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"This is especially the case for large families and single income families," he said. The Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission is the advisory body to the Australian Catholic Bishops on social welfare policy. Reports suggest that Budget cuts would be brought about, in part, by paying family allowances at a flat rate. Father Caldwell said families had also been penalised by recent decisions to abolish concessional expenditure tax

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People in Bethel Community had adopted a lifestyle "to put our roots into Christian culture," the head co-ordinator Mr Kevin Horgan told a recent conference. "We are sinners like everybody else. But we work to bring light into our lives through committed relationships," he told conference delegates. The community did not solicit its members but encouraged people wanting to join the community to come to a stage to make a balanced decision. This was a process which usually included attending the Friday night prayer meeting sponsored by the community and hearing various teachings. People who join the community usually undergo a course of formation teaching which can take three to four years The teachings have the approval of the Archbishop of Perth, Archbishop Foley Nobody makes a final commitment to the community until they

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have completed the formation teachings. Young children have an opportunity to decide for themselves whether to be in the community when they reach 18 years. The community meets as a body every Sunday afternoon to hear teachings based on Scripture and the prophetic word and to pray to God. During the week, men's and women's meetings are scheduled for pastoring and sharing The young people have one scheduled social meeting a week. Because of the accent on building relationhips, community members are encouraged to regularly meet together informally

Auxiliary bishop CANBERRA: The new auxiliary bishop of Canberra is Father Pat Power, parish priest for the past year of Queanbeyan and formerly longtime secretary of Archbishops Cahill, Clancy and Carroll.

Born in 1942, Bishop Power studied at Manly and was ordained in

1965.

He went to Rome for 1 post-graduate studies in 1972 and graduated as a Doctor of Canon Law. In Cairns this week, John ? Bishop Bathersby will be consecrated to succeed Bishop John Torpie who has retired at the age of

75.

Monsignor Michael Keating of Highgate will represent Perth

Circling a globe Christian

circled the globe wih prayer on March 7. Throughout the world they celebrated World Day of Prayer with the Australian prepared service, Choose Life. At

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Annual retreats are a highlight of the community calendar along with father-son weekends and a range of outreach programs both social and spiritual.

reaching results.

The former president of the Catholic Women's League, Mrs Molly Indermaur gives the address at the Women's World Day of Prayer.

Picture by Bill Huxley

'Little Pebble' message misleads

''Because of its importance and because all other forms of catechesis are oriented in some way to it, the catechesis of adults must have high priority at all levels of the Church. The success of programs for children and you th depends to a significant extent upon the words, attitudes, and actions of the adult community, especially parents, family and guardians.'' U.s. National Catecheticl Directon

"Last year alone, two and a half thousand copies of Bibles were distributed to the women of India "To share in the spreading of the gospel in this way was indeed a great privilege for all." she said This year's service was prepared last March by the Australian State Committees, in the sincere hope other nations would see Australia as a friendly nation, a true friend to all, asking God to guide our leaders in wisdom and that He would bestow on all nations His boundless gifts Urging all present t spread the observance of World Day of Prayer, Mrs Indermaur said 'at every tevel the devotion and fellowship with everyone involve:d with World Day of Prayr, is an absolute inspiration and what a privilege it is for us all, to be associated with the effort." A light luncheon followed St Benedicts service in the hall below the church. Here, women continued to revel in the warmth of true Chrisitan unity -- PAT HACKETT

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DETROIT (NO) -Michigan's first residence for persons dying of AIDS is expected to open this WOLLONGONG: criteria demanded by the summer with approval and financial grants from the Bishop William Mur. Church They have not been Detroit Archdiocese and the ray has stated that no Oblates of St Francis de supernatural signifi- approved by the bishop Sales. or the parish priest of the Wellness House, to be cance can be attached area. located within Detroit near to the "message" They have divided fam- medical facilities, will proissued by the "Little ilies and this is a certain vide housing, food and transto men and Pebble". sign they have not origi- portation women with Acquired William Kamm, 38 nated in heaven but have Immune Deficiency Synstirred up fear by concen- drome. claims to speak with trating on sensational, The residents will receive Our Lady once a unusual and fearsome no in-house medical treatmonth. A group of predictions said Bishop ment. The director, Brother disenchanted Cathol- Murray. Whitmer would not identify ics have rallied around They contain contradic- the exact location of the tions, unfulfilled prophe- residence, expected to Kamm in a movement cies and condemnation house eight AIDS victims, call the Marian Work of practices permitted by "for the safety of the people of Atonement. involved. They have been the Church. through enough and need a Bishop Murray says who have private home in which to Many Kamm's "messages" do accepted Little Pebble's live in." {l not stand up to authentic The Detroit Archdiocese messages are now acting in an eccentric manner would not specify the exact amount of its grant, only that and are a cause of disturit was "a substantial contribance to others, he con- bution to get Wellness tinued. House on its way". We hope both private Bishop Murray said contributions and state and Kamm may be the inno- federal assistance will be cent victim of self decep- enough to keep Wellness tion but the "messages House running once it CATHOLIC PAPER

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Many members of the community also are engaged in helping the aged, infirm and handicapped people.

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Applecross, Mrs Molly lndermaur told 180 women from seven

This can include a range of activities from going to the football for the men to organising arts and crafts for the women.

At the moment, the community has two "clusters" - one in Leederville and the other in Greenwood where members live in close proximity to one another to build relationships and support each other. The parish is considered very important to the community and in Subiaco, for example, Bethel members are on the parish council, music ministry, reading and commentator rosters A great deal of time also is given to church busy bees Prime consideration is given to living a balanced christian life with emphasis on enjoying life Celebrations are common including a weekly one called the Sabbath Meal which is held on Saturday nights to celebrate entering into the Lord's Day and to reflect on the week gone In the last two years. two groups have travelled around the world to see the broader aspect of God' s work in other countries On both occasions, a private audience with Pope John Paul II was granted

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Search for volunteers The first volunteers to help with the papal tour have been contacted by the WA Papal Tour Office and more

Assistant director of the WA Papal Tour, Peter Saunders, and office secretary Kathy Atkins preparing volunteer lists.

willing hands are now needed for the many tasks emerging as the tour gets closer. People with help to offer will be entered on to an office register so they can be called upon when the need arises.

Volunteers are needed for the big number of ushers who will be required for the Belmont Park Papal Mass, for the gathering of the aged at Glendalough and for the blessing of the Leederville Catholic Education Centre all on Sunday November 30. Volunteer ushers should have the stamina to be on their feet for many hours before and during the various functions. Acolytes should not volunteer for ushering as they will be allocated special duties at the Papal Mass. Ushers will be required to make the participation

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Pope Clement VI, in an letter of portion of the 1985 November 21, 1342. Australian total of Proceeds from the $311,283 was papally-inspired appeal $28,346. Bunbury dio- usually went to the Francese contributed ciscan Custody of the Holy Land (headquarters $3700; Geraldton in Jerusalem) which, $1362 and Broome from the thirteenth cen$453 tury until the middle of Other dioceses were as the nineteenth, was the follows: Adelaide only resident Catholic $15,076¢ Brisbane establishment in the $26,341; Canberra Moslem-dominated $13,000; Melbourne country of Palestine. $59,841; Sydney $92,086. Today the Franciscan In 1984 the Good Fri- friars no longer receive day collection through- the full amount. 35% of out the world produced the total proceeds goes $Us6.7 million to the Sacred Congrega($A4.69m) of which tion of Oriental ·US4m ($A2.8m) came Churches, which uses it from English speaking in and beyond the Middle countries - England, East. Ireland, US, Malta, South In Israel funds are used Africa and Australia, as follows: ogether with the Philip- • 18% for social proDines and Taiwan. jects, and for the wel-

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fare local of Christians. 16% to operate 21 schools and colleges ( either on a tuition free of partial tuition basis). 16% for the maintenance of the 40 biblical Holy Land shrines. 12% for the support of the 353 Friars in the Holy Land. 10%for various cultural, biblical, archeological projects. 3% maintains three orphanages and their associated schools. 13% in miscellaneous types of assistance. 12% for the new pilgrim hospice in Bethlehem and the renewal of the traditional hospices for pilgrims in Jerusalem and Nazareth. This hospice in Bethlehem should be finished by Easter 1986. One

floor will be reserved for young pilgrims who will receive accommodation at lower rates. Without this continuing aid, most of the local Christians would, economically speaking, have little choice but to pack up their belongings, and migrate to other and distant parts of the world in their quest for daily bread. Pope John Paul has urged the friars to provide more housing for Christians. At Bethania 14 apartments are completed, and a further 28 are under construction. These together with a church and social centre help provide a Christian Presence.

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Start a rumour, fly a kite, feed a fantasy and it's on for all. Luckily Pope John Paul does not have the time to be ferretting around the Australian press to check his tour's popularity rating so the current huffing and puffing must be viewed only as fringe entertainment for the local grandstands. Even papal tours can suffer exposure fatigue and with Australia so far down the list there is little original criticism left to be voiced beyond a miniscule of fuss about how much it costs to get a person of the pope's stature into the country. With scarcely two bob of Protestant bigotry left to rub together, Australia in 1986 is hardly a credit to its ancestral days when RC's were regularly vilified just for being Catholics let alone having the gall to land their pope on the shores. What religious antagonism has not been stifled by boredom and indifference has been overtaken by ecumenism and good will and those not particularly excited at the visit by the pope are likely to hold their peace if only out of respectful good manners. At the office level, other churchmen will be invited at least to greet the pope at appropriate functions and it is now more a matter of amusement rather than offence that in 1970 Archbishop Marcus Loane of the somewhat unique Anglican diocese of Sydney feft obliged to be pointedly absent from the Paul VI ecumenical service in Sydney Town Hall. The scuffles so far are not much above a few paper darts flying around the room. In the Sunday Times, columnist Howard Sattler has suffered his second bout of papal indigestion in recent weeks. He has indignantly stamped his foot and much to the relief of the rest of us, said he will have nothing to do with the papal event until his misgivings are put to rest. He had breakfasted voraciously, of course, on a page 3 story where journalist Tony Barrass was able to authoritatively launch his own rumour that the cost of the WA tour will be several million dollars. It is a rumour that would entertain even the director Monsignor O'Reilly who so far has done no more than lease a Perth City Council Office and book a dutch of hotel rooms and who won't know the costs until the bills arrive and the donations are counted. The Sunday Times story in tum was feeding on Eastern States papers where estimates of tens of millions of dollars are being thrown around like confetti as each writer scrambles for a piece of media attention. Thus last Sunday's Perth story would have borrowed from the preceding week's religious correspondent for The Australian who roasted the SA director Father Tony Kain in connection with the tour's alleged cost, James Murray having decided in a number of articles to take up cudgels on behatf of those who aren't terribly attracted to either the idea of the tour or what will happen when the pope gets here. Hence the curious common thread of the now famous Brigidine Sisters of Victoria who have become nationally famous. They were an unknown quantity when in The Advocate of July 18 1985 a letter of 10 lines was signed by Sister Angela Ryan on behatf of an unspecified number of sisters at Malvern Provincial House. This was just four weeks after the papal tour had been announced in June and presumably they were upset at some flamboyant publicity Monsignor Brian Walsh was getting in the Melbourne press. One can only guess curiously why early in March 1986 the Brigidine Story suddenly hits the Melbourne Sun and became page 3 news in all major papers including The West Australian. The Victorian Brigidine Sister can no doubt look after themselves now that they have become the symbol of opposition to the cost of the papal tour but it does leave some newspaper comments scraping the bottom of the barrel for something to say. 4 The Record, March 20, 1986

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LONDON: Catholic bishops have protested at efforts to widen Sunday trading. On a Sunday in England and Wales, a shopper can buy Playboy but not the Bible, fresh milk bat not dried, a razor blade for medical purposes like cutting calluses but not for shaving. British law requires most shops to close on Sunday, but a few bars and newsstands for instance -are allowed to open. Because of such abnormalities in the Sunday shopping laws, the British government has proposed scrapping the regulations. Shops could remain open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and sell any kind of merchandise. Officials of various churches, however, have objected, saying the proposal would end Sunday as a publicly acknowledged day of rest and recreation. In November, the Catholic bishops of England and Wales joined the chorus of Church protest with a statement issued by their Department for Christian Citizenship. The bishops said they were not "opposed to people's liberty to enjoy Sunday as they wish," but they were worried about the consequences of the proposed change for some Britons. They said the law should "not create more difficulty for those who wish to keep up the religious observance of Sunday

VATICAN CITY (NC) Even with all the tools of modern science at its disposal, the human intellect is incapable of oompletely understanding God, Pope John Paul II has told a weekly general audience. The pope, speaking to about 5,000 pilgrims and tourists in St Peter's Square, said God is, in essence, hidden and incomprehensible. There are signs of his existence in the created world, he said, but "no signs, no created image can unveil to human knowledge the essence of God."

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ROME (NC) Latin-rite Catholic priests who left the active ministry to marry should be allowed to return to their priestly functions, according to an international group of married former priests. 'The priesthood and matrimony are not in opposition, and in the history of the Church they were united for centuries." said Giovanni Gennari, an Italian ex-priest and key organiser of the second Universal Synod of Married Catholic Priests and Their Wives. The group is pressing the Church for a change in celibacy rules.

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NEW YORK (NC) -Mercy Sister Rita

Blanche St Pierre of Burlington has written a biology dictionary for beginning high school biology students so that they would have definitions they understood and could learn more easily. Sister St Pierre began the project in 1973 because, she said, her students would look up words in other books and ask her to explain the definitions Since her retirement in 1982 she has worked almost full time on the dictionary. She said the dictionary, published by the National Book Company, a division of Education Research Associates of Portland, Oregon., will be marketed nationwide. She said she may write revisions for it in five or six years if necessary.

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WASHINGTON (NC) As school doors open this fall, many Catholic administrators are scurrying to overcome what one called the "administrative, logistical and legal nightmare" that resulted when the Supreme Court struck down two programs aiding private school children. The Supreme Court ruled a New York City program in which federal funds were used to pay public school teachers to teach lowincome students in private schools is unconstitutional. In a Grand Rapids, Michigan, case the court struck down auxiliary services such as remedial math and reading, art, music and physical education programs which were provided by public school teachers in private schools.

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BOSTON (NC) - Jesuit Father Robert Taft, a Byzantine-rite priest and a native of Rhode Island, was elected president of the Societas Liturgica at its 10th semiannual meeting held at Boston Univer-

sity.

The Societas Lturgica is an international and ecumenical professional association of scholars and students in the field of liturgy. Father Taft. the third Amencan to hold the position, has resided since 1965 in Rome, where he is a professor of Eastern Liturgy at the Pontifical Oriental Institute and consultor for the Oriental Churches

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MANAGUA (NC) - Three nuns

among a group of American peace activists held for 29 hours by Nicaraguan rebels said the training the "Witness for Peace" organisation provided them was the reason they all made it through their ordeal When a shot was fired across the bow of the boat they were sailing down the San Juan River the group knew what to do, said Sister Catherine Kruegler, 34, of the Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet. "We all hit the

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MIAMI (NC) Some pro-lifers feel that efforts to free a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., man convicted of killing his terminally ill wife flow from the same mentality that condones abortion. "It's the same ethic," said Carol Tague, executive director of Florida Right to Llfe. Florida Governor Bob Graham in late August lost a bid to see Gilbert freed when Graham's Cabinet voted 4-2 against the proposed commutation. Gilbert, who is serving a life sentence, would have been freed. Graham may still decide to grant Gilbert a 60-day reprieve, the only remaining option for his release. Gilbert was convicted in May of first-degree murder. He twice shot his wife, Emily, after giving her a sedative. Mrs Gilbert, 73, who had publicly begged for death, suffered from Alzheimer's disease, a progressive deterioration of the brain, and osteoporosis, a painful ailment that causes deterio-

ration of hones.

We have become a very

selfish society in America," said Mrs Tague. "We have

the attitude that everything has to be perfect in our lives, and if it's not perfect we blame someone." She added, "Mr Gilbert has received so much sympathy.

He had a wife who was no

longer leading a useful life.

He has said he felt desperate. It's clear he was burdened. In our society we don't want

to be burdened." "Ever since the abortion battle in the 60s started, LONDON: Host of the appeal reception for Hosanna Mouse holiday home for the handicapped we've always said that if you held at the Mansion House, Lord Mayor Sir Allan Davis, chats to Appeal Vice-President Lady could kill a child in the womb, it's just the beginning Masham of Iton.

WASHINGTON (NC) -America stays young because of the constant waves of new refugees who contribute to its vitality, a US priest who ministers to immigrants said, looking at the role Vietnamese have played as they fled to America in the last decade. During the summer of 1975, after the fall of Saigon, resettlement groups such as the US Catholic Conference Migration and Refugee Services helped Southeast Asians get started on a new journey down unfamiliar American paths. Since then more than 465,000 Vietnamese have resettled in the United States. Father Silvano M. Tomasi, director of the bishops' Office for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees, said he believes these immigrants, like others before them, are a boon to the US. "One of the reasons America looks so aggressivwly to the future is that it is part of the mentality that each wave of immigrants recreates,"

Father Tomasi said But it is more difficult for this wave, he said, because of "the suddenness with which they were thrown" into a strange culture anu because "there is no longer an open frontier. It has changed from a geographical concept to an educational concept." Technology is the new frontier now, he said. and Southeast Asian refugees have been quick to embrace it, working in places like California's "Silicon Valley",

Appeal to

tribunal

LONDON: Catholics have been told that they are entitled to approach the diocesan tribunal marriage directly if they find it difficult to do so through their local pri-

est.

Canon Cyril Murtagh, a member of the Portsmouth diocesan tribunal, said that many people had not explored all canonical ways of regularising their marriage. Because approaching the tribunal was considered difficult it had often not been tried, he said. Writing in the newsletter of the Association of Separated and Divorced Catholics (ASDC), Canon Murtagh adds: 'Tribunals are overworked agencies trying to offer pastoral help."

keeping U.S. young .

Migrant wave of 'youth'

RIMINI, Italy (NC) - Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York told an international congregation of youth that the idea of a "Church of the people" apart from the hierarchical or institutional Church is an error. He said the orthodoxy in Church teaching is "dynamic" and should be "shouted from the housetops." He made his remarks in this homily while celebrating Mass to commemorate the

Greeting books

NEW YORK (NC) --Alternatives to conventional greeting cards, called Christian Greeting Books, have begun to catch on, according to their publisher, Twenty-Third Publications. The publisher of religious education books and materials launched its line of the mini-books about nine

months ago. According to William Holub, who is in charge of media relations for Twenty-Third Publications, "We have gone

back to press on a couple of the booklets at least twice and each one started with a printing of 10,000. "We have 12 titles at the present time and two more are due after the first of the year," he said. Some of the titles in the greeting booklet line are Prayers of a New Mother, Prayers of a Working Mother, Birthday Blessings and A Get Well Prayer Book.

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employment.

Young Vietnamese are doing well in American schools and high-tech jobs but their parents are finding it harder to adjust, reports say. Dominican Father Peter Thanh, 57, said language makes it harder for the older

Vietnamese.

an interview with National Catholic News Service at the camp in 1975 Father Thanh said he came to the United States to serve his fellow refugees. Since he left the camp that summer Father Thanh has taught English to Vietnamese refugees and was chaplain to the Vietnamese community in St Paul, MinIn

nesota.

Father Thanh, a high school principal in Vietnam, became pastor of the Duc Ba Chapel at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, when he first arrived in the United States

He is now a new a hospital chaplain at the TexasMedical Centre in Houston. With 10 years of experience behind him, he said the biggest surprise he has found in the US is free education.

WASHINGTON

signed by nearly 1000 US religious leaders, including some 60 Catholic bishops, pledging to promote a boycott of advertisers who support offensive television programs has provoked little response from the networks, writers and advertisers, said the Reverend Donald E. Wildmon, the statement's organiser. Released in June with 600 signatures, the St atement urged the networks to end "antiChristian bias" in television programs and Calls for more pro&rams that accurately

ROME (NC) Mehmet Ali Agca has told an Italian court he shot Pope John Paul Il in an effort to symbolically destroy "Western civilisation and Christianity that have oppressed the people of the world."

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Television programs rarely portray Christians in a posi've light, but rather portray them as immoral or as "bungling. incompetent and ill-

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World War will be unleashed," Agca said. He said he tried to kill the pope "for an idea." "I thought of striking symbolically in the person of the pope all of Western civilization and Christianity that have oppressed the people of the world," he said. As he has done before in

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The signers called for a change in the moral content of programs beginning this fall.

Mr \X'ildrnon, a United Methodist minister and head of the Mississippi-based National Federation for Decency said NBC was the only network to have replied. "Basically NBC said, 'We're good guys. We don't do stuff like that. We air only good, decent programs." While the statement said a formal decision about the boycott would be made at the beginning of 1986, Mr Wildmon indicated he is already "working on the

nuts and bolts or organising" it under the assumption that "nothing is going to change" with the new television season. "There is a genuine contempt, or hostility, toward the Christian community" among the people responsible for television programs, Mr Wildmon said. Since June, approximately 400 new signatures were added to the statement, said Mr Wildmon. The signers represent 98 Christian denominations and include the heads of 69 denominations. Twelve Catholic bishops were listed among the 400

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However, in secularised Australia it has become rather too customary to regard belief in God as unscientific, arbitrary or superstitious.

This opinion is misinformed and itself unscientific. There is very considerable evidence from astron-

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what ends were their natural parts? Was the eye contrived without skill in optics, and the ear without knowledge of sounds?... Does it not appear from phenomena that there is a Being incorporeal, living, intelligent..."

More recently in 1982, in the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Sir Fred Hoyle, one of the most eminent of astronomers today, wrote: 'A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature." It is worth looking briefly at Sir Fred Hoyle's evidence from physics, chemistry and biology.

First, in physics, the chemical elements, apart from the lightest, hydrogen and some helium, have almost certainly been formed in the hot interiors of stars and released when these stars exploded or at least blew off outer shells from themselves. In 1953, when Sir Fred Hoyle was working with William Fowler on this problem, what struck him was that the energy levels of the nuclei of carbon and oxygen (7.65 and 712 muon ctee tron-volts) were exactly what here needed to be

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Without carbon and The comet returns Back in 1721, in the of course, no life oxygen, every 76 third edition of the predictably as we know it could have years, approximately "Opticks" of Sir Isaac evolved. marking the life-span Newton, we find: of most people, who "How are the bodies of With regard to the can see it on one animals to be contrived energy levels of the with so much art, and for appearance only.

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nuclei, if the energy level of oxygen, for example, was half of one per cent higher, all carbon in the stars would go to oxygen and we would have no carbon. But if the energy level of

oxygen was slightly lower, oxygen in the stars would not be stable and we would have no oxygen. This realisation led Sir Fred Hoyle to calculate the probability that random shuffling of a group

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SIR: I squirm with anger and humiliation that the Catholic Social Welfare Commission (The Record, March 13) can generalise and write off the trauma and pain and deep sense of failure the majority of people experience in divorce as merely an act of 'ease in ridding themselves of family responsibilites' That a Social Welfare Commission can make the statement 'those who divorce are frequently rewarded through social security' payments, I find incredible and totally unacceptable to the principles of Faith we are supposed to share. Has any member of the commission tried to bring up a family on the 'reward' dished out by Social Security? A few months ago, it was reported in The Record those living on Social Security were well below the poverty line and the lowest on the line was the supporting parent family. And this is supposed to be a reward?

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The rise in the divorce rate is a concern a concern of the whole community.

As a social concern it warrants social responsibility. As with other social concerns, like unemployment and the welfare of the aged, part of that social responsibility is met through taxation.

As a Catholic trying to live the principles taught by .Jesus and foster a sense of communny, I would have thought the Australian Catholic Social

~ An invitation is extended to Record readers to write letters to the Editor for this column. All submissions must be typewritten and clear hand-writing double spaced. Letters may edited. Welfare Commission would be striving to uphold those same principles and ensure all who do receive social security, regardless of the

why, are enabled to lrve and bring up their families in human dignity and not in scorn and derision and judgement.

Reader was 'disturbed' from Jacqueline ELLIOTT,

Nedlands SIR, I was disturbed to read in the Sunday bulletin published by the Redemptorist Fathers that, in the parable of the prodigal son, the dutiful son simply 'went through the motions of doing all the right things'. The section from Luke 15, v.

29-30 reads: "But he ans-

wered his father, 'Look, all these years I have worked for you like a slave, and I have never disobeyed your orders What have you given me? Not even a goat for me to have a feast with my friends! But this son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes, and when he oomes back home, you kill the prize calf for him."

Jesus told simple stories. He was talking to simple folk: fishermen, people who worked the land, women and children; so why is this simple parable now being interpreted to portray the prodigal son's brother as one who 'went through the motions? From what we read he served his father well; and at was a natural reaction for him to be indignant at the tremendous reception given by his father to the reprobate brother. We have to assume on0e he had been reassured by his father he could better understand and accept the reason for the celebration His initial anger, understandable if not justifiable, should not condemn him

looks at that comet of amino acids ( fewer and the second alternathan 20) would produce tive, that random shufand blind what he called "a worka- fling unplanned forces control ble set of enzymes." the universe. An enzyme is simply a Science tells us clearly that acts as a protein catalyst for a biochemical that there is no practical probability that the reaction in a cell. The probability that second alternative is an came out was less than explanation of the carone divided by 10 raised bon and oxygen in the universe and, in particuto the power of 40,000. This is not a promising lar, of a baby that can smile in recognition of probability for atheism. Toe third problem of his or her parents. Thus, we are left with interest to Hoyle was the the first alternative that origin of the living cell. He was content to God, the lawgiver and remark that we know no designer, planned the more about the construc- universe and sustains it. Finally, concerning this tion of a living cell than a dog knows about the question of finding God construction of a power in the appearance of Halley's Comet, let us recall station. In other words we God's own advice if we know so little about the wish to find him and let construction of a living us follow it often and cell that we cannot even patiently (Matt 66). "When you pray, go into begin to calculate the infinitesimal probability your room and shut the that the meticulously door and pray to your detailed structure of the Father in secret and your first living cell came Father, who sees what is about by blind, mindless, done in secret, will random shuffling of bil- reward you." St Paul bas reminded us lions of molecules. We need to note that (2 Cor 46): "God has shone in our there is no practical third alternative besides the minds to radiate the light first alternative, that God, of the knowledge of his the and glory. God's gift of faith lawgiver designer, planned the helps us to see the eviuniverse and sustains it, dence of his presence."

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Relinquishing Mothers SIR. Like the natural mothers, many relinquishing grandparents (Letters, The Record Feburary 27) were not made aware of their legal rights at the time of adoption, nor were they told of the lifetime of grief they would suffer as a consequence of having a child "out there somewhere", who they love and who is their own flesh and blood and yet is unknown to them. Our members have always recognised the sense of loss and grief experienced by other members of the relinquishing family -in particular the natural grandparents of the child, both paternal and maternal. Relinquishing grandparents

or parents are welcome to the services of our local support organisation, the Association of Relinquishing Mothers, PO Box 60, Tuart Hill 6060, Western Australia. Our association has recently produced a pamphlet "Adoption -What Are The Alternatives?" which seeks to remedy this situation for future adoptions. Within this pamphlet is a section on Family Support

and also the Rights of the Child's Own Family.

Unfortunately, our associa-

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has produced this sort of information in booklet form

so that natural mothers considering adoption may have written information on the alternatives and may take the pamphlet home as a basis for discussion with the child's father and/or other family members. Single mothers who are given the support of their families usually do a very good job in raising their children and most are married within a few years, thus supplying the child With an "adoptive" father as well as maintaining their relationship within their families. The popular notion such children become the delinquents of tomorrow is quite incorrect. Conversely- mothers who place children for adoption

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"Without reconciliation and peace, the road which Chile must follow will be a little bit more dangerous every day," he said in a recent sermon, denouncing the "scourge of violence". Recalling his efforts last year at encouraging dialogue the cardinal said: "To refuse to accept this dialogue and the possibility of an understanding is, I think,

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are not told in advance that adopted children are overrepresented in our childrens' courts and in institutions for delinquents. Neither are they told that adopted children attend for treatment psychiatric between 2 and 5 times as often as their non-adopted peers, possibly because of the problems associated With the child's loss of identity and feelings of having been rejected by his/her own natural family. Adoption is a very serious step and the long term consequences for the child, the natural parents and indeed the whole natural family need to be carefully considered.

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VATI CAN CI1Y (NO) -- Pope John Paul II stressed basic Church teaching on creation and said God made the world from nothing as a first step in his plan for salvation. "God calls all things into existence out of nothing, and his almighty power keeps them in existence," the pope said at his weekly general audience. ·With the creation of the world, and especially with the creation of man and woman, God's plan of salvation began to be realised," the pope added. The pope also said that although creation generally is attributed to God the Father, it was actually the work of the Trinity, that is "of the Father through the Son in the Holy Spirit." The pope's address continued his monthslong series of catechetical instructions during his weekly audience with pilgrims from throughout the world.

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Conversation. Some people seem like masters of the art of conversation. Others approach conversation with great reserve or even apprehension. Conversation is a means of human communication. As such, its effective use just might contribute to one's growth as a Christian person. But its ill use may create obstacles to growth. How is conversation employed effectively? Is it the person who speaks on and on with great ease who is the best conversationalist? Father Herbert Weber writes oonversation allows members of God's family to make connections with each other. Father Weber, pastor of St Thomas More University Parish in Bowling Green, Ohio, asks what can be done to improve conversation not just in formal settings, but in ordinary ones as well. And he tells why this can be a worthwhile enterprise for Christians Katharine Bird interviews the Reverend Fritz Pfotenhauer of South Bend, Indiana, a Lutheran pastor. Conversation connects individuals with God and with each other, he says. And the professional counsellor offers tips on how the skill of oonversation can be further developed. Ms Bird is associate editor of the NC religious education package. Suzanne Elsesser, a free-lance writer in Larchmont NY, points out what she considers some key elements of conversation. It takes more than words to have a conversation, she believes.

We were almost hopelessly befuddled by the bewildering possibilities of roads to take when we stopped at a service station for directions to a country school. Pulling into the gravel covered driveway with its antiquated, slightly rusting gasoline pumps, I got out of the car and the approached attendant seated on a weathered wooden chair titled against an equally weathered building. "Do you know where the district school is?" I asked in a cheerful voice with a smile. His answer came with a grin and teasing eyes "Yup," he said I laughed and instantly recalled this was the

same fellow I had asked

directions from once

before several years ago when I was visiting the same school He seemed to enjoy being one who

answers exactly what he is asked and nothing more

He appeared to love responding this way to people he judged cityfolk coming into his part of the world asking silly questions I contrast that episode with a recent evening when I met a friend for

Befuddled, bewildered

dinner at a local restau-

rant. She had chosen a table slightly apart from the rest so we would not be distracted

We greeted each other

with a quick embrace and got down to the

business at hand: conversat1on Gail and I have known each other for years, since we were roommates at Skidmore College. Conversation came easily She talked first about

the variety of things going on in her life: the pleasure of having all three sons home for a holiday together; a visit from her parents; her professional work as a therapist I listened. She didn't want comments from me, just the attentive look that said without words that her "buddy" was really hearing what she said. For there is more to conversation that words Then I talked and she listened.

.inconversation when the other person is sitting relatively still and not fidgeting or getting up frequently to tend to

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I told her of the wond-

erful party my daughter had given in which her friends made me feel included, of the exchange of ideas shared with my oldest son; of an exciting job opportunity I had What helped to make my conversation with Gail a "real" conversation? What helps to make any conversation sue cessful? A few thoughts come to mind • eye contact. I find it easiest to talk with peo ple who are looking at me. It helps met get the sense that they are really listening to what I am saying and care that I am listening to what is being said • body language. I'm much more comfortable

unrelated matters • trust. It is important for me to trust that the person I am conversing with will with respond

respect for my thoughts and feelings. I don't want my ideas to be laughed at or to be ignored when I am being serious. (And it sure is nice to know I can count on a laugh when I've just told a joke!) • risk There's not much risk in conversations with old friends because we know each other's reactions so well With newer acquaintances I find I need to take the risk that I can trust them, that they will respect what I have to say. That doesn't mean they have to agree with me; just that they should allow me my opions • And they have to take the same kind of risk that I will pay attention to them

I was visiting a family when a four-year-old came over to talk. She was angry with her mother. When I asked what was wrong, she simply stated, "Me and mum can't communicate any more." That young child's precocious statement probably parroted an often-repeated adult phrase. Frequent use of the word "communication," however, does not ensure that the art of communicating is being practised. Creating good communication becomes a Christian enterprise because it allows members of God's family to make connections with each other. It is no accident that the words "communication" and "community" are derived from the same root Efforts at improving communication often take place in a rather formal setting. Families gather for a meeting about the summer vacation; spouses pow-wow over the budget; colleagues schedule a time to talk over important concerns All those approaches are helpful, but they should t be the only times for communicating. What ought to be looked at are ways to improve communication during regular day-in and day-out

routines

I remember hearing about the people of a particular culture who have many pauses in their conversations. One party says something. After his of her point is made, the other party seemingly stops everything to digest what was said. Only then does that person respond

CAtlata Falcons quarterback Steve Bartkowski lets a pass fly during a practice session. lust as a quarterback and a receiver need to connect,

people need to connect with one another if effective communication is to be made. lt does little good for one party to talk if the other is not wet#l'listening.

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HERBERT WEBER For most of us, conversations are rapid and without break. They are sometimes more like twin monologues, with each person stopping only occasionally to catch enough breath to go on A first step toward improving the quality of daily communication is to know why we are participat Ing in a particular conversation. • maybe simply to fill time; • perhaps for more information, • occasionally to get to know each other better; • sometimes to rally the other to a particular point of view. Conversations become difficult and somewhat useless when they are always for the same purpose - asking one's spouse what happened at work can become dull after awhile - or when both parties are at cross-purposes. There can be pain, for example, when one person wants to share a feeling of excitement or disappointment and the other wants to explain the intricate working of a new machine at the office I am not sure if Jesus was a good conversationalist in a sense of being witty and charming The Scriptures do indicate he was sensitive to real issues in conversation and knew how to make connections with others Those connections can be made by anyone

Child was angry with her mother .. The mother was anxious

and her fourth-grade daugh-

ter was defensive when the Lutheran pastor first met

them in his office. Communication was strained, said the Reverend Fritz Pfotenhauer. Meeting with each separately, Dr Pfotenhauer asked them to explain what was going on. The daughter rep-

lied that she "didn't know

what to do. But she knew her mother was disappointed in her." The mother told him she felt her daughter was pulling away from her and how

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inadequate she felt as a parent. Until recently, Dr Pfotenhauer said, the daughter had shared freely with her mother. As the relationship deteriorated, Dr Pfotenhauer said, the mother and daughter had gotten themselves into a "chain reaction" situation. The more secretive the daughter became, the more the mother, worried something was wrong, probed into her actions and thoughts. A willingness to share weaThe result was they were knesses and fears is very "cut off from each other and important in conversation, Dr the drift between them was Pfotenhauer commented. widening," he said. To help, Doing so "invites underbe Pfotenhauer acted as "a standing and builds commummediator, providing a safe ity." t establishes an place" for them to enter into atmosphere of trust. conversation about their Dr Pfotenhauer, who is a conflict. In time, each came theologian and a profesto see the other in a new light sional counsellor, explained and was able to admit her wtry he sets great store on own fears and vulnerability conversation. "it is f ultialoud. mate significance in terms of 8 The Record, March 20, 1986

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our relationship with God, with ourselves and with others."

"Conversation moves us out of aloneness into community," he observed. For Christians, "baptism puts us into community of God and people. Conversation allows us to continue in community." The human ability to coverse "forces us to recognise the universe is larger than our own capacity for thought and imagination," he said. 't makes us recogonise we are not the centre of the universe and forces us to face our own goodness or lack of it." De Pfotenhauer called conversation a "looking glass" which can be used to look imward for greater understanding as well as outward, beyond ourselves to others.

Conversation is a tool for participating "fully in different lives and visions of being human," he said. Conversation also is an art which can be improved. For Dr Pfotenhauer, an essential step to improving as a conversationalist is getting "to know yourself well." This includes identifying and accepting strengths and weaknesses, discovering whether you find it easy to communicate with others or not, knowing what your values and prejudices are. People who know themselves well "don't waste energy in being defensive with others," Dr Pfotenhauer reported. "They don't need to champion themselves." Another step in effective conversing is listening receptively to what another has to say. This means "being open to receive another's thoughts and opinions without being judgmental," he said. Dr Pfotenhauer suggested that a successful comversation is akin to "two kids having fun playing catch. They understand each other's rhythms, throwing a ball back and forth, now catching a swift one, now a lob." A good conversation is enjoyable, he added. For each person, "it feels like you are understood and valued ad have significance, like you've been stretched a little. You're not alone."

interested in improving the quality of conversation. To make connections there must first be an abundance of listening, which is much more than hearing the other person's words. A good listener tries to pick up emotional expressions as well as an indication of the speaker's purpose. Sometimes listening is the opposite of giving answers. If someone wants to explore feelings about an issue, the most likely way for another to prevent an effective conversation from taking place would be to give advice. In this situation, advicegiving is tantamount to telling the other person to stop expressing feelings because they don't count. An often-skipped step in listening is clarifying

Painfully mistaken assumptions are often made.

Many times confusion can be avoided when those involved take the time to ask for clarification of what is meant. Often simple questions give the needed direction for a conversation that can bring people together Finally timing is appropriate for good conversation. I recall a woman who, in the most casual conversations, laid out all her struggles of the past month. What happened was that the others were not ready to react warmly to what was being shared. Thus their response was not what the woman wanted and she felt even more isolated in her pain On a daily basis we are all given opportunities to help build bridges between persons. Those bridges, or connections, are what every Christian should strive for Often it is through the good use of ordinary conversations that extraordinary relationships are developed

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The scroll on the wall reads: "It is so important to choose your own lifestyle. And not let others choose it for you ·.." That message is particularly pertinent to young folk who have peer pressure problems, and sums up the attitude of Corrie Schoenmaker, Pregnancy Help Centre coord i na tor, and her team. "I always let them know whether they choose to have an abortion or not, I will • still be here," states Corrie in what is a most telling statement of the whole attitude of Pregnancy Help. They never tell. pressure. enforce their viewpoint. They would rather point out, guide, illustrate and offer suggestions. The ultimate choice lies with the pregnant girl or woman. The decision is entirely hers She leaves in the knowMedge whatever the decision might be Pregnancy Help will still be there to care about her and help her whether her needs be material, physical, emotional or spiritual. t is a Christian organisation in the true meaning of the word. Nobody judges, or points the finger. One area needing to be looked into according to Corrie is advertising The location at 459 Hay Street is barely discernible; two little notices where

Alfonso Di Lanzo, proprietor of the Sorrento Restaurant in James Street, was born in the

Abruni region of ltaly on January 25, 1937.

He went to school at Chieta and was educated to the equivalent of the TAE standard before

training as a tailor and working in that trade in

Italy, France, Switzerland

and Australia. After his arrival in Perth in 1961 he was a tailor,

a pizza bar proprietor and

a real estate operator before taking over the Sorrento in 1982. Me and his wife Tina (nee Forte) have three daughters --- Fiona (20)

studying modern art at the University of WA, Bianca (17) who completed her TAE studies in 1985 and Pala, a stdent at Newman College. The family are members of Our Lady of the Rosary parish at Double view.

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A feature on page 10 of The Record on February 20 1986 is not to be constructed to imply that a shoe repair and sales business in Tuart Hill was ever bankrupt or that credit was ever refused by any supplier nor that the business J's in Claremont was not bought by the

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passers-by would hardly notice them. Pregnancy Help beheve they cannot reach out to the public unless much more obvious advertising signs are placed. Corrie said they try to spread their promotion funds as much as possible by advertising through media channels, but need more resources to ably reach those who need help. The repercussion from lack of sufficient publicity is some girls eventually come to them, having had an abortion and before discovering Pregnancy Help

They say: "If only I had known about you before... " It is a busy place.

The 'phone rings, advice and

positive assistance is offered. It is an active scene with

people helping other people. Non-denominational, they don't even inquire the religion or otherwise, of their clients They can volunteer if they

wish but "we are prepared to help them regardless of their faith, or non-faith," Corrie said. They receive funds from the

Catholic Church and also the Government

Their attitude towards girls

and women is positive "You need to be positive in order to help," says Corrie. "A baby can be disastrous to your plans, if it is unexpected "But we tell them t IS not the end of the world "For a time, their schedule may have to change but they can still achieve objectives at 20 that they planned at 17. 'They just have to postpone for awhile," she says Women catered for are not restricted to teenagers. The age groups go from 13 to 50 Even with mamed women, an unplanned pregnancy can

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During his childhood, wartime horrors scarred an enduring cicatrice on the memory of Alfonso Di Lanzo. He recollects seeing Italian men who were partisans or runaway workers tied by the German occupiers of his country to the tails of horses which were flogged by the Nazis round fields until the humans hapless behind them were dragged to their deaths. Other alleged Italian miscreants were forced by the Germans to carry two heavy pails of water, one at each end of a pole across their shoulders, from dawn to dusk without rest from the river up to the German camp. Death from exhaustion of heart failure was often ther only release.

fact they are making decisions for two people, themselves and their unborn baby, still decide to go ahead with

it.

occur. They may also need counselling and advice. Corrie and her team of 20 volunteer counsellors (who work on a roster basis) have to be careful in handling clients. The initial 'phone call into the centre is particularly important. If the caller IS put off by the voice at the other end, it will be the last contact they may

have with her.

So they generally ask them a little bit about themselves and endeavour to get them to come in to discuss their situation. Pregnancy Help is then in a

position to ascertain their needs and counsel them as to the realities of their pregnant srtuation. Some of the girls don't even think of it as a baby. They don't want to be pregnant and ask: "Is there a pill on the market that can bring on a period?", because they are mentally avoiding the fact they are going to have a baby. Pregnancy Help believes it is very important the girls realise what being pregnant means and that there is a baby involved. They make them completely aware of what is involved in abortion and the possible

post-abortion trauma. One girl who had an abortion, tried to suicide on the day her baby would have been born. Another came in suffering from trauma, having been told by the abortionist her baby was "just a clump of

cells".

She had the abortion, found out the truth it was in fact a baby and the stage of its development it had reached, and then traumatised and felt cheated because of the he told to her. Some too who have been given counselling at the centre and made aware of the

Corrie feels in many cases it is through fear of their family finding out. "Sometimes they ring us thinking we are an abortion clinic," she says. "Could you tell me where I can have an abortion?, they say." "We just get them to have a talk about it and if possible get them to come in so they at least have relevant facts on which to make a decision." The stories and telephone calls flowed and ebbed while I was there. One girl was brought by her mother. Her mother had an abortion herself in the past, and suffered from a perforated uterus as a result. Not wanting her daughter to have an abortion too, she had brought her for counselling and advice. Many of the young folk involved are completely ignorant about pregnancy or abortion. A young girl who had been counselled and who had decided against abortion, tried to persuade her pregnant friend not to have an abortion. The young friend was confused and being pushed into an abortion by her boyfriend, who she thought she "would lose anyway." So between the friend and Pregnancy Help, an appointment was made for the girl and the boyfriend, as they confessed equal ignorance on pregnancy and abortion. tf the girls are not given the benefrt of Pregnancy Help counselling and information,

they can frequently fall into the trap of having an abortion, then find out too late happier alternatives and support exist. The centre found quite by accident, a 15 year-old can go to the abortion clinic without her mother having to be informed, as long as the girl is accompanied by an adult. Pregnancy Help offers total confidentialrty and Corrie is quite prepared to see anyone outside working hours. One appointment was 7.30 am. If there are family problems. counsellors will see the whole family if necessary. On one occasion the boy's and the girl's families were counselled. tf the girl opts for an abortion and asks where she can have one, she is told the centre is pro-life and they are unable to assist in that area. 'The girls take it very well, but we also tell them we are still here, even if they decide to have it." Corrie said

tf they wish to go ahead and have the baby, they are then given all the support they need. "We frequently visit the hospital once they've had the baby," she says. But I wish there were better opportunities for these girls to continue their studies," said Corrie. "Correspondence is not the

answer.

"h's lonely for them at home with a pile of books and schools don't encourage their attendance while pregnant; it can cause problems with other students "We did a study on the schooling needs of these teenagers and there is a need, which is not being catered-for at the present time.

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Alfonso and three brothers and a sister while their father was away in Africa with the Italian Army. Laurentino, incidentally, was a survivor of the watercarrying torture. Initially their small mixed farm in the Abruzzi provided them with enough food to get-by, but as the war went on, the German occupying forces progressively commandeered every bit of food they produced.

Then, as the family was threatened with death by Starvation, the doughty Laurentino would sneak out under cover of darkness and Steal from neighbouring farms whatever food he could get

It was precious little, but enough to keep them alive

With the Allied forces drawing nearer, the jittery Luftwaffe would often bomb and strafe Alfonso and his brothers as they worked in the fields. This stopped only when the Gennan Army took over their house as a headquarters and clearly demonstrated to the airmen in whose hands the place was. As their fann was becoming a battle field, the family was forced to leave the property and trek 100 kilometres to a desolate spot outside the tactical mainstream of the fighting. There, in a rough camp with about 300 other refugees, they contrived to keep body and soul together. When the tide of war had washed past their farm, they returned to the property to find the house roofless and

without doors and windows. The Germans had stolen the doors to prop up the roofs of tunnels they had dug to escape the fury of the Alhed bombing and shelling. The family's first job was to retrieve the doors and generally make the house habitable before tackling the long job of getting the farm productive again. Time was found for Alfonso to resume his interrupted studies, matriculate at the age of 17 and start to learn the tailoring trade. He went to France to complete his apprenticeship and work in the northern part of the country and in Paris and Swttzerland as a tailor. By 1957 all three of his brothers had migrated to WA and their letters told Afonso it was the promised land. Wonderingly, they wrote to the sceptical recipient of the mail, a man prepared to work could earn up to nine pounds ($18 a week) Such a wage in Italy would provide a life of luxury. Against his better judgement, Afonso succumbed to their blandishments and landed here in 1961.

"It was a shocking experience," he recalls. "Everything was so different." "Men went out to places like drive-in theatres and pubs clad only in shirts, shorts and thongs. "Women wore only the skimpiest of outfits. "It was mid-summer, the weather was boiling hot, the flies were bad and I didn't have a word of English, although I spoke several other languages. .., was determined to go back to Italy. "I stowed away on a Greek ship at Fremantle but was discovered and put off before the vessel sailed. "Four months later, however, you couldn't have dragged me out of this wonderful land with a team of wild

horses."

He worked at his tailoring trade at home for a year before opening a shop with a partner in Trinity Arcade. In 1965 he moved to a shop in Terrace Arcade, where he remained till 1971. In 1972, after having returned to Europe for four months, he decided to get into the real estate business

here. He took advantage of every opportunity he could and rode the back of the boom profitably until the bust care in

1978

'Things went bad," he remembers, "what with inflation, high interest rates and other problems." He got out of real estate, and for a couple of years marked time, not knowing quite what to do. In 1980 he solved the problem by buying a pizza bar at Cottesloe. He sold it at the end of 1981 and in 1982 took over his present Sorrento Restaurant in James Street. "Over the past three years," Alfonso comments, "it has been interesting to notice the change in customer attitudes. "People have travelled a lot more. They know food and just what they want a lot better than they did three years ago." The Sorrento, he says, has been a good business but the full effects of Treasurer Keating's ban on business lunches as. a tax deduction have yet to be felt

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Pregnacy Help co-ordinator

Corry Schoenmaker

"After-hours tuition is not very satisfactory either, because the girls need interaction with other students." Is Pregnancy Help going into the schools? Are they getting to the prime base of the problem? Rhonda Perron is a team member of three who go on a roster basis into the

schools, Their basic message is: "h's

OK to say No." "We developed the school program to try to prevent pregnancy. 'We tell the girls about Pregnancy Help and let them know we are here if they become pregnant and unable to cope. for whatever reason," she says. Rhonda's team found most get their sex information from each other, the TV and magaznes "We don't give sex education, but suggest they seek it from their parents, who are their prime educators "We present parents as being people with thoughts and feelings too, and who have been through all this and thus have some understanding. "Peer pressure is so strong with them, they tend to follow peer example, so we develop the theme that what they need for a good sex life, IS to firstly develop their own personalities and character. 'They must look at the person they are, because if they listen to everyone and think everyone is doing it, it is not too difficult to find someone to do it with! if sex is merely considered an activity! "But we talk about their commitment to the personality and character of that other person and the need to develop the friendship basis of a relationship. 'Then the sexual side of that relationship will ultimately develop. Sex is basically a learning process," said Rhonda. Despite education, the number of teenage pregnancies, according to statistics seems to be rising, making the role of Pregnancy Help even more vital. Young Berny Brady is the accommodation worker which entails working in a practical way with the girts, to find suitable accommodation, provide support, and liaise with other help agencies and community centres for clients If a girl does not have accommodation or a support group, Berny will respond to that need

Accommodation is a complex area and there are usually a host of other problems involved as well. Many of the girls need support in assertiveness parenting and communication skills. A lot have psychological or drug abuse problems and may have absolutely no family support, either because they have been independent for a long time, or else their family does not allow for a pregnancy. Thus there are a lot of family conflicts Berny works with families as well if possible and especially the younger and more insecure ones; if she can reestablish family support, it is beneficial to the girls. Pregnancy Help accommodation consists of a five bedroom house as short to medium term for six girls up to 25 years old They also have three duplexes in the Belmont and Carlisle areas for long term clients who have proven adequate independence, because they are very much on their own Berny follows-up with home visits, particularly to the girls in Homes West accommodation because they can feel lonely and isolated in the flats. 'The problem is often in getting the girls to see the reality of their situation. 'They come with the romantic notion of having a baby and someone to love. "But they need assistance in coming to terms with the changes in their lifestyle. Some of the girls are still going through their adolescence where they are subject to peer pressure ... Go out Have a good time. Go raging! ... and then find they can't. 'There is no easy solution to the problem Berny says. "Just providing accommodation is not the answer. From my experience, there are areas in the welfare system which need reviewing and updating to look at the needs of these young moth-

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Whether we like or agree with what these girls are doing, is irrelevant," said Come. The fact is the situation exists and that is why our agency rs so important We face the reality every day and do something practical to help, guide and support these

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All available former principals of Highgate Christian Brothers High School, now St Mark's senior campus, were able to be present at last Saturday's 50th anniversary celebration of the school's 1936 opening. The founding principal Brother Trainor returned to Ireland and Brother O'Driscoll (1949-55) died in 1962. From a computer list that had located 1100 former students there were 530 acceptances for a sit down dinner in St Mark's Bedford Bro McGrath hall. 1943-1948 Guests were welcomed by the current Brother principal Kevin Johns. Jack Cochrane was the only representative of the small senior class of 1936 and was accompanied by his son Ray Cochrane, the first son of an old boy to attend the school. Alan Hogan, also a 1936 pioneer, proposed the toast to Australia after a review of the early years that included mention of the several who lost their lives in World War II. One time West Perth footballer Brinn Foley and one of four Foleys to attend the school activities traced the post war era and proposed the toast to Pope John Paul. Lance Twomey was introduced for the period that began the career of the legendary Mrs Brown who taught at the school for 22 years. He proposed a toast to CBHS with appropriate war cries from two eras shouted in response. Bob Keogh, now a pharmacist in Queensland from where he came specially for the reunion, proposed a toast to absent friends and deceased ex-students that included his brother, the late Phil Keogh. Stephen Smith spoke for the era when Highgate became linked to the St Mark's Bedford college and proposed 'This is despite the fact the toast to the Christhere are now new charges tian Brothers. against us for services that previously carried no impost, John Crooks spoke and the sky-rocketing of for recent college wage scales, often for junior graduates and proposed the future of and inexperienced labour. "We have to rely on tur- college as the final nover for any profit we can toast. glean." Committeeman Dan Despite the difficulties and Duffy who was chairthe long hours of hard work man for the evening and worry he has expetribute to the paid rienced in the 25 years he organisation that was has been in Perth, Afonso has no regrets his bid to stow chiefly the work of away on that Greek ship was Brian Bowler and Peter Kora. foiled

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The September 19 ban caused an immediate and drastic downturn in lunch customers but, as was to be expected, their numbers picked up in the pre-Christmas season.

Alfonso believes in the long term, the ban will have a markedly detrimental effect on business, the full resultsof which will not be able to be judged until pretty well into 1986 although there could be some benefits from the leadup to the America's Cup.

'There are 2000 food outlets of all types in Perth," he observes, "and the restaurant business is far more competitive than it was

"However, eating out has become more fashionable and rt can be cheaper than buying food and cooking it at home. 'The Sorrento, for instance, is a middle-priced restaurant but there IS no corkage and things like bread, butter and salads are free.

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Special monies have been allocated for projects, initiated by young people, this particular grant was first established in International Youth Year. The most important criteria of the grant is that the project be authentically a youth project, and not one thought of and held together by an adult with a particular axe to grind. Until now, no Catholic project initiative has been successful in

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people.

"How do you treat the temple of your body?" Sister Carlann asked. "By treating your body and your mind as a totality -- not just your reproductive organs. Our bodies don't know they are Catholic. We think there's a little valve marked 'Catholic' that will turn off the biological responses happening when a man and woman are together.

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Fr. John Jegorow obtaining even a portion Youth will always be of the maximum $2,000 inexperienced in making available for each project. their approach and presLast year's Catholic enting grants applicaYouth Conference for tions. International Youth Year If adults help too much, did not attract one red it can be seen as not an cent from these grants. authentic youth project. Im even more annoyed Each new youth generthat the Geraldton Youth ation is not aware of the Conference has also been new games that the denied tax payers' bureaucrats are playing; money. rules change each year The idea was sparked in and new personalities the minds of youth; it has dispense the goodies. been planned and orga- Another problem is the nised by youth. community is still not Politicians have been convinced leadership quick to dispense grants and character training for in directions quickly the average teenager is as soaked-up by administra- important as crisis care tive costs. The delinquents, thank Projects often have God, are just a small "highfaluting" name tags; percentage of our total projects, about research youth population. and service, often a ser- The Geraldton Youth vice seeming to do little Conference will go on to help young people whether tax payer money seem to win. is forthcoming or not. The problem of course It's just sad a project is two-edged. Often we authentically the idea are unable to argue our and the work of the case effectively or clearly young people has not present our needs. been recognised nor I think there are other encouraged from community funds.

This will be the first chance for Catholic Youth from country areas to come together for a weekend of prayer, discussion, talks, and fun. A wide range of topics include music, meditation, marriage, vocations, reconciliation, rural outreach, Gospel Enquiry, peace, unemployment. For more information:-

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1707 87) 38 Dear Captain Bob, This is my first letter that I have written. I enjoy being in the Record Kids Club. My birthday is in September. It's a long way away 'till it is my birthday. We have a Cockatoo, some chooks and I have a dog I am eight years old. I have a friend name Annika. There are six people in my family. I am in year four. Justine Howard.

Dear Captain Bob, Thank you for making me a member of your club. It's really great. Also I was wondering if I could please have a pen pal -- male or female, it doesn't matter. Preferably 13-14 years old. I would really appreciate it, as soon as possible. Thanks! You're great! If I hear any good jokes, III let you know right away. Thanks again for everything. I hope you have a nice day. Lots of love, Your Member, Stepbanie Kora.

How to make Easter Eggs

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Get the eggs ready; either by boiling or blowing them. BOILING Put some eggs in a large pot of cold water. Bring slowly to the boil and lower the heat immediately. Boil for half an hour. The eggs will keep for months. BLOWING Use a sharp but thick needle - such as a darning needle - to make a hole at each end of the egg. Push the needle inside the egg and stir up the yolk. This makes it easier to blow out. Now blow hard till all the insides are blown out. Wash out the eggshells with hot water and a little vinegar. Be careful of the shell as it is easy to crush. Blown eggs will keep for years and years if you are careful. They can be threaded and hung up or glued onto pictures. DYEING EGGS Use Easter Egg dye. It is available in packets and tablets. It is easy to make up. You usually need to add boiling water and some vinegar. Soak the eggs in the dye - boiled eggs work well in dye because they sink. Blown eggs float. Rub with oil or fat to bring up the colours and make the eggs shiny. WAX AND DYE

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The soldiers ledJesus out to crucify bim. On tbe way they met a man names Simon. Tbey forced bim to carryJesus' cross. They came to a bill called Golgotba wbicb means "skull bill. Tbey tried to give bim wine mixed with a drug called myrrh but Jesus would not drink it. Tben they crucified bim. Tbe soldiers threw dice to decide wbo should get bis clothes. Pilate bad a notice of tbe charge against Jesus written out and fixed to the cross. It said "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews." The chief priests complained to Pilate. "You should bave written 'He said be was King of the Jews'." But Pilate would not change it, Tbere were two robbers crucified the same day, one on each side ofJesus. People passing byjeered atJesus. "You were going to knock the temple down and build it up in three days! Come down from tbe cross and save yourself! "We would believe in you if you came down

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from the cross!" "He puts bis trust in God, see if God will rescue bim." By noon the wbole country was covered with darkness wbicb lasted for tbree hours. At three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "My God, my God, why abandon me?" Some people tbougbt be was calling on Elijab. Someone ran up with a sponge soaked in cheap wine and put it on a long stick. He beld it up for Jesus to drink. Others said, "Wait, let's see if Elijah will come and bring bim down from the cross!" ButJesus cried out loudly and died. The curtain in the temple was ripped from top to bottom. Tbe earth shook and rocks split apart. Tbe soldiers guarding Jesus were terrified. 'This really was tbe Son of God," they said. Tbere were many women watching from a distance. Tbey bad followed Jesus from Galee and looked after him. Tbere was Mary, tbe mother ofJesus, bis moth-

er's sister, Mary Magdalen,sand many others.

In the evening, a rich man, Josepb of Arimatbea, went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. Josepb was a secret follower ofJesus. Josepb was a secret follower ofJesus. Joseph and Nicodemus took the body, wrapped it in linen shroud andput it in Josepb's own new tomb. Tbe tomb was carved out of solid rock. Tbey rolled the large stone across the entrance and went away.

Welcome to our ne members: Christopher McLaughlin, Boulder; Dai McLaughlin, Boulder.

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Jim: Where does your mum come from? Jack: Alaska Jim:Oon'tv.oCC},l'llaskha myself Teacher: Billy, I can't read your writing, you must leam to write clearer Billy. Oh what's the use. If[ wrote any clearer you'd only complain about my spelling Bill Why are you writing that letter so slowly? Jill Because it's to my brother and he can only read slowly When is a door not door?

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What goes up and down at tbe same time? Stairs Why isn't Cinderella i the netball team? Because she always runs awav from the ball What did the bald man

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the patolo farmer such a good detective? Because he always had a eye on everything

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The old town of Fribourg

with St Nicholas Cathedral Fribourg, the Catholic 'Capital' of Switzerland Possibly Europe's best preserved mediaeval town, Fribourg is strangely over-looked by British tourists. Yet its setting is spectacular, within a U-shaped bend in the tranquil River Sarine, bordered by high sandstone cliffs; and the historic heart of the city is completely unspoilt - hundreds of ancient dwellings with not a modern intruder among them. Fribourg does indeed have a thriving new side, too, but it is well away from the old quarter, high up. Having flown to Berne from Gatwick (a mere 1 ½ hours by Dan-Air), we were smoothly whisked by train to upper Fribourg in 20 minutes. As we went down the steep Rue des Alpes, five centuries rolled back: in the valley below we could see a jumble of ancient roofs and chimneypots, gables and dormers, the occasional spire or turret rising above the rest, tiny gardens or cobbled alleys or winding flights of steps tucked in between There is a funicular connecting this old world below with the new up above Two great buildings came into sight as we approached the old town: the grandiloquent town hall (built early in the 16th century as a corn exchange) with colourful figures striking the hours on the massive bell above the clock-tower; and beyond rt the far older Catholic cathedral of St Nicholas, the great tower of which dominates the townscape: one can, if agile, climb to the top to enjoy the view. It's beautiful modern university, of international standing, is Catholic (and well worth seeing); and there are thriving monasteries and convents in the town. It was the Catholic community which organised the reception here of the Vietnamese refugees (including priests and nuns) whom Switzerland took in.

It is a delightful place for a holiday with plenty of sightseeing possibilities in the surrounding country-

side.

We spent days exploring its historic byways, museums and innumerable restaurants (at least five have riverside terraces on which to eat in summer). At night, we enjoyed the same scene anew, for then the major buildings are floodlit including many of the mighty towers which are dotted about the surrounding hills, part of the original fortifications from the times when Fribourg was a walled city. It is a romantic place at any hour or season. A city of bridges, leaping between clifftops or low down over the water. A city of great vistas and of sudden surprise glimpses. A city of flowers, music and art. There are two parts no one should miss. First, the Auge area (almost an island within a loop in the Sarine), which is the very oldest part of all, having the most picturesque streets, a great Augustinian church with spectacular reredos (carved, painted and gilded), small antique shops and a traditional covered wooden bridge leading to the "cavern square" where strange natural formations have created grottos and arches in the sandstone cliffs. · so many · . He re, as in Fribourg squares, a fountain rs the focal-point. (There are a dozen of these clotted about the town - each with martial or saintly figure atop a barley-sugar column, water-spouts below, geraniums around. Many sparkle in the light of underwater lamps after while by day markets assemble around others) econdly, on one of the hilltops that commands the most spectacular view of old Fribourg, is the Loretto chapel (a replica of the original in Italy), so tiny that only a score or so of people can squeeze in for Mass on Sunday. The surroundings provide an ideal spot for a picnic. An energetic walker could reach all these sights in an hour or two. But in summer there are escorted minibus tours; and ordinary buses at all seasons.

Ascent To Power, Wran and tbe Media, by Brian Dale, published by Allen G Unwin, $8.95. Of all the careers in Australian politics, Neville Wran's ascent to power most forcefully demonstrates the crucial role of tbe media. From the very first moment of becoming Leader of tbe Opposition in the NSW Parliament in 1973 through to 1978 "Wranslide" and beyond, tbe media provided bis path to success. It may also provide the slippery slope to extinction. This is the story of how Neville Wran QC set out to become Australia's consummate media politician. No one is better qualified to tell bis story than Brian Dale. For almost eight years be served as Wran's press secretary. He was involved in every aspect of Wran's relationship with the media the cultivation of influential political journalists and commentators, the carefully-staged media events, Wran's growing mastery of television. Here is an insider's account of the days of Wran's triumpb, told by one of the small group of "handlers" who help determine the success or failure of Australia's most powerful politi-

for love of God

"This book is a critical discussion, both theoretical and practical, into the nature and conditions of religious dance seen within the disciplines of scripture, education and

art.

"Although centred on dance, much of the discussion is directly relevant to the perarts in forming states Martin general," Blogg who for the next six months will be teaching at the Mt Lawley College of Performing Ans.

The young woman depicted on the cover, captured in a classical leap of joy at the entrance to a cathedral, is linked up later in the book with psalm 118.24 "This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it." The book is rich in scripture quotations which are exemplified by black and white pictures of dancers in mime, pose or dance routine. General scripture quotations abound to support Martin Bloggs' belief there is an undeniable link between religion,

Tracing Your Family

History In Australia, by Noeline Kyle, published by Methuen, $12.95. This invaluable book makes tracing your family history in Australia easier, more absorbing and more rewarding. Those who use it will find out how to begin researching family history, how to gather information

Dance and the Christian Faith, by Martin Blogg, published by Hodder and Stoughton, $16.95. Reviewed by Colleen Howard.

expression of our Godlove, expression of faith and an important way "in which man can come to know and express his faith". Biblical references to dance are frequently found in scripture and the author uses these to illustrate and explore religious dance and its justifiable and natural link with God, church, religion and man.

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The book is divided into three sections: Dance and Scripture, Dance and Education, and Religious Dance and its practical training. Martin Bloggs proposed that the language of dance represents one of the non-verbal forms of expression and as such has a rightful place in helping the church to know and express its faith. To an extent, he may be considered somewhat of a pioneer in his field.

from unusual sources, how to do overseas research, how to write up family history and much more. A lecturer at Wollongong

University, Dr Noeline yie became interested in genealogy in the late 1970's when researching the life and work of her grandmother. Since then Dr.

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But for those of us who have already experienced the beauty of children performing liturgical dances, as an expression of our love for God and the joy of his love for us, we can only applaud this book as a means of introducing the broader Christian spectrum to this really magnificent art form.

Kyle's work has taken her to various parts of Australia where she has observed the dramatic surge of interest in family history among Australians. Authoritative both in its research and in the range of its contributors, this book will stand as a once-and-forall statement on women's past and their future.

MARY IN HER APPARITIONS AND SHRINES By Sister Maureen ldstein, R.S.J.

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TENNIS

A disappointing crowd of only 31 players ignored the heat to play in the Catholic Tennis Association day last week.

Despite the poor attendance the standard of tennis played was good and all who played thoroughly enjoyed the day. The medal tournament was a self handicapping event with each match running for 20 minutes. Players were given different partners each round and played mens and womens doubles and mixed doubles throughout the afternoon. Each player played a minimum of four sets. The trophy winners were Michael Messer in the mens competition and his wife Christine in the womens competition. Mystery prizes for aggregate scores closest to the mystery number were Kevin Quain in the mens and Donna Hackett in the womens. Entries for the mixed pennant competition closed last

weekend. The draw will be made during the next week and fixtures will be forwarded to team

captains

before

Easter. The pennant competition

KEANEY COLLEGE HOLY WEEK Holy Thursday : Mass of the Lord's Supper at 7.30 P.M. Good Friday: Stations of the Cross at 11 A.M. Celebration of the Passion at 2 P.M. Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil at 7.30P.M.

begins on Saturday April

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Play will be on consecutive Saturday afternoons with play beginning at 1.30 each week. Team captains have been requested to ensure the winning team telephones the results through to Jack Eastcott before 12 pm each Sunday. This deadline has been necessary to ensure the results can be published in this column the following week. Rumour has it the parish priest at St Judes in Langford has just resurfaced two tennis courts behind the church. Could it be that he is planning an assault on the

GUILDERTON-LANCELIN Easter Sunday Mass: Guilderton at 12 Noon (in C.W.A Hall). Lancelin at 5 P.M.

At the St Benedict's Applecross World Day of Prayer Above: Gay Galvin and Joy Jennings Below: Pat Hackett and Pat Rai lh

association pennants? I am sure there are numer-

ous parishes and schools with tennis courts not fully utilised. Get a group going and join the fun of tennis. It is a terrific social game ideal for the family to all join If you would like to start up a club in your parish or local school community but are not sure how to go about it. Peter give me a call Messer on 458 5031. Our association is more than willing to help you get started.

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LEEUWIN ESTATE

EASTER MASS

The annual mass and blessing of the vintage which has been held at Leeuwin Estate for some years will be held on Easter Sunday. at noon. The Bethell Covenant Community will be supplying the singing ministries. Anyone in the district is welcome to participate in Sunday's ceremony and use the BBO and picnic facilities afterwards. Wine will be on sale.

CHANCE.. RACE ONE: Another Mini 1, Souchong 2, Sekondi 3. RACE TWO: Chief Message 1, Rare Flyer 2, Lady Dart 3. RACE THREE: Majestic 1, Tavessa Pride 2, Chez Nous 3. RACE FOUR: Riviera Teviot 1, Petite Flyer 2, Starport Lass 3. RACE FIVE: Tailem's Gold 1, Bowetzel's Time 2, Lady Temlock 3.

RACE SIX: AII The Aces 1. Zar Monaro 2. Pebbles

BALGA PROCESSION There will be a joint church witness in the Balga district on Good Friday with a combined Catholic and Anglican procession acknowledging the

RACE SEVEN: Lady Shy

I, Ack Willy 2, Supreme Road .,

stations of the Cross.

RACE EIGHT: Sublime Gift 1, Sharatonaous 2, Scantadare 33. RACE NINE: Deon's Delight 1, Lucinda Gold 2, One Lady 3. RACE TEN: Red Dynawyn 1, Diamond Locket 2, Golden Final 3.

Above: Betty Young

GLENDALOUGH JUBILEE

A cordial invitation is extended to all past parishioners of St. Bernadette's to attend a concelebrated pontifical Mass at St. Bernadette's on Sunday April 6 at 9.O0am, on the occasion of the silver jubilee of the opening of the church. Moring tea will follow at the Wembley

ST COLUMBA'S SCHOOL BAYSWATER

An interdenominational Palm Sunday peace service, to be held this year

in St Mary's Cathedral on Sunday 23 at 1 .15pm will be addressed by the Anglican Archbiship of Perth Dr Peter Carnley. Other churches will be officially represented.

The service will include liturgical

dance performed by the Christian

Celebrations commence with 9.30am Mass followed by blessing of building at 11.30am.

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Golden Jubilee and Blessing of school extensions Community gathering in the school grounds, light refreshments available. Former Teachers and Students cordially invited to attend. If anyone has old photographs these would be most helpful. If you can assist Phone 271 7181 by 15th April.

The Balga pilgrims will leave Majella Catholic School, Finchley Crescent at 1 p.m. on Good Friday proceeding along Balga Avenue and concluding at the Anglican church of the Good Shepherd,in Climping Street. The procession and prayers at each of the 14 Stations represented by small wooden crosses enroute, will be conducted by Revd Des Co. and Revd Geoff Aldous and members of both churches. t is the first time the two churches have combined for an outdoor service and procession.

HOLY THURSDAY: 10 pm: ENCOUNTERS Jerusalem, the only city revered by three world religions, has no minerals, no agriculture and no real trade. It has just one resource, Holiness. Playwright and journalist Michael Frayn visited there during Easter and Passover, and brought back a film which helps us understand why some people have said that the world has ten measures of beauty and nine of them belong to Jerusalem. VIGIL Approx 12.05 am: The fourth of six watches in preparation for Easter on the theme: "Last Supper and Gethsemane" GOOD FRIDAY: 11.35 am: The Passion Of Christ According To Saint Matthew A program consisting of a series of 160 paintings of the Passion Story by Canadian painter William Kurelek with music and narration of the Saint Matthew Passion. 12.55 pm: II Poverello -The story of St Francis of Assisi. A film to mark the 800th anniversary of birth of the 12th century friar. 2.55 pm: Behold The Man: An enactment of the last days of Jesus Christ. 11.55 pm: Vigil: The fifth of six watches in preparation for Easter on the theme: 'The Foolishness of God". HOLY SATURDAY 11.55 pm: Vigil: The last of six watches in preparation for Easter on the theme. 'The Light in Darkness".

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