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Players hard after the ball in the Jubilee exhibition soccer match between the Italian team and foreign stars who play in Italy's premier league.

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A child reacts in front of Pope John Paul II as Italy nearly scores a goal during an exhibition soccer match in Rome's Olympic stadium last Sunday to celebrate the Jubilee for Athletes.

ROME (CNS) - As Sydney basked in post-Olympics bliss. the Vatican celebrated its own sports extravaganza and the Pope reminded the world that sports' positive values. common to all countries of the world. could help build the "civilisation of love." Rome's Olympic Stadium played host to the highlights of last weekend's Jubilee for Athletes: a Sunday Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II. followed by a soccer

game between the Italian national team and foreign stars who play in Serie A, Italy's premier league. While the Holy Year event marked the first time a Pope officially attended a stadium soccer match, one Vatican observer's research found that Pope Sixtus IV sporadically watched a game vaguely resembling the contemporary sport way back in the late 1400s — a violent, all-day affair that brought the pontiff to his dow every few hours to check on the teams' progress. Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe, secretary of the Vatican's jubilee committee. said the last soccer game Pope John Paul saw before the Holy Year match was a televised 1982 World Cup clash between Poland and Italy. The [tope, a goalkeeper during his boyhood in Poland and an avid skier and hiker throughout much of his 80 years, said the Jubilee for Athletes brought to mind . 'many memories of my life tied to sporting experiences:* "Today, playing sports takes on great importance, because it can encourage young people to affirm significant values like loyalty, perseverance, friendship,

sharing (and) solidarity," he said to a cheering, banner-waving c:rowd of 70,000. Sports' positive values, common to all countries of the world, could also overcome "differences between cultures and nations," the Pope said. "Sports can, in fact," he said, "make a valid contribution to peaceful understanding (among) peoples and help the worldwide spread of a new civilisation of love." To illustrate sports' cross-cultural message, after lighting the stadium's Olympic flame, athletes released doves, a traditional sign of peace. into the air. The jubilee event, said the Pope. should spur athletes and sports officials to heed Holy Year 2000s call to reflection and conversion. VVhile promoting the positive aspects of sport, he said. industry leaders also must recognise instances that cloud sport's educational and spiritual potential. Among those present at the Mass and at a 28 October Vatican-sponsored conference on sports was Juan Antonio Samaranch. president of the International Olympic Committee. Continued on Page 15

Unity plea to bring Christ to Australia By Peter Rosengren Unity within the Church was essential if Australia was to be converted to Christ, Archbishop Barry Hickey told a special Jubilee Year gathering of archdiocesan movements and organisations at Aquinas College last Sunday. In fact, the sight of Catholics criticising each other in public upset him and he would like to see such disagreements kept within the Church, he said. The Archbishop also urged Catholics engaged in social tice work to refrain from criticising each other. And if God calls someone to great generosity, and that person responds to God's call, his or her generosity will be repaid a hundred-fold, he said. The Archbishop also urged people to give themselves generously to their families and, if they are not married, "to look for the real I Sject of our love and devotion." He asked those at the meeting to join him in re-proclaiming the final words of a Mexican priest martyred in 1927 by anti-Catholic

forces: "Viva El Christo Rei" or 'long live Christ the King.' This is a cry Catholics should adopt as their own. the Archbishop said. Sunday's meeting, modelled on a 1998 Rome meeting of Pope John Paul II with members of Church movements from around the world, was a rare occasion in the life of the Church in Perth. Although Church movements are engaged in a huge variety of fields of work - from helping drug addicts and the homeless, to marriage and faith education, helping the disabled, prayer and health ministI .s, to name a few - they rarely meet together. The day-long meeting saw a large number of archdiocesan As Bishop he is a symbol of unity particular area and that it is movements in attendance as representatives from each gave short in the Church; worldwide the impossible to do everything. presentations on the work they Holy Father is a symbol of the Likewise, a pro-life worker had unity, he said, adding: told him the same thing. he said. Io. 'i i must work at that and On the importance of unity "So we "Ithink people involved in social has helped. We know that today among Catholics, the Archbishop justice issues should not criticise said: "Australia needs the mes- I. , . ,iversity we are united." each other but support each said that,one The sage of Christ, therefore unity Archbishop said. priest, well-known for his work other," the among us is very important." he wanted to be a As Bishop, His comments came in an for social justice for Aboriginals, he said, adding of unity, symbol address focusing on the variety of had told him that he had been personally, who is not he, that it is being involved criticised for not Church movements and organiimportant but his position as a sations and the need the world in other social justice issues. has for Catholics to shine the light However the priest had told him successor of the Apostles. Meanwhile, he said. "it is imporof Christ. he feels his call from God s I this H'ishop

Archbishop Hickey cans for unity at the Jubilee movements conference at Aquinas College last Saturday. Left, local Indonesian Catholic musicians added laughter and excitement to the conference. Photos Peter Rosengren

tant that you stay in unity with me andI with you." "It upsets me very much when Catholics criticise each other in public, so let's keep our disagreements within the Church," he said. Meanwhile, he said, one of the extraordinary features of the pontificate of Pope John Paul II had been the number of beatifications he had carried out. Some might dismiss this as unimportant. On the contrary, S ea cations were very important, he said. "VVhat the Holy Father has said is 'tell me about your holy people and martyrs and the Church will I old them up to the world'." Continued on Page 5

Accident helped me see with different eyes

t has taken a minor disability for me to gain a better understanding from the inside of the difficulties that people with major disabilities have in coping with a world designed for the able-bodied. Irecently fractured my arm in a tennis accident. It is ironic to think that sport is a dangerous pastime when we have just witnessed the Paralympic Games. Even my minor disability has made me aware that one cannot do certain tasks that used to be so easy - like driving the car or tying up one's shoelaces. When I informed one of our Church workers in the area of disability of my accident, expecting some nod of sympathy, she simply said - "I wish you were in a wheelchair". Thanks very much! But she was making a very Important point. She was saying that if the Archbishop turned up at our Churches and Church buildings in a wheelchair, they

would be made accessible almost for beginning another millenni- in Catholic schools, in academic overnight. What has been a long um of Christian life." institutions and, of course, in battle, making our buildings Provision for people with dis- Sacramental programmes, adaptfriendly to people with disabili- abilities has a strong theological ed to their needs. ties, would be done immediately, basis. We base it on the image of I want to conclude with an and without question. the Church that St Paul gave us of extract from the Chapter "Church the Body of Christ. It is clear that Response to Parents." It highlights I hope she is right. There is no doubt that all our people with disabilities are fully the urgency of this issue. buildings should provide proper Included in this image of the Body "It is important to reflect on the access whereby people in wheel- of Christ, not second-class citi- unique vocation that parents have chairs may enter with indepen- zens. Furthermore they are indis- been given by God. They have dence, not having to rely on others pensable members. been asked, on behalf of us all, to to lift them up. I must say that Unfortunately this theological care for children with particular most of our Churches are acces- understanding of the noble place needs and to raise them to be full sible by wheelchairs, but not all. of people with disabilities in the members of Christ's body, the This needs to be done. Church is in sharp contrast to the Church, and to become particiPhysical impairment is not the lived experience of many people pating members of society. only form of disability that we with disabilities who are often "It is unfortunately true that parhave to be concerned about. It is considered to be a burden or are ents are subject to pressure from only one type of disability. There treated as the objects of charity." doctors and well-meaning counare plenty of others. The Pastoral Letter lists the sellors to terminate the life of a Last year I issued a Pastoral Let- obstacles to inclusion, the main baby carrying a genetic condition. ter entitled ONEIN CHRIST: Peo- ones being ignorance and lack of "Without the support of a truly ple with disabilities in the life of awareness. caring Christian community the Church. It was written in the People with disabilities are now which affirms and in practical Year of Jubilee in mind with "the more visible than ever, and expect ways supports the dignity of such restoration of human rights and to be included in Church life, in babies and promises to surround dignity a necessary pre-requisite parish committees, in the liturgy. the parents and the family with

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Perspective genuine care and support, many a parent will succumb to the "counselling" and mistakenly turn to abortion." If anyone calls my office on (08) 9223 1351, we will send them a free copy of the Pastoral Letter.

Crosses remember WA abortion's tragedies By Peter Rosengren

Thousands of small white crosses hammered into the ground on the Esplanade last Friday morning commemorated the unborn Western Australian boys and girls killed by abortion in the last 12 months or so. The WA Coalition for the Defence of Human Life, an alliance of 21 Catholic and other Christian organisations devoted to repealing the legalisallon of killing human beings by State law organised the display The Coalition also released figures comparing death by abortion - the highest killer in the state - with other forms of mortality. Since WAs State Parliament effectively legalised abortion on demand almost 20,000 children have been killed by medical staff. The figure is twice that of all Australians k illed in all wars. Meanwhile, nearly twice as many Western Australians die each year from abortion as from cardiovascular diseases, WAs second leading cause of death. However the CDHL also pointed out that abortion causes significant harm to mothers as well, including some mortalities from abortion-related breast cancer. Coalition President, Dwight Randall, said an analysis of 33 studies of the abortion-breast cancer link showed that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer by approximately 30 per cent. He also said this estimate was in the c onservative range. This would mean that up to 150 Western Australian women would contract breast cancer annually as a result of abortion, he said. Prolonged and devastating post-trau-

One cross, one child. Pro-lifer Mrs Michelle Shave amid thousands of crosses planted on The Esplanade by the WA Coalition for the Defence of Human Life last week. matic stress disorder, similar to that suf-

fered by war veterans, would also be caused because of the emotional and psychological damage done to women as a result of the abortion experience, he said. The coalition also includes member organisation devoted to assisting women facing what are termed crisis pregnancies with counselling and maternity goods as well as post-abortion counselling. "We will not cease our efforts to persuade our fellow Western Australians that every abortion kills a child and harms a mother until all human life is protected in Western Australia," he said. He warned that politicians who had voted to legalise abortion would face a day of reckoning at the polling booth in the upcoming state election. We are pledged to ensure that many of

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them are not returned to Parliament but are replaced by women and men who respect all human life and want to go every Western Australia a fair go at life," he said. Meanwhile the Abortion Grief Counselling Association warned that the 1500 silhouettes representing WA women diagnosed with breast cancer each year that were planted on The Esplanade in a similar exercise the previous week could be packed away if health authorities acted responsibly on the "overwhelming research linking abortion to breast cancer." AGCA Coordinator Julie Cook, a registered nurse, said that 13 out of 14 US studies carried out since 1957 showed more breast cancer among American women who choose abortion. This was conformed by 27 out of 33 studies carried out worldwide, she said.

Antioch parents take a timeout Antioch parents met for several hours of reflection at Dadinri in East Fremantle with Sister Emilie Canalm l on Saturday 21 October. The reflection was a particularly valuable time for the adults whose normal Antioch role is listening and supporting youth on a weekly basis. The theme of the reflection was "What Prevents Us From Living Life To The Full?" during which Sister Emilie explored aspects of the Christian symbol of the Cross. Parents were reminded of God's constant presence and love in their daily lives and later reported feeling refreshed by the experience. Adult Support in Atitioch focus on old-

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uncio welcomed to Perth By David Kehoe and Peter Rosengren Archbishop Barry Hickey last week asked the Pope's representative in Australia to pass on to Pope John Paul II the deep appreciation Perth Catholics had for the spiritual leadership the Pope had given for 22 years. "He has encouraged us to aspire to the highest standards of the Gospel," the Archbishop said before more than 200 archdiocesan representatives at an official for Archbishop reception Francesco Canalini in the Mercedes College gymnasium on Wednesday, 27 October. Archbishop Canalini is officially known as the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, in other words the Pope's ambassador to the Australian Government, and his personal representative to the Catholic Church in Australia. He is based at the Apostolic Nunciature in the picturesque suburb of Red Hill in Canberra. His visit to Perth and Bunbury from 23 October to 28 October was his first extended visit to Western Australia since being appointed nuncio to Australia last year. Archbishop Canalini thanked Archbishop Hickey warmly for his welcome and urged all to celebrate this year's Great Jubilee as an occasion to spread the Joy of the Good News that only Jesus

hymn Laudate Dominum as the nuncio arrived and the Jubilee hymn Jubilate Deo as he left after meeting archdiocesan representatives. Earlier in the day, Archbishop Canalini met with the priests of the Archdiocese at St Thomas More College by the University of Western Australia. After being welcomed at morning tea by the new Rector of the College, Fr Kevin Long, Archbishop Canalini announced Pope John Paul II had officially accepted Auxiliary Bishop Robert Healy's retirement from active service. He presented the Bishop with a commemorative medal of the Pope's visit to Australia. Archbishop Canalini greets wellArchbishop Hickey told the nunknown Perth layman and Papal Knight cio his presence in WA was both Commander of St Gregory the Great, a symbol of the clergy's unity with Mr Bernard Prendiville of South Perth, the universal Catholic Church at the Mercedes' reception last week under the Pope and of the role of as Mrs Mary Prindiville looks on. the archdiocese within the Christ. the Redeemer, could give Church. the "richness of human life" that "All the priests you see around humanity yearned for. you here this morning are willing Like the merchant who sold and hardworking collaborators everything to buy the pearl of with their Bishops and their Religreat price, all Catholics and gious superiors united in one BapChristians were called in the tism. One faith and one Lord," he Jubilee Year to convert themselves said. more and more to the greatest Archbishop Hickey told Archtreasure, Christ himself. bishop Canalini "we pledge our When God was loved first, then loyalty and express our affection the light of Christ would illumi- to the Holy Father through you. nate all that people did for love of Please let him know of our neighbour in education, health efforts here in this remote care and social welfare. part of the world in spreadMercedes College choir sang the ing the Good News and

Archbishop Canallnl speaks to the Perth clergy at St Thomas More College.

searching out the lost sheep." On Bishop Healy's retirement. Archbishop Hickey said "It is therefore timely to recall and give thanks for all the good and selfless work that he has done over 25 years as a Bishop and 51 years as a priest." However Bishop Healy would continue to carry out duties such as confirmations, he said, and to participate in the Wednesday morning Archbishop's meetings. "We look forward to the future, to welcome among us a new Auxiliary Bishop, to help us face the not inconsiderable and new challenges of the new millennium," Archbishop Hickey said.

Council of Priests chairman Fr Gerard Holohan asked Archbishop Canalini to not only convey the priests' loyalty to the Holy Father but also to thank him on their behalf for his care for priests. "The Holy Father has given us a vision of priesthood for our day." Fr Holohan remarked, adding that the pontiffs care for priests could be seen not only in the New Evangelisation he has called but also his annual letters to priests around the world and the vision he has enunciated "of the priests Jesus is calling us to be." Interview with Archbishop Canalini - Page 9

MEN OF HOSPITALITY LIVING AND PROCLAIMING GOD'S HOSPITABLE LOVE. the suffering ofmy neighbour breaks my heart..." (St. gohn of God. 1540)

As lived out by St. John of God over five centuries ago, our vocation is to give of ourselves completely and freely; to be a Brotherly presence; a symbol of hope for our world; proclaiming God's Hospitable love to all. Mercedes College head girls NicoThe Pope's representative In Australia speaks to Archdiocesan Archivist Pre- la Crusafio, right, and Rebecca sentation Sister Frances Stibi, left, and Sr Cecilia Fystor SSMI of the Ukrain- Bull, present the nuncio with a ian Catholic Church at last week's reception. memento of his Perth visit

Former orphan's last wish to be buried at Bindoon fulfilled by Vincentians A 66-year-old former orphan's dying wish to be buried in Bindoon, where the Christian Brothers raised him, came time last week Richard Kenney died in July in a traffic accident. During a commemorative service his ashes were buried, a native tree planted and a memorial plaque erected on a hill in the grounds of the town's Catholic Agricultural College. If it wasn't for the St Vincent de Paul Society, he might have been given a pauper's funeral. Mr Kenney first made contact with the St Vincent de Paul Society when he was in his 30s, as an unemployed, homeless painter. He turned to the Society to help him get back on his feet. Thirty years later, he became a permanent, self-funded resident of the Society's Vincentian boarding house for men in Midland. Society members and Vincentian friends organised and attended Mr Kenney's funeral and commemorative service. Mr Kenney featured in a story about the SW winter appeal in

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The Australian earlier this year. Another resident of Vincentian House, Patrick Riley, said he'd met Mr Kenney 16 years ago at a St Vincent de Paul shelter in Brisbane. Together, they travelled to Western Australia and lived at Vincentian House for seven years. Mr Riley continues to live at the boarding house. "Richard gave something that money could never buy," Mr Riley told mourners at his friend's funeral, "He gave his new-found family

and friends his heart.... He was a good person and deserved a proper funeral and dignified burial. "Thanks to St Vincent de Paul he's now resting in peace." Mr Kenney's name will be engraved into Vincentian House's honour board. "Mr Kenney lived and departed this life with dignity," St Vincent de Paul's State President, Brian Bull, said. "He has had his last wishes fulfilled and will be remembered. - Glyimis Grainger " :•.

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Parents attend the opening of Trinity's Treacy Technology Centre.

Mater Del names hall for Boss The contribution made to the establishment and early development of Mater Del College in Edgewater by foundation Principal Bernie Boss has been recognised in the naming of the new College Hall which was officially opened last week. As the venue for a whole-ofschool Eucharistic Celebration to mark its opening, the Bernie Boss Hall played host to a display of school pride that recognised the efforts of all those who have been Involved with the College since Its inception in 1992. Parish Priest,

Fr Laurence Murphy SDS, said the hall would contribute to the fundamental principle of Catholic education that sees a focus placed on the development of the whole person. "I hope and I pray that all those who use this building will share their special qualities with those around them." "Should this be the case, all the effort that has gone into getting this facility built over the years will be worthwhile," he added. - Phil Bayne, CEO Media

Mater Dei students gather for the opening of the Bernie Boss hall.

The contribution made by Brother Patrick Ambrose Treacy to Catholic education's development in Perth has been officially recognised at the blessing and opening of the $3.4 million Treacy Technology Centre at Trinity College. Providing students with the latest educational resources across the learning areas of design and technology, science, special education and art, the Treacy Technology Centre was opened by the Colin Barnett MLA, Minister for Education, following its blessing and dedication by Archbishop Barry Hickey. As the co-founder of Christian Brothers' College, Perth and St

Patrick's School, Irwin Street (both of which commenced operations in 1894), Br Treacy is recognised as one of the most highly respected members of the Christian Brothers Congregation. Mr Barnett said schools needed to continually develop in order to provide their students with more opportunities. We see evidence of this development here at Trinity today, with the new science and computer laboratories, materials handlings facilities and the Mary Rice Education Support Centre housed within this building reflecting what is a very comprehensive approach to education," he said. In his address of thanks, Princi-

pal Tony Curtis also paid tribute to the dedication of the Christian Brothers Congregation who he said had been providing an educational service without wages or salaries since the establishment of Christian Brothers' College, Perth in 1894. The value of such service should never be underestimated or forgotten," he said. Meanwhile, through the new Mary Rice Education Support Centre, Mr Curtis said the College would take another step forward in the provision of inclusive education through the expansion of its educational program for students with disabilities. - Phil Bayne, CEO Media

St Columba's thinks of young African friends as it opens new facilities The continued commitment of the St Columba's Catholic Primary School community in South Perth to helping the less fortunate In society has been highlighted at the blessing and official opening of its new facilities. In her address to the school community, Therese Temby, the Director of Catholic Education in WA, said the school had been dedicated to helping others for as long as she could remember. Adding credence to the observation was the fact that Mrs Temby was a student of the school during her primary years. In this year of Great Jubilee, St Columba's is supporting the WA Catholic education initiative to rebuild the Jajura St Peter Paul Primary School in Ethiopia. Mrs Temby shared recent photos which had been sent to her from Ethiopia's Bishop Domenico Marinozzi showing the progress of the school under construction. The historical significance of St Columba's was re-visited during the blessing ceremony when Bishop Robert Healy, the Auxil-

St Columba's students sing for the blessing and opening of new facilities.

iary Bishop of Perth, revealed that St Columba's was the parish in which he first undertook duties as a curate (assistant priest). Explaining the significance of the parish school, Bishop Healy

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Unity plea to bring saving Jesus to Australia day's stories of the fruits of inner conversion, he had been "profoundly moved by the love of God in the stories here," he said. Another speaker at the meeting said Catholics could take a leaf from the Olympic notebook and help energise their Church much as crowds of Australian spectators had clearly energised Aussie athletes going for gold. Brad Prentice, a former State President of the Knights of the Southern Cross and an Antioch leader, told movement representatives this is what is possible in today's Church. Describing the Church as a sleeping giant waiting to be awakened, he said lay Catholics could first energise the Church through the quality of their relationships. Adam Zydek and Ste fonie Crees represent Franciscan tertiaries at the day. Family was a key in this as Continued from Page 1 done him harm and those who well, he pointed out, saying Catholics must draw on the And the Church's mission was were about to kill him. strength and vitality of their His final words of 'Long live to help bring the world to God, Christ the King' should be adopt- families. "so we need witnesses," he said. "Work does not energise He instanced Blessed Fr Miguel ed by Catholics today, ArchbishPro. the Mexican priest martyred op Hickey said, before calling me, family does," he said. those at the conference to join him Spouses in strong sacrain 1927. mental marriages energised Led to his place of execution, Fr in re-proclaiming them. Pro had forgiven all who had ever Meanwhile, listening to Sun- each other, and every person

had gifts and talents which should be put to work for the good of others and the Church. When this happened, all benefited and the Church was energised he said, adding that affirmation built up the Church while criticism cut it down. Laity could also energise the Church by seeking forgiveness from others, while single young people, he said, "hold by far the greatest potential" to energise the Church. Movements emphasising the quality of relationships between their members would grow and prosper, Mr Prentice said. The day concluded with Mass concelebrated by Archbishop Hickey and several priests who attended.

Steven and Serina Wong outline the Marriage Encounter movement

WA politicians see St Thomas More, patron, as 'one of us'

to his own form of political response to the pressures of the day." Three West Australian Mr Pendal said, "But his greatCatholic politicians warmly ness - and his sanctity - lies in welcomed this week's designathe fact that there was a line tion of the English martyrover which he would not cross statesman Saint Thomas More in order to save his life, and as the patron saint of politicians. please and appease Henry over Pope John Paul II made the an illegal marriage. much anticipated declaration in "For this reason he was a man Rome this Thesday. of heroic virtue. Thomas More. Chancellor or "He was a great secular leader prime minister of England of his time, and he's been a powunder King Henry VIII, was erful. saintly figure." beheaded after he refused to Ted Cunningham. Labor MLA recognise the King's divorce of A likeness of St Thomas Nam for Girrawheen, told The Catherine of Aragon. Liberal Local Government, where his strength came from. Record, "St Thomas More is an Disability Services and Forest "He replied that he was the excellent role model for politiProducts Minister Paul °model King's good servant, but God's cians because unfortunately, told The Record on Monday, "St servant first - and that answer many in today's society believe Thomas More is an ideal per- Is now the motto of St Thomas that politicians are, without son to be the patron saint of More College at UVVA. Prius Del exception, amoral and without integrity." politicians because he was one Servus." "I do not believe that to be the It is a good motto, and a wonof us and demonstrated his integrity under extreme pres- derful example, for all Members case," he said. "Being one of those who took of Parliament, Mr Omodei said. sure." Phillip Pendal. the Indepen- a stand on conscience over the Mr Omodei said, "Although he did not have to deal with the dent MIA for South Perth, told 1998 WA abortion debate. I vagaries of democratic elec- The Record on Monday. "When know that many politicians are tions, he would have been well I was first elected to Parliament, still prepared to follow their aware of the need to balance an old YCW chaplain, Father deepest beliefs no matter what the competing claims of various Bernie Dwyer, suggested I the personal consequences may community interests, each of should 'adopt' St Thomas More be." Mr Cunningham said. "Whilst them with their element of truth as a patron saint." He said. "In that time I have we were not facing execution and justification. "His ability to act with clarity read widely on More and have like St Thomas More, there was considerable of mind and purpose in the on- stocked my home library nevertheless unpleasantness and personal going issues of political life is accordingly. "More's great strength lay not detriment to those on both sides what prepared him for his ultiin him trying to impose his of politics who opposed the legmate test. "His life is a beacon calling us views on England over Henry islation. The life and death of St to the awareness that he who is VIII's second marriage, but in Thomas More is a powerful faithful in little things will be refusing to sanction what was reminder to all politicians that happening - there is a great gulf sometimes principle and perfaithful in big things. "His answer at his trial when between the two. sonal integrity are more impor"More had many failings, but tant than popularity, power and asked whether he was not still the king's good servant tells us he more than once had to resort status." Full report - Page 13 By Glynnis Grainger

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Love, not fear, basis of faith Peter Dwan continues with his meditations on the readings for Sunday Mass. This week the Thirty-First Sunday, Year B

oday's liturgy fixes our mind on what is basic to Christian living - love of God and neighbour. In the first reading (Deuteronomy 6:26) Moses said to the people: "Listen, Israel: The Lord our God is the one God. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength. Let these words I urge on you today be written on your heart." This text shows how love of God was enjoined on the Jews from the time of Moses. This gives the lie to the widely held belief that Judaism is a religion of fear. At its best, Judaism, like Christianity, is a religion of love. We Catholics should consider whether we are people of love. Is the love of God our primary motive for being good? Let us not go overboard in the other direction and say that there is no place for fear in Christianity. We need to distinguish two types of fear, servile fear, which is fear of punishment if we do wrong, and filial fear, which is fear of offending God who loves us so much. We aren't meant to have servile fear, but we need to have a filial fear. Scripture says: "The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom." Fear of offend-

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Meditation ing a God who loves us so much can help us overcome temptation. It has been said that while most of the time, our lives are directed by the green light of love, there are times when we need the red light of fear. When the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta was asked: "Should we fear God?" she replied: "No, but we should fear offending Him." The Gospel (Mark 12:28-34) shows that love of God must go hand in hand with love of neighbour. Deuteronomy had commanded love of God; Leviticus love of one's neighbour as oneself (Leviticus 19:18). The new dimension Christ added that the two are one, the greatest of all. There are those who mistakenly claim that love is all that matters, and that we don't need the ten commandments. It is indeed true that when the Little Flower . St Therese of Lisieux, was dying, she said: "Love alone counts." However, it is precisely because love is so important that we need the ten commandments. The commandments show us the type of behaviour that is incompatible with love. They show us the rights of God and our neighbour, and we aren't loving people if we don't respect those rights. There are those who think that pre-

To Jesus through Mary . . . . a column of Marian devotion

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marital sex is right for them, "because we love one another." Actually premarital sex is motivated by lust rather than love. If we love a person, we would never entice that person into sinful behaviour. Our Lord told the scribe in today's gospel: "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself, There is no commandment greater that these." The scribe then said to Jesus: "Well spoken Master, what you have said is true. . . . to love with all your heart. . .. and to love your neighbour as yourself, this is far more important than any holocaust or sacrifice." Our Lord, seeing how wisely the scribe had spoken, said: "You are not far from the kingdom of God." We need to remember that while being a loving person is more important than offering sacrifice, offering sacrifice isn't unimportant. There could be times when we might have to miss weekday Mass in order to perform an act of charity, On the other hand, we need to remember that attending Mass gives us strength to perform works of charity, Mother Teresa of Calcutta said that the more we receive in silent prayer, the more we can give in the active life. She said that it was daily Mass and Communion that gave her the strength to continue her work for the poorest of the poor.

Swinging Catholics baffle US pollsters on election eve WASHINGIUN (CNS) -- On Elec- piing of 1,200 self-identified Catholic tion Day Catholics could play the registered voters who said they were decisive role in who is the next US likely to vote in November. It had a president, according to a study by 2.8 per cent margin of error. It was the Centre for Applied Research in conducted from 13-18 September, in the Apostolate. a period of relative political calm folPerhaps more than in any other lowing the national conventions but recent national elections, American before the candidates' debates. Catholics are poised to play a deciThe survey is part of a larger CARA sive role in the presidential elections research project on how the reliin 2000," said CARA researcher gious dimensions of US Catholics' Mercy Sister Mary Bendyna at a lives relate to their political and civic press luncheon on 27 October. views. Not only do Catholics form the Sister Bendyna said the extent to largest religiously identifiable group which Catholics are influenced by of citizens and turn out to vote in their religious faith varies greatly higher proportions than others, but and "even among those who share they are "concentrated in the so- high levels of religious commitment, called battleground or toss-up there is a great deal of variation in states," she said. the way Catholics apply their faith In addition, they form more of a and values in the public square." "swing vote" because while more She said at the time of the survey tend to be Democrat than Republi- the Democratic candidate, Vice Prescan, "Catholics are somewhat more ident Al Gore, led his Republican likely to vacillate in their voting, opponent, Texas Governor George regardless of party affiliation," she W Bush, 42 per cent to 35 per cent said. among Catholics who were likely One-fifth of those surveyed said voters. they had not yet decided which canWhen CARA researchers comdidate to vote for on 7 November. pared Catholic voters' candidate A panel of experts in politics and preferences with their religious sociology largely agreed with the practice, Sr Bendyna said, "Gore's CARA findings but, less than two lead over Bush is greatest among weeks from Election Day, found those who participate least in themselves still baffled about what Church life and among those who Catholic voters would do in swing say that their faith is not important states and unable to predict what it to them." Those two groups, howevwould mean. er, form a very small percentage of David Leege of the University of Catholics, she added. She said Notre Dame's government and Catholic support for Bush "generalinternational studies department, a ly increases as religiosity increases." specialist in analysis of US voting Within that general area, however, behaviours, said the "biggest story" she said the only subgroup in which he saw in the findings was the Bush had a statistically significant impact of gender, political genera- lead over Gore was among "those tion and economic class on the who attend Mass at least every choice of candidates by Catholics week" - a group comprising 37 per likely to vote. cent of those surveyed. The 62-page CARA study, The PolitThe report said Catholics form 21 ical Preferences of American per cent of likely voters in the West. Catholics on the Eve of the 2000 26 percent in the Northeast and Elections, was based on telephone South, and 27 per cent in the Midsuryey interviews of a national sarn: .west. _

Guess which bioethicist sounds more like a monkey?

With Bronwen Clune

very Saturday I look forward to sitting down and having a long read of the weekend papers and it was with much interest I sat down to read a story about the intelligence of apes in The Weekend Australian last Saturday. It appears that apes are a pretty smart bunch and new research has shown that they can understand human communication. Having worked as a journalist I shouldn't have been surprised by the fact that the article sought to reason what the implications of this are - this was a weekend read after all and looked at the broader story. But I should have been even less surprised by its outcomes. The article covered the controversy of the research, which apparently humanises the apes instead of allowing them to interact in their natural way, as well as the issue of animal rights. The fact that animals should he given rights is certainly not that contentious to me, but I started running into problems when these rights were compared to those afforded to disabled humans and further more failed to understand what it is that makes us intrinsically human. Let me illustrate by quoting, from the article. lawyer Steven Wise who runs a course at Harvard on animal rights. "What is it that makes humans qualify for legal rights and not animals?" asks Wise. "In Greek and Roman times, they justified giving humans superiority because they believed God had designed a hierarchical world with humans dominating, Darwin showed that the world was created in a far more random way and humans are not superior to anything" (The Australian Magazine, 28-29 October). Never mind the fact that a large number of people today still believe (shock, horror) that God designed a hierarchical world with humans dominating. But the best was yet to come, because smiling out from the glossy pages of The Weekend Magazine was none other than Australian bioethicist Peter Singer. For those of you who are not familiar with Singer, let me give you an introduction. The article quotes his book In Defence of Animals, where he argues that experiments carried out on chimpanzees would never be carried out "on a retarded human being at a much lower mental level." He says the only possible conclusion, "is that the chimpanzee no matter how bright is not human, while the retarded human no matter how dull, is. "This is speciesism, pure and simple, and it Is indefensible as the most blatant racism." (The Australian Magazine, 28-29 October) Singer was right about his "only possible conclusion" and should have stopped there. He proposes that retarded humans, because they are less intelligent than apes, should be regarded as less than "human". Intelligence - if it can in fact be measured Is his yardstick for "humanity". We all know how dangerous classifying people as human or sub-human (by either race or intelligence) can be, we only need to look at history to see the examples of the holocaust and apartheid regime where Jews were regarded as sub-human and Africans as apelike. It was this reasoning that justified denying these people their basic human rights. The same reasoning Singer is using to deny disabled people theirs. What he is proposing is fascism, pure and simple. It was ironic that this was published on the same weekend as the Paralympics closing ceremony - the same weekend intellectually disabled Siobhan Paton proudly displayed her six gold medals to the world.

Bishops explaining, not imposing, the law

here has been an expected furious reaction from feminists and their supporters to the 17 October decision of Justice Ian Callinan of the High Court of Australia that the court would hear arguments against a Victorian case that let single women get access to in vitro fertilisation. The Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference applied that day to the High Court to have the decision in McBain v. State of Victoria quashed and the matter reheard. The Bishops are seeking to defend and protect the fundamental rights of the child, especially the right to be born and raised of a natural mother and father. But leading national newspapers and feminists have condemned the Church for daring to use the courts to allegedly Impose its values on the wider secular, pluralist society. It is interesting that commentators normally skilled in making distinctions in public policy debate seem to lose this capacity when the Church exercises its undoubted right as a social group to put a case to the High Court. Perhaps the inescapable truth that the rights of children are being ignored is challenging consciences and, in the resulting emotional confusion, is affecting the Intelligence of the commentators. But, if the Church's critics would only reflect more deeply on its position, they would realise that the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference is not arguing for anything new being added to the law. it is slim-

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A protest against IVF outsida King Edward Memorial Hospital in Subiaco in 1996. This time its the freezing of embryonic human beings for storage for future use.

ply asking that the law already protecting Nations' human rights' conventions. The the rights of children be applied. In this ACBC is also seeking to remind the courts case, the conference is acting as an advo- that the philosophy of the family implied cate for the law, not a lobbyist seeking to in Australian legislation is being denied in change it by the back door. the decision of the Federal Court to allow It is pointing out that Victorian decision single women access to IVF in Victoria, denied rights the Australian Government effectively giving lesbians the right to use had agreed to recognise under United IVF to have children.

a-ouno 1./;e 7a4fe Riches choke evangelism our last editorial. (26 October) analyses some of the problems for Christians. Catholics in particular, of evangelisation. It seems to me. that again. Catholics have to lead the way by the example of putting material accumulation, le, money and possessions, well below the spiritual and social well-being of themselves then, as a consequence, of the world and our neighbours. Our education system has probably concentrated too much on commerce in the past. I can't see how we can truly or effectively put Christ's message unless we realise that wealth accumulation does not further the Kingdom of God. Becoming rich (or trying to) most of one's life and leaving the good works and example to later in life, to when "we can afford them." can hardly be evangelisation in the proper sense. We emulate the ones who give of their youth, even their whole life, not just their old age or when "they can afford it." Trusting in material goods beyond basic survival needs is leading us to where we now are, in a state of greed. Peter Bertola Esperance

A Record bouquet

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The conference, as Archbishop George Pell of Melbourne has pointed out, is only taking action in the courts because the Victorian and Federal Governments had failed to argue for the rights of children and families under the existing laws when it was their duty to do so. Australia's Catholic Bishops have a natural interest in the McBain vs Victoria case as they are responsible for one of the biggest networks of child and family welfare in the country It is theoretically possible that a group of concerned lay citizens, Catholic or otherwise, could have asked to argue on behalf of children and families but that would be financially burdensome for people with family responsibilities - Australian Catholics and Christians do not have the resources that American laity have to prosecute these cases. There are no Catholic or Christian Monaghans with a fortune made from Dominos Pizzas to fund expensive court cases. In this circumstance. the ACBC has a right and duty to enter the lists in defence of the rights of the child and the family when lay groups are unable to. It is not seeking to impose a new law, just seeing that justice is done according to the current legal regime. • 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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from Mass with a factual Record rather In the 1930 encyclical Casti Connubii, Pope Pius XI refers to "virtuous continence than some alternative pulp fiction. Of particular enlightenment are the Life which Christian law permits ....(P15)." Pope Paul VI in his 1968 encyclical In Christ series by Dr Jennifer Skerritt delightful cameos that have given me more Humanae Vitae, taught that contraception background on the Saints than books pre- was "intrinsically wrong". Even though his teaching is not infallibly viously read: St Francis de Sales has certainly bestowed 'a blessing on this defined in that document. I believe that it Is an infallible teaching of the Church, set particular writer. Of possible interest to some older read- permanently in the natural law. ers bewildered by the banks' cavalier atti- Brian A Peachey tude to cash customers, a courageous nun Woodlands in our Parish collected over 600 signatures Editor This particular correspondence is petitioning the banks to maintain a more now closed. convenient service for the elderly. Are there any more paupers out there ready to storm the Bastille? t was with great sadness that we heard B Miller of the death of Brother Andrew. It is selNollamara dom that someone comes into your life Editor The Record is chasing up the story with the saintly qualities that this priest of the nun and the banks. had. His retreats at Gracewood each year enabled us to recharge our faith, and bring us closer to God. While we give thanks to God for giving he statement by Brian Coyne (The us great priests such as Brother Andrew, Record, October 19) that "Church we are also reminded of the tremendous teaching on this matter (contracep- love of Gracewood's Betty Peaker who, in tion) is not set in concrete" is wrong. spite of much hardship and personal sacHe compounds the error by trying to jus- rifice, has provided a sanctuary of prayer tify it by saying: "The present laws are of in the beautiful bush surroundings of comparatively recent origin." "God's" farm, where people of any denomThis is clearly not true. ination can commune with their God. Even the dissenter, Father Hans Kung, I know that there are many people like concedes that "The moral inadmissibility ourselves who are thankful for the blessof contraception has been taught as a mat- ings and graces we have received by attendter of course and even emphatically by all ing this place of prayer. bishops everywhere in the world, in moral Ron & Erica Chandler unity, unanimously for centuries ...." (InfalNedlands libility, p 58). Mr Coyne then states, without any substantiation, that "Prior to about 1951 what is now morally allowable... (The Rhythm - Pat Atamney gave me a phone call method. . . . Billings/Evaluation Method) and told me that Perth Catholics colwas morally wrong." This is also not true. lected through The Record $A1,600

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he Catholic Church forbids the use of artificial contraception. It is easily demonstrated, moreover, that the contraception mentality leads to an antichild mentality, which leads to an abortion mentality. Some weeks ago. I heard a homily on marriage which was largely very good. Unfortunately there was no mention of contraception! How can the people know, if no-one tells them? C V Phillips Burswood

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atholic teachers demanding equal pay? If we want our society to survive, our children must be taught by people paid nothing. We need teachers spiritually motivated Brothers and Nuns - with nothing on their minds but teaching the kids and saying their prayers. Students must learn that spiritual matters outweigh materialistic obsessions. Nothing else works. We have proved that. Arnold Jago Mildura, Victoria

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference stirs feminists over IVF

eminists in Australia said they would challenge the nation's Catholic bishops in a High Court battle pitting the rights of the unborn against lesbian and single mothers' rights to reproductive teclmology. The feminists say a win by the bishops would lead to losses for them in other areas, such as legal abortion. But the head of research at the Australian bishops' conference, Warwick Neville, said in Canberra the bishops' case was focused on the rights of children, which had never been properly covered in the Australian courts. "Children should never he treated as a commodity," Mr Neville

said. Official Catholic teaching condemns the intended direct killing of the unborn at any time from conception on. The bishops' High Court challenge arose after Federal Court Judge Ross Stmdberg ruled in July that a single woman, Lisa Meldrum, had the right to in-vitro fertilisation treatment in the state of Victoria. Justice Sundberg struck down a state law that had restricted reproductive technology to married women and those in de facto relationships, arguing the law was invalid because it contravened federal anti-discrimination laws. The fudge ruled that lesbian couples and single mothers cannot be discriminated

against by state laws. Mr Neville said that when the anti-discrimination laws were drawn up in 1984, they were never intended to deal with reproductive technology However, the head of the Australian Women's Electoral Lobby, Lisa Solomon, said members of her group have used their network of organisations and supporters to build what she described as a "massive" war chest to fight the Catholic bishops in court. Solomon's organisation claims the bishops' action is a threat to women's rights. would cause social division and would damage the long-standing notion of the separation of Church and state. The bish-

ops' lawyers are expected to argue that the lower court judge erred in a number of areas, including his opinion that reproductive treatment was similar to other commercial services that fall under federal anti-discrimination laws. "Manufacturing children does not constitute a service because a service is a commercial operation," Mr Neville said. In-vitro fertilisation "makes the manufacture of children a commodity. and (the bishops' lawyers) will argue that children can never be treated that way," he said. The High Court's hearing is expected to begin later this year or early next year. - Catholic News Service The Record. November 2 2000 Page 7

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Hero prayed during long paddle to rescue pupil s A

By Glynnis Grainger

schoolteacher and former professional rugby player 'aid a lot of prayers during his rescue of a teenager off Secret Harbour beach on 4 October. Nick Jenkins, 26, who has been teaching at Star of the Sea School, Rockingham, for a year, rescued Mark Armstrong, 14, a student at Rockingham High School. Mr Jenkins told The Record he was in the water for one-and-ahalf hours; Mark was in the water for three hours altogether. "Iwas out surfing and saw a couple of police at the beach at Secret Harbour; two more police arrived and I found out a boy was stuck out on a rip," Mr Jenkins said. "There was a brand new Malibu surfboard for sale and I paddled out on it. "A plane flew over the top which was a police plane; he kept circling back and I saw the boy on a boogie board." It was Mark, who had got caught in a rip, and was "pretty happy to see" Mr Jenkins, who got to him. "It was quite an ordeal for the boy; he had been one-and-a-half hours in the water tillIgot to him." Mr Jenkins said. "When I actually had to paddle out for an hour, he was out to sea. and I couldn't see the boy when I left. "I was putting my life in danger, two-and-a-half kilometres out from shore; there was a lot of prayers going on. "I felt that I was close to God; I was never really afraid for my life - I had that trust and that faith that God was with me. "I had that faith and trust there;

I was more concerned for the boy's life. "The sea was pretty rough with a south-easterly blowing him further out. "I rode out on a rip; fortunately, I was able to get him back to shore safely." He and his wife Jodi, whom he married in January, recently built a house in Secret Harbour. A parishioner at Rockingham parish, Mr Jenkins also attends St Bernadette's at nearby Port Kennedy, where they use the school hall for Mass. He was "overwhelmed" by the media coverage, with three local papers, The West Australian. seven radio stations and the TV channels all interviewing him. Mr Jenkins left Perth to play professional rugby for the Canberra Raiders, who paid for his study at the Australian Catholic University, Canberra. He said he spent from 1993 to 1995 studying, and completed the third year of his Bachelor of Teaching degree at Edith Cowan University in Perth. When he returned to WA, he played for the Western Reds rugby team, before going overseas for four years. to Wales. France, London and Northern England. where he played for different teams; "It was quite an adventure." Mr Jenkins said he was "just teaching and playing professional rugby league for eight years It was quite a hectic schedule." He is also a lifesaver at Secret Harbour Surf Club and has been involved with Surf Lifesaving Clubs since he was five-years-old. He teaches Year 12 and has recently prepared children for

For Pope John Paul's man in Australia, it's family that's the key to Church life By David Kehoe

Nick Jenkins: plenty of prayers were said during his heroic marathon paddle to rescue Mar* Armstrong from a rip off Secret Harbour on 4 October.

their Confirmation. Mr Jenkins attended CBC Fremantle, where he was head boy. But, he said, "a bravery medal is not something I have thought about." "It would be an honour to receive a bravery award: I was

quite happy it happened like it did." His wife Jodi is manager of Beatty Park Aquatic Centre and a swimming teacher. "Between the two of us, we are quite involved with water," he said.

he English-speaking world's view of the Pope's ambassadors relies greatly on the image of King Henry VIII's Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey, whose rule of England on behalf of Henry embittered the English public. Wolsey's position as Papal legate or ambassador to England as Henry sought to divorce Catherine of Aragon entrenched in the 16th Century English mind a picture of Papal ambassadors as conniving, corrupt and a source of foreign interference in national affairs. This perception continued over the centuries and has infiltrated Australian Catholic understandings of how these ambassadors operate in Australian Catholic affairs. After all. Machiavelli was an Italian, most Papal ambassadors or nuncios to Australia have been Italians. so . . . . can Nuncios in Australia be nothing more than interfering foreigners, the subconscious assumption runs? The current nuncio to Australia is Archbishop Francesco Canalini, and he made his first extended visit to Perth and Bunbury last week. Blessed with naturally cheerful eyes, a very welcoming manner, and a propensity to bring the person of Jesus into any discussion, there is a good chance Archbishop Canalini's ministry in Australia will go a long way to altering Australian Catholic understanding of how a nuncio can help a local Church find its pilgrim way. The Archbishop was born and raised in the town of Osimo, near Ancona, north east of Rome on the Adriatic coast opposite Dubrovnic in Croatia. Speaking to the Record last week, he chuckles as he recounts, in thick Italian accent, a recent Olympic experience with a group in which he was asked where he was from, to which he answered "Osimo" and their reaction was "Aussie, Aussie. Aussie!" Ordained in 1961, he worked in his diocese for five years before the local Archbishop nominated him for the Vatican Diplomatic Service. He went to the Pontifical Academy in Rome without any particularly commitment

to work in the Church's diplomatic service. But, now, 34 years later, he is more convinced "this is a true service" to both the local and the universal Church as it promotes the unity of the Church "in a very useful way." Previously he was nuncio to Ecuador from 1991t0 1999, and Indonesia from 1986-91. Before that his career in the diplomatic service took him to Malta, Spain, the US, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Ireland, and Quito in Ecuador. But he had never been to Australia before this appointment. He has found Australians, while not as overt in revealing their religion in public as their American cousins in Christianity, "eager to know" and prepared to "intervene" or act on their belief in a personal way. They are "enthusiastic to go deeper into their faith and evangelisation but to do this in a proper way according to the culture" of the people of today. A recent story from the Catholic News Service reported that nuncios saw their role in the Church ranging from being the "eyes, ears and heart," of the Pope to less exalted function of the "kidneys" of the Church. But Archbishop Canalini takes great comfort from the fact that Canalini in Italian means 'channel', and that a nuncio's principal role is that of a channel of communication. "The local Church is very important and the universal Church is very important." he said, but if the local Church did not "breathe" with the universal Church it ran the "risk of remaining sectarian, to close in on itself." The need for clear communication was crucial if the body of the universal Church was to be healthy. Nuncios, as the "eyes and ears" of the Pope. gather information first-hand through visits in the dioceses, he said. Archbishop Canalini sees the Church as one big family that comes from God and works for unity and love. Sometimes families are united but, realistically, there are times in the hurly-burly of life that it becomes difficult to "keep in touch." In secular families, it was the responsibility of the grandfather or other family

leader to bring the family together and "build up this community with good relations between the different children." A healthy communication might need "correcting something" if unity and love are to grow. The object is to "integrate one family of many children" according to the principle of subsidiarity: that what can be done at the local level should be done at that leveL The Archbishop said that nuncios, as channels of communication between the local and universal Church, often receive complaints about matters within local Churches. The most famous recent example in the Catholic Church in Australia involved the complaints of laity made to Rome about the widespread illicit use of the third rite of confession to the detriment of individual, aural confession. Archbishop Canalini said it was far better if local problems were solved according to the Gospel rule of individuals first taking up a problem privately with a suspected offender then, if unsuccessful, taking a second member of the community to reason with the offender, and finally reporting the matter to the community in the person of the local bishop. Only if all local avenues of appeal had been exhausted might the matter be brought to a nuncio's attention for communication to Rome. With modern email it was easy for any individual priest, religious or lay person to complain directly to Rome, he said. "They have a right to do this." he said, but it was not necessarily the most helpful or efficient way to complain. The Vatican congregation or department responsible can't take an email at face value and has to make its own inquiries separately. It may then find there was a good pastoral reason that defused the complaint, no matter the good intentions of the complainant. "So. to go directly can be done," he said, "but it is not the best way because after you have to go back to get all the elements, not only one." Another key function for nuncios is passing on to the Vatican Congregation for Bishops and the Pope local recommendations for future Bishops. It is not widely known

Archdiocesan Youth Ministry Director, Karen Prentice, meets Archbishop Canalini at the official reception for the Nuncio at Mercedes College in Perth on 25 October,

among lay Australian Catholics that they can suggest names of possible bishops. Archbishop Canalini said it was best to first suggest the name of a priest to the local bishop as the bishop usually knew the priest and his past best. Then the bishops of an ecclesiastical province, such as the Province of Western Australia, discuss candidates before passing suggestions to the nunciature and the Congregation for Bishops. Finally, showing that inclination to centre

his work on Jesus and His Church. the Archhishop called on Australians to follow what Pope John Paul II asked of the Church and the world at the beginning of his pontificate 22 years ago: "Be not afraid; open the doors to Christ." When this happens, then the much needed re-evangelisation of Australia will take place, not in a pressured, proselytising was. but through proclaiming "what you believe. to proclaim openly with joy, to show what you are without fear."

The long and tortuous path to being chosen a Catholic Bishop p

ape John Paul II will consider a record number of US bishops' appointments in 2000, as nearly 20 bishops exceed the retirement age of 75. In the complicated and secretive process of searching for replacement bishops, the ultimate decision rests with Pope John Paul. But given the sheer number of appointments to make - this Pope has averaged about 150 bishop nominations a year over his 21-year pontificate - he relies heavily on the information-gathering and recommendations of Vatican officials. The selection of bishops follows four major stages, in which the nundo - the Pope's diplomatic representative in each country - plays a crucial role. The nuncio is in charge of co-ordinating the search, carrying out a detailed investigation of the candidates and passing along to Rome a narrowed-down list of three names, called a "tema." At the beginning of the informationgathering stage, the nuncio investigates the needs of the diocese - based on a report prepared by the former

Pope John Paul Ws acceptance last week of Bishop Robert Healy's offer of resignation from active service as Auxiliary Bishop of Perth after having reached the age of 75 raises the question of how the Pope decides who should be a bishop. Many Australian Catholics are waiting with bated breath to find out who will be the next Archbishop of Sydney as Cardinal Clancy offered his resignation nearly two years ago. But it has not been accepted, following the current practice of the Pope to keep Archbishops of key dioceses in their jobs for a number of years if their health allows it. Here, John Norton of Catholic News Service's Rome bureau reports on how bishops are chosen. The article was written earlier this year when up to 20 US bishops were still administering their dioceses even though they had reached 75, the age Canon Law asks them to offer their resignation.

bishop or by a diocesan administrator - and collects names of possible candidates from the bishops' conference and area bishops. According to canon law, episcopal candidates must be at least 35 years old and ordained a priest for at least five years. List of possible candidates in hand, the nuncio sends out detailed and confidential questionnaires to people "in a position to know the person's personal and moral life, and whether he's a man suited to governing," said Philip Goyret, an ecclesiology professor specialising in bishops' appointments at Rome's University of the Holy Cross. In addition to basic biographical and education information, the questions seek to establish the candidate's good moral conduct, doctrinal soundness,

intellectual and cultural development dure for nominations in the world's and ability to lead. nearly 1,000 missionary dioceses is The candidates are not officially very similar, but is handled by the informed that they are being investi- Congregation for the Evangelisation gated, but with their closest associ- of Peoples. ates answering questionnaires, they The selection of bishops in Eastern"in fact often realise what is happen- rite dioceses differs significantly from ing," Goyret said. the Latin rite and usually follows the Investigation completed, the nuncio ancient tradition of electing bishops sends off to Rome a list of his top in synods. That process is overseen by the Conthree picks, ranked in order of preference, accompanied by thick gregation for Eastern Churches. At the Congregation for Bishops, an dossiers he has compiled on each candidate. official is assigned to check the nunStage two: Except in cases concern- cio's dossiers for completeness and, if ing dioceses in missionary territories necessary, to seek clarifications. The - mostly in Africa and Asia - the nun- official also sends the names on the cio's report goes to the Vatican's Con- "tema" to the Secretariat of State and gregation for Bishops, which is the doctrinal and clergy congregaresponsible for preparing bishops' tions to see if there is any information nominations for about half of the - like negative reports - on the canworld's 3,200 dioceses. The proce- didates in their files. If the candidate

is a religious, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life is also consulted. The complete report is then bound in book form and sent to the Pope and to the cardinal- and bishop-members of the Congregation for Bishops, and a date is set for a hearing at the congregation's twice-monthly meeting. Stage three: Of the congregation's nearly 40 members, generally only about half - those in and near Rome - attend the ordinary assemblies. After the prelates discuss the appointment, they vote. The results are recorded and added to the ever-growing file. Stage four During a weekly Saturday morning appointment with the Pope, the prefect of the bishops' congregation presents a summary of the findings, along with his own personal recommendation. In the vast majority of cases, said Goyret, the Pope accepts the candidate recommended by his advisers. But sometimes none of the candidates is found satisfactory; the "terna" is sent back to the nuncio and the process starts anew. When choosing

bishops, a responsibility he takes very seriously, the Pope looks especially for candidates "with guts and pluck," said Goyret. "Evangelisation and mission are very close to the Pope's heart," he said. "He looks for people who will give a thrust to preaching and promoting vocations." Judging by statistics provided by the Vatican, the Pope also looks for older men. The average age of the world's active and retired bishops has increased dramatically under Pope John Paul, from about 59 in 1978 to nearly 67 in 1999.

While it generally takes six to 15 months from the time the nuncio's report arrives at the Vatican to the Pope's final decision, larger dioceses tend to take longer, said an informed Vatican official. Special considerations may also affect the timing of an appointment, he added. And, the Pope "likes to take time with these decisions," the Vatican official explained. - Catholic New Service

Bishops prostrate in St Peter's Basilica during their ordination on the feast of the Epiphany last 6 January.

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With Mary Busher, Perth Catholic Church Archives volunteer

Excerpts from the WA Catholic Record 3 November, 1900.

Justice travesty From Cossack: 'It was a pitiable sight the other day to see some eight aborigines going on board a steamer en route to Rottnest. Year after year this travesty of justice goes on. After a trial by jury if a northern prisoner goes to Rottnest he will probably die there. If he does pull through the winters of his sentence, he is put on a Northgoing steamer and dropped at the nearest port to his country, generally a matter of 200 miles away. Eventually he arrives at his old haunts a much greater scoundrel than he went away. If in place of the present method, all native cases were tried by a bench of experienced magistrates and short sentences at the nearest jail inflicted, with a thrashing at the commencement and termination, the native would be getting much more effectual treatment.*

Singing paid off A Gipsy Fair at Cue raised

450 pounds for the local

Dominican school building fund. The singing of the school children and their deportment in general was said *to reflect most creditably the good work done by the nuns in the short time since their arrival at Cue."

Bunbury's debt

At Bunbury a big bazaar was planned for January in aid of the Convent of Mercy. 'A heavy debt balance remains due on the building and it is hoped that this effort on behalf of the good sisters. will be crowned with success.'

Pensions needed From a paper presented in an address to the Perth Catholic Young Mons' Society by Mr E H Zoliner. 'The civilised world has long since recognised the principle that when a man arrives at an age at which he is no longer able to provide for his own subsistence, the community owes him a debt. That debt consists of providing a comfortable existence during the evening of life for those who for one reason or another have not been fortunate enough to secure their livelihood. Our great object is to try as far as possible to abolish pauperism, by proposing a system by which when a man can no longer struggle for his existence, he will be entitled to some income. . . . Ills agreed universally that any system to be efficient must include two conditions, First, the benefits must be, humanly speaking, secured and second, the scheme must be equitable. These conditions can only be obtained by national legislation, in other words by a State supervised system of old age and invalid pensions.'

Patron of moral theologians, confessors

he 18th century is often used as the historical benchmark for the beginning of the modern era. It is the beginning of the time of rational scientific thought, and of ideas of individual freedom, the rights of men and a better society. It was also the time when many clever men began to think that they had invented God themselves, and that they no longer needed religion or morality. The life of St Alphonsus Liguori. a

great intellectual and a great propagator of the faith, spanned almost all of this century. He was born in Naples to a distinguished and pious family. Of his six brothers and sisters, two became nuns and two priests. He passed the examination for Law at the University of Naples when he was only sixteen, and began a career as an outstanding barrister, until, at the age of 2Z he lost a lawsuit. He promptly abandoned the law and, three years later, was ordained a priest. Leav-

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Perth historian Dr Jennifer Skerritt sheds some light on Catholic history to mark 2000 years of Christianity This week: Saint Alphonsus Liguori 1696-1787 ing his friends and associates in Mass, and then remained in his fashionable Neapolitan society, seat, mute and unmoving, until he worked among the poor in about 7 o'clock the following Naples and the surrounding morning. countryside until 1732. He then stood up. to the relief Then, when he was thirty-six, of his anxious companions, and he founded the congregation of announced that the Pope had the Most Holy Redeemer at died in Rome. Alphonsus had Scala, a small town near Naples. been at his bedside for the preThis community, known as the vious twenty-four hours. Redemptorists, consisted of Alphonsus was well-educated priests and lay brothers. and intelligent. They aimed to leave to others During his lifetime he produced literary and theoretical discours- an enormous number of works es and instead preached practi- on a wide range of topics. cal retreats, sermons and He wrote extensively on moral missions, especially to the poor. Their rule was approved by theology, a particular interest of Pope Benedict XIV in 1748, when the Redemptorists. He also produced devotional there were about fifty monks, all manuals, the best known of In the vicinity of Naples. Alphonsus was very capable, which, The Glories of Mary, is and so was made bishop in 1762 still widely used. of Sant' Agata del Gott, a diocese He applied his legal training to near Naples in particular need of dogmatic writings on subjects reform. such as papal infallibility, and He unproved it rapidly, with his the power of prayer. usual zeal for preaching, and by Alphonsus died at the considinsisting that the clergy celebrat- erable age of 91 and was canoned the Mass properly. ised in 1839, only fifty two years He was bishop there until 1775, later. He is one of the most imporwhen he resigned in increasing- tant moral theologians, and was ly poor health. subsequently declared a Doctor Alphonsus is well-known for of the Church. the miracle of bilocation, which In 1950 he was named patron means that he was miraculously of moralists and confessors. present in two places at once, The Redemptorists continue one of which was the bedside of parish and foreign missions. the dying Pope, Clement XIV. They also foster the study of This occurred on 21 September 1774. Alphonsus sat down after moral theology.

Movie Features

Spooky yet refreshing tale of Good vs Evil By Anne Navarro

psychiatric nurse unwittingly becomes involved in a powerful struggle between the forces of good and evil in the absorbing thriller Bless the Child. Strung out with no place else to turn, Jenna (Angela Bettis) shows up at the New York City apartment of her sister, Maggie O'Connell (Kim Basinger), and leaves her with an unexpected package on Christmas Eve: her newborn daughter named Cody. Maggie loves and cares for Cody (Holliston Coleman) as the daughter she always wanted, juggling her busy career as a nurse to give Cody the attention and special care that Cody needs, as it Is suspected she is mildly autistic. Six years later. Jenna suddenly

re-enters their lives, this time with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark (Rufus Sewell), a drugrehab guru who has helped Jenna recover from her heroin addiction. Jenna and Eric take Cody with them, despite Maggie's protests, to raise her as their own. What Maggie doesn't realise is that Cody's special condition masks an extraordinary gift that the powers of evil have waited centuries to control. Maggie's struggle to get Cody back will catapult her into the classic conflict of elemental forces. Despite the familiar premise. director Chuck Russell takes a refreshing approach to the spooky tale by emphasising the selfless and healing nature of love as much as the wicked ways of evil. The narrative provides caring guardian angels. Cody's healing

touch and Maggie's unselfish sacrifice as evidence that goodness reigns. Some of the visual imagery used to convey this is outdated but Russell fares better when he represents evil. Based on the novel by Cathy Cash Spellman, the narrative hints that Maggie is a fallen-away Catholic about to have some enlightening experiences, but then doesn't develop that aspect. There is little in the story to suggest that she has transformed into a faithful, believing Christian. Nonetheless, Basinger acquits herself well, as Maggie's concern and love for Cody is unquestionable - and unconditional. Due to recurring violence with some gore, occult theme, brief drug use and minimal rough language, the US Catholic Conference classification is AIV - adults, with reservations. - CNS

Movie Ratings USCC classifications: Al general patronage: All - adults

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Holliston Co;eman stars as Cody in the thriller Bless the Child.

Ghost tale Off with the gloves. Slippers instead lacks real Rc spirit By Anne Navarro

aw talent clashes with raw machismo in the stirring oming-of-age tale Billy

By Gerd Pare

urfacing but never soaring is the would-be Hitchcockian thriller What Lies Beneath. A plodding script, trite dialogue and glaring plot holes defeat the powerhouse team of director Robert Zemeckis, Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer spies at night (a la "Rear Window") on her new next-door neighbours. convinced the husband has done in the wife. But when she starts seeing a dead woman's reflection in the bathtub, hubbie sends her packing to a shrink (Joe Morton) to no avail. It wouldn't be fair to reveal much more, although if you have seen Hitchcock's "Psycho." "Vertigo" and "Suspicion." the film will look very familiar. Due to some violence, sexual situations with implied adultery occasional profanity and an instance of rough language. the US Catholic Conference classification is AIII adults. - CNS

Elliot. Set during the 1984 coal miner's strike in Northern England, director Stephen Daldry's debut feature is strictly by-the-numbers in its progression, but beautiful in its execution. The intoxicating tale tells the story of 11-year-old Billy Elliot (Jaime Bell), the son of a striking coal miner, who finds himself inexplicably drawn to dance. During a boxing lesson at the local youth club, Billy becomes fascinated with a ballet class being conducted in the same hall. Dared to join the class by the sharp-tongued teacher, Mrs

Real courage required for a lad in a mining town in the entertaining and refreshing Billy Elliot

Wilkinson (Julie Walters). Billy displays a visceral talent that convinces Mrs Wilkinson of his untapped potential. But Billy soon discovers that slipping on a pair

of ballet slippers requires more courage than donning a pair of boxing gloves. There are many obstacles on the way to making his dream come true, not the least of which is his chauvinistic father (Gary Lewis), who aims to force him down a more conventional path. The film tenderly presents Billy's moments of weakness and doubt, especially when faced with being automatically branded as a homosexual. The pervasive swearing is unfortunate, as the otherwise engaging story could have been inspirational to many young ones. Due to some homosexual innuendo and fleeting profanity with recurring rough language, the US Catholic Conference classification is All - adults. - CNS

Hokey the pokey - and eat more pie By Anne Navarro

he bizarre sci-fi thriller, The Cell takes the into-themind-of-a-killer notion literally, and the results are mixed. Jennifer Lopez stars as Catherine Deane, a psychologist experimenting with a radical drug therapy that allows her to explore the unconscious mind, experiencing a person's dreams and private

Shaft

lick action drama about an NYPD S detective (Samuel L Jackson) who must track down the only witness (Toni

Collette) to a racially motivated murder to bring a slippery rich-boy killer (Christian Bale) to justice. Brutality and sharp street language tarnishes otherwise magnetic performances and an absorbing narrative loaded with twists and surprises. Recurring violence, constant rough language, and fleeting shadowy nudity. The US Catholic Conference classification is AN adults, with reservations.

Drowning Mona

lack comedy whodunit in which the B morally upstanding chief of police (Danny DeVito) is hard-pressed to find

who is responsible for the drowning death of his small working-class town's most despised resident (Bette Midler) since everyone wanted her dead. Comic treatment of extramarital affairs, fleeting vio-

musings. While Catherine struggles to develop the experimental treatment, FBI Agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) has finally tracked down sick serial killer Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio), but not before Stargher has kidnapped his latest victim (Tara Subkoff) and hidden her in a booby-trapped glass cell. If she is not found within 40 hours, she will die a torturous death. The problem is that

Movie Briefs lence and homosexual innuendo, and a few instances of rough language. The US Catholic Conference classification is AIII adults.

Big Momma's House

Stargher suffers from a severe schizophrenic condition that has left him comatose. In a less-than-credible cinematic leap, Novak and Catherine team up to save the victim Due to disturbing violence and sexual images. some nudity and intermittent rough language with fleeting profanity, the US Catholic Conference classification is AN adults, with reservations. - Catholic News Service

by the enticing world of greed at a shady, suburban brokerage firm in the hopes of earning a quick million dollars and the respect of his stern father (Ron Rifkin). Deft characterisations but an uninspired narrative that gradually loses credibility. A sexual encounter, some drug abuse and much rough language. The US Catholic Conference classification is AIII - adults.

The Art of War

erivative comedy about an FBI agent (Martin Lawrence) who goes undercover as a hefty Southern grandmother to catch a brutal bank robber, but finds himself falling for the robber's ex-girlfriend (Nia Long). Brief scenes of violence, an implied sexual encounter, sporadic sexual innuendo, fleeting rear nudity, crude bathroom humour and recurring crass language. The US Catholic Conference classification is AIII - adults.

indless action thriller in which a shadowy agent (Wesley Snipes), wrongly accused of assassinating the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, sets out to unravel a murky conspiracy. Excessive violence and mayhem, sexual situations, some nudity, occasional profanity and intermittent rough language. The US Catholic Conference classification is 0- morally offensive.

Boiler Room

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erivative drama about a college dropout (Giovanni Ribisi) who is seduced

musical drama that follows Lightweight a talented group of students enrolled . .. ..

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and adolescents; AT - adults: All/- adults, with reservations (this indicates films that, while not morally offensive in themselves, are not for casual viewing because they require some analysis and explanation in order to avoid false impressions and interpretations); 0 morally offensive. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. All Almost Famous, AIV Art of War, The, 0 Autumn in New York, All Bait, AN Beautiful, All! Best in Show, AN Big Momma's House, Alit Bless the Child. AN Bring It On, All The Broken Hearts Club, 0 Butterfly, AlII The Cell. AN Chicken Run, Al Coyote Ugly, AIII The Crew, AM Crime and Punishment in Suburbia, 0 Croupier, AN Dinosaur, All Disney's The Kid, All Duets, Alit The Exorcist, AN Girl on the Bridge, AI Gladiator, AN God's Army. AM Highlander. Endgame, AIII Hollow Man, AN Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, All Me. Myself and Irene. AN Mission: Impossible 2, AM Nurse Betty. AN Nutty Professor II: The Klumps AIII The Original Kings of Comedy AIV The Perfect Storm. All A Piece of Eden. AIII Pokemon the Movie 2000, Al Remember the Titans. All The Replacements. Alit Saving Grace. MV Scary Movie, 0 Shaft. AN Space Cowboys. All Sunshine, AN This Is Spinal Tap, Al! Thomas and the Magic Railroad, AI 'Run It Up. MV Under Suspicion. AIII Urban Legends: Final Cut. AN The Watcher, All The Way of the Gun. AN What Lies Beneath, AIII Woman on Top, AM XMen, All

in a Ballet Academy whose normal teenage experiences are heightened by a cutthroat atmosphere as they compete. Graceful dancers keep its pace moving. but the musty narrative is cluttered with predictable subplots of eating disorders, parental pressures and teen-age selfdoubt. Implied sexual encounters and fleeting rough language. The US Catholic Conference classification is AM - adults.

Saving Grace

igh-spirited British romp in which an H older woman (Brenda Blethyn) left destitute after her husband's death tries to

earn money by using her gardening savvy to grow a bumper crop of marijuana with the help of her pothead gardener (Craig Ferguson). Drug theme, intermittent drug use, implied off-screen suicide, an extramarital affair and unwed pregnancy, brief frontal nudity, recurring rough language and some profanity. The US Catholic Conference classification is AIV - adults, with reservations. - Catholic News Service

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International News

Sunv ey find s relig ious Papal visit to Ukraine freedom is declining In Brief

WARSAW, Poland (CNS) - A visit by Pope John Paul II to Ukraine in 2001 will highlight the importance of reconciliation and religious renewal in the former Soviet republic, said a bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. 'The Pope's most important message will be one of reconciliation, tolerance and Christian love - of recalling the martyrdom of the Ukrainian nation and building a future on Catholic principles," said Auxiliary Bishop Julian Gbur of Stryj, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church and head of the papal visit committee. He said the visit was expected to be in June.

RU-486 call VAIICAN CITY (CNS) Reacting to an Italian plan to make the -morning-after pill" more accessible to women seeking to prevent pregnancy, the Vatican renewed its condemnation of the drug and urged health care professionals to refuse to distribute it. In a 31 October statement, the Pontifical Academy for Life criticised Italian media reports and interviews with medical experts that described the drug as a contraceptive, which prevents pregnancy, and not as an abortifacient, which ends an existing pregnancy The morning-after pill, previously available only in hospitals, went on sale on 30 October in Italian pharmacies. Purchase of the drug requires a doctor's prescription.

Instant Gospel VATICAN CITY (CNS) Catholics should reflect on how well they are using their access to instant, global communication to spread the Gospel, the Vatican said. Pope John Paul II will lead the reflection in his message for the 2001 celebration of World Communications Day. "Preach from the Housetops: The Gospel in the Age of Global Communications" is the theme chosen by the Pope for the annual observance, which will be on 27 May in most dioceses.

Bible-reading PRINCETON, N.J. (CNS) According to a recent Gallup Poll, American readership of the Bible has declined since 1990, from 73 per cent to 59 per cent. About six in 10 Americans say they read the Bible at least on occasion, with the mostlikely readers being women, non-whites, older people, Republicans and political conservatives, say the pollsters. Alec Gallup and Wendy W. Simmons, who were in charge of the Gallup Poll, said they also found that the percentage of frequent readers - those who read the Bible at least once a week - has decreased slightly over the last decade. from 40 per cent in 1990 to 37 per cent today. Political attitudes also appear to shape Bible-reading tendencies.

By Nancy Hartnagel WASHING (CNS) - A major new survey has found that religious freedom is deteriorating rapidly in much of the world. The survey covers 75 countries with nearly 90 per cent of the world's people. It found that, at the turn of the millennium, only 25 per cent live under conditions of broad religious freedom, while 39 per cent live under partly free conditions and 36 per cent in circumstances where religious freedoms are fundamentally violated. In comparative rankings, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and the United States fared best with a 1 rating. At the other extreme, with a worst rating of Z were Mirkmenistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Burma, North Korea and Tibet (China). The 340-page study - "Religious Freedom in the World: A Global Report on Freedom and Persecution" - was released on 26 Octo-

ber by Freedom House's Centre for Religious Freedom in Washington. Paul Marshall, senior fellow at the centre and general editor of the study, said countries were judged on some 80 criteria listed in the survey's appendices. Countries were judged on freedom of conscience, worship, religious education and instruction, and clergy, as well as on rights to social participation, self-government for religious bodies, and equality/non-discrimination of individuals and institutions. More than 60 scholars gathered data over an 18-month period prior to 1 January, said Marshall. Authors of country profiles were asked to consider significant changes over 10 years, with special reference to the last two years. Centre director Nina Shea said her organisation hopes to repeat the survey with its distinctive ratings. biennially. The initial volume, which contains essays by Shea, Marshall and others, was published by Broadman & Hol-

Ambonese Christians board a ferry from a smaller boat as they flee fighting between Christians and Muslims in the Indonesian city of Ambon on 3 July. Photo CNSFieuters

man of Nashville, Tennessee. years." The situation is especially In summarising the main find- bad in countries with large popuings. Marshall said the major lations, he said, such as China. exception to the worldwide trend rated 6. and India, Indonesia and of deteriorating religious freedom Nigeria, all rated 5. "China has "is Latin America, which has con- always been repressive of religion sistently improved over the last 10 In the last 50 years," he said.

Church 'unprepared' for Islam threat Psychiatry By Michael F. Flach ARLINGTON, Virginia. (CNS) The Catholic Church "was caught unprepared to deal with the threat of Islam in Africa and Europe." Sudanese Bishop Macram Max Gassis told a Virginia audience on 22 October. "I am not against Islam but Islamic fundamentalism is using religion as leverage to kill, oppress and starve the people," he said. "It is the mission of the church to defend these rights," the bishop said. "A shepherd must defend his flock, even if it costs his life. The hope of the people is the Church." Bishop Gassis joined Arlington Bishop Paul Loverde at the Cathedral of St Thomas More on 22

Bishop Macram Gassis of El Obeid, Sudan, and members of his flock of Nuba Catholics gather during Holy Week 1999 under his 'cathedral' of sycamore trees. Photo CNSGabriel Meyer

October, World Mission Sunday, to celebrate Mass for the Brent Society. The Sudanese bishop

said the present regime in Khartoum was not elected to power, but took it by brute force. "They have trampled the dignity of the people by denying them their human rights," he said. "It is a political system that is vicious, wrong and diabolic. No one can mob us of the God-given right to life." In his homily, Bishop Loverde said a missionary spirit "is at the heart of the church and the heart of Christian life." "We are called to proclaim Christ in our workplace, in the political process and in the election process,- he said. "We are all called to be missionaries, but not all are called to be missionaries in a foreign country. Today is World Mission Sunday, but every day should be a missionary effort."

British Catholics fight human cloning

most vulnerable form. The Catholic position is clear. We canWNDON (CNS) - Catholics and not agree to the generation and pro-life groups in Britain will try use of human life through cloning to persuade the British Parliament for the sole purpose of experito oppose proposals that would mentation and the generation of new cells or organs, since this permit human cloning. In a pastoral letter read in all Involves the direct and deliberate churches in the Archdiocese of destruction of innocent human Birmingham, England, Archbish- life," he said. "Your parliamentary op Vincent Nichols urged representatives must take your Catholics to contact their mem- views into account. But he or she bers of Parliament to express can only do so if you make your opposition to the proposals. views known," he said. The ArchHe said human cloning was "a bishop said the issue at stake was grave abuse of human life in its of "fundamental moral imporBy Paulinus Barnes

tance. Far too much respect for human life has already been lost through the changes made in British law. This time I hope and pray that those responsible for making this decision will heed and observe these fundamental moral principles," he said. In June 1999, the British government set up a committee, chaired by its chief medical adviser, Liam Donaldson, to examine the ethical and medical issues involved in human cloning. The proposals were heavily criticised by the Vatican and by pro-lifers.

on religion By Tracy Early

NEW YORK (CNS) - A speaker at a conference on religion and psychiatry welcomed the increasing openness of psychiatrists to accept religion as a valid part of life, but warned against a blurring of the boundary between the two fields. Dean Ralph A. O'Connell of New York Medical College, an institution in Valhalla. New York. related to the Archdiocese of New York, said medical ethics required medical professionals to act only within their area of competence. He said information about religion should be taught in medical schools because knowledge about religious beliefs was necessary in treating patients. But he suggested that psychiatrists were getting outside their field when they yielded to the desire of a patient for treatment with a religious dimension."Some psychiatrists pray with their patients," he said. -It is a nice Idea, but I don't do it." In an address tracing the history of church attitudes, he expressed appreciation for the move toward recognition of mental Illness as a disease to be treated by medical professionals rather than religious healers.

Pope Pius XII Holocaust report released

Pope Pius XII is pictured at prayer in an undated CNS file photo.

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ROME (CNS) - After a year-long study, a commission of three Catholic and three Jewish scholars said that published Vatican material on World War II leaves unanswered many important questions about Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust. In a report made public on 25 October, the commission called on the Vatican to open its entire historical archives of the period. The report posed 47 . specific

questions - many asking how Pope Pius and his advisers reacted to detailed reports of Jewish suffering - and said the answers can only come through further documentation. Although full access to the archives would probably not lay to rest all the questions, it would be a "very significant step forward in advancing knowledge of the period and enhancing relations between the Jewish and Catholic

communities," the report said. The Vatican and an umbrella Jewish organisation established the commission in 1999 in response to an ongoing debate over the Vatican's wartime policy. Many Jewish organisations have criticised Pope Pius for failing to speak out more strongly against the Nazi effort to exterminate Jews. The commission studied the 11 volumes of Vatican archive material published by the Holy See.

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St Thomas More proclaimed patron of MPs By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Proclaiming St Thomas More patron of statesmen and politicians, Pope John Paul II said the 16th-century English martyr is a reminder to all that politics and morality must not be separated. In his 31 October proclamation, the Pope said politicians need "credible role models able to indicate the path of truth at a time in history when difficult challenges and crucial responsibilities are increasing." The defence of human life and of the family, support for young people, the elderly and people on the margins of society are challenges Pope John Paul underlined In his apostolic letter on St

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Thomas More, who served as lord chancellor of England under King Henry VIII and was beheaded in 1535 on charges of treason. He refused to defy the Pope by recognising the legitimacy of the King's

Pove and rights are linked: Vatican By Tracy Earty UNITED NATIONS (CNS) - The community of nations should work to overcome poverty and to advance human rights because the two go together, the Vatican said in a statement at UN headquarters in New York Archbishop Renato Martino, Vatican nuncio, called the continuing existence of abject poverty "a great ethical challenge" because it "violates the dignity" of large numbers of people. But the fight against poverty involves more than merely increasing income, and means , 'enabling all persons to be fully the people that God wished them to be." he said. Archbishop Martino delivered the statement on 27 October to a committee of the UN General Assembly taking up the question of a "right to development" and reviewing the relationship of human rights to poverty Dealing with human rights today requires "a more comprehensive approach," with integration of efforts of "two sectors of the community of nations - the human rights community and the development community - which

second marriage. St Thomas' life and death "speaks to people everywhere of the inalienable dignity of the human conscience," the Pope said. "Whenever men or women heed the call of truth, their conscience then guides their actions reliably toward good," he said. More resigned his position as chancellor in 1532, "not wishing to support Henry VIII's intention to take control of the Church in England," the Pope said. And when More was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1534, he did not waver. "At his trial, he made an impassioned defence of his own convictions on the indissolubility of marriage, the respect due to the juridical patrimony of Christian civilisation and the freedom of the

Church in her relations with the state," Pope John Paul wrote. "His life teaches us that government is above all an exercise of virtue," the Pope said. Former Italian President Francesco Cossiga, who with Venezuelan Senator Hilarion Cardozo presented Pope John Paul with a petition requesting the proclamation, said all politicians may not rejoice at the news. "Some politicians may be afraid of taking St Thomas More as their patron, because following his example will mean opening themselves to having to follow him completely," Cossiga said, chuckling at the reaction some politicians might have to the idea of obeying their consciences to the point of giving up their lives. At a 26 October Vatican press

conference, Cossiga said support for the proclamation came from all over the world and included letters to the Pope from hundreds of government officials. Britain's Lord David Alton, a Catholic member of the House of Lords, said naming St Thomas More patron of politicians is a reminder that politicians should not leave their faith or consciences at home when they enter the halls of power. "In our times, political life is so often about personal aggrandisement and advantage," he said. "Its participants pursue careers rather than causes." Alton said that if More were alive today he would be on the front line of the battle against "the culture of death," fighting abortion and euthanasia.

UK Catholic becomes Speaker By Paulinus Barnes LONDON (CNS) - A Catholic has been elected speaker of Britain's House of Commons for the first time since the Reformation. Glasgow Member of Parliament Michael Martin, 55, was elected by his fellow members in a complicated series of votes on 23 October. He has been a member of Parliament since 1979 and was a deputy to the previous speaker, Betty Boothroyd. The high-profile role involves taking control of proceedings in the House of Commons and brings the officeholder international status because of international broadcasts from Parliament

on cable and satellite channels. On being elected. Martin said he was conscious of the great honour which had been placed on him and asked his colleagues. "Please pray for me." A former sheet-metal worker, Martin was brought up in a single-parent family of five children. He told members of Parliament before his election: "A speaker has a clear duty to every side of this House, especially to the backbenchers, the minority parties and the opposition parties. The speaker's duty is to serve this House, not the executive power. "That someone from the poverty of Glasgow can stand before you seeking the great office of speaker, my origin should be no

Michael Martin became the first Catholic to be elected as speaker of the House of Commons in Britain since the Reformation.

reason for me being elected. Nor should my origin be a reason to debar me," he said.

Pope appeals for Middle East peace

have in the past not always been in a position to work hand-inhand." the nuncio said. people continue to suffer and "The aim of development is the By John 'Mavis die." In recent weeks, more than enhancement of people and the fostering of their full participation ROME (CNS) - Pope John Paul 140 people - almost all of them In their communities, nations and II appealed for a return to negoti- Palestinians - have been killed in world," he said. ations in the Middle East, saying an escalation of violence between "Human rights aim similarly at that mutual trust and respect for Palestinians and Israeli security the protection of individuals and international law were needed to forces. the building up of a community in breathe new life into the peace "Once again I want to invite all which human dignity is affirmed process. sides involved in the peace and supported." Addressing approximately process to spare no effort to reOne day earlier, he reiterated 70,000 people gathered for Mass establish the climate of dialogue Vatican support for giving debt and a jubilee sports event in a that existed until a few weeks relief to poor countries, but said Rome soccer stadium on 29 Octo- ago." the Pope said. that it was "not an end in itself." ber, the Pope said no one should "Mutual trust, the repudiation of "The measure of the success of forget that in the Middle East, weapons and respect for internadebt relief is linked to the manner in which the resources freed are utilised effectively in favour of the poor," he told a UN committee. He said linking debt relief to JERUSALEM (CNS) - The ings in Beit Jalla as cover for measures for the reduction of Israelis accused Palestinian attacks on Jerusalem. The gunpoverty would ensure that bene- leader Yasser Arafat of placing men position themselves near fits were directed to "improving snipers in the Christian village of churches, with the hope that health and education" and to Beit Jalla to drag the Christian Israel's response will damage a other areas of "social investment." world into the conflict. church, thus setting the Christian Archbishop Martino said, howBut Palestinian leaders denied world against Israel. This is a cynever, that programs of debt relief the accusation, saying Israel is try- ical and deliberate method to should not impose conditions that ing to divide Arab Christians and involve a population that is not would be too difficult for "coun- Muslims. interested in conflict" tries which have recently In an opinion piece, Yediot Israeli Major-General Giora emerged from conflict or from Eiland said in a 25 October state- Ahronot journalist Ron Shaked totalitarian rule." ment that Palestinians use "build- wrote: "Arafat chose to fire on

tional law are the only means capable of bringing the peace process back to life." he said. "Therefore, let us pray for a return to the negotiating table and for a dialogue that leads to the much-desired goal of a just and lasting peace, which can guarantee for everyone the inalienable right of freedom and security." Five more Palestinians were killed in Gaza and the West Bank the day the Pope spoke, as Israeli tanks attacked sites in Gaza and Israeli soldiers closed off Jericho.

Palestinians accused of sniper tactic Jerusalem specifically from the Christian town of Beit Willa in an attempt to pull yet another element into the chaos: the Christian world. The Palestinian chairman wants to place Israel at odds with the Christian world in an attempt to drag the Vatican and the entire Western, Christian world into the conflict" Relations between Beit Jalla and the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Gilo have traditionally been quiet.

Pizza-makers of the world unite for Jubilee bake VATICAN CITY (CNS) - According to an Italian government report, confirmed by an unscientific poll in St Peter's Square, "pizza" is the most universally understood Italian word. Italy's pizza makers, called "pizzaioli," served 50,000 portions of the popular Italian food on 25 October as part of the Jubilee for Pizza-Makers. The previous night, they made and served pizza at Catholic-run soup kitchens. Pope John Paul II honoured the disc of baked dough, topped with tomato sauce and cheese, at his general audience on 25 October. the last day of the jubilee. He

thanked the 2,000 jubilee participants and said, "I assure you of my prayers for your families and for your professional activity which is so appreciated." The pizzaioli gave the Pope an antique Neapolitan pizza oven, a brass pizza platter and a decorated pizza slicer. Like many of the Holy Year events, the 24-25 October pizza-makers jubilee was overwhelmingly Italian. Several young Japanese men participating came with the pizza masters they are studying under in Naples, and one of the few US pizzeria-owners present was an Italian who moved to Pittsburgh two

years ago. As dough was rising in tents near the Vatican, the audience gave rise to a surprising amount of controversy. The 25 October audience also marked the jubilee pilgrimage of the Lucca provincial chapter of the Association of Italian Chefs. "Chefs can also make pizza, but our profession is different. We are not snobs, but being a chef requires more preparation and more learning," said Franco Mariani, president of the Lucca group. "Pizza is the Italian dish par excellence. but to make a good plate of pasta and a tasty second course is a completely different thing." said Mariani.

Pizza makers display a cross made of pizza dough during the Jubilee for Pizza-Makers on 25 October in Rome.

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Asian Catholic News

China tightens rules on religions HONG KONG (CNS) - New rules on the religious activities of foreigners in mainland China must be viewed as part of the growing control of certain ideologies by the Chinese authorities, say China Church watchers. The State Administration of Religious Affairs issued Rules for Implementation of the Provisions on the Administration of Religious Activities of Aliens within the Territory of the People's Republic of China on 26 September. Some China Church watchers in Hong Kong told UCA News, an Asian Church news agency based in Thailand, that the document is more than a supplement to provisions issued in 1994. Anthony Lam Sui-ki. senior researcher of Hong Kong diocese's Holy Spirit Study Centre. said the new rules represent a government move to show its determination to control religions and the growing number of cults. Including the outlawed Falun Gong, which is gaining momentum outside the mainland. Lam said the new code on foreigners' "other relevant activities'. is so loose that it can govern even friendly visits to Church members. The rules, which include the 1996 provision forbidding foreigners to select, appoint and change religious personnel, are directed at the Catholic Church. since they are not an issue for the four other government-approved religions, Lam noted. Lam also said that the new rules specify that enrolment or sponsorship to study abroad for the training of religious personnel must be "selected and dispatched by Chinese national religious bodies." The Reverend Chan Kim-lcwong, executive secretary of the Hong Kong Christian Council, said the new rules must be seen in a wider context. Mr Chan, who has close contacts with the Protestant Church in China, said the document was issued the same day the Foreign Ministry issued a denun-

elation of the Vatican's 1 October canonisation of 120 martyrs from China and at a time when China is preparing to enter the World Trade Organisation. China fears it may lose control of people's ideology as the country opens up upon entering the WIT], Mr Chan explained to UCA News on 24 October, so greater control of foreign influence in religion should be viewed as just one element designed to assure that all things are under control. Lam and Mr Chan pointed out that while the Chinese government had ignored religions other than five recognised ones - Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism and Taoism - the new rules show for the first time that the government officially recognises their existence. "The rules emphasise the distinction between religions and their faithful inside and outside China," Mr Chan said. He acknowledged that the new rules indicate that more consideration will be given to future exchanges and cooperation with the Church in China, but he affirmed that regular visits and exchanges thus far have not been affected. Nonetheless, Lam said unlimited control in the future is possible as the new rules give the religious affairs administration the right of interpretation. • An elderly underground Chinese Bishop was released after six weeks in jail, but has been ordered not to speak to foreigners. Bishop Thomas Zeng fingmu of Jiangxi, 81, was released in late October, Vatican Radio reported on 31 October. He was arrested with his auxiliary bishop and a priest on 14 September and jailed in the town of Linchuan. The other two apparently were still being held. Bishop Zeng, who refused to join the government-approved Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, has spent a total of more than 25 years in prison.

Albright effect will not be immediate By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Retired Korean Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan of Seoul said the October visit of the US secretary of state to North Korea was positive, but unlikely to lead to immediate improvements in the North's human rights situation. "I see no chance of immediate improvement," Cardinal Kim told Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples. The 23-25 October visit of Madeleine Albright to Communist North Korea is a sign that the Government is changing, "but only externally," the cardinal said. "No changes are seen internally," he said. "Power is still in the hands of one party. From this point of view nothing has changed at all." Fides

fierce US imperialism." But, Cardinal Kim told Fides, "I think that if North Korea establishes good relations with the United States and Japan, South Korea stands to benefit. "Of course, the United States pursues its own interests in the peninsula, but it is also true that it can only make suggestions to Pyongyang (the North Korean capital) and Seoul. It cannot make decisions," the cardinal said. "It is up to the governments of the North and the South to take the steps necessary to improve cooperation between the two," he said. Albright's visit, he said, at least could contribute to peaceful coexCardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan istence on the peninsula. said representatives of non-gov"With regard to reconciliation ernment organisations in South between the two Koreas, it is early Korea fear Albright's visit and a yet," Cardinal Kim said. "It will possible future visit by President take some years. . . . How many? Bill Clinton may lead to a "new. God alone knows."

Bishops condemn massacre COWMBO, Sri Lanka (CNS) Sri Lanka's Catholic bishops condemned the massacre of 26 youths who once belonged to the Liberation Tigers of "%mil Eelam. The youths were undergoing rehabilitation at a camp in central Sri Lanka on 25 October when the massacre occurred, reported UCA News, an Asian Church news agency based in Thailand. "We condemn this crime unequivocally and offer our deepest sympathies to the bereaved families of the youth.... It is a very serious incident that should shock the conscience of the nation," the bishops said in a 27 October statement signed by Bishop Oswald Gomis of Anuradhapura. president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Sri Lanka. Noting that "the whole world is now watching us," the statement reminded the government it is duty bound "to make a comprehensive and impartial investigation into the whole incident and punish accordingly all those who are responsible for perpetuating this crime." The bishops also warned, "such action, if permitted to repeat,

could cause dangerous reactions in other quarters." On 25 October a village mob broke into the Bindunuwewa Rehabilitation Camp. 208 kms east of Colombo, killing 26 Tamil youths and injuring 16 others. Police claim that attackers set the camp on fire and that the victims were burnt, bludgeoned and hacked to death. Run by the National Youth Services Council, the camp provides counselling and livelihood skills training to youths who surrender or are captured on suspicion of being a cadre of the Tamil rebels. The rebels have waged war against the Sinhalese-led government for the past 17 years. In a separate statement. Bishop Winston Fernando of Badulla and priests of his diocese offered sympathy to the victims' families. Their statement said the brutal killing of those in the state's protective custody is a horrendous crime that will again besmirch the name of Sri Lanka in the eyes of the world. They also urged the government to strengthen measures to prevent such attacks from happening

again. Media sources reported that an attempt by the detainees, aged 14-25, to take over the facility on 24 October triggered the attack However, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga was quoted as saying there had been no incident between the detainees and the management nor with neighbouring residents, and that the provocation came from "external forces." On Kumaratunga's order, the massacre is being investigated by a team from the Crime Investigation Bureau, but the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka headed by Faiz Musthapa has launched an independent inquiry into the incident. The main opposition United National Party and the Tamil United Liberation Front. along with several other political and nonpolitical organisations, have demanded that the government appoint a commission to probe the matter. According sources, to Bindunuwewa Centre has rehabilitated some 1.700 youths since 1990.

Pakistanis finally get hall for a church LAHORE, Pakistan (UCAN) After 10 years of lobbying, the Columban fathers in a Pakistan village have been allowed to build a community hall where a Mass was offered to mark the 22nd anniversary of Pope John Paul II's papacy. According to a Church source the government has always approved all plans to build a Catholic centre in Shadbagh in the suburbs of Lahore. However Muslim fundamental-

ists prevented Christians from bagh for a number of years wrote building the church, the source In her congregation's newsletter said. about Columban Father Patrick Over the past 10 years, they only McInnemey's role in the struggle allowed the construction of the to build the centre through diffiparish house and school, he cult times. added. Father Mchmerney inaugurated On 22 October a Mass was the centre at a ribbon-cutting ceroffered for Pope John Paul who emony that was followed by a was elected on 16 October, 1978, shower of flowers. and began his ministry six days The parishioners then offered later. gifts to the Columban priest as Jesus and Mary Sister Mariam tokens of gratitude for his efforts Nortek, who has worked in Shad- at getting Muslim support.

Nuns, priests help beggars turn poverty-bound lives around JAMNAGAR. India (UCAN) Madan Bhai of Bavagram village in the western Indian state of Gujarat says he will not touch his begging bowl again. "We will die, but will never beg," he said, embracing his three children dressed in school uniforms provided by a Church-run centre. The former mendicant now works as a day labourer to support his family. Like Bhai, who is in his late 40s, many low-caste Bavari, used to earn a living by begging. Today, however, many of the traditionally nomadic people send their children to school, village chief Kanhaiyabhai Hetu said

Jamnaben Prakash, a Bavari woman, said she feels proud to see her children go to school. "Education will help our children join the mainstream one day," she told UCA News. The middle-aged woman in her traditional skirt and top works as a volunteer in an adult education program that Rajkot diocese runs in the village. Hetu said such optimism in his people came after some Catholic nuns and priests of Rajkot diocese helped them find an alternative to begging. The Church workers entered the village, some 1,200 kilometres southwest of New Delhi, in 1990.

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"We owe our existence to them." houses that crack during summer Hetu said pointing at some Sisters and collapse in the rainy season. of the Destitute working in the vilNow, they live in houses built by lage's St Joseph Health Centre. the Syro-Malabar diocese. The health centre also runs "They have also been victims of kindergartens, non-formal educa- police brutality and sexual tion, tuition classes, vocational harassment," Sister Veliyil told training and awareness camps for UCA News. women. The Church also provides drinkThe nuns have so far helped set- ing water to their village in tle some 100 beggar families, said Gujarat's Saurashtra region, health centre superior Destitute which is now hit by the worst Sister Doris Veliyil. drought in 100 years. Nomadic Bavari, who sport "They eat only once a day. How beards and long hair are called can they afford a water tank cost"Bava" (religious beggars). ing 750 rupees IUS$161? If we They mostly haunt railway sta- -ignore them, where will they go?" tions and bus stands. Occasional- the nun asked. Bishop Gregory ly, they put up temporary mud Karotemprel of Rajkot described

the Bavaris' rehabilitation as "a success story" of the Church's presence in the region. The Carmelite of Mary Immaculate prelate, who is the second bishop of the 23-year-old diocese, told UCA News that the Church now tries to help the Bavaris survive without letting the new generation return to begging. Bhagwanti Shravan, a Bavari woman, said the nuns also helped them acquire birth certificates, and cards for government food subsidies. Sister Veliyil said some Bavaris such as Bhai now work at construction sites and others have started making iron bird cages.

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23 Nov - Apparitions at Fatima: 30 Nov - Paul's Journeys. Meetings will be held at Casa Frassati Vocations Discernment Centre, 14 Lone Pine Way. Greenmount (behind St Anthony's Church) from 7.30 to 9.30pm. For more information. contact: 9294 4427 or casapgf 4 iinet.net.au SHARING AND LISTENING FOR R ECONCILIATION

IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY "Drawing Closer to a Personal God - lgnation Spirituality". Presenter: Murray Graham (INIGO Centre Director). RE Room (follow signs) John X XIII College, Mt Claremont, 7.30-9.30pm. Tues 7 Nov. Donation for Centre. Details: 9383 0444. 125TH ANNIVERSARY INVITATION Congratulations are extended to the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth on the 125th Anniversary of the founding of their congregation. Anyone who is or has been associated with the sisters is cordially invited to join the Sisters for a shared Eucharistic celebration (followed by morning tea) on Sunday 26 Nov at 9.30am at Our Lady of Grace Church, North Beach. MARANATHA INSTITUTE - MASS AND GRADUATION CEREMONY All present and past students of Maranatha are invited to attend this year's end-of -year Mass and Graduation Ceremony at the Chapel of St Michael the Archangel. Mon 7 Nov, 7pm, Catholic Education Centre, 50 Ruislip St. Leederville. Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Hickey. The Maranatha Institute will also be wishing farewell to Br Des Crowe who has been Director of the Institute for many years. Please bring a plate of food to share a light supper. RSVP: Tues 21 Nov, phone 9212 9311. CONFRATERNITY OF ST MICHAEL The Confraternity of St Michael will present a video and discussion series on Thursday evenings in November: 9 Nov -The Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls: 16 Nov -The Real St Therese:

You are invited to come to listen and share as Aboriginal people tell their stories. Epiphany V incent Pallotti Retreat Centre. 60 Fifth Ave, R ossmoyne. Sun 19 Nov. 10.30am-2pm. Light lunch provided. All welcome. Please ring Denise on 9457 7906 with numbers for catering purposes before Mon 13 Nov. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION AT ST LAWRENCE The Balcatta Parish will be holding a 40-hour Eucharistic Adoration to celebrate Jubilee Year 2000. It begins 6am. Fri 10 Nov and concludes 10pm Sat 11 Nov. All parish groups and parishioners are invited. FINAL COUNTRY DAY OF REFLECTION Held at St Patrick's Church York (designated shrine for Jubilee Year). Join in the pilgrimage Mon 20 Nov. commencing 10am, concluding with Holy Mass 2pm. Speaker for the day: Archbishop Hickey. BYOL, tea/coffee supplied. Inquiries: York 9641 4015, metro 9446 1935. REMEMBERING FR ALBERT LYNCH 10 Nov will be the 100th anniversary of his birth. To celebrate, 11.30am Mass will be offered and his music sung on 12 Nov at St Mary's Cathedral. PRAYER NIGHT Fr Paul Baczynski conducts a prayer night on Mon 6 Nov. at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Canning Highway, East Fremantle. This prayer evening is for healing and also for those and their families affected by addictions. Evening begins with Mass at 7pm.

Sport can help build up civilisation of love: Pope Continued from Page 1 sports appeared directed at Italy, where "Every care is necessary for the safe- concern over the trading of racial epithets guarding of the human body from every during soccer matches has mounted in attack on its integrity, from every exploita- recent months. Following the Mass, a 100-metre dash by tion, from every idolatry," the Pope said. His comments came after controversy junior sprinters and a 200-metre wheelover illegal drug use at the Sydney Games. chair race, representatives of five contiSeveral athletes were disqualified after test- nents presented the manifesto to the Pope. In the document, athletes, coaches and ing positive for performance-enhancing officials pledged to promote sports' healthy substances. Expressing his hope that the Sports Man- Ideals, without falling prey to the "cult of ifesto, presented after the Mass:would lead physical perfection" or the inability to to a "new creative and propelling energy" accept defeat. It called for equality in sports among rich the Pope called on all involved in sports to protect the weak, free young people from and poor nations and respect for the rights apathy, encourage a healthy competitive of the young, who often lose their childhood in their quest for athletic excellence. spirit and work to wipe out intolerance. The highly anticipated soccer match took The Pope's appeal to break down racial, cultural and notional barriers through the place of regular Sunday Serie A games, ,

which were postponed to 1 November to allow team members to participate in the jubilee event. The match turned into a veritable ecumenical and interreligious event, with Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Muslim and Buddhist players participating. "To play before the Pope happens only once in a lifetime. To do it on a team with many religious confessions is exceptional," said Rachid Neqrouz, a Muslim from Morocco who plays defence for Bari, Italy. Before the Mass, cheers drowned out the official Holy Year 2000 hymn and gospel songs when Italy's national team members, sitting in the stands, were featured on the stadium's two TV screens. But the biggest roar of the crowd was reserve4 for the Pope's entrance,

One banner featured an Italian national team shirt with "Giovanni Paolo" written on it - his honourary number, 22, corresponding to the number of years of his pontificate. One Italian university student said he appreciated Pope John Paul's stadium appearance as a "tifoso," or fan. "He's done so much at the human level," said Roberto La Carbonara, 19. "And I think maybe soccer lacks this human aspect," he said, noting that the sport often emphasises profit over the thrill of the game. The whistle blew. and La Carbonara fell silent, content to fix his eyes on the Italian national team, the Pope watching in the stands. Italy and the foreigners tied, 0-0.

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St Mary's Catholic Primary Bunbury

What makes this school tick? One big happy family S

t Mary's school is a co-educational single stream school with classes catering for children from Kindergarten to Year Z some 270 in total. It is nestled in the heart of South Bunbury with St Mary's Church also on-site. With a full lay staff, St Mary's offers a varied and challenging curriculum, modern and up-todate, yet permeated with the care, and concern that Christ-centred learning fosters. In 1904 the Sisters of Mercy began a school in the hall on the present site of St Mary's Church. Former pupils, now in their 90s, recall how the day began with morning prayers; lessons were written on slates with slate pencils. There were no uniforms at the time and memories were of happiness, caring and. companionship. St Mary's Convent School was opened by Bishop Lancelot Goody in 1955. The South Star paper reported on a "brick and tile construction of the school, which consisted of three large classrooms and a room for the Sisters." Today these classrooms are the library, the Year One room and the stockroom. Catholic Schools in the Bunbury district came together to form Bunbury Catholic Primary School during the seventies. At the end of 1992 a new St Mary's Catholic School Board was formed. Today.

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Let the presses roll! Year 5 students show off their newspaper they wrote, took photos for, and designed.

ciliation. Mrs Jo Clark worked closely with her students and their parents. They prepared a beautiful banSt Mary's administration block. ner showing Jesus welcoming the St Mary's offers a varied curricu- children. The children are taught that lum with emphasis in the areas of Jesus is their personal friend and music, liturgy and technology. The music program is well co- is always there for them. The Year 4 class have just ordinated by Mr Ian Mills. It has both a Junior and Senior received the Sacrament of Choir and participates regularly Eucharist. There were a total of 35 and successfully in local candidates. Awareness has been created in eisteddfods, combined schools musicals and the Catholic them that Jesus is spiritual food Schools' Performing Arts Festival. for them as they continue on their The choirs are also invaluable personal journey. Meanwhile, Confirmation was St Mary's Principal John Walker presents awards at Assembly time. for liturgical celebrations and, in particular, the reception of the celebrated on Pentecost Sunday Mary's has a modern up-to-date In St Patrick's Cathedral, and Bish- technology Sacraments. room containing 15 A number of students have pre- op Quinn confirmed some 30 stu- computers. pared for and received the Sacra- dents in Year 7. All classrooms are linked to a Ms Lesley Wunnenberg prements of Reconciliation, Eucharist server and have access to the pared students for the reception and Confirmation this year. world via the Internet. A number of parent meetings of Confirmation. With two digital cameras availSt Mary's School endeavours to are held prior to these events. able for use, students are able to The School Chaplain is Fr Julius, foster a personal relationship -use these tools, and the technolobetween students and their God. who is from Sri Lanka. Parents are recognised as piv- gy, in their projects, research and Fr Julius helps out with all the communication with people and sacramental preparation, school otal in this role and are nurtured organisations near and far. through the School's Sacrament and class Masses and is a good For example, the Year 5 students programs and asked to contribute friend to all at St Mary's School. have compiled newspapers. to the success of these. The Year 3 class recently have taken on the roles Students In keeping with the times, St received the Sacrament of Reconof Editor, reporters, photographers and compilers. They have visited a local newspaper office and have gained much from their real-life hands All systems green in the Year One classroom. on experience. The school also has a Gould League made up of some 20 students from Year 3 and 4 who are keen in the field of Science. Principal: Mr John Walker They have been on field trips in Address: PO Box 247, Bunbury the community, planting young WA 6231 trees and studying local birds and (08) 9721 4877 Phone: their habitats. Fax (08) 9791 3219 Mrs Brown has co-ordinated this Enrolment: 270 boys & girls program and it has been so popK-7 ular that children often give up Email: part of their free time to take part admin@stmarys.geo.net.au Year Four students enjoy the fun of a 'show and tell' session. Big grins for big awards. in the League.

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