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Spirituality can help with mental health: professor By Glynnis Grainger Many psychological problems can be addressed in spiritual terms, and not simply and solely according to the traditional medical model, a health care academic told an ecumenical service to open Mental Health Week last Sunday. This spirituality "provides strength, hope and meaning to life Professor Eamon Manley, from Edith Cowan versity, told the congregation at Wesley Uniting Church in Perth city. Professor Shanley found his voc.ation to mental health nursing in Ireland when he went to work in a hospital run by the St John of God monks. He said the process of of re-defining or looking at personal problems was "definitely a move to the spiritual: but many health professionals were unaware of a connection between what they are doing and spirituality. "This is EU1 extremely good and obvious link that should be followed by many organisations: he told the 150 gathered to mark mental health week. A highlight of the service was the presence of a colourful banner comprising patches submitted by people suffering

mentally illness, the Creative Expressions Unit at Graylands Hospital, and schools such as Sacred Heart College. The Reverend Joyce Wilkins of the Manning Uniting Church led the service. Jesuit Father Michael McShane, the Catholic mental health chaplain based at Graylands Hospital, reminded the congregation that "Jesus said not to wony and each day is enough tmuble on its own and not to wony." Referring to the 'twiner, FY McShane said people often saw the detail of life problems and did not see the bigger picture that bought hope to living. • Archbishop Barry Hickey willlead a reconciliation liturgy and celebrate Mass as part of the Mental Health Week Day of Reflection to be held at the Enunanuel Centre at 25 Windsor Street, Perth, this Sunday 15 October. The day of reflection will begin at 11am and end with afternoon tea at 3.45pm.

Father Maurice Toop will also talk on reconciliation with God and with Five of Perth's mental heatth chaplains pray in front of the colourful banners last Sunday. The Catholic chaplain, Jesull Father Michael McShane, is at the left. family. ourselves and the world. Photo: Gynnos Grainger

Br Andreim goes to God By Peter Rosengren

Brother Andrew, an Australian wellknown in Church circles as the cofounder with Mother Teresa of Calcutta of the Brothers' section of the Missionaries of Charity, died of cancer in Melbourne on 4 October.

Br Andrew at Betty Peaker's Gracewood-God's Farm retreat cenfre at Cowaramup.

Br Andrew, the religious name of Ian Travers-Ball, died at the house run by the Missionaries of Charity Sisters in Fitzroy. He was 72. In accordance with his wishes, news of his death was not published until after his funeral on 6 October. The day he died was also the 50th anniversary of the founding of Missionaries of Charity Sisters, and the feast of St Francis of Assisi. Missionaries of Charity Superior in Australia, Sr Dorothy, told The Record from Sydney last Monday that Br Andrew had been so busy in recent times giving retreats and conferences that, despite feeling unwell, he had not consulted a doctor. He had come to the missionaries' Fitzroy home on 23 September and it was only then that the Sisters there had persuaded him to see a doctor. After the consultation, he learned he was

suffering from advanced stomach cancer, He led the Brothers for the next 20 years, she said. guiding them as they developed into a fullBr Andrew, the General of the Brothers of fledged organisation with houses spread Charity from 1967 to 1986, in recent years thmughout India and the rest of the world. had attracted a wide following through his According to Melbourne-based Jesuit numerous retreats and talks and had Father Tom Daly, Br Andrew was unable to gained a widespread reputation as a spiriget a visa to enter India so he recomtual director. mended that another General for the order Mother Dorothy described Br Andrew as "a deeply spiritual. humble man, who lovuNi be appointed. Soon afterward, Br Andrew was expelled from the order, Fr Daly said. poverty." At the Mass of Thanksgiving for Br "His one motto in life," she said, "was to proclaim Cluist and His Kingdom and to Andrew's life last Friday 6 October at the help people to come to know Jesus." Brother's family parish of the Sacred Heart Br Andrew, as a priest of the Australian in Kew, Melbourne, Australian Jesuit Jesuit Province, ftrst came in contact with Provincial Father Daven Day said Br the Brothers of Charity in 1965 when he Andrew always fought being tagged as a visited Calcutta to experience their lifestyle holy man. and mission. Br Andrew's rejection of the holiness Mother Teresa of Calcutta had estab- label "was not something pious," he said in lished the Brothers' section of the Order reflection on his life. a only two years earlier. "He rejected all forms of showiness and Since she could not head a male religious with vehemence never allowed the mantle order, she had been looking for a man to of guru to be placed on his shoulders," he administer the fledgling group. Br Andrew returned in 1966 to join the said. group and then found himself in the unusuThe former head of the Brothers of Charal position of being both a novice and head ity was a simple yet sophisticated man. of the Brothers of Charity, which at that Continued on Page 14 stage numbered approximately 12 members. Editorial - Page 7

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t is good to know that we will of the family of God becomes a be represented at the Jubilee reality World Meeting of Families Sunday should be: with the Holy Father in Rome this • A day of rest weekend, 15 October. • A family day The Jubilee for Families is a time • A day of prayer of solidarity with Catholic fami• A day of celebration lies around the world. • A day of coming together in Ills a time for us to recall how the name of the Lord. important families are, not only I wonder if it is always like that? for a strong society but also for There are so many things in modthe happy and healthy upbring- ern society that can put pressure ing of children. on family unity, like sport, work It is in the family, supported by and shopping. school and parish, that children The Holy Father has often said, learn about God, about prayer in the name of social justice, that and about the wonderful teach- work is for people, not people for ings of Jesus. work. Parishes can help families carry By this he means that employout their most important vocation. ment policies and patterns need They can create a friendly com- to be flexible enough to take into munity, especially on Sundays, account the needs of families. where families are made welSo often it is the other way come, where children meet and around when, through economic make friends, and where the idea necessity, adult members of a

family are obliged to be away from the family because they have to work. The opening of so many shops on Sunday may be handy for weekend shoppers, but pause for a moment to think of the people who would rather stay at home on Sunday with the family, but are obliged to work or lose their job. Employment conditions should respect personal freedom in this matter, because the needs of families must come first. Family meals are also important. Time with the family is essential. There should be time to go out together, to sit down for a meal together, to talk to each other, to share jokes and stories, to listen to each other, to know more about each other, and simply to be there for one another. This is the way family bonds are formed and family members

grow in love for one another. In this day when society is not very kind to families, many of which buckle under the pressure, let us learn to appreciate family life once again. In particular, let us see Sunday as a special day for families. Sunday Mass is the high point of the week as we worship God through Jesus. Let it also be the high point for families, an experience of God's love, a time for understanding the message of Holy Scripture, a time for children, teenagers, adults and older people to come together as a big family held together by our common faith. Parishes are to embrace everyone. It is the way Jesus wants us to live our faith and deepen our love for each other. This Sunday make families feel special.

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Caritas appeals for flood help

Caritas Australia, the Catholic agency for overseas aid and development, is accepting donations for the floods in the Mekong Delta, affecting Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos. Caritas Bangladesh has also called for urgent aid after unprecedented floods have hit the nation. The Bangladesh floods, the worst in 60 years, were reportedly aggravated by the opening of dams in five rivers across the Indian border. Meanwhile. the Indo-Chinese countries have been ravaged by the worst floods along the Mekong Delta in nearly 40 years. Approximately 200.000 Cambodians have fled their homes to escape the floods that have killed several hundred people across South-East Asia. Heavy rains have battered the entire Mekong watershed area since early July, and most of the crops have not been harvested because of the early rainfall. It is estimated that more than one million people in the Delta area will be affected and the dry season does not start until November. Reports indicate 117 have been killed in Vietnam - mostly chil-

dren - 30 in Thailand and nine in Laos. Approximately 500,000 homes are either fully or partially submerged. Roads, bridges, dams and systems of water retention and control used for crop production have been extensively damaged. Water wells and safe drinking water sources have been destroyed, increasing the potential for outbreaLs of water-borne diseases. Caritas Australia is working through its local partner Caritas Cambodia. Although housing and infrastructure damage is still being assessed, long-term needs will include housing and infrastructure repair. In Vietnam, Bishop Paul Bui Van Doc of My Tho said in his 22 September appeal letter that some 2.700 Catholic families In his diocese need urgent assistance and that 5,000 homes of Catholics are under water. Bishop Doc said his office gave emergency aid to flood victims in five districts his diocese covers in Dong Thap province. It also covers the flood-hit province of Long An, where the bishop said he visited flood victims. Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man of Ho Chi Minh City appealed in a 14 September letter for Catholics

Vietnamese victims of the floods survey the damage.

in the archdiocese to donate to flood relief collections. Bishop Pierre Nguyen Van Nhon of Da Lat asked Catholics in his central highlands diocese to set 24 September as a day of prayer for the flood victims and to extend relief assistance to them. Long Xuyen Diocese, covering the other two hardest-hit delta provinces of An Giang and Kien Giang, urgently appealed for some 2.6 billion dong (US$183,000) to provide food. shelter, seeds, fishing nets and boats for more than 1,500 Catholic families affected by the flood. The floods, being described as the worst since 1961, have sub-

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merged 321,000 hectares of rice fields and destroyed nearly 24,000 hectares of rice crops. Total loss is estimated at 426 billion dong (US$30 million). More than 75 per cent of homes, some 1.000 schools and 23 health centres in Dong Thap province have been submerged, according to the provincial flood management steering committee. Donations can be made by calling 1800 024 413 [Freecalli or by sending cheques to 19 MacKenzie Street, North Sydney 2060 or online at www.caritas.org.au Elsewhere, Caritas Bangladesh is appealing for support to help

some 12 million people affected by floods here. We need further generous support from our partners to implement programs for the cause of distressed humanity," Alo Benedict D'Rozario, director of disaster management of Caritas Bangladesh, told UCA News. According to him, people are suffering in areas that had not been affected by floods in the last 60 years. As such, they were not prepared, he said. "But water rushed into these areas so quickly that almost nobody could save their belongings," he explained. Rozario said that Caritas is seeking almost US$1 million for relief and rehabilitation projects. So far US$130,000 has been pledged by partner agencies abroad. A Caritas report said that the "unusual" floods that engulfed nine districts in western Bangladesh have wreaked havoc on life and property. The flood, according to the report, has claimed over 100 lives as of 3 October. About a million people have taken shelter in schools, government offices, mosques, churches and flood centres, and about 40.000 people were waiting to be rescued in flooded areas, according to the Caritas report.

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Sydney Archdiocesan priest, Father Terry Bell, has been appointed the National Director of Catholic Mission, the official mission aid agency of the Catholic Church in Australia. He took up his position last Monday, replacing Fr Brian Brock, who has been National Director for more than six years. One of Fr Bell's first duties will be to represent Australia at the World Mission Congress in Rome from 18-22 October. The four-day World Mission Congress has been organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples as a Jubilee initiative and about 1350 representatives from over 100 countries are expected to attend. The theme of the Congress is "Jesus, Source of Life for All" and its aim is to concentrate on Jesus Christ, and the importance and urgency of proclaiming His message to all nations. The invited bishops, National and Diocesan Directors of Catholic Mission, mission animators, and missionaries will gather to reconfirm their commitment and give new enthusiasm to the Church's mission within their local Church community. Ordained in 1963, Fr Bell has been the Diocesan Director of Catholic Mission's Sydney office since 1991 and parish priest of St Luke's in Revesby for the past five years. He has travelled to Zambia, Zimbabwe and more recently, South Africa, where he visited church and community-based projects for Catholic Mission.

Perth at Rome families' meet low the same pattern as recent worldwide encounters for famiWagga, New South Wales cou- lies, which have been organised ple, Robert Slee and Elizabeth at the request of Pope John Paul II Mills, will represent Australia in Rome (1994) and Rio de Janeiro when Pope John Paul II presides (1997). It will begin with a "theologicalat the marriage of 12 couples this pastoral" meeting, held from 11Sunday in St Peter's Square. The mass wedding ceremony 13 October in the Paul VI will be a highlight of the Church's auditorium at the Vatican. About 6,000 bishops, priests and celebration of the Jubilee for Families in Rome from 14-15 October others active in working with famthat is expected to attract more ilies will participate, hearing talks from 50 experts on pastoral work than 200,000 people to Rome. The Archdiocese of Perth will be with families. The talks will focus on theology officially represented at the Rome celebrations by Forrestfield cou- and the pastoral care of families, ple, Trevor and Deidre Lyra, and including educational and social the State President of the Aus- aspects, the meaning of conjugal tralian Family Association, John love, and the realm of fertility and life. Barich, from Applecross parish. Speakers will include Cardinal Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, the Colombian-born prelate who Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary Is president of the Pontifical of State; Cardinal Trujillo; Bishop Council for Families, says the Elio Sgreccia, vice-president of Jubilee celebration is "an oppor- the Pontifical Council for Life; tunity to send a message that Father Tony Anatrella, a French involves the human family, not psychoanalyst who specialises in only Catholics: sexual difficulties, and ArchbishThe Jubilee for Families will fol- op Renato Martino, who has been By Glynnis Grainger

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Nicolas Segoviano and Lidia Chavez are to be married before Pope John Paul I I during a 15 October Mass in St Peter's Square. The couple from California are among eight US pairs to have the Pope presiding at their wedding.

involved in battles for the rights of the family in his role as Vatican observer to the United Nations. The theme is "Children, the springtime of the family and for society" and is a direct response to what organisers see as a "cold"

attitude toward human life, as evidenced particularly by abortion, contraception and foetal experimentation. On Thursday evening, 12 October, the participants will follow the Way of the Cross in St Peter's

Families gather by the Swan to sample Jubilee wines By Peter Rosengren Perfect weather, a wide green lawn, the odd kite hovering in the distance as it searched for prey, rolling vineyards and the treeladen, gently-curving banks of the upper reaches of the Swan River. Like a verse from a poem this was the setting for the blessing and official launch of the Jubilee wines collection at Sandalford's winery in the Swan Valley on Sunday afternoon. The wines, produced by the Sandalford company in association with the Archdiocese as a fundraising venture celebrating the Year of Great Jubilee got their first public tasting at a family picnic and concert. While a few members of the Archdiocese associated with the project had already received prelaunch tastings of the half -dozen Jubilee reds and whites in recent weeks, Catholics from parishes got their first chance to tickle the tonsils on Sunday afternoon and seemed to give them all the

the Last Supper," he pointed out. "And we at Sandalford are privileged to be involved and just happy we can make in our own small way a contribution to the Jubilee here in Perth," he said. Music for the relaxing afternoon was provided by the Mercedes College String Ensemble, the CBC Fremantle Band and the Greenwood Parish Choir. Mary Ciccarelli thanked Sandalford for their involvement in the project Archbishop Hickey addresses families before blessing the wines. and urged parishes and schools to get behind selling the wines. thumbs up. Archbishop Barry those present for the occasion. Sandalford have also generousHickey, sporting an arm in a sling The Prendiville name and presincluded fundraising incentives ly from a recent tennis accident, told ence also provided a quaint histhe 330 or so people who attend- torical link. It was Mr Prendiville's to the value of $20,000 for organed that with the Feast of St Fran- great-uncle. Redmond Pren- isations selling the wines, she cis of Assisi having been diville, who was Archbishop of said. Prices for the wines on the white side of the fence range from celebrated earlier that week, the Perth from 1935 until 1968. $16.50 to $11 a bottle. setting could not have been betSandalford had been estabThe reds - a 1997 Cabernet ter chosen. lished in 1840 by John Septimus Situated beside the Swan River, Roe, son of an Anglican pastor Sauvignon and a 1998 Cabernet Sandalford's Swan Valley estab- and WA's first Surveyor-General. Merlot - come in at $18.50 and lishment is not where the majorAnd, Mr Prendiville pointed out, $14 a bottle respectively. ity of its grapes come from: these wine and Christianity had gone Groups wishing to become mainly come from its Margaret together for two millennia now. involved in the project can conRiver vineyards, the company's "There's been an indelible link tact Ms Ciccarelli or Mark Hales proprietor, Peter Prendiville told between wine and religion since on 9380 8300.

Square, with meditations composed especially for the occasion by Mgr Michel Schooyans, a Belgian cleric who works with the Pontifical Council for the Family. On Friday evening, the participants will attend a concert by the Pueri Cantores, an Austrian choral group. On Saturday, 14 October, thousands of families will arrive in Rome for the two-day celebration of the Jubilee itself. Finally, the Jubilee will conclude with Mass in St Peter's Square on Sunday, with Pope John Paul presiding. A parish kit has been sent to every parish in Australia with encouragement to distribute it on Sunday in solidarity with the families of the world and with the celebrations in Rome. Archbishop Hickey's Perspective column on families - Page 2: Family and marriage features - Pages 8-9

Tray urgently for rain' Archbishop Barry Hickey Is urging all Western Australians to pray for rain for the State's agricultural areas to avert crop ruin and the impending locust plague. "May rural areas of Western Australia are desperate for rains," Archbishop Hickey told The Record as it was about to go to press on Wednesday. "Farmers fear their crops will be ruined and a plague of locusts will shortly be upon them," he said. He pleaded for all parishes to begin immediately to pray for rain to "penetrate our parched lands." While the Perth region has received sufficient winter rain. some areas of the wheatbelt are facing drought.

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Program for Aborigines Perth youth relive the aims at graduation

magical experience of World Youth Day 2000 By Glynnis Grainger

ACTAP Participants pictured at the CEO with, among others, Federal Education Minister, Or David Kemp, centre, and CEO Director Therese Temby. A program aimed at supporting ondary graduation. There are Aboriginal students in years 10, 11 approximately 40 students particiand 12 who are committed to com- pating in the program from seven pleting Year 12 and pursuing a suc- WA Catholic secondary schools. cessful career is reaping rewards in AGTAP camps are also held twice Catholic schools. a year in Perth and their activities The Aboriginal Career and Tertiary include visits to schools, universities Aspirations Program involves and workplaces that employ signifischool-based activities such as cant numbers of Aboriginal people, homework classes, mentoring, visits and workshops in goal-setting, pubto universities, visits by guest speak- lic speaking, personal development ers and role models, workshops on and the presentation of Aboriginal study skills and personal develop- Identity. ment, and information sessions for At the first camp held at the parents. Epiphany Centre in Rossmoyne, ACTAP aims to support Aboriginal some 40 students engaged in a range students, their parents and teachers of activities. In improving academic achieveThe camp was hailed a success, ment, developing career aspirations with those who attended developing and encouraging attendance and a better understanding of what is retention. required to graduate, identifying It also works towards maintain cul- some of the pathways that are availtural identity, enhancing personal able and setting goals toward development and successful sec- careers.

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Joy and discomforts were features of Perth pilgrims to the World Youth Day in Rome in August, according to the Perth director of the Catholic Youth Ministry, Karen Prentice, and two young women who have sent their reflections to The Record. Karen Prentice said the pilgrimage included "discomfort, difficulties, communication problems and adjusting to foreign cultures infused with moments of joy, unity and closeness to God." The 135 Perth WYD delegates "certainly experienced the former and I sincerely hope that each individual experienced the latter," she said. "An unfortunate separation of the Perth group meant that our catechesis each morning was our only chance for contact between delegates who visited the Holy Land and those who travelled directly to Rome. "These sessions were led by keynote speakers, usually involved drama and song and powerful personal testimonies [which] were a wonderful prelude to the celebration at Mass." One of the guest speakers, Sydney's Cardinal Cassidy, who resides in Rome, spoke on being saints of the new millennium, and noted in his introduction, that unlike a parish priest, a Cardinal does not often have personal contact with young people. In the question time that followed his motivating address, two young people thanked him for his powerful words and simply asked if they could "have a hug." "The symbolism of this act mirrored Pope John Paul ll's personal welcome to every young pilgrim In Rome," Miss Prentice said. Archbishop Barry Hickey joined them at their place of catechesis on the second day of their program and Perth delegates and five of their accompanying priests shared a prayer session together after midday Mass. The afternoons of each day were left to the individual pilgrim to plan. Miss Prentice said many groups, movements and nationalities hosted cultural and spiritual events. "The city of Rome was a smorgasbord celebrating Catholicism." she told The Record. "The pilgrims from Sacred Heart College, led by Franca Coutts, certainly made the most of their pilgrimage even to the point of tracking down Cardinals for individual blessings. The finale of WYD, the Vigil and Mass at Tor Vergata, was attended by over two million people. "Delegates were renewed by the sense of international community and the welcoming smile on Pope John Paul's face as he drove around each area," Miss Prentice said. "The Vigil was a magnificent multicultural and multi-lingual event. ... [and] the Mass was made memorable, not only by the beauty of the liturgy, but by queuing in mud ponds to receive the Body of Christ." Follow-up events will be planned in Perth for all delegates, and details will be available on E-mail through the GYM on cym@cymperth.iinet.net.au Christina Koesnadi, one of 26 young people

Perth World Youth Day pilgrims Karen Geiles, left, Nick Steens, Louise Winton and Rebekah Sturniolo at opening ceremony in St Peter's in August

from Bateman parish who vent to WYD in Rome, said she "found comfort in the friends that [she had] bonded with over the one-year preparation for this once-in-a-lifetime event." As the meals were prepared and pre-packed for six people, and there were only three of them, they had to wait until their fellow parishioners arrived to get their dinner from one of the many Sodex meal stands. "Again,I was reminded of Jesus Christ at the last supper as we all [partook] in the sharing of the bread, the handing out of plates, spoons, knives and forks and even the spooning out of hot food." She said she remembered thinking 'Wow!! How can they give up their time without any compensation in return to serve two million of us in the blasting heat for four hours each afternoon and each night,' Christina said. Once she started talking to the volunteers, she realised that some of them had actually come all the way from Thrin, "just to help us foreigners." Christina said, "I am glad that I went on this pilgrimage because I got a chance to learn about myself, about others and about my faith." Sarah Cordina, 19, a youth worker and fellow parishioner at Bateman parish, who also attended WYD found the "experience incredible." "It's hard to pin down a few key experiences when the littlest things can change you forever," she told The Record. "It showed me how the world could and should be a world where people are naturally friendly and interested in supporting one another."

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Fre° parish gets keys to boarding houses By Glynnis Grainger Last Wednesday week, the Mayor of Fremantle, Richard Utting, presented symbolic keys to Oblate Fr Don Hughes, President of the Board of Carecentre. Carecentre is an outreach of St Patrick's parish in Fremantle and cares for the underprivileged and homeless. These keys symbolised the transfer of ownership of three boarding houses to the Carecentre Board. From 1 July, Park House (formerly Park Hotel) and boarding houses at Dorothy and Ellen Streets came under the care of the Carecentre Board. These additions bring to 84 the number of beds under the care of the Board. "Houses such as these are an important follow-on to the work of the day centre," Fr Hughes said. "They allow our people to gradually stand on their own feet through a degree of independence. The companionship they find here helps them to cope with their separation from and sometimes loss of their own families." Fr Hughes said so often a facility like this lifts people out of a rut and gives them an opportunity to move on further. "A degree of independence also allows the clients to recognise further their own frailty and the need they have of help and companionship and the recognition of the presence of a greater Being than themselves," he said. "The provision of accommodation for

Mayor Richard Utting, Fremantle, presents symbolic keys at the handover of three boarding houses to St Patrick's Care centre.

our clients is a logical extension of the work of the centre and fits easily into the scope of our Mission and Values statements which tell us that our Mission is: to provide quality service: to ensure adequate opportunity for those who visit the centre to satisfy their need of food, shelter, care, support and spiritual wellbeing, and to meet those needs in a non-judgmental, understanding and caring environment, acknowledging human value and self-worth." Hannick House was opened in the

1980s as a supported accommodation service for nine men. Support workers found that often the only accommodation available to men leaving Hannicic. House was in blocks of flats where it was accepted drugs were widely used and readily available. This was the very scene that the men were endeavouring to make a clean break from. As a result, St Patrick's Care Centre resolved to develop alternate housing for men leaving Hannick House. St Patrick's Care Centre is currently awaiting the outcome of an application to develop six townhouses for women and are in the planning stages of a purpose-built lodging house for 18 men. A service for the latter could be provided at Park House on the ground floor. It would not be an aged care facility, but would allow frail people to stay amongst their friends. Supports would be minimum, but enough to ensure that their personal hygiene is maintained, that they undertake a weekly laundry, have access to nourishing food, and ensure that any health issues are attended to. A successful submission to the Homeswest Community Housing Program has enabled the construction of two duplexes to be begun at Hamilton Hill for four men, leaving Hannick House, for up to 12 months. This service will be transferred from Homeswest to St Patrick's in early December for management.

Perth Marist Brother off to Timor Marist Brother Steve Bugg will join three fellow Brothers in East Timor next year to help re-establish an education system in the shattered country He will go to Timor after completing his term as Principal of Newman College in Churchlands followed by a short renewal course overseas. The small Marist community he will become part of - currently consisting of two brothers in total - will be the first Marist Brothers presence in the country. The Brothers will work in the Diocese of Baucau headed by Bishop Basilio Do Nascimento, and assist in running a Teacher naining College as well as a Primary and a Secondary school. In December, last year, Br Bugg and Br Jim Jolley, Melbourne Provincial, visited East Timor to gain some first-hand knowledge of the situation and discern the ministry to be taken up. Early last year, the Provincial and his Council considered possibilities for a solidarity project to commemorate the Canonisation of the Order's founder, Marcellin Champagnat. They felt that the Melbourne Province could make a contribution to the rebuilding of East Timor in the field of education. Brs Bugg and Jolley met with Bishop Carlos Belo, from the Diocese of Dili, and Bishop do Nascimento of Baucau, with most of their time being spent in Baucau. Bishop Basilio indicated that his top priority for re-building the country was education. Only about 50 per cent of the children over the age of 10 have attended school, and with the education system in tatters, even many of these children will suffer, at least until the educational Infrastructure is rebuilt. While many of the schools had re-opened, there is a lack of trained teachers, as the majority of the teachers had been Indonesian and had almost all left the country. The Bishop asked the Brothers to assist him in training teachers for the schools, helping to running a Teachers' rfraining College, and to run the Primary and Secondary school in Laklubar, a

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MAJELLAN MASS AND RETREAT The annual Mass will be held on Tuesday 17 October at St Joseph's Church, Subiaco at 745pm. The retreat will be held from 27-29 October at St Joseph's Convent, Penguin Rd, Safety Bay, led by Sr Joan Buckham. People will be asked to bring along their favourite coffee mug. Cost: $80 and a deposit of $20 or the full amount to be forwarded to Pauline Kirwan, 103 Birchwood Ave, Woodlands 6018

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Take the wisdom and run Peter Ilwan continues with his meditations on the readings for Sunday Mass. This week the Twenty-Eight Sunday, Year B

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oday's liturgy treats the impor- one thing you lack. Go and sell everytant theme of wisdom and rich- thing you own and give the money to es, a theme particularly pertinent the poor, and you will have treasure in in materialistic Australia in the twenty- heaven; then come, follow me." first century. The rich young man's face fell at these The first reading (Wisdom 7:7-11) sets words and he went away sad, for he the tone for today's celebration, as it was a man of great wealth. challenges us to think what our attitude Materialism is often the rock on which to riches really is. vocations flounder. Can we truthfully say with the writer Affluent and materialistic Australia of the Book of Wisdom: "Compared has seen an alarming decline in vocawith her, I held riches as nothing", or tions to the priesthood and the religious are we attached to this world's riches? life. Let us be quite clear about this, the The promise of happiness through writer of the Book of Wisdom isn't say- increased wealth and possessions ing that money isn't good; he is rather which materialism offers is as far from making the point that wisdom is far bet- reality as the North Pole is from the ter than money. South. We all need a certain amount of The Gospel explicitly tells us that the money, but do we realise that while rich young man went away sad. money is a good servant, it is a bad masThose who reject vocations for whatter? ever reasons often prove misfit in lay Will our attachment to wealth keep us life. from helping the missions, or will it lead The Scottish seminarian, Alexander us to only offer token support when MacKillop, left the seminary, and generosity is required? migrated to Australia, where he may A person's attitude to money can have well have found prosperity, had he not a large impact on his life. been such an improvident speculator. Today's Gospel (Mark 10:17-30) is the His daughter, Mary MacKillop, was story of the rich young man whom Our always aware that there was something Lord invited to follow him. missing in his life, and put it down to The rich young man had admirable his refusal to follow his vocation. qualities, he had kept the commandWhen God offered her a vocation, ments since his earliest days. Mary accepted it willingly, despite the When he told Our Lord that, St Mark sufferings entailed. tells us that Jesus looked steadily at him, Mary MacKillop followed her vocaand loved him, and he said: "There is tion heroically, despite the trials

involved in founding the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Pope John Paul II visited Sydney in 1995 to beatify Mother Mary MacKillop, a woman who, although she had been brought up in poverty, had the wisdom to accept her God-given vocation, and has become the first Australian to be beatified. The second reading (Hebrews 4:1213) is short. However, we must realise that the words in it are not to be counted, but rather weighed. The reading says: "The word of God is something alive and active. ... It judges the secret emotions and thoughts." We need to consider how our thoughts match up to the word of God contained in Scripture. Do we realise that the word of God contained in Scripture has a message for us? One of the few wealthy Catholics in Ireland during the Penal Days was a business man, Edmund Ignatius Rice. He was pious and read his Bible regularly. After his death, when people examined his Bible, it was found that he had underlined, for his own benefit, the passages relating to the dangers of wealth. He heeded the message, sold his business, and devoted himself to educating the poor Irish boys. He founded the Presentation Brothers and the Christian Brothers to continue this important work. Blessed Edmund Rice was beatified by Pope John Paul II. Let us pray for the speedy canonisation of this model of detachment, Blessed Edmund Rice, whose example is so badly needed in this materialistic age.

To Jesus through Mary . . . . a column of Marian devotion Act of Entrustment of the World to Mary Most Holy by Pope John Paul II and the bishops

behold your Son!' (In 19:26). As we near the end of oman, this Jubilee Year. when you. 0 Mother, have offered us Jesus anew, the blessed fruit of your womb most pure, the Word made flesh, the world's Redeemer, we hear more clearly the sweet echo of his words entrusting us to you, making you our Mother: Woman, behold your Son!' When he entrusted to you the Apostle John, and with him the children of the Church and all people. Christ did not diminish but affirmed anew the role which is his alone as the Saviour of the world. You are the splendour which in no way dims the light of Christ, for you exist in him and through him. Everything in you is fiat: you are the Immaculate One, through you there shines the fullness of grace. Here, then, are your children, gathered before you at the dawn of the new millennium. The Church today, through the voice of the Successor of Peter, in union with so many Pastors assembled here from every corner of the world, seeks refuge Photo CNS/Reuters in your motherly protection and trustingly begs your intercession as she The statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried faces the challenges which lie hidden through St Peter's Square before the Pope, bishops and thousands of others prayed the in the future. n this year of grace, countless peo- rosary on 7 October. The statue is a repreple have known the overflowing joy sentation of Mary who appeared to three Porof the mercy which the Father has tuguese shepherd children in Fatima in 1917. given us in Christ. of this Year will not be lost and that the I n the particular Churches throughout seeds of grace willgrow to the fullmeathe world, and still more in this centre sure of the holiness to which we are all of Christianity, the widest array ofpeocalled. ple have accepted this gift. oday we wish to entrust to you the Here the enthusiasm of the young rang future that awaits us, and we ask out, here the sick have lifted up their you to be with us on our way. prayer. We are the men and women of an extraHere have gatheredpriests andreligious, ordinary time, exhilarating yet full of artists and journalists, workers and contradictions. people of learning, children and adults, Humanity now has instruments of unprecedentedpower we can turn this and all have acknowledged in your world into a garden, or reduce it to a beloved Son the Word of God made pile of rubble. flesh in your womb. 0Mother, intercede for us, that the fruits We have devised the astounding capac-

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ity to intervene in the very well-springs oflife: man can use this power for good. within the bounds of the moral law, or he can succumb to the short-sighted pride of a science which accepts no limits, but tramples on the respect due to every human being. Today as never before in the past. humanity stands at a crossroads. And once again, 0 Virgin Most Holy. salvation lies fully and uniquely in Jesus, your Son. herefore, 0 Mother, like the Apostle John, we wish to take you into our home (cf. In 19:27), that we may learn from you to become like your Son. 'Woman, behold your Son!' Here we stand before you to entrust to your maternal care ourselves, the Church, the entire world. Plead for us with your beloved Son that he may give us in abundance the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth which is the fountain of life. Receive the Spirit for us and with us, as happened in the first community gathered round you in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (cf. Acts 1:14). May the Spirit open our hearts to justice andlove, and guide people and nations to mutual understanding and a firm desire for peace. We entrust to you all people, beginning with the weakest: the babies yet unborn, and those born into poverty and suffering, the young in search of meaning, the unemployed, and those suffering hunger and disease. We entrust to you all troubled families, the elderly with no one to help them, and all who are alone and without hope. Mother, you know the sufferings and hopes of the Church and the world: come to the aid of your children in the daily trials which life brings to each one, and grant that, thanks to the efforts of all, the darkness will not prevail over the light. To you, Dawn of Salvation, we commit our journey through the new Millennium, so that with you as guide all people may know Christ, the light of the world and its only Saviour, who reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.

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Is it time to take a new approach to heroin's old problem?

With Bronwen Clune

nyone who glances at the letters to the editor in The West Australian would have noticed the number of anguished parents writing about their heroin-addicted children. Most obvious in their pain is the fact that they cannot seem to help their sons and daughters get over what is becoming an alltoo-common problem. One desperate mother wanted to know if other parents would join her on a hunger strike to try and demonstrate to their children the anguish they are putting their families through. What really scares me about the letters is the constantly asked question - how did this happen? What is even more frightening is that no one seems to know. We seem to spend so much time arguing about how to treat heroin-addicts and so little time trying to come up with ways to stop young people from ever taking drugs in the first place. If some of the parents who are living this nightmare are to be believed, there is not much that can be done once a person becomes addicted except to wait for them to realise themselves that what they are doing will kill them, hopefully before it actually does. So maybe we really need to sit down and have a much harder think about how people get involved with drugs - how do they fall into this trap? It is probably ill-informed to think that it all has to do with upbringing because some of these children come from good families and others from broken or abusive homes. Drug addiction seems to be one of those things that effects people from all walks of life. Everyone these days seems to know of the son or daughter from a very good family who has fallen victim to heroin. Of course, having a stable upbringing does give a person a much better chance at avoiding becoming a drug-addict, but it is in no way a guarantee and upbringing alone is almost certainly not the only cause. The truth is that all children are exposed to drugs at some stage in their life - no matter how well protected they are. We've just got to find out what it is at that moment that makes some of us say yes and some of us say no - whether we're fourteen, twenty-two or thirty-five. I have talked about it with friends of mine - those who took drugs when they were younger and those of us who didn't and we've come up with very little by way of conclusion. For me it was something that just never interested me and I still don't really know what it was that made me feel that way. I certainly had a strong sense of right and wrong having been brought up a practising Catholic and it was almost like it was never a question for me - the person whoIwas just didn't take drugs. But for my own children's sake and all other parents who never want to have to ask the question when it's all too late,Ithink we really need to put our heads together and come up with some solid answers. One thing I am sure of is that my children will be exposed to drugs at some point in their life - that is the reality of the world we live in. So maybe it's time we took an old approach to a new problem and realise that prevention is better than cure, especially when there doesn't appear to be one.

Br Andrew: Australian known for holiness W

hat good can come out of Nazareth, the Jews of old used to ask of Jesus' home town. In a world-wide Catholic Church of more than one billion adherents, the same could be said of this island at the end of the world, Australia. Yes, Catholics in Australia naturally pick up the prevailing Aussie tendency to avoid ostentatious display of religion, unlike our American cousins in the faith. So, what good could come out of the land of the long weekend? Yet, despite this unpromising religious outlook, Australia has its legends of holiness, led by Blessed Mother Mary of the Cross MacKillop, foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. And, with the death in Melbourne earlier this month of Australia's Brother Andrew, a co-founder with Mother Teresa of the Brothers of Charity in India, perhaps Australia will get, if God wills it, another official example of Christian holiness to inspire current and future generations? Certainly many of those who knew him would agree. The holiness of Br Andrew, who was born Ian 'fravers-Ball in Melbourne 72 years ago, touched countless lives: in his early years in Melbourne, as a Jesuit in his first religious calling, in India with the Brothers of Charity, and since then throughout Australia, Asia and other places around the world where he gave numerous retreats, and conferences. The attention focussed on Br Andrew -

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Br Andrew with retreatairts at Gracewood-Godis Farm at Cowaramup.

principally because of his gift for touching people's lives with the Gospel at the most fundamental level - is the last thing he wanted, preferring instead to slip away quietly without. His life was dedicated to carrying out God's will, without any compromise. This can be deduced from one of the major turning points in his life: having become a Jesuit priest, he took what could not have been an easy decision to leave

J lrounJlle 7aa• Drugs fighter 'saddened'

was saddened, disgusted but not surprised. by the action of the Town of Vincent Council in closing St Joseph's House of Hope late last month. This action is in keeping with that of various country councils who over the past few years have consistently opposed and prevented Toby Carbone in setting up drug rehabilitation centres. On 14 September, I returned from overseas where I inspected drug centres in Israel and Italy. The House of Grace in Haifa showed what Is possible, when a family with five children opened their house to fifteen alcoholics, drug abusers and criminals some twenty years ago. In Italy, I visited Mulino SiIla at Amelia, the motherhouse of Community Encounter. This organisation, which had its origins In 1965, when Don Sierino Gelmira was confronted by a drug addict in Rome, now has some 200 branches around the world. At Amelia, their farm is not hidden away, but is sign-posted and is obviously an item of importance to the area. In Australia, we still like to believe, like an ostrich, that if we put our heads in the sand, the problem of drugs will go away. Councillors in town and country seem anxious to talk about drugs, as long as any centres or rehabilitation farms are in the next shire. Dr Pat Cranley

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Thank God for disabled

was especially interested in one of your 'gems' - the article about the Children's Respite House in Riverton (The Record, 21 September). This is because as the grandmother of a six-and-a-half-year-old autistic boy I have personal knowledge of how necessary regular respite care is for the parents of children who are physically or intellectually disadvantaged. For parents who have no one to help them the knowledge that the House is inspired by and run on truly Christian values must be a great comfort. They know that their sons and daughters will be loved as the dignified and unique human beings they are, despite their handicaps. Considering what our grandson has given us, the sacrifice we have made has been

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the order and join an embryonic order of men living in complete poverty on another continent. The ever-present possibility of failure was not enough to deter him from doing what he sensed God wanted from him. Having spent more than 20 years living and working among the abandoned, dying and poorest of the poor in India, he felt that God was calling him to touch people's lives in a different way.

Once again, the possibility that he might be heading down one of life's blind alleys was not enough to deter him from following his Master's calling. The final years of his life were spent in a more international type of ministry: giving retreats and conferences, and providing personal spiritual direction to Individuals who were seeking meaning and God's will in their lives. Unknown numbers of people were touched and had their lives changed by Br Andrew's vocation to love. And at all times, as those who knew him have pointed out, it was the greater glory of God, not the greater glory of Br Andrew, that he sought Perhaps that was the Jesuit in him coming out. Faced with his own difficulties, he dealt with these and in turn helped others. Confronted with death, typically, he asked that news of his death not be released until after his funeral. Br Andrew's message at all times was to focus on Jesus and to come to know Him. which is always possible. Of course, this process is called holiness by the Church. And what people sometimes do not understand, but what Br Andrew knew and proved in his life, is that the word 'holiness' is interchangeable at all times and all places with another word: 'love.' • 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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small. He has taught us that no matter what admitting that "the use of gender-inclusive language was not one of the highest priorthe handicap, people love life. We have come to see good in the fact that ities for most respondents." rian Coyne (Record, 5 October) he will not be able to hurt people verbally And she does nothing to answer my defends the West Australian's report as he will probably never be fluent enough description of the "gender-inclusive lanon an alleged change in the Vatican's In his speech. guage" project as "amateurish" and "illiteron the use of condoms to combat position He will always be childlike enough to ate," the activity of people who understand enjoy the company of the elderly. no language but English and often don't transmission of IiIV/AIDS. He points out that the report "gave as its Considering that society in general has understand that very well. source for this story the authoritative Vatifor them this is no small thing. little time I said that "research" on married clergy He will never be too sophisticated to tire and women deacons was pointless, since it can newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano". He also claims that the West's story was of the simple pleasures of life such as sto- could only promote unfounded expectaries, songs, walking and bicycling which tions, and discontent when those expecta- confirmed by the Catholic News Service we share with him now. tions were disappointed. report run by The Record on 28 SeptemWhen we think about these things we Dr MacDonald makes no mention of this ber. realise how unique he really is and the point. Mr Coyne seems to confuse a "discussion potential he has for bringing joy and peace I said that the Participation of Women among theologians at a high level in the to our family. project has already "absorbed far more Church" - which undoubtedly exists, with Iknow there will be difficulties ahead for time and money than it was worth." an alleged change of position by the Vatihis parents but I still feel as a family we Dr MacDonald makes no mention of this can, which is pure fantasy. have been blessed. point either. The interpretation given to one or two We now explain to people that Nicholas What has it cost so far? And what is the in the April 2000 L'Osservatore sentences is autistic, not naughty, and his sometimes estimated annual cost of the proposed unusual behaviour is his way of learning Office for Australian Catholic Women? Is Romano article by Monsignor Suaudeau, about life and is not due to bad parenting. there nothing more urgent on which to first by Jesuits Jon Fuller and James Keenan in the September 23 issue of America, and With the handicapped very visible now spend our money? in our society,I hope that people will conI said that the new office would in prac- subsequently in syndicated reports in sevtinue to learn from them as they can enrich tice have only one function: "digging up eral US, British and Australian papers our lives so much if we only let them. and publicising grievances." (including the West), has been vigorously Dr MacDonald makes no attempt to sug- rejected by Mgr Suaudeau. Patricia Halligan gest other functions that the new office Mandurah In comments to the Associated Press news might perform. agency reported by the Eternal Word TeleDr MacDonald says: 'The Australian vision Network, Mgr Suaudeau has Catholic Bishops' Conference has made a described the Fuller/Keenan claims as "a r Marie MacDonald's letter (5 Octo- commitment to undertake a number of ber) does nothing to answer my practical steps to promote the participation manipulation. It is blown up and exaggerated" and as a "pretext to relaunch the argucriticisms (14 September) of the of women in the Church'. report Woman and Man, and of the recent ment". If only it were true! Women, like men, decision to perpetuate this sort of thing by participate in the Church first of all by The argument on whether condoms can setting up a new Office for Australian going to Mass. ever be justifiably promoted by the Church Catholic Women. Are they doing so? The answer is obvious: has been decisively settled by repeated I said that Woman and Man "reflects the women are staying away from Mass in interventions by the Congregation for the opinions of only one group of women - ever-increasing numbers. (The still more Doctrine of the Faith when local bishops those who agree with the authors". news is that men are staying have tolerated or endorsed any such sugDr MacDonald says that the opinions of depressing greater numbers.) in even away gestion. the authors are "many and varied." Is it in response to this unprecedented Perhaps Brian Coyne would consider this If so, why is this variety not reflected in participation in the Australian from drift defence of the actual meaning of his strong Woman and Man, a report that is marked Church that Dr MacDonald says that "the own article by Mgr Suaudeau to be intemby a depressing uniformity of opinion. the Church as a whole have perate, but there is good evidence that I said, of the written submissions and Bishops, and mandate for action?" a clear public hearings that Woman andMan purFuller and Keenan are engaged in an exerno. In Dr MacDonald's letter, and Sadly, ported to summarise, that "there is no way cise of manipulation. of knowing, from Woman and Man, how in the whole Participation of Women proThey are the editors of the recently pubmany people were for or against anything." ject, "participation" does not mean activi- lished essay collection. Catholic Ethicists ties like going to Mass. There is still no way of knowing. It means, in her words, "increasing on HIV/Aids Prevention, which strongly Dr MacDonald's letter speaks of "qualitawomen's involvement in decision-making opposes the Vatican position on condoms tive research methods" and "descriptive and Church administration, and reforming and seeks to establish an alternative conpresentation of the findings." But she still and beliefs practices that do not promote sensus in favour of condom promotion in supplies no figures. the equality of men and women." a wide variety of circumstances. I said that "research" on "inclusive lanTo me, this will mean more sitting on Several of the essayists dissent on the guage" at Mass was pointless, since the Catholic Church Life Survey showed that committees, more writing reports, and questions of contraception and the intrinsic wrongness of homosexual acts. only three per cent of women are bothered unnecessary expenditure on salaries. 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Jubilee or Families: Passing the

Sharing our belief is a powerful way of inviting others to join us By Tim Clark

orking with young people has helped me understand that sharing faith is often less about what we say than how and when we say it. I've found that a simple set of principles can help us share the wisdom, encouragement or healing we want for our children. Principle No. 1: Any conversation about faith has to be real. From a young person's point of view that means It has to be about something happening now. One young woman told me that she and her parents never talked about "theology or big things like that." "So what did you talk aboul?" I asked. "Ethics, morals, values," she said. They were always making us apply faith to real life. "Like, if we wanted to do something that they didn't want us to, we would talk about why it was right or wrong. "It wasn't always just about us either. One time we were listening to something on the news about whether scientists should use information from the records of Nazi experiments. "We had this long discussion on whether it was right or wrong and why." It sounded like an undergraduate class on moral theology, but to her these were conversations about the real choices she or someone else was trying to make. Principle No. 2: Questions are good. Allowing questions can be difficult.

But questions open us up to searching and dialogue. When the questions teen-agers ask are met with open and honest discussion, they find more than just answers. They find the kind of respect that gives living witness to the trust their parents place in them and in God. One other principle is the most obvious: Actions speak louder than words. Describing how her parents shared their faith, one senior girl put it like this: -The biggest thing about my parents is a consistent way of living. Their faith isn't like, 'I sit down every night and read the Bible and I feel. . ' "They were just always volunteering, and we always went to Mass. We never got to get out of going to Mass." "My parents' faith," she told me, "is pretty simple: God loves us, and we should love each other." For young people, as for most of us, faith is about relationships. Sharing that faith and talking about It are ways of inviting others into it. The stories we tell, the advice we give, the way we listen and respond to questions reveal to our young people how we experience and understand our relationship with God. One high-school student in our leadership group summed it up well. Asked about the greatest gift her parents had given her, she said: -They taught me unconditional love. If my parents hadn't done that for me, I don't know if I could have as much faith as I do. "I live my life in peace knowing there is a God who loves me, and my parents showed me that." - Catholic News Service

it was a family affair at the Perth Archdiocese's People's Retreat in November 1997 as Denise and Shaun den-Bakker share Faith and food with their children.

Faith: not so much taught as 'caught' from a mentor By Father Eugene LaVertliere, SSS

aith that is alive is like a smile. But just as we cannot teach children to smile, we cannot teach children to believe. Like a smile, the faith is not taught but caught from a faith person. From the very beginning and throughout the ages, the feast of Passover was a special teaching moment for the Israelites. However. Israelite parents were not simply to teach their children what the Lord did for their ancestors in Egypt. Instead, each parent was to say what the Lord did for "me" personally. In celebrating Passover, its story became their story. The Jewish community celebrates the Passover of the Lord in homes, with parents and grandparents surrounded by children and grandchildren. In the ancient assembly of the Israelite elders, Moses had given this instruction regarding Passover "When your children ask you. 'What does this rite of yours mean?' you shall reply, 'This is the Passover sacrifice of the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt: when he struck down the Egyptians, he spared our houses" (Exodus 12:2627).

Thus, parents did not simply tell their children that the Lord had spared their ancestors. Instead, they told them the Lord spared "our houses." Parents told the story of the Passover to their chil-

dren around the table. In the faunI\ environment. children joined their parents and grandparents in celebrating the Passover. Around the table, they "caught" the faith from their parents. In the family environment, and through God's grace, children catch faith from their parents by osmosis. From an adult point of view, we can call the osmosis of the faith "pre-evangelisation." Religious faith is transferred from older generations to younger generations on three levels, beginning at the first level with faith. The second level is participation in the traditional faith and the liturgy of the community. The third level is articulating the life of faith and the traditional faith of the community with words. stories and the creed. This is why the celebration of the Passover was very important for passing on the tradition to a new generation, transferring it on every level. This is why the celebration of the Lord's Supper is very important. Each generation takes bread. gives thanks and breaks the bread in memory of the Lord Jesus. The liturgy of the Eucharist is a special teaching moment, passing the tradition of the Christian Passover to a new generation. When our children ask, "What does this rite of yours mean?" we have to answer, "This is the Passover of the Lord!" And its story must become our story! - Catholic News Service

•Cana the icing for the Firpos' 53 years of marriage By Judith Sudilovsky

t was not easy for 75-year-old Elisa Firpo to make her way over the jutting rocks to the shore of the Sea of Galilee. But she was determined, and clutching the arms of her husband, Victor, also 75, she finally reached the edge of the lake, where she ran her fingers through the water. Victor bent down and touched the water as well. It was a hot, humid day, and though the walk to the shore from the Franciscan Church of St Peter's Primacy, where Jesus made his first appearance after the resurrection, was relatively short, the exertion of it had left Elisa short of breath and perspiring. "When you come on pilgrimage you have to be ready to make sacrifices," said Elisa, who came with members of the St Catherine of Siena Parish in Kissimmee, Florida. "I have wanted to touch that water for so many years.Iwanted to come here and feel all the things that Jesus did here along the water. Even with my bad legs Ireached it," she said. Then she looked at her husband of 53 years and said: "He helped me. He gave me the push to do it." "Next time," said the tall, slim, Victor grinning, "she is going to walk it faster. For almost a quarter of a century, the Firpos, natives of Puerto Rico, have wanted to

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age. When the parish priest, Servite Father Vidal Martinez, announced the parish pilgrimage, Elisa knew this was her chance. And so it was that Elisa and Victor - who have known each other since fourth grade - found themselves walking slowly through the Holy Land together in September. Together and often bringing up the rear, Elisa and Victor walked through the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, through the birthplace of St John the Baptist in Ein Kerem and through the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. Having just celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary a few weeks earlier, Victor and Elisa renewed their wedding vows at the Franciscan Church in the village of Cana, where Jesus performed his first miracle. Victor gently held Elisa's elbow as they climbed the few stairs to the altar. She felt, she said after the brief blessing ceremony, like a schoolgirl, just as she had on her real wedding day when she had stood wearing the wedding dress she had sewn in secret to avoid her parent's disapproval. Victor and Elba Rrpo of Florida renew their marriage vows of 53 years at the Franciscan church In "It is very emotional. Imagine, so many Cana, the site where Jesus performed his first miracle. Photo: CNS/Reuters years have gone by," she said. "I want us to come on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. At moved in with them in Florida. Still, the die together." first, the cost of coming was prohibitive, Idea of coming on a pilgrimage, especially -This will unite us more," said Victor. "Our since their four children were enrolled in during the Jubilee year, began to take shape relations will be strengthened. To reach this Catholic schools. When the children were In Elisa's mind. She has always been in period, this age together is a blessing for us, older, the Firpos always found themselves charge of the family finances, so as she because this miracle of Jesus happened helping them out here and there. Then worked out the daily budget she also set here so many years ago and it is as if it is Elisa's mother, who is now 100 years old, aside money for the dreamed-of pilgrim- reborn in us." - Catholic News Service

Faith on to the next generation

Come on Mum, Dad, time for you to act By Mary Jo Pedersen

randma's kitchen counter was lined with statues and framed pictures of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. In front of each was a small vigil candle. One cold Nebraska autumn she lit the candles daily. She prayed that God would provide coats for her four children who were coatless. The family was short on funds after a train accident in which Grandpa was injured and left without a job. Not wanting to bring just one child a coat, she visited the local department store weekly, hoping for a sale that would allow her to clothe all four at once. She would blaze up the candles, pray for help and go to town. The day of a big sale, she inquired in her moken English about the cost of the coats. They came to $28, but she didn't have that much. The clerk knew her by now, and after consulting a co-worker and giving Grandma a piece of paper to sign, the clerk informed her she could take all four coats home today without paying a cent. Grandma went home, and her candles blazed for weeks in thanksgiving! A month later, Grandma received a letter In the mail from the department store informing her that she had opened a charge account the day of the sale and $3.50 was due on the coats. She had $3.50 and paid it, never doubting that God took care of her in providing the coats. Such faith! I heard that story from my mother while she was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for ovarian cancer 19 years ago.

Time to take a stand? A recent US study shows parents often feel awkward or confused about sharing their faith with their children. Yet it's parents upon whom children rely for learning

and experiencing their faith. 1 was worrying myself to death about her condition, and she told me this story and explained to me that my worry was wasted because she had the best doctor, she was doing everything he prescribed, she was praying and God was taking care of her. I regard myself as truly blessed to have had a mother who was willing to share her own and her family's stories of faith. That is not a common occurrence, despite the fact that research shows parents have the greatest influence in their children's

faith development. In a national study of less when he lost his job, but he had prayed 8,000 youth in 11 different Protestant and with faith for a new opportunity. Catholic denominations Passing on the When the new job came through, the Faith, by Merton Strommen, Ph.D., and told his son that God was at work in father Richard Hardel Dmin, St Mary's Press, thing because his new job was the whole Christian Brothers Publications, Winona, Minnesota, 2000, only 10 per cent of Church really a better situation for him in the long families discussed faith at home with any 11111. degree of regularity. • Pay attention to what is going on in your When asked about sharing faith at home, child's life. parents confess that they often feel awkTalk about God's forgiveness and mercy ward or unsure about the facts of their faith when children get in trouble. and are not comfortable talking to their children. Say a word about God's goodness and genYet, when asked, parents are clearly sure erosity when children succeed, and remind about what they want to pass on to their them that their talents are given to them by children. God. Here are some practical approaches to Mention the power of the Holy Spirit when communicating faith in simple conversachildren face exam week. tions at home. • Communicate about faith with the writ• Timing is everything! A beautiful sunset is a perfect time to express your gratitude to ten word as well as when speaking. God for the earth's goodness and beauty. One single parent placed notes in her An important soccer tournament might be daughter's room to reassure her of Jesus' a good occasion to sit with your child for a love for her when she had been abandoned moment and pray for help in the big game. by friends. Praying with your children teaches them The mother of a college student includes that you value prayer. faith talk in her e-mail along with news • Share your own and others' stories of about family and friends. faith. Birthdays, anniversaries, funerals are When children enter adolescence, they all occasions to share your own stories of almost everything as preaching! interpret how God is our constant companion. short, written messages work That's why At a 25th-anniversary party, one set of parthem (-Passing on the Faith"). well with ents witnessed to both happy and difficult times in their marriage when God was there • Finally, ask your child this question: -Do for them. you see where God had a hand in this situ• Look back at events with eyes of faith, ation?" Children may not have an answer. and tell your children what you see. but they may learn something important After four months of unemployment, a from the question. - Catholic News Service father confided in his son that he felt hope-

Pope and 1500 bishops entrust Millennium to Mary Consecration I not needed By Cindy Wooden

n ceremonies intimately connected with the message of Fatima. Pope John Paul II led bishops in entrusting the world and its future to "the motherly protection" of the Blessed Virgin Mary. "Today we wish to entrust to you the future that awaits us, and we ask you to be with us on our way," the kneeling Pope prayed to Mary on 8 October as he and some 1.500 bishops gathered around the statue of Our Lady of Fatima. The statue also was the central symbol in St Peter's Square on 7 October, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, as the Pope and bishops were joined by tens of thousands of people reciting the Marian prayer. Appearing to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, in 191Z Mary requested frequent recitation of the rosary, especially on the first Saturday of each month. During the 8 October "Act of Entrustment to Mary Most Holy," the Pope said the beginning of the third millennium is "an extraordinary time, exhilarating yet full of contradictions." "Humanity now has instruments of unprecedented power: We can turn this world into a garden or reduce it to a pile of rubble," the Pope said. Science has allowed people to intervene in the very beginnings of human life, he said, but the new technologies have created moral confusion and the possibility of trampling on the respect which every human life deserves at every stage of its development. "We entrust to you all people, beginning with the weakest: the babies yet unborn and those born into poverty and suffering, the young in search of meaning, the unemployed and those suffering hunger and disease," the Pope prayed. "We entrust to you all troubled families, the elderly with no one to help them and all who are alone and without hope," he told Mary in the prayer. The Pope also asked Mary to bless the Church and its members and to help the seeds of faith planted during the Holy Year grow in the hearts of all. He prayed that Mary, who was with the Apostles at Pentecost, would join the

by Carmelite Sister Lucia dos Santos, the only surviving Fatima visionary, and by other members of the Carmelite cloister in Coimbra, Portugal. The so-called secrets of Fatima foretold the conversion of Russia through prayer and, according to the Vatican's interpretation of the third secret, predicted the 1981 ntrusting the world to Mary on 8 attempt to assassinate Pope John Paul. October, Pope John Paul II purposeThe Pope, in thanksgiving that his life was fully did not use the word "consespared. had one of the bullets that wound- crate," a top Vatican official said. ed him embedded in the crown of the statArchbishop Tarcisio Bertone, secretary of ue, which was brought from Fatima to the the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Vatican for the October celebration. Faith, said the Pope's decision underlined Hanging on a chain from the statue's the fact that he consecrated the world to the hands is a ring the Pope received from the Immaculate Heart of Mary in March 1984. late Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski of Warsaw. The act of consecration "was done and The Pope left the ring at the foot of the was done in moral union with the bishops statue in May when he travelled to Fatima of the world, so we do not need to repeat to beatify jacinta and Francesco Marto, the it," Archbishop Bertone said in an interview cousins of Sister Lucia who were with her with Portuguese Catholic Radio. when Mary appeared. The Archbishop said the consecration was When the Vatican released the so-called requested by Mary when she appeared to third secret of Fatima in June, Vatican offi- three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, cials said the secret described the violence in 1917 Although Carmelite Sister Lucia dos and persecution that afflicted the Church Santos, the only surviving Fatima visionary, and individual Christians under Nazism, has said the 1984 ceremony fulfilled the Communism and other totalitarian sys- request, some Fatima followers continue to tems. claim it has not been done correctly. Speaking at the 7 October recitation of In addition to making it clear that the Pope the rosary, Pope John Paul said that because believes the consecration was done corthe Jubilee for Bishops included the first rectly, the word "entrustment" has Gospel Saturday of the month and the feast of Our roots that the Pope wanted to highlight, Pope John Paul II, standing before the statue of Lady of the Rosary, it was natural for them Archbishop Bertone told the radio. Our Lady of Fatima, on 8 October in St Peter's to pray the rosary. "The Pope himself wanted to modify the Square. Photo CNS/Fieuters "Our prayer this evening takes place in key term of this act, preferring to speak of Church in praying for a new outpouring of the light of the message of Fatima, the con- an act of entrustment to Mary," he said. tents of which aid our reflection on the his- The 8 October ceremony in St Peter's the Holy Spirit. Square was a reflection that as he was dying "May the Spirit open our hearts to justice tory of the 20th century," he said. The Pope said that as part of the jubilee, on the cross, Jesus entrusted His mother to and love and guide people and nations to mutual understanding and a firm desire for "we wanted to express the Church's recog- His disciples and entrusted His disciples to nition of the maternal care which Mary has Mary, the Archbishop said. peace," he prayed with the bishops. At the end of the Mass concluding the 6- always shown her children, pilgrims The Pope's intention, he said, was to foster "a renewal of communion of individuals 8 October Jubilee for Bishops, just as at the through time. "There is no century, no people to whom with Christ and of the Church with Mary, end of the rosary the night before, four Vatican ushers carried the 3-foot-tall statue Mary has not made her presence felt,bring- who accompanies it with maternal care in through St Peter's Square as the gathered ing the faithful - especially the small and the midst of difficulties with faith and with crowds sang "Ave Maria" in several lan- the poor - light, hope and comfort," he the world." Archbishop Bertone said the Pope wanted guages. said. The first four decades of the rosary on 7 Mary, he said, "does not cease to guide the ceremony to take place during the October were led by families chosen to our gaze toward the glory of the risen Jubilee for Bishops, so that with Mary's help, represent the continents of Australia, Asia, Christ, in whom the victory of God and his "they can bring their faithful to a new proAfrica and America. The fifth decade of the plan of love over evil and over death is fession of faith in Christ." - Cindy Wooden rosary was led, via a satellite connection, revealed." - Catholic News Service

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Features and More Letters The cord 1DEL, years ago With Mary Busher, Perth Catholic Church Archives volunteer

Excerpts from the WA Catholic Record 13 October, 1900.

On the Governor Premier Sir John Forrest was taken to task for indicating, among other things, that "the Governor and his suite should be of as high social position as can possibly be obtained so that they may receive distinguished visitors and dispense hospitality to them." The editorial said: "the class distinctions which the Premier seems to advocate may well be left to take care of themselves. .. . Let West Australia have the Governor who is best fitted for the position, even though he has never heard of his grandfather. He will thus find himself more at home among the people he is daily associated with. And if it comes to that, distinguished visitors, if they be worthy of a reception, will for the time being, have good manners enough to put up with him."

Robbers copped A Chinese laundry situated in Lord Street was the scene of a daring hold-up by four masked and armed intruders at 10pm on a Saturday evening. "Shrill cries from one of the Chinese workers brought police assistance. When the burglars saw their game was up they fled through the adjacent streets firing their revolvers. Constables Rowe. McCormack and Harris pursued the robbers and in the wild fight which followed Constable Rowe was wounded in the head. Constable McCormack in the right loin, and one of the criminals, a man called Duggan, in the abdomen and left thigh. It may be a matter of congratulation that no passerby was hit by a bullet, for the desperadoes appear to have fired a good deal at random?*

.1-Douno i.Ae 7agle Froth -P4ge 7 As Mr Coyne states "there has been no suggestion in any article I have read that any change in the policy that argues against the use of condoms to prevent conception is being contemplated of even discussed" one can only conclude that he has not read this essay collection nor the article by Lord Clifford Longley on Catholics and AIDS in The Independent on Sunday (16 July, 2000) where he makes it clear that those like himself who oppose the Church's teaching on contraception are using the argument for the use of condoms in exceptional circumstances to prevent AIDS as an incremental step towards persuading the Church to abandoning its opposition to contraception. "Sooner or later" he writes, "I believe the Catholic Church will change its position on contraception and back out of the unfortunate moral cul de sac it entered with the publication of Humanae Vitae in 1968. But that day will not come quickly, and AIDS is happening now. Even with Humanae Vitae still in force, however, there are plenty of ways of getting the Catholic Church off the hook." Perhaps as an official spokesperson for a society of Catholic graduates Mr Coyne should read a bit more widely before engaging in public controversy. Richard Egan West Perth

More media perils

rian Coyne (Record. 5 October) must k4et a different edition of the West Australian delivered than I do to conclude that "we are lucky in this State that the West Australian does give us as much coverage of international Catholic news as it does." What an appalling suggestion Mr Coyne makes that we Catholics ought not to criticise the West's reporting of Catholic news lest the paper reduce its coverage! I thought Catholic emancipation happened sometime last century and we no longer had to tug the forelock to our establishment masters. Thank God for the weekly feast of authentic Catholic news we can get just for $1 from The Record. May it last another hundred years at least! Rosemary Chandler Palmyra

People need the truth

ress coverage of an "ongoing debate among Catholic theologians" as regards the use of condoms preventing the spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases is misleading. It gives the wrong impression that the Church may some time in the future approve of the condom. It certainly gave that impression to one very

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bright young Year 10 student who proceeded to doing the structural work of Church organto present me with a photocopy of the West isation. Too much organisation (and talk) Australian's article on condoms to which while the weeds in God's garden grow and Richard Egan and Brian Coyne have recently flourish. referred. (The Record, 28 September and 5 Iask what sort of faith do we now have comOctober) pared to our near forefathers who, without I have the weighty responsibility of teaching material support of government, and working this young man religious education. in the most harsh of conditions, built with Last term, I informed him, and all his class- almost bare hands edifices which now are mates, that the virtue of chastity is the only held to be treasures of significance. sure way to prevent the spread of STD's. Now, no-one gets their hands dirty and show But now he's confused because of what he the young by example that one does not go to read in the West. He's confused because he the government and/or financiers to get things knows the following facts: done: it should be by faith in God. Christ and • Chlamydia can still be caught while using all that this implies. a condom. It often does not produce any signs Peter Bertola or symptoms. It is a major cause of infertility, Esperance pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy. It is on the increase in areas (such as Perth, WA) where condoms have been pushed n reading the informative coverage in as so-called 'safe sex'. The Record of the most recent Vatican • Genital warts (Human Papilloma Virus) is document, Dominus Jesus, it is a sad incurable. It can still be caught while using a condom. It is recurrent, difficult to treat and reflection that our Catholic newspaper does increases the risk of cancer of the cervix and not reach the majority of Catholics in the archthe penis.It is a common viral infection among diocese, who continue to be misled by secular propaganda through the media. sexually active teenagers. The document correctly identifies the prob• In many areas of the Third World, where condoms have been promoted, there has been lem as deriving from relativistic theories of a philosophical nature, that underpin a militant no decline in HIV infection. Giving young people condoms on the socio-political agenda. Freedom of religion has been redefined as grounds that "they're going to have sex anyfreedom from religion, it being openly advoway" is selling the youth short. If this happens, then the simple result is that cated that those who represent a religious they're going to contract chlamydia, genital viewpoint be denied freedom of speech. warts and other diseases "anyway". Vatican II has taught that all genuine reliCondoms for SID "prevention" has not gious belief contains truth (reality) in varying worked, it will never work, it Is a seriously degrees, for, as Christians, we believe that we flawed mentality. have received the Light of Divine Revelation The Catholic Church teaches that we must from Christ. not do an intrinsic moral evil in order that a We are pressured to accept that we are isoperceived good might come of it. lated by our faith, and that, to be taken seriThe Catholic Church will never approve of ously, we must explain it away. such a dangerously silly idea, no matter how Indeed the contrary is the case! Islam is many Catholic theologians debate this issue. rapidly attracting converts worldwide. My students, and everyone else, need to Muslims believe in the existence of absolute know this. Truth, and that they have found it. Paul Kelly While the latter is not consistent with ChrisSouth Perth tianity, surely the former is undeniable. They merit respect and admiration for refusal to compromise their faith. This is not the same as saying that religions rchbishop Hickey's Perspective of the are of equal value, which is as unacceptable 12 September could not have come at to the Islamic people as it should be to us. a better time for me. When God is given His rightful place in the Once upon a time our Catholic schools produced most of the recruits to the religious life. human heart, we accept Him as transcendent ie. vocations to the Church also many voca- and ultimate reality, and our faith is of tions to the more social service public institu- supreme importance in our lives. Ecumenism is built on respect for all believtions such as nursing or teaching, two areas ers in God whose faith holds a place of of great, if not primary importance; the media supreme priority. and arts seemed to have been shunned. Religious pluralism, on the other hand, porThis neglect or oversight is one of the main reasons for the slippage of present day com- trays religion as of no importance, relegating It to a status of a branch of sociology, or a munity standards. The school graduates having more or less "leisure activity". joined the materialistic race, then our influ- Anne n Kirkwood ence on the world has diminished and turned Attadale

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Little self-pity Germaine: an to St antidote Bishop digs deep "A few weeks ago the Bishop (Gibney) was in [Victoria Park) teaching a man how to trench the land. His Lordship took the spade and worked himself, and the result can be seen any day by visiting the locality for part of the ground attached to the convent and school is now a miniature vineyard and orchard. The vines are bursting well and by all appearances success is to attend his Lordship's exertions. The school children are anxiously awaiting the first crop when they expect to have a royal good time."

Alas for the choir From a Kanowna report: "our little church is gradually being improved. A very artistic set of altar rails -the work of local tradesman Mr J.Cunningham - have recently been erected. A new altar has also been built, and we now possess a good organ - but alas, our choir is in a very poor state."

ermaine was born into a poor labouring family In Pibrac near Toulouse in France. She was a sickly child with a withered and paralysed right hand. She also suffered from scrofula, a form of tuberculosis, which caused ugly sores, particularly around the face and neck. Her mother Marie died shortly after her birth. When her father remarried, her stepmother persecuted her incessantly. She was not allowed to associate with her half siblings. She slept in the stable or on a pile of straw beneath the stairway of the house and was only fed on scraps. Nevertheless, she did not die, as do many severely neglected children in that time, and this. Germaine was considered unsightly by her parents, and to keep her out of the way, she was sent to into the fields to tend the sheep. Although she could not read or write, she had a rosary which she carried at all times. Every morning she attended

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Mass, leaving her sheep in God's care. She planted her shepherd's crook in the ground and the sheep did not wander away from It. They were also untroubled by wolves and thieves. According to the accounts of other villagers, to get to Mass she crossed swollen streams yet emerged dry on the other side. She shared her own poor and inadequate food with beggars, despite the subsequent anger of her stepmother. She used the long hours in the fields for prayer, or to talk to the village children, who did not scorn her like their parents. Then one morning her father found her dead on her pile of twigs beneath the stairs. She died as she had lived, alone and uncomplaining. Most of the saints we have looked at so far have been very important and influential in the Church. These tend to be the type of people who become famous and are well remembered, especially If they have affected history or

,C; i`n 3A:1ist 2000 Perth historian Dr Jennifer Skerritt sheds some light on Catholic history to mark 2000 years of Christianity This week: Saint Germaine Cousin 1579-1601

established religious orders. given to the disadvantaged, the Nevertheless, some of the great- handicapped. the uneducated, as est saints in heaven are probably well as the rest of us. people like St Germaine, who Although she is patron saint of was humble and ignored during the disabled, she could also be her lifetime. patron to the disadvantaged, as She did nothing except live a an example that one's life need saintly life; which is an especial- not be determined by even the ly great accomplishment consid- most appalling upbringing. ering her surroundings. Germaine was buried in the Germaine's withered arm was church at Pibrac. really only a small part of her In 1644, her body was discovtotal suffering. ered to be incorrupt. Miracles We regularly accept that chil- began to be attributed to her dren without a happy home life intercession. or parental affection become Her body was still preserved in delinquents, vandals and drug 1660 when it was re-examined. addicts. Germaine had every and by this time a cult to St Germodern excuse to 'turn out bad', maine had developed among the but did not. This is a powerful local people, although she was statement on the strength of free not officially canonised until will and divine Grace, which is 1867.

Jubilee for Bishops

Be holy, Pope reminds bishops By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Personal holiness is the best way to communicate the Gospel, and the Catholic faithful have a right to expect to see it in their bishops, Pope John Paul II told bishops from around the world. "A living word has been entrusted to us; we must therefore announce it with our lives before we do so with our mouths," the Pope said on 8 October as he presided over the Mass concluding the Jubilee for Bishops. The jubilee celebration included the recitation of the rosary on 7 October and a formal "act of entrustment" on 8 October in which the Pope and more than 1,500 bishops placed the world and the third millennium under the protection of Mary For both events, the Pope and the bishops gathered around the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, remembering Mary's apparitions to three Portuguese children in 1917.

-The Church today, through the voice of the successor of Peter, in union with so many pastors assembled here from every corner of the world, seeks refuge in your motherly protection and trustingly begs your intercession as she faces the challenges which

lie hidden in the future," the Pope own witness of personal holiness the most credible and most perprayed to Mary The Pope's prayers and remarks suasive appeal which laity and praising Mary repeatedly spoke priests have a right to expect from of her as a model of faith who us in their journey toward holileads people to Jesus, the source ness?" the Pope asked. of salvation. Pope John Paul said he and the In a midday meeting with the bishops must rediscover the bishops on 7 October, the largest enthusiasm for the Gospel that gathering of bishops at the Vati- filled the Apostles at Pentecost. can since the Second Vatican "Especially today in the midst of Council, the Pope said that with so many discordant voices which all the Holy Year events he and create confusion and perplexity the bishops had been participat- in the minds of the faithful, the ing in, "today's gathering could bishop has the serious responsibility of making things dear," the seem superfluous." "But we felt the need for a cele- Pope said. bration all our own, designed to In his homily at the Mass the increase our commitment and, next day, Pope John Paul said he even more, our joyful gratitude for and the bishops must model their the gift of the fullness of priest- lives and service on that of Jesus, hood," the Pope said. the Good Shepherd, "so that lisHaving left their pastoral duties tening to us, the faithful will listen for a little while, he said the bish- to Him and following us, they will ops should feel at home at the Vat- follow Him, the only Saviour, yesican and should find the time and terday, today and forever." space they need for an "interior "In the face of the relativism and recharging" of their spiritual subjectivism which pollutes so much of contemporary culture, energies. "We are called, dear brothers in the bishops are called to defend the episcopate, to re-live in our and promote the doctrinal unity thoughts, our feelings and our of the faithful," he said. choices the love and total self-givWherever the faith has been ing of Jesus Christ for his Church," ignored or forgotten, they must the Pope said. evangelise and place the human The bishop's chief concern, he and material resources of their said, must be to lead everyone to dioceses at the service of proholiness. "And is not perhaps our claiming the Gospel, he said.

Pope John Paul ll rides past a sea of bishops as he enters St Peter's Square on 8 October. The Pope told the bishops that personal holiness is the best way Pnoto cAtS,Catno,,o Press P-ot, to communicate the Gospel.

Liberal sprinkling and a good confession start prelates' Jubilee By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) - Christ is always waiting to forgive sinners and to strengthen those who may have let their commitment waver, even if they are bishops, a top Vatican official said. Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re, the new prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, said bishops are called to be "big-hearted pastors" whose personal holiness is evident to all. The Archbishop's reflection during a 6 October penitential service at Rome's Basilica of St John Lateran opened the three-day Jubilee for Bishops. Led by about 30 cardinals, more than 800 bishops passed through

the Holy Door at St John Lateran. with God and with everyone, then As they crossed the threshold, a to be an instrument of reconciliabrown-robed Franciscan liberally tion and peace in the world." During the Holy Year, Archbishsprinkled them with holy water. Bishop Joseph Fiorenza of op Re told the bishops, "all the Galveston-Houston, president of people of God are called to expethe National Conference of rience the forgiveness of God in a Catholic Bishops, was one of joyful and personal way. We bishabout 80 US bishops at the Friday ops must not exclude ourselves evening prayer service, which was from this call." Archbishop Re said the bishops, followed by the possibility for individual confessions. in reflecting on their ministry and "All the bishops going to confes- their relationship with God, sion may be one of the holiest should answer the question Jesus things to happen in the Holy asked Peter: "Do you love me?" Year," he said with a laugh. The fact that Jesus asked the "We need to be pilgrims, too," question after Peter had already Bishop Fiorenza said. denied him "tells us that Christ is "Part of that is going to confes- capable of unlimited trust, undesion, saying prayers and entering terred even by human weakness into the jubilee spirit, which is and betrayal," the Archbishop reconciliation and being at peace said. Archbishop Re told the bish-

ops that being orthodox in their teaching and preaching, "even being brilliant," is not enough. "A vibrant teaching is needed, one which touches hearts by transmitting a lived experience of mystery," he said. "The bishop must be in love with Christ." Archbishop Re said. While the bishop's personal holiness does not determine the effectiveness of the sacraments he performs, it does determine how everything he says and does will be interpreted by those who watch him. "We are called doubly to that holiness which is the common vocation of all the baptised." he said. As the pastors and guides of the church, Archbishop Re said, bish-

For a few minutes, journalists become the targets By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) - The rocks, rubber bullets and tear gas casings strewn along the start of the Via Dolorosa brought a new kind of pain to this path where Christian tradition holds that Jesus walked on his way to his crucifixion. Once again violence came to a head just outside the 4.5-acre piece of land considered holy by Muslims and Jews, adjacent to the Christian Via Dolorosa. For Jews the Temple Mount is the place where their holy temple stood during biblical times, and for Muslims al-Harem al-Sharif is the spot from where the Prophet Mohammed ascended into the heavens. This little segment of land may just be the most revered piece of land on earth. But instead of being a site of peaceful contemplation, faithful worship and quiet coexistence, which seemingly should be fostered by a true love of God, it has become the prime location for a deadly and desperate national struggle between Israelis and Palestinians and the site on which

Journalists, some wearing protective headgear, take cover from stonethrowing Palestinians near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on 6 October.

any final Mideast peace agreement hinges. On 6 October for the first time, after reaching an agreement with the Waqf and security people of Fatah, the party of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Israel decided to temporarily withdraw its security forces from the Temple Mount during Friday midday

prayers in order to avoid aggra- crouching as the bullets and rocks came flying into the street from vating already frayed nerves. Meanwhile at the Western Wall, all directions. which is below and adjacent to At one point, the demonstrators the site along another side, some turned their wrath on journalists 12 Jewish worshippers had come and photographers. to pray, as is their custom. For a A few found temporary haven while, there were more journal- inside the gate of the St Anne ists than anyone else at the West- Church. Inside the church garden, ern Wall. the searing stench of tear gas perThen suddenly a roar could be meated the area and burned heard from above, and a rain of throats and noses at every breath. rocks flew down from the surIn single file, journalists folrounding wall and fell across the lowed the priest up to the roof of square. The Palestinian authori- the residence building, where ties on the mount above had been they were privy to a bird's-eye unable to control the rock-throw- view of the clash. From there they watched as the ebb and flow of ing young men. Israeli police quickly escorted the stone-throwing Palestinian the worshippers into doorways teens took on a life of its own. The youths owned the streets, on either side of the wall. Ten minutes and it was all over directing ambulance drivers and giving instruction to journalists Worshippers returned to prayer. But the violent clashes had just and pedestrians caught in the begun over at the Lion's Gate, also crossfire. As journalists waited for a lull in known as St Stephen's Gate, only the fighting to make a run for it a few hundred yards away. As people exited the Temple through the gate and avoid the Mount/al-Harem al-Sharif com- pelting of rocks and rounds of plex, teen-age boys hurled rocks rubber bullets, an ambulance, its at Israeli soldiers, who sporadi- lights whirling, entered the gate to cally responded with rubber bul- evacuate some more wounded. Painted along its side were the lets and tear gas. Journalists hid behind doorways and corners, words "Peace Ambulance."

ops must be "fathers" of their communities. While sometimes needing to speak firmly, they should be known most of all for the "love and tenderness" they show everyone, especially the poor and the weak. The bishops, he said, place before Christ "the weight of our inconsistencies and our insuffidencies, knowing that he invites us to take up again with enthusiasm our commitment of love for Him." Italian Bishop Rodolfo Cetoloni of Montepulciano said the penance service might cause some surprise, "because people think the bishop doesn't have to go to confession, that we are at the heights of holiness." But, he added, this is not true.

Prayers for peace JERUSALEM (CNS) - At Christian churches throughout the Holy Land, worshippers offered prayers for peace and in memory of those killed or wounded during recent violence. At noon on 8 October, all church bells rang out in a plea for peace and compassion. The pastoral letter to parishes that Latin-rite Patriarch Michel Sabbah issued on 2 October was read in churches. It called on Christians to raise their prayers to God to ask him to "enlighten the minds" of the responsible government officials. Meanwhile, members of the Israel Interfaith Association expressed their "deep sorrow and pain" that Jerusalem, the ‘ 'most sacred place for the Abrahamic religions, and a symbol for the source of their one belief and (what) unites them," has turned into one of the causes of recent bloodshed.

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Jubilee Missions focus VAIICAN CITY (CNS) - In an event that Pope John Paul II considers a highlight of the jubilee year, hundreds of Church evangelisation experts are meeting in Rome in midOctober to discuss revitalising Catholic missionary activity on every continent. The gathering comes on the heels of the Dominus Jesus controversy. The Vatican document emphasised the need to announce Christ as the only true Saviour, even where Christians are a minority. The missionary experts in Rome are scheduled to examine this theme in greater detail, offering a missionary perspective on a question of great interreligious and ecumenical sensitivity. The Pope will celebrate Mass for participants on 22 October. World Mission Sunday, presenting them with crosses to signify their commitment to spread the Gospel. In his message for World Mission Sunday, the Pope said he was convinced that a new missionary impetus is needed in today's Church. "No believer, no institution in the Church can avoid this supreme duty to proclaim Christ to all peoples," the Pope said. From 17-20 October, specialists in missionary theology and practice will meet for an International Missiological Congress. sponsored by Urbanian University in Rome. Most of the sessions will focus on the missionary implications of the Church's teaching - strongly reaffirmed in the recent document, "Dominus lesus" - that Christ alone offers the way to salvation.

Ratzinger defends Dominus lesus against misleading popular criticism By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - If the tone of the Vatican's recent document on salvation in Christ was problematic, it "should be explained, not despised," said Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican's doctrinal congregation. The Cardinal, responding to criticism of the congregation's September declaration, "Dominus lesus," said it was written because Pope John Paul II "wanted to offer the world a great and solemn recognition of Jesus Christ as Lord at the culminating moment of the Holy Year." "I want to express my sadness and disappointment that public reactions, with some praiseworthy exceptions, have completely ignored the true theme of the declaration," the Cardinal said in an Interview published on 8 October by L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper. The interview was originally conducted by the German daily.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Cardinal Ratzinger said the truth about salvation in Christ and through the Church is important because "today, in general conversations, faith in Christ risks being flattened and dispersed, becoming chatter." "The document is meant to be an invitation to all Christians to open themselves again to the recognition of Jesus Christ as Lord and, in that way, to give the Holy Year a profound significance," he said. Cardinal Ratzinger said he agreed with some Catholic bishops who said much of the negative reaction to the document is "a problem of communication because classical doctrinal language, like that used in our document for continuity with the texts of the Second Vatican Council, is completely different from that of newspapers and the media." "But in that case," he said, "the text should be explained, not despised." He said the document was not against ecumenism. The

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theological dialogue aimed at Christian unity is not like a political negotiation, he said. "Theological dialogue is not a matter of finding what is acceptable and, in the end, convenient for both parties," he said. The dialogue is aimed at discovering shared beliefs that may lie buried under different linguistic terms as well as to distinguish between things that might have seemed important at one point in history, but are no longer, and

those which are basic to the faith, he said. "It is important that the dialogue take place with much patience, much respect and, most of all, in total honesty," he said. The declaration on salvation, Cardinal Ratzinger said, is an honest reflection of the faith of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church and the Orthodox churches believe the one "Church of Christ truly exists and not in pieces," he said. The Church as Christ founded it "subsists" in the Catholic Church despite the errors and sins of its members, the cardinal said. Cardinal Ratzinger said it made no sense to assert that "only ecclesial fragments exist and one must search for the best pieces" among the various Christian denominations. "These numerous 'churches' contradict one another," he said. "If they are all 'church' in their own way, then this church is a collection of contradictions, and it is not in a position to offer men and women any dear direction."

Christianity no human invention: Jesuit magazine VATICAN CITY (CNS) - When the Catholic Church proclaims Christianity as the only true religion, it does not claim all others are false or even that Christianity is perfect as it is lived today, said an influential Jesuit magazine. 'The affirmation that Christianity is 'the true religion' cannot and must not justify forms of fanaticism, intolerance and proud selfsufficiency." said the magazine, La Civilta Cattolica. In an editorial reviewed and approved by the Vatican Secretariat of State, the magazine responded to questions raised in early September following publi-

cation of the doctrinal congregation's declaration, "Dominus lesus," on Christ as the only saviour. Christianity "is not only 'a' true religion among others, but is 'the' true religion and, therefore, the only religion God willed and wills for all men and women," said the editorial published in early October. The magazine said the Church "is aware that its relationships with other religions could be greatly facilitated if it would consider itself one of the many world religions and, therefore, as one attempt to put the men and

women who freely accept it into contact with God." But, the editorial said, such a position would not correspond to the truth that the Christian faith is based on God's own revelation and the fulfillment of his promises through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, true God and true man. "Even at the cost of causing nonbenevolent, even harshly contrary reactions. Christianity feels an obligation to affirm that it is not just one true religion among others, but the true religion," La Civilta Cattolica said. Christianity, it said, "is not a

human attempt to be in contact with God, it is not an invention or intuition of the human mind trying to penetrate the mystery of God, nor is it the coming to light of religious archetypes present in the subconscious. "It comes from God." the magazine said. Calling Christianity the true religion is not a boast nor a sign of disrespect for other beliefs, it said. Rather, "it is the expression of its very identity, so much so that not to make the affirmation would be to deny itself."

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Call for arms flow halt, Timorese refugees are Muslim backs Christians at crisis point: Belo

WASHINGIUN (CNS) - Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo of Dili, East Timor, said the situation of East Timorese refugees in West Timor has reached a crisis point. The US and other world governments must demand that Indonesia expel militias from West Timor, where they are terrorising East Timorese in refugee camps, and from East Timor, where they have been penetrating with Indonesian military support, he said. The bishop made his remarks in a 4 October op-ed piece in The Washington Post "Since Indonesian troops invaded in 1975, the world has been far too slow in responding to East Timor's plight," Bishop Belo wrote. Even so, the East Timorese are "immensely grateful" for the intervention of foreign troops last year to stop violence by the Indonesian army and militias after a UNsponsored referendum, forcing the withdrawal of Indonesian troops, he said. But after Indonesia's withdrawal following the 30 August. 1999, A

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East Timor Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo greets people outside the Dili cathedral on 30 August.

referendum, "international pressure on the Indonesian military seemed to soften," he said. "It is time for the militias to be expelled from West Timor so that the remaining refugees can safely return home to East Timor. But this will not happen without steady international pressure on Indonesia," wrote Bishop Belo. In West Timor, 120,000 refugees remain "effectively held hostage" by militias in refugee camps, he

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wrote, and since the September killings of three UN workers by a militia group, the situation of the refugees "has reached a crisis point." After the killings, UN aid workers and others withdrew, "leaving the refugees without protection," wrote Bishop Belo. "The Jesuit Refugee Service states that the refugees are 'more alone than ever.' There are deep worries about food supply and distribution and medical care. Moreover, there is also the danger that refugees will be forcibly resettled in other parts of Indonesia. This must not be allowed to happen," he wrote. Even inside East Timor's borders, militias have been infiltrating with the support of the Indonesian military and have been terrorising civilians. Bishop Belo said the US must call for withdrawal of militias in East Timor, particularly since it is believed the latest militia violence there has been led by Kopassus, "Indonesian special forces that once were trained by the United States."

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The has brought suffering to the umbrella Catholic relief organisa- region. tion Caritas International's called The mourning week was on Indonesia to halt anti-Christ- observed from 26 September-5 ian violence in the Molucca October following Church leadIslands. ers' decision on 21 September to In a statement released on 6 set days of mourning through October, Caritas asked the prayer and fasting. Indonesian government to "stop Meanwhile, a Muslim leader in the militia from entering the has warned Muslim fighters in island (of Ambon) and to take Maluku, eastern Indonesia, to urgent steps to end the smuggling stop attacking Christians and of weapons into the hands of burning their homes and churchthose already there." es, saying their acts are against The statement came as Islamic teachings. Catholics and Protestants in A.T. Zees, a Muslim leader in Indonesia's Maluku islands have Minahasa, North Sulawesi observed nine days of mourning province, told UCA News on 16 to express their concern over the September "We are ready to take protracted sectarian conflict that action against the jihad fighters."

Staines' killer sentenced BERHAMPUR, India (UCAN) A court in eastern India sentenced a 14-year-old tribal boy on 30 September to 14 years detention for his involvement in the killing of an Australian missioner and his two sons. Sulcumar Sahu, special judge of the Central Bureau of Investigation, found Sudhansu Hansda guilty of "active" involvement in

the burning of Graham Stuart Staines and his minor sons in Orissa state's Manoharpur village on 22 January, 1999. He ordered the boy to be held in a juvenile home. The Santal tribal boy, also known as Chenchu, is among 18 accused in the crime that hit international headlines and evoked widespread outrage.

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Caritas urges aid effort to rebuild Yugoslavia October after a day of riots and protests by 2 million people in the WARSAW, Poland (CNS) - The streets of Belgrade. Father Pecar said up to 70 per head of Caritas Yugoslavia, the country's largest Catholic charity, cent of Yugoslavia's 10 million citexpressed hope that the new gov- izens were living in "very poor ernment will support efforts for conditions," while the whole humanitarian aid to ease the "very country lacked basic commodipoor conditions" faced by most of ties, including oil, sugar and milk The priest added that most the population. Meanwhile, the superior of Yugoslays had "suffered enough Yugoslavia's Jesuit order cau- already" and expected immediate tioned against "vengeful atti- improvements under a new head tudes" in light of current suffering of state. "For most of the population, the and urged Western governments to link wider economic assistance only hope has been to survive day-to-day," Father Pecar said. to real changes. "The new president's first priorThe Caritas director, Jesuit Father Antun Pecar, said, "Every- ity must be to reorganise the thing is desperately needed here, national economy, setting up projects that will enable people to from food to medicines. "We count on the new govern- find work and live normal lives ment to offer positive humane again," he said. Foreign ministers from the Eurocooperation and help us in our efforts to meet the most basic pean Union said they would forneeds," he said in a telephone mally decide on 9 October whether to suspend economic Interview on 5 October. The Croatian-born priest was sanctions against Yugoslavia, speaking as Yugoslav President Imposed after NATO's 1999 Volislay Kostunica continued to bombing campaign to stop Serb consolidate control following his army and police repression of majority ethnic Albanians in the 24 September election victory. Kostunica, a 56-year-old consti- province of Kosovo. In a separate 7 October intertutional lawyer, took the oath of office in Belgrade on 7 October. view, the superior of Yugoslavia's Yugoslavia's Constitutional Tri- Jesuit order, Father Lorant Kilberbunal recognised his victory on 6 tus, said he believed the country By Jonathan Luxmoore

Then-Opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica talks to coal miners on 4 October in Serbia. Photo CNS,ReuterS

was witnessing the end of exaggerated nationalism and the beginning of real democracy." However, he cautioned that attempts to punish former President Slobodan Milosevic and other former regime officials would "achieve nothing." "How to struggle against delinquency and moral evil is a difficult question, but you don't change people just by punishing them." said the Jesuit. "No one becomes better just by suffering, and problems aren't

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solved just by repaying debts. What's most important is that man must change," he said. The Belgrade-based priest said material help was needed to repair infrastructural damage in Yugoslavia, but added that Western governments should adopt a policy of rewarding work done rather than giving money in advance. "We cannot manage without assistance. But in addition to material rebuilding we also need deeper changes," he said. "Although money must sometimes be given first, the precondition should be to show results. When people get money, they too often use it for their own purposes rather than the common good," he said. Father Pecar said Caritas had been active in Yugoslavia for a decade and currently donated 90 per cent of its aid to nonCatholics. "The Church should have greater space and liberty for the very real and positive work it does here," Father Pecar said. "It would be a natural step for the President to show respect for this by giving us the possibility to work more fully here, in cooperation with government representatives." he said.

'Catholics Italians campaign for St Thomas More giving up in to be made patron saint of politicians US politics' By Cindy Wooden

By John Mavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) In an interview with Vatican Radio, former US ambassador to the Vatican Raymond Flynn criticised Democrats and Republicans and said there was "no voice in either party for the Catholic point of view" Flynn said he thought the coming presidential election would be an "eye-opener" for Catholics in the US. He predicted that after the vote, Catholics would look back and realise they had become "second-class citizens" as far as political influence was concerned. Flynn, a one-time Democratic mayor of Boston who now heads the nonpartisan Catholic Alliance, made the comments on 4 October on Vatican Radio's "Jubilaeum" program. The former ambassador, who served as US representative to the Holy See from 199397, said he believed both major political parties in the US had become more "elitist" and less responsive to the Church's traditional pro-life, pro-poor agenda. One reason is that many Catholics seem to have abandoned political activism or divorced it from their faith, he said. "It seems that the better the economy is, the less people care about the poor, and the less they care about government," he said. Catholics have "made it" in the US and have retired to the political sidelines, he said.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - A group of Italian politicians, with international support, are hoping Pope John Paul II will proclaim St Thomas More the patron saint of

Members of the Italian parliament helping plan the 5 November jubilee for Politicians and Government Officials hope the

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proclamation will be part of the ber his office was working on the celebration. Claudio Farnatani, idea, but a final decision had not one of the organisers, said on 3 yet been communicated. Famatani said St Thomas More October, "Nothing is sure yet. . . . but I can confirm work on this is would be a perfect patron not only because he placed his allegiance under way." St Thomas More, who served as to God before his loyalty to his lord chancellor of England under King. "He is famous for writing Utopia, King Henry VIII. was beheaded in which describes a perfect state, 1535 on charges of treason. He had refused to defy the Pope one which is democratic and by recognising the legitimacy of based on Gospel values like the King's second marriage. equality and fraternity," he said. According to tradition, as he was "For this reason, he would be a about to die he said he was "the good patron of politicians and king's good servant, but God's those who govern because they first." should make decisions trying to Archbishop Francesco Pio Tam- make utopia a reality and not just burrino, secretary of the Congre- act out of pragmatism," he said. gation for Divine Worship and the The Tablet, a British Catholic Sacraments, said the decision was journal, pointed out an "unconin the hands of the Pope. scious irony" involved in the pos"If the Holy Father says it should sibility of proclaiming St Thomas be done, we will execute the doc- More the politicians' patron at the uments," said the Archbishop, jubilee, 5 November. Il ls Guy whose office issues the papers Fawkes Day, the anniversary of formally recognising patron the date when Catholic plotters saints. An official at the Vatican tried to blow up the British ParSecretariat of State said on 3 Octo- liament.

Congo Archbishop dies after return lisation of Peoples, sent a telegram of condolences to Cardinal FredVATICAN CITY (CNS) - A Con- eric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi of golese archbishop who recently Kinshasa, Congo, reported Fides, returned to his archdiocese after the congregation's news agency, seven months of rebel-enforced on 4 October. In the telegram, Cardinal Tornko exile died in Rome. Archbishop Eimnanuel Kataliko said he would pray for the Church of Bukavu, vice-president of the In Congo, which Archbishop Congolese bishops' conference, Kataliko "loved and served with died at age 68 during the night ardent apostolic zeal." Archbishop Marcell° Zago, the between 3-4 October after suffering a heart attack He was in Italy congregation's secretary, told to attend a meeting of the Sym- Fides that Archbishop Kataliko's posium of the Episcopal Confer- death marked a "great loss for the ences of Africa and Madagascar, Church in Africa." also known as SECAM. "He was a true shepherd and Cardinal Jozef Tomko, prefect of had a great influence in his diothe Congregation for the Evange- cese and in all of Kivu, the area of By Benedicta Cipolla

Congo occupied by foreign troops," he said. Congolese rebels seized the Archbishop on 12 February and placed him under house arrest in Butembo, in the Butembo-Beni Diocese where he was born. Rebels reportedly targeted Archbishop Kataliko for his criticism of the uprising against Congolese President Laurent Kabila, which began in 1998 and has since embroiled four other African countries. Following seven months in exile, Archbishop Kataliko was allowed to return to his archdiocese on 14 September.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II appealed for victims of violence in Africa, including two Italian missionaries killed in armed attacks. Speaking at a general audience on 4 October, the Pope offered special prayers for Comboni Father Raffaele Di Bari, killed in Uganda by rebels on 1 October, and for Brother Antonio Bargiggia, a missionary shot to death in Burundi on 3 October. The Pope also appealed for the release of two Xaverian priests, Fathers Franco Manganello and Victor Mosele, who were kidnapped in western Guinea on 6 September.

Law the problem WARSAW, Poland (CNS) Catholic Bishop Clemens Pickel, apostolic administrator for southern European Russia, who was told he must marry to gain full rights in Russia said he hopes a compromise can be worked out in time for the 15 October dedication of his cathedral. Russian law stipulates that leaders of religious associations must be Russian citizens and that individuals can acquire Russian citizenship only if they have a spouse or children who already hold it.

UK reservations MANCHESTER. England (CNS) - Bishops in England and Wales have welcomed a new Human Rights Act but have expressed serious concerns about the plight of refugees and asylum seekers in Britain. The Act, which came into force on 2 October. is described by some commentators as the biggest change to UK law since the 1688 Bill of Rights. For the first time, it gives individuals a range of civil rights which will be enforceable in the courts.

Crowd expected WASHINGTON (CNS) Catholic and Muslim co-sponsors are anticipating as many as 10,000 people at an intercultural, interreligious conference on 12 November in Washington. The event's theme is "Thwards the Harmonious Living of the Human Family Faith Communities Together." It is to be held at the Washington Convention Centre, with a friendship dinner and interfaith concert for youths the previous evening.

Bishops criticise ROME (CNS) - In their final message at the close of an annual meeting on 9 October In Rome, African bishops deplored the state of post-colonial Africa and said independence had ushered in grave injustices against many countries' civilians.

'Diking African leaders to task for corruption and hunger for personal power, the bishops also condemned former colonial masters for imposing enormous debts and supplying arms to poor African countries.

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On the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church

One Christ exists in one body, one Church The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's Declaration "Dominus Jesus' on the Unicity and Salvilic Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church' was made public on Tuesday, 5 September. The Record is serialising the official Vatican English translation so "all the Catholic faithful", to whom the declaration is addressed as well as bishops and theologians, may read the saving and liberating teaching for themselves. This week the Unicity and Unity of the Church.

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he Lord Jesus, the only Saviour, did not only establish a simple community of disciples, but constituted the Church as a salvific mystery: he himself is in the Church and the Church is in him (cf In 15:1ff.; Gal 3:28; Eph 4:15-16; Acts 9:5). Therefore, the fullness of Christ's salvific mystery belongs also to the Church, inseparably united to her Lord. Indeed, Jesus Christ continues his presence and his work of salvation in the Church and by means of the Church (cf Col 1:24-27), (47) which is his body (cf 1 Cor 12:12-13, 27; Col 1:18). (48) And thus, just as the head and members of a living body, though not identical, are Inseparable, so too Christ and the Church can neither be confused nor separated, and constitute a single "whole Christ". (49) This same inseparability is also expressed in the New Testament by the analogy of the Church as the Bride of Christ (cf 2 Cor 11:2; Eph 5:25-29; Rev 21:2,9). (50) Therefore, in connection with the unicity and universality of the salvific mediation of Jesus Christ, the unicity of the Church founded by him must be firmly believed as a truth of Catholic faith. Just as there is one Christ, so there exists a single body of Christ, a single Bride of Christ: "a single Catholic and apostolic Church". (51) Furthermore, the promises of the Lord that he would not abandon his Church (d Mt 16:18; 28:20) and that he would guide her by his Spirit (cf In 16:13) mean, according to Catholic faith, that the unicity and the unity of the Church - like everything that belongs to the Church's integrity - will never be lacking. (52) The Catholic faithful are required to profess that there is an historical continuity rooted in the apostolic succession (53) between the Church founded by Christ and the Catholic Church: "This is the single Church of Christ . . . . which our Saviour, after his resurrection, entrusted to Peter's pastoral care (cf Jn 21:17), commissioning him and the other Apostles to extend and rule her (cf Mt 28:18ff.), erected for all ages as 'the pillar and mainstay of the truth' (1 Tirn 3:15).

This Church, constituted and organised as a society in the present world, subsists in Isubsistit in] the Catholic Church, governed by the Successor of Peter and by the Bishops in communion with him". (54)

With the expression "subsistit in", the Second Vatican Council sought to harmonise two doctrinal statements: on the one hand, that the Church of Christ, despite the divisions which exist among Christians, continues to exist fully only in the Catholic Church, and on the other hand, that "outside of her structure, many elements can be found of sanctification and truth", (55) that is, in those Churches and ecclesial communities which are not yet in full communion with the Catholic Church. (56) But with respect to these, it needs to be stated that "they derive their efficacy from the very fullness of grace and truth entrusted to the Catholic Church". (57) herefore, there exists a single Church of Christ, which subsists in the Catholic Church, governed by the Successor of Peter and by the Bishops in communion with him. (58) The Churches which, while not existing in perfect communion with the Catholic Church, remain united to her by means of the closest bonds, that is, by apostolic succession and a valid Eucharist, are true particular Churches. (59) Therefore, the Church of Christ is present and operative also in these Churches, even though they lack full communion with the Catholic Church, since they do not accept the Catholic doctrine of the Primacy, which. The birth of the Catholic Church at Pentecost; according to the will of God, the Bishop of statue and window at Queen of Apostles Church, Rome objectively has and exercises over Riverton. the entire Church. (60) this fullness, in the other communities". On the other hand, the ecclesial commu- (65) nities which have not preserved the valid "Therefore, these separated Churches Episcopate and the genuine and integral and communities as such, though we substance of the Eucharistic mystery, (61) believe they suffer from defects, have by no are not Churches in the proper sense; how- means been deprived of significance and ever, those who are baptised in these com- importance in the mystery of salvation. munities are, by Baptism, incorporated in "For the spirit of Christ has not refrained Christ and thus are in a certain commu- from using them as means of salvation nion, albeit imperfect, with the Church. which derive their efficacy from the very (62) fullness of grace and truth entrusted to the Baptism in fact tends per se toward the Catholic Church". (66) full development of life in Christ, through The lack of unity among Christians is certhe integral profession of faith. the tainly a wound for the Church; not in the Eucharist, and full communion in the sense that she is deprived of her unity, but Church. (63) "In that it hinders the complete fulfilment "The Christian faithful are therefore not of her universality in history". (67) permitted to imagine that the Church of Next week: The Church: Kingdom of Christ is nothing more than a collection God and divided, yet in some way one - of ChurchKingdom of Christ es and ecclesial communities; nor are they Footnotes: free to hold that today the Church of Christ (47) cf Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic nowhere really exists, and must be consid- Constitution Lumen gentium, 14. ered only as a goal which all Churches and (48) cf ibid., 7. ecclesial communities must strive to (49) cf St. Augustine. Enarratio in Psalmos, reach". (64) Ps. 90. Sermo 2,1: CCSL 39, 1288; St. GregoIn fact, "the elements of this already-given ry the Great, Moralia in lob, Praefatio, 6, 14: Church exist, joined together in their full- PL 75, 525; St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa ness in the Catholic Church and, without Theologiae, HI, q. 48, a. 2 ad 1.

(50) cf Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium, 6. (51) Symbolurn maius Ecclesiae Armeniacae: DS 48. cf Boniface VIII, Unam sanctam: DS 870-872; Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium, 8. (52) cf Second Vatican Council, Decree Unitatis redintegratio, 4; John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Ut unum sint, 11: AAS 87 (1995), 927. (53) cf Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium, 20; cf also St. Irenaeus. Adversus haereses, III, 3, 1-3: SC 211,20-44; St. Cyprian, Epist. 33, 1: CCSL 3B, 164-165; St. Augustine, Contra adver. legis et prophet., 1, 20, 39: CCSL 49, 70. (54) Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium, 8. (55) Ibid.; cf John Paul II. Encyclical Letter Ut unum sint, 13. cf also Second Vatican Council. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium, 15 and the Decree Unitatis redintegratio, 3. (58) The interpretation of those who would derive from the formula subsistit in the thesis that the one Church of Christ could subsist also in non-Catholic Churches and ecclesial communities is therefore contrary to the authentic meaning of Lumen gentium. "The Council instead chose the word subsistit precisely to clarify that there exists only one 'subsistence' of the true Church, while outside her visible structure there only exist elementa Ecclesiae, which - being elements of that same Church - tend and lead toward the Catholic Church" (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Notification on the Book 'Church: Charism and Power" by Father Leonardo Boil: AAS 77

(19851, 756-762). (57) Second Vatican Council. Decree Unitads redintegratio, 3. (58) cf Congregation for the Doctrine of

the Faith, Declaration Mysterium Ecciesiae. 1: AAS 65 (1973). 396-398. (59) cf Second Vatican Council, Decree Unitatis redintegratio, 14 and 15; Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Letter Conununionis notio, 17: AAS 85 (1993), 848. (60) cf First Vatican Council, Constitution Pastor aetemus: DS 3053-3084; Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium, 22. (61) cf Second Vatican Council, Decree Unitatis redintegratio, 22. (82) cf Ibid.. 3. (63) et ibid., 22. (64) Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration Mysterium Ecclesiae, 1. (65) John PaulII, EncyclicalLetter Ut unum sint, 14. (86) Second Vatican Council. Decree Unitails redintegratio, 3. (67) Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Letter Communionis notio, 17: cf Second Vatican Council, Decree Unitatis redintegratio, 4.

Br Andrew, co-founder of male Missionaries, goes to God Continued from Page 1 He said that although Mother Teresa had Andrew's life had been how people's "At 23 he fell in love with God and through established a men's wing two years before poverty could be their greatest wealth. bad days and good he never took his eyes Br Andrew joined, the Brothers call Br "[He saw] how not only material poverty off God," he said, adding "Ian did this so Andrew their co-founder because he devel- but brokenness, pains and tragedy offered effortlessly that he has been able to cajole oped the order. to God can become a way for God to do all of us to have a shot at doing the same, "Until then, they had been living in one good things in life." but always in our own way." of the Sisters' houses. He moved them out Brother Andrew also showed an appreciFr Day said that like others he had been to another part of Calcutta and let them ation for the little things and what God influenced by Br Andrew, "by his humour, develop their own identity," he said. could do through ordinary people in ordicommonsense and idealism in our novi"They were under his inspiration and nary situations, he said. tiate and by the advice given in brief meet- guidance for 20 years, always with MothThe Brothers of Charity carry out similar ings over many years as our paths crossed er's spirit, but she left it in his hands." work to the Sisters, working with leprosy in India, Hong Kong and the Philippines." Br Geoff said Br Andrew left the Brothers sufferers, in homes for the dying, with alcoBr Geoff, another Australian and former in 1988 after he felt that his mission with holics, the abandoned and those who have General of the Brothers of Charity, flew to them was over. nobody to care for them. Melbourne from India and represented the "He moved into a ministry of retreats and There are approximately 370 professed current head of the order, Br Tesudas, ministering to lay people and took that up Brothers in the order, with 40 houses in stranded in Africa, at the funeral. full time," he said, mentioning that this and another 28 abroad. I ndia Br Geoff told The Record from the Sisters work had gradually taken on more and Br Andrew was also mourned by a Westof Charity house in Melbourne that Moth- more significance in Br Andrew's final ern Australian who knew him well, Betty er Teresa had set up a men's wing of the years with the Brothers of Charity. Missionaries of Charity in 1963 in CalcutHowever, he said, after he left the Broth- Peaker, who operates the Gracewood-God's ta. ers, Br Andrew had remained a diocesan Farm retreat centre at Cowaramup in WA's "Andrew came for an experience with the priest of the Archdiocese of Calcutta until south-west. Mrs Peaker told The Record she had corBrothers, who were approximately 12 at his death and had operated his new minresponded with Br Andrew since his time istry with the permission of the Archbishthat time, and he saw the calling to join," In the Brothers of Charity. he said, adding "She saw him as the answer op there. to her prayers." He said one of the main messages of Br Br Andrew had given three retreats this The Record, October 12 2000 Page 14

July at God's Farm, she told The Record, and for the last 12 years had given at least one series of retreats a year, sometimes more, at the farm, she said. Hundreds of people had attended the retreats, many of them so impressed with Br Andrew that they returned regularly to participate in more of his retreats. "The glorious word pictures Br Andrew painted of many Gospel stories always created a challenging depth of detail rarely, if ever, heard previously," she told The Record on Monday. She described how Br Andrew would spend from 5-7am each morning in prayer with the Lord, followed by a quick breakfast and, inevitably, talking, guiding, counselling and hearing the confessions of the many people who wanted to see him each day. His rigorous routine often went until late at night, she said, adding "He was just there for the people and with God. "He set the example of Christ always, for all of us," she said. "He was able to reach every person exactly at where they were [in life]."

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Catholics are invited as part of our Jubilee 2000 celebrations. Refreshments to follow Mass. PRAYER VIGIL HOLY FACE OF JESUS PRAYER GROUP A pe--.ceful prayer vigil with Rosaries and hymns Our next meeting will held on Tues 17 Oct. 7.30pm is made outside the abortion clinic at 2 Cleaver at Holy Trinity Church. 8 Burnett St. Embleton. Ice. Rivervale, every third Saturday of each There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacra- month, from 11am to 12 noon. Next vigil: Sat 21 ment, prayers. hymns in praise of the Lord. Please Oct. Please join us. Inquiries: Colin 9409 4543. bring a plate to share a `cuppa'. PRAYER NIGHT AT INNALOO LATIN MASS AT ST JOHN'S PRO-CATHEDRAL Conducted by Fr Paul Baczynski at St Dominic's We celebrate the feast day of St Mary Alacoque. Church. 19 Phillips Grove. lnnaloo, on Mon 16 promoter of the devotion to the Sacred Heart. October from 7-9pm. This prayer evening is fcr Tues 17 Oct, 7pm at St John's Pro-Cathedral, Vic- healing, also for those and their families affected toria Ave, Perth. All are welcome. Inquiries: Fr by addictions. Mass at 7pm. Exposition, BeneMichael Rowe 9387 8189. diction and healing prayers. All are welcome. VIRGIN OF THE REVELATION, BULLSBROOK HEALING MASS Holy Mass for Healing of the Family, Sun 22 Oct, A Healing Mass in honour of St Peregrine, patron 2.30pm. Come! An afternoon of prayer with recitaof cancer sufferers and helper of all in need will tion of the Holy Rosary and priests hearing confession. Holy Mass at 3pm with special prayers be held at the Church of SS John and Paul, Pinefor healing of the Family. Mass will be followed tree Gully Rd (off South St) Willetton on Fri 20 by Exposition, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, other October at 7pm. There will be Veneration of the prayers and Benediction. All are welcome. Infor- Relic and anointing of the sick. Info: 9332 8292. mation: Fr Paul 9571 1839. ST MARY'S PRIMARY SCHOOL. KALGOORLIE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS ST LUKE'S DAY SERVICE 2000 Centenary Dinner will be held on Sat evening A Palliative Care Australia Inc. will present the annual St Luke's Day Service on Thurs 19 Oct at 28 October and Centenary Mass will be celebratSt Mary's Cathedral Perth commencing at ed on Sun 29 October at 9.30am. Morning Tea will 7.45pm. People experiencing bereavement are follow Mass. Please contact the School Office for welcome to attend as part of their grief journey. more information. Phone 9021 1099, fax 9091 It is a service of remembrance and thanksgiving 1470, email: admin@stmkalg.wa.edu.au

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Newman Junior College Churchlands

Where two traditions make for a unique schooling

The Brigidine campus of Newman Junior, left, named for the congregation which founded the school, which was amalgamated in 1983 with the Marist school in the same area. The administration centre of the Marist campus, below, set in leafy grounds.

has to offer are large, beautifully kept ovals and grounds, an art room, the canteen and a computer lab. We also have a school hall and an amphitheatre and plenty of undercover area. 'At the beginning of the year we have a swimming carnival and we all look forward to interschool very fortunate to have Father Paul sport in term 2 and our athletics Fogarty as its chaplain ‘vho, with carnival at the end of term 3. the help of our Assistant Principal -Our classes ills() include Italian, for Religious Education, ministers which we have twice a week. to the sacramental life of the chilPhysical Education. Library and dren. Art. Newman junior was created in "Newman junior College is a 1983 through an amalgamation of great place to go to school and I the Brigidine and Marist schools Catherine Clarke feel very lucky to have the oppor- In the region. or a picture of what New- tunity to be part of it." Thanks to the foresight of these Newman junior College is a co- Religious orders, the present man junior College - our school - is like, perhaps its educational Catholic primary school has wonderful grounds hest to start with some thoughts school with an enrolment of 730 and facilities. students on two campuses. from our Head Girl for 200th In recent years the school has The Marist Campus is situated implemented an Information "My name is Catherine Clarke and I attend Newman junior Col- at 216 Empire Avenue. Church- Technology Plan to ensure the lege. I have been at Newman lands and caters for Years Four to children have appropriate access Junior since pm-primary and am Seven, while the Brigidine Cam- to technology. pus is situated at 49 Peebles Road, currently in Year Seven. Both campuses have a comput"This year, I am proud to say. I Floreat and caters for Kindy to er laboratory with 16 computers have the honour of being Head Year Three. in each, computers in the library The aim of Newman junior Col- and computers in the classrooms Girl. Some of the thingsIenjoy doing lege is to create a Catholic School All are networked with access to most at Newman junior are swim- Community proclaiming the the Internet. Access to the website ming in our pool. going to the teachings of Jesus Christ. within a enables people to visit the school chapel or visiting the library and Pastorally caring environment. from afar. Check out the student working on one of the computers engendering a love of learning. space and see all the exciting there, all of which are connected openness to truth and the devel- things the children are doing. opment of the whole person. to the Internet. View the Tour of Newman At Newman junior, the school is Junior put together by some of the Some great things our school Year Fives. The school's playground space

would be the envy of many schools. All sports are catered for with basketball, netball and tennis courts, and cricket nets. The 50-metre swimming pool ensures all children are involved In the summer sports program. Newman junior has a Sun Smart Policy and the grounds have many trees and undercover areas. The school has halls on both campuses for assemblies, special owisions, physical education and sport lessons on wet and windy days. Both campuses have art rooms and specialists as well as mush rooms and a music specialist on the Brigidine Campus. Education kr Use 21st century - stuParent involvement, through dents km** information technology. membership of the School Board. the Parents and Friends' A.ssocia- with special needs. In particular, lion. the Parents' Auxiliary and there is a special program for up the Parent Representative Pro- to six profoundly deaf students. gram, is welcomed, as is contact This is run in conjunction with from parents on matters concern- the Speech and Hearing Centre in ing the education of their chil- ‘Vembley. The students of Newman junior dren. also involved in the wider are Parents are also encouraged to assist in the classroom, tuckshop, community through their participation in the Wembley/ Floreat library and uniform shop. As part of its mission, the school Parish. the Jump Rope Program. enrols a small number of children School Choirs and a School Band.

At A Glance Principal: Mr James Green Administration: PO Box 1037, Gwelup WA 6018

Telephone: Marist campus 9445 6789 Brigidine campus 9387 4366 Fax Marist campus 9446 8276 Brigidine campus 9387 4366 Enrolment: 730 Boys & Girls K-7

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