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Jesus in the Eucharist: heart of the Jubilee Holy Year VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II led a prayer service with 50,000 pilgrims to open the week-long International Eucharistic Congress, calling it the "heart" of the jubilee Holy Year. At an evening liturgy last Sunday, 18 June in St Peter's Square, the Pope said the focus on the Eucharist highlighted the essential message of the jubilee, which was dedicated to Christ as Saviour. It also showed the need for Christian unity, he said. "From this Eucharistic congress comes the invitation to renew our faith in the real presence of Christ In the sacrament of the altar," he said in a sermon. "At the same time it inspires an urgent appeal for the reconciliation and unity of all believers: Pope John Paul raises a monstrance 'One body..... one faith, one bapholding Jesus Christ, God and Man, tism!' Unfortunately, divisions and in the Blessed Sacrament at the Vat- disagreements still wound the ican last Sunday. Photo. CNS/Reuters body of Quist and prevent Chris-

Hans of different churches from sharing the Eucharistic bread," he said. The square was packed with members of various confraternities that had marched across Rome that afternoon, carrying giant wooden crosses, banners and elaborate processional platforms with statues of Christ and Mary. "I ask everyone, individual believers and Church communities from every corner of the earth, to share with us these moments of Eucharistic spirituality." the Pope said. The Pope closed the ceremony by kneeling in silent adoration of the Eucharist. • Archbishop Barry Hickey was due to preach this Sunday 25 June at the dosing ceremony for Australia's National Eucharistic Congress in Wollongong, New South Wales.

An unidentified woman holds the hand of Pope John Paul II during a lunch hosted by the pontiff for 200 of Rome's homeless and poor at the Vatican on Thursday, 15 June. Full report, Page 11. Photo CA.

ope beyond Simpsons By Peter Rosengren

The values portrayed in The Simpsons and Southpark, two popular television cartoon series high on so-called adult humour but watched by millions of Australian children, are not a favourite of Catholic religious order leaders in Australia, Perth found out this week. The Australian Council of

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held their annual meeting at the Mercure Hotel and discussed the state of Australian society using the two shows as examples how sarcasm, sexual innuendo, and the enjoyment of misfortune are promoted in society The one hundred and twenty heads of Catholic and some Anglican men's and women's religious orders also heard from 14-18 June that values associated with economic rationalism and its drive to elevate profit and the market above the conunon good and that of the individual were not wanted in a just society. From cartoons to economic theories, the Simpsons and South Park were the examples quoted

last week as what Catholic religious orders do not stand for - or, alternatively, as how they and their members are called to stand against the often-popular values of society and to be prophetic for the kingdom of God. In Australia there are approximately 200 religious orders with around 10,000 members between them, working in everything from parishes to the fields of health, education and welfare. ACLRI executive director, Josephite Sister Mary Cresp, told The Record, the gathering was also aimed at helping those who lead religious orders envisage the call of the Church and the world into the new millennium as well as delving into the purpose behind religious life. The gathering's overall theme challenges for creative religious leadership - saw much discussion generated, with Fr Gerard Arbuckle, a Marist priest and anthropologist, responding to presentations and facilitating discussion. Fr Arbuckle later told The Recordthat religious life had originally evolved as a challenge to both the Church and society to live out the Gospel values of justice, mercy and love. The term he often used for Reli-

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Archbishop Barry Hickey with outgoing ACLRI president, Brigidine Sr Margaret Cassidy, and the leaders of religious orders at the Mercure Hotel last week.

gious was `gap-finders,' he said, those who seek out gaps between God on the one hand and the way the Church and society is living on the other. But religious were also called to build bridges across that gap, he pointed out At the conference he had discovered much awareness of this dual task of religious life from participants, he said. Among the examples of work which religious do in Australia as gap finders and seekers he pointed to the grass-roots action for reconciliation with Aboriginal Australians and work with asy-

lum-seekers. And although there were declining numbers of religious in the Church, Fr Arbuckle said, the challenge was not to survive. "[The challenge] is the mission, and if that means congregations sometimes die, well, that's part of the story," he said. The question of how religious orders can survive had not emerged as an issue of concern for Order heads, he said. "We want to [survive], yes, but the message I'm hearing is 'we want to get on with the mission'," he said. Continued on Page 5

The leaders of Australia's Religious Institutes sent statements of support and solidarity last Sunday to the Religious of Fiji and the Solomon Islands. Meeting in Perth at their 24th annual assembly, members of the Australian Council of Leaders of Religious Institutes told their brothers and sisters in Fiji and the Solomon Islands they were "mindful of you in this time of pain and uncertainty." "Know of our desire to be of assistance in whatever way possible," they said. "Our prayers are with you in this time of need." Newly-elected ACLRI president Brother Michael Godfrey said religious leaders had heard first hand about the turmoil in both Fiji and the Solomon Islands through Fr Michael O'Connor from Suva and Fr Joachim Rego from Papua New Guinea who had both spoken at the Assembly. Continued on Page 4

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n 30 June this year eight going on special missionary work time. There is no doubt that in the men will be ordained to in Australia and elsewhere. Western World the numbers of the priesthood in St There are a number of new priestly vocations have declined Mary's Cathedral for the Archdio- movements and communities in sharply since the 1960s. cese of Perth. the Church today who have simiWhile ills not hard to find reaThis seems to be a large num- lar arrangements with the local sons for this, many dioceses have ber, and so it is, but it is largely Bishop. felt the impact of the decline and due to us having two seminaries, One is the "Missionaries of have had to adopt emergency not one. God's Love." This is a new Reli- measures to cope with fewer St Charles' Seminary in Guild- gious group of men and women. priests. ford was re-opened a few years The priests of the group are In some ways the decline in ago and now has twenty-four stu- ordained for the Archdiocese of available priests, while extremely dents, all of whom are hoping to Canberra, and either work there worrying, has had some positive be ordained for full-time ministry or go elsewhere according to aspects. It has alerted us to the in the Archdiocese. need. There are many other need for all members of the The other seminary is "Redemp- examples of such arrangements Church to take their full role in torts Mater" Seminary in Morley. around the world today. the mission of the Church. This Seminary is also ArchSome of those to be ordained This re-animation of the laity diocesan but has a special mis- began their seminary training has been stimulated also by the sionary purpose. elsewhere, before St Charles' contemporaneous decline in the The 37 seminarians, who come Seminary was fully operational. number of Religious Women and from all over the world, are They studied in Rome, the Brothers. ordained for the Archdiocese, but, Philippines and St Paul's SemiThe result is that today almost by a gentleman's agreement with nary in Sydney. all our schools, hospitals and the Neo-Catechumenal sponsors We will see a wide age range of social services, which were once of the seminary, they will spend men being ordained. This is also in the hands of Religious, are now two years in our parishes before a phenomenon of the present run by lay-people whose under-

standing of their vocation is rising steadily. Laypeople have also taken on many new roles in parish life, administration, liturgical functions, prayer groups, visiting and responsibilities in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, to name a few. Nevertheless the special role of the priest as pastor, teacher, good shepherd, spiritual leader and celebrant of the Sacraments, especially of the Blessed Eucharist, cannot be replaced by laypeople. It is for that reason that we rejoice in the eight ordinations to the priesthood on 30 June, and are full of gratitude to Almighty God that these men have heard the call of Christ and have offered to give up everything to follow him. Please continue to pray for vocations to the priesthood, not only here but throughout the whole world.

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Rottnest church celebrated Sean O'Shea said the Anglican Bishop Healy said. "Then we have chaplain at Rottnest, Rev Michael our own jubilee celebration here Last Sunday, Trinity Sunday, Roden, was to have attended, but on this island - the 25 years that Holy Trinity Church, Rottnest, cel- he had been involved in a car acci- this church dedicated to the Most ebrated the Silver Jubilee of the dent and was not well enough to Holy Trinity has served the people of this island and all those church's opening on Trinity Sun- be there. Many Rottnest Island regulars who have chosen to come here day, 1975. The anniversary celebration attended and some of the congre- for rest and holiday." took place at the 11am Mass in gation travelled over to the island The island has its own intrinsic the church, the chief celebrant especially by ferry to be at the cel- beauty that has been enhanced ebrations. being Bishop Robert Healy. by the church building which To mark the occasion, Mass integrates perfectly with the surThe church was blessed and dedicated by the late Archbishop began with Bishop Healy bless- roundings, he told the congregaing the 12 stained glass windows tion. Launcelot Goody in 1975. Prior to 1975, Sunday Mass was which have been installed in the "Mgr O'Shea is to be congratucelebrated for most of the year in church over the past 18 months. lated on his vision and his experthe Island Picture Theatre and on Ten of the windows progres- tise in bringing about this occasion in the lounge of the-then sively depict God's special rela- building, which is his pride and Hostel. Rottnest parish priest Mgr tionship with His people as joy and rightly so," Bishop Healy described in the Old and New said. Testaments, such as the Annunci"Remembering always that God ation, the Nativity and the Resur- is Eternal and that all the three rection, the cost of which was Persons are Eternal, we believe donated. that the Father generates the Son Two of the windows have a spe- and the Son is the One begotten cial significance with Rottnest's and that the Holy Spirit proceeds past in this Year of Jubilee - one from them both through the love depicts Bishop Rosendo Salvado's that exists between them. visits to the Aboriginal prisoners "We believe that there are three on Rottnest while the other recalls the presence of the Boys' Refor- Persons who are really distinct and who possess the one Divine matory on the Island. Vaughan Bisschops designed nature." He went on to say, "You may find and crafted the windows. In his homily, Bishop Healy said that heavy going and it is. it was a Jubilee day for more rea"We believe that men and sons than one. women are made in the image "Today, all Australian Catholics and likeness of God. God is a comjoin together in celebrating the munion of persons and we, like One of Holy Trinity's stained glass 2000th anniversary of the Birth of God, are called to be a fraternal windows installed in the church over Jesus Christ. . joining Catholics society - sons and daughters of the last 18 months. Photos: Glynnss Granger all round the world for this day," our Father in Heaven through the By Glynnis Grainger

Mgr Sean O'Shea, left, whose parish includes Rottnest Island, and Bishop Healy stand outside Holy Trinity Church last Sunday as Bishop Healy blesses the Aborigines buried on the island.

Sacrament of Baptism. It means, together with them in praying for in effect, that we are all equal in these same intentions for our our personal dignity." country and for all its people and Bishop Healy said the heads of we do so in the very name of the Churches in Australia journeyed Father and of the Son and of the last week together from Canber- Holy Spirit," Bishop Healy said. A planned blessing of the graves ra to Ultiru, the Heart of Australia. at the Aboriginal cemetery on the They prayed there together for Island was cancelled due to some the unity of the Churches, for the indigenous protest. unity of the nation and for the recHowever, standing at the front of onciliation of the Aboriginal peo- the church after Mass, Bishop ple with the white people of Healy blessed the Aborigines Australia, he said. "Today we join buried on the Island.

Mandurah Catholics fill stadium for Great Jubilee Holy Year Mass

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Approximately 900 Catholics filled the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre to celebrate Mass together at 11am last Sunday. There were 800 people in the theatre and 100 on the stage. It was the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ celebrated throughout Australia by Catholics in most parishes. Parish priest Fr Noel FitzSimons was the principal celebrant, assisted by Fr Pierre Repuyan, and former Mandurah priest Fr Bernie Dwyer. The theatre was decorated with colourful banners depicting the

Jubilee themes and traditions created by children from the Catholic primary schools in Mandurah. The entry procession carried a Jubilee candle, the Book of the Gospel, a ram's horn and a scroll containing words from the Book of Leviticus. The congregation was led in song by a combined choir of 100. made up of the school choirs from Assumption Catholic Primary School, Mandurah Catholic College, and the Jubilee Family Choir and ensemble from Our Lady's Assumption Church. During the Mass, a Jubilee

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Fatima secret date set include commentary on the Fatima messages by the doctrinal VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vat- congregation in addition to the ican announced on 18 June that full text of the secret. During Pope John Paul II's 12-13 the so-called third secret of Fatima will be published on 26 June. May trip to Fatima, Cardinal Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, pre- Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary fect of the Congregation for the of state, announced that the third Doctrine of the Faith, and Arch- secret "concerns, above all, the bishop Tarcisio Bertone, secretary war waged by atheist systems of the congregation, were to pre- against the Church and Chrissent the document, titled The tians." Message of Fatima, during a 26 Cardinal Sodano also said it June news conference. included the vision of a bishop in The document is expected to white who falls in a hail of gunBy Benedicta Cipolla

fire - an image the Pope believes is a reference to the 13 May, 1981, assassination attempt against him by Turkish gunman Melunet All Agca. As a sign of his gratitude to Mary for saving his life, the Pope sent one of the bullets fired in the assassination attempt to Fatima, where it is now embedded in the crown on the statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Pope John Paul beatified two of the three child witnesses to the 1917 Marian apparitions during

his trip to Fatima. He also met with the third, Carmelite Sister Lucia Dos Santos, now 93. Sister Lucia placed the third part of the message in a sealed envelope in 1943 and delivered it to her bishop, who then sent it to the Vatican, where it remained secret except to the popes and a few close aides. In Fatima, Cardinal Sodano said the Pope had ordered the publication of the secret along with commentary to help people understand the message.

Phil's off to the Marshall Islands on a mission By Glyniss Grainger

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Perth man Phil Jenkinson has a two-year placement as a PALMS volunteer in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. Mr Jenkinson, 51, who is single, said Pori Hedland was his last place of work, for Main Roads WA, and from where he made his application for PALMS. PALMS, the Paulian Association of Lay Missionaries, promotes cross-cultural experiences by sending out volunteers who have been requested by overseas developing countries. It aims to foster greater understanding and links between Aus-

tralians and other global communities, particularly those in the Pacific. After 34 years with MRWA, Mr Jenkinson took his redundancy and shifted to Perth. He told The Record from Sydney last week before leaving for the Marshall Islands that the Islands were very flat and there were about 1200 in the group, and highest point being two metres above sea level. "They have a stable temperature of 28 [degrees] all year round and 4000nun of rain a year, making the humidity pretty high," Mr Jenkinson said. He keeps good health and said

"you need to be pretty fit" to be a rnissionary. The Marshall Islands are an independent republic with a few financial problems, he said. "The Americans pump US$65 million into the economy every year, because of an American base on one of the islands and it was a site for US nuclear testing in the 1950s," Mr jenlcinson said. He will teach adults and children how to manage a vehicle fleet, may have to teach children woodwork as well and drive them to school in a bus. "The exciting thing is that it is the unknown; there should be a lot of challenges," he said.

Pope sends Canberra staffer as nuncio to Ghana The president of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Francis Carroll of the Canberra-Goulburn diocese, congratulated the councillor of the Apostolic Nunciature in Canberra after Pope John Paul announced that he was to become an archbishop. The Archbishop-elect, Monsignor George Kocherry, has been stationed in Canberra for the past eight years working in the nun-

datum, the Holy See's diplomatic Archdiocese of Changanacherry, Francis Carroll. "However, he will office. India, in 1974 and has a doctorate be returning to India at the end of The Pope also announced Mgr's in Canon Law. the month to prepare for his episappointment as Apostolic Nuncio He entered the Holy See's copal ordination. I understand in Ghana and Togo. diplomatic service in 1978 and that he is the first cleric from his Archbishop Carroll's congratu- has since been posted to South archdiocese to receive this honlations were extended on behalf Korea, Costa Rica, Nigeria, our soIbelieve there will be much of his brother Australian bishops. Caribbean Islands, Thailand. jubilation and celebration waiting Pope John Paul II made the Switzerland and Australia. for him when he arrives home." announcement on Saturday, 10 "There are many people who Archbishop-elect Kocherry will June. will miss Mgr George after his be replaced by Mgr Padilla, counArchbishop-elect George eight years of valued service here sellor at the Apostolic Nuunciature Kocherry, 55, was ordained for the In Australia," said Archbishop in Tokyo.

Support for Religious in Solomon Islands and Fiji Continued from Page 1 Fr Michael, Provincial of the Oceanian Province of the Marists and Fr Joachim, President of the Federation of Religious of PNG spoke of the hard times their people were currently experiencing. In addition, Br Michael said, the secretary of the Conference of Congregational Leaders of the Pacific Islands, Salesian Father Julian Fox had written to ACLRI asking that Religious in Australia urge the Australian Government not to rush at imposing sanctions on Fiji. "ACLRI is concerned about the adverse impact sanctions could have on the poor in both Fiji and the Solomon Islands," Br Michael Leaders of Religious Institutes in roundtable discussion last week. said. "We appeal to the Government Solomons. He said that rather the one religious community was of Australia to consider the vul- than return to Australia the Aus- an eloquent witness. nerability of the people in these tralian Brothers had chosen to To get to the Brothers' formation lands at this time." remain in the Solomon's capital, house at Tenaru, outside the capMarist Brothers' Sydney Honiara, for the duration of the ital, he had had to pass through province leader, Br Michael Hill, unrest because they felt their roadblocks set up by both wartold The Record last Wednesday place was to stay with the people ring groups and made up of heavboth sides in the Solomon Islands with whom they work ily armed young men with coup had given assurances that He paid tribute to the work of automatic weapons. Church premises and personnel the Marist Archbishop of the The situation had been tense but would not be harmed. Solomons, Archbishop Adrian he had not felt in personal danBr Hill said he had just returned Smith, who he described as ger. from the Solomon Islands the pre- courageous in his work to proHowever, while the Church was vious Sunday after spending a mote peace in the middle of the not being threatened "The worry week in the island nation. danger. Is the unknown," he said. The Marist Brothers have four Archbishop Smith had been "Unless they can sit down at a Australian and eight indigenous very heavily involved in meetings table and talk through their grievbrothers working in the Solomons to try and establish peace and was ances, things won't get better," Br which is part of the Brothers' Syd- in constant communication with Hill said. ney province. They include Broth- his parishes, he said. Fr Michael O'Connor told The ers Noel Hickey and Joe Hughes, He said that native Marist Broth- Record the Catholic community both formerly of Perth. ers in the Solomons come from In FIJI was deeply involved in The Marist Brothers operate both the warring Malaitan and prayer for peace as the coup headschools, agricultural colleges and Guadalcanal peoples and the fact ed by George Speight dragged a formation house in the that they can coexist peacefully in Into its fourth week The Record, June 22 2000 Page 4

Meanwhile, some priests and religious had walked into Parliament to talk with Mr Speight, who has privately said no harm would come to any religious communities, he said. Fr O'Connor said that. in general, most activities in Fiji were continuing on a business-as-usual basis. The visits had been of a quasipastoral nature and had also enabled clergy to talk to the guards and others who were at the Parliament, he said. The Catholic community was deeply involved in prayer for peace and calling on others to pray for peace, Fr O'Connor said. However the regional Pacific seminary in Suva which served 18 dioceses in a massive area spread from Guam to Saipan, New Caledonia and Tahiti had decided to close down temporarily as it was located less than one kilometre from the Parliament where supporters of George Speight were holding hostages. The seminary, which has students for the diocesan priesthood and from five religious orders, hoped to reopen on 4 July. Indigenous religious "feel very ashamed" of the looting and violence which had occurred even though they have some sympathy for the objectives of the coup, he said. "The perception from outside [the country] is harsher than the situation on the ground," Fr O'Connor said, adding that it was "only a very small section" of the country which was in disorder.

Pope's World Peace Day message By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) While people should preserve their own cultures, they must do so with respect for the culture of others and with an openness to dialogue, the Vatican said. Pope John Paul II will ask people around the world to reflect on how dialogue among cultures can contribute to peace when he celebrates World Peace Day 2001, said a 17 Tune Vatican announcement. Dialogue Between Cultures for a Civilisation of Love and Peace will be the theme of the 1 January celebration. A papal message on the topic is expected to be released in December. The theme coincides with the United Nations' proclamation of 2001 as the International Year of Dialogue Among Civilisations, the Vatican said. "At the beginning of the 21st century, the cultures of the world, with all the richness of their diversity and vitality, are a source of hope and, at the same time, of fear," the Vatican statement said. While defence of one's culture can be seen as a way to balance the negative effects of globalisation and preserve certain beliefs and customs, it could lead to a "clash of cultures" in which power and force are the only things that determine which cultures survive, the statement said. Religion is at the heart of culture, so believers must be involved in the process to promote respect for cultures while encouraging everyone to collaborate with the best of their cultures to build a civilisation of love and peace, it said.

Eulogy for Sister The Superior of the Good Samaritan Sisters, Sister Sonia Wagner, delivered a eulogy last Friday to Sr Helen Lombard, who died in a car crash on the Brand Highway near Dandaragan on 5 June. Sr Wagner gave the address in the Drill Hall at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, where Mass was said. "Helen's death has sent ripples of shock and sorrow across Australia and far beyond," Sr Wagner said. She leaves her sisters Noelene and Moira and their families and her Good Samaritan Sisters and friends. Sr Wagner said she was privileged to have had some 33 years of association with Helen. Sr Wagner said Helen had a great ability to celebrate life. Her joie de vivre shone out. She delighted in people, in places and in possibility. She brought her wise, rich and expansive presence to all whom she met and especially to the communities of Notre Dame, New Norcia and her Good Samaritan community. "Helen was, first and foremost, a leader in the spiritual life. Humility was a hallmark of her leadership. ... She was an inspirational leader."

Parishioners farewell a mate Hundreds of people gathered at Sacred Heart Church in Thornlie last Sunday to farewell long-time parish priest and popular figure Fr Charles O'Malley. A packed 10.30am Mass saw new parish priest Fr Patrick Lim pay tribute to Fr O'Malley who, after two decades spent building up the parish, has retired after suffering a stroke. However nothing could have kept Fr O'Malley away on Sunday and he was on hand for the special Mass followed by a lunch which saw a mountain of food prepared by parishioners presented for the multitudes who came to send him off. Nor was the evidence as to Fr O'Malley's popularity very far off, either. Apart from the hundreds

Fr Charles O'Malley, centre, and Mends enjoy the celebrations. who were present, many of those who came up to Fr O'Malley afterwards were genuinely upset to be

saying goodbye to him and more than a few had to wipe away their tears for the occasion.

Grants will help Padbury House By Glynnis Grainger The smell of soap handmade by nuns long gone still pervades the cellars of what is now called Padbury House, at St Charles Seminary. The building is used today for administration, lecturing and accommodation for the seminarians, Dean of Studies, Fr Robert Cross, told The Record It was also used as a bomb shelter during the 2nd World War, during Fr Pat Cunningham and Archbishop William Foley's time at the seminary. The seminary was opened in 1942 under the first Rector, Dr Latmcelot Goody, who went on to become the Archbishop of Perth. The heritage significance of Padbury House was recognised recently in the granting of $15,349 by the Lotteries Commission of WA for conservation work to the building. In a dollar-for-dollar agreement, the Archdiocese will contribute approximately $21,000 towards the conservation work, which will be supervised by

Fr O'Malley chats with one of his many friends last Sunday.

Royal Perth Hospital bids Fr Vallis goodbye as chaplain

Lotteries help: historic Padbury House at St Charles in Guildford.

conservation and heritage architect John Taylor. Padbury House, and its associated buildings, once known as Garden Hill. played a significant part in the early colonial days of Western Australia, when Guildford was the inland port of the Swan River Colony.

Garden Hill was the Gentleman's Residence of the colonial surgeon Dr Alfred Waylen and later William Padbury, an influential figure in the early development of Western Australia. Work on repairing turned wood verandah columns is expected to start in August

Fr Vallis at the sendoff from RPH.

Friends and colleagues gathered to send off Fr Tony Vallis as the Catholic chaplain of Royal Perth Hospital last Friday. Fr Tony, who was chaplain at the hospital for 6 years, came to prominence in Perth lounge rooms last year when he featured in a series of graphic television advertisements aimed at lowering drink-driving accidents. He told The Record that the most difficult thing about the Job is trying to get people to see the human face of suffering. "That's the reality here," he said. But he had relished the role. "I loved the work, because I always had a desire to be with the sick and the dying," Fr Vallis said, adding: "There is something graceful and mysterious about it: Meanwhile, hospital chaplains cannot afford to worry about suffering or death. "You have to be comfortable with your own mortality," he said.

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Help sought for pregnancy support Catholics in Perth have been urged to help meet the final cost of a house run by an archdiocesan agency which provides women facing crisis pregnancies with support and emergency accommodation. Miriam's House in DianeIla was purchased by Pregnancy Assistance earlier in the year and has a target of $450,000 to pay off the property and establish a small endowment. John

Pritchard told The Record that the agency had managed to raise approximately $400,000 of that amount but needs a final push from Catholics and those who support its objectives. He said the agency was looking for support either via cash pledges or donations, which can be made over a three-year period. He said it is not uncommon for a woman to find herself kicked out of a defacto relation-

ship as soon as she gets pregnant. Teenage women also leave home once they discover they are pregnant and are reluctant to discuss the issue with their parents. Cheques should be made out to the Pregnancy Assistance Appeal and posted to: Pregnancy Assistance, 195 Lord St, East Perth WA 6004. Mr Pritchard can be contacted on 9328 2926. or 0413 092 147.

Religious witness to God, not Simpsons Continued from Page 1 ed by economic rationalism, Earlier, Sr Cresp said that as cynicism, a lack of hope and they enter a new millennium, mistrust in human goodness religious were conscious of the and a sense of futility with need to continue promoting the regard to commitment." reign of God in society. "These values are often porThey were part of the world trayed in programs like the but the media reflected a world Simpsons and Southpark." whose values were different She said the assembly was from religious. looking at how congregational "These include values promot- leaders experience leadership

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Embryo Bill 'no' vote A decision by the Liberal and National parties this week to reject the Human Reproductive Technology Bill 2000 was welcomed by the WA Coalition for the Defence of Human Life. The Coalition, an alliance of 21 pro-life organisations, has been campaigning against the Bill which would have allowed embryos with unwanted genetic conditions to be destroyed. Coalition secretary, Dr Ted Watt, congratulated Liberal and National MPs for their "commonsense and humaneness" in rejecting the Bill.

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Body and Blood call us to Mass Peter Dwan continues with his meditations on the readings for Sunday Mass. This week the feast of The Body and Blood of Christ

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n the solemn feast of the Body and Blood of Christ we are invited to consider the Eucharist as the sacrifice of the New Covenant This is important today when some downplay the sacrificial nature of the Mass and speak as if ills a meal. In the Eucharist, we have a sacrifice in the Mass, a meal in Conummion and the Real Presence of Jesus in the tabernacle. However, Communion and the Real Presence are the fruit of the sacrifice of the Mass. Mass and Communion go together, and ills sad when people don't go to Communion whenever they attend Mass. The Mass is far more important than a Communion service. It is therefore distressing to see lay-led liturgies being held on Sundays. The first reading (Exodus 24:3-8) is an account of the sacrifice which sealed

A Layman's Meditation the Old Covenant mediated through Moses. While the reading recounts the immolation of bullocks, the emphasis is on the blood, noting how some was put into basins, some cast on the altar and some cast towards the people, who promised to be faithful. From then on, God and Israel were united by a living covenant. The covenant sacrifice was important as a sign of the people's pledge of fidelity, so our attendance at the holy sacrifice of the Mass on Sundays is important as a sign that we shall try to live as God's faithful people during the week More importantly, attending Mass gives us the strength to do so. The late Mother Teresa claimed that it was daily Communion that gave her the strength to continue her work for the poorest of the poor. In the second reading(Hebrews 9:1115) we are reminded that Our Lord's blood shed on the cross purifies men's hearts and gives God true worship,

something which the sacrifices of the Old Law wouldn't do. In the Mass we have the same sacrifice, but offered in an unbloody manner. In the Mass, Our Lord applies the merits of his Passion to our souls. As the reading says: "He brings a new covenant, as the mediator, only so that the people who were called to an eternal inheritance may actually receive what was promised." The beautiful responsorial psalm (Psalm 115) contains the words: "0 precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his faithful? It is to the extent that we have centred our spirituality on the Eucharist, that our death will be precious in God's eyes. The Gospel (Mark 1412-16,22-26) is an account of the institution of the Eucharist In this account, the sacrificial aspect of the Mass is highlighted in the separate consecration of the bread and the wine; the separation of the body and the blood recalling Christ's death, when His body and blood were separated. May this beautiful Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ be a time when we shall deepen our love of the Mass and resolve to work and pray that others will do likewise.

To Jesus through Mary ... a column of Marian devotion By Archbishop Barry Hickey

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ear Friends in Mary: I am rarely asked to speak in Sydney, so I was pleased to be invited to a Marian Congress called to be united in prayer with the Holy Father when he beatified the two children of Fatima at the shrine itself. Perhaps the thoughts I offered there will help us all to listen closely to Mary and her concerns for the Church. The Holy Father truly believes in Our Lady's appearances at Fatima. He attributes his survival after the assassination attempt on his life a few years ago on the anniversary of Our Lady's first appearance at Fatima. He wants us to listen to her message which is about prayer, penance and conversion. It is a serious message, one based on a desire to turn mankind away from the disastrous path of sin and rejection of God and of His Son Jesus. The eighty years or so that have elapsed since the apparitions in 1917 have seen a series of terrible events in human history, the spread of the atheistic totalitarian systems of nazism and communism, two world wars, countless other wars and a profound secularisation of the Western World in which God is dethroned and human Judgement elevated to be the arbiter of what is right and wrong. Even in our Catholic Church we have seen a most worrying trend, a massive drift away from Mass and the Sacraments from a high of about 60 per cent forty years ago to a present level of around 18 per cent, the number still declining. The statistics about youth attendance are even more frightening. In addition we have seen open and widespread dissent from the central teachings of the Church, especially about human sexuality and the sanctity of life. The Church has been racked by internal squabbles which have undermined our confidence and credibility. All these things have made it harder to attract vocations and spread the message of Jesus Christ to the world. I chose to title this talk "The Church and Mary" because the Church today desperately needs her prayers of intercession. She became Mother of the Church when Jesus, crucified and about to die, confided John to the care of Mary and Mary to the care of John. She became, through those dying words of Jesus, our spiritual mother and Mother of the Church. Shortly after the Holy Father began his pontificate, he noticed that there was no Icon of Mary in St Peter's Square. There were plenty of grand statues, but nothing Thik Record;.June 22 2000.. Paget6

Archbishop Barry Hickey symbolically crowns a statue of Our Lady of Fatima in St Mary's Cathedral in December 1998.

about Mary. So in a prominent corner he had made a large mosaic of Mary and the child Jesus which he called Mary, Mother of the Church It is to her then, that we confide the care of the troubled and suffering Church, always aware that it can never fail because Jesus is its head. Nevertheless, because it is made up of sinful human beings, it will always struggle to overcome the effects of sin and weakness in its members. How important is the Church for the world? It is absolutely essential. It has the message and the means of salvation without which the world will perish. In every generation the world needs to be converted anew. No one can do it except the Church, through the person of Jesus in the Holy Spirit Can we help the members of the Church renew their spiritual vitality and faith? You have a most important role to play. There are signs around the world that the renewal of the Church is being accomplished by the grassroots, the ordinary people of the Church, not the intellectuals, not the planners, not the critics, not the dissenters, but by the faithful people themselves. The Holy Father has stated the teachings of the Church with great force and clarity, and has given us an inspiring treasure of spiritual writings. We know what the Church teaches, we know what Jesus wants of us.

All over the world, including Australia, the ordinary people of the Church are coming together to pray for the Church, to pray for our leaders, the Bishops and the priests, to pray for a renewal of hope, courage and determination in those who are discouraged and feel defeated by the arid spiritual wasteland around them and the fierce opposition they meet. The renewal of our leaders will come from your prayers and from your example of faith. Never underestimate the power of simply living as a Catholic. We do not know how much we can affect others. You have heard of Blessed Edith Stein, a famous Jewish convert and intellectual, killed by the Nazis in a concentration camp near Auschwitz Poland. When she entered the Cathedral in Franlcfmi, not yet convinced of the truth of the Catholic Church, she saw people with shopping bags, quietly coming in and kneeling down to pray, she was moved by their simple but profound faith in the Real Presence of Jesus. They had not come to admire the architecture or the art, but to be close to Jesus. It was a critical moment in her decision to become a Catholic. Continue to live your Catholic faith. Love the Mass, reflect on the words of God in the Scriptures, pray, adore Jesus In the Blessed Eucharist, love and serve your neighbour, especially the poor, and your prayers will move heaven. Please continue to pray for us Bishops that we don't get bogged down by administrative duties but become real leaders of faith; pray for the priests under siege and attack from many quarters; pray for those who teach and for those who teach our teachers; pray for our young people who want the truth, tired of the emptiness of the world and its pleasures, and pray for the whole Church because it is going through very stormy waters. Remember to look inwards to that quiet place deep inside where you can be alone with God. You are, after all, a temple of the Holy Spirit. Look upwards to the ineffable God, creator and Father of all there is and praise Him, especially in the great Sacrifice of the Mass. Look outwards to others and bring them the love and peace of Jesus. Be the yeast of the loaf, the leaven of the world. Let Mary guide you to be witnesses to the love and forgiveness of God and the truth about Jesus that sets us free. Let us heed the message of Fatima, prayer and penance, as it has the power to change the world. Reprinted courtesy of the WA Marian Centre newsletter, June 2000

So why all the fascination with the celibate men in black?

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he Catholic priest is a fairly remarkable figure in society - so it's little wonder if he gets picked on by the media from time to time. Not only does the priest wear distinctive clothes, but his vow of perpetual celibacy makes him a direct challenge to the world. The movie entertainment business has just returned to the character who's a priest in Keeping the Faith, a "romantic comedy" about a rabbi and a Catholic clergyman who fall in love with the same woman. In one scene, last week's Record reported. this movie shows the young priest falling down drunk on a pile of garbage bags. Many people, not just priests, may be offended by such a presentation of a figure of the cloth. Though these days, you'd have to wonder whether other movies haven't painted an even harsher picture. Take the 1990s British movie Priest This showed a young Catholic priest who engages in a homosexual affair, while the heterosexual older priest he shares a presbytery with sleeps regularly with his housekeeper. Everywhere you look, it sometimes seems, the character of priests is under attack Critics may say these movies merely show "the human side" of the priesthood. But why is it that the human side cannot be shown more accurately, in the way most of us who are privileged to know Catholic priests as friends usually experience it? Priests I know - and I've been fortunate to know many - don't usually fall down drunk in the street. Nor do they regularly violate their vows of chastity with another person - of either gender. However, the priests I've known are generally marked by one outstanding human characteristic - a generous love for their fellow human beings. The desire to love others through self-giving service makes them worthy of the title, "father," in my view. Despite the often unpleasant portraits of priests in modern movies and TV dramas, this continuing media interest in the priesthood serves to remind us how radical and outstanding a figure is our "ordinary" Catholic priest. Also, at the heart of this ongoing secular Interest in our clergy, we should remember that there lies a natural human fascination with the teachings of our Church. The priest, even today, embodies some of the most profound beliefs about the nature of man, woman and God that have ever been taught. John Paul II explores these teachings in great depth in his work "The Theology of the Body," where he meditates at length on the celibate vocation as one in perfect complementarity with the vocation to marriage. Each of us - the celibate and the married alike - is called to a kind of marriage, the Pope teaches. But it's not necessarily that form of marriage so familiar to us here on earth. Inviting us to fix our hearts on the "eternal wedding-feast" of heaven, the Pope reminds us how the Catholic Church has always taught that the marriage of man and woman is a "foretaste" of this hoped-for joy. The celibate person, meanwhile, has foregone the "foretaste" for the sake of the real thing - "marriage" with God in the kingdom of heaven, after this earthly life is over. Christopher West, director of the Archdiocese of Denver's Marriage and Family Life Office, captured this point movingly at a packed lecture on the theology of the body in Melbourne during his recent visit to Australia. Asking all celibate priests, brothers and nuns present in the 350-strong crowd to raise their hand, Mr West proceeded to thank, praise and pray for them, in gratitude for their personal witness to the love of Jesus Christ. It's a different message from Hollywood's, maybe - but one we all need to hear.

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here is no doubting that the current progress of the Olympic torch around Australia is helping, if only for a moment, to bring Australians together. Australians of all backgrounds have unitby participating in a Eucharist procession spin doctors want us to believe in? ed to honour the Olympic ideal of fair and the Simply, at its best, it represents youthful, through neighbourhood streets, or attend honest competition in sport. fair, open and honest competition not just public Benediction of the Blessed SacraAny opportunity that brings Australians in sport but in all forms of human endeav- ment? together in a truly good enterprise must our. We find it easy to join in adding to the be praised. Yet the fanfare given to the torch is noth- glory given to what is a non-Christian or It also must be said that the attention ing more than honour given to worldly or pagan symbol, but many find it difficult to given to the Olympic flame has began to purely human activity. give such witness to God in public. take on the characteristics of religious And it raises the question: do we give it must be remembered that the torch worship. similar honour and worship to the most began its travel to Australia with Greek An anthropologist from Mars visiting important reality - God the Father the Cre- pagan prayers and ritual. Australia for the first time as the torch ator, Jesus his Son, and their Love, God the To his credit, the Australian founder of moved through a town would be forgiven Holy Spirit? the Missionaries of God's Love and a torch for thinking that the flame was the centre Those who fulfil their fundamental and bearer, Father Ken Barker, sought to give of the region's religion, considering the solemn duty and attend Mass each Sun- the Olympic torch some Christian meanfervour of devotion it was attracting. day would say that they do, and they do, ing by seeing it as a symbol of God's love, Carriers of the torch can be heard to use as the Eucharistic Sacrifice of the Mass is light and life (The Record, 15 June). the phrase 'great honour' to describe the the highest form of worship of God. This attempt to lead men and women offer of running the torch; some have said While many Australians would recog- from the pagan to the divine is reminisit is the greatest moment in their lives. nise that God is being worshipped inside cent of St Paul pointing to the statue to the And everywhere hundreds have Catholic churches each Sunday, they still unknown god in the Areopagus in Athens dropped what they have been doing to do not see this worship directly. and saying it was an indication of the One, make sure they get a glimpse of the flame Would all those Catholics and Christians True God. Fr Barker's point was a telling use of an as it passes. But what does the Olympic who participate and view the Olympic torch actually symbolise, rather than what torch relay worship God in a similar way apostolic opportunity to proclaim the

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Gospel in Australia. But it still did not change the continuing pagan mewling of the Olympic torch. When Catholics and other Christians return to worshipping God in public through Eucharistic Processions and Benediction, then we will know that true religion - rather than ultimately unfulfilling pagan, secular worship - has taken its rightful place in our priorities. Perth Catholics will have such an opportunity when Benediction is given at the Archdiocese's Great Jubilee gathering at Subiaco Oval on the Solemnity of Christ the King next 26 November. Closer, there is another chance at Toodyay this Sunday when the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate hold a Eucharistic procession to honour the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. If we can turn out for sporting heroes and their pagan Olympic symbol then we can do so for our Saviour. If we don't, what does that say about what we hold important in life? • 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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ed Prime Minister if they don't get what this from one of the archithey want tects of the process for reconciliation? Terrorism has no place in reconciliation. Your correspondent seems to think that only Aboriginal people are affected by what he says are the 'wealthiest ten per ast week I witnessed an everyday of Australians who own 50 per cent of cent happening that was heart-warming. wealth'. Australia's Wallcing home from our corner shop is where the reconciliation this Maybe in the middle of a beautiful sunny day I begin, that is, a ceiling is should process saw a young couple, both in the uniform of much an individual or a how on mposed i a local Catholic high school, strolling handcollection of directors can own in this counin-hand down the street and engaged in try before being suitably taxed for a Robin earnest conversation. process. Hood scene everyday this about it was So what But don't hold your breath waiting. that touched me? It was an illustration of a As media moguls all being in that wealthmuch-needed change in attitude over the iest bracket, they will ensure that the curyears. rent disinformation and misinformation At the corresponding time of our life, the will continue on the issue. 1940s, my wife attended Mercedes College, Finally we also must remember the honwhere the girls were discouraged to the est endeavours for Aborigines by selfless point of being forbidden to walk down Catholic missionaries who have followed nearby St George's Terrace in case they the Teachings of Christ: "Go preach the were tempted to talk to the boys from my Gospel to every creature" - missionarie,, alma mater CBC Perth (now Trinity Colwho have loved and sacrificed themselve,, lege) - which was then at the next corner for the betterment of Aborigines. down. those schools from pupils The nearest the our correspondent, Tim Leahy (15 Peter Nash got to one another in that era was at the June) whilst attacking the 8 June edi- Lesmurdie weekly mass held for city schools in St torial: "When indigenous rights and Mary's Cathedral. clash" says among other things, democracy There, of course, each school was corwhy the editor of our wondering left am "1 ur Archbishop is to be commendralled in its allotted space. recthe questioning is newspaper Catholic ed in seeking comments regarding Thank goodness young people have been onciliation process." a proposed local Synod or Assemgiven a broader outlook. I re-read the 8 June editorial and, sure bly (The Record, 11 May). John Moynihan enough, it was all about democracy justice, Here is a much needed opportunity to Duncraig co-existence and fair play for all citizens of address the most important issues facing a nation, whether they be indigenous, the Church at the outset of the third milwhite native-born ('native born' having the lennium, and evangelisation and catechsame meaning as indigenous) or migrant esis are rightly given prominence among write this letter not as a point in criticitizens. cism of any individual but as a topics suggested. It did not attack reconciliation with the reminder that we should all think more The role of the laity envisaged by the SecAboriginal people. What the editor seemed ond Vatican Council is to accept our Chriscarefully of the mission we are engaged in. to be trying to do was to question certain tian responsibility in a world that is Last Sunday I attended Mass away from processes towards this reconciliation - in becoming increasingly anti-theistic, mainthe usual place where I go. the light of the lessons of history, in partic- ly as a result of secular propaganda daily This was a parish church in a prominent ular how the minority Nazis gained power brought into every home through the mass position and in what is an increasingly by exploiting the Jewish question. trendy part of Perth. media. But your correspondent it seems would There was very little evidence of involveFor many Catholics indeed the only ment of young people and the youngish ather Pat Ahern, in his revie.w of the not have anyone scrutinise or question the source of information regarding the families who are moving into this locality book Stronger than Fiction (The process at all. Church is a secular media, having a strong There is a need above all to consistently anti-Catholic bias. Ihave been reflecting on why this should Record, 1 June) findsImake "derogaquestion the motives and methods of the be? tory remarks about Christians". Consequently it is hardly surprising that architects of the Aboriginal recon- the laity's role is perceived to be one of selfpresent This church is one that should have been Christian readers other A whole range of decorated for the Great Jubilee, even with and reviewers have this to say abut the ciliation process in Australia. advancement within the Church rather If they have nothing to hide, then they than to spread the Gospel message in the some of the banners that many of the book nothing to fear. parishes have purchased. world. ". . . . it is an important and timely book have I think your 8 June editorial was refreshNothing has been done to this church to This book is a powerful call for a stronger However the Holy Spirit is still active in signify to the outside world that this is a alliance between Christians and Jews to ingly honest and illuminating, in compari- calling individual souls to work in His vineson to the sensationalist, one-sided, year of special grace to Christian people. yards, not necessarily in the traditional resist the moral decay of our times .... preThe Mass itself was predictable to the sents a philosophical and moral view that cowering under 'political correctness' treat- manner, but nevertheless to respond on a ment of the issue by the secular mass point of being boring and this was reflectvoluntary basis. I entirely support." (Major-General Peter media. ed in a predominantly aged congregation As Mother Teresa said, we are all called a RSL, National President MC, AQ Phillips Should the present generations of Auswho could relate to the way in which this holiness and bear witness to Christ to Catholic). practising tralians who have ancestors from different liturgy was presented. t I is only when we come to realise that "Braham has written a book of our times lands not feel alarmed at the outbursts of I will not name this parish because it is possible for everyone that we can this Christian namely theme, on fascinating a prominent Aboriginal leaders who say they would be most unfair to single them out as become a truly Christian community that the fighting in allies Jews natural and are bum and Games sabotage the will Olympic there are many others like this one.Ido ask will bear much fruit. all parish priests and lay leaders in parish- forces of disorder." (Sir Carol Mather SC, cars in the cities? offipersonal liaison former war historian, Anne M Kirkwood speakwhen Or who use gutter language es who are responsible for evangelising and getting more people back to Mass: cer to Field Marshal Montgomery, former ing about Australia's democratically elect- Attadale

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think about the mission we are engaged in! Jesus was not a boring person. He was not predictable. He did not do the same thing every day. In modern language he knew how to entertain and reach an audience. We could go so far as to say he had "a few tricks up his sleeve". We might not be able to turn the water into wine in precisely the way he did, and nobody is suggesting that we need to set up crucifixion scenes in church our precincts every Sunday. We do a all have responsibility though to spend the time, effort and money that is required if we are to reach out and bring Christ to an indifferent Jubilee banners hang in St community George's Terrace last who have no month. other way of appreciating what He has to offer. That responsibility is all the greater in this year of Great Jubilee. Like Jesus, you do not have to spend vast amounts of money to communicate. You do have to spend some but, above all, you need to think outside the predictable and boring. Brian Coyne Media Liaison and Promotion Archbishop's Committee for the Great Jubilee. Nedlands

British Cabinet Minister) "Your book is There is so well worth having written much in it with which any Christian must fervently agree .... Your book will certainly be passed on to other members of our small committee and I hope to others.' (Mrs Deborah Foster The Society for Distributing Hebrew Scriptures) If I am critical of some Christians, asIam of some Jews, the problem was foreseen by my Christian editor in London who suggested the sub-title should read: 'Authentic Jews and Genuine Christians are Natural Allies." Fr Ahern also misquotes from the book. for example, "the author describes atheistic Zionist leaders as the lackeys of the Nazis." I cannot find such a statement; if there is anything like it, it obviously means something quite different to the sense it portrays out of context. Mark Brahain Rose Bay Sydney

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A carpet of floral murals leads up to a church in Genzano, Italy, last Sunday, 18 June in preparation for the local celebration of Corpus Christi, the Solemnify of the Body and Blood of Christ. As part of a 202-year-old tradition, 18 panels are decorated with religious symbols and left on the streets for two days. Photo CNSReuterc

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mission has discovered many houses in Jericho, a Palestinian city dating from the third millennium before Christ. This is one of the most promising Biblical archeological enterprises of the last few years. Jericho, known today by the Arabic name Ariha, is the capital of the West Bank region, and is situated 250 metres below sea level, making it the lowest city in the world. It is famous for a number of reasons, among which is the fact it was considered the oldest city in history and the first city of Canaan captured by Joshua, Moses' successor (Jos. 2,1), after the Hebrew tribes crossed the Jordan. It was in Jericho that the prophet Elisha blessed a spring and purified the city's The Greek Orthodox Mount of Temptation monastery overlooks the city of Jericho. if Is said Phoso. CNSiDebboe Hill waters in response to the request of the Jesus fasted for 40 days and wrestled with Satan on the mountain. Inhabitants petition. ly, in the experience of our master Paolo hire. Already in this first phase the signs It was also near Jericho where, having Mania, who for 30 years directed exca- of a flourishing city-state appear, with been taken to the desert, Jesus Christ was vations and research on the origins of the thick fortified walls. tempted by the Devil after fasting for 40 city and the development of the urban It was in the period from 2,000 to 1,500 days and 40 nights. civilisation in the third and second mil- BC when Jericho doubled in size. In Jericho there are vestiges of two his- lennium BC," Marchetti explained. strengthened the structure of the walls toric cities: that of the Old Testament, "Our objective was to research the birth and became a city of flowering businesslocated in today's Tell es-Sultan, where and evolution of the city in Palestine." es, as some Egyptian objects and shells the events connected with Joshua menThe fact Jericho presents different lay- from the Red Sea and Indian Ocean tioned above occurred, and the Jericho of ers and the city grew in height can also found in the excavations, indicate. the New Testament, today partly covered be explained, according to Marchetti. However, shortly after, the city suffered by the modern city.The New Testament "Ancient architecture used 'unbaked' a sudden decline. city was rebuilt and enlarged by Herod clay and straw bricks, kneaded and sun"Indeed, the inhabitants of Jericho expethe Great, who lived there on and off and dried. A building of this kind does not last rienced a very prosperous phase, which eventually died there. longer than one human generation, was brusquely interrupted around 1550 In the 4th century AD, a pilgrim from which means that every 20 years it must BC by destruction. Bordeaux visited Jericho for the first time be knocked down and reconstructed. "Some scholars put forward the hypothand, with Bible in hand, found quite a few "As a result, great accumulations of esis that there was a great earthquake, of the ancient places hidden in it. earth are formed, which in the course of which put an end to the life of the city. There have been four years of excava- centuries become veritable hills." "In our opinion, Ills more likely that it tions, administered under the guidance The Jordan Valley of the third millenni- was due to the military campaigns of the of Nicolo Marchetti and Lorenzo Nigro, um before Christ was richer in terms of founder of the 18th dynasty, who, from archaeologists of La Sapienza University volume of water and therefore, more fer- his base in Thebes, continued in Palesof Rome, in collaboration with the Depart- tile than it seems at present. tine with a series of successful campaigns ment of Antiquities of Palestine. The archaeologists' hypothesis is con- and the earlier Egyptian domination of The work has been carried out on a sur- firmed by the skeleton of a hippopota- Asia begins. face of six hectares, in an effort to deci- mus found in a Jericho house of about "The four years of excavations have pher Jericho's history at that time, to 2,5000 BC. Thanks to the abundance of brought to light new houses, a walled reconstruct life, and to study the political water, in the third millennium, the city enclosure and a great tower which was and economic aspects of the city referred had its first flowering, immediately man- most likely burnt by the Egyptians some to in the Bible's book of Joshua. "The ifesting a simple but efficient economic 5,000 years ago." excavation of Jericho originated, precise- structure, based on hunting and agricul- ZENIT news service

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Uluru pilgrims uncertain, but found tears, joy along the way T

he red earth gives life to the saltbush Marcus Kuczynski, the editor of the Catholic Leader, weekly newspaper of the Archplains and the wind is silence's only diocese of Brisbane, covered the National Council of Churches of Australia Pilgrimage companion. to the Heart to Ilium in central Australia. The Record last week published his report In the middle of the desert, you can be at of the culmination of the pilgrimage at Uluru. This week, he comments on the more one with God and reflect on the splendour poetic aspects of the pilgrimage. of his creation, especially after the recent rains which have given the desolate counand wearing a bright scarf depicting the the mostly Aboriginal town turned on a pictryside a rare, almost green tinge. many colours of the countryside they would nic lunch by the Darling River. The thin strip of tar that traverses this loneIt was the first opportunity for many of the ly landscape is the only sign of human habi- cross. Then it was on to Narrandera, gatepilgrims to mix with the indigenous people Area, Murnunbidgee Irrigation way to the tation. A lifeline through the desert, it shoulder to shoulder and featured singing bridges the continent and brings people for the night. Along the way, local identity and former by the children from the local primary and together from far and wide. It is into this harsh environment that a bus- long-time mayor, Dick Goss hitched a ride Catholic infants schools. Some of the pilgrims shed a tear as they load of Church leaders and their youth rep- to give a running commentary of the area's !esentatives from all corners of the country history, in particular the story of bush poet left for the afternoon run to Broken Hill. On arrival at the big mining city, the pilsavelled on a spiritual journey to the heart John O'Brien, whose real name was Mongrims visited Broken Hill's renowned Living signor Patrick Hartigan, and who was of Australia from 4-11 June. Sculptures display against a desert sunset. The destination was Uluru, formerly parish priest in the area for 27 years. The evening included a packed prayer serAt Narrandera, the locals gave the pilgrims known as Ayers Rock, and the cause was reconciliation between indigenous and non- their first taste of country hospitality, putting vice in the Wesley Uniting Church at which indigenous Australians, between cultures on a show which featured the first com- the city's Catholic priest and Assembly of Rona yball, the pilgrimage music co-ordlnafor, and races, and the Churches the pilgrims bined performance by a choir comprising God minister, who had been divided by a with one of the Aboriginal children at the Mutitjustudents from the local state primary and long-running disagreement, prayed togeth- lu community at Uluru. represented. Marct, nuczyr,• er in a sign of reconciliation. The Pilgrimage to the Heart, a project of Catholic schools. An elder of the Wiradjun people also told A civic reception followed at a venue decided to go there and pray for them and the National Council of Churches in Australia to mark the Year of Jubilee, was an her people's story to the drone of a didgeri- called "The Whitehouse", where pilgrimage their plight. While unable to make contact with the ambitious project from the moment it was doo and asked the pilgrims to deliver two director Fr Tony Doherty told, with a tear in message sticks to the indigenous people of his eye, of his special ancestral connection Muslim asylum seekers directly, the pilfirst envisaged almost five years ago. to Broken Hill dating back to the 19th cen- grims stopped within sight of a police roadOne suggestion at that time was to fly the Mutitjulu at the base of Uluru. tury. next leg Monday, 5 June, took the pilThe block outside the shopping precinct and Church leaders to Uluru for a single event. On Wednesday, the pilgrims left Broken joined in prayers led by two of the pilgrims But then the concept of a week-long pil- grims to Cohan Along the way they visited Griffith for Hill for South Australia, stopping at Peter- from the Assyrian Church of the East. grimage gained ground. Reaching the opal capital of Coober Pedy 'lb convince the heads of Churches to trav- morning tea and were given an insight into borough for lunch. The locals of the struggling wheat belt the pilgrims were given a civic welcome el on a bus for seven days, away from their how the town's multicultural population town came together in a joyous ecumenical and visited a number of the underground lives together in harmony. city churches, was just the beginning. From there the bus headed north to Cobar spirit to welcome the pilgrims. Anglican churches in the frontier town. The next step, as pilgrimage director Fr That night, a barbecue was organised and Tony Doherty and dean of St Mary's Catholic where the Great Cobar Heritage Centre deacon Heather 'Rimer told how the town's Cathedral in Sydney explained, was to offered an insight into the area's mining his- Churches had pulled together 12 months a concert and worship service were held in organise a series of visits to communities tory. That night at the local bowling and golf ago after the ministers' fraternal had effec- the school sports hall, featuring Aboriginal performers. along the way. "There were a number of club, the town welcomed the pilgrims with tively dissolved some years earlier. The bus continued to Port Augusta where The final leg on Friday, 9 June, took the pifplaces where we were not quite sure how a drama presentation by local children we would be received - even as we were depicting the pain of rejection, and choir the Church communities gathered at the grims through some of the most isolated terAboriginal Davenport Community Centre ritory to Yulara, the tourist accommodation singing. leaving Canberra," he said. A highlight etched into the memories of on the city's outskirts to light a candle on village near Uluru where, on Saturday, the Governor-General Sir William Deane farewelled the pilgrims from the national many of the pilgrims was a dance perfor- stage and make their own presentations on pilgrims visited the Mutitjulu community at the base of Uluru to meet the people and capital on 4 June after a reception at his res- mance by the children, which included two reconciliation. The next leg to Goober Pedy on Thursday take part in an impromptu soccer match youngsters in wheelchairs. idence, Yarralumla, the previous evening. 'lliesday, 6 June, began with some hesita- included a late detour to Woomera after with the Aboriginal children. The site of the National Centre for ChrisThe pilgrimage climaxed on Sunday with tianity and Culture was the venue for a spe- tion as the party left for Wilcannia, the town word reached the pilgrims of a breakout cial ceremony of farewell. From Canberra featured in a recent Nine Network 60 Min- from the town's detention centre by asylum a two and a half hour open-air worship service at Mutitjulu. This was followed by a the pilgrims set off on their mission, each utes report which made allegations about seekers. The detainees were staging a protest in visit to ICata Tjuta (the Olgas) and capped carrying a hessian swag which included a the local Aboriginal children being abused. seashell, a symbol of early Spanish pilgrims, The pilgrims' fears were relieved when Woomera's shopping precinct and it was off by a special dinner under the stars.

Evangelism: New South Wales parish takes Church to truddes on the highways of South East Australia The northern Albury parish of Thurgoona in the Diocese of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales straddles the busiest stretch of trucking highway in Australia, the Hume Highway between Melbourne and Sydney. To raise money for for its parish church recently it raffled a Kenworth prime mover, named the 'Highway to Heaven'. The raffle turned into an evangelical mission when the parish's two priests, Frs Thomas Cassanova and John Fowles of the Confraternity of Christ the Priest, took the Kenworth on the road to sell tickets at distant truck stops. Parishioner Neville Kenyon, who went with them, recounts their adventure. Story and photos courtesy of Together, the monthly newspaper of the Diocese of Wagga Wagga.

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,or four weeks my life revolved around a truck With Fathers Thomas Casanova, John Fowles and John Nestor and the big blue monster "Highway to Heaven", I travelled the truck ways of Victoria and New South Wales. Isaw placesIhad never seen before - and never want to see again. Surely the most depressing, soul deadening, dispiriting place is a truck stop - rows of bowsers, hectares of gritty, blistering concrete; a meal and shower area and nothing else, redeemed only by the kindness shown us by the friendly staff and managers. Iremember one day sitting outside of one of these truckstops with Fr Nestor. It was 40 API" In the shade and there wasn't anyone around. 14161iWAY TO HMV, tRUCK. RAFFLE k We sold one ticket for the raffle. Still, at `7.KENVA.N-11-.4 other stops we were more successful, and at every stop we handed out applications that later bore fruit. But there were also moments of exhilaraTruckle priests: Frs Cassanova, left, and Foivies. tion, such as the Sydney Market exploding The Record, June 22 2000 Page 8

into life as a river of utes, trucks and vans bandannas and their ladies in glistening poured in as the buyers arrived in the early black leather and high heeled boots. There morning.Iwas in the middle of a maelstrom. were times of joy in the knowledge that all Darting forklifts, buyers on BMX bikes, our brothers and sisters back in Thurgoona trucks, utes diving in and out of through- were spending long days and well into the ways so that just to cross from one shed to night taking requests for tickets on the another became a journey of high adven- phone or manning selling points at local serture. vice stations, while Fr Donoghue carried all Another 'high point' was the last day of the the parish responsibilities in his relaxed but raffle at the Albury Gold Cup Races when efficient manner. in a frenzy of buying, five people writing rafThere was joy in the warmth and kindness fle tickets could not satisfy the demands. of the various people who opened their I also remember moments of beauty. homes to us. Watching the trucks like a convoy of ships, Not since National Service days have I falleach a blaze of lights, steaming out of the en asleep so quickly or slept the allotted black velvet dark of Tarcutta. four hours so soundly (for we worked a fourStanding with Fr Fowles at first light at hours-on-four-off routine). Marulan after the standard all-night-vigil Indeed,I remember all of us standing at a beside the truck selling tickets, (a most wel- truck stop on Footscray Rd, in the freight discome cup of coffee in our hands), watching trict to the west of Melbourne's central busithe dawn light sculpture trees and hills as ness district the magpies warbled their hymns of praise There were the priests, who as well as sellto their Maker, while the trucks and their ing tickets, bore the brunt of all the organiweary drivers slept on. sational matters - the TV and radio I recall dropping into Eugowra, Ireland- interviews and the changes that are green, lush and gentle after stone-hard, inevitable when you have to rely on the good parched West Wyalong. will of others. The bike and truck show resembled a We stood red eyed and exhausted at the medieval tournament of brightly multi end of another baking-hot day. coloured tents and awnings. There were Fr Casanova glanced down and said softly, hundreds of bikes in a dazzle of chrome, "That concrete looks inviting".Ialso experiglinting in the soft autumn sunshine. enced joy in coming to know the truck driAnd the bikies were like knights in their vers. They are a hard working bunch who studded vests, with tattooed bare arms and do a tiring, taxing and essential job, quietly

Frs Fowles, right, and Cassanova outside St Michael's Cathedral in Wagga Wagga with the 'Highway to Heaven' rig and pupils from St Michael's Regional Boys High School who were eager to break class to see the Kenworth.

and effectively. As one who finds it almost impossible to efficiently back up a 6x4 trailer, I never ceased to marvel at the easy grace and skill with which they manoeuvred the monsters they con trolled. I admired their camaraderie, enjoyed their humour and supported their determination to do the best they

could for their families. Finally there was joy in the result, when two truck drivers won the two prizes. Barry Hayes is, like Dave, one of our parishioners, the epitome of the Australian. Tall, laconic, relaxed and superb at what he does. He was in his truck on the way to Mittagong when Fr Casanova called him.

"Are you sitting down?", Fr asked. "Of course leveL From meeting to encounter. How ironI'm sitting down. I'm driving a bloody truck". ic, how strange, how wonderful. Here was I, caught up in this wild ride of Incredulous at first, he was overjoyed with days and nights of selling, of heat and dust his good fortune. So were we all. An owner/driver had won the truck It was and bone weariness for the sake of a Church, to find my God here, in this concrete wilderfitting. It was just. seeking out his lost sheep. ness They, more than any other group, had supTime and again both priests spent an hour ported our raffle and now one of their members had won first prize and another, the or more counselling, encouraging, teaching and often administering the Sacrament of second. Reconciliation. But the most joyful memories were those Yes, they, were the peak moments for all of of watching the priests. Yes, they sold tickus. ets, and did it well To see one or other of the priests sitting Who could forget Fr Casanova dangling close to some chum a little distance away the keys of the Kenworth under the noses of and finally see both rise shake hands and a group of men passing by. see the smile on the face of the driver as he They hesitate, look at each other - and passed me into the diner. reach for their wallets. Then Father would come up and say quiOr the same priest going up to a seller at etly, "Yes, he went to Confession" and we the Footscray Markets and asking him if he were all bonded in the joy and peace of that wanted a ticket only to have him snap, "No, moment And everything made sense. I've already bought one from that other This is why we were here - to get money bloke. Is he really a priest? He should be a to build a church, certainly salesman." But the Church is so that all may come to He was still clearly annoyed that somehow know and love and worship and serve-God, he and his money had been parted. who is always and everywhere searching There were, however, more intensely joy- and seeking out all that he has created. ful moments, and it took a little time for me Back in Thurgoona, reunited with my lovely lady Liz, and surrounded by my gutsy lifeto discern these. Time and time again, with truck drivers, affirming, Christ-loving brothers and sisters hitch-hikers, snack-bar workers, console of the parish, life's a little more predictable. But I'm so grateful for that experience and operators or passing motorists, the priests for being so close to God that I could have tickets gradually and led the gently selling conversation from trucking to a far deeper almost reached out and touched him. The Record, June 22 2000 Page 9

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Couple celebrate 70 years of marriage gave up the job. He joined the Company's branch at Dalwallinu, where he delivered new ou and Cassie Hagarty, who celebrated cars. He met his wife-to-be Cassie Beer, at a dance their 70th wedding anniversary on 14 June, have received three Papal Bless- at Dalwallinu when she was 19 and he was 21. She was the "new girl in town," and worked ings, believed to be something of a world at a baker's shop where he went to buy a loaf record. One was from Pope Pius XII for their Silver of bread. They were married at St Patrick's Church, Wedding anniversary in 1955, and two from Pope John Paul II, the first in 1980 for their Fremantle when he was 26 and she was 24 in Golden Wedding (50 years) and the second 1930. He remembers the Depression when wholedated 1990 for their Diamond Wedding (60 sale sales tax came in and wages went down years). Lou, 96, still lives at home in North Perth, by half. Mrs Hagarty was a volunteer working in sevwhich has been his residence since 9 August, 1930, when he and Cassie, 94, went there as eral opportunity shops, including the first-ever St Vincent de Paul shop on the corner of Bulnewlyweds. Cassie, an Anglican, now lives at St George's wer and Fitzgerald Streets, North Perth. When he retired he used to go out with his Anglican Home, Bayswater, where Lou visits her three times a week, with the help of trans- wife or drop her at the shop and pick her up port from the St Vincent de Paul Society and in their car. Their parish priest Fr Greg Donovan at St his daughters, Nola and Carol. Their son Len, a graphic designer, has lived Paul's, Mt Lawley, gave them a blessing for their 70th anniversary and a talk about the in England for 40 years. Mr Hagarty named their home "Carolenola" sanctity of marriage at the celebrations at their daughter, Nola's, home in Doubleview. after the children. Mr Hagarty - who used to serve on the altar Originally he was a hand engraver, who went into costing, after his brother Bernard taught - now looks forward to the Sunday visit of the him book-keeping - "I hated it," he told The acolyte with Holy Communion, the parish news sheet and The Record. Record. He said "We are very much blessed in our "He taught me one way andIlearned another way at Fletcher's Business College," Mr family." Every Sunday after lunch his sister Lily BarHagarty said. He was wages clerk at Ford Motor Compa- ber, 100, telephones him from her room at the ny at North Fremantle - their first employee Trinity Village Hostel, Duncraig, and his son In this State - hut refused to go to Geelong and Len rings from England on a Sunday. By Glynnis Grainger

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years ago With Mary Busher, Perth Catholic Church Archives volunteer

Excerpts from the WA Catholic Record 23 June, 1900.

Record vs West Taking Ihe West Australian newspaper to task for suggesting that Catholics had been liberally dealt with in relation to 15,000 pounds paid as an endowment to Catholic schools, an editorial claimed: "that the sum in question was not paid or accepted as a sufficient or permanent endowment for our schools. "If such was the case such a payment would have shamed the Legislature that offered it, or stultified the body which accepted it. The sum named was paid as compensation for vested rights - for expenses that had been incurred and property that had been acquired. It had nothing to do with future annual support of a separate school system."

Heavenly hail? To mark the feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour at Sacred Heart Church Highgate Hill, during High Mass Redemptorist priest Father Clune was the special preacher. However his sermon had to be abandoned when showers of heavy hailstones falling on the iron roof drowned out his voice.

There and back Rev Father Quirke travelled overland from Onslow to Roebourne where he was to build a house for a permanent priest. But on arrival telegrams were waiting recalling him immediately to Geraldton. He told the Roebourne people he would not know if a priest was to be stationed permanently in their district until he got back to Geraldton. He added it was the Bishop's intention to build a convent school at Roebourne, "but not at present."

Federal pessimist Editorial comment on a speech on the Federation issue made at Bunbiny by Sir John Forrest. "Sir John appears to accept Federation as a foregone conclusion and to accept the event as one that cannot be helped. His attitude generally resembles that of a somewhat pessimistic person who hopes for the best.*

Give men meat

With the shortage of fresh meat continuingIn the Colony, a Goldfields report stated prices there had risen to Is. 5d. a pound. Some butcher shops had closed because they had nothing to sell. The report claimed a meat ring existed to control the market for the profit of members. Calling for Government action an editorial stated: "men whose lot it is to do hard labour must be properly fed, and failing this, their strength declines, their iealth suffers and their position generally as well as the interests of their employers - must be injured."

70 years of marriage - Cassie and Lou Hagarty

For the Jacobs its gold, gold, gold all the way Last Saturday, Joan and Joe Jacobs of Alfred Cove celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary surrounded by family and dear friends. Their sons Ross and Paul, together with daughters-in-law, Lynn and jenny, organised a party to commemorate the occasion. Ross, together with close friends of Joan and Joe's, made comment on their life together and many interesting facts were revealed, amid much laughter and merriment. Joan is well known because of her long association with The Christian Brothers College in Fremantle as Secretary and Bursar. Many students and staff still

keep in close contact with Joan. In the past years Joe, (a retired State school teacher), has devoted much of his time to teaching at the Christian Brothers Agricultural School at Bindoon with his friend Brother Tappin. In 1960 Joe decided to become a Catholic and not long after, Father Mullins commenced saying Mass at the Jacobs' family home for well over a year, until the Corpus Christi Convent was built. By the time Joan retired, she had finished 30 years of teaching Religion to State school students and Saturday classes at St Patrick's Fremantle.

This anniversary is Golden - Joe and Joan Jacobs of Alfred Cove.

Cyril and Methodius, apostles to the Slays S Lye n e4ri4ct 2000

aints Cyril and Methodius theologians. Cyril was a profesare known as the Apostles sor of Philosophy in Constanto the Slays, because they tinople and had been on a were pivotal in converting the mission to convert the Arabs. Methodius was the abbot of a Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe monastery in Greece. to Christianity They were brothers, of Greek In 860, they set out together to origin, from the city of Thessa- convert the Khazars, Tartars who lonika, where their father was a inhabited the country between high official in the government. the Black Sea and the Volga Both brothers had illustrious River. careers in Greece, and were outMethodius went on to evangestanding scholars, linguists and lise the Bulgarians who lived in Thrace and Moesia, and baptised their king, Bogoris in 861. Consequently, when the Byzantine Emperor Michael III and the patriarch of Constantinople, Photius were asked to send a political and religious mission to Moravia (now a part of Czechoslovakia), they recommended Cyril and Methodius. The two saints set out in 863, armed with an alphabet, a translation of the Bible and a Christian liturgy in the Slavic language. These translations became the foundation of Slav literature. Cyril and Methodius were very successful in converting Slavic peoples, and consequently Photo CNS/Crossers antagonised German missionarSaints Cyril and Methodius are ies, who were working, with less depicted before Pope AdrianII to ask benefit in the same area. his blessing to use the Slavic lanThey were summoned to Rome guage in their missionary work. to sort out the conflict, and in

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Perth historian Dr Jennifer Skerritt sheds some light on Catholic history to mark 2000 years of Christianity. This week: Cyril (827-8691 and Methodius (826-885) 868, came before Pope Adrian II. The Pope took their part against the Germans, and formally authorised their Slavic liturgy Unfortunately, while in Rome, Cyril died, aged only 42, but Methodius was consecrated bishop of Moravia and sent back to complete the evangelisation of the Slays, as the POpe's legate. • Nevertheless, in 870 the German clergy in Moravia seized Methodius, treated him brutally and gaoled him. Pope John VIII intervened and forced them to free him. A little healthy competition can be a good thing, but the situation here was clearly going too far. Pope John VIII then summoned Methodius to Rome a second time, to explain his use of the vernacular (the common language) to celebrate Mass, instead of Latin. After listening to Methodius,

the Pope granted his approval for the practice. Methodius continued his work among the Slays, despite further problems with other churchmen. He died,inhis seventies, among the Slav peoples he had converted. The posthumous influence of Cyril and Methodius spread through the Church to Russia, Bohemia, Poland and Croatia. The Cyrillic alphabet, called after Saint Cyril, who created it from Greek letters, replaced the older Slavonic writing. It still forms the basis of the modern Cyrillic alphabets, used in Russia, Ukraine, Serbia and Bulgaria. Consequently, the Church is responsible for the literacy of most of Eastern Europe. Under the Soviet Union, the Cyrillic alphabet was adapted for use with Eskimo and Iranian languages.

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Rome's poorest become Pope's lunch guests By Benedicta Cipolla VATICAN CITY (CNS) - In a gesture embodying the Church's preferential option for the poor, Pope John Paul II invited some of Rome's most destitute residents to lunch at the Vatican. "Among the many events of the jubilee, this is certainly for me one of the most emotional and significant," the Pope said on 15 June 15 following a four-course meal for 200 mostly homeless men, women and children in the atrium of the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall. "I wanted to meet you,I wanted to share this meal with you to tell you that you are in the Pope's heart," he said. Caritas Rome, the Catholic lay group Sant'Egidio and the Missionaries of Charity chose the participants from among the thousands of people who enter their soup kitchens and homeless shelters every day. A few days before the event, the Vatican sent out personal invitations, with each individual's name Inscribed by hand. Guests arrived to find elegantly

arranged tables with flowers, ing Muslims," he said. Each pardamask napkins and three glassticipant had a different story to es per setting - for water, wine tell, from Ljudmila, who worked and a festive toast with Italian as an engineer in Ukraine and fell bubbly. on hard times after emigrating to Seated at each table were eight Italy, to Antonio Buoniconti, who invitees, two representatives from has lived on Rome's streets ever the organising charity associasince losing his parents and wife tions and a Church official, among 10 years ago. them Cardinal Angelo Sodano, He reflected on his expectations Vatican secretary of state; Cardifor the event as he stood in front nal Edmund Szoka, who heads of the Paul VI Audience Hall, the commission governing Vatibefore the group passed through can City; and Bishop James Harthe Holy Door of St Peter's Basilivey, prefect of the pontifical ca, prayed at St Peter's tomb and household. made their way to the banquet. Reflecting the diversity of 'The best thing will be to see the Rome's poor, the Pope's table Pope up close," he said with a included two Italian men and an toothless smile. Italian woman, a young man from Buoniconti got his wish followAfghanistan, a Peruvian woman, a ing dessert and an impromptu Gypsy woman from Bosnia- Pope John Paul shakes hands with a man during the lunch. Photo: CNS,Reuters dance by children, when the Pope Herzegovina, a Senegalese man and Andrea Riccardi, founder of on the street, and to find them- teachers and students from greeted all participants individuselves with one of the most recog- Rome's major seminary emerged ally and presented each one with Sant'Egidio. As people arrived and took their nisable people on the earth made from the kitchen bearing ravioli an envelope containing money, a rosary, a papal key chain and a places, "there was a relaxed them really happy," said Di Cicco. and roast veal. "Perhaps for the first time ever," atmosphere, a real connection -The menu was designed so as reproduction of the jubilee 2000 between these people of different he said, "they felt like a person of to avoid problems" for the Mus- logo. The Vatican did not release the countries, different races," said Influence was on their side." lims in attendance and thus As a 40-member orchestra and included no pork products, Di amount of the monetary gift "out Gennaro Di Cicco of Caritas. "And then when the Holy Father choir from the Legionaries of Cicco said. of respect" for the recipients, said "This was a wish of the Holy Passionist Father Ciro Benedettiarrived, there was this joy on Christ played tunes ranging from everyone's face. These people live "La Bamba" to "0 Sole Mb ," 65 Father, to invite all people, includ- rib, a Vatican spokesman.

Media responsibility, family Net worries and priests' formation top US bishops' list By Jerry Fitteau MILWAUKEE (CNS) - Media, catechetics and ongoing formation of the ordained were among major concerns the US Catholic bishops faced as they met in Milwaukee from 15-17 June. The bishops also discussed pastoral challenges the Church faces with fewer priests, problems in the US criminal justice system and proposed changes in the structure of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy. They adopted new bylaws and a new Committee Handbook, two of the final steps in their eightyear project of restructuring their twin national bodies, the Nation- Supporters of Women's Ordination Conference, including Dominican Sister al Conference of Catholic Bishops Mary Ellen Paulson, right, demonstrate outside the Midwest Express Centre and US Catholic Conference, into where US bishops met in Milwaukee on 15 June. Pope John Paul II has said a single US Conference of the Church's ban on women priests is definitive because the Church has no Catholic Bishops. authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women." He also has The bishops voted on four said the issue is not open to debate among Catholics. Photo: (NS media-related documents, dealt with three catechetical items and • Agreed to a timeline for the at the Vatican's request, for bishapproved three separate forma- National Directory for Catechet- ops who wish to take a sabbatical tion documents, for deacons, ics which they had previously as a means of more in-depth priests and bishops. involvement in their own ongoing decided to develop. Two hundred of the nation's 283 • Issued a brief statement of formation. active bishops attended the three- affirmation and encouragement With their adoption of a new day meeting at Milwaukee's Mid- for the estimated half-million US handbook and bylaws, the bishwest Express Centre. Catholics who are involved in cat- ops are just one step from taking On the media the bishops: on a new national identity as the echetical ministry. • Approved a statement, Your Meanwhile, the three formation USCCB. Family In Cyberspace, offering documents for the ordained were Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk of parents advice on how to encour- distinct in origin and type, but by Cincinnati, who has headed the age their children to use the Inter- coincidence all three came to a restructuring process, told the net responsibly and fruitfully, vote at the same meeting. The bishops that his committee is with tips on dangers to watch for. bishops approved: working on minor editorial revi• Issued a statement, Civility in • A first-ever National Directory sions requested by the Vatican on the Media, urging journalists to for the Formation, Ministry and the statutes they approved last "respect the human dignity of Life of Permanent Deacons in the year. those about whom you report" United States, a 220-page directoHe said they could expect to vote and not turn legitimate debate ry with binding norms, based on on the final revision this Noveminto personality attacks. Vatican documents and US needs, ber, completing a process they • Launched a five-year cam- for the life, ministry and forma- began in 1992. paign to get Catholics to pledge tion of US deacons. Despite the heavy agenda of specific actions to promote • A 138-page National Plan for items to debate and vote on, the greater attention to moral values the Ongoing Formation of Priests, bishops also devoted time to disIn the media. the first comprehensive set of US cussion of a number of issues. • Established a voluntary proto- guidelines for lifelong formation They devoted almost three hours on 15 June to discussing the col under which media can seek after ordination. It highlights different formation challenges the Church in the US approval from a bishop to label themselves or some of their prod- needs at different stages in a faces in coming years as the numucts as Catholic. priest's life as well as common ber of active priests diminishes In the field of faith formation the needs at all phases to promote but the number of permanent Integral human, spiritual, intellec- deacons and ecclesial lay minisbishops: ters climbs. • Approved a project to develop tual and pastoral development. • A set of guidelines, developed Many of the bishops highlighted a national adult catechism.

more intense vocation recruitment as a top priority in response to the situation of fewer priests, but they also discussed the importance of changing parish structures, new leadership initiatives, education and a variety of other ways of maintaining and improving pastoral services. Also up for discussion, but no vote, were a draft of a proposed criminal justice statement and a new draft constitution of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy. Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, Washington, presented the criminal justice statement, which is to be refined and brought back to the bishops for a vote in November, as an effort to bring together Catholic teachings on justice and mercy, restitution and rehabilitation and care for both offenders and victims. Its goal is a new vision that will get Americans beyond current right-left polarisation on crime and justice and repair a system that almost everyone agrees is not working the way it should. Cardinal Francis George of Chicago presented the draft ICEL constitution as the structural part of an effort to restore lost trust between the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments and the commission, an 11-bishop body responsible for developing English translations of Latin liturgy texts for possible use throughout the English-speaking world. At a Mass on 15 June before the meeting opened, Bishop Joseph Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, NCCB-USCC president, cited reconciliation as a common theme running through many of the issues the bishops had before them. During the meeting, Bishop Fiorenza announced that Archbishop Pilarczyk will head a committee of five bishops to establish procedures for bishops to grant or revoke the "mandatum," or mandate from an ecclesiastical authority for a Catholic theologian to teach.

Workers' rights and globalisation highlighted By Benedicta Cipolla kATICA.N CITY (CNS) - Criticising the negative effects of globalisation on poor countries, the Vatican's envoy to the International Labor Organisation called for solutions to persistent problems affecting employment Addressing the organisation at its Geneva headquarters on 12 June, Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello highlighted issues of unemployment, child labor and the dangerous consequences of globalisation and new technologies. The Archbishop's speech was published at the Vatican on 18 June. Technological advances, he said, create a gap "between rich and poor countries and, within each country individually, between a minority capable of making a profit from globalisation and the others, in large part the least qualified workers, who are left at the margins of economic processes. The rapid economic transformation of recent times, said the archbishop, "demands a cultural change in the relationship to work in all its forms." He called for a "just and fraternal world," where workers' rights, namely access to employment and the defence of their dignity, are protected. Calling the dramatic spread of unemployment "the negation of these rights," ArchbishBertello said the op unemployed were robbed of hope and a future. In particular, he said, unemployment often targeted immigrants, "in search of a better life for themselves and their families, with their difficulties of not only economic integration, but socio-cultural integration as well."

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US bishops discuss call Support for Christians for major prison reform In Brief

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II said he hoped his trip last March to the Holy Land would lead to greater Catholic support for Christian communities in the region. Lively communities are needed "so that the names Nazareth, Bethlehem and Jerusalem would continue to give rise to sentiments of gratitude for the inexpressible mysteries which took place there," the Pope said. Pope John Paul made his comments on 19 June during a meeting with members of ROACO, a Vatican-coordinated group of charities supporting the Eastern Catholic churches as well as Latin-rite Catholic communities in the Middle East and North Africa.

Missionary expo ROME (Fides) - Three cardinals and over a thousand missionaries, men and women. Inaugurated Expo Missio 2000 on Saturday 10 June, set up in the grounds of Tre Fontane Abbey The Vatican's Secretary of State, Cardinal Angelo Sodano said: "We are here to remember in this missionary exhibition the amazing spread of Christ's Gospel all over the world and to celebrate the saving power of Christ's grace and the wonderful working of the Holy Spirit among peoples of every continent.

Mercy honoured SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) - A Mercy nun whose work has improved health care for migrants, the poor and uninsured, the people of Australia and thousands of others has received the US Catholic Health Association's lifetime achievement award. Mercy Sister Mary Mawita Sengelaub, who spent two years in Australia helping the Sisters of St. John of God design and implement their first health care system, and has been involved in Catholic health for nearly 60 years, received the honour on 11 June in San Francisco.

Irish tenor dies

DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) Irish tenor Frank Patterson, known internationally for his "glorious" voice and charitable works, was to be buried in his hometown of Clonmel on 17 June. Patterson died in New York of brain cancer on 10 June. A funeral Mass was celebrated for him on 14 June at New York's St Patrick's Cathedral, and his body was arriving in Dublin's pro-cathedral, St Mary's Church, on 15 June.

Guatemala sorry VATICAN CITY (CNS) Guatemala's new ambassador to the Vatican told Pope John Paul IIhis government accepts responsibility for mishandling the investigation into the 1998 murder of a bishop and is committed to finding the truth. The Pope welcomed the new ambassador, Acisclo Valladares Molina, to the Vatican on 15 June.

By Jerry FiHeal MILWAUKEE (CNS) - Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, Washington, called for major reforms in the US criminal justice system on 15 June as he presented the US bishops with a draft pastoral statement on crime and criminal justice. "As pastors, we bury too many young people lost in crime, drugs and gangs," he said. "We live with far too much crime and violence. But we cannot respond with simply more and more prisons, more and more executions." Bishop Skylstad, a member and past chairman of the bishops' Domestic Policy Committee, presented the document to the US bishops during their 15-17 June meeting in Milwaukee. The draft statement calls for "new efforts to rebuild lives, not just build more prisons." It blunt-

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ly rejects "simplistic solutions such as 'three strikes and you're out' and rigid mandatory sentencing." It urges greater focus on "crime prevention and poverty reduction" in an overall strategy to fight crime. Near the end of the text is a two-page plea for an end to the use of the death penalty in the United States. "Capital punish-

ment is cruel and unnecessary, it is arbitrary it often has racial overtones and it fails to live up to our deep conviction that all human life is sacred," it says. At their Milwaukee meeting the bishops had a preliminary discussion of the draft. Bishop Skylstad said the committee will refine the text in light of their comments and hopes to bring back a final version for them to vote on in November. The 37-page draft is titled Responsibility, Rehabilitation and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice. A Catholic approach to criminal justice "begins with the recognition that the dignity of the human person includes both victim and offender and insists on justice without vengeance," it says. "At its core, Catholic teaching on crime and punishment is a paradox: We will not tolerate the crime and violence which threaten the

lives and dignity of our sisters and brothers, and we will not give up on those who have lost their way. We seek both justice and mercy," the draft says. It says in the committee's consultations with all sectors involved in criminal justice - from offenders to victims, from police and prosecutors to wardens and prison chaplains - "all seemed to agree on one thing: The status quo is not really working: Victims are often ignored, offenders are often not rehabilitated and many communities have lost their sense of security." The statement decries the "astounding rate of incarceration" as a response to crime in the US. "In 1998 the imprisonment rate in America was 668 per 100,000. This is six to 12 times higher than other Western countries." it says. It notes that from 1972 to 1999 the US prison population rose nearly eightfold, from 250,000 to almost 2 million.

Study reveals US death penalty flaws Meeting in Moscow By Patricia Zapor

WASHINGTON (CNS) - A nationwide study of how the American capital punishment system has worked over the last 23 years found a pattern of errors resulting in the reversal of nearly 70 per cent of capital convictions. The study by Columbia Law School professor James Liebman looked at all of the nearly 5,500 capital convictions and appeals between 1973 and 1995. One finding concluded that nearly every State with the death penalty had such serious mistakes in capital convictions that more than half their death sentences were overturned. When cases with errors were retried, 82 per cent resulted in a sentence less than death. Seven per cent of cases that were retried ended with verdicts of innocence. The study is the latest

in a series of recent attacks on the suspend executions until quesway the death penalty is applied, tions including the availability of coming from religious leaders, DNA evidence are resolved. physicians, politicians and courts. Some speakers before the vote On 5 June, a week before Lieb- said such a call was a political man's study was released, the issue rather than a medical one Supreme Court overturned a con- and therefore was inappropriate victed Texas killer's death sen- for the AMA. tence because it was based in part In the US Congress, the Senate on that fact that he is Hispanic. Judiciary Committee held a hearThe ruling is expected to lead to ing on 13 June on the "Innocence review of dozens of other Texas Protection Act," which would cases in which the defendant's guarantee that DNA testing could race was considered to be an be available in cases where it was aggravating factor for "future dan- not used at the time of trial. gerousness" in imposing a death The bill also would provide for sentence. compensation to people who A few days after the study came were found to have been unjustly out, the American Medical Asso- imprisoned and help states prociation approved a resolution vide competent legal services encouraging the use of medical throughout death penalty proseforensic techniques - such as cutions and appeals. DNA analysis - in the criminal "American capital sentences are justice system. persistently and systematically A rejected resolution would fraught with serious error," said have called on all governors to Liebman.

Orthodox oppose Greek ID card move SALONICA, GREECE, JUNE 15 (ZENIT) - The Greek Orthodox Church reacted with determination to the government's decision to eliminate the obligatory mention of religion on identity cards, but the decision stood. The measure was taken after human rights organisations denounced that the registration of religion on this document became

a source of discrimination against citizens belonging to minority, non-Orthodox religions. Archbishop Christodulos of Athens took part in a protest march in Salonica that brought together several thousand faithful. Stating that he spoke "on behalf of the people," the Archbishop levelled an interrogation against

the government for having deleted this item from the ID card "when it had promised the contrary: "We want the optional mention of religion, which is a constitutional principle. The Church claims the right to have a discussion with the government before any decision is taken," the Archbishop said.

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - A week after newspapers were filled with stories about difficulties in the relationship between Catholics and Russian Orthodox, top officials from both churches held their usual spring meeting. Australian Cardinal Edward Cassidy, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, led the Vatican delegation at the 12-14 June meeting in Moscow. A week earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin had told Pope John Paul II he could not renew an invitation for the Pope to visit his country. Officials who accompanied Cardinal Cassidy to Moscow would not say whether the possibility of a papal trip was discussed. "We looked at questions of mutual interest, nothing extraordinary," one said. However the source revealed that one item discussed was the international CatholicOrthodox dialogue session scheduled for 12-19 July in Baltimore, which will be the first meeting of the dialogue group since 1993.

Casaroli memoirs reveal complexities of the Cold War VATICAN CITY, JUNE 16 (ZENIT) - Commenting on the publication in Italian of Cardinal Agostino Casaroli's memoirs, Cardinal Achille Silvestrini said that it is a "great history lesson that comes to us from a courageous and tenacious man." Cardinal Casaroli was John Paul II's right hand man for 13 years. His memoirs are entitled Martyrdom of Patience. Casaroli passed into history as the great diplomat of negotiations with communist countries during the Cold War. His first mission to one of these countries was in Hungary in 1963, when the trauma of the 1956 uprising was still raw. He was sent

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by John XXIII. the real author of the opening toward communism, as Cardinal Casaroli explains in

his memoirs. It was a lonely venture full of unknowns. An Austrian chauffeur left him at the Hungarian border dressed as a civilian and wearing a tie, awaiting orders from the Hungarian authorities. The instructions given to him by the Pope were not very specific. "It was necessary to see what could be done in the service of the Church in communist Hungary and Czechoslovakia." On his missions, he had to deal both with lacklustre bureaucrats and heroes of the persecuted Church, like Cardinal Mindszenty, who sought asylum in the US Embassy in Bucharest, and in whom Cardinal Casaroli saw a

"steel knife, inflexible, ready to endure any confrontation," and Cardinal Beran, Archbishop of Prague, isolated from the world for 14 long years, who in his first meeting with Cardinal Casaroli was "brimming with joy and serenity" He also had many dealings with Cardinal VVyszynski of Warsaw, whom the communists wanted the Pope to remove, as he would not bend to their impositions. In an interview with the Italian newspaper "Avvenire," Cardinal Achille Silvestrini said Cardinal Casaroli dealt with the communist regimes because "He hoped to awaken the dawn of hope for oppressed, humiliated believers.

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Misago cleared of genocide

We slept in the open like cows in a field: bishop

By Dedan Walsh KIGALI, Rwanda (CNS) - Rwandan Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro was acquitted of all charges of having organised and participated in the country's 1994 genocide of more than 500,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. The packed courtroom burst into applause when Judge Jahere Rutaremara dismissed all seven charges at the end of a 90-minute judgment: "All accusations against Misago have been dropped. Misago is free. Misago has won the trial," he said. Bishop Misago, still dressed in his pink prisoner's uniform and wearing a pectoral cross around his neck, walked freely from the courtroom minutes later. "I am very happy with the verdict," he said, as well-wishers from the crowd cheered him. The trial, which started in September, had "uncovered the truth," he said. State prosecutors had demanded that Bishop Misago face the death penalty, but Judge Rutaremara dismissed all charges with detailed explanations. The judge said Bishop Misago had always acted to save those in his protection, including a group of priests and schoolchildren who were later killed. Bishop Misago participated in meetings with local officials who later organised massacres, the judge said, but the evidence suggested the purpose of the meetings was to distribute aid to displaced people. "Nobody could prove what Bishop Misago did in those meetings, even after hearing both prosecution and defence witnesses," he

oners. I had a piece of sheeting like everyone else, and we slept in KIGALI, Rwanda (CNS) - Bishop the open air like cows in a field," Augustin Misago of Gikongoro, he said. Keeping faith in God was not cleared days earlier of charges of involvement in Rwanda's 1994 difficult during the captivity, he genocide, described the poor con- said. "There was no problem. On the ditions of his prison and said he would return to his diocese as contrary, you only have to be in prison to see how what fervent soon as his health improves. Speaking to Catholic News Ser- believers the other prisoners vice in the Archdiocese of Kigali, were. They became more fervent Bishop Misago said that while he than ever in there," he said. The bishop declined to say what was not mistreated during his 14month imprisonment in Kigali's emotions were going through his main jail, he developed serious mind as the judge read out the 90cardiovascular and respiratory minute verdict, saying it was a "personal matter." problems. Earlier, the prosecution had The jail holds almost 8,000 genocide suspects in notoriously over- demanded Bishop Misago be sencrowded conditions that have tenced to death if found guilty. At the outset of the trial, Bishop been criticised by human rights Misago claimed that his prosecugroups. "The authorities showed a car- tion had a political dimension. Bishop Misago said he ing attitude, but I was already in fragile health, and it just got "admired" the courage of the worse.Icouldn't get the treatment judges who "dared to pronounce I needed on time," said the bish- the verdict," saying that he op, who coughed and wheezed believed they were under political pressure. However, he said his frequently during the interview. For the first months of his cap- confidence in the Rwandan juditivity Bishop Misago had an indi- cial system had not been fully vidual cell but was moved into restored. "We must wait and go slowly the open-air, shared compound because it's not over yet," he said, on advice from his doctors. "The cell was comfortable but referring to the 11 Catholic priests there was no air circulation, so I and two nuns currently awaiting moved in with the crowds of pris- trial on genocide-related charges. By Beclan Walsh

Rwandan Bishop Augustin Misago hugs a friend outside the Kigali court where he was acquitted of all genocide charges on 15 June. Photo CNS,Reuters said. The hot, stuffy courtroom was packed to capacity, mostly with well-wishers, during the long hearing. Bishop Misago stood at the bench, flanked by three guards. Behind him, the papal nuncio to Rwanda, Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, and Archbishop Thadee Ntihinyurwa of Kigali, who have consistently supported Bishop Misago throughout the trial, sat together. They were surrounded by four other Rwandan bishops, several priests and three nuns. The evidence examined the bishop's activities during the spring and summer of 1994, when at least 500,000 `Thtsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by Hutu extremists in a politically organised pogrom. Where there was evidence against Bishop Misago, it was contradictory and often based on

hearsay, Rutaremara said, dismissing prosecution claims for damages of 1 million Rwandan francs (US$2,800). Referring to an allegation that Bishop Misago ordered the massacre of 90 Tutsi children in the Marie Merci school, he said: "All of the accusations are founded on what people say, but there is nothing palpable." If the bishop wanted to have the children killed, he could have told the soldiers who surrounded the school, but instead he said nothing, Rutaremara said. Another charge related to the murder of three Catholic priests who had been hiding in the diocesan compound. The judge said Bishop Misago had done his best to save their lives, including paying a bribe of 500,000 francs (US$1,400). Bishop Misago said he hoped to return to his diocese by next week.

Verdict: Vatican rejoices

for the thousands of people who still remain in Rwandan prisons" VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vat- accused of participating in genoican "cannot but rejoice that the cide. The court verdicts should be truth was recognised" in the weak from hunger, said church acquittal of a Rwandan bishop made "avoiding in every case the accused of participating in geno- infliction of capital punishment," leaders. he said. Parish priest Father Elvio Orta- cide, a Vatican spokesman said. The prosecutor in Bishop MisaSpokesman Joaquin Navarrolan warned of education collapse Valls said on 15 June the Vatican go's case had asked for the death if the government does not treat was pleased that Bishop Augustin penalty. Navarro-Valls said the the issue as a matter of urgency. Misago of Gikongoro was found Vatican hopes the verdict in BishSeveral schools in the archdio- innocent "of each of the charges op Misago's case will have a posin the trial which saw him itive impact on church-state cese have been closed. He said the Church was ready to accused of planning the genocide relations in "a nation so sadly marked by the immense tragedy deliver food aid in different parts perpetrated in that country in of genocide." 1994." of the archdiocese and blamed The Vatican's nuncio to Rwanda But in addition to welcoming the the government for the crisis, say- verdict in Bishop Misago's case, said, "We thank the Lord for the ing poor food policies have led to he said, the Vatican "hopes that a conclusion of this long and suffering. just judicial solution also is found painful event. . . ." By Cindy Wooden

Archbishop calls for urgent aid action KIGALI. Rwanda (CNS) - Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kisangani has called for urgent humanitarian assistance for the war-torn city following fighting between Rwandan and Ugandan troops that killed hundreds and left much of the city destroyed. "We urgently require food and other assistance, not only for the poor but for the whole population, which has been affected," he said in a telephone interview from the Belgian capital, Brussels,

where he has been stranded since fighting broke out on 5 tune. At least 600 people, many of them civilians, died in the battle, which reduced one-third of the town to rubble. The Catholic cathedral was directly hit by a bomb, causing damage the bishop estimated will cost at least US $300,000 to repair. • . Lack of food because of drought in Kenya has caused more than 40 per cent of students in the Archdiocese of Nyeri to drop out because they are too

Mystifying questions multiply as Agca returns to Turkey By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) - When would-be papal assassin Melunet All Agca was released from an Italian prison and flown back to his native Turkey in mid-June, he left behind a trail of mystery and mystification. On a human level, most people - including Pope John Paul II, who long ago forgave his assailant were pleased for the 42-year-old Agca, whose white hair, gaunt frame and downcast demeanour have made him a pathetic figure in the eyes of many Italians. But for those who spent years investigating the stories Agca spun, the presidential pardon was bittersweet. "The truth about the attack on the Pope is flying away with him," onetime Agca prosecutor Antonio Marini said wistfully. Inside a Vatican apartment, meanwhile, a retired papal usher and his family sat by the telephone with new, fragile hope that their daughter, Emanuela Orlan-

di, might turn up after 17 years. After the girl disappeared one summer day in Rome, Agca claimed she had been abducted by his terrorist accomplices and would be freed when he was allowed to leave prison. "Agca has been pardoned, and maybe this will bring some good news for us, too," said Ercole Orlandi, the father of the missing girl. Arrested immediately after he shot and wounded the pope in St Peter's Square on 13 May, 1981, Agca was tried and sentenced to life in prison. A few years later, he began tantalising magistrates with tales of plots, Soviet-bloc agents and a Pho#, CNIS Artiro Man network of accomplices. Heavily spotlighted by US Pope John Paul II talks with his would-be assassin Mehmet All Agca in a Rome media, the "Bulgarian connec- prison in 1983, two years following the attempt on the pontiff's life. tion" theory alleged that the papal lion during the famous "Bulgari- statements delivered in a weird assassination attempt was carried an connection" trial of 1985-1986. monotone, alternately claiming to out by Agca on the orders of BulAgca at first seemed to relish the be Jesus Christ, an angel or God's garian intelligence officials, with limelight in the packed bunker- prophet. Then he backed off the the direct support of Bulgarian courtroom, adding new details Bulgarian story altogether, saying diplomats in Rome and a handful about alleged contacts with a he had made it up. of Ihrkish terrorists. Prosecutor Soviet agent. But he began spicThe defendants were acquitted Marini was driven to exaspera- ing his testimony with outrageous for lack of evidence and Agca

returned to prison, where he later said Italian intelligence agents had fed him information about the "Bulgarian connection." But the investigation and trial still left a dominant impression at the Vatican, echoed time and again by high church officials: Agca could not have acted alone. As the years went by, Agca grew more and more interested in the story of the Marian apparitions at Fatima, Portugal. He was impressed with the Pope's own belief that Mary had saved his life. Soon Agca was proclaiming himself an agent in a divine plan. Agca's newfound religious role did not impress Italian investigators, however, who considered it yet another mask They were convinced the Turk was continuing to hide the truth about the papal shooting; when the presidential pardon came, in fact, investigators were still pursuing the case, adding new documentation to the tens of thousands of pages already sitting in storage.

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North Korea papal visit chance By Cindy Wooden VATICAN GUY (CNS) - A papal visit to North Korea on the heels of the first North-South summit meeting would keep the momentum of good will going, said South Korea's ambassador to the Vatican. "The sooner the visit, the greater the impact," Bae Yang-il, the ambassador, told Catholic News Service on 16 June. . A spokesman for South Korean President Kim Dae-jung announced on 15 June that during the three-day summit, North Korean President Kim Jong Ii said he intended to invite Pope John Paul 11 10 visit. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said that as of June 16 no official communication or invitation had come from North

Korea. Bae said the South Korean president had recommended a papal visit to his northern counterpart. The North Korean president reportedly asked how old the Pope was. The South Korean responded, "Eighty." Then the North Korean said, "Let him come and visit." Bae said that when his president visited the Vatican in March, he had spoken to the Pope about the possibility of visiting the largely isolated communist North. The Pope said he would like to visit, but it would be "a miracle" if it happened, Bae said. The ambassador said South Korea's government believes a papal trip to the North "would contribute to reconciliation and peace in the Asian region and

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North Korean leader Kim Jong II, right, and South Korean President Kim Daejung attend a welcoming ceremony on 13 June in North Korea.

throughout the world, not just on the Korean peninsula." "I would like this to happen as soon as possible because there is so much momentum and excite-

ment for reconciliation and peace after the summit," Bae said. The South Korean ambassador said on 19 June he raised the idea of a papal visit to both parts of the

Korean peninsula during a 17 June meeting with Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, the Vatican's foreign minister. Father Bernardo Cervellera, director of Fides, told CNS that the North Koreans are grateful to the Catholic Church for its ongoing emergency relief and development aid and the government knows friendly relations with the Vatican could help its stature in the international community "The whole summit was followed by the Catholic Church with an enormous prayer campaign so that it would bear fruit," Father Cervellera said. The priest said South Korean Catholics were rejoicing over agreements to facilitate the reunification of families split by the political division of the peninsula 50 years ago.

Indonesians back peaceful Papua talks Police prime suspects JAKARTA (UCAN) - A Church Protestant-run "Suara Pembaru- ever, a government minister official's call for a persuasive an" (voice of renewal) quoted the announced a decision to use a rather than a violent approach in Dutch-born Franciscan mission- "persuasive approach" in resolvresponding to West Papuans' dec- ary brother as saying right after a ing West Papua's separatist laration of independence was controversial West Papuan con- demand. later endorsed by a statement of gress closed. The declaration of West Papuan the Indonesian government. West Papuan leaders who Independence made by some Franciscan Brother Theo van assembled for the congress from 3,000 delegates was a conseden Broek, chairman of Jayapura 29 May-4 June passed a resolu- quence of the people's 38-year diocese's Justice and Peace Com- tion declaring West Papua's inde- bitter experience with Indonesia, mission, said the central govern- pendence from Indonesia. Brother van den Broek noted. ment should open its heart to President Abdurralunan Wahid West Papua, the western half of dialogue with the Papuan people. rejected the declaration and New Guinea, was annexed by "Don't respond with violent warned that strong measures Indonesia in 1963. action," he said. would be taken to safeguard A vote by some leaders under "The government should better Indonesia's territorial integrity. the supervision of the United use a human approach based on Following a cabinet meeting Nations in 1969 formalised love, peace and fraternity," the chaired by Wahid on 7 June, how- Indonesia's rule over the area.

Nascimento calls refugees home

ATAMBUA, Indonesia (CNS) - the invitation of Bishop Anton Bishop Basilic, do Nascimento of Pain Ratu of Atambua, whose dioBaukau, East Timor, called on East cese borders East Timor. Timorese refugees in Indonesia to Bishop do Nascimento also visreturn home, saying the security ited refugees in camps in Atamsituation and economy in their bua and in Kada. Farmers have homeland has improved. resumed their normal activities in The emergency situation is over East Timor's villages, said Bishop and people are getting on with do Nascimento. the work of development, he told However, he acknowledged that some 5,000 refugees on 9 June at in Dili disturbances often occur Stella Marts Church in Atapupu, due to the high rate of unemployIn Indonesian-governed western ment. Timor. The bishop advised those who Bishop do Nascimento visited committed crimes during or after the refugees in Belu district upon East Timor's referendum last year

to delay their return. "You can return to East Timor when the law is established in the new state of Timor Leste, so you can be judged according to the prevailing law. But it is up to you to decide," he said. Timor Leste is a local term for East Timor. During a separate meeting with East Timorese leaders from the refugee camps, Bishop do Nascimento asked them to encourage the refugees to return and promised to visit again to promote reconciliation.

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MANADO, Indonesia (UCAN) - and Interreligious Affairs. The egorised as non-believers, he Religious fanatics, not religions, Jesuit priest, an expert on Islam added. are instigating communal con- who served as a missioner in Noting that there are reports of flicts in various parts of the world, Indonesia and elsewhere in Asia, religious fanatics who hate peoa Federation of Asian Bishops' made the statement at the press ple of other religions in all parts Conferences (FABC) official told conference on 2 June at the 11th of the world, he said, "Fanatics reporters in Indonesia. general assembly of the Christian like to instigate riots and to wage "Riots or discrimination against Conference of Asia (CCM. war because they do not respect minority religions as in Indonesia Religious fanatics could come the rights of other people." is not the fault of majority reli- from any religion and they have a Father Michel cited examples of gion," said Jesuit Father Thomas poor perception of their own reli- conflicts instigated by Christian, Michel, ecumenical secretary of gion, the Catholic priest said. Muslim and Hindu fanatics in the FABC Office of Ecumenical Some of them could even be cat- Bosnia, Kosovo and Chechnya.

in death of witness

NEW DELHI, India (CNS) - diocese's Nawada mission staThe murder of a Franciscan tion on 7 June. brother in a northern Indian Ekka, who worked for six years mission station took a new turn for the indigenous Franciscan when his cook died in police Missionary Brothers and lived custody. in their Nawada mission comWhile police said Vijay Ekka, pound with his wife, discovered 23, committed suicide in Uttar the brother's body in the mornPradesh state's Narauli police ing but denied having witnessed station, where they had ques- the murder or heard the brothtioned him since 10 June, some er's cries for help. Church leaders suspected the Archbishop Concessao quoted Catholic youth died on 17 June the brothers, who took meals to of torture. Ekka, as saying that the youth "Where are we heading if peo- had told them about being torple who are to protect us engage tured and also of his fear of in anti-social activities?" Arch- police killing him during the bishop Vincent Concessao of questioning. Agra asked at a press conferElsewhere, Christian leaders ence in New Delhi on 18 June. said the recent murders of two The archbishop, who saw ministers and the explosion of Ekka's body before coming to bombs outside four Christian the nation's capital, said it had churches would not provoke turned blue and bore wound their communities into violence. marks. "We are Indians and we love He described the death as "a our country," the president of clear case of murder" and the Catholic bishops' conferdemanded serious action ence, Archbishop Alan De Lasagainst the police. tic of Delhi, told Vatican Radio. Local TV news channels "We will avoid every act of vioreported on 18 Tune that state lence, and we will never harChief Minister RP Gupta has bour any elements of revenge in ordered the arrest of the police our hearts," he said on 12 June station officer and suspended as he prepared to lead a Christwo other police officials. tian delegation meeting with Archbishop Concessao's sec- Indian Prime Minister Atal retary told UCA News on 19 Behari Vajpayee. June that Church officials had The mixed Catholic-Protestant not yet received the autopsy delegation requested the meetreport, but quoted local news- ing after a rash of violence papers in Agra saying that the against Christians and their death was due to strangulation. churches in early June. A United Christian Forum for On 8 June bombs went off outHuman Rights statement, issued side four Christian churches in at Archbishop Concessao's three states. press conference, said that The partially burned body of police took Ekka into "illegal the Rev Ashish Prabash Masih custody" after a six-member was found with several stab gang killed Brother George wounds in his residence on 11 Kuzhikandam in the Agra Arch- June in Punjab state.

Missionary Salesian uses agricultural approach to help people By Thomas Kent MING1UNG, India (UCAN) Salesian Father Thomas Vattoth was determined to avoid mistakes other Christian missioners committed in northeastern India when he set up an agricultural farm in Arunachal Pradesh's rain forests. "In a place where 100 per cent of people are farmers, Ills better to have a demonstration farm of this kind than just start a school," he explained. He said Christian

mission projects should not alienate people "from their life situa-

tions, as most of our schools have done in the past." He said the emphasis on "academic and bookish learning" has led to a "social turmoil" in the region as many remain jobless after studies, adding that the educated "do not want to go back to their agricultural fields." "Learning from past mistakes, we want to begin anew from a clean slate," the Salesian said explaining the reason for setting

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up the farm school. His clean slate was a 100-acre (40.49 hectare) property bought in 1996 from 28 Wancho tribal families in Tirap district bordering Myanmar. Fr Vattoth then established an agro-forestry demonstration project for the people "so that, children are not removed from their farming backgrounds, but learn to be better farmers than their forefathers." With 900,000 people, the 83,743square-kilometre state is India's most sparsely populated, but it

does not produce sufficient food State in the Himalayan foothills year-round, Father Vattoth said. gets an average 2032 millimetres Wancho tribals in Mingtong vil- to 4064mm a year, but the people lage produce food for six months need to know better ways of farmand for the other six months, they ing to benefit from the fertile subsubsist on tubers, jungle roots and tropical land. fruits. "This results in malnutri"The idea behind the model tion and high rates of infant mor- farm was to grow many different tality" said the priest. types of fruits so that children can A study conducted in five vil- supplement their frugal diet and lages by the priest's Mingtong improve their nutrition value," the Catholic Centre found that only 61-year-old priest said. four out of an average of seven Fr Vattoth has also started plantchildren born to a family survived. ing coffee, cardamom and black The Salesian priest said the pepper in his mission.

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t Michael's is a Catholic primary school situated in the Our Lady of Assumption Parish Brunswick Junction. Brunswick Junction is 25 kilometres from Bunbury on the South Western Highway and caters for boys and girls from Kindy to Year Seven. In 1951 at the invitation of Archbishop Prendiville the Presentation Sisters arrived to found the first Catholic school. In 1952 the school began in the renovated cheese factory. The Sisters taught there for almost two years until a new three-room building was built. It was officially opened on Sunday 11 April, 1954. 1995 saw Sr Maura O'Connell as the last Presentation Sister Principal of St Michael's. In 1996, Simon Casey was appointed acting lay principal. It was during this year that the Presentation Order decided to withdraw from St Michael's. St Michael's school community is very much appreciative of the role that the Sisters played and to this end an ongoing annual Presentation Scholarship has been created. In 1997 the first lay Principal was appointed. It was also the year that !Cindy was introduced. Presently, St Michael's has an enrolment of 46 children. This year the school has undergone a maintenance programme, which has given the school a much-needed facelift. St Michael's aims to offer to the community of Brunswick and its surrounding districts an educa-

Learning the fun way - with a hands on approach. Pre-Primary and Kindergarten students build a farm house and yard.

hire above the playground equipment. The children of St Michael's have also played their part in the days a week with computers. local community. Though small in size, St Michael's They were instrumental in the endeavours to give opportunities planting of shrubs at the newlyfor each child to develop in created Pioneer Park as well wholeness and holiness. being involved in Tidy Town. In 1998, in recognition of the They also participate in the marvellous work of two special ANZAC Day march held each people, it was decided to dedicate year in the town. the Library to Mrs Laurel AtherThe children have been well ton for her many years of comsupported by the hard-working mitted and dedicated service. members of the School Board and 'Mrs A,' as she is affectionately P&F Committee who run a variety referred to, had introduced many of events and activities througha child to the wonders of books. The other person to be recog- The elementary principals of science, out the year. St Michael's is a special place nised was Mr Ted Brophy who, as demonstrated in a practical way with where it is common to see chila volunteer, has been instrumen- fun. tal in developing computer tech- have also received the benefits of dren from Kindy to Year Seven nology for the students. local support from the Brunswick playing games together, and As early as 1996 St Michael's Lions and other community where the Pre-Primary to Year had access to the Internet. groups who over the last four Sevens have a combined weekly Now, as a result of the State Gov- years have made donations to the sport session. St Michael's is the second smallernment funding and Ted's fore- school towards developing the sight, the children of a small rural level of facilities, namely the bas- est school in the Diocese of Buntown can access anywhere in the ketball courts and a shade struc- bury. world from their classrooms. Though ills small, the school The staff have been fortunate to community constantly searches have the opportunity to have for ways to draw more families spent a number of days with one into the school. of the world's leaders in the field It feels confident that with conof Collaborative Learning, Carole Principal: Mr Peter Sell tinued support from the parents, Cooper. the school will be a viable operaAddress: Sommers Rd, Last year parents were invited to tion for many years to come, conBrunswick Junction WA 6224 attend an evening presentation, tinuing to serve the Catholic Phone: 9726 1317 which will be repeated again later community of the Brunswick Fax: 9726 1502 this year, when Carole returns for area, while offering an education Mobile: 041 985 3084 another day's inservice. that is centred on the needs of the Email: stmich@geo.net.au The children of St Michael's children placed under its care.

There's nothing like throwing a ball - Years Two, Three and Four students participate in a South-West Netball coaching clinic.

lion which focuses on Christ's values of Faith, Hope and Love. The school and parish communities come together to celebrate the sacraments as well as for the celebration of the parish Feast know as the Festa, held on or around the Feast of the Assumption, with Bishop Peter Quinn as the main celebrant. The school staff is made up of two full-time teachers, two parttime teachers, one being a music teachers, two teacher assistants, a part-time secretary, a Library Officer and a part-time cleaner. There is also a volunteer who works with the children three

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