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Million plus youth for Rome VATICAN CITY - As many as 1.5 million young people are expected to attend the 14-20 August World Youth Day celebrations in Rome. The youth invasion will feature three encounters with Pope John Paul II, special Masses and catechetical services, and plenty of opportunities to build international friendships, according to Vatican organisers. Some will arrive as early as 10 August for several days of hospitality in Italian dioceses. "Between 14 and 20 August, Rome will be the youngest city in the world," Cardinal Camillo Ruini, papal vicar of Rome, told a press conference called to present details of the celebrations last Monday. One hundred and fifteen young Perth people will be among the huge crowd. US Cardinal Francis Stafford, head of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, said the event would be an extraordinary moment of evangelisation, Church communion and personal renewal. "The Pope will be a main catechist with his sermons, words and gestures in front of the whole world, while numerous cardinals and bishops will speak for three days on fundamental themes of the faith to participants in various language groups," Cardinal Stafford said. He underlined that this year was the Jubilee anniversary" of World

Cathy Davis, right and her assistants Brendan Neczas, left, Jenni-Lee Mann and Chad Hudson enjoy the result of Photo Peter Rosengren all the hard work.

Mary MacKillop parish opens its arms to Ballajura teenagers

Youth Days because this initiative of Pope John Paul's was born during the Holy Year of the Redemption in 1984 and culminated now in another Jubilee Year. Cardinal Stafford recalled that the participathe new church and one level below it, had always tion of young people in the first By Peter Rosengren been intended for some form of youth activity. such day was "massive and enthuThe youth evenings currently run twice a week siastic. . . . . World Youth Days, an What's this? Amusement machines installed expression of the special charism beneath Mary MacKillop Catholic parish church on Mondays from 4.00pm-7pm and on Fridays that John Paul II has in communi- in Ballajura? What's going on? from 6.30pm-9.00pm. The organising committee is cating with young people, soon hoping to increase those hours. What's happening is simple: youth in the Ballarevealed themselves to be one of jura area looking for a place to socialise and have Cathy, a mortgage broker, said the amusement the 'prophetic choices' of his pon- fun have found a new home - in the undercroft of machines were being run on a profit-share basis, tificate." with some of the revenue going to the youth cenMary MacKillop church. The Pope will preside over two Last Friday night saw an open evening running tre. welcoming ceremonies on the Second hand furniture, such as couches for lounguntil late for families as youth congregated at the evening of 15 August at the Basiliplay amusement ing around on, has been donated, and local parto worship but to Church, not ca of St John Lateran and St Peter's machines, shoot pool, and listen to a local rock ents, Catholic, Christian and Calathtunpian have Basilica. swung behind the initiative to act as volunteers band. While organisers have avoided and supervisors. running for centre has been up and The youth gathering the youths in the city cenAlthough the youth centre runs from the Catholic tre on most days, Cardinal Ruini approximately a month now. Church, it is open to youth from all backgrounds. initiative from MacKillop parishIt's all part of an said Rome could put up with a few On Friday night it was the Lions' Club who were logistical problems on 15 August, ioner and local businesswoman Cathy Davis, who running the sausage sizzle: the local Rotarians are saw that the 5,000 or so teenagers in the Ballajura the Assumption of the Blessed Viralso supporting it as does the local state high school gin Mary into Heaven and a public area had nowhere to go and keep themselves and community leaders such as politicians. amused outside school hours. holiday in Italy. "People have been coming out of the woodwork feature of suburban life around The problem, a 'The city should experience this day in a positive, not negative, way, the nation, was that young people were tending to to help," Cathy said. The MacKillop youth centre is open to all youth as an opportunity of encounter," concentrate in shopping malls. from 12 to 17, or approximately Year 7 to Year aged young peocentre managers don't like Shopping Cardinal Ruini said. leveL If younger people want to come along they 12 He said history has shown that ple, however harmless, roaming around their censupervised. be must aren't keen on it either, Cathy tres in packs; patrons World Youth Day participants were She said there is usually a high ratio of parent told The Record last Friday evening. never a troublesome crowd. Local Ballajura MP Rhonda Parker also turned up support. Police will visit usually one or two times The Pope will lead a prayer vigil on the evening of 19 August at a to see how the evening was going and liked what a night to keep an eye on things and provide support, if needed. main gathering site on the outskirts she saw. Among the amusements on offer are table tennis, 'This gives them a sense of place; it's very excitof Rome. ing," she told The Record. "This is what the Church pool, a jukebox, air hockey and a soccer table as Continued on Page 2; Perth Neo Catechumenal Way youth is about. It just adds to the fabric of this commu- well as an array of electronic games. Computers, already donated, are yet to be nity in a very special way." with Pope John Paul II in the Cathy said the undercroft, situated at the rear of Installed. Holy Land - Page 8

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TV standards campaigners seek members By Glynnis Grainger The National Viewers and Listeners Association of Australia is seeking more members to oppose the proliferation of violence, sex and bad language on television and in the movies. Its secretary Paul Hotchkin spoke at a morning tea last Thursday hosted by the Catholic Women's League and held in the atrium of St Joseph Pignatelli Church, Attadale. About 100 women from all over WA attended, including members of others groups, such as the Mothers' Union, and even a few men, including a Knight of the Southern Cross, with whom the CWL is affiliated. Mr Hotchkin said the movie barons were still producing violent films, which had a bad effect on teenagers and young people. "Adults can see and hear what they want; minors should be protected," he said. "It is easy to blame the 60s generation; poor old Mary Whitehouse spoke so much sense." Though he is broad-minded, he said he looked through his son's magazines and was disgusted. "I

Back to family-friendly standards on TV - Paul Hotchkin speaks last Thursday at the Catholic Women's League meeting.

looked at his room and he had all these posters of heavy metal musicians," he said. He looked into their eyes and saw "pure evil"; his room was a "shrine of evil." "My son spent a lot of money on them and I paid him double ($600) for his CDs. "I opened up a bank account for him and said: 'That money goes towards a car.' Mr Hotchkin went to a forum in

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Canberra and the organisers had put white crosses all over the lawn, signifying youth suicides. Blue crosses signified youth suicides in the past six months. "As Christians and concerned citizens, we need to address these things," he said. "Archbishop Hickey spoke about TV witches in the Sunday Times recently. "The American Family Association spoke out about a program

called 'God, the Devil and Bob' and NBC cancelled it." Mr Hotchkin wanted his members to write letters and telephone TV stations to complain about shows such as "South Park," which is full of swear words. The NVLAA also put submissions to the Government about offensive programs. "We need people to send letters to the Government and we need to reclaim our TV back," he said. Heavy metal music such as that played on the Triple I radio station and violent movies such as "Silence of the Lambs" often contributed to youth suicide, he said. There was also a group called "Suicidal Tendencies" which also had such an influence on young people. Some magazine articles promoted Satanism and death, as did some songs. Teenagers looked up to these magazines as role models and parents were often not aware their children were listening to such songs because of their headphones. Tec.hno music used drugs so that the mind "went off" with the music. A movie called "Scream"

has been blamed for urban violence and affected pm-teenagers psychologically. The producer said he "didn't care" and has just brought out the third series. "With 15,000 churches, why have an NVLAA?" Mr Hotchkin asked. When there was discussion about what is on the Internet, not one of the churches made a submission, he said. "We have terrible, terrible social problems such as domestic violence - maybe we can get to the media," he said. The NVLAA, which started last year in Perth, is a non-profit organisation and gets funds from its members, who number less than 100. Sister Carol, a Daughter of Charity, said one phone call (of complaint) is equivalent to 1000 people. Mr Hotchkin said "we just do what we can; people have to be educated (to stand up for better TV)." For more information write to PO Box 211, Greenwood, WA 6924.

New centre for Carnarvon school After years of planning, sheer determination and hard work, the St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic School community in Carnarvon has been rewarded with the official opening of its Nano Nagle Junior Learning Centre. Fulfilling a dream for the school of having all of its students located on the one site, the Learning Centre was opened late last month by Barry Haase, the Federal Member for Kalgoorlie. Joining Mr Haase at the ceremony were Bishop Justin Bianchini of Geraldton, CEO Director Therese Temby and school principal Anne Cullender. Following an official welcome from the chairman of the School Board and a traditional welcome from Aboriginal elder Allan Mitchell, Mrs Temby focused on change and continuity in Catholic Education. In the Learning Centre students will be able to undertake learning activities at their own pace. Mrs Temby said links to the past were central to the naming of the Learning Centre. Nano Nagle was the foundress of the Presentation Sisters who brought Catholic education to Carnarvon in the early 1900s. Thanks were also expressed to all the Presentation Sisters who had been involved in Catholic education in Carnarvon. "Tradition and continuity are

Barry Haase opens the new learning centre as Bishop Bianchini looks on.

extremely important to us all. Catholic education is what it is today because of the extraordinary commitment of those who came before us," Mrs Temby said. The Centre was officially opened by Mr Haase before Bishop Bianchini blessed the crucifixes that were placed in and around the building. In his blessing and

dedication of the buildings Bishop Bianchini said the Centre reflected the determined spirit of the local community. "There is a spirit here in Carnarvon that makes things happen. You don't often hear the phrase "it can't he done", he said. - Phil Bayne, CEO Media Office

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Continued from Page 1 He will return there the next day to celebrate the closing liturgy where he is expected to present youth with their missionary mandate, asking the young people to be valiant and generous witnesses of Christ and of faith in Him in their countries throughout the world. During the week, youths will take turns making their pilgrimage to Rome and the Vatican, walking in procession up an avenue to St Peter's Basilica and passing through the Holy Door there. Cardinal Stafford said youths walking through the Holy Door would "thus renew their Baptism experience, because Baptism is a ihnina' experience of initiation; ills precisely like crossing a threshold, leaving behind the old and entering into a new communion." The world's youth would also attend Masses celebrated in the Circus Maximus, the site of an ancient Roman racetrack, where special tents will be set up for Confession. In morning sessions, they will hear talks on the World Youth Day theme dedicated to the mystery of God made man: "The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us."

On Friday, 18 August, many of the youths will participate in a Way of the Cross that will end at the ancient Roman Colosseum, the site of Christian martyrdom. Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia, president of the Italian committee for World Youth Day, highlighted that "the Youth Day's central message as well as the special themes of the Jubilee will also characterise the prayer vigil, due to take place on the night of Saturday, 19 August at Rome's Torvergata University." "The young people will begin arriving at the university in the morning, undertaking the last part of the journey on foot. They will be welcomed with songs, prayers and testimonies from groups of young people from all over the world." Organisers said a special effort was being made to invite young people who were not necessarily members of lay associations or the most active in their parish. Protestant and Orthodox participants are expected from several European countries, and a delegation from India will include members of non-Christian religions. "We are trying our best to favour dia-

logue, encounter and communication of faith and fraternity among all those who participate," said Archbishop Nosiglia. Cardinal Ruini said the youth would be lodged in public buildings, public and private schools, parishes, universities. religious institutes, welcome centres and with private families. An estimated 15,000 will sleep in tents. The cardinal added that 1.5 million letters were sent to families in the diocese of Rome, asking them to welcome young people into their homes in August. Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe, secretary-general of the Central Committee for the Great Jubilee 2000, recalled that the Pope's meeting with youth during his jubilee pilgrimage, in Korazim on the shores of the Sea of Galilee last month, was "a foretaste of the meaning of the Jubilee and of World Youth Day 2000." "Just as the extraordinary meeting at Korazim was the largest and most highly attended liturgical assembly ever to take place in the land of Jesus, so we feel that World Youth Day 2000 will remain in everyone's memory, and in the chronicles of the Great Jubilee, as a historic event."

'Stolen': Catholics respond By Peter Rosengren The Federal Government's controversial submission to the Senate inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal children from their parents has caused one Catholic archbishop and two national Catholic agencies to issue public statements on the affair. The Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission expressed their "concerns" at what was described as a "minimalist" position taken by the Government. A joint statement the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council characterised the government's submission as "hurtful and insensitive." In its submission to the Senate inquiry into the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's report into the forcible separation of Aboriginal children from their parents - Bringing Them Home - the Government argued that the use of the term 'stolen generation' was inaccurate because no more than approxi-

mately 10 per cent of Aboriginal children born to mixed race unions were removed from their families. Archbishop John Bathersby of Brisbane said last Tuesday week the current debate ignored "the bigger picture of the total suffering of Aborigines through the dispossession of their land and their culture." On the same day the ACSWC "expressed concerns" over the Government's submission, noting that reports from the Prime Minister's office "seem to support this desire to minimise the negative consequences of forced separation." Both the ACSJC and NATSICC welcomed Prime Minister John Howard's apology for any offence caused by the submission. In -a joint statement NATSICC's chairman, Peter Smith, and the ACSJC's chair, Bishop Kevin Manning, called on Mr Howard to demonstrate the sincerity of his apology by, among other measures, withdrawing the submission. Archbishop Bathersby said "Australians cannot ignore the

Archbishop John Bathersby

fundamental truth and reality of the prior existence and possession of the land by Aboriginal people before European settlement. "Their consequent dispossession, decimation as a people, and cultural destruction is the fundamental reality and original sin of our nation." He said it was not surprising that "so much anger and emotion is aroused when Australians seek to ignore this fundamental truth." The ACSWC's acting national

director, John Ferguson, said limiting a response to the Senate inquiry to a numerical analysis failed to appreciate the enormous toll on generations of indigenous people who had endured the consequences of forced removal. Being quantitative about the degree of suffering involved disregarded the findings of the 1997 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission inquiry into the same matter, he said. "The report of this Commission makes it clear that one should in fact speak about the 'inter-generational effects' of forced separation," he said. Such acts had had enormous consequences throughout whole communities and across generations, he said. "This is not the time for a minimalist response. What is required is the capacity to see that the common good can only be realised by the awareness that if only one indigenous child had ever been forcibly removed it was one too many," he said. Sister Margaret Cassidy, the national president of the Australian Council of Leaders of Reli-

Guildford cast around, found bell By Peter Rosengren St Mary's parish in Guildford Is one of the smallest in the Archdiocese of Perth with only about a combined total of 150 people or so turning up for the weekend Masses. And when the parish investigated the cost of erecting holy doors for the Jubilee Year called by Pope John Paul II, they found the costs prohibitive. But parishioners and their parish priest. Father Tom Smith, weren't to be put off. They decided they were going to do something really special to mark the occasion. That's why they have installed a Jubilee Year bell atop the entry to the church. on James Street in Guildford, which was cast for the parish in Italy and sent out to Australia. The bell now hangs in plain view for all to see - and hear Immediately behind the statue of Mary facing the street. Holy doors will be installed at the church. Fr Smith said, but for now it is the Jubilee bell, which will remind everyone of the year of grace. It's an impressive sight too. Cast in bronze and weighing in at an estimated 90 kilograms, the ensemble was installed with the help of a crane last Friday before it could be blessed by Fr

Guildford's Jubilee bell

Smith. He believes the first person to suggest a bell was parish council member Mrs Jean Quintat After the decision was taken to go for the bell, Father visited foundries in Perth but, although they could make bells, they couldn't tune them, he said. Bells from other parts of Australia were also prohibitive in cost, he said. However Marlin Poli, a parishioner, came to the rescue when he told Fr Smith he could arrange a bell from Italy. Italian-born Mr Poll had no trouble in communicating with a company there by telephone

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ICEL called to halt editions Walkers ready for of 'doctrinally-flawed' Psalms 30 km pilgrimage By Jerry Filteau WASHINGIUN (CNS) - A Vatican official has called on the International Commission on English in the Liturgy to do all it can to halt further publication or distribution of its "doctrinally flawed" 1994 English version of the Psalms. "The text does not accurately represent the word of God and therefore risks being a danger to the faith," said Archbishop Francesco Pio Tamburrino, secretary of the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, in a 14 January letter to ICEL's chairman, Bishop Maurice Taylor of Galloway, Scotland. "Such a text is clearly no more suited for private prayer than it is for public proclamation," he wrote. US ecclesiastical approval of the ICEL Psalter was withdrawn in 1998 under Vatican instructions, but before that occurred ICEL had entered contracts licensing its copyright to various publishers and religious communities. Archbishop Tamburrino said that whatever issues of civil law are posed by the contracts, it is "a matter of the greatest importance to impede its (the translation's) further diffusion." John Page, ICEL executive director. said on 7 April that the commission immediately stopped granting copyright permissions on those texts for any reason after receiving the Vatican letter. and Bishop Taylor has so informed the Vatican. Page also said ICEL has told "several major publishers" involved in projects setting those psalms to music that "we cannot grant" any new publication rights. The translation at issue is known for its use of inclusive language and reliance on dynamic equivalence rather than formal equivalence as a translation technique. Formal translations are more literal or word-for-word; dynamic translations are freer in adapting thought patterns, linguistic structures and idioms of one language to the different patterns, structures and idioms of the other language. Bishop Taylor confirmed to Catholic News Service the existence of the 14 January letter after the National Catholic Reporter reported on it in its 7 April issue and posted the text on its Web site. ICEL is a liturgical translation commission formed by Englishspeaking bishops' conferences during the Second Vatican Council to help them develop common vernacular liturgical texts for use throughout the English-speaking world. ICEL's board, composed of one

bishop from each of its 11 sponsoring bishops' conferences, is currently restructuring the commission and rewriting its bylaws in response to Vatican demands for more control over its staff and translators. In 1994 ICEL proposed its new Psalter translation to bishops' conferences as a text for study and comment, with an eye toward eventual development and revision as a Psalter that could be approved for liturgical use. The Psalms are used especially in the Liturgy of the Hours but also enter into use in other liturgical rites, including the Mass and celebrations of the sacraments. The US National Conference of Catholic Bishops granted the translation an imprimatur - ecclesiastical approval for publication - in 1995, but then withdrew it in 1998 under instructions from the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In the mid-1990s Vatican agencies were in the early phases of raising questions about the appropriateness of some forms of inclusive language techniques for English translations of Scripture. Also called into question - and Vatican authorisation for their use in liturgy withdrawn or refused were two other inclusive-language Scripture translations: the New American Bible Psalter and the New Revised Standard Version Bible. In the consultations and negotiations between US bishops and Vatican officials that ensued concerning mutually acceptable texts and principles of translation, it has become increasingly clear that Vatican doctrinal and liturgical officials strongly reject some inclusive-language translation techniques and want Scripture translations - especially those proposed for use in liturgy - to follow more closely the principles of formal equivalence, or more literal translation. Earlier decisions and guidelines of the US bishops favouring certain forms of inclusive language appear to be no longer applicable, and the Vatican in recent years has repeatedly signalled its intent to issue new liturgy translation norms in order to correct deficiencies in the Vatican guidelines that translators have been following since 1969. In revoking the imprimatur on the ICEL Psalms in 1998, Bishop Anthony PiIla of Cleveland, then NCCB president, wrote that the action "should in no way be perceived as a revocation of the judgment of the censors' opinions concerning the fidelity or accuracy of the text." He said the revocation reflected, rather, a decision that "the imprimatur is no longer considered

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A Schoenstatt walk - but this time a shorter one. Worshippers process in honour of Christ the King at the Schoenstatt Shrine in Armadale in 1996.

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appropriate or opportune given the changing circumstances." Archbishop Tamburrino's new references to the 1994 translation as "doctrinally flawed" and "a danger to the faith" indicated that since then the Vatican has raised the bar further against certain inclusive language and dynamic equivalence techniques in Scripture translations. An informed Church source in Rome said the Vatican's concern was that after the imprimatur had been withdrawn, the translation was "having an afterlife that wasn't really intended." While the translation is not being used in liturgical books, it was finding its way into popular prayer books, including some used for community services, the source said. He said this use seems to lie somewhere between liturgy and strictly private prayer. National Catholic Reporter reported that several religious orders or lay affiliate groups have adopted that translation for regular use in their own community prayer. Several CNS sources said the ICEL Psalter had contributed to the decision of some religious of communities, especially women, to restore morning and evening prayer modelled after the Liturgy of the Hours as part of their daily community prayer. One of the major publishers of the 1994 ICEL Psalter was Liturgy Training Publications in Chicago. Its director, Gabe Huck, said in 1998 that the company, owned by the Chicago Archdiocese, had sold about 15,000 to 20,000 copies of "The Psalter," an edition with the Psalms arranged in numerical order, and nearly 30,000 copies of "Psalms for Morning and Evening Prayer," an edition arranged for use in prayer -over a four-week cycle.

Students get a look at mission coalface Stories and photos of missionary work in Senegal, Africa, enthralled the children at Santa Clara School, St James, when they were visited by a missionary Sister as part of the school's missionary focus during Lent. Our Lady of the Missions Sr Margaret Spain, who is at home in Perth on leave, works at the Catholic Mission in Senegal with adult literacy classes. She spoke to the children of the mission's work teaching people to read and the vital work of helping mothers to learn the importance of good nutrition for their babies.

Sr Margaret shows photos of her work in Senegal to Dominique Cleary, Jaclynne Tan and Jessica Barbera.

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prepare input sessions and light refreshments at each of the as well. Those wanting to make a seri- stops pilgrims arrive at the When ous pilgrimage on foot in the Schoenstatt Shrine picturesque Archdiocese of Perth for the Armadale they will symboliI n Jubilee Year called by Pope John Lady. greet Our cally Paul II have the opportunity Lunch will be a Sausage Sizzle coming up in a big way on Monprovided by families that belong day 24 April, a public holiday. The pilgrimage will gather for to the Schoenstatt movement. Father Timothy Deeter, the a blessing at 5.30am from St Mary's Cathedral in Victoria Director of the Casa F'rassati Square, Perth and is planned to Vocational Discernment Centre, arrive at the Schoenstatt Shrine will be the main celebrant at in Armadale. 30 kilometres Mass. Afterwards, religious commuaway, sometime after 1.00pm. For those coming to the pil- nities will introduce themselves, grimage's start from the south- their mission and their calling. Eucharistic Adoration will folern side of town, a bus will leave the Schoenstatt Shrine in low. The pilgrimage ends between 5 and 6pm that day. Armadale at 4A5am. The pilgrimage, which will be l'ransport to the various stops offered for vocations to the will also be available to those priesthood and consecrated life, on the return if they have parked has been organised by the their cars there. A German priest, Fr Joseph Schoenstatt Movement. TO give walkers a rest along Kentenich, founded the Schoenthe way there will be seven stall movement in 1914 at stops. For those unable to. or Schoenstatt in Western Gerwho doubt their ability to walk many on the River Rhine near the full 30 kilometres, pilgrims Coblenz. Today the German are welcome to join the walk at Shrine of Our Lady in Schoenstatt is an international pilgrimany of the seven stops. The stops are: 700am, St age destination. The Movement founded by Fr Joachim's church. Victoria Park: 8.00am, Bentley Shopping Cen- Kentenich is a structured organtre BP Garage; 9.00am WA Sal- isation of priests and lay people vage on Albany Highway; from every walk of life and 10.00am, Bunnings at Kenwick focuses on love for Our Lady Link; 11.00am, the Civic Centre with the aim of assisting renewat Gosnells; 12.00 noon, the traf- al in the 'Church. It seeks to help its members to fic lights at Kelmscott and, finally. at 1.00pm, the traffic light actively live their faith on a daily warning sign at Derry Street, basis through self-education, social interaction and depenArmadale. From this last stop all pilgrims dence on Mary, and has branchwill then walk the final two kilo- es for families, mothers, youth, metres to the Schoenstatt women, Schoenstatt Sisters and Shrine. However distance Schoenstatt Fathers. Apart from the movement's should not deter the faint-hearted. Along the way busses will priests a branch of the organipick up those with sore feet - sation is also available for diocebut just to be on the safe side. san priests who wish to BYO band-aids. Religious com- participate in and promote the munities and seminarians will spirituality of the movement. By Peter Rosengren

Semite superfish win big Christine Brennan and Ricardo Reynaga, at right, are the captains of a victorious Servite College which blitzed the field at the recent Associated and Catholic Colleges Swim Carnival - E Division - held at the outdoor venue of Challenge Stadium on Friday 17th March. The Servite Team were in contention for the win against tough competitors Carey College, Carmel School and Somerville College. The team inched out the other swimmers, particularly in relay events. Servite College had been in training for a few months and were looking strong from the start of the day as they hit the water. A band of cheerleaders were also there to move them along.

Home for priests suggested By Peter Rosengren

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An idea from a parishioner for WA Catholics to band together and purchase a home for priests to retire to has received support from the priest who chairs the committee concerned with priests' retirement. Ellen Morris, a retired former journalist, wrote to The Record earlier this year suggesting that WA Catholics set up a fund to purchase one or two such homes as a mark of thanks for the lifetimes of sacrifice and services that priests have devoted to those for whom they care. Father Michael Casey, the parish priest of South Perth and chairman of the archdiocese's Retired Priests Accommodation Fund, said he thought that, in general

terms, the idea was a good one. "I think it's a good idea.Isupport it," he told The Record after being told of the idea. The Fund has been developed for diocesan priests incardinated - officially belonging - in the archdiocese. Through voluntary contributions priests provide for accommodation in their retirement. However the Fund does not cover everyone, Fr Casey pointed out, such as members of religious orders or diocesan priests who work within the archdiocese but are not incardinated. Mrs Morris suggested to The Record that, if every Catholic family in the state donated $20, a significant sum of money could be raised. She wants to see one or two houses available so that priests

could retire in independence rather than being dependent on the charity of institutions or religious orders. Mrs Morris came up with the idea after helping nurse a sick priest in retirement who passed away recently. Through the earlier generosity of a relative, the priest had been able to purchase his own living quarters, had been able to celebrate Mass every day up until shortly before his death and had been able to live in independence. "I think that for the millennium it would be a wonderful gesture to do something really good for our priests," she said when contacted by The Record. She envisaged the home or homes would be for aged and sick priests who have nowhere else to go. One, or possibly two adjoining

houses, could be purchased providing retired priests with a place where they could do as they wish, walk around and have privacy and independence. An ideal location would be in the vicinity of one of the major hospitals in Perth, she suggested. Mrs Morris was also motivated by the sacrifices priests have made throughout her own life. In her own youth, when she was growing up in the Kalgoorlie area, the Morris family parish priest, Fr Doddy, would travel long distances in an open car, often in shocking conditions, she said. Fr Doddy rarely had enough money for adequate shoes and clothing, she said. "They were absolutely devoted," she said of the priests she has known.

Oblates ministered in jails and schools Obituaries The Oblates of Mary Immaculate have lost two senior priests in the last week Fr Joseph O'Shaughnessy and Fr William Cagney. Fr O'Shaughnessy died in Melbourne on Wednesday, 5 April. He was born in Dublin on 21 November, 1912. He worked in the Civil Service before joining the Oblates and was ordained on 29 June. 1944. He was posted to Australia, worked briefly in Victoria before being posted to Fremantle in 1948 where he worked in the parish and especially cared for the youth. In early 1950 he was appointed Novice Master. In 1968 Fr O'Shaughnessy was appointed to the parish of Lesmurdie where he worked for four years before being appointed chief Catholic chaplain to the jails of WA. For nine years he was a well-known figure visiting the local jails daily and occasionally the country jails of WA. In recent years he served as chaplain to the Sisters of St Joseph in Hawthorn. Victoria. Fr Cagney, who died in Sorrento. Victoria on Sunday, 9 April. was well-known in WA. Born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1924, he was ordained a priest in 1949. coming to Australia later that year to work in Victoria and Queensland before being

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appointed Superior and parish priest in Lesmurdie in 1956. He made a name as a missioner throughout WA as well as preaching retreats to priests and religious. He built a parish church and community house - known as Lourdes Monastery, to mark the 1958 Marian Year - as a centre of worship and activity for the parish. In 1963 has was appointed Provincial of the Australian Province and embarked on a big expansion program including the opening of two Colleges, a foundation in New Zealand. a new parish in Victoria and the Australian seminary for the Oblates. One of the Colleges he opened was Mazenod College, Lesmurclie, which was

opened in 1966 with the parish priest of Fremantle as the first rector. Perhaps Fr Cagney's greatest achievement was doing the groundwork for the Australian Oblate foundation in Indonesia in 1972, which continues to flourish. After his time as Provincial, he was appointed as Assistant-General of the Oblates in Rome. Later, he was Director of the Irish Centre in London before returning to Australia in 1984. He then became parish priest of St John Vianney's parish in Springvale North, Melbourne. He suffered from ill health in recent years while being assistant to Fr John Hannah in Sorrento. Victoria. - Glynnis Grainger

Leading layman and Leave a legacy... for generations to come champion dies, 90 A well known Catholic layman, former champion athlete and State football player died last Friday. 7 April, at the Little Sisters of the Poor Nursing Home, Glendalough. Brian Loyola Ryan was born in Bridgetown on 1 November, 1910, the eldest of 11 children. He attended the local Brian Ryan convent school run by the Sisters of Mercy. In his early teenage years he came to Perth and was employed with the Postmaster General's Department and served with that branch of the Commonwealth public service for 45 years, the last 23 as manager of the Australian Postal Institute WA division. The Queen awarded him an Imperial Medal in 1972 for meritorious services. A champion athlete, he won the 50 yards sprint title in the 1929 State Amateur Swimming championships and was WA State pole vault champion in 1949. Mr Ryan was vice-captain of the WA football team which defeated Victoria in 1929. He was awarded life membership of the YCW In 1951 for helping young people in sport, and by the East Perth Football Club for which he played 204 games. Following his wife, Kathleen's death in 1989 he took up residence at the Little Sisters of the Poor, Glendalough, where he died peacefully. - Glynnis Grainger

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The 'incomprehensible' Cross Fr Adrian Pittarello, Vicar for Migration, continues a series of reflections on the readings associated with the Lenten and Easter seasons

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alm Sunday introduces us to the holiest days of the year, the Holy Week. It marks the last time Jesus entered Jerusalem. People welcomed him with acclamations: "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" The fact that there were many young people acclaiming Jesus explains why In Rome this Sunday has developed, particularly in the last decades, as a special day for the youth; and the fact that olive branches were thrown on the road to pave the way where Jesus was passing riding a donkey explains, perhaps, why in many Australian cities this day is chosen to hold peace marches. The ceremony of the Palms, although important, is not the central theme of today's liturgy; rather it is Jesus' passion (this is why this Sunday is also called Passion Sunday). The triumphant welcoming by the crowds stands as a contrasting background to the reality of Jesus' suffering. The crowds welcomed Jesus as the one who came in the name of the Lord; but Jesus knew that in Jerusalem the Son of Man was to be given to his opponents and condemned to death. His apostles and disciples may have

With Fr Adrian Pittarello rejoiced about the great reception he received by the people of the holy city, forgetful of the warning Jesus had given them on their way there. They never believed Him when He told them that He would be killed, and soon. The rejection of Jesus by the supreme religious authorities of the lime may be something that we Christians find difficult to understand. Not so for the Jewish people. The scene of Pope John Paul II praying in front of the Wailing Wall may have touched the whole world. But it would not have been easy for some Jewish people to see him with a cross hanging on his chest and standing in front of that Wall, so sacred to them. The Cross is still the sign of division between Christians and non-Christians, "a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles," as St Paul, a Jew, said. On the Cross all the false images of God crash, and all our expectations of how God should act, shatter.

No expectation appears more right and legitimate than that justice should be rewarded and evil punished. The Cross is humanly incomprehensible. Our trouble is to try and make God fit into our way of thinking, our sense of justice, our way of loving. The Cross is there to show us that "the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God and that God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom." To enter the Holy Week means to reflect on what God did for us and for our salvation. During this week the Cross should be covered. The reason is not that the Church wants to hide it from our sight. The problem is that we have become so accustomed to it that it does not have any impact on us anymore. The Cross is covered so that when, on Good Friday, it is uncovered again, we may be deeply moved, looking on the One who loved us and gave Himself up for us. The best way to enter and live Holy Week is carry our little crosses everyday. There are many of them - our work, the people we come in contact with, the effort to give time to prayer and reflection .... and the many other things that we would rather avoid and often complain about. And let us program our week so that we attend the ceremonies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil.

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ATICAN CITY, April 2 (ZENIT) - youth listened to meditations from variYesterday afternoon the tradition- ous parts of the world, though time did al meeting of the Pope with stu- not permit all the scheduled meditations dents from the various Roman to take place. universities took place in St Peter's There was a direct video feed from FatiSquare in the Vatican. ma, Portugal, and audio from WashingThanks to satellite connections, thou- ton, D.C.; Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil; sands of youth from around the world Chestochowa, Poland; and Manila, in the were able to follow the event. Philippines. At the same time it served as preparaVarious songs and dances were intertion for World Youth Day, to be held in spersed between the meditations. August in Rome, and the Jubilee of UniThe Inter-university Choir of Rome perversity Students, to be held in Septem- formed several original pieces and led ber. the singing of the Jubilee Hymn to greet The meeting began with a procession the Holy Father. of students from the nearby LUMSA UniWhen the white-clad figure arrived in versity of Rome down via della Concilihis black Mercedes, which drove up the azione. ramp in front of the Basilica to the stage, The students sang, and carried candles the students all rose spontaneously. and the pilgrim cross of the World Youth The students prayed the Rosary with Days, which they placed in front of the the Pope in Latin. Vatican Basilica. decade was directed by the youth Each From their dress, it was evident that the i n a different country, with the Litany of students came from a variety of places. Loreto at the end sung by Polish youth in There were several girls from East Chestochowa. Timor, who danced and sang songs typAt the end of the Rosary, the Holy Father ical of their Island. thanked them all for coming and asked "Here in Rome we feel very united to them to "be witnesses to faith in Christ our people," they said to ZENIT. in the realm of study and in life," in order "We wanted to pray for peace, recon- to "defend and promote respect for the ciliation, and forgiveness for Timor," a dignity of each human being." country convalescing from horrendous He encouraged all the groups that massacres. hoped for their participation in World While waiting for the Pope's arrival, Youth Day and the lTniverslty jubilee. Perth Archdiocesan Catechist Service presents

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How can any of us remain unaffected by this Man's death?

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ave you ever sat on a bus, in a car, in a mall, on a beach, and watched the people passing by, wondering where they came from, where they were going to? It is a strange feeling, a sudden awareness that other people have lives also, an awareness that they also experience joy, pain, good times and bad. Most of the time, I am so consumed by the happenings in my own life and that of my children, that I forget that others in the world are experiencing the same sorts of emotions and events. For many people every day, there is a feeling that the world should stop. That everyone should understand that something so cataclysmic has happened that life as we know it should be over. It would seem this way for the victims of war. for those suffering starvation, for those who lose a loved one. But the world keeps on keeping on and often with a total lack of awareness from all, with the exception of those closest to the particular situation. Once in a while, I am jolted back to reality and it doesn't do me any harm at all. Have things ever been any different? Probably not. .. . "To the casual observer there was nothing unusual about those six hours. But this was no normal Friday. To a handful of people the most awesome of miracles has occurred. Three bodies are nailed to three crosses. And one of the bodies is that of an extraordinary man. . . ." So says an accolade for a book titled Six Hours One Friday. From the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, to the utter amazement of His Apostles when He appeared to them after His resurrection, I wonder how many people realised that something incredible was happening? A man sitting meekly on a donkey, entering Jerusalem to the accompaniment of cheering crowds and waving palms, His calmness and dignity belying, perhaps, the pain and suffering to come. Knowing the story as well as we do now, we may find it hard to understand why the three chosen Apostles could not wait with Jesus while He prayed, why they were not aware of the agony He was experiencing, why they fell asleep, why He was denied. We too would probably have succumbed to sleep. would have been too terrified to own up to knowing this man who was arrested, would not have comprehended the majesty of this One who possessed indomitable courage and grace in suffering and death. In Luke 23:44-46 we can read the account of the time of Jesus' death. 'It was about twelve o'clock when the sun stopped shining and darkness covered the whole country until three o'clock; and the curtain hanging in the temple was torn in two. Jesus cried out in a loud voice "Father! In your handsIplace my spirit!" He said this and died. It seems fitting that 'darkness cover the whole country' - cataclysmic events bring cataclysmic consequences. Only after the event did an army officer who witnessed the event, understand. He praised God, saying "Certainly he was a good man!" All too often we realise, after the event, the consequences of our actions. All too often we can fail to appreciate the goodness and beauty of the people God has given us to love. When we think of all the graces we have been given, the love of family and friends, our faith, an amazing country to live in, it can surprise us to realise that we are sometimes 'unaware', that we remain unaffected. May God draw us closer to Him this Easter and give us the grace to appreciate all we have been given, the grace to overcome the tendency to dwell on our own problems and be more present to others.

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ticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me," proclaims the schoolyard chant. This is true and accurate if the one attacked has sufficient strength of personality not to be affected by hurtful words. But if a victim still nurses a hurt from previous suffering then the words will hurt, and even more so if they are truthful. The current social and political debate over the Howard Government's clumsily drafted submission to the Federal Parliamentary inquiry into the plight of Aboriginal children separated by government policy is a case in point. The government's attempt to clarify the use of the words 'stolen generation' - a term coined by the Aboriginal community - had the effect, probably unintentional, of unnecessarily reopening and exacerbating old wounds. There are other possible reasons why the Government's submission came to cause such community outrage. First cab off the rank of responsibility has to be those gatekeepers of words and meaning, the media. In yet another display of unintelligent reporting and commentary, journalists raced stupidly to interpret the attempt at clarification as meaning that the Government had denied the 'stolen generation or generations' existed. Anyone with basic comprehension and

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clear thinking skills can read the Government's submission and understand that this was not what the Government meant. It was arguing that the use of the word 'generation' was inappropriate as, in common Australian-English usage, this word refers to a discrete group of the population united and limited by a lifespan such as 'baby boomer generation'. Under this normal use of a word, the Aboriginal victims were not a 'generation' as no more than a third of each of a number of generations of Aboriginal children were involved. It would be more accurate to describe this group as 'forcibly removed Aboriginal children.' The Government never denied that the group of Aboriginal children forcibly taken from their parents existed. But this did not stop ignorant journalists then asking such victims what they thought of a Government that denied that they existed. Naturally, the victims reacted with rage and despair.. The whole tragic incident is yet another lesson in the need for accurate use of words and reason in social, political and religious discussion and debate. The tub orators of old well knew the

value of the judicious use of the right word on inflamed mob passions. How else did Adolf Hitler, Lenin and Trotsky grab state power than by masquerading offended emotion as reason and morality? If public debate, both within and without the Church, is to have any hope of being peaceful and have a chance of bringing about true unity and reconciliation then a common language has to be used by all parties. The problem is that weak-minded social scientists and linguists over the last century have seriously undermined humanity's common sense and true belief - born with the infusion of our immortal soul that a symbol or word can accurately describe a reality that exists independently of the word or the person using it. That this commonsense belief exists is demonstrated by the fact that even misguided linguists can still talk to one another at some level. Words do have meanings that are objective and commonly accessible to several speakers and listeners. When a community agrees on the meaning of a word, then communication is possible. The tragedy is that the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity commissioners conducting the inquiry into Aboriginal

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born alive? Jessica's life, and similar occurrences at King Edward, give lie to the abortion mentality. The live born child is the abortionist's greatest nightmare because it demonstrates so vividly that there are two patients in every pmgnancy - the mother and her child. Dr Ted Watt Secretary Coalition for the Defence of Human Life

he Coalition for the Defence of Human Life wants to respond to the findings of Darwin Coroner Greg Cavanagh into the death of baby Jessica Jane by warning that late-term abortions performed at Perth's King Edward Memorial Hospital may also result in live born babies. rian Peachey (The Record, 30 March) Mr Cavanagh found that Jessica, born correct that my comment was glib alive at 21-24 weeks gestation, after an but, in a sense, all letters to an editor attempted mid-trimester abortion, lived for suffer from that shortcoming. 80 minutes. I am sure that if the Almighty had been He held that once born alive she had the full legal status of a human being and was able to dictate the Bible in a letter to the entitled to 'all the dignity, respect and value editor he would have chosen that course. Just as surely I am sure that His Holiness that our society places on human life'. Mr Cavanagh expressed surprise and would not have required the 35,788 words concern at evidence that no hospital in In his encyclical Fides et Ratio to explore Australia had protocols in place to deal the meaning of faith and reason had there with live born babies resulting from mid- been some other course open to him. As it is, I know I surely test the patience trimester abortions although this outcome of our editor of The Record with the length was not unusual. We know for a fact that at least two chil- of the letters I write to him. Brian Peachey has valid points of critidren have been born alive at King Edward after abortions at 22 weeks and 26 weeks cism in his letter but they tend to distract us away from the central lesson of what His respectively. Does King Edward have a protocol for Holiness, the Bishops, and most probably dealing with these children, who under the the Holy Spirit, are seeking to lead us to law have the full right to life once they are reflect on at this point in time.

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children forcibly removed from their parents did not alert the victims to their misunderstanding of the Australian-English use of the word; they could have helped them find a more accurate expression that would prevent poorly educated and unintelligent journalists and activists from misunderstanding the issue. Perhaps the commissioners felt that they were being compassionate to the victims in allowing their misuse of language go ahead. If they did, then their compassion only served to fuel unnecessary distress. The most effective way to stand or suffer with a victim (compassion, from the Latin for 'suffer with') is to stand and help the sufferer find their feet in what is true and good and not to leave them using words that can only lead to more pain and confusion in public affairs later on. It also needs readers, particularly in the media and among activists, who can read and understand what is put before them. Faith and reason are the only valid and sound bases on which to build a social policy. As the ancient thinker, John the Geometer, is reported to have said: Love freed from passion proves to be most compassionate. • The opinions expressed in this editorial, and any other Record editorial, are not necessarily those of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Perth.

Leffers Jo fi2e Cc/liar Those who keep maintaining that the An example of all this could be the opening line of Trevor Boardman's thoughtful Issue 'won't go away' are thus in open defiletter last week (6 April) criticising me. His ance of the Church's infallible and final opening line, "Brian Coyne thinks Catholics authority. with fixed beliefs are but making a 'secuThere is no point in discussing and diarity blanket' of religion", is a glib summa- loguing with a view to perhaps reversing ry .of my position but it did serve the the ruling. purpose of getting the readers' attention. One can find out why the ruling was My comment in the previous paragraph made, by reading appropriate documents letter might also regarding Brian Peachey's apply to the points Mr Boardman has on the subject, including, of course, the Papal letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis of 1994. raised. This 'definite' letter was not something Brian Coyne just put out arbitrarily: it is a carefully writNedlands ten document resulting from study and much knowledgeable input The matter of male-only eligibility for the nfortunately, there are certain peo- true Christian priesthood is tied up in Old ple who continue to publicly call Testament studfor 'discussion' or 'dialogue' on the Testament as well as New ies. matter of women's ordination to the The Catholic priesthood comes from Catholic priesthood. This is an example of how ignorant peo- Christ through the apostles and the sacriple are nowadays of Church teaching on fice of Holy Mass is the New and Everlastthe binding authority of Magisterial and ing Covenant instituted by Christ. Papal formal pronouncements. Ills a great It is the 'replacement', so to speak, of the scandal. Old Law covenants and sacrifices. Pope John Paul ll's definitive declaration Ills not always easy to accept authoritathat the Church has no authority from tive Church teachings, but one must be Christ to ordain women, was to 'put an end' humble before Christ's Bride and submit. to such discussion for good. This is a serious obligation on all It is an irrevocable declaration, as CardiCatholics. nal Ratzinger has pointed out and must be accepted by all the faithful, as the Pope M j Gonzalez Willetton said.

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Serpentine celebrates diamond jubilee with a bird in hand ed by Perth's Auxiliary Bishop Robert Healy, the Catholic community of Serpentine celebrated the 60th anniversary of St Kevin's Church on Sunday, 5 March. Also present were 12 priests who have had some association with St Kevin's, as well as a big number of parishioners, past and present. The celebration began in the church with the unveiling and blessing of a painting of St Kevin, painted by local artist, Cathy Johns. The painting was then carried in procession to the Clem Kentish Recreation Centre which had been prepared for the occasion by the Armadale-Serpentine liturgy team and it was here that the Thanksgiving Mass was celebrated. Features of the Mass included Bishop Healy's homily where he shared his astonishment at seeing so many priests present on a Sunday after.

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noon and his conclusion 'you obviously look after your priests here!" He also remarked on the display of symbols drawn from the local area, and the involvement of a combined choir from Armadale. The celebration concluded with a sumptuous afternoon tea and an opportunity for Bishop Healy, the priests and parishioners to retell old stories and to renew friendships. The church was blessed and opened on 3 March, 1940, by Archbishop Redmond Prendiville, in the presence of Father Clery, of Pinjarra parish, to which Serpentine belonged at that time. In the early 1920s there was a priest stationed at Jarrandale who used to ride a horse over the hills to offer Mass in the old Serpentine Hall, which is the same site as the Clem Kentish Recreation Centre. In those days, there was also a con-

vent, run by the Sisters of Mercy, at Jarrandale. The church was named after St Kevin, also known as Coemgen, who was born into a wealthy Irish family in 498. He was ordained a monk and became a hermit at Glendalough in Ireland. The reputation of St Kevin and his monastery attracted a growing number of pilgrims. The current parish priest, Fr Tony Pires, from Armadale parish, visits the Serpentine community of St Kevin's as often as he can. Artist Mrs Johns said she took about three months to complete the acrylic painting of St Kevin. A graduate in Fine Art from Claremont School of Art, she told The Record she cleaned up the statues at St Kevin's Church and was approached to do the paintings - Glynnis Grainger

Local artist Cathy Johns with her painting of St Kevin and Blackbird. St Kevin's patience was legendary: a story is told that once a blackbird laid an egg in the palm of his hand and he remained motionless until the egg was hatched. Daughter Sarah looks on.

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Young Aussies found the Pope, and more Neo Catechumenal Way priest Father Joseph Pelle accompanied a large group of young Australians to the Holy Land and Rome following Pope John Paul II on his recent pilgrimage. Fr Pelle reports on their pilgrimage.

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he psalm says: "And while dancing, while dancing they will sing? And this was exactly what they were doing on the Mount of Beatitudes - 200 young Australians, among whom were some 70 from Perth including the students of Redemptoris Mater seminary with their Rector Fr Michael Moore SM. They were part of an 80,000 strong crowd who met to receive from Pope John Paul H their mission for the new millennium. Christ had once said: "Go and announce to my brothers, that they must go to Galilee. There they will see me. . . . All power has been given to me in heaven and on earth. .. . And behold I am with you all the days? The local Church of Israel was there Melkites, Maronites, Armenians and Latins together with nearly 50,000 young people Some of the young Australian pilgrims in Rome after going to the Holy Land to be with the Pope. from the Neocatechumenal Way and many from other ecclesial realities and move- the Mount. For the young people this Ser- iting the holy places: Bethlehem, where we mon, so familiar to us, took on new strength found ourselves part of a Mass to be broadments. These had travelled from all the parts of by being proclaimed in the very same place cast on television in the US, Mt Carmel the globe, convinced that it was important to where Jesus Christ originally announced where Elijah killed the 450 false prophets, celebrate the Jubilee in the Holy Land with this new way of living which is Christianity Nazareth, Cana and so on. and drew for us a portrait of the new man. All these places gave an opportunity for the Bishop of Rome. The Pilgrims stayed in a tent city on the catechesis to help the young people to face Pope John Paul II has said: "Every Jubilee year is like an invitation to a wedding feast", eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee close to and live through the problems of today. For example at Cana, we heard a catechand the joy of the young was that of a peo- where the legion of demons entered the ple who have seen the water turned into Gadarene swine and where the second mul- esis on marriage, the nuptial meaning of the body, sexuality and chastity, before witnesswine, the sadness and drudgery of life tiplication of the loaves took place. They were moved to be able to celebrate ing the renewal of wedding promises by the changed into a feast. During the Mass, some of the choral singing the Church's Morning Prayer close to the married couples and the singing of the nuptial blessing. was in Arabic, according to the Melkite tra- water's edge. The visit of the Pope brought the first rain In Jerusalem on Sunday 28 March it proved dition. The Gospel was also proclaimed in Arabic for two months. This was welcomed more difficult to visit the Holy Sepulchre because - the Beatitudes, which begin the Sermon on by the locals than by the campers. However of the presence of an important visitor Pope nothing could dampen the excitement of vis- John Paul made two visits there.

On the second occasion he was greeted by our pilgrims who were doing as he was venerating the places of Christ's death and resurrection. Having travelled so far, it was natural to continue to Rome for a brief visit, in order to pass through the Holy Door in the basilicas of St Peter and St Paul. The holy doors were recognised as a strong sign of the way from sin to grace - which is Christ The pilgrims were able to celebrate the Eucharist in St Paul's where their joy made a big impression on other pilgrims. At the weekly Wednesday audience the Australian young people heard the Pope speaking with emotion of the trip he had just made and were able to identify with him. They had been encouraged by his strength and fearlessness in proclaiming the Gospel. They witnessed that here was a man 'still full of sap, still green' in spite of his advancing years. They also met Cardinal Cassidy and asked him to pass on to the Pope a copy of the Aboriginal Madonna which hangs in Darwin Cathedral. He said this was an easy task because he would be lunching with the Pope within the hour. For these young people and for the 10 priests who accompanied them, this was a pilgrimage never to be forgotten. Archbishop Hickey had blessed the Perth pilgrims before they set out. Now that they are all back safely, each can acknowledge that Holy Years come every 25 years, but no other generation has experienced a new millennium while simultaneously witnessing the Pope evangelising in the Holy Land. That was a unique event to be savoured for the rest of their lives.

WA's Vincentians provide a lifeline to those with mental illness By Glynnis Grainger

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he St Vincent de Paul Society is only able to meet about 10 per cent of the need for accommodation for people with a psychiatric disability. Through its Vincentcare project, it provides self-managed units and ordinary shared house accommodation with paid live-in service managers, who are nuns or lay people. Presentation Sisters are the main religious managers and a St John of God Sister, a former psychiatric nurse from Brighton Hospital, Melbourne, will join them next month. In many suburbs such as Warwick, Bayswater, Duncraig, Leederville and Glendalough, the live-in managers support the residents to live as independently as possible and provide 24hour emergency support. Vincentcare manager Gary Templeman told The Record a fifth house is being renovated in Coolbellup and will open soon. "Most of our referrals come from State Government agencies but we get no funding (from them)," he said. "The dollars need to go into the relevant areas; we attract no funding. "Most of the other agencies are only available

during office hours." A few weeks a go they had eight referrals in one day and people ask how soon will there be a vacancy, he said. There have been 80 or 90 referrals this year but there is no waiting list, just a register of Interest. "Most of them are on disability support payments so we try to keep costs as low as possible, Mr Templeman said. "There has been a lot of interest from the Society in New Zealand; they have looked at our program over there and am hopeful of adopting it." "One of the Maori communities is very inter- The Duncraig residence run by the SVP, above, where ested. live-in managers support residents to live as inde"Other States of Australia have their own pro- pendently as possible. Sister Marian, right, a Pregrams and the Society of St Vincent de Paul sentation Sister who works at the Warwick home. assists people with mental illness all over Ausaccommodation is offered, including shared tralia? Vincentcare has been able to cut down on the houses, self-managed one or two bedroom number of re-admissions to hospital as they are units and respite accommodation. This year it is hoped to establish a suburban always "available to listen." Crises often occurred after hours or on a Fri- office, "probably somewhere central." Vincentcare was made possible by a small day night and Vincentcare can "hand over to group of volunteers getting together in support professional people in the morning." Vincentcare is concerned with all areas of of people with a psychiatric disability in 1993. "When someone knocks on the door, we try mental health but the primary focus is on the most disadvantaged, that is, people who are and do what we can," Mr Templeman said. "We try and meet people's needs." seriously mentally ill. Individual supported

New program gives sufferers medicine of friendship A unique friendship program for people with a psychiatric disability reduces hospitalisation, suicides and homelessness. The Compeer program is supported by the St Vincent de Paul Society in NSW and matches volunteers and people with a mental illness with a view to establishing a friendship based on equality, respect and trust. Compeer operates as an adjunct to therapy, and provides a structure for friendship to develop, under the guidance of trained professionals. Volunteers are asked to meet their friend for a minimum of four hours a month for a year, and share a variety of social, recreThe Record, April 13 2000 Page 8

ational and educational activities. It has not started in WA, but Ruah Inreach has a support scheme for people undergoing rehabilitation from a mental illness. Ann White, executive officer of the Schizophrenia Fellowship in WA, suggested Compeer be brought to WA. Volunteers are not expected to be a therapist, case manager, chauffeur, entertainment director or Santa Claus. People referred to Compeer have diagnoses that fall into broad categories of mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar disease or depression, anxiety and obsessive compulsiveness. Compeer has had exceptional success in

the United States, Canada and other parts of true friendship, leaving them with incrediAustralia, including Wollongong. ble feelings of isolation and loneliness. It originated in New York in 1973, and today Bishop Wilson said each one of us has Is a model mental health organisation with strengths and weaknesses, likeable and over 100 affiliates. unlikeable characteristics, and each of us Surveys of referring mental health profes- deserves a friend. sionals reported their clients, involved in the He said friendship is a powerful medicine; Compeer program, showed a 95 per cent It heals through the knowledge that someIncrease in self-esteem, 93 per cent decrease one cares about us and our wellbeing. in feelings of isolation, 79 per cent increase Statistics show one in five Australians will in communication skills, and 62 per cent Increase in independence and self-reliance. suffer from some form of mental illness durWollongong's Bishop Philip Wilson said at ing their lifetime; and over 60 per cent of suithe launch of Compeer there last month that cides have some connection to mental In many cases people with mental illiiesses Illness. had never had the opportunity of forming a - Glynnis Grainger

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ven between people in sound relationships there are occasional misunderstandings. There are none among us who do not, however infrequently, do something we regret, something that is hurtful to the other in the relationship. If our remorse is genuine, we address it by offering an apology. It may be with words, with actions, with flowers - but however it is done, it is a course of action taken so as to regain the harmony that previously existed. For a healthy relationship, two things must happen. The person who is at fault must be sorry for what has been done and say so, and the person wronged must come to the party by accepting the apology and letting the other know that the relationship has been renewed. In short, reopen the avenues of communication. Forget the past In this Great Jubilee Year, the Holy Father has set a highly visible example in his words and actions. He has asked forgiveness for human fail- Two-way communication: A priest, acting in the person of Jesus, hears confessions before Mass ures of the past. In Dili, East Timor, last 20 January. Photo CNS/Reuters He has not only said the words but in spite We apologise for what we have done of frail health ventured on a pilgrimage of wrong by confessing our sins and asking for healing. He has sought to re-establish harmony, forgiveness. God, through the priest whom he has among those of different religions, particularly among Catholics, Jews and followers ordained to act on his behalf, forgives our of Islam. and that by going to them and com- sins and tells us that the relationship is back on an even keel. municating with them in person. The two-way communication has been reThis quest for harmony and peace, so opened. effectively demonstrated by the Holy Father, is meant to define the parameters for our There is a misconception abroad that says: own individual journeys as members of God knows I'm sorry and no more is required. God's Kingdom. But that is not the way God chose to renew Whenever we turn away from this path, we need to find it again, to renew our effort, the relationship. to be reconciled with our Lord and our Christ's words to Simon Peter are explicit: friend Jesus. "I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth We do that just as with any other friend.

shall be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (Mt 16:19). The Church founded on the rock, Peter, continues the exercise of this healing gift in the Sacrament of Penance. The reconciliation is complete only when both parties agree and confirm it to be so. There is no substitution for confessing to, and receiving absolution from, a priest Again, communication in both directions. Not only is our relationship with God healed, so is our relationship with the Church and the brothers and sisters we have let down by our sins. Two important things happen when we go to confession. First, our sins are absolved and, secondly we are given an increase in grace to help us to avoid sin in the future. An integral part of forgiveness during reconciliation is the promise of effort to avoid committing those sins again. God, too, makes a promise. He increases our strength to avoid evil by using this sacrament to increase our store of sanctifying grace. That word sanctifying is important. God desires each of us to reach the limit of our potential to be fully human, to be fully sanctified. By taking advantage of the gift of grace in the confessional, we again put ourselves on the road to everlasting life as a member of God's family. There is no more appropriate preparation for receiving the Eucharist, than the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Of course, if we have committed serious or mortal sin, we may not receive Communion until we are truly sorry and seek pardon in the Sacrament of forgiveness. It is God's generous gift of forgiveness and renewal. It would be senseless to not make the effort

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Pastoral Letter for Holy Week to take advantage of it as the Church urges us to do during this season of Lent and Easter. Jesus spoke of the loving Father who welcomed back his prodigal son. St Peter repented, full of tears. Jesus appointed him head of the Church on earth, completely forgiven, fully restored in God's grace. So too, Jesus calls us to conversion. The time is fulfilled, Jesus said, and the Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the Good News"[Mk 1:151. With prayerful best wishes for a Jubilee celebration of reconciliation X4rry reAlis4op

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Another African cri N's: the Congo suffers again By Declan Walsh

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efore the war, tourists used to flock to the picturesque town of Bukavu in eastern Congo to see the gorillas in the nearby national park. But indiscriminate militia attacks in the surrounding forest - by a different type of guerrilla - have caused a flood of civilians to flee to Bukavu, Goma and Uvira, the three main towns of Kivu province. Aid agencies, hampered by lack of international donor interest and a dangerous security situation, are finding themselves unable to reppond. The United Nations estimates that 130,000 civilians have fled their homes since December. Some 60,000 have arrived in a 48 kilometre zone around Bukavu, while a further 70,000 are hiding in the forests. The attacks are mainly perpetrated by the Interahamwe, the Hutu militia that fled to Congo after the 1994 genocide in neighbouring Rwanda. However, some people are also running from clashes between the local Mayi-Mayi militia and the Congolese Rally for Democracy, the Rwandan-led rebel movement that nominally controls the area. In Washington, Franciscan Father Michael Perry, adviser for African affairs for the US bishops, said he was closely monitoring the

situation and was keeping in touch with Church officials in Congo. In Kinshasa, Archbishop Francisco Javier Lozano, apostolic nuncio to Congo, said each day he felt anguish as he watched events unfold. This massive humanitarian crisis is unfolding largely hidden from the world, under the cloak of Congo's complex civil war. The unpredictable violence in the area has forced Western aid agencies to garrison themselves in the main towns. Remote aid agency clinics also have been Adults and children take refuge in the village of Kafurumaye in eastern Congo in early March. A targetted by militias desperate for medical humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the area with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing violence Photo: CNS/Decian Walsh in a complex civil war. supplies. This, in turn, makes donors less willing to By March, they had not received a visit scabies: several younger infants had discommit funds. tended stomachs and fading hair, signs of from one Western aid agency. "There is a lot of donor fatigue here malnutrition. All told the same story of the attacks. because of the insecurity," said Marian MatThe displaced are staying with families "They took everything we had, even our shikiza of the British charity Christian Aid. underwear," said one old man in rags. "Then they have never met "We hear a lot of stories about massacres, they started to kill." Asked why his people were so generous but because these areas are so inaccessible, He said he was lucky to get away but his in sharing their rough lodgings and meagre there are no images going out to the outside neighbour's two sons were killed in the food, the village chief replied: "It's love, we world. That's a big part of the problem," she same attack share everything." added. The UN World Food Program said it can When the attacks started, the men ran to The displaced civilians are usually terri- the local rebel military camp looking for meet at most 50 per cent of food needs. fied for their lives when they arrive in help. "We are doing evaluations, but we cannot Bukavu, on the edge of the forest. "These people are supposed to protect us, respond to the need. It's very difficult to They report that the Interahamwe attack but they refused to budge," said Nachiftmzi explain to people that it's not our fault, but in the dead of night, steal all valuables and Buhendwa, who lost two children in the the donors," said Claude Iibidar, World Food medicines, rape the women and kill any raid. Program co-ordinator. The security situation would improve if man that gets in their way. The chief of Kafurumaye said people had Some 4,000 frightened civilians arrived in resorted to eating roots, and medicines were increased funding were forthcoming, he said. Kafurumaye, a village some 32 kms north of completely unavailable. - Catholic News Service He held up a 5-year-old boy suffering from Bukavu, in early January The Record, April 13 2000 Page 9

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Excerpts from the WA Catholic Record 14 April, 1900.

The Ball came after the races

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he annual races were held last month and taking into consideration the depressed state of the country at present the prizes were very creditable. The ball which followed was held in the Agricultural Hall. The piano, kindly supplied by Mrs Norrish, was played throughout by Mr Davis, accompanied on the violin by Mr W Taylor. of Kittanning.

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he behaviour of some young Perth women who either kissed, or allowed themselves to be kissed in the street by members of a military contingent in Perth on the eve of their departure for the Boer War in South Africa. had drawn both criticism and some spirited defence in the secular newspapers of the day. The Record observed -" it is to be regretted that a defence should be offered, either in the shape of newspaper correspondence or otherwise, for conduct both unseemly and demoralising.

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t Kalgoorlie. members of the Lynch and Moran families of Kanowna, had a narrow escaped from serious injury in a buggy accident near the Golden Gate, Kalgoorlie. The horse they were driving jibbed on the railway track and the passengers just had time to jump clear before a train smashed into their buggy.

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he Catholic Young Mens' Social and Literary Club. formed three years ago at Coolgardie. now has some 50 members. A report on recent "readings and recitations" suggested the advantages of belonging to the Club should "induce many more of the Catholic young men of the district to join."

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Nice pictures but blemishes disappoint A Dictionary for Catholics, by Laurie Woods, Harper Collins Religious, RRP $12.95. Reviewed by Glynnis Grainger

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he press release with this book says "entries. range from straightforward definitions through to more detailed explanations of key religious concepts." What about the Church's pivotal concept of transubstantiation, which is not even mentioned in the book? It is this belief of Catholics which sets us apart from the Protestant Churches, and is vital to our religious tradition, going back to Jesus Himself. Surely it was a "must" and

should have been included; it was a major oversight on the part of the author. Many of the entries are vaguely worded, such as "Virgin Birth" and "Virgin Mary." And why did the author say the Pope "did not deal with many of the important questions, concerning some traditions of the male-dominated Church, that women are asking today." Surely this is a subjective comment, and not in keeping with the nature of a dictionary, which is useful for describing what is, rather than what is allegedly lacking. The press release says the dictionary is "widely used throughout Catholic schools and used for RCIA . (and) in the broader context it is an .indispensable tool for Catholic

(sic) of all ages." The typo on 'Catholic' makes me think the press release is as suspect as the book itself! Although the book has some nice illustrations sprinkled throughout it, these do not make up for its shortcomings. Children in the Catholic schools who read this book will be getting a subtly one-sided picture of the Church, I'm afraid, and not as comprehensive as it could be. Laurie Woods, the author, is a senior lecturer in the School of Theology at the Australian Catholic University, Strathfield Campus, in Sydney. One can only assume that there must be some rule that allows lecturers to use different academic standards when writing for the general public.

Young Australian woman of saintly courage Eileen O'Connor: for the poor and the poor only, by T.P. Boland, St Paul Publications. Reviewed by Glynnis Grainger

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ileen O'Connor was a remarkable Australian woman. Born in at home in Melbourne in 1892, she grew up mainly in Sydney, though her father died at a young age, leaving her mother to raise the family of four as best she could. She lived not quite 29 years. At her tallest she stood 115 cm, though for much of her short life she could not stand, being bedridden. She had little formal education, as she was too ill to go to school, and, as a life-long invalid, could take little part in public affairs. Yet

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she founded a religious order. the Brown Sisters, Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor, with the cooperation of Father Edward McGrath, pio-

author, Father T.P. Boland, is a priest of the Archdiocese of Brisbane. Since 1980, he has lectured at Pius XII Seminary, Banyo, and at the University of Queensland. Among his publications are Quiet Women, a study of the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, founded by Fr Julian Tenison Woods, and fames Duhig, a biography of the well-known Archbishop of Brisbane. The book reads like an academic tome with lots of footnotes, and some statistics, breaking the flow of the story. There are some good black and white photographs of Miss O'Connor, her family and the Sisters she founded. It is not too easy to read, but is well worth the effort, in a biography that had to be written, about a saintly and remarkable young woman.

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ugustine of Hippo is usually regarded as the greatest of the Latin Fathers of the Church. He was most active at the point in history when the Roman Empire was collapsing and the Medieval world about to begin. Augustine was born Aurelius Augustinus in the Roman province of Numidia (modern Algeria) in Northern Africa. His mother, Saint Monica, was a Christian and taught him as a child, although he was not baptised, probably because his father, Patricius, was a pagan. Augustine claims that his youth was dissolute and licentious, which was fairly typical of young men of his class at that time. From an early age, however, he had notable intellectual gifts which his parents sought to encourage. They sent him to

Carthage to study rhetoric, which he taught from AD 375-383. During this time, he read a treatise by the Roman philosopher and politician, Cicero, which affected him deeply. He decided to become a seeker of Truth. He read the Bible, probably at his mother's urging, but found its style vulgar. Catholicism seemed too unphilosophical and unsophisticated for a man of his breeding and culture. For a while he became entangled with the Manicheans, a heretical cult who believed that the body, and indeed the entire physical world, was intrinsically evil. Augustine gradually came to find their beliefs illogical. The Manichean experts were only second rate intellects and could not answer Augustine's questions. Finally in 383, he went to

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nterviewed on his return to Melbourne after a tour of the West, variety artist James Mooney praised residents for their support. "West Australians spend their money freely and as few companies play there for more than a week or two at a time. when a powerful combination goes over it does good business. "My late trip was very successful, but typhoid fever, which was then raging, curtailed our program."

neering a branch of nursing which went into the homes of the poor and cared for them. Crippled early in life, she lived in constant pain and great cheerfulness. In the days before Medical Benefits, her care Impoverished her family. She learned the hopelessness of the poor faced with illness. Eileen O'Connor's work is part of the social history of Australia. She lived life close to Christ and Mary, and even had visions of Our Lady in her room, witnessed by some of the Sisters. This resulted in a spirituality so strong and radiant that the possibility of her beatification is being Investigated. She even travelled to Europe and Rome to see Pope Benedict XV, when her paralysis left her after three years, enabling her to walk and use her right arm. The

An artist's depiction of St Augustine as the bishop of the North African Diocese of Hippo. Photo CNS/Reute,,

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Li in e4iiSt 2000 erth historian Dr Jennifer Skerritt sheds P2000 some light on Catholic history to mark years of Christianity. This week: Augustine of Hippo AD 354- 430. Milan to take a post as a professor, and abandoned Manichaeism for Neo-Platonism. The pagans in Milan, who were sponsoring him, hoped that he would provide a pagan counter to the powerful Catholic bishop of the city, Saint Ambrose. Between 383 and 385, Augustine went to hear Ambrose preach regularly. He was converted intellectually, but he could not give up his sinful ways. He had established a de facto relationship in about 372, by which he had a son, Adeodatus. Finally, in 386 he had a mystical religious experience, where a voice told him to read the Scriptures. To the great joy of his mother, he was baptised in 38Z when he was 33 years old, by St Ambrose, with his son Adeodatus. He seems to have said goodbye to the de facto, who disappears from the story. He was ordained a priest at Hippo (modern Annaba, in Algeria) in 391 and became bishop of the city in 395. At this time he distributed all his goods to the poor and founded a monastery on one of his former estates. He

died in Hippo in 430, while the city was besieged by Vandals, in the middle of the collapse of the Roman Empire. Augustine profoundly influenced Christian doctrine. He wrote the Confessions and many other works. His most important and famous work, De Civitate Del. (The City of God) was in response to the collapse of the Roman Empire. and in particular the sack of Rome by the Vandals in 410. Rome had stood untouched for nearly 800 years, which is longer than most modern cities. Its defeat and the disintegration of the Empire was an almost unimaginable disaster. Augustine refuted accusations that the collapse of the Roman Empire was due to forsaking the pagan gods and embracing Christianity. He was one of the last great figures of the Classical world. He fused the Platonic traditions of Greek philosophy with the New Testament, transmitting the wisdom of the ancient world to the Middle Ages - at almost the last moment, with the barbarians, literally, at the gates.

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Lithe Stuart wi be a big star for fa Hies By Gem Pare

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classic children's story comes to the big screen with the emphasis on little - "Stuart Little" (Columbia), an adopted white mouse. E.B. White's 1945 tale of a human family with a three-inch talking mouse as their son is not very faithful to the original story, but has its own set of charms, among them the Littles' pretty townhouse plopped in the middle of Manhattan across from Central Park. Mum and Dad Little (Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie) promise to bring home a little brother for young George (Jonathan Lipnicki) from the orphanage, and they weren't kidding. Despite the winsome children available, the Littles fall for spunky Stuart (voice of Michael J. Fox) and treat him as a miniature true member of the family, much to the distress of their pet cat, Snowbell (voice of Nathan Lane). Matters worsen when Stuart gamely introduces himself to Snowbell's feline friend as "a mouse with a pet cat!" Threatened by a rodent with superior status, the cats plot to have Stuart belittled - and begone. Initially, George also dislikes having a rodent for a sibling, but is won over when Stuart bravely helps him win the great Central Park toy boat race. Danger lurks everywhere for

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"very clean." However, he's also about to be very eaten if the neighbourhood alley cats get their claws in him. As directed by Rob Minkoff (co-director of "The Lion King"), the characters and visuals are adorable if not downright cutesy, a far cry from White's tone. Becoming part of a family regardless of your appearance is the film's concern, and it does manage to capture Stuart's adventurous spirit so should please youngsters as well as adults if they aren't expecting to see the original story. But Stuart's computer-animated title character steals the show in his natty outfits and realistic movements and expressions. The cast is rounded out by real cats trained to react appropriately, and they blend in seamlessly and are convincingly scary when it's called for. The menacing situations may be a little p,„.. CNS C intense for very young children but it's a couStuart Little, voiced by Michael J. Fox, takes a ple of unnecessary usages of "damn" and moment to recover after being rescued from an "hell" that moved the movie industry rating accidental dip in a washing machine. from G to PG. Due to scenes of menace and a few 'cuss' such a little guy, but after nearly drowning from being accidentally tossed in the washing words, the US Catholic Conference classificamachine, the doctor pronounces Stuart to be tion is All - adults and adolescents. - CNS

Julia Roberts - like you ain't seen her before By Gem Pare rin Brockovich" (Universal) Is the fact-based story of an untrained, twice-divorced single mum (Julia Roberts) who transformed herself by spearheading an investigation that developed into a huge classaction lawsuit. Erin's tarty attire and foul mouth do not impress potential employers and matters get worse when her car is broadsided and her lawyer, Ed Masry (Albert Finney) loses the case. Furious - and desperate - she plants herself in his office and won't leave until he agrees to put

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he animated "The Iron Giant" (Warner Bros.) is unusual in that older children can enjoy it as a tale of a young boy's adventure with an alien robot while adults may also see in it a political allegory. Set during the era of Cold War paranoia as the Soviets' Sputnik circled overhead in 1957, the story has a giant metallic robot inexplicably crash from outer space into the sea just off 9-year-old Hogarth's hometown of Rockwell, Maine. Hogarth comes upon the towering metal monster, saves it from accidental electrocution, and discovers it has a gentle nature under its powerful weapon-like exterior. Friendship grows as Hogarth teaches it that guns and killing are bad, and tries to hide it from a trigger-happy government agent who's arrived on the scene. Because of some intense cartoon violence and menace to a child, the US Catholic Conference classification is MI adults and adolescents. - CNS

her on the payroll. Curious when she sees medical records in a realestate case file, Erin gets permission to investigate. What she finds is a giant utility trying to buy up a community's real estate after it contaminated the local water and doesn't want to be held responsible when the townspeople realise their rampant illnesses and cancers are related. Ed, however, is nearing retirement and just wants to negotiate a good out-of-court settlement for the people and not get embroiled in a class-action suit that a powerful corporation could drag on for years while he, paying all the

expenses up front, goes broke. By now though, Erin has bonded with many of the cancer-ridden families. She persuades Ed they must persevere and he gets another law firm to share costs, but Erin still has a long way to go. Director Steven Soderbergh delivers a crowd pleasing Davidand-Goliath story, stressing Erin's personal odyssey from an unskilled ex-beauty queen with three young children to a crusading investigator with faith in her abilities to make a difference and make something of herself. Roberts throws herself into the role and, while a shade overplay-

ing her part, she is never less than a commanding presence. After portraying so many sweet romantic figures ills startling to see her poured and pushed up into each low-cut, ultra-tight outfit, spewing curses at anyone who looks down at her. Viewers may take some adjusting to Erin's profane, take-no-prisoners personality, but Roberts is also able to convey her heartfelt commitment to social justice for Innocent victims of corporate chicanery. Due to an implied affair, some profanity and much rough language. the US Catholic Conference classification is AIII - adults.

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ragtag band of unemployed actors is pressed into service when they are mistaken for genuine space heroes in the goofy spoof, "Galaxy Quest' (DreamWorks). Once prime-time stars of a nowdefunct 1970s "Galaxy Quest" TV series, the cast is reduced to paid appearances at Trekkie-type conventions. Only vain Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), who played their fearless Commander Taggart, relishes the faded glory of the spotlight. Gwen (Sigourney Weaver) feels she was just the token "babe' on the spaceship while Shakespearean actor Alexander (Alan

Sigourney Weaver, left, Alan Rickman, 17m Allen and Tony Shalhoub play actors drafted into a real space mission in"Galaxy Quest." Photo: CNS/DreamWorks

Rickman) was permanently typecast after playing the crew's halfhuman, half-reptilian doctor. Due to mild sexual innuendo, stylised

shoot-outs and an instance of profanity, the US Catholic Conference classification is Al! - adults and adolescents. - CNS

NEW YORK (CNS) Here is a list of recent films the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting has rated on the basis of moral suitability. The first symbol after each title is the USCC classification. The second symbol is the rating of the Motion Picture Association of America. USCC classifications: Al generalpatronage;All- adults and adolescents; Alll - adults; MV - adults, with reservations (this indicates films that, while not morally offensive in themselves, are not for casual viewing because they require some analysis and explanation in order to avoid false impressions and interpretations); 0 morally offensive. All About My Mother, AN American Beauty, 0 Angela's Ashes, AN Babymother, AJII The Beach, AIV Beau Travail, All (no rating) Being John Malkovich, AIV Beyond the Mat, All Black and White, 0 Boiler Room, AIII Boys Don't Cry, AN The Cider House Rules, 0 The Colour of Paradise, All The Cup, Al Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, All! Dolphins, Al (no rating) Drowning Mona, Mil EastWest, Aill Erin Brockovich, Alli Eye of the Beholder, 0 Fantasia 2000, Al Final Destination, AIII Galaxy Quest, All The Green Mile, Mil Gun Shy, All Hanging Up, AIII Here on Earth. AIII High Fidelity AN The Hurricane, AIII The Insider, AIII Magnolia, AN Mission to Mars, All My Dog Skip, All The Next Best Thing, AN Next Friday. AN The Ninth Gate, MV Pitch Black, AIII Reindeer Games, 0 Return to Me, All The Road to El Dorado, MI Romeo Must Die, All Scream 3, 0 The Sixth Sense, Al!! The Skulls, All Sleepy Hollow, AN Snow Day, Al The Straight Story, AI Stuart Little, All Sweet and Lowdown, All The Talented Mr. Ripley, AN Three Strikes, AN The Tigger Movie, Al Titus, API Topsylbrvy AN Toy Story 2, Al Waking the Dead, AN Whatever It Takes, AIII The Whole Nine Yards, AIII Wonder Boys, All

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high school student's premonition that his flight will crash saves the lives of six others on the plane, but they mysteriously begin to die anyway in the plodding psychological thriller, "Final Destination." Already on board and buckled in, Alex has a powerful premonition that his Paris-bound flight, carrying his high school French class, will explode in a fiery blaze. Terrified, he screams for people

to get off the plane. In the commotion that ensues, five other students and a teacher end up disembarking along with him. Alex's premonition comes true. But the most appalling aspect of the film is its shameful exploitation of the tragic 1996 TWA Flight 800. Because of some gory violence, including a decapitation, and recurring rough language, the US Catholic Conference classification is AIII - adults. - CNS

, igger, Winnie the Pooh's bouncing tiger friend, sets off for fun and adventure to find his family in the musically animated feature, "The Tigger Movie" (Disney). Despite having great friends, Tigger begins to realise that being the one and only can sometimes be lonely. Young Roo, his springy kangaroo friend, is a wonderful bouncing partner, but Tigger wonders if there are other tigers out there just like him - his own tigger family. Soon the ever-exu-

berant Tigger springs into action to search for his "gigantical" family tree. The spirit of A.A. Milne's characters remains intact as a heartwarming story of love and friendship is told in the fast original Pooh feature ever created for the big screen. "The Tigger Movie" will surely have children bouncing while older ones will enjoy its clever and tender story. The US Catholic Conference classification is Al - general - CNS patronage.

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Priest tells of his years Pope takes the day off with Ugandan cult In Brief

VNFICAN CITY, April 5 (ZENIT) - On 4 April Pope John Paul II enjoyed a day out in the mountains. The Vatican provided no information on the Holy Father's destination and, unlike other times, no stories came back from persons who ran into him during his outing. In all probability the Pope visited the 'Ufa Mountains, which are very close to Rome, or the imposing Abruzzi. although this is less likely, because the weather was bad.

Cardinal dead VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II praised the late Cardinal Bernardino F,'cheverria Ruiz of Ecuador for his "apostolic dynamism." Cardinal Echeverria, archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil and the only Ecuadorean member of the College of Cardinals, died on 6 April near the capital. Quito, at the age of 87. Throughout Latin America, he was known for promoting solidarity with the poor and defending human rights.

Franciscans' day VATICAN CITY (CNS) - As Franciscans celebrated their jubilee, Pope John Paul II sent them words of encouragement. saying he was "spiritually united with them." The Franciscan family, including the Friars Minor. Capuchins, Conventual Franciscans, Third Order Franciscans, Franciscan women religious and Franciscan laity. celebrated their jubilee on 9 April. "[Those] who have traced the footsteps of Christ in imitation of Sts Francis and Clare represent the clear witness to the fruit of Franciscan charisma." the Pope said.

Second best VATICAN CITY (CNS) AIDS prevention programs relying primarily on condom distribution overlook the greatest resource in stopping the disease: people's ability to change their behaviour, a Vatican official said. Mgr Jacques Suaudeau of the Pontifical Council for the Family said while it is easier to pass around condoms than to convince people to have sex only within marriage, it is not nearly as effective in preventing the disease. His comments appeared in the 5 April edition of LOsservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper.

Bishop's apology SANTA ROSA, Calif. (CNS) Bishop Patrick Ziemann, who resigned last year as head of the Santa Rosa Diocese, issued an apology to Catholics for the pain" he has caused "because of my failure to abide by my sacred vows and also because of my failure regarding the management of diocesan funds." The letter. dated "Lent 2000," was read at all Sunday Masses in the diocese on the weekend of 8-9 April. Bishop Ziemann resigned after a priest took legal action against him claiming sexual harassment. •

KAMPALA (Fides) - "Mwerinde had to massacre these people" says Fr Paul Ikazire, 83, of Mbarara Catholic diocese who joined the cult for the "Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God" in 1991, but returned to the mainstream of the Church in February 1994. The priest told of his personal experiences with the cult. He is. convinced that the person responsible is Celedonia Mwerinde "a trickster, obsessed with the desire to grab other people's property". Fr Ikazire says that although the movement started as a protest against the Catholic Church. "we had good intentions. The Church was backsliding, the priests were covered in scandals and the AIDS scourge was taking its toll on the faithful. The world seemed poised to end." Fr Ikazire, who in the early years (lid not inform his bishop that he

had joined the cult, was stationed at the time at Rugazi Parish and used to commute daily to Kitabi with the parish priest Fr Kataribaabo for the courses. "The courses involved prayer, meditation, fasting to intercede for people's redemption. At the time the Bishop of Mbarara diocese was not against the reform but he wanted it channelled through the Church. The cult leaders were opposed to the idea." Frs Kataribaabo and Ikazire had a community they were taking care of at Rugazi, Bunyaruguru. The other communities were in Kitabi and Kanungu (the site of the 17 March tragedy). In these areas the police have found several common graves and the number of victims has now risen to more than 900. In a grave in Buhunga 153 bodies were found; at Rigazi 155 at Rushojwa 81. "Silence was the golden rule in

this movement. We would keep quiet from dawn to dawn opening our lips occasionally to recite prayers or sing hymns. If you happened to have an idea to communicate you would write it on a piece of paper and hand it over to Mwerinde who would read it before passing or rejecting it. Apart from that there was no communication whatsoever," Ikazire said. He said the movement thrived on deception, intimidation and exploitation. He told the Ugandan newspaper New Vision, that Joseph Kibwetere, wanted by the police together Celedonia with Mwerinde, was only a figurehead. The real "head of programmes" was Mwerinde. The twelve pioneer members (including Frs Ikazire and Kataribaabo ) did not work like the other members who were forced to do hard labour all day and every day.

The twelve 'disciples' would only meet and talk, to "generate new ideas" for the cult. When he left, 70 followers including a nun, Sr Secondina Bwongyero, followed the priest's example. • Archbishop Raphael Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki of Nairobi urged the government to be on the alert for cultists who could plunge the country into a tragedy like the recent cult killings in Uganda. Archbishop Ndingi said in early April that Kenyans should learn from what happened in Uganda. He said there were many suspicious people with misleading interpretations of the Bible who could lead others to a situation similar to the Ugandan one. "It is easy for those working with the devil's power to hypnotise even the educated, let alone the illiterates. . . . These are strong signs of what is developing in our society," he said.

Castro uses Elian as screen for repression Israel visit 'a success'

ROME (Fides) - While the world Is concerned for the plight of Elian Gonzales, Cuba's President Fidel Castro, undisturbed behind the scenes, is leading a ruthless campaign against the Church and human rights activists. This was reported to Fides, the news agency of the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples by sources in the Cuban capital. Elian Gonzales, aged 6, is in the custody of relations in Miami. He arrived in November sole survivor of a perilous crossing in which his mother and other Cuban fugitives were drowned. The boy has become a hostage of two different sides: one wants to keep him in the US to save him from Cuba's "regime of terror" the

other wants him back in Cuba. Fidel Castro has supported and taken part in several demonstrations for Elian's return. Fides sources said while the Elian story is used as an international front, the Church has been repeatedly targeted by the media. "There is a sort of war to destroy the influence and prestige of the Church" which has acquired "so much credibility in the eyes of the people since the visit of John Paul II" two years ago, one said. The anti-Church campaign is now exploiting the story of little Elian and American Dominican nun Sr Jeanne 0' Laughlin. with whom the boy's Cuban relations stayed in January. FI•orn 26 February to the end of March Cuban television showed

a spot of a nun who, thanks to computer technology, gradualI turned into a devil. For a few days now, the spot ha not been seen but criticism of the nun and the Church continues. Government newspapers refer to the nun as "$$Sor O'Laughlin" or "sexual pervert". Havana police have publicly announced that anyone openly defending the nun will be fined 2500 pesos, about ten times an average Cuban wage. In actual fact since the beginning of the boy's plight on 8 December Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino. Archbishop of Havana. said the boy should be reunited with his father.

MOSCOW (CNS) - Catholic officials in Russia are relieved at a recent extension of the deadline for religious organisations to rugister under a controversial law that threatens unregistered groups with "liquidation." "It is very important for us. It means that we still have hope," said Father Krzysztof Kempa, rec. tor of a small Catholic parish that has been consistently denied registration under Russia's 1997 religion law. The one-year extension of the deadline - now 31 December -

became law on 30 March after easily clearing both houses of Russia's parliament. An informal survey of Russia's four Latin-rite Catholic jurisdiclions indicates that roughly 90 per cent of the country's 200 parishes successfully obtained re-registraHon with the justice Ministry under the original 1999 deadline. However Father Kempa, a Polish citizen, said in a 5 April interview that he had just received the latest rejection from local Justice Ministry officials. He was perplexed. "I'm not sure on what

basis they are denying me as a foreigner. All the documents are in order," the priest said. "All over Russia, our (foreign) priests have had no problems." Father Kempa said he believes the real reason for the problem in Belgorod is that local Russian Orthodox Archbishop Ioann is pressuring Justice Ministry officials to withhold registration. But a spokeswoman for Archbishop Ioann said she was doubtful the Archbishop would be making any efforts to thwart the registration of the Catholic parish.

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ROME (CNS) - Pope John Paul H's trip to the Holy Land was a success "beyond all expectation" and marked a high point in Catholic-Jewish dialogue, said Israel's ambassador to the Vatican, Aharon Lopez. "On the plane back to Rome. I told the Pope that he had conquered the hearts of Israelis. He replied. 'I hope it was fruitful.- Lopez told reporters in Rome on 4 April. The Ambassador, who accompanied the Pope during his stops in Israel, said the papal visits to the Holocaust memorial of Yad Vashem and his prayer at the Western Wall were "unforgettable moments" that moved many in Israel. "I don't remember a visiting leader who has received so much sympathy and appreciation," Lopez said. "When he met with Polish Holocaust survivors, there was no Israeli who was not touched by this." The Pope's placing of a written prayer of apology in a crevice of the Western Wall, the most sacred place for Judaism, was a surprise, Lopez said. "That gesture made the whole difference," he said.

Uniates a stumbling block for Orthodox: professor WARSAW, Poland (CNS) - A member of the international Catholic-Orthodox dialogue commission, which reconvenes this July after a decade's deadlock. urged Eastern Catholics to rediscover their traditions and open a "sincere dialogue" with Orthodoxy. Immaculate Conception Father Waclaw Hryniewicz, a professor at the Catholic University of Lublin, said he agreed with the Orthodox ecumenical patriarch that Eastern Catholic traditions were an "artificial phenomenon" that had impeded ecumenical reconciliation. "We can he critical of uniatism

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as a method for reuniting the churches, without questioning the Eastern Catholic churches' right to exist," said Fr Hryniewicz. "Uniatism," a term Eastern Catholics consider derogatory, refers to a process that reconciled groups of Eastern faithful to Rome in predominantly Orthodox territories in past centuries. A 1993 Vatican-Orthodox agreement rejected the process as a modern method of unifying churches. "If the latest talks get stuck on this issue again, they could take decades to resume.Ihope enough people on both sides understand the seriousness of the situation,"

Fr Hryniewicz said. In an interview with Catholic News Service, the 64-year-old theologian, who directs the Catholic University's Ecumenical Institute, said he had publicly criticised Orthodox Christians who persisted in viewing Catholics as heretics, but believed Eastern Catholics had been placed in a "false situation" by having to accept Latin Catholic doctrine while maintaining the eastern liturgy. "They can only escape from this Latinisation through a sincere dialogue with the Orthodox," Fr Hryniewicz said. "To achieve this, they should stop continually affirming their

uniate and Catholic identity and rediscover their own fuller identity within the Eastern tradition," he said. Fr Hryniewicz said the creation of Eastern Catholic churches at the 1596 Union of Brest had "degraded" Orthodoxy by suggesting Orthodox churches lacked the "fullness of the means of salvation." This explained why the issue of Eastern Catholics, who combine the Eastern rite with loyalty to Rome, would dominate the International Commission's July meeting in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the theologian added.

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Number of bishops' increase 20 percent By Benedicta Cipolla VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The number of Catholic bishops worldwide grew by almost 20 per cent over a 20-year period, according to the Vatican's statistics office. From 1978 to 1998, the number of bishops jumped from just more than 3,700 to more than 4,400. The statistic is just one of thousands contained in the Annual Statistical' Yearbook of the Church, which was to be published in mid-April, the Vatican announced on 3 April. Even before its official release, the Vatican's statistics office offered a sneak peek at the information, reflecting data for the year ending 31 December, 1998. The Americas boasted the largest numerical increase in bishops since 1978. from more than 1,400 to more than 1,670, but Africa registered the biggest percentage jump - a 33 per cent Increase over the two-decade period. Bishops' geographic distribution remained largely the same, however, with the largest percentage of bishops. almost 38 per cent, in the Americas. Europe represent-

ed 33 per cent of the bishops, followed by Asia with 14 per cent, Africa with 12 per cent, and Oceania with 3 per cent. The statistics office reported an overall downward trend in the number of priests since 1978, from more than 416.300 to more than 404,600, mostly due to a decrease in religions-order clergy. But the number of diocesan priests increased worldwide from nearly 262,500 to more than 264,200. with Africa registering a 182 per cent jump, from about 5.500 in 1978 to more than 15,500 in 1998. Europe and North America reported decreases in diocesan and religious clergy. While the total number of priests declined. the numbers of permanent deacons, lay missionaries and catechists rose significantly over the past two decades. "Such tendencies thus favour the manifestation of different choices in the pastoral worker corps," said a 3 April press statement from the Vatican's statistics office. In Africa, for example, catechists outnumber priests by more than 13-to-1; in the Americas, the ratio of lay missionaries to religious brothers is 3-to-1.

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'Take role in theology schools' By John Norton VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- To ensure that theology develops within the Church's faith and life, bishops must take an active role in theological faculties in their diocese, a top Vatican official said. Despite changes in method brought about by scientific progress, theology "does not cease to receive the faith of the Church, which is correctly called mother and teacher," said Archbishop Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education. The Polish archbishop, named the congregation's prefect in November, made his remarks during a conference on 23 March at the theological faculty of Split, Croatia. The text of his talk was published on 6 April by L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper. Archbishop Grocholewski said the bishop's vocation as teacher of the faith is sometimes misperceived as simply the task of verifying the orthodoxy of what theologians produce. Instead, the bishop's responsibility "involves by its nature the authoritative proclamation of the

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truth to believe, as well as the promotion and realisation of those ecc.lesial conditions necessary for the faith to be scientifically promoted and illustrated," he said. "All this requires that the bishop be and feel actively involved in the life of the theological faculty," he said. Archbishop Grocholewski quoted heavily from the 1979 apostolic constitution "Sapientia Christiana" ("Christian Wisdom"), which revised norms for ecclesiastical universities; and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's 1990 "Instruction on the

Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian," which he called "indisfor reading pensable" theologians. The archbishop said theologians must have an intimate and personal relationship with Christ to be fruitful in their work. This relationship can "only come about if the theologian's life is animated and enlivened by intense prayer, by constant personal contact with Jesus Christ." Theologians must continually nourish themselves with the Word of God, said the archbishop. "This means letting oneself be seized, led and transformed by the Word. This means having more trust in (the Word) than in oneself," he said. "If the theologian, in doing theology, does not constantly listen to the Word, does not love it, is not faithful and obedient to it, he runs the risk, in his theological reflection, of weakening and impoverishing the effect of the salvific power of the Word itself," he said. Theologians are servants of the Word of God, as "transmitted in tradition and guaranteed by the magisterium" of the Church "by Christ's express will," he said.

'Pope's death' rumour alarms MANILA, Philippines (CNS) -- involves sending messages over Messages saying that Pope John cellular phones using a two-way Paul II had died appeared on cel- alphanumeric paging system lular phones on 2 April in the without going through a telePhilippines. triggering concern phone operator. The Tan family was out for lunch among many people and denials with guests on 2 April when, from Church officials. Mgr Pedro Quitorio told shortly after lunch, a guest's reporters on 3 April that the mobile phone flashed the mesChurch "was gratified and sage, "Pope John Paul II just died pleased by the tremendous out- 12:17 a.m. Let us pray (for) his pouring of love and concern the soul." The Tans' lunch ended hurriedFilipino people showered on the Pope" after hearing of his sup- ly with people rushing home to posed death, reported UCA News. check the cable television news. Mgr Quitorio said the bishops' The Church forgave the person or persons behind the "sick joke" conference also checked with the of sending the false text messages, Colegio Filipino boarding house added the monsignor, spokesman for Filipino Religious in Rome, for the bishops' conference of the with whom they were in contact Philippines. Text messaging throughout the day. He said that

Pope John Paul was saying the global rosary live on television at the time of his supposed death. Some irate Catholics blamed the hoax on born-again Christians who deny the spiritual leadership of the successor of Peter. Edgardo Pamintuan, former mayor of Angeles City northwest of Manila, told reporters the hoax could have been a test of the power of text messaging in spreading false rumours that could be used to destabilise the country. On April 1, April Fool's Day, false text messages were circulated The Guinness Book of World Records reported that in 1999 the Philippines topped the list of countries using text messaging.

Prelates criticise Mugabe over seizures By Bronwen Dachs CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) - The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference accused Zimbabwe's political leaders of encouraging lawlessness in the country since whiteowned farms were invaded by blacks. "We note with great regret that the political leadership of Zimbabwe has not only failed to intervene to restore order, but actually seems to be encouraging the lawlessness," the bishops said in an 8 April statement. President Robert Mugabe has called for redistribution of whiteowned land to Zimbabwe's black

majority, and Zimbabwe's Parliament voted on 6 April to sanction the seizure of farms without compensation. Two people have died and scores have been injured since militant blacks led by veterans of Zimbabwe's 1970s war of independence began to occupy about 800 farms. The bishops said the conference "deplores the deepening lawlessness and violence in Zimbabwe and calls for a swift return to peaceful and legal means of settling conflicts in that country" Mugabe "appears to have adopted an attitude of indifference to the future stability and prosperity of the country and people that he

was elected to serve," it said. "People from all walks of life have been injured, and even killed, as a result of the invasions of farms." the bishops said. "Farmers and farm workers, as well as police officers, have been assaulted and the orders of Zimbabwe's highest courts have been ignored," the bishops said. The Southern African bishops said the current crisis is as much the fault of the "Zimbabwean government's failure to deal with the land question in the 20 years since independence as it is of colonialism." This holds a lesson for other countries in the region, particularly South Africa. they said.

Bishop Malone was key figure in implementing Vatican 11 in US YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (CNS) - some of the conference's most Bishop James Malone, a leader of important projects and activities. Among recognitions of his US Catholic Church renewal in the decades after the Second Vat- accomplishments were more ican Council, died in Youngstown than 30 honourary degrees. Born and raised in Youngstown, on 9 April of complications folBishop Malone became a priest lowing surgery in March. He was 80 years old and had there in 1945 and auxiliary bishretired as head of the Youngstown op in 1960 at the age of 40. Although he was one of the Diocese in 1995. Bishop Malone was the first youngest bishops attending the non-archbishop to be elected Second Vatican Council in 1962president of the National Confer- 65, he was one of 10 bishops the ence of Catholic Bishops, and council fathers selected to meet from the 1960s until well into the with journalists daily and explain `90s, he played important roles in the council debates and decisions

to the rest of the world. Made vice-president, and three years bishop of Youngstown in 1968, he later was elected as the first nonwas, the following year, elected archbishop president. head of the US bishops' CommitDuring his presidency the bishtee on the Liturgy, then one of the ops moved ahead on implementbusiest committees on the con- ing their just-approved 1983 ference with massive tasks of pastoral letter on peace and liturgical renewal on its agenda. adopted their 1986 pastoral on the He later headed the bishops' economy - two documents widecommittee on liaison with priests, ly regarded as among the most religious and laity, 1975-78 (later significant and influential in the split into three separate commithistory the of bishops' conference. domestic on tees), and committee As president he also representpolicy, 1989-92. In 1980 he was the first non- ed the US hierarchy at the special archbishop to be elected NCCB 1985 bishops' synod in Rome.

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Churches urged to mediate JAYAPURA, Papua (UCAN) -Rights advocates have called on Churches in Indonesia's eastern most province of Papua to serve as mediator between the government and Papuans in dealing with the latter's separatist demands. John Rumbiak, a Papuan human rights activist, told UCA News on 17 March that the only institution the Papuans trust now is the Church. 'The people do not trust the government and lawmakers anymore,' Rumbiak said. Sharing the same view, Aloysius Renwarin, deputy executive director of the layapura-based

Institute for Human Rights Studies and Advocacy (IHRSTAD), said that many people in the province were turning to the churches for assistance. `The only institution the people still trust is the Church, either Catholic or Protestant. Therefore, the churches now have a determining role to play in Papua,' said Renwarin, a Catholic. Rumbiak noted that Papuans' complaints about violations of their rights had gone unheard. *People have expressed their sufferings and demands through peaceful demonstrations and even by hoisting Papua's 'Morn-

AMBON, Indonesia (UCAN) -Local Christian and Muslim women have formed a group to help restore peace and order to eastern Indonesia's Maluku islands, which have been gripped by chaos due to sectarian clashes. A Catholic among them told UCA News that members of Gerakan Perempuan Peduli (movement of caring women) have been organising activities involving women to help stop the protracted Christian-Muslim riots in the Malukus. The fighting has cost more than 1,000 lives and millions of dollars In material losses, leaving local society in disarray. The source, who asked not to be named, said that the idea of forming the women's group came from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Sister Francesco Moens, head of her Ambon-based congregation's Rinamakana Social Foundation. Ambon is the capital of Maluku province. The Dutch-born missionary sister met with Maluku deputy governor Paula Renyaan.

a Catholic, and shared her idea of organising a movement that Involved Maluku women of varied religions in peaceful activities for the restoration of peace and order in the region. 'The deputy governor accepted the idea. Governor Latuconsina's wife, a Muslim, who was consulted about the idea, also agreed and gave her support.' the source said. Thanks to the mediation of the governor's wife. 'the Christian and Muslim women activists met, shared their views, and united their vision and mission,' the source added. Representing Catholic women in the group are Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Sister Brigitta Renyaan, Sister Moens, and F Raharusun, chairperson of the Indonesian Catholic Women's Association of the Maluku region. Since the launching of the movement late last year, the group has organised peaceful demonstrations of women urging local government, the military and police offices in Ambon to take appro-

ing Star' flag to express their aspiration for independence, but the government has never discussed this with the people,' he added. He deplored what he called the government's lack of interest to know the cause of Papuans' yearning for independence. All this, he said, indicate that the government was "not willing to dialogue with the Papuans' to discuss and settle their concerns. He alleged that the government had taken repressive action rather than enter into dialogue to address the people's demand. He cited various violent incidents: in Nabire last March, Mer-

auke in February, Timika last Church in Irian Jaya (now Papua), December, Manokwari in Sep- said that the Papuans demand for independence had yet to be fully tember and Sarong in July. 'Since there is no dialogue understood by the Churches, the between the Papuans and the gov- central and local governments, ernment, the Church is expected the military and the police. 'The Churches serving in the to mediate to bring the two parties together into a peaceful dia- province could create a channel for the Papuans to express their logue,' Rumbiak said. 'The Church could invite the demand peacefully. (Otherwise) government and the Papuans to they will act violently if they feel sit and talk to find out the root disappointed,' said Giay, a native causes and seek a peaceful and Papuan anthropologist. Giay said that each Christian democratic solution for the better Church should organise internal future of the Papuans,' he said. Reverend Benny Giay, head of dialogue meetings to help memthe research and development bers of varied ethnic backgrounds office of the Evangelical Christian to better understand each other.

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priate measures to stop violence. The women have also held talks with local and central government officials and lawmakers, foreign envoys and a United Nations Development Program team, and cooperated with Tim Independen

Rekonsiliasi Ambon (independent team for Ambon reconciliation) in its peace efforts. At present, the women advocates are running programs for the accompaniment and empowerment of women refugees.

Priests, anti-industrial protesters, wounded

PANAJI, India (CNS) -- Two tal of Panaji. Father Joseph D'Silpriests were among more than 20 va was among those the police people wounded when police caned after firing tear gas in an fired on crowds protesting a attempt to disperse a crowd stagplanned industrial project in Goa. ing an anti-Metastrips protest Unrest began on 3 April as a Inside a Church compound. On 4 April. Father Britto FernanChurch-backed group intensified Its year-long protest against the des, assistant pastor of Holy Cross Metastrips Private Limited, a Church in Verna, suffered head, planned copper strips and foils leg and hand wounds when manufacturing unit, reported police opened fire in Verna and Cortalim, 25 miles south of the 3 UCA News. Auxiliary Bishop Filipe Neil Fer- April rally site, as Metastrips prorao of Goa and several priests and testers blocked a main road and nuns joined some 6,000 people at attacked police posts. The State government imposed a rally that day in the State capi-

a prohibition against assembly of more than five people at one place. Since April 1999, villagers of Cortalim, Verna, Nagoa and Sancoale have demanded the scrapping of the Metastrips project, saying it would discharge toxic waste and dry up water sources because it would need 3.3 million litres of water daily. Anti-Metastrips activists have accused police of going berserk and arresting innocent people, even dragging some people out of their houses. State Chief Minister

Franscisco Sardinha, a Catholic, announced on 4 April a plan to set up a panel headed by a judge and comprising members of opposing groups to study the project's polluting aspects. But Matanhy Saldanha, a leader of the Anti-Metastrips Action Committee, refused to join the committee. "We have experience in knowing how these committees are manipulated by the government," Saldanha told UCA News on 4 April.

'Forerunner' of Mother Teresa beatified Kidnap swap hope VATICAN CITY (CNS/ZENIT) A nun known as the Indian "fore-

MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Negotiations for the release of children and a priest kidnapped by Muslims in the southern Philippines have focused on swapping Christian and Muslim captives, said a Claretian priest. Spanish Claretian Father Angel Calvo said on 7 April that the government's crisis committee had asked the Muslim fundamentalist group al Harakatul Islamia to release 19 children they were holding in exchange for the pregnant wife and daughter of group leader Khadafy Janjalani. Father Calvo told UCA News the kidnappers had refused to release his confrere, Father Rhoel Gallardo, abducted on 20 March.

runner of Mother Teresa" was beatified in a solemn ceremony in St Peter's Square by Pope John Paul II last Sunday. Sr Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, who lived from 18671926, devoted her life to serving the poorest of the poor. She founded the religious Congregation of the Holy Family. At 10 years of age, Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan spiritually consecrated herself to virginity. Two years later, after her mother's death, she dedicated herself to prayer, the poor and the sick, and comforted lonely people in her parish. Mariam Thresia, together with three friends, formed a prayer group, and engaged in apostolic work on the streets, with the neediest families of the village. In 1903 Mariam Thresia requested permission from her Bishop to

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tinuing to visit the poor, the sick, and the untouchables in Indian society. Today the Congregation of the Holy Family operates in Kerala and northern India, as well as Germany, Italy and Ghana. The Pope also beatified two other religious women and two priests: Redemptorist Father Francis Xavier Seelos, a German who ministered to immigrants in the United States; Sister Mary Elisabeth Hesselblad, 1870-1957, who refounded the Order of the Most Holy Saviour of St Bridget, better Photo CNS Reuters known as the Bridgettines; Father A portrait of Mother Mariam Thresta Mariano de Jesus Euse Hoyos, Chiramel Mankidiyan hangs from the 1845-1926, a Colombian priest facade of St Peter's Basilica during who devoted himself especially to the beatification service on 9 April. serving farmers and the poor, build a house of prayer and whom he called "Christ's nobles.": retreat. Finally, in 1913 the Bishop and Sister Anna Rosa Gattorno, granted the longed for permission 1831-1900, an Italian widow who to build the home. Here Mariam founded the Daughters of St. Thresia and her friends led a life Anne, dedicated to serving the of prayer and penance, while con- poor and suffering. .. • 11

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JAKARTA (Fides) - The Indonesian Catholic Bishops' Conference and the Indonesian Communion of Churches came to the fore rejecting a religious harmony Bill during a 16 March hearing with a ParCommission liamentary which supervises, among other areas, religious affairs. Muslim members of theIIlemas Council were the only supporters of the bill while Buddhists and Hindus were still discussing the possibly of accepting it. Fr M J Notoseputro MSF, executive secretary of the Bishops' Conference, said Indonesia has no need to regulate religions, as some other countries do. 'In view of the spate of religious conflicts in the country, legislators have been considering regulating 'religious harmony'. "But we should enhance religious institutions instead of those of the government. Only the Muslims were in favour. although initially they were not so enthusiastic," he said. Although the commission members are likely to agree to introduce the bill. Fr Noteseputro said "it will certainly take a lot of time and must be openly proposed to the public in the first place.' A current agreement forbids spreading and preaching religions to people of other beliefs but has no legal sanctions.

Aid call for North Korea HONG KONG (CNS) -- Caritas Internationalis is appeal-

ing for donations to aid North Koreans suffering from shortages of food, medicine and other basic necessities. North Koreans still lack all kinds of supplies, although the food situation has stabilised a bit compared to a few years ago, Kathi Zellweger, director of international cooperation of Caritas Hong Kong, told UCA News. The appeal, extending from April to March 2001, aims to raise US $3.6 million for North Korea. which has a national population of 22.55 million. In 1995, floods and drought caused extensive damage to food production in the isolated Communist country. •

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On Retreat with Justice and Peace Leader

Jesus came to abandoned prisoners Each Lent, Pope John Paul H asks someone to preach a seven-day retreat for himself and his assistants. Pope Paul VI asked the future pope, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, to preach the 1975 retreat. This year, that Pope asked the head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Archbishop Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, who spent 13 years in Communist Vietnamese prisons, to lead the spiritual exercises. This is the second of three excerpts, based on ZENIT news agency's reports, from Archbishop Thuan's notes of what he had to say to the Pope and his collaborators.

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he first time Ihad to defend myself In the letter to the Philippians, St Paul pre- to explain, precisely when he was Cross with Jesus, drink with Him his most in court no one was by my side. sents Christ "at the moment he strips him- oppressed, he accomplished the most won- bitter chalice. Everyone abandoned me. But the self of his divine form, to take on 'the form drous work of all those he carried out dur"Every day, when reciting the consecraLord was with me and he strengthened of slave,' the 'likeness of men.' ing his existence on earth, which was full tion, I confirmed with all my heart and me, so that even on that occasion I was 'T This is the image of a God who 'annihi- of miracles and prodigies of all kinds. with all my soul a new pact, an eternal pact able to proclaim his message." lates' himself, 'empties' himself in order to "With his death he reconciled and united between Jesus and me, through his Blood With these words from St Paul, Arch- give himself, to give his own life uncondi- God with mankind. mixed with mine. bishop Francis Xavier Thuan began the tionally, to the point of the Cross, where he "They were the most beautiful Masses of "In this amazing dynamic of the love of fourth day of the Papal spiritual exercises. takes upon himself all the guilt of the world, God, all our sufferings are taken up and my life," Archbishop Thuan said. The Vietnamese Archbishop contemplat- to the point that He, the 'innocent,' the 'just' transformed, every void is filled, every sin Later, when the Archbishop was sent in a ed Christ on the Cross, hearing in the comes to resemble sinful man," explained redeemed. re-education camp, he joined a group of 50 depths of his heart the anguished cry of Archbishop Thuan. "Our abandonment, our distance from prisoners. Christ: 'My God, my God, why have you "This is the wondrous exchange between God is filled to overflowing." They slept in a common bunk. Each one forsaken me?' had the right to 50 centimetres of The Archbishop explained that space. the abandonment St Paul felt, he, "We arranged it so that five himself, also experienced during Catholics were next to me. Lights his 13 years of incarceration in went out at 21:30 and everyone Vietnamese prisons. had to sleep. "On several occasionsIfelt aban"In bed, I celebrated Mass by doned, especially on the night of 1 heart, and distributed CommuDecember, 1975, when I was nion by passing my hand under chained to another person and we the mosquito net. were taken on foot, along with "We made envelopes with cigar other prisoners, from the prison to paper to conserve the Most the ship in which later they would Blessed Sacrament. take us to the north of Vietnam, "I always carried the Eucharistic some 1,100 miles from my diocese. Christ in the pocket of my shirt." "I felt great pastoral suffering, but Since there was an indoctrinaIcan assure you that the Father did tion session every week in which not abandon me, and he gave me all the groups of 50 persons who the strength. made up the re-education camp "Perhaps all of us, on different participated, the Archbishop took occasions, have lived or are living advantage of pauses, and with the similar moments of abandonhelp of his Catholic companions ment," he continued. passed the Eucharist to the other "We feel abandoned when we four groups of prisoners. are engulfed by loneliness and a "They all knew Jesus was among sense of failure; when we feel the them, and he cures all physical weight of our humanity and our and mental sufferings. sins. "At night, the prisoners took turns "We feel abandoned when misat Adoration. understandings and infidelities "The Eucharistic Christ helps in disturb our fraternal relations; an unimaginable way with his when we think the situation of consilent presence: many Catholics fusion and despair in which some began an to believe again enthusiasfind themselves has no way out; Jesus In the Most Holy Eucharist came to be with Archbishop Thuan and his fellow prisoners: Here Christ carries His when we are in touch with the and our Cross in this detail of a fresco of the Passion. "Their testimony of service and Photo CNS,John Pole Church's sufferings and that of love made an ever greater impact whole peoples. God and man, which St Augustine Archbishop Thuan began the fifth day of on the other prisoners, even some Bud"These are small or great 'nights of the described as the "commerce of love," and his reflections by recalling: "When they dhists and non-Christians embraced the soul' that darken the presence of God in us. Pope Leo the Great as the "commerce of imprisoned me in 1975, an anguished ques- faith. Nevertheless, he is near and gives mean- salvation." Christ carries the sins of man to tion came to my mind: 'Will I be able to "Jesus' force is irresistible. The darkness ing to our whole life. In such moments even the point that from the Cross he cries out celebrate Mass?"' The Archbishop of the prison became a paschal light." joy and love seem extinguished." to the Father "My God, my God, why have explained that, when he was arrested, he For the preacher of the Papal Spiritual According to Archbishop Thulin, Ills pre- you forsaken me?" was not permitted to take his personal Exercises, "Jesus began a revolution on the cisely at these times when we can best "He had been betrayed by men," the Arch- belongings; the following day he was cross. understand the "mystery of the cross." bishop continued, "his own were not with allowed to write his family to request "The revolution of the civilisation of love "The saints also experienced nights of him, and now God, whom he called 'Papa' essentials like clothes and toothpaste. must begin in the Eucharist, and from here despair, moments in which they felt aban- ('Abba'), was silent. "Please send me some wine, as medica- it must derive its force." doned by everything and everyone. "The Son feels the void of his absence, he tion for my stomach ache," he wrote. "Iwill end with a dream; in it, the Roman "However, as real experts in the love of loses the joy of his presence. The faithful understood immediately Curia is like a large host, in the heart of the God, they never hesitated to walk the way "The unqualified certainty of never being what he wanted and sent him a small bot- Church, which is like a great Cenacle," the of the Cross to the end, allowing them- alone, of always being heard by the Father, tle labelled "Medicine for Stomach Ache." Archbishop told the gathered members of selves to be illumined and forged by it, of being an instrument of his will, gave way They also concealed some hosts among the Curia. even when this implied their own death," to this sorrowful supplication." his clothes. "All of us are like grains of wheat that the Archbishop said. Archbishop Thuan concluded the fourth The police asked him: "Do you have a "This is the law of the Gospel: 'If the seed day of retreat by saying: "It was the most stomach ache?" "Yes," the Archbishop of allow themselves to be ground by the exigencies of conuntmion to form only one fallen on the ground does not die, it desolating sensible abandonment he expe- Saigon replied. "Here is your medicine." body, in full solidarity and full dedication, remains alone, but if it dies, it produces rienced in his life, as St John of the Cross "I shall never be able to express my joy: much fruit' states. every day I celebrated Mass with three as bread of life for the world, as a sign of "This is also Jesus' own law: his death was "Thus Christ was annihilated and drops of wine and one of water in the palm hope for humanity "Only one bread and only one body." real, but far more real is the super-abun- reduced virtually to nothing. of my hand. dant life that flows from that death." "Every day Iwas able to kneel before the Next week Final retreat meditations. "And, yet, St John of the Cross continues

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