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Show Jesus is King at Subi this Sunday By Peter Rosengren The life of Australia's own Blessed Mary of the Cross MacKillop will be a feature of the Great Jubilee Feast of Christ the King at Subiaco football ground this Sunday, 26 November The Disciples of Jesus covenant community's Youth Mission Team will celebrate some of the Great Saints of the Church for the Subiaco crowd. Apart from Blessed Mary MacKillop. among those saints to be remembered are Saints Hildegard of Bingen. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Thomas Aquinas and Benedict of Norcia. Catholic school students will also celebrate the life of assassinated American Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jnr as part of a focus on significant figures of history. Martin Luther King fr r is one of a small group of history's greats or legends whose lives the children have chosen to present to the thousands of Catholics and others expected to attend the
Adam Inks and Amanda Sapienza of Fremantle's Notre Dame University will relay their World Youth Day in Rome experiences to the crowd.
biggest event of the Jubilee in Perth. Others whose lives will be celebrated include Simpson and his donkey, Albert Namatjira, Sir Donald Bradman, Neale Armstrong, Florence Nightingale and Albert Einstein. King is the contribution from Loreto Primary School in Nedlands. Martin Luther King Jnr was a light in the darkness to his people, Min-Americans of the 1950s and 60s, but the legend did not stop with his death. Ever since James Earl Ray assassinated King in Memphis. Tennessee, in 1968. the civil rights leader has been a symbol around the world of courage and justice in the face of institutionalised discrimination. Tim Heath. a Year Seven Nedlands Loreto Primary student, plays the part of Martin Luther King jnr in the short presentation to be given by himself and his classmates. Going through a dress rehearsal in their bright, colourful costumes at Loreto last Wednesday week. Tim and fellow students acted out how King's people drew strength and inspiration from his life, his work - and his death on the long march to equality The 'Legends' presentation will lead the spectacular celebration at the Oval. They will move and perform to the music of The Power of the Dream.' The evening, which is expected to see thousands of Catholics and others from all over Perth attend, will be the biggest response yet from the Church in Perth to the call from Pope john Paul II to celebrate the 2000 years since the birth of Jesus Christ. Nothing quite like it has been seen before in Perth and the celebration will literally be a oncein-a-lifetime event. The presentations, like everything else on the evening, are planned to be visually, musically and dramatically striking.
Tim Heath as Martin Luther King Jnr leads Loreto Primary Schools' rehearsal last week.
Nicola Smith of Mercedes College, left Luisa Perrella, Gassy Keogh, Cassie Caddy, Alexandra Bechaz-Blake - all of St Paul's Primary School in Mt Cawley - and Katrina Hall of Aranmore Catholic College practice in Leederville recently for this Sunday's Subiaco event.
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perform two liturgical movements to the music of Great Southern Land. One insider who had a sneak preview told The Record the liturgical movement will be spectacular. The whole evening will also be a family-friendly event. Transport and parking for attendance have been widely publicised and the celebration has been advertised on several Perth radio stations. Approximately 4.000 seats will be placed on the oval itself for those who are frail, elderly, wheelchair-bound or hearing-impaired and their friends and families. Meanwhile, space to each side of the stage will be available for those with young children to throw down a rug and sit on the ground, although no folding chairs will be allowed in these areas.
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peculation is rife about the choice of a new Auxiliary Bishop for Perth. Names of possible candidates are being confidently put forward causing some of our priests to run for cover! While speculation is inevitable and fairly harmless, I have to repeat what I said before in an earlier Perspective (9 November), that the matter is in the hands of the Pope's representative in Australia, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Francesco Canalini. How he will consult, whom he will consult and when he will pre-
sent names to the Holy Father is Prayer for a new entirely up to him. Auxiliary Bishop This may be completed speedi0 God, Eternal Shepherd, You ly or it may take a long time. My advice is to get on with one's guide us along the right path, you normal duties and leave the mat- are true to your Name. ter to Providence. We thank you for the gift ofFaith Since the appointment of a Bish- that has come to us through the op is a matter of great seriousness Apostles. for the Church, the guidance of Watch over your Church with the Holy Spirit is always sought. loving care. I have distributed a prayer to be Guide and protect the succesused during this time of waiting. sors of the Apostles - Our Holy Please use it personally, in your Father, Pope John Paul II, and the parishes and in your family Bishops you have called to serve prayers. your people.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - A Vatican-convened gathering of lay leaders in late November aims to re-awaken the Church's "sleeping giant" - its laity - by tackling the modern crisis of faith, laity officials said. The Pontifical Council for the Laity Invited some 600 lay leaders from around the world to participate in a 2530 November Congress of Catholic Laity under the theme, "Witnesses to Christ in the Third Millennium." Pope John Paul II was scheduled to attend a Congress Mass this Sunday, 26 November. Organisers said last Monday the Church's future rested with lay people rediscovering and living their Christian vocation. "It's said that the world of the laity is a giant, but a sleeping giant," said Bishop Stanislaw Rylko, secretary of the laity council. "It needs today to be re-awakened." He said congress organisers "propose to exit from the discussion of tangential questions and to look at the nucleus of the problem." which he said was a crisis of faith. Among the questions to be discussed, he said, was, "How does one believe today, and how does one communicate that faith today in a world which is commonly defined as secularised, and even as a post-Christian world?"
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sion of God's love to the world rests primarily with the lay person in the Church. 'That's very important, that the lay person is now perceived since the Second Vatican Council as integrally involved integrally a part of - the very mission of the Church; not an appendage, not a recipient, but an actual, active disciple of Christ," he said on 16 November. The congress' participants include delegates from bishops' conferences and nearly 175 lay movements and communities, lay members of other Christian communities, and some 150 high-profile lay Catholics, like Harvard law professor Mary Ann Glendon and papal biographer George Weigel. Each day the congress is scheduled to open with a talk by a bishop or cardinal, followed by a panel discussion led by five lay people. Organisers said large segments of time had also been set aside for free discussion. Boston's Cardinal Bernard Law was to lead the last day's discussion with a talk titled, -What Sort of Lay People for the Third Millennium?" Though the congress was to be closed to the public, laity council officials said they planned to publish a concluding message and eventually the full acts of the congress. The laity council was to meet in plenary session the day after the congress finished to evaluate and incorporate its conclusions and suggestions.
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Unveiling the Kimberley soul By Peter Rosengren There is nothing else in the world quite like the Aboriginal art of Australia, instantly recognisable anywhere for its distinctive style, ochre colours and symbolic storytelling of Dreamtime legends. In recent years it has become some of the most sought-after art in the world with collectors from New York to Paris prepared to pay out small fortunes to acquire the best examples. Now, Notre Dame University is playing host to a unique exhibition of Kimberley art which, it is hoped, will help raise the funds for a new library and research centre at NDAs Broome campus. And the art which is up for collector's grabs has come from a three-year effort to gather together contributions from Aboriginal artists of the Kimberley, mainly based at current or former Catholic mission sites. Twenty-seven artists have contributed works to the collection. The exhibition and auction of the art is a major project to raise funds for the university library which will service the Kimberley. In its own way, the exhibition, also part of this year's Fremantle Festival, unveils the soul of the Kimberley. Collectively entitled Tainting the future. gifts from country,' the 35 paintings which went on display at NDAs Foley Hall on Saturday have been collected over the last three years from throughout the Kimberley's Tanami and western desert regions Balgo, Mulan, Billtuna, Warmun, Wyndham, Halls Creek and Broome. Among the works on display are pieces by well-known Aboriginal artists such as Queenie McKenzie, Hector Chundaloo, Matthew Gill, Ruby Walgil, Lindsay Haji All and others. The exhibition will be on display until this Sunday. 26 November. The original plan was for the works to be
One of the two people responsible for bringing the exhibition together, Mrs Esther Bevan, a member of the Notre Dame University Broome campus Board of Management, poses at the Fremantle Prvt3 Pet,, ,43seryer campus Aboriginal art exhibition.
sold separately, but it soon became apparent that as a collection the paintings have a special value. The search is now on for a single buyer who will keep the collection Intact. And the library and research centre to be funded by the art sale will house the Broome campus's growing collection of archival material, books and photographs from the region. Apart from the artists themselves, the two people most responsible for bringing this unique collection together are NDA Broome's Sister Pat Rhatigan and Esther Bevan, a member of the campus Board of Management. Both initiated the art project in 1997 as a means of enabling and encouraging people in the Kimberley to contribute to the library.
In some cases, the notion of an auction had to be explained to community councils who were consulted about the process. Mrs Bevan, who lives at One Arm Point on the northern tip of the Dampier Peninsula, not far from Lombadina. told The Record that the artists who had contributed paintings all believed that in contributing to the project they were helping to build something for their children and their grandchildren. She named two of her own favourites from among the collection as being The Story of the Two Willy Wagtail Brothers by Veronica Lulu from the Mulan community in the Western Desert and Mabel Yoomarie's Creation of Wolf Creek Crater, near Bililuna. The stories portrayed in the paintings on display, she said, are ancient and have
invariably been handed down in song and dance to the present. Once an interpreter such as Mrs Bevan is on hand the rhythms and patterns of each painting take on meaning which the ordinary viewer would only be able to guess at. In the case of the Wolf Creek Crater painting, she said, it portrayed how an actual ancient event of a meteorite striking the earth had been seen through the eyes of the people who lived in the area at the time and then handed on down through the generations. The painting shows the people going about their daily business of looking for food - bush potatoes - sitting around their campfires, and then the strike of the meteorite and the fire and destruction as the people fled its impact. Meanwhile, Mrs Bevan said, the art on display is unique. "You can only paint about your own country," she said, pointing out that the true and full meanings of legends are known only to the communities that live in each area. "The people [in each place) are the keepers of their stories and hand them on down from generation to generation," she said, adding: "It's a very sacred thing." In each case the paintings show, in some way, something special about the Kimberley Paintings are of each community's country, their spirit. their Dreaming stories. Mrs Bevan said there is also something else that's special about the exhibition. Iwant people to see that Aboriginal people do care about the education and future of their children." she said, pointing out that in sharing their art each community wants the rest of Australia to get to know something about them, that each part of Australia can respond to the other's differences. Each painting had also been a real gift from every artist, she said. It's the only thing they had to offer."
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Emmanuel's mosaics glitter at Ansett art awards Being "led up the garden path" is something folk at the Enunanuel Centre in Perth, have been clamotuing to have happen. As part of a group entry in the Ansett Golden Wing Art Awards a group of volunteers from the Centre have spent hours producing various mosaic patterns on cement stepping stones, old school desks and even a laundry trough. "Up the Garden Path" was the title given to the installation art and the photo shows what an apt description it is, the Centre's coordinator, Barbara Harris said. "The old school desks became the bases for small hydroponic vegetable patches and the laundry trough was transformed into an aquarium with a mirror bottom for added visual effect," she said. "While this group entry did not win any awards, Geoff Scott, who teaches Australian Sign Language at the Centre, submitted some of his work and won a $300 voucher. "What's in the Box' is the title of his ordinary-looking wooden
Interpreter Ruth Pollard, left, prizewinner Geoff Scott, Ansett's Isabel! Drewnicki, John Fisher and Lila Somers from co-organisers ACROD.
Stepping stones, flower containers and school desks with mosaics.
packing box which reveals a surprise when the lid is lifted." Mrs Harris said Mr Scott's sculpture was also a winner. "A series of five 'signing' hands, some in plaster and others in bronze, conveyed the feeling of active communication," she said. "For Geoff, hands are his lifeline to intercommunication and relationship." The awards were pre-
sented by John Fisher, who was public in buying or exhibiting instrumental in starting the art them, Mrs Harris said. "The next competition 20 years ago to project for the Emmanuel mosaic encourage his own art students at team will be to renew the lunch the Shenton Park Rehabilitation tables with the logo from the Hospital. Inclusion Conference of 1999," More than 200 entries were she said. attracted this year to the Golden "One of the volunteers has Wing Art Awards and the high already sketched out the design; standard of the work produced is the only thing left to do is to break evident in the interest from the up the tiles and get pasting.
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"Shirley, a volunteer at the Centre, has been mixing up the grout and became known as the 'grouch' lady by one of the others, who could not quite get his tongue around the word 'grout.'" People interested in supporting this project can contact Barbara Harris at the Emmanuel Centre on 9328 8113. - Glynnis Grainger
Bunbury's parish priests take on more parishes Some parish priests in the Diocese of Bunbury have had another parish added to their responsibilities, due to a shortage of priests and a decline in population. Bunbury's Bishop Peter Quinn told The Record last Thursday the diocese conducted a survey of future needs 15 years ago. "As a result of this, the diocese included pastoral training programs for lay people and a training program for permanent deacons," he said. "It was foreseeing that with fewer priests resident in parishes, there would be more need for the pastoral services of trained lay ministers and ordained permanent deacons. "A deacon can be in training to be a priest, but since Vatican II permanent deacons are ordained
to assist in the pastoral life of the Bunbury diocese. This is one of the few dioceses which have a number of these permanent deacons, who can be married, working in parishes in the pastoral ministry." Bishop Quinn said, "In the early Church, they were fairly common; after Vatican II they were widely introduced in some countries. according to arrangements." "They fit into an ongoing pastoral program that was foreseen 15 years ago," he said. "At that time, we identified certain localities where re-distribution of priests could take place if needed, or if necessary. "We continue to pray [for] and promote vocations in the diocese because there is still a hope that some of the places might in future have resident priests.
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MEN OF HOSPITALITY LIVING AND PROCLAIMING GOD'S HOSPITABLE LOVE. the suffering ofmy neighbour breaks my heart..." (St. .7ohn ofGod. I54o)
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parishes. "Waroona won't have a resident priest and will be linked with Harvey/Waroona/Yarloop parish under Fr Jess Navarra. from 14 January - for a year's trial after which there will be a review. The Leschenault (Australind. Clifton Park and Eaton) parish priest. Father Adrian van Klooster, is also looking after Brunswick. "The parish priest of Narmgin is also parish priest of Wagin/Dumbleyung - Fr Julius Samarakoon from 14 January. "The parish priest of Katanning/Broomehill - Fr Ignatius Thambuswamy - is also parish priest of Kojonup/Tambellup. "Manjimup and neighbouring Pemberton will have the same parish priest - Fr Pat Rooney:. "The parish priest of Mt Barker will be, from January, the parish priest of Denmark - Fr Wally Kevis - for the past 10 years it has
been cared for by resident Deacon Terry Quinn. The parish priest of Boyup Bmok/Boyanup, Fr John Darbyshire, will share the parish of Dardanup. "Pinjarra has its own resident Sister/pastor and parish administrator and the priests from Mandurah - Fr Ian Johnson from January - will supply the sacramental services." Other new appointments announced by Bishop Quinn in the diocese are, from 14 January: • Albany - Spiritan Fr Paschal Kearney • Collie - Fr Michael Slattery; • Lake Grace - Fr Noel FitzSimons • Margaret River - Fr William Holmes, and • Donnybrook - Franciscan Friar Fr Leo Curran. - Glynnis Grainger
Love is in the air at Youth Ministry One of the great, if not oftenquoted, lines of cinema is delivered by Barbara Streisand in the hit. Hello, Dolly! On hearing that two other characters have announced they are getting married she remarks drily: "Well I hear it's all the rage in New Orleans." Well, it's all the rage at Perth's Catholic Youth Ministry. Karen Prentice, the director, got engaged to Anthony Lunney, on 1 November. Meanwhile, Karen's assistant, Derek Boylen, will marry Karen Geiles on 2 December, at St Lawrence's Church, Balcafta. Karen and Anthony, who met In Sydney, are hoping to celebrate their wedding next October in Sydney. They are not sure where they will settle, but hope to stay in Australia. Anthony is a wine merchant from Britain who can work anywhere in the world. He has worked in the wine industry in the eastern states of Australia, in the Hunter Valley and McLaren Vale, Karen said. "I love my job in the Youth Ministry;Ihave been doing this for nearly three years now in Perth," she said. Karen is a primary school teacher by profession who enjoys "a nice glass of wine." "I do know what I like - not
quite as much as he does," she said. When she was organising World Youth Day, Anthony helped her by volunteering as the CYM T-shirt sales co-ordinator. He hopes to be back in Australia in January and lots of long distance phone calls are taking place between now and then, Karen said. They are both 28. Karen will change her surname to Lunney. Derek Boylen and Karen Geiles met through Stirling Antioch about six years ago, have been going out for the last four and got engaged in February. Both went to World Youth Day in Rome and hoped to get married in the Jubilee Year. Salvatorian priest Fr Tadeusz Seremet will marry them. "Karen IGeiles1 has just been asked to be co-ordinator for the Youth Ministry at Our Lady of Grace parish, North Beach." Derek said. "We welcome anyone who knows us to come to our wedding which starts at 1.30pm. "There will be afternoon tea afterwards in the parish centre so we can talk to people and share our experience of the new sacrament." The couple will probably settle in Yokine. - Glynnis Grainger
Derek Boylen and Karen Geiles at a perfect place for an engaged couple to be: Cana in Galilee.
Angels in the tunnel of love: Karen Prentice and fiance Anthony Lunney snapped at an appropriately-named station on London's tube rail system.
Seminarians put up their hands By Peter Rosengren Three seminarians publicly offered themselves to Archbishop Barry Hickey as candidates for the diaconate and priesthood at St Mary's Cathedral last Sunday morning - and the Archbishop accepted them. Corran Pike, Dat yang and Joseph Lee, however, have all been studying at St Charles Seminary in Guildford for a number of years. Corran, aged 2Z is a fourth-year student at St Charles, while Dat, aged 24, is a ftfth-year student. Joseph Lee, aged 43, is a fourthyear student. At the 11.30am Mass last Sunday morning the three came forward and were presented to the Archbishop by the Rector of St Charles, Fr Tim Corcoran. The Archbishop then blessed the group.
Archbishop Hickey blesses the seminarians.
Shortly before, Archbishop Hickey had asked the St Mary's congregation to pray for the three. If God willed it, each was destined to be a shepherd of the Arch-
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diocese, he said, adding that he hoped Mass-goers admired the generosity of spirit displayed by each man. The third millennium would
Archbishop Hickey, centre, seminary rector Fr Tim Corcoran, right, and St Charles' seminarians outside St Mary's after the candidacy Mass.
bring with it many challenges but the strength of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit would sustain the new priests, he said.
"I ask you to pray for them and that others will step forward to take their place," the Archbishop said.
Jesuit lay associate group suggested at thanksgiving night By Glynnis Grainger Australia's Jesuit Provincial and WA native, Father Daven Day, suggested the establishment of a Jesuit Lay Associate Association in Perth last Saturday at a thanksgiving function for the work of the Jesuits in Perth. Fr Day was speaking at a Liturgy of Thanksgiving held to commemorate the ministry of the Jesuits at St Thomas More College, Crawley, in the College Hall. It was announced in August that the Society of Jesus would relinquish the administration of the college to the Archdiocese of Perth: Jesuit Fr Gerald Brennan will continue as chaplain to the University of Western Australia. in 1948. Archbishop Prendiville brought the Jesuits to Perth." Fr Day told well-wisheTS.
"I say 'thank you' to all of you who have supported us over the years." he said. it is with great regret that we relinquish the leadership (of the College) . . . .
"I would like to see a Jesuit Lay Associate Association in Perth; if you would be interested, I would like to share more of our spirituality with you." Diocesan priest Fr Kevin Long will continue as Rector of the College. Thirty Jesuits have been connected with the College over 45 years. Loreto Sister Anne Carter is currently writing a history of the College. Archbishop Barry Hickey blessed a Society of Jesus Memorial Honour Board last Saturday evening, which was then unveiled by Fr Day. "Tonight is a very historic occasion with happy memories and an occasion of sadness . . . . "I was associated with the College when I was a student at the University of WA." he said. "Fr Stormon was extremely courteous and even invited me in for meals;Ireally appreciated the interest he took in me .. . . "We knew we always had a welcome here at the College; visitors Ifelt1 the special
Mrs Polly Willis, left, Liv Taslim and UWA chaplain, Jesuit Fr Gerard Brennan, enjoy the evening Gra,rgelast Saturday.
atmosphere of the College. It was home to students at UVVA, which was the only University at the time." Archbishop Hickey said, "I thank the Jesuit Fathers as a whole, particularly those who have lived in this College, directed the College and cared for MI for over 50 years." "We have Fr Kevin Long waiting in the wings; he has continued the marvellous tradition set by the Jesuits," he said. Archbishop Hickey said the Jesuit's connection with WA university life had had a very special effect. "I am sorry to see them go but I congratFr Daven Day unveils the Jesuit honour board. ulate them." he added.
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humour, A kingdom not of this world Prayer, hugs, kisses: a Peter Dwan continues with his meditations on the readings for Sunday Mass. This week the Feast of Christ the King.
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oday's great Feast of Christ the the fatherhood of God? If we aren't, we King highlights Christ as the King are rebels, not loyal subjects of Christ of Truth. the King. What are we doing to spread His reign in the hearts of men and Christ's kingship in our world? women is only to the extent that they Are we setting good example, rememaccept his truth and live according to it. bering that while words teach, example The context of the first reading (Daniel attracts. 7:13-14) is that the prophet Daniel had What are we doing to help those who just seen in a dream the succession of don't know Christ to come to know and empires that were going to dominate love Him? his own times. Do we support efforts at evangelisaAfter them will come the Son of Man, tion by our prayers and donations? a Messiah, whose kingdom is not of this In the second reading (Apocalypse 1:5world. 8) we read: " Jesus Christ is the faithful The reading tells how Daniel, gazing witness . . . the Ruler of the kings of the into the visions of the !light, saw, corn- earth." ing on the clouds of heaven, one like a The Feast of Christ the King reminds son of man. us of the social reign of Christ. The reading goes on to say that he We Australians need to elect God-fearcame to the one of great age, presum- ing politicians, who will implement ably the Eternal Father, and was led into Christian principles. His presence. It was a dark day in Australia when an The verses most pertinent to today's agnostic was elected Prime Minister. Feast read: "On him was conferred sovHowever, our task today is to ensure ereignty, glory and kingship, and men that our politicians come to see that of all peoples, nations and languages only pro-life candidates will be elected. became his servants. His sovereignty is This will be very difficult. an eternal sovereignty which shall The reading reminds us that Christ never pass away, nor will its empire be loves us, and our response in love can destroyed." be nothing less than to want our counChrist's sovereignty is an eternal sov- try governed in a way which is in accord ereignty, but it is up to us to ensure that with the truths which He has taught Christ is King in fact as well as in name, The hymn "Hail Redeemer King of ourselves, in the first place, and then Divine" contains the words: "King of of those whose lives we touch. love on Calvary". Are we living lives in harmony with We need to remember that just as Our the truth which he taught, especially Lord proved His Love by suffering for that of the brotherhood of man under us, our willingness to suffer for Christ is
To Jesus through Mary What Happened at Fatima, by Leo Madigan. Published by The Incorporated Catholic Truth Society, London. $9.95 Reviewed by Brian A Peachey
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his book is a gem. It is one of the best commentaries on the dramatic events that took place at Fatima in 1917 and the consequences to the whole human race. The author, Leo Madigan, a New Zealand writer, who has lived in Fatima, Portugal for years, has concisely captured in chronological order, the story of the appearance of Our Lady to three young shepherds, Lucia de Santos and her cousins, jacinta and Francisco Marto. His chief source for the work is Sister Lucia's Memoirs edited by Father Louis Kondor SVD and other documents including Cardinal Sodano's address regarding the "third secret" of Fatima, delivered at the Mass following the Beatification of Jacinta and Francisco on 13 May 2000. He also deals with the consecration of the world and Russia, the dissolution of Soviet Communism and the opening of the "third secret" that Our Lady confided to the children. Its great value, apart from the recording of all the historical events and much of the dialogue, is that it is most readable. Much of what has been published in English on the drama of Fatima is not easy to read, often because of the inten-
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the proof of our love. We need to be prepared to make whatever sacrifices are necessary to keep the commandments. The Gospel (John 18:33-37) comes from St John's Passion narrative, and records Christ's affirmation of his kingship before Pontius Pilate. Christ said: "Mine is not a kingdom of this world." We need to remember that the values of Christ are different from those of worldly kingdoms. While expediency motivates many earthly rulers, as the preface for the Feast of Christ the King says, Christ's kingdom is a kingdom of "justice, love and peace". Unless we work for justice, and are people of love and peace, then we cannot claim to belong to Christ's kingdom. When Pilate asked Jesus: "So you are a king then?" Our Lord replied: "Yes, I am a king. I was born for this.Icame into the world for this: to bear witness to the truth, and all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice." Are we truthful people? This is surely a basic kingdom value, In this world, many politicians try to secure their election by lies, half-truths and false promises. Is the Church a place of truth, or are there attempts to cover up scandals? Are we truthful when we say we can't afford to help a good cause, particularly evangelisation endeavours, or isn't it that we are unwilling to make a little sacrifice in order to be able to do so? It we were truly people on the side of truth, who listened to Christ's voice, and acted on it, we might be surprised just how quickly Christ's kingdom of justice, love and peace would come into our world.
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lion to cover all details and that many have been translated from Portuguese. The style of Madigan's prose and his occasional personal commentary is, at times, reminiscent of Chesterton. Much of his writing is a sheer delight, such as when he is commenting on Our Lady's words that "many souls will go to hell, because there are none to sacrifice themselves and to pray for them." He writes: "this is an explosive statement and one that can only be appreciated after allowing it to marinate In the
wine of personal prayer." Madigan's portrayal of the imprisonment of the three children in "the fetid cell with a melee of adult prisoners" is a graphic little essay covering barely two pages. They were threatened with execution in boiling oil and he surmises that "left alone, Lucia suffered a pm-execution agony which must have been, I hazard, worse than the execution itself." To those who intend to visit Fatima. this book is a must. It covers all the important elements of the drama that one needs to know in 88 pages; it is so easily read and it fits neatly into a shirt packet or purse. It will also be a great reminiscent read for those who have been fortunate to have been to Fatima. But one does not need to have had such an experience to appreciate and enjoy this important work. Every devotee of the Mother of God will gain much from it. It will, I am sure, increase the practice of praying the Rosary every day. If there is a criticism of the work ills that there should have been more footnotes referring to original sources. Part of its value is that it will whet the desire of some to delve more deeply into the mystery of the appearance of the Blessed Virgin to three humble, illiterate children in an insignificant part of Portugal and the impact of the message on the Church and the world.
Christian recipe for marriage
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hat would my advice to newlyweds be, on the basis of how my marriage has been kept together and maintained for 21 years of many happy and good times. First of all, never go to bed angry. Always settle all arguments and disagreements before you "hit the sack" and remember the true words of the late Bishop Fulton Sheen: "The family that prays together stays together." Try to go to Mass as a couple and be seen as just that, the two of you, not just one or the other "going it alone." Keep the lines of communication open at all times and tell each other everything you did during the day of interest, keeping your sense of humour. Remember: He who laughs, lasts, or outlives the serious ones! Most important, and I emphasise this point. Is never let romance die. You are never too old to hold hands, even in public places. Telephone each other daily if out of sight or at work, and never forget to say "I love you" as much as "Thank you Dear Lord for the blessing of my husband/wife and all our blessinQs In life." Hugging and kissing should be daily occurrences: it is surprising the number of couples with children who let these experiences fall away and say to each other "Not in front of the children." I can remember the joy of seeing my father give my mother sweetie kisses on the cheek with their loud noises and feeling good about It, as a child. Calling each other pet names such as "Dear" or "Darling" or "Honeybunch" or "Poodles" or "Poods" as my husband calls me. is endearing and makes your relationship special and individual. Remembering birthdays, anniversaries, and Christmas Day with a memorable gift, or even a home-cooked meal by the other person, and the occasional bunch of flowers - even if they are not red roses, the symbol of love - makes your partner feel special. One does not want to feel "taken for granted" or just a "cook and bottle-washer" in a marriage. Getting away together for an overnighter in a hotel or motel away from the children, or even for a meal in a restaurant or at Hungry Jacks, can be just the treat your husband or wife needs. Men should learn to cook so they can take over in the kitchen, especially if their wife works full-time. And they should remember to spend time with the children every day to make them feel special, too. Nobody wants to be neglected in a family and especially in a relationship as intimate as marriage. A compliment, such as "I like your tie/haircut/perfume" and remembering to take care of personal hygiene and wearing that special aftershave lotion, help make you attractive to your spouse and keep alive the romance. Isuppose I'm old-fashioned, but fidelity, commitment and living for our spouse in marriage Is everything.
'Think about the moment when the heart of Jesus began to beat'
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The miracle of the development of Jesus in Mary's womb should increase people's respect for the mystery of human life, a Vatican official said. Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, said on 16 November at a Vatican health care conference that people should reflect on "the mystery of the development of a human embryo," which was the Word of God made man. With the Incarnation, "an ovum was fertilised wondrously by the supernatural action of God." the Cardinal said. "This
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marvellous union resulted in a zygote with its own chromosomal endowment. But in this zygote was the Word of God. In this zygote the salvation of mankind is encountered," he said. "The creator, the Lord of all things, the second person of the Trinity, the word of the same substance as the Father, was present at each and every stage of embryonic development," Cardinal Castrillon said. Science has allowed people to know the whole physical process of human development, he said. Since Jesus was fully human as well as fully divine, he, too, developed as any other foetus does. A
week after the Holy Spirit came over Mary, he said, the fertilised egg attached to the endometrium -and God reduced Himself to nothing but a human embryo. However, this embryo was the Son of God and in Him was the salvation of mankind." Like all embryos, that which was Jesus began to divide and the cells began to differentiate, forming organs and muscles and bones, he said. "In the first month of pregnancy, when the average foetus is between 0.8 and 1.5 centimetres long, the heart of God started to beat with the strength of the heart of Mary and He began to use the umbilical
cord to nourish Himself from His mother, the Immaculate Virgin," the cardinal said. "The Word of God was absolutely dependent on a human being although He possessed a total genetic autonomy," he said. For nine months He "floated in the amniotic fluid" before being born and seeing another human being, "surely it was His mother," for the first time, Cardinal Castrillon said. That Jesus shared the basic steps of human development should lead to awe at the mystery of creation and to a new commitment to respect and love each person, Cardinal Castrillon said.
Inner conversion: answer to abortion tragedy Archbishop Barry Hickey spoke to the 27 October Cemetery of the Innocents Memorial Service on the Perth Esplanade. The text of his address forms this week's editorial.
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he acceptance of abortion in Australian society, the ease with which it is obtainable and the dulling of consciences - which makes it common - is a surprising and unexpected development, which indicates that something has gone profoundly wrong. One would have thought that those very factors which have led to an acceptance of the rights of people with disabilities, that have produced medical miracles for premature babies and children with severe handicaps, would also lead to the valuing and protecting of babies in the womb Not so! The reverse has happened. As more is known about the origins of human life, as more medical and scientific help is available, the less respect there is for the humanity and, therefore, the inalienable rights of unborn children. It does not make sense. The forces that form public opinion on the matter of abor-
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hank you for the generous publicity you have given to the Cathedral Choir during the past two years, and especially with regard to its recent tour of Europe. However,I would like to correct two statements in the article in last week's issue: 1) The loan for our trip was $79.000. not $170,000 (as was printed). The latter figure was the total cost of the trip for the 31 choristers and myself. The Choir contributed $33,000 and the remainder was raised through our fundraising efforts. 2) The Sistine Chapel choirmaster commented that we were the 'finest boys' choir', not the 'finest-voiced choir' (as was printed) to visit the Vatican. By the way, he said that we could return to sing at St Peter's 'anytime'. But, given the price of such an excursion, it won't be anytime soon! Again, thank you for your support. Fr Timothy E Deeter Master of the Choristers
The Record lion must be very powerful indeed when they turn logic on its head and conclude that babies can be destroyed simply because they are still in the mother's womb. Not even the law can see how illogical this is and the tragic nature of this conclusion. Any attempt to claim that the rights of children take precedence over the rights of women brings about a chorus of condemnation from militant feminists, as is happening right now to the appeal by the Bishops of Australia to the High Court on access to in vitro fertilisation technology. If children's rights are to be considered in the matter of WE how much more are they to be considered in the matter of abortion when the decision is about life and death. Whenever legal or political challenges are made, the basic question is spiritual. Unborn children will not be given proper protection until there is recognition that
their lives are sacred simply because they exist. They are from God, destined to live now and live forever. We will only finally reverse the present disastrous trend when people experience a real inner conversion, see the tragic error of abortion and join in the promotion of the culture of life. As we remember those whose lives have been sadly cut short by abortion, we pray for all mothers that they will treasure the new life within them. Prolifer Michelle Shave at the 27 October CemeWe pray for all fathers that they will tery of the Innocents Memorial. accept their special role in guarding the little life that they have helped to create; true and compassionate witnesses to life, for all counsellors that they will lead peo- ready to help, wherever we can, those ple to a proper understanding of what women who feel that they cannot cope. And let us pray for our society, which abortion really is, and for all doctors and medical staff that they will stop now - already accepts the principle of human tonight - from disgracing their professions rights, but cannot see the contradiction and turn again to the protection and nour- when denying those rights to unborn children. ishing of infant human life. Let us pray for ourselves that we will be Jesus was a human embryo - Page 6
De facto marriages 'no substitute' VATICAN CITY (CNS) In a detailed document on cohabitation, the Vatican said the unique legal status of marriage and the family must be defended as indispensable goods for society. Far from merely being traditional models, the document said marriage and the family expressed the most fundamental truths about human love and social relations - a truth it said Christian families were called to make apparent with their lives. The 77-page document. Family, Marriage and 'De Facto' Unions, was released at the Vatican last lliesday. 21 November. The Pontifical Council for the Family prepared the document after consultations with family experts from around the world. Cardinal Alfonso Lopez 'frujillo, the council's head. said. on 15 Cardinal nujillo said he hoped the docu- Those gathered for the Jubilee for Families way Pope John Paul makes his as cheer October lawto ment's reflections would be useful Press p,,,c)to St Peter's Square. p to AS makers and to Church leaders, as well as in through generating a wider social dialogue about the ed throughout and summarised in the conessential value of the traditional family to soci- clusion. was: "The family is a necessary and indispensable good for the whole of society, ety. The document analyses different forms and and it has a real and proper right in justice to possible causes of cohabitation, lays out a be recognised, protected and promoted by the series of arguments for favouring the family whole of society." It said insisting on unique rights for marbased on marriage over "de facto unions," and riage and the family "does not mean presumexamines the roots of Christian marriage. While married and cohabiting couples claim ing to impose a given behaviour 'model' on to base their relationship on love. it said, only the whole of society, but rather the social need the love of married people has been trans- for recognition, by the legal system, of the formed by a personal and public commitment. Indispensable contribution of the family "It does not seem reasonable to hold that the based on marriage to the common good." The Church's opposition to "de facto" unions vital functions of family communities, whose nucleus is the stable and monogamous insti- often might seem, it acknowledged. "merely tution of marriage, can be carried out in a defensive, thus giving the impression that the large-scale, stable and permanent way by Church only wants to maintain the status quo, merely emotional forms of cohabitation," it as if the family based on marriage were simply the cultural model (a 'traditional' model) said. The document's main thrust, repeatedly stat- of the Church that it wants to keep, despite the
great transformation in our era." To combat this appearance, more must be done to highlight the positive aspects of married love, it said, especially through the witness of married couples and families. "To the disillusioned men and women who ask themselves cynically 'Can anything good come from the human heart?,' it is necessary to be able to answer them: 'Come and see our marriage, our family." it said. The document called on politicians to not only oppose efforts to give other types of personal unions "marriage rights." but to work for "the energetic and systematic promotion of organic family policies, which consider the family based on marriage as the centre and motor of social policy." Lawmakers, especially Catholics, had a "grave responsibility" to oppose efforts to give so-called same-sex unions juridical recognition, it said. The document said that greater care must be taken within the Catholic community to prepare couples for marriage. It said pastors must take into account "human fragility" and individual reasons when they are assessing specific cases of cohabiting couples. but "understanding circumstances and respect for persons are not equivalent to a justification." One option for the pastor is to seek to regularise the couple's union, the document said. In conjunction with the cohabitation document, the family council released an eightpage statement of conclusions from its 11-13 October congress at the Vatican on the theme, "Children: Springtime of Family and Society." The conclusions underscored the importance, especially in regard to children and society's future, of legislative protections for the marriage and the family.
Armadale sculptor lends his talent to Ballajura parish The project came about Over 350 people gathered opened at a page about kangarecently to see the Federal mem- roos - a symbol of Australia, gum because the then member for ber for Cowan, Graham nuts and leaves lie at the figures' Cowan, Richard Evans, encourEdwards, and Ballajura parish feet, Mary is seated on a box aged the Ballajura community priest Fr John Jegorow team up with a "Cobb and Co address to apply for a grant from the Fedlast Sunday to unveil and bless label' remembering the pio- eration community projects a statue of a great Australian and neering days and Mary's many fund in mid-1998. Subsequentfounder of the josephites - journey's throughout Australia. ly, Mr Edwards supported the project and a grant of $20.060 Blessed Mary MacKillop - at the "The three children surround- as made available. recently built church also ing the figure of Mary bring a named in her honour. Fr Jegorow paid tribute to pasvitality and dynamism rarely toral worker Sister Margaret A life's masterpiece by Perth seen in contempary art." said O'Sullivan - currently working sculptor Gerard Darwin depicts a 24-year-old Mary MacKillop josephite Province leader Sr in Ireland - who originally seated in the open air at Penola Alma Cabassi who led some of brought the spirit of Mary MacKillop to Ballajura and in South Australia teaching the the prayers. Mr Darwin laboured for many liaised with the Government children of poor colonists to read. months with the help an once the grant was approved. Some of Mr Darwin's works Mr Edwards explained to Armadale parishioner Carol parishioners and visitors the Jones and his three grandchil- will be on display at the symbolic allusions crafted into dren Ruth, Rachel and Joshua, Armadale Church Fete this Saturday, 25 November. the statue: the reading book is as life models for the work.
Gerard Darwin, left, with his life models for the sculpture of Blessed Mary: Carol Jones and his grandchildren, Ruth, Rachel and Joshua.
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Christian Family Living
Nine-point 'midwife' guick for parents of teenagers By Mary Jo Pedersen
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um: "Hi Pete, how was school today?" Pete: "OK." Mum: "Did you have that big math test?" Pete: "Yeah." Mum: "Well, how'd it go?" Pete: "OK." Mum: "Anything else new?" Pete: "No." Mum: "What's going on this weekend?" Pete: "Nothing much." Pete has dropped his books and jacket, completed the refrigerator and cupboard pass, and is headed for his room. Sound familiar? To Mum, this is the familiar daily effort to get to know her teenage son. To Pete, it's the daily parental interrogation. Parents are not likely to get to know everything they want to know about their teens. A teen's intense need for privacy and autonomy clashes with the Parent's increasing curiosity about what that child actually is doing in his or her room locked up for hours. Teens want to appear grown up, independent and self-sufficient, so they usually aren't willing to reveal their vulnerable side to parents or anyone else. Teens also are working hard at trying to figure out who they are. "Don't go trying to figure me out," said one frustrated daughter to her Inquisitive dad. "I'm not even sure who I am or what I'm doing, so go figure!" Despite these developmental hurdles, parents can take some practical steps toward knowing their teens better.
Here are nine practical ways parents can protect and nurture their children by knowing more about them. 1. Stay involved in their lives. Despite the embarrassment some children feel about having a parent around, be a steadfast presence. Get involved in school activities. Volunteer even if they ask you not to. Get to know the leaders of the youth group at church, the teachers at school, sports coaches and your children's boss at work. 2. Tune into the teen subculture, as unappealingas ft may seem to you. Read the school newspaper, glance at a teen magazine now and then. (You don't have to subscribe to magazines that ridicule your values, but become aware of what is in them.) Familiarise yourself with the TV shows teens watch, their music and the movies they see. Engage them in conversation about the messages society gives them. Voice your concerns and values, without beating your teens over the head. 3. Be around, be supportive, be at home as often as you can. Sometime after puberty, teens want to isolate themselves. Don't encourage teens to isolate themselves from the family by allowing telephones, televisions or
Individual computers in each child's room. Sharing resources is part of life training. 4. Celebrate your child's l ife around birthdays, holidays, exams, important sports events. Acknowledge "firsts" like first shave, first date, first car use, first paycheque. You can do this with special foods, privileges, affirming words, pictures or whatever suits your teen. This lets them know you value their experience and are interested in their lives. 5. Pray for your children. Let them know you are praying for them when they take the driver's examination or chemistry test. Ask them to pray for you and your special needs. The more you tell them what is going on in your life, the more likely they will be to share their concerns with you. 6. Have family meetings regularly to create a family calendar. Catch up on what is happening with each family member and plan ways to support one another in the coming weeks. You will find simple guidelines for family meetings wherever parenting resources are available. 7. Talk with other parents. Form informal networks with other parents.
8. Be observant. Respect your children's privacy, but know what is going on in their space. Enforce sonic cleanliness standards that require a degree of parental inspection of bedrooms and other teen spaces on a regular basis. Start when they are young so that these room checks are not a sudden infringement on privacy. If you find something suspicious and don't know how to approach your child about it, ask a counsellor or call a parent-assistance line about how to proceed. 9. Know what is normal adolescent behaviour. Many good books or articles on teen growth and development are available. Next to blood-pressure medicine,
this information helped me keep my cool when teenagers' behaviour was incomprehensible to me! An essential element in knowing a child has to do with understanding and respecting his or her uniqueness. Like snowflakes and butterflies, each child is a singular creation. Comparing your teen to others gives the impression that you really don't appreciate or know who he or she is. Knowing and respecting each child's unique gifts and limitations is a life-long task for parents - a task worthy of great effort. Why? Because knowing and loving children that way reflects for them the kind of love their Creator has for them. No parent does this perfectly. just being faithful to the effort is sufficient.
Pour water of affirmation on your children Brother, for lifelong growth, health, happiness mother, and gentle father By Dan Luby
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id you know that St Paul compared himself and his companions, Silvanus and Timothy, to a nursing mother? To the community in Thessalonica, Paul wrote: "We were gentle among you, as a nursing mother cares for her children" (1 Thes 2:7). Describing their motherly ministry among the people, he continued: "With such affection for you, we were determined to share with you not only the Gospel of God, but our very selves as well, so dearly beloved had you become to us" (1 Thes 2:8). St Paul also compared himself and his companions to a caring father: "As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his children" (1 Thes 2:11). We do not think of Paul as a nurturing person - our image of Paul is of a strong, zealous, fearless apostle facing and overcoming every obstacle in order to preach the Gospel everywhere. But Paul had another side. He loved the communities established by his ministry. He also loved every member in the communities. Of course, Paul was strong-willed. As he wrote to the community in Thessalonica, "We were able to impose our weight as apostles of Christ" (1 Thes 2:7). But he did not do that. Ministering to the communities, he was a brother, a nursing mother and a gentle father.
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tfuhis new "old" house, my brother Jack proudly was showing his carefully lly planned backyard garden to his siblings. Moving from vegetable patch to shade garden to flower beds to compost pile, I was struck by the similarities between good gardening and families. In both, illusion is the enemy of success. In the social climate surrounding families, what is expected of children and parents often doesn't match the realities of personality and circumstance. While parents need to provide clear vision and values, they also need respect for the unique constellation of gifts, interests and experiences brought to the table by each family member. My brother's garden is thriving, but getting It to that point required a major investment of time and energy In similar fashion, a family that is nurturing is a labour-intensive enterprise. Without consistent, focused effort, it is easy to find that the ongoing tasks that enrich family life - meaningful conversation, shared work, common meals, play, laughter - evaporate like dew in the hot summer sun. That means parents and children have to make choices, sometimes weeding out even appealing options in order to ensure sufficient time and opportunity for each other. Not that new possibilities don't have a place. Helping children to bloom where they're planted provides a crucial stability. But if we never nudge them outside their comfort zones of familiar friends and activities, conversation and ideas, we risk stunting their spiritual and emotional growth. Walk through any neighbourhood nursery and you'll see that Even the most specialised
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tools and exotic nutrients are useless without sufficient water. In families, the water that sustains healthy children is simple, consistent affirmation. Nothing causes children to wither more devastatingly than being ignored. But loving touch, respectful speech, appropriate inclusion in conversation and decision making, an approving notice - these are rain to the thirsty young child's roots and lay the foundation for lifelong health and growth. When my brother decided he wanted a garden, he sought help wherever he could find it. In the same way, no parents can provide for a child's every need. Smart parents recognise their limitations
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and draw upon community resources for assistance. Aunts and uncles, grandparents, friends and neighbours, teachers, coaches and youth ministers can all be important allies, helping parents give children what they need. The last stop on Jack's garden tour brought us to a fence festooned with slender green tendrils and delicate purple flowers. It was, he said, a "volunteer" - a plant usually identified as a weed but which he recognised as beautiful. It reminded me of the role of grace in creating healthy, vibrant families. In the final analysis, the beauty of a garden and the beauty of a life-giving family both have the quality of blessing.
Christian Family Living
Christian families join for communal Rottnest holiday Sometimes, it appears as if Christian families are more and more isolated in a society that tries to deny the truth of married family life. Glynnis Grainger spoke to some Catholics who help organise a group holiday for Christian families each January on Rottnest island for the last 14 years
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Marriage Encounter-inspired organisation of Christian family holidays on Rottnest Island each ChristmasNew Year celebrates 14 years existence this January. The Rottnest camps were originally held for five years at Bremer Bay as part of Marr age Encounter by Fr Pat Rooney and Eileen and Roly Bott, present day co-ordinator Pauline Kalbfell told The Record last week. Mrs Kalbfell said the 'Rottnest Experience' as the holiday was known, was a unique annual event that had been Initiated by Kingston Cup tennis champions! mainly Catholic families seeking a summer wish. Bathrooms are mainly communal, holiday within a Christian and supporting with big dressing areas. environment. The Kalbfells supply a booking pamphlet This January's communal holiday is from gives details of what people need to which Saturday, 6 January, to Sunday, 14 January, bring, such as tennis racquets, snorkling at the Kingston Barracks on Rottnest Island. Relaxing on the verandah after tea at Kingston Barracks gear, and sunscreen: most people bring their It aims to build community and is ideal for areas, island and visit the gun too tours on the Pauline said of the bikes. the evening meal," own teenage children, children with disabilities World War underground tunnels from the attend. is a nursing post on the island with or so people who There and single parents. "There is a lot of individual time allowed II, the inland lakes and see the inland birds, a nurse available for any injuries or health It is also ideal for families on a budget as It costs $14 per bed per night, for all age for at least some hours in the day and for as the Aboriginal burial grounds, and the light- problems. houses. "The Army Barracks does the catering, and long as they like. groups. "Parents let their children loose on the ordering is done in advance, which is a bit "We have one concert per holiday and a Pauline said most people take their own simple breakfast and lunch, and meals were tennis tournament for adults and children; Island with a fair degree of safety," Mrs cheaper," Mrs Kalbfell said. "There is always tea and coffee available provided in the dining room or cafeteria at the rest of the time people get together as Kalbfell said. Families can request to be put together and a big dining room, where people are the Barracks, with moms where BYO meals groups." expected to have their dinner. Eileen Bott told The Record games are with friends. can be eaten. of roughfamilies together "We try to put the hall, including going all the time in "People can buy their breakfast and lunch Families can have reunions - people come People may request age group. ly the same disco was held. i n the Barracks' cafeteria, if they don't bring Scrabble, and a world for the camps. from all over the Mrs Kalbfell said some people stay for the private rooms for special needs such as for their own for their family." Pauline, from Bunbury, said she and her Pauline or John Kalbfell can be contacted husband John had been attending the eight days, some stayed for less - "you feel those with young babies or the elderly" or ethnic any religion can be of in eight days." People on 9725 2418 (h) or 97974343 (w) for further part of the family l ike you're camps for about nine years. People take advantage of the numerous group and people can invite whom they • information or bookings. "We become a 'tribe' for a week and share
Christian Brother's networking sparks success By Anthony Barich
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fter only a year in existence, the Aboriginal Football Academy at Clontarf has proved a great success, with three Australian Football League draft picks selected from the group for the 2001 season. Clontarf student Andrew Krakouer (son of North Melbourne legend Jimmy) was drafted to Richmond, Dion Woods was snapped up by Fremantle and Mark Williams went to Hawthorn In the draft-pick earlier this month. But, according to academy founder Gerard Neesham and academy board member, Christian Brother Kevin Ryan, the success goes deeper than that - to a spiritual level. Br Ryan induced the spark of inspiration for the academy when he introduced inaugural Fremantle Dockers coach Neesham to Academy principal Donella Brown, and the academy was born. Neesham was initially employed on a part-time basis to give the students some extra recreation through coaching, but his amazing success and ability to communicate with the young men led to the academy being established. Neesham, who blooded a Dockers outfit renowned for its high percentage of Aboriginal players (club champion Dale Kickett and North Melbourne premiership player Winston Abraham among
Ben Allan, left, and footy legend Barry Cable, with the winning Clontarf Aboriginal Football Academy team earlier this year at Subiaco Oval.
them), was well versed in developing raw talent. "The students in the football academy not only benefit in fitness and football skills," Br Ryan said, "but are taught discipline and a sense of team work, which are complemented by spiritual development, cultural awareness and their own academic progress and preparation for employment
- or future studies.' "It has exceeded all expectations in its first year, including winning the Quit Cup, and has been hugely successful in moulding the maturity of the students. "The stability of numbers in the coaching clinics has been high and students have even gone on to coach primary schools themselves."
Academy principal Donella Brown saw a direct link between the core Christian values that were taught and play on the football field. "We get the students to look at themselves, not only as individuals but to remind them of who they are and teach them not to forget where they come from, to respect their family," Ms Brown
said. "We teach them the academy's core values, which include self-worth, pastoral care, reconciliation, ensuring Aboriginal spirituality is recognised. family values and instil the importance of education, so that they have a life after football." Inaugural Dockers Captain Ben Allan had the job of refining the raw talent that already existed in the Aboriginal boys. "Our job was not to make AFL stars out of them." Allan said. "Our main focus was on teaching them the discipline of training three times a week since February. "We don't care who kicks the most goals or anything, we focus on the importance of being there for each other." He said students could not afford to "get into strife" outside of school, because "if they get suspended they can't go to school, and if they can't go to school they can't be in the football team." "So they let everyone down if they miss even one training session." Ms Brown sang Allan's praises of his ability to work with the boys. "He is very good at teaching the boys the Christian value of putting others first, even on the football field," Ms Brown said. "It's doesn't have to be a dog-eatdog scene. They have to think of others if they want to build relationships with their team mates and coach, and build respect. "Those values can be carried on to life outside football."
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Fr. Tom O'Donovan SJ with Bishop Gabriel Kujur Si., from our Daltonganj Diocese.
Fr. Kevin Cronin SJ. 48 years in India.
Fr. Philip Crotty SJ., 48 years in India.
Caring for India's poorest families Since 1951 hundreds of priests and nuns have left their families, their friends and their comfortable lifestyle to share their faith and to bring hope and love to families desperately needing it. The Australian Jesuit Mission in India is situated in one of the poorest and most backward areas of India. Most of the seven million inhabitants live in perpetual poverty. Over 5.5 million village people have no electricity, no sewerage and most lack an adequate water supply. Families do not average two meals a day. The priests and nuns are affected by the cruel poverty they encounter as they move about our vast region. The hardships and the early deaths of children concern them greatly. This brochure surveys the plight of neglected village people. As you read on, try to visualise what life is like for these impoverished families. How helpless they are without education and material assistance. Try to realise the problems that beset priests and nuns, teachers, nurses, and village development personnel in trying to bring aid and hope to these families.
, Fr. Hans Hendriks SJ., 48 years in India.
Australian Jesuit Mission in India cares for the poorest of the poor
Fr. Bill Dwyer SJ., 48 years in India.
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Clarist Sisters Grace and Vimla in Hazaribag.
Fr Gavin O'Sullivan S.J. 4 7 years in India.
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Families in neglected areas struggle to survive
Village families suffer extreme privation for want of basic necessities. They do not have enough water, cannot grow enough food and cannot get enough employment to feed themselves adequately. Their crops provide two meagre meals a day for 5 to 6 months When their food runs out they must rely on a unhealthy jungle diet for their one meal a day. This leads to weakness and malnutrition and many become sick and ill. Hunger and disease always strikes at weak and malnourished children. Mothers need health care centres close by where their needs can be attended to and their infants cared for. Mothers need advice on how to care for children and what to do when sickness occurs. Many sick people suffer and die without ever seeing a doctor or nurse, or knowing the comfort of adequate medical care.
Above is a typical village dwelling where the average family of 5 children live, eat and sleep on the floor. There is no electricity, sewerage or laid-on water. Household possessions include a few cooking pots, some glasses and plates and several food and water containers. Babies are born in village dwellings without the assistance of a doctor or nurse who could protect infants from unhygienic conditions and practices. Of the children who survive 5 years many will live on with ill-health and poor growth, unable to develop to their full mental and physical potential.
It is not right that families should endure such harsh living conditions Exhausting days for mothers
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The lack of water for many months is a big problem. Extremely high t emperatures affect our region and people need to drink lots of water. Some 4 to 5 months before the monsoon arrives many water resources dry up. Women spend hours every day searching for water for family use. With so little water available, cooking and eating utensils are left unwashed or "cleaned" in the soil, children are not bathed, clothes are unwashed, crops wither and die. Over 50% of water is unfit to drink.
The heavy work loads which women endure are just far too much. They grow most of the food, weed most of the fields, fetch most of the water, collect most of the fuel, feed most of the animals. And when their work outside the home is done, they light the kitchen fires, cook the meals, clean the compounds, wash the family clothes and look after the old and the ill. And they bear and care for many children. That work load, coupled with their lack of education, are the most significant barriers to the improvement of their own and their children's welfare. A T LEFT Most meals are prepared on the ground. A T RIGHT. The village laundry is beside the village wet
A village woman was asked what she thought good health would be like. "When I can finish the day not feeling TOTALLY EXHAUSTED" was her reply.
A rather overcrowded village classroom with late arrivals wondering where they can fit in.
Priests and nuns need your continuing support...
A report from the World Forum on Education lists multiple data that 'education of girls is the surest way to reduce poverty.
1. To train and equip medical teams for villages that have no health care. 2. To provide adult and child education in the poorest villages. 3. To finance self-help schemes for farmers to help them increase food production. The most effective way of helping these people who struggle to survive is through education and health care. Education enables them to develop skills, to gain employment and to improve their standard of living. Health care enables them to care for themselves and their families and to increase life expectancy. Whatever you give will be gratefully acknowledged. Donations are tax deductible. May God bless your generosity, and be assured you will be remembered in the Masses and prayers of our Missionaries as well as those of the poor families you help. National Director, Father Tom O'Donovan, SJ., Australian Jesuit Mission in India (Est. 1951), PO Box 193, North Sydney, NSW, 2059. I enclose $ for education and health care in India. I pay by cheque n Visa Card ri
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Children and especially babies need educated mothers.
As disadvantaged village people see what the Missionaries are doing to improve family welfare and quality of life, there is an ever increasing appeal for more Community Care Centres. However, fund are limited and the ability of the Missionaries to answer this appeal is limited only by the generosity of our benefactors.
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Fea tures The mord 100 years With Mary Busher, Perth Catholic Church Archives volunteer
Excerpts from the WA Catholic Record 24 November, 1900.
Care with money The Record's Bridgetown correspondent wrote urging readers to be careful over money matters. "A Bridgetown resident had a prize boar taken ill. He wrote to the Government vet. re advice. A reply was received, with an account for 10 shillings and sixpence, and advising that medicine would follow. When the medicine arrived there was another bill for 9 shillings and sixpence. I think this Government officer could have sent his advice without charging 10 shillings and sixpence as he is paid by the Government."
Ex-bushranger
Editorial comment on a claim by the Morning Herald newspaper that the late Major Pelly, of the Survey Department, was identical with the person, Frank Pearson who in the late sixties had been a bushranger known in the Eastern colonies as Starlight. "If this claim is true there has been a marked reformation of character. Major Pelly was a constant reader of the WA Catholic Record and that speaks for itself."
Readers sought A full page advertisement sought more subscribers for the Record, posing the question, "why don't more Catholics support their own newspaper." *Who will champion the cause of your faith, the inheritance given you by your forefathers. Can you hope the secular press will do so? No. Stand boldly forth as your forefathers did. Be not afraid that a Protestant should see a Catholic paper in your hands, or home. Show that in WA you, as Catholics, have not degenerated in leaving your fatherland."
Wine wins medal A report from the Eastern Districts: "The Coorinja vineyard Company at Toodyay has secured a bronze medal at the Paris Exhibition. Other lbodyay wines exhibited in Paris by Messrs Dennasson, Kisten and Vaughan secured honourable mentions. As stated before, this part of the glorious West will eventually be cited as the Rhineland of the Eastern districts."
Intelligent design argued By Tracy Early
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group of scientists, philosophers and mathematicians associated with the Discovery Institute in Seattle argue that the universe cannot be explained apart from a concept of Intelligent design. Although Darwin's theory of natural selection remains the prevailing orthodoxy, it cannot explain all the evidence known to science today, they say. Advocates of the "intelligent design" theory presented their views on 1 November at a press briefing in New York. They were en route to New Haven, Connecticut, for a conference from 2-4 November sponsored by the Discovery Institute and an independent agency at Yale University, the Rivendell Institute for Christian Thought and Learning. Participants in the press briefing said they were not arguing on the basis of biblical authority, or insisting that Genesis must be read as a scientific text teaching that the universe is only a few thousand years old. Their position does not represent a continuation of the sciencereligion debate, but is a dispute between two competing science perspectives," they say. Michael Behe. a Catholic participant in the briefing and a professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Philadelphia, said most people associated with the movement represented by the Discovery Institute appeared to be evangelical Protestants. He said he was taught Darwinism and came to accept it in
A NASA artist's rendering shows two Saturn-sized worlds orbiting distant suns outside Earth's solar system.
parochial school, but evidence general laws. And Catholics are in from his field later convinced him a better position to interpret the that Darwin's theories did not pro- development of life in the womb vide adequate explanations. when they take the approach of In 1996, he published Darwin's intelligent design, he said. Black Box arguing that the "irreOthers participating in the press ducible complexity" of the cell led briefing were David Berlinski, a to the conclusion that "life was mathematician at the Universite designed by an intelligent agent." Interdisciplinaire in Paris; Interviewed at the press brief- William Dembski, a philosopher ing, Behe said that Christians and mathematician who holds a would not necessarily have to be research position at Baylor Unidisturbed by Darwinian evolu- versity in Waco, Texas; and tion, and could take the view that Jonathan Wells, a biologist on the it harmonised with belief in staff of the Discovery Institute. divine creation by natural law. Also at the briefing was Stephen "But some people use Darwin- Meyer, a specialist in the philosoian evolution as a stick to attack phy of science who is on the staff Christians believers and the of the Discovery Institute as direcChurch," he said. tor of its Centre for the Renewal "So it is good for priests and oth- of Science and Culture. ers to know the hidden philosoThey said recognition of intelliphy of scientism and naturalism gent design did not automatically behind it." lead to any specific theological He said that he did not think cre- conclusions about the source of ation could be adequately the design, though many people explained by the working of some would of course say it was God.
Bernadette: incorruptible in life and death
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ernadette Soubirous was seemed to say the Rosary with the daughter of a very Bernadette. On subsequent occapoor miller in Lourdes. in sions she spoke to the girl, in her Southern France. native Basque dialect requesting She was put into service at the prayer. penance and a chapel to age of twelve, but returned to her be built on the site. parents' home when she was Bernadette was poor and illitfourteen to prepare for her first erate, and the priests and local Communion. bishop did not believe in her On 11th February 1858, some vision. days after returning home, she They constantly demanded that was collecting firewood with her she ask the woman's identity. sister and a friend on the banks Finally, on the 25th March, the of the river Gave. Vision told Bernadette. in While her companions were Basque, "I am the Immaculate wading across the river, Conception." Bernadette saw a beautiful By this she meant that she was woman standing in a niche in the the Blessed Virgin Mary, the only rock of a grotto nearby. human being conceived without This woman wore a white robe, Original Sin. This doctrine had tied with a blue sash, a white veil only been defined by the Church covering her head, a golden rose four years earlier and was not at her feet and a rosary hung common knowledge among the from her right hand. laity, let alone poor children. She appeared to be sixteen or The ninth time that Mary seventeen. At this first apparition, appeared to Bernadette, she the woman said nothing, but ordered the girl to dig a hole in
Hotel praised
Praise for the newly renovated Goldfields Club Hotel, on the corner of Pier and Wellington Streets, Perth. "This hotel is now one of the most commodious and best in Perth. It is possessed of all the latest appliances, plunge baths, shower baths and electric light throughout. It has a splendid billiards room.
Wells said the movement for acceptance of intelligent design was "definitely growing," but that "we're still very much in a minority." Some support comes from New Age followers who object to scientific reductionism, another participant said. Dembski had just gone through a major dispute at Baylor, a Southern Baptist institution that has been in reaction to fundamentalist trends in its denomination. After a centre he was directing at Baylor held a conference in April on intelligent design, so much hostile reaction came that the faculty senate called for dissolving the centre and a peer review committee was set up to review his academic work. The release of the committee's report on 17 October and Dembski's critical reaction to it led Baylor to remove him from his post as centre director on 19 October. Dembski said he still had a research post at Baylor, but was "probably the most hated man on campus." Other participants in the press briefing said they saw "dogmatic Darwinists" insisting on traditional naturalistic and materialistic theories to "keep a stranglehold on political influence and power." They also suggested that Darwinian theories were used to undercut the sense of moral responsibility for human actions. But their acceptance of intelligent design does not necessarily mean that they reject all of Darwin's work, or deny that his theories serve any explanatory purpose, they said. Their view is evolution by natural selection does not explain everything. - Catholic News Service
A grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at Our Lady's Assumption parish, Diane.%
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historian Dr Jennifer Skerritt sheds some light on Catholic history to mark 2000 years of Christianity. This week: Saint Bernadette, 1844-1879
the mud, to wash her face and and write, completed her relidrink the water that filled it. gious instruction, and kept her Most of the crowd that had reasonably protected until she taken to attending the grotto could enter their congregation. thought that Bernadette had She had hoped to become a gone mad. but after she had left Carmelite, but her health was too clear water began to run from poor. Instead Bernadette joined the spot revealing a miraculous the Sisters of Notre Dame at Nevspring. era in 1866. Within a week the spring was She was often sick and in pain, producing 145,500 litres of water but passed her remaining years a day, constant to this day. in prayer until she died at the age Its miraculous properties of thirty-five. quickly became apparent; the Mary had said to her, "I cannot waters restored a dying child, promise you happiness in this gave sight to a blind man and world, but in another."Thirty cured the withered arm of a preg- years after her death, nant woman. Bernadette's body was dug up, Thousands of people flocked to from a rather damp grave, as part pray, breaking down the barri- of the process of canonisation. It cades set up by civil authorities. was discovered at this time that Finally in 1862, the bishop of Bernadette is "one of the most Tarbes declared that Mary the spectacular of the incorruptMother of God did appear to ibles." This means that Bernadette Soubirous at Lour- Bernadette is a saint whose body des. He also took steps to have has not decayed. Unlike many the chapel built as requested by incorruptible saints, who look Our Lady. like they have dried out, After the visions, Bernadette Bernadette looks as though she was taken into the house of the is sleeping. Sisters of Notre Dame at LourLourdes is one of the most des. Important pilgrimage sites in the Bernadette was in very poor Catholic Church, and is credited health, partly as a result of her with many miracles, a significant family's poverty, and she could number of which have been scinot manage the hordes of visitors entifically verified. It is also an who came to see her. important centre for prayer and The Sisters taught her to read Marian devotion.
International News, Features
Is this the beginning of a McDonald's theology? By John Mavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) - As Americans gathered around the table for Thanksgiving this year, theologians in Italy were debating whether such formal and drawnout meals were morally superior to fastfood fare. Massimo Salani, who teaches at a theological institute in Pisa, struck a nerve when he declared that the invasion of Europe by McDonald's and other quick-stop eateries signalled the "complete neglect of the sacred nature of food." Burgers and fries are certainly not a "Catholic" type of meal, he told the Italian newspaper Avvenire in early November. He said fast food seems to correspond more with a Protestant individualism than with the Catholic tradition of community meals. Avvenire chimed in with its own editorial, lambasting the "monstrous regression" represented by fast food: "People eat anything, at any hour, in any way, next to - not together with - anyone. They eat standing up, with their hands." Other papers picked up the story, adding the piquant headline: -Theologian excommunicates the hamburger!" At the Vatican, church officials took it all with a grain of salt. -These are silly things.I don't consider it a serious argument, that hamburgers are considered 'Protestant' or non-Christian," said Swiss Father Georges Cottier, the papal theologian. "Personally, I don't like the food of
McDonald's in a city like Rome, which has exquisite cooking. But it's a question of taste - let's not bring religion into it," he said. Father Cottier, who said he usually dines frugally but unhurriedly in his Vatican apartment, acknowledged that eating habits are moving away from sit-down to stand-up in much of the world. It's a reflection of the more frenetic work pace, even in places like Italy, where a sandwich grabbed at a local bar has replaced mamma's pasta for lunch. "Our civilisation needs to reflect on this more. So does the church. In the Christian vision there's a deeper meaning to meals, which we find in the Bible, where it speaks of special feasts and fasting periods, for example," Father Cottier said. Prayer before meals - another declining tradition - reminds people that "all this comes from God and reflects His glory," he said. In the past, some families also set a place for a potential guest, a sign of Christian charity. "In this sense, eating is not just a physiological activity. There are strong religious roots here," Father Collier said. Salani, who has just published a book on foods and the world's religions, said the Christian approach to eating has always been more tolerant than that of other faiths. It has no taboo foods, for example, and generally leaves eating choices up to human freedom. But Salani thinks this freedom has been distorted in modern Western civilisation.
Catholic Church" should dedicate more space to the topic, to help teach young people that mealtime should not just be a "consumerist" event The catechism says little about eating, except to warn against excess or abuse of food and drink Some have questioned whether vegetarians might not hold the moral high ground in the modern food debate. Can eating meat be a sin? It's possible, according to Father Cotter. For one thing, he said, any food can be an occasion of sin, if eating it turns into an act of disrespect for oneself - through binge eating, for example. But in the case of meat, ecological consequences in today's world might also require a deeper moral reflection by carnivores, he said. In any case, he said, Christians since the very early days have held no food to be inherently pure or impure. The Acts of the Apostles recounts how St. Peter, queasy about a divine command to slaughter and eat the wild beasts of the land, was told: "What God has made dean, you are not to call profane." In itself, a burger is no less virtuous than chicken soup. A McDonald's customer in Mexico City takes a At the Vatican cafeteria, however, you bite of a hamburger. Photo: CNS/Reuter' won't rind hamburgers or hot dogs on the The increase in anorexia and bulimia are menu. The hundreds of Vatican employees symptoms that meals have become who dine there linger nearly an hour over moments for "relieving stress" - in contrast a three-course meal that typically features with the Church's traditional promotion of pasta or soup, meat or fish, vegetables, a healthy and balanced approach to eating, dessert, wine and coffee. he said. So far, no golden arches have been spotSalani thinks the "Catechism of the ted inside the Vatican walls.
Police, soldiers' role in Moral persuasion gets peace affirmed at Jubilee political results: Weigel
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Celebrating a special Holy Year Mass with soldiers and police officers from around the globe, Pope John Paul!! urged them to be "men and women of peace" by helping to disarm aggressor nations and pacifying internal conflicts. "Each one of you has the role of the sentinel, who looks far and wide to ward off danger and above all promote justice and peace," the Pope said on 19 November. When serving in dangerous and sensitive situations, he said, soldiers should make sure they always act as "ministers of security and freedom for populations." Some 80,000 soldiers and police force members, their colourful uniforms hidden by umbrellas, applauded the Pope's words in a rainy St Peter's Square. Several hundred US service men and Pope John Paul laughs with French children whose fathers work for NATO women were among those attend- during the Mass marking the Jubilee for Police and Military. Photo CNS/Reuters ing the two-hour liturgy. Leaning to one side in a chair on al forces serving in Kosovo and a ment; he said. The pontiff, whose father was a the main altar, the Pope delivered number of African countries, for their peacemaking efforts in career military officer, said he a sermon about war and peace. places "devastated by absurd recognised that "it wasn't easy to He said that only the second com- wars." He also recalled soldiers be the family of a soldier." But he ing of Christ will put a definitive who had died on peacekeeping said the family must be the main end to evil in the world, including missions, saying that many of source of support for those servviolence, conflict and injustice. them had given their lives in acts ing in the military. "Who better than you . . . can of "heroism and even saintliness." "One defends what one loves, give witness to the violence and After the Mass, the Pope again and where does one learn to love disintegrating forces of evil that paid tribute to the soldiers killed peace and life if not in the famiare present in the world? You fight In defending civilians around the ly?" he said. every day against these forces and world, saying: "May their sacrifice Addressing English-speaking are called to defend the weak, pro- not be in vain." Then he stood as soldiers at the end of the liturgy. tect the honest and promote a lone trumpeter played a version the Pope said their work and sacpeaceful coexistence among peo- of taps. rifice helped ensure the peace ples," he said. The Pope also spoke about the and security of individuals and The Pope called peace a funda- emotional and spiritual toll expe- societies. mental right of every human rienced by soldiers as they serve "I pray that you yourselves will being and said recent history has in risky and sometimes unwel- always be kept safe as you fulfil shown that sometimes that means come situations. He urged them your professional duties, and that . 'concrete initiatives for disarming to turn to Christ and the Gospel the divine gifts of wisdom and the aggressor." for comfort when things seem strength will ever accompany you "I am referring to so-called hopeless. in the service of your own coun'humanitarian intervention' "Be men and women of peace. tries and of your fellow men and which, after the failure of political And in order to do that fully, wel- women," he said. and non-violent defence efforts, come into your hearts Christ, the Many of those attending the represents the last recourse to author and protector of the true jubilee event were members of stop the hand of the unjust aggres- peace," he said. military bands, who feted Rome sor," he said. "To each one of you, I express with concerts performed in hisHe thanked the soldiers, who my heartfelt appreciation for your toric squares throughout the city included members of internation- dedication and generous commit- before playing at the papal Mass.
By Tracy Early
NEW YORK (CNS) - Pope John Paul Ills -a new kind of pope" who has been able to shape history through "a new kind of interaction between the papacy and the world of power," his biographer, George Weigel, said in a New York lecture. Pope John Paul's impact on contemporary life "has not come from deploying what political realists recognise as the instruments of political power." but through use of "a different set of levers," Weigel said. 'The power of his papacy lies in a charism of moral persuasion capable of being translated into political effectiveness," the lecturer said. Weigel, author of "Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II" (HarperCollins. 1999) and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Centre in Washington, made his comments on 18 November in the Erasmus Lecture sponsored by the Institute on Religion and Public Life. According to Father Richard Neuhaus, president of the institute, some two dozen Catholic, Protestant and Jewish scholars met with Weigel the following day to continue discussion of the lecture theme, -The Papacy and Power." Weigel contrasted the approach of Pope John Paul not only with that of Popes in previous centuries who exercised temporal power, but also with the efforts of his predecessor, Pope Paul VI, to reach an accommodation with the Communist countries of Eastern Europe through a policy called "Ostpolitik." Pope Paul's policy, carried out by Cardinal Agostino Casaroli. included "a tacit commitment to avoid a public moral critique of
Marxist-Leninist systems,- and an effort to curb the activities of "underground priests and bishops." Weigel said. But he said that in Pope John Paul's first year he demonstrated that -he intended to pursue, personally. a different tack - a post-Constantinian strategy of resistance through moral revolution." Pope John Paul appointed "the architect of Paul VI's Ostpolitik" as his own secretary of state to achieve whatever was possible under the former approach. but was himself committed to a different strategy of "a call to moral arms and a revival of Christian humanism," Weigel said. He said Cardinal Casaroli's assertion in his memoirs, -The Martyrdom of Patience," that "no substantive difference" distinguished his approach from Pope John Paul's was "not a claim that will withstand close scrutiny." As evidence. Weigel said that before the Pope's 1979 speech to the United Nations, Cardinal Casaroli "systematically and diplomatically went through the draft text of the speech, eliminating references to religious freedom and other human rights issues the Soviet Union and its satellites might find offensive." Pope john Paul "just as systematically restored these cuts," Weigel said. He also told a story, attributed in his biography to Cardinal jean-Marie Lustiger of Paris, about Pope John Paul getting up from a dinner in Krakow during a 1983 visit and going to a window for a lengthy exchange with "students clamouring outside." Cardinal C.asaroli reportedly complained to other dinner guests, "Does he want war? Does he want to overthrow the government? Every day I have to explain to the authorities that there is nothing to this."
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Cardinal: Dominus lesus Washington archbishop had 'negative effect' In Brief
WASHINGTON (CNS) Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of Cardinal James Hickey of Washington and has named Archbishop Theodore McCarrick of Newark, New Jersey, to succeed him. Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States, announced the resignation and appointment on 21 November in Washington. The announcement said Cardinal Hickey, 80, would be apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Washington until Archbishop McCarrick's installation. Archbishop McCarrick, 70, has headed the Newark Archdiocese for 14 years.
Catholic music WASHINGTON (CNS) Singer Dana Scallon and liturgical music composer Marty Haugen dominated the first Unity Awards honouring the best Catholic music and videos. Scallon, the one-time candidate for president of Ireland who records professionally as Dana, won or shared in seven awards, and Haugen won all four awards for which he was nominated. The awards ceremony, sponsored by the new United Catholic Music and Video Association, was held on 18 November.
Joy-ride mishap ROME (CNS) - A jubilee joy ride in a historic papal sedan nearly turned tragic when a youth was thrown from the fast-moving vehicle in downtown Rome after a door flew open around a curve. A young boy, whose identity was not made public, was examined at a hospital and released apparently without serious injury after the mishap on 15 November, the Rome newspaper 11 Messaggero reported.
New CD released VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican and Deutsche Grammophon, a major publisher of classical music, have released the Vatican's official Holy Year compact disc, Te Deum. The music on the CD, performed by the orchestra and choir of Italy's National Academy of St Cecilia, consists of four different musical settings of the le Deum prayer of thanksgiving to God. The CD was released worldwide on 17 November.
Money ill-spent NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) The Kenyan government's plan to spend 140 million shillings (US $1.8 million) for national consultations on how to fight poverty in Kenya is money and time ill-spent, the Catholic Church said. "We can give this information for free," said Fr Henry Simaro, national secretary of the Kenyan bishops' conference's social communications department. He said the Church runs approximately 2500 local poverty-elimination projects in Kenya.
By Nancy Frazier O'Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) - In a candid exchange with students and faculty at The Catholic University of America in Washington on 15 November, the Australian head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity said a recent Vatican document "has had a very negative impact" on ecumenical relations around the world but expressed confidence that the harm can be repaired. "We must try to rebuild bridges which have been a little bit damaged," said Cardinal Edward Cassidy in response to a question about "Dominus lesus," the document on the Catholic Church's role in salvation issued in September by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The document stresses the universal validity of Catholic Christianity and warns of the dangers of "religious pluralism" in dialogue. Cardinal Cassidy, an Australian who has been president of
the Christian unity council since 1989, said negative reaction to "Dominus lesus" led officials of the Anglican Communion to decline an invitation to join Pope John Paul II on 31 October as he proclaimed St Thomas More the patron saint of politicians. It also caused cancellation of a planned march of reconciliation from Assisi to the catacombs that would have involved leaders of many Christian religions, he said, adding, "Everybody said 'no." Even some Jewish leaders have had negative reactions to the docCardinal Edward Cassidy ument, even though it has "nothing to do with the Jewish people," outside the Catholic Church "are said Cardinal Cassidy, who also not churches in the proper sense" heads the Vatican Commission for has been "very hurtful, very Religious Relations with the Jews. painful" to those involved in ecuA scheduled 3 October meeting menical dialogue with Catholics, on Christian and Jewish under- he said. standings of jubilee was cancelled Saying the term "in the proper when the Jewish participants sense" implies that others are withdrew, he said. Improper or false, Cardinal CasThe Cardinal said "every Chris- sidy said he would prefer "anothtian community would agree with er expression" of that concept. about 90 per cent" of what "Domi- "They are not churches in the nus lesus" says. But the docu- sense that we would see churchment's assertion that that those es," he said. "I hope we can
explain it like that." Cardinal Cassidy did not discuss "Dominus lesus" in his talk on "Ecumenical Dialogue: Recent Acquisitions and Ongoing Questions." The Cardinal's appearance was sponsored by Catholic University's School of Religious Studies and the Institute for Interreligious Study and Dialogue. The Vatican official said "Ut Unum Sint," Pope John Paul's 1995 encyclical on ecumenism, helped Christian churches to achieve "brotherhood rediscovered," which he said was much more than "some kind of nice phrase." Two manifestations of that brotherhood were the 1996 meeting in Graz, Austria, of Catholic and other Christian bishops from throughout Europe and Pope John Paul's May 1999 visit to a Romanian Orthodox church, he said. Cardinal Cassidy said he is convinced that there is now "a general widespread aspiration for unity" at the local level. He also spoke about difficulties facing Catholic dialogues with the Anglicans and evangelicals.
Pope praises law against child labour 'Serve the By John Norton VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II praised a new international law aimed at eradicating some of the worst kinds of child labor as a "major contribution" to the defence of children. In a telegram to Juan Somavia, director-general of the International Labour Organisation, the Pope said he hoped that all of the ILO's member states would quickly ratify and fully apply the "Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention" or Convention 182, which came into force as international law on 19 November. The law requires signatories to prohibit and eliminate forms of
child labour like slavery, prostitution, pornography, forced service in armed conflicts, drug trafficking and all other work "harmful or hazardous to the health, safety or morals of girls and boys under 18 years-of-age." In his telegram, released at the Vatican on 20 November, the Pope said, "No one can remain indifferent to the suffering of countless children who fall victim to intolerable exploitation and violence." He expressed confidence "that the convention will be a major contribution to the defence of children who are powerless to defend themselves against the harm done to them by individuals in whom the voice of conscience has been silenced or by
the social structures which enable the strong to trample on the rights of the weak." The Pope said he hoped that the ILO's 175 member States would quickly implement the convention "so that the young of the world, who are born in the image of God, may be allowed to grow and develop in a way worthy of their inalienable human dignity." As of 20 November, nearly 50 countries, including the United States and Canada, had ratified the convention, unanimously adopted by ILO members in June 1999.
The HD estimates that some 250 million children aged 5-14 are victims of child labour around the world.
Premature US poll call 'unethical' VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The premature and mistaken announcement of Florida's presidential winner by US television networks on election night was "unconscionable," said the Vatican's top expert in media ethics. Not only did the early calls violate ethical requirements for accuracy, but they may have discouraged potential voters in the State from casting ballots, Archbishop John Foley, an Amer-
ican who is president of the Pon- NBC, and The Associated Press tifical Council for Social Commu- all called Florida, with its 25 elecnications, told Catholic News toral votes, for Vice-President Al Service on 16 November. Gore. Polls were still open in west"To base an alleged winner or ern Florida, which is in the cenloser on the basis of exit polls or tral time zone, as well as in most of incomplete returns I think is states in the West. unconscionable, especially when Two hours later, as results from such an announcement can have Florida's vote count began showan effect in areas where pollsi ing a tight race between Gore and remain open," he said. Texas Governor George W. Bush, Just before 8pm EST on 7 the networks and AP retracted November, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, their earlier projections.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - As medical science develops more advanced technologies, health professionals must rediscover their primary role in serving the "integral wellbeing" of the human person, Pope John Paul II said. A health care system which focused primarily on improving its technical efficiency 'would betray its original ethos, opening the door to dangerous developments." the Pope said on 17 November at a Vatican-sponsored health care conference. "Only in serving the integral well-being of man does medicine contribute to his progress and happiness, and does not become an instrument of manipulation and death," he said. At the root of a correct medical approach, the Pope said, is a vision of health as more than just the absence of sickness. Health should be seen as "a fuller harmony and healthy balance at the physical, spiritual and social level," he . said. Such a vision is more 'consonant with modern sensibilities," he added.
Church leaders hail late Tillard as leading ecumenist between our two communions," the Archbishop's letter said. Father Tillard. 73, was renowned OTTAWA (CNS) - Catholic and Anglican church leaders hailed as a theologian and an expert on Dominican Father Jean-Marie ecumenical and interfaith quesTillard as one of the principal tions. He died of cancer on 13 leaders in the international ecu- November at the Elisabeth Bruyere Centre in Ottawa. menical movement. "Jean was one of the most disArchbishop Carey, spiritual tinguished ecumenical theolo- leader of the world's Anglicans, gians of the 20th century," said also said in his letter that he last Anglican Archbishop George met Father Tillard earlier this year Carey of Canterbury, England, in when leaders of both churches a letter read to the hundreds of attended an ecumenical meeting mourners attending Father In Mississauga, Ontario. Tillard's funeral Mass on 18 "He was clearly in some physiNovember at Saint-Jean-Baptiste cal distress then but still the same Church. "He respected the AngliJean-Marie, faithful and loving, can tradition and longed for unity sparkling and human," ArchbishBy Art Babych
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op Carey said. He thanked the Dominican community "for releasing him to serve our Lord with such distinction." Canada's papal nuncio, Archbishop Paolo Romeo, read from a French text prepared by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state, expressing sorrow at the death of Father Tillard. Pope John Paul II, who had a close relationship with the Canadian theologian, had earlier faxed his condolences to the Dominican residence. Father Tillard was believed to have been a principal drafter of "Ut Unum Sint," the 1995 papal encyclical on church unity.
Archbishop Marcel Gervais of Ottawa, who presided at the Mass and represented the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, said Father Tillard "put his talents as a thinker and as a writer in the service of the bishops of Canada." During the Second Vatican Council, the Canadian bishops were "eager to fully participate in the reflections that would lead to the development of the various work plans," said Archbishop Gervais. Father Tillard was involved in "meticulous step-bystep meetings" and put himself "in the line of fire" at a time when the Church was experiencing a period of renewal, he added.
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Votes carefully tallied by hand for conference WASHINGTON (CNS) - One by ciate general secretary of the one, the counting teams flipped USCC, supervised the counting through the stack of ballots. and recounting of ballots at the One vote for this candidate. One bishops' meeting. vote for that one. Each year when the bishops As a team finished counting a gather in Washington they vote stack, another team recounted the dozens of times: to elect commitsame pile. If the second total did- tee members and chairmen, to n't match the first, the votes were approve or reject public stateadded up again and again until ments and internal policies, to two tallies had the same and high- amend their own bylaws, to adopt er authorities signed off on the new liturgical texts, or to decide results. many other matters. No, the scene wasn't in a FloriSome of those are simple ayeda courthouse, nor was it the or-nay voice votes. But most papal conclave in which an elder- involve separate pieces of paper ly cardinal voted for a long dead - a different colour for each balone, but it was a conference room lot. No computer cards, no halfat Washington's Hyatt Regency poked chads (those little Hotel, where teams of employees poked-out bits of paper on comof the US Catholic Conference tal- puter ballots), no doublelied votes for chairmanships and punched ballots are involved, just memberships on several commit- pen and paper. tees of the national bishops' Tallying the results always - and organisation. only - involves counting each by As the nation kept an eye on hand. In years when there are Florida's ballot recounts this year, dozens of elections with multiple Mercy Sister Sharon Euart, asso- candidates, that means tedious
A team made up of, clockwise from bottom left, Cynthia Morris, Rosalyn Moore, Richard Rodarte and Sara Morello, counts one of the dozens of ballots cast at the US bishops' meeting in Washington. Photo CNS.Boo Roller
work. But on the other hand, Sister Euart noted, there are no problems caused by computer breakdowns and no need to hold questioned ballots up to the light and squint to read them, as Florida's counters were doing during
presidential election recounts. During this year's bishops' meeting, the ballots for several committee positions were the first to be tallied by Sister Euart's staff. Sara Morello and Rosalyn Moore quickly flipped through
stacks of ballots that had been separated according to which candidate was chosen. At the other end of the table, Richard Rodarte, Cynthia Morris-Colbert and John Henderson checked unopened piles of envelopes against a master list, making sure only bishops who head dioceses and coadjutors had cast ballots in that particular vote. Once names on the outside of the envelopes were verified, the envelopes were opened and the ballots counted. "Occasionally someone's not paying attention and votes when he's not supposed to," Sister Euart explained. Those unopened envelopes are set aside. Just as with State government election laws, the bishops' voting procedures are set by statutes, she said. The conference bylaws dictate which types of votes are open to all the bishops who aren't retired, which are only to the Latin-rite bishops or only to those who head dioceses.
Children's S bishops set new rules Masses to be revised for church architecture By Jerry Fitteau
WASHING1UN (CNS) - The US bishops made quick work of a complex document on church art and architecture and a resolution urging sweeping changes in the US immigration system on the last day of their fall general meeting 16 November. The 13-16 November meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and US Catholic Conference at the Hyatt Regency In Washington adjourned about an hour earlier than scheduled after considering some 18 action Items over the four days. Other highlights of the annual session included the bishops' first explicit expression of support for an independent Palestinian state, a call to reform the "broken" US criminal justice system, condemnation of the Sudanese government's actions against its own citizens, and encouragement of a "profound conversion" in the way
Catholic institutions welcome bishops called on Congress and Immigrants. The bishops also the new president to revise the recommitted themselves and the nation's immigration laws and Church to protecting human life, policies in ways that uphold saying that the US Supreme Court Immigrants' dignity and human decision overturning Nebraska's rights. ban on partial-birth abortion has "We believe the current configbrought the legal system "to the uration of our immigration laws brink of endorsing infanticide." combined with immigration poli"Built of Living Stones: Art, cies pursued by our government Architecture and Worship," a 108- In the last several years have had page document in draft form, was the negative effects of underminapproved with little discussion ing the dignity of immigrants and after the Committee on Liturgy dividing immigrant families," the accepted 100 amendments in resolution said. addition to the 241 it had agreed The special message, "Returnto before the meeting began. ing to the Path of Peace in the MidThe first set of guidelines for dle East," approved on 15 building or renovating churches November without audible disto be issued by the entire body of sent, says that "a just peace bishops. "Built of Living Stones" demands speedy implementation replaces the 1978 liturgy commit- of relevant UN resolutions and tee document, "Environment and other provisions of international Art in Catholic Worship." law, and the establishment of an In the resolution on immigra- Internationally-recognised Palestion, passed without debate, the tinian state."
Demonstrators challenging Catholic Church teaching on homosexuality pray at the doors of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, on 14 November, Photo CNS/Martin Lueders
Guideline: church building should be beautiful By Jerry Filteau
WASHINGION (CNS) - The US Catholic bishops on 16 November overwhelmingly approved new national guidelines on art and architecture for places of worship. The 108-page document, titled "Built of Living Stones," is the first set of guidelines for building or renovating churches to be issued by the entire body of bishops since the Second Vatican Council. They passed it by voice vote, with only a few scattered voices saying "no." The new text replaces the guidelines called "Environment and Art In Catholic Worship," which were put out in 1978 by the bishops' Committee on the Liturgy. "Publication of these guidelines is timely and much needed," said Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb of Mobile, Alabama, chairman of the Committee on the Liturgy, who presented the new document to the bishops for their debate and vote. "The document is not perfect, but ills a good document," he said. "Built of Living Stones" is intended for bishops, pastors,
It lists five main principles: • "The church building is designed in harmony with church laws and serves the needs of the liturgy." • "The church building fosters participation in the liturgy." • "The design of the church building reflects the various roles of the participants." • "The church building respects the culture of every time and place." • "The church building should be beautiful." The second chapter describes the spatial needs and furnishings of the church in terms of the various ritual actions for which it is built. Chapter 3, "Work of Our Hands," is devoted to the role of Parishioners in Spooner, Wisconsin, gather for a recent Mass. The stained religious art in furnishing a glass cross and the congregation are reflected in the water of a baptismal church and the integration of art font near the entrance of the church. Photo: CNS/Sam Lucero. Catholic Herald with liturgy. parishioners involved in the renovating a church "one of the Chapter Four is devoted to what building or renovation of places most significant and formative it calls "practical considerations" of worship and the various spe- experiences in the life of a parish in building a church. That chapcialists - architects, liturgical con- community." ter covers such matters as the sultants, artists, contractors and The first chapter sets out the the- master plan, needs assessment, others - involved in the design or ological foundation and liturgical the role of the bishop and dioceconstruction of churches and principles that serve as a basic san offices, the role of pastor, chapels. framework for all decisions on parishioners and various parish It calls the process of building or church building and renovation. committees.
WASHING-1[1)N (CNS) - The US Catholic bishops on 14 November adopted a new Spanish Scripture translation for liturgical use and gave a task force on children's Masses a go-ahead to work on revision of the Lectionary for Masses With Children. After surveying all bishops and a sampling of 200 US parishes that have liturgies in Spanish, the Committee on the Liturgy recommended that the Mexican Lectionary, preferred by more than two-thirds of the respondents. "be employed in all future editions of Spanishlanguage liturgical books for use in the dioceses of the United States of America." The bishops approved the proposal by voice vote with no audible dissent. The Lectionary for Masses With Children proposal provoked extensive discussion before the bishops approved it, by written ballot, by a vote of 187-16. Some bishops opposed the idea of using simplified Scripture translations for children, while others supported it. Still other bishops felt uncertain about the matter, wanting more study of the issue. Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb of Mobile, Alabama, chairman of the Committee on the Liturgy, said the task force formed by the committee to look into a revision of the readings for children was looking for guidance from the bishops on two issues: • Do they endorse the concept of a Lectionary for Masses With Children? • Do they approve moving ahead on a revision of the present version of that lectionary-, including a response to concerns raised by the Holy See about the current text? Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee reminded the bishops that when they originally adopted the Lectionary for Masses With Children in 1991, they also adopted an amendment he introduced.
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Pressure on Estrada continues MANILA, Philippines (CNS) Estrada, impeached by the An Archbishop on a Philippine House of Representatives on 13 government peace panel has quit November, has faced calls for his his post, while a religious brother resignation since a governor serving as education secretary is alleged in early October that the standing firm amid the crisis president took hundreds of milplaguing President Joseph Estra- lions of pesos in payoffs from illeda. gal gambling and tax funds due to Archbishop Fernando Capalla of tobacco farmers. Davao and three other members The impeachment complaint is of the National Peace Forum now with the Senate for trial. resigned from the body, saying Archbishop Capalla told UCA that "the storm clouds" hovering News on 16 November that the over the presidency have created president's office has lost "moral "unpeace," reported UCA News, legitimacy." an Asian church news agency He said that National Peace based in Thailand. Forum members from civil sociIn a mid-November letter to ety doubted whether they could Estrada, they said the political cri- still be "credible" in conducting sis puts into question "the sincer- peace talks with Communists. ity of the peace process" and "the The nine-member forum that seriousness of the pursuit of Estrada created in June 1999 has national reforms and social jus- a mandate to supervise "all peace tice." Initiatives" with Communist
insurgents. Extremist forces might Meanwhile, De La Salle Brother take advantage of the social Andrew Gonzalez told members unrest over the allegations against of his community that he would the president, Archbishop Capal- leave his post as secretary of the la, Haydee Yorac, Carol Hernan- Department of Education, Culture dez and Howard Dee said in their and Sports "only when Estrada resignation letter. goes." This could lead to armed govAnother De La Salle Brother told ernment intervention and the UCA News that Brother Gonzalez breakdown of democracy, they wants "to do what he can for eduwarned. cation within the administration" They added that while they sup- and to guard against people who port the impeachment process, want to control the department they believe that Estrada could for selfish motives. make his "greatest contribution to Many groups want to take over peace in our land" by resigning to the education department, said quickly resolve "the situation of Brother Gonzalez, especially in unpeace." light of the May 2001 elections. Archbishop Capalla said he will During elections, public school continue his work for peace teachers count the votes and safethrough the Bishops-Ulama guard ballot boxes. The next step (Islamic scholars) Forum of Min- In the impeachment process is for danao Catholic, Protestant and the Senate to serve Estrada with a Muslim religious leaders. writ of summons.
Thousands of Filipinos stage a rally calling for the resignation of President Joseph Estrada on 8 November Photo CNS/Re, ' in Manila.
Indonesian bishops Rights must not be sidelined: prelate told not to lose hope By Benedicta Cipolla
JAKARTA (MAN) - The Pope's Some Muslims even create difrepresentative in Indonesia has ficulties for worship and prayer urged the nation's Catholic bish- meetings, he said. "Religious ops not to lose hope in dealing houses and places of worship with Muslims, who constitute a have been burned down," and "there are problems in getting large majority in the country. Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop permits to build new churches," Renzo Fratini told the bishops he noted. on 6 November that, "Fanaticism He, however, encouraged the seems in certain moments to Church leaders not to lose hope. prevail in certain Muslim coun- At a time of suffering, "new tries, but we must not lose forms of cooperation and charihope." ty must be found," he said. Addressing the bishops in The nuncio called on the bishJakarta, the nuncio cited three ops to promote the dialogue of main challenges facing the life which, he noted, is a "possiIndonesian Catholic Church: ble" alternative. the inculturation of faith, 'People want to live in peace, national unity and interreligious they like to pray, but problems dialogue, especially with the are created by some leaders and Muslims. some fanatics, who exploit cer"In a society where Muslims tain situations for their own purare the great majority, we have poses, for political power or to commit ourselves to dia- money," the prelate observed. logue," he told bishops at their The Holy See representative annual assembly on 6-11 also reminded the bishops of November. the importance of the inculturaWith 85 per cent of the 210 mil- tion of the faith. "How to adapt lion population Muslims. the universal message of Jesus Indonesia is the country with to the Indonesian mentality. to the largest Muslim population the way of thinking of the in the world. Catholics consti- Indonesian people who live tute only 3.5 per cent of the amid a variety of cultural nation. expressions and traditions,' is a Archbishop Fratini noted that priority for the local Church, the dialogue with Muslims seems nuncio reiterated. To make the impossible since Islam is a com- teachings of Jesus become alive plete way of life and is not open and valid in current society is a to admit other religions on the challenge for the entire Church principle of reciprocity. today, he added.
HANOI. Vietnam (CNS) - In the wake of US President Bill Clinton's visit to Vietnam, a Vietnamese Archbishop said human rights must not be sidelined amid economic reform and greater openness to the West. "Attention needs to be paid not only to rebuilding the economy," Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man of Ho Chi Minh City told Catholic News Service in a 21 November written statement. "Human rights," he said on the heels of Clinton's 16-19 November trip, "make up the foundation on which the dignity and happiness of every human being and people are built." The first US president to visit a united Vietnam, Clinton met with the Vietnamese President, Prime Minister and Communist Party
A Vietnamese Catholic woman lights a candle to the Virgin Mary at a Catholic religious shrine in Ho Chi Minh City. US President Bill Clinton raised the issue Photo CN&Reuters of human rights during his recent visit to Vietnam.
chief in Hanoi, promising to "open a new chapter" in relations between the two former foes. Clinton, who opposed the Viet-
nam War as a young man and avoided the draft, announced the establishment of U.S.-Vietnamese diplomatic relations in 1995.
Aid helps 'open up' North Korea
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - A In 1995 Caritas, the VaticanCatholic charity official who visit- based umbrella organisation for ed North Korea in November said Catholic charities around the outside aid programs am helping world, became the first foreign to open up the country and relief agency allowed to operate encourage its integration into the in North Korea. Since then it has world community. provided about $20 million in aid. "The more agencies like ours go focusing on the most vulnerable In, the better the situation will groups like children. become and the more open it will MacLaren accompanied two become. I think it will help the Vatican officials to Korea in early people if North Korea is no longer November for a first-hand look at regarded as a pariah," Duncan the programs and for meetings MacLaren, secretary-general of with government and church Caritas Internationalis, said in an leaders. He said it was clear the Interview on 18 November. Caritas programs were working,
but that the food problems have become chronic in the Communist country. Only 18 per cent of the land is arable, the soil is depleted and the country has been routinely beset by flooding in recent years. he said. Moreover, North Korea has little industry and few trading partners. For things to get better, the economic system would have to change, and that is not yet happening, he said.
Catholic revival begins in communist North with religious 'training'
SEOUL (UCAN) - North Koreans have been "trained" to be "Catholics" under orders from the country's ruling Korean Workers' Party, according to an official of the Catholic Church in South Korea. Nonetheless, God is using this politically-forced arrangement to revive Catholicism in Communist North Korea, says Father John Kim Jong-su, secretary-general of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea. Fr Kim, one of the representatives of South Korean social and religious groups invited to the 55th anniversary of the Korean Workers' Party, visited the North from 7-14 October The Party is the only political party allowed there. In the following interview for UCA News, the Church official describes how the Catholic faith
is maintained in the Conmmnist state. '1 celebrated Mass at Changchung Church in Pyongyang on Friday 13 October after meeting several Catholic leaders including Samuel Chang Jae-on, president of the North Korean Roman Catholics' Association," Fr Jong-su said. "North Korea restored religions for political purposes. The Catholics who attended the Mass were all 'well trained.' "Reportedly there are about 3,000 Catholics in North Korea. They were 'discovered' all over the country in line with the policy of the Party. "Some of them are elderly Catholics who were baptised before the Korean War (19501953).
"Then there are also those who received infant Baptism, as in the
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North Korean Catholics attend Sunday Mass in 1997 in Pyongyang in a western-style church. Photo CNS KNA
case of Chang. Others became Catholics at the Party's directive to continue their parents' religion.
Although they became Catholics at the order of the Party. I think it is God's providence for them to
become Catholics since they were baptised because of their parents' faith. "If the Catholic Church is to be rebuilt in North Korea, ills certain that they will form the nucleus. "Looking at these Catholics,Iam optimistic that a community of faith can be brought to life again there. "It is very important for the South Korean Church to actively support and develop the Northern community. "Although the whole North Korean society is called a "functional religious community," placing its focus on the late "Great Leader" Kim II-sung and his son General Kim Jong-il,I found a kindling of (Catholic) faith. "This kindling,I earnestly hope, will blaze up in the near future."
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NOVEMBER 23 Governor's Breakfast - Archbishop Hickey Opening Address and Presentation of Certificates at Clontarf Aboriginal College - Archbishop Hickey Presentation to Committee for Family and for Life by delegates to Jubilee of Families - Archbishop Hickey Presentation of Certificates to Psalmists and Cantors Archbishop Hickey 24 Keynote address and Presentation for Mercedes College Speech Night, Perth Concert Hall - Archbishop Hickey 26 Mass of Thanksgiving in celebration of 125th Anniversary of founding of Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, North Beach Archbishop Hickey Jubilee Celebration for Feast of Christ the King, Subiaco Oval Archbishop Hickey. Bishop Healy 27 Annual Maranatha Graduation Mass and farewell to Br Des Crowe. CEO Chapel - Archbishop Hickey 28 Pregnancy Assistance Annual Mass of Thanksgiving. Leederville Archbishop Hickey 29 Farewell for delegates to Jubilee for Disability in Rome. Emmanuel Centre - Archbishop Hickey Launch of "Between Design and Devotion: The Architecture of John Cyril Hawes- by Mr John Taylor. Murdoch Art Gallery Archbishop Hickey 30 Attendance at Central Zone meeting. Highgate - Archbishop Hickey Principal's Thanksgiving Mass, CEO Chapel - Archbishop Hickey. Bishop Healy DECEMBER 1
Mass to Farewell Bishop Healy, Catholic Education Office Archbishop Hickey. Bishop Healy End-of -Year Dinner for St Charles Seminary - Archbishop Hickey, Bishop Healy
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Confirmation of students of Divine Mercy College. St Mary's College A rchbishop Hickey Mass of Thanksgiving to celebrate Golden Jubilee of Parish of St Jerome. Spearwood - Bishop Healy Bridge Walk for Reconciliation - Bishop Healy
Mass and Blessing of B P Kirby Hall, Northam - Archbishop Hickey 4-8 Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, Sydney - Archbishop Hickey 6 Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem. St Lazarus Day Service and Dinner - Bishop Healy Service to Commemorate the first priest's burial site in Perth, Mercedes College Grounds - Bishop Healy
Archcliocesan Panorama PRO-LIFE PROCESSION, MIDLAND The First Friday Mass, procession and Rosary Vigil will be held on 1 Dec, commencing with Mass at St Brigid's Church, Midland. The Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate will lead us. All are invited to witness for the sanctity of life and pray for conversion of hearts. Inquiries: Shelda 9294 2340. WITNESS FOR LIFE PROCESSION The next First Saturday Mass, procession and R osary Vigil will be held on 2 Dec, commencing with Mass at 8.30am at St Anne's Church, Hehir St. Belmont. We proceed prayerfully to the Rivervale Abortion Centre and conclude with Rosary, led by Fr Paul Carey SSC. Please join us to pray peacefully for the conversion of hearts. Inquiries: Helen 9402 0349. ALLIANCE OF THE TWO HEARTS ALL-NIGHT VIGIL Jubilee Year Double Great Novena of Reparation to the Sacred heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary Fr 1 Dec at Our Lady of Mercy Church. Girrawheen (cnr Patrick Crt/Girrawheen Ave). Vigil begins at 9pm with Holy Mass, followed by Exposition. hourly prayers and reflection throughout the night. Vigil concludes Sat morning with Benediction at 6.30am followed by Holy Mass. Please join us. Refreshments provided. ABORIGINAL RECONCILIATION A Mass and celebration of Aboriginal reconciliation will be held at St Joseph Pignatelli Church, 35 Davidson Rd. Attadale on Sat 2 Dec commencing with the smoking ceremony at 6.30pm. Aboriginal themes will be incorporated and a plaque unveiled, commemorating the Beeliar people, the indigenous owner of the Parish land. FRANCISCAN FAREWELL - ST BRIGID'S. COLLIE Open invitation to the concelebrated Mass. Bishop Quinn will officiate. Sun 4 December at 10am. Lunch to follow. Inquiries: 9734 2183. ADDICTION SUPPORT GROUP Cross Roads Community is holding a weekly support group for the addicted and those recovering from addictions. These will be held each Thursday afternoon from 1.30-3pm at 26 East St, East Fremantle. All are very welcome. For further inquiries please phone Glenda on 9319 8344. PRAYER NIGHT AT EAST FREMANTLE Conducted by Fr Paul Baczynski on Mon 4 Dec at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Canning Highway, East Fremantle from 7-9pm. This prayer evening is for healing and for those
and their families affected by addictions. Program: Mass at 7pm. Exposition, Benediction and healing prayers. All are welcome. SUNG VESPERS AT THE CATHEDRAL Vespers (Evening Prayer of the Church) will be sung at St Mary's Cathedral on the first three Sunday evenings of Advent (Dec 3, 10, 17) at 4.30m, preceding the 5pm Mass.The service, consisting of a hymn, psalms, short Scripture reading, Magnificat, and intercessions will be led by a cantor and schola on the first two Sundays. On Laetare Sunday, Dec 17. the Cathedral Choir will lead the singing. All are invited to attend. PRAYER SERVICE FOR THE SICK Prayer service for the sick in body. soul and mind. St John's Pro-cathedral.Victoria Ave, 10 Dec 2.304.30pm. All, including non-Catholics. welcome. FRANCISCANS' ANNUAL RETREAT Held at the Redemptorist Retreat House, North Perth during the weekend 8-10 Dec. It commences with Mass for the Immaculate Conception at 7.30pm. We welcome all lay people to join us for the Retreat, conducted by Fr Alban Mitchell OFM. Phone Pat Meek on 9349 1474 to make your booking or Email erimuseng@ozemail.com.au. P B KIRBY PARISH CENTRE NORTHAM. OPENS The PB Kirby Parish Centre. at St Joseph's Parish, Northam, will be blessed and opened by His Grace. Archbishop Hickey immediately following 8am Mass on Sun 3 Dec. An invitation is extended to all friends and relatives of the late Patrick Kirby, past parishioners and students, former parish priests and religious. ANNUAL ROSARY PROCESSION. BASSENDEAN On Sun 3 Dec, 3pm St Joseph's Parish, Hamilton St. Bassendean invites everyone to the Procession in honour of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, followed by Benediction. Light refreshments in the Parish Hall afterwards. Inq: Parish Priest 9279 1549 or Renato 9279 2163. LATIN MASS St Catherine Laboure/Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Mon 27 Nov. 7.30pm at St John's ProCathedral, Victoria Ave. Perth. All are welcome. Inquiries: Fr Michael Rowe, 9341 6267. TALK ON HEALTHY LIFESTYLE "Live Healthy. Live Young, Live Long" given by Carlo Mandofia (retired Swiss Medical Practitioner), Multi-Purpose Room, John XXIII College. Mt Claremont. Sat 2 Dec, 10am to 5pm. Donation to Inigo Centre. Details: Murray 9383 0444.
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Mater Christi Primary l'angebup
All-round education in Beeliar bushland
Pre-primary teacher Melissa Pudia and friends: a mermaid or a teacher covered with sand?
Passers-by will not miss the entrance to the school!
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ater Christi Catholic Primary The life of Blessed Mary MacKillop implemented throughout the school School is situated in a bush- (Australia's first saint) has been chosen both in English and Mathematics. land setting within the Beeliar as the model for the school community The Primary Investigations in Science Regional Park overlooking Lake Yange- particularly for her loyalty perseverance, program has been adopted in all classbup, with views towards Perth and the and her service to fellow Australians. es. Darling Ranges. The school motto "Charity in our In physical education, the school is part The bushland setting means that envi- hearts" echoes the example of her life. of a pilot program, Be Active School and ronmental education and restoration is a The Archdiocesan Religious Education Community, which links the school physfeature of school life. Guidelines are used in all classes and ical education program with community The school is located close to the south- the Sacramental program is linked to the sport. ern extension of the Kwinana Freeway life of the parish. There is a very strong emphasis on approximately 19 kilometres south of the The school and parish enjoy a close music. The school employs a music specity. relationship developing the faith forma- cialist and instrumental music lessons Originally opened as MacKillop tion of the community. are offered to students from Year One Catholic Primary School in 1990, the Our new church and presbytery are sit- onwards. South Lake site proved to be unsuitable. Indonesian is taught from Years Two to uated at the front of the school. Relocated to Yangebup in 1993, enrolSeven. Mater Christi is at the forefront of ments in the developing three-stream An enrichment teacher and teacher i mplementing the curriculum frameschool currently number 625 students assistant are employed to work with chilfrom Kindergarten through to Year work and outcomes based education. dren requiring enrichment at either end Seven. The First Steps program has been of the scale, and the school has also engaged the services of an educational psychologist. The school library is automated and a computer network has been installed with provision for student access to terminals in the library, a computer room and also in classrooms. Being located within the Beeliar Regional Park, the school has a commitment to revegetating degraded areas of bushland adjacent to the school. The environment centre and plant propagation areas are becoming the focus of a whole range of environmental education acavities. A spirit of teamwork prevails within the staff and programs are planned collaboratively. The school enjoys the strong support of the parent community. The School Board has played a very active role in the development of the school. Deacon Charles Waddell blessing Year Fives before they go on camp. The Parents & Friends Association
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assists in the maintenance of the school oval and grounds and, through its fundraising, has provided the school with a range of materials and equipment to support the teaching/learning program. The school is a tribute to the hard work of the parents and their commitment to the Catholic education of their children.
At A Glance Principal: Greg Stinton Address: 340 Yangebup Rd, Yangebup 6164 Telephone: 9417 5756 Fax: 9417 9092 Enrolment: 608 children, K-7 Email: cmorrison©mcps.edwa.netau
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