There can hardly be any doubt that the Second Vatican Council will stand in the history books as the single most important event of 20th century Church history, and certainly as a most decisive turning point in the Christian Church's modern · pilgrimage toward that full and complete unity for which Christ himself prayed for his people.
This was said by the president of the SecretarAnglican Archbishop of iate for Christian Unity Perth, Dr Peter Carnley, in and John XXIII was 78 St Thomas More College when he was elected to be a at a service to commemo- "caretaker" pope. r~te the centenary o~ the "That is a parable to all of b1rths ?f t~ree pr~mment us," Archbishop Carnley Cath?hc figures m ecu- 'continued.
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As a grou th f and p~mstakmg w~rk; it 1s "fi P, ey are O easy simply tp proJect our s1gm 1cance for us because, h f th t 1 f 11 for one thing, they all ope or_ e efven 11 uCa h 1:1 a group have to say to us, it Archbishop Carnley said achieved their really great ct_ommumonho th dr!s- is that great and moment- that one of its most imporwork qu't 1 t • 1-. 1ans somew ere m e is- ous and significant things tan emphases was "what i e a e m 1ie. tant future. b 1· h d • Archbishop Carnley was ,, , can e accomp is e even might be called the spiritualluding to the fact that It !S easy t? say prob~bly in our own time and per- ality of ecumenism."
Father Couturier was 51 not m my time; sometime haps quite unexpectedly, when he established the after I'm gone'. when, in the world's terms, Week of Prayer for Chris- "But if there is one thing very little more is really tian Unity, Cardinal Bea that John XXIII, Cardinal anticipated to happen at
mon action that is at pres- In St Thomas More College chapel Archbishop en t poss i b 1e, every Goody gives the final blessing after an ecueucharist deepens the unity menical service in which the address was given of the Church, a unity by the Anglican Archbishop of Perth Dr Peter which subsists in one Carnley (left). Partly obscured is Rev Des Coudegree or another in every sins (Uniting Church). Also in the picture (I. to "It stresses the intimate Christian community. r.) are Professor David Al/brook (Moral Rerelationship between Armament), Father William Uren SJ rector of church unity and the euch- "Even as we worship in St Thomas More College and Father Bryan arist and speaks of the our s_eve~al separated Rosling, archbishop's secretary. Also taking eucharist both as that denommations, our com- part in the service were representatives of the which signifies the unity of mitm~nt to eac.h other in Salvation Army, Churches of Christ and WA was 79 when he became B d p l c t • our hands. ea an au ou uner, as "'That will come about'
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• The vmtage year 1881 turned out to be the historic • which has a certain instan- t birth year not only of prominent ecumenists. ! taneousness about it, and
• At the St Thomas More College service last week : o~r ways not necessarily ! Archbishop Goody quipped that it was also the• Hts way.
• centenary of the birth of Pelham Grenville ! Perhaps we should all be ! Wodehouse. : more ready for. God to do
• But Anglican Archbishop Carnley topped the• much more with us. and
• • through us ecumemcally t score, pomtmg out that 1t was also the birth cente- • k' g t'h e e er y. f A hb' h w·11· T I f C b +: spea m ' an w v -tc nary o re 1s op 1 1am emp e, o anter wy, • dare or even care to expect ! Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and "just to prevent us • just as He did with th; : from becoming airborne and to keep a toehold in the ! group of three whom we • secular world" the birth centenary of musicians Bela ! commemorate tonight. ! Bartok and Pablo Casals. (See page 3.) ! Turning to the Vatic~n II !••••••••••••••• •••••••• ••••••••••• • Decree of Ecumemsm,
"By speaking of the euch- unity which is the ground arist both as a sign of unity and promise of greater and as a means by which it unity to come. is brought about the decreedoes not mean that inter- Havmg glimpsed the communion should be unity o_f Christians ~t each embraced without further euchanst, we can hft our ado, as though other issues eye to the future in hope of which divide us were mat- a greater and more full and ters of indifference. all-embracing unity.
"Rather the decree means that for all the good achieved by our dialogue and talking and for all the good achieved by the com-
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Catechesis defined
Sharing faith - the true meaning of the word catechesis - involves much more than teaching the verbal expressions of doctrine, though they are part of it, Father Gerard Holohan director religious education, said last Sunday.
Speaking at the Mass Though the child will "The General Religious "Parish-based profor catechists cele- understand their verbal Instruction programme grammes have been brat e d by Bish O p explanations, these alone seeks to teach the children adopted already by some Quinn at the Redemp- will not teach the child. about religions and so its archdiocesan parishes and • · h h N h "The parents will recog- objective has nothing to do we will have to explore tonst c urc , ort • h h d I f other possib1"lities."
P h F h H I h nise that much of the love wit t e eve opment o ert , at er o o an faith.
Father Holohan appealed said: th ey share cannot be to state school teachers in explained verbally and "Accordingly such a pro-
• f • h h d "f • • d the congregation to offer "Sharmg aith also t at t ey must o more i gramme 1s ma equate to their services for the GRI involves the preparation they are to teach their child any person of faith, or to and the sharing of expe- successfully about their our Church which has the programme a nd to encourriences which give soul to love." mission of preaching and age their fellow Cath01 ic the doctri·ne _ such as h • th f "th " teachers to do the same. Father Holohan dis- s anng e ai • "Th h h experiences of prayer and missed the idea that the. Father Holohan said that d oug t ek progdram1me reflection about life. oes not see to eve op introduction of General as the GRI programme the students' faith it pro"Sharing faith is rather Religious Instruction as a increased its influence in vides you with a great like a husband and wife result of the Nott report government schools other opportunity to share your trying to teach their child would reduce the need for ways would have to be faith through the witness ""a"""b""'o""u"""t""t""h""e_1_ov""'e...,.th""e.;.y•s•h"""a•re"""•..,_c""'at.,e"""c""h""is,..ts""".""'¥'______s_o_u_g_ht to sh_a_r_e_t_h_e fa_i_th_• you give and the topics that .Archbishops
you teach." Father Holohan also referred to the catechists training programme being conducted next year to meet with Education department accreditation requirements. He said that there had been a good response but some parishes were still unpresented. Without accreditation the catechists would not be able to go into the state schools and the children would suffer, he said.
Aged hostel opens soon
The first Bun bury diocesan venture in the field of frail aged care is nearing completion and residents should be moving in shortly after Christmas.
Only internal furnishings are awaited for the Ocean Star Hostel that sits prominently on the Sunbury foreshore adjacent to the St Vincent's Hospital. Some of the rooms look across the ocean and others will have attractive views across the sand dunes.
cover running costs. Residents will be free to be absent from the hostel for weekend and other sh ort weekend and other short holiday periods.
Further information is available from Mr Paul Gee , Bunbur y diocesan adminis trati ve assistant who is chairman of the Ocean Star Hostel board
Half of the 42 places in the hostel have already been taken up and the remainder are available to any applicant in Western Australia. Admittance is not restricted to Catholics. In the hostel , the residents' rooms are in groups of ten with four lounge areas and a common dining room and meals preparation area.
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Aged and will be administered by two Dominican Sisters who are coming from Manila to be in charge of the hostel.
The Sisters joined their other Dominican Sisters who in 1973 took over the 22 bed St Vincent's Hospital nearby.
The Ocean Star Hostel will be conducted independently of the hosp ital, admission to the hospital will depend on the availability of beds
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There are long term plans for residen t funded units for the aged to also be b ui lt on the site.
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come which Archbishop Goody made at an ecumenical service Archbishop Carnley pomted out also that the in St Thomas More chapel to ~ecree of Ecumenism stressed the need for indimark the centenary of the births vtdual sanctity as a means to unity. of Catholic ecumenists, Pope "A purifying of motives, an emptying of ourselves John XXI 11, Cardinal Augustin of vested interests and the Bea and Father. Paul Couturier. developmentofacomplete
"In the name of the. baptism, with God's grace Father, and of the Son and' being filtered out through of the Holy Spirit," Arch- human foolishness and bishop Goody said in the misunderstanding and taropening of his greeting, "I nished by contact with greet you my brothers and human failings, we have sisters with the words been sundered apart. under which we were all baptised.
openness to whatever may be required of us in the future, is essential to true ecumenism: as the Decree says 'there can be no ecumenism worthy of the name without interior conversion.' The unity we seek is no mere outward organisational uniformity or "It may seem to some that ground plan for co"In baptism we were not there is a touch of arro- operation, nor a mere divided. In living out our gance in commemorating assent to an agreed statethe 100th birthday of th ree ment of doctrine with the Catholics in this ecumeni- top of our heads, but a cal service - we could at much more fundamental least ~ave added Pelbam and deep commitment to 9renv1lle Wodehouse born each other in peace and in 1~81 and to whom were love. a~d1cted at least two of "That is the first great e1th~r grou P of t~e contribution of the Decree Anghca~-Roman Cat~ohc of Ecumenism of Vatican Internat10nal Committee. II.
"I call it 'spiritual ecu"lt was the eventual tardy menism' as against a mere participation of the outwar~ or organisational Catholic Church in the ecumenism or the armworld-wide ecumenical chair ecumenism of some movement that brought discussion groups. some real hope and pros- "This is the stran~ in pect of success the longings modern e cum en 1 s m of un ity of so many. bequeathed to us by Paul Couturier.
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jubilarians: Left, Sub-prior Father Paul Arza OSB and apostolic prior administrator Father Justin Bruce OSB,
"It was the preparation of Father Couturier in the Church Unity Octave and the impetus given by Pope John XXIII in the Second Vatican Council and the executive ability of Cardinal Bea that made the participation of the Catholic Church in the ecumenical movement ossible
Referring to the biblical element and the contribution to ecumenism played by Cardinal Bea who was a prominent scripture scholar in his earlier life Archbishop Carnley said: "Even the full dimensions of the Church Catholic are
yet to be clearly seen. It does not yet appear what we shalJ be.
"This means that in our ecumenical work we do not just shuffle around the inheritance of scripture and tradition, but grow together in even deepening
insight as we move towerds the coming great church. "New biblical insights constantly transform our understanding. "That is the input to modern ecumenism of which Cardinal Bea is a shining representative."
Luck played part
At New Norcia last Monday Father Paul Arza, OSB, celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood in Sydney in 1931 where he had studied theology at St Patrick's College, Manly.
Celebrating the event with sub-prior, Father
Paul was the prior-apostolic administrator of New Norcia, Father Justin Bruce, who reaches the 25th year of his priesthood on December 23
Father Paul , 74, was.born in the Spanish province of Navarre and came to Australia in 1925, making his solemn profess ion before Abbot Catalan three years later.
For several years following his ordination he was assistant priest at Highgate where the late Father Tom Crowley was parish priest.
Father Paul was back in Spain researching his thesis in Canon Law when communist-led forces looted the house where he was staying and took all his papers, including his completed thesis
A British destroyer took him and other refugees from Barcelona to Marseilles and he returned to New Norcia a few months later. Eventually he obtained a licentiate in Canon Law
His four happy years at the Spanish priory were marred by the memory that later the entire com-
munity of 19 with whom he had lived were tortured and executed Among the victims was Father Ramiro Sanz , brother of the former Kalumburu superintendent , Father Seraphim Sanz.
Father Paul, who is also librarian at present, has held the positions of novice master, parish priest, lecturer in Canon Law, prior and consultor to the abbot president Fluent in five languages, he has watched the community change into a mixture today that includes men of seven different nationalities.
Father Justin Bruce had spent some years as a student with the Sacred Heart Fathers before entering New Norcia in 1952 and being ordained in 1956.
He was at one time prefect of the juniorate and rector of what is now Salva do College before becoming sub-prior, prior in 1974 and prior apostolic administrator last year.
Father Justin praised the "marvellous example" Father Paul had shown throughout his life as a monk and priest.
Quoting an Italian chef's advice that luck was an ingredient in Italian cooking, Archbishop Carnley said that Pope John XXlll's ecumenically right move at the right time was a '"little bit of luck." which from the perspective of faith we call providence.
The service in St Thomas More College was held on November 25, Pope John's birthday one hundred years earlier.
"John XXIII spoke of the unpremeditated and spontaneous way in which Vatican II came to be called." Archbishop Carnley said.
"And there is just the hint that he may not have fully understood all that was about to be accomplished by that decision
"Indeed, there is a sense
lamented that there were so few Christians in the city, but only Jews and Moslems and Greek Orthodox!
"But whatever his own understanding of things ecumenical was, it is clear enough that his unique contribution was to provide just that little bit of luck that triggered off a movement that went well beyond his own intention and permitted the under-
l in which John XXIII did not himself have a very developed idea of what ecumenism was really j about.
"There are suggestions ! that he, himself, envisaged an updating designed to encourage the return of individual Christians to Rome (as in the first draft of the Decree on Ecumenism) rather than a prayerful dialogue with other churches and a growing towards the genuinely new church of the future.
"Moreover, there is a celebrated remark in his diary, The Journal of a Soul , from the period when he was working in Istanbul, when he looked through his window out over the city at night and then wrote that he
pinning of prayer and the solid background of biblical scholarship to come fully into play.
"We all have a great deal to learn from PauJ Cou ,urier and Augustin Bea, :rnd may we ever be mindfr 1 of the fact as we celebrate the centenary of the birth of John XXIII that, in G d's plan it may be that we are being called , in our own day , to be much more thm mere ecumenical caretakers.
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A cynically wild fantasy would say that the battle that has opened this week for the Herald empire is no more than a slick campaign to increase sales of a popular Christmas carol.
In the last century as starry-eyed founders of today's newspapers were hunting for catchy titles it is not improbable that the biblical phrases that shaped so much language style also fired the newspaper 's imagination with the vision of the Biblical Herald, John the Baptist.
The precise value of the millions of dollars that trip off the tongues of newsreaders and commentators reporting on this and other takeovers it is so far beyond the comprehension of the average listener that he becomes cynical if not contemptuous of the obscene parade of wealth before his eyes.
Alternatively he might pause to calculate the value that is placed on his humble hand outstretched to buy a newspaper, or on his eyelids drooping in front of the television set.
When astronomical sums are paid for a brewery there is very tangible evidence of the product whose human addiction guarantees very identifiable profits.
In the new 20th century phenomenon of the communication industry an even more valuable product is at stake even if apparently less tangible and evident to the consumer
The merchandise consists of facts, information, ideas, values and sounds that filter into the very web of existence and embed themselves in the spirit of man and not just his body.
Choose one newspaper in preference to another; switch to one television station in preference to another; twirl madly across the radio dial and the response is telegraphed to the manufacturer of products and the entrepeneur of entertainment.
He knows where the strength lies and the media monopolies are born largely because that is the way we want them.
There are no takeovers in the world of religious newspapers or magazines!
On one side the fault can be traced to the avarice of consumerism, the unleashed appetite that wants more of everything, more goods, more food, more clothing, more sport, more entertainment, more hours filled with pictures noise and music
Just as grim is the evidence from the non-consumer societies, the marxist countries where newspapers, radio and television are throttled by the hand of state which decides in advance how much truth and freedom of choice are good for people, religion included.
Somewhere in the midst of the din there must be a real Herald, a real John the Baptist trying to get his foot in the door.
Advent's biggest problem is that it can't be heard because of christmas - not Christ-Mass - but the syrupy tingle of carols, reindeers oozing from every outlet.
Early Christians also found themselves pondering and scratching their heads over the meaning of the current market celebration.
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Papal visit is awaited
EDINBURGH, Scotland (NC) - The visit of Pope John Paul II to Scotland will be a great event for it will mark the arrival of the head of a major Christian denomination, said the Rev John McIntyre, who will be the next moderator (head) of the General Assembly of the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland.
We have a very large· Catholic Church in Scotland and it is inevitable that we treat it very seriously," said Mr McIntyre.
"He will assume his moderator post next May just before the pope is expected to arrive.
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The Marriage Encounter movement intends to deepen the spirituality of couples, to improve the quality of family life and also to put more emphasis on renewal of parish life.
This was said in Perth last weekend by members of the Marriage Encounter national executive team who conducted the first local leadership training programme for people other than leaders of weekends.
Father Dan Winters, A Marianist priest of Frankston, Victoria, became the priest member of the national team this year in succession to Father Joe McCann, Oblate, who was largely responsible for the launching of Marriage Encounter in Australia in 1974.
Also part of what they call the "ecclesial" team are Chris and Trish Harkin of East Doncaster, Victoria, who are in the first year of their two-year term as _. national team couple.
"One of the aims of Mar-
riage Encounter is the renewal of the Church through the renewal of married people and our initiative now is to get people in touch with their local parishes," said Chris Harkin.
"We believe very much in that form of renewal by
True growth
from Chris and Jenny Gardner, East Victoria Park.
Recently we attended a Marriage Encounter weekend after three years of marriage.
As a couple we gained some growth and renewal of our relationship about which we are full of joy. We're also involved with the Cursillo Movement which emphasises the mission of Christians in the world, particularly as lay people, and provides a way in ' which this can be done.
Both movements, in a different way, are moving towards the same end and in both we've experienced the living Church. We've also experienced this in our own parish as well
What impresses us is that all these movements are part of the Body and each has its own particular method which is theologically and psychologically on a sound base.
The other impressive aspect is that the laity and priests are working together with the laity taking responsibility for their role in the Church and the world. Vatican II is alive and well.
channelling people back There has been some coninto their parishes either cern felt that people in through a weekend or the poorer circumstances have on-going community no't been attracted to the groups they form after weekends either because attending an ME weekend. they were not able to "Many couples are afford them or were not becoming so involved in used to motel or retreat their parishes that they house sun;oundings. have_ not th~ time to ca~ry Two pilot programmes on m thetr commumty are being conducted in g;.oups. poorer areas of Australia. The renewal of the par- The results of this may 1sh has been slogan but match the experience in was not earned through New Guinea or Fiji where ~hereas n~w we a~e .com- local culture plays a part m~ to reah,se that 1t 1s the with couples attending raison d etre of the meetings uner canvas or organisation. bedding down on mats in "Marriage Encounter is classrooms and bringing about providing the their own fQodstuffs Church with its greatest The spiritual develop resource - people. So. ment programme which is many people are at Mass also being developed by once a week but become the Australian ME movelost in the world around ment will soon be sent to them. all states to be incorpo"lt really hits couples on rated into the follow-up ap ME weekend when they community meetings realise that they are the which couples attend Church voluntarily after they have The Marriage Encounter attended an ME weekend. movement which has seen According to Father 18,000 couples pass Winters who made his first through its weekends since contact with the movement February 1974 - 490 of after attending a weekend the weekends being in WA in August 1977, the people - is also taking a new look are crying out for more at its Australian presenta- spirituality. tion as well as establishing "We are working on a the movement in New Gui- programme for the whole nea and Fiji. -family, on their belonging
to the Church, on not keeping the faith to themselves but sharing it with others and on actions to renew parish life."
Family life still has to be a priority for the Harkin couple and their seven and five year old children.
"Four years ago when we attended our ME weekend we decided to give our lives to the Church in a sp ark that was ignited when we attended our first ME weekend. We are grateful to our friends for having called us," said Trish Harkin.
She said that pressure and more responsibility had come their way as they became first the Victorian unit couple and the n national couple this year. Responsibility is reflecte d in the many phone calls she receives at home and the decisions about which she has to consult her husband and Father Winters.
"A couple would really be employed full time on this work," she said. "But we don't want to be seen as different from other couples as we are going through the same struggles as they are. It is not easy but we believe we are where God wants us to be at this time."
At last Saturday's Encounter leadership training weekend (left to righi) national executive team members Crhis and Trish Harkin and Father Dan Winters are pictured with Floreat couple Terry and Lorraine Hc!rrison.
Nuclear is Holy Days may move mid-week moral issue
WASHINGTON (NC) - Rather than reduce the number of holy days of obligation some could be moved permanently to mid-week, Archbishop John F. Whealon of Hartford suggested at the U.S. bishops annual meeting.
WASHINGTON (NC) - Whether it is moral even to possess nuclear weapons for deterrent purposes has become a II central issue," Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, of Cincinnati, told the US bishops at their annual meeting last month. "At the same time," he continued, "heavily scheduled Catholic laity seem to be finding back-to-back Mass more difficult to understand."
He suggested that the time may be ripe for the American bishops to form a "new judgment" on that question.
Archbishop Bernardin's report, as chairman of the year-old ad hoc committee fo rmed to write a national pastoral letter on war and peace issues, provoked more than half an hour of spir ited comments by bishops urging a strong stance against the nuclear arms race.
Bishop Mark Hurley, of Santa Rosa said, "The pre ss has labelled the bishops 'right wing' for their stance on abortion and will probably call them 'left wing' for their comments on disarmament.
"But we are thoroughly consistent in what we are doing to protect the right to life 'from womb to tomb', " he said.
Spiritual values before money!
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Recalling the example of the biblical sisters Martha and Mary, Pope John Paul 11 urged Italian restaurant and hotel owners to put spiritual values ahead of economic gain.
Meeting with 2,500 participants in the national congress of the Italian Association of Restaurant and Hotel Owners, the pope said they should be guided by example of Martha, their patronness, and by her sister Mary.
According to the Gospel, when Jesus came to the home of Martha and Mary, Martha occupied herself with the details of hospitality while Mary sat at Jesus' feet and listened to him
When Martha complained that her sister was not helping, Jesus told her that Mary had chosen "the better portion."
"In carrying out your precious service for so many guests, tourists and pilgrims, do it in a spirit of Christian dedication and eager readiness, knowing how much is expected from you for every need and never forgetting, beyond every economic consideration, the most needy and weak," Pope John Paul said recently.
AWAKEN TO SIN
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (NC) -
Concerned about the decl!~in~ use of VATICAN CITY: The new code of the sac~ament of rec<?nc1hat1on, 15 Canon Law which is due late in 1982 Texas b1sh_ops ha_ve wratten a pastoral will guarantee penitents the right to letter ~rgmg prae st s to h_elp make anonymity in the confessional. Cathohcs more aware of sm.
"The Advent season is a good time to start," they said. This was one of a number
"There is a legitimate concern that many Catholics of additional agenda items 1 • f • h. h • I d' h d' f approved by a commission are osmg a sense o sm, w JC JS ea mg tot e isuse o that reviewed the code last the sacrament that gives them the rich and redeeming love of Christ," the letter stated. "Not only is there a Jack month before passing it on of the sense of individual or personal sin, but there is an to the pope for promulappalling disregard for the morality of the social issues gation. of our day. For many Catholics the social teaching of The agenda items the church is not perceived as a matter that affects the approved were: in~ividual consci~nce or personal morality." . . • Psychological testing for fhe pastoral cited a need to restore the sense of sm seminarians. accordmg to the Church's authentic teachings. "If we allow the diminishing sense of sin to grow, the result will be a practical denial of the need for God's mercy and the redeeming sufferings of Jesus would not be active for many," the bishops said.
Although warning against "an undue concentration on the subject of sin," they emphasised the need to explain and promote the use of confession.
"While homilies on this subject are urged, especially in penitential seasons, we stress again the need for a balance in the presentation of these truths of our faith," they said.
They also cautioned against either excessive emphasis on sin of "inflicting upon people guilt feelings that are out of proportion."
Yet, they also underscored the value of preaching on the realities of sin and Jesus' redeeming love.
"It is perhaps because we have been silent about sin too long that our people are losing their consciousness of sin," they said.
The pastoral urged priests to use the rite of penance correctly, including having a room available in every parish for face-to-face confession.
• Pastors must always provide a means to protect the anonymity of penitents, although penitents may choose face-to-face confession·.
• Matrimonial consent can be invalid by reason of insanity, lack of due discretion or other psychic anomalies or by reason of ignorance or fraud.
• Women may serve as lay judges in an annulment case along with two clerics.
reception of the Eucharist, penance or anointing of the sick by baptized nonCatholics who do not h~ve access to a minister of their own community.
• Reintroduction of the impediment of sacred orders as an exception to the general rule that the Ordinary may dispense from all impediments to marriage in danger of death.
_Auxiliary Bishop Gaughan of Greensburg, Pa., said at a news conference later that that back-to-back Mass problem is especially acute in sparsely populated areas where a priest might have to travel 200 miles or more in one day to celebrate several Masses. He then has to do the same thing the next day whenever there is a Mass obligation two days in a row. The chairman of the bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee, said his committee had considered the proposal but had rejected it because it would be "extremely complicated" and would become "entirely impractical and confusing."
He said he could envision the problems that would arise, for instance, when All Saints' Day fell on a Monday, All Souls' Day fell on Tuesday, and the holy day of obligation for All Saint's would be observed on Wednesday. Archbishop Weakland also noted that in a survey of bishops last year a majority said they were opposed to establishing permanently the feast of the Immaculate Conception on a Wednesday rather than the current practice of celebrating it December 8.
Last year's proposal to eliminate four holy days of obligation in the United States was withdrawn by the bishops' conference even though a majority of bishops responding to the survey favoured the idea. At the same time a number of Catholic newspapers found their readers strongly opposed _to the change. The proposal called for retaining only Christmas and the feast of the Immaculate Conception as U.S. holy days. National conferences of bishops can establish their own list of holy days with approval of the Vatican.
• mandatory · review of every affirmative sentence of nullity in marriage cases in the court of first instance (a revocation of the special procedural norms in effect during the past decade in the United States and Australia, where no such review was required);
• Retention of territorial dioceses rather than "personal prelacies" in which • the remarriage of permembers of organisations manent ~eacons, who a~e such as secular institutes not permitted to remarry if might have their own their spouse dies after their bishops. ordination to the dia-
• Retention of the possibility of non-voting persons to remain at meetings of episcopal conferences when a vote is called.
• ~equir~ment of consuI- Six other special questat1on with non-Cathohc tions supported were· religious leaders before a • diocesan bishop or episco- •. the_ exercise of jurisdicpal conference issues gen- tJon m the church by lay era] norms about the persons; conate; • the removal of automatic excommunication for membership in the FreellJasons, but the retention of automatic excom.munication for abortion; • and the option of bishops conferences establishing administrative tribunals. The Record. December 3-9. 1981 5
ARCHBISHOPS SPEAK OUT ON NUCLEAR A MAMENTS·
ARCHBISHOP QUINN: PROBLEMS
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif: - "Current discussions about limited nuclear weapons as a warning to aggressive forces are breaking down the barrier of the unthinkability of nuclear warfare,,, Archbishop John Quinn said recently.
In his carefullyworded speech the archbishop said that governments have a grave moral obligation to halt the arms race, that -even limited nuclear warfare cannot be morally justified, and that even the possession of nuclear weapons as a deterrent is immoral as a long-term policy.
A month earlier in a long pastoral letter on the feast of St Francis of Assisi, patron saint of the archdiocese , Archbishop Quinn had condemned any form of nuclear warfare and called for an immediate "nuclear arms freeze" as an interim measure leading to bilateral disarmament.
Archbishop Quinn defended the Church's right to speak on moral issues touching the political order. He analysed the use of nuclear weapons, including limited nuclear warfare, and the possession of such weapons as a deterrent in the light of Church teaching on the conditions required for a just war.
"Far from being obsolete, the JUSt war theory is eminently applicable to today's problems and serves to make unequivocally clear the utter immoral character of nuclear war," he said.
He said that on the basis of the just war principles of proportionality (the good to be achieved must outweigh the evil done) and dis-
crimination between combatants and noncombatants "it should be clear that it can never be moralJy justified to use strategic nuclear weapons."
"The good to be derived from their use is far outweighed by the incalculable evil involved, and they also mean the indiscriminate killing of whole populations," he said.
He said disarmament "is the grave moral responsibility of all the nuclear powers together Everyone must work to put an end to the arms race."
"From the standpoint of moral judgement, the use of any and all nuclear weapons of whatever size must be clearly rejected. And this means that even the socalled limited nuclear war cannot be morally justified," he said.
Unacceptable
"While in principle the possession of nuclear weapons targeted at cities cannot be justified morally ," he said, "there is some reliable body of moral opinion that would tolerate - tolerate - the possession of nuclear weapons, but only as an interim instrument of policy.
"The high risks involved in this condition of preserving peace by the threat of terror and of total destruction make it a morally unacceptable long-term policy.'.'
Theft
He declared that "govern-
budget for 1986 is set at
BISHOP NIEDERGESES:
just under $1 billion a day NASHVILLE, Tenn. (NC) - Calling nuclear The Soviet Union must alsobearthemoralrespon- war .,folly of unbelievable dimensions," Bishop
James D. Niedergeses, of Nashville, said that Soviet Unio~," he said. even possession of nuclear weapons is immoral
He said disarmament "is unless it is accompanied by serious efforts at the grave moral responsibility of all the nuclear disarmament.
powers together Eve-
one of a growing number ryone must work to put an He urged Ca th011 cs to of bishops who in recent end to the arms race." Stud Y the m Or a I months have publicly condimensions of the demned or questioned the
The archbishop urged his question careful!~ and arms rac~ •.
r t t f t d asked for educat1ona I After c1tmg papal and f1s edn~rs o as tan d pr~dy efforts in the diocese conciliar teachings on or 1sarmamen an sa1 d rf B' h th t 'f th h concerning the arms mo em wa are, is op a as. CI 1_zens ey ave Niedergeses commented: an obhgat10n to express -race. "The official and authentic the~selves through the The bishop issued his call teaching of the Roman poht1cal process. ma pastoral letter. He was Catholic Church on
FR. LEBEAUPIN:
ments now have a grave UNITED NATIONS (NC) - The Vatimoral obligation to take h · · d 1 40 · h nuclear armaments is clear and without exception. Nuclear armaments of their nature are directed to the indiscriminate destruction of whole cities or vast areas with their inhabi- extraordinary means to Ca~ as J01!1e _count~leS at t e bring an end to the arms Umted Nations m this years General race:·· People should be Assembly debate on disarmament by convmced that the arms d • · · race in which so many plea mg_ with the current ~E:~erat1on countries are engaged is to exercise moral respons1b1hty.
Raising the question of not a safe way to preserve a possession for deterrence steady peace." Father Alain Lebeaupin, vent accidental warfare or a preventive nuclear strike.
or self-defense, Arch bi- a member of the Vatican's shop Quinn said, "For _The U.S. Tride~t ~ubma- observer mission, said that Catholic moral teaching nne a nd MX miSStle p~o- the current generation has there is no question about ~ramme escala_te Amenca "a moral responsibility to the right of a nation to its mto a _firS t-st nke .P 0st u~e organise all economic and legitimate defence But l and heighten the mstabd- intellectual moral and note the use of the qualifier · ity, he said. spiritual p'ossibilities in 'legitimate' when speaking Archbishop Quinn said the service of relationships about defence. that the drain of money betw_een people for a har-
"Catholic moral teaching holds, and the (Second Vatican) Council states, that the possession of war potential does not make every_ military or political use of it lawful.
from human needs is monious development of another moral imperative humanity." for ending the arms race The current assembly and reducing the nuclear dabate centres on the need arsenal. to produce agreements between the United States
"Our own military and the Soviet Union on research and procurement measures that would pre-
ARCHBISHOP HANNAN:
NEW ORLEANS - Archbishop Hannan has suggested that the possession of weapons whose use is considered immoral may be justified if possession of such weapons is a deterrent to their use by the other side.
"Very convincing proof has been submitted by outsi de parties that the Russian forces ·in Afghanistan have used chemical warfare against the unprotec ted soldiers and people of Afghanistan," he wrote.
"Would the Russians have done this if the Afgha ns had possessed chemical warfare capability 'let hal gas) to use against the Russians? The answer is obviously 'no'."
He blamed the Soviet Union for thwarting arms co ntrol efforts "by their unwi llingness to have a tho rough verification sys tem."
The archbishop recalled th at 25 years ago Hungaria n freedom fighters "were ruthlessly slaughtered" by t he thousands by Russian co mmunists," and in 1968 "Czechoslovakia had the same experience."
invasion of Poland in the past year and commented, "If the United States had very limited military power, its threats to Russia would be useless, as history has shown."
BISHOP QUINN:
Next June, the assembly will hold a special session on disarmament, and several nations have suggested that Pope John Paul 11 and other world religious leaders be invited to address the members.
The Holy See delegate told the assembly that this generation should examine disarmament in the light of a just exercise of responsibilities at the national and international level.
He said that to be responsible in a society required bringing into the heart of peoples the sense of confidence and of openness to the diversity of societies, in order to lead them to work for understanding among human persons and nations.
At the national level, to work for greater understanding was to work to render disarmament ind1s-
Bi sh op Francis Quinn has conde- , pensable, because armamned even the possession of ~e~ts were _no longer Justified, he said. nuclear weapons and urged the Um- A mutual knowledge of ted States to take unilateral initial cultures, allowing an
"The willingness ot the steps toward disarmament. II A bilat- appreciation of what was premier of France and the I d • f "II b different could only be premier of Germany to era re UCtlOn O arms WI not eg1n constructive for peace and have us nuclear weapons until something unilateral happens,,, for real deten~e between in their countries, despite he said. peoples, he _said. Hum~m the opposition of many of persons and ideas mustc1rBishop Quinn, in a pastoral letter, wrote that the c I te fre I h dd d ttheitr citthiz_ensb, 1~efmtohn-t unilateral step toward disarmament which he was cal- u a e y, e a e • s ra es e1r e 1e a 1 f " d b d 1 11 b 1 "The more we are per- their freedom would be in mg or ne~ not e an,, rea 1st1ca y cannot ea um at- suaded that arms have a t • d 'f th d' d eral total disarmament. negative non-constructive groetahJeoeparclyeai eeay 0 1 But he said unilateral steps were needed to begin the aspect, the more it will be n av nu r w p ns d " t f h dl • l f -1 bl f d f ,, h ,process an ge away rom t e en ess sp1ra o arma- evident that it is necessary ava\: e, or e ence, e ment and deterrence." to make real choices of wro • On nuclear arms he commented: "Both the use and social cultural and spiritHe said he did not neces- possessioi:1, of_nuclear weapons have to be condemned. ual p;ogress. For persons sary agree with every US !he. apphcat10n <;>f the JUSt '"'.ar theory leads_ to the just as much as societies, to decision and said that there mevital)le conclus10 n that warm a nuclear age is obso- make choices based on were legitimate differences let: as an inst rume~t of public policy. facts and not on prejudices of opinion about "the We should rethink the concept of secunty, which is essential for the future" amount and type of wea- cannot ~e interpr~ted ~s f!lerel_y a milit_ary concept," said the priest. ' pons needed for national wr~te Bishop Qumn. P~iman~y_ secunty has to b_e Understanding should be defence ." defmed as _a soc~o-economic, pohtical ~lso ecol~gi- born from negotiations "It is also true," he added, "that the quality or effectiveness of weapons is a cal value, m which detente and reconcihatlon and hm- which take into account itati?n are c~ntral elements." the legitimate interests of
He credited opposition crucial problem; an out"of the free world, espe- moded weapon is no match cially the United States" for a more effective with forestalling a Soviet weapon."
B1sho~ Qm~n called for all nat10ns to sign the nuclear each participant, and non-prohferat1on treaty, for a U.N. agreement outlaw- which should lead to a ing all weapons of m<l:ss destruction, for th~ creati~n of decision to work together nuclear free and security zones, for resumption of d1sar- for human social and ecomament talks, and for a freeze meantime on production nomic ddvelopment, he and deployment of nuclear weapons. said.
tan ts.
"In the strongest, clearest language, the Roman Catholic h'ishops, gathered in the Second Vatican Council, called such warfare 'a crime against God and man, which merits firm and unequivocal condemnation',"
He raised the question of defensive or deterrent possession of a nuclear arsenal, but reminded Catholics of the statement by Cardina-l- John Krol, of. Philadelphia, last y,ear iri testimony for the U.S. Catholic Conference before the U.S. Senate Fore~gn Relations Committee.
In that statement Cardinal Krol said that both use and the threat of use of nuclear weapons is morally wrong.
"Deterrence can be tolerated as a lesser evil than use, as long as serious negotiations are pursued aimed at phasing out nuclear deterrence," Cardinal Krol added.
"If the pursuit of that goal is forsaken, the moral attitude of the Catholic Church would almost have
to shift to one of unco mpromising condemnation of both the use and possession of nuclear weapons."
"In other words," Bisho p Niedergeses commented, "the vastness of destruction following nuclear attack is so great that possession of nuclear weapons can be accepted, unde r Catholic doctrine , as a deterrent to war only insofar as honest attempts to discard such weapons are under way."
The Tennessee bishop also challenged the "trillions of dollars in the development and holding of arms."
"In the face of human tragedy in death, hunger, disease, poor education and housing, and the mounting burden of hopelessness so many carry, it represents an unacceptable cost," he said. He said Catholics should "insist upon international agreements and processes to eliminate nuclear arms ." He asked Catholics to familiarise themselves with papal teachings on war and the arms race and said the diocesan education office would answer inquiries for key papal documents on the subject.
He also asked that Catholic schools and religious education programmes "include moral consideration of the arms race in some meaningful way within the next semester in their curricula" and that parish councils develop programmes for parish attention to the issue.
Bishop. Niedergeses called on his •priests to inclu de concern over the arms race in prayer intentions in the liturgy.
BISHOP OTTENWE~[ER:
STEUBENVILLE, OHIO
Bishop
Albert H. Ottenweller has declared that 0 there is no way we can apply the 'just war' norms to machines with such destructive power as nuclear bombs. We must say that their very use is madness and immoral."
Bishop Ottenweller said that the potential destruction in a nuclear war today "is simply unthinkable, no matter what the cause." We must approach the arms buildup in the USSR and in our own country with a sense of the sacredness and oneness of humanity and not just of our national security," he wrote.
He also attacked the arms
race from the standpoint of its human costs. "In the next five years our nation alone will expend l. 5 trillion dollars on armaments I was reading recently that for the amount of money it costs to build one nuclear submarine we could construct 450,000 moderately priced homes," he wrote. "Money is going into armaments that should be used for human needs here in America and for the economic growth of developing countries," Bishop Ottenweller said.
6 The Record, December 3-9, 1981,
FOR 26 1/2 YEARS HE OCCUPIED THE BENCH
Three-score years and 17 have not dimmed the ready wit and keen intellect of Alan Gregory Smith.
Coupled with anno domini, these characteristics make him a repository of interesting reminiscence and pertinent comment.
Example: "Stan Toose - later a judge - and I appeared for Darby Munro in his divorce case. Did you know that Darby couldn't read or write? All he could do was scribble his name on a cheque. But what a jockey! He could 'lift' a horse in the straight like nobody else could. No wonder he won three Melbourne Cups on Peter Pan, Sirius and Russia."
Still on his days as a practitioner at law in NSW, Alan recalls that one of •his frequent opponents in court was Wilfred (Bill) Dovey, Margaret Whitlam's father and later a judge.
"He was a big man who looked like Mephistopholes, and he could frighten hell out of a witness m court. "
But then we go back in time to Alan's younger days He lived in Burwood, in the Concord parish that has now been
divided into 13 other parishes, ab out half-way between Sydney and Parramatta.
He learnt that in earlier times the convicts used to stop there when they were in transit between the two towns. Many were FrenchCanadian political prisoners who
In very many cases it was drink that started the rot
had no English and the authorities had difficulty in communicating with them.
So a young Irish priest who had received part of his education in France and spoke the language fluently was appointed chaplain· and liaison officer.
His name was John Brady and he was to becomi the first bishop of Perth.
"By the way," Alan says, "Cardinal Freeman was once parish priest at Concord.
"My grandfather John Ahearn, who was born at Parramatta in l844, was the first mayor of Campbel-
"As Lord Petrie, to the best of my knowledge he was the only clergyman of any denomination to have exercised his holy orders in Australia while he was an English nobleman.
"Eventually he had to go back to England to sort out the affairs of his estates."
Mention of the Springbok rugby tour of New Zealand brought the comment from Alan that he had represented Sydney University at rugby and tennis in addition to having been president of the Undergranduates' Association.
On a tour of New Zealand he and his team-mates were astonished at the crowds of 25,000 to 30,000 who turned up to watch them play. They were also dismayed to find, on coming off the field encrusted in mud, that the country's top venues provided only cold-water showers in the freezing weather of a New Zealand winter.
His sporting prowess, this time as a squash player, was directly responsible for his RAAF transfer to Perth.
When Air-Commodore Brownell was posted here as Air Officer Commanding Western Area, one of his first administrative acts was to arrange the transfer to Perth of his squash partner Alan Smith.
ltown where Father Tom Grant, a West Australian now back here, was parish priest many years later.
"In my grandfather's time the parish priest at Campbelltown and a great fri~nd of his was Father Petrie, who inherited an English title when he was incumbent.
As either a legal officer or judgeadvocate with the rank of wingcommander, he appeared at close to 300 wartime courts martial in WA.
All sorts of offences were dealt with, but petrol stealing was the most common.
The 100-octane aviation fuel was coloured with a special dye which remained traceable no matter how much standard petrol was mixed with it.
Of his post-war service as a magistrate here, Alan says that generally offenders could be divided into three categories.
First there were the criminals by nature , recidivists who would appear time and again.
In the second category were those first offenders whom you know would never appear in court again.
Then there were the miscreants who were not really vicious criminals but who would give way weakly to temptation.
His court duties and frequent visits to gaols have left him with the conviction that drink is the cause of 90 per cent of crime.
The records of many offenders show that they were first convicted of under-age drinking or drinking in the street. The next step in the progression is breaking and enteringinitially often to get only cigarettes or liquor.
On one of his gaol visits he was presented with a typical example of the hopeless situation of many of these people.
He asked a prisoner he had sentenced and who was just about to be released what would be the first thing he would do when he got out of gaol.
"Oh, I suppose I'll go and have a drink," was the reply.
Alan, a lifelong tee-totaller, is a great admirer of the work done by Alchoholics Anonymous and freqently attended their meetings. He can quote a number of examples of the help AA has given to many people in supporting them through the hell of withdrawal from alcoholism and transforming them into first-class citizens.
Once in sentencing a man for his 500th drunkenness conviction, Alan said:
"There's nothing wrong with you, except that you drink."
Some months later he was surprised to be confronted by the same man - spotlessly clean and well groomed - who told him that he wanted to be received into the Church.
Alan was very pleased to be his godfather and later his sponsor at Confirmation.
As part of his St. Vincent de Paul Society work, Alan and Nancy go to Sunset Hospital every Sunday and push the wheelchair patient there to Mass.
"I see a lot of my old customers there," he jokes.
If ever he were to be hauled before the court in this life, he would be fortunate indeed to appear before a magistrate with the compassion and understanding of Alan Smith.
BISHOP URGES CATHOLICS TO
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (NC) - Bishop Ottenweller of Steubenville has urged Catholics "to take a stand against violence wherever it
occurs."
"Turn off violence on TV," the bishop said, "don't let it enter the sacredness of your home. Avoid movies that offend against the sacredness of sexuality and the person
"Lay men and women have a 'word to speak,"' Bishop Ottenweller said. "Let it be for peace and humanity."
The bishop said he was hearing a message from the
world that upsets him. He recalled the attempts on the lives of Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan, the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and the recent killing in Belmont County, Ohio, of a threeyear-old girl by her father. "Jesus teaches us that life is precious, that we are made in the image of God, that humans are head and shoulders above all other creatures," the bishop said.
"We cannot be seeing all
He continued: "The the armaments and expeworld impacts on us. For riencing violence without example the value of arms losing a lot of sensitivity to that our country has the moral evil of killing," exported to the Third Hishop Ottenweller said. World has increased 450 The sacredness of percent in the last 10 years. human life does not mean "The value of the arms we that much to us. It is not export and the economic just something in Egypt, aid to developing countries Iran or Afghanistan. That is about the same, $20 bil- insensitivity can give us lion. Even small children ourselves permission to do in the Middle East carry violence." rifles and submachine The bishop recalled hearguns. It's like the world is a ing a psychiatrist recently vast armed camp. deplore the introduction
by Home Box Office of bourhoods "become junhard-core pornography gles of fear," the bishop and violence mto the llvmg said. rooms of America. "He He urged Catholics to said America will pay the "check out" their own price in the quality of its values. life," Bishop Ottenweller "What a contrast," he said. said, "between the armed The psychiatrist, the camp the world has bishop noted, said expo- become, with nations of all sure to "a steady diet of this sizes bristling with weakind of sex and violence pons, and Jesus' word to will result in a lowering of Peter in the Garden of sensitivity to moral Gethsemani:' 'Put your values." Without values sword back in its place. All that respect the dignity and who take the sword will die rights of persons, neigh- by the sword.'
"Has the constant exposure to sex and violence dulled our sensitivities to its evil? Are we losing respect for the sacredness of each human person?
"Can we turn away from one million deaths by abortion each year in our country?
"Can we be insensitive to the violence we see everywhere? Is the arms race a mad rush to extinction?
"Then we should act on those values."
The Record, December 3-9, 1981 7
He
PROMOTE
president of Morality in
Media, is on a tour of 34 cities. "All homes are going to be wired eventually, so we're thinking 10 years
ahead," he said in an interview.
"We want to solve the cable television problem before it becomes epidemic. It's bad enough right now."
According to Father Hill, 22 percent of U.S. homes now are hooked up to cable TV.
Morality in Media's mail campaign began with a test list of 44,000 known donors to causes and subscri be rs to religious publications
POLLS
the ads shown by Father Kavanaugh were misinterpreted and that the presentation ignored many good things done by advertising. Fisher, a Catholic layman whose agency has been used by the Society of the Atonement, also complained that the positive side of advertising had been overlooked But he said that much advertising was "tasteless" and "distressing." He especially criticised some blue jeans advertising - such as the ads featuring Brooke Shields.
TRUE GUIDE
NEW YORK (NC) - Ratings which indicate that television satisfies consumers do not necessarily mean it is serving the public interest, a magazine editor told Catholic broadcasters.
"All of us are the public, whether we watch television or not, and we are affected by it," said Les Brown, editor of Channels magazine He spoke at a workshop on Monitoring the Monitors at the annual assembly of the Catholic broadcasters association
Industry
Just as the consumer of drugs does not represent the public interest in drug control, he said, so television watchers do not constitute the public that deserves to have its welfare served by television. programming by the argument that ratings showed this was what the public wanted, he said. But Brown countered that "ratings are not the public voice, and that people who do not watch television at all have a right to say, 'It is not in the public interest to have so much violence on television'." the local station operator should be held accountable, but he acknowledged it would take efforts by a lot
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Pam's courage over her adversity sets .fine example for the afflicted
Pam Smith doesn't think she's a special kind of person, but there are those who would beg to differ. Her family, for instance, would be quick to tell you ·that she has coped with adversity - not with saintly calm, but with raw human courage.
For 16 of her 46 years, she has brought up three children, with her left arm totally paralysed and partial paralysis of the left side of her body. Not to mention her active work in the church and the community.
Married at 25, Pam and her husband Laurie were delighted with the birth of their daughter, Christine, two years later. In a short 17 months, their second daughter, Nicole, arrived. Home a week with her new baby and energetic toddler, Pam was cruelly struck down by a stroke.
"It was just one of those things," said the doctors.
Little consolation for a young mother who awoke to find she was totally paralysed in the left hand, partially paralysed in the lett leg and with a general weakness on her left side.
There were tears, frustration, anger and the heartbreak of three and a half months in hospital separated from her husband and children.
"It was a tremendous shock and I think I was in shock for a few months," Pam said. "You go through an enormous variety of emotions.
"Eventually I was sent to Shenton Park Annexe and I had made up my mind that I wouldn't come out until I was completely better.
"It was only when I realised that I wasn't going to get better that I began to try and learn to cope. How people cope without any faith I just don't know," she said.
"I just kept telling myself, 'God is on my side.'
"My sister Joy had my baby for nine months while I was sick It was so very hard to give her up. She used to come home at weekends.
One Sunday night I said to Laurie: 'Don't take her back tonight, leave it until the morning.' In the morning I had made up my mind, she was staying and I was going to cope.
Determination
"I've often wondered how Nicky coped with that early period with someone else. But some years ago a teacher read me one of her assign: ments where she said she thought she was very lucky because she had two families. There is a special bond between Nicky and my sister and a special bond between Christine and my twin sister, Judy, who cared for her while I was out of action.'' Having made up her mind her babies were coming home to stay, Pam now had to face the hard part. It took every ounce of faith and determination that she had to cope with the physical problems and to learn to live with the emotional ones.
"The little things were the worst and the fact that I was never able to put my arms around my babies," she said.
"I trained the children to lock their arms around my neck so I could lift them. We also invented these nappies, which were in the shape of the disposable nappies
you buy today. Ours did up with press studs and relatives worked for weeks making them for me.
"Buttons too were the bane of my life. No-one is a saint and no-one is perfect, frustration is the worst part of any disability. My daily prayer is still not to get too angry and frustrated.
"I remember one day Christine was having trouble with her buttons and I couldn't help her much. I got angry with her because she couldn't do it and she said: 'Are you angry at me Mummy or are you angry with God?'
She's quick to say she couldn't stand to sound like a "saint" but feels there's a good side to even the worst things. You might have to grit your teeth, check your anger, and look hard and long for it, but it will be there.
"I think it has made me a better person, a bit more patient, more understanding my other daily prayer is for patience," Pam said.
to do if it happened again we still haven't had that talk and our son Brian is 10."
"For Pam, the birth of a son was an achievement and a joy. Her daughters were eight and six and with their help she soon found having a baby in the house was not so hard after all.
"I'm afraid the girls had to grow up very quickly," Pam said. Christine, who will be 18 at Christmas, is a trainee draftswoman with the government and Nicole, 16, is at Newman Senior College.
Faith has been a way of life for Pam Smith, virtually since the day she was born in Goomalling, in 1935. Her parents were wheat farmers and her first years were spent in the tiny town of Kondut, a siding out of Wongan Hills.
"Yes, it was just a bout three and a half people and a one-legged dog," Pam laughed.
"Neither do 1 worry about the trivial things that would have concerned me once now I live for today.
"I like to think that if I go through the fits of frustration and depression that at least it helps me to grow as a person, to know myself better and to understand."
Pam Smith obviously knows what it is like to be down, but she'll be the first to tell you from that position there's only one place to go and that's up. And anyway, who can appreciate the best things in life if they've never known the worst?
"It really made me think. You can't control the frustration and anger all the time and you hate yourself because of the way you have been."
For Pam, one of the greatest disappointments was being told, "no more children." But fate tends to deal it's own hand and five and a half years after the stroke she found she was pregnant again.
"I felt numb, but happy," she said. "As much as anything I wanted to prove a point because they had said I shouldn't have any more.
God cares
"Yes, I worried about having another stroke, but strangely enough it didn't get me down. I think God was looking after us.
One day I said to Laurie that I wanted to have a talk about what
3-9, 1981
By Roslyn Ross
At the age of six her family moved to Perth and her father went to the war. They settled at Shenton Park - Pam, her identical twin Judy (now Mrs Weir, of Shenton Park), elder sister Joy (now Mrs Preedy, of Shenton Park) and brothers Kevin (who lives at Northam) and Ian (who lives at Mandurah).
The five children went to St Aloysius School at Shenton Park and Pam continued through until the end of third year.
The year she turned 16 saw joy and tragedy she got her first job, as a secretary for the government, and her mother died. Worse was to come, her sister Joy became ill so Pam gave up her job and spent nine months caring for her young family.
Marian Lodge
When her sister recovered she returned to work, this time in a solicitor's office. Actively involved in the YCW already, here enthusiasm soon saw her as a full-time worker and later secretary. She stayed with the YCW for two years, meeting her future husband, Laurie, who was a teacher at Trinity but also active in the youth group.
For the first two years of their marriage Pam and La1,1rie ran Marian Lodge, at Kalamunda, a one-time YCW training centre. Then came the babies and the years of trial, but there was almost always time for Church work as well.
"My parents were very involved with the Church and we grew -tIP with it," Pam said.
"I joined what was the National Catholic Girls' Movement at 16 and really enjoyed it. It was around the time that my mother died and I will never forget when the older girls came to ask us out, I was just so touched that someone cared. It was very important for me.
"After we were married the involvement became a little less because Laurie was studying for his degree and I began having the babies," she said.
Majellans
Involved in the Catholic Social Apostolate for a short time, Pam has been active in the Majellans for the past 15 years. She was one of the original members of the group in Doubleview parish, at the Church of the Holy Hosary, in her area of Woodlands. She did a four year stint on the Majellans' central committee some years ago and was secretary for two years. "Then I had a break from everything. I needed time to give to the children." she said.
More trials
With her batteries re-charged, she was soon back into it and is now president of the Doubleview Majellans and has been back on the central committee for the past 12 months. She has just landed the job of looking after country groups and will arrange for the president to visit various areas. "The Majellans are quite strong in many country areas and they appreciate any interest from Perth," she said.
It's a busy time ahead but the pace ha~ slowed- somewhat in the past few weeics as Pam recovered fr om a broken shoulder.
Disabled
"It was one of those silly things, I fell over the dog ," she said ." And to make it worse it was my good shoulder."
"I think I crashed a bit and began to feel that God had left me It was strange , I felt as if I was completely paralysed from that day and not from the stroke 16 years ago.
"I've thought about it a lot over the last few weeks and I guess it was because with my good shoulder gone I had no hands at all."
Coping with being a disabled person is obviously a lifetime taskyou never come to terms with it completely. In this Year of the Disabled, Pam Smith is glad to see people are more aware but saddened to see so few results.
"There are many simple things that could be done to make life easier," she said.
"Why do bus steps have to be so high and why do doors have to be so heavy? Not enough thought goes into planning public buildings." We live in a society that makes it hard to be different, for the disa bled it is that much worse not only are they different but disability limits lifestyle. It's easier, says Pam, if people are frank and open, ready to talk to someone who is disabled about their problems.
"I prefer people to know I'm disa bled," she said. "I do get angry though when people, who perhaps don't think, but have known me for years, say: 'What have you done to your leg?'
"We need to talk about disabilities more. I have a friend who has said more than once: "Pam's got a gammy arm, but we won't worry about that.'
"Somehow it brings it all out into the open and I feel better."
All playing a waiting game Youth Mass '81
"Advent is a feminine season", a young man told me recently. When I asked him to explain he added: "it's all about waiting . .,
A young lover waits for her date to arrive; A young bride waits for her wedding day; A wife waits for her spouse to come home from work. A mother waits for the dinner to be cooked, or for the washing machine to complete its cycle. Mother waits for the children to come home from school or a night out on the town.
Take the time to prepare yourself
• spiritually
leave laden with festive taking the lead in this area. season supplies. It may involve some And, of course, Father initial dis~ussion and perChristmas is already wait- haps buymg some little ing to hear what every bo?klet a~ a help and A pregnant woman waits four-year-old would like ~mde. It will mean ensurfor baby to be born. for Christmas so that Mum mg that each member of or Dad can make their the family is involved and expensive purchase in his give1_1 an opportunity to surrounding toy wonder- participate. land. I wonder if it is not too
During this season of Advent we wait and prepare ourselves to celebrate the birth of a child, Jesus Christ, Son of God our Saviour
The commercial world has already been waiting for some time and has spared no cost to prepare itself.
Bright coloured lights decorate our city streets and dazzling window fronts offer attractive bargains for christmas shoppers. The card racks are overflowing with greetings for every mem her of the family (which often saves writing a proper letter).
The supermarkets wait for profits to sky rocket as t~ousands of shoppers
The challenge to all much to ask that our famChristians is to prepare ily prayer preparation be spiritually as well as mate- given as much priority as rially. Not only to stack the time and effort spent our fridges but to stack our on shopping, preparing the hearts. Christmas tree, cooking
Not only to make a way the Christmas cake, for a Christmas tree in the wrapping the presents and lounge but to renew a:id sending out our greeting. strengthen the family cards. bonds of love. - It may mean a short time
One concrete way I would each day or perhaps, a spelike to challenge people is cial hour set aside each to improve or re-introduce week. a time of family prayer. I recently saw a car sticker I suspect that family which said, "Put Australia prayer is not a popular on its feet, get down on exercise today. your knees." Our motto as
Perhaps the lead ought to we wait and prepare for come from parents but I Christmas may be, "Put believe, that young people our family on its feet , let's are more than capable of get down on our knees".
Bishop Peter Quinn will be a special guest at Youth Mass '81 Fr. John Jegorow will be principal celebrant.
Members of the Young Christian Workers' Movement will celebrate 40 years of their movement's history in Australia at Youth Mass '81 to be held at the West Australian
BISHOP QUINN IS A SPECIAL GUEST
University Sunken Gardens on Saturday, December 12 commencing at 7 pm.
Young people, their families and friends from all youth organisations are urged to attend this celebration.
Each movement has accepted a special part in preparing the liturgy. It is hoped that young workers will actually construct the altar just before the gifts are prepared.
Parish groups or organisations are encouraged to bring along their specially made banners.
The aim of Youth Mass '81 is to bring together as many different, and sometimes isolated groups for a time of prayer and celebration.
Fr. Jegorow said this week "judging by the amount of preparation, all looks set for a wonderful liturgy. The last open air Mass I attended was flooded out. I hope I am not the jinx! Lets pray for a fine evening."
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In some cases, even the teachers have joined in the fun as pictured (Right) where Bernadette Far Maureen Bourke and Jud Hickey all teachers at S Pius X school at mannin were not outdone by th children's fancy dress. Among the prize winner for the most creative fanc dress were Lorelle Gard Jackie Foley, Michell Winters and Anthon Arfuso. (Above)
MIRRABOOKA DISCO
A disco will be held in the parish hall on Friday, December 18 commencing at 8 p.m. Entrance $3. BYO.
YCW CANOE TRIP
Join the YCW members for a canoe / camp at Nanga from Friday, - evening, December 18 to Sunday, December 20. Tom O'Regan has further details on 325 4055.
CPY CHRISTMAS REVUE
Saturday, December 19 for this event. More details later.
TROPICAL RIVER CRUISE
CPY will be holding aj river cruise on Saturday, January 23, so keep this date free.
Jon-Mark Catling and a group of 25 singers have enthusiastically prepared the songs and lighting for the occasion. Jeff Arnold, the co-ordinator hopes that each parish priest will encourage his young parishioners to attend this diocesan function.
After the Mass a BBQ will be held at St. Thomas More College. Bring your own food and drinks Therese Fitzgerald
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Teetering on the edge of Oz
Hi gang! Captain Bob here. I'm back in the land of Oz and it sure feels great.
Teetering on the edge of this great land of ours we're all set to explore. That's right, 'we'. Nurse Kerry managed to tear herself away from the jet-set life she was planning to live and has come home with me.
We thought we'd get hold of a four-wheel drive and set off around the country. Nurse K. assures me she's a dab hand as a mechanic so we should be right.
This is quite a country and we're not sure yet in which direction to head.
Tropical Australia is a vast region. It has an area of 2.8 million square kilometres and covers nearly half of the continent. systematic exploration. What other wealth there is in
One of the world's great empty underdeveloped areas, it spreads across the north of Australia's two biggest States - Western Australia and Queensland - and includes 80 per cent of the Northern Territory, an area controlled by the Commonwealth Government until 1978.
It is a land of immense distances and few people (but being brave sorts we face the future without fear or trepidation - big word that, I've been boning up on my dictionary at bedtime). The land has swallowed large amounts of capital in the past and given little in return, mainly because of insufficient knowledge on the part of the people who have ventured into the region.
Since the Second World War however, it has become known as a region of great mineral wealth as one discovery has followed another. (Think I read in the US about all these diamonds they're finding now. Maybe Nurse K. could stumble over one or two - I could have a nice ear stud and she could take hers home to her mum). Anyway, getting back to business, finds have included enormous deposits of high-grade iron ore, reputedly the largest deposits in the world; uranium, including what is indisputably the largest deposit in the world; copper with gold, silver, lead and zinc; two enormous bauxite deposits, each among the largest in the world; phosphates, oil, nickel and so on.
Wow, it sure is a treasure trove out there me hearties! And did you know that all of these deposits have been found with little
Few people live in the region. There are fewer than 20 settlements that could be regarded as towns. Some of these owe their continued existence to the Commonwealth Government, such as Darwin; a few are farming towns such as Kununurra on the Ord River in Western Australia (also owing its existence to government development of irrigation), and Cairns in Queensland, helped by some tourism; a few more are mining towns such as Mount Isa and
near Alice Springs.
It's pretty flat in tropical Australia too (the best bit about that is if the car breaks down we won't have to push it uphill). The only high areas are the Kimberleys (a block about 300 to 400 metres high in Up here they don't talk about summer and winter - the seasons are either 'dry' or 'wet.' We've landed here in the wet so while we may get a bit soggy on the way down we won't die of thirst. I'll be off now.
concert.
Special kids'
Channel Nine's children's character Flapper , and children's show presenter Jenny Dunstan were two of the many performers who recently donated their time for a special afternoon concert for an audience of intellectually handicapped children and pensioners.
The Swan Jaycees and the Slow Learning Children's Group of WA organised the concert which was designed for pure entertainment value.
According to Lorna Carroll from the SLCG, some of the children find it difficult to sit through shows which are designed for the general public.
"Many of the children become restless and want to walk around which is
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not usually possible. So a concert featuring a number of very short performances by many colorful people with lots of noise is the ideal form of entertainment for them," she said.
The idea was introduced last year and will hopefully become an annual event.
The Swan Jaycees had previously been involved with the SLCG for 20 years organising an annual party for the intellectually handicapped.
350 people filled the audience which watched the concert
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DEAR CAPTAIN BOB,
Hope you are fine. I am well. On Saturday I went to my neighbour's house for a barbecue party. I had fun. My school goes swimming every Monday. J enjoy it. Here is a poem for you: Silly Sammy Slick sipped six sodas and got sick, sick, sick.
I have drawn a picture of a chicken for you.
Bye for now.
Love from Deborah Emmanuel LANGFORD WA 6155
DEAR CAPTAIN BOB, I:JI ;j i: I•J;.\~f.;
Hope you are well. I am fine.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
My Aunty Phyllis has a guinea pig who is having babies and she is going to give me one for a pet. J have also drawn a picture of a duck which I traced from my colouring book.
No more news for now.
Bye and God bless.
From Donna Emmanuel LANGFORD WA 6155
DANIEL BARRY of Kalgoorlie, GERARD BERNEY of Eden Hill, JACQUELINE BENNETTS of Doubleview, JOSEPHINE CUMBO of Nollamara, GERALDINE DEVINE of Floreat Park, SUSAN DAVID of Graylands, CHRIS EVANS of Northam, JANE ENSOR of Woodlands , DA VlD FITZGERALD of Craigie, PAUL GREENWELL of Bullcreek, DAVID
DEAR CAPTAIN BOB HEGNEY of Lesmurdie, AND NURSE KERRY, ELEANOR HYMAN of I have got a joke for you.
JOKE Q. What is the quickest way of sending a message?
A. Telephone, telegraph and tel-a-woman!
Karrinyup, TROY ILICH of Kalamunda, CARMEN KENDALL of West Leederville, CA THERINE LAWSON of Gooseberry Hill, ANDREW NAMNIK of York,
From Karen Lyra, QUE TI SUMICH of FORRESTFIELD WA Kardinya, and DARREN 6058 WALLA CE of Thornlie.
Channel Nine's children's show presenter Jenny Dunstan helps one of the children with a game during the recent SLCG
Donna Emmanuel
Bye for now, CAPTAIN Horizontally, vertically,
BOB.
DEAR CAPTAIN BOB, I would like a pen pal. I am 12 years old and enjoy reading, music, gymnastics, hockey and drawing. I have drawn a sketch of a girl for you.
Claire Hebble, WEST LEEDERVILLE 6007
by: Claire Hebble, WEST LEEDER VILLE.
Growth since 1965
V ERITAS A beach suburb
Learning Centre has truth as its constant motto
Holy Spirit City Beach, comprIsmg three classrooms and all ancillary facilities and administrative rooms, was opened in 1965 with an enrolment of 35 ~nd Sister Mary Dominica, a Dominican sister, was its first principal.
Th e present enrolment is 160 - boys pr~-primary to year 3 and girls prepnmary to year 7.
Accommodation has increased accordingly so that there are six classrooms - one pre-primary activity area, five other classrooms, library, audio-visual centre and hall.
The staff consisting of eight teachers ar:e: - Pre- primary - Miss Margaret Firth, Mi ss Michelle Sullivan; Year l, Miss Teresa Martelli; Year 2, Mrs Julie Lamb; Year 3, Mrs Brenda Pond; Year 4/5, Mrs Elizabeth O~gen; Year 6/7, Mr Patrick Seatter; Principal Sister Mary Rosarii.
The policy of Holy Spirit School is built around itsmotto - VERITASTruth - learn the truth, think the truth, act the truth, be true to self and to others. The endeavour of the school is to provide a fruitful exchange of learning experience which leads to the spiritual, social, cultural, emotional, physical and intellectual development of all students, to fit them adequately into their society with a life-style based in Gospel maxims and a personal faith in Christ and the traditions and practices of our Catholic heritage. The weekly children's Massesalternate weeks Years I to 3 Years 4 to
7 - are an important feature of the school and parish community; the Liturgies provide a meaningful growth in faith and love of God for all the children who participate and more especially for the children of the class who have been actively involved in the preparation
A very important part of each Eucharistic celebration is the "Word of God" to which Father Phelan encourages the children to listen, discuss and put into practice so that "the Word of God is alive and active in us alL" Father Phelan encourages, advises •and supports the children , parents and teachers involved in the religious training and preparation for the sacraments of Reconciliation , Eucharist and Confirmation Team teaching is in operation in Years 3 to 7 in the following subjects - social studies, science, music, creative writing, health and physical education , library skills and literature, and French conversation.
As well as choir work and school orchestra, guitar lessons are given on an extra curricular basis. Parents make a valuable contribution to the corporate life of the school and assist it practically They are actively involved through the school board, Parents and Friends and as helpers in the library, class reading, maths and art classes as well as sport.
Boys and girls from Years 3 to 7 are coached in tennis by Mr Peter Dyson in first and third terms, and the girls from Years 4 to 7 engage in competition netball in second term.
The members of the school board are efficient and generous in the services they provide, especially in the areas of
adventure playground, and providing indoor gym equipment.
A very successful walkathon is organised each year for the missions and the generous donations from the children and parents are used for the annual contributions to the Catholic missions, Dominican missions in the Solomons and Pakistan, missions in the Far East and other charitable institutions.
At Easter and Christma~ the children visit and provide entertainment and gifts for the aged at Glendalough. Each year the children participate in the read-a-thon for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
finance and planning, a nd this year A co-operative and harmonious atmhave established and equipped an effi- osphere exists between pupils, parcient pre-primary centre. ents, teachers and our parish priest,
The Parents and Friends maintain Father Phelan, as we strive to work the school, arrange social events and together to provide a Christian comprovide amenities and at present are in munity where each of us may grow to
the process of erecting a fun track and full maturity in Christ.
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Carmelite Sister Marie Therese, of the Child Jesus (Kim Hieng Songsiengxai) of the Dardanup enclosed community died last week aged 64. •
each (up to 14 yrs free) less She was one of ten if ring (09) 450 5301 (after sisters who ca me 6pm) Jim Lilleyman man- from Thailand in ager 59 Lake Monger 1976 to make a founDrive Wembley. "Jim for dation in the diocese _fa_v_o_u_rs_aJ_w_a_v_s'_' of Bunbury in the IN MEMORIAM former Mercy conD E_V_L_I_N_J_o-se_p_h_B_er_n_a-rd...- vent at Darda nu p. Taken suddenly on Sister Marie Therese December 3, 1976. Lov- entered the Carmelites in ingly remembered by Thailand in 1940 at the Joyce, Patricia, Peter and age of 21 receiving the Elizabeth and their fami- habit as an extern sister lies. Rest in peace dear Bern.
RY AN John. Accidentally killed December 5, 1971. Beloved son of Frank (dee) and Sheila, brother of Moya and Helen. Our Lady of Fatima, plead for him.
A rally to commemorate the 6th anniversary of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor will be held in the grounds of St George's Cathedral on Monday, December 7, from 12.30 to 1.30pm. Speakers will include Father John Hart SJ. At Christ the King church, Beaconsfield, on Tuesday, December 8, at 7pm. Mass will be offered for those who have died and those still suffering as a result of the invasion.
Mass for Catholic nurses will be held in St Mary's Cathedral on Sunday, December 13, at 10am followed by refreshments in the Cathedral parish centre, 450 Hay Street.
IDEAL GIFTS
The Benedictine Community of ew Norcia has collected over the years, one of the largest private collections of religious art treasures .in Australia
One of these, a copy of The Nativity, by Carlo Maratta, from the periud 1625-1713, is particularly applicable to Christmas.
Priced at $15,00 each for the print , (or $45.00 framed in a heavy classical type mould, specially selected to suit the print), they are excellent buying as a quality gift that is different.
The range of framed prints can be viewed at Benefax, 1202 Hay Street, West Perth, or phone 325 6644, for other viewing locations.
Invited to the meeting are priests, acolytes, senior servers and all who are interested in the role of the altar server. The meeting will be the first to be called since the appointment by Archbishop Goody m August, 1980, of Norbertine Father William Fitzgerald to be diocesan director of the guild. Father Fitzgerald said this week: "ln Australia, we have already seen men frorp the
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and made her final commitment in March, 1948. She moved to a new foundation in Chantabtlry, south east of Bangkok, in 1952 before joining the group to come to Australia in 1976. Bishop Myles McKeon, who celebrated the requiem Mass preceding the burial in the Dardanup cemetery, said in the course of }tis homily:
"Sister Marie Therese who did not know any English did not need to know any English to communicate to everyone with whom she came in contact that she was indeed a loving messenger of Jesus Christ among us. "Everyone who had the privilege of seeing and meeting Sister Marie Therese was indeed see-
ing and meeting Jesus Christ. The happiness of Christ radiated in her face, her gentleness, her humility, her love for everybody with whom she came in contact."
She is survived in Thailand by a brother and two sisters.
May she rest in peace.
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members and three on the weekend December Dominican priests she was l l-l3 st~rting at 7.J0pm praised for her involveS~~d!nydmfh at ~pm t 0 ~ ment in both Majellans • e re rea ts and the St Vincent de Paul ?pen to any person. Book- Society m~s: 361 3459. She thanked the local VMAS Majellans for inv~ting her A1 to become
at 8pm will be on Monday, Februon Friday, December 18, ary 22, with Mass in the at t~e Alexander Park church followed by a social Tenms Club, 20 Inver- meeting in a me mber's ness Crescent, Mt Lawley. home. Further informaCoffee and carols •after- tion from Pam Smith 446 wards. All welcome. 3082
guild; guild members have
taken on the acolytate.
"We have seen guild
m~mbers also entei:ing the
pnesthood and the reli-
gious life.
"Informed guild members certainly have been able to !
advance the quality and
standard of worship in our parishes.
"There 1s a lot of untapped potential out there among our servers, 175
and the guild seeks to discover and promote it. R.F. WILLIS
The eighth national con- ' ference of the guild takes place in Perth May 16-21, 1982. A keen team of members will be needed to help run this conference. It is hoped that Sunday's meeting will produce members of that team and also members prepared to work on a diocesan executive. Further information from Father William O.Praem, Phone 451 5586, 458 2729.
RELIGIOUS
A three-day retreat for religious in preparation for Christmas will be given by Father Bob Carden OFM at the Franciscan Retreat House, Victoria Park starting at 7.30pm o~ Monday , December 14 and ending at 7pm o~ Thursday, December 17 Bookings: Phone 3613459.
Dinner held in honour of a top fast bowler
Channel Nine sales executives Paul McGuiness (left) and Greg Larsen (right) were guests at the recent dinner in honour of Dennis Li/lee who is seen here with his wife Helen Dinner at the Sheraton-Perth Hotel recently marked the beginning of Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee's benefit year.
The sumptuous dinner, attended by more than 650 people who paid $35 each for an invitation, was organised by Channel Nine. Director of sports Bruce Walker acted as master of ceremonies. Australian megastar at the time, set the scene housewife Dame Edna for an entertaining evening Everage, who was in Perth when she appeared, via
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videotape, to welcome guests and declare Lillee's testimonial year open.
Wicket-keeper Rod Marsh and Australian team captain Greg Chappell were there to pay trib, ute to Lillee, and a few
secrets were revealed much to the fast bowler's chagrin.
The chairman of the WA Cricket Association, Dennis Tobin, also addressed the audience.
Cartoonist Larry Picker-
Cricket battle
ing kept everyone laughing with his drawings of Lillee, Marsh and Chappell, as well as the usual string of politicians. His speech about Lillee proved slightly more irreverent than the others.
POINT WEST will be improved by two runs since a spell and its near winning form On Saturday he ran on well from a rearward position to finish fourther about four lengths from the winner Royal Messenger. POINT ~ES_T showed ability in wmnmg four races last season and should be followed to a win.
PATROL ZONE is a newcomer which showed potential with his close second to Mavrodon in the Honeyd ew Graduation (ID) Although drawing the o utsi de barrier abd being well back on the turn , PA T ROLZO Efinished sol idl y to go down by only a short head.
HALS BURY LASS is another galloper who caught the eye with first-up effort in the first race on Saturday. This three-yearold filly ran on well in the straight after lacking early speed and will soon win a similar type of race.
CENTREMAN continues to show consistent form for trainer Alan McDougall and is worth following. After two wins over a middle distance on provincial tracks, CENTREMAN just failed to overhaul Estoril in the Laurel's Graduation 2,200 metres after giving the leader a handy start on the turn.
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There will be plenty to motivate both teams when Australia and Pakistan meet for the second and third matches of their oneday limited-over Benson
A tennis day at Aquinas
The Western Australian Catholic Lawn Tennis Association will hold a tennis day at the new Aquinas courts on Sunday.
During the day, trophies won at the recent Association championships will be presented. Teams that won the last mixed pennant competition will also be ' presented with their pennants. The clubs involved
are St Mary's (A Grade) and Shenton Park (B Grade)
Social play will begin at 10.30 am. A medal tournament will be held in the afternoon, starting at 1.30. Those intending to play in the morning will need to bring their lunch, a nd players should also bring a plate for afternoon tea. Anyone at all interested in playing, even though they are not connected with the club, are most welcome
again and Hedges World Series Cup games this week. The first match ended in a win for Pakistan in the final over. Australia must win to stay in the race for the two final places in the World Series Cup. The series is being played between Australia, Pakistan and the West Indies with 15 qualifying matches followed by a final series
Dinner was followed by an auction at which Pickering's drawings were sold. A variety of Lillee's cricket gear including his hat and jumper were also auctioned. These two items brought in about $600 each.
All proceeds from the dinner and the auction are presented to Lillee as an expression of esteem and appreciation for his dedication to Australian cricket. A series of dinner will be held throughout Australia during Lillee's benefit year.
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Call from Pope for Europe
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In its fundamental pastoral C<?nstitution :'The Church in the;:·•·"-,,.~:~ l Modern World" the Second Vatican Council solemnly declared ··· , that 11 the joys and hopes, sorrows and anguish of !1'ankind t~d~y . . . are the joys and hopes, 'sorrows and anguish of Chrast s followers''.
This holds true in a s'pecial way in regard to the central tasks of ~uman so~ietx, such as the upholding of peace, the safeguarding of human rig~ts_, the c_omm1tment to fighting want and oppression, the realisation of a juster form of assoc1at1onal life among the peoples, one more, worthy of human dignity.
Your convention's theme directly calls attention to a persisting "crisis of the West," a crisis of Western society and culture.
Right and timely recognition of wrongs and perils
Pope John Paul recently addressed a meetrng of German and constitutes a first imp?r- • Italian scholars meeting in Rome: tant step toward re".lovmg In the space of a few days Rome is host to two important them or at least settmg the • t t· 1 th • th th ve Europe as the obiect of their necessary countermea- ,n erna ,ona ga errngs a a i sures going. deliberations. Just lately we saw the international c?nference Today it is not one coun- on the common Christian roots of the European nations. try o: one continent_ alone Now, in your two-day congress, you are discussing "The that_ is threatened _with the C isis of the West and Europe's Spiritual Task.,, This further penl of atomic self- r 1 • annihilation circumstance under/mes the great relevance and s1gm,1cance
The whole ·of mankind is attached in our day to questions and problems concerned with so threatened. It is faced the present and future of Europe. • with !xplosive_ develop- People are becoming ever more aware of this. lmend!s m tthe ThtudtWorhl~, They are therefore seeking in a profounder sense to enter into ea mg o ca as rop 1c f h famine, collapse of social the history and charactenst,c spmtua_l and cultu~al force~ o t. e and international struc- European heritage, so as to establ,sh Europe s true identity tur!s and the _spread ofter- anew, together with the mission arising from it in the communronsm and v10lence. ity of peoples of our day.
Uncontrolled industrial and economic expansion endanger ecological balance. Promotion of totalitarianism through new forms and methods confronts the parliamentary democracies with fresh and difficult problems.
The roots and sources of the threatening situation in which mankind finds itself at the end of this second millenium of Christianity are profound and manysided.
They arise ultimately from a crisis of culture , from collapse or fading of common values and generally binding ethical and religious principles.
But, for their part, the great ideologies of modern times have in the meantime exhausted their roles as secular forms of substitutes for religion.
When, in this convention regarding this crisis of worldwide civilisation, you inquire into Europe's spiritual mission, you become aware of one thing: It is' Europe, where Western culture took its rise which, has itself contributed to bringing about the dangerous situation of today.
It was from Europe that two world wars began, with but a brief interval.
They brought endless suffering to many peoples and put the whole of mankind in anguish and terror. Ideologies have gone out from Europe and spread over the earth.
They operate in many places today as infecting and devastating sicknesses.
a decisive contribution to entrusted to Christianity,' overcoming the contem- and thereby underwent an porary world crisis. immeasureable spiritual
But this requires that and cultural transformaEurope itself undertake a _tion. profound spiritual and moral and political rene- Might it not be possible wal through the power and today as well to bring according to the laws of its about an all-round spiritChristian origins. ual and moral and political
The history of Europe ren~wal of Europe on the and its individual peoples basis of_ those same fundais stamped with the work mental ideals and ~hrough of Christian faith and the ea_rnest con_vers1on_ of dignity of man, who is mmdi so that 1t may give a made in God's likeness and practical respo~se to and is saved through Christ's meet task mcumb~nt blood. upon 1t m the community of peoples today?
Personal responsibility, safeguarding of freedom, respect for life and high esteem for marriage and the family were its principal characteristics.
The Christian view of man went to shape the European tradition of human rights. It left its imprint on the state constitutions of modern times and the European declarations of the rights of man uttered by the Council of Europe and the United Nations.
According to Christian thought, as I particularly emphasised in my recent encyclical "Laborem Exerce n ," ("On Human Work"), man stands at the centre of social, economic and political life.
The world needs a Europe that will once again become aware of its Christian foundations and its identitv. and thereby be
A special responsibility ready to shape its present arises for Europe from and its future. such a share of guilt. It has Europe was the first conthe responsibility to make tinent to be wholly 16 The Record, December 3-9, 1981
As you engage in your discussions may you always remain aware of this, that Europe's spiritual mission is the mission of Europeans and its Christian mission is the mission of European Christians.
This necessary conversion of mind is the reason for the church's having, in this age of radical alteration of world history, committed the further history of Europe to the special protection of three great saints, its holy patrons Benedict, Cyril and Methodius.
The Holy See has on the same grounds called the attention of the European bishops' conferences and church leaders again and again to the great responsibility that Europe has for its own future and that of the whole world because of the strength of its spiritual and religious heritage.
As with the numerous renewal movements of history, so the necessary rene-
wal of the mind of Europe has to begin in the hearts of individuals, above all in the hearts of Christians:
• There the decisive yes is given to the universal calling of mankind by God.
• There the means that God offers us for this purpose in his church must be earnestly taken up and put to use.
• There, in the compass of the individual Christian, must God's will in all reaches of man's existence be lived concretely and as an example.
EDMONTON, Alberta (NC) - Capitalism may have a benign face in some places, but in many spots around the world it is uncivilised and should be denounced according to Bishop John Sherlock of London, 0 ntario.
"Canadian bishops and, teaching and attribute no surprisingly the American transcendent value to man. bishops are moving to a "The attitudes are positiclear-cut condemnation of vism, relativism, reduccapitalism," Bishop Sher- tionism, and revolutionlock ~old g1:oup of ism," he said. Cathohc umvers1ty students attending an annual Positivism, a product of Newman Conference at St the present scientific failure to do what Pope John Paul , in his first encyclical, Redemptor Hominis (Redeemer of Man) , said is essential to give priority to pers ons over things, ethics over technology and spirit over matter.
Joseph's College in preoccupation, maintains r ..--------;;;;;~ Edmonton. that the only valuable PAT CURTIS MJA M.E. "C .t 1• • Canada knowledge arises from ap1 a ism m • 'fi f h ·d "I has "a civilised face," but sctentt tc act, e sai · t as its effects appear in the stresses know~how , not t f th Id "'t's a know-why and ignores the re~ 0 e w_o~ i ,, ny- knowledge that comes thing but c1V1bsed, said f f th d 1 ,, h the bishop, a member of r<;>dm ai an ove, e the Canadian Conference sat • of Catholic Bishops' Com- "Relativism denies all mission for Social Affairs. norms and standards, "Pope John Paul II con- re_gar~,ing pe~son~ a_s demns capitalism as much thi!lgs, he said. T~1s as he does communism," cla~m leads to fal~e JUStlfisaid Bishop Sherlock. In catt.ons for abort1~n, star1980 the U.S. bishops yat10n _of han~1capped voted to study capitalism mfants _1°: h?,sp1tals. and and a committee was sub- mercy k11lmg, he said. sequently formed to look "Reductionism asserts into the issue; Canadian that all religion philobis h ~ps address~d the sophy and art promote question m A Society To vested economic interests Be Transformed, a 1979 to the detriment of the document. poor, and evolutionism is
The social teaching of the ~a~ed on the need,[or ~acriCatholic Church is rooted f1cmg the ~eak, Bishop in God's revelation and is Sherlock said. not optional, Bishop Sher- He added that such attilock said. "It is from reve- tudes, demonstrated in lation, from God's word society daily, constituted a
that the value of the indi• F!o~ there, fjnally~ ca_n vidual person arises." The _, Chnsttans - either mdi- heart of Christian ethics is vi~ually_ or, better, in the recognition that "withumon with others of bke out faith in God there is f!lind - contribute th~ir not faith in man," he
l~ved values and co!1".1c- added. ttons to the task of g1vmg state and society forms "But although there is no worthy of human dignity, question about the Gosin collaboration also with. pel's affirmation of human people of other views of the dignity, different cultural world. So can they make a and social circumstances decisive contribution to lead to disagreement about inward renewal of the how to respond to that whole of Europe affirmation ," Bishop Sherlock said.
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