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Late breaking news: Vatican releases first revision in 25 years of instructions for celebrating and offering Mass - Page 2

Kimberley Catholics go on pilgrimage to Beagle Bay -Page 8

Young pilgrims blessed for Rome Jubilee trip

Denise Wijasuriya from Attadale parish: delighted to be going.

Archbishop Barry Hickey blesses Perth youth who will go to Rome for World Youth Day.

By Peter ilosengren A buzz of excitement hung in the air as more than a hundred youth from around the Perth archdiocese's parishes gathered in St Mary's Cathedral Parish Centre last Tuesday night. They and extra family mem-

bers - mostly mums and dads were there for the final meeting to co-ordinate their pilgrimage to Rome, as part of the international World Youth Day celebrations set to commence on 15 August with Mass in St Peter's

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Hundreds of thousands of young people from around the world are expected to participate. The Perth Archdiocese is sending approximately 135 youth and young adults for the celebrations with Pope John Paul II, part of a larger Australian contingent of more than 1,000 young people. The Perth contingent will be leaving in groups over several days from 5-12 August. Archbishop Barry Hickey commissioned the youth, telling them that pilgrimage is a holy and ancient custom of Christian people. 'It reminds us that our lives are a pilgrimage towards our eternal life,' he said.

'So I congratulate you on being able to go, and I congratulate the parishes, schools and colleges that have raised the money to sponsor you.* He said the faith of the young people had inspired them to go to the Holy Land, Rome, or both. Five years ago he and Fr Tim Foster went to World Youth Day in Manila with approximately 30 young people from Perth. But the large Perth contingent of young people going this year was 'tremendous,' he said. As for those going to the Holy Land, they were lucky. 'When you're there you feel like you're back in the time of Jesus,' he said. Unfortunately he would not be able to join the Perth contingent until the last few days of the celebrations, but, he promised, 'we'll join you.' He also told the young people they would be spending a vigil with the Holy Father which begins on the evening of Saturday 19 August. on the campus of the University of Tor Vergata, located on the outskirts of Rome. The vigil will finish on the Sunday morning with a papal Mass. The plan is for youth to bring a sleeping bag or rug and sleep out that evening. However, he said, 'Whether I sleep out there that night - we'll wait and see.'

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But we'll be there with you as much as possible,' he promised Meanwhile, just as the disciples in the Gospel account had felt their hearts burning within them as they journeyed on the road to Emmaus and listened to Jesus explain the Scriptures to them. they would also have a similar experience. he hoped. In Rome. the young pilgrims would sense Jesus in their companions. in their prayer together and as they sing songs and 'in the faces of the poor you'll see on the streets' 'And your hearts will go out to them because you bear His Imprint in your souls by Baptism, because you are Christian people, you are followers of Jesus,' he said. The Archbishop then commissioned the pilgrims and prayed over them for their journey. Afterwards, Denise Wijasuriya. 24, from St Joseph Pignatelli parish in Attadale, told The Record she was the only representative of her parish. However, the psychology student at Notre Dame University added, she was delighted to be going to Rome to see the Pope. -I'm so excited. I've never been anywhere, never travelled, never been on a pilgrimage,' she said, adding 'I feel really blessed.' Like many others there on 'fliesday evening, Noel Chow, 22, a

Melanie Oldenhof, Noel Chow and Charlie McLeod from Bateman: excited. molecular biologist; Charlie McLeod. 19. a medicine student at the University of Western Australia: and Melanie Oldenhof, 23, a laboratory assistant - all Bateman parishioners - used one word to describe their feelings about going to Rome: excited. Noel said the pilgrimage would be 'a really good opportunity to visit Europe, to see the Pope and also to experience a different culture in a spiritual way' Melanie, who has never been overseas before, said that after the celebrations she would be heading off for Medjugorje to spend some time at the famous Marian centre. 'It's a big adventure,' she agreed. Charlie Lake, a late inclusion in the pilgrimage due to a vacancy occurring, said she expected the pilgrimage to be, among other things, a lot of fun. She expected to meet new friends, experience different parts

of the world and also deepen her faith. Asked what was important about the pilgrimage she said: 'Having so many young people together in one place and to be able to celebrate Mass with the Pope - it'll be unbelievable.' Meanwhile, Kevin Gorey from Flightworld. the Perth travel agency handling almost all the pilgrimage bookings, noted later that, after the celebrations conclude in Rome, Perth young people would be heading off in every possible different direction. Mike Deering, also from Flightworld, said the bookings side of the pilgrimage had unexpectedly become a headache when the air travel company which was made up of a partnership between Alitalia and KLM airlines, had unexpectedly separated. 'So we needed to reorganise the entire flight schedule for all of them: it was very, very difficult to do.' he said.

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Passing on the Faith has often • Put your Faith into practice: been seen as the mother's role. Live a life of virtue at home and Of course, she has a most vital away from home. Be a winless of role in fostering prayer and what you believe. awareness of God in her children. • Use your own experience: Most families acknowledge how Draw from your own life exammuch they depend on the mother ples of what it means to believe for passing on the Faith. and to live your Faith in daily life. But the task is not hers alone. It • Pray with your family: Don't would be wrong for the father to leave it to mum or the older chilthink that it is her task, and not dren. Be there with them and be his. He has much to contribute. there at Mass in the Parish Church I came across an article recent- every Sunday. ly listing the eight habits of High• Give your children time: It is ly Effective Fathers in transmitting Important to "spend' time with the the Faith. family, because not a second of it I thought that they would be of is ever wasted. They need to feel interest to families and an encour- your love and support. agement to fathers: • Watch what comes into the • Know your Faith: Be familiar house: The television, the Interwith the Scriptures by reading a net, the comics, all need some passage each day, and leaf monitoring. There is some territhrough the Catechism of the ble stuff around at present. Catholic Church, reading sections • Know your children's friends: that catch your eye. You will be The power of peer pressure is better informed and more confi- strong. Welcome friends of your dent to speak to the children children but keep alert to harmabout their Faith. ful influences like witchcraft

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First revision of Mass instructions in 25 yrs WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Vatican preference for "Eucharistic reservation Congregation for Divine Worship and In a chapel suited to the faithful's private the Sacraments this Friday. 28 July. was adoration and prayer." due to issue the first revision in 25 years It said the tabernacle could be placed of the General Instruction of the Roman In the sanctuary if a chapel of reservaMissal. tion "is impossible because of the strucThe new Latin-language instruction — ture of the church." to be released simultaneously in WashThe new instruction gives equal weight ington in an English study translation - to the options of reserving the Eucharist Introduces numerous minor changes in in a chapel or "in the sanctuary, apart the way Mass is to be celebrated. from the altar of celebration." It declares that it is "desirable whenevIf a chapel of reservation is used, it says er possible" for the priest to celebrate the chapel should be "integrally conMass facing the people. nected with the church" and "conspicuSome Catholic groups have been press- ous to the faithful." If the tabernacle is in the sanctuary, it ing for Church officials to adopt the view that the preferable form of celebration is should "not be on the altar on which for priest and people alike to be facing Mass is celebrated," the instruction says eastward, which entails the priest having - answering a question of some who argued the 1975 instruction did not prohis back to the people. The 1975 instruction simply said the hibit placing the tabernacle on the altar altar in every church "should be free- of celebration. The new instruction explicitly says the standing to allow the ministers to walk around it easily and Mass to be cele- decision on placement of the tabernacle belongs "to the Judgment of the diocesan brated facing the people." The new instruction repeats those bishop." It adds that if the reserved Eucharist is words, but after "facing the people" it adds, "which is desirable whenever pos- In the sanctuary, "the priest, deacon and other ministers genuflect to it when they sible." The location of the tabernacle has been approach or leave the altat but not during the celebration of Mass itself' - claranother source of ongoing controversy The 1975 instruction expressed strong ifying a vagueness in the previous Instruction which led some to argue that the priest and other MANNING Sr ASSOCIATES ministers should genuflect to the tabernacle whenever they crossed in front of it during Mass. The instruction says that when ministers would genuflect, other Contact Lens Consultants those carrying the processional Mark Kalnenas (B. optom) cross or candles bow instead. Grove Plaza, Cottesloe Only those who are not 9384 6720 engaged in ministry during the Mass genuflect whenever they

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"cross before the most Blessed Sacrament," and they do not do so if they are in a procession. The instruction clarifies that communicants are never to receive the sacrament from one another, but only from the priest or another eucharistic minister. The US bishops' Committee on the Liturgy prepared the English study translation of the text and devoted the JuneJuly issue of its newsletter to a commentary on it. By agreement with the Holy See, the committee planned to post the official Latin text of the instruction on the Internet as soon as it was released, for viewing or downloading free. It can be found in the liturgy department section of the Web site www.nccbuscc.org. The instruction is meant to accompany the third edition of the Roman Missal and will take effect with the promulgation of that missal, which is expected to he published later this year. Most of the new instruction simply repeats the norms and regulations of the 1975 instruction. In fact, the entire "Introduction," setting out the historical, theological and spiritual framework for the document, is virtually identical to the one published in 1975.

In many places where the new instruction is different, the difference is simply additional language to clarify or spell out more specifically what a rule or statement means. In other places new rules are set out, especially where there have been disputes over contrasting interpretations of the 1975 document. Many such additions reflect Vatican rulings over the past 25 years in response to questions about the 1975 text. Some practices previously allowed or not addressed in the 1975 instruction are prohibited by the new instruction. For example, there is a specific prohibition against carrying the Lectionary in the entrance procession. Like the 1975 instruction, the new one says that the deacon or a reader may carry the Book of the Gospels in the opening procession. But the new one adds the words, "The Lectionary is never carried in procession." The new instruction also says how the Book of the Gospels is to be carried during the procession — "elevated slightly." The new instruction says that only a priest, deacon or instituted acolyte is to clean the sacred vessels after Communion or after Mass. Continued on Page 11

Sisters bid fond goodbye

Corrections The Records front-page headline and report of the funeral of Fr Alex Morahan incorrectly said Bassendean's parish priest died while praying the Rosary after he had celebrated and offered Mass on Wednesday12 July. Fr Morahan had participated in the Rosary before Mass. Two eyewitnesses have told The Record Fr Morahan took off his vestments in the sacristy after Mass and came out to tell parishioners he felt unwell. After sitting on a hench on the sanctuary Fr Morahan died with parishioners around him. The error occurred in a source The Record relied on. Also, the parish church of Bassendean was reported as 'St Michael's' when it is `St Joseph's'. The primary school Is St Michael's. The error was made by the reporter.

By Glynnis Grainger About 1000 people attended the Open Day at the Highgate Convent of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions last Sunday Between 9.30am and 5.30pm, a constant stream of people, including ex-students of the Sisters, went through the convent to farewell the Sisters after 103 years of work in education and pastoral care. The Sisters had, in fact, invited their past students, friends and associates to call in and wander through the three-storey convent building any time between 10am and 4pm. The curious were able to see the nun's cells upstairs, the students' boarding quarters and the novices' and postulants' rooms on the third storey, after walking up a flight of stairs or taking the lift. Some ex-students brought their husbands or wives along and caught up with old friends. The adjacent Sacred Heart Primary School will probably use some of the convent buildings when the Sisters have left. Sr Veronica Martin told The Record "It was a great success. We were very happy with the day." Sister Patricia Byrne (formerly Sr Genuna), who now works with the Vietnamese community in and around Highgate, and Sr Elizabeth Stokes, who teaches music, will move into a house in Mary Street, near the convent, so that they will be able to continue their work in the Highgate community. The rest of the sisters will leave Highgate in November for Fifth Avenue, Shelley, where they will move into a new aged care facility, under the administration of Southern Cross WA Aged Care.

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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) - As Israeli and Palestinian leaders meeting in the US tried to reach an agreement on the status of Jerusalem. Pope John Paul II encouraged them to keep the spiritual meaning of the city in mind. Speaking to visitors at his summer residence on 23 July. the Pope said he knew the negotiations between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak were not easy. but he asked -the leaders to continue their efforts." US-mediated negotiations began two weeks earlier at Camp David in Thurmont. Maryland, and seemed to be mired in the details of an agreement on Jerusalem. which Israelis and Palestinians have claimed as their capital. At Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, Pope john Paul said he was praying for the success of the negotiations. and he asked Arafat and Barak -not to disregard the importance of the spiritual dimension of the city of Jerusalem with its holy places and with the communities of the three monotheistic religions which surround them." 'The Holy See continues to maintain that only a special internationally guaranteed statute effectively can preserve the most sacred places in the holy city and assure freedom of faith and worship for all the faithful who, in the region and throughout the whole world. see Jerusalem as the crossroad of peace and coexistence." the Pope said. In Jerusalem. Archbishop Pietro Sambi. papal nuncio to Israel and Cyprus and apostolic delegate in Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories. said the Holy See's call for a "special status with international guarantees" is the only way to establish religious peace in Jerusalem. "Religious peace in Jerusalem is fundamental for the peace of the city. but ills also fundamental for the peace of the Muslim. Christian and Jewish world." he told CNS on 24 July. Archbishop Sambi said regardless of how the sovereignty over the city is divided or shared or not shared, there should be an international body - be it from the United Nations or made up of international religious leaders or another configuration - to assure that the freedom of religion of all three religions is respected within the city. Throughout history, people in political power in Jerusalem have tended to favour their own kind, he said, so an international body guaranteeing equal access to holy places, equal rights to profession of faith and equal rights to development of the religious communities is needed. "This does not concern the political status" of Jerusalem, he said. "The special status concerns religious freedom." It would be up to political leaders to determine the most efficient way to establish such a body and how it would function to "verify and assure" that the three religions and their holy places are truly treated the same way, he said. If the three religions are treated according to a just way there will be peace," he said. In the meantime, all 13 heads of the local churches held a special meeting on 22 July to review the ongoing negotiations. At Camp David, Arafat and Barak were discussing a US compromise proposal that would give the Palestinians administrative control over East Jerusalem, which the Israelis captured in the 1967 war, but would recognise Israel's sovereignty over the entire city.

Hospital chaplains: thumbs up Australian Chaplaincy Utility Research project from 1992-1994. They identified several reasons Hospital chaplains are wellthey valued having resident why received by patients and their families and clinical staff accept chaplains, including that chapand professionally appreciate lains provide assistance with: • teamwork, for example, in them, according to the Christian helping to improve staff time Research Association. Uniting Church Minister, the management; • religious and psycho-social Reverend Lindsay Carey, reports in an article in Pointers, the bul- support to patients and staff letin of the Christian Research through support in religious faith Association, that over the last 10 and connection with church comyears, 'health care' chaplaincy munities; • specialist support to families within both public and private facilities has become an impor- and staff, particularly in times of death and grieving; tant field of research." • providing ethical decisionRecent literature suggested that chaplains were valued within the making; • being a community link: health care environment because • providing a non-diagnostic they were considered important In helping patients who may be in communication role within the hospital, and; crisis. • alleviating emotional discomThey could enhance a patient's well-being - helping them to gain fort for staff and patients within a a new sense of identity and mean- complex and sometimes frightening - and thus assist clinical staff ing institution. Mr Carey said religious factors In their work. More than 300 clinical staff from might benefit the health of the Royal Children's Hospital in patients and help staff in four Melbourne, including doctors main psycho-social ways: by proand nurses, were involved in the moting healthy behaviour, proBy Glynnis Grainger

viding social contact; encouraging coherent thinking and encourtheological positive aging understandings. From the 1970s to the present day, Mr Carey said, the growth of the clinical pastoral education movement in the United States and internationally (including Australia and New Zealand) has concurrently led to the substantial professionalism of "clinical pastoral care" and a greater use of health care chaplains - a development which is still going on today. Within Australia and New Zealand some small case studies have been conducted on the role and work of hospital chaplains. Research into New Zealand hospital chaplains found that the main source of stress for chaplains was that of "carrying a heavy load of too many patients." Other research which is still ongoing has explored the involvement of NZ chaplaincy personnel in helping patients, families and staff make bioethical decisions. The Australian research conducted at RCH Melbourne, mentioned above, found the need for

Dominican Younger religious meet in Sydney for support elected The Dominican friars of Australia. New Zealand, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea meeting in Canberra elected a new head of the Order for the region on 5 July. He is Father Thomas Cassidy, who was elected Prior Provincial of the Dominicans - or Order of Preachers - a congregation of Catholic priests and brothers dedicated to preaching the Gospel. One of Fr Cassidy's first acts as Provincial was to write to the Prime Ministers and Leaders of the Opposition in Australia and New Zealand to express concern over the crisis in the Solomon Islands and to urge the governments to offer to act as mediator. "Our friends desperately need our help as a third neutral party to mediate an end to this crisis." Fr Cassidy said. There are currently six Australian Dominican friars and one American working in the Solomon Islands alongside four Solomon Island Dominicans.

The more than 60 priests, among the group." Sr McCabe Brothers and Sisters attending said. "but when we came a national conference of reli- together to pray there was a gious in Sydney had one thing real sense of unity. "We all believed that by In common - most had been in religious life for less than 10 choosing to be in religious life we were about God's business; years. They took part in a two-day however, this conviction often conference for "younger reli- comes through much doubting gious" held at Strathfield earli- and questioning today. "Conferences like this are er this month. From a wide variety of backgrounds and cul- Important. therefore, to experitures, some were in traditional ence a common sense of purhabits, while others wore jeans, pose and solidarity." The theme of the conference spokeswoman Mercy Sister Rebecca McCabe told The was based around the Jubilee, and several issues such as relaRecord. Many were in their 20s and tionships. community living 30s while a few "would never and the future of religious life see 40 again." Sr McCabe said. were also discussed. "We didn't come up with any They ranged in age from 22 to 58, most were in their 30s and firm conclusions on specific there were equal numbers of issues. but we did have the opportunity to discuss topics men and women. It was the third time a con- such as changing lifestyles of ference for "younger religious" religious; living in community had been held. It was a chance and the diversity of ministries to get together with people on newer religious are currently -the same level of religious involved in." Sr McCabe said. "The conference highlighted experience and an opportunity to come together and talk about the fact that our work is always important questions to us and incomplete. We are all particiget a sense of solidarity," Sr pating in a Church that is unfinished." McCabe said. - Glynnis Grainger "There was lots of diversity

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and drawing patients, relatives and staff members together, the patients were more content and being discharged at a faster rate than otherwise. If the findings are fully substantiated, Mr Carey said, the cost saving of having effective chaplaincy and pastoral care services could be very advantageous to all concerned and would clearly help to prove the cost efficiency of hospital chaplaincy Currently, a national research project is being conducted under the auspices of the School of PubLindsay Carey lic Health, La Trobe University, on outpatient chaplaincy and home the involvement of chaplains in visits by chaplains - thus enabling bioethical decision-making. This descriptive research, follow-up pastoral care for recent involving more than 400 chapor early-discharged patients. The concept of "parish nurses" lains across Australia and New and chaplains working together is Zealand, will explore issues affecting both acute patients and also currently being explored. Other Australian research, aged care personnel such as the which has not been completed, "withdrawal of life support," "not the "Liver Transplant and Pastoral for resuscitation" or "do not resusCare" research, conducted within citate" orders and "euthanasia." three Australian hospitals in The project is due for compleQueensland, New South Wales tion in 2000 or 2001, but progress and Victoria, suggested that is hampered by lack of funding, where chaplains were liaising Mr Carey said.

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MEN OF HOSPITALITY LIVING AND PROCLAIMING GOD'S HOSPITABLE LOVE. "...the suffering ofmy neighbour breaks my heart..." (St. john of God. 1540) As lived out by St. John of God over five centuries ago. our vocation is to give of ourselves completely and freely: to be a Brotherly presence: a symbol of hope for our world: proclaiming God's Hospitable love to all. We are called to a charism of Hospitality and love that promotes healing. advocacy and reconciliation for those most marginalised by our society.

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In sharing, we are God's hands God uses us, oday's readings remind us that Mission mindedness and a strong faith willingness to share is an inte- go together. gral part of Christian living. We see Willingness to share never comes easy numerousthat Ireland, which has sent missionaries overseas is a to weak fallen human nature, with peocountry where the Faith is strong. ple thinking that there isn't enough to The Maryknoll missionary, Fr Bernard share. Meyer, in his book, The Whole World We see an example of this in the first is my Neighbour, made the perceptive reading (2 Kings 4:42-44) when, after a comment that asking people to make man came from Baal-shalishah and sacrifices for their Faith sometimes brought to the prophet Elisha twenty awakens them more to its value than barley loaves and Elisha told his ser- direct instruction. vant to give the people something to eat, Many parishes bemoan the large his servant replied: "How can I serve numbers of young people who don't this to a hundred men." attend Sunday Mass. Maybe a large Elisha answered: "Give it to the peo- number of those people are turned off ple to eat," he insisted, "for the Lord says by what they see as mediocrity in our this 'They shall eat and have some left parish communities and seek an outlet over. for their idealism elsewhere. The reading tells us: "He served them; The second reading (Ephesians 4:1-6) they ate and had some left over, as the which St Paul wrote while in prison, Lord had said." begins with the words: "I, the prisoner The fact that Elisha's servant only In the Lord, implore you to lead a life shared the barley loaves after the worthy of your vocation." prophet insisted that he do so indicates "Bear with one another charitably, in that as a part of prophetic witness, shar- complete selflessness, patience and ing must be insisted on. gentleness."

There can be no "complete unselfishness" without sharing. In today's Gospel (John 6:1-15) we hear how Christ multiplied the loaves and the fishes. Our Lord didn't create food out of nothing to feed the crowds. He required the small boy to be willing to share his five barley loaves and two fish, in order to show that when people are willing to share, anything is possible. Admittedly, Our Lord did multiply the barley loaves and the two fish, but He only worked His miracle after the little boy had shown his willingness to share. With millions starving throughout the world, people often say: "Why doesn't God so something?" We often feel so powerless in the face of this gigantic problem, and recognise the need for divine help. What is less often realised is that while we can't do anything without God, He won't do anything without us. If we won't share what we have with others, hunger will persist. On the other hand, if we are wiling to share, there is no limit to the good that can he done. Missionaries can achieve a lot with a small amount of money; they can do as much good with $100 as secular aid can do with $1,000.

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Fatima's Third Secret

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It involves true "objects", which touch powerfully involved. He sees insofar as the soul, even if these "objects" do not he is able, in the modes of representabelong to our habitual sensory world. tion and consciousness available to him. This is why there is a need for an inteIn the case of interior vision, the process rior vigilance of the heart, which is usu- of translation is even more extensive than ally precluded by the intense pressure of In exterior vision, for the subject shares external reality and of the images and In an essential way in the formation of thoughts which fill the soul. The person the image of what appears. Is led beyond pure exteriority and is He can arrive at the image only within touched by deeper dimensions of reali- the bounds of his capacities and possity, which become visible to him. bilities. Perhaps this explains why children Such visions therefore are never simple tend to be the ones to receive these "photographs" of the other world, but are n these reflections we have sought so apparitions: their souls are as yet little Influenced by the potentialities and limfar to identify the theological status disturbed, their interior powers of per- itations of the perceiving subject. ception are still not impaired. of private revelations. This can be demonstrated in all the Before undertaking an interpretation of "On the lips of children and of babes great visions of the saints: and naturally the message of Fatima, we must still you have found praise", replies Jesus It is also true of the visions of the chilattempt briefly to offer some clarification with a phrase of Psalm 8 (v. 3) to the crit- dren at Fatima. of their anthropological (psychological) icism of the High Priests and elders, who The images described by them are by had judged the children's cries of "hosan- no means a simple expression of their character. In this field, theological anthrofantasy, but the result of a real pology distinguishes three forms perception of a higher and inteof perception or "vision": vision rior origin. with the senses, and hence exteBut neither should they be rior bodily perception, interior thought of as if for a moment the perception, and spiritual vision veil of the other world were (visio sensibilis - imaginativa drawn back. with heaven appearintellectualis). ing in its pure essence, as one It is clear that in the visions of day we hope to see it in our definLourdes, Fatima and other places itive union with God. Ills not a question of normal exteRather the images are, in a manrior perception of the senses: the ner of speaking, a synthesis of images and forms which are seen the impulse coming from on high are not located spatially, as is the and the capacity to receive this case for example with a tree or a Impulse in the visionaries, that is, house. the children. This is perfectly obvious, for For this reason, the figurative Instance, as regards the vision of language of the visions is symhell (described in the first part of bolic. the Fatima "secret") or even the In this regard, Cardinal Sodano vision described in the third part stated: "[they] do not describe of the "secret". photographically the details of But the same can be very easily future events, but synthesise and shown with regard to other compress against a single backvisions, especially since not ground facts which extend everybody present saw them, but through time in an unspecified only the "visionaries". succession and duration". It is also clear that it is not a matThis compression of time and ter of a "vision" in the mind, without images, as occurs at the The three Fatima seers Jacinta and Francisco Marto are pic- place in a single image is typical tured with their cousin Lucia dos Santos, right, in a photo taken of such visions, which for the higher levels of mysticism. Therefore we are dealing with around the time of the 1917 apparitions of Mary at Fatima, Por- most part can be deciphered only In retrospect. Photc CPS hle the middle category, interior per- tugaL Not every element of the vision ception. na" inappropriate (cf. Mt 21:16). "Interior For the visionary, this perception cer- vision" is not fantasy but, as we have has to have a specific historical sense. It tainly has the force of a presence, equiv- said, a true and valid means of verifica- is the vision as a whole that matters, and the details must be understood on the alent for that person to an external tion. basis of the images taken in their entiremanifestation to the senses. But it also has its limitations. Even in Interior vision does not mean fantasy, exterior vision the subjective element is The central element of the image is which would be no more than an expres- always present. sion of the subjective imagination. We do not see the pure object, but it revealed where it coincides with what is It means rather that the soul is touched comes to us through the filter of our sens- the focal point of Christian 'prophecy" by something real, even if beyond the es, which carry out a work of translation. Itself: the centre is found where the senses. This is still more evident in the case of vision becomes a summons and a guide It is rendered capable of seeing that Interior vision, especially when it to the will of God. which is beyond the senses, that which Involves realities which in themselves Next week - an attempt cannot be seen - seeing by means of the transcend our horizon. to interpret the "Interior senses". The subject, the visionary, is still more 'secret' of Fatima When Pope John Paul II released the full text of the third secret of Fatima on 26 June the release papers included a theological commentary on public and private revelations in the life of the Church by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. This is the second of five instalments of Cardinal Ratzinger's commentary.

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was to give an important talk one time. It was in a far away city, Sydney, no less. Being a Benedictine it was expected that 1 might be a Gregory the Great, Abbot Marmion or at the very least a Downside intellectual from England! As I was none of these I wondered how I could avoid disappointing my audience. So I approached a learned man with the challenging proposition that he might like to help me prepare some ideas - not too profound, however, for the poor old chap who had to deliver the goods. He rose up from his place with a show of largesse, of enthusiasm, and agreed heartily, though with a mysterious twinkle in his eye, he did call me a 'singular nuisance', adding, "You'll have them in the aisles. Anscar, you'll have them in the aisles." I took this as encouraging and went about preparing other talks I had to give on the same trip. When it was time for me to leave on my long journey to convert the intelligensia of Sydney (excuse me!!), I approached my learned friend for his lofty thoughts.I was told they were as yet incomplete due to an unexpected work load. Ibegan to suspect the worst but nevertheless believed him when he said he would post them ahead of me. He spoke with such assurance that I went on my way rejoicing, as the Psalm says. On arriving in Sydney, after giving talks in Melbourne to Benedictine Oblates, I found nothing awaiting me, only a big mob of doctors, lawyers and University dons. They expected pearls of wisdom from the ancient order of St Benedict that would inspire their lives, excite their minds and thrill their understanding of the deep things of God. Instead, all they were going to get was an unprepared Anscar. I was forced to be myself. to appeal to the Lord Jesus for help and get it all ready in but a few short hours. I didn't have anyone in the aisles but we all had a lot of fun, uproarious laughter and we came away, it seemed, closer to Jesus and comfortable in our faith.I learned a lot about people, a lot about myself and a lot about God. I was amazed at how God made it all work out whenI was virtually forced to trust in Him. I wasn't even cross with my learned friend, though occasionally I felt like it (ha. ha). Jesus wants us to show His presence in us through the person that we are. He has given each of us gifts that we are to use to do things for Him, to lift up our little world. People tell me I've done more good for them by my crazy laugh than through any number of fine words. Whatever we have, we are expected to find love in it in order to give love. But you say, "I am a sinner, what canI offer?" If we c.an't come to God without our sins and weaknesses, bring them too. We have to stop concentrating on sin and the self and start loving. God loves us, despite our sins. We mustn't fret at what we are. God is in love with me. We are to accept ourselves for who we are because that's the person God made, not some saint that we aren't. So we try to work at pleasing God and, if we forget how greatly He loves us, we offer Him our forgetfulness and carry on. If we find ourselves fretting and worrying and failing in faith, we just offer Him our fretting and failing and carry on. If we find ourselves sad and depressed, we just offer Him the sadness and depression and carry on - with the important business of loving and serving Him. And if we find our selves confused, stressed and in a mess and unable to love Him, we offer Him that very confusion and stress and carry on. We mustn't stop and sit around surveying the wreckage - it's all lost energy. He wants us as we are with all our warts and weariness. His love is big enough for all of us and all of us forever. Jesus and I are able for so much.

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t may appear to be an absurd obserhead of the US Bishops Committee on vation, but the East Timorese have international policy, has spoken from the been lucky. other side of the world. Among all the then provinces of IndoneBut, in Australia, Christians other than sia, East Timor was the first to benefit from the Uniting Church have been publicly international concern and action for freesilent on the issue. tatives began to visit Jakarta last year to involved in currently is the protection of dom and human rights in Indonesia. Perhaps they are lobbying behind closed Of course, this in no way justifies the discuss the East Timor crisis that Indone- anyone in the Moluccas and Sulawesi for doors. brutality and oppression they suffered at sia jumped to attention and began the fear of upsetting an Indonesia smarting Yet lobbying behind closed doors for from the indignity of losing East Timor. the hands of Indonesians while a part of process of leaving East Timor. other good causes has never prevented The losers from the relative success of With enough trouble on their plate try- them in the past from trying to lever pubthe Republic of Indonesia from 1975 until East Timor and its struggle for indepen- ing to stop the spread of nationalist racism lic opinion in their favour with one press last year. But they did have the ironic benefit of dence are the Christians of the Molucca in the South Pacific, it is unlikely to pay release after another. being a former colony of Portugal, which and Sulawesi archipelagos, and sepa- much attention to the plight of Christians Meanwhile, an irregular Muslim militia was able to bring diplomatic influence to ratists in Aceh, West Papua and Kaliman- in Sulawesi and the Moluccas. recruited from elsewhere in Indonesia is It is precisely at this point that one might conducting a religious cleansing by jihad bear to force the United Nations to take an tan, formerly Borneo. Of these regions, West Papua is best expect Christian social justice activists in or 'holy war' of the two archipelagos in the interest in the plight of the East Timorese. They also could draw on the moral debt placed to call on international pressure to Australia to take up the cause of perse- hope that Christians will flee for good. cuted Christians in Indonesia. Australia owed for the help East Timorese promote its cause. Hopefully, the voice of Christian lobbyThe future of West Papua, known to the To their credit on this matter, the Uniting ists in Australia will soon be heard long gave Australian soldiers fighting the Indonesians as Irian Jaya, is of direct inter- Church has spoken out for the persecut- and loud in public support of their colJapanese in World War IL And East Timor's close proximity to the est to Australia for geographical reasons, ed Christians. leagues in Sulawesi and the Moluccas in Elsewhere, Pope John Paul II has high- the same way the East Timorese and other Australian mainland forces Australia to and to Papua New Guinea and other lighted their plight in a public address at oppressed groups have been supported in care for her future if only for the future of Melanesian nations in the Pacific. West Papuans have somebody to sell the Vatican on 1 July. Australia. regions of the world much further away. The Catholic and other Christian authorAnd once Australia was seriously inter- their case in the UN but the other regions ities from the Ambon region of the Molucested, the United States then became are likely to miss out. • The opinions expressed in this editorInvolved as Australia's diplomatic and milUnfortunately, if the pragmatism of diplo- cas have travelled to the UN in Geneva to ial, and any other Record editorial, are not macy is invoked, the one thing the Aus- plead for the Moluccas. itary ally. necessarily those of the Roman Catholic Even Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston, Archbishop of Perth. It was only after US military represen- tralian Government will not want to get

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t seems that Mr O'Connor (The Record. 20 July) and I stand at embarrassing cross-purposes over the stature of Bishop Salvado and his work. How well he knows the work and circumstances I cannot say. But I do know that I had published, by a reputable publisher, an authentic, wellresearched biography. And I am proud that I was able to honour such a man. Could Mr O'Connor have grasped the wrong end of the stick and become carried away by his own undoubtedly thorough research for his Honours thesis? My recent article dealt with the work of Salvado and Weld in initiating legislation to 'protect' the Aborigines. This was in the early 1870s, whereas Salvado went among the Aborigines in the 1840s, and lived with them in order to understand their habits and customs and see if they could be converted to Christianity. In time he built a monastery and Invited the local aborigines to live among them. This was nothing more than the Rule of St Benedict, to which Salvado held firmly, that they have a stable way of life. But, as my article (The Record, 13 July) showed, by the 1870s the Aborigines need-

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urely Paul Gray could find something he writer of a letter printed in The more important to be offended about Record on 13 July states she was Already their numbers had decimated. then the sincere greeting many appalled recently to overhear a Neither my article nor my biography was priests give at the start of Mass (The showing a group of children round woman journalistic fantasy. Both were historically Record. 6 July). give them the option of bowing to a church true. The veneration for his work, his dedextension of I for one feel uplifted by the ication, and singular devotion to the integri- the official Church greeting. It is a person- the Tabernacle to show respect for the ty of the Aboriginal people were almost as al welcome from my parish priest to me. consecrated Host of Jesus", instead of gendeeply felt by non-Catholics as by Please spare us what you call 'weighty uflecting if they so wished. Catholics. matter' and let us together foster a family She was also upset by the words or explaIn his work for them, and the Catholic atmosphere in our parishes, an atmosphere nation to show respect for 'the consecratpopulation generally, there is no-one which is non-judgmental and loving. ed Host of Jesus . whose name stands out in history with I'm sure that Jesus would want this of us. Respectfully, my copy of The Catechism such great prominence. And Rosemary Chandler (13 July) is quick of the Catholic Church. (1378) states: We No greater gratification could be given to to criticise the teacher she observed with express our faith in the Real Presence of us today than to accept his stature of greather children in the church recently. ness. My own research was thorough:I visChrist by, among other thing genuflecting I f Rosemary had shown some generosity ited his places of origin in Spain and or bowing deeply as a sign of adoration of education in Italy: read original sources: of heart and interest she may have spoken the Lord". even his letters (didn't Cardinal Newman to the teacher and found out her reason for It then goes on to refer to 'the consecratsay that 'a man's life lies in his letters'?). taking the children to the Church. She may Hosts' (in the Tabernacle) in reference ed person has conhave also learned that this and pored over documents until I got as ducted catechist classes in our parish for to reserving them outside of Mass for vencomplete a history as possible. eration and adoration. I entered into the feelings and mind of over ten years. their are just beginning children These It would seem to me more than probable Salvado whomIstudied so that he became faith journey and should be encouraged. that the children would have been given an flesh and blood to me. Maybe one day they will be able to sit in-depth explanation of 'Jesus in the 'lliberI had an empathy with the man. There was no need to create 'myths'.Iunderstood and meditate on the great mystery of the nacle' before they even undertook their him enough: to some extent, even the 'saint Blessed Sacrament, or perhaps they may tour of the church in question - following In the man'. even be seen with their arms around a fel- it up with further explanation and discusOnly time can bear out the truth of the low traveller, listening to their story, giving latter; but, I suspect neither Mr O'Connor encouragement and exchanging a blessing sion at their next religion lesson after the tour. nor I will be around to witness it. in front of the Blessed Sacrament! Joy A. McMullan Bev Lawrence George Russo Hamersley Palmyra parish Marmion

Pio Nono: a sign of contradiction to some in the Church

"Pius IX lived in turbulent times, n a quiet ceremony in early of the Vatican" as the papal Second Vatican Council and set and from a political point of view, April, Church officials gath- empire collapsed around him. in motion the process of the he was not a genius - he was the ered in a crypt of Rome's Others are questioning why, at Church's engagement with first to admit this. Basilica of St Lawrence to the start of a new millennium, progress and the modern world. "He had very modest talents in exhume the mortal remains of the Church has chosen to honour For some. in many ways, it that regard. But the logic of saint"Pio Nono," Pope Pius IX a Pope who published the Syl- would be difficult to find a starkhood is not measured with a Carrying out a traditional recog- labus of Errors, declaring that no er contrast between two pontiffs political yardstick," Mgr Gherarnition rite ahead of his beatifica- Roman pontiff should reconcile over the last two centuries. dint said. tion in September, the cardinals himself with "progress, liberal"Pius DC was the last champion "He is a figure who emerged and bishops found the late pon- ism and modern society." of the battle against time," and he from those troubled times in total tiff's body "almost perfectly preFor Jews, the planned beatifica- turned the papacy into a bunker patty. served" in the tomb where it has tion has opened a particularly In the clash between modern "In his holiness, Christian witlain for more than a century. painful chapter: Pope Pius was ideas and Church tradition, said ness, his humanity and as a A report in the Vatican newspa- the Pope under whom a young Indro Montanelli, a popular Italper said his face still showed a Italian Jewish boy - allegedly ian commentator. priest, he was a great man," he striking serenity in death. Pope John's papacy, on the Pope Pius IX is portrayed early said. baptised by a Catholic maid in his But as plans for the beatifica- was seized from his home and other hand, became synonymous pontificate in a portrait Pope Pius reigned for 32 years, from the longer than any Pope on record. tion are publicised, old memo- raised in Church-run institutions with ecclesial "aggiornamento" 1800s. Photo. CNS Ne His supporters point to accomries are being exhumed, too, and in Rome. or updating. the climate in Italy is anything The case, which caused an Some have suggested that the said Mgr Bruner() Gherardini, plishments often forgotten in the but serene. international sensation in the double beatification is designed postulator of Pope Pius' saint- current debate, especially the Impetus he gave to the Church's Some Italian Catholic groups mid- i9th century, was forgotten to placate Catholics at both ends hood cause. are recalling that this was the by most of the world until it was of the spectrum. But Vatican offiMgr Gherardini views the beat- missionary expansion across the Pope who clung to the last ves- revived in recent books in the cials insist that this is not a polit- ification of Pope Pius as an "act globe. He convened the First Vatican tiges of temporal power in Italy, United States and Italy. ical balancing act. of justice" delayed for too many Council, which proclaimed papal refusing to recognise the formaEven stranger, in the eyes of "It would be a big mistake to decades by outside objections. tion of the Italian state and some. is that Pope Pius will be see a political move here. They Those who see him as a failure primacy and the doctrine of excommunicating its leaders, beatified along with Pope John were both great saints, although In temporal affairs were missing papal infallibility. preferring to remain a "prisoner XXIII, the Pope who called the very different human beings," the point, he said. Continued on Page 11 The Record. July 27 2000 Page 7

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Where pilgrimage is real: Kimberley Catholics head to Beagle Bay IN Roger Henry, left, Michael Wia Badal, Nyin Henry and Curtis and Ignatius Taylor all packed to head back to La Grange-Bidyadanga community after the pilgrimage to Beagle Bay.

Nelson O'Reeri, above, sets the tone at Beagle Bay Jubilee celebrations. Right, Beagle Bay's Jubilee Dancers dance liturgically with flags representing Jubilee themes. Prorue

Bishop Christopher Saunders relaxes with Vera Kanagae of Broome. Shirley Yoomaries and Nellie Njamme of the Balgo-Kuljungka parish proudly display fish caught for them by the Beagle Bay community.

hile Perth pilgrims have focussed on Jubilee Year pilgrimages to local shrines such as Schoenstatt, York and Mandurah, for Catholics in the Kimberley a pilgrimage can be a noticeably different type of event. For one thing it can mean travelling significantly longer distances to reach a spiritual objective. That was the case for Kimberley-ites recently when pilgrims from all over the Kimberley converged on Sacred Heart Church at Beagle Bay on the Dampier Peninsula. Sacred Heart is the cradle of faith in the Kimberley, where the first church in the region was bat by liappist monks in the 1890s, followed by the current church which was blessed and dedicated in 1918. The Pallottine order took over the administration of the parish in 1901 and has maintained a continuous presence ever since. Beagle Bay is 150kms or so north-west of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula. Bishop Christopher Saunders of Broome, who officiated at the jubilee pilgrimage, reported on the event in the latest edition of his diocese's Kimberley Community Profile. He thanked those who had made the effort to get to Beagle Bay using whatever means they could. "lb those who travelled from afar in the back of trucks, over rough roads through cold evenings and frosty mornings I can only say how grateful we are for the efforts you made,' he wrote. 'You truly were pilgrims whose sacrifices added to the prayerfulness and sacredness of the event of jubilee at Beagle Bay.' The pilgrimage celebrations commenced on the Saturday evening with a sacramental Rite of Reconciliation. 'Despite the cold early on, people remained prayerful and attentive.' Bishop Saunders wrote, adding: The many campfires, lit ceremoniously during the night outside the church. had the added advantage of gathering us together in warmth." 'The host of candles and the searing fires combined to be a startling festival of light that brought a special aspect to the Sacrament as we celebrated it that evening." The next day, the Sunday morning Mass was well attended and flags signalling the themes of jubilee, justice, journey, freedom, fallow and forgiveness were displayed. Banners from the various communities were presented and explained to the congregation

in a catechesis that highlighted the importance of the faith in the lives of the people. 'The Eucharist we shared was certainly the thanksgiving we commonly profess and it was a remarkable pleasure to be there as part of that profession of faith,' Bishop Saunders wrote. He said that later, a young man in his twenties from a town in the Kimberley said to him after Mass You know Bishop,I really enjoyed that Mass . . . . it was very special. It's a long time since I went to Mass and I'm glad I went today.' Bishop Saunders noted a significant number of youth at both events and said he was especially pleased to see them participate. Meanwhile, a Sunday dinner followed Mass consisting of local beef 'magnificently presented by the Beagle Bay people.' For those not able to eat red meat for cultural reasons, fish such as mullet, whiling, salmon and queen fish were caught in local creeks and handed around so that everyone ate well. Later that afternoon there were basketball games for the youth and. on Sunday night, a concert starring Kimberley-wide talent. The liturgical celebrations were also enhanced by young dancers from Sacred Heart school at Beagle Bay and from Christ the King at Djarindlin-Lombadina. Both groups 'excelled themselves and were a credit to their communities and to their school teachers,' Bishop Saunders wrote. The 'musos' also scored a plaudit from the Bishop. 'Who will forget the haunting moments of the didgeridoo played by Nelson O'Reeri or the moving rendition of Adam te sung by the Beagle Bay Latin Choir?' he wrote. And in holding their own pilgrimage. Kimberley-ites had witnessed to their faith, he wrote. 'As the Holy Father has reminded us constantly, this is a time of jubilee in which the prayer of pilgrims is especially asked for, witnessing as it does to our identity in faith as a pilgrim people 'We cannot all go to Rome and the Holy Land but Beagle Bay was in the realm of possibility for many and the effort invested to make it happen is a credit to you all,' the Bishop wrote. Bishop Saunders also asked for prayers from readers for the 40 Kimberley pilgrims travelling abroad for the jubilee in October. 'There, in Jesus' country and in Rome, the eternal City of the Faith, they will pray for us and the whole Church.' he wrote.

One bishop, four priests but Laotians soldier on By Margaret Plevak

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ishop jean Khamse Vithavong of Vientiane, Laos, feels the grip of the Communist regimes that have held his country since 1973. "We cannot run (Catholic) schools anymore. No social work, no hospitals, nothing," he said in an interview with the Catholic Herald Milwaukee archdiocesan newspaper. "Just pastoral work with our people." Besides himself, there are only four other priests to minister to about 12,000 Catholics in Laos, many living in remote rural areas. Foreign missionaries are sometimes let into the country on tourist visas, but the bishop said they would be deported if their identities as priests were discovered. Despite such pressing concerns, Bishop Vithavong sees a small but determined base of Laotians struggling to keep their faith alive. During a July visit to Milwaukee, Bishop Vithavong was at Si Michael Parish to participate in a national gathering of four cultures The Record, July 27 2000 Page

- Laotian, Hmong, Lahu, and Khmu - hosted by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. He was accompanied by Bishop Pierre Bach, who ministers to the Laotian diaspora in Thailand. "It is good for me to come and visit people and talk about the positive things rather about our sorrows. It's not necessary to cry, even though you want to cry," he said. Bishop Vithavong, ordained a priest of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1975, was assigned to Kengsadok, Laos. He became coadjutor bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane in 1983, and a bishop there one year later. In Vientiane, the bishop is as responsible for doing his laundry "nolo GNSIJames Pearsorvrattrolc Herald as much as for saying blessings at Bishop Khamse Vithavong of Vientiane, Laos, is blessed during a traditional liturgies and prayer services. "I do everything, but it's OK. It's ceremony honouring elders at St Michael Parish in Milwaukee in early July. a very good experience of being a "We handle things one day at a lay people to lead Sunday gatherpastor that way." he said. time, just making plans with hope. ings, distribute the Eucharist, or Few priests and parish leaders, It's not with the same kind of effi- go out to visit others in the comhowever, mean some needs go ciency as you have in the [US], cer- munity. unmet. "So many people say to tainly." "But we would like them to be me, 'Don't you have this commitBuilding up the number of trained a bit more, to learn to tee or that?' It's very difficult." he priests will take time, he said, and, reflect, to pray together," he said. said. meanwhile, the diocese relies on "This way they are like the blood

in the heart, going through the vessels and coming back again. They go out with the Word and bring people in." Bishop Vithavong spoke to Catholic Laotians across the US. "When they hear a Lao priest talking to them in Lao, they come closer," the bishop said. "They stay late at night, talking, and it's just a very good feeling." Laotians in the US can feel homesick and isolated by a wide cultural gap, but Bishop Vithavong said those he's spoken with have consistently praised priests and religious for their welcoming attitude. One problem is the lack of US priests who speak Laotian. The bishop said he simply can't spare any priests from Laos to send to the US. Instead, he encourages Laotians there to join parishes in an effort to help their community. Bishop Vithavong is hopeful that a partnership between Catholics in Laos and the United States will be fostered, especially through an understanding of each other's needs. "We share the responsibility of each other," he said.

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Saving unborn children in Eastern Europe By Glynnis Grainger

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retired Broome priest is trying to raise funds for a Croatian pro-life Doctor and a hostel for disabled pilgrims in Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Last month, Father Pat McAtamney, who is on supply to St Anne's parish, Belmont, returned from a seven-month overseas trip to Europe, England and Ireland. After reading Dr Paul Marx's life story, he found anti-abortion worker Dr Antun Lisec's name listed in the back, described as a "dynamo of energy." "Four years ago, I found a big bundle of pro-life leaflets and sent them to him and he wrote, asking me to come and visit him in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia," Fr McAtamney told The Record Fr McAtamney, "72 years young," said Fr Lisec was battling to keep going, as his funding from Human Life International has been substantially reduced. "People would be only too glad to help if they knew," the priest said. "He has informed me that unless he receives additional assistance, he will have to return to his medical practice in Zagreb [Croatia] for six months each year, so that he can continue for the remainder of the year helping save the lives of the unborn children in Croatia and other Eastern European countries.

mother of five adult children, who has given up her career as a lawyer to devote herself to the protection of the unborn. She counsels about 35 women a week and said she has saved almost 400 babies, some of whom are preparing for their First Holy Communion. In Eastern Europe, 80 per cent of women having abortions are married, and 20 per cent unmarried, the reverse of the situation in the West, Fr McAtamney said. Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus care for orphans and babies saved from abortion. None of the children can be adopted by foreigners except the handicapped and gypsies. All the religious orders are thriving in Croatia and in the Ukraine, and only one candidate in four can be accepted into the seminaries because of lack of facilities. In fact, Fr McAtamney is trying to

get Dr Lisec to come to Australia and to New York and America to give a lecture series and perhaps appear on TV Dr Lisec came to WA about five years ago and had a meal with Fr McAtamney and met Archbishop Barry Hickey. Born in Orange, New South Wales, and a late vocation, Fr McAtamney was ordained in 1982 at the age of 54, and came to WA from NSW in 1983. and spent 12 years in the Kimberley. "I have been retired for four years, and do supply work; I have only been in Belmont parish for two weeks, having been at Maylands, Guildford, and Pemberton A Carmelite Sister of the Divine Heart in Zagreb, Croatia, with children saved parishes," he said. from abortion. "I might go back to Medjugorje Dr Lisec, 42, a bachelor, has been Lisec appears on television and and help set up the International instrumental in lowering the abor- gives radio talks as well. Disabled Pilgrims Association and tion rate in Croatia from 48,600 in One of Dr Lisec's co-workers in Family Centre for family plan198Z in a total population of four Zagreb is Mrs Bosiljka Bacura, a ning." minion, down to 8,900 in 1998, The centre is the brainchild of with his pro-life work, Fr McAtarnIrish Holy Ghost Fr Kevin Doheny, ney said. who worked as a missionary in The Billings natural family planAfrica for about 20 years with the ning method is taught and doctors late Group Captain Leonard assist the priests in marriage Cheshire, whose wife, Sue Ryder. preparation courses, lectures are "has done great work in Eastern given in universities, seminaries, Europe." and high schools and many thouFr McAtamney said "Surely, then, sands of leaflets are distributed in what has been achieved in CroatEastern Europe. the Ukraine and ia can be done in Australia and even parts of Russia. elsewhere, to save the lives of Dr Lisec also produces tapes and unborn children." videos and is in need of a lap-top Donations can be sent to Fr computer to cope with all his corMcAtamney at 11 Hehir Street. respondence. Belmont, or by telephoning 9277 When money is available, Dr Dr Lisec, right, with Fr McAtamney and two Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart 2251.

Ambon's violence is detestable and incomprehensible: Rector E vacuees in flight; forces of order involved in the skirmishes; people disheartened about peace: continual intrumentalisation of religious feelings. These are the key elements that describe the present situation of conflict in the Moluccas. In an interview with Fides, the news agency of the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Fr Agustinus Ulahaiyanan, Rector of the Xaverian seminary in Ambon and director of the Crisis Centre for the diocese of Amboina, analysed the situation. Fr Agustinus, you recently asked governor Saleh Latucosina for ships to evacuate refugees. What prospects are there? I have still not received a positive reply. There are only two ferries available, they are not enough and not very big. In Ambon we are in constant contact with the governor, but not with the military authorities. The local commanding officer,IMade Yasa, Is reluctant to communicate with us: he has erected a barrier in communications and does not want to speak to people. Why do people want to leave Ambon? Because they have no confidence that the situation will improve. They are afraid that after a brief period of calm, due to the pressure of President Wahid and international attention, the looting and raids will begin again. Many do not see any other solution but flight, because they do not believe that conditions of security will be re-established. Most of those who flee are students. More than 100,000 want to leave Ambon, more than 50,000 in Passo and Walong want to leave, they are afraid of attacks. Among them there are six thousand Catholics. Are the people from Ambon not worried about what will happen to their homes? Yes, they are, but this is a problem that will come later. As things are now they cannot remain because they cannot resist. The people cannot protect themselves because they have no weapons or preparation compared

with the aggressors. In order to save themselves, they prefer to flee. The army is accused of taking part in the skirmishes. After the rotation of troops, have you seen a change? There is an effort among the military to realign their men. But the people no longer have confidence in the forces of order. In the last few days there was still shooting in the Muslim district of Benteng, but it Is not clear who was shooting and what the objectives were. This creates tension among Photo CNS/Flevters the people. Muslims tend to be on the side of the military because this gives them ben- A girl cries amid ruins in the city of Ambon on Indonesia's nolucca Islands on 11 Jamey efits. At the same time the police are accused plc's confidence in the new troops that have This is the dynamic of the violence: an of helping Christians. attack to instigate Christians to react; then, arrived, but the attacks have continued. The local mobile police brigades seem Why is it difficult to belie the label of 'reli- accusing Christians of starting the conflict, Impartial; they do their work well in stop- gious clashes? an offensive in great style of the jihad miliping the attacks. But since this does not I am sorry that international opinion has tants against Christian villages, as happened bring benefits to the Muslims, they accuse always had this viewpoint. Initially these at Laha. In the incidents in the village of the police of helping the Christians. were not the reasons for the conflict. Reli- Pokatiga, destroyed last week, it was not The police have been threatened by gious sentiments were instrumentalised for clear who set fire to a Muslim house. extremists. The power of these groups wicked purposes, and the population let If it was not certain, why was the entire exceeds the forces of order and government. itself become involved. Christian village attacked and razed to the They even have more sophisticated This is why we very much appreciate the ground? In Waai it is evident that the Musweapons than the military. Then it is impor- Muslims who have a clear conscience, but lim militia deliberately organised an offentant to maintain the balance of Muslim and there is not much they can do now. They are sive to destroy the village. These are no Christian members among the military; in threatened like all the others. longer 'disorders', but criminal acts. this way they control one another. According to the jihad combatants, it is Also members of the local ulema council Why does the Christian community ask are powerless. All communications have necessary to stop Christians leaving for international help? ndonesia. What comment could you make been interrupted and it is very difficult for I Although we are not optimistic that this us to contact the Muslim leaders. to this? help will arrive, we have no other choice: The statement proves that, from the very We had begun to work with young Chriswe must tell the world that we no longer tians and Muslims ("The Group of 241, to beginning of the conflict wrong ideas have have confidence in the security forces, or in create a new pattern of coexistence. But our circulated on the Moluccas. It is absurd to the local and central government. efforts to create a Centre for social recon- say this. The accusation that Christians startGovernment and military merely make ciliation failed. ed the violence is equally absurd: this is declarations about their good intentions. We were on the right road, having ascer- proved by the fact that the victims and What is happening is detestable and incom- tained that Islam and Christianity are not destruction are mostly among Christians. Muslims have said that Christians belitprehensible. There is proof that the securi- irreconcilable adversaries, and that sometled Muslim festivities. ty forces are accomplices in the conflict. one is trying to divide us. But what started the conflict, in January If Muslims are not convinced that we need How can they stop the clashes if they take to fight against a common enemy, it will be 1988, was a quarrel between two Muslims. an active part in them? This is obvious from the violence in Pokati- very difficult to return to peaceful coexis- Why the retaliation against Christians? It is no longer a secret: the facts are distorted for ga and Waal. Stupid ignorance or deliber- tence. - Fides Both sides accuse each other of starting evil purposes. ate wickedness? I favour the second hypothesis. We have tried to restore the peo- the conflict What do you think about this? More stories - Page 14; Editorial - Pg 7 The Record, July 27 2000 Page 9

More News, Fea ures The Record 100 years ago With Mary Busher, Perth Catholic Church Archives volunteer

Excerpts from the WA Catholic Record 28 July, 1900.

Humour the go Local talent combined to stage a concert at Carnarvon to assist in raising funds for a Catholic Church. The humourous items Included a rending of the Christening of McGuiness.

Vows for misses At a ceremonN at the Sisters of Mercy Victoria Square Convent two Sisters were professed. They were Miss Ellie Burke, of Irishtown. in religion Sister Mary Monica, and Miss Annie O'Mahony, of Perth, in relic!inn Sister M. Camillus.

Sinister motive A claim was made that the Kalgoorlie Chamber of Mines had contributed 2000 pounds In London to aid the cause for Federation in Australia. A special advertisement in the Record warned miners and working men that companies represented by the Chamber of Mines saw Federation as a necessity to enable them to lower wages.

The brogue's OK In a Geraldton election campaign the local newspaper and others were accused of making scurrilous jibes about the Irish brogue of a candidate, Mr Stone. The Record took his opponents to task "Mr Stone may speak with an Irish brogue, but that has not prevented him from turning the sound sense and native talent with which he is abundantly endowed to good account and attaining a creditable position in life. We may depend upon it that the men to whom the colonies owe a vast preponderance of their success were plain men who took their words as they came to them, and troubled themselves little about the pronouncing dictionary, or the grammar Sound sense has often been spoken and excellent advice given, with an Irish brogue."

St Francis a whirlwind of love for the Church ily was a part of an emerging middle class, as the economic development of Europe resumed after the Dark Ages. Francis' adoption of extreme poverty was in some ways a response to the economic changes of his era, which brought wealth to some, but hardship to others. At the age of 20, Francis fought in a war between Assisi and the nearby city of Perugia. He was captured and held prisoner for nearly a year, and on his release, became seriously ill. After his recovery, his character had changed. At first he sought to join the papal armies, but in a dream he was told to return to Assisi and await a call to a different form of knighthood. On day, when praying at the ruined chapel of St Damiano outside Assisi. Francis heard the crucifix above the alter say to him, "Go, Francis and repair my to CN, -,er The Record house, which as you see is wellArtist Elaine Lasky created this icon nigh in ruins." of St Francis of Assisi, who is the subFrancis took this conunand litject of several of her works. erally, and taking cloth from his --,rancis is one of the most father's shop, rode off to town picturesque, charismatic where he sold both the cloth and and important saints of the his horse. He then attempted to Catholic Church. He is best give the money to the priest at St known for his love of animals Damian°. Francis' father was and radical embracement of understandably annoyed. poverty. It is possible, however, that He was born in 1182, the son of Christ was speaking in a more a prosperous cloth merchant of metaphorical sense. The Church Assisi in northern Italy. His fern- was suffering from the severe

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Perth historian Dr Jennifer Skerritt sheds some light on Catholic history to mark 2000 years of Christianity. This week St Francis of Assisi 1182-1226 corruption and political problems that would make the later Protestant Reformation possible. St Francis, and his Order of Franciscans, were to be one of the Medieval Church's principal weapons against heresy and vice within the Church. This was certainly the view of Pope Innocent III who saw Francis as a possible saviour when he and his small band of twelve followers arrived in Rome in 1209, seeking official approval of their Order. The original Rule which St Francis established was "To follow the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ and walk in his footsteps." The first Franciscans owned nothing except the single set of clothes that they wore; they had no books, and they handled no coinage at all. They travelled around preaching and looking after the poor and sick. Unfortunately this version of the Rule proved to be impractical as the number of friars increased. From 1223. Francis

gradually withdrew from the Order's daily affairs and devoted himself to spiritual matters. His relationship with God became increasingly mystical, exacerbated by extreme fasting and physical neglect. Following a vision in 1224, Francis received the stigmata - the visible wounds of the crucifixion on his body. Francis lived for a further two years after this, in constant pain and blind from an eye infection he had contracted during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He was canonised only two years after his death by Pope Gregory IX. Francis is remembered for his love of nature, depicted in his famous "Canticle of the Creatures," also known as the Canticle of the Sun, which refers to Brother Sun and Sister Moon. His love of poverty, which he described as his Lady Poverty, is relevant to modern Catholics. who live in a similar society. ruled by consumerism and the acquisition of material goods.

Gambling compromises Reconciliation theme set Australia's States: NCCA for YCS youth festival State governments should consider seriously the extent to which their dependence on revenue from gambling inhibits their capacity to act responsibly when controlling the practice, the executive of the National Council of Churches of Australia said this week The Council's stance was made public in an executive statement on gambling issued on Monday. The Council, on which the Catholic Church in Australia is represented, supports the moves of the Commonwealth Government to seek a greater regulation of Internet gambling. It also endorses the proposed moratorium on new Internet licences. It rejects the claims by some State governments that, since people will gamble, the income should stay at home. It also supports a decrease in access to gambling, including reducing the number of gambling venues and gambling machines; increased information about the risks of problem gambling; the

removal of automatic teller machines and credit facilities from gambling venues; increased publicity at gambling venues about the winning odds of specific methods of gaming. particularly for gaming machines; and increased provisions for community control. The council also supports the increase and monitoring of resources available for the counselling and treatment of problem gamblers. The council said it recognised that gambling was a source of enjoyment for many people, who gamble without damage to themselves or others. However, it pointed out that significant commercial interests have entered the gambling industry. Gambling licence revenue now makes up such a significant proportion of State income that governments rely on it for a significant proportion of their budgets. - Glynnis Grainger

By Glynnis Grainger Aboriginal Reconciliation will be the theme of a Youth Festival of Reconciliation to be run by the Young Christian Students Movement for indigenous and nonindigenous young people on the weekend of 4-6 August. This camp - to he held at Sacred Heart College. Sorrento - will enable young people to actively participate in the process of Reconciliation in their daily lives at school and in their local communities. They will be able to promote within the wider community the benefits of living in harmony through tolerance, understanding and good citizenship. The YCS movement, in conjunction with the One World Centre, Australians for Reconciliation and the Catholic Education Office, is organising this event. The camp will be non-religious In focus and is open to all young people. The cost is $50 for the weekend

or a $15 day fee and a number of financial scholarships are available for those who require assistance. Indigenous and non-indigenous young people will come together in an atmosphere of fun and learning and be empowered to realise that they are instrumental in taking the spirit of Reconciliation into the future. Aboriginal music, a smoking ceremony, an Aboriginal band. the Wadumbah Dance Group and Aboriginal guests such as Tim Muirhead and Fred and Dean Collard, will take part in the Festival over the weekend. All except two facilitators are Aboriginal and a group of Aborigines are travelling from Geraldton to take part. The aim of the camp is to provide a 'safe place" for indigenous and non-indigenous youth to communicate with each other, to freely share their cultural differences with each other, and to Increase awareness of their shared history

St Gerard's students put their mark on ceramic tiles By Peter Rosengren St Gerard's Westminster Year Seven student Peter Lam, see right, points to some of the 280 tiles fellow pupils created to celebrate the Great Jubilee watched by Emma Trypuza. When St Gerard's decided to mark the Jubilee, they got everyone connected with the school involved: parents, staff and students. The result now stands for all to see, a wall permanently covered in tiles with every student having contributed their own uniquely designed creation. The individually painted tiles were collected and mounted in a covered walkway to form a mural. School principal Sam Fontaine said that each class had been given a theme to draw on as students painted their tiles.

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with the project taking a whole term to complete. He said not only was the mural an unusual way to commemorate the Jubilee, It had become a talking point and meeting place for parents and children to look at and find their own tile. In years to come, perhaps, there will be a stream of occasional visitors to St Gerard's - former students bringing their own children back to their alma mater to show them where, and when, they left their mark on history. In the meantime, a time capsule buried at St Gerard's in 1979 will he unearthed on Wednesday 6 September. Ex-students who would like to attend the occasion are invited to contact the school on (08) 9389 8706 for details. - Photo Peter Rosengren

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Teenage voices on mission to raise quality of music in the parishes By Peter Rosengren As the last soft notes of the hauntingly beautiful Ave Maria drift away, only the sound of boys running, shouting, yelling and chatting can be heard from outside the Trinity College chapel in East PertIt The music is by the Renaissance composer ArcadeId, and the singing by a group of current and ex-Trinity College students who have formed Canto Trinitas, a group of male choristers devoted to helping sacred music of past eras make a comeback And parishes take note: these impressive six young lads are making an offer that's too good to refuse. !amid Osman, a law student from Murdoch University, told The Record that for Catholic parishes organising special events but who don't have access to quality sacred music, Canto Trinitas will commitments allowing - come to the rescue. "If there's a really special event in a parish that appreciates quality music but they can't get anything together, we'd be honoured to participate at no cost," he said last Thursday. It's an offer worth

thinking about. The beauty of the music and quality of the singing are impressive and make the listener sit up and take notice. After all, boys in their teens should be out kicking the football around, not singing music from the 15th and 16th centuries. Formed two years ago, Canto Trinitas - average age 15 and a half - is a unique chamber choir of both treble and mature male voices. All six members are past and present music scholars of Trinity College, East Perth, where they sang together even before the ensemble's formation. But whichever way you look at it - or listen - this group has class. While most of its six members study an array of instruments - from the pipe organ to the bagpipes - all enjoy the challenges and achievements associated with singing in a choir. Canto Ilinitas is also capable of performing a wide range of =accompanied and a cappella masterpieces. Their repertoire, like their voices, is impressive and takes in everything from Renaissance choral works through to 20th cen-

tury masterpieces, including works by Byrd, Victoria and Britten, and from the baroque, classical and romantic periods. However, like everyone else, Canto Trinitas has expenses to meet and is available for bookings for weddings, funerals and any other special services. And although the group was formed to give its members more experience of singing at this level and repertoire, Mr Osman said it had another goal: trying to reintroduce people to something that has practically vanished. "It's rare to hear sacred choral music in a parish church these days," he said. Chorister Greg Le Coultre agreed. While parishes often tried to keep young people attracted with contemporary Canto Trinitas in the Trinity College Chapel. They are, music, "there's already people in the from left to right: Greg Le Couttre, Cameron van Reyk, church who need to be looked after as Jamil Osman, Sal Abate and Roberto Abate. well," he pointed out. Canto liinitas can be contacted by email at jfosman@hotrnail.com or on (08) 9368 1254.

Pie None: sign of contradiction to some Church members Continued from Page 7 He also declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, which may have struck a chord with Pope John Paul 11, who has dedicated his papacy to Mary But other, more bitter memories linger, especially among Jews. Although Pope Pius opened the gates of Rome's Jewish ghetto and eliminated the most degrading restrictions on its inhabitants, his relationship with the Jewish community was a stormy one. It worsened dramatically in 1848, when six-year-old Edgardo Mortara was taken from his Jewish family in Bologna by papal gendarmes after it was reported that he had been secretly baptised by a Catholic servant. Pope Pius came to consider him- Vatican officials gather around the tomb of Pope Pius IX as it is exhuintid Photo: CNS No self the spiritual father of Edgar- 1956 at an earty stage in the beatification process. do, who would sometimes play in explain that Pius IX would be DC's beatification, giving evidence the Vatican and eventually beatified exclusively on the reli- in the canonical process.' became a priest in 1873. gious merits that characterised Those who criticise Pius IX say Italy's modern Jewish commu- his 'Petrine ministry' including he was authoritarian and nity, while carefully noting that the preparation and formation of opposed to progress. Bishop saint-making is the Church's busi- the clergy, paying great attention Liberati said that 'Pius IX was not ness, has strongly expressed its to the religious life, and founding against progress: on the contrary, objections about Pope Pius. Catholic Action. he showed openness and courage "1 think it is absurd and a seriAs regards the accusations of in governing the Pontifical States." ous mistake to beatify Pius IX anti-Semitism, in two Italian "For example, the construction especially in a jubilee year in newspaper interviews, Bishop of some important railroad lines which the Pope wants the Church Carlo Liberati of the Congrega- in central Italy are owed to him.' to reflect on its errors," said Elena tion for the Causes of Saints As regards the question of the Mortara, a relative of Edgardo. explained that Pius IX 'was the Popes' loss of temporal power, Pope Pius has inspired little pop- promoter of the liberation of the Pius IX was not concerned about ular devotion in Italy. Pope John, Jews from the ghetto." losing power, but by the fact that on other hand, is remembered "On the night of 17-18 April, the Church would be at the mercy with special affection by Italians, 1848, he ordered that the doors of of the State. many of whom still keep his pic- the ghetto be knocked down. 'He was opposed to the policy ture on their walls. "He abrogated the undignified that it belong to Italy, Mexico and But 19 theologians, who in the and humiliating tasks the Jews Portugal, for example, persecuted past have challenged the Magis- were forced to carry out. the Church and locked it in terium of the Church, have called "He declared that 'they were not silence.' on the Catholic Church not to foreigners,' and had their streets Some have also complained of a beatify Pius IX patrolled to protect them from a 'discrepancy' in beatifying the However, following the manda- popular uprising that broke out 'authoritarian' Pius IX alongside tory lengthy investigation, the Vat- against the ghetto's emancipa- the 'Good Pope.' John XXIII ican Congregation for the Causes tion.' To dispel this criticism, Bishop of Saints, has no reservations on In the Edgardo Mortara case, Liberati simply pointed out the the goodness of Pius IX's actions. Bishop Liberal' stressed that great devotion that the Pope of On 7 February. the congrega- *what no one ever wants to recall Vatican II had for his counterpart tion's prefect. Archbishop lose is that, once he was an adoles- from Vatican I. Saraiva Martins, said Pius IX cent, Edgardo Mortara was given In fact, his dream had been to be "really was. a 'man of God' - a man the freedom to return to his home. able to personally beatify Pius IX. of assiduous prayer who had no He remained with his parents for 3 September, Pope John Paul On other desires than the glorifica- one month, but then decided to tion of God, the good of the stay in Rome and become a priest. will read decrees for both Popes: Church, and the salvation of souls: "Once he was a priest, he was one a popular favourite, one politically incorrect each with a new he sought only to fulfill the will of reconciled with his parents, God, no matter how great the suf"In fact, Edgardo Mortara was place in the ranks of the blessed. ferings he had to endure.' one of the first witnesses to - Catholic News Service and Archbishop Martins went on to declare himself in favour of Pius ZENIT news agency

First revision in Mass instructions in 25 years

Continued from Page 2 priest "may give the sign of peace Other eucharistic ministers or to the ministers." The new text adds that he Mass servers are not permitted to should remain in the sanctuary do so. Under the 1975 instruction it for that and "do likewise if for a had become common practice in good reason he wishes to offer many US parishes for lay minis- the sign of peace to a few of the ters of the Eucharist to cleanse faithful" The new instruction specifically the vessels. Lay eucharistic ministers are bans the substitution of other also barred from assisting the hymns for chants found in the Order of the Mass, such as the priest in breaking the bread. Gloria or Agnus Del — a practice The new instruction says, "This rite Is reserved to the priest and apparently more common in some other countries than in the the deacon." United States. Lay eucharistic ministers "do not The new text reiterates the 1975 approach the altar before the rule that all those attending Mass priest has received Communion and always accept from the hands should observe "uniformity in of the priest the vessel" from standing, kneeling or sitting" as a sign of their unity. which they distribute CommuBut the new text strengthens this nion. rule by preceding it with the stateThe old and new texts alike cite ment that "greater attention needs 'noble simplicity, not ostentation." to be paid to what is laid down by as a basic norm for church fur- liturgical law and the traditional nishings. practice of the Roman Rite, for the But the new text is slightly less sake of the common spiritual restrictive in its treatment of the good of the people of God rather use of sacred images in church. than to personal inclination or The old version said of images, arbitrary choice." "There is need both to limit their People "should kneel at the connumber and to situate them in secration, except when prevented such a way that they do not dis- by reasons of health, lack of space, tract the people's attention from the number of people present or the celebration. There is to be some other good reason." the new only one image of any one saint." text says. The new version says that "care That phrasing adds "reasons of should be taken that their num- health" to the 1975 list of possible ber is not increased indiscrimi- exceptions to the rule. nately, and that they are situated The old instruction said nothing in such a way that they do not dis- else about the posture of those tract the faithful's attention from who are not kneeling at the conthe celebration. There is to be secration, but the new one says only one image of any given saint that they "ought to make a proas a rule." found bow when the priest genuThe sacrarium, a basin that emp- flects after the consecration." ties directly into the ground, was A profound bow is a bow of the not mentioned in the 1975 instruc- body from the waist. tion but the new text says, 'The An entirely new chapter at the custom of building a sacrarium in end of the new instruction is the sacristy into which water from devoted to "Adaptations Which the cleansing of the sacred ves- Are the Competence of Bishops sels and linens is poured should and Conferences of Bishops." be observed." Its final paragraphs spell out The new instruction specifies norms for inculturation, the adapthat the processional cross is to tation of the Roman Rite to difbe "adorned with the figure of ferent cultures. Christ crucified." That section warns that "efforts If there is another cross on or at inculturation are not in any way near the altar, it, too, is to have aimed at creating new families of "the figure of Christ crucified rites, but at responding to the upon it." needs of a given culture in such a In general, the new text gives manner that adaptations introincreased emphasis to the proper duced in the Missal or coordinatblessing and care of those things ed with other liturgical books are intended for use in the liturgy. not at variance with the distincThe new text has an expanded tive character of the Roman Rite." description of the sign of peace. It also warns that "inculturation It says that to avoid disrupting requires a necessary amount of the celebration the priest should time, lest in a hasty and incaunot leave the sanctuary while tious manner the authentic liturexchanging the sign of peace. gical tradition suffer The old text said only that the contamination." The Record, July 27 2000 Page 11

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Dubliners consider how Murder trial faces delay to deal with less priests In Brief

GUATEMALA CITY (CNS) The trial of three army officers, a diocesan priest and an elderly housekeeper for the 1998 murder of Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerard! Conedera of Guatemala City could be postponed until next year, said the prosecutor. Public prosecutor Leopoldo Zeissig told reporters on 20 July that "a number of obstacles have been encountered which could delay the trial" of retired Colonel Disrael Lima Estrada; his son, Captain Byron Lima Oliva; guardsman Jose Obdulio Villanueva; a diocesan priest. Father Mario Orantes; and Bishop GenircIt's former cook, Margarita Lopez.

Angola message VATICAN CITY, 19 JULY (zENrn - Pope John Paul II has urged the two warring factions that have bloodied Angola since 1975 to adopt -courageous and intrepid decisions" to defeat violence, by filling -abysses of hate and division." The papal message was sent for the 18 July opening of a Reconciliation Congress in Luanda. the Angolan capital, under the auspices of the Church. Among the participants are political personalities, religious leaders, and NG0s.

Norbertines meet VATICAN CITY. 19 JULY 19 (ZEINIT) - Pope John Paul II sent a message to the General Chapter of the Norbertine Canons Regular (Premonstratensians). suggesting three priorities for their working sessions. which began on 16 July 16: to respond to the present spiritual needs of the people of God and changing social conditions, to fully implement Vatican Council II, and to continue in their commitment to renew their religious mien

Bishop Dyba dies COLOGNE., Germany( CNS) Controversial Archbishop Johannes Dyba of Fulda. whose outspokenness sometimes put him at odds with fellow bishops, died of heart failure on 23 July. He was 70. He described feminist theology as an "idiocy," with a "tendency towards blasphemy." Among those who agreed with him, especially among pro-life groups, he was held up as a model for the other bishops, who were considered soft on too many issues.

Bible report ROME. 19 JULY (ZENIT) According to a report of the Bible Societies for April 2000, Sacred Scripture has now been translated into 2,300 languages. However, the number of recorded languages in the world is over 6,500. In 1804 the Bible had been translated into 67 languages. In 1850, the figure rose to 200, and by the end of the 19th century, it reached 500. The figure was doubled over the next 50 years.

By Clan Molloy DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) - If current vocational trends continue in Dublin, Ireland's most populous diocese will be down to one priest per parish in 12 years' time, said archdiocesan officials. Two special facilitators for the reduction of personnel in parishes, Father Mick Cullen and Sacred Heart Sister Bernadette McArdle, have been appointed by Archbishop Desmond Connell of Dublin to broach the long-term Implications for the archdiocese's 206 parishes. Father Cullen said a reduction In Sunday parish Masses has

been under way for more than six months and that further reductions will continue throughout this year. More than 60 per cent of Dublin's priests are over the age of 50. With less than 2 per cent of archdiocesan clergy under age 30, young priests are an increasingly rare site on the streets of Dublin. After seminary staff outnumbered students and when no new entrants came, Holy Cross College, Clonliffe, closed its doors. "The age profile speaks for Itself," said Father Cullen, adding that at present "things are manageable," because priests were released from teaching for pas-

toral duties following the closure of Holy Cross College. With fewer priests available, Dublin's faithful must start asking questions about their pastoral futures, said the personnel reduction facilitator "How are we going to run parishes? Will we close some? Will parishes work in clusters?" "Clustering parishes will mean much more than getting together for penitential services and, afterward, for tea and sandwiches," Father Cullen said. "Parishes in any area of Dublin should already be meeting once a week for intensive planning. "While it is painful, it is also an opportunity for a parish to work

out what the essentials are of parish life and what are the essentials in the role of a priest. What can the laity do that priests are doing at the moment?" he said. Father Cullen points out that Ireland is still fortunate in having four times as many priests per person as elsewhere in Europe. In France, some priests serve up to four different churches, while German Catholic parishes have full-time pastoral assistants trained in philosophy, theology, catechises and/or liturgy. Dublin must find its own model of how to tackle the opportunities and challenges ahead. said Sister Bernadette.

Bishop condemns arson as sacrilege CWL faces criticism

By Clan Molloy DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) - Bishop Patrick Walsh of Down and Connor, Northern Ireland, described an arson attack on a Catholic church in Ballymena as a "sacrilege." Visiting the church on 18 July, Bishop Walsh said: "Over the past weeks many houses, buildings and churches have suffered arson attacks. . . . It is a sacrilege, for a church is a sacred place set aside for one purpose only - the worship of aliniOity God." On the night of 17 July, intruders broke into Our Lady the Mother of Christ Church in Harryville, a section of the largely Protestant town of Ballymena, and attempted to set the church ablaze. The damage was not discovered until the church was opened on 18 July at 7.30 am. Down and Connor diocesan spokesman Fr John McManus said: it was a fairly

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Bishop Patrick Walsh of the Diocese of Down and Connor, centre, stands with Presbyterian Moderator John Dixon, left, and Church of Ireland Bishop James Moore at the burned out remains of another Catholic Church in 1998.

deliberate attempt. They had to cut through thick metal grilling and then break thick plate glass to gain entry. They then piled carpeting, altar cloths, the priest's chair and altar boys' stools together and doused them with petrol

before setting it all alight. "Luckily there was not much flammable material in the church - the carpet was fireproof - so mainly it is Just smoke damage and the loss of some furniture and altar cloths," the priest said.

German Church: we used Nazi slaves By Michael Lawton COLOGNE, Germany (CNS) The German Catholic Church has admitted that it employed slave labourers during the Nazi regime. Following revelations by a 20 July television program, including interviews with former slave labourers who worked at church institutions, spokesman Rudolph Hammerschmidt said initial investigations had shown that the Church employed slave labourers. He said that the bishops

would decide at a late-August slave labourers and extracts from meeting whether the Church documents showing that slave should contribute to a slave labourers from Russia, Poland labour compensation fund. and Ukraine were employed in However, he said documents the farming operations of a semiavailable in the central Church nary in Westphalia and a convent archives gave evidence only of the and an abbey in Bavaria. Church's concern for the spirituThe son of the then-farm manal welfare of slave labourers; none ager of the Leokonvikt seminary showed that Church institutions In Paderborn told "Monitor" that may have employed them. he remembered several East The television program "Moni- European slave labourers. The tor," produced by the Cologne- Archdiocese of Paderborn has based public station WDR, since set up a commission to look included interviews with former into the accusations.

OITAWA (CNS) - The Catholic Women's League of Canada is facing controversy over the national council's support for the World March for Women 2000. In a telephone interview on 17 July CWL National President Sheilah Pellerin said most of the organisation's membership of 105,000 women support the decision. The league, along with the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Canadian Catholic Organisation for Development and Peace. have come under intense criticism from pro-life groups, some local women's league councils and some bishops for endorsing the march. One of the demands of the march calls for the elimination of violence against women, in part through the legalisation of abortion. Some Church leaders withdrew or are delaying contributions to Development and Peace's Share Lent annual campaign. Development and Peace, the development arm of the Canadian bishops, is providing US $110,000 for the march, which began on 8 March, International Women's Day, and ends on 17 October.

Diplomat who warned the world of Holocaust dies at 86 WASHINGTON (CNS) Catholics and Jews attended a funeral Mass on 18 July to pay their last respects to a Polish Catholic diplomat who risked his life during World War II to tell world leaders about the extermination of the Jews. Jan Karski, 86, a retired professor of government who taught at Georgetown University for nearly 40 years. died on 13 July of heart and kidney failure at Georgetown University Hospital. His role in rescue efforts during the Holocaust centred on his work in the Polish Resistance. He gained rare admittance into the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw and the death camp at Belzac, and he pleaded with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to expose the crimes

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against Jews. When Roosevelt and US and other government leaders kept silent on the matter, Karski wrote magazine articles and a book, Story of a Secret State, exposing Nazi treatment of Jews in Poland. "Jan Karski was a hero," Father Leo O'Donovan, president of Georgetown University, said in a statement. He was a concelebrant of the funeral Mass for Karski at the Cathedral of St Matthew the Apostle in Washington. "In the war years he sacrificed, saved lives and spoke the truth about the Holocaust," said Father O'Donovan. -He was a man of profound faith who taught timeless lessons about freedom. Georgetown, and the world, mourns his passing."

Prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany peer through a barbed-wire fence in this 1945 photo. Photo CNS,Reuters

Hurnig a eulogy at the funeral M s. Rabbi Michael Barenbaum of Los Angeles recited the Kaddish. the Jewish prayer for the

dead, and cantors sang Jewish hymns of mourning at the liturgy. Born in Lodz, Poland, Karski earned master's degrees in law and diplomatic sciences in 1935. In August 1939 he was taken prisoner by the Red Army but escaped and joined the anti-Nazi undeiground. Because of his knowledge of languages and foreign countries, he was used as a courier between the government in exile and the underground authorities in Poland. He made several secret trips between France, Great Britain and Poland. Karski infiltrated both the Warsaw ghetto and a German death camp and later carried the first eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust to a mostly unbelieving world.

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Catholic Orthodox dialogue progresses EMMITSBURG, Maryland. (CNS) - Meeting for the first time In the Western Hemisphere, the international Catholic-Orthodox dialogue said it made progress but did not reach agreement on the issue of "uniatism." At a closing press conference Greek Orthodox Archbishop Stylianos of Australia. Orthodox co-chairman of the consultation, said uniatism - a term for the model of church unity used in the formation of the Eastern Catholic churches in recent centuries - is linked with issues of papal primacy and infallibility, which are second-millennium developments in Catholicism which the Orthodox consider doctrinally unacceptable. The meeting, held from 9-19 July at Mount St Mary's College and Seminary in Emmitsburg, was the eighth plenary session of the joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue Between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. It included public prayer together on several occasions. Among these were a doxology at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation in Baltimore followed by Mass down the street at the Catholic Basilica of the Assumption on 15 July and a Divine Liturgy on 16 July at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Washington. "The discussions of this plenary were far-reaching, intense and thorough. They touched upon many theological and canonical questions connected with the existence and activities of the Eastern Catholic churches," said a joint final communique released at the press conference. It added, however, that "since agreement was not reached on the basic theological concept of uniatism, it was decided not to have a common statement at this time." Commission members "will report to their churches, who will indicate how to overcome this obstacle for the peaceful continuation of the dialogue," it added. It said, "The commission sees the need for further study of the theological, pastoral, historical and canonical questions related to this issue. It understands the complexity of the problems that

Burundi Church: a key player By Stephen Kent BELLEVUE, Washington (CNS) - In a country racked by civil war, genocide, AIDS and poverty, the Church in Burundi is a major player in bettering the lives of the people. "We must reflect on what we are meant to be - the family of God. If we believe that all human beings have the same dignity and honour, then we must fight everywhere and every time to protect human rights," said Bishop Bernard Bududira of the Diocese of Burwi, Burundi. Bishop Bududira called for the cancelling of international debt and urged cooperation between the World Bank and the Catholic Church. The bishop, on a three-week visit to the US, celebrated Mass and spoke at St Louise Parish in Bellevue on 11 July and at Sacred Heart Parish in Bellingham on 10 July. His East African country is the fifth least developed country in the world, according to a UN eco-

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nomic agency. Burundi has been victimised by ethnic strife since the early 1970s. Since 1993, 200,000 people have been killed in a civil war between the majority Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups. "We of the Church, who are peacemaking, call upon the consciences of Christians," he said. The church has organised several peace marches, and preached non-violence, mutual acceptance, reconciliation and forgiveness, he said. "To eradicate

ignorance," he said, the Church is involved in education by managing elementary and secondary schools, including 30 per cent of the public schools. An insufficient number of qualified teachers results in large class sizes with 60 to 100 students per classroom. The schools have room for only 40 per cent of the school-age children. The Church is beginning eight formation centres for teachers in primary grades, Bishop Bududira said. The Church established small Christian communities to work toward sustainable development. Bishop Bududira called for the cancelling of international debt. "The third millennium should be an opportunity to give back hope to millions of persons of the world economic order who are without confidence in the future because of poverty and underdevelopment," he said. He called for a partnership among branches of the World Bank. the Church and the government. especially in Burundi.

are to be solved and at the same time the importance of this dialogue for the churches." Australian Cardinal Edward Cassidy, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and Catholic co-chairman of the dialogue, and Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore, a dialogue member and host of the Emmitsburg meeting. also participated in the closing press conference. Cardinal Cassidy called the staBy John Burger tus of the Eastern Catholic churches a "question which is of NEW YORK (CNS) - Christians great importance for our churches, which is really at the heart of in southern Sudan are "doing better" but still face serious persecuour theological dialogue." He added, "There is no easy tion from the country's extremist solution to such a complicated, Muslim rulers, said Sudanese complex situation, which at the Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El same time is such a very vital Obeid on a visit to New York City. Bishop Gassis, whose outspoquestion for the relationship between our churches and for our kenness against the regime in desire to restore the unity which Khartoum has made him a we shared in the first Christian marked man, was on a monthlong visit to the US to call attenmillennium." Archbishop Stylianos said. 'The tion to the suffering of his people. A 17-year-old civil war has dialogue here in Emmitsburg was quite fruitful, even if we were not claimed some 2 million lives. Black African Christians and able to create a common docuanimists in southern Sudan have Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid, Sudan, and members of his flock of ment." the Arab-Muslim Nuba Catholics gather during Holy Week 1999 under what he calls his cathebeen fighting He said the "brotherly atmosdral of sycamore trees. Photo: CNS,Gabrvel Meyer phere" in which church leaders North in a war that has raged on and off for more than 40 years. Father to see the horror of hatred, said he has told Pope John Paul II and scholars from about 20 countries came together "enabled us to since Sudan gained its indepen- of racism, of religious intolerance. that southern Sudan is a kind of speak openly to each other and to dence from Britain in 1956. The of genocide in Sudan - and no Maginot line, and if it is broken one is talking about it," the bish- through. "Islam will reach the discover other aspects" of the dif- current conflict began in 1983. The bishop said he hopes to take op said at the end of a homily. heart of Africa in no time." ferent ways in which the Catholic Bishop Gassis, who baptised Bishop Gassis said the war being and Orthodox churches view the six children to Rome for the 1 former October canonisation of a "religious 200 people in his mounthe South is a some waged on Eastern churches united with Sudanese slave. The children are and ethnic persecution" and that tainous diocese at Easter. said that Rome. "The atmosphere and the condi- missing limbs because of the Feb- Western companies mining oil in he is assisted by catechists but tions were not so mature that we ruary aerial bombing of a the region are helping the gov- said that a lack of priests is "hamcould create a common docu- Catholic school. "I want the Holy ernment carry out that war. He pering our work." ment, but this is not unusual." he added. "We have to wait a while and breathe, think again, and ask assistance from our church VATICAN CITY. 21 JULY (ZENIT) Rights and Duties of Citizens." In the purpose of the meetings is not authorities. We knew in advance - The annual meeting between particular, special emphasis was so much to ascertain agreement we faced a very difficult problem." leaders of the Pontifical Council given to respect for life, work, the in all areas, but to exchange points Archbishop Stylianos, who repfor Inter-Religious Dialogue, led family, and freedom of expression of view in order to improve muturesents the Ecumenical Patriaral understanding. by Cardinal Francis Arinze. and in society. chate of Constantinople in the The Vatican delegation paid a The duties of citizens were also world-wide members four of the dialogue, told the journalists that courtesy call on the Grand Sheikh held in specified. was Islamic organisations part of the Orthodox problem Speaking on Vatican Radio, after of Al-Azhar, supreme head of the with the Eastern Catholic church- Cairo at the beginning of July. return from the meeting, Car- Sunni Muslims. reprehis organisations Muslim es is that it does not correspond dinal Arinze said it was extremeMuslim During the meeting, Sheikh World were the sented to Orthodox understanding of the ly interesting to see the points of Tantawi recalled John Paul ll's Islamic World the Congress, Church as a communion of synLeague, the Organisation for convergence with Muslims. but visit on 24 February. Catholic and odically-governed churches. Nor had the Orthodox ever Islamic Daw'a and Relief, and the also the differences that exist Muslim representatives conaccepted the papacy as it was Organisation for the Islamic Con- between the two religions as firmed their intention to intensify regards civil rights. efforts to collaborate in the condeveloped in the second millen- ference. The Nigerian Cardinal said that struction of a better world. The topic addressed was "The nium.

Sudan terror: some small relief

Catholic-Muslim convergence 'interesting'

New head appointed for Latin Mass group in move 'to avoid split' VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Saying it hoped to minimise the risk of a split within the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter, the Vatican appointed a new superior general for the institute of priests who have special permission to celebrate the old Latin Mass. Father Arnaud Devillers, superior of the fraternity's North American district, was named to a six-year term as superior general by Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, president of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Der The Cardinal's decision was communi-

cated in a letter dated 29 June and read to members of the fraternity's general chapter meeting from 4-14 July in Wigratzbad, Germany. The Vatican would not release a copy of the letter, but confirmed its existence and contents after lay supporters of the fraternity began distributing copies of it. "Because of the danger that an election at this time might cause major divisions among you," the cardinal said he decided to appoint Father Devillers to the post. "His first mission will be to restore the

peace of your fraternity, while working to preserve your common spirituality and to reinforce your spirit of family," said the cardinal who, since April, has headed the Vatican commission responsible for priestly institutes and groups of faithful attached to the use of the old Mass. The cardinal's decision comes after a year of tension over a Vatican ruling that priests with permission to celebrate the old Latin Mass still have the right to celebrate the new Mass. Some members of the fraternity had

insisted that since the institute was founded to promote the continued use of the old Mass, it made no sense for their members to celebrate the new liturgy. The July 1999 Vatican ruling said the priests' superiors could not prohibit them from celebrating the new Mass when it is for the good of the worshipping community, and it affirmed the right of priests to concelebrate the new Mass, especially with their local bishop at the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday. The Record, July 27 2000 Page 13

Asian Catholic News

Ambonese condemn military

AMBON, Indonesia (CNS) Local Catholic Church leaders believe Indonesian military forces deployed in the Moluccas Islands lack the determination to end the violence in the area. A report received by UCA News, an Asian Church news agency based in Thailand, from the Crisis Centre of the Ambon Diocese said, "Recent events increase our conviction that the military forces are not able or lack the determination to end the violence and to pave the way for peace." Auxiliary Bishop Josephus Tethool and Father Agustinus Ulahaiyanan, chairman of the centre, signed the report on 18 July. According to their report, Christian quarters in Ambon have been under heavy attack since 15 July by Muslim fighters armed with military-standard weapons. In a separate report issued on 19 July, the centre claimed that on 18 July Muslim fighters attacked four predominantly Christian neighbourhoods and burned houses in one of them, Manggadua. Meanwhile, it said, another group of Muslims tried to attack a school complex at Urimesing neighbourhood, but Christians were able to stop them. According

Muslim rioters smash Java parishioners' cars YOGYAKARTA, lndones • (UCAN) - Police prevented what some feared could have become another Church attack by firing warning shots at Muslim militants who had smashed cars parked in front of a Catholic church in central Java. While a Sunday Mass was in progress on the evening of 16 July, a convoy of some 50 Muslim militants from a nearby rally destroyed five cars in the parking lot of St Anthony Catholic Church. The church is in the Kotabaru subdistrict of Yogyakarta, 405 kilometres southeast of Jakarta. Witnesses say police escorting the convoy halted further damage by firing warning shots and hunting for the perpetrators. livo suspects were arrested. Anwaruddin Budiyono, Yogyakarta City's police chief, report-

edly asserted that the attackers were "infiltrators," not participants of the Islamic rally. He also reportedly said that police officers had received information that during the rally, infiltrators would exploit the situation to provoke riots. "To prevent the worst situation," Budiyono reportedly said, police were sent to houses of worship and other public places that might be targets of riots. The rally had been organised by Laskar Komando Jihad (troops of Islamic holy war command) to celebrate recent "victories" of jihad troops in clashes with Christians in the Maluku islands. In March, a similar rally that called on Muslims to wage a holy war in the Malukus also ended with attacks on churches and Christian properties. Father

to the Church leaders, the clash in Urimesing took place only some 50 metres from the quarters of the Pattimura military regional command, which is charged with overseeing the Moluccas. Their report concludes that -the

military seemingly did not care." soldiers, continued shooting and That same day, the report said. throwing grenades, according to Muslims also attacked a Christian the report. That evening, clashes settlement at Pohon Puleh neigh- In Diponegoro neighbourhood bourhood. Military officers who forced hundreds of Christians to tried to stop them withdrew while flee to a government-run school the attackers, backed by renegade near the Catholic convent. The

Ho Chi Minh's Catholics honour Jesus in Eucharist HO CIII MINH CITY, Vietnam Joseph Le Van Nam of Ha Noi (1ICAN) - Some lay Catholic's of parish said a sharing session Ho Chi Minh City archdiocese during the week taught him that said in June that they want devo- they have to revive the custom tion to the Eucharist and other of evening family prayer. which traditional pious practices to be he said has "almost died out in revived to help deepen their urban life." faith life. "An evening prayer is the rare "The holy hour should be moment of the busy day during organised every Sunday after- which parents and children can noon. not just on Corpus Christi gather and share each memSunday." Pierre Nguyen Quang ber's joy and sorrow," he said. Vinh of Nghia Hoe parish Maria Trinh Thi Mai of Tan recently told UCA News, Viet parish told UCA News that The 62-year-old layman said If family members lived up to that Eucharistic devotions and the meaning of the Eucharist, sharing sessions organised they would carry out its spirit by throughout the week leading to visiting the sick and the poor, Corpus Christi Sunday this year and even invite them home for greatly touched adults in his a meal. parish. Archbishop Jean Baptiste Nghia was among some 3,000 Pham Minh Man of Ho Chi Catholics representing all arch- Minh City, who presided over diocesan parishes attending the the concluding Corpus Christi Mass and ceremony on 23 June Mass, urged lay Catholics to fosto conclude the week-long cele- ter communion and unity withbration. in their own families. Under a theme declaring He said the family as an insti"Jesus Christ, Our Unique Sav- tution can fend off pressures iour and Life-Giving Bread," the from secular society that can event was held at St Joseph lead to family breakups and major seminary. other family-related problems if In organising the event, the family members "willingly archdiocese invited 20 Catholics receive and faithfully live the from each parish and 10 Reli- Eucharist." gious from each congregation to "The Eucharist is the centre, join the universal Church in uniting and linking all commumarking the International nity members. It gives them the Eucharistic Congress that was strength to give witness to mutuheld in Rome from 18-25 June. al love," he said at the Mass.

Ignatius Jayasewaya, episcopal vicar of Yogyakarta, thanked police for responding immediately and thereby defusing what Church observers saw as a provocation. If police did not take such decisive action, Father Jayasewaya told UCA News, more vehicles would have been destroyed and a brawl with churchgoers possibly would have been "unavoidable." Father Jayasewaya also thanked local Catholics for restraining themselves by not responding. He said that after receiving a report about the incident at St Anthony Church, he called on all parish priests in Yogyakarta to be on alert. "I am happy to hear that police personnel have been deployed in all parish churches. Thank God, the destructive action did not continue." he said.

nuns attended to the refugees and prayed with them. According to other reports, Moluccas Governor Saleh Latuconsina declared that he would isolate the province, especially Ambon Island, from outsiders. Latuconsina was reportedly determined to ban outsiders from entering Ambon and to send nonMoluccans back to their home provinces. In an attempt to end the sectarian clashes, in June the government declared a state of civil emergency in the Moluccas. Muslim-Christian clashes that erupted in January 1999 in the Moluccas, some 1,600 miles northeast of Jakarta, have claimed at least 3,000 lives. • The chairman of the US bishops' Committee on International Policy, Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston, asked US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to urge the Indonesian government to end sectarian fighting in the Molucca Islands. In a July 21 letter to Albright, Cardinal Law said it was "essential that the Indonesian government take decisive action both to control its own military and to disarm the murderous militia armies."

Muslims massacre Christians MANILA, Philippines (CNS) Condemning the latest killings by Muslim extremists fighting for an independent Islamic state, Philippine bishops called for renewed peace negotiations between the rebels and government. In an 18 July statement. Archbishop Orlando Quevedo, president of the Philippine bishops' conference, said a massacre of 21 reportedly Christian civilians represented the "tragic reality of continuing war." Armed men, allegedly members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, seized 22 civilians on 16 July on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao and killed all

but one of them inside a mosque. The MILF is the main Muslim rebel group fighting for a separate Islamic state in the Philippines. "The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines condemns In the strongest terms the massacre of these innocent civilians, as it has consistently strongly condemned all violent acts as a consequence of war, regardless of the perpetrators or the victims," said the archbishop. "We reiterate our conviction that the Mindanao problem is not religious in nature but political," the statement said. "And if the MILF believes its cause to be just, then terroristic and criminal acts will

simply destroy it." Offering the bishops' condolences to the victims' families, Archbishop Quevedo appealed for an "end to all hostilities and for a return to the negotiating table." As part of their efforts at a resolution to the conflict, the bishops said they supported an initiative by the Philippine laity council for an act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on 4 August "By this act of entrustment, we wish to obtain peace for our nation, through the intercession of Mary, whom both Muslims and Christians revere," Archbishop Quevedo said.

Nirmala dismisses reports as 'nonsense' NEW DELHI, India (CNS) Christians have expressed dismay over Sister Nirmala joshi's reported exoneration of Hindu militant groups from anti-Christian violence, while the nun, Mother Teresa's successor, called the report nonsense." UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand, said newspapers in India reported in mid-July that Sister Nirmala said Christians are safe under Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People's Party). The papers also reported that the 66-year-old nun, who took over as head of the Missionaries of Charity in March 1997, does not

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believe any Hindu organisation is behind the attacks on churches or missionaries. However, Sister Nirmala insists she never made such

comments. "They have published all nonsense," the nun told UCA News when contacted on 22 July at the northern Indian town of Gwalior. She said that she had not issued a denial, but explained, "I don't have to issue statements denying nonsense they publish about me." Sister Nirmala visited Gujarat on 9 July prior to her Gwalior trip. She met Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel. who raised the "conversion issue," according to Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash. her companion at the meeting. He told UCA News the nun informed Patel that she, a Nepali-born convert from Hinduism, does not believe Christians in India use force to convert others.

UN award to nun murdered in Timor Cooperative, store, ease life NEW YORK, 21 JULY (ZENIT) The "Path to Peace" Foundation, for the Christian and humanitarian of the Vatican Mission at the United Nations, has awarded the "Servitor Pads" ("Servant of Peace") prize to Mother Erminia Cazzaniga, an Italian missionary killed by militia members on 26 October last year in East Timor, shortly after she had taken food and consolation to a group of refugees. In an October 1995 interview with the parish bulletin of the Lecco diocese, where she was

born, Mother Cazzaniga said: years in East Timor, where she is "From these people, who are so now buried, in keeping with her used to suffering and poverty, I wishes. have also received the ability to Born in Italy in 1930, she was a accept suffering." catechist and member of Catholic Every year, "Path to Peace" con- Action. fers the distinction, "Servitor She dreamt of being a missionPads," on persons who have dis- ary, but began working in a textile tinguished themselves as 'instru- factory. ments of peace" in their service to She found her vocation when the poor and defenceless. she met the religious congregaThe posthumous award will be tion founded by the recently conferred on Mother Cazzaniga canonised Italian, St Maria Magon 13 November in the UN's New dalena de Canossa. After comYork headquarters. pleting her novitiate in 1955, she Mother Cazzaniga lived for 40 went to East Timor in 1960.

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for West Papuan villagers

MANOKWARI, Indonesia (UCAN) - Life has become easier to bear in Senopi, a remote village in Indonesia's Papua province, since a little Catholic store started buying local products and selling basic goods. Thanks to Team Umsu (rise together), a stall run by a Catholic cooperative, villagers now have an outlet for their farm produce and can avail of basic household needs. "From this kiosk, people can buy rice, salt, sugar, cooking

oil, kerosene, soap, coffee, and matches. It is run by a Catholic village cooperative," said Regina Gewab, an attendant at the little store. Thomas Berm chairman of Team Umsu Cooperative in Senopi. told UCA News that the store was established in 1990 to buy people's farm products, sell them in Manokwari town, and then bring basic goods to the village folk.

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From weatherboard to brick: among the goals of Christ the King School in Beaconsfield are service of a variety of needs, including helping children reach their educational and spiritual potential.

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hrist the King School was 483 students from Kindergarten established in 1903 by the to Year 7. The parish priest, Father Sisters of St Joseph of the Liam Keating, and his assistant, Apparition in Lefroy Road, Bea- Father Michael Evans, both play a consfield. vital and positive part in the reliOn a hot January day in that year gious life of the school. Sisters Camillus and Alacoque Since 1988, Christ the King has walked from Fremantle along a also functioned as an intensive dusty road to Beaconsfield to set language centre for newly arrived up classes in the new weather- migrant children. board building. Their first enrolIt also accepts international ment was 75 students. enrolments and currently a numToday, more than 90 years later, ber of students from families in Christ the King's school commu- Indonesia study at the school. nity can proudly say that it has Staff member Mrs Mietka been a part of Catholic education Gruszka is the New Arrivals Coorin the State for a very large part dinator for all Catholic schools in of the 150 years of its existence. WA. And although the school's With the help of specialist Engadministration is now in lay lish teachers, staff support these hands, the link with the Sisters is children in a stress-free settlestill there with the presence of ment into their new country. Sister NoeIlene Haungyan, a The subject known as 'English Burmese member of the Sisters as a Second Language' and a litwho teaches Year One students. eracy support program operate to Throughout its 97 years of his- continue supporting the needs of tory. the School has worked to both these and other students provide a positive educational with learning difficulties. and spiritual environment. Italian is also taught at the In April, 1997, the school relo- school under the languages other cated from the Lefroy Road site to than english program, which is York Street, Beaconsfield. conducted in conjunction with Today, Christ the King is a co- the Halo-Australia Welfare Assoeducational, double-stream ciation. school catering for approximately One of the benefits of having

Liz Ashcroft takes Jacob Ferraro, left, through a spelling exercise k the Special Education Support Centre.

students from so many different backgrounds is that the multi-ethnic mix has created a rich cultural atmosphere in which each child's unique heritage is understood and appreciated. In 1999 the school community welcomed the establishment of a special education support centre for children with high support needs. This centre is seen as an extension of the learning community where challenging and exciting opportunities are provided for all

students to grow, learn and develop towards realising their full potential. It is integral to the school vision which is dedicated "to developing a unified Christian community in an environment of hope, love and trust". Professional and devoted teachers and teacher assistants work to help children whose needs are more intensive in particular areas, such as Downs Syndrome children, for example, to get the best chances that education can offer. Christ the King also serves as

something of a hub of activity for other Catholic schools in the area, particularly as the regional office of the Catholic Education Office is based at the school. Information technology is a key feature of the modern educational scene and Christ the King is committed to helping educate students in the needs of the 21st century. Computers are stationed in every classroom and are an inte(.;T•al part of daily life for children at the school. Computer technology and resources are also currently being updated. Meanwhile, specialist education includes class and individual music programs and physical education. However the vision of Christ the King is also neatly encapsulated in its pastoral care program which revolves around the motto of care and respect for everyone. As such, it is a key part of the school's existence and an expression of its faith as a Catholic community, but it also provides everyone with a daily challenge to support all members of the school community as they strive towards realising the vision. One of the creative ways the school uses to help students to see the importance of such a vision, and practice it, is to reward them for actions which demonstrate acts of kindness, courtesy, respect and positive behaviour both on an individual and a class basis. Sisters Camillus and Alacoque, one suspects, would be pleased.

At a Glance Principal: Mrs Suzanne Fox Address: PO Box 213, Beaconsfield WA 6162

Sr NoeHene Haungyan tends to drying artworks while Year 1 teacher, Mrs Rosey Garaffa, in background, answers students' questions.

Teacher, Linda Riebe, rear left, and US exchange teaching student, Carrie O'Neil, take Year 6 students through a prayer service in the school chapel.

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