The Record Newspaper 07 July 2005

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■ By Jamie O’Brien

Aspectacular ceremony marked the completion of the new chapel at Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary in Morley on June 28.

The chapel was built by Angelo Bongiascia together with numerous volunteers.

Relics of two modern martyrs, St Peter Chanel and Blessed Pascual Torres, and one Pope - Saint Pius X - were sealed in the altar of the chapel during the ceremony.

The relics were placed in a corner of the altar by Archbishop Hickey and later cemented in place by the builder of the altar Carmello Gioffre.

Archbishop Barry Hickey presided over the dedication and

opening with Auxilary Bishop Donald Sproxton and 40 priests who were present for the occasion. Redemptoris Mater is the missionary seminary of the Archdiocese; seminarians follow the Neocatechumenal Way for their own faith formation.

The Neocatechumenal Way was founded in Spain in the 1960s by Kiko Arguello, Carmen Hernandez and Fr Mario Pezzi.

In addition to parish duties, priests and seminarians of the Way work with communities in the parishes of St Mary’s Cathedral, Mirrabooka, Kelmscott, Rockingham, Whitfords and Mosman Park.

The relics of St Peter Chanel were a gift to the Rector, Fr Michael Moore SM, from the Superior General of the Marist Fathers, because Fr Moore is also a Marist Father and the relics of Blessed Pascual Torres were given to the seminary by one

of the Spanish martyr’s sons. At the opening Fr Moore gave a brief description of the history of St Peter Chanel, Blessed Pascual Torres and Pope Saint Pius X. Blessed Pascual Torres, a Spanish Catholic man attended Mass daily and was the father of a large family.

After being placed under surveillance because he was Catholic during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s, the building construction supervisor was eventually abducted, taken outside the city where he lived and shot dead in 1936.

Some of his children, who are still alive today, were present at his beatification which took place on March 11, 2001.

One of the stories of his life later told by his mother and his wife was that he always encouraged people to love their enemies.

St Peter Chanel, the first martyr of Oceania, was born in 1803 in

the diocese of Belley in France and ordained a priest in 1827. He served as a missionary on the island of Futuna in Oceania, and was known for his love for the poor and small children.

After his murder in 1841, not one of the people he had baptised were still alive, but three years later, the King of Futuna confessed to ordering the killing and embraced Christianity with his people.

Pope Saint Pius X reigned from 1903-1914, and was known for encouraging frequent reception of communion.

The completion of the Chapel is the third completion of a new building since the inauguration of the Seminary in 1994.

Fr Moore said the striking beauty of the Chapel and its various features help the seminarians and faithful who celebrate there to participate with zeal.

The clear glass door to the Chapel, has been etched by sandblasting with the scene of the Annunciation.

Fr Moore said this is because people only come to the Church through hearing an announcement of Jesus Christ or through personal witness.

“The doors and also the windows are full-length glass so that the Church can see the suffering of the people of the world and bring to them the light of the love of Jesus Christ in the Church,” Fr Moore said.

The altar, in the centre of the Chapel is designed like a table, “because it is the table of the Eucharist, where we participate in the banquet of the body and blood of Jesus Christ,” he said.

The lectern is also designed like a table where the word of God is proclaimed.

“This is the same word that

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Archbishop Hickey sits as priests enter the new Chapel of Redemptoris Mater Seminary, the Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary.

Photo: Jamie O’Brien

Chapel dedicated

Continued from previous page the angel proclaimed to Mary Magdalene that Christ is risen from the dead. This is reflected also in the icon at the back,” he said.

“The whole internal architecture of the Chapel,” said Fr Moore, “is based on the concept that Vatican II emphasised that the Church is the body of the risen Christ.”

The chair, Fr Moore continued, represents the head, while the lectern is symbolic of the mouth of the body of the risen Christ.

“The altar can be seen as a stomach where we receive the food - the Body and Blood of Christ - while the assembly forms the arms, legs and feet of the risen Christ that help to bring the good news to the world,”

“The walls are done in stone in the tradition of the early Church that the Domus Ecclesia – the house of the Church – was always built of stone.

“As St Peter says, this reminds us that the real stones are the living stones,” he said.

As part of the opening, the Archbishop also blessed and consecrated a separate Blessed Sacrament Chapel in the Seminary.

It also contains a relic of wood from the coffin of Blessed Mary MacKillop.

At the conclusion of the dedication, Fr Moore also read out the decree, thanking the benefactors and more than 70 builders, artists and workers who contributed their time and efforts voluntarily.

Above: Women wipe the altar in preparation for the cloths, flowers and candles to be placed on it.

Left: Deacon Clayton Mitchell, from St Charles Seminary in Guildford places the incense on the altar.

Bottom left: Archbishop Hickey, kneels to pray, after blessing the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, together with Deacon Clayton Mitchell, from St Charles Seminary, seminarians from Redemptoris Mater, Rector Fr Michael Moore and Bishop Don Sproxton.

Bottom right: Archbishop Hickey raises the Body of Christ at the end of the Eucharistic Prayer.

Photos: Jamie O’Brien

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Gone Bunbury’s St Patrick’s Cathedral is demolished

In the end, the demolition of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Bunbury on Tuesday came suddenly.

It had been clear since shortly after the devastating cyclone on May 16 that the historic St Patrick’s, mother-church of the Diocese, would have to go – if it didn’t collapse first.

Bunbury diocesan financial administrator John Ogilvie told The Record on Wednesday that on Monday morning workers had been demolishing the flats situated next to the cathedral.

Bunbury Council had voted to approve demolition of the site only the week before.

But early on Tuesday morning workers had surprised diocesan staff by announcing they would demolish the cathedral within hours.

By 10.45am it was effectively all

IN THERAPY WE TRUST

The end of the historic St Patrick’s Cathedral in Bunbury came suddenly this week. Now, the Bunbury diocese is inviting all to contribute their views on what should replace it.

over and 84 years of history came to an end in front of small groups of onlookers.

Bishop Gerard Holohan of Bunbury told The Record on Wednesday the event had been emotional – quite a few of those watching were also crying.

“Dust surrounded the Cathedral as it fell and the city looked on in sadness. Many people have visited the Cathedral since the tornado and on Sunday June 26, people gathered in St Mary’s Church to remember and pray. Now it is time to look to the future construction of a new St Patrick’s Cathedral,” he said in

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a statement issued just after the demolition.

In an article written for local media he said that “To watch the demolition of St Patrick’s Cathedral was like being present as someone is dying. It brought to the climax seven remarkable weeks that have been moving because of people’s stories and because of the generous support offered from across the Bunbury community.”

The Diocese has commenced a three-week consultation process with parishioners to develop an architect’s brief for a new cathedral.

Bishop Holohan said in an update

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on the cathedral’s future issued only last weekend that while “many members of the Catholic family in Bunbury have little involvement in the Cathedral’s community… a new Cathedral will be theirs too. Hopefully they too will express their views.”

The diocese has invited anyone wanting to express a view to write to ‘Cathedral Consultation’, Catholic Church Office, PO Box 2005, Bunbury WA 6231.

The consultation period will conclude on Sunday, July 24, 2005.

“Whatever is decided will be affected by obvious limits, such as

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cost. A new Cathedral will need to allow for the rapidly growing Catholic community – but whether this requires a slightly larger building is an architectural question. If people want a new Cathedral that costs more than the insurance for St Patrick’s, some fund-raising may be needed,” Bishop Holohan said in his update.

In his article written for local media the Bishop said that while building a new cathedral, was important “hopefully the rebuilding of a Cathedral will be secondary to the renewal of the Church.”

St Patrick’s Church, situated overlooking the city of Bunbury and its harbour, became the first cathedral of the diocese when the Diocese of Bunbury was erected in November 1954. Bishop Holohan is the fourth Bishop of Bunbury.

SOLID SUPPORT FOR COUPLES

Few people know about them but the Teams of Our Lady, dedicated to supporting marriages, have turned out to be a worldwide success. They are also now here in Perth.

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Day 50: Workers watch as a 40-tonne crane tears down St Patrick’s Cathedral in Bunbury last Tuesday, July 5. The Cathedral became too dangerous to use after being hit by freak winds on Monday May 16.

Cardinal says Pope’s synagogue visit is important

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to visit a synagogue in Cologne, Germany, during his visit for World Youth Day is an important gesture for a German-born pope to make, said Cardinal Joachim Meisner of Cologne. During a July 5 press conference at Vatican Radio, the cardinal confirmed that Pope Benedict would visit the Cologne synagogue during his August 18-21 stay in Germany.

“With a German pope visiting his homeland for the first time and during the year marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, which has left its traces,” the Pope’s decision to accept the Cologne Jewish community’s invitation was important, the cardinal said. “The Holocaust is still a bleeding wound in Germany. This is a very important gesture,” Cardinal Meisner said.

Thanks be to God, Father Joseph!

Within the year, Fr Joseph Kelbel will probably die. A priest for 25 years, he has told parishioners at the churches he administers in north-central Oregon that his doctors recently gave him two to 12 months to live because of complications related to treatment for his

diabetes. “I do not mind talking about my medical situation at all,” said Fr Kelbel, who is in residence at St Peter’s in The Dalles, in the Baker Diocese.

“In fact I think it is a blessing to let people know that God is good and that he has our life in his heart

and mind. It’s become my ministry. I think it’s affecting a lot of people. I’ve always felt since ordination that death is something I don’t need to fear,” he told the Catholic Sentinel, the diocesan newspaper. “It’s not the end, it’s just transition time.” - CNS

Retirement village unique opportunity

A 150 year-old tradition of care created by the Sisters of Mercy in WA is the backdrop to a new retirement village that will offer residents not just a close-knit community but a way of life.

Those who come to live at Mercy Village in Wembley, currently due for completion in 2006, will find that they continue to be part of the Mercy family and its ethos.

The Sisters of Mercy are one of the great pioneering religious congregations in Western Australia; without them many schools, medical institutions like Mercy Maternity Hospital, and a host of other facilities would simply not have existed.

For generations the Mercy tradition has cared for the community and Mercy Village aims to continue in the path established by the Sisters.

In fact, the site on which the village is being built, has been inhabited by the sisters for the last century and a half.

However with 100 of the units already sold, there are only 14 left.

It’s a unique opportunity.

When the complex is completed terraced villas will take advantage of Mercy Village’s magnificent hillside aspect. The effect is an interestingly-tiered development that maximises available views but still allows for safe and easy movement around and throughout the village.

Chris Gaggin, Sales and Marketing Coordinator of Mercy

Village, said prospective residents should be over 55 and are encouraged to be quick, as the remaining units are expected to sell soon.

Located less than five minutes from picturesque Lake Monger, the units are no more than 10 minutes from the city, bowling and golf clubs, and just five minutes from Leederville shops and the easygoing restaurant and café lifestyle to be found there.

Public transport is also close by.

Mr Gaggin said that a wide range of living options have been developed for prospective residents.

Two luxury apartment-style buildings, with open-plan designs, will come with fully-equipped kitchens complete with high quality appliances, spacious balcony views, direct lift access and lobby areas on each floor.

The apartments will also have the added facility of a secure basement carpark with individual store rooms.

Traditional villas are also an option for those who are looking for a spacious environment.

All will be configured to allow for easy access and maximum security and privacy.

Each residence features two bedrooms, a study, one bathroom, two toilets and a single lockup carport.

All residences will be security patrolled and linked to a 24-hour emergency call centre.

Mr Gaggin said the new resi-

dences are especially designed so that each resident will be able to know his or her neighbours.

“Some residents are moving from all over Australia to come and live here,” he said.

Mercy Mission Leader Amanda Wheeler said the site has been home to the Sisters of Mercy for more than 150 years.

Because of the historic connections “Mercy Village will at all times recognise and respect the philosophies, beliefs and contributions of the Sisters of Mercy who have ultimately made this remarkable new community possible,” she said.

However, although the Village’s primary function is to provide many of the lifestyle rewards residents have worked hard to enjoy, the apartments and villas also represent sound financial investments.

“One only has to look at the prices being paid for similar quality homes in nearby developments of Subi Centro, Leederville, and Wembley to recognise that each of the residences on offer is very keenly priced,” said Mercy Group Chief Executive Officer Jeff Simper.

“Our shared vision at Mercy is to contribute to making life better for all those with whom we deal and particularly those whose life journey is troubled.”

Stage 1 of the units is due to be completed by November this year.

For further information, contact Chris Gaggin on 041 717 8467.

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RETIREMENT NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD.

OVER 75% SOLD

For over 155 years the Sisters of Mercy have provided wonderful aged care and community services from the Wembley site.

Now, as part of a program to expand and develop these important services, a substantial area of this historic site is being transformed into an over 55s village of world-class. Mercy Village–Wembley will offer luxury apartments, villas and terraced villas in a safe, involving and superbly planned community, with its very own chapel.

To find out more about the limited opportunities available to become a part of this incomparably well located, premium–quality village, simply telephone Karen Bailey or Chris Gaggin now on 1800 144 313.

Or visit the Sales and Information Centre located at the Catherine McAuley Family Centre, at 18 Barrett Street, inWembley.

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Year of the Eucharist

O sacred Feast in which Christ is received, the memory of His Passion is renewed, the soul is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us!

– St Thomas Aquinas

It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass.

– St Pio of Pietrelcina

Join Pope Benedict XVI in prayer - July

“For all Christians: may they share the message of the Gospel with all its radical demands while showing respect for the beliefs and opinions of others.”

Mission intention: “For the baptised all over the world: whatever their state of life may they be committed to transforming the world with the light of the Gospel.”

LEADER UNIVERSITY MISSION TEAM CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF MELBOURNE

Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons to fill the newly created full time position of Leader of the University Mission Team. The leader will be responsible for a small team based at Melbourne University but with a roving commission to work across major campuses and to resource and work in conjunction with existing chaplaincy services.

Further details, including position descriptions, can be found on the Archdiocese website at http://www.melbourne.catholic.org.au/policies/hr-jobadverts.htm

“I Believe”–ALittle Catholic Catechism

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TThis beautifully illustrated book is an introduction to the basics of the Catholic Faith and is addressed above all to families, but could also serve as a basic text for laity, priests and religious involved in religious education. The publication of this book is a response to the 'growing demand' for a compact introduction to the full Catechism of the Catholic Church. The book has met with 'great interest' among the faithful and is aimed at young people and adults.

Inspiring illustrations give this catechism an added dimension to help convey the spirit of the Gospel along

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with its message. The catechism is 208 pp and measures 210mm by 148mm.

The first part of the book is based upon the Apostles Creed. Each article of the Creed is explained in a separate chapter and illustrated with examples from the Bible. The second part is devoted to the Sacraments, the life of Jesus, prayer in the Christian life and an explanation of the Lord's Prayer. The book is based on the universal Catechism and has been approved by the Catholic Church. A lovely gift idea and every copy you buy enables us to send more copies overseas to those who are hungry for the Word of God.

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In counselling we trust...

After years of substituting syndromes for sins and self-esteem for achievement, many parents no longer feel the need to educate the characters of their children, say the authors of One Nation Under Therapy.

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Review by Andrew Mullins

In late June, a 19-year-old English schoolboy, Brian Blackwell, was convicted of the manslaughter of his elderly parents. A year ago he bludgeoned and stabbed them to death in a row about his profligate spending. He then flew first class with his girlfriend to New York where they stayed three days in the presidential suite of the Plaza Hotel, followed by holidays in Miami, Barbados and San Francisco. Oddly enough, murder charges against Blackwell were dropped because psychologists agreed that he suffered from acute narcissistic personality disorder.

It was an intriguing excuse for a brilliant student who had led a cosseted life of wealth and privilege. A British psychologist explained what it means to be a acute narcissist: “We all have egos, and we all have a sense of self and self-esteem. It is good to think highly of yourself, but for these people

it is out of control - it has gone off the scale.” And off the scale is where the authors of One Nation Under Therapy fear the education of children is heading today. The rages and delusions of Brian Blackwell are a horrifying extreme, but they reflect the flowering of a preoccupation with feelings and self absorption, the fatuous acceptance of the increasingly lead role given to mental health professionals and of the snake oil psychology that prevails in child rearing and crisis counseling in recent decades.

As the author of Who Stole Feminism (1997) and The War Against Boys (2000) Christina Hoff Sommers is no stranger to controversy. She and her co-author Sally Satel, a psychiatrist, have done their homework. Their research is exhaustively footnoted and compellingly written. They identify and track several strains of therapism: the growing tendency to shield children from negative feelings, the rise of the self-esteem movement, a tendency to pathologise errant behaviours and addictions, the continued application of discredited theories of venting emotion and group therapies, and the myths surrounding post traumatic stress disorder. The authors argue that, in fact, most Americans are travelling along pretty well, and that this trend seriously threatens to undermine American traditions of self reliance, stoicism, and courage. Despite the stars-and-stripes cover, much of this critique transfers easily to other Western countries.

The first chapter, “The Myth of the Fragile Child”, warns against swaddling healthy young people in cotton wool. We protect children from competition, we under-challenge them, we patronise them in the classroom, and we find excuses for them. But as the authors remind us, “Overprotected children are denied essential life lessons. Healthy young people are shortchanged.” We are reminded, “In competing and striving to succeed, students learn self-discipline, concentration, and good work habits.”

Linked to this is a neglect of children’s moral development. The authors argue that although there is a need for more focus on character education, some parents have lost even the sense of their children’s vital need for it. Too often we see the growth of a “moral agnosticism”, a type of “no-fault history”, characterised, at the extreme, even by a refusal to condemn a Hitler. Non-judgementalism has morphed into philosophical relativism. Sommers and Satel argue that writers such as Daniel Goleman, the author of the popular book Emotional Intelligence, have helped parents and teachers to cultivate feelings rather than ethics. “What healthy children need most is guidance on how to be civil and ethical – not how to be self-obsessed,” they say. By overemphasising self-esteem, we can mistakenly teach children to seek happiness with no foundation in ethics: “even Saddam has high self esteem”. Ultimately by

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all this, “teachers (are distracted) from focusing on their true mission – to educate children and prepare them to be effective adults”.

In the following chapter, “Esteem thyself”, the authors trace the self-esteem movement to its sources in Rousseau and more recently in the humanism of Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers and other followers of the human potential movement in its efforts to displace moral philosophy and religion with a science of man. Through self-discovery man overcomes the corruption and demoralisation wrought by society. Through emotional self-expression he unlocks his genuine self. Through intensive group experience he discovers the regard and acceptance of others. Yet the authors remark wryly that the Maslovian tenet, “Sick people are made by a sick culture” has been a belief “highly resistant to empirical verification.” Ultimately Maslow would have had us believe “immoral behaviour is caused by frustrated physical or emotional needs in early life.” A dangerous halftruth, yet one that endures.

A further consequence of these attitudes is explored in the following chapter “Sin to Syndrome”. The authors target what they see as a growing tendency to replace ethical judgements with psychological diagnoses - viewing child abuse principally as a psychological illness, thus bypassing moral responsibility; excusing adolescent violent crime as a result of the inability of the immature brain to apply brakes to emotional responses; excusing addictions as diseases of the brain. They warn of the perfect alibi: “Is this the bright future promised by the sciences of human nature – it wasn’t me, it was my amygdale? Darwin made me do it?

The genes ate my homework?”

Here is the core concern of the authors… the flight from responsibility, what Shakespeare in King Lear denounced as “excellent fop-

pery”. The authors warn: “When sin becomes syndrome, ethically inexcusable behaviour is granted absolution and innocents suffer.”

“There can be no forgiveness before repentance.” They rightly point out that accountability is essential for democratic institutions and is at the centre of the moral and legal structures of Western society.

Hoff Sommers and Satel dissect and discredit fashionable theories advocating the need to vent emotion to restore health. Historically, this is an aberrant novelty. In the light of current research Charles Darwin’s observation that “the free expression of the outward signs of an emotion intensifies it” seems truer than ever. Another nineteenth century luminary, John Stuart Mill, had the common sense to opine that: “Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit”.

When sin becomes syndrome, ethically inexcusable behaviour is granted absolution and innocents suffer.

The Freudian idea that emotions and drives need to be discharged to obtain psychic equilibrium is bankrupt. Anxiety does not necessarily vanish when we talk about negative experiences. In fact the opposite is often true, argue Hoff Sommers and Satel. Ruminations in the midst of a depressed mood are likely to dredge up negative memories. “(The) popular psychological imperatives to ‘get it all out’… do not always work. Cancer patients who talk about their ordeal in therapy groups do not live longer.... healthy grieving does not require wrenching sadness. Expressing anger does not invariably alleviate it; on the contrary it can

From four young ‘French ladies’ to a century and a half of service

This year the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition have celebrated 150 years since their arrival in WA

■ By Phil Bayne

The year is 1855, and the P&O ship Lady Amherst arrives in Cockburn Sound after a long, tedious and sometimes dangerous voyage of almost four months. Anchored off Fremantle, the passengers disembark. Included in the group are four French Sisters of the Congregation of St Joseph of the Apparition. A few days later the paper of the day carried the headline: Shipping Intelligence Arrived.

Missionaries sought Monsignor Serra, coadjutor of the Perth diocese at the time, had travelled overseas seeking missionaries for the purposes of education and other pioneering missionary work in the new colony and specifically Fremantle. He returned on the Lady Amherst with Sister Julie Cabagniol (25 - Superior), Sister Lucy Fieuzet (44), Sister Zoë de Chamouin (20), and Sister Emilie Petit (22). The Sisters’ arrival in Western Australia took place a mere 23 years after the foundation of the Congregation by Saint Emilie de Vialar in Gaillac, southern France. The Congregational name was chosen to honour the integral part that Saint Joseph played in the Incarnation.

On the day that the Lady Amherst arrived within sight of Fremantle, Bishop Salvado was visiting Government House. When he was informed of the ship’s arrival he set out for Fremantle in order to welcome the Sisters who were initially accommodated in a small dwelling belonging to the mission.

Residence in Fremantle

It was not long before the Sisters took up permanent residence at Lot 63 Henry Street - almost next door to where the Orient Hotel now stands on the corner of High street in Fremantle.

The residence comprised a small two-storey wooden house of four rooms. The upper storey served as the convent, while the church and school occupied the ground floor. While the building was most inadequate in size and quite unhealthy, the first convent school was opened onsite on July 1, 1855.

Early expansion

By 1858 the Sisters were renting other similarly cramped quarters on the corner of High and Queen Streets. Another five years on and the growing number of students resulted in the need for bigger premises.

A building initially consisting of four rooms was built on Church property in Adelaide Street and classes were transferred there in 1863. By 1870 the Sisters operated three schools – one for boys and girls under seven, a girls’ primary school (free) and a ladies’ college for boarders and day pupils. Children of all denominations were educated at these

Sr Julie Cabagniol

schools. In 1878 the Sisters obtained a house and land in Parry Street and a school was opened in 1889. This later became St Patrick’s Parish School. The reputation for the quality of education offered by the Sisters – the ‘French ladies’ as they were called - was soon established and children came from all over

the colony to benefit. As the demand for education increased, the Sisters branched out into rural areas. After an eight-day trip by mail coach to Albany in 1878, two Sisters and a young lady commenced classes in what would become St Joseph’s Ave Maria - a boarding and day school for primary and secondary students.

In 1889, three Sisters began teaching in Northam, to a total of nine students. North Fremantle followed in 1890 (St Anne’s) and for a number of years the Sisters travelled to Cottesloe once a week to teach catechism.

Further expansion

The turn of the century brought further expansion as the Sisters commenced teaching at Beaconsfield (1903 - Christ the King School) and East Fremantle (1905 – Mary Immaculate).

In 1922 a primary school was established in Kalamunda (Mary’s Mount Primary School) and this later became a boarding school for primary boys. In 1933 there was a move to the wheatbelt town of Cunderdin (Holy Cross School) and the following year a small beginning was made at Spearwood (St Jerome’s Primary School).

As the years passed schools were established at Mt Barker (1943), Mundaring (1953), Hilton Park (1954) and Medina (1956), while a convalescent home for elderly ladies was opened in Kalamunda in 1948, catering for about 20 residents. In 1971 two Sisters joined the school staff at the Beagle Bay Mission and Sacred Heart School. The school in Adelaide Street, which

became known as St Joseph’s College, expanded and flourished during the first half of the twentieth century. By 1921 the dwelling house adjoining the convent had been purchased to provide accommodation for Junior and Leaving classes.

A further two cottages were purchased a few years later to cater for growing numbers. Ultimately the College occupied the area from St Patrick’s Basilica to the point where the former Ross’ Salvage and Handyman Centre and car park are now situated.

Centenary celebrations in 1955 also brought the laying of the foundation stone for St Joseph’s Hospital at Bicton. The 34-bed hospital was officially opened on November 11, 1956.

Relocation…and amalgamation

By the 1960s, the old buildings of St Joseph’s were beginning to show signs of disrepair and after much soul-searching it was decided to relocate the Secondary College to Hilton where it continued under the name of De Vialar College that opened on 24 May 1968. Twenty-two years later in 1990 the Sisters faced the major challenge of amalgamating their girls’ College with the neighbouring coeducational St Brendan’s College, the result of which was the establishment of Seton Catholic College.

Winds of change

The 1970s brought great changes in the apostolates of the Sisters in the Australian Province. This ultimately resulted in the

make one angrier.” Repression and distraction often do more to cheer you up than chattering about your pain.

From here the authors torpedo the myths surrounding post traumatic stress disorder. A focus on the accumulated PTSD studies of Vietnam veterans shows that the mischief has often been perpetuated by professionals working in the PTSD industry. The authors demonstrate that beliefs about the universal necessity and incurability of PTSD are woefully exaggerated, at a terrible cost to veterans themselves who have been denied the possibility of reconstructing their lives and recovering health. Only in recent years have standard PTSD therapies moved away from “retellings” of experiences. Freudian venting therapy has failed the veterans: “There is much documentation that people naturally reconstruct the past in terms of present circumstances, exaggerating the degree of earlier misfortune and trauma, if feeling bad currently”.

Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit.

Studies of the aftermath of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 uphold the authors’ thesis that most people are actually very resilient. The much anticipated explosion of PTSD cases following the collapse of the towers never eventuated. In fact, 9/11 turned much of the accepted wisdom about crisis counselling on its head. Most people affected by crises will not require specialist stress counselling. In fact, more than half of all people who experience crises benefit from them: “for many people life crises are like catalysts… leading to greater self reliance, better relationships with family and friends, new problem solving skills”. Are there shortcomings in this work? I would have liked the authors to look more critically at issues of criminality, self-harm and depression in young persons, focussing not so much on the actual victims but on implications about the

way Western society raises its children. I believe a more realistic emphasis on the scale of this problem would have strengthened the position of the authors. Surely the lack of resilience that we see in so many young people today reflects an endemic inability to manage the negative influences impacting on impressionable children, compounded by the very lack of moral guidance identified by the authors. And surely this widespread lack of resilience signifies that many children are not at all in good shape.

When all is said and done, we are writing about a society that brought the world Columbine, a society where there are 40,000 deaths by gunshot each year. We are talking about a society with high rates of incarceration and violent crime, of a society where about 6 million people are in jail or under some kind of criminal justice supervision. The authors reassure us that the US is experiencing its lowest rates of juvenile crime in three decades, and rightly ridicule the concept of “post traumatic slavery disorder”; but the measure of the underlying problems require serious acknowledgement and not glib dismissal. To acknowledge signs such as the troubled youth indicators identified in the early 90s by Thomas Lickona would not weaken the case of the authors.

Nevertheless, these criticisms must not detract from the achievement of Hoff Summers and Satel. This is a serious work that demands solemn reflection. By rights it should lead to substantial readjustment in public policy. May it assist greatly in the fightback of common sense against clichés and slogans.

Andrew Mullins is headmaster of Redfield College, a school in Sydney for boys in Years 2 to 12. His book Parenting for Character will be published next month by Finch Publishing.

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Provincial Council deciding upon a policy of divesting the province of its institutions.

The Sisters began withdrawing, first from their primary schools, then from their secondary schools and finally from their only hospital in Western Australia.

Faithful to the charism of their foundress, St Emilie, the Sisters widened their educational activities and began educating adults in the faith. They started preparing people for Baptism and other sacraments and initiated and taught catechetical programs for children attending government schools.

Others obtained counselling degrees and offered their services to the less fortunate in society, while others worked with organisations like the St Vincent de Paul Society or taught English to migrants.

Lower profile

Since the 1970s the Sisters have had a low profile. However, they feel they are now closer to their patron St Joseph.

Today, the number of Sisters in the Australian Province is less than 50, but the Province remains committed to do what it can for as long as it can under the mission: At the heart of the world, to live and incarnate the saving love of the Father. To work towards the growth and fulfilment of all men and women in Jesus Christ and by our lives to witness to the infinite tenderness of the Father.

- This article featured in the March 2005 edition of the Catholic Education Circular magazine that is produced by the Catholic Education Office of WA.

The World

Catholics call for vote on new law

Following the Spanish Parliament’s approval of a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children, a major Catholic organization demanded that the government let the Spanish people vote on the matter.

■ By Julius Purcell

The bill cleared its last legislative hurdle on June 30, when lawmakers passed it into law in a 187-147 vote.

The new law makes traditionally Catholic Spain the third country to legalise gay marriage after the Netherlands and Belgium. On June 28, Canada’s Parliament approved a same-sex marriage bill, which the Canadian Senate is expected to pass into law quickly.

Benigno Blanco, a founding member of the Spanish Forum for the Family, told Catholic News Service that the group will continue to put pressure on the government to hold a referendum.

“The majority of Spanish families are in favour of the position of the forum, and against a law that was passed because of the influence of a minority,” he said.

The Spanish Forum for the Family, an umbrella group of predominantly Catholic organisations, assembled more than 500,000 demonstrators against the bill on gay

marriage in central Madrid on June 18. The group demonstrated again in the Spanish capital after the bill was passed.

The Spanish bishops’ conference described the new law as “radically unjust.” The bishops said in a June 30 statement that the law fails to recognise “the social and anthropological reality” of marriage between a man and a woman.

Heterosexual marriage, the bishops said, provides society with “values that cannot be substituted by anything else: personal fulfillment of two people, together with the procreation and education of children.”

The statement also called on Spaniards “to oppose this unjust law by legitimate means.”

Spain’s upper house of Parliament rejected the bill on June 22. However, the final say in Spain’s legislative process rests with the Congress of Deputies, where, as expected, the ruling Socialists defeated the opposition Conservatives, who had voted against the bill.

Shortly before lawmakers voted, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero told Parliament that “this law ... poses no threat to matrimony or the family.”

Under the new law, Spain’s civil code has been modified to allow

marriage between partners “whether of the same or different sex.” Several Spanish mayors have already said they cannot in conscience marry same-sex couples, despite warnings by the government they may lose their jobs if they refuse.

In April, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, suggested that Spanish civil servants should conscientiously object to playing a role in such marriage ceremonies, even if they are fired as a result.

From Rome, Cardinal Lopez repeated this call following news of the parliamentary approval, saying the law was a “serious threat to the

family and life,” Agence FrancePresse reported.

Blanco said the Zapatero government has “consistently refused” to meet with the forum to discuss its central demand for a referendum.

“Nuclear families are an important majority in Spain ... while gay and lesbian groups are a minority. We must be listened to as well. ... We will keep trying to persuade them of the importance of putting this matter to the Spanish people,” he said.

Blanco also said that the organisation is demanding a mechanism that parents, in case of their death, can opt for their children not to be adopted by homosexual couples.

“This is something that worries many Spanish families,” Blanco said.

Spain’s Conservative opposition, meanwhile, appears to have responded to a request by the forum to appeal against the law in Spain’s constitutional tribunal.

Conservative leader Mariano Rajoy said his party will examine the law “to decide whether to present an appeal against the law on the grounds of it being unconstitutional.”

He said the Zapatero government was acting irresponsibly by failing to look for a greater consensus in Spanish society.

According to a survey by Spain’s state pollsters last summer, 66 percent of Spaniards are in favour of gay couples being given the same rights as heterosexual married couples. However, only 21 percent are “firmly in agreement” with the right of gay couples to adopt children.

Canadian bishops oppose Parliament Vatican condemns gay marriage laws

Canadian bishops protest vote allowing gay marriage

■ By Deborah Gyapong

The passage of a bill making Canada the latest country allowing gays to marry drew a swift rebuke from the Canadian bishops.

Archbishop Brendan O’Brien of St John’s, Newfoundland, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, said passage of the bill meant Canadians were “witnessing a dangerous deterioration of their communal values.”

That deterioration is evident, he said, in the high rates of divorce and abortion and in declining birthrates.

Members of Parliament voted 158-133 on June 28 in favour of gay marriage. The Netherlands and Belgium have passed similar legislation. On June 30, Spain’s Parliament passed into law a bill allowing gays to marry, adopt children and inherit their partner’s property.

Canada had taken “another unfortunate step toward eliminating civil and social recognition and appreciation for the unique importance of the committed relationship

of a man and a woman in marriage,” Archbishop O’Brien said in a statement.

He also raised concerns about the lack of respect for freedom of conscience evident in the vote.

“Members of Parliament were forced to follow a political deadline and to vote along party lines on an issue which deeply divides and troubles Canadians,” he said. “This is an ominous sign of what can be expected in future debates on the application of Bill C-38 in the provinces and territories with regard to human rights legislation and the solemnisation of marriage, as well as regarding school policies on moral and social questions.”

Liberal Cabinet member Joe Comuzzi resigned from his post as northern Ontario economic development minister so he could vote against the legislation, since the Liberal Cabinet members - many of whom are Roman Catholic - were forced to support the government bill.

Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic of Toronto said the archdiocese would not recognise the court ruling.

“Marriage will be celebrated only as the union of a man and a woman open to the bringing forth of children,” he said. “Our pastoral work, our Catholic schools and our Catholic social services are commit-

ted to upholding Catholic teaching on marriage.”

Attorney General Irwin Cotler described the vote as the culmination of a drama for equal rights that began with the 1982 institution of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

He said he sought to meet with religious leaders over the course of the debate, and trusted they would come to accept the legislation once they realise “the sky will not fall.”

Bill C-38 now goes to Canada’s Senate, made up of political appointees, where most anticipate speedy passage.

Vatican paper criticises ‘violent attacks’ on family in Spain, Canada

The Vatican has called recent government measures in Spain and Canada legalising same-sex marriage “new, violent attacks against the family.”

The Vatican’s newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, said the moves were “violent attacks aimed at the natural familybased on a union between a man and a woman.”

Spain’s Parliament approved a bill on June 30 to allow samesex couples to marry and adopt children; Canada’s Parliament approved legislation legalising same-sex marriage two days earlier.

The June 30-July 1 edition of the Vatican newspaper said the heavily debated government proposals equating same-sex unions with marriage between a man and a woman were objectionable. The laws passed in Canada and Spain were expected to go into effect in July.

The Netherlands and Belgium passed similar laws allowing

gay marriages in 2001 and 2003, respectively. Only Spain, however, allows for the adoption of children by married gay couples.

In largely Catholic Spain, the Parliament also approved measures to speed up divorce proceedings, reducing the waiting time before a divorce is granted from at least a year to between three and six months.

The head of the Spanish bishops’ family and life commission, Bishop Juan-Antonio Reig Pla of Segorbe-Castellon de la Plana, disputed national poll results that suggested the new laws were popular with most Spaniards.

“Sociological surveys of the people are all under the control of a government” that is pushing its agenda of easing the nation’s divorce and abortion laws, he said in a June 30 interview with Vatican Radio.

He said “the beauty of marriage” between a man and a woman has been lost in an environment of “anarchic freedom” which has led people to choose whatever sexual orientation they desire.

- CNS

Demonstrators shout slogans as they hold banners that read “Marriage equals man and woman” during a demonstration against gay marriage in central Madrid. Photo: CNS

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, a proponent of same-sex marriage. Photo: CNS

The World

Sudan Gov’t denies murder claims

■ By Paul Jeffrey

The Darfur region of Sudan is one of the hardest places on earth to deliver humanitarian assistance. There is the heat and harsh terrain. Sandstorms regularly blot out the sky. Bandits attack convoys of relief goods.

And then there is the Sudanese government, which has officially invited humanitarian agencies to deliver emergency assistance to some 2 million refugees crowded into camps stretching across the arid landscape. Yet at times the government seems more determined to prevent aid from reaching those who need it.

The more than 1,000 foreign relief workers in the Darfur region have to navigate their way through strict government controls. They need visas to enter Sudan, multiple permits to travel within the country and government permission to take photographs. Even with the right permits in hand, aid workers are occasionally detained or refused access to certain areas by government authorities.

“The authorities want us to provide quality services to the displaced communities and the host villages, but at the same time they are extremely cautious about what we can see and how what we see is reported to the outside world. We have to live with a number of questions unanswered and just remember that the humanitarian imperative comes first,” said Bjorg Mide, director of the ACT/Caritas

Darfur Emergency Response, a global alliance of Catholic and Protestant aid agencies.

Government officials are quick to point out that there is a war in Darfur. For more than two years, the government military has faced two insurgent groups, the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement, which at times coordinate their activities against the government and at times fight among themselves. Arab militias known as Janjaweed have carried out much of the gov-

ernment’s dirty work of what some - including former US Secretary of State Colin Powell - have called genocide.

The government denies that it has sponsored or directed the Janjaweed’s murderous campaigns that have left hundreds of villages in ashes and killed more than 180,000 people. Some experts put the death toll close to 400,000.

A shaky cease-fire has been in force since late 2003, but several clashes have been reported recently. The government said security

is a major concern, but aid groups argue that they are not a security risk.

“We tell our government that we are an organisation of civil society, that we are neither with them nor against them. But they have never understood that. Our government sees that you are either with them or against them. And so we have a lot of problems,” said Bushra Gamar, the program manager in Darfur for the Sudan Social Development Organisation, a local partner of ACT/Caritas.

Religious freedom improves, but not enough

The arrest of Christians in North Korea, restrictions on the church in Belarus, the imposition of Islamic law on Christians in several countries and the prohibition on Muslim girls wearing scarves to school in France demonstrate how often religious freedom is violated around the globe, a Catholic aid agency said.

Aid to the Church in Need, a Catholic organisation funding religious projects in 120 countries, released its annual report on religious freedom on June 30 at the

the world in brief

Italian Parliament. The report, while focusing on the persecution of Christians around the world, included concerns about the way Muslims are treated in France, the Netherlands and the United States.

The 2005 report praised improved conditions for Christians in predominantly Muslim Qatar, but said, “the persecution of ‘infidels’ or ‘apostates’ (as Christians and converts to Christianity are referred to) reached emergency levels” in Pakistan and Saudi

Mexicans prepare for JPII canonisation

The Mexican bishops’ conference has embraced the process to canonise Pope John Paul II, with several dioceses gathering evidence of miracles attributed to the late pontiff. The Mexico City Archdiocese’s Commission for the Causes of the Saints is preparing a book intended to support the canonisation cause, the bishops’ conference said on June 28. Earlier the same day, the process to beatify and canonise Pope John Paul opened in Rome. “In such a short time, we already have ample information on testimonies of favours - which the corresponding authorities will judge if they

Arabia. “The situation in China is extremely serious, with 19 bishops kidnapped or prevented from performing their ministry and nine priests sentenced to hard labour,” the report’s summary said.

The report also expressed concern for Christians living in predominantly Muslim areas of Nigeria. “In the state of Bauchi, following clashes between Christians and Muslims, at least 10,000 Christians were forced to flee,” it said.

Colombia, a predominantly

are authentic miracles - and which would open the path toward beatification and soon afterward toward canonisation,” Bishop Jose Martin Rabago of Leon, president of the Mexican bishops’ conference, said in a statement.

Church can help Chinese

The Catholic Church in China must convince the government its purpose is religious, not political, a Yale Divinity School professor told participants at the 21st National Catholic China Conference at Seattle University. Many in China today are concerned that modernisation and materialism are causing them to lose their cultural heritage, said Lamin Sanneh in a keynote speech. He agreed with the view of the late

Catholic country, also was cited in the report because “violence and the violation of human and religious rights is alarming” in the South American nation.

“During 2004, more than 3,000 civilians were killed for political reasons, while at least 600 people vanished and 2,200 were kidnapped,” the summary said.

Aid to the Church in Need said the human rights situation in Cuba remains serious with a continuing repression of political dissent. - CNS

Pope John Paul II that “the Church can play a role in helping the Chinese people to reclaim and develop their authentic indigenous culture and civilisation and to foster positive relations with the world.”

Orthodox Churches revive dialogue

The Orthodox Churches are set to revive what has been a stalled theological dialogue with the Catholic Church, said the head of an Orthodox delegation on a visit to the Vatican. “All the Orthodox Churches have now responded positively to the request of the Ecumenical Patriarchate” to appoint delegates to a mixed commission on theological dialogue, said Metropolitan John

‘Rich Nations must end world poverty’

Church leaders seek ‘decisive action’ by G-8 to end world poverty

■ By

Simon Caldwell

Church leaders from the United States, Britain and Africa have called on the world’s richest nations to take “decisive action” to end global poverty.

Delegates attending the Transatlantic Forum on Global Poverty at Lambeth Palace, London, issued a joint declaration on June 29 in which they said that “God judges nations by what they do to the poorest.”

The representatives of Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran and evangelical churches said they met ahead of the Group of Eight summit that will run from July 6 to 8 in Gleneagles, Scotland, to urge a stronger commitment to end extreme poverty. The summit brings together leaders of United States, Britain, Japan, Canada, Russia, Germany, Italy and France.

“For the first time in history, humanity possesses the information, knowledge, technology and resources to bring the worst of global poverty virtually to an end,” they said in a statement.

“As church leaders from diverse Christian traditions, we recommit ourselves and our faith communities to help generate that moral will at this critical historical juncture.”

The group called on US President George W Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other G-8 leaders “to provide courageous and costly political leadership by providing the resources and making the structural changes necessary to eradicate poverty.”

The forum called for debt relief to be expanded to impoverished nations that were not included among the 18 nations designated in early June to benefit from 100 percent debt cancellation. On June 11, the G-8 finance ministers agreed to forgive debts of those countries totaling about $40 billion; 14 of them are African.

of Pergamum in a June 30 address to Pope Benedict XVI. Metropolitan John was in Rome to represent Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople at the June 29 celebration of the feast of Sts Peter and Paul.

Classical art can lead to deeper faith

Classical works of Christian art can educate people in the faith and lead them to deeper prayer just as the images did hundreds of years ago, Pope Benedict XVI said at the release of the new Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on June 28. Fourteen works of art are to appear in the book. - CNS

Children fly a kite in a camp for displaced families near Zalingei, Sudan.

Photo: CNS

When the watchdogs go feral Review

Malice in Media Land

by David Flint Freedom Publishing, RRP $24.95

■ Reviewed by Hal

Colebatch

David Flint, former head of the Australian Broadcasting Authority, may have been too much a gentleman for the sordid political battles and intrigues and “trials by ambush” he was thrown into as chairman of the ABA when he became the target of a media vendetta.

Here he has set out to document what he sees as wrong with “Media Land.” However Flint is not talking about the media as a whole but an elitist section of it. In Australia, this group shares a set of assumptions: fanatical political opposition to John Howard but hardly less hostility to moderate Labor leaders, and a vague, flexible commitment to a sort of nihilist chic and the package-deal of adversary-culture values. Not all the media inhabit that area.

Within that area, however, Flint makes a compelling case. Sydney Morning Herald journalist and former ABC Media Watch presenter David Marr insisted on ABC Radio National on 26 September last year that “the natural culture of journalism is a kind of vaguely soft-Left.”

He went on to claim in effect that journalism should be a left-wing closed shop and any journalist who disagreed should “find another job.” Another member of the ABC-Fairfax axis of the commentariat, Terry Lane, claimed John Howard’s alleged planned changes to the institutions of government meant an end to democracy as we know it, and hoped Australian troops would be defeated in Iraq.

Margot Kingston, editor of the Herald’s Web Diary, campaigned ceaselessly against the Government in the run-up to the Federal election, not only in comment in the Sydney Morning Herald’s pages (which if it is clearly presented as comment is fair enough) but also with outside political activity, despite the fact that the Sydney Morning Herald’s so-called Code of Ethics states that: “Herald staff shall avoid any prominent activity in partisan public causes that compromise, or appear to compromise, the journalist or the newspaper.”

In a free society, a variety of comment, opinion and bias is healthy and indispensable. However, one problem is that comment has a tendency to become inextricably mixed with what is presented as fact-based news.

She also wrote that “the fundamentalist Zionist lobby controls politics and the media in the US and Australia.”

When challenged on the grounds this latter might be taken as anti-Semitic, she explained that it was “a statement of fact,” and was at a loss to understand how anyone could possibly have been offended by the “anti-semetic [sic] charge.”

In a free society, a variety of comment, opinion and bias is healthy and indispensable. However, one problem Flint identifies is that comment has a tendency to become inextricably mixed with what is presented as fact-based news.

Professor Flint also looks at the succession of media “feeding frenzies” in the

Hollingworth, Kirby, Wayne Carey and Cardinal Pell affairs.

Flint says his inquiries showed an impression was created among some people that Hollingworth, who at worst had been naive and inept in dealing with allegations of sexual abuse by Anglican priests, and in handling the media subsequently, was himself guilty of some sort of sexual crimes.

The serious allegations against Justice Kirby were proved to be based on forged documents and Wayne Carey’s escapades were private business.

The publicity devoted to all of them by the elite media, supposedly concerned with serious matters, the balanced presentation of news, and informed and thoughtful opinion, showed a complete lack of

Minutes. He was advised this was to discuss the abuse of children in the American church.

It is reasonable to speculate that the attacks on Pell originated in the various constituencies of resentment that Pell had created by his conservative theology.

But without warning the journalist Richard Carlton accused Dr Pell of offering money to victims of abuse by priests in Australia in return for silence. As the promotion of the program said, it is hard to

proportion, and, one might say, of compassion. Here Professor Flint touches on a matter which could be taken further. He writes: “The allegations against Justice Kirby soon collapsed because the Comcar (Commonwealth car) records the Senator [Hefferman] tendered as proof turned out, on the most cursory investigation, to be a fabrication.”

But isn’t something else odd here? Why was this matter of “fabrication” apparently never investigated further? Who “fabricated” the material that apparently sent Senator Hefferman over the top, making wild accusations for which he later apologised? Why did the media and, apparently, the police, show no further interest?

Of Cardinal Pell, Professor Flint says: that “…on 2 June, 2002, Dr Pell was invited to speak on the Channel 9 program, 60

imagine a graver charge: ‘It is made against one of the most powerful men in Australia ... [it is alleged he] attempted to bribe a distressed young man who’d been sexually assaulted by a priest ... to cover up a potential scandal and protect his church’.”

I quote here from what I wrote in The Salisbury Review at the time: “In fact it was Pell who had established an independent commission, chaired by a non-Catholic QC, to investigate such complaints. Veteran Australian journalist and former leading New York editor Frank Devine commented: ‘What followed was an outburst of malice and foolishness that calls for a novelist’s attention ... It is reasonable to speculate that the attacks on Pell originated in the various constituencies of resentment that Pell had created by his conservative theology ... probably only very meek, not to say inert,

archbishops stay free of such enemies’ ... Pell has been completly vindicated.”

There is no doubt Flint himself was persecuted by sections of the media simply because he was a monarchist. He was also attacked as a crony of Howard’s and as a Liberal Party stooge, though the only political appointment he had ever held was president of an ALP branch. Suggestions of impropriety in his conduct as Chairman of the ABA really were an example of smoke entirely without fire, though I am sorry that - presumably finding the situation intolerable - he decided to resign prematurely rather than tough it out to the end of his term.

As Australia’s liveliest weblogger, Tim Blair, pointed out, what Flint - who it was suggested had some sort of improper relationship with a bete-noir of the media elites, popular broadcaster Alan Jones - had actually done was to write a nice letter to Jones five years previously. Understanding what happened in full detail is another good reason to read this book.

Talkback radio and increasingly the Internet, mean that the media commentariat’s monopoly of socio-political debate, never very complete, has now been well and truly broken.

How serious for Australia is all this? Fairly serious, but far from hopeless. The “elite” media, which actually largely means some (not all) commentators writing mainly for the morning papers in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra plus some major parts of the ABC and some other television comment programs, do suffer from groupthink and a shared set of prejudices and assumptions.

But they are subject now to robust confrontation by the likes of Andrew Bolt, Alan Jones, Piers Akerman, Tim Blair (in The Bulletin and on his increasingly popular weblog) and quite a lot of others.

Harder to deal with is the selective omission of news, perhaps decided as a matter of policy somewhere deep within the bowels of a big media organisation, perhaps as a result of spiking politically-incorrect stories, or perhaps of sending committed, partisan, writers on particular assignments.

In a particularly egregious example, Flint points to the fact that the anti-American BBC, rather than say anything good about the US, actually ignored the huge effort the US and Australian navies made in the Asian Tsunami relief, including the fact that the US sent a fleet of more than 20 ships, headed by a super-carrier with 90 helicopters.

British author Christopher Booker called the BBC’s performance on this a national scandal.

Talkback radio and increasingly the Internet, mean that the media commentariat’s monopoly of socio-political debate, never very complete, has now been well and truly broken.

This does not detract from the importance of what Professor Flint has to say. There is no doubt that the bias and groupthink of the elite media is harmful.

It addition to its political bias, its general “adversary-culture” stance means that it is, in effect, at war with mainstream values.

It is significant that Pope Benedict appears to be giving some counter to this a high priority.

But everyone can make a difference, and Professor Flint’s book should be read be everyone.

MIssing the wood for the trees? Are Australia’s media elites high on detail but low on overall undertstanding of the world around them?

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Sunday July 24

FIRST ANNIVERSARY MASS AND FEAST OF STS JOACHIM & ANNE

At St Anne’s church, Bindoon, 12 noon BYO lunch. 1.15 pm Rosary and Benediction. Holy Mass 2pm. Afternoon tea provided. For more details contact:

Jean 9576 0006 or Susan 9576 0403 or Fr Paul 9571 1839. For all transport arrangements contact: Francis Williams Tel: 9459 3873 / Mobile: 0404 893 877. Cost $14.00 per person (Return).

Sunday July 24 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER

In 1930 the first WA fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order, a world-wide body established by St Francis over 700 years ago, was estabished at St Mary’s Cathedral. The SFO comprises over 1,000,000 men and women from all walks of life. The 75th Anniversary will be celebrated by attending Mass in St Mary’s Cathedral at 10am followed by lunch at Miss Maud’s (Cnr Pier and Murray Sts) at noon. All

SFO’s and their friends are invited.

Sunday July 24

A very enjoyable afternoon of fine music and good company is promised If you come to a Soiree and afternoon tea at St Joseph’s Convent Chapel, York Street, South Perth on 24 July 2005 at 2.30pm. The Julian Singers and Mary Croft will provide entertainment. A donation on entry will go to the Mary MacKillop Foundation which helps promote the various works supported by the Mary MacKillop Foundation. Enq Laurie Mayne 9271 5649 and John McCormack 9383 2615

Thursday July 26-28

FREE SEMINAR

Medical Treatment for the Dying. Can I make my own decisions about dying? Can Catholics support the new law proposed for WA? You are invited to consider these important issues and play your part in shaping our future. Repeated on two nights:

Tuesday 26 July in Floreat Parish Centre (Peebles Rd, Floreat) and Thursday 28 July in Applecross Parish Centre (Alness Street, Ardross). Both seminars begin at 7pm, and finish by 8.30pm. Sponsored by the L J Goody Bioethics Centre, Glendalough.

Wednesday August 3-4

FINDING GOD ON THE FARM

Catholic perspectives on the Environment. A live-in conference to be held at the Benedictine Monastery, New Norcia, For those who live on the land or care for creation, Keynote speaker Dr Michael Jackson. For info or registration contact Fr Geoff Aldous, Northam 9622 5411 or Dave Antonio 9622 2370.

Tuesday August 9-13

THE DREAMER, A PLAY BY TOM PAVEY

There is nothing like the excitement of live theatre and we can look forward to a new Christian, historical - fiction play, being staged at the Nexus Theatre, Murdoch University. The play attempts to convey the universal love and forgiveness of God. Tickets are now on sale through ticketmaster7 www.ticketmaster7.com Phone 1300 558 878 Full $20 Con. $15 Students $15 Student Groups $12 (Teachers Free) Religious/Clergy Free (Tickets from ticketmaster7 outlets - No phone bookings) A donation will be made to St Vicent de Paul Society and Linda’s House of Hope.

Friday August 19-21

HOW DO I KNOW THAT GOD IS CALLING ME TOO

Join a group of other young people for a weekend of prayer, listening to other people’s stories and learning tools to help you determine where God is leading you in terms of your state of life, career or any other part of your journey which may be unclear. Run by the WA vocations network, the Retreat will be held at the St Joseph’s retreat house. Please contact Bronia for more information on 0407 430 478 or 9478 1263 or Bronia.Karniewickz@cpawa.com.au.

CROSS ROADS COMMUNITY TERM 3

JULY 19  SEPTEMBER 23

for: Family & Friends Support Groups of Substance Abusers are on Wednesday’s 7-9pm, Substance Abusers Support Groups are on Tuesday’s 5.307.30pm & Friday’s All day Group for Substance Abusers is from 9.30am to 2pm including Healing Mass on Friday’s @ 12.30pm during term. Rosary is from Tuesday to Thursday at 12.30-1pm.

BLESSED SACRAMENT ADORATION

Holy Family Church, Alcock Street, Maddington. Every Friday 8.30 am Holy Mass followed by Blessed Sacrament Adoration till 12 noon. Every first Friday of the month, annointing of the sick during Mass. Enq. 9398 6350.

REFLECTION AFTERNOONS

Challenge of Living as a Eucharistic Community in the Modern World. For everyone involved in Eucharistic Ministries or Service. Speakers include Archbishop Hickey. Topics: Engaging Our Youth, 12 June; Spirituality, 10 July; Evangelisation, 7 August; Challenge of Change, 21 August, Redemptorist Monastery, 2-4 pm. Phone 9422 7902

SUNDAY CHINESE MASS

The Perth Chinese Catholic Community invite you to join in at St Brigid’s Church, 211 Aberdeen St (Cnr of Aberdeen and Fitzgerald) Northbridge. Celebrant Rev. Fr Dominic Su SDS. Mass starts 4.30pm every Sunday. Enq Augustine 9310 4532, Mr Lee 9310 9197, Peter 9310 1789.

LITURGY OFFICE OFFERING EXCELLENT WORKSHOPS

Leadership for Music Ministry, 28 July and 25 August. Cantors for the Country: To give people confidence and practical skills to lead the singing in country parishes 13 August and 22 October. Phone: 9422 7902.

CONFRATERNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Confraternity of the Holy Spirit has been sanctioned in the Perth Archdiocese, our aim is to make the Holy Spirit known and loved, and to develop awareness of His presence in our lives. If you would like more information please call WA Coordinator Frank Pimm on 9304 5190.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS IN WA

You are invited to find out more about following Franciscan way of life as a layperson. Contact the group nearest you and come along. Midland fraternity meets on the second Friday of each month at 1pm, contact Mary 9377 7925. Balcatta fraternity meets on the third Sunday of each month at 3pm contact Dunstan 9276 9415. Perth fraternity meets on the fourth Sunday of each month at 2.30pm contact John 9385 5649. Dardunup fraternity meets on the third Sunday of each month at 1.30pm contact 9721 6815.

CATHOLICS EXPERIENCING THE BIBLE

An exciting opportunity to learn more about your

faith. Enrolments are now open for study at Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation in term 3, commencing Mon 18 July. Part-time courses: Healing and Ministry - Maureen Egan/ Tony Pullella, Monday 12.30-2pm; the Bible and the Mass - Fr Tim Deeter, Tues 9-30-11-30am; and the Gospel of Life - Richard Egan, Tues 2-4pm. Short Course: Mary in the Mystery of the Church - Fr Leo M Spicer, OSM on Mon 15th and Mon 22nd August commencing 9am. Public lectures commence 4-5pm, Tuesday 19 July: series 1 on prayer (5 lectures) by various clergy; series 2 on the Catechism by Fr Hugh Thomas. Registration and enquiries to Jane 9202 6859 or 0401 692 690.

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK

Valid through June 2006 available at ALL SAINTS’ CHAPEL, 77 Allendale Square, St. George’s Terrace, Perth. Featuring the best in dining, hotel accommodation, theatre, sports and much more all with 25% to 50% off or two for one offers. Place your order now. Available from May 30th. Enq 9325 2009, daytime hours 8am – 4pm, Monday through Friday. Thank you for supporting All Saints’ Chapel fund raising efforts.

First Sunday of each month

DEVOTIONS IN HONOUR OF THE DIVINE MERCY

Fr Douglas Hoare and the Santa Clara Parish Community welcome anyone from surrounding Parishes and beyond to the Santa Clara Church cnr of Coolgardie and Pollock Streets, Bentley. The afternoon commences with the 3 o’clock prayer, followed by the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Reflection, and concludes with Benediction.

THE DIVINE MERCY APOSTOLATE

St Mary’s Cathedral, Victoria Square, Perth –each first Sunday of the month from 1.30pm to 3.15pm with a different priest each month.

All Saints Chapel, Allendale Square, 77 St George’s Tce, Perth - each Monday and Friday at 1.35pm Main Celebrant Fr James Shelton.

St Francis Xavier Church, 25 Windsor Street, East Perth - each Saturday from 2.30pm to 3.30pm main celebrant Fr Marcellinus Meilak, OFM. Saints John and Paul Church, Pinetree Gully Drive, Willeton - each Wednesday from 4pm to 5pm. All Enq John 9457 7771.

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Teams a quiet achiever for marriage

■ By Jamie O’Brien

AChristian marriage movement that quietly sprang from a tiny beginning in France has spread around the world and is now operating in Perth.

The Teams of Our Lady, as the movement is called, has grown to become a worldwide movement which strengthens marriages and helps married couples find God. In

Greenwood. They also have the common link that their children all went to the same primary school; Martin and Patricia say this was a blessing.

“If the group had been strangers it would have been difficult,” Martin said.

Being part of a group has some advantages.

“In the group situation we find we have common problems, but also that we are doing OK.”

have only one child, Michael, who is 15, it is often difficult to make time to spend together.

But TOL has helped them focus on what is important for a marriage, whether it is making time for a date, going out to dinner, the movies or talking a walk along the beach.

“The highlight was when we renewed our wedding vows on our 25th anniversary three years ago,” Patricia said.

a world where, for increasing numbers of people, marriage denotes material rather than spiritual bonds, five Perth couples have found strength in sharing the experiences of their marriage with others.

The Teams of Our Lady has now been set up in the dioceses of Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and Ballarat, in the process opening up a whole new world of communication between husbands and wives.

Each team usually consists of five to seven couples.

Greenwood parish couple Martin and Patricia Dempsey are the responsible couple for the Perth team.

They came to Teams of Our Lady through family friend Shane Healy and his wife Bernadette who had been in a team in Melbourne.

That was four years ago.

There are now five couples involved in Perth, all belonging to the parish of St

Sitting down before each meeting to think about what they are going to discuss “forces us to look at our experiences over the past month, positive and negative,” Martin said.

Once a month couples in each team meet at one of the couples’ homes for a simple meal, often with Mass. In the relaxation of a home couples share together their joys and sorrows over a meal. With simplicity, they read a meditation together and express their own response to God.

For Martin and Patricia TOL has also helped them discover the value of spending quality time together. They say that even though they

The milestone is important because “when we look at our peers, most of them have separated.

“We have been lucky enough to realise that you have to work at a marriage.”

“It has given us the opportunity to have a more open level of communication and to say what we think.”

Each of the couples involved in their group has been married for more than 20 years.

The Dempseys came to Australia from the-then Rhodesia (now called Zimbabwe) and say they have never encountered another movement like the Teams of Our Lady.

The aim of the teams is to bring married couples to a deeper relationship with God:

■ By sitting down with their spouse and talking to one another prefixed by a prayer.

■ By discussing once a month a study topic with their spouse. Couples focus on finding God in the Gospels and bringing

this to life through their discussion.

■ By mutual help to the other members of their team, whether it be through the helpful or supportive telephone call, baby-sitting, or visiting another team member who is sick.

Once a month couples in each team meet at one of the couples’ homes for a simple meal, often with Mass.

In the relaxation of a home couples share their joys and sorrows over a meal.

With simplicity, they read a meditation together and express their own response to God.

They might raise a topic or situation about which they feel in need of enlightenment.

Each couple will then share the fruit of their own discussion on the study theme.

Each year, each couple involved with TOL endeavours to go on a retreat, while another team couple

looks after their children. Although relatively unknown, the movement was supported by John Paul II who had a strong interest in supporting marriage throughout his career as a priest and bishop.

In a homily to the Teams of Our Lady, the Holy Fatherdescribed the richness of marriage as a sign of God’s covenant with the human race, and Christian Marriage as the sacrament of Christ’s loving and indissoluble covenant with the Church.

“While beholding you, and united in spirit with the millions of Christian homes spread all over the world, we are filled with irrepressible hope, and in the name of the Lord we say to you with confidence: ‘your light must shine in the sight of men, so that seeing your good works, they may give praise to your father in heaven.”

For more information about the Teams of Our Lady, contact Martin or Patricia Dempsey on (08) 9309 5895.

Why Marriage Matters...

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Reason Two

s a group, cohabitors in the United States and Australia more closely resemble singles than married people. Children with cohabiting parents have outcomes more similar to the children with single (or remarried) parents than children from intact marriages. Adults who live together are more similar to singles than to married couples in term of phiysical health and emotional well-being and mental health, as well as in assets and earnings.

Selection effects account for a large portion of the difference between married people and cohabitors. As a group, cohabitors (who are not engaged) have lower incomes and less education. Couples who live together also, on average, report relationships of lower quality than do married couples - with cohabitors reporting more conflict, more violence, and lower levels of satisfaction and commitment. Even biological parents who cohabit have poorer quality relationships and are more likely to part than parents who marry. Cohabitation differs from marriage in part because couples who choose merely to live together are less committed to a lifelong relationship.

Patricia, Michael and Martin Dempsey: for them the Teams of Our Lady has been a rock of spiritual support for marriage.

Seminary relies literally on the generosity of God

Redemptoris Mater Seminary is the Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary for the archdiocese of Perth.

Seminarians from Redemptoris Mater belong to the Neocatechumenal Way which is an itinerary of faith formation.

At the inauguration of the seminary in August 1994 Archbishop Hickey said he decided to open Redemptoris Mater because he was convinced that we must take very seriously what the Holy Father calls the New Evangelisation.

Seminarians from Redemptoris Mater are ordained for the Archdiocese of Perth and are made available, at the discretion of the Archbishop, to serve in other dioceses if needed. So far,

20 seminarians from Redemptoris Mater, from more than 10 nations, have been ordained to the priesthood in Perth.

Two are currently working in Darwin, two in Broome and one in India, Sydney, Melbourne. One will shortly go to Finland.

There are currently 19 students at the Seminary, which has no guaranteed sources of income and lives on Divine Providence, trusting that God will provide for all the its needs.

In 1995, seminarians took up residence in the former hospital ‘Carmel’ in Morley, and in 1997 the Sanctuary of the Word was opened by the late Bishop Healy, followed by the residential block and bell tower in 1999.

The Rector of Redemptoris Mater Seminary, Fr Michael Moore SM, above, gives his introduction before the dedication ceremony. The Chapel moments before the celebration started, top right, and below, the congregation bow as Archbishop Hickey raises the chalice after the consecration.

Above: The relics of Pope St Pius X and martyrs St Peter Chanel, and Blessed Pascual Torres, which were placed inside the altar during the opening and dedication of the new Chapel of Redemptoris Mater Seminary, in Morley.

Right: Archbishop Hickey imparts his final blessing at the conclusion of the dedication.

Below left: Seminarians Wilson Donizetti, and Victor Lujano from Redemptoris Mater Seminary stand beside Deacon Clayton Mitchell, from St Charles Seminary Guildford, who holds the relics of Pope St Pius X, St Peter Chanel and Blessed Pascual Torres, to present them to Archbishop Hickey to place inside the altar, which was later sealed.

Below right: Auxilary Bishop of Perth Don Sproxton blesses the candles.

Photos: Jamie O’Brien