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Updated Roman Missal due out soon The general instruction serves as an introduction to the missal. It explains the liturgical renewal of the Second Vatican Council; presents the theological understanding of the celebration of the Eucharist; explains the basic structure of the Roman liturgy; and outlines all the elements of the Mass, including the roles of the various ministers, the place of music in the celebration and the arrangement of the church. A Vatican official said the revised general instruction largely retained the content of the 1975 version, although with added restrictions and cautions about using optional prayers and gestures. "They did not openly outlaw anything that has been permitted," the source said. He said the revised instruction emphasises the need to show "special respect" for the tabernacle containing the Blessed Sacrament, urging that it be "close to the centre of attention" in a church. While the instruction does not say the tabernacle should be returned to a position near the central altar, he said, the document said that if the tabernacle was kept in a separate place it must be a suitably special Blessed Sacrament chapel.

English in the liturgy meeting WASHINGTON (CNS) - Heads of major English-speaking bishops' conferences, including Australia's Cardinal Edward Clancy of Sydney were due to meet here this Tuesday, 25 April, to discuss revision of the constitution of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy. Last October Cardinal Jorge Medina Estevez, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, instructed the episcopal board of

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican plans to publish updated instructions for celebrating the Mass when it releases the third Latin edition of the Roman Missal in early June. Archbishop Francesco Tamburrino, secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, said the revised "General Instruction of the Roman Missal" would be released around Pentecost, which is on 11 June this year. The archbishop said the instruction would be dated 20 April, Holy Thursday, which marked the institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper. The last version of the instruction was published in 1975, the same year the Vatican published the second Latin edition of the Roman Missal. The missal contains all of the prayers and Scripture readings used for Masses in the Latin rite. Normally Ills divided into two books: the Lectionary, which contains the Scripture readings; and the Sacramentary, which contains all of the prayers.

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the commission to revise its constitution "thoroughly and without delay." ICEL "in its present form is not in a position to render to the bishops, to the Holy See and to the English-speaking faithful an adequate level of service," Cardinal Estevez said. He said the Vatican had pointed out for a number of years that ICEL had been too free in its translations. Continued on Page 15

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Three generations join Church at Armadale vigil

Smiles all round: Fr Tony Pires baptises young Sarah Loennans as mother Kylie holds on.

By Carolyn Richer An Armadale family had special cause to celebrate this Easter. Three generations of one family were received into the church through baptism and confirmation at the Easter Vigil at St Francis Xavier Parish as well as eight other candidates and catechumens. Ills believed to be the first time that three generations have been baptised and confirmed at the same time at Armadale. Lyn Harapeet, her daughter and son-inlaw - Kylie and Jeff Loernians - and their 9-month-old daughter, Sarah, all took part in the special ceremony at the Vigil Mass. Lyn, following in the footsteps of her husband Brian, who was received into the church two years ago, said, "I've always believed in God, but coming to church to support Brian,Isaw that Father Tony Pires was especially great with children; he was my inspiration." "It felt good tonight.Iam so happy that my daughter and son-in-law have found God, but I'd like to see my son and granddaughter baptised too." Kylie, still excited from the ceremony-, said, "It was overwhelming.Ifelt so emotional .... It's like one of the best days of your life." Kylie said that although her husband Jeff wasn't religious, all of a sudden they had felt the need to go to church. At first they had started attending a church of another denomination in support of a friend but it didn't quite feel right.

Three generations enter the Church at St Francis Xavier, Armadale, on the Easter Vigil: Grandmother Lyn Harapeet, rear, her daughter, Kylie and son-in-law Jeff with their child, Sarah.

But when her Dad, Brian, was confirmed at St Francis Xavier two years ago. she said, "I just loved the warmth of that community so I asked Dad about it. Sometimes he goes on and on, butIreally wanted to know more about the Catholic faith, so, on this occasion,I was happy to let him go on and on. Continued on Page 2

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New political lobby based on Catholic principles Australian Political Ministry Net- being key PolMin concerns. The work - PolMin for short - was President of PolMin, BrisbaneA new national political lobby launched under the aegis of the based Sr Marlette Black, a Pretaking its inspiration from Australian Council of Leaders of sentation sister, said she doubted Catholic social teaching has been Religious Institutes last Thursday. PolMin would 'pick up on welfare ACLRI represents Catholic and issues' such as abortion as there formed to focus on changing govsome Anglican religious orders in were other peak lobby groups ernment social policies. already working in such areas. It will devote itself to speaking Australia. PolMin aims to lobby politicians On the issue of the impact of up on behalf 'of those people who on specific issues affecting the govermnent economic policies on are disadvantaged or trapped in common good of Australians and the family unit she said it was possystemic poverty and oppression,' will organise individuals at the sible PolMin could become active, one of its founding members said local level who want to become if the organisation decided to take last week. more active in working for the issue on. The key issues it has chosen to change. The main issues PolMin is interstart with are the production, However issues such as ested in paying particular attentreatment and disposal of nuclear Medicare funding of abortions in tion to are those which affect the waste and the plight of migrants Australia and the impact of gov- most poor and disadvantaged, she and refugees in Australia. ernment economic policies on told The Record last Thursday. The organisation, which has family breakdown were not Although PolMin described been named by its founders the among the list nominated as itself as 'a new national Catholic By Peter Rosengren

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Fair wages call issued By Glynnis Grainger The Australian Catholic Commission for Employment Relations has said it believes a fair and just minimum wage is one that allows workers and their families to maintain a reasonable standard of living without being dependent on the social welfare system. The organisation's statement was Issued last week. It said Catholic Social Teaching states that the public authority show proper concern for workers so that from what they contribute to the common good they may receive what will enable them to be housed, clothed, and secure and to live their lives without hardship. The ACCER was established in 1989 by the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference to report to, and advise Australia's Bishops on the industrial and employee relations needs of the Church and current national and employee relations issues. In Australia, the Catholic Church employs more than 180.000 people

across the health, welfare, and education through the use of the Federal Minimum sectors and in parish and diocesan Wage as a bargaining wage. administration. The ACCER has also made a submisThe ACTU's latest Living Wage Claim sion to the Parliamentary Joint Commitseeks an increase of $26.60 per week for tee on Corporations and Securities based all Federal minimum award rates up to on the social teachings of the Church. As one of its major points, the ACCER $527.80 per week and a five per cent Increase for all minimum award rates believes employees have a fundamental above that level. right to receive their entitlements when Ills seeking to also increase the Feder- a company becomes insolvent, as these al Minimum Wage from $385.40 to entitlements have already been earned. The ACCER is also concerned about: $409.40 per week. • the apparently widening gap In response, the Commonwealth and some States have proposed an $8 per between award rates of pay, average week Safety-Net Adjustment capped at earnings and increases arising from level C10, the skilled tradesperson rate, enterprise bargaining; • the ongoing need for a safety net of In the Metal, Engineering and Associatminimum wages and conditions to proed Industries Award 1998. Employer associations have opposed tect low paid and industrially weak the ACTU claim and have generally pro- workers • the potential for an orientation or posed either a deferral of the hearing of induction wage to undermine the obligthe claim or an $8 increase. The Australian Chamber of Commerce ation on the employer to pay a just wage and Industry has made an application to and it may not necessarily assist to provide a role for the Federal Minimum reduce unemployment levels; • the potential of the proposed BarWage as an orientation or induction wage to be used during the first six gaining Division to undermine the award months of employment, and secondly, system.

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Three generations at Armadale

Fr Charles O'Malley has resigned from the parish of Thornlie after undergoing a slight stroke. Father James Foley, Parish Priest of Palmyra, has also resigned for health reasons. Archbishop Hickey thanked both for their good work and wished them well in their retirement. He said that - health-permitting - both would continue to be active in their priestly ministry. Father Lionel Henry SDB, presently at Goomalling, will become Parish Priest of Wongan Hills. Father Doug Hoare will return to Goomalling. while Fr Terence Nueva, the Filipino chaplain. will reside at Sacred Heart parish, Highgate. The appointments were announced in the Ad Clerum newsletter sent to priests in mid-April.

St Francis Xavier's newly baptised and confirmed line up at last Saturday's Vigil.

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lobby network', Sr Black said that open to organisations and indithe organisation 'is Catholic in the viduals. sense that its goals and principles "[Lobbying] issues will be deterare based on Catholic social mined by the national committee teaching.' in consultation with the memberThe secretary of the Australian ship,' she said. Catholic Bishops' Conference, Fr Sr Black said PolMin is not just Brian Finnegan, told The Record peak lobby group. another from Canberra he was not aware different because we are 'We of PolMin being associated with want to identify and organise peothe Bishops' conference. Although PolMin said it has ple at the grass roots level who more than 40 organisations as are prepared to take some sort of well as many individuals as mem- political action such as visiting bers, Sr Black said she was hesi- their local member of parliament, tant to name any of the writing letters and speaking to the organisations without speaking to she said. media,' them first. In addition to lobbying, PolMin She said the organisation would be structured around a national aims to educate the public and committee with membership politicians by running seminars.

Continued from Page 1 "I was worried at first that Jeff wouldn't want to go to Dad's church but over time he had started to see little miracles happen since going to church. "One day I rang Jeff at work and asked him, 'how would you like to become a Catholic?' and he said, 'yeah, sure.' He was serious!" Kylie even had the same sponsor that her Dad had. "Those people in my group are really great friends even though we come from different backgrounds. "This has really bonded the family too. We all go to church together and Sarah is going to have such great support. Everybody loves her and I know they will support her." Kylie's husband Jeff was still on a high after the ceremony too. "I felt it was exceptionally energising. I don't know how anyone can take Communion for granted. "It has been a great build up and culminated in this!" When asked about baptism and confirmation being a "family affair," Jeff said, "at first I thought it was usual for families to be baptised

together." "When I heard that this was the first time at St Francis Xavier, the enormity of it hit me; this is something fantastic that we are creating, something that has never happened before." An emotional Brian Harapeet said. "I'm really happy for my family. I have been praying for them all this time, but the glory and honour belongs to God." Parish priest, Fr Tony Pires, and pastoral assistant, St John of God Sister Ann Cullinane, were both moved by the ceremony "It is a tremendous inspiration to see so many people standing up there waiting to be baptised and making this commitment." Fr Tony said. Sr Ann added, "our community is blessed by a vibrant group of people who are community-minded." "Never before have I come across three generations of one family being received into the church at the same time. "If is like the light of Christ being handed on and on."

head off in 'Astonishing' young Pilgrims early morning light Aborigine prison rates for WA ers looked at their own State jurisdictions and "did something about the unconscionable rate of Young Aboriginal offenders are imprisonment of Aboriginal chilimprisoned more often in West- dren and youths throughout the ern Australia than other States, rest of Australia." Melbourne-based Jesuit Social WA Prisons Minister and AttorServices director Father Peter ney General Peter Foss told The Norden said last Tuesday week. Record this week the Court GovFr Norden said in a social poli- ernment was "very concerned at stareliable that cy position paper the high rate of incarceration of tistics from the Australian Aboriginal people" and had Institute of Criminology in Can- sought a national response. berra indicated that WA impris"However, the unfortunate fact oned young Aboriginal offenders is that incarceration rates are aged between 10 and 17 "twenty- higher for Aboriginal people eight times more frequently than because they offend more, and do non-Aboriginal young offenders." so mainly due to socio-economic "My response to Premier factors," he said. Richard Court's suggestion that Mr Foss said "it is these undercritics like myself 'look after our lying causes that need to be tackown backyards' is that I believe led nationally, not the response to that such astonishing figures are the crimes committed." a matter of national concern, not He pointed to broken families, a private concern of a particular physical or sexual abuse of chilState jurisdiction. dren, low levels of education, high "If the Australian community unemployment levels, and subdoes not recognise this issue as stance abuse as causes of one of national concern now, we increased rates of imprisonment certainly will have a better under- world wide. standing of (its) significance . . . "I believe that a co-ordinated when the scrutiny of the internaapproach to the socionational tional media is on our country [for causes of offending economic the Sydney Olympics] in Septemwould be welcomed by Western ber of this year." Australia and is indeed the Fr Norden said it was time that responsibility of the Federal Govpoliticians and community lead- ernment, not only because of its By Glynnis Grainger

constitutional responsibility for Aboriginals, but also its responsibility for social services," Mr Foss said. "Unfortunately, many of the risk factors for Aboriginals have increased in the past quarter century." He said WA was the only State to put together an Aboriginal justice plan, which had been drawn up by Aboriginal people through the Aboriginal Justice Council, a process agreed to at the summit on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1966. WA also had a Justice Co-ordinating Council which has estabwith plans pilot lished government, local authorities and local community groups to address the underlying social issues more effectively. One of these programs was the Aboriginal Cyclical Offenders' program. "It is the Government's belief that this investment in an examination of the causes of crime, will not only pay dividends in the next generation but will be a more cost-effective way of delivering services in the community," Mr Foss said. "That does not mean we can ignore the victims of those crimes. many of whom themselves are Aboriginal."

Pilgrims in the early morning light at Victoria Park.

Photo: Peter Rosengren

Schoenstatt Sisters as part of the Jubilee Year called by Pope John Paul II. Approximately 90 people set Schoenstatt Sister Mary Agnes their alarm docks even earlier told The Record the next day than the birds last Monday the walk had been arduous but morning. had been well worth the effort. The intrepid group were those Pilgrims were met at the shrine who gathered at St Mary's by about 200 people who electCathedral in Victoria Square at ed not to make the trek. 5.30am to set off on a pilgrimAfter arriving at their destinaage by foot to the Schoenstatt nestled on the slopes of the tion Shrine in Armadale approxihills at around two Armadale mately 30 kilometres away. planned, tired walkas o'clock, The Record caught up with the chance to given were ers them as they climbed the energy with a lost their recover Albany Highway towards St Joachim's parish church in Vic- sausage sizzle. Afterwards, members of relitoria Park a short time later as congregations told those gious dawn. to began the day With the city lights of Perth still at the Shrine their life stories twinkling in the background all and what had led them to choose life as a priest, nun or were in high spirits. brother. which pilgrimage, The Several Perth priests concelefocussed on vocations to the priesthood and religious life, brated Mass for all those prehad been organised by the sent. By Peter Rosengren

Archbishop Hickey objects to Channel 10's misuse of Pope John Paul Archbishop Barry Hickey this week the promotion of certain programs that strongly objected to Channel 10's use of involve witches and the occult," the Archvideo footage of Pope John Paul II to pro- bishop told The Record after Record staff mote objectionable shows such as the X- showed him a tape of the advertisement which began running last Monday to proFiles and Charmed. Channel 10 programs starting this mote "I have written to the General Manager of weekend. Channel 10 expressing my strong objecThe channel promotion begins with an tions to the use of the Holy Father's image in commercial advertising, especially in announcement that the Pope's Easter mes-

sage will follow. A voice is then dubbed over images of the Pope at a Vatican audience with visitors listening attentively. The ad has the Pope saying that Easter was also a time of entertainment, and then cuts to promotions including Mission Impossible, the X-Files, Charmed. The Simpsons and Dragon Heart. The ad then cuts back to the Pope who

suggests that viewers should "check it out. Archbishop Hickey said Catholics and others would find "it offensive that the Pope's public appearances are so grossly misused." " if the commercials are not discontinued. I urge Catholics to write to the General Manager at Channel 10 expressing their objections," he said.

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Jubilee 2000 retreat powers up spiritual engines The Jubilee 2000 Retreat held at New Norcia from 13-16 April helped its participants prepare for Easter and to reflect on its meaning in their lives, the retreat's organiser said this week. It began on Thursday night with Mass and Night Prayer and ended with after the Palm Sunday Mass, which was celebrated with the monks in the Abbey Church. The three days were comprised of daily Mass and prayer, reconciliation, talks, workshops, great food and ample free time and fellowship. A significant feature of the retreat was perpetual Adoration in St Gertrude's Chapel. A volunteer roster ensured that Our Lord remained accompanied for the retreat's duration. "The presence of God was not only thought about during this retreat - it was experienced in a very powerful way; many

retreatants spent much time before the Blessed Sacrament when they could have been out kicking the footy," Renato Bonasera said. The Blessed Sacrament became the central focus of the three days; everything else was secondary he said. Talks were given on a variety of topics including, the role and nature of the Church, Salvation, Reconciliation and God's Mercy, Mary, Vocations and Sexuality "We heard the call to holiness afresh, and learnt of the importance of prayer and the Sacraments which nourish our supernatural life," Mr Bonasera said. Apart from the Rosary Divine Mercy Chaplet, and Mass, two other beautiful liturgies were held. The Stations of the Cross were staged on Friday afternoon in the

John XXIII students head off to Vietnam

Celebration for the Beatification of jacinta and Francesco of Fatima in Conjunction with the Holy Father

For the first time for the school, six girls brief immersion in another and radical- visas, immunisations, accommodation from John XXIII College in Mt Claremont ly different culture through which they and food. Fund-raising activities will be have been selected to travel to Vietnam may gain better understanding of them- undertaken to help reduce this cost (luring the third term holiday. selves and of the people of Vietnam and although each student will be expected They are Anna-Louise Gabbedy, Eliza- of their responses to life.' to make a contribution. beth Lawson, Amber Lee, Annabel Ley, The students will travel with two memStudents and their parents will be comUna-Marie Lim and Claire Stacey, who bers of staff of John XXIII College and prehensively briefed before, during and will travel to Ho Chi Minh City for two accommodation will be in a four-to-five- after the trip, he said. weeks in September-October. bedroom rented house. 'How pleased we are that this connec'Inspired by the Year of Great Jubilee, They will visit Loreto's two country tion is being made between John XXIII Year 11 students (have) the opportunity schools in Vietnam, Loreto's two shelters College and Loreto Mission Endeavour to go on pilgrimage to the Loreto Sisters' for street boys and girls, and Loreto's In Vietnam,' Sister Leonie Peterson, Mission in Vietnam,' College principal involvement with a school for the blind, leader of the Loreto Sisters in WA, and Greg Clune said in a letter to parents ear- a cancer hospital and an orphanage for pastoral liaison person at John XXIII Collier this year. handicapped children. • lege, tbld The Record. 'These students will be young ChristThere will also be tours and recreation, 'I am sure this experience will enrich ian and Australian 'ambassadors',' he Mr Clune said, and the cost is about those who go and the John XXIII comsaid. 'The experience will give them a $2000 per person, which covers travel, munity when they return.'

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New Norcia cemetery. Set against the backdrop of bush and stone, the liturgy was especially ethereal and appropriate for a remembrance of the Passion of Christ," Mr Bonasera said. The red hue of the sun, caused by the smoke of a nearby fire complemented the moment." Mr Bonasera said the Second Rite of Reconciliation held on Saturday evening became deeply Eucharistic, with each person receiving individual absolution, after three hours of prayer. "One retreatant was particularly touched at the sight of two of our priests falling to their knees and receiving absolution from one another," he said. "The Consecration to Our Participants in the Jubilee 2000 Retreat held at New Norcia over Easter wave blessed Mother through the for the camera. miraculous Medal, was also a mony, which saw those present know about future Jubilee 20(10 retreat highlight. consecrate themselves to live in Retreats, can contact organisers The Franciscan Friars of the holiness, through the intercession on: 041 945 072 or 9367 6303 or Immaculate led a powerful cere- of Our Lady." Anyone wanting to 9385 6805.

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Those interested in the ancient national co-ordinator of the movepractice of Christian meditation will ment. be able to attend the National ConMrs Gamalatge is also the state coference on Christian Meditation due ordinator the movement in WA. to be held in Perth from 1-3 SepMr Gamalatge told The Record two tember this year. other major events springing out of Challenge Stadium will be turned into a house It is being coordinated by the the movement will be held over the of prayer on the evening of Friday 5 May. Christian Meditation Community of coming two years. Twelve hundred representatives of the Christian WA. the local arm of the internaIn June or July the first School for tional Christian Meditation Com- Teachers of Christian Meditation churches in Perth will assemble for a special liturgy to pray for unity and to commemorate the munity founded 25 years ago in will be held here in Perth. 2000th anniversary of Christianity. Montreal. Canada, by Fr John Main The School for Teachers began on The liturgy will be led by Br Ghislain from the OSB. a Benedictine priest. guidelines developed by the current international Taize community in France. At the international and local level Director of the international movethe movement aims to teach Christ- ment, Fr The Heads of Churches in Western Australia are Laurence Freeman OSB, ian meditation as a form of contemunderwriting the cost of this major joint initiative who established an international plative prayer. in the Year 2000 to further the cause of unity and Christian meditation centre in FloSince its founding, the movement collaboration across all the expressions of Chrisrence. tian faith in our community. has spread to 40 countries. The schools which are held at local The conference will be held at St The organisation of the event has been underBrigid's parish hall in West Perth levels had emerged from Fr Free- taken by a committee working under the Conferand will feature Adelaide priest Fr man's efforts to ensure that medita- ence of Churches. Dennis Edwards as the guest speak- tion was taught properly in the Virtually all the Christian churches in Western Christian context, Mr Gamalatge Australia are er. represented either through memFather Edwards is a theological said. bership of the Conference of Churches or through Meanwhile, the International John the Association of Heads of Churches. consultant to Adelaide Archbishop Leonard Faulkner and a senior lec- Maine Seminar, named after the The distinctive music of Taize will be a feature turer at the College of Divinity in movement's founder, will be held for of the liturgy at Challenge Stadium. Adelaide who has also authored five the first time in Sydney in June, 2001. In the lead-up to the evening liturgy, the WA The seminar is a-major event in the church leaders will spend books on Christianity. the day in a prayerful Archbishop Barry Hickey will give life of the international movement retreat with Br Ghislain. the opening address on the Saturday and previous keynote speakers have Rev Eira Clapton, executive secretary to the AHC included the Dalai Llama and for- and who has been busy for morning of the conference. months coordinating A driving force behind the WA mer Irish president Mary McAleese, the groups who will be contributing to the liturbranch of the movement and the he said. gy, said: "we expect this is going to be something Christian Meditation Community in More information on the national very special. WA are Sam and Vesta Gamalatge conference and related events can "Students from university colleges will lead who, for the years 2000 and 2001 are be gained from Mr and Mrs prayers of intercession in a number of languages respectively national secretary and Gamalatge on 9444 5810. to underline the diversity of our communities. She said, "one of the highlights of the liturgy will be when each of the heads of churches, accompanied by one young person, places a candle in the centre of the assembly to symbolise our spirSAVE ON CURTAIN MATERIALS & TRIMMINGS itual association with the national Pilgrimage to the Heart which will begin one month later in Tiebacks, Tassels, Fringe, Cord, linings, Calico Duck, Dhesuti, Canberra and travel to the heart of Australia, Actil Sheeting, Damask, Artists Canvas, Muslin, Hessian. Uluru, in time for Pentecost." The liturgy at Challenge Stadium is open to anyone who wants to attend and admission will be free. PARK AT OUR DOOR A collection will be taken up to help defray the PHONE 9321 4533 Shop 5, Shafto Lane, costs. Perth Fax 9322 3364 The liturgy begins at 6.30pm and will conclude Between Murray & Wellington Sts) Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm, Sat 9am-12 nooni at about 8.30pm.

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coast near the West Timor border, after the results of the September 5,000 refugees were huddled in ballot became known. Two hundred were killed, tents in the grounds of Our Lady of Fatima church. They had been including the three priests. Jesuit Fr Karl Albrecht SJ was coming there since January 1999. As the August ballot grew clos- another who paid with his life, er the atmosphere in the camp shot and killed by militias and Indonesian soldiers outside the became increasingly tense. Militias were on the prowl out- Jesuit residence on 9 September. Nearly a fortnight later, on 24 side the camp; many feared what September, Sisters Erminia Cazthey would do. Vainly attempting to keep the zaniga and Celeste De Caivalho peace were the parish priest Fr Pinto were stopped by a militia Hilario Madeira and two brother roadblock on their way to a meetpriests, Fr Tarcisius Dewanto and ing, macheted and shot, as was a teenage boy witness. Fr Francisco Soares. This documentary portrays the In an horrific turn of events the militia did attack the refugees six clergy

believed to be independence supporters. After an an initial altercation, panic spread through the community of Liquica and hundreds sought refuge in the parish church under the protection of the parish priest, Fr Raphael dos Santos. The following events proved the Church was no longer, as on past occasions, a place of refuge. A day later, news reports began to surface in Australia and around the world of a massacre - which was what it was. And among the victims were Fr dos Santos himself. Elsewhere, in Suai, on the south

award-winning ABC journalist and Four Corners correspondent, Chris Masters, will air on ABC TV's 'Compass' program on Sunday 30 April at 10.30pm, focusing on the story of those priests and religious it calls "the martyrs of East Timor." On Sunday 4 April 1999, the massacre at Liquica village in East Timor signalled that the uneasy situation had seriously deteriorated in the former Portuguese colony. Members of the militia group Besi Meraputi, from the nearby village of Maubara, had headed for Liquica to attack those they

Aussies help Timorese rebuild More than $150,000 has been given to the Salesians in East Timor by Australian donors for relief and rehabilitation and to get schools running in the aftermath of militia destruction. The Order is grateful for assistance and support provided from Australia during the current reconstruction phase, Brother Michael Lynch, of the Salesian Missions Office in Melbourne said last week. He returned from a field visit to the Territory last month. The Salesians, in addition to their work in schools, parishes, and promoting weekend sport, have encouraged locals to set up small businesses and cooperatives such as a village-based carpentry workshop. a rice-fish farming cooperative and a village-based fishing cooperative. These groups need plenty of encouragement, he said. Australia has sent a rotary hoe, a tractor, hand tools such as hammers, saws, screwdrivers, etc, sewing machines. used clothing and sports gear. school materials such as stationery pens, pencils, texts, musical instruments and plastic plates. The Australian Navy has assisted with the freighting of much of this material. Donations may be sent to: East Timor Appeal, Salesian Missions Office, PO Box 80, Oakleigh, Victoria, 3166.

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Sharing: it's our responsibility Peter liwan continues with his meditations on the readings for Sunday's Mass. This week the second Sunday of Easter

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()day's readings show that shar- damning comment that while people in ing is an integral part of Christ- affluent countries are prepared to give ian living. to good causes they are unwilling to The first reading, (Acts 6;32-35) is an share. account of the lives of the first ChrisIn the second reading (1 John 5:1-6) St tians. John says: "Who can overcome the The two characteristics mentioned, world? Only the man who believes that namely missionary witness and the Jesus is the Son of God." sharing of goods, must always be part A living faith in the resurrection helps of Christian living. us overcome worldliness and live lives In his encyclical on evangelisation, characterised by sharing. Pope Paul VI said that people today are While faith is above reason, it is never more ready to believe witnesses than against reason. teachers, and that if they believe teachOne reason for today's crisis of faith is ers, it is because those teachers are also that Apologetics is no longer part of the witnesses. religious instruction syllabus. Something of the impact the late Another reason is that modernists Mother Theresa of Calcutta's witness tend to downplay Christ's divinity. made is evident from a Hindu gentleFaith in Christ's divinity and His resman's comment: "You have your urrection led all the Apostles to die marschools, we have our schools; you have tyrs and has led millions to live their your hospitals, we have our hospitals; faith faithfully throughout the centuries. but what you have and we don't have is Materialism only affects those whose a Mother Theresa." faith is weak; others, while they see the Witnessing involves sharing. When good things money can provide, use it Christ wanted to witness to God's love in such a way that they don't lose the for us, He came and shared our human good things of the life to come. nature. The Gospel passage (John 20:19An African bishop who visited 31)makes two points which dovetail Australia a few years ago made the with the other readings. The passage

tells us that Our Lord instituted the sacrament of penance on Easter Sunday. Receiving the sacrament regularly can help us overcome our materialism, provided that, in our examination of conscience, besides considering piety and purity, we look to the underlying selfishness which permeates our lives. We would perhaps do well to think about the contention that a selfish person loves things and uses people, instead of loving people and using things, and see how and to what extent it applies to ourselves. The second part of the Gospel passage tells how Our Lord appeared to St Thomas, who refused to believe when the other apostles told him they had seen the risen Lord, and invited him to see the holes the nails had made and to put his hand into His side. St Thomas said "My Lord and my God." Christ said to Thomas: "You believe because you seen me. Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe." We need to let others see the happiness our faith brings us. Mother Theresa of Calcutta once wrote: "joy is a net in which you can catch souls. . . ." If we would only realise that the eye of faith is meant to have a twinkle in it, we would be far more successful in our efforts to share our Faith.

To Jesus through Mary . .. a column of Marian devotion By Peter Rosengren

he Rosary is a powerful tool for achieving family unity and giving young children a deep grounding in their faith. Years down the track, if children have drifted away from their faith, it is the shared experience and togetherness of prayer as a family that often helps bring them back. And in an era when people are searching more and more for the spiritual meaning of life down alternative venues such as the 'designer-religion' New Age philosophies, it is an ancient and timehonoured method of deep meditation that more than holds its own. In fact, the Rosary is now making something of a comeback. Father John Phalen, who is conducting a rosary crusade in WA at present, has big shoes to wear. As director of The Family Rosary Inc. and Family Theatre Productions, both arms of the US-based Holy Cross congregation's Family Ministries, he follows in the footsteps of one of the 20th century Church's legends - American Fr Patrick Peyton. Rather like another American, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Fr Peyton achieved a kind of superstar status in the Englishspeaking Catholic Church starting in the 1950s when he founded the Family Rosary Crusade in the United States. Although engaged in different ministries, Sheen and Peyton clearly understood the central importance of the new media of radio, film and television and both learned to use it with flair. In an age when 'sound-bites' can help swing a presidential election, it was Fr Peyton who coined the phrase "The family that prays together stays together." Today, Holy Cross Family Ministries initiatives include billboard advertising campaigns across the US, television dramas and radio programs broadcast throughout the nation on commercial television and radio as well as Mother Angelica's Eternal Word Television Network and the Public Broadcasting System. A professional marketing arm offers an impressive range of resources designed to help parents teach children their faith and the Rosary. As Fr Phalen told The Record last Thursday, the focus of Holy Cross Family Ministries today continues to be just what Fr Peyton envisaged more than half a century ago - the Rosary as prayer for the family. Fr Phalen is visiting Perth until 28 April to conduct a Family Rosary Crusade, The Record, Aprit 27 2000 Page 6

Fr Phalen, left, told a gathering of children and adults at Aquinas College last Saturday that he hopes he has the words of the Hail Mary on his lips when he dies. "We don't know when death is going to be," he told the people there. "We don't know what crisis we are going to go through." Fr Phalen took the group through the five Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary, with various adults and children leading the prayers. Photo and caption Glynnis Grainger

which included a Eucharistic procession recited down through the years can help in the centre of Perth on Palm Sunday, lay the foundations of their later return. training workshops on evangelisation, a "Parents need to be faithful themselves, diocesan mission at St Mary's Cathedral not give up on their children and be and talks to Catholic schools on religious ready when they 'come back to the education. kitchen door' [so to speak, when they] The welfare of the family as the basic say 'what was that again? Why is it that unit of society is one of the most ignored you have peace of mind in your old age? needs of the present era, he said. Why is it that your faith nourishes you "What we try try to do is find methods so much?' for helping families to focus on the spir"Our whole point is that prayerfulness itual, and we do that principally using Is the centre of the family," he said. the Rosary." ". . . . You don't know in the long run He said the simplicity of the Rosary when children are going to settle down was one of its strengths. and whether they'll settle down with the "I think it's still relevant because, first faith. God's big enough to bring about a of all, it's so simple. In fact, it's so simple lot of conversion in this life." It applies to all the members of the famThe Rosary also excels as a prayer of ily. [For example] if you have children, a deep meditation, fitting in perfectly with lot of what goes on in the church they the Catholic Church's rich prayer tradican't understand, or they have trouble tion of repeating what is most significant. with; their attention span isn't so long. "We say [many prayers in our liturgies] "But counting the beads, teaching them again and again because we can't 'get it' how to pray the Hail Mary, maybe hav- the first time, we can't even 'get it' the ing them even lead the Rosary is possi- second time," he said. ble because the Rosary is a simple prayer "With the Rosary we can't even 'get if and it can be memorised because its so the fiftieth time. We have to try to let it repetitious - so the young can feel fully a go deeper so that we can understand the part of it. humility of Mary and her perfect comAnd because it's a Scriptural prayer the mitment to do the will of God, her perRosary is never out of date, he said. If it fect 'yes.' is, then so is Scripture. "And our imperfect 'yes' is to follow. But Meanwhile, when parents who have [it becomes] a little more clear to us to devoted themselves to family prayer see the extent that we pray the Rosary in a their children still drift away from the meditative way and a profound way that Faith, they should never give up on them. allows us to say 'where is my yes, what It's at times like these that all those amIbeing challenged to say yes to at this decades of the Rosary which have been moment in time?'"

Come hell or high water - or cyclones - let us trust in God

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he was a St John of God Sister named Angela Moroney. I was sent her reminiscences recently which were written in long hand and dated June 1977. The nineteen pages covered 46 years of her religious life in Broome, Beagle Bay and the Derby Leprosarium. Sometimes we think we have it hard and often we do, but if holiness is to be found in lovingly wanting God's will, we have to realise that everything is tailor-made for each of us. God prepares and allows our everyday situation for us, but He graces us, too, to cope with ii Richard Rohr says somewhere (I have it written up on my wall), "God never leads you where he can't sustain you". The danger comes if you keep nursing yesterday's worry and tomorrow's anxiety. In 1934, Sr Angela was at Beagle Bay in the newly completed Novitiate where a violent cyclone "blasted the mission". I select this one example in Sister's nineteen pages of the kind of thing with which she and the community had to cope. "I'll never forget the power of that wind as the strong, steel windmill bent almost to the ground and giant trees were uprooted - forming grotesque pictures with their roots against the sky. "Half of the roof and ceiling of our house went flying through the air. "We all took refuge under the house. After a while there was a great calm, not a rustle of a leaf - not a breeze. How grateful we were. "Thank God our prayers are answered" we said. "It is over". "At that time we did not know that there was an "eye" to a cyclone. "We went back into the convent to tidy up. There was about a foot of water on the floors (I suppose our oiling helped to hold it). "What was left of clothing, books and pictures was badly damaged. "When the eye passed over, the wind came from the opposite direction and took the other half of the roof. "We had to get down under the house again and stay there for the next two nights sheltered from the torrential rain. "It was the most frightening experience I have ever known. "The next morning every blade of grass, the leaves of every plant and tree were as black as sooth. Not much damage was done to the mission except for the loss of some mules and a flock of goats, which were blown into the sea and drowned. Moses was lying on his bed when the wind lifted his whole house and all that he had and whisked it through the air. The onlookers said it was a spectacular sight! Moses was not hurt, as he was left on the bed! For weeks afterwards, the mission stockboys returning from their work in the bush, miles away, would ride up to the Novitiate and hand Mother Margaret singlets and other garments which they had found in the tree-tops, saying "Must belong Sisters". "They were ours all right." This is just one incident in a life of constant pressure. Let us call our daily battles God's Battles. Let us remember, too, that every such battle, every tough experience, every horror we survive with Jesus brings out some latent force within us, a new understanding of the mystery of life. We must not allow ourselves to be swamped or crushed by our hard times. We are to grow through failure, disappointments, confusion, fear and pain to a new and more mystical trust in the God of the Ages. Rather than look for reasons and answers from God, let us trustingly rest in the God of all reasons and answers. Look at him. He is Love. - reprinted with permission from The Kimberley Echo, publication of the Diocese of Broome.

Let us remember our between-wars generation Last October, this newspaper editorialised on the risk that continuing focus on the birth of the Anzac legend at Gallipoli in 1915 posed for proper recognition of achievements of the World War ll generation. Those remarks are still relevant as we celebrate Anzac Day 2000, so they are reprinted here. television advertisement last year reminds younger Australians during the International Year of the Elderly of their debt to older citizens. One poignant segment presents an elderly gentleman standing in a church and the viewer is told he had two brothers who were killed defending their country during World War II. It is a timely reminder that today's elderly Australians born between two world wars comprise a generation that did great things for democratic civilisation. That generation and their children have tended to honour and lionise the feats of the World War I generation before them. This can be seen in the way the media has focused in the last ten years on the few remaining Anzac diggers as they passed to their eternal reward. Inevitably, this desire to honour the call "lest we forget" has tended to overshadow the achievements of the children of the Great War generation, most of whom are now over the age of seventy, in equal if not more trying historical circumstances. If Australia is not careful, the generation of the 1930s economic Depression and the war against German and Japanese aggression will slip into history in the afterglow

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of their parent's generation and without the public honour that they richly deserve. The futility of World War I adds only, in the ironic, tragic-comic way of human nature, to the spiritual and moral glory of those who fought in the war against Germany, Austria and Turkey. Fighting honestly and innocently for a cause that is less worthy than we think adds only to our personal worth. Even more so when British bungling led to the slaughter and defeat of Australians and New Zealanders at Anzac Cove at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. Without devaluing the valour of the cannon fodder of the Great War generation, it can be easily said that all World War I, known once as the war to end all wars, did was create the conditions for the rise of Soviet Communism, Nazism, and World War II. The latter was a war fought to put an end to two great evils, Nazi and Japanese totalitarianism, something more honourable than a war begun to maintain the honour of offended European States. Yet Australia's youthful World War II generation had to defend Australia's shore directly in the dark days of the seemingly remorseless Japanese advance along the Kokoda Track and at Milne Bay in Papua New Guinea in 1942. As in the air war over Europe and the desperate struggle against the German

and Italian armies at El Alamein and Tobruk in the North African desert, young Australians rose to the challenge of placing their lives on the line in the defence of democracy and Christian civilisation, even if both could be a bit pale at times. As if this was not enough in one lifetime, the young Australians of the 1940s had grown up during the stringency of the Great Depression, living under the threat and sometime reality of hunger and homelessness. Perhaps it was this that hardened them for the coming trial against German and Japanese totalitarianism first, and then against imperialist Communism after the war, the one social evil to benefit from World War II. The end of World War H did not see the end of the struggles of young Australians of the day as economies and societies needed to be restored after the disruption and destruction of war. It was nothing for the parents of the Baby Boomers to live on the smell of an oily rag while raising and educating large families while trying to buy land and build a house. They did not wait until they had paid off a four-bedroom home with two bathrooms and a two-car brick garage before having children. They were prepared to live in rooms less palatial than today's brick garages. The second war generation in one sense

had it easier morally than the Baby Boomers in that the challenges were thrust upon them from the outside. But they still rose to them and discovered the truth of the Christian saying that to live you have to be prepared to die, if not literally, at least to your self in this world in the service of others. The Baby Boomers, on the other hand, have discovered the truth of what St Augustine knew in the early 5th century when he wrote in the City of God that in times of war people were more internally at peace but in peace were more likely to be at war internally and with themselves. So divorce, suicide, drug addiction and mental illness have increased to historically higher levels at the same time as Baby Boomers have benefited from the material peace that the World War H generation bought for them with their parents' blood, sweat and tears. Ironically, the challenge that will bring the best out of the Baby Boomer and succeeding generations will be that of admitting they sold out to selfishness in the latter part of the 20th century and are now paying the spiritual and social cost of this. They can find the guidelines for how to do so in the death to selfishness that their parents had forced upon them in the Depression and the Second World War. Then they will fittingly honour their parents for their courage and moral strength as their parents did for the earlier Anzac generation. • The opinions expressed in this editorial, and any other Record editorial, are not necessarily those of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Perth.

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see that your editorials have been attacked again. Once againIwould like to support your editorials. I consider them to represent a balanced. thoughtful view. In the matter of your remonstrations against fellow journalists perhaps you missed out one category. There are those who knowingly misrepresent situations because they have a political agenda of their own. Maybe they don't actually lie but they do strain, stretch and exaggerate the truth. The "stolen generation" would be a case in point as would mandatory sentencing In which the distortion spread abroad is that this was somehow racially motivated. Nothing could be further from the truth. I once jokingly said to a magistrate of my acquaintance, that his job could be replaced by a computer. Particularly in traffic matters, the sentences are all mandatory. Over 0.05, first offence: sentence, is Over 0.08 second offence, driving whilst disqualified, no motor vehicle licence: sentence is . . . . and so it goes on. It is so straightforward that many of these matters are dealt with by Justices of the Peace, even in the Central Law Courts here in Perth. But that is not what these opponents of mandatory sentences mean, is it. They are against the mandatory sentence which is applied to home burglaries. This says that if you are caught and brought before the court on three separate occasions then there is a mandatory prison sentence as a result of being brought before the court for burglary on the third occasion. This, of course, means that you have been caught three times. And you may still have committed three hundred burglaries! This law was brought in because the victims of crime, who are usually the last people to be considered, had had enough of the leniency which is so often meted out to the criminals. Please tell me how that is racially discriminatory. Only if you stretch and strain the truth can one make it so. If you complain that many of these criminals being so sentenced. are Aboriginal. that is not the fault of the law. It simply represents the ethnic back-

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have charge of the children . . . ." Mr Neville's goal was one where 'part-Aborigines' (the 'half-caste problem') would be absorbed by the white community and fullblooded Aborigines would "die out as quickly as possible." Denise Cusack Sister of Sion Lesmurdie

ming 1988, as an alternative to the hi-centenary celebrations, I took as many opportunities as I could to hear Aboriginal people speak, and over the year I attended meetings on a range of topics. Time and again there would be tears rolling sown my face and I never knew where they came from. What I believe now, is that there is a tangible grief that meets us. AndIbelieve that the loss of country and the loss of the children is the source of the grief that Aboriginal people have carried for so long. I ask myself: What wouldIsay if this had been done to me? How would I find the words to express the deepest of sorrows, if Ihad clung to my mother, and heard her cries, and experienced the shock of the sudden cruel separation? I am deeply troubled by your editorial 'Misuse of words add to social injustice, pain' (3 April). To suggest that the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity commissioners conducting the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families could have helped those who bravely and painfully told their stories, to find a more suitable word than "stolen" is heartless. It is deeply troubling, because it covers up the truth of our history. In April 193Z A 0 Neville, chief Protector of Aborigines in WA. in his speech at the Initial conference of Commonwealth and State Aboriginal Authorities, said: "If the coloured people of this country are to be absorbed into the general community they must be thoroughly fit and educated at least to the extent of the three 'R's." "If they can read, write and count, and know what wages they should get, and how to enter into an agreement with an employer, that is all that should be necessary. "Once that is accomplished there is no reason in the world why these coloured people should not be absorbed into the community, "To achieve this end, however, we must

ne finds it rather disconcerting to note the negative perception about the work, attitudes and values of our Catholic Church held by many nonCatholics, in our increasingly secularised society today. There are too many distorted views, based mostly on ignorance, being presented to the public by some sections of the media, which are often less than objective in their reporting on the affairs of the Roman Catholic Church. Indeed, one would hardly expect any positive critique of our activities nowadays. Sensational reports on sex abuse and malpractice create good headlines, fantasies about the alleged Vatican conspiracies, intrigues or comedies featuring dim-witted and drunken priests provide our TV entertainment, comments about the disgruntled church-goers and declining faith fill in newspaper columns. Since most people today rely on the media as the sole provider of information, many negative, biased reports are accepted as truths. The Church should raise its public profile and become more assertive to counter this pernicious influence. In fact, it should proudly advertise and proclaim its achievements to the world. The ability of the Catholic Church to sincerely apologise for the past wrongs should not be seen as a weakness, rather regarded as its strength. The sincere desire for forgiveness for its past mistakes - often done unintentionally and in the light of contemporary social policies - should not be regarded as an indictment but rather a virtue. None of those should detract from the good work the Church has been doing for centuries, not only in spreading the Gospel but helping greatly people in need. lb condemn our Church - as some writers do - is to discredit and devalue the efforts of those countless selfless men and women who have devoted their lives to serve humanity. Joe Stekl Gosnells

ground of the criminals. I have never seen a breakdown of the ethnicity of home burglars, but the only ones Ihave come across have been white. The law certainly applied to them. John Rayner Hillarys

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t is most opportune and edifying to highlight the Feast of Divine Mercy which Our Lord expressly asked of a Polish nun, Blessed Faustina Kowalska in 1931, for the first Sunday after Easter. Pope John Paul H beatified her on 18 April 1993. It was this Pope who also gave to the world his encyclical on Divine mercy Dives in Misericordia - in 1980. Blessed Faustina's diary contains at least 14 passages in which Our Lord is quoted as desiring that a "Feast of Mercy" be officially established in the Church. Jesus declared: "This Feast emerged from the very depths of My mercy, and it is confirmed in the vast depths of My tender mercies . . . . Ills My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter . . . . I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of my tender mercy are open.Ipour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy. In explanation, Jesus stated: "The soul that will go to Confession (within eight days before Mercy Sunday") and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and all punishment . . . . Let no soul fear to draw near to me even though its sins be as scarlet." Until such time as the Church publicly institutes this feast, we may celebrate the feast and receive the grace privately. Pope John Paul will this Sunday declare Blessed Faustina a saint. William Thomas Medina

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o elaborate on Peter Rosengren's article in The Record, 13 April, a tangible and practical gift to WA's parish priests in the form of a house, or perhaps two adjoining ones, is needed for their needs, but not specifically for retirement or ill health alone. At all ages, we all need a safe and private haven sometimes. To get this scheme off the ground it will be necessary to have a central committee here in Perth andIwould be grateful if any person who feels he or she can spare the time and has the ability and will to assist would ring me after 8 May on 9379 3471 and between us we will be able to set up a meeting and make plans. Ellen Morris Bassendean Theeftve5dtApril 27.2900 Page 7 ,

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WA Catholic schools plan to help East Timor By Glynnis Grainger

wo staff of the Catholic Education Office in Leederville recently travelled to East Timor to assess the situation of the schools' system there. Mercy Sister Leonie O'Brien and Shane Negus - who acted as photographer - went as a team for two weeks and returned on 15 April. The Bishops of WA last year asked the WA Director of Catholic Education, Therese Temby, to discover what our local Catholic system might do to help the disrupted education system in East Timor. "In all the research I had done before we went away, (I felt) it would be a great benefit for both parties to meet the people and see what were their needs," Sr O'Brien told The Record. "Their list of needs was very, very long but they valued our visit to them. The rest of the world should not be telling them their needs but rather asking them." Sr O'Brien said East Timor's leaders said they couldn't do anything about education there until October. They met Bishop Carlos Belo in the diocese of Dili and and the Bishop of Baucau, a country diocese east of Dili, Bishop Basilio Nascimiento, who told them, for the long-term, his greatest hope was for the establishment of a teachers' training college, especially for training in manual arts. "We have to present this to Therese (Temby); it is for the

Catholic Education system to take "They have nothing to work with, up the request," Sr O'Brien said. no resources," she said, though "We had a wonderful opportuni- UNICEF had given each child a pad ty to travel right across the country and pencil to write with. "The children are so keen and of East Timor." When East Timorese refugees give total attention to teaching." Most of the previous teachers were housed in Perth last year, local Timorese who have lived were Indonesians who had now here since the 1975 invasion left, and former university students formed a group called "Leeuwin whose education had stopped with the destruction of the university in Care" to help the refugees. Four of them returned to East Dili were standing in as teachers. "We also noticed the people are Timor and worked as volunteers, helping their own people, Sr very devout - some churches, and Bishop Belo's house were burnt O'Brien said. Two Leeuwin Care people, Eddie down, as were some convents and and Roberto, who had returned to some priests' houses," Sr O'Brien live in their homeland, drove the said. "It was also noticeable that two visitors to remote village areas, acted as interpreters, and gave because of the respect they have them access to local community for priests and religious, they (the leaders and the Falantil guerrillas, militia) saw the sacredness of who are effectively the law- church buildings, even though they inflicted terrible violations of enforcers. human life. The roads were rough and in "We heard some extraordinary many places, treacherous. examples of bravery of priests and "We saw a lot of destruction - religious." every building was burnt black." Sr The WA Catholic Education sysO'Brien said. tem will support the region near The pro-Indonesian militia had Los Palos in the Baucau diocese, made their presence felt in isolat- where there are 15 schools. ed mountains areas. A number of the schools can only "It was very quiet - there was no be reached on foot or on horsesign of fighting and the UN were back, as the region is mountainous, there in force." and the volunteers have asked for Sr O'Brien said the militia had horses to be donated. burnt the schools first; almost every "If we are going to send any school building they saw had been resources into East Timor, it is burnt out. important that we send them to a School is provided for two hours particular group or organisation a day and they have three groups such as the Australian group of the a day at staggered hours. Jesuit/Mercy Refugee Service," Sr

St Mary's Cathedral packed for inspirational Chrism ceremonies By Peter Rosengren

Back from East Timor Shane Negus and Sr Leonle O'Brien.

O'Brien said. "They will ensure everybody gets help as the people have nothing." School buildings were destroyed - their desks, books, everything was burnt, she said. She will be organising with WA schools to collect books in every subject - reading, Maths, all kinds of media, such as pencils, pens, Textas, paints, audio-cassettes, portable public address systems, etc. Everything required for a school is needed.

There are no shops, post offices. nothing. "We slept on a sleeping bag on the floor, or in a church, or when there were beds, we used our own sleeping bags because there were just boards," she said. "They have re-built bamboo schools where the children sit on bamboo rods or on the floor." To send school resources or money to East Timor, the co-ordinator of Leeuwin Care in Perth is Luciana, on 9343 8353 or 0401 014 377, for people who want to help.

Easter Mass offered at St Kevin's Glendalough site

tion. "The focus of the restoration was on the three main portals in the front uasimodo would be proud. of the building and on the north and Cleaning and restoration of south towers of the roof," said TillerNotre Dame Cathedral in ry Grandjeam, communications offiParis s preserved many of the main cer for the cathedral. He said the project was quite comfeatures of the centuries-old church. plicated and addressed two main With the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 in nand, massive restorations of problems. "The first consideration was that conthe cathedral were begun in 1995 at the expense of the French government. servation measures had to be taken to "We wished to use only the most save all the sculptures and stonework skilled workers to do the restoration," that was beginning to crumble," said Grandjeam. said a Notre Dame employee. "This was accomplished through a to addition "In contracting native Frenchmen, specialists were brought complex process of injecting a resin Into the fragile stone to bond and in from all over Europe." To date, 40 million francs (US$6 mil- strengthen it. "The second problem was that in lion) have been spent on the restoraBy Jahn Melone

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life, to the service of Church and society so that, by their lives, they would proclaim God's gift of salvation. In his homily, Archbishop Hickey condensed elements of Pope John Paul II's annual letter to priests. One of the greatest temptations facing priests today, the Archbishop said, was the temptation to make the priesthood nothing more than a job, surrounded by all the normal comforts of life. However Pope John Paul II said in his letter that this could not be done; priests must give themselves without limit, he said. In his letter the Holy Father was asking all priests to return in spirit to the Upper Room, as he had, so that there they can "refresh our spirit, recapture our enthusiasm and refresh our self-giving in the priesthood," he said. Priests' effectiveness in their ministry didn't depend on academic degrees, talents or attributes although these could help - but it was found in much prayer. It was there, as St Paul points out, that the power of Christ shines forth, he said. Archbishop Barry Hickey told Catholics in St Mary's Cathedral on Holy Thursday two days later it was not enough for them to simply participate in the Sacrament of the Eucharist 'There must be the fruit of it in our lives,' he said. It is possible for people to worship God at Mass

Some of the more than 140 priests in St Mary's last Tuesday week.

but, once they go home, to be unkind, jealous and envious, he said. His comments came during his homily at Mass on the evening which in the Catholic Church commemorates Christ's last Supper with his disciples. Later, the Archbishop washed the feet of 12 men from the congregation in a re-enactment of Christ's gesture of love and service to those who had followed Him. On Easter Sunday, the Archbishop said that because Christians accept the resurrection from the dead 'we can look forward to eternal life.'

And, because of the Resurrection, neither death or sin had power any longer over those who choose to follow Jesus. However, he said, in doing to 'Our hearts must be open to conversion, and probably continual conversion.' Peace in the world can only come about through the way of Jesus Christ - love, forgiveness, patience and joy at the presence of God. 'If we did this we would be a powerful force for good,' he said. Catholics must live their lives wherever they are so that others are affected by them and absorb their way of life, he said.

Quasimodo would be proud of Notre Dame restoration

By Clan Molloy he ancient Irish monastic site of Glendalough was to be the backdrop of a Mass to mark the first Easter of the third Christian millennium in Ireland. The religious affairs department of Ireland's national broadcaster RTE planned to broadcast the Mass live on 23 April. The broadcast was also to be carried to viewers across Ireland, Canada, France, Belgium and the Czech Republic. Under the terms by which the Church of Ireland handed over the site to the state in the 19th century, all public worship was banned in Glendalough National Park But Father Dermod McCarthy, head of RTE religious affairs, circumvented the ban Cormac's chapel on the ancient monastic site at by getting the state heritage service, Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland. Duchas, to agree that the prohibition Photo CNS/Fergus Manifold applied only to those areas which conChristianity, the monastery prospered tained ancient monuments and buildings. again to become an important centre of The Mass was to be held just outside the learning, home to hundreds of monks and walls of the monastic site. nuns. The site's round tower, chapels and cross, In 1111, Glendalough became a diocese and Glendalough valley's oak forests would with its most famous bishop being St form a backdrop for the Easter celebration. Lawrence O'Toole, patron saint of Dublin. Liturgical music was to be provided by In 1213, the diocese was united with the the internationally renowned folk group, Archdiocese of Dublin. The Chieftains, and six Carmelite cantors Monastic activity in Glendalough ceased who were to sing Gregorian chant. in the 16th century with King Henry VIII's The broadcast was to be preceded by a dissolution of the monasteries, and the site Czech documentary outlining how Irish became the property of the Anglican monks evangelised Bohemia. Church of Ireland. The Glendalough valley has been a sacred Following the disestablishment of the place since St Kevin founded a monastery Church of Ireland in 1869, Glendalough there in the sixth century. and other unused Anglican Church propDuring the eighth and ninth centuries it erties were handed over to the State on the was regularly attacked and pillaged by condition that they be no longer used for public worship. Viking invaders. But when the Vikings were converted to -Catholic News Service

undreds of Catholics from all over Perth and most of the priests of the archdiocese packed St Mary's Cathedral in Perth on the Tuesday evening of Holy Week to renew their baptismal and priestly commitments to their Archbishop in this Jubilee Year. Tuesday evening's Mass was the traditional Mass of the Chrism, the only one of its kind held in the archdiocese each year. During Mass, Archbishop Barry Hickey blessed and consecrated the Oil for the Sacred Chrism for the coming Church year; it will be used in anointing ceremonies during the conferral of the Sacraments of Confirmation and Ordination. Two other oils to be used in Church rites were also blessed the Oil of the Catechumens and the Oil of the Sick. The Oil of the Sick is used when people receive the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, usually when they are seriously ill, dying or in danger of death. The Oil of the Catechumens is used when catechumens - those who have been preparing to become Catholics - are formally received into the Church at Easter and for other baptisms throughout the archdiocese. Before blessing and consecrating the three oils individually, Archbishop Hickey received each from pairs of individuals for whom each

oil bore a special relevance. Two pastoral assistants - Ben Taylor from the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry and Council and Rose Narkle, who ministers to the sick - presented the Oil for the Sick Ken Picot and Jean Fredericks, who will both be received into the Church this Easter, presented the Oil for the Catechumens while Deacons Francis Huy and Phong, who will be ordained to the ministerial priesthood later this year, presented the Archbishop with the Oil for the Sacred Chrism. With each presentation Archbishop Hickey poured the oil, made from olives, into glazed earthenware amphora, three of which stood to the right hand side of the sanctuary, and then prayed over them To the oil of the sacred chrism the Archbishop also added balsam mixed with perfume and then breathed over the jar containing it to symbolise the action of the Holy Spirit. Later, priests renewed their dedication to Jesus Christ as His priests and resolved to be more closely united with Him. Then, priests and people prayed publicly for Archbishop Hickey that he become "more like Our High Priest and Good Shepherd, the teacher and servant of all, and so be the genuine sign of Christ's loving presence among us." Lastly, the laity in the Church, together with Religious, renewed their commitment to holiness of

Restored sculptures of religious figures frame one of three main portals leading Into Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. 1p 11,4a ' ,

Refreshed gargoyles high up on Notre Dame Cathedral peer over the city of Pails.

some places the surface bed of the stone was gone and had to be reconstituted before work could proceed he said. "In this case, a biological approach was taken. Bacteria were introduced to the eroded stone, and this built the surfaces back up." The cleaning is most evident around the portals, he said. "Compressors were used to pump away mineral salts that had accumulated over time. "The finishing and final cleaning was done with lasers to remove the dirt. This was the first time that this procedure had been used in France," Grandjeam said. A final piece of the restoration was to be made in the areas in which pigeons liked to roost, where their droppings and debris had defaced the cathedral. "The solution was to line the whole facade with micro-electrical circuits," The front of Notre Dame Cathedral after restoration. Grandjeam said. "These circuits give off small pulses Since the cathedral sits on a small responsible for the budget of the that are not nearly enough to do any island in the middle of the river, there restoration. Pat Shaw of Philadelphia, harm to the birds, but are uncomfort- was the concern about the flooding, a businessman who has made regular able enough to keep them moving but Notre Dame suffered less damage trips to Paris, said, "I first came here in 1992, before they began the cleaning. along." than anticipated. "When I first saw the cathedral, all Church officials have considered an The largest parts of the restorations the stone was crusted with age; dark were finished at the end of 1999, but interior restoration, too. "We have started an interior clean- gray, almost black," he said. there are still projects being completing," Grandjeam said, "but it is very He returned when the restoration ed around the outside. was first begun and the scaffolding "Work is still being done on the north difficult to do with the visitor traffic." Initially, the entire project was to was up. tower, but all of the outside scaffoldhave been finished in 10 years; now "I'm sure that ruined a lot of pictures ing has been removed. "In addition, repairs are being fin- officials estimate it will be take closer for the tourists," he said laughing. Now, he said, "You can really appreished on eight pinnacles and two ter- to 20 to 30 years. Construction on the cathedral was ciate the beauty and the work that races that were damaged in the December storms," Grandjeam said. begun in 1163 and completed more went into the construction of Notre Dame. All the sculpture is so clean, Shortly after Christmas, two high- than 160 years later. In 1905, it became the property of you can really appreciate the details." wind storms hit Paris, and the Seine the French government, which was - Catholic News Service River also overflowed. The Record, April 27 2000 Page 9

Features ',The Record 100 years ago With Mary Busher, Perth Catholic Church Archives volunteer

Excerpts from the WA C.atbolic Record 28 April, 1900.

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visit by Bishop Gibney prompted a review of progress made by the Kalgoorlie parish. "Since the appointment of Father Strange as parish priest four months ago, matters affecting the welfare and progress of the Holy Church have drawn many expressions of admiration. The sanctuary of St Mary's has been considerably enlarged and carpeted, a new altar has been erected - the background of same beautifully and artistically painted - and a new coronet placed over the tabernacle. A new gallery has been built for the choir and the vestry enlarged to double its original size. Mr C. J. Moran MIA has presented to St Mary's a suite of white and gold vestments."

Toasted choristers athedral choir members were entertained C at a function at the Bishop's palace where a group photograph was taken, followed by refreshments. Proposing a toast to the prosperity of the choir Father °Dee said he had noted considerable improvement in the quality of music and singing at the cathedral. "It gave me much pleasure on Easter Sunday morning to hear your splendid rendering of Gounod's Messe Solennelle. It was an unqualified success, creditable to yourselves and the Church. We are deeply indebted to Mr McDonald, of Fremantle and Mr J. Sheehan, of Perth, for so ably piloting you through the Messe Solennelle."

Target is a woman

ditorial comment on a visit by an American of the member Women's Franchise League. "The lady tells us she has studied the Scriptures for herself and found out, as might naturally be expected of her, that St Paul was altogether in the wrong. This new woman, armed in all the panoply of her smartness, necessarily bristles with infallible authority. Neither Moses, nor St Paul, neither the Law, the Prophets, or the Gospel, can hold a candle to her. "But women have not waited until now to fill their proper place in society - nor have men misunderstood the nature of their mission. They have taken a great part in all the works of religion and civilisation and nothing of a more noble kind has ever been wrought in the history of the world in which they have not had a principal share. "The political woman, or the preaching woman may, indeed, be a new phenomenon. Ills one, however, whose interpretation seems easy enough. Conceit and vanity are familiar qualities."

New lay monastic community opens its doors in Australia By Glynnis Grainger

religious lay monastic community, founded in 1946 in Italy, the comunita' Del Figli di Dio, has become established in Australia. Its name means "Community of God's Sons and Daughters" and it has been in Australia for 21 months, mainly in Victoria. Interest has been expressed from NSW, the ACT, Perth, Queensland and New Zealand and the group hopes to visit WA next year. The comunita' was originally guided by priests of the Dominican and Carmelite Orders, but it was not until the young movement was offered the direction of Fr Don Diva Barsotti in 1946 that its true charism evolved. Under his direction immediately came about the firm guidelines to follow: prayer, cultural preparation, hi-monthly retreats, meetings and common prayer. Firm foundations of spirituality were also immediately espoused: simplicity and interior liberty, harmony with the reality of life, total commitment, constant Joy, perfect charity, and single-hearted intimacy with God. Unlike other monastic communities, its members are mainly lay people - men and women, married and single - but includes priests as well, who all Live in the wider community, except the religious, who are semi-cloistered. At present there is no religious branch here, but it will be in about 18 months, according to Adrian Pervan. its Australian contact. The comunita' has grown to about 1500 members, most of whom live in Italy, with other groups established in North Africa. Sri Lanka and now Australia. Prayer. whether vocal or silent, is the essential ingredient of all meetings, weekly or monthly. Part of their daily prayers are the

plative life, but not isolated from the community. Those who are interested in learning about the comunita' are called aspirants. They have no formal connection with it, but live in full association with it, based in the hope that as they learn more about this way of life, they may enter into the consecrated state. In a letter to Archbishop George Pell of Melbourne, Adrian Pervan, Australian contact for Comunita', said 13 members have become consecrated into the way of the comunita', two of whom have taken their vows as lay religious. "Later this year another is to take his vows (and) he and another wish to try out as religious within the comunita'," Mr Pervan wrote. "Becoming consecrated in the comunita' is the definitive act of all its members and it is these members who are her strength." There are 47 aspirants in Melbourne who are learning its way. All members meet each week and there are four groups. One is based in Hawthorn, others at West Preston, Warrandyte and Oak Park About three months ago a group was formed in Wagga Wagga where there are nine aspirants. On 7 March a group was formed at Shepparton with six aspirants. "On 26 March we are to speak at Pyramid Hill to a group of about 100 people," the letter said. Over the next two months they are going to Hoppers Crossing and Woodend to speak to people interested in the comunita'. Altogether, about 85 people are Adrian Pervan, Australian contact for the communita' Del Rgli di Dio, at left, interested in learning about the together with Fr Diva Barsotti, who began guiding the community in 1946. comunita'. Our Father and the Beatitudes, obedience; a second for conse"We know a lot of those will fall particularly for the consecrated crated married lay people, who the wayside but what we do by for third, a vows; these taken have and those who have taken vows. The comunita' has four branch- unmarried lay people, who have notice now is that not as many are es: one for men and women who taken these vows, and finally, leaving," Mr Pervan wrote. He can be contacted on (03) are consecrated, but without tak- those who are consecrated, with ing vows of poverty, chastity and vows, living a monastic contem- 9853 0124.

Pope St Leo - well and truly named 'Great' / 4rist 2000 t ‘ iea is one of only two Popes to be granted the title of "Great". He was born in ihscany, in Italy, in about AD 395 and became a prominent cleric in Rome before his election to the pontificate in AD 440. During his lifetime, the Roman Empire in the West disintegrated. The population was threatened physically by hordes of barbarians: Goths, Vandals, and Huns. Christian people were threatened spiritually by many serious heresies gaining prominence, and the theological problems, which would result eventually in the schism of the Eastern Orthodox churches, began to appear. Leo's bravery and intelligence guided the Church through this period of turmoil and uncertainty At the end of his pontificate, although civil government had collapsed, the Church and the Holy See were strong, and Catholic teaching had been clarified and defended. One of the most serious heresies in the fifth century claimed that Christ possessed only one nature: that is that Jesus was only (:od and not man at all, or that his (Wile nature had complete-

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ly overwhelmed his human nature. Leo played a major role in the final defeat of these heretical teachings. The Catholic Church teaches that Christ is both fully human and fully divine, having two natures co-existing. Rather than merely suppress the heresy Leo positively formulated correct teaching. He wrote a famous work called the Tome of Leo, explaining and emphasising Christ's divine and human nature. It was accepted by the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451, which described Leo's doctrine as "the Voice of Peter." Nevertheless, at this same Church Council, the patriarchs of some of the eastern churches, such as Constantinople, were beginning to tentatively dispute the authority of the Bishop of Rome. As civil authority disintegrated in the West of the Roman Empire, the Church was forced to assume responsibility. Through his dealings with invading barbarian tribes, Leo enhanced the prestige of the papacy and placed the moral leadership of the West firmly in the hands of the Church. Attila

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nerth historian Dr Jennifer Skerritt sheds some light on Catholic history to mark 2000 years of Christianity This week: Pope Leo the Great (Al) c.395-461) the Hun, described at the time as the city fell, the barbarians did the Scourge of God, was ram- not massacre the inhabitants, paging throughout Europe and due to the Pope's intervention. the Middle East. Leo lead the Church through The Hun, nomadic tribes from an important, yet difficult period Central Asia, were particularly in history. feared for their cruelty and He used the collapse of ancient fierceness. civilisation, which had disturbed In AD 452, when the Huns were Augustine so greatly, to establish moving down Italy towards the position and authority of the Rome, Leo rode to Mantua to Church independent of the Roman Empire. meet with Attila their leader. The Pope somehow persuaded In the pagan world, men had the dreaded Huns, who were not sought the support and goodwill even Christian, to leave Italy of the gods to accomplish their (unfortunately, some people, own ambitions. rather unreasonably, seem to By the breakdown of law, order blame Pius XII for being unable and safety, the Church demonto accomplish the same feat with strated to Christian men to trust Hitler). in the will of God, rather than Three years later, Pope Leo their own ideas. In the fifth censtood at the gates of Rome to tury, God showed how He, plead with Gaiseric, the leader of through men like Pope Leo the the barbarian tribes of Vandals. Great, can turn even the most disnot to sack the city. Even though astrous situations to His Good.

What Religious Order is that? Once the style and colour of dress habits of religious orders enabled Catholic and non-Catholic laity to identify the Order to which the Sister, Brother or Priest belonged to. Few religious wear these distinctive habits today. Most religious instead rely on a symbol or badge to identify their Order, its history or its charism. Following on the example of the NZ Catholic newspaper in New Zealand, The Record researched the symbols of Religious orders represented in Western Australia in the hope that their meaning may be better known. Glynnis Grainger prepared the following summaries of the history and meaning of the badges from material supplied by the religious orders. 1. Benedictine Monks. The left side of the shield with the word "pax" - peace - identifies New Norcia as the home of the Benedictine community. The top right which features the triangle with cross and "fides" - faith - refers to the monastery's proper name - Holy Trinity Abbey. The black swan locates it in WA and the lion symbolises its Spanish origin. 2. Brigidine Sisters. The crest on the Coat of Arms with its cross of lozenges and shield is borrowed from the coat of arms of Bishop Delany, their founder. In the top section of the shield is the Cross of St Brigid, originally woven by her from rushes. On the eve of her feast day, 1 February, crosses of rushes are hung in homes for the year, for protection from fire, evil and want. 3. Camillian Brothers and Fathers. The Order of St Camillus, its founder, who was born in Italy in 1550. He was the first to use the red cross as a symbol of charity and has been declared by the Church as the patron of the sick and nurses, as well as protector of hospitals. 4. Carmelites. The crest appeared for the first time towards the end of the 15th century. In the shield there are five distinguishing features: a mountain (Mt Carmel); three stars; a crown (the Kingdom of Heaven); an arm and a hand bearing a fiery sword and a banner bearing a biblical text and 12 stars, representing their patron, Our Lady. 5. Christian Brothers. The current crest was designed in 1972 and is essentially Celtic in design. The star is the symbol of enlightenment and instruction, and is set upon the Cross within a circle, the symbol of eternity. The words at the top "Facere et Docere" mean to do and to teach. 6. Columban Fathers. Their symbol signifies their mission to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to the nations. The Mission Society was founded in 1918 as a society of secular priests dedicated to the evangelisation of China. Now they are missionary priests in many countries. 7. Daughters of Charity. Their seal represents a heart encompassed by flames, with a crucifix superimposed. It is surrounded by the motto: "Caritas Christi Urget Nos" - The charity of Jesus Christ crucified, which sets afire the heart of each nun, urges her to hasten on to the relief of every 9. type of human misery 8. Discalced Carmelites. The shield is bound up with their honour of the Prophet Elijah. His words surround the shield, his arm upholds the sword, and his cave is represented by the central star within the "mountain". The cross above the peak shows Christ to be most central, whilst the 12 stars of the crown honour the Virgin Mary, as in the Apocalypse, for Carmel is her order. 9. Dominican Sisters. The black of the crest symbolises penance and prayer and white goodness and purity. The Cross in the shape of the fleur-de-lis was the insignia of the family of Blessed Jane of Aza, St Dorninic's mother. The motto "Verttas" means truth, and the star above the shield is associated with the birth of St Dominic. 10. Franciscan Friars. Their logo consists of a tall T cross with the crucified forearm and hand of Jesus crossed with the habit-clothed forearm and hand of stigmatised Francis. The white dove at the back represents the Holy Spirit and the tall cross slots into the earth (creation). 11 & 12. Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Immaculate.

the word 'Fratres" or 'Brothers'. At the bottom are the inseparable hearts of Jesus and Mary. For the Sisters, the logo is the same as the Friars' except it has the word 'Sorores' or 'Sisters'.

13. Jesuits. The first three letters of the Greek name for Jesus form the centrepiece of the emblem for the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits, founded by St Ignatius Loyola in 1540. Today, world-wide 22,000 Jesuit priests, brothers and scholastics are engaged in missionary work, education and the promotion of social justice. 14. Little Sisters of the Poor. The vow of hospitality inspires the logo which is a witness to the mercy of the Father and the compassionate love of the Heart of Jesus. The two hearts: our heart is the channel whereby the compassionate love of the Heart of Christ is given to others. The purple cross and outlines depict the emptying of Christ whose humility they strive to imitate. 15. Loreto Sisters. This is the emblem worn by the members of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Loreto Sisters. It is taken from the coat of arms of the family of their foundress, Mary Ward (1585-1645). The name Ward means "guardian" and Mary Ward's aim was to be a guardian of the faith. 16. Marist Brothers. The Latin translates as: To Jesus through Mary, an expression favoured by the founder of the brothers, St Marcellin Champagnat. The AM represents Ave Maria and the crown suggests Mary Queen of Heaven. The three violets represent virtues learned from Our Lady: humility, simplicity and selflessness. 17. Mercy Sisters. The present Mercy Cross is designed to reflect the original ebony Mercy Cross with ivory inset. In the tradition of Catherine McAuley, the Sisters have retained the cross without the figure of Christ Crucified. Thus they are challenged to live out the Paschal Mystery of the dying and rising of Christ each day of their lives. 18. Norbertines. The crest has the fleur-de-lis as a symbol of St Joseph and the Norbertine Order, the Southern Cross showing that the community is in Australia and under the cross of Christ. The yellow chevron is part of the coat of arms of Tongerlo Abbey, the "grandmother" of the local Queens Park community. Two shamrocks remind us of links to Ireland. The black swan represents WA, and the ochre background, Australia. 19. Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The cross of Jesus Christ is central to their mission. If they bear in their body the death of Jesus, it is with hope that the life of Jesus, too, may be seen in their body. They will spare no effort to awaken or to reawaken the faith in people to whom they are sent. 20. Our Lady of the Missions Sisters. The emblem was designed in 1974 and could not be a crucifix because of unacceptability to Muslims. The letters RNDM (Religious Notre Dame des Missions) were added, as there was no longer a figure. The emblem celebrates the presence of God among all people of the world. 21. Palloftine Fathers. The coat of arms bears the motto: Caritas Christ's Urget Nos - the love of Christ urges us on. The prominent position on the shield is held by the Cross of Christ, beneath which is the Star of Bethlehem. 22. Redemptorists. Their crest is a Cross with a lance and sponge mounted on three hills; on either side of the Cross are the abbreviated names of The logo is similar at the bottom to the Fran- Jesus and Mary; above the Cross an eye sends ciscan Friars, with the arms and hands of forth rays; over all is a crown. Below is their Jesus and Francis, but the focal point is Our motto: "With Him is Plentiful Redemption." Lady who is the reason for the Order. It has 23. Salesians. The coat of arms' shining star, great anchor and flaming heart stand for the theological virtues. The wood in the lower part recalls the founder, St John Bosco, whose name means "wood"; the mountains stand for perfection; the palm and the laurel are the sym-

bols of the prize prepared for a virtuous and self-sacrificing life. The motto means "give me souls, take away the rest." 24. Salvatorians. Salvatorians are an apostolic religious community who, striving for the perfection of

charity, follow Christ, our Saviour, and seek to make Him known to all. Like their founder, Father Francis Jordan, they consider the spirit of evangelical poverty and trust in Divine providence to be fundamentaL 25. Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. MTA is the abbreviation of Mother Thrice Admirable, the title of the picture of grace of Schoenstatt. The letter "T" is at the same time the symbol for Christ. Just as Mary assisted Christ in establishing His kingdom, we wish to help Christ build up his realm everywhere. 26. Servite Friars. Begun in 1233, seven merchants in Florence felt drawn by love of Mary, their "Lady" to leave family and business for a life of prayer. They retired to a secluded mountain top, Monte Senario. Later, they returned to a more apostolic life in the city. They are known as the Order of Friar Servants of Mary hence the SM on the logo. 27. Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict. The Good Samaritans were founded as a Catholic religious congregation in Sydney in 1857 and established by Archbishop Polding, a Benedictine monk, to respond to the social needs of the times. 28. Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Their symbol features a cross with a shepherd's crook placed over the centre beam. Together, they symbolise the Good Shepherd, who seeks out the lost one and who gives His life for the flock. The two hearts symbolise devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary 29. Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. The elements of the coat of arms are symbolic and serve to keep before them their charism and distinctive spirituality. The background ermine-lined royal robe and crown remind them of the Kingdom of God within ourselves and others. 30. Sisters of St John of God. Their motto is "The love of God urges us" and the emblem is a pomegranate, standing for fertility, and a cross, meaning that as Christians they seek God's help to enable them to continue to reach out to people who are suffering and need healing. 31. Sisters of St Joseph of Apparition. Theirs is an international, missionary congregation with Sisters located all over the world. They engage in every form of apostolate: education, the care of the sick, social and pastoral work The letters SJA in the logo stand for the Order's name. 32. Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Their emblem incorporates the Cross, the traditional monogram of Our Lady and the three letters T in honour of Jesus, Joseph and John the Baptist. 33. Society of African Missions. The letters SMA are Latin for "Society of African Missions." They bridge the black and white quadrants, representing Africa and Europe. The central cross, surmounted by Fides, Spes, Caritas (Faith, Hope and Charity) shows the evangelical aim of the Society. 34. Ursuline Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. They are Sisters who, under the patronage of St Ursula, dedicate their lives in the service of their brothers and sisters, more specifically, the Christian education of young people. Their spirituality fits into the Ignatian movement and community life and prayers are an essential part of their lives.

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Interna ional News

Catholics Anglicans, Sanctions caution call to review progress In Brief

UNITED NATIONS (CNS) Two scholars from the University of Notre Dame in the US reported on 17 April that their study of international sanctions indicated such measures can be useful "tools of persuasion," but should be precisely targetted and carefully monitored to avoid unintended humanitarian damage. Although the case of Iraq has received the most attention in the past decade, it should not "dominate discussion" or become the -basis for generalisation" about sanctions, they said. The scholars were George Lopez, professor of government and international studies at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and David Cortright, a research fellow at the Institute.

Deport report WARSAW, Poland (CNS) Church leaders in Belarus expressed caution at reports a Polish priest was ordered deported from the country and that the priest had taken refuge in his parish church. Cardinal Kazimierz Swiatek of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus. denied he ordered Father Zbigniew Karolak. from Poland's eastern Drohiczyn Diocese, to defy a deportation decree reportedly issued by the government and said he had received no official information on the incident.

Murder doubts SAN SALVADOR (CNS) Two years after the murder of Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerard' Conedera of Guatemala City, his successor doubts whether the full truth about the crime will ever be known. Auxiliary Bishop Mario Rios Montt of Guatemala City, who was appointed to succeed Bishop Gerard", said in a telephone interview on 19 April he was not optimistic. "We may get to know who carried out the killing but never who gave the orders," he said.

Baptisms double PARIS, 13 APRIL (ZENIT) Close to 2,500 adults will be baptised in France this Easter, according to the catechumen service of the Catholic Church in France. At present some 9,500 adults convert to Catholicism every year, a figure that has doubled over the past decade. According to data given by the dioceses, 80 per cent of those who will he baptised are between 18 and 40 years of age.

Three bishops die OTCAWA (CNS) - Three bishops of the Catholic Church in Canada - two of them still active as episcopal leaders - died within a threeday period. Bishop Thomas Lobsinger of Whitehorse, Yukon, died in a plane crash on 15 April at age 72; Archbishop Antoine Hacault of St Boniface, Manitoba, died of lung cancer on 13 April at age 74; and retired Archbishop Paul Dumouchel, died on 15 April at age 88.

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Thirty Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops from around the world will meet near Toronto in May to review the progress in their 30 years of ecumenical dialogue. "This high-level meeting is happening at a time when Anglicans and Roman Catholics around the world are exploring the possibilities for further steps toward visible unity," said a 17 April Vatican statement. The 14-20 May meeting at the Queen of Apostles Renewal Centre in Mississauga will be led by Anglican Archbishop George Carey of Canterbury primate of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and Australian Cardinal Edward Cassidy. president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. The work of the AnglicanRoman Catholic International

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Commission began in 1970. Two major rounds of discussions have led to statements of agreement on fundamental areas of Church belief and practice, including the Eucharist, ministry and ordination, salvation and the Church and, most recently, on authority in the Church. Archbishop Carey and Pope John Paul II decided in December

1996 that "it may be opportune at this stage in our journey to consult further about how the relationship between the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church is to progress." During a visit to Rome in 1999, Archbishop Carey said the meeting in Canada was being designed as an opportunity to assess the theological dialogue and as a

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By Clan Molloy DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) - The president of the Irish Society of St Vincent de Paul said the country's consumer frenzy" and booming economy are difficult to reconcile with the numerous demands the agency is experiencing from those In need. Ireland currently has Europe's fastest growing economy with consumer spending up 17 per cent since last year. But St Vincent de Paul Society president Noel Clear said the society's 13 hostels for the homeless and 46 social housing projects are full, the society's furniture distribution service has never been busier and its 100 second-hand shops have never expe-

rienced so high a demand, he said. "Every day the SVP witness homelessness, poverty, educational disadvantage, low-pay, ill health and the day-to-day stress of trying to make ends meet on a poverty income," said Clear. "In our 1998 annual report we commented on the then record sales of cars, spiralling house prices and booming restaurant and leisure industries, noting with concern the increasing fragmentation of society with 20 per cent of the population excluded and unable to consider these consumer goods," he said. The report noted that people's desire for greater wealth and more consumer goods was "crushing compassion and understanding," he said. '"IWo Irelands

now exist," he added. While one part of the population is lining up to buy new cars, "in the other part of Ireland children are still going to school hungry and old people are going to bed early to save on heating costs," he said. The St Vincent de Paul Society wants the country's tax surplus spent in the next budget on initiatives targetted at people with low incomes and on welfare. Clear said. "It is vital, if we are to maintain any sense of social inclusion or justice in Ireland, that we narrow the gap between those on social welfare and those in the consumer frenzy that characterises middle Ireland right now. People's life experiences are simply worlds apart," said Clear.

Ireland's Jesuits get PC users praying DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) - -Pray- developer, Jesuit scholastic Peter ing is PC" is a slogan being used Scally, said: "The newspaper, by the Jesuit order in Ireland to radio and television coverage we promote a new Web site, received from a relatively small www.sacredspace.ie, that helps advertising campaign, restricted people to pray at their computers. to just a few buses, was phenomStarted in Lent last year, the enal. -This Lent has been a factor too, Internet site received more than 300,000 visits in its first year at its with 4,000 visits on Ash Wednessite, day alone and since then the numoriginal web www.jesuit.ie/prayer, with number of daily visitors hasn't fallen bers steadily growing to 1,500 vis- below 3,000," he said. While there are many Catholic itors a day. But since the site has been given and Christian Web sites offering its new Web address, which was users information, "ours is unique advertised on the side of buses in in that it guides people in prayer Dublin and Belfast, Northern Ire- while they are on line," he said. land, visitor numbers have more Before the site began operating than doubled. The site's chief it was deliberately "road-tested"

on computer users who did not see themselves as religious. The director of the Jesuit Communication Centre, which funds the Web site, Father Alan McGuckian said among those who have written from around the world to the Irish Jesuits through the Web site was an Inuit woman living north of the Arctic Circle who said the site had brought the communion of all the believers throughout the world into her very isolated home. Father McGuckian said: "The Web helped support her in being truly Catholic. Worldwide is another word for universal, catholic and ecumenical.

chance for Anglican and Catholic bishops to "own the dialogue together." In addition to Archbishop Carey and Cardinal Cassidy, the meeting participants will include the recently appointed co-chairmen of the Anglican-Catholic dialogue: Bishop Frank Griswold, primate of the Episcopal Church in the US, and Seattle Archbishop Alexander Brunett, appointed in December. In addition to Archbishop Carey, Cardinal Cassidy and the two cochairmen, the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church will each send 13 bishops to the meeting: According to the Vatican statement, the participating bishops will come from New Zealand, Canada, England, the United States, Ireland, India, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Uganda, Australia, Brazil and the West Indies.

Anti-death row calls WASHINGTON (CNS) - The bishops of North Carolina and the Catholic peace group Pax Christi USA have issued new condemnations of the death penalty for Good Friday. The separate statements drew connections between the execution of Jesus 2000 years ago and pending executions in the United States. Both were released on 17 April. A year ago, the US bishops issued "A Good Friday Appeal to End the Death Penalty" That statement asked Catholics and all people of good will to preach, teach. pray and serve as witnesses against the "tragic illusion" of the death penalty. Pax Christi, a national Catholic peace movement, noted that more than 3.500 people are on death row around the US, "awaiting the same fate as Jesus." In their statement, North Carolina's bishops reaffirmed last year's national appeal. "We call on all people of good will to join us in working toward ending this cycle of violence in our State and country," said Bishop William Curlin of Charlotte and Bishop Joseph Gossman of Raleigh. North Carolina has executed 15 people since the death penalty was reinstituted in 1977; more than 220 people are on the State's death row.

Priest defends homosexuals' absence from papal apology VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Catholic Church cannot apologise for its teaching about homosexuality because that teaching flows from the truth, said an article in the Vatican newspaper. Franciscan Father Gino Conceit a staff writer for L'Osservatore Romano, said people who had wanted or expected Pope John Paul 11 10 apologise for the way the Catholic Church has treated homosexuals do not understand Catholic moral teaching. "A dig-

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Unction between the person and his actions or concrete behaviour is fundamental in the Catholic Church," he wrote in early April. "A person is always to be loved and helped to grow in humanity and freedom," he said. But, an error "being a negation of the truth is always to be refuted because ills detrimental to juslice and to right." article Concetti's Father responded to gay rights organiselions which said the Pope should

have apologised to homosexuals Inquisition tribunals." However, during the 12 March liturgy in 'this certainly does not justify" the which he asked forgiveness for actions of anyone at anytime who the sins committed by members attacked or unjustly discriminatof the Church in the past. ed against homosexuals. Claims that homosexuals At the same time, the Franciscan formed a disproportionate num- said, the Church has always and ber of the victims of the Inquisi- will continue "to disapprove of lion "are exaggerated," he said. homosexual activity as a deviaFather Conceit' said scholars at tion against the nature and dignia Vatican-sponsored symposium ty of the person and against the on the Inquisition concluded that true, authentic love which God "the category of homosexual per- has placed in the heart of every sons was not a particular target of human person."

International News

Risen Christ world peace top Pope's Easter wish list By Benedicta Chipolla

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Surrounded by an explosion of springtime colour and a multitude of jubilee year pilgrims, Pope John Paul II celebrated the holiest day of the Christian calendar with a call for a new world order. "The risen Christ signals the paths of hope along which we can advance together toward a world more just and mutually supportive, in which the blind egoism of the few will not prevail over the cries of pain of the many," the Pope said in his traditional Easter address on 23 April. Eclipsing all turnout predictions, a cheering crowd of 150,000 people packed St Peter's Square for the "urbi et orbi" message, Latin for "to the city and to the world." The Pope expressed his wish for a resolution to conflicts in Africa and Latin America and an end to "the persistent tensions affecting the Middle East, vast areas of Asia, and some parts of Europe." He made an impassioned appeal that the Easter message of life's victory over death would lead to cross-cultural dialogue, the Priests process past the altar for Easter Mass with Pope John Paul ll in St. Peter's Square April Photos. C acknowledgment of the value of human 23. life and "effective responses to the increas- tions for the annual Way of the Cross pro- less men and women who live without ingly felt demand for justice and equal cession at the Colosseum. hope or dignity." opportunity in all areas of society" On Holy Thursday, the Pope presided at While since 1985 he had invited other Despite a gruelling Holy Week schedule, people to offer their contributions, among two Masses, the Chrism Mass in the mornthe 79-year-old Pope sounded energetic them Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch ing and the commemoration of the Lord's amid the veritable garden of 50,000 flow- Bartholomew of Constantinople, the Pope Supper in the evening, at which he washed ers and bulbs from the Netherlands that penned the reflections for the jubilee year the feet of 12 priests. adorned the altar. Recalling his March pilgrimage to the event. Under a bright sun that fought its way out The Pope was scheduled to carry the cross Holy Land, the Pope said this year's Mass from behind morning clouds, he imparted for the first and last of the 14 stations but, of the Lord's Supper carried deep personEaster greetings in 61 languages, wishing after losing his balance three times al significance, "because fresh in my mind English speakers "a blessed Easter in the throughout the service and appearing and heart is the image of the Upper Room, joy of Jesus Christ, the risen Lord and sav- fatigued, a refugee boy from Angola sched- where I had the joy of celebrating the iour of the world!" uled for stations 12 and 13 bore the cross Eucharist." This jubilee year, the traditional open-air for the final station as well. On Good Friday, the Pope donned a purEaster Mass marked a return to a tradition For the other 10 stations, the cross was ple stole and entered St Peter's Basilica to of medieval origin. carried by an Orthodox bishop, a lay- hear the confessions of 10 people, a perFor the first time since the Holy See woman from China, a family from Rome, sonal tradition he began in 1980. moved from Rome to Avignon in 1309, the an Indian nun, a Brazilian woman and a Later that afternoon, he celebrated the Mass began with the rite of the Resurrex- nun from Ecuador. liturgy of the Lord's Passion, listening to a it, the Pope's witness to Christ's resurrecDelivering his concluding message, with homily by the papal household preacher, tion before the Acheiropita icon of the Most smoke from the thousands of candles and Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa. Holy Saviour. After his busy Good Friday schedule, with torches billowing into the night sky, the Thought to have been brought to Rome Pope urged the 50.000 people gathered at the Way of the Cross ending well after 11 from the East sometime during the early the Colosseum to find hope in Jesus' suf- pm, the Pope rested on Holy Saturday Middle Ages, the icon, which is kept in the fering. before leading the Easter Vigil. Shrine of the Holy Stairs, originally depictMoved this year from St Peter's Basilica "Thus the sorrowful event of the Crucied the enthroned Christ painted on cloth fixion, which we have just meditated upon, to the square outside to make room for and then applied to a wooden tablet. will become for each of us an eloquent les- 20,000 pilgrims, the vigil began with the All that is visible today is Christ's face; the son," he said. Pope lighting the Easter candle, inscribing rest of the icon is covered with silver. Having suffered on the cross, said the on it the Greek letters Alpha and Omega The Pope broke with a more recent tra- Pope, Christ can understand "the pain of and the year 2000. During the Mass, he baptised eight c,atedition Good Friday by writing the media- those unjustly condemned.... of the count-

Pope John Paul leads the Way of the Cross around Rome's Colosseum on Good Friday.

(lumens: three men from Cameroon. Albania and Italy, all in their early 30s; a man and a woman from China, aged 22 and 29 respectively; and a family from Japan, comprised of a 39-year-old woman, her husband, 40, and their 4-year-old daughter. Their diversity, said the Pope, "points to the universality of the salvation brought by Christ." Playful interaction between the Pope and the young Japanese girl, who returned his affectionate smile with a shy one of her own, her hands clasped in prayer, provided some of the most touching moments of Holy Week. Pilgrims were moved by the chance to celebrate Easter with the Pope, even if the vigil and Easter Sunday Masses were predominantly in Latin, making it hard for some to follow along. Fred Fox, on a trip to Italy with Jesuit High School of Tampa, Florida. said, "I couldn't understand anything, but being here with the Pope and everything, it's an experience." "A once in a lifetime experience," interjected his classmate, Daniel Hater. After the Easter Monday Regina Coeli prayer, the Pope departed by helicopter for his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo for a few days of rest.

Former Belfast enemies Faiths launch own green view wash each other's feet WASHINGTON (CNS) - A new statement issued on 17 April by Catholic, Jewish and Protestant leaders urges that "sound theology and sound science" guide decisions on the environment. The Cornwall Declaration, as it is called, was spearheaded by the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Michigan, headed by Paulist Father Robert Sirico. The Washington-based Inter-

faith Council for Environmental Stewardship, for which Father Sirico is an advisory committee member, said on its Web site the perspectives arising from the Cornwall Declaration "will provide a credible alternative to liberal environmental advocacy." The Declaration listed three "areas of common misunderstanding": • "Many people mistakenly view humans as principally consumers and polluters rather than producers and stewards. ... The tendency among some to oppose

economic progress in the name of environmental stewardship is often sadly self-defeating." • "Many people believe that 'nature knows best,' or that the earth - untouched by human hands - is the ideal.... Denying the possibility of beneficial human management of the earth," it said, . "removes all rationale for environmental stewardship." • "Greatly exaggerated" or unfounded environmental concerns, among them global warming, overpopulation and "rampant species loss."

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - As leader of the Austrian province donating this year's Vatican Christmas tree, far-right politician jorg Haider was expected to meet Pope John Paul II in December, a Vatican official confirmed. But Bishop Gianni Danzi, secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, rejected

political interpretations given the expected meeting by Italian newspapers. The Vatican accepted the offer of a Christmas tree from the Austrian province of Carinthia three years ago. In February, outraged at Haider's history of remarks downplaying Nazi crimes and opposing immigration, European Union

countries froze bilateral ties with Austria. Elsewhere, Austria's bishops condemned "unjust judgments" of their country by Western governments in the wake of the Party's entrance into the country's coalition government. However, they urged Austrian citizens to continue rejecting "all forms of political extremism."

By Mart Pattison

BELFAST, Northern Ireland IRA, Kelly had sworn to over(CNS) - In a Holy Week gesture throw British rule in Northern of reconciliation, a former mem- Ireland, while Tate had sworn to ber of the Irish Republican defend Northern Ireland's Army washed the feet of his one- union with Great Britain. But after serving their time in time enemy, a former member prison - Kelly was jailed for of the Ulster Volunteer Force. On 17 April at a house in nearly eight years while Tate Belfast, Tommy Kelly, a 44-year- served five - the two men said old ex-prisoner convicted for they have been reconciled with membership in the IRA, washed Christ In fact, they said they were the feet of Jim Tate, a 51-year-old former commander of the Ulster "decommissioned and recommissioned into spreading the Volunteer Force. The mainly Catholic Irish Gospel." Kelly and Tate now say sectarRepublican Army fights to bring Northern Ireland, a British ianism must end. "Protestants and Catholics kill province, under Irish rule. The Ulster Volunteer Force is each other thinking they are one of several Protestant para- doing a service for Jesus, when military groups formed in MO it's really an evil thing," said in response to attacks by the Kelly. "For anybody to kill a Catholic IRA. Ten years ago, both men were or a Protestant because of their enemies: As a member of the faith difference is a lie.

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Asian Catholic News

Missionaries attacked, again NEW DELHI, India (CNS) - In came from behind and hit Sister continuing attacks on missionar- Pramila Toppo, who was in the ies, two nuns suffered injuries middle. after an unidentified motorbike He came back again and hit Sisrider hit them while they were on ter Anandi Macwan, falling down their way to the Easter Vigil Mass in the process, Sister Mathew in a Delhi archdiocesan parish. said. In another Easter eve incident, a She added that the attacker got Hindu extremist group attacked a up and ran away, leaving behind Christian group at Agra in Uttar his bike. Pradesh state, newspapers reportSister Mathew said the Rewari ed on 24 April. nuns usually walked to the Meanwhile, two national daily church, some three kilometres newspapers voiced concern over away. The nuns' cries attracted the growing attacks on Christians, some passersby, who helped take especially in Uttar Pradesh, now them to a government hospital in ruled by a coalition government Rewari, some 48 luns west of New led by the Hindu nationalist Delhi. Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian Sister Mathew said that on hearPeoples' Party). ing of the incident the following The attack on the Franciscan morning, the provincial house Missionaries of Mary nuns was brought Sister Macwan to New the 16th incident of anti-Christian Delhi's Holy Family Hospital, violence reported in northern where she was reported to be out India since March. of danger. Franciscan Sister Anne Mathew, Sister Mathew said the nuns a Supreme Court lawyer, said on worked for women's rights in the 24 April that the bike rider first village. drove around three nuns on their Franciscan Sister Mary Rosario, way to the midnight service in who is taking care of Sister Divyodaya Parish in Haryana Macwan, told UCA News the incistate's Rewari village. He then dent "looked planned," but that

Priestless parishes challenges bishop LANG SON, Vietnam (UCAN) - The bishop of Vietnam's northernmost diocese travels along dark, winding and hilly roads to provide pastoral care to parishes scattered throughout his priestless diocese, a recent visitor says. When Bishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet took charge of Lang Son diocese in July last year, it was served by only a 97-yearold priest and a 100-year-old nun. Recently two priests from southern dioceses came to help him temporarily. Despite his busy schedule of caring for some 4,500 Catholics In the diocese spread over three provinces, the bishop also has time to welcome guests who visit him to give him support or who are curious about his ministry in such an adverse situation, Franciscan Father Joachim Nguyen Van Co told UCA News. "We paid a visit to Bishop Kiet as part of our jubilee of the Year 2000 pilgrimage. We were motivated by an article he wrote last year for local Catholic media on this 'special' diocese," said Father Co, who visited the diocese in March. Lang Son is some 150 kilometres northeast of Ha No!. On the evening of 3 March after dinner at 6:11 pm, the bishop invited his guests to visit a parish in Loc Son. 23 kilometres from Lang Son, Father Co recalled. The trip took them 40 minutes in the dark along a

winding and hilly road. "As soon as we arrived at the parish, 38 parishioners, old and young alike, rushed out to welcome the bishop and their unexpected guests: Father Co said. Bishop Kiet went straight to the confessional and stayed there for about 15 minutes. He then taught a weekly catechism class which began with a review of the previous week's lesson. "He is so kind and so patient," the priest visitor observed. adding that the bishop helped his "old and young students" to learn about the faith. He spoke slowly and clearly while citing Gospel passages to illustrate his points and asked them to apply what they have learned to their life, said the Franciscan priest. He also quizzed his students with simple questions. The Mass began at 7:35 p.m., and the bishop shared the word of God with a short and simple homily. Catholics from all walks of life actively participated in the singing and praying during the Eucharistic liturgy. It ended at 8:10 p.m., and Bishop Kiel stayed on for a while to talk to the parishioners. Many people talked to him about their faith life or problems, Father Co observed. Afterward they returned to the bishop's house at 9 p.m. "Every week I do the same for this parish," Bishop Kiet told his guest. The diocese has 16 parishes with nine churches.

April, armed men attacked Father K.K. Thomas of St. Theresa's Church in Kosikalan, some 90 kilometres south of New Delhi, and two Daughters of Sacred Heart nuns at the adjacent convent.

Sister Anandi Macwan lies in a bed in the intensive care unit at Holy Family Hospital in New Delhi on 24 April. Photo: CNS/TC Malhotta

they do not understand the motive. She said some people earlier wanted to know the reason for the nuns' presence in the village. "We are paying for our decision to work for social action and empowerment of women," Sister Rosario said, adding that the nuns will continue their work In Agra,

some villagers led by the Bajrang Dal party activists attacked 14 members of the Indigenous Churches of India and burned biblical materials, the Statesman newspaper reported on 24 April. The Christian group allegedly distributed Christian literature in Agra district's Nagla Ajita, a predominantly Hindu village. On 11

The attack was the fifth case of missioners being targeted during the first half of April in various parts of the state, where Christians comprise less than 1 per cent of the 140 million population. Elsewhere, The killing of a convent watchman and stoning of a Jesuit social centre have caused alarm among Christians in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Unidentified people shot dead Shalcir Hussain, 40, a Muslim night watchman of the Holy Cross convent in Belatanr, Giridih district, on the night of 7 April. Two days later in West Champaran district, nearly 600 kilometres north, some 50 children allegedly instigated by pro-Hindu groups threw stones at the Jesuit house in which the Rural Education and Development (READ) is based.

Filipino teachers' beheadings reported ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (CNS) - A Muslim extremist in the Philippines announced that his group beheaded two of the male teachers it has held hostage for a month, but a bishop said that families will continue to hope until the victims' remains are retrieved. Abu Ahmad Salayuddin of the Abu Sayyaf group in Basilan province told UCA News the beheadings took place on 19 April at Camp Abdurajak, on a hill near Mahayahay town on Basilan Island, 860 kilometres southeast of Manila. The group warned on

18 April that it would execute two lions and that many people there hostages if President Joseph Estra- do not believe they took place. da did not respond to its latest • Elsewhere, thousands of demands by 3 pm the next day. Christians, Muslims and indigeThe demands, issued on 14 nous religion followers gathered April, included the release of con- In the southern Philippines to victed terrorists jailed in the US offer prayers, flowers and food for and a meeting with a "direct" Vat- peace in the wake of violence in ican representative. As of 20 April, the government their region. During the 14 April rally in Ozacould not confirm the announced miz City, 770 kilometres southeast executions. Bishop Romulo de la Cruz of of Manila, Bishop Zacharias Isabela, whose territorial prela- Jimenez of Pagadian led prayers ture covers Basilan, told UCA for families devastated by months News that there are different of fighting between government reports locally about the execu- troops and Muslim rebels.

Kung letter divides China watchers HONG KONG (UCAN) - An for the Vatican to clarify its posi- Joseph Kung. Kung, nephew of the open letter to Vatican officials call- tion regarding the underground late Cardinal Ignatius Kung government-controlled (Gong) Pinmei of Shanghai. ing for justice for the "under- and ground" Church in China is seen "open" Church communities in accused the Vatican of not taking any steps to free Catholics jailed by some China Church watchers China. Asked if such clarification would In China. However, Coadjutor as biased, while some say it is a reminder of the underground harm the underground Church, Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Bishop Tsien said that despite this Hong Kong criticised the issuing Church's existence. Bishop Andrew Tsien Tchew- possibility, "short-term pain is bet- of such a letter, saying that Kung has "judged sharply the black and choenn of Hualien, Taiwan, who ter than long-term suffering." The 28 March letter addressed white" whereas the China Church advocates for the underground Church, agreed to the US-based to five top Vatican officials was is "very complicated and only God Cardinal Kung Foundation's call Issued by foundation president can judge."

Pakistan minister, Pope, meet on freedom VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Meeting with a top Pakistani official, Pope John Paul II and Vatican officials discussed the problem of religious freedom in the majority Muslim country. The Pope met on 19 April with Derick Cyprian, Pakistan's minister for sports, culture and minorities. Afterwards, Cyprian, a Catholic,

met with Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state, to examine "problems of religious freedom in Pakistan and ways of contributing to the re-establishment of a climate of peaceful coexistence in the country," the Vatican said. In mid-February, Pakistan's chief executive, General Pervez Musharraf, met with minority

religious leaders, including Archbishop Armando Trindade of Lahore, and pledged to uphold the rights of non-Muslims in the country. Musharraf reportedly directed Cyprian to take necessary action to ensure that religious minorities are given equal opportunities in the country.

Karachi's Catholics unite to restore their cathedral after 1998 bombing KARACHI, Pakistan (UCAN) - The restoration of the Karachi cathedral bombed in 1998 by suspected Muslim extremists has united the former Pakistani capital's Catholics who have raised funds to complete the project. Father Jimmy D'Souza, rector of St Patrick's Cathedral, said, "The restoration of the cathedral, a heritage monument of Karachi, is a symbol of hope for the restoration of the city and society to what it was 70 years ago." "This gigantic task began as a tiny mustard seed. The plaster was falling off the

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walls, the damp was very visible on the and well-wishers in Karachi and abroad. floor, in some places there were little pud- Father D'Souza expressed hope that the dles of water. These had to be addressed," restoration project will bring about harthe priest noted. mony between people of various religions, The rector admitted that the restoration ethnic groups and languages who have work has made him "experience the over- respect for the beliefs and places of worwhelming goodness, kindness, power and ship of others. providence of God." A bomb set off by suspected fanatics damHe said these have been manifested in aged the 17th century cathedral three days the generosity of numerous persons who before Christmas in 1998. have donated "to date a little over 5 million The explosion, which injured one parishrupees" (about US $96,300) for the project. ioner, destroyed six rows of benches and He said that all the funds used have come left pockmarks on walls, holes in windowfrom parishioners, former parishioners panes and some cracks in the cathedral's

21-metre-high roof. Construction started in 1878 and the church was opened for public worship on 24 April, 1881 by Discalced Carmelite Father Paul Tosi, then Apostolic Vicar of Punjab. The parish of St Patrick's, Karachi, as it was then known, was part of the BombayPane Mission and administered from Bombay. Reflecting the church architecture of the time, St Patrick's Cathedral measures 67 meters by 30 metres, and was built to accommodate a very large number of worshippers.

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bon of the revision." "The revised constitution," he added, "will be submitted for approval to each member conference and, if approved, sent to the Holy See for the 'recognitio,- a form of Vatican approval. In 1963, when the bishops at the Second Vatican Council had agreed to begin using vernacular languages in the liturgy, the bishops of English-speaking countries formed ICEL to prepare common English texts for use throughout the English-speaking world. Its constitution was drawn up in 1964 and was last amended in 1972. Bishop Fiorenza said, "ICEL is a mixed commission founded by 11 episcopal conferences. . .. Ills governed by an episcopal board made up of one bishop from each of the 11 conferences." The current chairman of the board is Bishop Maurice Taylor of Galloway, Scotland.

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St Vincent's Primary School Kwinana

Grandparents and parents contribute to pupils' enthusiasm

n 1956 the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition established St Vincent's Catholic Primary School, together with dedicated support from the parishioners in the community. Some 40 years later the relationship between the parish and school communities is still very strong. But St Vincent's is no longer considered a small country school as the freeway now connects Kwinana to the 'big city'. However, the school is fortunate to still have the contact and support of pioneering parishioners as caring grandparents and friends. This spirit of cooperation is also supported by Father Paul Raj, through his regular classroom visits, his enthusiastic contribu-

tion to sporting events and his attendance at the Year 7 Camp. Many celebrations contribute to School/Parish life: On Grandparents Day, the school is open to all grandparents and friends and the children act as escorts showing them around the classrooms. Mass is celebrated, a concert performed and morning tea is shared. Year 5 students attend the monthly Mass for the Sick and Elderly, sitting in church not as a class but pairing up with parishioners. A group of students then share a "sitdown" lunch with the older parishioners, exchanging life stories and experiences. To extend the relationship with senior parishioners, Year 5 parents provide a Christmas luncheon to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. The Year 2000 marked a very special Jubilee Year for all Catholic Parishes, and at St Vincent's the children and parishioners created the designs for the stained glass Holy Door entrance to the Church. The first day back this term, the children entered through these doors at a special Jubilee paraliturgy to mark the beginning of the new school year. Meanwhile, a banner naming all the families within the school - the "Name Banner" - is currently being created. It will have pride of place in the Church during the Jubilee Year. It is hoped to celebrate a Mass in second term when the Sisters of St Joseph of the Children participating in the specialised physiApparition will once again be invited to cal education program.

Year 1-3 children enjoying the recently constructed play equipment

The Yew Seven class head off on a beach study walk during their camp on Rottnest Island.

Students la the playground sunshine.

share the spirit of Jubilee with current students and staff. The Sacramental Program has moved from the school to the Parish and is organised by the parish sacramental co-ordinator. St Vincent's staff and facilities are closely linked to the program, and cooperation between parish and school helps provide for children who attend St Vincent's and the six surrounding government schools. St Vincent's offers a wide range of educational opportunities, and specialists include physical education, music, school band and choir, liturgical dancing, LOTE, and literacy support. The resource centre has been fully automated for a number of years, with recent upgrades to include a networking system throughout the school. Apart from a dedicated approach to literacy and numeracy from staff, parents have also identified the importance of physical education and sport in the overall development of their children. As such, a high priority is placed on daily fitness activities and year-round interschool sport participation. The health of the children is of paramount importance to the staff, and that is why there is involvement in the school-based drug education program. Culturally, the children have the opportunities to participate in some exciting events. Last year, under the direction of staff and parents, the children staged the

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