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Spirit of prayer defeating drug addiction at Cross Roads agency By Peter Rosengren

Satan is having a field day with society and some of the results can be seen in the addicted lives of those who come to the Catholic Church's Cross Roads agency in Fremantle seeking help, a young Catholic priest, Father Paul Baczynski, said last Friday night. Helping the drug-addicted escape their hellish existence was the focus for a cocktail party at the Italian Club in Fremantle last Friday night - organised as a special 'thank you' function for all those who have helped set up and run Cross Roads. Supporters were also briefed on upcoming developments for the agency. Archbishop Barry Hickey told listeners that there was "a new breed" emerging in the Church Australia's Catholic bishops authoritarian" structures, accord- young people who had lived the Fruits of sin in areas such as drug have been asked to nominate ing to the report. This group comprised about addiction, but they had rediscovpossible commissioners as a first step in the formation of 2,700 individual women who ered the Church and were on fire the Commission for Australian made written submissions, spoke with love for it. A psychiatric nurse announced Catholic Women, which is at public hearings or met in spethat she and Cross Roads supcial target groups for the consulintended to be an "expert porters who work in the relevant rather than representative" tation, and about 800 groups, professional areas were developmainly of women, who made organisation. ing a professional drug awareness written submissions. program for Catholic schools The Australian Catholic BishThe new commission is expectops' Conference decided in May ed to be set up after December's based on spiritual values. Archbishop Hickey established to set up the commission. plenary meeting of the Bishops' Cross Roads as an archdiocesan At the time, the conference conference. The implementation agency after being approached by authorised a separate committee committee, chaired by Brisbane's Fr Baczynski, a former assistant of six bishops and five women Auxiliary Bishop Michael Putney, priest in the parish of Bateman. dealing with the implementation The agency. which offers counis seeking nominations from indiof the earlier three-year investiselling and intensive spiritual vidual bishops for the commisgation into the participation of assistance through prayer to those women in the Catholic Church. sion, which will have a chair and seeking to escape addictions, has eight members. published as Woman and Man: been functioning in East Street, Its members are expected to One in Christ Jesus. to prepare embrace a wide mix of character- Fremantle, for the last five the way for the commission. months. Two quite different opinions istics, backgrounds and skills. Fr Baczynski told the more than "The commission is intended to about this participation were 200 supporters last Friday he had uncovered in the research and be an expert rather than a repre- been "truly humbled" by the genreport into- the controversial sub- sentative body," a statement from erosity of people. the general secretariat of the bishject. Cross Roads takes its name from The majority of the largest group ops' conference said. a verse in the Old Testament's Bishop Putney added that the of women whose views were used Book Of Jeremiah (6:16): "Yahweh for the report - 3,000 women at committee was "attempting to says this: stand at the crossroads Masses around Australia one make the membership as inclu- and look, ask for the ancient Sunday in 1996 for the Catholic sive as possible." paths: which was the good way? 'We hope that the Commission Take it and you will rind rest for Church Life Survey - "do not feel unwelcome in the parish and do will be an effective focal point for your souls." not experience barriers prevent- ongoing dialogue with women; it Fr Baczynski said society was ing them from participating in the will assist in the implementation materially doing very well in Church in the way they wish," the of the decisions and recommen- areas such as technology and scireport found. dations adopted by the Bishops' ence but was failing dismally in But the majority of a second Conference in the wake of the morals and standards. group consulted believed the research project on women's par"Satan is having a field day," he "fundamental barrier" was a set ticipation in the Church in Aus- said, adding later: "the fruits of of "patriarchal attitudes and tra- tralia. society are very unbalanced." ditions" and "hierarchical and Continued on Page 11 He said miracles had already

Fr Baczynski: hope in prayer

Mr Marlborough: hope in the Church

taken place at the agency which "runs on the power of God's love." "We've seen miracles take place at Cross Roads just in a few moments of praying with someone," he said. It is God's power "which enables you brothers and sisters to help those who have fallen into habitual addictions," he said, adding that just as Jesus cured lepers, so today's lepers were the addicted. The answer lay in not only flexing the physical and intellectual

'biceps', but the spiritual one too, he said. "There are so many who in the last five months have come to me who are broken. They may be 25 to 30 years old, but emotionally they are children," he said. The State Parliament's Member for Peel, Norm Marlborough, a board member of Cross Roads, told those attending that only the Church could maintain a longrange plan in this essential work. It was beyond the capacity of Government to do so, he said. He also told listeners how an 11year-old girl he knows is acting as the real 'parent' to her two drugaddicted parents and relies on prayer to give her the strength to keep going. Mr Marlborough said he had become involved with Cross Roads because of a family close to him whose 15-year-old daughter had died from drug addiction. The MP said that "with governments, regardless of who's in power, budgets and priorities change." The advantage of a private organisation working in the area was that it is free from Government dictates and budget priority changes, he said. "So the need to have a private organisation is paramount. absolutely paramount. andI can't think of a better organisation to have in WA than an organisation backed by the Catholic Church," he said. Mr Marlborough said he regularly sees "the shells" of families that are left after addiction hits them. However the one thing common to those who have resurrected their lives from the addiction nightmare is that they have found something spiritual, such as the 11-year-old whose mother had just come out of jail for her sixth drugs-related conviction and whose father was also a heroin addict. "That girl is aged 11 going on 43," he said, adding: "She's the backbone of the family. "We're at the stage where we ought not to be asking how we can help . . . . we ought to be asking 'why aren't we helping?'," he said. As for Cross Roads, he said "I believe it's the spiritual golden thread that's needed in our community Continued on Page 11

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he feast of St Augustine on There are many parents today, ing with it. This is no less true of 28 August is always a time from all walks of life, who must Australia than ills of America, nor of gratitude and reflection be wondering what is happening of Bunbury than it is of Broome, for me. to their families - their lives, their nor of Perth than of Paris. It is the date Ichose for my ordi- faith, their morality. We are steeped in a movement nation as a priest (1976) because The effects of accelerating cul- of massive cultural upheaval and I consider Augustine to be an tural change have had a critical we appear to be powerless to do exemplary hero of the Church impact upon the family and every anything about it. and society. other institution we are familiar The quick-fix solution of hedoHe was a man of his time whose with. nism and self-indulgence, drugs attitude to life and faith should Encounters with media news and materialism, aren't satisfying continue to challenge and inspire bulletins enforce our fears that our needs. humanity even in the latter days there is something desperately They promise respite from the of the twentieth century. wrong with our society. crushing disappointments of life I attended a school for some Deaths from drugs - young peo- but in truth they only add to our time run by the Augustinian ple cut off from life in their prime burdens. Fathers, which of course has - speak dramatically of the Augustine knew the ways of a much to do with my appreciation malaise that afflicts us all. self-centred world - as did Moniof Augustine. So do the growing number of ca. Those happy years were the be suicides, the breakdown of marAugustine, for a time, enjoyed ginning of my admiration for him. riages, the continuance of deaths the fruits of a selfish existence. I remember being struck by in custody, the frightening crime Monica never did and she Augustine's tongue in cheek rate and the expanding dole prayed for her son as though prayer Lord make me good, but queues. everything depended on God. not yet. There is something dreadfully Augustine grew to look for And I still wonder at St Monica, wrong in our world and it is rav- meaning in his life. Monica his mother, who prayed cease- aging our homes and our family prayed that he would find it. lessly for her son through all his life. The brilliant searching mind of wayward years. It is a fact that our world is Augustine eventually led him to She prayed that he might grow presently experiencing the great- the brink of truth - to Jesus Christ, to love the God who loved him est cultural change in its history - his Saviour and Lord - but it was even more than she did. and not too many people are cop- by the Grace of God and the

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prayers of Monica that Augustine found what he was looking for. He was baptised on Holy Saturday night in the Year 387 at the age of thirty-two. He continued his years in the service of God who always loved him. "Late have I loved you, 0 beauty so ancient and so new," he prayed, ". . . . for behold you were within me, and I outside. .. . you called and cried to me and broke open my deafness .... you touched me and I have burned for peace." Like Augustine, the realisation that something is awfully wrong, frightfully incomplete in our lives, must be the catalyst for this generation to look deeper for the peace that only God can give. Like Monica, we are called to pray for our conversion and that of others. The future of our families - indeed of our world depends on it. - Reprinted with permission from the July edition of the Kimberly Community Profile, newspaper of the Diocese of Broome

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Bishops reject ruling on single-woman IVF

Australia's Catholic bishops have "This ruling also raises questions con- monwealth never intended: it creates a rejected the decision of the Federal Court cerning the rights of children under Aus- right to IVF for single people." Archbishcreating a right to 11/F for single women, tralian domestic law and under op Pell said: "The Church does not accept saying that no such right exists ethically international law to which Australia is a that there is any such right, either ethior in international law. signatory," Archbishop Pell said. cally or in the international law upon Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne The arguments put by the Catholic which the Federal Act is based." George Pell, speaking on behalf of the Church - which applied to the judge to He said a very good case could he made Australian Catholic Bishops Conference be heard as a "friend of the court" in this that even if the Commonwealth Governon the case, asked last Friday, 28 July, if case - were not new, he said. ment wanted to create such a right the family was any longer recognised In fact, the Australian Catholic Bishops' which it clearly did not - it would have and protected in law as the fundamental Conference put forward these same no moral or constitutional power to do unit of society? arguments in a submission to the joint so. The Archbishop said the Church got The ruling of the Court in the McBain Standing Committee on Treaties in 1997. decision threw into question the entire "The Church has a long-standing histo- Involved in the case for two reasons only. operation of the Victorian Infertility ry of advocacy for marriage and family," First, because there would otherwise have been no-one else at the hearing to Treatment Act and all other similar leg- Archbishop Pell said. islation in Australia. "The Church also provides a range of plead the cause of the children, and secThe judgement stated that Victorian services to all members of society, with ond, to plead the cause of marriage. legislation limiting access to IVF proce- special regard to protecting and nurtur- "which deserves to be taken seriously as dures to married and de facto couples ing the family and children (and) will the basis of ordinary family life in our country was invalid because it was incompatible continue to do so. "Ordinary Australians do not want their with the Commonwealth Sex Discrimi"The Federal Sex Discrimination Act nation Act. The Act prohibits services was originally intended to stop unjust Medicare dollars spent on giving IVF to from being offered selectively on the discrimination against people when, for single women when people are going basis of marital status. example, they are applying for a job, without much more important forms of healthcare in our cash-strapped hospital The judgment means that single housing, a bank loan or to buy a car. system," Archbishop Pell said. women in Victoria now have open access "But, because it was drawn in such wide "The Church - and most ordinary Austo IVF procedures without regard to the terms and without clear consideration fact that the child will be deprived of the for other important values such as the tralians - are very disappointed that our right to have a father, Archbishop Pell paramount interests of children, that State and Federal Governments chose to put up no defence in the present case. told a press conference in Melbourne. same law now has an effect the Corn"The ball is now firmly back in their courts to fix up the Federal Sex Discrimination Act and to reinvent Victoria's Infertility Treatment Act which would now seem to be in tatters." Last Tuesday, Prime Minister John Howard said his Government would try to amend the Federal Sex Discrimination Act to stop single women and lesbians Male, Catholic, community oriented, sense from using WE of the spiritual, tertiary qualifications (or - Glynnis Grainger working towards them), wants to see young people succeed, believes in a Australian Christian Meditation Community holistic approach to education, and a NATIONAL FORUM & CONFERENCE better future for people on the margins. September 1 St. 2nd & 3rd 2000 in Perth WA Must be committed. Looking for personal Guest Speaker: Fr. Denis Edwards and professional fulfilment. Happy to Fr. Den's 5 t',e T'eo,ogfcal Consultant to the Archb,shoo Adelaide and Senior Lecturer in Theology at The Cathc'c share accommodation and a unique Theological College of South Australia. He is the author o` several books. support network. Conference theme: JESUS THE WISDOM OF GOD FRIDAY 1st Sept: 5pm - 9pm

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Collie Catholic pupils World's Catholic add three green R's universities at NDA By Peter Rosengren Fremantle's Notre Dame University Vice Chancellor, Dr Peter Tannock, may or may not have known what he was letting himself and his institution in for when, in 1998, he volunteered NDA for the job of hosting the next assembly of the International Federation of Catholic Universities. But all the work paid off on Tuesday afternoon at the opening ceremony for the IFCUs 20th General Assembly being held at NDA from 1-5 August. Approximately 300 delegates from more than 40 Catholic universities around the world travelled to Fremantle this week for the assembly, described by one NDA staffer as 'a very high profile Catholic tertiary education conference.' Among those attending are Jesuit Archbishop Giovanni Pittau, the secretary of the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education who was due to speak on Thursday 4 August on the subject of Catholic education and the next millennium. The head of the con-

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gregation, Archbishop Zenon Grocholewski, sent a message to the assembly from Rome urging the delegates to bring the "salviflc message of Christ" to the world by promoting and safeguarding the Catholic identity of Catholic Universities. With rain threatening to drench any outdoors activity, delegates gathered for the opening inside the Student Common Room to be

welcomed by Dr Tannock, who called the variety among them 'a stark reminder of the universal Church.' However, he noted, the assembly also had a serious educational intent and it was hoped that delegates would make new friends and contacts which benefit their countries, their institutions and themselves. Continued on Page 15

Yangebup readies for church opening Archbishop Barry Hickey will dedicate and bless Yangebup's new Mater Christi church at 2pm on Sunday 27 August. The new church's spire was crowned with a big silver cross last Wednesday week, 26 July, and teachers from Mater Christi School, left, brought their pupils out of their classrooms to witness the historic event. Towering 24 metres above them, the sign of our faith was greeted by the spontaneous cheering of more than 600 children. The week before, the eight-and-a-haff tonnes of moulded concrete window of the church, also pictured left, was airborne as a 90-tonne crane steadied it into position behind the sanctuary of the new church. it will contain stained glass windows handpainted and crafted by Safety Bay artist Dana Quinn, of Windsor Stained Glass.

The three R's of reading (w)ritMg and (a)rithmetic have been joined by reduce, reuse and recycle at Collie Catholic College which recently won a South West Local Government Association 3R Award for its environmentally friendly initiatives. In August 1999 Collie Catholic College became the first school

in Collie to commence a recycling program. Today cans, cards, household items, as well as appropriate materials for composting and worm farming are being recycled. The success of the program saw the College named as the winner of the whole school category at the awards ceremony held in Bunbury last month.

Debater off to the Hague Sacred Heart College, Sorrento, student Daniel Miller has been selected as one of 17 delegates from around Australia who will fly to The Hague, Netherlands next January to compete at The International Model United Nations event. Daniel has recently returned from Adelaide where he was part of a 10person delegation representing WA at the United Nations Youth Conference. Over the period of a week, Daniel partook in the conference program of workshops, group activities, seminars, presentations and discussions of world issues, before launching into more mock debates of the Security Council. Expected to attract in the order of 4000 students from around the world. The Hague event is being billed as one of the world's largest youth conferences. - Phil Bayne, Catholic Education Office media officer

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Jubilee migrant amnesty call BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNS) - Bishop Ruben Frassia, head of the Argentine bishops' migration and tourism commission, said the tens of thousand of illegal immigrants should be included in a jubilee government amnesty. Bishop Frassia said at the end of a 17-19 July meeting on migration in the Andean city of Bariloche that the Argentine bishops had presented a proposal to the Government requesting an amnesty "for those foreigners without documents that have been living in Argentina, not

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Psalms course attracts By Glynnis Grainger A six-session Wednesday evening course on the Book of Psalms held at the Mary MacKillop Centre, South Perth, drew about 60 interested persons last week. The prior of the New Noiria Benedictine community, Father David Barry, began the course on Wednesday, 19 July, with the topic "Life: the raw material of the Psalms." Last Wednesday week, the second session covered "How many kinds of Psalms are there?" This Wednesday, 2 August, the subject was: "The God and People of the Psalms," next Wednesday, 9 August: "Jesus and the Psalms," Wednesday, 16 August: "The Psalms in the Prayer of the Church," and Wednesday, 23 August the course will conclude

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with: -The Psalms: Marching Songs for a Christian's Journey." The Benedictine Oblates, St Gregory's Chapter, Perth, are sponsoring the course to deepen participants' spiritual experience of Jubilee. Held from 715pm to 8.45pm, the cost is $5 per person, including a light supper.

Catholic health lobby sets mental health as priority for 2000-2001 By Glynnis Grainger Mental health is one of the priorities Catholic Health Australia has set itself for the next 18 months. For the first time in the history of the Catholic health sector, Catholic Health Australia has released its advocacy policy agenda. Titled "Speaking With One Voice," the report calls for greater attention to be given to mental health, palliative care, women's and children's health and indigenous health services. CHA executive director Francis Sullivan, speaking from Sydney, told The Record the 2000-2001 agenda was "an example of the productive and public policy interests" the Catholic Church in Australia's peak health lobby was promoting. "It ranges from primary care, community care, hospitals, nursing homes, palliative care, mental health and research." he said. "These are the specific things we aim for and want to see addressed. "There is a very specific commitment to Medicare: the entitlement is practically worth nothing unless (people) are near services." He said CHA aimed to refine or add to the document each year, and that CHAs Budget submission to the Commonwealth Government would be more specific about numbers and money The CHA agenda said that community health surveys suggested that one-in-five Australians would, at some point in their lives, experience significant disruption to their mental well-being and quality of life. Many of these people would seek some form of help, whether it he from specialist mental health services or from a wide range of health or other community services. The majority of these people would have only one episode and were likely to recover completely if they had access to appropriate treatment and care. However, there was a significant number of people who would require on-going assistance from mental health services and other community support services, in some cases, for the rest of their lives. As a result of the 1992 National Mental Health

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Plan, there had been a shift in expenditure and resource allocation from bed-based care to community services. Many more people with mental illness were living in the community as opposed to spending often very long periods of their lives in hospital. "CHA will further develop and refine a national mental health policy which addresses issues such as: what mix of community mental health and in-patient psychiatric services should be provided, by whom and where?" the agenda said. "CHA will continue to challenge government to support (mentally ill) people in rural and regional centres of Australia." On the issue of palliative care, the report said it was "widely recognised that both the demand for and location of palliative care services remains Inadequately addressed by governments at all levels. "CHA will seek to ensure that palliative care delivery occurs within an ethical framework with the dignity of each person as its central tenet." The report said the public suffered from inadequate knowledge of effective palliative care and pain Francis Sullivan and symptom management. Growth in the number of people with terminal illness had increased in line with reporting on the incidence of cancer, but funding and planning for palliative care services had not kept up with the need. Women's and children's health was also an area for which the CHA was seeking increased funding, Mr Sullivan said. The specific health care needs of women and children of lower socio-economic status Continued to be a priority in terms of access to equitable services. Children suffered from isolation in rural and remote Australia, poorer education status and reduced access to essential health services, Including immunisation programs, the report says. Improving the health status of indigenous Australians was a crucial step along the path of national reconciliation, the CHA said.

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this appointment as Parish Priest of Kalgoorlie-Boulder was part of an illustrious line of administrators and parish priests that went back to 1893. The book of Holy Gospels was presented to Fr Vallis by Jan Little and Dick Scallan on behalf of the finance committee and parish council respectively prior to Fr Vallis taking the oath from Bishop Healy. A morning tea for Fr Vallis was held in the St Mary's Hall following Holy Mass. Fr Tony thanked the parishioners for their warm welcome to the parish. Fr Vallis' friend and fellow musician of over thLrty years, Bruce Thompson, provided inspiring music on the organ, and Dominican Sister Celia Murphy, Fr ValHs' assistant for the last six years at Royal Perth Hospital, led the singing which almost raised the roof off the church.

collection. Formed in 1994, the Choir is made up of Catholics and people of other faiths. This second annual prayer afternoon is the brainchild of liturgical designer Margaret Giumelli, who prepared the prayers, with the music chosen by Ian Mills, the choir's director of music. Members of the choir live in all parts of the Bunbury Diocese, including Manjimup, Bridgetown, Dardanup and Nannup, and sometimes people from Bunbury will travel to these other places. 'The prayer afternoon is a gift of the choir to the local community,' Jane Connor, its secretary/treasurer told The Record. 'People from other Churches came last year - all Christian groups including some Ba'Hais."

- VOCATION God Cal ls - We respond SALESIANS of DON BOSCO St Mary's, Kalgoorlie, stalwart, Jan little, is fare welled from 25 years service on the parish finance committee at the function welcoming Fr Tony Vallis to the parish. Jan had also worked as part-time parish secretary for many years and had four stints on the Parish Council. Parish council chairman Dick Scallan presented Jan with an oil painting of St Mary's by Robyn Carlisle as a gift from the parish for her outstanding contribution, and thanked her for her contribution to the parish, which was an example to all the parishioners. Bishop Healy thanked Jan for her attention to detail and excellent account management over the years. Her magnificent contribution to the parish was much appreciated and would be a great loss, he said. Jan was due to retire with her father to Perth in late July.

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day's Feast of the Transfiguraon reminds us that Christ's three chosen Apostles, Peter, James and John, were privileged to witness Christ's glory at his Transfiguration on Mt Tabor, and of God the Father's command recorded in the Gospel (Mark 9:2-10) "This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to Him: The feast provides us with an anticipation of Christ's glorious destiny, a destiny which we are destined to share. The feast provides some insight into the mystery of Jesus, Son of God, the new Moses, to whom we must listen, It is significant that Peter, James and John were also the three Apostles whom Christ would invite to watch and pray with him in the garden of Gethsemane, on Holy Thursday night. We may learn from this that witnessing Christ's glory and having a greater share in his sufferings go hand in hand. Our annual celebration of the Feast of the nansfiguration is meant to help us cope with the sufferings of he coming year. l'ills feast is so important that when it

ing concludes with the words: "His sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty which will never pass away, nor will his empire ever be destroyed" This prophecy refers to Christ's eternal sovereignty and glory, a glory of which the Apostles had a glimpse at the falls on a Sunday, as it does this year, it Transfiguration. takes precedence over the Sunday liturReflection on the Transfiguration progY foundly moved St Peter. We will be able to cope with suffering In today's second reading (2 Peter 1:16better if we remember that suffering is 19) he says: "It was not any cleverly but part of the picture, a prelude to glory invented myths that we were repeating for us, as it was for Christ. when we brought you the knowledge of In all three synoptic Gospels, the the power and the coming of our Lord account of the Transfiguration mentions Jesus Christ, we had seen his majesty the fact that Moses and Elijah appeared for ourselves. and were talking with Jesus. However, He was honoured and glorified by only St Luke mentions the subject of God the Father when the Sublime Glory their conversation, Our Lord's Passion. itself spoke to him and said, 'This is my We need to remember that we need Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour.' to listen to Christ, even, and indeed We heard this ourselves, spoken from especially, when He is talking about heaven, when we were with him on the suffering. holy mountain." There is no way of escaping this point, Witnessing the Transfiguration strefor the first reading chosen for today's ngthened St Peter's faith. May this Feast feast (Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14) is from the of the Transfiguration then strengthen Old Testament apocalyptic literature: our faith. "And I saw, coming on the clouds of A strong faith is a wonderful gift from heaven, one like a son of man. He came God, one to be shared. to the one of great age, and was led into Different people have various experihis presence. On him was conferred ences which strengthen their faith. sovereignty, glory and kingship, and Whatever the experiences may have men of all peoples, nations and lan- been, let us not be reticent to share guages became his servants." The read- them, for they may well help others.

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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 fourth of five Instalments of Cardinal Ratzinger's commentary, and is the beginning of the section: An attempt to interpret the 'secret' of Fatima.

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he first and second parts of the "secret" of Fatima have already been so amply discussed in the relative literature that there is no need to deal with them again here. I would just like to recall briefly the most significant point. For one terrible moment, the children were given a vision of hell. They saw the fall of *the souls of poor sinners". And now they are told why they have been exposed to this moment: "in order to save souls" - to show the way to salvation. The words of the First Letter of Peter come to mind: "As the outcome of your faith, you obtain the salvation of your souls" (1:9). To reach this goal, the way indicated surprisingly for people from the AngloSaxon and German cultural world - is devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. A brief comment may suffice to explain this.In biblical language, the "heart" indicates the centre of human life, the point where reason, will, temperament and sensitivity converge, where the person finds his unity and his interior orientation. According to Matthew 5:8, the "immaculate heart" is a heart which, with God's grace, has come to perfect interior unity and therefore "sees God". To be "devoted" to the Immaculate Heart of Mary means therefore to embrace this attitude of heart, which makes the fiat - "your will be done" - the defining centre of one's whole life. It might be objected that we should not place a human being between ourselves and Christ. But then we remember that Paul did not hesitate to say to his communities: "imitate me" (1 Cor 4:16; Phil 3:17; 1 Th 1:6; 2 Th 3:Z 9). In the Apostle, they could see concretely what it meant to follow Christ. But from whom might we better learn in every age than from the Mother of the Lord? Thus we come finally to the third part of the "secret" of Fatima which for the first time is being published in its entirety. As is clear from the documentation The Record, August 3 2000 Page 6 V 9pg4-4 0,00`: S twult ,trle

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presented . ... the interpretation offered by Cardinal Sodano in his statement of 13 May was first put personally to Sister Lucia. Sr Lucia responded by pointing out that she had received the vision but not its interpretation. The interpretation, she said, belonged not to the visionary but to the Church. After reading the text, however, she said that this interpretation corresponded to what she had experienced and that, on her part, she thought the interpretation correct. In what follows, therefore, we can only attempt to provide a deeper foundation for this interpretation, on the basis of the criteria already considered. "To save souls" has emerged as the key word of the first and second parts of the "secret", and the key word of this third part is the threefold cry: "Penance, Penance, Penance!" The beginning of the Gospel comes to mind: "Repent and believe the Good News" (Mk 1:15). To understand the signs of the times means to accept the urgency of penance - of conversion - of faith. This is the correct response to this moment of history, characterised by the grave perils outlined in the images that follow. Allow me to add here a personal recollection: in a conversation with me, Sr Lucia said that it appeared ever more clearly to her that the purpose of all the apparitions was to help people to grow more and more in faith, hope and love everything else was intended to lead to this. Let us now examine more closely the single images. The angel with the flaming sword on the left of the Mother of God recalls similar images in the Book of Revelation. This represents the threat of judgement

which looms over the world. Today, the prospect that the world might be reduced to ashes by a sea of fire no longer seems pure fantasy: man himself, with his Inventions, has forged the flaming sword. The vision then shows the power which stands opposed to the force of destruction - the splendour of the Mother of God and, stemming from this in a certain way, the summons to penance. In this way, the importance of human freedom is underlined: the future is not In fact unchangeably set, and the image which the children saw is in no way a film preview of a future in which nothing can be changed. Indeed, the whole point of the vision is to bring freedom onto the scene and to steer freedom in a positive direction. The purpose of the vision is not to show a film of an irrevocably fixed future. Its meaning is exactly the opposite: it is meant to mobilise the forces of change In the right direction. Therefore, we must totally discount fatalistic explanations of the "secret", such as, for example, the claim that the would-be assassin of 13 May 1981 was merely an instrument of the divine plan guided by Providence and could not therefore have acted freely, or other similar ideas in circulation. Rather, the vision speaks of dangers and how we might be saved from them. The next phrases of the text show very clearly once again the symbolic character of the vision: God remains immeasurable, and is the light which surpasses every vision of ours. Human persons appear as in a mirror. We must always keep in mind the limits in the vision itself, which here are indicated visually. The future appears only "in a mirror dimly" (1 Cor 13:12). Let us now consider the individual Images which follow in the text of the "secret". The place of the action is described in three symbols: a steep mountain, a great city reduced to ruins and finally a large rough-hewn cross. The mountain and city symbolise the arena of human history: history as an arduous ascent to the summit, history as the arena of human creativity and social harmony, but at the same time a place of destruction, where man actually destroys the fruits of his own work The city can be the place of communion and progress, but also of danger and the most extreme menace. On the mountain stands the cross - the goal and guide of history. The cross transforms destruction into salvation; it stands as a sign of history's misery but also as a promise for history. Next week: the bishop in white

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he Internet: is it solely a purveyor of porn and corrupter of minds, an uncensored and unregulated medium that plays host to a large body of offensive material? Well, that is some people's definition anyway, And to some extent they are right. But it is certainly far from the whole story and, if they take the time to do so, they may discover that the Internet opens up a whole world to them. Despite all its drawbacks, the Internet gives Catholics an opportunity to take on a role that some of us don't always feel comfortable with - evangelisation. Unfortunately, since pornography and blasphemy becoming a common feature in cyberspace, a lot of good apostolic windows of opportunity are being overlooked because they are perceived to be part of a rotten whole. The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of resources on the Internet for Catholics who want to learn a lot more about their faith and teach others about it in turn. The good news is there are still a lot of decent people out there and the Internet is proving to be a great way to tap into this decency and spread it around, and you might be surprised just how quickly. Even the Vatican has a net presence www.vatican.va -, which has a great deal to offer those who have never visited Rome and others who want to hear the latest in Catholic news. It also has an extensive on-line library and, considering the limited information available to Catholics about their faith in most other libraries, it is a great tool that is out there for us to make the most of. There are also a number of other sites dedicated to Rome which play host to some very interesting and engaging articles. But one of the more powerful ways where we can use the Internet to our advantage is to use it as a medium for debate. The first instinct of many people, when they read about something that infuriates them is to write off a letter to the editor or the offending person - only to have it ignored. This isn't usually the case in an Internet online chatroom, where many a heated argument takes place as email messages fly backwards and forwards instantly. And be warned you might receive more replies than you bargained for. While some people don't feel comfortable having it out with their work colleagues over issues like abortion, euthanasia and our faith in general, there is no reason not to when you're on the Net. Although in fairness arguments can still get quite volatile - but chances are you'll come off best. I know of at least one person who managed to persuade a pro-abortion supporter in a chat-room that their criteria for what makes a life worth saving were flawed. They came to realise that all life was sacred - wanted or unwanted. That might be one child's life saved. How many more are waiting for us to get online? Advertisement

Message from Our Lady, Queen of Peace, given to Marija Pavlovic Lunetti for the village of Medjugorje and the world on 25 July, 2000

"Dear Children! Do not forget that you are here on earth on the way to eternity and that your home is in heaven. That is why, little children, be open to God's love and leave egoism and sin. May your joy be only In discovering God in daily prayer. That is why, make good use of this time and pray, pray, pray; and God is near to you in prayer and through prayer. Thank you for having responded to my c.all." at is accepted that the final authority reganling apparitions of Our Lady at Mediugorie rests with the Holy See of Rome)

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he Devil's attack on the virtue of being always open to conceiving, bearing and caring for human life did not begin with the mass production of the contraceptive pill at the start of the 1960s. Societies from ancient times have always sought and used attitudes and means designed to stop the conception of a human child and the concurrent infusion on God's part of an immortal soul on God's part that the conception invites. It is just that the pill spread the contraceptive cult faster and more extensively. Satan, after all, cannot stand to see God creating more and more immortal souls, with the pro-creative help of men and women, to be happy with Him for ever in Heaven. The Devil, of course, will be eternally unhappy. Consequently, when Pope Paul VI reminded Catholics and the world in July 1968 in the encyclical Humanae Vitae (On the transmission of human life) that God, not man, had established the Inseparable connection" between the "unitive significance and the procreative significance which are both inherent to the marriage act." and that man on his own initiative could not break it, he was simply restating what the Church had taught for centuries. Before 1968, Pope Paul was lobbied vig-

The Record orously by those both within and without papal authority, they will presumably take the Church who believed that modern notice of the results of 40 years of chemibiochemical science had achieved a way cally contraceptive culture when coming of controlling births that would bring to an appreciation of the benefits or othabout true human progress and happi- erwise of the pill and the culture it creatness. ed. When he refused to be swayed by the It is now clear that when men and arguments and findings of modern sci- women broke God's plan with the contraence, he was subjected to scorn and fury, ceptive pill and other modern means, they the most hurtful of which came from with- took the love (unitive aspect) out of the in the Church. procreative equation in God's plan. Of course, Pope Paul - a brilliant and As love is that which acts beyond one's refined intellect - understood the question self, separating procreation from love and as well as, and probably better, than oth- its concomitant sense of responsibility has ers in the debate. changed the being created from a product But he knew, on account of his holiness of selfless love destined for its own good as well as his intellect, that the matter at to a product of manufacture destined for hand dealt with God's prerogatives of cre- the good of someone or something else. ation and that science was a handmaiden Thus, it is logical for those who fully live that helped, not prevented, this creation. out a contraceptive culture to see sex and This understanding that God, and not its procreative power as just a means of science, is the engineer and creator is, in obtaining 'rights' - a right to a baby if you fact, the principle behind any true bioeth- act as a lesbian, or a right to abort a child ic. if you are heterosexual. It is now 31 years since Htunanae Vitae. Babies then become objects for the pleaFor those who accept only the evidence sure of others, and veterinarians such as of the physical sciences and not that of Dr Alan nounson at Monash University in

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we and also the Aborigines who benefited Some Catholics feel terribly embarrassed in today's Church because other Catholics should thank God that he was. The apostolic task that confronted the seem incapable of reaching out to marginalised groups in Australia. Benedictines was incredibly daunting. They include Aboriginal people, the In my recently published book. Unbroken Spirit, I quote this highly intelligent young, many women and men, drug , hank you Glynnis Grainger for her and saintly man saying: "When we pene- addicts, prostitutes and homosexuals. Yet sensitive coverage of the forthcom- trated into the thick bush in February 1846 that precisely is what our founder did. What made the news of Jesus good is that ing departure of the Sisters of Our we found only creatures who were more equivalent of the drug addicts, prostithe killed and bestial than human: natives who Lady of the Missions from Highgate (The and homosexuals of his day were the tutes ate each other. . . . husbands who killed Record, 27 July). wives over some trifling matter; moth- first to hear it. their As a family, we were very grateful to the ers who put their third girl-child to death, Jesus excluded no one from the love of Sisters for providing us with an opportuni- giving as their only reason that there where his Father. ty to farewell them and thank them for too many females already . . . ." RecentlyIlistened to a good Catholic man their work. These dedicated self-sacrificing apostles calmly inform me that the Second Vatican We are also very happy that the educa- of the one true faith were faced with some Council fell into error and we Catholics tional work the Sisters began in Highgate of the most primitive, pagan people. should reject it. in 1897 will be continued, as outlined when I suspect this is in reaction to statements Mr O'Connor writes that ". . absolutely the Primary School's Building Fund was no serious attempt was made to bring such as, "The Church encompasses with launched last September by Archbishop Christian and Aboriginal culture together." her love all those who are afflicted by Hickey. My question to Mr O'Connor is; how human misery and she recognises in those While an educational era will come to an could they? and what did Christianity have who are poor and who suffer the image of end when the Highgate Convent closes its In common with a cruel and brutal culture, her poor and suffering founder" (Dogmatdoors, a new educational era will begin. which had no genuine religion or a belief ic Constitution on the Church, Lumen GenHum, 8). The Catholic Archdiocese will be buying in Almighty God? Have we become so much the older As Edward Wilson Landor wrote in his the property form the Sisters to ensure the brother, so virtuous and healthy, ourselves 1847 classic account of the Swan River continued operation of Sacred Heart Pricolony. The Aborigines ". . . . have no reli- so little in need of conversion that we have mary School. lost all contact with compassion? Archbishop Barry Hickey has personally gion whatever, but they do believe in some The good news of mercy proclaimed spirit . kind of an evil . . . but [have] no assured the school community that the every Sunday in our Catholic Churches is notion whatever of a supreme God." school, which is the oldest operating not for the righteous but for the drug Catholic primary school in Perth, will con- (pp208-212) addicts, prostitutes and homosexuals. Mr O'Connor may argue that Bishop Saltinue to serve the Highgate community. It was in his parables that Jesus spoke to vado, despite his intimate involvement, did The school's future will be a genuine com- not have the advantage of some of the cur- us, "good Catholics" - we who would dismunity effort, with both the school and the rent, politically influenced, anthropology approve of his eating with and talking and parish contributing to the cost. laughing with such people. and sociology. The school has undertaken to raise We must be very careful not to "directly These missionaries did, however, carry". $250,000 in a fundraising campaign ... the duty of providing for the instruction cooperate in an evil act." Already this year some 44 people have launched on 22 September last year. and civilisation of the numerous Aborigidied in Perth from heroin overdose - the Further information on the fundraising nal inhabitants" (Bishop Gibney). iceberg of human misery. can be obtained from Sacred Heart PrimaBut what was even ,greater was their aim tip of an I believe the editorial makes valid points ry School (Ph: 9328 8817). to bring the good news of the Gospel to - rural refuges for some drug dependants We thank the Sisters of Our Lady of the deprived people. have life-changing effects. Missions for the past 103 years. Brian A Peachey Ills questionable that making needles We pray that their future will be as Woodlands freely available will prevent drug-related rewarding and that their legacy in Highdeaths. gate will continue bear fruit for another Yet a respectful and free debate must and all of us should be prepared to ensue century. he editorial, Heroin injecting rooms listen and, if necessary, to change. Ian and Margaret Ker a step on the road to hell (The we need the compassion and Above all Mt Lawley Record, 20 July), mentions three of a man like Jesus, the embodiexample groups of people: heroin addicts, prostiFather's mercy. of the ment tutes and homosexuals. Quinn This reminds me of the three classes of Terry aniel O'Connor (The Record, 20 July) unjustifiably and unfairly people that Jesus spent so much time with Maylands offends the memory of Bishop Sal- - the poor, the sick and the possessed and vado who was pre-eminent among the public sinners. early colonists in what was done with great In our time, heroin addicts are among the n the speculations that humans sacrifice for the Aboriginal people of West- sick and the possessed and prostitutes and evolved from apes, (The Record. ern Australia. homosexuals are some of our most visible 20 July) isn't it just as, or more, feasible that the reverse is the case! In the politically correct fashion of our public sinners. After all there are signs of the latter seen day, he accuses Salvado of being patronisThe Catholic Church in Australia used to all the time. ing to the Aborigines as though it was be a Church of the poor. wrong. 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Victoria have no problem with 'manufacturing' embryos to supply body parts for others. Sex itself becomes a pleasure commodity, and so paid prostitution increases, as does the free prostitution of adultery, fornication and spouse-swapping parties and resorts. And wherever there is an immoral product to be sold, the Mafia and its many criminal equivalents gets involved. Up to 30 million women and children around the world are caught up sex and labour slavery; European mafia are even forcing prostitutes to become pregnant so the babies can be sold. For those who prefer the evidence of their physical senses over their spiritual senses, the evidence is in: the contraceptive mentality and the contraceptive fact of the pill has and is creating a widespread culture of death rather than openness to life. Pope Paul VI was as prescient in these matters as they were blind. It was because he trusted in God and His lordship over science rather than the illusion of human progress solely through the physical sciences and technology. • The opinions expressed in this editorial, and any other Record editorial, are not necessarily those of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Perth.

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ope John Paul II called on members of the Cursillo movement to keep Church unity at the forefront of their efforts to make Christ known to the men and women of the 21st century"Encountering Christ, you have learned to look with new eyes at persons, nature, daily events and life as a whole," the Pope said. "Many men and women of our time, who unfortunately distance themselves from God, await from you the light of faith which would also make them rediscover the colours of existence and the joy of feeling loved by God. "In front of forms of individualism. which shatter and disperse the resources of humanity join your missionary forces" to those of other Church movements active today. the Pope said. Pope John Paul also urged them to remain faithful to their bishops, "whose discernment is guarantee of faithfulness to (their) charism." he said. Arriving by helicopter from his summer residence outside Rome, the Pope met with 20,000 members of the Cursilto movement in St Peter's Square on 29 July. The group, founded in Spain in the 1940s, claims some seven million participants in 57 countries, including the United States, Canada and Australia. At the movement's heart are "little courses" ("cursillos"), or three-day weekend retreats, in which members seek to deepen their awareness of their baptismal vows and the joy of knowing Christ Addressing a group of mostly Cursillista pilgrims the following day during the Angelus prayer, the Pope said the Second Vatican Council deepened the Church's awareness of its mission to real people and not just abstractions. "Christianity cannot be reduced to doctrine, nor to simple principles, because Christ, the centre of Christianity, is alive and his presence is the event which constantly renews human creatures and the cosmos," he said. The Council and the events of the past century point to "the need for an integral Christianity, which does not compromise on the truth but at the same time knows how to measure itself with history and modernity," the Pope said. The Record, August 3 2000 Page 7

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Kolbe art class put talents to religious use

Year 9 students Grace McDonald, left, and Shama Young, pose with the Holy Door.

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tridents at Kolbe Catholic College, Rockingham can be justifiably proud of their mobile Jubilee i loly Door. Constructed of gold-coloured metal and wire, with acrylic panels painted with glass paint, the arch-shaped door was the work of the Year 10 Art Class, under art and design teacher Maire Carlin. Mrs Carlin's son, Arran, 24, welded the shapes to the archway to complete the design. The symbols used in the panels relate to the Rockingham area, the environment and religion. Because of the school's Japanese connection, some Japanese characters were also included in it. "Ako in Japan is the sister city of Rockingham and there are 15 students from Tokyo at the school: Mrs Carlin said. "Every second year, students from Ako come to the school - our relationship with Japan is strong. "The new school chapel being built is going to have a Japanese influence and a Japanese garden at the back: Mrs Carlin told The Record that modern-day Saint Mwdmillian Kolbe, after whom the school was named and famous for the manner of his death in a Nazi concentration camp, was a Franciscan priest who opened a monastery in Japan in the 1930s. The door was made portable as "we wanted to use it in the various classrooms all over the school, and we can bring it to the Hall when we are having Masses." It was the idea of the main Art teacher. Peter Martin, to use a frame but Mrs Carlin's Year 10 class "did the work." - Glynnis Grainger

Fr Barry Walsh offers Mass at the College's Opening Mass for the 2000 Jubilee Year with the Holy Door prominently displayed.

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The last resting places of Father Bouchet and catechist O'Reilly finally discovered but in this case there was no intention of doing so. Sr Stibi told The Record she had had a p until last week, the precise whereabouts of the grave of Father Mau- longstanding interest in the brief early WA rice Bouchet, a French Holy Ghost chapter of the history of Fr Bouchet's conFather who died in the Swan River Colony gregation, now known as the Spiritans, which had been beset by disaster. in January 1846, was a mystery. Fr Bouchet died after only three weeks in But with the discovery on Monday, 24 July, the colony at the tender age of 26 from what of what is believed to be his grave in the was diagnosed at the time as sunstroke. grounds of Mercedes College in Perth midHe and his fellow priests were part of the way through last week, another chapter in the history of the Church in WA can prob- band of 27 priests and religious brought out to the colony by Bishop Brady. ably be laid to rest. They arrived on board the ship Elizabeth Also missing and found last week was the i n 1846 but within three weeks Fr Bouchet grave of Irish catechist John O'Reilly, who was dead from a mystery illness which had died of cholera 13 months after Fr Bouchet. begun while he was still on board the boat Perth company, Western Geotechnics sup- travelling to WA. plied the cutting-edge technology - ground Sr Stibi said that while it was known that penetrating radar - needed to discover the both Bouchet and O'Reilly were buried location of the two graves at the College close to the first Catholic church in Western near the corner of Victoria Avenue and Hay Australia - St John's Pro-Cathedral which is Street on 24 July. now part of the grounds of Mercedes ColThe pinpointing of the two sites has prob- lege and which stands opposite the Catholic ably ended a four year search by arch- Church offices in Victoria Square - the prediocesan archivist, Sr Frances Stibi PBVM. cise location of the graves had been lost in 'Probably,' because, as Nathan Naren- the mists of time. dranathan, the principal consultant and She had copies of the death certificates for Mercedes Year 11 student Smita Samuelraj prepares to CEO with the company that has pinpointed Fr Bouchet and O'Reilly, translations of corhammer in a peg marking Fr Bouchet's grave held by the locations told The Record, he is 90 per- respondence written by Fr Bouchet and his Ralph Newton as Sr Frances Stibi and Mercedes princi- cent certain the sites are those of the actu- confreres before they arrived in WA. a pal Denise O'Meara watch on Monday 31 July. Other Year al graves. report of the burial in a newspaper of the 11 pupils are Daphne Bailey, Meredith Dinneen and LoretHe said normally what would happen is day and an 1860s photograph of the site ta Scolaro. that sites would be excavated or exhumed taken from what is today Hay Street - but Pt7otos• Peter Rosenqren By Peter Rosengren

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nothing else. But after a report on Sr Stibi's search for the graves appeared in the 8 June edition of The Record, she was approached by Western Geotechnics, a company which specialises in consultancy to the civil engineering, geological and construction indusWestern Geotechnics managing director Ralph Newton, is also a parishioner of Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Lesmurdie, read the article and then organised for the company to contact Sr Stibi and offer to help without charge. The company's radar equipment is capable of penetrating the surface of the earth to pin-point different layers of soil and areas where the earth has been disturbed. The Record was on hand last Monday when Western Geotechnics' Jason Gray, Nick Thodey and Dean Newton visited Mercedes College to carry out the scan. Mr Gray said that because Fr Bouchet had probably not been buried in a lead-lined coffin, the signature of soil disturbance for the graves where he and O'Reilly had been buried would be very faint. But he was hoping to pick up traces of metal which could belong to either Rosary beads or a crucifix that may have been buried with Fr Bouchet's body, as it was known the priest had been buried in his full habit. Because of the expected faintness of the signature. the data gathered from the scan

Church architecture monk visits as plans for St Mary's progress ble for the building or renovation of churches. The same By Peter Rosengren applied to bishops, Fr Seasoltz added. He suggested it was ngels in the architecture are very much in Fr Kevin better to produce a good pastoral document on liturgy Seasoltz's line of business. The American Benedic- before talking about church architecture and art, as Carditine monk was in Perth recently to speak about how nal Mahoney of Los Angeles has done. sacred art and architecture can help shape Christian spiriAsked how the assembly finds expression in church archituality. tecture he said: 'You want the people to be conscious of one And with the completion of St Mary's Cathedral in Perth another, to be able to see and to hear effectively all the mincurrently being planned, it is a matter of particular local istries that take place on behalf of the assembly.' Interest. Meanwhile, a lot of tension in the US had occurred over Fr Seasoltz, a monk of St John's Abbey in Collegeville, the question of the placement of the tabernacle - should it be centrally placed or in its own Minnesota, lectures in theology space? in the University attached to his Abbey, with liturgical theology as Fr Seasoltz's definite view was a speciality. that 'I would want the Eucharist reserved very respectfully - not Previous to that he taught on the just clumped some place in a correligion faculty of the Catholic ner.' University in Washington. "This means puts lots of Apart from a talk at Servite Coldemands on renovated churches. lege in Tuart Hill on 25 July, Fr But what one has to keep in mind Seasoltz was also the keynote is that Eucharistic devotions speaker at the ninth New Norcia always should come out of the Studies Day three days earlier. celebration of the Eucharist. and There, he spoke on how geoggo back into it. raphy and one's place in time 'So you have the Eucharist influence the way monastic life is reserved, which is much more actually lived. static, and then you have the Speaking to The Record, shortEucharist celebrated, which is ly before his Servite College lecmuch more dynamic. ture, he said that "the assembly" 'And so if you have the taberwas what was important in sacred nacle right behind the presider art and architecture. then there's obviously going to be The assembly is not only the confusion between the dynamic Fr Seasoltz outside the North Perth Monastery Church of the people gathered in the Church, Redemptorists: Church architecture needs to incorporate the and the static symbols,' he said. but the Bishop and clergy as well, needs and fact of assembly. 'oto Peter Rosengren As for the change in church a distinction that is not made architecture which occurred hopelessly ignorant 'I mean, they've gone through the 12 often enough, he said. roughly from the 1960s onwards? years of so-called Catholic education [but] 'Moses?' Moses'That's extremely important so 'I think what often was missing who?' [they don't knowr he said. that whenever one designs a new St Mary's Cathedral in Victoria Square, Per& waiting was the theological formation of [Church] building one thinks for renovation and completion. 'And while we may have removed bad statues that were the community,' he said. above all of the primacy of peroften 'absolute kitsch', have we really responded effectivesons - so function becomes very important.' He said that 'Imean, that's where you begin. And, if you're going to ask ly to people's devotional needs while helping them underin the 1970s the American bishops had issued a document people to change, you have a responsibility to tell them why stand that devotion should come out of the liturgy and be on environment, art and architecture. 'It was a very short it is better to change than to stay where they are.' in accord with the spirit of the liturgy and be secondary to document, [not too detailed] andI think excellent,' he said. 'Ithink that's the great problem. A lot of people are unhap- the liturgy?' he asked. Since then many new churches have been built in the US, py with liturgy today because they don't know what it's all He recommended the cathedrals in Seattle, Washington. but the results have varied. about - the quality of teaching, the quality of preaching, In the US and Cork in Ireland as excellent examples of renFr Seasoltz said he agreed with Richard Boscoe, an Amer- schools and Catholic universities even.' ovations of cathedrals. ican architect who has pointed out that the problem in that Even in an anecdotal sense and from speaking to fellow But, he said, such moves must come with 'lots of prepacountry was that there had been very poor training in this academics he said, it was clear that young people in the US ration of the people so that the people have a sense of ownarea for seminarians and priests who were often responsi- were not opposed to religion at all - it's just that they were ership after it's done - and they're proud of it.'

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required processing before a proper judgement could be made, he said. Two days later the company confirmed to Sr Stibi two likely sites had been found. They lie next to each other and along a north-south axis, just a few metres south of the southern wall of St John's pro-cathedral. They are approximately 2.5 metres under today's surface, in a corner of the college grounds re-landscaped in recent years. Sr Stibi said she had first contemplated the idea of searching for the graves after reading of the search for, and discovery, of Aboriginal graves on Rottnest island several years ago. 'I'm pleased to find the site and have been working on it for four years. I've always been interested in the Holy Ghost Fathers because I felt it was such a sad story,' she said. The Holy Ghost Fathers and Brothers only spent a short time in WA before leaving again for Mauritius in 1847. Mercedes College principal, Denise O'Meara, told The Record the site would most likely be marked with a brass plaque. Mr Newton said he had pleased to be of service. 'I'm delighted to be able to help. It was exciting to be able to use our technology for something that most people can understand,' he said.

Western Geotechnic's technician Jason Gray works the computer as a colleague moves the radar antenna/receiver scans the lawn of Mercedes College for the graves last Monday week. _

A Western Geographics plan of the position of the graves at the northeastern corner of Victoria Avenue and Hay Street in Perth. St John's Pro-Cathedral borders the top of the plan.

Fifty years bringing God's love to WA By Glynnis Grainger

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wo Benedictine nuns who have served on the Kalumbum Mission will celebrate their Golden jubilee of profession this Saturday, 5 August, in the presence of Broome's Bishop Christopher Saunders. They are Sisters Scholastica Carillo. 83, and Sister Teresa Gonzales, 7Z who came to New Norcia. near Perth, with 10 young women from Spain, in 1948. The two jubilarians made their first profession on 5 August, 1950. The three other Sisters who were with them have died. Sr Scholastica, or josefina, as she was baptised, was born in San Sebastian, Spain, and had two brothers, both now deceased. After her profession in 1950, she was sent to study midwifery and was then assigned to the Kalumburu mission in 1954. Sr Schollie, as she is known, soon found herself delivering many babies, many of whom now adults - will come to help her celebrate her Golden Jubilee this Saturday. She stayed at Kalumburu for two years, and wanted to remain there forever, but was required to go to Bindoon Boys Town - moving between Bindoon and the New Norcia orphanage for some years, where she taught the children sewing and cooking, helping to lift up their lives. In 1965, her dream was achieved of returning to Kalumburu to her beloved Aborigines and from this time her days and nights were filled with care and concern for them. Teaching the children, nursing, assisting as midwife with long nights in the clinic, cooking, sewing. baking, caring for fowls,

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Because she has devoted her play the piano, the organ and looking after the church - her days were well-filled for God. life to others, showing never-end- sports. Sr Teresa was so energetic that Sr Schollie in her later years ing care and concern for them, has become famous for her she received an Order of Aus- after one year in Kalumburu, the people could never forget her. motorbike, which zooms around tralia Medal in 1995. Aboriginal settlement She told The Record this week the In 1960, she was sent back to amongst the people who love her "I am very happy for being pro- New Norcia to teach there and in fessed a Benedictine Sister for 1965, she returned to Spain, and delight to see her. years." many where she was for a long time touristfavourite of She is the Sr Teresa, or Amalia, was born Superior of her Benedictine comphotographers and photos of her in Burgos. Spain, one of eight munity there. have spread all over Australia. In 1981, she journeyed to Rome Last year, Sr Schollie visited children - three boys and five Spain, where her niece asked her girls - all of whom have died in Italy, Australia, and Manila in the Philippines. if she would still go back to except one. After profession, Sister was sent Kalumburu. She is currently again the SupeThe answer was "of course" to pursue her teaching diploma rior of the Spanish Benedictine and she added that Kalumburu in Victoria Square Convent, community in Madrid, Spain. was her place and she had no Perth. Sr Teresa's decision to come to intention of leaving. In 1959, she went to Kalumbu- Kalumburu and celebrate her She loves Kalumburu and the ru and became one of the best Golden Jubilee with Sr Scholaspeople whom she has served for teachers, bringing the -Catholic tica, underlines her continuing most of her 50 years of profes- faith to the Aboriginal children, affection for Kalumburu and its and teaching them how to dance, Aboriginal people. sion. The Record, August 3 2000 Page 9

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Telling stories of abuse helps women find some peace, release from violence With Mary Busher, Perth Catholic Church Archives volunteer

Excerpts from the WA Catholic Record 4 August, 1900.

Federation vote Reporting the Federation Referendum had resulted in a vote in favour by a majority of 24,777 votes, the Record observed "that the clay was observed as a general holiday and much interest was manifested." "For the present we refrain from reproach, our disposition being, as the saying is, to make the best of a had bargain."

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The Record's correspondent at Mt Malcolm, wrote enthusiastically of the district: "To visit Mt Malcolm in the summer, then return in the winter is to witness a fairy-like change. There is pasture here now sufficient for all Australia's stock As for flowers, their beauty and abundance would make the goddess Flora skip with joy. Daily one will see the gay and even joyful children. just let loose from school, tripping about through the choicest of them gathering them for a mother, father, or friend." The report also noted that the township itself was improving daily. Surveyors had completed their work on a line to Malcolm from Menzies, but an obstacle to further immediate progress was a shortage of rails.

Laverton grows Laverton was also improving. Reporting that Mr O'Doherty. from County Clare, Ireland, had bought the Laverton Hotel, the Record noted: "that Laverton would remind one of an Irish village as regards its associations and customs. The Celtic tongue is not an unknown quantity and the Faith is as strong as the grain of mustard seed."

Asian labour A Record editorial referred to the perennial question of the use of coloured labour as "an old sore". "The employment of the Asiatic cook - and even more so that of an Asiatic laundryman - is an action that tends to hinder the material progress of the Colony. To favour Chinese or Japanese labour to the prejudice of that of Europeans is the work of an indifferent or even a harmful colonist:

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here is no one author of a book launched last Thursday week at the Art Gallery of WA by a group of Perth women who have suffered from abusive relationships. Titled "Behind the Smiles," it aims to help others like themselves overcome abuse and regain control of their lives. Funded by the Feilman Foundation, The WA Government's Department of Family and Community Services and Perth Centrecare Marriage and Family Service, the book is a collection of stories, poetry and artwork that reflects the women's struggles during their journeys toward personal freedom. The idea of producing such a book was first developed in early 1999 by the women who were then attending a Centrecare support group for women involved in relationships with someone who was violent or abusive. "The group started to write poetry, produce artwork and tell their stories in ways that expressed their innermost feelings," Suzie Herberte, Centrecare counsellor and bookgroup facilitator, said. "This was a different way of communicating their stories and reflecting on the abuse." In the book, the women talk about thinking they're going crazy or about "walking on eggshells" in their relationships, feeling there is something wrong with

themselves, not their abusive partner. Abuse can also be coercion or threats, intimidation, financial, emotional, verbal or sexual, and mothers are often being abused by their children, Ms Herberte said. Statistics produced by the Office of the Family show it costs more than $1 million per year in WA to assist 20 victims of domestic violence, which includes the cost of policing, hospital and other medical services, court services, counselling, social security payments, housing and potential loss of income. And a recent Australian Bureau of Statistics survey indicated that over a 12-month period, only 19 per cent of women who were physically assaulted and 15 per cent of women who were sexually assaulted actually reported the Incidence to the police. The book talks about abusive spouses, children and grandchildren and how many of the women had to break away from the relationship to end the abuse, with many marriages ending in divorce. But the women felt happier to be out of the abusive situation and no longer had to apologise or make excuses for a black eye, or no longer fearing being strangled to death by their partner. Christian names only are used in the book and the artwork is especially revealing of the women's feelings. One hopes and prays that these women will find Jesus. God and Man, as the answer to their problems.

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ominic was a contemporary and friend of St Francis, but unlike Francis, his family was aristocratic and he was born in the castle of CalaruePerti historian 14 Jennifer Skerritt sheds ga. in Spain. some light on Catholic history to mark 2000 Despite their nobility, years of Christianity. This week: Dominic's family was pious and St Dominic 1170-1221 his mother Juana of Aza, has been beatified by the Church. ple devotions, especially the lished at the great European UniDominic went to the university Rosary. versities at Paris, Bologna, of Palencia, where even as a stuCologne Those and Oxford, and many heretics who still resistdent he was noted for his holied listening to reason, following eminent intellectuals took the ness. the murder of a papal legate, Dominican habit, including St He spent whole nights in prayer were conquered by force of arms Thomas Aquinas. and during a famine, he sold his in 1209. In 1221 Dominic became ill in clothes and books to give money In 1216, following great discus- Venice, and was taken to a to the poor. sion, Dominic received permis- monastery of the Order at He joined the canons of the sion to establish his Order of Bologna, where he died. cathedral of Osma when he was Preachers. Dominic, although less romantwenty-five, and soon became They were to be independent tic than St Francis, was a better assistant to the bishop. of the bishops (which had caused administrator and organiser. In 1206 Dominic, with his bishthe Pope to hesitate) and were Consequently his Order of op, visited Languedoc, in Southcharged with the duty of preach- Preachers ran smoothly and was ern France. ing Christian doctrine, a prerog- relatively free of internal dissent. At that time, it was the centre of ative previously of bishops and The Dominican Rule was eventhe insidious Albigensian heresy. their delegates. Pope Innocent III had charged The Order spread rapidly and tually used to provide the basis the Cistercians with the responwithin five years had branches in of the Franciscan Rule, as the sibility of converting these AlbiSpain, France, Germany and Franciscan Order threatened to collapse from disorder and intergenses. Poland. nal dissension. Dominic portrait A print at of of St a However, the Cistercian St Dominic believed that solid The Dominican Order, unlike approach was not proving suc- the Doubleview headquarters of the Catholic education was the basis cessful; they hoped to awe the Dominicans in WA. for opposing and preventing the older monastic orders, was not set up as a series of people by fine displays of ponheresy. He began by recruiting priests tifical majesty. He urged his congregation to autonomous houses. who were willing to preach, and Individual priests belonged to This only made the apparent live austerely. Dominic and his study, "whether on journeys, at whole Order, not just one the home, austerity of the Albigensian priests by day or night." practiced rigorous heretics appear more commend- penances, walked barefoot and He succeeded so well that, house, and could be sent anyable. organised debates which some- while in 1220 there were only where that they were needed by about 25 Doctors of Theology in the Master-General of the Order. The Cistercians gave up, the times lasted for several days. Consequently, the Dominicans bishop of Osma returned to his They opposed the heresy by Europe, by 1270 there were 700 have been described as an army diocese and Dominic was left to teaching the people, simply and in the Dominican Order alone. Dominican Houses were estab- of priests. lead the mission. clearly, and by encouraging sim-

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Eastern Catholics need 'greater acceptance' Catholic leaders are leaving clergy and other key laity uninformed and thus lacking a basic understanding and respect of the life and practice of Eastern Catholics, according to a Perth delegate to a historic Orthodox-Catholic conference held in Melbourne recently. Philip Shields, the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth's representative, said this week this was a clear message from Eastern Catholic clergy and laity heard during some of the many sessions at the Orientale Lumen conference. Archbishop Barry Hickey also attended the conference. Mr Shields said that Father KaIka from the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia, along with several Catholic lay people, suggested that Catholic leaders should, at the same time as cultivating excellent friendship with Orthodox Churches, bring a knowledge of the traditions and practices of the Eastern Catholic Churches who use the many and varied Eastern Rites to celebrate Mass, into the heart of Catholic understanding. Fr KaIka said this should begin at both a seminary and parish level. This ignorance to date had caused such things as repeated confirmations, near denial of sacrament of reconciliation, refusal of entry of Eastern Catholics to Catholic schools and precedence being given to Muslim children over Eastern Catholic children. One lay person of the Melchite Catholic Church was indignant at being refused confession by a Latin priest, being told that she was not Catholic. She concluded that these occurrences might suggest that the heroic decision of these Eastern Catholics to embrace the role of the Pope, sometimes at the cost of their blood, was not truly valued by some Catholic leaders. Mr Shields said he told the conference It was clear that the Orthodox leaders must also let the power of Christ's grace move them to embrace and forgive their "uniate " brothers and sisters. "The world desperately needed such examples of forgiveness from which it could learn to forgive," he said. Mr Shields said he was impressed by the positive and frank nature of all discussions and papers delivered during the three days when Catholic and Orthodox communities through their representatives met together. Most moving were the Eastern and Western liturgies at which all prayed. The Romanian Orthodox Archbishop of Germany and Europe, Archbishop Seraphim Joanta, said "it was the Holy Spirit who had brought Latin Catholics, Eastern Catholics and Orthodox together for those days in Melbourne "gathered by the gentle Light of the East, which has enlightened everyone by its corning into

In Melbourne for the Orthodox-Catholic conference: Philip Shields, right, next to Father Olexander Kenez of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia, Archbishop Seraphim of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Archimandrite Serge of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the USA, and Fr Kalka of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia.

The Archdiocese of Brisbane will hold a synod in 2003, Brisbane's Archbishop John Bathersby announced in The Catholic Leader newspaper last weekend. Perth's Archbishop Barry Hickey is currently considering and taking advice as to whether or not to hold a similar Synod in Perth. Archbishop Bathersby said the Brisbane synod would be "the most significant" of the steps he was announcing to take his archdiocese "into a new phase of life and mission." It would "assist the archdiocese come alive as an evangelising archdiocese." Other steps he announced included establishing the Archbishop's Pastoral Council where matters affecting the Church's mission could be discussed with the Archbishop and Auxiliary Bishops of the Archdiocese. "The first meeting should be held in November," Archbishop Bathersby said There would be a comprehensive campaign to seek the vocations needed for the archdiocese's spiritual well-being. The Archbishop said a commission for evangelisation and pastoral planning had been set up already. There would also be a push to become an ecumenical archdiocese and one that sees matters of social justice as integral to the life of the Church. "We must do everything possible to work together with other Christians in the mission of the Church," Archbishop Bathersby said. "Ecumenism must not be considered the hobby of a few dedicated people." Everything would be done to ensure the place of young people, women and ethnic communities was recognised, supported and promoted in every way possible. Archbishop Bathersby said a women's advisory committee, already set up, and plans for a commission for young people, would assist these areas significantly. "But the most important aspect of the Church's entire mission is the spiritual," he said.

The affirmation of the truth could be the world". The delegates' task, he said, was to pray and think together about firm without compromise but still each one's contribution to bring about grounded in love, goodwill and patience. Father George Gallaro, explained the balChristian unity It was the Holy Spirit urging both the ance between the historical indepenChurch and world at large to unity. It was dence of the Halo-Greek Catholic Churches under the care of Constanthe "sign of our limes". Christian unity. he explained, was first tinople with the willing permission of of all a spiritual problem about which all the Pope. He was asked his opinion of Vatican believers were obliged to be concerned. At times, some theological discussion interference in the independence of Eastcould end up shutting God up in purely ern Catholic Churches especially as it relates to the freedom of seminarians to intellectual concepts. Even if they were true in themselves, choose marriage and married Eastern these concepts failed to show us a living priests to exercise their ministry outside God, who is beyond all concepts and their country. Replying, he said that many of his who reveals himself to the pure in heart, priests live in a village situation with he said. Sin within Church communities sowed their wives and family and there was no Continued from Page 1 division, so the more the human heart problem. "We see the establishment of the Commission There was a excellent relationship turned from sin and united itself in God, the more possible it was to unify the between them and the Latin priests who as one significant step for women as well as for the Church as a whole." may be in the same place. Church. The full text of the Bishops' response to the earIt was some hierarchy in America in the "To have a united Church, we must first 1920s that caused the initial problem lier August 1999 report. Woman and Man: One unite the human heart". Speaking of the communion of the Trin- when they petitioned and persuaded in Christ Jesus. including details about the comity, he said that in the same way that, in Rome to decree and restrict the freedoms mission, will be published next month as this year's Social Justice Statement of the Australian the Holy Thnity, absolute unity co-exist- of their Eastern Catholic communities. Catholic bishops. Archbishop Hickey told Mr Shields said ed with absolute diversity, so this was The Australian Catholic Social Justice Council clearly possible in a united Catholic- the conference the Australian Catholic organising a national launch of the document is Bishops Conference had reversed in 1997 Orthodox Church. at the Canberra campus of the Australian Catholic Mr Shields said Archbishop Seraphim the American trend by affirming this University on Wednesday, 13 September. referred in closing the conference to the freedom for Eastern seminarians and the The President of the Bishops' Conference, Archhistorical reciprocal attendance of Pope right of all married Eastern clergy to exer- bishop of Canberra and Goulburn Francis Carand Patriarch at each other's Holy Litur- cise their ministry in Australia. roll, will launch the statement, with a response by Another Catholic bishop pointedly Catherine Harris, Deputy Chancellor of the Unigies in Romania in 1999, and observed that there was no confusion or syn- observed that officially the Catholic versity of New South Wales, who is a member of Church is made up of 15 different broth- the Implementation Committee, cretism but there was goodwill. We can disagree about a point of truth, er Churches all in communion with Pope he emphasised, but at the same time love John Paul II and very few Catholics in the one another, appreciate one another and pews knew this fact. The Catholic Church is more than just admire in others the fruits of the faith the Roman Catholic Church, he said. and the mercy of God.

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Spirit of prayer beating drug addiction Continued from Page 1 While praising the work of Cross Roads as a combination of professional expertise with spiritual vision, Archbishop Hickey revealed that a problem for Catholic agencies was that, with an influx of professional staff, "professionalism seems to take over to the point where the spiritual is sidelined." Even Government funding contracts for Church welfare agencies sometimes explicitly state that the agencies' spiritual works are not covered by the funding, he said. However, he pointed out, while "Catholic agencies must use professionalism . . . . they cannot ever neglect the spiritual because if they do then there is no distinction between Government and non-Government."

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Earlier, he said he knew the Church was going through terrible times and that Satan was attacking it. But there are signs of hope everywhere. One was the young people who had turned their lives around and were now on fire with love for the Church. "And I see this again and again, and I see plenty of those," he said. Judi Tilley, a psychiatric nurse and volunteer at Cross Roads, said that an "unashamedly Catholic" group of psychologists, teachers, drug counsellors and psychiatric nurses was currently meeting regularly to examine the psychological aspects of drug addiction so that it could formulate a professional and spiritual-based program for students. The group would soon survey Year 10 and 11 students not only on addiction

but many other issues. Once the results of the survey had been correlated, the group would look at going into schools, she said. The planned program would look at the 'what,' how' and 'why' of drugs, and the options children have, including how to say `no' to extreme peer pressure. The program would also feature Fr Baczynski, guest speakers and testimonials and would be based on God's love and understanding. She called for anyone interested in becoming a schools facilitator for the program to contact her through Cross Roads on (08) 9319 8344. She said the importance of prayer support in developing and carrying out the pro-active education program could not be stressed enough.

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In Brief Website spirituality VATICAN CITY (CNS) Seekers and Web surfers can follow a weekly course of guided spiritual reading through the Vatican's Web site. The "Paths of the Spirit" icon on the Vatican home page became "clickable" with a fairly substantial passage from St. Anselm on the human desire to contemplate God. The texts are posted each Friday in English, French, Italian and Spanish and the previous week's offerings remain accessible. The address for the English version is: www.vatican. va/spirit/spirit _ en.h trn.

Victims mourned PARIS (CNS) - Some 1,500 people gathered in the Church of La Madeleine in the heart of Paris for an interreligious service in memory of the Concorde crash victims. The 27 July evening service was led by Catholic, Protestant. Orthodox and Jewish representatives praying for the more than 100 people who died when an Air France Concorde jet crashed shortly after take-off on 25 July near Paris.

Damages paid LAGOS, Nigeria (CNS) Nigeria's Kaduna state government paid damages to Christian and Muslim organisations for places of worship burned during February sectarian clashes over the State's adoption of the Islamic legal code. According to a report submitted by a committee set up by Governor Ahmed Markaft of Kaduna, the Christian Association of Nigeria was given 25 million naira (US$235,000) and the janaat Nasril Islamiya was given 6 million naira (US$56.000). 55 mosques and 171 churches were damaged during the religious riots.

Respect rights call MEXICO CITY, JULY 25 (ZENIT.org).- The Catholic Church in Mexico is not asking for privileges from the new government of President-elect Vicente Fox. It asks only that its rights be respected, the president of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, Archbishop Luis Morales, said. "The Catholic Church wants its rights to be acknowledged, the liberty to which it has a right, that is all; we do not expect concessions or privileged treatment," said Archbishop Morales of San Luis Potosi.

Adverts attacked BUENOS AIRES, JULY 25 (ZENIT.org).- In its latest issue, the "Argentina of Tomorrow" bulletin of the Foundation of Catholic Advertisers, gives "a severe warning to the world of advertising," after being exposed to the great number of commercials broadcast or published attacking people's religious feelings. The first of the ads challenged was published in "Viva" magazine. It showed a woman in her underwear crucified on a shaving machine.

Orthodox talks 'disappoint' By Jonathan Luxmoore WARSAW, Poland (CNS) - A leading ecumenical expert said recent top-level CatholicOrthodox talks in Emmitsburg, Maryland, probably could have produced a compromise if a better method of discussion had been used. "I'm disappointed," said Oblate Father Waciaw Hryniewicz, director of the Ecumenical Institute at Poland's Catholic University of Lublin. "Despite generous hospitality from the American hosts,Iwas expecting a kind of holy compromise. "Such discussions have to be led in an intelligent, orderly way, which avoids confusion and tension. If the method had been better, we could have expected better results," said Father Hryniewicz. He added that some Orthodox leaders were ready to accept a "share of guilt" for the suppression of Eastern Catholic churches after World War II, if the issue was approached "calmly and neutrally," although the issue was still "too delicate" to be included in official negotiations. The 64-year-old theologian was speaking after participating at the eighth plenary session of the Joint International Commission for Catholic-Orthodox Theological Dialogue, which ended 19 July without reaching agreement on Eastern churches. A communique issued after the 9-19 July meeting, the commission's first since 1993, said negotiators had agreed further study was

needed of the "exceptionally thorny question of uniatism." "Uniatism" is the term used especially by the Orthodox to characterise the restoration of full communion with Rome reached on a piecemeal basis by some Orthodox churches, or portions of them, during the past several centuries. Those churches are now Eastern Catholic churches. The priest said the revival of Eastern Catholic communities in union with the pope continued to provoke "deep divisions" among Orthodox churches. He said Orthodox delegates had "sometimes exceeded the rules of courtesy" during their own internal arguments over the issue. "These are historical complexities which require an objective approach, as we await a more positive atmosphere," said Father Hryniewicz, who also holds the Catholic University's chair in Orthodox theology. 'The Orthodox expect a deeper understanding from Catholics, but this must apply to both sides. No one knows how long it will take to achieve agreement. But an honest, sincere and patient dialogue is the only way to go about It," he said. Disputes over the revival of Eastern Catholic communities in Eastern Europe, most of which were suppressed under Communist rule, have dominated Catholic-Orthodox ties over the past decade. He said further ecumenical progress would depend on "local improvements" in CatholicOrthodox ties. He added that the decision to establish an interchurch commission in Ukraine during the early summer Moscow

visit of Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, was a "very encouraging sign." "If acts of proselytism cease and good local relationships emerge, this would enormously contribute to improving the general situation," Father Hryniewicz said. "Commission members must now report back to their churches, who will try to offer solutions capable of ensuring the dialogue's peaceful continuation. The future depends on both sides. Although we seem to have reached a dead end, the situation isn't yet entirely desperate," he said. • John Paul H has asked the one billion Catholics around the world to join, spiritually, the prayer vigil, which will be held in Rome on 5 August, the eve of the feast of the Transfiguration, at the petition of Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople. After praying the "Angelus" with thousands of pilgrims in the patio of the summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the Bishop of Rome explained that the purpose of the meeting was "to give glory to God, who has revealed himself fully in Christ, when he said: 'This is my beloved Son, listen to him."' The Jubilee 2000 will thus witness an important meeting in the Eternal City, between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, whose symbol of communion is the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. With this ceremony, the Pope will respond to a proposal made by a Byzantine delegation during a visit to the Vatican for the feast of Sts Peter and Paul at the end of June. - ZENfr

Ukrainian bishops' talks kept secret UN meeting WASHINGTON (CNS) - The the Ukrainian Archdiocese of world's Ukrainian Catholic bish- Philadelphia, the leading US ops met in synod on 16-23 July in prelate at the synod. told Catholic Buchach, Ukraine, but were asked News Service that there was curnot to discuss their actions with rently a "news blackout" on the the media. synod proceedings. In a message posted on the For several years now Ukrainian Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's church leaders have been workWeb site, Cardinal Myroslav I. ing on issues of restructuring the Lubachivsky of Lviv said the bish- church in Ukraine after regaining ops "discussed the restructuring religious freedom when the comof the Ukrainian Catholic Church, munist regime collapsed. the possibility of a papal visit to They have also been working on Ukraine as well as other matters. completing proposals for particuThe decisions and proposals will lar law governing the Ukrainian be made public as they are pro- Catholic Church worldwide in mulgated." light of the new general code of Archbishop Stephen M. Sulyk of church law for all Eastern

Catholic churches that was published in 1990. Cardinal Lubachivsky said a national jubilee pilgrimage to the Marian shrine of Zarvanytsia was scheduled so that the bishops from around the world could participate "together with many clergy, religious and pilgrims from around Ukraine." In the United States there are four Ukrainian Catholic dioceses serving about 121,000 people. In Canada there are five Ukrainian dioceses serving about 174,000 people. There are also Ukrainian Catholic Church jurisdictions in Australia and Great Britain.

Catholic prelate welcomes Greek move

WARSAW, Poland (CNS) - A Greek Catholic Archbishop welcomed a government decision to abolish the listing of religion on citizens' identity cards. However, he warned that the predominant Orthodox Church would "fight to defend its privileges" and oppose all moves to make the country a "less confessional state." 'The law has now been applied,

so this issue is closed," said Arch- parliament. In a July 28 telephone bishop Nikolaos Foscolos of interview, he said the Catholic Athens. minority had not been consulted "Although the Orthodox hierar- over the reform, but had supportchy will continue to contest it, I ed it in a statement by its eightdon't think its stance will achieve member bishops' conference. anything," he said. "Religion is a personal matter, so The archbishop was responding this was a matter of principle. But to government directives to apply it also has practical issues, since a 1997 law removing the mention the current system caused disof religion from IDs, following its crimination," Archbishop Fosco17 July re-enactment by the Greek los said.

on religion

NEW YORK. JULY 28 (ZENItorg).- On 28 August , a meeting of the principal religious leaders of the world will be held in the United Nations headquarters in New York to discuss questions of peace, poverty, and the environment. Over 1,000 religious personalities will participate, analysing the ways in which religious communities can cooperate with the U.N., to implement concrete initiatives in defence of peace, the struggle against poverty, and the conservation of the environment. In addition to Christians from various denominations, participants will include Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs, Taoists, Animists, etc. The Catholic Church will be represented by a delegation led by Cardinal Francis Arinze, president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue.

US program to feed hungry children may go global By Patricia Zapor WASHINGION (CNS) - The US program of providing free meals at school to poor children may go global in a big way. Former Senators Bob Dole and George McGovern, President Clinton, key congressional leaders and directors of nongovernmental aid programs including Catholic Relief Services have expressed support for expanding the US government's successful school meals program to areas of the world where poverty and cultural traditions limit education. But there's a wide range of views about how big such a program would be, how it would work and how it should be financed. At a hearing on 27 July before the Senate Agriculture Committee, Dole, a former Republic.an senator from Kansas, and McGovern, a retired Democrat from South Dakota and now ambassador to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, described their vision of providing daily meals to 300 million hungry children, nearly half of whom do not attend school. "Dollar for dollar, ills the best investment we

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Studies from six countries have shown that illiterate girls are more likely to marry young - at 11, 12 or 13- and have more children than those who have received at least a basic education, he said. "A school lunch program will double school attendance,- McGovern said. "It will also dramatically improve the learning process and academic achievement. Children can't learn on an empty stomach." Kenneth Hackett, executive director of Catholic Relief Services, cautioned that a foodin-schools approach alone is not enough to Improve educational achievement or to bring about the cultural changes McGovern and 13,, fif.Pd N onS Dole described. North Korean school children eat rations of food Other witnesses warned that success would In a village north-west of Pyongyang in 1997. come only with a comprehensive, multi-year can make in creating a healthier, better edu- approach that takes into consideration traincated and more effective global citizenry," said ing of teachers and classroom space for new McGovern. crowds of students, for instance. Reaching all 300 million children would cost CRS has been running school feeding probillions of dollars and require the involve- grams abroad since the early 1950s, when it ment of many countries, witnesses said. was part of a US Agency for International Girls in Third World countries would par- Development and Food for Peace project, ticularly benefit, according to McGovern. Hackett said.

International News

Protect Jerusalem's holy sites: Vatican restates call By Benedicta Cipolla VATICAN CITY (CNS) In the wake of the failed Israeli-Palestinian Camp David summit, the Vatican re-emphasised its call for international protection of holy sites in Jerusalem. US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright updated Vatican officials on the Middle East peace process In the wake of inconclusive USbrokered talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Following Albright's meeting on 1 August with Archbishop JeanLouis Tauran, secretary for relations with states, a Vatican statement said the Archbishop reemphasised the Vatican's call for protection of Jerusalem's holy sites. A senior US State Department official described the talks with Archbishop Thuran as "part of the efforts of hearing and understanding the views of the parties that have an interest in the outcome" of Jerusalem's status and

the Middle East peace process in general. "Everyone is interested in open access to the holy sites and recognises the importance of the holy sites," said the official. Albright had previously spoken with Archbishop Tauran by telephone from the Camp David summit in Thurmont, Maryland, to update him on developments. Earlier in the day, following talks with Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini, Albright said the major issues concerning Jerusalem regarded "control over the holy sites." 'The complications here are that Jerusalem is holy to three religions and how to handle this at the same time as the issues of political sovereignty,' she said at a news briefing. "At Camp David certainly, the Issue of internationalisation was not the solution to it," said Albright. The Middle East peace process has been stymied by questions over the fate of Jerusalem. Palestinians want as their future capital Arab East Jerusalem,

Many Catholic items traded on the Web By Kate Blain ALEiAN), NEW YORK (CNS) Go to an online auction house, like the popular ebay.com Web site, and you'll find a thousand Catholic items for sale. Buyers can bid on simple postcards of churches, blessed rosaries and even an alleged piece of the Virgin Mary's veil. Where do these items come from? Why do people buy and sell them? The reasons are as varied as the items themselves. A Catholic seller from Ireland, for example, explained that he buys zucchettos, the skullcaps worn by bishops, cardinals and Popes, in Rome. and resells them online simply because there is a market. He believes those who sell zucchettos in the United States charge too much. Many salespeople agreed that they sell Catholic items simply for profit. "We purchase boxes of costume jewellery and assorted bits and pieces at auctions, yard sales, tag sales and so on," said a woman who sells medals of saints on ebay. "Another dealer in our area said that she had listed several charms or medals of this style and had done well with them." She added that, as a Lutheran, she was slightly concerned that she would word her descriptions of Catholic medals incorrectly and offend someone. So far, she said, no one had pointed out any ermrs. In an interview with The Evangelist, newspaper of the Albany, New York, Diocese, Father John Dietzen, an Illinois priest who writes the "Question Box" column carried by Catholic News Service, noted that sellers should be "aware of the spiritual implications" of placing objects in an online auction. For one thing, he said, "articles for devotion should not be dis-

seminated so indiscriminately that they are subject to possible misuse or abuse by people who would be lacking in faith and appreciation of their significance." In other words, people shouldn't sell to just anyone but should try to make sure that the person buying the object isn't doing so for an inappropriate purpose. Some sellers said that they do indeed have a higher goal in auctioning items. One salesman of a household shrine of Jesus called himself a "recycler" of such items. An ebay seller of religious medals said she scours flea markets, estate sales and other resources for religious items because "I want people to have access to them. . . I'm glad to help people find the devotional items they're seeking." Father Dietzen said that sacramenials - objects like rosaries, medals or statues - shouldn't have any extra cost added to them just because they've been blessed. It's permissible for sellers to ask the commercial value of the object, he explained, but "blessings can't be sold." Father Dietzen added that objects used at Mass, like altars or chalices, should never be put up for sale. They are in a special category of religious items; while they may have historical or artistic value, it isn't permissible to sell them. The adage "let the buyer beware- certainly applies to bidders at online auctions. This reporter found several questionable objects for sale, including the supposed "piece of Mary's veil." Bidders questioning whether an object is authentic should ask for documentation to prove it, he said, and they should also be aware that "the field is wide open in things like this for every sort of scam."

US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright greets Archbishop Jean-Louis Tau-

ran on 1 August at the Vatican.

which Israel annexed in 1967. In the past, Israel has claimed the entire city as its indivisible, eternal capital. According to a statement from the Vatican Press office, Archbishop Tauran "restated the Holy Sees

known position on the conditions for a just and lasting peace in that part of the world: priority (given) to dialogue, respect for international decisions - particularly UN resolutions - and the need for an Internationally-guaranteed spe-

cial statute for the holy places of the three monotheistic religions." The Vatican has long insisted on an international statute for Jerusalem to protect the religious freedoms of Christians, Muslims and Jews. In February, Vatican and Palestinian Liberation Organisation officials signed an agreement calling for such a statute, which Israel has always rejected. In the midst of the two-weeklong talks at Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland, in July, Pope John Paul H urged negotiators to keep in mind the spiritual importance of the city. '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 on 23 July from his summer residence at Castle Gandolfo. outside Rome.

Holy See, Sudan meet on war By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The chief foreign affairs officers of the Vatican and Sudan met in late July to discuss efforts to end the African nation's civil war and to review the situation of the Sudanese church. Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, Vatican secretary for relations with states, met at the Vatican on 26 July with Mustafa Osman Ismail, the Sudanese foreign minister, the Vatican announced. "The Sudanese minister outlined recent political develop-

ments to move the country toward a multiparty, federal system," said a statement issued after the meeting. Such moves should help "end the conflict which for many years has been tearing apart southern Sudan," it said. For the past 17 years, Sudan has been engaged in a civil war pitting the Muslim-dominated government of the North against southern rebels, who are mainly Christians or followers of traditional Afiican religions. The 26 July statement also said Archbishop Tauran and Ismail reviewed "the situation of the

Catholic Church in the country and ways to improve the living conditions of the Catholic community to allow Catholics to participate more actively in the development of Sudanese society." In what Sudanese Catholic leaders have described as a government attempt to make Sudan completely Muslim. over the past decade government soldiers have closed, ransacked or razed church-run schools and social centres, harassed church personnel and placed strict conditions on the entrance of foreign missionaries.

Congo monastery discovered in ruins (Fides) BRAZZAVILLE "Together we can save our monastery": this call was sent to Fides by Congolese Benedictine Brothers Christian Mouhingou and jean Jose Nkolouka. members of the St Mary of Buenza community in Nkayi diocese. The monastery had to be abandoned in December, 1998, because of the war and the leavtug of the Benedictines. Because of the situation of insecurity, most of the monks went to other countries, but Br Christian and Br Jean Jose took refuge in the forest with thousands of other people from the diocese. Now they have returned to the monastery to find that what was once a flourishing Christian centre, is only a ruin. "We came back

in March - Br Christian told Fides - and we were dismayed at what we found: most of the buildings in ruins, no water or electricity, we even had difficulty in finding two beds to sleep on". He said Kimpanzou monastery is in similar conditions. In December 199Z while the monks were still there, the complex was looted and sacked and the attacks continued after the monks were evacuated. St Mary's of Buenza. opened in 1958, lies about 250 south of Brazzaville. The monastery was well known throughout Congo. The monks had a laboratory which produced about forty different medicines sold at three to five times less than Western drug producing companies. There was

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (CNS) - livo Catholic agencies in Sierra Leone have placed hundreds of former child soldiers in foster homes to help them readjust to society. Anti-social habits and violent tendencies of the former child soldiers, as well as the ongoing war In Sierra Leone, have made it difficult to reunite them with their families. Often the families are displaced, or they reject their children, said spokesmen for the two

agencies, Caritas and the Family Homes Movement. "We decided to put them under foster parents so that they will be able to adjust in society," said Sunkari Koroma, project manager for Caritas. "Many of them were traumatised and frustrated. They most times feel lonely because they have been separated from their parents," she added. Three-fourths of the country is still under the control of the Rev-

also a carpentry workshop where many local boys learned to work wood, a cattle breeding farm and an apiculture centre. Of these activities nothing at all remains. The pharmaceutical laboratory was totally destroyed and all the equipment stolen; the same happened with the wood workshop. The herd was stolen, as well as the hives and apiculture equipment Also the monastery's motor vehicles were taken: one of the Brothers says: "our vehicles, considered war booty, are now driven around by men in uniform". But there is one good piece of news, Br Christian concludes: "a few of the cells can still be used, the library is intact and the chapel is only slightly damaged."

Former child soldiers placed in care

olutionary United Front, which has waged a decade-old war against successive governments. By February, the RUF had an estimated 6,000 child soldiers. Many later surrendered in demobilisation centres and were handed over to charitable organisations by UNICEF. The children took part in committing some of the most barbaric acts in the war. including rape, killing and burning houses. Most are aged five to 18.

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Asian Ca holic News

Thai priest is busy: Bishop relieved four Masses on one at possible Ambon day with 800 at each intervention By Theresa Jensen Lacey

JAKARTA (Fides) - Bishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi of Amboina in the violence-stricken Moluccas Islands said he was relieved at the possibility of international intervention in the region. "I am relieved now that President Wahid admits the possibility of an international intervention, even if only logistic, for the Moluccas crisis" the Bishop told Fides on his return from Europe. Fides is the news agency of the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples. The Catholic Bishop said respect for human rights was the main theme addressed during his visit and that he intends to continue his campaign to obtain an international intervention in the Moluccas, also seeking the support of moderate Muslims, particularly the Nandlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest Islamic group to which President Wahid also belongs. The European campaign, begun in early July, was led by the Bishop with moderators of Protestant Churches in the Moluccas Rev. Sammy Titaley and Rev. Agustinus Aesh and a prominent Mus-

lim, Lambang Triyono, who teaches at Gajahmada University in Yogyakarta. The delegation sent a written message to the UN and the European Union, had meetings with the UN Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson. European Union officials and members of the British parliament. Professor Triyono told Fides he agrees an international mission is inevitable seeing that the government appears to be unable to stop the violence in Ambon." In the meantime the withdrawal of Muslim jihad warriors is being discussed. On 24 July Mr Malik Selang, secretary of Malelis Ulama Indonesia, who is the highest Muslim authority in Ambon, said he favoured their expulsion. Reliable sources inform Fides that in the Moluccas only small groups of Christians remain in three areas: Ambon. southeast Moluccas and Tobelo. There are no longer any Christians on Burn island. The Christian delegation asked the European Union for • the immediate evacuation of refugees to a safer location in Indonesia

• the opening of an emergency humanitarian aid corridor • emergency European delegation sent to the area • the immediate removal of all Jihad militants from the Moluccas • pressure on the Indonesian Government to allow an immediate fact-finding visit to the Moluccas. The Christian leaders said that more than 4000 people have been killed and 350,000 displaced in this tragic conflict Meanwhile a copy of a message addressed to Indonesia's President and Vice-President on 19 July and obtained by Fides read in part: "Herewith we humbly ask you to read our outcry for help: please send us ships". The appeal came from several combined Christian women's organisations. The women said they have lived "for more than eighteen months under incessant threat. .. ." We are threatened relentlessly with being mercilessly killed. So we ask for your willingness and sincerity, being also God's creatures, please help us." They asked to be taken to safer places such as the South East Moluccas, Flores. Papua and North Celebes,

Catholic Church, China's Government heading for clash: Hong Kong prelate By Barb Fraze WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Chinese government and the Catholic Church "are coming to a confrontation," said the coadjutor bishop of Hong Kong. At this moment, the government is doing their thing and Rome is doing their thing," and the two remain in serious disagreement over Church authority, said Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong. The government is "very much afraid of everything they cannot control," which might lead to a crackdown, he told CNS on 24 July during a visit to Washington. Since the late 1950s, under pressure from the Chinese government, some Catholics have gone underground to practice their faith so they can maintain allegiance to the Pope. Others, under pressure, chose to join the government-controlled Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, which spurns Vatican ties. However, said Bishop Zen, "those who cooperate willingly with the government are very few," and up to two-thirds of the bishops in the governmentapproved Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church in China have secretly reconciled with the Vatican. "They are really our brothers," he said. Bishop Zen said many priests chosen by the governmentapproved Church to be bishops seek approval from the Vatican before their ordinations. He said the Vatican has set the condition that the new bishops be ordained by a bishop in communion with Rome. In some cases.

Hong Kong Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun. Photo: CNS/Nancy Wiechec

the Chinese government is refusing to allow a Rome-reconciled bishop to perform such ordinations, and the priests are refusing to be ordained bishops. "So the situation is very uncertain," he said. "We are at a crucial point." Although reconciliation with Rome is done in secret, he said, the government and the Catholic faithful know which bishops have reconciled with the Vatican. Bishop Zen said that in the Diocese of Wuhan, the underground and government-approved bishops are Franciscans. When an agreement was reached that the Pope would recognise the governmentapproved bishop, the underground bishop and almost all of his priests began working in the official Church, Bishop Zen said. The former underground bish-

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BANGKOK, Thailand (CNS) Father John Baptist Pongthep Pramualpromp. a Bangkok priest, says what gives him the most joy is "bringing God to the people" and helping them with their problems. "I believe I help many people through teaching, baptism, catechism, visiting the sick and old people and giving the Holy Communion to them," he said. "Teaching the Bible is one thing that gives me joy. Every Saturday I offer Bible lessons." With the aid of an interpreter. Father John Baptist Pongthep PraFather Pramualpromp talked mualpromp stands in front of Queen about his ministry with a visit- of Peace Church in Bangkok, Thaiing US journalist. land, CNS/ Jensen Lacy/Tennessee Register He squeezed in the interview between Masses he was cele- tions by being closer to God. brating at his church, Queen of Others become Catholic Peace. because they "seek the truths of This particular June day he life" or are "interested in learnsaid four Masses, each attended ing the catechism." by about 800 people. Father Prambalpromp said In the middle of Bangkok's that besides helping people orderly chaos, Father Pramual- come to know God through the promp is ministering to his peo- sacraments he administers as a ple and helping them learn priest, he also helps people about God and their faith. learn about God and His relaThe sixth of seven children, he tionship to them through his was ordained in 1985 after com- writings. pleting his studies at Thailand's He is executive editor of three major Catholic seminary, Lux faith-related magazines - one Mundi in Bangkok. His brother monthly, one bimonthly, and is also a Catholic priest. one weekly. Father Pramualpromp was 'In my writing, I like to take raised a Catholic. He said his examples from life and give a father was Buddhist by birth but message to our readers," he converted to Catholicism when said. "I read a great deal and he got married. love music, so I take stories and Although Thailand is predom- songs and think of ways I can inantly Buddhist, he said there help people learn the values is a mutual respect between the and morals of Catholic life, espefaiths. cially our youth. "Ihave no pressure to convince "In Confession I use things people to become Catholic," he from books, ranging from said. "My duty is to serve God poems to songs, and discuss and do my duty as a priest. In with people how these things Thailand we respect other faiths can help them better underand live peacefully together. My stand their faith and their relamost important job is to be a tionship with God." witness for God." Father Pramualpromp also has He said many who convert to written two books of poetry, Catholicism do so when they both of which he has illustrated marry a Catholic. Other con- and photographed. verts come from among the hill -These poems discuss life, tribe people in the Chiang Mai faith, and living in the world," region. in northern Thailand. he said. "We are growing and Early on in his priesthood. surrounded Buddhist by Father Pramualpromp went into thought and other cultures. I try the hills to minister. to convey something to our "Now many priests go there to youth especially, about what it work." he added. Is like to grow up Catholic in He explained that sometimes this environment." converts are people whose lives One of his books, titled -The are made miserable by poverty, Promise of Tomorrow," is a coland they enter the Catholic faith lection of poems about living hoping to improve their situa- the Catholic faith.

op is teaching in the governmentapproved seminary: he is "not recognised as a bishop by the government, but by everyone else." Bishop Zen said. 'This new situation is good," the bishop said. However, he added, he would not recommend that all underground Catholics join the government-approved Church because they would then come under the control of the government. As long as the government -is so oppressing, there is no reason those from the underground Church should come above ground," he said, adding that underground Catholics' position "Is objectively right." Bishop Zen said that when the Chinese government ordered the ordination of bishops in January on the same day the Pope was ordaining bishops at the Vatican, "it was a clear sign that they were telling the Vatican" not to hope for diplomatic relations. Bishop Zen said that Bishop Liu Yuanren of Nanjing, president of the Bishops' Conference of the AGARTALA, India (UCAN) - An Catholic Church in China, who performed the ordinations is: ". . . anguished Church in north-east. very weak; he would never con- ern India has buried a Catholic priest who was gunned down by front the government." Bishop Liu told him it was tribal militants. Bishop Lumen Monteiro of Important to ordain the bishops because some dioceses had been Agartala spoke for many of the without bishops for too long, Bish- more than 1,000 people, mostly non-Christians, at the funeral on op Zen said. But Bishop Zen said that no one 27 July when he said the killing of in the current government is capa- Holy Cross Father Victor Crasta ble of establishing diplomatic left him feeling "pained, grieved, relations with the Holy See, saddened, shocked and angry." because that would mean admitFather Crasta, 41, died instantly ting a long-term error and legit- in Tripura state on 25 July when imising the Church. militants shot at his vehicle. "According to me, the governInjured in the same incident ment is very weak," he said. were his confrere Father Paul

Tribal militants shoot Holy Cross priest dead in India Puthussery, diocesan Father Albano Fernandes and driver Sanjay Marak The funeral at St Joseph's Church was attended by the slain priest's sister and brother, about 40 priests and more than 50 nuns. Fr Crasta was buried at Holy Cross cemetery, adjacent to the church in the state capital of Agartala, some 2,580 kilometres east of New Delhi. Bishop Monteiro declared that the priest's murder "will not detract us from our commitment to the cause of our people," but embolden "us to work for the sick, the poor and illiterate."

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Universities meet at NDA Continued from Page 3 He described the Catholic education system spread throughout the world as a great fellowship and said it rested on three things: belief in Jesus, a desire to serve the Church and a vocation to educate. 'Our mission is to serve, shape and form human beings,' who will then go out and serve the world, he said. Fr Brian Boyle, NDAs Acting Dean of Theology, told The Record that among universities represented at the assembly this year were such respected institutions as Fordham and Georgetown universities, the Gregorian University in Rome and France's Institute Catholique. Later, delegates were welcomed to NDA in a traditional Aboriginal smoking ceremony, and watched as Br Andrew Gonzalez, the IFCU President, lit a candle to mark the conference's opening. Archbishop Gmcholewski said in his message that "today's world has need of men and women of Christian wisdom and witnesses to the

Archbishop's LifeLink Spirit Award. Mater Christi School, Yangebup - Archbishop Hickey

Reception for Delegates to IFCU- Bishop Healy

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Indonesian Community Mass with Bishop Edwardos Sangsun Archbishop Hickey

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Christian message, which is able to give to man, to history and to life their true meaning." "Those involved in the Catholic Universities are called upon to effect a constant strengthening of the Catholic identity of the universities and the Catholic formation of the new generation," he said. "The future of the world and of the Church is in the hands of the young whose professional and religious formation is our task today." The Archbishop also recalled the words of Pope John Paul II's document on Catholic universites. Ex corde Ecclesiae that "a University. and especially a Catholic University. 'has to be a "living union" of individual organisms dedicated to the search for truth . . . . It is necessary to work towards a higher synthesis of knowledge, in which alone lies the possibility of satisfying that thirst for truth which is profoundly inscribed on the heart of the human person'."

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IFCU Mass and General Assembly, St Mary's Cathedral Archbishop Hickey. Bishop Healy Festival of Reconciliation (YCS), Sacred Heart College Archbishop Hickey

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Confirmation, Woodvale - Monsignor Thomas McDonald

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Confirmation, Fremantle - Archbishop Hickey Confirmation, Embleton - Monsignor Peter McCrann Blessing of Baptismal Font, Willetton Parish - Bishop Healy

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Annual Mass and Dinner for Feast of St Alphonsus Redemptorist Monastery- Archbishop Hickey, Bishop Healy

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Mass for students at Curtin University - Bishop Healy Confirmation, Willagee - Monsignor Michael Keating YCW Gathering. Cathedral Parish Centre- Bishop Healy

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Council of Priests' Meeting. Glendalough Archbishop Hickey, Bishop Healy Meeting of Catholic Women's League, Redemptorist Monastery - Bishop Healy

11 & 13 Confirmation, Greenwood - Fr Greg Carroll 11 24

World Youth Pilgrimage (Rome) - Archbishop Hickey

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Professor John Haldane Lecture, NDA - Bishop Healy

I WILL pray with you for healing of the body, mind or spirit. Phone Michelle 9276 2637.

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Professor John Haldane Lecture, James Nestor Hall Bishop Healy Visit Confirmation Candidates. Midland - Bishop Healy

Archdiocesan Panorama TO THE FRIENDS OF FATHER TIM QUINLAN SJ Father Tim Quinlan SJ, former Rector of StThomas More College is very ill. Friends are gathering on Mon 7 August at the regular 5.15pm Mass to pray f or him during this crucial time. Please join us. Contact: Anne Stephens 9382 2828. MARY MACKILLOP FEAST DAY Tues 8 August. You are invited to celebrate this Feast day. Eucharist 9am, followed by morning tea and a reflection. Sisters of St Joseph Convent Chapel and Mary MacKillop Centre. 16 York St, South Perth. Please contact: Ph 9474 6481. fax 9368 2018 for bookings.

WHY SEND OUR CHILDREN TO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS? Prof. J. Haldane, a moral philosopher from the University of St Andrews, Scotland will speak at the James Nestor Hall. CEO. on Tues 15 August, at 7.30pm. Bookings 9212 9302. VIRGIN OF THE REVELATION CHURCH. CHITTERING RD, BULLSBROOK Come! 9am Holy Mass every Sunday, followed by Exposition. Rosary and Benediction. Mass, Exposition and Rosary on Tuesdays at 11am. A Plenary Indulgence may be gained by visiting the shrine in this year of the Great Jubilee.

TALKS AT JOHN XXIII COLLEGE

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

'Healing in Relationships' , Fr John Martin (Redemptorist Priest and Psychotherapist). Fri 11 August. 7.30-9.30pm. S5 (donation pensioners). 'Forgiveness'. Donatus and Patricia Michalka (Psychologist and Family Counsellor). Sat 12 August. 2-4pm, S5 (donation pensioners). Multipurpose Room, John XXIII College, Mt Claremont. Inquiries: Murray Graham 9383 0444.

The Archdiocesan Catechist Service is offering a six -week-course on Fridays from 10am to 12.30pm. commencing Fri 11 August at the Catholic Education Office. Leederville. Information: Jan O'Connor 9212 9236

PARISH AND SCHOOL FETE, BENTLEY Santa Clara parish of Bentley will hold its annual Parish and School Fete on Sat 9 Sept. The parish hopes businesses may be able to donate prize contributions for the Chocolate Wheel or raffles. Contact Fr Augustine Heron on 9458 2944, at 10 Pollock St, Bentley.

PRAYER NIGHT AT EAST FREMANTLE Father Paul Baczynski will conduct a prayer night on Mon 7 August at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Canning Highway. East Fremantle from 7-9pm.The evening is for healing and also for those and their families affected by addictions. Mass at 7pm, Exposition, Benediction and healing prayers. All are welcome. C ATHOLIC MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER

There will be a Holy Hour on Sun 13 August at 3pm. in St Mary's Church. Guildford for the parishioners and the World Apostolate of Fatima. All are welcome. Fr T. Smith will officiate.

"I place my hope for the future in Marriage Encounter -. Pope John Paul II. Present your spouse with the gift of the weekend during this Jubilee Year. The next weekend will be held on 2527 August at Point Walter Centre. Booking and information: 9417 8750.

INVITATION TO GATHERING Struggling to recognise God in the business of

ST JOSEPH'S SCHOOL SOUTHERN CROSS 100-YEAR CELEBRATION

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life? Disciples of Jesus Community welcome visitors, parishioners and children to attend a joyful Holy Spirit gathering, at the Holy Spirit Parish Hall, 2 Keaney Place. City Beach. on 6 August at 3pm. Cake and coffee afterwards. Contact 9341 6171. HEALING MASS A Healing Mass in honour of St Peregrine, patron of cancer sufferers and helper of all in need will be held at the Church of SS John and Paul. Pinetree Gully Rd (off South St), Willetton on Fri 18 August at 7pm. There will be veneration of the Relic and anointing of the sick. Information: Noreen Monaghan on 9332 8292. TALK ON ACTIVE EUTHANASIA Right to Life Australia visiting speaker Br Tony Cole, English pediatrician, will speak on Active Euthanasia by withdrawing food and water, at a Chinese Banquet at China House. Shenton Village. Onslow Rd. Shenton Park 7.30pm Tues 8 August. R SVP Ted Watt 9384 8505 by Mon morning 7 Aug.

The school celebrates 100 years with a reunion for past and present staff, students, families, friends and the Sisters of St Joseph on Sat 9 Sept to Sun 10 Sept. Celebrations begin on Saturday with an Open Day at the school and a community bush dance featuring The Mucky Duck Bush Band on Saturday night at the Community Hall. For details c ontact St Joseph's on 08 9049 1046 or email: a dmin@stjoessx.wa.edu.au NEW NORCIA REUNION A "Reunion" return to New Norcia has been arranged for the weekend of August 12/13.of the St Ildephonsus College Old Boys. Numbers are very encouraging yet additional starters will be most welcome. Please contact Neil Mannolini urgently to register. Phone 9364 8979. ST PHILOMENA LATIN MASS Mass of St Philomena. Virgin and Martyr. Friday 11 August. 7pm at St John's Pro-Cathedral, Victoria Ave. Perth. All are welcome. Inquiries: Fr Michael Rowe, phone/fax 9387 8189.

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St Mary's Catholic Primary, Donnybrook

Where a fine tradition has taken root and flowered S

t Mary's was established in 1916 by the Sisters of Mercy in the middle of a tragic time for country towns all over Australia. the Great War of 1914-

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When the Sisters, pioneers of Catholic education in WA, set up the school it was originally called St Philomena's Convent, a name which remained until 1958 when It moved to its present site and was renamed St Mary's. And of course, since its foundation, much has changed. Perhaps most noticeable is technology. Today, computers hum

away silently in both the classrooms and a computer laboratorY With the computer system networked, an Intranet system is being developed for the school which will allow access from students, parents and teachers something which surely would have made 1916 eyes pop in amazement. Students at the school also have access to the Internet and use such modern wonders as Powerpoint presentation software and a digital camera (goodbye 35 mm film). Technology is also directly

A parent-friendly school. Here students enjoy their 'Dad's Night'

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family-focused community, where parents are most welcome and encouraged to participate in the education of their children. The school's educational philosophy is based on the premise that children. from Kindergarten to Year Z learn at different rates and in different ways. A highly-motivated, qualified and dedicated staff and a safe, happy and stimulating environment are hallmarks of this centre. Ills a place where children feel at ease with both adults and other children and can progress at a pace which best suits their level of development. St Mary's believe that high standards of education should be accessible to all and to this end the School Board has endeavoured to keep fees at an affordable level. The Sisters who founded St Mary's in the midst of a World War could not have foreseen how their labour of love would grow through the years down to the present era and bear fruit, but it has and probably in ways far beyond their imagining.

Individual talents get a chance to grow and express themselves as well

At a Glance Principal: Mrs Therese Asplin Address: PO Box 184, Donnybrook WA 6239 Telephone: (08) 9731 1496 Fax (08) 9731 1095 Enrolment 115 boys & girls

Email: dbrook@stmary.wa.edu.au

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Music is an important focus at St Mary's. Here, Tina Lodge conducts a students' choir as it sings for local residents.

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A comprehensive education is geared to enable each to progress at different rates and in different ways.

linked with the school's goals. These include both the philosophical aim of providing each child an opportunity for a quality education that caters for individual needs, as well as the more specific goal of integrating what are now essential technology and information skills in studies. Today, St Mary's offers a wide variety of programs. Religious education is the basic reason the school exists and, in partnership with the wider community - primarily parents, clergy and the parish, the school endeavours to create a sense of family where trust, honesty and the sharing of God-given gifts is valued. The inspiration and strength to work for this come both from mutual support and the sharing of faith in Jesus Christ. Parents enrolling their children accept and support the Catholic ethos of the school and undertake to work in partnership with staff to fulfil this mission. Meanwhile, the academic curriculum features: • First Steps • Primary Investigations Science • the Arts - particularly Music • Society and environment, with excursions and camps • Library studies • Health and physical education • Access to school psychologist and other children's services '-Just and responsible behaviour management plan • Focus on mathematics. English and technology Pastoral care, a key focus of school life, aims to enhances the dignity of each student. As a school, St Mary's is concerned with maximising learning and growth by developing the beliefs, values, attitudes, knowledge, skills and practices - a total approach to education. It is also a

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