chasing and trying to kill people they accused of being pro-independent," Father Meak told UCA News. Some 270,000 refugees fled East Timor and took shelter in west Timor for fear of atrocities after the August UN-sponsored referendum in which 78 per cent of East Timor people voted for independence. Pro-Indonesia militiamen, who reject the referendum outcome, led a rampage in the territory, killing hundreds of people, looting and burning property. With the improved security situation since the coming of the Australia-led International Force in East Timor, many refugees have returned to East Timor. About 100,000 refugees are still living in west Timor. Of that number, 70,000 are in Atambua. capital of Behr district that borders East Timor.

HONG KONG (CNS) - The Hong Kong diocesan synod has been convened in full freedom almost three years after the 1997 handover to China, said Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong. Bishop Zen told hundreds of Catholics at the synod's 4 March inaugural Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception that the success of the synod lay In the spirit of freedom - completely free from secular authorities and with serenity of heart. "Openness of heart is the secret of success of the synod," he said. Church officials had expressed concerns over Catholics' ability to

function freely after the handover to China, where millions of Catholics have been forced underground. After the inaugural Mass, Cardinal John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung of Hong Kong, who is presiding at the synod, told its first plenary assembly that the synod is to reflect on the current situation of the local Catholic community and to renew the pastoral development on the occasion of the jubilee year 2000. He said the synod, which would last more than a year, had been inspired by the spirit of the Second Vatican Council. The 206 members of the synod

made a solemn profession of faith during the Mass to continue past endeavours and to open up new horizons for generations to come. The members include Hong Kong's bishops, about 80 priests, 85 lay people and more than 30 religious brothers and sisters. They also professed to strive together to draw up a plan for a new evangelisation under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Ten observers from various Christian Churches were also synod participants. Rev Lee Bingkwong, a Methodist, said unity among churches is the strongest testimony of evangelisation in Hong Kong.

HONG KONG (CNS) - The Hong Kong Diocese's justice and Peace Commission has asked Chinese authorities to improve the human rights situation in mainland China and release all religious and political prisoners. In a 4 March appeal, the commission handed letters and petitions signed by 14,000 people to the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Office and the local office of China's Foreign Ministry. "Bearing the message of the Gospel in

the jubilee year 2000. we, a group of Christians, deeply regret the Chinese government's suppression of human rights," the letters said. "We urge the government to respect and implement the basic rights of its citizens," they added. The letters were addressed to Chinese President pang Zemin and Tung Chee-hwa, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The appeal was a response to the lat-

est white paper, "Fifty Years of Progress on China's Human Rights," released by the Information Office of China's State Council on 17 February. The paper stated that the human rights situation in the country, including in the area of religious freedom, has greatly improved in the past 50 years. But the Justice and Peace Commission said the basic rights of the people in China have never been fully ensured and respected.

Justice representatives challenge report

China religious affairs official executed HONG KONG (UCAN) - A former deputy director of the Administration of Religious Affairs (ARA), formerly known as the Religious Affairs Bureau, under China's State Council was executed for corruption on 8 March. Hu Changqing, deputy governor of Jiangxi province, eastern China, was the most senior government

official sentenced to death for corruption since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. His execution was carried out as China's highest legislative and political consultative bodies met in Beijing. Stemming corruption is a focus of the ongoing sessions of the

National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Hu was executed a day after the Supreme People's Court of China upheld his death sentence. The Intermediate People's Court of Nanchang convicted him on 15 February of corruption while serving in his official posts.

Vietnamese Catholics persecuted: report No blasphemy prosecution

ROME (Fides) - Overseas Viet- tlement of newcomers. The native namese have informed Fides of dwellers are mainly of H'mong systematic persecution of origin, `montagnard' people, Catholics in the diocese of Hung impoverished tribals, disliked by Hoa, in the north of the country Vietnamese ethnic communities. and say the same is reported from Observers say the government all over north west Vietnam. Is concerned about the growing For eight years now Catholics in number of conversions to ChrisHung Hoa diocese have been tianity among the H'mong. without a Bishop: the authorities The authorities refuses to allow keep refusing to accept the Holy priests to reside here to serve the See's suggestions for the appoint- community, or the laity to build ment of a new prelate. even a chapel for prayer. Some years ago, the government Last December 24th, celebradeclared Hung Hoa a New Eco- tions for Christmas eve and the nomic Zone and encouraged set- beginning of the jubilee turned The Record, March 16 2000 Page 14

into tragedy for the H'mong. Three villages of the Son La district, La Va, Long Hom and Hoi Thanh, were 'visited' by leading members of the security Police. Orders were given that all Catholics should abandon their religion or their children would not be allowed to attend school, the families would not be allocated fields for farming and might even risk being expelled from the country. Many were so afraid that they signed the ready-made certificates officials placed before them.

, „. „ , . without checking: ramstan TOBA TEK SINGH, Pakistan (CNS) - A member of Pakistan's National Security Council has confirmed a government notice that no blasphemy case will be registered without proper Inquiry. Local papers reported council member Attyia Inayatullah said deputy district commissioners have been ordered not to register cases of blasphemy against the prophet Mohammed or the Koran without proper investigation. The

council is a top-level body that advises the government on various matters. It comprises the heads of the branches of the armed forces and specialists in law, finance, foreign policy and national affairs. Syed Zakir, spokesman for the rights group Solidarity International, welcomed the move to change the process and said those who make false accusations should be punished.

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Archdlocesan Panorama JUBILEE CELEBRATION AT FOLEY VILLAGE Thurs 23 March. 10.30am Fr Jerome Watt O'Carm will bless the Holy Door at Larmanier chapel, followed by Mass in the concert garden at Foley Village. The new retirement units will be blessed after Mass. FAITH AND REASON Lenten Programme of Catholic Apologetics. Rediscovering Christ - Logic at the Service of the Faith. Speaker: R aymond de Souza. Cathedral Parish Centre, 450 Hay St. Perth. Tues 21 March at 7.30pm. Mon 20 March at the Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation, 36 Chittering Rd. Bullsbrook with Holy Rosary and Reconciliation at 10.30am, Mass at 11am. Public transport is available. Inquiries: SACRI 9447 3292. GIANT BOOK FAIR AT ST BENEDICT'S Thousands of books at bargain prices. Coffee. tea and sausage sizzle. St Benedict's school, Applecross, cnr Canning Highway and Ardross St. Ardross. Sat 25 and Sun 26 March. 10am to 5pm. BULLSBROOK PILGRIMAGE Sun 26 March. Reconciliation at 11.30am followed by Midday Mass, a luncheon break with the Pilgrimage commencing at 2pm. There will be Rosary. homily, Benediction and the blessing of the sick. All are welcome. Information: SACRI 9447 3292. DAY OF PRAYER FOR YOUNG MEN On Sat 25 March, feast of the Annunciation, Fr Hugh Thomas will lead a day of prayer and reflection on vocation. Place: Redemptorist Monastery, 190 Vincent St, North Perth, 9am to 5.30pm. Lunch provided. RSVPThurs 23 March. Inquiries: 9328 6600. HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS Sat 25 March, 10-h am at the Redemptorist Monastery, North Perth. with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. DIVINE MERCY HOLY HOUR Each Saturday of the month (except the 1st Saturday). from 2.30-3.30pm at St Francis Xavier Church, 25 Windsor St, East Perth. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Reconciliation in English. Maltese and Italian. Holy Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Three o'clock prayers and Benediction. Celebrant: Fr Marcellinus Meliak OFM. The afternoon concludes with refreshments. Please bring a plate to share. Inquiries: John 9457 7771. K ALGOORLIE-BOULDER ANNUAL FAIR A Catholic stall will be present at the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Annual Fair, 7-8 April. Anyone wishing to donate or help can contact Jenny 9091 3936. Bev 9021 1798. TRADITIONAL LATIN RITE MASS Offered at St John's Pro-Cathedral.Victoria Ave. Perth for the following feast days: St Joseph - Low Mass Mon 20

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&Hers lo Matthew, also served there helping with the daily visiting of the less afflicted cases who lived in canvas tents around the hospital wards. Sr Alphonsus Daly was at the Derby leprosarium from 1944 to 1980. She was senior nurse in charge for many years but also "taught the children through correspondence school, taught music and organised the Aboriginal patients into a skilful orchestra, which included forty violins, six banjos, a cello and a corner which helped the afflicted "to keep hands and fingers moving". Examples of various degrees of heroism are on almost every page of Zucker's account. As the International Theological Commission's document "Memory and Reconciliation: the Church and the Faults of the Past" points out, the Bishops of a nation are

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only able to request forgiveness for past virtue and heroism of these past generafaults because of a certain solidarity or tions. communion brought about in the Church Their glib endorsement of a brief generas the Body of Christ through the Holy alisation on the Church's "efforts to assist Spirit. indigenous Australians" as "often misguidThe request for forgiveness must be ed" is unwarranted, unjust and requires an based on a thorough historical and theo- apology logical examination of past events not, as As one missionary priest (still living and Pope John Paul II warns, on "generalisa- serving the Church) said to me after his tions that excuse or condemn various his- order "apologised" to Aborigines: "I didn't torical periods". come to Australia from Germany to comThe very solidarity and communion with mit crimes against humanity". past generations of Australian Catholics Trying to repair real injustices from the and especially with those who at great perpast cannot be done by betraying the good sonal sacrifice left their homes and famireputation of those who have lies in Europe to serve the Church's mission name and us and who have given much before gone in Australia - that obliges the Bishops to request forgiveness for clearly identifiable more in sacrifice for Christ and for all the concrete acts of injustice done by the people of Australia. Church's members in the past also obliges Richard Egan the Bishops to faithfully acknowledge the Ferndale ) The Record. March 16.2000 Page 15

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Mice at Liwara had better beware with Year Two cats on the prowl, as they were at the school assembly last week. Parents, meanwhile, were busy enjoying and recording treasured moments.

Working harct to make a difference for kids T

he Liwara Catholic Pri- meaning 'community of people mary School crest is the gathered together.' symbol of what the school This sense of community among is, an expression of the goals fore- families, children awl staff has most in the day-to-day life of the been the mark of the school since school. it was first established just over The outer symbol of the crest 25 years ago under Sr Leonie symbolises the cosmos - the tmity O'Brien, a Sister of Mercy. tIi of all creation, always moving. Parents and teachers have Rising from the outer circle worked together to provide the another circle symbolises the students with a quality education [&1 'H ft and gmwing of those based on strong Catholic values. who make up the school commuA year of celebrations marking nity. the 25th anniversruy in 1999 celThe hiller circle then moves into ebrated this community. L jI Fete is a highlight of the outer circle showing that the The Liwara school is always part of the wider every year and illustrates the community - the district, the shire, strength of the community workthe country and the world. ing through the Parents and The small figure of a person Friends association. stands in faith, becoming and The curriculum is child-centred forming the Liwara conummity. and inclusive. Penetrating all these elements is The collaborative learning envithe symbol of Christ, representing ronment supports a teaching and the centring of Liwara communi- learning programme that covers ty lives in Christ the nine learning areas of the CurWant an example? Try the group riculum Frameworks. of mothers who meet every school The learning program Ls marked day of the year in All Saints parish by stimulating experience-based church at around 3pm to pray learning from the Teddy Bear's specifically for their school: stu- Oicnic in Year One to the annual dents, families, and teachers. camps in Years Five, Six and wara" is an Aboriginal word Seven. The program integrates

academic learning with the vital social learning crucial to children's wholistic development. Self-esteem, self-reliance, critiiii cal reflection and self-discipline are developed as keys to each child being able to talce their place in contemporary society as freelycommifted followers of Cluist. Pastoral Care progrants which support and challenge students have been a focus of school development These include the Learning Assistance program, Rainbows, Boys in Education, Buddy programs, Student Leadership, Transition program and Academic Enrichment. Senior students in Years Six and Seven work in a "Middle School" cluster program. Specialisation by teachers and student development of independent learning and personal management skills through this program provide a learning environment appro ate to the transition needs of these early adolescent students. Strong music and physical education programs provide students with avenues of self-expression and skill development outside the classroom. These are extended by

Mums man the cake stall, raising money for school projects last week.

instrumental tuition and out-ofschool hours basketball, netball and indoor cricket. Modern technology is fully utilised. With a new computer network teachers are able to bring the outside world in to the school via the Internet; students can research and present their work in many different media. The central Library resource centre is linked to this network and avail-

able to students before school and at lunchtimes. The final part of the Liwara complex will be completed in May when the current Kindergarten construction is completed. But the Kindergarten prograrn is not new. It has been run for many years in All Saints Meeting room, an example of the cooperation between parish and school. The playground provides students with vast opportunities for activI; and passive recreation. A notable feature is the special courtyard seating and talking areas and corners to encourage children to enjoy their school environment. So what's Liwara? A Catholic school working hard to make a S ifference.

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