Number 2476
PERTH,WA:April24, 1986
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• P rt ' lri h community as een tnppi g the light fantast·c s nee t e·r le dh fes ·v I began on March 17, St Patrick's Day. OW RD'S tory See COLLEE ust how swingi g the lri h re . . pages 6 and 7.
BELOW: J n Fortu e (left) and Father 8 rry Whitely, both
involved in e esta lishment of Hamersley p rish CIA progr m, fe ture in the red iy Laura r 45 minute ~; eyers (right to a me ting of Fri iy ig
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A layman has made a strong appeal for a co-ordinator to oversee the expanen he ffte of sion taking place, Christ' an Initiation of Adu lts (RCIA) was discussed last week. Fortune, who as taken part Mr Jo in hree a nual RCIA progra m s a Hamersley said a co-ordina or wo d be a good poi of reference for paris es to check if they were using soun methods in implementing the progra in their parishes. He also f esaw a co-ordinator relieving the load of a growing number of ime consumi g calls for assitance from Hamersley, Woodlands and Kensington parishes where the program as been established and from which other par'shes were seeking help to get started. Priests were not so sure. More than 50 priests met last Friday night o hear progress on the local catechumenate and to see a 45 minute video prepared by Laura Meyers as a teaching medium for parishes wishing to start the program. 1
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• Father James O'Loughr has been appointed a VtCar General for three years. He will be a fu I-time member of the Diocesan Pastoral Team. • Sister Patricia Fox has a so been appointed a fulltime memberof the team for a three year temi . • A lay person w, I be ppoi ted to the team er, probably at the end of the year. Mon Robert Aitken has been re-appoin V icar General for a three-year term and will r ain administrator of St Francis Xavier' Cathedra . Father O'Lough in who will resign from h" parish of Payneh m, is chairma of the council of priests, and pastors director at St Fra • Xavief Semi ry. Sister Patricia Fox comes from Bordertown She completed her term as Cong reg tio Superior of the Sista of ercy at end of 1984.
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MELBOURNE: A national conscience was needed to combat drug abuse, Jesuit Brother Alex McDonald said this
week. "You can't buy a conscience with $100 million," he said when commenting on the national campaign against drug abuse launched by the Prime Minister at the weekend. He said the government misunder-
stood the nature of the problem. As a
result it was focusing on symptoms instead of causes.
It w trying to treat a pr blem f human r la i n with mat • riali m.
hould dire t ca h to rehabilitati n and educition of drug abuse "You can't ju t d ah,ith drug ," h aid.
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Sitting in the cloud of dust being thrown up by the trundling wagons ·snot necessarily the best position from wh"ch to survey the success of the pilgrimage trek across life's desert. Decades or centuries hence some observer perched safely at a distance may be able to guage what factors were at work in the vocations crisis of the late 20th century Catholic Church. Not that a h"gh vantage point suppl'es all the wisdom. The Church of the 1980s is well placed in scholarship and h"story to leam about the substantial defections from the priesthood after the Council of Trent and other upheavals and on the positive side the literal explosions of religious commitmen t, as into the orders of the recent centuries. Yet we are no e the wiser as to the present predicamen t which many would disown as a crisis and merely a coming to grips with the aspirations of our time. At least it guarantees our freedom to seek answers to our own questions and to find solutions to our own needs. Firstly, the problem has to be viewed ·n tenns of the Universal Church. In the newer Catho ·c communitie s - no longer wishing to be si gled out a "missionary" compared with parts of Mother Europe where Catholicism •s becoming a wasteland vocations are plentiful yet in short supply because of the massive growth of the Church. Govemm nts may wish to expe fore·gners; the •onari to ging the local churches are supply. e up stay and keep In some Iron Curta1 countries like Poland and Y go lavia a p enomenal i flux of vocations seems almost to thrive on the harsh conditions of social and political, if not outright physica , persecution. precedented prosperity, In t e wa e of majority of the estem the eisure and freedom wor1d's Catholic churches, including Austra ia, stures. look at droug t affected vocation onumenta schools and colleges, hospitals and institutions for the sick and aged, built once on an army of ded'ca1ed men and wome , are ir roes hastily re-v mped to survive minus and h o·nes of e past, by a new decfcated • laity. Bishop can not on y p ot the future d ?etion of th ir ag ing pari h clergy; ey are inundated with sta • ·cians' forecasts of new suburb et o be founded. Archbi o Clancy w med hi d. Sydn y d·oce of the grim prospect do could Mo t other Australian i hops r ewise. Contrary to a correspond t's view , a number of arge Am rican diocese last up conting cy pl ns to have pu licly dra ges •n the parish le cope with fore pastoral a its own Perth archdiocese therefore choo latest the with windward to works and course ·mulate of Archb" hop Foley to 1m atl . vocati n int 80 It i not the first atte pt, ·nee Dayb wa part of a ·milar na ·onal drive. It would be • ve that it •s the I st such presumptuo u to Church. effo in e The new campaign under ine t re e of a n g exercise w a n anyon hurch with fa· p to p • I listeners are i e a hast the worid and to go out and call its son an daughte to the rvice of the gospel. ·cat, co hed ·n Th call can be p num day.Aby-pr od ctof realiti of cy e of re ewal programme being und rg I ity can finish up • • by clerg life so • • y and n body's that it m al in • and refgiou • p Christ. The challe g·
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U.S. Bill of Rights strikes
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Sahara Western (NC) - Only 400 mainly Cathollc expatriates remain In the form r Spanish colony of Western Sahara, and extinction now seem Iu ta matter of time In the troubl d territory. We tern Sahara Is a de ert reg on, occupied by only 150,000 peopl . It has been the cene of fierce but lnconclu Ive guerilla
war against Moroccan troops since 1976, when Spain ended Its coloni I occupation of what wa called Spanish Sahara. Spain occup d the land since the ear1y 19th century, but Cathol clsm made Ittie headway n the rea-ton, wh ch I 99 per cent Mo lem. We tern Today Sah ra's Catholic remnant is teadlly shrinking.
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) - Mon Daniel F. Hoye, gen ral WA HI TGTO ( cretary of the S Catholic Conferenc e, reiterated to the C 'ill not ba k a controver 'ial civil nation' bi hop the right bill unl s it contain anti-aborti on provision . "Onl the right to lifi i a l gitimate civil right," he aid. In a rn mo to the bi hop Mon Hoye reas erted the hurch' commitme nt to ci\il right . sec Through te timony and other tat ment , th pr •ou ly has aid it backs th prin iple of th pr po ed bill rm lly the "Grm e ivil Righ , R • torati n Act, ( - th guard, City Bill") but b li • . th legislation mu 't contain it i n t u , d to prom te abortion. a Th Hoy m mo not d the bi hop arc blam d and ha\ b n und r " tumbling b ock' to th Bill' uc h e , ional Bla k pr ur fr m th th m m mb r
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In backward areas of Bihar the absence of adequate water supplies close to dwellings is one of our greate t conce . Several time a day, in all weathers, women wal much too far carrying heavy loads of water back to their homes for family use. For most families April-May-June is a period of extreme rivation and intense heat (up o 47°C), when family crops have all been eaten and clean water is hard to find. For women trying to feed their families thi period is the ultimate hardship. Their familie are hungry. It i months since they had two meal a day. Fa ily crops last only about five mo ths. uts, fruits and roots gathered from the jungle is all most get to eat. Without water they can't grow anything. During this hottest period, many water resources dry up, and women, already affected by lack of nourishment, search further afield for water. In desperation they dig in dried out water holes. What they take away is often polluted, adding further mi ery to children already affected by malnu rition. These problems can be alleviated. Water i available in vast quantities 100-150 feet below the ground. Tube wells, co ting about 1,400 each, will provide many families with clean water all year round, and ensure irrigation for crops during the nine months dry period. Please help! Your donation will bring hope and relief to people who are very deprived . Donations are tax deductible. Please make your cheque payable to "Australian Jesuit Mission Overseas Aid Fund" and post it with the coupon. All donations are gratefully acknowledged.
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divorce DUBLIN (NC) - The Irish bishops have warned their country's prime minister that legalising divorce would be a blow to lnsh society. Cardinal Tomas 0'Fiaich, speaking after the meeting with Prime Minister Garret fitzGerald and Minister of Justice Alan Dukes. said that even a restricted law ould open the way to easy and rapid divorce. The Irish Conslltut1on forbids divorce But the FitzGerald government Is under poht1cal and public pressure 10 hold a referendum on whether the prohibition should be removed Opinion poll show support for a hm1ted law llowing d1 orce in the case of irretrievable marital brea down The bishop have supported a proposal the government Is considering hich ould establish family tribunals to handle mama e ca es The hierarchy has re1ected ar uments made by some hb rals and ome extremist Protestants that the Catho c Church. by oppo In the ref rendum, ant to make sure CIVIi law reflects its te hm The bishop aid h Church right and a r pon bilh 1ty to pea out on mora issues hey also said I th doc· um nt legah mg d1 orce 1 not the n ht response to gre Ir land s mer asm of manl I breakdown aid allo in divorce Th would accelerate the problem
Perth's Irish community kicks up its heels in old- style festival
Fle adh wit h a f air
For those of us who w ren't aware, the 1986 Fleadh (pronounced Flar) is currently on. Th annual Irish Festival is held around March and April because of St Patrick's Day on March 17; an event taken eriously by the lri h, and they two months to make the most of th fe tivitie and of erie a with celebrat event which show variety and above all, th ability of the Iri h to "kick up their heels". Their festival opened with t Patri k' Ball, the Iri h port day involving hurling and fo tball comp tition , race for all age and Irish tep dan ing. e "
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'Father Russell was so impressed with the Lenten sermon by Father Lacordaire he went around to the sacristy after devotions and asked the Dominican why the Rationalists seemed to be having things their own way. The preacher said the best thing was to read what he said in his latest book of sermons published in N. ncy in 1851 • • • The
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To think? A _few studenm aybe m ost of them - be,ed thinking was on a par withoathing, something they in.;c. tively knew how to do. Was1,e a need to devote an entire st ,ster to fine-tuning their th ~g skills? A few students might havuit the course after fts first iy. except that at the time thisas a required class in a C ·c college where philosophy ig had been considered an inuble companion for the peflllof faith.
The human mind tells us a lot about ourselves. It can function in an isolated way, without much feeling for others. But the mind's-eye can see into another's heart, paving the way to compassion. A person whose mind is filled with knowledge may become arrogant. Sut knowledgeable people may be the most humble, knowing they've barely scratched the surface of things.
The perplexing reality known as the human mind By ,
David Gibson
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science-fiction books at home. And he thoroughly enjoyed the correspondence course he took in art through a big -city museum; it put his mind and his strong powers of observation
to good use. he feh.
But John's grades in the local high school were only so so, as was his interest in what went on in the school's classrooms. At times John's parents became concerned about the time he spent alone in his room, reading and drawing . What they regarded as John's tendency to get lost in his own thoughts was a source of some apprehenS1on to them. Like John, VICkie also
had strong powers of observation. From an early age, her parents realised Vickie could remember better than they a complicated route from one point to another. Vickie always recalled the little details of events that happened long ago. And Vicloe came to be relied on to find things lost around the house, since if she had ever seen them, she almost always recalled where they were.
Vickie's parents took what steps they could to build o n her ab1 liti Toe <;pecial W2)' her mind worked surprised Vickie's parents; but they never worried about this. John, by th<e way, grew up to b<ecom<e an excelle nt husband, pare nt and teach<:r Perhaps his pattn ts had less caUS<C for appr<eh<:n· sion than they suspected. Toe stories uf John and Vido<e help to illustrate a pomL Theyw<ettyoungsters who put thdr human thinlcing ~ ntre - the mmd - to us<e in .special ways But
while \'1ckie'~ parents deli11hted in her unique memory . John ', parent, were meumcs perplexed by their n ~1ut do w knou about the. dd1!1htful , hut perplex mg. reality kn0"-11 as the human mmd> • Them,nd, th~·say, cangec boggled. as m ' It boggle,, the mind'" • The mmd 1s meumes aid to lack the proper di mensions, a, m ··He's ,-.,ry narrow rrunded." • Thm . o f ~ . th<e mind doesn't tay put, as in, "Her mind wande,..." • Sorn<e mmds liw: in high pl.ices called ivory towers, while oth<ers, kepi idle, arc called the devil's workshop • Som<e minds att aloof from reality, al> in: ' It's all in your mind''
• Other minds, attenti,-., to life's comp lex realillc:s, fi nd that what has bcm thought through may need to be rethought, and that an adventure of the mind can lea,-., a person confused. But k st the human mind get a bum rap, let's consider som<e more that 1s known
•hout 11 • The nund is a,ked to (c,1J11 from the pa,t and co help p<eople la)· plin, for th future. • In m age "hen !)<.~,pie s;.iv th~ see little ,onn«11on ~rween life at wor~ and hfe at home, the mmd ,s t·alled mto actJon to help di!>Cover the l1nh that mak~ life whol . • Th<e rrund IS gi,-.,n hard labour "-hen 1t com . to discernment - th n~ to distingul5h good from bad or bett<er from wors<e ID a complex world • Qu11e amazmg. th<e human mmd can ask th<e big qu tions that begm ...,,th the three -lctt<er word "why", Why do children die? Whv is there mjustiee ID th<e world' • Just as wonderful, the mind can ask "how'": How can mani,ges grow better> How can people prevent a nucl<ear holocaust? The human mind tdb us a lot about ourseh--e. I think II points toward the m "'1:ery wi thin us. Is 11 part of our mr,tery that the rrund can be
put to ust, m ,uch contrar. ~•Y i • Toe mind cm function m an I olatcd W.I) without rt"g,l!'d for oth<Cr peopl<e; it can work u 1thou1 much feeling But th<e nund·,-<"}e can see mto another heart . pa,ing the way to compas sion A per-.oo whose mmd " tilled "-1th knowledge may becom<e arrogant But kn<>w1edgeabk people may be" th most humt,lc , knowing theyv,, barely scratched th surface of thmg,,
There IS sudl a thing al> a clos<ed mmd, I oppose. Sttll, that' a mmd th•t could ha,-e enriched 11S own r, operung out onto the world of human intere ts - and helping to make life more interesting Finally, the human mind can tum away from faith. refusing that I.ind of truSt in anytlung or anyone else. Bue - and this too is part of the ffi)'stery of human lif<e - the same mind. touched by God. can dtsco,-.,r little by little that the I~ of faith IS abk to becom<e an ,ntnguingadw:n· turc.
The class proved well-wonts cost. And ft was fun at timeas th e professor guided 'stlnl; into an examination of thei1J1 thought processes and t ir potential to become true inqurs into the human adventure. Still, there was a sense in wch the students' suspicions oo'ie fim day of class "ad beer,rm target. Thinki ng is a na~rl element of human living. What's more. over the counof a lifetime almost anyone '111 expect to run up againstlie questions professional pliosophers ask. driven by emto inquire about the reasons ,e and the me ing of delith le purpose of freedom and the •~ to find happiness.
It is not surprising th •
thoughtful person loclced a p rison cell would spend ·,e pondering the meaning of~,s. Dietrich Sonhoeffer, the G• Ill Lutheran pastor executed ~ " Nazis during World War //,as such a person. From the v,flg done ;,, his eel. the world: tua/Jy w ould be exposed quest.
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In one prison poem. hoeffer asked: " Who am • Am I really that which othtt/lJ tell ofl Or am I only whlltlm,z know of m yself? ..• Who :'le This or the Other7 Am w person today and to"; another? Am I both llt on
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Just what do philosophers do? Siter Pru ence A 1en A pbiJosopbn- may a{Jf>ear to someo- rmwt~ isolaltd and lost in a world of ideas. But I u'Ot'd ''pbik>scplry • rw:Jly fjks son tbmg much d er to bome In facr. nearl1• e, ry'flne pbik)sopb{ses in som IL<l)' or another A pbiJosopber is somrone u-bo asks u bat life """1ns, IJ. bat bappt n Ls. wbat is good or u -hat is '"'" Most p«_,ple ponder these questio n • o ccasionally. 1bey usually ans.? wbcn U't' have some h ~ free to tbmlt -on a t"101tion uben c1,to /be beaube; of naJure, or in bomes when ue find a qwet momail for reflec• lion, wben we are bedridden from illness, or in cburcb. Tbe human pen;nn is tbt' Only animal tbal bas lbt' capacity for selfreflechon 1bat ts. humans are able to lbink abolll therr o u.n lites., to po,uwr twues and to exm:tse free u,11 to mak Important Cbou:t'$ 7bis remarlwble aspect of human mrelllgence makes Pbilosopby possible Some limes u oben tbtnkmg about life's deeper qut'$tiOns. ue begin to pray to God for guidance 7ben pbcJ(>sOpby can make way for faith
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At what points do you ~ a sort of philosopher? Whl- > this mean for you as a C
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A philo9opher may appear to be someoue remote. isolated and lost in a wot1d of ideas. But the W0f'd " philosophy" really signifies something doser to home. In fact.. nearty everyone philosophises in some way or another.
Who wouldn't lil<e to~ the question "Who am I?" you think the effort to ti!'J, which does not yield a w hich does not have a . e point of conclusion and 1 raises questions which •1 answered succinctly, h11 value? The human person is th a process to coming to tenns~n what he or she is and ~wt>n an age of outer-space eKP"".""° there is an inner space ~ l't represents a "New tron~ ft also in need of exp/ora
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A college p hilosophy prolsor announced on the first ii of class that ft would be his in goal during the semester ti ~p students team to think. •
Jesus beo S rach was a typ,c.,1 Hebn!w philosopher. He was on fire with love for ""'Sdom We meet him in the Old Te tament book that bears his name . S1rach w convinced that Wisdom was the key to SOcce and happ,ness For the benefit of others he Wrote down the results of hi study about 200 B C later his grand$Ol'I trans
Actumly, human reason and faith represent IU'O complementary u·ays of searching for truth \f'e could say that reason and faith are like our tu.IQ legs Using only one leg /Jmtls us to bopprng a1x,u1 on one foot. Using both legs m harmony mea,,s we can walk and <'Vt'1I run. Sim ilarly, I l>eliete, when people learn to ,..,. their reason and fa,/b m complemen tmy ,....vs, t!V)• are "run ning" toward God PbilosopbJ has a long, glonow t,,.,;tory. As soon us men and u'Omen began to
reflea on their plaa, m th<.• unwerse t!V)· begun w pb,I os<,pb,se In ancient Greece m /be sixth century BC Pytbflgorus began to call hlmsl'lf a 'pb,Iosopber • 7be u'Ord 'Philosopher" u w dent -edfrom tur, Grttll r, ord:J plnJo " ubub means l<>t'f! and "sopbia " ubtcb means u. 'isdom So fl pb{losopber is a lo,.,.,. of u'ISdom But lonng U'i.sdom doesn ·, mean u·e bat·e all tbe ansu'f!r.f to dlfficult que lions. On tbe roritnny, ,t reull} is the, beiJ<bl of U'fS dnm to nxognise th<! /Jrmw hons of our human p,,u.,.,.
lo n~,11 and ,Ibsen t.· t/w
u,-wJd In fact , Ibis is u·by Socrfltes. tbe anaent Greek pbilosopber, was described by tbe !Nlpbic oracle as ' tbe u'isest mar, fll1toe. • Socratl'S admllll'fi Iba/ be kneu ' t\'ry /JI/le There bm-e bttri many great plnlosnpbers m /IN Cbrisllan lradltion .\ls .~ug ushne, flnd 7bomas Aqwna.s may be tbe most fflmous Other CAtbolic pin losophers m<lude Hildegard of &n~en. Pt,sca/. ja,:que • .Uant,un. &bib 5tern and Popejobn Puul II
lf"h<ll makt'> num)" Oms han philosr,pht.>rS dlfferer,i fro m orber philosophers? For o ne lbmg. they attempt to det.elop " complemen ttlT)' relationship between their pou't!r to - m a nd their faith Ma11_1 other pm. /osopbers restnct tbem , se/n,:s s,mpiy to u buJ can be k noun by reason St Thomas Aquinas hel,er·ed tbat since God created tbe u~,rld. a person wuid tbscoi'f!r nwny truths flbout God by carefully tudpng b«s1c prmoples m n,uure He <-ailed this uctu•ll· philns,,pbismg thrrmgb
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Today Ibis exercise of rea son iS JUSI as important as ii u.-as in tbe I J ib century u.·ben Tbomas Aquinas des cnbed pbllosopby as the •bandmaui of lbec,logy • For, a t ti m es uben per so ,iaJ fmth is t'JCf)enencffi as a struggle m darlmess, a Cbnstw11 phrlo opby of /Jfe can g1t'f! people the stahrill) neetkd to keep grou,ng At other /Imes. /be pt,u.,.,. of human reason can help us dl <"(ll'f!r a truth that leads mW fuller expene,1ce ofGod
Everyone is a philosopher • 1n some way ... By
Katharine Bird
of p rolon gi ng life pop<e." he said v.1th fire m h1\ through extraordinary eye . "And I'm ure th<e pope would agree." medical means. The arg ument The argument went on for moved back and forth. some hme. Tom both m<en Then one man asked departed, shaking h~nd~ how a decision could with <each other •nd be made among the ob-,ousl • happy. A5 for me, needs of several I was delighted co h.ive been equally sick persons in a Silmc partn r 10 that rather a case where available philosophical exchange m edical resources betwem th<C two workmm were limited. Recrntly I spoke with an
I overheard a fascinating conversatio n between two men sharing a pint after their day's labours during a visit to a small pub in Ireland several years ago. It was shortly after the 11ssassination attempt on Pope John Paul ll's lif e. The men were debating the morality
The debate heated up when the younger man adamantly 1ns1sted that the choice should not be based on the fa<.'1 that one person has more rcspons1b1hry than others - the pope, for instance. "I haw: as much nght to medical care as the
84 -yea r -old philosopher, Paul We, " Everybody is a philo sopher m some way," he obs<Crved, seated in his living room where e.-ery inch of wall space 1s cmtted by books
Siract, was the heir of a
li(e trying to u, Klerstao Id a book by reading only the last
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long wisdom tradition m Israel going back to Solomon in the 1 0th century B.C. His "philosophy'' has the special flavour of boblical Wisdom . The sages of Israel con cerned themselves with concrete. practJcal matters of eve,yday life: How to succeed m busmess and social life; how to mamt.un order and harmony m the family. what kind of company to keep or to avoid , Perhaps more than any other wisdom wnter, S1rach was convmced that there could be no true happ, Without a solid relatJonshlp With God Try,ng to uncief. tand humanity without reference to rts Creator IS
chapter. It makes little if any sense.
Sarach wrote: "AN wisdom comes from the Lord and with him rt remains fon.ver" (1 :1) . "The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord (1 :12). Fear for Sirach meant "reverence" and "worship." Since wisdom was practical expertise leading to success. rts possess,oo and practice were the secret of a meaningful, rewarding Irle Thus. in the area of fanvly relationsl11ps, S iracfl said ''He stores up who reveres 11,s moths He who honours h,s fatt- IS gladdened by childf1ln and when he prays he IS '-rd"
In a culture which knew nothing of Social Security or retirement homes, care for aging parents was a practical~"My son, take care of your faU-wheo he IS old; gneve him not as long as he IMIS , Even if his mind fail, be considenlte With him . . for kindness to a tau- wiU not be forgotten " (3 ,12-14). Friends enrich our lives m many ways, but a really good friend os a rare trea • sure. So be careful in choos ing one " Let your acquamtances be many but one "' a thou sand your confidant. When
you ga,n • friend . first test him and be not too ,-ty to trust him. For one sort of
soph<er,, tak<e up the same conc<ern~ is cla ,call)" tr-a.med philosophers. Both talk about basic que,;11on,,, WeL expwned "th<C nght v.ay to liv<e", " per onal right,,: '"'--hether science ,s the only truth " Anndlair philosophers att lil,. "amateur ,iohmsts or per,,ons interested m music for fun," We, added. They can cn,oy themsel,-cs without W0IT)-ing about gomg into ques1.ions as systematJcally as profcs.sional philo • soph<ers. A man with a passion for teachmg, Weis!. sa that ·on the first day of class he always tells srudatts that his
suits him, but he will not be with you m time of distress. . A farthful friend IS a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure" (8 6 -8. 14). In the area of government " A wise magistrate lends stabrlrty to his people and the government of a prudent man IS well ordered .. A wanton king destroys his people but a city grows through the Wisdom of rts princes" (10 1,3) This kind of conoem f<>f
eve,y aspect of hu.~...., con-
duct relfects the I realisation that happ,n&$5 IS
,sra•mu.,. no area of human life is exempt from the r-i for true wiadorn
ad,;incmg them on their road to a career His in ter= c. elsc·where 'Tm a teach<er I t<ell stu dents to philosophise." '1:' contJOued. "I try to nw:e th<em reflect, to open their mmds." This is valuable, he think.s, because: 11 make 1nd1v1duals "more: cntacal and more cwiow, about life " OC\-.,lopmg a philosophical outlook makes p<e0ple "I accepung of things without sufficie nt thought," W e, said And phi losophy as Wea undcrsunds 11 "doesn't con fi ne 11Sclf to a particular field o r culture or theory. It open up the field ' and encourages people to "deal wi th basic ques uons •nd look at the broad picture " Can ph; losophy help pro pie to lead more ,irtuou~ lives' • Ph1lo,;oph) can make u, ·;,,ant che good." the philo sopher said, hut ch0<1\mg to act in accordance "ith the good is another mailer It •·require, tenacity and con crol" ind u>ntmum11 clfon \\'hat ph1lo,oph) can do · " f'Olnl out th<' limits and tht· places·· where the good t.ln be found But the person ha 10 be "ill mg to take the nt·xt ,tep he .,.,d \\ ei~, ,aid he: ha, n o l thought o t retmng fro m tcJchmg 'Tm '11mulatcd h, 1cachmg and cnf(l) ha'1nf: students' quc<-t1on focu m, thmkmg." he c plamed · r ve n e r heard a fooh,h quc I Hl n ," mcntt-d Que hon al i, make ml' th ink further prohe d ·eper "
"The first appeal I want to address to you, young men and women of today, is this: Do not be afraid! Do not be afraid of your own youth and of those deep desires you have for happiness, for truth, for beauty and for lasting love. -- (Pope John Paul JI, 1985 World Day of Peace message) ' 7he concern to know better and to understand modem man and the contemporary world, to solve their puzzle and reveal their mystery, to discem the ferments of good and evil within them, has long caused many people to direct at man and the world a questioning gaze. It is the gaze of the historian and sociologist. philosopher and theologian, psychologist and humanist, poet and mystic." (Pope John Paul II in 1984 apostolic exhortation on reconciliation and penance) "We are in the midst of the world's fastest total transformation .. . In times of major transformation two things ocaJr: a sense of powerlessness or breakdown and a sense of possible or breakthrough." (Sister Joan Chittister, OSB, 1984 National Catholic Educational Association convention) Catholic thinkers from St Augustine to Jesuft Father Karl Raimer are the focus of "Catholic Thinkers in the Clear, " by Willlam A . He". The worlc of the 20th century Jesuft Father John Courtney Mu"ay is discussed, as is that of the 13th century St Thomas Aquinas - thinkers who posed central questions about God and life 's meaning. St Teresa of Av,1a " addressed herself particularly to those whose minds ... run from one thing to another uncontrollably, like wild horses," the author explains. The modem French thinker, Gabriel Marcel, w as program med from early childhood to withdraw into abstractions. He did that until "re 'ity . . . forced his attention back to the facts of everyday life." This books includes 20 easy-to-read chapters. (Thomas More Association, 223 W Erie St .. Chicago, Ill. 60610. $15.95.)
The Record, April 24. 1986 9
Ten years ago, educator Mary Megee realised
the extent to which television could be an effective teacher. But before television can teach. she believes, the public needs to understand the medium itself its limitations and. more important. its
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Television can be an effective teacher by Joe Feist NC News Service
interview, "I plunged right in" to the world of television. To Ms Megee. televison is "the supreme combination of all art forms." But despite its inherent power and dynamism. said Ms Megee. the television that ma es its way into most homes today is often unimaginative, odd, mappropriate and ialent To s egee. it is ·•a crime to waste television by casting out mes ages even station managers and net or executives don· like or let their children watch" The v,s,on of broadca ting pioneers should be re 1s1ted. he said They saw television "as a umver tty of the airwaves. a mdo on the orld, an incred ble opportunity to share the best n drama. art and culture " Both viewers and producer . she added, should look at television as if it ha just been invented and its uses are limitless. Because, she indicated, that i more or less the case. In the current state of the television experience. one s egee "limitation" sees is that viewers "must be recipients only. Ifs di ficult to be senders." Although "nobody has ever taught us haw to make our
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own television," he said. personalised television will one day be a reality.
"I forsee a day hen. 1ust as a newspaper accepts let• ters to the editor. TV stations will receive and air video responses from viewers," she said. Nor
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Will they come back onto the rails as far as their religion is concerned? Is there something wrong in the way in which we are instilling our religion into our children1 Does peer group pressure cause the "smarties" to be controversial? Some of the teenagers ask whether there is a God. "They're challenging their own belief in God," Neville says. "They're trying to build up their own concept of God in a material sense." For the past six years eville and Marian have been conducting a communications program for Year 12 girls and boys from St Brigid's and Mazenod College at Lesmurdie They have been ahng wrth mixed groups of both sexes aged from 12 to 19 ions ch in2½-hour 12-we k
Neville John Moran, state credit manager of Monier ltd and a le di g figure - with wife Maria - {nee Murray) - • the Marriage E co nter
movem nt, was born at Coolgardie on Novemb r
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He started school at St Anthony's convent th re, went on to St lld p o sus College a d thr g part• time ight school studies at Perth Tee nical College obtained certifioffice in cates management and finante a a diploma in management. eville and arian, w o eir first et throug membership of the YCW and were married in
1967, ave six children Linda (17), Jacinta (14), Shandra (13), Patrick (10), Katrina (3), and Eli a (10 ont ) .
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Among th Lesmurdie ctivities in w ich the couple have had a long involvement are the Mary's ount primary school, of whose board , a d Neville is chair the paris council, of which both ave been mem rs. Neville, a Knight of t e Southern Cross, is an honorary life e ber of t e Kalamunda Basketball Association for which a ditor for he ha
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expressed on television. she said. These might include programs on local history and folklore, community issues. the arts. storytelling, and so on Both commercial and public stations should make public access to cameras. editing facilities and air time a priority. Ms Megee said "We should be encouraging everyone to plumb the limits of television. ta share our own vi ions and ideas through the public medium of television." said s Megee. "Don't accept other people as the sole programmers of television," Ms Megee said. "We all have the responsibility to help decide what TV messages we all hare."
1 marriage d, 1lluthe romance, t 1onment. t JoVS -wrth t young rs. "It gives them a chance to pose qu ,ons to a couple who believe marriage , worth work ng at 'To y can ch lie e a couple l1k us who are honestly sharing with them our e p riences whereas m most ca they can't challenge their own par nt at home "Ourselves and our ch11dr n have supper with ,on th m aft r and this afford worth• th while education on Some of th stunts. for instance. have never held a by in their arms before. It is an ,ve moment for rmpr th m. "The down-to-earth r h m of the M mag concepts Encounter makes wha we re tell-
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stud nts ar panic, ting in s1m1lar programs end there would be many more if nough Mama e Encounter couples to condu av 1la popul r progra s VIII says a great air of trust is bu1I up d nng the
Maje a
past president of t~e Allied Building Trad!$ Associatio . The current attitude of some tee agers in their
final year at Catholic hip sc ools towards their religion rows uesti i ds of adults into th who have close a d rec, ular co ct with the s ch as Neville a d M . oran. ·a T w
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Margaret Fort, Colour and Image Consultant of North Beach parish, late last year introduced her new business to the people of Perth. Situated at The Sanctuary, Stirling Highway, Nedlands, Margaret opens up the world of colour to males and females, showing how the right colour choices can dramatically "peel away years" from your appearance. Taking it steps further in her concern for the total image appearance, Margaret runs classes and workshops which ·nclude: Colour Analysis, Advanced Colour Class, Always in Style, Always in Style Update, Make-up Class, Wardrobe Planning, and Colour for Men. Margaret speaks to church groups and schools, giving talks on the connotations of colour and rts affect on our appearance. She believes if you look good, people w ill notice, comment, make you feel great and as a result enable you to give off better vibes and output to those around you. " It is important for Vv'Omen to ta e time out and spend a little time to t emselves," said Margaret.
'You don't throw out your wardrobe, you simply concentrate on the range of co ours, styles and com binations that suit you best, once you've been shown what's best for you," argaret said. Out of a very small number of clothing items, you can co-ordinate, diversify and dramatically change the shape and size of your wardrobe to represent a Wide range of clothes. when in reality possessing only a few. The Sanctuary, new he dquarters of Liz Davenport fas ion des'gner. is e egantly des'gned or fashion parades wrth an on-site beautician th otal concept i fas ion and This is to g beauty. Ma garet's chents ofte co e from people seen a ri nd or cquirnance "looking disco red t e 've 'had heir co ours do e·. People are colour classified as seaso al and are up or tone draped in a vari ty of colours which s dvantage best down facial colou rs to the
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They can if they wish progress onto ot er shops to elp , the r total 1m e. Margaret advises her client to accept their physcal appearance the way it is but to minimise the features and emphasise the good.
to find o ladies there "We thought you may be able to use a handr' they aid. "I bro e do and ept y mother
A lot of omen haven't had this opportunity before embers set up play group , give a helping hand to mums o need tt and in the proce learn a lot. One oung mother th a "tot death baby" handled her rief th so much faith he proved a beautiful example to the aIelo ent t rou h It th her l n ' 'We are re y lov, t said Doreen The d a e her thing d . nng h fro
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Sir, having received the dignity of a mention, albeit uncomplimentary, in your editorial of March 20, I feel I must respond, if only to suggest that the flippant way in which you held those who question some aspectS of the Pope's visit up to ridicule is unworthy of a serious and Christian paper. It is with no animus towards the Holy Father that one is dismayed by the style of his visit, and if the serious comments made by me are just 'paper darts·, your treatment of the Victorian Brtg1dine nuns who queried the expense of the tour shows as perilous a larrikinism, and an oppressive attitude towards freedom of opinion. The large debts ncurred in other countries, some as poor as MeXJco, can hardly have been to His Holiness· liking or intention He comes as a pastor, not an entertainer or megastar, and the imperatives of the gospel suggest that he should come like His Lord. Otherwise those of us who re1oice in the truths he upholds can only voice our dissent 1f the total impression of the visit 1s tnumphahst and contemptuous of httle people, h e the V1ctonan Bngidine nuns you castigate. From he correspondence I have received, many Catholics share my misgivings about a visit so widely advertised as being the most important Australia has ever received
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The ajellan structure ts simple and provides opportunities for women to share Christian value eetings are in everday life. monthly but there is no member• ship enrolment or fees. Meetings ta e the format that be t suits the group. ot every Majellan is a Catholic or a mother and no pre sure is applied on any members to attend meeting or do anything . For that reason fund raising Is ajellans. definitely out for Ma1ellan are mo t hkely to be member of oth r f ndraising bod1e a1ellan have a central comIttee of eight omen 1th the on mal 1985 Subiaco chaplain. Father Pat Cunningham, till gu1din hem T ey prod ce a monthly new• letter, orgam e day and ee• nd retreats (open to all
annual general meetmg and arrange an annual ass on St Gerard's feast day. There are 55 active roups in Western Australia who meet regularly, u ually during school terms, and to which they invite spea ers on whatever their topic interest may be. The central committee main· tains contact with the various groups and they exchange activ• Ity information Doreen feels the retreats are special. "They are personal and can be 1ust the way you want them to be You can be your elf or you c n interact ith the group, or m e it a mixture of both. 'With "you one 1ust d t bin hng really ore fn nd t
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One can only guess cunously why eariy in March 1986 the Brig1dine Story sud .nly hits ~e MeJ~ume Sun and became page 3 news ~n all ma1or papers including The West Austral ian
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Thus last Sunday's Perth story would have • • ...,.1ig1ous borrowed from the preceding week's ,.., correspo~dent for The Australian who roasted the SA director Father Tony Kain in con,...,..; •~uon with the tour's alleged cost _ James Mu......,. "0V h • d • avmg ec,ded in a number of articles to take up cudgels on behalf of those who aren't terribl attracted to either the idea of the tour or wha~ w,11 happen when the pope gets here Hence the curious common thread of 1h now famous Brigidine Sisters of Victoria wh e 0 have become nationally famous. The in They were an unknown quantity when Adv~te of July 18 1985 a letter of 10 lines was s,gn~ by Sister Angela Ryan on behalf of an un~1fied number of sisters at Matve m Provincial House.
I think Majellans ar special people doing loving things every day," said Doreen. "It is a great pari h asset to have this superb movement because so much love is being given out. They have done a ot of lovely things for people" she said. I read a comment made by another Majellan h1ch I thought aptly summed them up ... "It's easy to lose sight of that special blessing of motherhood hen your ironing pile is tal er than you are. or then you're in the mid t or o-year old tantru of a trying to help a teena er folio y God'
uate heir shing as he a foo in the participation int 1nat1on, door {wa h MOO, ol th clo ant and of oourse, rol I U y. Church 111 Mr pot nt1alrty of April 10) by M 1msrn, 1s nt of that role at1ons nd sumptomat,c any rest som the mem on If, real 1/1/'0fTl n, working in the future, Church tod y com n do much to 1
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far Jesus becomes an abstr ct sym I of an idealtsof ethics govern•~ t1c our relat1onsh1p with God and our neighbours. Not only did Jesus only men for his priest He said that Mary of Bethany who wanted only to be a disciple had chosen a better part than Martha who
to minister to him want ary to do h end want wise. ly t look more c If the historical J u and the s a human and way he I follow d his example w would not have such a hectic t1m trying to reconcile em fad and ph1losoph1 with our religious I fs.
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Students acting for a better world rodents Acting for a Better World i the 1986 aim of the Australian oung Christudent ' tian Movement. This was decided at theYC national executive meeting held in Adelaide. Freeman, Andy fulltime national aid th worker, important emphasi in thi aim was tudenc called t b invo rma in th al • of thn
Aims f.or YCS group discussed
I chanced to be at the archbishop' residence when our conversation was interupted by a knock o the door. The archbishop answered the door ad I could ot help over aring is caller say " I'm here to tell you a ut Bible". archbishop The informed the zealot that e did ·n fact rea the bible a d that e was the of Perth. Arc bi The caller r edged e but is diatel ence - "I've c the K yo n
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hildren 's Story Hour Think back to a time when you felt extremely fru • trated. What was happening? Perhaps you were trying to repair a leaky faucet, only to find that your half-hour task took tw'o hours - and that you till needed to telephone the plumber. Perhaps you were preparing for an important exam, only to find that your mind kept wand ring away. Or were you experiencing a communication break• down with someone? Ther ' at lea t a 50-50 fruschance that your m trating moment· cur when communication breaks down between you and meone with "rhom y u nuin l • n d to ommunicatc. Th fru tr-.ition actor an n • high wh n communi • tion h<.-gim to run an ob Uc! twet'n t'1.0 only would ni
between co-workers, parents and children, spouses, committee members and others. One valuable tool of communications i conversation. 1bat is our topic this eek. Father Herbert Weber speaks of conversation as a means of making connection with other in th human family. nfortunately, th re are many way of short-cir uiting conyersational conn • lions. Th re is, for example, th conversationalist who r ally doe n't onver , choo ing inst d to "talk at" th other party. Th n th re is th person '.\TIO i rush d that what d tak on the , ppear· to
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Round two of the mixed
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results and some not 90
close. Near to perfect weather conditions m de playing tennis all the more enjoyable, once again.
The A grade competition
was again very close with neither match being determined until the final set had been completed. Queens Park No. defeated Pignatelli seven
sets to five and Queens Parle
No. 2 defeated Dianella six
sets all. 60 games to 53.
In the Queens Park No. 2 and Dianella match the men played out a 1ita ic Sb\Jggle
·n the fi two sets. Before the sets began Dianella were leading six sets to four and must have been considered favourites o
win. However. Queens Park had other ideas winning
both sets to just scrape home on games. Neither was won ·1y, the first was six games to four nd the second went
o a tie-bfeaker marathon which wa won 12 poin1s to ten. The B grade results wete not close th· week. St Benedicts defeated GreenlN'OOd nine sets to three, St George defeated Wi letton ine ts to three and Pig
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2 Pignatel i No. 1 2 Pignatel • No. 2 2 Willetton 2 Greenwood 0 Round three fixtures shou d start o ighlight the e 8 stronger teams in grade competition when St Ben diets play Pignatelli o. 1 nd Pignatel • No. 2 y Willetton. The A grade competition should rema·n very close. Certai at th· rfy stage no m been able to dearly establi nance which • competition.
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CROFTS WEDDING A grandmother from England and a brother from Melbourne traveled to Perth to see Daniel Crofts marry 1 Debra Houston in St ary's Cat edral last Saturday.
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Fiftieth Anniversary Ce ebrations, St Columba's School, Bayswater, Archbishop Fo y.
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University Sunday S rvice, Winthrop Hall, Archbishop Foey. D ication and openi g, Clontarf Aboriginal Ed ca•on and Training Centre. Archbishop Foley.
PROBLEMS The Catherine McAul v Centre i runni g a group fo pa ts of tee ers, to find out what a common worries and concern rn today's society. lhere wil be fo r ·on : A ril 29, May 6. May 13 d Ma 20. at 7 to 8.30 p . Co of four ·on will be $8 nd inte people re asked to contact G ry Payne on 381 9222.
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CHARISMATIC RENEWAL FOR RELIGIOUS
The April 13 day of Recollecti n. d'rected by Father M. Brown. O.F.M.. attended by some 50 •stars from nine congregations. The programme, which began t 10 am and finished at 4.30 pm incl ed M prayers of praise, thanksgiving, petition nd ·ng. The next meeting • on Saturday M y 3, 2 pm-3 pm at the staff room, M rCollege. Godench Street. All re welcome. Contact Sr M. A phaef. Victoria Square. Tel 325 4875.
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